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COUNCIL IS NOW IN SESSION.WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? AMEN.
ALLEGIANCE TO, 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.
UH, AND YOU'RE READY FOR THE ROLL? YES, SIR.
[Approval of Minutes]
SETS OF MINUTES DO WE HAVE? JUST THE, WE HAVE JUST THE ONE.I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING.
IS THAT MR. STERN? DID YOU SECOND? YES.
[Ordinance C-41-26 Amend various Sections of Chapter 1135 of the Codified Ordinances of Grove City titled Zoning Districts and Regulations to create a new Innovation District. First reading.]
WE, UM, WE HAVE ORDINANCE C 41 26 CR 33 26, RESOLUTION CR 34 26, RESOLUTION CR 35 26.UNDER FINANCE, WE HAVE ORDINANCE C 40 26, ORDINANCE C 42 26, ORDINANCE C 43 26.
AND I THINK THAT'S ALL WE HAVE ON, UH, FOR LEGISLATION TONIGHT.
IF THE CHAIRS ARE OKAY, WE'RE GONNA ZOOM RIGHT INTO LANDS FOR CHAIR WITH CHAIRMAN HOLING.
AND, UH, THE ITEMS UNDER LANDS, UH, TONIGHT ARE, UM, ORDINANCE C 41 26, AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE VARIOUS SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 1135 OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF GROVE CITY, TITLED ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS TO CREATE A NEW INNOVATION DISTRICT.
UH, THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS FIRST READING, AND THE SECOND ONE WILL BE IN PUBLIC ON 9 21 26.
AND, UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE, LET'S SEE, UNDER LANS, UH, CASEY W YES.
THAT'S, THAT'S FOR CR 33, I BELIEVE FOR THE ANNEXATION.
SHE REPRESENTS ALL THE ANNEXATIONS.
UM, MR. UP RUSH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UH, EXPLAIN THIS ONE? SURE.
JUST, UH, AS A QUICK BRIEF INTRODUCTION, UH, THE ION DISTRICT IS A COMBINATION OF THE I AND D ONE I AND D TWO ZONING DISTRICTS.
AND REALLY THE INTENT BEHIND THIS TO HELP IS TO HELP IMPLEMENT THE LONG-TERM VISION FOR THE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL MEDICAL INNOVATION INNOVATION GATEWAY.
UH, THE GOAL BEING QUALITY, JOB GROWTH.
UM, WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO ESTABLISH STRONGER DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN STANDARDS.
UH, TRYING TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF STANDALONE WAREHOUSING THROUGH ENHANCED REGULATIONS.
UH, SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TO MIRROR OUR, OUR GOALS AND ASPIRATIONS FOR THE SOUTHWEST AREA, WHICH IS TO BE A JOB GENERATING AREA FOR THE CITY.
UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
I KNOW, UH, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH WAYCO AND LARGE LANDOWNERS EVER SINCE, I BELIEVE, 20 21, 20 22.
UH, A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH WAYCO, WITH THEIR BOARD, EXCUSE ME, AND THEIR LEADERSHIP, UH, CONCERNS ABOUT UTILITIES.
BUT, UH, REALLY WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION IS JUST IM IMPLEMENTING A UNIFIED ZONING CODE FOR THE AREA SO WE KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.
UH, AND THEN I ALSO UNDERSTAND THERE'S CONCERNS WITH COUNCIL WITH, UH, THE USES THAT ARE BEING PERMITTED.
SO IN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS, I'LL SEND YOU THE WHOLE DESCRIPTION, DESCRIPTION OF ALL THE SIC USES.
UH, IT WILL BE A PRETTY HEFTY DOCUMENT, BUT, UH, WE CAN, WE CAN SEND OUT FOR COUNSEL'S REVIEW.
AND THE, UH, SECOND, UH, READING IN PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON 9 21 26.
[Resolution CR-33-26 Set forth, as required by Section 709.023 of the Ohio Revised Code, the municipal services that can be furnished to 0.691+ acres located at 3806 Mayfair Drive in Jackson Township to the City of Grove City.]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA'S RESOLUTION, CR 33 DASH 26, RESOLUTION TO SET FORTH AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 7 0 9 DASH UH, 0 23 OF THE OHIO REVISED CODE, THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES THAT CAN BE FURNISHED TO, UH, 0.691 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES LOCATED AT 38 0 6 MAYFAIR DRIVE AND JACKSON TOWNSHIP TO THE CITY OF GROSS CITY.[00:05:01]
THE, UH, UH, FIRST, UH, UH, THIS IS THE READING OF THIS AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION FROM ANYONE ON THIS THAT WANTS TO ADDRESS IT, BUT IT'S SORT OF THE FIRST, UH, STEP.IF, IF I MAY, JUST FOR, AND, AND I TOLD COUNSEL THIS IN CAUCUS, BUT FOR THE REST OF THE AUDIENCE, THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS IN THE ANNEXATION PROCESS AT OHIO.
I ALWAYS TELL COUNSEL, I DON'T CARE HOW YOU VOTE.
THIS ONE, WE HAVE TO APPROVE JUST 'CAUSE UNDER OHIO LAW, THERE'S STEP 1, 2, 3, 4 FOR AN ANNEXATION.
EVEN IF THIS IS NOT A PROPERTY, THE COUNCIL MAY DECIDE THEY DON'T WANT LATER.
THAT IS THE LAST STEP IN THE PROCESS.
THIS MEANS NOTHING OTHER THAN WE'RE TELLING THE COUNTY WHEN THEY'RE CONSIDERING THIS.
HERE'S THE SERVICES THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE.
UM, IT DOESN'T BIND US TO ANYTHING.
IT, IT REALLY IS JUST CHECK A BOX SO IT CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT STEP.
UH, SO IF THERE, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I WOULD, UH, LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT, UH, THE RESOLUTION C 33 DASH 26 BE APPROVED.
[Resolution CR-34-26 Set forth, as required by Section 709.23 of the Ohio Revised Code, the municipal services that can be furnished to 0.691+ acres located at 3710 Mayfair Drive in Jackson Township to the City of Grove City]
SECOND AND VERY SIMILAR IS RESOLUTION CR 34 DASH 26.A RESOLUTION TO SET FORTH AS REQUIRED IN SECTION 7 0 9 DASH 23 TO THE OHIO REVISED CODE.
THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES THAT CAN BE FURNISHED TO A 0.691 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES, LOCATED AT 37 10 MAYFAIR DRIVE IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP TO THE CITY OF GROVE CITY.
ANY DISCUSSION? SAME AS BEFORE.
IF NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, MOVE THAT THIS BE APPROVED.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, I BELIEVE CASEY, I WAS ALL THREE YOU, BUT I DON'T NEED, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING UNLESS YOU'VE GOT, OKAY.
WHO MADE THE SECOND? DO I HAVE A SECOND? WAS ELLEN? THANK YOU, SIR.
[Resolution CR-35-26 Set forth, as required by Section 709.23 of the Ohio Revised Code, the municipal services that can be furnished to 1.985+ acres located at 1933 London Groveport Road in Jackson Township to the City of Grove City.]
THE THIRD ONE IS, UH, RESOLUTION CR 35 26.A RESOLUTION TO SET FORTH AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 7 0 9 DASH 23 OF THE OHIO REVISED CODE, THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES THAT CAN BE FURNISHED TO 1.985 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES, LOCATED AT 1933 LONDON GROVE, PORT ROAD, AND JACKSON TOWNSHIP TO THE CITY OF GROVE CITY.
ANY DISCUSSION? IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, I WOULD, UH, UH, ASK THAT THIS, UH, MOTION BE APPROVED.
MR. PRESIDENT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING IN LANDS.
[Ordinance C-40-26 Appropriate $40,511.71 from the General Fund for the Town Center Bourbon Festival. Second reading and public hearing.]
CHAIRMAN SCOTT? YES.SO FIRST WE HAVE ORDINANCE C 40 26 IN ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE $40,511 AND 71 CENTS FROM THE GENERAL FUNDS FOR THE TOWN CENTER OF BOURBON FESTIVAL.
AND I BELIEVE, UH, UH, BRENT MILLER KELLY'S PUSHING ME ALONG HERE.
HAVE AN ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
BRENT MILLER, DIRECTOR OF GROVE CITY TOWN CENTER.
UM, 33 78 PARK STREET IS OUR ADDRESS.
UH, JUST LOOKING BACK OVER THE PAST 24 MONTHS SINCE I'VE TAKEN OVER THIS, I'M KIND OF AMAZED THAT THE ORGANIZATION STILL IS HERE.
WE WERE IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE A LITTLE WHILE AGO.
THROUGH VARIOUS MEASURES, OUR TEAM HAS REBUILT AND REFOCUSED AND OUR PARTNERS AND EVEN GROWN THE ORGANIZATION A LITTLE BIT.
AND THIS FUNDING IS A HUGE PART OF THAT.
SO WE APPRECIATE IT AND APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY WANNA THANK MS. BURROWS, MR. HOLT AND MS. KELLY WHO SPEARHEADED THIS.
AND, UH, I'VE OFTEN CHARACTERIZED THIS AS BUILDING THIS PROCESS, AS BUILDING THE AIRPLANE AS WE'RE TRYING TO FLY IT.
AND MR. STERN, THANK YOU FOR BEING A, UH, GOOD RESOURCE FOR US AND A VERY ENGAGED AND ACTIVE COUNCIL LIAISON.
UH, AS A QUICK REFRESHER, IN THE PAST WE WERE FUNDED PARTIALLY THROUGH BED TAX FUNDING, WHICH, UM, I THINK LAST YEAR WAS AROUND $79,000 THAT WOULD'VE BEEN USED FOR, UM, GENERATOR RENTALS.
UM, THE GLASSES FOR OUR WINE AND ARTS FESTIVAL FOR THE BOURBON
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FESTIVAL, IT WOULD BE FOR THE ALCOHOL FOR THE FESTIVALS.UH, THAT'S WHAT THAT MONEY WAS USED FOR.
AND THEN IN ADDITION, THE CITY WOULD PAY SOME FESTIVAL SPECIFIC COSTS DIRECTLY TO SOME OF OUR VENDORS, LIKE FOR TENTS, TABLES AND CHAIRS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
SO I'M JUST SAYING THAT TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT IN THAT, IN 2025, TOTAL BENEFIT WAS AROUND, UM, $110,000, UH, THAT WE RECEIVED.
79 FROM THE BED TAX, 31,000 IN ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, UH, BETWEEN THE WINE AND ARTS FESTIVAL AND THE BOURBON FESTIVAL.
THIS YEAR WE ASKED FOR A TOTAL OF, I BELIEVE, 74,000.
WELL, WE ASKED FOR MORE THAN THAT, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ENDING UP SPENDING.
UM, SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT, UH, SOME TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL.
AND YOU GUYS, I THINK YOU ALL GOT THIS, I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL OF IT.
WE HAD OVER A HUNDRED DIFFERENT SPIRITS FOR PEOPLE TO TASTE.
AND TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, NO ONE TASTED ALL 100 OF THEM.
UM, WE HAD 14 OHIO DISTILLERIES FROM BULAH TO DAYTON, ATHENS TO TOLEDO THAT WERE HERE.
VIP EXPERIENCE WAS A HUGE HIT.
AND THE THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT ON THIS SLIDE IS WE HAD A LITTLE OVER 6,000 PEOPLE ATTENDED.
UM, AND THIS IS ALL, UH, CITY DATA THAT, THAT WE WERE PROVIDED.
THE COOL PART TO US WAS 3,500 OF THE 6,000 CAME FROM PLACES NOT NAMED GROVE CITY, WHICH I THINK WAS PRETTY COOL.
116 DIFFERENT CITIES WERE REPRESENTED HERE.
SO THE LEGISLATION BEFORE USED TO APPROPRIATE $40,511 71 CENTS.
THE FINAL REPORT, WE'VE ACTUALLY WE'RE ASKING FOR ABOUT 15% LESS THAN THAT.
SO, AND THAT WAS JUST SUBMITTED TO, UH, THE COMMITTEE TODAY.
SO QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER OTHERWISE.
UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I BRAVO FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING.
YOU AND YOUR TEAM, YOUR BOARD THERE AT GROVE CITY TOWN CENTER, I THINK YOUR PASSION COMES THROUGH TO MAKE THIS, UH, ORGANIZATION CONTINUE TO GROW AND THRIVE.
AND ALSO TO MENTION YOUR STEWARDSHIP FOR THE GRANT MONIES THAT YOU HAVE BEEN RECEIVING, I THINK THAT IS, SHOWS THAT YOU REALLY DO CARE AND WANT TO BE SELF-SUSTAINING EVENTUALLY.
I THINK THAT'S THE, UM, THE GOAL OF THE ORGANIZATION.
AND, UM, JUST A QUICK REMINDER AS WELL, THAT YOU MENTIONED THE BED TAX.
UM, I KNOW OVER THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS, IT'S COME THROUGH BED TAX, BUT PRIOR TO THAT IT WAS MORE OF A REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM.
I KNOW IT WAS BEFORE YOUR TIME.
UM, AND FOR, FOR PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE, THE BED TAX COMES FROM OVERNIGHT VISITORS, WHICH IS WHAT WE WANT.
UM, AT OUR 19 OR 20 HOTELS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE HERE IN GROVE CITY, UM, THAT 6% BED TAX COMES BACK TO THE CITY OF GROVE CITY WITH 25% OF THAT GOING TO THE CBBS, 25% GOING TO OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND, WHICH GIVES US OUR FIREWORKS, OUR DRONE SHOW THAT WE JUST HAD THIS PAST WEEKEND, AND THEN THE REMAINING 50% OR 3% INTO OUR GENERAL FUND TO HELP FUND LOTS OF OTHER THINGS.
SO, UM, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR CONTINUOUS DILIGENCE TO SPEND THOSE MONIES WISELY.
UM, THANK YOU FOR BEING A, UH, GUINEA PIG FOR THE GRANT PROGRAM FOR THIS YEAR.
AFTER THE BUDGET WAS PASSED IN JANUARY, WE HAD TO SCRAMBLE TO COME UP WITH A WAY TO, TO DO THIS PROCESS.
AND I THINK ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS THAT WE NOW HAVE IS REALLY GOOD ACCOUNTABILITY OF HOW YOU SPEND THAT MONEY.
UH, PREVIOUSLY WE WERE PRETTY MUCH JUST ALLOCATING LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY FOR THESE FESTIVALS.
DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT WENT, WHAT IT PAID FOR, ET CETERA.
UM, AND THEN WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS GRANT PROGRAM AND THE RE AND THE RECEIPT REQUIREMENT AND THE FINAL REPORT, UH, WE'VE LEARNED QUITE A FEW THINGS ACTUALLY.
UM, SOME THINGS WE LEARNED WERE THAT FOR SOME EVENTS, NOT ONLY WERE WE FUNDING THE EVENT OUT OF THE VCB MONEY, BUT THERE WAS A MONEY COMING OUT OF THE COMMUNITY FUND TO PAY FOR THE TENTS AND MONEY COMING FROM OTHER PLACES TO PAY FOR OTHER PARTS OF THE FESTIVAL.
NOW WE HAVE ALL THAT IN ONE PLACE AND WE CAN SEE THE ENTIRE COST AND THE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE, ALL THE ISSUES.
IT'S MY EXPECTATION THAT YEAR OVER YEAR WE SHOULD FUND LESS.
AS YOU MAKE MORE ON THESE FESTIVALS.
NOW, I'M NOT SO SURE THAT THEY'RE EVER GONNA BE SELF-FUNDING FOR THE WHOLE PROCESS.
'CAUSE THERE MAY BE A NEW FESTIVAL MM-HMM
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DEFINITELY, UH, THE TREND YOU'VE HAD FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS GOING DOWN, THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD.UM, AND WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY IS WE NEED YOUR ESTIMATES NOW FOR 2027.
WE'LL BE, UH, WE'LL BE ASKING FOR THAT AND WE'LL BE DEVELOP.
AND THE COMMITTEE THAT WILL BE REVIEWING THIS STUFF NOW WILL BE LARGER THAN RANDY, TAMMY AND JODY.
IT'LL PROBABLY BE FIVE PEOPLE, COUPLE RESIDENTS AND A COUNCIL PERSON MAYBE.
AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE ALL COME FROM, BUT IT WON'T JUST BE RANDY AND JODY ANYMORE SINCE WE KIND OF GOT IT FIGURED OUT.
ANYTHING WE CAN DO, BE A RESOURCE.
AND YOU HAPPY, AND I'LL RUN SOME OF THIS STUFF BY YOU.
'CAUSE YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS HAVE IT TOGETHER AT THE MOMENT, AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE IT TOGETHER WHEN YOU FIRST TOOK OVER.
YES, MR. STEWART, IF I COULD, UH, I, I AGREE A HUNDRED PERCENT WITH JODY ON WHAT YOU'D BEING ABLE TO BRING TO THE TABLE, AND PARTICULARLY THE ROBUSTNESS OF WHAT THE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN AND, AND YOUR PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT AND THE, THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE BEING ABLE TO GENERATE.
WE'RE READY FOR THE, UH, CHRISTMAS PARADE
UH, I UNDERSTAND MR. UH, HOLT MAKING A STATEMENT THAT THIS MONEY WAS UNACCOUNTED FOR BEFORE, THAT IS NOT TOTALLY CORRECT BECAUSE WE, UH, USED TO DISPERSE THE MONEY, UH, AS OF THE RECEIPTS CAME IN.
AND THAT GOT CHANGED, I THINK IN 24, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
BUT THE, THE THING THAT, UH, THAT I, I NOTICED IN YOUR SPREADSHEET WAS THE MONEY ALLOCATED FOR BOOZE USE THE, UH, UH, ROUGH TERM OF BOOZE.
AND NEVER IN THE HISTORY OF MY INVOLVEMENT HAVE WE EVER FINANCED BOOZE KNOWINGLY.
AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WAS SET UP BEFORE BEING HOTEL MOTEL TAX, BEING MONEY PAID BY TRANSIENT VISITORS VERSUS MONEY BEING, UH, GENERATED BY OUR OWN RESIDENTS THROUGH, UH, THROUGH THE, UH, INCOME TAX PRIMARILY THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
THAT, UH, WE, WE NOW ARE ALLOCATING OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND VERSUS THE TRANSIENT FUND.
THAT HERE, HERE IN THE PAST HAS BEEN, BUT NOW I GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU IF I UNDERSTAND THE MATH.
UH, YOU HAD A 48, 40 7,856 GRANT IN MAY.
HAVE YOU SPENT ALL THAT? HAVE WE SPENT ALL OF IT? YES.
I MEAN, WE SPENT A BIG CHUNK OF IT BEFORE WE EVER GOT IT.
IS THERE MONEY LEFT OVER FROM THAT? THERE IS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD? NO.
I MEAN, I COULD TELL YOU ROUGHLY HOW MUCH WE HAVE IN OUR BANK ACCOUNT, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
SO THAT'S PERTINENT AT THIS POINT.
WELL, I WANNA, I WANNA MAKE SURE I'M STANDING THE MATH, UH, BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS MY LEFTOVER FROM THE, THE LAST WINE, UH, WINE AND ARTS FESTIVAL MM-HMM
SO WE, WE HAVE MONEY THAT WAS APPROPRIATED EARLIER THAT IS NOT GONNA BE SPENT, I ASSUME WE, WE, FOR THE WINE AND ARTS, WE, WE ONLY APPROPRIATE MONEY FOR THE RECEIPTS GIVEN.
MR. HOL, UH, WHEN, WHEN WE ARE APPROVING THIS ONE, WE'RE AT 40,511.
BUT IF I UNDERSTOOD WHAT MR. UH, UH, BRENT SAID, YOU DON'T NEED THAT MUCH.
IS THAT TRUE? IT'S 35,000 SOMETHING DO.
SO SOME OF THE EXPENSES THAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY REQUESTED, WE WERE ABLE TO GET LOWERED.
SO WE'RE, SO WE'RE AT, WHAT DOES IT HAVE TO BE? 40,005 11, I GUESS IS THE QUESTION.
IT'S, IT WON'T BE, IT WON'T BE, DON'T HAVE THE FLOOR.
NO, THE APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AS IT READS TODAY IS 40,005 11.
WHAT I'M ASKING IS, DO WE HAVE TO AMEND THIS ORDINANCE TO THE AMOUNT THAT HE WANTS? UH, IT'S RECEIPT MR. CHAIRMAN? YES.
UM, TRY TO HELP EXPLAIN THE COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM, A REIMBURSEMENT BASED ON RECEIPTS SUBMITTED AFTER THE FACT.
SO IF COUNCIL APPROPRIATES $40,000 THIS EVENING AND THE RECEIPTS THAT ARE TURNED IN FROM TOWN CENTER INC.
EQUAL 38,000, THEN THAT'S ALL THEY'RE GOING TO GET PAID.
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HELPS.AND THAT'S WHAT HELPS HAPPENED WITH WINE AND ARTS AS WELL.
WE DID NOT, WE WERE WELL UNDER THE CORRECT.
WE WINE AND ARTS, I DON'T HAVE COUNCIL APPROPRIATED A CERTAIN AMOUNT, UH, AND ONLY PAID OUT BASED OFF OF THE RECEIPTS.
SO THE AMOUNT PAID FOR WINE AND ARTS WAS LESS THAN THE APPROPRIATED AMOUNT, AND IT'S CLOSED AND IT'S DONE.
SO THAT, IF I COULD, SO THAT, THAT'S MY QUESTION.
SO WHAT WE'RE APPROPRIATING AND WHEN YOU APPROPRIATE THE MONEY SET ASIDE AND SITS THERE UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S WHEN APPROPRIATION, IS THAT A TRUE STATEMENT, MIKE? AND WE, WE CAN'T GO BACK AND RESPEND IT SOMEPLACE ELSE UNTIL IT'S REAPPROPRIATED.
SO IT WILL BE ALLOCATED OUTTA THE GENERAL FUND IN THE AMOUNT THAT WAS APPROVED BY THIS ORDINANCE, BY THIS ORDINANCE, BY THE ORDINANCE OF $47,000.
SO ALL TOTAL WE WILL HAVE APPROPRIATED 88,367 BETWEEN THE TWO.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA MAKE SURE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WE'VE NOT RECEIVED THAT AMOUNT THOUGH.
WELL THAT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER, ANOTHER QUESTION.
SO MY, MY SUMMATION IS, UH, I JUST WANNA GO ON RECORD.
WE, WE'VE NEVER, AS FAR AS I KNOW, BOUGHT BOOZE ALL GENERAL FUND FOR ANYTHING.
AND THIS IS AN EXCEPTION AND I WANT TO BE NOTED AS AN EXCEPTION.
AND, UM, THAT THE AMOUNT THAT WE'LL BE ALLOCATING TO THE TOWN CENTER GROUP AFTER THIS ORDINANCE PASSED IS 88,367.
AND I UNDERSTAND YOU DID GET SOME MONEY FROM THE VCB? THAT'S CORRECT.
HOW MUCH WAS THAT SPONSORSHIPS? UH, $2,000.
MR. MAYOR, DO, MAY I MAKE A QUICK COMMENT? YES.
JUST ON THE ALCOHOL THING, UP TO MY COMMENT OF BUILDING THE AIRPLANE AS WE'RE FLYING IT, THERE WERE NO RULES AS TO WHAT CAN BE REQUESTED.
SO OUR BOARD AND MYSELF INCLUDED, WE'RE LIKE, LET'S ASK.
UM, JUST CLARIFYING A COUPLE THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED, MAYOR.
UM, WHEN I FIRST GOT INTO CAUCUSES EVENING, I DID ASK MS. KELLY ABOUT IF WE NEEDED TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE TO MATCH.
AND I WAS TOLD THAT WE DIDN'T NEED TO DO THAT.
SO WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU PREFER TO SEE? WELL, TYP IF I COULD, UH, MR. CHAIR, PLEASE.
UH, TYPICALLY IF WE CAN APPROPRIATE LESS, WE SHOULD, BUT IT'S $5,000, BUT BETWEEN THE TWO, IT, I THINK IT'S LIKE $12,000, REMEMBER? RIGHT.
BUT I, I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT THAT DISTINCTION, THAT THIS IS AN APPROPRIATION THAT GETS NOTED IN THE BOOKS OF THE CITY, THAT THAT MONEY IS SET ASIDE.
AND THEN AT THE, IF I, IF I MAY, AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THEN THERE, IS THERE THE A, UH, RECONCILIATION THAT WOULD PUT PUT THAT YEAH, IT GETS BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND THEN BACK WHAT WAS, WHATEVER WAS LEFT, RIGHT, PAID.
I, IF, IF I MAY PLEASE, PLEASE.
YEAH, THAT'S THE, THAT'S WHAT CHUCK DOES STARTING IN SEPTEMBER.
HE LOOKS IN ALL THE ACCOUNTS AND FIGURES OUT WHAT'S LEFT OVER NOT ACCOUNTED FOR.
AND THERE'S RULES BETWEEN HIM AND MIKE WHERE IT CAN MOVE TO, OKAY.
IT CAN'T MOVE OUT OF CERTAIN FUNDS TO OTHER FUNDS, BUT IN THE SAME FUND, IT CAN GO TO ANOTHER PROJECT.
SO IT, IT GETS, YOU KNOW, IT'S THERE.
BUT IT TAKES TILL SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER TO GET THERE.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA GO BROKE.
YEAH, WE'RE NOT GONNA GO BROKE OVER 12 GRAND.
I JUST ALSO WANNA ADD TO IT, UM, I KNOW AS THE MAYOR WENT ON RECORD WITH, WITH THE PERSPECTIVE OF WHERE FUNDS HAVE BEEN UTILIZED BEFORE, IT WAS DEFINITELY DISCUSSED IN CAUCUS THAT MONEY FROM THE BED TAX COMING IN DOESN'T ALL GO TO THE VCB FUND MONEY FROM THE BED TAX DOES GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND, AND THEN MONEY DOES GO TO THE VCB ACCORDING TO HOW WE, UM, LEGISLATE FOR THOSE FUNDS.
SO WHILE IT IS SITTING IN THE GENERAL FUND, IT IS NOT MONEY THAT CAME IN FROM PROPERTY TAX DOLLARS PER SE.
IT IS, THERE IS MONEY THAT HAS COME IN FROM THE BED TAX DOLLARS INTO OUR GENERAL FUND TO BE USED AS THE MAYOR SAID, FOR POLICE, FOR OTHER THINGS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO USE THEM FOR AS A CITY BACK AT THE END OF 2025.
WHEN THAT CURRENT COUNCIL HAD DECIDED TO, UM, CHANGE THE LEGISLATION AND GO BACK TO THE WAY THAT THE VCB WAS FUNDED IN THE PAST, IT WAS THEN DECIDED, THERE WAS A VERY STRATEGIC CONVERSATION OF, WE KNOW THAT THERE WOULD BE, UM, THE TOWN CENTER INC.
LITTLE THEATER ON BROADWAY, THE CHAMBER WHO WOULD BE NEEDING THOSE FUNDS, UM, THAT THEY HAD MAYBE PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WHEN IT WAS FUNDED IN THAT MANNER.
AND THE CONVERSATION THAT THAT COUNCIL AT THE TIME HAD
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WAS, WELL, GOSH, WE, WE KNOW THAT WE COULD PROBABLY MAYBE TAKE SOME MONEY OR NOT DO THIS OR DO THIS.AND SO MAYBE GOING FORWARD WE JUST NEED TO, DURING OUR BUDGETING SEASON THIS YEAR, SAY X DOLLARS IS GOING TO ALREADY GO INTO A FUND OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, AND THAT IS GOING TO BE CALLED THE GRANT PROGRAM.
THAT WAS KIND OF THE INTENTION WITH THE GRANT PROGRAM.
BUT I THINK AS MR. HOLT SAID, THERE WAS A LOT OF SCRAMBLING TO HAVE TO QUICKLY MAKE CHANGES AND BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE WORKING SO HARD TO KEEP THESE EVENTS GOING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND SO I THINK WE ALL KNEW THAT THAT MONEY, THAT THAT'S WHERE IT WAS REALLY COMING FROM IS, AND WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT TAKING ALL OF THOSE FUNDS FROM THE BED TAX DOLLARS THAT GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND, BUT MAYBE THAT'S JUST SOMETHING WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT GOING INTO THE END OF, OR THE BUDGETING SEASON THIS YEAR IS TO SAY, UM, A SET X DOLLARS WOULD BE SET ASIDE FROM OUR BED TAX, THAT'S THE GRANT PROGRAM AND WE WOULD STILL HAVE TO, UM, HAVE THESE ORDINANCES AND STILL APPROPRIATE FROM IT.
BUT WE JUST WOULD KIND OF HAVE THAT LINE ITEM TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY FEEL THAT IT IS TRULY NOT TAX DOLLARS, PROPERTY TAX DOLLARS AND OTHER THINGS.
I UNDERSTAND IT'S ALL TOGETHER.
I UNDERSTAND THE ARGUMENT COULD BE MADE THAT IT IS STILL JUST SITTING THERE IN A FUND FOR EVERYTHING.
BUT I, I REALLY FELT THE NEED TO SPEAK TO THE, UM, PIECE THAT THERE ARE BED TAX DOLLARS IN THERE.
AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE, THE, UH, TOWN CENTER REVITALIZATION GRANT PROGRAM, I BELIEVE IT ACTUALLY IS FUNDED.
IT WAS FUNDED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WITH A CERTAIN DOLLAR FIGURE.
AND I REALIZED THIS WAS DIFFERENT.
YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS YEAR WAS KIND OF A, A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY
AND, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS, UH, WE SHOULD LOOK AT STRUCTURING IT IN IN A SIMILAR WAY, WAY OFF TOP.
SORRY,
MR. MILLER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND, AND MY, MY WORKING WITH YOU.
I JUST WANNA SAY, I I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, ALL THE EFFORTS, UH, YOU AND THE, AND THE, AND THE BOARD OF HAVE DONE TO SHEPHERD THROUGH, UH, WHAT WAS A TOUGH TIME INTO WHAT SEEMS TO BE PROSPEROUS NOW.
ALRIGHT, SO THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING, AND I MOVE THAT IT BE APPROVED.
[Ordinance C-42-26 Grant an Exceptional Circumstance for 4026 – 4030 Broadway to increase the maximum award under the Town Center Commercial Revitalization Grant Program and Appropriate $13,910.00 for same. First reading.]
C 42 26 IN ORDINANCE TO GRANT AN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCE FOR 40 26 TO 40 30 BROADWAY TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM AWARD UNDER THE TOWN CENTER COMMERCIAL REV REVITALIZATION GRANT PROGRAM.AND APPROPRIATE $13,910 FOR THE SAME SIGNED UP, UH, DISCUSSION.
IT, IT, THIS, THIS IS THE FIRST READING.
UH, SECOND READING IN PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON, UH, 9 21 26.
[Ordinance C-43-26 Appropriate $20,000.00 from the ONEOHIO Opioid Settlement Fund for Real Talk Real Support. First reading.]
C 43 26 ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE 20,000 FROM THE OHIO ONE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND FOR REAL TALK, REAL SUPPORT.UM, AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE FIRST READING, UH, SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE AGAIN, BE ON 9 21.
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ONE PERSON SIGNED UP FOR, UM, NEW BUSINESS, AND MS. LISA ROSS, YOU ARE OUR NEXT CONTESTANT AND YOUR ADDRESS AS YOU, UH, LISA ROSS.YOU KNOW, MY STANCE ON HAVING TO GIVE THAT, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER TOPIC,
UM, TODAY I AM HERE REPRESENTING THE GARDENS AGAINST FARM VOLUNTEERS.
I'VE BEEN ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THAT VOLUNTEER GROUP FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE WITH OUR NEW ELECTIONS, I'LL BE ON THE NEXT TWO AS WELL,
BUT I, UM, WANTED TO INVITE ALL OF COUNCIL AS AND MAYOR AND CITY ADMINISTRATOR AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC.
SO WE HAVE AN EVENT ON THIS SATURDAY, UM, IT'S CALLED ART IN THE PARK.
WHAT WE DO AS A VOLUNTEER GROUP, WE PARTNER WITH THE CITY, AND THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE THE EARLY 1990S.
UM, THEY HELPED PLANT THE GARDENS.
THIS WAS BEFORE MY TIME THERE.
UM, AND WE HAVE PARTNERED, LIKE I SAID, WE PARTNER EVERY YEAR TO BRING ATTENTION AND AWARENESS TO GANTZ PARK AND HAVE DIFFERENT EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE HAVE A SYMPOSIUM EVERY YEAR.
WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO COME FROM INDIANA, PENNSYLVANIA, OLIVER, OHIO CLEVELAND TO OUR SYMPOSIUM, UM, JUST TO LEARN ABOUT GARDENING AND PLANTS AND ALL OF THAT.
BUT LAST YEAR WE HAD OVER 2,400 VOLUNTEER HOURS FROM OUR ORGANIZATION FOR THE CITY.
UM, SO WE TRY TO DO OUR PART TO MAKE IT GREAT.
OUR ART IN THE PARK EVENT IS JUST AN EVENT TO BRING, UM, PEOPLE TO THE PARK TO SEE HOW GREAT IT'S
UH, IT'S MY BACKYARD, I LOVE IT.
BUT WE HAVE, UM, THERE IS A LOCAL COLUMBUS, OHIO PLANET AIR ARTISTS THAT COME.
THEY WILL BE, THAT'S OUTDOOR PAINTING.
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PAINTING.THEY WILL BE THERE FROM CENTRAL OHIO.
THEY HAVE THERE ON THEIR WEBSITE.
THEY PUT IT OUT THERE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, IT'S ON THEIR CALENDAR THAT THEY WILL BE WITH US.
WE HAVE CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES AND DIFFERENT ART EVENTS.
WE WILL BE SELLING OUR FARMER'S MARKET ITEMS FROM, UM, FROM GANTZ VOLUNTEERS.
WE WILL BE HAVING FREE CIDER AND DONUTS,
AND AGAIN, IT'S FROM EIGHT TO 12 THIS SATURDAY.
IT'S JUST TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE GARDENS AND JUST SHOW OFF THE BEAUTY OF THE CITY.
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SIR.UH, WE DO HAVE A MAYORS COURT REPORT TONIGHT, AND IT IS 53,000 MOVE TO ACCEPT THE MAYORS REPORT.
IT IS YOUR SECOND 53,000 108 25.
I CAN SECOND THAT
UH, OF COURSE THIS, UH, FRIDAY IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE, UH, NINE 11, UH, ORDEAL OF 2,977.
PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THOSE, THE TOWERS.
AND IN THE, UH, FLIGHT, UH, UH, OVER PENNSYLVANIA, FLIGHT 93, UH, THERE WILL BE A, UH, MEMORIAL SERVICE AT THE, UH, FIREHOUSE ON BUCKEYE PARKWAY AT EIGHT 30 ON FRIDAY.
AND THE AMERICAN LEGION, UH, WILL BE, UM, UH, LEADING THAT PARTICULAR EVENT.
AND THEN WE HAD TWO, UH, PILLARS OF OUR COMMUNITIES PASS, UH, LAST WEEK.
UH, GARY LEISURE, UH, VERY, VERY ACTIVE, UH, PERSON.
AND, UH, UH, WE HAVE BENEFITED AS A COMMUNITY, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY.
AND THEN CHIEF RON GABRIEL, UH, AND, UH, WE WILL, WE WILL MISS BOTH OF THEM, BUT RON WAS EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME.
AND, UH, HE WILL, HE WILL DEFINITELY BE MISSED AS WELL.
AND I HATE TO SAY ABOUT THE, UH, WELL, I'M, I'M SURE THE PICKLEBALL PEOPLE WOULD GO AND, AND LOOK AT THE FLOWERS.
BUT, UH, WE HAVE 73 TEAMS, 73, 78, 78 TEAMS SIGNED UP, WHICH IS, WELL, 18 MORE THAN WE HAD THE LAST YEAR.
AND, UM, WE, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE VERY STILL VERY INTERESTED IN THE, IN THE PICKLEBALL WORLD.
AND WE'LL BE AWARDING THAT TROPHY, UH, UH, SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
BUT THAT'S, UH, IT WILL BE A FUN EVENT.
WE CALL IT THE, THE MAYOR'S CUP.
ALL THE MONEY GOES TO THE, UH, LIFE CARE ALLIANCE.
AND THIS YEAR, I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE PRETTY DANG GOING CLOSE TO $30,000 BETWEEN THE GOLF OUTING.
AND IN THIS EVENT, UH, LAST SATURDAY, PRETTY SURE IT WAS LA NOT THIS PAST SECOND, IT WAS LABOR DAY.
THE SATURDAY BEFORE WAS A, A PRETTY HEAVY, UH, WEEKEND IN GROVE CITY.
UH, THE Y HAD THEIR FAMILY, UH, UH, DAY.
AND AT THE SAME TIME WE HAD AN EVENT OF CENTRAL VILLAGE AND THERE WERE WELL OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE, UH, WHO HAD TURNED IT, WHO ATTENDED, UH, THOSE EVENTS.
THE, UH, LEMME SEE, I GOT ANYTHING ELSE.
THE THREE TEAMS. 18, LISA, UM, YOU HAVE ANOTHER VOLUNTEER BESIDE YOU.
DON'T YOU INTRODUCE HER AS, UH, WHO'S WORKED ON THE, THE GARDENERS FOR A LONG TIME.
SO I, I I THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATE YOU ON MAKING THAT ONE OF THE, UH, MOST, UH, VISITED, UH, CULTURAL THINGS THAT WE HAVE OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE, OF COURSE, ARTS AND ISLAND AND SOME OF THE OTHERS.
BUT THAT STARTED DURING THE, UH, I THINK IT WAS 1992, UH, WHEN AMERI FLORA, UH, WAS BROUGHT IN.
SO, MR. UH, PRESIDENT, I THINK THAT THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SHARE, UNLESS THEY HAVE QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR.
MR. BOZO, I JUST ONE ITEM, DON'T WANNA MAKE COUNSEL AWARE THAT WE'RE, UH, BEGINNING TO NEGOTIATIONS WITH OUR DISPATCHERS.
CERTAINLY A VITAL PART OF OUR, UH, OPERATION.
UH, THEIR CONTRACT EXPIRES IN, UH, END OF DECEMBER.
UH, THIS IS OUR THIRD, UH, BARGAINING UNIT.
WE'VE SETTLED WITH THE FIRST TWO.
SO AGAIN, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE THAT CONTRACT COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS? HEY, BILL, MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL MAYOR, UM, I'LL BE BRIEF, BUT I JUST A GENTLE REMINDER FOR YOU AND THE COMMUNITY THAT SEPTEMBER IS
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NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH.SO, THE THEME IS, UH, AMERICA STANDS READY.
AND I THINK IT, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED THIS FRIDAY IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACKS ON NEW YORK CITY AND THE, UH, THE PENTAGON ON SEPTEMBER 11TH.
AND, UH, WE CAN REMEMBER BACK, WE WERE MOTIVATED AND ALL PULLING IN THE SAME DIRECTION.
AND I THINK THIS IS, UM, A REMINDER THAT MAYBE WE COULD GET BACK TO THAT POINT AS A COUNTRY, UM, AND, UH, HELP EACH OTHER.
BE IN THE KNOW, UH, HAVE A FAMILY EMERGENCY PLAN, BUILD A KIT, GET INVOLVED, BE IN THE KNOW MEANS, UH, BE CONNECTED, BE AWARE OF, AND THERE'S A COUPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO, SO THAT YOU KNOW WHAT, UH, UH, THE, THE CURRENT SITUATION, UH, IS.
HAVE A, A PLAN FOR YOUR FAMILY, UM, UH, AND YOUR PETS, UH, BUILD A KIT.
UH, CURRENT THINKING IS, IS WE HAVE TO BE RELIANT FOR THE FIRST THREE DAYS, ESSENTIALLY, ON OUR OWN.
SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH, UH, DRINKING WATER OR FOOD TO GET YOU THROUGH THREE DAYS, YOU WILL.
UM, WHAT IT, IT'LL BE HARD FOR US AS A COMMUNITY, AND WE WILL TRY AND HELP, BUT IT JUST MAKES IT EASIER, UH, RESPONDING IF EVERYONE HAS A, A PLAN AND A KIT, AND GET INVOLVED.
BE A MEMBER OF, UH, COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE GROUPS, UH, SO YOU EVERY CITIZEN CAN PLAY A ROLE IN BEING PREPARED.
SO, OCTOBER 15TH, UM, THIS IS A, A, A FOCUS ON GETTING OUR BUSINESSES READY AND, UH, WHILE I FEEL OUR STAFF AND, UH, US AS AN ORGANIZATION, OUR SECOND TO NONE AND SOME OF OUR EFFORTS AND PLANNING AND TRAINING, UM, BUT WE WANT TO GET OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO THAT SAME POINT.
SO WE'RE PLANNING A WORKSHOP, UH, GROVE CITY READY BUSINESS.
AND, UH, WITH THE HELP OF FEMA AND SOME PRE-MADE TOOLKITS, WE'RE GONNA GO OVER, UH, POWER OUTAGES, HOW TO GET THROUGH A SEVERE WIND TORNADO EVENT, AND INLAND FLOODING.
SO KYLE, RA'S, UH, DEPARTMENT, AND BRITTANY SEBO AND I ARE PUTTING TOGETHER AN INVITE LIST AND PLAN ON, UH, MAYBE THE FIRST OF MANY EFFORTS TO HELP OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY BE PREPARED.
SO, THANK YOU, BY THE WAY, UH, MR. PRESIDENT, UM, MR. VIRO WAS AT NINE 11, UH, WHAT, THREE DAYS LATER.
I WAS, UH, PART OF OHIO TASK FORCE ONE URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM, AND WE WERE ACTIVATED ABOUT 11 O'CLOCK ON THE 11TH.
AND WE ASSEMBLED OUR, UH, ABOUT 80 PERSON TEAM AND A CONVOY AND DROVE.
AND WE GOT TO NEW YORK CITY ON THE 12TH, ABOUT 6:00 AM AND THEN SPENT THE FIRST 10 DAYS, WHICH IS TYPICALLY A FEMA TASK FORCE DEPLOYMENT.
SO IT WAS, UH, IT WAS A SAD DAY FOR THE COUNTRY.
WE WEREN'T SURE WHERE WE WERE HEADED AND WHAT, UH, THE, UH, THAT LONG, IT WAS A LONG DRIVE WITHOUT ANY, UH, COMMUNICATION, NOT KNOWING.
WE HEARD RUMORS OF THE PENTAGON ATTACK, AND WE DIDN'T QUITE KNOW WHAT ELSE AT THAT 25 YEARS AGO.
THE COMMUNICATION WASN'T WHERE IT'S AT, BUT, UM, SAD DAY FOR THE COUNTRY.
AND, UH, IT WAS AN HONOR REALLY TO BE IN A POSITION TO, TO GO TO NEW YORK CITY ON THAT DAY.
IF I MAY, MR. VIRA DOES HAVE A PICTURES AND SLIDESHOWS THAT HE DID SHARE WITH US AT ONE POINT IN TIME.
SHANNON, YOU WERE RACING FORWARD AT ONE POINT IN TIME.
UH, SHANNON HAMMONDS THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE HEAVY RAINS THAT WE RECEIVED ON AUGUST 19TH, THE 20TH, AND HOW OUR COMMUNITY HANDLED THE SITUATION.
UH, WE ASKED OUR CONTRACT ENGINEER, EMH AND T TO, UH, PROVIDE AN ANALYSIS OF THE EVENT.
AND HERE TO BRIEFLY DISCUSS THAT INFORMATION IS RYAN ANDREWS.
ALRIGHT, UH, MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UM, OBVIOUSLY, UH, NOT A REAL PLEASANT TOPIC TO TALK ABOUT, UH, FLOODING AND THE LARGE RAINFALL EVENT THAT HAPPENED, UH, THERE LAST MONTH.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN THESE THINGS HAPPEN, UM, IN THE AFTERMATH, TYPICALLY WE'LL GET INVOLVED TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF AN ENGINEERING ANALYSIS TO REVIEW EXACTLY WHAT THE MAGNITUDE OF THE RAINFALL EVENT WAS AND TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE HANDLED IT.
AND SO I'M GONNA GIVE A FAIRLY BRIEF, UM, REVIEW OF THAT.
IF AT ANY TIME YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO STOP ME OR, OR ASK AFTERWARDS.
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UH, THE, THE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN THE WEEK PRIOR REALLY HELPED SET THE STAGE FOR A VERY WET, UH, A, A VERY WET COUPLE OF DAYS.UM, IN THE WEEK LEADING UP TO THE AUGUST 19TH TO THE AUGUST 20TH RAIN EVENT, THE CITY OF GROVE CITY RECEIVED ABOUT TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN.
AND SO THE GROUND WAS ALREADY VERY SATURATED IN ADVANCE OF, OF THAT RAINFALL EVENT.
AND THE STREAMS WERE ALREADY FLOWING, YOU KNOW, AT LEVELS ABOVE THEIR NORMAL, THEIR NORMAL LEVEL.
UM, AND SO, UM, ON AUGUST 19TH, FROM ABOUT 8:00 PM TO 7:00 AM ON AUGUST 20TH, UM, APPROXIMATELY FOUR INCHES OF RAIN FELL ON THE CITY OF GROVE CITY IN THAT ROUGHLY 11 HOUR PERIOD.
SO TO PUT THAT IN CONTEXT, IT'S NORMAL FOR US TO RECEIVE ABOUT 3.7 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE ENTIRE MONTH OF AUGUST.
AND THE CITY RECEIVED THAT IN 11, IN 11 HOURS.
SO AS AN INCREDIBLY INTENSE RAINFALL EVENT, UM, WHAT WE DID THEN IS WE TOOK A LOOK AT RAIN GAUGE DATA.
THAT'S HOW WE GOT THIS INFORMATION.
AND THERE'S A COUPLE, UH, RAIN GAUGES THAT PUBLISH THEIR DATA AROUND, AROUND GROVE CITY, ONE AT BOLTON FIELD AIRPORT.
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE LOCATED AT THE INTERCHANGE, UH, BETWEEN I 71 AND I TWO 70.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE TWO CLOSEST IN PROXIMITY TO THE CITY.
AND, UM, I GUESS JUST BRIEFLY, WHEN WE AS ENGINEERS ANALYZE STORMS, YOU'LL HEAR US TALK ABOUT A, A RETURN PERIOD OR A, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED YEAR STORM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, RIGHT? THAT'S A STORM THAT HAS A 1% CHANCE OF HAPPENING IN A GIVEN YEAR, OR A 50 50 YEAR RAIN EVENT IS A RAIN EVENT THAT HAS A 0.2% OR 2% CHANCE OF HAPPENING IN A GIVEN YEAR.
AND SO, UM, IT'S COMMON FOR PEOPLE TO THINK THAT THAT MEANS THAT A 50 YEAR RAIN EVENT'S GONNA HAPPEN ONCE EVERY 50 YEARS, BUT THAT'S REALLY NOT THE CASE.
IT'S JUST THE ANNUAL PROBABILITY AND EVERY YEAR THAT RESETS.
AND SO IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR AN AREA TO RECEIVE, UH, MULTIPLE FAIRLY INTENSE RAIN EVENTS WITHIN A COUPLE YEAR PERIOD.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN THAT HERE RECENTLY.
YOU KNOW, MORE RECENTLY IN 2020, THE CITY HAD SOME PRETTY INTENSE RAIN EVENTS IN THE SPRING AS WELL.
AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THOSE IN A MINUTE.
UM, BUT AT ANY RATE, UM, WHEN WE ANALYZE THE DATA FROM THOSE RAIN GAUGES, WE DO A STATISTICAL OR MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS TO KIND OF BRING THAT BACK TO A RETURN PERIOD.
AND THESE, THIS STORM WAS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN A 25 AND A 100 YEAR RAIN EVENT, DEPENDING ON WHICH RAIN GAUGE YOU'RE LOOKING AT AND IN WHAT HOUR OF THE STORM WHICH WAS OCCURRING.
SO THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY INTENSE RAINFALL.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S STEP ONE IS KIND OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT HAPPENED.
UH, STEP TWO IS, IS TAKING A LOOK AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY.
AND, UH, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU LOOK AT CITY INFRASTRUCTURE, REGARDLESS OF ANY CITY, NONE OF IT'S DESIGNED TO HANDLE A RAINFALL EVENT OF THAT INTENSITY.
IT'S VERY COMMON, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY FOR STORM SEWER SYSTEMS TO BE DESIGNED TO CONVEY A FIVE YEAR EVENT WITHOUT FLOODING INTO THE STREET.
SO THAT'S AN EVENT THAT HAS A 20% CHANCE PROBABILITY OF HAPPENING IN A GIVEN YEAR.
AND SO OUR, OUR, OUR STORM INFRASTRUCTURE IS REALLY DESIGNED TO HANDLE THE MOST COMMON RAIN EVENTS, NOT THE MOST INTENSE.
UM, AND SIMILARLY ON THE SANITARY SEWER SIDE IN THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, WE'RE CONNECTED TO THEIR SYSTEM.
THEIR GOAL, AND OUR GOAL BECAUSE WE'RE PARTNERS WITH THEM, IS TO CONVEY A 10 YEAR FLOW IN THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM.
AS YOU KNOW, WHEN RAIN, WHEN RAINFALL HAPPENS AND WE HAVE THESE SIGNIFICANT RAIN EVENTS, RAINWATER ULTIMATELY WILL INFILTRATE INTO THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM, AND THAT'S WHAT LEADS TO WATER AND BASEMENT ISSUES.
AND SO, UM, WE RECEIVED REPORTS FROM THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THE SAFETY DEPARTMENT AS THE, AS THE EVENT WAS HAPPENING AND SORT OF DOCUMENTED WHERE WE WERE SEEING ROADWAY FLOODING.
UH, THERE WERE A HANDFUL OF WATER AND BASEMENT ISSUES.
AND, UM, ULTIMATELY, I MEAN, THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE, AND I KNOW THIS PROBABLY DOESN'T MAKE SOMEBODY WHO DEALT WITH FLOODING FEEL ANY BETTER, BUT OVERALL IT PROBABLY HANDLED THE SITUATION A LOT BETTER THAN WE WOULD'VE EXPECTED.
UM, MOST OF THE ISSUES THAT HAPPEN WITH RESPECT TO FLOODING IN THE STREETS WERE IN AREAS EITHER IN FLOODPLAINS OR FLOODWAYS.
UH, SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD ALONG BROWN RUN IS ACTUALLY IN THE FLOODWAY, IN THE FEMA PUBLISHED FLOODWAY OR IN AREAS ADJACENT TO THAT.
AND THOSE ARE THE AREAS WHERE WE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WHAT WE SAW, HONESTLY, WAS WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE WHEN YOU HAVE AN ACT
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OF GOD TYPE BRAIN EVENT.LIKE WHAT WE HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, ON THE SANITARY SEWER SIDE, THERE WERE, THERE WERE ONLY A HANDFUL OF WATER AND BASEMENT ISSUES REPORTED AND ON, ON THAT FRONT.
IT'S HARD FOR US TO KNOW FOR A FACT BECAUSE WE RELY ON THE RESIDENTS TO REPORT THAT WE ARE NOT IN PEOPLE'S BASEMENTS.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING, AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T WANT TO REPORT THAT TO THE CITY.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY WE DIDN'T SEE THAT MANY.
UH, THE ONE THING THAT I WILL SAY IS THAT THERE ARE, ARE A LOT OF TARGETED IMPROVEMENTS IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE CITY'S PURSUED OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS THAT WE THINK MADE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN THIS RAIN EVENT.
AND I'M TALKING MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT COLUMBUS STREET AND THE COLUMBUS STREET IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE DID, WHICH INCLUDED AN 18 INCH SANITARY RELIEF SEWER UPSIZING, THE STORM SEWERS, UM, AND THEN ALSO SOME UNDERGROUND DETENTION THAT WAS PUT INTO COLUMBUS STREET WITH THE EXTENSION PROJECT THAT, UH, WENT UP INTO, GOES UP INTO BAH PARK.
AND SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS COMBINED, UM, WE THINK MADE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.
AND THE REASON WE THINK THAT IS BECAUSE WHEN WE GO BACK AND WE LOOK AT THE RAIN EVENT THAT HAPPENED IN THE SPRING OF 2020, WE HAD SIGNIFICANT SURFACE FLOODING IN BROADWAY, NEAR WHITE PLACE IN COLUMBUS STREET, IN SAWYER COURT.
AND WE ALSO HAD, I THINK, CLOSE TO 25 WATER AND BASEMENT ISSUES REPORTED TO THE CITY FROM SANITARY SEWER BACKUPS IN THE GROVES NEIGHBORHOOD OR IN THE ORCHARD LOTS AREA.
AND WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THAT AREA.
THERE WAS SOME MINOR PONDING IN THE ROADWAYS, BUT NOTHING INCREDIBLY SIGNIFICANT.
AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAD ANY WATER AND BASEMENT ISSUES REPORTED BY RESIDENTS IN THOSE AREAS.
SO, WELL, IT'S SOMETIMES HARD TO DRAW DIRECT CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT STORM EVENTS 'CAUSE EVERYTHING'S, EVERY, EVERY EVENT IS DIFFERENT.
UH, THERE'S REAL EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE THERE THAT THESE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE DONE RECENTLY, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANTLY HELPED IN THAT TARGETED AREA OF THE COLUMBUS STREET CORRIDOR.
UM, SO MOVING AHEAD, UM, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT THE, THE CITY AND AND WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO IS, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH, UH, DEVELOPERS OR BUSINESSES POTENTIALLY TO INCREASE STORMWATER DETENTION IN PARTICULARLY IN THE BROWN RUN AREA, OR DO TARGETED STORAGE IN CERTAIN AREAS.
BUT THAT, THAT DOES DEPEND ON, YOU KNOW, A, A PARTNERSHIP AND A DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING, WHICH, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO WORK THOSE THINGS OUT.
PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING IS TO CONTINUE WITH THE BACKFLOW PREVENTER PROGRAM THAT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAS AND CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO'S HAVING WATER AND BASEMENT ISSUES TO TRY TO TRY TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
UM, WE DO ANNUAL SEWER REHABILITATION PROJECTS THAT HELP SEAL UP THE CRACKS AND THE SANITARY SEWERS.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO.
UM, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY IT, IT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES UNLESS WE FIND A REAL DISTINCT PATTERN ON SOME OF THESE THINGS, A A GRAND LARGE SCALE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT REALLY CAN'T HELP MUCH.
SO, UM, UL ULTIMATELY, SOMETIMES YOU, YOU GET INTO A SITUATION WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S A PROPERTY THAT GOT DEVELOPED IN A FLOODPLAIN, UM, BEFORE THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM EXISTED.
AND IT'S, IT'S HARD SOMETIMES TO, TO RESOLVE SOME OF THOSE ISSUES ARE ALMOST NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.
SO I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, THE TAKEAWAY FROM THIS IS THAT THIS WAS AN INCREDIBLY INTENSE RAIN EVENT.
I DO THINK THAT THE IMPACTS EXPERIENCED IN GROVE CITY WERE, UH, COMPARABLE TO EVERY OTHER COMMUNITY, IF NOT, IF NOT LESSER, BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'VE DONE IN RECENT YEARS.
AND, UM, ADDITIONALLY, UH, I THINK YOU, YOU KNOW, FROM EVERYTHING THAT I SAW, THE CITY'S SAFETY AND SERVICE CREWS, AND I'M, I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT REALLY SPEAKING FOR THEM.
THEY CAN, THEY CAN SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES ON THIS, BUT IT SEEMED LIKE THE, THE CLEANUP AND THE, THE RECOVERY EFFORT TO GET, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERY ROAD BACK OPEN TOOK LESS TIME THAN YOU, YOU WOULD'VE MAYBE EXPECTED IT WOULD HAVE.
SO I, I THINK THAT THE RESPONSE HERE WAS PRETTY STRONG.
UM, SO I DO HAVE, UM, I MEAN, LIKE, IF, IF YOU, YOU'D LIKE, FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO EXPLAIN ANY OF THIS FURTHER OR SIT DOWN AND HAVE A, HAVE A, A DEEPER DISCUSSION ON IT.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY I THINK THE TAKEAWAY IS INCREDIBLY BIG FOR RAIN EVENT.
UM, AND I THINK THE, THE CITY, THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE RESPONDED AS OR BETTER THAN EXPECTED.
ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS? ALRIGHT, MR. SMITH?
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I HAVE NOTHING, SIR.UM, I WANTED TO KIND OF GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
UM, AS MR. HOLT TALKED ABOUT, WE'VE BEEN WORKED ON THIS DILIGENTLY MOST OF THIS YEAR, TRYING TO COME UP WITH A PROGRAM THAT WAS, UM, MORE TRANSPARENT AS FAR AS WHAT MONIES WERE BEING SPENT, UM, FROM OUR BUDGET AND OUR BED TAX.
THE, THE, WE ARE CREATING THIS GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH WE ARE GOING TO PUT AN ANNOUNCEMENT OUT THERE SHORTLY, MS. KELLY, I BELIEVE, UM, THAT THIS APPLICATION WINDOW IS GONNA OPEN FOR 2027.
AND THE, THE PROGRAM WAS REALLY CREATED TO PRIMARILY FOCUS ON CREATING AND SUPPORTING EVENTS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THOSE EVENTS DRIVE OVERNIGHT VISITORS TO OUR HOTELS, WHICH WHAT CREATES THAT BED TAX.
AND WHEN PEOPLE COME TO OUR COMMUNITY, IT, IT ALSO HAS AN ECONOMIC IMPACT TO OUR BUSINESSES, TO, UH, ATTRACTIONS, OUR HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, UH, SHOPPING.
AND THOSE VISITORS, AGAIN, THEY STAY HERE, THEY EAT HERE, THEY PLAY HERE, THEY SHOP HERE, AND EVENTUALLY MAYBE THEY COME HERE AND MOVE HERE, RIGHT? AND LIVE HERE.
SO, UM, THIS COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM IS REALLY, IN MY OPINION, A A GREAT STEP FORWARD, UM, TO PUT OUR COMMUNITY, UM, ON THE RADAR TO BRING EVENTS HERE.
AND WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING NOT ONLY FOR OUR CURRENT EVENTS THAT HAVE BEEN IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR YEARS AND DECADES, BUT ALSO FOR NEW EVENTS.
SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO CREATE AN EVENT IN GROVE CITY THAT WILL DRIVE VISITORS AND OVERNIGHT STAYS, PLEASE CHECK IT OUT AND APPLY.
SO AS WE CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE AMERICA TWO 50.
SO OHIO, THE THEME FOR SEPTEMBER IS OHIO PLAYS SPORTS AND FITNESS.
SEPTEMBER'S THEME WILL EMBRACE SPORTS OF ALL SORTS FROM PEEWEE TO PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS AND OHIO'S INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTION TO ATHLETICS.
WE'VE GOT THE PICKLEBALL, UM, COMPETITION COMING UP HERE.
SO THAT FALLS RIGHT IN LINE WITH THAT.
AND AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, IT'S, UH, ON SEPTEMBER 26TH IS NATIONAL PUBLIC LANDS DAY.
PUBLIC LANDS OF COURSE ARE NATIONAL PARKS, FOREST MONUMENTS, WILDLIFE REFUGE, REFUGES, UH, UM, GRASSLANDS, SANCTUARIES, UH, LAKE STATE, COUNTY, CITY PARKS, ET CETERA.
SPACES MANAGED BY THE PUBLIC AGENCIES AND NONPROFITS OPENED ALL.
AND ON THE FOURTH SATURDAY, UM, IN SEPTEMBER, NATIONAL PUBLIC LAND DAY IS THE NATION'S LARGEST SINGLE DAY VOLUNTEER EVENT FOR PUBLIC LANDS.
AND THIS YEAR THEIR THEME IS CARING FOR OUR SHARED AMERICA.
SO AGAIN, UH, WE JUST CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE AMERICA'S 250TH.
UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.
NOT AS MUCH OF A BIG CROWD AS WE HAD ON THURSDAY.
UH, BUT I DID WANT TO, AND PARTICULARLY THANK, UH, LISA FOR JOINING US TONIGHT AND FOR COMING TO SHARE THIS EVENT.
I REMEMBER A COUPLE MONTHS AGO I HAD AN EXCLUSIVE TOUR OF THE PARK.
UH, YOU ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE GAN PARK IN YOUR BACKYARD.
I THINK A LOT OF TIMES IT KIND OF GETS OVERSHADOWED.
UH, BUT I'M JUST SO IMPRESSED WITH ALL THE AMAZING THINGS THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING OUT THERE.
AND I WILL PERSONALLY BE ATTENDING THE ART IN THE PARK ON SATURDAY.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TONIGHT.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, THANK EVERYONE, UH, FOR ATTENDING EVEN THOUGH THE CROWD IS RELATIVELY SPARSE AND, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO ART IN THE, UH, IN THE PARK.
UH, THEY, I'M SORRY, AND THEY LOVE THE AREA.
UM, ALSO THE, UH, ARTS IN THE ALLEY IS THE 19TH OF, UH, OF THIS MONTH AND WE WON'T HAVE A MEETING BEFORE THEN.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GET OUT AND, UH, ENJOY THAT EVENT.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN, UH, FUN IN THE PAST YEARS AND, UH, IT'S COMING UP QUICKLY AND HOPEFULLY THE WEATHER WILL STAY AS NICE AS IT HAS BEEN.
BRANDY, UH, SPEAKING OF ARTS IN THE ALLEY GROVE CITY IS A MAJOR SPONSOR FOR ARTS IN THE ALLEY, AND WE MET WITH, UH, THE CHAMBER HERE THIS WEEK.
AND, UM, THEY ALSO HAVE A GRANT SUBMITTED FOR THEIR EXPENSES FOR THINGS LIKE TENTS AND GENERATORS.
A LOT OF ONE-TIME EXPENSES THAT YOU DON'T HAVE AROUND WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING ON AN EVENT.
SO WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THEM AND WE'LL SEE THAT MOVE FORWARD HERE IN A COUPLE WEEKS.
OUR NEXT GATHERING IS SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2026.