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          COUNCIL IS NOW IN SESSION. WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND 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. FOR ALL. CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. SORRY, EVERYONE. MR. OMAR, PRESENT. 
          ANDERSON. HERE. OLINGA. HERE. HERE. HOLT. HERE. STURM HERE. BURROWS HERE. A MOTION TO 
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APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING. SECOND. IS THAT A MOTION, SIR? I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND? OMAR. YES, ANDERSON. YES. YES, BARRY. YES. HOLT. YES. STURM. YES, YES. SO 
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I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TONIGHT TO THE TO THE MEETING, IF YOU WOULD. IF YOU 
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HAVEN'T ALREADY, PUT YOUR PHONES ON SILENCE. IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THE MAYOR HAS SOME SPECIAL SWEARING INS TONIGHT. YES, SIR. WE HAVE TAKE CARE OF THAT. TWO POLICE OFFICERS AND THE CLERK OF OUR COURTS. SO IF WE COULD. MISTER, ARE YOU GOING TO HELP ME? RIGHT. WELL, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. YOU. WE DO HAVE SOME FAMILY HERE. BUT. MOVED ON. YOU. YOU WANT TO HOLD THE FIRST? WHY DON'T YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF? I'M ALSO GOING. NICHOLAS BULLEN, THIS IS MY GIRLFRIEND, ALEXIA. 
          THIS IS HER MOTHER AND FATHER, TOM. AND I'M ACTUALLY FROM HERE. I GREW UP HERE IN NEW YORK CITY. 
          ALL RIGHT. AND. THE POLICE OFFICER. OH. WAS EFFECTIVE IN. OKAY, SO WITH THAT, WE'VE PUT YOUR LEFT HAND ON THE BIBLE. MAYBE THE RIGHT HAND, AND REPEAT AFTER ME. I MAKE I MAKE THE SOLEMNLY SWEAR, THE SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION. I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE UNITED STATES, AND THE STATE OF OHIO. I KNOW THE STATE OF OHIO AND OBEY THE LAWS THEREOF AND WILL, AND THAT I WILL ALWAYS FACTS, AND I WILL IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROVISION, THE PROVISION OBSERVE THE PROVISION OF THE CITY'S CHARTER, OF THE CITY'S CHARTER, AND THE CITY'S ORDINANCES AND THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, AND WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE AND WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER, THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. 
          ANDREW. ROSEN. OKAY, STARTING. AND DO YOU HAVE FAMILY HERE? OKAY. ANYBODY HERE THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE A STAND WITH YOU, MR. DIRECTOR? SIR? YEAH, DIRECTOR, WE HAVE A. AGAIN. 
          RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. LEFT HAND ON THE BOTTOM OF YOUR BLOOD. AND THEN I AND I. 
          SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT. CONSTITUTION. CONSTITUTION FOR THE UNITED STATES, THE UNITED STATES, STATE OF OHIO, THE STATE OF OHIO. AND OBEY THE LAWS THEREOF. 
          AND I WILL IN ALL RESPECTS. I WILL ALWAYS BEST OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY'S CHARTER. CHARTER CITY ORDINANCES. DISCHARGE AND DISCHARGE, THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICE. HE'S A POLICE OFFICER. WELL, WHAT ABOUT NOW? WHAT ABOUT THAT, SIR? YES, MA'AM. DO 
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YOU WANT TO SAY WHO YOU ARE? I WORKED AT THE MAYOR'S. PRAYER THAT COPIES FOR YOU. WHAT BECOMES VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT IT? BECAUSE IT SAYS MAYOR'S COURT. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SERVE SO GOOD, TO HAVE THE RIGHT KNOWLEDGE, I KNOW, I SWEAR I WILL SUPPORT THAT. I WILL SUPPORT CONSTITUTION OF IN THE UNITED STATES OF OHIO AND THE STATE OF OHIO IN THE WATER AND SALTS THEREOF. AND. RESPECTS AND ALL RESPECTS UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CITY CHARTER OF THE CITY'S CHARTER, CITY ORDINANCES. DISCHARGE, DISCHARGE, THE DUTIES OF THE DUTIES. COURT. CLERK. COURT. THE COURT, WHICH ARE TO. THAT'S IT. I'M SORRY. PLEASE USE THE MICROPHONE. I OUT THERE, DON WALTERS IS GOING TO BE RETIRING. 
          AND WE HAVE A GENTLEMAN WE JUST HIRED. DON WANTS TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE THIS GENTLEMAN. DON, CAN YOU PLEASE USE THE MIC THERE SO OUR FANS AT HOME CAN AND APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. 
          MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. IT'S BEEN A REALLY QUICK SHORT 18 YEARS FOR ME. IT'S REALLY BEEN QUICK AND I'M REALLY TICKLED TO INTRODUCE MY REPLACEMENT. AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. MR. PATRICK KINDIG AND I REMEMBER DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, CHUCK AND IKE SAID, WHATEVER, NO MATTER WHAT THE QUALIFICATIONS ARE, IF HE OR SHE DOESN'T HAVE GRAY HAIR, WE'RE NOT GETTING HER. SO HERE HE IS. I LED WITH THAT AT THE TOP OF MY RESUME, SO I THINK IT'S WHITE. I THINK I SURPASSED GRAY A LONG TIME AGO, SO I BLAME MY KIDS FOR THAT. 
          BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S VERY BEEN A WARM WELCOME. IT'S BEEN DAY ONE. I DON'T THINK I'VE BROKEN ANYTHING YET TODAY. SO THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD START. I THINK. HUGE, HUGE SHOES TO FILL. BUT I YOU KNOW, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY AND REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELCOME ABOARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. CASTLE. COUNCIL, I AM SUPER EXCITED TO COME UP HERE. AND I'M REALLY HONORED TO INTRODUCE THIS INDIVIDUAL NOT ONLY TO YOU, BUT TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE IN THIS SETTING. OUR NEW DEPUTY DIRECTOR, BRIANNA ROSS, IF YOU DON'T MIND COMING ON UP, BRIANNA. JUST REAL QUICKLY, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE HER. THIS IS DAY, DAY SIX. SHE'S STILL HERE. WE'RE NOT OVERWHELMING HER OR WE'RE TRYING NOT TO AT LEAST. BUT AND I'M SURE SHE'S HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THIS DISCUSSION TONIGHT. BUT SHE IS A STRONG LEADER. SHE LOVES TO BUILD TEAMS FROM THE GROUND UP, AND SHE LIKES TO FOCUS ON PROCESSES AND IMPROVING THOSE. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE HER ON OUR TEAM. SO AND THIS IS HER FAMILY. YEAH. HELLO CITY COUNCIL MAYOR, THANK YOU ALL FOR WELCOMING ME FOR DAY SIX. I'VE DEFINITELY BEEN WELCOMED BY THE TEAM WITH THE PARKS AND REC TEAM. I CAME FROM COLUMBUS, SO SAYING PARKS AND REC, I'M TRYING TO GET USED TO INSTEAD OF RECREATION AND PARKS, SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME. BUT I'VE DEFINITELY ENJOYED IT SO FAR AND VERY EXCITED AT A POINT WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW WITH GROVE CITY TO BE BUILDING AND GROWING IN THIS COMMUNITY. SO I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE. I HAVE MY FAMILY. WE'RE PART OF MY FAMILY, TWO OF MY FIVE KIDS THAT ARE HERE. SO I HAVE FIRST MY HUSBAND, LEON ROSS, LEON LEON ROSS, SHE'S NINE, AND KENTON ROSS, HE IS SEVEN. MY OLDER KIDS, THEY ARE OUT OF THE HOUSE, COLLEGE, YOU KNOW, DOING THEIR OWN THING. SO THEY ARE NOT HERE TODAY, BUT DEFINITELY EXCITED AND THEY ARE. CAN'T WAIT TO DO THINGS HERE IN GROVE CITY WITH EVERYONE ELSE. THANK YOU. I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE INTRO MUSIC WHEN PEOPLE COME UP, 
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YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY DO AT THE BASEBALL GAMES. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE TWO SPECIAL GUESTS TONIGHT THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR FROM. WE HAVE OUR OUR STATE SENATOR, MISS REYNOLDS, IF YOU WOULD COME FORWARD. AND THANK YOU FOR COMING. WELL, GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. I'M SORRY THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW I WAS COMING, BUT YOU'RE ALWAYS, ALWAYS GREAT TO BE HERE WITH YOU IN GROVE CITY. I JUST WANTED TO STOP BY TO GIVE A COUPLE OF UPDATES. ONE THING THAT WE ARE WORKING ON. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, GREETINGS FROM THE OHIO SENATE. WE'RE WORKING ON OUR CAPITAL BUDGET RIGHT NOW, AND YOU MAY HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES ARE AWARE OF THE RESOURCES AND THE INVESTMENT THAT WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE THROUGH THE CAPITAL BUDGET. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO STOP BY AS I'VE BEEN GOING TO VARIOUS CITY COUNCILS TO DO THAT. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE OUR 2026 CAPITAL BUDGET. AND JUST SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS, THERE IS MONEY THAT IS ALLOCATED TO COMMUNITY PROJECTS FOR ALL OF THE VARIOUS COUNTIES IN THE STATE. AND SO RIGHT HERE IN SENATE DISTRICT THREE, WHICH I REPRESENT, THE SOUTHERN PART OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, PICKAWAY AND MADISON, FRANKLIN COUNTY IS GOING TO GET ABOUT $15 MILLION ALLOCATED TO THROUGH THE CAPITAL BUDGET, BUT THERE'S 150 TO $175 MILLION IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET, AND ONLY ABOUT 30% OF THAT GOES TO COMMUNITY PROJECTS. THE APPLICATION CAME OUT ON FEBRUARY THE 6TH AND IT'S DUE ON MARCH THE 12TH. SO THAT'S A VERY SHORT TIME PERIOD. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING THIS YEAR THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE THE PAST IS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WORKING IN TANDEM WITH OUR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. SO I WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH REP SEGREST TO TRY TO GET PROJECTS THAT WE CAN AGREE WE CAN BOTH AGREE ON, BECAUSE TO THE EXTENT THAT IT'S ON BOTH OF OUR LISTS, THEN THAT ACTUALLY INCREASES THE PROBABILITY OF THE PROJECTS GETTING APPROVED AND ALSO THEM GETTING THE MONEY THAT THEY ASK FOR. BUT I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THERE ARE FOUR GENERAL AREAS THAT WE LIKE TO INVEST IN THAT ACTUALLY MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS. AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE SOME PROJECTS HERE IN GROVE CITY THAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO GET FUNDED. THE FIRST ONE IS MENTAL HEALTH. UNDER THAT CATEGORY, WE CAN FUND OPIATE TREATMENT, DETOX, ADDICTION RECOVERY, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS, YMCA, YWCA. IN THAT RESPECT, WE ALSO CAN DO PARKS AND REC. SO I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A NEW PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR, WHICH IS GREAT. SO WE CAN DO HIKING AND BIKING TRAILS, SWIMMING POOLS, PARKS, NATURE PRESERVES, PLAYGROUNDS, STATE PARK UPGRADES, WILDLIFE AND EVEN SPLASH PADS. AND THEN WE HAVE CULTURAL AND SPORTS FACILITIES. SO THAT INCLUDES MUSEUMS, ART GALLERIES, HALLS OF FAME, ZOOS, HISTORICAL SITES, STADIUMS, ARENAS OR OTHER PUBLIC VENUES THAT PROMOTE CULTURE OR HISTORIC FACILITIES. 
          AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE CAN FUND IN THE AREA OF HIGHER EDUCATION. HOWEVER, IT NEEDS TO BE A PROJECT THAT'S PARTNERED WITH A FOUR YEAR OR TWO YEAR EDUCATION PROGRAM, LIKE A HOSPITAL OR A MEDICAL CENTER, BUSINESS INCUBATOR, WORKFORCE OR JOB INITIATIVE. AND THAT HAS TO BE THROUGH A JOINT USE AGREEMENT. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THESE PROJECTS HAVE TO BE BONDABLE, AND THE STATE LIKES TO FUND NO MORE THAN 50% OF YOUR PROJECT. SO TO THAT EXTENT, IT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY SHOVEL READY, SOMETHING YOU'RE ALREADY WORKING ON. THE STATE LIKES TO BE THE LAST MONEY IN, IF YOU WILL, A BONDABLE PROJECT. AND BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE $15 MILLION, AT LEAST FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY, IT'S NOT WISE TO COME IN ASKING FOR ALL OF IT. SO I'M ASKING PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, TRY TO COME UP WITH A PROJECT THAT IS VIABLE THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, AGREE ON, THAT MEETS THE QUALIFICATION. $1 MILLION OR UNDER IS PROBABLY A GOOD SWEET SPOT TO HAVE. AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, IN FRANKLIN COUNTY LAST GA, WE WERE ABLE TO GET PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE ASKED FOR. SO I THINK THE LIKELIHOOD IS IS PRETTY HIGH AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER. SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO STOP BY AND SAY. ALSO, FOR THOSE OF YOU, I DID PASS AROUND SOME CONTACT CARDS FOR THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN REACHING OUT TO ME. IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS OR ANYTHING, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME. AND ON THE BACK THERE'S A QR CODE THAT YOU CAN SCAN AND IT HAS ALL OF THE UPDATES ON MY LEGISLATION, THINGS THAT I HAVE SPONSORED, THINGS THAT I'VE COSPONSORED, THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IN THE OHIO SENATE. AND RIGHT NOW, ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, OF COURSE, IS PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A BALLOT INITIATIVE COMING THAT IS LOOKING TO ABOLISH PROPERTY TAXES, WHICH I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK IS A SMART THING TO DO. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO FUND OUR SCHOOLS. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO FUND OUR OUR LOCAL SERVICES. HOWEVER, PROPERTY TAXES DO NEED TO DECREASE TO GIVE RELIEF TO OUR 
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TO OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR CITIZENS. SO WE'RE WORKING A LOT ON THAT. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF REFORM THAT WE'VE SIGNED BILLS INTO LAW TO DO THAT. AND SOME OF YOU WILL START TO SEE THAT RELIEF ON YOUR NEXT TAX BILLS. HOWEVER, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE GONE FAR ENOUGH, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO STOP THE EFFECT OF NO PROPERTY TAXES. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE DID NOT KNOW IF WE WOULD HAVE A CAPITAL BUDGET. WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH MONEY AS WE HAD IN THE PAST, ONLY BECAUSE WE HAD THE ONE TIME STRATEGIC FUNDING. THIS IS GOING TO BE MORE LIKE A TRADITIONAL CAPITAL BUDGET, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO GET YOUR PROJECTS AND WORK ALONGSIDE OUR STATE REP TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME GOOD INVESTMENTS IN GROVE CITY. AND WITH THAT, I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. PLEASURE. THANK YOU FOR COMING. YOU'RE WELCOME. MR. SEACREST, OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE. AGAIN. WE SHOULD HAVE MUSIC. JUST SAYING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PERRY. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND ESTEEMED COUNCIL. I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'M MARK SEGER. I USED TO SIT. MAYBE THAT CHAIR THERE. 
          MOHAMMED. COUNCILMAN OMAR. ANYWAY, SO TONIGHT, THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE SOME REFLECTIONS FROM THE STATE HOUSE. JUST A LITTLE LEVEL SETTING. DISTRICT TEN IS ONE OF 99 STATE HOUSE DISTRICTS, 50% OF DISTRICT TEN IS GROVE CITY, AND THE REMAINING 50% IS LARGELY COLUMBUS AND WHICH WHICH IS LARGELY WEST SIDE OF COLUMBUS, BUT ALSO INCLUDES GERMAN VILLAGE. AND THERE'S PROBABLY 3 TO 4% THERE. SURROUNDING TOWNSHIP. TOWNSHIPS. 
          ALL OF JACKSON TOWNSHIP, CENTER DISTRICT. SO IT'S A VERY DIVERSE DISTRICT WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT KIND OF DEMOGRAPHICS, POLITICAL DEMOGRAPHICS, I THINK. AND IT'S I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY A MICROCOSM OF OHIO. I REALLY THINK WE HAVE WE'VE GOT IT ALL. SO HAPPY TO BE HERE, PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE. OUR OFFICE CONSISTS OF TWO PEOPLE, GROVE CITY'S VERY OWN LESLIE ANDERSON AND ME. 
          AND I'M GRATEFUL TO WORK WITH MY FRIEND AS MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE AND TRUSTED TEAMMATE. AND WHEN WE GO TO WORK, WE FEEL WE HAVE THREE CORE RESPONSIBILITIES. PROVIDE CONSTITUENT SERVICE. CREATE, IMPROVE, OR PASS LEGISLATION THAT HELPS OUR DISTRICT IN OHIOANS, AND THEN VOTE AGAINST OR TRY TO MINIMIZE THE HARM INSIDE THINGS THAT WE DON'T THINK WILL HELP OUR CITIZENS. SO WE HAVE THREE THREE MAIN ROLES. IT'S A TWO YEAR TERM AND THE FIRST SIX MONTHS SENATOR REYNOLDS MENTIONED IS WAS A LOT ABOUT THE TWO YEAR BUDGET, THE TWO YEAR OPERATING BUDGET, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WORK THAT WE DO IS IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS. AND IT IMPACTS SO MANY THINGS AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS IS KIND OF ICING ON THE CAKE. AND AS SENATOR REYNOLDS MENTIONED, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, WHICH WHICH IS WITHOUT QUESTION, ONE OF THE MOST COMMON ISSUES ACROSS OHIO. 
          AND. AND SO THERE'S THAT. SO I DIDN'T VOTE FOR THE BUDGET, BY THE WAY. I FELT THAT THE BUDGET DIDN'T DO ENOUGH FOR PROPERTY TAX. I FELT THE BUDGET ACTUALLY DIDN'T DO ENOUGH FOR I WOULD WHAT I WOULD CALL EVERYDAY CITIZENS IN OHIO. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I SAW US GIVE BREAKS TO BILLIONAIRES AND CLEVELAND BROWNS STADIUM AND STUFF LIKE THAT, AND I SAW US UNDERFUND LIBRARIES AND UNDERFUND PUBLIC EDUCATION. AND AS A JUST DATA POINT, 30 YEARS AGO, WHEN THE OHIO STATE, THE STATE OF OHIO SUPREME COURT DECLARED THAT SCHOOL FUNDING WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, RELIANCE ON PROPERTY TAX. THE STATE PROVIDED 40% OF THE COST PER STUDENT, 42% THE COST PER STUDENT. TODAY, 30 YEARS LATER, WE PROVIDE 32%. OKAY, SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY WITHDRAWN OUR SUPPORT PER PUPIL IN SOUTHWESTERN CITY SCHOOLS AND ACROSS PUBLIC DISTRICTS ACROSS OHIO BY, YOU KNOW, A THIRD OR WHATEVER THAT IS. SO THEN WITH THAT, THAT, THAT WHO PICKS UP THAT BURDEN IS US IN PROPERTY TAXES. SO IT DOES IT PUTS MORE PRESSURE ON LOCAL AREAS TO, TO FUND THINGS IN THE LOCAL AREAS AND MAYOR STAGE. AND GOOD EXAM IS IN HUGH GARSIDE KNOW VERY WELL THAT DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS THERE WERE SOME A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT WERE AT STAKE. ONE WAS GIVEN BACK THE INSIDE MILLAGE, FOR EXAMPLE, OF WHAT'S COLLECTED. IT'S WHAT'S ALLOWED FOR CITIES TO TO COLLECT AND OR NOT CITIES, BUT COUNTIES AND SCHOOL SYSTEMS TO COLLECT FOR. FOR, FOR THOSE PURPOSES. AND WE WERE GOING TO GIVE IT BACK TO TAXPAYERS THAT WAS BASICALLY GOING TO COLLECT THE MONEY AND GIVE IT BACK. AND IF THAT HAPPENED, THAT WAS GOING TO BE CATACLYSMIC BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE COST OUR CITY $4 
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MILLION A YEAR OUT OF OUR BUDGET. IT WOULD HAVE COST SOUTH-WESTERN CITY SCHOOLS 40 MILLION. NOW, FORTUNATELY, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, BUT THAT WAS THE KIND OF STUFF THAT WAS LIKE REALLY HEAVILY BEING DISCUSSED WAS WE'LL GIVE TAX RELIEF. WE'RE JUST GOING TO GIVE IT BACK TO THE CITIZENS, AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT FROM COUNTIES, AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT FROM MUNICIPALITIES AND ETC. SO, SO THESE WERE THINGS THAT FORTUNATELY DIDN'T MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE BUDGET, BUT THEY WERE IN THE MIX UP UNTIL I THINK THE SENATE ACTUALLY FIXED THAT ONE. AND GOVERNOR DEWINE FIXED HAD 67 LINE ITEM VETOES. I THINK THAT WAS A RECORD FOR THE VETOES THAT HE ISSUED WITH THE BUDGET. SO BOTTOM LINE IS, I, I THINK ONE OVERALL TAKEAWAY THAT I NEVER KNEW UNTIL I GOT TO THE STATEHOUSE WAS THIS REALLY OVERALL DESIRE FOR THIS, FOR THE STATE TO REDUCE ITS SUPPORT OF LOCALITIES AND TO BASICALLY REDUCE THE FOOTPRINT OF, OF PAYING FOR OR INSULATING PEOPLE FOR THINGS LIKE PROPERTY TAXES. SO, SO THE THE BASIC IDEA OF, OF PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, I BELIEVE, SHOULD BE STATE FUNDED, THE STATE SHOULD HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME. AND WE AND ONE GOOD MEASURE, THERE'S ONE THAT'S FLOATING RIGHT NOW. IT'S CALLED SOMETHING CALLED A CIRCUIT BREAKER, WHICH IS A IS AN INDEX THAT LOOKS AT YOUR INCOME AND SAYS IF IF YOUR REAL ESTATE TAX IS A PERCENT OF YOUR INCOME IS TOO HIGH, YOU WILL GET A CREDIT, YOU WILL GET MONEY BACK BECAUSE IT'S TOO HIGH. LET'S JUST SAY YOUR YOUR INCOME TAX IS $10,000 AND YOU MAKE $50,000 A YEAR. THAT 20% IS TOO HIGH. SO YOU WOULD GET SOME KIND OF CREDIT BACK IN I BELIEVE THAT SHOULD BE STATE FUNDED, NOT TAKEN FROM SOME OTHER PLACE. SO TARGETED, TARGETED AND STATE FUNDED WOULD BE, I THINK, THE ANSWER TO SOME OF THE PRESSURE WE'RE FEELING AS TO WHY PEOPLE WANT TO REPEAL OR REPEAL REAL ESTATE TAXES, BECAUSE OTHERWISE, IF YOU START WORKING WITH REAL ESTATE TAXES AND YOU START HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT MEASURES, IF YOU'RE JUST ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL AND JUST SHIFTING, THAT'S SOMEONE'S PAYING FOR A RELIEF SOMEWHERE. SO SO THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE THERE. SO AND THE OTHER THING I MIGHT ADD IS THERE IS AN INSATIABLE DESIRE AT THE STATEHOUSE TO REDUCE STATE INCOME TAX. AND I JUST FIND THAT I WAS NEVER 64 YEARS ON THIS PLANET. I NEVER REALIZED HOW MANY PEOPLE WANT TO REDUCE STATE INCOME TAX. AND I NEVER EVEN I NEVER HAD A CONVERSATION, EVER, WHERE PEOPLE WERE SAYING, BOY, I THINK OUR STATE INCOME TAX IS TOO HIGH. AND YET WE REDUCE THE STATE INCOME TAX. AND WHEN YOU REDUCE THE STATE INCOME TAX, IT'S THE MAIN FUEL, JUST LIKE INCOME TAXES FOR THE CITY, IT'S THE MAIN FUEL OF STATE. SO WHEN WE REDUCE THE INCOME TAX AND PUT IN A FLAT TAX FOR 2026, THAT'S EFFECTIVELY $1.7 BILLION THAT WE SAID WE DON'T NEED. WE DON'T NEED, WE DON'T NEED IT. SO THAT'S THE CHOICE THAT WE MAKE AT THE STATE TO SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO, YOU KNOW, HELP OUT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. SO AS AS SENATOR REYNOLDS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAD A MEETING TODAY WITH CITY MEMBERS THAT FOR THE CAPITAL TAX AND OUR CAPITAL FUNDING, WE HOPE TO GET SOME GOOD THINGS. ONE THERE I YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU A BILL OR A LIST OF BILLS THAT WE ARE JOINT SPONSORING. THEY'RE BIPARTISAN, MOSTLY BILLS. THERE IS A TAX PROPERTY TAX BILL. I'LL JUST DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO FOUR BILLS. NUMBER FOUR IS A BILL TO PROHIBIT. YOU SHOULD ALL HAVE THIS PROHIBIT THE OPERATION OF DRONES OVER SCHOOLS. AND SO WE JUST KICKED THAT OFF TODAY AND BASICALLY PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE TO SAY DRONES SHOULDN'T GO OVER SCHOOLS. THEY SHOULDN'T BE ON THE GROUNDS, THEY SHOULDN'T GO OVER FOOTBALL GAMES. AND WE SHOULD PUT IN SOME, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GOVERNANCE TOWARD THAT. NUMBER FIVE, IS IT PROPERTY TAX, RESIDENTIAL ZONE. VERY, VERY EXCITED TO BE ON THIS WITH REPRESENTATIVE JAMES HOOPES. HE'S ONE OF THE MOST ESTEEMED MEMBERS IN THE HOUSE IN THE AREA OF FINANCE. AND AGAIN, THIS WILL BE A TAX, PROPERTY TAX SHIFTING. AND THE BASIC ESSENCE OF THIS BILL THAT I'M JOINED SPONSORING IS THAT IF YOU'RE OLDER AND YOU'VE LIVED IN YOUR HOME A LONG TIME AND YOUR INCOME IS LOWER THAN KIND OF YOUR AREA AND YOUR NEIGHBORS AND YOUR HOUSE HAS APPRECIATED SUBSTANTIALLY, IT'LL GIVE YOU RELIEF TO A KIND OF CREDIT TO OFFSET SOME OF THE VALUATION INCREASE. THIS OFTEN APPLIES TO GENTRIFIED AREAS WHERE PERHAPS SOMEONE HAS LIVED THERE A LONG TIME, AND THEY'RE GETTING OUTPRICED OUT OF THEIR HOME AND THEIR PROPERTY TAXES ARE GOING UP, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY ANYMORE TO PAY FOR IT. SO WE THINK THIS BILL HAS CHANCE AGAIN, THIS IS NOT THE BEST DESIGN IN MY OPINION, BECAUSE THERE'S NO STATE FUNDING FOR IT. 
          BUT IT WOULD TAKE THIS RELIEF AND SPREAD IT OUT OVER OTHER AREAS, OTHER HOUSEHOLDS IN THE AREA, AND IT WOULD BE A RELIEF TO THE PEOPLE THAT NEED IT THE MOST. SO IN THAT REGARD, I THINK IT'S A GOOD BILL. I'M EXCITED TO BE ON IT AND WE WE HOPE TO DROP THAT NEXT WEEK. 
          NUMBERS NINE, IF WE CAN MOVE THERE. I CALL THIS THE SANDRA HOOKER BILL. THIS IS A BILL THAT'S MESHED WITH INITIATIVE FROM THE CINCINNATI POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ESTABLISH SOME 
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RULES FOR CLARIFY RULES OF THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE IN CROSSWALKS, AS WELL AS INCREASE THE PENALTY FOR PHYSICAL HARM, SEVERE PHYSICAL HARM OF SOMEONE LEGALLY USING THE ROADWAY. AND THAT IS ALMOST IDENTICAL TO WHAT WE PASSED IN GROVE CITY FOR THE THE LAW THAT MISS HOOKER YOU KNOW INSPIRED. AND SO THANK YOU. SHE'S HERE TONIGHT AND SO WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT DROPPED VERY SOON. WE WE WE'RE PRETTY MUCH READY TO DROP IT. SO AND THEN FINALLY LAST WEEK WE HAD A PRESS CONFERENCE. AND I AM CO-SPONSOR ON A RESOLUTION TO TO UNEQUIVOCALLY SUPPORT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IF HARM IS DONE TO A CITY, IF, IF ANY FORCE HARMS OUR CITY, OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO LEAD OR CERTAINLY BE A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE INVESTIGATION? I THINK IT'S A VERY NARROW LANE I'M CHOOSING. I THINK IT'S AN INCREDIBLE EMBRACE. AND TO SAY OUR OUR CITY IS IN THE BEST HANDS OF OUR LOCAL POLICE. AND IF SOME OUTSIDE FORCE COMES AND CREATES HARM BY GOD, OUR POLICE SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION. OKAY, SO SO ANYWAY, SO THAT'S THE FOURTH ONE. AND JUST SHARING A COUPLE CONSTITUENT SERVICE THINGS ON MARCH 10TH, ON THE BACKSIDE OF YOUR FLIER, WE'RE SPONSORING TOGETHER OR HOSTING TOGETHER WITH MOUNT CARMEL SOUTH-WESTERN CITY SCHOOLS. BETHEL LUTHERAN FAMILY EXCUSE ME FAMILY INTERNET SAFETY EVENT. AND THIS IS BE A MOVIE AND A PANEL OF MENTAL HEALTH AND PROFESSIONALS TO DEAL WITH WHAT'S CALLED SOCIAL MEDIA HARM. IT'S ESPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR PARENTS OF ADOLESCENTS AND TEENAGERS AND A KIND OF AN AWARENESS, BUT ALSO A CHANCE FOR PROFESSIONALS TO HELP GIVE PREVENTATIVE TOOLS AND AND ADVICE TO THE PEOPLE IN THE CROWD. SO MARCH 10TH, 6:00. EVERYONE'S CORDIALLY WELCOME. I KNOW JODY WITH SAFETY COMMITTEE AND KEVIN TIFFORD ARE WELL AWARE OF IT, AND WE'D CERTAINLY LIKE ANYONE FROM YOUR MENTAL HEALTH GROUP THAT YOU, YOU AND CHRISTINE STARTED BACK THEN. THAT'D BE GOOD IF YOU CAN COME. 
          SO THAT'S ONE. AND THE OTHER THING TOO. REAL EXCITING IN THE MONTH OF WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE MONTH OF MARCH. MANY OF YOU GUYS KNOW MCKINSEY LOVE. SHE'S GOING TO RECEIVE A WHAT'S CALLED A HOUSE FLOOR RESOLUTION. SHE WON THE 2025 BRAILLE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. SO IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE. SHE'S A FORMER GROVE CITY RESIDENT, BUT FAMILY IS WELL KNOWN. OR HER FATHER HAS BUSINESS HERE IN GROVE CITY. DOCTOR LOVE, AND SHE'S DONE A TON OF COMMUNITY SERVICE HERE, VOLUNTEERED FOR A FOOD PANTRY, VOLUNTEERED OUT AT YOUR CHURCH, I THINK. GEORGE I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN. SORRY. I THINK SHE TAUGHT SPANISH, EVEN. AND TO SOME IMMIGRANTS OUT THERE. SO VERY, VERY EXCITED TO HONOR HER AND HER PARENTS. AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SET THE DATE, BUT IT'LL BE A FLOOR BE VERY NEAT THING. SHE'LL COME IN FROM MIAMI. SHE'S A MIAMI STUDENT. THAT'S ABOUT IT. I THINK I'LL JUST SHARE. I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS THE POLICE PENSION FUNDS OUT THERE. HOUSE BILL 280 IS STILL ALIVE AND WELL, AND THAT COULD COME INTO PLAY. AND MAYBE I'LL JUST STOP THERE. SO THOSE ARE JUST KIND OF SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AND THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED. AND JUST A YEAR IN REFLECTION. THANK YOU. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. ALSO, REP REYNOLDS, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING IN THE THE TIME THAT YOU'VE BEEN THERE. 
          WHAT'S CHANGED IN THE ENVIRONMENT SINCE YOU'VE STARTED? EVERYTHING? I I'LL JUST PICK THE CATEGORY CONSTITUENT SERVICE. I WAS SO EXCITED IN THE FIRST YEAR TO HOST IN GROVE CITY, A NATURALIZATION CEREMONIES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND ALSO COLUMBUS WEST. IT WAS A WAY TO BRING A KIND OF EVENT THAT'S NORMALLY RESERVED AT THE AT THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT COURTHOUSE AND BRING IT TO STUDENTS TO EXPERIENCE IT AND BE INSPIRED. 
          AND THEN WE DID IT AT COLUMBUS WEST IN SEPTEMBER AND SAME, SAME DEAL. STUDENTS OWNED IT, YOU KNOW, LIKE SENATOR REYNOLDS CAME TO TO BOTH OF THEM. AND WE MIGHT CONGRESSMAN KERRY CAME AND WE YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF MADE IT SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WASN'T GOING TO BE A POLITICAL THING. KIDS ARE GOING TO OWN THIS AND GET TO EXPERIENCE SOME VERY NEAT THING. AND IT KIND OF BUMS ME OUT NOW BECAUSE I WANTED TO CONTINUE THAT. AND THE CLIMATE NOW ISN'T ISN'T RIGHT FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WHETHER IT'S COURTROOMS OR WE'VE HAD OTHER VENUES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PLUCKED OUT OF THE PETITION LINE AND JUST TAKEN AWAY THAT WERE ON THE CUSP, AND I, I IT'D BE SO DEPRESSING, I THINK, TO TRY TO DO THAT AGAIN, HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CHANGED. I HAVE A LOT OF MEDALS 
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READY FOR WHEN WE DO COME BACK TO NORMAL AGAIN, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST IT'S JUST CAN'T DO IT. 
          THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, SENATOR. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WE HAVE UNDER LANDS ORDINANCE C, 050607C08 RESOLUTION CR OH FIVE, RESOLUTION CRO SIX, RESOLUTION CR OH SEVEN, UNDER FINANCE ORDINANCE C09 26. THE CHAIRS ARE OKAY WITH THE AGENDA ITEMS. WE WILL MOVE INTO LANDS WITH 
          [Ordinance C-05-26   An ordinance to approve a Special Use Permit For Outdoor Seating for Mi Tradicion located at 3131 Broadway. First reading.]
CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ORDINANCE C0526 TO APPROVE THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR OUTDOOR SEATING FOR T LOCATED AT 3131 BROADWAY. 
          THIS IS THE FIRST READING. SECOND READING WILL BE ON MARCH THE 2ND. NEXT ITEM IS ORDINANCE 
          [Ordinance C-06-26   An ordinance to approve a Special Use Permit For Outdoor Seating for Stringtown Gantz CB located at 1947 Stringtown Road. First reading.]
C IS 0626 TO APPROVE THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR OUTDOOR SEATING FOR STRINGTOWN AND GANTZ ROAD. CB, LOCATED AT 1947 STRINGTOWN ROAD. AND THAT'S THE FIRST READING. THIRD THING IS 
          [Ordinance C-07-26   An ordinance to approve a Special Use Permit For A Drive-Thru for Stringtown Gantz CB located at 1947 Stringtown Road. First reading.]
ORDINANCE 0726 TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A DRIVE THROUGH FOR STRINGTOWN AND GANTZ, LOCATED AT 1947 STRINGTOWN ROAD. IT'S THE FIRST READING. HOWEVER, AT THIS TIME WE GOT A WRITTEN REQUEST FROM THE PETITIONER'S AGENT TO MOVE THIS TO THE THREE TWO MEETING TO THE MARCH 2ND MEETING. THE NEXT ITEM IS C0826 TO APPROVE THE USE FOR AN INDOOR KIDS PLAY 
          [Ordinance C-08-26   An ordinance to approve the Use For An Indoor Kids Play Facility for Little Diggers Play Space located at 4076 Hoover Road. First reading.]
FACILITY FOR LITTLE DIGGERS PLAY SPACE LOCATED AT 476 HOOVER ROAD, AND THIS IS THE 
          [Resolution CR-05-26   A resolution to approve the Development Plan for Stringtown Gantz CB Development located at 1947 Stringtown Road.]
FIRST READING. THE NEXT ITEM IS A RESOLUTION AND ITS RESOLUTION CR 0526 TO APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR STRINGTOWN. IN GANTZ, A CB DEVELOPMENT LOCATED AT 1947 STRINGTOWN ROAD. 
          AND ONCE AGAIN WE RECEIVED WRITTEN REQUESTS FOR THE PETITIONERS TO MOVE THIS TO THE MARCH 2ND MEETING. MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THAT THEN. OKAY. SECOND. SORRY. 
          ANDERSON. YES. YES YES YES YES YES YES OKAY. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM IS RESOLUTION CR 0626 
          [Resolution CR-06-26   A resolution to approve the Development Plan for Healthy Pets, Grove City located at 3400 Broadway.]
TO APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR HEALTHY PETS. GROW CITY, LOCATED AT 3400 BROADWAY. AND THERE ARE THREE STIPULATIONS THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE WANTS THOSE READ OR NOT. THE PETITIONER HERE IS THE PETITIONER HERE. YES. IF YOU COULD GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. BRADLEY BLUMENSCHEIN, MY ADDRESS IS 7498 ACRES BOULEVARD IN WORTHINGTON. I'M THE ARCHITECT. OKAY. OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO? THREE STIPULATIONS ARE. DID YOU DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF THOSE? I DO NOT OKAY. WOULD YOU READ THOSE? MISS KELLY? OKAY. THERE IS A VARIANCE THAT SHALL NEED TO BE OBTAINED FROM SECTION 1130 5.12. NUMBER TWO, TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED 60 FOOT BUILDING SETBACK ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL BY TEN FEET, FOR A MINIMUM BUILDING SETBACK OF 50FT. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A DEVIATION SHALL BE GRANTED TO SECTION 1136 09A3B TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED TEN FOOT SIDE YARD PARKING AND DRIVE AISLE SETBACK ALONG THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE BY FIVE FEET FOR A MINIMUM OF PARKING AND DRIVE AISLE SETBACK OF FIVE FEET, AND THE FINAL STIPULATION IS THAT ADDITIONAL SITE LIGHTING FIXTURES SHALL BE INSTALLED, OR LIGHTING LEVELS ADJUSTED FOR PROPOSED FIXTURES, IN ORDER FOR ALL VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN AREAS TO COMPLY WITH THE FIVE FOOT CANDLELIGHT LIGHTING REQUIREMENT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, SO DO YOU AGREE TO THOSE AGREE TO THOSE 
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STIPULATIONS? YES. OKAY, GREAT. AND SO IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM ANYONE. IF NOT I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE A RESOLUTION. I THINK YOU HAVE TO DO IT. YEAH. YOU HAVE A QUESTION A QUESTION. SURE. I'M SORRY. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. NO WORRIES. LOOKING AT THIS PLAN, IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL CURB CUTS OFF OF BROADWAY INTO THIS FACILITY, OR WHAT? IS THE HOUSE THE TRAFFIC PATTERN GOING TO LOOK? NO, THERE ARE NO NEW ADDITIONAL CURB CUTS. THE MCDONALD'S NEXT DOOR HAS A SHARED USE OF THAT CURB CUT FOR THIS PARCEL. SO WE'RE USING THAT SAME CURB CUT OKAY. SO THAT WILL BE THE ONLY IN AND OUT WILL BE FROM THE STREET BY BETWEEN YOU AND MCDONALD'S. CORRECT. THANK YOU. CHAIR. YES. THANK YOU FOR COMING FORWARD WITH THIS. I JUST WANTED TO ASK, HOW LONG HAS HEALTHY PETS BEEN A SERVICE IN THE GROVE CITY COMMUNITY FOR PET OWNERS? I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT ANSWER TO THAT. I KNOW A VERY LONG TIME THOUGH, I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAD. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. CALLED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION CR 0624 TO APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR HEALTHY PETS. GROVE CITY, LOCATED AT 3400 BROADWAY, WITH THE THREE STIPULATIONS AGREED TO BY THE PETITIONER. SECOND. 
          MR. KALINGA. YES. BARRY. YES. HOLT. YES. STURM. YES. BURROWS. YES. OMAR. YES. ANDERSON. YES. 
          AND THE LAST ONE? I'M VERY MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS RESOLUTION CR 
          [Resolution CR-07-26   A resolution to approve the Development Plan for Green Oaks of Grove City located at 4745 Big Run Road.]
0726 TO APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR GREEN OAKS OF GROVE CITY, LOCATED AT 4745 BIG RUN ROAD. AND AGAIN, THE PETITIONER HAS REQUESTED A POSTPONEMENT OF THIS UNTIL THE MARCH 2ND MEETING. MOVE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE IT TO THREE 226 SECOND. BARRY. YES. YES. 
          STURM. YES YES YES. ANDERSON. YES. YES. OKAY. THAT'S ALL THE THINGS UNDER LAND, MR. 
          [Ordinance C-09-26     An ordinance to Authorize the City Administrator to Enter Into an Agreement with Growell Technologies INC.  First reading.]
PRESIDENT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. LINCOLN. UNDER FINANCE CHAIRMAN STRUM. YES, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. ITEM UNDER FINANCE IS ORDINANCE C0926, AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH GOLDWELL TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED THIS ORDINANCE. THIS IS THE FIRST READING AND THE SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE ON MARCH 2ND. MR. PRESIDENT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. WOW. I'M NOT SPENDING ANY MONEY, SO THAT'S GOOD. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO ASK THE MAYOR FOR HIS REPORT. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO NEW BUSINESS. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERRY. WE DO HAVE A MAYOR'S COURT REPORT THIS EVENING. TOTAL COLLECTIONS FOR JANUARY WERE 48,033 65. AND I'D ASK THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE IT AS PRESENTED. MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND. YES, SECOND. HOLT. YES. STURM. YES. YES, MAMA. YES. 
          ANDERSON. YES. YES, YES. AND JUST BRIEFLY ON A COUPLE OTHER THINGS. THE LIBRARY HAS CONTACTED ME AND I THINK OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THEY WILL BE PUTTING A LEVY ON THE MAY BALLOT AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME AND PRESENT THEIR FINDINGS AS TO WHY THE LEVY AND SO FORTH. 
          AND I SUGGESTED TO THEM THE SECOND MEETING IN MARCH, IF POSSIBLE. SO FYI, I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT I, MYSELF AND SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE FROM THE MID-OHIO REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION WENT TO WASHINGTON TWO WEEKS AGO. I THINK A VERY FRUITFUL DISCUSSION. WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE DIRECT AUDIENCES WITH PRESIDENT OR SENATOR HOUSTON AND SAN MARINO AND ALL FOUR OF THE CENTRAL OHIO REPRESENTATIVE DELEGATION, AND WE TALKED PRIMARILY ABOUT MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND THE ONE THAT, OF COURSE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOME MORE HEADWIND ON OR I'M SORRY, TAILWIND ON IS THE MEDICAL INNOVATION PARKWAY ACROSS 71. SO THAT WAS DISCUSSED. AND WE ARE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEM READILY NOW. AND SPEAKING OF THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT, THE THERE IS WORK BEING DONE ON NORTH MEADOWS. I STOPPED TO TAKE A PICTURE OF A SIGN THAT WE HAVE POSTED, AND TWO PEOPLE STOPPED ME AND SAID, MAYOR, WHY DID YOU 
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CUT DOWN THOSE TREES? WHICH THE MAYOR DID NOT CUT DOWN THE TREES. BUT THE QUESTION WAS, WHY ARE THE TREES GONE? AND YOU'LL SEE AS YOU GO DOWN NORTH MEADOWS TOWARDS MOUNT CARMEL FROM THE SOUTH, THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL TREES. AND WHAT THAT IS DOING IS PREPPING FOR WHAT WILL BECOME A ROUNDABOUT. THAT WILL BE THE SPRINGBOARD THEN TO GO OVER 71 WITH A BRIDGE AND ALSO TO FEED THE MOUNT CARMEL DRIVE TO THE EAST SO THAT THAT PROJECT IS MOVING. AND WE'RE DOING A PIECEMEAL, WHICH IS THE WAY WE HAVE TO FINANCE IT. AND I JUST WANT TO ALERT THE PUBLIC TO IT, BECAUSE IT WILL BE A HIGH PROFILE THING WHEN YOU START CLOSING STREETS AND AND SO FORTH. BUT NOTHING INSURMOUNTABLE AND MOSTLY AFFECTED STREET WILL BE IS IT MOUNT CARMEL DRIVE OR. YEAH. SO THAT'S ALL I HAD TO REPORT. UNLESS SOMEBODY HAS A QUESTION. 
          MAYOR, YOU MIGHT WANT TO MENTION THOUGH, THAT THAT BRIDGE THE GOAL IS, IS TO TO CONNECT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CITY OVER TO 62. CORRECT. SO IT'LL BE ANOTHER EAST WEST ROUTE THAT TO RELIEVE TRAFFIC. RIGHT. AND IT WILL GO DIRECTLY BEHIND FRIAR PARK ALL THE WAY OVER TO 62 AND UP TO HOLT ROAD AS OUR LONG TERM PLAN. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE 
          [Call for New Business]
GOING TO START WITH NEW BUSINESS TONIGHT. WE'VE GOT SEVERAL PEOPLE ON DECK FOR IT. 
          JUST BE REMINDED THAT YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. AND MISS MISS KELLY IS WILL BE RUNNING THE LIGHTS. OUR FIRST PERSON UP TONIGHT IS LUANN AND LUANN. I THAT LAST NAME IS NEXT. YES. 
          CAN YOU GIVE US YOUR LAST NAME AND ADDRESS WHEN YOU GET TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE? SURE. MY NAME IS LUANN BECKSTEAD. I LIVE AT 1584 LINCOLN DRIVE AND GOOD EVENING. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT SINCE OCTOBER OF 2024. TO BE CLOSER TO FAMILY, I PURCHASED IN A COMMUNITY THAT HAS A REQUIRED CLUB MEMBERSHIP AND A MONTHLY FLAT FEE, REGARDLESS OF FAMILY OR SINGLE USE. SOME OF YOU ALSO BELONG TO THAT CLUB. THIS CLUB DOES NOT OFFER GROUP EXERCISE, SO LIKE SOME OF YOU, I FOUND THAT THE YMCA HAS 4747 DIFFERENT FEE FREE OFFERINGS TO MEET MY NEEDS. SO BEYOND EXERCISE, I DEVELOPED MANY FRIENDSHIPS WHILE AT THE Y. WHEN I SAW BILLY WHILE SHOPPING AT SAM'S CLUB IN HILLIARD, INSTEAD OF SEEING A STRANGER, I GOT TO MEET HIS GRANDDAUGHTER AND HIS GREAT GRANDKIDS. IT WAS SWEET. BILLY'S A Y MEMBER. WHEN I SAW ART AT THE HAIR SALON. 
          ANOTHER Y ACQUAINTANCE, JUST A REALLY GOOD FRIEND. I HAVE MANY NEW FRIENDS FROM THE Y CONNECTION TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION, SO I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE Y TO FRIENDS AND TO SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS. I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE PAST MEMBERS. I THINK GEORGE IS CURRENTLY A MEMBER, SO THANK YOU. I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON THE CC PROPOSAL TO FAMILIARIZE MYSELF. LOOKING AT THE MINUTES FROM YOUR BOARD MEETINGS, THE AMENDING AND THE EXTENSION OF THE THREE PINNACLE TIPS. COMMUNICATING WITH THE GROVE CITY TAX DEPARTMENT, AND MAINLY READING THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH ARTICLE FROM AUGUST OF 2025. THAT ARTICLE PRETTY MUCH REFLECTED THAT COUNCIL WOULD INVOLVE PUBLIC FEEDBACK, AND I JUST ASKED THE COUNCIL HOW AND WHEN WAS THAT ACHIEVED AND MAYBE WHAT WAS THAT FEEDBACK? WHILE THE PROPOSED INCOME TAX INCREASE DOES NOT AFFECT ME BECAUSE I'M RETIRED, I DON'T BELIEVE THE ADDITIONAL INCOME TAX NEEDED TO OPERATE THE CC WILL BE POSITIVE TO RESIDENTS FROM THE YMCA. I RECEIVED A 2025 INDEPENDENT RESEARCH POLL THAT CONFIRMED THAT GROVE CITY VOTERS STRONGLY PREFER A CITY YMCA JOINT VENTURE OVER A WHOLLY CITY OWNED AND OPERATED FACILITY. PROBABLY NOT WHAT COUNCIL WANTS TO HEAR. BUT AGAIN, STATISTICALLY, IT WAS FROM 2025. WE ARE GROVE CITY. PLEASE CONSIDER PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR YMCA SIMILAR TO THAT OF DELAWARE, REYNOLDSBURG, WHITEHALL AND LIBERTY POWELL TOWNSHIPS. WE ARE NOT DUBLIN, WE'RE NOT HILLIARD OR UPPER ARLINGTON WHO OWN AND OPERATE THEIR OWN CCS. I HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING HOW THE CITY OWNS THE LAND WHERE THE CURRENT YMCA IS. THE YMCA, 44,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. IT WOULD TAKE QUITE A BIT TO GET THAT TO THE POINT. TO HAVE A LARGE CC LIKE THE COUNCIL IS LOOKING AT. THE THREE PINNACLE TIFS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED. HOLTON ROAD IMPROVEMENTS WERE MADE WITH 4.2 MILLION FROM TIFS AND 4.2 MILLION FROM THE GENERAL FUND, ACCORDING TO THE RESEARCH. I COULD DO SEEMS THE GROUNDWORK HAS BEEN DONE FOR THE CC AT RP. I HOPE A TRAFFIC STUDY WAS ALSO COMPLETED BECAUSE THAT'S A REAL CONGESTED AREA THERE WITH THE SCHOOLS AND THEN WITH THIS NEW PARK PROPOSAL, LET ALONE THE PEOPLE GETTING BACK INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD OFF THAT TOURNAMENT WAY. OH SHOOT, I 
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DIDN'T PRACTICE LONG ENOUGH. YOU'RE YOU'RE AT YOUR TIME, MA'AM. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR COMING. TERRY. BOWSER. TERRY, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR. THANK YOU. 
          PRESIDENT. I'M TERRY BOWSER, AND I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO ALL OF YOU TONIGHT. THE REASON I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT IS ON SAFETY OF GROVE CITY. I'VE LIVED IN GROVE CITY 63 YEARS. MOVED HERE WHEN I WAS TEN. I KNOW WHAT SOME OF YOU ARE THINKING. THERE'S NO WAY HE'S THAT OLD. I KNOW WHAT THE OTHER ONES ARE THINKING IS THAT I LOOK OLDER THAN THAT. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU REALIZE THAT I HAVE LONG EXPERIENCE IN GROVE CITY, AND I HAVE, SINCE I MOVED HERE, RESPECTED THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN GROVE CITY AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OF FRANKLIN COUNTY FOR GIVING US A SECURE AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO RAISE OUR FAMILY, GO TO SCHOOL AND, YOU KNOW, LIVE, LIVE, LIVE SAFELY. LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOULD UPHOLD LAWS BY THE VERY NAME WE SAW SOME NEW LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SWORN IN TONIGHT, AND IT'S THEIR DUTY TO KEEP THAT SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY. I FEEL, THOUGH, THAT COOPERATION WITH LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OVERALL SAFE COMMUNITY. I KNOW WE ALL HAVE SEEN AND HEARD FROM OTHER SPEAKERS. WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF AREAS IN THE COUNTRY WHERE WE HAVE NOT HAD COOPERATION BETWEEN THE LOCAL AND THE STATE AND OR ANY FEDERAL AGENCY, WHETHER IT'S ICE, WHETHER IT'S FBI, WHETHER IT'S HOMELAND SECURITY, ANY THREE LETTER ACRONYM THAT YOU WANT TO PICK FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. BUT WHERE WE HAVE HAD COOPERATION AROUND THE COUNTRY, WE HAVE HAD SUCCESSFUL, SEAMLESS AND SAFE ENVIRONMENTS. OKAY. I DON'T WANT GROVE CITY TO GO INTO CHAOS. OKAY. I THINK WE'VE SEEN ENOUGH CHAOS AND TRAGEDY IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. WE DO NOT WANT I DO NOT WANT IT IN MY HOME COMMUNITY. I WANT IT TO BE SAFE FOR MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN TO VISIT ME AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. IS IT GOING TO BE SAFE FOR US TO COME TO GROVE CITY? IS IT GOING TO BE SAFE TO DRIVE DOWN BROADWAY? IS IT GOING TO BE SAFE TO GO OUT AND EAT? I HOPE THAT THAT IS A PRIMARY CONCERN OF THIS COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND ANY OTHER ELECTED OFFICIAL IN GROVE CITY. I FEEL THAT ANY MOVEMENT BY COUNCIL TO LIMIT COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, TO ENFORCE THE STATE, THE COUNTRY'S FEDERAL LAWS, WHICH WE HEARD IN THE SWEARING IN THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. I FEEL THAT A MOVEMENT TO LIMIT THAT COOPERATION IS A MOVEMENT AWAY FROM SAFETY AND AWAY FROM SECURE ENVIRONMENT FOR LIVING, FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND TOWARDS CHAOS. I HOPE THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN. I THINK YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AND CAN IMPACT THAT AND KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE, REGARDLESS OF THE SIDE OF THE AISLE. I HOPE THAT SAFETY AND SECURITY IS A COMMON CONCERN AND MAIN FOCUS FOR EVERYONE HERE IN THIS ROOM, AND I APPRECIATE THE TIME TO SPEAK TO YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. REVEREND RONALD CAMPBELL. FOR RECORDING PURPOSES, PLEASE STATE YOUR ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, 4193 MAPLE GROVE DRIVE HERE IN GROVE CITY. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MY FELLOW AMERICANS. GROWING UP, MY GRANDFATHER, WHO SERVED AS A DEPUTY WARDEN IN THE PRISON SYSTEM, HAD ME LISTEN TO A SONG BY AARON TIPPIN. THE CHORUS HAS STRUCK ME MY ENTIRE LIFE. YOU'VE GOT TO STAND FOR SOMETHING OR YOU'LL FALL FOR ANYTHING. YOU'VE GOT TO BE YOUR OWN MAN. NOT A PUPPET ON A STRING. HE TAUGHT ME THAT IN LIFE THERE COMES A TIME WHEN YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE A SIDE. I STAND HERE TONIGHT AT A GREAT COST TO ME. TO BE HONEST, THE ISSUE DOESN'T PERSONALLY AFFECT ME. I'M A WHITE, HETEROSEXUAL, CHRISTIAN, AMERICAN CITIZEN, MALE. I AM SAFE, BUT I CANNOT REMAIN SILENT WHEN MY BLACK AND BROWN NEIGHBORS ARE THREATENED. I REFUSE TO BE A PUPPET ON A STRING, DANCING TO THE TUNE OF POLITICAL SAFETY. I AM HERE TO STAND UP FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE MY PROTECTION. NOW I HEAR THE EXCUSE CONSTANTLY. THIS IS A FEDERAL ISSUE OR THIS IS A STATE ISSUE. THAT'S A COP OUT. THE PROBLEM IS HERE. THEY'RE KNOCKING ON OUR DOORS IN GROVE CITY. THEY'RE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. HISTORY TEACHES US THAT ALL GREAT REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS DO NOT BEGIN IN D.C. OR AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, OR EVEN AT THE STATE LEVEL. THEY BEGIN AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. THEY BEGIN IN LIVING ROOMS, ON STREET CORNERS AND IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, JUST LIKE THIS ONE. IF WE WAIT FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO FIX OUR MORALITY, WE WILL BE WAITING FOREVER. WE MUST START HERE. I'VE HEARD A TROUBLING RUMOR THAT WE MAY NOT EVEN SEE A RESOLUTION REGARDING THE CITY'S STANCE ON ICE, BECAUSE A 
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CONSENSUS CANNOT BE REACHED. I HAVE HEARD THAT YOU MIGHT JUST TABLE THE ISSUE AND SAY NOTHING. 
          LET ME BE CLEAR. NOT SAYING SOMETHING IS SAYING SOMETHING. IF YOU CHOOSE SILENCE, YOU ARE STANDING AND STATING THAT POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN MORAL COURAGE. 
          LET ME REITERATE AND MAKE NO MISTAKE, I AM PRO-LAW ENFORCEMENT AND I SUPPORT OUR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH ALL THAT I AM, AND THAT IS WHY I STAND UP AND SPEAK TO STAND UP FOR THEM. MY COUSIN IS A COP AND I WOULD WANT SOMEONE TO STAND UP FOR HIM. WE OFTEN HIDE BEHIND THE EXCUSE OF IT'S THE LAW, BUT WE MUST REMEMBER SLAVERY WAS LEGAL, SEGREGATION WAS LEGAL, THE HOLOCAUST WAS LEGAL. LEGALITY IS NOT A GUIDE FOR MORALITY. WE ARE AMERICANS. 
          OUR SPIRIT HAS BEEN DEFINED BY BLINDLY, BY BLINDLY FOLLOWING A LAW JUST BECAUSE IT EXISTS. IT HAS BEEN DEFINED BY STANDING UP. WHEN THE LAW WAS WRONG, WE STOOD UP IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. WE STOOD UP IN THE CIVIL WAR. WE STOOD UP IN WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT. WE STOOD UP IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. WE MUST HAVE THAT SAME SPIRIT TODAY. IF YOU ASK YOURSELF HOW YOU WOULD HAVE REACTED OR WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE DONE DURING THOSE MOMENTS IN HISTORY, YOUR ANSWER TODAY DEFINES THAT JESUS GAVE US A RULE THAT OVERRIDES ALL OTHERS. THE GOLDEN RULE DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU. IF A CONSENSUS CANNOT BE REACHED ON THIS ON PAPER, THEN I CHALLENGE EACH OF YOU TO STATE YOUR POSITION CLEARLY IN YOUR FINAL COMMENTS TONIGHT. DO NOT HIDE BEHIND A TABLED RESOLUTION. STAND FOR SOMETHING. STAND FOR SOMEONE. TELL US TONIGHT THAT GROVE CITY WILL NOT FALL FOR HATE. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS GROVE CITY AND GOD BLESS AMERICA. ANDY KOVACIC KOVACIC I'M SORRY SIR. AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORDING. YEAH. MY NAME IS ANDY KOVACIC. EXCUSE ME 3842 GLEN AVENUE RIGHT HERE IN GROVE CITY. MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN RESIDENTS SINCE 2012. I WANTED TO COME TONIGHT FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE, BECAUSE I'D HEARD THAT WHEN I WAS IN ATTENDANCE LAST, LAST COMMITTEE MEETING. BUT YOU TALKED A LITTLE ABOUT THE ICE ISSUE. YOU KNOW, ABOUT PERHAPS PROHIBITING THEM FROM COMING. AND AT THE TIME, THE MINNEAPOLIS INCIDENTS WERE IN THE NEWS. AND I'M A CHRISTIAN MAN. I'M A RETIRED PASTOR FROM FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH HERE IN GROVE CITY. AND I SAT DOWN AND SAID, WHAT'S A CHRISTIAN RESPONSE? YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY TO TELL US TO RESPOND TO THESE KIND OF EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN MINNEAPOLIS. SO I WROTE UP SOMETHING WHICH I TAUGHT AT OUR CHURCH, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IF THE CLERK HAD A CHANCE TO GET THAT TO EACH OF YOU, YOU MAY HAVE A COPY OF IT. YOU PROBABLY HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT YET. LET ME JUST COVER SOME THINGS HERE. BUT I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN MINNEAPOLIS, THE TRAGEDIES THERE. AND THAT WILL SPREAD UNLESS UNLESS WE HANDLE THINGS CORRECTLY. IT COULD COME RIGHT HERE TO GROVE CITY, THAT KIND OF THING. AND I TALKED ABOUT WHAT DOES THE FIRST AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION SAY? YOU PROBABLY ALL HEARD THAT AMENDMENT, BUT REAL BRIEFLY, CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION OR PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF, OR ABRIDGING THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, OR OF THE PRESS, OR OF THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE PEACEABLY TO ASSEMBLE, AND TO PETITION THE GOVERNMENT FOR A REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES. SOME THINGS TO NOTE DISRUPTING A RELIGIOUS SERVICE IS A VIOLATION OF THAT AMENDMENT. THEREFORE, A VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW AND ASSEMBLY IS NOT DONE PEACEFULLY, IS A VIOLATION OF THAT AMENDMENT, AND THEREFORE IT'S NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL LAW. THE APOSTLE PAUL TELLS US IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS THAT GOVERNMENTS ARE PUT IN PLACE BY GOD, AND THEREFORE CITIZENS MUST BE SUBJECT TO THEM LESS, LESS. A GOVERNMENT LAW SPECIFICALLY TELLS YOU TO DO SOMETHING AGAINST WHAT GOD SAYS. 
          YOU NEED TO OBEY IT. CHRISTIANS SHOULD THEREFORE SUPPORT GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES THAT ARE ENFORCING THE LAW, SINCE HE IS GOD'S MINISTER TO YOU FOR GOOD. THAT'S RIGHT. OUT OF RIGHT OUT OF ROMANS CHAPTER 13. IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN WE HAVE DEVICE DOES COME HERE, IT'S OUR OBLIGATION AS CHRISTIANS TO SUPPORT THEM UNLESS THEY'RE VIOLATING THE LAW, IF THEY'RE ENFORCING THE LAW, WE NEED TO SUPPORT THEM. WE LOST TWO PEOPLE, WERE SHOT AND KILLED BY FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS WHERE THE SHOOTINGS JUSTIFIED. I ONLY GOT 41 SECONDS. OH, WE'RE NOT TO RUSH TO JUDGMENT. AS CHRISTIANS, YOU NEED TO GIVE THEM THEIR DUE PROCESS. OKAY? ALL KINDS OF VIDEOS OUT THERE THAT CAN BE DOCTORED AND HAVE BEEN DOCTORED. YOU NEED TO HAVE GIVEN A DAY IN COURT. BUT. AND WHEN IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR AN OFFICER TO USE DEADLY FORCE? WELL, IT'S WHEN HIS LIFE, WHEN HE REASONABLY BELIEVES HIS LIFE IS IN DANGER, SEVERE DANGER OR DEATH. AND IT'S NOT WHETHER IT WAS IT WHETHER HE BELIEVED THAT. AND THAT HAS TO COME OUT IN COURT. BUT I'M OUT OF TIME, I KNOW. BUT BASICALLY, AS CHRISTIANS, WE'RE WE'RE CALLED TO SUPPORT TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT. AND WHEN THEY ENFORCE THE LAWS, THEY'RE NOT VIOLATING LAWS. WE NEED TO STAND ON THE SIDE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. THANK YOU SIR. AND LOCAL. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TOO MUCH. SANDRA HOOKER. SANDRA. I I'M SORRY. 
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I'M IN MY SEAT TODAY BECAUSE I JUST HAD SURGERY ON MONDAY LAST MONDAY. BUT I'M HERE TO I'M HERE TODAY FOR TWO DIFFERENT UPDATES THAT I HAVEN'T GONE ANYWHERE. I'M SORRY Y'ALL HAVEN'T HEARD FROM ME, BUT I BECAME MY SON FULL TIME. CAREGIVER. CAREGIVER, RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. AND AND IT'S BEEN A TEDIOUS HARD JOB. AND I JUST LIKE I'VE BEEN KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH MISTER DEFORD. AND THE REASON I'M HERE IS BECAUSE OF MARK MENTIONING THE SANDY HOOK BILL, WHICH I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THAT BILL TO COME BECAUSE I'M ASKING TO RAISE THE PENALTIES FOR ANY AT FAULT DRIVER WHO'S CALLED SERIOUS BODILY HARM, I MEAN CATASTROPHIC. MY SON RECEIVED A CATASTROPHIC. HIS BEDRIDDEN. HE CAN'T SPEAK. HE LOST ALL ABILITIES IN ONE HAND. SO HE'S A ONE HAND PERSON LAYING THERE COULD NOT IS NOT ABLE TO GET UP. 
          BUT I HAVE A LOT TO SAY ON THAT. BUT I WANT TO ALSO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE AMEND. MR. TIFFORD IS GETTING READY TO PUT TOGETHER A TOWN HALL MEETING. I SEE ALL OF Y'ALL HERE. I EXPECT YOU ALL TO BE AT OUR TOWN HALL IN MAY BECAUSE I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. I WANT YOU TO VOICE YOUR OPINION ABOUT THE SAFETY MECHANISM THAT WE HAVE. I WANT TO HEAR THAT YOU HOW YOU CONCERN ABOUT WALKING THESE STREETS AND HOW THESE DRIVERS ARE NOT OBEYING THE LAW, AND ABOUT OUR OWN POLICE FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. THIS IS OUR RIGHT. I'M HERE AND I'M GOING TO BE HERE FOR YOU. AND I WANT YOU TO BE HERE FOR ME. I AM READY I, I, I THINK THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE A GOOD YEAR FOR SAFETY IN GROVE CITY. I LIVE IN GROVE CITY. I FORGOT TO TELL YOU. MY NAME IS SANDRA HOOKER. I LIVE AT 2971 WOODGROVE DRIVE. I'VE BEEN HERE TWO YEARS AND NOW THEY CALL ME THE AMBASSADOR OF GROVE CITY. AND I'M THE WATCHDOG BECAUSE I'VE MADE SURE THAT I WATCH. AND I'M PROUD OF MY CITY. I AM MORE PROUD OF MY CITY THAN I HAVE. I HAVE WENT, WE COULD SAY DOOR TO DOOR TO EVERY CITY COUNCIL. YOU GOT ME. OH, GIRL. AND TRY TO COMPLAIN. 
          COMPLAIN ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON ABOUT NOT ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE STREET. I AM TRYING TO GO STATEWIDE AND CHANGE THE OPINIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CHANGE AND MAKE THE PEDESTRIAN TO BE THE OHIO, BE A PEDESTRIAN STATE AND NOT A MORE MOTORIST STATE. AND THIS IS WHAT IT IS. 
          IT'S A MOTORIST. MOTORIST IS GETTING AWAY WITH A SLAP ON THE WRIST. AND IF YOU WANT TO KNOW, THIS IS THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN KILL SOMEBODY AND GET AWAY WITH IT. I AM TRYING TO CLOSE THAT GAP AND I NEED YOUR HELP. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU. I FORGIVE YOU, JOHNSON CITY. DON'T FORGET TO COME AGAIN. MUSIC WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. MISTY GIBSON, THAT WAS. DID YOU JUST CALL ME? YEAH. 
          I MEAN, I'M SORRY, MANDY. COME ON. FOR SOME REASON. OKAY. I'M SORRY. I WOULD EVENTUALLY GOT YOU. I KNOW FOR SOME REASON WE'VE GOT FEEDBACK COMING THROUGH THE SPEAKERS OR SOMETHING. YEAH. TAMMY, CAN YOU RESET HER TIME, PLEASE? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SOLVE THE BACK. 
          SOMEBODY PLAYING THE TV OR SOMETHING, BUT AGAIN, RESET IT AND LET HER. I'M SORRY, MANDY, I'M INTERRUPTING YOU. GO AHEAD. I'LL HURRY UP. I JUST WANT TO TOUCH QUICKLY ON A FEW TANGENTIALLY RELATED TOPICS. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE REPEATED REJECTION OF DISPENSARIES. OUR REGION VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY TO ALLOW RECREATIONAL CANNABIS SALES. 
          VOTERS MADE THEIR WILL CLEAR. WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT REPRESENTED. CONTINUING TO VOTE AGAINST WELL THOUGHT OUT PROPOSALS THAT MEET ALL OF THE STATE AND CITY'S CRITERIA DOES NOT PREVENT CANNABIS USE. WE'RE SIMPLY SENDING TAX REVENUE, JOBS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES INSTEAD OF OUR OWN. CANNABIS GENERATED TENS OF MILLIONS OF 
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DOLLARS IN JUST ITS FIRST MONTHS IN OHIO SALES. WE COULD BE USING THAT MONEY TO FUND INFRASTRUCTURE, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS OR A REC CENTER. ALCOHOL RELATED CRASHES KILL APPROXIMATELY 13,000 AMERICANS EACH YEAR. YET WE PERMIT AND REGULATE ALCOHOL SALES HERE. THERE IS NO COMPARABLE DATA SHOWING LICENSED DISPENSARIES PRODUCING SIMILAR LEVELS OF FATAL INJURIES. IN FACT, REGULATED DISPENSARIES OPERATE UNDER MORE STRICT CODES. OUR SAFETY STANDARDS SHOULD BE CONSISTENT AND EVIDENCE BASED, NOT SELECTIVE. AND WHILE ON THE TOPIC OF REPRESENTATION AND TRANSPARENCY, I DO HAVE A PROCEDURAL QUESTION, AT THE LAST MEETING, THE MAYOR PAUSED PROCEEDINGS TO HAVE THE NUMBER OF EMAILS OPPOSING THE DISPENSARY READ INTO RECORD. ARE WE GOING TO NOW COUNT CORRESPONDENCE INTO THE PERMANENT RECORD? WILL THAT BE DONE CONSISTENTLY FOR EACH MATTER? FOR SUPPORTERS AND OPPONENTS OF ANY ISSUE? AGAIN, STANDARDS SHOULD BE CONSISTENT AND NOT SELECTIVE AND ON TO PUBLIC SAFETY. IN A BROADER SENSE, I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT WE WOULD RATHER HAVE TRAINED AND PAID PROFESSIONALS PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITIES, NOT RESIDENTS FEELING UNCERTAIN ABOUT WHO'S OPERATING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, RETIREES AND STAY AT HOME MOMS SHOULD NOT BE FEELING A NEED TO STEP UP AND PATROL THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY AGAINST MASKED MEN, OFTEN WITH MORE GUNS THAN THEY HAVE. TRAINING. IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IS A FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITY. LOCAL POLICING IS A LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY. A COUPLE WEEKS AGO HERE, I HEARD A QUOTE THAT SAID THE ONLY THING NECESSARY FOR EVIL TO TRIUMPH IS FOR GOOD PEOPLE TO DO NOTHING. SILENCE CREATES FEAR, AND LACK OF CLARITY CREATES DIVISION. WE SHOULD NOT WAIT FOR CONFUSION OR CONFRONTATION BEFORE ESTABLISHING A CLEAR POLICY AND COMMUNICATING IT TO OUR RESIDENTS. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD PROACTIVELY STATE HOW THEY INTERACT WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES AND REAFFIRM THEIR COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING ALL RESIDENTS WITHIN CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITS. THIS IS NOT AN INDICTMENT OF LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. IT'S AN INVITATION FOR COMMUNITY AND TRUST. STATES RIGHTS MATTER. THE WILL OF VOTERS MATTERS. DUE PROCESS MATTERS, AND CONSISTENCY MATTERS. THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN ON CANNABIS. THE DATA IS CLEAR ABOUT SAFETY AND THE CONSTITUTION IS CLEAR ABOUT JURISDICTIONAL AUTHORITY. WE CAN BE A CITY THAT RESPECTS THE LAW AND RESPECTS VOTERS. I WOULD URGE YOU TO RECONSIDER YOUR APPROACH TO REGULATED DISPENSARIES, AND ALSO TO PROVIDE CLEAR, PROACTIVE GUIDANCE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER, MR. GIBSON. I MISS STEVE. IF YOU COULD AGAIN STATE YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. HI, MY NAME IS MR. GIBSON AND MY ADDRESS IS 3438 HOOVER ROAD. AND I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OBEYING THE LAWS BECAUSE THE BIBLE DOES TELL US TO OBEY THE LAWS OF THE LAND. 
          IT DOESN'T SAY WE HAVE TO LIKE THEM. IT JUST SAYS WE HAVE TO OBEY THEM. AND THERE IS INSTANCES IN THE BIBLE WHERE THEY WENT AGAINST THE RULERS, AND THAT WAS BECAUSE THE RULERS WAS TELLING THEM THAT THEY HAD TO BOW DOWN TO A GOLD STATUE, OR THEY HAD TO PRAY TO THEIR KING. SO IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT GOES AGAINST GOD, THEN YES, WE CAN GO AGAINST IT. BUT IF IT DOESN'T GO AGAINST GOD, WE HAVE TO OBEY IT WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR WE DON'T. AND YOU KNOW, WE ARE. IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, LAST TIME THAT PASTOR SAID TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR, THAT'S YOUR COMMANDMENT. AND IT IS A COMMANDMENT. IT'S THE SECOND COMMANDMENT. THE FIRST COMMANDMENT IS TO LOVE GOD AND TO HONOR GOD, AND TO DO THAT IS TO OBEY GOD. AND IN ORDER TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR AS OURSELF, WE ARE TO TELL THEM THE TRUTH. THE TRUTH ABOUT JESUS. AND THE TRUTH IS THAT THIS IS TEMPORARY. THIS PLACE IS TEMPORARY. WE HAVE AN ETERNAL LIFE, AND THAT'S IN HEAVEN. AND IF WE LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS, WE'RE GOING TO TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY CAN GO WITH US TO ETERNITY. BUT LIKE IN. IN. ACTS CHAPTER 16, PAUL AND SILAS WAS THROWN INTO PRISON. AND WHEN THE EARTHQUAKE CAME, THEY IT BROKE THE DOORS. 
          IT BROKE THEIR SHACKLES. THEY COULD HAVE LEFT AND THEY DIDN'T. THEY STAYED THERE AND THEY OBEYED THE LAWS OF THE LAND. THE BIBLE IS A BOOK FOR US. IT'S RULES FOR OUR LIVES, FOR US TO OBEY AND FOLLOW. AND IF GOD SAYS IN SECOND CHRONICLES, IF MY PEOPLE BOW DOWN AND HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY TO ME AND REPENT, I WILL HEAL YOUR LAND. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO. 
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WE NEED TO HUMBLE OURSELVES, REPENT OF OUR SINS, AND PRAY TO GOD SO HE WILL HEAL OUR LAND. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU. KEELEY THOMAS. AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE. YES, MY ADDRESS IS 1555 CREEK COURT. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE HERE. I'M GOING TO READ JUST A LITTLE BIT OUT OF THE THE BIBLE HERE, ROMANS 13. EVERYONE MUST SUBMIT TO GOVERNING AUTHORITIES, FOR ALL AUTHORITY COMES FROM GOD. AND THOSE IN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY HAVE BEEN PLACED THERE BY GOD. SO ANYONE WHO REBELS AGAINST AUTHORITY IS REBELLING AGAINST WHAT GOD HAS INSTITUTED, AND THEY WILL BE PUNISHED. I. MY GRANDFATHER, WAS AN IMMIGRANT FROM GREECE. 
          HE CAME HERE WHEN HE WAS 14 YEARS OLD, AND HE WORKED AND HE ABIDED BY THE LAWS, AND HE WAS PROUD TO BE IN THIS COUNTRY. HE WAS THE FIRST ONE WHO WHO GOT THE AMERICAN FLAG IN MY HOMETOWN BACK IN INDIANA, SMALL TOWN IN INDIANA, AND FLEW THE FLAG. HE WAS PROUD OF THIS COUNTRY. HE DID IT LEGALLY, AND HE WORKED, AND HE HAD HIS OWN RESTAURANT. I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST IMMIGRANTS COMING OVER HERE. I DO NOT. I SERVED THIS COUNTRY FOR EIGHT YEARS. ARMY AND NAVY. BUT WHAT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IS THAT WHEN WE DON'T FOLLOW THE LAW AND THE CONSTITUTION. WHAT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IS THAT WE KEEP BLAMING THE ICE OFFICERS WHEN THEY HAVE A JOB TO DO, JUST LIKE OUR POLICE DO HAVE HERE. IT'S NOT ABOUT HATE. BUT THEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AROUND THIS COUNTRY WITH FRAUD, WITH MONEY BEING STOLEN, TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS, TRILLIONS. AND WHAT I THINK ABOUT I THINK ABOUT THE MEN AND WOMEN, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO SERVED BEFORE ME AND EVEN AFTER ME, THAT ARE HOMELESS AND THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO GO. AND WE ARE DEFENDING PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE ILLEGALLY. 
          61% ARE ON WELFARE, 61%. NOW AGAIN, I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST. I'M A LOVING CHRISTIAN TOO. BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS A PURPOSE AND THAT'S WHY HE HAS A LAW. BUT HE ALSO TELLS US THAT WE SHOULD LOVE THEM AND AND WE DO. BUT HE ALSO EXPECTS THEM TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES. YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU. DONALD. I BELIEVE IT'S GEBHART. 
          GEBHART. IS THAT CORRECT? DONALD HERE. OKAY. DONALD IS NOT HERE. WHAT'S THAT? IT? YEAH, OKAY. I'M SORRY. IT'S CRUSHED TOGETHER HERE. SO HOW ABOUT DONALD GIBSON? WOULD HE LIKE TO TALK? DO WE HAVE A DAWN? THAT'S A GOOD POINT. AND YOUR ADDRESS, SIR? WHEN YOU GET TO THE. YEAH, IT'S 3438 HOOVER ROAD. I'M NOT SURE I CAN ADD ANYTHING TO WHAT'S BEEN SAID, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME THE TIME TO SPEAK, BUT I WHAT THE PASTOR SAID WAS RIGHT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SHOW LOVE TO THESE PEOPLE, AND I. I AGREE WITH THAT. BUT I ALSO AGREE WITH WHAT SAID IN ROMANS ABOUT 13 ONE THROUGH SEVEN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OBEYING THE LAW OF THE LAND. YOU KNOW, WE GOT THESE RULES AND LAWS TO KEEP THINGS IN LINE, PEOPLE. WE IF EVERYBODY WENT BY HOW THEY FELT, THIS PLACE WOULD BE ANARCHY. YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, WE COULDN'T HAVE ANY KIND OF A, A CITY, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THE RULES WOULD JUST IF NOBODY OBEYED THE LAWS. I MEAN, WE ALL DO WHAT WE WANT AND AND WE'RE SOME PEOPLE DON'T ACT LIKE 
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ADULTS. THEY ACT LIKE CHILDREN. AND I HATE TO SAY IT, I'VE DONE IT MYSELF, YOU KNOW, I'M GUILTY OF IT. JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE. WE GET A FEELING ABOUT SOMETHING AND WE JUST GO WITH WHAT WE FEEL IS RIGHT, OR WHAT WE FEEL IS WRONG. AND BUT THESE, THESE LAWS ARE IN ORDER TO KEEP US. IN ORDER. SO WE DO THE RIGHT THING. BUT FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE PAST, I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD NEVER ASK YOUR POLICE OFFICERS TO EVER STAND DOWN AND NOT HELP THE ICE OFFICERS IF THEY NEED IT, BECAUSE THAT PUTS A BIG BURDEN ON THEM FOR WHAT THEY MORALLY FEEL LED TO. DO. YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS HELPING OUT A BROTHER, I DON'T CARE WHAT PART OF LAW ENFORCEMENT YOU'RE IN THERE, A BROTHER, IF THEY'RE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT TO YOU AND YOU'RE ALL LOOKING TO DO THE RIGHT THING, AND THESE GUYS DON'T HAVE HATE IN THEIR HEART. 
          YEAH, THERE MIGHT BE A FEW GUYS OUT THERE OR TURDS. WE ALL KNOW THAT. THERE WAS JUST PEOPLE IN GENERAL THAT ARE TURDS, BUT, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THEM, THEY GOT INTO IT FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. THEY WANTED TO HELP PEOPLE AND THEY WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING. AND THEY'RE NOT OUT HERE ARRESTING PEOPLE WITHOUT WARRANTS. I HEAR THAT ALL THE TIME. THEY'RE NOT KICKING IN PEOPLE'S DOORS AND ARRESTING PEOPLE WITHOUT WARRANTS. THAT'S NOT HAPPENING. 
          THESE GUYS ARE OBEYING THE LAW AND THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. AND WE NEED TO RESPECT THAT, AND WE NEED TO OBEY THAT AND LET THEM DO THEIR JOB. AND IF YOU HINDER THEM IN ANY WAY, IF YOU WANT TO STAND ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET AND YELL AT THEM AND CALL THEM ANY NAME IN THE BOOK, THAT'S FINE. DO IT. JUST DON'T PUT YOUR CAR IN THE WAY. DON'T PUT YOUR BODY IN THE WAY. DON'T TRY TO INTERFERE BECAUSE THEN YOU ARE OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE. YOU ARE THE PROBLEM. THEN YOU BECOME THE PROBLEM. BUT ANYWAY, I TOOK UP ENOUGH OF YOUR TIME AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE LET YOUR GUYS SUPPORT THE ICE AGENTS. IF THEY DO COME INTO OUR CITY OR WE'LL LOOK LIKE MINNESOTA AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT PLACES. THANK YOU. KARA. CAROL HALL, IS THAT CORRECT? IF YOU COULD, BECAUSE MY EVIDENTLY MY READING IS NOT GREAT. IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE NAME AND ADDRESS NOW. CAROL HALL, 3315 COLUMBUS STREET, GROVE CITY. WE AS A COMMUNITY ARE NOT HERE TO IGNORE THE IMMIGRANTS, AND WE DON'T HATE THE POOR. AND WE'RE NOT FINE WITH MISTREATMENT. 
          THAT'S LAZY THINKING. IT'S EASIER, EASIER TO DEMONIZE THAN TO UNDERSTAND. WE ARE NOT OKAY WITH PEOPLE BEING MISTREATED AT ALL. WE ARE NOT OKAY WITH CHILDREN BEING EXPLOITED AT ALL. 
          WE'RE NOT OKAY WITH FAMILIES STRUGGLING AT ALL. BUT HERE IS WHAT YOU REFUSE TO ADMIT. 
          WANTING SECURE BORDERS IS NOT HATRED. WHEN WANTING LAW AND ORDER IS NOT OPPRESSION. 
          WANTING A FUNCTIONING COUNTRY IS NOT CRUELTY. A NATION WITHOUT BORDERS IS CHAOS AND CHAOS HURTS THE POOR. FIRST, YOU DON'T HAVE COMPASSION. WITHOUT STRUCTURE. YOU CAN'T HAVE MERCY WITHOUT STABILITY. AND NO, WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT GOD IS THE SAVIOR OF MANKIND. 
          WE BELIEVE GOVERNMENT EXISTS TO PROTECT PRIVATE RIGHTS, TO DEFEND BORDERS, TO PRESERVE LIBERTY, NOT TO REPLACE THE CHURCH, AND NOT TO REPLACE THE FAMILY, AND NOT TO REPLACE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. YOU SAY WE DON'T CARE ABOUT FEEDING THE HUNGRY CHRISTIANS. WE'RE FEEDING THE HUNGRY. BEFORE THERE WAS A FEDERAL WELFARE PROGRAM, HOSPITALS. THEY WERE STARTED BY CATHOLIC CHURCH, FOOD PANTRIES, THE CHURCHES, ORPHAN CARE, THE CHURCHES. THE SALVATION ARMY DIDN'T WAIT FOR CONGRESS TO WRITE A BILL TO HELP BELIEVERS. DON'T OUTSOURCE COMPASSION TO CAESAR. HERE'S THE REAL DIFFERENCE WE BELIEVE COMPASSION MUST BE YOU BELIEVE. 
          I'M SORRY. YOU BELIEVE. COMPASSION MUST BE LEGISLATED. YOU BELIEVE. COMPASSION MUST BE LIVED. YOU BELIEVE. VIRTUE MUST BE FORCED. WE BELIEVE VIRTUE MUST BE CHOSEN. AND WHEN THE HAND OF THE GOVERNMENT'S UNLIMITED POWER IN THE NAME OF HELPING PEOPLE, YOU DON'T GET COMPASSION, YOU GET BUREAUCRACY, YOU GET DEPENDENCY, YOU GET CORRUPTION, YOU GET CONTROL. 
          YOU CAN'T USE EMPATHY AS A WEAPON TO SILENCE DEBATE. YOU CAN'T LABEL EVERY NON LIBERAL THINKER HEARTLESS BECAUSE WE DISAGREE WITH YOUR METHODS. WE WANT SAFE COMMUNITIES, LEGAL IMMIGRATION, THRIVING FAMILIES, STRONG FAITHFUL CHURCHES, LOCAL SOLUTIONS AND PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY. AND YES, WE DO WANT HELP PEOPLE, BUT WE REFUSE TO BELIEVE THE ONLY WAY TO HELP 
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SOMEONE IS TO CENTRALIZE POWER AND GROW GOVERNMENT FOREVER. THAT IS NOT COMPASSION. THAT IS CONTROL DISGUISED AS COMPASSION. AND SOME OF YOU ARE SO POLITICALLY EMOTIONAL THAT YOU CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE. BE SOBER MINDED. STOP REACTING. START THINKING LONG TERM. 
          BECAUSE IF YOU KEEP TRADING LIBERTY FOR FEELINGS, YOU WON'T LIKE WHAT YOU WAKE UP TO. AND I GIVE CREDIT TO ARCHBISHOP WAYNE E DANIELS JR. THANK YOU MA'AM. MR. SMURTHWAITE, IS HE OUT IN THE LOBBY OR THERE HE IS. GREG, IF YOU CAN PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. OH. HEY, TAMMY. DO IT. YOU CAN. 2931 ANNABELLE COURT, GROVE CITY, OHIO. 43123. TED, I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS BRIEF BECAUSE WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING THE WHY HERE, BUT I'M I'M HERE BECAUSE I WANT TO MENTION SOME THINGS ABOUT IT. I'VE LIVED HERE SINCE 1990 AND I RESPECT IT. WHY MY WHOLE LIFE? BECAUSE EVEN WHEN I WAS LIVING IN CLEVELAND, OHIO, THEY HAD A WHY THERE. I WENT TO FROM THE TIME I WAS LIKE THREE YEARS OLD TO 14 BEFORE WE MOVED. AND THAT WAS IN INDIAN GUIDES. YOU HEAR ME? ALL RIGHT. YEAH, I WAS IN INDIAN GUIDES, AND THERE WAS A GREAT UPBRINGING TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THE Y, TO GO HIKING, FISHING, CAMPING, ON WALKS, DO THINGS IN THE GYM, EXERCISE. 
          AND IT WAS JUST MARVELOUS TO HAVE THAT FACILITY THERE. I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WHY REALLY QUICKLY HERE. I HAVE TO PUT MY GLASSES ON. SORRY IT'S SO SMALL. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE BRING ABOUT MEANINGFUL CHANGE EVERY DAY ACROSS THOUSANDS OF YMCAS. TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT SOME OF THE INCREDIBLE NUMBERS BELOW TO SEE THE POSITIVE IMPACT WE HAVE WE MAKE WHEN WE JOIN TOGETHER. THAT'S THE KEY OF WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. THE Y IS A POWERFUL ORGANIZATION SERVING KIDS, ADULTS, AND FAMILIES TOGETHER. WE'RE COMMITTED TO CREATING PERSONAL AND SOCIAL CHANGE FOR NURTURING THE POTENTIAL OF KIDS TO IMPROVE THE NATION'S WELL-BEING, TO ADVOCATING TO OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          THE Y HAS 2597 YMCA IN THE US, 3503 30 33,005 HUNDRED VOLUNTEERS ANNUALLY. 
          COMMUNITIES 10,000 COMMUNITIES SERVED ACROSS THE COUNTRY 6.4 MILLION CHILDREN AND TEENS SERVED EACH YEAR. IN THE US. 10.8 MILLION ADULTS SERVED EACH YEAR IN THE US, 120 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE HAVE BRANCHES OF THE YMCA TO STRENGTHEN THEIR COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE, AND THEY ALSO ANNUALLY ANNUAL DONATIONS TO THE YMCA IS 1.4 MILLION. HERE IS MY BRIEF POINT. GROVE CITY OWES A DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO THE YMCA. THEY'VE BEEN HERE OVER 20 YEARS AND THAT'S BEEN A REALLY ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY. THEY ALSO ARE DESERVE OUR RESPECT FOR THE GREAT ORGANIZATION THEY HAVE BEEN FOR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, YOUNG GIRLS AND EVERYTHING ELSE ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THEY ALSO THEY ALSO DESERVE OUR APPRECIATION FOR THEM COMING HERE, BEING HERE AND SERVING US SO WELL. DOLLY, THE DIRECTOR THERE, SHE SHE I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE HANDLES ALL THE PEOPLE THAT USE THAT WIRE RIGHT NOW, BUT SHE HANDLES IT WONDERFULLY AND EVERYBODY IS RESPECTFUL DOWN THERE, NICE AND KIND. OKAY. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. WE CAN'T WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT I KNOW YOU'RE HAVING TALKS ABOUT EXPANDING THE Y TO USE IT AS A GROVE CITY PARTNERSHIP WITH THE Y, TO HAVE THE GROVE CITY YMCA COMMUNITY CENTER. AND I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE OPENED FOR MORE DISCUSSION AMONGST THE AMONGST YOU GUYS. I LOVE YOU TO DEATH. MELISSA. ONE OF MY SONS LIVES IN YOUR WARD. HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT HE GOT TIED UP AT THE THING. HE'S GETTING READY FOR DRILL THIS WEEKEND. BUT WE WANT TO MEET WITH YOU TO HEAR YOUR POINTS. I HEAR YOUR POINT IS FOR THE STANDALONE Y, BUT I'D LIKE TO TALK TO HEAR ABOUT SO I KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT SO WE CAN COMMUNICATE ON THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S SUCH A MAJOR THING. SO NOT RESPECT THE Y AND APPRECIATE THE Y AND OWE THEM A DEBT OF GRATITUDE, NOT TO TALK WITH THEM, REALLY SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH THEM. PEOPLE HAVE SOME PEOPLE COME DOWN FROM FROM CHICAGO OR OR UPSTAIRS OR CLEVELAND COME DOWN. THE BIGWIGS COME DOWN AND LET'S LAY IT OUT AND SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE. EITHER WAY. IS CHRISTIAN HERE THEN? OKAY, GOOD GOOD, GOOD. OKAY, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT SPEAKER, PATTI HAMMOND. HI. GOOD EVENING, PATTI HAMMOND, 4388 PEBBLE BEACH DRIVE. AND I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN ASK IT OR NOT, BUT SO THE WHOLE PROCESS, THAT MEETING THAT YOU HAD AT 530. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING THE UPDATE ON THE 
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STATUS OF THE COMMUNITY. LOCATIONS ARE I JUST WANT TO KNOW, LIKE, ARE YOU GUYS THINKING OF WILL IT GO THROUGH AN ORDINANCE LIKE IF YOU SAY IT'S PINNACLE OR IF YOU WANT TO TALK FRYER, WILL IT GO BE AN AGENDA ITEM? GO THROUGH AN ORDINANCE AND FIRST AND SECOND READING, OR WILL CITY COUNCIL JUST SAY, HEY, TAKE A LOOK AT FRYER AND START DRAWING EVERYTHING WE DO. WE CAN'T WE CANNOT AGREE UP HERE WITHOUT HAVING IT IN THE FORM OF A RESOLUTION OR AN ORDINANCE. PERFECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. I LIKE THAT CHRISTIAN SMURTHWAITE. HOW'S IT GOING, SIR? I'M CHRISTIAN SMURTHWAITE, 2931 ANNABELLE COURT. MY DAD ASKED ME. HE HAD A FRIEND WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT. HE WANTED TO READ SOMETHING IN SUPPORT OF THE YMCA. SO. SO FINALLY, I WANT TO SHARE WHY THIS MISSION IS SO DEEPLY PERSONAL TO ME. EVERY DAY I WORK AS A STAFF MEDICAL TRANSPORT PROFESSIONAL. I OPERATE ON THE FRONT LINES OF CRITICAL CARE, PALLIATIVE SUPPORT AND ACUTE CRISIS. I SEE PEOPLE AT THEIR MOST VULNERABLE AND DESPERATE NEED OF HEALING AND A STEADY HAND. AND HERE'S THE TRUTH. I SEE MY GYM MEMBERS AND MY PATIENTS, AND I SEE MY PATIENTS AND MY FELLOW GYM MEMBERS. THE CONVERSATION I'VE HAD WITHIN THE WALLS OF THE YMCA, THE STORIES OF STRUGGLE, THE SEE IT OWN IT VICTORIES, AND THE SHARED RESILIENCE OF OUR COMMUNITY. I'VE BEEN MY TRUE TRAINING GROUND. I BELIEVE GOD LED ME TO THE PATH OF SERVICE, BUT IT WAS THE FOUNDATION OF THE YMCA THAT MADE ME TO WALK IN. IT GAVE ME STRENGTH TO HELP STRANGERS WHO FEEL SO FAMILIAR, BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY STOOD SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH THEM IN OUR COMMUNITY'S HOUSE OF HEALING. WHEN YOU DECIDE THE FATE OF THIS FUNDING, REMEMBER THAT YOU AREN'T JUST VOTING ON THIS BUILDING. YOU'RE VOTING ON THE SOUL OF THE PEOPLE WHO SERVE THIS CITY. WHEN THE SIRENS ARE BLARING AND LIVES ARE ON THE LINE, YMCA MADE ME THE PROFESSIONAL I AM TODAY. MADE MY DAUGHTER THE NURSE SHE IS TODAY. IT IS TIME WE ENSURE IT REMAINS STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW. LET US LEAVE THIS COMMUNITY BETTER THAN WE FOUND IT. THANK YOU MIKE AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A HEARING DISCUSSION ON ICE TODAY, YOU KNOW, SO I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MAKE MY OPINION ON THAT. ON VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS, SERVED FOUR YEARS ACTIVE DUTY IN THE MARINE CORPS INFANTRY. I'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, FRIENDS I CONSIDER BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT SERVE THIS COUNTRY THAT ARE IMMIGRANTS. THEIR FAMILIES ARE IMMIGRANTS, LEGAL OR ILLEGAL. PERSONALLY, I'VE SEEN THE NEWS, YOU KNOW, PRO NUANCED WITH EVERYTHING. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S LAW ENFORCEMENT, THERE'S IMMIGRATION POLICY. WE HAVE TO ENFORCE. PERSONALLY, I'M DISGUSTED BY SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE SEEN IN THE NEWS WITH THE TACTICS OF ICE, THE VIOLATION OF THE FIRST, SECOND AND FOURTH AMENDMENTS OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS AS WELL AS HUMAN BEINGS. YOU KNOW, I THANK THE REVEREND FOR HIS WORDS OF COURAGE, COURAGE AND LOVE SPEAKING THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL. I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IS GOING TO BE HERE, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE COMING. THAT'S OKAY. 
          BUT I WOULD ASK EVERY MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY AND EVERY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL TO TO NOT BE COMPLICIT IN VIOLATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION AND TO REMEMBER THAT IT'S NOT JUST LOVE YOUR FRIENDS, IT'S ALSO LOVE YOUR ENEMIES, LOVE YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL HUMAN BEINGS HAVING A HUMAN EXPERIENCE. SO REMEMBER THAT. LET'S TREAT EVERYBODY WITH COMPASSION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. JOE RUBEN. IS IS THERE A JOE IN THE ROOM? YES, PLEASE. 
          I CAN'T I CAN'T SEE THE. WE NEED A WE NEED A CLASS ON PENMANSHIP. IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, SIR. YEAH. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING PREPARED, BUT MY NAME IS DENNIS ROBINSON, 1885 DYER ROAD, GROVE CITY, OHIO. RIGHT HERE. I'VE BEEN GOING TO THE Y EVER SINCE I GOT BACK. I WAS DEPLOYED IN DESERT STORM. I FLEW HELICOPTERS THERE. AND, YOU KNOW, I SAW A LOT OF A LOT OF PROBLEMS OVER THERE. AND A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH HEALTH, FITNESS, WELLNESS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, INJURIES. I WAS A MASTER FITNESS TRAINER, SO YOU PROBABLY KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WHOLE BATTALION FOR THEIR DIET, NUTRITION. AND SO I'VE KIND OF BROUGHT MY FAMILY UP AT THE YMCA BACK WHEN IT WAS OVER AT THE URBAN CREST. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THAT, IF YOU GUYS ARE LONG TIME PEOPLE, BUT THAT WAS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE VILLAGE, URBAN CREST AND THE YMCA. BUT IT MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A MULTIPLIER, A MONEY MULTIPLIER, FORCE MULTIPLIER, LIKE THEY WOULD SAY IN THE MILITARY, YOU KNOW? SO I KNOW YOU WANT TO HAVE A GRAND COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          THAT'S GREAT. BUT THE BUILDING IS ONLY PART OF THE EQUATION. IT'S IT'S TAKING THAT EXPERIENCE FROM THE YMCA. AND I KNOW THEY'VE PARTNERED WITH HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES ALREADY WITH BUILDING, AND THEY HAVE ALL KINDS OF PLANS IN, IN. Q READY TO GO. AND YOU GUYS SHOULD I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE'S TALKED TO ANYBODY FROM THE YMCA 
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NATIONAL ANYBODY HAVE YOU? I DON'T KNOW, BUT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO JUST MULTIPLY OUR, OUR EFFORT, YOU KNOW, TO NOT ONLY COME UP WITH A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, GREAT EQUIPMENT, BUT LIKE PROGRAMS, PEOPLE THAT CAN HELP SUPPORT MAKING US HEALTHIER, LIVE LONGER, LESS ILLNESS. YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE ALL VERY TIED TOGETHER. THEY CALL IT CRASH SURVIVABILITY. SO THE MORE FIT YOU ARE, THE MORE BARRAGES YOU CAN TAKE. THE. SO HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE LEFT? I DON'T REALLY WANT TO USE ALL MY TIME, BUT I THINK I GET THE POINT ACROSS. HOPEFULLY. YOU KNOW, I HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE'S NAMES FROM YOU KNOW, YMCA IS A WORLDWIDE ORGANIZATION. IT'S NOT JUST HERE. AND WHEN WAS GROVE CITY ESTABLISHED? IT'S LIKE 1850 OR SO. WHO KNOWS? 1850 AND 52. YEAH. THAT'S THE SAME YEAR THE YMCA WAS ESTABLISHED. ISN'T THAT SOMETHING? I THINK I LOOKED THAT UP BEFORE I CAME IN HERE. YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE LIKE A HISTORY OF KIND OF TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING, HELP PEOPLE AGE STRONGER, HELP YOUNGER PEOPLE BE MENTORED AND GROW STRONG. THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT STUFF. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT A BUILDING. IT'S ABOUT A TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT ARE USED TO DOING THAT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. RON REYNOLDS. IS THERE A RON IN THE ROOM? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE. CRAIG. CLICK LAND. IS THERE, IS THERE CRAIG? MUST BE A THERE WE GO. THERE WE GO. 
          YEAH. AGAIN PENMANSHIP YOU KNOW ADDRESS IS 4899 REAMES WAY. 4849 MARINES 4899. YEP. 4899. 
          SO GREW UP IN GROVE CITY ALL MY LIFE. GRADUATED FROM GROVE CITY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1983. JUST A COUPLE YEARS AGO. RIGHT. I'VE BEEN A MEMBER AT THE Y SINCE THEY'VE OPENED. SO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THINKING ABOUT THE Y. I DON'T THINK OF IT AS A BUILDING, A PLACE. IT'S REALLY RELATIONSHIPS. SO, YOU KNOW, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO RAISE THREE BOYS. AND WHEN YOU HAD THREE BOYS AT YOUNG AGES, TAKING THEM TO A Y IS A GREAT THING. THEY GET TO BURN A LOT OF ENERGY. BUT MORE THAN THAT, THEY MADE FRIENDS AND SOME OF THE FRIENDS THAT THEY MADE AT THE Y IN THEIR YOUNGER YEARS STILL CARRIES THROUGH TODAY. SO FOR MYSELF, YOU KNOW, BESIDES MY CHURCH, MY FAITH, THE Y IS REALLY MY GETAWAY. SO IT GIVES ME AN OPPORTUNITY. SO WHEN YOU HAVE A LONG DAY AT WORK, YOU WANT TO GO RELAX. YOU GET TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS. YOU KNOW, I NEVER WOULD HAVE GUESSED YOU CAN BUILD RELATIONSHIPS IN A SAUNA, SITTING NEXT TO SOMEBODY, HAVING A CONVERSATION, OR YOU'RE ON A TREADMILL AND THEY'RE SHARING THEIR DAY WITH YOU AND WHAT IT MEANS TO THEM. SO I THINK WHAT REALLY STANDS OUT TO ME, AND I THINK WHAT THE ASK IS, IS JUST A PARTNER, RIGHT? SO I THINK A PARTNERSHIP, IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT A COMMUNITY CENTER, HOW CAN WE JOIN EFFORTS TO JOIN TOGETHER TO JOIN THAT PARTNERSHIP? YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF BENEFITS THAT COULD BE COST REDUCTIONS. PLUS I THINK IT GIVES PEOPLE OPPORTUNITIES. SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT AND REALLY JUST WANT TO SHARE WHAT THE Y MEANT TO ME. THANK YOU CRAIG. PATRICK OBLAK. AND YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS WHEN YOU GET TO THE DIAS OR THE GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS PATRICK OBLAK. I LIVE AT 4572 DUNMAN WAY. I'M ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION IN HOOVER CROSSING. I'VE LIVED THERE SINCE 1992. I LOVE HOOVER CROSSING. I LOVE GROVE CITY. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE WHY, BUT I'M HERE TO GIVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. 
          I'M ALSO A FISCAL OFFICER FOR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF OHIO. AND WHAT I DO, A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH BEING A GOOD STEWARD OF PUBLIC FUNDS. AND SO LOOKING AT THE Y AND ITS LOCATION, AND I'M NOT TO SAY THAT THE Y OR I'M SORRY, GROVE CITY, I THINK THEY WOULD BUILD A BEAUTIFUL REC CENTER BY THEMSELVES, BUT I THINK PAIRING WITH THE YMCA WOULD BE MORE COST BENEFICIAL. I THINK WE COULD SAVE A LOT OF MONEY AND THAT'S IT'S PUBLIC FUNDS, RIGHT? WE HAVE THE LAND. FRIAR PARK IS A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL PLACE WHERE THE Y SITS. YOU HAVE WALKING PATHS, YOU HAVE 110 ACRE PARK, I BELIEVE, A SPLASH PAD, THE HUGE HILL ACCESSIBLE TO THE PLAYGROUND. YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL LAKE FOR FISHING. I JUST THINK THERE'S A LOT OF 
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OPPORTUNITY THERE. I THINK THAT THE YMCA HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER WITH GROVE CITY, SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE COMMUNICATIONS CONTINUE AND HOPEFULLY THERE CAN BE SOMETHING TO COME FROM THAT. BUT LIKE I SAID, I REALLY ENJOYED THE Y AND I REALLY LOVE GROVE CITY AND I'D LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING COME TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING. THANK YOU PATRICK. JORDAN THOMPSON. JORDAN THOMPSON. IS THERE. 
          JORDAN. HE LEFT. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. AND AND I KNOW ELIJAH'S NOT HERE. RIGHT. HE'S GOT DUTY OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF NEW BUSINESS. WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO DEPARTMENT 
          [ Call for Dept. Reports & Closing Comments]
REPORTS AT THIS POINT, MR. BOZO. JUST THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR INPUT. IN TERMS OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER. WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING DISCUSSION, AND I'D BE REMISS NOT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE THE TASK FORCE, THE SITE SELECTION COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND ALSO OUR OUR PARK BOARD MEMBERS. SO THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, WE LOOK FORWARD TO FURTHER DISCUSSION. SO THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT ARE STILL LEFT IN THE ROOM, YOU NOTICE THEY'RE ALL RUSHING FORTH. HOW DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR US BEFORE WE. ALRIGHT. HE'S SAYING NO. OH SHANNON FIVE SECONDS. SORRY TO TAG ON WHAT THE MAYOR SAID EARLIER ABOUT THE TREES BEING REMOVED AT NORTH MEADOWS DRIVE. THERE ARE 98 TREES THAT WILL BE REMOVED. 15 TO 20 OF THOSE WILL BE TRANSPLANTED ELSEWHERE. BUT AS PART OF THE PROJECT, THERE WILL BE 168 TREES PLANTED. SO YOU JUST SAVE THE DAY FOR TED, DIDN'T YOU? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE'S ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS. MR. SMITH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER? I'VE SHARED ENOUGH BAD NEWS TONIGHT, SIR. MISS KELLY, I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER. THANK YOU. CLOSING COMMENTS, MISS BURROWS. WOW. THERE WAS A LOT OF GREAT COMMENTS TONIGHT. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I EVEN TRIED TO RESPOND TO A LOT OF THINGS, SO I'M NOT GOING TO. EXCEPT WHAT I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE'S GOING TO BE A GREAT, FUN EVENT COMING UP THIS SATURDAY. NEW EVENT PUT ON BY OUR GROVE CITY TOWN CENTER CALLED THE COFFEE AND CHOCOLATE WALK. AND I SEE OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BACK THERE, BRANT MILLER. I KNOW YOU HAVE SOLD 200 TICKETS. CORRECT. AND THE WEATHER LOOKS PRETTY GOOD. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY AND CREATING NEW EVENTS TO GET PEOPLE HERE INTO OUR TOWN CENTER AND EXPLORE OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY. SO WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MR. STRUM. 
          YEAH. SO WHILE THE AMERICAN EXPERIMENT IS SELF-GOVERNMENT, AND IT BEGAN 250 YEARS AGO THIS THIS YEAR WE'RE CELEBRATING THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF OUR COUNTRY. BUT WHAT WE'VE SEEN TONIGHT IS IT'S CONTINUING IN COMMUNITIES LIKE THIS AND IN ROOMS JUST LIKE THIS. THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD AND THE AND THE COMMENTS AND THE FEEDBACK, THAT'S WHERE THAT'S WHERE THAT ALL HAPPENS. SO THE PRESENTATIONS AND THE TOPICS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT, SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES, REVIEWING PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PLANS, LOOKING AT LONG TERM INVESTMENTS, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE WE GOING? THOSE ARE ALL EXAMPLES OF HOW THIS EXPERIMENT IN SELF-GOVERNMENT IS SUSTAINED. SO LIBERTY REQUIRES RESPONSIBILITY. GROWTH REQUIRES DISCIPLINE. PUBLIC TRUST REQUIRES TRANSPARENCY. SO AS WE CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE AMERICA'S 250TH, WE NEED TO REMAIN FOCUSED ON GOVERNING, THOUGHTFULLY STRENGTHENING PUBLIC SAFETY, AND USING TAXPAYER MONEY WISELY. THAT STEADY WORK IS HOW OUR CITY AND OUR COUNTRY WILL REMAIN STRONG. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. AMEN TO THAT. MR. OMAR. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND FOR COMING TO SPEAK UP ON WHAT MATTERS TO YOU MOST. I WOULD DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE EARLIER, DURING OUR CONVERSATION REGARDING THE COMMUNITY CENTER, I WAS ASKING, YOU KNOW, WHEN DO WE HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC? SO IT'S IT'S GOOD THAT THE THE SELECTION COMMITTEE HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, ALREADY ENGAGING THE PUBLIC. BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO CONTINUE TO COME AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE. YOU KNOW, I HEARD TONIGHT THE REQUEST FOR MY STANCE TO BE MADE CLEAR, AND I'VE MADE THE DECISION THAT I AM GOING TO MAKE MY STANCE VERY CLEAR. I 100% SUPPORT OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. GROVE CITY DIVISION OF POLICE IS A 
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PHENOMENAL JOB AT PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITIES. HOWEVER, WHAT I CANNOT AND WILL NOT SUPPORT ARE MASKED FEDERAL AGENTS COMING INTO OUR COMMUNITIES, TEARING US APART WITH ABSOLUTELY NO REGARD FOR DOCUMENTED OR UNDOCUMENTED INDIVIDUALS. I WILL NOT SUPPORT MASKED FEDERAL AGENTS RACIALLY PROFILING BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY LOOK A CERTAIN WAY OR FIT A CERTAIN CATEGORY. I WILL NOT ALSO SUPPORT MASS FEDERAL AGENTS THAT ARE MURDERING INNOCENT PEOPLE IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. I KNOW PERSONALLY A MOTHER ON THE WEST SIDE OF COLUMBUS WHO IS A US CITIZEN WHO WAS STOPPED WHILE DRIVING HER CAR BY ICE AGENTS, DRAGGED OUT OF HER VEHICLE WHILE PREGNANT SIMPLY BECAUSE SHE DID NOT HAVE HER US PASSPORT WITH HER. I DON'T CARE MY PASSPORT EVERYWHERE I GO. ARE WE REQUIRED TO? I KNOW I HAVE MY DRIVER'S LICENSE, MY FEDERAL ID. THOSE ARE THE REASONS WHY INDIVIDUALS CONTINUE TO SPEAK UP AND CONTINUE TO CALL OUT, BECAUSE THERE IS NO SENSE OF ACCOUNTABILITY ON A FEDERAL LEVEL. HOWEVER, ON A LOCAL LEVEL, GROVE CITY DIVISION OF POLICE DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB AT PROTECTING US BUILDING COMMUNITY. I MEAN, WE SAW IT HERE TONIGHT, NEW OFFICERS GETTING SWORN IN. SO FOR ME TO THEM, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. HOWEVER, OUR FEDERAL AGENTS NEED TO DO MUCH BETTER AS A PROUD MUSLIM. IN THE FIRST MUSLIM ELECTED TO CITY COUNCIL, I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY MENTION THAT RAMADAN BEGINS TOMORROW. SO FOR MANY MUSLIMS FAMILIES HERE IN GROVE CITY AND AROUND THE WORLD, THIS MARKS THE START OF A MONTH FOCUSED ON REFLECTION, PRAYER AND GIVING BACK. YOU KNOW, WE FAST FROM SUNRISE TO SUNSET. NO WATER, NOTHING WE CAN EAT AFTER SUNSET AND BEFORE SUNRISE. BUT WE HAVE MUSLIMS THAT RESIDE HERE IN GROVE CITY. SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, STUDENTS, FAMILIES AROUND US. AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO WISH THEM ALL A HAPPY AND PEACEFUL RAMADAN AND RAMADAN MUBARAK. THANK YOU. MISS ANDERSON. THANK YOU. SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE WORK SESSION AND EVERYBODY COMING OUT TODAY. JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS I WANTED TO REITERATE OR SHARE AGAIN, THE TIF FUNDS. AGAIN, THE TIF BEING EXTENDED WAS A VERY BIG DEAL AND THERE WAS CERTAINLY COMMENTS FROM BOTH SIDES. THE TIF BEING EXTENDED, IN MY UNDERSTANDING, IS THAT IF FUNDS ARE UTILIZED FROM A TIF FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS WITHIN A CITY, THEY NEED TO BE CITY OWNED AND OPERATED. AND WHILE I KNOW WE HAVE AN APPROPRIATED THE MONEY, YET EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE EXTENDED THIS, AND EXTENDING THIS CERTAINLY IMPACTS OUR TOWNSHIP, IMPACTS RESIDENTS, IT'S A BIG DEAL AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT AND WHY THE PRECIPICE THAT WAS GIVEN TO COUNCIL IN 2025 TO PASS THE ORDINANCE TO EXTEND THE TIF, WAS THAT IT WOULD BE A CITY OWNED AND OPERATED FACILITY. AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW THAT UTILIZING THOSE FUNDS AND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS WITHIN OUR TOWNSHIP AND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THE REASONS WHY MYSELF PERSONALLY, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER DID VOTE FOR THE TIF TO GET EXTENDED WAS KNOWING THAT WE NEEDED FUNDS TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND CREATE THIS LARGE, MULTI-GENERATIONAL, CITY OWNED AND OPERATED COMMUNITY CENTER. AND WITH THAT, I DO I DO WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT HAS COME OUT WITH THEIR SENTIMENT ABOUT THE WHY. AND I THINK THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING. ALL OF THE STORIES THAT EVERYBODY HAS, I WOULD BE REMISS TO NOT WANT TO TELL YOU THE CONFIDENCE AND THE ASSURANCE I HAVE IN OUR CURRENT PARKS AND REC TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE A FACILITY. AND I RECALL IN ONE OF OUR WORK SESSIONS, AND I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS SIX MONTHS AGO OR A YEAR AGO, THAT MR. HOLT SAT RIGHT HERE AND ASKED JACK CASTLE, OUR DIRECTOR. JACK, CAN YOU RUN A CITY OWNED AND OPERATED COMMUNITY CENTER? AND WITHOUT HESITATION, HESITATION. 
          AND YOU CAN ALL GO BACK AND REWATCH THE TAPE WITHOUT HESITATION, JACK SAID, A VERY STRONG AND EXCITEDLY. YES, AND IF YOU KNOW, JACK CASTLE CAME TO GROVE CITY A YEAR AND A HALF AGO FROM THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, WITH UMPTEEN YEARS SERVING THE CITY OF COLUMBUS AND THEIR PARKS AND REC. I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MANY STAFF WE HAVE ON HAND FOR OUR PARKS AND REC. I'LL GET THOSE NUMBERS FOR NEXT TIME. I ALSO DON'T REMEMBER OFFHAND HOW MANY PROGRAMS ARE PARKS AND REC CURRENTLY OPERATES. I'LL COME BACK WITH THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL, BUT I JUST WANT TO BE THAT VOICE. ALSO, THAT'S SAYING AND REASSURING OUR COMMUNITY THE CONFIDENCE I HAVE IN OUR CURRENT PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE AN INCREDIBLE FACILITY. 
          I ALSO WANT TO SAY AND LEAVE THIS WITH THERE WAS A PAST COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WOULD ALWAYS SAY TO ME HOW MUCH HE BLEEDS FOR THE CITY AND OUR OUR STAFF AND OUR ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE THEY DO SO MUCH AND THEY DO SUCH GREATNESS. AND I'VE HEARD ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS 
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MEETING AFTER MEETING AND WE SAY THINGS LIKE, THANK YOU FOR THE SNOW REMOVAL. THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT EVENTS THAT WE HELD IN OUR TOWN CENTER THIS PAST WEEKEND. AND I KNOW AND I TRULY BELIEVE THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE WOULD ALSO SAY TO OUR LARGE PARKS AND REC STAFF IN OPERATING A COMMUNITY CENTER THAT WE WOULD BE SUPER PROUD OF. THAT DOESN'T DIMINISH OTHER GYMS THAT WE HAVE HERE. THAT DOESN'T DIMINISH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE THAT CAN STILL OPERATE AND AND SERVE A PURPOSE AND SERVE THEIR MEMBERS FOR WHAT THEIR MEMBERS ARE LOOKING FOR. BUT I, AGAIN, WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SHARE THE CONFIDENCE THAT I HAVE IN OUR CURRENT PARKS AND REC STAFF. SO THANK YOU, MR. HOLLINGWORTH. WE'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME. I'LL BE BRIEF. THIS, IN MY ESTIMATION, WAS A FANTASTIC MEETING. IT'S GREAT TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE WITH DIVERSE OPINIONS SPEAK FROM THE HEART, AND THAT'S VERY IMPACTFUL. AND IT'S WONDERFUL THAT WE LIVE IN A COUNTRY AND IN A TOWN WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT. I'M SITTING HERE THINKING, THERE'S NO WAY THIS COULD TAKE PLACE IN RUSSIA. IT COULDN'T TAKE PLACE IN RED CHINA, IT COULDN'T TAKE PLACE IN A LOT OF OTHER EVEN PSEUDO FREE COUNTRIES. AND IT'S GREAT TO HEAR EVERYONE VOICE THEIR OPINION. I CAN JUST ASSURE YOU THAT AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, I LISTENED TO EVERYONE IN THE IN THE CITY AS AN AT LARGE PERSON, AND I KNOW THAT EVERYONE ON THE BOARD DOES ALSO, AND I'VE GOT A GREAT DEAL OF CONFIDENCE IN THE PEOPLE THAT I WORK WITH HERE, AND THAT WILL COME UP WITH THE RIGHT SOLUTION FOR EVERYONE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ATTENDING AND COME BACK AGAIN. WE LOVE TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU, MR. HOLT. FIRST OF ALL, MAY I SAY THE ANSWER IS 287 PROGRAMS. PROGRAMS? I JUST CALCULATED THAT FOR ONE OF MY LAST MAGAZINE ARTICLES. I TOO WOULD LIKE TO SAY IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR FROM MULTIPLE VIEWS OF AN ISSUE TONIGHT. MANY TIMES WE ONLY HEAR ONE SIDE WHEN WE COME HERE FOR COUNCIL, SO IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR DIFFERENT OPINIONS THIS TIME. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, I AM SWORN IN JUST LIKE THE POLICE OFFICERS, AND I'M SWORN IN TO UPHOLD THE LAWS OF THE CITY, THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY. AND EVERY DAY OUR GROVE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES THAT, AND THEY CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE FBI. THE FLOCK CAMERAS YOU SEE OUT HERE THAT READ LICENSE PLATE NUMBERS FOR WANTED STOLEN CARS AND PEOPLE THAT COMMIT CRIMES. THAT'S GROVE CITY WORKING WITH THE FBI. 
          EVERYBODY THAT GETS FINGERPRINTED. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE FBI AND THE FEDERAL OFFICIALS. WE WORK WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE EVERY DAY. IN FACT, THAT'S WHERE WE TAKE PRISONERS. WHEN WE GET ONE. WE DON'T GET VERY MANY IN GROVE CITY. THEY GO TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. FRANKLIN COUNTY. AND WHEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GETS A CALL, THEY CROSS JURISDICTIONAL LINES TO PUT OUT A BIG FIRE. AND WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CALLS, GROVE CITY POLICE WILL RESPOND. THAT'S THE WAY IT IS TODAY. THAT'S THE WAY I EXPECT IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE. AND NOW YOU KNOW MY POSITION. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT A TON OF WORK TO DO. AND SO FOR THE NEXT, FOR THE NEXT, FOR THE NEXT FORESEEABLE FUTURE, WE'RE GOING TO BE STARTING AT 530. 
          THE THE REC CENTER WILL BE BACK ON THE DOCKET AT THE NEXT AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. WE'VE GOT OTHER TOPICS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH AS WELL. AND WE'LL JUST WE'LL LET WE'LL LET EVERYBODY KNOW THROUGH MEETING NOTICES WHICH TOPICS, OF COURSE, ARE GOING TO BE DISCUSSED. SO YOU CAN TUNE IN. YOU KNOW, I ONE THING THAT I MEAN THERE WAS 21 PEOPLE THAT SPOKE TONIGHT. SO THAT'S AWESOME. THE HATS OFF TO ALL OF YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD THAT MANY SINCE I GOT SUED BY PETLAND, BUT. BUT WHOLE NOTHER TOPIC. BUT ANYHOW, 530 IS WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BE STARTING AND I JUST WANT TO STATE THAT THIS IS HOW THIS IS. 
          THIS WAS BEAUTIFUL. AND I THINK WE ALL AGREE THIS IS BEAUTIFUL TONIGHT. EVERYBODY CAME WITH THEIR IDEAS, THEIR AND THEIR CONCERNS AND EVERYTHING. WE'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY SEE YOU ALL BACK HERE AT OUR NEXT MEETING ON MARCH 2ND. AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, WE'RE ALL HERE
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.