[Ordinance C-08-24 Direct the City Administrator to cause the closing of Broadway for Arts-in-theAlley and the Wine & Arts Festival. Second reading and public hearing. ]

DEW WITH SERVICE. RIGHT. WE HAVE THE SECONDARY. RIGHT? THE ON RIGHT? RIGHT? OF THE WAY. YEAH.

I. THANK YOU, MR DE. I SUBMITTED THIS LEGISLATION ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN GROVE CITY. WHEN I STARTED THIS PROCESS, I MADE SURE THE CHAMBER AND HEART OF OHIO WERE SUPPORTIVE. TONIGHT IS THE SECOND READING AND VOTE. THIS IS A PERMISSIVE PIECE OF LEGISLATION, MEANING IF THE CHAMBER OR HEART OF OHIO WISH TO HAVE THE EVENT ON BROADWAY, THEY CAN THE COUNCIL HAS HEARD FROM MANY BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN. WE HAVE ALL HEARD A CLEAR MESSAGE FROM THE RESIDENTS. I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THE VALUE OF THESE EVENTS ON BROADWAY EXCEEDS THE RESIDENTIAL INCONVENIENCE OF A DETOUR. TONIGHT WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM CITY ADMINISTRATION. FOLLOWING THE ADMINISTRATION WILL BE A SHORT VIDEO HIGHLIGHTING THE CIRCLEVILLE PUMPKIN SHOW, AND THEY'RE PREPAREDNESS AND EMPHASIS ON SAFETY. AFTER THE VIDEO, WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY WITH THE STANDARD THREE MINUTE LIMIT. FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC COUNCIL WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT. AT SUCH TIME. I'LL TURN THE MEETING BACK OVER TO MR DEW TO TAKE THE VOTE AND MAKE THE SECOND READING. SO WITH THAT, UH, MR MAYOR OR CHUCK, WHO'S DOING THE PRESENTATION? MR V WILL BE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

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UM MADAM PRESIDENT, CHAIR. HOLT THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS PAST TUESDAY, WE MET IN A SPECIAL SESSION TO TALK FURTHER ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE, AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS AND, UM THE DIALOGUE WITH THE RESIDENTS AND COUNCIL. UM BUT WE'D LIKE TO MAYBE MAKE A FEW MORE POINTS. UH, DURING THAT MEETING, THERE WERE WERE A FEW OTHER EVENTS AROUND THE STATE. I BELIEVE YOU'LL SEE A VIDEO HERE SHORTLY ABOUT THE PUMPKIN SHOW. UH BUT IN OUR MIND, THERE ARE SOME VAST DIFFERENCES AND THEY'RE NOT REALLY APPLES TO APPLES. AND IF YOU WOULD LOOK, UM THERE'S A DIAGRAM OF DOWNTOWN CIRCLEVILLE. NOW IT'S WORTH POINTING OUT THAT THE TRUCK ROUTE IS ON ROUTE 23 TO THE WEST OF DOWNTOWN, THE FOOTPRINT OR THE GEOGRAPHY IS THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE IN CIRCLEVILLE, AND THAT IT IS MORE OF A SQUARE GRID PATTERN WITH PLENTY OF ROUTES TO DIRECT TRAFFIC AROUND THE EVENT. UM OUR GEOGRAPHY EVERYONE'S FAMILIAR WITH IS THE ODD ANGLES OF THE STREETS COMING INTO BROADWAY AND THE, UH, THE CHALLENGES THAT PROMOTES OR CAUSES TO, UH, TRUCK TRAFFIC AND TRAFFIC IN GENERAL, THE OTHER, UH, INTERESTING POINT ABOUT THE CIRCLEVILLE IS THE EVENT ITSELF IS A FOOTPRINT. UM, RELATIVELY CLOSE TO OUR SIZE. THEY DO HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL PARADE. BUT THE DETOURS AND CLOSURES ARE ONLY OCCUR DURING THIS SPRAY TIME SO THERE ARE ABLE TO PUT THOSE UP TAKE THOSE DOWN QUICKLY, AND THE OVERALL IMPACT COMMUNITY WIDE OVER THOSE MANY DAYS IS NOT THE SAME AS IS CLOSING BROADWAY IS INTO GROVE CITY. UM IN ADDITION I KNOW IN THAT VIDEO WILL SPEAK ABOUT THE PREPAREDNESS AND THE SAFETY, UH, RELATIVE TO, UM, POTENTIALLY BAD ACTORS. IN AN EVENT WE TAKE ALL THOSE SAME PRECAUTIONS WITH THE POLICE. UH, DIVISION. UH, DUMP TRUCKS ON CERTAIN AREAS WHERE THE VEHICLE UM COULD BE USED. UM, BUT WE TAKE MANY OF THE SAME IF NOT ALL THE SAME PRECAUTIONS FOR THE OVERALL VET SAFETY. THE NEXT SLIDE IS BE CYRUS. I THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED. UH, THE BRATWURST FESTIVAL IS ANOTHER, UM, REGIONAL EVENT IN THAT AREA AND AGAIN. ROUTE FOUR IS CLOSED FOR THE EVENT, BUT, UH, THEY HAVE SUBSTANTIAL SIDE STREETS BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH THAT ARE ONE WAY SO WHEN TRAFFIC DOES GO THROUGH OR WANT TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE OF YOU, CYRUS, THERE IS A ONE WAY STREET TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT AND SAME WITH THE SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC TRAFFIC IS DIVERTED TO THE WEST, AND IT'S A ONE WAY STREET. READY SO THEY HAVE SOME BUILT IN AND AGAIN THE GEOGRAPHY IS MORE OF A SQUARE GRID PATTERN. SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO AN ADDITIONAL IMPACT THAT WASN'T MENTIONED. UM AND, UH, OUR APOLOGIES, BUT THE COLUMBUS ST SEWER EXTENSION PROJECT BEGINS THIS JULY, AND, UM, RE THE CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS FROM BROAD BROADWAY FROM COLUMBUS TO HOOVER AND, UH, IT WOULD. IT'S ROUGHLY AN 18 MONTH PROJECT AND BEGINNING WITH THAT PROJECT, ALL TRAFFIC WILL BE WESTBOUND IN THAT CORRIDOR SO IT WOULD AFFECT SUBSTANTIALLY. THE PARADE WILL, UH, AFFECT THE PARADE AND THE CLOSING AND THE LAST CHANCE DETOUR, WHICH IS BUAH OR THE COLUMBUS STREET TO THE WEST. ALL THAT TRAFFIC 17,000 BIO DOTS COUNT WOULD BE DIVERTED INTO THE BELO NEIGHBORHOOD. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. IT'S OUR PROCESS. YOU KNOW, I CAN SPEAK FOR ADMINISTRATION. I'M SURE COUNSEL AND ALL THE EVENT SPONSORS THAT OUR NUMBER ONE GOAL IS THE SAFETY OF THESE EVENTS. UM, IT IT MAY HAVE BEEN MEN MENTIONED WHETHER THESE EVENTS ARE EASY OR HARD TO PULL OFF. THAT'S NEVER BEEN IN THE CALCULATION. IT'S NEVER BEEN A QUESTION OF HOW MUCH OR WHAT RESOURCES DO WE NEED? WE'VE NEVER BEEN DENIED A THING. BUT THE QUESTION IS, HOW CAN A EVENT BE HELD? UH, AS SAFELY AS PRACTICAL. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO KEY POINTS AGAIN, THE 17,000 AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC COUNT. UM IT'S NOT A MATTER OF PUTTING OUT MORE SIGNS. WE HAVE EVERY POSSIBLE LOCATION SIGNED LIGHTED A MESSAGE BOARDS. IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF MORE POLICE OFFICERS. IT'S STRICTLY A VOLUME ISSUE OF TRAFFIC DIRECTED TO RESIDENTIAL STREETS ALL ACROSS THE CITY. NOT DESIGNED FOR THAT TYPE OF, UM, BUYING NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS, UH, DURING A DOWNTOWN EVENT IN I DON'T KNOW HOW OR WHY, BUT A SEMI FOUND HIMSELF ON, UH, ON CIVIC TRYING TO GET OUT AND MAKE THE DETOUR FOUND THOUGHT THEY COULD CUT THROUGH SOMEHOW. BUT THAT'S WHAT WE FACE EVERY YEAR WITH THE CLOSING OF BROADWAY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO THE FUTURE AND THAT'S

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UM SUBSEQUENT TO OUR MEETING AT THE URGING OF COUNCIL MEMBERS SEES WE SAT DOWN WITH LEADERSHIP FROM THE CHAMBER AND, UH, TALKED ABOUT THE FUTURE. HOW DO WE MAKE THE TOWN CENTER PARK A PREMIER EVENT SPACE AND THAT WILL INVOLVE ALL OF US, ESPECIALLY COUNCIL ON DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE USE OF THAT SPACE. UM COULD WE? HOW DO WE MAKE THE EVENT? BETTER FOR BOTH, UM, ARTY GRASS CITY IN THE CHAMBER. AND THE FOOTPRINT. MAYBE EXTEND THE, UH, THE FOOTPRINT NORTH ON FIRST STREET TO GO UP AS CLOSE TO COLUMBUS AS WE CAN, WE CAN PUT IN RETRACTABLE BOLLARDS SO MORE OF A DECORATIVE GATEWAY SIGNAGE AT ALL THE ENTRANCES CONTROLLED CLIMATE CONTROLLED TENTS FOR THE EVENT SPACE TO GET THE ART. UM UH, NEARER TO THE ACTUAL EVENT, AND THE SPACE ALLOWS EVENT PLANNERS TO SET UP AND TEAR DOWN THAT THEIR CONVENIENCE MORE THAN BEING SORT OF UNDER THE GUN WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO OPEN BROADWAY. NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS SOME OF THE FOOTPRINT. IT'S NOT, UH, WHERE IT HAS TO BE, BUT IT CAN BE EVEN A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN THIS. BUT UM, DIRECTORS FITZPATRICK PUT THIS TOGETHER. THIS GIVES AS AN EXAMPLE 6.5 PLUS ACRES TO FOR AN EVENT, UH, MUCH LARGER THAN COULD OCCUR ON BROADWAY. NEXT SLIDE.

RETRACTABLE BOERS ARE, UH, BOERS THAT ARE INSTALLED IN THE PAVEMENT AND WITHIN MINUTES CAN BE BROUGHT UP AND WE CAN, UH, CLOSE THESE ROADS MORE EFFICIENTLY AND MORE EFFECTIVELY . SO AS PART OF THE MASTER PLAN IN THE TOWN CENTER, WE CAN HAVE THESE INSTALLED AND CARRIER OF PARK STREET NEXT SIDE. AND THEN HOW DO WE KIND OF, UH, ADDRESS THE CONCERN THAT IT'S NOT VISIBLE? SO UH, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE IN DUBLIN. BUT OUR SUGGESTION WOULD THAT WE PURCHASE SOME OF THESE THAT HAVE DIFFERENT WRAPS FOR THE DIFFERENT EVENTS. HOMECOMING ARTS IN THE ALLEY WINE FEST AND PUT THESE AT THE GATEWAY ENTRY POINTS OF AN EVENT IN THE FUTURE. SO THE BOTTOM LINE BASED ON OUR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND OPINION, THE RISKS OF CLOSING BROADWAY FAR OUTWEIGH THE BENEFITS OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND THE DETOURS, UNLIKE CIRCLEVILLE, INVOLVED A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS IN 18,000 TO BE EXACT, AND, UH, WE'VE HEARD FROM MANY OF THEM WHEN WE DO CLOSE BROADWAY, SO WITH THAT I'LL FINISH AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. YES. SIGN HERE. YOU. YOU KNOW? WELL, I WOULD SAY YES. BUT TRAFFIC HAS INCREASED DRIVER PATIENT INPATIENT HAS INCREASED DRIVER BEHAVIOR IS MUCH WORSE. ANY PROFESSIONAL WILL TELL YOU THAT AND. UM WE'RE A BIGGER COMMUNITY . WE'RE MORE DENSE. WE DIDN'T HAVE. WE HAD A WHAT? ALBEIT A NOT CONVENIENT OR IDEAL DETOUR. BUT WHEN GRANT CLOSED FOR THE FULL EXTENSION OF GILO, THE LAYOUT IS MUCH DIFFERENT. AND, UM IT MAY BE. IT WAS, UH, A MANY FACTORS ATTRIBUTED TO WHY AND MAYBE WE'RE TAKING A HARDER LOOK AT IT. SPEAKING OF LAYOUT, UM DO YOU ASSUME THAT NO TRUCKS BYPASSED THE DETOUR FOR CIRCLEVILLE OR DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION? THAT HAPPENS. NO BUT YEAH, I WOULD ASSUME THAT MOST OF THEM ARE ON 23. SO I MEAN, THEY THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM THEN WHEN TRUCKS BYPASS THEIR DETOUR. NOT IF THEY'RE ON STATE ROUTE 23 NO LESS LIKELIHOOD THEY WOULD BE IN THEIR DOWNTOWN DISTRICT THEY DON'T HAVE ABOUT 62 RUNNING THROUGH DOWNTOWN. BUT BUT YOU TALK ABOUT TRUCKS NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE ROUTE AND JUST FOLLOWING GPS TO GET THERE, SO THEY MUST HAVE THAT SAME PROBLEM. THEY MIGHT. I DON'T BELIEVE IT WOULD BE ANYWHERE NEAR OURS. I HAVE A QUESTION WHILE MR VEDRA IS UP HERE, UM, HOMECOMING STILL CLOSED DOWN BROADWAY LAST YEAR. IS THAT CORRECT? MY PLANS ARE TO MOVE THAT YES. WELL, IT'S IS IT YOUR EVENT. IT'S A CITY EVENT. YES, OK. YEAH. I HAVE A QUESTION AS WELL. I'LL FOLLOW UP ON THE TRAFFIC. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED 17,000 PER O DOT UM, CURRENTLY USING BROADWAY. UM HAS THAT WHAT'S IT? WHAT HAS IT BEEN IN THE PAST? THAT IS 22 DATA, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING CURRENT. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S NOT MORE

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, BUT IT IS STEADILY GONE UP OVER THE YEARS. I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS, BUT THAT'S THE DAILY TRAFFIC COUNT OF PEOPLE THAT TRAVERSE THE INTERSECTION OF COLUMBUS AND BROADWAY, ACCORDING TO ODO. I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT IT WAS LIKE IN 1819 2021 TO SEE WHAT THAT INCREASE.

JUST FY I AND THEN SECOND THING I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS. IS IT POSSIBLE? UM THE COLUMBUS STREET SEWER PROJECT SAYS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSE ONE WAY GOING WEST. WOULD IT NOT BE POSSIBLE TO CLOSE IT GOING EAST TEMPORARILY OR BEING ABLE TO CHANGE THAT FOR AN EVENT TO ALLOW ANOTHER WAY TO EXIT BROADWAY? FOR, UH, BROUGHT. I DON'T THINK SO. AND UH, M FITZPATRICK COULD PROBABLY SPEAK TO IT, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S THE LAYOUT OF WHERE THE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE ON THE ROAD AND CHANGING THAT MID STREAM. UM MIGHT BE UNTENABLE. YOU COULD JUST CHANGE THE LANE THAT IS OPEN AND JUST REDIRECTION IT. I DON'T THINK SO. BUT LET ME ASK SHE SPEAK TO THEM? SO WHEN YOU'RE IN A STATE OF CONSTRUCTION, UH, YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE RUNNING ON PAVEMENT, SO WHETHER YOU ARE GOING WESTBOUND OR EASTBOUND, IT'S GOING TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND OFTENTIMES JUST RUNNING ON STONE. UH SO I DON'T THINK THAT YOU WANT TO ENCOURAGE 17,000 ADDITIONAL VEHICLES TO GO WESTBOUND. UH, WE ARE, UM WELL INTO THE DESIGN. AT THIS POINT. THE MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC IS A HUGE CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO DECIDE, UH, HOW TO MAINTAIN TRAFFIC AND ACCESS TO THE LOCAL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. UM, SO UH, I'M NOT GONNA SAY THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CHANGE IT. BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME TIME CONSTRAINTS. I WOULD REQUIRE A COMPLETE REDESIGN AND, UH, OF THE MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC BECAUSE THAT PIECE IS COMPLETE AND OUR DESIGN UM AND, UH, THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS THAT LAID THAT OUT THEY TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE DESTINATIONS. UM, ALSO TAKE IN CONSIDERATION.

UH, THE FACT THAT HOLTON ROAD IS STILL GOING TO BE CLOSED AND HEADING WESTBOUND AND SO KEEPING THE CONSISTENT FROM WEST TO EAST, UH, DETOURS. COMMUNITY MATTERS. UH, SO THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONTEMPLATION OF WHY IT IS WESTBOUND, AND I THINK THAT CHANGING IT AT THIS POINT, WOULD , UH, PUT US BEYOND OUR FUNDING COMMITMENTS OF WHEN WE NEED TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION BY SO JUST TO CLARIFY IT WAS JUST SAYING TEMPORARILY FOR EVENTS LIKE YOU WOULD HAVE TO COMPLETELY REMOVE ALL OF THE SIGNAGE. ALL OF THE DETOUR ROUTES REPOST THEM IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE DRIVER BEHAVIOR OVER 18 MONTHS. THAT KNOWS TO GO ONE WAY WEST AND I THINK THAT'S A RECIPE FOR DISASTER. YOU'RE GOING TO END UP WITH HEAD ON COLLISIONS BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO ARE DRIVING IT EVERY DAY KNOW TO GO WESTBOUND. AND THEN FOR ONE DAY, UH, YOU HAVE DRIVERS THAT AREN'T USED TO HAVING TO USE COLUMBUS STREET NOW SAYING, OK, IT'S OK TO GO THE OTHER WAY AND SOMEBODY WHO LIVES ON THAT STREET WHO'S BEEN GOING LEFT OUT OF THEIR DRIVEWAY SAY EVERY DAY IS NOW GOING TO BE FACING THE TRAFFIC COMING THE OTHER WAY, I. I WOULD STRONGLY DISCOURAGE THAT I. I WOULD JUST ASKING TO YEAH, NO II. I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU. PROBABLY THEY DID. UH, MY FINAL COMMENT, UH, ON THE COLUMBUS STREET CLOSING. UM I DON'T EVEN THINK THIS HAS BEEN BID YET, SO THE DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. EVEN IF THE CONSTRUCTION WAS UNDERWAY DURING THE EVENTS, I LOOK AT THIS AS A POSITIVE FOR THE BROADWAY EVENTS. THE PUBLIC AND TRUCKS WILL ALREADY BE USED TO ROUTING AWAY FROM DOWNTOWN AND DRIVING HABITS WILL HAVE CHANGED MONTHS IN ADVANCE BEFORE THE BROADWAY EVENT. I SUBMIT TO YOU. I THINK THAT'S OK. I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HER. I SUBMIT TO YOU IF THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD SPEND AN EQUIVALENT AMOUNT OF TIME IN THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS TRYING TO IMPROVE OUR DETOUR STRATEGY SIGNING STRATEGY RATHER THAN FINDING LAST MINUTE CONSTRUCTION ITEMS AND BLOCKERS, WE COULD EASILY HAVE THE SAME SUCCESS AS CIRCLEVILLE. J OR, UM, CINDY. PLEASE. YES. SO, UM. APOLOGIZE. THE CONSTRUCTION.

OBVIOUSLY RANDY, YOU KNOW THAT WE DID OUR, UM WESTWATER RUN MASTER PLAN IN 2020. THE RESULTS OF THAT LED TO THIS PROJECT, SO THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN IN THE PIPELINE FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.

IT IS NOT BASED ON THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION AND THE TIMELINE OF THE FUNDING THAT COMES AVAILABLE . THE GRANTS THAT WE ARE AWARDED FOR OPW C REQUIRES THAT WE BE IN CONSTRUCTION BY JULY OF THIS

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YEAR, AND SO, UM, ALTHOUGH IT HAS NOT BEEN BID, WE ARE ON A TIMELINE ASSOCIATED WITH THE OPC FUNDING AS WELL AS THE A P A FUNDING THAT HAS TO BE SPENT AND ENCUMBERED THIS YEAR, SO I DO THINK THAT THE TIMELINE COULD NOT AVOID BEING IN PLACE THIS DETOUR DURING THE EVENTS. THANK YOU. MR. DO FIRST YEAR CHAIR. SURE, MAY I SPEAK? YES, SIR. WELL, I. TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION ABOUT SPENDING TIME ON TRYING TO FIGURE FIND A H HURDLES. UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 40 YEARS IN THE MEETING. WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR 40 YEARS. AND THIS IS NOT AN EASY DECISION. IT WAS NOT AN EASY DECISION WHEN WE MOVED IT OVER TO THE LIBRARY SITE. ONE THING THAT'S BEEN ALMOST TOTALLY ELIMINATED IN THIS DISCUSSION. WHICH WAS A KEY ELEMENT OF MOVING OVER THE PARK WAS A FRIDAY NIGHT. AND FRIDAY NIGHT, ADDS AN ADDITIONAL AMENITY TO THE EVENT IN GENERAL, AND SPECIFICALLY, IT ADDS A GREAT DEAL OF ADVANTAGE TO THE TO THE VENDORS. SHUTTING DOWN BROADWAY AND THE LENGTH OF TIME IS GONNA TAKE TO PREPARE WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO TO TRY TO EQUALIZE WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY ON FRIDAY NIGHT. IT IS AN INCREDIBLE UNDERTAKING, AND NOBODY IS TRYING TO FIND A HURDLE AT ALL. AND I TAKE OFFENSE TO IT. QUITE FRANKLY. UH, THE OTHER PART IS THE BROADWAY REALLY DOESN'T HAVE MUCH ROOM TO GROW. AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN SPENDING OUR TIME ON IS HOW CAN WE MAKE THE EVENT GROW AND BE MORE PROSPEROUS TO THE CHAMBER? AND NOW WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER ALTERNATIVES IN BEING ABLE TO SPREAD OUT WHAT CAN HAPPEN WITH ARSENE ALLEY. BUT BELIEVE ME, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS MANY, MANY YEARS. AND WE STARTED THE PARADE AS AN EXAMPLE. ON SATURDAY MORNING IN ORDER TO DRIVE MORE TRAFFIC DOWN TO ARSON ALLE AND MAKE IT THE SPRINGBOARD FOR OPENING ARCH ALLEY. SO IT'S NOT BY ACCIDENT. AND WE HAVE WORKED VERY HARD ON MAKING THIS THING WORK. WE HAVE SAFETY. WE HAVE NOT TALKED TO THE FIRE. BESIDES THAT WE HAVE PROTOCOL. I MEAN, WE HAVE A VERY STRINGENT PROTOCOL OF HOW YOU DO EVENTS. WE'VE NOT INVOLVED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT YET. IN RESCHEDULING THIS OVER TO ARCH ALL AND SO THE TIMING OF THIS WAS A SURPRISE.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO SPEAK TO AS BEST WE CAN. AND UH, I AGREE WITH THE FINDINGS THAT WE ALREADY PLACED IN FRONT IN FRONT OF COUNCIL THAT IT WOULD BE AN INCREDIBLE CHALLENGE. POINT OF ORDER, TAMMY. SIR RODNEY RECOGNIZE SPEAKERS OR DO I? HE HE TURNED THE MEETING OVER TO ME CORRECT. UM, WELL, HE'S STILL THE CHAIR OF THE CHAIR. SO SHOULD HE DO THE PUBLIC SPEAKING ? YES, SIR. OK. ALL RIGHT. IT'S TIME FOR PUBLIC INPUT. WHAT POINT SIR? DID YOU WANT TO SEE THIS RIGHT NOW? DO YOU STILL RIGHT NOW IS A VIDEO SORRY. OK? DO WE HAVE IT TECHNICALLY FIGURED OUT TODD, STANDING BY. OUT FOR THE CIRCLEVILLE PUMPKIN SHOW. THIS IS A LIVE LOOK AT THE ACTIVITY IN DOWNTOWN PLENTY OF PUMPKINS TO GO AROUND THE SHOW OFFICIALLY KICKING OFF TOMORROW MORNING AND WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE OF THE PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY AND THE BEST PLACE TO PARK IF YOU PLAN TO HEAD OUT THERE, LET'S START WITH T TV BAN SOME WHO'S BEEN BRAVING THE COLD TEMPERATURE TO TODAY HE IS LIVE IN CIRCLEVILLE TONIGHT, WITH THE EXCITEMENT BUILDING UP TO THE BIG SHOW, BRIAN ANDREW A LITTLE BIRDIE TOLD ME TODAY THAT THIS PUMPKIN SHOW IS THE BIGGEST MOST ATTENDED FESTIVAL IN ALL THE STATES. OF OHIO. AND WITH 100,000 PEOPLE EACH DAY OVER THE NEXT FOUR DAYS, EXPECTED TO BE RIGHT HERE IN THE STREETS OF CIRCLEVILLE, YOU CAN BET THAT SAFETY IS A TOP PRIORITY. AS VENDORS PREPARE A SILENT ANTICIPATION FILLS CIRCLEVILLE S MAIN STREET, THE RIDES THE VENDORS, THE PUMPKINS OVER ON FRANKLIN STREET, PRIME REAL ESTATE IS ALREADY BEING CLAIMED BY WAY OF FOLDING CHAIRS FOR THE FESTIVAL'S SEVEN PARADES. THAT'S WHERE WE MET ME. AND WE YOU CAUGHT ME IN THE ACT. YOU CAUGHT ME IN THE ACT OF SETTING UP SOME

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CHAIRS. SHE LIVES IN COLUMBUS, BUT GREW UP IN CIRCLEVILLE NEVER MISSING ONE SHOW IN HER 46 YEARS OF LIFE. WE LOVE OUR PUMPKIN SHOW AND WE LOVE OUR PARADES AND THE FOOD. THIS IS OUR 13TH YEAR.

STEVE DAVIS WITH CORKY Q SPENT TUESDAY MAKING FINAL PREPARATIONS OUTSIDE HIS SHOP.

CIRCLEVILLE ACTING DEPUTY CHIEF DAVID MCINTYRE KNOWS IT WILL BE SHOULDER TO SHOULDER. NO DOUBT IN MY MIND, THERE WON'T BE AS MUCH ROOM COME WEDNESDAY EACH DAY IN THE FOUR DAY EVENT EXPECTED TO BRING IN 100,000 PEOPLE, IT IS VERY CROWDED. THE STREETS WILL BE FULL. EVERY STREET IN TOWN WILL BE FULL, MCINTYRE SAYS. IT'S ALL HANDS ON DECK. RESERVE OFFICERS FULL TIME OFFICERS. UNDERCOVER OFFICERS WILL ALL BE HERE TO KEEP YOU SAFE THAT ON TOP OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENTS FROM LOCAL VILLAGES AND THE COLUMBUS BOMB SS THE PUMPKIN FESTIVAL, HE SAYS A YEAR ROUND EFFORT TO PLAN FOR THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS TO ENSURE SECURITY FOR THIS WEEK. YES I HAVE ALWAYS FELT SAFE. THERE'S NEVER NEVER REALLY BEEN ISSUES AT PUMPKIN, WEBB SAYS. LAW ENFORCEMENT ALWAYS HAVE THINGS LOCKED DOWN.

IT'S SAFE AND WHICH HELPS TO MAKE IT SO FUN. ONE MORE REASON SHE'S CHOOSING TO SET UP SHOP EARLY, HOPING TO NOT MISS ONE MINUTE WE GOT PRIME SEATING WE DO WE DO. AND DEPUTY CHIEF.

MCINTYRE ALSO WANTED ME TO PASS ALONG THAT THIS YEAR, THERE WILL BE CHILD ID WRISTBANDS AVAILABLE FOR PARENTS. THEY WILL BE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS GO IN AND ASK FOR THEM DEFINITELY WORTH CHECKING OUT BECAUSE LISTEN TO THIS, HE SAYS. CHILDREN BEING SEPARATED TYPICALLY HAPPENS A FEW TIMES A DAY EVERY YEAR HERE AT THE PUMPKIN SHOW AGAIN, THIS YEAR'S SHOW OFFICIALLY KICKING OFF TOMORROW WHERE SHE WOULDN'T KNOW IT HERE ON MAIN STREET RIGHT NOW, YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW. BUT I THINK FIRST OF ALL, IT KICKS OFF TOMORROW. IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN, ANDREW, I WAS GONNA SAY IF YOU SEE SOME OF THOSE PUMPKIN DONUTS, BRING THEM BACK. BRIAN WE APPRECIATE IT. THANKS SO MUCH I CAN DO ALL RIGHT. HEY IF YOU'RE HEADED TO THE SHOW TOMORROW, YOU MIGHT HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING THANK YOU, TAMMY.

YET. TO WE'VE GOT A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE ARTS AND THE ALLEY UM, PAMELA DRONE. COULD YOU PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM? STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. UM I'M PAMELA DRONE 4330 VISTA DRIVE. IN GROVE CITY. UM GOOD EVENING, MR MAYOR, MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ESTEEMED GUESTS. I MOVED TO GROVE CITY 20 YEARS AGO BECAUSE OF ITS SMALL TOWN AMBIENCE. I'M A LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY WHERE I WAS VICE PRESIDENT FOR SEVEN YEARS. I'M ALSO A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER WITH A BOOTH AT COUNTRY HEARTS, PRIMITIVES, ANTIQUES AND MERCANTILE. I HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN THIS COMMUNITY. I FEEL STRONGLY THAT ARTS IN THE ALLEY, THE FARMERS, MARKET, WINE AND ARTS AND ANY OTHER FESTIVALS SHOULD BE LOCATED ON BROADWAY. THIS IS OUR CULTURE IN THE OLD DOWNTOWN AREA. WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A WALKABLE COMMUNITY. YET THE EVENTS ARE HIDDEN. WE WANT PEOPLE TO WANDER AROUND AND SEE ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS WE HAVE TO OFFER. SAFETY SHOULD BE OUR TOP PRIORITY. HOWEVER, IT IS NOT SAFE AS IT IS NOW. ALL WE HEAR ARE THE EXCUSES OF REROUTING TRAFFIC OR A TRUCK MAKING A WRONG TURN INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA. YOU ARE SO MISSING THE POINT. WHAT ABOUT ONE, THE OTHER UNEVEN GROUND TO WALK ON. EVEN FOR THE VERY AGILE. IT'S DIFFICULT, THEN THROW IN WHEELCHAIRS, CANES, WALKERS AND STROLLERS, AND YOU HAVE MANY WHO CAN'T ENJOY THEMSELVES SAFELY.

TWO EVERYTHING IS SMOOSHED TOGETHER. THERE ISN'T ENOUGH ROOM ON THE SITE, AND IT DOESN'T WORK. TOO MANY PEOPLE PACKED INTO TIGHT QUARTERS IS DANGEROUS TO THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE ATTENDEES. THREE FAMILIES CROSSING THE STREET. THERE ARE NO CROSSWALKS ANYMORE, EXCEPT AT THE CORNERS WITH THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS. WE ALL KNOW PEOPLE JAYWALK. IF THE STREET IS A BLOCK OFF, THERE IS A GREAT RISK OF SOMEONE GETTING RUN OVER. FOUR. CATASTROPHIC OCCURRENCE.

HEAVEN FORBID THERE BE A HORRIFIC SITUATION WITH A TORNADO GUN OR BOMB. BUT IF THE EVENT WAS ON BROADWAY, PEOPLE COULD FIND REFUGE IN THE BUILDINGS. IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF ME AND MY CONTINGENT THAT THESE EVENTS BE MOVED BACK TO BROADWAY BARRICADE THE ENDS OF THE STREETS. ADD EXTRA SIGNAGE AND SECURITY SPREAD THINGS OUT. ADD VENDORS BRING BUSINESS BACK DOWNTOWN AND MAKE OUR EVENTS KNOWN FAR AND WIDE FOR FUN, QUALITY SAFETY AND UNIQUENESS. LET'S CLOSE BROADWAY AND PUT IT ON THE MAP. THANK YOU. OR SECOND SPEAKER. SEAN

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CONRAD. WOULD YOU PLEASE COME OUT? UH, SEAN CONRAD. I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 5188 WINTER CREEK DRIVE. SO WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING ABOUT THIS, UM, AND THE FIRST READING AND IT IT WAS FINE. EVERYBODY KIND OF SHARED JUST BRIEFLY. THEIR THEIR THOUGHTS. UH, LAST WEEK, WE CAME TOGETHER AND HAD A, UH WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS GONNA BE MORE OF A CONVERSATIONAL MEETING. BUT IT WAS A MEETING WHERE, UM, ADMINISTRATION SHARED THEIR THOUGHTS. WE SHARED OURS. UM THE COMMUNITY FOLKS THAT WERE HERE SHARED THEIRS AND COUNCIL SHARED THEIRS, AND I THINK WE REALIZED THAT WE ACTUALLY SHARED MUCH IN COMMON. UM I THINK I MADE IT CLEAR THIS IS NEVER A WE BAY THING. THIS IS NEVER THE CHAMBER VERSUS THE CITY. THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP, DOING SOMETHING THAT WE BELIEVE IS WONDERFUL FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT I MEET FREQUENTLY WITH THE OTHER PRESIDENTS OF CHAMBERS IN THIS AREA IN CENTRAL OHIO.

AND WHEN I TALK ABOUT THIS, THEY SAY THE CITY MET WITH YOU. THEY A THEY REALLY DID THEY. THEN THE COUNCIL MET WITH YOU. SO THIS IS UNUSUAL. AND I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU ON BEHALF OF US. WE APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION. WE APPRECIATE THE HONESTY. UM, WE APPRECIATE THE CONCESSIONS THAT I BELIEVE WERE BOTH BEING WILLING TO MAKE TO MAKE THIS THE BEST EVENT IT CAN BE. WHEN WE SPOKE LAST WEEK. WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF OUR CONCERNS THOSE BEING SAFETY AND WE RESPECT OUR SAFETY EXPERTS TO ADDRESS THOSE IN THE BEST WAY WE TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO GROW THE EVENT AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM MR VEDRAS PRESENTATION, THEY'RE ALLOWING US OR WE'RE ALLOWED, UH, TO EXTEND FURTHER EAST ON PARK STREET. WE'RE ALLOWED TO WRAP AROUND, UM AND TOUCH ON BOTH SIDES OF BROADWAY FROM PARK. UH, WE ARE FINDING WAYS TO MAKE THAT EXPANSION. UM HAPPEN AND MAKE IT POSSIBLE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO TURN DOWN ANY VENDORS THIS YEAR LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR. UM ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WAS A CONCERN FOR US WAS, UM, AWARENESS. THAT WE FOUND THAT WHEN PEOPLE COME DOWN BROADWAY WHEN THEY'RE DRIVING OR OR WALKING, OR HOWEVER THEY'RE COMING DOWN HERE. UH, THEY DON'T REALIZE THEY'RE SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF EARTH IN THE ALLEY TILL THEY'RE HERE. AND SO WE WANTED TO ADDRESS THE NEED FOR, UM FOR BIG SIGNAGE AND AGAIN, AS YOU CAN SEE, IN THE PRESENTATION , UH, MR REID ADDRESSED THAT. AND UH, WITH THOSE HUGE BANNERS, AND, UH, THE SIGNAGE IS THAT WILL GO ACROSS. UM I'M NOT SURE IF THEY WOULD GO ACROSS BROADWAY OR ACROSS PARK STREET, BUT WE WERE VERY EXCITED TO SEE THOSE WE HAD, UM, CONCERNS ABOUT ALLEVIATING CONGESTION AND MAKING A COMFORTABLE FLOW. AND AS WE, UH, TALKED LAST WEEK AT OUR MEETING, WE WERE ABLE TO VISUALIZE A SORT OF A BLENDED EVENT. A BLENDED FOOTPRINT WHERE WE HAVE, UH, EVENTS GOING ON BACK THERE IN THE PARK WHERE WE HAVE THE VOICE OF GROWTH CITY AND SOME OF OUR SHOWS, AND, UM, THAT IT WORKS ITS WAY OUT HERE ONTO BROADWAY. UH, WE WILL HAVE SIGNAGE TO DIRECT TO OUR LOCAL MERCHANTS. UH, WE ARE FRIENDS WITH EVERYBODY WHO SITS HERE, UH, WITH YOU, AND WITH ALL THE OTHER MERCHANTS AND VENDORS OR EXCUSE ME BUSINESSES DOWN HERE, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO US THAT YOU'RE HAPPY WITH THIS EVENT THAT IT SATISFIES YOUR NEEDS. UH AND LASTLY AGAIN, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GROW THE EVENT AND WE WANT WHEN PEOPLE TO LEAVE THIS EVENT TO SAY, WOW, GROVE CITY. I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE. THIS IS AN AMAZING PLACE AN AMAZING EVENT, BUT WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE SAFE. AND SO TO THAT, UM, WE TRUST YOU TO MAKE A WISE DECISION ON OUR BEHALF.

AND, UM, WE ARE AGAIN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU. THANK YOU. NO. AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO OTHER PERSONS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. SO IF ANYBODY ON COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT. OR ANYBODY IN THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANOTHER COMMENT. I'LL OPEN IT UP TO ANYBODY. MELISSA YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH CHAIR. I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS THAT I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO STATE AS WELL. SO I JUST WANNA AGAIN STATE, UM, THINGS THAT I SAID AT THE PUBLIC MEETING LAST WEEK. I STRONGLY SUPPORT SAFETY AS WELL FOR OUR COMMUNITY. MY PERSPECTIVE IS ALSO THAT IT IS NOT SAFE TO HAVE A NORMAL VOLUME OF OUR SATURDAY TRAFFIC DOWN BROADWAY DURING THE

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ARTS IN THE ALLEY EVENT, IT WAS QUOTED THAT 17,000 DAILY TRAFFIC COUNT COMES THROUGH AND I. I STRUGGLE WITH THE IDEA THAT 30,000 PEOPLE WILL COME TO OUR TOWN CENTER. BEING THE ARTS IN THE ALLEY IS ONE OF OUR LARGEST ATTRACTIONS. THEY WILL LIKELY PARK ON BOTH SIDES OF BROADWAY.

AND MANY, IF NOT MOST, WILL INDEED NEED TO CROSS BROADWAY TO ENJOY THE EVENT. REGARDLESS OF PARKING. THE EVENT ITSELF HOLDS ACTIVITIES ON BOTH SIDES OF BROADWAY. THIS INEVITABLY INVITES PEOPLE TO CROSS OUR ROADWAYS. WHAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR YEARS, WHICH HAS BEEN EVIDENT IN RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE 2050 PLAN FROM 2018 AND THE TOWN CENTER FRAMEWORK FROM 2021. IS A PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY TOWN. THIS IS WHAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND OUR BUSINESS MEMBERS WANT FOR THEIR TOWN TO THRIVE. I WROTE DOWN A COUPLE OF COMMENTS THAT I PULLED SPECIFICALLY FROM THOSE DOCUMENTS THAT TOOK COMMUNITY INPUT. NUMBER ONE.

PRIORITIZE ATTRACTION EFFORTS TO BUSINESSES AND USES THAT WILL GENERATE FOOT TRAFFIC AND ACTIVITY. TWO CREATE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE FOR TRUCK TRAFFIC TO BYPASS THE TOWN CENTER LOBBY, STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES TO REDES DESIGNATE THE ROUTE OF US 62, OR CREATE A SIGNED ALTERNATE TRUCK ROUTE THAT WOULD DIVERT TRAFFIC AROUND THE TOWN CENTER TOWN CENTER.

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SHOULD BE PEDESTRIAN FOCUSED. NUMBER THREE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND COMFORT SHOULD BE GIVEN PRIORITY OVER EFFICIENT VEHICULAR CIRCULATION AGAIN. THESE WERE ALL STATEMENTS , WORD FOR WORD FROM OUR 2050 PLAN AND THE TOWN CENTER FRAMEWORK. OUR COMMUNITY WANTS A PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY TOWN, NOT TRUCKS DRIVING THROUGH THE TOWN CENTER. WE WANT OUR BUSINESSES TO THRIVE AND THESE SPECIFIC EVENTS BRING THE POSSIBILITY FOR FURTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS OTHER BUSINESSES WATCH, GROW CITY AND MAY WANT TO MOVE HERE OR START HERE BECAUSE THEY, TOO, THEY KNOW THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL AND THAT THE TOWN AND COMMUNITY SUPPORTS THEM. SPECIFIC TO ARTS IN THE ALLEY. THAT EVENT IS A FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT WITH CHILDREN IN TOW, NOT AN ADULT PLUS ALCOHOL THEMED EVENT. FAMILIES, CHILDREN SAFETY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT OUR TOWN CENTER AND OUR EVENTS BE EFFECTIVE AND ENJOYABLE AND SAFE FOR ALL. I DID LOVE WHAT MR VEDRA PRESENTED AND SHARED ON THE FUTURE. SLIDE THE MASTER PLAN. THANK YOU. I BELIEVE PERMANENT PUBLIC RESTROOMS WERE SOMETHING THAT WERE EVEN TALKED ABOUT IN THE 2019 ORDINANCE WHEN THE OLD LIBRARY SITE WAS PRESERVED FOR, UM, THE TOWN CENTER TO BE A GREEN SPACE WITH A PERFORMANCE STAGE AND PUBLIC RESTROOMS. IF THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO CREATE A PREMIER EVENT SPACE IN THE TOWN CENTER TO HAVE EVENTS OFF BROADWAY, THEN WE NEED TO DO IT FIRST AND HAVE IT READY TO GO. I WOULD RATHER HAVE THE AMENITIES READY IN PLACE VERSUS THE PROPOSAL OF AMENITIES BECAUSE PRIORITIES CERTAINLY CAN CHANGE. I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY COMING OUT TONIGHT. I KNOW THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING AND CHALLENGING TOPIC BEING THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PASSIONATE INFORMATION FROM BOTH SIDES. THANK YOU. CHAIR. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT AT THIS TIME? HERE, MR BURROWS. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE, UM COUPLE COMMENTS NO MATTER WHAT IS DECIDED TONIGHT, NOT EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE HAPPY. UM, IT AFFECTS RESIDENTS. THOSE WITH DISABILITIES AND MOBILITY ISSUES, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND, OF COURSE, OUR PUBLIC CITY PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS, WHICH YOU KNOW OUR OUR PROFESSIONALS, UM. THE MOST IMPORTANT IT'S NOT ALL THESE ARE IMPORTANT. THE OTHER THING I WOULD I WOULDN'T SAY IS EVERYBODY THAT I HAVE TALKED TO WHETHER IN PERSON OR VIA EMAIL. EVERYBODY HAS SAID I WANT THESE EVENTS ON BROADWAY. NO ONE HAS TOLD ME I DON'T WANT THEM ON BROADWAY, AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO THE VOICE OF OUR RESIDENTS AND WE WERE ELECTED BY OUR RESIDENTS. AND SO THOSE ARE THE COMMENTS. I HAVE THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? YES, MR I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A COUPLE THINGS. UM SO. A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS ON THE SUBJECT FOR ME, UM, TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS WHEN WE WERE TOGETHER AT THIS SPECIAL MEETING. UM BUT BUT REALLY, YOU KNOW HOW MY PERSPECTIVE ON THIS HAS CHANGED, UM, WITH MY ROLE AS A BUSINESS IN THE TOWN CENTER, MY ROLE AS A CHAMBER BOARD MEMBER, UM, IT AGAIN FRONT ROW SEAT TO THIS DISCUSSION FOR MANY YEARS. UM, THAT SAID, UM. AGAIN WE CAN'T THERE'S NO ONE INCLUDING THIS ISN'T WE DON'T NEED TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC. TRULY WE KNOW WHAT EVERYONE THINKS WE THINK IT TOO. WE LOVED HAVING EVENTS ON BROADWAY. SO I'M GONNA TAKE THAT SET IT OVER HERE BECAUSE THAT THAT THAT'S

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THE TRUTH. THAT'S A TRUTH. WE ALL ACCEPT AND EMBRACE AND YET, UM, WHAT LEADS US TO BE HERE THIS EVENING? IS THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT SAFETY NOW? I WILL SAY THAT WHEN I FIRST SAW LEGISLATION. I FELT THAT, UM AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE GIVING DIRECTIVES TO THE TEAM OF PEOPLE, THE EXPERTS, THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE EDUCATION TRAINING. EXPERIENCE CAREERS BUILT IN THIS AREA. SO THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, I, I I'M ALREADY IN A POSITION WHERE I LOOK AT A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT SAYS WE SHALL DIRECT THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO DO SOMETHING AS UM, THE LEGISLATIVE BODY. DOES NOT REALLY HAVE AS ITS FUNCTION GIVING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN OPERATIONS. THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON OUR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF THAT MAKE THINGS HAPPEN EVERY DAY. A DIRECTIVE. UM THAT SAID, WHAT THIS HAS DONE, AND I APPLAUD MR HOLT FOR HIS PASSION ON THIS SUBJECT AND HIS EAGERNESS TO REPRESENT PEOPLE'S VOICES IS IT HAS BROUGHT THIS CONVERSATION. UP TO THE SURFACE. IT HAS MADE IT A PRIORITY, SO I BELIEVE AND I THINK, UM SEAN CONRAD WILL WILL SPEAK TO, UM, AND DID THIS EVENING AND HAS HISTORICALLY THI THIS HAS BEEN A PROCESS WE ARE WORKING ON THIS. WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT AS GOOD AS IT CAN BE.

IT IS NOT THERE YET. UM, BUT I WOULD OFFER TO YOU DO WE WANT TO STEP BACKWARDS IN THAT PROCESS OF MAKING THINGS BETTER OR DO WE WANT TO KEEP PUSHING FORWARD AND TRYING TO MAKE IT BETTER TRYING TO MAKE IT? DESTINATION IN OUR TOWN CENTER. UM BECAUSE WE ARE IN A POSITION RIGHT NOW AS A NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY TO COLUMBUS OF SEEING EXPLOSIVE GROWTH. THERE ARE STUDIES NOW THAT HAVE US COLUMBUS, OHIO, IN FIRST PLACE, BEATING OUT AUSTIN, TEXAS, AS UM, UH UH, THE AREA WHERE WE ARE GOING TO SEE A POPULATION EXPLOSION. SO WHEN WE HEAR THAT 17,000 NUMBER I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY FRONT WINDOW. UM THE TRAFFIC PATTERN OVER THE COURSE OF HISTORY HAS GOTTEN MORE AND MORE HEAVY OVER THE YEARS NOW, WHERE I AM ON THIS TOPIC TODAY IS, UM, I'VE TALKED WITH EVERYONE. UM, WE HEARD FROM THE PEOPLE IN OUR CITY WE HEARD FROM A CITY ADMINISTRATOR WITH YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. OUR MAYOR WHO HAS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, MR VEDRA, WHO HAS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WE HEARD FROM THE CHIEF OF POLICE. WE HEARD FROM JOE WEBER FROM OUR SERVICE DEPARTMENT WE HEARD FROM MS FITZPATRICK. WE WERE TO TAKE THE YEARS OF COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE OF THESE PEOPLE AND LAY THEM OUT IN FRONT OF US THIS EVENING AND THEN PUT THE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE OF THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL IN PUBLIC SAFETY. I THINK WE SHOULDN'T EVEN BE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION. AND IN MY MIND IF COUNCIL MAKES A DECISION TO GIVE A DIRECTIVE THEN WE ASSUME THE RISK OF THAT DECISION. I KNOW THAT I WAS NOT ELECTED BY THIS COMMUNITY TO BE THEIR VOICE AND MAKE THAT VOICE LOUDER THAN THE PEOPLE THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS HIRED AND ENTRUSTED TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS. AND SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE, UM, THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL TO CONSIDER OUR ROLE AND CONSIDER THAT THE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE IN MAKING THESE EVENTS OFF BROADWAY AS GOOD AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN BE. AND, UM ASK EVERYONE THE QUESTION THAT NO ONE IS SAYING THAT THAT THAT WE CAN'T I TALKED TO THE CHIEF OF JACKSON TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, THE THEIR ANSWER WHEN THEY FIRST RESPONDER IS WELL, IF YOU MAKE THAT DECISION, WE'LL DO IT THE BEST WE CAN. THAT'S WHAT THEY'LL DO. THEY'LL DO THE BEST THEY CAN. SO THAT'S WHAT OUR DIVISION OF POLICE WILL TELL US. IF WE MAKE A DECISION, THEY'LL DO IT THE BEST THEY CAN. THEY WILL DO WHATEVER THEY CAN TO MITIGATE RISK. I'M ASKING YOU IF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE COME FORWARD AND SAID TO YOU DON'T DO IT. DON'T C CLOSE A ROAD THAT PLAYS THIS SIGNIFICANT OF A ROLE IN THE OVERALL FABRIC OF THE MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S NOT ABOUT INCONVENIENCING DRIVERS. IT'S ABOUT THE PERSON WHO'S WAITING ON A MEDIC. WHOSE WHOSE HUSBAND IS HAVING A HEART ATTACK OR A STROKE. THOSE ARE THE REASONS THAT WE REACHED WE OUR OUR TEAM DECIDED WE REACHED A TIPPING POINT, AND WE WERE NO LONGER SEEING A SITUATION WHERE THE RISKS THAT WE WERE ASSUMING OUTWEIGHED. THE BENEFITS OUTWEIGH THEM. THEY REALIZED IT WAS THAT TIME, SO I JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GIVE IT THE THOUGHT. UM AGAIN, IS IT OUR ROLE TO GIVE DIRECTIVES AND IF

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YOU CAN DO SOMETHING, DOES THAT MEAN YOU SHOULD DO SOMETHING? IS THAT A RISK THAT WE AS A BODY SHOULD BE ASSUMING. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS BY COUNSEL OH, MR BARRY. SO OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS, UM, WE WENT FROM THE LINCOLN STREET. UM, PROPOSAL FOR OUR DOWNTOWN TO SEVERAL OTHER PROPOSALS OF HOW TO MAKE, UM OUR LIVING ROOM, WHICH IS BROADWAY, UM, MORE ACCESSIBLEAC, MORE SAFE, UM, AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC THAT THE PUBLIC WOULD USE IT. I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH. WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON DIFFERENT PROPOSALS TO TRY TO TELL US HOW TO DO THAT. THE ONE THING THAT WE CAN'T MISS IN THIS CONVERSATION IS THE IMPACT OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED ON THE LOCAL BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN. UM IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THIS EVENT IS MOVED TO THE AREA BEHIND A PARK STREET. UM, UM FURTHER AWAY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S STILL GONNA IMPACT THE BUSINESSES BECAUSE THE BUSINESSES, UM OVER THE OVER THE YEARS, AND I JUST FIND OUT TONIGHT THAT WE'RE MOVING THE ALUMNI CELEBRATION WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN THE TOWN CENTER, UM AS WELL, AND THAT'S ONLY ON ONE NIGHT FOR A FEW HOURS. UM WHICH I DON'T KNOW THAT THE ALUMNI KNOW THAT YET, BUT MAYBE THEY DO. UM BUT YOU KNOW THOSE NIGHTS IMPACT THE BUSINESSES ON ON BROADWAY A LOT. I MEAN, I'VE SEEN PEOPLE GOING, YOU KNOW, LINING UP TO GO INTO THE DIFFERENT, UM, INTO THE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES AND EVERYTHING. SO YES, THERE IS A SAFETY. THERE IS A SAFETY CONCERN LIKE THERE IS WITH ANYTHING BUT AT THE SAME POINT IN TIME, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW FROM STUDY AFTER STUDY AFTER STUDY THAT BROADWAY IS OUR LIVING ROOM. BROADWAY IS THE DOWN IS THE TOWN CENTER MOVING MOVING AN EVENT BEHIND BROADWAY DOES NOT GIVE THE BUSINESSES ANY ANY HELP . IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING FOR US DO I. I DO AGREE WITH YOU, MISSY, THAT, UM EACH OF THOSE STUDIES HAS SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN. HOW DO WE CALM THE TRAFFIC? HOW DO WE DIVERT THE TRAFFIC? HOW DO WE MOVE THESE THINGS? WE'VE KNOWN THIS FOR YEARS THAT WE SHOULD MOVE THESE THINGS. I MEAN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT STRAIGHTENING, UM STRAIGHTENING, UM, UH, GROVE CITY ROAD. UM SO GROVE CITY ROAD ENTERS, UM, BROADWAY FURTHER SOUTH. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THOSE THINGS THEY'VE I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THEM. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN DONE YET. UM OTHER PLANS. OTHER THINGS HAVE TAKEN PLACE AND PRIORITY. SOME OF THEM RIGHTLY SO. BUT THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVE TO HAPPEN AGAIN BECAUSE THIS PROBLEM IS, AS WE ALL DISCUSS. IT'S GOING TO KEEP CONTINUE TO GET WORSE. BUT THE ONE THING THAT IS EVIDENT THAT TO ME OVER ALL THESE YEARS IS BROADWAY IS OUR LIVING ROOM. AND IF WE CAN INVITE PEOPLE TO OUR LIVING SAFELY THEN WE HAVE A PROBLEM. SO I MEAN THIS LEGISLATION. YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TELLING ANYBODY THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE THEIR EVENT DOWNTOWN. IT SAYS THAT IT IT SAYS HERE IN SECTION TWO, THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL SUPPORT THE REQUEST DATES FROM GROSS CITY AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE HEART OF GROWTH CITY FOR RESPECTIVE EVENTS TO CAUSE THE EVENT TO BE HELD IN ISRAEL. SO IF THEY REQUEST IT, THEN IT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED NOW IF THEY REQUEST IT NEXT YEAR.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY DON'T WANT TO DO IT THIS YEAR, BUT THEY WANT TO DO IT NEXT YEAR. THEY'VE GOT A WHOLE YEAR TO PLAN IT AND EVERYTHING, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I AS YOU GUYS KNOW, I. I SEND OUT SURVEYS, UM, PROBABLY TWO TIMES TWO TIMES A YEAR, AND THE ONE THING THAT'S ALWAYS PREDOMINANT IS PEOPLE LOVE THE TOWN CENTER, THE BROADWAY EVENTS AND I KEEP. I'VE HEARD A COMPLAINT AFTER COMPLAINT AFTER COMPLAINT OF WHY PEOPLE DON'T GO TO, UM, THE THESE EVENTS ANYMORE BECAUSE OF WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED. AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. THEN I HEAR FROM THE BUSINESSES, THE BUSINESSES THE BUSINESSES ARE SAYING THE SAME THING. THEY'VE LOST A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF BUSINESS BECAUSE THE EVENTS ARE BEHIND THEM, AND NOT EITHER BEHIND THEM OR AWAY FROM THEM AND NOT IN THE TOWN AND NOT IN THE TOWN CENTER. SO MY WHOLE MY WHOLE POINT OF THIS IS FIRST OF ALL, RANDY. I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP. UM BUT AT THE SAME POINT, WE DO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. IT HAS THIS. IT HAS TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, SO WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE IF COLUMBUS STREET NEEDS TO BE STRAIGHTENED OR IF THERE'S A ROUTE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, THEN WE NEED TO DO IT IF THERE'S OTHER IF THERE'S BOLLARDS THAT NEED TO BE PUT ON BROADWAY, UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THEM ON SIDE STREETS. LET'S PUT THEM ON BROADWAY, BUT YOU KNOW AGAIN. THE TOWN. THE BROADWAY IS OUR LIVING ROOM. AND BROADWAY IS AND BROADWAY IS WHAT I REMEMBER OF GROVE CITY FROM FROM THE POINT IN TIME THAT I ARRIVED HERE, THE EVENTS DOWNTOWN AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. I AGREE. TRAFFIC HAS INCREASED. I DO NOT DOUBT OUR POLICE. I DO NOT DOUBT UM WHAT THEY'RE SAYING AND EVERYTHING BUT AT THE SAME POINT IN TIME, AS WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO, UM, RETURN THIS EVENT TO DOWNTOWN NOW, AND HOW DO WE DO

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THAT? IS THERE A TWOYEAR PLAN? IS THERE A ONE YEAR PLAN? I DON'T KNOW, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S PEOPLE ON THIS COUNCIL THAT ARE GOING TO BUG THE HELL OUT OF PEOPLE. SO WE FIGURE IT OUT. SO UM, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF IT . IT BASICALLY TELLS THE IT BASICALLY TELLS THE, UM THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT AND DOESN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR. NO IT'S UP TO THE CHAMBER WHETHER THEY DECIDE TO PUT IT DOWNTOWN. UM OR NOT, SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. UM. AFTER THE MEETING ON TUESDAY. UH, WE WERE TOLD THAT DURING, UH THE. FIRST OF ALL ARTS IN THE ALLEY LAST YEAR THAT THE MERCHANTS LOST 80% OF THEIR FOOT TRAFFIC AND THEY LOST SALES IN EXCESS OF 90. UM.

IF YOU WENT ON GROVE CITY CONNECT AFTER THE ARTS AND THE ALLEY LAST YEAR. I DON'T THINK THERE WAS A POSITIVE COMMENT MADE JUST NEGATIVE. I WON'T GO BECAUSE OF THE, UM, TERRAIN BECAUSE OF WHERE IT WAS HELD. UM, AND FOR SOME PEOPLE, THAT'S A BIG ISSUE. FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE MOBILE. SHOULDN'T BE THAT BIG OF AN ISSUE. BUT IT IS EVERYBODY'S DOING IT. NO ONE IN THIS ROOM DOUBTS THAT SAFETY ISN'T AN IMPORTANT AND THE TEAMS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY THAT WORK ON SAFETY HAVE DONE A YEOMAN'S JOB. AND IT WOULD BE HARD FOR ANYBODY TO SAY THAT THEY HAVEN'T THE ONE THING I THINK IS THE PUBLIC DOESN'T PUT AS MUCH EMPHASIS ON SAFETY CONCERNS. THEY WANT TO GO. TO A. A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN WALK AND SEE EVERYTHING BUY STUFF OR WHATEVER. AND THEY THE THEY'RE NOT THAT IN TUNE WITH SAFETY. I'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT SAY, MOVE IT BACK TO BROADWAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. MR DO IF I COULD, UH, THE FIRST? UH UH, QUESTION TO MS CONRAD. HAVE YOU FILED YOUR APPLICATION FOR THE EVENT? YES AND WHAT DID YOU REQUEST IN THE FILING THAT WHEN THEY WERE FILED BEFORE WE UNDERSTOOD THIS WAS GONNA BE A CONVERSATION. BUT THE EVENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED AND. TO GO OVER THERE, EXCEPT YOU GOT THIS UNDERSTANDING THAT CAME OUT OF ALMOST NOWHERE. THAT MAKING GO BACK ON BROADWAY. UH YOU ALSO I THINK, FORGET THAT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THE TERRAIN OF THE OLD LIBRARY SITE WE HAVE THE TRAIN OF WORKING ON BROADWAY, THE SIDEWALKS AND THE UPS AND DOWNS OF THE CURBS. BELIEVE ME, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THOSE ISSUES OVER THE YEARS, WITH PEOPLE TRIPPING AND MANEUVERING AROUND, EVEN ON BROADWAY. IT DOES NOT GO AWAY. THE OTHER POINT IS THAT THE PROMENADE. THAT WE PAID FOR THE LIBRARY THAT WE HELP PAY FOR. THE APARTMENTS WENT BACK HERE WERE ALL PART OF WHAT MR BURRY WAS SPEAKING OF TRYING TO IMPROVE THE MOBILITY AND THE FUNCTIONALITY OF OUR DOWNTOWN. WE HAVE SPOKEN TO THAT ISSUE, AND WE SOLVED ALL THE PROBLEMS. HEAVEN TO KNOW. BUT UH, THIS THIS IS A BIG DECISION. I DON'T REMEMBER MY TIME IN COUNCIL MAYOR OF EVER HAVING A LEGISLATION COME THROUGH THAT SAYS YOU SHALL DO SOMETHING, BUT IT'S HERE, AND, UH, I SUPPORT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE SAFETY FORCES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MR CHAIR. CAN I ASK ONE MORE OR MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT? UM, SO AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF BEEN THROWN OUT THERE ABOUT HOMECOMING, SO THIS LEGISLATION IS ALLOWING TWO EVENTS. BUT THERE'S NO LEGISLATION SAYING NO OTHER EVENTS WOULD NOT TAKE PLACE.

RIGHT SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME OF THIS I THINK MR VEDRA SAID HOMECOMING WOULD NOT HAPPEN ANYMORE THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF THE MAYOR OR MR BOSO HAS ANY PERSPECTIVE ON ANY OTHER EVENTS THAT HAVE BEEN HELD THERE IN THE PAST OR OTHERS THAT MAY COME FORWARD. AFTER THIS WE'VE NOT HAD ENOUGH DISCUSSION ABOUT THE HOMECOMING. THAT THAT WAS VERY SHORT WINDOW. POINT OF ORDER, MR STEVEN SMITH. YES SIR. THIS IS WRITTEN AS PERMISSIVE LEGISLATION FOR TWO OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS, NOT THE ADMINISTRATION. UM IF I WERE TO

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AMEND SECTION. TWO. AMEND SECTION TWO TO ALSO SAY HOMECOMING. IT'S STILL THE SECOND SENTENCE IN THE THIRD SENTENCE STILL APPLY IT JUST IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY REFERENCE TO WHO SUBMITTED THE PLANS TO BE SUPPORTED. SO YOU'RE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AMENDING SECTION ONE TO INCLUDE HOMECOMING. OR WHATEVER WE CALL IT. WHATEVER THE NOMENCLATURE IS FOR THAT I WOULD SAY ARTS IN THE ALLEY, THE WINE FEST, WINE AND ARTS FESTIVAL AND HOMECOMING TO BE HELD ON BROADWAY AND OTHER NEEDED STREETS TOWN CENTER FOR THE 20 TOUR EVENTS AND HEREAFTER , SECTION TWO DOESN'T NEED TO CHANGE THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL SUPPORT THE REQUESTED DATES FROM THE CHAMBER. AND THE HEART OF GROVE CITY. RESPECTIVE EVENTS. NOW IF THEY DON'T SUPPORT THEIR OWN, YOU KNOW THAT'S THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE THERE. THE ONLY PART II I I'M STRUGGLING WITH MR HOLD IS OBVIOUSLY WITH THESE TWO EVENTS. AS YOU SAID, YOU WROTE THIS AS PERMISSIVE LEGISLATION.

I MEAN, FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, YOU'RE GIVING THE GREEN LIGHT FOR THIS TO OCCUR THERE IF IT WERE TO PASS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S UP TO THE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS TO APPLY FOR WHERE THEY WANNA GO. AND AS YOU SAID, IF THEY WENT ON PARK STREET, THIS WOULD NOT APPLY. UM THE HOMECOMING P POSES AN INTERESTING KIND OF DILEMMA BECAUSE THE HOMECOMING IS A CITY EVENT AND WHILE COUNCIL. CERTAINLY FUND CITY EVENTS THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS. I AT LEAST HAVE SOME HESITATION IN SAYING THAT YOU COULD ORDER THE ADMINISTRATION TO APPLY FOR A PERMIT ON TO BROADWAY. I CAN CERTAINLY LOOK FURTHER INTO IT. I'M JUST GIVING YOU MY GUT REACTION BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I DIDN'T KNOW THAT QUESTION WAS GONNA COME UP TONIGHT. EITHER DO THAT ONE IS JUST A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE BECAUSE I MEAN, WHAT HAPPENS? I MEAN, NOT THAT THEY WOULD DO THIS. I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK THROUGH ALL THE SCENARIOS. BUT WHAT IF THEY DON'T APPLY FOR A PERMIT, AND THEY JUST DON'T DO IT? UM YOU KNOW WHAT IF SOMEONE ELSE DOES IT IT JUST THAT ONE GETS A LITTLE MORE INTERESTING, BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN, THE PURPOSE OF LEGISLATION WAS TO PROVIDE KIND OF A HERE'S AN OPTION. UM, BUT IF YOU ADD HOMECOMING, IT'S NO LONGER HERE'S AN OPTION. YOU'RE DIRECTING THE EVENT TO GO ON TO BROADWAY. I. I WOULD BE HESITANT TO TELL YOU THAT I COMFORTABLE WITH THAT WITHOUT SOME FURTHER RESEARCH, SIR. CORRECT. THANK YOU. POINT TAKEN. NO FURTHER COMMENTS FOR ME. NOW THAT THERE'S NO MORE COMMENTS TO BE MADE. THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS SECOND READING IN PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVE THAT IT BE APPROVED.

SECOND. OUT. HELP. NO HALT! YES. BARRY YES. DO YES, YES. ANDERSON? YES? UM, IF I HAVE THE FLOOR, THEN I MR DENE HAS THE FACT YOU DO. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME, OK? THANK

[Ordinance C-12-24 Repeal Chapter 732 titled Medical Marijuana and Section 1135.09(b)(15) titled Medical Marijuana Cultivation, Processing, or Retail Dispensing of Medical Marijuana Prohibited in All Districts, of the Codified Ordinances of Grove City, Ohio. First reading. ]

YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR DEW, AND WE'RE MOVING ON NOW TO SAFETY WITH MS ANDERSON. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. HOW SO? TONIGHT WE HAVE ORDINANCE C 1224. THIS IS TO REPEAL CHAPTER 732 TITLED MEDICAL MARIJUANA AND SECTION 1135 09 TITLED MEDICAL, MARIJUANA CULTIVATION, PROCESSING OR RETAIL DISPENSING OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROHIBITED IN ALL DISTRICTS OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF GROVE CITY, OHIO, FIRST READING. THIS IS SORRY. THIS IS THE FIRST READING OUR SECOND AND PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE ON 3 1824 FOR THIS ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S ALL I

[Ordinance C-52-23 Amend Various Sections of the Codified Ordinances to create an additional Deputy City Administrator position. Second reading and public hearing. ]

HAVE. THANK YOU. I WRITE IT. AND FINALLY, UM, STANDING IN FOR COUNCILMAN, CIGARS. MR BARRY IS GOING TO TAKE FINANCE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT ORDINANCE, C 5223 AMEND VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES TO CREATE AN ADDITIONAL DEPUTY DIRECT ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL DEPUTY CITY ADMINISTRATOR POSITION. THIS IS THE SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AND THIS IS THE SECOND PIECE OF LEGISLATION. WE'VE ALREADY ADDED THIS AND 161 . SO IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? SO ADMINISTRATION HAS REQUESTED THAT THIS ITEM BE

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WITHDRAWN. BECAUSE WE CLEAN CLEAN THIS UP IN ONE SWEEPING PIECE OF LEGISLATION. I MOVE IT BE WITHDRAWN. SECOND MR HOLT. YES YES, YES, YES. ANDERSON YES? OH, YES, AND JUST TO REITERATE FROM WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID THAT THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE IN A DIFFERENT PIECE OF LEGISLATION, SO WE STILL ACCOMPLISHED IT. ORDINANCE CO 924 AUTHORIZED THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO CONVEY EXCESS PERSONAL PROPERTY TO THE SOUTHWESTER CITY SCHOOLS FOR USE IN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. THIS IS THE SECOND READING IN PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL GO TO MR BOZO. UH, YES. THANK YOU, MR BARRY. UH, EACH YEAR, WE HAVE, UH UH, VEHICLES THAT WE DONATE EITHER TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND IN ONE CASE WE DONATED TO THE MOUNT CARMEL HOSPITAL. THESE ARE VEHICLES NO LONGER NEEDED. THERE'S FOUR OF THEM, UM, MOST OF THE TIME THEY AS THEY SAY THEY GO TO THE CAREER CENTER AND THE STUDENTS WORK ON THEM. SOME OF THESE THIS YEAR MAY BE USED, UH FOR, UH, TRANSPORTATION OF STUDENT PROGRAMS. SO THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL I WOULD JUST NOTE THAT THIS HATS OFF TO THE MAYOR AND CHECK FOR LEADING THIS EFFORT. UM, IT HELPS OUT THE SCHOOLS AND IT'S UM IT'S A COST SAVING MEASURE AS WELL TO THE SCHOOLS. AND PLUS IT , UH, ALLEVIATES A LOT OF HEARTACHE FOR US TRYING TO SELL PIECES OF UNDESIRABLE EQUIPMENT.

SO. UM SO ORDINANCE CO 924 THIS THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS, UM, SECOND READING IN PUBLIC HEARING

[Ordinance C-09-24 Authorize the City Administrator to convey excess Personal Property to the South-Western City School District for use in Educational Training Programs. Second reading and public hearing]

AND I MOVE IT BE APPROVED. SECOND MR BARRY BURROWS? YES ANDERSON? YES YES. SALT YES

[Ordinance C-10-24 Levying Special Assessments for the construction of various Sidewalks in the City of Grove City. Second reading. ]

ORDINANCE C 1024, LETTING A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VARIOUS SIDEWALKS IN THE CITY OF GROVE CITY AND WE ARE GOING TO I WOULD OFFER TO POSTPONE THIS UNTIL, UM 4124 TO ALLOW PROPER, UM, LEGAL NOTIFICATIONS TO HAPPEN A SECOND. SECOND. MR DHU. YES YES, ANDERSON. YES? HELP! YES, HOLT. YES, YES, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MADAM ROSANNE. THANK YOU, MR BARRY. ESPECIALLY ON SHORT NOTICE. UM. THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR BUSINESS AGENDA.

[Call for New Business ]

AND IF THERE IS ANY NEW BUSINESS TO BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF COUNSEL THAT NOW IS THE TIME AND I DO HAVE SANDRA HOOKER SIGNED UP TO SPEAK UNDER NEW BUSINESS. AND SHE ROLL UP THERE OR NOT. WE HAVE. THANKS FOR BEING HERE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS SANDRA HOOKER. I LIVE ON, UH, 2971 WOOD GROVE DRIVE, AND I'VE BEEN HERE EIGHT YEARS AND UM, AND I KNOW ABOUT THE TRAFFIC HAS INCREASED, AND, UH, BECAUSE I HAD SPOKE TO MANY PEOPLE ABOUT THE TRAFFIC BEING, YOU KNOW, AND HAVE, BUT I SEPTEMBER THE 30TH. MY SON GOT HIT BY A MOTORIST.

AND CAUSES ALL KIND OF DAMAGES TO HIM. HE WAS ALREADY HANDICAPPED. AND HE WAS, UM. UH, HE WAS ABLE TO PUSH HIMSELF IN THE WHEELCHAIR. SO NOW HE IS UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING. AND I JUST WANNA SHOW YOU UH, THE TYPE OF DAMAGES I'M TALKING ABOUT. WHAT VEHICLE CAN DO. AND CAUSE SO MUCH DAMAGE. IN THE MADE SO MUCH DAMAGE TO HIM. THE TO MY SON. IN THE WIND OUT OF HIM. IT CAUSED A LOT OF TRAUMA. MY SON CAN'T SPEAK. HE CAN'T HOLD HIMSELF UP. HE CAN'T FEED HIMSELF. HE DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE. IT TOOK A LONG TIME FOR HE RECOGNIZED ME AS HIS MOTHER. SO I WOULD OUT I DIDN'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS SITUATION. I WAS DRAGGED THIS SITUATION BECAUSE MY SON GOT HIT. AND. NO THEY DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER THIS. NOTIFY ME ABOUT COMING TO COURT.

UNTIL I GOT IN TOUCH WITH CHANNEL SIX. AND THEN CHANNEL 16. YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU GOT A COURT DATE TO COME IN. SO I WENT STILL NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON. AND I THOUGHT I WAS ABLE TO GIVE A SPEECH OR SOMETHING. BUT THEN THE JUDGE, SAY, MISS HOOKER DO YOU

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UNDERSTAND ME? WE HAVE TO GO BY THE LAW. AND ALL WE CAN ONLY GIVE THIS PERSON WHAT THE LAW ALLOW. THIS GIRL GOT AWAY WITH 100 AND $50 IN COURT COST YOU KNOW WHAT THIS COST MY SON? SO I'M I I'M ADVOCATING FOR THIS. A TO MAKE A CHANGE. AND THEY ALL TELL HIM. I'M GLAD I CAME TO HEAR ABOUT THE TRAFFIC. BECAUSE I SPOKE TO ONE TIME ONE TIME BEFORE ABOUT SO MUCH TRAFFIC BECAUSE I LIVE ON WOOD GROVE WHERE THESE ARE THE BY STREET TO GET ON TO THE OTHER SIDE, AND I KNOW HOW. WHEN WE HAVE AN, UM YOU KNOW? UH UH UH FIRST. WHAT? UH, THERE'S FIREWORKS. AND HOW THE TRAFFIC I MEAN IT IT YOU CAN'T EVEN GET OUT. GET OUT IN THE AREA, AND, UH, WE HAVE ALL THAT TRAFFIC COMING DOWN, WOODROW. BUT I'M HERE BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, I'M ASKING FOR Y'ALL SUPPORT IN THIS BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN OUT, UM IN THE PARKING LOTS AND TRYING TO GET SIGNATURES FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE. I HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF THESE ALREADY SIGNED. AND I HAVEN'T HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH TALKING TO OUR PUBLIC, OUR OUR OUR PEOPLE HERE IN GROVE CITY.

EVERYBODY'S ON BOARD. FOR WHAT? I'M TRYING TO GET A GOOD LOOK. I HOPE I HAVE GOOD LUCK. BUT I HAVE GOD ON MY SIDE. I'M A CHRISTIAN. AND I BELIEVE AND I'M ASKING YOU TO. THIS I. I KNOW YOU CAN'T CHANGE ALL THE THINGS, BUT THIS IS WHAT I GOT AN IDEA. NOT JUST I WANT TO READ SOME OF THE THINGS I SAID WHAT I WANT CHANGE. I WANT THAT $50 100 $50 FINE. RAISE. BECAUSE THIS IS A HUMAN BODY. THIS IS A HUMAN BEING. THIS IS NOT A GEESE. THIS IS A HUMAN BEING TRYING TO GET AND MY SON AND ANYBODY. I'M HERE FOR THE HANDICAP. THE PEDESTRIAN . I WANT THIS CITY TO BE A PEST CITY. WITH THE PEDESTRIAN HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY, NOT THE VOTERS. I WANT. IF THEY CALL US ANY BAD HARM. I WANT THEM TO DO COMMUNITY WORK. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE COMMUNITY WORK. I WANT TO INCREASE THE COST. OVER EVERYTHING THE CONVICTION. I WANT TO MAKE A THE POINT SYSTEM GO UPON. SO THERE ARE NO YOU'RE NOT IF YOU KNOW HOW IF YOU IF YOU TAKE MONEY OUT OF PEOPLE, BUT HER POCKET THEY THINK TWICE BEFORE THEY CROSS. AND I WAS SOMETHING I WAS REALLY. UPSET BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE CROSSWALK PROTECTED US. BUT THEY DON'T YOU KNOW? SO I'M I'M ASKING FOR, UM LIGHTS. YOU KNOW YOU COULD SOME PLACES IN IN ITS IN OHIO AND IN COLUMBUS, THEY HAVE THE BLINKING LIGHTS WHEN THE PERSON COME UP TO THE CROSSWALK I WANT I WANT GIRL CITY. TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THEIR PEDESTRIAN BECAUSE JUST LIKE I WAS SAYING, Y'ALL WANNA PUT ON THESE EVENTS WE CAN BRING IN ALL THE CARS IN HERE. BUT GIVE YOU MAKE SURE YOU GIVE THE, UH RIGHT AWAY TO THE PEDESTRIAN.

WHEN YOU START DOING THIS. THAT'S 100,000 PEOPLE. AND I LIVE CLOSE TO COLUMBUS STREET.

AND I WAS JUST THINKING POOR IF THEY GONNA COME COME IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. AND UH, MISS HOOKER. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY TO SHARE YOUR STORY WITH US, AND I DID YOU SUBMIT SOMETHING IN WRITING AS WELL? UM I GAVE A NO, I JUST I SENT YOU. I SENT YOU SOMETHING IN THE MAIL . OK WE GONNA GIRL IT VERY VERY. I THINK I SAID YOU TOO VERY GOOD AND KEEP US IN THE LOOP AND THE CLERK OF COUNCIL MS KELLY, SHE'S SHE'S THE PERSON THAT'S IN THE BUILDING HERE. SO IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION TO DISTRIBUTE TO US, UM PLEASE USE HER, AND SHE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT COUNSEL ALSO GETS COPIES OF ANYTHING YOU HAVE HERE. OK OK. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I GAVE YOU EVERYTHING I GIVE. I'VE PASSED OUT. YOU HAVE IT. OK ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR STORY. MADAM CHAIR? YES JUST ONE ADDITIONAL THING. WHAT SHE'S ASKING FOR IS PETITION TO GO TO THE STATE AND TO RAISE THE MINIMUM. FINE BUT I, I WOULD, UH SUGGEST NOT SUGGEST THE ADMINISTRATION WILL DRAFT A RESOLUTION. AND WE'LL BE IN SUPPORT OF THAT. AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE CAN LOOK AT OUR OUR CODE, AND WE CAN INCREASE THE FINE EVEN ON OUR