[Ordinance C-02-24 Accept the annexation of 59.743+ acres located South and East of Thrailkill Road in Jackson Township to the City. Second reading and public hearing. ]

EVENING EVENING IS ORDINANCE SEE DASH 02-24 TO ACCEPT THE ANNEXATION OF 59.743 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES LOCATED SOUTH AND EAST OF +33 KILL ROAD IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP TO THE CITY OF GROVE CITY. THIS PROPOSED ANNEXATION IS APPLIED FOR IN THE PETITION OF CHARLES ARE LAYING C R L D SEEN LLC BEING THE OWNER OF THE TERRITORIES SOUGHT TO BE AN X AND FILED WITH THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO, ON OCTOBER 4 2023. AND WHICH SET UP PETITION WAS APPROVED FOR ANNEXATION TO THE CITY OF GROVE CITY BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON NOVEMBER 7TH 2023. THIS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED P I, WHICH IS PLANNED INDUSTRIAL WITHIN JACKSON TOWNSHIP AND UPON HIS ENDS ANNEXATION INTO THE CITY OF GROVE CITY, IF APPROVED, WOULD WOULD BE REZONED OR REZONED. I N D DASH TWO, WHICH IS FOR HEAVY INDUSTRY. AND UM, WHICH IS THE PROPERTY LOCATED WEST OF 104 AND THE OTHER PARCEL ON THE EAST SIDE OF STATE ROUTE 104 WOULD

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COME IN AND F S F ONE, WHICH IS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. AND ALSO PLACED INTO WARD FOUR. AND THIS EVENING. WE DO HAVE CRAIG MARIETTE MONCRIEF, CRETE, UM, TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THIS. AND EVEN ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. CRAIG MONCRIEF, ATTORNEY WITH PLANK LAW FIRM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT FOR 11, EAST TOWNE STREET FLOOR TO COLUMBUS, OHIO. 43215 I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE DISCUSSED THIS. I THINK THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED A FEW TIMES, SO I'LL TRY TO KEEP IT BRIEF, BUT THIS IS A AND ANNEXATION OF 59 ACRES. AS YOU CAN SEE KIND OF AUDITS ON BOTH SIDES OF 104 JUST SOUTH OF THRILL KILL, UM NO PLANS FOR THE PROPERTY, NO REASON, NO DEVELOPMENT PLANS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THIS IS JUST TO GET INTO GROVE CITY. IT'S ABOUT 24% CONTIGUOUS, SO IT FEELS LIKE IT'S ABOUT TIME. UM IT'S USED FOR OPEN STORAGE TO THE WEST AND SINGLE FAMILY TO THE EAST OF 104. SO LIKE I SAID, NO CHANGE IS PROPOSED OR ANYTHING. THIS IS JUST TO GET INTO THE CITY OF GROVE CITY. SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. AND SORRY THAT I PUT YOUR YOU'RE SURE I WROTE IT. I'M SURE I WROTE IT. SCRIBBLE UM THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS. IS THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? MR MONCRIEF. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CLIENT UNDERSTANDS THAT ANY SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT WILL CAUSE. FOR THE SURFACE TO BE REDONE WITH THE GRAVEL AND ALL THE FENCING AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE IN PLACE TODAY. ANY DEVELOPMENT CHANGES THOSE RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL OKAY. THANK YOU. THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD A SECOND READING IN PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVE THAT IT BE APPROVED. SECOND SANDERSON? YES YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES. TOO FAST. GOOD. ON THE SECOND ITEM UNDER LANDS THIS EVENING IS

[Ordinance C-03-24 Approve a Special Use Permit for Outdoor Seating for Upper Deck Sports Bar located at 4067 Hoover Road. Second reading and public hearing. ]

ORIENTS. SEE DEATH 03-24. THIS IS TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR OUTDOOR SEATING AT THE UPPER DECK SPORTS BAR LOCATED AT 4067 HOOVER ROAD. ON JANUARY 2ND 2024, THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF GRIP CITY, RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FOR 20 OF A SPECIAL USE PERMIT AT THIS LOCATION. THE MAIN CONCERN, UM, THAT WAS EXPRESSED DURING PLANNING COMMISSION WAS JUST THE USE OF THE EXISTING SIDEWALK. BUT DO THE LOCATION STAFF DETERMINED THAT IT WOULD HAVE VERY LITTLE IMPACT? ON THE CIRCULATION TRAFFIC IN THAT SHOPPING CENTER. AND THERE WERE NO STIPULATIONS ADDED DURING THAT APPROVAL PROCESS I DO HAVE TRENT WILL HAVE SIGNED UP TO SIGN TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY? YOUR DAY ANSWERING QUESTIONS, OKAY. UM ANYBODY FROM COUNCIL THAT HAS ANY COMMENTS? YES MR HOLMES. I JUST CONGRATULATE TREND ON A NICE FACILITY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL WILL ALSO WELCOME COUNCILMAN WHO, HOLT. I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THAT LOCATION IMPROVEMENTS. I'VE ACTUALLY CHECKED IT OUT AND HAD A COUPLE DRINKS MYSELF. SO IT LOOKS REALLY NICE. YEAH. UM WITH THAT SAID THE AUDIENCE HAS HAD A SECOND READING IN PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVE THAT IT BE APPROVED.

SECOND. CIGARETTES YES, YES, YES . VERY YES. YES, YES. ANDERSON. YES? YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. GREAT MISS BRUCE, AND THAT BRINGS US TO SAFETY. MISS ANDERSON. THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE TWO ORDINANCES

[Ordinance C-50-23 Amend Various Sections Chapter 732 titled Medical Marijuana and Section 1135.09(b)(15) titled Cultivation, Processing, or Retail Dispensing of Medical Marijuana Prohibited in All Districts and declaring an emergency. ]

TONIGHT. THE FIRST ONE IS ORDINANCE. SEE 5023. THIS IS TO AMEND VARIOUS SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 732 TITLED MEDICAL MARIJUANA AND SECTION 11 35.09 B 15. TITLED CULTIVATION, PROCESSING OR RETAIL, DISPENSING OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA, PROHIBITED IN ALL DISTRICTS AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. UM I WANT TO CALL FOR THE SPEAKER THAT HAD SIGNED UP. SO DR MARIE SHIFT. AND IF

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YOU COULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. HI MY NAME IS MARIE SHIFT AND I LIVE AT 2252 BIRCH BARK TRAIL. MADAM PRESIDENT, MAYOR, STAGE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THIS ORDINANCE AS WE ARE ALL AWARE, AND 11 7 OF 23 VOTERS OF OHIO PASSED ISSUE TO 57% MAJORITY MAKING OHIO THE 24TH STATE TO LEGALIZE THE RECORD RECREATIONAL USE OF MARIJUANA. ISSUE TWO IS INITIATED STATUTE, NOT A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

AND THIS IS WHY THE OHIO LEGISLATURE IS FREE TO ADJUST IT. ISSUE TWO ALLOWS ADULTS 21 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER TO BUY POSSESSED, CONSUME AND GROW CANNABIS. THEY CAN POSSESS UP TO 2.5 OUNCES OF CANNABIS AND 15 G OF EXTRACTS OR EDIBLES. THEY MAY GROW UP TO SIX PLANTS PER ADULT OR 12 PLANTS PER HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS WILL BE TAXED 10% ON TOP OF STATE SALES TAX WITH THIS EXTRA TAX REVENUE BEING ALLOCATED INTO FOUR FUNDS. SOCIAL EQUITY AND JOBS PROGRAM MUNICIPALITIES WITH DISPENSARIES SUBSTANCE ABUSE FUND. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. IT WAS TO GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL 12 7 OF 23. UNDER CONTROL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, THE DIVISION OF CANNABIS CONTROL WAS INITIATED AND TASKED WITH REGULATING AND LICENSING MARIJUANA OPERATORS AND FACILITIES, AND IT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING THE COMPLIANCE IN STANDARDIZATION OF MARIJUANA BUSINESSES IN PRODUCTION IN OHIO. THEY HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT APPLICATIONS FOR VENDORS TO SELL CANNABIS WILL BE AVAILABLE WITHIN SIX MONTHS. 67 OF 24, AND AFTER REVIEW THEY PLAN ON ISSUING THE FIRST ROUND OF LICENSES WITHIN NINE MONTHS OF THIS OF THIS YEAR, WHICH IS 97 TO 24. THEY HAVE ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL GIVE PREFERENCE TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES AND OWNERS THAT QUALIFY UNDER THE SOCIAL EQUITY AND JOBS PROGRAM. THE PASSING OF THE STATUTE BY VOTERS OBLIGATES LEGISLATORS LIKE YOURSELVES TO DETERMINE THE BEST WAY TO ENACT THE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY. THEY SERVE. SOME COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ARE ALREADY PROHIBITING THE USE OF RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA, CITING THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDING AND FEDERAL LAWS. IN ADDITION TO THIS, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER ALL THE RESEARCH THAT SUPPORTS MARIJUANA AS A GATEWAY DRUG THAT LEADS TO ADDICTION OF NOT ONLY CANNABIS, BUT EVEN MORE HARMFUL SUBSTANCES. THE COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON DECEMBER 18TH OF 23 WITH THIS ORDINANCE HELD ITS FIRST READING REVEALED MUCH CONCERNED MUCH REASON FOR CONCERN. AFTER REVIEWING THIS MEETING, IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO UPHOLD THE WISHES OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS BUT SEEM TROUBLED BY WHAT LAWS AND REGULATIONS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO APPLY. WE DON'T WANT UNREGULATED SALES THAT WE CANNOT ENFORCE. AND YET WE DON'T WANT THE ILLICIT MARKET TO FLOURISH AS IT DID IN NEW YORK, CAUSING AN INFLUX OF UNREGULATED STORES.

ONE COUNCILMAN ASKED FOR A LIST OF FAA HUGHES. BUT THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS ARE NOT FINAL. IT WOULD BE A DISASTER FOR US TO HAVE PEOPLE BUYING PROPERTY AND SETTING UP BUSINESSES. WELL WE DON'T HAVE ANY CLARITY ON THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO ABIDE BY, SUCH AS BUILDING CODES, ADVERTISING TAX CODES AND MANY OTHER LEGALITIES. THERE IS NO COMMUNITY THIS IN THIS COUNTRY THAT HAS NOT BEEN TOUCHED BY ADDICTION AND THE EFFECTS THAT IT HAS HAD ON CRIME AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES. I AM HERE TO REPRESENT OUR DRUG PREVENTION PROGRAM. START TALKING GROWTH CITY. WE ARE CITIZENS, BUSINESS LEADERS, PARENTS, EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYERS IN GROWTH CITY. I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE ARE NOT AGAINST THE LEGAL OR RESPONSIBLE USE OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO OVER THE COUNTER AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. WE EXIST, EDUCATE, REDUCE STIGMA AND OPEN CONVERSATIONS INVOLVING SUBSTANCE USE. AND A LOT OF THE UNCERTAINTY OF WHAT THE DIVISION OF CANNABIS CONTROL BOARD WOULD CONCLUDE. I AM RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL PLACE A MORATORIUM ON THIS ORDINANCE. UNTIL THE STATE'S GROUND RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE DETERMINED.

THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND PROPERLY DETERMINED THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION FOR GROWTH CITY. WE MAY DECIDE IT WILL BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY THAT IT IS FOR THE STATE. THANK YOU. I ALSO WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE, UM, INCLUDED A COPY OF MY STATEMENT

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TO YOU, AND I'VE ALSO INCLUDED A LIST OF FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, AND I THINK IT DOES ALSO INCLUDE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT MUNICIPALITIES CAN DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION AMONGST WELL FIRST BEFORE DISCUSSION AMONGST COUNCIL MAYOR STAGE DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS? YOU BROUGHT FORTH THIS LEGISLATION. WELL I'D RATHER HAVE OUR ATTORNEY MR SMITH, GIVE THE BACKGROUND THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM. SO THE SITUATION WE FIND OURSELVES IN HERE SOMEWHAT UNIQUE IN THAT. WE HAVE A BALLOT ISSUE THAT AS OUR SPEAKER SAID, WAS INITIATED BY THE VOTERS, WHICH IN ESSENCE BECAME A LAW IN THE STATE OF OHIO. AND WHILE THAT SEEMS EASY, AND IF THIS COUNCIL WISHES TO SIDING WHETHER THAT LAW WAS GOOD OR BAD, WE COULD MAKE THAT DECISION BECAUSE WE HAVE IT WRITTEN IN FRONT OF US IN WHICH TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION. THE PROBLEM IS BECAUSE IT WAS DONE AS A LAW AND NOT AS A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. THE STATE LEGISLATURE NOW HAS TO GET INVOLVED, TOO. THEORETICALLY I THINK THE INITIAL THOUGHT WAS THEY WOULD PASS THE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM ACROSS THE STATE OF OHIO, HOWEVER. LIKE ALL OF YOU. I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE STATE LEGISLATURE IN THIS AND IT APPEARS FROM EVERYTHING I'M HEARING AND SEEING IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO THIS LAW. UM, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THE TAX RATE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING THAT HIGHER THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY REMOVING THE HOME GROUP PROVISIONS AND SOME OTHER CHANGES. AND THE PROBLEM THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN AND WE POSTPONE THIS FROM DECEMBER IN THE HOPES THAT WE WOULD GET SOME CLARITY FROM WHAT THE STATE WAS GOING TO DO IN THESE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. AND FRANKLY, I THINK, IF ANYTHING, IT'S BECOME MORE UNCLEAR. UM I THINK THERE WAS AN ARTICLE LAST WEEK WHERE THEY DON'T ANTICIPATE DOING ANYTHING UNTIL POTENTIALLY NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR. SO LIKE I SAID, IF YOU ALL WERE JUST BEING ASKED TO EVALUATE WHAT THE VOTERS APPROVED, WE CAN DO THAT. THAT'S EASY. WE CAN READ IT MAKE DECISIONS AS OF RIGHT NOW, AND IF I THOUGHT THE STATE WAS JUST GOING TO, IN ESSENCE PUT THE REGULATORY SCHEME IN PLACE FOR DOING THIS. OKAY THAT'S NOT HARD TO EVALUATE, EITHER. WE'VE KIND OF SEEN WHAT THEY'VE DONE WITH MEDICAL MARIJUANA. UM THE PROBLEM WE FIND OURSELVES IN IS WE DON'T KNOW WHAT SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES THE STATE IS GOING TO MAKE, AND THERE HAS BEEN WIDE RANGING DISCUSSIONS ON WAYS THAT THEY WILL ARE LOOKING AT CHANGING WHAT THE VOTERS HAVE APPROVED. I LIKE YOU HAVE READ EVERYTHING ONLINE WHERE PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WELL, YOU'RE JUST SUBVERTING THE WILL OF THE VOTERS, AND I WOULD ARGUE NOW I ACTUALLY THINK THE STATEHOUSE IS TRYING TO DO THAT, AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO. SO WHAT THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION WOULD DO AND JUST TO BE CLEAR FOR THE FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE. WHAT COUNSEL DOES IF THEY WERE TO PASS THIS TONIGHT? IT'S NOT PERMANENT. THEY CAN CHANGE THEIR MIND AT ANY TIME. ALL IT TAKES IS ONE COUNCIL MEMBER, ONE PERSON FROM THE ADMINISTRATION TO CHANGE IT. THIS WOULD IN ESSENCE, JUST PUT IT ON HOLD UNTIL WE KNEW. WHAT THE STATE WAS GOING TO DO. WE THINK THAT WOULD BE BY NOVEMBER, BUT WE HAVE NO CERTAINTY IN THAT EITHER . I KNOW ORIGINALLY THE REGULATORY SCHEMES, TALKS ABOUT JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST IS WHEN THEY WOULD BE A READY TO IMPLEMENT THE LICENSING, BUT I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE THAT WILL HAVE AN ANSWER BY THEN. TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. SO I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. THANK YOU LIKE TO OPEN UP TO COUNSEL FOR DISCUSSION. I GUESS I'LL KICK IT OFF IF I MAY.

UM SO I THINK THERE ARE TWO PIECES OF THIS DISCUSSION FOR ME . I WON'T. I COULDN'T POSSIBLY SIT HERE. AND DENY THAT MY WORK WITH OUR TASK FORCE TO LOOK AT SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS AND MENTAL HEALTH AND OUR COMMUNITY HAS LEFT A. INDELIBLE MARK ON WHO I AM, AND SO, UM, I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE THAT A PART OF OUR DECISION MAKING AT EVERY TURN, UM, WANTING TO HAVE A HEALTHY UM AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE CHALLENGES TO THAT HEALTH. UM SO THIS DISCUSSION IS A DIFFICULT ONE, NO MATTER WHAT.

UM FOR THAT REASON, SECOND PART, THOUGH, FOR ME IS TRULY THIS WORLD OF WE DON'T REALLY KNOW THE RULES OF THE GAME TODAY, AND , UM, I WANT TO JUST EMPHASIZE IN THIS DISCUSSION THAT OUR RESPONSIBI AS DECISION MAKERS FOR THE CITY OF GROVE CITY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE KNOW THE RULES THAT ARE DECISION MAKING IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THIS COMMUNITY, AND

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SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I APPLAUD ADMINISTRATION FOR BRINGING THIS UP AT THE END OF THE YEAR, REALLY KNOWING THAT WE NEEDED TO HIT PAUSE. AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A CONFIDENCE LEVEL. UM WITH WHAT THIS ENVIRONMENT WILL LOOK LIKE FOR GROWTH CITY THIS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE THESE ARE BUSINESSES. THIS IS VERY SEPARATE FROM THE OTHER PIECE OF THE DISCUSSION, WHICH IS LEGALIZING RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA IN OUR STATE THAT'S ALREADY UNDERWAY AS A CITY WHERE MAKING DECISIONS AND HAVING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT ENFORCEMENT LOOKS LIKE FOR THE DIVISION OF POLICE. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR ASSESSING OUR EMPLOYEE REGULATIONS RELATED TO DRUG USE? UM, DRUG TESTING FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, ETCETERA. THOSE DISCUSSIONS HAD TO MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE THE LEGISLATION DID INDEED GO INTO EFFECT. BUT AS WE HAVE HEARD, THE LEGISLATURE HAS A LOT OF WORK TO DO AS WELL AS AH, UM I BELIEVE THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WHICH IS COMING UP WITH ALL OF THE GUIDELINES, THE FRAMEWORK IN WHICH ALL OF THESE BUSINESSES WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR LICENSURE AND OPERATE THEIR BUSINESS IN OHIO. UM SO I REALLY DO THINK IT IS A VALID CONCERN TODAY IN THE CITY OF GROWTH CITY THAT UNTIL WE KNOW UM, A PATH FORWARD THAT WE WOULD A BOOKMARK IN THIS. THANK YOU. CHAIR I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DELAY THIS LEGISLATION AGAIN UNTIL JULY, 2024. MY SECOND. JULY THE FIRST TRUTH SECOND MEANING OF THE MONTH, SIR. WHICH UM WELL, GIVEN THE DATES I SEE IS SOMETIME IN JULY. THE RULES MAYBE OUT AND REALIZE THAT'S UNPREDICTABLE AND WE'RE UNCLEAR NOW. UM BUT WE COULD MAKE IT THE 2ND JULY MEETING JULY 15TH FINE.

OKAY, SO THERE'S BEEN EMOTION AND THERE'S BEEN A SECOND SO WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. THEN ON WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE POSTPONING THIS QUESTION, MADAM CHAIR WE WENT THROUGH THE SAME EXERCISE IN 2016. 2016 WE WANT A WHOLE YEAR WAITING ON THE LEGISLATURE GAVE US THE FINAL RULES ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA. FINALLY THE COUNCIL TOOK THE INITIATIVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT A ONE OR A PERMANENT MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROHIBITION IN PLACE. THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE. IS A MEANING THAT TO INCLUDE THE NEW MARIJUANA. AS A NEW PRODUCT. THE COUNCIL CAN TAKE THIS AND RESCIND IT. WITH FOUR VOTES AT ANY TIME. WE'RE GOING 6.5 YEARS. AND WE'RE NOT HAD PEOPLE KNOCKING ON OUR DOOR OR YOU GOT TO HAVE A DISPENSARY GOT TO HAVE THIS AND THAT AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN WHEN WE DON'T EVEN HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN THE RULES ARE COMING OUT. TO BE ABLE TO SAY, HEY, WE STILL WANT TO CONTINUE PROLONGING THIS. SOME POINT IN TIME. THERE ARE GOING TO BE ROLES. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DELAY BIASES, QUITE FRANKLY. BECAUSE WE DID IT. WE DID IT IN 2017 SAME THING. MADAM CHAIR. MAY I? JUST JUST TO BUILD ON WHAT THE MAYOR SAID, AND JUST TO CLARIFY FOR ANYONE WHO IS UNCLEAR WHEN WE PROHIBIT THE LOCATION OF DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES HERE IN THE CITY OF GROWTH CITY WHEN IT COMES TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA. WE DO NOT HAVE THE POWER, NOR DID WE EVER PROHIBIT ANYONE WHO HAS A MEDICAL MARIJUANA CARD FROM BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN THE SAME QUESTION IS BEING POSED TODAY. THIS REALLY DEALS WITH THE LOCATION OF THE SALES LOCATIONS. WHATEVER THIS COUNCIL DOES. THE LAW IN OHIO IS STILL BELONG IN OHIO KNIFE. RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA DOES BECOME LEGAL. THEY DO IMPLEMENT ALL THIS? THE FACT THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS PASSED THAT DOES NOT CHANGE. THAT FACT.

IT REALLY JUST IS WHERE THE DISPENSARIES ARE LOCATED, SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT, OKAY? THANK YOU, MARY STAGE AND THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MOTION BEFORE. DO WE HAVE MORE COUNCIL? UM DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT, OR DO WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH? MR HOLT'S MOTION. DISCUSSION MADAM CHAIR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO POSTPONE RIGHT NOW. HMM MADAM SHERIFF, I COULD AGAIN. I ALSO WANT TO REVISIT THE FACT THAT

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THIS IS AN EMERGENCY. AND WE'RE ASKING THAT THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE BE REMOVED. AND THEN IN FACT, WE WOULD SUGGEST EVEN PUTTING A DROP DEAD DATE ON THIS ORDINANCE SO THAT BY JANUARY FEBRUARY 2025 IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY GO AWAY. ALL WE'RE DOING IS TRYING TO GO ON RECORD, PARTICULARLY WITH THE HIGHER LEGISLATURE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE. WHICH IN SOME CASES I'M NOT SURE WHAT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO COME OUT WITH. SO JUST TO CLARIFY THAT OKAY, EMERGENCY AND ADD A DROP DEAD DATE. YES WE DID DISCUSS DURING CAUCUS THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY REMOVE, DECLARING THIS AN EMERGENCY OR SETTING A DATE. BUT I THINK AS OF RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO POSTPONE THIS TO THE SECOND MEETING IN JULY, WHICH WOULD BE JULY 15TH. WE HAVE A SECOND TO THAT. GO AHEAD, TED. SO IN REGARD TO THE POSTPONEMENT . I MEAN, I KIND OF LOOK AT IT THIS WAY. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THAT POSTPONING IT'S GOING TO DO ANY GOOD. UM THAT'S WHY I'M THINKING THAT WE MIGHT AS HOLD THE SIDE AND BE DONE WITH IT. BUT YOU KNOW, I JUST GO BACK TO IT. THE LEGISLATURE NOT ONLY PUT US IN A BAD POSITION HERE, IT'S PUT EVERY COMMUNITY IN OHIO IN A BAD POSITION. IT'S PUT THE CITIZENS IN A BAD POSITION. UM, IN THERE. IN THERE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE OUT OF TOUCH WITH WITH WHAT THE VOTERS WANT. THEY LOST THIS AND THEY HAVE LOST OTHER ISSUES AS WELL. AND THIS WHOLE BIT ABOUT LEGISLATING MORALITY AT THE STATEHOUSE LEVEL IS JUST NONSENSE. AND IT JUST ARE PEOPLE. I MEAN, I'VE BEEN CONTACTED SEVERAL TIMES AS WELL AS I KNOW MANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE ABOUT THIS ISSUE, AND I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL PEOPLE OTHER THAN YOU KNOW. YOU VOTED FOR A LEGISLATOR. YOU CALL THEM AND TALK TO THEM BECAUSE IT PUTS US IN A HORRIBLE POSITION THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND PROMULGATE RULES OR WHETHER WE SHOULD JUST FOLLOW AND WAIT UNTIL THE LEGISLATURE DOES SOMETHING. SO IT JUST PUTS US IN A HORRIBLE POSITION IF WE ALLOW SOMETHING TO BE PUT INTO PLAY RIGHT NOW BY A BUSINESS THAT COMES INTO TOWN. UM I MEAN, YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN A YEAR.

WHAT HAPPENS IN SIX MONTHS? WE DON'T KNOW. UM AND IT'S JUST IT'S PUT US IN A HORRIBLE POSITION, AND THE VOTERS SPOKE VERY, VERY CLEARLY WHAT THEY WANTED NOT ONLY ON THIS ISSUE, BUT OTHER ISSUES. AND THE LEGISLATURE IS IGNORING THEM AND THEY'RE PLAYING POLITICS DOWNTOWN, AND IT'S MORE BUSINESS AS USUAL. SO ON THAT NOTE, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST VOTE ON THIS NOW AND BE DONE WITH IT AND MOVE ON. AND BY THE WAY, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR DOING WITH WITH , UM, EDUCATING PEOPLE AS WELL. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. DO I GET ONE MORE TURN OR NOT? MHM TWO POINTS FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, WE GET LOTS OF COMMUNICATION FROM RESIDENTS IN BETWEEN MEETINGS TO VOTE THIS WAY. VOTE THAT WAY, AND I OFTEN GAUGE MY OPINION BASED ON THE RESIDENTS FEELINGS THAT THEY EMAIL ME. AND AS WITH OTHER.

STICKY ISSUES. IN THE PAST, I'VE GOTTEN LOTS OF EMAILS. AND THINGS ON THIS ISSUE, AND THEY ALL ARE FOR DON'T DELAY. JUST LEAVE IT OPEN. WE'LL DEAL WITH IT WHEN IT COMES. SECOND POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS THE LADY MENTIONED. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE GROVE CITY OUT OF THE RUNNING FOR THE SOCIAL EQUITY AND JOBS PROGRAMS THAT MAY OPEN IN GROUPS CITY AND BY PUTTING A MORATORIUM ON THAT NOW. THOSE PLACES WILL BE LOOKING IN OTHER CITIES WILL TAKE GROUP CITY OFF THEIR MAP AND LOOK AT OTHER PLACES, AND I DON'T WANT TO SEND THAT SIGNAL. I WANT THEM TO BE. IF THEY'RE HERE, THEY CAN BE HERE AND WE CAN DO BUSINESS HERE IN GROVE CITY. THANK YOU, MR CIGARETTES.

I'D LIKE TO SHARE IN ADDITION TO WHAT MR HOLT SHARED WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT THIS TOPIC. OUR CITIZENS KNOW THAT THEIR APPARATUS IS NOT IN PLACE TO PURCHASE OR GET PERMITS OR UM, BASICALLY SET UP. RECREATIONAL MIRROR MARIJUANA OPERATIONS IN THE STATE OF OHIO.

AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY KNOW IT'S OKAY TO CONSUME MARIJUANA NOW. SO I THINK IT DOES, WE CAN USE IN MY OPINION, KIND OF HIGH LEVEL, SPEAK ALL WE WANT, BUT IF WE VOTE TO BASICALLY PUT ANOTHER KIND OF LAYER IN PLACE, OUR RESIDENTS WILL VIEW THIS AS THE OHIO GOVERNMENT ONCE AGAIN, SUBVERTING THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES, MISS HULK. YEAH I WOULD HAVE TO COUNTER THAT WITH WE MIGHT BE TALKING TO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PEOPLE. BUT THE RESIDENTS THAT I AM SPEAKING TO REALLY ARE LOOKING AT THIS AS THOUGH THEY HAVE A MILLION

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QUESTIONS, AND WE DON'T KNOW THE ANSWERS. NONE OF US UP HERE. NO THE ANSWER. AND SO I WILL JUST AGAIN. KEEP LIKE WE CAN MAKE THIS ALL ABOUT IDEOLOGY, BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT IT IS ABOUT. WE KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THE ISSUE THAT PASSED IN NOVEMBER. WHAT? WE DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE MECHANICS ALL OF THE FRAMEWORK AROUND IT AND WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE TO THIS COMMUNITY, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS. AND SO I WOULD SAY, UNTIL WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE ANSWERS THAT WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HIGH LEVEL SPEAK. IT HAS TO DO WITH PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS. THEY SHOULD HAVE ANSWERS. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE ANSWERS. AND WE HAVE NO BUSINESS GREEN LIGHTING SOMETHING TODAY UNTIL WE GET THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? MADAM CHAIR? I HAVE A QUESTION. YES MR SMITH, CAN YOU SO IF WE DOES THIS DO ANYTHING TECHNICALLY, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THEY CANNOT MY CORRECT THEY CANNOT. UH UM, THEY CAN'T. THEY CAN'T SELL IT. THEY CAN'T GROW IT. THEY CAN'T THEY CAN'T SELL IT. YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A LICENSE TO BE A LICENSED DISPENSARY IN ORDER TO SELL IT UNDER THE LAW. CAN YOU GROW IT RIGHT NOW? IT'S A DIFFERENT QUESTION, BECAUSE THE STATE THE LAW THAT WENT INTO EFFECT FOLLOWING NOVEMBER, 4TH IS STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL THE LEGISLATURE CHANGES AND THAT DID AUTHORIZE. FOR EXAMPLE, HOMEGROWN. THIS WON'T CHANGE THAT. THIS REALLY DEALS WITH THE DISPENSARIES, THE PROCESSING AND CULTIVATION IN GRAND SCALES THE STUFF YOU NEED TO GET A LICENSE FOR FROM THE STATE OF OHIO, YOU WOULD NOT NEED A LICENSE TO DO SOMETHING IN YOUR BASEMENT IF YOU CHOSE TO DO SO, THIS DEALS WITH ALL OF THE REGULATORY ARMS IN TERMS OF YOU HAVE A WHOLESALE. BIG CULTIVATION THING, A PROCESSING OR DISPENSARY, THE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD REQUIRE TO GET A LICENSE FOR FROM THE STATE OF OHIO. THIS WOULD SAY GROVE CITY RIGHT NOW IS NOT ACCEPTING THESE WITHIN GROVE CITY LIMITS. MADAM CHAIR. MR. SMITH DOES IT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THOUGH THEY PUT A HOLD ON ON DOING ANY OF THOSE DISOWNED ADDICT OR ADDING DISPENSARIES OR ANY OF THIS STUFF RIGHT NOW, IS THAT CORRECT ? YEAH THEY STATE HAS, AT LEAST FROM EVERYTHING, AND I LIKE I SAID, I'VE TALKED TO ARE LOBBYISTS, WHICH WE HAVE. I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE AT THE STATE HOUSE. YEAH RIGHT NOW. EVERYTHING'S KIND OF UP IN THE AIR BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THE STATE LEGISLATURE KNOWS WHICH DIRECTION TO GO AND LIKE I SAID IF THEY WERE JUST IMPLEMENTING THE REGULATORY SCHEME THAT MISS HAWK WAS TALKING ABOUT. OKAY I GET IT THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT BUT THEY'RE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIAL WHOLESALE CHANGES TO THIS SUBSTANTIVELY. DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE VOTERS APPROVED IN. AND FRANKLY, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE GOING TO BE THAT THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE IN THE UNKNOWN STAGE. PUT THAT ANSWERS. YOUR QUESTION, SIR. OKAY? MAYOR STAGE BACK TO, UM THANK YOU, MADAM. UM WHY NOW? THE UAE NOW IS BASED ON WE GO ON RECORD. AND WE'RE A BIG COMMUNITY OR A MEMBER OF THE CENTRAL HOMER ASSOCIATE REMEMBER THE HIGHEST MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION WITH HOW THIS LEG WE WERE BIG COMMUNITY, AND WE HAVE SOME VOICE WITHIN THE LEGISLATURE, DESPITE OUR SIZE BY THE ORGANIZATION WITH BY GOING ON RECORD NOW THAT WE ARE SOMEWHAT FRUSTRATED. THAT THE LEGISLATURE HASN'T DONE NOTHING. AND THEREFORE DELAYING IT IS ALL GOING IS SAYING WE'LL FIND WE'LL DELAY IT, TOO. IT'S NOT TO ME THE RIGHT MESSAGE TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. IT'S JUST THAT FRANK ASSEMBLY THEY HAVE THE CONTROLS. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? IF I GET ANOTHER CHANCE, I'LL TAKE IT.

UM, NOTHING DIFFERENT WHEN WE VOTE THIS IN OR OUT, THAT WILL HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW UNTIL THEY PUT THE RULES IN PLACE. SO WHY PUT THIS LAYER OF GOVERNANCE LIKE MR SECRETS SAID IN PLACE NOW, JUST WAIT IT OUT. LET'S WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE LEGISLATOR. THEN WE CAN TAKE OUR ACTION. WE DON'T NEED TO SEND THE SIGNAL THAT GROVE CITY WANTS TO GO AGAINST THE WHEEL WILL THE PEOPLE AND THAT'S WHAT THEY FEEL? THANK YOU. SO RIGHT NOW, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO POSTPONE AND A SECOND. ARE WE GOING TO TAKE A VOTE ON THAT FIRST? YES. WAS THAT TO ME? CALL THE QUESTION. DO THAT AGAIN. THE QUESTION. ARE YOU READY FOR ME TO CALL THE

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VOTE? I'M READY FOR YOU TO CALL THE VOTE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SORRY. UH, MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO POSTPONE UNTIL JULY 15TH. MRS HAWKE NO. HALT YES, BARRY. DO NO. BURROWS? YES.

ANDERSON. NO. CIGARETTES. MOTION FAILS. OKAY? SO WE ARE VOTING ON THIS. ARE WE. MOVING FORWARD WITH, UM, THE WAITING PERIOD BEING WAVED IN THIS BEING DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. I KNOW THAT WAS ALSO A DISCUSSION POINT. WE HAD SO DO I NEED TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT? YES OKAY, LET'S DO THAT. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT THAT THIS IS NOT DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND THE WAITING PERIOD OF 30 DAYS WOULD NOT BE WAIVED. SECOND JUST FOR CLARITY. YOU'RE AMENDING SECTION TO SHOW THE NORMAL LANGUAGE OF WHEN AN ORDINANCE GOES INTO EFFECT. YES, OKAY. SO AT THIS POINT, WE ARE JUST VOTING ON THE WAITING PERIOD BEING WAIVED. TWO. ARE YOU READY TO TAKE A CALL FOR THAT? YES, UM THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO MEN'S SECTION TO TAKE OUT THE EMERGENCY LANGUAGE IT IN CERTAIN THE REGULAR ORDINANCE LANGUAGE OF 30 DAY, EFFECTIVE DATE. MR HOLT. YES. VERY OOH YES, YES, ANDERSON. YES CIGARETTES? YES. OKAY? SO THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING. I ALSO INTERJECT UM YOU SUGGESTED A DATE MAYOR. WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONSIDER THAT DISCUSSION OR A DATE AND ENDING DATE? I THINK, GIVEN THE. ANXIETIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND WITH US PUTTING A DATE IN MAKES SENSE. AND I TRY AND MAKE IT, UH, MARCH 30TH OF 2020 2425. BUT. YES AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO MAKE THAT CHANGE AND AGAIN KEEPING IN MIND THAT WE CAN CHANGE IT AT ANY TIME IN THE INTERIM, UM, BUT PUTTING THAT DATE IN AS OUR ENDING DATE. AND WHERE WOULD THAT BELONG? I'M MAKING YOU THINK ON YOUR FEET OVER THERE. UM SECTION THREE, ACTUALLY. YOU NEED TO MAKE AN MAKE A MOTION.

TWO. ADD. A NEW SECTION. I'LL FIX THIS. SO SECTION THREE WOULD BE YOUR LANGUAGE OF YOU KNOW, THIS ORDINANCE SHOW AUTOMATICALLY EXPIRE ON WHATEVER DATE AND THE. EFFECTIVE DATE WOULD THEN BECOME SECTION FOUR. OKAY? SO WHAT? BEING MARCH 31ST 2025.

OKAY SO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO MEND THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING IN SECTION THREE THAT THE EXPLORATION OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL OCCUR ON MARCH 31ST 2025. AND THE NEW SECTION, FOR I WILL SAY THIS ORDINANCE SHALL GO INTO EFFECT THE EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY ALLOWED BY LAW. THANK YOU. SECOND FURTHER DISCUSSION. UM DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO THE MOTION? SECOND.

MADAM CHAIR, JUST A POINT OF CLARITY. AND MR SMITH, YOU CAN TELL IF I'M WRONG OR NOT. BY PUTTING THAT PROVISION IN THERE WE ALSO THEN ARE RESCINDING THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA ORDINANCE. SO WHAT IT DOES IT NOW? IF IT IF IT WHY. I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. I'M SHAKING MY HEAD NOW. WHAT IS THIS? THIS IS A NEW ORDINANCE SUPPLANTING THE FORMER ORDINANCE. WE'RE NOT REPEALING AND REPLACING NO. BUT WHAT, BUT WHAT WE ARE DOING IS WITH THE CHANGES TO THIS ALL MARIJUANA WILL BE TREATED EQUALLY UNDER THE EYES OF GROWTH CITY LAW. SO YOU'RE RIGHT. WE'RE NOT SUPPLANTING THIS. THIS DOES NOT REPEAL THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA SECTION. BUT WHAT IT DOES IS THE MENDS THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA SECTION. SO NOW THAT ALL MARIJUANA USES. AND WHEN I SAY USES, PLEASE. WHAT I MEAN IS THE CULTIVATION, PROCESSING AND RETAIL THE THINGS YOU NEED A

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LICENSE FOR WOULD BE ON HOLD IN THE CITY OF GROWTH CITY. INTO UNTIL MARCH. 31ST 2025 OR IF COUNCIL DECIDES TO TAKE THIS ISSUE UP BEFORE THEN. IS THAT? IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR? MAYOR, SIR? YES. OKAY SO I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT NOW THE VOTE WE HAVE THE MOTION IS TO ADD IN SECTION THREE THAT THIS ORDINANCE WOULD EXPIRE MARCH 31ST 2025. THAT IS CORRECT. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON AT THIS POINT, RIGHT? YES, OKAY. SO WE'RE READY WHEN YOU ARE, TOO.

MADAM CHAIR? YES YES, MISS BURROWS QUESTION BEFORE WITH THIS VOTE IS ARE WE VOTING JUST ON THE NUMBER THREE OR WE VOTED ON THE WHOLE JUST TO MAKE THE CHICKEN JUST TO AMEND. IT JUST WANT TO CLARIFY BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT OF THIS IS A LOT OF CHANGES. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT WE WERE JUST VOTING ON THE DATE. AT THIS POINT. WE'LL VOTE ON THE FULL ORDINANCE NEXT, CORRECT? OKAY WE'RE READY FOR YOU, MR BARRY. YES MR DO YES. NO ANDERSON. NO.

CIGARETTES YES, YES. YES. MOTION APPROVED. OKAY? SO IT HAS A DROP DEAD DATE IN IT IF YOU PASS IT IF WE PASS IT NOW WE'RE VOTING ON THE FULL ORDINANCE. THAT NO LONGER IS AN EMERGENCY WOULD HAVE A WAITING PERIOD ALLOWABLE BY LAW AND ALSO DOES HAVE AN ADDED SECTION THREE. THAT GIVES A TIME FRAME OF WHEN THIS EXPIRES OF MARCH. 31ST 2025 THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING. AND I MOVE IT BE APPROVED, AMENDED SECOND AS AMENDED. SECOND, MR. DO. YES. EARTH? NO. ANDERSON. NO. CIGARETTES. OUT? YES. HALT OH, VERY. MOTION. TO NINE WE ARE

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READY TO MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE C 05 TO FOUR. THIS IS TO AMEND VARIOUS SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 521 AND 903 OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES TO PROHIBIT VAPING IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND PARKS. THIS IS THE FIRST READING THE SECOND READING IN PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE ON FEBRUARY 20TH OF 2024. AND MADAM PRESIDENT THAT ENDS IT FOR SAFETY. THANK YOU BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU. FINALLY FINANCE WITH

[Ordinance C-06-24 Amend Various Sections of Chapter 161 of the Codified Ordinances titled Employment Provisions for City Employees. First reading. ]

MR SIEGERIST. THANK YOU, SIR. TONIGHT UNDER FINANCE, WE HAVE ORDINANCE C 06-24 TO AMEND VARIOUS SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 161 OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES. TITLED EMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS FOR CITY EMPLOYEES. THIS IS THE FIRST READING I DON'T KNOW IF THE ADMINISTRATION WANT TO MAKE ANY COMMENT TO THE FIRST READING ABOUT OR JUST WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT NO COMMENTS. OKAY, SO THAT'S JUST FIRST READING AND THERE WILL BE NO DISCUSSION AND WILL, UM, UM, TAKE THIS TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. SORRY ON, UH THE NEXT DAY PER VOTE IN SECOND REGRET AND DISCUSSION.

VERY 20TH. SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE FEBRUARY 20, ALL RIGHT. OH I'LL PICK THAT UP FOR YOU. ALRIGHT ALRIGHT, THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR BUSINESS AGENDA THIS EVENING. UM IF THERE IS ANY BUSINESS TO BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF COUNCIL BY ANYONE, PRESIDENT CHAMBERS, UM THIS IS THE TIME TO DO SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE WAS SIGNED IN WITH NEW BUSINESS. NO.

ALL RIGHT. UM THAT SAID, AND I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS WAVING MAYOR STAGE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR

[Call for Dept. Reports & Closing Comments ]

AND GOOD DISCUSSION TONIGHT. UH, I WILL REMIND COUNSEL THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROBATION IS STILL IN PLACE. AND IF COUNCIL FEELS THAT STRONGLY ON THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE, I SUGGEST A DRAFT IN ORDINANCE THAT RESCINDS THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROVISIONS. FROM A REPORT. I DO HAVE A MARRIAGE COURT REPORT. AND TOTAL COLLECTIONS OF 42,008 98. AND I'D ASK THE COURT REPORT BE APPROVED IF POSSIBLE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM MAKE THAT MOTION OF THE 2ND 2ND. MISS KELLY. MM HMM. BURROWS. YES ANDERSON. YES CIGARETTES OUT. YES YES, YES, YES. AND FOR THOSE WHO MISSED

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IT, WE DID DECLARE FEBRUARY. THE SECOND IS NATIONAL WEAR RED DAY, AND I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF ACTIVITY AND, UH, WE'RE TALKING WELL WELL FOR PRIMARILY, UM. THOSE DEALING WITH HEART PROBLEMS FOR WOMEN. MEN SINGLED OUT AS FAR AS OTHER REPORTS. I REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY WORKING ON HORTON ROAD. AND, UH, TRYING TO GET MUCH DONE WITH THE GOOD WEATHER. RIGHT, CINDY? QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MR BARROSO? I JUST ONE ITEM TOMORROW IS PLANNING COMMISSION AND WE HAVE TO PUBLIC PROJECTS ON THE AGENDA ONE AS A NEW MAINTENANCE BUILDING ON VENTURA BOULEVARD AND ANOTHER ONE. I KNOW THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE EXCITED ABOUT IS THE WRECK SCHOOL AT UH AGAINST PARK. SO SORRY. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE EXCITING, CINDY, THEN. AND THE OTHER ONE, BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE BEING APPROVED ON THE COUNCIL FOR THE NEXT MEETING. SO THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. OKAY UM, MR BARROSO.

YOU MAY NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU KNOW, WE PROVE PROVE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND IT SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME AGO, WE APPROVED THE FREDDY'S AND BW THREE'S. I WAS JUST INTERESTED IF YOU HAVE ANY STATUS OF THOSE DEVELOPMENT PLANS OR ANYTHING IF SOMEBODY DOES, OKAY, CINDY? YES BOTH OF THOSE ARE NEARING FINAL PLANT CONSTRUCTION PLAN APPROVAL AND SHOULD BE MOVING TO CONSTRUCTION SHORTLY. THANK YOU. AND AS FAR AS THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT GOES, WE DID RECEIVE THE SET OF BUILDING PLANS TODAY FOR THE BW THREE, SO WE'LL START REVIEWING THOSE FREDDY'S. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED YET. ALRIGHT PLACES TO GET CHICKEN QUESTIONS, OKAY. UM MR SMITH JUST BRIEFLY. SINCE WE HAD SO MUCH DISCUSSION ABOUT MARIJUANA. I DID WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE MET INTERNALLY WITH THE ADMINISTRATION REGARDING EMPLOYEE PROVISIONS, SO WE HAVE MADE SURE THAT THAT'S BEEN ADDRESSED. ALSO THIS WEEK, MY STAFF WERE DOING POLICE TRAINING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PART OF THE PRESENTATION IS HOW TO DEAL WITH MARIJUANA SLASH MEDICAL MARIJUANA NOW THAT IT IS THE LAW OHIO, SO WE ARE STAYING ON TOP OF THOSE ISSUES WHILE THE STATE DOES THEIR WORK. MISS KELLY.

THANK YOU. I HAVE NOTHING THIS EVENING RIGHT DEPARTMENT HEADS IN THE ROOM WITH THE REPORT.

SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO TO CLOSING COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL THEN STARTING WITH YOU, MR. DO NEXT WEDNESDAY. THE 14TH IS VALENTINE'S DAY. I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO BE AWARE OF STICKER SHOCK WHEN YOU GO FOR FLOWERS. THANK YOU FOR THAT TIP. I HOPE MR HAWK IS NOT LISTENING RIGHT NOW. YEAH MR BARRY. UH, THANKS, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO ALSO, THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT ON THIS ON THIS ISSUE AND A MAYOR. I KNOW WHEN YOU GO TO SPEAK TO, UM, THE MUNICIPAL LEAGUE AND INTO THE LEGISLATURES . I JUST HOPE YOU REMIND THEM THAT WE CARE ABOUT YOU KNOW THAT WE CARE ABOUT JOBS, HEALTH CARE. WE CARE ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE. WE CARE ABOUT THE RIGHTS WE HAVE HERE IN THE IN THE CITY OF GROUPS CITY AND KEEP HARPING THAT INSTEAD OF THEM. THEM GETTING OFF ON THESE LOOSE CANNON ISSUES AND TRYING TO LEGISLATIVE MORALITY WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, MR HOLT. UM THANKS FOR EVERYBODY ATTENDING TONIGHT. I CAN TELL BY YOUR NODS AND YOUR SMILES WHERE YOUR OPINIONS WERE.

OUR PREANNOUNCE THAT WILL HAVE SOME LEGISLATION ON THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING TO MOVE THE ART AND WINE FESTIVAL AND ARTS IN THE ALLEY BACK TO ITS HISTORIC LOCATION ON BROADWAY. SO ANYBODY IN SUPPORT OF THAT RAISE YOUR HAND RIGHT NOW? INTERESTING MOST PEOPLE, OKAY. YOU'LL SEE THAT LEGISLATION FOR ME NEXT MEETING. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. IT'S LIKE A CLIFFHANGER.

ALRIGHT MISS BURROWS, 11. UM I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT BACK ABOUT THE RED BARN REPLACEMENT AT GANSO. MANY PEOPLE WORK SUICIDE, EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS GOING TO BE IN THE SAME LOCATION, WHICH IT IS IN THE SAME LAND. SO I JUST WANTED TO, UM I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION TOMORROW , AND I WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. YES MISS ANDERSON. THANK YOU. UM SO I AM THE CHAIR OF SAFETY AS EVERYONE KNOWS, AND IN THIS NEW ROLE, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY. I'VE HAD