[00:00:06] GROVE CITY COUNCIL IS NOW IN SESSION. WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? [Call to Order] I PLEDGE OF 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. ALL RIGHT. ON WE. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THE FORMALITIES HERE. GO AHEAD AND CALL THE ROLL. MR. OMAR. PRESENT, ANDERSON. HERE. HERE. HERE. STURM. HERE. HERE. MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING. [Approval of Minutes] HAVE A SECOND, OMAR? YES. ANDERSON. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. ALL RIGHT. WELCOME, EVERYONE. [Welcome & Reading of Agenda ] GLAD TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT. SORRY. WE'RE NOT SELLING POPCORN AND MAKING SOME MONEY, BUT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'VE GOT A FEW PRESENTATIONS TO DO. [Presentations: Building Safety Contest Winners; Fr. County Auditor; Data Center Prelim. Plan Overview ] WE HAVE THE BUILDING SAFE. WE HAVE BUILDING SAFETY AND WE ALSO HAVE THE BUILDING EXCUSE ME, THE BUILDING SAFETY CONTEST AWARD WINNERS, WHICH ARE ALL LINED UP HERE. WITH THEIR FROM THEIR PROGRAM IN WHICH THE MAYOR AND, AND MIKE WILL DESCRIBE. AND THEN WE HAVE THE FRANKLIN COUNTY AUDITOR. ARE THEY PRESENT? OKAY. OVER THERE IN THE CORNER. AND THEN WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY HEADWATER ON THE ON THE DATA CENTER. SO TO START OFF MAYOR, LET'S DO THE BUILDING SAFETY CONTEST AWARD WINNERS. FOR MY TIME AND PATIENCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. EACH YEAR, THE BUILDING DIVISION TEAMS UP WITH THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM AT THE GROVE CITY PARKS AND RECREATION DURING THE MONTH OF MAY. MAY IS BUILDING SAFETY MONTH. IT'S A TIME WHERE WE CAN PROMOTE AND HIGHLIGHT THE THINGS WE DO. MAKE A SAFER WORLD. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID WITH THEM WAS WE HAD A HOME SAFETY KIT THAT WE HAD PUT TOGETHER GAVE THEM THE LIST OF ITEMS TO PUT IN THEIR KIT, BUT WE ALSO INCLUDED SOME THINGS IN THAT KIT. AND IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. AND AS I SIT HERE AND TALK ABOUT THAT LAST WEEK, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF TOURING NORTH CAROLINA. ASHLAND, NORTH CAROLINA TO TOUR WHERE THE FLOODS WENT AND TO SEE THE SCARS THAT WERE LEFT THERE. AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BUILDING SAFETY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PREPAREDNESS TO BUILD BUILDINGS THAT WILL WITHSTAND THOSE KIND OF DEVASTATING TIMES THAT WE HAVE. AND WILDFIRES IS ANOTHER THING. SO AGAIN, LAST WEEK, WALKING AROUND, SEEING THIS AND SEEING THE SCARS THAT ARE LEFT THERE, IT'S TRULY SOMETHING THAT THEY DIDN'T GO TO BED THE NIGHT BEFORE THINKING THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH, AND THEY'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THAT FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS. SO AGAIN, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND THAT'S WHY WE BRING THIS UP. WE BRING IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE KIDS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE GET OUT OF BUILDINGS SAFELY. I KNOW WE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT TONIGHT. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN EXIT HERE. WE HAVE THE MAIN EXIT HERE. AND THEN WE HAVE TWO EXITS OUT THERE AND ALSO THE CORRIDOR DOWN BY THE BATHROOMS. WE SAY THAT BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT, WE NEVER KNOW WHEN SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN. AND WE SEE IT. I SEE IT ALL THE TIME. I SERVE AS THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I TRAVEL ALL OVER AND SEE THE STORIES AND KEEP UP WITH WHAT'S GOING ON. AND WE ARE THE ONES WHO DEVELOP THE BUILDING CODES AND RESIDENTIAL CODES AND COMMERCIAL CODES. AND SO IT HITS CLOSE TO ME. AND AGAIN, IT'S SOMETHING I TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY. IT'S FUN, THOUGH, TO HAVE THIS WITH THE KIDS AND SEE WHAT THEY DO. SO THEY BUILT LEGO SETS AT THE SCHOOLS. I GOT THE PLEASURE OF GOING OUT AND DOING THE INSPECTIONS ON THOSE SCHOOLS. THEY WALKED ME THROUGH THEIR HOUSE. THEY SHOWED ME THEY HAD EGRESS WINDOWS IN THE BEDROOMS, THE FRONT DOOR. THE YARD WAS NICE AND NEAT, THE GARAGE. THERE WAS A SEPARATION BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE GARAGE. AND IT'S ALL THE THINGS WE KIND OF TALK ABOUT WITH THEM TO TRY TO GET THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHY THAT IS. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. AND I WILL SAY THAT I ALSO GET CALLED OUT ON MANY FIRES IN GROVE CITY. AND IT'S NICE WHEN I GO OUT THERE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A BAD EVENT. EVERYONE GOT OUT SAFELY. THE DRYWALL, THE ITEMS THAT WE INSPECT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE JUST IN CASE SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS WORK. AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO. SO TONIGHT AGAIN, WE ALSO HAD A COLORING CONTEST WITH THE COLORING CONTEST. WE ALSO GIVE AWAY THE LEGO KITS. AND SO TONIGHT I WOULD LIKE CARTER MITROVIC THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM COORDINATOR TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE THE WINNERS FOR THOSE CONTESTS ALONG WITH MAYOR STAGE TO PASS THOSE OUT. [00:05:10] THANK YOU. MY NAME IS CARTER MITROVIC. I'M THE AFTER SCHOOL AND CAMPS COORDINATOR FOR GROVE CITY PARKS AND RECREATION. I WANT TO THANK OUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR PROVIDING SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR KIDS TO EXPLORE CAREERS AND LEARN ABOUT BUILDING AND HOME SAFETY, AND FOR ALLOWING ME TO ANNOUNCE THESE WINNERS. WE ARE SO PROUD OF EACH AND EVERY CHILD WHO HAS PARTICIPATED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. OUR WINNERS FROM MONTEREY ARE MASON GEVEDEN. OH. AND NEXT WE HAVE MARCY OWENS. FROM RICHARD AVENUE. WE HAVE OLIVER JONES. JUNE SPARKS. FROM HIGHLAND PARK, WE HAVE WILLOW GIBSON. OH. WE HAVE BROOKLYN MESSER, WHO UNFORTUNATELY COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT. BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT BROOKLYN RECEIVES THEIR PRIZE. SO. AND THEN FROM BUCKEYE WOODS, WE HAVE EMORY LENOX. AND THEN WE HAVE VERA VOGEL, WHO UNFORTUNATELY COULD NOT ATTEND TONIGHT. BUT AGAIN, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT SHE RECEIVES THAT PRIZE. FROM JESSE SOMMER WE HAVE AMELIA KAISER. AND LASTLY, WE HAVE LAYLA HOLMES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. A BIG SMILE. THANKS. GREAT JOB EVERYONE. GREAT JOB. [00:10:03] WE'RE GOING TO WAIT A MINUTE HERE WHILE WE GET PEOPLE EXITING AND THEN REENTERING HERE. TODD, IS TODD HURLEY IN THE ROOM? HE'S DOWNSTAIRS IN THE LOWER LEVEL. OKAY. WELL, I THINK WE NEED THESE TURNED UP A LITTLE BIT. ALL RIGHT. WELCOME, WELCOME. THANK YOU. IS HERE FOR YOU. YEAH. AT LEAST I WISH I GOT A LEGO SET. YEAH. SO MY NAME IS STEVE JARRIEL. AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING HERE. I'M THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE, AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MICHAEL STINZIANO. I'M IN CHARGE OF THE REAL ESTATE DIVISION. SO. AND I LIVE HERE IN GROVE CITY. SO PLEASURE TO BE HERE. THANK YOU. SO WE'RE COMING UP THIS YEAR ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW ON OUR TRIENNIAL, OUR PROPERTY VALUE REVIEW, WHICH HAPPENS EVERY SIX YEARS. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD SIR. YES, SIR. AS AS AS REQUIRED BY ORC AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION. THIS IS THE THE MID-POINT REVIEW WHERE WE LOOK AT PEOPLE'S PROPERTY AND SEE WHERE THEY WENT UP. OKAY. SO THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE YOU CAN GO, I THINK GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. WE DON'T GO OUT TO EVERYBODY'S HOUSE. WE'RE UP OVER 500,000 PARCELS IN THIS COUNTY. WE WENT UP OVER 80,000 IN THE LAST LIKE FIVE YEARS. BUT WE DO LOOK AT ALL THE SALES TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED AND GATHER THE INFORMATION TO DETERMINE WHAT IS, WHAT IS GOING ON AND WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE MARKETPLACE FROM 23 TO 26. SO WE'VE DONE THAT. WE'VE ALREADY WENT THROUGH ALL THAT INFORMATION, AND THEN WE DETERMINE HOW MUCH, IF ANYTHING, WILL BE ON THE SITE, WHETHER THE PROPERTY VALUES. OKAY. NEXT SLIDE. LET ME GO AHEAD. SO HOW DO WE DETERMINE WHAT'S A WHAT'S A SALE. IT HAS TO BE AN ARM LENGTH SALE WHICH BASICALLY HAS TO BE ON THE MARKET. IT CAN'T BE SELLING IT TO YOUR BROTHER OR SISTER OR GRANDMOTHER FOR A, FOR A BUCK. WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF MAKING SURE THEIR ARM LENGTH SALE WHEN THEY GO THROUGH OUR DOOR. SO WE HAVE A CATALOG AND DETERMINE WHAT THE DEAL IS. SO WE'VE DONE THAT. AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE STARTING IN JANUARY. WE ACTUALLY TAKE ALL THAT INFORMATION, PUT IT TOGETHER, CREATE A TENTATIVE REVIEW, SEND IT INTO THE STATE. STATE HAS IT. WE'RE ACTUALLY EXPECTING ACCEPTANCE TOMORROW. OKAY, SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO THE PEOPLE? SO ONCE YOU GET THE NUMBERS, THAT'LL BE OUT ON OUR WEBSITE ON JUNE 9TH, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO TO KNOWING YOUR OWN VALUE, BE ABLE TO LOOK IT UP. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO RIGHT INTO OUR FILTER AND SEE HOW MUCH YOUR TAXES WENT UP AT ALL. I CAN TELL YOU THE GROVE CITY IS GOING TO GO UP MINIMAL. I THINK TOTAL GROSS FOR THE COUNTY FOR FOR GROVE CITY IN THE LAST THREE YEARS IS ABOUT 6.75%, WHICH IS ACTUALLY LOWER THAN MOST JURISDICTIONS. I THINK THE HANDOUT THAT I GAVE TO MISS KELLY WILL SHOW EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE HAVE IN THE BREAKDOWN. THEY'RE MOSTLY 5 TO 10%, A COUPLE 11 SOME ARE BELOW ONES THAT LOOK LIKE THEY'RE UP HIGHER BECAUSE THERE ARE NEW NEW SUBDIVISION. WE'RE 2023. THERE WAS LAND, THERE HAD LAND VALUES ONLY, AND NOW YOU HAVE BUILDINGS OR HOUSES ON THEM. SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE GET YOU'LL GET A LETTER OUT THAT SAYS, HEY, THIS IS YOUR VALUE. IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING, YOU CAN SET UP THROUGH THE KNOW YOUR HOME WEBSITE OR CALL OUR OFFICE AND SAY, HEY, LOOK, I STILL DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE. IT SHOULDN'T HAVE WENT UP 8%. AND YOU'LL SIT DOWN BETWEEN THE FIRST OR THE LAST WEEK OF JULY AND THE FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER WITH AN APPRAISER FROM OUR OFFICE AND SAY, LOOK, THESE ARE THE PROBLEMS. THIS IS WHAT I SEE. I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD WENT UP. YOU KNOW, I GOT LINOLEUM STILL IN MY KITCHEN. WHATEVER THE SALES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I HAVE A BRICK THAT WAS A VINYL OR VICE VERSA OR WHATEVER, BECAUSE WE TRY TO DO LIKE ON LIKE, AND THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE THE INFORMATION STILL NOT SATISFIED. YOU THEN STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FILE IN FRONT OF THE BUYER AND SAY, LOOK, I STILL DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT. I WANT TO GO EITHER THROUGH YOUR MEDIATION PROGRAM, WHICH WE'RE THE ONLY COUNTY IN THE STATE THAT HAS IT. ONLY FIVE IN THE IN THE UNITED STATES IS A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM, MORE OF A NOT AS ADVERSARIAL. YOU DON'T GO IN FRONT OF THE BOARD, YOU GO THROUGH A MEDIATOR. AND THEN THAT'S THAT IT HAPPENS IN NEXT YEAR OR WHATEVER. SO NEXT SLIDE. HOW WILL THIS AFFECT YOUR TAXES? WELL, USUALLY IT'S NOT A ONE ON ONE BASIS. I THINK IN A WAY, A RULE OF THUMB IS AND WHAT A LOT OF PROBLEMS DURING THE PANDEMIC IS YOURS WENT UP FIVE. MINE WENT UP 30 VALUE. SO MY TAXES MIGHT GO UP, YOURS MIGHT GO DOWN OR WE BOTH MIGHT GO UP BECAUSE IT'S SO LEVEL NOW ACROSS THE COUNTY, THE WHOLE COUNTY WENT UP BETWEEN 9 AND 10%. COMMERCIAL ONLY WENT UP ABOUT TWO AND A HALF. SO WE'VE DONE A LOT OF, I THINK IN OUR IN MY OPINION, IT'S MY JOB. WE'VE DONE A LOT BETTER WITH WITH MAKING SURE THE DATA IS CORRECT. CORRECTING WHAT WAS WRONG HAD A LOT OF ISSUES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, DURING 2020, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO ACTUALLY GO OUT IN THE FIELD SO MUCH IN 23, THE SAME WAY WE WERE OUT IN THE FIELD A LOT THE LAST THREE YEARS. [00:15:04] SO AGAIN, THIS IS TAKE AN OVERALL PICTURE OVER THREE YEARS. GROVE CITY IS ABOUT 6.75%. NEXT SLIDE. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. YOU CAN CALL OUR OFFICE FIVE, TWO FIVE HOME. IF YOU WANT TO CALL ME, MY DIRECT PHONE NUMBER IS (614) 525-7519, OR CALL THE AUDITOR. UNBELIEVABLY, IF YOU SEND AN EMAIL INTO THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE, IT GOES AT AUDITOR. I THINK IT'S A BAD NEWS BECAUSE HE DRIVES US CRAZY. HE GETS YOU GET EMAILS BACK FROM HIM. WHAT HAPPENED HERE ALL WEEKEND? THE HOLIDAYS. YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN HOLIDAYS? YOU KNOW HIS FAMILY. BUT YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN IT TO WIN IT, RIGHT? SO WE'RE GLAD TO HELP YOU OUT. WE JUST WANT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT. SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING US. COME TELL WHAT HAPPENED IN GROVE CITY, WHAT'S HAPPENED AROUND THE COUNTY. SO AND HOPEFULLY THAT THAT DO IT NOW. WHAT'S YOUR PHONE NUMBER? YEAH, MINE'S (614) 525-7519. AND THAT'S A DIRECT LINE FROM ME. AND I'LL ANSWER, BELIEVE ME. BECAUSE WE JUST WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING ON IT. SO ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MAYOR. I ALSO KNOW WHAT THE SECOND FASTEST GROWING IN THE COUNTY. YES. YEP, YEP, YEP. I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING, I WILL, I WILL SAY THAT YEAH. THOUGH THE VALUES HAVE NOT WENT UP A LOT. THERE'S A LOT MORE CONSTRUCTION HERE. YOU'VE GOT STUFF GOING. 665 I LIVE OVER HERE, SO I'M AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. GET IT STRAIGHT. I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE NEW LAWS THAT WENT INTO PLACE HOUSE BILL 184 AND 335 WITH INSIDE KNOWLEDGE WILL NOT REALLY AFFECT THAT MUCH IN GROVE CITY. YOU WILL SEE SOME BENEFIT, MAYBE $20 A MONTH, AND IT'S GOING TO GO UP AS THEY DO THIS STUFF WITH SOME OF THE FIGURES. SO AT THE END OF THE 3 TO 4 YEARS, THIS IS A BIG DEAL WHERE THE LEGISLATURE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 60, 50, $60 A MONTH AT THE END OF THE THIRD OR FOURTH YEAR. BUT THIS YEAR, YOU WILL SEE, BECAUSE THE TAX BILLS, YOUR FIRST HALF TAX BILL THIS YEAR, BECAUSE IT WENT INTO EFFECT IN MARCH, IT ACTUALLY GOES INTO EFFECT IN JULY. SO YOU WILL SEE SOME DROPS. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME. USUALLY IT'S LIKE IT'S LIKE FIRST HALF, SECOND HALF THROUGH THE TREASURER'S OFFICE. WE'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW. AND YOU ALSO GET AN INFLATIONARY CREDIT. SO SOME PEOPLE WILL GET 20, 30, $40 A MONTH LOWER. YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THEY PASSED THE PASSED THE LIBRARY THING HERE. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE MORE EFFECT THAN PROBABLY ANYTHING HERE, I EXPECT. AND I'VE LOOKED AT A LOT OF THE NUMBERS HERE. I DON'T SEE MUCH, MUCH OF AN INCREASE, TO BE QUITE FRANK. SO WHICH IS GOOD. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU. MICHAEL STINZIANO. HE'S ALWAYS BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE TO US. YOU'VE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE TO TO US. I KNOW WHEN I GET QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS I JUST FORWARD THEM. YEAH I KNOW. YEAH. AND YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB ANSWERING THEIR QUESTIONS. SO THANK YOU FOR COMING. AND I'LL TELL YOU, I WORK A LITTLE BIT WITH MIKE TURNER. HE'S BEEN GREAT WORKING ON THE TIFFS. I KNOW YOU GUYS DID SOME BASE ALLOCATIONS AND CHANGE SOME STUFF OVER BEULAH AND I THINK SOME PINNACLE. SO WE GOT ALL THOSE DONE, SO THAT'S GOOD. BUT IF YOU EVER NEED ANYTHING, GIVE ME A CALL. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS BY HEADWATER. WHEN YOU WHOEVER'S SPEAKING, IF YOU COULD COME TO THE DAIS, GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND WHO YOU ARE. SO WE HAVE IT ON RECORD. POINT OF INFORMATION. HOW MUCH TIME DO THEY HAVE? 10 TO 15 MINUTES WHENEVER THEY'RE DONE. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, AND THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT TO BOTH YOU AND THE COMMUNITY. FOR THOSE WHO I HAVEN'T MET YET, MY NAME IS MIKE LEBEAU. I'M THE CO-FOUNDER AND MANAGING PARTNER OF HEADWATERS SITE DEVELOPMENT. WHILE OUR COMPANY IS BASED IN DALLAS, TEXAS, I GREW UP IN A SMALL SUBURBAN TOWN NEXT DOOR IN PENNSYLVANIA. MY FAMILY OWNED A RETAIL FURNITURE STORE FOR OVER 60 YEARS. IT WAS THE KIND OF PLACE WHERE RELATIONSHIPS MATTER AND TRUST WITHIN THE COMMUNITY IS KEY. WHEN MY GRANDFATHER PASSED AWAY, PEOPLE APPROACHED ME AT THE MEMORIAL SERVICE, SHARING STORIES ABOUT HOW HE HELPED THEM FURNISH THEIR FIRST HOME AND EVEN PROVIDED INTEREST FREE LOANS WHEN THEY NEEDED IT MOST. THAT EXPERIENCE HAS STAYED WITH ME AND SHAPED HOW I THINK ABOUT DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THESE ARE NOT JUST PROJECTS. WE ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE OPERATE. AT HEADWATERS, WE OPERATE WITH FOUR VALUES THAT WE REFER TO AS THE HEADWATERS CORE. THAT'S COLLABORATIVE, OUTSTANDING, RIGOROUS, AND ETHICAL. I'M VERY PROUD OF THE COMPANY WE'VE BUILT, AND OUR TEAM LIVES BY THESE CORE VALUES IN EVERY PROJECT WE COMPLETE. WE OPERATE WITH INTEGRITY AND TRANSPARENCY AND WE DELIVER QUALITY PRODUCTS TO OUR CUSTOMERS. OUR ROLE AT HEADWATERS IN THIS COMMUNITY IS TO SERVE AS A LIAISON BETWEEN THE DATA CENTER INDUSTRY AND COMMUNITIES LIKE GROVE CITY, ENSURING THAT PROJECTS ARE THOUGHTFULLY LOCATED, RESPONSIBLY DESIGNED, AND ALIGNED WITH LOCAL PRIORITIES. NOW, IT'S NO SECRET THAT THE DATA CENTER INDUSTRY IS UNDER SCRUTINY RIGHT NOW. THAT'S PROBABLY THE UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE EVENING. I'LL BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS CAUSED BY POORLY SITED PROJECTS AND BAD ACTORS. BUT WHAT MY TEAM WILL EXPLAIN THIS EVENING IS THAT WE CAN AND WE WILL MITIGATE ALL THE CONCERNS YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY AND IN THE PRESS. [00:20:03] I ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT, SORRY, I FOUNDED THIS COMPANY TO PERFORM RESPONSIBLE SITE DEVELOPMENT, AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO PUTTING THE RULES AND RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PROJECT FITS IN WELL WITH THIS COMMUNITY. I ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT MUCH OF WHAT YOU HEAR ABOUT IN THE PRESS IS RELATED TO MASSIVE AI TRAINING DATA CENTERS, WHICH ARE NEW, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THAT THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS. WHAT WE ARE PLANNING HERE IS A MODEST CLOUD COMPUTE CAMPUS, MUCH LIKE THE TWO DATA CENTERS WE SAW IN THE BUS TOUR UP IN HILLIARD THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW ARE DATA CENTERS WHEN THEY DRIVE BY OR WHEN THEY'RE LIVING NEXT DOOR. THIS IS WELL ESTABLISHED AND PROVEN TECHNOLOGIES THAT SUPPORTS ALL OF US IN OUR DAILY LIVES. ALL WE CAN ASK FOR HERE TODAY IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A COLLABORATIVE AND MUTUALLY RESPECTFUL PROCESS WHERE WE CAN LISTEN TO AND LEARN FROM EACH OTHER. WHAT I BELIEVE THIS WILL COME DOWN TO IS COUNCIL DECISION ON WHETHER YOU WANT TO ALLOW A MODEST, THOUGHTFUL AND LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT IN EXCHANGE FOR ENORMOUS BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY. THIS PROJECT WILL BRING HIGH QUALITY JOBS, IMMENSE DIRECT AND INDIRECT TAX REVENUE, AND SIGNIFICANT ROAD WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SURROUNDING AREA. ANY ALTERNATIVE FOR THIS SITE WOULD HAVE FAR GREATER IMPACTS AND FAR LESS REVENUE. FOR EXAMPLE, A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WOULD CONSUME 12 TIMES MORE WATER AND A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT WOULD LEAD TO FIVE TIMES AS MUCH TRAFFIC. IF YOU BELIEVE, AS WE DO, THAT BALANCED GROWTH ALIGNED WITH THE 2050 COMMUNITY PLAN IS THE BEST PATH FORWARD FOR GROVE CITY, THEN WE FIRMLY BELIEVE THIS IS THE BEST TYPE OF PROJECT YOU COULD ASK FOR, AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO A COLLABORATIVE AND THOROUGH PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IMPLEMENTED CORRECTLY. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT, AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MY TEAM TO TALK THROUGH THE DETAILS OF OUR PROJECT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THEY'RE ON THE SLIDES. THANK YOU MIKE. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MISS KELLY, MR. SMITH, MR. BOZO AND MAYOR STAGE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE THIS EVENING AND GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK HERE BEFORE YOU AND MEMBERS OF YOUR COMMUNITY. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE WILL BE TOUCHING ON SEVERAL ASPECTS. OH, TAMMY. SLIDE. SORRY. THANK YOU. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'LL BE TOUCHING ON SEVERAL ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT THIS EVENING, INCLUDING SITE SELECTION, DATA CENTER ECOSYSTEMS, LAND USE ZONING, OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS, AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS. SLIDE. THANK YOU. IT IS WITH A GREAT DEAL OF PRIDE THAT I PRESENT YOU, PROJECT MAPLE, THE PROPOSED DATA CENTER PROJECT BETWEEN BT AND RANCH ROADS AS FILED THROUGH PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN WITH THE CITY OF GROVE CITY ON MAY 27TH, 2026. SOME OF YOU HAVE ASKED US WHY GROVE CITY. WE WERE DRAWN TO COLUMBUS FOR THE SAME REASONS. MANY OTHERS ARE ITS PROXIMITY TO HIGH TECH, MISSION CRITICAL BUSINESSES AND ITS ESTABLISHED DATA CENTER PRESENCE MAKE IT AN ATTRACTIVE MARKET. WE IDENTIFIED THIS LOCATION THROUGH A RIGOROUS SITE SELECTION PROCESS USING OUR SOPHISTICATED GIS TOOLS THAT LAYER IN INFRASTRUCTURE, LAND USE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS. SIMPLY PUT, THIS WASN'T A LUCKY FIND. IT WAS VERY DELIBERATE. THIS SITE CHECKED THOSE BOXES. IT SITS ON APPROXIMATELY 310 ACRES DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO A 345 KILOVOLT SUBSTATION, AS DEPICTED ON THE SLIDE. OH. I'M SORRY. THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE IS CRITICAL. IT ALLOWS US TO SUPPORT THIS KIND OF PROJECT WITHOUT CAUSING ADDITIONAL NEW IMPACTS INTO THE SURROUNDING AREAS. SLIDE, PLEASE. KELLY. THE DATA CENTER ECOSYSTEM. I'M SURE THAT YOU ARE ALL AWARE OF WHAT A DATA CENTER DOES, BUT AS A MILLENNIAL, MOST OF MY EARLY MEMORIES WERE BEFORE THE INTERNET. I REMEMBER MY MOM WITH THE LANDLINE. THE COURT OF THE LANDLINE STRETCHED ACROSS THE HOUSE TO HAVE A PRIVATE CONVERSATION. THEN CAME DIAL UP. IN 1998, WE HAD A COLORFUL IMAC SITTING ON THE KITCHEN TABLE. SHE USED IT TO PUT HERSELF THROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE WHILE WORKING FULL TIME. LATER IN COLLEGE, I GOT MY FIRST SMARTPHONE. I STILL REMEMBER THAT FEELING. INSTANT ACCESS TO INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION, AND THE WORLD AROUND ME. THE REALITY IS, ALL OF THAT BULKY TECHNOLOGY WE USED TO KEEP ON OUR KITCHEN TABLES HASN'T DISAPPEARED. TODAY, EVERY ONE OF US CARRIES THE EQUIVALENT OF A SUPERCOMPUTER IN THE PALM OF OUR HAND. WHAT ONCE FELT FUTURISTIC IS NOW PART OF EVERYDAY LIVES AND EVEN TAKEN FOR GRANTED. SO WHAT MAKES THAT POSSIBLE? DATA CENTERS IS WHAT MAKES THAT POSSIBLE. AT THEIR CORE, DATA CENTERS ARE WHERE INFORMATION LIVES. [00:25:02] SERVERS THAT STORE AND PROCESS EVERYTHING FROM EMAILS AND DIGITAL MAPS TO FINANCIAL SYSTEMS, HEALTH CARE PLATFORMS, WEB BASED SMALL BUSINESSES, AND THE TOOLS WE USE TO COMMUNICATE EVERY DAY. THEY ARE THE BACKBONE OF THE MODERN ECONOMY AND REPRESENT CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT POWERS THE SYSTEM OUR COMMUNITIES RELY ON. DATA CENTERS ALSO ENABLE SOMETHING BROADER. THEY GIVE PEOPLE ACCESS, ACCESS TO EDUCATION, TO OPPORTUNITY, AND TO A PLATFORM TO BE HEARD. IN FACT, THE SAME TECHNOLOGY THAT POWERS THESE SYSTEMS IS WHAT ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO ENGAGE, ORGANIZE AND ADVOCATE FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN. OUR GOAL TONIGHT ISN'T TO DISMISS ANYONE'S CONCERNS, IT'S TO ADDRESS THEM DIRECTLY WITH FACTS, TRANSPARENCY, AND TO COMMIT TO GETTING THINGS RIGHT TOGETHER. THANK YOU. I WANT TO START BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT COMMUNITIES LIKE GROVE CITY ARE SETTING A HIGH BAR, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY WORKING HARD TO MEET IT. MODERN DATA CENTERS ARE NOT BUILT CASUALLY AS THEY ARE DESIGNED TO MEET RIGOROUS ENVIRONMENTAL AND OPERATIONAL STANDARDS. MANY FACILITIES PURSUE CERTIFICATIONS LIKE LEED, WHICH REQUIRE HIGH EFFICIENCY BUILDING SYSTEMS, THOUGHTFUL SITE DESIGN, AND STRICT BENCHMARKS FOR WATER AND ENERGY PERFORMANCE. THESE STANDARDS ARE COMPREHENSIVE, INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED, AND CONTINUOUSLY EVOLVING AS TECHNOLOGY IMPROVES. AT THE SAME TIME, THE COMPANIES OPERATING THESE FACILITIES ARE MAKING SIGNIFICANT COMMITMENTS TO SUSTAINABILITY AND EFFICIENCY. THEY ARE INVESTING HEAVILY IN RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND THE NEXT GENERATION OF TECHNOLOGIES TO REDUCE THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT. AND JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, THERE ARE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE BEYOND SUSTAINABILITY. ALL OF THE COMPANIES LISTED ON THE SLIDE SIGNED A REGISTERED OR SORRY, EXCUSE ME. SIGNED A RATEPAYER PROTECTION PLEDGE EARLIER THIS YEAR AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, COMMITTING TO WORK WITH UTILITIES AND REGULATORS TO ENSURE THAT THE COST OF INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO SUPPORT PROJECTS LIKE THIS ARE NOT BORNE BY THE PROJECT, ARE BORNE BY THE PROJECT ITSELF, AND NOT PASSED ON TO RESIDENTS. SO WHEN YOU STEP BACK AND YOU LOOK AT IT HOLISTICALLY, THIS ISN'T AN INDUSTRY OPERATING WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY. IT'S ONE THAT'S EVOKING QUICK. IT'S ONE THAT'S EVOLVING QUICKLY, BEING HELD TO HIGHER STANDARDS THAN EVER BEFORE, AND ACTIVELY WORKING TO ALIGN WITH THE EXPECTATIONS OF COMMUNITIES LIKE YOURS. NOW, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO ASK REBECCA MONT OF THE PLF LAW FIRM TO SPEAK ON LAND USE AND ZONING ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT. THANK YOU. REBECCA. I'M WONDERING IF WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE THE SIGNS CAN BE MOVED BEHIND US NOW. CAN WE MOVE THE SIGNS DOWN TO THE GROUND FACING, FACING THE RESIDENTS, EVEN IF THEY'RE BEHIND US. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THERE YOU GO. WE THE PEOPLE. CAN YOU STEPHEN, CAN YOU TAKE THOSE TWO AS WELL, PLEASE? THANK YOU. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. REBECCA, PLEASE GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. AVERY. THANK YOU, MR. BARRY. UNDER THE GROVE CITY 2050 PLAN, THE SITE IS DEPICTED FOR FLEX EMPLOYMENT. SO UNDER PAGE 23. THAT'S THE MAP YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU. IT IDENTIFIES THE PROPERTY AGAIN FOR FLEX EMPLOYMENT, WHICH ON PAGE 30, 31 STATES FLEX EMPLOYMENT CENTERS ARE CHARACTERIZED BY LIGHT INDUSTRIAL STYLE DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING MOST LARGE FOOTPRINT FOOTPRINT BUILDINGS THAT CAN BE ADAPTED TO SUPPORT DIFFERENT USES SUCH AS LIGHT MANUFACTURING, HIGH TECH INDUSTRIES, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN MAKER SPACE SO LARGE TO VERY LARGE FOOTPRINT STRUCTURES THAT OFFER FLEXIBLE SPACE TO ACCOMMODATE MARKET DEMAND FOR VARIOUS USERS ARE THE GOAL AND STATED OBJECTIVES OF THE 2050 PLAN. IN ADDITION, UNDER THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SECTION, CERTAIN INDUSTRIES FOR GROWTH ARE TO BE TARGETED BY THE CITY OF GROVE CITY. THOSE TARGETED INDUSTRY OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE DATABASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES CONDITIONAL ON EXPANDING FIBER CAPACITY, DATA PROCESSING, INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN, INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SERVICES, COMPUTER FACILITIES MANAGEMENT. THAT'S ON PAGE 77 AND PAGE 79. GROVE CITY IS WORKING TO BECOME MORE COMPETITIVE IN ATTRACTING TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES WITH THE RECENT CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW FIBER OPTIC NETWORK. PAGE 73. THE PROPOSED DATA CENTER FACILITY COMPLIES WITH ALL OF THOSE STATED PLANNING GOALS OF THE CITY. IF YOU COULD GO TO SLIDE EIGHT. THIS IS TALKING ABOUT THE PD PROCESS AND THE ZONING. [00:30:07] THE PROPOSED ZONING DISTRICT WOULD BE FOR A PLANNED UNIT DISTRICT I, WHICH IS A PUDI FOR INDUSTRIAL TYPE DEVELOPMENT. FIRST, WE MUST FILE A PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN WHICH WOULD REQUIRE REVIEW OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND A REVIEW OF CITY COUNCIL. WE DID FILE THAT ON MAY 27TH. NEXT, WE WOULD FILE A REZONING APPLICATION, WHICH WE WOULD PROPOSE TO FILE THAT SOMETIME IN AUGUST, AND IT WOULD NOT BE HEARD FOR A SECOND READING BEFORE COUNCIL UNTIL NOVEMBER. AND THEN THERE WOULD BE A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT WOULD BE FILED SOMETIME AT THE END OF 2026 OR EARLY 2027, DEPENDING UPON WHATEVER PLANS WE NEED TO DO IN TERMS OF ENGINEERING, THE GRADING, THE UTILITIES, THE STORMWATER REPORT, AND ELEVATIONS ARE COMPLETED. SO THIS TAKES QUITE A WHILE. AND EVEN AFTER THAT IS FILED AND APPROVED, YOU STILL NEED TO GO THROUGH SITE IMPROVEMENT PLAN THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT FOR ENGINEERING SETS OF PLANS. THIS TAKES A YEAR AND A HALF, YOU KNOW, OR LONGER IN ORDER TO GET THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND BASED ON THOSE CURRENT TIMELINES, WE WANT TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY, COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE CITY. DURING OUR PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPLICATION, WE HAVE SUBMITTED A ZONING TEXT. AND ALSO WITH THE REZONING APPLICATION, THE ZONING TEXT, THE ZONING TEXT WILL BE THE SET OF REGULATIONS FOR THE PROPERTY AND HOW THE PROPERTY AND PROJECT WILL BE DEVELOPED. WITH THAT ZONING TEXT, WE WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH CITY STAFF AND THROUGH CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION, TO MAKE ALL THE CHANGES YOU DESIRE AND TO COMPROMISE ON THOSE PROJECT ISSUES FOR WHICH WE CAN. WE ALSO HELD TWO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS DURING THIS PROCESS. IN APRIL. WE HELD ON APRIL 21ST AND 22ND, TWO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS, AND WE SENT LETTERS TO ADJACENT LANDOWNERS. WE INVITED FOLKS BY FACEBOOK AND WEBSITE POSTING, AND ALSO ASK CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO INVITE CONSTITUENTS. WE HAD AROUND 31 TO 40 PEOPLE ATTEND THE FIRST EVENING AND ABOUT 25 PEOPLE THE SECOND EVENING, AND I THOUGHT IT WENT VERY WELL. WE ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP AND WE ALSO. COME ON, LET'S LISTEN. OKAY. AND THROUGH THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, WE DID GET TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC OR TRIED TO. IF YOU COULD GO TO SLIDE NINE, TAMMY. SO TONIGHT IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN. AND YOU'LL SEE THE CRITERIA WE'VE POSTED ON THIS BOARD COME STRAIGHT FROM YOUR CODE. THIS IS FROM PLANNING AND ZONING CODE SECTION 1135.114 E. AND THESE ARE THE CRITERIA FOR WHICH WE MUST MEET IN ORDER FOR A PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO BE APPROVED UNDER A PUD. SO, MR. OMAR, WHEN YOU SAID ON MAY 18TH IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT YOU WANTED A SCORECARD OR A SET OF EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR WHICH TO EVALUATE AND CONSIDER THIS PROJECT. THE CODE HAS THOSE STANDARDS IN IT ALREADY FOR A PPD PROCESS. SLIDE TEN PLEASE. WE ALSO HAVE SUBMITTED A ZONING TEXT, WHICH I'VE ALLUDED TO IS THE SET OF REGULATIONS FOR HOW THE PROJECT WILL BE DEVELOPED. THE ZONING TEXT BECOMES THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK. IT HAS ALL THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS OF ZONING CODE. SO IF ANYTHING IS NOT COMPLIED WITH, THAT IS WITHIN THE TEXT THAT'S APPROVED. YOUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICE CAN ISSUE NOTICES OF VIOLATION. THEREFORE, MR. STERN, WHEN YOU MADE THE COMMENT AT THE MAY 18TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT THE CITY SHOULD HAVE LEGISLATION ADOPTED AS PART OF THE ZONING CODE OR AMEND THE ZONING CODE, THAT WOULD BE NOT NECESSARY, BECAUSE THE ZONING TEXT BECOMES THE ZONING CODE FOR THE PROPERTY. AND AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO NEGOTIATE THOSE STANDARDS WITH THE CITY AND CITY COUNCIL. IN FACT, OUR TEAM AND CITY STAFF WILL WORK COLLABORATIVELY, COLLABORATIVELY TO ADDRESS ALL LAND USE ITEMS IN THAT ZONING TEXT. AGAIN, IN THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN STAGE AND REZONING STAGE, THE ZONING TEXT, AS YOU KNOW, INCLUDES THINGS LIKE PERMITTED USES, SETBACKS, HEIGHT STANDARDS, LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS, ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS, AND OTHER ITEMS. IF YOU COULD GO TO SLIDE 11 AND 12. THESE ARE THE LANDSCAPE PLANS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE PROPERTY. AND WE HAVE TAKEN ALL OF THOSE ONEROUS LANDSCAPE STANDARDS THAT APPEAR IN YOUR ZONING CODE AND WROTE THOSE RIGHT INTO OUR TEXT. SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE LESS RESTRICTIVE. WE'RE BEING JUST AS RESTRICTIVE IN TERMS OF YOUR LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS IN THE CODE, BUT WE ADD AN ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT UPON OURSELVES UNDER THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY, THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY, IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER WHERE THERE ARE SOME RESIDENTIAL HOMES, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN EIGHT FOOT LANDSCAPED MOUND WITH DECIDUOUS TREES AND EVERGREENS, SO THAT'S QUITE A SUBSTANTIAL MOUND WITH SIX FOOT EVERGREENS ON EIGHT FEET. THAT'S 14FT IN HEIGHT. SLIDE 13 PLEASE. THIS SLIDE INCLUDES STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES [00:35:08] IN THE TRAFFIC MOU. AS YOU KNOW THROUGH LAND USE ISSUES WE WOULD PROVIDE A STORMWATER REPORT TO THE CITY AND THAT WILL BE PROVIDED DURING FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN. BUT THE DEVELOPER WILL COMPLY WITH THE GROVE CITY'S DESIGN MANUAL FOR STORMWATER AND WILL ALSO RECORD A STORMWATER BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE POLICY IN THE FRANKLIN COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICE UNDER TRAFFIC. WE HAVE SUBMITTED ON MARCH 21ST, 2026 AN MOU TO THE CITY ENGINEER AND TO THE COUNTY ENGINEER TALKING ABOUT THE TRAFFIC VOLUMES AND THE PARAMETERS FOR WHICH WE'RE GOING TO MEET THAT THE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY WILL COVER. SO YOU CAN SEE THE VARIOUS ACCESS POINTS AND INTERSECTIONS THAT WE WILL BE EVALUATING UNDER SLIDE 14. TAMI. THIS SLIDE GOES OVER ALTERNATIVE USES ON THE PROPERTY. SO COMPARED TO OTHER TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS, A DATA CENTER FACILITY GENERATES FAR LESS TRAFFIC. AND IT ALSO WOULD HAVE FAR LESS WATER USAGE THAN COMPARISON TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT. SO UNDER TRAFFIC, IF WE WERE DOING SIX DATA CENTERS, THE AVERAGE TRIPS PER DAY ARE ESTIMATED AT 3450 FOR A SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT ON THE PROPERTY, WITH THREE UNITS PER ACRE FOR 930 UNITS, THAT WOULD BE 7771 TRAFFIC COUNTS PER DAY FOR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT ON THE PROPERTY, ASSUMING 12 UNITS PER ACRE AT 3720 UNITS AND THREE PERSONS PER UNIT, AVERAGE TRIPS PER DAY WOULD BE 16,577. AND FOR INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT ON THE PROPERTY, ASSUMING 12,523 SQUARE FOOT AN ACRE. AVERAGE TRIPS PER DAY WOULD BE ESTIMATED AT 16,908 UNDER THE WATER. FOR SIX DATA CENTERS ON THE PROPERTY, AVERAGE GALLONS PER DAY OF WATER USAGE WOULD BE 24,000, AND FOR SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, AVERAGE GALLONS PER DAY WOULD BE A WHOPPING 306,900. FOR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT ON THE PROPERTY, AVERAGE GALLONS PER DAY. WOULD BE 892,800. AND FOR INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING USES ON THE PROPERTY, GALLONS PER DAY OF WATER USAGE WOULD BE ESTIMATED AT 155,000. FINALLY, THIS PROJECT IS DISTINGUISHED BY LOW TRAFFIC GENERATION, MINIMAL WATER CONSUMPTION, AND FULLY PRIVATE FUNDED INFRASTRUCTURE. THE DEVELOPMENT IS DESIGNED TO OPERATE AS A QUIET, SECURE AND VISUALLY BUFFERED, HIGH TECH EMPLOYMENT CAMPUS. THIS DEVELOPMENT MEETS ALL APPLICABLE LAND USE STANDARDS FOR THE APPROVAL OF A PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN. AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE JOSH BAILEY, VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS, TO DISCUSS OPERATIONAL MATTERS. AND THE LINE OF PROPAGANDA. GO AHEAD. COME ON, KNOCK IT OFF. LET THE MAN SPEAK. GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. MY NAME IS JOSH. WE HAVE TO CLEAR THE ROOM. WE'LL DO IT. HE'S ENTITLED TO SPEAK. WE'RE GOING TO LET HIM SPEAK UNINTERRUPTED. GO AHEAD. I DO LIVE HERE IN OHIO, JUST NORTH OF NEW ALBANY. I'VE BEEN WORKING IN DATA CENTERS WELL OVER A DECADE NOW. I STARTED OFF IN THE MILITARY AND TRANSITIONED OVER TO THIS CRITICAL SPACE, WHICH IS WHERE MANY OF MY EMPLOYEES COME FROM, IS MECHANICS, ELECTRICIANS, AND FORMER MILITARY AS THEY UNDERSTAND CRITICAL OPERATIONS AND WHAT IT TAKES TO RUN THESE BUILDINGS. I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF THE MORE TECHNICAL TOPICS PERTAINING TO DATA CENTERS. ALL THE TIME WE TALK ABOUT POWER USAGE. THIS PROJECT IS SUBJECT TO THE A EPS OHIO LARGE DATA CENTER TARIFF, WHICH ENSURES THAT DATA CENTER CUSTOMERS, NOT RESIDENTS, PAY FOR THE NECESSARY GRID UPGRADES. SO ANY SUBSTATION WORK, ANY WORK TO FEED POWER TO THE DATA CENTER IS PAID FOR ENTIRELY BY THE DATA CENTER. WE ALSO TALK ABOUT AIR EMISSIONS GENERATORS. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE ELEVATIONS, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW BACKUP GENERATORS, BUT THOSE ARE STRICTLY THAT THEY'RE BACKUP. SO WE ONLY USE THEM DURING OUTAGE SCENARIOS WHERE THE ENTIRE GRID GOES DOWN. THEY'RE NOT RUNNING DAY TO DAY OR ANY MORE THAN TEN HOURS PER YEAR. OKAY. NEXT SLIDE. ALL RIGHT. NOISE LEVELS. MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT DATA CENTERS. I HEAR IT ALL THE TIME. THEY'RE VERY LOUD. PROBABLY NOT NEARLY AS LOUD AS WHAT'S GOING ON OUTSIDE. BUT THE AVERAGE DATA CENTER, MOST OF THE NOISE COMES FROM THE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT THAT SITS ON THE ROOFTOP, AS WE ALLUDED TO THESE UNITS. THESE DATA CENTERS ARE BACKED OFF OF THE ROAD, AND THE AVERAGE DECIBEL IS PROBABLY ABOUT 55 TO 60DB [00:40:06] FROM THE FROM THE ROAD DEMARCATION. SO ULTIMATELY, UNLESS THERE'S A POWER OUTAGE AND GENERATORS ARE RUNNING, IT'S VERY, VERY MINIMAL NOISE COMING FROM THESE FACILITIES. AND NEXT SLIDE. AS REBECCA ALREADY ALLUDED TO THESE ARE VERY LOW USE WATER FACILITIES. I WILL BE THE FIRST TO SAY I'VE WORKED IN DATA CENTERS IN MY PAST, WHICH I DON'T WORK FOR ANYMORE, THAT DO UTILIZE A LOT OF WATER. AND THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THIS NEWS COMES FROM. AND THOSE ARE EVAPORATIVE TYPE COOLING. SO THINK OF A SWAMP COOLER. THERE ARE DATA CENTERS THAT USE THAT TECHNOLOGY. THAT IS NOT WHAT WE DO. THAT IS NOT WHAT WE BELIEVE IN. THESE ARE CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS, VERY MUCH SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU USE AT YOUR HOUSE, WHICH WITH AN HVAC ON THE OUTSIDE AND H AIR HANDLER ON THE INSIDE. THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THESE ARE ON A LARGER SCALE. SO IT'S CLOSED LOOP. WE'RE NOT ADDING WATER DAILY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THE WATER USAGE IS STRICTLY SHOWERS, TOILETS, WASHING HANDS, STAYING SANITARY. THAT'S THAT'S GENERALLY WHERE ALL WATER USAGE COMES FROM IN THESE FACILITIES AS FAR AS CLEANING. ALL RIGHT. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. COUNCIL. I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO AVERY. THANK YOU. JOSH. I JUST HAVE TWO MORE. I PROMISE I'LL MAKE IT QUICK. YEAH. VERY QUICK. PLEASE. TAMMY. SLIDE. OH. THANK YOU. IF OUR PROJECT PROCEEDS, WE WILL BE PAYING FOR EXTENSIVE ROAD AND WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES TO SERVE THE PROJECT, BUT ALSO ENABLE PLANNED GROWTH IN THIS PART OF TOWN. ADDITIONALLY, WE EXPECT TO BRING OVER 250 FULL TIME, HIGH QUALITY, HIGH PAYING JOBS TO THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS HUNDREDS OF CONSTRUCTION AND LONG TERM INDIRECT JOBS. THE PROJECT WILL BRING INCREASED ACTIVITY TO SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS IN TOWN, INJECTING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY OVER THE LIFE OF THE PROJECT. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO PAY MILLIONS IN DIRECT TAX REVENUE EACH YEAR. WE ARE PROJECTING THIS AT OVER 10 MILLION IN EMPLOYMENT TAX AND ALMOST 880 MILLION IN INDIRECT AND INDUCED TAX REVENUE OVER THE FIRST 15 YEARS. THESE DOLLARS WILL FLOW INTO THE COMMUNITY AND CAN BE USED TO STRENGTHEN PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES TO REDUCE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAXES. I'M ALSO PROUD OF THE IMPACT OUR CUSTOMERS HAVE ON COMMUNITIES ONCE THEY'RE OPERATIONAL. OUR CUSTOMERS OFTEN PROVIDE LOCAL SUPPORT THROUGH COMMUNITY GRANTS, DONATIONS SUCH AS LAPTOPS FOR STUDENTS, STEM PROGRAMS AND MANY OTHER COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAMS. THE FUTURE DEVELOPER WILL PAY THEIR WAY TO BRING MORE RESILIENT AND RELIABLE ELECTRICITY TO THE ENTIRE SOUTHWEST COLUMBUS AREA. AS ROBINSON MEYER WROTE IN A RECENT NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE, SOME OF THE ECONOMIES RICHEST AND MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES ARE WILLING TO INVEST IN NEW POWER PLANTS TO IMPROVE THE GRIDS INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT'S A GENERATIONAL OPPORTUNITY. I'M PROUD THAT HEADWATERS IS THOUGHTFUL IN THEIR APPROACH, AND THAT WE GET TO LEVERAGE THEIR POSITIVE CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP TO HOLD FUTURE DEVELOPER ACCOUNTABLE TO GROVE CITY AND ITS COMMUNITY. I'M PROUD OF PROJECT MAPLE, AND WE HOPE YOU WILL BE TOO. ONE OF THE THINGS COUNCIL MEMBER STURM IN MY CLOSING REMARKS. LAST SLIDE. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. YEP. ONE OF THE THINGS COUNCIL MEMBER STURM TALKED ABOUT AT CITY COUNCIL ON MAY 18TH WAS HOW DATA CENTERS. THE DATA CENTER INDUSTRY HAS GENERATED A LOT OF POLARIZED DISCUSSION, AND I COULDN'T AGREE MORE. THE FACT IS, I BELIEVE WITH A GREAT DEAL OF CONVICTION THAT I HAVE AN INCREDIBLE JOB. I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY REPRESENTING A GOOD AND RESPONSIBLE COMPANY TO BRING THESE PROJECTS TO LIVES AND IN GREAT COMMUNITIES LIKE GROVE CITY. WITH EVERY PROJECT WE COMPLETE, WE ARE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR GLOBAL E-COMMERCE AND CONNECTIVITY NETWORK WHILE FOSTERING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A GLOBAL NETWORK THAT CONNECTS HUMANKIND. IN CLOSING, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING. WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE COLLABORATING WITH YOU AND THE COMMUNITY. NOW TIME'S UP. THAT SPARKS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU I DON'T KNOW WHICH OF YOU WANTS TO COME TO THE PODIUM, BUT WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ASK CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS. WE REALIZE THIS IS JUST AN INITIAL YOU KNOW, PRESENTATION AS THIS GOES THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS IF IT GOES THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS. WHERE THERE'LL BE TONS OF PUBLIC HEARINGS, HEARINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO DOWN THE LINE IF YOU'VE GOT SOME, IF COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SOME CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO ASK WHO HAS QUESTIONS. I HAVE A QUESTION. SO AND YOU HAD MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING THAT YOU CAN ASSURE THIS IS NOT A MASSIVE AI [00:45:01] PROJECT. AND I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU'RE THE SITE DEVELOPER, BUT NOT THE END USER. SO HOW CAN YOU GUARANTEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT? IT'S BASED ON ALL THE ZONING TEXTS THAT WE DEFINE THE RULES AND RESTRICTIONS. SO WE CAN GET SUPER SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT'S ALLOWED AND WHAT'S NOT ALLOWED, LIKE PARTICULARLY WATER. THIS WILL BE AN AIR COOLED FACILITY. WE CAN WRITE THAT INTO THE ZONING TEXT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS THAT NO ONE CAN DO EVAPORATIVE COOLING OUT THERE. WE CAN DO, WE CAN GET AS SPECIFIC AS YOU'D LIKE TO SEE, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. LIKE WE HAVEN'T DONE IT YET, BUT YOU COULD LIMIT THE FOOTPRINT PER BUILDING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE 1,000,000 SQUARE FOOT DATA CENTER OUT THERE. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE PROPOSING SIX BUILDINGS, ABOUT 150,000 SQUARE FOOT FOOTPRINT EACH. BUT WE CAN WE CAN BE AS SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY FUTURE END USER HAS TO FOLLOW THOSE RULES. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR RIGHT NOW. ANY OTHER PEOPLE? ANY OTHER MEMBERS HAVE CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO PRESENT TODAY. CAN YOU GIVE US SOME EXAMPLES OF OTHER PROJECTS THAT HEADWATERS HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN IN THE PAST? YEAH. SO I'VE BEEN IN THE INDUSTRY FOR 12 YEARS AND DONE PROJECTS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. I USED TO WORK FOR GOOGLE. HEADWATERS IS A RELATIVELY NEW COMPANY. WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR YEARS. IT WAS FORMED IN PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN MYSELF AND A PARENT COMPANY CALLED STREAM DATA CENTERS. SO HEADWATERS HAS 11 PROJECTS ACROSS SIX STATES RIGHT NOW. WE'VE COMPLETED AND SOLD THREE OF THEM, ONE IN VIRGINIA. THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE MOMENT, ONE IN MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA, THAT WAS PURCHASED BY GOOGLE AND IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND ONE IN IOWA THAT WAS PURCHASED BY MICROSOFT AND HAS NOT STARTED CONSTRUCTION YET AND HAS. OUT OF THOSE, I GUESS I COULD SAY FOUR THREE HAVE BEEN SOLD. YEP. OKAY. YEAH. OUT OF THOSE THREE PROJECTS WHAT HAS THE RESPONSE BEEN LIKE FROM THE COMMUNITIES? IT'S MUSKOGEE IS VERY WELCOMING OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND INVESTMENT. IT'S A, IT'S A HUGE BOON FOR THE ECONOMY THERE. I MEAN, THEY'VE GOT GREAT JOBS AND GREAT TAX REVENUE. SO IT'S BEEN GREAT IN THAT COMMUNITY. NORTHERN VIRGINIA, IT'S JUST STARTING CONSTRUCTION. SO THE COMMUNITY HASN'T NOTICED THE BENEFITS OF IT YET. AND THE, AND THE MICROSOFT PROJECT IN PARTICULAR HASN'T STARTED CONSTRUCTION. MOST OF MY EXPERIENCE COME FROM MY GOOGLE DAYS WHERE THE COMMUNITIES WERE THRILLED TO HAVE THAT TECH COMPANY IN THEIR COMMUNITY. IT'S, YOU BRING THE HIGH TECH CULTURE, YOU BRING INNOVATION AND ALL OF THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF THE WORKERS BEING IN TOWN. AND THEN LIKE I WAS EXPLAINING. AVERY USED TO WORK AT MICROSOFT. I USED TO WORK AT GOOGLE. THESE COMPANIES DO TONS OF COMMUNITY INVESTMENT. WE USED TO DO A STEM PROGRAM IN ATLANTA WHERE IT WAS CALLED THE GRAVITY GAMES, WHERE THE KIDS BUILT GO KARTS TO RACE DOWN THE STREETS. AND IN PRYOR, OKLAHOMA, WE DONATED LAPTOPS. AND IN LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA, THEY DID ROLLING HOTSPOTS DURING COVID. SO THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF BENEFITS I'VE SEEN THROUGHOUT MY CAREER. THOSE WERE MY GOOGLE. OKAY, WE'RE ONLY TALKING TO THE COUNCIL. PLEASE. GEORGE, DID YOU HAVE A YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION. I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND TALKED A LOT OF THE CONSTITUENTS. AND ONE OF THE BIG CONCERNS IS WATER USAGE. YOU SORT OF WENT THROUGH THE CHART OF THE WATER THAT'S BEING USED. AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE AIR COOLED SYSTEM USES A RECIRCULATING WATER SYSTEM. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. IT'S JUST A IT'S LIKE THE RADIATOR IN A CAR. EXACTLY. YOU FILL IT UP ONE TIME AND FILL IT UP ONE TIME. YOU NEVER. I MEAN, I THINK YOU TOP IT OFF WITH A, I'VE BEEN TOLD LIKE A CUP PER YEAR. OKAY. BUT IT DOES NOT CONSUME WATER. SO WE WILL USE WATER FOR SINKS, TOILETS, SHOWERS AND YEAH, BACK TO THE COOLING SYSTEM. JUST AS IN A RADIATOR. I WOULD ASSUME THAT FROM TIME TO TIME THAT SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE FLUSHED. IS THAT CORRECT OR INCORRECT? YES, SIR. OH, IT DOES NOT. OKAY. SO IS THERE AN ADDITIVE TO THE WATER THAT KEEPS IT FROM CORRODING? SORRY TO BE SO TECHNICAL. OH. YOU'RE FINE. YES, SIR. YEAH. SO WE WE WORK WITH DIFFERENT VENDORS ON CHEMISTRY CONTROL, BUT NORMALLY SOME SORT OF LIKE LIGHT BLEACH TYPE COMPOUND THAT HELPS KEEP THE WATER CLEAN AND FREE SO IT DOESN'T CONTAMINATE OR GROW ALGAE, THINGS LIKE THAT. OKAY. SO THAT'S SO THE SYSTEM, WHICH IS SORT OF ASTOUNDING, IS NEVER FLUSHED. MY CONCERN WOULD BE IF THE SYSTEM WERE FLUSHED. IS THERE ANY SLUDGE OR ANYTHING? OH, YEAH. NO, SIR. THE GOAL IS TO NEVER FLUSH THE SYSTEM. EXACTLY THAT. THE ONLY TIME WATER WILL EVER COME OUT OF THAT SYSTEM IS JUST SAY WE HAVE TO REPLACE A CHILLER, WHICH IT WOULD BE A HUGE UNDERTAKING. AND YOU'D PUMP THAT WATER TO A TANK. OKAY. AND THEN PUMP IT BACK INTO THE SYSTEM. OKAY. THAT'S ALWAYS THE PLAN FOR THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION, MR. HOLT. OKAY. THESE QUESTIONS ARE FOR MIKE. I THINK HE'S. [00:50:02] THE WAY I LOOK AT THIS, THERE'S LIKE FIVE ISSUES HERE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS CONCERNED ABOUT. AND SO SOME OF THAT COMMUNITY IS HERE NOW, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY, THE 43,290 PEOPLE THAT AREN'T HERE CAN HEAR THE CORRECT ANSWER TO THESE QUESTIONS FOR YOUR DEVELOPMENT. SO THE FIRST TOPIC IS WATER. I THINK MR. HELLINGA COVERED WATER PRETTY WELL. DOESN'T USE WATER. WATER ISN'T FLUSHED. IN FACT, IT USES LESS WATER THAN ANY OTHER USE WOULD BE ON THAT DEVELOPMENT AS OUTLINED. YEAH. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. YEAH. A FRACTION OF WHAT OTHER USES WOULD PRODUCE. AND I'LL REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE OTHER USES YOU HAVE RESIDENTIAL WAREHOUSE AND LIGHT MANUFACTURING. SO THIS IS KIND OF A PICK YOUR POISON KIND OF DISCUSSION IN SOME CASES. HOWEVER RESIDENTIAL WILL NEVER GO THERE BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURE OVER HERE. NOBODY'S GOING TO BUILD A HOUSE NEXT TO ALL THAT STUFF. SO REALLY ALL WE'RE LOOKING AT IS LIGHT MANUFACTURING WAREHOUSE OR A DATA CENTER. AND AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, IT'S, IT'S IN THE FLEX EMPLOYMENT CENTER, WHICH IS QUALIFIED IN THE FLEX DEPLOYMENT CENTER. SO NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT NOISE. SO IN THE NOISE PROCESS, I UNDERSTAND YOU'LL WRITE IN THE CODE THAT YOU WON'T EXCEED THE AMBIENT NOISE LEVEL THAT IS ON THIS PROPERTY TODAY. WELL WE WILL CAP IT AT 55DB AT THE PROPERTY LINE. SO IN THE ZONING TEXT CODE SAME THING. LISTEN, IN THE ZONING TEXT CODE 55DB ARE THE READINGS AROUND THE PROPERTY FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME. AND THAT'LL BE IN THE CODE AND ENFORCEABLE THROUGH LAWS. CORRECT. YEAH. SO NOW LET'S TALK. AND IT'S A, IT'S A LOT OF DESIGN BEFOREHAND. LIKE WE'VE ALREADY DONE A NOISE MODEL. WE'VE ALREADY SAMPLED EXISTING NOISE AROUND THE PROPERTY. AND THESE, THESE ARE VERY SCIENTIFIC MEASUREMENTS. AND WE WILL DESIGN THESE MODELS AND SHOW WHERE THE EQUIPMENT IS FACING INTERNAL TO THE CAMPUS AND WHERE IT'S NOT FACING INTERNAL. IT'LL BE BUFFERED AND SHIELDED. AND ALL OF THAT CAN BE DESIGNED AHEAD OF TIME. NO HOMES, NO BIG MOTORS, NO FANS AND STUFF. AND WE DID THE 55 DECIBEL LIMIT. ABSOLUTELY. AND FOR ANYONE WHO HASN'T, WE DID A BUS TOUR UP TO ONE OF THE DATA CENTERS IN HILLIARD. I'VE STOOD IN FRONT OF DOZENS AND DOZENS OF DATA CENTERS, AND YOU CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING FROM THE PARKING LOT. I ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO. THERE'S PLENTY OF DATA CENTERS AROUND NEW ALBANY. HILLIARD. YOU CAN DRIVE UP, PARK IN THE PARKING LOT, GET OUTSIDE AND HEAR THERE'S NOT NOISE. OKAY, SO WE'VE COVERED WATER NOISE. THE NEXT ONE IS POWER. EVERYBODY'S AFRAID OF THEIR POWER. BILL'S GOING TO GO UP BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO USE SO MUCH POWER. TELL US HOW YOU HOW YOU'RE GOING TO NEGATE THAT WITH YOUR POSITION AND YOUR ZONING TAX CODE. SURE. THAT ONE WILL NOT BE IN THE ZONING TAX CODE. THERE'S OTHER ISSUES THAT ADDRESS THAT. SO AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, DATA CENTER ELECTRICITY RATES IN COLUMBUS HAVE GONE UP IN THE PAST. AND THAT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR THE INDUSTRY HERE, BUT ACTIONS ARE ALREADY BEING TAKEN BY AEP, OHIO AND PJM TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE. SO THE FIRST STEP WAS THE LARGE LOAD DATA CENTER TARIFF THAT MAKES SURE THAT ALL DATA CENTERS IN PJM TERRITORY AND AEP OHIO'S TERRITORY PAY FOR THEIR OWN INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES. SO 100% OF THAT WILL BE COVERED BY THE PROJECT AND BACKSTOPPED BY COLLATERALIZATION. AND THAT'S A HUGE ISSUE FOR OUR INDUSTRY RIGHT NOW. WE ARE IN. IN FACT, WE HAD ALREADY SUBMITTED AN INTERCONNECTION REQUEST AND WE HAD TO PULL BACK BECAUSE IN ORDER TO SIGN THE CONTRACT AND LOCK UP THAT POWER, WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO PUT UP $800 MILLION OF COLLATERAL. SO HEADWATERS IS NOT AT A POSITION TO DO THAT BEFORE THE PROPERTY IS ZONED AND ANNEXED. THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT THE ULTIMATE BUYER DOES. THERE'S ADDITIONAL EFFORTS GOING ON IN PJM, SPECIFICALLY, THAT THEY'RE DRAFTING RULES AND REGULATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT ELECTRICITY RATES WILL NOT RISE FOR CONSUMERS. SO THE SHORT STORY FOR MY 43,290 RESIDENTS IS YOU'RE GOING TO PAY THE INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES TO SUPPLY THE POWER TO YOUR FACILITY, AND THAT WON'T BE PASSED ALONG TO THE REGULAR RESIDENT. RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. WHAT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IS THAT AEP CAN STILL RAISE THE RATES, BUT THEY CAN'T RAISE THEM BECAUSE OF THE LOAD CREATED BY THE DATA CENTERS. THERE'S MANY ISSUES THAT GO INTO RATES. YEAH. ONE ISSUE THAT WE'RE AWARE OF IS THE CAPACITY CAPACITY MARKETS. AND BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A HIGHER DEMAND IN COLUMBUS AND THE CAPACITY HAS NOT KEPT UP WITH THAT GROWTH. THAT'S WHY WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN PAST YEARS. YOU'RE COVERING YOUR CAPACITY WITH AEP. WE WILL BE GOING FORWARD. [00:55:01] YES. AIR, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ANY DIFFERENT THAN WATER. KIND OF. THEY'RE NOT AIR IS GOVERNED BY THE EPA AND THINGS LIKE THAT. ARE THERE ANY EPA REGULATIONS HERE THAT WE MUST MEET SUPER, SUPER STRICT REGULATIONS THAT WILL CAP THE AMOUNT OF RUNTIME FOR ALL THE GENERATORS IN THE PROJECT. SO ANYTHING THAT'S INSTALLED OUT THERE WILL HAVE STRICT EMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS. SO THAT'S ALREADY UNDER CONTROL BY THE EPA. CORRECT. AND AS JOSH STATED, MOST OF THE GENERATORS RUN, I THINK IT'S LIKE 15 MINUTES A MONTH FOR TESTING PURPOSES OTHER THAN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. AND THEN THE LAST ONE I HAVE IS LABOR OR JOBS. SO WE KNOW THESE ARE LOW JOB KIND OF FACILITIES BY NATURE. DATA CENTERS ARE SO IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND SO IS WAREHOUSE. BUT THERE ARE AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF POSITIONS CREATED AND WORK IN THE 5 OR 6 YEARS IT WILL TAKE TO BUILD THESE. DO YOU HAVE ANY STATISTICS ON HOW MANY JOBS AND PEOPLE WILL BE EMPLOYED IN IN THE FIVE YEAR CONSTRUCTION PERIOD? YEAH, WE HAVE A FULL REPORT DONE BY A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT CAN. WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH COUNCIL, BUT WE ANTICIPATE ABOUT 250 FULL TIME JOBS THAT WILL THAT ARE PERMANENT JOBS AT THE FACILITY. THERE'S ALSO HUNDREDS OF INDIRECT JOBS IN THE COMMUNITY FROM THE INCREASED ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND THEN THROUGH CONSTRUCTION. AT PEAK CONSTRUCTION, WE'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT 500 CONSTRUCTION JOBS. BUT THESE FACILITIES, AS THEY OPERATE, ESPECIALLY WITH A SIX BUILDING CAMPUS, YOU WILL HAVE LOTS OF TURNOVER IN EQUIPMENT. AND THERE'S CONSTANTLY RETROFITTING AND NEW DESIGNS GOING ON, NEW EQUIPMENT BEING INSTALLED. SO EVEN THOUGH THERE'S ONLY 250 FULL TIME JOBS, YOU TEND TO GET A LOT OF EMPLOYMENT ACTIVITY IN THE IN THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE PROJECT. OKAY, MIKE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MR. STRUM? YEAH, I GOT A COUPLE. SO THE GOING BACK TO THE TO THE EMPLOYMENT AND THE JOBS. I GUESS WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M WONDERING IS TALKING ABOUT THE, THE ZONING TEXT AND HAVING THINGS DEFINED IN THERE MAXIMUMS, THRESHOLDS, LIMITS, ETC.. AND YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT, AS USUAL, I'VE GOT MY WHOLE LIST OF THINGS THAT I'M LOOKING FOR. BUT ON THE BACK END, AFTER IT'S BUILT AND OPERATIONAL, ARE THERE ALSO GUARANTEES OF PAYROLL REVENUE, THINGS LIKE THAT? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN SPEAK TO OR WOULD THAT ULTIMATELY BE THE END USER OPERATOR? PAYROLL IS AN INTERESTING ONE. I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT QUESTION BEFORE. YOU KNOW, GUARANTEED NUMBER OF JOBS OR NUMBER OF AMOUNT OF PAYROLL, THOSE TYPES. WE JUST, WE JUST HAD THE, WHAT WAS IT THE CRA UP? YEAH, 70 AND 104. SO THERE WERE GUARANTEES THAT WERE WRITTEN IN, IN THERE. THERE WILL BE. SO IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, IN ORDER TO OBTAIN. NORMALLY IT'S A QUID PRO QUO. YOU HAVE TO HAVE SO MANY JOBS AT SUCH A THRESHOLD OF OF COMP IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THE CRA. SO THAT WILL BE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH IS WE'VE PROPOSED A FIRST DRAFT THAT WILL BE PART OF THE DISCUSSIONS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. OKAY. WOULD THIS BE PART OF THE CRA. DOES THAT OR IS IT ALREADY OUT THERE. OKAY. IT WOULD NEED EXPANDED. OKAY. OKAY. MR. BARROSO. YES. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT BERRY. THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS YOU MENTIONED SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT YOU ARE WORKING ON. TEN BUT THREE ARE IN CONSTRUCTION. I THINK ONE OF THE BIG CONCERNS IS THE PROXIMITY TO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. I MEAN, I THINK WE CAN ALL ACKNOWLEDGE WE USE DATA LIKE CRAZY. I THINK EVERY AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD HAS 21 CONNECTIONS TO THE CLOUD, WHICH IS A DATA CENTER. BUT WHAT IS WHAT IS THE PROXIMITY OF YOUR OTHER PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY IN CONSTRUCTION TO RESIDENTIAL? BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A REALLY BIG CONCERN HERE. YEAH. IT VARIES. I MEAN, THERE'S SOME PROJECTS WHERE THERE'S A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE STREET. WE SAW THAT AT THE HILLIARD FACILITY. SOME OF THEM ARE. I'M TALKING ABOUT YOUR PROJECTS LIKE THE ONE IN OKLAHOMA. VIRGINIA. YEAH. IT'S ALSO A MIX MIX OF LIKE SUBURBAN AREAS AND SUPER RURAL AREAS. THE ONE IN MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA WAS VERY RURAL. BUT THEN THERE'S OTHERS THAT ARE IN SOUTH DALLAS THAT ARE SURROUNDED BY LIGHT RESIDENTIAL, LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. SO IT'S QUITE A MIX. I WOULD SAY THIS IS AVERAGE. THIS IS MOSTLY FARMLAND WITH SOME HOMES ALONG RANCH ROAD AND BT. AND WE'RE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH MOST OF THOSE LANDOWNERS. THANK YOU. YEAH. ON THAT WAS, HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONSIDERATION NOT TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, BUT OF RATHER THAN THERE OUT IN THE INDUSTRIAL GATEWAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BY. SWECO 665. [01:00:01] WAS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION OUT THERE OR WHY WAS WHY WAS THIS WAS SELECTED FOR FOR MULTIPLE REASONS, BUT THE TWO MAJOR ONES WAS THIS IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE 345 KV SWITCHING STATION, THE SUBSTATION. THERE'S 5345 KV LINES THAT RUN IN AND OUT OF THAT SITE, PLUS SEVEN OTHER CIRCUITS THAT ARE 138 AND 69 KV. THESE ARE THIS IS A MASSIVE. I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE GIS TOOL AND YOU LOOK AT THE BROAD COLUMBUS METRO, THERE'S ABOUT FOUR SUBSTATIONS THAT ARE VERY, VERY LARGE POINTS WHERE TRANSMISSION LINES COME IN AND GO OUT. AND THIS IS THE LARGEST ONE IN THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OF COLUMBUS. SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE WAS ALREADY THERE. AND THEN WHEN WE OVERLAID THE 2050 PLAN LAND USE WITH THE FLEX EMPLOYMENT, THOSE TWO OVERLAPPING FACTORS IS WHAT DREW US TO THIS SITE. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THE THE LANDOWNERS WHO WERE DEALING WITH WERE INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING THEIR PROPERTY FOR THAT PURPOSE. SO. I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION. GO AHEAD. JUST TO GO BACK TO THE ZONING CODE PART WHERE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, AT SOME POINT IN THE PROCESS, YOU'LL SIT DOWN WITH THE CITY AND KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT CODE LOOKS LIKE. CORRECT? CORRECT. YEAH, 100%. WOULD YOU SAY THAT SORRY, THAT'S A HUGE PART OF WHAT HEADQUARTERS DOES IS COLLABORATE THROUGH THAT PROCESS. AND WE ARE ABLE TO MODIFY THAT PLAN AND THOSE RESTRICTIONS AND THE RULES, YOU KNOW, AS WE DEVELOP TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT IT PROTECTS THE COMMUNITY. SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, CAN YOU JUST WALK ME THROUGH THAT PROCESS JUST A LITTLE BIT? ARE YOU PRESENTING WHAT YOUR PLAN IS TO THE CITY? IS IT A NEGOTIATION WITH THE CITY? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? DO YOU WANT TO TAKE IT? YEAH. SO WHEN WE SUBMIT THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WHICH WE'VE DONE, IT INCLUDED A ZONING TEXT. SO WHAT THE STAFF WILL DO IS REVIEW THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN. AND THEY'RE GOING TO SEND US A COMMENT LETTER WHERE THEY'VE HAD EVERY AGENCY WITHIN THE CITY OF GROVE CITY LOOK AT THE PROJECT, FROM THEIR ENGINEERS TO UTILITIES TO PARKS AND REC, THE FORESTER, ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND EVERYONE COMES TOGETHER AND GIVES US A COMMENT LETTER. AND IT'S USUALLY PRETTY LENGTHY, LIKE TEN, 11 PAGES SUBSTANTIVE COMMENTS. AND THEY TELL US WHAT THEY NEED CHANGED IN THE PLANS AND IN THE TEXT. THEY ALSO REDLINE THE TEXT WITH STANDARDS THEY'D LIKE TO SEE IN THE TEXT. SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A NEGOTIATION THAT GOES ON BEFORE WE GET TO PLANNING COMMISSION. AND THEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS YOUR RECOMMENDING BODY IN THE CITY FOR LAND USE ACTIONS. SO THEY'LL ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT THE ZONING TEXT, AND THEY MIGHT ADD STIPULATIONS OR CONDITIONS FOR US TO ADD LANGUAGE TO THE TEXT. SO IT'S A NEGOTIATION ALL THROUGH THE PROCESS. IT EVEN IS A NEGOTIATION BEFORE COUNCIL. WHEN IT COMES TO YOU FOR FIRST READING IN JULY, YOU CAN ASK FOR FURTHER CONDITION, STIPULATIONS OR OTHER ADDITIONS TO THE TEXT. AND THAT'S ULTIMATELY TO GET YOU ALL. AND MAYBE YOU CAN CHIME IN HERE, BUT IS IT ULTIMATELY TO GET YOU ALL TO, TO THE TO STANDARD WHERE YOU ARE OPERATING, YOU ARE ABLE TO OPERATE IN THE CITY OF GROVE CITY? LIKE WHAT? WHAT IS THE POINT? LIKE, ARE WE WORKING TO. YEAH. SO IF I MAY. I'M SORRY, MR. OMAR. HOW IT WORKS IS, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, THIS IS NOT A PERMITTED USE. THEREFORE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO A REZONING AND GET A, IN ESSENCE, A USE APPROVAL, WHICH THEY WOULD DO THROUGH THE PUD TEXT, WHICH IS A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT. WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO, AS MISS MOTT INDICATED, IS WE WRITE A ZONING TEXT THAT'S JUST REGULATES THIS SITE. SO WE CAN BE VERY SPECIFIC. AND THAT WOULD THEN IF IT WERE APPROVED BY COUNCIL, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY AFTER ALL THE STUFF THAT MISS MOTT TALKED ABOUT, THEN THAT WOULD IN ESSENCE CONSTITUTE THE USE APPROVAL FOR THE SITE AND THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD UPON THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT IS IN THAT ZONING TEXT AND THESE ZONING TEXT DOCUMENTS GENERALLY. I MEAN, THESE THINGS CAN BE 20 PAGES, 50 PAGES. THEY'RE VERY DETAILED. AND I MEAN, I HAVEN'T SEEN THE DRAFT TEXT, BUT I CAN IMAGINE IT'S GOING TO BE UNBELIEVABLY DETAILED. BUT ONCE AGAIN, THERE'S THAT IS WE'RE KIND OF IN A WEIRD SPOT HERE BECAUSE THAT'S USUALLY A PART OF THE PROCESS THAT WOULD NORMALLY HAPPEN A LITTLE BIT LATER ON. WE'RE REALLY NOT THERE IN THIS. IF THIS WAS A NORMAL DEVELOPMENT, WE WOULDN'T HAVE IT YET. BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NEGOTIATED FOR MONTHS. AND THEN ULTIMATELY, LIKE I SAID, AS SHE AS MISS MONT INDICATED, THERE'S A LOT OF INPUT FROM EVERYONE US, THE TOWNSHIP, ETC. THEN IT GOES THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION, THEN IT COMES BACK TO COUNCIL TWICE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE HAD INSTANCES WHERE COUNCIL HAS ADDED CONDITIONS, WHERE COUNCIL HAS REMOVED CONDITIONS. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, I MEAN, FRANKLY, THE ONLY FOLKS WHO COULD SAY YES OR NO TO THIS IS YOU ALL. AND THAT WILL BE BASED ON THE TEXT THAT IS DRAFTED UP WITH, YOU KNOW, LISTENING TO ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS, ETC.. SO CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND, LIKE, ARE WE HERE TODAY TALKING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE OF THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN. LIKE, WHAT IS THE POINT OF THIS TODAY? WELL, I CAN ANSWER THAT. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. WE'LL LET MR. BERRY DO IT. [01:05:02] THE REASON, THE REASON, EXCUSE ME, THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE I WANTED EVERYBODY, INCLUDING COUNCIL, TO HEAR WHAT THEY WERE PROPOSING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO WE'RE TRYING TO WE'RE KIND OF TAKING IT OUT OF ORDER A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT IS A IT IS A BIG ISSUE IN THE COMMUNITY TO ALLOW THEM TO TALK TO US PRIOR TO IT GOING IF IT GOES THROUGH THAT PROCESS. SO THIS IS AN INFORMATION TYPE OF THING WHERE WE CAN ASK SOME INITIAL QUESTIONS. SO IT IS AN EXTRA ADDED MEETING THAT NORMAL PROCESS WE WOULD NOT BE DOING. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET AT IS THIS IS NOT STANDARD. THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN SPECIAL BECAUSE THIS IS A BIG THING. YEAH. SO WE WANTED TO HAVE THIS MEETING. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING ANOTHER SPECIAL MEETING ON THE 29TH OR SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT. I JUST HAVE A LITTLE STATEMENT TO MAKE. MOVING FORWARD, IF THIS DOES MOVE FORWARD, HERE'S, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME AND, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T PERSONALLY TAKE LIFE LIGHTLY, THREATS OF BEING SUED AND THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS. NO, NO, NO, NO, PLEASE, PLEASE, BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS. AND IF YOU WANT TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR WITH US IN THE FUTURE, IF THIS COMES TO FRUITION, WE DO EXPECT TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. AND THAT MEANS THAT MEANS, YOU KNOW, NOT I WOULD, I WOULD HOPE IN THE FUTURE THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL YOUR COMMENTS ARE MADE IN A CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND WE'RE MINUTES ARE TAKEN AND WHERE THE PUBLIC IS INVOLVED, THOSE. THAT'S A REQUEST FROM ME AS ONE MEMBER. THAT IS NOT THE POLICY OF THE COUNCIL OR ANYTHING. I'M JUST STATING MY MY POINT OF VIEW ON THAT. BUT SENDING LETTERS OUT, STATING THAT BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING CERTAIN LEGISLATION AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT IS, IS NOT RIGHT. I MEAN, WE'RE WE'RE GOING THROUGH A PROCESS. WE'VE GOT ALL THESE PEOPLE WE'VE GOT, AS MR. HOLT SAID, WE'VE GOT 40 OTHER THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT HAVE CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS AS WELL. AND THAT'S NOT PRODUCTIVE. SO WITH THAT, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO NOW, IF ANYBODY WILL OPEN THE DOOR BRIEFLY, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO LEAVE, THEY CAN OR GO TO THE RESTROOM. I DON'T WANT TO KEEP BLADDERS ON, ON CALL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO YOU CAN DO THAT. I CAN WAIT A MINUTE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. BEFORE WE GO INTO THE MAJOR, GO INTO THE AGENDA. I TAKE IT NOBODY'S GOING. SO WE'LL WE'RE GOING TO GO UNDER. WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO READ THE AGENDA ITEMS. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO REARRANGE ONE OF THE COMMITTEES. SO. SO THAT COMMITTEE GOES FIRST TO ALLOW FOR THE COMMITTEE TO HAVE MORE TIME AND NOT HOLD UP THE FINANCE COMMITTEE'S SINGLE ISSUE. SO UNDER LANDS TONIGHT WE HAVE ORDINANCE C 2026, ORDINANCE C 2226 RESOLUTION CR1626 RESOLUTION 1726. UNDER FINANCE WE HAVE ORDINANCE C 2126. SO INITIALLY, IF IF THE COUNCIL IS OKAY WITH THE AGENDA, I'M ASSUMING EVERYBODY IS. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. FIRST TAMMY, DO I NEED TO TAKE A ROLL CALL FOR THAT? OKAY. OKAY. I NEED A SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. IF YOU'LL CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. ANDERSON. YES, BARRY. YES. HOLT. STURM. YES. BURROWS. YES. YES. AND AGAIN, I WILL JUST SAY, THE REASON WHY WE'RE REORGANIZING THE AGENDA IS BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME FOLKS FROM THE AFL-CIO AND PEOPLE LIKE THAT THAT DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE A WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE THE ENTIRE MEETING. SO, MR. STURM, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND. YES. THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. 263. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS ORDINANCE C 2126 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO AN [Ordinance C-21-26 Authorize the Mayor and City Administrator to enter into an Agreement with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1116, Ohio Council 8, AFL-CIO. Second reading and public hearing.] AGREEMENT WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES. LOCAL 1116 OHIO COUNTY COUNCIL. EIGHT. AFL-CIO. THIS IS THE SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING. AND, MR. BOZO, DID YOU JUST WANT TO GIVE US A QUICK OVERVIEW? YES. THIS IS A REQUEST APPROVAL OF A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH THE UNION THAT WAS STATED. IT COVERS OUR CITY CLERKS, OUR ACCOUNT SPECIALISTS, AND ALSO OUR SERVICE TECHNICIANS. SOME OF THE MAJOR POINTS OF THE AGREEMENT. IT'S A 4% RAISE EACH OF THE THREE YEARS. IT INCREASES OVERTIME FOR SNOW REMOVAL FROM TIME AND A HALF TO DOUBLE TIME. IT ALLOWS ADDITIONAL SICK LEAVE FOR FOSTER PARENTS, GUARDIAN AND GRANDCHILD. IT PROPOSES TO ADD JUNETEENTH TO THE HOLIDAY HOLIDAYS OF THE CONTRACT AND THE TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT COST THE CITY $539,000. THAT'S DIVIDED INTO THREE FUNDS THE GENERAL FUND, $322,000. THE STREET FUND $183,000 AND $33,000 FOR THE SEWER FUND. AND THE CONTRACT WAS RATIFIED BY THE UNION MEMBERS. [01:10:05] AND WE ASKED FOR COUNCIL'S SUPPORT. YES, MR. CHAIRMAN. YES. MR. BOZO. HOW MANY PEOPLE DOES THAT AFFECT IN THE CITY OPERATION? 30. 30 POSITIONS. THANK YOU. AND THIS IS THE THIS IS RETROACTIVE TO APRIL OF LAST YEAR, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. AND IT WILL EXPIRE APRIL 20TH, 2028. OKAY. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS. COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. THERE IS ONE SPEAKER, CORY ROOF. IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS COREY RUF. 9099 BOSTON HARBOR WAY, OREGON, OHIO. JUST BASICALLY WANT TO TAKE A QUICK ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE RUNNING ON ABOUT TWO A LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS SINCE OUR LAST RAISE. AND IT'S DEFINITELY FELT IN THIS ECONOMY. SO A YES VOTE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN ANSWER THEM. QUESTIONS? DO YOU DO SNOW REMOVAL? I DO, WE ALL DO. ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR. OKAY. YES. I JUST THANK ALL OF YOU AS WE YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO ECHO THAT AS WELL AS MY STATEMENTS. THANK YOU. WE DON'T TAKE IT LIGHTLY. YOU'LL HEAR US. OR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IF YOU AREN'T, YOU DON'T HEAR. BUT WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD A SECOND READING. YES YES, YES. I'M SORRY. NO THAT'S FINE. ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION, WE APPRECIATED THE GOOD FAITH NEGOTIATIONS AND THE DISCUSSION THAT TOOK PLACE. AND I THINK WE GOT A WIN WIN AND APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO. AND YOU KNOW THAT. SO KEEP HER GOING. YOU'RE OUR FRONT DOOR. YOU HEARD THAT BEFORE? YEAH. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVE IT BE APPROVED. SECOND. YES, BARRY. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. ANDERSON. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. MR. HELLINGA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR LINZ. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I'LL JUST ASK THAT WE GO THROUGH. OH. I'M SORRY. YEAH. AS WE GO THROUGH THESE ISSUES THAT YOU DEAL WITH RESPECT AND LET'S KEEP THE DECORUM IN HERE, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SERVE ANY GOOD PURPOSE FOR EVERYBODY TO GET OUT OF HAND. OKAY. AND I WON'T LET THAT HAPPEN. SO THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ORDINANCE C 2026, AN [Ordinance C-20-26 Accept the Plat of Hickory Creek, Section 2. Second reading and public hearing. ] ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT THE PLAT OF HICKORY CREEK, SECTION TWO. AND THIS IS THE SECOND READING CALLED FOR DISCUSSION. ANY DISCUSSION FROM ANYONE ON CITY COUNCIL? MR. HELLINGER, YOU DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER. OKAY. I DID NOT NOTICE IT. ALEX BENSON. IT'S RIGHT HERE. OKAY. LAST ONE. OKAY. ALEX. ALEX BENSON, IF YOU WOULD GIVE US YOUR. WE HAVE YOUR NAME. YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. ALEX BENSON 2926 BADGER DRIVE, HILLIARD, OHIO. I'M THE SURVEYOR FOR THE PROJECT AND JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. OKAY. YES, MR. BURROWS. HI, ALEX. HI, JODI. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD, GOOD. DURING CAUCUS. I'M MR.. YOU WEREN'T HERE YET, BUT WE WERE THE CLARIFICATION ON EXACTLY HOW MANY LOTS WERE ON THIS PLAT. BECAUSE SOME OF OUR VERBIAGE SAYS THAT THERE'S LOTS 30 TO 30 TO 60, 60 TO 70. RIGHT. SO IS IT 30 TO 70 OR 30 TO 60? DO YOU REMEMBER? 30 TO 60. I BELIEVE I FORGOT MY 31 VERSUS 41. YEAH. 123. THAT SOUNDS RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT CORRECT. IF I'VE MADE A TYPO I'LL FIX IT. I HAVE THE PLOT IN MY OFFICE. OKAY, I'VE GOT IT IN MY EMAIL TO LET YOU KNOW AFTERWARDS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. I ALWAYS HAVE TO ASK MR. SMITH THIS, BUT WE ARE REQUIRED TO PASS THIS PLAT, ARE WE NOT? EVEN THOUGH. NOT THE PLAT. THAT'S THE SERVICES RESOLUTION THAT I TELL YOU THAT YOU HAVE TO PASS, [01:15:02] BECAUSE THAT'S STATE LAW. THIS IS STILL OURS. BUT THIS IS YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO THE PLAT, ALL WE'RE REALLY DOING IS CHUNKING OUT THE LOTS ON THE PROPERTY AND SETTING FORTH WHAT'S PUBLIC, WHAT'S PRIVATE, ETC.. SO, YOU KNOW, THE RULES FOR THE SUBDIVISION ARE PART OF THE ZONING, WHICH IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE. THIS IS LITERALLY JUST CHUNKING OUT LOTS AND DEDICATING PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, ETC.. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT. ORDINANCE C 2026, AN ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT PLAT OF HICKORY CREEK, SECTION TWO. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. MR. PERRY. NO. HOLT. YES. STURM. YES. BURROWS. YES. ULMER. NO. ANDERSON. YES. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ORDINANCE C22-26, AN ORDINANCE TO [Ordinance C-22-26 Imposing a Temporary Moratorium on the establishment, development, processing, review, and approval of data center facilities within the City of Grove City for a period of twelve months in order to allow for review, study, infrastructure analysis, policy development, and public engagement, and declaring an emergency. ] IMPOSE A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT, DEVELOPMENT, PROCESSING, REVIEW, AND APPROVAL OF DATA CENTER FACILITIES WITHIN THE CITY FOR 12 MONTHS IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR REVIEW STUDY, INFRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS, POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND TO DECLARE AND AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. WHAT THIS DOES IS NORMALLY WITH ANYTHING THAT COMES UP AS AN ORDINANCE OR A RESOLUTION, THERE'S A AN ORDINANCE, THERE'S AN INITIAL READING AND A SECOND READING. WHEN IT'S AN EMERGENCY ONE, IT'S DONE AT ONE ONE TIME. ALSO, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN THE FACT THAT IF IT'S AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE, RATHER THAN THE MAJORITY OF FOUR OF THE SEVEN POSITIVE VOTES PASSES AN ORDINANCE. WHEN IT'S AN EMERGENCY, IT REQUIRES FIVE OF THE SEVEN MEMBERS TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THAT PARTICULAR ORDINANCE. IF THIS ORDINANCE DOES NOT PASS TODAY, IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED THE FIRST READING AND WOULD COME UP A SECOND TIME IN TWO WEEKS AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, JUST SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE PROCEDURE FOR THIS. AND SO I'D CALL FOR DISCUSSION. I THINK THIS WAS INITIATED BY MR. OMAR. AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH ANY DETAIL IN THE THAT YOU WISH TO. YEAH. THANK YOU. MR.. YOU KNOW, AS WE ALL KNOW, AND I'M SURE A LOT OF YOU ARE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE OF THIS TOPIC OF DISCUSSION. BUT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON DATA CENTERS AND HIGH DENSITY COMPUTING FACILITIES. I THINK AS A CITY, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE ARE AT A PLACE RIGHT NOW WHERE WE CAN DECIDE ON WHETHER OR NOT THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT BELONGS IN GROVE CITY. AND I THINK I'VE SAID IT BEFORE AND THE RESIDENTS HAVE SAID IT. THIS IS NOT IN RESPONSE TO A SPECIFIC PROJECT OR PROPOSAL. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO THIS TOPIC OF DISCUSSION THAT IS TAKING OVER ALL THROUGHOUT THE NATION, RIGHT? FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS, AND AT THAT POINT, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FEEL LIKE WE'VE EDUCATED OURSELVES, WE'VE HAD THE RIGHT CONVERSATIONS, WE'VE TALKED TO THE PUBLIC, WE'VE TALKED TO EXPERTS, AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF THAT WORK HAS BEEN DONE YET. IN ADDITION TO THAT, COUNCIL HAS BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE IN 2023, RIGHT. WHERE A DEVELOPER CAME IN AND THE PROJECT JUST SO HAPPENED TO BE A DATA CENTER. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND THANK YOU TO OUR CLERK FOR SENDING OVER THE MINUTES FOR THOSE MEETINGS. AND I READ THROUGH THEM AND I WATCHED THE MEETINGS, AND IT WAS FAIRLY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WITNESSED HERE TODAY. THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION. AND I'M OVER HERE TRYING TO TAKE NOTES AND IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE. I DON'T THINK IT'S POSSIBLE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CREATE STANDARDS OR REGULATIONS WHILE WE HAVE AN ACTIVE PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF US MOVING THROUGH THE PROCESS. I THINK THE RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO IS TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND SAY, WE ARE NOT READY FOR THIS JUST YET. WE DON'T THINK THAT WE ARE. OKAY. LET'S MAINTAIN DECORUM. I THINK THE PROPER THING TO DO IS TAKE A STEP BACK AND SAY, WE ARE NOT READY JUST YET, THAT WE HAVE A LOT MORE THAT WE NEED TO DO AS A CITY, AS A COUNCIL. AND AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES, WHAT IS THE POINT OF SITTING HERE IN THIS ELECTED POSITION AND MY JOB AND WHAT I COMMITTED TO DOING WHEN RUNNING FOR THE SEAT WAS TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE THAT ELECTED ME. AND THIS IS WHAT. [01:20:02] I DO. I THINK WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD DISCUSSION BACK IN CAUCUS, SO I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE INPUT AND OPINIONS, SO I'M WILLING TO LISTEN AND HEAR AND ENGAGE IN THIS DISCUSSION. I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION. LIST OF WANT TO TALK. DOES THE DISCUSSION COME BEFORE OR AFTER? I WOULD I WOULD DO IT AFTER. OKAY. I'M OKAY WITH THAT. SO SHOULD WE GO THROUGH THESE? MR.. MR.. ALLINGHAM, THE OTHER THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD ASKED JUST FOR THE RECORD, THERE WAS AN ORDINANCE PROPOSED THAT WENT OUT ON THURSDAY, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT. AND NOW THERE'S A SECOND ORDINANCE THAT IS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT THAT WAS PUT OUT AS PUBLIC RECORD ON FRIDAY NIGHT. SO FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES, THE ONE WE'RE DISCUSSING IS THE REVISED ONE, WHICH WAS PUT OUT FRIDAY NIGHT. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. SO THERE WEREN'T ANY MAJOR CHANGES. IT WAS A FEW SECTIONS THAT WERE ADDED IN REGARDS TO A TASK FORCE BEING ADDED. AND JUST TO CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD THAT A 24 HOUR NOTICE IS REQUIRED, WHICH FRIDAY AFTERNOON, 24, MORE THAN 24 HOURS. AND JUST TO FURTHER CLARIFY BEFORE THE TWO RESOLUTIONS WERE ADDED TO THE AGENDA, OUR CLERK HAS A DEADLINE TO ADD LEGISLATION TO THE AGENDA. AND I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO MET THAT DEADLINE AND ADDED MY LEGISLATION TO THE AGENDA. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD. WELL, THE ONLY DECORUM PLEASE. THE ONLY REASON I ASKED THAT QUESTION IS FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD, THAT WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THE ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH TONIGHT RIGHT NOW IS AN ORDINANCE THAT WAS PUT ON THE AGENDA MONDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY NIGHT, AND IT WAS ONE THAT WAS A A REVISED ONE THAT WAS PUT ON EARLIER. I'M JUST DOING IT FOR PUBLIC RECORD, MAKING SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT. AND I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. OKAY. GO AHEAD GEORGE. OKAY. THE SPEAKING LIST. OKAY. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE SPEAKING IN REGARD TO THIS ONE, AND WE'LL DO THEM IN THE ORDER THAT WE WE HAD THE PEOPLE SIGNED UP AND THE FIRST ONE IS RON CAMPBELL. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS RON CAMPBELL. REVEREND RON CAMPBELL, 4193 MAPLE GROVE DRIVE HERE IN GROVE CITY. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY SIMPLY AS A PROUD CITIZEN OF GROVE CITY AND A FATHER WITH A DEEP ROOTED CONCERN FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR HOME. WHEN I LOOK AT MY CHILDREN, I THINK ABOUT THE GROVE CITY THAT THEY ARE GOING TO INHERIT. WILL IT BE A COMMUNITY THAT PRIORITIZE THEIR WELL-BEING, THEIR CLEAN WATER AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT? OR WILL IT BE A CITY THAT SOLD OUT ITS FUTURE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER? THE THREAT OF THESE DATA CENTERS TO OUR LAND, OUR RESOURCES, AND OUR WAY OF LIFE IS NOT WAITING, AND NEITHER CAN WE. THAT IS WHY THE TIME FOR CLOSED DOOR DISCUSSIONS AND ENDLESS DEBATES HAS PASSED. THE TIME FOR DECISIVE ACTION IS RIGHT NOW. I'M CALLING ON THIS COUNCIL TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE DATA CENTER MORATORIUM, AND I AM DEMANDING THAT YOU DO IT AS AN EMERGENCY VOTE TODAY, PUTTING THIS PAUSE INTO PLACE IMMEDIATELY. I WANT TO BE INCREDIBLY CLEAR ABOUT THE MOVEMENT STANDING BEFORE YOU. LOOK AROUND THIS ROOM. LOOK AT THE FACES OF YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS. WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IS NOT A POLITICAL FACTION. THIS ISN'T A LEFT VERSUS RIGHT ISSUE. THIS IS A TOP VERSUS THE BOTTOM ISSUE. FOR TOO LONG, THE PEOPLE AT THE TOP, MASSIVE MULTIBILLION DOLLAR CORPORATIONS HAVE TRIED TO DICTATE THE FUTURE OF LOCAL TOWNS, EXPECTING THE FAMILIES AND THE EVERYDAY CITIZENS AT THE BOTTOM TO SIMPLY ACCEPT THE CONSEQUENCES. THEY EXPECT US TO ACCEPT THE STRAINED ELECTRICAL GRIDS, THE DRAINED WATER RESOURCES, AND THE LOSS OF OUR COMMUNITY'S CHARACTER BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE CAPITAL TO PUSH IT THROUGH. BUT OUR COMMUNITY HAS COME TOGETHER TODAY TO DRAW A LINE IN THE SAND. WE HAVE COME TOGETHER TO SHOW THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER, NOT THOSE WITH THE MONEY, THREATENING TO SUE OUR BELOVED CITY. THIS VOTE IS YOUR CHANCE TO PROVE WHO YOU TRULY SERVE. IT IS YOUR CHANCE TO SHOW MY CHILDREN AND ALL THE FAMILIES OF GROVE CITY 43,000 PLUS, THAT THE DEEP POCKETS AND OUTSIDE DEVELOPERS DO NOT BUY OUR FUTURE. OUR NATION AND OUR CITY WERE BUILT ON THREE VERY SIMPLE, VERY POWERFUL WORDS. WE THE PEOPLE, WE THE PEOPLE ARE THE ONES WHO PAY THE TAXES HERE. WE THE PEOPLE ARE THE ONES WHO RAISE OUR KIDS HERE. WE THE PEOPLE ARE THE ONES STANDING BEFORE YOU TODAY TO DECLARE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS NOT FOR SALE. AND WE THE PEOPLE ARE THE ONES WHO VOTE FOR YOU. SHOW US THAT THE PEOPLE STILL HOLD THE POWER. PASS THIS MORATORIUM AND PASSING IT AN EMERGENCY VOTE TODAY. THANK YOU. AND REMEMBER, THIS IS YOUR LEGACY. [01:25:01] OKAY, IF THIS CONTINUES, I'LL JUST POSTPONE THE MEETING. COME ON. LET'S LET'S ADD SOME DECORUM HERE. OKAY? OKAY. NEXT IS JENNIFER. MAPLE. MARPLE. MARPLE. EXCUSE ME. SECOND TIME. YEAH. THANK YOU. NOT THEM. OKAY. JENNIFER MARBLE 3688 LARCHMERE DRIVE. MY COMMENTS DO MIMIC RON'S A LITTLE BIT, AND I WANT TO EDITORIALIZE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I WANT TO GIVE MR. BERRY SOME KUDOS. HE ADDRESSED SOMETHING I WAS GOING TO ADDRESS ALREADY. SO LET ME ABBREVIATE THIS A LITTLE BIT. LOOK AROUND THIS ROOM. SOME OF US HAVE STOOD AT THIS PODIUM AND ARGUED THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE SITTING IN THE FRONT ROW THAT I'VE ACTIVELY CAMPAIGNED AGAINST WHEN THEY WERE RUNNING FOR THINGS. WE'VE EXCHANGED HARSH WORDS. WE VOTED AGAINST EACH OTHER, DONATED AGAINST EACH OTHER, POSTED THINGS ABOUT EACH OTHER WE MAY OR MAY NOT SAY TO EACH OTHER'S FACES TONIGHT WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME SIDE. THAT SHOULD TELL YOU SOMETHING. WHEN PEOPLE WHO AGREE ON NOTHING SHOW UP AGREEING ON ONE THING THAT'S NOT PARTIZAN, IT'S A GROVE CITY ISSUE. A 300 ACRE, A 300 ACRE QUESTION ABOUT OUR POWER GRID, OUR ENVIRONMENT, OUR TAX BASE, AND WHAT GETS BUILT NEAR WHERE OUR KIDS SLEEP AND GO TO SCHOOL. WE ARE WITHIN A MILE OF MY HOUSE. I LIVE NEAR CENTRAL CROSSING, SO WE'RE LESS THAN TWO MILES FROM YOUR HOUSE, MR. BARRY. THIS IS SOMETHING WE ALL HAVE TO SAY, AND WE ALL CARE VERY MUCH ABOUT THAT LETTER. I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO IT THAT MUCH BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED IT PRETTY WELL, MR. BARRY, BUT WE DON'T STAND WELL WITH THAT. WITH AN OUTSIDE LAW FIRM THREATENING OUR CITY COUNCIL, THREATENING OUR CITY FOR DOING WHAT WE EXPECT THEM TO DO AND LEGISLATE. SO THAT LETTER DOESN'T GET A VOTE IN THIS CHAMBER. YOU DO? WE DO. I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO BAN ANYTHING. I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO DECIDE THE PROJECT. I'M ASKING YOU TO PAUSE, STUDY AND SET STANDARDS BEFORE 300 ACRES ARE DECIDED FOREVER. THE COMMUNITY IS UNIFIED. THE AUTHORITY IS YOURS. THE ONLY OPEN QUESTION TONIGHT IS WHETHER YOUR BACKBONE IS STRAIGHT. AND I WOULD ASK ONE COMMENT ON THE DEVELOPER'S COMMENTS. THEY MENTION ABOUT THE ELECTRIC GRID. I BEG YOU TO RESEARCH HOUSE BILL 15, BECAUSE THAT IS ONE WAY AROUND THE ELECTORATE CONCERNS. AND WE DO NOT WANT A MAJOR POWER GRID POWER CELL BUILT A MILE FROM, I THINK, SEVEN DIFFERENT SCHOOLS IN THAT RADIUS. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JEN BELT. COME UP AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. LET'S SEE IF I CAN HOLD THESE UP. I'M SORRY. YES, I DID. GO AHEAD. LISA. I'M SORRY I SKIPPED YOU, SO I'LL GET YOU. YOU WANT TO GO? OKAY. GO AHEAD. I HAVE MY TIME STARTED AGAIN. PLEASE. THANK YOU. JEN. BELT 5266. KINGLET COURT DURING A TELEVISION INTERVIEW LAST MONTH REGARDING THE UPCOMING RETRO DATA CENTER PROJECT, MAYOR IKE MADE A STATEMENT THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE FACTS, NOT RUMORS. SO LET'S STICK TO THE FACTS. SINCE APRIL 25TH, THE RESIDENTS OF GROVE CITY HAVE COME TOGETHER TO ASK FOR A MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. THIS MOVEMENT QUICKLY ORGANIZED INTO A COALITION CALLED PROTECT GROVE CITY, AND IT CONSISTS OF INDIVIDUALS OF ALL AGES, BACKGROUNDS, AND EVEN POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS. CITIZENS WHO REGULARLY STAND ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE AISLE HAVE FOUND COMMON GROUND, A COMMON ISSUE THAT THEY ALL AGREE UPON. RESIDENTS SHOWED UP TO VOLUNTEER AND THEY FORMED COMMITTEES. SOMEONE OFFERED TO CREATE A WEBSITE. OTHERS OFFERED TO ORGANIZE FLIER DISTRIBUTION SO THAT 3500 HOUSEHOLDS ACROSS THE CITY WERE INFORMED OF WHAT THE CITY ADMINISTRATION MAY BE CONSIDERING. SOME NEIGHBORS VOLUNTEERED TO CREATE SIGNAGE, GRAPHICS, PRINT, T-SHIRTS, AND SO ON. SO NOW LET'S BACK UP FOR A MOMENT. IN 2024, MAYOR IKE STAGE PUSHED FOR A MORATORIUM ON CONSIDERING MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES TO OPERATE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, EXPANDING A PREVIOUS ORDINANCE. THAT ORDINANCE THAT HAD BEEN PUT IN PLACE IN 2017. IT IS CITED THAT THE CITY AT THAT TIME HAD RECEIVED 85 TOTAL EMAILS IN FAVOR OF BANNING DISPENSARIES, AND A TOTAL OF 593 SIGNATURES. IF YOU BECAUSE YOU NEED TO SPEAK TO SEE 2226 AND I KNOW YOU'RE GETTING THERE, BUT I'M GETTING THERE. SO I HAVE HERE 4000 COMMUNITY SIGNATURES GATHERED SINCE APRIL ASKING FOR A MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT IN GROVE CITY. YET MAYOR STAGE IS SILENT ABOUT OUR ASK. I DIDN'T BOTHER PULLING THE FOIA REQUEST TO SEE HOW MANY EMAILS YOU ALL HAVE RECEIVED FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS ABOUT DATA CENTERS. YOU'RE WELCOME TAMMY. SO IF MAYOR SAGE IS SO EASILY CONVINCED TO PASS A MORATORIUM IN THE PAST BASED ON 85 EMAILS AND ONLY 593 SIGNATURE [01:30:02] PETITIONS, BUT STILL DOES NOT SEE THE VALUE IN LISTENING TO THE COUNTLESS EMAILS AND 4000 SIGNATURES GATHERED ASKING FOR A MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS. HIS CONSTITUENTS CAN HONESTLY ONLY ASSUME THAT HE'S IGNORING THEIR VOICES FOR A REASON. WE ASSUME THAT HE MUST WANT THE RANCH ROAD DATA CENTER TO BE APPROVED, AND NOW IT IS TIME FOR COUNCIL TO DECIDE IF THEY WILL HEAR OUR VOICES, THE VOICES OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS. BECAUSE MAYOR IKE STAGES PROPOSED RESOLUTION, AND HIS SILENCE HAS MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT HE DOES NOT CARE WHAT THE CITIZENS OF GROVE CITY HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, LISA, IF YOU COULD GIVE ME YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. LISA ANY 3186 GELDING RUN ROAD. LISA, CAN YOU TAKE THAT DOWN? I WANT TO SEE YOU WHEN YOU'RE TALKING. THANKS. SLIDE IT. YEAH, YOU NEED TO SEE IT. YOU WANT TO PASS IT AROUND? LET'S PASS IT. I JUST WANT YOU TO SEE IT BECAUSE THIS IS WHO'S WRITTEN THIS. AND CAN MY TIME START AGAIN BECAUSE HE'S ASKING ME QUESTIONS. OKAY. CAN YOU PASS IT AROUND TO US BECAUSE I. I'M GETTING A GLARE ON IT. I'LL TAKE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. YEAH. WE'LL RESET YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. AS A RETIRED TEACHER, WE TEACH OUR STUDENTS TO USE THEIR VOICES. THIS LETTER IS FROM KATIE WHEELER, A GRADUATING STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT OF CENTRAL CROSSING HIGH SCHOOL. SHE COULDN'T ATTEND, SO SHE ASKED ME TO READ THIS. DEAR MAYOR STAGE AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. AS A RESIDENT, I AM WRITING THIS LETTER IN FAVOR OF THE MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTER, THE DATA CENTER FOR AN AREA RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM MY HOUSE. WHEN MY PARENTS BOUGHT OUR HOUSE IN THIS LOCATION, THEY DECIDED TO SPEND THEIR HARD EARNED MONEY ON A PLACE SLIGHTLY FURTHER OUT WITH CITY DEVELOPMENTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE WITHOUT. SORRY, CITY DEVELOPMENTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE EYESORES SO THAT OUR FAMILY COULD ENJOY A PEACEFUL LIFESTYLE AS US KIDS GREW UP. THEY ALSO WANTED A HOME SURROUNDED BY FARMLAND AND FIELDS AS OUR FAMILY IS WELL INVESTED IN AGRICULTURE. RECENTLY, WITH THE PROPOSALS FOR SHARING WELL WATER, FIELD SPACE AND AN ENVIRONMENT WITH THE DATA CENTER. THIS LIFESTYLE IS SEEMINGLY GOING TO BECOME INTERRUPTED UNLESS WE GET OUR OPINIONS HEARD. AS A KID, I WAS ALWAYS TAUGHT VALUABLE RULES SUCH AS TURNING THE LIGHTS OFF WHEN YOU LEAVE THE ROOM, UNPLUGGING UNNECESSARY ITEMS, AND NOT USING EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF WATER TO KEEP OUR ENVIRONMENT SAFE. A DATA CENTER WOULD PUT ALL OF THIS EFFORT TO WASTE AND COMPLETELY OVERLOOK ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, AS IT WOULD USE MORE ENERGY AND WATER THAN I COULD HAVE DREAMED OF BY USING UP, TAKING EXTRA LONG SHOWERS OR PLAYING MORE GAMES ON MY WII. SIMPLY PUT, DATA CENTERS USE INDUSTRIAL AMOUNTS OF RESOURCES. IT'S NOT FAIR THAT THEY COULD GET AWAY WITH THAT WHILE I WOULD GET PUNISHED ALONG WITH THE ENVIRONMENT. ACCORDING TO THE ALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES ORGANIZATION, A HYPERSCALE DATA CENTER THAT USES 365 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER A YEAR IS EQUIVALENT TO WHAT ROUGHLY 12,000 AMERICANS USE IN A YEAR. IMAGINE IF 12,000 CITIZENS MOVED INTO THE PROPOSED AREA FOR THE CENTER. OUR WELL WATER CANNOT SUPPLY ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THAT CHANGE. SIMILARLY, A DATA CENTER IN GEORGIA HAS DIRECTLY CAUSED LOCAL DRINKING WATER TO TURN MUDDY AND BROWN, AND CITIZENS ARE HAVING TO USE BOTTLED WATER FOR EVERYDAY NEEDS. THIS SPECIFICALLY RAISED MY CONCERNS BECAUSE A LIFESTYLE CHANGE LIKE THIS CAUSES PROBLEMS THAT ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO OVERLOOK, SUCH AS NOT BEING ABLE TO FARM, GARDEN AND REASONABLY SUPPORT OUR HOUSEHOLD. ANOTHER GLARING ISSUE A DATA CENTER WOULD CREATE IS THE NOISE POLLUTION. THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROJECT STATES THAT DATA CENTERS GENERATE NOISE LEVELS THAT MAY EXCEED 90DB. NOISE LEVELS ABOVE 85DB ARE HARMFUL TO HEARING. VACUUMS, BLENDERS, AND HAIRDRYERS ARE ALSO TYPICALLY AROUND 80DB, AND I CAN'T IMAGINE HAVING TO LISTEN TO THAT ALL THE TIME. LIKE WHEN A DATA CENTER WOULD BE RUNNING IN MY GOVERNMENT CLASSES AT SCHOOL AND RECENT PARTICIPATION IN STUDENT COUNCIL. AS STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT, I'VE LEARNED THAT A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNING BODY'S JOB IS TO PROVIDE ORGANIZATION AND TO RESPOND TO THE CITIZENS NEEDS AS AS REPRESENTATIVES, I HAVE FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE THAT WHEN LEADERSHIP DOESN'T USE THEIR POWER IN WAYS THAT THEIR CONSTITUENTS WANT THEM TO, IT ONLY RESULTS IN BIGGER ISSUES FOR THE LEADERS TO CLEAN UP LATER. YOU CAN'T MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY. BUT WHY UPSET MORE PEOPLE'S LIVES THAN WHAT YOU HAVE TO? ADVANCEMENT IN TECHNOLOGIES ARE INEVITABLE, BUT SHOULD NEVER COME BEFORE PHYSICAL RESOURCES AND THE CITIZENS LIFESTYLES NEEDS. KATIE WHEELER. NO, NO WAIT NO, WAIT. IF I MAY, JUST FOR AS A AS A GOVERNMENT TEACHER AND EVERYTHING AT THE END BECAUSE WE'RE ON C 2226, YOU SHOULD SAY. SO I URGE YOU TO VOTE FOR C2C2226 THAT WE'LL SAY, OKAY. NEXT UP. OUR NEXT PERSON IS ASHLEY FELTZ. GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE. YES. ASHLEY FELTZ 3262 ROSE AVENUE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, FELLOW RESIDENTS. MY NAME IS ASHLEY FELTZ. I'M A GROVE CITY RESIDENT AND LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, LIVING WITHIN ONE AND A HALF MILES OF THE PROPOSED DATA CENTER SITE. CO-FOUNDER OF A HOMESCHOOL HYBRID PROGRAM LOCATED IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED SITE. TONIGHT, I'M ASKING FOR YOUR VOTE IN FAVOR OF A ONE YEAR MORATORIUM. [01:35:04] NOT BECAUSE I AM NOT OPPOSED TO TECHNOLOGY OR A RESPONSIBLE COMMUNITY GROWTH, BUT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THE PEOPLE OF GROVE CITY DESERVE THE TIME NECESSARY TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS OF A PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE BEFORE IRREVERSIBLE DECISIONS ARE MADE. ONE OF MY GREATEST CONCERNS IS THE POTENTIAL HEALTH IMPACT OF THE CONTINUOUS, LOW FREQUENCY TONAL NOISE PRODUCED BY LARGE AIR COOLED DATA CENTERS. PROVEN RESEARCH HAS LINKED CHRONIC EXPOSURE TO TONAL NOISE WITH SLEEP DISRUPTION, INCREASED STRESS RESPONSES, ELEVATED CORTISOL LEVELS, HEADACHES, ANXIETY, DIFFICULTY CONCENTRATING, REDUCED COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE, HYPERTENSION, CARDIOVASCULAR IMPACTS, AND REDUCED QUALITY OF LIFE FOR BOTH HUMANS AND ANIMALS, AND MOST ESPECIALLY AMONG CHILDREN, PREGNANT WOMEN, AND ELDERLY, WITH IT AFFECTING INCREASED FETAL HEART RATE, INCREASED ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDERS, AND PACEMAKER FUNCTIONALITY IN THE ELDERLY ELDERLY POPULATION, OF WHICH THERE ARE MULTIPLE SENIOR CITIZEN COMMUNITIES WITHIN A VERY CLOSE DISTANCE OF THIS PROPOSED SITE. AS A MOTHER, EDUCATOR, AND BUSINESS OWNER, AND SOMEONE WHO GENUINELY CARES FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OTHERS, THIS IS HIGHLY CONCERNING TO ME. EVERY DAY, MORE THAN 80 CHILDREN AND 15 ADULTS LEARN, WORK AND SPEND TIME DIRECTLY NEXT TO THIS PROPOSED SITE, AND THAT IS JUST IN OUR BUILDING. IF THERE IS EVEN A POSSIBILITY THAT A CONSTANT INDUSTRIAL HUM THAT'S BEEN COMPARED TO THE SOUND OF AN OPERATING POWER TOOL COULD AFFECT LEARNING, CONCENTRATION, MENTAL WELL-BEING, OR LONG TERM HEALTH, THEN WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATE THOSE RISKS BEFORE MOVING FORWARD. I'M ALSO EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT ON UTILITIES AND AFFORDABILITY. LIKE MANY FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE ARE ALREADY FEELING THE STRAIN OF RISING COSTS. MY ELECTRIC BILL PERSONALLY HAS INCREASED ALMOST THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT THAT IT WAS LAST YEAR WITHOUT ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN USAGE, AND MY WATER BILL HAS DOUBLED. MANY FAMILIES ARE FEELING THE SAME SENSE OF IMPACT. I'VE LISTED TWO I'VE LISTED TO RESIDENTS LISTENED TO RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITIES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHERE LARGE SCALE DATA CENTERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN BUILT. COMPLEX ISSUES THAT DESERVE CAREFUL STUDY, NOT RUSH DECISIONS. HEARING STORIES OF RESIDENTS HAVING TO FILL THEIR TOILETS WITH JUG WATER BECAUSE THERE WASN'T ENOUGH WATER COMING IN TO FLUSH THEIR TOILET, OR NOT HAVING ENOUGH WATER PRESSURE IN THEIR HOME TO OPERATE ON A DAILY USE. THESE ARE ALL VERY REAL CONCERNS THAT HAVE TO BE RESEARCHED. A ONE YEAR MORATORIUM IS NOT A REJECTION OF PROGRESS, BUT IT'S AND IT'S NOT ANTI-BUSINESS. AND IT'S NOT ANTI-TECHNOLOGY, BUT IT IS A COMMITMENT TO RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP AND LEADERSHIP THAT WE, YOUR CONSTITUENTS, HAVE ELECTED, ENTRUSTED YOU WITH. SO NOW IT'S TIME YOU THAT YOU EARN THAT TRUST. IT GIVES OUR CITY THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER INDEPENDENT DATA, EVALUATE THE HEALTH IMPACTS AND UNDERSTAND THE DEMANDS, ASSESS THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, AND MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON FACTS RATHER THAN ASSUMPTIONS. AND EVEN WORSE, ABSORBENT AMOUNTS OF MONEY BEING PROMISED TO THE CITY IF THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING. WE ARE NOT HERE TO BE BOUGHT OR BRIBED. WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU ARE NOT TO BE EITHER. TONIGHT I'M ASKING THAT YOU PUT THE PEOPLE FIRST. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ANDREW. OKAY. AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE? ANDREW OLESZCZUK, 2001 CANDLENUT CIRCLE. SO AS HAS BEEN STATED TONIGHT, YOUR JOB IS TO REPRESENT US, NOT OUT OF STATE COMPANIES WHO COME TO EXPLOIT YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND THREATEN THEM WHEN THEY CAN'T. YOUR TASK TONIGHT, AS PER YOUR OATH TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY, IS TO VOTE YES ON THIS MORATORIUM AS AN EMERGENCY. THANK YOU FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING AND UPHOLDING THE DIGNITY OF YOUR OFFICES. NOW, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HAVE BOTHERED ME TONIGHT, AND ONE OF THEM IS THAT THERE ARE KEY MISPERCEPTION MISREPRESENTATIONS OF THE FACTS SURROUNDING DATA CENTERS. WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY ARE GOING TO USE A CLOSED LOOP DATA CENTER. LET ME TELL YOU, THAT IS THE CLEAN COAL CLAIM OF THE 20 TENS. REPACKAGED FOR 2020. ANYONE WHO HAS BUILT A COMPUTER LIKE MYSELF. I DO IT FOR FUN. KNOWS THAT A LIQUID COOLING SYSTEM IS THE BARE MINIMUM FOR HIGH COMPUTATION MACHINES, AND THAT YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THAT FOR JUST A SINGLE CHIP COMPUTER WITHIN A COUPLE OF YEARS. THE IDEA THAT YOU NEVER HAVE TO FLUSH THE SYSTEM, THAT'S NOT HOW THAT WORKS. ANYONE CAN TELL YOU THAT. SECONDLY, WE ALSO HEARD THE CLAIM THAT THIS WILL NOT BE FULLY WATER COOLED, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PUT ALL OF THEIR COOLING EFFORTS INTO AIR COOLING. BUT THEN THEY SAID AT THE SAME TIME THAT THIS WOULD BE LOW NOISE GENERATION. HERE'S ANOTHER FUN FACT ABOUT COMPUTER BUILDING. THE LESS LIQUID COOLING YOU USE, THE LOUDER THE MACHINE GETS. SO TELL ME, HOW IS IT THAT WE ARE TO BELIEVE THAT THIS DATA CENTER IS GOING TO MINIMIZE LIQUID COOLING USAGE, INCREASE AIR COOLING USAGE, AND SOMEHOW REMAIN BELOW THE DECIBEL THRESHOLDS THAT ARE REASONABLE FOR THE CITY. AND I DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO THE LAWSUIT THREAT THAT WAS LEVELED AGAINST OUR COUNCIL BY MISS REBECCA MOTT SITTING HERE IN THE FRONT ROW, BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEEN TOUCHED ON. BUT I CANNOT BELIEVE THE ABSOLUTE SNAKE LIKE BEHAVIOR OF COMING INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS ALREADY TOLD YOU, NO, WE DON'T WANT YOU HERE AND HAVING THE GALL TO SAY, WELL, WE'VE DECIDED WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE ANYWAY. [01:40:06] DO YOU ENTER SOMEONE'S HOUSE AND THEN TELL THEM HOW TO ARRANGE THE FURNITURE AND THEN THREATEN TO SUE THEM WHEN THEY SAY, NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT. THAT'S UNCONSCIONABLE. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WAS A JUDICIAL PRECEDENT CITED IN THIS CLAIM OF LAWSUIT, WHETHER COMPANY OR WEILER COMPANY VERSUS KINGSTON TOWNSHIP. NOW, IT'S NOT MENTIONED EXACTLY IN THE FILING, BUT THE UNSPOKEN PRINCIPLE THAT THE RULING IN THAT CASE RESIDES UPON IS VIOLATION OF BILL OF ATTAINDER. THE IDEA OF A BILL WHICH SPECIFICALLY TARGETS AND UNFAIRLY SO, A PERSON OR BUSINESS OR EX POST FACTO VIOLATION, A LAW BEING PUT IN PLACE TO TARGET SOMETHING THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATIVE BODY. NEITHER OF THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE PRESENT HERE IN THIS MORATORIUM. SO I HAVE TO ASK, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING BEYOND THESE AMATEUR HOUR BLUFFS OR ARE YOU JUST HERE TO THREATEN? LORRAINE HARRIS, PLEASE. AND IF YOU COULD GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS LORRAINE HARRIS, 1563 ZUBER ROAD, GROVE CITY, OHIO. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? I'VE REALLY GOT TO SPEAK UP. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? I CAN HEAR YOU NOW. OKAY. I'M DEFINITELY AGAINST THE DATA CENTERS. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE STILL ON THE FENCE, LOOK AROUND. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE OF GROVE CITY. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT PUT YOU IN YOUR SEATS WHERE YOU ARE NOW. THEY'RE ALL DEFINITELY AGAINST IT. ALL OF US. DO YOU REALLY WANT YOUR CHILDREN, YOUR GRANDCHILDREN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR FRIENDS, ANYBODY TO LOOK AT YOU BEHIND YOUR BACK AND SAY THEY HELPED PASS THIS? NO. YOU DON'T WANT THAT FEELING. THAT'S A HORRIBLE FEELING. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? THIS IS YOUR COMMUNITY. YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE SHAKING THEIR HEADS BEHIND YOUR BACK AND AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, YOU VOTED FOR THIS MONSTROSITY. SO HOPEFULLY YOU THINK ABOUT THIS BEFORE YOU VOTE AND YOU STAND WITH YOUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE PATRICIA SPILLMAN. GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. CAN WE START THAT OVER? OKAY. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR STAGE. WELL, HERE WE ARE, EXACTLY WHERE WE AS PLEASANT AND JACKSON TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS KNEW WE WOULD BE. TWO MONTHS AGO, WE WARNED YOU WHAT WAS COMING, BUT YOU TURNED A BLIND EYE TO THE FACT. WHAT STILL BOGGLES MY MIND IS THE FEROCITY WITH WHICH THE ORDINANCES WERE PASSED THROUGH FOR THE MORATORIUM TO PROHIBIT ANY DISPENSARIES WITHIN GROVE CITY THAT WAS CONSIDERED EMERGENCY LEGISLATION FOR CITY COUNCIL. AT THE TIME. YOUR OWN MAYOR WAS QUOTED ON APRIL 7TH, 2025, IN THE OFFICIAL MINUTES AS SAYING HIS JOB IS TO REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, AND THERE WERE 16,000 RESIDENTS WHO TOOK PRIDE IN VOTING FOR HIM. I NOW ASK YOU, MAYOR STAGE, ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE PRIDE IN REPRESENTING YOUR COMMUNITY? THE DISPENSARY MORATORIUM WAS PLACED WITH A PETITION OF 593 CONCERNED CITIZENS VOICING OPPOSITION. WE NOW SIT AT JUST OVER 4047 SIGNATURES SIGNATURES VOICING OPPOSITION. HOW MUCH LOUDER DO WE HAVE TO BE? I STOOD BEFORE YOU TWO WEEKS AGO AND TOLD YOU ABOUT MY WEEKEND VISITING 45 OF MY NEIGHBORS ON RANCH AND BEATTY ROADS, TRYING TO EASE FEARS AND ANSWER AS MANY QUESTIONS AS POSSIBLE. WHAT I DIDN'T GET TO TELL YOU WAS THE CONCLUSION OF MY STORY. I'M SURE SOME OF US WHO ARE OF A CERTAIN AGE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE TERM CHATTY CATHY. SEEMS RICH ROAD HAS A LIVE VERSION OF ONE OF THEIR OWN. CHATTY CATHY COULDN'T KEEP THEIR MOUTHS SHUT ABOUT THE TERMS OF THE NDA WITH HEADWATERS. THEY WERE BRAGGING ABOUT HOW HEADWATERS ASSURED THEM NOT TO WORRY ABOUT THE END RESULT GETTING THEIR PAYDAY. HEADWATERS HAD STUDIED THE 2050 PLAN AND WOULD FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES SET IN PLACE FOR FOR LIGHT INDUSTRY, AND THEY WOULD DEFINITELY GET CITY COUNCIL TO CAVE. HEADWATERS WOULD DEFINITELY BE THE FIRST DEVELOPER TO GET THEIR FOOT IN THE DOOR, SO TO SPEAK, AND DEVELOP THIS AREA, PER THE 2050 PLAN. IF IT CAME DOWN TO IT, IT MAY NOT BE A FULL BLOWN HYPERSCALE DATA CENTER, IT MAY JUST BE A WAREHOUSE, BUT THEY WOULD DO WHATEVER IT TOOK TO GET STARTED. THEY ASSURED THIS LANDOWNER THAT ONCE IN VARIANCES WERE MUCH EASIER TO BE GRANTED. [01:45:04] AND THE ICING ON THIS CAKE, DURING SOME OF THE ONE ON ONE MEETINGS WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM HEADWATERS AND RANCH ROAD LANDOWNERS, THE LANDOWNERS WERE INFORMED THAT HEADWATERS HAD ALREADY BEEN IN TALKS WITH SPILLMAN FARMS TO BUY THE 90 ACRE FARM ON BEATTY ROAD THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED BUILDING SITE. THAT CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR STAGE IS AN OUTRIGHT LIE. MY OPINION IS THAT WAS THROWN OUT AS A BARGAINING CHIP TO BAIT OTHER LANDOWNERS IN THE VICINITY BY DRAGGING YOUR FEET AND NOT ALLOWING PLEASANT AND NOT FOLLOWING. PLEASANT AND JACKSON TOWNSHIP'S LEAD TO PLACE A MORATORIUM EARLIER ONLY SHOWS YOUR LACK OF DISRESPECT, REGARD AND CONCERN FOR OUR TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS WELL-BEING. THE IDLE THREAT OF A LAWSUIT BY PLANK LAW FIRM SHOULD BE THE LEAST OF YOUR WORRIES AS CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT. HEADWATERS WILL PACK UP AND LEAVE TOWN. AND THAT'S IT. MISS SPILLMAN, THANK YOU. IN A LONG LINE TO COME. BUT WE WILL STILL BE HERE IF YOU DO NOT VOTE TO PASS THIS MORATORIUM TONIGHT. MISS SPILLMAN, COME ON. ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, EVERYONE OF YOU WHO SITS ON CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR CLAYTON MAYOR STATES REPLACED. YOU GOT US IN THIS YEAR. YOU DID? THE NEXT PERSON IS KELLY MARTINDALE. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL TO THE OTHER PEOPLE. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SPEAK. I'M SORRY. YEAH. PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL TO THE OTHER PEOPLE AND TRY TO KEEP IT WITHIN THREE MINUTES. BECAUSE AS YOU GO OVER, THERE'S LESS TIME FOR THE OTHER PEOPLE AND GOES ON. OKAY. WE ASK YOU TO START IT OVER. OKAY. GO AHEAD. KELLY. TAMMY. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. IS YOUR MIC ON? NO, MA'AM. HIT THE TOP BUTTON THERE. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME DOING THIS. I'M USUALLY ON THAT SIDE OF THINGS. HI, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS KELLY MARTINDALE. I LIVE AT 32, 35 LONGRIDGE WAY. I AM A 14 YEAR RESIDENT OF GROVE CITY AND EVERYBODY THAT IS CURRENTLY ON THIS COUNCIL THAT I COULD HAVE VOTED FOR. I DID VOTE FOR YOU. I'VE CAMPAIGNED FOR YOU. I PUT MY SIGN OR YOUR SIGNS IN MY YARD. AND SO I'M UP HERE AS A FRIEND AND I HOPE THAT I'M SEEN THAT WAY. I HOPE THAT YOU HEAR MY HEART BEHIND MY WORDS. I DIDN'T PLAN TO SPEAK TONIGHT. BUT I, I JUST COULDN'T LEAVE THIS ROOM TONIGHT WITHOUT AT LEAST KIND OF STATING WHERE I'M COMING FROM HERE. I OWN A HOME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADJACENT TO THE 62 AND RANCH ROAD INTERSECTION. I, ALONG WITH ASHLEY FELTS, OPERATE AN IN-PERSON HYBRID HOME SCHOOL PROGRAM IN THE LAND DIRECTLY NEXT TO THIS LAND, WHERE I HELPED TO EDUCATE ANYWHERE ON ANY GIVEN DAY BETWEEN 55 AND 80 KIDS. I OWN AND OPERATE A TRAVEL AGENCY, WHICH IS MY FAMILY'S MAIN SOURCE OF INCOME. AND ALL OF THESE THINGS MY ENTIRE LIFE TAKES PLACE WITHIN ONE MILE OF THAT LAND. EVERYTHING I DO WHEN WE CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS, WE DO IT OVER HERE AT PLANKS ON THE PATIO. WHEN MY KID GETS A GOOD GRADE, WE GO CELEBRATE WITH MONA'S ICE CREAM ON THE PATIO. YOU CAN FIND US ON ANY GIVEN DAY AT WINDSOR PARK PLAYING PICKLEBALL OR COMING DOWN TO THE FARMER'S MARKET. THIS IS OUR LIFE. AND IF WE'RE WRONG ABOUT WHAT COMES FROM THIS, AND IF THEY CANNOT FOLLOW THROUGH ON THEIR PROMISES, AND SOME OF THEM ARE REALLY GOOD, SOME OF THEM, YOU KNOW, I SAT HERE TONIGHT AND I'M REALLY TRYING TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND AND I'M LIKE, OKAY, IF THEY CAN FOLLOW THROUGH ON THAT, WOULD THIS BE THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD? MAYBE NOT. BUT WHAT IF THEY CAN'T? WHAT IF THEY CAN'T? TO WHAT COST DO WE HAVE TO FIND OUT THE HARD WAY? SO I DIDN'T MEAN TO GET EMOTIONAL TONIGHT, BUT I WAS TALKING TO A FAMILY MEMBER AND A FRIEND WHO'S IN A LOCAL COMMUNITY SERVICE DOWN IN KENTUCKY, AND THEY'RE FIGHTING THE SAME THING. SHE SAID TO ME IN HER SWEET WAY THAT SHE TALKED. SHE'S LIKE, KELLY, SHE'S LIKE, WE LET THE COAL MINERS COME IN HERE AND FOOL US ONCE SHE'S LIKE. OR ARE WE GOING TO LET THEM COME IN AND DO IT TWICE? AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT ALL DAY. AND I'M LIKE, MAYBE WE LET THEM COME IN. MAYBE WE LET THEM COME IN AND MAYBE WE GET FOOLED UNTIL WHAT COST? SO I VERY MUCH HOPE THAT THAT YOU WILL VOTE FOR THIS MORATORIUM. BECAUSE AS A TRAVEL AGENT, WHAT I'M TRYING TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT I AM THE PERSON THAT THEY NEED TO BOOK WITH, I HAVE RESEARCH, I COME READY AT THAT PRESENTATION. I HAVE OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE BOOKED WITH ME WHO CAN SAY WHAT I CAN DO FOR YOU, AND I JUST DIDN'T GET THAT FROM THEM TONIGHT. [01:50:05] I DIDN'T GET THAT. SO EITHER IT'S INTENTIONAL OR IT'S NOT, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THEM. BUT I JUST KNOW AS A PERSON WHO RUNS A BUSINESS, I WOULD DO THINGS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THEY HAVE. SO THANK YOU. THE NEXT PERSON ON THE LIST IS IS IT ESSER? ESSER. OKAY. AND GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE. THANK YOU. HI. I'M LISA ESSER, AND I LIVE. OKAY. LOOKS LIKE YOU. OKAY, I'M JUST PUTTING MY STUFF IN FRONT OF ME. I LIVE AT 6061 CLIFF DRIVE EAST. HERE, GROVE CITY. I LIVE OUT ON 104. I KNOW IT'S IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP, BUT I WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT. SO I WANTED TO COME TONIGHT AND ASK A FEW QUESTIONS. OKAY. YOU ARE DESCRIBING ABOUT THE WATER AND YOUR COOLING SYSTEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THE PFAS? DO YOU? MA'AM, YOU HAVE TO ADDRESS COUNCIL. OKAY. PLEASE. DO THEY HAVE THEY PRODUCED TO YOU ANYTHING CONCERNING THE TOXICITY OF THE WATER THAT CAN BE SEEPED INTO THE GROUND, WHICH IS FOREVER CHEMICAL POLLUTION THAT IT CAN GO INTO YOUR WATER SYSTEM. IT CAN AS ONE LADY KIND OF OVER OVERVIEW YOUR ANIMALS IT GOES AND IF YOU TAKE IT TO A LANDFILL, IT GOES DOWN INTO IT INTO THE GROUND ALSO. AND IT DOES NOT, DOES NOT LEAVE. IT'S NOT LIKE A NUCLEAR, BUT IT DOES NOT. IT DOES, IT JUST STAYS. THIS IS A BYPRODUCT OF MICROCHIP MAKING AS WELL AS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE LADY SPOKE EARLIER. IT DOES AFFECT FEMALE REPRODUCTION. IT DOES AFFECT YOUR LIVER, YOUR KIDNEYS. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN EVEN SPOKEN ABOUT. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE TO GO? LIKE ANOTHER LADY SAID, BY WATER. OKAY. OUR PRICES OF, YOU KNOW, JUST GETTING A JUG OF WATER AT KROGER'S IS $1.47. OKAY, THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE ANYTHING IS EVER DONE. THEY NEED TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT WITH THE TOXICOLOGY OF THIS SUBSTANCE THAT IS USED. AND IT'S USED IN THE COOLING SYSTEM AS WELL AS FIRE EQUIPMENT WITHIN THEIR, BUILDINGS. SO I I WISH THAT YOU DO NOT PASS THIS FOR THE. KEEP THE MORATORIUM AT THE ONE YEAR MARK TO BE REASSESSED AT THAT POINT. I'M SORRY. I'M NOT USED TO SPEAKING. YOU'RE FINE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THANK YOU. AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS BOB. RUTH. MY NAME IS BOB. RUTH. 474744 COUNT FLEET DRIVE. DESPITE ALL THE NICE WORDS THAT MR. LOBO AND HIS EMPLOYEES SAID ABOUT GROVE CITY, HOW THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY. THEY LOVE GROVE CITY. REMEMBER, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO THREE DAYS AGO TOLD THEIR ATTORNEY TO SEND LETTERS TO EACH ONE OF YOU, THREATENING TO SUE GROVE CITY AND PROBABLY ASKING FOR DAMAGES. WHY? BECAUSE ONE OF OUR COUNCILMEN HAD THE AUDACITY TO ASK FOR MORE TIME TO STUDY, TO THOROUGHLY STUDY THIS FAST CHANGING AND HIGHLY TECHNICAL INDUSTRY. MIKE, WHERE'S THE LOVE? IT CERTAINLY WASN'T IN YOUR ATTORNEYS OUTRAGEOUSLY THREATENING LETTER. AND IF WE CAN'T BELIEVE YOU ON THE LOVE ISSUE, HOW CAN WE BELIEVE YOU ON THE OTHER ISSUES? [01:55:06] ANOTHER THING, APPARENTLY MR. LOBO AND HIS ASSOCIATES HAVE NEVER HEARD THE TERM SUPPLY AND DEMAND. I'M SURE ALL OF YOU HAVE THE THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PUT UP, UP FRONT TO BUY POWER HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SUPPLY AND DEMAND. WHAT SUPPLY AND DEMAND MEANS IS IF THE DEMAND FAR OUTSTRIPS THE SUPPLY, PRICES GO UP. AND GUESS WHAT? THE THE 50 DATA CENTERS WE HAVE HERE IN CENTRAL OHIO, PLUS YOURS, IS GOING TO INCREASE DEMAND EXPONENTIALLY. IT'S DONE THAT WAY ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. AND WHEN DEMAND AND WHEN DEMAND INCREASES EXPONENTIALLY AND CAN'T BE MET BY SUPPLY, WHAT HAPPENS, MIKE? PRICES GO UP. THESE. MAYOR STAGE TOLD THE NEWS MEDIA RECENTLY, AS OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SAID, CITY OFFICIALS ARE GOING TO BASE THEIR DECISION ON FACTS, NOT RUMORS. ALL WE'VE HEARD TONIGHT FROM THEM BASICALLY, IS SPECULATION. WISHFUL THINKING. IN OTHER WORDS, LITTLE MORE THAN RUMORS. ALL OF THESE PICTURES HERE DON'T MEAN A DOGGONE THING BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT THE COMPANY THAT BUYS THE LAND FROM THESE GUYS IS GOING TO PUT IN. THEY ALSO SAID, BY THE WAY, EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS GOING TO BE REVIEWED BY YOUR OWN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT STAFF, LAW DIRECTOR, AND PLANNING COMMISSION. THESE DEVELOPERS ARE BRINGING IN THE BEST PAID LAWYERS, ENGINEERS, AND LOBBYISTS MONEY CAN BUY TO PUSH THEIR AGENDA IN A HIGHLY TECHNICAL AND FAST CHANGING INDUSTRY GROWS. CITY'S DEVELOPMENT STAFF ARE PLANNING COMMISSION AND OUR LONE LAW DIRECTOR WILL DO THEIR BEST, BUT I FEAR THEY WILL BE OVERWHELMED, OUTGUNNED. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A HIGHLY TECHNICAL ISSUES THAT CITY HALL STAFFERS HAVE NEVER FACED BEFORE. I DON'T EXACTLY KNOW HOW LONG THE PROCESS WILL TAKE, BUT ONE THING'S FOR SURE THEY'RE ON A TIGHT SCHEDULE, AND THE STAGE ADMINISTRATION'S RESOLUTION DOES NOTHING TO SLOW DOWN THAT SCHEDULE. NOT FOR ONE SECOND. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS COREY RUOFF. DID I PRONOUNCE THAT LAST NAME CORRECTLY? COREY WAS WHEN HE WAS HERE FOR ANOTHER ISSUE. THAT WAS ANOTHER OH, THAT'S DOWN THERE. 21. I'M SORRY. OKAY. THE NEXT ONE IS CASINO PATRICK. DID I SAY THE FIRST NAME CORRECTLY AT 4016 ARBUTUS. CASTIO. LOOKS LIKE PATRICK. OH, IT'S PATRICK. 000. SPELLED BACKWARDS. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL AND MAYOR. MY NAME IS PATRICK CASTRO. 4016 ARBUTUS AVENUE. SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND VETERAN HERE IN GROVE CITY. I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP SOMETHING THAT GOES AGAINST THE GRAIN. UNFORTUNATELY PROGRESS IS ALWAYS REQUIRED LAND TO SERVE THE GREATER PURPOSE. 200 YEARS AGO, OHIO WAS ALMOST ENTIRELY FOREST. THE FAMILIES CAME WEST. TOWNS WERE BUILT, FARMS WERE CREATED, ROADS WERE LAID, LAND WAS PUT TO WORK, FEEDING, SUPPORTING A GROWING STATE. THAT TRANSFORMATION WAS NOT EASY. I'M NOT SURE EVERYBODY AGREED WITH IT AT THE TIME, BUT LOOKING BACK, WE KNOW IT WAS NECESSARY. TODAY, GROVE CITY IS FACING A SIMILAR MOVEMENT. THE MODERN WORLD RUNS ON DATA. NOT ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM DOES NOT DEAL WITH BANKING SCHOOLS, MEDICAL RECORDS, EMERGENCY SYSTEMS, MANUFACTURING, LOGISTICS, SMALL BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT SERVICES, AND MANY OTHER THINGS AS SIMPLE AS FUNDING YOUR CHILDREN'S LUNCH OR CHECKING THEIR SCHOOLWORK TO MAKE SURE IT WAS TURNED IN PROPERLY. THIS IS NOT A LUXURY PROCESS. THIS IS THE NEXT GENERATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE GROWTH. CITIES SHOULD NOT DO THIS MORATORIUM BECAUSE WE HAVE A PUD. THE PUD IS GOING TO GIVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY COUNCIL PLENTY OF TIME TO LOOK THROUGH. TURN OVER ACORNS. CRACK THE NUT OPEN AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY NEED. A DATA CENTER COMPLEX GIVES GROVE CITY A CHANCE TO BE PART OF THE FUTURE INSTEAD OF SITTING ON THE SIDELINES WHILE OTHER COMMUNITIES BENEFIT. [02:00:02] DUBLIN. PLAIN. CITY. HILLIARD. NEW. ALBANY. THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT CAN BE. MAJOR INVESTMENT. LONG TERM TAX REVENUE, IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE AND A STRONGER COMMERCIAL BASE. WITHOUT THE DAILY TRAFFIC BURDEN THAT COMES WITH MANY OTHER LARGE DEVELOPMENTS, WE CANNOT SAY WE WANT LOWER TAXES, BETTER SERVICES, BETTER ROADS, BETTER SCHOOLS AND A STRONGER CITY THAN OPPOSE EVERY SERIOUS INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY THAT HELPS PAY FOR THESE THINGS. THE NEED FOR DATA CENTERS IS NOT SLOWING DOWN. GROVE CITY CAN HELP LEAD, NOT HIDE FROM IT. DATA STORAGE RETRIEVAL IS NOW PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE. WE USE IT WHEN WE BANK, ORDER MEDICINE, RUN A BUSINESS, USE GPS, PAY BILLS, COMMUNICATE WITH FAMILY, APPLY FOR JOBS. GET PAID. SEND MONEY. THE DEMAND IS ALREADY HERE. THE QUESTION IS NOT WHETHER DATA CENTERS WILL BE BUILT. THE QUESTION WILL BE WHETHER GROVE CITY WANTS TO BENEFIT FROM THE GROWTH, OR LET THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO CAPTURE THE INVESTMENT WHILE DEPENDING ON THE SAME TECHNOLOGY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT INDIVIDUAL IS RICKY ROEBUCK. AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. HELLO, MY NAME IS RICKY RAUTENBACH. I'M AT 2525 ENGLISH ROAD IN COLUMBUS, OHIO. I REPRESENT THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN THIS CITY. I WORK FOR WARREN BECK ELECTRIC. I'M A THIRD GENERATION OWNER OF OUR COMPANY. WE'VE BEEN AROUND SINCE 1964. WE EMPLOY ABOUT 50 PEOPLE, BUT I ALSO WORK WITH THE INDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND THE MERIT SHOP ALLIANCE, WHICH ACTUALLY REPRESENTS 90% OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN OHIO. I'M HERE TODAY TO AGAIN, GO AGAINST THE GRAIN. I'VE HAD A LOT OF FAMILY MEMBERS THAT LIVE IN GROVE CITY. I HAVE A LOT OF EMPLOYEES AND WE'VE BUILT A LOT OF YOUR BUILDINGS ACTUALLY. SO I HAVE A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. I DON'T REALLY HAVE A FULL AGENDA OTHER THAN TO REPRESENT THOSE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. EVERYTHING RUNS ON TECHNOLOGY. EVERY SCHOOL, HOSPITAL, BUSINESS, HOUSEHOLD DEPENDS ON DATA. AND DATA CENTERS ARE THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MAKES ALL THAT POSSIBLE. AND THAT IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE. IT'S ABSOLUTELY FAIR TO HAVE QUESTIONS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POWER, THE WATER, THE TRAFFIC AND HOW FACILITY FITS INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THOSE DESERVE REAL ANSWERS. AND PART OF THAT PROCESS GIVES YOU THOSE ANSWERS AND YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE THEM THROUGHOUT THE WAY. BUT THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ASKING QUESTIONS AND TAKING DRAMATIC ACTION BEFORE YOU HAVE THOSE ANSWERS. A MORATORIUM DOESN'T PAUSE THE CONVERSATION. IT'S GOING TO END IT. IF A MORATORIUM PASSES, THIS COMMUNITY WILL RISK LOSING THE TAX REVENUE THAT IT FUNDED, THE SCHOOLS, THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS, THE EMERGENCY SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE, HUNDREDS OF WELL-PAYING JOBS FOR OHIO'S ELECTRICIANS LIKE MINE, PLUMBERS, HVAC TECHS, CONTRACTORS AND OTHER TRADESPEOPLE. JOBS THAT LAST A LONG TIME. I HAVE NEVER LAID OFF AN EMPLOYEE OUT OF TOWN. I'M NOT OUT OF TOWN. HEY, FOCUS UP HERE. THE ECONOMIC RIPPLE EFFECT. WHEN CONSTRUCTION OR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS EARN HERE, THEY ALSO SPEND HERE. THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO LUNCH AT YOUR FACILITIES. THEY'RE GOING TO SHOP IN YOUR GROCERY STORES. THEY'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING HERE. I WORK JUST UP THE STREET. YOU KNOW HOW OFTEN I COME TO GROVE CITY TO DO THINGS ALL THE TIME? OTHER OHIO COMMUNITIES HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS. THEY'VE NEGOTIATED STRONG AGREEMENTS, AND THEY CAME OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE WITH BETTER FUNDED SCHOOLS, UPGRADED FIRE STATIONS, AND STRONGER LOCAL ECONOMIES WITHOUT LOSING THEIR CHARACTER. WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM AND WE CAN BUILD THIS RIGHT, BUT ONLY IF WE STAY IN THE CONVERSATION. WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH DATA INFRASTRUCTURE RIGHT NOW MAY NOT BE MAY BE THE GREATEST ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR NATION THAT IS SEEN IN A GENERATION. AND GROVE CITY HAS THE CHANCE TO BE A PART OF THAT STORY ON ITS OWN TERMS. I GENUINELY BELIEVE THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT LOSING THE VALUES THAT MAKE THIS PLACE SPECIAL. WE CAN PROTECT WHAT GROVE CITY IS AND STILL WELCOME OPPORTUNITY, BUT IT STARTS WITH A FACT BASED CONVERSATION AND THE WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN WITH OUR HEADS AND OUR HEARTS BOTH ENGAGED. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL NOT CLOSE THAT DOOR. AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN OPENED YET. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS AMY WATSON. GRACE. ONE MORE DOCTOR. AMY WATSON GRACE 2033 BELLFLOWER COURT. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO URGE YOU TO SUPPORT MR. OMAR'S 12 MONTH MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT AND TO TAKE EVERY LAWFUL ACTION AVAILABLE TO PAUSE CURRENT AND FUTURE DATA CENTER PROPOSALS WHILE WE EVALUATE POTENTIAL IMPACTS FOR MONTHS. GROVE CITY RESIDENTS HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT WATER, ELECTRICITY, NOISE AND LIGHT POLLUTION, [02:05:02] ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, INCREASED GROUND TEMPERATURE, TRAFFIC, EMERGENCY SERVICES AND DETRIMENT TO THE CHARACTER OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE'VE ASKED FOR WHAT THIS 12 MONTH MORATORIUM WOULD PROVIDE TIME TO GATHER AND EVALUATE UNBIASED INFORMATION. IN RESPONSE TO OUR QUESTIONS, WE'VE BEEN REPEATEDLY TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING TO DISCUSS BECAUSE THERE WAS NO FORMAL PROPOSAL, YET EVERYONE KNEW A PROPOSAL WAS EXPECTED ON MAY 27TH AND LAND WAS BEING CONSIDERED FOR ANNEXATION. WE ASKED FOR A MORATORIUM BEFORE PLANS WERE FILED. DESPITE THIS AND DESPITE OUR CONCERNS, YOU CHOSE TO DO NOTHING. AND NOW, JUST DAYS AFTER HEADWATERS SUBMITTED ITS FORMAL PROPOSAL, WE'RE BEING THREATENED WITH LEGAL ACTION BY PLANK LAW FIRM IF A MORATORIUM IS ENACTED. FRANKLY, THE FACT THAT THIS PREDATORY DEVELOPER AND THEIR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES ARE WILLING TO USE THREATS TO ATTEMPT TO FORCE US INTO A DEAL SHOULD CONCERN EVERY MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL. IF A COMPANY IS WILLING TO THREATEN LITIGATION BEFORE A FORMAL PROPOSAL HAS EVEN BEEN FULLY VETTED. WHAT DOES THIS TELL US ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP THEY INTEND TO HAVE WITH THIS COMMUNITY? AND IF A TEMPORARY PAUSE DESIGNED TO PROTECT RESIDENTS IS VIEWED AS UNACCEPTABLE, THEN PERHAPS THAT'S EVEN MORE REASON TO SLOW DOWN AND CAREFULLY EXAMINE WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED AND BY WHOM. COUNCIL'S RESPONSIBILITY IS NOT TO MAKE DEVELOPERS COMFORTABLE. YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, AND GROVE CITY RESIDENTS SHOULD NOT BE PRESSURED INTO ACCEPTING A PROJECT SIMPLY BECAUSE A DEVELOPER THREATENS LITIGATION. IF ANYTHING, THE EXISTENCE OF THAT LETTER STRENGTHENS THE ARGUMENT FOR A MORATORIUM. WHEN A PROPOSAL IS TRULY BENEFICIAL TO A COMMUNITY, IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND PUBLIC SCRUTINY. COMMUNITY QUESTIONS AND A REASONABLE PERIOD OF REVIEW. RESIDENTS SHOULD NOT BE FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN PROTECTING THEIR COMMUNITY AND AVOIDING A LAWSUIT. TONIGHT, I ASK YOU TO REMEMBER WHO YOU REPRESENT. YOU DO NOT REPRESENT HEADWATERS. YOU REPRESENT THE PEOPLE WHO WILL EXPERIENCE THE LONG TERM IMPACTS OF WHATEVER DECISION IS MADE. A 12 MONTH MORATORIUM IS NOT AN ACT OF HOSTILITY. IT IS AN ACT OF RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE. DECISIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE DESERVE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION, NOT DEADLINES, PRESSURE OR THREATS. THE ALTERNATIVES TO MR. OMAR'S PROPOSED 12 MONTH MORATORIUM DO NOT PROVIDE THE SAME LEVEL OF PROTECTION. WE MUST ENSURE THAT NO DATA CENTER PROJECT CAN MOVE FORWARD WHILE NECESSARY INFORMATION IS BEING GATHERED. THE PEOPLE OF GROVE CITY SHOULD NOT LOSE THEIR VOICE BECAUSE A WELL-FUNDED CORPORATION SENT A THREATENING LETTER. YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IS NOT TO MAKE THIS PROJECT EASY FOR HEADWATERS. YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTS OF GROVE CITY AND ENSURE THAT THE DECISIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE MADE CAREFULLY, TRANSPARENTLY AND IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY. RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN SOUNDING THE ALARM FOR MONTHS. PLEASE LISTEN TO THEM NOW AND VOTE YES TO ENACT A 12 MONTH MORATORIUM. THANK YOU. ONE MORE SPEAKER, JOHN LEONARD. GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. MY NAME IS DON LEONARD. I LIVE AT 77 SOUTH BRINKER AVENUE, WHICH YOU MAY NOTICE IS NOT IN GROVE CITY. THAT'S IN COLUMBUS. I AM NOT A RESIDENT OF GROVE CITY. I AM A FORMER PROFESSOR OF CITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING FOR TEN YEARS, AND I AM NOW THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR CONGRESS, REPRESENTING OHIO'S 15TH DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES GROVE CITY. I HAVE HEARD THE CONCERNS VOICED BY MY CONSTITUENTS, BOTH HERE AND ACROSS THE DISTRICT. I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS CANDIDLY WITH THE MEMBERS. HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE GROVE CITY COUNCIL, SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS THAT DATA CENTERS POSE TO YOUR FINE CITY. WHEN COMMUNITIES ZONED FOR LIGHT, INDUSTRIAL. AND LOOK AT THE SHINY BROCHURE, HERE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. COMPARED TO THE ALTERNATIVE OF ADDING AN APARTMENT COMPLEX OR A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION, A DATA CENTER PROMISES A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN LOCAL REVENUES WITHOUT REQUIRING THE KIND OF EXPANSION OF SCHOOLS OR POLICE DEPARTMENTS OR TRAFFIC THAT RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS ENTAIL. THEY CAN ALSO PROVIDE COMMUNITIES WITH FIBER OPTIC INTERNET AND POWER INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES. AND UNLIKE TRADITIONAL INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, THEY PROMISE A LOW ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT NO SMOKESTACKS, NO HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS. BUT LET'S DISPENSE WITH THEORY AND TALK ABOUT THE VERY REAL THREATS THAT DATA CENTERS CAN POSE IF NOT PROPERLY CONFIGURED. I AM RELIEVED TO HEAR THAT THIS SITE WILL NOT EMPLOY EVAPORATIVE COOLING. THE EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEM USED BY DATA CENTERS HAVE BEEN FOUND TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT LOCAL WATER SYSTEMS AND GENERATE HIDDEN NOISE AND AIR POLLUTION. WHILE THIS SITE DOESN'T THREATEN THE SCALE OF THREAT POSED BY DATA CENTERS USED FOR TRAINING AI, THIS DATA CENTER WILL SURELY RELY ON LARGE SCALE DIESEL BACKUP GENERATORS THAT ARE NOT REQUIRED BY THE OHIO EPA TO BE FILTERED FOR SAFE USE NEAR RESIDENTIAL AREAS. THIS IS PRESUMABLY BECAUSE OF THEIR EMERGENCY DESIGNATION. YET THE OHIO EPA HAS NO DEFINITION OF WHAT EMERGENCY ENTAILS. SO WHAT WE ACTUALLY CANNOT KNOW FOR CERTAIN WHAT THE RUNTIME OF THESE DIESEL UNITS WILL BE. [02:10:04] MY FUTURE CONSTITUENTS IN HILLIARD, INCLUDING SUPPORTERS KELSEY AND TREVOR, CAN SEE A DATA CENTER FROM THEIR BACK FENCE THAT WILL HAVE 158 DIESEL GENERATORS INSTALLED WITH TIER TWO EMISSION STANDARDS, RATHER THAN THE TIER FOUR STANDARDS, WHICH COULD PROVIDE 90% EMISSIONS CONTROL. IN ADDITION TO THE TOXIC FUMES, THE TIER TWO DIESEL GENERATORS THREATEN, THESE DATA CENTERS HAVE A FINITE LIFESPAN. AS CHIP TECHNOLOGY RAPIDLY EVOLVES AND THE US EVENTUALLY CATCHES UP WITH OTHER COUNTRIES WHO ARE COOLING THESE CENTER CENTERS PASSIVELY THROUGH THE OCEAN SURFACE. THESE SPRAWLING INDUSTRIAL SITES WILL BECOME NOT JUST EYESORES, BUT POTENTIAL BROWNFIELD SITES REQUIRING REMEDIATION. AND THIRD, AND THIS ONE MAKES ME ANGRY A 300 ACRE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT GENERATES ONLY 250 JOBS. EVEN THAT OPTIMISTIC PROJECTION IS A FRACTION OF THE THOUSANDS OF JOBS THAT SUCH A SITE WOULD BE EXPECTED TO GENERATE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO TRADE THE BEAUTIFUL RURAL LANDSCAPES THAT SURROUND GROVE CITY FOR SUSTAINING GLOBAL CAPITALISM. IT DAMN WELL OUGHT TO GENERATE MORE JOBS FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THAT'S THE PUBLIC'S. COMMENTS. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? LET'S START FROM THE FROM THAT SIDE. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? YEAH. WELL. THIS IS ON C 2226 BY THE WAY. YEP. THANK YOU, MR. HELLINGA. LIKE THE REST OF YOU IN THIS ROOM THAT SPOKE THIS EVENING, I ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE NOTES SO I CAN MAKE SURE THAT I GET ALL MY THOUGHTS OUT PROPERLY. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, I HAVE BEEN WORKING TO EDUCATE MYSELF ON DATA CENTERS BY READING ARTICLES, ATTENDING FORUMS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS, AND SPEAKING WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS WHENEVER POSSIBLE. LIKE MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY, I HAVE FOUND THE SUBJECT TO BE COMPLEX, OVERWHELMING AND AT TIMES CONFUSING DUE TO MANY DUE, CONFUSING TO MANY DUE DUE TO FALSE INFORMATION BEING SHARED. KNOWING THAT CITY COUNCIL ADDRESSED THE POTENTIAL DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT IN THE PAST, I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO REVIEW THE PUBLIC RECORD FROM 2023 SO BOTH I AND OUR RESIDENTS COULD BETTER UNDERSTAND. THE PROCESS OCCURRED ON MARCH 20TH 20TH TO 2023. CITY COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION, WHICH IS A STANDARD STEP INDICATING THE CITY WILL PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE PROPER TO THE PROPERTY IF ANNEXATION WAS ULTIMATELY APPROVED. MR. SMITH TALKED ABOUT THAT EARLIER THIS EVENING. ON JUNE 19TH OF 2023, COUNCIL HELD THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE C 2223 TO ANNEX THE PROPERTY INTO GROVE CITY. THAT WAS ABOUT A 97 ACRE PROPERTY THAT BELONGED TO THE TRAPP FAMILY. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE CITY DOES NOT SEEK OUT PROPERTIES FOR ANNEXATION. ANNEXATION REQUESTS ORIGINATE WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER. THE SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE C 2223 WAS INITIALLY SCHEDULED FOR JULY 3RD, 2023, BUT WAS POSTPONED TO AUGUST 7TH AND THEN AGAIN UNTIL SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2023, WHEN IT WAS ULTIMATELY APPROVED BY A 3 TO 2 VOTE. THAT WAS JUST BECAUSE THE ANNEXATION WAS FOLLOWING A PRE PRE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT. AND THAT'S JUST KIND OF HOW THE PROCESS WORKS. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHEN A PROPERTY IS ANNEXED INTO GROVE CITY, IT ENTERS UNDER ITS EXISTING ZONING CLASSIFICATION OR THE CLOSEST EQUIVALENT ZONING DESIGNATION WITHIN THE GROVE CITY ZONING CODE. IN THIS CASE, THE PROPERTY WAS ZONED SF ONE AND REMAINS FS ONE IN WARD ONE TODAY. ALSO ON JULY 3RD OF 2023, COUNCIL CONDUCTED THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE C 2523. THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPER AT THE TIME. THEN, ON JULY 17TH OF 2023, CITY COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY 5 TO 0 NOT TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT DUE TO CONCERNS THAT IT LACKED SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND DETAILS REGARDING THE PROPOSED DATA CENTER PROJECT. FOR ME, THAT HISTORY HIGHLIGHTS THE VERY ISSUE WE CONTINUE TO FACE TODAY THE ABSENCE OF CLEAR STANDARDS AND EXPECTATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENTS OF THIS SCALE AND COMPLEXITY. COMPLEXITY. WHY I BELIEVE THE CITY'S CURRENT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS COULD ULTIMATELY LEAD US FORWARD TO ESTABLISH A MEANINGFUL REGULATIONS. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM WOULD BE BETTER ADDRESSED TO WOULD BETTER ADDRESS THE CONCERNS BEING EXPRESSED THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. MANY RESIDENTS ARE STRUGGLING WITH UNCERTAINTY, A LACK OF TRUST AND GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS, AND A LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LONG TERM IMPACTS THESE FACILITIES MAY HAVE ON OUR COMMUNITY. A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM WOULD PROVIDE THE TIME NECESSARY TO THOUGHTFULLY EVALUATE AND ESTABLISH REGULATORY STANDARDS, [02:15:03] NOT ONLY FOR HIGH DENSITY COMPUTING COMPUTING FACILITIES, ALSO KNOWN AS DATA CENTERS, BUT ALSO FOR OTHER RESOURCE INTENSIVE INDUSTRIAL USES THAT MAY EMERGE IN THE FUTURE. I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD ENGAGE A NEUTRAL, INDEPENDENT INDUSTRY CONSULTANT TO ASSIST IN THIS PROCESS. SUCH A CONSULTANT WOULD HELP PROVIDE OBJECTIVE INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE ON CRITICAL ISSUES, INCLUDING NOISE, WATER CONSUMPTION, POWER DEMAND, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND THE POTENTIAL EFFECTS ON THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR RESIDENTS AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT GROVE CITY'S RESIDENTS. THESE ARE HIGHLY SPECIALIZED FACILITIES. THE DECISION WE MAKE TODAY COULD HAVE LASTING CONSEQUENCES FOR OUR COMMUNITY FOR DECADES TO COME. IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT THESE DECISIONS ARE INFORMED WITH CREDIBLE EXPERTISE, THOUGHTFUL PLANNING AND A REGULATORY FRAMEWORK. FRAMEWORK FRAMEWORK THAT PROTECTS BOTH CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. THAT IS THE WORK THAT IS BEFORE US, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE OWE IT TO OUR RESIDENTS TO DO THE WORK THOROUGHLY AND TRANSPARENTLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHAIR AND PRESIDENT, JUST A POINT OF CLARITY. CAN WE JUST HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS SPEAK WHEN THEY'RE READY? I KNOW YOU KIND OF POINTED. OKAY. I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE OKAY. WERE YOU READY? ARE YOU READY? OKAY. ARE YOU READY, MR. STERN? IF YOU ARE READY, GO AHEAD. SURE. SURE. GO! COME BACK! WHAT'S THAT? GO TO DINNER AND COME BACK. YEAH, YEAH. SO. IF IT'S OKAY. CAN I COMBINE THIS WITH A DISCUSSION, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RESOLUTION THAT'S OUT THERE TO. YOU CHAIR. TECHNICALLY THE YOU HAVE AN ORDINANCE ON THE FLOOR. ALL COMMENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT THE ORDINANCE ONLY WHETHER OR NOT YOU SUPPORT A MORATORIUM AND A REVIEW AND, AND WHAT THE TITLE SHOWS. WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT I AGREE WITH IN THIS. AS A MATTER OF FACT MR. OMAR AND I AGREE ON QUITE A FEW THINGS. WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS ON THIS, AND FOR THE MOST PART, WE AGREE ON PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING. I HAVE A COUPLE RESERVATIONS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE. THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED FOR EXAMPLE, DID NOT INCLUDE THE ROBUST, ROBUST DEFINITION THAT YOU SEE TODAY. IT DID NOT INCLUDE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TASK FORCE, AND IT DID NOT INCLUDE THE STANDARDS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN SECTION EIGHT. THEREFORE, I WAS NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT FOR THOSE REASONS. AND ALSO THE FACT THAT IN SECTIONS THREE, AND I'M SORRY, ONE AND FOUR, I BELIEVE IT IS, IT SEEMED TO LOCK OUT THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, WHICH I FELT WAS A MISTAKE. THEY SHOULD BE PART OF THE OVERALL CONVERSATION. EVERYBODY SHOULD BE INVOLVED. EVERYBODY SHOULD BE INVOLVED. THOSE THINGS WERE ADDED TO THE ORDINANCE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. AND MY THOUGHT IS I WOULD LOVE TO COLLABORATE AND OFFER AMENDMENTS TO THE ORDINANCE TO BRING THESE TWO THINGS TOGETHER BECAUSE THERE'S ABOUT 80% OVERLAP ALREADY. IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S AN OPTION WE COULD TAKE. IF I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK BEFORE WE START MAKING AMENDMENTS, I HAVE A I HAVE A QUESTION OF COUNSEL. AND I'LL SORT OF GIVE YOU PART OF MY COMMENT TO START OUT WITH. I BECAUSE THIS WAS ADDED AT THE LAST MINUTE, I, I LOOKED AT IT RIGHT AWAY AS SOON AS IT CAME UP WITH THE, WITH THE OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE ON THERE AND I AGREE WITH MR. STURM MY RESERVATION ON THE AMENDMENT AS AN EMERGENCY MEASURE, RATHER THAN THE STANDARD WAY OF HANDLING THOSE, IS THAT THESE COULD PROBABLY BE HANDLED DURING THE INTERIM PERIOD BETWEEN WHEN A NORMAL WHEN A NORMAL ORDINANCE COMES BEFORE THE BOARD AND WHEN IT DOESN'T. SO MY QUESTION OF OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS IF WE DO NOT PASS THIS AS AN EMERGENCY MEASURE AS SUBMITTED AND CALL FOR A SECOND READING DURING THE INTERIM, CAN WE MAKE THE NECESSARY CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE? WELL, YOU CAN MAKE THE NECESSARY CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE. ANY TIME ANYONE CAN MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE, YOU JUST NEED A SECOND AND THEN FOUR VOTES. [02:20:04] SO THAT CAN BE DONE AT ANY TIME. AT AT INCLUDING TONIGHT. THAT'S CORRECT. YOU KNOW THE TO, TO TONIGHT. WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF WE FOLLOW PROCESS IS THIS. YOU WILL MAKE A MOTION AS CHAIR TO APPROVE THIS TO SUSPEND THE RULES, WHICH IS THE EMERGENCY LANGUAGE. IF THAT DOES NOT GET THE FIVE REQUIRED VOTES, THEN THIS ORDINANCE WILL JUST HOLD OVER UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING, AT WHICH POINT IN TIME IT WILL BE GIVEN ITS SECOND READING. HOWEVER, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THAT WOULD PROHIBIT YOU FROM. IF THERE'S ITEMS THAT YOU WISH TO SEE CLEANED UP OR MR. STURM, AS HE INDICATED, YOU COULD MAKE A MOTION TO DO THAT TONIGHT. AND IF THERE'S A SECOND AND FOUR VOTES, YOU CAN DO ALL THAT RIGHT NOW, OR YOU CAN TAKE TIME TO FIGURE IT OUT. THAT'S WITHIN COUNCIL'S DISCRETION. WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE? IS IT IS IT VOTING FOR THE EMERGENCY? FIRST YOU VOTE FOR THE EMERGENCY FIRST, AND THEN IF YOU GET THE VOTES FOR THE EMERGENCY, THEN YOU MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS AN EMERGENCY MEASURE. WHEN? WHEN WOULD AMENDMENTS BE? THE AMENDMENTS CAN BE BEFORE THEY WOULD BE BEFORE THAT, SIR. BEFORE ANY VOTE. BEFORE ANY VOTE. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. SO THE IF WE DID IT. SO IF IT DID NOT PASS AS AN EMERGENCY MEASURE, MR. STURM AND OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THAT WISH TO ADD SOMETHING TO THE TO THE ORDINANCE THAT ARE APPROVED ALSO BY THE INITIATOR, WHICH WOULD BE MR. OMAR. WE COULD VOTE ON THAT AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. YOU COULD VOTE ON IT TONIGHT AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. THAT'S COMPLETELY UP TO YOU. I MEAN, IT'S OBVIOUSLY IT'S. MR. OMAR IS THE ONE WHO SUBMITTED THE ORDINANCE, BUT ONCE IT IS SUBMITTED, ANY OF YOU CAN MAKE CHANGES TO IT. AT LEAST MAKE A MOTION, GET A SECOND. AND THEN IF YOU GET FOUR VOTES, IT'S CHANGED. OKAY. OKAY. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME COMMENTS ON ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. SO IN PAST TIMES WHEN WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT LEGISLATION AND HAVE BROUGHT FORTH AMENDMENTS, AND I'M NOT GOING TO NAME THEM SPECIFICALLY, I'M TRYING TO STAY ON, ON POINT. IT HAS GOTTEN VERY MESSY AND LONG WINDED AND CONFUSING WHERE WE ARE ALL SITTING UP HERE EVEN SAYING, NOW WHAT AM I VOTING ON AGAIN? WHAT DID WE AMEND? I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT I CAN SUPPORT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THE MORATORIUM THAT MR. OMAR HAS BROUGHT FORTH, AS IT'S WRITTEN, AND I DO WANT TO JUST ASK MR. OMAR A QUESTION. UPDATES THAT WERE MADE. IS IT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU AND OUR LAW DIRECTOR, I THINK WE DISCUSSED THIS IN CAUCUS, HAD KIND OF TALKED THROUGH THOSE ADDITIONS AND THE REASON IT WAS YOUR DESIRE TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE UPDATES. YEAH. SO BEFORE ANY CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE MORATORIUM, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY. AND IT WAS SUBMITTED PRIOR TO THE REQUIRED TIME FRAME. SO THE, I GUESS THE CODE CHARTER REQUIRES 24 HOURS. IT WAS SUBMITTED OUTSIDE OF THAT 24 HOURS FOR PUBLIC NOTICE. SO THE PROPER STEPS WERE TAKEN. I THINK THE AND I DON'T WANT TO I'LL LET YOU CONTINUE. I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO. OKAY. AND THEN AND I KNOW I CAN'T FAULT, YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE AND I'M SURE THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU GET THE PUBLIC NOTICE, YOU GO RIGHT THERE DIGITALLY AND YOU DO SEE THE INFORMATION THAT'S OUT THERE. THE UPDATED ONES WERE IN OUR PACKET. SO ANYBODY WHO DID COME AND PICK UP THEIR PACKET HAD THE UPDATED ONE. JUST LIKE I DID. AND SO YOU HAD TIME TO READ THROUGH THE UPDATED ONE AND SEE ANY OF THE CHANGES. I'LL ALSO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, LEGISLATION, AS MR. OMAR SAID HAS HAD BEEN, YOU KNOW IN, IN INBOXES FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO REVIEW AT THAT TIME AND TALK ABOUT, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T DEBATE THAT WE DO HAVE THE NEED FOR DATA AND THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS. I CAN'T DEBATE THAT WE DO HAVE THE NEED FOR SKILLED JOBS AND CONSTRUCTION. I CAN CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT. BUT I THINK WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN OUR COMMUNITY, JUST LIKE WE'VE SEEN WITH OTHER ISSUES IN THE PAST WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS COME OUT STRONG, THIS IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR. I THINK THEY'RE ALSO NOT SAYING NO DATA. WELL, SOME OF THE INFORMATION DOES SAY NO DATA CENTER. BUT I THINK WHAT, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR IS TO TRUST OUR OUR, OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND TRUST OUR GOVERNMENT AND TRUST OUR PROCESS AND ASK US TO JUST PAUSE AND REALLY TAKE THE TIME. AND, AND WE COULD DEBATE THIS MORATORIUM, WHETHER IT'S HERE IN LEGISLATION OR WHETHER IT IS A DOCUMENT THAT IS SENT AROUND ASKING FOR FEEDBACK TO MAKE CHANGES. WE COULD KEEP DEBATING AND DEBATING AND DEBATING. AND I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS, IS PASS A MORATORIUM. I UNDERSTAND THE NEED AND THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT IT FORTH AS AN EMERGENCY. I, I DON'T BELIEVE AND I ASK THIS QUESTION OF LEGAL COUNSEL AS WELL IN CAUCUS. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS PUSHES OUT THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FROM BEING ABLE TO STILL HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND TALK. [02:25:07] I THINK THIS JUST WOULD GIVE US THE TIME AND THEN ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION OR I SHOULD SAY, SORRY, ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS AS OUR LAW DIRECTOR SAID, PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COME AND ASK THE QUESTION WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO COME THROUGH AT THAT POINT. SO AGAIN I'VE ALSO ONE THAT IS CURIOUS WHAT THE MAYOR STANDS ON THIS. I DON'T THINK WE'VE GOTTEN TO THAT POINT YET. WE ARE A SEVEN MEMBER BODY OF COUNCIL. WE'VE I'VE BEEN HERE FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS. WE VOTED ON LEGISLATION AND WE'VE HAD LEGISLATION VETOED. SO WE DO SEE WHERE THE MAYOR STANDS. AND I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE THAT UNDERSTANDING. I THINK THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR RIGHT NOW. OKAY. MR.. HOLT. SO THIS WON'T BE VERY POPULAR, BUT I BELIEVE WE SHOULD PROCESS THE APPLICATION BEFORE US. THE P THE PUD PROCESS WILL LIKELY TAKE 8 TO 12 MONTHS. IT'S THE SAME 8 TO 12 MONTHS, THAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING YOUR WORK ON THE MORATORIUM TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ALLOW DATA CENTERS. RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T ALLOW DATA CENTERS, AND THE ONLY WAY TO GET THROUGH THAT IS THROUGH THE PUD. BOTH OF THESE LEGISLATIONS TALK ABOUT WRITING RULES AND STIPULATIONS OF WHAT WE WOULD ALLOW IN A DATA CENTER. I THINK WE'RE IN A BETTER POSITION TO SAY WE DON'T ALLOW DATA CENTERS. YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PUD PROCESS, PLACE ALL THE RULES IN THE SPECIFICS, IN THE PUD. EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE COMING UP WITH, THE MORATORIUM AND COMMITTEES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THIS IS HOW THINGS HAVE WORKED FOR MANY YEARS. AND IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE TIME FRAME SAYING IT'S TOO FAST, LOOK OUT THE WINDOW AND SEE BROADWAY LIVE ISN'T THERE YET. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH BROADWAY LIVE FOR THREE YEARS ON THE PUD PROCESS, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THEY BUILD SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS, THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS, AND IT MEETS ALL THE RULES. SO IN MY OPINION, WE'RE JUST AS WELL SERVED WITH THE PUD PROCESS. THAT'S TRIED AND TRUE, AND WE CAN GET ALL THE FACTS DURING THAT TIMELINE. I HAVE A COMMENT. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I THINK MY CONCERN WITH THAT, MR. HOLTZ, ALLOWING THE PROCESS TO PLAY OUT ULTIMATELY MEANS THAT IT WOULD EVENTUALLY COME IN FRONT OF COUNCIL FOR A FINAL VOTE. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. I THINK TRUST PLAYS A BIG ROLE IN THIS. I AND I'M TALKING FROM A PUBLIC STANDPOINT, RIGHT. I'M NOT AT A PLACE RIGHT NOW IN THIS MOMENT WHERE I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT A DEVELOPMENT OF THAT SIZE WOULD COME IN FRONT OF COUNCIL, AND COUNCIL WOULD VOTE IT DOWN. WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT? RIGHT WHERE? WHERE WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO THE PROPER RESEARCH. RIGHT? WHERE DO WE GO FROM THERE, WHERE WE END UP WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT SIZE AND WE'RE JUST STUCK. I MEAN, WHAT I GOT OUT OF THEIR PRESENTATION TODAY IS THAT THIS IS ONE BIG NEGOTIATION, RIGHT, TO ULTIMATELY CATER TO A SPECIFIC PROJECT. I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO, AS I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, OVER AND OVER AGAIN, IS TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOK AT THIS AS A WHOLE, RIGHT? ALL HIGH DENSITY COMPUTING FACILITIES IN GENERAL. AND LET'S DO OUR RESEARCH. LET'S TALK TO EXPERTS AND LET'S DO THE WORK. YES, YES. I MEAN, I REALLY DON'T WANT THE APPLAUSE BECAUSE THIS IS JUST A REAL CONVERSATION, BUT I REALLY FEEL LIKE WE JUST NEED TO DO THE WORK. AND MR. ALLEN, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS, AND THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS PICKING UP THE PHONE EVERY TIME I'VE CALLED. AND I BOTHERED YOU A LOT. BUT YOUR, YOUR COMMITMENT TO, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO HEAR YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND TALK ABOUT THIS SOME MORE AND FIND A SOLUTION. YOU KNOW, WE'VE TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES TO FIND A COMMON GROUND. I THINK THE ONLY PIECE THAT YOU AND I ARE DISAGREEING ON IS THE MORATORIUM PART. YOU KNOW, ALLOWING I STAND THAT WE SHOULD TAKE A STEP BACK. YOU STAND THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF VALUE IN LETTING THIS GO THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. WELL, IF I COULD CLARIFY THAT. SO ACTUALLY, NO, I BELIEVE THERE DOESN'T NEED TO BE A PAUSE. AND ACTUALLY WHEN WE GET TO IT, THE RESOLUTION THAT'S WHAT IT TALKS ABOUT IS, IS PUTTING A PAUSE IN PLACE SO THAT SO THAT THERE IS THE TIME TO DO. AND THAT'S WHY THE RESOLUTION, WHICH AGAIN, WAS NOT IN YOUR ORIGINAL ORDINANCE, WHICH IS WHY I WROTE THE RESOLUTION, ESTABLISHED IT AS A TASK FORCE, A TASK FORCE TO DO THAT TYPE OF ANALYSIS, TO DO THAT TYPE OF DIGGING AND INCLUDES THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT INCLUDES COUNCIL, WHICH ACTUALLY YOUR ORDINANCE DOES NOT INCLUDE EITHER OF THOSE IN THE TASK FORCE. [02:30:01] AND AND MAKES IT, IN MY OPINION, THE RESOLUTION, THE REASON I PUT IT TOGETHER WAS IT WAS MISSING THOSE PIECES, AND I WAS TRYING TO DO SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY HAD EVEN MORE TEETH. WAS EVEN MORE STRINGENT AND PUT IT ON TOP, PUT IT UP, PUT IT ON THAT, PUT IT ON US. COUNCIL TO SAY WE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ULTIMATELY REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE AND WE ARE THE ONES. IF IT GOES SOUTH, WE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE HANGING ON A HOOK FOR IT. THAT THAT'S THE WAY, THAT'S THE WAY THAT I SEE IT. AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY THE RESOLUTION READS, READS THE WAY THAT IT DOES. IT PUTS IT PUTS A PROCESS IN PLACE FOR THAT. AND JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THE LEGISLATION DOES ACTUALLY INCLUDE THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, THE DIRECTOR OF LAW, AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RESOLUTION THAT TALKS ABOUT THE COMMITTEE AND THIS TASK FORCE IS THAT THIS ACTUALLY INCLUDES TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS. THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT SHALL APPOINT SUFFICIENT MEMBERS TO FILL THE REMAINING POSITIONS. IT MAKES SURE THAT WE, AS COUNCIL HAVE CONTROL OVER THAT TASK FORCE. THAT'S THAT'S MY CONCERN. AND I THINK WE SHOULD ALL BE INVOLVED, ALL OF US, NOT JUST TWO. WE ALL NEED TO BE INVOLVED FROM A. TRANSPARENCY. TRANSPARENCY. TRANSPARENCY PERSPECTIVE, THE CONTROL POINT THAT I WANTED TO. THAT I'M INTRODUCING IN THE RESOLUTION AND I KNOW WE'RE WE'RE BLURRING HERE IS EXACTLY. SO THAT THERE IS NO FINAL APPROVALS UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT COUNCIL SAYS, OKAY, HERE ARE THE STANDARDS THAT WE ARE ADOPTING FOR, FOR A HIGH DENSITY TYPE FACILITY, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT ACTUALLY COME TO PASS, WE MAY DECIDE THROUGH THE WORK OF THE TASK FORCE THAT WE NEVER WE DON'T WANT A HIGH DENSITY TYPE OF FACILITY. AND THEREFORE THE THE OUTPUT, AND THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM IS FROM AN OUTPUT DRIVEN PROCESS, NOT JUST THE TIME OF 12 MONTHS, BUT AN OUTPUT DRIVEN PROCESS THAT SAYS IN THE END WE MIGHT DECIDE WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING LIKE THIS. SO GUESS WHAT? WE DON'T DO ANYTHING AND OUR CODE DOESN'T SUPPORT IT ALREADY. BUT IF WE DECIDE WE DO WANT, THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD INTRODUCE ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION TO UPDATE CODE TO SAY, THESE ARE THE PARAMETERS IN WHICH WE WOULD ALLOW SUCH A FACILITY TO, TO ACTUALLY TO ACTUALLY OPERATE. OKAY. SO THE QUESTION, CHAIR. YES. CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT AND THIS MIGHT BE TO THE PRESIDENT OR CLERK OF COUNCIL AS REGARDS TO IN THE MORATORIUM, THE TASK FORCE THAT IS IDENTIFIED. BECAUSE, MR. SHERM, YOU DID SAY ABOUT HAVING, YOU KNOW, ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS INVOLVED AND THE LEGISLATION WRITES THAT IT WOULD BE TWO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY HOW A TASK FORCE CAN CAN RUN. SO PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. RIGHT. OTHER OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE CAN ALL BE THERE. WE JUST WOULDN'T BE NECESSARILY, WHAT, A SEAT AT THE TABLE OR HAVE THE THE VOTING. OR YOU COULD ALL. YES. TOGETHER. ANY ANY TASK FORCE YOU DO WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY A PUBLIC MEETING THAT YOU COULD SHOW UP AT ALL OF COUNCIL, ALL OF YOU, EVERYONE WOULD BE INVITED, WOULD BE ADVERTISED, MINUTES TAKEN, ETC.. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO AS THIS STANDS, THE TWO THAT WOULD BE NAMED, I BELIEVE WOULD BE THE TWO THEN THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE THERE AS PART OF EVERY MEETING OF THE TASK FORCE WITH ALL THE OTHER MEMBERS. THE REST OF US SHOULD BE THERE THAT WE CAN ALSO LEARN ALONGSIDE. AND THEN I ALSO DO WANT TO SAY, MISS BURROWS, YOU BROUGHT UP A POINT ABOUT HIRING A CONSULTANT. I FULLY AGREE WITH THAT. I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING WELL WORTH WANTING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMEBODY TO WALK US ALONGSIDE OF THIS, WHO HAS THAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE OR. YEAH. OKAY. JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON MISS ANDERSON'S COMMENT, THE REASON I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE WE CAN PICK MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE CAN PICK PEOPLE FROM JACKSON TOWNSHIP, PLEASANT TOWNSHIP, BUT NOBODY'S AN EXPERT. WE'RE STILL LEARNING SO MANY THINGS ABOUT THIS. I'M NOT AN EXPERT. OKAY. YOU IN THIS AUDIENCE ARE AN EXPERT. I BELIEVE THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME CLARIFICATION LANGUAGE ADDED TO THIS. I HAVE THE OTHER THING. IF THERE'S ONE ONE MORE THING ON THE DEFINITION THAT'S IN THAT'S IN THE RESOLUTION, THERE'S NO EXCLUSIONS. AND MY I DO HAVE A CONCERN THAT WE WOULD INADVERTENTLY IMPACT LIKE ONE OF OUR LOCAL HOSPITALS OR SOMETHING WHO HAPPEN, WHO HAS A SERVER ROOM OR A SERVER FLOOR THAT THAT WOULD BY, BY THIS DEFINITION, COULD BE CONSIDERED A DATA CENTER. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE IN TROUBLE. THE OKAY, I SO WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US IS A VOTE ON AN EMERGENCY. SO THAT'S WHAT'S BEFORE YOU. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT HERE. I, I, I READ ALL THE INFORMATION, I READ ALL THE RESOLUTIONS, WHICH I'M SUPPOSED TO DO. I DID GET THE REVISED COPY THAT CAME IN WITHIN 24 HOURS FROM MR. OMAR. I WAS THE FIRST ONE TO GET IT. I HAPPENED TO BE ON THE PHONE WHEN IT CAME IN, SO I WENT THROUGH EVERYTHING THERE. I AGREE WITH A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT MR. STERN SAYS. I ALSO AGREE WITH THE INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT THAT MISS BURROWS INDICATED WE NEEDED, AND I WOULD BE I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF DOING THE EMERGENCY ORDINANCE, BUT I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF [02:35:03] IT IF WE HAD THE TIME TO ADD THOSE SPECIFIC ITEMS INTO THIS, WHICH I THINK ARE REALLY NECESSARY. IT DELAYS IT TWO WEEKS. OKAY. BUT I THINK THAT IT WOULD CLARIFY IT IF WE TRY TO DO IT NOW ON COUNCIL, IT'LL BE A MESS. OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO CALL FOR I'M GOING TO CALL FOR A. OKAY. LET LET'S LISTEN. OKAY. I KNOW YOU JUST WANT TO DO IT, BUT I WANT TO DO IT RIGHT. AND YOU'VE GOT TO. NO, I DO NOT RESPOND TO THREATS AT ALL. OKAY. I DO NOT. OKAY. I LOOK FOR WHAT'S THE BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND I DON'T FEEL YOU ARE THE COMMUNITY, I KNOW THAT. OKAY. WE NEED MORE INFORMATION. I'M NOT AN EXPERT. I'M THE ONE THAT BROUGHT UP THE THING ABOUT THE RECYCLING WATER. OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THIS SPECIFIC ORDINANCE THE WAY IT IS AS A EMERGENCY MEASURE, AND IT WILL TAKE FIVE POSITIVE VOTES TO GO IN. YES, SIR. I MEAN, BEFORE BEFORE WE GET TO THE VOTE. AND I REALLY DO WANT TO SAY THAT THIS SHOULD GET TO A VOTE TONIGHT. BUT I HAVE TIME. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, BUT I THINK IF WE WANT TO MAKE THE CHANGES, LET'S MAKE THE CHANGES. AND I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE ANYTHING MAJOR. I WOULD HOPE NOT. BUT I FEEL LIKE THERE ARE CHANGES THAT WE CAN DISCUSS AS COUNCIL AND MAKE THOSE SPECIFIC CHANGES HERE TONIGHT. I MEAN, THIS THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME. AND AND. IF IT'S NOT TONIGHT, IT'S GOING TO BE IN TWO WEEKS. LIKE, LET'S, LET'S JUST HAVE THE CONVERSATION AND MAKE THOSE CHANGES. TWO WEEKS, WEEKS, TWO WEEKS. WHAT'S THE PROCEDURE TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT? MAKE IT. ANYONE CAN MAKE A MOTION. ALL IN ONE. OR YOU CAN DO IT PIECE BY PIECE. OR YOU CAN DO IT. LET'S DO LET'S LET'S GO PIECE BY PIECE SO THAT IT'S VERY SPECIFIC. THEN I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT TO UPDATE THE DEFINITION IN SECTION ONE TO INCLUDE THE SAME EXCLUSIONS THAT ARE IN SECTION ONE OF THE RESOLUTION. IS THAT A MOTION? YES. SECOND. SORRY. YES YOU CAN. SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE. YOU WANT TO READ THOSE? YEAH. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT. RIGHT. YOU DID. DID I? OKAY. YOUR MOTION IS GOOD, SIR. GOOD FOR ME. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU WANT TO READ THEM IN. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. FOR ALL OF COUNCIL AND THE AUDIENCE. THE EXCLUSIONS OUT OF RESOLUTION CR 1626, SECTION ONE. SO THE THE DEFINITION EXCLUSIONS WOULD BE AN ACCESSORY SERVER ROOM INCIDENTAL TO PRINCIPAL PERMITTED USE HOSPITAL, EDUCATIONAL GOVERNMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM SYSTEMS, CONVENTIONAL OFFICE COMPUTING SYSTEMS, AND INTERNAL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS THAT ARE ACCESSORY AND INCIDENTAL TO THE OTHERWISE PERMITTED PRINCIPLE USE AND AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES OTHERWISE PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW AND NOT PRIMARILY USED AS A HIGH DENSITY COMPUTING FACILITY. WE HAVE A SECOND TO THAT. WE DO. WE DO. MR. OMAR, DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION ON THIS? YES. DISCUSSION. SO JUST FOR CLARITY. SO YOU'RE ADDING INTO THE ORDINANCE. YES. UNDER SECTION ONE YOU'RE BASICALLY ADDING YOUR SECTION FROM RESOLUTION CR 1626. THE TERM EXCLUDES EVERYTHING YOU READ. THERE IS WHAT YOU'RE ASKING TO BE ADDED INTO THE ORDINANCE AT HAND. YES. BECAUSE EVERYTHING ABOVE THAT HE ALREADY PUT IN. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. YES OF COURSE. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? OKAY. WE HAVE WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE SO-CALLED. MR. HOLT. YES. MR. STURM? YES. YES. OMAR. YES. ANDERSON. YES. YES. BARRY. YES. OKAY. THOSE ARE ANY. NOW, DO YOU THINK WE NEED TO CLARIFY THE LANGUAGE ON ALLOWING THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THIS? COUNCIL MEMBER? YEAH. YOU'RE TALKING TO THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM? YEP. NOT THE NOT THE PLANNING COMMISSION DEVELOPMENT TEAM. EXCUSE ME. YES. DEVELOPMENT TEAM. YEAH. MY MY CONCERN THERE. AND PERHAPS IF YEAH. AND, MR. STURM, I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN. WE TALKED ABOUT IN CAUCUS. I, I DON'T READ THE ORDINANCE THE SAME WAY YOU DO. OKAY. LIKE SPECIFICALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT LIKE SECTION TEN, FOR EXAMPLE OR NINE, EXCUSE ME, CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE CURRENT ZONING CODES, LAND USE POLICIES, DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. TO ME THAT SAYS WE'RE INVOLVING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. NOW, IF YOU WISH TO CLARIFY IT TO MAKE SURE IT HAPPENS. I WOULD READ IT THAT THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THIS PROCESS. I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN TIMES I THINK THE EXAMPLE WE GOT IN CAUCUS WAS, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE ADMINISTRATION WAS DIRECTED NOT TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT WITH THE WHY. [02:40:05] I DON'T WANT TO END UP IN THAT SAME BOAT. AND I DON'T I DO NOT READ THIS IN THAT MANNER WHATSOEVER. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BULLET POINTS IN SECTIONS LIKE FIVE, SEVEN, AND NINE, THEY'RE SO COMPREHENSIVE THAT FRANKLY, IT WOULD INVOLVE THE ADMINISTRATION, THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, ETC.. SO I THINK IT ALREADY READS THAT WAY. BUT IF YOU WANT FURTHER CLARIFICATION TO ENSURE IT'S CORRECT, YOU CERTAINLY CAN DO THAT, SIR. SECTION THREE AND SECTION FOUR IS WHERE I'M SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AND IS MY CONCERN. BECAUSE THE THING IS, WE THERE IS A PRELIMINARY PROPOSAL THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED, AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THAT, BECAUSE THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY CLUE US IN ON THINGS THAT WE MIGHT NOT THINK OF ON OUR OWN. SO THEREFORE, WHERE IT SAYS THE MORATORIUM ON ANY REVIEW. OR CONSIDERATION OR OR SECTION FOUR WHERE IT SAYS NO PENDING PROPOSALS. I WANT THE I WANT THAT LOOKED AT SO THAT IT CAN BE PART OF THE OVERALL ANALYSIS. NO. AND I THINK HOW I READ THAT SECTION AND MR. OMAR AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS, WE TALKED A LOT LAST WEEK. I, I DON'T READ IT TO MEAN THAT THAT CAN'T BE A DISCUSSION POINT, JUST THAT YOU WILL NOT. IF THE MORATORIUM WERE TO GO IN EFFECT, NOTHING WOULD, IN ESSENCE, ADVANCE THAT APPLICATION OR CONSTITUTE AN APPROVAL. THERE'S NOTHING TO SAY THAT IT CAN'T BE USED AS AN EXAMPLE OF, HEY, WHAT ABOUT THIS? WHAT ABOUT THAT? BUT NONE OF THAT WOULD MOVE THAT APPLICATION FORWARD IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S A PROHIBITION ABOUT IT BEING USED AS AN EXAMPLE IN DISCUSSION. THE BOTTOM LINE IS MY CONCERN IS THAT IS THAT THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM OR THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE ONE OF THE INPUTS TO OUR OVERALL ANALYSIS AND DATA COLLECTION AND INFORMATION GATHERING. AND MY CONCERN IS IF THEY ARE NOT PERMITTED, IF THEY'RE NOT PERMITTED TO DO THE WORK THAT THEY TYPICALLY WOULD DO, WE ARE GOING TO BE MISSING THAT INFORMATION. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GAP IN THE INFORMATION THAT WE WANT TO HAVE. WELL, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I MEAN, IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT PROCESSING THE APPLICATION AND GOING THROUGH IT LIKE THEY NORMALLY WOULD, YOU ARE CORRECT. THAT IS NOT IF THIS MORATORIUM GOES INTO PLACE, THIS THING IS GOING ON A SHELF. OKAY. SO IF IF YOU'RE SAYING THEY THERE'S NOTHING TO SAY, THEY CAN'T REVIEW IT AND STILL GIVE YOU INPUT, BUT IT AIN'T LEAVING THE SHELF IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING. I MEAN, I GUESS I'M NOT TRYING, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT CAN STILL REVIEW IT AND COMMENT ON IT, BUT IT ISN'T GOING ANYWHERE. IT'S NOT GOING TO GET SET FOR PLANNING COMMISSION. IT'S NOT GOING TO GO IN FRONT OF COUNCIL ETC.. SO IT IF THE MORATORIUM WERE TO BE PASSED AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN THAT CONVERSATION. IT WOULD JUST BE A MATTER OF US INCLUDING THEM IN THAT CONVERSATION. THIS IS NOT PREVENTING THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FROM ACTUALLY PARTICIPATING. I DO NOT READ ANYTHING IN THIS THAT WOULD PROHIBIT THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FROM PARTICIPATING IN THIS CONVERSATION. THAT IS CORRECT, SIR. MAYBE TO MAKE IT CLEARER, WE CAN ADD THAT LANGUAGE IN TO SPECIFICALLY MENTION THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND ALSO INCLUDE THE INDEPENDENT. I LIKE THE INDEPENDENT EXPERT THAT YOU BROUGHT UP, JODY IN THE LANGUAGE. THE ONLY, THE ONLY MISTER. THE ONLY CONCERN I HAVE WITH THE INDEPENDENT EXPERT. AND I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK IN FINDING ONE. YEAH. BUT WE TAMMY HAS BEEN TRYING AND WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO TRACK DOWN PEOPLE WHO AREN'T ON ONE SIDE OF THE TABLE, OR THAT EVERYONE HAS AN INTEREST SOMEWHERE, LIKE FINDING THAT PERSON WHO IS TRULY INDEPENDENT. WE HAVE, SO FAR, AT LEAST AS OF TODAY. FAILED MISERABLY. OKAY, I HAVE ONE CHANCE TO MAKE. SO I DON'T WANT TO RULE OUT THAT WE CAN'T GET SOMEBODY. BUT I WOULD HATE TO INCLUDE THAT AS A REQUIREMENT. REQUIREMENT? GOT IT. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT PERSON IS RIGHT NOW. OKAY. BUT IF THAT'S THE PATH THAT WE CHOOSE TO GO AS COUNCIL, WE CAN DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO EXPERTS AND CALL THEM IN. ONE CHANGE THAT I DID WANT TO MAKE BECAUSE ONE, ONE GOOD POINT THAT WAS BROUGHT UP EARLIER IS, YOU KNOW, WE MENTIONED STANDARDS A LOT IN CREATING THESE REGULATIONS, BUT WE ALSO MIGHT GET THROUGH THESE 12 MONTHS AND DECIDE WE MIGHT JUST WANT TO KEEP IT HOW IT IS. RIGHT. AND THAT IS OKAY. SO SECTION FIVE, BULLET FIVE SAYS CONSIDER AND DEVELOP. I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THAT TO CONSIDER OR DEVELOP APPROPRIATE STANDARDS. SECOND. THERE YOU GO. THAT'S GOOD. GOOD CALL. OKAY. STURM. YES. YES. MAMA. YES. ANDERSON. YES. YES. MARY. HOLT. YES. OKAY. SO. WE'VE GOT BOTH OF THOSE AMENDMENTS INCLUDED IN THE IN THE ORDINANCE. ARE THERE ANY IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS? WELL, OKAY, JUST ONE MORE AND I APOLOGIZE. THAT'S OKAY. I JUST WANT TO GET THIS AS RIGHT AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. THIS THIS SECTION WITH THE TASK FORCE. [02:45:06] IT SAYS EACH. WHAT SECTION ARE YOU IN? SIX. SECTION SIX. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. SO. YEAH. YEAH. I GUESS, CAN WE JUST AMEND THE. SECTION FIVE FROM RESOLUTION KRH 1626. ONE SECOND. LET ME JUST PULL OUT. I WOULD SAY MERGE WITH. YEAH. SO YOU HAVE THE SUPERSET OF BOTH. WELL, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO. SO THE MAYOR'S VERSION OR THE ADMINISTRATION'S RESOLUTION SAYS THIS SPECIAL DATA CENTER REVIEW COMMITTEE SHALL BE COMPRISED OF NINE PERSONS WITH EACH COUNCIL MEMBER APPOINTING ONE MEMBER, ONE MEMBER SELECTED BY JACKSON TOWNSHIP, AND ONE MEMBER SELECTED BY PLEASANT TOWNSHIP. THE MAYOR, CLERK OF COUNCIL, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND DIRECTOR OF LAW SHALL SERVE AS EX OFFICIO, NON-VOTING MEMBERS. THIS ORDINANCE STATES. AS AN INTEGRAL COMPONENT OF THIS INTERIM, I'M JUST GOING TO GO TO WHO'S ACTUALLY INVOLVED? YEAH. DO IT. TASK FORCE SHALL BE COMPRISED OF NINE VOTING MEMBERS AS FOLLOWS. EACH COUNCIL MEMBER SHALL APPOINT ONE MEMBER. ONE MEMBER SHALL BE ELECTED. BE SELECTED BY JACKSON TOWNSHIP, ONE SELECTED BY PLEASANT TOWNSHIP. THE MAYOR, CLERK OF COUNCIL, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND DIRECTOR OF LAW SHALL SERVE AS EX OFFICIO, NON-VOTING MEMBERS. IN ADDITION, TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS SHALL SERVE AS EX OFFICIO NON-VOTING MEMBERS. PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO VOLUNTEERED AS ORIGINATORS ORIGINATORS OF THIS ORDINANCE. IF FEWER THAN TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS VOLUNTEER, THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT SHALL APPOINT SUFFICIENT MEMBERS TO FILL THE REMAINING POSITIONS. SO THIS THIS IS MAKING SURE THAT COUNCIL STILL HAS A VOICE IN THAT. SO WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY MEAN? WHAT'S THE THE PARAMETERS OF THAT ROLE? WELL WE'LL HAVE A SAY IN THE DISCUSSION. RIGHT. IF YOU PUT COUNCIL MEMBERS ON IT YOU WOULD BE ONE OF THE I CAN'T DO MATH 9 OR 11 BOARD MEMBERS. YOU FRANKLY WOULDN'T HAVE ANY MORE POWER THAN THE OTHERS. AND THEN YOU WOULD USE THAT TO, I THINK, BASED ON THE LANGUAGE OF THIS, YOU KNOW, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AND REPORT BACK TO ALL OF COUNCIL. WELL, SO THIS IS TWO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL SHALL SERVE AS NON-VOTING MEMBERS. RIGHT. SO WHAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY THERE? IF THEY'RE NON-VOTING MEMBERS TO ASSIST ONE WHEN NECESSARY, JUST LIKE MISS KELLY AND I WOULD PART OF THE DISCUSSIONS OR YOU CAN I CAN'T I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THIS BOARD WOULD ACTUALLY NOT INCLUDE YOU AS PART OF THE DISCUSSIONS, BUT THAT WOULD BE UP TO THEM. MR. STURM? I THINK HAVING BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE, IF YOU CREATE AN INFORMATION GAP WHEN ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AREN'T PART OF IT, AND THEN AND THEN THERE'S I MEAN, I'M FINE WITH APPOINTING, YOU KNOW, EACH COUNCIL MEMBER APPOINTING SOMEBODY, BUT AND WE RAN INTO THIS WITH THE REC CENTER. WE RAN INTO THIS WITH OTHER THINGS. YEAH. THAT'S WHERE INFORMATION WAS NOT GETTING BACK TO EVERYBODY. AND SO YOU ENDED UP WITH EVERYTHING BEING DISJOINTED INSTEAD OF EVERYBODY AROUND THE SAME TABLE. AND ACTUALLY, IT HASN'T GONE TO A VOTE YET. RIGHT. SO I WOULD MOVE TO AMEND AND ADD THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO THE LIST. SO NINE VOTING AND ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE EX. WHAT IS IT EX OFFICIO? BEFORE YOU MAKE THEM MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. YEAH, THEY'RE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, RIGHT? YEAH. I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK MAYOR STAGE. SORRY. ONE SECOND. SINCE YOU HAVE FULL APPOINTMENT POWERS FOR THE COMMITTEE. NO HE DOESN'T. I'M TALKING ABOUT HIS RESOLUTION UNDER THE UNDER THE CHARTER, THE MAYOR APPOINTS ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. PERIOD. IN THIS INSTANCE, ON THE TASK FORCE, ON THE. IT DOESN'T. YOU CAN CALL IT WHATEVER YOU WANT. THEORETICALLY, WE'VE PLAYED GAMES WITH THIS OVER THE YEARS. IN THIS INSTANCE, THE MAYOR DRAFTED OR WAS PART OF DRAFTING THAT GOD'S. BLESS THAT RESOLUTION ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION WHERE HE WAS WILLING TO GIVE COUNCIL THAT AUTHORITY. SO I THINK WHAT MR. OMAR IS ASKING IF THE MAYOR IS OKAY WITH FURTHER CHANGES TO THIS SINCE, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, HE COULD CONTROL IT IF HE WANTED TO. NO, I THINK IT'S FINE IF WE WANT TO HAVE AN OPEN DISCUSSION. SO I NEED A SECOND. WELL, BEFORE WE DO THAT AND MAYBE THIS GOES ALONG WITH IT OR NOT IS YES. SORRY. POINT OF ORDER. JUST FOR MY CLARIFICATION, MR. BERRY, DID YOU MAKE A MOTION? YES, I MADE A MOTION. [02:50:01] WHAT IS YOUR SECOND? YOUR MOTION WAS MY MOTION IS IS TO IS TO ADD THE COUNCIL AS PART OF THE VOTING MEMBERSHIP UNDER SECONDS UNDER SECTION SIX OF ORDINANCE C 22. SECOND INSTEAD OF TWO OR THEY GOT IT. I MEAN ARE WE TAKING OUT IN ADDITION. TO TWO. RIGHT. YEAH. YEAH. TAKE OUT THE TWO. COUNCIL PUT ALL COUNCIL. YEAH, AND MY APOLOGIES. I WAS READING THE ADMINISTRATION'S RESOLUTION AND NOT YOURS. YOURS DOES SAY 60. I KNOW WE GOT TOO MANY OF THEM. ALL RIGHT. SO. SO YOUR MOTION IS TO AMEND SECTION SIX TO SAY IN ADDITION. YES. ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS, ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL SHALL SERVE AS EX OFFICIO, AS MEMBERS, AS MEMBERS. OKAY. SO THE BEGINNING WOULD SAY THE TASK FORCE SHALL BE COMPRISED OF 16 VOTING MEMBERS. IF I HAVE THAT CORRECT. CORRECT. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL SHALL SERVE AS. OR I COULD JUST TAKE SECTION FIVE FROM MY RESOLUTION AND PASTE IT IN. THAT'S WHAT I ORIGINALLY SAID. I KNOW, I KNOW, I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES NOW. AND JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS, AND THEN THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD COME TO COUNCIL AND BE VOTED ON. COUNCIL. SO IT TAKES FOUR VOTES TO DO THAT ON COUNCIL. YES. AND YOU REALIZE IT TAKES THOSE SAME FOUR VOTES TO DO EVERYTHING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE NOW IN A PUD, RIGHT? I'M SORRY. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. WE HAVE A SECOND. WE NEED TO VOTE. WE NEED A WE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? BECAUSE I DID NOT HEAR A SECOND. OMAR SECONDED IT. SO THE MOTION IS TO AMEND SECTION SIX OF ORDINANCE C 22 TO SAY. IN ADDITION, ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL SHALL SERVE AS VOTING MEMBERS. YES. ARE WE READY FOR THE VOTE? YES. BURROWS. YES. OMAR. YES. ANDERSON. YES. MALINGA. YES. BARRY. YES. HOLT. YES. STERN. YES. IS THERE ANY OTHER CHANGES? SHOULD WE PUT A CONTROL POINT? I APOLOGIZE, BUT 12 MONTHS, 12 MONTHS. I YOU KNOW, SHOULD WE PUT A CONTROL POINT AT SIX? YOU MEAN WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? A CHECKPOINT? THAT'S FINE. CAN WE. CAN WE DISCUSS BEFORE YOU SAY THAT'S FINE? I MEAN, COULD COULD THAT BE. COULD WE ADD LANGUAGE THAT SAYS IN SIX MONTHS THE COMMITTEE COMES BACK AND REPORTS TO COUNCIL? YEAH. CHECKPOINT FINDINGS. OKAY. SO FAR. BUT THE MORATORIUM WOULD STILL BE 12 MONTHS. I'M OKAY WITH THAT. YEAH. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND TO INCLUDE A POINT SIX. WHAT ARE WE WHAT ARE YOU AMENDING? SECTION THREE. THREE? YEAH, IT WOULD BE SECTION THREE. A 12 MONTH MORATORIUM. YEAH. YEAH. AND THEN COMMA WITH A WITH A SIX MONTH CHECKPOINT FOR THE TASK FORCE WILL REPORT CURRENT FINDINGS TO DATE. THAT'S GOOD TO COUNCIL. OKAY. DID SOMEONE MAKE AN AMENDMENT? YES. I'LL SECOND IT. OKAY. CAN WE DO THAT AFTER THE THING? IS THAT PROPER? IS THAT LEGALLY PROPER? CAN WE DO THAT AFTER WE'VE PASSED THE. IF YOU'RE ALL ON IT. I'M SORRY. WHAT? WE ALREADY VOTED ON IT. WE VOTED ON THE AMENDMENTS. OKAY. NOT VOTED ON THE FULL THING YET. WE JUST KEEP TWEAKING IT. OKAY. EVENTUALLY WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON THE ENTIRE THING. OKAY. WE'RE ALMOST THERE. SO THE. SO WE DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO THAT. SO SIX MONTH SECOND FORCE REVIEW. DO I HAVE A SECOND? TED ALREADY DID IT. SECOND. OKAY. POINT OF ORDER. THROUGH DISCUSSION. CAN CAN YOU JUST SAY WHAT IS THE AMENDED PIECE THAT'S BEING ADDED, PLEASE, THAT WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON? I'M NOT SURE I'VE GOT I IN SECTION THREE. THE AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR, I BELIEVE, IS TO AMEND SECTION THREE OF ORDINANCE C 2226 TO ADD. THE TASK FORCE SHALL REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL WITH A REPORT IN SIX MONTHS. IS THAT CORRECT? YEP. YEP. AND MR. STURM MADE THAT MOTION. AND WHO MADE THE SECOND? PRELIMINARY FINDINGS. IS THAT. OKAY. ANY OTHER CLARIFICATIONS? COUNCIL, CAN YOU JUST REPEAT SECTION THREE ONE MORE TIME? SORRY. TASK FORCE SHALL REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL WITH A REPORT WITHIN SIX MONTHS. IN SIX MONTHS. WITH PRELIMINARY. WITH PRELIMINARY FINDINGS. [02:55:05] YEAH, BECAUSE THEY MIGHT NOT BE DONE. IT'S A REPORT. OKAY. WITH PRELIMINARY FINDINGS. YEP. OKAY. YES. YES. YES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? MR.. OMAR? YES. ANDERSON. YES. YES. BARRY. YES. YES. YES. YES. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE QUESTION. GOOD. WELL, THERE'S. NOW WE HAVE TO DO EMERGENCY. YEAH. SO WHAT YOU WOULD BE DOING NOW IS YOU WOULD BE MOVING TO WAIVE THE RULES OF COUNCIL ON FOR THIS AMENDED ORDINANCE. SO THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST PART, WHICH IS THE EMERGENCY VOTE. AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT THEY NEED FIVE TO DO THAT. IF THEY DON'T GET FIVE THE AMENDED ORDINANCE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY. SO I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SUSPEND THE NORMAL REVIEW PROCESS AND MAKE THIS AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE. C 2226 BE DEEMED AN EMERGENCY AND VOTED ON THIS EVENING, AS AMENDED, AS AMENDED. CAN I HAVE A SECOND? I'M SORRY. SO YOUR FIRST MOTION. IS THAT WHAT WE SAID? YES. MOVE TO THE RULES. BE SUSPENDED IN THE WAITING PERIOD. WAIVED? YES. THANK YOU SIR. SO THIS IS VOTING ON AN EMERGENCY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? YEAH. THIS IS JUST THE EMERGENCY. YOU WILL THEN. IF THIS PASSES, THEN YOU WILL VOTE ON THE APPROVAL OF THE AMENDED ORDINANCE. NEXT, I SECOND IT. I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEBODY ELSE. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. AS LONG AS IT AS LONG AS WE VOTE SOMEDAY. OKAY. SO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO WAIVE THE RULES OF COUNCIL AND SUSPEND THE WAITING PERIOD. ANDERSON. YES. YES. BARRY. YES. HOLT. NO. STURM. YES. BURROWS. YES. YES. WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT. WE'RE NOT DONE. NOT DONE. WE'RE NOT DONE. NOT YET. THAT THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING JUST YET. NO, THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING. OKAY, SO I MAKE A MOTION THAT ORDINANCE C 2226, AN ORDINANCE TO IMPOSE A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT, DEVELOPMENT, PROCESSING, REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF DATA CENTER FACILITY WITHIN THE CITY FOR 12 MONTHS IN ORDER TO ALLOW REVIEW, STUDY, INFRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS, POLICY DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AND TO DECLARE IT AN EMERGENCY WITHAL, AS AMENDED. AS AMENDED. SECOND. YES. BARRY. YES. HOLT. NO. STURM. YES. BURROWS. YES. OMAR. YES. I DON'T HAVE THE FULL VOTE. WE STILL HAVE WE HAVE ONE LIFE. WE HAVE THE FULL VOTE. THANK YOU. YES. OKAY. NOW EVERYBODY. SO THAT ORDINANCE PASSES AS AN EMERGENCY MEASURE. NOW WE HAVE RESOLUTION 1626, WHICH WAS INCLUDED. [Resolution CR-16-26 Establishing Council’s policy position for restricting final approvals for high density computing facilities until strict, measurable, and enforceable Standards are adopted by Council and establishing a Task Force. ] SO IS THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO WITHDRAW THAT RESOLUTION. OKAY. DISCUSSION. YES. IS THERE ANYTHING IN THIS. SO SO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO PULL THIS BACK. THE NEXT ORDINANCE OR SORRY THE NEXT RESOLUTION. IS THERE ANYTHING IN THIS THAT WE FEEL ISN'T COVERED OR THAT'S BEING LEFT OUT BY PULLING THIS BACK. I THINK I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE JUST DID. WE JUST DID IT. WE MERGED THE TWO OF THEM TOGETHER. WE MERGED THEM. MR. CHAIR. OKAY. MR. CHAIR. YES, SIR. I'D ALSO ASK TO HAVE JOINED WITH THAT THE OTHER RESOLUTION. OKAY, SO WE'RE WITHDRAWING BOTH. BOTH. OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO WITHDRAW CR 16 AND A SECOND. WE'LL DO IT SEPARATELY. SECOND. MR. BERRY. YES. HOLT. YES. MR.. YES. BURROWS. YES. OMAR. YES. ANDERSON. YES. YES. OKAY. OKAY. THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO WITHDRAW RESOLUTION CR 1726. [Resolution CR-17-26 Establishing a Data Center Facilities Review Committee for the express purpose of the potential impacts of data center development on infrastructure capacity, environmental conditions, quality of life, utility demand, nearby neighborhoods, and long-term community planning. ] I NEED A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. HE'S MAKING IT. I'LL SECOND IT. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. BERRY. YOU SAID YOU SECOND. YES. HOLT. YES. YES. BURROWS. YES. OMAR. YES. ANDERSON. YES. YES. BERRY. YES. [03:00:01] OKAY. SO THAT'S WITHDRAWN. MR. PRESIDENT, THAT IS ALL I HAVE UNDER LANDS THIS EVENING. MAYOR, YOU HAVE A REPORT, SIR. I WE. DID YOU ASK FOR MY REPORT? YES. POINT OF ORDER, MR. PRESIDENT. IS THERE ANY NEW BUSINESS? NOBODY SIGNED UP. OKAY. THANK YOU. FOR YOUR REPORT, SIR. [Call for Dept. Reports & Closing Comments ] ONE, WE HAVE THE MAYOR'S COURT REPORT FOR MAY 40TH $9,480.10. AND I ASK THE COUNCIL APPROVE IT AS PRESENTED. SECOND. WHO MADE THE MOTION? I DID I MADE THE MOTION. OKAY. THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY WANT TO READ THIS? YES. BURROWS. YES, MAMA. YES. ANDERSON. YES. YES. BERRY. YES. HOLT. YES. AND THEN JUST A FEW COUPLE OTHER ITEMS. THE FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERT. VERY WELL. WITH THE COMMUNITY. WIND, I WOULD ESTIMATE WE PROBABLY HAD 700 TO 800 PEOPLE THERE THAT NIGHT. AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY WINS AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR GRADUATES. INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF GRADUATES FROM OUR HIGH SCHOOL INCLUDING OUR PAROCHIAL. I WILL BE OUT NEXT WEEK GOING TO A CONVENTION CALLED THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGIONAL COUNCILS IN TULSA. JUST AN FYI. AND THE LAST ITEM IS WE HAD A A GOOD MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE. THERE WAS I THINK I HAD 1 OR 2 HECKLERS, BUT IT WAS A, IT WAS A VERY GOOD PARADE AND SERVICE AND APPRECIATE THE JROTC, THE AMERICAN LEGION, THE VFW AND CENTRAL CROSSING BAND. MY QUESTION TO COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MR. BOZO. I HAVE NOTHING, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS? MR. BOZO? YOU NEVER HAVE ANYTHING FOR US. ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT ARE HERE THAT WANT TO SPEAK, AND I DON'T SEE ANY UNLESS SOMEBODY'S COMING THROUGH THE DOOR. ALL RIGHT. MR. SMITH, ANY COMMENTS? NO, SIR. THANK YOU. MISS KELLY, ANY BUSINESS FOR THE COUNCIL? NO, SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. CLOSING COMMENTS, MISS BURROWS. YOU ALWAYS START WITH ME. I JUST WANTED TO THANK AGAIN, EVERYBODY, FOR SHOWING UP TONIGHT. THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED. AND I'M JUST. I'M JUST REALLY THRILLED THAT YOU GUYS ARE PASSIONATE AND SPEAK YOUR YOUR VOICES KEEP DOING IT. AND I ALSO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT ANY TIME YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I'M HERE TO ANSWER YOUR ANSWER, YOUR CALL, YOUR EMAILS. I REALLY DO TRY TO RESPOND TO EVERYBODY. I JUST I'D RATHER YOU GET THE RIGHT INFORMATION VERSUS THE WRONG INFORMATION WHEN YOU HEAR SOMETHING. SO PLEASE DON'T HESITATE, HESITATE TO REACH OUT, CALL OR EMAIL. SIT DOWN AND HAVE COFFEE ANYTIME. MY. MY PHONE IS ALWAYS ON. THANK YOU. ARE YOU SAYING YOU HAVE NOT BEEN GETTING EMAILS? OH, OKAY. YOUR COMMENTS SIR? YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK. SO THE JUNE THEME FOR AMERICA 250 OHIO IS OHIO OUTDOORS EXPLORING OHIO'S NATURAL RESOURCES. SO GET OUT THERE. WE GOT A BUNCH OF PARKS THAT WE'RE CONNECTED TO DIRECTLY. SO GET OUT THERE AND BIKE HIKE AND ENJOY THE OUTDOORS. MR. OMAR, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. TONIGHT WAS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR EMAILS, YOUR CALLS, YOUR TEXT MESSAGES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ENGAGING IN THIS PROCESS. YOU HAVE EDUCATED MYSELF AND I'M SURE OTHERS ON COUNCIL, AND IT REALLY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT ALL OF YOU ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN THIS CONVERSATION. I JUST WANTED TO ALSO SAY HAPPY PRIDE MONTH TO ALL OF THOSE WHO CELEBRATE. AND YEAH, THAT'S ALL FOR ME TONIGHT. MISS ANDERSON. THANK YOU. CAN WE TALK COMMUNITY CENTER NOW? NO. IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, THIS IS. GOOD. AM I WRONG? COMMUNITY CENTER. IT'S LIKE ANOTHER EGG IN THE FRYING PAN, RIGHT? I'M GOING TO GET THERE. BUT BUT THIS IS A BIG DEAL. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US. THIS IS NOT A KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. THIS IS A REAL TOPIC. IT IS A REAL THING THAT IS HAPPENING, AS WE HAVE ALL SAID, ACROSS THE STATE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND WE NOW HAVE A TASK FORCE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING TOGETHER. AND WE DO HAVE TO BE DILIGENT IN DOING THE WORK AND CONTINUING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT WHAT, WHAT GROVE CITY NEEDS AND, AND WANTS AND, AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. WITH THAT COMMUNITY CENTER HAS CONTINUED TO BE A LARGE TOPIC AS WELL. THERE IS THE DISCUSSION OF ANOTHER WORK SESSION UPCOMING. [03:05:03] SO I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO HIGHLIGHT WHEN THESE WORK SESSIONS ARE GOING TO START HAPPENING WITH THIS TASK FORCE IN TERMS OF THE DATA CENTER MORATORIUM. WE REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND NEXT STEPS FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER PRESENTATION. I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION AMONGST ADMINISTRATION THAT THEY'RE GETTING CLOSE TO HAVING SOMETHING BACK FOR US. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE PARK BOARD IS INVOLVED. AND OUR DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC, AND I STATED THIS IN MY LAST COUNCIL COMMENTS AS WELL. AND I DON'T WANT TO STEAL ANYTHING FROM OUR DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC, WHO I'M NOT SURE IF HE'S STILL HERE, BUT THERE IS YOU KNOW, IT IS THE PARK DEPARTMENT'S DESIRE TO DO A MASTER PLAN FOR ALL OF OUR PARKS AND RECREATION, AND THEY ARE HOLDING UPCOMING OPEN COMMUNITY FORUMS FOR THOSE. SO I KNOW THOSE DATES WILL BE PUBLISHED SOON. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT AWARENESS AS PEOPLE START SEEING DATES AND THINGS THAT ARE COMING. THOSE ARE IN REGARDS TO OUR MASTER PLAN FOR ALL OF OUR PARKS, FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND I HOPE EVERYONE WILL COME OUT TO THOSE AS WELL AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE INPUT THERE. BUT AS A COUNCIL, WE NEED TO DETERMINE WHAT THESE WORK SESSION DATES ARE, ESPECIALLY WITH COMMUNITY CENTER, MR. AND HAPPY HAPPY PRIDE MONTH AS WELL. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR SHOWING UP. THIS IS THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. I APPRECIATE EVERYONE HERE. AND WE YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT DATA CENTERS A FEW MONTHS AGO, AND I'VE READ EVERYTHING I POSSIBLY CAN. I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD EXPERIENCES THAT AREN'T WRITTEN. SO WITH THE TASK FORCE INVOLVED, I THINK WE'LL COME UP WITH THE RIGHT ANSWER FOR EVERYTHING. I WOULD JUST SUGGEST THAT EVERYONE KEEPS THEIR MIND OPEN. AND YOU KNOW, IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE A GOOD THING. SO I, I CAN TELL YOU THAT I'M AN INDEPENDENT THINKER. NO ONE'S GOING TO BLUDGEON ME TO DO ANYTHING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. BUT THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP AND LET US KNOW AND KNOW WHAT YOUR FEELINGS ARE. I APPRECIATE IT. I ALSO LIKE TO THROW SOME KUDOS OUT TO THE TO OUR SAFETY DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ONCE AGAIN OVER MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. I'VE SEEN THEM AROUND. THEY HELPED WITH OUR HELP WITH OUR PARADE. THEY THEY HELPED AT A NUMBER OF EVENTS AND REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR VISIBILITY AND THE THE WORK THAT THEY DO. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. HALL. JUST THANKS FOR EVERYBODY'S TIME TONIGHT. EVERYTHING'S BEEN SAID SO. NO FURTHER COMMENT. OKAY. THERE'S A FEW THINGS THEN FOR BUSINESS FOR THE COUNCIL. NOTING THAT WE NOTING THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO APPOINT A COMMITTEE BY THE TIME BY THE TIME WE HAVE THE JUNE 29TH DESIGNATED EVENT. IS IT OKAY WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WE JUST MOVE AHEAD WITH THE REC CENTER AT THAT MEETING ON JUNE 29TH? IS THAT OKAY WITH EVERYBODY SINCE WE'VE ALREADY GOT IT ON OUR CALENDARS? IS THAT OKAY. AND WHAT IS HAPPENING NEXT AT THE NEXT MEETING, JUNE 15TH. IS IT AT A REGULAR TIME? IS THERE THAT WE CAN MOVE IT TO A REGULAR TIME THEN? IS THAT OKAY WITH EVERYONE? JODI. IS THAT OKAY? OKAY. LET'S MAKE SURE OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT. YEAH, PARK BOARD. WE'LL RELY ON CHUCK TO DO THAT. AND SO THE NEXT THING IS, IS FOR YOU WANT TO EACH, EACH MEMBER GETS AN APPOINTMENT. SO FROM YOUR WARDS AT LARGE, OF COURSE, THE AT LARGE CITY WARDS OR WARDS SEND THOSE IN TO MISS MISS KELLY BECAUSE THEY'LL HAVE TO GO INTO A RESOLUTION TO TO THAT WE HAVE TO PASS TO DO THAT. SO ALSO IT WAS NOT MENTIONED, I MEAN WE SAID HAPPY PRIDE MONTH, BUT WE DO HAVE A GREAT PRIDE MONTH PRIDE EVENT HERE IN GROVE CITY. AND WHEN IS IT'S JUNE 4TH, JUNE 14TH. SO IT'LL BE OVER HERE IN THE, OVER HERE IN THE PARK AND EVERYTHING. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY OUT TO THE SUMMER EVENTS. THANK YOU FOR HANGING IN WITH US TODAY. WE ARE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.