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WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? FOR THE LEGIONS FALL UPON. FIRE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE REPUBLIC, WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION WITHIN THE REGIME. MY GOD , WE ASK YOU TO GUIDE US THROUGHOUT THIS MEETING AS WE SEEK TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE GOOD CITY, MARYSVILLE AND. WELL, CALLED DEBORAH GROTE, DONALD BURGER HERE, MARK REAMS JR ROUSH , HANK BURBEY, AARON JAY CARPENTER. ALAN SEYMOUR EXCUSED. YOU FIND HIM ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE
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JANUARY 3RD WORK SESSION. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES IS PRESENT. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THEM AS PRESENTED. ALL IN FAVOR. I HEARD NEXT UP FOR THE JANUARY 10TH MEETING MINUTES . ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS? I MAKE THE MOTION PRESENTED ACCEPTED IS PRESENTED. ON FAVOR, ALL RIGHT? MINUTES APPROVED. AH, WE HAVE A REQUEST.[POTENTIAL TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY, THE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY, AND THE APPOINTMENT OF AN EMPLOYEE]
TO ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. FOR THREE PURPOSES. TO DISCUSS THE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY, THE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND THE APPOINTMENT OF AN EMPLOYEE. DO I HAVE EMOTION, SO MOVED IN A SECOND. SECOND OKAY, I'LL ROLL CALL. MR ROUSH? YES MR BURBEY. MRS GROAT. MR BERGER? YES MR REEMS? YES. FIVE YEARS. OKAY. WE WILL JOURNEY TO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE'LL BE BACK AFTER THAT. SORRY.HELLO THANKS FOR WAITING. WELCOME BACK. GOOD THING. YOU LEFT YOUR COAT, HUH? COME BACK. OKAY WELL, WE ARE BACK IN REGULAR SESSION. THANKS FOR EVERYBODY FOR WAITING
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. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA ARE COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE, A COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS FOR THIS YEAR. POINT DANCE COMMITTEE WILL BE HANK BURBEY, ALLEN SEYMOUR AND AARON CARPENTER. PUBLIC SAFETY AND SERVICES JR RASH HAVE GROUP AND DONALD BURGER. THE SEA ICE AND COUNCIL GOVERNMENTS IS MYSELF. ENTERPRISE STONE NEGOTIATION TEAM, HANK BURBEY. LOGAN UNION CHAMPAGNE REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION, ALLEN SEYMOUR. OF HIGHER REFORMATORY FOR WOMEN, DEBORAH GROWTH AND THE UNION COUNTY TAX AND SENATE REVIEW COUNCIL JAIL. ROUSH SO REALLY ONLY TWO CHANGES FOR THIS YEAR. NEXT UP IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT[ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT]
. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. WE'VE GOT A FEW ITEMS TONIGHT. THINGS ARE VERY BUSY AND RAMPING UP AS WE GET STARTED IN THE YEAR. ONE OF THE LETS YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE A RETIREMENT CELEBRATION THIS FRIDAY, JANUARY 28TH AT THREE O'CLOCK AT THE POLICE AND MUNICIPAL COURT BUILDING FOR DEPUTY CHIEF, BOTH SPAIN. BO'S BEEN IN JUST A FANTASTIC EMPLOYEE FOR THE CITY, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LITTLE RETIREMENT CELEBRATION FORUM ON FRIDAY. SO IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO STOP BY POLICE AND MUNICIPAL COURT AND WILL CELEBRATE WITH A LITTLE BIT ON FRIDAY. SECOND YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS. OVER THE COMING WEEKS. THE 2022 STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, MARCH 10TH AT THE AVALON THEATER. AND THIS SCHEDULE WILL BE STARTING AT 5 30. THERE WILL BE A NETWORKING RECEPTION AND WITH THE STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS, BEGINNING AT SIX, P.M. AND IT WILL PRIMARILY BE AT SIX THERE WILL BE A STATE OF THE CITY VIDEO, AND THEN WE HAVE A PANEL DISCUSSION THAT EVENING WHERE WE HAVE SOME PANELISTS THAT WILL BE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS TAKING PLACE. IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, NOT ONLY THIS YEAR, BUT MOVING FORWARD A LITTLE BIT, SO IT WILL BE. IT WILL BE AN INTERESTING NIGHT AND COURSE THE AVALON'S REALLY LOOKING NICE SO YOU'LL BE YOU'LL BE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF[00:05:04]
INFORMATION CONTINUE TO COME OUT ON THE STATE OF THE CITY COMING UP MARCH 10TH. AND WITH THAT, I THINK I'M JUST GOING TO SHIFT IT OVER TO KYLE, AND HE'S GOING TO HANDLE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AND ENGINEERING TONIGHT. THANKS A LOT, TERRY. SO THIS PAST WEEKEND SNOW EVENT RESULTED IN 100 AND 15 HOURS OF MANPOWER AND 100 AND FOUR TONS OF SALT. BRINGS OUR TOTAL FOR THIS YEAR TO 368 MANPOWER HOURS. AND 252 TONS OF SALT USED. STREETS THEY ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE SNOW REMOVAL AND PRELIMINARY SITE PREP AT THE HAND HEART PROPERTY OF CHERRY STREET THERE AM PARTS. NEXT MONDAY AND TUESDAY CUT COLLINS AVENUE WILL BE CLOSED FROM PALM DRIVE TO HICKORY DRIVE. TO HELP OUT WITH THE REMOVAL OF THREE OAK TREES. I'M GOING TO READ EXACTLY WHAT ANDY EVANS WROTE FOR WHY THESE TREES ARE BEING REMOVED. I'M NOT GOING TO CLAIM TO BE AN URBAN FORESTER HERE. SO HE SAYS THAT THESE THREE MATURE TREES HAVE BEEN DECLINING AND HEALTH FOR SOME TIME NOW AND OUR IMPORTS A VERY IMPORTANT CONDITION AND CONTINUING TO THE DECLINE RAPIDLY. DESPITE THEIR EFFORTS TO MITIGATE RISK BY HIRING CONTRACTORS TO REMOVE DEB WOULD FROM CANOPIES. WE STILL CONTINUED TO SEE SIGNIFICANT LARGE BRANCH LOSSES DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER. ARREST A RECENT RISK ASSESSMENT ON ONE OF THE TREES INDICATED RISK LEVELS ABOVE TOWER ABOVE A TOLERABLE THRESHOLD. WHAT NEW DEADWOOD FORMING SO RAPIDLY THE ONLY REASONABLE OPTION REMAINING FOR MITIGATION IS REMOVAL OF THE THREE TREES. MOVING ON TO THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. THEY HAVE PARTIALLY PERMANENT ELECTRIC IN THE PROCESS BUILDING AND DRYWALL IS NEARING COMPLETION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. SO THAT IS THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS UPDATE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT BEFORE I MOVE ON TO ENGINEERING. I HAD A QUESTION.JUST HOW MANY TONS OF SALT DO WE HAVE? YOU KNOW, ON TOP OF YOUR HEAD, AND LIKE 3000, WE PROBABLY I WOULD 100 CATS. SINGLE THOUSANDS. OKAY 2 TO 3000 KIND OF SOLVED. PROBABLY BY WE COULD PROBABLY GET THAT FOR YOU. IT'S ALL RIGHT. I WAS JUST CURIOUS HOW HOW WILL HE COMPARED TO JUST CURIOUS? WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF STORAGE NOW, TOO, SO LIKE A TYPICAL WINNERS. WHAT ABOUT 1500? TONS AND WE HAVEN'T USED MUCH THIS YEAR. MM HMM. MUCH FOR TWO OR THREE? YEAH. KIDDING YEAH , HERE. I DO KNOW THAT. AT LEAST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE STARTED TO TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO THE USE OF SALT SINCE IT WAS BROUGHT UP BECAUSE I REMEMBER MY FIRST YEARS WHEN THE COUNCIL FOR PRETTY MUCH EVERY MAN OUR THERE WAS ONE A TON OF SALTING USED NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, IT'S 3 68 HOURS AND WE ONLY ONLY USED 252 BECAUSE WE NOW ONLY SALT THE INTERSECTIONS. YEAH, WE DON'T SOLVE THE STATE'S YEAH, IN BETWEEN. SO ACTUALLY OUR SALT USE, OF COURSE, FOR THAT REASON HAS GONE DOWN. YEAH AND AGAIN, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YEAR IT IS HOW MUCH SNOW WE GET. BUT WE ARE , AND THEY HAVE NOT HEARD ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE STREETS NOT BEING SALTED. UM I THINK IT WAS A WISE DECISION WHEN WE STARTED THIS NUMBER OF YEARS AGO YESTERDAY INTERSECTIONS OKAY, GOOD. YES MADAM. UM EVERYONE, SPEAKING OF THE WEATHER, BASICALLY LATE, BECAUSE I WON'T GET INTO IT TOO MUCH, BUT BASICALLY MY APARTMENT COMPLEXES PRIVATE AND THE CITY DOES A FANTASTIC JOB OF CLEANING UP ITS ROADS, BUT THE PRIVATE PARTS OF THE CITY I WAS IN A BIT OF AN ACCIDENT ON MY WAY HERE AND THEN I GOT STUCK BEHIND A TRAIN. SO I HOPE EVERYONE CAN FORGIVE MY TARDINESS. BUT ANYWAY. JUST KIND OF WANT TO MAKE A FEW POINTS. I THINK THE CITY DOESN'T FANTASTIC JOB, SNOW REMOVAL AND SALTING. UM I'M ON THE THIRD FLOOR, SO I GET TO SEE THE TRUCKS DRIVE BY ON COOK'S POINT. I SEE HIM ALL THE TIME. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND SORRY AGAIN FOR BEING WITH A LITTLE SHAKEN UP RIGHT NOW. SO THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST TAKE THIS MOMENT AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, JOE TRACY COORDINATES ARE SNOW REMOVAL EFFORTS AND HE JUST IS PHENOMENAL AND NOT ONLY IN THE IN THE PLANNING AND PREPARATION , THE COORDINATION OF PERSONNEL AND THE MATERIALS AND EVERYTHING . WE ARE EXTREMELY FORTUNATE TO
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NOT ONLY HAVE HIS LEADERSHIP WITH ALL THE PERSONNEL THAT ARE WILLING TO PUT IN THE TIME AND THE EFFORT WHEN WE DO GET THESE EVENTS, AND WE HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT FORTUNATE THIS YEAR, SO HOPEFULLY THIS, YOU KNOW WE WON'T HAVE MUCH MORE OF IT. SO LET'S KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED.ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO ENGINEERING. UPDATES. LAST WEDNESDAY. WE OPENED BIDS FOR THE THIRD TIME ON THE UPTOWN ALLEY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. UM WE RECEIVED THREE BIDS WITH DOUBLE Z BEING THE LOWEST AND BEST BASE BEEN AT 614,000. SO OUR ENGINEERS ESTIMATE WAS AROUND 618,000. SO THEY CAME IN RIGHT AT THAT ESTIMATE. UM THIS MORNING, OUR BORDER CONTROL MEETING WE AWARDED THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO DOUBLE Z IN THE AMOUNT OF 702,000 THE INCREASE FROM THE BASE TO THE CONTRACT THEM OUT WAS FOR ALTERNATES THAT WE INCLUDED.
INTO THE PLANS THAT ONE ALTERNATE WAS TO INCLUDE LANDSCAPING, AND THEN THE OTHER ALTERNATE WAS TO INCLUDE THE DECORATIVE TRASH ENCLOSURE, SO GETTING IS THERE THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT OFFSITE UTILITY EXTENSION PROJECT CONTINUES TO GO. WELL I KNOW. AND YOU GUYS MAY SEE ON YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT THAT THE PLAN WAS TO CLOSE DOWN MILLWOOD BOULEVARD AND CREAKY AND DR TOMORROW. ATTACK TIE INTO THE EXISTING WATERLINE AND THEIR SECTION. THE CONTRACTOR DID CALL US UP TODAY AND RESCHEDULE THAT DUE, I THINK TO WHETHER THE NEXT TUESDAY, SO WE'RE REACHING OUT TO THEM JUST TO CONFIRM THAT DATE. AS OF NOW , THE PLAN IS TO MOVE IT BACK TO NEXT TUESDAY AND THEN OUT IN THE COUNTY ALONG INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY , THE PUMP STATION TWO AND JEROME TOWNSHIP WATER TOWER PROJECTS CONTINUE TO GO SMELL THAT'S ALL THE UPDATES I HAVE FROM ENGINEERING, AND I MIGHT ONLY ADD A FEW COMMENTS TO THE UPTOWN ALLEY IMPROVEMENTS AND COMBINE TO PUT PRESSURE ON YOU BECAUSE I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. THERE IT'S ANTICIPATED THAT BECAUSE WE PUT THE BED OUT AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME THAT THERE IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT BY MEMORIAL DAY. AND SO AND I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THIS IS THIS IS REALLY A NEAT PROJECT AND SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE SHOULD USE. KIND OF AS A PILOT PROJECT FOR WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO TO OUR ALLEYS IN ALL THE QUADRANTS OF THE UPTOWN AREA, SO YOU GET A GENERAL IDEA OF WHAT IT TAKES. WHAT THE COST IS A LITTLE BIT HERE. AND BUT IT WILL BE REAL GOOD AND KIND OF A SPRINGBOARD. SEE WHAT KIND OF RESPONSE WE GET AT THE END OF THIS PROJECT AND HOW WE WANT TO INCORPORATE THAT SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS OF OUR UPTOWN MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT. THANK YOU, TERRY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? MR PRESIDENT. YES WE ALREADY THE ONLY THE ONLY QUESTION STATEMENT, I WOULD ADD TO GO ALONG WITH MR EMERY'S COMMENT IS THE ONLY THING I WAS HESITANT ABOUT SPENDING THE MONEY FOR THE ALLEYWAY PROJECT. WHICH I SPOKE TO SOME OF YOU ABOUT IS THAT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO MONEY IN THE BUDGET TO LOOK AT FUTURE PROJECTS OF OUR ALLEYWAYS. SO I DO BELIEVE THAT IF WE CREATE THE STANDARD TO CLEAN UP THE ONE THEN THAT HAS TO OVER TIME. WE HAVE TO CLAMP THE REST. BUT IT'S NOT JUST WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS A CITY BUT ALSO THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE BUILDINGS. MM. ALSO HAVE TO DO THEIR FAIR SHARE. SO ANYWAY,
[REPORT OF CLERK OF COUNCIL]
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. REPORT OF THE CORPORATE COUNSEL. I WOULD JUST REQUEST THAT ALL COUNCIL BRING THEIR COUNCIL INFORMATION BINDERS TO THE FEBRUARY 7TH WORK SESSIONS SO WE CAN DISTRIBUTE UPDATED DOCUMENTS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. PLANNING[PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT]
COMMISSION REPORT, KYLE, I'LL TAKE THIS ONE. SO I'LL START WITH DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, SO THAT'S JANUARY DESIGN REVIEW BOARD MEETING GOT CANCELED DUE TO LACK OF AGENDA ITEMS. THE JANUARY PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING WAS HELD AND THE FIRST ITEM WAS TO VOTE ON A CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR AND THE RULES AND PROCEDURES. SO THEY VOTED TO HAVE GERMAN FERGUSON BE THE CHAIR. AND THE VICE CHAIRMAN WAS LENNY MINGEI, SOME UPDATES TO THE RULES AND PROCEDURES. THEY VOTED TO REQUIRE A MAJORITY VOTE OF ALL PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS. FOR THE APPLICATION TO BE APPROVED. THIS WE CONSIDER FOUR VOTES AS THERE ARE SEVEN MEMBERS. EVEN IF ALL SEVEN MEMBERS ARE NOT PRESENT. SELL THE NEW RULES AND POLICIES STATE THAT IF THERE'S FIVE MEMBERS PRESIDENT, YOU STILL NEED FOUR VOTES. UM AND THEN THE OTHER CHANGE IS MOVING. THE MEETING[00:15:07]
DATES UNTIL TUESDAY EVENINGS INSTEAD OF MONDAY EVENINGS. THE SECOND AGENDA ITEM WAS TO HEAR A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANTING THAT DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION FOR DARTING RUN. THIS WAS FORMERLY CALLED THE OAKS AND THE APPLICANT PRIOR TO VOTING TO TABLE THEIR APPLICATION. AND THAT WAS APPROVED. UM, THE COMMITTEE APPROVED THE TABLE.AND THEN THE LAST ITEM WAS TO HEAR A ZONING KILLING AMENDMENT . IT'S A PARTY 11 ZONING CODE CHAPTER 11 45 ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTY IN THE APPENDIX CLASSROOM TERMS, SO THERE'S THEY JUST ADDED SOME TERMS TO THE GLOSSARY, AND ALL OF THESE CHANGES WILL COME BEFORE YOU GUYS. YEAH, AND I FEBRUARY COUNCIL MEETING. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU, KYLE. MOVING ON TO HEARING OF CITIZENS. IS THERE ANY SENTENCE SOON THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS COUNTS. THINK KATHY, PLEASE MAKE ANOTHER THAT CATHY YOUNG GAVE US THE THUMBS UP. WE'LL MOVE ON. TWO
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RESOLUTIONS. RESOLUTION A THIRD READING TITLE, ONLY TO APPROVE THE CONTINUANCE OF ENTERPRISE ZONE TAX INCENTIVE AGREEMENTS WITH VARIOUS COMPANIES AND TO REPORT SUCH FINDINGS TO THE OHIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AGENCY. ADMINISTRATION COMMENTS. WE HAVE NOTHING. COUNCIL. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE LEGISLATION. ROLL CALL, MR BURBEY? YES MR CARPENTER? YES, MRS GROAT. MR BERGER? YES, MR REEMS? YES, MR ROUCH? YES, 76? YES? OKAY. EMOTION CARRIES. RESOLUTION BE[Res. B]
THIRD READING TITLE, ONLY TO AUTHORIZE THE UPTOWN MARYSVILLE FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR 2022. ADMINISTRATION COMMENTS. WE HAVE NOTHING FURTHER. COUNCIL COMMENTS. WELL I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE LEGISLATION ACTUALLY HAVE A COMBAT. OKAY ABOUT THIS. ISIS POKE ABOUT THIS AT THE LAST MEETING ABOUT MAYBE US TAKING THE TIME TO, UM LOOK AT THE FACADE IMPROVEMENT GRANT AND THEN LOOKING AT IF WHAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING IS COMPLEMENTARY STRUCTURES INCOME COMPANY IN THE HISTORICAL DISTRICT BASED ON PRESERVATION IN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, AND I TOOK SOME TIME TO I WANTED TO JUST SHOW I PRINTED OFF THIS FOR YOU GUYS. IT'S A SHORT READ.IT'S DELAWARE, OHIO, DELAWARE, OHIO AND SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES WERE BOARDED UP BUILDINGS AND THEY HAVE DONE A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS TO HELP BUT ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY CITY WAS ABLE TO DO IS THEY BUDGET MONEY, JUST LIKE WE DO? BUT THE MONEY IS USED FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES. UM, ONLY AND I DO BELIEVE THAT IN THE NATIONAL REGISTRY DISTRICT IN A HISTORICAL DISTRICT, I THINK IT'S TIME THAT YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US WORK TOWARDS BECOMING MORE INVOLVED IN MAKING SURE THAT IF WE ARE THROWING TAXPAYER MONEY AROUND WE ARE RE ENSURING THAT IT'S ADDING ECONOMIC VALUE, LONG TERM AND NOT SHORT TERM. SO I'M JUST ASKING US TO HOWEVER, YOU WANT TO HANDLE THIS TONIGHT. BUT JUST LOOKING AT CAN WE DO BETTER? AS A COUNCIL. CAN WE THINK ABOUT WAYS TO IMPROVE THIS AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THROUGH A SPECIAL COMMITTEE OR HOW WE HOW WE WANT TO DO THIS, BUT I'M JUST ASKING US TO JUST BEFORE WE ALLOCATE MORE FUNDING TO IT. I JUST WOULD LIKE US TO TAKE A MINUTE JUST TO LOOK THROUGH OUR CODE. I DO KNOW THAT CITY STAFF HAS SAID THAT OUR CODE RIGHT NOW IS, UM THERE'S OTHER OUTDATED HOME THAT HAS BEEN MENTIONED ON THE PUBLIC RECORD BEFORE SO I JUST HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF HESITANCE T TO ADD MORE MONEY INTO IT. RIGHT NOW. SO I RESPOND TO THAT. WE ADDED THE MONEY INTO THE PROGRAM WITH THE BUDGET PROCESS. WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT IS CHANGING THE PROGRAM. TO ALLOW A MAXIMUM. THREE TO INCREASE UP TO POTENTIALLY 70,000 INSTEAD OF 50,000. IS THAT THE ONLY CHANGE TO THE PROGRAM THERE WERE A COUPLE OF YEAH, OVERALL MOUNTAINS. YEAH AND WHEN THIS PROGRAM IS PROGRAMS AND WHEN WITH THIS PROGRAM IS PUT
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TOGETHER. DELAWARE WAS ONE OF THE COMMUNITIES WE LOOKED AT WITH THE WORTHINGTON. UH THINK WESTERVILLE HAD A FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM SHOULD OUR FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. IT WAS ACTUALLY CHAD FLOWERS THAT PUT IT TOGETHER AND IT WAS LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE OTHER COMMUNITIES AND USING WHAT THEY HAD ALREADY PUT IN PLACE. UM I HAVE NO PROBLEM DOING WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, DONALD, BUT WE'VE ALREADY BUDGETED FOR IT. IT'S THE THIRD READING. I WOULD RATHER APPROVE WHAT WE HAVE. AND IF YOU WANT TO FORM A COMMITTEE FOR NEXT YEAR. AND WE RE EVALUATE OVER THE YEAR. I'M GOOD WITH THAT. I'M NOT SO I GUESS I'M NOT SAYING WE DON'T DO THIS. WE I'M NOT SAYING WE DON'T DO THIS AT ALL. WHAT I'M SAYING IS, CAN WE JUST TAKE APPALLS? JUST TO LOOK AT SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE COULD DO BASED ON WHAT THESE OTHER IF, IF WE DID GET SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES, THEN LET'S JUST ADOPT SOME MORE POLICIES THAT THESE OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE IN THE GRANT. SO IT'S NOT SO VAGUE . I GUESS THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD DEFINITELY DO FOR NEXT YEAR. YEAH IF I COULD, MR PRESIDENT. PART OF THE PROBLEM IS WE'RE AT WE'RE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF THE GAME. THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR THIS SINCE NOVEMBER, 30TH OF LAST YEAR, AND THE DEADLINE IS JANUARY 31ST COMING UP HERE IN A WEEK. AND SO WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS ON THE PROGRAM, THE PROGRAM THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE THAT THAT I KNOW IT'S A SHAME ALLEN SEYMOUR IN HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE HE WAS A BIG LEADER OF GETTING THIS ESTABLISHED AND. YOU KNOW, I'M I'M I'M ALL ABOUT REVALUATE NG AND TAKING A LOOK AT PROGRAMS, BUT I THINK WE'VE GOT A REAL OPPORTUNITY HERE. THIS HAS BEEN EXTREMELY POSITIVE. IN THE UPTOWN MCCARTHY AND COX BUILDING . USED IT. THE ELKS USED IT. I MEAN, THERE'S BUILDINGS. NATIONAL ARMY NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY USED IT. YES I MEAN, IT'S THERE'S BEEN SOME VERY POSITIVE PROJECTS. THAT I THINK WE CAN STILL DO AND STILL ACCOMPLISH. I THINK WHAT DONALD'S INTERESTED IN THE AIR AND HAVE THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS IF WE PROCEED. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE, UM WHETHER THIS PASSES OR NOT. THAT WE DO PUT TOGETHER A COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT HOW IT'S WORKED UP. LOOK AT WHAT IMPROVEMENTS COULD COME, UM , MOVING FORWARD TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING THE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH WITH PUBLIC FUNDS, SO I TOTALLY AGREE AND MARK AND I WERE TALKING EARLIER, TOO. AND A LIST OF THE BUILDINGS THAT WERE APPROVED WOULD BE GOOD, BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER GETTING OKAY. A LIST OF THESE. YOU KNOW THIS? THESE ARE THE BUILDINGS THAT WE GOT APPROVED. I'VE ASKED A COUPLE OF TIMES I'VE BEEN DOWN IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SAID HEY, WHO GOT APPROVED, BUT I DON'T THINK AS COUNSEL AS A FORMAL GOTCHA REPORT. YEP. SO THAT'D BE GREAT. YES, I WOULD BUY TWO MINUTES PAST OKAY? RECALL, MR CARPENTER. YES THIS IS GROTE. MR BERGER. NO MR REEMS . YES MR RALPH? YES, MR BURBEY? YES. FIVE? YES. SAY UHH MOTION CARRIES. SORRY. I THOUGHT THERE WERE 796 THAT MR MEANT GOOD LUCK WITH THIS, 1 ORDINANCE, A FIRST[Ord. A]
READING TITLE, LONELY. TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF NOTES IN THE AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED 3,835,000 AND ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR THE PUBLIC PERSON PURPOSE OF ONE ACQUIRING, DESIGNING, IMPROVING AND CONSTRUCTING VARIOUS PUBLIC SERVICE RELATED PROJECTS TO CONSTRUCTING AND INSTALLING ROAD AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL IZATION IMPROVEMENTS WITH RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND IMPERTINENCE IS THERE TOO. THREE CONSTRUCTING, RECONSTRUCTING, WIDENING OPENING , IMPROVING, RESURFACING AND PAVING VARIOUS STREETS, ROADS, CURBS AND SIDEWALKS WITH THE RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND APPURTENANCES THEY'RE TWO AND FOUR CONSTRUCTING AND RECONSTRUCTING VARIOUS CAPITAL PROJECTS AND INNOVATION PARK INCLUDING ELECTRICAL LANDSCAPING AND STREETSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS WITH RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND IMPERTINENCE IS THERE, TOO,[00:25:03]
AND RETIRING NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR SUCH PURPOSE AND AUTHORIZE AND APPROVE RELATED MATTERS AND DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. THANK YOU. ADMINISTRATION COMMENTS. I'M GOING TO SHIFT OVER TO BRAD, AND HE'S GOING TO DO BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THIS. THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF IT. UM NO. SO FIRST OF ALL, AND I FEEL LIKE I COULD JUST ACTUALLY PUT ON A RECORD.FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, TWICE A YEAR AS OF FIRST THING I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR TO EVERYBODY LISTENING IS ALL OF THIS STUFF ON HERE HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE. THIS IS THIS IS NOT ISSUANCE OF NEW DEBT. THE TITLES OF THESE ORDINANCES ARE SET BY, UH, LAWS AND VARIOUS RULES AND REGULATIONS, SO EVERYTHING IN THERE IS ALREADY BEING CONSTRUCTED. YOU KNOW, SEVERAL YEARS AGO AT THIS POINT SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE CURRENTLY HAVE 4,035,000 AND, UH , THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS THAT WERE ISSUED LAST YEAR. SO THESE ARE SHORT TERM BONDS THAT ARE REISSUED EVERY YEAR. AND LAST YEAR WE PAID DOWN A PORTION OF THOSE FUNDS. I DON'T KNOW. REMEMBER THE NUMBER EXACTLY TOM AHEAD AND WE END UP REFINANCING 4.35 MILLION POSITION THE BUTTONS TO PAY DOWN ANOTHER 200,000 OFF THAT ISSUANCE LAST YEAR, BRINGING IT DOWN TO 3.835 THAT WOULD BE ISSUED. THIS YEAR.
THIS IS CONSIDERED THE 2022 A ISSUANCE. WE HAVE A B ISSUANCE AND, UH, ROUGHLY JULY SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT WILL START THIS READING PROCESS AGAIN IN JUNE, PROBABLY THE FIRST MEETING IN JUNE, MAYBE THE SECOND MEETING IN MAY. TO DO THAT ISSUANCE. BUT NOW, ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE DOING THE FIRST ISSUANCE OF OUR SHORT TERM BONDS. LIKE I SAID THESE HAPPEN EVERY YEAR, SO NOTHING ODD ABOUT THIS ONE. NOTHING DIFFERENT. I WOULD ONLY SAY THAT LAST YEAR. WE HAD INTEREST RATE I BELIEVE ON THAT FORCED 0.35 MILLION OF 1% I WOULD EXPECT THAT TO BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THIS TIME, BUT NOT EXCEPTIONALLY, SO PROBABLY SURVIVED. MAKING GUESSES, PROBABLY 1.25% YOU KNOW, WE DO EXPECT THERE TO BE MORE INTEREST RATE INCREASES THIS YEAR, JUST BASED ON THE FED HAS COME STRAIGHT OUT AND SAID THERE WILL BE INTEREST RATE INCREASES SO I WOULD EXPECT THAT THE SECULAR ASSURANCE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. BUT ONCE AGAIN, NOT EXCEPTIONALLY, SO. BUT REGARDLESS THE ONE IN FRONT OF US TODAY 3835 IS RIGHT IN LINE WITH WHAT WE BUDGETED IN THE 2022 BUDGET. AND THERE'S NOTHINN ONES YEAR WE'VE DONE RECENTLY IN THE YEARS PAST, SO PAUSE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. QUESTIONS. PINK AND NOT PARTICULARLY A QUESTION, BUT IN OBSERVATION ALREADY MENTIONED THE $200,000 THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE DECREASING IF BETWEEN NOW AND THE TIME THAT WE NEED TO ISSUE IT. WE GET LUCKY ENOUGH TO SELL? YEAH I HAVE TO AGREE WITH ADMINISTRATION. WE WOULD NOT CHANGE THIS AMOUNT. ANYTHING ELSE WOULD HAPPEN IN JUNE JULY WHEN WE HAVE A LITTLE BETTER IDEA. THAT GIVES US 56 MONTHS, BUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE HAVE IS THAT IF WE DO SO, BECAUSE MOST OF THIS IS DEDICATED TO INNOVATION, PUBLIC IF WE DO SELL PROPERTY, THAT AMOUNT WILL ALSO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IN REDUCTION OF THAT. YEAH I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING WITH THIS 1 TO 200,000 IS JUST STANDARD POLICY THAT WE DO SHOULD BE SO THEN WE HAVE UNTIL JUNE JULY. TO MAKE A POINT BE LESSER THAN WHAT IT IS AT THE MOMENT. SO THAT'S BASICALLY THE OBSERVATION THAT WE HAVE AT THIS POINT THANK YOU ANY OTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS? OKAY THIS WILL BE BACK FOR A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING MONDAY. FEBRUARY
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14TH. ORDINANCE BE SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING TO ESTABLISH WARDS OF EQUAL PUBLIC POPULATION AS WELL AS COMPACT AND CONTIGUOUS TERRITORY FOLLOWING THE 2020 CENSUS.ADMINISTRATION COMMENT. WE HAVE NOTHING FURTHER. COUNCIL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. CITIZEN COMMENTS. OKAY THIS WILL BE BACK FOR A THIRD READING TITLE. ONLY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH. ORDINANCE
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SEE SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN AN AMENDMENT TO THE PETITION FOR THE JEROME VILLAGE COMMUNITY AUTHORITY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY[00:30:03]
OF MARYSVILLE, OHIO, AS THE PROXIMATE CITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 3 49.1 M OF THE OHIO REVISED CODE. ADMINISTRATION COMMENTS. WE HAVE NOTHING, BUT WE HAVE GRAD HERE AND HE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. HE ANSWERED QUESTIONS. SOME OF THE QUESTIONS FROM THE LAST MEETING IS PRESENT TONIGHT IF THERE'S ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION HE'S REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY AUTHORITIES. THEY THINK WE DID HAVE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS THE LAST TIME. SO WERE THERE ANY COUNCIL QUESTIONS TONIGHT? ARE YOU DISAPPOINTED? OKAY ANY CITIZEN QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY THIS WILL BACK. GO AHEAD. QUESTION ALRIGHT. I COULD ASK YOU THIS AFTERNOON IF YOU WERE GOING TO BE HERE, BUT WHEN YOU BUILD YOUR LOGS, HOW? WHAT'S YOUR PERCENTAGE OF GREEN SPACE PER LIFE? FOR YOUR HOME LIKE WHEN YOU BUILD A HOME. MOST IMPORTANT. GREAT EXAMPLE IS YOUL PROJECT IS GREEN SPACE, RIGHT? BUT WHAT? YES. SO WHAT IS THE AVERAGE LAW GROUP SPACE TOTAL. SO IT'S A BATTLE DEPEND ON.CALLED THE OVERALL DEVELOPED. WHAT'S YOUR AVERAGE LOT SIZE? HERE'S LAWSON. VARIES ANYWHERE BETWEEN 45. LIFE. MM CROSS SOMETIMES WOULD BE LOST COMBINED. THERE WERE PEOPLE.
INVOLVEMENT. AND COULD YOU GIVE ME AVERAGE HOUSE PRICE AND DRUM VILLAGE? RIGHT NOW VARIES RIGHT.
$500. SO IF I PAID THAT KIND OF MONEY, I'D PROBABLY WANT A LITTLE MORE OPEN SPACE NEXT TO MY HOUSE ONE NIGHT. WEAPON. LATELY I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION AND EVERYTHING IS GEARED TOWARDS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. ARE THERE ANY PROJECT WITHIN THE WHOLE AREA WHERE YOU HAVE MULTIFAMILY HOMES? MULTIPLE FAMILY UNITS. THERE ARE A FEW PROJECTS THAT ARE AROUND. OKAY, CONNECTED.
HOLMES. THEY'RE HERE FOR 15 MASTERS. THERE IS COMMERCIAL MOMENT. OKAY AND I DID SEE THAT THE PORTION THAT IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 42. I CALL IT THE OTHER SIDE. THAT WOULD BE NORTHWEST.
IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT. MAYBE NORTHEAST DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY COMING FROM, BUT THEY ARE ACTUALLY THE DEVELOPER IS ACTUALLY PUTTING IN HIS OWN ROADWAYS. FOR CONTROL.
OF COURSE, 42. IS THAT EVER GOING TO BE A POINT WHERE YOU MAY GO TO TURN LANES AND WIDENING 42 BECAUSE. IT CONTINUES TO BE AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK THAT SINCE IT'S A IT'S A CROSSOVER. AH FOR CERTAIN TRUCKS THAT START OVER IN LONDON AND TAKE 42. THEN THEY GO ON TO DELAWARE AND THEN PICK UP HIGHWAY 71. SO THERE'S A LOT OF DOCTORS GOING ON. AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE SAFEST ROAD IN IN THE COUNTY AGAIN. WE'RE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE HERE FOR THE CITY, BUT WE WOULD JUST CURIOUS SINCE WE DO FREQUENTLY GET NOTIFICATION THAT THERE IS NOT AN ACCIDENT ON 42.
BLACK IS ALREADY. LOTS. SOMETIMES THEY WILL REQUIRE UNDERWATER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
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THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. HE JUST TOOK A WHILE FOR EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, BUT ONCE WE GOT GOING SO I APPRECIATE YOU COMING HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR THIRD READING TITLE ONLY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH. MR PRESIDENT. YOU DON'T THINK YOU'LL LEAVE HIM HERE FOR THIRD READING, DO YOU? ALL RIGHT. DO. I THINK THEY NEED TO BE HERE FOR THIRD READING. I DON'T BUT, YOU KNOW, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY PENDING QUESTIONS THAT WEREN'T ANSWERED TONIGHT THAT ARE WHAT MIGHT REQUIRE THEM TO ATTEND. IF THEY'RE ALREADY YOU CAN JUST FOR THEM TO ME, AND I'LL MAKE SURE I GET AN ANSWER. OKAY. THANK YOU.OKAY, SO. THIS FINISHES UP THE BUSINESS. PART OF THE MEETING WILL NOT GO TO THE COMMENTS OF
[COMMENTS OF THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL PERSONS AND GENERAL DISCUSSION]
THE CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU. JUST REAL QUICK. YOU KNOW, I TALKED BRIEFLY AND, OF COURSE, KYLE'S REPORT TONIGHT INDICATED , YOU KNOW THINGS ARE GOING TO BE GETTING VERY BUSY. UM. WE HAD A BORDER CONTROL MEETING TODAY WHERE WE HAD 10 AGENDA ITEMS TO GIVE YOU A GENERAL IDEA. I THINK THAT'S THE MOST ITEMS I'VE EVER SEEN ON THAT BORDER CONTROL. LET ME GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES. WERE AWARDED THE DESIGN CONTRACT FOR THE BISHOP. RUN DITCH IMPROVEMENTS. WE AWARDED THE DESIGN CONTRACT FOR THE RESERVOIR CONNECTOR BRIDGE. AH TO YOU KNOW, FROM THE JIM SIMONS TRAIL THERE IN MILL VALLEY, WHICH IS AN AWESOME PROJECT. WE AWARDED THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE UPTOWN ALLEY, WHICH IS EVER ONLY PROJECT. EQUIPMENT PURCHASES MOVING FORWARD. UH WE DID THE VACUUM TRUCK AUTHORIZATION TODAY FOR THE NEW VAC TRUCK, WHICH IS AWESOME PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE USE TO MAINTAIN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. WE ALSO DID THE LEAST PURCHASE OF THE FUTURE FIRE APPARATUS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AND WHAT'S CALLED THE QUINT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN THE COMING YEAR, PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR ONE ACHIEVED. BUT YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO MOVE ON THIS, SO JUST A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON AND IT'S AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE THAT WAY. AND SO JUST GET READY AND WE'LL KEEP THE LEGISLATION COMING. AS WE KNOCKED DOWN A LOT OF THESE ACTIVITIES AND THANKS TO EVERYBODY FOR PREPARATION FOR THAT MEETING, KYLE YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND EVERYBODY FOR ALL THE INFORMATION YOU BROUGHT FORWARD.THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, TERRY. ERIN. NO. PARKS AND REC. THANKS, JARED. BUT THERE WAS A MEETING LAST WEEK AND WE DISCUSSED THE HAND HEART PROPERTY DONATION, WHICH WAS TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT.
UM LOTS OF TRAIL AND PARKING LOT. REPLACEMENTS ARE TAKING PLACE THIS SPRING. SPECIFICALLY ON THE JIM SIMONS TRAIL. UM ORDER SKATEPARK IMPROVEMENTS AND ADDITIONS. WE TALKED ABOUT THOSE AT ALDER SKATE WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING A CHANGING IT SO THAT THERE'S ONE BASKETBALL COURT AND ONE PICKLEBALL COURT, WHICH WILL BE REALLY FUN. PICKLEBALL I GUESS IS A IT'S BECOMING MORE POPULAR IN THE MIDWEST, SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING. UM THERE'S GOING TO BE A TRAIL EXTENSION CONNECTING THE LEGION PARK TO RAYMOND ROAD, WHICH WILL BE WORKED ON THIS YEAR IN 2022.
ALONG WITH A SMALL UPGRADE TO BUTTERFLY PARK. UM ONE THING THAT I THINK RESIDENTS WILL REALLY LIKE IS A SHELTER OR TWO IS HOW IT WAS DESCRIBED WILL BE ADDED TO THE BARK PARK. KIND OF JUST LIKE A WEATHER SHELTER WHERE YOU CAN TAKE YOUR DOG IN AND YOU KNOW IN THIS ENCLOSED SPACE AND DRY OFF THEIR PAWS OR, YOU KNOW GIVE THEM SOME WATER OR SNACK OR SOMETHING. SO THAT'LL BE NICE JUST TO STAY SAFE FROM THE WEATHER AND KEEP YOUR PET WARM. UM THERE'S GOING TO BE AN UPGRADE TO THE BATTING CAGES AT ELDER PARK. MM. ANOTHER NOTE I HAVE IS WE'VE UPDATED WITH UPGRADED MOST PARK SIGNS IN THE CITY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ELDER PARK, BUT WE HOPE TO UPGRADE THAT SIGN THIS YEAR, SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT. THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR PARKS AND REC 2021 WILL BE AVAILABLE NEXT MONTH IN FEBRUARY, SO BE SURE TO DISTRIBUTE THAT TO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND THAT'S WHEN THAT'S READY. UM ALSO THE NEXT UPDATE FROM NSA, WHO HAS BEEN WORKING ON OUR POOL STUDY WILL COME, UH , IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH REGARDING THE FINANCES AND COSTS, THE
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND THINGS OF THAT SORT. THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THE STAGE THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW IS, UM GETTING THOSE SPECIFIC NUMBERS AND PUTTING THOSE TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE. SO THOSE ARE THE PARKS AND REC UPDATES THAT I HAVE OTHER THAN THAT. UM THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EXCUSING MY TARDINESS TONIGHT. END UP THE SAFE ON THOSE PRIVATE ROADS OUT THERE.THANK YOU. AND KING. OKAY UM, MY COMMENTS ARE SHORT TONIGHT, THANKS TO THE STREET APARTMENT AS SOON AS IT GETS. THAT'S WHO'S OUT THERE, WHICH IT DOES. WHEN YOU GET NOT ONLY WHEN YOU'RE SNOW, BUT SNOW STARTS TO FREEZE OVER SO I COULD ALWAYS THROUGH THE SNOW BOYARS THAT WE SEE GOING AROUND AT PRETTY MUCH EVERY TIME THEY AT NIGHT, SO I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE. THE ONE THING OF COURSE, AT SOME POINT IN TIME WE MAY HAVE TO ADDRESS IS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY NORTH OF 100 MILES OF ROADWAY IN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, AND OBVIOUSLY, AT SOME POINT IN TIME WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT STUFFING. WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT EQUIPMENT, BUT THOSE LITTLE THINGS THAT I HOPE YOU TWO BUDGET, SO WE LOOK AT THOSE MEN WHEN THE TIME COMES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, J R , UM A WEEK AGO SUNDAY WE HAD A SNOW EVENT TO I WAS COMING BACK FROM TOLEDO GOT ABOUT KENTON, AND IT WAS UGLY, UM, HARDENED COUNTY ROADS WERE HORRIBLE. I HIT THE UNION COUNTY LINE, AND IT WAS LIKE THE PARTING OF THE SEA. THEY WERE JUST WET, NOT HORRIBLE, SPED UP FROM 30 TO ABOUT 50 COULDN'T STILL COULDN'T GET TO 55 ABOUT 50. SO I WANT TO SAY GRADUATE, YOU KNOW KUDOS TO JEFF STOUT AND THE COUNTY ENGINEER AND ALL OF THE THEIR PEOPLE. THEY DO A GREAT JOB AS WELL. AND THEN ONCE I GOT TO THE MARRIAGE, THE CITY LIMITS IT IS ALMOST LIKE THE EVENT HADN'T EVEN HAPPENED. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS ALL GETTING OUT THERE AND GETTING THOSE THINGS DONE. UM THERE'S A NUMBER OF EXECUTIVE STAFF THAT ARE CLEVELAND BROWNS FANS, SO I JUST WANT TO SAY TODAY. I HAD TO GET IT IN THE RECORD BOOK. OKAY? WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON THE DOG.
I UM I JUST HAD A FEW THINGS FIRST. ERIC. THE COMPANY THAT LOCATED IN NEW ALBANY. AH THAT THE CHILD INTEL, THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ENOUGH FIBER TO SUPPORT A COMPANY LIKE THAT IN OUR CITY? IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER ON THE FIBER. I MEAN, WE LOOK AT THAT.
I MEAN, I THINK 3000 ACRES IS HARD TO COME BY. SO IT WAS COLLECTORS PUT TOGETHER BY THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY, WHICH IS THE ARM OF LES WEXNER, AND THEY PUT THAT 3000 TOGETHER TOGETHER SO AND WE HAD A LOT OF FIBER. A YOUNG NO IF I COULD HANDLE LARGE OVER TIME, WE PROBABLY COULD HANDLE THAT OVER TIME. WE CAN HANDLE PROBABLY ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE A 3000 ACRE SITE AND I UNDERSTAND ECONOMICALLY WHY THEY CHOSE NEW ALBANY. I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF WE HAD THE FIBER RIGHT NOW TO SUPPORT SOMETHING ON THOSE LINES. UM BUT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT JUST JUST A FEW THINGS. SO THE REASON WHY I JUST WANTED TO FIRST TALK ABOUT THE GRAND AND THE REASON WHY I HAVE MY CONCERNS, SO IT IS ON PUBLIC RECORD AND ALL OF US ARE HERE TONIGHT. YOU KNOW SOME OF THE PROJECTS TO MY ACKNOWLEDGE IT HAS BEEN DONE BY THE GRANT HAS BEEN SCHULTZ, HOWARD AND COX MCCARTHY'S UM IT'S BEEN THE MENTAL HEALTH BOARD. IT'S BEEN THE ARMORY BUILDING AND SOME OTHERS. I THINK RIBBON BOX WAS ABLE TO GET SOME FUNDING FUNDING AND SOME OTHER ONES IN BETWEEN. I THINK, UM LEGGETT BUILDING WAS ABLE TO GET SOME FUNDING THE YOU KNOW THE ISSUE THAT I HAVE IS THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OTHER COMMUNITIES AND THANK YOU FOR EDUCATING ME ON WHERE THIS DESIGN CONCEPT CAME FROM, AND, UM, I DO REMEMBER CHAD TALKING ABOUT IT TO ME ABOUT ABOUT THIS ABOUT THE PLAN. I HAVE JUST HAVE A HARD TIME. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY, WELL, WE'RE NOT. WE'RE NOT DELAWARE OR WE'RE NOT CANAL WINCHESTER. WE'RE NOT DOUBLING OR WE'RE NOT THESE THINGS. NO, WE'RE NOT. THERE'S THINGS, BUT THOSE COMMUNITIES HAVE STANDARDS. WHICH THEY HELD. THOSE COMMUNITIES WEREN'T DUBLIN OR CANAL WINCHESTER. THEY WERE JUST COMMUNITIES THAT'S CREATED A STANDARD THAT MADE THEM WHO THEY ARE TODAY. AND. AND THEIR
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CODES. IT STATES THAT, FOR INSTANCE, OLD WINDOWS HAVE TO BE PROTECTED, LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN IN THEIR HISTORICAL DISTRICT. THAT IF A EXTERIOR DOOR OR WINDOW IS NOT BEING USED. ANYMORE WHEN A NEW BUSINESS GOES INTO THAT HOME, THAT DOOR WINDOW HAS TO BE PROTECTED. BECAUSE OF THE HISTORICAL DISTRICT. BUT IN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, IF A BUSINESS COMES INTO A HOME WE ALLOW THEM TO SAY OKAY, WELL, YOU CAN REMOVE THAT AND YOU CAN . YOU CAN REMOVE THIS AND YOU CAN CHANGE THAT. AND THEN SLOWLY BUT SURELY YOU ERODE AWAY THE CHARACTER OF YOUR COMMUNITY. AND SLOWLY BUT SURELY OUR HISTORICAL DISTRICT ENDS UP CHOPPED UP. AND THESE ARE MY CONCERNS MOVING FORWARD, AND I'M NOT BLAMING ANYBODY. UM YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A PRESERVATIONIST ON STAFF WE DON'T HAVE AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S OKAY. WE'RE STILL GROWING. BUT THESE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS YOU KNOW THAT'S SCARES ME A LITTLE BIT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THESE PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY IN THE NATIONAL REGISTRY DISTRICT, AND WE DON'T HAVE THE BASICS TO TALK ABOUT PRESERVATION BECAUSE EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT IT. UNTIL IT'S TIME TO DO SOMETHING. THEN IT'S LIKE, OH, YEAH, YOU CAN REMOVE THAT. AND BASED ON OUR OWN DEMOLITION CODE IN THE CITY OF MARY'S ALL THERE'S THREE REASONS WHY A BUILDING IS DEMOLISHED. NOW I HAVE SUBMITTED TO ALL OF YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT SOME OTHER DEMOLITION CODE. THE THREE REASONS THAT PROPERTIES DEMOLISHING THE CITY OF MAYORS ALS AND HAS NO HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE. WELL, MOST OF OUR BUILDINGS THERE IS NO EDUCATION PIECES ON ANY OF THEM TO EDUCATE RESIDENTS ON THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE TO ALL THE HISTORICAL CHARACTER HAS BEEN REMOVED WHEN YOU HAVE A CODE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO REMOVE ALL THE HISTORICAL CHARACTER. IN THE END, THE CITY IS SETTING THE PROPERTY OUT FOR DEMOLITION. THIRD IS DETERIORATED TO A POINT WHERE IT'S ECONOMICALLY NOT FEASIBLE. TO REHAB OR DO ANYTHING WITH WHICH IS THE VERY REASONS WHY EVERYBODY ALWAYS USE THIS TO DEMOLISH A PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. SO ALL I'M ASKING IS I'M JUST TRYING TO JUST CONVEY MY CONCERNS THAT I HAVE MOVING FORWARD AND I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT THE HAMMER DOWN ANYBODY. I'M JUST SAYING THESE ARE JUST MY CONCERNS MAY BE BORED. AND I JUST THINK THAT. THERE'S GOING TO BE A TIME THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO MORE AND DO BETTER. AND UM, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY I HAVE BEEN MEDIUM AND CITY STAFF, YOU KNOW, UM HOPEFULLY WE CAN START I CAN START BRINGING YOU GUYS PIECES OF LEGISLATION. SO YOU GUYS CAN ALL LOOK OVER IT AND SEE WHAT YOU GUYS LIKE WHAT YOU DON'T LIKE AND THAT'S ALL THAT'S JUST ALL I'M ASKING IS YOU TO JUST LISTEN AND LET'S WORK TOGETHER. SO I'M CHANGING GEARS. NOW I WAS GRATEFUL TO BE ON FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR THE YEARS THAT I WAS ON FINANCE COMMITTEE AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING WITH COUNCILWOMAN GROW, AND COUNCIL MEMBER GENERAL ROUSH AND PUBLIC SERVICE COMMITTEE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO THERE SO THANK YOU GUYS. MR PRESIDENT DONALD DESSERT. THOSE PROJECTS YOU NAMED IN THE IN OUR FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH ONE OF THOSE WAS THERE? ONE THAT THAT THEY DID WORK THAT VIOLATED OR GOT INTO AREAS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. CAN YOU NAME ONE FOR ME OR GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE WITHIN WELL WITHIN OUR CODE? IT'S SO VAGUE. YOU CAN'T REALLY SAY IS CITY EVER VIOLATED ANYTHING BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A CODE THAT ACTUALLY PUTS IN CONCRETE WHAT SOMEBODY SHOULD DO. THAT I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. SO IT'S REALLY BECAUSE IN OUR CODE, IT SAYS, YOU CAN REPLACE THE WINDOW OR RESTORE WINDOW, BUT IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY SAY IN THE IN OUR CODE WHAT IS REALLY IT'S REALLY EVERYTHING IS UP FOR DISCUSSION. AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.IT'S NOT THAT ANYBODY DO ANYTHING WRONG. WE'RE DOING EXACTLY WHAT OUR CODE STATES WE'RE NOT DOING. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I'M NOT SAYING THAT CITY STAFF'S WRONG OR WHAT? WHERE IT'S JUST WHEN YOU HAVE A CODE THAT'S VAGUE. WE'RE FOLLOWING THE CODE, SO THE FOCUS NEEDS TO BE MOVING FORWARD ON MAKING THAT MORE SPECIFIC. THE PROGRAM RIGHT NOW IS DOING WHAT IT'S INTENDED TO DO. THERE'S NOBODY NECESSARILY STEPPING OUT OF THAT. I DON'T MIND THE MONEY BEING SPENT. IT'S JUST WHEN YOU HAVE JUST GIVEN EXAMPLE MENTAL HEALTH BOARD. THEY TOOK THE FUNDING TO MY ACKNOWLEDGE. THEY GOT THE FUNDING, AND HERE HE HAD THEY HAD WOOD DOORS ON THEIR BUILDING. AND IN OUR CODE, IT DOESN'T SAY YOU HAVE TO PUT THE WOOD DOORS IN, BUT HE RECREATED
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THE WOOD DOORS THAT WAS ORIGINALLY ON THAT BUILDING. BUT THEN YOU HAVE, LIKE MCCARTHY COX, WHO HAD WHAT HAD METAL DOORS. ON THE PROPERTY BEFORE AND THEN WE PUT METAL DOORS ON TOP AGAIN. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST EVERY BUILDING IS LOOKED AT KIND OF AS LIKE A SILO PROJECT INSTEAD OF ALL THE PROJECTS TOGETHER. BUT THEN AGAIN, I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE DOING ANYTHING WRONG. WE'RE DOING WHAT COACH SAYS. SO THAT'S WHY YOU KNOW, UPDATING OUR CODES BRINGING COUNCIL TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, IS IT? DO WE BRING SOMEBODY IN AS A AS A HISTORICAL FIELD OF ARCHITECTURE TO LOOK AT WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR JUST START SMALL JUST IN THE UPTOWN AREA. YOU KNOW, IN THE FOUR AND JUST IN THE CROSS, ISN'T THAT WHAT DESIGN REVIEW BOARD DOES? BECAUSE ALL THOSE PROJECTS YOU TALKED ABOUT HAD TO GO THROUGH DESIGN REVIEW BOARD. YEAH. YEAH AND YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, SINCE DESIGNER BRUGGEMAN ESTABLISHED, I'M NOT SAYING THAT DESIGN REVIEW BOARD IS WRONG AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS WRONG. ALL I'M SAYING IS THERE'S NOT AN EXPERTISE OF PRESERVATION ANYWHERE. I KNOW ANYBODY CAN SAY ANY PROJECT IS GOOD PROJECT. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT OTHER COMMUNITIES LIKE CANAL WINCHESTER, LIKE YOU KNOW, YOU CAN USE DUBLIN OR DELAWARE THE YOU KNOW THE REASON WHY THEY'RE BEING RECOGNIZED AS BECAUSE OF THE PROTECTIONS THAT THEY HAVE. AND THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. WE DON'T OUR CODES DON'T HAVE THOSE TEETH. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS IF YOU. REPLACE CONDO. WE DON'T SAY WHAT THE WINDOW HAS TO BE. THAT THE WINDOW HAS TO BE HISTORICALLY APPROPRIATE FOR THE BUILDING. YOU CAN JUST PUT ANY WINDOW IN BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A STANDARD. NO WE HAVE YOU HAVE TO FIT THE ART. YOU HAVE TO FIT THE OPENING OF THAT WINDOW. WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT THERE'S AN OLD WINDOW THERE. THE MONEY SHOULDN'T BE GOING TOWARDS REPLACING THAT OLD WINDOW HUNTING IN A NEW WINDOW. IT SHOULDN'T BE PUTTING IN A STEEL DOOR. YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD BE.YES YOU HAVE TO IN PRESERVATION . MOST OF OUR STOREFRONTS HAVE ALL BEEN ALTERED. BACK IN THE SIXTIES SEVENTIES EIGHTIES ALL TURN OUT NOW, BUT I'M SAYING IS , YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE TIME PERIOD OF THE STRUCTURE. AND YOU HAVE TO SAY OKAY, WORK. WE'RE GIVING YOU THIS MUCH MONEY. THIS IS THE TYPE OF ARCHITECTURE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. OKAY? DEFINITELY YOU'RE NEXT. NO COMMENTS. THAT BRINGS IT TO ME TO WRAP THIS UP. YOU KNOW, I, UH, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO RECOGNIZE SOMEONE WHO'S RETIRING THIS WEEK. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF A STATE FOR THIS COMMUNITY, I WOULD SAY, AND THAT'S ROSE KEARNS. AT THE POST OFFICE. YEAH YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS ROSE, SMILING FACE AT THE POST OFFICE AND YOU KNOW, I'VE KNOWN HER ROLE AS A LONG TIME. MM HMM. SOME FUNNY STORIES. I'LL SAVE THOSE, BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S REALLY NEAT. NO, WHEN WE LIVE IN A COMMUNITY LIKE THIS, WHERE WE'RE STILL SMALL ENOUGH THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS. ROSE AND ROSE KNOWS EVERYBODY, SHE SAID, SMILING. FACE POST OFFICE. MOST USUALLY SMILING AND, UH YOU KNOW , I THINK THAT'S REALLY NEAT. YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF WHAT MAKES MARY'S DON'T MARY'S FELLA, SO I JUST WANT TO SAY AS MARK DREAMS. CITIZEN AND PRESIDENT A COUNCIL. YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYBODY HERE WOULD SAY THANK YOU TO ROSE, AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING SHE HAS DONE FOR US. THAT'S IT. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. ON FAVOR. POLICE SAY I MEETING ADJOUR
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