[Call to Order]
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          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. MAY I HAVE THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL, MISS KELLY? MISS BURROUGHS HERE. IS ANDERSON HERE. OUT HERE. BOLT! HERE. BARRY, HERE. YOU HERE. THANK YOU. AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE A 
          [Approval of Minutes]
MOTION TO DISPENSE WITH THE READING OF THE MINUTES OF OUR JANUARY 6TH MEETING AND APPROVE THEM AS WRITTEN. SECOND. DO WE HAVE OTHERS? OH. WE DO THE CAMEO APPEARANCE MINUTES. SO THAT WOULD BE JANUARY 7TH AND EIGHTH. AN ADDITIONAL SET OF MINUTES. YES. SO THREE TOTAL, JANUARY 6TH, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH. FORGOT ABOUT ALL OF OUR SPECIAL TIME TOGETHER. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. MISS BURROUGHS. YES, MISS ANDERSON? YES, YES. YES YES, YES. ALL RIGHT. WELCOME, 
          [Welcome & Reading of Agenda]
EVERYONE. IT'S A PLEASURE TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM ON SUCH A COLD, COLD NIGHT. AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY, IF I WASN'T IN THIS ROLE, I PROBABLY WOULD BE HOME IN MY JAMMIES, UNDER A BLANKIE. SO GOOD TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE OUT THIS EVENING. AND THAT LIKELY MEANS WE HAVE 
          [Presentations: Camille Kopczewski, Keep G.C. Beautiful; Billie Strader, Sunshine Gang]
SPECIAL PLANS FOR THIS EVENING. AND I'M GOING TO TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO MAYOR STAGE FOR SOME PRESENTATIONS. MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THE FIRST IS TO RECOGNIZE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO'S RETIRING FROM THE CITY. BEAUTIFUL. SO THE GROUP IS. WHY DON'T EVERYBODY ON THE CITY BEAUTIFUL COMMITTEE COME ON OUT THE BOARD? LET THEM ROUND THEM UP. ONE TIME. A LOT OF THEM. IN A VERY DISCREET WAY. HEY, BILL. THANK YOU. CAMILLE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME. I KNOW IT'S LIKE THAT. THIS IS CAMILLE. AND CAMILLE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE KEEP GROVE CITY BEAUTIFUL COMMISSION FOR 20 PLUS YEARS. 20 YEARS. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T, DON'T KNOW, THAT PARTICULAR GROUP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RECYCLING PROGRAM. AND. 
          WE DO THE LITTER PICKUP WITH THE BOY SCOUTS. LINDA MAY MORE SHREDDED, SHREDDED, SHREDDED. 
          AND IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN AROUND SINCE THE I THINK AROUND THE 80S AND THE EARLY 80S WHEN WE HAD OUR FIRST DROP OFF RECYCLING. BUT CAMILLE HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE PARTNER WITH US, AND SHE'S DEDICATED A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF HER HEART AND SOUL TO KEEPING GROVE CITY BEAUTIFUL. 
          SO WE WANTED TO DO A SPECIAL RECOGNITION. AND THE REASON I KEEP GOING TO SEE A BEAUTIFUL COMMITTEE HERE IS THEY'RE HAVING A STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING DOWNSTAIRS, AND I DON'T WANT TO HOLD THEM UP TOO LONG, BUT THAT'S THE KIND OF GROUP THAT WE HAVE THAT'S THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX AND ALSO INTO THE FUTURE AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO, CAMILLE, THE COMMITTEE FOR 20 YEARS, CAMILLE. AND WHEREAS CAMILLE JOINED KEEP CITY BEAUTIFUL IN 2004 AND HAS VOLUNTEERED THOUSANDS OF HOURS. AND THAT'S NOT AN UNDERSTATEMENT. THOUSANDS OF HOURS DURING THAT TIME IN A VARIETY OF WAYS, INCLUDING SERVING AS A CO-CHAIR, VOLUNTEERING AT NUMEROUS EVENTS SUCH AS THE ECO FAST SHREDDING DAY, STREET CLEANUP, CREEK CLEANUP, FARMER'S MARKET, TO NAME JUST A FEW. AND THE CREEK CLEANUP IS SOMETHING THAT'S COORDINATED WITH THE BOY SCOUTS. AND WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THAT, THERE PROBABLY WERE AROUND 100 SCOUTS THAT THAT HELPED US WITH THAT AND THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT THEY PICKED UP IS JUST NUMBER ONE. IT'S KIND OF SICKENING TO THINK THAT WE HAD THAT KIND OF DEBRIS AROUND. BUT SECONDLY, IT WAS IN HUGE NUMBERS, I MEAN, IN TONS. SO YOU'VE DONE THAT A LOT. CAMILLE HAS, WHEREAS CAMILLE HAS MADE A GREAT IMPACT ON THE GROVE CITY COMMUNITY AND HAS EARNED AND 
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JUSTIFIES JUSTLY, DESERVES THIS PUBLIC RECOGNITION. NOW, THEREFORE, I DO BY EXTEND OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION TO CAMILLE FOR HER SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND COMMEND HER FOR THE MANNER IN WHICH SHE HAS CARRIED OUT THESE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AS A MEMBER OF THE CITY KEEP GROVE CITY BEAUTIFUL COMMISSION. SO THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE HERE. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO GO BACK. YOU HAVE TO COME BACK FOR AT LEAST A YEAR. 
          NOW. IS THERE ANYBODY HERE TONIGHT THAT'S ON THE COMMISSION? WE'RE DOWN ONE PERSON BECAUSE THEY HAD TO WORK LATE. AND MOST OF THESE PEOPLE BEEN ON BEEN ON FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AS WELL. AND AS I SAY, THEY'RE ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKING COMMISSIONS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY. AND THEY REALLY GOT IT HARD. SO THANK YOU ALL. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. THANK YOU. THE OTHER PRESENTATION IS A TRICK. WE HAVE A YOUNG LADY HERE BY THE NAME OF BILLY STRADER, AND BILLY PUT TOGETHER A GROUP CALLED THE SUNSHINE GANG. BILLY IS VERY SUSPICIOUS OF ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON AS TO WHY, WHEN AND WHERE. SO WE HAD TO CONVINCE HER. THE REASON SHE'S HERE TONIGHT IS TO GIVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE SUNSHINE GROUP. NOW, WE DO WANT TO HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ABOUT IT, BILLY. BUT BETWEEN HER HUSBAND AND ME, WE WERE ABLE TO GET HER TO THE MEETING AND BRING SOME OF HER FRIENDS. SO, BILLY, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? AND COME UP? ANYBODY COME UP? Y'ALL WANT TO COME UP? SURE. THIS IS CALLED A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION. WHEREAS THE GREAT HONOR TO RECOGNIZE BILLY STRADER, FOUNDING FOUNDER OF THE SUNSHINE GANG. AND WHEREAS BILLY IS PASSION TO HELP OTHERS, LED HER TO CREATE THE SUNSHINE GRAIN GANG, TO WRITE LETTERS TO VOLUNTEER VETERANS COMING BACK FROM THE HONOR FLIGHT. THAT WAS A BIG ONE. MORE THAN 900 LETTERS WERE WRITTEN FOR THE FALL FALL OF 2024. THAT'S JUST ONE HONOR FLIGHT, AND ANOTHER 900 WERE WRITTEN IN PRIOR PRIOR TO THIS. 
          ADDITIONALLY, $800 WAS RAISED AND DONATED TO THE HONOR FLIGHT. SO A BIG, BIG PROMOTER OF THE HONOR FLIGHT, WHEREAS BEYOND THE HONOR FLIGHT, BILLY ORGANIZED AN EFFORT TO DELIVER HANDMADE CHRISTMAS GIFTS TO LOCAL. THE SEVERAL LOCAL CARE FACILITIES WITH THOUSANDS AND I MEAN THOUSANDS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WITH THEM WHEN THEY'VE DELIVERED THE. A LOT OF HARD WORK BY THIS CREW. 
          AND THE PEOPLE JUST LOVE THEM GETTING SOMETHING IN THEIR ROOM. MOST OF THEM ARE BED LADEN, SO IT'S AN INCREDIBLE THING. AND THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF THESE HANDMADE CHRISTMAS GIFTS. 
          WHEREAS BILLY ATTENDED GROVE CITY CITIZEN'S POLICE ACADEMY AND AS A MEMBER OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. NOW, THEREFORE, I DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE BILLY STRADER FOR HER UNMATCHED COMMITMENT TO SENIOR CITIZENS AND VETERANS AND BESTOW UPON HER HONORARY LIFETIME CITIZENSHIP IN GROVE CITY, OHIO. NOW SHE LIVES IN PLEASANT TOWNSHIP, BUT SHE IS IN GROVE CITY AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF TIME. SO WE'RE MAKING YOU AN HONORARY CITIZEN OF GROVE CITY MEANS YOU GOT TO PAY THE TAXES AND. BUT WE, AS I SAID, HAD TO KIND OF TRICK. BILLY TO COME HERE. I DO WANT TO HAVE A COUPLE OF SHORT COMMENTS ABOUT THE NUMBER OF LETTERS YOU'VE WRITTEN TO THE HONOR FLIGHT, IF YOU WOULD, I SURE WILL. WELL, I WON'T TALK TOO AWFUL LONG, BUT I AM KNOWN FOR TALKING ANYWAY. 
          ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO WE STARTED SUNSHINE GANG. WE HAVE ABOUT 30 PEOPLE IN OUR LITTLE GROUP AND WE ARE SO HAPPY TO DO THE LORD'S WORK IN TRYING TO CHEER PEOPLE UP, TO MAKE PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN AND TO HONOR OUR VETERANS. WE'RE VERY, VERY BIG ON HONOR FLIGHT. AND STAY TUNED, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT MORE STUFF GOING ON WITH THAT. WE DO 900 LETTERS A YEAR, 90 FOR EACH OF THE TEN FLIGHTS, SO THAT WHEN THOSE VETERANS COME BACK FROM DC, THEY HAVE LETTERS IN THEIR MAIL CALL WHERE I'M ACTIVELY PROMOTING HONOR FLIGHT. TO ANY VETERAN WHO HAS SERVED IN 
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THE MILITARY FOR EVEN ONE DAY, WE ARE TRYING TO GET THEM TO GO ON THAT FLIGHT TO DC. WE ALSO FEEL VERY, VERY STRONG ABOUT CHILLICOTHE, VA THERE, BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD THEY WOULD BE HOMELESS. THEY ARE ON THE VA PROPERTY, SO THEY HAVE A WISH LIST AND ONCE A MONTH WE TAKE TOILETRIES, WE TAKE CLOTHING, WE TAKE ANYTHING THAT THEY NEED. AT THE CHILLICOTHE, VA, THERE ARE 198 VETERANS AT THE CHILLICOTHE, VA. WE ALSO ARE OF BIG FRIEND OF ALL OF THE NURSING HOMES. WE STARTED OUT WITH THREE NURSING HOMES. WE NOW DO FIVE NURSING HOMES HERE IN GROVE CITY. AND THE MAYOR ALLUDED TO THAT. HE DOES ATTEND TO HELP US GO TO EACH ROOM HAND UNLESS THEY HAVE TRACKER. YES. THE MAYOR SAID IF YOU'RE GOING TO BRING TRACKER, LET ME KNOW. HE GETS ALL THE ATTENTION. HE'S OUR YELLOW LAB WHO IS A SERVICE DOG. BUT THE MAYOR AND ALL OF OUR PEOPLE GO INTO EVERY ROOM IN THAT NURSING HOME, GIVING THEM A GIFT THAT WE HAVE HANDMADE SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT WE ARE THERE FOR THEM. WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET THEM BE NEGLECTED OVER THE HOLIDAYS. AND THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE DO. BUT ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE SUNSHINE GANG, WE MEET AT LAMPLIGHTER SENIOR VILLAGE ON TUESDAY MORNINGS FROM 9 TO 11, AND THAT'S WHERE WE MAKE OUR GIFTS. THAT'S WHERE WE WRITE OUR LETTERS, AND WE'D WELCOME ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME AND JOIN US, DO WHAT WE FEEL THE LORD WANTS US TO DO. WE RAISE OUR MONEY. THANK YOU DON. WE RAISE OUR MONEY BY HAVING TWO CRAFT SHOWS A YEAR, AND THAT FINANCES ALL OUR ENDEAVORS. SO IF YOU SEE LAMPLIGHTER SENIOR VILLAGE, THE SUNSHINE GANG, PLEASE COME OUT. WE HAVE A LOT OF VENDORS AND TWO CLUBHOUSES, AND I THINK YOU'LL BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED AT ALL THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE MADE FOR THE CRAFT SHOW. SO THERE YOU HAVE IT. I'M NOT GOING TO GET A PICTURE, I'M SURE. 
          BUT THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MAYOR. OH. YOU KNOW ABOUT HAVING VIDEO. OH, I'M SURE RESPOND OH NO. GO AHEAD. Y'ALL. THIS IS OFFICER SHAW WHO WAS A SRO AT CENTRAL CROSSING. RIGHT. AND HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH THEM. HOW MANY YEARS NOW? CENTRAL CROSSING SEVEN YEARS. AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE GET TO KNOW THE STUDENTS GET TO KNOW THE CHEMISTRY AND ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. BUT AS PART OF HIS DUTIES, HE ACTUALLY HAS STARTED A PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES A SERVICE DOG. AND THE SCHOOLS NOW HAVE ALLOWED HIM TO BRING THE SERVICE DOG INTO CENTRAL CROSSING. IS THAT THE ONLY PLACE YOU'RE GOING TO BE? NO. AND WHEN I'M NOT IN SCHOOL, I'LL BE IN THE COMMUNITY. WHERE ARE YOU? OKAY, SO GIVE US A COUPLE OF MINUTES OF. SURE. DOGS CAN DO THINGS THAT HUMANS JUST CAN'T DO. WE FOUND OUT OVER THE STUDIES THAT TYPICALLY IN A KID THAT IS IN CRISIS TAKES SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR TO CALM THEM DOWN. THERAPY DOGS CAN DO IT BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MINUTES. THEN THEY'RE BACK IN CLASS AND ALSO STAFF MEMBERS. EVERYONE HAS BAD DAYS. 
          THEY COME AND THEY CAN VISIT WITH BO OR OTHER DOGS. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THEY HAVE A BETTER DAY TO START THEIR DAY, AS THEY IMPACT HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS DURING THE DAY. SO JUST BY HAVING BO IN THE SCHOOL WILL ALLOW HIM TO CALM THOSE SITUATIONS DOWN. OF COURSE, HE IS ALSO DOES A PROGRAM AT THE LIBRARY CALLED BOOKS WITH BO. WE'VE DONE THAT FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS NOW. IT'S REALLY GOOD. KIDS COME AND GET TO READ THE BO AND VISIT AND I'VE DONE NURSING 
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HOME VISITS AND THOSE KIND OF COMMUNITY THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. BUT PRIMARILY HIS ROLE WILL BE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL VISIT. AS YOU KNOW, OUR JOB IS VERY STRESSFUL. 
          DISPATCHERS ARE VERY STRESSFUL. FIVE MINUTES WITH A DOG CAN ABSOLUTELY CHANGE YOUR DAY. AND HE IS THIS IS THIS IS ABOUT AS EXCITED AS HE GETS. AND SO HE DOES OF HIS LEVEL. PEOPLE ARE DRAWN JUST LIKE TO HIM IN THEIR CALM DOWN BECAUSE THEY THEY AUTOMATICALLY AS THEY PET HIM, THEIR BRAIN RELEASES SEROTONIN JUST LIKE YOU WHEN YOU EXERCISE AND IT CALMS YOU DOWN WITHOUT YOU KNOWING. SO EVEN THE KIDS THAT CAN NOT PHYSICALLY DO IT WITHOUT MEDICATION, DOGS HAVE A WAY OF JUST MAKING THEIR BRAIN DO IT WITHOUT THEM KNOWING IT. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THAT WORKS IN THE SCHOOLS. CONGRATULATIONS ON THE HARD WORK. THAT WAS NOT EASY GETTING INTO THE SCHOOL. THAT WAS ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS. YEAH. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WELL DONE. BEAUTIFUL. WE SHOULD HAVE HIM AT EVERY COUNTY I KNOW. YEAH. DOG. IS THAT. DO YOU KNOW OFFICER SHAW? WHAT KIND OF DOG? WE ARE ASKING QUESTIONS UP HERE. OH. I'M SORRY, IT'S A GREAT PYRENEES. GREAT PYRENEES FROM THE SWISS. ORIGINALLY FROM THE SWISS ALPS AREA. HE'S A GREAT DOG. UNFORTUNATELY HE'S NOCTURNAL. SO GETTING WOKEN UP AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING IS NOT UNCOMMON. BUT THEY. THEY USE THOSE FOR HERDING SHEEP. AND THAT'S WHAT TYPICALLY ARE USED IN OHIO. SO SHE CAN GO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS FOR BRINGING THEM IN. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU EVERYONE. WE HAVE KICKED OFF THIS EVENING WITH JUST THE KIND OF WARMTH THAT THE DAY DEMANDED. SO WHAT A GREAT WAY TO GET STARTED. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU, OFFICER SHAW, FOR BEING HERE AS WELL. I WANT TO GO THROUGH THIS EVENING'S AGENDA. NOW, THIS EVENING UNDER LANDS, WE HAVE RESOLUTION CR 325 AND CR 425. AND UNDER ADMINISTRATIVE AND RULES, WE HAVE ORDINANCE C 225. IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, THIS AGENDA IS APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS 
          [Resolution CR-03-25 Approve the Development Plan for Credit Union of Ohio located at 2397 Old Stringtown Road.]
CONSENT. AND WITH THAT, I TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO MISS BURROWS WITH LANDS. THANK YOU. THE FIRST ITEM I HAVE UNDER LANDS THIS EVENING IS RESOLUTION CR ZERO 325. THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR CREDIT UNION OF OHIO, LOCATED AT 2397 OLD STRINGTOWN ROAD ON JANUARY 7TH OF THIS YEAR, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE CREDIT UNION OF OHIO WITH THE FOLLOWING DEVIATIONS. THE APPLICANT SHALL WORK WITH THE STAFF TO ENSURE THAT ALL VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN AREAS ARE ILLUMINATED TO MEET THE 0.5FT CANDLE REQUIREMENT OF CODE AND A DEVIATION TO BE GRANTED FROM SECTION 1135.12 OF THE CODE. TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES FROM 20 TO 17. AND WITH THAT, I DO HAVE A COUPLE PEOPLE SIGNED UP. NATHAN. IS IT PRESTON AND TYLER JACKSON? AND IF YOU COULD COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND KIND OF JUST GIVE US A BRIEF OVERVIEW AND COMMENTS ON THIS PROJECT AND YOUR CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. SOUNDS GOOD. NATHAN PAINTER, ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, I'M HERE WITH TYLER AS WELL. AND JOE GORSUCH FOR THE CREDIT UNION IS HERE AS WELL. TONIGHT. TOM HART HAS FROM OUR OFFICE HAS KIND OF LED THIS PROJECT, BUT HE IS AT ANOTHER HEARING. SO YOU GET ME TONIGHT. THE PROJECT KIND OF SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. I'LL LET TYLER GO THROUGH IT. BUT I DO WANT TO GO ON THE DIVERGENCE FOR THE PARKING SPACES REAL QUICKLY AND WHY THAT IS REQUESTED WHEN YOU GO WHEN YOU GO THROUGH IT, THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE 20. WE'RE ASKING FOR 17. A LOT OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF HOW BANKING HAS CHANGED. NOW A LOT OF IS MOBILE. AT THE PEAK, FIVE OF THOSE TRIPS ARE GOING TO BE TO THE ATM ESTIMATE. THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN AND DO THEIR ATM AND LEAVE THROUGH THEIR CAR. MOST OF THE OTHER 14 ARE EITHER GOING TO GO THROUGH THE DRIVE THROUGH AND OR GO REALLY QUICKLY INTO THE LOBBY OR NOT. SO. SO THE BANK DOES NOT NEED THOSE THOSE 20 SPACES WITH HOW THE, WITH HOW THE BANKING INDUSTRY HAS, HAS COME ALONG AND BANKING IS DONE BY MOST PEOPLE. NOW, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, WE'D BOTH BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE. BUT IT'S A NICE PROJECT. I THINK THE YOU CAN SEE FROM THE BRICK AND EVERYTHING, IT'S A REALLY NICE BUILDING, ESPECIALLY FROM WHAT YOU HAVE THERE RIGHT NOW, AND THEY'RE GOING TO PUT A NICE INVESTMENT IN HERE AND BE A GOOD COMMERCIAL CITIZEN FOR GROVE CITY. I'M IN HILLIARD, DARREN HILLIARD AS WELL. AND THEY'VE THEY'VE BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY THERE AND DO A GOOD JOB WITH WITH HILLIARD I'M SURE WILL DO 
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THE SAME HERE. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. THE COMMENTS QUESTIONS. THIS IS A BRAND NEW BUILDING. SO YOU'LL BE TEARING DOWN ITS CURRENT LOCATION, BUILDING THE NEW ONE, ADDING THE DRIVE THROUGH WHICH YOU CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE, WHICH I KNOW WE GAVE YOU A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THAT. WHAT'S THE TIME FRAME? SO WE OH SORRY. TYLER JACKSON WITH KIMLEY-HORN ENGINEER WITH THE PROJECT. SO. ASSUMING TONIGHT GOES WELL, WE GET APPROVAL FROM FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN. WE'LL WORK WITH THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO OBTAIN APPROVED PLANS FOR CONSTRUCTION. AND FROM THERE, THEY'LL. AND THE ARCHITECT ON THE PROJECT WILL WORK WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT FOR BUILDING PERMITS. AND I BELIEVE THE PLAN WOULD BE TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION THIS SUMMER IF POSSIBLE. GREAT. I THINK YES. MR. BERRY, THE HOW MANY EMPLOYEES WILL YOU HAVE IN THE BUILDING? FIVE EMPLOYEES. OKAY, SO YOU HAVE FIVE EMPLOYEES AND 17 SPACES. SO YOU'RE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE MORE THAN 12 CUSTOMERS AT ANY ONE TIME. CORRECT. THEY HAVE LOOKED AT THE PEAK TRIPS, ANOTHER LOCATION AND OVER AN ENTIRE PEAK HOUR THE MOST OVER THE ENTIRE HOUR. THEY SAW 17 CUSTOMERS AVERAGE FOR THE STUDY AT THE TIME THAT THEY STUDIED. AND AS NATHAN MENTIONED, FIVE WERE ATM CUSTOMERS. THE MAJORITY WERE DRIVE THRU. SO AT ANY GIVEN TIME THEY WOULD NOT HAVE 12 PARKED CUSTOMERS AT ANY ONE GIVEN TIME. OKAY. OKAY, BEFORE WE TAKE ANY MORE COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL, MR. ROUSH, IS THERE ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU WANTED TO MAKE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM? OKAY, GREAT. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS PROJECT? NO. WELL, I'M EXCITED TO SEE I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN IN THAT BUILDING FOR A LONG TIME, AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THE CONTINUED REINVESTMENT FOR NOT ONLY FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, BUT FOR YOUR CUSTOMER, YOUR OUR RESIDENTS, BUT VERY FOR YOUR CUSTOMERS AS WELL. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INVESTMENT. THANK YOU. YOU CAN GO HAVE A SEAT. THIS RESOLUTION HAS HAD ITS READING AND PUBLIC HEARING. I MOVE IT BE APPROVED. SECOND. ANDERSON. YES. TALK. YES. YES. GARY. YES, YES. 
          BURROWS. YES. NEXT ITEM. I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION TO EXCUSE ME, IF I MAY. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE 
          [Resolution CR-04-25 Approve the Preliminary Development Plan for Broadway Live Mixed-Use development located North of Columbus Street and East of Broadway.]
AGENDA IS FOR THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR BROADWAY LIVE. MISS BURROWS CONTACTED ME KIND OF AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS BECAUSE AS ARE MOST OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, THEY HAVE OTHER INTERESTS BESIDES THEIR VOLUNTEER WORK. AND I KNOW YOU'RE NOT TRULY A VOLUNTEER FOR COUNCIL, BUT IT FEELS LIKE IT. AND BASED ON HER FAMILY'S INTEREST IN A PROPERTY ABUTTING THIS PROJECT, WE DID REQUEST AN ETHICS OPINION, AND THE OHIO ETHICS COMMISSION HAS ADVISED HER TO RECUSE HERSELF. SO AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK COUNCIL TO DO SO. AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MISS BURROWS TO LEAVE THE ROOM IN A NICE WAY. OKAY. DO WE NEED A MOTION? YES, PLEASE. MOTION TO EXCUSE MISS BURROWS FROM THIS CONVERSATION. SECOND. MISS HAWK. YES. YES, GARY? YES. YES. BURROWS. YES. SHE'S. ANDERSON. YES. YOU SHOULD STILL GO ON. THAT DOESN'T MATTER IF THERE'S A MAJORITY. ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE GOOD. I'LL COME GET YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. AND MISS ANDERSON HAS AGREED TO HANDLE THIS ITEM ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING. SO I'LL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO YOU. YES, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. SO, THIS NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CR 0425. IT IS A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR BROADWAY LIVE, LOCATED NORTH OF COLUMBUS STREET AND EAST OF BROADWAY. ON JANUARY 7TH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR BROADWAY LIVE. LOCATED NORTH OF COLUMBUS STREET AND EAST OF BROADWAY, AS SUBMITTED, NOTING EXPECTATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY INPUT. SO FIRST, I WANTED TO ASK IF OUR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, KYLE RAUSCH, WOULD COME FORWARD AND PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT A PRELIMINARY PLAN AND KIND OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS ONE. THANKS. MISS ANDERSON. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT COMPOSED OF RETAIL, RESTAURANT, A FOOD HALL, USE PLAZA, EVENT SPACE, AND A 130 
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UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX. THIS PROJECT IS PROCEEDING AS A PRELIMINARY OR AS A PUD. SO THE FIRST PART, FIRST STEP IN THAT PROCESS IS TO CONDUCT THIS. WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH TODAY, THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND REALLY THE INTENT OF THE PUD, AND SPECIFICALLY THE PRELIMINARY PLAN, IS TO ASSESS IF THE PROPOSED USE OR USES OF THE SITE AND THE LAYOUT ARE APPROPRIATE, AND TO ASSURE THE COMPATIBILITY WITH EXISTING CONTACTS AND THE CHARACTER, IN THIS CASE, WITHIN THE TOWN CENTER. OF COURSE, THERE'LL BE OTHER STEPS. THE NEXT STEP WILL BE REZONING, AND THEN ULTIMATELY A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN. AND THEN THIS PROJECT IS KIND OF UNIQUE AND A LITTLE MORE COMPLEX IN THAT CONCURRENTLY OUTSIDE THIS REGULATORY PROCESS, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER AS WELL AS OUR ENGINEERING FIRM, ON DELINEATING THE FLOODPLAIN THROUGH A FLOODPLAIN STUDY. AND THEN, OF COURSE, ONCE WE DO THAT, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITE, BECAUSE THE SITE IS VERY COMPLEX IN AND OF ITSELF, BECAUSE OF THE FLOODPLAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THAT SITE. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH IMPATIENT AND TOMORROW IS A KICKOFF MEETING, SO WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT ANALYSIS WITH THE GOAL OF ESTABLISHING THE LIMITS OF WHERE THE FLOODPLAIN IS AT AND WHERE IT'S NOT, AND SPECIFICALLY BEYOND THAT, THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF FLOODPLAINS. THERE'S THE FLOODWAY AND THE FLOODPLAIN EACH CONTAIN THEIR OWN SET OF REGULATIONS WITH FEMA. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND AND DELINEATE WHERE THOSE LIMITS ARE, UNDERSTAND WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE TO IMPROVE IT, TO UNDERSTAND THE COST, TO IMPROVE IT AND IMPROVE IT. SO LIKE I SAID, THAT'S OUTSIDE THIS PROCESS. BUT THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT STEP THAT WE MUST TAKE REALLY TO START THE CONVERSATIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT ARE THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT, WHETHER IT BE PRIVATE OR PUBLIC, IF THERE'S GOING TO BE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, ALL THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE YET TO COME. BUT FIRST WE HAVE TO REALLY DELINEATE WHAT THE SITE IS AND WHAT'S USABLE ON THE SITE TO UNDERSTAND IF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED ACTUALLY FIT ON THE SITE. AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG CONVERSATION, A LONG PROCESS TO GET FROM A TO B, BUT THOSE CONVERSATIONS WILL COME. RIGHT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PRELIMINARY PLAN. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP THERE'S FOUR SUBAREAS. SUBAREAS A AND C ARE REALLY WHERE THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE AT. RESPECTFULLY THEY'RE ON THE FRONTING COLUMBUS STREET OR BROADWAY AND THEN ON NORTHERN BROADWAY. SUBAREAS B AND D PRIMARILY ARE THERE TO FOR PARKING TO ACCOMMODATE THE PARKING. SO IN ALL THE SITE WILL HAVE 314 PARKING SPACES. 100 OF THOSE SPACES WILL BE UNDER THE PODIUM BUILDING TO THE NORTH. THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. THEN OUTSIDE OF THAT, THE REMAINDER WILL BE SURFACE PARKING IN AND AROUND THE AREA BEHIND THE BROADWAY ESTABLISHMENT OR TO THE NORTH IN THAT FLOODPLAIN AREA. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE PARKING NEEDS, THE CIRCULATION NEEDS, THE TRAFFIC NEEDS, AS WELL AS HOW THEY INFLUENCE OR IMPACT OR BE IMPACTED BY THE FLOODPLAIN. SO THIS IS ALL A VERY COMPLEX AGAIN, THIS IS A VERY COMPLEX PROJECT, BUT THIS IS A VERY, VERY GOOD PROJECT AND A VERY GOOD DISCUSSION THAT WE WILL NEED TO HAVE. SO MOVING FORWARD, I ANTICIPATE WITH THE REZONING, THERE WILL BE A TRAFFIC STUDY TO UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE INGRESS AND EGRESS THE SITE. BUT AGAIN, STAFF MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT WE THOUGHT THIS WAS APPROPRIATE FOR THE AREA. PLANNING COMMISSION THEN VOTED FOUR ZERO, BECAUSE YOU'RE NO LONGER ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT AS WELL. THEY WERE ALL THE MEMBERS WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROJECT. I WILL MENTION THERE WAS ONE RESIDENT WHO SHOWED UP TO THE MEETING TO VOICE OPPOSITION, BUT OVERALL THE PROJECT RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM THAT PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          BUT I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. AND YOU SAID THAT THE FLOODPLAIN STUDY HAS ALREADY STARTED OR THAT WORK WAS ENGAGED TOMORROW. OKAY. OKAY. YES. ALL RIGHT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR KYLE? YEAH. YES, PLEASE. SO KYLE ONE I MEAN WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SPENDING, YOU KNOW, $9 MILLION FOR COLUMBUS STREET, YOU KNOW, FOR TO HELP US WITH WATER AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. WILL THAT SYSTEM BE AFFECTED BY THIS IF OR WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? I MEAN, I WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO OVERBURDEN THAT SYSTEM THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN TO ALLEVIATE PROBLEMS FOR THAT SYSTEM ACTUALLY PROVIDES MORE CAPACITY TO THE TOWN CENTER AREA. THIS PROJECT WILL FEED INTO THAT PIPE AND ULTIMATELY TO THE SIDE RIVER. BUT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE DOING THAT PROJECT WAS BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT IS BEING UNDERTAKEN AT AMERICAN NITRO, AS WELL AS THE EXISTING FLOODING CONCERNS IN THE TOWN CENTER AREA. SO THIS RELIEF SEWER WILL HELP A LOT OF THOSE PREEXISTING ISSUES AND WILL ALLOW US TO ALSO ACCOMMODATE THIS PROJECT. I MEAN, MADAM CHAIRMAN, MY PRIMARY CONCERN IS THAT WE DON'T END UP WHERE WE 
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WERE FIVE YEARS AGO AND HAVE OVERBURDEN, YOU KNOW, HAVE AN OVERBURDEN, THE SYSTEM WHERE WE'RE GETTING PEOPLE FLOODED OUT OF THEIR HOMES. AGAIN, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS AND THE UNDERSTANDING I HAVE FROM OUR ENGINEERS, THIS IS NOT GOING TO OVERBURDEN OR TAX THAT THAT NEW PIPE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR KYLE? WE DO HAVE SOMEONE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK TO THIS. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THAT AND THEN WE'LL COME TO COUNCIL. COMMENTS PATRICK CASTRO, IF YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD. THANK YOU KYLE. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. PATRICK CASTRO, 4016 ARBUTUS AVENUE, GROVE CITY, OHIO 43123. AS SOME OF YOU GUYS KNOW, I'M FROM GROVE CITY. I MOVED TO HILLIARD BACK IN GROVE CITY. NOW I JUST WANTED TO COME AND SPEAK OUT IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT. I'VE SEEN WHAT HILLIARD HAD DONE WITH THE CROOKED CAN AND ALL THE ECONOMIC GROWTH WITH THAT. AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS PROJECT. 
          WE LIVE DIAGONAL FROM IT AND HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT IT NOW FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS, AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT START MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT COUNCIL, WHAT FEEDBACK QUESTIONS THOUGHTS DO YOU HAVE. ANYONE. ALL RIGHT I'LL I'LL KICK THIS OFF I THINK IT'S GOOD TO SEE THIS BACK BEFORE US. AND I KNOW A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE SINCE WE FIRST HEARD OF THE CONCEPT. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST FREQUENTLY MENTIONED QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS TO ME, WHETHER IT IS PASSING THEM IN THE GROCERY STORE OR VIA TEXT MESSAGE, WHAT IS HAPPENING, WHAT IS HAPPENING, WHEN IS IT HAPPENING? SO IT IS. IT'S GOOD TO SEE US GET TO THIS POINT WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS CONCEPT AGAIN. IT IS, YOU KNOW, FRESH AND NEW COMPARED TO WHAT WE SAW BACK IN ITS ORIGINS. 
          BUT I REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE, THE, THE WAY THAT I BELIEVE THAT THE PARTIES INVOLVED HAVE BEEN VERY ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY ON GETTING TO A FINISHED PRODUCT THAT IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE, THE, THE DESIRES OF THE COMMUNITY IN COUNTLESS WAYS, NODS TO OUR HISTORY, DESIGN ON THE STREETSCAPE SIDE THAT IS RESPECTFUL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE ALSO PROVIDING A DESTINATION LOCATION. AND I THINK IT IS THAT DESTINATION LOCATION THAT RESIDENTS REALLY ARE CLAMORING FOR A REASON TO HAVE THEIR FRIENDS WHO LIVE IN OTHER SUBURBS SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE COMING TO GROVE CITY TONIGHT. SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS. AS MR. BERRY HAS HIGHLIGHTED, THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLEXITIES TO THIS PROJECT THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE RESOLVED AS WE MOVE FORWARD. FIRST AND FOREMOST, IS THIS FLOODPLAIN STUDY. GOOD TO SEE THAT. I KNOW THERE'S ALSO A TRAFFIC STUDY AS PART OF THIS DISCUSSION. AS THINGS MOVE FORWARD. MANY CONVERSATIONS YET TO BE HAD, BUT IN CONCEPT, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE OKAY I YES, AND IF I MAY, JUST BEFORE I THINK YOU WERE GOING TO MAKE A MOTION, I DID I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE TONIGHT, IT WOULD STILL REQUIRE A VOTE OF FOUR TO PASS THE RESOLUTION, BECAUSE THE CHARTER IS A MAJORITY OF COUNCIL AS A WHOLE. SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT FOR VOTING PURPOSES. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO ADD SOME FEEDBACK AS WELL TO KIND OF TAG ON TO WHAT PRESIDENT HAWK SAID. I'M ALSO VERY IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT. I HAVE AS WELL HEARD LOTS OF FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS IS WHAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE SEEKING TO HAVE THEIR FRIENDS, AND TO HAVE OTHERS COME HERE AND WANT TO BE HERE AND HANG OUT WITH THEM HERE, OR JUST FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THEMSELVES TO HAVE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND SPACES TO GO. AND I AGREE, THE THINGS THAT THE DEVELOPERS HAVE DONE TO PAY HOMAGE TO SOME OF OUR HISTORY, AND YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF IT IN THE SKETCH, AND WE SAW MORE IN A PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. BUT I THINK THAT YOU CAN TELL THAT THAT ENGAGEMENT HAS BEEN THERE AND THEY HAVE LISTENED. SO I AM EXCITED TO SEE THE PROGRESSION OF THIS WORK AND THAT WE'RE WORKING ON A FLOODPLAIN STUDY AND OTHER FUTURE THINGS TO COME. SO, MADAM CHAIR, YES. SO JUST TO SO THE AUDIENCE KNOWS, THIS IS A CONCEPT. THERE'S SEVERAL STUDIES. AGAIN, I'LL REPEAT IT. 
          THE FLOODPLAIN. THERE'S ALSO A WHOLE FINANCIAL PACKAGE THAT HAS TO BE DONE THAT HAS TO COME BACK BEFORE THIS BODY. SO THERE'S THIS IS JUST THIS IS JUST THE VERY, VERY, VERY BEGINNING OF 
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THIS PROCESS. BUT I'M HOPING AT LEAST WE GET THE FLOODPLAIN DONE SO WE CAN LET THE LET OUR PARTNERS KNOW WHERE THEY STAND AS FAR AS FINANCIAL OR THE FINANCIAL BURDEN IS GOING TO BE IN THAT TYPE OF THING, BECAUSE I THINK WE OWE IT TO THEM TO GET THEM INFORMATION QUICKLY SO THEY CAN RESPOND TO IT SO THEY'RE NOT HOLDING ON TO SOMETHING THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE FEASIBLE FOR THEM. 
          SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. AND I KNOW THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE, BUT I THINK ARE YOU GUYS GOOD? I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU WEREN'T SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, BUT OKAY. OKAY. SO WITH THAT, THIS RESOLUTION HAS HAD ITS READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVE IT BE APPROVED. SECOND. YES. GOOD AFTERNOON. YOU, MR. BARRY. YES, YOU. YES. MISS ANDERSON? YES, MISS HOUK? YES. THANK YOU. THAT IS ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'LL GET MISS BURROUGHS BACK IN HERE WITH US. LET ME GET TO THE RIGHT PAGE. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE WILL MOVE 
          [Ordinance C-02-25 Amend Section 161.10 f the Codified Ordinances titled Employee Status, Number of Employees per Department, Pay Grades. Second reading and public hearing.]
ON NOW TO ADMINISTRATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE AND RULES COMMITTEE WITH MR. HOLT. THANK YOU. ORDINANCE C02 25, AMEND SECTION ONE 61.10 OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES TITLED EMPLOYEE STATUS, NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES PER DEPARTMENT, AND PAY GRADES. THIS IS A 161 UPDATE FOR THE POSITION OF CITY COUNCIL. DEPUTY CLERK OF COURTS. AND THIS IS AN UPDATE TO 161. 
          AND THE MAJOR CHANGE HERE IS IT'S GOING TO CHANGE THE CLERK OF COURT, NOT COURTS. CLERK OF COUNCIL. I'M SORRY, CLERK OF COUNCIL TO AN UNCLASSIFIED POSITION. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS WITH THIS? WE'LL PROBABLY POST THIS POSITION IN THE COMING MONTH OR SO. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT WHICH WILL BE THE NEXT THING TO HAPPEN. NO COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. THIS THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVE IT BE APPROVED. SECOND, MR. PERRY? YES. DO. YES. BURROUGHS. YES. ANDERSON. YES. YES. HOLT. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HOLT. ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO THE CONCLUSION OF OUR BUSINESS AGENDA THIS EVENING. IF 
          [Call for New Business]
THERE IS ANY NEW BUSINESS TO BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF COUNCIL BY ANYONE PRESENT IN CHAMBERS, NOW IS THE TIME TO DO SO. AND I DO HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP. SANDRA RADER. ALL RIGHT. YOU CAN START BY PROVIDING YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. I AM SANDRA RADER AND I LIVE ON. STONEWOOD DRIVE HERE IN GROVE CITY, AND I'VE ONLY LIVED THERE FOUR MONTHS, SO I'M STILL. STONER DRIVE. OKAY. I'M A MEMBER OF THE EVANS CENTER, THE SENIOR CENTER. 
          I THINK I SPOKE HERE ONE OTHER TIME TO ALL OF YOU, AND I DO HAVE A QUESTION. WHEN THE SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED, IT SEEMS AS IF OUR CENTER IS ALSO CLOSED. AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS CONCERNING THAT BECAUSE THE STAFF IS THERE AND THEY'RE INSIDE THE CENTER, AND IT IS SUPPOSED TO ALSO BE A WARMING CENTER. AND WHENEVER THE SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED, WHY IS OUR CENTER CLOSED? I MEAN, WE JUST WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT SITUATION. THERE ARE PEOPLE INSIDE THERE THAT ARE THE STAFF AND WHATEVER IS INSIDE THERE, YOU KNOW, PLAYING CARDS, DOING WHATEVER, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NO BIG DEAL TO ME. BUT I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THAT THE SENIOR CITIZENS, WHENEVER THE SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED, WHY WE ARE LOCKED OUT OF OUR ORGANIZATION THAT WE ENJOY AND GO TO, AND THE STAFF IS ALREADY THERE, BUT THE DOORS ARE LOCKED. 
          SO I JUST, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I HAPPEN TO HAVE THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION WHO IS ON QUEUE BEHIND YOU, TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THE QUESTION THAT YOU'RE ASKING. SO, SO I CAN SO I CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST A QUESTION THAT I, THAT WE HAVE AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE THERE. 
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ABSOLUTELY. NO. AND WE'RE NOT PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT WE DO WANT TO PROVIDE THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION. AND OBVIOUSLY, IF THERE IS EVER A QUESTION ARISES, I'M SURE THAT OUR PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. BUT PRETTY NICE GUYS. GO AHEAD. YES. YEAH, WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO LIKE ME MORE AFTER THIS. SO I'M UNAWARE THAT WE'RE CLOSED. IN FACT, WE HAVE. 
          WE IMPLEMENTED OUR EVANS CENTER AS A WARMING CENTER TODAY, SO WE'RE OPEN FOR ALL TO COME IN. 
          OUR PROGRAM SHOULD CONTINUE UNLESS WE PUT OUT A NOTICE THAT WE'RE CANCELING, WHICH I'M UNAWARE OF, THAT, THAT WE'RE CLOSED. SO WE SHOULD BE OPEN. WELL, YEAH. AND MY QUESTION WAS THAT THE WHOLE ENTIRE STAFF IS THERE, BUT THE DOORS ARE LOCKED. NOTHING AGAINST THE STAFF. YEAH. 
          NO, NO, NO, I UNDERSTAND WE LOVE ALL OF THEM THERE, BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE A MISUNDERSTANDING. 
          TREMENDOUS STAFF OVER AT THE EVANS CENTER. AND WE'LL GET THIS ADDRESSED. THERE SHOULD BE OPEN THE WHEN IT COMES TO YOUTH SPORTS WHEN THE SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED. A LOT OF OUR PROGRAMS AND YOUTH SPORTS ARE IN THE SCHOOLS. AND SO THEY THEY HAVE A POLICY THAT ONCE THEY CANCEL, THEY'RE NOT REOPENING. IT'S CLOSED FOR THE DAY. SO YOUTH SPORTS GET CANCELED. BUT OUR EVANS CENTER SHOULD NOT. IN FACT, OUR CLASSES AT KINGSTON ARE OPEN AS WELL TONIGHT, SO IT SHOULD NOT BE CLOSED. EVANS CENTER SHOULD NOT BE CLOSED. IT'S JUST BEEN RAISED FOR A WHILE AS A QUESTION. AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ENJOY THE SENIOR CENTER. IT IS WONDERFUL EMPLOYEES THERE. WONDERFUL. IT'S NOT THAT I AGREE. SO IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE A COMMUNICATION ISSUE, BUT WE THIS IS AN EASY PROBLEM TO SOLVE. SO YEAH. SO THAT'S AT 801 TOMORROW MORNING WE'LL GET IT RESOLVED. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS FOR COMING OUT TO SHARE THIS OKAY. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MAYOR STAGE BRINGS US 
          [Call for Dept. Reports & Closing Comments]
TO THE MAYOR'S REPORT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I DO NOT HAVE A MAYOR'S COURT REPORT THIS EVENING, BUT I DO HAVE A COUPLE OTHER COMMENTS. IF I COULD PLEASE GO AHEAD. MAYOR, I WISH YOU WELL. WE DO HAVE AN OFFICER HERE. ARE YOU AWARE OF THE BEDDING THAT WE SUPPLIED TO THE FAMILY, BY ANY CHANCE, SIR, IT WAS A FAMILY LIKE LAST WEEK THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE BEDDING. AND THEY WERE SENT OUT AN EMAIL TO US. WOULD YOU MIND COMMENTING ON THAT? I KNOW I'M CATCHING A COLD. DO YOU KNOW IT? OH, ONE THING THAT I DON'T GET TO SEE FROM THE PATROL LEVEL IS HOW MUCH OUR ADMIN INTERACTS WITH THE CITY, HOW MUCH THEY'RE PROVIDING TO PEOPLE THAT WE'RE JUST OUT DOING THE DAY TO DAY PATROL STUFF. BUT ONE THING I KNOW IS THAT IF SOMETHING A PROBLEM ARISES, WE CAN'T TAKE CARE OF ONE OF THEM IS ON IT IMMEDIATELY. SO IF YOU EVER NEED ANYTHING FROM OUR LEVEL WILL BE THERE. IF WE CAN'T HELP YOU, WE'LL FIND SOMEONE YOU CAN. 
          THANK YOU. YEAH, WELL, THIS THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN EITHER EARLY LAST WEEK OR EVEN THE WEEK BEFORE. AN INDIVIDUAL CALLED BECAUSE OF A DISTRESSED FAMILY SITUATION. AND WHEN THE OFFICER ARRIVED, THEY NOTICED THAT THEY WERE SLEEPING ON AN AIR MATTRESS AND HAD LITTLE TO WARM THEMSELVES THROUGH. THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY WERE ABLE TO COLLECT BEDCLOTHES AND ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO GET A BED AND MATTRESS AND ALL THE THINGS NEEDED TO MAKE IT WORKABLE. SO IT'S ANOTHER KUDOS TO OUR FINE PEOPLE GROW SITTING IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. 
          THE OTHER THING IS, AS WAS MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE THE WARMING CENTER OPEN AT THE SENIOR CENTER. AND WE PUT ON THAT A CAVEAT THAT TO GET TO THE SENIOR CENTER, WELL, WE DO HAVE THE CODA AVAILABLE TO THEM TO GET THEM THERE. BUT AGAIN, TO COMPLIMENT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WE HAD PLOWING SNOW, BECAUSE SOME OF THIS IS ALSO DONE BY CONTRACT, I THINK THEY'VE DONE ANOTHER INCREDIBLE WEEK OF MAKING THINGS GET GET CLEANED UP. SO, MADAM CHAIR, ANY QUESTIONS OF COUNCIL? THANK YOU, MISTER PRESIDENT. JUST ONE ITEM AT THE. HOPEFULLY AT THE NEXT MEETING WE'LL HAVE LEGISLATION ON TO ALSO AMEND 161. AS YOU KNOW, THE 2025 BUDGET INCLUDED ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES, ASSOCIATES INCLUDING SERVICE DEPARTMENT, PARKS AND RECREATION AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, PROBABLY THE DIVISION OF POLICE OFFICERS. SO THAT WILL BE ON YOUR AGENDA NEXT NEXT MEETING. IF YOU'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS, PLEASE GET AHOLD OF US. SO THANK YOU. THANKS SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT, MISS KELLY, I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. SMITH. I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER EITHER. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. DEPARTMENT HEADS IN THE ROOM, MR. CASTLE. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. I JUST WANTED TO 
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SEND BRING TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION AND GIVE YOU A PERSONAL INVITE. WE ARE STARTING A NEW PROGRAM AND IT'S COMING UP FEBRUARY 15TH. IT'LL START. AND IT'S A WINTER'S FARMER'S MARKET, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT AT KINGSTON. IT'S GOING TO BE ON SATURDAYS AT FROM 9 A.M. TO NOON, AND IT STARTS ON FEBRUARY 15TH AND WILL GO THROUGH APRIL 12TH EVERY OTHER EVERY EVERY YEAR. AND IT IS EXCITING. AND WE'RE GETTING WE'VE ONLY JUST STARTED ADVERTISING A FEW DAYS AGO, AND WE'RE GETTING OVERWHELMING SUPPORT AND CALLS. I THINK WE COULD QUICKLY OUTGROW KINGSTON CENTER WITH THIS EASILY. SO WE NEED 120,000 FOOT SQUARE, SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. SO I THOUGHT THE SAME THING. I PUT IT ON MY CALENDAR, BUT I'M ALREADY PLANNING TO WALK. WHAT KIND OF THINGS COULD WE POSSIBLY EXPECT TO SEE? SO WE FOCUSED ON FOOD. OKAY, SO THAT'S WHAT I THINK. THERE'S 20 VENDORS AND THAT'S WHAT THE FOCUS WILL BE ON. HOWEVER, WE'RE OVERWHELMED BY ARTS AND CRAFTS VENDORS CALLING, WANTING IN AND WANTING THEIR OWN MARKET. SO GREAT. 
          THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S EXCITING. ANYONE ELSE OUT THERE SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE. NO DEPARTMENT HEADS. ALL RIGHT, THAT BRINGS US TO THE CLOSING. WE DO HAVE. BILL, DO YOU WANT TO MENTION ABOUT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT OR CINDY, THE RIBBON CUTTING AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT? IT'S THAT NICE $3.2 MILLION BUILDING ON VENTURA BOULEVARD WITH A NEW DRIVEWAY AND SAW AIR OR SOLAR POWER, THAT KIND OF STUFF, THAT KIND OF STUFF. YOU WANT TO GIVE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BUILDING. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO FINALLY BE OCCUPYING THE NEW REPLACEMENT BUILDING SEVEN AT THE SERVICE COMPLEX. WE WENT FROM A 6 TO 7000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING TO A 15,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING THAT NOW WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP ALL OF OUR, YOU KNOW, WHEN A SNOW STORM IS ABOUT TO HIT, ALL OF OUR TRUCKS CAN BE LOADED UP AND PARKED INSIDE, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO RISK THE PRECIPITATION, YOU KNOW, HARDENING THAT SALT. WE HAVE A TRUE WASH BAY WHERE WE CAN WASH EVERY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE OWN. NOW IN THE, YOU KNOW, UNDERCOVER AND NOT HAVE TO DO THAT OUTSIDE. LIKE THE MAYOR MENTIONED, IT IS, HAS SOLAR PANELS ON IT, AND IT'S ABLE TO FULLY POWER ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT HAPPEN IN THAT. IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR OUR STAFF A BREAK ROOM AND TRAINING ROOM THAT IS LARGE ENOUGH TO FIT OUR ENTIRE PUBLIC SERVICE STAFF, WHICH WAS NOT A AMENITY THAT THEY HAD AT THE COMPLEX BEFORE. SO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THAT TO OUR STAFF. AND SO TOMORROW WE ARE HAVING A RIBBON CUTTING AT 3:00 PM 3262 VENTURA, AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOUR FACES THERE. THANK YOU. EXCITING NEWS. ALL RIGHT NOW, MR. JOE, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL HAVE CLOSING COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL. MR. DO STARTING WITH YOU. LAST WEEK, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE OPENING OF THE BEULAH PARK PAVILION. IT'S A VERY NICE PAVILION. IT'S REALLY SPECIAL OVER THERE. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT AND ONCE THE WEATHER BREAKS, TAKE A TRIP OVER THERE. YEAH. OPEN HOUSES STILL THIS COMING TUESDAY. THERE WAS ONE TONIGHT, BUT THIS COMING TUESDAY AND THE TUESDAY AFTER THAT. SO TWO MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO JUST ATTEND AN OPEN HOUSE IN THE EVENING. 5 TO 7 P.M. THANK YOU. GOOD. GOOD INFORMATION, MR. BARRY. I HAVE NOTHING THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, MR. HOLT. THIS IS KIND OF A QUESTION OR COMMENT FIRST, AND I'M NOT. MAYBE. KYLE. THE BROADWAY LIVE HAD ME REMEMBER LIBERTY TAVERN. 
          WE. WHAT'S THE. DO WE KNOW WHAT THE STATUS OF LIBERTY TAVERN IS IN BEULAH? ANYBODY? I DO NOT. I SAW LIBERTY TAVERN CLOSED IN HILLIARD, SO I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME CHANGES WITH THE OR THE OWNERSHIP THERE. I DID SPEAK TO ONE OF THE OWNERS THE OTHER DAY, AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE STILL LOOKING AT LOCATING DOWN HERE, BUT I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH HIM AND GET BACK WITH YOU. YEAH. 
          I WAS JUST CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, FOR EVERYBODY, BECAUSE MY ONE COMMENT ON BROADWAY LIVE WAS, IT'S JUST A SHAME WE DON'T HAVE AN ANCHOR SIT DOWN RESTAURANT IN THAT LOCATION. YOU KNOW, A NICE PLACE TO BE THERE ALSO. BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN STILL WORK THAT IN. WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE. 
          BUT. OKAY. LIBERTY TAVERN STILL WORKING ON THAT. ALL RIGHT. AND THEY DID SUBMIT PLANS THAT WE'VE APPROVED. SO IT'S JUST KIND OF SITTING IDLE FOR A WHILE. THANK YOU. ALSO, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE DID THE FINAL OCCUPANCY ON KCP BAKERY TODAY. SO HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK THAT'LL BE OPENING. 
          MADAM CHAIR LOTS OF EXCITEMENT FOR THAT. GO AHEAD I WHILE YOU'RE STANDING UP HERE BECAUSE 
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YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA IS TRUE. WE KNOW THAT AND YOU KNOW SO I WANT TO JUST ASK PUBLICLY EVEN THOUGH I KNOW THE ANSWER IS COSTCO COMING TO GROVE CITY. THAT'S KYLE. KYLE'S NOT TOUCHING THAT SAYS NO. OKAY, I THINK I CAN ANSWER A LITTLE BIT OF THAT. I'VE TALKED TO A COUPLE OF COSTCO PEOPLE AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT SEVERAL AREAS AT THIS TIME. GROCERY IS NOT ONE OF THEM. AND WHAT THEY NEED AS FAR AS ACRES TO PUT IN WHAT THEY THINK IS A FULL SERVICE, IT'S HUGE. SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE PEOPLE ARE GETTING THAT. THEY'VE ALREADY BOUGHT THE LAND. AND BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WE CAN'T FIND LAND FOR REC CENTER, LET ALONE THAT'S NOT THE FEEDBACK I'M GETTING. SO ONE MORE QUESTION. AND THIS IS AGAIN ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SO WE'LL JUST THROW IT OUT. THERE IS RYAN STEAKHOUSE. HAS ANYTHING BEEN PUT OUT ON RYAN'S STEAKHOUSE? I'M JUST GOING TO ASK BECAUSE I'M SICK AND TIRED OF RUMORS THAT CAME UP TODAY TOO WITH ME. BUT NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS AT THIS TIME FOR RYAN STEAKHOUSE. WE HAVE ISSUED THE PLANS FOR LOGAN STEAKHOUSE. IT'S GOING IN THE O'CHARLEY'S AND THAT CONSTRUCTION HAS STARTED. THEY SAID IT'S SOME JOB TRAILERS. THEY HAVE SOME HIRING TRAILERS ALSO THAT ARE SET THERE. SO THAT IS COMING. WELL, I'M JUST WANTED TO CLEAR IT UP WITH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA WARRIORS OUT THERE THAT THAT THESE THINGS ARE IN FACT NOT VALID. THANK YOU MADAM. YOU DON'T SUSPECT THEY LISTENED TO THIS MEETING, DO YOU KNOW? YEAH. SO I'M NOT SURE YOU CLEARED IT UP WITH ANYBODY. SOMEHOW. 
          CLOSING COMMENTS IS TURNED INTO QUESTIONS FOR MR. BOZO. THANK YOU FOR BEING A GOOD SPORT. IT'S A WHOLE SEGMENT. ALL RIGHT, MISS BURROWS. NO, NOTHING ELSE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS ANDERSON. I JUST WANT TO AGAIN, JUST KUDOS TO OUR ADMINISTRATION AND ALL THE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY. WHEN YOU'RE HEARING THINGS LIKE BEULAH PARK PAVILION OPENING AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT OPENING. AND I KNOW WE TALKED LAST TIME ABOUT ALL THE WORK THAT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE WITH THE SNOW PLOWING AND ALL OF THE WEATHER THAT WE'VE HAD THIS THIS JANUARY ESPECIALLY. I'M JUST REALLY GRATEFUL FOR EVERYBODY IN THE CITY AND ALL THE WORK THAT EVERYBODY DOES. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO MEET AGAIN AT OUR NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING ON FEBRUARY THE 3RD OF 2025. I WOULD BE REMISS AS I MADE MY LITTLE SNAFU AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. WE HAD OUR FIRST ROUND OF COUNCIL INTERVIEWS. THOSE WERE OUR MEETINGS ON JANUARY 7TH AND EIGHTH, AND OUR SECOND ROUND TO FILL OUR AT LARGE VACANCY IS SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 30TH AT 5 P.M. I WILL TELL YOU AGAIN THAT THAT IS A MEETING THAT WE CALL TO ORDER, AND THEN WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO FROM A PUBLICATION STANDPOINT, YOU WILL SEE THAT ON THE CALENDAR. PROBABLY NOT A FUN NIGHT TO COME OUT TO SIT IN THE ROOM ALONE. SO JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. OTHERWISE WE WILL SEE YOU ON FEBRUARY 3RD. THANKS AGAIN FOR BEING HERE. EVERYBODY GET HOME SAFELY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.