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GROSS CITY COUNCIL IS NOW IN SESSION. WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD. WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. CLERK. PLEASE READ THE ROLE. MR SHOCKEY, PRESIDENT. MR CIGARETTES HERE, MR. BARRY. MR HOLT. MRS HAWKE HERE. I WOULD ASK THAT THE COUNCIL UM EXCUSE MR HOPE FROM THE MEETING. DON'T MOVE. SECOND. MR SHARKEY? YES MR SIEGERIST. MR BARRY? YES? YES. OKAY WE NEED TO APPROVE THE MEETING THE MINUTES FROM THE
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PREVIOUS MEETING. FOR A SECOND. SECOND. MR SECHREST? YES, YES. THIS IS HELP, MR SHARKEY. AND OUR EXTENSIVE GENDER TYPE STARTS WITH CHAIRMAN SHOCKEY OF THE LANDS COMMITTEE. DID YOU WANT TO? WELL LET'S SEE. THANK YOU FOR PASSING THAT. I WANT. I DID NOT READ THE AGENDA. YOU'RE[Welcome & Reading of Agenda: Pres. Berry]
CORRECT. IT'S SO EXTENSIVE. I I'M AM SOMETHING BUT LET'S LET'S FOR SO WE HAVE THE FIRST READINGS AT THAT. UNDER THE LANDS COMMITTEE. WE HAVE ORDINANCE CEO. ONE RESOLUTION C R 01 AND UNDER FINANCE ORDINANCE C. 02. NOW WE CAN PASS IT ON TO YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT PROBLEM.[Ordinance C-01-23 Authorize the City Administrator to enter into an Agreement granting a Permanent Easement to the Grant Run Estates Homeowner's Association. First reading. ]
FIRST ORDINANCE, SEE 01 23. IN THE ORDINANCE. EXCUSE ME. AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT GRANTING PERMANENT EASEMENT TO THE GREAT RUN OF STATES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. SERGEANT SAYS FIRST THREE SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE ON FEBRUARY 6TH 2023. SECOND ITEM BUSINESS RESOLUTION CR 01 23. RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE[Resolution CR-01-23 Approve the Development Plan for Season's Grove located at 1050 Lamplighter Drive. ]
DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR SAYS SEASONS GROW. LOCATED AT 10 50 LAMPLIGHTER TRIBE. JANUARY 3RD PLANNING COMMISSION DIRECTOR OF AN APPROVAL DEVELOPMENT PLAY WITH TWO STIPULATIONS. DO WE HAVE THOSE STIPULATIONS ON THE SCREEN? YES THERE THEY ARE ON THEIR, UM THE SECOND STIPULATION WAS ADDED. DURING THE PLANNING COMMISSION PROCESS ON THERE. AH! AND THAT AND IT HAD TO DO WITH THE ACCESS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON THE REAR OF THE BUILDING. ON THAT PART ON THERE.SO, UM MR ROSS, DO YOU WANT TO JUST GO OVER? GENERALLY THE PLAN HERE THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN . I KNOW IT'S NOT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN OUR PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN, BUT THERE HAS BEEN SOME MINOR CHANGES. I BELIEVE. THANK YOU, MR SHOCKEY. YES, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT CONTAINS 82 RESTRICTED SENIOR HOUSING LIVING UNITS COUNCIL APPROVED IMPLEMENT ABOUT PLAYING BACK IN JUNE OF 21 RESUMING IN SEPTEMBER OF 21 IN TERMS OF THE PROPERTY AND THE USE OF THE PROPERTIES IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE 20 CHRISTIE 2050 COMMUNITY PLAN. AH! PHYSICALLY THE BUILDINGS THREE STORIES IN HEIGHT AT ALL ABOUT 84,000 SQUARE FEET. THIS PROJECT IS LOOKING WITHIN A P U D S ONLY DISTRICT. UH, ZONING TEXT. SET THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF UNITS AT 76, THE APPLICANT PROPOSED 82.
WHICH IS CAN BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL TONIGHT AS THE ZONING TEXT ALLOWS FOR DEVIATIONS IF YOU APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, SO THEY'RE LOOKING TO INCREASE BY 66 UNITS AND FROM OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH IT WITH THE DEVELOPER APPLICANT THAT IS WILLING TO HELP OFFSET THE COST BECAUSE OF THE BUILDING MATERIALS. BECAUSE RUSH, IF ONLY MIGHT INTERJECT AT THAT POINT, THIS IS THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING IS NOT CHANGING. THESE ARE INTERNAL UNITS CHANGES THAT'S OF THE IN THE SQUARE FOOTAGE IN THE DESIGN INSIDE THE UNIT, SO THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL, UM, FOOTPRINT CHANGE AT ALL. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD, CORRECT, CORRECT AND THE SITE IS SERVICED BY TO CURB CUTS CURRENTLY, NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES IS TO REMAIN AT 72, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL IS AWARE THAT IN OUR IN HER PROFESSIONAL OPINION PIECES DON'T REALLY GENERATE A WHOLE LOT OF DRIVERS OR TRAFFIC, SO WE WERE COMFORTABLE MAINTAINING THAT THE ORIGINAL 72 NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES. PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED 50 WITH THE
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STIPULATION THAT WAS ADDED MR SHOCKEY ADDRESSED. REALLY THAT STIPULATION PERTAINS TO COMMENT RECEIVED FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE PLANE FROM YOUR MEETING THAT ESSENTIALLY REQUIRED A 20 FT SIX WIDE FIRE ADDRESS ACCESS ROAD. PROVIDED AROUND THE TARDY OF THE BUILDING JUST DESPITE BEING SPRINKLED. SO THAT WAS REALLY THE CRUX OF THE CONVERSATION PLAYING COMMISSION WAS THAT ASPECT OF HOW CAN WE ACCOMMODATE THE 26 SPLIT WHAT? DR ISLES ON THE SITE, AS CURRENTLY PLANNED, UH, PLAYING COMMISSION. DEALT THE BEST THEY COULD WITH IT AND PUT THAT STIPULATION ON KIND OF PASSING ON A COUNCIL FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION. INSTEAD STAFF OPINION WE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THE USE OF PROPERTY AS WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED. DIPLOMA DEVELOPED PLAN, AS APPROVED THE REZONING AND AS THEIR PROPOSED WITH THE FUNDAMENTAL PLANT. AND WITH THAT AGAINST ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. MR RUSH. MHM. OKAY? AH, LET ME BRING UP THE, UH SO THE DEVELOPER AROUND HERE THAT MR CARL, IS THAT YOU? IF YOU GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. YES MY NAME IS RICK CRAWL WITH ME. NOLAN AND I'M THE PROJECT ARCHITECT FOR THIS. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE STIPULATIONS? THAT THE TWO STIPULATIONS? YES, OKAY. UM, HAVE WHAT HAVE. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? WHAT HAS THE DEVELOPER AND NEW YORK TEAM DONE WITH THAT SECOND STIPULATION BECAUSE THE FROM BEING AT THE KAKAPO PLANNING COMMISSION. IT INVOLVED THE WEST SIDE. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S EXACTLY THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING WHERE THE DRIVER WHERE THERE WAS NO DRIVEWAY HAVE HAVE YOU WORKED THROUGH THAT TO DETERMINE HOW THAT CAN HAPPEN. WE'RE CURRENTLY TRYING TO GO THROUGH. UM, SOME OPTIONS FOR THAT. IT'S CERTAINLY THROUGH CURVE BALL AT US AT THIS POINT AND JUNCTURE. A LOT OF THE SITE IS PRETTY TIGHT WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE REQUIRED PARKING THE BUILDING SIZE AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE REQUIRED, UM, DETENTION RETENTION AREA IN THE BACK. IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE YOU'VE HAD A COUPLE OF IDEAS OF TRYING TO BRING THAT. DRIVE AROUND TO THE RIGHT SIDE. WE DO KNOW PUTTING A LANE ALL THE WAY AROUND IT, UM, IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE ESPECIALLY ON THAT NORTHWEST CORNER. UM THE LAND REALLY DROPS OFF SO WE WOULD HAVE TO DO MAJOR SHIFT OF PARKING RETENTION EVERYTHING TO TRY TO GET SUCH A WIDE LANE ALL THE WAY AROUND THIS FACILITY. WERE YOU AT PLANNING COMMISSION ? BY CHANCE? YES WERE YOU PART OF THE CONVERSATION AT THE DESK AFTER PLANNING PERMISSION? YES UM, YOU KNOW HOW THE CONVERSATION WENT THAT THEY ONLY NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THEY COULD REACH THAT 150 FT. ON THE TRUE, TRULY BELIEVE THAT'S THE WEST SIDE THAT TOP PART THERE. AND THE SUGGESTION WAS AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS WENT WITH YOU FOLKS. MAKING SURE BECAUSE YOU CAN REACH THAT THAT EAST SIDE PORTION ON THE RIGHT. MAKING THE PATIO. THEY'RE HAVING SUBSTANTIAL FEVER SO THE TRUCK COULD GO UP THERE. FOR AND THEN THEY COULD REACH THE OTHER PART OF THE THAT LEFT SIDE ALL ALONG THERE THAT WOULD BE WITHIN 150 FT. HAVE YOU ADDRESSED THAT AT ALL? BY CHANCE? UM AGAIN. WE WE'VE HAD SOME OPTIONS. ONE IN PARTICULAR WE WERE LOOKING AT WAS BRINGING A LANE RATHER THAN TRYING TO WRAP AROUND THE BUILDING TIME IN THE PARKING LOT . WE'RE LOOKING AT AN OPTION AND MAYBE JUST PROVIDING A FIRE LANE OFF OF THAT COLD A SACK. AND EXTENDING IT FROM THERE. AND IT WOULD ONLY BE FOR FIRE ACCESS ONLY. SO I MEAN, GET. FROM HERE . YEAH, I SAY THEY'RE OKAY. TELL ME HOW TO COME. SAID, LIKE TO DO SOME DRAWING HERE. WHAT I NEED TO DO. YEAH. THERE WE GO UP IN. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING A FIRE. ACCESS. AFTER THIS CALL THE SACK RIGHT HERE. IS THAT WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? WHO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? AT THE BOTTOM. THE BOTTOM? YES. DOWN HERE, BRINGING IT OFF OF THERE. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAD IT DRIVEWAY. YOU ALREADY HAD A DRIVEWAY GOING. JUST CHAT DIRECTION. WE DIDN'T. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING. COLONEL. YOU DIDN'T. OKAY? ALRIGHT. OKAY SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST[00:10:02]
BRINGING IT TO HEAR THEM. WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT THE BACK OF THE BUILDING HERE CAN HEAR THEM , AND THAT'S WHERE WE RUN INTO SOME ISSUES BECAUSE ON LIKE I SAID, TO THE TOP OF THE OF THE SHED THE GRADING DROPS QUITE A BIT. THE DIFFICULT TO TRY TO FIT THAT IN THERE. ALSO WE HAVE THAT RETENTION AREA TO HAVE IT WOULD SEVERELY HAMPER THAT AS WELL. SO WHEN I WERE THINKING, IF WE HAVE THE LIKE DRIVE TO THE LEFT THERE. AND I THINK, THEY SAID, LIKE 150 FT. MM OR SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN USE ONE UP KIND OF ON THE OTHER SIDE THAT MAYBE THAT WOULD COVER PROVIDED COVERAGE REQUIRED. UM IT SEEMS TO ME THAT, UM. THIS NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED SOME WAY BEFORE THIS IS BECAUSE YOU'D HAVE TO BRING IN NEW PLANNING SHEETS? YES. IN ORDER TO IN THE NEW PLANNING SHEETS WOULD HAVE TO BE ATTACHED. WITH THIS RESOLUTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO ARE YOU PREPARED TO POSTPONE THIS, POSSIBLY FOR MEETING TO GET ALL OF THIS ACCOMPLISHED? CAN I ASK AHEAD? ONE QUESTION THAT I THINK IS ON A LOT OF OUR MINDS. FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE.WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE PUTTING THIS IN BECAUSE IT SERVES A, UM, A POPULATION THAT WE REALLY NEED TO SERVE HERE. GROWTH CITY WITH ELDERLY PEOPLE. SO IS THIS IF THIS IS POSTPONED, WILL THIS THREATEN YOUR FUNDING? I KNOW YOU GUYS GET FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THIS TYPE OF HOUSING. DOES THAT THREATEN ANY OF THE FUNDING? UM, I GUESS WHAT DO YOU. I THINK WE DO HAVE POINTS IN WHICH WE HAVE TO SUBMIT DATES TO OPEN THAT. IF SIR, IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, COULD YOU COME UP AND GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? MIKE WAGNER IN THE ADVICE PRESIDENT OF THAT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. 1980 EAST 11TH AVENUE. YES FUNDING SOURCES. I MEAN, WE COULD WE COULD PROBABLY DELAY ANOTHER MONTH OR SO. BUT THE FURTHER OUT. WE GET, OF COURSE. WE'VE GOT APPLICATION DEADLINES AND STUFF. WE GOT TO MEET TO AS FAR AS OVER. HAMMOND YES, IT'S VERY YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, I'M SORRY. THIS HAPPENED AT THE LAST MINUTE. UM AND WE JUST WANT TO GET IT RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU KNOW ARE WE DON'T WANT TO LOOK DOWN THE ROAD AND MAKE A MISTAKE WITH A BUILDING THAT'S FULL OF SENIORS, UM, AND EVERYTHING. SO THAT'S OUR CONCERN AND AGAIN. I APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT'S HAPPENED. IT'S NOT FAIR, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S RIGHT. IT'S MY POINT. FINGER STAND THERE, MR WAGNER AND MR PAUL, DO YOU THINK THAT IF WE POSTPONE THIS ONE MEETING THE FIRST MEETING IN FEBRUARY THAT WE COULD HAVE YOU COULD FOLKS COULD HAVE THOSE PLANS. FRONT OFF. YEAH I THINK THAT'S REASONABLE. AND MR RAUF YOU COULD POP UP BACK THERE AGAIN. ONE SECOND. MR ROUSE. DO WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE PLANTS THAT APPROVED BY THE JACKSON TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT. I'M TIRED OF THE ACCESS FROZEN THE WHOLE OF ALL TIME. THEY CAN BE PART OF THE CONVERSATIONAL. WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THE TOWNSHIP TO GET TO SOME MUTUAL AGREEABLE POSITION. BUT IN THE DAY UH HUH. WE GROW SEES FIRE OFFICIAL IS A SAFETY DIRECTOR. SO WHATEVER WE COME TO WITH DISCUSSIONS WITH THE TOWNSHIP THERE HAS TO BE A DECISION MADE AND FROM ARTICLE PERSPECTIVE WAY THE CODE IS WRITTEN OR CODIFIED ORDINANCE POINTS OR MAKES THE SAFETY DIRECTOR THE FINAL SAY ON ON THOSE ISSUES SO WE CAN WORK FOR THE TOWN SHOW. BUT UNTIL WE DRESS HOW THE DECISIONS FINALIZED AND DOCUMENTED WELL, I'M A FEARFUL WE'LL BE SPENDING OUR WILLS, BUT YES, IT WILL BE INVOLVED. GOING BACK TO THE CONVERSATION FOR ALL OF US HERE . WE POSTPONED FOR ONE MEETING ON THERE. WE CAN PUT THIS ON THE FAST LANE AND GET THIS RESOLVED SO THAT THESE FOLKS CAN GET THEIR BUILDING BUILT AND WE CAN GET THOSE SENIORS IN THERE THAT ARE BETTER THAN THIS TYPE OF BUILDING THAT WE CAN HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND I'M NOT SURE HOW FAST THEY CAN DRAW PLANS. BUT THE EXTENT OF THE REVISIONS MIGHT NECESSARILY GOING BACK TO PLANNING COMMISSION. SO IT WILL DEPENDS ON HAVING CONVERSATIONS . REVISED PLANS UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE AT IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS, WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE A CLEAR PATH A LITTLE FORWARD. IT'S KIND OF BEEN A WE'RE KIND OF IN A
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DILEMMA HERE, BUT I DON'T SEE A SOUND OF WORKING ON THIS THIS EVENING BECAUSE IT'S OTHER.CHRISTINE DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING BRIEFLY, UM, AND YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE HEARD OUR APOLOGIES, BUT I THINK THE HEART OF THIS FOR US IS REALLY THAT WE'VE PUT IN A STIPULATION THAT SAYS THE APPLICANT SHALL WORK WITH THE CITY AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. TO RESOLVE THE ACCESS ISSUES THAT CAME UP AND WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE DIVERGENT VIEWPOINTS ABOUT HOW THOSE THINGS CAN BE RESOLVED. SO BY PUTTING THAT IN EXISTENCE RELATION TO FINANCIAL AND FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, NOT ONLY ARE WE CREATING A DIFFICULTY IN TERMS OF BLESSING OF PLAN WHERE WE'VE SEEN HOW THINGS ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO LOOK IN THE LONG RUN, BUT WE'VE ALSO PUT YOU IN AN IMPOSSIBLE POSITION, UM AND BY SAYING NOW GO FORTH AND RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM. SO IF WE COULD DO THAT, ON THE FRONT END, I THINK THAT WE WOULD HAVE JUST A MUCH BETTER COMFORT LEVEL WITH THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT WE CAN THAT WE SEE AND HAVE IN FRONT OF US, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT HAVING WRITTEN OPINION BY OUR SAFETY DIRECTOR AFTER ALL OF THIS OCCURS SO THAT WE ALL HAVE THAT IN WRITING SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT WHAT HAS AGREED TO THAT WILL HELP NOT ONLY YOUR DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT ALSO HELP ALL OF US HERE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON? YES YOU KNOW ONE THING I THINK THEY SHOULD KNOW. I MEAN, ON THE STIPULATION WON THE 80 THE 82 UNITS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD DO LET LET THEM KNOW IF WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT. I'M PERSONALLY OKAY WITH THAT, SINCE IT DOESN'T ENLARGE THE BLUEPRINT OF THE PROJECT. I MEAN, OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE IT'S JUST AN INTERIOR REDESIGN OF SO YOU KNOW , WE'RE OKAY CHILDREN, UNIT SPACES, THE COST OF MATERIALS RIGHT NOW. YEAH I'M GOOD WITH I THINK IT'S LOW RISK AND POSTPONING UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING BECAUSE THE WORST THING TO HAPPEN YOU HAVE TO PUSH FORWARD AGAIN. SO UM, IF IT'S UH , GRUEBEL COUNCIL MOVED TO POSTPONE RESOLUTIONS HERE, 01 23 UNTIL FEBRUARY. 6 2023 2ND. MR BARRY? YES. THIS IS HELP. MR SHOT KEY. YES, YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND WE ALL GOT TO WORK TOGETHER TO GET THIS RESULTS SO WE CAN VOTE THAT EVENING FOR YOU, FOLKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY MR PRESIDENT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING, MISS. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THE FINANCE? I KNOW IT'S EXTENSIVE. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BARRY AND TONIGHT UNDER FINANCE. WE HAVE
[Ordinance C-02-23 Approve the Option Contract with Robert M. Stephenson and Beverly A. Stephenson and Appropriate $202,500.00 from the General Fund for said purchase. First reading. ]
ORDINANCE. C 02 23 AN ORDINANCE TO PROVE THE OPTION CONTRACT WITH ROBERT M. STEPHENSON AND BEVERLY A. STEVENSON AND APPROPRIATE $202,500 THE GENERAL FUND FOR SAID PURCHASE. THIS IS THE FIRST READING OF THIS ORDINANCE, SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE FEBRUARY 6TH 2023. THAT IS ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE HAVE[Call for New Business]
SIGNED UP UNDER NEW BUSINESS, CHRIS, UM, CYCLE. IF YOU COULD COME ON UP. AND I WILL READ YOUR ADDRESS WHILE YOU'RE TRAVELING TO THEM TO THE DIVAS HERE. 3301 MYTH AND THAT'S CORRECT. THE ITEM IS DEEP PERIOD I PERIOD E PERIOD. OKAY SO, UM, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THE DIVERSITY TASK FORCE FIRST SUGGESTION AND LAST WEEK'S TEST FORCE MEETING THIS SUGGESTION THE CITY SHOULD SHOULD FIND SOME WAY TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK OF DR MARTIN LUTHER KING IS A TOUCH TOO EXAMPLE THAT VIRGINITY INCLUSION EQUITY. UM I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN TO ALL THE DIVERSITY TASK FORCE MEETINGS AND JUST WATCH HOW THINGS PROGRESS PERSONALLY, NOT A BIG FAN OF THE PURPOSE AND AGENDA OF THE MODERN D III MOVEMENT. BUT I THOUGHT I SHOULD ALSO GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE. AND I ENCOURAGE YOUR TASK FORCE TO CONTINUE DOWN THIS ROAD AS IT MEANS THE UNITED COMMUNITY. DR KING OF BAPTIST MINISTERS SPOKE HIGHLY OF OUR NATION'S FOUNDING DOCUMENTS OF STATE IN HIS SPEECH AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL. SO WHEN I GRADUATED FROM YOUNGSTOWN STATE WITH A BACHELORS OF ENGINEERING A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF MY TUITION WAS COVERED BY THE MARTIN KING. INNER CITY SCAR SUPPORT. SO IN SOME WAY I TRULY ODETTA GRATITUDE OF DR KING AS I TO BENEFIT FROM HIS LEGACY. I DID ACTUALLY GREW UP IN INNER CITY, YOUNGSTOWN. SOME OF YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. IT IS DOUBTFUL. I COULD HAVE FINISHED COLLEGE WITHOUT THAT AID. SO I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY SHARE THREE BRIEF HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT DREAM SPEECH. WHO DEFINED DR KING IN MY MIND. AND HIS FIRST STATEMENT , HE SAID THIS I'M HAPPY TO JOIN WITH YOU TODAY AND WHAT WILL GO DOWN AS THE GREATEST DEMONSTRATION OF FREEDOM IN THE HISTORY OF OUR NATION. THOSE ARE BIG WORDS AND LITTLE DID HE KNOW AND THE SECOND IN THE MIDDLE.[00:20:06]
YOU SAID, WE MUST FOREVER CONDUCT OUR STRUGGLE ON THE HIGHER PLAIN OF DIGNITY AND DISCIPLINE. WE MUST NOT ALLOW OUR CREATIVE PROTEST TO THE DRILL HERE AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE, BUT IT'S NOT THE LEAD. JUST TRUST OF ALL WHITE PEOPLE FOR MANY OF OUR WHITE BROTHERS, AS EVIDENCED BY THE PRESENCE HERE TODAY. HAVE COME TO REALIZE THAT THEIR DESTINY IS TIED UP WITH OUR DESTINY, AND THEY HAVE COME TO REALIZE THAT THEIR FREEDOM IS INEXTRICABLY BOUND TO OUR FREEDOM. WE CANNOT WALK ALONE. I THINK WHAT DR KING SAID. THERE IS 11 MEMBER OF FAMILIES IN BONDAGE. WE'RE ALL IN BONDAGE. AND AT THE VERY END, HE SAID, THIS LET FREEDOM RING FROM EVERY VILLAGE AND EVERY HAMLET FROM EVERY STATE AND EVERY CITY. WE WILL BE ABLE TO SPEED UP THAT DAY WHEN ALL GOD'S CHILDREN, BLACK MEN AND WHITE MEN, JEWS AND GENTILES PROCESS OF CATHOLICS WILL BE ABLE TO JOIN HANDS AND SING IN THE WORDS OF THE OLD NERO SPIRITUAL FREE AT LAST FREE AT LAST. THANK GOD ALMIGHTY. WE'RE FREE AT LAST, SO DIVERSITY IS A POLITICAL CONCERNS THE STATE BUT UNITY HAS BEEN CHARGED TO ALL GOD'S CHILDREN. WE AS THE PEOPLE WE ALMOST DRIVE SELFLESSLY FOR UNITY. DIVERSITY IS REALLY JUST A STATUS QUO. AND HERE'S MY FINAL THOUGHT. AND HOPEFULLY SOMEHOW DOTTIE STEWART WILL WILL HEAR THIS. OH, DADDY, I APPLAUD YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE TO SPEAK YOUR MIND. AND WHEN YOU RE QUESTIONS YOU STOOD YOUR GROUND.EVEN IN THE FACE OF UNCOMFORTABLE OPPOSITION. THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED. YES. I'LL TELL YOU. I'M GONNA THANK YOU ADMINISTRATION FOR POSTING THE SPEECH YESTERDAY BECAUSE THAT WAS VERY NICE. GOT A LOT OF POSITIVE COMMENTS ABOUT IT. SO THANK YOU, UM WE HAVE MR WEAVER SIGNED UP. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THERE, MR COUNCIL VERY TABOO. AND REP. IN REFERENCE TO WHAT THE GENTLEMAN SAID BEFORE. ALSO LIKE TO HONOR AND OKAY, MARTHA THE KING ON HIS SPEECH. THERE COMES A TIME WHEN ONE MUST TAKE A POSITION THAT IS NEITHER SAFE NOR POLITIC NOR POPULAR. BUT HE MUST TAKE IT BECAUSE IT'S CONSCIOUS, TELLING US RIGHT? I SPEAK THAT THE FORMER I T GROUP CITY EMPLOYEE. THAT I SEE OUR COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, LEADERSHIP , NOT BEING TRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLIC. AND WHEN I OBSERVE IN 10 YEARS AND GRAB CITY I T DEPARTMENT NUMBER ONE THAT WE HAVE. OUR DIVERSITY TASK FORCE MEETING IS NO LONGER BEING RECORDED. NUMBER TWO. THE AGENDA STATED THAT MAYOR WOULD ATTENDED. WHAT ATTEND THE DIVERSITY TASK FORCE MEETING AND MAYOR. I COULD NOT ATTENDED. SO IF WE HAVE A TASK FORCE MEETING I PLAYED THERE'S NO SUPPORT FROM ADMINISTRATION, ESPECIALLY FROM THE MAYOR WHO WOULD BE REPRESENTING THEIR CITY, WHICH SHOWS LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IN THE DIVERSITY TASK FORCE MEETING. ALONG WITH THAT. I BELIEVE THE DIVERSITY TASK FORCE TEAM IS NOT EQUALLY REPRESENTATIVE WITH NO HISPANICS , NO VETERANS, NO DISABILITY OF THE CUSTOM BASED COMMUNITY LEADERS ON THE DIVERSITY TASK FORCE GROUP. SO I'D LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER, UM, REVAMPING THE DIVERSITY TASK FORCE BUT HAVE DISCUSSION ON HOW WE CAN MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER WITH THE TRUE DIVERSITY. ALSO WITH THE HARASSMENT THAT HAS BEEN OCCURRING AND STARTED CITY OF GROWTH CITY AS SEEN DURING MY TIME AND EMPLOYMENT AND ALSO IN , UM LAST YEAR, 2020. TO WHERE YOU KNOW COUNCIL PERSON. SIX SEXUALLY. YOU'RE OUT OF ORDER.
YOU WERE GOOD UNTIL YOU GOT THERE. YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT, SIR. WHAT'S THAT? YOU WERE GOOD UNTIL YOU STARTED THAT PART. HAVE A SEAT, SIR. WHAT PART? HAVE A SEAT, SIR, I NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WANT THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE. I ASKED YOU TO HAVE A SEAT. YOU'RE NOT GONNA YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DEFAME A COUNCIL MEMBER. PLEASE HAVE A SEAT, SAID COUNCIL MEMBER, SIR. PLEASE HAVE
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A SEAT. THANK YOU. MAYOR YOUR COMMENTS TONIGHT. IT WAS. GREAT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE MARTIN LUTHER KING. SPEECH ON OUR WEBSITE AND TALK ABOUT HIS LEGACY. I HAVEN'T HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING IN A VERY EARLY SPEECH THAT HE'S GIVEN THAT A YOUTH AND INCREDIBLE PERSON, UH, CHOICE OF WORDS. UH, TO ME ONLY ONLY ONE THAT RUNNING TIE WITH IT WITH ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS GETTING BRING ADDRESS, BUT WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE OUR HERITAGE AND THE FACT THAT, UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO LIVE VERY KINDLY AND GENTLY WITH ALL OF THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE. UH I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER MARRIAGE COURT REPORT AND JUST ASK ANY QUESTION. THANK YOU. MR BOZO. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT BARRY . MR TURNER. NOTHING TONIGHT.[00:25:07]
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BARRY IN FOR MR SMITH TONIGHT. THANKS SIR. NOTHING TONIGHT, MISS KELLY . ANYTHING UM, BUSINESS FOR THE COUNCIL QUICKLY. I WANT TO I FORGOT. TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU HAVE BEEN INVITED TO A AN EVENT HERE IN CITY HALL THURSDAY. CONGRESSMAN KERRY HE IS HAVING HIS MILITARY. ON MILITARY ACADEMY NOMINATIONS. AT SIX O'CLOCK. AND I RECEIVED THE MESSAGE TODAY. SO. ASKING THAT YOU ARE BEING INVITED. TO BE HERE IF YOU IF POSSIBLE THAT HE'S GOING TO BORROW YOUR CHAMBER. TO GIVE THOSE NOMINATIONS OUT. THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE FROM CURVE CITY HIGH SCHOOL. ONE PERSON FROM GROUP CITY CHRISTIAN AND TWO PEOPLE FROM BISHOP REALLY HIGH SCHOOL. PLEASE. UM. MISS KELLY, DID YOU SEND THAT EMAIL OUT THIS THIS EVENING? DID NOT SEND YOU AN EMAIL. I WROTE MY NOTE TO TELL YOU TONIGHT CAUCUS SO TELLING YOU NOW AND I WILL SEND YOU AN EMAIL BEFORE I LEAVE TONIGHT. SO THE CHILDREN HAVE IT ON YOUR CALENDAR. OKAY. GET IT ON MY CALENDAR. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY DEPARTMENT HEADS HERE. UM WHAT ONE HE'S ALREADY SPOKE SO WE WILL GO TO CLOSING COMMENTS ON MR SEEKERS. OH, YEAH, I AM. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, JUST IN GENERAL PROCEDURES IN THE EVENT, THIS ONE LEGISLATION WE ASKED TO COME BACK ON THE FIFTH IF THAT DRAGS ON AND WE NEED THE PLANNING COMMISSION, PERHAPS TO HAVE TO MEET OR WE HAVE TO MEET. WHAT HOW DOES THAT WORK? WE COULD YOU COULD WE HAVE EMERGENCY SESSIONS FOR UM AND NOT HAVE TO WAIT TILL OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS OF EITHER ONE. THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR COUNCIL. WE CAN ALWAYS CALL AN EMERGENCY SESSION . BUT I THINK MAYBE I'M HOPING THIS BY THE NEXT MEETING, THEY CAN IRON IT OUT. BUT IF THEY CAN'T YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. BUT I'M NOT GONNA RISK. I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WANT TO RISK LOSING A SENIOR FACILITY LIKE THAT, BUT THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. YEAH PLANNING COMMISSION THEY CAN. THEY CAN SCHEDULE TO SOMETHING ON A DIME. YEAH SO I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I JUST NEEDED TO LEARN SOMETHING THERE. THANK YOU. LET'S HELP. UM OKAY, SO I BECAUSE I DECIDED IN THE YEAR 2023. I'M TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF. I WANT TO TOUCH ON THREE THINGS THAT WERE STATED DIVERSITY TASK FORCE NOT RECORDED THE FIRST MEETING. IT WAS RECORDED BECAUSE IT WAS AN EFFORT THAT WE WERE MAKING TO GET THE TRANSCRIPT AND IT FAILED . EPICALLY SO WE MOVED TO THE FORMAT WHERE WE ARE USING WEB BACKS FOR CLOSED CAPTIONING SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT HEARING IMPAIRED INDIVIDUALS ARE ABLE TO PURCHASE PATE IN EVERY MEETING.NUMBER TWO LACK OF TRANSPARENCY DUE TO THE MAYOR NOT ATTENDING THE MAYOR WAS ON THE FIRST AGENDA OUT OF RESPECT, SHOULD HIS SCHEDULE HAS HAD AN OPENING . WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE KNEW THAT HE WAS INCLUDED IN THE CONVERSATION AND COULD BE THERE ON THAT ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING EVENING. OTHER THAN THAT, IF WE EXTEND AN INVITATION TO THE MAYOR, I THINK HE WOULD CONSIDER IT ALONG WITH THE REST OF HIS COMMITMENTS. AND NUMBER THREE MEMBERS, NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY. UH, THAT IS THE BIGGEST SOFTBALL OF EVERY ADVERSARY OF DIVERSITY TASK FORCE. UM IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE A DIVERSITY TASK FORCE THAT WAS DIVERSE ENOUGH TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO WANT TO CLAIM THAT IT'S NOT DIVERSE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A VERY BIG, DIVERSE COMMUNITY, A DIVERSE NATION AND SIMPLY, IT IS NOT TRUE TO SAY THAT WE CAN'T HAVE GOOD CONVERSATIONS AS A COMMUNITY ABOUT DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION WITHOUT MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S A REPRESENTATIVE OF EVERY SINGLE DEMOGRAPHIC. IN THE GROUP. JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE ALSO, UM I'M A BIG CALENDAR GEEK AND MY DESK CALENDAR. HAD A NEW QUOTE ON IT YESTERDAY, SO I BROUGHT IT WITH ME. THE ULTIMATE MEASURE OF A MAN IS NOT WHERE HE STANDS IN MOMENTS OF COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE, BUT WHERE HE STANDS AT TIMES OF CHALLENGE AND CONTROVERSY. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE EFFORTS THAT EVERYONE MADE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HEARD THE MESSAGE AND LEGACY OF DR MARTIN LUTHER KING, PARTICULARLY THE STAFF WHO I KNOW WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO PUSH THINGS OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND TO OUR EMAIL LISTS, AND, UM AND ALL THE WAYS THAT THE COMMUNITY GOT ACTIVE YESTERDAY. IN A DAY OF SERVICE. SO THANKS ALL. TURKEY I WANT TO THANK YOU FOLKS FOR BEING HERE.
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I SEE A LOT OF FAMILIAR FACES THAT COME TO THE MEETINGS, UM ON THERE AND LISTEN TO WHAT IT SAID AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE MEETINGS BY THEIR COMMENTS AND THEIR ENCOURAGEMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT AND TAKING YOUR EVENING AND COMING HERE AND LISTENING TO THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF GROWTH CITY NOT ONLY FROM THE DIVERSITY TASK FORCE BUT ALSO THROUGH NORMALLY , MY EXTENSIVE AGENDAS ON THERE WITH WITH THE DEVELOPMENT ON THERE, BUT ALSO SEEN HOW ARE YOUR TAX DOLLARS ARE USED AND HOPEFULLY YOU GET YOU COME AWAY FROM IT. SEEING THAT AND SAYING THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION AND THIS CITY COUNCIL REALLY CARES ABOUT HOW MONEY IS SPENT, AND WE ARE FISCAL CONSERVATIVES BECAUSE WE DON'T GO OUT AND SPEND EVERY DIME WE HAVE. WE HAVE A GOOD CUSHION IN CASE WE HAVE A REALLY DIFFICULT TIME ON THERE. AND YET WE'RE AS YOU SEE THINGS OCCURRING IN THE CITY. THINGS ARE GETTING DONE. SERVICE DEPARTMENTS STILL FUNCTIONING FANTASTICALLY WORKING ON ALL SORTS OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY, AND I HAD A WOMAN THAT HAD IN OFFICE THE OTHER DAYS. THANK US FOR THE NEW SIDEWALKS AND WORKING ON DEVON BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS SO MUCH EASIER TO PUSH THEIR GRANDDAUGHTER AND IN THE STROLLER UP AND DOWN THAT STREET , SO IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT SOME OF THE SMALL THINGS THAT YOU THAT YOU THAT WE CONSIDER HAS POSITIVE ON THERE. UM, PROJECTS AND THAT THE CITIZENS ALSO SEEING VALUE IN WHAT WE'RE DOING, SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. APPRECIATE IT. I ALWAYS LIKE TO MENTION THE ART EXHIBIT . UM IN THE TAMMY. DO WE HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THIS EXHIBIT ? THIS IS A BRAND NEW EXHIBIT THAT JUST GOT LOADED IN YESTERDAY AND TODAY. I WORKED A LITTLE BIT YESTERDAY. BUT IT IS DEANNA CLINIC. FROM THE BEGINNING. SHE IS, UM. ACTUALLY AN INTERNATIONAL ARTIST. BORN IN BUENOS AIRES CAME TO STATES LIVES IN GRAND VIEW. NOW THEY JUST MOVED OUT. SO, UM, BUT WE WILL HAVE MORE DETAILS AND THEN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO TO SHARE AND WILL BE OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AND OF COURSE, I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT AFTER THE BUDGET MEETINGS THAT WE HAD, UM WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING SOME SPECIAL MEETINGS REGARDING PARTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THOSE TO SCHEDULE THOSE WITH EVERYBODY IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND OUR NEXT MEETING IS I CAN'T SEE IT.FEBRUARY SIX, SO WE'RE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.