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COUNCIL IS NOW IN SESSION. DATING STAND AND JOIN US FOR A MOMENT. ASYLUM BEAR ALLEGIANCE.
AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE LANGUAGE. TWO THINGS ONE VISION . BUT WOULD SHE CRIMINAL? FEELING MR SHOPPING PRESENT CIGARETTES. VERY MR. HOLT HERE, TALK HERE. WITH THE ABSENCE OF OUR PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL. I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR THIS EVENING FOR NOMINATIONS FOR A TEMPORARY CHAIR. I. I NOMINATE YOU AS HELL TO BE TEMPORARY CHAIR. THERE'S. OKAY? A FURTHER NOMINATIONS.
HEARING NONE. I'LL TAKE A ROLL CALL. FOR THE TEMPORARY CHAIR TO BE MRS HAWKE. MR SIEGERIST? YES MR HOLT? YES YES, MR. SHUT KEY, YES. I WAS LIKE FLOOR IS YOURS. NOW I'M LIKE I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO EXCUSE TED BARRY. SECOND. MR HOLT? YES THIS OUT? YES SHOCKEY. YES? YES, YES. ALL RIGHT. WE
[Presentations: Swearing In of Lt. Holmstrom; Fr. Co. Auditor's Office - Property Reappraisal Overview ]
HAVE SOME PRESENTATIONS TO START OFF THIS EVENING AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT FIRST, STARTING OFF WITH THE SWEARING IN OF TENANT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. LIEUTENANT. BRINGING ALL THE BOOK YOU WANT TO BRAG. HMM RIGHT UP HERE. DIRECTOR KEVIN PAPER PLAYED A GAME OF FIX ITSELF. WORK, THEN. IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA, PLEASE. YEAH STAND RIGHT IN FRONT. DON'T BE AFRAID TO STEP FORWARD FOR BETTER VISIBILITY. I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF A LONG DISTANCE. SO IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THIS PURPOSE, COME ON, GET CLOSER. UH HUH. BAD BETTER. THE GENERAL WANTS TO INTRODUCE YOUR YOUR GUEST. THAT'S MY WIFE, DONNA. MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, MIDDLE DAUGHTER CAYLEE AND MY SON KEEGAN IS THE OLDEST VERY GOOD AND, UH YOU'VE BEEN WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. HOW LONG ONE YEARS, 21 YEARS. DO YOU THINK YOU'RE MAKING, LIEUTENANT? SOME DAYS. YES, SOME DAYS. YEAH WELL AND THEN WE HAVE IT WITH US . UH CHIEF WORRY AT YOU WHEN YOU'RE GONNA COME ON. SURE.FOLLOW YEAH, YOU DON'T WANT TO BRING IN BIOSHOCK. OKAY. VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD. YEAH, HE CAN DO THAT. LIKE SO THIS, UH, PRETTY SHUFFLE. FOLLOW THE ONE WHEN YOU JOIN THE FORCE AND ALL YOUR OTHER PROMOTIONS. THEY WANT TO RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. PUSH. LIKE KEVIN HALLSTROM, KEVIN HOLMSTROM, SOLVE THIS WORD SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF THE UNITED STATES SUSTAINABLE HYO AND OF THE STATE OF OHIO DISCHARGE, FAITHFULLY DISCHARGED THE LAWS. THERE ARE LAWS THEREOF, AND I WILL AND I'LL RESPECT IN ALL RESPECTS. THE PROVISIONS OBSERVED THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY'S CHARTER CITIES, ORDINANCES IN THE CITIES ORDINANCES. FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES. POLICE LIEUTENANT OF POLICE LIEUTENANT WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER. THANK YOU, SIR. CONGRATULATIONS. THAT'S TRUE.
VERY. MUCH. WHO. THIS IS HARD. YEAH THE RUNAROUND
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QUARTER REGIONAL RUNNER UP LIKE GROCERY HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAM. THIS LAST, UH, WRITING DAY, BUT HE WANTED LONG TIME TO GET TO THAT LEVEL ON TOP OF LAST YEAR, ROCKIN STATE. YES, I CAN PICTURE. RIGHT INTO EYESHADES. FAMILY HERE. THAT SHOULD BE TIME TO MAKE SOME MORE COMMENTS IF YOU WANT. I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. WELL THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING THERE. TRUE MENTIONED OVER TO THE FAMILIES HERE. BELIEVE ME, WE WERE INVOLVED PEOPLE EVERY DAY EVERY MINUTE BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T KNOW. SO IT WAS IN WEST VIRGINIA. DEVELOPMENTS WERE SHOT . SO WHEN WE SAY RISDON PROTECTED BEST YOU CAN AND HAVE PEOPLE LIKE THIS RELATIONSHIP.OKAY? LET'S MAKE HIM HOLD IT. SIT DOWN . YES AND MARRY CARRY ON. THE MAYOR HAS ANOTHER PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. YEAH EVERYTHING. DON'T YOU DARE! COLONEL HOSPITAL , HER HUSBAND ANDREW, COMING HERE. ACHIEVED. EVERY YEAR, AT LEAST FOR THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS, CAUSE I HAS PUT TOGETHER A PROGRAM TO TRY TO DEFY THROUGHOUT CENTRAL OHIO AND I MEAN CENTRAL HIGH. OH SOME OF THE TOP PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THE STUDIO FIELD AND EVERY YEAR I THINK, BUT ONE THAT'S RIGHT. DON . WE'VE HAD ONE OF THE HAD ONLY FIVE YEARS FIVE. WE'VE HAD ONE WHO RECEIVED THAT AWARD AND I MEAN TELL YOU THEY ARE TOP NOTCH . SO THIS EVENING WE HAVE WITH US, DR MEDEA AND, UM, I'M NOT READ THE PROCLAMATION. NOT ALL OF IT. I DON'T KNOW. WOULD BE MORE LONGER THAN WITH SOME OF YOUR SURGERIES. YEAH BUT WHEREAS THE CENTER OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED THE CENTRAL OHIO'S INTO THE INDIVIDUALS WHO CHAMPION SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS WITH THIS DISTINCTION, ANNUALS TIM STAR AWARD AND THEN THERE'S SOME CONVERSATION HERE. UH WHEREAS, LIKE THE CLEVELAND CLINIC, DR PADILLA, I LEARNED TO PERFORM AND INTER OPERATIVE RADIATION THERAPY, A SINGLE DOSE OF RADIATION, GIVEN THE TIME OF SURGERY TO HELP PREVENT CANCER CELLS FROM RETURNING UNDER HER LEADERSHIP MODEL CARAMEL HERE IN GROSS CITY. WAS THE ONLY HOSPITAL IN CENTRAL HIRED TO PROVIDE THIS TREATMENT TO QUALIFYING WOMEN. THIS OPERATION OPERATION, AS I SAID, IS PERFORMED ONLY HERE AT MOUNT CARMEL. WHEREAS THE GROCERY COMMUNITY TRULY PROUD TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE OUR ESTEEMED DR CARLA THERE AS SOCO SITE 2023 STEM STAR AWARD RECIPIENT AND GIVE HER SOME, SIR. CONGRATULATIONS. I DON'T KNOW. VEGETABLE THIS TOO CLOSE. OKAY THIS SOUNDS OKAY. UM I REALLY CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. AND I CAN'T THANK THE CITY COUNCIL. ENOUGH I WILL BE HONEST WHEN MR WALTERS CALLED ME. I HONESTLY DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE CITY OF GROUP CITY ANYONE EXISTED. UM, AND SO IT WAS A BIG SHOCK I THE SECOND SURPRISING THING IS I LOVE WHAT I DO DEARLY. IT IS MY LIFE. I THINK ALL OF US UNFORTUNATELY, HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY CANCER, WHICH IS WHAT HAS LED ME TO CANCER SURGERY. UM AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WHAT I DO REALLY? IS THAT REMARKABLE AND THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT IS SO MANY PEOPLE INVESTED THEIR TIME AND ME AND ALL I'VE EVER WANTED TO DO WAS GET BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. I GREW UP IN AND INVEST IN THOSE THAT ARE TRYING TO ALSO ADVANCE THEIR CAREER ADVANCE THEIR INTEREST IN STEM SO FOR YOU TO
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THINK I WAS WORTHY ENOUGH FOR THIS AWARD, AND FOR KASEY TO SELECT ME AS ONE OF THEIR STEM STARS IS SERIOUSLY ONE OF THE COOLEST WORDS. EVER GOTTEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. SO I CAN'T THANK YOU. ENOUGH THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. YOUR BLESSING IN THE CITY. SEE Q RIGHT? OKAY CHEESE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ONE OTHER ITEM THIS EVENING AND THE WAY OF PRESENTATIONS BETH KENNY FROM THE FRANKLIN COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE IS HERE CORRECTLY AUTHENTICATION THAT YOU WANT TO THAT'S WHAT MY FRIEND, OKAY? CAN YOU HEAR ME? OK, OKAY. UM. PERFECT I JUST TELL YOU WHEN TO CLICK, OR DO YOU WANT ME TO GRAB THE CRACKERS? UP TO YOU TO YOU. THANKS. EXCEPT. HELLO EVERYBODY . THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. MAYOR CITY, ADMINISTER YOUR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. UM OR BEING HERE. I AM . BATH CHAIRMAN KENNY AND I AM THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY AVERAGE WITH THE FRANKLIN COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE. AND I'M HERE TO SAY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE 2023 REAPPRAISAL. SO UM, THIS IS THE EARTH. THE REAPPRAISAL. UM SO FIRST OF ALL, ALL COUNTY AH, KNITTERS IN THE STATE OF OHIO ARE REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TO UPDATE THE VALUE OF EVERY PROPERTY IN THE COUNTY. UM EVERY AFTER DOING UPDATE EVERY SIX YEARS. WE TRY ANNUAL EVERY THREE YEARS. TRY ANNUAL WITHIN 2020.THAT WOULD BE THE MIDPOINT. THIS IS TO REFLECT OUR PROPERTY VALUE CHANGES, AND THEN THEY HIRE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION MAKES A FINAL DETERMINATION ON WHETHER OR NOT OUR UPDATE PROPERTY VALUES DETERMINED BY OUR OFFICE ARE ACCURATE AND ACCEPTABLE. WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS PROCESS , SO WE ARE LOOKING AT RECENT HOME SALES, NEIGHBORHOOD DATA SUCH AS YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, RESOURCES AMENITIES AND THEN I'LL START VISUAL EXTERIOR INSPECTION, NOT INTERIOR. I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S VISUAL EXTERIOR CONDITION OF YOUR PROPERTY, LOOKING AT THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS. NUMBER OF BEDROOMS, AGE CONDITION, RECENT HOME IMPROVEMENTS I'VE SHARED WITH YOU, UM THIS DOCUMENT HERE THAT DOES OUTLINE FROM THE PROCESS AND AS THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MEDIAN SALES FROM 20 LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 2020 2022. SO WE TAKE ALL THAT INFORMATION WE GATHERED. WE AGGREGATED AND THEN WE SHARE AND RIGHT NOW, OUR GOAL OF SAID THE MOST ACCURATE ON PROPERTY VALUATION THIS YEAR. SO UM, WE'VE LAUNCHED A NEW WEBSITE TO KIND OF ONCE AGAIN. HELP EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THIS PROCESS. THERE'S A GREAT VIDEO, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO PLAY THAT ON THE WEBSITE. IT'S UM FROM COUNTY AUDITOR DOT COM. FORWARD SLASH KNOW YOUR HOME VALUE AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE TOOLS ON THAT WEBSITE TO HELP WITH EXPLAINING THE PROCESS AND, UM RIGHT NOW, THE TIMELINE IS IN AUGUST, UM HOMEOWNERS WILL BE RECEIVING A LETTER WITH YOUR TENTATIVE PROPERTY HOME VALUE. FROM THAT POINT. YOU CAN AND IF YOU DISAGREE HOMEOWNERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SCHEDULE WHAT ON INFORMAL REVIEW, SO PROPERTY REVIEW SESSION 20 MINUTES SESSION, UM, TO TALK WITH OUR OFFICE. SO WHY DO YOU DISAGREE WITH THAT VALUE IF YOU UM DON'T DISAGREE. IF YOU AGREE WITH THE PROPERTY VALUATION, THERE'S NOTHING YOU HAVE TO DO AT THIS POINT. BUT IF YOU DISAGREE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE ALL HAVE THESE MEAT INFORMAL REVIEWS ACROSS THE COUNTY AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO GO THROUGH OUR WEBSITE OR PHONE NUMBER TO SCHEDULE THAT. AND THEN IN OCTOBER, THOSE FINAL PROPERTY VALUATIONS ARE DETERMINATE TERM AND AFTER THAT PROPERTY REVIEW MEETING AND THEN PROPERTY OWNERS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE TENANT PROPERTY VALUE ARE NOTIFIED BY MAIL FOR THEIR FINAL PROPERTY VALUES IN DECEMBER. OKAY SO WE ARE EXPECTING, UM I KNOW THAT I WOULD ARE HAS BEEN NEWS. HE WAS ON TV LAST WEEK, AND WE TRY AND SOME ARTICLES AND DISPATCHED AND WE'RE EXPECTING ACROSS THE COUNTY MEDIAN AVERAGE RANGE OF 40% OR MORE FOR INCREASE ACROSS THE COUNTY. AND I'M SAYING THAT BECAUSE SOME AREAS ARE GOING TO OBVIOUSLY BE HIGHER, AND THAT'S WHY I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SHARING THIS INFORMATION WITH EVERYBODY ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTING. UM SO WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A PERFECT STORM. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LACK OF HAS IT STUCK TO MEET THE DEMAND? YOU KNOW, THERE WERE A HOT MARKET. THE WHOLE FRANKLIN COUNTY. UM, AND EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON THAT WE ALREADY KNOW THAT'S IN THE NEWS IS KIND OF DETERMINING THAT PROCESS. WE ARE NOT THE ONLY COUNTY THAT IS GOING THROUGH THIS HISTORIC RISE . UM AND VALUE HERE IS THE GROUND. I'M LOOKING AT THE OTHER COUNTIES ACROSS THE STATE THAT ARE DOING OTHER THAN THAT TRY
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ANNUAL OR THE SEX. DANIEL UPDATE . UM AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WERE BETWEEN 22. 43% I THINK IS RIGHT NOW THE HIGHEST, UM, AND TALKING TO THE OTHER COUNTIES. SO WE'RE NOT THE ONLY KIND OF THAT YOU'RE SEEING THIS RISE. HOW WILL THIS AFFECT YOUR TAXES? YES IT IS VERY LIKELY THIS WILL AFFECT YOUR PROPERTY TAXES. UM BUT THAT IS WHERE WE DO NOT HAVE ALL THE VALUATIONS, UM, AVAILABLE YET TO TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW IT'S GOING TO BE. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A 11 RATIO OF YOUR PROPERTY GOES UP 40% THAT IS NOT A GUARANTEE THAT YOUR TAXES ARE GOING TO GO 40. OKAY SO THIS SAME THING? UM SO I'M ASKING EVERYBODY TO CHECK YOUR ACCURACY OF YOUR PROPERTY. GO TO THE WEBSITE, CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE REGIMENT NUMBER OF BEDROOMS, BATHROOMS THAT EVERYTHING THERE IS CORRECT. IF YOU SEE A DISCREPANCY CALLER OFFICE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT CHANGES. AND THEN ONCE AGAIN WHEN YOU SEE THAT LETTER IN THE MAIL OPEN IT FIRST THING, AND THEN IF YOU DISAGREE WITH THE PROPERTY VALUE, CONTACT OUR OFFICE. OKAY THE WEBSITE THAT I SAID THAT NO. YOUR HOME VALUE WEBSITE, WHICH IS ALSO FEATURED PURE CODE ON THIS FLYER. UM WE ALL HAVE INTERACTIVE GIS MAPPING AND NEIGHBORHOOD DATA TOOL IN JULY AND THEN THE PROPERTY TAX PROJECTION TOOL TO HELP PEOPLE PREPARE TO WHAT COULD BE THEIR 2024 TAXES WILL BE AVAILABLE IN JULY ALSO, AND THEN THAT PROPERTY REVIEW ESPECIALLY COURT WILL BE AVAILABLE IN AUGUST. WE ALSO HAD A LOT OF EPIC US ON THE WEBSITE. THERE'S A GREAT VIDEO THAT EXPLAINS THIS PROCESS. AND THEN THIS IS MY FAVORITE REQUESTED SPEAKER FROM WARREN, SO I KNOW THAT WITH WORDS IF THERE ARE WORDS MEETINGS IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO COME OUT TO ANY COMMUNITY MEETING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM CABLE AT OFFENSE, SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO SHARE THIS MESSAGE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH REAPPRAISAL. PLEASE DO LET MY OFFICE KNOW LET ME KNOW AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO COME OUT. OKAY I WANT TO ALSO SAY THAT WE WILL CONTINUE OUR CURRENT PROGRAMS. WE DO HAVE OUR FRIENDLY COUNTY PROPERTY, TEXAS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND THE OTHER TAX REDUCTION PROGRAMS THAT WILL CONTINUE OUR HOME STEP PROGRAM. WE ALSO, UM WE HAVE OTHER EVIDENCE IN OUR OFFICE. WE DID WE JUST HAD IN MAY WE HELD TREAD HUNGER OVER THE MIDDLE OHIO FOOD COLLECTIVE, UM, A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND WE COLLECTED UM SO MY CHOCK FULL OF ELECTRONIC WASTE SHREDDING AND ALSO PEOPLE DONATED TO THE MIDDLE. GOOD BLACK OF THAT AT THAT SO VERY THANKFUL FOR EVERYBODY'S HOSPITALITY, OR LETTING THEM HAVE THAT ABOUT THEIR SO THAT IS MY UPDATE IN THIS PACKAGE. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE. UM WE HAVE A DELINEATED NEIGHBORHOODS HERE , UM, IN YOUR CITY AREA, SO IF YOU NOTICE AND IF YOU WERE CALLED THE IF YOU CAN PAY ATTENTION THE REAPPRAISAL OF SIX YEARS AGO, THERE ARE POSSIBLY BE MORE NEIGHBORHOODS. SO ARE WE HAD SOME CHANGES WITH THE REAPPRAISAL THIS YEAR A FEW YEARS AGO UNDER CYNTHIANA WORKED WITH CURRENT INSTITUTE AND LOOKED AT THE PAST REAPPRAISAL AND TRY TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS. THIS WAY. ALL OF THE APPRAISERS HAVE OCCUPIED THIS TRAINING AND THEN ALSO THE CIVILIAN NEIGHBORHOODS. THESE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS. WE HAVE MORE OF THEM, AND THEY ARE THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE LIKE HOUSES. SO WHEN YOU HAVE THAT A MAP THAT WILL BE UP ON THE DAY YOUR HOME VALUE BUT SITE AND A FEW MONTHS YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO THERE AND KIND OF GET A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT'S WHAT'S IN THERE.AND THEN THOSE NUMBERS. UM, ARE REPRESENTED HERE IN THE MEDIAN HOME SALES. UM AND ACROSS YOUR DISTRICT. I MEAN, MOST OF THE PROPERTIES HAVE GONE UP BETWEEN 2020 2022, AND THEY'RE RELATED.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. TIFFANY QUESTIONS FROM YES. CAN YOU GO BACK ON LIKE THESE ATTENDANT? UM MAYBE NO. YEAH YOU HAD THREE PROGRAMS AND LIKE, MISS, LET ME TELL YOU EXPLAIN THE THREE PROGRAMS AS A GENERAL FEAR CONCERN I HAVE ABOUT OUR MOST VULNERABLE CITIZENS AND WHAT WAS THE OUT OF VEGAS HOME? MHM SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO, UM , THROUGHOUT OUR SENIOR LOCATIONS ARE ALL, UM, MEETING ARE OLDER ADULTS AND DIFFERENT SENIOR CENTERS AND GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY TO SHARE SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS. BECAUSE THE PROPERTY TAXES ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND THE HOMESTEAD PROGRAMS ARE FOR HOMESTEADS FOR 65 AND OLDER, UM, AND BUT YOU ALSO HAVE INCOME VERIFICATION ALONG WITH THAT. SO WE DO HAVE THOSE PROGRAMS IF YOU KNOW OF AN OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO COME OUT AND MAKE SURE WE GET THAT INFORMATION. BE HAPPY TO COME OUT THERE. I WAS JUST HOPING FOR SOME MORE GREEN GRANULAR. I MEAN, I JUST WORRY THAT THIS IS ARE GOING TO BE A BIG IMPACT OUR SENIORS AND I'M JUST MORE GRANULAR DECIDE HOW IT HAPPENED. HOW DO WE HELP? SOME SIMPLE RIGHT IN THE REBATE OR ADDED MEAN SO BECAUSE IT'S A INE
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HAVE, BECAUSE OF THAT IS HOW IT IS THAT, LIKE BEEN LEGISLATED THROUGH THE STATE. SO WE EVERYTHING HAS A AGENT INCOME. UM AND I'M SHARING THAT BECAUSE THAT THE INCOME, YOU KNOW, CHANGES EVERY YEAR, BUT, UM IT IS. I THINK THE ONE PROGRAM MIGHT BE 35,000. YOU HAVE TO MAKE LESS THAN THAT. UM BUT SO THAT IS THAT, BUT I CAN MAKE SURE TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER FOR THE HOMESTEAD PROGRAM. THAT'S THE SCENE THAT TODAY ESSENTIALLY SURE. OKAY YES. SO? SO THAT IS A PROBLEM THAT I KNOW THAT, UM ACROSS THE COUNTY. UM OTHER THAN THESE PROGRAMS. THOSE ARE THE ONLY CRIME IS WE RIGHT NOW HAVE I HEAR YA. ANY OTHER PRESENTS. ALRIGHT THANKS, MISS KENNY. I APPRECIATE IT AND THANK YOU AS ALWAYS TO THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE WITH DOES A GREAT JOB WITH THIS COMMUNITY EDUCATION COMPONENT AS WELL AS UM, ON THE CUSTOMER SERVICE FUND BECAUSE I SEND PEOPLE YOUR WAY ALL THE TIME WHEN THEY HAVE QUESTIONS THAT I CAN'T ANSWER. APPRECIATE THAT CONTINUE. WE'LL ALL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND SO I SAID, OUR OFFICE IS REALLY DEDICATED TO MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS THIS INFORMATION. AND IF YOU DISAGREE, AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, CALL US EMAIL. US AND WE WILL ANSWER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. ALRIGHT[Approval of Minutes ]
UM AND WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY, WE I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE MAY 15TH REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AS WELL AS THE MAY 22ND AND MAY 23RD SPECIAL LANDS COMMITTEE MEETING WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THE ZONING CODE SO MOVE. EXCUSE ME. MR TAO? YES YES, YES, YES.[Welcome & Reading of Agenda ]
ALL RIGHT, AND THEN ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA UNDER LANDS, WE HAVE ORDINANCE C 1923 AND UNDER FINANCE. WE HAVE ORDINANCE C 21 23. THERE ARE NO SUGGESTIONS AT THIS TIME. THE AGENDA IS[Ordinance C-19-23 Accept the Plat of Farmstead, Phase 6, located West of S.R. 104 and South of Hibbs Rd. Second reading and public reading. ]
APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT. AND WITH THAT I WILL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO MR SHOT KEY WITH PLANS. THANK YOU, MR ON THEIR FORWARDING AND C 1923 NORTHERN IS TO ACCEPT THE PLAN OF FARMSTEADS PHASE SIX, LOCATED WEST OF ST WELL ONE OF FOUR AND SOUTH OF HIPS, ROAD. UM THE BASICS IS SUBDIVISION CONTAINING LIVES TO 62 3 TO 65 AND EXCLUSIVE THERE. UH JUST NOT VERY MANY NOT VERY MANY LOTS IN THERE, AND THAT AND FEY'S SIX SO QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ANYTHING ABOUT THE SLAYER? ALL RIGHT. AND NOW WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE FROM THE PUBLIC WOULD LOSE TO SPEAK ON IT ON THERE, MR WEAVER AND DON'T FORGET TO TAKE YOUR HAT OFF, PLEASE, MR WEAVER. YEAH. MUST WORK OUT THERE. WHAT THEY HAVE HAD SOME ANYMORE. MR. WEAVER, PLEASE TAKE YOUR HAT OFF. I DON'T SEE ANY OF THEM. MR BEAVER. WE'RE NOT PLAYING GAMES TODAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY YOU'RE GONNA SPEAK ABOUT THIS PLANT AND THIS PLANT ONLY CORRECT. WHAT'S THAT SPEAK ABOUT THIS PLAN AND THIS PLANT ONLY CORRECT. PLANNED INVOLVEMENT REGARDING, UM THE BALLERINA. THE DEVELOPMENT THERE, RIGHT? YES IT'S FARMSTEAD. PLAQUE NUMBER SIX. YEAH MY NAME IS BRIAN RIVER . FORMER QUESTION E I T COORDINATOR UM, MR SMITH. THANK YOU FOR HOLDING A WIRELESS MIC ALLOWED TO CLOSE CAPTION WORK. WOULD YOU PROVIDE YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD ALSO, PLEASE? THE ADDRESS. I WISH CERTIFIED AT THIS TIME, THIS 43 50 BEACH ROAD LATER. HI. THANK YOU. UM I JUST WANTED INQUIRE REGARDING THIS TO GIVE OUT THE PUBLIC CITIZENS AND PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO BE AWARE OF, UM, CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT ABOUT THE VISION OF BUILDING DEPARTMENT RECORDS, AND IT'S GOT A CHEAP MR WEAVER HAS TO PERTAIN TO THIS CLASS NUMBER. BASICS OF FARMSTEAD. NO BUILDING RECORDS KNOW ANYTHING. THIS IS A PLAN. OF THE LOTS AND THE STREET THERE . THAT'S WHAT IT NEEDS TO PERTAIN TO. MR WILL BE. IT'S A IT'S A BUILDING INFORMATION AND THIS PLANT INFORMATION IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT SYSTEM CALLED CITY VIEW THAT STADIUM CLUB CITY WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WISDOM STRIPPED HIM AND EDUCATIONAL TALK ABOUT WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN. MR WEAVER, RIGHT, SO I WANT TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THE GUARDIAN IS DEVELOPMENT THAT[00:25:04]
THEY NEED TO BE. THERE SHOULD BE AN INVESTIGATION OR INVESTIGATIONS. LIKE THE RANSOMWARE IN HILLIARD GROVE CITY ALSO HAD AMASSED SOMEWHERE AND MIKE TURNER MADE TALKING ABOUT RANSOMWARE NOT TALKING ABOUT ANY OF THAT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN RIGHT HERE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE FIVE. FIVE LOTS AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE STREET. THAT'S THERE ON DOLLARS AND THE INFORMATION INSIDE OF THE BUILDING PARTNER SYSTEM? YES OR NOT? WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT INSIDE THE BUILDING. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS PART OF THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. IT IS PART OF THE PLANNING PURPOSES. WE'RE NOT GONNA GO PLAY THE GAMES TODAY ABOUT YOU KEEP TRYING TO GO FURTHER AND FURTHER ASTRAY. ARE YOU WILLING TO TALK ABOUT THIS? A LOTS HERE, LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT THAT THEY NEED TO BE AWARE OF THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT RECORDS BEING DELETED . THAT WOULD BE THAT MADE PERTAIN TO THESE 65 PLOTS AND THAT THE LIKE TURNER FINANCIAL AFTER THE WAY, THE PAYMENT OF THE RINGING SOMEWHERE HERE, APPROACH 5 30 MINISTRATIONS RANSOMWARE TONIGHT ONLY PLATZ. OKAY ARE YOU FINISHED? MR WEAVER , JUST LIKE TO JUST REITERATE CASE NUMBER THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF HT 20 TO 2 PASSAGES. THERE ARE 3478. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR WEAVER. HMM. UH, JEREMY JEREMY BENTHAM, ELSTROM. HERE. I HOPE I DIDN'T BUTCHER THE LAST NAME ON HERE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT TERRIBLE. ALRIGHT JEREMY VAN AUSTRIAN. THANK YOU. CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS TO 50, WEST OR WILSON BRIDGE ROAD.WORTHINGTON OHIO. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. I'M THE LANCER. VERY RECORD FOR BASICS. UM UH AND AS MENTIONED, IT'S FOR LOSS. CONTINUATION OF HAVE A STREET. UM. SO THAT THAT'S THIS IS WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY AT INTO THE SUBDIVISION. I'M REALLY CAREFUL IN WHAT HAS LIKE QUESTIONS. I HAVE ONE IS THIS THE IS THIS PART OF THE SUBDIVISION WHERE THEY HAVE THE UM PATIO HOMES, OR IS IT OTHER TWO STORY OR WHAT AREA IS THIS FOR? THEIR CONDUCT WALKED DOWN THROUGH THERE, AND I KNOW THERE'S QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT AREAS WITHIN FARMSTEAD ON THERE, AND I JUST WONDERED WHICH ONE. THIS IS FAR AS THE ACTUAL LAYOUT. JULIE. OKAY THANK YOU. UM COME UP WHILE YOU'RE AT IT, COMMANDER. THE COME ON ON THERE, AND BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LOT OF VARIETY THERE, AND I JUST WANTED TO ASK WHAT KIND OF NAME AND ADDRESS OF RECORD PLEASE GRAND COMMUNITIES OR DEVELOPER FOR THIS PROJECT, MY HOME ADDRESS. 845 SMITH. CAPTAIN ROAD. PLAIN CITY, OHIO. ALL RIGHT. AND IS THIS WHAT TYPE OF PROPERTY IS THIS? THAT'S GOING IN THERE ON THOSE. SO AS YOU LOOK AT THIS TO THE TOP FROM THE TWO LOTS OF THE TOP WILL BE MASTERPIECE. MAKE SURE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT'S NORTH OF HAWTHORN PARKWAY, WHERE IT SAYS IT ON WILLOW ASTRO GLENN. IT'LL SPEED THAT SAME PRODUCT LINE. RIGHT AND THEN TO THE SOUTH WILL BE DESIGNER, WHICH IS NORTH AND ALONG ONE OF FOUR NORTH OF POPCORN PART RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? ANYTHING ELSE FROM PUBLIC? OKAY? THIS ORDINANCE IS HEADED. SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING IN A MOVIE BE APPROVED SECOND. UM YES. SHOCKEY. SECRETS MR HOLT? YES. RANDY DOESN'T. I THINK I CAN. RIGHT. GOOD SOMETHING, MR HOLT. LET'S
[Ordinance C-21-23 Approve the Purchase Agreement with the Buckeye Ranch Holdings, LLC and Appropriate $308,500.00 from the General Fund for said purchase. Second reading and public hearing. ]
FINANCE THANK YOU FOR NEWS. C 21 23. AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH THE BUCKEYE RANCH HOLDINGS LLC AND APPROPRIATE $308,500. FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR SIXTH PURCHASE.ALRIGHT. I WILL DEFER TO YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HOLD UP. THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION REALLY HAS A COMBINATION OF THE PAST THREE YEARS OF DISCUSSIONS STAFF HAS HAD WITH THE DEVELOPER. UM IF EVERYONE RECALLS GROWTH GROSSI 2050 AT THAT TIME THAT PLAN THAT VISION SET FORTH AN ASPIRATION TO PROVIDE ANOTHER CROSS CONNECTION OVER 71. THAT WAS FURTHER SOLIDIFIED WITH HER PLAN 2019. SO WHEN THE DEVELOPER FIRST APPROACH STAFF, WE'D ALWAYS KIND OF CONTEMPLATING LEAST PRESERVING THE POSSIBILITY OF STANDING RIGHT AWAY FROM QUILTY BOULEVARD OVER EVENTUALLY, I 71 THIS DEVELOPMENT WAS A KEY PIECE OF THAT BECAUSE IT'S SO CLOSE TO
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THE QUILL CREEK BOULEVARD INTERSECTION. UH SO WE SPENT ABOUT THREE YEARS WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER GOING BACK AND FORTH TO UNDERSTAND THEIR GOALS ALLOWED THEM TO UNDERSTAND OUR GOALS. A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH WAS HAD DURING THAT TIME. UH, SO MUCH, THOUGH, THAT WE I ALSO WORK WITH THEM ON KIND OF PROGRESSING THEIR THEIR DEVELOPMENT WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO OUT PARCELS. THERE'S A TELEPORTER PARCELS TO OR OR FOUR PARCELS TO REMAIN TODAY, BUT THE KEY WAS TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND EACH OF OURS NEEDS AND DESIRES. SO UH, VERY MUCH WANTED TO, UH, THINK THE DEVELOPER FOR HIS PATIENTS AND WANTS TO WORK WITH THE CITY? UH, SO A LOT OF THE AGREEMENT AND TOUCHES ON POINTS THAT REALLY ADDRESS THE INTERVIEW CONDITIONS. BECAUSE OF THE DEVELOPER IS GOING TO WANT TO PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT. BUT THE SAME TIME WE DON'T WANT HIM TO WASTE HIS MONEY. WE DON'T WANT TO WASTE OUR MONEY REMOVING VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT BEING ROADS OR TRAILS OR PONDS OR WHATNOT, SO WE HAD TO KIND OF STRIKE THAT BALANCE. AND I THINK THIS AGREEMENT DOES THAT AND PROVIDES A WAY FOR BOTH THE CITY TO OBTAIN THEIR GOALS AS WELL AS SLOPPER DEVELOPMENT AND THE GOALS OF THE DEVELOPER. WITHOUT ANSWERING QUESTIONS BEING HAD OKAY? OKAY? GOLF. ALL RIGHT, SIR. OK OF BUCKEYE RANCH. AS WE WERE TOLD WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE, JUST DISCUSSION. YEAH AS PART OF THIS. THIS IS ONE LITTLE SEGMENT OF THE LARGER PICTURE. UH TO DATE STAFF HAS WORKED WITH THE BUCKET RANCH TO THE NORTH THEY OWN APPROXIMATELY, YOU'LL SAY 8200 ACRES TO THE NORTH, SO WE SPENT A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR VISION FOR THE PROPERTY WAS UNDERSTANDING OF THE WANTED AT THE TIME THEY WERE CONFLATED. DO ANYTHING EXTENSION THEIR FACILITY? UH SO WE KIND OF WORK WITH THEM TO UNDERSTAND ACCESS AND UTILITIES. THE SAME TIME, SETTING THEM UP FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT TO ALLOW THEM TO SELL OFF ANY PROPERTY THAT THEY DO NOT FELT FIT THEIR VISION, SO WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH THE BUCKET RANCH ON THEIR ALIGNMENT, WHICH WOULD TIE DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH. UH IT'S KIND OF HARD TO READ THAT EXHIBIT, BUT THAT HASH BLUE LINE OR BLUE AREA GOING TO THE NORTH WOULD CONNECT. WITH THE FUTURE OF ROADWAY GOING THROUGH THE BRAIN SITE, WHICH WOULD OFTEN MAKE UP AND OVER TO THE WEST TOWARDS MOUNT CARMEL. AND RECENTLY WE HAVE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH KROGER'S ON THE SOUTH TO MAKE THE SAME TYPE OF CONNECTION BUT TO QUELL GREEK INTERSECTION, SO THIS IS A VERY CRITICAL IN OUR, UH, MIDDLE PIECE. IF YOU WILL OF THE RIGHT AWAY IN THE FUTURE GOALS OF CONNECTIVITY FOR THE CITY. THANK YOU, KYLE. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MHM. I HAVE ONE. IF I'D LIKE TO JUST CLARIFY, UM I WASN'T IN COUNCIL WHEN THE THIS WAS REZONED AND APPROVED BEEN IN 2020. I'D LIKE TO JUST CONFIRM FOR THE PUBLIC THAT THE EGRESS POINTS OF WANT EXISTING TODAY. CURRENTLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE WITH THE DENTAL AND CHILDCARE PLAZA. AND THE ONE THAT'S ETCHED IN A KIND OF MAGENTA OR PURPLE COLOR.THAT IS THEIR REVERSED PART. THAT, IN FACT WAS APPROVED. ESSENTIALLY WHEN THIS WAS REZONED, I JUST WANNA AND IN SEPTEMBER 2020 22,020, THE CITY OF PROVED THE RESULTING OF THAT PROPERTY TO ALLOW FOR MIXTURE OF RETAIL SERVICE USES UPFRONT AND APARTMENTS IN THE BACK THAT TIME EXTENSIONS. HORSE PARK BOULEVARD WAS SOLIDIFIED AT THAT POINT TO BE A PUBLIC EXTENSION TO THE WEST, UH, IN THE TWO OTHER POINTS OF INGRESS EGRESS. ALSO PERMITTED BY THAT ZONING TEXT ONE IN BETWEEN THE TWO IS THIS AND USES FOR RIGHT AND RIGHT OUT AND THEN THE FULL ACCESS ONCE THE CELL UH AND WE WILL BE WORKING WITH EMISSIONS HERE. ENGINEERS THAT KINDA PROVIDING XZIBIT TO COUNSEL TO FULLY EXPLAIN NOT ONLY AS INTERMEDIATE CONDITION, BUT THEY'RE KIND OF LONG TERM CONDITION AS B. WE FORWARD OUR PLANS MOVING FORWARD FROM THIS POINT. SO JUST A HYPOTHETICAL BUT IN ANY EVENT THIS IT DOESN'T PASS TONIGHT THAT EGRESS IS STILL GOING TO HAPPEN. IT'S STILL THERE. YES, YES. CONNECTIONS WITH HOOVER RUDE, REGARDLESS OF THE VOTE TONIGHT ON THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION WILL BE INSTALLED. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NO PUBLIC COMMENTS SIGNED UP. SO THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS SECOND READING IN PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVED BE APPROVED SECOND. MR SHARKEY? YES CHRIS? YES YES, YES. THAT'S IT FOR ME, MAN AND CHAIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UM THAT BRINGS US TO THE CONCLUSION OF OUR BUSINESS AGENDA. THE SEAT
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NAME THIS TIME. IT'S TAKEN ME BECAUSE YOU DON'T WORK. HMM. SO AT THIS TIME, IF THERE'S ANY[Call for New Business ]
NEWS VISIT TO BROADEN TO BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF COUNCIL, THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO OR GET A LIBRARY CARD, AND I WILL SAY THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE LIBRARY PUBLICLY FOR HOSTING US HERE. THERE'S A HUGE CONVENIENCE WHILE WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION MAN IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS. I HAVE FOUR INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH. RYAN WEAVER. BRIAN MR WEAVER, YOU MAY APPROACH THE PODIUM. WE ALREADY HAVE YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. AND UH, SO THAT'S NEW BUSINESS. NEW THANK YOU. MY NAME'S BRIAN LEVER AGAIN. I'M FORMER GOOD CITY I T SYSTEM COORDINATOR ALONG STATE HIGHWAY PATROL AND HOMELAND SECURITY. I TEACH THAT THAT WORK WITH THE CARDINALS BANDA. WHO IS THE CURRENT AT THE POLICE CHIEF THAT JUST RESIGNED THREE WEEKS AGO TO CASE NUMBER AGE TO THE NGO TO THE 3.8 THAT YOU GOT TO BE AWARE OF BUILDING. AND RECORDS BEING DELETED TO THE CYBERSECURITY INCIDENTS. AND HE ALSO HAD, UM ALSO, I WANNA THANK STEPHEN SMITH FOR HOLDING A WIRELESS MIC CAPTIONING AND IT WAS A PLEASURE MEETING YOU, CHRISTIE OR SEE A NEW CHRISTINE MAYOR. I GOT THE FRANKLIN COUNTY GOP LINCOLN DINNER. UM AND, UH, I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE THIS PAST MONTH, AND I'VE BEEN IN WASHINGTON, D C AND THE WHOLE STATE HOUSE, UH, TALKING TO MANY LAWMAKERS AND CONGRESSMAN AH REGARDING TESTIMONY IN CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT, UM AND AS WE ALL KNOW , FEDERAL INVESTIGATION PAPER WHILE BUT I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO LET THEM PUBLIC. NO AND YOU GUYS KNOW, UM, WELL WITH THE QUESTION THAT COPY OF INVESTIGATION REPORT OF THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT RECORDS AND ALSO THE CITY ATTORNEY STEPHEN SMITH, ON LAST COUNCIL MEETING ATTENDED, ADMITTED THAT A CANINE DOG ATTACKED THE CIVILIAN FEMALE POLICE EMPLOYEE, UM AND PER CITY OF DIVERSITY POLICY THIS YEAR ON THE JOB INJURIES FOUR AND YOU SUPPORT REPORT AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION AND I STILL HAVEN'T BEEN PROVIDING RECORDS. AND IT'S ALSO A VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT THAT THE I T MANAGER HAD DOWNLOADED DOWN. INVITED UM , ALSO YOU NOTICED THAT THE FRANKLIN COUNTY AUDITOR UM, SHE MENTIONED THE G. I S MAPPING TO GO CITY. I SET UP THE MAPPING TOOL THAT MAPS CLIMBED OUT AND DROPPED DATA AND SEX CLAIM DATA AND TRAFFIC DATA HERE IN THE CITY OF THIS CITY AGAIN, THE CITY THE CITY OF DELETED ALL THE DATA PART OF 2021 AGAIN TO COVER UP MISCONDUCT AND DRUG TRAFFICKING AS YOU GOTTA WEAR. UM. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING NEW THIS EVENING, MR WEAVER? ANYTHING NEW NEW THIS IS NEW TO THE AUDIENCE. THIS IS NEW BUSINESS. THERE'S ALL OF OUR MEETINGS ARE PUBLIC RECORD THAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM YOU ON THESE TOPICS BEFORE I'M NOT ONLY SPEAKING, SPEAKING TO THE PUBLIC QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ASKED AND ANSWERED. FAST SPEAKING TO THIS BODY, YOU ARE HERE TO ADDRESS US WITH NEW BUSINESS. OKAY HAVE YOU INVESTIGATED THE CASE NUMBER TO GET YOU? HAVE YOU BEEN AT THE ICTY? DOCTOR HAVE YOU ASKED? MIKE TURNED UP IN A MAN SOMEWHERE? HAVE YOU ASKED EVEN SMITH? VIDEO QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ASKED. YOU NEVER ANSWERED THE ANSWERING. YOU HAVE BEEN ANSWERED TO REHASH THIS TO ME IN PUBLIC. YOU HAVE BEEN ANSWERED.YOU PROVIDE ME WITH THE PUBLIC RECORD AND THE RECORD, MR WEAVER . I WILL NOT TOLERATE YOUR BEHAVIOR. YOU'RE HERE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. SO IF YOU WANT ANY BUSINESS, I GOT MORE THAN A BUSINESS THAT YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE OF. AFTER NIGHT. SPEAKER PUNISHMENT HERE, UM. CHANGE LIKE YOU JUST WANT TO BE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY. WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY? PLEASE RETURN TO YOUR SEAT, SIR. THEY DIDN'T TURN AWAY . THREE MINUTES IS UP BECAUSE IT'S BROKEN. IT'S THREE MINUTES ON HERE. YOU'RE DONE. OKAY? CAN THREE MINUTES AGO. FIVE IN THREE MINUTES, THREE MINUTES IS UP.
OKAY, TIME. THREE MINUTES. REPEATING SOMETHING OVER AND OVER DOES NOT MAKE IT ANY MORE TRUE, MR WEAVER NEXT ON THE LIST THIS EVENING IS CHRIS MOORE. CHRIS YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. I DID. MHM. CHRIS MOORE. I LIVE AT 33 10 GET RELATES. AND I WAS JUST SAYING COMMENTARY THIS WEEK. IT WAS ON COLOSSIANS THREE CHAPTER 3 23 TO 25. WHATEVER YOU DO, DO YOUR WORK HARDLY IS INTO THE LORD RATHER THAN TWO MEN KNOWING THAT FROM THE LORD, YOU WILL RECEIVE
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THE REWARD. A BILLION HERITAGE. IT IS THE LORD CHRIST AND YOU SERVE OR HERE YOU GOES, DOES WRONG WHAT WE SEE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE WRONG WHICH YOU HAVE DONE. AND THAT IS WITHOUT PARTIALITY. THE OTHER ONE I SAW WAS ROMANS. CHAPTER ONE VERSES 20 TO 32, JUST AS PEOPLE DID NOT SEE FIT TO ACKNOWLEDGE GOD ANY LONGER. GOD GAVE THEM OVER TO THE DEPRAVED MIND TO DO THE THINGS WHICH THERE'S NOT PROPER BEGINS FILLED WITH DONE. RIGHTEOUSNESS WICKEDNESS, GREED, EVIL, FULL OF ENVY. MURDER STRIKE DECEIT, MALICE, GOSSIPERS, SLANDERS HATERS! GOD INSULIN, ARROGANT, BOASTFUL INVENTORS OF EVIL DISOBEDIENT TO PARENTS WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING, UNTRUTHFULNESS AND LOVING AND MERCIFUL, ALTHOUGH THEY KNOW THAT BORDEN SLIPS OF GOD THAT THEY CHOSE TO PRACTICE SUCH THINGS AND THAT WOULD BE WORTHY OF DEATH. SO THEY NOT ONLY DO THE SAME, BUT ALSO WHO GIVE HEARTY APPROVAL TO THESE PRACTICES. THINGS. SO WHAT'S SAYING ITS BOUNDARY CHECKS THE REPROBATE THE WICKED AND THE GALLUS GENERATION? AND I KNOW WE'RE SEEING IT MORNING SOCIETY AND WE'RE TRYING NOT TO HAVE IT IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO POSITIVE. ONE OF PROVERBS SAYS THOSE THAT LOOK GOD BLESS, NAMELESS AND SHALL NEVER BE ASHAMED. SO WE DO ALL ANSWER TO GOD BECAUSE OF ALL, YOU UNDERSTAND THE COUNCIL OF GROWTH CITY THE PAST YEARS AND CURRENTLY I PRAY FOR THE LORD AND CONVICT YOU OF ANY DECISIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE MADE. THEY'RE NOT DIFFICULT OR THE BEST INTEREST IN THIS COMMUNITY UNIVERSITY MAY THE LORD BREEZE, EACH OF YOU WISDOM STRATEGIES TO HELP YOU CORRECT ALL ERRORS. DIFFERENT WISE COUNSEL TO YOU ALSO MAY HIS MERCY BEYOND YOU AND ON YOUR POSITIONS AND MAKE THAT U BOAT HERE IN CITY COUNCIL. THEY ALL EVIL BE EXPOSED WITHOUT. BUT LET RESTITUTION BE BROUGHT ABOUT.MAY THE LORD BEING HELD IN A HIGH HONOR WITH EACH OF YOU AND IN THIS TOWN AND SO THAT PEOPLE WILL BE DRAWN BECAUSE OF OUR LOVE. OUR ACCEPTANCE ARE GOD MORAL VALUES HERE, FAMILY ORIENTED COMMUNITY WE'RE TRYING TO MAINTAIN HERE TO HOLD UP AND NOT CONFORM THIS SOCIETY AND THE EMERALD PRACTICES AROUND US. SO BLESS ALL OF YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES AND THANK YOU. THANKS ALL RIGHT. NEXT ON OUR LIST THIS EVENING WE HAVE CHRISTINE MCCLELLAN.
HEY MR MCLELLAND YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD TO START OFF, PLEASE. OKAY I'M CHRISTY MCCALL IN MY PUT MY GLASSES ON, SO I CAN SEE YOU GUYS. UM I LIVE AT 4641 WRENCH ROAD AND GROVE CITY. HAVE YOU SEEN OUR SIGNS? STOP THE DATA CENTER GROUP STUDY. HAVE YOU MHM? YEAH. WE HAVE LOTS THERE PRINTED EVERYWHERE. SO MY NEIGHBORS AND I, WE'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT GOVERNMENT. THE PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT, THE ATTORNEYS RUBBER STAMPS. AND THE 2050 PLANS RECENTLY. IT S SPECIAL SESSIONS MEETINGS. LAST WEEK, THE CITY NAMED DUBLIN WAS MENTIONED WITH GREAT FANFARE. 15 TIMES. AT LEAST GROVE CITY WAS REFERRED TO AS WEIRD AND I LOCATED CITY WANTS TO BE A LEADER AND DATA CENTERS, BATTERY STORAGE WAREHOUSES, SOLAR FIELD.
COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRIES WANT DOWN RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSING. I'M THINKING I GOT THIS PART RIGHT? UNDER SECTION SEVEN AND 9.0 TO 4 . THE PETITION WAS FILED UNDER 709 TO 1. WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE CHANGE OF ZONING FROM OUR TWO. THAT'S THE LARGEST LOTS AVAILABLE TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IN ORDER FOR THIS TO HAPPEN, I BELIEVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD HAVE HAD TO BEEN PROVEN TO BE BLIGHTED. I HEARD THE ADMINISTRATION SAY THIS WORD SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST WEEKS BLIGHTED EQUAL SLUMS. AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THERE ARE NOT SLUMS WHERE WE LIVE. THERE ARE NEW HOMES, BEAUTIFUL HOMES BUILT ON THAT FRENCH BABY ROAD.
THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS NO MONEY FOR THE CITY WHEN THESE WAREHOUSES ARE BUILT, AND THEN WITH THE IMAGE FOR THE CITY OR THE CITIZENS HMM. YOU SEE, THESE BUILDINGS DO NOT PROVIDE MORE THAN 15 JOBS. IF THERE'S NO ADVANTAGE. WHY IN THE WORLD ARE YOU PANDERING TO THE SELLERS AND THE BUYERS? SURE THEY WANT BIG DOLLARS. ALL SELLERS DO BUT WHAT'S IN IT FOR THE CITY? SLOW THE TRAIN DOWN. WHAT'S THE RUSH ? THE MAYOR SAYS THEY GET CALLS DAILY FROM COMPANIES WANTING DATA WAREHOUSES, SOBER FIELDS IF THE CURRENT BUYER WHO NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WALKS. THIS WON'T BE THE ADMINISTRATION'S ONLY SHOT AND ASKING YOU THIS EVENING TO CONSIDER OF OTHER AVENUES FOR GROWTH CITY. YOU SEE GROVE CITY ISN'T JUST OVER THE BRIDGE ON STRING TOWN ROAD. IT'S ROUTE 60
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TO MAKE ROUTE 62, A SHOWSTOPPER AND A GOOD WAY. CONSIDER A GOLF COURSE. SOD FARM, A FARM, STATELY HOMES BUILT ON ANCHORAGES BY PATHS, PARKS, BIRDWATCHING ANYTHING BUT WHAT THE 2050 PLAN THOUGHT OF EIGHT YEARS AGO. I'M ASKING YOU WON'T THIS DATA CENTER HAS BECOME A GODZILLA AND OUR OUR COMMUNITY. SAY YES TO THE ANNEXATION IF YOU MUST, BUT ALLOWED NO TO THE REZONING SAY NO TO THE ADMINISTRATION WHO WAS HELD BENT ON OUR LOSING OUR PROPERTY VALUES IN OUR LIFE SAVINGS. ONE SENTENCE. UPSET DISHEARTENED MAD HURT YOU BET. HOWEVER I AM ABSOLUTELY CONFIDENT YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL DO THE RIGHT THING . LET US KEEP OUR HOMES, OUR MONEY, OUR VALUES OUR HOPES FOR THE NEW GENERATION AND TAP SLOW THE TRAIN DOWN. WHAT'S THE HURRY? THE PINNACLE. CHANGE THE FACE OF PROCEEDING. YOU MISS NEPAL TANKERS COULD DO THE SAME.THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UM NEXT ON THE LIST. WE HAVE LYNN EHRLICH. HMM. HMM. OKAY LITERALLY. 7 45 RANCH ROAD. I JUST WANT TO SAY PLEASE CONSIDER WHEN ZONING COMES UP. DO NOT CHANGE IT TO KEEP IT AS RESIDENTIAL HMM. JUST LIKE CHRISTIE SAID. THEY WANT TO KEEP IT RESIDENTIAL SO BUT THE PARKS IN OR MAKE IT PRESIDENTIAL INSTEAD OF THE ZONING BECAUSE WE LIVE THERE. UM, WE WORK FROM OUR HOMES HARD. I GOT A LOT OF EXTRA MONEY IN IT. JUST KEEP IT UPDATED. SO THAT'S ALONE AND SAY THANKS. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. WAIT ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS THIS EVENING? AND NOW
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WE MOVE ON TO THE MAYOR. THANK YOU, SHERIFF. I DO HAVE A STATISTICAL RESULT WITH MIRRORS, CORD. IN THE MONTH OF MAY, THE TOTAL OF 57,009 61 AND ASK COUNCIL APPROVED PRESENTED MOTION TO ACCEPT SECOND. MR HOLT ? YES YES. SHOCKLEY REST? YES. THEY COULD. I GOT A FEW OTHER ITEMS. MEMORIAL DAY, WORLD DAY WEEKEND WENT VERY WELL. THE PRE WENT WELL, WE HAD A AH THE TYPE OF SERVICE THAT DOES DO PARTICULAR DAY OR TWO CEMETERY AND OUR THANKS TO AMERICAN LEGION THAT THE ABANDONED EVERYONE ELSE THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THAT THE STATE OF THE CITY IS ALMOST FULL. UH AND THAT IS ON. JUNE TO 14. THE EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS. TIME TO GOLF OUTING ON THE 12. I THINK THERE ARE STILL SOME SPOTS AVAILABLE ON THERE. THE UH, THANK YOU. TOWN BOTH STARTS THURSDAY. WHICH TIES INTO SCHOOLS OUT, BEWARE OF THE CHILDREN AND TAKE CARE OF THEM.UH BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT I MEAN, THEY'RE REALLY OUT. WHICH IS A GOOD THING FOR ALL OF US. UH MY LAST COMMENT. I'VE I'VE HEARD THIS SPEECH IN THE TALK ABOUT RETRO MANY, MANY TIMES, BUT, UH , YOU KNOW, AS A GOVERNMENT ENTITY, IT IS OUR OBLIGATION TO ACCEPT INFORMATION FROM. HEY PERSON WHO HAS THE BEST OF INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY. SHANNON IN THE WAY THAT OUR CODE DISTINGUISHES HOW THAT IS TO BE PRESENTED. AND THEY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHATEVER WE HAVE PUT IN OUR LAWS, WHICH WILL ARE PRETTY MUCH AWARE OF IT IS NOT THE ADMINISTRATION WHO WAS SAYING, BY THE WAY THIS IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO DON'T WANT . IT IS A CASE OF HEARING THE STEPS YOU GO THROUGH. WE'RE GOING THROUGH THOSE STEPS, AND WE'RE GOING TO ABIDE BY WHAT THE LAW SAYS HASN'T HAD FOLLOWED MEETINGS AND DO THE THINGS THAT ARE THE RIGHT THINGS TO DO. JUST A LITTLE CLARITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. ALRIGHT UM, NOW I THINK WE'RE AT DEPARTMENT REPORTS. MR BOSA FOLLOW UP IN TERMS OF THE PRESENTATION WE HAD ON THE REAL APPRAISAL AND CERTAINLY, UH, COUNCILMAN SECRETS CONCERN IN TERMS OF THE BURDEN IT MAY HAVE ON ON SENIORS AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE PERHAPS LESS FORTUNATE TO PAY TAXES, BUT I THINK THE CITY OF BROKE CITY IS CERTAINLY THE ADMINISTRATION. I KNOW. CITY COUNCIL IS AWARE OF THAT AND ARE SENSITIVE TO THAT ISSUE. I JUST WANT TO SAY OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS AS CITY OF GROSS CITY HAS
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NOT RAISED THEIR THEIR PROPERTY TAXES YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE. DIFFERENT LIONEL CALLED CHECK OUT BLACK. THE WHOLE CHAIR TIME. THANK YOU. AND AS YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY TAXES ARE MADE UP OF FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, THE COUNTY, THE CITY, THE TOWNSHIP AND THE LIBRARY AND JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THE TAXES THAT THAT, UH THAT WE IMPOSED IN TERMS OF THAT PROPERTY TAX FORMULA IF YOU TAKE A $350,000. HOW'S THE TAXATION ON? THAT IS ABOUT $8300 A YEAR. THE CITY OF GROWTH. CITY GETS $428 SO AGAIN, WE'RE NOT PLANNING ON RAISING ANY MORE TAXES, SO WE ARE SENSITIVE AND WE HOPE THAT THERE WOULD BE OTHER MEANS THAT WE CAN HELP. LIKE I SAID IN THE SENIORS IN THE LESS FORTUNATE, SO THANK YOU . THANK YOU, MR TRAINING. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. THANK YOU.MR SMITH. I HAVE NEVER AFFORD THANK YOU. MISS KELLY. NOTHING FURTHER. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
UM I NEED SOMEBODY OUT THERE. YOU GOT ANYTHING, MISS FITZPATRICK? SO MR T OFFERED IN THE BACK ROW. ALRIGHT I THINK THAT GETS US THROUGH THE STAFF. UM I WOULD BE REMISS BECAUSE MR BERRY ISN'T HERE IF I DIDN'T ASK FOR SOME REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SCOUTS IN THE BACK TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK TO US ABOUT WHY YOU'RE HERE. MY NAME'S PEDRO. MAN ON THE SCOUTMASTER FOR TRUE BAKED MONEY OUT OF OUR LADY. UH GUYS WANTED TO COME UP TO PARTICIPATE IN OBSERVE MEETING FOR A COUPLE OF THEM ARE WORKING ON MERIT BADGES, SO COMMUNICATIONS, MERIT BADGE AND CITIZENSHIP AND COMMUNITY. BOTH HAVE SIMILAR REQUIREMENTS WHERE THEY HAVE TO ATTEND A PUBLIC MEETING AND TAKE SOME NOTES. AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE TO DRAWING UP THEIR CONCLUSIONS AND PRESENTED TO THEIR MERIT BADGE COUNSELOR TO SEE WHAT THEY LEARNED, OR, UH SORT OF DEBATED OUT AS TO WHETHER THEY AGREED WITH WHAT WAS SAID OR HOW IT WAS HANDLED OR WHAT WAS DEALT. BUT MHM AGAIN THAT WE WERE HERE IS JUST TO SEE THE, UH, THE COUNCIL IN ACTION.
WE'RE PLEASED TO HAVE YOU AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. YEAH WE'VE NEVER A DULL MOMENT HERE. ALRIGHT UM, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, CLOSING COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL STARTING WITH MR SHAFI, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. AND THE ADMINISTRATION FOR WORKING THROUGH, UM, THE PART OF THE VOICE RANCH PROPERTY THAT WE DEALT WITH TONIGHT WAS THAT HAS A POTENTIAL TO REALLY BE A GAME CHANGER. UH AS, UH, NOT ONLY DO WE NEED HOUSING, BUT IT ALSO WAS THE FUTURE OF POTENTIAL BRIDGE OVER 71 IN OPENING UP THE WEST SIDE FOR DEVELOPMENT. OTHER WORKED VERY HARD AT THAT. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR SEGRIST. I'M GONNA MAKE UP FOR ALL THE TIMES.
I'VE SAID NO COMMENTS AT THE END, SO I HAVEN'T COMPARED SPEECH. SO JUNE IS NATIONAL PRIDE MONTH, AND WE HAVE A GROSS CITY PRIDE GROUP AND THEIR EVENTS ARE LARGELY GOING TO TAKE PLACE IN THE FALL NEAR THE END OF SEPTEMBER. I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT AND SUPPORTING THEM AND HELP THEM CELEBRATE AND AFRICA WAITING FOR THEM. DURING AN ERA WHERE MANY LEADERS ARE ATTACKING THEIR HUMANITY. I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO THEM, THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE BULLIED IN CLASSROOMS OR TREATED AS SECOND CLASS CITIZENS. TO ME. IT'S SAD ON A DAILY BASIS. UM JUST SEE THIS COMMUNITY UNDER ATTACK BY ELECTED LEADERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AT THE NATIONAL AND STATE LEVELS AND SOMETIMES PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARDS. UH WHEN THEY HEAR, REHEAT OR EXPERIENCE SUCH VITRIOL I FEEL THEIR PAIN AND KNOW THAT IS ONLY HURTS THE MENTAL HEALTH OF L G B T Q.
QUEEN TEENS ESPECIALLY WERE SUICIDE RATE IS NEARLY FOUR TIMES THAT OF THE STRAIGHT POPULATION. THIS UNDERCURRENT IS THEREFORE HARMFUL AND IN TEARS AWAY ALL THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE AND THE ACCEPTANCE WE AS EVERYDAY CITIZENS HOLD FOR THIS COMMUNITY. MANY OF THESE LEADERS HAVE THIS SO WRONG AND I CHALLENGE ALL OF US TO TAKE A STAND FOR THIS COMMUNITY. WHEN WE WITNESS SUCH FEARMONGERING AND HARMFUL RHETORIC. AND FINALLY I HAVE GREAT HOPE AND EX
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PATIENTS. AFFECTATIONS THIS WILL PASS ARE YOUNGER AND MORE DIVERSE POPULATION IS MUCH MORE EMBRACING OF SUCH DIFFERENCES. UM SO I DO HAVE HOPE FOR THIS IN THE FUTURE, BUT I JUST WANT TO REFLECT ON THAT BECAUSE I THINK, UH, THERE'S JUST BEEN A LOT OF, UM, UNFORTUNATELY, JUST A LOT OF IN THE CULTURE WARS OF THIS COUNTRY. A LOT OF HARM IS BEING DONE TO THIS. THIS GROUP AND I WANT TO I WILL ALWAYS STAND UP FOR THE UNDERDOG. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR HOLT. YES UM, BEST TIME OF THE YEAR FOR ME WAS WHEN SCHOOL WAS OUT. UH, I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT I RECENTLY HAD A MEETING WITH GOLF CARTS AND GROWTH CITIES, AND SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE GOLF CARTS STORE. THE LIBRARY OF THE OF THE. OR SEEING A LOT OF GOLF CARTS NOW THAT FAMILIES ARE USING THOSE AS RECREATIONAL WAYS TO GET DOWNTOWN GROVE CITY AND ALL OVER GROVE CITY, SO I WILL BE PRESENTING LEGISLATION IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MEETINGS TO CHANGE SOME OF OUR GOLF CART RULES. UM BUT FIRST, I'D LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT IT IS BASICALLY A LICENSED MOTOR VEHICLE. AND NEEDS TO HAVE A LICENSE PLATE ALL OPERATING PARAPHERNALIA, HORN LIGHTS TURN SIGNALS BRAKE LIGHTS. IT SAT AROUND. AND THEN IT WILL BE GOVERNED, JUST LIKE A MOTOR VEHICLE IN GROVE CITY. AND TODAY IT'S NOT. ALLOWED TO BE ON BROADWAY, 6 65, OR STRING TOWN ROAD IT'S ALLOWED TO CROSS. BUT I'LL BE INTRODUCING LEGISLATION NEXT MEETING TO REMOVE THAT RESTRICTION FROM BROADWAY. SO I JUST WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO GOLF CARTS. IT'S SUMMERTIME. PEOPLE ARE DOING THINGS AND CITY IS LOOKING AT CHANGING SOME OF OUR GOLF CART RULES TO HELP FACILITATE PEOPLE USING GOLF CARTS AND, UH, ENERGY SAVINGS. PERHAPS THAT THEY MAY PROVIDE ALONG WITH THE ENTERTAINMENT THAT THEY PROVIDE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR HOLT. UM PIGGYBACK ON THE CONVERSATION OF SUMMER.BUSY TIME OF YEAR. BUSY SCHEDULE LOTS OF KIDS OUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND AS THE MAYOR SAID, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS, WE KEEP OUR EYES OPEN AND TAKE A LITTLE SLOWER AS WE'RE NAVIGATING NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS BECAUSE THERE ARE LOTS OF KIDS OUT. UM AND THE GOLF CART THING YOU KNOW, BRINGS UP THAT THE INTERESTING THING WHICH I THINK IS THE BIGGEST MISPERCEPTION IS GOLF CARTS ON OUR MULTI USE PATHS, WHICH IS NOT WHERE THEY BELONG. UM, THEY ARE TO BE, AS MR HOLT SAID. ON THE ROADWAYS. THEY ARE OPERATE AS MOTOR VEHICLES, SO OUR MULTI USE PATHS AH, THAT MOVED THROUGH THE CITY WHERE YOU OFTEN WILL ENCOUNTER GOLF CARTS ARE NOT NOT LEGALLY WHERE THEY BELONG. SO I KNOW THAT AT THE DIVISIONAL POLICE WILL HAND OUT SOME INFORMATIONAL , UH, BROCHURES TO FOLKS THAT THEY ENCOUNTER THAT ARE ON THE PAST AND THEIR GOLF CARTS. UM WE HAVE THIS TIME OF YEAR BRINGS THE GOLF CARTS. UM IT BRINGS ABOUT CONVERSATIONS OF OPEN BURNING. I CAN SAY MY ENCOURAGEMENT ON THAT IS TO BE KIND AND THOUGHTFUL OF YOUR NEIGHBORS. UM AND THE OTHER FIRE CUTS ARE VERY POPULAR, BUT OPEN BURNING IS NOT LEGAL IN THE CITY HAVE GROWN CITY. A SMALL COOKING FIRE IS WHAT'S ALLOWED. UH SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING, AND WE'RE COMING UP ON FIREWORKS SEASON, SO I KNOW WE SHOULD PROBABLY LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING AND HEARING SOME REMINDERS ABOUT IN THE CITY OF GROUP CITY. YOU MUST BE A LICENSED EXHIBITOR. TO BE, UM, LIGHTING OFF FIREWORKS. SO UNLESS YOU'RE A LICENSED EXHIBITOR, YOU WANT TO STAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT PARTICULAR ORDINANCE. SO UM, WITH ALL THESE RULES AND REGULATIONS, HAVE FUN, BE SAFE. HAVE A GREAT SUMMER AND THANKS FOR BEING WITH US THIS EVENING, WE WILL SEE YOU WHEN WE'RE TOGETHER AGAIN ON JUNE, THE 19TH.
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