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    THIS WILL HELP. OKAY, OKAY. THE CITY. GROVE CITY COUNCIL IS NOW IN SESSION. WOULD YOU PLEASE

    [Call to Order: Pres. Berry]

    [00:00:09]

    STAND FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? FLAT. I'LL BE HIGHLIGHTED STATES. MY NATION. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MR SHOCKEY. MR SECRECY, MR. BARRY HERE, MR HOLT . HERE WE HAVE TWO SETS OF MINUTES. WE HAVE A SET OF

    [Approval of Minutes]

    MINUTES FROM LAST WEEK, AND WE ALSO HAVE THE STANDARD MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS REGULAR MEETING. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THEM BOTH. HMM. EXACTLY. MR SIEGRIST? YES. MR PERRY? YES

    [Welcome & Reading of Agenda]

    MR HOLT? YES? YES, MR SHUT SO I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TONIGHT. THE REASON WHY WE'RE TAKING A PICTURE IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS ARE ALL PART OF THE HISTORICAL MOMENT THAT THIS WILL ACTUALLY BE THE LAST TIME THAT THAT THIS COUNCIL SITS IN THIS CHAMBER AS IT SITS TODAY. SO FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS WILL BE WILL BE HOUSED IN THE LIBRARY. EVERYTHING SO IT'LL BE KIND OF WHEN YOU COME BACK. THE CHAMBER WON'T LOOK LIKE THIS ANYMORE. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE TAKING A PICTURE. BUT UH, TONIGHT IF YOU COULD ALL SILENCE YOUR CELLPHONES, I'D APPRECIATE IT.

    UM WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN HERE AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE THROUGH AN AGENDA FAIRLY

    [Oath of Office - Scott]

    QUICKLY. UM, TONIGHT WE HAVE A REALLY AN HONOR TONIGHT. MAYOR STAGE WHERE WE HAVE OUR NEW POLICE CHIEF. SO UM, I WAS HAND YOU OVER TO THE FLOOR HERE. WELL, NOT ONLY DO WE EVER KNEW POLICE TV, BUT WE HAVE OUR OWN CALLING RETIRING POLICE CHIEF, BUT THE ONE WHO IS LEAVING US.

    CHIEF AMBRO AND ALSO RETIRED POLICE CHIEF. BUT SCHOOL WE HAD A AH IT'S INCREDIBLE. TURNOUT HERE. WHAT WHERE IS WHERE'S GABRIEL? OH, MICHAEL. WHO SO WE WANT TO GET A PICTURE WITH ALL OF THEM TOGETHER UP THERE. IF WE HAVE IT. YEAH YEAH. COME ON. ONE YEAH, ACTUALLY, KAREN'S THE PHOTOGRAPHER. YOU WANT TO SWEAR IN THE CHIEF FIRST YEAH. YEAH, OKAY. WE BOTH.

    SO CHIEF GABRIEL YOU WERE CHIEF FROM WHEN TO WIN. 1982 FINGERS 1981. 1990 LONG TIME. BEFORE THEY'RE BAD GUY. 60 YEARS. WHEN I STARTED 1963. WOW YEARS AGO. WOW.

    TO TAKE. SO THIS EVENING, WE'RE GOING TO ASK CHIEF VAN BRO TO HOLD THE BIBLE FOR OUR NEW KEY.

    AND NOW, ERIC, WHY DON'T YOU TELL LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF FIRST? AND THEN? UM, IF YOU INTRODUCE SOME OF YOUR FAMILY YEAH. HOPEFULLY I DON'T OVERLOOK ANYONE, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME OUT TO SUPPORT ME. THEY'VE SUPPORTED ME MY WHOLE LIFE AND I STARTED HERE IN 1998 AS A RESERVE OFFICER. THE FIRST SUPERVISOR THAT I WORKED FOR WAS JEFF PEARSON IS SERGEANT. HE BROUGHT ME ON AS A RESERVE AND I INVITED HIM. BUT HE'S IN FLORIDA, LIVING OUT RETIRED LIFE. BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SUPPORTED ME THROUGHOUT MY CAREER AND PUSHED ME TO BE BETTER. I BROUGHT UP CHIEF BROAD SCALE. HE WAS MY FIRST COACH. HE WAS MY MENTOR. THROUGHOUT MY CAREER. I FOLLOWED HIM THROUGH THE RANKS. WE WERE SUPERVISORS TOGETHER. HE PROMOTED ME TO LIEUTENANT. AND, UM OBVIOUSLY CAREER MENTOR MIND AND THEN CHIEF AMBRO AS THE OUTGOING CHIEF AND THE PERSON I SPENT A LOT OF TIME WHATEVER LAST YEAR HAS ALSO BECOME A TREMENDOUS MENTOR OF MINE, AND HE CAME IN AND VALIDATED A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN DOING, WHICH IS INTERESTING BECAUSE CHIEF GABRIEL CAME IN TO VISIT ME TWO WEEKS AGO. AND TOLD ME NOT TO SCREW THINGS UP AND THEN TOLD ME TELL ME ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT BACK IN THE SIXTIES, SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES AND FOR THE GROCERY COMMUNITY, THEY HAVE TREMENDOUS PRIDE IN THIS

    [00:05:04]

    ORGANIZATION BECAUSE THE CULTURE THAT HAS EXISTED FOR 60 YEARS CONTINUES TO THIS DAY OF PURSUING EXCELLENCE AND I'M JUST TREMENDOUSLY PROUD. I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M HERE. IT'S A LITTLE BIT SURREAL, BUT, UM, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY MAYOR AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL MY SUPPORT. THANK YOU. I THINK YOUR TEAM HERE. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. AND SHOWING YOUR SUPPORT BECAUSE THAT ALWAYS MEANS A LOT . UH AND WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO EVERY TIME I GO OUT AND HEAR IT CALL. UH WE SAY HEY. THAT'S WHAT THIS MAY SAY A LITTLE PRAYER BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO END UP BEING SO HAVING GREAT LEADERSHIP AND THE KIND OF MENTORS THAT WE'VE HAD HERE IS A IS A RARITY, I THINK, AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND WE'VE DONE WELL. WE'VE PRESERVED THE PEACE AND CERTAINLY THE COMPLEMENTED OUR COMMUNITY. SO WITH THAT YOU WANT ANYBODY ELSE UP HERE WITH YOU AT ALL? OKAY SO WE CAN PROCEED WITH THE SWEARING IN THE OFFICIAL SWEARING IN. REPEAT AFTER ME. I, ERIC SCOTT SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES UNITED STATES IN THE STATE OF OHIO. AND OBEY. THE LAWS ARE OF. AND I WILL AND ALL RESPECTS. OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS PROVISIONS OF THE CITY'S CHARTER CITIES ORDINANCES. AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE, DISCHARGE POSITION AND DUTIES OF POLICE CHIEF. UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER. YES, SIR. CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY? FIRST PLACE CRUISER RON.

    STATE MOHAMMED.

    WE WILL STAND JUST IDLE HERE. IF THOSE THAT ARE THAT ARE HERE FOR THE POLICE CHIEF WENT AHEAD OVER TO THE CAKE THAT I HEAR THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN SOMEPLACE. THERE'S ALWAYS CAKE WITH THEM. I THANK YOU, DYLAN. IT'S THERE WAS IT WELL, WE'LL WAIT HERE A MOMENT UNTIL THE THEY UM, MEETING ROOM PLAYERS HERE. MR. SMITH, CAN YOU COME HERE FOR A MINUTE?

    [00:10:32]

    ALRIGHT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. WE HAVE UNDERLAND ZORDON C 11 RESOLUTION CR 18, 19 AND C. R 20. UNDER SERVICE WE HAD UNDER SERVICE. WE HAVE ORDINANCES C 12 C 17 RESOLUTIONS CR 21 CR 22 CR 23. UNDER FINANCE. WE HAVE ORDINANCE C 14 AND C 15. THE CHAIRS ARE OKAY WITH HER AGENDA

    [Ordinance C-11-23 Approve a Special Use Permit for a Day Care for Daystarz Child Care LLC located at 5968 Hoover Road. Second reading and public hearing.]

    ITEMS WILL MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO MR SHOCKEY, CHAIRMAN OF THE LANDS COMMITTEE. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BARRY. MY FIRST ONE ORDINANCE C 11 23 IN NORTHERN IS TO APPROVE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A DAYCARE FOR DAY STARS CHILDCARE LLC, LOCATED AT 59 68 HOOVER ROAD. MARCH 22ND PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVES THE RECENT MIDDLE OF THIS PERMIT HAVE BEEN SEVERAL CHANGES SINCE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL ON MARCH 6TH. MR ROSS , WOULD YOU BEFORE WE HAVE GIVEN ? WE'VE GOT MR ROUSH GO THROUGH THE CHANGES, PLEASE. THANK YOU, MR SHOCKEY. JUST BRIEFLY TO UPDATE COUNCIL WHAT THE APPLICANT HAS CHANGED FROM THEIR PREVIOUS SUBMITTAL TO THE NOOSE MIDDLE IS BEING HEARD BY COUNCILOR TONIGHT THEY'VE RELOCATED PLAYER TO THE WEST OF THE BUILDING TO INCREASE THE DISTANCE FROM THE ADJACENT CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION TO THE EAST. THE OUTDOOR PLAYER WILL BE PARALLEL TO HOOVER RUE. AND THEY'LL BE SUPPLEMENTED. SCREENING. BY SEVERAL ARE VARIETY BUSHES, AS WELL AS FORWARD DECISIONS. TREES UNDER THE EXISTING COVERED OLD TELLER AREA. THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL PLAY AREA AND THAT WILL BE SCREENED BY UH, SIX FT PRIVACY FENCE TO ALSO HELP MITIGATE NOISE AND SIGHT LINES FROM THE KIND OF ASSOCIATION INTO THAT PLAY AREA. ALL OF DOLLARS WILL BE IMPACT, PROTECTED AND CAPPED WITH DECORATIVE BOLLARDS. UM IN ADDITION BY RECONFIGURING THE PLAY AREA TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE SITE HAS OPENED UP EIGHT ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES. THOSE EIGHT SPACES WILL BE UTILIZED BY EMPLOYEES AND THEN THAT OPENS UP 16 SPACES STRICTLY FORWARD THE PATRONS WITH THE FAMILIES OF THE DAYCARE. IN ADDITION, THE APPLICANT HAS COMMITTED TO INSTALLING A RIGHT TURN ONLY SIGNED OUT OF HER SIGHT THAT WAS A STAFF REQUEST. AND SHE HAS AGREED TO INSTALL THAT SIGN. AND WHAT THAT DOES IS REALLY TO DIRECT TRAFFIC BACK OUT TO HOOVER ROAD AND TRYING TO TURN THE TRAFFIC GOING THROUGH THE CONTINENT CONDOMINIUM SITES. JUST JUST REFRESH COUNCIL MEMORY CASTLES MEMORY THE FACILITY WILL EMPLOY AFTER 15 EMPLOYEES. HOWEVER NO MORE THAN SEVEN WILL BE ON SITE AT ONE TIME. AND PER THE STATE. IT CAN ACCOMMODATE THE 75 CHILDREN. BUT MY ELMER ASKED THAT THE APPLICANT CLARIFY THAT NUMBER A LITTLE FURTHER, UH, WHEN SHE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND WITH THAT AGAINST ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE MR BERRY. RUSSIA. THERE'S A E M H AND T. UM I KNOW. ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS, UM, USE AND VEHICLE NUMBERS OF VEHICLES PER WHAT'S CURRENTLY APPROVED BY ZONING. CAN YOU GO? CAN YOU GO OVER THIS A LITTLE BIT? UH, YEAH , WE ASKED HER ENGINEERS EMISSION T TO REALLY HELP US ANALYZE THE TRAFFIC GENERATION BEING KIND OF SPURRED BY THIS USE, SO THE NUMBERS YOU'RE LOOKING AT ARE FROM THE IS TO TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS, THEIR NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SO IT'S NOT LOCAL. IT'S AS PEOPLE IN THE TRAFFIC INDUSTRY ACROSS THE COUNTRY. UH AND THEN THEY'VE DEVISED THIS BOOK PUBLISHED ANNUALLY OR EVERY FEW YEARS TO UPDATE THE TRENDS WITHIN THE COUNTRY. THE NUMBERS NUMBERS ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW ARE FROM 2021. SO HOW DO YOU READ THIS TABLE IS YOU HAVE THE USE CATEGORY ON THE LEFT SIDE. IN THE CENTER IS THAT THE TRANSPORTATION CODE IN THE CENTER AND THEN THE VARIABLES WHAT YOU DO IS YOU LOOK AT THE MOST INTENSE NUMBER WITHIN THAT CATEGORY. SO FOR DAYCARES THE MOST INTENSE NUMBER WILL BE 314 BECAUSE OF THE 75 CHILDREN.

    [00:15:06]

    THAT'S HOW YOU HAVE. SO YOU KIND OF ISOLATE THAT NUMBER. SO ACCORDING TO THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS, THE NUMBER FOR THIS SITE WOULD BE WOULD BE 314. BECAUSE OF THAT THE POPULATION OF THE STUDENTS. MR CHAIRMAN. GOOD NIGHT OFFICE. GO AHEAD. AM I READING THIS RIGHT? SO WITH THE EXISTING BANK WITH THREE LANES THERE. THE TRAFFIC NUMBER WAS 3 88. THE INTERPRETATION FROM THE TRACK TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS WOULD HAVE BEEN THAT IS MORE INTENSIVE USE THAN THE PROPOSED DAYCARE. MR CHAIRMAN, CAN I CONTINUE THE AND THEN YOU HAVE LISTED HERE? A STRIP RETAIL PLAZA CONVENIENCE STORE FAST. CASUAL UM, IS THERE ANYTHING BELOW THAT OR OR DOING IS THERE ANYTHING BELOW THAT THERE IS QUITE TURN OVER. SIT DOWN. RESTAURANT DOWN RESTAURANT. UM SO THOSE ARE ALL CURRENT PERMITTED USES BY CURRENT ZONING. YES, WITHIN THE C TWO? YES. OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR RUSH. I HAVE A COUPLE, MR RUSH. WHY IS IT DAYCARE? I BROUGHT THIS UP AT, UH CAUCUS. BUT WHY IS IT DAYCARE? REQUIRE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, BECAUSE IF I WAS PUTTING I LIKE WHEN, UM ARTWORK STORE. BECAUSE, UM BECAUSE THIS IS ALL COMMERCIAL. THEY DON'T REQUIRE MHM. ESPECIAL USE PERMIT . PUT A BAR IN THERE DOESN'T ALL THE ZONING IS CONTROLLED BY THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY. SO GROSS CITY BACK IN 2000, THE DESIRE TO CHANGE THE CODE TO HAVE THE HEIGHTENED REVIEW OF THAT TYPE OF YOU. SO IN 2000 THE COUNCIL OR SOMEONE ADMINISTRATION SPONSORED OR COUNCILS SPONSORED LEGISLATION TO CHANGE THAT USED TO BRING IT UP FOR A SPECIAL SPECIAL CONSIDERATION SO THEY CAN IMPACT THEY CAN HANDLE HEIGHT AND REVIEW OF THE IMPACTS OF THE DAYCARE. SO I WASN'T HERE , 2000, BUT MY ASSUMPTION WOULD BE THERE LOOKING AT THE DROP OFF AND PICK UP OF THE OF THE DAYCARE FACILITY. MAKING SURE THEY DON'T IMPACT THERE WAS MORE FOR SAFETY THAN ANYTHING ELSE. ZONING IS GEARED TOWARDS SAFETY. YES, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR RUSH. NICOLE ON THE PETITIONER, MR DUNLOP. GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. DOWN YET THAN THAT. 3323 CLEVELAND AVENUE, GROVE CITY, OHIO. UM. WHAT COMMENTS LAST TIME YOU DIDN'T MAKE ANY COMMENTS. DO YOU HAVE SOME? WOULD YOU LIKE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE CHANGED OR WHAT YOU SEE OR WHAT? WHAT YOUR VIEWPOINT IS, I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY LETTING YOU GUYS KNOW I'M ACTUALLY PURCHASING THE BUILDING. I'M NOT LEASING IT. SO IN THREE WEEKS, I GO TO CLOSING. I'VE DONE A JOB HERE FOR 13 YEARS AND DOWNTOWN GROWTH CITY. WE'VE HAD A CLIENTELE BASE THAT STARTED WITH US AND YOU KNOW THEY'RE STILL WITH US, SO THEY ENJOY THE SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE. UM WE DID CHANGE THE PLAYGROUND TO ACCOMMODATE THE NOISE, THE POTENTIAL NOISE LEVEL. CHILDREN ONLY ARE ON THE PLAYGROUND TWICE A DAY. THE RED LINE AROUND THE COVER PLATE AREA WOULD INDICATE THAT WE'RE PUTTING LIKE VINYL FANCY. AND THEN THAT WOULD ALSO HELP THE SCREENING IN, UM SOME OF THE POTENTIAL SOUNDS OR NOISE THAT WOULD COME FROM THE BACKGROUND AS WELL. SOLID FENCE. FOLLOWED.

    FRIENDS DID YOU SAY IT IS IT IS? STAND. THE PARKING PARKING, WE ACTUALLY CREATED MORE SPACE IN THE BACK FOR OVERFLOW PARKING. AND SO I THINK WHAT THAT PLAN THAT EVERYTHING WAS GONNA WORK REALLY GOOD NOW REGARDS TO 75 CHILDREN. THAT'S WHAT THE STATE OF OHIO WILL PERMIT US TO DO BASED OFF OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING SO BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE, I DECIDED THAT WE WOULDN'T GO PAST 52. SO I WAS JUST IN THE BUILDING LAST WEEK WITH AN ARCHITECT, AND WE DESIGNED EACH ONE OF THE CLASSROOMS TO ACCOMMODATE EACH AGE GROUP. SO THAT'S WHERE WE GOT THE NUMBER 52 FROM IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR ME. JUST MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND. UM IN YOUR DAYCARE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT ROOMS, YOU PROBABLY TELL ME ABOUT THE RANGE OF AGES AND WHEN THOSE CHILDREN ARE THERE, OKAY? WELL WE'RE OPEN SIX A.M. TO SIX P.M. MY LATER FRIDAY. NO WEEKEND ACTIVITIES, NO EVENING ACTIVITIES. UM WE DON'T OPERATE LIKE THE SCHOOLS HOW THEY HAVE YOU KNOW, SHOWS OR WHATEVER THEY DO AFTER HOURS WE DO NOT. WE'VE NEVER DONE ANY OF THAT. THE CLASSROOMS INSIDE OUR DESIGN, SO IT'S 35 SQUARE FEET PER CHILD.

    SO IN OUR INFANT ROOM WILL ONLY CONTAIN 10 AT THE MOST IN THE TODDLER ROOM, 12 AT THE MOST, TE BIGGER PROGRAM COMES IN THE SUMMER 18 SCHOOL AGERS, OKAY? WHAT DO YOU DO AFTER SCHOOL?

    [00:20:05]

    CARE. WE DO IN THEM SO FROM SIX AM TO EIGHT AM, SCHOOL LEADERS ARE DROPPED OFF BY THEIR PARENTS , AND THEN STARTING IN AT ABOUT 3 30. THEY ARE OUT OF SCHOOL. THEY RETURNED AND THE PARENTS START TO PICK THEM UP BETWEEN 3 35. A COUPLE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT THERE WAS ALWAYS THERE WAS A CONCERN ABOUT THE NOISE FACTOR OF CHILDREN BEING OUT IN RECESS OR OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES. OBVIOUSLY THE. MAYBE THE TODDLERS GO OUT FOR HOW LONG? AND HOW DO HOW HOW WAS THE TIME FACTOR THAT EACH AGE GROUP IS OUTSIDE? SO STARTING AT NINE A.M. TO 10 A.M. IS OUTDOOR PLAY, SO THE STATE HAS ALSO REQUIRED THAT WE HAVE A STRUCTURED TIMES THAT HE JUST CAN'T GO OUTSIDE. YOU KNOW, EARLY IN THE MORNING OR LATER IN THE EVENING, SO WE HAD TO DECIDE WHAT TIME TO BE BEST. SO UM, TYPICALLY, THE PRESCHOOL AGER'S WOULD GO OUT FROM 10 TO 11 BECAUSE THEY'RE LEARNING PERIODS FROM 9 TO 10. SO UM, WE WITH THIS KIND OF COVERED BACKYARD, WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE OUR INFANTS OUT. INFANTS ARE RANDOM. YOU KNOW, IT'S WHENEVER THEY'RE AWAKE, SO THEY'RE NOT REALLY ON A SCHEDULE. UM THE SAME WITH THE SCHOOL AGERS. THEY'LL COME IN FROM SCHOOL IN THE EVENINGS. THEY ONLY BE OUT ONCE A DAY, AND THEY GET TO COME IN AFTER THEY HAVE THEIR SNACK AND THEY'LL THEY'LL THEY'RE OUT THERE FROM 4 TO 5. SO ALL THEY PLAY IS NOT PERMITTED, UM, THE SUMMER THEY CAN ACTUALLY GO OUT THREE TIMES A DAY SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY HAVE LUNCH IN THE COVER PLATE AREA. THEY CAN ACTUALLY HAVE BREAKFAST IN THAT COVERED PLAY AREA, BUT THE PLAYTIME'S WOULD ACTUALLY BE AGAIN WITH 10 TO 11 AND THEN AGAIN IN THE EVENING 45 OR 3 TO 4, ASSUMING OUTSIDE ACTIVITY FOLLOWS SOMEWHAT LIKE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ONLY FOR GOOD WEATHER AND INCLEMENT WEATHER. THAT'S CORRECT. THE OTHER TWO MORE QUESTIONS, NUMBER ONE, UM I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THIS, BUT A FEW PROVIDE, UM AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M USING THE RIGHT TERM. YOU PROVIDE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S CALLED A VOUCHER OR WHATEVER THE CORRECT TERM IS FOR WORKING PARENTS THAT COULD NOT AFFORD DAYCARE BECAUSE THEY'RE PROBABLY WOULD SAY THEY'RE WORKING IN THE HOUSEKEEPING AT THE HOSPITAL, AND THEIR WAGES ARE NOT ARE NOT HUGE. SO WHAT DID YOU DO PROGRAMS? OKAY SOAPY FCC FUNDING IS FOR FAMILIES THAT ARE WITHIN THE POVERTY LATELY.

    WELL, THEY CHANGED IT AGAIN. SO I DO IT EVERY SIX MONTHS. SO IF YOU NEED THE INCOME GUIDELINES, AND YOUR COMMITTEE IS CALLED TITLE 20 IN THE STATE WILL HELP SUBSIDIZE YOUR INCOME. BUT THERE'S ALSO A PROGRAM THAT THEY STARTED SINCE THE PANDEMIC FOR ALL THOSE PERIODS THAT COULD NOT GET IN THAT PROGRAM. THEY OFFERED HIM A RIDE SCHOLARSHIP. SO THEY DID HAVE TO SUBMIT THEIR INCOME BUT BASED OFF FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WAS OUT THERE FOR THOSE PARENTS. THEY GOTTA BREAK FOR AN ENTIRE TWO YEARS ON THEIR CHILD CARE AS WELL. AND THAT WILL END NEXT JULY. AND THEN THERE ARE PRIVATE PAY PANTS. THE PARENTS THAT PAY OUT OF POCKET SO ALL OF THEM ACTUALLY COULD HAVE GOTTEN CHILDCARE. YOU KNOW FROM THAT PROGRAM YOU HAVE THEY APPLIED, BUT SOME OF THEM JUST DIDN'T OR THEY MISSED THE DEADLINES. AND SO THEY DID NOT GET IT. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE ONE OF THE FEW PROVIDERS THAT OFFER THAT I KNOW THAT. I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW? I CAN'T STAND UP, JUST WAS HEADED, HEARD AND THEN LAST, BUT NOT LEAST. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE STAR SYSTEM FOR ME? YES. THE QUALITY IS A PROGRAM THAT WE FOUND OUT THAT, UM, OHIO OVERALL IS ABOUT NUMBER 10 AS FAR AS EDUCATION SCORES FROM THE BOTTOM, AND SO, UM B. J F S WITH YOUR SHOPPING FAMILY SERVICES CAME TOGETHER WITH OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND EDUCATION. AND THEY SAID, WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP? YOU KNOW, GET THESE KIDS SO WHEN THEY START KINDERGARTEN, THEY'RE NOT BEHIND AND THEN ALL OF OUR SCORES WILL BE, YOU KNOW, AND RANKING WITH THE OTHER STATES, SO THAT'S WHERE THE STAR RATED STUFF WITH THE QUALITY PROGRAM CAME FROM.

    SO WHAT THEY SAID WAS OKAY. IF YOU BRING THE EDUCATIONAL LEVEL UP IN YOUR CHILD CARE CENTER, YOU CAN HAVE A STAR. WHICH MEANS YOU KNOW, YOU MAY HAVE CERTAIN TEACHERS THAT HAVE DEGREES OR ALL OF THEM MAY HAVE GOTTEN A C D A, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE. UM SOME OF THEM CAN EVEN TEACH LIKE IN A KINDERGARTEN LEVEL. BUT IF YOU EMPLOY THOSE PEOPLE TO STAFF, THEN THEY'LL COME OUT WITH YOUR PROGRAM EVERY YEAR, AND THEN THEY'LL RANK YOU A STAR. SO YOU'LL GET LIKE RIGHT NOW. WE'RE LEVEL ONE. AND THEN WE'RE WE HAVE A GROWTH CITY. WE'RE PINNING FOR LEVEL THREE. SO I DIDN'T DO THE TWO BECAUSE IT WAS NOT A BIG DIFFERENCE. BUT AT EACH LEVEL THOSE STARS THEY ACTUALLY DO GIVE YOU AN ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO GET THE EMPLOYEES RAISES THE WHOLE THE RETENTION THERE. OKAY THANK YOU. THAT WAS ALWAYS CONFUSING TO ME

    [00:25:01]

    . ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? LADIES BEFORE GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST HAVE A COMMENT. REALLY? I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DID I YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY THAT IN TERMS OF RESIDENTS FEEDBACK, AND THIS IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND WARD. UM MY CONCERNS THAT WITH UH HOW TRAFFIC WILL MOVE AROUND. UM WILL THERE BE AMPLE PARKING FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING ON AND OFF YOUR SITE AND THEN POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM SOUND, TOO? BEING UP CLOSE TO THE ADJOINING PROPERTY, WHICH YOU'VE ADDRESSED ALL OF THE ABOVE, SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR KIND OF GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND. AND ADDRESSING THAT, UM, REALLY ? THE BIG THING FOR ME WITH ESPECIALLY IS PERMIT AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED IS THAT SORT OF, UM, TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS POTENTIAL IMPACTS AS YOU FIT INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE JOINING UP WITH? SO I THINK WHAT YOU PUT TOGETHER REALLY DISPLAYS YOUR COMMITMENT TO BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO APPLAUD YOU FOR THAT. AND SEVERALLY LOVE. WHAT YOU'VE DONE HERE, LIVED HERE. WE RAISED OUR KIDS OUT HERE FOR 18 YEARS AND THEN I HAD TO MOVE AWAY BECAUSE I STAYED AT WORK SO MUCH, BUT WE ENJOY WHAT WE DO IS SO LIKE SERVICING THE COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, WE'RE MORE THAN JUST A CHILDCARE CENTER. SO WE'RE YOU KNOW, TEACHING THE PARENTS ONE ON ONE BUDGETING, GIVING THEM LIFE SKILLS, YOU KNOW, CONNECTED THEM WITH RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE YOUNGER. I'M I'M GETTING READY TO BE 50. SO I'M MORE LIKE A GRANDMOTHER TO THAT. YOU KNOW THE MILLENNIAL GENERATION AND THEN THEIR CHILDREN. SO WHAT WE DO IS WE JUST GIVE THEM THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO SURVIVE LIKE I STAY PERSONALLY TO WALK THROUGH THROUGH THEIR BUDGETS. MAKE THEM ACCOUNTABLE, YOU KNOW, TEACH THEM HOW TO OPEN BANK ACCOUNTS AND BALANCE A CHECK REGISTER SO MOST, AND I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT OWN CHILDCARE CENTERS, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST OF THREE. WE HAVE ONE IN GROVE CITY, AND THEN THE ONE I JUST TRANSFORM. SORRY WHEN THE CANAL AND THE OTHER I JUST TRANSFERRED TO WHITEHALL, SO IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY LIKE I'M NOT HERE TO MAKE THINGS DIFFICULT. BUT IT WAS TIME FOR US TO GROW AND MOVE OUT OF THAT SPACE FOR SOME MORE SO BEING IN THIS AREA WE CARRIED THIS THING CONCEPTS. YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WORKS, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO AS WELL. WE KEEP CAMERAS SO THAT IF PARENTS ARE NOT PROBABLY POLICY IN REGARDS TO THE TRAFFIC COMING IN AND OUT, THEY'LL COME OUT OF THERE AND WE'LL LET THEM KNOW. YOU KNOW, EXIT WENT TO THE RIGHT AND THEN OUT TO THEM FOR ROAD. AND THEN AT THIS PARENTS IS NOT GOING TO COMPLY. THEN I TELL THEM IF YOU CAN'T FOLLOW THE RULES, YOU HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER PROVIDER. SO MUCH. WELCOME CHRIS. UM I ECHO MISS HOUSE COMMENTS AND I WAS BORN RIGHT THERE. THE VERY END PUNCH LINE OF JUST YOUR ABILITY WITH YOUR AUDIENCE TO ASK THEIR SUPPORT AND COOPERATION FOR THAT RIGHT TURN BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S OF A CONCERN. AND YOU JUST YOU JUST SAID YOU'RE GONNA HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE, RIGHT RIGHT IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA HERE, SO WE STARTED OFF. THERE WAS NOT MANY PEOPLE SHARING THIS TO SHARE PARKING SPOT. AND THEN IT STARTED TO GET, YOU KNOW A LOT OF CROWDED AND SO WE HAD TO SHARE THE SPACE AND SO WE HAD TO PUT, YOU KNOW LITTLE SIGNS OF THAT SAID THESE ARE FOUR PLACES THAT YOU CAN PARK DON'T PARK ANYWHERE ELSE. I HAD CAMERAS INSTALLED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING AND INSIDE THE BUILDING NOW. YOU KNOW AND COMMENT, MAKING IT A ONE WAY WE HAD TO ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT, AND SO THEY COMPLY. THEY DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN THEY FIND CHILDCARE SINNERS THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THE CHILDREN, THEY WILL COMPLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING. THANK YOU.

    OTHER QUESTIONS ON THERE, MR RANDY? YES, I WAS JUST, UM I APPRECIATE YOUR TENACITY AND PATIENCE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS. I KNOW I COUNSELED YOU A LITTLE BIT ON THAT EARLY ON.

    AND I THINK WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE IS WE ENDED UP WITH A BETTER PRODUCT AND A BETTER SOLUTION THAN I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S PATIENTS AND WALKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS. THANK YOU. I'M GONNA MR MAYOR. JUST ONE, ALRIGHT? CLARIFIED IT WAS RUMORED AND I DON'T LIKE TO REPEAT ROOM. THE CITY OF GROSS CITY BOUGHT YOUR PROPERTY. I WISH? NO I'M JUST THANK YOU.

    ABSOLUTELY NOT. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT GOT CLARIFIED. WE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH NOTHING TO DO WITH IT AT ALL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA IT'S OKAY COUNCIL START WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THANK YOU. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO DO TO TALK ABOUT THIS. AND IF HE CAN, UH, IF YOU'RE ONE OF THE EARLY ONES, YOU'RE LUCKY BECAUSE YOU GET TO EXPOUND ON MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT IF YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT LATER ON THE LIST, AND IT'S ALREADY BEEN COVERED, UM YOU COULD MENTION IT. BUT IF YOU CAN KEEP IT TO WHAT'S NEW OR WHAT? WHAT'S YOUR VIEWPOINT MIGHT BE ON THERE? UH MR CHAIRMAN ON THE LIST. I HAVE 12345. SIX. YES SIX ON THE LIST. SO BECAUSE THE COUNCIL RULES ONLY ALLOW FOR THREE I'LL MOVE TO SUSPEND THE

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    RULES SO EVERYBODY CAN SPEAK IF SOMEBODY WOULD SECOND. IT MR CHAIRMAN HUMAN THOSE RULES. WE DIDN'T ONLY DEATH HASN'T BEEN LONG AGO. BUT YOU DID SO, MR ROME. MR BROWN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU AFTER THE SENATE. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. SO YOU NEED TO DO IT RIGHT THERE, MR MILLS. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS STEVE MILLS . 25 68 LANDINGS WAY. AND. I'M A RESIDENT OF THE CONDO COMPLEX IMMEDIATELY. THE EAST WHICH EVERYBODY KNOWS. NOTHING WRONG WITH PAPERS. YEAH. UM. I GOT THREE POINTS, UH, THAT I HAD READY AND AFTER HEARING YOUR TALK THERE. I'M GOING TO CHANGE A COUPLE OF THEM. ONE IS. I THINK OUR MAJOR CONCERN IS GOING TO BE THE TRAFFIC ISSUE. I KNOW YOU ADDRESSED IT IN TERMS OF HAVING A RIGHT TURN ONLY COMING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK THAT'S GOOD. THERE IS ANOTHER OPTION THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE TABLE. APPARENTLY IT WASN'T CONSIDERED BY BUILDING.

    COMMISSION BUT TO FORCE A RIGHT TURN ONLY JUST LIKE IF YOU GO TO KROGER GAS STATION AND YOU WANT TO GET BACK OUT ONTO THE ROAD. YOU CAN ONLY GO OUT TO THE RIGHT. IT FORCES YOU TO TAKE A RIGHT OUT TO QUAIL CREEK OR NOT QUELL CREEK, BUCKEYE GROVE. AND THEN OUT TO THE TO THAT AREA.

    IT'S STILL OUR VIEW. IS THAT GETTING OUT THERE AND WE'VE GOT SOME? WE'VE GOT 30 PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE NOT READY TO TALK, BUT 30 PEOPLE WITH US. IT'S A BEAR GETTING OUT OF THAT INTERSECTION AT THE TIME THAT YOUR PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE COMING AND GOING. NINE AND 11 DESPITE THE. THE TRAFFIC ISSUES THAT YOU KNOW THE TRAFFIC SURVEY THERE. IT'S A WEIGHT. BUT IF FORCED OUT IF NOT FORCED OUT THAT WAY. THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO OUR UM COMMUNITY WERE WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY FEATURES OF, YOU KNOW US SHARING THE DRIVEWAY AS SHARING OUR ROOMS WITH ANYBODY THAT DOES COME BACK IN THERE. A FORCE OUT TO MOVE A ROAD. UH, STOP. SIGNS ARE RIGHT TURN ONLY IS NICE, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT IS THE SOLUTION BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY TO ENFORCE IT. I DO APPRECIATE YOUR. RESPONSE OF SAYING THAT YOU KNOW YOU WOULD LET YOUR PEOPLE KNOW THAT AND DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO FORCE THAT TO HAPPEN. BUT BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OUR POSITION. THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THOSE ISSUES, TOO. AND ALSO LAST THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS WE HAVE THREE OTHER DAYCARES. WITHIN A GOOD DRIVER. NO HIT FROM OUR. CONDO COMPLEX.

    YOU COULD PROBABLY HIT MOST OF THEM IF YOU WERE REALLY GOOD GOLF PLAYER. UH AND I COULD QUICK MESSAGE. QUICK CALL AROUND TODAY. SHOULD ALL OF THEM HAVE AVAILABILITY. IN THEIR DAYCARE, SO WE'RE TRYING TO RETROFIT A BANK. INTO A DAYCARE. AND I'M BEEPING AND I'M NOT SURE THAT'S THE BEST USE OF THAT. BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR MILLS. MR. BROWN. DID YOU WANT TO OKAY? NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. LOOK WE HAVE TO DO IT ON THE MICROPHONE BECAUSE THAT WE BROADCAST THIS, AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY PEOPLE CAN HEAR THAT. ALL RIGHT, JIM ROME 2446 LANDINGS AWAY. UM. I'M GONNA PROBLEM WITH THE NO TRAFFIC STARTING TO DONE IT ALL ON THIS.

    SO I DID A TRAFFIC STUDY WITH ONE OF OUR OTHER RESIDENTS. PATTY WEEKLY. AND WE DID JUST JUST AN HOUR OF TYPE. MONITOR TRAFFIC ON HOOPER ROLE. WAS 1112 VEHICLES WENT TO HOSPITAL

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    BANKERS. THE NATURAL BANK IS RIGHT NOW THAT'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC. AND YOU'RE PUTTING THOSE KIDS RIGHT NEXT TO THAT TRAFFIC. AND THEN EXCUSE ME. AND THEN AGAIN THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES A TURN LEFT OFF. UH, BUCKEYE GROVE ONTO, HOOVER WROTE . WE ALSO TIME THAT WE ONLY HAD A FEW DOING IT BECAUSE IT WAS LATE IN THE DAY. BUT ONE OF THEM TOOK UP TO A MINUTE AND 45 SECONDS. WILL YOU TIMES THAT TIMES THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE TRYING TO DO THAT? IT TURNED INTO FIVE MINUTES AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WAIT FOR THAT, AND THEY'RE GOING TO TURN AROUND. GO THROUGH OUR COMPLEX, WHICH IS EVERYBODY KNOWS IS A PRIVATE ROAD. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T. UH, OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANT THAT. AND UNIT DESSERT SIGN UP THERE SAYING NO RIGHT TURN ALL RIGHT. TURN ONLY THEY'RE STILL GONNA DO YOU GONNA TURN LEFT THEIR GOODS GOING TO DO IT? AND ALSO THERE'S ANOTHER DAYCARE FOR SALE RIGHT UP THE ROAD UP, AND HOOVER WROTE HIM.

    NOR AT 38 60 HOOVER ROAD. PROBABLY BY THE SAME MONEY. WE'RE GOING TO END UP SPENDING ON THIS PLACE. AND THAT'S ALREADY FOR SALE, SO I DON'T KNOW. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

    THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MISS LONGMIRE. YES LONGMIRE. I'M AT 26. OH, EIGHT LANDINGS WAY. IN REGARDS TO THE PROPOSED DAYCARE FACILITY. I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE RESIDENTS SAFETY UM, WITH THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC ON OUR PRIVATE ROADS THAT WE MAINTAIN OUR CONDO FACED MY CONDO FACES THE ROAD. AND WE SEE A PLETHORA OF ACTIVITIES YOU KNOW, CONSTANTLY IN FRONT OF OUR HOME. AND WE DO NOT HAVE SIDEWALKS AND OUR CONDO AREA SO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS HAVE TO UTILIZE THE ROAD SO THEY USED THE ROAD TOGETHER THE MAILBOX TO WALK, CLUBHOUSE SWIMMING POOL.

    AND WE HAVE PEOPLE YOU KNOW WITH WALKERS. WE HAVE PEOPLE, ACTIVE PEOPLE DOING LABS. WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE DONE THERAPY AND THEY'RE TAKING THEIR WALKERS AROUND AND THERE ARE CANES AND THERE ARE MOTORIZED VEHICLES. AND GRANDPARENTS PUSHING STROLLERS PULLING WAGONS, SO I MEAN, IT'S USED FOR A PLETHORA OF ACTIVITIES NOW ARE RESIDENTS . YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO DRIVE SLOW. BECAUSE OF THIS AREA. YOU KNOW, AND WATCH OUT FOR THE CHILDREN AND THE SENIORS AND THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE USELESS UTILIZING OUR ROADWAY. BUT WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME THROUGH THAT DON'T AND I'M REAL CONCERNED ABOUT ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS. SO AND WE ALREADY HAVE PEOPLE THAT UTILIZE OUR TWO INFERENCES AS A SHORTCUT TO AVOID THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AT HUBER , QUAIL CREEK, AND THAT DOESN'T AFFECT RYLAND THAT MUCH, BUT THE PEOPLE OF THAT FRONT AREA HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT A LOT OF TIME. SO THAT'S YEAH, THAT'S A CONCERN , TOO. SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK. EVERYBODY HAS DONE. BUT IN CONCLUSION, WE SINCERELY SINCERELY BELIEVE YOUR PROPOSAL TO REROUTE THE TRAFFIC IS NOT A SOLUTION FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING.

    YOU KNOW, YOU USED THE SECRET WORD TWICE. CLICK OK, THANK YOU DIDN'T MEAN TO DO THAT. I THOUGHT THAT WAS GREAT. I JUST THOUGHT THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. THAT'S THE SECRET WORK FOR TONIGHT. ANYBODY CAN TOP THAT WERE YOU KNOW THAT'S GOOD. OKAY, MISS SHEPHERD. MY NAME IS MICHELLE SHEPHARD. MY ADDRESS IS 6010 LANDINGS POND, PLEASE. LANDINGS. OBVIOUSLY I WANT TO ADDRESS THE MAINTAINING OF OUR ROADS AND AGAIN THE ISSUE OF PEOPLE IF THEY CUT THROUGH THEIR GROWTH CITY DOES NOT TAKE ON THE COMMITMENT OF OUR ROADS THAT BURDEN OF REPAIR AND MAINTAINING THIS SIMPLY ON OUR BUT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY SO WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY OF 132, I BELIEVE CONDOS. WE HAVE A LOT OF US ARE ELDERLY OR OLDER AND WERE ON FIXED INCOME. SO IF YOU TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, WE CAN AFFORD TO HAVE HL A FEES GOING UP 30 AND $35 A YEAR IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN OUR ROADS. THE OTHER. UM ISSUES AGAIN. THE RIGHT TURN ISSUE. UM THAT DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF GETTING OUT ONTO HOOVER ROAD FOR US IT JUST CONTINUE. THIS THIS PLACE IS GOING TO JUST COMBAT THE PROBLEM. YOU CAN'T PUT AWAY THEIR BECAUSE YOU HAVE ONE AT 12 CRITIC AND YOU HAVE ONE AT 6 65. SO THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN BE

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    DONE TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. SO I THINK INSTITUTING A FACILITY OF THIS NATURE IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM FOR THE PEOPLE OF US WHO LIVED THERE. AND THE ONLY THING I RESPECTFULLY ASK ALL OF YOU TO DO IS TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. WHAT YOU WOULD FEEL LIKE IF YOU LIVED IN A COMMUNITY AND AGAIN OFFENSE IS NOT GOING TO CONTROL CHILDREN'S NOISE. UM NOBODY'S AGAINST CHILDREN, BUT THAT'S PART OF LIVING IN A CONDO COMPLEX. IS BECAUSE WE'RE OLDER, AND WE DON'T WANT TO MAINTAIN PROPERTY. AND SO LIVING AND BEING NEXT TO A DAYCARE CAN BE PROBLEMATIC FOR US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY? UM, MR WARD. MY NAME IS MICHAEL WARD AND I'M ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE ASSOCIATION. I LIVE AT 60 TO 6 LANDINGS PART IN PLACE. CITY, OF COURSE. I THINK FROM. WHAT YOU HEARD HERE. THERE IS SOME SERIOUS CONCERNS. WE ACTUALLY HAVE HELD TO ASSOCIATION MEETINGS ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE OF THE RESIDENTS AND IT'S OVERWHELMINGLY. OUR OPINION THAT THIS IS NOT A GOOD LOCATION FOR THE STAKE HERE, SIR. AND THAT IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY DISRUPTIVE. TO OUR ASSOCIATION TO THE RESIDENTS THERE. BOTH TRAFFIC WISE, SAFETY WISE AND NOISE WISE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT YOU SEE JUST A FEW PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT THAT IF ALL THE MEMBERS SHOWED UP AND SHOWED UP AT THE MEETINGS, THIS PLACE WOULD BE PACKED. AND I DON'T I'M IT'S REGRETTING. THAT'S NOT THE WORD GETS DAYCARE. OKAY, THERE'S FOR DAYCARE. BUT THIS LOCATION IS NOT AS YOU CAN. WELL. IMAGINE THAT IF YOU LIVE THERE WOULD BE, UH, A PROBLEM. AND REGARDING THE TRAFFIC. THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE PEOPLE THAT ARE LATE KIDS DROPPING OFF THEIR KIDS. AND PEOPLE COMING DOWN QUILL CREEK BOULEVARD ARE NOT GOING TO THEY'RE RUNNING LATE. WAIT THROUGH THE LIGHT OF HOOVER. AND QUELL GREEK PULVER. THEY'RE GONNA PULL IN OUR ASSOCIATION GO IN THE BACK WAY. I CAN ALMOST GUARANTEE YOU THAT AND THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A NUMBER OF THEM DOING THAT BECAUSE YOU'VE PROBABLY HAD TIMES WHEN YOU'VE DROPPED OFF KIDS IN YOUR PAST THAT YOU'VE BEEN RUNNING LATE AND YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND ALTERNATIVE METHODS TO GET THERE ON TIME. I DO HOPE YOU RECONSIDER. ARE. CONCERNS AND GIVE THEM SERIOUS CONSIDERATION. NO. PROPOSALS. READY. MR POWELL. MY NAME IS LARRY POWELL. 59 69 LANDINGS BOND PLACE, MR MAYOR AND MEMBERS COUNCIL APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME A CHANCE TO SPEAK TONIGHT. I'M NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT THE OTHER THINGS TRAFFIC, BUT, UH, TERRIFIES MEETINGNG TO THINK ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE COMING THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M NOT GONNA HEAR DOORS SPEED LIMIT. THERE'S MY SON. IT'S TOTALLY DISABLED. HE USES OUR COMMUNITY TO GET OUT ON HIS MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR. TO GET A FEW MINUTES. PER DAY OF ENJOYMENT OF LIVING. AND IF THIS TRAFFIC INCREASES LIKE THAT TERRIFIES ME. HE'S GONNA GET HURT. MAYBE KILLED SO THIS THIS IS NOT JUST THIS IS COULD BE A LIFE AND DEATH SITUATION. SO I HOPE WE, UH. WE DON'T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THAT AND THEN COUNTER THAT FOR HIS SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF OTHERS. COULD BE A LIFE AND DEATH. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL THE PEOPLE THAT I HAVE SIGNED UP FOR IT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY, UM ANY BUILDING COULD GO ANY BUSINESS COULD GO IN THERE.

    PRESIDENT REQUIRE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO FOR EXAMPLE OF THAT THERE WAS A WINE STORE THAT WANTED TO GO IN. THEY CAN PUT THAT IN AS LONG AS THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD OR

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    RESTAURANT THAT DOESN'T HAVE A DRIVE THROUGH WINDOW OR OUTSIDE SEATING. ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD GO ON THERE. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOUR ASSOCIATION FUNCTIONS ON THERE, AND I DON'T NEED AN ANSWER RIGHT NOW. BUT IF YOU MIGHT CONSIDER IT, I DON'T KNOW THE COST OF PUTTING UP GATES. I KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY IS A PRIVATE COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHY THIS PRIVATE STREETS. THEY WERE BUILT . NOT LISTEN WITH THAT IN MIND FROM YOUR DEVELOPERS, PRIVATE STREETS ARE NOT PUBLIC STREETS.

    THERE ARE DIFFERENT SIZE. THERE ARE DIFFERENT GRADES. THEY DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS LIKE WE WOULD REQUIRE ON ALL THE PUBLIC STREETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THERE ARE OTHER COMMUNITIES KIND OF COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE GATES. TAKE YOUR LIKE ON WHITE ROAD AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO I DON'T KNOW THE COST OF THIS. I DON'T KNOW ANY OF IT THAT SEEMS LIKE THE MAJOR CONCERN. IS THE TRAFFIC GOING THROUGH THERE? I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THE BANK WAS THERE. 10 YEARS, MAYBE AT LEAST 10 YEARS WHERE THEY HAD TRAFFIC GOING THROUGH. SO UM, I UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION THERE FOR YOU, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S PRIVATE AND YOU WANT TO KEEP IT AND PARTICULARLY, MR POWELL, I UNDERSTAND WHAT A MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR IN THAT THAT'S THAT'S A SCARY SITUATION ON THERE. AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT ANYBODY ELSE THAT MIGHT BE IN PRESSURES ARE WALKERS. ARE YOU OKAY? TELL ME, MR CHAIRMAN. YES, MA'AM. WE DID HAVE ONE PERSON WHO COULD NOT GET IN. THE CHAMBER. IN ORDER TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK. I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S STILL WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING NOW OR NOT, IF YOU WERE IF YOU WILL PERMIT IT. ABSOLUTELY. IT DIDN'T CHANGE. ONE OTHER PERSON WHO WHO ASKED. OH, OKAY. YES UNDER NEW BUSINESS, GUYS. THANKS.

    PRESIDENT BARRY WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT AT THE END OF WHAT'S KYLE? CAN YOU COME FORWARD AGAIN ? AND I YOU KNOW, AFTER LISTENING TO THIS, AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, NOT WANTING TRAFFIC THROUGH THROUGH THE ASSOCIATION THING, BUT I WANT TO RUN. REITERATE THAT THE USES OF THAT ARE ON THE SCREEN ARE PERMITTED USES WITHOUT US EVEN TALKING TONIGHT. THE ONLY REASON WHY WE ARE HERE TONIGHT IS BECAUSE IT'S A SPECIAL USE PERMIT THAT WAS PASSED IN 2000 AND WHICH REQUIRES IT SO. THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN THERE. THE EXISTING BANK WAS AT 388 PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THE DAYCARE CENTER AS PROPOSED, WHICH WOULD ACTUALLY BE LESS YOU'RE NOT AT 75 YEARS AND HOW MANY CHILDREN 52 WOULD BE LESS THAN 3 14, THE STRIP CENTER THAT COULD GO IN THERE WITHOUT APPROVAL OF US. IT COULD JUST BE BOUGHT AND PUT A STRIP CENTER IN THERE WOULD BE 4 62 CONVENIENCE STORE COULD BE GOING THERE WITHOUT OUR APPROVAL AT 2515 FAST, CASUAL 5 34, AND THEN THERE'S ONE THAT YOU CAN'T SEE THERE. THAT'S HIGH TURNOVER. SIT DOWN RESTAURANT. THAT IS AT 590 , SO THOSE ARE CURRENT PERMITTED USES IN MY CORRECT KYLE THAT THAT EVEN COMING HERE, SOMEBODY COULD JUST DO IT. CORRECT THAT THOSE ARE PERMITTED USES AND ALSO WANTED TO KIND OF CLARIFY THAT I TALKED TO OUR ENGINEERS PRIOR TO THE MEETING BASED OFF THE UNDERSTAND THAT WE MIGHT BE GOING TO THE 52 KIDS AND THAT WOULD YOUR 232 WE DAY TRIPS OF 282 TRIPS ON THAT FAR RIGHT HAND SIDE 3 14 GOES DOWN TO 32. I MEAN, I MR CHAIRMAN. I TOTALLY SYMPATHIZE WITH WITH TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW? UM, GOING THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT EVERYTHING AND, UM WE DID PUT UP MIRROR MY CORRECT ANOTHER SIGN. YES. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ASSOCIATION PUT A BIGGER PRIVATE PROPERTY. NO THROUGH DID YOU PUT UP ANOTHER SIGN A BIGGER SIZE? WILL MAKE ONE FOR YOU. OH, I MEAN, MR CHAIRMAN AHEAD. YOU ALREADY GAVE THE NAME AND ADDRESS FOR HE DIDN'T USE THIS THREE MINUTES. I WAS WATCHING. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. YEAH. NO, THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE.

    I KNOW THAT THESE NUMBERS BECAUSE I SAW THE U. S I C TRUCK OUT THERE DOING DOING IT RIGHT? BUT. I DON'T BELIEVE THOSE NUMBERS BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY THAT YOU COULD HAVE THAT AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC IN THAT LOCATION. AND THERE WOULD BE HE WOULD IT. YOU KNOW THE NUMBER ONE THING FOR BUILDING A BUSINESS IS LOCATION , LOCATION AND LOCATION, OKAY? NOBODY IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WITH THE GROCERY STORE. THEIR, UH, WINE STORE ANYTHING ELSE AND COMPETE WITH THE KROGER RIGHT

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    ACROSS THE STREET. FOR ONE THING, AND EVERYTHING IS THEY'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT. THEY'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT HAVE ACCESS LIKE NORMAL PLACES LIKE THAT. WOULD IF YOU LOOK AT KROGER THEY HAD ONE IN ONE OUT. CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT THAT TRAFFIC CONDITION WOULD BE LIKE, AND THAT'S THE SITUATION HERE. THERE'S ONE END AND ONE OUT, OKAY, WE TALK WITH OUR CONDO MANAGER ABOUT A GATE SYSTEM AND HE THEY MANAGE LIKE 25 OR 30 CONDOS. SOC ATIONS AND HE SAYS THE ONES THAT HAVE PUT IN GATES OR A NIGHTMARE, HE SAYS. THERE'S THEIR HIGH COST THEIR HIGH MAINTENANCE. THAT WOULD BE AT OUR EXPENSE FOR SOMEBODY TO DO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW? THAT'S OUR EXPENSE. TRAFFIC PATTERN RIGHT NOW IS FINE. AND IT WAS FINE WITH THE BANK BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T HAVE 388 CARS GOING IN AND OUT OF THAT BANK. EVER. OKAY THAT'S WHY THEY CLOSED IT. THAT IS NOT A GOOD LOCATION FOR ANY BUSINESS. THAT'S THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE BECAUSE IT'S A BAD LOCATION FOR ANYTHING DO BUSINESS AND IT'S GONNA CREATES PROBLEMS. AND AS WE MENTIONED ALL THE PROBLEMS, WE WOULD HAVE THE ASSOCIATION, ESPECIALLY THE SAFETY. WE STILL BELIEVE THIS IS NOT A GOOD LOCATION FOR DAYCARE STUDY. AND NOT ONLY OUR CHILDREN AND OUR FAMILIES, BUT THE CHILDREN. AND THEIR FAMILIES COMING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I THINK WE'RE DONE WITH TESTIMONY, PLEASE. ONE REAL QUICK THING. YOU WERE MY TEACHER. BE NICE WAS ALWAYS NICE. JUST NOTHING. YEAH TOTALLY TEACHING AGAIN. SURE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BRING CLUSTER. AT RUSH HOUR AND TIMES WHEN WE ALL GO TO WORK FOR THE PEOPLE THAT DO GO TO WORK SO AGAIN, IF YOU PUT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WINE STORE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GONNA CLUSTER IN AND OUT OF A WINE STORE OR A RESTAURANT OR THAT WAS MY POINT IS GOING TO HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE CLUSTERING AT RUSH HOUR. AS THIS WOULD HAPPEN TO DO. THAT'S WHERE I'M DONE. YEAH MR MAYOR, TWO COMMENTS. WE'LL GET YOU A BIGGER SIGN. AND WE'RE GOING TO DO A TRAFFIC STUDY TO SEE IF THERE SHOULD BE A TRAFFIC LIKE THIS.

    WE'RE NOT SHOPPING CENTER WENT IN. THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT POSSIBLY PUTTING A TRAFFIC QUIET THAT PARTICULAR INTERSECTION AT THE TIME. IT CERTAINLY DIDN'T WANT IT. BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT NOW. I DON'T KNOW HOW EMOTIONALLY COME OUT TONIGHT, BUT I GUARANTEE YOU IF IT CONVENIENCE STORE MOVES TO THAT LOCATION AND IS OPEN FROM SEVEN IN THE MORNING TILL MIDNIGHT, IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT DIFFERENT THAN HOW DO THEY CARE? AND SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS LOOK AT IT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF VOLUME TO SEE IF WE CAN WARRANT A TRAFFIC LIGHT THAT AREA, NO PROBLEMS, BUT WE WERE, WE WILL DO THAT. WE'RE FINISHED ON THERE FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY, PLEASE. OKAY? RIGHT ANY COMMENTS FROM THE FROM HERE? ONE MORE, UM.

    THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT, MAYOR, BUT THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, AND I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON THAT FACT. IT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT A SURGE AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF DAY . UM MY OBSERVATION BECAUSE THAT IS THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE THAT I GO TO IS THAT, UM, THAT FACILITY IS REALLY VERY SIMILAR IN TERMS OF FROM THE TIME THAT THEIR DOORS OPEN VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING.

    THERE'S AN INFLUX OF PEOPLE FOR THEIR FOR THEIR EARLY SCHEDULED APPOINTMENTS. SO UM, I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KIND OF HONEST WITH OURSELVES ABOUT THE FACT THAT IT'S THE HEART OF THIS IS THAT THERE WAS AN EXISTING ISSUE. UM AND SO TAKING A LOOK AT THAT EXISTING ISSUE, UM AND SEEING IF WHAT CAN BE DONE. THE SIGN IS ALREADY THEY'RE SAYING THAT THIS IS NO. THERE IS NO THROUGH TRAFFIC, THE COMMITMENT TO HELP WITH SIGNAGE AT THE ENTRANCE TO YOUR COMMUNITY, AND UM AND THEN THE MAYOR'S ADDITIONAL COMMITMENT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT INTERSECTION MORE CAREFULLY, AGAIN, COUPLED WITH THE FACT UM, THAT IT'S A DEAD PROPERTY RIGHT NOW THAT IS OWNED AND IT'S PART OF A PRIVATE TRANSACTION, UM, TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE AND VERY FORTUNATELY WITH A NEIGHBOR THAT HAS HEARD YOUR CONCERNS. CHRIS JUST REAL BRIEFLY TO THE ECHO.

    MISS HAWKS THOUGHTS. I'VE BEEN OBSERVING THE TRAFFIC FROM PROGRAM LOOKING AT YOUR FACILITIES VIEWPOINT IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE LEAVING THOSE OFFICES. I DON'T KNOW IF THEIR EMPLOYEES OR PATIENTS, BUT MORE THAN HALF THE PEOPLE I SEE GOING

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    THROUGH YOUR CONDOMINIUM COMPLEX ARE COMING FROM THOSE OFFICES NORTH TO YOU, SO YOU DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER? I'M SAYING JUST IT'S INTERESTING ALREADY. THE KIND OF LEAK IS THERE. ALL RIGHT. IT'S ORDINANCES HAD HIS SECOND RING IN PUBLIC HEARING A MOVEMENT BE APPROVED. SECOND. MR BARRY. MR HOLT? YES MR SHARKEY. CIGARETTES? YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOLKS FOR COMING AND TALKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE MAYBE WE CAN GET THAT. COULD HAVE, LIKE TRAFFIC SALT.

    [Resolution CR-18-23 Approve the Preliminary Development Plan for a Two-Story Garage located at 3472 Grant Avenue.]

    RESOLUTION CR 18 23 RESOLUTION IMPROVED THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR A TWO STORY GARAGE LOCATED AT 34 72 GRAND AVENUE. MR SHOCKEY, IF I MAY THIS ITEM, I HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THIS HEALTH. AND BASED ON THAT CONVERSATION, I HAVE ADVISED HER TO RECUSE HERSELF ON THIS, SO I WOULD ASK THAT SHE BE RECUSED AND GIVE HER A MOMENT TO LEAVE THE ROOM. SIR I WOULD MOVE THAT MISHAP BE EXCUSED. SECOND. MR HOLT. YES MRS. HELP MR SHARKY SECRETS.

    YES, YES. WHO FOLLOW YOU BACK. PROBABLY TOMORROW, BUT IN FRONT OF ME TOMORROW. UM, START. HMM.

    YEAH SUNDAY ON APRIL, 4TH PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS SUBMITTED. ON THEIR, UM, MR ROGERS. DID YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? THIS IS A PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLANS. WE SEE IT. THEY'RE, UM THEY'RE INCORPORATING THREE LOTS INTO ONE. I BELIEVE. EVENTUALLY ON HERE IN THE CELL LASER FACTORY. EMILY CORRECT. OKAY? I HAVE SEE. DO I HAVE THE OWNER OR DEVELOPER OF THEIR SON HERE? WOULD YOU COME UP, PLEASE? STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. MAYBE CHRIS SALADS 3472 GRANT AVENUE. TIFFANY COMMENTS ABOUT THIS? UM OH. WHAT WHAT'S YOUR WHAT'S YOUR ULTIMATE GOAL? HERE WAS THIS FOR THE FIRST GOAL IS TO BRING THE LOTS TOGETHER. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. AND THEN WE DO HAVE SOME PLANS OR GARAGE. AND, UH, THE BUILDING ON THE CORNER AND I HAVE A BUILDING UP ON A FARM BANK. AND, UH, ON THE LIST. TWO BUSINESSES. AND WE'RE HIGH TECH. INDUSTRIAL LASER COMPANY. AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF LIVES. YOU COULDN'T LOT OF PEACE OF PARTS AND WE'RE AT US RIGHT ABOUT SPACE. I NEED SOME STORAGE SO THE GOAL IS THE GOAL IS TO HOPEFULLY GET THIS THING BUILT AND HAVE A PLACE TO STORE MY STUFF. FESTIVAL SO SECOND FLOOR OF THIS IS NOT INHABITABLE. IT'S MORE SECOND FLOOR IS NOT INHABITABLE. THERE. THEY WILL BE EMPTY SPACE AND, UH, THANK YOU.

    CHOCOLATE DEVELOPMENT, TALKING WITH PRE ZONING EARLIER DEVELOPMENT EARLIER YEAH. NO DECISION HAS BEEN MADE TO DO ANYTHING WITH IT. AND IF IT WERE TO BE DONE SOMETHING WITH RESIDENTS OR SOMETHING, WE EVEN GO THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS. JUST YOU KNOW, WE FOLLOW THE RULES. THAT'S SIMPLE. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL FOR MR DALLAS. SPEAKING. NOT A CONFIDENT COMMENT. COULD UM MR SELLERS HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. ENTREPRENEURS IN GROVE CITY AND HIS EXPANSION WHAT HE'S BEEN ABLE TO DO. HE'S BEEN MAKING THE BEST OUT OF EVERY LITTLE NOOK AND CRANNY HE'S GOT AND IF I UNDERSTAND THIS RIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO DISASSEMBLE THE EXISTING GARAGE, RIGHT? E OTHER EXISTING GRADUATE COME DOWN. SURE ALREADY HAD SOMEBODY COME ALONG AND OFFER TO BUY IT BECAUSE THEY WANT THE OLD WOULD REALLY USUALLY BUILDING THIS THIS FACILITY. YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD THIS IS IT THE SAME FOOTPRINT? IT IS NOT IT'S NOT IT'S MUCH LARGER. BUT I NEED THAT THAT SPACE BUT THAT WAS THE IDEA TO BRING THE THREE LAPS TOGETHER. ONCE IF WE DO THAT, WE BASICALLY GET AWAY WITH, YOU KNOW, AVOID ALL THE VARIANCES.

    WE WOULD BE BECAUSE WE GET THAT BIG SONG, THE PEW DC THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO GET, OKAY? IN THE EXISTING GARAGE IS THE ONE THAT FACES FRONT STREET. NO, IT'S IN THE BACK. IT'S ON THE MIDDLE OF

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    LIGHT AND SO ON THE ALLEY OKAY, ALRIGHT. OKAY? THANK YOU, UM, MISS PEN. WELL, I'M SORRY, FIDEL. SO NANCY PANEL 34 90 GRAND ONE BLOCK AWAY FROM THIS HE'S GOING TO TAKE OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND TURN IT INTO A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. IT'S A CHARMING LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD. I HAVE CHECKED TO THE USE SIX TIMES OF THE WORD GARAGE. HE'S NOT PUTTING UP A GARAGE. HE'S PUTTING UP A WAREHOUSE. TWICE THE SIZE OF MY HOUSE. IT WILL AFFECT THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD. AT THE MOMENT, KIDS GO DOWN THE ALLEY. ON THEIR LITTLE SCOOTERS ON THEIR BICYCLES, MAYBE SIX CARS A DAY. COME DOWN BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEY HAVE ACTUAL GARAGES THAT THEY USE OR PARKING SPOT. BUT BETWEEN. IT'S JUST THAT THREE LOTS. HE'S GOING TO BE COMMERCIAL. IT'S GOING TO BE ALL COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRY ARE ALLEY WILL BE AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICE ROAD. THIS IS NOT THIS IS NOT. THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ANY OF US RESIDENTS BOUGHT THEIR HOUSE SO THAT WE COULD LIVE HERE. WE DON'T WANT TO LIVE NEXT TO A WAREHOUSE AND HE SERVICE ROAD. AND INDUSTRY. FOR FUTURE USE. HE SAYS. IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT ADDITION. IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT ADDITION FOR HIM. BUT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE, IT'S NOT A GREAT ADDITION . IF IT'S A LITTLE GARAGE, LET HIM PUT IT ON HIS HOUSE. IT'S NOT A GARAGE. IT'S A WAREHOUSE.

    I WOULD SUGGEST YOU USE THE PROPER WORDS TO START WITH INSTEAD OF THE EUPHEMISM. OVER A GARAGE. WITH THE LOOK WITH THE FEW. THE WHOLE THING IS TO BE EXPANDED IN THE FUTURE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE NOTHING BUT INDUSTRY. PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO MOVE OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BECAUSE OF THE DEVELOPMENT. IT'S NOT A NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN IT'S AN INDUSTRY. HE'S GETTING HIS FOOT IN THE DOOR. HE MAY BE A GREAT ENTREPRENEUR FOR GROWTH CITY, BUT FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND GRANTS EDITION TO BOOLA SO FAR, EVERY LOT THAT'S BEEN BUILT ON HAS BEEN INFILL RESIDENTIAL. AND YET WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THAT CHANCE. WE'RE GOING TO GET AN INDUSTRY WITH THREE LAWNS. HE WANTS THEM ALL TO BE INDUSTRIAL THIS IS NOT IN KEEPING WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S NOT IN KEEPING YOU'RE GONNA LOSE THE CHARM. OURS IS THE OLDEST HOUSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT WAS GRANT'S HOUSE FROM GRANTS EDITION TUBULAR. IT'S A LOVELY LITTLE HOUSE. IT'S A CHARMING LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD. IF I WANT TO DELIVER THE CORNER OF HUDSON AND CLEVELAND AVENUE WOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY THOSE TAXES. THIS IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. HE JUST WANTS TO GET HIS FOOT IN THE DOOR. SO THAT HE CAN DEVELOP AN INDUSTRY.

    THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE TO LIVE WITH. WE DO. FOREVER YOU LOSE THE CHARM OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

    YOU LOSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S TRASHY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR WEAVER. MR PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ONCE. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS BRIAN WEAVER.

    ON THE FORMER I T FOR CITY OF GROVE CITY. AND UM, I WANTED TO SPEAK ON THINK SOMETHING THAT STATED EARLIER ADDRESS, PLEASE. WHAT'S THAT? WE SHOULD HAVE FIRED THIS FOR 3. 50 BEACH GROWTH OHIO THANK YOU. AH YOU NOTICED THAT CHRISTIAN HAWK JUST WALKED OUT OF THE ROOM, AND THE LAST TIME SHE DID THAT SHE WAS IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WITH THE DOOR AJAR. SO I THINK, UM I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE OF THEIR SPEAKERS AND MICHAEL WITHIN THAT ROOM, SO I WOULD JUST LIKE IN THE COMMUNITY NOW, IF IT TRULY A SECRET UM, EVENING AS HE STATED THAT THE CITY OF GOOD CITY OF LUMINOUS CHARM BECAUSE A LOT OF WEIRD HEALTH AND INDUSTRIAL COMING INSIDE AGAIN. UM HMM. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE I AGREE WITH HER THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PUBLIC

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    RECORDS THAT CITY OF DIVERSITY IS NOT PROVIDING IT WILL BE INDICATED IN THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. THAT COUNCIL KNOWS THINGS THAT THE PUBLIC DOES NOT KNOW. AND, UH, I JUST LEARNED THAT PASSED A IF YOU'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO READ THE CASE REGARDING BUILDING DEPARTMENT, WHICH WOULD BE PART OF YOUR BUILDING PLAN HERE, OCCASION NUMBER H 20 TO 203478, WHICH MR BAMBOO IS FULLY AWARE OF, AND HE JUST RESIGNED TODAY AND PLEASE CHIEF WITH LESS THAN SIX MONTHS.

    WHAT? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THIS. YEAH, IT SHOULD AT THE PLANT MAY DEVELOPMENT PLAN INSIDE OF A SYSTEM CALLED CITY VIEW INSIDE THE CITY OF GOLD CITY. THIS IS THIS IS PROBABLY THIS IS TOWARDS THIS GARAGE, RIGHT? THE BUILDING PLAN INSIDE OF THE SYSTEM CITY VIEW INSIDE THE CITY CITY TONIGHT. IT'S NOT AGAIN. IT'S A QUESTION. YOU'RE VERY GOOD AT IT. MR WEAVER PLAN INSIDE THAT SYSTEM HAVE MORE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THAT THAN I DO RIGHT NOW. SO WHAT HAVE YOU READ THE CASE, SIR? UM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SIT DOWN? THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. MR CHAIRMAN, MR. BARRY. KYLE, CAN YOU COME UP FOR A MINUTE? WHEN WE SAY WHEN I MEAN YOU'VE BEEN IN CONSTANT YOU'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH THE WITH THE PETITIONER ON THIS. SO IS THE OVERALL GOAL TO MERGE THESE LOTS TOGETHER, SO HE HAS A LARGER BUSINESSES THAT WHAT THE GOAL IS I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE LARGER GOAL IS. I MEAN, ANY PERSON WHO HAS MULTIPLE LIGHTS CAN BUY RIGHT GO TO THE COUNTY AND COMBINE THEM. UM BUT I GUESS 11 KIND OF MAKE SURE COUNCILS WHERE OF THIS IS A PLUMBER DEVELOPED PLAN. SO WE'RE A LONG WAY TO GO . HOWEVER THE PARTITION ER HAS REQUESTED A GOOD PBGC PLAYING IN COMMERCIAL NOT PLAYING, AND THAT'S REAL. SO IT'S WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT INDUSTRIAL USE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. SO, MR CHAIRMAN. IF HE EMERGES THE LINES BEING THAT THE TWO LAWNS ARDIZZONE RESIDENTIAL WHAT HAPPENS TO THE ZONING ON THE OTHER TWO LOTS THAT ARE NOT COMMERCIAL THEY WOULD REMAIN. THEY WOULD REMAIN ONES THAT ALSO WANT TO SPLIT ZONING ON THEY WOULDN'T BE SPLIT ZONE, SO OKAY. AND MR CHAIRMAN. HOW LARGE. HOW MANY SQUARE FEET IS THIS GARAGE? 1200 SQUARE FEET, 1200 SQUARE FEET. QUESTIONS. MY CONCERN IS THAT IT STAYS RESIDENTIAL. THAT'S YEAH.

    ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ALLEY THAT IS THE PROPERTY OWNED BY THE DEVELOPER BILL APART. SO AT SOME POINT IN FUTURE, I GUESS FOR AS OUR FORCE I CAN GIVE US UH IT WILL BE REZONED AS WELL TO HAVE A HIGHER INTENSE USE AS WELL. SO IT WILL BE COMBINED WITH A PART OF THE PARK. SO THIS IS VERY MUCH A TRANSITIONAL AREA FROM SINGLE FAMILY, MULTI FAMILY THERE'S INDUSTRIAL ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RIVER TRACKS, SO THIS AREA REALLY, REALLY IS. AH. PRETTY COMPLEX AREA. UM. WE HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. I NEEDED SIMPLIFIED. CAN YOU CLARIFY IS 3466 THAT'S FOR THIS ONE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER IS THAT RESIDENTIAL 3466 IS C TWO COMMERCIAL 347 TO THE OTHER TWO. YEAH THE OTHER 23473472 IN THE VACANT PARCEL OR OR TWO. ARTIE RESIDENTIAL AND PROMOTE THIS CULINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE TO PUT A, UH BUILDING IN THE BACK. AH! IS. IT'S JUST IT'S JUST FOR THAT TO BUILD A BUILDING A BIGGER BUILDING ON IT. RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. RIGHT WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT IS TAKING THE FIRST STEP IN A RESUMING PROCESS TO REALLY LOOK AT THE USE OF THE PERSONAL, MORE COMPREHENSIVE MANNER. SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS HERE. COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL TONIGHT. THE PETITIONER WHAT TO COME BACK WITH RESUMING APPLICATION AND FILE THE BONE POINT. SO, REALLY, WE'RE LOOKING AT CONCEPT AT THIS POINT. BUT REALLY, I MEAN, I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT'S ON HERE. WE'RE GOING TO TEAR DOWN ONE GARAGE AND BUILD ANOTHER GROUP. THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS LEGISLATION.

    AND IT'S SMALLER THAN 1200 FT. BUT IT'S SQUARE FEET CORRECT. BASED OFF THEIR PRIMITIVE OWN

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    PLAN. THEY'LL GO BACK AND DO THE REZONING. THE EXPECTATION WOULD BE IT WOULD STILL REMAIN THE SAME FOOTPRINT JUST DO THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS. TRIALS DO THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE B? C A.

    FOR I THINK OUR GARAGE SIZES 900 SQUARE FEET TODAY HAVE TO GET ON VARIOUS SUMMER. IF THEY CHOSE TO DO UNDER THE EXISTING ZONING MY ASSUMPTION WITH THAT'S WHY THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO A P U. D IS TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO WRITE A TEXT LIKE WE DO. WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AREAS WITH THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS TO DO. TWO STORY GARAGE IS OVER. IN THE AREA. AND THE OVERALL HEIGHT IS 23 FT. THE HEIGHT UNDER THE ARTS. HE WAS 35 FT, SO THEY'RE STILL WITHIN THE HEIGHT BAREHEADED HEIGHT RANGE OF WHAT WAS PERMITTED UNDER THE R TWO DISTRICT. OKAY? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMPANIES WAS APPROVED BY DEVELOPMENT. YES, IT WAS. PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN AS SUBMITTED ON APRIL 4TH. THE 40. I BELIEVE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. RESOLUTION SAID IT'S READING PUBLIC CURRENT WOULD BE APPROVED. HMM. HMM. MR SHUT KEY.

    MR SECRETS? NO, MR BARRY. MR HOLT? YES. THIS IS NOT PASSED SINCE IT DOES NOT HAVE MAJORITY VOTES TO TWO. YES. I WANT TO MAKE JUST A CLARIFICATION. COMMENT MR SMITH, IF YOU COULD CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG THAT WHEN SOMEBODY ASKED TO BE RECUSED, THEY SIMPLY LEAVE THE MEETING SO THEY CANNOT BE INVOLVED IN THE MEANING. WHETHER OR NOT THEY LISTEN TO THE MEETING HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WALL. THAT'S CORRECT. IN FACT, THE LAW DOES NOT MANDATE WHEN SOMEONE IS, UM RECUSE FROM MEETING FOR THEM TO EVEN LEAVE THEIR ROOM. THE REASON WHY MY PRACTICES FOR THEM TO LEAVE THE ROOM SO THAT THEY DON'T MAKE FACIAL EXPRESSIONS FOR COMMENTS OR IN ANY WAY TRY TO SWAY THE VOTE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. SO MISS HAWKINS PERFECTLY OR ANYONE WHO ACCUSED THEMSELVES CAN LISTEN ALL THEY WANT MY THE REASON WE MAKE THEM LEAVE THE ROOM SO THEY CANNOT INFLUENCE THE VOTE IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. SO THAT'S WHY WE DO THAT, SIR. MR CHAIRMAN, MR. I JUST WANT TO THANK MISS HARPER. BRINGING HER POTENTIAL CONFLICT TO THE TO THE COUNCIL. SO WE'VE WE DID THE RIGHT THING. THANK YOU. IT WILL BE DONE. RESOLUTION CR 1923

    [Resolution CR-19-23 Approve a Certificate of Appropriateness for Exterior Modifications to 3586 Broadway in the Historical Preservation Area.]

    THREE, A RESOLUTION APPROVED A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR EXTERIOR MODIFICATIONS TO 35 86 BROADWAY IN THE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION AREA. ON APRIL 4TH PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS WITH TWO STIPULATIONS. HMM AND DO WE HAVE THOSE STIPULATIONS BY CHANCE ON THE SCREEN? IF NOT, THEY'RE NOT REAL LONG. NO. OKAY, LET ME READ THEM. YOU KNOW, I GOT TO GET THE RIGHT. OR COULD YOU READ THEM? MISS KELLY. I SEEM TO BE YES, SIR. I HAVE A HANDY, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. FIRST STIPULATION, THE DUMPSTER IN CLOSER SHALL UTILIZE THE SAME CAST STONE VENEER USED ON THE PRIMARY BUILDING. NUMBER TWO SUPPLEMENTAL LANDSCAPING PER SECTION 1136 POINT. OH, EIGHT OF THE CITY CODE SHALL BE INSTALLED AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE. ARE YOU THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY OR DEVELOPER? I AM WITH PRIORITY PARTNERS, THE ARCHITECT OF RECORD ON THIS PROJECT. WOULD YOU GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS THE DIRECTOR? MY NAME IS STEVE HAGLEY RD. I AM AGRO CITY RESIDENT. BUT I AM A ON HERE ON BEHALF OF BERNIE PARTNERS. 13 98 GOODELL BOULEVARD. COLUMBUS, OHIO. WE HAVE TWO STIPULATIONS ON THERE. THERE'S THE OWNER POST . ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT? WE HAVE NO PROBLEM. IN FACT, I'M THE FOURTH. I ASKED IF THEY WANTED THE CULTURED STONE FULL HEIGHT ON THE DUMPSTER, AND IT WAS A POSITIVE RESPONSE TO FULL HEIGHT. WE DID HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS LITTLE BIT. IT SEEMS LIKE THAT. SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THAT. LIKE THIS ONE. THAT'S UH. THAT FEELS WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF VAPING IN THERE. THEY SEEM TO DO A LOT OF LIGHTING IN THE WINDOWS. YOU DON'T LIKE LIGHTING AROUND IT SOME WAY TO BRING ATTENTION TO

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    IT ON THERE. DO YOU KNOW OF ANY PLANS TO DO THAT? NO I COULD. I COULD ONLY SPEAK FROM THE AESTHETICS AND COMPLEMENTARY MATERIALS AND PAINT THAT WE'RE DOING TO BE UPGRADE TO THE BUILDING. I'D HAVE TO GIVE THE OWNER INVOLVED. I DO NOT BELIEVE SO. ALL RIGHT. WELL WE'RE A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. SO UNDER. SO, UH, FOR THE FOR THE PUBLIC ON HERE. LET ME GET MY.

    DEFINITELY RESOLUTION HERE. UM AND SECTION ONE. WE'D LIKE TO ADD A STIPULATION. ON THERE WILL PUT IT UP ON THE SCREEN SO YOU CAN SEE IT UP TO REPORT. YES IT WILL BE PART OF THANK YOU. YES SECTION ONE. UM I MOVED THAT TENANTS SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED TO OUTLINE THE WINDOWS WITH LIGHTS OR USE INTERNAL LIGHTING. TWO. FURTHER ENHANCE OR ADVERTISE THE BUSINESS. SO ANYTHING ON THE INSIDE ROPING ANY OF THAT KIND OF STUFF? YEAH. THE YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS WHATEVER. SO THAT'S UNDER SECTION ONE THAT I MADE A MOTION TO GET A SECOND. OKAY? DISCUSSION ON THIS. MR KELLY, COULD YOU CALL ROLL, PLEASE? MR SECRETS. MR SEACREST. I'M JUST CONFIRMING. YES MEANS YOU'RE ACCEPTING, ADDING THESE STIPULATIONS READING THIS THANK YOU. YES. MR PERRY. MR HOLT? NO. MRS. HELP? NO. MR SHOPKEEPER. WE'LL DO SOME PAPERWORK HERE FOR A MINUTE. UM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN HERE ABOUT THE EXTERIOR? NO. MR WEAVER, YOU'RE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE EXTERIOR. CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE EXTERIOR MODIFICATIONS, NOT THE BUILDING PLAN. MY NAME'S BRIAN WEAVER. UM. WE ALREADY HAVE YOU ON RECORD FOR YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT HE HAS TALKED ABOUT HISTORICAL PER SURVEY.

    SHIN PERSON IT HISTORICAL AREA. UM. I SPOKE TO MAYOR ICG DURING FARMER'S MARKET, AND I ASKED HIM ABOUT THE HISTORICAL, A GOOD CITY, WHICH THIS IS BEING AFFECTED AND IT'S LOCATED IN AND I ASKED HIM IF YOU ARE AWARE OF THE HIGHLAND MISSION PROJECT, AND HE SAID HE WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT. UM SO I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW YOU THE GUY THAT SPOKE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AT MEMBER JIM HALE. HE COULD GO TO CITY. UM, HISTORICAL AND HE, UH, HE MENTIONED HIGHLAND MISSION PROJECT THAT MADE LIKE THAT. NOT NOW. BUT IT WAS PROMISED BACK IN 18 46 WHEN THE LAND WAS SOLD TO MR GRANT FOR A DOLLAR THAT THEY WOULD BUILD A CHURCH IN THE AREA. YOU KNOW, WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY, UM IF THAT WILL BE FOCUSED ON OR WE JUST FOCUS ON EXTERIOR, UM, THAT THE BUILDINGS DOWN THE EXTERIOR ON THIS BUILDING, OKAY, BUT WILL THERE BE ANY DISCUSSIONS ON HIGHLAND MISSION THAT MAYBE I CANNOT BELIEVE WE KNOW. OKAY, WE'LL SHOW THE PROMISE MADE IN 18 46.

    AND IT STILL HASN'T BEEN COMPLETED. SO WE'RE ANYTHING ON THE EXTERIOR OF THIS BUILDING, SIR, I THINK OKAY. THANK YOU, MR WEAVER. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. OKAY WE HAVE NOW THREE STIPULATIONS INVOLVED ON THIS. RESOLUTION SAID. IT'S READING PUBLIC HERE AND I MOVED INTO THE APPROVED. MR PERRY? NO. MR HOLT? YES. MRS. HELP? YES. MR SHOT KEY , CHRIS? YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND LAST MINUTE, LEAST UNDER MY COMMITTEE RESOLUTION CR 2023 A RESOLUTION TO SET FORTH

    [Resolution CR-20-23 Set Forth, as required by Section 709.023 of the Ohio Revised Code, the municipal services that can be furnished to 0.918 acres located at 3972 Orders Road upon its annexation to the City.]

    AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 709.23 OF THE OHIO REVISED CODE. THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES THAT CAN BE FURNISHED 20.918. LOCATED AT 39 72 ORDERS OF ROAD IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP POLICY ANNEXATION, THE CITY OF CURVE CITY. THIS IS A REQUIREMENT AS FAR AS ANNEXATION GOES, PETITION TO ANNEX TO GROW

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    CITY WAS FILED WITH T OF COMMISSIONERS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY BY MATTHEW AND PATRICIA WATKINS.

    THE SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED OUR POLICE WATER SANITARY, SEWER , SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND ZONING. FIRE PROTECTION WILL BE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROVIDED BY JACKSON TOWNSHIP. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. SEE NO QUESTIONS ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC. RESOLUTIONS THAT IT'S READING AND PUBLIC HERE AND I MOVE THAT IT BE APPROVED. MR HOPE? YES YES, SHARKING CIGARETTES. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE. BOOKS DID NEGLECT TO CALL ON MISS WALKER AND I USUALLY TEACHES. IS HERE TO REPRESENT YOU. I APOLOGIZE. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT. OKAY YOU'RE THE ATTORNEY WALL. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. WE'VE DONE THIS FROM SEVERAL PROPERTIES IS THE MAKING SURE THE PROPERTY IS UP TO CODE. FROM THE AFRICAN IS READY TO COME INTO THE CITY. OKAY YES, AND I TALKED TO MR SMITH AND HE SENT ME KIND OF A LIST SO I WOULD GO FOR THOSE THINGS AND WE'VE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET TO THE FINAL UNDERSTAND? THE TIME TO GET IT DONE. SUMMER. TIME'S A GOOD TIME. THANK YOU. THIS. HOW

    [Ordinance C-12-23 Accept a Public Easement for a Shared Use Path from First Baptist Church of Grove City. Second reading and public hearing.]

    DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR PURPOSES OF THE SERVICE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT.

    VERY I HAVE TO START OFF WITH ORDINANCE SEAT 12 23 AN ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT A PUBLIC EASEMENT FOR A SHARED JUICE HALF FROM FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF GROOVE CITY. AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT BRIEFLY ON OUR FIRST READING, THIS IS A KEY PIECE OF CONNECTIVITY TO BRING BICYCLISTS PEDESTRIANS SAFELY THROUGH AS YOU TRAVEL TO THE WEST OR TO THE Y COMING FROM HOOVER WROTE ON ORDERS. UM DID YOU WANT TO COMMENT AT ALL? AND I KNOW THIS IS A IMPORTANT PROJECT. WELL THANK YOU MISS OUT. UH NO, I THINK MOMENTARY LAST MEETING PRETTY MUCH SUMMED IT UP THAT AS YOU MENTIONED, IT'S. IT'S A PRETTY KEY PIECE AND CONNECTIVITY AND GETS I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON ORDERS ROAD JUST ABOUT AS MANY YEARS AGO ON DIFFERENCE ROAD THAT'S TRYING TO GET PEOPLE OFF. TO MAKE THE ROADS SAFER, AND THIS IS A KEY PIECE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL FROM COUNCIL? ANYONE FIND THAT.

    ONE ALRIGHT WITH THAT. THEN THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVE THAT IT BE APPROVED. SECOND . THIS IS HELP. YES MR SHARKEY. YES? YES, YES. ALL RIGHT. NEXT

    [Ordinance C-17-23 Authorizing the Appropriation of Property and Easements from multiple properties for the public purpose of making, repairing, and improving the Demorest Corridor Improvement Project and declare an emergency. First reading.]

    WE HAVE ORDINANCE SEAT 17 23 AND ORDINANCE. AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF PROPERTY AND EASEMENTS FROM MULTIPLE PROPERTIES FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF MAKING, REPAIRING AND IMPROVING THE RISK CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. AND DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. THIS IS THE FIRST READING OF THIS ORDINANCE, SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE MADE THE 1ST 2023. NEXT WE HAVE RESOLUTIONS CR 21 23. THEY'RE WITH ME HERE AS I TURNED THE PAGE. RESOLUTION

    [Resolution CR-21-23 Intent to Appropriate Property and Easements for the White Road Corridor Reconstruction and related improvements for the public purpose of making or repairing a public road to be open at no charge.]

    OF INTENT TO APPROPRIATE PROPERTY AND EASEMENTS FOR THE WHITE ROAD CORRIDOR RECONSTRUCTION AND RELATED IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF MAKING OR REPAIRING A PUBLIC ROAD TO BE OPEN AT NO CHARGE. MR SMITH. WOULD YOU LIKE TO START US OFF? THANK YOU, MISS HAWK. UM, THIS IS A PROJECT THE CITY IS LOOKING TO DO. THAT WOULD BE A IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WHITE ROAD CORRIDOR KIND OF EAST OF EXCEPT THE VILLAGES AT LAMPLIGHTER. CAMERA THE NAME OF THE COMPLEX REALLY UP TO WHERE THERE'S A LITTLE INDENTATION WITH THAT PRICK. LAMPLIGHTER YEAH, THIS WOULD BE CURVED GUTTERING SIDEWALKS. UM BIKE PATH, ETCETERA. UM I HAD PREVIOUSLY THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS. FOLLOWING THIS, WE WILL SEND OUT A ANOTHER ROUND OF LETTERS TO ALL OF THE RESIDENTS TO OPEN A DIALOGUE WITH THEM ABOUT ACQUIRING THE PROPERTY WITHOUT GOING TO COURT, ETCETERA. AS I MENTIONED THE COUNCIL AND CAUCUS THIS PROJECT IN A LITTLE BIT. COMPLICATED JUST BECAUSE FOR THE MOST PART WHAT WE AS A CITY VIEW THAT WE'RE BUYING IS JUST THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH IS THE ROAD AND THEN A LITTLE BIT OF AREA

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    OFF THE ROAD. IN THIS CASE, THE COUNTY BELIEVES THAT ALL OF THAT IS PUBLIC. RIGHT OF WAY. I'VE SPOKEN WITH AT LEAST ONE ATTORNEY FROM THE LANDOWNERS WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT TO BE THE CASE. SO UNFORTUNATELY, I DO BELIEVE THIS IS THEY START OF WHAT COULD BE A VERY LONG PROCESS WHERE, FRANKLY, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO HAVE A JUDGE. TELL US WHAT THE RIGHT ANSWER IS SO BUT ONCE AGAIN, ALL THIS DOES IS AUTHORIZED US TO START THE PROCESS. I WILL SEND OUT ANOTHER ROUND OF LETTERS TO EVERYONE AFFECTED BY THIS AND GET IN CONTACT WITH THEM. MR SMITH. ANY QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? WE DO HAVE GO AHEAD. WHY IN EMERGENCY. IT'S A TIMING ISSUE, SIR IN TERMS OF GETTING THE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD. UM AS I INDICATED, THIS IS GOING TO BE A FAIRLY LENGTHY PROCESS IN TERMS OF UH UM. THE EMERGENCY WAS THE LAST WORD. I'M SORRY.

    YEAH SORRY. WAIT ROAD. THIS IS JUST THE RESOLUTION. SORRY. SORRY. SORRY. THAT'S OK. ALL RIGHT, AND I BELIEVE UNDER THIS WHITE ROAD CR 21 23. WE HAVE TEACHER, A SHERWIN. EXACTLY CORRECT PRONUNCIATION. ALRIGHT IF YOU COULD COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD THANK YOU GUYS. EXCUSE ME. SO SORRY. THANK YOU GUYS. DETROIT SURE WHEN I LIVE AT 11 35 WHITE ROAD. I SPOKE ON THIS MATTER. I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST YEAR. UM, SO AGAIN. I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THIS TIME . I'LL BE BRIEF. LIKE I SAID, I'M THE OWNER AT 11 35 MY HOMESTEADS EXTREMELY CLOSE TO WHITE ROAD. UM I HAVE THREE KIDS IN MY HOME. MY NEIGHBOR WHO WAS HERE EARLIER. THEY HAVE EIGHT KIDS IN THEIR HOME. THEIR HOME ALSO SITS CLOSE TO THE ROAD SATURDAY NIGHT, I WOKE UP TO DRAG RACING DOWN MY SIDE OF THE ROAD CARS WERE RACING. THEY TURNED AROUND AND WENT BACK TO JACKSON PIKE, AND THEY'RE RACING BACK DOWN AGAIN. CARS CONSTANTLY SPEED DOWN THE ROADWAY, EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY FOR MY FAMILY AND MY NEIGHBORS FAMILY IF THE ROAD IS IN FACT WIDEN ON OUR PORTION OF THE ROAD. THE POST. THAT'S BEEN LUMINOUS 45 MPH CARS GO WELL PAST THAT LIMIT. I'VE HAD TO REPLACE MY MAILBOX TWICE. I'VE HAD, UM, TIRE MARKS IN MY GRASS. UM I'M JUST AFRAID THAT GOD FORBID ONE OF THESE VEHICLES LOSES CONTROL, UM, AND ENDS UP INSIDE MY HOME OR MY NEIGHBOR'S HOME, SO I'M JUST VERY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR SAFETY. UM AND AS AS WELL AS THE SPEED LIMIT, THE WIDENING OF THE ROAD. UM UPON RECEIVING THE PACKET IN THE MAIL LAST FALL. I DID EMAIL THE GROSS CITY LAW DIRECTOR OF MR SMITH. I NEVER HEARD BACK FROM HIM AND I HAD NO RESPONSE TILL THIS DAY. I HAD NO RESPONSE. UM, I SENT THAT EMAIL ON OCTOBER 6TH OF 2022. I DON'T KNOW WHO HERE HAS GRANDCHILDREN OR CHILDREN. BUT I HOPE YOU CONSIDER THAT WHEN LISTENING TO MY CONCERNS UM, EVEN INVITE YOU TO COME IN MY DRIVEWAY AND LOOK HOW CLOSE THE ROAD IS FROM MY HOUSE. UM AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE NEIGHBORS NORTH OF ME ACTUALLY HAVE A HUGE DISTANCE BETWEEN THEIR HOME AND THE ROAD. EVEN MAYBE EVEN AN ACRE. UM, MORE. A LITTLE LESS. UM, I STRONGLY OBJECT TO THE NOTION THAT THE WIDENING IS AN NECESSITY. THERE ARE TWO ENTRANCES. MY UNDERSTANDING FOR THE QUARRY. THE ONE IS ON JACKSON PIKE. THE ROAD HAS ALREADY BEEN WIDENED THEIR UM, WHICH WILL ACCOMMODATE THE DEVELOPMENT. UM SO AGAIN, I KNOW MY TIME'S UP OR GETTING CLOSE TO BEING UP. UM I JUST KNOW THAT I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S A NECESSITY. THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS. THERE'S NO BIKE TRAFFIC. I'VE LIVED THERE FOR YEARS. I'VE NEVER SEEN A BICYCLE ON THAT PORTION OF WHITE ROAD. THERE'S NO FOOT TRAFFIC THERE THE ROADS IN GREAT SHAPE. I BELIEVE IT WAS JUST, UM RESURFACED. NOT THAT LONG AGO, SO I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS IS A NECESSITY. UM WHAT IT IS AND ASSESS IT IS DROPPING THE SPEED LIMIT FROM 45 TO 35 TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF MYSELF AND MY NEIGHBORS. I KNOW SOME OF MY OTHER NEIGHBORS ARE HERE TODAY. UM AND AGAIN SINCE THE DEVELOPMENT UM I WAS MADE SOME EMPTY PROMISES AT THE LAST MEETING THAT, UM, FROM THE DEVELOPER THAT THEY WOULD PUT A BUFFER KIND OF IN MY YARD OF TREES, AND THEN THE UTILITY COMPANY CAME OUT TO EXPAND THEIR EASEMENT. AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THAT JUST CAN'T BE DONE BECAUSE OF THE, UH, UTILITY EASEMENT, SO THE IDEA OF PLANTING SOME TREES TO PROTECT MY PROPERTY. I GUESS THAT'S NOT AN OPTION, ACCORDING TO THE UTILITY COMPANY AND THEIR EASEMENT, SO I CAN THINK YOU CAN UNDERSTAND MY FRUSTRATIONS. I'VE BEEN PRESIDENT. OF THE CITY FOR QUITE SOME TIME. I VOLUNTEERED IN THE COMMUNITY. I'VE BEEN A COACH. I VOLUNTEERED WITH VOLLEYBALL. I LOVE GROWTH CITY. I JUST FEEL LIKE, UM THERE HASN'T BEEN A CONCERN FOR MY FAMILY AND OUR SAFETY AND TO NOT GET A RESPONSE HAS BEEN VERY DISHEARTENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SIGNING MISS HOCKEY. IF I MAY 1ST, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE IF I MISSED YOUR EMAIL, I KNOW THAT I HAVE MET WITH I DON'T THINK A GOOD MAJORITY OF THE

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    FOLKS OUT IN WHITE ROAD AT VARIOUS TIMES AND I APOLOGIZE IF I MISSED YOUR EMAIL A COUPLE PARTS OF THE PROJECT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT. CURRENTLY THE ROAD IS IN THE TOWNSHIP AND COUNTY CONTROLLED SO THE POLICE PRESENCE WOULD BE COUNTY OR, YOU KNOW, COUNTY SHERIFF MOST LIKELY OUR INTENT WITH THIS PROJECT IS TO FIRST OF ALL AT CURB AND GUTTERING, WHICH HELPS WITH VEHICLES LEAVING THE ROADWAY, ETCETERA. THE OTHER THING IS WE WOULD ANNEX THE ROAD TO THE CITY OF GROWTH CITIES SO THAT WE WOULD CONTROL THE ROAD ARE POLICE WOULD BE ABLE TO RESPOND FRANKLY, OUR RESPONSE TIMES A LOT BETTER THAN THE COUNTY'S. UM AND THE OTHER THING TO YOUR POINT IS, OUR INTENT IS TO LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT ON THAT SECTION. ONCE WE MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ROAD, HOWEVER, WE CAN'T LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT UNTIL THE ROAD IS IN THE CITY. SO AT LEAST FROM THAT END, WE ARE ALIGNED IN TERMS OF WHAT WE WANT TO SEE HIM. MR SHOCKING I NORMALLY DON'T ASK. PEOPLE QUESTIONS THAT ARE OUT HERE. BUT WHICH HOUSE IS IT? THAT YOU'RE IT'S THE WHITE HOUSE THAT SITS KIND OF CLOSE TO THE ROAD. WELL, VERY CLOSE THE ROAD AND THEN I HAVE A TREEHOUSE IN THE BACK FOR THE CHILDREN IS THE SOUTH SIDE. IT'S ON THE SOUTH SIDE PAST THE DRIVEWAY FOR THE NEW ENTRANCE TO THE PINNACLE, CORRECT DOWN THE ROAD, IS IT PASSED? SO I'M TRYING TO THINK OF WHO'S OUT THERE. THE BAND DIRECTOR THAT USED TO GO BACK GROVE CITY. UM THE GATHERING USED TO OWN MY HOME. UM CORRECT , MICHAEL, GATHERING EXACTLY WHERE YOU'RE AFTER. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THIS RESOLUTION HAS HAD ITS READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVED TO BE APPROVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MR SHARKEY. YES. MR CIGARETTES? YES, VERY YES, NOW. MR HOLT. MRS HAWKE? YES. OKAY. AND NEXT, WE HAVE RESOLUTION C R 22 23 A RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO

    [Resolution CR-22-23 Intent to Appropriate Property and Easements for the Holton Road Corridor Reconstruction and related improvements for the public purpose of making or repairing a public road to be open to the public at no charge.]

    APPROPRIATE PROPERTY AND THESE MINTS FOR THE WHOLE TANDBERG CORRIDOR RECONSTRUCTION AND RELATED IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF MAKING OR REPAIRING A PUBLIC ROAD TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT NO CHARGE. OTHERWISE ENGAGED AT THE MOMENT FOR HIS OVER HIS REVIEW. WHAT'S THE SCENE? FOR JUST ONE MOMENT. AND A LOT OF TAP DANCING THIS WEEK. BUT NOW THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE ADDITION OF HOPE ROAD. CORRIDOR. RECONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS. NO THAT'S ON YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. IT IS TIME TO TAKE THIS STEP TO BE REQUIRED VERY SIMILAR CONVERSATION WITH LESS COMPLEXITY. THERE YOU ARE. OKAY ALRIGHT, CLOSER. I APOLOGIZE.

    THIS IS FOLLOWING ONCE AGAIN. THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS. UM WHAT THIS WILL DO IS SHOW THAT WITH THE FUNDING THAT COUNCIL JUST APPROVED THIS IS LIKE A WHOLE DIFFERENT VIEW FROM HERE. UM THAT WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS OF THE PROPER OR TO THE ROADWAY HOLDING ROAD. UM WHAT THIS DOES IF YOU WERE TO PASS THIS TONIGHT, JUST LIKE WITH THE WHITE ROAD. WE'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY PREPARED THE LETTERS TO GO OUT ALL THE LANDOWNERS WHICH WE DID THAT PRIOR TO THE FUNDING. LEAVING AND THEN COMING BACK. SO THIS WILL THEN WE WILL SEND OUT THE LETTERS AND THEN START NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE LANDOWNERS . I HAVE NOT SPOKEN WITH ANY OF THE WHOLE TIN ROOF, FOLKS, SO I DON'T KNOW. UM YOU KNOW ANYONE'S POSITION ON THIS, BUT THIS WILL JUST START THE PROCESS. THANK YOU, MR SMITH. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL FOR MR SMITH? AND I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK UNDER THIS ONE. SO THIS RESOLUTION HAS HAD ITS READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVED THE APPROVED. MR SIEGERIST? YES VERY YES. ALL RIGHT. AND FINALLY THIS EVENING I HAVE A RESOLUTION RESOLUTION CR 23 23 RESOLUTION

    [Resolution CR-23-23 Authorize participation in the Ohio Department of Transportation Contract for * Road Salt.]

    TO AUTHORIZE PARTICIPATION. IN THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CONTRACT FOR ROAD SALT. AND MR PATRICK TOUCHED ON THIS BRIEFLY. NOPE. THERE WE GO . GOOD EVENING. THIS IS THE

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    ANNUAL RESOLUTION THAT WE DO SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN, UM THE DOTS BUYING POWER FOR ROAD SALT, AND SO, UM, WE ARE LOOKING TO PURCHASE 2000 TONS TO BE PREPARED FOR NEXT SNOW SEASON THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE AS LIGHT AS THIS YEAR'S. THANK YOU. UM HERE'S HERE'S HOPING THAT IT IS.

    IT'S JUST EVEN MORE BALMY THAN THE WINTER THAT WE'VE HAD SO FAR. UM WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER SIGNED UP, MR WEAVER. ALL RIGHT, MR MR WEAVER. MR WEAVER. WE ALREADY HAVE YOU ON THE RECORD THIS EVENING. I BELIEVE YOU'VE ALREADY COMMENTED SO YOU DON'T YOU CAN NOT STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, BUT I DO WANT TO CAUTION. YOU STAY ON TOPIC. AND THE TOPIC IS ROAD SALT. THANK YOU. MY NAME'S BRIAN LABOR FOR MORE GOOD CITY I T STAFF UM, I'D LIKE TO COMMENT, UM FIRST. I APPRECIATE STEPHEN SMITH, RECOGNIZING THAT IS A DIFFERENT VIEWPOINT HERE. SALT.

    SO. UM AT THE FORMER CLUB CITY EMPLOYEE, UH, DOES SALT MACHINE THAT GO THEM SALT TRUCKS WERE INSTALLED, AND I'M CURIOUS IF THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN POPULARLY TRAINED BECAUSE DURING MY TIME HERE AT CITY OF HOPE CITY, MANY OF THEIR SERVICE EMPLOYEE DIDN'T WIN, NOT TRAINED OR DO NOT WANT TO USE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE SALT TO THE STUDENTS SOLD, UM WITH THE MACHINE. YEAH YOUR CHAIR, PLEASE. IT FELT THE SALT HOW TO SALT SHOULD BE ADDED INTO THE CITY SPINNING A YARN FOR US THIS EVENING. SO SINCE IT'S SUCH A REACH FOR YOU PLEASE RETURN TO YOUR SEATS ON THIS ITEM. UM THIS CAN USE RESOLUTION HAS HAD ITS READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVE THAT IT BE APPROVED. MR BARRY? YES MR HOLT? YES YES, YES, YES. THAT IS ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. BARRY WE HAVE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, MR HOLT. THANK YOU, MR BARRY C 14 23. AN

    [Ordinance C-14-23 Appropriate $479,300.00 from the Local Fiscal Recovery Fund for the Current Expense of Engineering Services for the Columbus Street Wet Weather Sanitary Relief Sewer and Storm Relief Sewer. Second reading and public hearing.]

    ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE $479,300 FROM THE LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND FOR THE CURRENT EXPENSIVE ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE COLUMBUS STREET, WET WEATHER, SANITARY RELIEF, SEWER AND STORM RELIEF SOURCE. DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS? SURE I WILL JUST SHARE WITH YOU THAT THIS WAS THE MAJOR RECOMMENDATION THAT CAME OUT OF OUR WESTWATER. RUN STORM MASTER PLANNING EFFORT THAT WE DID IN 2021, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE MOVING FORWARD. THIS APPROPRIATION WOULD FUND THE DETAILED DESIGN OF THAT PROJECT ALSO REMINDER WE DID RECEIVE A PWC FUNDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT. WE WERE AWARDED THAT IN DECEMBER AND SO WE WILL LOOK TO DESIGN THIS PROJECT THROUGH THE 2023. CALENDAR YEAR AND THEN MOVED TO CONSTRUCTION IN 2024. THE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD GO ALONG COLUMBUS STREET FROM DUDLEY AVENUE, ALL THE WAY TO HOOVER ROAD AND SELLING A PARALLEL STATE AND CARRY RELIEF UPSIZING ALL OF THE STORMS THAT ARE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEN OTHER RELATED IMPLEMENTS TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE ALONG THAT QUARTER. ANSWERING QUESTIONS. CINDY. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL 10. CHAIRMAN CINDY THE UH UM. WHAT WILL BE THE TOTAL COST OF THIS ENTIRE PROJECT? WELL, IF I HAD A CRYSTAL BALL, NO, I THINK THAT THE MOST RECENT ESTIMATES THAT WE RECEIVED FROM MH AND TEA WITH UPDATED PRICING.

    UM WAS AROUND $8 MILLION. HEYMAN, CINDY, THE. THE HOW MUCH WATER WILL WE BE ABLE TO STORE IN THIS? I MEAN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WATER STORAGE. THAT IS WHAT THE DETAILED DESIGN WILL BE ABLE TO TELL US. CAN'T WAIT. THANK YOU, MR CHAIRMAN. QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. NOBODY FROM THE PUBLIC HAS SIGNED UP. THIS ORDINANCE IS AT ITS SECOND READING IN PUBLIC HEARING AND I'M MOVING BE APPROVED SECOND. MR HOPE. AMY. MR HOLT. OH WOULD YOU LIKE TO VOTE? YES THANK YOU, MRS HOWE. YES MR. SHUT YES HERE, MR STICKERS. YES MR BARRY. OKAY? ORDINANCES E 15 23 AN ORDINANCE

    [Ordinance C-15-23 Authorize the City Administrator to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding amending the current Agreement with the Fraternal Order of Police/Ohio Labor Council, Inc., Police Dispatchers. Second reading and public hearing.]

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    TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, AMENDING THE CURRENT AGREEMENT WITH THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE. OHIO LABOR COUNCIL INCORPORATED POLICE DISPATCHERS. HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND COUNSELING. MR WEAVER HERE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TO THIS. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ALEX UNITY SPEAK ON THE FORMER I T FOR CITY OF GOLD CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT. UM. A COUPLE CONCERNS. THEY HAVE THAT IN THE LAST MEETING I MENTIONED, UM THAT THERE WAS A FEMALE PLEASE CIVILIAN INSIDE THE DISPATCHER ROOM THERE WAS ASSAULTED AND MR SMITH THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING HERE. HOLD YOUR SO REGARDING, UM HI. YOU MENTIONED UM IN THE LAST MEETING, HIRING NEW DISPATCHER, THE NEW POLICE OFFICERS AND WE JUST SAW TODAY THAT IS A NEW PLEA CHIEF AND I WAS QUESTIONING WHY THEY'RE SUCH HIGH TOURNAMENT CITY OF GOOD CITY AND WE'VE SEEN HIGH TURNOVER AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS AGREEMENT IS BEING FOLLOWED BECAUSE THAT ASSAULT VERY GOOD PART OF THE AGREEMENT. CHEATING IS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ASSAULT. IT DOES HAVE TO DEAL WITH AGREEMENT WITH NEW WAGES FOR HIRING NEW DISPATCHERS, SO IT THE WAGES OR THE CULTURAL UM, PLEASE, MISCONDUCT THAT'S HAPPENING IN. MY QUESTION IS WHY WE'RE HAVING TURNED OVER THAT ARE EQUIPPED CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO QUESTION THAT, SIR. SIT DOWN WITH THE DISPATCHERS WITH HIGH TURN OF THE PLACE AND DISPATCHERS AND THE WAGES NEEDED TO BE INCREASED TO KEEP OPPOSITE AND GETS BATCHES BELIEVE THAT WAGES AND THE ISSUE I BELIEVE IT'S MORE OF A CULTURAL ISSUES. SO IF WE CAN FOCUS ON THE CULTURAL ISSUE, AS STEPHEN SMITH ADMITTED THAT THE OFFICER ASSAULT AND WE'VE SEEN TURNOVER AND THE POLICE ADMINISTRATION, UH I BELIEVE DUE TO MISCONDUCT HAPPENING. CITY OF BRITISH CITY TO CHILD SEX CHECK DETECTIVE AND SERGEANT EVERY TIME REGIONALLY AND PLEASE, UH, IN FACT, YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT THE CULTURE OF THE APPROPRIATE IN THE RECORDS ARE THERE. AND I BELIEVE THE ISSUE IS NOT THE WAGE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THIS IS ABOUT THE RAGE HISTORY. THANK YOU. HEY MR HOLT, THIS ONE MAY I JUST LIKE TO CLARIFY FOR EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE AND EVERYONE WATCHING ON TV? THE ASSAULT THAT MR WEAVER CONTINUES TO BRING UP IS SOMEONE BENDING DOWN TO PET THE DOG AND THE DOG JUMPING OUT AND THEN LEADING IN THE MIDDLE. THAT IS THE ASSAULT. UM I CAN'T CALL IT IN THE SALT. OBVIOUSLY THE TURNOVER THAT WE HAVE, CHIEF PLEASE CHIEF OF POLICE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MISCONDUCT.

    WE'VE HAD NO MISCONDUCT THAT I'M AWARE OF, OR INVESTIGATIONS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE. MR WEAVER CONTINUES TO ALLUDE TO THESE TYPES OF BEHAVIORS. WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE ISSUES THAT HE HAS RAISED OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I BELIEVE YOU'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR DARN NEAR A YEAR NOW, AND YOU HAVEN'T LOST STEAM YET, BUT THERE IS NO MERIT TO ANY OF THESE CONTENTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR SMITH. THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVED WITH THE APPROVED SECOND. MRS HOWARD? YES MR SHARKEY? YES YES, MR HOLT. TO ME. YES. THAT'S IT FOR ME, MR CHAIRMAN. IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING THAT WE'RE ALSO TRAINING WHEN TAMMY SAYS SOMETHING, UM, THIS IS THE POINT IN TIME IN THE MEETING THAN

    [Call for New Business]

    ANYONE PRESENT THAT IS SIGNED UP CAN SPEAK HERE UNDER NEW BUSINESS, AND I BELIEVE IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM. YOU YOU HAD. ADDRESSED OR REQUESTED. CAN I HAVE YOUR NAME? AND ABSOLUTELY BECAUSE I'M NEW HERE, SO GREAT. GOTTA MILLER. I LIVE BUT 47 05 WRENCH RED. GROVE CITY. WHICH ROOM CURRENTLY JACKSON TOWNSHIP. SO I JUST I WANT TO START OFF WITH THIS. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE TIME TONIGHT, AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. I'VE BEEN CONTINUE TO BE IMPRESSED WITH HOW YOU GUYS HANDLE THINGS AND UNDERSTAND THE CITIZEN CONCERNED SO LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU, MUCH MORE, WHICH I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO. SO OUT IN GROVE CITY, UM A NEIGHBOR OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S BEING IN EXTREME , THE GROWTH CITY THAT HAS A PROPOSED DATA CENTER BEING BUILT. AND SO I JUST I BROUGHT A LETTER TONIGHT. UH, FROM PLEASANT TOWNSHIP. THAT'S ONE TO READ YOU, AND THEN I CAN LEAVE YOU WITH THE LETTER. UH IT SAYS , DEAR COMMISSIONERS, SEVERAL RESIDENTS FROM PLEASANT INJECTION TOWNSHIP ATTENDED OUR MARCH 28TH TRUSTEE MEETING. AT THAT MEETING, THEY VOICED THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROPOSED

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    EXPANSION AND ANNEXATION OF THE WRENCH ROAD AREA IN GROVE CITY. IN ADDITION TO THOSE ATTENDING OUR MEETING, THE TRUSTEES HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS TELEPHONE CALLS FROM RESIDENTS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING WERE OPPOSED TO THIS EXPANSION ANNEXATION. RESIDENTS ENJOY THE PEACE AND TRANQUILITY OF RURAL LIVING. THEY'RE ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO HAVING WAREHOUSES, INDOOR BUSINESSES AS NEIGHBORS. IF THEY WANTED TO BE A PART OF GROVE CITY, THEY WOULD HAVE PURCHASED PROPERTY IN THE CITY. AND THEN IT SAYS THE PLEASANT TOWNSHIP WORDPRESS STREET CHESTY IS AGREES WITH THEIR CONCERNS AND ARE OPPOSED TO THE SCENIC STATION AND EXPANSION AS WELL AS FUTURE ENCROACHMENTS THAT GROVE CITY AND THEY PLAN WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO STOP GROWTH, CITIES, ANNEXATION AND EXPANSION INTO OUR COMMUNITY. SO THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON THAT LETTER. LIKE I SAID, I'LL LEAVE THAT WITH YOU TONIGHT. UM WHEN YOU DO THE RESEARCH ON THESE DATA CENTERS, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE. I THINK IT WAS.

    I WASN'T AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT I THINK IT WAS BROUGHT UP A LITTLE BIT NO WAYS AS ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE CONCERNS WHEN YOU WHEN YOU READ RESEARCH ONLINE AND DIFFERENT COMPANIES AND WHAT THEY HAVE, AND SO JUST FROM WHAT I'VE READ SO FAR IS LIKE THERE'S DECIBELS UP TO LIKE WE'RE REQUIRED HEARING PROTECTION, LEAVING THE PROPERTY, SO I GUESS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS TO START THIS JOURNEY. IS WHAT WHAT DO YOU GUYS HAVE FOR LIKE NOISE RESTRICTIONS OR THAT ARE ALLOWED TO LEAVE LIKE A COMMERCIAL TYPE PROPERTY. WHAT EXISTS THERE TODAY. WE'LL HAVE TO RESEARCH THAT PROBABLY WANTS TO KNOW WHAT WE DO NOT UNDER THE CURRENT CITY CODE. WE DO NOT HAVE A DECIBEL READING IN TERMS OF A VIOLATION IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE DECIBEL MACHINES, WHICH WE DON'T GENERALLY IT WOULD FALL UNDER DISTURBING THE PEACE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT OFFENDS THE SENSIBILITIES OF A NORMAL PERSON, AND THEN THERE'S A STANDARD DEPENDING ON WHAT THE USES AND IN TERMS OF THAT. UH, BUT, YEAH, I MEAN, WE HAVE A STANDARD. IT JUST ISN'T A NUMBER STANDARD. IT'S A NUISANCE. BASICALLY YEAH. IS THAT SOMETHING LIKE ON THE INITIAL DESIGN THAT YOU'RE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT AS THIS AS HIS CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING? YES YES, AND HERE'S WHERE IT GETS HARD. UM AND THERE'S A LOT OF CASES OUT THERE AND I'VE DEALT WITH THIS A LOT. UM YOU KNOW, ANYTIME YOU HAVE A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION NEAR A USE THAT IS NOT RESIDENTIAL. THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOME TYPE OF CONFLICT. AND THE QUESTION THAT THE LAW WILL LOOK AT THAT, IN TERMS OF WHETHER IT'S DISTURBING THE PEACE IS WHETHER YOU KNOW IT'S REASONABLE. ASSUME THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN A RESIDENTIAL USE NEXT TO YOU. THEREFORE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME NOISES OR SOME TYPES OF DISTURBANCES THAT ARE MORE. I DON'T WANT TO SAY MORE SEVERE OR GREATER THAN WHAT YOU HAVE WITH THE RESIDENTIAL HOUSE. SO THEN THE LAW LOOKS AT IS THIS REASONABLE OR IS IT NOT REASONABLE AND IT REALLY JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING? UM NORMALLY WHEN COMMERCIAL OR LET'S SAY A WAREHOUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, GOES IN PART OF WHAT THIS COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER IS, YOU KNOW THE SCREENING THE SETBACKS WHERE YOU KNOW THE DOORS ARE WHETHER THEY FACE IT. THE LIGHT POLLUTION. UM AND SO FORTH. SO I MEAN, THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WILL BE TAKEN TO ACCOUNT IF THIS PROJECT DOES MOVE FORWARD WITHIN THE CITY. HMM I THINK I'M OFFICIALLY OUT OF TIME. BUT I HAD JUST ONE MORE QUESTION THAT ACCEPTABLE. QUICKLY, PLEASE. SO ON THE GROVE CITY 2050 PLAN. WE'VE BEEN STUDYING THAT TRYING TO JUST UNDERSTAND THIS DYNAMIC A LITTLE BIT BETTER, AND THERE IS A PROPOSED ROADWAY, UM, COMING DOWN FROM HOLT. DOWN AND IF YOU LOOK AT IF YOU ZOOM IN ON THE PLANE THAT KIND OF GOES RIGHT OVER THE TOP OF OUR HOUSES, SO THE EXISTING PLAN AS IT STANDS IS THAT TO REMOVE OUR HOUSES FROM THE PROPERTY. THOSE PLANS ARE JUST GUIDELINES. I MEAN, AT SOME POINT IN TIME, THERE MAY BE AN ADDITIONAL NORTH SOUTH CONNECT. THAT'D BE NORTH SOUTH KOREA. SORRY OR SOUTH, CORRECT. NORTH SOUTH COLLECT. CONNECTION CAN'T I'M SORRY. IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT, SIR. YOU KNOW WHERE IT'S SPECIFICALLY LOCATED. THAT'S JUST KIND OF A PLACEHOLDER TO SAY THIS MAY OCCUR. A LOT OF IT WILL DEPEND ON ENGINEERING AND, FRANKLY, A LOT OF OLD TEND ON LAND ACQUISITION. I MEAN, FRANKLY, WE'RE GONNA GO IF IT WERE EVER BUILT, AND OBVIOUSLY YOU NEVER KNOW IF IT WILL BE WILL PROBABLY TAKE THE CHEAPEST APPROACH WOULD USUALLY IS NOT GOING THROUGH HOUSES. IT'S GOING THROUGH VACANT ASSUME. YEAH. YES, SIR.

    DID YOU GUYS WANT ME TO LEAVE YOU A COPY OF THIS TONIGHT, PLEASE? MR CHAIRMAN. PLEASE, JUST A POINT ABOUT THE ROAD. THE EXTENSION OF HOPE ROAD. YOU GOTTA WATCH BECAUSE THERE'S A LINE THAT DIFFERENTIATES PLEASANT TOWNSHIP. SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A MAP, AND IT FOLLOWS RIGHT ALONG WHAT WOULD BE THE EXTENSION HOLT ROAD? SO. THE PLANS WE LOOKED AT IS ONLY

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    FROM THE FIRST 9 DEGREES TURN. I OFTEN BURGERS GOING NORTH. TO HOPE ROAD. MATTER OF FACT, WE OWN LAND. OF MY EXISTING HOPE ROAD GROCERY ROAD INTERSECTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UM MR WEAVER, YOU'RE SIGNED UP FOR NEW BUSINESS. REITERATE NEW BUSINESS. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU, MR TODAY. AGAIN MY NAME BEHIND WE'VE BEEN FORMER I T STAFF PROCEEDED BIG CITY. UM, THE GUY WAS SPEAKING. UM YOU GOT AWARE OF THEM RODE PLANTS IN 2019. MHM THE PUBLIC MAY NOT BE AWARE OF, UM REGARDING CYBER SECURITY ISSUE WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, UH, HARD TURNING GENERAL CASE THAT WAS RESOLVED ON FEBRUARY 22ND. SHORTLY AFTER THAT. MAAIKE ANNOUNCED THAT BAMBOO REVELATIONS AND I BELIEVE THE TIMELINE BITS THAT CASE NUMBER OF H 20 TO 203478. AND I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A YEAR FOR THAT CASE, SO THAT'S WHY I'VE BEEN SPEAKING FOR A YEAR. IN ADDITION TO STEPHEN SMITH, UM STATE AND THAT THE CANINE DOG THAT DISPATCH PERSON IN DISPATCH, ONE WAS PETTING THE CANINE DOG AND THE VIDEO OF THAT MEETING WITH MR BUSCO, THE CHIEF BHASKER, WHO RESIGNED RECENTLY, UM. IF YOU LOOK AT HIS STATEMENT, POSTING CITY NOT PUSHING THE VIDEO ON THE WEBSITE OF THE RECORDING MEETING CHIEF BUSCO STATES THAT THE DOG BIT THE WOMAN IN THE FACE AND SHE'S BLEEDING SO I WOULD CONSIDER THAT AN ASSAULT.

    IT WASN'T JUST A PET. THIS WOMAN WAS ON THE FLOOR BLEEDING IN, ACCORDING TO CITY CODE 1 61. UH ANY INJURY SHOULD BE REPORTED, ACCORDING TO CITY CHARTER LAWS, AND ALSO REGARDING TO, UM I, T STAFF AND STAFF HAVE RESIGNED IN MARCH. UM AGAIN, I CAN. BESIDES THE LADY THAT SAID THAT SHE'S NOT GETTING A RESPONSE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND I'M NOT GOTTEN ANY RESPONSE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY ON NUMEROUS PUBLIC RECORDS JUST THAT CHRISTINE HAWK STATED A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEETING SHE DOES NOT GET ANY RESPONSE FROM ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SECOND, SYMPATHIZE WITH THAT. SO I APPRECIATE YOU STATING THAT THERE'S A DIFFERENT VIEWPOINT CAN GIVE ME THE SMITH SO MAYBE IF YOU CAN LOOK FROM A CITIZEN VIEWPOINT INSTEAD OF THE CITY ADMINISTRATION, THE APPOINTMENT YOU MAY GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHY PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING. UM, AGAIN. UM IF YOU UNDERSTAND THE CITY CODE, STEPHEN SMITH COULD 1 61, A CITY EMPLOYEE WHO WORKS IN CITY COUNCIL SEXUALLY ASSAULTED OR HER ASKED ANOTHER FEMALE EMPLOYEE INSIDE CITY GROCERY DEPARTMENT, FEBRUARY 23RD IN THE CITY COULD REQUIRE THERE TO BE A WRITTEN COMPLAINT. AND ON FEBRUARY AND SEPTEMBER, 16TH AND SMITH ADMITTED THERE IS NO WRITTEN COMPLAINT AND IT WAS THE ORAL COMPLAINT WHICH IS IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF CITY CODE. 1 61. PUNCHY AND EVERYONE OF YOU HAVE THEY'RE AWARE OF THEIR SEXUAL ASSAULT OR SEXUAL HARASSMENT BECAUSE YOU VOTED ON FEBRUARY 27 WITHOUT A WRITTEN COMPLAINT, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY CITY CODE 1 61. AND YOU VOTED, UM GET OUT OF IT IN COMPLAINT AND WITHOUT INTERNAL INVESTIGATION AGAIN. I THINK THE CITY SHOULD INVESTIGATE THESE THINGS THEY SEEN THIS WEEK THING. THAT LITTLE BUG AT STEPHEN SMITH ADMITTED THAT THERE IS NO INVESTIGATION BECAUSE AGAIN, THE CITY DOES NOT INVESTIGATE THING. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT I ALWAYS GET MY REBUTTAL HERE AND I ENJOY THIS TIME, BUT IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT, SO I'LL KEEP IT SHORT. UM WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY MISCONDUCT WITH OUR I T STAFF. WE DID HAVE AN ALLEGATION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT. THE MOMENT WE BECAME AWARE OF IT. MR WEAVER'S CORRECT. WE DID HAVE A WRITTEN REPORT, WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT. WE PUT THE EMPLOYEE ON LEAVE. WE CONDUCTED A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION AND TOOK ACTION ACCORDINGLY, WHICH IS HOW THE PROCESS SHOULD WORK. THE CASE YOU KEEP REFERRING TO I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S RELEVANT HERE. THAT IS YOUR UNEMPLOYMENT CASE WITH THE STATE OF OHIO. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CITY OF GROWTH CITY. BUT YOU KEEP REFERENCING THAT CASE LIKE IT'S SOME HOLY GRAIL. I DON'T CARE WHO RAMBO WORKED FOR THE STATE AT THE TIME. WHAT'S IT MATTER? HE DIDN'T WORK FOR GROVE CITY AT THE TIME. UM NEEDLESS TO SAY, OVER ENOUGH, I GET TO TALK NOW. YOU HAD YOUR THREE MINUTES, SIR.

    NEEDLESS TO SAY, OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS, AND THAT MAY BE A BIT 12 18 MONTHS. I THINK, MR WEAVER IF I'VE COUNTED UP AND I HAVE HAD SOMEONE COUNT YOU'VE SENT THE CITY OF GROWTH CITY A TOTAL OF OVER 1000 EMAILS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE CITY. WE HAVE RESPONDED TO HUNDREDS OF YOUR PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST. YOU KEEP ASKING FOR THE SAME THINGS THAT WE DON'T HAVE, AND YOU KEEP JUST FINDING DIFFERENT WAYS TO ASK THE QUESTIONS SO WE KEEP RESPONDING. YOU CAN KEEP MAKING

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    REQUESTS. EVERYONE IN HERE HAS THE RIGHT EIGHT. YOU'RE DONE. I GET TO TALK NOW. SO WE ARE VERY RESPONSIVE. IT'S HARD TO KEEP TRACK OF THE RECORDS REQUEST AFTER RECORDS REQUEST THAT YOU MAKE, BUT WE DO RESPOND. THANK YOU. NOT ONLY THAT IS HOW MUCH HE'S COST THE TAXPAYERS ON THIS

    [Call for Dept. Reports & Closing Comments]

    STUFF, MR MAYOR. YOUR REPORT, SIR. THANK YOU, MR BERRY. UM THERE'S NO MIRRORS COURT REPORTING THIS EVENING, JUST A FEW POINTS THIS WEEKEND. WE, UH, KICK OFF ECO FEST. AH ON SATURDAY MORNING. AND, UH, HOW FAR THE WEATHER COOPERATES. IT'S BEEN A TOUGH TIME FOR THE ECHO FAST. UM THE. OTHER HISTORICAL EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE IN THIS CHAMBER. UM LAST THURSDAY WAS THE COMBINATION OF THE AGGREGATION PROCESS. AND, UM. THE PRICES THAT MR BOZO SHARED WITH ME. THE COLUMBUS IS ARE THEY LOCKED IN THE RATE? PROJECTED RATE 10.95 PER KILOWATT. AND WHAT GROW CITY. HAVE BEEN FOR THAT. YES, 7.7. SO SEVEN POINT OH, 21. AH! SO WE HAD QUITE A HISTORICAL MOVE THAT THURSDAY AND THANK YOU, MR BERRY FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD AND A COUNSELOR FOR APPROVING IT. UM, ONE OTHER THING, THAT'S UH SIGNIFICANT APRIL WAS 911 EDUCATION MONTH. THOSE WHO WANT TO, UH I WOULDN'T SUGGEST THAT DON'T OR DON'T EVERYBODY CALL 911 DOESN'T SEE IF IT WORKS. BUT IT IS A RECOGNITION OF THE WORK AND THE EFFORT THAT UM, 911 SYSTEM AND IT DOES WORK ANY QUESTION COUNSEL. THANK YOU. MR BOZO? NOTHING. THANK YOU, MR TURNER. NOTHING THANK YOU. MR SMITH SAID WAY TOO MUCH TONIGHT , SIR. THANK YOU. ANY BUSINESS FOR THE COUNCIL? NO THIS TIME. THANK YOU, SIR. ANY DEPARTMENT HAS PRESENT IF THEY ARE STILL HERE. UH OH. KIM. HI. PLEASE. TRY TO KEEP THIS BRIEF. UM, I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ON SOME THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. UM THE MAIN THING THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT COUNCIL KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING IS AS YOU WERE AWARE, WE RECENTLY PUT OUT A BID FOR REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS FOR COMMUNITY CENTER FEASIBILITY STUDY AND UPDATING OF OUR LONG TERM PART PARK PLANNING. WE RECEIVED TWO BIDS AT THE BEGINNING OF APRIL. AFTER REVIEW OF THOSE TWO BIDS, WE HAVE DECIDED TO ACCEPT ONE OF THE BEDS FROM PROS CONSULTING THEIR FIRM THAT'S OUT OF INDIANA.

    THEY'VE DONE LOTS OF WORK, THOUGH IN THE CENTRAL HYO AREA, THEY THEY'RE ACTUALLY WORKED ON BOTH THE UPPER ISLAND TONIGHT, UM, COMMUNITY CENTER THAT'S ACTUALLY STARTING, UM. THEY'RE STARTING CONSTRUCTION HERE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, AND ALSO THE HILLIARD COMMUNITY CENTERS. SO THOSE ARE OUR TWO BRAND NEW ONES, ALONG WITH A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER, UM UH, THEY'VE THEY'VE DONE A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER WORK IN THE CITY, WESTERVILLE, DUBLIN. YOU NAME IT. THEY BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO START TO GET STARTED WITH THEM WORKING ON THAT, AND WE WILL BE ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY GROUP THAT WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER GROUP TO START GATHERING MORE INFORMATION . THE GOAL IS TO HAVE SOMETHING BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. UM, RECOMMENDATIONS OUT THERE. FOR CITY COUNCIL, SO THAT THAT'S ONE THING I WANT TO UPDATE, JOHN UM , MAYOR MENTIONED THE ECHO FAST AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE GOOD WEATHER MAYOR. I'M DETERMINED, UM, ALSO ANOTHER EVENT THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING UP NEXT WEEKEND IS OUR GRAND SLAM. IT'S UM ARE OPENING DAY OR OPENING EVENING. I GUESS OF BASEBALL. THE FOLLOWING DAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF BASEBALL GAMES. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S THAT TIME ALREADY. BUT IT IS, UM WE ALSO HAVE OUR WALL OF FAME CEREMONY AND WE'VE BOY. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE WE HAVE. THREE THE FOLKS GOING UP ON THAT I YES. I CAN'T REMEMBER . I CAN'T REMEMBER HIM OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. BUT UM, I WANT TO LIKE RIGHT? YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. YOU HAVE TO COME TO THE CEREMONY NOW TO FIND OUT. SO THAT IS, UH, THAT'S NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT OR NEXT SATURDAY MORNING. I'M SORRY ON THE 29 28 29 SO. UM I ALSO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE NOW HAVE TWO FIELDS OUT AT FRIAR PARK THAT ARE LIT. SO UM,

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    WE ARE STILL DOING A LITTLE BIT OF RECOGNITION OUT THERE. BUT UM , I'M SURE OUR SOFTBALL PLAYERS IN OUR BASEBALL PLAYERS WILL BE REAL EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO PLAY ON UNDER THE LIGHTS OUT AT FRIAR PARK FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER THIS YEAR. UM I'M FRIAR PARK PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IS FINALLY , UM, FINALLY CAME IN, AND IT'S BEING INSTALLED RIGHT NOW. SO UM , IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THAT DIRECTION, THE EQUIPMENT IS FANTASTIC. SO I THINK YOU'LL REALLY ENJOY THAT. HENCE ROTH PARK PLAYGROUND IS ALSO THE EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN INSTALLED, AND WE'RE JUST DOING A LITTLE BIT RECOGNITION ON THAT SIDE AS WELL. BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE OPENING UP FOR US SOON. AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I GET QUITE A BIT OF, UM, I THINK I GET TWO OR THREE PHONE CALLS ALMOST DAILY, ARE THE PICKLE BALL COURTS AT BUELL PARK. WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO BE OPEN? UM I SPELT BRIEFLY TO OUR PROJECT MANAGER THE OTHER DAY AND HE WAS IN A LITTLE SOMETHING ELSE WAS GOING TO GET BACK TO ME. BUT I KNOW THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON FINALIZING ALL THAT. I DON'T KNOW, CHUCK, DO YOU OR EVEN MARRIED? I'M SORRY. NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER MOPING YET BECAUSE THE WE SUSTAINABLY HAVEN'T ACCEPTED THE PROJECT FROM HIM YET. BUT IT'S PROJECTED TO THAT OCCURRED INTO THE MONTH SO WE'RE WE'RE CLOSED. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, THAT'S ALL MY REPORT ABOUT A QUESTION MAY BE RELATED TO YOUR CONSULTANT. UM, I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR SEVERAL MEETINGS FOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN OR CONCEPT OF WHAT THE LIBRARY COLD LIBRARY SITE. COULD LOOK LIKE OR WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH THE PROPERTIES WE HAVE PURCHASED. AND ALL THAT IS THAT IN THE CONSULTANT'S RECOMMENDATION OR NOT, BUT. WE HAVE WE HAVE A FACILITATOR THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SAT DOWN WITH US AND DISCUSS THAT. SO THAT'S A SEPARATE SEPARATE, OKAY? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS. AND DO YOU HAVE ANY ORGANS ANY GO? COURTS AND HE'S NOT ALL RIGHT.

    WE'LL GO TO CLOSING COMMENTS, MR SEEKERS. NO, THANK YOU. THAT'S ROLE. YEAH YEAH, I MISS OUT.

    OKAY WELL, I'M NOT PASSING UP THE OPPORTUNITY. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM I I'LL BE THE FIRST PERSON TO SAY THAT WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TALKING ABOUT ELECTRIC AGGREGATION AND TAKING THAT TO VOTERS THAT I PUSHED BACK HARD BECAUSE I FELT LIKE I DIDN'T KNOW ENOUGH. AND HOW CAN WE TAKE THAT TO VOTERS WHEN I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THIS ENTIRE TOPIC AND UM AND ARE DOING SO PUT US A LEG UP AND AHEAD OF THE BUREAUCRATIC PROCESS THAT HAS TO OCCUR IN ORDER TO SEIZE AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE WE GOT TO SEE THIS WEEK. APPLAUSE TO TED BERRY, WHO WAS SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THE SUBJECT AT THAT TIME AND TOOK IT TO VOTERS AND ALLOWED US TO ENJOY THE SAVINGS AND TO ADMINISTRATION AND PARTICULARLY, MR SMITH, WHO DID A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH WITH A LOT OF PARTIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CHECKED ALL THE BOXES HAD ALL OF OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS. AND UM, AND AGAIN, A BRIEF WINDOW HAS HAD OPENED AND OUR RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO GET THE BENEFIT OF THAT, UM, IN ANTICIPATION OF WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY LARGE INCREASE IN THE MONTH OF JUNE. UM SO THANK YOU. GOOD WORK. EVERYBODY JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO POINT THAT OUT. AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY IS HAPPY TAX DAY. THAT'S TOMORROW. MY FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR. MR SHOCKEY. I MUST ADMIT TO THAT I WAS A LITTLE SKEPTICAL WHEN WE STARTED THE AGGREGATION PART SIMPLY BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT IT AND HOW WE COULD DO THIS AND THAT AND THEN WE WERE AT THE SPECIAL MEETING THE OTHER DAY, AND I SAW THE RATES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY LOCK INTO, COMPARED TO WHAT? UM THERE'S NEW RATES WOULD BE FOR A AND P E P AND I WENT HOME AND I TOLD MY WIFE I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE MAY GENERATION. WE MAY WIND UP SAVING UP TO 25% ON OUR ON THE GENERATION WITH THIS PROCESS ON THERE, SO IT'S QUITE EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND THAT ALSO WANT TO THANK FOLKS FOR BEING HERE ON THERE AND TALKING ABOUT YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS THERE'S ALWAYS A DIFFICULT TIME WHEN WE DO INFILL AND CHANGE. BUSINESSES IN AN AREA THAT STARTS OUT ONE WAY AND THEN MORPHS INTO SOMETHING ELSE ON THERE. UM AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION OUT WITH PLEASANT TOWNSHIP AND JACKSON TOWNSHIP AND PEOPLE MOVE OUT THERE FOR A REASON, AND THOSE REASONS HAVE HAVE EXISTED FOR MANY YEARS. BUT THEN, AS WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND LOOKING TO EXPAND IN JOBS AND GROWTH AND THAT, UM AND I UNDERSTAND THE

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    DIFFICULTY ON THAT, AND I REALLY DID WANT TO JUST BE KIND OF A WISE GUY AND SAID NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT THE ROAD THROUGH YOUR HOUSE. WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A BRIDGE OVER YOUR HOUSE ON THERE. NO NO, THANK YOU. SOMEBODY'S LIABLE TO QUOTE YOU KNOW THAT'S IT, MR WEAVER? THAT WAS A JOKE. ALRIGHT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. YEAH. BUT ANYWAY THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. SO OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE AT THEIR GROOVE CITY LIBRARY. SO AGAIN, WE WILL NOT BE IN THIS CHAMBER FOR TWO OR THREE MONTHS. UM, BUT IT WILL FOR FOUR MONTHS. I TAKE THAT BACK. SO UM, HOPEFULLY THERE'S A POPCORN MACHINE AT THE END OF THE BUILDING. UM WHAT'S THAT? YEAH, WORKING THE GAVELS.

    UM I DO WANT TO RESTATE THOUGH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE SAVING ABOUT 20. WILL BE 20% OF WHAT PEOPLE WILL SAVE ON THEIR ELECTRIC BILLS. AND WE WILL YOU'LL WHEN YOU LOOK OUTSIDE, YOU FEEL THE WIND HIT YOUR FACE . JUST REMEMBER THAT'S POWERING EUROPE POWERING GIRLS SYSTEMS. YEAH. MR PERRY IS THAT ALSO FOR JACKSON TOWNSHIP? NO, IT'S NOT. IT'S JUST CRUCIAL. JUST GROW CITY

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