[Ordinance C-21-24 Amend various Sections of the Codified Ordinances to Increase the Penalties for Distracted Driving and Violations in a Crosswalk that result in harm to pedestrians. Second reading and public hearing. ]

LIKE WE'RE MOVING ON WITH SAFETY WITH MISS ANDERSON. YES. IT IS VERY DIFFERENT TO BE FIRST AND NOT HAVE LANDS. SO WE START WITH ORDINANCE C 2124. THIS IS TO AMEND VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES TO INCREASE THE PENALTIES FOR DISTRACT, DRIVING AND VIOLATIONS IN A CROSSWALK THAT RESULT IN HARM TO PERSON. SECOND READING. THIS IS THE SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING WE WILL HAVE, PUBLIC DISCUSSION AS WE ALWAYS DO, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE A NOTE. WE ARE GOING TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE, TO THE ORDINANCE AS IT'S WRITTEN, THIS WAS BROUGHT TO US LAST TIME AND WE DISCUSSED IT IN CAUCUS. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS ORDINANCE FULLY STATES THROUGHOUT THAT, INSTEAD OF PEDESTRIAN, IT WILL BE PERSON.

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SO I JUST WANT TO BRING AWARENESS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A VOTE ON THAT FIRST, AND WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON AMENDING JUST THE LANGUAGE. AND THEN WE WILL GO TO DISCUSSION FOR EVERYBODY. SO WITH THAT, I MOVE THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE AMENDED TO REPLACE PEDESTRIAN TO PERSON THROUGHOUT THE LEGISLATION. SECOND. SORRY, MISTER SIEGRIST. YES HOUCK. YES. YES. YOU. YES BURROWS. YES. ANDERSON. YES THANK YOU. SO NOW THAT WE HAVE UPDATED THE LANGUAGE, AGAIN, WE ARE WORKING TO AMEND VARIOUS SECTIONS TO INCREASE THE PENALTIES FOR DISTRACTED DRIVING IN A CROSSWALK THAT RESULT IN HARM TO A PERSON. DO WE WANT DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION AMONGST COUNCIL FIRST FOR THIS, OR DO WE GO AGAINST. LET'S GO TO THE LIST FIRST, WE HAVE SHARON MONTGOMERY LISTED UNDER SAFETY. IF YOU WANT TO COME UP. AND ANYONE SPEAKING AGAIN IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND THEN THREE MINUTES PLEASE. SHARON MONTGOMERY, 572 BONNINGTON WAY IN GAHANNA. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK AGAIN IN SUPPORT OF THIS ORDINANCE. I SPOKE AT THE MAY 6TH MEETING BECAUSE IT'S MY STANDARD PROCEDURE TO GIVE MY COMMENTS AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE IN THE PROCESS FOR, FOR ANY ORDINANCE OR BILL BEFORE THE DISCUSSION GETS TO SET IN ONE DIRECTION. I THOUGHT THE ONLY REMARKS I WOULD NEED TO MAKE TONIGHT WOULD BE TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE ALL AWARE OF THE FAR REACHING BENEFITS THIS ORDINANCE MIGHT HAVE. THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS REFUSED FOR YEARS TO ENACT SUFFICIENT, STRONGER PENALTIES FOR ANY TRAFFIC OFFENSE OTHER THAN DUI WHEN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH RESULTS, WHETHER OR NOT STRONGER PENALTIES ACT AS A DETERRENT, AS YOU'VE LEARNED FROM MRS. EXPERIENCE, THEY ARE CRUCIAL IN PROVIDING JUSTICE FOR THE VICTIM. NOW THAT YOU ARE APPARENTLY WELL, NOW THAT YOU HAVE, ARE ABOUT TO BE THE SECOND CITY TO PROVIDE STRONGER PENALTIES FOR AT LEAST SOME TRAFFIC OFFENSES THAT CAUSE GRIEVOUS HARM, YOU MIGHT BE HELPING TO ENCOURAGE OTHER CITIES TO DO SO. I KNOW OF FOUR CITIES SO FAR THAT ARE LIKELY TO BE WILLING TO FOLLOW SUIT. IF YOU PASS THIS ORDINANCE, YOU MIGHT VERY WELL BE STARTING AN IMPORTANT TREND. JUST THIS PAST WEEK, I LEARNED OF ANOTHER REASON I NEED TO SPEAK TONIGHT. MR. SMITH NEEDS TO BE PUBLICLY PRAISED FOR BEING SMARTER THAN THE ENTIRE OHIO OR IOWA STATE LEGISLATURE. THEY JUST PASSED A BILL TO EXPAND THEIR DEFINITION OF PEDESTRIAN FOR THEIR STATE CROSSWALK LAW. IT NOW COVERS NOT JUST PERSONS AFOOT, BUT ALSO PERSONS USING A PEDESTRIAN CONVEYANCE, WHICH THEY DEFINED AS ANY HUMAN POWERED DEVICE. THIS DEFINITION EXCLUDES MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIRS AND MOTORIZED SCOOTERS, SUCH AS MRS. MR. SMITH WAS WISE ENOUGH TO SIMPLY USE THE ALL INCLUSIVE TERM OF PERSON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING SO ACCESSIBLE AND RECEPTIVE TO YOUR RESIDENTS CONCERNS, AND FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO SAFETY AND GROWTH. CITY. AND AFTER I WROTE THIS, I JUST GOT ANOTHER PIECE OF INFORMATION YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN JUST TODAY, MR. TEAFORD AND I WERE AT THE OHIO TRAFFIC SAFETY SUMMIT AND AFTER ONE OF THE SESSIONS, I GOT A CARD FROM THE ABATE, OHIO AMERICAN BIKERS AIMED TOWARDS EDUCATION AND I WILL CONTACT HER MORE, BUT THEY ARE WORKING TOWARDS THIS, BILL AT THE LEGISLATORS THAT THE STATE LEVEL TO INCREASE PENALTIES FOR, ALL THE TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS THAT OTHER THAN DUI THAT DON'T HAVE INCREASED PENALTIES. SO MAYBE WE'RE ON A ROLL. THANK YOU. AND I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE SANDRA. YOU DIDN'T CHECK UNDER SAFETY OR NEW BUSINESS. BUT I BELIEVE YOU WANT TO SPEAK DURING SAFETY, RIGHT? YES SO. AND AGAIN, IF YOU WOULD ALSO PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS SANDRA. I LIVE AT 2971 WOODGROVE DRIVE. I WANT TO THANK YOU. GROVE CITY COUNCIL, THIS IS A START FOR US TO SUPPORT THE ORDINANCE C 2124 TO PRESENT A STRONGER PENALTY TO ADDRESS DISTRACTED DRIVING ISSUES AND CROSSWALK. NOW WE ARE SPEAKING LOUD TO THOSE MOTORISTS WHO CAUSED DISTRACTED DRIVING. I ACCEPT THE FIRST AND SECOND THE ORDINANCE IN GOOD FAITH. IF IT DO WHAT IT SAYS IT'S GOING TO DO, I ALSO LIKE TO REQUEST THAT PARALLELIZATION BE INCLUDED ALONG WITH DEATH. THE FIRST AND THE FIRST DEGREE OF THE

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MISDEMEANOR. BECAUSE THIS IS A NEAR DEATH CATASTROPHE AND OVERWHELMING LIFE CHANGE FOR THE VICTIM AND FAMILY, THERE SHOULD BE A SIX MONTH REVIEW TO A YEAR OR A YEAR REVIEW IN THIS ORDINANCE, WE SHOULD EXAMINE, I MEAN, ESTABLISH THE PENALTIES AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON THIS ORDINANCE TO INCLUDE OTHER PENALTIES FOR OFFENDERS WHO VIOLATE THE NEW ORDINANCE OF THE FIRST AND THE SECOND DEGREE MISDEMEANOR, SUCH AS COMMUNITY SERVICE DRIVING CLASSES, PRIVILEGES OF DRIVING AND JAIL TIME, I WELCOME RAISING THE FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE MISDEMEANOR PENALTIES OF FROM $150 TO 750 TO 1000. THIS IS STILL NOT ENOUGH, STILL NOT ENOUGH FOR TAKING SOMEONE'S LIFE. AND AND, CAUSING CATASTROPHIC INJURY. I HOPE ONE DAY WE CAN CONSIDER THE FIRST AND SECOND MISDEMEANOR TO BE A CRIMINAL CRIME. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO WE WANT TO START WITH DISCUSSION THEN AMONGST COUNCIL? YEAH. GO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING? I'LL JUST, SUGGEST THAT I WILL FOLLOW UP IN THE, SIX MONTHS AND YEAR TIME FRAME. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PENALTIES THAT DO GET ASSESSED AND GO TO COURT GET JUDGED AS SUCH. SO WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE, OVERSIGHT OF MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE ENFORCED AS THEY'RE ON THE BOOKS FOR US. AND WE DON'T GET LOST IN COURT WITH SOME OF THESE THINGS. SO YOU CAN LOOK TO ME TO PULL THOSE TOGETHER AT THE SIX MONTH TIME FRAME AND THE 12 MONTH TIME FRAME. HOPEFULLY WE WON'T EVEN HAVE ANY, BUT PERHAPS WE WILL WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE, THE, THE PARALLELIZATION WHEN SOMEONE GETS PARALYZED TO ASSOCIATE WITH THAT, TO DEATH, WE PROVED THAT IN DEATH WE SEE. SO THIS THIS ORDINANCE IS DONE AS OF IN A FEW MINUTES. AND WHAT WE'LL NEED TO DO, MISS, IS WE'LL NEED TO THINK ABOUT CREATING SOME OTHER, LEGISLATION IF WE WANT TO LOOK AT PARALYZED AS A, AS AN IMPACT FROM, ONE OF THESE ACCIDENTS. AND THEN WE RESEARCH AS TO WHAT THEY ARE INCLUDED. THE PERSON BEING PARALYZED FROM A OFFENDER IS, ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEATH, I'D HAVE TO DEFER TO MISTER SMITH ON THAT, IF I MAY. THANK YOU. SIR, WHEN? ACTUALLY, MISTER HOLT IS THE FIRST ONE WHO DRAGGED ME INTO THIS, WE LOOKED AT THE, THE CURRENT LEVEL OF OFFENSE. AND AS MISTER MISS INDICATED, YOU KNOW, FOR A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT SUCH AS HER SON WAS INVOLVED IN THE LAW, REALLY ONLY PROVIDED FOR A MINOR MISDEMEANOR CHARGE, WHICH WAS $150 FINE. NOTHING ELSE. WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT, WE CONSIDERED SEVERAL LEVELS IN TERMS OF THE OFFENSE. WE LOOKED AT HARM, WE LOOKED AT SERIOUS BODILY HARM, WHICH IS WHERE PARALLELIZATION WOULD COME IN. AND THEN WE LOOKED AT DEATH. THERE'S REALLY THREE STANDARDS UNDER STATE LAW THAT KIND OF ENCOMPASS ALL OF THE INJURIES THAT COULD OCCUR, IN STATE LAW, WHAT YOU SEE A LOT IS IN ORDER TO INCREASE IT TO A MISDEMEANOR OF THE SECOND DEGREE, IT WOULD REQUIRE SERIOUS BODILY HARM. HOWEVER, WE DID NOT FEEL WELL, IN MEETING WITH MISS AND MISS MONTGOMERY, THAT SERIOUS BODILY HARM IS MUCH MORE LIMITING. SO WE DECIDED TO MAKE THE MISDEMEANOR OF THE SECOND DEGREE JUST ANY PHYSICAL HARM. THEREFORE, ANYTHING THAT OCCURS, THEY WOULD BE FACING A MISDEMEANOR OF THE SECOND DEGREE, WHICH CARRIES A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF $750 FINE AND UP TO 60 DAYS IN JAIL. WE DID RESERVE THE MISDEMEANOR OF THE FIRST DEGREE, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF MISDEMEANOR THAT YOU, AS COUNCIL, CAN IMPOSE FOR A VIOLATION SUCH AS THIS, WHICH IS UP TO $1,000 FINE AND SIX MONTHS IN JAIL FOR THE CASES OF DEATH. BUT BY BY MAKING IT PHYSICAL HARM VERSUS SERIOUS PHYSICAL HARM, WE BELIEVE WE'VE EXPANDED THE PROTECTION IN TERMS OF WE HAVE THE INCREASED PENALTIES, YOU KNOW, IN PLACE WITH THE MISDEMEANOR OF THE SECOND DEGREE. THEREFORE, WE DIDN'T FEEL THE NEED FOR THIS LIKE THE STATE DID, TO DIFFERENTIATE. WE BELIEVE ANY HARM SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE MORE SEVERE PENALTIES VERSUS, YOU KNOW,

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PICKING APART WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS SERIOUS OR NOT. I WAS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT DEFINITION IN TERMS OF IF SOMEONE WAS GOING TO MAKE THE ARGUMENT, WELL, THAT WASN'T SERIOUS BODILY HARM. AND THEN WE HAVE A DEBATE OVER THAT. SO THIS WAY, IF THERE'S ANY PHYSICAL HARM, WE WILL HAVE THE INCREASED PENALTIES AND GOD FORBID, IT RESULTS IN DEATH. AND WE WOULD HAVE THE MISDEMEANOR OF THE FIRST DEGREE. AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, THAT IS THE HIGHEST PENALTIES THAT THIS COUNCIL IS PERMITTED TO IMPOSE UNDER THE LAW. SO WHERE DOES PARALLELIZATION FALL? IT WOULD FALL UNDER SERIOUS BODILY HARM IF WE HAD SUCH A CATEGORY.

HOWEVER, RIGHT NOW IT WOULD FALL UNDER PHYSICAL HARM, WHICH, LIKE I SAID, WOULD SUBJECT THE OFFENDER TO A CHARGE WITH A MISDEMEANOR OF THE SECOND DEGREE. IN TERMS OF THE LEVEL OF PENALTY. SO IT'D STILL BE ENHANCED, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE A LOT BETTER THAN WHAT WE PREVIOUSLY HAD. AND FRANKLY, WHAT EXISTS UNDER STATE LAW AS OF TODAY. OKAY THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU ALSO, FOR CLARIFYING THE WHAT COUNCIL IS ABLE TO APPROVE IN THIS LEGISLATION AT THIS POINT. YEAH. AND IF I MAY, JUST VERY BRIEFLY, AND I THINK MISS MONTGOMERY HAS SAID THIS IN THE PAST IS UNDER STATE LAW, UNLESS THERE IS ALCOHOL INVOLVED, THERE IS NO ABILITY TO GET ANYTHING TO A FELONY IN TERMS OF ACCIDENTS THAT RESULT IN EVEN DEATH, AND THE LEGISLATURE HAS NOT REALLY ADDRESSED THESE TYPES OF INCIDENTS WHERE THERE'S NO ALCOHOL INVOLVED. SO THEY'VE ALWAYS LEFT IT AS A MINOR MISDEMEANOR. AND UNFORTUNATELY, MY OFFICE PROSECUTED THE INDIVIDUAL, YOU KNOW, WHO INJURED MISS SON AND WE DID THE MAXIMUM THAT WE COULD DO UNDER THE LAW. AND THIS WILL BE A, A MUCH MORE A MUCH BETTER TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX FOR MY PROSECUTOR AND THE COURTS TO CONSIDER WHEN WE HAVE THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR STAGE. CHAIR ANDERSON, THANK YOU. AND MISS SUCKER. WE GOT IT DONE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, WE HAD OUR SAFETY DIRECTOR AT OHIO STATE WITH YOU, MISS MONTGOMERY, WE'RE TAKING A TWO PRONGED APPROACH BECAUSE OUR JOB IS TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM VIOLATING THE LAW AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE ALL THE TOOLS WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US AT CROSSWALKS, MAKING SURE THE CROSSWALKS ARE PROPERLY MARKED, REPAINTED REGULARLY, HAVING NO RIGHT TURNS WHEN THEY'RE APPROPRIATE AND HAVING STOP BARS INSTALLED AND WHERE THEY'RE NOT INSTALLED. BUT OUR JOB IS TO KEEP THESE KIND OF SITUATIONS FROM HAPPENING. AND SO NOT ONLY ARE WE PASSING THIS LAW, BUT FROM AN EXECUTION STANDPOINT, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND STATE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THE INTERSECTIONS IDENTIFIED THAT ARE HIGH RISK, AND WE GOT THEM PROPERLY MARKED. SO THAT'S OUR APPROACH, MISTER STATE, MAY I SAY THAT'S WHAT I HAVE, I'VE BEEN GETTING THAT'S WHAT I COME HERE EVERY TIME WE HAVE A MEETING TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION . AND ABOUT THE CROSSWALK AND DISTRACTED DRIVING, IT'S ALL ABOUT SAFETY OF THE PEDESTRIANS WHO WALK THE STREETS WITH THE LAW IS SO COMPLEX THAT THE TRAFFIC LAWS AND THEN THE, ALCOHOL LAW SEEM LIKE WHEN SOMEONE KILLS SOMEONE BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC LAWS, THE TRAFFIC LAWS IS, IS THE EASY WAY TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER AND GET LESS A FINE.

AND THIS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET Y'ALL TO UNDERSTAND. IF WHAT LEVEL OF A PERSON DEATH THAT Y'ALL ALLOWING THESE PEOPLE TO GET OFF AND GET TO GO THROUGH THIS, BECAUSE WHEN THIS GIRL GOT HIT, MY SON AND WHEN I REALIZED $150 FOR COURT AND WE STILL IN THE HOSPITAL, HE CAN'T MOVE. HE NOW HE'S FROM THE, FROM HE WAS ALREADY HANDICAPPED FROM WEST SIDE. HE'S HANDICAPPED ALL THE WAY UP. HE CAN'T EVEN MOVE HIS BODY. I'M NOT HERE FOR ABOUT MY SON. I'M HERE TO CORRECT THE SITUATION. AND THIS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO POINT OUT TO YOU. WE GOT CATASTROPHIC. WE HAVE PARALLELIZATION, AND WE HAVE DEATH THAT PEOPLE ARE DYING BY THESE MOTORISTS. AND AGAIN, AGAIN, ALL WITH A SLAP ON THE WRIST. EVEN MY PASTOR, WHEN I CAME TO MY PASTOR, THEY TALKED TO HIM ABOUT IT. HE SAID I DIDN'T HAVE TO SEE TO SAY, TO WORK OUT, SLAP ON THE WRIST. BUT I AM VERY, VERY HAPPY TO KNOW THAT THAT BECAUSE I IN MY PROPOSAL TO Y'ALL, I SAID I WANT

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$175 FOR, FOR THE MINOR MISDEMEANOR FOR THAT, MY SON AND $1,000 IS IN MY PROPOSAL.

$1,000. WHATEVER. I WELCOME IT. I'M WORKING. WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I DON'T HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH THAT. BUT I'M NOT FINISHED. WE'RE NOT BECAUSE I KNOW I'M NOT FINISHED. I'M NOT FINISHED. JUST CONTINUE LETTING THIS. THESE LAWS, GET PASSED WHAT IT IS, AND THEN I ALSO WANTED. ARE YOU DO YOU STILL HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? MESSAGE OKAY. I WAS GOING TO ASK IF OUR SAFETY DIRECTOR, MR. KEVIN TEAFORD, WOULD COME FORWARD AS WELL, MRS, I AGREE WE'RE NOT FINISHED JUST WITH THIS LEGISLATION. AS MR. HOLT SAID, WE WILL LOOK TO DO. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT TRYING. I'M TRYING TO MAKE THE PEOPLE WHO GET, HIT IN THE, IN, IN A CROSSWALK OR WHEREVER TO BE THE PERSON WHO CAUSED THE INJURY. IT'S THE PERSON WHO CAUSED THE INJURY. BUT SEE, THE, BUT THE, THE PEDESTRIAN, THE PERSON WHO GOT HIT IS, IS SUFFERING FROM ALL THIS DAMAGE THAT THEY DON'T CAUSE BY THEIR BODY. AND I UNDERSTAND HE SAID IT. THEY DON'T HAVE NO ORDINANCE FOR, BODILY INJURY, BUT THINGS CAN CHANGE WORDS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, Y'ALL GOT THE WORD SOCIAL MUMBO JUMBO AND CRISS CROSS AND IN TRAFFIC VIOLATION. IT'S HARD TO READ THE GREENS, SO I JUST WANT JUST GRADE THEM ALL OUT. I'M NOT GOING. I MADE THIS MY LIFE WORK TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THESE TRAFFIC LAWS SO IT WILL BENEFIT AND FIT THE PEOPLE WHO USE THE STREETS. YES, YES, IT'S EVERY BODY IS ASHAMED THAT YOU CANNOT WALK. I THOUGHT THE CROSSWALK WAS A PLACE FOR PROTECTION. IT'S JUST A LITTLE ROAD FOR YOU TO CROSS TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET. THAT'S ALL FOR. AND I WAS SURPRISED THAT Y'ALL DIDN'T HAVE NO SAFETY ON THAT CROSSWALK. AND NOW THAT I'M GLAD THAT Y'ALL HAVE REALLY, I AM. I AM SO HAPPY FOR THE 750 AND THE THOUSAND DOLLARS. I DON'T CARE WHERE IT CAME FROM, BUT I APPRECIATE Y'ALL RAISING THEIR FEES, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ANOTHER PERSON CAN THEN, GO THROUGH THE THING THAT I WENT THROUGH AND BE SURPRISED, I MEAN, BECAUSE WHERE'S JUSTICE? YEAH. AND IT'S AND IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP JUST WITH THIS LEGISLATION. THERE'S GOING TO CONTINUE ON. THERE'S WELL, WE, YOU, YOU WALKING IN THE RIGHT WAY, I'M TELLING YOU. BUT BUT WE STILL HAVE A JOB TO CONTINUE TRYING TO GET THESE PEDESTRIANS TO DRIVE AND, AND BE, AWARE OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING WHILE THEY'RE DRIVING. ABSOLUTELY. AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT, MR. TELFORD, IF YOU WANT TO SHARE. I KNOW YOU'VE SAID BEFORE, EDUCATION ENGINEERING AND ENFORCEMENT. SO, MRS, IT'S NOT DONE WITH JUSTICE LEGISLATION, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE CONTINUED PROACTIVE EFFORTS THAT I KNOW MAYOR STAGE HAS ADDRESSED AS WELL, THAT THAT CAN CONTINUE, IF YOU WOULD. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AS MAYOR, STAGE, HAS ALSO STATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN HE HAS CHALLENGED US FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PREVENT THAT, TRAFFIC CRASHES, SPECIFICALLY INVOLVING VULNERABLE ROAD USERS. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE ACTUALLY SPENT OFFICER GREG BARBER AND I SPENT TWO DAYS ALONG WITH OUR COLLEGE INTERN FROM MOORPARK, WHO HAS A WHO'S GETTING READY TO START GRADUATE SCHOOL AT OHIO STATE. AND SHE'S SPECIALIZES IN DEVELOPMENT AND THESE TYPES OF ISSUES. WE WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER. WE DID SPENT TWO LONG TWO DAYS LOOKING AT DOING SAFETY AUDITS OF INTERSECTIONS ON HIGH CRASH ROUTES, VULNERABLE ROAD USER CRASH ROUTES IN OUR CITY. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AS MISS ANDERSON SAID EARLIER, WE LOOK AT THE THREE E'S ENGINEERING, ENFORCEMENT AND EDUCATION. SO WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT ENGINEERING FEATS AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO CORRECT SOME OF THOSE THINGS. WE'RE GOING TO GO LIGHTING. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT TRAFFIC CONTROL AND MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF VULNERABLE ROAD USERS WITHIN OUR CITY. WE'RE ALSO CREATING A SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLKIT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO START. WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE IMPORTANCE OF PEDESTRIAN, BIKE, GOLF CART SAFETY OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ASSESSING THAT. AS MISTER HOLT ALREADY ALLUDED TO, WE NEED TO ASSESS WHAT WE'RE DOING TO SEE IF IT'S WORKING. WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO ASSESS THAT, AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO LOOK AT ENFORCEMENT. CHIEF SCOTT HAS ALREADY INFORMED ME THAT HE'S TAKEN A STRONG, STRONG LOOK AT THOSE KIND OF VIOLATIONS THAT THAT ARE CONSIDERED CRASH CAUSING VIOLATIONS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO A DECLINE IN SAFETY OF OUR VULNERABLE ROAD USERS. AND HE'S GOING TO TAKE US THERE. OUR OFFICERS ARE TAKING ARE TAKING A STRONG STANCE, AND THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO

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TAKE A STRONG STANCE. AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO DO THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO MRS. AND ALSO MISS MONTGOMERY, WHO AS SHE STATED AS LATE AS THIS AFTERNOON, WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF SAFETY OFFICIALS FROM ACROSS THE MIDWEST AND, AND TALKING ABOUT HER STORY AND PROMOTING THIS CAUSE, IT'S VERY DEAR TO US AND IT'S VERY DEAR TO OUR MAYOR AND YOU BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU. WHAT YOU DOING? I'M I'M VERY. I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF Y'ALL BECAUSE Y'ALL DIDN'T EVEN KNOW. GIVE ME NO HARD TIME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I WAS RIGHT, AND HE WAS TRYING TO HELP. THANK YOU. MR, MAYOR. STATE. RANDY YES. MIGHTY MELISSA . CHRISTINE. THANK Y'ALL. YES. AND I'LL JUST ADD TO MY COMMENTS TO, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO THANK MRS. AS WELL. AND MRS. MONTGOMERY FOR TAKING YOUR HARDSHIP AND TURNING IT INTO COMMUNITY ADVOCACY FOR OTHERS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF YOUR FAMILY, FOR OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY, FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S FAMILY MEMBERS, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE DO NEED TO CONTINUE TO TAKE THIS FURTHER.

WE NEED MORE AWARENESS TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SLOW DOWN AND WATCH OUT FOR OTHERS, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE'VE WE'VE SAID WE WANT THIS TO BE A PEDESTRIAN, SAFE COMMUNITY.

AMEN. I APPRECIATE THE PROACTIVE ROLE THAT THE CITY ADMINISTRATION IS DOING. AND THE SAFETY DIRECTOR AND OUR POLICE FORCE. SO MORE TO COME FOR COMMUNITY AWARENESS WITH THIS AFTER THIS VOTE. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVE IT BE APPROVED SECOND. ZACH. YES, YES. YES. BURROWS.

YES. ANDERSON. YES. SIGRIST. YES THANK YOU. WE HAVE A SECOND ORDINANCE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

[Ordinance C-23-24 Enact Section 351.21 of the Codified Ordinances titled Parking Direction. First reading. ]

THIS IS JUST A FIRST READING. IT IS ORDINANCE C 2324. IT IS TO ENACT SECTION THREE 51.21 OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES TITLED PARKING DIRECTION. THIS IS THE FIRST READING. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE TONIGHT FOR SAFETY. THANK YOU, MISS ANDERSON. AND THEN WE ARE MOVING ON TO FINANCE WITH

[Ordinance C-22-24 Appropriate $250,000.00 from the General Fund for the Current Expense of Gantz Park Recschool Center Construction. Second reading and public hearing. ]