[Ordinance C-01-26 Implement Sections 3735.65 thru 3735.70 of the Ohio Revised Code establishing and describing the boundaries of the City of Grove City Community Reinvestment Area #5 in the City of Grove City, Ohio. Second reading and public hearing. ]

THE FIRST ITEM IS ORDINANCE C0126, AN ORDINANCE TO IMPLEMENT SECTIONS 37, 35.65 THROUGH 3730 5.7 OF THE OHIO REVISED CODE. ESTABLISHING AND DESCRIBING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF GROVE CITY. COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA NUMBER FIVE IN THE CITY OF GROVE CITY. MISTER ROUSH, DO YOU WANT TO GIVE US A BRIEF OUTLINE OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S POSITION ON THIS, PLEASE? AN OVERVIEW. SURE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS FIRST PIECE OF LEGISLATION DEALS WITH A PROPERTY THAT SITS MAINLY ON THE WEST SIDE OR ON THE WEST SIDE. IS 104 A LITTLE BIT ON THE EAST SIDE OF 104? ESSENTIALLY, THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION IS TO ENACT THE CITY'S FIRST POST 94 CRA. THE CITY HAS FOUR PRE 94 CRAS. THIS WOULD BE THE CITY'S FIRST ENDEAVOR INTO A POST 94 CRA. THE. THE TOTAL AREA WOULD ALLOW FOR TEN YEARS OF ABATEMENT AT A LEVEL OF 75% FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, AS WELL AS FOR REMODELING PRE 94 CRAS ARE ALL 15 YEARS 100% FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, TEN YEARS FOR REMODELING. SO THIS ONE IS REGARDLESS OF NEW OR REMODELING. IT'S TEN YEARS AND IT'S CAPPED AT 75%. I ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THIS. DO ANY OF THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? I'M SORRY. MR. MR. YES, SIR. YOU MIGHT MENTION THIS WHEN WHEN YOU MENTION 104. THIS IS UP BY 270. THIS IS NOT DOWN BY 665 OR IN THE. YEAH, CORRECT. THIS IS THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE CITY. THIS IS A CHALLENGED AREA WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A DISINVESTMENT.

SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WORK WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY TO REALLY SEEK FURTHER INVESTMENT IN THE AREA. AND BY DOING THIS, WE COULD ATTRACT DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF CREATING JOBS AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND NO ONE FROM THE COMMUNITY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. SO THERE BEING NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVE IT BE APPROVED. DO I HAVE A SECOND SECOND? MR. HELLINGA? YES, GARY. YES. YES. YES. BURROWS. YES. YES.

ANDERSON. YES. OKAY. THIS C OR C0126 HAS BEEN APPROVED. THE NEXT ITEM IS ORDINANCE C0226,

[Ordinance C-02-26 Authorizing the City Administrator to enter into a Community Reinvestment Area Agreement with MWI Properties, relative to property within Grove City Community Reinvestment Area #5. Second reading and public hearing. ]

AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO A COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA AGREEMENT WITH M W PROPERTIES RELATIVE TO THE PROPERTY WITHIN GROVE CITY'S COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA NUMBER FIVE. AND, MR. ROSS, YOU'RE UP THERE. SO IS THERE

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ANY ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AS IT RELATES TO THIS? YES. IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO KIND OF RUN THROUGH THE REASONS FOR OUR SUPPORT OF THIS CRA PROPOSAL. ESSENTIALLY, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, IT'S A DEPRESSED AREA. SO THERE'S FOUR THINGS WE'RE REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF WITH THIS FIRST PROJECT IN THIS NEW NEW SHELL, THE CRA NUMBER FIVE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE DEVELOPER WE'RE LOOKING TO ENTER AN AGREEMENT WITH WILL PULL SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE TO THIS UNDERPERFORMING AREA 2000FT, MORE THAN 2000FT OF WATER LINE AND MORE THAN 2000FT OF SANITARY. THAT WILL REALLY PROVIDE THE BACKBONE BACKBONE FOR FUTURE INVESTMENT IN THIS IN THIS AREA. ADDITIONALLY, THE WAY WE STRUCTURED THE AGREEMENT, THE DEVELOPER WOULD BE REQUIRED TO UNDERTAKE ANY WARRANTED ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT. THE SECOND REASON WE'RE WE'RE IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT IS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REASONS. WE ARE VERY COMPETITIVE IN THE SURROUNDING REGIONS, COMPETING FOR JOBS. BUT TO BE COMPETITIVE, WE HAVE TO HAVE AN ABATEMENT. OTHERWISE THE NUMBERS DON'T WORK WITH THESE PROJECTS, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WITH OUR PROJECT ON GROVE ROAD. I MENTIONED LAST TIME, THERE'S A TWO BUILDING SITE OFF GROVE CITY ROAD. THE FIRST BUILDING IS COMPLETELY BUILT AND FULLY FULLY ESTABLISHED WITH TWO MANUFACTURER USES AND ANOTHER USE AS WELL. SO WE NEED SITES TO COMPETE TO GENERATE REVENUE FOR THE CITY AND NOT ONLY TO COMPETE, BUT ALSO ALLOW FOR NEW JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS. THE THIRD REASON REALLY IS THE INCOME TAX. BEING A POST 94 CRA, IT ENABLED US TO TO NEGOTIATE A BASELINE SO WE KNOW BASED UPON THE AGREEMENT TERMS THERE, COMMIT TO A $9.79 MILLION OF PAYROLL WITHIN THE TWO BUILDINGS. IF THEY FALL SHORT OF THAT, THEY'LL MAKE A PILOT PAYMENT TO MAKE UP THAT DEFICIT. SO WE KNOW WHERE WE'RE STARTING.

WE FULLY ANTICIPATE TO DO BETTER THAN THAT. BUT WE KNOW OUR BASELINE MOVING FORWARD SO WE CAN REALIZE ANNUALLY, ONCE IT'S FULLY BUILT OUT, APPROXIMATELY $195,000 A YEAR IN INCOME TAX TO THE TO THE CITY PROPERTY TAX REVENUE. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, PRE 94 CRAS, IT'S 100% ABATEMENT FOR 15 YEARS. THIS IS TEN YEAR 75%. SO THERE'S 25% OF THE OF THE TAXES BEING GENERATED THAT WOULD PASS THROUGH TO THE DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS. RIGHT NOW THE PROPERTY PRODUCES ABOUT $14,000 A YEAR IN PROPERTY TAX. ONCE IT'S FULLY DEVELOPED, WE ANTICIPATE IF EVERYTHING GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN, ROUGHLY $332,000 A YEAR IN PROPERTY TAXES BEING PASSED THROUGH NOT ONLY TO THE CITY, BUT ALSO TO THE TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO EVEN WITH ABATEMENT, THE REVENUES WILL BE GENERATED FROM THE SITE WILL FAR EXCEED WHAT'S BEING PRODUCED BY THE VACANT LAND WE SEE TODAY. SO WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? CHAIRMAN, IS THIS A BROWNFIELDS SITE AT ALL? IS THERE IS THERE ANY? ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE TO ABATE THE AREA FOR ANY. NO, THERE. THERE'S SOME STORAGE ON THE SITE, BUT I WOULDN'T CONSIDER IT A TRUE BROWNFIELD SITE. IT'S I'M SURE IT'S BEEN CONVERTED OVER THE YEARS, BUT I WOULD NOT NECESSARILY SAY IT'S THEY TOOK DOWN A STRUCTURE OR ANYTHING. IT'S IT'S FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I STILL CONSIDER IT A, A GRAY AT MINIMUM. SO MR. CHAIRMAN KYLE, THERE'S SO YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S NO EPA ISSUES OUT THERE RIGHT NOW WITH THAT SITE? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST THE INCENTIVE PART OF IT. THEY'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROCESS. SO THAT WILL STILL COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL AS WELL. SO WE'LL HAVE ALL THOSE CONVERSATIONS MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE HAVE ONE PERSON THAT SIGNED UP TO OH I'M SORRY. JUST REAL QUICK APOLOGIZE. THAT'S THAT'S RIGHT. FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT NOT KNOW LIKE ME BROWNFIELD SITE. WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF THAT? I'LL, I'LL LET KYLE ANSWER. IT'S A CONTAMINATED. CONTAMINATED. YEAH OKAY.

BASICALLY. OKAY OKAY. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THE TREE LOVER THAT'S ASKING.

YOU KNOW I KNOW, I KNOW COUNCIL. NO OKAY. WE HAVE ONE PERSON THAT WANTS TO ADDRESS THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE. IT'S MICHAEL WEBER. IF YOU COULD STEP UP, GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS, YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. YES. GOOD EVENING, MICHAEL WEBER. 1211 WEST 22ND STREET, OAK BROOK, ILLINOIS. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL AND MAYOR. MY NAME IS MICHAEL WEBER. AS I JUST STATED WITH MY PROPERTY GROUP, WE'RE THE DEVELOPER FOR THE PROJECT IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY. FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK THANK STAFF FOR ALL THEIR WORK TO GET TO THIS POINT. THERE'S QUITE A BIT THAT WENT INTO THIS AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED AT THIS

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POINT. THAT BEING SAID, SOME QUICK INFORMATION ABOUT MW. WE ARE A SMALL, FAMILY OWNED REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT FIRM FOCUSED ON ACQUISITION, DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ASSETS.

WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS SINCE 2003, WITH THIS PROJECT BEING OUR FIRST INTRODUCTION INTO THE GREATER COLUMBUS MARKET, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO LAND HERE, SPECIFICALLY IN GROVE CITY.

IT'S BEEN A VERY, VERY WARM WELCOME SO FAR REGARDING THIS PROJECT. THIS IS A SPECULATIVE TWO BUILDING DEVELOPMENT OF 192,000FT■!S AND 283,000FT■!S OF INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES FOCUSED ON LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLY, WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTION, OR SOME COMBINATION THEREOF. THE BUILDINGS WILL BE DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE MULTIPLE TENANTS, WITH A FOCUS ON SUPPORTING THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL ECONOMY, AND BRINGING AN ANTICIPATED 200 JOBS AND NEARLY 10 MILLION IN ANNUAL ANNUAL PAYROLL. AS KYLE ALLUDED TO EARLIER, WE ARE PUSHING TO START CONSTRUCTION ON THIS PROJECT LATER IN THE SUMMER OR EARLY FALL, WITH CONSTRUCTION TO BE COMPLETED AT THE SAME TIME NEXT YEAR. THE INCENTIVE FOR THIS PROJECT IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE AND CRITICAL TO GET THIS SITE DEVELOPED INTO A CLASS A FACILITY THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO HERE. THERE'S CURRENTLY NO WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE, AS MR. RAUSCH ALLUDED TO, IN PLACE TO SERVE THIS PROJECT SITE OR THE NEARBY SITES AS WELL. SO THIS CRA HELPS UNDERWRITE THE PROJECT IN ORDER TO GET THOSE HERE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE AS WELL THAT THE UTILITIES WILL NOT ONLY BENEFIT OUR PROJECT, BUT WILL BE ABLE TO SERVE OUR OTHER NEARBY SITES IN THE FUTURE, HELPING SPUR REDEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA THAT OTHERWISE MAY NOT SEE OPPORTUNITIES. FURTHERMORE, THIS INCENTIVE WILL BE COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN THE GREATER COLUMBUS MARKET AND WILL ATTRACT HIGH QUALITY TENANTS THAT CAN THEREFORE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE INCENTIVE OFFERED BY THE CITY. PROJECT PROJECTS OF OTHER SIMILAR SIZE, SCALE AND ASSET CLASS TYPICALLY SEE SIMILAR INCENTIVES. SO BY APPROVING THE CRA THIS EVENING, IT WILL ENSURE GROVE CITY REMAINS AT THE TOP OF ATTRACTIVE MUNICIPALITIES FOR BUSINESS. AGAIN. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND OF COURSE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. YES. THANK YOU. MR. WEBER, CAN YOU SHARE WITH US WHY YOU CHOSE GROVE CITY? WHAT ATTRACTED YOU IN THIS DEVELOPMENT TO GROVE CITY? CORRECT. YEAH. SO THIS IS IF YOU LOOK AT KIND OF WHERE THE DEVELOPMENTS OCCURRED IN THE GREATER COLUMBUS MARKET, GROVE CITY HAS, YOU KNOW, FOR WHATEVER REASON, THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A GAP IN THE MARKET. SO THERE'S A HIGH DEMAND FOR PRODUCT TYPES SUCH AS THIS. SO THIS SITE BECAME AVAILABLE, AND WE HAD BEEN LOOKING IN THE AREA ALREADY FOR QUITE A NUMBER OF YEARS. SO WHEN THIS POPPED UP, WE WERE VERY INTRIGUED AND GOT UNDER CONTRACT. AND HERE WE ARE. SO THIS WAS DEFINITELY ON OUR THE FRONT OF OUR MIND. THANK YOU. I GUESS IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TO KIND OF GET AN INSIGHT TO WHY PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT OUR AREA AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND NAVIGATE THE CHALLENGES WITH THAT GROWTH AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. YEAH. AND AS THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR ALLUDED TO EARLIER, THE EXISTING PROJECT THAT'S BEEN LEASED UP VERY QUICKLY IS, I THINK, A TESTAMENT TO THAT AS WELL. SO YEAH, WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING TO TO RECREATE THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE ON COUNCIL THAT HAS A QUESTION. YES, SIR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. SO I'M SURE YOU KNOW, GROVE CITY IS NOT THE FIRST PLACE THAT YOU'RE BUILDING, NOR WILL IT BE THE LAST. WHAT TYPE OF TENANTS DO YOU TYPICALLY ATTRACT ONCE THE BUILDING IS UP AND RUNNING? YEAH. SO THAT WOULD BE A HOST OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES MANUFACTURING, PRODUCTION, ASSEMBLY, WAREHOUSING, DISTRIBUTION OR AGAIN SOME COMBINATION THEREOF. SO A LOT OF TIMES THESE GUYS YOU KNOW THAT WANT TO LEASE THE BUILDING TO US. IT'S YOU KNOW THEY'LL HAVE MAYBE A SMALL DISTRIBUTION COMPONENT TO IT THAT SERVES THE LOCAL BUSINESSES. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, WE WE LEASE IT OUT TO FORTUNE 100 COMPANIES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, THE LOCAL, THE LOCAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR, FOR EXAMPLE, WHO NEEDS, YOU KNOW, 30,000FT■!S OF SPACE TO HOLD HIS HIS SUPPLIES BEFORE HE GOES OUT TO THE JOB SITE. SO IT COULD BE ANYWHERE IN BETWEEN. AND OUR COMPANY HAS HAS A TRACK RECORD OF ATTRACTING THOSE TYPES OF TENANTS AND, AND LEASING THE BUILDINGS TO, TO THEM. SO, SO AT THIS TIME, GRANTED, THERE IS THERE IS NO BUILDING, BUT NO TENANT HAS BEEN LIKE PREDETERMINED. CORRECT. YEAH. IT'S A SPECULATIVE DEVELOPMENT.

SO THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THERE BEING NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. THIS ORDINANCE HAS ITS SECOND READING AND PUBLIC AND PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVE IT BE APPROVED SECOND. BARRY. YES. HOLT. YES. YES. BURROWS. YES. OMAR. YES. ANDERSON. YES, YES. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR LOCATING HERE AND FINDING OUR COMMUNITY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO

[Ordinance C-03-26 Approve a Special Use Permit for a Marijuana Dispensary for ACT Investments located at 3989 Jackpot Road. Second reading and public hearing.]

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HAVING YOU HERE. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE LAST ITEM ON ON THE AGENDA UNDER LANDS IS ORDINANCE C0326. AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR MARIJUANA DISPENSARY AT 3989 JACKPOT ROAD. AND ONCE AGAIN, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING FOR MR. RAUSCH THAT IS APPROPRIATE? OR LET US KNOW WHAT PLANNING COMMISSION ADMINISTRATION WISHES TO. JUST TO GIVE A BRIEF SYNOPSIS, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE APPLICATION HAS BEEN IN FRONT OF US. WE RAN THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL, PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL OR PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED IT DOWN 1 TO 3, WITH ONE MEMBER ABSENT. AND JUST LIKE TO NOTE THAT FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE, WE ALSO RECOMMEND DISAPPROVAL FOR TWO PRIMARY REASONS. THE MATERIALS WERE SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS THE FIRST APPLICATION, AND THEN FOR THE SECOND PART, THERE SEEM TO BE UNWARRANTED OR UN UNINFORMED REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES TO BEING GENERATED BY BY THE USE OF THE PROPERTY. INITIALLY, THE COUNT WAS 700 CUSTOMERS WITH 673 VEHICLES DURING THE FIRST APPLICATION PROCESS, AND THIS PROCESS REDUCED IT DOWN TO 400 AND 380 VEHICLES PER DAY. AS I MENTIONED IN CAUCUS, WE RELIED ON THE ENGINEERING TRAFFIC MANUAL, AND THAT WOULD PUT THE COUNT AT 612. SO 306, 306. SO THAT'S WHY THERE WAS UNCERTAINTY IN THE NUMBERS. AND FROM WHAT STAFF GATHERED LAST TIME, THERE SEEMED TO BE A STRONG CONVERSATION ABOUT THE TRAFFIC BEING GENERATED IN THAT AREA. SO THERE WAS NOTHING REALLY THAT PROVIDED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO MAKE STAFF MORE COMFORTABLE. AND I'M ASSUMING THAT THE PLAN HAD THE SAME THOUGHT. SO THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE A NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION. OKAY.

THANK YOU. AND WE HAVE 12345. WE HAVE SIX PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP, RESIDENTS THAT WISH TO ADDRESS THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE. OKAY. OH I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY I APOLOGIZE.

YEAH. YEAH HE'S RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. I'M CHRIS WELSH WITH ACT INVESTMENTS AND WE ARE REAPPLYING FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT WITH UPDATED MATERIAL. THE FIRST UPDATE TO THE APPLICATION IS THE TRAFFIC IMPACT. AND I'M GLAD THAT WAS BROUGHT UP. LET ME BEGIN BY CLARIFYING THAT AGAIN. WHEN WE SUBMITTED THE PREVIOUS APPLICATION, WE MISINTERPRETED THE QUESTION WE THOUGHT THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS ASKING FOR THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS THAT CAN BE SERVED, NOT THAT ARE EXPECTED TO BE SERVED, SORT OF LIKE A A STRESS TEST. WE CLARIFIED THAT DURING THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING ON NOVEMBER 17TH, AND IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION WERE ASKED THEN. SO WE CLARIFIED IT THEN. BUT WE ACTUALLY ARE PROVIDING BETTER TRAFFIC DATA BASED ON THREE SOURCES. NUMBER ONE, OUR OWN PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN THE INDUSTRY. NUMBER TWO, ACTUAL SALES DATA FROM THE STATE OF OHIO DIVISION OF CANNABIS CONTROL. AND NUMBER THREE, AN IN-HOUSE TIME STUDY OF AN EXISTING DISPENSARY. OKAY, SO THESE THESE REVISED NUMBERS ARE NOT SIMPLY MADE UP OR JUST REDUCED JUST JUST OUT OF HAND.

THEY'RE BASED ON REAL DATA. WE EXPECT TO SEE NORMAL SALES DAYS OF 200 200 CUSTOMERS AND PEAK STORE DAYS OF ABOUT 400 CUSTOMERS. IT IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT THE TIME STUDIES SHOWN THAT THE CUSTOMER FLOW IS FAIRLY CONSISTENT THROUGH THE DAY. THEY'RE NOT IN LARGE PEAK RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. THE TRAFFIC FLOW AMOUNTS TO APPROXIMATELY 4 TO 7 CARS ENTERING EVERY TEN MINUTES. OKAY, SO THESE ARE NOT LARGE NUMBERS. FURTHERMORE, WITH DISPENSARIES NORTH AND SOUTH OF GROVE CITY, WE DO EXPECT THAT THE TRAFFIC WILL BE ALMOST ENTIRELY GROVE CITY FOLKS, NOT FOLKS COMING FROM OUT OF TOWN TO GROVE CITY. SO WE'RE HOPING THE COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THAT THE STORE SHOULD NOT CAUSE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC TO THE AREA, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE HOME DEPOT RIGHT THERE WITH THESE WITH THESE NUMBERS SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. NUMBER TWO IS THE TAX REVENUE. MUNICIPALITIES WITH DISPENSARIES ARE NOW ACTUALLY RECEIVING THEIR SHARE OF THE EXCISE TAXES COLLECTED. THIS TAX MONEY IS ADDITION TO THE NORMAL SALES TAX. COLUMBUS LEADS THE STATE IN RECEIVING

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$4.7 MILLION. THE CHECKS VARY BY POPULATION, BASE AND NUMBER OF STORES IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT SOME COMMUNITIES WITH SIMILAR POPULATION BASES TO GROVE CITY HAVE RECEIVED OVER $400,000 FOR THEIR INITIAL ALLOCATIONS. WE LEARNED THROUGH THIS ROUND OF THE APPLICATION. THIS AREA HAS A HIGH POLICE RESPONSE ACTIVITY IN GROVE CITY, AND WE WANT TO PARTNER WITH GROVE CITY POLICE TO COMPLETELY TURN THIS AROUND FOR THE LOCATION. WE WILL OFFER GROVE CITY POLICE ACCESS TO OUR CAMERA SURVEILLANCE FOR THE SITE THAT IS 24 OVER SEVEN, CAMERA COVERAGE FOR THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING. I ALSO I SUBMITTED RENDERINGS. I'M NOT SURE IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO VIEW IT OR IF THERE THAT. SO THIS IS WHAT THE DISPENSARY IS GOING TO LOOK AT. WHAT YOU WILL NOTICE IS WE OMITTED ANY SIGNAGE, AND THAT'S BECAUSE SIGNAGE IS GOING TO BE APPROVED THROUGH GROVE CITY. SO WE WILL RESPECT GROVE CITY'S REGULATIONS ON SIGNS.

YOU CAN SEE IT'S A GOOD LOOKING BUILDING IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT PAGE. I ALSO SUBMITTED THESE ARE THE CLOSEST DISPENSARIES TO GROVE CITY. YOU'RE NOT SEEING ANYTHING OUT OUTLANDISH HERE.

THEY'RE PRETTY NONDESCRIPT. THEY'RE WELL KEPT. AND THE REALITY IS THE STATE REGULATIONS CAUSE THESE LICENSE HOLDERS TO BE IN CODE AND FOLLOW THE AREAS THAT THEY'RE THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO. AND YOU'RE NOT SEEING FLASHING LIGHTS, YOU'RE NOT SEEING POT LEAF SIGNS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, AND YOU CERTAINLY AREN'T SEEING ANY LOITERING THERE AT ANY OF THOSE LOCATIONS. SO I THU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF MISTER WELSH? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THE NEXT PERSON THAT SIGNED UP FOR TO TO ADDRESS THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE IS. TODD GRODER. DID I PRONOUNCE THAT CORRECTLY? I'M SORRY. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL MAYOR. I'M JUST I REPRESENT THE OWNERS OF 3989 JACKPOT ROAD. SIR, IF YOU COULD NAME AN ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. MY ADDRESS? YES, SIR. YES. 1039 MAYFAIR WAY, SUNSET BEACH, NORTH CAROLINA TO A468. GOD, YES. WHAT'S YOUR LAST NAME? ZHONGGUO. GONE OVER. YES. THANK YOU SIR. YOU'RE WELCOME. SO I WANTED TO KIND OF ADDRESS THE BUILDING WHERE IT'S BEEN AND HOW WE ENDED UP, I GUESS IN THIS POSITION, AS THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING, THE OWNER OF THIS BUILDING, HIS FAMILY AND HIMSELF ARE LIFELONG GROVE CITY RESIDENTS. WE ENDED UP PURCHASING THIS BUILDING APPROXIMATELY TWO ISH YEARS AGO FROM A TAX SALE. THE GENTLEMAN THAT ACTUALLY OWNED THIS BUILDING PREVIOUS TO IT HAD NOT PAID HIS TAXES TO FRANKLIN COUNTY, GROVE CITY, ANYBODY. WE BROUGHT THE TAXES CURRENT. WE BROUGHT THE BUILDING UP TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. WE'VE TRIED TO GO TO EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE HAD IN REGARDS TO PLANNING AND ZONING AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. WE'VE AGREED AND WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO DO. WE HAD THE BUILDING ON THE MARKET FOR OVER A YEAR. WE HAD VERY FEW TENANTS THAT WERE INTERESTED IN THE BUILDING FOR A VARIOUS NUMBER OF REASONS, AND THEN THIS OPPORTUNITY CAME TO US.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT WE UNDERSTAND. IT'S NOT A BUSINESS THAT THE OWNER IS IN BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION. BUT WHAT I DO KNOW OF THIS BUILDING, AGAIN, I, I MANAGE THIS AND HELP WITH THIS. THE ALL OF THE PROPERTIES THAT THIS GENTLEMAN OWNS IS THIS BUILDING IS BEEN RIDDLED WITH HOMELESS PEOPLE. WE HAVE HAD. I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU HOW MANY TRESPASSED OUT AROUND THIS BUILDING. I HAVE PERSONALLY REMOVED THOSE THINGS CALLED SHOPPING CARTS, JUST FULL OF EVERYTHING KNOWN TO MAN ON THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE LOVE OF THIS BUILDING IS, BUT THAT JUST HAPPENS TO BE WHAT IS CURRENTLY HAPPENING AT THIS BUILDING. THE POLICE HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC HELPING US WITH THAT. THEY THEY ACTUALLY PATROL IT QUITE FREQUENTLY. I HAVE A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP BACK AND

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FORTH WITH THEM IN REGARDS TO TRYING TO REMOVE THE PEOPLE FROM THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING.

THE I GUESS THE THING THAT I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT AGAIN, THIS ISN'T OUR BUSINESS, SO WE'RE NOT. BUT FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE, THESE GENTLEMEN ARE PAYING IN EXCESS OF THREE QUARTERS OF $1 MILLION FOR THIS BUILDING. THEY ARE LOOKING TO PUT ALMOST A HALF $1 MILLION INTO THE BUILDING. AND WHICH IS GOING TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE THE TAX VALUE OF THE BUILDING, AS WELL AS THE EMPLOYMENT INCOME, WHICH RIGHT NOW THERE ARE ZERO EMPLOYEES IN THIS BUILDING AND HAVE NOT BEEN FOR, I DON'T KNOW, 2 OR 3 YEARS, AS WELL AS THE TAX REVENUE THAT THE GENTLEMAN ACTUALLY HAD SPOKE ABOUT. BUT THEN ALSO THE SALES TAX REVENUE, THAT'S VERY LARGE MONEY. THAT'S GAME CHANGING MONEY THAT BUYS POLICE CARS, FIRE TRUCKS, TEACHER SALARIES. THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING FOR WHAT THAT IS. SO MY TIME IS DONE OR ALMOST DONE. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY I GUESS TO LEAVE IT AT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE, I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING. BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND YOU CAN VOTE FOR MORALS. YES. THANK YOU. YEAH.

OH, I'M SORRY. THE RED LIGHTS ARE. YEAH. JUST REMINDING ANYONE TO SPEAK. YOUR TIME IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES AS PER OUR PUBLISHED PROCEDURES. OKAY. THE NEXT INDIVIDUAL THAT WISHES TO SPEAK IN REGARD TO THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE IS CHRIS MOORE. YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE, CHRIS. I TURN IT DOWN. MY NAME IS CHRIS MOORE. I LIVE AT 1092 IN LANE IN HARRISBURG, OHIO, AND I WANT TO BE A SAFE, FAMILY FRIENDLY PLACE LIKE WHEN I GREW UP ON THE MEGYN KELLY SHOW. JANUARY 8TH, 2026, ALEX BERENSON SPOKE ABOUT THE DANGERS OF MARIJUANA THAT WERE VIOLENT PSYCHOSIS, AND HE QUOTED, AFTER 30 YEARS OF RESEARCH, HE WROTE THIS BOOK, TELL YOUR CHILDREN, ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA, THE MENTAL ILLNESS AND VIOLENCE THAT IT CAUSES, AND IT WAS PUBLISHED JANUARY 2019 AND CLAIMS THAT CANNABIS MARIJUANA USE CAUSES PSYCHOSIS, VIOLENT BEHAVIORS AND MENTAL PROBLEMS. AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S MORE SHOOTERS IN SOCIETY. SO HIS COMMON THEME IS SAYING IT CAUSES PSYCHOSIS. PEOPLE USING CANNABIS WITH THE USE OF THE PURE THC AND THE VAPORS. USUALLY IN TEENAGERS, IT SHOWS FOUR TIMES HIGHER RISK OF DEVELOPING MENTAL ILLNESSES AND SCHIZOPHRENIA. THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER ISSUES WITH MARIJUANA, AND HE FOCUSED ON THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN HIS BOOK RIGHT HERE. SO THE MAJOR PROBLEMS MOST PEOPLE SHOW WITH PSYCHOSIS EXAMPLE AGAINST INNOCENT FAMILY MEMBERS. WHEN THE COPS COME AND THE NEIGHBORS SAY, WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE 18 YEAR OLD SLAUGHTERED HIS FAMILY. SO THERE'S MEDICINAL AND THERE'S RECREATIONAL ADULT USE MARIJUANA, AND THEY'RE OFTEN BOTANICALLY IDENTICAL. HOWEVER, THEY DIFFER IN THE PURPOSE, THE REGULATION AND THE ACCESS THAT MEDICAL CANNABIS HAS A SPECIFIC DOCTOR CERTIFIED CONDITION FOR CHRONIC PAIN EPILEPSY. AND THEY DO HAVE THE HIGHER CBC AND SPECIFIC CANNABINOID RATIOS WITHOUT NECESSARILY CAUSING THE HIGH WHERE THE RECREATIONAL IS OVER ADULTS OVER 21. THEY DO HAVE THE THC, WHICH HAS PSYCHOACTIVE HIGH EFFECTS. SO THE MEDICAL USERS DO HAVE HIGHER DOSE PRODUCTS, GREATER PURCHASING. AND THERE'S EDIBLES AND THERE'S TINCTURES. HOWEVER, CHILDREN ARE GETTING MANY OF THESE PRODUCTS FROM THE PARENTS, WITH OR WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE, AND OTHER STUDENTS AND RESOURCES. AND SCHOOLS ARE SEEING GUMMIES AND OTHER ITEMS FOR THE STUDENTS. SO THERE'S OVERDOSES, AND THEY'RE REQUESTING NARCAN IN THE SCHOOLS AVAILABLE FOR THE RAPID REVERSALS OF THE EMERGENCY FIRST AIDS NOW. SO I'VE WORKED IN MEDICAL FIELD FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS AS OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY AND PAIN MANAGEMENT AND OTHER INDUSTRIES. AND SO I UNDERSTAND PAIN CAN BE DEBILITATING IN PEOPLE. THEY'RE WILLING TO DO ANYTHING THEY CAN TO RELIEVE THIS SO THEY CAN FUNCTION IN SOCIETY. BUT COMMON EXAMPLES OF THE PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCE INCLUDE THE CANNABIS, PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, STREET DRUGS, ALCOHOL, CAFFEINE, EVEN NICOTINE. IT'S GOING TO INCREASE THE RISK OF THESE BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS, BREAK DOWN PEOPLE'S LIVES IN SOCIETY. SO USING SOME OF THESE ITEMS I MENTIONED OFTEN PHYSICIANS WILL ADVISE PEOPLE DON'T EVEN DRIVE, DON'T EVEN OPERATE EQUIPMENT.

SO THESE ABOVE SUBSTANCES CAN CAUSE A PSYCHOACTIVE EFFECTS WHICH IS ALTER YOUR BRAIN FUNCTION. MOOD CHANGES PERCEPTION, CONSCIOUSNESS AND BEHAVIOR. THE SIDE EFFECTS ARE SEDATED EUPHORIA, HALLUCINATIONS WHICH WE SEE IN PEOPLE. STIMULATING DEPENDENCY ON HOW THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AFFECTS EACH PERSON. SO WE SEE REPEATED USE. IT'S GOING TO LEAD TO TOLERANCE, LEAD TO DEPENDANCE, AND MORE AND MORE AND DESENSITIZATION. SO ALEX SAYS IN HIS BOOK THAT WE'RE SEEING MORE OUT OF THE ORDINARY BEHAVIORS IN THIS WORLD. AND WE DON'T WANT THIS IN GROW CITY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS SIGNED UP.

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IS RON MCCLURE. MISS YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE, RON. MY NAME IS RON MCCLURE. I LIVE AT FIVE, 446 HORN ROAD. I'M A CITIZEN OF GROVE CITY AND A JACKSON TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE. I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN GROVE CITY. OVER MY 65 YEARS, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGE, SOME GOOD, SOME NOT SO MUCH. BUT I AM CONCERNED. PAST MEETINGS THERE HAS BEEN A STAND AGAINST MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES. UPON LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE, I BELIEVE THE STAND IS NOT ONLY AGAINST THE PROPOSED DISPENSARY, BUT AGAINST ANY DISPENSARY IN THE CITY OF GROVE CITY. WE'VE ALSO HEARD FROM RESIDENTS AS TO WHY WE WOULD NOT WANT THE DISPENSARY. THIS IS A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE FROM ONE OF OUR FOLKS AND IT WAS WELL TAKEN. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THE FOLLOWING THINGS TO BE CONSIDERED. THE PRESENCE OF THE DISPENSARY CAN INCREASE USE IN THE AREA. DISPENSARIES CAN LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN JUVENILE USE AND CRIME. ACCORDING TO THE NBC NEWS ARTICLE BY CASSIE SLANE, THREE OUT OF FOUR AMERICANS DO SUPPORT LEGALIZING MARIJUANA MARIJUANA, BUT MORE THAN 50% OF AMERICANS DON'T WANT DISPENSARIES IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY. I BELIEVE GROVE CITY AND JACKSON TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS WOULD BE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE. WHY WOULD WE WANT A DISPENSARY IN GROVE CITY? IS THAT CREATING A POSITIVE IMAGE FOR US HERE IN GROVE CITY? IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF CONVENIENCE FOR THOSE NEEDING MEDICAL MARIJUANA. WITH A QUICK SEARCH, THERE ARE MANY NEAR US GEORGESVILLE ROAD, WEST, GAY STREET, VINE STREET, LANE AVENUE AND EAST LONG STREET. IT IS NOT BECAUSE THE DISPENSARY WOULD PRODUCE A HUGE TAX REVENUE. IN MARCH OF 24, THE JACKSON TOWNSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES TOOK ACTION AND UNANIMOUSLY, UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO PROHIBIT ADULT USE CANNABIS OPERATORS AND MEDICAL MARIJUANA CULTIVATORS, PROCESSORS AND RETAIL DISPENSARIES WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF JACKSON TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN COUNTY. WE BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS AND IS THE RIGHT DECISION FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WE WERE FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CITY AT THAT TIME, SO WE COULD BE UNITED IN PROHIBITING THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES.

I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW THAT ALL CHANGED. HAVE YOU HEARD FROM THE AREA BUSINESSES NEAR THIS LOCATION, HOW IT MAY AFFECT THEIR CLIENTELE AND THE IMAGE IT COULD LEAVE? DO WE CARE ABOUT THAT OR SHOULD WE CARE ABOUT THAT? THIS LOCATION IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM A DRUG REHAB CENTER. ISN'T THAT A SLAP IN THE FACE FOR THE FOLKS WHO ARE TRYING TO GET HELP? I BELIEVE IT IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. DO WE REALLY NEED THIS DISPENSARY? PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR COMMUNITY. IF YOU ARE HERE AGAINST THE DISPENSARY PROPOSED LOCATION ON JACKPOT ROAD, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? ANYBODY HERE AGAINST IT? THANK YOU. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS. YOU AS CITY, ME AS A TOWNSHIP, VOTE THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE WHO ELECTED US COUNCIL MEMBERS. AGAIN, I URGE YOU TO LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF THOSE YOU REPRESENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER, IN ORDER OF SIGNAGE, IS MISTY GIBSON. HI, MY NAME IS MR. GIBSON. I LIVE AT 3438 HOOVER ROAD, GROVE CITY, OHIO. I AM AGAINST THE DISPENSARY IN GROVE CITY. MY FAMILY MOVED HERE 20 YEARS AGO, WELL OVER 20 YEARS AGO. I WANTED TO RAISE MY FAMILY IN A GOOD, SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND GROVE CITY WAS A SMALL TOWN. IT HAS GROWN A LOT. I'M NOT AGAINST A CITY GROWING. I'M NOT AGAINST BUSINESSES COMING IN, BUT I AM AGAINST THIS KIND OF BUSINESS BECAUSE YOU CAN WORD IT ANY WHICH WAY YOU WANT. THIS WAS AN ILLEGAL DRUG MY ENTIRE LIFE. JUST BECAUSE IT'S LEGALIZED NOW DOES NOT MEAN IT'S ANY SAFER THAN IT WAS WHEN IT WASN'T LEGALIZED. AND WHEN YOU GO TO THESE LIKE, ADDICTION PLACES AND YOU TALK TO PEOPLE, THEY USUALLY SAY THEY STARTED ON MARIJUANA AND THEN THEY WENT NEXT TO THE NEXT DRUG AND THE NEXT DRUG. SO I DON'T WANT THAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEN YOU PUT PROFIT OVER PEOPLE, THEN THAT'S THE CLIENTELE YOU GET.

THE GOOD PEOPLE WILL LEAVE AND YOU WILL GET THE BAD PEOPLE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DRAW IN. AND I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS. WE HAVE A GOOD POLICE FORCE. I LOVE SEEING OUR POLICE OFFICERS AT OUR SCHOOLS ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY. WHO'S TO SAY THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WHEN WE HAVE A DISPENSARY HERE, WHEN THERE'S DRUGS OUT HERE THAT THEY HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF, SINCE IT HAS BEEN LEGALIZED, THERE'S NOT ONE AREA

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THAT YOU CAN REALLY GO TO THAT YOU DON'T SMELL IT. I NEVER SMELLED IT IN OUR COMMUNITY UNTIL IT WAS LEGALIZED, AND THAT IS SOMETHING OUR COPS CANNOT KEEP UP WITH. SO EVEN IF YOU PUT IT HERE AND YOU TAKE THE PROFIT OVER PEOPLE, HOW MUCH PROFIT ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO GET WHEN YOU HAVE TO HIRE MORE POLICE AND YOU HAVE TO HIRE MORE EMS, AND YOU HAVE TO TAKE IN ALL THIS. IT'S GOING TO CUT YOUR PROFIT AS WELL, AND IT'S JUST NOT GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I DON'T BELIEVE NOBODY WANTS IT. I DON'T WANT IT AROUND MY KIDS. I'VE RAISED FOUR KIDS IN THIS COMMUNITY. MY KIDS HAVE NEVER DONE ALCOHOL. THEY HAVE NEVER DONE DRUGS, THEY'VE NEVER SEEN IT. AND I MOVED FROM COLUMBUS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT. IF THAT'S THE LIFESTYLE I WANTED, I WOULD MOVE BACK TO COLUMBUS BECAUSE IT IS CHEAPER TO LIVE IN COLUMBUS THAN IT IS TO LIVE IN GROVE CITY, BUT I WOULD RATHER PAY HIGHER RENT, HIGHER TAXES, AND LIVE IN A GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE I FEEL SAFE. AND I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S I WOULD FEEL SAFE WITH A DISPENSARY IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, ONE MORE SIGNED UP, SPEAKER ON THIS ORDINANCE, MARIE SCHIFF. DID I PRONOUNCE THAT CORRECTLY? HI. MARIE SCHIFF, 2252, BIRCH BARK TRAIL, GROVE CITY. I'M I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE. LEGALIZATION AND AND THE MEDICAL USE AND THE RECREATIONAL USE OF MARIJUANA. I KNOW THAT IT IS PASSED. I KNOW THAT IT IS LAWFUL AS REPRESENTATIVE OF DRUG COMMUNITY, DRUG PREVENTION ORGANIZATION. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF WHERE THESE DISPENSARIES ARE BEING PLACED.

I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS SAFER FOR PEOPLE TO TO ACQUIRE THEIR THEIR THC EDIBLES AND, AND DRINKS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS FROM A LICENSED DISPENSARY. BUT IF WE COULD LOOK AT MAYBE NOT BENDING THE RULES FOR THE, FOR THE DISPENSARIES AND NOT HAVING THEM LOCATED CLOSE TO OTHER BUSINESSES LIKE ADDICTION CENTERS AND HOTELS, MAYBE HAVE THEM LOCATE IN MORE DISCREET AREAS. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE APPROPRIATE FOR DECREASING EXPOSURE FOR ADULTS AND FOR KIDS. I THINK ONE THING THAT WE'RE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE SIGNAGE AND THE MARKETING. HE DID SHOW US SOME THINGS THAT ARE STILL UP ON THE ON THE SCREEN. BUT WHO'S TO SAY THAT WITH THEM BEING LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO THE FREEWAY, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LOOK AT MAYBE POSTING A BILLBOARD OR BUYING A BILLBOARD OR HAVING SOME SORT OF OTHER THING THAT WOULD BE CONTRARY TO BUILDING A MORE SAFE AND FAMILY ORIENTED COMMUNITY. I THINK EXPOSURE AND LEGALIZATION OF THIS BUILDING LOCATION IS WHERE WE ARE CONCERNED. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. THOSE ARE ALL THE INDIVIDUALS THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS? YES. MR. YES. I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR MR. WELCH. FIRST QUESTION WAS, AS MR. ROUSH ALLUDED TO, THIS IS YOUR SECOND APPLICATION FOR THE SAME LOCATION. SO I JUST WANT TO BETTER UNDERSTANDING FOR MYSELF AND FOR THE PUBLIC IS WHY DID YOU REAPPLY FOR THE SAME LOCATION? WELL, WE THOUGHT THAT AGAIN, WE HAD SOME CHANGES THAT WE RESPECTFULLY DISAGREED ON. SOME OF THE COMMENTS AND WE WE ASKED GROVE CITY, WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR RESUBMITTING APPLICATION? AND WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT WE WERE EXPLAINED TO GO THROUGH AT THE POINT IN TIME WHEN WE INITIALLY APPLIED, THE TAX REVENUES HADN'T BEEN ALLOCATED YET. WE DID WANT TO SPEAK WITH AND WE DID SPEAK TO SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THAT DID HAVE CONCERNS. THE HOTEL GROUPS HAD CONCERNS, AND SO WE WE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM, OFFLINE DISCUSSIONS. AND WE'VE ALTHOUGH THEY'RE NOT HERE TODAY, WE DID OFFER A FEW CONCESSIONS TO THEM. AND SO WE THOUGHT THAT THOSE CHANGES MERITED RESUBMITTING AN APPLICATION. OKAY. BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THIS IS LIKE THE THIRD LOCATION IN GROVE CITY THAT APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. THERE WAS ONLY ONE LOCATION THAT WAS VOTED IN THE MAJORITY BUT GOT VETOED. AND SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND

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SOME OF THE REASONING FOR THE SAME LOCATION. SO I KNOW THE TRAFFIC STUDY OR THE TRAFFIC NUMBERS HAVE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT BASED ON THE ACTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE QUESTION.

SO NEXT QUESTION WAS HAVE YOU LOOKED AT ANY OTHER LOCATIONS IN GROVE CITY BESIDES THIS ONE? BECAUSE WE HEAR FROM, YOU KNOW, PLANNING COMMISSION SPEAKERS, THAT LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION WE HAVE, WE HAVE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT OTHER LOCATIONS. WE BELIEVE THIS IS AN IDEAL LOCATION. I MEAN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE IT IS, IT IS NOT ON THE MAIN STRIP. IT IT IS TUCKED BACK. IT IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO TURN AROUND AN AREA THAT DOES HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS. AND AS THE AS THE SELLER HAS STATED, THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS WITH THAT AREA THAT THAT THAT BUILDING AND THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PEOPLE THAT ARE CURRENTLY INTERESTED IN IT. WE CAN TURN THAT AROUND. AND AGAIN, WHAT WE OFFER BECAUSE OF THE HUGE STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT EYEBALLS THAT WILL BE AND SPOTLIGHT THAT WILL BE GENERATED FOR THAT SPECIFIC LOCATION, WE WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO A LOCATION THAT HAS A HIGH CRIME ACTIVITY, A PROBLEM, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF CAMERAS AND STATE OFFICIALS MONITORING EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN AND OUTSIDE OF THAT BUILDING. 24 SEVEN, THAT THAT SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD BE SOMEWHAT OF AN IDEAL LOCATION FOR GROVE CITY. SOME OF THE OTHER. AND JUST TO TALK ABOUT WHAT DOES MAKE THIS LOCATION AND OUR APPLICATION DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT IS THAT WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR A VARIANCE. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES WE ARE ASKING FOR. WE MET THE CRITERIA FOR THIS LOCATION. THE OTHER APPLICANTS WERE ASKING, WELL, WE WE COULDN'T MEET THE CRITERIA. SO CAN YOU BEND THE RULES A LITTLE BIT FOR US? WE'RE NOT ASKING ANY OF THE RULES TO BE BENT HERE. WE'RE MEETING THE CRITERIA FOR THIS LOCATION IN GROVE CITY, AND WE DO THINK IT IS A GOOD LOCATION FOR THAT. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE ON COUNCIL HAVE I HAVE A COUPLE OKAY. NOT FOR THE APPLICANT THOUGH. SO THANK YOU. ONE IS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION I JUST WANT TO AGAIN SIGNAGE WAS BROUGHT UP. SO I JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO THE LEGISLATION THAT WAS WRITTEN OR WHAT GOES KIND OF WITH OUR CURRENT CODE. CAN SOMEBODY SPEAK TO WHAT SIGNAGE WOULD BE ALLOWED AT THIS LOCATION? KYLE. THANK YOU. I CAN SPEAK TO THAT GENERALLY. NORMALLY IT'S A BUILDING DIVISION ISSUE, BUT THIS IS A STRAIGHT C2 C2 PROPERTY, SO IT'S ONE SQUARE FOOT PER LINEAL FOOT OF BUILDING FRONTAGE. SO IT'S A CALCULATIONS WHATEVER THE WIDTH OF THE BUILDING IS THERE'D BE ONE SQUARE FOOT OF SIGNAGE PER THAT FOR THAT FRONTAGE, A SIGN ON THE BUILDING. AND THEN IS THERE A SIGN PERMITTED KIND OF IN THE FRONT AREA. AND IS IT THERE ARE PERMITTED MONUMENT SIGNS PERMITTED UP TO 50FT■!S, EIGHT FEET IN HEIGHT. THERE'S PLACEMENT REGULATIONS MIGHT BE BETTER SUITED TO TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT 50FT■!S, EIGHT FET IN HEIGHT IS THE GENERAL STANDARD, IS THERE? I NOTICED, AND IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE FROM THE PICTURE A COUPLE OF THESE ARE BANNERS. AND I HAVE NOTICED ON SOME LOCATIONS THAT ARE CLOSE TO FREEWAYS, YOU WILL SEE BANNERS THAT SAY DISPENSARY OR SOMETHING. THERE WOULD BE NOTHING THAT WOULD ALLOW, ESPECIALLY BEING THAT THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT YOU WOULD SEE ALONG, POTENTIALLY ALONG 71 OR AT LEAST ON THE RAMP, THE ON RAMP. THERE WOULD BE NOTHING THAT WOULD ALLOW A TEMPORARY BANNER THAT COULD SAY DISPENSARY, THEY'RE PERMITTED AGAIN, HOPEFULLY MIKE'S HERE, BUT GRAND OPENING BANNER FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME. CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME. WHAT'S THAT PERIOD OF TIME? WE'LL SAY 90 DAYS. MIKE WILL CHECK ME ON THAT. THANK YOU. SIGNAGE, PLEASE. SO SIGNAGE? YES. DIRECTOR RAUSCH WAS CORRECT IN WHAT HE SAID ABOUT THE WALL SIGNAGE AND THE MONUMENT SIGNAGE. NOW, THERE'S A MONUMENT SIGN THAT'S ON THAT PARCEL. THEY GET ONE PER PARCEL, SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO SHARE THE ONE THAT'S THERE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO ANY ANYWHERE ELSE FOR ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE. AND AS FAR AS TEMPORARY SIGNAGE, WE DO ALLOW GRAND OPENINGS TO HAVE A A BANNER OR DISPLAY UP FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. I THINK IT'S 30 DAYS ANNOUNCING THE GRAND OPENING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT THEN IT ONCE THAT'S 30 DAYS IS UP, THEY HAVE TO TAKE IT DOWN. OKAY. ARE WE SPECIFIC ON THE VERBIAGE ON ON THAT? YES. YES. IT'S ALL PER CODE OKAY.

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THANK YOU. SO I THINK THE REST ARE JUST SOME COMMENTS. I APPRECIATE MR. MCCLURE AND SHARING THE TOWNSHIP'S PERSPECTIVE IN THEIR LEGISLATION. I DO WANT TO STATE THAT OUR COUNCIL DID VOTE ON LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ALLOW TWO. SO OUR COUNCIL APPROVED A THAT LEGISLATION AND HAD A DIFFERENT STANCE FROM THE TOWNSHIP'S STANCE. I DO APPRECIATE THE CONCERN FROM AREA BUSINESSES. I KNOW THAT MR. VIREN PATEL DID WRITE SOME NOTES, AND I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT. FOR THE RECORD, IT WAS DISCUSSED IN CAUCUS THAT THERE WERE SOME EMAILS THAT DID COME IN AS WELL, SHARING A VERY SIMILAR STANCE OF BEING AGAINST THIS SIMILAR SIMILAR TO LAST TIME I, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE CURRENT BUILDING AND KNOWING THAT IT IS A BLIGHTED BUILDING, KNOWING THAT THERE IS A HOMELESS POPULATION THAT CONTINUES TO FREQUENT THE BUILDING. I THINK THAT IS DEFINITELY OF CONCERN. I DO FIND IT INTERESTING NOW THAT THERE IS A CHANGE WITH THE BENEFIT OF TAXES THAT IS COMING IN DIFFERENT THAN THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE KNOWN AND HAD OVER THE PAST 6 TO 12 MONTHS. AS DIFFERENT APPLICANTS HAVE COME FORWARD. SO I THINK THAT'S IT FOR ME TODAY. ANY ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YES, SIR. JUST ON THE SIGNAGE AND THE REQUIREMENTS IN GENERAL, THERE ARE 27 REQUIREMENTS FROM THE STATE TO OPEN A DISPENSARY AND THEY GO ALL THE WAY FROM STAFF COVERAGE TO SECURITY TO HOURS. THEY'RE OPEN. NO LOITERING AND EVEN ON THE SIGNAGE, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BASICALLY PUT THE MARIJUANA LOGO ON THERE. AND IN ADDITION TO THOSE 27, GROVE CITY PASSED ANOTHER NINE RESTRICTIONS. AND AS THE APPLICANT HAS NOTED, HE HAS MET ALL THOSE ALL THOSE REQUIREMENTS. AND TYPICALLY THAT'S WHAT THE. WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE COMMITTEE, NOT THE PLANNING COMMISSION. PLANNING COMMISSION LOOKS AT RESTRICTIONS, VARIANCES, COMPLIANCE TO CODE THOSE. THERE SEEMS TO BE A TRAFFIC ISSUE HERE. I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT HOME DEPOT STILL HAS THE SAME NUMBER OF CARS IT WAS DESIGNED FOR, OR IF THEY HAD BUSINESS GROWS, THEY MAY HAVE 200 MORE CARS A DAY JUST BECAUSE OF GROWTH. AND HOME DEPOT, YOU'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF BUSINESSES BACK THERE THAT ACTUALLY AREN'T VERY BUSY RIGHT AT THE MOMENT. YOU'VE GOT THE PUTT PUTT PLACE AND ALL THOSE AND, YOU KNOW, THIS TRAFFIC TRYING TO WORRY ABOUT 400 CARS IN A PLACE THAT WAS BUILT AND DESIGNED FOR ALL THESE BUSINESSES TO BE OCCUPIED, OCCUPIED, I THINK IS SOMEWHAT OF A SMOKESCREEN. JUST TO BLAME YOUR DISLIKE FOR THE DISPENSARY ON TRAFFIC. FOR INSTANCE, WE ORIGINALLY HAD ONE APPLICANT ON STRINGTOWN ROAD WITH A TRAFFIC LIGHT RIGHT IN FRONT, ITS OWN TURNING LANE, A VERY BUSY RESTAURANT, AND IT CAME DOWN TO DISLIKE FOR IT ON STRINGTOWN ROAD AND THE INCREASED TRAFFIC IT WAS GOING TO CREATE. SO WE'VE NOW GOT AN APPLICATION FOR NOT ON STRINGTOWN ROAD. AND TRAFFIC IS, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC WILL BE THERE FOREVER. FOR INSTANCE, THAT BUILDING COULD TURN INTO ANY OTHER BUSINESS. AND YES, IT'LL HAVE MORE TRAFFIC THAN IT HAS NOW. SO TRAFFIC WILL INCREASE WHEN A BUSINESS GOES IN THERE. SO I THINK WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON WE HAVE AN APPLICANT WITH A LEGAL BUSINESS THAT HAS MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS. THE STATE APPROVED MEDICAL AND RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA. SO WE HAVE A LEGAL BUSINESS. AND I THINK THOSE NOW I UNDERSTAND ALL THE COMMENTS AROUND DRUGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT. YOU COULD MAKE THE SAME ARGUMENT FOR ALCOHOL. YOU COULD MAKE THE SAME ARGUMENT FOR LOTS OF THINGS. SO THAT'S MY POSITION AT THIS POINT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY. AND MR. LEE ALSO HAD, JUST FOR THE RECORD, MISS KELLY, WE'VE HAD

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HOW MANY NOTICES SENT TO US ABOUT THIS SUBJECT AND WHO ARE THEY AND WHAT DO THEY SAY? I'M SORRY SIR, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHO THEY ARE. BUT THERE WERE TEN EMAILS SENT TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OVER THE PAST WEEK AND A HALF IN OPPOSITION OF THIS DISPENSARY. WE HAD ONE EMAIL IN FAVOR OF THE DISPENSARY. I CAN TELL YOU THAT ONE OF THOSE EMAILS WAS A LETTER FROM RED RUFFIN THAT WAS IN OPPOSITION. AND THEN TONIGHT, WHILE WE WERE IN OUR EARLIER MEETING, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM QUALITY IN COUNCIL DID AND AN EMAIL FROM MR. VIREN PATEL REPRESENTING ALL THE RESTAURANT OR ALL THE HOTELS ON JACKPOT ROAD, ALL IN OPPOSITION AND GIVING VARIOUS REASONS FOR WHY THEY FEEL IT'S NOT GOOD FOR THEIR BUSINESS. IF I COULD CARRY ON, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I GLEANED FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION PACKET ON THIS SECOND REQUEST WAS THERE WERE, I THINK, 15 QUESTIONS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY QUESTIONS AS TO WHETHER A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS APPLICABLE. AND. HITTING ON ALL CYLINDERS AS TO WHAT ARE THESE 15 QUESTIONS ARE ONE OF THEM WAS IMPACT TO THE PERIPHERAL BUSINESSES ON THE APPLICATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED. WE HEARD, I THINK, IN NOVEMBER THAT THE COMMENT FOR THAT ONE BY OUR STAFF WAS, YES, IT DOES COMPLY ON THIS LATEST ONE, THE ANSWER WAS NO BECAUSE OF THE TESTIMONY THAT WAS GIVEN AT THE LAST MEETING, AND ALSO WHEN IT WAS SURVEYED AS TO THE IMPACT NOT ONLY ON THE MOTELS BUT ALSO THE ADDICTION CENTER. SO THERE WAS ONE OTHER CHANGE BESIDES WHAT WAS SUBMITTED, THAT OUR STAFF HAD GLEANED OUT THAT WAS DIFFERENT FROM THE FIRST PACKAGE, AND THAT ONE BEING THAT THE ANSWER TO COMPATIBILITY IS NO. JUST FOR THE RECORD, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND WE HAVE HERE MR. VERN PATEL, THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN REGARD TO THE MARIJUANA CENTER THERE. AND HE REPRESENTS HOTELS. ON SPEED. HE SIGNED UP AND YOU SHOULD CALL HIM TO SPEAK. OKAY. YOU DID NOT CALL HIM TO SPEAK SAYING HE WAS ON THERE, SIR. FIRST OF ALL, YOU DON'T RUN THE MEETING. SECOND OF ALL, IF YOU. MR. PATEL, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING. I, I AM TALKING ON BEHALF OF THE FOUR HOTELS THAT WE OWN AND OPERATE ON JACKPOT ROAD THERE THE HILTON GARDEN INN, HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS, LA QUINTA INN AND CANDLEWOOD SUITES AT 39, 28, 30, 39, 51, 39, 62 AND 3996.

JACKPOT ROAD. WE ARE AGAINST THE DISPENSARY ON JACKPOT ROAD. DUE TO THE NEGATIVE IMPACT AND THE LOOK THE MARIJUANA DISPENSARY WOULD HAVE ON MANY OF OUR CUSTOMERS, MAINLY THE CHILDREN THAT WE ALL GET ALMOST EVERY WEEKEND FROM MARCH THROUGH OCTOBER. WITH THE VARIOUS SPORTING EVENTS WE HAVE AT BERLINER, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS AND THE FORTRESS AND OTHER EVENTS, OTHER VENUES IN COLUMBUS, THIS PROPOSED LOCATION IS ALSO VERY CLOSE TO THE OHIO ADDICTION RECOVERY CENTER. DETOX AND INPATIENT REHAB LOCATED AT 3880 JACKPOT ROAD, WHICH WOULD SEND THE WRONG MESSAGE TO THAT BUSINESS AND THE REHAB PATIENTS WHO ARE ATTENDING THERE. HOW WILL THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREET CHARACTER LOOK WITH THIS DISPENSARY TO OUR HOTELS AND THE CUSTOMERS ALONG THE RECOVERY CENTER? SOME OTHER POSSIBLE ISSUES THAT COULD ARISE ARE THE ODOR AND THE NOISE. FURTHER TRAFFIC ISSUES ON OUR ALREADY CONGESTED MAJOR ROAD AND JACKPOT ROAD IS IS A NO OUTLET ROAD A POTENTIAL BURDEN ON LAW ENFORCEMENT, IMPAIRED DRIVING? ALSO, THIS CURRENT PROPOSED LOCATION THAT WAS ZONED FOR MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING IS TUCKED AWAY BEHIND TWO OTHER BUILDINGS THAT COULD INCREASE CRIME RATES AND ALSO BE A TARGET FOR ROBBERIES. COMMUNITIES HAVE ALSO DONE STUDIES WHERE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY VALUES WITHIN A HALF A MILE OF A NEW DISPENSARY COULD SEE A REDUCTION OF 3 TO 5% IN PROPERTY VALUES. I GAVE THAT ARTICLE TO TAMMY. A REDUCTION IN PROPERTY VALUES WOULD ALSO MEAN LESS MONEY AS CITY COLLECTS AND PROPERTY TAXES.

AND THEN I AM NOT ALSO SURE WHY THIS IS BEING HEARD FOR THE SECOND TIME AT THE SAME SAME APPLICANT FOR THE SAME LOCATION WITHOUT ZERO CHANGES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. GO AHEAD. OKAY.

ARE THERE ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM. YEAH. YES, SIR. SPECIFICALLY

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ABOUT THE THE AREA I UNDERSTAND HOTELS CONCERNS. I MEAN I MY DAUGHTER PLAYED VOLLEYBALL AND I WENT AROUND TO DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES. ONE OF THE CONCESSIONS THAT THAT WE HAVE OFFERED TO HOTEL GROUP WAS TO NOT PUT DISPENSARY IN THE NAME ON GOOGLE MAPS, SO IT WOULD BE A BUSINESS, IT WOULD SAY A BUSINESS. AND I CAN TELL YOU WHEN I LOOK AT HOTELS, ESPECIALLY WHEN I'M TRAVELING WITH MY FAMILY, WHAT I DO TYPICALLY IS I GO TO STREET VIEW AND WOULD YOU WANT TO SEE HOMELESS PEOPLE, HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS, OR WOULD YOU PREFER TO SEE IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO THE RENDERINGS OF THE BUILDING, OR WOULD YOU PREFER TO SEE WHAT THIS BUILDING IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE? I. I HAVE NOTHING MORE TO SAY, EXCEPT EXCEPT FOR THAT. BUT THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY THAT HASN'T SPOKEN BEFORE? YES, SIR. YES, SIR. NO, NO, YOU DIDN'T SIGN UP. ALL RIGHT. YOU HAVE TO SIGN UP. I'M SORRY. IF YOU CAN TALK, I CAN TALK. SHE CAN TALK. IT'S NOT FAIR. COUNCIL HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ALLOWING OTHER PEOPLE TO SPEAK? YES. I THINK IF WE'RE DESIGNATING TIME BEFORE THE MEETING FOR PEOPLE TO SPEAK, THOSE PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP SHOULD SPEAK. OKAY.

SO YOU DON'T WANT TO ENTERTAIN ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS? NOT AT THIS MOMENT. OKAY. MISS LIZZIE, I'D LIKE TO FOLLOW THE RULES THAT NEED. OKAY, OKAY, OKAY. NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS. SO. OKAY.

GOOD. LAST TIME, UNLESS SOMEBODY HAS A QUESTION, I JUST REMIND YOU AGAIN. YES, IT IS A PROXIMITY TO A FACILITY. BUT THE RULES FOR THE STATE, ALL OF THE STATE ARE 500FT. SO IT MEETS THAT RULE. IT'S 500FT. IT WAS DEEMED AS THE PROPER DISTANCE TO BE FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM PLACES. AND THEN TO THE HOTELS, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES IT LOOK NOW? IT LOOKS PRETTY BAD RIGHT NOW. SO THIS NEW BUILDING WITH NORMAL BUSINESS IN THERE AND THERE IS NO SMOKING OF MARIJUANA ALLOWED IN THE PARKING LOT OR ANYWHERE ON THE PREMISE THAT'S A STATE LAW. AND IF YOU THINK THAT THE POLICE CAN'T HANDLE THAT PREVIOUS DEPOSITION FROM MR. TIFFORD SAYS THAT HE'S RESEARCHED DIFFERENT FACILITIES AND HE DOESN'T EXPECT ANY KIND OF BURDEN ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THIS FACILITY. AND I COULD MAKE AN AMENDMENT. I WILL SUGGEST AN AMENDMENT. TO HAVE NO DISPENSARY TERMINOLOGY IN GOOGLE SEARCH. THE APPLICANT HAS SUGGESTED THAT. THAT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER HAD AN AMENDMENT LIKE THAT. SO I'M THEY GOT TO THINK ABOUT IT. MR. CHAIRMAN, ARE YOU MAKING A MOTION TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL STIPULATION? YES, I AM, AND THAT STIPULATION IS IN PROBABLY SOME BETTER WORDS THAN I CAN COME UP WITH RIGHT NOW. BUT THE DISPENSARY, THE BUSINESS WILL SHOW AS BUSINESS ONLY, NOT A DISPENSARY. IN GOOGLE SEARCH.

TERMINOLOGY AND RESULTS. THIS BUSINESS SHALL NOT BE SHOWN AS A DISPENSARY IN GOOGLE SEARCH.

YEAH, I, I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE INTENT IS ON GOOGLE MAPS. I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF THAT, MR. WELCH. MR. IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION? MISS ANDERSON? SECONDED. CAN WE HAVE DISCUSSION? YES, ON THE MOTION. YES, MA'AM. YES. MR. PATEL? YES. WHEN THAT WAS, CAN YOU COME UP HERE? I'M SORRY. AND FOR THE RECORD, I'D LIKE YOUR ADDRESS. NOT JUST THE HOTEL'S ADDRESS.

MINE IS 30, 4521 SEMINOLE AVENUE, GROVE CITY, OHIO. WHEN MR. WELCH AND HIS TEAM

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APPROACHED YOU WITH THAT, WE WEREN'T DIRECTLY APPROACHED. I KNOW AFTER THE LAST MEETING, WE SPOKE OUTSIDE, BUT WE DIDN'T. WE WEREN'T. WE WERE. I WAS NOT APPROACHED BY HIM AT ALL BY PHONE. YEAH. OKAY. AND WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? WE JUST IT JUST I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE EMAIL AGAIN. BUT IT WAS BASICALLY WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS TYPE OF THING. AND I WAS WE WERE TELLING HIM SIMILAR TO WHAT OUR THOUGHTS ARE RIGHT NOW OKAY. SO YOU DON'T WE'RE PERSONALLY NOT AGAINST THE DISPENSARY, JUST THE LOCATION IS THE ISSUE. IF IT'S ON CHINA BILL'S LOCATION, WE'RE NOT WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM. WE DIDN'T SHOW UP FOR THAT ONE. OKAY.

THANK YOU. SURE. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. SO IF WE'RE OKAY, IF WE'RE GOING TO SAY GOOGLE MAPS, IS ARE WE GOING TO INCLUDE ALL ELECTRONICS, ELECTRONIC MAPS. GOOGLE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT PEOPLE USE. I DON'T SEE HOW YOU CAN CONTROL IT. THAT'S THAT'S MY POINT. I'M ASSUMING, MR. WELCH, WHAT MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU ACTUALLY CONTROL THIS IF WE WERE TO AMEND IT AS SUCH? I AM NOT AN IT EXPERT. I'M NOT A SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION EXPERT. AGAIN, WE WERE MAKING A GOOD FAITH EFFORT IN WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS THE CONCERN. AND IT IT WAS IT CAME FROM OUR SIDE. IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE IT POP UP ON YOUR SEARCH AGAIN, LIKELY YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO STREET VIEW. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT. BEYOND THAT, I, I, I CAN'T REALLY ANSWER YOU HONESTLY. I JUST DON'T KNOW. THANK YOU. MISS, CAN WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO AMEND ORDINANCE C, 326 TO INCLUDE A STIPULATION UNDER SECTION ONE THAT THIS BUSINESS SHALL NOT BE SHOWN ON. GOOGLE SEARCH OR GOOGLE MAPS AS A DISPENSARY. MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY. I AMEND THE AMENDMENT. IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, THEN IT HAS TO BE EVERYTHING. YOU CAN'T JUST SAY GOOGLE. MR. CHAIRMAN, IS DO YOU HAVE A MOTION TO AMEND ON THE FLOOR? I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE AN AMENDMENT AT ALL, UNLESS THE AMENDMENT IS GOING TO SAY EVERY FORM OF LOCATION, DEVICE OR SEARCH ENGINE OR YOU CAN'T JUST SAY GOOGLE, OKAY, THAT'S YOUR COMMENT. THAT'S MY COMMENT.

OKAY. ARE THERE ANY I'M SAYING, DO WE WANT TO MODIFY THE AMENDMENT TO SAY EVERYTHING? CAN YOU MAYBE YOU CAN'T EVEN FIND IT ON GOOGLE. IF I GO AND TYPE IN MARIJUANA DISPENSARY IN GROVE CITY, IS IT GOING TO POP UP NOT JUST ON MAPS? WE'RE GOING DOWN A RABBIT HOLE HERE.

YEAH, WE ARE, AND I'M SURE IF SOMEBODY LEAVES A REVIEW SAYING THIS IS THE BEST DISPENSARY IN GROVE CITY, IT'LL STILL POP UP, RIGHT? EXACTLY. I DON'T I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO MANAGE OR MONITOR THAT IN ANY WAY. YEAH, I THINK IT'S I THINK THE THE IDEA IS A GOOD ONE, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S ENFORCEABLE OR AMENDABLE AT THIS POINT. SO I WITHDRAW MY AMENDMENT. IS THERE A WITHDRAW FROM THE SECOND. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO THE QUESTION SO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. OKAY. SO THERE BEING NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVE IT BE APPROVED. SECOND. HOLT. YES. STURM. NO. BURROWS. NO. OMAR. YES. ANDERSON. YES. KALINGA. NO.

BARRY. NO. MOTION IS DENIED. IS THAT ALL YOU HAVE, SIR? OKAY, MR. PRESIDENT, THAT IS ALL I

[Resolution CR-04-26 Authorize the City’s Consulting Engineer to prepare plans, specifications and cost estimates for the construction and repair of sidewalks on Basswood Avenue, Joseph Street, Juniper Street, Lewis Circle, Lynne Circle, Magnolia Street, Robin Street, Sequoia Avenue, Stephen Street And Valerie Street. ]

HAVE UNDER LANDS THIS EVENING. UNDER SERVICE. CHAIRMAN OMAR. THE ITEM UNDER SERVICE IS RESOLUTION CR ZERO 426, A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE CITIES CONSULTING ENGINEER TO PREPARE PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS AND COST ESTIMATES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF SIDEWALKS ON BASSWOOD AVE, JOSEPH STREET, JUNIPER STREET, LOUIS CIRCLE, LYNN CIRCLE, MAGNOLIA STREET, ROBIN STREET, SEQUOIA AVE, STEPHEN STREET, AND VALERIE STREET, AND MISTER HIM. YOU

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NEED IT. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. BASICALLY, THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF OUR ANNUAL SIDEWALK PROGRAM. AS YOU MAY RECALL, IT WAS DONE IN WEST GROVE AREA LAST YEAR. WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THIS YEAR WITH ABOUT 50 MORE HOMES IN THAT AREA AND ABOUT 95 HOMES IN THE AREA. THAT'S NEXT TO BARAT WAY AND THE WINDSOR PARK AREA. SO, AS YOU MAY RECALL, RESIDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE PANELS DONE. WE WILL DECIDE. THE ENGINEER WILL DECIDE WHICH OF THOSE ARE GOING TO BE NEEDING REPLACEMENT, AND THE HOMEOWNER CAN PARTICIPATE WITH US. AT 50%, WE WILL PAY 50%, THEY WILL PAY 50%. THEY HAVE 20 YEARS ON THEIR TAX DUPLICATE AT NO INTEREST TO PAY THEIR 50%. SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. BUT. MISTER OMAR, QUESTION FOR MR. HAMM. MISS CINDY MIGHT HAVE TO RESPOND. OUR AGGREGATE EXPENDITURES FOR REPAIRING SIDEWALKS SINCE WE STARTED THE PROGRAM, SINCE WE STARTED THE PROGRAM, THAT'S BEFORE MY TIME, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THE KIND OF COMMITMENT WE HAVE MADE ON SIDEWALKS, BECAUSE AND IT IS SUBSTANTIAL. IT WAS 600 LAST YEAR, AND AGAIN, ABOUT 600,000 THIS YEAR USED TO BE FULL. SO GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MAYOR, WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING THE PROGRAM SINCE 2013, SO THAT'S 13 YEARS. THE FIRST 11 YEARS WAS $400,000 INVESTMENT. AND THEN THE LAST TWO YEARS WE'VE DONE 600,000.

SO. CHUCK COULD DO THIS IN HIS HEAD REALLY QUICK. BUT NEARLY $6 MILLION, $5.6 MILLION IN INVESTMENT OVER THE LAST 13 YEARS. THANK YOU. THERE YOU GO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE ON TO SPEAK? NO. NO ONE. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MOHAMMED? I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT. I CAN WAIT TILL AFTER THE CONVERSATION. I THINK THERE IS ANY CONVERSATION. OKAY. NO COMMENTS. I'D LIKE TO LIKE TO AMEND SECTION ONE FOR A PROPERTY THAT IS HEAVILY USED ON SIDEWALK TRAFFIC EAST AND WEST. THE PROPERTY WAS BLIGHTED MORE THAN 13 YEARS AGO AND IS STILL NOT FIXED. THIS WILL GET IT IMPROVED AND SAFE FOR THIS BUSY WALKWAY. THIS BUSY WALKWAY GOES ON THE EAST SIDE OF HOME ROAD UP TO 62. IT'S A LONG STRETCH UP THERE AND THERE'S LOTS OF FOOT TRAFFIC AND BICYCLE TRAFFIC FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF MUUMUU AND WHAT EVERYBODY KNOWS OF RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S SO MY AMENDMENT TO SECTION ONE TO INCLUDE 2815 HOME ROAD, SECOND. I'M SORRY, YOU'RE ONLY INCLUDING THAT ONE ADDRESS, NOT THE WHOLE STRETCH. I THINK IT'S THE WHOLE THE WHOLE STRETCH IS 2815. THEN THERE'S SOME EASEMENT AREA OWNED BY THE CITY FROM THE END OF THE PROPERTY ON UP TO 62 TO THE CORNER. IS IT ARE YOU SAYING IT'S 2815FT OR. NO, THAT'S THE THE ADDRESS IS 2815 HOME ROAD. MR. BAKER. YES. IT WAS VACANT FOR 13 YEARS. YES.

OKAY. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, MR. HOLT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET THIS CORRECT. YOU ARE ASKING THE SECTION ONE BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF HOME ROAD STARTING AT 2815 AND ENDING AT 62. THE INTERSECTION OF BROADWAY. THANK YOU. AND YOU HAVE A SECOND. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? DISCUSSION. SO WITHIN THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD STILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR 50% OF THAT.

THAT'S THE WAY THE PROGRAM WORKS. YES. OKAY. YEAH. JUST JUST DOUBLE CHECKING IF IT'S A VACANT PROPERTY, BUT SOMEBODY STILL OWNS IT OKAY. MR. HAMMONDS, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'D WANT TO GET A QUOTE ON FIRST? BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN NEAR THIS OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S

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WHAT THIS RESOLUTION DOES. THIS RESOLUTION IS REALLY IT'S THE FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS. THIS HELPS US KIND OF SOLIDIFY THE NUMBERS AND FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH WE HAVE TO REPAIR, AND GETS US COST ESTIMATES TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER IT FITS IN THE BUDGET. SO WE DON'T WE DON'T NEED TO GO ANY FURTHER WITH THAT ON THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ARE THERE BEING NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THIS ORDINANCE IS HAD. YOU GOTTA VOTE ON VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT. SORRY. ALL RIGHT. MY APOLOGIES. SO SO WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR TO AMEND SECTION ONE TO INCLUDE THIS NEW STRETCH. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, MR. STURM? YES. BURROWS. YES.

OMAR. YES. ANDERSON. YES. YES. BARRY. YES. YES. NOW. OKAY, OKAY. THERE BEING NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, THIS ORDINANCE, AS AMENDED, HAS HAD ITS READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVE IT BE APPROVED. SECOND. BARROS. YES, MAMA? YES. ANDERSON. YES. YES YES YES YES.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES THE AGENDA FOR TODAY. WE'VE HAVE