Apr 21, 2025 City Council

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THIS IS THE ONLY ONE. GROVE CITY COUNCIL IS NOW IN SESSION. PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME FOR A

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AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO EXCUSE MAYOR STAGE THIS EVENING. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? BURROWS? YES. ANDERSON. YES. WILSON. YES. YES YES YES, YES. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN I'D

[Approval of Minutes]

[Welcome & Reading of Agenda]

UNDER FINANCE WE HAVE ORDINANCE C 1225, RESOLUTION C, R 1625 AND C R 1725. IF THERE ARE NO

[Ordinance C-13-25 Accept the Plat of Farmstead, Phase 7. First reading.]

THIS IS THE FIRST READING. THE SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE MAY 5TH OF 2025.

[Ordinance C-14-25 Accept the Plat of Meadow Grove Estates, Section 10. First reading. ]

[Ordinance C-15-25 Approve the Use of a Tattoo Shop for Ink Therapy located at 3999 Broaday, Suite A. First reading. ]

[Ordinance C-16-25 Amend the Zoning Text for Meadow Grove Estates North, Section 10 as adopted by Ord. C-119-05. First reading. ]

[Resolution CR-14-25 Approve the Development Plan for Murray Display Fixtures LTD located at 2300 Southwest Blvd. ]

OKAY. ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? I KNOW THERE'S ALSO SUBMITTED A LANDSCAPING PLAN AND THE SITE

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[Ordinance C-17-25 Authorizing the City Administrator to enter into an Agreement with a Licensed Competitive Retail Electric Service Provider for the City’s Electric Governmental Aggregation Program and Declare an Emergency. ]

WOULD YOU PLEASE SPEAK TO THE ISSUE? YEAH. THANK YOU. I'LL DO A QUICK SUMMARY. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR EXPERT HERE WHO WE HAVE RETAINED TO HELP US ADVISE US ON THIS, BECAUSE THIS MARKET ENERGY IS VERY UNIQUE. MOST OF YOU KNOW WHO LIVE IN GROVE CITY. WE HAVE DONE AN ELECTRIC AGGREGATION PROGRAM OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. IF YOU LIVE IN THE CORPORATE LIMITS, IT'S A PROGRAM THAT YOU'RE IN UNLESS YOU DECIDE TO GET OUT AND YOU CAN GET OUT AT ANY TIME YOUR HEART DESIRES.

OVER THOSE TWO YEARS, WE THINK WE HAVE SAVED THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD ABOUT $380. BASED ON THE RATES WE WERE ABLE TO LOCK IN TWO YEARS AGO. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TONIGHT IS WE WOULD EXTEND THIS PROGRAM FOR ONE MORE YEAR, AND WE CAN LOCK IT IN AT A RATE OF LIKE 9.39, UP TO 9.9 CENTS A KILOWATT HOUR, WHICH WE BELIEVE WHILE IT'S HIGHER THAN WHAT WE'RE PAYING RIGHT NOW. IF ANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN THE NEWS AT ALL, ELECTRIC RATES ARE JUMPING COME JUNE SLASH JULY SOMEWHERE OVER TEN, WE THINK WE DON'T KNOW WHERE. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TONIGHT IS TO GET AUTHORIZATION TO EXTEND THE PROGRAM FOR ONE MORE YEAR. AND ONCE AGAIN, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO OPT OUT ANYTIME YOU WANT. AND WE HAVE TO SEND YOU A LETTER TELLING YOU THIS, AND YOU GET A CHECK, A BOX. BUT WE THINK THIS IS A GOOD PROGRAM. THE GOOD THING ABOUT OUR PROGRAM ALSO IS THE RATE THAT WE LOCK IN ALSO DOES INCLUDE SOME GREEN ENERGY COMPONENT IN TERMS OF WE ARE GETTING SOME WIND AND SOLAR RECS, AND IT IT'S NICE THAT WE DO THAT AND YET WE CAN STILL SAVE MONEY. SO GREG BECKERT IS WITH SOLAR ENERGY. HE HAS GUIDED US THROUGH THE LAST THREE YEARS OF THIS, AND CAN PROBABLY SPEAK A LOT MORE INTELLIGENTLY ABOUT THIS MARKET THAN I CERTAINLY CAN. AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS AN EMERGENCY, BECAUSE WHEN WE GET PRICING FROM A UTILITY, THEY ONLY HOLD THE PRICING UNTIL 4:00 ON A DAY, AND THEN IT CHANGES EVERY SINGLE DAY. IT'S LIKE THE STOCK MARKET, BUT CRAZY. SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING COUNCIL FOR TODAY IS AUTHORITY TO LOCK SOMETHING IN TOMORROW THAT WE BELIEVE WILL BE CLOSE TO THE QUOTE WE GOT TODAY. NOT EXACT, BUT GO AHEAD, GREG, IF YOU GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. GREG BECKERT 156 SOUTH HIGH STREET, DUBLIN, OHIO 43017 STEPHEN GRASSHOPPER, YOU DID WELL. PRETTY WELL EXPLAINED IT. SO REALLY YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE DOING WHAT THE CITY SET UP YEARS AGO IN REGARDS TO SUSTAINABILITY, ALSO, AT THE SAME TIME TRYING TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE SOME SAVINGS THAT CAN BE PULLED OFF THE TABLE. AS STEVE INDICATED, THE MARKET HAS MOVED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND NO SURPRISE, PRETTY VOLATILE. IT'S A TRADED COMMODITY, JUST LIKE WHEAT, CORN, SOYBEAN. SO IT'S BEEN PRETTY VOLATILE THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. BUT AGAIN, IT IS A SAVINGS VERSUS WHERE AEP WILL BE MOVING THEIR RATES COME JUNE. AND IT ALSO DOES PROVIDE 100% RENEWABLE SUSTAINABILITY POWER. SO WE'RE CHECKING BOTH BOXES. IT'S JUST THE IMPACT WON'T BE AS STRONG AS WHAT WE EXPERIENCED THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS. FROM A SAVINGS STANDPOINT, IF WE COME IN TOMORROW, TOMORROW'S OFFERS CLOSE TO WHAT WE HAD TODAY, IT SHOULD BE ROUGHLY ABOUT $5 PER MONTH IS WHAT WE WOULD SEE. SO AGAIN, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A GIGANTIC IMPACT THAT WE HAVE, BUT IT'S STILL MONEY THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO PULL OFF THE TABLE AND ALSO DO SOMETHING GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. THAT'S IT. GO AHEAD. RONNIE. OH GO AHEAD. SORRY, RONNIE. SO WHEN WE AND THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THROUGH THIS JOURNEY. I MEAN, THE RESIDENTS VOTED OVER 71% IN GROVE CITY TO, TO GO THROUGH THIS PROGRAM AND WE HAVE SAVED MONEY. MY QUESTION TO YOU,

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SOME OF THE RISK THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE. AND WHEN YOU TAKE RISK IN THIS MARKET, TYPICALLY THE SUPPLIER WILL PUT THAT RISK BACK ON THE BUYER. SO I DIDN'T THINK THAT THE PREMIUM THAT THEY WERE ASKING FOR FURTHER OUT TERMS MADE SENSE. SO THAT'S WHY WE DECIDED TO DO A SHORT TERM, YOU KNOW, SHORT TERM BEING A 12 MONTH TYPICALLY WHAT WE'LL DO ABOUT SIX MONTHS FROM NOW, WE'LL START PINGING THE MARKET AGAIN TRYING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT ARE COMING BACK IN. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HAD COMMUNITIES BEFORE THAT IT'S BEEN A BETTER OPTION FOR THEM TO GO BACK TO THE UTILITY. AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THAT'S WHAT WILL HAPPEN. BUT IF WE DO SEE AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE CAN CHECK PRIMARILY THE SUSTAINABILITY, BUT ALSO EITHER MITIGATE OR SAVE WHAT WE CAN AGAINST THE UTILITY, THEN WE WOULD CERTAINLY MAKE A MOVE TO GO FORWARD WITH THAT. AND WE CAN DO THAT AFTER SIX MONTHS. YOU CAN DO IT AT ANY TIME. RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'RE WAITING FOR, THERE'S SOME COMPONENTS THAT GO INTO ENERGY THAT ARE UNKNOWN.

AND AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THAT RISK MITIGATION, IF A SUPPLIER DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE, AND WE WANT THEM TO LOCK IT IN, THEY'RE GOING TO ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION, RIGHT? SO THEY'LL PAT IT. ONCE WE KNOW WHAT SOME OF THESE AUCTION NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE, I'LL FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IN SAYING WE CAN LOOK AT A 1224 OR MAYBE PROBABLY NOT A 36, BUT A 12 OR 24 MONTH OPTION NEXT GO AROUND. SO JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, COLUMBUS ENTERED INTO THE INTO A PROGRAM AS WELL. WHAT ARE THEY? WHERE ARE THEY AT RIGHT NOW? I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY LANDED. THEY HAVE THEIR AUCTION. THEY DO THIS PROCUREMENT PROCESS AT A DIFFERENT POINT IN TIME. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY PROCURED, WHAT THEY LOCKED INTO. I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T KNOW THAT OFF. AND THEIRS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN OURS ANYHOW BECAUSE THEY, WE GIVE 100% OF THE SAVINGS BACK TO THE RESIDENTS, WHEREAS OTHER COMMUNITIES. YEAH. AND MR. MAYOR, I WAS GOING TO COMMENT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID IN GROVE CITY WHEN WE STARTED DOWN THIS ROAD THREE YEARS AGO IS THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS YOU COULD BUILD INTO A PROGRAM, LIKE YOU COULD SET UP FUNDS WHERE MONEY GOES THAT THE CITY CAN USE AS A SLUSH FUND. MOST OF THE CONSULTANTS. IN FACT, THE REASON WE GOT GREG IS HE IS THE ONLY CONSULTANT THAT WOULD DO THIS ON A FLAT RATE. EVERY OTHER CONSULTANT SAYS NO, WE WANT TO GET A FEW PENNIES ON EVERY SINGLE BILL IN THE CITY OF GROVE CITY. BUT WE TOOK A LONG VIEW SAYING THAT IF WE COULD SAVE MONEY, WE'RE GOING TO SAVE MONEY FOR OUR RESIDENTS, AND WE HAVE NOT ADDED ANY OF THOSE FEES. WE HAVE NOT ADDED GREG'S FEE. HE'S NOT GETTING A CUT OF ANYTHING.

AND THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM, FRANKLY, EVERY AGGREGATION PROGRAM IN THE STATE OF OHIO.

AND FRANKLY, GREG'S THE ONLY ONE WHO COULD DO IT OR WOULD DO IT. AND HE'S BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH. THAT WAS MY POINT. YEAH, YEAH. SO 100% OF THE SAVINGS GOES BACK TO THE RESIDENTS HERE.

YES. UNLIKE COLUMBUS AND THE OTHER CITIES. CORRECT? CORRECT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. RODNEY. GREG, YOU MENTIONED TARIFFS. WHAT TARIFFS ARE AT PLAY HERE. WELL THOSE WOULD BE THE RATE RATE TARIFFS. SO THE RATE CODE. SO RESIDENTIAL RATE THERE'S ABOUT 24 TO 5 DIFFERENT WRITERS THAT GO INTO THE COST OF YOUR RESIDENTIAL RATE. AND THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT WRITERS THAT COME INTO PLAY. THE BIGGEST THING THAT THEY HAVE IS THE UTILITY TO DETERMINE YOUR RATE.

THEY HAVE AN AUCTION PROCESS AND THAT'S HELD A COUPLE DIFFERENT TIMES A YEAR. SO ONCE THOSE ARE HELD, WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL THOSE CLEAR THROUGH AND GET APPROVED. AND THEN WE CAN DROP THOSE INTO THE MODEL. BUT WE'RE NOT SPEAKING TARIFFS AS IN CHINA TO USA. CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP. YEAH. WHEN IT COMES TO UTILITIES, IF YOU EVER FOLLOW THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN OHIO, YOU WILL SEE THE UTILITIES GOING IN THERE TO ADJUST THE TARIFFS. AND BASICALLY THEY'RE ADJUSTING THE RATE. BUT THEY CALLED IT TARIFFS

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ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. THE ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS READING.

AND DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT'S AN EMERGENCY I WOULD SAY LET'S APPROVE IT AS EMERGENCY. AS EMERGENCY. MR. DO, IS YOUR MOTION FIRST MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES OF COUNCIL? YES. OKAY. SO DO I HAVE A SECOND TO THE MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES OF COUNCIL AND THE WAITING PERIOD BE SUSPENDED? SECOND. I MOVE THE ORDINANCES. WAIT. HOLD ON. YES, YES. HARRY? YES. DO. YES.

BURROWS. YES. ANDERSON. YES. WILSON. YES. GO. I MOVE THIS ORDINANCE BE APPROVED AS AN EMERGENCY MEASURE. SECOND. HOLT. YES. YES. YES. BURROWS. YES. HENDERSON. YES. WILSON. YES.

YES. AND IF I MAY, MR. THANK YOU. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE WILL FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, CONTACT THE UTILITY TO SEE WHAT RATE WE CAN LOCK INTO. OBVIOUSLY, IF IT CHANGES ANYTHING OVER 9.9, WE DON'T HAVE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT. BUT IF IT'S IN THE SAME, WE'LL HAVE IT LOCKED IN TOMORROW. AND WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THAT. THANK YOU. NEXT I HAVE RESOLUTION CR

[Resolution CR-15-25 Appoint Committee Members to the “Grove City CARES” Healthcare Grant Pilot Program. ]

ANDERSON. YES. WILSON. YES. YES YES. NO PROBLEM. GREAT. THANK YOU, MR. DU. AND THOSE WERE THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENTS. DO WE KNOW THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, MR. BARRY? ARE THEY ALL PRE-ESTABLISHED? THEY'RE PRE ESTABLISHED. AND WHEN DO YOU KNOW WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO GET STARTED? NOT YET. OKAY. SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT I DON'T KNOW THE

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

[Resolution CR-16-25 Authorize participation in the Ohio Department of Transportation Contract for Road Salt. ]

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[Resolution CR-17-25 Appoint Members to the Loan Review Committee for the Town Center Loan Program. ]

MR. TIM BOWERS, MISS MELISSA FORT, MR. GREG SALT, MR. BRANT MILLER, AND MISS DON LOTHAR.

THEY WILL BE HEREBY APPOINTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS RESOLUTION. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I HAVE? JUST A QUICK ONE. JUST SHARE, I GUESS WHAT? HOW LONG THIS TASK FORCE WILL WILL STAY TOGETHER AND KIND OF WHAT THEIR ACTIVITIES OR WHAT MAY COME IN FRONT OF THEM. THIS IS FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITYWIY DEPENDS IN TERMS OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT THIS ORGANIZATION GETS. I THINK IN THE PAST. KYLE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. WE'VE HAD TWO APPLICATIONS FOR APPLICATIONS. YOU MIGHT LET THEM KNOW WHICH APPLICATIONS THOSE WERE WITH THOSE BUSINESSES AND HOW THAT THAT PARTICULAR PROCESS. YES. IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD UP TO, I THINK, FOUR APPLICATIONS, NOT ALL HAVE GONE FORWARD. I THINK 2 OR 3 HAVE BEEN AWARDED. IN THIS CASE, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE OWNER OF 3995 BROADWAY TO DO INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS, TO RETROFIT THEIR SPACE TO ALLOW FOR THE CONVERSION, TAKING DOWN WALLS AND DO SOME OTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO ATTRACT SOME OTHER USES. ONE BEING OFFICE, ONE BEING A BAKERY TYPE OF USE.

SO AGAIN, THE PAST WE'VE DONE 3 OR 4 OF THESE. NOT ALL GO FORWARD. WE TRY TO BE COMPETITIVE IN THE RATE AND THE TERM AND THE LOAN AMOUNT. IT CAN GO UP TO $150,000. THE LOAN THAT WILL BE COMING FORWARD WILL BE BE AROUND 75,000. SO WE'RE JUST WE'RE KIND OF STUCK IN THE PROCESS BECAUSE WE WENT DOWN THIS PATH AND REALIZED THAT LOAN COMMITTEE HAD NOT BEEN ACTIVE FOR LIKE 13 YEARS, HAD TO RESET IT. SO REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THE PROCESS.

REALLOCATED, FORMATTED THE RIGHT WAY TO ALLOW US TO PROCESS THESE REQUESTS. I'M ASSUMING THAT SINCE THE RATES ARE HIGHER NOW, WE MIGHT GET MORE ACTIVITY AND BE MORE COMPETITIVE WITH THE WITH THE RATES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER. I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? THIS RESOLUTION HAS HAD ITS READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVE IT BE APPROVED. SECOND. ANDERSON. YES. WILSON. YES, YES YES YES YES YES. THAT'S ALL I

[Call for New Business]

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WE'VE WELCOMED NEW RESIDENTS THROUGH EXCITING RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS AT BEULAH PARK FARMSTEAD COMMUNITY. WE'VE WELCOMED GREAT NEW BUSINESSES TO OUR COMMUNITY. TWO NEW HOSPITALS, MEDICAL OFFICE, BIOSCIENCE. SO THIS COMMUNITY PLAN IS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE GROWING TOGETHER AND POINTING IN THE SAME DIRECTION ON A VISION FOR HOW OUR COMMUNITY, HOW WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO GROW. SO FOR THIS UPDATE, WE PARTNERED WITH PLANNING NEXT. THEY WERE THE FIRM THAT HELPED US WITH OUR ORIGINAL PLAN BACK IN 2018.

JAMIE GREEN AND MICHAEL CURTIS ARE HERE TONIGHT TO DISCUSS OUR GOALS FOR THIS PLAN UPDATE, AS WELL AS THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR TO DATE, AND THEN OUR PLAN NEXT STEPS. AND WE'VE ALSO INVITED WENDY MOLLER, THE OWNER OF COMPASS POINT PLANNING, TO INTRODUCE HERSELF FOLLOWING PLANNING NEXT PRESENTATION. WENDY IS HELPING US FINALIZE OUR WORK ON THE ZONING CODE REWRITE AND YOU WILL HEAR MORE FROM HER HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT MONTH WITH A PRESENTATION TO GO OVER THE STATUS OF THOSE EFFORTS. WENDY HAS PARTNERED WITH PLANNING NEXT AND OTHER COMMUNITIES TO FORMALIZE THEIR ZONING POLICIES TO REINFORCE THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OUTLINED IN THEIR COMMUNITY PLANS. SO WITH THAT, I WILL HAND THINGS OVER TO JAMIE WITH PLANNING NEXT. THANK YOU KIM. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL MEMBERS. AS AS KIM SAID, MY NAME IS JAMIE GREEN. I'M PRINCIPAL WITH PLANNING NEXT AND WE'RE HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE, AS SHE MENTIONED, OF HELPING YOU BEFORE. AND WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL TO BE BACK HERE AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW WHO'S ADVANCING THESE SLIDES. JUST SAY NEXT AND WE'LL GO BACK UP. BACK UP ONE. THANK YOU. WITH THE AGENDA HERE.

SO MICHAEL AND I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND ON THE WORK. WE ALSO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE THINK ABOUT WHY THE UPDATE IS HAPPENING, AND THEN TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT WE ENVISION TO ACTUALLY GET THE WORK DONE AND WHAT THOSE NEXT STEPS MIGHT ENTAIL, AND THEN ANSWER ANY YOUR QUESTIONS. THIS IS THE FIRST PRESENTATION WITH YOU, BUT THERE ARE KEY MILESTONES GOING FORWARD WHERE WE'LL BE BACK WITH YOU AS WELL. SO NEXT ONE PLEASE. AND THE NEXT ONE HERE IN TERMS OF THE BACKGROUND. SO JUST SOME MAYBE SOME REALLY OBVIOUS LEVEL SETTING FOR YOU. BUT FOR US WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, JUST REALLY BEING CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY COMMUNITY PLAN. I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT IF YOU WERE IN SOME OF YOUR OTHER COMMUNITIES, YOU MIGHT HEAR THEM REFER TO THIS AS A MASTER PLAN OR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. BUT FOR US, AND I THINK FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, THIS NOTION, THIS IS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY RESONATES HERE. SO AS WE LOOK AT THIS, THIS IS REALLY THE LONG TERM POLICY STRATEGY THAT JUST REPRESENTS GOOD STEWARDSHIP ABOUT MANAGING YOUR COMMUNITIES. THE BEST PLANNING EFFORTS, YOU KNOW, WE THINK ARE REALLY ABOUT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE PLAN AND THE WORK. OUR PROFESSION, YOU KNOW, IN MANY COMMUNITIES, HAS A WELL-DESERVED REPUTATION OF CREATING PLANS THAT END UP ON A SHELF. BUT WE'RE WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING ABOUT HELP YOU HELPING YOU PUT THAT IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK AND WHICH GETS TO THE NEXT PART ABOUT SETTING THE PLAN UP SO THAT YOU CAN EASILY USE THAT WHEN YOU'RE MAKING OTHER IMPORTANT DECISIONS ABOUT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. IN TERMS OF THE CURRENT PLAN THAT YOU HAVE, I THINK THE NOTION, THIS IS NO SURPRISE TO YOU THAT WE EXIST IN A REGION, THOUGH WE DON'T EXIST IN A STATE THAT'S GROWING. WE EXIST IN A REGION THAT IS REALLY GROWING IN A ROBUST WAY. AND THE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT ARE HAPPENING SOME PLACES THERE'S SHRINKAGE, BUT BUT THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF GROWTH. AND SO THE MARKET IS CHANGING. AND SO IT'S A GOOD TIME TO SORT OF CHECK IN, ESPECIALLY IF YOU THINK ABOUT. AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU IN A MINUTE, SOME MAJOR INVESTMENTS IN THE REGION THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE YOU'VE DONE YOUR LAST PLAN. THE ENGAGEMENT IS IMPORTANT. MICHAEL'S GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT AS WELL. BUT THE PLAN DOES ALLOW FOR THOUGHTFUL AND INTENTIONAL GROWTH AS OPPOSED TO BEING IN A REACTIONARY MODE. I SPENT THE GOOD PART OF THE AFTERNOON TALKING TO A COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO HAVE PREDICTABILITY, THAT THAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WHICH YOU NEED TO SORT OF DELIVER CERTAIN

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SO IN TERMS OF MOTIVATION AROUND WHY TO DO THIS NEXT. CENTRAL OHIO, AS I MENTIONED, GROWING, YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD I KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOT FOLKS HERE VERY ACTIVE IN MORPC THAT THE REGION IS EXPECTING TO BE AT 3 MILLION, ANOTHER MILLION PEOPLE IN THE NEXT IN THE NEXT YEAR, THIS GROWTH, WHILE IT'S HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE REGION, IT IS AMAZING HOW CONNECTED IT IS.

SO THIS AFTERNOON I WAS IN LICKING COUNTY, AND THERE'S ONE FACTORY OVER THERE THAT'S PRODUCING SOLAR PANELS. THE WORKERS COME FROM 17 DIFFERENT COUNTIES IN, IN IN OHIO WHEN WE WERE WORKING WITH INTEL AND THEIR HR FOLKS NATIONALLY, THEY WERE REALLY CLEAR THAT WHEN THOSE FOLKS DO MATERIALIZE AND THEY'RE A LITTLE SLOWER GETTING HERE, IT APPEARS. BUT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO BE THROUGHOUT THE REGION. SO JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING MIGHT BE HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, IN A DIFFERENT PART DOESN'T MEAN THAT PEOPLE WON'T CHOOSE TO LIVE HERE FOR THEIR THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AND HOPEFULLY WORK HERE TOO, WITH THEIR INCOME TAX. SO THE OTHER REASON IS THAT THE YOU'VE YOU'VE CHANGED AS, AS KIM SAID, LIKE WE'RE LOOKING AT AS PART OF THE AUDIT, LIKE WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS THAT WE NEED TO LEARN FROM. AND THEN YOU'VE ALSO DONE OTHER GOOD PLANNING WORK. AND SO THE COMMUNITY PLAN, WHICH I SAID ALSO GOES BY THE NAME OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IS THAT ONE POINT IN TIME IN A COMMUNITY WHERE YOU CAN REALLY RAKE UP ALL THE OTHER THINGS AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU'VE GOT A REALLY SOLID, INTEGRATED POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. NEXT ONE PLEASE. SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I MENTIONED IS ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION BEING IMPORTANT. SO THERE THERE WAS SOME LOOK AT ALL THE ACTIONS. OR IN THE ORIGINAL 2050 THERE WERE NOT A 70 PARTICULAR ACTIONS. AND WE DEFINED THEM AS A PROJECT, POLICY OR PROGRAM. THIS IS KIND OF THE REPORT CARD THAT 90% OF ALL OF THOSE HAVE HAD SOME MEASURE OF ACTION, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY'VE BEEN COMPLETED OR WHETHER THERE'S GOOD PROGRESS OR LIMITED PROGRESS. YOU KNOW, YOUR STAFF TEAM IS STAYED ON THE WORK TO BE ABLE TO REPORT THIS KIND OF ACTIVITY. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SHOULD EXPECT IS THE DOING AS WELL AS THE PLANNING. NEXT. SO I'M SURE MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS, IF NOT ALL OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH ALL OF THIS. BUT, YOU KNOW, IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME WHEN SINCE YOU ADOPTED THE PLAN IN 2018, THERE HAS BEEN OTHER WORK DONE, MORE FOCUSED WORK ON THE TOWN CENTER PLAN, WENDY'S WORK ON THE LOOKING INTO THE CODE, THE GATEWAY ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION OUT THERE. SO AGAIN, THIS IS A PLACE TO SORT OF LIKE LOOK AT ALL THOSE IN THE CONTEXT OF GOING FORWARD WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PIECE. THERE'S ALSO IMPORTANT REGIONAL WORK.

THIS IS JUST A SMALL LIST UP HERE OF THINGS THAT WE WANT TO LEVERAGE, LEAN INTO, INTEGRATE INTO THIS WORK SOME ABOUT HOUSING AND SOME OF THEM ABOUT MOBILITY AND TRANSIT, WHICH I BELIEVE ARE, YOU KNOW, IMPORTANT TO YOU FROM THE PLAN NEXT. SO I MENTIONED THE, YOU KNOW, THE ROBUST REGION THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN, OUR PRACTICE WORKS. WE'RE WORKING IN EIGHT DIFFERENT STATES RIGHT NOW. WE DO A LOT OF WORK IN THE MIDWEST. NOT EVERY REGION IN THE COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDWEST, HAS THIS KIND OF ACTIVITY. AND I THINK THAT ONE OF THE EXCITING THINGS FOR COMMUNITIES LIKE GROVE CITY IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT SUPPLIERS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN YOU GET THAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU AS OPPOSED TO TAKING WHAT'S EVER THERE? YOU HAVE SOMETHING HERE THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY, I THINK, WORK WITH THAT. YOU KNOW, MANY SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES IN LARGER REGIONS, YOU KNOW, JUST WOULDN'T HAVE THOSE CHOICES. SO YOU'VE ALSO GOT YOUR OWN SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN AREA HOSPITALS.

WE'VE SEEN THAT THROUGHOUT THE REGION. ANYWAY. THIS IS A ROBUST PLACE. AND SO I THINK THE QUESTION REALLY, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS FOR THIS PLAN IS HOW DO WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, TO THE BETTERMENT OF GROVE CITY. SO THE OUTCOMES THAT WE'VE WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH THE STAFF IS REALLY AN AFFIRMATION PROCESS OF THE CORE VISION. LIKE WE WE'VE NOT HEARD ANYTHING YET THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ON THE WRONG TRACK FOR WHERE YOU NEED TO GO. YOU KNOW THAT THE VISION IS ARTICULATED IN A SERIES OF STATEMENTS, PRINCIPLES THAT ARE STATEMENTS OF INTENT, GOALS ABOUT DESIRED OUTCOMES EXPRESSED IN SIMPLE TERMS, AND THEN THE OBJECTIVES. BUT WITH LAND USE BEING A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS, WE REALLY WANT TO AFFIRM THAT WE'RE STILL ALIGNED. AND I MEAN THE BIG WE HERE ON WHERE AND HOW GROWTH TAKES PLACE IN YOUR COMMUNITY. WHAT SHOULD IT LOOK LIKE AND WHERE AND WHAT SHOULD NOT CHANGE THINGS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO YOU? GOOD ASSETS, GOOD DEVELOPMENT, EXAMPLES THAT WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY CHANGE THERE AT ALL. THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDAMENTAL PART OF THIS. BUT IN

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AND THEN THE SECOND ROUND IS REALLY BRINGING BACK THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND GETTING SOME REACTION TO THOSE AND FEEDBACK TO HELP PRIORITIZE WHAT GOES IN THE PLAN. AND THAT WOULD ALL HAPPEN BEFORE THE PLAN COMES BACK TO YOU FOR POSSIBLE ADOPTION. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT YOUR PROCESS AND YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN JUST A MOMENT. SO THERE WILL BE SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE, AT LEAST THREE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. WE HOPE TO HAVE THE BULK OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE PLAN READY BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, SO THAT THERE WILL BE SOMETHING FOR YOU TO REVIEW AND TO THINK ABOUT THE ADOPTION PROCESS AT THAT TIME. SO WHO IS THIS STEERING COMMITTEE? AS I MENTIONED, WE WANT THIS GROUP TO REFLECT ALL THE DIFFERENT INTERESTS THAT EXIST WITHIN GROVE CITY. WE STARTED WITH THE EXISTING GROVE CITY 2050 STEERING COMMITTEE. THERE WERE 30 FOLKS ON THAT GROUP, AND THEY WERE PUT TOGETHER THROUGH AN APPLICATION PROCESS. SO IN 2017, WE HAD A BUNCH OF PEOPLE APPLY FOR THAT GROUP, AND THEN WE SELECTED ABOUT 30 TO REPRESENT AS DIVERSE A GROUP AS WE COULD. WE FOUND ABOUT 12 OF THOSE ORIGINAL PEOPLE THAT WERE STILL IN THE COMMUNITY AND WERE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING AGAIN. SO WE'RE REALLY WE'RE DOING ANOTHER APPLICATION PROCESS TO FIND BETWEEN 6 AND 10 ADDITIONAL PEOPLE TO FILL OUT THAT GROUP FOR THE SECOND ROUND. AND THEN WHAT'S THEIR ROLE? SO THEIR ROLE IS REALLY PARTLY IN TERMS OF OUTREACH TO REACH OUT TO THEIR NETWORKS AND HELP US TO GET ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY INPUT AS PART OF THE PROCESS. BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A ROLE IN HELPING US WITH SOME OF THE SUBSTANCE OF THE PLAN. SO AS WE START THINKING ABOUT, OKAY, WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS TOLD US AND WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED FROM A TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVE, AND WE START THINKING ABOUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS? THEY'RE GOING TO HELP US DISTILL SOME OF THAT BEFORE IT COMES BACK IN A MORE FORMAL WAY. AND THEN WE ALSO THINK THEY CAN SERVE AS STEWARDS OF THE PLAN ONCE IT'S ADOPTED. SO AS I MENTIONED, THAT PREVIOUS GROUP, CITY 2050 COMMITTEE, WAS PRETTY HEAVILY INVOLVED. A CORE GROUP OF THOSE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ALSO STAYED ON AND HELPED WITH AN IMPLEMENTATION TASK FORCE, AND THEY MET WITH THE CITY STAFF ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS IN THE YEARS SINCE. SO JUST QUICKLY, SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS I MENTIONED, WE'RE GETTING READY FOR PUBLIC INPUT. SO THERE ARE THREE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL BE COMING UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS. WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS ROUND REALLY OVER THE SUMMER. IT WILL INVOLVE AN ONLINE SURVEY, AND THEN THERE'LL BE SOME IN-PERSON, MORE POP UP TYPE ENGAGEMENT AT DIFFERENT COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WILL HELP TO FACILITATE. AND THEN WE'RE ASKING EACH OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO HELP US

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SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE YEAR, YOU SEE A FINISHED PLAN THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO ADOPT. NO, WE WANT TO COME BACK AFTER WE'VE HEARD SOMETHING FROM THE PUBLIC, AFTER THE COMMITTEE HAS DONE SOME OF THEIR WORK, WE WILL SHARE THAT WITH YOU, GIVING YOU AN UPDATE. AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE A DRAFT PLAN, WE WILL COME BACK AND GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU AGAIN. SO THAT'S A SUMMARY OF THE PROCESS. I'LL TURN IT OVER QUICKLY TO WENDY TO INTRODUCE HERSELF AND TALK ABOUT THE ZONING CODE AND HOW THAT WORKS TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN. AND THEN WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS. HELLO AGAIN. MY NAME IS WENDY MOELLER. I'M FROM COMPASS POINT, PLANNING OUT OF CINCINNATI. I'M A PROFESSIONAL PLANNER, AND I AM GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE CITY TO KIND OF FINALIZE THE DRAFT THAT THE STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON, THE ZONING CODE THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON TO KIND OF GET IT THROUGH THE FINISH LINE. JUST WANTED TO OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. I WILL BE AS AS KIM HAD MENTIONED, I SHOULD BE COMING IN FRONT OF YOU SHORTLY WITH SOME OF THE PROGRESS WE'VE DONE, INCLUDING WHAT WE'VE ESSENTIALLY DONE, IS AUDITED THE DRAFT CODE THAT THE STAFF PUT TOGETHER AND PROVIDED SOME OUTSIDE ADVICE OF MAKING IT MORE USER FRIENDLY, SOME OPTIONS FOR IMPROVING IT THAT WON'T CHANGE SIGNIFICANT POLICIES, BUT ALSO THE POSSIBILITY THAT THERE MAY BE SOME SECOND, YOU KNOW, PHASE UPDATES THAT MAY LOOK AT SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH. IDEALLY, WE'RE GOING TO BE TRACKING THE PLAN TO SOME DEGREE, AND I'LL BE COORDINATING WITH PLANNING NEXT SO THAT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN KIND OF BLEND IN TOGETHER, WE WILL. OR IDENTIFY THINGS THAT MAYBE NEED FUTURE EVALUATION AND FUTURE RESEARCH DOWN THE LINE TO MAKE THAT AND GET THIS SO THAT YOU'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY A COMPLETED DOCUMENT BY THE END OF THE YEAR. MR. HOLT, I THINK FOR THE FIRST GENTLEMAN QUESTION. SO AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU LOOK AT IN THE IN THE PLAN AND THE NEW PLAN, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HOUSING AND LOOK AT THE SPECTRUM. SO I THINK HOUSING AFFORDABILITY WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE WILL BE CONSCIOUS OF. YES. AND OKAY. SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE MULTIFAMILY. AND THIS IS A CHICKEN EGG PROBLEM WHICH COMES FIRST THE PLAN OR THE ZONING CODE. YEAH. SO YOU KNOW IN MOST PLACES YOU LIKE TO WORK IN AN IDEAL WHERE YOU DO A LOT OF THE PLANNING, YOU DO THE ZONING. I THINK THE ZONING WORK THAT WAS IDENTIFIED EVEN IN YOUR PREVIOUS UPDATE, THE PLAN THERE THAT HAD ZONING IMPLICATIONS IS PART OF WHAT THE STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON. SO IT'S KIND OF A BOTH AND RIGHT NOW. SO IT HAPPENS A LOT OF WAYS WHERE WE JUST DO THIS KIND OF IN TOGETHER IN LOCKSTEP. OKAY.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YEAH. MAYBE THIS IS MORE FOR CHUCK. CHUCK IS THIS I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS THAT ARE NOT INCORPORATED. HOW FAR OUT ARE THEY GOING TO GO AS FAR AS LOOKING AT AREAS? I MEAN, ARE THEY JUST LOOKING AT OUR WATER RIGHTS AREAS RIGHT NOW? THE CITY OF GROVE CITY HAS CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF COLUMBUS THAT ALLOWS US TO EXPAND IN CERTAIN AREAS TO PROVIDE WATER AND SANITARY SEWER. THAT WILL BE OUR MAIN FOCUS IN TERMS OF THE PLANNING AREA. AND AGAIN, THAT'S REALLY IF YOU LOOK AT OUR GEOGRAPHIC AREA, IT'S TO THE NORTH, IT'S 270, TO THE EAST IT'S TO THE SOUTH RIVER. TO THE WEST, IT'S NOT QUITE TO PICKAWAY COUNTY AREA, AND TO THE WEST IT'S HOLT ROAD AND A LITTLE BEYOND THAT.

BUT THAT IS REALLY OUR SERVICE AREA. AND WHAT DRIVES THAT DEVELOPMENT IS THAT, THAT UNDERGROUND UTILITIES IN TERMS OF ESPECIALLY SANITARY SEWER, IT'S EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE TO TAKE A SANITARY SEWER FROM, SAY, FROM THIS AREA CLEAR OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE RIVER WHERE THE CITY OF COLUMBUS HAS 156 INCH PIPE TO HANDLE THE SEWAGE IN THE AREA. SO BUT THAT'S MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF OUTLAY TO GET THAT CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN THERE. SO IT TAKES NOT ONLY GOVERNMENTAL

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SO I THINK THAT WAS THAT WOULD BE OUR GOAL FOR THIS ONE. ONCE WE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THE NUMBER AND WITH THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND GEOGRAPHIC MAKEUP OF THAT COMMITTEE, THAT WE WOULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL. OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN LAST QUESTION, I THINK YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT COMMUNITY OUTPUT. OBVIOUSLY A SURVEY. YOU TALKED ABOUT IN-PERSON COMMUNITY EVENTS AND THEN SOME SMALLER GROUPS, THE SMALLER GROUPS BY THE STEERING COMMITTEES. I'M CURIOUS IF THOSE ARE GOING TO BE PUBLIC MEETINGS. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE IN-PERSON COMMUNITY EVENTS. IS THAT IF PERSON ATTENDS EVENT AT PARK, THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY PARTICIPATE. BUT WILL THERE BE A FORMAL LIKE TOWN HALL THAT THAT'S THE ONLY EVENT THAT THAT IS HAPPENING FOR THIS.

SO THERE ARE THREE, THREE THINGS THAT WE MENTIONED THERE IN TERMS OF THE SMALL GROUPS, I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY CALL THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS, BUT NO ONE'S PRECLUDED FROM COMING. BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW DIFFICULT IT IS. AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR OVER 30 YEARS, AND THERE'S NEVER BEEN A HARDER TIME TO GET PEOPLE TO WANT TO COME OUT. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER CHOICES, BUT THERE'S ALSO WITH THE JUST DECLINE IN THE CIVIC BEHAVIOR, LIKE PEOPLE DON'T DO THAT. AND BUT WE DO KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE WHEN SOMEONE THEY KNOW, RECOGNIZE OR TRUST ASKS THEM TO DO THAT. SO WE PACKAGE UP A CONSISTENT, WHAT WE CALL A MEETING IN A BOX. RIGHT? THAT YOU GO OUT IF YOU'VE GOT A CHURCH GROUP OR A PTO GROUP OR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, YOU CAN ACTUALLY CALL THEM TOGETHER AND RUN THIS.

THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT ARE ON THAT ARE THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT ARE ON THE ONLINE SURVEY. AND THEN THAT PIECE THAT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT THIRD PIECE IS SORT OF LIKE GOING OUT TO WHERE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY CONGREGATING AND TRYING TO MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE. OKAY, I BELIEVE IN 20 OR THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS, WE DID HAVE A COUPLE TOWN HALLS OR SOMETHING AT THE LIBRARY. WE CAN WE CAN CLEARLY PACK A HOUSE HERE. WE'VE GOT STANDING ROOM ONLY FOR COUNCIL. SO JUST I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY ABSOLUTELY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE. I CAN I CAN RESPECT THAT. IT IS HARD FOR THAT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT FOR SURE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HAVING OPPORTUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME OUT. NO, I APPRECIATE THAT.

IF I COULD JUST FOLLOW UP ON THAT. YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE REALLY CLEAR THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE AND WHAT WE DID BEFORE IS QUALITATIVE RESEARCH. PEOPLE ARE SELF-SELECTING IN MANY WAYS TO JOIN US. AND SO OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL, OUR COLLECTIVE GOAL WITH THE STAFF IS TO MAKE SURE THAT PARTICIPATION IS A CHOICE. SO LEVERAGING ALL THE COMMUNICATION, SOCIAL MEDIA THAT THE CITY MANAGES TO GET IT OUT THERE, YOU KNOW A LOT MOST PEOPLE WILL CHOOSE NOT TO, BUT AT LEAST YOU KNOW, WE'LL KNOW THAT WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN TO DO THAT. THAT'S GREAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS BURROWS. YES. FIRST AND FOREMOST, JAMIE AND MICHAEL, WELCOME BACK. I HAD THE HONOR OF SERVING ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE THE LAST TIME WE WENT THROUGH THIS. AND IT'S EXCITING FOR US TO BE REVIEWING THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S LONG OVERDUE. BECAUSE THE WORLD IS CHANGING AND ACCELERATING FASTER THAN WE COULD EVER ANTICIPATED.

YOU KNOW, FIVE, SEVEN YEARS AGO. TWO QUESTIONS. SO WHAT IS GOING TO BE AND YOU MAY NOT HAVE THIS

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MAYBE ROUTE 665, MAYBE THE PLAN DIDN'T NECESSARILY CALL OUT SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS IN TERMS OF AN ACTION ITEM. FOR A LOT OF ROADWAYS, WE DID HAVE A MAP THAT HIGHLIGHTED CERTAIN ROADWAYS AND WHAT WE FELT THAT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS SHOULD BE, BUT THERE WEREN'T A LOT OF SPECIFIC SAY, YOU KNOW, ADD A LANE TO 665 OR THAT THAT WE DIDN'T GET THAT SPECIFIC WITH AN ACTION ITEM.

BUT AGAIN, I'M HAPPY TO COMPILE AND PLANNING NEXT ON A LOT OF WORK TOWARDS THAT. IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTATION STATUS REPORT. THANK YOU. KIM, I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I DO WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE THIS WORK SO MUCH, AND I'LL GO BACK TO 2018 AND THE ADOPTION PROCESS REALLY WITH THAT INTENTION OF THE NEED FOR THIS TO BE A LIVING, BREATHING PLAN. YOU KNOW, THAT THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING. AND FOR THOSE OF US, I KNOW THERE ARE SOME PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS THAT ARE IN THE ROOM. EVERY PROJECT THAT COMES THROUGH IS GOING TO HOLD ITSELF UP TO 2050. AND IF THEY DO NOT MEET SOME OF THE CRITERIA OF THE 2050 DOCUMENT, THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS COMPELLING CASE AS TO WHY, EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T MEET THOSE STANDARDS, HERE ARE THE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY CAN POINT OUT TO US THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING TO THE TABLE. SO FROM THE DECISION MAKERS VIEWPOINT, THE NEED FOR IT BEING A LIVING, BREATHING DOCUMENT THAT WE ARE CONSTANTLY CHECKING

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SPREAD THE WORD. THANK YOU FOR HAVING IT. ALRIGHT, I THINK WE HAD SOME PEOPLE SIGNED UP UNDER NEW BUSINESS THIS EVENING AND GOING TO START. AND SOME OF YOU MAY OR MAY NOT WISH TO SPEAK.

JULIE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD THIS EVENING? GO AHEAD, COME FORWARD PLEASE.

YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JULIE. I LIVE AT 2617 BRIAN CIRCLE, GROVE CITY. I'M SO EXCITED THAT COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE WAS HERE TO GIVE THEIR PRESENTATION, BECAUSE IT FITS RIGHT IN WITH WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT. SO AWESOME. I SPOKE AT THE APRIL 7TH MEETING AGAINST THE MARIJUANA DISPENSARY, AND TONIGHT I WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT ORDINANCE C, 1224, REPEALING CHAPTER 732 FROM THE MARCH 3RD, 2024 MEETING. I'M CONCERNED THAT CITY COUNCIL JUMPED THE GUN ON THIS DECISION WITHOUT DOING YOUR DUE DILIGENCE IN THIS MATTER.

THIS COUNCIL WAS ASKED BY MANY IN THE COMMUNITY TO CONSIDER THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF REPEALING CHAPTER SEVEN. 32 CONCERNED CITIZENS IMPLORED YOU TO DO RESEARCH TO WAIT TO SEE HOW OTHER COMMUNITIES WERE MOVING FORWARD TO STUDY THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF DISPENSARIES ON OUR CITY. I DON'T THINK THAT WAS DONE. I THINK THIS COUNCIL SAW POSSIBLE DOLLAR SIGNS AND DIDN'T CARE WHAT ANYONE HAD TO SAY. I HAVE YET TO HEAR ANYTHING POSITIVE THAT THESE TYPES OF BUSINESSES WILL BRING HERE. NOT EVEN TAX DOLLARS. DID YOU KNOW THAT GROVE CITY HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES OF DIVORCE IN THE STATE OF OHIO? IT HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE

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ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ANOTHER. WE HAVE ANOTHER PERSON SIGNED UP, ROB SMITH. MR. SMITH, CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? YEAH. ROB SMITH 3422 JOE BARRY LOOP. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. I AM PRESIDENT OF THE WOODSIDE AT HOLTON RUN ASSOCIATION, AND WE'RE EXPERIENCING SEVERE WATER PRESSURE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE'VE BEEN ADDRESSING IT WITH OUR DEVELOPER THROUGHOUT THE TIME OF THE BUILD INTO THE COMMUNITY ITSELF. AND THEY'VE COME OUT AND DONE A SURVEY OF THE WATER ITSELF, THE WATER LINES, AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE WATER LINES. SO WE HAVE PUMPS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT INTO OUR HOMES BY THE DEVELOPER TO INCREASE THE PRESSURE. AND SOME OF THESE PRESSURE ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING AT WOODSIDE, AT HOLTON RUN, EVEN WITH THE PUMPS, IS VERY BAD. I MEAN, MY KITCHEN SINK IS A PENCIL OF WATER COMING OUT. SO THEY SAY IT'S A CITY PROBLEM CITY, AS SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE DISCUSSED WITH THE CITY, PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT IT'S A DEVELOPER PROBLEM, AND WE WANTED TO BRING IT TO COUNCIL'S ATTENTION SO WE CAN GET SOME RESOLUTION INTO THIS WATER ISSUE. I MEAN, TO HAVE A PENCIL COMING OUT OF A FAUCET IS UNACCEPTABLE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YES, MR. BARRY, CHUCK, WHERE ARE WE WITH THIS? THIS IS I CERTAINLY APOLOGIZE FOR THIS. YOU HAVE TO COME TO CITY COUNCIL. OF COURSE, TO BE QUITE FRANK WITH YOU, I REALLY HAVE NOT HEARD ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.

CINDY, ARE YOU. ARE YOU AWARE OF THIS? YES, I KNOW THAT IT IS. SO. I AM AWARE OF SOME RESIDENTS REACHING OUT TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE WATER PRESSURE ISSUES. WE HAD WORKED WITH CITY OF COLUMBUS TO COME OUT AND TEST THE PRESSURES AT OUR PUBLIC MAIN, FIND IT HIGHER TO BE HIGHER PRESSURES AT OUR PUBLIC MAIN THAN IT IS INSIDE THE PRIVATE WATER SYSTEM OF THE CONDO ASSOCIATION. I KNOW OUR PUBLIC SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO BEEN REACHING OUT TO THE BUILDER TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT DROP IN PRESSURE IS COMING FROM, AND SOME TESTING HAS BEEN DONE, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW BACK UP WITH THEM TO SEE WHAT THE RESULTS AND STATUS OF THAT IS, BUT I AM HAPPY TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION WITH THE PRESIDENT AND FOLLOW UP OUTSIDE OF THESE CHAMBERS, AND TRY TO MOVE TOWARDS RESOLUTION FOR THE RESIDENTS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT THEN I HAVE JASON. GAIL. ANYBODY ELSE TONIGHT? JASON GAIL 3035 LONG RANGE WAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. FIRST OFF, KUDOS TO THE MOM WHO JUST SPOKE. I DON'T KNOW HER.

THERE'S NO MORE IMPORTANT MISSION IN THE WORLD THAN MOM'S. SO FOR STANDING UP FOR A FAMILY AND EVERYTHING. I SECOND EVERYTHING SHE SAID. I JUST SPENT ABOUT SIX HOURS DRIVING

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AND SO YOU GUYS POURED HOT WATER DOWN A RABBIT HOLE AND YOU GOT HOT CROSS BUNNY. BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. I DO, HONESTLY, WITHOUT SARCASM TO ALL OF YOU, YOU'VE ENGAGED YOUR COMMUNITY LIKE A DECISION. NEVER WOULD HAVE ENGAGED YOUR COMMUNITY. ALL RIGHT. BUT I DO AGREE THAT THERE NEEDS TO LOOK A LOOK AT A REFERENDUM TO REPEAL A DECISION THAT YOU GUYS HAVE MADE TO ALLOW BUSINESSES IN THIS TOWN THAT THIS COMMUNITY OBVIOUSLY DOES NOT WANT. AND IF YOU TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT YOUR PLAN, YOUR 2050 PLAN, THE OPENING SALVO ON THAT AS, AS, AS THE PRESIDENT JUST POINTED OUT, AS A COUPLE BULLETS IN THEIR MISSION STATEMENTS THAT WOULD HAVE PRECLUDED OR NEGATED EVEN HAVING THIS CONVERSATION IF YOU GUYS WOULD ACTUALLY READ YOUR OWN DOCUMENTS. OKAY. SO I WANT YOU TO JUST UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US FOR OUR FAMILIES. WE LOVE THIS COMMUNITY, RIGHT? WE MOVED HERE FOR A REASON WITH GREAT PURPOSE, AND THAT WAS FOR OUR FAMILIES. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE'LL EVER DO. IN 1946, A MOVIE WAS MADE THAT YOU ALL SEE EVERY HOLIDAY SEASON. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, AND IN THAT MOVIE IN BEDFORD FALLS, A COMMUNITY THAT EVERYBODY LOVED, THAT'S GROVE CITY, EVERYBODY LOVES IT.

EVERYBODY'S WILLING TO SACRIFICE SO THAT THEY CAN STILL HAVE THIS COMMUNITY. THE WAY BEDFORD FALLS WAS. I ASK YOU NOT TO BE MR. POTTER AND ALLOW THE HARMFUL, HATEFUL STUFF COME INTO OUR COMMUNITY. THAT'S NOT GOING TO, AS SHE POINTED OUT, HAS NO BENEFIT. WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA. IT'S DONE. BUT WE CAN PREVENT THE BUSINESSES THAT WE ALLOW INTO OUR OWN TOWN AND ALL THE STUFF THAT COMES WITH IT. YOU CAN POINT TO NO STATISTICS THAT WILL PROVE TO ANYBODY THAT CRIME WILL DECREASE. OF COURSE, CRIME WILL DECREASE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WHEN YOU MAKE SOMETHING LEGAL, IT'S GOING TO DECREASE UNTIL EVERYTHING ELSE INCREASES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. LET ME MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PERSON WHO SIGNED UP, DAVID HELLARD. MR. HELLARD, GOOD TO SEE YOU. YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE, MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCIL, DAVID HILLARD, 3151 ORDERS ROAD IN GROVE CITY. I MOVED TO GROVE CITY IN 1975 AND BOUGHT A TRACT HOUSE OFF OF HOOVER ROAD FOR $38,000. SO YES, A LOT HAS CHANGED IN GROVE CITY OVER THAT TIME. I CAME HERE ORIGINALLY JUST TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE 2050 PLAN.

BUT AS I CIRCULATED THROUGH THE ORDINANCE, PEOPLE I KNOW, PEOPLE I DIDN'T KNOW, THEY WERE JUST SO ABUZZ WITH NEGATIVE THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS MARIJUANA DISPENSARY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO STATE MY OPPOSITION TO THAT SENDS A TERRIBLE MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY, TERRIBLE MESSAGE TO THE KIDS. AND YOU HAVE A HARD TIME CONVINCING ME THAT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE COMING TO GROVE CITY WHO LIKE MARIJUANA, THAT SOME OF THOSE DRIVERS, OR MAYBE EVEN A BIG PERCENTAGE OF THEM WILL BE IMPAIRED, WHICH IS ANOTHER SAFETY ISSUE. SO ONCE AGAIN, JUST, I CAN'T ADD BEEN VERY ELOQUENT PEOPLE HERE, BUT DEFINITELY THE MARIJUANA DISPENSARY HAS NO PLACE IN THE CITY AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MR. QUORUM. RON MCCLURE. YOU'RE MY LAST PERSON. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. YES, MY NAME IS RON MCCLURE. I LIVE AT FIVE 446 HORN ROAD, GROVE CITY. IN THESE PAST MEETINGS, THERE HAS BEEN A STAND AGAINST THE MEDICAL DISPENSARY. UPON LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE, I BELIEVE THE STAND IS NOT ONLY AGAINST THE PROPOSED DISPENSARY, BUT ANY DISPENSARY IN THE CITY OF GROVE CITY. IF YOU ARE HERE AGAINST THE DISPENSARY PROPOSED AT CHINA BELL, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? IF YOU ARE HERE AGAINST ANY DISPENSARY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF GROVE CITY, PLEASE

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ALL RIGHT. I BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR SIGNED UP MEMBERS OF OUR GALLERY THIS EVENING. AND AS MAYOR, STAGE IS NOT HERE. THAT BRINGS US TO YOU, MR. BOZO. JUST ONE NOTE, OF COURSE. SATURDAY WE HAD THE ECO FEST, WHICH WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL. THE WEATHER WAS VERY KIND TO US. I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK STAFF MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT. AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO LINDA ROSSINI, WHO REALLY SPEARHEADS THAT THAT EVENT. IT WAS QUITE SUCCESSFUL. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS KELLY. I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. SMITH. I THINK I'VE SAID MORE THAN ENOUGH TONIGHT. THANK YOU. GOOD. THANK YOU. ANY DEPARTMENT HEADS IN THE

[Call for Dept. Reports & Closing Comments]

OKAY. YES. SO WE ARE ENCOURAGING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY ASSOCIATES TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT EVENT. AND THEN IN JUNE, WE ARE GOING TO DO OUR VERY FIRST GOLF CART RODEO AND SAFETY EXPO, SPONSORED BY THE COLUMBUS POWERSPORTS. WE AS YOU REMEMBER, WE INCLUDED GOLF CARTS IN OUR VULNERABLE ROAD USER SAFETY PROGRAM LAST YEAR. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SITUATIONS THAT GOLF CART DRIVERS MAY BE ENCOUNTER ON THE ON THE ROAD. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE SETTING UP A RODEO COURSE, A LOW SPEED, VERY SAFE COURSE FOR THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN. GIVE A SPEECH AS WELL, AND ALSO DO GOLF CART SAFETY INSPECTIONS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THAT'S ON JUNE THE 7TH. MORE INFORMATION TO COME. BUT THAT'S ON JUNE THE 7TH AT GROVE CITY HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOT. AND THEN ON AUGUST 17TH, WE'RE HAVING A GOLF CART SAFETY MOVIE NIGHT, THANKS TO THE HELP OF ON ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS FOR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A MOVIE NIGHT ON AUGUST 17TH AT VILLA PARK, SPECIFICALLY FOR GOLF CARTS, AND WE'LL BE A DRIVE IN MOVIE. GOLF CARTS WILL BE DECORATED FOR THE THEME OF THE EVENT, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE COLUMBUS POWERSPORTS WILL ALSO BE SPONSORING THAT AS WELL. SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME SOME TIME. ANY QUESTIONS, MISS HOWARD? THANK YOU. YES. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IT'S OKAY IF YOU RIDE WITH HIM BECAUSE HE HAS AN ELECTRIC BIKE, SO. HE'S KIND OF CHEATING ON THAT ONE. MR. BERRY, JUST FOR PUBLIC RECORD, I WENT OUT AFTER YOU SCALDED ME LAST YEAR AND BOUGHT A REAL BICYCLE, AND I. SO I THANK YOU. I WAS RIDING MY REAL BICYCLE, BUT I MISSED YOU THIS YEAR. YEAH. I'VE BEEN. I HAD THE BRONCHITIS, SO I'VE BEEN

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WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING TO SET UP SHOP IN THE CITY, THEY OFTEN LOOK AT POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO SEE IF THEIR CAN BE ACCREDITED. AND THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THEY WILL SET UP SHOP IN CITY. SO THANK YOU. AND PLEASE SEND OUR THANK YOUS TO THE CHIEF AND TEAM. THANK YOU, MR. WILSON.

AND JUST JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON MR. WILSON'S COMMENTS, ONLY ABOUT 10% OF ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES EVER GET TO THE STANDARD ACCREDITATION, AND WE RECEIVED AN ADVANCE ACCREDITATION. SO SHOUT OUT TO THEM. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS IN THE ROOM WITH THE REPORT GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE. ALRIGHT. CLOSING COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL. MR. DO I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER. THANK YOU, MR. BARRY. NOTHING FURTHER. THANK YOU, MR. HOLT. NOTHING FURTHER, ON A ROLL. MISS BURROUGHS, I'M GOING TO BREAK THE ROLL. ALRIGHT. FIRST AND FOREMOST, FROM OUR GUESTS, FROM NEXT STEP PLANNING AND ALSO FROM OUR RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY THAT'S IN THE ROOM THIS EVENING. I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU. AND IT WAS SAID BY A COUPLE PEOPLE FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. NO MATTER WHAT SIDE YOU ARE ON, ANY ISSUE ON ANYTHING THAT WE DO IN THE CITY, I THINK WE NEED MORE PEOPLE TO COME UP AND SPEAK AND UNDERSTAND HOW CITY GOVERNMENT WORKS. THAT WAS ONE REASON I ACTUALLY RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL IS BECAUSE I THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING ON THAT I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT. I KEPT LEARNING MORE AND MORE AND RESEARCHING. AND SO JUST KEEP NO MATTER AGAIN, NO MATTER WHAT SIDE OF WHATEVER ISSUE IT IS TODAY, TOMORROW, IN THE FUTURE, CIVIL ENGAGEMENT IS WHAT WE NEED. SO THANK YOU. MISS ANDERSON. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. MY ONLY SMALL THING, MR. TIFFORD, AS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ALTERNATIVE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION AND TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE GOLF EVENTS, GOLF CART EVENTS COMING UP, IT DID MAKE ME WONDER, AS WE LOOK INTO OUR 2050 PLAN AS WELL. I KNOW WE HAVE ELECTRIC CAR CHARGING STATIONS POSITIONED AROUND THE CITY. DO THOSE ALSO CHARGE ELECTRIC GOLF CARTS? THINKING ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WOULD COME DOWN FOR A MOVIE IN THE PARK AND THEN NEED A PHONE, A FRIEND, PHONE A FRIEND. THAT'S WHY I'M PHONING A FRIEND. AND THE FRIEND THAT I PICKED DID NOT KNOW THAT. OKAY, I WILL FIND OUT. JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, I THINK IT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING NOTE FOR THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER OR NOT THEY DO WORK IN THE SAME FASHION AND IF NOT, IF, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE EVEN THINKING ABOUT FOR THE FUTURE AS WE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT A GOLF CART, AVAILABILITIES HERE IN CITY? I'LL FIND OUT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. WILSON. I JUST REALLY QUICK. LAST TUESDAY, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE GROVE CITY CHAMBER AT THE GOODWILL STORE ON BUCKEYE PARKWAY. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH, WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, WE'RE AT A TIME WHERE FEDERAL FUNDING IS, IS BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM OUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. AND WE KNOW A LOT OF MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITIES RELY ON NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS GOODWILL, MID-OHIO FOOD BANK, MEALS ON WHEELS. SO MORE THAN EVER, OUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS NEED OUR SUPPORT. SO JUST CALLING ON THE COMMUNITY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THINGS TO DONATE, ITEMS TO DONATE, PLEASE CONSIDER LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AROUND GROVE CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I AM GOING TO GO BACK TO MR. BERRY, WHO IS IN MY EAR SAYING HE FORGOT SOMETHING. GO AHEAD. WE ALWAYS LIKE MENTION AND TONIGHT WE HAVE I. WE HAVE ONE IN THE AUDIENCE OF A SCOUT MEMBER IS THE. HE'S SITTING OVER HERE BY THE WINDOW.

IF YOU COULD COME UP TO THE PODIUM. WE ALWAYS LIKE TO HEAR WHAT BADGES YOU'RE WORKING ON AND EVERYTHING. AND I'M REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING OUT. AND IF YOU COULD, IF YOU COULD YOUR IF YOU COULD YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. WHAT. OKAY. WE ARE THE COLEMAN FAMILY. THIS IS ANTON I AM SHANE AND MY WIFE. MOM IS CARRIE. WE'RE AT 2486 PORTLAND DRIVE HERE IN GROVE CITY. WE REPRESENT TROOP 275, AND I DO BOTH THE TROOP AND THE PACK, WHERE WE ALL KIND OF DO, BECAUSE ANTON IS IN THE TROOP. OUR DAUGHTER, WHO'S SITTING IN THE LOBBY, PREOCCUPIED. SHE'S IN THE PACK. I AM THE CUBMASTER OF OUR PACK. SO WE ALL DO THIS. AND PART OF WORKING TOWARDS EAGLE IS

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MISS KELLY HAS SOMETHING THAT SHE'S TWITCHING OVER THERE. WELL, I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU IF YOU WANTED TO. ANNOUNCE THE POINT OF ORDER WITH RESPECT TO C 1025. AS FAR AS THIS IS THE EVENING, SINCE THERE WAS NO MOTION. SURE. OKAY. YEAH, I KNOW MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE BEEN HERE FOR MARIJUANA TONIGHT. FROM WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE, WHAT COUNCIL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO AND IT WAS HAD TO BE DONE TONIGHT, WAS TO MAKE A MOTION TO ATTEMPT TO OVERRIDE THE MAYOR'S VETO.

OBVIOUSLY THAT DID NOT OCCUR. THEREFORE, THAT APPLICATION AND THAT ORDINANCE IS DEAD DOESN'T MEAN THEY CAN'T COME BACK AND FILE ANOTHER ONE. THEY ALWAYS HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT. BUT THAT IS OFFICIALLY DONE AFTER THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, MR. SMITH. OKAY, SO NOW THAT WE'VE GOT THAT OUT OF THE WAY, JUST COMPLETING IF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL AVAILABLE BY PHONE, BY EMAIL, YOU CAN CONTACT US ON THE WEBSITE, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AS WELL. SO DON'T BE AFRAID TO REACH OUT IF THERE'S ANY SUBJECT THAT YOU'D LIKE TO CHAT ABOUT OR COME AND SIGN UP UNDER NEW BUSINESS ANY EVENING, WE WILL BE TOGETHER AGAIN THE NEXT TIME ON MAY THE 5TH. WE TALKED IN CAUCUS AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A DOUBLE HEADER THAT EVENING. SO WE WILL HAVE OUR REGULAR MEETING, AND THEN WE WILL TAKE A BRIEF RECESS AND WE'LL NOT WE WILL ADJOURN AND WE

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