[Resolution CR-50-24 Approve the Preliminary Development Plan for Red Rock Timbers Duplex and Triplex located at the Southeast corner of Bruce and Bonnie Avenues ]

PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR RED ROCK TIMBERS DUPLEX AND TRIPLEX, LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BRUCE AND BONNIE AVENUES. AND THIS EVENIN, WE DO HAVE A BRANDON GAZAKH.

GAZARIK I WAS CLOSE. IF YOU COULD COME UP AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS BRANDON GAZARIK. I LIVE AT 1523 BOAR ROAD, GROVE CITY. FANTASTIC! IF YOU COULD JUST AGAIN KIND OF GIVE US YOUR SYNOPSIS AS THE DEVELOPER. YEP. SO I'D BE THE DEVELOPER AND THE BUILDER. I'VE JUST I'M A MEMBER OF GROVE CITY, SO I'VE LOOKED AT THE OPPORTUNITY ZONES AS WELL, AN OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'VE KIND OF LOOKED AROUND AND WATCHED SOME OF THE PLANS THAT HAVE WENT THROUGH AND BEEN APPROVED. YOU KNOW, CONTRARY TO, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERY RESIDENT IS GOING TO BE HAPPY ABOUT IT. BUT MY TRIPLEX AND DUPLEX I KNEW WAS A STRETCH. SO I COME HERE TONIGHT JUST LETTING YOU ALL KNOW, LIKE, HEY, AS A DEVELOPER, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR THE MOON, RIGHT? SO I'VE ALREADY SCALED IT BACK. MY INTENTION WHEN I LEAVE HERE TONIGHT IS I WOULD LIKE TO JUST HAVE SOME GUIDANCE AND SOME COMMUNICATION AND SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC PARCEL. AND WITH THE PRECEDENT THAT'S BEEN SET ON SOME OF THESE OTHER PARCELS, WHAT MIGHT FIT ON THIS LOT. SO I'VE ALREADY SCALED IT DOWN. I JUST BASICALLY PROPOSED TWO SIDE BY SIDE DUPLEXES WITH ALL THE PARKING COMING OFF THE ALLEY. SO THERE'S PLENTY OF PARKING IN THIS AREA, AND THESE LOTS ARE PLENTY SUFFICIENT TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PARKING. SO AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, I JUST KIND OF WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION BACK AND FORTH. THERE'S A PROPERTY RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER THAT IS A RANCH STYLE DUPLEX. SO I WAS THINKING ALONG BONNEY AVENUE, YOU KNOW, PUTTING TWO DRIVES OUT ONTO BONNEY AND A DUPLEX THERE. BUT I ALSO JUST KIND OF GOING THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION, REALIZE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WELL, AFFORDABILITY IS BASED OFF OF WHAT THE MARKET IS TELLING YOU IS NOT WHAT AFFORDABILITY WAS TEN YEARS AGO. SO WITH THAT COMES THE COST OF BUILDING AS WELL AND THE COST OF LAND. SO I HAD SOME QUESTIONS. WHY DON'T YOU BUILD SINGLE FAMILY? HEY, I'M A SINGLE FAMILY BUILDER. I WOULD LOVE TO BUILD SINGLE FAMILY. I'VE DONE IT IN GROVE CITY. I'LL CONTINUE TO DO IT, BUT THE LAND PRICES JUST DON'T JUSTIFY IT. AND BEING A COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, WE NEED HOUSING. WE NEED MORE THAN THE BIG BUILDERS CAN PROVIDE. SO ON THESE INFILL LOTS, YOU KNOW, I WE GOT TO WORK TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH SOME SOLUTIONS FOR HOUSING. SO I THINK IT'S WALKABLE TO THE DOWNTOWN. YOU KNOW WHAT I COME WITH AS FAR AS DESIGN, I'M WILLING TO WORK AND DESIGN. I CAN BUILD A CRACKER BOX AND A $4 MILLION HOME. IT DOESN'T MATTER.

I JUST KIND OF WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON WHAT YOUR IDEA IS FOR THESE INFILL LOTS AND WHAT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, ACCEPTABLE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR DEVELOPMENT TEAM SPEAK TO THIS AS WELL. AND THEN STAND BY FOR SOME QUESTIONS I'M SURE. SURE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YEP. MR. RAUSCH. THANK YOU, MISS BURROWS. JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE SITE. AND I LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE DO APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS BY THE DEVELOPER. WE ALL REALIZE HOUSING IS MUCH NEEDED IN THE REGION, BUT FOR THIS PARTICULAR SITE, IT'S A 0.32 ACRE SITE. SO AS PROPOSED STAFF WAS NOT SUPPORTIVE OF IT BECAUSE WE FELT IT WAS TOO INTENSE FOR THE FOR THE SITE. AND THEN OUR RECOMMENDATION TO PLANNING COMMISSION WAS FOR DISAPPROVAL AND PLANNING COMMISSION UPHELD THAT RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL. SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S A TRI PLEX BEING PROPOSED ALONG BONNIE. AND ON THE INTERIOR OF THE SITE, THERE IS A DUPLEX WITH A GARAGE LOCATED OFF THE ALLEY. OVER THE COURSE OF TIME, THIS SITE HAS SEEN MULTIPLE ZONINGS TWICE IN HIS PAST. IT'S BEEN ZONED TO PDR TO ALLOW FOR MULTIPLE DWELLING UNITS ON IT.

BOTH TIMES THOSE PLANS HAVE EXPIRED IN TERMS OF THE OF THE 12 MONTH PERIOD TO GET A PROJECT

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GOING. SO BACK IN 1999, THAT SITE WAS ZONED D1. SO AS A PROJECT AS A PROPERTY SITS RIGHT NOW BY RIGHT, THE DEVELOPER CAN GET TWO UNITS ON THAT PARCEL. SO I GUESS YOU CAN MAKE AN ARGUMENT THAT THE DEVELOPER COULD SPLIT THE LOT IN SOME CONFIGURATION TO ALLOW FOR TWO, TWO, TWO UNIT STRUCTURES. BUT FROM OUR REVIEW THAT WOULD BE VERY CHALLENGING. WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT ACTUALLY WORK, BUT AGAIN, WE ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT AND REALLY LOOKING FOR SOME LOOKING FOR SOME DIRECTION FROM CITY COUNCIL IN TERMS OF HOW INTENSE WE WANT THAT PARCEL TO BE UTILIZED IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU, MR. ROSS.

QUESTIONS? YES, KYLE, WHAT'S D1? JUST A SUMMARY. DOUBLES TWINS DUPLEXES AS DEFINED BY OUR ZONING CODE. SO ESSENTIALLY TWO UNITS ATTACHED ON ONE PARCEL. OKAY. SO IT'S BEEN ZONED THAT SINCE 1999. CORRECT. RIGHT. SO EVERYBODY YOU KNOW THAT'S THE WAY IT'S BEEN FOR 25 YEARS.

CORRECT OKAY. AND BY RIGHT THE DEVELOPER COULD BUILD A BUILDING, A D1 TYPE BUILDING WITHOUT COUNCIL APPROVAL, WITHOUT OR WITHOUT OR. THAT'S RIGHT. WITHOUT COUNCIL OR NO ZONING OR ANYTHING, HE COULD JUST GO AHEAD AND START TOMORROW. ONCE HE GETS THE PERMITS FROM BUILDING DIVISION. OKAY. THANK YOU. A QUESTION. SO YOU SAID IT'S ZONED AS D1. A DUPLEX COULD BE THERE. CORRECT. BUT IN THIS INSTANCE WITH THIS RESOLUTION, THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS A DUPLEX AND A TRIPLEX. CORRECT. AND YOU SAID ALSO THAT THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FELT THAT EVEN SPLITTING THE PARCEL AND DOING A DUPLEX, A TWO DUPLEXES COULD BE CHALLENGING. CAN YOU KIND OF GIVE IS IT IS IT THE PARKING, IS IT THE AMOUNT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE? WHAT I GUESS WELL, THE SITE ITSELF IS ODDLY CONFIGURED. SO DEPENDING ON HOW THE PROPERTY IS SPLIT AND HOW THE HOW THE UNITS ARE LAID OUT WHERE THE PARKING IS ALLOCATED, WE DON'T KNOW THAT. SO THAT'S WHERE WE THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, THAT 0.3 ACRES, IT'S GOING TO BE CHALLENGING TO FIT FIVE UNITS OR FOUR UNITS ON IT. IF YOU RECALL, ON PARK STREET, WE COUNCIL APPROVED THE FERGUSON DEVELOPMENT WITH MULTIPLE UNITS, BUT THAT SITE WAS TWICE THE SIZE OF THE SITE WE'RE CONSIDERING TONIGHT. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THE PRELIMINARY PLAN IS REALLY THE FIRST STEP IN THE ZONING PROCESS. SO THEN THE TENSION FROM THE DEVELOPER RIGHT NOW IS TO GET COMMENTS AND PROCEED ON TO A REZONING TO ALLOW FOR MORE LIKELY A PUD THAT ULTIMATELY A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN. SO THAT'S THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT JUST A ZONING CASE. WE'RE LOOKING AT PRELIMINARY VIABLE PLAN OKAY.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM YES, MAYOR. MADAM CHAIR, IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE YOU GOT A SETBACK ISSUE. RESIDENTIAL. IT VERY WELL, WILL. YEAH. UNDER THE. UNLESS THE SITE IS RECONFIGURED OR IF THERE'S SOME RELIEF THROUGH A DEVELOPMENT PLAN, THROUGH A REZONING PROCESS TO ALLOW FOR A PUD, THEN THAT BECOMES MORE FLEXIBLE. BUT AGAIN, STAFF'S POSITION IS IT'S TOO MUCH FOR THIS SITE. WELL, AS I SAY, I MEAN THE D ONE, IT LOOKS LIKE THE SETBACKS WOULD ALL WORK, BUT IF THERE'S MUCH MORE THAN ONE BUILDING, YOU GOT A RESIDENTIAL SETBACK ISSUE CORRECT. THE ORIGINAL CONFIGURATION OF THE LOT WAS SPLIT NORTH AND SOUTH, PARALLEL TO BONNIE. SO YOU HAD TWO LONG LOTS, LONG, DEEP LOTS. SO THAT'S THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PLATTED LOT BACK IN 1960, WHICH IS SHOWN ON THE RECORD THERE. SO. BUT BUT MY POINT IS THE SPIRIT OF HAVING MULTIFAMILY WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL AREA IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ADHERING STILL TO THE SETBACKS ISSUE, CORRECT? YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR KYLE? ALL RIGHT. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AS WELL ON THIS RESOLUTION. DINA GIBBONS. GOOD EVENING. IF YOU COULD JUST NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS DINA GIBBONS AND I LIVE AT THREE, FOUR, TWO TWO WOODLAWN AVENUE. SO I LIVE WHERE THAT INTERSECTS. OKAY, I ACTUALLY HAVE A LETTER THAT I SENT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE READ IT. I'M WRITING TO EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED RED ROCK TIMBER'S DUPLEX TRIPLEX PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

WHILE I DO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO NEIGHBORHOOD APPEAL AND INCREASE THE VALUE OF PROPERTY AND CONTINUE TO BRING PROSPERITY TO GROVE CITY, A FIVE

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UNIT DUPLEX TRIPLEX IN THIS SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD MOST LIKELY WILL NOT, BASED ON EVIDENCE IN THE DRAWINGS, THE DEVELOPMENT IS TOO LARGE FOR THE LAND IT WOULD SIT ON. SO I KNOW WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT ALREADY, BUT. SO I'LL MOVE POINT. THE OLDER GROVE CITY NEIGHBORHOODS ARE KNOWN FOR BEING QUAINT, QUIET, AND FAMILY ORIENTED. THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS FROM GOOGLE WEBSITES THAT DESCRIBE THESE TYPES OF NEIGHBORHOODS. IF YOU GO TO VISIT GROVE CITY.COM, IT TALKS ABOUT THE COMFORT OF THE SMALL TOWN FEEL, THE QUAINT NEIGHBORHOODS NEXT DOOR.COM DOES THE SAME THING. SO IF YOU'RE MOVING INTO THE AREA, YOU WOULD GOOGLE THESE. OKAY, IN MY OPINION, ALL COMMUNITIES ARE BEST SERVED BY THEIR GOVERNMENT WHEN LAND IS DEVELOPED WITH FORETHOUGHT AND DILIGENT ATTENTIVENESS. SO TO BE FAIR, THIS IS WHY I SUPPORT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS. BUT EVEN GROVE CITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER KIMBERLY SHIELDS MADE THIS POINT WHEN INTERVIEWED BY MEGAN BROKAMP FOR CITY SCENE COLUMBUS, SHE SAID, AS OUR POPULATION GROWS AND DIVERSIFIES, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HOUSING STOCK DOES THAT AS WELL. THE CITY IS FOCUSED ON CURATING RESIDENTIAL AREAS. OKAY. NOTE THAT SHE USED THE WORD THAT SHE SAID CURATING THIS PLAN IS SUITABLE FOR THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THIS TYPE OF HOUSING IS BEING CURATED. I.E.

BEULAH PARK, BROADWAY STATION, HOLTON. RUN, PADDOCK, PREMIERE FAMILY SUITES, THE STRAND, ETC.

MOREOVER, BASED ON THE ATTACHED DRAWINGS, THE PROPOSAL IS NOT AN ESTHETIC MATCH FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY. AND THEN MY LAST POINT IS THE PARKING. SO BONNIE IS ONLY ONE WAY PARKING.

YOU CAN'T PARK ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET. WOODLAWN IS ONLY ONE LANE, ONE WAY PARKING. YOU CAN'T PARK ON BOTH SIDES, SO IT'S RIGHT THERE AT THAT INTERSECTION WHERE TWO STREETS ONLY HAVE ONE SIDE OF THE STREET PARKING. SO ON TRASH DAYS, ON SCHOOL BUS DAYS, ON GETTING THE ICE OFF THE STREET DAYS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE SIDE OF THE STREET THAT'S GOING TO BE CROWDED WITH CARS, TRASH CANS, ALL THIS STUFF. AND SO HOW ARE THE BIG TRUCKS AND EVERYBODY GOING TO GET THROUGH THERE? FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIVE HERE AND WOULD LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO LOOK NICE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE SHOVEL OUR OWN DRIVEWAYS AND THE SIDEWALK OUT FRONT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO TO SUMMARIZE, I THINK THAT THIS IS AN ECONOMICALLY FLUID IDEA FOR THE OWNER, BUT IT IS JUST NOT A PRUDENT FIT FOR THAT AREA. ENGROSSING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THE NEXT WE HAVE PEG HEADRUSH. YES, SORRY ABOUT THAT. THAT'S OKAY. I'M TRYING. HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. IT'S. UP. I'M NEW AT THIS. MY NAME IS PEG HEDRICK. I LIVE AT 3398 BRUCE AVENUE, WHICH IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THAT LOT. I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING DINA SAID, AND SHE MADE SOME VERY VALID POINTS THAT THAT ON BONNIE, YOU CAN GO ONE WAY. I MEAN, FOR PARKING, I MEAN, IT'S A TWO WAY STREET, BUT YOU CAN ONLY PARK ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET AND THE AND THE BUILDER HAS SAID HE DOESN'T. HE FEELS THAT THE ORIGINAL THINGS HE PLANS HE HAD WOULD NOT APPLY THERE. IT'S A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S AN OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'RE GETTING SOME FAMILIES IN WITH CHILDREN. I'VE LIVED THERE A LONG TIME. GROVE CITY IS MY HOME. I MOVED AWAY FOR A WHILE. I CAME BACK BECAUSE OF THE SMALL TOWN ATMOSPHERE OF GROVE CITY. MY KIDS BOTH GRADUATED FROM GROVE CITY HIGH SCHOOL, ONE OF THEM WITH MARK, AND IT'S JUST LIKE SCOTT COLLINS. YEAH, DON'T HOLD THAT AGAINST ME. BUT I THINK THAT TO HAVE A LARGE DEVELOPMENT ON THAT LOT IS JUST, WOULD YOU WANT IT ACROSS THE STREET FROM YOUR HOUSE? I DON'T THINK SO. THE TRAFFIC IS ALREADY BAD ENOUGH ON GAME NIGHTS OVER AT WINDSOR

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PARK. YOU CAN HARDLY GET THROUGH THERE. PEOPLE RUN THAT STOP SIGN ALL THE TIME DURING A SNOWY WEATHER. SOMEBODY CAME DOWN. BONNIE COULDN'T STOP, ENDED UP IN MY FRONT YARD. SO IT'S JUST THE PARKING IS NOT THERE. IT'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S TOO SMALL. IT CANNOT CONTAIN SOMETHING LIKE WHAT HE WANTS TO BUILD. HE MAY BE A GOOD BUILDER, BUT THAT'S NOT THE PLACE FOR HIM. AND A LOT OF THINGS DINA SAID ARE VERY TRUE. I DIDN'T TAKE NOTES. MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE, BECAUSE I'M AS YOU CAN TELL, I'M KIND OF NERVOUS. I'M NOT A PUBLIC SPEAKER, BUT I WANT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO STAY A NEIGHBORHOOD. I DON'T WANT IT TO BE DOWNTOWN. MAYBE TO OTHER ALLEYS AND BUILD IT THERE. I MEAN, THERE'S NOTHING GOING ON THERE. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT KINGSTON, THERE WAS AN OLDER HOUSE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM WHERE ARBUTUS COMES IN, CATTY, CORNERED. THEY TORE THAT DOWN AND BUILT A BEAUTIFUL ONE STORY, ONE HOME ON THAT GORGEOUS LOT.

WHY COULDN'T SOMEBODY DO THAT ON THAT LOT? ON BONNIE AND OUR, YOU KNOW, ON OUR STREET? BECAUSE IT IS A NICE LOT, BUT IT'S JUST NOT BUILT THE SIZE WISE, THE WAY IT'S LAID OUT TO HAVE MULTIPLE HOUSING ON THERE. SO THAT'S MY SPIEL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M SO SORRY ABOUT THAT. BUT YOU'RE IN YOUR NAME. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU WANT TO STEP BACK UP AND SYNC COUNCIL MAY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRANDON. ANY QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY. I ALSO ATTENDED THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I HEARD THAT YOU WERE DURING THAT SESSION. YOU WOULD ASK FOR FEEDBACK FROM PLANNING COMMISSION. WAS IT A LOT OF CONVERSATION IN THAT PARTICULAR TIME? BUT I ALSO HEAR YOU DID THIS EVENING, UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THIS WASN'T GOING TO COME TO FRUITION, AND YOU'RE ALREADY RELOOKING AT A NEW KIND OF SITE DEVELOPMENT. SO WILL YOU BE WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT, OR HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO THEM ABOUT SOME OF YOUR NEW IDEAS? YES. SO MY PLAN IS TO RESUBMIT WITH A DUPLEX ON THE ONE SIDE AND A DUPLEX ON THE OTHER. LIKE I SAID, FIVE UNITS WAS A STRETCH. I KNEW THAT. I'VE LOOKED AT IT MULTIPLE WAYS.

PARKING IS NOT AN ISSUE. IF YOU DRIVE DOWN BONNIE ANY TIME OF DAY. THERE'S ONE CAR THAT PARKS THERE EVERY DAY, ONE YOU CAN PARK ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET. THAT DOESN'T CHANGE WHEN YOU BUILD A HOUSE. MY TENANTS, MY CLIENTS, THEY STILL HAVE TO FOLLOW THE RULE AND ONLY PARK ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET. THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ZONING. ASK THAT YOU HAVE ONE GARAGE AND ONE OFF STREET PARKING. EASILY DOABLE IF THOSE LOTS ARE SPLIT IN HALF. THE SETBACKS THAT YOU WERE ALLUDING TO. IF YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER DUPLEXES THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED THROUGHOUT THE CITY, MY SETBACKS AND MY OFFSETS DRIVEWAYS EXCEED AND OR ARE BETTER THAN THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. SO I JUST KIND OF LOOK AT THE PRECEDENT HAS BEEN SET, AND I'M LOOKING AT THE LOT TRYING TO DESIGN THE LOT TO ACCOMMODATE WHAT IT'S ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE.

SO OKAY, GREAT. I WOULD BUILD SINGLE FAMILY. IT'S I WOULD LOVE TO BUILD SINGLE FAMILY. IT'S NOT ATTAINABLE IN TODAY'S MARKET. SO I HEARD YOUR COMMENTS DURING PLANNING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOW WE DO NEED MORE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY DOES MEAN SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO EVERYBODY, BUT IT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE FIT THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD TOO. SO KEEP WORKING ON IT AND WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THIS, OKAY. THIS RESOLUTION HAS HAD ITS SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING. I MOVE THAT IT BE APPROVED. SECOND. ANDERSON, NO. SIGRIST.

NO, NO NO. NO. 0200, NO. AND WITH THAT, I HAVE ONE MORE ITEM. LET ME PASS THAT DOWN TO SERVICE

[Resolution CR-51-24 Name a portion of West Water Run located in the Beulah Park Subdivision as "The Berry Family Conservation Area".]

RESOLUTION CR 5124 TO NAME A PORTION OF THE WEST WATER RUN, LOCATED IN THE BEULAH PARK SUBDIVISION AS THE BERRY FAMILY CONSERVATION AREA. MR. BERRY. YEAH, SINCE I SPONSORED THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION, EVER SINCE BEULAH PARK WAS BEING DISCUSSED YEARS AGO, AND THE REROUTING OF THE WATERWAYS AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAD TO BE DONE TO MITIGATE THE STREAMS AND WHAT COULD BE DONE AND NOT BE DONE. MR. BERRY, HOOKED ON TO THIS PARTICULAR AREA BECAUSE IT IS SCENIC, IT IS DIFFERENT. IT IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTED AREA. AND FROM THOSE EARLY DAYS, OF COURSE, HE MOVED OVER THERE AND CONTINUES TO HAVE A GREAT DESIRE TO MAKE THIS A VERY UNIQUE, ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AREA. AND WITH THAT, I THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE. HE DID GIVE THE

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CITY SOME FUNDING HIM FAMILY. I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY HOW THAT CONDUIT WORKED, BUT I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS AND ALSO HIS COMMITMENT TO MAKING THAT STREAM AND THAT WATERWAY A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE IN GROVE CITY. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I ECHO YOUR COMMENTS. I'M VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS IN FRONT OF US, MR. BERRY, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR OUR PARKS AND OUR CONSERVATION AREAS AND THE FORTH THINKING OF THESE POSSIBILITIES. SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT MY MOM'S HERE. HI, MOM. THANK YOU. DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? THANK YOU. NO. THANK YOU. REALLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE TO. SO IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS? NO. SHE HAD NO IDEA WHAT SHE WAS HERE FOR. NO.

WELL, YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME. YOU KNOW THAT. ALRIGHT. THIS RESOLUTION HAS HAD ITS SUB. I'M DISTRACTED HERE READING AND PUBLIC HEARING. I MOVE THAT IT BE APPROVED. SECOND. MR. SIEGRIST. YES YES YES YES YES YES. ANDERSON. YES. ALL RIGHT. PRESIDENT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE

[Resolution CR-52-24 Intent to Appropriate Property and Easements for Improvements to the Jackson Pike/Hawthorne Parkway Intersection and related improvements for the public purpose of making or repairing a public road to be open to the public at no charge. ]

THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO SERVICE WITH MR. DUKE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. RESOLUTION CR 5224, INTENT TO APPROPRIATE PROPERTY AND EASEMENTS FOR IMPROVEMENT TO THE JACKSON PIKE, HAWTHORN PARKWAY INTERSECTION AND RELATED IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF MAKING AND OR REPAIRING A PUBLIC ROADWAY. TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT NO CHARGE. ARE THERE ANY. I HAVE ONE GENTLEMAN GENTLEMAN THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE, CHRIS. IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. CHRIS PARTLOW 6120 JACKSON PIKE.

SO THIS WOULD GO RIGHT ACROSS OUR PROPERTY MORE JUST A QUESTION OR A COMMENT IN GENERAL, WE FEEL LIKE THERE HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF COMMUNICATION ON THIS ELEMENT.

SOMEONE REACHED OUT TO MY WIFE AT THE BEGINNING AND WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING SINCE THEN. WE WEREN'T REALLY GIVEN AN OPTION TO SAY YES OR NO. WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AROUND HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT OUR PROPERTY. I CAN GO THROUGH THOSE TONIGHT, OR SOMEONE CAN JUST TELL ME SOMEONE'S GOING TO REACH OUT TO US AND WE CAN DO IT THERE. YEAH, I'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT, SIR.

OKAY. I DO JUST WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS, THOUGH, ON ON THE RECORD, I GUESS WHILE I'M HERE, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY GOING DOWN THAT ROAD. IT'S RIGHT BY HIBBS AND JACKSON PIKE. AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME ACCIDENTS THERE THAT HAVE CAUSED LOSS OF LIFE. AND SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT THIS WALKING PATH RIGHT DOWN JACKSON PIKE, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. AND AS WELL AS THINGS AROUND CLEANLINESS ETC.

WE ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH ALL OF THE TRASH THAT BLOWS OFF OF JACKSON PIKE ONTO OUR PROPERTY, AS WELL AS THE NONPROFIT PROPERTY THAT'S OWNED BY APPALACHIA, OHIO. THEY'RE NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMUNICATION ON THIS SUBJECT. SO JUST WANTED TO CALL OUT THOSE COUPLE OF THINGS. WE HAVE A MUCH LONGER LIST HERE, BUT WE'LL WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE REACHES OUT TO US. BUT APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR.

ACTUALLY, I SPOKE WITH YOUR WIFE ON THE PHONE. I HAVE REACHED OUT TO. I'M SURPRISED ABOUT APPALACHIA, OHIO, BECAUSE I TALKED TO THEIR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THEIR GENERAL COUNSEL, AND THEIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. BUT. AND THEY'RE THE ONES WHO TOLD ME NO, AS YOU KNOW, HOW THIS WORKS IS WE ARE LOOKING TO PUT A BIKE PATH AND A TRAFFIC SIGNAL, MORE IMPORTANTLY, THERE TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO CROSS THE ROAD AND THEN TO GET FROM INDIAN TRAILS DOWN TO THE METROPARKS. WE ARE HOPING THAT THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS, WE'VE HAD EACH OF THE PROPERTIES APPRAISED AND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I'M SURE THIS GENTLEMAN HAS RELATE TO THE APPRAISAL AND HOW WE'RE TAKING CARE OF CERTAIN ITEMS. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE REQUIRED TO PAY FAIR MARKET VALUE. I WILL CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE WITH EACH ONE OF THESE PROPERTIES. THIS IS JUST THE BACKUP THAT GIVES ME LEVERAGE IN THE EVENT THAT WE CANNOT GET IT DONE. AS I SAID, I'VE TALKED TO, OUT OF THE FOUR PROPERTY OWNERS, ONE HAS ALREADY TOLD ME NO. THEY MAY CHANGE THEIR MIND ONCE THEY REALIZE THEY CAN'T WIN. BUT I MEAN, IT'S TRUE. I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE FOUR RESIDENTS VERSUS 40 SOME THOUSAND RESIDENTS WHERE WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE BEST FOR. SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY UNDER OHIO LAW TO DO THIS. I HOPE I DON'T HAVE TO IN THE PAST, WHEN YOU'VE GIVEN ME THIS AUTHORITY, I HAVE BEEN VERY, KNOCK ON WOOD, SUCCESSFUL IN NEGOTIATING THESE SO THAT EVERYONE IS HAPPY, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH THE FOLKS WHO ARE IN AND AROUND GROVE CITY TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS WITH THEM. SO I WILL CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP WITH YOU, SIR, AND I WILL GET YOU THE APPRAISAL, WHICH IS

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UNFORTUNATELY TOO FAT TO SEND VIA EMAIL BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST TOO BIG. BUT I'LL GET WITH YOU.

I'LL JUST CLARIFY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 0.02 ACRES FOR US. SO IT'S NOT ABOUT THE APPRAISAL. YEAH, NO, I GET IT. BUT WE ARE. IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, YOUR WIFE'S BUSINESS, THERE'S A SIGN THERE AND THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WILL BE IMPACTING AND EVERYTHING THAT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE 0.2 ACRES. ANYTIME WE TOUCH SOMEONE'S LAND, IF WE HURT TREES, IF WE HURT SIGNS, THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO COMPENSATE YOU FOR. THIS ISN'T YES, WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE RESIDENTS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE GOING TO BE FAIR TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. YEAH. JUST COMMUNICATION, AS I SAID. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO OTHER PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL, MR. BURROWS? YES. I WAS JUST HOPING MAYOR OR MR. BOZO, MAYBE YOU COULD TALK ABOUT THE INTENT AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. YEAH, I THINK STEVEN TOUCHED ON IT A BIT. IT'S FOR A BIKE PATH OR A SHARED USE PATH ON THE EAST SIDE OF 104, FROM SCIOTO MEADOWS UP TO THE HAWTHORNE PARKWAY. WITH THAT, THERE'LL BE A TRAFFIC LIGHT THERE WHERE INDIVIDUALS CAN CROSS 104. AND WHEN THAT PROJECT IS DONE, WE'LL BE LOWERING THAT SPEED LIMIT ON STATE ROUTE 104 FOR SAFER TRAVEL OF BOTH VEHICLES AND THE PUBLIC.

SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. MR. BOZZO. YES. IS THIS IS THIS KEVIN'S NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO HERE? YEAH. SO WILL THE GOLF CARTS BE ABLE TO CROSS 104 THERE? RIGHT NOW IT'S THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED ON SHARED USE PATHS. BUT THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION IN TERMS OF HOW WE LOOK AT THESE PATHS NOW. AND SHOULD WE UPGRADE THEM TO ALLOW THAT. AND YEAH, I WOULD I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN ISLAND OF GOLF CART USERS OVER THERE, AND THERE'S NO WAY LEGALLY RIGHT NOW TO GET INTO GROVE CITY, PER SE, WITHOUT DRIVING ON 104, WHICH WE WOULDN'T WANT ANYBODY TO DO WITH A GOLF CART. SO I WOULD SUGGEST WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, UPGRADING THAT ON GRADE CROSSING TO FACILITATE LOW SPEED VEHICLES.

THANK YOU. MR. JEFF. GOOD. AS I EXPLAINED IN THE CAUCUS THAT THIS REALLY IS A QUANTUM LEAP IN OUR CONNECTIVITY OF TRAILS. AND, MR. HARLOW, I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE WRITING AND SO FORTH. 104 BUT I THINK YOU'LL HAVE TO ADMIT, THERE ARE EVEN PEOPLE RIDING THEIR BICYCLES DOWN 104, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE. BUT BEING ABLE TO GET A CUT THROUGH OVER TO SALEM MEADOWS AND EVENTUALLY THROUGH CYTOMETERS BE ABLE TO GET TO THE PARK IS REALLY QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT. AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR COMMENTS. AND WE ALWAYS TRY TO LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE AS TO WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. AND IN FACT, WE SUPPORT IN THE SENSE OF IT PROVIDES BENEFIT TO US AS WELL, BEING NOT PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE JUST AGAIN SHARING. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THIS RESOLUTION HAS HAD ITS READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AND I ASK THAT IT BE APPROVED. SECOND. CHOWK. YES. HOLT. YES. BARRY. YES. YOU. YES. BURROWS. YES.

[Ordinance C-57-24 Authorize the City Administrator to execute the Intergovernmental Agreement with Jackson Township. Second reading and public hearing. ]

ANDERSON. YES. YES, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MR. DUKE. AND FINALLY, WE HAVE FINANCE WITH MR. SIGRIST. THANK YOU, MR. LEE. FINALLY. GO AHEAD. FINALLY. FINANCE. OKAY, SO ORDINANCE C 5724, AUTHORIZE THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH JACKSON TOWNSHIP. SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? NO ONE SIGNED UP FROM THE PUBLIC. THIS IS OUR SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVE IT BE APPROVED. SECOND, MR. HOLT? YES, GARY. YES, YOU? YES. BURROWS? YES. ANDERSON. YES. SIGRIST.

[Ordinance C-58-24 Appropriate $1,000,000.00 from the Deposit Trust Fund and Reduce Appropriation Amounts for Various Funds. Second reading and public hearing. ]

YES. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO NEXT IS ORDINANCE C 5824. APPROPRIATE. $1 MILLION FROM THE FROM THE DEPOSIT TRUST FUND AND REDUCE APPROPRIATION AMOUNTS FOR VARIOUS FUNDS. THIS IS OUR SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MR. TURNER, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, IF

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HE'D COME AND JUST SAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THIS LEGISLATION IS ABOUT. SURE. THANK YOU. THIS IS AN END OF THE YEAR CLEANUP ORDINANCE. THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON HERE.

THE $1 MILLION TO BE APPROPRIATED OUT OF THE DEPOSIT TRUST FUND IS THIS FUND. EVERY DOLLAR THAT GOES INTO THIS FUND IS FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE, AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THIS FUND. SO THE $1 MILLION WILL ALLOW US TO ENCUMBER FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED YEAR TO DATE FOR THEIR SPECIFIC PURPOSE TO BE USED IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS. THE OTHER FIVE FUNDS WHERE WE'RE REDUCING APPROPRIATIONS, THAT'S SO THAT WE'RE WE CAN STAY IN BUDGETARY COMPLIANCE. SO WE'RE NOT IN A SITUATION WHERE WE'VE APPROPRIATED MORE MONEY THAN WE HAVE MORE CASH THAN WE HAVE, AND COULD BE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE WOULD BE A DEFICIT BALANCE. I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. TURNER. ALL RIGHT. THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING, AND I MOVE IT BE APPROVED SECOND.

MR. PERRY? YES. DO. YES. ROSE? YES. HENDERSON. YES. YES. YES. HOLT. YES. OKAY. SO, ORDINANCE C

[Ordinance C-61-24 Make Appropriations for Current Expenses and Other Expenditures for which the City of Grove City Must provide during the twelve months ending December 31, 2025. ]

6124 MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN CURRENT EXPENSES AND OTHER EXPENDITURES FOR WHICH THE CITY OF GROVE CITY MUST PROVIDE DURING THE 12 MONTHS ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025. THIS IS ESSENTIALLY APPROVING THE 2025 CITY BUDGET. ANY COMMENTS FROM EITHER THE MAYOR OR THE MAYOR'S TEAM, OR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS? MR. SECRETS, THANK YOU. AS WE'VE TALKED, I THINK 3 OR 4 MEETINGS, WHATEVER HAS BEEN IN COVERING DIFFERENT PIECES OF THE APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE, THE APPROPRIATION ORDINANCES ARE WHAT I CALL OUR PROGRAM OF WORK FOR THE NEXT YEAR. IT SETS OUT THE MONETARY VALUE OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS, AND IT KEEPS THE CITY OPERATING FOR THAT CALENDAR YEAR. OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS HAVE WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, AND MAKE IT AS CONCISE AS WE CAN AS TO WHAT WE THINK WILL HAPPEN TO BE HAPPENING DURING THIS COMING YEAR. AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE COUNCIL'S INPUT AND HOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH THE NUMBERS. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MR. TURNER OR MR. BOZO, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US, I THINK WE BEAT THIS ONE TO DEATH. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. SO THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVE IT BE APPROVED. SECOND.

YOU. YES. BURROWS? YES. ANDERSON. YES. YES. YES, YES. BERRY. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,

[Ordinance C-62-24 Appropriate $10,000.00 from the OneOhio Opioid Settlement Fund for Start Talking South-Western City, Inc. dba Start Talking! Grove City. First reading.]