Jan 03, 2023 City Council

[Call to Order: President Berry]

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IN SESSION. WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I BELIEVE IN THE PLAN. ONE NATION UNDER. CLERK. PLEASE READ THE RULES. SHOT KEY PRESENT DIGRESSED! MR BARRY PRESIDENT, MR. HOLT, PRESIDENT. I WOULD MOVE TO EXCUSE MRS. HOW MISS HULK AND ALSO THE MAYOR FROM THE MEETING TONIGHT? SECOND MR SHOT

[Approval of Minutes ]

[Welcome & Reading of Agenda: Pres. Berry ]

[Ordinance C-65-22 Accept the Annexation of 10.63jf acres located North of White Road and East of McDowell Road in Jackson Township to the City of Grove City. Second reading and public hearing. ]

ALRIGHT LET'S MARK. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS OR MR MAHON? KLIPSCH? PROBABLY. IS HE HERE? OKAY? GOOD AFTERNOON. CRAIG MONCRIEF, ATTORNEY FOR THE APPLICANT PLANK LAW FIRM FOR LEBANESE TOWN STREET, NOT MUCH TO ADD. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A PART OF THE REZONING AS WELL. THIS IS ONLY A PORTION OF IT JUST THE 10 OR SO ACRES TO THE NORTH OF WHITE ROAD. SO THIS ONE NOT EVERY DAY. YOU GET A PROPERTY WITH 100% CONTIGUITY. SO YOU'VE GOT THIS ONE KIND OF SURROUNDED HERE. SO, LIKE I SAID, PART OF LET'S SAY THE NEXT APPLICATION MORE THAN ANYTHING BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL IN GENERAL. OKAY? WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE SIGNED UP FOR COURTYARDS OF MULBERRY RUN IS ON THERE. UM THERE. UM. KELLY AND JASON WOLFE IS THAT FOR THE REZONING. AMEN. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE REASON MOSTLY REZONING ON THERE. OKAY? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC ON THE ANNEXATION? JORDAN'S HAD A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING OF MOVEMENT BE APPROVED. SECOND. MR BARRY? YES YES, YES, YES. VERY MUCH. THE NEXT ORDINANCE, HE 72 22 AN ORDINANCE TO THE REZONING OF 10.63 PLUS FROM OTHERS ACRES

[Ordinance C-72-22 Rezone 10.63jf acres and 13.961 +_ acres located north and south of White Road from SF-1 and R-l (residential) respectively to PUD-R (planned-residential) with Zoning Text. Second reading and public hearing. ]

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AREA BACK IN BEHIND THEIR YARDS , AND SO THEY WERE CONCERNED THAT PROBABLY ABOUT HAVING LANDSCAPING. SO, MR ROUSH, I KNOW I HATE TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT I'M GOING TO ABOUT THE LANDSCAPING. AND COULD YOU GIVE THE RATIONALE BETWEEN WHY THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FELT THAT THIS THIS. UH MR SHOCKING? YES I ASKED TAMMY TO PUT THAT MAP AND SHOW US OR HIGHLIGHT THE SECTION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, PLEASE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DOES THAT HELP HIGHLIGHT THE NORTH A BUDDING PLACE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR THE FENCE RESIDENTS ALONG MICHELLE ME. MAYBE. SO IF YOU WITH THAT LINE. RIGHT HERE. SEE THIS? RIGHT THERE ALONG BACK ON THE SHELL DRIVE. PROPERTIES.

WHAT? WHAT IS THE. WHAT IS THEIR STIPULATE? WHAT IS THE STIPULATION VERSUS WHAT'S THE TEXT READS THE REQUIREMENT FOR SIX FT. PRIVACY FENCE STAFF FELT BASED OFF THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DONE WITH KHAN. THE THAT LANDSCAPE BUFFER BE MORE LONG TERM APPROPRIATE FOR THE SITE BECAUSE THE FASTEST RESULTED HMM. EXACTLY SIT DOWN, RESULTING A NUMBER OF QUALITY PROJECTS WITH THAT CON SO WE ALSO BEFORE THE MEETING YOU HEARD I LOOKED AT THE EXISTING CONTEXT. THE AREA THERE APPEARS TO BE A NUMBER OF PROPERTIES ARE WITH FENCES SO UM STACKING TWO FENCES IS NOT REALLY IDEAL AND MY MIND SO LOOKING AT OTHER PRODUCTS BEING WITHOUT FENCES, SUPPLEMENTAL LANDSCAPING TO PROVIDE THAT NECESSARY BUFFER. IN ADDITION TO TRYING TO AVOID HAVING TO ROOMS OF FENCES, UH, IN THE SAME KIND OF GENERAL VINCE LINE, IF YOU WILL WAS REALLY IRRATIONAL. SIX FT PRIVACY FENCE IS THE SOLID STOCKING KIND OF FENCES. WHAT IT IS. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO BRING MISS MOTTO BECAUSE I KNOW YOU PROBABLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT ON THERE, TOO. WE'RE JUST IN GENERAL. I DO HAVE OTHER COMMENTS. BUT MY NAME IS REBECCA MOTT WITH THE PLANK LAW FIRM WITH AN OFFICE ADDRESS OF 4, 11 EAST TOWNE STREET. COLUMBUS OHIO, 43215. UM, YEAH, WITH AS IT RELATES TO THE STIPULATION, WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT COUNCIL CONSIDERED TO REMOVE THE STIPULATION SO THAT WE CAN RETAIN THE OPAQUE FENCE. THE FENCE. WE HAD A MEETING WITH NEIGHBORS ON AUGUST 20TH. I'M SORRY, AUGUST 30TH OF 2022, PREDOMINANTLY THE NEIGHBORS IN THAT NORTHERN PORTION THAT SURROUNDS THAT NORTHERN THE PROPERTY LINE AND EASTERN PROPERTY LINE OF THE NORTHERN TRACT DESIRED THE FENCE. I THINK CURRENTLY THERE IS A FARM FENCE THAT'S EXISTING IT IS NOT AN OPAQUE FENCE, AND WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHICH PROPERTY THAT IS ON. SO WE WOULD. IF IT'S ON OUR PROPERTY, WE WOULD REMOVE THE

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AND RIGHT NOW, THE FARM FENCES JUST A WIRE FENCE. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S A LIKE A WIRE FENCE OR LIKE A THREE WORSE. OKAY ALL RIGHT. YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR OTHER COMMENTS WHILE WE'RE AT IT? SURE. SO THE REZONING THE PROPERTY SUBJECT OF THE RESIGNING APPLICATION ARE TWO SEPARATE TRACKS OF LAND. AS YOU'VE NOTED, THERE'S ONE TO THE NORTH OF WHITE ROAD, WHICH IS 10.6 ACRES AND ONE TO THE SOUTH , WHICH IS ABOUT 13.9. THE PROPERTY IS ALREADY SURROUNDED BY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. AND STRING TOWN ROAD IS LOCATED TO THE NORTH. I 71 TO THE EAST AND HOOVER ROAD TO THE WEST. THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 17TH 2022. THE PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS REZONING APPLICATION AT A MEETING HELD ON NOVEMBER 8TH 2022. AN APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ZONE. P U D R WITH THE TEXT FOR 74 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. THERE WOULD BE PRIVATE DRIVES THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT, 22 FT IN WIDTH AND 28 FT IN WIDTH, RESPECTIVELY, WITH THE SIDEWALK FOR PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT ON ONE SIDE OF THE PRIVATE DRIVES. IN ADDITION, THERE WOULD BE AMENITY SPACES ON BOTH PORTIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTHERN PORTION. THERE WOULD BE PICKLEBALL AND BOCCE BALL AND IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF CLUBHOUSE AND POOL WITH MULTI PURPOSE TRAILS THAT ARE SIX FT IN WIDTH. THE PROPOSED DENSITY WOULD BE 3.1 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE. WITH A VARIETY OF HOMES BY COMMON COMMUNITIES. IN THE PROPOSED OPEN SPACE THAT WE HAVE IN THIS PROJECT DOES EXCEED THE ZONING CODE REQUIREMENTS. THE OPEN SPACE PROVIDED IS 4.623 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE, WHERE THE ZONING CODE REQUIRES 3.744. IN ADDITION TO THE MULTIPURPOSE TRAIL IN THE AMENITY SPACES, THERE WILL BE ATTRACTIVE ENTRANCE FEATURES AND AN ACCESS ROAD FOR THE SOUTHERN TRACKED ON WHITE ROAD IN AN ACCESS POINT OUT MCDOWELL ROAD ON THE NORTHERN TRACT. ZONING TEXT, WHICH IS PART OF THE REZONING OF CREATION PROVIDES FOR PERMITTED USES LANDSCAPING STANDARDS AND COMMITMENTS, LOT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, TRAFFIC COMMITMENTS AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT. THE REZONING REQUEST TO THE P U P U D R ZONING DISTRICT TO PERMIT A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THUS, WE ARE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL OF THIS APPLICATION. WE DO HAVE TODD FARRIS WITH VARIOUS PLANNING AND DESIGN. MIKE REEVES WITH KIMBERLY HORN. OUR CIVIL ENGINEERING FIRM, REPRESENTATIVES FROM CONSOLE ROADS, GENERAL COUNSEL AND WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY OF THE QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE TONIGHT. THEY WERE GREAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TONIGHT. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. OKAY ON THERE. UM STARTING TOP OF THE PAGE, MR GRAY. COMMONLY KNOWN AS KIMBERLY OR STANLEY RAY IN THIS CASE. DO WE HAVE THIS MAP ON THE COMPUTER? AND THAT'S IN FRONT OF US. HMM. THAT WOULD BE IN A PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN. MR BARRY. RIGHT. I'M JUST WONDERING IF SHE HAD IT FOR THE SCREEN. I'M SORRY, SIR, BECAUSE ALL OF THAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING THIS EVENING IS THE REZONING. FROM P U D YOU'RE FROM SF LINDA P. U D WE DON'T HAVE ANY TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT DRAWINGS, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION ON THE FLOOR. I JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT. I CAN LOOK AT IT LATER. MR RAY, WOULD YOU GET YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? CERTAINLY STANLEY RATE 2048.

MICHELLE DRIVE CITY, OHIO. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING WRITTEN. SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I'M A LITTLE CLUMSY AND WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY. BUT MR GEIR. IS AND I GUESS I'M COMMENTING MORE TOWARDS THIS DIRECTION HERE. MR GEITHNER HAS BEEN IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT NUMBER OF GROVE CITY. WHEN A LOT OF CITIES. ARE GIVING UP THEIR HISTORY AND I'M NOT SAYING

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RIGHT NOW. IT CAME IN AS S F ONE, WHICH IS OUR LARGESTFICATIN ALL HONESTY WE DON'T USE IN GROVE CITY BECAUSE NO ONE BUILDS LOTS THAT BIG MOST OF THE TIME. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN SOMETHING COMES IN. THEY TRY TO CHANGE IT TO A DIFFERENT RESIDENTIAL ZONING. SO BY ACCEPTING THE ANNEXATION ARE CODES AS IT COMES IN ON WHATEVER IT IS MOST COMPARABLE TO WHAT IT CURRENTLY IS IN THE TOWNSHIP, WHICH RIGHT NOW IS ALSO A RESIDENTIAL SOUNDING. SO IT IS ZONED RIGHT NOW. I MEAN, WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH THE MEETING, BUT IT ONCE WE ACCEPTED IT. IT COMES IN AS RESIDENTIAL ALREADY, SIR. AND JUST TO ANSWER A QUESTION. ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO. OR LESS.

THE GUY OUR FAMILY APPROACHED. FROM ME ABOUT ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR PARKLAND, BUT THEY HAD ALREADY HAD CONTACTED DEVELOPER TWO. TALK ABOUT SELLING THE LAND TO THE DEVELOPER. FOR HOUSING. CANDIDATE THE TIME MR OZONE I HAD DISCUSSED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY ALONG WITH GUY RELATIVES, UM TO LOOK AT IT AS PARKLAND. BUT NOTHING EVER CAME OF THAT, BECAUSE OF THEIR DISCUSSIONS WITH PRIVATE DEVELOPERS VASTLY EXCEEDED THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE WERE. WE WERE WILLING TO PAY FOR THE FOR THE PROPERTY AT THAT POINT FOR APART PLANS SO WHEN YOU COME BACK FOR THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THAT'S THE TIME TO DISCUSS THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT ITSELF. BECAUSE TONIGHT WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING OTHER THAN SAYING THIS IS ZONING AND WE'RE CHANGING THE CODE FOR THE ZONING PART OF IT. WHAT ABOUT JUST MIGHT WANT TO MENTION TODAY. IT'S ALREADY ZONED. SF ONE SINGLE FAMILY ONE AND RESIDENTIAL ONE IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP. SO IT'S ALREADY ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL HOUSING, MEANING THEY COULD BUILD RESIDENTS IS THERE NOW IT WOULD JUST BE GOVERNED BY JACKSON TOWNSHIP. WHAT WE'RE BASICALLY DOING TODAY IS BRINGING IT INTO GROVE CITY, AND THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY GROVE CITY VERSUS JACKSON TOWNSHIP. THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE HOUSES AND ALL THAT. IS ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF, BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY ZONED RESIDENTIAL IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER. I JUST WANTED YOU TO UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT CHANGING IT FROM FARMLAND AND RESIDENTIAL IN THIS ZONING. WE'RE JUST TAKING IT FROM JACKSON TOWNSHIP RESIDENTIAL MOVING INTO GRUB CITY RESIDENTIAL. MR MR SHARKY SECRETS I BELIEVE. I BELIEVE I BELIEVE YOU'RE ASKING THIS, I COULD BE WRONG. YOU UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING WE JUST SAID. YOU UNDERSTAND IT'S COMING IN AS A RESIDENTIAL AS ESSENTIALLY SF ONE. WE CALL IT LOOSELY. ONE KIND OF ONE HOUSE ONE BIG LOT. I BELIEVE YOU'RE ASKING CAN YOU HAVE SOME SAY ON THE KIND OF WERE HEADED WITH A DENSITY FOR THIS PROJECT? ABSOLUTELY WE HAVE CONCERN ABOUT THE DENSITY HERE AND THAT COMES IN WHEN WE DO.

CHANGES SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN SF. ONE DOES SOMETHING DIFFERENT. WE'RE OPENING IT UP TO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN A VERY DEFINED THINGS THAT MAY NOT BE REALISTIC RIGHT NOW. AND PEOPLE MAKE ARE THE CITY OR DEVELOPERS MAY NOT WANT TO VOTE, TOO. BUT YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THE POSSIBILITY THAT IT'S GOING TO GO TO SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY'S DRAWINGS. VERSUS S F ONE, WHICH DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE STRUGGLE. OKAY SO I MIGHT. I BELIEVE HE SHOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK. WELL, HE WAS GIVING HIM A CHANCE TO SPEAK OF THOUGHT YOU WERE STARING TOWARDS THE NEXT BUT I AM STEERING THEM TOWARDS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN ITSELF. BUT YOU HAVE TO REALIZE MR WOLF THAT THE OWNERS OF THAT LAND HAVE THE RIGHT TO SELL IT. TO WHOMEVER THEY WISH TO. ABSOLUTELY OKAY, UNDERSTOOD FROM YOU GUYS THAT CAME DOWN TO A MATTER OF MONEY.

AND WHAT THEY? YES AS TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THAT'S BASICALLY A LOT OF IT, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY THE LAST REMAINING BIT OF GREEN SPACE ALONG WHITE ROAD IS GOING TO DISAPPEAR BECAUSE IT WASN'T VALUABLE ENOUGH TO THE CITY TO PRESERVE THAT THE LAST LITTLE BIT OF GREEN SPACE RIGHT IN THE OLD. ALL GROSS CITY ALONG WHITE ROAD, PERFECT ADDITION TO COLOR FARMS PARK. IT IS A TERRIBLE

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OF COURSE, I APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. AH! MR BESSINGER. OH, I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BOTH WORK TOGETHER ON THERE WHEN YOU SAID MRS WOLF IN HMM. SAME THING. THE FULL NAME AND 68 SOUTH COURT. UM SO FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND MY REQUEST HERE IS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS PROPERTY REMAIN SF ONE AND NOT BE REZONED INTO THIS ARE ONE WHERE THE ZONING THAT ALLOWS FOR THESE LARGER DEVELOPMENTS. AND I'M HERE BASICALLY TO SPEAK UPON THE SAFETY OF THE CITIZENS THAT NOT ONLY LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

BUT THAT IS MCDONALD ROAD AND USE WHITE ROAD EVERY DAY. OKAY, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT MY YOUTH USE IT PROBABLY FIVE TIMES A DAY COMING IN AND OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I RUN. UM I SEE ON THIS DRAWING THERE'S APRONS THAT ARE GOING TO COME OUT. MAYBE BY THE TRAFFIC LIGHT, MAYBE BY THE BRIDGE IF YOU GUYS HAVE EVER TRAVELED DOWN WHITE ROAD HEADING EAST THERE IS A DIP WHERE YOUR LINE OF SIGHT YOU CANNOT SEE. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CROSSWALK. POSSIBLY WITH THE MEDIA AND SOME OTHER THINGS. ADDED TO THAT. IF INDEED THIS IS APPROVED FOR THIS ARE ONE SO MY REQUEST IS TO PLEASE CONSIDER THAT THIS REMAIN AN SF ONE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO IT, BUT I JUST FEEL THAT FOR GROWTH CITY IN GENERAL WHITE ROAD THERE ARE GETTING THE FIVE UM WAYS TO GET FROM GROWTH CITY ACROSS THE 71 YOU HAVE HOME ROAD UPSTREAM TOWN. YOU HAVE WHITE. YEP COOL IN. AND YOU HAVE 6 65. WHITE ROAD IS ALREADY OVERBURDENED WITH. THE DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS HAPPENED IN BUCKEYE PARKWAY AND GOING THROUGH COUNCIL MINUTES. OKAY. PARKWAY CONTINUES TO BE DEVELOPED. WHITE ROAD IS GOING TO BE BURDENED EVEN MORE. JUST WITH THOSE DEVELOPMENTS. WE HAD 74 UNITS ON THERE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NIGHTMARE. AND I DON'T SEE ANOTHER WAY OF AVOIDING THAT WITH APPROVING THIS ARM LINE, SO MY REQUEST IS TO NOT APPROVE IT AND KEEP IT AS A TOUGH ONE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY CHAIRMAN? YES HOW MANY HOUSES CAN BE PUT ON SF ONE. EXCUSE ME THE MINIMUM SIZE A LOT FOR AN FM. ONE ZONING IS 20,000 SQUARE FEET. SO IN TERMS OF IT BE HARD TO DETERMINE JUST LOOKING AT THE 10 ACRES UNLESS YOU KNOW THE ROAD LAYOUT. BUT AS MR SMITH STATED. THERE IS NO COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED IN GROWTH CITY WITH HALF ACRE LOTS. EVEN WITH HALF ACRES, LUNCH, YOU'RE STILL TALKING. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PROBABLY CLOSE TO 30 HOMES. 30 OR 40 HOMES, AND THEN AGAIN THAT THAT REZONING IN TERMS OF THE SF ONE IS ONLY ON THE NORTH PORTION. THE SOUTH PORTION WAS ALREADY HIS OWN R ONE, WHICH I BELIEVE IS ASSUMED FOR 84 8400 SQUARE FOOT LODGE. SO SOON. SO THERE'S NOT THAT MUCH DIFFERENCE IN THE SUN. MR BESSINGER. THE MINISTERS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. TED, BASING OUR 2095 MICHELLE DRIVE. IT'S KIND OF THE SAME ARGUMENT. WE'VE WE'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT. UM UM. THE ATTORNEY FOR THE DEVELOPER ALREADY BREACHED THE DESIGN. AND YOU LISTEN TO THAT. SO YOU KIND OF BROUGHT IT THAT INTO THE MINUTES SO WE CAN KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT'S WHAT'S TRANSPIRING . I KNOW YOUR VOTE TONIGHT IS JUST ON WHETHER WHAT TYPE OF. LAND USE IT IS RIGHT NOW. UH UM. WHAT WAS THE LAST TIME THIS HAS BEEN REZONED 70 TO 1972. YEAH, YOU LOOK AT YOUR NOTES. IT'S 1972. UM AND. WE'RE TALKING LIKE 50 YEARS. IT'S BEEN ZONED THAT WAY. AND. GREAT CITY. WE LOVE IT HERE. BUT WE MAKE IT EASIER ON DEVELOPERS THAN ANYBODY ELSE. I MEAN, THE BUELLER PARK THING. THEY'RE ALREADY THERE. IT AT

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FOR THE AREA. WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF DEVELOPMENT AND IT'S AND IT'S A LOT IN GROVE CITY. I MEAN, WE'VE GOT BIGGER ARGUMENTS, THEN WHETHER OR NOT A 75 HOME DEVELOPMENT CAN BE IN GROVE CITY. YOU KNOW, THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE THE OBVIOUS TRAFFIC. IS A PAIN AND IF STRING TIME NEVER GETS SHUT DOWN AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WHITE ROAD IS THE WORST PLACE TO BE AND YOU KNOW THAT'S THE DIRECT ROUTE TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL FOR EVERY ONE OF THESE KIDS THAT LIVE PINNACLE AT LIVE AT OUR PLACE. AND LIVE FURTHER DOWN. AND THOSE ARE THE KIDS DRIVING, NOT JUST US. DOES THE KIDS DRIVING AT EIGHT O'CLOCK, THREE O'CLOCK, AND IF YOU'VE BEEN ON HOOVER WHITE AND STRING TOWN AT THOSE TIMES YOU KNOW TO AVOID IT. SO, ADDING 75. HOMES TO THIS MIX. PROBABLY NOT A GREAT IDEA.

YOU KNOW? YES, COUNSELOR, NICE COMMUNITIES. AND BUT IT IS CLOSE TO THE BACK OF MY YARD. 20 FT FROM MY FENCE LINE IS WHERE THAT HOUSE WILL START. YOUR HOUSE. 20 FT FROM YOUR BACKYARD. YEAH. DO YOU LIKE IT? I MEAN, WHAT IT IS. YOU HAVE. THE DIFFERENCE IS WE DON'T HAVE IT THERE NOW. I DIDN'T EITHER. WELL, YEAH, I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE FOUGHT HARDER. UM BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS I DON'T WANNA I DON'T WANT TO PUT THEIR CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS ON THEIR HOUSE. YOU KNOW I CAN FROM MY YARD. SO, YOU KNOW, LET'S ESPECIALLY DURING THE DESIGN PHASE. IF THIS GOES THROUGH BE VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT HOW THIS THINGS LAID OUT AND HOW IT'S DESIGNED AND HOW CLOSE IT IS TO EVERYTHING ELSE. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE PACKED IN THERE ANYMORE EVERYWHERE. IN WE'VE GOT ENOUGH DEVELOPMENTS GOING ON. YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GREAT LITTLE TOWN IN THE WAY IT IS. BECAUSE CAREFUL IT'S GOING TO TURN INTO SOMETHING. NONE OF US LIKE THANK YOU. OKAY? MR REEVES OR MR ROSE, WHICH MR REEVES. OKAY, MR RHODES, YOU WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? NO, OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ONE THING I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT IS ON PAGE THREE OF THE ZONING TEXT. YEAH AND I BROUGHT THIS UP TO THIS IS NOT NEW FOR YOU FOLKS TO HERE. THIS IS NOT NEW FROM HIS MOUTH TO HARRIS. AND IT'S SOMETHING WE EVEN DISCUSSED IN, UH. KIND OF GOT KICKED AROUND AND CAUCUS TONIGHT ABOUT WHITE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, UM, FLASHING BEACON. I THINK. MR KELLY MIGHT HAVE MR WOLF BROUGHT IT UP RATHER, UM, ABOUT CROSSING THE STREETS THERE, TOO, OR ON THERE.

I'M A CONCERNED ABOUT JUST THOSE FLASHING SIGNS. WE HAD THOSE UP ON BUCKEYE PARKWAY. AND THEY DIDN'T WORK. AND THEY DON'T WORK ON ON BUCKEYE PARKWAY NOW ACCEPT . WHAT HAPPENED WAS WE PUT IN THE OVERHEAD FLASHING AND PEOPLE HAD TO STOP. NO. I KNOW WITH THE DISCUSSION THIS EVENING AND I USED WHITE ROAD ALL THE TIME, AND I USED MCDOWELL ALL THE TIME ON THERE. AND WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO THE EAST, DRIVING ON WHITE ROAD, AND YOU SEE THAT IN THAT DEPTH ON THERE. AND I THINK THIS MISS WOLF, MR WOLF BROUGHT THIS UP. YOU YOU WON'T SEE THAT FLASHING SIGN, AND I REMEMBER WHEN THESE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN WAS WELL, WE'RE GOING TO PUT AN ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE. AND I THOUGHT, GEE, THIS IS KIND OF LIKE SO SHE CAN MAKE IT TO THE MIDDLE. YOU'RE SAFE.

AND I WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, FOLKS , THIS IS NOT FOR THIS TODAY, AND I UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW, I I'VE HEARD IT FROM OUR ENGINEER AND I'VE HEARD OF DESIGN STANDARDS AND I MIGHT TOLD MS MARTIN TOLD ME ABOUT THE ABOUT THE REQUIREMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT I'M LOOKING AT 2025 30 YEARS OUT. UNDER AND WHAT'S IT GOING TO BE LIKE, THEN ON THERE, AND I THINK THE SAFETY OF OUR CITIZENS AND THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN DEVELOPMENTS. PARAMOUNT. BECAUSE THERE IS NO NO MATTER WHETHER YOU COME FROM THE WEST OR THE EAST AND GOING WEST. UM YOU HAVE SOME OBSCURITY BECAUSE OF THE OVERPASS ON THERE , BUT PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU'RE GOING FROM THE EAST TO THE WEST AND WHERE THE CROSSWALK WILL BE. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT. WHEN IT COMES ON HERE IN THE ZONING

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AT LEAST QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. YES LET'S SEE. CHRIS, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. I HEAR EVERYTHING. MY COUNTERPART, MR SHOCKEY SAYING, AND YET IN THE REALITY THERE ARE DEVELOPMENT INTENTIONS GOING ON CONCURRENTLY. WITH THE HOPES OF US APPROVING TWO P U D R UM, ALL THESE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO BUTTON DOWN AND BUTTON AND IMPROVE ON SAFETY OR OTHERWISE THEY WOULD THEY LIKELY CAN OR SHOULD BE DONE. OBVIOUSLY, IN THE NEXT STEP BUT GETTING TO THAT NEXT STEP REQUIRES OR, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO APPROVE TONIGHT . THIS IS ONLY CHANGE TO EVEN GET TO THAT CONTINUE ON WITH THE CONCURRENT PLAN THAT THIS MARKED SHARED EARLIER. SO UM, I HAVE MANY RESERVATIONS ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU SAID ABSOLUTELY ON THE SAFETY SIDE. UM IN OUR TOWN AS SOMEONE THAT USES OUR TRAILS REGULARLY. OUR SENIOR COMMUNITIES THAT ARE THAT BRIDGE ARE, UM RIGHT AWAY OR PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE RIGHT AWAYS ARE NOTORIOUS FOR HAVING AN APRON BEYOND THOSE RIGHT WAYS. AND FOR ANY PEDESTRIAN AND RUNNERS THAT USE THIS FOUR OR FIVE DAYS A WEEK. THEY KNOW DARN WELL THAT OUR CULTURE AND OUR CITY FOR LOOKING OUT FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS ON THOSE VERY PAST.

IT'S HORRIBLE. ON A SCALE OF A TO F B N F. ALL RIGHT. HERE'S ONE MORE COMMUNITY BEING PROPOSED. THAT WILL HAVE THAT KIND OF APRON. AND WHAT NOW, IF YOU PUT A RIGHT TURN LANE THERE OR YOU HAVE ANOTHER CROSSWALK. THEY'RE ALL THESE THINGS FOR OUR SENIORS TO THINK ABOUT. ASSUMING THAT CONCURRENT PLAN CONTINUES TO DEVELOP, SO TONIGHT, I WILL, YOU KNOW, SHOW MY CARDS JUST LIKE WE'RE SHOWING OUR CARDS HERE. WE'RE SEEING THE CARDS HERE WHERE WE'RE HEADED. THAT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF SAFETY CONCERNS. TOO MANY SAFETY CONCERNS THAT TO JUST EVEN ALLOW THE P U D R, WHICH I AGREE WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANOTHER ONE. BUT JUST TO SHOW SUPPORT THAT WE HEAD DOWN THIS PATH. IS WHAT WHAT WERE ALSO DOING WITH HIS P U. D R APPROVAL AND THAT'S MY TAPE. ANY OTHER COUNCIL PEOPLE? YES THANK YOU. MR SHOCKEY IS CINDY MONAHAN STILL PRESENT. DO I SEE YOU? HMM. PERHAPS, MR BOZO, UM. I BELIEVE MULTI USE PATH WITH HIS EIGHT FT FOR GROUP CITY. RIGHT? SO THIS IS THIS SPECIFIES DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS . ITEM FIVE IS A SIX FT BATH.

INSIDE THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY. YEAH, NOT DOWN THE WHITE ROAD. OKAY WELL AGAIN, UM, MR SMITH, THIS CAN BE ADDRESSED AND LATER DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS, RIGHT? YEAH BECAUSE I'LL SHOW MY CARDS RIGHT NOW IS THAT I'M VERY INTERESTED IN GROVE CITY BEING A GOLF CART CONNECTED COMMUNITY.

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WE'LL GET THERE SOMEDAY. WITH THE PROPER, UM, PRODDING ALONG HERE, BUT, UM SO ON THAT ASPECT IT YOU KNOW THE YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO DEVELOP IT NOW HOW THEY DEVELOP IT OR WHO DEVELOPS IT. UM YOU KNOW, COMES THROUGH AS A P U T P P D ARE SO WE'RE GOING DOWN THAT SAME PATH.

WHAT YOU HEARD TONIGHT WITH MR. SEE KRISTA AND MR HOLT IS KIND OF WHAT THEY'RE SENDING A MESSAGE TO THE DEVELOPER BY SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO SEE. COMING DOWN THE PIKE AND MR SHOCKEY SAID THE SAME THING WITH THE SAFETY WITH THE SAFETY IN THAT TYPE OF THING. AND I'VE TALKED TO HAVE TALKED AT CON SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT THIS. YOU KNOW, I I'M THE SAME WAY WITH WITH THE SAFETY ISSUES. AND I'M ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO, UM THE ARE PEDESTRIANS TRAVERSING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW THEY HAVE THE PAST HAVE TO BE LINKED. THEY HAVE TO BE SAFE. THEY HAVE TO BE WIDE ENOUGH. I LOVE THE IDEA OF HAVING GOLF CART ACCESSIBILITY. TO ALL THE COMMUNITIES AND EVERYTHING. BUT YOU KNOW ONE THING THAT ONE THING THAT I WAS. I WAS KIND OF RELUCTANT SEVERAL YEARS AGO ABOUT CON AND SO AND I LIVE. A STONE'S THROW FROM THE DEF CON COMMUNITY. I CAN TELL YOU THIS, UM IT'S A MUCH DIFFERENT TYPE OF COMMUNITY IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN IN ONE, THEN UM UM THAN THE AVERAGE COMMUNITY CONDO COMMUNITY THAT'S OUT THERE. UM IT'S THE AVERAGE AGE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE MUCH OLDER. IT'S MUCH MORE OF A CLUB THAN IT IS ANYTHING ELSE AND WHEN IT COMES TO TRAFFIC, BECAUSE I DO, UM, I DO WALK A LOT THROUGH MY COMMUNITY AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. TRAFFIC IS NOT AN ISSUE WITHIN THAT CALM BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE ARE RETIRED, AND THEY'RE RUNNING IN AND OUT. DURING YOU KNOW, DURING THE DURING THE DAY OFF AND ON THERE, NOT MOVING THROUGH. THE POPULATION IS NOT MOVING AT RUSH HOUR AND THAT TYPE OF THING. SO I WOULD URGE YOU THAT IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO AN ICON COMMUNITY DRIVE THROUGH AT A DIFFERENT POINT IN TIME OF THE DAY, IT IS A MUCH DIFFERENT TYPE OF COMMUNITY THAN NORMAL CONDO COMMUNITY IS AS FAR AS TRAFFIC, SO I YOU KNOW WHEN WE SAY THAT WE'RE PUTTING 74 HOMES HERE IF IT WAS AS IF IT WAS S F ONE. WE'D PROBABLY BE 15 HOMES LESS AND, UM, THE OTHER. THE OTHER OPPORTUNITY HERE IS YOU'RE GETTING MORE OF AN EMPTY NESTER TYPE OF THE COMMUNITY. BUT AGAIN , I WISH IT WAS A PARK. BUT I DON'T CONTROL HOW PEOPLE SAW THEIR LAND TO ANYTHING. AND THE NEXT STEP OF THIS BE THE R IS FOR, UM FOR US TO GET TO STARTING TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU. MR CHAIRMAN? YES. I HAVEN'T WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM MS HULK THAT SHE ASKED ME TO READ INTO THE RECORD. HMM. SHE STATES WHITE ROAD SERVES AS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR EAST WEST MOVEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY, ACTING AS RELIEF TO THE INCREASINGLY CONGESTED, DIFFICULT TUNA GAP NAVIGATE STRING TOWN ROAD. ADDING 74 UNITS ON LESS THAN 25 ACRES IN THE FORM OF A SINGLE DEVELOPMENT DIVIDED BETWEEN TWO PARCELS. ONE NORTH AND ONE SOUTH OF WHITE ROAD IS ILL ADVISED. ADDITIONAL DEMAND TIED TO THE 74 UNITS, AS WELL AS THE ENTRY ROADS FROM BOTH MCDOWELL ROAD AND WHITE ROAD WILL FURTHER CONGEST A VERY BUSY AREA. IN ADDITION, THIS USE IS INCONSISTENT WITH GROVE CITY, 2050. AS I HAVE MENTIONED ON SEVERAL OTHER OCCASIONS, PUDU ARE ZONING IS CLOSELY TIED TO THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN ITSELF. IN THIS PARTICULAR TEXT. I HAVE CONCERNS REGARDING THE USE OF THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING WITH RAPID FLASHING BEACON. ALTHOUGH PROPER USE IS IDEAL, ALTHOUGH PROPER USE IN IDEAL CONDITIONS MAY ALLOW THIS TO BE AN EFFECTIVE TOOL IN FACILITATING PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE ILLUSION OF SAFETY. THESE SIGNALS CREATE FOR YOUNG RESIDENTS AND RESIDENTS UTILIZING THIS CROSSING IN LESS THAN IDEAL CONDITIONS. AND THEN SHE ALSO ASKED ABOUT THE

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FOUR. UM I DON'T WANT TO CHANCE. UM I CAN BUY MY OWN PHONES. UM I JUST SOON. LET'S LET'S KEEP IT AS NATURAL AS POSSIBLE. IF THIS THING GOES THROUGH, KEEP IT AS NATURAL AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY LOSING THE FIELD. THE FOX THE DEER EVERYTHING THAT ARE ALREADY IN THERE. RIGHT BACK . MR MR WOLF. DO YOU LIVE ON THAT SIDE OF DON'T OKAY? MS MARTIN. YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING, YOU KNOW. YEAH, WE HAD MET WITH NEIGHBORS. THERE ARE PROBABLY 20 TO 30 AFFECTED NEIGHBORS THAT WERE WE INVITED EVERYONE 125 FT OUT IN THE SOUTH PROPERTY BOUNDARY LINE IN NORTH PROPERTY BOUNDARY LINES, SO WE JUST HEARD FROM THE PREDOMINANT NUMBER OF RESIDENTS THAT SHOWED UP THAT THEY WANTED THE FUNDS, BUT CERTAINLY IT'S WHATEVER THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE DIRECTLY AFFECTED WOULD PREFER. I THINK SO. YES, SOME OF THEM. THANK YOU. PERFECT. I THINK WELL ON THERE. YES, WE SHOULD COME UP, AND, UH NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. 44 0 TO JODI DRIVE. IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE DEVELOPERS HEARD THAT GROVE CITY DOESN'T LIKE PRIVACY FENCES, WHICH IS WHY THE ALTERNATIVE OF LANDSCAPING WAS SUGGESTED. SO I THINK SOME PEOPLE WOULD LIKE OFFENSE, BUT WE WERE TOLD THAT GROVE CITY KIND OF POO POOED FENCES, SO THAT'S WHY LANDSCAPING WAS BROUGHT UP. I KIND OF AGREE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MAYBE A MOUND.

OVER A FENCE. UM SO I DON'T KNOW. WHERE THAT REALLY TIES IN LIKE ME COME BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING ABOUT CONCERNS ON MCDOWELL ROAD. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THAT THEN. OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. RHODES. DO YOU WANNA I KNOW THIS IS NOT PART OF THE, UH, I THINK. JUST TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT WHEN WORD TALKING ABOUT THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN IF WE WOULD NO.

THEN I GUESS WE LEAVE THAT IN THERE FOR NOW. YES, MR RAND. YOU WANT TO COME BACK UP? DEFINITELY, UM. I WASN'T PLANNING ON TALKING ABOUT THIS, BUT SINCE MR BERRY BROUGHT IT UP INTO THE MINUTES, I WANTED TO ADDRESS IT. I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE 1 TO 3 RATIO. BUT AS SOMETHING THAT MR WOLF HAS SAID AND SOMETHING THAT MR BASS CENTER SAID. IF WE DON'T AS A CITY START PUTTING A HALT ON THIS SOON. THERE WILL BE NO MORE LAND. TO MAKE GREEN SPACE ON. LONG TERM. THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. RIGHT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. SORT HAS HAD A SECOND READING.

THIS SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCES HAD SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING TO MOVE THAT BE APPROVED. WE'RE VOTING FOR THE ON THE ZONING. CORRECT? YES. THIS IS C 72 22 REZONING. FROM S F ONE AND ARE 12 PDR ZONING TEXT. SECOND. MR SHARKEY? YES. MR CIGARETTES. MR BARRY? YES. MR HOLT. THANK YOU

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[Call for Dept. Reports & Closing Comments ]

THANK YOU. YES MR RHODES. IF I MAY ANY OF THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE HERE. I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK TO THEM. WHETHER IT'S TONIGHT OR OR LATER AT ANY TIME. I KNOW WE HAD A PUBLIC HERE OR NOT A PUBLIC MEETING, BUT WE INVITED AS MANY NEIGHBORS AS WE COULD FIND AND HAD A MEETING HERE IN THIS CHAMBER PRIOR TO THE START OF THE FORMAL PROCESS, UM, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO MEET WITH ANY OF THEM OR TALK TO ANY OF THEM, AND CERTAINLY AH MR ROUCH CAN PROVIDE MY CONTACT INFORMATION.

IF THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT, I'M HAPPY TO GIVE IT WOULD YOU GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? MY NAME IS JOEL ROADS, MY DRESSES 500 STONEHENGE PARKWAY IN DUBLIN, OHIO. THANK YOU. OKAY? MR BOZO, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR FROM THE ADMINISTRATION TONIGHT? NOTHING ADDITIONAL. THANK YOU. AND MR TURNER. NOTHING SIR. THANK YOU. YOU DID SEND US OUT. THE DOCUMENT. YES I DID SEND YOU THE 2022 FINANCIAL REPORTS VERY SUCCESSFUL YEAR AND, UH, I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS. I DIDN'T SEND YOU ANYTHING, SIR, AND I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT.

MISSKELLEY DITTO NOTHING. THANK YOU, SIR. DEPARTMENT HEADS HERE TODAY. TONIGHT. I GUESS NOT.

HE'S THE ONLY ONE LEFT. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR US? YEAH DID ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK TONIGHT BEFORE WE BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT THE MEETING. ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO. PLEASE COME FORWARD. OKAY WE WILL GO INTO CLOSING COMMENTS AND WE WILL START WITH MR SEEKERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH COCOA. MR STANLEY STOCKS ON THE ROAD. OUTSTANDING WORK, CINDY, YOU GET THIS FACTOR CAN YOUR TEAM JUST KUDOS AND CONGRATULATIONS ON A JOB WELL DONE FOR ALL INVOLVED AND REALLY APPRECIATE. UM PARKS AND REC UNLOCKED THE PICKLE BALL COURTS DURING THE WARM WEATHER, AND ACTUALLY, THERE WAS PICKLEBALL BEING PLAYED AND NEW YEAR'S DAY AND GROSS CITY OUTDOORS AND IT WAS GREAT TO AND APPRECIATE THAT AND APPRECIATE. UH, UM, THE WOLF, THE BASING EAR'S MR STANLEY. IT TAKES GREAT COURAGE TO SPEAK UP AND SPEAK OUT. AND I APPRECIATE YOU COMING TONIGHT.

THANK YOU. MR HOLT. HAPPY NEW YEAR. THIS IS THE SUCCESSFUL 2023. I TOO, WOULD ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO ATTEND FUTURE MEETINGS AND I'D LIKE TO GET CLARITY ON THE FENCING ISSUE. UM BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE TWO FACTIONS FOR THAT. SO YOU NEED TO HELP US. MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THE DESIRE OF THE RESIDENTS SO WE CAN DO THE RIGHT THING. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MR JACKIE. I'M GLAD MR SPEAKER SPREAD OF PICKLEBALL, BECAUSE, UM, WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE GROUP OF CITIZENS REPRESENTING DIFFERENT PARTS OF GROWTH CITY IN DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS WORKING ON LOOKING AT A COMMUNITY REC CENTER AND THE FEASIBILITY OF IT AND THE DESIGN OF IT, AND WE'VE BEEN GETTING EVER SINCE THE WEATHER HAS SHUT DOWN. WE'VE BEEN GETTING EMAILS

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UH I UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION IS THERE I UNDERSTAND THE TRAFFIC WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL. OF COURSE . I TAUGHT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND I WAS PRINCIPAL THERE, SO I DEFINITELY KNOW THAT TRAFFIC AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE UNIQUE THINGS WITH WHITE ROAD. BUT WHEN THE CITY IN THE TOWNSHIP GOT TOGETHER TO MAKE IT THREE LANES AND WIDEN IT AND PUT THE LIGHTS IN AND MAKE IT FROM THE COUNTRY LANE, IT'S CERTAINLY IMPROVED IT BECAUSE I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE THE TRAFFIC TODAY IF WE HAD ALLOWED WHITE ROAD TO REMAIN THE COUNTRY ROAD THAT ARE USED TO BE THAT, MR SEACREST. I ACTUALLY GREW UP ON ON THERE, THAT WHITE ROAD AND IN THE HOUSE THERE AND NEVER REALLY GROWN UP, BUT I WAS RAISED THERE. UM THERE SO BUT I WILL THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. SO MR BOZO, HOW MANY ACRES IS THE IS THE PROPERTY WE BOUGHT OFF OF THAT WE WOULD THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO PUT THE WRECKS AND HOW MANY ACRES IS THAT OVER THERE? 70 UH , I ASSUME BECAUSE THAT CLINICAL PART YEAH. WE JUST PURCHASED 14 ADDITIONAL BECAUSE I THINK THE EXISTING PART WAS 24 ACRES. 7377 SO WE'RE WE'RE UP OVER 50. THERE'S OKAY, SO I DID. I DIDN'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW? THE ADMINISTRATION IS LISTENING WHEN IT COMES TO ADDING MORE PARKLAND . WE DID 14 ACRES LAST YEAR THAT THAT PARK ITSELF IS IT 50 BEAUTIFUL WAS ADDED. THAT'S ABOUT 60 ACRES PLUS BRECHT PARKS THAT YOU KNOW IS ADDING TO IT, SO I MEAN, WE'VE WE'VE ADDED WELL OVER 100 ACRES IN THE LAST 2.5 YEARS. AND NOW CAN WE DO BETTER? YES AND YOU KNOW, WE'LL KEEP PRODDING TO DO MORE. BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN EVERYBODY. THAT'S HERE, AN IDEA OF HOW MANY ACRES HAVE BEEN ADDED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. UM, AND OF COURSE, IT'S NEVER WHERE EVERYBODY WANTS IT TO BE, UM AND BUT WE ARE STRIVING TO BUY MORE LAND AND I KNOW THE DOWNTOWN PARK IF WE ADDED ANOTHER TWO ACRES WITH THE PURCHASES A WELL ANOTHER ACRE OR SAID CHUCK WITH THE COTTON PROPERTY THAT'S CORRECT DOWNTOWN PARK, SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTION THE PARTNERSHIP WE HAD WITH THE METRO PARKS IN TERMS OF THAT 600 ACRE PARK THAT I THINK WE DONATED OVER 200 ACRES FOR THAT PARTICULAR PART. AND THEN YOU SO THE GOAL IS AND ONE THING YOU'LL HEAR US TALKING ABOUT IS CONNECTIVITY TO THE PARKS VIA BIKE PATH AND ALSO RUNNING PAST TO GO FROM SEO TO, UM, TO OUT TO THE WHAT'S THE OTHER ONE? TURNING TO THE DIRTY, SO WE'RE CONNECTED, UM, TO BOTH OF THOSE PATHS TO BOTH OF THOSE PARKS BECAUSE WE'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THEM. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE OVERALL GOAL ON THAT. BUT UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE JANUARY. 17TH AT SEVEN PM IN THIS ACTUALLY AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO

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