Apr 07, 2025 City Council

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SHOULD MOVE IT TO THE END OF THE AGENDA. GROVE CITY COUNCIL IS NOW IN SESSION. PLEASE STAND AND

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[Approval of Minutes]

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[Welcome & Reading of Agenda]

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MY WATER GETS ME A BRIEF WINDOW OF AN ACTUAL VOICE. AND THAT BRINGS US TO LANCE, MISS BARROS.

[Ordinance C-10-25 Approve a Special Use Permit for a Marijuana Dispensary for Ohio Cannabis Company located at 1947 Stringtown Road. Second reading and public hearing.]

NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. MY NAME IS BRIAN WINGFIELD, 3136 KINGSDALE CENTER, BOX 201, COLUMBUS, OHIO 43 221. OHIO CANNABIS COMPANY IS A FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED GROUP OF DISPENSARIES IN CANTON, UPPER SANDUSKY, AND PIQUA. WE'LL SOON BE OPENING UP A DISPENSARY IN COLUMBUS AND IN DUBLIN, AND THEN HOPEFULLY SOON, ONE IN GROVE CITY. YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW, IN FALL OF 2023, OHIO PASSED BY 57% TO ALLOW ADULT USE IN THE STATE. GROVE CITY CAME IN WITH THE SAME NUMBERS ON AUGUST 2024. GROVE CITY PASSED, ALLOWING TWO DISPENSARIES INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS. THE STATE OF OHIO WILL ALLOW ROUGHLY 340 DISPENSARIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE, AND 45 OF THOSE WILL BE IN GROVE CITY OR IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. 36% OF THE ADULT USE TAX WILL STAY WITH THE HOST COMMUNITY. DAILY AVERAGES ARE ROUGHLY ABOUT 200 OR WEEKLY AVERAGES ARE ABOUT 250 250,000 PATIENTS IN CUSTOMERS, WHICH EQUALS OUT TO ABOUT 264 PER DAY PER DISPENSARY. THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE NUMBER OF TRANSACTIONS THAT WE WERE REPORTED THAT CHINA BELL HELPS THE TRAFFIC COUNT ON STRINGTOWN ROAD IN 22,004 WAS ABOUT 35,000 TRANSACTIONS PER DAY, AND IN 2023 IT HAD DROPPED TO JUST BELOW 32,000. SEEING THAT A DISPENSARY WOULD NOT CAUSE A TRAFFIC PROBLEM THERE. SAFETY AND SECURITY. OHIO CANNABIS COMPANY HAS HAD ZERO POLICE REPORTS AT THE THREE DISPENSARIES OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. WE HAVE A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE FOLLOW THE DIVISION OF CANNABIS. CONTROLS RULES AND THE LOCAL HOST COMMUNITIES. MEDICAL PICKUP WINDOW. ONE OF THE VARIANCES WE'RE ASKING FOR ALLOWS FOR MEDICAL PATIENTS ONLY TO PICK UP THEIR MEDICATION AT A PICKUP WINDOW. THIS IS A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE OHIO POPULATION. THE MOST RECENT NUMBERS SAY THAT IT'S UNDER 1%. NOW CHINA BELL ALREADY HAS A PICKUP WINDOW, SO WE THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD USE. OTHER PHARMACIES IN GROVE CITY ALLOW FOR A PICKUP WINDOW. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A PICKUP WINDOW, I THINK WE'VE USED THE WORD DRIVE-THRU BEFORE. BUT WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT IS SOMEONE WHO'S PLACED AN ORDER PREVIOUSLY ONLINE FOR A MEDICAL ORDER. THEY'LL COME TO THE WINDOW, THEY'LL PRESENT THEIR MEDICAL CARD AND THEIR STATE ISSUED CARD. FROM THERE, WE'LL TELL THEM THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE ORDERING. THIS IS THE AMOUNT THEY'LL GIVE US THE MONEY, WE'LL MAKE CHANGE, AND THEN WE'LL GIVE THEM THEIR MEDICATION. IT'S A VERY QUICK AND SAFE PROCESS THERE. AS FOR BEAUTIFICATION, WE HAVE WON AN AWARD WITH PIQUA FOR BEAUTIFICATION. WHEN WE OPENED UP THE STATE'S REQUIREMENTS, WE

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IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING ALSO THAT RECREATIONAL USERS VERSUS MEDICAL IF YOU HAVE A MEDICAL RECORD REFERRAL CARD, I GUESS IT'S WHAT THEY CALL IT. YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE A CONCEALED CARRY, IS THAT CORRECT? I, I CAN'T ANSWER, I'M NOT GOING TO I DO NOT HAVE THE LEGAL MR. SMITH.

YEAH. THERE IS AN ISSUE. AND THIS IS WHY WE'VE SEEN A DRAMATIC CHANGE FROM THE FOLKS WHO ARE DOING MEDICAL TO RECREATIONAL, BECAUSE WITH A MEDICAL, YOU CAN'T USE THE WORD PRESCRIPTION BECAUSE IT'S ONLY A RECOMMENDATION. IT DOES IMPACT POTENTIALLY SOMEONE'S ABILITY TO HAVE A CARRY A WEAPON. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL. THANK YOU, MR. SMITH. QUESTIONS FOR MR. WINKFIELD AT THIS TIME. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. PLEASE GO AHEAD. FIRST, I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING FORTH THIS PRESENTATION AND IDENTIFYING A COUPLE OF THINGS SUCH AS THAT. ON AVERAGE, YOUR STORES HAVE ABOUT 264 PEOPLE WHO COME THERE. AND FROM DATA THAT YOU RECEIVED ABOUT CHINA BELL, THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 250 TO 300 PER DAY. SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT REFERENCE POINT. I THINK WHAT I WANTED TO ASK WAS THIS AT THE VERY BEGINNING, I SEE AS TAMMY IS GOING THROUGH THIS, THERE'S A PICTURE OF ONE OF YOUR STORES. DO YOU ALL OF YOUR LOCATIONS ARE YOUR CURRENT LOCATIONS IN CANTON, HARPSTER AND PIQUA LOOK LIKE THIS? THOSE ARE THOSE THREE STORES. THAT'S THAT IS THREE STORES. THAT IS NOT ONE. AND WERE THOSE ALL BUILT NEW OR DID YOU RENOVATE? THOSE ARE ALL NEW, NEW BUILDS. OKAY. AND WITH THIS I KNOW THIS IS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. THIS IS NOT A DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT YOU'RE BRINGING FORTH. DO YOU HAVE INTENTIONS THAT THIS LOCATION WOULD LOOK LIKE THAT OR FOR NOW, WOULD YOU TAKE THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND START OPERATING AS THE BUSINESS LOOKS TODAY? WE WILL 100% RENOVATE THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING. WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN DISCUSSING WITH WHICH ARCHITECT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT WILL HAVE A MY PARTNER IS SHE'S THE PRETTY. I DO MORE OF THE FUNCTION. SO IF YOU IF YOU LIKE THE WAY THAT IT LOOKS, IT'S HER FAULT HER GOOD DOING SO. SHE WILL MOST DEFINITELY WANT TO HAVE THAT REDONE. SO IT DOES LOOK VERY PRETTY. OKAY, I THINK THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL RIGHT NOW. YEAH I HAVE A QUESTION. THANK YOU. SO I'M NOT A WEED SCIENTIST OR PHARMACOLOGIST OR A CHEMIST, BUT I DO KNOW THAT CURRENTLY IN OUR CITY THERE ARE BUSINESSES LIKE VAPE STORES AND SMOKE SHOPS SELLING INTOXICATING CANNABIS PRODUCTS. YET MANY OF THESE ESTABLISHMENTS ARE LOCATED ROUGHLY 380FT OR LESS FROM RESIDENTIAL AREAS. SO CAN YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN TO ME AND WALK ME THROUGH WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS IN THOSE PRODUCTS THAT I'M SEEING AT SOME OF THE VAPE STORES AND CIGAR SHOPS, AND ALSO REGULATIONS POTENTIALLY. SO I'M GOING TO GO TO A LITTLE BIT OF AN EXTREME WHEN I EXPLAIN THIS, BUT BOTH OF WHAT THEY'RE SELLING IS THE CANNABIS SATIVA PLANT. SO WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS YOU CAN TAKE A CLONE FROM ONE INDIVIDUAL PLANT, AND THEN YOU CAN SEPARATE THAT, GROW THAT SIDE BY SIDE. WHAT YOU WOULD WHAT FARM BILL 2018 ALLOWED WAS FOR THEM TO TEST THAT PRODUCT ONE MONTH PRIOR TO HARVEST. WHEN THAT HAPPENS, NONE OF THE THC SHOWS UP AT THAT POINT. SO AS THE PLANT MATURES AND THEN IS HARVESTED AND DRIED AND CURED, AT THAT POINT IS WHERE YOU'LL START SEEING THE THC, WHICH WOULD DISQUALIFY THAT KIND OF AN EXPRESSION. PEOPLE HAVE USED IS IT'S BUYING GREEN BANANAS. IT'S

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THERE'S NO RULE THAT SAYS THEY CAN'T. YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE AT A CERTAIN AGE. THERE IS NO RESTRICTIONS. THERE'S NO TESTING A BUNCH OF THINGS THAT YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, OHIO IS ONE OF THE MOST STRINGENT TESTING PLACES IN THE COUNTRY. YOU KNOW, WE TEST DOWN TO THE BILLIONS THEY SAY THEY TEST, BUT THEY COULD BE TESTING TO THE 10TH PARTICLE OR ONE, I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, THEY CLAIM THAT THEY'RE TESTING, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S HIS. YEAH. THANK YOU. MR. DUPE, ABOUT HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DO YOU HOPE TO EMPLOY? MY GUESS IS WE'LL PROBABLY SEE 20 SOME TO 30 SOME, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY PATIENTS AND CLIENTS DO COME THROUGH THE DOOR. WE'LL WE'LL ADJUST THAT AS WE NEED. I WOULD SAY THAT PROBABLY A LITTLE OVER HALF OF THOSE WILL BE FULL TIME. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR MR. WINKFIELD AT THIS TIME? YES, MR. HOLT. IT'S GOING BACK ON THE PRESENTATION. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE OR THERE IS 45 DISPENSARIES IN FRANKLIN COUNTY? YES. AND TODAY THOSE DISPENSARIES ARE IN COLUMBUS, DUBLIN, GAHANNA, HILLIARD, REYNOLDSBURG AND WHITEHALL. THOSE WILL BE ONCE THEY'RE ALL SET UP. YES. I THINK A COUPLE OF THOSE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING BUILT OUT. SO THEY'LL BE IN THESE OTHER TOWNS AS WELL AS GROVE CITY. I DIDN'T THINK SO. 250 TO 300 CUSTOMERS PER DAY, WHICH WE JUST OUTLINED AS THE SAME TRAFFIC LEVEL AS CHINA BELL. SO THE TRAFFIC ISSUE REALLY DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AN ISSUE, ALTHOUGH IT IS A GOOD PLACE WITH ITS OWN TRAFFIC LIGHT AND TRAFFIC CONTROL. ONTO SAFETY. NO CALLS IN TWO YEARS FOR THREE STORES. IN FACT, YOU'VE BEEN YOU'VE USED YOUR CAMERAS TO SPY ON OTHER PROPERTIES TO HELP THE POLICE SOLVE OTHER CRIMES. YES, BECAUSE THE REGULATIONS ARE SUCH WITH THE DISPENSARY, EVERYTHING HAS TO BE ON VIDEO, INDOOR, OUTDOOR AND ALL THAT, RIGHT? YES. THERE'S A THERE IS A TRUCK STOP BEHIND THE CANTON LOCATION THAT KIND OF RUNS IN THERE. AND THE POLICE HAD FOUND AN UNCONSCIOUS PERSON BACK THERE. AND THEY CAME TO ASK US TO, TO WATCH FOOTAGE TO HELP TRACK THAT DOWN. AND JUST A POINT OF CLARITY. SO WE'VE ALREADY VOTED PREVIOUSLY THAT WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW TWO DISPENSARIES IN GROVE CITY. AND I DON'T KNOW, LATER IF YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM ANYBODY ON SAFETY, BUT THE SAFETY ISSUES THAT YOU MIGHT HEAR ARE NOT SPECIFIC TO THE SITE. THEY SEEM TO BE SPECIFIC TO JUST HAVING A DISPENSARY. SO I'M JUST CAUTIONING EVERYBODY TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO DISPENSARIES AND THE SAFETY ISSUES WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH. AND HISTORY SAYS THERE DOESN'T LOOK TO BE ANY SAFETY ISSUES. PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE 500 RULES FROM THE STATE THAT SAYS NO LOITERING, NO FOOD TRUCKS, NO MUSIC, NO FUN IN THE PARKING LOT, NO FOOD IN THE PARKING LOT. AND YOU'LL HEAR LATER FROM SOME OF THE POSITIVE COMMENTS THE EXPERIENCES PEOPLE HAVE HAD WITH DISPENSARIES. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SHOW UP, THEY DO THEIR BUSINESS, THEY LEAVE, THEY DON'T LOITER IN THE PARKING LOT. AND HAS THAT BEEN YOUR EXPERIENCE AT THOSE? YES. I DID SOME COUNTING. SO. YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO MEET OVER 500 STATE GUIDELINES FROM THE STATE, FROM THE STATE. GROVE CITY COUNCIL FURTHER STRENGTHENED THOSE 500 GUIDELINES WITH ABOUT 17 MORE, AND ONE OF THOSE, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT'S IN QUESTION HERE, WHICH IS THE ONLY ONE IN QUESTION. HERE IS THE DISTANCE TO THE CORNER OF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN THE BACK OF CHINA BELL. NOW, MANY OF US KNOW CATHY AS A FRIEND, AND WE ARE

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YOU'RE RIGHT. AND THERE'S WHAT I, WHAT I TRIED TO DO WAS COME UP WITH A NUMBER THAT WOULD BE REASONABLE BASED UPON WHAT THE REST OF THE STATE IS DOING AND NUMBER OF PATIENTS THAT ARE COMING INTO THE DISPENSARIES SAYING THAT IT'S GOING TO BE ROUGHLY THAT. AND SO IF WE TAKE THE AVERAGE ACROSS THAT, THAT'S HOW I GOT TO THAT NUMBER. ■IT&-. YOU'RE RIGHT. BUT I JUST CAN'T PREDICT THE FUTURE. AND SO THEREFORE I THOUGHT I WOULD TAKE THE DATA THAT I HAVE AND TRY TO EXTRAPOLATE IT OUT TOWARDS THE FUTURE. I JUST IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT IT'S NOT REALLY A COMPARISON THAT YOU COULD MAKE WITH CHINA BELL, BECAUSE THE FACT THE TRAFFIC WOULD DEFINITELY PLAY A ROLE. OKAY. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR MR. WINKFIELD. SIR, ARE YOU AWARE THAT THAT'S IN A TAX ABATED AREA? I WAS TOLD THAT HERE THIS PAST WEEK. OKAY. ARE ANY OF YOUR OTHER PARCELS THAT YOU'VE THAT YOU'RE IN? ARE THEY TAX ABATED? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. THAT'S JUST A QUESTION. I JUST IS THAT MAYBE I'M WRONG. IS THAT TAX ABATEMENT JUST FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHERE IT'S AT NOW? I'D HAVE TO HAVE KYLE AND THE MAYOR ADDRESS THAT OR THE PROFESSIONALS ON THAT. MR. ROUSH, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT? MADAM CHAIR, JUST A MATTER OF POINT OF ORDER. IS THIS MR. MR. ROUSH'S PRESENTATION ALSO, OR DID YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION THIS EVENING? I CAN PRESENT OUR KIND OF SYNOPSIS OF OUR WORK WITH THE APPLICANT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. OKAY. YES. GO AHEAD. OKAY. JUST TO START WITH ON THE CRA, IT'S A COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA. SO IT'S A IT'S A REAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT. SO UNLIKE OTHER COMMUNITIES GROVE CITIES IS A PRE 94. SO THAT MEANS IT'S A STATUTORILY APPROVED CRA. SO THERE'S NO NEGOTIATIONS NO NO UNDERSTANDING OF PAYROLL WAGES JOBS. IT'S IF YOU'RE DOING NEW CONSTRUCTION AND IF YOU'RE WITHIN THE CRA AREA YOU GET 15 YEARS 100% ON THE INCREASE VALUE OF THE REAL PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS. SO IF THE APPLICANT WERE TO REMODEL THE BUILDING, THEN THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR A TEN YEAR TAX ABATEMENT FOR 100%. SO IT'S EITHER 15 YEARS OR TEN YEARS BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING. IF THE APPLICANT WAS TO CLEAR THE SITE AND REBUILD THE SITE, IT WOULD BE 15 YEARS, 100%, SO THAT THAT CRA IS ONE OF OUR MOST VALUABLE AND VITAL TOOLS THAT WE USE IN TERMS OF DRIVING

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IT'S A THREE ACRE SITE THAT YOU CAN I'D SAY YOU'D BE HARD TO FIND ANOTHER THREE ACRE SITE ALONG STRINGTOWN ROAD. THAT'S WHY WE HOLD THIS SITE IN SUCH REGARD, SO THAT THAT'S THE KIND OF THE, THE PAUSE OR THE CONCERN WE HAVE WITH RELINQUISHING THAT THREE ACRES FOR THIS TYPE OF USE, KNOWING FULL WELL THAT IN MY DEPARTMENT WE ALSO DO THE REGULATORY SIDE WHERE WE REALLY CAN'T FACTOR IN THE FINANCIAL INCENTIVES WAS BASED MORE ON THE LAND USE SIDE OF IT. SO IF I COULD KIND OF STEP BACK AND JUST GO THROUGH WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE APPLICANT TO DATE. THIS IS THE SECOND GO ROUND. AS WE ALL KNOW, IT WENT BACK TO PLANNING COMMISSION ON MARCH 4TH. IT RECEIVED A RECOMMENDATION OF DISAPPROVAL. AND THAT'S REALLY IN LINE WITH WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF DISAPPROVAL. AND JUST TO KIND OF BASE THOSE THOSE DECISIONS, I WHEN WE WERE TALKING TO PLANNING COMMISSION, THEY FELT THAT SITE WAS NOT APPROPRIATE. PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS THOUGHT IT WAS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THAT SITE TO BE USED FOR THAT TYPE OF BUSINESS.

THEY ALSO THEY ALSO STATED THAT IT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT SITE ON BROADWAY AND STRINGTOWN ROAD.

FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT PRIMARILY WE FELT THAT THE NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE 500FT WAS A VERY VITAL ISSUE BECAUSE THIS IS A NEWLY ESTABLISHED CRITERIA OF CITY COUNCIL WITH NO HISTORY AND NO EXPERIENCE. SO STAFF WAS NOT COMFORTABLE WITH MAKING ANY TYPE OF RECOMMENDATION ON DEVIATION OR REMEDIATION LIKE WE NORMALLY DO ON ON STANDARD TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE DECADES OF HISTORY. WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE APPLICANT VERY WELL. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, A COUPLE YEARS NOW. VERY NICE. BUT THIS IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER CASE BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT WAS REGULATED BY THE STATE. GOING BACK TO THE LOTTERY, THE ENTITY HAD TO HAVE THE SITE OR REAL ESTATE SOMEWHAT TIED UP. SO IT WASN'T LIKE WE'RE WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT TO FIND A SITE. OUR GUIDANCE WAS MAINLY TO HOW TO HOW TO NAVIGATE THE PROCESS. THEY THEY FOUND A SITE PRIOR TO COUNCIL'S CHANGING OF THE RULES FROM A USE APPROVAL TO A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. SO WE HAD A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH WITH THE APPLICANT, SEVERAL WEB ACCESS, AND A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS BACK AND FORTH WITH MY TEAM AND THE APPLICANT.

AND JUST TO KIND OF BRIEFLY TOUCH UPON THE UNCERTAINTY WITH THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS FROM THIS TYPE OF USE. THERE IS A 10% TAX ON ADULT USE MARIJUANA, OF WHICH THE HOST COMMUNITY, IN THIS CASE GROVE CITY, WOULD BE RECEIVING 30% OF THAT TAX BASED OR ATTRIBUTABLE TO HOW MUCH SALES ESSENTIALLY ARE WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY. SO IT'S ALL PROPORTIONED OUT. BY THE SALES, REALLY WHAT THE WHAT THE VALUE IS. AND AGAIN, THE CRA IS A VITAL TOOL IN OUR TOOLBOX. SO AND JUST TO BRIEFLY TOUCH UPON THE TRAFFIC, THE ACTUALLY THE INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION HAS CHIP TRIP GENERATION FOR THESE TYPES OF USES. SO WHAT WE DID, KNOWING THAT THE APPLICANT'S LOOKING TO USE A THIRD OF THE BUILDING. SO THEIR INTENTION IS RIGHT NOW IS TO USE 2900FT■!S OF THAT BUILDI, WHICH, ACCORDING TO THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION, WOULD GENERATE 612 TRIPS A DAY. SO 306 AND 306 OUT. THAT IS MORE INTENSE THAN A FAMILY SIT DOWN RESTAURANT, BUT NOT QUITE AS INTENSE AS A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE THROUGH WINDOW. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND GOING FORWARD IF WE'RE HAVING TO DRIVE THROUGH NOT HAVING A DRIVE THROUGH, HOW IT IMPACTS THE SITE, THEN WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ACCESSIBILITY, STACKING ALL THE OTHER STUFF AS WE TAKE THE NEXT, NEXT STEPS FORWARD IF WE ARE. SO WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. YES. MR. SMITH HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU, MR. ROUSH. ACTUALLY, I JUST I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, JUST A CLARIFICATION. IN THE APPLICANT IS CORRECT ON THE ONE SLIDE WHERE IT SAYS THAT THERE'S REVENUE 36% OR WHATEVER, I WILL TELL YOU, IT'S NOT REAL. JUST BECAUSE I WAS TALKING TO MY LOBBYIST TODAY, THE STATE OF OHIO, WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IS THEY'VE COLLECTED THAT MONEY FOR THE FIRST, HOWEVER LONG THIS HAS BEEN IN EFFECT. AND THEY ARE SITTING ON $10 MILLION OF CITY'S MONIES FOR THIS, WHICH SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED. HOWEVER, THE STATE HAS NOT DISTRIBUTED A PENNY. NOR, FRANKLY, DOES IT SOUND LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO HOUSE BILL 160 MOVE THROUGH COMMITTEE LAST WEEK, WHICH WOULD REMOVE ALL OF THE LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS. AND THIS ISN'T I'M NOT PICKING ON THE APPLICANT HERE. IT'S NOT HIS THEIR FAULT. IT'S THE STATE HOUSE HAS TAKE THE MONEY AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO RE-APPROPRIATE THAT MONEY IN THE 2026 BUDGET FOR OTHER THINGS OTHER THAN FOR MUNICIPALITIES.

SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT IT MAY BE WRITTEN IN THE LAW, AND THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS. BUT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A PENNY PAID TO A HOST CITY. AND FRANKLY, BASED ON WHAT I'M HEARING, I

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AND TO BE CLEAR, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TAXES BEING GENERATED AT THE STATE LEVEL AS WELL AS THE CRA, THAT DOES NOT FACTOR INTO OUR RECOMMENDATION OF PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL. ALL I'M SAYING IS, WHY DID YOU BRING IT UP? BECAUSE IT'S STILL A VERY VITAL PIECE OF GROUND FOR THE CITY IN TERMS OF I ALSO NOT THE CITY. I ALSO WORK ON DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AND FOR THE CITY AS WELL. I DO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I ALSO SPEND A LOT OF MY TIME DOING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE, AND WE FOCUS ON WHAT WILL BRING ATTRACT INVESTMENT IN THE AREA.

AND IN MY DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S A HIGHER AND BETTER USE THAT COULD BE GENERATED ON THAT PROPERTY THAN WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE REVIEW THE APPLICATION FROM A REGULATORY PERSPECTIVE THROUGH THE PROCESS. YEAH, I JUST DON'T I DON'T WANT YOU TO LOOK LIKE YOU'RE DECIDING WHAT BUSINESSES CAN GO THERE BASED ON YOUR USE AND HIGHER USE AND ALL THAT. THAT DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT TO ME, BECAUSE TYPICALLY BECAUSE THIS WILL BE THE THIRD BUSINESS THAT KATHY HAS TRIED TO SELL HER PROPERTY TO. AND IN ALL CASES SO FAR, IT'S COME AGAINST A LEGAL BATTLE OF TOO MUCH TRAFFIC. SHE CAN'T SELL IT TO THAT. SHE CAN'T SELL IT TO THE STRIP MALL BECAUSE OF SOME OTHER PROBLEM WITH TRAFFIC. AND NOW WE'VE GOT IN FRONT OF US YET ANOTHER BUSINESS, AND WE HAVE EVERYTHING ALL COVERED EXCEPT FOR ME THROWING A SOFTBALL TO THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. YEAH. AND JUST REITERATE, OUR CONCERN FROM A PROFESSIONAL STAFF IS NOT TRAFFIC. WE UNDERSTAND IT'S CONTROLLED BY LIGHT. WE ALSO WE UNDERSTAND THAT IF A SITE DOES REDEVELOP WITH MORE INTENSE USE, THAT WOULD ALSO BE ATTRACTIVE TO THE CITY. AND THAT'S NOT SAYING NO BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC. YEAH. ONCE YOU HAVE A PROPERTY THAT'S THREE ACRES, YOU CAN DO INTERESTING THINGS THERE. I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT THERE. INCREASED VALUE DETERMINED.

OKAY. OKAY. WELL, I THINK I'M DONE WITH KYLE THEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. KYLE. ANY I WAS GOING TO SAY. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR KYLE? BUT. ALL RIGHT. MR. TIFFORD. THANK YOU. KEVIN TIFFORD. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE CITY'S DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HOUCK, CHAIR BURROUGHS AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS EVENING ON AN ISSUE THAT IMPACTS BOTH THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY, WHILE MAINTAINING THE SAFETY REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED BY CITY

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MR. HOLT, I THINK THAT THIS BODY SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT ALL OF THOSE. ANY BUSINESS THAT WANTS TO GO IN THERE WITH THE DATA SUGGESTS THAT IT IS A BUSY CORRIDOR, AND NONE OF YOUR SAFETY SUGGESTIONS ARE SPECIFIC TO CHINA BELL EXCEPT STRINGTOWN ROAD FOR TRAFFIC. BUT THEN YOU BRING IN TAX REVENUE, WHICH IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE, EXCEPT YOU CONSTRUE IT TO WHERE YOU MIGHT NEED SPECIAL SAFETY POLICE PROTECTION. YET YOU'VE HEARD FROM BRIAN THAT HE HAS MULTIPLE LOCATIONS FOR MULTIPLE YEARS. HE DOES NOT ENLIST SPECIAL SAFETY PROTECTION, NOR HAS THE POLICE EVER BEEN CALLED AT ANY OF THOSE LOCATIONS. SO I THINK THAT'S A MORE OF A. UNNECESSARY COMMENT TO BRING TAX REVENUE IN AS A SAFETY DISCUSSION. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, MR. CHIEF? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. THE FIRST PERSON SIGNED UP THIS EVENING IS DOUG SOLES. SCOWLS. ECCLES. THANK YOU. JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU NAME AND

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IN ALL FAIRNESS, IT MAY NOT APPLY TO OTHER FACILITIES. OTHER GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS IN THE UNITED STATES. FAIR ENOUGH, BUT IT DID NOT DISCOUNT THAT EITHER. THE RESEARCH WENT ON TO STATE THAT IN ORDER TO PREPARE FOR ISSUES THAT WOULD BE EXPEDIENT TO DEVELOP MORE AND SUPPORT FOR INCREASED ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY, IN OTHER WORDS, A SUBSTANTIAL PERCENTAGE OF ANY FUTURE BUDGETS WILL HAVE TO INCLUDE MORE STRONGER ENFORCEMENT. ALL ISSUES EXPRESSED STRONG CONCERN OVER THE FUTURE OF OUR YOUTH, AND THE CLOSEST WAS 500FT OR NOT FROM THE LOCATION, CONDUCT AND CRIME, DRIVING IMPAIRMENT AND YOUTH CONCERNS ALL ON STRINGTOWN ROAD.

THESE ARE MAJOR ISSUES WE CANNOT TURN OUR HEAD TO, AND I DO NOT WANT TO HAVE TO PREPARE FOR THAT. AND MY QUESTION TO THE LEADERSHIP OF GROVE CITY IS THAT ARE WE ARE WE WILLING TO GAMBLE THAT ON THE RESIDENTS? AND I URGE YOU TO VOTE THIS PROPOSAL DOWN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WAS GETTING READY TO CUT YOU OFF, BUT YOU YOU GOT IN THERE. I JUST WANT I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE SIGNED UP TONIGHT, AND WE JUST WANT TO FOCUS ON NEW INFORMATION. SO LET'S NOT REPEAT LOTS OF THE SAME INFORMATION. SO WE'RE NOT HERE ALL NIGHT LONG. THE NEXT PERSON ON THE LIST IS JULIE OYSTER. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. SURE. MY NAME IS JULIE OYSTER. 5985 GRANT RUN PLACE, GROVE CITY. SO I AM VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE AND FEEL LIKE I'M BLESSED TO BE A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF GROVE CITY. AND ALSO, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. WE'RE THE RECOMMENDING BODY TO CITY COUNCIL. AND I'M EXCITED TO SPEAK REGARDING OHIO CANNABIS COMPANY AND THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT. SO FIRST, BEFORE I'D LIKE TO MENTION SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION THAT SHOULD FILL EVERYONE WITH PRIDE WHO'S FROM GROVE CITY AND THAT'S OUR HISTORY AND OUR YEARS OF CARING CITIZENS WHO TAKE PRIDE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND THEY GET INVOLVED, AS YOU CAN SEE TONIGHT. SO IT MAY NOT SURPRISE YOU TO KNOW THAT GROVE CITY WAS RECOGNIZED AS THE BEST HOMETOWN IN ALL OF OHIO, NOT JUST ONCE, BUT THREE TIMES STARTING IN

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NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE. HELLO, MY NAME IS COURTNEY CLARK AND I LIVE AT 3640 NATALIE DRIVE. I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 20 YEARS. IN AUGUST, BOTH MY MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS AND PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS MOVED TO GROVE CITY WITH YOUNG FAMILIES IN THE MID 1960S. MY GRANDPARENTS OR MY PARENTS BOTH GREW UP IN GROVE CITY, AND I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN GROVE CITY. MY HUSBAND AND I CHOSE GROVE CITY AS A PLACE TO RAISE OUR FAMILY AS WELL. WE APPRECIATE THE SAFE, FAMILY FRIENDLY COMMUNITY WITH A SMALL TOWN FEEL, ALONG WITH THE AFFORDABLE COST OF LIVING. WITH CLOSE ACCESS TO COLUMBUS AND WITH A GOOD REPUTATION AND HISTORY OF KEEPING OUR PROPERTY WELL WITHIN WHAT IT IS WORTH. RECENTLY, I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED TO FIND OUT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS TRYING TO PASS AN ORDINANCE TO BRING A MARIJUANA DISPENSARY TO 1947 STRINGTOWN ROAD. I'M A REGISTERED VOTER WHO MAKES IT A PRIORITY TO VOTE IN EVERY ELECTION, INCLUDING FOR MY CURRENT CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE OF WARD ONE. I DID VOTE AGAINST OHIO ISSUE TWO AND NOVEMBER OF 20, 2023. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE VARIOUS REASONS ONE DESIRES TO USE THC PRODUCTS, INCLUDING FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES. I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT 57% OF OHIOANS VOTED TO LEGALIZE THE USE AND SALE OF RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS FOR ADULTS OVER THE AGE OF 21 YEARS OLD. HOWEVER, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT MANY TRULY UNDERSTAND THE RISKS OF CANNABIS USE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, I DON'T BELIEVE MOST OHIOANS WANT IT IN THEIR HOMETOWN, ON THEIR MAIN CORRIDOR, IN THEIR CITY. HOW MANY GROVE CITY MEMBERS DO YOU THINK WOULD ACTUALLY VOTE FOR A DISPENSARY AT 1947 STRINGTOWN ROAD IF ASKED THAT QUESTION? DRIVING DOWN STRINGTOWN ROAD WITH MY VAN. WINDOWS DOWN FIFTH. A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE PUNGENT SMELL OF WEED CONSUMED MY VAN. IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THE DRIVER NEXT TO ME WAS ACTUALLY SMOKING WEED WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING. WITH THE PASSING OF ISSUE TWO, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE DRIVING AROUND ALONG DOWN STRINGTOWN ROAD IMPACTED BY WEED? DESPITE STATE LAWS AGAINST DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, STATISTICS HAVE SHOWN A TROUBLING RISE IN CANNABIS RELATED TRAFFIC FATALITIES FOLLOWING THE LEGALIZATION OF RECREATIONAL USE. ACCORDING TO TRIPLE A, STUDIES HAVE SHOWN MARIJUANA AFFECTS NEARLY EVERY ASPECT OF DRIVING. DRIVERS UNDER THE INFLUENCE TEND TO DRIVE SLOWER, MAINTAIN A LARGER FOLLOWING DISTANCE, AND EXHIBIT INCONSISTENT STEERING, WITH WEAVING BEING ONE OF THE MOST COMMON SIGNS OF IMPAIRMENT. OHIO CANNABIS COMPANY STATED IN JUNE 2024 THEY ANTICIPATED 400 TO 600 VEHICLES PER DAY COMING INTO THE BUSINESS IN DECEMBER OF 24. AT THE SPECIAL REQUEST PERMIT, THEY DECREASED THE ESTIMATE TO 200 TO 300 VEHICLES. HOW DOES THE CITY AND THE GROVE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT INTEND TO ADDRESS THE SAFETY CONCERNS, DUE TO VERY LIKELY INCREASE OF DRIVERS THAT ARE COMING DOWN STRINGTOWN ROAD, MANY WHO COULD POSSIBLY BE INEBRIATED BY THEIR CANNABIS USE. AND LASTLY, BECAUSE I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME LEFT, I WANT TO ASK WHY BRIAN WINGFIELD, WHO LIVES IN UPPER ARLINGTON AND INDIAN LAKE, WHO IS A BUSINESSMAN WHO BENEFITS OFF OF THIS? WHY DOES HE NOT OPEN A DISPENSARY NEAR HIS HOMETOWN? MY GUESS WOULD BE THE UPPER ARLINGTON AND INDIAN LAKE ARE NOT IN SUPPORT OF THOSE DISPENSARIES IN THEIR CITY. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE KARLA GASPER. SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCED YOUR LAST NAME. NAME AND ADDRESS. KARLA GASPAR I LIVE AT ONE, 2626 CLARK DRIVE IN ORIENT, OHIO. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY. I AM NOT A RESIDENT OF GROVE CITY, BUT I HAVE WORKED FOR THE SCHUH FAMILY FOR 35 YEARS. I'M HERE MOSTLY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF KATHY AND HER FAMILY. AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, SHE HAS CONTINUED TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS AFTER THE PASSING OF HER HUSBAND, GARY SCHUH. THIS HAS BEEN A SEVEN DAY A WEEK, TEN PLUS DAY, TEN PLUS HOURS A DAY FOR HER AND HER BOYS. SINCE HIS DEATH, THEY HAVE NOT HAD THE TIME TO GRIEVE HIM PROPERLY, AS THEY HAVE JUST PUSHED FORWARD WITH THE LEGACY OF CHINA BELL. AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, GARY WAS NEGOTIATING THE SALE OF CHINA BELL FOR MANY MONTHS PRIOR TO HIS PASSING SO THAT HE COULD ENJOY THE REWARDS OF HIS HARD WORK OF 34 YEARS. AT THAT TIME, WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY. HE HAS DONATED TO MANY EVENTS AND

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MONTHS BEFORE HIS PASSING, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HIM ABOUT IT WAS TIME TO GO. HE WANTED TO. HE WANTED TO REAP THE REWARD THAT HE HAS WORKED FOR, AND HE WANTED TO ENJOY HIS LIFE WITH HIS WIFE AND HIS CHILDREN. LIKE I SAID, I'VE WORKED FOR THEM FOR 35 YEARS. IN THAT TIME, THEIR ENTIRE FAMILY TOOK TWO VACATIONS AND THOSE WERE 13 YEARS APART. IT WAS TIME FOR THEM TO REAP THAT REWARD OF HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO THIS COMMUNITY. UNFORTUNATELY, IN DECEMBER OF 2021, HE PASSED ON CHRISTMAS MORNING AND HIS FAMILY CONTINUED TO WORK THAT DAY FOR THIS COMMUNITY, DEVASTATING HIS FAMILY, EMPLOYEES AND MANY FRIENDS OF THIS COMMUNITY. SO TODAY WE ARE HERE BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN, CHINA BELL HAS ASKED COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE SALE OF THEIR BUSINESS SO THAT KATHY AND HER BOYS CAN ENJOY THE HARD WORK THAT GARY MOSTLY AND THEMSELVES, AND BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD THEIR LIVES AND FINALLY HAVE TIME TO GRIEVE THE LOSS OF THEIR HUSBAND AND FATHER. NOW, I AND KATHY ARE BOTH FULLY AWARE OF SOME MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THE OHIO CANNABIS COMPANY WANTING TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY. AND AS MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD, SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE HAVE WANTED TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY. AND THROUGH SOME CONVERSATIONS THAT WERE MADE WITH KATHY, SHE BACKED DOWN ON THOSE CONTRACTS. A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS OF GROVE CITY, WHETHER WE WANT TO BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ARE USING MEDICAL MARIJUANA. A LOT OF THEM ARE USING RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA. IT'S NOT HERE NOW. YOU CAN DRIVE DOWN GROVE CITY ROAD, SMELL IT EVERY DAY. BUT IN THAT SAME TOKEN, WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO SAY THAT IT IT IS CAUSING ACCIDENTS AND THINGS. WE HAVE PROBABLY TEN BARS ON STRINGTOWN ROAD, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT I WORK IN. SO I'M ASKING YOU TO ALLOW THE SHUE FAMILY TO SELL THEIR BUSINESS. AND SINCE SO MANY OTHER BUSINESSES WERE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE THAT CONTRACT, I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO PLEASE PASS THIS RESOLUTION ON BEHALF OF THE SHUE FAMILY IN GARY'S MEMORY. THANK YOU. NEXT ON THE LIST IS JIM HERINGER. I CANNOT READ PEOPLE'S MINDS. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. HI. MY NAME IS JIM HENNINGER. 2755 WOODS CRESCENT, GROVE CITY.

I'VE NOT GOT A PREPARED SPEECH HERE, BUT I HAVE TWO COMMENTS AND TWO QUESTIONS. THE FIRST COMMENT I ON I'M A REGISTERED PHARMACIST AND I, I CAN TELL YOU FIRSTHAND THERE'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT CONCENTRATION IN HEMP AND SMOKELESS TOBACCO FROM THE STREET. MARIJUANA TOTALLY DIFFERENT. IT'S WRONG. SECOND COMMENT WE HAVE ABOUT 45 MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES COMING HERE IN CENTRAL OHIO. THE QUESTIONS ARE WE TALK ABOUT WE WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR OUR OUR CITY WHEN WE HAVE 45 DISPENSARIES. WHAT REASON DO YOU HAVE FOR ADDING ONE MORE DISPENSARY WITH A AN INTOXICATING SUBSTANCE TO GROVE CITY? WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT'S YOUR REASON FOR IT? AND. AND SECOND IS DO DO DO YOU HAVE EVIDENCE THAT THE PEOPLE OF GROVE CITY VOTED FOR THE DISPENSARY? THEY VOTED FOR MARIJUANA TO BE LEGAL, BUT NOT DISPENSARY. WHERE'S THE EVIDENCE? ANY QUESTIONS? SURE. I GUESS WE CAN OPEN IT FOR A QUICK QUESTION. YEAH, JUST JUST A QUICK QUESTION. SO AS A PHARMACIST, I, I WAS WHEN MR. WILSON MENTIONED THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VAPING AND MARIJUANA. CAN YOU GO INTO THAT? BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN MARIJUANA? THE ONES WE HAVE NOW IS ABOUT TEN TIMES MORE MORE POTENT THAN WHAT THEY HAD, LET'S SAY, 20 YEARS AGO. THE HEMP THAT THEY HAVE NOW, THE CONCENTRATION IS MAYBE ONE ONE TENTH OF WHAT THE MARIJUANA THAT YOU SMOKE IS ONE TENTH. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER? ARE YOU DONE? I'M DONE. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT WE HAVE

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RIGHT NOW, THE MAJORITY IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IN OHIO, 69.8%, AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS 58.6%.

VAPING THAT THEY CAN GET ANYWHERE BY ANYBODY. IN OHIO, 65.8% USE MARIJUANA. I'M SORRY, BUT I DON'T WANT THAT IN THIS TOWN. I'M NOT ORIGINALLY FROM OHIO, BUT I'VE LIVED HERE FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS BECAUSE I LOVE THE COMMUNITY HERE. BUT IF WE LEGALIZE THIS AGAIN, MEMORY LOSS, TEMPORARY MEMORY LOSS, THERE HAVE BEEN INCREASES AGAIN OF WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT IMPAIRED DRIVING. AND SO I'M HOPING, YOU KNOW, HIGHER ADDICTION RATES. I'M JUST HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS DOESN'T GO THROUGH. THERE ARE A LOT OF PARENTS THAT CONCERNS. AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DIDN'T VOTE FOR IT. AND I AGREE WITH WHAT HE JUST SAID. WHERE'S THE PROOF THAT THIS IS WHAT WAS VOTED FOR? BECAUSE I SURE HAVEN'T SEEN IT. AND THE LAST THING I HAVE TO SAY IS, I KNOW THAT WE ALL HAVE OUR DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIPS OR OUR RELIGION AND WHAT WE DO, BUT FROM ROMANS 12 TWO, DON'T COPY THE BEHAVIOR AND CUSTOMS OF THIS WORLD, BUT LET GOD TRANSFORM YOU INTO A NEW PERSON BY CHANGING THE WAY YOU THINK. THEN YOU WILL LEARN TO KNOW GOD'S WILL FOR YOU, WHICH IS GOOD AND PLEASING AND PERFECT. THAT'S TELLING ME I DON'T WANT TO DO THINGS. I DON'T WANT TO SEE GROVE CITY DO THINGS BECAUSE EVERYBODY ELSE DOES IT. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE JASON GALE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THIS NAME AND ADDRESS, FOR THE RECORD. MA'AM. THANK YOU. JASON GALE, 3035 LONG RIDGE WAY HERE IN GROVE CITY. FATHER OF FOUR, MILITARY VETERAN, US COAST GUARD PILOT, LOTS OF NARCOTICS INTERDICTION. FIRST RESPONDER COMING DOWN THE HIGHWAY FROM COLUMBUS, COMING HOME FROM WORK.

VEHICLE POINTED NORTHBOUND UP AGAINST THE BARRIER. STOPPED TO HELP. THIS IS A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. OPEN THE CAR DOOR AND OUTPOURED SMOKE MARIJUANA. I KNOW IT WELL. I'VE SEEN IT FROM ITS VERY SOURCE TO THE TIME IT HITS THE STREETS HERE IN THIS COUNTRY. THE HEARTBREAKING PART WAS IN THE BACK SEAT WERE TWO BABIES THAT DIDN'T ASK TO INHALE ALL THAT STUFF. THEY DIDN'T ASK TO BE PUT IN DANGER. THEY DEPENDED ON THEIR PARENTS IN THE FRONT SEAT TO DEFEND THEM AGAINST SOMETHING THAT THEY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT. SPEED, MARIJUANA INTOXICATION. YOUR JOB AS A CITY COUNCIL IS TO DEFEND THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY AGAINST SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T SEE COMING.

THAT'S WHY YOU VOTED ON RESTRICTIONS, ZONING RESTRICTIONS TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF OUR CITY, TO MAKE EXCEPTIONS TO RESTRICTIONS THAT YOU PUT IN PLACE TO PROTECT YOUR CITIZENS IS A VIOLATION OF YOUR OATH OF OFFICE. WHEN I TOOK THE OATH TO DEFEND THIS COUNTRY AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, I TOOK IT WITH ALL OF MY HEART. AND STILL TO THIS DAY, I DO THAT FOR MY FAMILY, MY COWORKERS, MY NEIGHBORS, AND OUR FELLOW CITIZENS. WHEN WE MAKE

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NAME. HELLO, MY NAME IS SALLY WEISENBURGER AND I ALSO LIVE ON SAWYER DRIVE 3016. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT FOR OVER 20 YEARS NOW AND I LOVE LIVING HERE. ONE OF THE CHART SIGNS I HAVE TO DISAGREE WITH IT TALKED ABOUT THE PICKUP WINDOW FOR MEDICAL PATIENTS. TEN YEARS AGO I RECEIVED MULTIPLE DISEASES AND IT SAID HERE THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THIS SERVICE THE MOST ARE THE DISABLED, THE ELDERLY, WHICH I AM AND IMMUNE COMPROMISED. SO I HAVE BEEN GOING TO DOCTORS AND I TAKE LOTS OF MEDICATION FOR JUST TO BE ABLE TO WALK. AND SO NEVER HAVE I SEEN OR HEARD A DOCTOR SUGGEST THAT I TAKE MEDICAL MARIJUANA. SO TO ME, THIS IS A LIE. YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELVES, WHY HAS MARIJUANA BEEN ILLEGAL FOR ALL OF THESE YEARS? AND I BELIEVE THE ANSWER IS BECAUSE IT IS A HORRIBLE, HIDEOUS AND DARE I SAY, HELLACIOUS DRUG THAT ONLY HARMS. MARIJUANA IS A GATEWAY FOR MORE ILLEGAL DRUGS SUCH AS COCAINE, HEROIN, LSD, PCP, FENTANYL, CRYSTAL AND METH. DO WE WANT THIS IN GROVE CITY? JUST BECAUSE MARIJUANA GOT PASSED FOR OHIO DOES NOT MEAN IT IS A GOOD THING. JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING IS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT GOOD. I'M GOING TO READ SOME OF THE PHYSICAL EFFECTS THAT MARIJUANA HAS ON THE HUMAN BODY. AND YOU TELL ME IF EVEN ONE OF THESE, PLEASE, IS A GOOD THING. ACCORDING TO THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL, THIS IS NOT BECAUSE OF ME, BUT BECAUSE OF THE CDC. MARIJUANA AFFECTS THE BRAIN'S ABILITY TO FUNCTION.

SPECIFICALLY, THE PARTS RESPONSIBLE FOR MEMORY, LEARNING, ATTENTION, DECISION MAKING, COORDINATION, EMOTIONS, AND REACTION TIME. DOES ANY OF THIS SOUND GOOD TO YOU? HOW ABOUT THE LIST OF ANXIETY ATTACKS, PANIC ATTACKS, PARANOIA, SEVERE VOMITING, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE WHICH CAN CAUSE A STROKE OR HEART ATTACK? HOW ABOUT THIS NOT UNDERSTANDING WHERE YOU ARE OR WHAT IS GOING ON? IT IS CALLED GETTING HIGH FOR A REASON. NOT ONLY DOES IT HAVE THE SHORT TERM EFFECT ON THE BRAIN AND OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY, IT ALSO HAS A LONG TERM NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS. IT IS ONLY. IT IS ONLY COMMON SENSE TO KEEP IT FAR FROM OUR HOMESTEAD.

COMMON SENSE IS THE BASIC LEVEL OF SOUND JUDGMENT. IT'S THE ABILITY TO USE GOOD JUDGMENT TO MAKE DECISIONS AND LIVE SAFELY AND RESPONSIBLY. THE QUESTION IS, DOES OUR COUNCIL HAVE COMMON SENSE? SALLY? YES, MA'AM. YOU'RE JUST GOING TO NEED TO WRAP IT UP. YOUR TIME IS UP. OKAY. CAN I JUST MAKE ONE MORE POINT? ONE ONE MORE COMMENT? OKAY, DEAR. YOU KNOW, SOME DRUGS ARE GOOD FOR US, AND WE NEED THOSE DRUGS. BUT THIS IS NOT A GOOD DRUG. IT CAN CAUSE DIZZINESS, UPSET STOMACH SLEEPINESS, INTENSE HALLUCINATIONS. SALLY? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

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THEIR PARENTS BUY IT AND THEY GIVE IT TO THEM. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ALLOWING TO HAPPEN HERE IN GROVE CITY. THAT'S WHAT I SEE CURRENTLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT IS JULIE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JULIE. SORRY. I LIVE AT 2617 BRIAN CIRCLE HERE IN GROVE CITY.

MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BEEN HOMEOWNERS HERE FOR OVER 25 YEARS. ■WE ARE PROPERTY OWNERS.

WE'VE BEEN BUSINESS OWNERS. WE'VE RAISED OUR SONS HERE, AND WE HAVE VOLUNTEERED OUR TIME AND RESOURCES TO THIS COMMUNITY. WE BELIEVE THAT GROVE CITY IS A WONDERFUL PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY AND ENJOY THAT SMALL TOWN FEEL, WHILE BEING TEN MINUTES SOUTH OF THE BIG CITY OF COLUMBUS. THIS CITY COUNCIL HAS HEARD FROM MANY RESIDENTS AND THEIR FEELINGS OF A MARIJUANA DISPENSARY COMING TO OUR CITY. AS SOMEONE WHO SENT AN EMAIL TO EACH COUNCIL MEMBER WITH NO RESPONSE, I'M CURIOUS HOW YOU CAN REPRESENT THIS COMMUNITY AND NOT RESPOND TO OUR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS. YOU WERE VOTED INTO THESE POSITIONS AND YOU SHOULD FEEL A RESPONSIBILITY TO SPEAK TO OUR CONCERNS. WHILE MY PERSONAL FEELINGS ABOUT MARIJUANA USE ARE IRRELEVANT TO THIS DISCUSSION, I DO FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT TO BRING UP A VERY DISTURBING INSIGHT INTO THIS INDUSTRY. OHIO IS THE FIFTH LARGEST STATE INVOLVED IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND LABOR TRAFFICKING IN THE UNITED STATES. LABOR TRAFFICKING IN MARIJUANA PRODUCTION REMAINS A CONCEALED EPIDEMIC WITHIN THE EXPANDING CANNABIS INDUSTRY. THIS ABSTRACT BRINGS ATTENTION TO THE SYSTEMIC EXPLOITATION OF VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN CULTIVATING, HARVESTING, AND PROCESSING CANNABIS. IN ADDITION TO EXPLOITATION FOR LABOR WITHIN THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY. SOME VICTIMS ARE ALSO EXPLOITED FOR SEX OR EXPERIENCE SEXUAL ASSAULT. ACCORDING TO A 2022 NBC

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WE'VE LIVED HERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND I LOVE THE CHARACTER OF THE CITY, THE SMALL TOWN ATMOSPHERE. I HAVE NOTHING WRITTEN DOWN. EVERYTHING COMES FROM MY HEART. OKAY? THE STATE VOTED FOR LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA BY 57%. THE GERMANS VOTED FOR ADOLF HITLER BY 57%.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THERE? AND I KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE LAWS. YOU CAN'T CHANGE WHERE THE DISPENSARY IS AND WHETHER THERE IS A DISPENSARY. I'M NOT AGAINST MEDICAL MARIJUANA BECAUSE THERE'S A PLACE FOR THAT. BUT THAT'S BEING DISPENSED AT MANY OF THE FINE DRUG STORES WE HAVE HERE IN TOWN. RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT THING. YOU CAN'T STOP WHAT THE VOTERS SAID. YOU CAN'T GO AGAINST THE 57% IN FAVOR OF IT ON ISSUE TWO. BUT YOU CAN MODIFY WHERE THE LOCATION OF THE DISPENSARY IS OR WHETHER THERE IS A DISPENSARY. AND I'D HATE TO BE ABLE TO TELL MY FRIENDS FROM OUT OF TOWN, TURN RIGHT AT THE CORNER WHERE THE DOPE PLACE IS. IT WOULD BE LIKE SAYING THAT'S WHERE THE STRIP CLUB IS OR WHATEVER. IT GIVES YOU A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT IDEA OF THE TOWN. AS A SIDE NOTE, AND AN ANECDOTE THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE PHARMACIST BACK THERE, I'VE BEEN BLESSED THAT BOTH OF MY BOTH OF MY DAUGHTERS ARE MDS AND MARRIED TO MDS. ONE OF MY DAUGHTERS IS A DRUG ADDICTION SPECIALIST AND PSYCHIATRIST, AND I HELP HER START A SUBOXONE CLINIC IN CINCINNATI, WHICH IS BASICALLY A HEROIN LOCATION. AND IN HELPING HER START THAT CLINIC, I SPENT THE FIRST YEAR DOWN THERE GETTING THE BUSINESS ESTABLISHED, AND I'M PRO-BUSINESS FOR GROVE CITY. I LOVE NEW BUSINESSES TO COME IN. DURING THAT TIME, ONE, THAT ENTIRE YEAR, THERE WAS NOT ONE PERSON THAT I GOT INVOLVED WITH AND CHECKED IN THAT DIDN'T START WITH MARIJUANA AND WENT ON TO HEROIN. NOT ONE THAT'S PERSONAL. THAT'S WHAT I EXPERIENCED. AND I'M FEARFUL THAT USE OF MARIJUANA IN A RECREATIONAL MANNER IS NOT A GOOD IDEA. BUT THE VOTERS VOTED FOR IT. AND YOU, THE COUNCIL, I RESPECT YOUR DECISION. IT'S MORE THE LOCATION AND IT'S MORE WHETHER A DISPENSARY IS NECESSARY WITH ALL THE DRUGSTORES WE HAVE HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

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THIS MAKES ME WANT TO MOVE OUT OF GROVE CITY. YES, I ABSOLUTELY WANT TO SIGN THIS PETITION.

MARIJUANA ADDICTION IS THE VERY THING THAT TORE MY MARRIAGE AND OUR FAMILY APART. THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE VOICES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. THERE ARE OTHERS, FAR MORE THAT CAN BE FAR MORE THAN CAN BE MENTIONED HERE TONIGHT. THEY EACH HAVE THEIR OWN STORIES, THEIR OWN CONCERNS.

THEY ARE THE VOICES WHO ELECTED EACH OF YOU TO BE THEIR REPRESENTATIVES. THEY'VE ENTRUSTED YOU TO HAVE THE WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT IN MAKING SOUND DECISIONS THAT ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST AND SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS. AS A LIFELONG 60 YEAR RESIDENT OF GROVE CITY, I'VE NEVER FELT COMPELLED ENOUGH TO EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT ANYTHING TO CITY COUNCIL UNTIL NOW. AS I TALKED WITH RESIDENTS, I DID NOT ENCOUNTER A SINGLE PERSON WHO IS IN SUPPORT OF A DISPENSARY. NOT ONE. IF YOU REMOVE THE DOLLAR SIGNS FROM THIS PROPOSAL, PLEASE CONSIDER WHAT REMAINS. IF A DISPENSARY IS APPROVED, WE AND YOU MUST BE PREPARED FOR THE CONSEQUENCES. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION. THANK YOU. NEXT IS DENNIS HUNTER. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DENNIS HUNTER. 2226 CHERLENE DRIVE. I'M IN THE MINORITY HERE TONIGHT, OBVIOUSLY, BUT I WAS IN THE MAJORITY WHEN I VOTED FOR RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA, AS WERE THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN. THEY VOTED FOR IT. SO WHAT I SEE IS A LARGE VOCAL MAJORITY IN THE ROOM, BUT A MINORITY AT THE POLLS. I HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT WHY WE SHOULDN'T HAVE A DISPENSARY. I THOUGHT WE WERE HERE TO DECIDE IF WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THE VARIANCE TO A BUILDING ON STRINGTOWN ROAD. I HEARD A LOT OF EXCUSES OR COMPLAINTS, THINGS THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, I SYMPATHIZE. CALLING IT A GATEWAY DRUG. IF YOU LIMITED WHERE YOU COULD BUY DRUGS AND NOT ON THE BLACK MARKET, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE STRONGER DRUGS.

NOW, WHERE ARE THESE TEENAGERS ARE GETTING THEIR MARIJUANA? I HAVE NO IDEA, BUT I'M ASSUMING IT'S THE BLACK MARKET. I DON'T THINK PARENTS ARE GIVING THEIR KIDS MARIJUANA TO SMOKE. I KNOW I WOULDN'T. I'M A VETERAN, ALSO DECORATED VETERAN OF THE US ARMY. I WROTE, I ROSE AND RAISED MY HAND. I PLEDGED TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION. AND MY POINT IS. THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN THIS

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IN ADDITION, A LOCAL DISPENSARY WOULD CREATE JOBS AND STIMULATE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. IT WOULD ALSO REDUCE THE NEED FOR RESIDENTS TO TRAVEL TO NEIGHBORING CITIES FOR LEGAL PURCHASES. KEEPING THOSE ECONOMIC BENEFITS WITHIN OUR OWN CITY LIMITS. I UNDERSTAND THAT NEW IDEAS SOMETIMES BRING CONCERN, BUT I BELIEVE WITH THE RIGHT REGULATIONS AND COMMUNITY INPUT, A DISPENSARY CAN BE A RESPONSIBLE, WELL-MANAGED AND BENEFICIAL PART OF OUR CITY.

MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES, SUCH AS DUBLIN, GAHANNA AND REYNOLDSBURG HAVE SHOWN IT CAN BE DONE SAFELY AND SUCCESSFULLY. I RESPECTFULLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONSIDER THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR GROVE CITY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR SERVICE, AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE WELL-BEING AND GROWTH OF OUR CITY. THANK YOU. NEXT IS CARTER DOW. ONE SECOND. OKAY. OH. OTHER ONE. MY BAD. SORRY. HI, I'M CARTER DOW. 4113 CYPRESS AVENUE, GROVE CITY. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE ORDINANCE C 1025. AND I HAVE A FEW POINTS THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE. THE FIRST BEING IS IT'S EASY REVENUE. IT'S A SMALL BUSINESS. IT'S NOT SOME BIG CORPORATION, AND IT'S NOT SOME SKETCHY BUSINESS THAT'S GOING TO COME IN AND JUST SELL UNREGULATED DRUGS TO KIDS. THEY'VE GONE THROUGH ALL THE PROPER LAWS THAT THEY NEED TO, AND THEY'VE WORKED WITH POLICE. THEY'VE HAVE A GOOD RECORD. AND IF WE'VE ALREADY VOTED TO APPROVE TWO DISPENSARIES, THEN THIS IS THE PERFECT CANDIDATE TO CHOOSE. THE NEXT POINT THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE IS COLUMBUS ALREADY HAS SOME. THIS IS A GROWING MARKET AND COLUMBUS IS ON THE TS LIKE WE'VE BOUGHT A TRAIN TICKET. SO HOW LONG ARE WE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL WE GET ON THE TRAIN? AND THE NEXT POINT I'D LIKE TO MAKE IS I'M SORRY IF I GET A LITTLE EMOTIONAL. I DID LOSE MY MOTHER TO A DRUG OVERDOSE. IT WAS FENTANYL LACED HEROIN. I MEAN, HEROIN LACED WITH FENTANYL. IT WAS TRAGIC. AND THE REASON WHY SHE GOT ON THAT HOOK WAS BECAUSE SHE GOT IT OFF OF THE STREETS. SHE DIDN'T GO TO SOME LITTLE RECREATIONAL USE CENTER TO GET HER MARIJUANA. AND THEN THAT WAS A GATEWAY DRUG. SHE STARTED ON THE STREETS. I GUARANTEE YOU THAT NO ONE IS GOING TO GO TO A RECREATIONAL USE FACILITY AND END UP ON HEROIN. PEOPLE DON'T JUST DECIDE THAT TOMORROW. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT MISS PAJCIC IS CORRECT. CENTRAL CROSSING DOES HAVE A MARIJUANA ISSUE, BUT THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DISPENSARY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THOSE STUDENTS ARE NOT GOING TO A DISPENSARY AND GETTING THEIR MARIJUANA. THEY ARE GETTING IT OFF OF THE STREETS. SO I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS, AND ALSO ALLOW MISS CATHY TO SELL THAT BUSINESS BECAUSE SHE DESERVES IT. THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE LISA FELDMAN. FELDMAN. HI THERE. I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 27 YEARS. I'VE NEVER ATTENDED A COUNCIL MEETING. I'VE NEVER SPOKEN THAT ONE. SO I'M OUT HERE TONIGHT TO SUPPORT THE SALE OF THIS BUILDING. LISA, JUST GETTING ESTABLISHED. LISA. YES.

QUICK QUESTION. A26, ONE NINE. THANK YOU. BEEN THERE FOR 27 YEARS. SO IT WAS ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS. TWO MINUTES AND 40. I HAVE FOUR POINTS TO MAKE. FIRST OF ALL, FROM 2020 TO 21. 178,000 ARE ALCOHOL RELATED DEATHS. ALCOHOL RELATED DEATHS. AND I DON'T SEE ANYBODY DOWN THERE PROTESTING AT THE KROGER, BECAUSE IN THE TIME THAT I HAVE LIVED HERE, THE LITTLE KROGER

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NEXT. RON MCCLURE. MY NAME IS RON MCCLURE. MY ADDRESS IS 5446 HORN ROAD, GROVE CITY, OHIO. I'M A CITIZEN OF GROVE CITY AND A JACKSON TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE. I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE, AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE DIRECTION OUR CITY IS HEADING. LAST MEETING WE HEARD FROM A RESIDENT AS TO WHY WE WOULD NOT WANT THE DISPENSARY. HER POINTS WERE FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND WERE WELL TAKEN. I WOULD ALSO ASK THE FOLLOWING POINTS TO BE CONSIDERED. THE PRESENCE OF A DISPENSARY MAY INCREASE MARIJUANA USE IN THE AREA. DISPENSARIES TEND TO LOCATE IN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH HIGHER RATES OF MARIJUANA USE AND ABUSE. THIS LEADS TO AN INCREASE IN JUVENILE USE AND CRIME, ACCORDING TO NBC NEWS ARTICLE, WHICH WAS MENTIONED ABOUT MARIJUANA USE, THAT THREE OUT OF FOUR AMERICANS SUPPORTING LEGALIZED MARIJUANA, BUT ALMOST 50% OF AMERICANS DON'T WANT DISPENSARIES IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. I BELIEVE GROVE CITY AND JACKSON TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS WOULD BE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE. WHY? WHY WOULD WE WANT A JUST A DISPENSARY IN GROVE CITY? IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF CONVENIENCE FOR THOSE NEEDING MARIJUANA. MEDICAL MEDICAL MARIJUANA. BECAUSE WITH A QUICK SEARCH, THERE ARE MANY NEAR US, JUST TO NAME A FEW, RIGHT HERE ON GEORGEVILLE ROAD, GAY STREET IN COLUMBUS, VINE STREET, WEST LANE, EAST LONG STREET. IT IS NOT BECAUSE A DISPENSARY WOULD PRODUCE TAX REVENUE. THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT, MR. SMITH. THE WORD ON THE STREET IS IN IN MAY. THEY'RE GOING TO BE VOTING AND THE TOWNSHIPS ARE AWARE OF THIS AS WELL, THAT THAT BIG TAX 30% IS NOT GOING TO PROBABLY HAPPEN AT ALL. IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC FATALITIES INCREASE. AND SOMEONE HAD MENTIONED THE COLORADO DIVISION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE OR JUSTICE, AND IT WAS SHARED ALREADY. AND I APPRECIATE THOSE NUMBERS. IT'S NOT BECAUSE USAGE, HOSPITALIZATIONS AND BURGLARIES INCREASE, ACCORDING

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BUT I WOULD I WOULD CALL CANNABIS AKIN TO ALCOHOL AS FAR AS ITS INTOXICATING EFFECTS. ITS ITS SOCIAL ISSUES. TODAY, DOWN AT CHINA BELL, YOU CAN CONSUME ALCOHOL ON PREMISE. YOU CAN BUY ALCOHOL FOR CARRYOUT AT CHINA BELL. I WOULD I WOULD QUESTION WHETHER THE OHIO CANNABIS COMPANY, HOW MANY OF THEIR CLIENTS AT THEIR OTHER DISPENSARIES PURCHASE A PRODUCT, AND THEN IMMEDIATELY GO IN THEIR CAR AND CONSUME THE PRODUCT? I WOULD BET THAT THAT IS VERY, VERY, VERY LOW. AGAIN, YOU CAN BUY ALCOHOL ANYWHERE ON STRINGTOWN ROAD. I CAN DRIVE UP BROADWAY HERE, DRIVE THROUGH A BUILDING AND BUY ALCOHOL IN MY CAR WITHOUT GETTING OUT OF MY CAR. THAT'S GOT TO SAY SOMETHING. THAT THAT WE'RE WE'RE PUTTING CANNABIS ON THIS PEDESTAL THAT AFFECTS PEOPLE REALLY? NO DIFFERENTLY THAN ALCOHOL DOES. ALCOHOL HAS FAR HIGHER MEDICAL RISKS THAN CANNABIS DOES. AND AGAIN WITH KIDS THEY'RE NOT BUYING IT AT DISPENSARIES. THEY'RE EITHER GETTING IT FROM ADULTS AND ILLEGALLY PASSING IT ON TO THE KIDS. THAT'S NOT THE DISPENSARIES FAULT JUST AS MUCH AS IT'S NOT KROGER OR SPEEDWAY'S FAULT THAT AN ADULT'S BUYING ALCOHOL AND THEN GIVING IT TO A KID. WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT CHASING THOSE BUSINESSES AWAY. YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET ALL HEARTFELT ABOUT CHINA BELL, BUT I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS A LEGAL BUSINESS THAT CHINA BELL IS TRYING TO SELL TO. AND I DON'T THINK IT'S COUNCIL'S PLACE TO STOP THAT TRANSACTION. THERE'S NO OTHER BUSINESS. AND AGAIN, THE DRIVE THROUGH RIGHT UP BROADWAY. IS PROBABLY CLOSER TO A RESIDENTIAL USE AREA THAN THAN THIS DISPENSARY WOULD BE. SO WITH THAT I DO URGE A YES VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, CHRIS MOORE. OH, GOLLY. MY NAME IS CHRIS MOORE AND I LIVE AT. I JUST RECENTLY MOVED DOWN TO HARRISBURG TO GET OUT OF GROVE CITY, SO I'M AT 1092 ANN LANE. I GREW UP IN GROVE CITY WITH ALL THE BOZOS OVER HERE. SO WE'RE A BIG FAMILIES. WE HAD 12 AND SO WE WERE A SAFE TOWN. YOU COULD LEAVE YOUR DOORS UNLOCKED AND STILL OVER TIME THEN I KNOW THERE WAS DRINKING AND MARIJUANA, BUT THEN THE CITY PEOPLE WOULD START COMING. WE HAD TO START LOCKING THINGS UP AS THEFTS, MURDERS, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPENED. SO I BECAME AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT 39 YEARS AGO. AND I'M ALSO CERTIFIED AS MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT. I'M ALSO, I WORK WITH SEX TRAFFICKED GIRLS AND SINGLE MOMS, SOME WHO HAVE BEEN RAPED.

SO I'M A I REALLY DON'T LIKE DRUGS. I DON'T LIKE ALCOHOL. I DON'T LIKE MEDICATIONS. ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO IMPAIR PEOPLE. AND SO I REALLY LIKE ALTERNATIVE TYPE MEDICINES. AND I WANT TO REALLY WORK WITH PEOPLE TO GET HELP THEIR MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL ALTERNATIVES, HOW TO DO THAT AND

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SO MY CONCERN IS WHY PEOPLE WOULD EVEN WANT TO CONSIDER MARIJUANA DISPENSARY IN OUR COMMUNITY. AS PEOPLE SAID, WITH THE INCREASED CRIMES AND VANDALISMS BREAK-INS SHOOTINGS, CAR THEFT, WOOD SELLING MARIJUANA IN GROVE CITY, INCREASE IT OR DECREASE IT, THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY. PLUS, RIGHT AT THE FREEWAY, PEOPLE GET ON AND OFF. I'VE LIVED IN TOWNS AROUND AMERICA AND THEY JUST GET ON THE FREEWAY AND GET AND GO. AND I'M JUST UPSET WITH THAT BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, KIDS GET IT FROM DIFFERENT ONES. AND THEN NOW THEY HAVE GUMMIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO KIDS GET INTO IT AND THEY DON'T. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SMOKE IT ANYMORE AND PUT IT IN FOODS. IT'S JUST IT'S JUST BEYOND ME. SO ANYWAY, I HAVE YOUNG FRIENDS WHO ARE UPSET, LIVE IN GROVE CITY HERE BECAUSE CARS ARE GETTING BROKEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. MY FRIEND HAS A HYUNDAI. THEY HAD THAT BIG HYUNDAI THEFT AND SHE HAD IT TWICE STOLEN FROM WALMART. AND SO A LOT OF MY OLDER FRIENDS, THEY WANT TO GO TO THE FOOD BANK RIGHT THERE AT THE FREEWAY BECAUSE THEY SMELL MARIJUANA. SO FAMILIES, SINGLE PARENTS, THEY JUST WANT TO MOVE OUT OF GROVE CITY. I'M HERE. AND SO MY DAUGHTER HAD ME MOVE OUT. LIKE I SAID, FAMILIES REMAINED THE PRIMARY FRAMEWORK OF ATTACHMENT, NURTURING, SOCIALIZATION FOR HUMANS. SO WHEN PEOPLE AND PARENTS ARE SEEKING THE MARIJUANA, THE ALCOHOL, DRUGS IMPAIRMENT, IT'S GOING TO IMPAIR THIS FRAMEWORK. THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE VIOLENCE AND IT'S GOING TO OCCUR. SO VERBAL ABUSE, PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, FINANCIAL, AND YOU EVEN SEE IT IN OLDER PEOPLE. STATISTICS SHOW WHERE ANY SUBSTANCE ABUSE, WHETHER IT'S THE ALCOHOL, THE DRUGS, THE MARIJUANA, ANYTHING, EVEN PRESCRIPTIONS, THEY'RE OVERTAKING IT. THEY NEGATIVELY AFFECT YOUR EMOTIONS AND YOUR BEHAVIOR PATTERNS. SO THERE IS MORE CRIME, THERE IS MORE DIVORCE. KIDS HAVE EMOTIONAL STRESSORS BECAUSE THE PARENTS AREN'T AROUND FEEDING THEM, TAKING THEM TO SCHOOL, WHATEVER.

AND THERE'S OVERALL DECREASED HEALTH. SO PEOPLE ARE SICKER. SO THE PHARMACEUTICALS MAKE MORE MONEY. THEY'RE KEEPING THEM SICKER. AND NOW IVERMECTIN WE COULD HAVE HAD TO TAKE CARE OF COVID. THEY DON'T EVEN LET YOU HAVE IT BECAUSE THEY WANT YOU SICKER. IT'S ALL ABOUT MONEY.

FOLLOW THE MONEY. SO WHAT DOES GROVE CITY WANT TO BE KNOWN FOR? DO WE WANT TO BE FAMILY? DO YOU WANT TO BE SAFE? DO YOU LIKE PEOPLE SAYING, DO WE WANT TO HAVE GOOD, DIFFERENT ETHNIC PEOPLE? WHICH I'M SEEING. I LOVE THE DIFFERENT GROUPS, VARIED AGES. WE WANT TO HAVE FUN. WE WANT TO HAVE COMMUNITY. I LOVE THE WALKING PATHS. I LOVE THE TREES THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING HERE. BUT WE NEED TO HAVE POSITIVE GROWTH, GOOD MORAL VALUES AND LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER. WE DON'T EVEN KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS ANYMORE LIKE WE USED TO KNOW EVERYBODY. YOU KNEW WHAT THEY DID. YOU KNEW WHAT? YOU WANT TO WRAP IT UP, COUNCIL, PLEASE HELP PROTECT US FUTURE KIDS. HELP PROTECT WHAT WE ELECTED YOU FOR, MAKE THE BEST MORAL DECISIONS AND WHATEVER DECISION YOU DECIDE, HAVE A REPUTABLE THE BEST ONE. SO WE WILL PRAY FOR THAT. THAT WE GET THE BEST ONE IN THERE. THANK YOU CHRIS. THE SAFEST. THANK YOU. OKAY, THAT WAS THE LAST PUBLIC SPEAKER THAT WE HAD SIGNED UP. IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WE MISSED? ALRIGHT. THAT WAS A DANGEROUS QUESTION I KNOW. YEAH. OKAY. FINAL COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL FOR OUR APPLICANT OR MISTER BEAR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AS A POINT OF ORDER, I DON'T REMEMBER ACKNOWLEDGING THE RECEIPT OF THE 500 AND SOME NAMES ON THE PETITIONS AND THE EMAILS, AND I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT THAT BE A MATTER OF RECORD THAT THOSE THOSE PETITIONS WERE RECEIVED AND. OKAY. WHAT THE MAYOR IS REFERRING TO IS ALL OF THE EMAILS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM RESIDENTS, NON RESIDENTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS ISSUE. AND EARLIER TODAY WE RECEIVED, I THINK ONE OF THE SPEAKERS REFERRED TO THE PETITIONS THAT THEY ALSO SUBMITTED TO COUNCIL. THERE WAS LIKE 589. SOME WERE NOT RESIDENTS, SOME WERE. SO WE HAVE IN THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL, WE RECEIVED 86 EMAILS IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS SPECIFIC TO SEE 1025. AND I HAVE IN MY HAND THE ORIGINAL PETITIONS OF 593 SIGNATURES IN OPPOSITION. YEAH. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY. OKAY. SO COMMENTS. MR. HOLT, AM I ALLOWED TO ASK ANOTHER QUESTION? ABSOLUTELY. MR. WINGFIELD. I JUST WANT TO ASK ABOUT WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR PRODUCT FROM? HOW'S IT GROWN? WHAT'S THE LABOR FORCE? ALL OF THE PRODUCT IN THE STATE OF OHIO HAS TO BE GROWN IN THE STATE OF OHIO. IT'S UNDER CAMERAS 24 OVER SEVEN. FROM THERE, IT'LL BE TRANSFERRED TO A PROCESSING FACILITY IF IT'S PROCESSED. AND THEN FROM THERE, DIRECTLY TO THE DISPENSARIES, WE'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO BUY FROM LICENSED OHIO GROWS AND OHIO LICENSED PROCESSING FACILITIES. SO THERE'S NONE OF THIS LABOR PROBLEM. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE HAVE

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SO AS THEY CONTINUE TO EVOLVE, LET'S SEE THE EXAMPLE. FOR EXAMPLE, ORDINANCE C08 25 I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT. SO ONE OF THE PROVISIONS THAT WE DID GRANT OR APPROVE IN AUGUST 19TH, 2024 WAS THE 500 FOOT RESTRICTION FROM RESIDENTIAL USE. THAT'S A PROPERTY LINE TO PROPERTY LINE. AND THERE'S A LOT OF MISCONCEPTIONS OUT THERE ON WHAT THAT EXACTLY MEANS. ALL OF THESE TYPES OF PROVISIONS, THE 500 FOOT DISTANCE WAS USED SINCE IT WAS THE SAME AS THE OTHER STATE RESTRICTIONS OF 500FT FROM OTHER LISTED BUSINESS TYPES. THOSE WERE SCHOOLS, DAYCARES, THINGS THAT WE ALSO MENTIONED EARLIER THIS EVENING AS WELL. AT THE TIME, CITY COUNCIL WAS NOT PROVIDED WITH A MAP OF HOW RESTRICTIVE THIS DISTANCE WOULD BE WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS, VERY FEW AREAS WOULD BE ABLE TO MEET THE 500 FOOT RESTRICTION FROM ANY PROPERTY ZONED RESIDENTIAL, SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT PROCESS IS IN PLACE TO FURTHER ALLOW REVIEW OF USES FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF BUSINESSES, FOR MULTIPLE REASONS. THIS INCLUDES DAYCARES, CAR WASHES, TATTOO PARLORS. THERE'S A LOT OF SPECIAL USE PERMITS THAT WE GET TO REVIEW JUST SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING AND MAKE VARIANCES AGAIN.

THIS PROCESS ALLOWS FOR VARIANCE TO BE ISSUED AS DONE WITH MANY SPECIAL USE PERMITS THROUGHOUT THE C ITY. I'M HOPEFUL IF THIS IS APPROVED. THE NEXT THING THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH WOULD BRING THE BUILDING UP TO CODE. LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS. THE DRIVE THROUGH WOULD ALSO HAVE TO GO THROUGH ANOTHER SPECIAL USE PERMIT PROCESS, BECAUSE FOR STACKING TRAFFIC CONTROL THINGS THAT WE ALSO HAVE DISCUSSED TONIGHT. AND THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. MAY I WEIGH IN? I'M HOPING THAT I'M HOPING THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND HAVING AN ALLERGY DAY. AND I APPARENTLY SHOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING ABOUT IT. SO I WANT TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT HOW I'VE WORN A COUPLE DIFFERENT HATS AS WE NAVIGATED THIS

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THE RULES OF THE GAME HAS BEEN ADDRESSED. THE LEGISLATION THAT IS IN FLUX. SO WE ARE HERE AND I FOR IN MANY WAYS, THIS IS A REPEAT FROM THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD IN JANUARY. THAT ADDITIONAL TIME, THE LETTERS, THE CALLS, CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. I HAVE TO GO FOR WATER. REALLY BRING UP FOR ME THE ISSUE OF THE NEED FOR A REFERENDUM, THE NEED TO ASK THE COMMUNITY A VOTE FOR LEGALIZED RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA IS NOT EQUAL TO A VOTE FOR GROVE CITY IS A GOOD HOME FOR A DISPENSARY. THAT SAID THAT SAID, HEY, I'M HOLDING IT TOGETHER.

LET ME, LET ME, LET ME KEEP GOING HERE. SO THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, HERE WE ARE. AND TONIGHT I'M A PROCESS PERSON ABOVE ALL THINGS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. AND I STAND BEHIND THE STANDARDS THAT COUNCIL SET IN AUGUST. I THINK RIGHT NOW THEY ARE THE RIGHT THING FOR THE, THE PLACE WE ARE ARE WE HAVE APPROVED TWO LOCATIONS. BUT I ALSO WENT BACK TO THE STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON THOSE BRIEFLY, AND THEN I WILL STOP TALKING WHILE I'M HOLDING IT TOGETHER. SO. THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE IDEOLOGY OF ONE SIDE VERSUS THE OTHER, WHICH IS WHERE WE HAVE ENDED UP IN THIS DISCUSSION. BUT A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT A SPECIFIC PROJECT, A SPECIFIC USE, AND IT'S TIED TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. IT'S NOT TIED TO WHERE WE WERE 30 YEARS AGO. IT'S AT THIS LOCATION TODAY, THIS USE AND IN

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SHE'S 91. KEEP THAT IN MIND. MOST YOU KNOW THAT KNOW ME. I DON'T SMOKE, AND I'VE NEVER BEEN DRUNK IN MY LIFE, SO. BUT I AM THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT BELIEVES THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO LEAD THEIR OWN LIFE. AND PARENTS SHOULD PARENT, AND SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENT SHOULDN'T TELL PEOPLE HOW TO PARENT. I MYSELF DID VOTE TO LEGALIZE IT FOR THE PAIN ASPECT AND ALSO TO HOPEFULLY CONTROL IT. I DID BELIEVE AT THAT TIME THAT THERE WOULD BE TAX REVENUE WITH IT. OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. I'VE GOT MY OWN CONTACTS. I USED TO WORK IN THE SENATE DOING BUDGETS AND NO ONE DOWN THERE THINKS WE'RE GOING TO GET A DIME, AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, THAT LIVE IN MY WARD, I DO A LOT OF POLLING. EVERYBODY GETS HIT UP AT LEAST ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS BY THE MAIL OR BY PHONE AND EVERYTHING. AND THIS ONE WAS PRETTY EASY. AND IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING. IT IT REALLY MIRRORED THE, THE WHAT WAS PASSED. 50, 57% OF THE PEOPLE WERE OKAY TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA. HOWEVER, 69% DID NOT WANT A DISPENSARY IN GROVE CITY. SO WE DID. AS CHRISTINE MENTIONED, WE PASSED RULES TO PROTECT CERTAIN AREAS. AND I ASKED KYLE FOR A MAP OF THE AREAS THAT COULD HAVE A DISPENSARY IN THEM. AND THERE'S A MAP. AND I THINK I BELIEVE KYLE HAS GIVEN THAT TO DIFFERENT COMPANIES AND EVERYTHING. I DON'T KNOW THE PROPERTIES IN THOSE AREAS. I JUST KNOW THAT THOSE ALL MEET THE CRITERIA. THE OTHER THING THAT REALLY BOTHERS ME ABOUT THIS IS THE TAX ABATEMENT. YOU KNOW, THE WHEN WE DO TAX ABATEMENTS, PEOPLE THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THE CITY JUST THROWS OUT. AND WE TRY TO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WE'RE GIVING OUT MONEY AND EVERYTHING. BUT WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS WE TRY TO FOCUS ON AREAS WHERE WE CAN HAVE REAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MAYBE A LARGE HOTEL, MAYBE A LARGE RETAIL CENTER, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN ATTRACT THOSE BUSINESSES FROM OTHER AREAS AND USE THEM. SO THIS AREA, IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE CRA, THE CRA IS ACTUALLY IT'S HERE FOR THAT AREA AND YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO THERE'S COPIES OF IT THAT BOTHERS ME A LOT. IF THE I GUESS I GUESS WHERE I'M AT ON THIS IS I BELIEVE IN THE RULES THAT WE PASSED. IF, IF, IF A DISPENSARY WANTS TO BE IN GROVE CITY, WE HAVE RULES AND YOU KNOW, THE RULES ARE THERE. WE ALL WE ALL VOTED ON THEM. AND IF YOU WANT TO BE IN OUR CITY, JUST GO ACCORDING TO OUR CRITERIA. AND IF YOU MEET OUR CRITERIA, I'LL SUPPORT THE FACILITY. BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THIS AREA, I UNDERSTAND THIS ISSUE. I'VE KNOWN HER FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. BUT, YOU KNOW, AS WE HAVE HAD OVER THE YEARS, OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS COME THROUGH HERE AND WE'VE HAD MANY THAT HAVE COME THROUGH HERE, AND THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH HURDLES AND OBSTACLES AND, AND EVERYTHING ELSE. WHEN, WHEN IT COMES TO WANTING TO SELL THEIR PROPERTY FOR MASS DEVELOPMENT OR FOR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY WE HAVE TO AS WE SIT UP HERE, WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY. IT CAN'T BE JUST FOR THE GOOD OF A OF A PROPERTY OWNER. I LOVE THE FAMILY. I'M HOPING THAT OUR CITY CAN ACTUALLY WORK WITH HER TO FIND THE RIGHT BUSINESS FOR THAT, FOR THAT AREA. TRAFFIC'S ALSO A CONCERN FOR ME. BUT AGAIN, WHERE I'M AT IS, YOU KNOW, WE SET A CRITERIA. WE DO

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PICKUP WINDOWS AND DRIVE THRUS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN UNIQUE. UNDER OUR CODE, YOU CANNOT HAVE A DRIVE THROUGH IN THE CITY OF GROVE CITY WITHOUT GOING THROUGH A SPECIAL PROCESS TO GET APPROVAL, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO INTO THAT STACKING. ET CETERA. IN TERMS OF WHERE CARS ARE, IF THEY'RE IMPEDING TRAFFIC, ETC. SO REGARDLESS, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU ALL ARE GOING TO VOTE TONIGHT, BUT I WOULD RECOMMEND, OBVIOUSLY IF YOU VOTE YES TO APPROVE THE USE, YOU IN ESSENCE ARE OVERRULING THE PROXIMITY REQUIREMENT WHICH YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO. I WOULD RECOMMEND NOT TOUCHING THE PICKUP WINDOW AND LEAVE THAT TO GO THROUGH THE NORMAL SPECIAL USE PERMIT PROCESS, BECAUSE I MEAN, FRANKLY, EVEN FROM WHAT MR. RAUSCH TOLD US, THE PLANS WE'VE GOT SHOWING THE PICKUP WINDOW SLASH DRIVE THROUGH IS BASICALLY LIKE AN ARROW AND THEN A PICTURE OF A THING, PICKUP WINDOWS AND DRIVE THROUGH WINDOWS REQUIRE MUCH MORE ENGINEERING AND STUDY TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE PROPER. SO I WOULD AT LEAST RECOMMEND, IF YOU ARE GOING TO APPROVE THIS, TO EXCLUDE THE DRIVE THROUGH AND LET THAT GO THROUGH ITS NORMAL SPECIAL USE PERMIT PROCESS TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFYING POINT. SO MY PERSPECTIVE AND LIKE I SAID, I'VE SAID THIS SINCE THE BEGINNING. I THINK WE NEED TO I WANT TO SAFEGUARD THAT. WE NEED TO SEE HOW THESE TYPES OF BUSINESSES OPERATE WITH AND WITHOUT PICKUP WINDOWS. I THINK WE'RE STILL VERY EARLY ON IN THAT PROCESS. SO IF THIS WERE TO PASS, I WOULD LIKE TO EXCLUDE THE DRIVE THROUGH SO THAT THERE'S MORE TIME TO SEE IF THAT'S A POTENTIAL. THE APPLICANT CAN COME BACK IN A YEAR, OR LIKE YOU SAID, THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, IT WOULD TAKE ANOTHER VOTE. BUT SO IF I NEED TO MAKE THAT AMENDMENT, I WOULD I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO ADD AN EXCLUSION FOR THE DRIVE THROUGH IN THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT. MISS ANDERSON, IS YOUR MOTION TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ORDINANCE C, 1025 TWO CHANGE AS SUBMITTED TO WITH THE FOLLOWING STIPULATION. ONE. NO DRIVE CHUTE. NO DRIVE THROUGH SHALL BE PERMITTED AT THIS LOCATION. HOW

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YES. YES. MR. MISS. BURROWS. YES. I THINK THOSE ARE MY ONLY COMMENTS THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU. THANKS, MISS ANDERSON. COMMENTS. ANYBODY ELSE? EVERYBODY'S BEEN TALKING.

SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, THOUGH, IF WE VOTE ON THIS NEXT AND IT GETS APPROVED, THEN THE 370 IS GOOD ENOUGH, RIGHT? WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO AMEND 500 TO 370. YES, SIR. AND AS I MENTIONED IN CAUCUS, BUT I'M SURE THE AUDIENCE IS NOT HERE IS COUNCIL SAID COUNT THE 500FT FROM RESIDENTIAL IS AN EXTRA REQUIREMENT THAT OUR COUNCIL ADDED, THAT DOES NOT EXIST UNDER STATE LAW, BECAUSE COUNCIL ADDED THAT REQUIREMENT, ANY ACTION THEY TAKE, SUCH AS APPROVING THIS, THAT IS CONTRARY TO THAT, WOULD IN ESSENCE WAIVE THAT REQUIREMENT FROM BEING APPLICABLE. WITH NO FURTHER FORMER FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING. I MOVE THAT BE APPROVED. SECOND, AS AMENDED.

YES. MR. WILSON. YES. HOUCK. NO. HOLT. YES. BARRY. NO. DO. NO. BURROWS. YES. ANDERSON. YES.

MOTION APPROVED. YES. PRESIDENT. HOUCK. THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING UNDER LANDS. THANK YOU.

[Ordinance C-11-25 Vacate a Sanitary Sewer Easement. Second reading and public hearing.]

YES. YES. BURROWS. YES. ANDERSON. YES. WILSON. YES. SHE DIDN'T SHE DIDN'T DO THE

[Ordinance C-12-25 Authorize the City Administrator to convey Excess Property that is no longer needed for City business. First reading.]

[Resolution CR-12-25 Appoint members to the Site Selection Committee and the Finance Committee for the proposed City-operated Community Center.]

[Resolution CR-13-25 Name the West Pavilion at the Park @ Beulah the "Charles W. Boso, Jr. Pavilion".]

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COME ON, DO IT. JUST GO ON, CHUCK, GO UP TO THE. GO UP THERE. COME ON. IKE, HERE. GIVE THAT TO HIM. I KNOW THEY'RE COMING BACK IN FOR THIS PART. YEAH, ALL MY FRIENDS LET. YOU HAVE. YOU HAVE FRIENDS? WELL, THIS IS A REAL HONOR. I KNOW, MR. BOWSER. WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER FOR ALMOST SIX DECADES AS WELL. BUT IT WAS VERY, VERY FITTING THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGED THE EFFORT THAT HE'S PUT IN TO MAKE SURE THIS HAPPENED AS WELL AS A WHOLE, BEULAH PARK PARK, BECAUSE IT HAD A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DETAIL WORK, A LOT OF VISION, AND I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE NUMBER ONE. AND, TAMMY, IF YOU CAN GET HIS PERSONNEL ACTION FORM UP THERE, THAT THIS GENTLEMAN GENTLEMAN STARTED AT THE CITY 50 YEARS AGO IN ABOUT $3.50 YEARS AGO, AND HE'S ONLY 65. BUT I WANTED TO TIE THE TWO TOGETHER. PEOPLE SAY WE DON'T NAME THINGS UNTIL SOMEBODY PASSES AWAY, BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE HERE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING AND ACKNOWLEDGING ALL THE THINGS THAT CHUCK HAS DONE FOR THIS CITY, AND IN A VERY SMALL WAY.

BUT IT IS IT HAS A LOT OF CHARACTER IN ANY WAY. AND YOU DID A GOOD JOB DESIGNING IT, BUDDY. SO THERE. YOU GOT IT. THANK YOU MAYOR. SHOT CHUCK. CHUCK, CHUCK, I THINK I BETTER WAIT TILL WE VOTE ON THIS. YEAH. ONE SECOND HERE. NAME, NAME AND ADDRESS I THIS THIS RESOLUTION HAS HAD ITS HEARING AND I MOVE IT BE APPROVED. SECOND. MR. PERRY. YES, TWO. YES. BURROWS.

YES. ANDERSON. YES. WILSON. YES. YES. HOLT. VITO. YES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

CONGRATULATIONS. IT'S TRULY AN HONOR. NONE OF US GET IN PUBLIC SERVICE TO HAVE BUILDINGS NAMED AFTER THEM. OR FOR THE FORTUNE OR FAME. BUT THIS IS CERTAINLY AN HONOR. AND I KNOW SOME OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS ARE HERE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. MY FIANCE AND HER DAUGHTER, WHO ARE REALLY MY BIGGEST SUPPORTERS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, MY BIGGEST CRITICS. SO I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, AS THE MAYOR SAID, TO BE A PART OF THIS, THIS, THIS GOVERNMENT. FOR 50 YEARS, I'VE WORKED FOR FOUR MAYORS OF 54 COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CHIEF OF POLICE AND MANY, MANY ASSOCIATES WHO MAKE MY JOB VERY EASY EVERY DAY. SO WITHIN AGAIN, MANY OF THEM ARE HERE AND I APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DO. MAYOR STAGE, I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND OUR FRIENDSHIP. AND AGAIN, THANK EVERYONE AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL. APPRECIATE IT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. VERY NICE. I WAS THRILLED WHEN I GOT THAT CALL FROM THE MAYOR WITH THIS IDEA. AND I'M SO PROUD OF YOU FOR GETTING UP AND ACCEPTING THE RECOGNITION. CHUCK, I PROMISE NOT TO DO ANYTHING STUPID IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. WELL, I THINK IT WAS A FITTING RECOGNITION OF THE YEARS OF SERVICE. AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HE'S ALWAYS GIVING THE PRAISE TO EVERYONE ELSE. BUT HIS LEADERSHIP IS NOT TO GO UNRECOGNIZED IN THIS DISCUSSION. I LOOK FORWARD TO GENERATIONS TO COME LOOKING UP AND SEEING YOUR NAME ON THAT CENTER. SO WE ARE NOW TO THE END OF OUR BUSINESS AGENDA. IT'S BEEN GRUELING, AND IF THERE IS ANY NEW BUSINESS TO BE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL'S ATTENTION, I WAS GETTING TO THE END. NOW IS THE TIME TO DO SO. I HAVE NOBODY SIGNED UP. I THINK EVERYONE WAS ON THE SAME ITEM ON THE AGENDA. RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU ARE UNDER NEW BUSINESS. OKAY

[Call for Dept. Reports & Closing Comments]

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