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RANDY, IF YOU WOULD MAN YOUR BATTLE STATION, PLEASE.
UH, WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE, UH, RISE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? HEY, YOU'RE ALREADY STANDING.
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OF MINUTES THAT WE NEED TO APPROVE.UH, MR. MR. PRESIDENT, IS THAT FOR THE OCTOBER 19TH AND THE OCTOBER 26TH? NOW IT IS.
CAN WE DO TWO AT A TIME OR - YEAH, WE CAN DO TWO AT A TIME.
YOU WANNA SECOND IT AGAIN SO WE - SECOND FOR BOTH.
UM, OF COURSE, PLEASE, UH, MUTE YOUR CELL PHONES.
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GET STARTED WITH THE AGENDA, I BELIEVE, UH, THE MAYOR HAS A PRESENTATION.UH, IT IS OUR PRIVILEGE TO WELCOME, UH, FOLKS IN THE TIMING OF WHEN THE CHURCH MOVED INTO GROVE CITY, 1953.
HE WASN'T WORKING FOR THE CITY AT THAT TIME.
SO ANYWAY, UH, OUR LADY HAS BEEN PUTTING ON FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, UH, A MAJOR FUNDRAISER AT THEIR FACILITY AND I, I CALL IT CARNIVAL.
IS THAT THE PROPER WORD? IT'S THE FESTIVAL.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS TODAY IN PARTICULAR, WHENEVER YOU'RE DEALING WITH, UH, PUBLIC, THE CHANCE OF ISSUES ARISING FROM THE PUBLIC, BUT AS IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE WEATHER STANDPOINT.
AND MIKE ALSO HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING AS MUCH AS WE CAN DO IN COUNTERING ANY POSSIBLE MITIGATING AND JUST ANY KIND OF PROBLEM.
SO, UH, OUR, UH, SAFETY DIRECTOR CAME UP WITH AN AWARD.
WE OWN PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNER AWARD.
SO WHAT WE'RE GIVING TO OUR LADY IS, UH, A RECOGNITION DIRECTOR AND THANK THEM FOR BEING PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU FOLKS.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT HONOR.
OBVIOUSLY, OUR LADY HAS BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1954.
UH, I'VE BEEN IN, UH, GROVE CITY NOW FOR FIVE YEARS.
I GREW UP, UH, IN LONDON, UH, AND I HAD MY FIRST CONCUSSION ON THE FIELD BEHIND.
WE DON'T SAY THAT IN THE, UH, SAFETY MEETING, BUT WHEN I WAS, UH, I WAS A YOUNGSTER IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND, UH, SO IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO BE SERVING HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
I ALSO SERVE AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT CHAPLAIN, UH, FOR GROVE CITY POLICE AS WELL.
UH, SO IT'S A GREAT, UH, TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY HERE IN GROVE CITY.
ON TONIGHT, ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA UNDER LANDS, WE HAVE ORDINANCE C4526, ORDINANCE C4626, C4726, C4826, C2 - 5226, C5326, RESOLUTION CR 3826.
UNDER FINANCE, WE HAVE ORDINANCE C5426.
THE CHAIRS ARE OKAY WITH THE AGENDA ITEM.
WE WILL AD - AGENDA ITEMS. WE'LL MOVE INTO LANDS
[Ordinance C-45-26 Approve the Rezoning of 610.92 acres located north of London-Groveport Road, east of Harrisburg Pike, and west of Haughn Road from PUD-I (planned unit development – industrial) IND-2 (heavy industry) RA (rural), and SD-3 (recreational) to IN (innovation district). Second reading and public hearing. ]
WITH CHAIRMAN HOLLINGA.AND, UH, WE'VE GOT A LONG LIST OF ITEMS TONIGHT ON THE AGENDA, AND I'M GONNA BE VERY JUDICIOUS ON, UH, HOLDING EVERYBODY TO THEIR, UH, THEIR TIME RESTRAINT OR WE'LL BE IN HERE TILL TOMORROW AND WE'RE GONNA MISS, UH, BEING ABLE TO VOTE IN THE MORNING.
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A NUMBER OF PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.UH, THE FIRST, UM, ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ORDINANCE 4526, AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE REZONING OF 610.92 ACRES LOCATED NORTH OF LONDON GROVEPORT ROAD AND EAST OF HARRISBURG PIKE, AND WEST OF HAN ROAD FROM PD1, PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL TWO, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AND RA, UH, RURAL, AND SD3 RECREATIONAL TWO, IN, INNOVATIONAL DISTRICT.
AND, UH, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS A, UH, SHORT, UH, UH, VIDEO PRESENTATION THAT WE'LL DO, UH, DO FIRST HERE.
WITH A REPUTATION AS A GREAT HOMETOWN, OFFERING A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AND AMENITIES TO A DIVERSE POPULATION, GROVE CITY HAS EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN RECENT YEARS AND IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING MUNICIPALITIES IN CENTRAL OHIO.
IN 2018, A COMMUNITY PLAN WAS DEVELOPED CALLED GROVE CITY 2050.
IN THAT PLAN, IT WAS RECOGNIZED THAT THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE CITY HAS RECENTLY SEEN TREMENDOUS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT.
THIS INCLUDES AREAS SUCH AS THE MOUNT CARMEL GROVE CITY HOSPITAL, THE MEDICAL OFFICE DEVELOPMENTS ALONG NORTH MEADOWS DRIVE, AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE STATE ROUTE 665 I-71 INTERCHANGE.
THE AREA IS ALSO HOME TO SEVERAL MAJOR EMPLOYERS, FROM DISTRIBUTION TO MEDICAL OFFICES, AND RETAIL COMMERCIAL, AS WELL AS A GROWING PARK AND TRAIL SYSTEM.
THE CITY RECENTLY WORKED WITH AREA PROPERTY OWNERS TO ANNEX MORE THAN 500 ACRES OF LAND, ALSO EXPANDING THE EXISTING COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA TO HELP PROMOTE GROWTH IN THE SOUTHWEST REGION.
THE MOMENTUM FROM RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, PLUS THIS UNLOCKED POTENTIAL, MAKE THIS SOUTHWEST GATEWAY THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH AND INNOVATION.
SO WHAT IS THE VISION FOR THE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL MEDICAL AND INNOVATION GATEWAY? ANYONE WANTING TO ENTER THIS NEWLY DEVELOPED AREA WOULD NEED TO DO SO THROUGH ONE OF TWO ENTRY POINTS WHEN COMING FROM THE EAST.
FROM THE NORTH, TRAFFIC WILL COME THROUGH ORDERS ROAD, PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL IN CHARACTER.
AND FROM THE SOUTH, TRAFFIC WILL ENTER FROM STATE ROUTE 665 ADJACENT TO SUACO'S LANDFILL OPERATIONS AND THROUGH AN AREA WITH AN INDUSTRIAL FOCUS.
THIS TRANSITION MAY DISCOURAGE SOME DEVELOPMENT TO LOCATE HERE DUE TO THE CONFLICTING USES.
ALTERNATIVELY, THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN OVERPASS THAT CONNECTS HOOVER ROAD AND NORTH MEADOWS DRIVE TO HAN ROAD AND AREAS WEST OF I-71 WOULD UNLOCK MORE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE AREA THAT WOULD OTHERWISE NOT BE POSSIBLE.
ADDING AN OVERPASS AT THIS LOCATION WILL CREATE AN ADDITIONAL EAST-WEST CONNECTION ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.
AS MUCH OF THE PLANNED RESIDENTIAL GROWTH EXPANDS THE CITY TO THE SOUTHEAST, THIS NEW CONNECTION WILL BE IMPORTANT TO DISSEMINATE TRAFFIC AND REDUCE THE BURDEN ON THE EXISTING ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE NEW OVERPASS WILL ALSO HELP TRAIL CONNECTIVITY AND PROVIDE SAFE CROSSING FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BIKES TO EXPAND ON THE CITY'S GROWING TRAIL NETWORK, LEADING TO AREA DESTINATIONS SUCH AS FRIAR PARK AND THE GROVE CITY YMCA.
FROM THERE, THE EXISTING CITY BIKEWAY NETWORK CAN LEAD YOU TO A VARIETY OF DESTINATIONS, INCLUDING PARKS, SCHOOLS, OR EVEN THE HISTORIC TOWN CENTER.
NEW MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDINGS WEST OF I-71 BENEFIT FROM THE ABILITY TO EASILY CROSS THE FREEWAY AND REMAIN CONNECTED WITH OTHER MEDICAL CAMPUSES WITHIN THE GATEWAY.
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP AROUND THE MEDICAL USE TO SUPPORT THOSE WHO ARE EMPLOYED IN THE OFFICE DEVELOPMENTS AND MEET THE MARKET DEMAND FROM GROVE CITY'S GROWING POPULATION.
NEW RESIDENTIAL ALONG THE AREA'S NORTHERN BOUNDARY HELPS TRANSITION FROM THE COMMUNITY'S EXISTING FABRIC INTO A COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE ENVIRONMENT, OFFERING A MIXING OF ACTIVITIES AND DIVERSITY IN HOUSING OPTIONS.
THE EXISTING STREAM THROUGH THE AREA CREATES A NATURAL GREENWAY AND BUFFER BETWEEN THE MIXED USES OF THE NORTH AND THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO THE SOUTH, AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL TRAILS FOR AREA RESIDENTS AND EMPLOYERS.
OPPORTUNITIES EXIST IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE GATEWAY FOR THE CREATION OF TECHNOLOGY-BASED, FLEXIBLE SPACE, INCLUDING OFFICE, INSTITUTIONAL, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES.
MUCH AS BUCKEYE PARKWAY OPENED DEVELOPMENT POSSIBILITIES FOR A PARKWAY CENTER AND PINNACLE CLUB, THIS NEW OVERPASS AND CORRESPONDING ROADWAY NETWORK WILL SET THE TONE FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT IN GROVE CITY.
THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES OF GROVE CITY'S SOUTHWEST REGIONAL MEDICAL AND INNOVATION
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GATEWAY ARE READY TO BE UNLOCKED TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY GROW AND MEET ITS GOALS FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.THAT'S A GOOD OVERVIEW AND THIS, UH, UH, ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES ONLY THAT 610.92 ACRES.
UM, IS THERE ANYONE FROM STAFF OR ARE THERE...
I SEE NO ONE ON HERE ON THE SPEAKER'S LIST TO ADDRESS THAT.
UH, IF THERE ARE NO, UH, COMMENTS, UH, FROM ANYONE, UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
I THINK YOU GOT, YOU GOT SOMEBODY, YOU GOT SOMEBODY.
THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
UM, I WILL TRY AND KEEP THIS BRIEF.
UM, THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING STEP FORWARD FOR OUR WORK IN THE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL MEDICAL AND INNOVATION GATEWAY.
THIS IS A CITY-LED REZONING, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN A LOT OF THE REZONINGS THAT WE TYPICALLY SEE WHERE IT IS TIED TO A DEVELOPMENT.
THERE IS NO DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED FOR THE 610 ACRES.
UM, IT'S JUST US TRYING TO GET IN FRONT OF PROJECTS.
UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS ALSO JUST A PORTION, AS MR. HILINGA NOTED, OF THE LARGER SOUTHWEST GATEWAY.
UM, IT'S FOR THAT FLEX EMPLOYMENT WHERE WE'RE A, UM, WE'RE TARGETING THE MORE MIXED, OR I'M SORRY, THE MORE, UM, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND MAKER SPACE.
IT'S THE AREAS MORE NORTH AND TO THE EAST TOWARDS MOUNT CARMEL HOSPITAL WHERE WE ANTICIPATE THE MORE MIXED USE COMMERCIAL AND THE MEDICAL OFFICE USES.
THIS IS REALLY JUST THAT SOUTHERN PORTION ACROSS FROM THE LANDFILL.
UM, IF YOU'LL RECALL, THE NEW INNOVATION DISTRICT, UM, THAT WE CREATED IN SEPTEMBER, UM, IT WAS REALLY TAILORED FOR THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT HERE.
UM, IT'S BASED ON A LOT OF THE USES THAT ARE CURRENTLY PERMITTED IN OUR INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.
WE PULLED OUT THE MORE INTENSIVE USES AND WE INSERTED SOME MORE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR HIGHER QUALITY DEVELOPMENT.
SO, UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT THE REZONING.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER, ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT.
THANK YOU, UM, FOR, UM, REVIEWING THE ZONING.
I KNOW MR. STRUM, YOU ALSO, UM, HAD A PLAY IN THAT AS FAR AS REVIEWING THE DIFFERENT USES AND KIND OF GET THAT UP TO DATED TO WHERE WE ALL FELT COMFORTABLE.
I THINK THAT WAS, UM, DEFINITELY A GOOD STEP FORWARD FOR THIS REZONING.
AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AS WELL BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME AND IT'S, IT'S, I THINK IT'S INTERESTING TOO THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEAR WITH DEVELOPMENT IS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, GOSH, WE SHOULD HAVE IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE FIRST.
AND IN THIS CASE, THIS IS WHAT, EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WE'RE GETTING AHEAD OF IT, UM, YOU KNOW, BEFORE, BEFORE THINGS ACTUALLY GET THERE.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT THING.
AND, AND YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT, UM, AS FAR AS THE, UH, THE, WITH, WITH THE ZONING, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID, WE DID, UM, PULL OUT OF THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THE SIC CODES THAT, UH, WERE RELATED TO, UH, COULD BE CONSTRUED TO, UH, REPRESENT DATA CENTERS.
AND WE PULLED THOSE OUT, UH, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR HERE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UH - YEAH.
I MEAN, AND AGAIN, THE DATA CENTERS ARE NOT PERMITTED UNDER ANY OF OUR ZONING DISTRICTS - YEP.
BUT IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION SO THAT NOTHING COULD BE INTERPRETED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, IT WAS REMOVED FROM THE INNOVATION DISTRICT.
I, YOU KNOW, JUST FROM A, FROM A JOBS PERSPECTIVE, WHICH IS EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE NEED TO BE, UM, VERY FOCUSED ON, AGAIN, WITH OUR, UH, UH, WITH OUR, OUR NUMBERS, UH, AS FAR AS POPULATION GROWTH COMPARED TO, UH, UH, REVENUES.
UM, AND, UH, AND, AND AGAIN, E- EVEN WHEN WE, UH, LOOKED AT THE CAPITAL, SOME OF THE CAPITAL PLAN FROM, UH, AT THE LAST MEETING, THESE ARE, THESE ARE THINGS THAT, UH, AGAIN, WE'RE GETTING AHEAD OF, UH, BEFORE THE, UH, THE COMPANIES ACTUALLY SHOW UP AND WE'LL BE READY FOR THEM.
UH, FOR MANY RESIDENTS, THIS MIGHT BE THEIR FIRST TIME HEARING ABOUT THIS, SO CAN YOU SHARE WHERE THEY CAN GO TO FIND SOME MORE INFORMATION? SURE.
THERE IS, UM, A SECTION OF OUR WEBSITE DEDICATED ENTIRELY TO THE SOUTHWEST GATEWAY.
UM, IF YOU GO UNDER DEPARTMENTS DEVELOPMENT, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A LONG RANGE PLANNING, SOUTHWEST GATEWAY.
UM, I BELIEVE THERE MAY ALSO BE A STORY, ESSENTIALLY, IF YOU JUST SEARCH SOUTHWEST GATEWAY ON OUR WEBSITE, IT SHOULD TAKE YOU TO THE PAGE THAT IS DEDICATED TO THAT.
THAT VIDEO THAT WAS SHARED IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE, UM, AND OTHER RESOURCES RELATED TO OUR WORK ON THAT AREA.
AND MY COMMENT IS, UH, THIS IS EXACTLY WE, WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND KEEP IT AT THE FOREFRONT AND GET AHEAD OF EVERYTHING.
AND, UM, IT'S A WAY TO HELP, UH, IDENTIFY AND TO ATTRACT, UH, HIGH-TECH BUSINESSES, BECAUSE THE BUSINESSES ARE THE ONES THAT REALLY PAY THE BULK OF OUR, UM, BULK OF OUR TAXES, NOT RESIDENTIAL, EVEN THOUGH YOU THINK PROBABLY RESIDENTIAL, UH, UH,
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TAXATION IS HIGH.UH, WE GET A LOT OF OUR, UH, INCOME FROM, UH, UH, INCOME TAXES AND BUSINESSES HERE LOCALLY.
SO THIS IS A, A GREAT MOVE FORWARD, AND, UH, UH, I COMPLETELY SUPPORT IT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, UH, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ORDINANCE C4526 AND ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE REZONING OF 610.92 ACRES LOCATED NORTH OF LONDON GROVE PARK ROAD, EAST OF HARRISBURG PIKE, AND WEST OF HAN ROAD FROM PUD1 PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT - INDUSTRIAL, INDUSTRIAL TWO, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, RA, UH, RURAL, AND SD-3, RECREATIONAL TO IN, INNOVATION DISTRICT.
[Ordinance C-46-26 Approve the Rezoning of 49± acres located at 6588 Seeds Road from RA (rural) to IND-1 (light industry). Second reading and public hearing. ]
ON OUR, UH, AGENDA, UM, WAS ORDINANCE OF 4626, AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE REZONING OF 49 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES LOCATED AT 6588 SEEDS ROAD FROM RA RURAL TO IND1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.AND THIS, UH, A SPECIFIC ITEM WAS, UH, UH, ASKED TO BE POSTPONED UNTIL THE DECEMBER 21ST, UH, UH, MEETING BY THE PETITIONER.
AND I'D LIKE, UH, TO MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE, UH, TO THAT TIME.
WE HAD TWO PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TO THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, BUT SINCE IT'S BEING POSTPONED, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY STILL WISH TO, UH, UH, ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL OR JUST WAIT TILL IT COMES UP ON THE 21ST.
UM, UH, THE, UH, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA
[Ordinance C-47-26 Approve the Rezoning of 1.31± acres located at 2950 London-Groveport Road from PUD-C (planned unit development – commercial) and C-2 (retail commercial) to PUD-C (planned unit development – commercial) with Zoning Text. Second reading and public hearing. ]
IS, UH, UH, ORDINANCE C47-26, AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE REZONING OF 1.31 ACRES PLUS OR MINUS LOCATED AT, UH, 2950 LONDON GROVEPORT ROAD FROM A PUDC PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT-COMMERCIAL AND C2, UH, RETAIL COMMERCIAL TO PUDC PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT COMMERCIAL, UH, WITH THE ZONING TEXT.UM, IS THERE ANYONE, UH, THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THAT? NO.
ARE THERE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL OR FROM ANYTHING THAT, UH, UH, THE, UH, BUILDING PLANNING COMMISSION DEPARTMENT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS ON THIS? NO? NO.
I WAS JUST WANNA KNOW IF MS. SHIELDS WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING.
WANNA SAY ANYTHING ON THIS? JUST A, A QUICK HIGHLIGHT.
UM, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY JUST CLEANING UP THE ZONING ON THE SITE.
UM, IT IS CURRENTLY SPLIT, UM, FROM FORMER PROPERTY BOUNDARIES OF PUDC AND C2.
THIS WOULD JUST CREATE ONE UNIFIED SET OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OF A NEW PUDC.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE PERMITTED USES, IT ALLOWS, UM...
THE ZONING TEXT THAT WOULD BE APPROVED AT THIS PUD ALLOWS FOR, UM, USES PERMITTED IN C2, C1, AND PSO, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY OUR MOST, YOU KNOW, COMMON COMMERCIAL.
SO RETAIL, RESTAURANTS, OFFICE, UM, SERVICE USES.
UM, THE TEXT DOES HAVE, UM, SOME OTHER LANGUAGE THAT ALLOWS BY RIGHT, UM, A DRIVE-THROUGH AND OUTDOOR SEATING AREAS, WHICH WOULD TRADITIONALLY REQUIRE SPECIAL USE PERMITS.
HOWEVER, THE STANDARDS FOR THOSE USES ARE JUST, UM, ENCOMPASSED WITHIN THE ZONING TEXT.
IF I COULD JUST TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON ACCESS, BECAUSE THAT DID COME UP A COUPLE TIMES AT PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, JUST WITH CONCERNS ABOUT ACCESS TO THE SITE AND OTHER AREA PROPERTIES.
UM, IT KIND OF MIXES BETWEEN THE ZONING AND THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, BUT, UM, THERE, THERE WERE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER REPRESENTATIVE TO THE EAST, UM, AND THERE, UM, THERE WAS A STIPULATION SET ON THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN REGARDING FINALIZING AN ACCESS EASEMENT, UM, TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS THAT SHARED ACCESS ACROSS THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT.
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FURTHER COMMENTS OR, UH, QUESTIONS, I'D MAKE A MOTION THAT ORDINANCE 4726, AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE REZONING OF, UH, 3.31 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES LOCATED AT 2950 LONDON, UH, GROVEPORT ROAD FROM PUDC PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT-COMMERCIAL AND C2, UH, RETAIL COMMERCIAL TO PUDC PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT COMMERCIAL WITH A ZONING TEXT.[Ordinance C-48-26 Amend the Zoning Text for Beulah Park Subarea “A” located south of Southwest Blvd., as adopted by Ord. C-24-18. Second reading and public hearing. ]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS, UM, ORDINANCE 4826, AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND A ZONING TEXT FOR BU- BULA PARK, UH, SUBAREA LOCATED AT SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD AS ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE C2418.AND AS, UH, FAR AS DISCUSSION, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP.
THE FIRST ONE THAT'S SIGNED ON THE AGENDA IS REBECCA MOTT.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND, UH, REMINDER THAT THERE IS A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
HI, MY NAME IS REBECCA MOTT WITH THE PLINK LAW FIRM WITH AN OFFICE ADDRESS OF 411 EAST TOWN STREET, COLUMBUS, OHIO.
AND WHAT WE ARE DOING IS THIS IS A ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT FOR SUB AREA A OF BULA PARK.
THIS SALMON COLOR UP HERE IS THE SUB AREA A.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNATED ZONE FOR COMMERCIAL PUDC.
SO AT THIS TIME, WE'RE REZONING THAT WHOLE AREA'S SUB AREA A FROM PUDC TO PUDC AND PUDR, A RESIDENTIAL PORTION AND A COMMERCIAL PORTION.
SO IN AN OVERVIEW OF THE ENTIRETY OF SUB AREA A, WE WILL HAVE 104 MULTIFAMILY HOMES, OVER 10 THREE-STORY BUILDINGS.
THERE WILL BE A NEW 12,070 SQUARE FOOT RETAIL BUILDING WITH PATIOS AND OUTDOOR SEATING.
THERE WOULD BE TWO COORDINATED SUB AREAS.
A1 IS THE COMMERCIAL SUB AREA AND, UH, A2 IS THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT.
WE WOULD HAVE 238 NEW PARKING SPACES OVER THE ENTIRETY OF SUB AREA A.
THE SUB AREA A2 FOR THE MULTI-RESIDENTIAL WOULD HAVE A RESIDENTIAL VILLAGE WITH GARDEN COURTS, SEATING AREAS, AND LANDSCAPED AREAS THAT WOULD BE MORE LIKE A GARDEN SETTING OR GROTTO SETTING FOR A VERY QUIET, PEACEFUL, TRANQUIL, RESIDENTIAL VILLAGE.
THE CORE PLANNING IDEAS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT IS TO HAVE AN ARTICULATED ARCHITECTURE STYLE THAT MATCHES WITH THE LANDSCAPING FEATURES OF THE PROJECT.
THE EMPHASIS IS FOR A QUIET, MATURE RESIDENTIAL VILLAGE WITH NOT A LOT OF ACTIVITY OR HIGHER INTENSITY RECREATIONAL USES, SO WE WON'T HAVE LIKE A BASKETBALL COURT OR PICKLEBALL COURT.
IT'S GONNA BE A VERY QUIET RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THE NEXT SHEET SHOWS, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHICH...
TAMMY, WHICH SLIDE YOU SCROLLED TO, BUT THIS IS THE DARK BLUE ONE.
OH, I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS, BUT - YOU SAID OTHER WAY.
SO THE, THE RETAIL BUILDING, AGAIN, WOULD HAVE THE 12,070 SQUARE FEET.
THERE WOULD BE 62 PARKING SPACES IN THIS SUB AREA.
THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING CANNOT EXCEED 35 FEET.
THERE WOULD BE TWO, UM, DRIVE-THROUGH WINDOWS OR PICKUP WINDOWS FOR THIS, THIS COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR.
ALSO, WE CAN HAVE RETAIL, OFFICE, COMMERCIAL, OR RESTAURANTS IN THIS AREA, AND THE, UH, LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING WOULD BE AN 80% LANDSCAPE SCREENING TO BUFFER THE COMMERCIAL FROM RESIDENTIAL.
WE WOULD ALSO HAVE A THREE-FOOT MOUND ALONG THE FRONTAGE OF SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD WITH THE TREES, EVERGREEN, UM, ORNAMENTAL PLANTINGS.
WE WOULD ALSO BE SCREENING THE SERVICE AND REFUSE AREAS, OF COURSE.
IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, TAMMY.
UNDER SUB AREA A2, THE RESIDENTIAL COM- COMPONENT, THIS IS 15.25 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
THE, UH, FRONT SETBACK IS 50 FEET, THE REAR SETBACK IS 50 FEET, AND THE HEIGHT CANNOT EXCEED 50 FEET.
AGAIN, THESE ARE THREE-STORY BUILDINGS.
THERE WOULD BE 176 PARKING SPACES IN THIS SUB AREA.
ALTHOUGH WE SAY HERE THAT THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF NEW TREES IS 140, WE'RE ACTUALLY PROPOSING 208 NEW TREES IN SUB AREA A2.
THE, UM, TREES WOULD BE TWO INCH MINIMUM CALIBER.
CAN WE FLIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE? UM - HI, MS. UP.
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LINGA? YEP.I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT REBECCA CAN CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER THREE TO FIVE MINUTES.
SHE'S DOING A VERY IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO EXTEND THE, UM, THE PRESENTATION ANOTHER THREE TO FIVE MINUTES.
SO ALONG THE FRONTAGE OF SUB AREA A2, THIS IS THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT.
WE WOULD HAVE 35 STREET TREES.
AGAIN, 208 PROPOSED NEW TREES IN THAT ENTIRE SUB AREA.
THERE STILL WOULD BE TREES IN SUB AREA A1 AS WELL.
WE MARK HERE HOW MANY TREES AND SHRUBS ALONG THE SOUTHERN EDGE REQUIREMENT.
AND I DID WANNA GO THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE BUFFER.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, FAR BOTTOM...
COULD YOU GO BACK THAT, TO THAT SLIDE, TAMMY? YES.
ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, IT SAYS THE RESIDENTIAL BUFFER OF SINGLE FAMILY LOTS TO OUR SOUTH WILL HAVE AN INTERSPERSED TWO AND A HALF FOOT MOUND.
ON THE MOUND, THERE WILL BE, UH, A MIX OF ARBOR VITA- VITAE, DECIDUOUS TREES, SHRUBS, AND AN EIGH-FOOT VINYL FENCE IS WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED.
THEN WE'D HAVE A MINIMUM OF 140 NEW TWO-INCH CALIBER TREES IN SUB AREA A2.
ON THE EASTERN PROPERTY LINE IN THIS SUB AREA, THAT WOULD BE A BUFFER BETWEEN THE COMMERCIAL, SO WE'LL HAVE A 90% EVERGREEN SCREEN AND A FIVE-FOOT HIGH, UM, AT INSTALLATION.
CAN WE FLIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE? WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE QUIET RESIDENTIAL VILLAGE STYLE AND THE DEVELOPMENT LIMITS.
WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION FOR THE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY THAT WAS DONE IN 2018 FOR THE WHOLE OF, UH, BULA PARK, WE ARE ACTUALLY DOWNZONING THIS CORRIDOR FROM A PUDC COMMERCIAL TO A PUDC PUDR.
SO OUR RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT MAKES THE TRAFFIC LESS INTENSE.
THERE WILL BE A DIFFERENT STYLE OF LIGHTING USED.
IT'LL BE A RESIDENTIAL STY - UH, STYLE LIGHTING INSTEAD OF COMMERCIAL.
SO IT'S A LOW INTENSITY USE, A DOWNZONING, WHICH MEANS OUR, FROM OUR TRAFFIC STANDPOINT, WE DID REANALYZE OUR TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY THAT WAS APPROVED IN 2018, AND THERE WOULD BE LESSER TRAFFIC SO THERE WAS NO IMPACT TO THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE ALREADY MADE TO SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD AND SURROUNDING RIGHT OF WAY.
SO ALL OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, STILL REMAIN WITH NO CHANGE.
I DO HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU SOME ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS.
SO IF YOU FLIP THROUGH THOSE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
IT SHOWS THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING AND THE, UM, 10 MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS.
EIGHT OF THE BUILDINGS WILL HAVE FOUR...
NO, EIGHT UNITS IN THE MULTIFAMILY, UM, BUILDINGS.
TWO OF THE BUILDINGS ARE LONGER BUILDINGS.
THOSE WOULD HAVE - 10 EACH? 20 EACH.
IN ADDITION, THERE'S A SITE PLAN AND CIVIL PLANS FOR YOUR REVIEW.
THOSE JUST MATCH OUR OVERVIEW OF OUR PRESENTATION SLIDES.
SO UNLESS ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I DO HAVE MR. KELLY HERE WHO CAN TALK ABOUT THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT HIS GOALS AND OBJECTIVES WERE.
I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER MINUTE LEFT ON THE TIMER.
I'M WITH FALCO SMITH & KELLY, THE DEVELOPER OF BULA PARK.
UM - ADDRESS? UH, 250 EAST BROAD STREET, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43215.
OVER A YEAR AGO, WE STARTED TO LOOK AT THE REMAINING, UH, SPECULATIVE COMMERCIAL LAND, AND GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT'S OCCURRED AT BEULAH PARK, WE THOUGH WE WOULD, COULD CREATE SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL.
AND WHAT MAKES BEULAH PARK SPECIAL TODAY IS, AND IT'S ALL OFTENTIMES OVERLOOKED, IT'S THE ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN.
SO BEULAH PLACE APARTMENTS WAS CUSTOM DESIGNED.
THE STRAINTOWN OWNS CUSTOM DESIGN.
UM, THIS PROJECT, THE SAME ARCHITECT, CRAIG MURDOCH W - IS CUSTOM DESIGNED.
IT'LL SURPASS ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS BECAUSE OF TWO FACTORS.
NUMBER ONE IS THESE SMALL BUILDINGS.
THEY'RE MORE INTIMATE BUILDINGS, AND SO THEY DON'T OVERWHELM THE SITE.
THEY'RE DESIGNED TO ALLOW NATURAL LIGHT AND APPEAL TO OUR...
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RESIDENT.NUMBER TWO, THESE BEAUTIFUL GARDENS THAT RUN LINEAR GARDEN ALL THROUGH THE SITE THAT'LL HAVE DIFFERENT ROUNDABOUTS WHERE PEOPLE CAN SIT, REFLECT, READ, WHATEVER THEY WANNA DO.
SO THOSE ARE TWO FEATURES THAT WE THINK WILL SET THIS PROPERTY APART.
I MIGHT JUST ADD THAT ANY DEVELOPMENT I, I'M AWARE OF, AND I'M ACTIVE THROUGHOUT CENTRAL OHIO, DOES BIGGER BUILDINGS WITH LESS GREEN SPACE.
THIS IS THE OPPOSITE APPROACH.
SMALLER BUILDINGS WITH EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPE IN THIS MEDIUM GARDEN.
AND THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS WE'VE ENJOYED TALKING WITH THE RESIDENTS.
I GOT TO MEET A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS.
BETHEL BEAUT - BUILT A BEAUTIFUL NEW HOME WITH A SWIMMING POOL.
THIS POOL'S 15 FEET FROM THIS SITE.
WE WORKED WITH HIM TO CREATE THE FENCE.
IT WAS IMPORTANT SO HIS GRANDKIDS WOULDN'T WANDER ONTO THE SITE.
AND HE GAVE US A TOUR OF HIS HOUSE, BEAUTIFUL HOUSE.
UM, MET WITH THE, UH, LOGSTONS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE OPPOSED TO THIS DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE OF THE THREE STORIES.
ENJOYED MEETING WITH THEM AND HEARING THEIR CONCERNS.
UH, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE THREE STORIES FOR THE SITE UTILIZATION, OTHERWISE THESE FEATURES OF THE SMALLER BUILDINGS IN THE LINEAR GARDEN DOESN'T WORK.
AND LASTLY, I JUST WANNA SAY MARK AND MATT.
NOW WE'LL OPEN IT UP, UH, FOR QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL.
I JUST FINISHED WITH MARK AND MATT.
WELL, I'M GONNA ASK YOU A QUESTION - OKAY.
THAT HOW YOU END MY QUE - ANSWER TO MY QUESTION IS UP TO YOU.
UM, SO WHAT, WHAT WILL BE, WHAT WILL BE THE RENTS, UM, FOR THIS? AND ARE THERE T - ARE THEY ONE, TWO BEDROOM OR WHAT, WHAT ARE THEY? WHAT SIZE UNITS ARE THEY? SO THE LONGER BUILDING, UM, HAS MORE GROUND FLOOR UNITS, WHICH WAS OUR OBJECTIVE TO APPEAL TO, UH, SOMEONE THAT HAS TROUBLE WALKING LIKE ME THESE DAYS, BUT ALSO HAS SOME ATTACHED GARAGES.
UM, THERE ARE ONE AND TWO BEDROOMS. OKAY.
ESTIMATED RENTS? WE DON'T KNOW YET BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE OUR COSTS.
WE KNOW THEY'RE MORE EXPENSIVE TO BUILD.
WHEN YOU DO SMALLER BUILDINGS, IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE.
WHEN YOU DO ALL THE LANDSCAPING, IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE.
WE'RE ONLY ABLE TO DO THIS BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S IN PLACE AT BEULAH PARK, INCLUDING ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS TO SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD THAT WE INVESTED THREE MILLION DOLLARS WORKING WITH THE CITY TO CREATE, TO EXPAND THE ROAD, WIDEN THE ROAD, PUT IN BIKE PATHS AND PUT IN RESIDENTIAL SCALE STREET LIGHTING AND AS WELL AS A STREETLIGHT AT COLUMBUS STREET.
BUT I'M GUESSING AROUND 2,200 AND 2,400.
SO - I'LL DO THE MATT COMMENT NOW.
WELL, I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE MATT?
I GOTTA MENTION, UH, MARK AND, UH, THOMAS AND MATT.
THEY CAME OUT, THEY WERE OPPOSED TO THIS DEVELOPMENT.
THEY'RE RIGHT NEXT, THEY'RE ADJACENT TO IT LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER NEIGHBORS.
AND THEIR CONCERN WAS PRIVACY, LIKE ALL THE OTHER NEIGHBORS.
SO WE WENT OVERBOARD ON THIS BORDER.
AND FOR, UM, JULIE'S SAKE, WE PUT PITCHES ON OUR GARAGES, SO THEY'RE 18 FEET HIGH, WHICH WILL GIVE THREE TIMES THE BUFFER THAT EXISTS CURRENTLY UNDER THE ZONING.
AND THEN WE PUT THE MOUND, WE'RE GONNA DO THESE MAIN GREEN EVERGREENS IF THE CITY PERMITS IT.
THEY'RE VERY AGGRESSIVE GROWING EVERGREEN TREES.
THEY'LL GET TO 30 FEET TO 40 FEET HIGH.
AND THEN THERE'LL BE ALSO A MIX OF, UM, OTHER DECIDUOUS TREES AND THAT SORT OF THING.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL DEVELOPMENT.
M - UH, MARK AND MATT NOW APPROVE OF OUR DEVELOPMENT.
AND I HAVE TO SAY, THE PASSION THAT THEY HAVE FOR LIVING AT BEULAH PARK IS VERY GRATIFYING.
AND, AND WE'RE HAPPY THAT WE COULD WORK WITH THEM TO, UH, TOWARDS A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT HERE.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S RETAIL GOING IN AND, AND EVERYTHING.
WHAT, WHAT MADE, WHAT MADE YOU J - WHAT CHANGED IN THE ECONOMY OR IN THE, IN, IN, UM, IN WHAT YOU INITIALLY PLANNED FOR? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT FACTORS WERE AT PLAY OR ARE AT PLAY? SO - OKAY.
SO THIS WAS ALWAYS A TRANSITIONAL PIECE.
YOU HAVE YOUR BIG BOX INDUSTRIAL ACROSS SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD, AND WE WEREN'T SURE WHAT WOULD GO HERE.
WE HAD HOPED RESTAURANTS IN A MARKET WOULD GO HERE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.
BUT WE FOUND THEY'RE JUST NOT COMING HERE.
WE'RE JUST CLOSING A DEAL WITH A RESTAURANT USER THAT DOESN'T WANNA GO WHERE OUR EXISTING SHOPPING CENTER IS.
THEY WANNA GO IN OUR NEW BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
AND SO WE JUST COULD NOT ATTRACT THE KIND OF TENANTS WE WANTED THAT WOULD BE AMENITY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE WANTED TO PUT FORTH SOMETHING THAT WAS SPECIAL.
AND IT, IT, IT, UH, COMPLIMENTS EVERYTHING ELSE AT BEULAH PARK.
WE KNOW THERE'S A STRONG DEMAND
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FOR RESIDENTIAL AND A MARKET WE'RE NOT HITTING IS A LITTLE BIT ABOVE THE EMPTY NESTER, 60 TO 75.UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE SHIFTED TO THIS PLAN.
BUT WE JUST DIDN'T WANNA THROW ALL THE FAMILY IN THERE.
WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL AND THIS WILL BE BETTER THAN ANYTHING THAT'S BEEN DONE SO FAR AT BULA PARK, WHICH AGAIN, IT'S ALL DUE TO THE ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN.
IT MAKES A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE.
SO I'M LOOKING AT THIS PRINTOUT HERE.
AND I'M ASSUMING THAT, UM, KIND OF THIS, UH, MOCK-UP THAT YOU GAVE US HERE IS THIS COMMERCIAL SPACE HERE, AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER PICTURES OF THE BUILDINGS ARE ALL HERE, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO FOR THE RESIDENTIAL PIECE, IT LOOKS LIKE THE, UM, ACCESS IS OFF OF SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THEY, THERE IS AN EMERGENCY ACCESS DRIVE OFF OF, UM, UH, BULLET PARK DRIVE, BUT THERE REALLY ISN'T ANY KIND OF ENTRANCE FOR THAT.
IS THERE, I GUESS, I'M QUESTIONING THE DECISION OR CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT, HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY WHEN THIS DEVELOPMENT WAS BUILT AND HAS REALLY NICE KIND OF INGRESS EGRESSES WITH STOPLIGHTS AT SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD AND CIRCLES, SO WHY THE DECISION TO NOT SOMEHOW CREATE THE TRAFFIC FLOW ALREADY IN THE COMMUNITY VERSUS CREATING ANOTHER LEFT OR RIGHT OUT ONTO SOUTHWEST WHEN THERE'S A, A COUPLE OF STOPLIGHTS THERE? YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
SO WE'RE ALLOWED TWO FULL SERVICE CURB CUTS ON SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD.
AND IT WAS DESIGNED SO IT, IT, UM, TAKES CARE OF THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL.
AND SO IT'S RIGHT ON THE BORDER AND IT'LL HANDLE THE NEW COMMERCIAL.
THE NEW COMMERCIAL, TO YOUR POINT, WILL HAVE ACCESS EASEMENT ACROSS THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL - UH-HUH.
TO GET TO THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL ON COLUMBUS STREET.
THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE REASONS YOU MENTIONED.
WE COULD DO THAT WITH THE RESIDENTIAL, BUT WE DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR KIND OF AN EXCLUSIVE RESIDENTIAL PROJECT TO HAVE THAT, UM, TO HAVE THEM CRISSCROSSING AND OPENING UP TO ALL KIND OF - UH-HUH.
BUT THERE IS THE EMERGENCY ACCESS YOU MENTIONED FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT'LL HAVE THOSE PARKING BLOCKS THAT THEY CAN ACCESS FROM THE, WHAT I'LL CALL THE BACK OF THE SITE, BUT IT'S BEULAH PARK DRIVE.
THAT COULDN'T BE THE EXIT THOUGH TO THE CIRCLE AND HAVE A FLOW OF TRAFFIC THAT WAY VERSUS EXITING OUT ONTO - WE, WE WOULD NOT BE OPPOSED TO THAT.
THAT'S, THAT'S DEFINITELY A CHALLENGE PIECE I SEE.
UM, JUST AS WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC AND SAFETY OF RESIDENTS GETTING OUT, UM, MAKING THOSE LEFT TURNS ACROSS, UH, UH - WE'RE, WE'RE NOT AT ALL OPPOSED TO THAT.
UM, AND THEN I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS PROBABLY FOR KIM, UM, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FOR MY NEXT COUPLE QUESTIONS.
SO CAN YOU JUST KIND OF GIVE SOME HIGH LEVEL...
I REALLY WANT SOME TRANSPARENCY FOR THE COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, WHEN BULA WAS ORIGINALLY ZONED, WE KNOW THAT THIS LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW IS TO AMEND ZONING TEXT.
AND I THINK MR. KELLY SPOKE TO IT A MINUTE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IT BEING ORIGINALLY COMMERCIAL.
BUT CAN YOU JUST TALK TO US, UM, ESPECIALLY SO THOSE OF US WHO, YOU KNOW, WEREN'T HERE WHEN, WHEN BUELLER WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED AND ZONED, WHAT WAS THIS SUPPOSED TO BE? WHAT WAS IT ZONED FOR? WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT THIS SUB AREA A, UM, SHOULD BE.
WE TALKED ABOUT POTENTIALLY MORE OFFICE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO TRANSITION TO THE, UM, THE INDUSTRIAL ACROSS THE STREET ON SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD.
UM, AND AS MR. KELLY ALLUDED TO, IT'S, UH, UM, FINDING THAT RIGHT BALANCE OF TRANSITIONING FROM SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO A PRIMARY THOROUGHFARE IN YOUR COMMUNITY IS A DIFFICULT THING TO FILL.
UM, TRADITIONALLY, MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL IS A GREAT TRANSITIONAL USE FOR THAT.
UM, AND THAT'S WHY STAFF DID SUPPORT THIS REZONING TO, UM, CHANGE THIS AREA FROM COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL.
SO IT WAS ORIGINALLY ALL COMMERCIAL? CORRECT.
AND THIS WOULD BE KEEPING A PIECE OF IT COMMERCIAL, BUT OBVIOUSLY TRANSITIONING IT TO RESIDENTIAL.
AND THE RESIDENTIAL COULD BE OWNER, OCCUPIED, OR, OR RENTAL, CORRECT? ZONING DOES NOT SPECIFY OWNERSHIP TYPE, JUST AS YOU COULD RENT OUT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, UM, MULTIFAMILY COULD BE OWNERSHIP OR RENTAL.
AND DO WE KNOW WHAT THIS IS SET FOR? DO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION OR IS THAT NOT AT THAT POINT IN THE PLAN? THANK YOU.
SO RIGHT NOW, THIS IS SET FOR, UM, FOR RENTAL HOUSING.
I'LL MENTION, LIKE, THE STRAND, THE TOWN HOMES.
THOSE ARE BEING RENTED CURRENTLY.
ULTIMATELY, THOSE WILL BE SOLD INDIVIDUALLY.
SO IT DOESN'T PRECLUDE THAT OPTION, BUT WE'RE LONG-TIME HOLDERS AND WE HAVE A MANAGEMENT COMPANY, THE SAME ONE THAT MANAGES 384
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UNITS AT BEULAH PLACE, 88 UNITS AT THE STRAND, AND NEEDS 104 UNITS.SO I'LL BE PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED BY OAKWOOD MANAGEMENT COMPANY.
THEY'RE THE LARGEST RESIDENTIAL COMPANY IN, UH, CENTRAL OHIO, AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB.
SO OUR SITE IS ON THE LONG TERM.
WE'RE NOT FLIPPERS, SO TO SPEAK.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION FOR YOU, KIM, PLEASE.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, MEETING RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT? YES.
SO THERE WAS, UM, CONSIDERABLE PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE HEARD FROM MULTIPLE RESIDENTS.
UM, PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, STATED SOME CONCERNS AS WELL, UM, PRIMARILY REGARDING JUST THE TRANSITION FROM GIVEN THE HE - THE INCREASED HEIGHT OF THESE UNITS TO THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
UM, STAFF INITIALLY PROPOSED THREE STIPULATIONS TO PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, PLANNING COMMISSION TOOK TWO OF THEM, UM, TO S - UM, KEEP THE SOUTHERN SETBACK THE SAME AS WHAT THE ORIGINAL SUB AREA STANDARDS WERE, UM, AND TO DECREASE THE FENCE OF THE HEIGHT FROM EIGHT FEET TO SIX FEET.
AND IF I COULD JUST ONE, ONE, UM, ADDITIONAL COMMENT REGARDING THE ACCESS THAT YOU MENTIONED, MS. ANDERSON.
UM, THE ZONING TEXT DOES SPECIFY THE ACCESS TO THAT SUB AREA, UM, BUT THE OVERARCHING BULA PARK ZONING TEXT DOES ALLOW FOR DEVIATIONS TO THE APPROVED ZONING TEXTS THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
UM, I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS PROJECT WILL STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
THIS IS JUST SETTING THE ZONING STANDARDS UNDER WHICH THAT FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN WOULD BE SUBMITTED.
SO, UM, THE NEXT STEP, SHOULD THE ZONING GET APPROVED, IS WHERE WE WOULD REALLY GET INTO THOSE NITTY-GRITTY DETAILS OF WHAT SPECIFIC LANDSCAPING AND SPACING AND WHATNOT WOULD BE ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTED.
I THINK THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW.
UH, THE GARAGES AND BACK HAVE A, UH, A 18-FOOT HEIGHT.
WAS THAT THE ORIGINAL PLAN OR WAS THAT ONE OF THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE, UH - UM, I DON'T REMEMBER A SPECIFIC CHANGE TO THE ZONING TEXT, BUT OKAY.
WE MADE THAT ADJUSTMENT TO ADD TO THE BUFFER - OKAY.
SO THE ROOF PITCH WILL BE AS HIGH AS 18 FEET.
UH - SO - GO AHEAD, MR. UH, BARRY.
MR. CHAIRMAN, SO IN PAT, SO IN OUR LEGISLATION UNDER, UH, THIS THIRD WHEREAS, IT SAYS, "PRIVACY FENCES INSTALLED WITHIN S - UH, SUB AREA SHALL NOT EXCEED SIX FEET." THIS IS FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO, UH, BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE DEVELOPER IS OKAY WITH EIGHT FEET? WELL, I PREFER SIX FEET.
UH, QUITE FRANKLY, I DON'T THINK EIGHT FEET'S APPROPRIATE.
I DID TELL MARK THOMAS INITIALLY WHEN HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT PRIVACY, HE WANTED, HE WAS ADAMANT ABOUT AN EIGHT-FOOT FENCE, AND I TOLD HIM WE WOULD NOT OPPOSE THAT.
I DON'T BELIEVE MARK IS AS STICKLER ON THAT.
I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR HIM, BUT I THINK HE'S SATISFIED WITH WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING OF A SIX-FOOT FENCE WITH ALL THE LANDSCAPING AND WITH THESE GARAGES NOW HAVING THAT HIGHER ROOF PITCH.
LET ME TAKE THE TESTIMONY THEN - YEP.
UH, WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION HERE FROM - UM, I'M GONNA HAVE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL WAIT FOR THE SPEAKERS.
UH, MR. STERN? I'LL, I'LL WAIT AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS THIS EVENING, AND I'LL, UM, UH, CALL THEM UP IN THE ORDER TO WHICH THEY'VE SIGNED UP.
THE FIRST ONE IS JULIE LOGSDON.
UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH, WE ARE THE DARK GREENHOUSE ON THE CORNER OF CASSIDY AND THE ALLEY.
UM, MY HUSBAND AND TWO CHILDREN SHARE A SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE OF SUB AREA TWO.
I ATTENDED BOTH THE INFORMATIONAL MEETING AND, UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING RELATED TO THE REZONING.
WE HAVE SPENT THE LAST TWO YEARS WORKING ON BUILDING A HOME HERE IN GROVE CITY.
WE MOVED TO BEAUTYL PARK IN THE TOWNHOUSES AT THE STRAND IN 2024 FROM CLINTONVILLE SO THAT WE COULD ESTABLISH OURSELVES WITHIN THE GRO- GROVE CITY COMMUNITY AND RAISE OUR CHILDREN HERE.
UNLIKE MOST OF OUR NEIGHBORS, WE PURCHASED OUR LAND DIRECTLY FROM FALCO SMITH AND KELLY.
WHEN WE INQUIRED TO THEM ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE BUILT BEHIND US, WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD BE SHOPS SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS ALREADY BUILT DOWN BY THE INTERSECTION OF COLUMBUS STREET AND SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD.
THE PADDOCK WAS TO BE THE BEST AND NICEST OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
WE CHOSE ONE OFF THE PARK FOR ITS LARGE LOT SIZE AND CORNER LOCATION.
WE WATCHED AS THE HOUSES AND AROUND OURS WENT UP ALONGSIDE OUR OWN.
AFTER ALL THE LOTS WERE SOLD AND THE HOMES WERE BUILT, AND NOT EVEN 30 DAYS AFTER WE MOVED IN, WE WERE INFORMED OF THE PROPOSED REZONING.
WITH THE NEWS OF THIS REZONING AND PROPOSED, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEX, HONESTLY, WE ARE FILLED WITH DREAD.
UM, ANY EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY OR PEACEFULNESS IS NO LONGER POSSIBLE FOR OUR HOME SINCE
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A SPECIFICALLY 20-UNIT BUILDING WILL NOW TOWER OVER OUR HOMES WITH BALCONIES FACING DIRECTLY TOWARDS US.EVERYONE, UM, ELSE WITHIN THE PADDOCK ALSO LOSES THIS PRIVACY ADJACENT OR NOT.
WE ASKED THE DEVELOPER IF THEY COULD MAKE THE BUILDINGS TWO STORY, AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOT FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE, WHICH I GET.
THESE BUILDINGS, PER THE PROPOSED REZONING, COULD HAVE A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 50 FEET.
THAT'S EQUIVALENT TO A FIVE-STORY HOME.
NO ONE CAN TELL ME THAT THEY WANT THAT BEHIND THEIR HOUSE.
WE WOULD NOT HAVE BOUGHT OUR LOT AND MADE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN BUILDING OUR DREAM HOME IF WE KNEW THE PLAN FOR THE LAND BEHIND US WAS 104-UNIT, THREE-STORY COMPLEX, FULL STOP.
ADDITIONALLY, THE PROPOSED BUILDING HEIGHT COMPROMISES THE PRIVACY LITERALLY OF ANYONE IN THE PADDOCK.
THE THREE-STORY TOWNHOUSES THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE PARK FRONT CAN BE SEEN FROM ALMOST ANYWHERE IN THE DEVELOPMENT.
SO SINCE THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED THE ZONING TEXT WITH THE CHANGE FROM THE 30-FOOT TO THE 50-FOOT MAXIMUM, AND THE DEVELOPER HAS NOT MODIFIED THEIR PROPOSAL TO BE TWO-STORY UNITS, WE MUST, AS A FAMILY, PROPOSE, OR, SORRY, OPPOSE THE PROPOSED REZONING AND ASK YOU TO DO THE SAME.
WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO DEVELOPMENT.
THERE'S A BALANCE AND WE GET IT.
IT'S JUST WE DON'T WANT A TOWERING ONE OVER US.
THIS IS NOT WHAT WE WERE SOLD, AND WE WOULD PREFER A COMMERCIAL ZONING AS IT STANDS INSTEAD OF THIS, UM, PROPOSAL.
UH, THE, UH, NEXT, UH, SPEAKER THAT, UH, IS LISTED HERE IS, UH, BRENDAN BLAND.
IF YOU'D, UH, COME UP, GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
I LIVE AT, UH, 3676 CASSIDY DRIVE WITH MY WIFE, TAYLOR, WHO'S HERE THIS EVENING.
IF YOU'RE DRIVING THROUGH BEULAH PARK AND YOU'RE WONDERING WHICH HOUSE IS OURS, IT'S THE ONE WITH THE SMALL, YAPPY, UH, MINIATURE SNOUZER OUT IN THE, IN THE FRONT OR BACKYARD.
THAT MAKES, THAT MAKES TWO OF US.
UM, UH, FIRST OFF, I WANNA SAY I, I APPRECIATE THE DEVELOPER BEING HERE TONIGHT AND, UM, WE LOVE BEULAH PARK.
UH, IT'S, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO LIVE.
HONESTLY, UH, I TELL THE STORY ALL THE TIME.
UH, GROWING UP, I GREW UP IN AN APP - AS AN APARTMENT KID, SO I UNDERSTAND LIVING IN APARTMENTS AND, UM, I NEVER THOUGH I'D BE ABLE TO LIVE IN A PLACE AS BEAUTIFUL AS BEULAH PARK AND A COMMUNITY AS AMAZING AS GROVE CITY.
SO I WANNA START OFF BY SAYING THAT, UM, AND I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFULNESS OF THE DESIGN, UM, FOR, FOR THE WHOLE, UH, PROJECT.
WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR HOME, UM, WE DID UNDERSTAND THIS, THAT WOULD BE A COMMERCIAL, UH, LAND THAT WAS GONNA BE BEHIND OUR HOME.
UM, THE ZONING WAS PART OF OUR DECISION AND, UH, MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS HERE TONIGHT, IT WAS ALSO PART OF THEIR DECISION AND UNDERSTANDING.
WHILE THERE WAS A, A VARIETY OF CONCERNS, OUR MAIN CONCERN IS PRIVACY.
WITH THREE-STORY BUILDINGS AND THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS THIS PLAN WOULD BRING, THE UPPER FLOORS WOULD LOOK DIRECTLY INTO OUR BACKYARDS AND THE BACKS OF OUR HOMES, SPACES WE USE EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND OUR FAMILIES WOULD BE IN PLAIN VIEW.
WE'VE SEEN THE PROPOSAL TO PLANT TREES.
YOU HEARD ABOUT THAT THIS EVENING.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY SUPER SERUM TO MAKE TREES GROW FAST, BUT THEY WILL NOT BE
AS WAS DISCUSSED, UM, THERE WERE HOPES FOR A FENCE THAT WOULD BE H - WOULD BE TALLER.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE'S A HARD LIMIT HERE IN GROVE CITY FOR HOW TALL FENCES CAN BE.
UM, I THINK IF TWO-STORY BUILDINGS WERE AN OPTION, WHICH ONCE AGAIN, WE UNDERSTAND FINANCIAL...
I'M A MORTGAGE LENDER, SO I UNDERSTAND FINANCES, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LIMITATIONS, BUT, UM, IF THAT WAS AN OPTION, I THINK THERE'D BE MORE OF AN APPETITE AMONG THE RESIDENTS WHO CURRENTLY LIVE, UM, AS THIS WOULD ADDRESS OUR PRIVACY CONCERNS.
UM, I GUESS I'LL JUST WRAP UP BY SAYING WE, WE AREN'T OPPOSED TO DEVELOPMENT IN GROVE CITY.
I WANNA SEE GROVE CITY THRIVE.
WE WANNA BE HERE FOR THE LONG HAUL.
UM, BUT AS, AS THIS PROPOSAL STANDS, WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK COUNCIL TO VOTE AGAINST AMENDING THE ZONING TO WEIGH ITS IMPACT ON THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE ALREADY, UH, RELIED ON THE ZONING AS IT IS, WHO HAVE MADE A BIG FINANCIAL INVESTMENT.
THE, UH, UH, THE, UH, NEXT, UH, INDIVIDUAL THAT ASKED TO SPEAK IS AMELIA, UH, JOHNSON.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND, UH, UH, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
I'M ACTUALLY NEIGHBORS WITH JULIE.
AND APOLOGIES, I INTENDED FOR MY HUSBAND TO SPEAK FIRST SO THAT I COULD REITERATE HIS CONCERNS, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL HEAR FROM HIM SHORTLY.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CHOSE BULA PARK, UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE LOVED THE COMMUNITY JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE HERE IS STATING IT.
AND WHEN WE CHOSE IT, BOTH OUR BUILDER AND THE DEVELOPER PRESENTED A VISION FOR THE LAND BEHIND
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OUR HOME THAT MIRRORED THE ALREADY EXISTING SHOPS AT BULA, WHICH ARE ONE STORY, THOUGHTFULLY CURATED, SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT WOULD COMPLIMENT THE SURROUNDING HOMES.AND THAT VISION WAS ACTUALLY A SELLING POINT FOR US.
WE LOOKED FORWARD TO HAVING THOSE BUSINESSES NEARBY, AND THE ORIGINAL PLAN PRESENTED VERY FEW OF THE CONCERNS WE'RE FACING TODAY.
UH, INSTEAD, WE'RE NOW BEING ASKED TO ACCEPT 100 PLUS APARTMENT UNITS WITH BUILDINGS UP TO 50 FEET TALL, AND WITH PARKING SPACES AND GARAGES THAT SIT JUST 20 FEET FROM OUR REAR PROPERTY LINE.
UH, THINK ABOUT THAT, WHAT THAT MEANS ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
VEHICLES COMING AND GOING, HEADLIGHTS TURNING ON, CAR DOORS SLAMMING, CONVERSATIONS, PEOPLE GATHERING JUST 20 FEET FROM A BACKYARD FENCE AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY.
UH, WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY ENVISIONED AS A NEIGHBORHOOD AMENITY WOULD BECOME A CONSTANT SOURCE OF UNWANTED ACTIVITY IMMEDIATELY BEHIND OUR HOME.
AND THEN THERE'S THE PRIVACY CONCERN.
UH, ONE OF THE LARGER PROPOSED BUILDINGS OF 20 UNITS WILL FACE THE REAR OF OUR HOME, UH, WITH SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR WINDOWS, ALLOWING FOR SIGHT LINES DIRECTLY INTO OUR BACKYARDS.
WHILE WE APPRECIATE THE DEVELOPER OUTLINING, UH, S - YOU KNOW, SOLUTIONS SUCH AS PITCHED GARAGES, FENCING, AND LANDSCAPING AS PERPET - UH, POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS, UM, THE GARAGES ARE SPACED INTERMITTENTLY, UM, SO THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF SIGHT LINES THAT ARE ABLE TO GO IN BETWEEN THEM, AND FENCES CANNOT BLOCK VIEWS FROM UPPER FLOORS, NOR CAN THE NEWLY PRINT - PLANTED TREES, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, IF AT ALL.
SO THESE MESSAGES DON'T ADDRESS THE SCALE OF WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED.
UM, AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING A FEW MONTHS AGO, WHICH I ATTENDED, I WAS PARTICULARLY CONCERNED BY THE SUGGESTION FROM THE DEVELOPER'S TEAM THAT THE RESIDENTS FROM THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WOULD NOT MAKE IT A POINT OF LOOKING INTO OUR YARDS.
AND RESPECTFULLY, THAT IS JUST NOT SOMETHING ANYBODY CAN REASONABLY GUARANTEE.
PRIVACY SHOULD INSTEAD BE PROTECTED THROUGH REASONABLE BUILDING HEIGHT, PLACEMENT, AND DESIGN, NOT BY RELYING ON THE ASSUMPTION OF HOW FURTHER RESIDENTS MAY BEHAVE.
UM, BEYOND PRIVACY, THERE'S A LONG-TERM IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, NOISE, TRAFFIC, PROPERTY VALUES.
IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT USE OF THE LAND, AND IT'S A FUNDAMENTAL, FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT LIVING EXPERIENCE FROM THE ONE WE WERE ENCOURAGED TO INVEST IN.
UM, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT GROVE CITY IS GROWING AND WE ARE FOR THAT.
WE JUST ARE, AREN'T OPPO - AND WE AREN'T OPPOSED TO THE REASONABLE DEVELOPMENT, BUT THE GROWTH SHOULD ALSO RESPECT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY CHOSEN TO INVEST IN THIS COMMUNITY.
SO WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR THE LAND TO REMAIN EMPTY.
WE WELCOME TO THE ORIGINAL COMMERCIAL VISION, AND WE'D EVEN CONSIDER A MORE COMPATIBLE, LOWER PROFILE RESIDENTIAL ALTERNATIVE.
SO, YOU KNOW, TONIGHT WE, WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COUNCIL TO DENY THIS REZONING REQUEST AND INSTEAD ENCOURAGE A PLAN THAT BETTER RESPECTS THE HOMEOWNERS AND THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF BULA PARK.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
UH, THE NEXT, UH, PERSON ON THE LIST IS, UH, CONNOR JOHNSON.
SORRY I DIDN'T CALL ON YOU FIRST, AS YOUR WIFE SUGGESTED, BUT I'M JUST GOING IN ORDER HERE.
I THINK WE FILLED IT OUT WRONG, SO THAT'S OKAY.
YEAH, GIVE US YOUR NAME AND, UH, ADDRESS, PLEASE.
I ALSO LIVE AT 3724 WITH MY WIFE, UH, NEXT TO JULIE.
SO, UH, WE SPENT CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME, AND I APOLOGIZE, GONNA MIMIC A LOT OF WHAT SHE SAID BEFORE, BUT WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME KINDA SEARCHING FOR THE RIGHT COMMUNITY TO BUILD OUR HOME AND ESTABLISH OUR FUTURE.
AFTER SOME EXTENSIVE SEARCH, WE CHOSE BUELLER PARK LARGELY BECAUSE OF THE VISION FOR THOSE PRESENTED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, WE THEN CAREFULLY SELECTED A SPECIFIC LOT BASED ON THAT ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND UNDERSTAND THAT THAT LAND BEHIND US WAS DESIGNATED FOR A THOUGHTFULLY PLANNED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
HAD WE KNOWN THAT A LARGE APARTMENT COMPLEX COULD BE D - UH, BUILT DIRECTLY BEHIND OUR BACKYARD, WE WOULD NOT HAVE CHOSEN THIS LOT, AND FRANKLY, WE MIGHT NOT HAVE CHOSEN BUELLER PARK AT ALL.
UM, THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS PROPOSAL REALLY DISAPPOINTING FOR US, IS THAT THIS ISN'T A MINOR ADJUSTMENT TO THE ORIGINAL PLAN.
IT'S A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE TO WHAT WAS APPROVED AND PRESENTED BY, TO HOMEOWNERS.
THE ORIGINAL ZONING DESIGNATED THEIR AREA FOR COMMERCIAL USES WITH A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 35 FEET, AND THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD, UH, INTRODUCE A MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE, INCREASING THE PERMITTED BUILDING SIZE TO ALMOST 50 FEET HIGH, ALLOWING A DENSITY OF 15 AND A QUARTER UNITS PER ACRE, AND IT WOULD CUT THE REAR BUILDING SETBACKS, AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, FROM 50 TO JUST 30 FEET WHERE THE ACTUAL GARAGES WOULD SIT.
IT'S A 43% INCREASE IN PERMITTED BUILDING HEIGHT ALONG WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF OVER 100 RESIDENTIAL UNITS DIRECTLY BEHIND OUR HOMES.
THESE CHANGES NOT ONLY ALTER THE CHAR - THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WERE PROMISED AND RAISED LEGITIMATE CONCERNS ABOUT PRIVACY, NOISE, TRAFFIC, LIGHTING, PROPERTY VALUES, AND OUR LEARN, AND OUR LEARN - LONG-TERM QUALITY OF LIFE.
UH, WHAT PARTICULARLY FRUSTRATES US IS THAT THE BUELLER PARK'S EXISTING ZONING ALREADY RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING HOMEOWNERS.
IN SUB-AREA G, BUILDINGS WITHIN 125 FEET OF EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTIES ARE LIMITED TWO AND A HALF STORIES.
SO WE KIND OF FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE THE SAME CONSIDERATION WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR HOMES AS WELL.
UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT A DEVELOPER NEEDS TO MAKE A RETURN ON THEIR INVESTMENT AS THEY'VE MADE VERY CLEAR IN DISCUSSIONS, UH, DURING OUR PRIOR ENGAGEMENTS, BUT WE HAVE MADE SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENTS AS WELL AND BASED ON A VISION THAT WE TRUSTED AND DECISIONS THAT WE CANNOT UNDO.
SO DEFINITELY CHANGE THE VISION AFTER THE HOMEOWNERS HAVE COMMITTED TO THEIR, THEIR MONIES, THEIR FUTURES, UH, TO THIS COMMUNITY WITHOUT AD- ADEQUATELY PROTECTING THEIR INTERESTS IS FRANKLY DISRESPECTFUL IN MY OPINION.
WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO DEVELOPMENT, AND LIKE MANY OTHERS THAT HAVE KIND OF MIMIC THAT, THAT IDEA, WE WANT GROVE CITY TO THRIVE, WE WANT OUR DEVELOPMENT TO THRIVE, UM, BUT WE'RE ASKING FOR A PLAN THAT RESPECTS THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD, WHETHER THAT'S THE ORIGINAL COMMERCIAL VISION OR A MORE COMPATIBLE, LOWER PROFILE RE-
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RESIDENTIAL ALTERNATIVE.UM, SO I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU GUYS TO, TO VOTE NO ALONG WITH US.
UM, REALLY W- W- WANNA GO BACK TO DRAWING BOARD AND KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE FOR THE COMMUNITY, SO THANK YOU.
OKAY, THE, UH, NEXT PERSON THAT, UH, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IS, UM, MARK THOMAS.
GOOD EVENING, MARK THOMAS, UH, 3708 CASSIDY DRIVE, GROVE CITY, OHIO.
UM, OUR PROPERTY BACKS UP AGAINST THIS NEWLY PROPOSED, UM, DEVELOPMENT.
UM, WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I FIRST LEARNED ABOUT THIS PROPOSED, UH, REZONING, WE WERE ADAMANTLY OPPOSED, UM, AS PAT ORIGINALLY, AS PAT SAID EARLIER.
HOWEVER, THE MORE WE LEARNED ABOUT IT, THE MORE WE STARTED TO RETHINK OUR POSITION.
WELL, A SET OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS THAT ARE 50 FOOT TALL, UM, IS NOT SOMETHING I THINK ANY NEIGHBOR WOULD REALLY WANT.
UM, AND WE SHARE MANY OF OUR OTHER NEIGHBORS, UH, MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS' OTHER CONCERNS.
UM, NEITHER IS OPEN LAND THAT REMAINS COMMERCIAL WITH THE UNKNOWN.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE PLAYING A PAIN IN THE BLACKJACK WITH A BLINDFOLD.
YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA LIKE THE OUTCOME.
UM, SO MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS WITH MR. KELLY AND HIS COLLEAGUES ASKING FOR CHANGES TO BE MADE, MANY OF WHICH THEY GLADLY AGREED TO, UM, WHILE OTHERS, THEY GAVE RATIONAL EXPLANATIONS AS TO WHY THEY COULD NOT MEET THOSE REQUESTS.
UM, AMONG THOSE, WE ASKED FOR THE LARGE BUILDINGS TO BE SPLIT INTO FOUR.
UM, HE GAVE US A RATIONALE AS TO WHY.
UM, AND, AND THERE WERE A LOT OF OTHERS.
UM, AMONG THE THINGS THAT THEY DID AGREE TO WAS THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN EIGHT-FOOT FENCE.
I KNOW GROVE CITY ONLY ALLOWS SIX-FOOT FENCES.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M VERY ADAMANT TO, WITH PAT ABOUT, BECAUSE WE BUTT RIGHT UP AGAINST THAT, AN EIGHT-FOOT FENCE GIVES AN ADDITIONAL BARRIER FOR US, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE GARAGES WITH 18 TO 20 FEET HIGH, AND WE HAVE TREES THAT WILL GROW TO 30 TO 40 FEET HIGH, THAT EIGHT-FOOT FENCE GIVES US THAT LITTLE BIT OF AN ADDED BUFFER, AND IT ULTIMATELY A PE, UM, WILL PROTECT OUR PROPERTY FROM UNWANTED INTRUDERS.
UM, WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE REZONING OF THIS, I'M REMINDED THAT IN 2014, BUELLER PARK RA, BUELLER RACETRACK CLOSED.
IN 2018, IT WAS RE, IT WAS REZONED TO WHAT IT IS TODAY.
WITHOUT THAT REZONING, NOT A SINGLE NEIGHBOR IN BULA PARK WOULD BE WHERE THEY'RE AT TODAY, UM, BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN REZONED.
UM, I WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL VOTE FOR WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF GROVE CITY AS A WHOLE, UM, AND CONSIDER HOW THIS FINAL STAGE WILL DRAW BUELLER PARK TO A CLOSE.
IF YOUR DECISION IS TO KEEP IT ZONED COMMERCIAL, I RESPECT THAT DECISION.
HOWEVER, IF THE D, IF THE DECISION IS TO REZONE THIS LAND, I WOULD ASK SERIOUS CONSIDERATION FOR THE EIGH-FOOT FENCE AND SOME OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ALREADY PROPOSED.
UM, ASIDE FROM THAT, I, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA SAY, BECAUSE I GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME LEFT, WE LOVE BEULAH PARK.
WE'VE BEEN IN GROVE CITY FOR 21 YEARS.
UM, WE NEVER THOUGHT IT POSSIBLE TO LIVE IN THIS DEVELOPMENT, SO WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE WHERE WE LIVE.
WE UNDERSTAND WHY OUR NEIGHBORS DON'T WANT THIS, UM, BUT I'M JUST ASKING COUNCIL TO DO WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THIS CITY THAT WE VERY MUCH LOVE.
UH, UH, NEXT PERSON ON THE LIST HERE IS, UH, MATTHEW STORMS. UH, YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
MATTHEW STORMS, UH, 3708 CASSIDY DRIVE.
UM, I SHARED SOME OF THIS WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND FELT IT IMPORTANT TO BRING UP HERE.
UH, WHEN THE CONCEPTION OF BEULAH PARK WAS FIRST ANNOUNCED, MARK AND I WERE BEYOND EXCITED.
WE WATCHED AS IT GREW DRIVING THROUGH THE STREETS ONCE THE ROADS WERE OPEN AND DREAMING OF A PLACE WHERE WE COULD POTENTIALLY LIVE ONE DAY.
AT THAT TIME, IT ALL SEEMED TO BE JUST THAT, JUST A DREAM.
UH, WE STILL HELD OUT HOPE, UH, BUT TO A DEGREE, RESIGNED OURSELVES TO ACCEPT THIS AS FACT.
FOUR YEARS AGO, THAT GLIMMER OF HOPE, UH, CAME TO LIGHT AS WE WERE BUILDING OUR HOME IN BEULAH PARK.
UH, WE WERE ON THE SITE EVERY DAY, THE BUILDER ACTUALLY HATED US FOR THAT, UH, WATCHING EVERY DETAIL, WORKING TO ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS RIGHT.
UH, THIS WAS WHAT WE WANTED FOR SO LONG, SO WE PUT IN THE TIME, THE ENERGY, THE MONEY TO BE, FOR THIS TO BE EXACTLY WHAT WE ENVISIONED.
UH, WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
LIVING IN BULA PARK TRULY IS A DREAM COME TRUE.
UH, NOTHING AROUND COMPARES TO WHAT WE HAVE THERE, AND WE HOLD PROTECTION OF OUR COMMUNITY DEAR TO OUR HEARTS.
THAT INCLUDES THE SAFETY, THE PRIVACY, THE COMFORT, AND THE HOME VALUES, AS WELL AS THE OVERALL COMMUNITY VISION.
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SAID, I ASK THAT YOU CAREFULLY ANALYZE AND DO WHAT YOU FEEL IS RIGHT FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS FOR GROVE CITY.I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND I SHARE SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS.
UH, I ALSO SEE THE POTENTIAL VALUE OF THE PROPOSED PLAN, AND I APPRECIATE THE CONCESSIONS THAT THE BUILDER HAS MADE FOR THE RESIDENCE AT CASSIDY DRIVE.
UH, I'M THANKFUL FOR PAT'S VISION OF BEULAH PARK AND CAN SEE HOW THIS WOULD BRING EVERYTHING TO A COHESIVE CLOSE.
UH, SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PLAN, I ASK THAT YOU ALSO CONSIDER AN EIGH-FOOT FENCE BETWEEN THE APARTMENTS AND OUR PROPERTIES.
UH, THE DEVELOPER HAS COMMITTED TO, UH, THIS, BUT IT WAS DECLINED DURING PLANNING.
UH, I UNDERSTAND THE HESITANCE ABOUT SETTING A PRECEDENT.
HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THE FACT THAT THIS COMPLEX WILL BE SITUATED JUST BELO - BEYOND OUR BACKYARDS MERITS AN EXCEPTION.
UM, IF WE, SINCE I HAVE SOME TIME LEFT, IF WE CONSIDER THE, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S TWO AND A HALF FOOT MOUND, UH, WHERE WE, UH, BETWEEN THE GARAGES, IF SOMEONE'S STANDING ON THERE AND THERE'S A SIX FOOT FENCE, IT'S VERY EASY TO SEE OVER.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR CONSIDERATION OF AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE.
UM, AND I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS TYPE OF PLACEMENT EXISTS ANYWHERE ELSE IN GROVE CITY.
SO AGAIN, THAT IS WHY WE ARE ASKING THAT CONSIDERATION.
AND, UM, THE LAST, UH, PERSON THAT, UH, SIGNED UP TO A- ADDRESS, UH, THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE IS, UH, TYLER JACKSON.
I'M JUST HERE AS ENGINEER FOR THE DEVELOPER.
UM, DO WE HAVE, UH, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE, UM, FROM THE BOARD? I'VE, I'VE, I'VE GOT TWO.
UM, ONE IS, UH, THE 50 FOOT HEIGHT.
UH, NORMALLY WHEN YOU FIGURE THE, UH, HEIGHT OF STORIES OF A BUILDING, YOU'RE USUALLY LOOKING AT ABOUT 10 FEET.
UH, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THAT'S PRETTY HIGH, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 10 FOOT OR 12 FOOT CEILINGS OR - UH-HUH.
THE 50 FOOT IS A MAX HEIGHT FOR THE BUILDING, SO THAT WOULD BE THE TOP OF THE PITCH OF THE ROOF.
THE THIRD STORY IS CLOSER TO THE 30, 35 FOOT THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT.
SO THEY'RE THE NORMAL EIGHT FOOT CEILINGS.
UM, THE SECOND, UH, UH, SECOND THING IS THE OBJECTION SEEMS TO BE, UH, UH, LOOKING INTO, UH, THE BACKYARDS AND THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, IT'S PROBABLY NOT A GOOD IDEA, BUT ELIMINATION OF SOME OF THE WINDOWS ARE DOING SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TO CREATE LIGHT, MAYBE LOWERING THOSE OR...
I DID PASS OUT SOME SIGHT LINE VIEWS OF THE PROPERTIES.
THIS, THESE ARE VIEWS FROM BOTH THE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS TO THE SOUTH AND VIEWS FROM OUR PROJECT, THE MULTIFAMILY LOOKING TO THE SINGLE FAMILY LOT WOULD BE THE MULTIFAMILY LOOKING INTO A SINGLE FAMILY LOT.
BUT THERE WOULD BE 30 TO 40 FOOT TALL TREES, WHICH WE'RE NOT SHOWING.
SO WE HAVE PROPOSED, WHICH WAS NOT IN YOUR SLIDES ON YOUR SCREEN EARLIER, WITH THE TWO AND A, TWO AND A HALF FOOT, UM, MOUND, HIGH MOUND - RIGHT.
WE WOULD HAVE GREEN GIANT ARBOR VITAE, WHICH WOULD GROW 20 TO 40 FEET AT MATURITY.
THEY WOULD BE SIX FEET AT INSTALL ON TOP OF THE TWO AND A HALF FEET MOUND.
THEN WE WOULD HAVE SIX FOOT AT INSTALL, YELLOW RIBBON ARBOR VITAE.
AND WE WOULD ALSO HAVE DECIDUOUS TREES.
THEY WOULD BE EASTERN RED CEDARS, SIX FOOT, FRUITLESS SWEET GUM, 10 TO 12 FEET, AND RED MAPLE VARIETY, 10 TO 12 FEET.
SO THIS IS A VERY DENSE SCREENING.
THIS WAS DONE BY A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND IT, IT'S THE TYPE OF SCREENING WHERE IT WOULD SURVIVE AND WE CAN ACTUALLY COMMIT THAT THESE GREEN, GIANT ARBOR VITAE WOULD GROW TO THE 20, 30 FEET.
ALSO, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND SHEET, THAT REALLY CAN SHOW YOU THAT WITH THE LANDSCAPING YOU CAN'T SEE IN THE PHOTO, LOOKING OVER INTO A COUPLE WINDOWS OF THE MULTIFAMILY BUILDING, BUT THERE'S NO PORCH AND NO BALCONY ON THE THIRD FLOOR.
THE BALCONY IS AT A 22-FOOT HEIGHT ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
SO THE THIRD STORY IS A BEDROOM WITH A COUPLE WINDOWS.
ON THE, UM, LAST VIEW, YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE BUILDING VIEW, BUT AGAIN, THERE WOULD BE LANDSCAPING IN A MOUND.
THIS DOES NOT SHOW THAT PROPERLY.
SO IT IS SUBSTANTIAL SCREENING.
WE ARE FINE WITH AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE AS WELL.
WE DID PROPOSE AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE IN THE BEGINNING.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID REJECT THAT AND
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REDUCED IT TO THE SIX TO MATCH THE ZONING CODE WITHIN THE CITY OF GROVE CITY.I DO THINK THERE'S A DISCONNECT AND A FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM OR, UM, MISINFORMATION ABOUT LAND USE, TRANSITIONAL USES TO SINGLE FAMILY FROM COMMERCIAL.
SO WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY PUDC COMMERCIAL, THAT IS NOT A TRANSITIONAL USE TO SINGLE FAMILY LOTS.
THOSE ARE VERY DIFFERENT USES, COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE FAMILY, LOW INTENSITY.
WHEN YOU HAVE MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, THAT'S A DOWN ZONING, THAT IS LESS INTENSE.
THAT IS A GREAT TRANSITIONAL LAND USE IDEA AND OBJECTIVE FOR GOOD PLANNING PRINCIPLES.
SO ACTUALLY, I THINK THE PUBLIC, THE OPPOSITION MISUNDERSTANDS THAT THIS IS LOWER INTENSITY, WAY LESS TRAFFIC THAN THE COMMERCIAL.
THE LIGHTING STANDARDS HAVE TO MATCH THE ZONING CODE STANDARDS FOR RESIDENTIAL LIGHTING STANDARDS, NOT COMMERCIAL.
COMMERCIAL STANDARDS ARE DIFFERENT.
ALSO IN A COMMERCIAL, UM, SUB-AREA, YOU WOULD HAVE MUCH MORE ACTIVITY, NOISE.
YOU WOULD HAVE CARS MOVING IN AND ABOUT TO RESTAURANTS, TO OFFICES, TO RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS WAY LATER IN THE EVENING TILL CLOSING TIME, NINE, 10 O'CLOCK FOR SOME ESTABLISHMENTS.
IF YOU HAVE A RESIDENTIAL FACILITY LIKE THIS WHERE OUR, UM, TARGET AUDIEN- AUDIENCE OR RESIDENT, SORRY, IS 55 YEARS OR OLDER, MOST OF THEM ARE NOT EVEN WORKING.
SO WHEN THEY GO OUT AND ABOUT, IT IS NOT A BUNCH OF TRAFFIC.
AND WHEN THEY DO, IT'S PROBABLY IN THE MORNING COMING BACK IN THE AFTERNOON AND STAYING FOR THE, THE EVENING.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR KIM.
UM, IT SEEMS THAT ONE OF THE OTHER ITEMS THAT, UH, UH, CAME UP A COUPLE OF TIMES IS THE EIGHT FOOT VERSUS THE SIX FOOT FENCE.
AND, UH, UM, I'M WONDERING, UM, WHAT THE, UH, UM, THE LOGIC OR THE REASON...
I UNDERSTAND THIS, THE ZONING RE - YOU KNOW, UH, NOT TO EXCEED SIX FEET, SO I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER, UH, COULD YOU GIVE ME SORT OF THE LOGIC BEHIND THAT? WOULD IT END UP GOING TO BZA IF THEY DID APPEAL THAT FOR AN EIGH-FOOT FENCE OR HOW WOULD, HOW WOULD THAT WORK? WELL, IF THE ZONING TEXT STATES THAT IT IS TO BE A SIX-FOOT FENCE, THAT'S WHAT ULTIMATELY WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE ON THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
UM, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, UM, THE ZONING TEXT FOR BULA PARK DOES HAVE, UM, A, ESSENTIALLY A DISCLAIMER STATING THAT DEVIATIONS CAN BE GRANTED BY CITY COUNCIL THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
SO IF THROUGH THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT THE SPECIFIC SCREENING THAT IS PROPOSED ALONG THAT PROPERTY LINE WHERE IT IS FELT THAT AN EIGH-FOOT FENCE DOES ACHIEVE IT BETTER, UM, THAT APPROVAL COULD BE GRANTED BY CITY COUNCIL AND NOT NECESSARILY WARRANT A VARIANCE FROM BZA.
UM, THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE, UM, UH, UM - I JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN RESPONSE TO THE NEIGHBORS.
I'M GRATEFUL THAT THEY'RE, YOU CAN SEE THE PASSION ABOUT POINT OF ORDER.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS, FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM CITY COUNCIL? YES, MS. BURROWS.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, PAT, REBECCA, THE RESIDENTS FOR BEING HERE.
I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO MOST OF YOU IN THE ROOM, UM, REGARDING THIS REZONING.
AND, UM, EVEN THOUGH I FEEL THAT BOTH DEVELOPMENT IDEAS, WHETHER IT'S COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL COULD WORK, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERNS FROM THE RESIDENTS.
AND I GUESS MY BIGGEST, UM, COMMENT IS THAT THE RESIDENTS BOUGHT THOSE PROPERTIES AND BUILT THOSE HOMES BASED ON BEING COMMERCIALLY ZONED.
UM, I KNOW THAT REZONING IS SOMETHING THAT THE DEVELOPER WANTS, BUT ULTIMATELY, MY DECISION'S GONNA BE ON WHAT IS THE BEST FOR GROVE CITY, AS MARK AND MATT SAID, AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE RESIDENTS THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE BUYING INTO.
THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE OR QUESTION BACK TO MR. HELENGA ABOUT THE SIZE, THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING, THE 50 FEET.
AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT WAS ALSO A DISCUSSION ABOUT CHANGING OR ROTATING THOSE BUILDINGS, BUT BECAUSE OF THE LOT WIDTH, THAT WASN'T GOING TO WORK REALLY WELL WITH YOUR DESIGN.
YOU COULD, YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ROTATE THOSE TO CHANGE THOSE WINDOWS FROM LOOKING TOWARDS THE RESIDENTIAL.
UM, YEAH, I, I'LL JUST SAY WE WERE VERY CAREFUL ON, UM, THAT THIRD FLOOR.
AGAIN, THAT THIRD FLOOR, THE HEIGHT ISN'T UP 50 FEET.
IN FACT, WE, WE HAD A LIFT ON THE SITE TO TAKE THE NEIGHBORS UP SO THEY COULD SEE THE VIEW
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FROM THEIR BALCONY.THE BALCONIES ARE 11 FOOT, 11 FOOT, THREE INCHES.
AND SO THE THIRD FLOOR IS ALL BEDROOM SPACE, PURPOSE, PURPOSELY DESIGNED THAT WAY.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE WILLING TO LOOK AT WINDOWS IF THEY CAN BE OLDER TO IMPROVE PRIVACY.
UM, YOUR QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE 50 FEET.
WELL, MY QUESTION WAS THAT THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT ROTATING THE BUILDINGS.
AND AGAIN, AS SOON AS WE START PLAYING WITH SOME OF THESE THINGS, WE LOSE THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS WAS THIS, WHICH WAS TO CREATE THE SMALLER BUILDINGS AND THE, AND THIS LINEAR GARDEN.
AND THE, UM, THREE STORY'S NOT ALL ABOUT FINANCIAL.
IT'S ABOUT ALLOWING US TO DO THAT DESIGN.
UM, A- AND I JUST WANNA SAY, PEOPLE SAY WE REPRESENTED THIS WAS ALL GONNA BE LIKE THOSE SHOPPING CENTER.
MATTER OF FACT, WE TURNED DOWN A, A WINDOW USER WANTED TO BUY A PIECE OF THE LAND.
WE DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS APPROPRIATE USE.
AND TH- THERE'S JUST NOT A DEMAND.
WE STILL HAVE VACANT SPACE AT THAT SHOPPING CENTER.
BUT TO INDICATE THAT THERE MIGHT BE A, THEIR PROPERTY VALUES WILL BE LESS.
I HAVE A DAUGHTER THAT LIVES TWO BLOCKS FROM THIS SITE.
HER AND HER HUSBAND ARE RAISING A YOUNG FAMILY.
AND, UM, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING THAT'S GONNA, NUMBER ONE, CONTRARY TO HER, THEIR INTERESTS, BUT ALSO CONTRARY TO ANY OF THESE NEIGHBORS' INTERESTS.
WHY WOULD WE? NO, I UNDERSTAND.
AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO UP IN THAT LIFT.
ON THAT RAINY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
SO WE WANNA WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS.
I'M HAPPY THEY ALL LOVE LIVING HERE.
THAT WAS THE GOAL WHEN WE STARTED BEULAH PARK.
I'VE TOLD MAYOR STAGE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, "THIS ISN'T ABOUT ME.
THIS IS ABOUT THE RESIDENTS THAT'LL LIVE HERE." AND THAT'S AS TRUE TODAY WITH THIS PROJECT AS IT WAS WHEN WE STARTED WAY BACK THEN.
WELL, I, MR. KELLY, I APPRECIATE YOU STATING THAT, AND I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES MATTER TO THEM, RIGHT? OH, ABSOLUTELY.
WHAT GOING ON BEHIND THEIR, THEIR SPACE.
THEY'RE ALL LEGITIMATE CONCERNS.
PRIVATE, I'D BE CONCERNED WITH PRIVACY.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE WILLING TO GO OVERBOARD ON THAT ISSUE.
AND LIKE I SAY, WE ADDED THE ROOF PITCHES.
WE'LL WORK, WE'LL WALK WITH THEM AND PUT GARAGES RIGHT WHERE IT BLOCKS THAT VIEW, HELPS THEM CREATE MORE PRIVACY OR WE'LL LENGTHEN THOSE GARAGE.
WE'RE WILLING TO TAKE THE EXTRA STEP TO HELP THESE NEIGHBORS GET THE PRIVACY THAT THEY DESIRE.
I ALSO HEARD SOME OF THE RESIDENTS TALK ABOUT THOUGH, MAYBE THIS RESIDENTIAL DESIGN IS NOT THE RIGHT RESIDENTIAL DESIGN DEPENDING ON HOW THIS BOAT GOES TONIGHT.
SO - I'VE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS 45 YEARS AND ALL OF IT'S BEEN RESIDENTIAL LAND DEVELOPMENT, SINGLE FAMILY, MULTI-FAMILY.
THIS IS THE BEST DESIGN WE'VE EVER HAD.
IN DUBLIN, IN NEW ALBANY, IN DELAWARE COUNTY AND WORTHINGTON, YOU DO NOT FIND THIS LINEAR GARDEN LIKE THIS.
YOU DO NOT FIND THE SMALL, INTIMATE BUILDINGS LIKE THIS.
AND SO THERE'S NO, THERE'S NOT ANOTHER DESIGN WE COULD DO THAT WOULD BE BETTER.
IT WOULD BE CONTRARY TO THEIR INTERESTS.
AGAIN, EVERYBODY HAS, UM, THEIR OPINION, SO.
I'M ALSO A PROFESSIONAL APPRAISER FOR 40 YEARS.
SO I'M SPEAKING, WHEN I TALK ABOUT LAND VALUES, I'M TALKING FACTUAL.
I'VE LIVED IT FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
SO ANYWAY, WE'RE NOT DISMISSING ANY OF THE NEIGHBOR'S CONCERNS.
WELL, THE, THE ONLY, UM - OH, I' SORRY.
ONE FINAL QUESTION I HAD IS ON THE STIPULATIONS.
I KNOW THAT THERE, THE ONE THAT WAS REMOVED BY PLANNING COMMISSION WAS THE 30-FOOT SETBACK ALONG THE PUBLIC STREETS.
UM, JUST TO MAKE EVERYBODY AWARE THAT THERE WAS A THIRD STIPULATION THAT PLANNING COMMISSION DID REMOVE.
SO, UM, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT.
UM, THE OTHER ONE WAS OBVIOUSLY, UH, TAKING THE, THE FENCE THAT, FROM EIGHT FEET TO SIX FEET, AND THEN THERE WAS THE REAR PARKING AND DRIVE AISLE SETBACK THAT I BELIEVE ORIGINALLY YOU, UM, THE DEVELOPER WAS NOT HAPPY ABOUT OR DIDN'T REALLY WANT THAT ONE EITHER, RIGHT? THE - ORIGINALLY, WE REQUESTED THAT ONE TO BE REMOVED, BUT WE CAN AGREE TO IT.
THE REASON WHY, UM, WE WANTED BOTH SETBACKS TO S - TO BE WHERE THEY, THAT WE PROPOSED IS BECAUSE IF WE SHRINK THAT AREA, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SPACE.
IT'S TOO TIGHT FOR THAT LINEAR GARDEN.
THE SEATING AREAS, THE GROTTO GARDEN FIELD, WHICH IS THE ENTIRE ARCHITECTURAL AND DESIGN FOR THE PROJECT.
AND IF YOU'RE TIGHT, YOU DON'T HAVE, IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.
IT'S NOT THE DEVELOPMENT WE'RE GOING FOR.
IN ADDITION - I JUST WANTED TO, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
AND IN ADDITION, IF THIS WERE NOT RESIDENTIAL BUT WAS ZONED COMMERCIAL, AS YOU'VE HEARD, WE DON'T
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HAVE USERS THAT ARE WILLING TO COME TO THE SITE TO BE COMMERCIAL.SO IF IT IS VACANT LAND, THAT CREATES UNCERTAINTY OF DEVELOPMENT.
UNCERTAINTY OF DEVELOPMENT CREATES PROPERTY VALUE ISSUES.
IF YOU HAVE SOPHISTICATED, RESPONSIBLE, GOOD DEVELOPMENT GOING IN AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS AND IT'S CERTAIN, THAT INCREASES PROPERTY VALUES.
SO IT IS MUCH BETTER FOR THE NEIGHBORS TO HAVE THIS RESPONSIBLE, GOOD DEVELOPMENT COME IN AND HAVE CERTAINTY AS TO THEIR PUBLIC OR THEIR PROPERTY VALUES, WHICH WILL INCREASE.
UNCERTAINTY CREATES - I UNDERSTAND.
THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
MR. HELENGA, THAT'S ALL I HAD AS FAR AS QUESTIONS.
AND THEN LET'S JUST GO AROUND THIS WAY, MR. STERN.
UM, SO I'M LOOKING AT, UH, THIS PICTURE.
IF I WAS IN, IF I WAS STANDING IN MY BACKYARD AND LOOKING, LOOKING AT THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT LOOKS PRETTY OMINOUS.
ACTUALLY, THAT'S NOT, UM, I, I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN.
IT DOES NOT HAVE THE MOUND - UH-HUH.
AND IT DOES NOT HAVE THE LANDSCAPING.
THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT'S GONNA LOOK.
SO THE SOLUTION IS TO BUILD A WALL.
WE HAVE A WALL IN TERMS OF THE GARAGE.
THE SOLUTION TO THIS IS JUST TO BUILD A WALL SO THAT WHEN I'M LOOKING OUT MY BACK - NO.
DOOR - THERE'S GONNA BE A SOFT LANDSCAPING BUFFER WITH 30 TO 40 FOOT ARBORVITAE.
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE? BUT YOU SAID THEY'LL BE PLANTED AT SIX FEET HEIGHT, CORRECT? THREE TO FIVE FEET PER YEAR.
I THINK, UH, I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.
I, I DON'T CARE IF IT'S BUILT OF - OKAY.
I THINK I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.
AND, UM, FIRST OF ALL, THAT DOES LOOK OMINOUS, THAT'S THE DRAWING YOU HAVE.
THE, THIS WILL, THAT'S NOT ARCHITECTURAL SCALE.
AND SO THE GARAGES, YOU CAN'T DO ALL GARAGES BECAUSE THEN IT IS A, A WALL.
SO THE SOLUTION IS TO PUT A PRIVACY FENCE, UH, WHICH IS SIX FOOT.
BY THE WAY, THE, THE PRI - THE, THE BORDER RIGHT AS IT STANDS, SAY ON A COMMERCIAL LAND, ALLOWS 35 FOOT HIGH BUILDINGS - RIGHT.
SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PRIVACY FOR RESIDENTS, YOU COULD HAVE SOMETHING UP TWO STORIES RIGHT ON THAT BORDER WITH A SIX FOOT HIGH, UH, THAT'S IT, THE ONLY BORDER.
WE'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING BETTER, SOMETHING MORE RESPONSIVE, SOMETHING THAT MAKES MORE SENSE FROM A DE- DESIGN STANDPOINT.
AND SO THE BORDER IS NOT ALL THIS WALL.
IT'S A- ARCHITECTURALLY BRICK GARAGES WITH A PITCH UP TO 18 FEET.
IT'S A MOUND THAT HAS A MIX OF THE ARBORVITA AND THE, THESE MEAN GREEN EVERGREENS THAT ARE KNOWN FOR BEING RAPIDLY GROWING.
IT'LL PROVIDE THE GREEN SPACE.
YOU WANT SOME GREEN SPACE IN YOUR BORDER WITH THE FENCE.
SO WE'VE REALLY GONE OVERBOARD TO, TO ADDRESS THAT PRIVACY ISSUE FOR THE RESIDENTS.
I, IT, ARE THERE WALLS LIKE THAT IN, UH, IN OTHER PLACES OF MULLAH? I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE WALL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WELL, EITHER A WALL, UH, AGAIN, A WALL MADE OF WOOD, A WALL MADE OF TREES.
HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU HAD TO DO THIS ANYWHERE ELSE IN BULA? ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE SIX-FOOT FENCE? SIX FOOT, EIGHT.
THERE'S EXISTING SIX FOOT BEHIND THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SUGGESTING - RIGHT.
IF IT'S, IF IT'S COMMERCIAL, IT WOULD BE SIX FOOT WITH 35.
UH, RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED, YOU'RE SAYING IT'S 50 FOOT, AND WE'RE SAYING, WELL, WE GO TO EIGHT.
SO WHAT WOULD THAT BE? THAT WOULD BE A 25% INCREASE ON THE - WELL, WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING 18 FEET.
BUT MY, MY POINT, MY POINT IS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE RATIO, YOU'RE ACTUALLY NOT EVEN ADJUSTING FOR THE ACTUAL HEIGHT DIFFERENCE OF THE BUILDING ITSELF BECAUSE YOU'RE NOW GOING TO 50 INSTEAD OF 35.
WELL, AGAIN, THEY'RE 30 FOOT HIGH IS WHERE THAT THIRD FLOOR IS.
BUT, UM - BUT YOU'RE GOING 30% HIGHER ON THE, ON THE, ON THE BUILDING AND ONLY 25% HIGHER ON THE FENCE.
BUT IT - ON THE FENCE, BUT THESE MEAN GREEN EVERGREENS ARE G- GROW UP TO 30 TO 40 FEET.
THAT'S MAGNIFIED THE OTHER DIRECTION.
AND, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA - LOCKING THEM.
I, I'M, I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT IT FROM MY BACKYARD.
JUST I NOW HAVE A WALL
AND, YOU KNOW, IF I WANNA DO THAT BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, MAY- MAYBE I WANNA PRIVACY MYSELF FROM MY NEIGHBOR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT, THAT'S FINE.
BUT YOU'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING THAT ACROSS THIS ENTIRE STRIP.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE UNDERSTOOD THE RESIDENTS WANTED.
SO, SO THE, SO THAT ENTIRE, THIS ENTIRE, UH, A, WHAT IS IT, A1? A1, RIGHT? A2, SORRY.
THIS ENTIRE A2 IS JUST GONNA BE WALLED OFF FROM THE REST OF THE, OF THE, OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
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WALL.THAT'S WHAT THE RESIDENTS WANTED.
THAT DOESN'T SEEM VERY NEIGHBORLY.
WELL, I'M JUST TELLING WHAT THE, WHAT THE RESIDENTS WANTED, WE'VE AGREED TO DO.
I, I, I THINK THE, I THINK THE NEIGHBORS DON'T WANT PEOPLE LOOKING OUT THEIR WINDOW IN THEIR BACKYARD.
I, I- I MEAN, ALL THE, ALL WE HEARD IS THE NEIGHBORS WANTED THE WALL EIGHT FOOT, AS YOU HEARD.
I DON'T THINK THEY WANTED A WALL.
THEY LET US KNOW THAT NO UNCERTAIN TERMS. RIGHT.
THEY DON'T WANT A 50, THEY DON'T WANT 50 FOOT STRUCTURES RIGHT BEHIND THEIR HOUSE.
THEY'RE NOT RIGHT BEHIND THEIR HOUSE.
THOSE STRUCTURES ARE 100 FEET FROM THEIR HOMES.
SEE, THIS IS, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE PICTURE HERE, THE FACTS.
THEY'RE 100 FEET FROM THEIR HOME.
WELL, THE, THE SETBACK IS 50, BUT THERE'S A 15-FOOT ALLOWANCE.
SO THE BUILDINGS ARE, AGAIN, THERE'S THIS CENTER LINEAR PARK AND THE BUILDINGS ARE, UH, UH, CONCENTRATED ALONG THAT.
BUT THERE'LL BE 100 FEET FROM THE NEIGHBOR'S HOMES.
THE BORDER'S A DIFFERENT STORY.
THE BORDER WILL BE A BUFFER ON THE BORDER.
AND IF WE DON'T DO THIS PROJECT - YEAH.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THAT WALL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, A SIX-FOOT WALL ALL THE WAY ALONG THERE.
SIX FOOT, A SIX-FOOT WALL WITH A 35-FOOT BUILDING BEHIND IT ASPOSED TO AN EIGHT WALL, IT DOESN'T LEAVE THE WALL THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AL- ALAN, ARE YOU THROUGH? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
IS, IS IT POSSIBLE TO, IS IT POSSIBLE TO KINDA DO WHAT ALAN WAS TALKING ABOUT AND, AND HAVE THE, THE BUILDING THAT'S CLOSEST TO THE, THE DEVELOPMENT HAVE THAT BE 35 AND THEN HAVE AN INCREASED BUILDING HEIGHT ON THE ONE TO THE NORTH, ON THE ONES TO THE NORTH, AS, IS THAT POSSIBLE TO DO THAT ARCHITECTURALLY? FOR THE UNIT, UNIT TYPES? MM-HMM.
UH, I REALIZED I DIDN'T STATE MY NAME AND ADDRESS EARLIER.
SO TYLER JACKSON, 7965 NORTH HIGH STREET.
I'M WITH KIMLEY-HORN, THE CIVIL ENGINEER ON THE PROJECT.
SO THE EIGHT UNIT BUILDINGS, UM, THE FIRST FLOOR IS FOUR FLAT UNITS.
THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR ARE FOUR TOWN HOME UNITS.
SO THE SECOND FLOOR WILL BE THEIR LIVING SPACE, KITCHEN, ET CETERA.
THE THIRD FLOOR WILL BE THEIR BEDROOM.
SO ELIMINATING THE THIRD FLOOR FROM THAT, YOU WOULD BE ELIMINATING FOUR ENTIRE UNITS FROM EACH OF THOSE BUILDINGS.
AND IT GOES TO THE, THE TALK OF IF YOU'RE, IF YOU ONLY HAVE TWO STORIES, YOU'RE NO LONGER FEASIBLE FOR THE PROJECT BECAUSE YOUR DENSITY IS NOT THERE.
AND, UH - I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS.
JUST SORT OF GO DOWN, UM, GO DOWN THE, UH, GO DOWN THE ROAD HERE.
I THINK I JUST HAVE A COMMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, I, I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING IN TONIGHT.
I ALSO WANNA THANK THE RESIDENTS FOR ALSO COMING IN AND EXPRESSING SOME OF THEIR THOUGHTS AND, AND CONCERNS.
UH, I'M GONNA TAKE THIS CONVERSATION IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT DIRECTION BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING A LOT ABOUT HOUSING, UM, AND OUR GREAT DEVELOPMENT, UH, TEAM REPRESENTATIVES HERE TONIGHT.
UH, WE ARE WORKING ON AN UPDATED HOUSING ANALYSIS, AND IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT FOR ME TO MAKE A DECISION ON MORE HOUSING IN THE CITY OF GROVE CITY WHEN WE DON'T HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HOUSING LOOKS LIKE TODAY, BASED ON THE LAST ANALYSIS IN WHICH WAS CONDUCTED BACK IN 2019.
UM, SO IT IS A BIT CHALLENGING FOR ME TO, TO DECIDE, UM, THAT THERE IS A NEED WHEN THE NUMBERS AREN'T NECESSARILY CLEAR.
THE OTHER POINT, YOU MAY HAVE A SEAT, MS. REBECCA.
THE OTHER POINT MADE, YOU, YOU MAY HAVE, YOU MAY HAVE A S - OH, I THOUGH YOU SAID I COULD.
UM, THE OTHER POINT MENTIONED HERE TONIGHT WAS, UH, THE $2,200, UH, RENT PER MONTH OR ESTIMATE, UH, THAT YOU MENTIONED.
AND AS I GO BACK TO TALKING ABOUT THE NEED FOR HOUSING, IT IS KIND OF INTERESTING TO SEE THAT NUMBER BECAUSE I'M WONDERING, LISTENING, WHO ARE WE TRYING TO ATTRACT HERE? AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WORKFORCE HOUSING AND THE, THE STATE OF OUR COUNTRY AND, AND THE, THE RISING COST OF LIVING, IT IS QUITE CHALLENGING TO SEE A NUMBER SO HIGH WHEN, UM, WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT HOUSING LOOKS LIKE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THE OTHER POINT THAT I WANTED TO MENTION IS IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO IGNORE SOME OF THE COMMENTS MADE BY THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE.
PUTTING MYSELF IN YOUR SHOES, IF I WAS TO SPEND A HUNDRED, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON A HOME, A DREAM HOME, UM, AND THAT DREAM KIND OF BE SHAPED AROUND A PROMISE, IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO, TO, TO DECIDE IF THIS IS SOMEWHERE I WANTED TO CONTINUE TO RESIDE IF THOSE PLANS SUDDENLY CHANGED AFTER I BUILT MY DREAM HOME.
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IT IS A BIT DIFFICULT, UM, TO HEAR SOME OF THIS TONIGHT.THE OTHER POINT THAT I HEARD QUITE OFTEN WAS, UH, THE SUGGESTION OF WHY NOT TWO-STORY HOMES OR POTENTIALLY TOWN HOMES.
AND THE RESPONSE THAT I HEAR TONIGHT IS THAT THERE ARE FINANCIAL CONCERNS.
YOU KNOW, IS IT FINANCIALLY WORTH IT FOR ME AS A DEVELOPER, YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, UM, TO INVEST IN A TWO-STORY, UM, MULTI-HOUSING FACILITY OR, OR, UH, TOWN HOME WHEN I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A THREE-STORY.
UM, BUT THE CHALLENGE FOR ME IS AT WHAT POINT DO WE START PUTTING THE INTEREST AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR RESIDENTS BEFORE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE, FEASIBLE, YOU KNOW? THAT'S, THAT'S A QUESTION THAT KEPT REPEATING IN MY HEAD AS I WAS LISTENING TO YOU SPEAK HERE TONIGHT.
UM - I DON'T THINK YOU'RE ASKING A QUESTION.
NO, JUST A GENERAL, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT, I JUST WANT, I JUST WANT MY QUESTION AND MY THOUGHTS TO.
I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THEM BEFORE I FORGET THEM.
AS I CONTINUE TO SPEAK, I'M NOT LOOKING FOR A RESPONSE.
UM - SO MY ACCURACY ON SOME OF YOUR COMMENTS.
THE OTHER POINT THAT STUCK WITH ME ALSO IS THE, UH, CURRENT ZONING WITH COMMERCIAL, RIGHT? THERE WAS ALSO CONCERN EXPRESSED ABOUT THE CHALLENGE OF GETTING TENANTS, RIGHT? THERE, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA.
UH, WE HAVE TOWN CENTER, THERE'S STRINGTOWN, OBVIOUSLY AREAS WHERE, THAT ATTRACT A LOT MORE BUSINESS.
AND I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT CONCERN.
UM, BUT THAT ALSO GETS ME TO THE SAME POINT THAT I MADE EARLIER ABOUT THE TWO-STORY OR TOWN HOMES.
UM, WHY DOES THAT HAVE TO BE PUT OFF ONTO THE RESIDENTS NOW AGAIN, RIGHT? THE SAME SITUATION WITH, UM, THE COST, THE FINANCIAL CHALLENGE OF, OF TWO-STORY HOMES.
UM, SO I, I, I, I MADE SURE AS I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THIS, AND EVERYTHING THAT I, I DO HERE ON THIS DIE IS TO CONTINUE TO PUT OUR RESIDENTS FIRST.
UM, AND IT'S VERY CHALLENGING FOR ME TO SUPPORT A PROJECT OF THIS SORT WHEN WE'RE HEARING DIRECTLY FROM RESIDENTS SAYING, "THIS WAS NOT PROMISED TO US," RIGHT? AND I, I JUST CANNOT LOOK PAST THAT.
UM, SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS HERE.
AND I THINK IF, IF WE PASS IT BACK TO THE CHAIR, I, I'M NOT NECESSARILY LOOKING FOR A RESPONSE.
SO IF ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME.
I, I'VE GOT A COUPLE COMMENTS.
WE'D LIKE TO REQUEST A TABLING OF THIS MATTER.
I THINK WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT.
THAT WOULD BE AN AMENDMENT WE WOULD MAKE, BUT I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS I'D LIKE TO MAKE.
UM, SO I, I'M NOT GONNA DEBATE THE VISION, MR. KELLY, THAT YOU HAVE ON THIS.
I DO THINK IT IS A, A VERY NICE AND LOVELY PROPERTY.
UM, I THINK THERE, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE UNIQUE TO SEE THIS IN GROVE CITY.
HOWEVER, I'M NOT SURE THAT THIS IS THE SPACE.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE COME OUT, UM, BECAUSE THAT, THAT IS IMPORTANT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROCESS WE HAVE.
AMELIA JOHNSON, I THINK YOU SPOKE TO THE VISION THAT WAS CRAFTED FOR YOU.
NOW, I CAN CERTAINLY SEE, YOU KNOW, AS THIS HAS BEEN PUT IN FRONT OF US, THERE'S A VISION HERE OF THIS UNIQUE PROPERTY.
UM, BUT THERE TRULY WAS A VISION THAT WAS CRAFTED FOR THE RESIDENTS.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE YOU PICTURED AS YOU CONTINUED TO LIVE HERE, AND WHETHER YOU'RE RAISING A FAMILY OR, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, YOU PROBABLY WANTED THOSE WALKABLE SMALL BUSINESSES TO BE ABLE TO GO AROUND AND NOT GET IN YOUR CAR, POTENTIALLY RIDE YOUR BIKE THROUGH THE BIKE TRAILS AND GET TO THESE NICE, CUTE, QUAINT, LIKELY, MAYBE, I MEAN, THIS IS AN ASSUMPTION, BUT MAYBE MOM AND POP SHOPS OR, UM, JUST SMALLER CURATED AND CRAFTED, UM, COMMERCIAL ENTITIES THAT YOU COULD GO TO AND YOU COULD, UM, BE ABLE TO SHOP THERE.
AND SO, UM, I THINK THE VISION OF BEULAH PARK WAS CRAFTED FOR ALL OF US YEARS AGO AND WHAT THIS COMMUNITY COULD BECOME.
AND I'M, I, I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM AND NEEDING TO BRING THIS FORWARD, BUT I THINK IT'S A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING THAT WE AREN'T GETTING THE INITIAL VISION OUT OF THIS THAT WAS CRAFTED.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO GO OUT AND TRY AND FIND THE COMMERCIAL UNITS FOR IT.
BUT I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THE OLD, UM, ADAGE, "IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME." I WISH I COULD HAVE ALREADY SEEN THESE UNITS OF COMMERCIAL ALREADY BUILT, AND I'D BE CURIOUS TO THEN WHO WOULD OCCUPY IT IF IT WAS ALREADY THERE.
UM, SO AGAIN, I JUST THINK THAT THIS IS...
UH, WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON IS WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO AMEND ZONING TEXT.
AND - SO I, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF INACCURACIES.
I'M NOT LOOKING FOR ANSWERS THAT WAS - NO, BUT, BUT THERE'S AC - THERE'S INACCURACIES, SO WE WOULD REQUEST A TABLE.
I'M NOT LOOKING FOR RESPONSES.
I'M LOOKING FOR ANY RESPONSE TO THE COMMENTS HERE.
UH, MR. UH, BARRY, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY REASON I WOULD POSTPONE THIS
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AS IF THE DEVELOPER'S WORKING WITH THE RESIDENTS TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS.SO, I MEAN, I GUESS I LOOK AT PAT IS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO POSTPONE THIS AND YOU'RE GONNA SIT WITH THE, WITH THE RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, AND TALK TO THEM MORE, THEN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH POSTPONING IT.
BUT AT THE SAME POINT IN TIME, IF THAT'S...
I MEAN, YOU, YOU HAVE TO SHARE WITH ME WHAT YOUR GOAL IS FOR A POSTPONEMENT.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN JUST VOTING ON THE ACTUAL ZONING TEXT VERSUS A POSTPONEMENT? IF WE VOTE ON THE ZONING TEXT, THEY CAN GO BACK AND MAKE DIFFERENT DECISIONS AND HAVE DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS AS WELL, CORRECT? YEAH.
I, I MEAN, IRONICALLY, A LOT OF THE DISCUSSIONS WE'RE HAVING TONIGHT, NOT THAT THEY WEREN'T GOOD POINTS MADE BY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED, BUT HERE WE'RE REALLY JUST FOCUSING ON THE USE.
UM, I MEAN, ALL OF THE KIND OF DETAIL THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH TREES AND SOME OTHER STUFF IN THE FENCE - THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
THAT'S REALLY DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU WOULD SEE LATER THAT WOULD DEVELOP AS THE PROJECT GOES ON.
UM, THIS REALLY FOCUSES ON THE USE.
NOW, THE ZONING TEXT DOES HAVE SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS IN THERE, SO IT, IT DOES KIND OF OVERLAP, BUT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THIS, YOU'RE RIGHT, COULD BE WORKED OUT IF YOU WISH TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ZONING, YOU KNOW, COMING BACK THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
BUT IF YOU DON'T WANNA DO THAT, THAT'S YOUR CALL.
THE ZONING TEXT THAT'S PART OF THE ZONING AMENDMENT HAS - OH, YOU'RE OUT OF ORDER.
BUT THE ZONING TEXT IS - YOU OUT OF ORDER.
WE WENT THROUGH THIS EXPERIMENT A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.
UM, IT'S ALONG DEMERS ROAD AND WE TRADED OFF WHAT WE FELT THE CITIZENS WANTED, AND THERE ARE DOUBLES ALONG DEMERS ROAD.
AND SOME OF THEM ARE NOT THE MOST, UH, BEST KEPT DOUBLES.
AND I DON'T WANNA OFFEND ANYBODY WHO'S A, A LANDLORD, BUT THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE NOT THE WAY THEY SHOULD BE.
THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, IF YOU TRADE OFF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, AS BEEN DISCUSSED, 35 FEET OF WHAT COULD BE A ROOF LINE VERSUS 50 FEET OF WHAT IS USED ROOF LINE BEING WINDOWS IN THE PEAK, WE, WE GOTTA MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND THERE'S 150 FEET FROM WHERE THE RESIDENTS ARE.
BUT WE WENT THROUGH THIS EXPERIMENT AND, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT WAS THE WISEST DECISION BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE ANXIOUS TO GET THE LAND IN FRONT OF THEM FILLED UP.
BUT I WANNA GO BACK TO MR. OMAR'S COMMENT ABOUT THE HOUSING.
UM, IF YOU REMEMBER RIGHT, MR. OMAR, I GAVE YOU A SPREADSHEET BACK, I THINK IT WAS LIKE FEBRUARY OR MARCH THAT WE WENT THROUGH ALL OF THE MULTIFAMILY CONDOS AND RENTAL UNITS IN THE CITY OF GROVE CITY.
AND IN THAT SPREADSHEET, WE GAVE THE DESIGNATION OF THE RENT, UH, RENT RANGES, WHETHER THEY WERE SECTION EIGHT, WHETHER THEY'RE SUBSIDIZED, AND WHAT AREA THEY WERE IN, HOW OLD THEY WERE.
WE HAVE DONE OUR HOMEWORK IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE MIX IS TODAY.
AND MOST OF THE HOUSING TODAY, AS IT'S BEEN FOR PROBABLY THE LAST 20 YEARS, IS A MIGRATION FROM THOSE WHO LIVED IN HOMES THAT MAYBE 15 YEARS AGO WERE 100,000, MAYBE 95,000, WHO ARE NOW GOING INTO 300,000, 500,000.
AND, AND WE KNOW THAT, AND WE HAVE THAT STUDY THAT WE HAVE DONE IN OUTLINING WHAT THOSE ARE.
NOW TO BROADEN IT INTO THE, THE, THE TOTAL MARKET OF SINGLE FAMILY, SURE, WE NEED TO DO THAT.
BUT WE, WE DO KNOW WHAT THE HOUSING MIX IS, PARTICULARLY ON MULTIFAMILY AND AS I SAY, ON CONDOS AND CARE FACILITIES AND SO FORTH.
ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE, UH, 2019 ANALYSIS THAT YOU GAVE ME BACK IN FEBRUARY? IT WASN'T...
I KNOW, BUT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT I STILL HAVE IT.
IN 2019, IT WAS UPDATED TO 2025 BECAUSE WE WENT AROUND EVERY - YOU SEE THAT IN FEBRUARY? WELL, I HELPED DO IT, SO I MEAN, IT, IT WAS, IT WAS UPDATED.
I THINK, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE BEAT THE HORSE TO DEATH.
WELL, I'LL - GO AHEAD, MR. MR. SINCE IT'S BEEN REQUESTED, I'LL, UM, I'LL MOVE TO POSTPONE, UM, TO THE, TO THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO SECOND IT, THEY CAN.
IF THEY, IF YOU WANNA VOTE ON IT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO, BUT AT LEAST I OFFER THE GESTURE.
DO I HAVE A, UH, SECOND TO THE POSTPONEMENT?
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OKAY, THAT DIES.SO THE MOTION IS UNDER ORDINANCE C4626, AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE, UH, ZONING TEXT FOR BULA PARK, SUB AREA A LOCATED AT, UM, SOUTH OF SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD AS ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE C2418.
[Ordinance C-52-26 Accept the Plat of Farmstead, Phase 9 located west of Jackson Pike. Second reading and public hearing]
ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ORDINANCE C5226, AN ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT THE PLOT FOR FARMSTEAD PHASE NINE LOCATED WEST OF JACKSON PIKE.I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANYONE ADDRESSING THAT ON THE SIGNUP LIST.
SO ARE THERE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE ON THE CITY COUNCIL? IF NOT, UH, I'D ENTERTAIN AN, UM, A MOTION, UH, A SECOND.
SO THE MOTION, UH, FOR ORDINANCE C52-26, AN ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT THE PLOT PLAN OF FOR, OF, UH, FARMSTEAD PHASE NINE LOCATED AT WEST OF JACKSON PIKE.
[Ordinance C-53-26 Approve a Special Use Permit for Outdoor Storage for RHS Storage located at 5885 Haughn Road. Second reading and public hearing. ]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS C5326, AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR OUTDOOR STORAGE FOR RHS STORAGE LOCATED AT 5885 ON ROAD.I AM PROPERTY MANAGER FOR GARDENIA PROPERTIES.
I AM LOCATED AT 41 SOUTH GRANT.
UM, I'M HERE PRIMARILY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
UM, WE'RE ASKING, UH, FOR EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING STORAGE FACILITIES AND, UH, ACCORDING TO, UM, UH, THE CITY, WE NEED TO HAVE A SPECIAL PERMIT.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.
ARE THERE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM CITY COUNCIL? NO? YES.
MS. BURROWS? UM, FIRST OF ALL, I, IF I MAY REQUEST TO HAVE MS. SHIELDS KIND OF GIVE AN OVERVIEW ON THIS PROJECT, PLEASE.
UM, THIS REQUEST IS, UM, ESSENTIALLY A REQUEST TO EXPAND THE EXISTING USE ON THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH OF RHS STORAGE.
UM, OUTDOOR STORAGE DOES REQUIRE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, WHICH IS WHY THE REQUEST INITIALLY CAME TO US.
UM, BUT AS YOU'LL SEE FROM THE, UM, THE RECOMMENDATION COMING OUT OF PLANNING COMMISSION, THERE WERE MULTIPLE STIPULATIONS IN TERMS OF HOW THE PROJECT IS DEVELOPED.
UM, REALLY WHAT YOU'RE REVIEWING TONIGHT IS THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE USE AT THIS LOCATION, RECOGNIZING THAT THERE ARE MANY THINGS ABOUT THIS PLAN AS SHOWN THAT MAY NOT MEET CODE, UM, THAT WILL BE FURTHER REVIEWED DURING THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO ENSURE THAT SETBACKS, LANDSCAPING, ALL OF THE CODE REQUIREMENTS, UM, ARE INSTILLED FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO, UM, WHEN I WENT THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION, THERE WERE FOUR STIPULATIONS, UM, RECOMMENDED TO BE INCLUDED WITH THIS.
THE FIRST ONE TO, UM, TO REQUIRE THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO ENSURE THAT, UM, THE PROJECT MEETS ZONING CODE, STORMWATER REQUIREMENTS ARE MET, UM, THAT ANY CANOPIES COVERING THE, UM, VEHICLES WITHIN THE STORAGE AREA, UM, HAVE A STONE OR MASONRY BASE, AND THAT THE STORAGE AREA BE ENCLOSED WITH A BRICK, OR I'M SORRY, A BLACK DECORATIVE FENCE, UM, WITH GATES AND NO BARBED WIRE.
AND SO, I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD OUTDOOR STORAGE SPECIAL USE PERMITS COME BEFORE COUNCIL IN THE PAST, AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, IN THOSE PREVIOUS PLANS THAT I KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH, THERE WAS ALREADY STIPULATIONS OR LANDSCAPING PLANS SUBMITTED WITH THAT SPECIAL USE.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN MAYBE WHY THIS ONE'S DIFFERENT? UM, I MEAN, IT'S DEPENDING ON THE SCALE OF THE PROPOSED USE, THERE ARE
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CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE CAN WRAP INTO THE APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL USE WITHOUT NECESSARILY REQUIRING AN ENTIRELY NEW DEVELOPMENT PLAN.BECAUSE THE SITE IS VACANT AND IT VARIES FROM A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DEVELOPMENT PLAN ON THE SITE, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FOR JUST SMALL SCALE FLEX INDUSTRIAL SPACE, UM, STAFF REALLY FELT THAT IT WARRANTED THE NEED FOR A FULL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, UM, PARTICULARLY GIVEN STORMWATER CONCERNS AND OTHER LANDSCAPING.
ALSO, THIS SITE BEING TECHNICALLY WITHIN THE AREA THAT WE LOOKED AT BEFORE OF THE SOUTHWEST, UM, GATEWAY, UM, WE REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROJECT IS OF A HIGH QUALITY.
MY OTHER QUESTIONS WILL BE ACTUALLY FOR THE APPLICANT.
UM, IN YOUR RESPONSE TO THE CITY, WHEN YOU'RE WORKING THROUGH THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT, THERE WAS A COUPLE, UM, THINGS THAT YOU SAID, LIKE THE PARKING SET SETBACK REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE ACQUEST - REQUESTED OR ADDRESSED THROUGH A VARIANCE APPLICATION.
IS THERE ANY REASON WHY YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MEET CODE? WE ARE, UM, TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE, UM, LARGE VEHICLE STORAGE, UM, CUSTOM COACHES.
UM, THE SPACES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING UNDER, UM, ROOF TO PROTECT THE INVESTMENTS OF THOSE COACHES, UH, THEY'RE 40-FOOT LANES.
WE NEED 40-FOOT DRIVEWAYS TO GET IN AND GET OUT OF THESE SPACES.
SO, UM, BECAUSE OF THE WIDTHS OF THE ACCESSES TO THESE SPACES AND THE MANEUVERING REQUIRED, WE'RE UTILIZING AS MUCH OF THE SPACE AS POSSIBLE TO CREATE THE, UH, NECESSARY UNITS.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE P, UM, PERIMETER LANDSCAPING PLAN? YOU SAID IT ALSO WOULD BE ADDRESSED THROUGH A VARIANCE APPLICATION.
UM, UM, RIGHT NOW, UM, UH, UNTIL WE GET APPROVAL FOR THE USE, WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, D - UH, ANSWER THOSE PARTICULAR QUESTIONS THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
AND MY FINAL QUESTION THEN, WOULD THIS, UM, SURFACE PROPERTY BE PAVED? YES.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF IT, WE JUST RE - UH, FINISHED THE SITE TO THE SOUTH BY ADDING FOUR MORE BUILDINGS AND, UH, THE ENTIRE AREA NOW IS, UH, TOTALLY BLACKTOPPED.
THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE, CHAIR.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS, I'D LIKE A MOTION THAT, UH, WE APPROVE ORDINANCE C53-26, UH, TO APPROVE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR OUTDOOR STORAGE FOR RHS STORAGE LOCATED AT 85, UH, OR F - EXCUSE ME, 5885 HAN ROAD.
[Resolution CR-38-26 Approve the Development Plan for the Shoppes at North Meadows located at 2950 London-Groveport Road]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A RESOLUTION CR38-26, A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE SHOPS AT NORTH MEADOWS LOCATED AT, UH, 2950 LONDON GROVEPORT ROAD.I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TO THAT.
UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR, UH, FOR KIM ON THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT? MM-MM.
IF NOT, UM, LIKE A MO- MOTION THAT WE, UH, APPROVE RESOLUTION CR 3826, A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE SHOPS AT NORTH MEADOWS LOCATED AT 2950 LONDON GROVE PORT ROAD.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MR. PRESIDENT.
I HOPE THAT'S ENOUGH FOR TONIGHT.
UH, HE'S GOT, UH, AT LEAST ALAN'S GOT SOMETHING POSITIVE HERE.
SORRY, BUT POINT OF, POINT OF ORDER.
I THINK WE NEED TO REVISIT THAT VOTE.
SO UNDER FINANCE, WE HAVE ORDINANCE
[Ordinance C-54-26 Grant an Exceptional Circumstance for 3981 Broadway to increase the maximum award under the Town Center Commercial Revitalization Grant Program and appropriate $40,000 for same. Second reading and public hearing]
C5426, AN ORDINANCE TO GRANT AN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCE FOR 3981 BROADWAY TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM AWARD[01:45:01]
UNDER THE TOWN CENTER COMMERCIAL RI - REVITALIZATION GRANT PROGRAM AND APPROPRIATE $40,000 FOR THE SAME.IS THERE ANYBODY THAT SIGNED UP FOR THIS ONE? LISA'S HERE.
THE YOUNG LADY HAS A, HAS SOME COMMENTS.
UH, I'M LISA NAPIER GARCIA, 4788 TAPEWORD AVENUE, GROVE CITY, OHIO.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
WHO HAS NEVER BEEN IN MY BUILDING? SO EVERYBODY'S BEEN IN THE THEORY.
WELL, THIS HAS GOT THE NEW PICTURE.
OH NO, THESE ARE THE ONES WE SAW.
SO, UM, MAYOR STAGE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE LITTLE THEATER OFF BROADWAY, WE SPE - WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST $40,000 IN CAPITAL FUNDING FROM THE CITY OF GROVE CITY TO SUPPORT BUILDING OUR NEXT ACT.
OUR COMPREHENSIVE, UH, CAPITAL CAMPAIGN TO PRESERVE, MODERNIZE, AND ENHANCE OUR HISTORIC THEATER.
TAMMY, PROBABLY THE, IT'S GONNA BE THE SLIDES THAT ARE LIKE SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, AND 10 ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE PICTURES.
YOU CAN USE THE PAD TO - OH, THANK YOU.
UM, SO WE ARE LOCATED IN THE HISTORIC AREA OF GROVE CITY, AND WE ARE F - WE WERE FOUNDED IN 1958 AND HAVE BEEN A CORNERSTONE OF GROVE CITY'S CULTURAL COMMUNITY FOR NEARLY SEVEN DECADES.
OUR THEATER LOCATED AT 3981 BROADWAY SINCE 1968 OCCUPIES A BUILDING ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED, CONSTRUCTED IN 1915 AS THE KINGDOM THEATER.
TODAY, LTOB BRINGS RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TOGETHER THROUGH MAIN STAGE PRODUCTIONS, UH, YOUTH THEATER, ARTS EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.
AND BE- BEYOND OUR ARTISTIC AND EDUCATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS, LTOB SERVES AS AN IMPORTANT ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL ANCHOR FOR GROVE CITY'S HISTORIC DOWNTOWN.
EACH YEAR, APPROXIMATELY 7,000 PATRONS OR FROM MORE THAN 150 ZIP CODES ATTEND OUR PRODUCTIONS, SUPPORTING NEARBY RESTAURANTS, SHOPS, BUSINESSES WITH PATRONS SPENDING AN ESTIMATED 35 TO 45 DOLLARS BEYOND THE TICKET PRICE DURING THEIR VISIT.
LTOB GENERATES, UH, HELPS TO GENERATE 200,000 PLUS IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY WHILE STRENGTHENING GROVE CITY'S IDENTITY AS A VIBRANT DESTINATION FOR CULTURAL ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT.
THIS CAMPAIGN REPRESENTS A TRANSFORMATIVE INVESTMENT IN THE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY, ACCESSIBILITY AND FUNCTIONALITY OF OUR HISTORIC FACILITY.
AND WHILE THE THEATER HAS UNDERGONE INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE DECADES, THE BUILDING'S AGE OUTDATED CONFIGURATION AND PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS INCREASE OR CREATE CHALLENGES FOR PATRONS, PERFORMERS, VOLUNTEERS, AND OPERATIONS.
UM, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND GO TO...
UM, SO AS YOU'LL SEE, THAT'S OUR LOBBY AREA.
AND THIS CAMPAIGN IS GOING TO HELP US TO MAKE SOME CHANGES.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, ACCESSIBILITY AND ADA IMPROVEMENTS.
SO LEVELING THAT, UM, ENTRYWAY IN, LEVELING THE SLOPING LOBBY FLOOR INCORPORATES ACCESSIBLE ENTRY INTO THE AUDITORIUM AND RENOVATING THE RESTROOMS TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY, SAFETY, AND COMFORT ARE PART OF OUR ACCESSIBILITY AND ADA IMPROVEMENTS.
THE LOBBY AND THE BUILDING CIRCULATION, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LOBBY, WE HAVE OUR STAIRWELL.
WE'RE GONNA RELOCATE THAT CENTRAL STAIRWAY, UM, TO THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING, AND THAT'LL EXPAND OUR USABLE LOBBY SPACE AND IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN FLOW AND REDUCE CONJECTION, CONGESTION.
UM, UH, OUR AUDITORIUM SEATING IS GOING TO BE MODERNIZED.
UH, SIGHT LINES AND CIRCULATION INCORPORATING, UH, ACCESSIBLE SEATING.
YOU CAN SEE FROM HERE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE MOVING THE AISLE FROM THE CENTER TO THE SIDE.
IT LOOKS MUCH MORE LIKE A, UM, MODERN MOVIE THEATER AND HAS THE, UM, THE, THE RAMP TO GET UP TO THE, THE HEIGHT WILL BE BETWEEN THAT STAIRWELL AND THE WALL.
THE BIGGEST IMPROVEMENTS FOR US, WE HAVE THAT EXTERIOR ENTRY IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE LOBBY.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO RECONFIGURE THE MAIN ENTRANCE, THE TICKET BOOTHS, THE BUILDING FRONT, AND THEN ALSO...
UM, IT WILL DEFINITELY IMPROVE OUR FACADE ON BROADWAY.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA EXPAND OUR CIRCLE, OUR, UH, FUNCTIONAL SPACE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA REWORK THE SECOND FLOOR TO ALLOW FOR
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US TO HAVE, UH, ADDITIONAL REHEARSAL SPACE.SO ALL OF THESE THINGS, UM, WILL HELP US TO BE A...
STRENGTHEN OUR ABILITY TO SERVE A GROWING DIVERSE COMMUNITY, EXTEND THE REACH AND VARIETY OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE CAN CREATE, AND TO PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY GATHERINGS, PRIVATE SPACES, SCREENINGS, AND OTHER CULTURAL ACTIVITIES.
UH, THE LAST PIECE OF THIS I DO WANNA SHARE WITH YOU IS WITH REGARDS TO THE FUNDING.
LTOB HAS ALREADY SECURED SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT TOWARD THIS VISION, INCLUDING $500,000 CAPITAL APPROPRIATION FROM THE STATE OF OHIO AND AN ADDITIONAL $100,000 IN FUNDING COMMITMENTS, REPRESENTING 600,000 TOWARD OUR OVERALL CAMPAIGN GOAL, WHICH IS, UM, $2,359,817 IS THE CURRENT ESTIMATE OF THE PROJECT.
THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION WILL HELP LEVERAGE EXISTING COMMITMENTS, ENCOURAGE ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT, AND REINFORCE THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING AND STRENGTHENING DOWNTOWN GROVE CITY'S CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
TO CALL GROVE CITY HOME, AND WE'RE DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY'S LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO THE ARTS.
WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR THE 40,000 CAPITAL ALLOCATION IN THE CITY'S BUDGET AND WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PROJECT DETAILS.
ANY QUESTIONS? CHAIR, I'LL JUST MAKE A COMMENT.
UM, THANK YOU FOR COMING IN TONIGHT AND FOR SHOWCASING ALL OF THESE INCREDIBLE, UM, POTENTIAL UPDATES TO BE MADE TO SUCH A GEM IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING, AND I MOVE THAT IT BE APPROVED.
IS THAT ALL? ARE YOU DONE? OH, YES.
[Call for New Business ]
YEAH.WE'RE GETTING TO THE END OF THE NIGHT.
WE HAVE ONE PERSON UNDER NEW BUSINESS.
LISA, IF YOU WANNA COME FORWARD, YOU'RE...
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.
IT'S LISA ROSS, 2314 BROADWIN CIRCLE, BUT AS I WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT IT IS ACTUALLY NOT A RULE TO STATE OUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
MR. SMITH HAD LOOKED IT UP AND IT HAS NOT BEEN FOUND THAT IT'S AN ORDINANCE TO SAY THAT.
SO I BELIEVE THAT WILL BE A CONVERSATION FOR COUNCIL TO HAVE IN THE FUTURE.
UM, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY HERE...
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE 2050 PLAN.
UM, I HAVE THIS YEAR GOTTEN VERY INVOLVED IN MY LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESSES AND HOW DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PIECES.
I'VE ATTENDED PLANNING COMMISSION, BZA MEETINGS, COUNCIL MEETINGS, CAUCUS, ALL OF THAT, TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.
AND WHAT I KEEP HEARING IS THAT EVERYTHING IS BASED ON THIS 2050 PLAN, WHICH I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.
WE NEED A LONG-TERM PLAN TO WORK THROUGH THAT.
BUT THROUGH INFORMATION THAT I HAVE FOUND FROM THE 2050 PLAN IS...
SO THE PLAN WAS FROM JANUARY 6TH, 2018.
THE NUMBERS FROM THE CENSUS AND EVERYTHING WAS 2015.
UM, CLEARLY, OUR CITY HAS CHANGED A LOT FROM 2015 TO 2026.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE POPULATION TREND IN THE 2050 SAID THAT BETWEEN 2015 AND 2050, THERE WOULD BE 15,000 PEOPLE INCREASED OF OUR POPULATION.
WE HAVE CURRENTLY INCREASED 7,000 PEOPLE IN JUST 11.
SO CLEARLY, THE PROJECTIONS WERE GROWING FASTER THAN WHAT WE PROJECTED.
WITH THAT, I FEEL LIKE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE 2050 PLAN IS REVIEWED, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S PLANNING COMMISSION, COUNCIL.
I REALLY FEEL AS COUNCIL SHOULD BE LOOKING AT IT BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT REZONING, YOU'RE TALK - YOU'RE MAKING THESE DECISIONS BASED ON, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID TONIGHT AS AN EXAMPLE.
AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, UM, SO THAT WAY THE PROPER STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT CAN HAPPEN THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
I COME UP HERE AND COMPLAIN A LOT,
THERE HAS BEEN THE MORE LISTENING TO THE RESIDENTS.
THERE HAS BEEN MORE TRANSPARENCY.
I'VE SAT IN CAUCUS AND I'VE ACTUALLY HEARD THE WORDS FROM AT LEAST FIVE OF YOU
AND SO I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD YOU BECAUSE I HAVE NOTICED THAT THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING EVEN FROM UP HERE WHEN YOU'RE SAYING THIS.
UM, I ALSO WAS LOOKING AT THE, UM, REAL QUICK, I'M GONNA RUN OUT OF TIME, SO I'M GONNA READ THIS REALLY FAST.
GROVE CITY 2050 SHOULD BE MONITORED
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ON A REGULAR BASIS AND WHEN NECESSARY SHOULD BE REVISED OR UPDATED.THE PLAN SHOULD BE MONITORED FOR IMPLEMENTATION, EFFECTIVENESS AND RELEVANCY.
THIS REVIEW SHOULD HAPPEN ON A FORMAL BASIS NO LESS THAN ONCE PER YEAR.
A STATUS REPORT NEWSLETTER SHOULD ACCOMPANY- ACCOMPANY THIS REVIEW AND BE PROMOTED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
AN ANNUAL PUBLIC MEETING SHOULD TAKE PLACE TO SHARE PROGRESS AND ATTRACT ADDITIONAL PARTICIPANTS TO MOVE THE INFORMATION FORWARD.
AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN HAPPENING, AND IT HAS NOT HAPPENED.
AND SO I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO REVIEW THAT AND MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON THAT.
[Call for Dept. Reports & Closing Comments ]
SIR.AND I APPRE - I DO APPRECIATE SORRY.
UH, SOME OF THE FOLKS HAVE LEFT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE TRANSPARENCY GOES, NOT JUST US TALKING, BUT THE PEOPLE LISTENING.
BUT, UH, AS A MATTER OF TECHNICAL BUSINESS, I DO HAVE A MAYOR'S COURT REPORT, AND FOR THE MONTH OF, UH, OCTOBER, THE, UH, TOTAL COLLECTED WAS $45,349.80.
IS THERE A SECOND? COUPLE OTHER, UH, ITEMS. WE HAVE TO CALL A ROLL.
SO, BEFORE THE MEETING, WE DID, UH, SWEAR IN TWO, UH, UH, POLICE OFFICERS JUST OUT OF THE ACADEMY, AND, UH, THEY HAD THEIR FAMILY HERE, AND, UH, UH, WE, WE WERE GLAD TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM.
UH, THEY, THEY HAD ACTUALLY TAKEN AN OATH EARLIER, BUT WE WAIT TILL THEY GET OUT OF THE ACADEMY AND GIVE THEM THE, THE, THE FORMAL OATH, UH, AND, AND THERE WERE TWO OF THOSE POLICE OFFICERS.
UM, I THINK MOST OF YOU HAD READ THE LETTER OR SEEN THE LETTER, UH, REGARDING A DEVELOPMENT UP ON DEMERS ROAD.
UM, I, I MENTIONED, UH, THIS DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE 216, UH, UNITS OF ONE TO FOUR BEDROOM APARTMENTS.
AND AS I MENTIONED, THE CAUCUS, UH, LOOKS LIKE, SMELLS LIKE, UH, GROVE CITY, AND THIS IS IN THE CITY OF COLUMBUS.
SO, JUST, JUST FOR THE RECORD THAT, THAT IS GOING ON, AND WE WILL GET SOME CALLS ON IT, AND THERE'LL BE SOME CHATTER BOXES, UH, ABOUT IT.
UH, YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, I HAD THE, UH, PRIVILEGE TO ATTEND THE GROSSE HIGH SCHOOL BAND CONCERT OR FINAL ONE OF THE YEAR.
UH, GROVE CITY WAS, UH, CITY OF GROSSEY WAS ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE DIRECTOR, AND, UH, THEY THANKED US FOR THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE AND ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR TALENTS AND, UH, WHAT THEIR INVOLVEMENT'S BEEN IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO JUST, UH, JUST A MATTER OF, UH, INFORMATION.
I WAS HOPING PAT KELLY WOULD STICK AROUND.
UH, I'M JUST GONNA MAKE A PLUG FOR ISSUE 28.
UH, I WAS WITH PAT, UH, FRIDAY MORNING, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I ASKED HIM AT THAT TIME, I SAID, "YOU PURCHASED THIS LAND OVER 200 SOME ACRES.
IT WAS A VERY BLIGHTED, UH, AND RE - ENVIRONMENTALLY CHALLENGED PIECE OF PROPERTY, AND HAD YOU BEEN UNDER THE ISSUE 28, UH, REQUIREMENTS, UH, WOULD YOU HAVE DONE THE PROJECT?" AND HIS ANSWER WAS, "ABSOLUTELY NOT." AND THEN WHEN HE...
I SAID, "WELL, HOW MANY TIMES WOULD YOU HAVE HAD TO GO THE VOTERS TO, UH, TO SUBDIVIDE THE PROPERTIES?" AND HE COUNTED, HE SAYS, "I THINK AT LEAST FOUR." SO NOT ONLY WOULD IT HAVE BEEN A HURDLE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, IF ISSUE 28- 28 WAS IN EFFECT, IT WAS AN ONGOING CHALLENGE BECAUSE EACH ONE OF THOSE SUBDIVISIONS WOULD HAVE THEN BEEN ANOTHER PUBLIC VOTE PAID FOR BY, BY THE DEVELOPER.
SO JUST A MATTER OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TOMORROW, WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO VOTE ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM, BUT, UH, IT IS DEFINITELY, UH, WAY OUT OF LINE WITH, UH, WHAT WE THINK IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO HERE IN GROVE CITY.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
CHUCK? UH, JUST A REMINDER THAT, OF COURSE, TOMORROW IS ELECTION DAY.
UH, IF ANYBODY NEEDS A RIDE, CODIS FAIRS ARE WAIVED TOMORROW, SO DON'T BE AFRAID TO GET ON THE BUS.
THEIR LUNCHEON IS ALWAYS, UH, VERY DELICIOUS AND QUITE AFFORDABLE, SO THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS? ALL RIGHT.
UM, I HOPE YOU'VE ALL REMEMBERED TO TURN YOUR CLOCKS BACK, OTHERWISE TODAY -
CONFUSING, MAYBE YESTERDAY AS WELL TOO.
UM, AGAIN, I ALWAYS APPRECIATE HEARING FROM RESIDENTS.
LISA, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND TALKING TODAY.
I THINK WE NEED AN UPDATE ON THE 2050 PLAN.
THERE WAS A, A, A RECENT REVIVAL OF IT.
UM, THIS IS NO EXCUSE, BUT I THINK THERE'S JUST BEEN A LOT OF, UM, BUSYNESS AROUND THE DATA CENTER TASK FORCE AND EFFORT PUT THERE.
I'M SURE THERE'S OTHER WORK SESSIONS THAT WE'VE ALL WANTED TO HOLD IN ADDITION.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE
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DEFINITELY NEED TO LOOK AT.I THINK WE'D ALL LIKE TO HEAR KIND OF SOME UPDATES ON THE 2050 PLAN.
UH, TOMORROW'S ELECTION DAY, UH, MAKE SURE THAT YOU VOTE IF YOU HAVEN'T VOTED YET.
AND ECHOING, UH, WHAT MAYOR STADE SAID, UH, I'M GOING TO VOTE PERSONALLY.
I ALREADY DID AGAINST, UH, 28 BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD KILL THE CITY, BUT, UH, THAT'S MY OPINION AS AN INDIVIDUAL.
AND, UH, CAN'T SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT ATTENDED, BUT, UH, BECAUSE MOST OF THEM HAVE LEFT.
BUT, UH, I, I ONCE AGAIN, UH, APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND, UH, I TRY TO LISTEN TO WHAT OUR CONSTITUENTS, UH, UH, SAY AND TRY TO PUT MYSELF IN THEIR POSITIONS ON ALL THESE ISSUES.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND VOTE TOMORROW.
SO, UH, AS WE CONTINUE OUR AMERICA 2050 CELEBRATION, WE'RE NOW IN NOVEMBER.
OHIO'S THEME IS OHIO SERVES, REMEMBERING VETERANS, FIRST RESPONDERS, AND FRONTLINE HEROES.
UH, FOREFRONT OF COURSE IS VETERANS DAY, UH, WHICH IS ON NOVEMBER 11TH, UH, WHICH INCLUDES OUR GROVE CITY VETERANS DAY SERVICE, UM, AT, UH, 11 O'CLOCK, TOWN CENTER PARK ON THE 11TH, UH, WHERE WE WILL PAY TRIBUTE TO THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED OUR NATION.
UM, AND ALSO THE WELCOME CENTER AND MUSEUM WILL ALSO BE OPEN THAT DAY FROM 10:00 TO NOON, I BELIEVE.
UM, SO IF YOU HAVEN'T EVER HAD A CHANCE TO GET, CHECK THAT OUT, PLEASE, PLEASE DO.
UM, I'LL JUST MAKE A QUICK COMMENT.
UH, TOMORROW IS, IS ELECTION DAY AS WELL, UH, AS, AS HAS BEEN STATED.
UM, AND, UH, I'VE HAD, I COULDN'T EVEN COUNT THE NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS, PHONE CALLS, UH, EMAILS, TEXTS, ET CETERA, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, HELPING TO, YOU KNOW, GET A, GET A HANDLE AND, AND A GRASP ON, ON THE, THE TWO MAIN ISSUES FROM GROVE CITY THAT AFFECT US.
AND SO I'LL, I'LL JUST, UH, TELL YOU WHERE I, WHERE I'M STANDING AT THIS POINT, UH, AGAIN, FROM THIS IS MY OWN PERSONAL VIEW.
SO, UH, ISSUE SIX, UH, STRONGLY SUPPORT ISSUE SIX, OF COURSE.
UH, TO ME, THAT'S ALMOST A NO-BRAINER.
IT UNLOCKS, UH, ACCESS TO OVER $100 MILLION, UH, IN STATE FUNDING TO REPLACE GROVE CITY AND WESTON HIGH SCHOOLS, UM, WITH NO TAX INCREASE.
UH, ISSUE 28, UH, I AM OPPOSED TO THAT.
IN MY OPINION, THE CCA IS OVERLY COMPLEX.
UH, IMPACTS WILL IMPACT QUALIFYING BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, UH, FARMS, PARKS, AND OTHERS.
AND DESPITE WHAT SOME OF THE SIGNAGE, UH, THAT YOU MIGHT SEE IN THE YARD SIGNS, IT DOES NOT BAN DATA CENTERS.
SO, UH, WITH THAT SAID, I DO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GO VOTE, WHATEVER YOUR POSITION IS ON ANYTHING.
UH, IF YOU, UH, ARE ELIGIBLE TO DO THAT, UH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD ABSOLUTELY DO.
I THINK THE THEME OF THE NIGHT IS EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE.
AND, UM, SO I WANNA ECHO THAT AS WELL.
AND ALSO CHUCK, NOT MR. BOZO, CHUCK.
UM, THE COMMUNITY CLUB LUNCHEON TOMORROW, 11 TO TWO, GET THERE EARLY BECAUSE IF YOU GET THERE AFTER ONE, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE MUCH LEFT.
IT IS A GROSS CITY TRADITION, AND AS CHUCK SAID, IT IS VERY, UM, INEXPENSIVE AND GOES TO A GREAT CAUSE.
AND MY FINAL REMINDER IS, UM, WE DO HAVE A SIP AND SHOP IN OUR TOWN CENTER COMING UP ON SATURDAY.
UM, THERE'S 200 TOTE BAGS THAT ARE BEING GIVEN OUT OR PURCHASED AND WITH ALL KINDS OF GOODIES AND HOPEFULLY WE HAVE SOME GOOD WEATHER COMING THIS WEEKEND AS WELL.
I KNOW TOMORROW'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE BEST DAY OF THE WEEK.
SO ANYWAYS, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYBODY FOR STATION.
I THINK PEOPLE LEARNED A LOT TONIGHT AND, UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
RANDY?
UH, SHERRY, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK TONIGHT OR WAIT TILL - I SAT HERE JUST TO SEE WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAD TO SAY TONIGHT.
I KNOW EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO HOME.
SHERRY DUNNIGAN, 2235 SUNDUE AVENUE.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, UM, NOVEMBER IS NATIONAL FAMILY CAREGIVERS MONTH.
AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT FAMILY CAREGIVERS, I'M SURE MOST OF YOU THINK ABOUT TAKING CARE OF YOUR, YOUR MOTHER OR, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER ELDERLY FAMILY MEMBER OR PERHAPS A DISABLED INDIVIDUAL.
UM, FOR NEARLY THE LAST 15 YEARS IN OUR FAMILY, IT'S BEEN TAKING CARE OF ONE OF OUR CHILDREN WHO LIVES NOW SUCCESSFULLY WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER.
AND A LOT OF TIMES THAT KEPT ME FROM EVEN HOLDING A JOB UNTIL I CAME HERE.
AND TRUTHFULLY, THE CITY AS AN EMPLOYEE HERE HAS BEEN THE ONLY PLACE THAT'S EVER ACCEPTED THAT MY CHILD COMES FIRST AND MY JOB IS STILL IMPORTANT.
UM, BUT I'M, WE'RE CLOSING IN VERY CLOSELY ON THE EVENT THAT I TALKED ABOUT AND THAT YOU, UH, HAVE COMMITTED FUNDS TO, AND THAT'S THIS SUNDAY,
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NOVEMBER 8TH.AND THAT'S A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU ALL.
I HOPE YOU WILL COME AND SIT IN THE SAME ROOM WITH, UH, WE'RE APPROACHING 75 PEOPLE SO FAR COMING.
WE, WITH THE FUNDS THAT YOU'VE COMMITTED, WE HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO SECURE AN INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER, A BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND A COMEDIAN.
SHE'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SHARE HER KNOWLEDGE AND HER ADVOCACY WITH EVERYBODY.
SO THAT'S REALLY ALL I WANTED TO DO IS COME UP HERE AND LET YOU KNOW HOW GRATEFUL I AM FOR THE FUNDS AND HOW I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE EVENT.
AND I REALLY HOPE YOU'LL COME AND BRING YOUR FAMILIES.
I WAS JUST GONNA GRAB EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY IF I HAD TO.