Feb 06, 2024 Planning Commission

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130. WELCOME TO PLANNING COMMISSION. EVERYONE. I CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND WE'LL START WITH THE ROLL CALL. MR ROCK. HERE. MISS WEBB LINGER HERE. CHAIR OYSTER. MR FARNSWORTH, MR TITUS. AND IF YOU'LL JOIN ME IN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. AMEN. I PLEDGE DECADES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC. WHICH IT STANDS ONE PERSON. INDIVIDUAL CRITIQUE INJUSTICE. FOR I JUST LIKE TO TAKE THIS QUICK OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME KIM WEB LINGER AND INTRODUCED HER TO ALL OF YOU. YOU MAY VERY WELL KNOW HER ALREADY BEEN WITH OUR COMMUNITY. ALL OF HER LIFE LIFE. BUT WE ARE WE ARE CERTAINLY HAPPY TO HAVE HER AS A PLANNING COMMISSION NUMBER AND WANT TO WELCOME HER HERE. THANK YOU. HAPPY TO BE

[C. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES]

CHAIR. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVED THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN. SECOND. WE'LL CALL PLEASE, MR ROCK. YES LINGER. OYSTER YES, MR FARNSWORTH. YES, MR TITUS? YES. GREAT AND WE HAVE THREE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY. AS WELL AS AT THE END. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION. SO WHEN YOUR ITEM IS CALLED ON THE AGENDA IF YOU COULD STEP UP TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AS WELL AS YOUR ADDRESS THAT CAN BE YOUR HOME, ADDRESS YOUR BUSINESS ADDRESS. AND THEN IF YOU COULD STAY THERE FOR A MOMENT, THE CITY WILL READ THE BACKGROUND FOR THE ITEM. GREAT MOVING FORWARD. ITEM NUMBER ONE.

[1. APPLICATION: Grove City Maintenance Building – Final Development Plan]

MISS FITZPATRICK. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? WE'RE JUST VERY EXCITED TO PROCEED WITH THIS PROJECT. VERY GOOD QUESTIONS OF PLANNING COMMISSION. I HAD A COUPLE OF ONE TO JUST LOOKING AT THE ELEVATIONS AND THE DESIGN. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE LIKE THE BANK OF WINDOWS AND THEN IT'S LIKE THERE'S SEVERAL OF THE BANKS OF WINDOWS AND THEN JUST SINGLE WINDOWS THAT JUST LOOKING IT MEANS THAT PURPOSELY THAT WAY, OR IS IT GONNA BE A BALANCE? IT'S BASED ON THE INTERIOR OCCUPIED SPACES, THOUGH THE LONG BANK OF WINDOWS IS IN THE

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YES, MR TITUS? YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ITEM NUMBER TWO. CITY MAINTENANCE BUILDING REZONING.

[2. APPLICATION: Grove City Maintenance Building – Rezoning]

THERE'S A LARGE ONE SO 3.9 MILLION. WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CROSSING ART T S AND DOTTING HER. I'S SO CLEANUP EFFORT HERE. THANKS. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS OF PLANNING COMMISSION. CAN 97 2 QUESTIONS, CINDY? YES ONE LOOKING AT THE LAYOUT. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S DIFFERENT LOTS. YOU KNOW, WITH WITHIN THEIR WE'RE TAKING ALL THE LOTS THAT EVEN ENCOMPASS THE BASEBALL FIELDS. IT WAS JUST A QUESTION. WHY AND THEN KIND OF THE SECOND. PART OF THAT QUESTION IS SINCE WE ARE INCLUDING THAT WHAT CAN POTENTIALLY HAPPEN TO THOSE DIAMONDS? YOU KNOW LABOR, SO WE'RE NOT COMBINING THE INDIVIDUAL PARCELS WITH THIS? WE'RE JUST CHANGING THE ZONING SO ALL OF THE INDIVIDUAL PARCELS WILL REMAIN. WE ARE GOING TO CLEAN UP OUR PARCEL. UM BECAUSE CURRENTLY THE EXISTING PARKING LOT ENCROACHES ON, UM WINDSOR PARK, SO WE'LL CLEAN UP THE LOT IN THAT FASHION. BUT THIS PIECE IS JUST THE REZONING. AND SO, UM , I DON'T THINK HAS ANY IMPLICATIONS TO WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO THE FIELDS BECAUSE IT WILL ALL STILL BE WITHIN COMMUNITY FACILITIES. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM PLANNING COMMISSION? RIGHT NOW WE'RE READY FOR EMOTION. CHAIRMAN MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE APPLICATION NUMBER TWO FOR THE GROCERY MAINTENANCE BUILDING REZONING. A SECOND. REAL COOL.

THIS WILL LINGER. YES SURE. OYSTER YES, MR FARNSWORTH? YES. MR TITUS? YES, MR ROCK? YES.

[3. APPLICATION: Gantz Park RecSchool Program Center – Final Development Plan]

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150 KIDS, 150. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF PLANNING COMMISSION . JUST ONE COMMENT LOOKS GREAT, VERY EXCITING, REALLY, LIKE LIGHTED COUPLE OWES AT NIGHT. SO I'VE HEARD THAT WAS INTEREST OF YOURS. YES I JUST THINK THAT'S ALWAYS A NICE TOUCH ON THE STRUCTURE LIKE THAT KIND OF SHOW THEM OFF AT NIGHT A LITTLE BIT. VERY GOOD. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK YES. ABSOLUTELY WELL, I SAID NORMALLY I'M NOT HERE FOR A REASON, BUT THE THING ABOUT THIS BUILDING JUST EMPHASIZE UNIQUENESS. WHAT YOU'RE APPROVING. WE HAD HEAVY INVOLVED BY THE STAFF. THAT MAN. THE OLD FACILITY. AND WE HAD AN ARCHITECT WHO REALLY EMBRACE THE IDEA OF WHAT WE WANT TO TRY TO RECREATE THERE. SO THIS IS NOT JUST A BUILDING. I MEAN, THIS IS A THIS IS ONE THAT'S WELL PLANNED AND PLANNED BY THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO MAKE IT WORK, SO I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? RIGHT HEARING. THEN WE'RE READY FOR A MOTION. SURE I MAKE THE MOTION. WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO OUR CITY COUNCIL. APPLICATION THREE GROSS CITY REC SCHOOL PROGRAMS CENTER FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN WITH THE ONE STIPULATION SECOND. IN REAL CALL. SURE, OYSTER. YES, MR FARNSWORTH? YES. MR TITUS? YES MR BROCK? YES. LINGER? YES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL ADDITION. GREAT AND LASTLY ON OUR AGENDA. WE HAVE A

[PRESENTATION: Southwest Regional Medical and Innovation Gateway Update]

THANK YOU. CHAIR OYSTER FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT AN UPDATE ON THE EFFORTS THAT WE'VE PUT INTO THE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL MEDICAL AND INNOVATION GATEWAY. I JUST WANT TO START THE PRESENTATION BY REALLY PROVIDING SOME BACKGROUND AND REVIEW OF SOME OF THE GOALS FOR THE AREA.

JUST TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT WHAT AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY THIS REPRESENTS FOR THE CITY. NEXT SLIDE. OKAY SO THE VISION FOR THIS GATEWAY REALLY STARTED WITH THE GROSS CITY 2050 COMMUNITY

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WE ALSO EXPANDED THE EXISTING SCIARRA. AND SINCE THEN, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH AREA PROPERTY OWNERS ON HOW THEIR PROJECTS CAN ADVANCE THE VISION FOR THE AREA. EXCELLENT THANK YOU. SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE ENTIRE SOUTHWEST GATEWAY AREA WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AND HIGHLIGHTING THE TARGETED LAND USES FOR THIS AREA . I THINK THIS MAP ALSO DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF SHOWING JUST THE SCOPE AND THE SIZE OF THE AREA THAT WE'RE EXAMINING AND PLANNING FOR. I THINK IT ALSO SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT OVERPASS AND THE FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE TO REALLY OPEN UP THAT LAND FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR A MIX OF USES. THAT REALLY WOULD OTHERWISE NOT BE FEASIBLE WITHOUT THAT WROTE THE OVERPASS AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS INCLUDES NOT ONLY THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGHER PAYING JOBS WITH A MORE DIRECT CONNECTION TO THOSE MEDICAL OFFICES ON THE EAST SIDE OF 71, BUT ALSO MIXED USE AND COMMERCIAL AREAS THAT WOULD REALLY BE CATERED TO SUPPORTING THE BUSINESSES AND THE JOBS THAT ARE LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF 71. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE AREA RESIDENTS AS WELL. THE PLANNED OVERPASS WOULD CREATE A KEY CONNECTION BETWEEN OUR GROWING COMMUNITY. THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS THAT WE'RE SEEING DEVELOPED CURRENTLY IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE COMMUNITY TO THE LARGER CITY, THE AREAS TO THE NORTH AND THE NORTHWEST AREAS SUCH AS FRIAR PARK, WINDSOR PARK , THE TOWN CENTER BULA PARK. THE CONNECTION WOULD ALSO REALLY HELP REDUCE TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND TAKE THE BURDEN OFF OUR EXISTING ROADWAYS. PARTICULARLY HOOVER ROAD. IF ANYONE HAS BEEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF GROVE CITY, TRYING TO GET NORTH DURING GROVE CITY, HIGH SCHOOL WORKERS CITY CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL, PICK UP OR DROP OFF. IT'S A BIT OF A CHALLENGE, SO I THINK THIS WILL BE A WELCOME OPPORTUNITY FOR ANOTHER CONNECTION AND ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS TO GET AROUND THE COMMUNITY GROUPS. CITY ONLY HAS FOUR CONNECTIONS ACROSS 71, 2 OF WHICH ARE ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHWAY INTERCHANGES. SO THIS FIFTH OPTION AND CONNECTION REALLY OPENS UP A LOT IN TERMS OF GIVING RESIDENTS BETTER TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS AND TO DISSEMINATE TRAFFIC BETTER THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. I DO ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS OVERPASS IS BEING DESIGNED WITH BIKE WEIGHS IN TRAILS IN MIND, NOTING THE GROWTH THE GROWING TRAIL NETWORK ON THE EAST SIDE OF 71. WE REALLY WANT TO PUT A FOCUS ON PROVIDING EQUAL TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS AND OUR NEW INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVES, RECOGNIZING THAT THERE'S A LOT OF TRAILS ON THE EAST SIDE THAT THIS COULD PROVIDE A GREAT CONNECTION TO THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACES, FRIAR PARK BUT ALSO TO THE AMENITIES AND THE JOBS. AND THE RESTAURANTS AND DINING THERE WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS. I'M TAKING A STEP BACK. IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THIS AREA'S POSITION IN TERMS OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT. IT'S ALMOST EXACTLY CENTERED BETWEEN TWO OF THE REGION'S LARGEST ECONOMIC GAINS, AND THEY'RE BEING INTEL TO THE NORTHEAST AND THE HONDA BATTERY PLANT TO THE SOUTHWEST. THESE INDUSTRIES WILL REQUIRE BUSINESSES TO SUPPLY AND SUPPORT RIGHT WHICH THE SOUTHWEST GATEWAY IS VERY WELL POSITIONED TO PROVIDE. SO WITH THAT I AM GOING TO HAND THINGS OFF TO RICHARD DONNELLY. HE'S OUR TAX ADMINISTRATOR IN OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT. HE'S GOING TO DISCUSS IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL THE ECONOMIC AND THE FISCAL BENEFITS ANTICIPATED WITH THIS GATEWAY. HELLO. I DON'T THINK THAT'S MY SLIDE. HERE WE GO, SO I WAS ASKED TO LOOK AT THIS AREA AND, UH, ACTUALLY JUST FOCUS ON A SMALL PART OF IT. THAT'S THE PART THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE N C. A AND ESTIMATE WHAT KIND OF REVENUE WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT FROM THOSE DEVELOPMENTS AND AS A COMPARISON, I LOOKED AT OUR EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE HAVE UP HERE AND HOW LONG THEY TOOK TO, UH YOU KNOW? GET ONLINE . SO WHEN WE LOOK AT NORTH MEADOWS, I DON'T THINK THAT'S

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HOSPITAL EXPANSIONS, SORT OF THINGS TO GO IN. WHEN WE LOOK AT SOUTH PARK, THE LITTLE AREA THAT IS HIGHLIGHTED THERE TOOK NINE YEARS. BUT IF YOU EXPANDED UP TO THOSE TWO BUILDINGS ABOVE THERE AND CONSIDER THE ADDITIONS PUT ON SOME OF THE BUILDINGS THERE WERE LOOKING AT SOMETHING CLOSE TO 20 YEARS TO REACH FULL POTENTIAL, YOU KNOW, BASED ON WHEN THE INFRASTRUCTURE GOES IN, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT NOT SET YEAR WE'RE LOOKING AT REALLY WHEN THE INFRASTRUCTURE GOES IN TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO SEE? AND HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO NOW, UM, I'M SORT OF A PESSIMIST. SO I ASSUMED THAT IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, ONLY HALF THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WOULD ACTUALLY OCCUR. WE WILL GET FULL DEVELOPMENT AT SOME POINT. BUT IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, I'M LOOKING AT JUST HALF OF WHAT WE COULD GET INSIDE THE N C. A BOUNDARIES ONLY. OKAY? AND, UH, SO I. RAN MY NUMBERS FROM COMPARABLES THAT WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS JUST IN THOSE HATCH MARK AREAS. AH WE ARE EXPECTED TO GET EVENTUALLY CLOSE TO 4000 JOBS. THAT'S A THAT'S A LOT OF JOBS, AND THAT'S WHAT THAT YELLOWS HATCH MARKS JUST BEING HALF DEVELOPED. OKAY NOW THE AVERAGE PAY WE'RE LOOKING AT IS SOMEWHERE AROUND $57,000 A YEAR, SO THEY'RE NICE JOBS. UH THEY ARE CONVENIENT TO NONRESIDENTS. THAT MAKES A BIG DEAL TO ME. IT MIGHT NOT BE YOU, BUT NON RESIDENTS PAY OUR INCOME TAX. BUT DON'T USE AS MUCH SERVICES. SO WHEN YOU HAVE COMMUTERS COMING IN AND PAYING TAXES THAT LEAVES MORE DOLLARS FOR CITY COUNCIL TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS, SO THAT'S VERY EXCITING. AH WE HAVE AN UNRESTRICTED INCOME STREAM FROM WITHHOLDING ON THOSE JOBS, AND THAT'S EXPECTED TO START OFF AT ABOUT 85,000 A YEAR, SO YOU CAN THINK LIKE A POLICE OFFICER. AND THEN IT'LL GROW ASSUMING ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE GETS IN WHEN WE HOPE IT WILL TO ABOUT 4.3 MILLION. THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT THAT HELP STABILIZE AND HELP THE CITY GO INTO THE FUTURE, PROVIDING THE SERVICES THAT ARE RESIDENTS EXPECT, UM THERE'S ALSO A DIFFERENT REVENUE STREAM FROM THE N C. A. AND THE N C A HAS ITS OWN EXPENSES IT HAS TO COVER BUT THAT REVENUE STREAM WILL, UH, GENERATE I ESTIMATING ABOUT $2 MILLION IN EXCESS FUNDING, BUT THAT'S RESTRICTED AND HAS TO BE SPENT BENEFITING THE N C. A. SO IT'S NOT AVAILABLE. CITY WIDE. UM BEYOND THIS. THE AREA THAT'S NOT IN THOSE HATCH MARKS. IS GOING TO GET DEVELOPED TO YEAH. ONCE YOU GET THAT DEVELOPMENT SEED GOING AND THOSE BUILDINGS COMING ONLINE THAT WILL GENERATE INTEREST OUTSIDE THE AREA, AND WE EXPECT TO SEE THAT GENERATE, TOO, AND THAT'S NOT IN MY NUMBERS. HMM. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, LIKE THREE BENCHMARKS. I'M LOOKING AT THE DEVELOPERS HAVE DIFFERENT BENCHMARKS ARE LOOKING AT, BUT I'M LOOKING AT TAX DOLLARS AND YOU KNOW OUR FIRST BIG HURDLE IS, YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST GET STARTED AND LET PEOPLE KNOW IT'S COMING ON. AND THEN WE CAN GET THAT $85,000 A YEAR. AH! IN ABOUT FIVE YEARS FROM THE INFRASTRUCTURE GOING IN . WHEN WE GET THE WATER AND SEWER LINES EXPANDED, THAT'S THE NEXT BIG THRESHOLD FOR DEVELOPMENT. THEN WE'LL SEE THE REVENUE JUMPED TO ABOUT 2.5 MILLION A YEAR. FROM WITHHOLDING. AH AND THEN FINALLY , WHEN THE OVERPASSES DONE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HIT THAT 4.3 MILLION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE ANY TIMELINE ON THE OVERPASS? JUST A. THAT'S NOT A TAX QUESTION, OKAY, WELL, SOMEBODY'S GOT TO PAY FOR IT. BUT YEAH, I THINK FROM HERE IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS FOR RICHARD IN TERMS OF THE ANTICIPATED REVENUES, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO MHM T TO TALK MORE ABOUT PROJECT PHASING IN THE ROADWAY, REALLY? THE BREAKDOWN OF OUR ANTICIPATED INFRASTRUCTURE. QUESTION NO. THERE. RIGHT. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM SO I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ROADWAY PROJECTS, AND WE'LL KIND OF DIVE INTO THE PHASING AND THE

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PART TWO IS EAST WEST CONNECTOR BETWEEN HOOVER ROAD AND THE RELOCATED NORTH MEADOWS DRIVE.

THAT PROJECT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY COORDINATING WITH THE BUCKEYE RANCH ON RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT EXTENDS THROUGH A PORTION OF THEIR PROPERTY, AND IT'S ALSO GOING TO HELP BENEFIT SOME OF THE REDEVELOPMENT GOALS THAT THEY HAVE FOR THEIR LAND AS WELL. SO THAT PROJECT IS BEING DONE IN COORDINATION WITH THEM AND WOULD LIKELY FOLLOW THE NORTH MEADOWS DRIVE REALIGNMENT.

THE OVERPASS PROJECT, OF COURSE, IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE FROM A COST PERSPECTIVE. OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE'RE SPENDING I 71 WITH A NEW BRIDGE. UM THAT PROJECT IS PROJECTED IN THE 2827 THROUGH 2030 TIME FRAME. HAS SHOWN ON THE SLIDE HERE. THE CITY'S ACTUALLY ALREADY RECEIVED FEDERAL FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $4 MILLION TO HELP ADVANCE SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING ON THAT PROJECT. UM THE PARTS FOUR AND FIVE OF THOSE ARE ON THE WEST SIDE OF I 71 AND REALLY THOSE ROADWAYS WOULD HELP RECONNECT THIS SOUTHWEST REGIONAL MEDICAL AND INNOVATION GATEWAY BACK INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SOME OF THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY CONNECTING BACK UP TO ORDERS ROAD AND THOSE WOULD REALLY BE DEPENDENT ON DEVELOPMENT. UM THEY OCCUR AS DEVELOPMENT OCCURS IN THAT PARTICULAR PART OF THE PART OF THE OVERALL GATEWAY. THERE ARE TWO ANCILLARY PROJECTS THAT ARE SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE AS WELL. AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT THE CITY'S ADVANCING. CURRENTLY BIRCH BARK TRAIL IS JUST A VERY SMALL EXTENSION OF BIRCH BARK ROAD FROM HOOVER RODE INTO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AREA, AND THAT PROJECT IS ACTUALLY ONGOING . NOW UM AND THEN THE QUAIL CREEK DRIVE EXTENSION IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE EXPLORING RIGHT NOW WITH SOME PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING. UM, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THE OVERALL COST OF. THE FIVE OR EXCUSE ME THAT, YEAH, THE FIVE MAIN PARTS OF THE PROJECT IS APPROXIMATELY $56 MILLION. UM AND THERE'S MANY THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE TODAY TO TRY TO SET THIS PROJECT UP FOR SUCCESS FROM AN OUTSIDE FUNDING PERSPECTIVE. THE FIRST THING IS, THE PROJECT HAS BEEN INCLUDED ON THE MIDDLE, HIGHER REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSIONS, METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN. AND THAT MAKES IT ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL FUNDING. AND I KNOW THAT THE CITY JUST RECENTLY WAS IT YESTERDAY MET WITH MIDDLE OHIO REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION TO TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT AS WELL. SO UM, I KNOW THAT MORE BSI IS EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT AND PROMOTING IT. AH UM TO THE FEDERAL FUNDING PARTNERS. UM IN ADDITION, NORTH MEADOWS DRIVE PART ONE OF THE FIVE PART PROJECT HAS BEEN FUNDED THROUGH THE OHIO PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION. SO THAT PROJECTS RECEIVED ABOUT $4 MILLION IN GRANT AND LOAN THROUGH OH, PWC. AND THAT PROJECT IN LIKE I SAID, JUST STARTING DESIGN RIGHT NOW. IT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED IN 2025. AND THEN UH, YOU KNOW THE REMAINING APPROXIMATELY $19.7 MILLION. THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDING REQUESTS THAT YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT HAS QUITE A BIT OF MOMENTUM. AND SO WE'RE PRETTY OPTIMISTIC THAT AS AS WE ADVANCE THROUGH PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING AND THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY.

EXCELLENT. UM. I'M KIND OF TOUCHED ON SOME OF THESE THINGS ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDES, SO I'M JUST GONNA KIND OF BRIEFLY RUN THROUGH EACH OF THESE PROJECTS AND A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.

THESE ARE THE TWO ANCILLARY PROJECTS THAT I TALKED ABOUT. BRIEFLY BIRCH BARK TRAIL EXTENSION. THAT PROJECT IS GOING TO START CONSTRUCTION HERE IN THE SPRING. IT'S ALREADY BEEN BID IN A CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN SELECTED. SO THAT IS MOVING FORWARD WITH ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION

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AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THOSE PARTNERS ON LAND ACQUISITION AND RIGHTS RIGHT AWAY FOR THAT ROADWAY EXTENSION. AND LIKELY WILL CONTINUE WITH ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION INTO 2025 ON THAT PROJECT. NEXT SLIDE. UM SO PARTS ONE AND TWO ARE SHOWN HERE AGAIN. LIKE I SAID THE NORTH MEADOWS DRIVE RELOCATION IS A LITTLE OVER $6 MILLION.04 MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN ACQUIRED FROM OHIO PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION. THAT PROJECT WILL BE DESIGNED IN 2024 AND CONSTRUCTED IN 2025. AND THAT'S REALLY NEEDED AHEAD OF THE HEAD OF THE OVERPASS. LIKE I SAID, UM, WE NEED TO PUSH THAT ROADWAY TO THE EAST TO CREATE SPACE FOR THE ROADWAY THAT'S GOING TO ULTIMATELY RAMP UP AND OVER. I 71 TO HAVE A ROOM TO HAVE THAT INCLINE IN GRADE. AH AGAIN, HOOVER ROAD. UH, TO NORTH MEADOWS CONNECTION. THAT'S A PROJECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE COORDINATING WITH THE RANCH ON AND HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEM. NEXT SLIDE. UM YOU KNOW, AS I SAID, OF COURSE, THE OVERPASS BEING THE MOST EXPENSIVE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE. UM AT NEARLY $25 MILLION , THE CITY HAS INVESTED APPROXIMATELY $200,000 TO DATE AND THAT WAS FOR AN O DOT FEASIBILITY STUDY AND A STRUCTURE TYPE STUDIES. SO WE'VE ALREADY DONE TWO STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO OH, DOT TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF THE PROJECT AND ALSO TO DETERMINE YOU KNOW WHAT TYPE OF BRIDGE TO PUT OVER. I 71 AND THOSE WERE SUBMITTED LAST SUMMER IN A AND APPROVED UM AND SO THE NEXT STEP IS THIS FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE TRANSPORTATION BILL THROUGH COORDINATION WITH REPRESENTATIVE MIKE CAREY'S OFFICE? THAT $4 MILLION WE ANTICIPATE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY SOMETIME THIS SUMMER, AND AT THAT POINT PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING AND LAND ACQUISITION ACTIVITIES WILL COMMENCE FOR THE OVERPASS PORTION OF THE PROJECT. AND THE FINAL TWO PIECES OF THE FIVE PART PROJECT AGAIN. IT REALLY DEVELOPMENT DRIVEN AS DEVELOPMENT EXTENDS, UM ACROSS 71 AND THEN AND THEN TO THE NORTH. ONE OF THE ROADWAYS APART FOR IS JUST RECONNECTING ON ROAD. UM BACK INTO EXISTING HOME ROAD JUST SOUTH OF THE HAN AND ORDERS AROUND ABOUT AND THEN PART FIVE IS A NEW ROADWAY. UM, THAT YOU KNOW, WOULD LIKELY BE NECESSARY TO HELP EXTEND UTILITIES AND ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE INTO THE DEVELOPMENT AREA. TIME FRAME ON THOSE THAT ARE SORT OF BASED ON DEVELOPMENT. I THINK THAT IS MY LAST SLIDE. BACK OVER TO KIM. SO UM, I THINK YOU KNOW, THIS PRESENTATION SHOWS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF BIG PICTURE PIECES THAT ARE COMING TOGETHER. IT'S BEEN A LOT OF ACTIVE COORDINATION. UM A LOT OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES INVOLVED WERE STILL CONTINUING OR ONGOING COORDINATION WITH AREA PROPERTY OWNERS. SO THE BOOK I RANCH, KROGER, THE DEVELOPER OF THE KEENELAND PLACE APARTMENTS, ALL THOSE CONVERSATIONS WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE WEST SIDE WERE IN ACTIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT AT THIS STAGE TO KIND OF TAKE A STEP BACK TO AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GROWING IN LINE WITH WHAT WE HAD IDENTIFIED IN THE GROWTH CITY 2050 PLAN. A BIG INITIATIVE WE'RE UNDERTAKING THIS YEAR IS ALSO LOOKING AT UPDATING THAT PLAN. IT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS SINCE WE PASSED IT, WHICH IS A LITTLE HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE LOOKING AT NOTING HOW MUCH HAS CHANGED IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS THAT WE'RE STILL GROWING THE WAY THAT WE WANT TO. SO WE JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A HEADS UP ON THAT. JUST THE ONGOING EFFORTS AND LONG RANGE PLANNING THAT WE ANTICIPATE THIS YEAR WITH THAT WILL OPEN IT UP. ALL OF US FOR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY ANY QUESTIONS OF PLANNING COMMISSION. I THINK WE MAY HAVE QUESTIONS. IT'S JUST A LOT TO TAKE IN. THAT'S AN

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MHM. WELL, I HAVE A TERM I CALLED MANAGING EXPECTATIONS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO HOOK INTO THIS WE TALKED A COUPLE OF MEMBERS OF THE COLUMBUS PARTNERSHIP. ISN'T OFF SOUTHBOUND RAMP. AND THEN ON NORTHBOUND RAMP AT MOUNT CARMEL. IN DISCUSSIONS OF AL KARMEL, AND THIS WAS AT THE CORPORATE LEVEL. UM THEY ARE REALLY ENCOURAGING US AND I THINK AS A RESULT, WE WILL BE ABLE TO GAIN SOME POINTS. BUT IT IS RIGHT NOW. IT'S OUT OF SCOPE. FROM WHAT WE WANT TO TRY TO MOVE FORWARD. BUT THE INTENT IS TO HAVE THAT BEING ULTIMATELY PART OF THE PROGRAM AS WELL. THE OTHER THING I MIGHT SAY UM AND I MENTIONED THE TIMING THE BRIDGE AT 655 WHEN IT WAS BUILT INTO A SPOOKY AH, I THINK THAT WAS LIKE SIX OR SEVEN YEARS, WHICH IN FEDERAL HIGHWAY TERMS OH, DOT TERMS. THAT'S A QUICK PROCESS AND WE SPENT 26 MILLION ON THAT ONE. 13 MILLION.

YEAH 30 $32 MILLION. SO WE WERE A BIG PLAYER AND GETTING WHAT HAD BEEN A MAJOR ISSUE RESOLVED BECAUSE WE'RE AGGRESSIVE WITH THE FORCE FED AND SO FORTH. AND UH, JIM HERE. I MEAN, WE WILL WANT SOME HELP FROM THE TOWNSHIP. BECAUSE IT WILL IT WILL INCREASE THE OVERALL BASE.

THE NEW COMMUNITY OF N C. A THAT WAS MENTIONED IS CALLED A NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITY. THAT'S ANOTHER TOOL WE HAVE IN OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT KID THAT ALLOWS MONEY TO BE 100% TAX ABATED. ABOUT 15% OF TAX ABATEMENT ACTUALLY GOES BACK TO US THROUGH THIS NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITIES TO JUST GET A LITTLE MORE CLARITY ON THAT. OKAY? YOU DID ADDRESS MY ONE AND ONLY QUESTION WAS THE RAMP POTENTIAL, SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT'S UNDER CONSIDERATION. I THINK IT'S A KEY COMPONENT FOR GROWTH DOWN THERE. ISN'T IT ALSO ADDRESSED THE OUTSIDE AMBULANCES COMING TO MOUNT CARMEL VERSUS GOING THROUGH. COMING DOWN HOOVER ROAD AND IT KIND OF MIMICS.

ELIMINATES THAT? YEAH LIKE THE EXIT WHEN YOU'RE 315 NORTH TO GET OFF AT O S U HOSPITAL WILL BE A SIMILAR TYPE EXIT THAT MAKES IT NICE AND EASY FOR ANYBODY COMING DOWN. TRANSPORTED OUT OF ANYWHERE IN CENTRAL OHIO. ANY OTHER COMMENTS JUST JUST ONE ON THE ON THE FINANCE YOU SAID 57,000 THAT SEEMED A LITTLE LOW AND JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR SALARIES AND SO FORTH. 57,000. OKAY? ANY OTHER COMMENTS OF PLANNING COMMISSION. CERTAINLY ONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. RIGHT? THIS IS VERY EXCITING. THANK YOU, UM. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE PLANNING COMMISSION TODAY? RIG

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