[Ordinance C-60-24 Approve a Special Use Permit for a Marijuana Dispensary for Ohio Cannabis Company located at 1947 Stringtown Road. Second reading and public hearing. ]

TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A MARIJUANA DISPENSARY FOR THE OHIO CANNABIS COMPANY, LOCATED AT 1947 STRINGTOWN ROAD. THIS IS A SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING. I DO HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. MR. BRIAN WINKFIELD. IF YOU COULD COME UP AND TELL US ALL ABOUT THIS REQUEST. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, SORRY, MY NAME IS BRIAN WINGFIELD.

10261 SUNSET I'LL. HUNTSVILLE, OHIO 43324. THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT. I'M A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OHIO CANNABIS COMPANY, AND I'M HERE TO REQUEST THE CONSIDERATION OF TWO VARIANCES IN THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW OUR COMMUNITY TO BETTER SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY. OUR FIRST REQUEST IS THE REDUCTION OF THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY DISTANCE FROM 500FT TO LIKE 390 SOME FEET, AND TO PERMITTING A DRIVE THROUGH FOR A MEDICAL PATIENTS. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE WE HAVE A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF OPERATING RESPONSIBLY AND WITH INTEGRITY. OHIO DISPENSARIES ARE CONFIGURED AND RAN SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN OTHER STATES. OUR PRODUCTS ARE HELD IN A FULFILLMENT ROOM, AND RATHER THAN A RETAIL SHOPPING AREA, OUR ORDERS ARE PLACED AND FULFILLED IN THE FULFILLMENT ROOM, OUT OF THE SIGHT OF PATIENTS AND OUT OF THE SIGHT OF CUSTOMERS. THIS INDUSTRY IS HIGHLY REGULATED AND WE ALWAYS ADHERE TO STATE AND LOCAL REQUIREMENTS TO MAINTAIN A SAFE AND SECURE, ORDERLY BUSINESS. QUITE SIMPLY, IF WE

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DON'T FOLLOW THE RULES, WE DON'T GET A LICENSE TO OPERATE. IN DOING SO, WE WILL BRING BENEFITS TO GROVE CITY. OUR PRESENCE WILL CREATE NEW JOBS AND FOSTER LOCAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

ADDITIONALLY, TAX REVENUE FROM THE ADULT USE CANNABIS SALES WILL SERVE TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. THAT IS, THAT 3.36% OF THE ADULT USE SALES. BEYOND THAT, HAVING A DISPENSARY WILL HELP SERVE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE TO TRAVEL OUTSIDE THEIR COMMUNITY FOR MEDICATION, AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT CONVENIENCE TO EASE THEIR BURDEN. I KNOW SOME MAY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DISTANCE BETWEEN OUR FACILITY AND THE APARTMENT DOWN THE ROAD. WHILE THIS THIS LOCATION IS BETTER SUITED THAN OTHER LOCATIONS THAT DO HAVE THE 500 FOOT DISTANCE. OURS IS AT THE CORNER LOT WITH TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND HAS TWO ENTRANCE AND EXIT POINTS. WHILE MEASURING THE BUILDING DISTANCE BETWEEN OUR BUILDING AND THE APARTMENTS, OUR DISPENSARY BUILDING TO BUILDING IS 400 AND OVER 500FT TO THE CLOSEST APARTMENTS, AND IF YOU GO TO DOOR, IT'S WELL OVER 570 CLOSER TO 600. HOWEVER, HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF VISITORS TO OUR DISPENSARY IS GOING TO BE MODEST IN COMPARISON. WE EXPECT FEWER VISITORS THAN THE PREVIOUS BUSINESS, BELIEVING THAT THIS WILL LEAD US TO A SEAMLESS INTEGRATION INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. REGARDING THE DRIVE THROUGH, I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER THE MEDICAL PATIENTS WHO HAVE DISABILITIES WHO ARE ELDERLY AND FOR THOSE WITH COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEMS, THE DRIVE THROUGH IS A GOOD WAY FOR THEM TO RECEIVE THEIR MEDICATION. ESPECIALLY IN POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS LIKE TONIGHT.

WHEN A SIMPLE ERRAND CAN BECOME RISKY. SOMEONE DID ASK ME, HOW ARE WE GOING TO KNOW IF THEY'RE MEDICAL PATIENTS? ARE NOT MEDICAL PATIENTS. PASS THESE AROUND. THOSE RIGHT. THERE ARE SAMPLE CARDS THAT THE DIVISION OF CANNABIS CONTROL GIVES US. AND EACH OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL WHO WILL BE MAKING A MEDICAL PURCHASE NEEDS TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE AND WILL NEED TO PRESENT IT TO DO A MEDICAL PURCHASE. OUR GOAL IS TO SHOW THAT A WELL REGULATED, COMMUNITY FOCUSED DISPENSARY CAN EXIST NEAR A RESIDENTIAL AREA WITHOUT DISRUPTING THE COMFORT AND THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WITH YOUR APPROVAL, WE WOULD LIKE TO SET A RESPONSIBLE LIKE TO SET A STANDARD FOR RESPONSIBLY OPERATING A DISPENSARY WHILE ENSURING THAT THOSE WHO ALL THOSE, ALL WHO NEED SAFE MEDICAL CANNABIS CAN FIND IT AT A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MR. WINGFIELD. I'M SURE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE QUESTIONS. I'M GOING TO HAVE MR. RAUCH COME UP FROM OUR PLANNING, OUR DEVELOPMENT TEAM FIRST, AND THEN I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE YOU BACK UP TO ANSWER LOTS OF QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MISS BURROUGHS. JUST. I WANT TO TAKE SOME TIME TO REITERATE AND KIND OF REHASH WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAD COME TO IN TERMS IN TERMS OF RECOMMENDATION. I'D ALSO LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENT, PER THE REGULATIONS PASSED BY COUNCIL BACK IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR, THAT MEASUREMENT FOR THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES BEING RESIDENTIAL OR ONE OF THE OTHER NON-CONFORMING USES, SUCH AS CHURCHES OR SCHOOLS OR PARKS, IS 500FT FROM THE SITE OF THE DISPENSARY TO THE BOUNDARY OF PROPERTY BOUNDARIES OF THOSE USES. SO THE MAP UP THERE SHOWS A DISTANCE OF 418 AND 393. SO THAT'S THAT DISTANCE WAS ESTABLISHED AND MEASURED BASED OFF THE OF THE INTERPRETATION OF THE CODE. IN TERMS OF PLANNING COMMISSION, THIS WAS HEARD BY PLANNING COMMISSION LAST MONTH. IT RECEIVED A VOTE OF 0 TO 5 FOR APPROVAL. SO THEY'RE RECOMMENDING DENIAL OF THE APPLICATION. AND REALLY THE STATEMENT FROM PLANNING COMMISSION WAS THE SITE IS TOO PROMINENT FOR THIS TYPE OF USE. THEY BELIEVE THERE'S ANOTHER BETTER USE OR BETTER SITE OUT THERE THAT WOULD FIT THIS TYPE OF DISPENSARY. I'M NOT SAYING I AGREE WITH IT PERSONALLY OR STAFF, BUT THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHO VOTED 0 TO 5. I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU, MR. RAUCH. I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE QUESTIONS OR YOU WANT. MAY I MAKE ONE? YES. GO AHEAD. MR. JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON MR. RAUSCH'S COMMENTS, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT, FRANKLY, HAD PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED ANYTHING OTHER THAN OH, TO FIVE, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE LAW AS IT WAS ENACTED BY THIS COUNCIL. SO WHILE THAT VOTE IS INDICATIVE OF WHAT THEY THOUGHT, CLEARLY THAT'S THE ONLY VOTE THAT THEY

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COULD HAVE MADE BASED ON THE RESTRICTIONS THAT THIS COUNCIL PUT IN PLACE. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. OKAY. I WANTED TO ALSO CLARIFY SOME CONFUSION IN OUR COMMUNITY REGARDING THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND HOW WE'VE GOT HERE. OBVIOUSLY, BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2023, STATE ISSUE TWO DID PASS TO ALLOW RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES IN THE STATE OF OHIO ON FEBRUARY 2ND OF LAST YEAR, COUNCIL VOTED TO AMEND THE CHAPTER 732. AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M INCORRECT TO ALLOW MEDICAL AND RECREATIONAL BECAUSE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY RECREATIONAL OR MEDICAL MARIJUANA PRIOR TO THAT. SO WE VOTED TO AMEND THAT CHAPTER TO ALLOW MEDICAL AND RECREATIONAL. AND THEN ON AUGUST 6TH OF 2024, THE DIVISION OF KANSAS CANNABIS CONTROL PUT IN STATE REGULATIONS ON HOW TO MANAGE DISPENSARIES IN OHIO AFTER ISSUE TWO PASSED, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING IN PLACE AS A CITY ON AUGUST 19TH OF 2024, COUNCIL AMENDED SECTION 1135. 09B 12 A TO INCLUDE A NEW SECTION FOR MARIJUANA RULES AND REGULATION.

AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY. NOW WE HAVE A SPECIAL USE IN FRONT OF US. WITH RESTRICTIONS. AND SO THIS IS A DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WHETHER OR NOT WE APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE THIS. SO WITH THAT SAID I'M GOING TO OPEN. OH, AND THEN FOR PUBLIC RECORD, WE DID RECEIVE NUMEROUS EMAILS FROM RESIDENTS AND NONRESIDENTS. TO THE CLERK OF COUNCIL. AND WE JUST WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THOSE WILL BE PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD. ON THIS SPECIAL USE REQUEST. AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO OPEN IT FOR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. MR. HOLT. JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS. SO ONE OF MY JOBS ON COUNCIL IS TO DO WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT. IT'S NOT MY ONLY JOB AND IT HAS RESTRICTIONS. AND I GOT A PRETTY CLEAR INDICATION BACK IN 2023 THAT THE PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF OHIO WANTED MARIJUANA. GROVE CITY RESIDENTS VOTED 60% IN FAVOR OF THAT. SO IT'S CLEAR THAT. AND SO WHILE THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT DON'T AGREE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND THE VOTING PROCESS PRODUCE 60% POSITIVE FOR MARIJUANA IN GROVE CITY. IN ADDITION, WHEN WE STARTED PUTTING WE PUT IN SPECIAL RULES ON TOP OF THE STATE RULES. SO WE MADE IT EVEN MORE STRICT THAN WHAT THE STATE SAID. THE STATE PUBLISHED A SET OF RULES. WE IN GROVE CITY SAID, WELL, WE'D LIKE A FEW MORE DIFFERENT RULES. AND AS AN EXAMPLE, WE CHANGED THE DISTANCE TO RESIDENTIAL.

ACTUALLY, WE INVENTED THE RESIDENTIAL DISTANCE AND PUT THAT IN THERE. AND 500FT WAS THE NUMBER WE LANDED ON. WE ALSO MADE THE DRIVE THROUGH RULE IN THERE, AND WE ALSO MADE THE RULE THAT THERE WOULD ONLY BE TWO IN GROVE CITY. SO WE CAN'T HAVE 20 OF THESE THINGS. WE'RE ONLY GOING TO HAVE TWO, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOVERNED BY THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT. NOW, THE PROCESS OF A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, WHICH WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, IS UP TO COUNCIL TO VOTE. NOW, YOU HEARD EARLIER THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT VOTED NO ON THAT. AND THAT'S SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THEIR JOB IS TO EVALUATE THE REQUEST BASED ON THE RULES THAT ARE IN PLACE. AND MR. WHITFIELD'S REQUEST ALSO INCLUDED A DRIVE THROUGH. AND IT WASN'T 500FT FROM RESIDENTIAL. SO PLANNING COMMISSION AND DEVELOPMENT HAD NO OTHER OPTION TO VOTE NO ON THAT BECAUSE IT DID NOT MEET THE RULES THEY DON'T MAKE SOCIAL DECISIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THEY'RE JUST FOLLOWING THE RULES THAT HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED AND AGREED UPON.

THE THING WITH SPECIAL USE PERMITS, HOWEVER, IS THAT COUNCIL ULTIMATELY CAN WAIVE PROVISIONS OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT SHOULD THEY DECIDE TO. SO WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO LOOK AT THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND DECIDE I DON'T VOTE AGAINST THE COMMISSION AND THE DEVELOPMENT

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DEPARTMENT VERY OFTEN USE YOU KNOW, THAT'S THEIR JOB. UNDERSTAND THE RULES. APPLY THE RULES TO THE DEVELOPMENT REQUEST AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL. AS IT TURNS OUT, THE RECOMMENDATION IS NO. BECAUSE OF THE RULES, BASICALLY THAT CITY COUNCIL PUT IN PLACE ABOVE AND BEYOND THE STATE RULES. SO WHAT'S GOING WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE HERE IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES IS A DECISION WHETHER WE WANT TO VOTE AGAINST THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT'S RECOMMENDATION, WHICH WE KNOW WHAT THEY HAD TO RECOMMEND. AND OR DO WE WANT TO WAIVE ANY OF THOSE PROVISIONS THAT WERE ALREADY IN OUR RULE SET THAT WE CREATED IN 2024? AND THE TWO ISSUES REALLY ARE DISTANCE AND DRIVE THROUGH. AND WITH THAT, I HAVE A QUESTION IF WE CAN GO TO OTHER PEOPLE, BUT I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR MR. MR. WINKFIELD DO YOU WANT TO STEP BACK UP PLEASE. YES, SIR. QUESTION ONE. WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE HOW DO YOU KNOW SOMEBODY IS MEDICAL. SO YOU'VE ANSWERED THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. QUESTION TWO IS REMIND ME IF THE RULES DISALLOW.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO CALL IT. DRIVE UP AND CURB SERVICE. IS THAT THE SAME THING AS THE DRIVE THROUGH OR IS THAT LIMITED OR RESTRICTED? SO THE STATE, THE DIVISION OF CANNABIS CONTROL WILL ALLOW EITHER. AND GROVE CITY IF MY UNDERSTANDING IS NEITHER GROVE DRIVE UP AND OR CURBSIDE OPTION. OKAY. I BELIEVE WE DO IN OUR SPECIAL USE PERMIT PROVISIONS DO ALLOW CURBSIDE. WE AGREED TO THAT. IT WAS THE DRIVE THROUGH THAT WE. OKAY. SO PUT A RESTRICTION ON SO. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT CURBSIDE SERVICE IF YOU DIDN'T GET A DRIVE THROUGH. WE WOULD. OKAY.

QUESTION TWO I KNOW THE STATE PERMITTING PROCESS IS LENGTHY, AND YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SEVERAL SITES OVER THE LAST 6 OR 8 MONTHS, IF NOT LONGER. AND I KNOW THERE'S A PERMITTING APPLICATION WHERE YOU HAVE TO PUT YOUR SITE AND HAVE ALL YOUR PAPERWORK IN, IN ORDER IN ORDER FOR US TO APPROVE THIS SITE. SO A LITTLE KNOWN QUIRK ABOUT SPECIAL USE PERMITS. THEY FOLLOW THE PROPERTY, NOT THE BUSINESS PERSON. SO MY DIRECT QUESTION IS TO YOU IS DO YOU HAVE ALL THE PROPER PERMITTING DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE STATE FOR THIS LOCATION TODAY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? SO WE ARE KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT SITUATION RIGHT NOW. THEY'VE GIVEN US THE OKAY AT THIS LOCATION, BUT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED OUR PROVISIONAL LICENSE YET, AND I WAS GOING TO WAIT ON THAT UNTIL WE HAD BEEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS SO THAT WE'RE NOT GOING DOWN THAT PATH UNTIL WE'RE HERE. SO IT'S BASICALLY YOU NEED TO FILL OUT A PAPERWORK AND SUBMIT IT TO THEM. AT THAT POINT, WE'VE GOT THE APPROVAL PART OF IT ALREADY DONE. WE JUST NEED TO FINISH UP THAT PROCESS. IS THERE ALSO PAPERWORK WITH GROVE CITY YOU HAVE TO FILE? YES, THERE'S GOING TO BE I I'M NOT 100% SURE ON THE LEGAL AVENUES ON THIS, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS WE FINISH THIS, WE GET THE ZONING, AND FROM THERE THEN WE'LL DO THE PERMIT AND THE BUILD BASED UPON THE ARCHITECTURAL PLANS. THE LEGISLATION DOES GET. MR. POZO, COULD YOU QUALIFY THAT FOR ME? IT SPECIFIES TO THE APPLICANT AND ALL THAT WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME OR SOMETHING. IF THEY DO, EXCUSE ME. THERE'S NO TIME THAT THE APPLICANT HAS TO FILE WITH THE CITY OF GROVE CITY, AND THERE'S NONE IN OUR LEGISLATION. IT JUST SAYS THAT THEY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUT IF THEY FAIL TO DO SO WITHIN SIX MONTHS, THEN THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT WOULD GO AWAY. HOWEVER, BASED ON WHAT THE APPLICANT IS SAYING, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT COUNCIL, CONSIDERING SOME TYPE OF SUNSET PROVISION IN HERE WHEREBY THE APPLICANT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN THE PROVISIONAL LICENSING WITHIN 90 DAYS, 60 DAYS, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, JUST TO ENSURE. BECAUSE, AS YOU SAID, MR. HOLT, SPECIAL USE PERMITS RUN WITH THE LAND. IT ISN'T YOU. IT'S THE USE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS THE USE

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WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INSTEAD OF IT GETTING CHANGED AT THE LAST SECOND. IF COUNCIL GOES DOWN THAT ROUTE. YEAH. AND OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T CONTROL WHETHER YOU GOT IT AND THEN SOLD IT A YEAR FROM NOW. THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. BUT FOR PURPOSES OF TODAY'S CONSIDERATION, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE PARTICIPATED IN THE PROCESS AND BEEN A GOOD STEWARD OF THE OF THIS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE PUTTING OUR FAITH IN YOU AT THIS POINT. AND SO I WILL PROBABLY ALSO AMEND FOR PROVISIONAL LICENSING BEING OBTAINED BY YOU FOR THIS SITE WITHIN 90 DAYS. IS THAT APPROPRIATE? YES. OKAY. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME. ANYBODY ELSE FROM BRIAN? THANK YOU, MISS ANDERSON. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. CHAIR. THANK YOU. SO DO OTHER ALL OF YOUR OTHER LOCATIONS THAT YOU HAVE HAVE DRIVE THRUS. ARE THERE ANY LOCATIONS WITHOUT DRIVE THRUS? THERE ARE IN THE STATE BUT NOT ONES WE OWN. WE HAVE FOUND THAT IT IS, AND WE HAVE FOUND THAT IT IS SUCH A BENEFIT FOR THE PATIENTS AND CUSTOMERS THAT TWO OF OUR LOCATIONS, WE'VE ADDED A SECOND DRIVE THROUGH WINDOW, AND SO WE JUST DO TWO DIFFERENT TRANSACTIONS AND CARS PULL UP AND PAIRS, AND THEN WE HELP THEM AND THEN THEY LEAVE THAT WAY.

ARE YOUR OTHER DRIVE THRUS RESTRICTED TO MEDICAL ONLY? NO. THEY'RE BOTH ALL THE OTHER ONES.

HOW WOULD YOU I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE CARD, THE QUALIFY, THE QUALIFIER. BUT HOW WILL YOU MANAGE IF THERE ARE CARS THAT GET IN LINE AND THEN THEY GET UP THERE AND THEY'RE THEY'RE THERE FOR RECREATIONAL. THAT'S SIMPLE. WE JUST ASK THEM TO COME INSIDE. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. ARE THERE IS THERE OTHER DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY WITHIN THAT BUILDING? I COULDN'T REMEMBER IF THERE WERE. WE THINK THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SPACE IN THERE TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL BUSINESS AS, AS IT COMES DOWN THE ROAD. AND AFTER WE FINISH UP AND GET EVERYTHING WHERE WE'RE AT. YEAH, I THINK THERE COULD BE, DEPENDING ON HOW BIG WE BUILD OUT. THERE'S ALSO BEEN TALK WITH OUR GROUP TO ADD A BASICALLY A DISTRIBUTION HUB. THERE'S THEY JUST PASSED A NEW RULE THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE LOTS OF NEW RULES THROUGH THE STATE OVER THE NEXT FIRST QUARTER, AND THEN THERE WILL BE A COUPLE YEARS BEFORE THIS HAPPENS AGAIN. BUT FOR US TO TAKE PRODUCT FROM ONE DISPENSARY AND THEN MOVE IT TO OUR OWN OTHER DISPENSARY, AND SINCE WE HAVE A LARGER BUILDING AND THEN FIVE DISPENSARIES, WE COULD RECEIVE ALL DELIVERIES IN ONE AREA AND THEN DISTRIBUTE THEM OUT FROM THERE. WE KIND OF WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AS AN OPTION. IT WOULD BRING MORE EMPLOYEES TO GROVE CITY IF WE DO GO DOWN THAT PATH OR IF WE GO TO ANOTHER TYPE OF BUSINESS, THERE'S BEEN OTHER PEOPLE WHO'VE APPROACHED US AND SAID, HEY, WE'D BE INTERESTED IN GOING IN BESIDE YOU. OKAY, I THINK THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS FOR FOLLOW UP ON THAT ONE. DOES THAT TRANSFER OF INVENTORY HAVE ANY REVENUE TAX IMPLICATIONS TO THE CITY OR THE STATE, NOT TO NOT TO GROVE CITY? IT WOULD BE STUFF WE'D RECEIVE. YOU WOULD I GUESS IT WOULD BE JUST BE INCOME TAX FROM THE ADDITIONAL STAFF. SO THAT WOULDN'T BE SOLD FROM THERE UNLESS WE DO, UNLESS WE START DOING DELIVERY BASED OUT OF THIS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE COMING UP IN 2025. AND I GUESS IF WE DO DELIVER OUT OF THAT LOCATION, THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE TAX REVENUE THERE. SO THAT COULD BE A GOOD LITTLE CHUNK. SO WHAT I'M SAYING, WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY, MR. WINKFIELD, IS AS THIS INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO EVOLVE IN THE STATE OF OHIO, JUST LIKE PRESCRIPTION KIND OF HOW YOU DESCRIBE HOW YOU DO THE TRANSACTIONS AT THESE DISPENSARIES THAT THERE WILL BE EVENTUALLY BE DELIVERED. THEY'RE CONSIDERED DELIVERY OF. YES.

CANNABIS. YES. SO YEAH, OUR TEAM'S DISCUSSING THIS. OTHER STATES HAVE THIS. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN DO IT. AND LIKE I SAID AND I THINK I TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THIS MAYBE TO YOU OR NOT TO YOU, I DON'T REMEMBER. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK FOR IS I WANT SOMEWHERE WHERE GRANDMA CAN GO AT 530 IN THE WINTER WHEN IT STARTS GETTING DARK AND FEEL SAFE. THIS IS GROVE CITY, IS THIS PLACE THAT'S EASY FOR US TO DO. AND SO DOING DELIVERY ALSO IS GOING TO BE COMING DOWN TO SAFETY AND HOW WE DO THAT. SO IT'S THINGS THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT AS THIS INDUSTRY GROWS. MR. HOLDER, IF I MAY, JUST IN TERMS OF FROM A ZONING STANDPOINT, THE DISTRIBUTION, WAREHOUSING, DISTRIBUTION MAY BRING UP A ZONING QUESTION. AND I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THE PERCENTAGE OF THAT BUILDING WOULD BE, BUT THERE WOULD BE A

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ZONING QUESTION. OKAY. I WILL LOOK INTO THAT BEFORE WE MOVE DOWN THAT PATH. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF COUNSEL? QUESTION COMMENT? YES. SO I JUST KIND OF WANT TO ADDRESS THE FACT THAT I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THIS THAN WHAT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME, REALLY, I'M GOING TO FOCUS MY COMMENTS ON THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, I THINK MISS BURROWS WANTED TO MAKE SURE SHE SHED A LIGHT ON THAT OVERARCHING QUESTION ABOUT, IS IT ALLOWED HERE, AND ARE THEY GOING TO ALLOW IT HERE? AND IT HAS ALREADY BEEN ALLOWED HERE. WE ARE TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT A SPECIAL USE PERMIT THAT IS TIED TO A SITE. AND, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, WHEN WE UNDERTOOK TO DISCUSS THE PARAMETERS OF A MARIJUANA DISPENSARY, THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT THAT WE WANTED TO REQUIRE IN GROVE CITY, IT WAS A DISCUSSION THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS KNEW WAS GOING TO BE COMING OUR WAY. WHEN WE MADE THE DECISIONS IN THE EARLY PART OF 2024 TO ALLOW CULTIVATION AND DISPENSARIES AND PROCESSING IN THE CITY OF GROVE CITY. WE KNEW THAT ONCE WE HEARD FROM THE STATE OF OHIO THAT WE WANTED TO DECIDE WHAT GUIDELINES WE WANTED TO HAVE IN PLACE IN THE CITY OF GROVE CITY, THAT IS WHERE I BELIEVE WE LANDED IN OUR DISCUSSION ON AUGUST. WHAT WAS THE DATE IN AUGUST THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT? THE 19TH. AND SO IT WAS A ROBUST DISCUSSION THAT EVENING, AND WE WENT BACK AND FORTH LOOKING AT EACH OF THE PROVISIONS, THE LEGISLATION THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WAS NOT PICKED OUT OF THE SKY. IT WAS THE BYPRODUCT OF THE WORK OF OUR LAW DIRECTOR AND OUR SAFETY DIRECTOR AND ADMINISTRATION. AND SO WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME AS A SEVEN MEMBER BODY, THE SAME SEVEN MEMBER BODY WHERE A MAJORITY OF OUR MEMBERS SAID, YES, WE ARE GOING TO PERMIT THIS. THIS DISCUSSION WAS ABOUT HOW DO WE DO IT HERE? HOW DO WE DO IT IN THE CITY OF GROVE CITY IN A WAY THAT WE CAN FEEL IS A TAILORED TO GROVE CITY? GOOD SOLUTION. THE TRICKY PART OF THIS IS, AS WE ARE DISCUSSING AND AS WE'VE ADDRESSED JUST IN THE DISCUSSION THIS EVENING, WE DON'T KNOW HOW THIS INDUSTRY WILL EVOLVE. AND SO WE ARE SORT OF AT THE FOREFRONT OF THIS DISCUSSION WITH THIS KIND OF TRIAL AND ERROR. IT DOES THIS IS THIS WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS THAT WHAT WE WANT TO DO? WHAT'S THE BEST FIT? I BELIEVE WE LANDED ON A FIT THAT A MAJORITY OF MEMBERS FELT COMFORTABLE WITH. ON THE EVENING THAT WE PASSED C 3224. AND SO FOR ME, I IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE LIVE UP TO THE EXPECTATION THAT WE SET TODAY AGAIN, SINCE WE MADE OUR MIND UP THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THIS DISCUSSION AND FINDING OUR WAY IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT AND A CHANGING MARKET, IN A CHANGING INDUSTRY THAT IS JUST TAKING ITS ROOTS IN THE IN THE STATE OF OHIO. I WILL LOOK FIRST ALWAYS TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION, OUR LAW DIRECTOR, OUR ADMINISTRATION. AND THEY PUT THAT LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF US, AND THE SEVEN MEMBERS OF COUNCIL GOT IT WHERE WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD FOR GROVE CITY. AND FOR ME, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE STICK WITH THAT. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HAWK. ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. MY FINAL COMMENTS ON THIS I AGREE. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME BACK ON AUGUST 19TH GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT PROVISIONS FROM WHAT THE DIVISION OF CANNABIS, CANNABIS CONTROL HAD PUT OUT. WE KNEW THAT IT WAS CONTINUED TO EVOLVE. THE ONE THAT WE DID, WE DID STRUGGLE WITH, I BELIEVE, WAS THE DISTANCE. AND BY ADDING THE RESIDENTIAL 500FT. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY CONFUSING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S FROM THE PROPERTY LINE, NOT NECESSARILY FROM THE BUILDING. AND WE INCLUDED ALL TYPES OF RESIDENTIAL, FROM SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING TO MULTIFAMILY. AND I JUST I FEEL THAT THIS LOCATION IS KIND OF A COMPROMISE TO SOME OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT, BECAUSE EVEN THAT EVENING WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THINGS, THERE WAS A LOT OF 250, 400, YOU KNOW, AND WE DID WE DID LAND ON 500. AND I JUST WANTED TO KIND

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OF CLARIFY THAT AS WELL FOR THIS PARTICULAR ADDRESS THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING TONIGHT. OKAY. THAT WAS MY ANY OTHER FINAL COMMENTS, MR. BOSS? I JUST HAVE ONE. I THINK THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE EARLIER THAT PERHAPS DRIVE THRUS WERE ALLOWED. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL KNOWS THAT IN TERMS OF THE ENACTED LEGISLATION BACK IN AUGUST, DRIVE INS, DRIVE THROUGH OR WALK UP WINDOWS ARE PROHIBITED. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO CONSIDER EACH OF THOSE OR SEPARATELY. SO BUT THAT'S THE WAY THE REGULATIONS READ NOW. AND TO CLARIFY THAT, I BELIEVE THERE IS NO DISTINCT IF WE WERE TO ADD THAT DRIVE THROUGH WAS ALLOWED. IT DOESN'T DISTINGUISH DISTINGUISH BETWEEN MEDICAL AND RECREATION. IT DOES NOT. IT DOES NOT. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. WE DO ALLOW CURBSIDE IN THE IN THE SPECIAL USE OKAY. OKAY. IF I MAY FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE, I JUST KIND OF LIKE TO LAY OUT IN MY MIND HOW THIS WOULD WORK THE BEST MOVING FORWARD. AT THIS POINT, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE APPLICANT IS ASKING FOR TWO DEVIATIONS FROM WHAT COUNCIL HAS PASSED THE RESIDENTIAL AND THE DRIVE THROUGH. AND THEN THE THIRD ITEM THAT WE DISCUSSED WAS THE OBTAINING THE PROVISIONAL LICENSING. SO I WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS COUNCIL CONSIDER EACH ONE OF THOSE SEPARATELY ON A SEPARATE MOTION. AND THEN ONCE ALL THE AMENDMENTS ARE MADE, THEN YOU WOULD VOTE ON IT AS A TOTAL PACKAGE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THERE IS NO THERE IS NO PUBLIC NO ONE FROM THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC ON THIS ORDINANCE.

ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE WAIVE THE 500 FOOT RESIDENTIAL RESTRICTION ON THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT. SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, YOU'RE MOVING TO AMEND SECTION ONE TO STATE WITH THE FOLLOWING STIPULATIONS. NUMBER ONE, WAIVER, WE ARE WAIVING 11 LETTER NUMBER C. IN THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 11 02C RESIDENTIAL REQUIREMENT. YES.

CORRECT. IS THERE A SECOND SECOND? ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION. PLEASE ON THE AMENDMENT ONLY? YES, SIR. CAN SOMEBODY GIVE ME THE POINTER OR SOMEBODY CAN POINT FOR ME ON THE MAP JUST FOR FUN. YOU CAN DO IT, TAMMY, IF YOU WANT. YOU YOU HAVE THE ABILITY IF YOU'D LIKE. YEAH.

WELL, THAT MEANS I GOT BOTTOM, RIGHT HAND CORNER. FIGURE IT OUT. ALL RIGHT. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO POINT TO? I WANT TO POINT TO CHINA BELL, THE RESTAURANT UP AT THE TOP. OKAY. THIS IS THIS IS FOR EVERYBODY ELSE THAT DOESN'T SEE THIS KIND OF THING. SO PUT THE MARKER ON THE RESTAURANT ITSELF. ARE YOU DOING IT? I'M TRYING TO GET IT TO COME UP. IT WON'T COME UP. OOPS. NOPE. YOU GOT IT. I, I ACTUALLY JUST CHANGED THE SCREEN TO A DIFFERENT. I WAS TRYING TO BE HELPFUL. SORRY. AND NOW I BROKE IT. YEAH. OKAY. WELL, I TOOK IT AWAY FROM YOU, BUT IT WON'T.

MAYBE THESE GOT SWITCHED. NOW WE HAVE NOTHING. THIS IS GOING WELL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT THEN WE GOT DOWN BACK. THERE'S THAT. WE GOT THAT BACK. YOU HAVE ANNOTATIONS. SO YOU POINT TO.

YES. YOU CAN POINT. YES, YOU'VE GOT IT. IT'S NOT LETTING ME DRAW PICTURES. IT DOESN'T HAVE THE LITTLE TOOLBAR UP HERE THAT DOES ME. LET ME DO COLORS. NOW RANDY'S GOT IT I DON'T HAVE IT, I GOT IT. YOU WON'T IT WON'T LET ME DO ANYTHING. YOU'VE GOT IT NOW. IT SAYS YOU HAVE ANNOTATION. OKAY, I'LL DO THIS AN OLD FASHIONED WAY. SO JUST I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE PROPOSED SITE CONTROL. DISABLED. CONTROL ENABLED. EVERYBODY SEE CHINA. THE RESTAURANT UP AT THE VERY

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TOP AND THEN OUTLINED IN YELLOW IS THE ENTIRE PROPERTY. THAT'S THE SITE THAT WE REFER TO THAT HAS THE 500FT. HAS ANYBODY EVER BEEN BACK IN THE BACK OF CHINA BELL BACK BEHIND THERE. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE DISTANCES ARE MEASURED TO THE WAY BACK AND FAR PART OF CHINA BELL. THAT IS I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE IT IS. YOU'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE BARRIERS THROUGH THE PARKING LOT, BACK INTO THERE. AND I'M JUST CALLING THAT OUT THAT LIKE MR. WINGFIELD SAID, IT'S MORE THAN 500 TO THE BUILDING, BUT THE CODE ISN'T WRITTEN FOR THE BUILDING. BUT I BELIEVE THE 500 CAN BE MOSTLY. I MEAN, IN THEORY, IT'S A LONG WAY AWAY. IT MAY NOT BE EXACTLY 500 FROM THE FROM THE ACTUAL PROPERTY LINE, BUT IT'S MORE THAN 500 FROM THE BUILDING, WHICH IS WHERE MOST PEOPLE ARE REFERENCING. WELL, THE BUILDING SITS ON THE PROPERTY LINE, THOUGH. RANDY TO THE SOUTH. YEAH, WELL, SEE WHERE THE TWO ERRORS RIGHT THERE, WHERE THE RED DOT IS. THAT'S WHERE THE MEASUREMENTS GO TO THIS YELLOW LINE RIGHT HERE. SEE, I GOT IT. TO SEE IT MOVING BACK AND FORTH IS THE SAME. SEE RIGHT HERE. YEAH. BACK THERE. THAT'S WHERE I'M TALKING. SO HERE'S THE BUILDING. YEAH. OKAY. AND IT WOULD SIT RIGHT HERE. SO THAT DOES THAT BELL AND THAT PROPOSED SITE IS UP IN THE TOP ISN'T IT. NO. THE BUILDING SITS RIGHT ON THE LINE. SO IT'S RIGHT ON THE REAR PROPERTY LINE OKAY. SO IT'S 380 OKAY. 393 393. SO OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD I'M DONE.

OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL RIGHT. CAN WE CALL FOR A VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT? THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO SAY WITH THE FOLLOWING STIPULATIONS.

NUMBER ONE, WAIVE THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 11. OH, I'M SORRY, I DON'T I LOST MY NOTE. SECTION.

SEE, FOR THE RESIDENTIAL REQUIREMENT. MR. HOLT. YES, MR. BARRY? NO. MR. DOYLE. YES.

SPARROWS. YES, MISS. ANDERSON? YES, MISS. HOUCK? NO. MOTION APPROVED. OKAY. I'D ALSO LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND AND WAIVE THE FURTHER DRIVE THROUGH REQUIREMENT, WHICH IS LETTER R IN THE SAME SECTION. MEDICAL. WELL, IT DOESN'T REALLY DISTINGUISH IT. YOU COULD IF YOU CHOSE TO, AS PART OF YOUR MOTION, BUT THAT'S UP TO YOU FOR MEDICAL USE. I WILL ADD THAT MEDICAL ONLY. CORRECT. DISCUSSION. SECOND DISCUSSION I DON'T. MADAM CHAIR. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DIFFERENTIATE OR HOW IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GOING TO UPHOLD THAT? ARE THEY GOING TO SIT THERE AND WATCH FOR PEOPLE WITH CARS COMING THROUGH? OR IT WOULD BE I MEAN, MR. BARRY, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE LIKE MOST OF THE OTHER POLICE WORK THAT WE DO WOULD BE COMPLAINT DRIVEN IF WE RECEIVED A COMPLAINT THAT THEY WERE FAILING TO ABIDE BY THE TERMS OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT, THEN WE COULD TAKE ACTION AGAINST THE PERMIT. SIR, I'D ALSO MAKE A COMMENT. I THINK THIS WOULD BE SIMILAR TO EVEN SELLING ALCOHOL TO SOMEBODY UNDER 21. AND IT'S GOING TO BE A VIOLATION OF THE LAW TO DO A DRIVE THROUGH FOR ALCOHOL. NO, BUT WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SELL TO PEOPLE UNDER 21 INSIDE OF YOUR ESTABLISHMENT. I MEAN, IT WOULD BEHOOVE THEM NOT TO BREAK A LAW, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY HAVE TO COME BACK FOR ALCOHOL. WE HAVE YOU HAVE TO SHOW ID FOR THIS ALSO. YEAH. CHAIR MAY I? YES, PLEASE. WE'RE HAVING DISCUSSION ON THIS WITH THE DRIVE THROUGH, PLEASE. THANK YOU. I THINK JUST MY COMMENTS ON THE DRIVE THROUGH. AND MR. WINGFIELD, THIS IS WHY I DID ASK, YOU KNOW, IF SOME OF YOUR OTHER LOCATIONS HAD THEM. YOU MADE US AWARE THAT ALL OF YOUR LOCATIONS DO. BUT I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THROUGH RESEARCH AND STUFF, AND YOU HAD MENTIONED IT AS WELL. THERE ARE LOTS OF LOCATIONS IN OHIO THAT DON'T HAVE DRIVE THRUS. I THINK, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH, WITH THE FOOTAGE AND THE DISTANCE, WE DID GO BACK AND FORTH A LOT ON THAT WITH THE ORIGINAL ONE BACK IN IN 2024. BUT AS PRESIDENT HAWKHEAD STATED, WE HAD SET CERTAIN PROVISIONS, PROVISIONS WITHIN THAT LEGISLATION. I THINK OPENING UP THE DRIVE THROUGH. AND WHILE I UNDERSTAND THIS, THIS LOCATION DOES HAVE A DRIVE

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THROUGH, MAYBE THAT IS SOMETHING WE LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE, BUT OPENING THAT UP SETS A PRECEDENCE. AND I THINK THAT WE WOULD BE RELYING ON YOUR STAFF TO HAVE TO POLICE THAT. AND I DO THINK THAT THAT PUTS A LOT OF ONUS THEN ON YOUR STAFF POLICING THAT. AND YOU AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS REGULATED BY THE STATE AND THAT IS FAIR. BUT I THINK WE'RE OPENING UP A PRECEDENCE. WE DID ALREADY ESTABLISH THAT A MEDICAL PATIENT COULD PULL UP AND HAVE CURBSIDE PICKUP. AND I THINK THAT THAT IS CERTAINLY A START. AND I KNOW THAT I HAVE SEEN, YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESSES OPERATE WITHOUT DRIVE THRUS. SO. YES, MR. HOLT, I'M WILLING TO COMPROMISE ON THE DRIVE THROUGH AND USE CURBSIDE PICKUP, SINCE IT'S A NEW PROCESS AND EVERYTHING HERE. THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS? ALL RIGHT. DID WE EVER GET A SECOND, MR. HOLT? I DID SECOND. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL NEED A VOTE ON THIS ON THE FLOOR. SO WE'RE VOTING ON.

YOU'RE VOTING WE? YEAH. SORRY. YOU'RE VOTING TO WAIVE SECTION ONE TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL STIPULATION TO WAIVE THE PROVISIONS OF R FOR MEDICAL USE ONLY. SO YOU WOULD ALLOW A DRIVE THROUGH WINDOW AT THIS FACILITY FOR MEDICAL CARDHOLDERS ONLY AN AFFIRMATIVE ALLOWS IT. CORRECT? CORRECT. AND A NO WOULD DENY THAT. ARE WE READY? MR. BARRY? NO. MR. DU. NO. MISS BURROWS.

YES. MISS. ANDERSON? NO. MISS HOUCK, NO. MR. HOLT, NO. OKAY, SO THAT THAT FAILS. SO THEN WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR TO APPROVE THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR ONE. I'M SORRY. ONE MORE. I THINK COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ONE MORE. CONTAIN A PROVISION THAT THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT WILL BECOME NULL AND VOID IF THEY FAIL TO OBTAIN PROVISIONAL LICENSING WITHIN 90 DAYS. I MAKE A MOTION THAT THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS NULL AND VOID. IF THE APPLICANT DOESN'T PROPERLY APPLY AND GET APPROVED WITHIN 90 DAYS. SECOND. I'M SORRY, MR. DU. YES, MISS BURROWS? YES, ANDERSON. YES. HOUCK. YES. HOLT. YES. BARRY? YES. OKAY, SO NOW WE CAN VOTE FOR ORDINANCE C 6024, AS AMENDED, TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE OHIO CANNABIS COMPANY AT 1947 STRINGTOWN ROAD. AND THIS IS A SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING, AND I MOVE THAT IT BE APPROVED SECOND. BURROWS. YES. ANDERSON. YES. HOUCK. NO. HOLT. YES. BARRY. NO. DU. YES.

[Resolution CR-01-25 Waive certain provisions of Section 1101.07(b) of the Codified Ordinances for Wright Graphic Design as adopted by Res. CR-03-24. ]

GREAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THE FINAL ITEM UNDER LAND THIS EVENING IS A RESOLUTION. CR 20 OR CR ZERO 125, TO WAIVE CERTAIN PROVISIONS FOR SECTION 1101. 07B OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCE FOR WRIGHT GRAPHICS DESIGN AS ADOPTED BY RESOLUTION CR ZERO 324. I DO NOT SEE THEM. THE APPLICANT SIGNED UP TO DISCUSS THIS, BUT IF MR. RAUSCH, YOU JUST WANT TO COME UP AND JUST REVIEW WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR TO EXPLAIN HOW THEIR TIME IS QUICKLY RUNNING OUT, AND SURE, THANK YOU, MISS BURROWS. ESSENTIALLY, THIS WAS APPROVED BACK IN JANUARY 2024, BUT DUE TO SOME CHALLENGES IN COMMUNICATION OR WITH THE DESIGN, THE APPLICANT HAS RUN UP AGAINST THE NEED FOR AN EXTENSION. SO THIS WOULD PROVIDE FOR AN EXTENSION TO ALLOW FOR AN ADDITIONAL TIME FRAME SO THAT THEY CAN GO THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS WITH THE BUILDING DIVISION, AS WELL AS WITH THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE SITE CONSTRUCTION ASPECT. SO AGAIN, THIS PROJECT WAS APPROVED, BUT THERE'S SOME DELAYS IN THERE THAT RESULTED IN THIS NECESSITY FOR AN EXTENSION. AND IT'S ONLY A SIX MONTH EXTENSION. CORRECT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THIS RESOLUTION HAS HAD ITS READING AND PUBLIC HEARING. I MOVE IT BE APPROVED. SECOND. ANDERSON. YES, YES, YES, GARY. YES. DO. YES. BURROWS. YES, MISS PRESIDENT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING.

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THANK YOU. MISS WORKS TO. ALL RIGHT. MR. DO, WE'RE ON TO YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

[Resolution CR-02-25 Amend Resolution CR-33-24 to form the Charter Review Committee for the express purpose of reviewing the City's Form of Government.]

RESOLUTION CR ZERO 225, AMEND RESOLUTION CR 3324 TO THE TO FORM THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR EXPRESS PURPOSES OF REVIEWING THE CITY'S FORM OF GOVERNMENT. THE NEW RESOLUTION IS ASKING. THIS COMMITTEE SHALL SUBMIT THEIR WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION AND MAKE A REPORT TO COUNCIL ON OR BEFORE THE MARCH 3RD, 2025 COUNCIL MEETING. IT HAD BEEN THEY WERE TO MAKE A REPORT OR RECOMMENDATIONS BY JANUARY 25TH. SO THE NEW IF WE PASS IT, IT WILL BE MARCH 3RD.

THIS HAS HAD ITS READING. IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS. MR. DO JUST A LITTLE ELABORATION. THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE HAD BEEN CHARGED WITH GIVING THEIR REPORT AT A SPECIAL MEETING ON JANUARY 13TH, WHICH WOULD BE NEXT MONDAY. AND AS ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WERE NOT AVAILABLE ON THAT DATE. AND AS WE FIND OURSELVES WITH THE VACANCY IN THE AT LARGE SEAT, WE ARE HOPING THAT WE CAN GET AS MANY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AROUND THE TABLE TO HEAR THAT REPORT AS POSSIBLE.

AND THAT IS THE REASON THAT THEY'VE ASKED FOR THIS SMALL EXTENSION. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THIS RESOLUTION HAS HAD ITS READING AND I RECOMMEND IT BE APPROVED. SECOND. MISS HOUK. YES, MR. HOLT? YES, HARRY? YES, YOU. YES. YES. ANDERSON. YES.

[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. Second reading and public hearing. ]

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. DU. AND THAT BRINGS US TO OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE, MR. HOLT.

THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SEE 62, 24 APPROPRIATE $10,000 FROM THE ONE OHIO OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND. FOR A START, TALKING GROVE CITY AND SIGNED UP TONIGHT TO MAYBE GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THAT.

IS MARIE SCHIFF. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? EVERYBODY'S NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? MARIE SCHIFF 2252. BIRCH BARK TRAIL, GROVE CITY. THANK YOU. BRIAN KATKO, 3360 PARK STREET.

THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND ADMINISTRATOR BOZO. IN 2019, A GROUP OF GROVE CITY PARENTS GOT TOGETHER AND FORMED A 500 AND 1C3 ALCOHOL AND DRUG PREVENTION PROGRAM CALLED START TALKING SOUTHWESTERN CITY IN HOPES OF PREVENTING OUR YOUTH FROM FALLING INTO USING ADDICTIVE SUBSTANCES. AS MANY OF YOU ALREADY KNOW, MOST PEOPLE WHO DEVELOP AN ADDICTION PROBLEM STARTED USING SUBSTANCES IN THEIR TEENS. WE INITIALLY FORMATTED OUR PROGRAM AFTER THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION START TALKING OHIO PROGRAM. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN OR HEARD THE COMMERCIALS WITH MESSAGING OF DON'T LIVE IN DENIAL, OHIO.

AFTER A FEW PRESENTATIONS, WE SOON REALIZED THAT IT WASN'T JUST OUR YOUTH THAT NEEDED MORE PREVENTION AND SOLUTION INFORMATION AND RESOURCES. WE ALSO REALIZED THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE WOULD ASSUME WE WERE JUST ADVOCATING FOR THE SOUTHWEST CENTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO WHEN COVID LIMITED OUR ABILITY TO HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS IN 2020, WE REBRANDED OURSELVES TO START TALKING GROVE CITY SO THAT WE COULD DO MORE FOR OUR ADULTS AND YOUTH AND OUR COMMUNITY. WE ARE A NONPROFIT THAT SERVES THIS COMMUNITY TO HELP DECREASE THE ILLEGAL USE AND ADDICTION TO SUBSTANCES SUCH AS ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND OTHER DRUGS SUCH AS OPIOIDS. WE HAVE A WEBSITE THAT PROVIDES ALL SORTS OF INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO ANYONE THAT VISITS AT NO CHARGE, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THIS AT THEIR CONVENIENCE. WE ALSO ACT AS A LIAISON TO MANY SCHOOLS, TEACHERS AND PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATIONS TO SET UP SPEAKERS TO BRING INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO THEM AT THEIR MEETINGS. IN ADDITION TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS TEAM, WE HAVE DEVELOPED MANY RELATIONSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, PLACES OF WORSHIP, COMMUNITY GROUPS, AND INDIVIDUALS IN GROVE CITY AND FRANKLIN COUNTY. WE HAVE PROVIDED INFORMATION, DRUG DISPOSAL POUCHES AND NARCAN AT

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MANY COMMUNITY EVENTS. START TALKING. GROVE CITY WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT COUNCIL VOTES TO SUPPORT THE PASSING OF ORDINANCE C, 6224, ALLOWING THE APPROPRIATION OF $10,000 FROM THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS TO SUPPORT OUR PREVENTION AND AWARENESS EFFORTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. IN LIEU OF TIME, I CAN PROVIDE DETAILS ON OUR PLANS TO YOU AT A LATER DATE. THE LIST OF POSSIBILITIES TO HELP THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITIES IS ENDLESS. ONE OF OUR MAIN GOALS IS TO CONTINUE INITIATING POSITIVE CONVERSATIONS THAT HELP PEOPLE, WHEREVER THEY ARE IN THEIR LIVES. WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT SHAMING OR BLAMING THOSE SUFFERING FROM ADDICTION IS NOT HELPFUL. WE ARE CERTAINLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE LEGAL AND RESPONSIBLE USE OF OPIOIDS, ALCOHOL, MARIJUANA, AND OTHER DRUGS. BUT WE KNOW THAT SO MANY OF US HAVE BEEN AFFECTED PERSONALLY BY THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC AND BY OTHER ADDICTIONS. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF SO MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE WELCOME EACH OF YOU TO. WE WELCOME EACH OF YOU AND ALL THE COMMUNITY TO JOIN US FOR OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS AT AMAZING GRACE CHRISTIAN CHURCH ON THE SECOND MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT 7:00. OUR NEXT MEETING IS NEXT MONDAY. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO JOIN US FOR THE MEETINGS, PLEASE, I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT OUR WEBSITE AND SIGN UP FOR OUR MONTHLY EMAILS AT START TALKING GC.ORG. I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU MARIE AND BRIAN. WE'RE PROUD TO BE ABLE TO AWARD YOU THIS MONEY AND WE WILL TAKE YOU UP ON AN OFFER. MAYBE IN PICK A TIME, THREE MONTHS, SIX MONTHS AND WE COULD USE SOME GOOD NEWS STORIES. SO WE'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU DO THAT AGAIN. GREAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS? JUST IF I MAY, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. THIS LEGISLATION, WHICH WAS BROUGHT FORWARD BY MR. BOZO AND MAKES REFERENCE TO AN AGREEMENT THAT WILL BE FORTHCOMING, TALKS ABOUT COMING BACK QUARTERLY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING AND WHAT THIS THESE GRANT DOLLARS WILL ARE ENABLING YOU TO DO JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S AWARENESS. THESE ARE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS, MEANING THAT THEY CAME FROM PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES. THEY ARE, BY LAW, SET ASIDE IN OUR IN THEIR OWN SEPARATE FUND. AND SO THIS SMALL GRANT IS DESIGNED TO HELP YOU ADDRESS SOME OF THE NEEDS OF YOUR ORGANIZATION THAT YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ADDRESS TO DATE. AND YOU'VE BEEN VERY ENGAGED IN, IN THE PROCESS, AS YOU MENTIONED. SO WE'VE GOTTEN TO HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE PLANS THAT YOU HAVE AND THE LIMITATIONS THAT THE FINANCIAL PICTURE ENDS UP PROVIDING FOR THAT. BUT I, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T DO A LITTLE PLUG HERE FOR THROUGH MAYOR STAGES SUPPORT AND ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT. BASICALLY, THIS LEGISLATION THAT ENABLED THE COMMITTEE GOES BACK TO 2020. I THINK I ENGAGED WITH YOUR GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION FOR THE FIRST TIME, PROBABLY IN 2019, BEFORE THIS LEGISLATION GOT PASSED BY, COUNCIL SAFETY DIRECTOR TIFFANY AND I CO-CHAIRED THE COMMITTEE, AND THIS REPORT WAS A RESULT OF THAT COLLABORATIVE WORK. I JUST WANT TO FOCUS ON THE THESE FOUR PRIORITIES THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THIS PLAN DOCUMENT, WHICH IS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC COLLABORATION, EDUCATION, PREVENTION, AND THEN FINALLY TREATMENT, HARM REDUCTION AND SUPPORT. AND IF THERE WAS EVER AN ORGANIZATION THAT DOES ALL FOUR OF THOSE THINGS, IT WOULD BE START TALKING GROVE CITY. I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT AND I'M GOING TO STAR COLLABORATION. THE THING THAT JUMPED OUT AT US IN THIS EXERCISE IS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE KEEP TALKING WITH EACH OTHER AND COMMUNICATING, COLLABORATING. YOUR COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY OF GROVE CITY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE AND EMS EMS FOR JACKSON TOWNSHIP, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND OTHER PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS COMMUNITY ARE NOT GOING UNNOTICED, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO HEAR WHAT YOU'RE ABLE TO DO WITH THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS SECOND READING IN PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVE IT BE APPROVED A SECOND. MR. HOLT. YES, GARY. YES, YOU. YES. BURROWS. YES. ANDERSON.

[Ordinance C-01-25 Authorizing the City Administrator to enter into a Master Supply Agreement for the purchase of Competitive Retail Electric Service from Direct Energy Business and declare an emergency. ]

YES. YES. ORDINANCE C0125. AUTHORIZE THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO A MASTER SUPPLY

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AGREEMENT FOR PURCHASING COMPETITIVE RETAIL ELECTRIC FROM DIRECT ENERGY BUSINESSES AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. AND WE'LL LET MR. BOZO EXPOUND UPON THAT, INCLUDING THE REASON FOR THE EMERGENCY. THANK YOU, MR. HOLT. I'M GOING TO HAND THIS OFF TO OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, MIKE TURNER. HE'S GOT A PREPARED STATEMENT. HE'S GOT STATEMENT 30 MINUTES. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. WE ARE A MEMBER. OVER 300 MEMBERS IN THIS GROUP CALLED THE OHIO SCHOOL CONSORTIUM. IT'S A PURCHASING GROUP. AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE PURCHASED OUR ELECTRICITY SUPPLY FOR THE PAST 15 TO 20 YEARS. THIS GROUP PUT OUT AN RFP FOR ENERGY TO PROCURE ELECTRIC ENERGY. AND THE RFP WAS WON BY A FIRM CALLED DIRECT ENERGY. NOW WE NEED TO ENTER INTO A MASTER SUPPLY AGREEMENT SO THAT THEY CAN GO ABOUT PURCHASING THE ENERGY FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS FROM THE CITY OF GROVE CITY. IN THIS GROUP IS ALMOST EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, INCLUDING COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOLS, SOUTHWESTERN CITY SCHOOLS. THE CITY OF HILLIARD IS IN IT THE CITY OF GRANDVIEW, BUT NEARLY EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS IN THIS GROUP. THE REASON WE NEED AN EMERGENCY IS ELECTRICITY. SOME SOMETIMES WE THEY PURCHASE IT ALL AT ONE TIME AND IT'S A FIXED PRICE. THIS INSTANCE IS THE RFP THAT WAS AWARDED BY THIS GROUP. THE BOARD DECIDED TO DO A MONITORING OF THE MARKET. TYPICALLY, THE FURTHER OUT THE SHORT TERM PRICES ARE BETTER THAN THE LONG TERM PRICES. EXCUSE ME BACKWARDS. TYPICALLY THE LONG TERM PRICES ARE CHEAPER THE WAY THE MARKET IS TODAY. SHORT TERM PRICES ARE GOOD. LONG TERM PRICES ARE NOT. SO THEY'RE GOING TO MONITOR THE SITUATION, ENTERING INTO HEDGING CONTRACTS TO PURCHASE SHORT TERM ENERGY AS THEY SEE FIT. AS THE MARKET OPPORTUNITIES PRESENT THEMSELVES. THEREFORE, WE NEED TO WE NEED TO BE SIGNED ON IN JANUARY SO THEY CAN SO THAT WE CAN BE INCLUDED IN THE PURCHASING OF THESE FORWARD CONTRACTS. THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE EMERGENCY. AND THIS GROUP HAS, HAS, HAS PRODUCED TREMENDOUS SAVINGS IN OUR ELECTRICITY COSTS FOR THE CITY THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. IS REMIND ME, MISTER BOZO, THEN IS THIS CITY IN LARGE COMMERCIAL ELIGIBLE FOR THE GREEN ENERGY PROGRAM WE HAD, OR THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THIS SEPARATE ONE FOR THE CITY'S AGGREGATION PROGRAM. ANYONE IS ELIGIBLE IF THEY USE LESS THAN 700,000 KILOWATT HOURS A YEAR. OKAY, AN AVERAGE HOME USES APPROXIMATELY 7700 ZERO KILOWATT HOURS. A MONTH. OUR FIXED RATE FOR THE RENEWABLE ENERGY IS ABOUT 7.021 CENTS PER KILOWATT HOURS. UNDER THIS PROGRAM. IN RECENT YEARS, WE'VE BEEN ANYWHERE FROM 4 TO $0.05 A KILOWATT HOUR WITH THIS LARGE GROUP. OKAY, SO IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WITH THE ENERGY PROGRAM FOR THE RESIDENTS, EXCEPT THIS APPLIES TO THE COMMERCIAL AND THE SCHOOLS AND THAT CONSORTIUM OF. THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO PUT IT. YES, SIR. AND IT'S CHEAPER. SO IT'S GOT TO BE GOOD. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. I MOVE THE RULES OF COUNCIL BE SUSPENDED AND THE WAITING PERIOD WAIVED FOR THIS ORDINANCE. SECOND. MR. BARRY.

YES I DO. YES, YES. ANDERSON. YES. YES. HOLT. YES. I NOW MOVE THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE APPROVED AS AN EMERGENCY MEASURE. SECOND. DO. YES. ROSE? YES. ANDERSON. YES. YES. HOLT. YES. BERRY. YES.

[Ordinance C-02-25 Amend Section 161.10 of the Codified Ordinances titled Employee Status, Number of Employees per Department, Pay Grades. First reading.]

OKAY. MISS. HAWK. THAT'S ALL I HAVE UNDER FINANCE. I'LL MOVE ON TO. ADMINISTRATION. ORDINANCE C02C0225. AMEND SECTION 161 .10 TITLED EMPLOYEE STATUS. NUMBER OF EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES PER DEPARTMENT AND PAY GRADES. SO THIS IS BASICALLY DRIVEN BY THE ADDITION OF A DEPUTY CLERK OF

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COUNCIL. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF POSTING THAT AND WRITING THE FINISHING THE JOB DESCRIPTION.

IT WAS FUNDED IN THE 2025 BUDGET. SO IT NEEDS TO WE NEED TO UPDATE THE LIST OF ALL EMPLOYEES AND ALL POSITIONS. THAT'S WHAT 161 IS. THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS FIRST READING, AND SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE ONE 2125. MADAM PRESIDENT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISTER HOLT. THIS BRINGS US TO THE CONCLUSION OF OUR BUSINESS AGENDA. IF THERE IS ANY NEW BUSINESS TO BE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL'S ATTENTION, NOW IS THE TIME TO DO SO. AND I BELIEVE WE HAD NO ONE SIGNED UP UNDER NEW BUSINESS. AND I DON'T SEE

[Call for Dept. Reports & Closing Comments ]

ANY HANDS RAISED, SO, MR. BOZO. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. JUST A COUPLE THINGS. JUST IN TERMS OF SOME FACTS ABOUT OUR RECENT SNOW OPERATION, THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS PARKS DEPARTMENT AND BUILDING MAINTENANCE. STARTED THE SNOW REMOVAL ABOUT 5 P.M. YESTERDAY.

WE HAD 39 ASSOCIATES AGAIN FROM SERVICE DEPARTMENT, PARKS AND BUILDING MAINTENANCE. 20 PLOW TRUCKS. DURING THIS TIME WE'VE USED 200 TONS OF SALT THROUGH TODAY, WITH THE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR TOMORROW, WE'LL PROBABLY USE ANOTHER 200,000 TO 200 TONS OF SALT TOMORROW THAT WILL LEAVE US ON HAND. THOUSAND TONS. WE DO ALSO HAVE PRIVATE CONTRACTORS WITHIN THE CITY, MAINLY DOING CUL DE SAC WORK. THE SECOND ITEM IS THAT WE'RE WE'VE BEGUN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE FOR A NEW THREE YEAR CONTRACT. THEIR CONTRACT EXPIRED AT THE END OF 24. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING THAT THAT AGREEMENT TO COUNCIL HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BEAUCHAMP. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. AND THAT WILL MOVE ON. MISS KELLY, I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER OTHER THAN WE WILL BE RECEIVING A NEW ART SHOW TOMORROW FROM THE FOOTHILLS GANG. SO STOP BACK BY AND TAKE A LOOK. IT'LL BE UP BY THE END OF THE WEEK, AND IT WILL BE HERE FOR TWO MONTHS. MR. SMITH. I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER. THANK YOU. DEPARTMENT HEADS IN THE ROOM.

ANYONE? ANYTHING? OKAY. AND THAT BRINGS US TO CLOSING COMMENTS OF COUNCIL. MR. DO JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO STAY SAFE AND WARM. BE CAREFUL WITH THE WEATHER AND THE DRIVING. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. DU. MR. BARRY. I HAVE NOTHING THIS EVENING. MR. HOLT. I JUST WOULD THE ROADS I TRAVELED WERE WELL TAKEN CARE OF. AND BY 6 P.M. TONIGHT, IT LOOKED LIKE ALL THE MAIN STREETS WERE JUST WET. SO THAT WAS ALL GOOD. I'M SURE THERE'S STREETS THAT ARE SIDE STREETS THAT WILL GET PLOWED IN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS, BUT. FINE. JOB SERVICE DEPARTMENT, PARKS DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. HOLT. MISS BURROUGHS, THANK YOU. YEAH, I WANTED TO JUST. KUDOS TO OUR SNOW WARRIORS, NOT ONLY HERE IN GROVE CITY, OUR SERVICE DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORS. I SAW SO MANY PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME TO HELP ELDERLY SENIORS OR JUST PLOWING THE WHOLE STREET AND THE SIDEWALKS. IT WAS IT MADE ME SO HAPPY. AND A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE GAVE ME A HAPPY JAR FOR CHRISTMAS, AND THAT WAS THE FIRST THING I PUT INTO IT TODAY. WAS THAT THE JOY THAT I SAW FROM EVERYBODY, JUST BEING WILLING TO GET OUT THERE AND HELP EACH OTHER, AND ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF PLAY TO A LOT OF PEOPLE SLEDDING AND SNOW ANGELS. AND I JUST IT JUST WARMED MY HEART TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS ANDERSON. YES. JUST WISHING EVERYBODY A HAPPY NEW YEAR AS WE GO INTO 2025. THAT'S ALL. THANKS. THANK YOU. YEAH. AND THERE'S NOTHING AT ALL LIKE A SNOW DAY, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING OUT YOUR WINDOW. SO I HAD A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, MOMENT TO MYSELF YESTERDAY WHERE I THOUGHT, WOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE AS I'M SNUG IN MY HOUSE THAT ARE GETTING BEHIND THE WHEELS OF THOSE PLOWS AND, AND HITTING THE SALT BARN AND, AND GETTING OUT AND KEEPING THE STREETS SAFE FOR ALL OF US. SO EXCELLENT WORK AND ALWAYS PROUD TO SEE THE EFFORT THAT GOES INTO MAKING SURE THIS COMMUNITY STAYS SAFE, EVEN IN CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE A BAD WINTER STORM. SHOUT OUT TO MY NEIGHBOR I WASN'T. I WAS THE RECIPIENT OF HELP. CHRIS HOWARD, WHO CAME WITH HIS PLOW AND FINISHED THE REST OF MY DRIVEWAY. SO I HE I

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THE IN ACTION ALL OVER THE CITY TODAY. SPECIAL MEETINGS YOU SEE BEFORE YOU THAT COUNCIL WILL HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING BOTH TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY. THAT MEETING BEGINS AT 5 P.M. THAT IS TO INTERVIEW THE CANDIDATES FOR THE VACANCY THAT WE HAVE IN OUR AT LARGE SEAT ON COUNCIL. IF YOU COME OUT TOMORROW, YOU WILL SIT ALONE IN THIS ROOM. WHILE WE ARE IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, WHICH OCCURS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE WARNING THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S ON THE SLIDE, IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE THE BEST USE OF YOUR TIME. HIT THE SLED HILLS AND THEN THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING WHICH WE HAVE LOST ON THE SITE IS JANUARY 21ST. THERE'S A HOLIDAY ON THE 20TH, AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A BIG FOOTBALL GAME ON THAT DAY AS WELL, SO ENJOY THAT. BE SAFE GETTING HOME AND WE WILL SEE YOU ON THE 21ST FOR OUR NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Jan 06, 2025 City Council

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