Oct 21, 2024 City Council

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GROVE CITY COUNCIL IS NOW IN SESSION. PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER. AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. MISS BURROUGHS HERE. ANDERSON. HERE. SIGRIST. HOUCK. HERE. HOLT. BERRY HERE. DUE HERE. ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO DISPENSE WITH THE READING OF THE MINUTES OF OUR OCTOBER 7TH REGULAR MEETING AND APPROVE THOSE AS WRITTEN. OH, PARDON. WELL, I MOVED TO EXCUSE RANDY.

THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? MISS BURROWS? YES. ANDERSON. YES. SIGRIST. YES.

YES. BARRY. YES. YOU. YES. ALL RIGHT. MAJOR OVERSIGHT. AND NOW I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO DISPENSE

[Approval of Minutes]

[Presentation: Auditor of State - Finance Award]

I WANT TO EDITORIALLY, BEFORE WE MOVE ON. THANK EVERYONE THAT WAS UP HERE. THEY ARE AN AMAZING TEAM UNDER MR. TURNER'S LEADERSHIP AND I WANT TO ADD TO THAT THAT ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, WHICH IS A UNWIELDY DOCUMENT AT BEST, THAT PROBABLY OUR RESIDENTS DON'T

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WE HAVE ORDINANCE C 4124 C 4224, C 4324, C 4424 AND C 4524. RESOLUTION CR 4524, CR 4624, CR 47, 24 AND CR EIGHT, CR 48, 24 UNDER SERVICE. WE HAVE ORDINANCE C 3824. UNDER FINANCE, WE HAVE ORDINANCE C 4024. ORDINANCE C 4624, C 4724 AND C 4824. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD EDITORIALLY THAT WE WERE A LITTLE BIT LATE GETTING STARTED THIS EVENING AS WE WERE CONSIDERING ADDING AN ITEM TO THIS EVENING'S AGENDA RELATED TO A LONG STANDING CONVERSATION RELATED TO THE USE OF BROOK PARK. THE MAYOR HAS ASSURED US, AS WE WERE LEAVING CAUCUS, THAT THAT CONVERSATION WILL CONTINUE.

SO I WILL NOT MAKE A MOTION TO ADD THAT ITEM TO THIS EVENING'S AGENDA. IN LIGHT OF THAT COMMITMENT, BUT WITH THE AGENDA THAT I HAVE JUST PRESENTED, IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, I WILL SAY THAT THAT AGENDA, AS IT WAS WRITTEN, IS APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT. ALL RIGHT. WE

[Ordinance C-41-24 Approve the Plat for Farmstead, Phase 5B. First reading. ]

THIS ORDINANCE HAD ITS FIRST READING. SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE NOVEMBER FOURTH, 2024. THE NEXT ITEM IS ORDINANCE C 4224 TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR AVIS

[Ordinance C-42-24 Approve a Special Use Permit for a Car Rental business for Avis Budget Car Rental located 2189 Stringtown Road. First reading. ]

[Ordinance C-43-24 Approve a Special Use Permit for a Drive-Thru for Credit Union of Ohio located at 2336 Stringtown Road. First reading. ]

[Ordinance C-44-24 Approve a Special Use Permit for a Drive-Thru for JP Morgan Chase Bank located at 2811 London-Groveport Road. First reading. ]

[Ordinance C-45-24 Approve the Rezoning of 2121 Sonora Drive from C-1 (service commercial) to C-2 (retail commercial). First reading. Ordinance C-45-24 Approve the Rezoning of 2121 Sonora Drive from C-1 (service commercial) to C-2 (retail commercial). First reading.]

[Resolution CR-45-24 Approve a Certificate of Appropriateness for the exterior painting of 5968 Hoover Road for Carmen Orthodontics. ]

YES. ARE YOU ARE HERE? PLEASE, PLEASE COME FORWARD WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. PLEASE. I'M SORRY I DIDN'T SEE YOU. IF YOU HAD SIGNED UP ON THIS. I CAME IN AFTER YOU GUYS HAD ALREADY STARTED. I DIDN'T WANT TO INTERRUPT ANYTHING. THANK YOU. JUST YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. JESSE. CARMEN AND 5968 HOOVER ROAD. WONDERFUL. IF YOU JUST WANT TO GIVE US A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THIS BUILDING AND WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE INDEPENDENT OF THE THREE, LIKE, AM I GOING RIGHT NOW OR GO AHEA. ABSOLUTELY. SURE. OKAY. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S A PLEASURE TO MEET EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU ALL. MY NAME IS JESSE CARMEN. I'M OWNER AND OPERATOR AT CARMEN ORTHODONTICS. NICE TO MEET YOU IN PERSON. FIRST, I'LL SAY I COULDN'T BE MORE THRILLED AND EAGER TO JOIN YOUR COMMUNITY.

I'VE BEEN WANTING TO COME OUT HERE FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS. I JOINED MY FATHER IN PRIVATE PRACTICE. HE WAS AN ORTHODONTIST FOR ABOUT 44 YEARS, AND TOGETHER WE OPERATED THREE PRACTICES AND NOW IS THE RIGHT TIME TO COME OUT HERE IN GROVE CITY. SO WE'RE WE'RE REALLY EAGER AND HOPEFULLY

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AND WITH THIS, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M KIND OF TRYING TO DO IS NOT JUST RENOVATE THE INSIDE, BUT ALSO GIVE IT A FRESH AND VIBRANT APPEARANCE OUTSIDE. I THINK IT'LL ATTRACT A LOT OF ATTENTION. I THINK PEOPLE WILL HOPEFULLY REALLY LOVE IT. THE CONDOS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO ME, THEY'RE KIND OF WHITE. DOCTOR PAPPAS IS BUILDING SMILES HIS WHITE THE NEW DAYCARE TWO UNITS DOWN HAS THE WHITE. SO I KIND OF LOOK AT THIS AS A NICE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF HELP TRANSITION THAT PART OF THE OF HOOVER INTO THAT, LIKE NEWER AREA. AND I JUST THINK IT'LL CREATE A REALLY SENSE OF A REALLY GOOD SENSE OF VIBRANCY AND, AND JUST MAKE PEOPLE FEEL AT EASE. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY WANT TO DO IS WHEN A CHILD IN PARTICULAR COMES INTO MY OFFICE, I WANT THEM TO FEEL AT EASE. AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BUILDING RIGHT NOW. IT'S A GORGEOUS BUILDING, BUT IT DEFINITELY LOOKS LIKE A BANK AND I'M JUST TRYING TO HELP IT NOT FEEL LIKE THAT AND MAKE IT FEEL LIKE A PLACE THAT FAMILIES IN PARTICULAR WOULD WANT TO GO. AS I SUM UP, WE JUST RENOVATED A PRACTICE IN PICKERINGTON AND I PUMPED A TON OF MONEY INTO THAT MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME AT AN EARLY AGE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING, DO IT TILL YOU'RE PROUD OF IT. AND WE LITERALLY WHEN I SAY WE CHANGED EVERYTHING BUT THE ROOF IN ONE SIDEWALK, I MEAN EVERYTHING AND NOW IT WENT FROM A KIND OF A DILAPIDATED BUILDING TO SOMETHING WHERE PEOPLE NOW STOP ME ON THE STREET AND GO, THIS IS AMAZING. WHAT YOU'VE DONE. OUR NEIGHBORS ARE, WHICH DIDN'T TAKE CARE OF THEIR PLACES, ARE NOW REDOING THEIR ROOF AND GARDENING. AND I MEAN, THEY'RE LIKE, IT'S CREATED A SENSE ON THAT STREET WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOW TAKING A LITTLE BIT BETTER CARE OF THEIR, OF THEIR PROPERTY. AND SO WITH THIS, I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, THIS WILL BE ANOTHER AGENDA, ANOTHER DAY. BUT PUMP A BUNCH OF LANDSCAPING AND BEAUTIFY AND FLOWERS AND TREES ALL, OF COURSE, WITH PERMISSION FROM THE PLANNING COMMITTEE. BUT I REALLY WANT TO I WANT I'M GOING TO BE HERE FOR 25 YEARS. I JUST WANT TO LOVE WHERE I GO INTO WORK, AND I HOPE PEOPLE LOVE IT AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. ROUSE. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT? JUST TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL IS AWARE THAT THIS IS NOT REALLY THE TYPICAL PROCESS, THIS WAS A COA THAT WAS FILED FOR ADMINISTRATIVELY, BUT THE BUILDING DIVISION WANTED TO WANTED TO HAVE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW IT AND COUNCIL AS WELL. JUST BECAUSE IT WAS A NICE BRICK BUILDING. AND THEN WE WEREN'T SURE WHAT THE, WHAT THE, WHAT THE RECEPTION WOULD BE FROM PAINTING THE BUILDING WHITE STAFF FELT WAS APPROPRIATE. WE RECOMMENDED SUPPORT OF IT. PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED FIVE ZERO IN FAVOR AS WELL. SO WITH THAT I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. ROUSE. ANY COMMENTS FROM ANYBODY ON COUNCIL? I THINK IT'S ONLY APPROPRIATE. SURE. IN THE BUSINESS OF MAKING THINGS WHITE AND BRIGHT. SO. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I HAVE A COMMENT. YES. MR. MAYOR, DOCTOR CARMON IS VERY MODEST. HE IS A WELL RESPECTED PROFESSIONAL. AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DEVELOPING HERE IS A SYNERGISM OF THE PROFESSIONAL FIELD. HAVING DOCTOR PAPPAS RECOMMEND GROVE CITY AS ANOTHER LOCATION FOR DOCTOR KAMAN. IT'S QUITE A COMPLIMENT TO US. SO THIS IS A MUCH BIGGER PICTURE THAN PAINTING A BUILDING WHITE. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CONVEY THAT TO DOCTOR KAMAN AND ALL YOUR COHORTS, BRING THEM ON. I'M TRYING TO BRING SOME MORE OVER.

I IF I COULD JUST FIND THE PROPERTY FOR HIM. THERE'S SOME PEOPLE I'D LOVE TO WORK WITH OUT HERE. THANK YOU. I FINAL COMMENTS. SINCE THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL, I THINK IT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH IT IS BEAUTIFUL AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE OTHER ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE IT EVEN GREATER TO MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS OR EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS. SO WELCOME. YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT.

HOPEFULLY, IF IT PLEASES EVERYBODY YOU GUYS WILL LOVE IT. YEAH. FANTASTIC. ALL RIGHT. THIS RESOLUTION HAS HAD ITS READING AND PUBLIC HEARING I MOVE THAT IT BE APPROVED. SECOND SIGRIST.

YES, YES GARY. YES. YES. BURROWS. YES. ANDERSON. YES. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK

[Resolution CR-46-24 Approve the Development Plan for JP Morgan Chase Bank located at 2811 London Groveport Road. ]

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YES, I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA. OKAY. SO WE HAVE SOME TREES THAT ARE ON THAT SITE ACTUALLY PLANTED BY THE STREETER FAMILY. AND WE WANT TO TRY TO HARVEST SOME OF THOSE TREES, BUT IT'S GOOD TO HAVE TWO FINANCIAL INSTITUTION ITEMS ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE LIKE THE DENTIST, THE SYNERGISM OF THE FINANCIAL WORLD IS ALSO A BIG PLUS FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO WE'RE MUCH APPRECIATIVE OF CHASE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THIS RESOLUTION HAS HAD ITS READING AND PUBLIC HEARING. I MOVE THAT BE APPROVE. SECOND. FORGIVE ME. HOUCK. YES. BARRY. YES. YES. BURROWS. YES.

ANDERSON. YES. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. RESOLUTION CR 4007 24 TO APPROVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR

[Resolution CR-47-24 Approve the Development Plan for Nationwide Children’s Close to Home Center located at 1350 and 1370 Stringtown Road. ]

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, DESIGNING A 25,000 SQUARE FOOT, TWO STORY MEDICAL OFFICE FACILITY NATIONWIDE. CHILDREN'S REFERS TO THEM AS CLOSE TO HOME CENTERS. THE LOCATION IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE OHIO HEALTH GROVE CITY HOSPITAL ON STRINGTOWN. WE'LL BE TAKING TWO PARCELS OF LAND, WHICH WE'VE APPLIED TO COMBINE THOSE INTO ONE PARCEL ALREADY. THE FACILITY, AS YOU CAN SEE, WILL BE BRICK AND GLASS. THE FIRST FLOOR WILL CONTAIN AN URGENT CARE CENTER, A CLINIC, SMALL CLINICAL LABORATORY, IMAGING AND OTHER BUILDING SUPPORT SPACES. AND ON THE SECOND FLOOR, WE WILL BE LOCATING TWO PHYSICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY GYMS AND SOME FUTURE BUILD OUT SPACE FOR

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GIVEN THE MEDICAL USE AND THE FACT THAT WE ARE ADVERTISING THAT THIS IS AN URGENT CARE CENTER. SO IT'S AN EMERGENCY LOCATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. THEN THERE WAS ALSO THE STIPULATION ON THE LIGHTING FIXTURES AS WELL. YEAH, THAT WAS ONE THAT WAS APPROVED WITHOUT VARIANCE THOUGH. YES. CORRECT. YES. WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT PLAN? I JUST HAVE A QUICK COMMENT. YES. AS A PARENT WITH SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN WHO HAS UNFORTUNATELY UTILIZED OTHER CLOSE TO HOME CENTERS OUTSIDE OF GROVE CITY, I'M EXCITED THAT IT'S GOING TO BE HERE. I WAS EXCITED TO ALSO HEAR THAT YOU SAID THERE'LL BE PHYSICAL OCCUPATION GYMS AS WELL. I THINK THE SPORTS THERAPY PIECE FOR CHILDREN IS CONTINUING TO RISE, AS WE HAVE SO MANY YOUTH IN SPORTS AT A YOUNGER AGE, SO I'M EXCITED FOR THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YES, MR. BERRY, IS THERE ANOTHER SLIDE ON THIS? TAMMY, WHERE THE ACTUAL VARIANCES I'M LOOKING NO, SIR. I'M SORRY. OKAY. KYLE DOES THAT DRIVEWAY LINE UP WITH THE DRIVEWAY FOR THE HOSPITAL FOR THE METHODIST HOSPITAL. IS IT ACROSS FROM IT? I THOUGHT IT DID. SO WE DON'T HAVE TWO TURNING POINTS. PRETTY CLOSE.

YES. I JUST WONDERED BECAUSE OF THE TURN LANES, WHETHER WE'LL WHETHER THOSE TWO WILL MATCH UP.

YEAH, THEY'LL THEY'LL BE VERY FUNCTIONAL. DO YOU WANT TO TALK TO THAT. YEAH. WE DID A LOT ACTUALLY THE CURB CUT IS ALREADY SET RIGHT THERE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM WHAT IS ACROSS FROM IT IS DIRECTLY ACROSS. OKAY. PERFECT. I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TRAFFIC EDGING FORWARD AND THEN MAKING A LEFT AND CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THEY ARE ALIGNED. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN.

WELCOME. ANY OTHER MAYOR. MADAM CHAIR, AS WE DISCUSS IN CAUCUS, I'D RECOMMEND THAT COUNCIL INCLUDES THE TWO SIGNED ISSUES AS WELL. THAT WAS MY NEXT STEP, IF I MAY, JUST TO EXPLAIN TO THE APPLICANT, THIS COUNCIL HAS THE ABILITY TO WAIVE THOSE EXTRA STEPS. SO I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO RIGHT NOW, SIR. OKAY. WE JUST WANTED TO GO THROUGH ALL THE REVIEW AND MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTOOD AND MAY I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION BEFORE YOU MOVE ON? DID WE DID WE GET TO A RESOLUTION OF THE WIDTH OF THE DRIVE AISLE? I KNOW THAT THE JACKSON TOWNSHIP HAD WEIGHED IN, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE LEFT IN A GOOD SPOT FOR HOW THAT WOULD MOVE FORWARD. MR. ROUSH, WE DID NOT. WE'RE STILL DISCUSSING. WE'LL DO THAT THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION PLAN PROCESS. BUT THERE IS AREA THAT WE CAN MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS WITHOUT COMING BACK OR MAJORLY IMPACTING THE PLAN. OKAY. SO WE'RE STILL GOING TO KIND OF UPHOLD WHAT WE BELIEVE IN. BUT WE'RE AT THE SAME TIME, WE DON'T WANT TO HOLD UP CHILDREN'S CLOSE TO HOME EITHER. SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK DILIGENTLY WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND I JUST WANT THEM TO GET A CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT THEY NEED. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO WITH SOME OF THE STIPULATIONS AND VARIANCES THAT WE REVIEWED HERE, I WOULD MOVE TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF THE RESOLUTION TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ONE.

COUNCIL HEREBY WAIVES SECTION 130 502 TO ALLOW FOR A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 41FT SEVEN FEET.

NUMBER TWO, COUNCIL HEREBY WAIVES SECTION 113103 49 TO ALLOW FOR PARKING SPACES TOTALING 162FT■!S, AND COUNCIL HEREBY WAIVES SECTION 1145 16 A TWO TO ALLOW FOR A MONUMENT SIGN WITH MAX SQUARE FOOTAGE OF 60.67FT■!S AND WAIVE 1145.16 9C1 FOR A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF NINE FEET ON THE MONUMENT SIGN, AS WELL. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. SECOND DISCUSSION. MADAM CHAIR, I'M SORRY I MISSED WHO MADE THE SECOND I DID. THANK YOU, MR. BARRY. YEAH, THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE. I DON'T MIND THE 162FT AND EVERYTHING WHEN WE'RE TALKING HANDICAPPED SPOTS AND AN

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AND IT TAKES IT DOWN TO A NINE FOOT BY 18 FOOT SPACE, WHICH, LIKE I SAID, IS WHAT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S DOES IN ALL THEIR LOCATIONS. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE HANDICAPPED SPACES WERE STILL, YEAH, REGULAR. YEAH, THEY WILL BE FULL SIZE WITH VAN ACCESSIBILITY ALONG THE FRONT SIDE OF THE BUILDING. THANK YOU. I THINK THERE WAS STILL LIKE EIGHT HANDY WAS THERE. DO YOU NUMBER THE NUMBER OF HANDICAPPED SPACES I, I BELIEVE THERE'S EIGHT. YES. YES I THINK IT WAS EIGHT. YEAH. SO. ALL RIGHT WE HAVE A SECOND. YES, YES. OKAY. CALL FOR A VOTE. VOTERS FOR THE AMENDMENT TO THE RESOLUTION. SECTION ONE. I'M SO SORRY, MR. BARRY. YES, MR. DU? YES, BURROWS. YES. ANDERSON. YES, YES, YES. THANK YOU. AND FINAL UNDER. UNDER THIS RESOLUTION, CR 4824, TO WAIVE THE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF SECTION 1101. 07B I'M SORRY, MADAM CHAIR. I'M SORRY. YOU NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN ITSELF. YES, I APOLOGIZE. OKAY.

WHERE WAS I? HERE. OKAY. THIS RESOLUTION AS AMENDED. THIS RESOLUTION AS AMENDED, AS AMENDED, HAS HAD ITS READING AND PUBLIC HEARING. I MOVE THAT IT BE APPROVED. SECOND. DO. YES.

BURROWS? YES. ANDERSON. YES. YE. HOUCK. YES. GARY. YES. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUC.

[Resolution CR-48-24 Waive certain provisions of Section 1101.07(b) of the Codified Ordinances for Bluegrass Park Medical Office Building.]

[Ordinance C-38-24 Accept the Grove City Thoroughfare Map. Second reading and public hearing. ]

PLEASE. THANK YOU. MR. DU. JUST WANT TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT AND CLARITY TO WHAT WE'RE DOING HER.

EVERY SO OFTEN, THE CITY UPDATES AND PREPARES A THOROUGHFARE MAP FOR THE PLANNING JURISDICTION OF THE CITY. SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS LOOKING AT THE FUNCTIONALITY OF DIFFERENT ROADWAYS, CURRENT PROPOSED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT MIGHT BE THE BURDENS OR THE NEEDS FOR FUTURE ALIGNMENTS FOR FUTURE ACCOMMODATIONS. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THAT EVERYONE IS AWARE THAT THE PLANNING DOCUMENT PROVIDES A TOOL FOR CONVERSATIONS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT REGARDING THOSE ROADWAY ALIGNMENTS AND CONNECTIONS. ALL THE ROADS DEPICTED ON THE MAP ARE THEORETICAL IN NATURE, BUT JUST BECAUSE THE THEORETICAL IN NATURE DOES NOT MEAN WE DON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. WITHIN THE SEWERS DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS WITH OUR CONSULTING FIRM TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE THINK THE BEST NEEDS AND LOCATIONS AND SIZING AND THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR THE FUTURE ROADWAYS. SO EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE CONCEPTUAL, THEY'RE A GUIDING PRINCIPLE AND GUIDING DOCUMENT. THEY ARE WELL

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HERE AGAIN, I KNOW I DON'T LOOK THAT OLD. I WAS BROUGHT AWARE OF THIS LAST NIGHT ABOUT 10:00 BY MULTIPLE PHONE CALLS FROM MY PREVIOUS STUDENTS THAT I HAVE TAUGHT OVER THE YEARS, WITH HUGE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS THOROUGHFAR, NOT KNOWING MYSELF WHAT WAS GOING ON, I SAID, WELL, CALL ME TOMORROW NIGHT. I'LL HAVE SOME INFORMATION FOR YOU, BUT I'LL GO SPEAK ON YOUR BEHALF. THE CONCERNS ARE THAT I'VE BEEN SITTING IN MY EASY CHAIR FOR 30 YEARS, LOOKING OUT MY WINDOW AT THE PARK DEVELOP OVER THE YEARS, AND THAT'S HOW LONG I'VE LIVED, WHERE I LIVED. THE BACK OF MY HOUSE FACES MERFYN. I'VE SEEN IT OUTGROW ITSELF. I'VE SEEN EXTENSIONS PUT TO IT IN THE SENSE THAT THEY HAVE A SMALLER PARK OFF THE SIDE WHERE THE KIDS CAN PLAY ELSEWHERE. I GUESS MY CONCERNS IS I HEAR WHAT'S BEING SAID ABOUT THE THOROUGHFARE, WHETHER IT BE THE GROVE CITY KIDS ASSOCIATION NEEDING TO SELL THE LAND, OR WHETHER THE SCHOOL DISTRICT NEEDS TO MOVE ON. BUT MY CONCERNS ARE THE PRESENT. IF WE'RE LOOKING AHEAD, THEN WE NEED TO LOOK AHEAD FOR THE KIDS IN OUR CITY AND WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS IF YOU DISPLACE THOSE SOCCER FIELDS, THE SOFTBALL FIELDS, WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO PUT THOSE KIDS? WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO GO? WHERE IS THE LAND THAT WE'RE APPROPRIATING? WHAT ARE OUR THOUGHTS? YOU'RE PUTTING SOMETHING OUT HERE, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. I UNDERSTAND ABOUT DEVELOPMENT. I UNDERSTAND ABOUT HOW THE OTHER TWO THRUWAY THOROUGHFARES HAVE HELPED OUR CITY GROW. I WANT TO SEE OUR KIDS CONTINUE TO GROW. WHERE ARE THE PARKS? WHERE IS THE LAND? I DON'T SEE IT, AND I DON'T HEAR ANYBODY TALKING ABOUT THAT ASPECT. I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE LITTLE CONTROL OVER THOSE KIDS ASSOCIATION'S PROPERTY, AND THEY

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IT WOULD TAKE AWAY THREE QUARTERS. I MEAN, MORE THAN A QUARTER OF OUR PARKING SPACES, WHICH ARE ALREADY LIMITED. OUR PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN GROWING MORE SO TO THE ALL NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT OUR SOCCER PROGRAM, OUR LACROSSE PROGRAM, OUR FOOTBALL PROGRAM, AND OUR CHEER PROGRAM ARE ALL ON THE RISE AGAIN, ESPECIALLY SINCE COVID. AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE A LITTLE CONFUSED.

SO I WAS SAYING I DON'T I GET I GET WHAT YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT, I GET PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE. I GET IF THERE'S SOMETHING GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT WAS NEVER EVEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION AT ALL. AND I YES, SURE, IT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS SINCE 20 2019. NEVER HEARD ABOUT IT THEN. AND I WAS BOARD PRESIDENT THEN. I WAS A BOARD MEMBER SINCE 2012. NEVER HEARD ANY KIND OF DISCUSSION ABOUT IT. SO IT'S LIKE, AND I KNOW FROM BEING ON COMMITTEES FOR PARKS THAT WE ARE VERY LIMITED. AND ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT PEOPLE WANT IS MORE PARK SPACE. SO ELIMINATING ANY PARK SPACE SEEMS LIKE A SILLY THING TO BE DOING. SORRY, BUT A VERY SILLY THING TO BE DOING. AND A LITTLE SHORTSIGHTED. SO THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY. THANK YOU, MR. MAY I INTERJECT REALLY QUICKLY? YES, MA'AM. I FEEL LIKE I'M GOING TO TAKE A STAB AT GIVING THIS A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY FOR EVERYONE JUST BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS. WE'RE STARTING FROM A FOUNDATIONAL MISUNDERSTANDING. SO NO ONE HAS TALKED TO FOLKS ABOUT A PROPOSED ROAD BECAUSE THERE REALLY ISN'T A PROPOSED ROAD. THERE IS A THOROUGHFARE MAP THAT IS USED AS A PLANNING DOCUMENT. AND THAT MAP, WHICH WE ADOPTED IN 2019, AS MR. RAUCH SAID, IS POSTED ON THE CITY WEBSITE. IT WENT THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS THAT WE ARE UNDERGOING THIS EVENING. AND WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT THE CONCEPT BEHIND IT IS JUST TO ASSESS OPPORTUNITY. SO IF AT A FUTURE TIME THERE IS A CHANGE IN USE IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO CLOSE OFF THE ENTRANCE TO MURFIN FIELD FOR GCC AS A MATTER OF FACT, I KNOW THAT

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CORRECT. SO THOSE ARE ACTUALLY THE CHANGES THAT WE ARE SEEING IN THIS DOCUMENT VERSUS WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED IN HISTORY. AND AGAIN, ALL THE DOTTED LINES ARE HYPOTHETICAL ROADWAYS. THEY MAY NEVER BE A ROADWAY. JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR. I DON'T I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HEARS IT. BUT I, I ALSO FEEL LIKE THERE'S A GENERAL MISUNDERSTANDING AND I WANT TO PROVIDE WHATEVER CLARITY I CAN. AND WITH THAT, I'LL LET YOU GO BACK TO YOUR LIST. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. NEXT, I'D LIKE TO CALL CHRIS ALLEN, PLEASE. WELL, I'M CHRIS ALLEN. I LIVE AT 2980 WIND RIDGE DRIVE. SO MY HOUSE BACKS UP TO MURPHY FIELD. YOU TALK ABOUT OPPORTUNITY THERE IKE STAGE ABOUT OPPORTUNITY GOING DANCE ROAD AND EVERYTHING. THERE WAS A WIDE OPEN SPACE TRYING TO GO THROUGH MURPHY FIELD. THAT'S NOT A WIDE OPEN SPACE. AND YOU TALK ABOUT OPPORTUNITY. YOU TAKE THAT AWAY FROM THE KIDS BECAUSE THE HIGH SCHOOLS THERE GOT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THERE. EVERYTHING LIKE THAT WHERE THE KIDS CAN MEET ALONG WITH THE PARKS. YOU NEED TO HAVE THE ABILITY FOR THE KIDS TO HAVE AN OUTLET. I MEAN, IT'S BAD ENOUGH TRAFFIC THROUGH GROVE CITY. YOU NEED TO SERIOUSLY LOOK AT GETTING LIGHT MANAGEMENT. I WOULD HIGHLY SUGGEST GO TO OLD TOWN, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA AND WATCH IT GO THROUGH THAT THE THROUGH THE WHOLE STREETS. IF YOU DO THE SPEED LIMIT, YOU HIT EVERY FREAKING LIGHT IN GROVE CITY. YOU CAN'T MAKE EVERY LIGHT. YOU STOP AT EVERY SINGLE LIGHT. YOU GUYS NEED TO MAKE LIGHTS FLOW BECAUSE AT AT ALL HIGHWAY POINTS IT IS ALL BACKED UP. EVERYONE BLOCKS ALL THE LANES AND YOU HAVE ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 4 CARS GOING THROUGH RED LIGHTS ON A REGULAR BASIS. I MEAN, BUT I LOVE MY WOODS IN MY BACK. I LOVE HEARING THE KIDS PLAY. I GOT WE GET TO SEE FOXES ON A REGULAR BASIS, EVEN COYOTES. BUT LIKE I SAID, BUT THE PARK, YOU NEED THE GREEN SPACE FOR THE KIDS. THAT'S THE MAIN THING. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? SORRY ABOUT YOUR LUCK. DRIVE AROUND THAT YOU GOT OTHER ARTERIES TO USE BECAUSE THAT'D BE A STRAIGHTAWAY. I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, IT'S BAD ENOUGH I ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED BY A SCHOOL BUS THE OTHER DAY COMING HOME FROM WORK, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THAT ROAD, HOW STRAIGHT IT I, AND YOU DON'T THINK THOSE 1617 YEAR OLD KIDS LEAVING THE HIGH SCHOOL ARE NOT GOING TO HAUL BUTT OUT OF THERE BECAUSE THEY HAUL BUTT THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD? SO I MEAN, PUT IT STRAIGHT AWAY. I KNOW I WAS A KID ONCE. I REMEMBER RACING ON THE ROAD, SO AND YOU LOOK AT ORANGE ROAD NOW, IT'S NOT LIKE IT WAS BACK IN THE DAY. BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOU GUYS TAKING MY TIME, LETTING ME SPEAK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. THANK YOU.

DO. MAY I ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? SURE. FIRST, WHEN I READ THIS AND I DON'T READ GROSSLY CONNECT, MY WIFE READS IT. AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE SHE'LL PICK SOMETHING OUT AND THIS

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BELIEVE ME. IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ENFORCING RED LIGHTS. WE WILL AND WE DO. IT'S JUST THE FACT THAT WE GOT PEOPLE VERY IMPATIENT AND THEY DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT'S WHAT I'LL CALL LAW ABIDING AND OBEY BY BY THE RULES. BUT I'D SUGGEST TO COUNCIL WE CAN DO IT BY, BY AN AMENDMENT THAT WE ERASE THAT LINE AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT SOMETHING LATER. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MR. BERRY, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'VE BEEN WAITING TO DO THIS SINCE THREE DAYS AGO. SO BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE HAVE AND EVERYTHING AND MATTER OF FACT, I WANT TO GIVE THE MAYOR CREDIT HERE. BACK IN 2019, WHEN THIS DOTTED LINE WAS PUT IN, ORIGINALLY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A DRIVEWAY. WE WEREN'T TALKING ABOUT A ROAD, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, OKAY, HOW DO WE GET PEOPLE OUT OF MERFYN? AND SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A DRIVEWAY, NOT NOT A ROAD OR ANYTHING. WE STILL ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING. RIGHT? I UNDERSTAND, BUT, YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE ONE THING. AND YOU GUYS ALL KNOW WHERE I AM ON GREEN SPACE. SO I'M GOING TO JUST I'M GOING TO PUT A MOTION OUT THERE. BUT BEFORE I DO I WANT TO JUST SAY THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOT SEND A MESSAGE TO DEVELOPERS THAT THIS IS EVEN AVAILABLE. SO THAT'S WHY I'M MAKING THE MOTION. I WOULD RATHER NOT SEE A DEVELOPER EVEN LOOK AT THIS AREA. AND SO IT STAYS GREEN FOREVER. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE THE CONNECTOR BETWEEN HAN AND HOOVER ROAD. SO DO WE HAVE A SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION IS THE BETTER? I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND. IS THERE A DISCUSSION? I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. HAS EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK THAT IS ON YOUR LIST? NO, I'VE GOT 4 OR 5 MORE. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WANT TO DO THAT IN THE ORDER. JUST CURIOUS IF OTHERS WANT TO ON THE TABLE. SO I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A VOTE, BUT I'LL LET THE PARLIAMENTARY PARLIAMENTARIAN, YOU HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

SO ANY DISCUSSION THAT COMES NOW SHOULD BE ABOUT THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR ONLY. SO IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS MOTION TO REMOVE THE CONNECTOR BETWEEN HAN AND HOOVER ROAD. WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING. THEY MAY, BUT NO OTHER DISCUSSION SHOULD OCCUR.

AND IT SHOULD COME FROM THAT LIST. OKAY, MARTHA JAWORSKI AND I KNOW I BUTCHERED IT D DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THE MOTION REAL QUICK TO SAY THAT YOU PRETTY MUCH ANSWERED ALL MY QUESTIONS. IF WE WENT AND I'M INTERESTED IN HEARING WHAT THE OUTCOME OF THIS MOTION IS. SO IF IT IN FACT WOULD CARRY THROUGH, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS TO MAKE, SO I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY PEOPLE NEED TO TALK FURTHER. OR IF WE HEAR THE OUTCOME OF THE MOTION AND THEN WE'RE GIVEN A CHANCE TO SPEAK IF WE NEED TO. I'M NOT SURE HOW WE'RE PROGRESSING HERE. IF YOU WANT ME TO ASK MY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO DO SO NOW. BUT I MAY NOT HAVE THEM IF YOU. DEPENDING ON THE OUTCOME OF YOUR VOTE, I. AT THIS POINT I WOULD SUGGEST, BASED ON THE COMMENTS I'VE HEARD FROM THE AUDIENCE AND WHERE I THINK THE REST OF THE SPEAKERS ARE, I THINK IF WE CALL THE QUESTION, WE'LL PROBABLY SOLVE THIS ISSUE. I AGREE OKAY, WELL THANK YOU MA'AM. ALL RIGHT, I MAY COME BACK, BUT OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR THAT HAS BEEN SECONDED. SO I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A VOTE ON THE MOTION, PLEASE. MISS ANDERSON. YES, I WANT TO SAY I WANT TO CLARIFY

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I'M NOT NOW. I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT IT WAS NOT NOW. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. WE HAVE STARTED TAKING THE VOTE, SO ALL QUESTIONS HAVE TO END AND WE NEED TO PROCEED WITH A VOTE. MR. CHAIRMAN, IS THAT ACCEPTABLE? YES. ALL RIGHT. SO, ANDERSON. YES. SIGRIST. YES. HOUCK. YES.

BERRY. YES. DO. YES. BURROWS. YES. MOTION IS APPROVED. THE LINE SHOWING A CONNECTOR BETWEEN HAN AND HOOVER ROAD THROUGH MURFIN FIELD WILL BE REMOVED FROM THIS MAP. OKAY. THANK YOU.

CAN I ASK ABOUT THE MOTION SAYING. THE FEW MEMBERS OR A FEW PERSONS THAT I HAVE. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK JEFF BUSKIRK, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? JUST ONE SECOND. OKAY. YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. MY NAME IS JEFF BUSKIRK. I LIVE AT FOUR FIVE, FIVE SEVEN CLAIBORNE DRIVE, WEST GROVE CIT, OHIO. I BACK UP TO MURFIN FIELD, AND WHEN I SAW THAT CONCEPT AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S A CONCEPT, IT SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF ME AS IT DID ALL MY NEIGHBORS. AND IT WAS A NEIGHBOR THAT CAME TO ME THAT I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT. BUT THERE'S ONE THING I SEE HERE. I GET THE TRAFFIC ISSUES AND GROVE CITY. IF YOU LIVE IN GROVE CITY, YOU KNOW THERE'S AN ISSUE. BUT ANOTHER ISSUE THAT'S DEAR TO THE HEART OF GROVE CITY RESIDENTS IS GREEN SPACE. WE HAVE A CONCEPTUAL PLAN FOR TRAFFIC. WE NEED A CONCEPTUAL PLAN FOR GREEN SPACE. SOMETIMES THEY CONFLICT AS THEY DO HERE. AND I THINK THAT'S THE ISSUE. AND THAT'S THE ISSUE. IT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

IS IT CALEB GRIFFIN? YES. SO SINCE RON BROUGHT ME UP, CALEB GRIFFIN 2941 RIDGE DRIVE. MY HOUSE DOES BACK UP. THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME OUT. EVEN THOUGH YOU ALL JUST WIPED THE DOTTED LINE OFF THE MAP. IT DOESN'T PREVENT YOU FROM PUTTING IT BACK ON AT THE NEXT MEETING THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT. AND ULTIMATELY, MYSELF, MY NEIGHBORHOOD, MY NEIGHBORS, THE.

ALTHOUGH WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING, MA'AM, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A PROPOSED FUTURE ROAD.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT ROAD IS. MR. ENGINEER, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THAT ROAD IS? PLANNING.

PLANNING COMMITTEE? NO, I'M SORRY. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW? WHAT? WHAT IS THAT ROAD? THERE IS NO PROPOSED ROAD, BUT. SO THE PROPOSED. SORRY. WHEN I PULL IT UP, WHEN I GOOGLE IT AND I PULL IT, AND I DO PULL IT UP ON THE GROVE CITY MAP BECAUSE IT'S REALLY THE ONLY WAY IT COULD BE A FUTURE CONVERSATION. NOT A ROAD, BUT IT IS WRITTEN AS PROPOSED. THAT'S THE WAY THAT IT'S LABELED THAT IT'S A IT'S A CONCEPTUAL, BUT IT'S BUT IT'S WRITTEN AS PROPOSED. AND THAT'S MY CONCERN IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE CLARITY. WE DON'T HAVE TRANSPARENCY. AND THE PEOPLE OF GROVE CITY DON'T FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TRANSPARENCY FROM THIS BODY. AND ULTIMATELY, THAT'S WHY THE ROOM IS HERE IS BECAUSE WE ALL FOUND OUT ABOUT IT. VIA A NOTE IN MY MAILBOX YESTERDAY.

AND IF IT HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS SINCE 2019, I PURCHASED MY HOME IN 2022, SIGHT UNSEEN. MOVING HERE FROM JAPAN AND THE BACKYARD WAS WHY I BOUGHT THE HOUSE. THE MURFIN FIELD WAS WHY I BOUGHT THE HOUSE. AND SO IF I HAD KNOWN THAT, HEY, THERE WAS A PROPOSED OR A THOROUGHFARE MAP THAT HAD A ROAD GOING BEHIND MY HOUSE TO PAIR OR SANDWICH ME BETWEEN THE ROAD IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. I MAY HAVE THOUGHT TWICE ABOUT PURCHASING THAT HOUSE AND MOVING TO GROVE CITY. AND SO ULTIMATELY, THE PEOPLE OF GROVE CITY ARE JUST ASKING FOR TRANSPARENCY. HAVING IT UP ON A WEBSITE THAT'S A GREAT START. BUT ALSO PUBLISHING THAT IN A IN A MANNER IN WHICH THE PEOPLE OF GROVE CITY CAN KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE PLANS ARE, IS, IS ULTIMATELY ALL WE'RE ASKING THIS BODY TO DO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THE LAST PERSON, JANICE OLSTAD. I'M JANICE ASTOLFI, FOUR FIVE, FOUR SEVEN CLAYBURN DRIVE, WEST GROVE CITY, OHIO. I BACK UP TO MURFIN, ME AND MY HUSBAND BOUGHT THE FIRST LOT IN THAT SECTION. THE BIKE PATH WENT IN BEFORE OUR

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[Ordinance C-40-24 Amend Exhibit “A” of the Town Center Commercial Revitalization Grant Program as approved by C-31-18. Second reading and public hearing.]

NO, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY. SO IF THERE'S NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK THIS PROGRAM, I CAN SPEAK TO IT GENERALLY OR IF. KYLE, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO I DON'T KNOW, JUST FOR PUBLIC AGAIN FOR TRANSPARENCY ABOUT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. I CAN JUST SHARE. THANK YOU. MR. SIEGRIST. THIS IS KIND OF ATTACHED TO OUR TOWN CENTER GRANT OR TOWN CENTER GRANT COMMERCIAL REVITALIZATION PROGRAM. THIS WOULD BE WITHIN THE CORE AREA ALONE, IF YOU RECALL, WITHIN THE TOWN CENTER AREA, WE HAVE THE TWO CORRIDORS AND THE CORE. WE'RE LOOKING TO DO 100% REIMBURSEMENT FOR BUSINESSES AND PROPERTY OWNERS WILLING TO RENOVATE, CLEAN, REPAIR, INSTALL NEW AWNINGS UP TO A COST OF $5,000. THIS IS A REALLY A ONE TIME PROGRAM THAT WILL HAPPEN IN 2025. APPLICATION PROCESS WILL START JANUARY 1ST, AND ALL PROJECTS WILL NEED TO BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER 31ST. THE SAME YEAR. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN I CAN ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME. YEAH, I DO.

SO THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF AWNING PROGRAM, ISN'T IT ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT GRANT WOOD AS A COVERED EXPENSE? IT IS ALREADY IN THE IT'S ALREADY IN THE PROGRAM. THE EXISTING PROGRAM MATCHES 50% BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WE FACE WITH ENFORCING AWNINGS. THEY CAN ONLY BE ADDRESSED THROUGH PROPER MAINTENANCE. IF THEY'RE TORN OR TATTERED OR VISIBLY TEARING, MOLDING OR FADING CANNOT BE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE VIOLATION PER MY UNDERSTANDING WITH TALKING TO THE BUILDING DIVISION. SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS REALLY TO INCENTIVIZE COMPLIANCE THROUGH INCENTIVE, IF YOU WILL. SO THAT'S WHY WE DID THIS ONE TIME 100% MATCH PROGRAM. THIS IS FOR EXISTING REPLACEMENT OR NEW ADDITIONS OR NEW. YES. SO WHERE WOULD THERE BE ANY TYPE OF MAINTENANCE OR ENFORCEMENT GOING FORWARD ON NEW INSTALLATIONS? IT WOULD BE HARD TO DO ON JUST THE EXISTING ONE. SO WE THOUGHT TO PRESERVE YOU GO BACK. THIS GOES BACK TO THE TOWN CENTER PROGRAM. THE INTENT IS TO CREATE AN ATTRACTIVE AREA. SO THAT'S WHY WE ADDED THAT WE INCLUDED THE NEW AWNINGS AS WELL. SOME OF THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE IN TOWN CENTER NOW USED TO HAVE AWNINGS TAKE THEM DOWN. SO IF WE WANT TO PUT THOSE BACK UP AND DEFER SOME OF THOSE COSTS, THAT'S WHAT WE INCLUDED. BOTH THE NEW AND EXISTING. THANK YOU, MR. RAUCH. IF I CAN JUST ANY ESTIMATE JUST ON THE HIGH SIDE, HOW MANY POTENTIAL AWNINGS THERE MIGHT BE, WE ANTICIPATE LIKE $5,000 TO COVER THE COST OF AN AWNING. SO HOW MANY MIGHT THERE BE? MERCHANT FRONTS? 12, 15, TOPS. IT'S NOT MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? OKAY.

GREAT. SO THIS ORDINANCE HAD ITS SECOND READING. AND MR. CHAIR CHAIR I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.

OH SORRY. IS THERE A REASON FOR THE EXPIRATION DATE SINCE WE'RE ADDING THIS TO AS A KIND OF AN ADDENDUM TO THE CURRENT PROGRAM, SINCE OF URGENCY, WE WANTED TO HAVE A SHORT LIFE AND TO GET THE STUFF CLEANED UP AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. OKAY. I JUST AS AS A BUSINESS OWNER HERE IN THE CORE CENTER MYSELF, I GUESS I JUST SOMETIMES THE SENSE OF URGENCY. IT TAKES A WHILE FOR THESE PROGRAMS TO EVEN, YOU KNOW, GET DESIGNED, PUT IN. AND THEN WHAT ABOUT SIGNAGE OR MARKINGS ON AWNINGS? IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S A BETTER SOLUTION. MIGHT BE A CONCERT, YOU KNOW, A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE WHOLE TOWN CENTER PROGRAM. JUST JUST MY OPINION. IF I MAY ASK A QUESTION, CHAIR, I DO WANT TO JUST CONFIRM THIS IS NOT A MUST DO BY BUSINESSES. THIS IS A THEY OPT IN, THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IF THEY WANT. BUT THIS IS NOT A EVERY SINGLE BUSINESS OUT THERE

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WE'D REALLY LIKE EVERYONE TO HAVE AN AWNING. IT'S THERE ARE A LOT OF MAINTENANCE. IT'S A VERY DIRTY LOCATION BY A MAIN ROAD, SO I IMAGINE SO. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. OKAY, SO THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVE IT TO BE APPROVED. SECOND. SIEGRIST. YES. BERRY. YES. YOU. YES. BURROWS. YES. ANDERSON. YES. HOW DID YOU COME HELP? I WAS LAST, YES. DID YOU GO? YEAH. THAT'S FIRST. DID YOU CALL ON ME? DID SHE SKIP ME? I DID OKAY, I GOT YOU AT THE END. I'M NOT REMOTELY OFFENDED. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK

[Ordinance C-46-24 Authorize the City Administrator to enter into an Agreement with Plattenburg & Associates for Annual Financial Audits. First reading.]

[Ordinance C-47-24 Authorize the City Administrator to enter into an Agreement for GIS Software Services. First reading. ]

[Ordinance C-48-24 Authorize the City Administrator to execute the amended and restated Central Ohio Health Care Consortium Joint-Insurance Agreement. First reading.]

[Call for New Business]

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AND BRANDING IS THE PRIMARY TOOL THAT IS USED FOR THAT. IT IS A REPRESENTATION OF YOUR YOUR IMAGE AND YOUR REPUTATION AND YOUR REPUTATION. AND IT IS IT'S MAINLY A TOOL TO ALLOW YOU TO TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT YOU REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOU. SO THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH, LIKE DEVELOPING A BRAND FOR A COMMUNITY, IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO ON OUR OWN. LIKE IT? ABSOLUTELY HAS TO BE PART OF AN EFFORT WHERE THE PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE THE EXPERTS OF GROVE CITY HAVE A VOICE IN WHAT WE'RE DOING. OUR JOB IS TO ARTICULATE THOSE THINGS AND CREATE THE TOOLS THAT WILL ALLOW THE ORGANIZATION ITSELF TO DO ITS JOB BETTER FROM A COMMUNICATION STANDPOINT, FROM A REPRESENTATION STANDPOINT. SO THE OBJECTIVES THAT WERE DEVELOPED, ALONG WITH A STEERING COMMITTEE, THAT WAS MADE UP OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WERE TO SUPPORT THE CITY'S MONIKER AS THE BEST HOMETOWN, TO HELP DEFINE THE CITY AS A GLANCE. SO WHEN PEOPLE SEE THINGS AROUND THE CITY, THEY KNOW THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS BEING STEWARDED BY YOUR ORGANIZATION AND BY THE COMMUNITY. IT IS A TOOL TO HELP SUPPORT LONG TERM PLANS, HELP TO SUPPORT THE VISION THAT THE CITY HAS. IT IS A COMMUNICATION TOOL. IT'S TO ALLOW FOR PROACTIVE COMMUNICATION FROM THE ORGANIZATION. IT ALSO BRINGS SOME COHESIVENESS TO INTERNAL PIECES SO THAT DEPARTMENTS ARE NOT DOING THEIR OWN THING. THERE COULD BE A LOT OF TIME WASTED IN CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS WHEN DEPARTMENTS DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TOOLS, SO THEY HAVE TO CREATE THEIR OWN THING. THIS IS TO HELP CREATE COHESIVENESS AND CONSISTENCY AND REALLY THE IDEA IS THAT IT IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO SEE MORE OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND WHAT THEIR COMMUNITY IS ALL ABOUT, TO GET PEOPLE TO STAY AND TO ALSO ATTRACT PEOPLE. SO THE PROCESS STARTED OFF THERE HAS I MEAN, THE CITY HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF PUTTING OUT COMMUNITY ATTITUDES SURVEYS FOR SEVERAL YEARS. SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE DID WAS ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE 2021 AND THE 2023 COMMUNITY SURVEYS JUST TO SEE BASELINE, HOW PEOPLE WERE FEELING AND WHAT THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT. GROVE CITY ALSO SITTING DOWN WITH ALL THE MATERIALS THAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY USING FROM A COMMUNICATION STANDPOINT, BECAUSE OUR JOB ISN'T TO RECREATE THE WHEEL ALL THE TIME, IT'S TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THE TOOLS THAT YOU CAN USE AND THAT YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH, AND THEY'RE GOING TO SERVE YOU IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. WE CAME OUT HERE AND WE DID A DISCOVERY WORKSHOP WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE, WITH SOME INVITED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. SO THERE WERE TWO WORKSHOPS THAT WERE CONDUCTED.

THERE WAS TOURS OF YOUR COMMUNITY, WHICH WERE REALLY GREAT. IF YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. WE ALSO HAD PUT OUT A PERCEPTION SURVEY. SO THAT WAS A SURVEY ON SOCIAL MEDIA. I WILL GIVE GROVE CITY PROPS BECAUSE WE ALWAYS SORT OF WHEN WE WORK WITH DIFFERENT CITIES, WE LIKE TO SEE WHO COULD GET THE MOST PEOPLE. YOU HAD OVER 1000 PARTICIPANTS IN THE INITIAL PERCEPTION SURVEY, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT FOR THE SIZE OF YOUR COMMUNITY AND ALL OF THAT INFORMATION THAT WE GOT FROM THOSE DISCOVERY VISITS, FROM TALKING TO EVERYBODY, FROM THOSE PERCEPTION SURVEYS, FROM THE SURVEYS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY PUT TOGETHER, WAS TO BUILD A BRAND STRATEGY. AND THAT IS THE FIRST THING THAT WE DO BEFORE WE DO ANY DESIGN WORK.

AND THAT BRAND STRATEGY HELPS US UNDERSTAND WHO YOUR AUDIENCES ARE AND WHAT KIND OF

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SO YOU HAD 156 RESPONSES FROM THAT ONE. AND THEN WE DID A SECONDARY SURVEY WHICH WAS A TEST OF SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'VE ARTICULATED AND HEARD. AND THERE WAS ANOTHER 500 PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED TO THAT ONE. AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD, HERE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR BRAND STRATEGY WORK. SO WE TALKED ABOUT THOSE TARGET AUDIENCES. THE THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS THESE ARE TARGET AUDIENCES, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE MESSAGING THAT WE IDENTIFY FOR THESE GROUPS ARE NOT GOING TO BE HEARD BY MORE AUDIENCES. BUT IF YOU MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THIS, WE REALLY TARGETED UNDERSTANDING SMALL LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS. THE LARGER BUSINESSES THAT COME TO YOUR CITY, YOUNG ADULTS AND LONG TIME RESIDENTS, SO THAT WE COULD UNDERSTAND WHO THEY WERE AND THEIR EXPECTATIONS THAT THEY HAD FOR THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT THEY CARE ABOUT. THE DISTINCT ADVANTAGES THAT WE HEARD FROM ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE TALKED TO. IF YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL SUMMARIZE THESE BECAUSE THE TYPE IS REALLY TINY HERE. YOUR DOWNTOWN IS A HIGHLIGHT FOR EVERYBODY. LIKE ALL THE SURVEYS, EVERYTHING THAT WE HEARD, YOUR DOWNTOWN FEELS LIKE A TRUE DOWNTOWN, WHICH CAN FEEL A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES HERE IN CENTRAL OHIO. SO IT FEELS LIKE A TRUE DOWNTOWN. IT IS A DESTINATION FOR FOLKS NEAR AND FAR. REGIONALLY. IT'S A DESTINATION A LOT OF PEOPLE COME HERE FOR SPORTING EVENTS, SO YOU CAN BE A DESTINATION WITHOUT HAVING AMUSEMENT PARKS OR OTHER THINGS THAT PEOPLE COME TO. BUT YOUR LOCATION IS REALLY IDEAL FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING TO THE COLUMBUS REGION. WE ALSO HEARD THAT THEY FEEL THEY GET THEIR BANG FOR THE BUCK LIVING HERE COMPARED TO OTHER CENTRAL OHIO COMMUNITIES, AND THEY FEEL THAT IT IS A PRESERVED HOMETOWN, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY HAS WORKED VERY HARD TO LIKE. HOLD TO A HIGHER STANDARD AND THAT THEY WANT TO CONTINUE TO. IF YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT PAGE. SO ALL OF THIS, I SAID, COMES TOGETHER IN A POSITIONING STATEMENT. AND THIS IS AN INTERNAL STATEMENT THAT THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO HEAR IT ANYWAY. BUT THIS IS IT IS MEANT TO HELP THE ORGANIZATION.

THE PEOPLE IN THE ADMINISTRATION COUNCIL, SORT OF WRAP THEIR ARMS AROUND WHO YOU ARE AND WE ALSO ENCOURAGE A LOT OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS TO USE IT AS A DECISION MAKING TOOL. SO WHEN DEVELOPMENTS COME TO PLAY OR INITIATIVES OR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, WHEN YOU READ THAT STATEMENT, IF IT FITS INTO LIKE WHO YOU ARE, THEN IT'S SOMETHING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. IF YOU READ IT AND YOU FEEL LIKE IT DOESN'T FIT, THEN THAT CAN GIVE YOU PAUSE. AND THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE STATEMENT. SO I'LL READ IT TO ALL OF YOU FOR RESIDENTS OLD AND NEW TO BUSINESSES, BUSINESSES BIG AND SMALL, GROVE CITY IS BELOVED FOR ITS COMFORTABLE AND SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS, EXCEPTIONAL SERVICES, CHARMING DOWNTOWN, AMAZING PARKS AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY EVENTS ALL AT AN UNMATCHED VALUE. NOT ONLY IS IT A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, BUT ITS PROXIMITY TO COLUMBUS AND ITS CACHET OF HOTELS MAKE IT A GREAT PLACE TO STAY AND ENJOY. DURING A VISIT TO CENTRAL OHIO WITH A COMMUNITY SPIRIT THAT IS WELCOMING TO ALL, GROVE CITY STANDS OUT AS CENTRAL OHIO'S ORIGINAL AND BEST HOMETOWN. MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE. SO WE ALWAY, BEFORE WE GET INTO DESIGN, WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING FOR PERSONALITY.

SO A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASK IN THE PERCEPTION SURVEY, AS WELL AS THE DISCOVERY, WAS TO HELP UNDERSTAND YOUR PERSONALITY. AND THAT WILL COME OUT IN YOUR BRAND VOICE AS WELL AS THE VISUAL. YOU CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. AND THIS IS ALSO JUST TO SUMMARIZE THOSE DISTINCT ADVANTAGE STATEMENTS. THAT POSITIONING STATEMENT WAS PUT BACK OUT TO THE PUBLIC. AND THESE ARE JUST THE RESULTS OF THAT SURVEY. AND HOW PEOPLE RANKED THE ASSETS THAT PEOPLE ARE MOST PROUD OF. THIS IS HOW THEY RANKED THE PERSONALITY WORDS FOR YOUR COMMUNITY. IF YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, A LOT OF THE BRAND STATEMENTS THAT CAME OUT OF OUR WORK, THIS IS SHOWING

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PART OF GROVE CITY LOGO. AND THAT'S WHY WE THAT'S WHY WE KEPT THE LANTERN. THAT'S WHY WE INCLUDED THE LANTERN AS SORT OF A CONNECTING PIECE TO THAT AND HOMAGE TO THAT HISTORY. I WANTED TO ALSO MENTION ONE MORE THING. THE STEERING COMMITTEE WAS VERY CONSCIENTIOUSLY ADDING EVERYBODY, ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, NOT ONLY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ADMINISTRATION, BUT THE CHAMBER HEART OF GROVE CITY, THE ECB SCHOOL DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ALL ALL OF OUR PARTNERS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT EVERYBODY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. GREAT PRESENTATION, MADAM CHAIR. A LOT OF WORK. YES. WILL WE BE SEEING MADAM CHAIR? MR. WALTERS, WILL WE BE SEEING A PROPOSAL? I MEAN, THIS IS JUST THROWN OUT TO US TODAY. ARE WE GOING TO BE AGREEING TO SOMETHING AT SOME POINT IN TIME OR. WELL, WE DO.

WE WILL HAVE A AN IMPLEMENTATION SUGGESTION. AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THE STEERING COMMITTEE CAN ACTUALLY BE THE APPROVING BODY. BUT THAT'S WHAT OUR PLAN IS ANYWAY. THANK YOU. THANKS. ALL

[Broadway Live Presentation; Guide Studio Presentaiton]

BUT HAND OFF TO TIM INTRODUCE. YEAH. OH MY I'M SORRY. MY NAME IS ETHAN TEMIANKA WITH AXIOM VENTURES. MY PARTNER AND I'M TIM KASZUBSKI, AXIOM VENTURES AND YEAH, THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE TIME AND THE SUGGESTION TO MEET PUBLICLY SO WE CAN SHARE OUR VISION FOR THE TOWN CENTER. IT SEEMS APPROPRIATE THAT IT KIND OF LAYERS ON A BRANDING EXERCISE FOR THE CITY. SO BEFORE WE GET INTO THE VIDEO, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT WE ENVISION FOR THE PORTION OF OUR SITE, I WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF RECAP WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THE LAST TWO YEARS JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT. WE WILL PAUSE THIS IN THE ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT. THERE WE GO. OKAY, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND JUST GOING TO THE START, BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT A FEW THINGS ON THE WAY IN. SO WE GENERALLY JUST WANT TO RECAP FOR EVERYONE'S BENEFIT THAT ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND ANNOUNCED A PROJECT, ACQUIRED A LOT OF THE TOWN CENTER WITH A VISION OF HOW TO KIND OF TRANSFORM AND MAKE A COMMUNITY HUB. AND SO SINCE THEN, PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS ASKED US WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, AND IT HASN'T BEEN STANDING IDLE. SO, I MEAN, THE OBVIOUS THINGS ARE, YOU KNOW, INTEREST RATES OVER DOUBLED ON US, VERY CHALLENGING LENDING ENVIRONMENT. SO IT MADE US REEVALUATE WHAT THE BEST USE AND FIT FOR THE SITE WAS. CONSTRUCTION COSTS INCREASED.

AND THEN AS PART OF OUR ORIGINAL APPROVAL, WE WORKED WITH THE CITY STAFF AND THE MHRA, THEIR CONSULTING ENGINEER, TO REALLY UNDERSTAND, LIKE THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT MAY BE REQUIRED TO BRING SOMETHING OF THIS SIZE AND MAGNITUDE AND SCALE AND DYNAMIC DYNAMISM. IF I COULD SAY THAT RIGHT TO THE CITY. AND SO WE CHASED DOWN SOME EFFORTS, WHETHER IT WAS SANITARY CONNECTIONS. ET CETERA. AND THEN WE ALSO INCORPORATED FEEDBACK FROM THE ORIGINAL PDP, WHICH WAS WE ALWAYS KNEW FOR US TO BE SUCCESSFUL, WE WOULD NEED TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE SITE SUCCESSFULLY, TO BE ABLE TO PARK PEOPLE FROM NOT JUST GROVE CITY, BUT THE SURROUNDING AREAS. AND IT BECAME IMMINENT THAT WE NEEDED TO ACQUIRE MORE LAND. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE IN JULY WE ADDED ADDITIONAL ACREAGE FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF PUBLIC PARKING AND KIND OF RIGHT SIZED OUR DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WE'RE EXCITED TO KIND OF GO OVER AND A LITTLE MORE DETAIL THROUGH A VIDEO, AND WE THINK IT COULD BE REALLY EXCITING FOR THE TOWN CENTER. AND AT THE END, WE'D LOVE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS RELATED TO EITHER PROJECT COSTS, ECONOMIC IMPACT, WHATEVER YOU MAY HAVE RELATED TO DEVELOPMENT. BUT WE'RE EXCITED FOR THIS VISION. YEAH. SO I'M GOING TO WALK EVERYONE THROUGH THIS. FIRST AND FOREMOST, YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN SOME RENDERINGS ALREADY. OBVIOUSLY, EVERYONE I'M TALKING TO ON THE COUNCIL HAS SEEN A LOT OF THIS, BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WE RAN INTO WAS WE WANTED TO ADD MORE USES,

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AS YOU WALK IN, YOU NOTICE ON THE RIGHT THERE IT SAYS COFFEE IN BIG LETTERS. WE HAVE A COOL PILLAR THERE. IT'S CALLED THE EXCHANGE. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE NAMING THIS OUTDOOR AREA. THE EXCHANGE AT BROADWAY LIVE. WE DO WANT TO HAVE AN AM USER IN THE FRONT. SO WE SHOW COFFEE. WE DON'T KNOW WHO THAT WILL BE JUST YET, BUT SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF A FOX IN THE SNOW. IF YOU'RE A FAN OF THEM. WE HAVEN'T HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, SO THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, GUARANTEED OR ANYTHING. BUT WE WOULD LOVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO CREATE A USAGE WHERE PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE IN THE MORNING, THEY'RE OUT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY MEETING TO HAVE COFFEE. MAYBE IT'S A BUSINESS MEETING, WHAT HAVE YOU. RIGHT. SO YOU SEE PEOPLE OUT THERE ENJOYING THE FRONT ENTRY PLAZA THERE. SO AS YOU COME THROUGH HERE, I'M GOING TO GO JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. YOU'LL NOTICE THERE IS AN UPSTAIRS AREA ABOVE THE COFFEE AREA. SO DURING THE DAY THAT WILL BE OPEN SEATING FOR ANYONE IN THAT GETTING COFFEE, GETTING BREAKFAST TO HOP ON UP THERE AND AT NIGHT THAT'S GOING TO TRANSFORM INTO AN UPSCALE COCKTAIL BAR. SO ESPRESSO MARTINIS, THAT TYPE OF THING HAVE MORE OF A NIGHTLIFE AS WELL. SO IT KIND OF HAS THAT MORNING IN THE DOWNSTAIRS AREA IN THE PLAZA AND THEN AT NIGHT IT KIND OF ACTIVATES TO BECOME THAT. YOU'LL NOTICE, TOO, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS URBAN STREETSCAPE, AS WE CALL IT, IT'S PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY URBAN STREETSCAPE. YOU'RE ALWAYS BEING DRAWN TOWARDS THE END THERE. THERE'S THIS LARGE SCREEN THERE, OBVIOUSLY, OHIO STATE ON THE SCREEN, OF COURSE, O-H. BUT WHAT WE REALLY WANTED TO CREATE WAS THIS KIND OF DYNAMIC ABILITY TO SAY, HEY, COOL, YOU GET TO MEET DIFFERENT PEOPLE AT DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS, DIFFERENT STORES.

YOU HAVE DIFFERENT OPTIONS HERE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE TO DO, LIKE I WAS MENTIONING EARLIER, IS TRAVEL. AND ONE OF THE CITIES I LOVE IS DUBROVNIK. IT'S AN OLD OLD TOWN, DUBROVNIK.

THERE'S NO CARS ALLOWED AND IT'S JUST SO COOL HOW YOU CAN SIT THERE, HAVE A MEAL WITH FRIENDS, MAYBE A GLASS OF WINE WHILE YOUR KIDS RUN AROUND AND ENJOY THEMSELVES WITHOUT FEAR OF CARS ZOOMING BY YOU, RIGHT? AND SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THAT IN A LOT OF PLACES IN AMERICA. AND SO WE WANTED TO CREATE THAT GATHERING PLACE AGAIN, AS YOU KIND OF COME THROUGH THIS STREETSCAPE, IT DRAWS YOU TO THE END. AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE WILLIAM F BRECK PUBLIC PLAZA. SO THIS IS WHAT DRAWS YOU HERE AGAIN, HAVE ANOTHER RETAILER ON THE RIGHT THERE. IT'S PEERING AROUND TO THE RIGHT BECAUSE AS PART OF THE CITY'S CONCEPTUAL TOWN CENTER PLAN IS TO EVENTUALLY BUILD THAT PEDESTRIAN PROMENADE TO THE RIGHT, WHICH IS THE FIRST STREET PEDESTRIAN PROMENADE. SO THAT WOULD CONNECT ALL DOWN TO THE OLD LIBRARY SITE. THE AMPHITHEATER THAT YOU HAVE THERE. AND THEN HERE IS MORE OF THE PLAZA. YOU WILL NOTICE ON THE LEFT THERE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A KIND OF A FENCE, SHORT FENCE THERE, BUT THAT'S THE BACK OF GROVE CITY BREWING. OF COURSE, WE HAVE COUNCILWOMAN BURROWS HERE WHO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH. THEY'RE GOING TO BE PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. THEY'LL BE ABLE TO INTERFACE WITH US AND BE PART OF US. YOU'LL NOTICE THIS IS CALLED THE YARD WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CORNHOLE, OTHER GAMES, STUFF LIKE THAT. AS PART OF THAT MAIN PUBLIC PLAZA. AND THEN AS WE KIND OF COME AROUND HERE, YOU'LL NOTICE THERE'S AN UPSTAIRS, THE WINDOWS THERE THAT MAIN BUILDING THAT WE SAW EARLIER, OF COURSE, IS THE FOOD HALL BUILDING. WE'LL HAVE FIVE VENDORS IN THERE, AS WELL AS AN UPSTAIRS GOLF THEMED LOUNGE AND BAR. WE ALSO WANT THAT TO BE SOMEWHAT OF A THIRD PLACE, SO PEOPLE MAYBE NOT A FULL COWORKING, BUT SOMEWHERE WHERE PEOPLE CAN LAND, HAVE GOOD WI-FI DURING THE DAY, HIT UP A GOLF SIMULATOR IF THEY WANT, MAYBE ORDER LUNCH FROM ONE OF THE RESTAURANTS DOWNSTAIRS. BUT AS WE COME AROUND THIS CORNER, YOU'LL NOTICE, YEAH, THIS IS KIND OF WHERE ALL THE ACTIVITY HAPPENS. KIDS. CORNHOLE, FUN. AND THEN YOU COME AROUND THE CORNER AND WE'RE CALLING THIS THE NORTH COURTYARD. AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A QUIETER MOMENT WHERE PEOPLE CAN SIT, MAYBE HAVE A QUIETER MOMENT WITH A FRIEND, GO SHOPPING. THIS IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE RETAIL FOCUSED SERVICE. YOU KNOW, MAYBE GET YOUR NAILS DONE, GET A HAIRCUT, MAYBE A, YOU KNOW, A VINTAGE CLOTHING STORE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND AS WE COME THROUGH HERE, THIS IS OUR OTHER ENTRANCE. THERE'S ACTUALLY THREE ENTRANCES. WE SHOWED THE ONE MAIN ENTRANCE. WE HAVE THE ENTRANCE FROM THE FIRST STREET PROMENADE AND THEN OUR THIRD PEDESTRIAN ENTRANCE IS HERE FROM THE NORTH COURTYARD, AND YOU'LL NOTICE A BIG PARKING SIGN THERE.

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YEAH. SO THAT WAS BASICALLY JUST ZOOMED OUT A LITTLE BIT FROM WHERE WE WERE BEFORE THIS IS ABOUT 2.6 ACRES. THAT IS PART OF OUR PROPOSAL THAT WE'RE OFFERING TO SELL BACK TO THE CITY TO CREATE OPEN PARK SPACE. GREEN SPACE. YOU COULD HAVE A IT'S ACTUALLY 1.4 ACRES, ALMOST AN ACRE AND A HALF OF OPEN, DEDICATED GREEN SPACE, 1.2 ACRES OF FREE PUBLIC SURFACE PARKING.

SO 2.6 ACRES IS PART OF THIS PLAN. WE JUST WALKED BACK THERE EARLIER ACTUALLY. IT'S MASSIVE.

SO I MEAN, SOCCER FIELDS, PICKLEBALL I KNOW OBVIOUSLY IS VERY LOVED BY A CERTAIN COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. BUT DOG PARKS, BIKE LANES, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE CITY HAS MENTIONED CONNECTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE NORTH WITH A BIKE LANE OVER THE RIVER. SO THERE'S ALL KINDS OF POTENTIAL FOR THAT PROPERTY. AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE SHOWCASED THAT TO SHOW YOU GUYS. AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE I THINK WILL TAKE US TO IF WE CAN IF WE DO IT. YEAH. THERE WE GO. SO THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT IS THE SUB AREA A IS BROADWAY LIVE AS WELL AS THE EXCHANGE AT BROADWAY LIVE. YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE GROVE CITY BREWING AND ZAZI'S. THEY'RE NOT PART OF OUR PROJECT OBVIOUSLY, BUT THEY'RE ON THERE TO GIVE YOU A FRAME OF REFERENCE OF WHERE WE ARE. SUB AREA B IS PART OF OUR PROJECT THAT WE'RE OFFERING IS FREE PUBLIC PARKING. SUB AREA C IS OUR APARTMENT COMPLEX, THE APEX THAT TIM WILL GIVE A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON HERE IN A MINUTE. AND THEN SUB AREA D IS THE 2.6 ACRES THAT I REFERENCED THAT WE'RE WILLING TO SELL BACK TO THE CITY AS PART OF OPEN GREEN SPACE AND PUBLIC PARKING. AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, IF WE COULD. PERFECT. SO I GUESS JUMPING BACK TO OUR ORIGINAL EFFORTS, WE ALWAYS BELIEVE IN ADDING SOME DENSITY AND MAKING THE TOWN CENTER DYNAMIC. I THINK BROADWAY LIVE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. WHAT IT CAN OFFER IN TERMS OF AMENITIES AND COMMUNITY GATHERING. AT THE SAME POINT, WE BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A MASSIVE HOUSING HOUSING SHORTAGE. THE DOWNTOWN IS A VERY APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR A MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROJECT. AND SO WHEN WE REVISITED OUR MULTIFAMILY PROJECT, WE REALLY TRIED TO LOOK AT LIKE SCALE AND SOME OF THE HISTORICAL ELEMENTS AND WHILE WE'LL GET FEEDBACK THROUGH THE PLANNING AND FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, OUR EFFORT WAS TO SORT OF PROPOSE THIS RATHER LARGE FIVE BUILDING OR FIVE STORY PARKING STRUCTURE, BUT BREAK DOWN THE FACADE INTO SCALES THAT KIND OF TALK SIMILARLY TO LIKE THE SCALE OF BROADWAY AND THE HISTORIC NATURE THAT'S TYPICALLY REFERENCED. SO YOU'LL NOTICE, LIKE LIMESTONE SILLS, SOME NORMAL MASONRY COPING AT THE LOWER LEVELS BEFORE WE STEP BACK AND TRANSITION MATERIAL. AND IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE STEP BACK FROM THE RESIDENTIAL AND WE ALSO ARE TRYING TO LIE. WE'RE ALSO BENEFITING FROM THE FACT THAT WITH THIS PROPOSAL FOR THE 2.6 ACRES OF PUBLIC SPACE, THAT WE'RE 170FT AWAY FROM ANY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AND HEAVILY WOODED ALONG REPUBLICAN RUN. SO WE FIND THAT IT'S LIKE KIND OF A REALLY UNIQUE URBAN INFILL OPPORTUNITY TO SET BACK A RATHER LARGE PROJECT FROM ANY ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND STILL CREATE THIS CORRIDOR THAT YOU'LL SEE HERE, THIS KIND OF URBAN CORRIDOR, WHILE STILL HAVING THAT SETBACK FROM RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND SO PART OF PART OF, EXCUSE ME, PART OF THE SITE CIRCULATION. AND GETTING TO OUR TOWN CENTER HUB IS KIND OF ESTABLISHING THE DISTRICT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET, STEPPING DOWN THE SCALE AND HAVING WALK UP UNITS ALONG CLEVELAND AVENUE, WHICH WILL BE OUR MAIN ACCESS POINT FOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THIS RENDERING IS TRYING TO SHOW AND HIT THE NEXT ONE. AND THEN I GUESS I'LL TOUCH ON THIS TOO. SO WE HAD MET WITH THE HISTORIC SOCIETY ORIGINALLY, AND THERE WERE A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT IT FEELS FOREIGN AND OUR ORIGINAL DESIGN. AND WHILE WE DON'T WANT TO BACK AWAY FROM PROVIDING SOMETHING NEW AND EXCITING AND EVOLVING AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANT TO RESPECT THE HISTORY OF GROVE CITY AND PAY HOMAGE ON OUR OUTWARD FACE AS MUCH AS WE CAN. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE PARAPET DETAILS AND.

THE MASONRY HERE, WE'RE REALLY BORROWING FROM KIND OF THE AUTHENTICITY YOU SEE ALONG BROADWAY. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AERIAL, YOU'LL KIND OF NOTICE THAT THAT PARAPET LOOK IS THE SAME ON THE GROVE CITY BREWING BUILDING AS WELL AS. SO IT KEEPS KIND OF THAT SIMILAR

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WE STILL WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND HAVE HEAT OR, YOU KNOW, NOT BE GETTING SNOWED ON THE WHOLE TIME. SO TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT KIND OF BE 365 IN A WAY, TOO, IS ANOTHER OPTION THAT WE HAVE. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE DEVELOPMENT SUMMARY. SO YEAH, THIS JUST GIVES YOU ANOTHER VIEW HERE. WE'RE HAPPY TO KIND OF DELVE INTO IT. WE HAVE THE PROPOSAL AS THE NEXT SLIDE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ALL BEEN PROVIDED WITH AS WELL. KIND OF WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS TAKE IT FROM HERE. AND LET US KNOW WHAT THE NEXT STEPS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. CERTAINLY WITH ANY REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT, THERE'S CERTAIN OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES AND THIS IS CERTAINLY WITHIN THAT REALM. SO AS YOU SEE, THEY HAVE THEIR PROPOSED PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP SUMMARY HERE. AND WHAT I'VE DONE I KNOW IT'S GETTING LATE IN THE EVENING, BUT IN TERMS OF THE FINANCES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED FOR THIS PROJECT RIGHT NOW, AND I'D FIRST LIKE TO THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR THEIR INVESTMENT IN GROVE CITY ALREADY. IT'S NOT AN EASY THING TO GATHER THAT MUCH LAND. IT'S A IT'S A LARGE TASK. BUT IN TERMS OF THE ASK OF THE CITY RIGHT NOW, AND THEY HAVE A LARGE INVESTMENT ALSO, BUT THEY AS WAS MENTIONED, WOULD LIKE THE CITY OF GROVE CITY TO BUY LAND FROM THEM AT $3.9 MILLION TO THE CITY TO IMPROVE CLEVELAND AVENUE AT $3.8 MILLION, TO DO UNDERGROUND WIRING ALONG BROADWAY, ESTIMATED AT $1.5 MILLION, PROVIDE THEM WITH $750,000 FOR THEIR DEMO OF THEIR BUILDINGS ON THEIR PROPERTY, PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE ESTABLISHED FINAL GRADE OF THEIR PROJECT AT 400,000.

PROVIDE STORMWATER RETENTION AT $825,000, AND 725,000 FOR UTILITY CONNECTIONS. ALSO, WE TALKED ABOUT THE PLAZA. THEY'RE REQUESTING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 2 AND $4 MILLION FROM THE CITY THAT WE WOULD PUT IN TO DEVELOP THAT. SO THAT ADDS UP TO APPROXIMATELY $19 COMMITMENT FROM THE CITY OF GROVE CITY. THE SECOND PHASE OF THAT WOULD IS PROPOSED A 240 SPACE PARKING GARAGE ESTIMATED AT $11 MILLION. SO IN TERMS OF THIS PARTICULAR DOCUMENT, WHAT IT REFLECTS IS THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR FROM THE CITY OF GROVE CITY, APPROXIMATELY $30 MILLION OF CITY FUNDING TO DO THIS PROJECT. THAT'S IN ADDITION TO. COULD I ADD A LITTLE NOTE THERE REAL QUICK? BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THE PHASE ONE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD GONE TO YOU GUYS ASKING FOR THE STRUCTURE AND EVERYTHING VERY EARLY ON. OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS NOT IN YOUR BUDGET AND ANYTHING YOU WERE INTERESTED IN. SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TODAY IS PHASE ONE, WE CAN TALK ABOUT PHASE TWO ONCE WE GET THROUGH PHASE ONE, BUT WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THIS PROPOSAL IN PHASE ONE IS ABOUT $19 MILLION. THAT'S NOT ACCURATE. YES. YEAH. SO AND

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THAT'S THE SHORT FINANCIAL SITUATION OF THE PROJECT. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? I GOT A PHONE. GO AHEAD, MR. BERRY. CHUCK, WHEN WILL YOU GUYS HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK OVER THE ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE CITY PORTION OR. I MEAN, WHAT WHAT'S YOUR TIMELINE ON THAT? I MEAN, WE YOU DISCUSSED EXPENSES, BUT WHAT IF I MEAN, IF WE'RE DOING THAT NOW AND A MAJOR PART OF THAT IMPACT STUDY IS THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THREE PARTICULAR AREAS. ONE, THE PROPERTY BEHIND OLPH CHURCH. THEY WOULD DEVELOP APARTMENTS.

AND I BELIEVE OFFICES AND ON ON THE WHAT IS THE PLAYGROUND AND FIELDS OF OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP, THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SOUTH OF BROADWAY WOULD BE TOTALLY REDEVELOPED INTO, I BELIEVE, APARTMENTS AND ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHAT WAS THE SHEDDING OF NORSE WOULD BE A $20 MILLION HOTEL. THAT'S WITHIN THEIR THEIR MODELING. AND WE'RE REVIEWING THAT MODELING RIGHT NOW. SO WHEN WORKING WITH THE ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY, THEY ASK YOU FOR CATALYST PROJECTS.

ESSENTIALLY, I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THIS PROJECT, IF IT EVER DOES MOVE FORWARD, WOULD BE A CATALYST FOR A LOT OF OTHER DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE AREA. I THINK AS A DEVELOPER, WE'RE VERY WELL AWARE OF THAT, AND WE KNOW OTHER DEVELOPERS WHO ARE VERY INTERESTED IN HOW THIS TURNS OU, BECAUSE WHETHER THEY INVEST IN GROVE CITY IS VERY DEPENDENT UPON THIS PROJECT. SO I THINK THOSE FOUR CATALYSTS THAT WE PROVIDED WERE VERY REALISTIC, BUT I GUARANTEE YOU THEY WILL NOT HAPPEN IF OUR PROJECT DOESN'T MOVE FORWARD. SO I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS A VERY VALID THING TO INCLUDE IN THE ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY. BUT YEAH.

SO MADAM CHAIRMAN, I WOULD MOVE BACK TO THE SAME QUESTION I ASKED BEFORE. CHUCK, HOW LONG DO YOU NEED BEFORE YOU CAN VALIDATE SOME OF THESE THINGS? WE HAVE NOTIFIED THE DEVELOPERS OF OUR DESIRE AND WHO WE'VE HIRED TO ANALYZE THAT, AND WE'LL BE HAVING DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES. OKAY. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. AND JUST SO THAT EVERYONE THAT IS LISTENING BOTH IN THE ROOM AND ONLINE IS AWARE, THE REASON THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION IS THE MAYOR SUGGESTED THAT KNOWING THAT YOU HAD MADE YOUR SUBMISSION AND YOU HAD BEGUN CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF AND OBVIOUSLY CURRENT CONVERSATIONS, BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A CONVERSATION THAT HAS UNFOLDED OVER TIME, THAT ALTHOUGH YOU ARE IN A PROCESS THAT INVOLVES ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND THEN MOVES ON TO OUR PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THEN WE'LL ULTIMATELY COME TO US AND APPEAR UNDER THE LANDS COMMITTEE, WE'LL BE BACK A LOT. WE'LL SEE. WE'LL SEE. A LOT OF YOU. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT, THAT THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THE BENEFIT OF EVERYONE BEING IN A ROOM AND HEARING ABOUT THE FINANCIAL ELEMENT WHICH WHICH I APPRECIATE MR. BOSSO GIVING US THAT OVERVIEW THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING, WE'RE QUICKLY HEADING TOWARDS THIS MORNING. BUT BUT WE'RE STILL AT THIS EVENING. BUT I APPRECIATE THAT. AND OBVIOUSLY LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MUCH MORE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND IF I COULD JUST YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, BUT YOU KNOW, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE, RIGHT? AND UNDERSTANDABLY, YOU GUYS HAVE A BUDGET TO FIGURE OUT FOR NEXT YEAR AND FOR 2026. WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD. OBVIOUSLY, IT IS A BIG ASK. IT'S NOT QUITE AS HORRENDOUS AS IT SOUNDED FROM CHUCK OVER THERE, BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK THROUGH AND WE'RE WILLING TO MEET WITH YOU GUYS. WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR YOU TO KIND OF COMMUNICATE WITH US A LITTLE BIT MORE, BECAUSE WE'D LOVE TO MEET WITH YOU MORE OFTEN AND MORE FREQUENTLY TO GET THIS MOVING FORWARD AND UNDERSTAND THE TOOLS AND MECHANISMS. AND WE OUTLINED AND COMMISSIONED THE ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY TO SHOW, YEAH, A BIG PICTURE, BUT THERE ARE VERY REAL, TANGIBLE NUMBERS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF OUR INVESTMENT THAT ARE DIRECT TO THE CITY AND HOW THOSE GET UTILIZED TO HELP FUND SOME OF THIS IMPROVEMENT IS ABSOLUTELY ON THE TABLE FOR US. AND SO TO KURT, IT IS EXPENSES.

ALSO, I THINK YOU'D BE SHORTSIGHTED IN THE LONG TERM IMPACT IN OUR REVENUE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HELP GROW THE CITY. AND CREATE AND BUILD THAT FUTURE THAT I THINK WE ALL DESIRE HERE. SO IN THIS LIGHT, WE'RE VERY THANKFUL TO PRESENT THIS IN FRONT OF EVERYONE PUBLICLY, BECAUSE OUR NUMBERS ARE OUR NUMBERS. WE SPENT YEARS QUANTIFYING THEM.

AND IF THIS IS AN OUTCOME THAT THE CITY DESIRES, WE NEED TO WORK TOWARDS GETTING THERE. AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY FOR ANYONE. BUT WE NEED TO BE A PARTNERSHIP. AND THAT IS WHY ORIGINALLY, THE SALE WAS PROPOSED AS A WAY TO GET THE CITY INVESTED WITH US SO THAT

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THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SHOWING THAT PRESENTATION FOR EVERYBODY. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU FOR

[Call for Dept. Reports & Closing Comments ]

ABOUT 60 SOME REALTORS AROUND CENTRAL OHIO, ALONG WITH MAYOR OF GAHANNA AND A SOMEONE FROM THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, DUBLIN AND GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS. VERY INTERESTING. IT WAS UPBEAT ABOUT GROVE CITY, QUITE FRANKLY, AND IT WAS AN EYE OPENER TO HEAR WHAT THE REALTORS ARE SAYING AND A LITTLE BIT OF A SOFTENING IN THE ECONOMY. THAT'S THAT'S GOING ON. THE BIG NEWS, OF COURSE, IS BAN BEING ON THE TODAY SHOW INCREDIBLE. I HOPE EVERYBODY SAW THAT. I MEAN, WHERE ELSE CAN YOU IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PICKING OUT GROCERY OHIO TO BE ON THE TODAY SHOW REALLY, REALLY SPECIAL. WE DID GET A NUMBERS FROM MORPC ON OUR POPULATION FOR 2520, 25. AND IT'S 43, THREE, 71 IS OUR POSTED POPULATION NOW. AND SURPRISING TO ME, WE WERE ONE OF ONLY 2 OR 3 SUBURBS THAT HAD AN INCREASE IN POPULATION. IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING. I HAVE THE LAST SAYING THE MAYOR'S COURT REPORT $44,953, AND I'D ASK THAT YOU PERUSE IT IF YOU WOULD APPROVE IT AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU. I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MAYOR'S REPORT. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND? TALK? YES, HARRY? YES. YOU? YES. BURROWS? YES. ANDERSON. YES. SIGRIST. YES. MAYOR. THANK YOU.

YES. NOW THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND MR. BOZO, I JUST WANT I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MR. TURNER ON HIS AWARD TONIGHT. THAT'S THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT IS MADE UP. I THINK OUR SMALLEST DEPARTMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT MANAGE $125 MILLION BUDGET. AND THEY DO A TREMENDOUS JOB. AND WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE ALL FOUR OF THEM. SO THANKS, MIKE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MISS KELLY, WELL, FORGIVE ME FOR BEING SUCH A WILD, HOT MESS TONIGHT. AND BIG SHOUT OUT TO MISTER VEDRA FOR SAVING ME WITH A COUGH DROP. SO I DO HAVE A LIQUOR PERMIT REQUEST. IT IS A SIMPLE TRANSFER. CHANGE OF NAME FOR THE GET. GO ON STRINGTOWN ROAD. DOES COUNCIL WISH TO REQUEST A HEARING ON THIS? DO WE HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS? NO. ALL RIGHT.

HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. I WILL MARK IT AS YOU DO NOT REQUIRE A HEARING. YES. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. SMITH. HE CLAIMS IT'S JUST ALLERGIES. BUT IF I'M SICK LATER ON, THIS WEEK, WE KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW. WHERE IT WHERE IT STARTED. I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT HAWK. THANK YOU, MR. SMITH. ANY DEPARTMENT HEADS IN THE ROOM WITH UPDATES THIS EVENING? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE TO CLOSING COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL. MR. DO I BELIEVE THIS SATURDAY WE FALL BACK AND YOU'RE GOING TO GAIN AN EXTRA HOUR OF SLEEP. WE'LL NEED IT. THANK YOU. MR. TO MR. BARRY.

WHAT DO YOU GOT. JUST I, I KNOW TAMMY HAS NOT MENTIONED THE NEW ARTIST DISPLAY HERE BUT IT'S OVER. IT'S RIGHT THERE. THE DESCRIPTION OF IT. YES. SO THERE WILL BE AN ARTIST. THE ARTIST WILL BE IN-HOUSE. THERE WILL BE A SMALL RECEPTION THIS FRIDAY FROM 5 TO 630. SO COME OUT AND MEET THE ARTIST AND TAKE A NICE LOOK AT HIS ARTWORK. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OH, AND I WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS IN THE FIRST WARD. I KEEP GETTING THE SURVEYS AND THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. BARRY. MISS BURROUGHS, NOTHING THIS EVENING, MISS ANDERSON. YE, I WILL JUST ADD THE TODAY SHOW WAS GREAT. IT WAS JUST AN INCREDIBLE THING FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T

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WE WILL GO RIGHT TO CAUCUS AT 630. AND THEN THE COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE AT THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED TIME AT 7 P.M. BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE HERE FOR THAT PRESENTATION FROM PROSE CONSULTING, VERY MUCH TIED TO THEIR STUDY OF THE FEASIBILITY OF A COMMUNITY CENTER IN GROVE CITY, COME EARLY AT 5:30 P.M. AND WITH THAT, THIS HAS BEEN A MARATHON SESSION. AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.