Sep 15, 2025 City Council

[Call to Order]

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GROVE CITY COUNCIL IS NOW IN SESSION. PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. MISS KELLY, MAY I HAVE YOU CALL THE ROLL? BURROWS, HERE. ANDERSON, HERE. WILSON, HERE. HERE. HOLT. HERE. GARY, HERE. DO I HEAR? THANK

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YES. ANDERSON. YES. WILSON. YES. YES. YES. YES, YES. ALL RIGHT. WELCOME, EVERYONE. WE HAVE NO

[Welcome & Reading of Agenda]

[Ordinance C-35-25 Approve a Special Use Permit for Grove City Drive Thru for a Drive Thru Facility located at 3188 Southwest Blvd. First reading.]

[Ordinance C-36-25 Rezone 3612 – 3614 Hoover Road from PSO (Professional Services/Offices) to C-2 (Retail Commercial). First Reading. ]

[Ordinance C-37-25 Rezone 3472 Grant Avenue from R-2 (single family residential) to D-1 (Double/Twin Singles). First reading. ]

[Resolution CR-39-25 Approve the Development Plan for the Grove City Church of the Nazarene Christian School Addition located at 4770 Hoover Road.]

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I READ QUITE A FEW TODAY, SOCIAL MEDIA. SO I WOULD JUST ASK STAFF TO REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THE TRAFFIC THERE. IF WE'RE INCREASING THE SIZE OF THE STUDENT POPULATION, IT'S GOING TO CREATE MORE TRAFFIC ISSUES. SO I WOULD JUST ASK THAT WE REALLY PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE TRAFFIC ON HOOVER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. WILSON. RANDY. YES, YES.

THANK YOU. THIS IS A TECHNICAL QUESTION AND I IT'S PROBABLY ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED, BUT WHERE DOES THE HOW'S THE STORMWATER HANDLED FROM THIS ADDITIONAL ROOF? ERIC WALSH NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YEAH. ERIC WALSH, 1650 WATERMARK DRIVE, COLUMBUS. SO AS PART OF AN EARLIER PHASE. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE SITE PLAN THAT'S UNDERNEATH THE IT'S TOO SMALL FOR ME TO SEE RIGHT NOW. SO SO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SITE, WE HAD TWO PREVIOUS PHASES. WE'VE DONE THE LAST 2 OR 3 YEARS. WE DESIGNED A DRY DETENTION BASIN TO ACCOMMODATE ACTUALLY THIS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. SO THERE'S A COUPLE ADDITIONS THAT THE CHURCH HAD PLANNED. ALL OF THAT WAS ACCOMMODATED TO HANDLE ANY OF THE THE DEVELOPMENT, SO THAT EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD ACCOMMODATE THIS. GREAT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, MR. WILSON, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE REAR ON SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY. I THINK WE WERE BOTH TAGGED IN THAT. IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY TYPE OF POLICE OR SAFETY THAT MAYBE HELP DIRECT TRAFFIC WHEN THE FOR THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS THAT ARE ON THAT ROAD BECAUSE IT WAS TAKING, IT COULD TAKE 30 TO 40 MINUTES TO TRY TO GET THROUGH THAT AREA ON CERTAIN TIMES OF THE DAY. AND THAT IS DEFINITELY A CONCERN. SO ALL RIGHT, MADAM CHAIRMAN. YES. SINCE WE'RE ON THAT ISSUE, WHERE ON THE PROPERTY DO YOU HAVE STACKING FOR PEOPLE TO PICK UP THEIR CHILDREN, IS THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND IF THAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR PLAN? I KNOW EVEN WITH KINGSTON WE HAVE A MAJOR PROBLEM. DURING WHEN WE ALL WENT TO SCHOOL, IT WAS EITHER YOU HIT THE BUS OR YOU WALK HOME. SO I MEAN, TODAY IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT. YES, SIR. EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY. THAT'S. YES. THANK YOU. 4720 HOOVER ROAD. I LIVE IN THE PARSONAGE ON THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE THE NORTHERN PART OF THE BUILDING WHERE IT SAYS PROPOSED ADDITION JUST TO THE, TO THE LEFT OF THAT, CURRENTLY THERE'S A GROUP THAT DROPS OFF THEIR STUDENTS, FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE THERE. SO THEY COME IN THE NORTH ENTRANCE. THEN ALONG THE SOUTH ENTRANCE, YOU'LL SEE SORT OF A U SHAPE BETWEEN WHERE IT SAYS EXISTING BUILDING DOWN BELOW THAT TO THE OTHER KIND OF A U SHAPED PART OF THE BUILDING THERE. THAT IS WHERE OUR HIGH SCHOOL PICKUP AND THEN OUR ELEMENTARY PICKUP TAKES PLACE IN THERE AS WELL. AND PART OF OUR DISCUSSION WITH THIS HAS BEEN THE POSSIBILITY THAT WE MAY NEED TO START STAGGERED START FOR THE SCHOOL. SO THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IN OUR THAT'S IN OUR UNDERSTANDING AS WELL WITH THIS. BUT CURRENTLY MOST OF THEM COME TO THE NORTH IF THEY HAVE CHILDREN IN THAT GRADE, IF THEY'VE GOT THEM IN ADDITIONAL GRADES, THEY HAVE TO PULL BACK AROUND THE OTHER SIDE TO COME GET THEM. AND THEN WE HAD PEOPLE OUT EITHER ON THE MIDDLE ENTRANCE THAT YOU SEE THERE, OR MOSTLY DOWN BY THE FOOTBALL FIELD, WHICH IS OFF THIS PICTURE, AND THEN FURTHER OUT AT THE LIGHTED ORDERS ROAD, TRYING TO REDIRECT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO THE SOUTH IS HOW WE CURRENTLY DO THAT. MADAM

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YES. WILSON. YES, YES YES YES YES, YES, MADAM PRESIDENT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE UNDER LANES

[Resolution CR-40-25 Accepting the Amounts and Rates as determined by the Budget Commission and Authorizing the necessary Tax Levies and certifying them to the County Auditor. ]

FIRST IS CR 4025. ACCEPT AMOUNTS AND RATES AS DETERMINED BY THE BUDGET COMMISSION AND AUTHORIZE THE NECESSARY TAX LEVIES AND CERTIFY THEM TO THE COUNTY AUDITOR. SO THE RATES WERE DETERMINED SEVERAL MEETINGS AGO. THIS IS JUST THE ACCEPTANCE OF THOSE AMOUNTS.

NOW THAT THEY CAN CALCULATE THOSE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MR. HOLT? I JUST MIGHT MENTION THAT THESE THESE THE REVENUES FROM THESE SOURCES GO INTO OUR BOND RETIREMENT FUND OR GENERAL FUND AND OUR POLICE PENSION FUND. THE PROPERTY TAX THAT THIS GENERATES IS APPROXIMATELY $6 MILLION. EXCUSE ME A YEAR. OUR PRESENT BUDGET IS APPROXIMATELY $124 MILLION. SO FROM A PROPERTY STANDPOINT, TAXATION THAT ONLY REPRESENTS 5.1% OF OUR BUDGET. NATURALLY, THE INCOME TAX IS ABOUT 37% OR $45,000. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO THE AVERAGE PROPERTY OWNER IN GROVE CITY? THIS MILLAGE THAT WAS ENACTED BY CITY COUNCIL ON A $350,000 HOME, THE CITY OF GROVE CITY RECEIVES $428. THE REST OF YOUR TAXATION IS ON THAT HOME. FOR EXAMPLE, COLUMBUS STATE RECEIVES $39. SOUTHWEST PUBLIC LIBRARY, $59, JACKSON TOWNSHIP, $150 FRANKLIN COUNTY FOR ALL THEIR SERVICES, $1,400. AND, OF COURSE, THE THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, WHICH GETS APPROXIMATELY $3,200. SO BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION.

MR. HOLT, I CAN'T LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT. THIS IS WE HAVE NOT RAISED THIS INSIDE MILLAGE FOR 19 YEARS, 19 YEARS. SO FOR THE RECORD, A POINT OF ORDER, WE'VE ACTUALLY REDUCED IT TWICE IN THAT 19 YEARS, I THINK WE WELL, I'M NOT SURE IT'S BEEN TWICE 19. I'M NOT GOING TO ARGUE WITH THE COUNCIL. NO. SURE. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. BUT JUST FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? DID ANYBODY SIGN UP FOR THIS OKAY. THIS RESOLUTION HAS HAD ITS READING IN PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVE IT BE APPROVED. SECOND. WILSON. YES, YES YES. VERY. YES. DO. YES. BURROWS. YES. ANDERSON.

[Resolution CR-41-25 Appoint Members to the Board of Tax Review. ]

WE POSTED THAT POSITION AND THESE POSITIONS AND THERE WERE NO OTHER CANDIDATES. SO WE'RE GOING TO REAPPOINT THESE TWO. THIS RESOLUTION HAD ITS READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVE IT BE APPROVED. SECOND. MISS HOUK. YES YES YES YES YES. ANDERSON. YES. WILSON. YES.

[Resolution CR-42-25 Appoint Members to the Beulah Park New Community Authority. ]

THOSE TWO MEMBERS ARE TED BERRY. FROM THE COUNCIL APPOINTMENT, COUNCIL APPOINTMENT, AND ED RITTER BECK. SIMILAR SITUATION. THESE FOLKS HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO CONTINUE TO TO SERVE AND ANY QUESTIONS. THIS RESOLUTION HAS HAD ITS READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVE IT BE APPROVED. SECOND. HOLT. YES. JERRY. YES, YES. YES. ANDERSON. YES. WILSON. YES. YES, MADAM

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HI. AND I'M TERESA BRECKENRIDGE AND 4060 BROADWAY. THANK YOU. AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WITH VISIT GROVE CITY. SO WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON OUR BUSINESS PLAN REPORT. PER THE AGREEMENT THAT WE EXECUTED WITH THE CITY OF GROVE CITY, SIGNED IN JUNE, STARTING JULY 1ST, COMMENCING WITH THE WORK. SO FIRST OFF, JUST WANTED TO GO THROUGH THE FIRST SECTION, WHICH IS CVB OBLIGATIONS, AND MENTION THAT PER OUR MISSION, OUR MISSION IS WE PUT GROVE CITY ON THE MAP AS A WELCOMING AND CREATIVE PLACE TO VISIT, WORK AND LIVE THROUGH MARKETING AND EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT TO ENCOURAGE VISITOR SPENDING WITHIN THE CITY. AND THAT COMES FROM OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE HAD FACILITATED BY MELINDA HUNTLEY OF OHIO TRAVEL ASSOCIATION, AND CURRENTLY ARE IN THE WORKS OF MANY DIFFERENT GOALS THROUGH THAT PLAN AS WELL. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING MORE OF THAT WITH YOU AT A LATER DATE. BUT FOR NOW, THE SCOPE OF SERVICES WITHIN THIS AGREEMENT, PER THE AGREEMENT STARTING OFF WITH, EMPLOY A PROFESSIONAL TEAM TO COORDINATE THE BUSINESS OF THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU.

THE ENTIRE TEAM MIGHTY SMALL THREE AT GROVE CITY HOLDS THE EXPERIENCE COLUMBUS INSIDER DESIGNATION AND HAS GRADUATED FROM OHIO TRAVEL ASSOCIATION SIX MONTH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, THE OHIO TOURISM LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. TIFFANY KIRKBRIDE IS OUR MARKETING MANAGER WHO'S NOT HERE WITH US THIS EVENING, BUT SHE IS A WELL KNOWN PERSON IN OUR COMMUNITY. AS A MEMBER OF THE TEAM OVER AT HERITAGE CYCLES, SHE WORKS OFTEN WITH PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT ON ALL THINGS BICYCLE AND SAFETY RELATED. THERESA BRECKENRIDGE RECENTLY EARNED THE CERTIFIED AUTISM PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATION. IT'S VERY PROFESSIONAL. SHE'S A CURRENT AUTISM SOCIETY OF CENTRAL OHIO BOARD MEMBER AS WELL, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT FACT. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR QUITE A WHILE. I'VE WORKEDKE NIE YEARS BEFORE IN GROVE CITY AS A CERTIFIED MEETING PROFESSIONAL ELECTED MEMBER TO THE OHIO TRAVEL ASSOCIATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS WELL. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE COULDN'T DO WHAT WE DO WITHOUT OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES. SO WE ARE THANKFUL TO HAVE A VERY ACTIVE, EXCITED AND ENGAGED GROUP ON OUR BOARD, INCLUDING TWO CITY APPOINTED POSITIONS. WE HAVE ROB DO AS OUR CITY COUNCIL LIAISON. THANKS, ROD. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE BRITTANY SEEBACH AS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER. AND THEN WE HAVE A BONUS REPRESENTATIVE IN JACK CASTLE FROM PARKS AND RECREATION, AND THEN A BLEND OF LODGING REPRESENTATIVES. WE'VE GOT FOLKS FROM STATEWIDE ORGANIZATIONS, EXPERIENCE COLUMBUS AND MORE. AND WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO THERESA BRECKENRIDGE AGAIN, OUR SALES AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER AND CREATIVE GENIUS. OH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE, AND HELLO THIS EVENING. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THE TIME FOR US TO GO THROUGH OUR AGREEMENT IN REFERENCE TO SALES AND MARKETING. OUR PURPOSE IN SALES AND MARKETING IS TO ENCOURAGE ECONOMIC IMPACT, TO GROW CITY THROUGH VISITS. THOSE VISITS, OF COURSE, ARE FROM OUTSIDERS COMING IN TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER AND USE US AS AN ECONOMIC DRIVER. WE DO THAT BY CURRENTLY WORKING AND COLLABORATING WITH OUR OWN GROVE CITY PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT. WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO LEVERAGE A NEW TOOL THAT WE HAVE CALLED RIPE BUSINESS TOOL FOR BOOKING, THAT WILL ASSIST OUR 18 LODGING PARTNERS AND BOOKING FOR CERTAIN EVENTS. EVENTS THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO DO THIS WITH JUST NEXT YEAR WOULD BE THE EXAMPLE OF THE 2026 MISS EXCEL EVENT. THIS IS A LARGE REGIONAL EVENT THROUGH PAINTBALL AT LEVEL UP TOURNAMENT. WE'RE LOOKING AT EVEN COLLABORATING WITH THE PBA PROFESSIONAL BOWLERS ASSOCIATION. THEY HAVE SEVERAL TOURNAMENTS JUST OUTSIDE OF GROVE CITY ON SOUTH HIGH STREET, AND THE LOWEST THE CLOSEST LOCATIONS FOR THOSE TOURNAMENTS STAYS ARE OUR 18 LODGING PARTNERS. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO COLLABORATE ON THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN WE DO HAVE A KEY INSIGHT THAT WE LOOKED UP THROUGH THE SPORTS AND EVENTS TOURISM ASSOCIATION THAT WAS CONDUCTED BY TOURISM ECONOMICS AND LONGWOODS INTERNATIONAL IN A 2024 IMPRESSIVE NUMBERS THAT SHOWED, AN ANALYSIS REVEALED THAT SPORTS RELATED TRAVEL PRODUCED 100 OR 100 OR 12. IS THAT, YEAH, 128 BILLION IN TOTAL ECONOMIC IMPACT IN JUST 2023, INCLUDING INDIRECT AND INDUCED SPENDING. WHAT'S IMPRESSIVE ABOUT THIS IS IT DOES SHOW US, AS WE KNOW WITH SPORTS, 60% OF CITIES REPORT SPORTS AS THEIR LARGEST ROOM NIGHT GENERATOR, 60%. SO THERE'S THERE'S A LOT THAT WE CAN DO THERE. WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING TO SERVICE CONFERENCES, MEETINGS AND EVENTS BOOKED AT GROVE CITY AREA VENUES. WE DO

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VERY SORRY. YEAH. AGAIN. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE TWO BOOKINGS AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL GROUP TOURS AND LEISURES. WE ARE CURRENTLY PURSUING TRAVEL LEADS JUST FROM THE HEARTLAND TRAVEL SHOWCASE THAT I ATTENDED IN MARCH, AND THAT I AM HUMBLED TO PRESENT OUR CITY AGAIN NEXT MARCH IN KENTUCKY. SO, YEEHAW! BUT WITH THOSE PRESENTATIONS, WE WERE ABLE TO BOOK THIS YEAR POTENTIAL OF TEN LEADS. AND THAT LEISURE MARKET IS TRULY A 50 PLUS MARKET. AND THOSE MARKETERS NOT SO MUCH TO PROMOTE OUR EVENTS ON THE WEEKENDS, BUT THOSE INDIVIDUALS LIKE TO COME THROUGH THE WEEK AND STAY THROUGH THE WEEK AND DO THINGS THROUGH THE WEEK WHEN IT'S NOT SO BUSY. AND THEN JUST SERVING. JUST RECENTLY, WE SERVED JUST IN A WEEK'S NOTICE, THE COLUMBUS LITERACY GROUP OF 70 STUDENTS, THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY THAT SOMEONE ON THEIR END KIND OF SAID, HEY, WE FORGOT TO DO THIS DAY OUTING EVENT FOR 70 CHILDREN AND THEIR LOWER INCOME CHILDREN. SO THEY CALLED US TO SEE HOW WE COULD HELP THEM OUT. WE WERE ABLE TO GET WITH OUR FRIENDS AT PATEL, DARBY AND A RANGER THERE WAS ABLE TO SPEND HALF THE MORNING WITH TWO BUSLOADS FROM MADISON COUNTY FOR US, AND SHOWED THEM ALL THE BISON WENT THROUGH PATEL. AND THEN I WORKED WITH THE OWNER OF PUTT AND PLAY. THEY JUST REMODELED OVER THERE, AND SO IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR 70 INDIVIDUALS AND CHAPERONS TO TAKE. AND THEY PLAYED PUTT PUTT. THEY IMMERSED THEMSELVES THERE WITH SOME ICE CREAM AND SOME PIZZA. AND THEN THEY WENT BACK TO THE COLUMBUS LITERACY COUNCIL. SO GREAT FEEDBACK FROM THAT GROUP. AND THEY HAD NEVER VISITED THE GROVE CITY AREA BEFORE. SO THEY WERE VERY EXCITED. AND THEN PENDING FUNDING, IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE INCREASE OUR NUMBERS OF QUALITY TRADE SHOWS THAT WE USED TO DO SO AT ONE TIME. WE USED TO HAVE THE AFRICAN AMERICAN TRAVEL CONFERENCE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THE AMERICAN BUS ASSOCIATION AS A MARKETPLACE, AND THEN OTHER FORMER TRADE SHOW INVESTMENTS THAT HOVERED AROUND 40 TO 50,000 ANNUALLY.

CURRENT BUDGET LEVELS, UNFORTUNATELY, CANNOT SUSTAIN THOSE INVESTMENTS FOR US RIGHT NOW. AND THEN, JUST WITH SOME OF THE EVENT PROMOTIONS, WE WORK VERY, VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, ESPECIALLY THIS WEEKEND WITH THE ARTS AND THE ALLEY PROMOTIONS, THE HEART OF GROVE CITY, WE DID SOME UNIQUE THINGS WORKING WITH BRANT MILLER AND THE BOURBON FESTIVAL. THEY ACTUALLY CUT UP. THEY HAD CUT CARDS. THEY HAD THEM SUBMITTED FOR ME FOR 18 LODGING PARTNERS. I DELIVERED THEM PERSONALLY TO ALL 18 HOTELS SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE REGISTER, THEY KNEW EXACTLY ABOUT THAT EVENT FOR THE WEEKEND, AND THEN THE SAME FOR THE WING FEST THAT'S COMING UP OCTOBER 4TH. AMERICAN IDOL HAS GIVEN US CUT CARDS JUST LIKE THIS. SO I HAD JUST RECENTLY DELIVERED THESE TO ALL OF OUR 18 HOTELS. SO AGAIN, THESE ARE IN THEIR LOBBIES SO THAT THE VISITOR KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON POTENTIALLY THAT WEEKEND, BESIDES THE OTHER MARKETING THAT WE'RE DOING FOR THESE EVENTS. AND THEN I WOULD JUST ALSO MENTION THAT WE COLLABORATED WITH AMERICAN NITRO TO DO A PROMOTION BOOK ONE NIGHT, GET TWO FREE TICKETS TO THE SMOKE AND HOT WING AND MUSIC FESTIVAL, AND WE PROMOTED THAT THROUGH TOURISM OHIO'S CO-OP ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST, WHICH RESULTED IN 200,000 IMPRESSIONS, 75,000 VIDEO VIEWS ON THEIR VIDEO AND 13,000 LINK CLICKS.

SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THAT EVENT AND ALL THAT WE CAN DO. ANOTHER PART OF OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY IS TO BUILD A STRATEGY TO TRACK ROOM NIGHTS, TO CREATE A BENCHMARK FOR GROWING STAYS, AND AS THERESA MENTIONED, WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH RIPE TO DO THE BOOKING TOOL THAT ALLOWS US TO BOOK AT THE RETAIL RATE, WHICH I MENTIONED LAST TIME I WAS HERE. SO PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO BOOK AT THAT RETAIL RATE, WHICH MEANS THAT THE BED TAX COLLECTED IS ON THE RETAIL RATE, AND THAT OUR HOTEL AND MOTEL OWNERS MAKE THE RETAIL RATE THAT THEY SHOULD, AS OPPOSED TO A WHOLESALE RATE, WHICH MOST OF THOSE POPULAR COMPANIES, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU CAN BOOK YOUR STAY ARE SELLING AT A WHOLESALE RATE. SO IT ALSO GIVES US THE ABILITY TO CREATE PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WITH LANDING PAGES, JUST AS WE HAVE WITH THE BOURBON FESTIVAL, WITH WING FEST AND THE COLUMBUS AIR SHOW AND SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN TRACK AND WE CAN PROMOTE AND BUILD ROBUST CAMPAIGNS AROUND, WE HOSTED TWO

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SO JUST A FEW KEY HIGHLIGHTS. OUR WEBSITE WELCOMES OVER 100,000 VISITORS ANNUALLY. WE DID PUT OUT A BID AND HAVE CONTRACTED WITH THE NEW COMPANY FOR A NEW WEBSITE THAT WILL LAUNCH Q2 2026 IF ALL THINGS STAY ON TRACK. THEY RECENTLY WERE IN TOWN TO DO A SITE VISIT TO REALLY GET TO KNOW OUR COMMUNITY. WE HELD A WORKSHOP WITH SEVERAL OF OUR BUSINESS OWNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS AT THE BREWERY, AND I THINK WE GOT A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION AND FEEDBACK FROM FOLKS ON WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE OUR WEBSITE DO SOCIAL MEDIA. WE'RE ACTIVE ON LOTS OF PLATFORMS THERE COLLECTIVELY VIEWS ACROSS FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM AND TIKTOK FOR JULY AND AUGUST WERE OVER 177,000. AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A COPY OF THIS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE. SO I'M GOING TO SKIP AHEAD BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE ON THE CLOCK. SO TERESA. YEAH, SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT THOUGH TOO IS DEVELOPING OUR MARKETING AND INFORMATION HOTEL PARTNERSHIP PLAN. I GET EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I ALSO GET VERY CREATIVE WITH THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE DIFFERENT PERSONAL CONSTRAINTS THAT AFFECT OUR LODGING PARTNERS, AND THEY ARE SOMETIMES UNAVAILABLE TO ATTEND OUR SCHEDULED IN-PERSON MEETINGS. WE AS A TEAM HAVE PULLED OUR LODGING PARTNERS JUST TO SEE THEIR PREFERENCE ON HOW TO CONTACT THEM. SO WE ACTUALLY TAILORED DIFFERENT THINGS VIA TEXT, THE WHATSAPP APP FOR CERTAIN CERTAIN ONES OF THEM, EMAILING PHONE CALLS. WE GO DOOR TO DOOR AND VISIT EACH ONE OF THEM JUST TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT UPCOMING EVENTS, LEARN ABOUT MORE THINGS AND ISSUES, AND TRULY ASK THEM OURSELVES. LIKE WHAT'S WHAT'S COMING THROUGH? WHERE ARE YOU AT? JUST MY CONVERSATION LAST WEEK WITH ONE OF THEM WAS TELLING ME THEY HAD A COUPLE TRAVELING NURSES. SO THEN IT'S KIND OF LIKE, HOW DO WE WITH OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR HOSPITAL MARKET, HOW DO WE BEST SERVICE THAT, YOU KNOW, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR CONTRACTS WITH OUR HOTEL LODGING PARTNERS.

SO WE WE DO GET VERY CREATIVE IN HOW WE COMMUNICATE WITH THEM. ANOTHER COMMUNICATION TOOL THAT'S BEEN VERY IMPORTANT IS OUR CONNECTION WITH OUR JACKSON TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUR GROVE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR SAFETY DEPUTY. AND AGAIN, WE MENTIONED BRITTANY SEE BACK IN REFERENCE TO DEVELOPMENTAL, BUT WE MEET WITH THE WHOLE GROUP THAT WILL ATTEND TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT SAFETY IN THE AREA AND WHAT QUESTIONS THEY MIGHT HAVE. A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS GET BROKEN INTO AND PARKING LOTS AT OUR HOTELS. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAID, WELL, IF YOU DO KNOW YOU HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THESE UPCOMING CONTRACTORS, LET US KNOW AHEAD OF TIME. SO IT'S JUST THAT FEEDBACK THAT WE TRY TO BE THAT LIAISON TO FOR FOR OUR PARTNERS. THEN WE ALSO HAVE AND JUST ENSURING THE SUPPLY OF OUR CONVENTION VISITORS BUREAU AND THE CITY'S COLLATERALS THERE. SO JUST ALWAYS THAT ONGOING STOCKING, THEIR VISITOR GUIDES, HAVING CUT CARDS FOR EVENTS, NEW VISITOR GROUP. WE'VE DONE WEDDING PACKAGES FOR LOTS OF WEDDINGS TO WHERE WE SAY WE DROP IT OFF AT THE LOBBY. THEY'RE THERE FOR THE WEDDING PARTY WHEN THEY COME IN, AND LETS THEM KNOW WHAT ELSE THERE IS TO DO IN THE AREA, AND WE HAVE CULTIVATED SEVERAL OF THOSE TO BE VERY UNIQUE TO EACH GROUP. AND AGAIN, AS SHE SAID, I KNOW WE'RE RUNNING OUT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME HERE AND WE'RE GIVING THIS INFORMATION TO YOU, BUT I'M EXCITED MYSELF JUST TO EXPLORE THE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE WITH THE FORTRESS. AT OBETZ. WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS WE'VE CONTACTED THERE TO TRY TO SEE THE EVENTS HELD THERE. HOW WERE THE NEXT CONNECTOR AGAIN TO THAT SUBURB OF 18 LODGING PARTNERS? BESIDES WHAT'S GOING ON IN DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, YOU KNOW, ORIENT, CIRCLEVILLE, ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS ARE IN OUR WHEELHOUSE TO TRY TO OBTAIN AND TRY TO GET THEM TO COME TO GROVE CITY. WE HAVE A LOT MORE INFORMATION, BUT WE KNOW WE HIT OUR TIME. SO YEAH, YEAH, I THINK I THINK YOUR TIME GOT ACTUALLY STARTED IN THE MIDDLE. SO SO NO, NO WORRIES, NO

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AND IF YOU HAVE THIS IN WRITING I KNOW WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO HAVE A COPY. I ALSO WOULD ENCOURAGE THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS AND FOLLOW UP. YOU'RE THEY'RE ALWAYS THERE AND ACCESSIBLE. BUT I HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE OF BEING WITH YOU ON YOUR TRAILBLAZER AWARD NIGHT AND THE KENTUCKY DERBY CELEBRATION, WHICH WAS VERY WELL PUT TOGETHER. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO TOUCH BASE QUARTERLY. AND THE FACT THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO JAM EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE IN THE LAST QUARTER INTO INTO A BRIEF PRESENTATION IS IS CERTAINLY A CHALLENGE, BUT IT SPEAKS TO ALL OF THE ACTIVITY THAT'S COMING IN AND OUT OF YOUR OFFICE. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND PLEASE GET US THE WRITTEN COPY I GOT. I HAVE ONE FULL SHEET OF NOTES, BUT THEN I FIGURED, OH, WAIT A MINUTE, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO LET US SEE WHAT YOU HAVE. TAKE AWAY THAT SHOW SOME OF THE ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT CATALOGS AND EVERYTHING MAGAZINES THAT WE'VE PUBLISHED IN. SO TIFFANY DILIGENTLY FLAGGED OUR ADS AND ALL THE PUBLICATIONS, AND THEN WE HAVE A COPY OF OUR REPORT. THIS IS OUR BUSINESS PLAN REPORT AND A FEW OTHER ITEMS FOR YOU GUYS, AND WE WILL SEND THEM OUT DIGITALLY TO YOU AS WELL AT THE END OF THE WEEK, JUST IN CASE, BECAUSE EVERYBODY CONSUMES INFORMATION DIFFERENTLY. SO OKAY. AND ANY OTHER ITEMS FROM COUNCIL ANYBODY HAVE QUESTION COMMENT. NO. I'LL JUST ALSO EXPRESS A THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING TO THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT AND EXCITED TO READ MORE AND AND SEE MORE. THERE'S NEW THINGS TO HEAR, WHICH WAS VERY EXCITING. THANKS, JODY. I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON YOUR COMMENT ABOUT THE SPORTS OPPORTUNITY THAT WE DO HAVE HERE IN GROVE CITY. AS A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER, I SEE THE INFLUX OF THOSE FAMILIES AND ATHLETES COME IN LOOKING FOR PLACES TO EAT 20, 30, 40, 50 OF THEM. AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY. SO CONTINUE THE GOOD WORK ON THAT AND GETTING EVERYBODY INVOLVED. AND I KNOW AS OUR PARK AND REC DEPARTMENT GROWS, I KNOW THAT'S BEEN A TARGET MARKET FOR US AS WELL. SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. AND I'M HOPING THE HOTELS SEE THAT AS WELL. THAT A LOT OF ROOM BOOKINGS WHEN THEY COME INTO TOWN. WE HAVE OUR FAIR SHARE THAT'S FOR SURE. BUT THERE THERE ARE SO MUCH MORE OPPORTUNITY. AND LIKE THERESA'S COMMENT ABOUT THAT, 60% OF OF OUR BUSINESS COULD COME FROM SPORTS AND WE ARE ALWAYS TALKING, I THINK, SOUNDING FROM THE ROOFTOPS LIKE WE NEED AN END MARKET ROOM GENERATOR, AND WE ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF SPORTS ASSETS IN THE COMMUNITY AND A LOT OF OTHER LOW HANGING FRUIT THERE WITH A GALLOWAY SPORTS COMPLEX AND LEVEL UP SPORTS AND SOME NONTRADITIONAL, I THINK THOUGHT ABOUT THOSE TOURNAMENTS. AND WE'VE TALKED WITH JACK A LOT ABOUT THAT TOO. AND HE'S SUCH AN ASSET TO HAVE ON THE BOARD BECAUSE OF HIS PERSPECTIVE AND HIS ROLE WITH BERLINER, WHO WE HAVE A MEETING SET WITH LATER THIS MONTH ACTUALLY AS WELL. BUT YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HOLT. I JUST CERTAINLY YOU'RE UP TO SPEED ON COMMUNITY CENTER THINGS PROBABLY. AND YOU KNOW THAT THERE COULD BE 12 MORE SOCCER FIELDS, OLYMPIC SIZED POOLS FOR SCHOOL COMPETITIONS. SO YOU JUST WANT TO KEEP IN TOUCH AND POSITION YOURSELF SO THAT YOU'RE READY TO MARKET THOSE THINGS IN THE FUTURE. YES, WE'RE HUNGRY FOR IT. SO YEAH, WE'RE THERE. AND AND I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH HOW JACK'S EXPERIENCE WITH BERLINER AND ALL OF HIS TRAVEL AND TOURISM RELATED EXPERIENCE REALLY LENDS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE RESOURCES THAT COULD COULD BE FOR THE COMMUNITY FIRST, OF COURSE, BUT THEN FOR VISITORS TO FILL IN AS WELL. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OUR SECOND PRESENTATION IS AN UPDATE RELATED TO OUR TOWN CENTER PARK. AND WE'RE GOING TO KICK OFF APPARENTLY WITH MISS FITZPATRICK. YES. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE ON A KIND OF REVITALIZED CONCEPT ON THE TOWN CENTER PARK. I THINK MANY OF YOU LIKELY REMEMBER, BUT ALSO FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. BACK IN 2020, WE WENT THROUGH AN EXERCISE WHERE WE HAD AN ADVISORY GROUP KIND OF IDENTIFY PRIORITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF WHAT A TOWN CENTER PARK COULD BE FOR US. AND SO BEFORE WE STARTED ON THIS EFFORT, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE REVISITED THAT. AND WE CAN SAY THAT MANY OF THOSE PRIORITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES STILL EXIST TODAY. AS AN EXAMPLE, WE WANT THAT SPACE TO REMAIN FLEXIBLE FOR MULTIPLE TYPES OF PROGRAMING. WE WANT TO DRAW PEOPLE TO OUR TOWN CENTER. WE WANT TO BRING FAMILIES AND NOT JUST ADULT EVENTS AND ACCOMMODATE LARGER EVENTS. SO MANY OF THESE SAME OPPORTUNITIES EXIST TODAY, BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT SOME THINGS HAVE CHANGED BACK IN 2020, WE DIDN'T YET HAVE OUR TOWN CENTER STAGE THAT WE HAVE NOW, AND MANY EVENTS WERE STILL TAKING PLACE ON BROADWAY, WHERE NOW WE'VE MOVED THOSE INTO THE TOWN CENTER SPACE AS TRAFFIC HAS INCREASED AND FOR THE

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THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS SAM ROSENTHAL. I'M AN ARCHITECT AND PRINCIPAL WITH SCHOOLEY CALDWELL ASSOCIATES. WE'RE LOCATED IN THE ARENA DISTRICT AT 300 MARCONI BOULEVARD. OBVIOUSLY, THIS EFFORT BEGAN WELL BEFORE WE GOT INVOLVED, BUT FOR US, IT BEGAN IN JULY OF 2024 WHEN CITY LEADERSHIP ASKED US TO DO A STUDY. THEY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS IDEA OF DOING A STUDY TO CREATE THE TOWN CENTER PARK. HOW DO YOU TAKE THREE AND A HALF ACRES SPREAD ACROSS 16 PARCELS TO DO ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT CINDY JUST MENTIONED? CREATE PARKING, CREATE ACCESS, PROVIDE THE FLEXIBILITY, SUPPORT FESTIVALS, PROVIDE THE GREEN ROOM FOR THE THE NEW STAGE THAT WAS BUILT, PROVIDE PUBLIC RESTROOMS AND A PLAYGROUND. SO THESE WERE THE THE THINGS THAT WE WERE ASKED TO ADDRESS. AND FOR THAT PROCESS, WE HAD A LOT OF MEETINGS. WE MET WITH CITY STAFF. WE ALSO MET WITH GROVE CITY AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE HEART OF GROVE CITY REPRESENTATIVES. WE DID A LOT OF LISTENING BEFORE WE DID ANY DESIGNING OR DRAWING. WE DID OUR HOMEWORK AND WE RESEARCHED EXISTING CONDITIONS. WE VISITED LOCAL BUSINESSES. WE LOOKED AND STUDIED AT THE PLANS FOR THE DIFFERENT EVENTS AND LOOKED AT HOW THE FESTIVALS WERE RUN. I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THE CITY LEADERSHIP HERE FOR HAVING THE VISION AND THE COURAGE TO THINK BIG ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY. THE POSSIBILITIES FOR RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND VISITORS. THIS IS A BOLD THING TO COMMIT TO, TO CREATE THIS, THIS COHESIVE PARK, SOMETHING THAT'S ATTRACTIVE FOR EVERYBODY, WHERE WE CAN ALL GATHER. AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE PART OF TAKING THIS VISION TO REALITY.

SO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS CINDY ALREADY ADDRESSED, HOW DO YOU MAKE A BETTER CONNECTION TO BROADWAY? HOW DO YOU PROVIDE ACCESS FOR THESE EVENTS WITHOUT HURTING FOOT TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC TO THE LOCAL BUSINESSES? WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM THAT.

HOW DO WE MAKE THIS PARK BETTER FOR FOUR SEASONS? NOT JUST WHEN IT'S SUNNY AND WARM OUT? HOW DO WE CREATE A SAFE AND INVITING ENVIRONMENT? HOW DO WE KEEP MAINTENANCE COSTS REASONABLE? LAWN PANELS REQUIRE IRRIGATION, THEY REQUIRE MOWING, AND THERE'S A LOT OF MAINTENANCE.

SO HOW DO WE BALANCE NATURE WITH ALL THESE NEEDS. SO CAN WE DO ALL OF THESE THINGS AND STILL GET MORE PARKING TOO? SO WITH THESE QUESTIONS IN MIND, WE ASKED ABOUT WE ASKED OURSELVES REALLY WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE A REAL IMPROVEMENT IN IMPACT FOR THE CITY? CAN WE SUSTAIN DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH, AND WHAT ARE THE VALUES AND THE RESULTS THAT THE PEOPLE OF GROVE CITY WANT TO INVEST IN HERE? SO WITH THESE QUESTIONS IN MIND, WE DEVELOPED A SET OF CONCEPT PLANS. WE REFINED THOSE PLANS. WE REVIEWED THEM WITH CITY STAKEHOLDERS. AND WE CONTINUE TO PUSH THESE PLANS FORWARD. AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING THIS SLIDE DECK. SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MY FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE BRIAN BERNSTEIN FROM REALM. GREAT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BRIAN BERNSTEIN, 100 NORTH HIGH OR SORRY EAST WEST HIGH, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS I'M A CO-FOUNDER OF REALM COLLABORATIVE. WE'RE A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE URBAN DESIGN FIRM HERE IN COLUMBUS, AND VERY HAPPY TO COLLABORATE WITH SAM AND HIS TEAM. SO I'M GOING TO WE KIND OF CAME INTO THE LATER PART OF THIS PROCESS.

WE GOT THE BEAUTY OF JUST GETTING TO PUT PEN TO PAPER AND TAKE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT HAD BEEN DONE AND SORT OF MAKE THIS REAL, CONCEPTUALLY AT LEAST. SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE SLIDE. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO INTERRUPT ME WITH QUESTIONS. THE FIRST SLIDE HERE, JUST TRYING TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT, I THINK YOU'RE ALL VERY WELL FAMILIAR WITH WHERE THIS IS LOCATED, BUT NICE TO SEE IT IN AN AERIAL HERE. AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S ABOUT THREE AND A HALF ACRES OF THE SCOPE AREA THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT HERE ALTOGETHER. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, AGAIN, I THINK IT'S ALWAYS GOOD JUST TO REMIND OURSELVES WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO SOLVE FOR AND ALL OF THE VARIETY OF USES THAT YOU VERY SUCCESSFULLY PROGRAMED THE SPACE WITH TODAY.

IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT IMAGE, YOU'LL SEE JUST AN IMAGE OF THE STAGE BEING USED FOR A PERFORMANCE AND HOW PARTICIPANTS ARE USING THE LAWN. AND THIS VERSION HERE. AND THE NEXT IMAGE, YOU'LL SEE HOW THE STREET IS USED FOR THE TENT SETUP AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD HEARD WITH VENDORS AND SORT OF THEIR CONSTRAINTS AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.

AND THEN THE LAST IMAGE IS JUST THE DIFFERENT WAY THAT THE PARK IS USED FOR DIFFERENT EVENTS ON OTHER TIMES OF, OF DIFFERENT FESTIVITIES. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE, THIS IS A GOOD ONE IN TERMS OF EXISTING CONDITIONS AND A FEW THINGS THAT I THINK WE'RE INTERESTED

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[00:45:02]

MAYBE YOU DESIGN AN AREA THAT IS THAT DOES HAVE ENOUGH HARDSCAPE THAT WE CAN PUT A SKATING RINK IN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR THE SEASON. BUT AS EVERYBODY KNOWS HERE I'VE GOT I'M GREEN, GREEN, GREEN. SO TREES, TREES, TREES. SO BUT I LOVE THE DESIGN. I LIKE WHAT YOU I LIKE HOW YOU LAID IT OUT. I THINK YOU GOT A LOT THERE. I LOVE THE IDEA OF THE LIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE PARK AND AND KIDS BEING ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE WOODED AREA AND MAYBE SEE DIFFERENT THINGS AND DIFFERENT FOCUSES AND, AND PLAY IN THE WOODS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BECAUSE I THINK AS A SOCIETY, WE NEED THAT PEOPLE, CHILDREN, TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO PLAY IN UNDER TREES AND EVERYTHING. I ALSO WORRY, WORRY ABOUT LIKE WHEN MY MOM AND I TAKE MY MOM DOWN, THAT IF YOU IF YOU DO HAVE A GRASS SURFACE LIKE THEY DO AT COLUMBUS COMMONS, I CAN TAKE HER WHEELCHAIR INTO THE GRASS EASILY BECAUSE OF HOW THEY'VE DESIGNED IT AND EVERYTHING. AND IT'S ALL GREEN GRASS. I CAN WHEEL HER RIGHT INTO THAT, AND I'M SURE YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO TAKE MONEY TO, YOU KNOW, REPLACE TURF, YOU KNOW, FOR EVENTS. SO WE NEED TO BUDGET FOR THAT. BUT I JUST THINK GREEN GRASS IS REALLY, REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. BUT I KUDOS TO YOU GUYS. I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL. I THINK I LIKE THE DESIGN, I LIKE THE OPENNESS. I LIKE THE CONNECTIVITY TO DOWNTOWN. I LIKE THAT WIDE BOULEVARD SIDEWALK. AND I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO TAKE AWAY A LITTLE BIT OF PARKING. BUT I CAN SEE AS YOU GOT THIS PICTURE UP HERE, YOU CAN SEE HOW THE VENDORS CAN OPEN UP AND AND HAVE AND HAVE IT DONE. SO GREAT JOB. JUST A FEW SUGGESTIONS. GREAT. THANKS FOR THOSE COMMENTS. ANYONE ELSE? MR. HOLT, WHAT'S THE YOU GOT TO GO BACK A COUPLE SLIDES THOUGH. BUT YOU TALK ABOUT IT. THE TERMINUS OF PARK STREET. IS THERE A WHAT'S THAT BUILDING CALLED THERE OR YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW WE'VE CALLED IT A PAVILION OF SOMETHING. WHAT WHAT IS THAT PAVILION? SO CONCEPTUALLY, I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OPEN AIR STRUCTURE THAT COULD ALLOW YOU FOR SOME PICNICKING, SOME THINGS TO HAPPEN ON OCCASION, AND SOME REASON TO HAVE A PURPOSE TO GO DOWN THERE AT THE END OF THE STREET. I THINK THROUGH OUR SCHEMATIC DESIGN EFFORT, WE'LL REFINE THAT PROGRAM AND GET MORE SERIOUS ABOUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT THOSE ELEMENTS ARE AND HOW THEY'RE USED. I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK WHAT YOU COULD USE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. MAKES SENSE TO PUT A DESTINATION THERE. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT'S THERE YET.

BUT IT'S NOT RETAIL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, RIGHT. YEAH. WHO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THIS. THIS RIGHT THERE. YEAH. YEAH. I MEAN, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT TOO. IF WE DID SOMETHING THERE WHERE EVEN MAYBE IT COULD BE USED FOR A PAVILION FOR EVENTS BECAUSE YOU GOT THIS BEAUTIFUL PARK THERE FOR PARKING AND EVERYTHING. SO IF YOU HAD REST, MORE RESTROOMS IN THERE. BUT IF, IF, IF THIS COMES TO FRUITION, YOU YOU NEED YOU NEED RESTROOMS IN MORE THAN ONE LOCATION BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOUR EVENT IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THE WEAKEST BLADDER. SO WHAT I WHAT I WAS

[00:50:04]

YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO INTERJECT FOR THAT PAVILION. I GOT MARRIED IN ON A PATIO IN OUR WEDDING RECEPTION, WAS AT A PAVILION AT THE PARK OF ROSES. MY CHILDREN, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS ENVISIONING RIGHT THERE. CUB SCOUTS MEETINGS, HAVING A PLACE TO GO. THIS COULD HAVE A FIREPLACE AND THERE COULD BE COOKING DEMOS. IT COULD ALSO BE, FRANKLY, A SOURCE OF REVENUE, THAT IT COULD BE CLOSED OFF FOR PRIVATE EVENTS. AGAIN, IT COULD BE SOMEBODY'S WEDDING RECEPTION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU COULD HAVE FANS IN THERE. IT'S A MULTI-PURPOSE OPEN AIR PAVILION. YOU COULD HAVE GLASS GARAGE DOORS TO CLOSE IT UP IN THE WINTER AND STILL USE IT. SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF DEFINING WHAT DOES IT NEED TO DO, BUT IT CAN PROVIDE A LOT. YEAH, THOSE ARE GOOD IDEAS. THAT'S WHAT I LIKE. YEAH. GOOD. SO, MADAM PRESIDENT, DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED COST? I'M ASSUMING I CUT THE COST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GREEN GRASS AND NO PAVERS, BUT GO AHEAD. DO I GET TO DROP THAT? SURE. NOBODY WANTS TO DO IT. I'D BE HAPPY WHEN NO ONE WANTS TO MAKE EYE CONTACT. NO, I MEAN, I'D BE HAPPY TO TELL YOU. WE, THROUGH CINDY'S WORK, HAVE ASSISTED HER IN TRYING TO DO AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE VERY CAUTIOUSLY DISCLAIMER THAT THESE THINGS CAN VERY MUCH RANGE BECAUSE WE'RE HIGHLY CONCEPTUAL AT THIS POINT, I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY WE'VE BEEN ANYWHERE BETWEEN 8 TO 15 MILLION SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE. I KNOW THAT'S A BIG RANGE TO GIVE YOU, BUT WE'RE VERY EARLY, AND WE WOULD REQUIRE THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PROCESS TO GET MORE SERIOUS ABOUT WHAT MATERIALS, SORT OF HOW BIG STRUCTURES ARE, WHAT THEIR PURPOSE IS, WHETHER THEY'RE FULLY CONDITIONED ON CONDITION. SO I THINK WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO TO GO THROUGH THAT, TO GET TIGHTER AND DEFINE THAT FOR YOU. IS THAT A FAIR? THAT'S PERFECTLY FAIR. YEAH. YOU KNOW, JUST YOUR YOUR FIRST QUESTION RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE, WHAT DOES THAT PAVILION LOOK LIKE? WELL, YOU MAKE IT FOUR SEASONS AND CONDITIONED. IT'S SUDDENLY A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR STRUCTURE VERSUS IF IT'S JUST A SHELTER, RIGHT. SO AS WE WORK THROUGH WHAT EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, THAT SCHEMATIC DESIGN AND THEN DETAILED DESIGN, THEN YOU CAN REFINE THOSE NUMBERS AND WE CAN DO, YOU KNOW, FURTHER ENGAGEMENT AND WHAT WE WANT THAT PIECE TO BE THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THAT OVERALL COST. BUT THE, YOU KNOW, 8 TO 15 MILLION, THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY THERE WITH THAT PAVILION. I MEAN I JUST JUST HIT ME. YOU KNOW THEY DO THE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT PRESENTATIONS AND DRAWINGS AND ALL THOSE THINGS. AND IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO HAVE THAT AT THE PAVILION THAN ON THE STAGE OR ON THE STREET. AND I SUSPECT THERE'S PEOPLE THAT WOULD PROBABLY LIKE TO GET MARRIED IN THE GROVE CITY PAVILION, AND YOU COULD RENT THAT OUT AND MAKE IT A DESTINATION FOR THESE GUYS. SO, YEAH, I'M I'M GOOD WITH THAT DIRECTION. THAT'S MY OPINION, ONE OF MANY. BUT, MADAM PRESIDENT, YES, MR. BARRY WOULD WOULD THE NEXT STEP BE TO COME BACK TO US WITH A COST ANALYSIS ON, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT THE PAVILION WOULD RUN IF IT HAD MORE RESTROOMS IN IT? I DO LIKE WHERE YOU HAVE THE RESTROOMS OVER THERE BY THE PARKING LOT FOR KIDS AND ELDERLY PEOPLE TO BE CLOSE TO THE RESTROOM. BUT IS THAT THE NEXT STEP TO COME BACK TO US WITH A WITH WITH MAYBE A COUPLE STEPS AHEAD? OKAY. BUT I THINK THAT FIRST WE WANTED TO PRESENT THE CONCEPT RIGHT? AND TO SHARE WITH YOU ONCE THEY SHARED THIS WITH STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION, WE DID TAKE IT TO OUR EVENT PARTNERS. THEY ALL OVERWHELMINGLY ARE IN SUPPORT. THEY LIKE IT. YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO WORK WITH US ON WHERE THEY GO DURING CONSTRUCTION, BECAUSE WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT THAT WILL BE A CHALLENGE, AND WE'LL HAVE A YEAR WHERE WE WOULD NEED TO DISPLACE THOSE, BUT OVERWHELMINGLY LIKE IT. WE ALSO TOOK THIS CONCEPT TO PARK BOARD AND THEY ARE IN SUPPORT.

THEY HAD LIKE YOU ALL SOME FEEDBACK FOR US ON DIFFERENT PIECES OF IT, BUT OVERALL IN THE CONCEPT FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF IT. AND SO I THINK THAT WE WANTED TO BRING IT TO YOU, GET FEEDBACK IF EVERYONE IS ON BOARD AND ENDORSES THE CONCEPT, THEN WE CAN MOVE INTO SCHEMATIC DESIGN WHERE WE FURTHER REFINE SOME OF THESE THINGS. YOU CAN'T REALLY REFINE THE COST ESTIMATE UNTIL YOU DEFINE EXACTLY WHAT THESE SPACES ARE AND AND WHAT THOSE PAVILIONS AND STRUCTURES AND WHAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S REQUIRED LOOK LIKE. SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW,

[00:55:02]

THANKS, MADAM CHAIR, IF I COULD. YES, MA'AM. FIRST, CONGRATULATIONS FOR BRINGING A PRETTY VALUABLE PIECE OF REAL ESTATE TO LIFE, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IT HAS A VALUE. AND CERTAINLY THE WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO IS LEVERAGE THE BEST WE CAN. THERE'S A VISTA THAT I'M NOT SURE HOW IT PLAYED INTO YOUR YOUR RESEARCH. GROCERY ROAD DEAD ENDS ACROSS FROM A WALK THROUGH. AND SO YOU'RE SITTING AT GROCERY ROAD AND THERE'S A NILE THERE, PROBABLY CLOSE TO 20FT MAYBE. AND I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANY WAY YOU CAN LEVERAGE THAT PARTICULAR, PARTICULARLY LINE OF SIGHT AS IT AS IT RELATES TO THE OTHER FEATURES OF THAT PARK AND THIS AREA UP TO THE CONNECTION TO BROAD. IS THAT THE QUESTION? YEAH. SO ACTUALLY, TAMMY, CAN

[01:00:04]

WE'RE TRYING TO WIDEN THAT SORT OF THROAT SO THAT SO THAT WHEN YOU'RE WALKING BY, YOU JUST DON'T SORT OF PASS BY IT, BUT THAT YOU REALLY SEE IT. SO I THINK AS WE WOULD GO INTO MORE DETAIL STUDY, I THINK WE'D WANT TO DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THAT INVESTMENT IS LEVERAGING WHAT IT'S TRYING TO DO, WHICH IS MAKE SOMEONE FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULD WALK DOWN THE STREET, AND IT FEELS LIKE THE PARK REALLY COMES UP AND TOUCHES BROADWAY IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, YOU KNOW, AS THE MAYOR IS INDICATING, JUST BE INTERESTING.

IF YOU HAD SOME THOUGHT INTO INTO THAT BECAUSE IT I THINK IT COULD BE REALLY INTERESTING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT DOES TO TRAFFIC WITHOUT OTHER ROADS BEING. YEAH, I THINK THAT IN IN MEETING WITH OUR EVENT PARTNERS AND PARKS AND RECREATION ON HOW WE PROGRAM THIS SPACE, THE THOUGHT IS STILL THAT DURING OUR LARGE REGIONAL EVENTS, PARK STREET WOULD STILL SHUT DOWN, JUST LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE SHUT DOWN THIS WEEKEND. BUT THEN THAT PROMENADE CONNECTION ON THE DAILY FOR DAILY TRAFFIC. MAINTAINING PARK STREET IS IMPORTANT AS A COLLECTOR ROAD THROUGH OUR THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY, WITH A SCHOOL JUST DOWN AT THE OTHER END. AND BUT LIKE BRIAN SHARED, YOU KNOW, REALLY CONNECTING IT WITH THAT PROMENADE AND DRAWING YOUR EYE AND YOUR INTEREST THAT WAY. ONE MORE TIME. EXCELLENT. YOU HAVE SOMETHING FOR CINDY. SO HOW DO YOU PLAN TO FIGURE OUT IF YOU HAVE COUNCIL SUPPORT? DO YOU NEED US TO PASS A RESOLUTION OR WHAT'S YOUR NEXT STEP FOR GARNERING SUPPORT? WE WOULD LOVE THAT. I THINK THAT FIRST WE WANTED JUST TO BRING THE CONCEPT AND SHARE IT AND GET YOUR FEEDBACK, AND THEN YES, THAT WOULD BE A NEXT STEP. OKAY. SO I WILL SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ONE. AND YOU KNOW, I THINK I HAVE A BUSINESS IN THE TOWN CENTER. IT'S BEEN AN EXCITING PROCESS TO SEE US GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, BUT THERE IS SO MUCH AMBITION FOR IT TO DO SO MUCH MORE AND BE SO MUCH MORE. I AM HAPPY SITTING IN THE CONCEPTUAL PHASE THAT YOU'VE PRESENTED, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO, BUT IT'S REALLY I FELT LIKE IT FEELS RIGHT. IT FEELS LIKE YOU HEARD ALL THE THINGS RIGHT. SO THAT TO ME IS THE, THE KEY. AND I, I FEEL LIKE MY SENSE OF THE INDIVIDUAL SITTING HERE WHEN MR. BERRY ONLY HAS A FEW ITEMS, WE ARE WINNING. WE ARE THIS IS THIS. WE'RE WE'RE DOING A GOOD WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB. SO NO, HAPPILY, WE WILL LOOK AT ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED US TO DO TO TO KEEP ADVANCING THIS DISCUSSION AND THEN TO THE POINTS ADDRESSED HERE TO MY RIGHT, THE YOU KNOW, THE KEY OF THIS FOR ALL OF US IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL OF THESE THINGS WE WANT TO DO. AND TO ME, THEY'RE ALL UNDER THE PARKS AND RECREATION AND PUBLIC USE AMENITIES UMBRELLA AND HOW TO GET THEM, YOU KNOW, TRULY VISUALIZED AND, AND, AND ASSIGN SOME VALUATION AS TO WHAT WE CAN THINK OF IN TERMS OF PRICE TAG AND THEN PRIORITIZE, BECAUSE WE CANNOT OBVIOUSLY DO THEM ALL AT ONCE. BUT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP IS FOR US TO SEE THE VISION. AND I THINK THE VISION IS A GREAT ONE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. ANY OTHER ITEMS FROM COUNCIL? YES, MISS BURROUGHS, THANK YOU. JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS. AGAIN, I ECHO A LOT OF WHAT'S BEEN SAID HERE TONIGHT BY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. I REMEMBER SITTING ON A COMMITTEE BACK IN 2017 WHEN THE OLD LIBRARY GOT TORE DOWN. AND THIS CONCEPT IS TOTALLY

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YES, THEY ARE GOING ON TOUR. YOU WILL SEE AROUND YOUR LOCAL PARK IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. THE PARK BOARD MEMBERS GOING AROUND AND PHYSICALLY LOOKING AT SPACES. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP UNDER NEW BUSINESS. ANYONE IN

[Call for Dept. Reports / Closing Comments / Adjourn]

OF COURSE, WE GOT THE BIG EVENT, THE ARCHERY ALLEY. WE WILL BE UNVEILING THE MURAL. PASS THIS DOWN THE LINE, IF YOU WOULD. THAT'S KIND OF THE PROGRAM THEY PUT TOGETHER. AND MISS BURROUGHS, IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, SPEAK YOURSELF OR ANYBODY ELSE, I'VE LEFT THE SPOT THERE AND WE CAN FILL IN A NAME. SO THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING, BLENDING IT IN WITH THE ARCHERY ALLEY EVENT. CONGRATULATIONS, CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE. IN THEIR CONTINUED EXPANSION. IT IS ABSOLUTELY A LEGACY CHURCH THAT HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB IN ATTRACTING MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE DIFFERENT EVENTS, AND CERTAINLY A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO NOT ONLY ATTEND THE CHURCH BUT VISIT THE CHURCH. SO THAT'S A GREAT, GREAT DEAL. THE STATE OF THE CITY IS OCTOBER THE 16TH. AS I MENTIONED. I THINK THE LAST MEETING, AND WE'RE MOVING THAT ALONG. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE WANT TO MAKE NOTE OF THE ASSASSINATION. AND THE OTHER VIOLENCE IS TAKING PLACE. WE'RE ALL IN GOVERNMENT. WE'RE ALL EXPOSE OURSELVES IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF OF GETTING IN A SITUATION THAT WAS VERY, VERY, VERY UNFORTUNATE. SO WITH THAT, I CONCLUDE ANY QUESTIONS OR COUNCIL. THANK YOU MAYOR.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE MAYOR, MR. BOWSER? NOTHING ADDITIONAL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, MISS KELLY. THANK YOU. I IMAGINE, MR. SEVERIN, YOU HAVE NOTHING FOR US THIS EVENING.

THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. ANY DEPARTMENT HEADS IN THE ROOM? SO IF I'VE GOT THIS STRAIGHT, IF WE'RE HAVING A SHORT MEETING, NO DEPARTMENT HEADS IN THE ROOM HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY. I SEE HOW THIS IS. ALRIGHT. I THINK THAT BRINGS US TO THE CONCLUSION.

WE'LL HAVE CLOSING COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL. MR. DO THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT ART IN THE ALLEY IS THIS WEEKEND. THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME ROAD CLOSURES. PAY ATTENTION AND DON'T GET STUCK AND LOSE YOUR COOL. ALSO SCHOOL HAS STARTED,

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MR. BERRY, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TONIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. HOLT. I WOULD JUST MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS THERE'S A SPECIAL MEETING OF COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 27TH. AND THAT'S FOR BUDGET COMMENTS. THERE'LL BE THREE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC INPUT ON THE BUDGET PROCESS THIS YEAR. MOST OF TWO OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE DURING REGULAR COUNCIL SESSIONS. AND THEN THERE'S A THIRD OPPORTUNITY ON THE OCTOBER 27TH MEETING. SO IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE SEE HOW THE BUDGET'S CREATED AND PASSED AND APPROVED AND CHANGED, YOU'LL HAVE THREE OPPORTUNITIES THIS YEAR. AND DURING THE REGULAR BUDGET COUNCIL SESSIONS IN OCTOBER, AND THEN THE SPECIAL SESSION ON 27TH IN OCTOBER. SO THAT'S MY THERE'S PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR FOR PUBLIC INPUT AT THOSE MEETINGS. SO BE SO NOTIFIED. THANK YOU, MR. HOLT. MISS BURROWS, I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY. AND I DON'T BELIEVE HE'S IN THE ROOM THIS EVENING THAT OUR SAFETY DIRECTOR, KEVIN TIFFORD, HAD GOT AN AWARD FROM MORPC FOR THE 2025 SAFETY CHAMPION FOR THE CITY OF GROVE CITY. SO I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE MR. TIFFORD AND LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT FOR THAT'S ALL MY I HAVE TO SAY TONIGHT. THANK YOU.

ANDERSON, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE AND I SECOND THAT. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, MR. WILSON. YES, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES GROVE CITY SPECIAL IS OUR COMMITMENT TO MAKING SURE EVERY NEIGHBOR CAN ENJOY OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS. AND SO THIS YEAR, ARTS AND ALLEY FEATURES A SENSORY BREAK ROOM, A CALM, LOW STIMULUS SPACE WHERE ANYONE CAN TAKE A MOMENT TO RECHARGE. WHETHER IT'S A CHILD FEELS OVERWHELMED OR AN ADULT WHO JUST NEEDS A QUIET PAUSE. THIS THIS ROOM SENDS A CLEAR MESSAGE EVERYONE BELONGS HERE. AND SO I WANT TO THANK THE PARTNERS, THE CHAMBER, OUR STAFF WHO HELP BRING THIS IDEA TO LIFE. FOR THOSE WHO HAVE RELATIVES THAT HAVE INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES OR HAVE CHALLENGES WITH BEING OVERSTIMULATED, THIS ROOM IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR FAMILIES AND FOR INDIVIDUALS. SO THANK YOU STAFF, AND PLEASE TELL YOUR NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MR. WILSON. GREAT CALL OUT. ALRIGHT, I AM GOING TO JUST REMIND YOU THAT WE WILL BE HAVING OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING ON OCTOBER 6TH. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO BE OCTOBER. WE DID TALK IN CAUCUS.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN EARLY START MEETING ON OCTOBER 20TH. I'LL JUST GIVE YOU WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS AGAIN WHEN WE'RE TOGETHER ON THE SIXTH. BUT JUST A NOTIFICATION IN THAT ONE HOUR TIME, WE'RE GOING TO TOUCH BASE ON OUR CHARTER. WE'VE BEEN LONG A LONG RUNNING CHARTER DISCUSSION, AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AS IT RELATES TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER PROJECT. THEIR THEIR REPORT, WHICH WE HEARD AT OUR LAST MEETING. WE WE HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY YET TO DISCUSS IT AS COUNCIL. SO IT'LL BE SORT OF A DOUBLE HEADER IN TERMS OF PROJECTS THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT. AND WE WILL DIVIDE THE MEETING DIRECTLY IN HALF FOR THOSE TWO TOPICS, BUT WE'LL BEGIN AT 530 ON THE 20TH.

IN THE MEANTIME, I WILL SEE YOU ON THE SIXTH. AND MR. JU GIVES YOU GREAT ADVICE. KEEP YOUR EYES OUT WHILE YOU'RE TRAVELING AROUND THE CITY FOR ARTS IN THE ALLEY. I LOVE THE THE HUBBUB AND THE AND THE BUZZ OF ACTIVITY DURING THAT WEEKEND, BUT IT REALLY MAKES SENSE TESO BUILD IN A LITTLE EXTRA TIME, BECAUSE SOME OF THE THINGS GET A LITTLE CRAZY WHEN EVERYONE'S TRYING TO GET QUEUED UP FOR THE PARADE. SO ALWAYS BUILD IN A LITTLE EXTRA TIME. LOOK OUT FOR THE LITTLEST RESIDENTS WHO ARE GOING TO BE ON THE MOVE, WHO ARE IN THE PARADE FOR MULTITUDE OF REASONS AND ENJOY THE WEEKEND. WE ARE. WE'RE ON A STREAK OF AMAZING WEATHER, SO HERE'S HOPING IT CONTINUES. MADAM. MADAM CHAIR, YES, YOU MENTIONED THE PARADE. I WAS NEGLIGENT IN NOT MENTIONING. IT'S A DIFFERENT PARADE ROUTE. THAT IS IMPORTANT. GOOD. GOOD CALL. MAYOR. INSTEAD OF MAKING THE TURN EASTBOUND ON COLUMBUS STREET, THE PARADE WILL COME ON DOWN BROADWAY AND START DISPERSING HERE AT BROADWAY AND PARK STREET. PART OF IT'S GOING TO GO WEST. SOME OTHERS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE DOWN SOUTH BROADWAY BRIEFLY, BUT THE

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