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ALAN SEYMOUR, PRESIDENT. DEBORAH GROWTH PRESENT DOWN ON BURGER ARE CREAMS, JR ROUSH, HANK BURBEY. AARON CARPENTER, PRESIDENT. EVERYONE ACCOUNTED FOR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 25TH CITY COUNCIL. COMMITTEE ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS? TWO MINUTES IS PERCENTAGE. HER SO MOVED. OWN PAPERS. PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE. MINUTES OR APPROVED. NEXT UP FOR THE MINUTES FOR THE MAIN SECOND SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL . UH MIMI AND WORK SESSION. I GUESS WE'LL DO THIS SEPARATELY, SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORDS OUR TOUR OF THE NEW WATER FROM TRADITIONS THAT ACTIONS IT WAS STILL A MEETING. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE WHATEVER I NEED TO APPROVE FOR THAT MEETING. PLEASE SAY HI. AND THEN NEXT UP WAS THE COUNCIL WORK SESSION, WHICH FOLLOWED MOTION CORRECTIONS. DEB HAS A MOTION TO APPROVE. YES SIR. I HEY. NEXT UP. KIND OF. I THINK ONE OF THE FUN PARTS OF THAT YOU HAVE TO RECOGNIZE[COMMENDATION]
SOMEBODY FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING SERVICE. OH, I WOULD LIKE. COME ON UP. 50 YEARS. I'VE GOT A COMBINATION. HONOR AND APPRECIATION OF MAGISTRATE CAME THERE. WHERE I WAS ONE OF THE PLEASURES OF CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF VERY STRONG KNIVES, OUTSTANDING SERVICE COMMUNITY AND WHEREAS PARENTS GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL 1961. IT'S BEEN A WHILE.IN 1965 FROM MIAMI UNIVERSITY, GRADUATED LAW SCHOOL FROM THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY IN 1968.
AND THEN WORKED FOR THE OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL. WHEN YOU BE SACKS, PEOPLE. MR BARRETT'S VERY FELONY IN 1967 IN THE COUPLE OF TWO SONS, MY OWN. OR IS IT 1969 JOINED THE US ARMY NATIONAL GUARD AND GRADUATED FROM THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL NEAR THE TOP OF THIS CLASS, AND OR I O. MM HMM. RIGHT. THANK YOU. MR BRANDS, BEGAN HIS SERVICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS A DOMESTIC RELATIONS REFEREE JUDGE JOSEPH GREAT. AND THE UNION COUNTY COMMON PLEAS COURT. FINGERS SIMPLE. NO. BRANSON 1971 MR. GRANT BECAME PRESIDENT COUNTY BARS HERE. HE WAS APPOINTED PLAYING FOR EVERY DRIVER ROBERT E S HERE. AND LATER BECAME MAD, DISCOURAGED. WHEREAS MAGISTRATE BARON SELECTED PRIVATE PRACTICE OF LAW AND WORK FOR THE MARYSVILLE GENERAL TREATY, BECOMING THE MANSION EDITOR 1974. WE'RE GOING TO THE HONORABLE DANBURG SERVICE MANCHESTER FOR 50 YEARS PROVIDE CONSENT. DOUBLE QUARTER JUDGES.
ROBERTI EVIDENCE RICHARD E. PARROT PLANT UP, MICHAEL GREAT SPEED AND BROTHER AND WE'RE GOING TO THE CITY OF MARY, AS WELL AS TREMENDOUSLY GRATEFUL FOR THE OUTSTANDING SERVICES MAGISTRATE BURNS HAS PROVIDED COMMUNITY HAS A PUBLISHER, EDITOR AND FOR 50 YEARS AS A FAITHFUL MAGISTRATE 20 MINUTES IN THIS BOOK. NOW THEREFORE, I'M WORKING GREENS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE ON BEHALF OF AN APPRECIATIVE COMMUNITY WANTS TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY. MANAGERS STRAIGHT DAN BURNS FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE MARRIAGE STORMINESS AND A PART OF SUCCESSFUL AND NOTEWORTHY CAREERS. YEAH. OKAY. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SURE. OKAY?
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STARTED. OUR BORDER, CORDELL ME HAVING TWO HOURS SPEECH CITY. CHARGE. MY LIFE TODAY, RIGHT? I AM VERY VERY APPRECIATED. THIS JOB IS MAGISTRATE ACTUALLY, REFEREE REFEREE AT THAT POINT IN TIME. CAN BE A VERY TEMPORARY JOB WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT I WOULD COURAGE AND JUST TRY AND SEE YOUR LIFE. YEARS. I ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF IT. CERTAINLY APPRECIATE. COMEDIAN. YEAH. OKAY IT IS. IT IS A GREAT TO HAVE A LEGACY AS YOU CERTAINLY ARE IN YOUR FAMILY. UM YOUR LEADERSHIP , YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THIS COMMUNITY JUST GO WAY BACK AND HAVE ALWAYS CONTINUED, SO IT'S JUST WONDERFUL WITH THAT WE HAVE HAD YOU TO BE A PART OF OUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS COMMUNITY.FOR SO MANY YEARS. THANK YOU. AND I THINK WE'VE GOT THE JUDGE HERE. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TONIGHT? YEARS. HE WAS JUST THIS. VIDEO. YOU. THANK YOU, DAN. LET'S MOVE ON TO THE MINISTRATIONS REPORT. YEAH I WOULD JUST START BY THANKING DAN MYSELF TOO. YOU KNOW, HE'S HE'S BEEN A FRIEND. AS I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 11 YEARS NOW AND DAN APPROACHED ME EARLY ON. AND FOUR WARNED ME THAT HIS WIFE, MELANIE , AT THE TIME WOULD BE ALL OVER ME ON THE CONDITION OF THE TENNIS COURTS THERE, LOUIS PARK AND BUT, DAN NO, I REALLY APPRECIATED IN MY ROLE IN BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU AND GET TO KNOW YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND STUFF SO AGAIN 50 YEARS TO HAVE A CITY EMPLOYEE. DO SOMETHING FOR 50 YEARS IS REMARKABLE. REALLY. AND THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. OKAY? I'LL MOVE INTO THE ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT FEW THINGS TO REPORT OUT ON TONIGHT. UM.
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THANKS AGAIN, YOU GUYS THANKS FOR BEING HERE. AH WE HAVE THE SEASON KICKOFF OF OUR UPTOWN FRIDAY NIGHTS COMING UP MAY 20TH AND IT'S FROM 6 TO 10 P.M. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO MUSIC BY FLEETWOOD GOLD. AND ANOTHER BAND CALLED NACHO STREET BAND. SO WE GOT SOME INTERESTING MUSIC THAT NIGHT, AND IT'S BEING SPONSORED AND PRESENTED BY MONARCHS ROOFING. THE FIRST UPTOWN FRIDAY NIGHT EVENTS, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. UM JUST FOR EVERYBODY TO KNOW. PUT ON YOUR CALENDARS TO THAT ARE ANNUAL UNION COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL WILL BE HELD THIS THURSDAY. MAY 12TH 7 P.M. ON THE NORTH LAWN OF THE UNION COUNTY COURTHOUSE. AND I CAN SAY THAT, UM CHIEF BROOKS WILL BE SPEAKING AT THAT PARTICULAR EVENT. SO AGAIN THIS THURSDAY. MAY 12 7 PM THERE ON THE NORTH LAWN OF THE COURTHOUSE. UH JUST A REMINDER OF A COUPLE OF THINGS. OF COURSE, WE'LL HAVE THE MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY AND PARADE COMING UP ON MONDAY, MAY 30TH BUT ALSO ON THAT DAY, OF COURSE, CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON THAT DAY AND OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIAL[00:10:03]
DAY, AND WE'LL BE PUTTING MORE INFORMATION OUT ABOUT THE MEMORIAL DAY. ACTIVITIES ARE IN THAT MORNING AND PARADES START TIME AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WILL BE ANNOUNCING IT LATER. UM A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THAT HAVE BEEN VERY POPULAR. UM COMING UP IS AN EVENT THAT THAT WE'RE BRINGING BACK OBVIOUSLY, WE COULDN'T HAVE IT. FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS ABOUT OUR TOUCH A TRUCK EVENT THAT WE'VE HAD EACH YEAR THAT WE OPEN UP TO CHILDREN THAT CAN TAKE TAKE A LOOK AT THE VARIOUS FLEET THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY. THAT WILL TAKE PLACE FRIDAY, JUNE 3RD, AND WE'RE SHIFTING THIS YEAR TO MILL VALLEY PARK SOUTH FROM 10 A.M.TO ONE, AND THE REASON WE'RE SHIFTING TO SOUTH IS THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME WORK TAKING PLACE IN MILL VALLEY CENTRAL, SO MILL VALLEY PARK SOUTH 10 TO 1 ON JUNE 3RD, AND THAT'S ALWAYS A VERY POPULAR EVENT. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO NEED TO PROBABLY ACCOUNT FOR PARKING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. JUST BECAUSE OF THE SHIFT TO MILL VALLEY PARK SOUTH ANOTHER VERY POPULAR EVENT RECENTLY, IS THE PASSPORT TO KAYAKING AT ALTARS GATE PARK ON SATURDAY, JUNE 4TH, 10 AM 11 AM AND NOON FOR AGES. 8 TO 17 REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. AT OUR WWW DOT MARYSVILLE, OHIO DOT REC DESK DOT COM SLASH COMMUNITY SLASH PROGRAM SO YOU GO INSIDE WILL BE PROMOTING IT AS WELL. I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO GET CONFUSED ABOUT HAVING TO PUT THAT ALL DOWN THIS EVENING, BUT WE'LL BE PROMOTING THAT HEAVILY AND IT'S THE PASSPORT TO KAYAKING AND OLDER SKATEPARK.
POPE PASSES AT UPCOMING THE SWIM SEASON PURPOSES MAY BE PURCHASED AT CITY HALL AND ONLINE POLL OPENS FOR THE SEASON SATURDAY, MAY 28TH AND I HEARD TODAY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE FILLING THE POOL UP HERE WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. SO THAT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE. AND JUST FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AT THE DOCUMENT SHREDDING AND E RECYCLE EVENT, THE CITY HAD 215 CARS £7000 OF PAPER COME THROUGH FOR THIS EVENT, SO THAT'S JUST INFORMATIONAL. BUT IT'S ALWAYS A SUCCESSFUL EVENT. WITH THAT, AND THE SHIFT DOWN TO JEREMY FOR SOME MORE INFORMATION. OKAY, THANKS, TERRY ON THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION, SAID OUR STREET CREWS HELPED GREAT AND PLAY SOME GRAVEL AUDIT JOINT WRECK. WE'RE REBUILDING CATCH BASINS IN FRONT OF THE UPCOMING PAVING PROGRAM AND CONTINUE WORK AT THE SCOTT FAMILY PARK OR PARKS. CREWS PLAN TO IMPROVE GRASS AND LANDSCAPING AT POLICE IN COURT. WHILE ALSO WORKING ON THE ELDER PARK SIGN REPLACEMENT. AH THAT WISE. I THINK TERRY HIT ON THIS A LITTLE BIT. BUT UM, THERE'S 12 TEAMS ON WEDNESDAY, AND 16 TEAMS ON THURSDAY SIGNED UP FOR SAND VOLLEYBALL, AND THERE'S ALSO BEEN A TOTAL OF 360 POOL MEMBERSHIP SOLD TO DATE. AND THEN WATER CREWS CONTINUE TO PERFORM ASSAULT REPAIRS AS PART OF THE SYCAMORE STREET WATERLINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT, AS YOU GUYS MENTIONED EARLIER PAINTING AND CLEANING IS OCCURRING IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND PROCESSED BUILDING SO JUST CONTINUES, BUT WE'RE NEARING THE END IN CERTAIN CERTAIN ROOMS, AS EVERYONE WITNESSED AND ON THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SIDE IN REGARDS TO SOME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. THE CITY WILL BE HOSTING A PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE ON TUESDAY, MAY 24TH FROM 6 TO 8 RIGHT IN THIS AREA, RIGHT IN THIS ROOM TO BRAINSTORM IDEAS ON HOW TO MAKE TRAVEL EASIER, LESS CONGESTED AND SAFER THROUGH THE FIVE POINTS INTERSECTION. THIS EVENT WILL ALLOW RESIDENTS TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES AND ESPECIALLY WITH CITY STAFF AND OUR CONSULTANT TEAM IN HOPEFULLY HELP PROVIDE US INFORMATION ON HOW YOU AS RESIDENTS WOULD HELP MAKE THIS A BETTER INTERSECTION. AS SO THIS IS THE FIRST STEP AS WE'VE SAID FROM THE GET GO WITH THIS PROJECT, THE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IS PROBABLY THE KEY TO THIS PROJECT SUCCESS. SO THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THAT, UM, IN REGARDS TO THE UPTOWN ALLEY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, THE HARDSCAPE IS COMPLETE AND SOME REMAINING OUTSTANDING ITEMS INCLUDE LIGHTING, TRASH ENCLOSURE AND SEATING WALLS AND THEN PUMP STATION TO IN JEROME TOWNSHIP WATER TOWER DOWN IN DRUM TAN TRIP OBVIOUSLY, WORK CONTINUES. AND EVERYTHING REMAINS ON SCHEDULE AT THE PUMP STATION. THEY RAN INTO SOME DE WATERING THINGS, BUT AS FAR AS WE KNOW, NOW, THE SCHEDULE REMAINS THE SAME TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR? YES THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. UM QUICK QUESTION.
WOULD SOMEONE BE ABLE TO TELL ME I SEE SOME DIRT BEING MOVED BEHIND FRIENDSHIP KITCHEN? CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT THAT IS? THAT IS A TACO BELL. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE
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SURE THE PROPERTY OWNERS MAY BE ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU. I QUESTION YOU MENTIONED. THAT YOU'RE REBUILDING CATCH BASINS, AND I'VE SEEN SOME OF THAT. IN PREPARATION OF THE PAVING. I NOTICED ONE CATCH BASIN. IT LOOKS LIKE IT NEEDS SOME WORK ON WEST FIFTH STREET NEAR WHAT YOU SPEAK. DP NL. MAYBE JUST SLIGHTLY USED TO THERE. I KNOW IT'S A NEWER ONE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S STARTING HANDSOME ISSUES. SOUNDS GOOD, BUT I WILL CHECK THAT OUT. THE OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU. THANK[REPORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT]
YOU. REPORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. ERIC.FIRST I APOLOGIZE. YOU'LL HEAR ME THREE TIMES TONIGHT, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST OF THREE SO BUT I DID WANT TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. UM STRATEGY RELATED TO THE 33 INNOVATION PARK AND ALSO TALK ABOUT MARK AND THIS IS KIND OF THE QUARTERLY REPORT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE DETAILS RELATED TO THE PARK AND, UM SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE FOCUSED ON FIRST AS YOU CAN SEE THE STRATEGY. UM, THE CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WILL CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT A THREE PRONGED APPROACH MARKETING STRATEGY. FOR THE 33 INNOVATION PARK. THIS STRATEGY WILL MARKET THE THIRD RENOVATION PARK TO DECISION MAKERS NATIONALLY INTERNATIONALLY AS A WORLD CLASS LOCATION TARGETING AGRIBUSINESS , AUTOMOTIVE AND SMART MOBILITY E V AND GREEN TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL. R AND D AND AEROSPACE US WAS UNMET, WHICH IS UNMANNED ARROW SECTOR ACTUALLY IN MY AND UNMANNED AERIAL SERVICES SECTORS FOR EXPANSION OF THIRD THROUGH INNOVATION, PARK AND FOSTER RELATIONSHIPS. PROMOTE THE THIRD RENOVATION PARK WITH LOCAL STATE, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS. SO THAT WAS THE GOAL RELATED TO MARKETING. SO SOME OF THE SUCCESS THIS FIRST QUARTER AND I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THE FIRST COLUMN OR BASICALLY LEAD UPDATES. SO IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A NEW PURCHASE CONTRACT FOR THE NINE ACRES. THAT'S WHAT YOU APPROVED HERE, I THINK LAST MONTH THAT'S HARDLY WORLD WHICH IS THE DIVISION OF 84 LUMBER. THEY PLAN TO BUILD 126,000 SQUARE FOOT MULTI USE TENANT FACILITY. THE SECOND ITEM IS WE'VE SUBMITTED THE PARK FOR FIVE LEADS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2022. WE'VE ALSO HAD ONE SIDE VISIT. UM AND ACTUALLY THIS QUARTER JUST TO UPDATE. WE'VE HAD THREE SIDE VISITS AS OF TODAY FOR THE PARK. THE NEXT COLUMN, MEDIA OUTREACH NEWSLETTER. EMAIL CALL OUTREACH AND GENERAL MARKETING TO DECISION MAKERS. A FEW TIMES I WANT TO FEATURE IS THE FIRST BULLET THAT WE DID FEATURE THAT IN OUR NEWSLETTER, WHICH ACTUALLY GOES OUT MONTHLY. WE ALSO LEAN ASSOCIATES FEATURED IT IN THEIR COLUMBUS INDUSTRIAL BRIEF WENT OUT TO 5500 OCCUPIERS AND DEVELOPERS. ALSO TO POINT OUT LEAN ASSOCIATES ACTUALLY COMPLETED 189 COLD CALLS TO TARGETED PROPER PROSPECTS AND ALSO THREE OVER 3000 ONLINE VIEWS AND 34 UNIQUE PROSPECTS HAVE BEEN GENERATORS. RESULT OF THOSE THAT OUTREACH THE NEXT COLUMN IS COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS AND INTERACTIONS WITH LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. THE ONE ITEM I THINK IS THE LAST BULLET. WE'RE THAT CLOSE AND YOU'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE, BUT WE WERE SPENDING AND SIDE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE PARK. WE HOPE TO HAVE THE PARK CERTIFIED IN THE STATE OF OHIO AS PART OF THE SITE, OHIO CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. THE NEXT ITEM IS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MISSIONS AND LEAN ASSOCIATES ACTUALLY DID A PRESENCE MEETING IN MIAMI, FLORIDA. WE HAVE NOT TRAVELED THAT MUCH FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF THIS YEAR, ALTHOUGH WE DID THIS DO THE SMART CITIES. CONNECT CONFERENCE IN COLUMBUS AND APRIL . I THINK, MARK DEAL SAVER AND MYSELF ACTUALLY ATTENDED THAT CONFERENCE. WE ALSO THERE'S A NUMBER OF TRIPS THAT LEAN ASSOCIATES ACTUALLY WENT ON, INCLUDES A NATIONAL MEETING IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA. THERE'S ALSO I'M ALSO MEETINGS IN COLUMBUS. HE ALSO ATTENDED AS WELL PROMOTING THE PARK AND OTHER ITEMS TO THE RIGHT IS ACTUALLY THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AUTOMOTIVE AND MOBILE MOBILITY. INNOVATION CENTER A COUPLE OF DATES WE'VE ACTUALLY SIGNED THE JOINT USE AGREEMENT WITH OHIO STATE. WE ALSO HAVE DRAFTED A CONTRACT FOR MANAGEMENT SERVICES WITH ALTON CREST TECH, WHICH ACTUALLY HAS NOT BEEN SIGNED YET BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO PUT THE PUT THE BUILDING TOGETHER FIRST. THE SECOND ITEM. WE ACTUALLY HIRED AN ARCHITECT, WHICH IS 11 PORTER. THEY'RE ACTUALLY DESIGNING THE FACILITY AS WELL. WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE UPDATES ON THAT AND WE ALSO COMPLETED THE LEASE. WITH SOUTHGATE CORPORATION FOR THE 18,000 SQUARE FEET. HOPEFULLY, CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN HOPEFULLY OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. SO THAT'S AN UPDATE FOR A MAKE ANY QUESTIONS. A LOT OF STUFF THERE. THIS IS JUST A
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SLIDE. I THINK WE ARE JUST SO EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE CONSTRUCTION EXPENSE AS WE TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND I THINK IT'S KEY TO POINT OUT THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT SQUARE FOOTAGE IS HERE. 950,000 SQUARE FEET IN A MILLION SQUARE FEET. OF COURSE, THEY'RE ALL PRICED DIFFERENTLY. HIGHER SQUARE FOOTAGE. THE LOWER COST OF CONSTRUCTION, BUT YOU CAN SEE, FOR EXAMPLE FOR 300,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING IN ON JAN. ONE OF 2021. THE COST PER SQUARE FOOT WAS $45. IF YOU FAST FORWARD TO MARCH, WHICH IS THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION. THERE'S PROJECTIONS THERE FOR MAY, WHICH IS ABOUT A DOLLAR MORE, BUT IT'S RISEN UP TO 70.70 POINT FIVE SO PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE WHEN YOU LOOK AT CONSTRUCTION EXPENSE, EVEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT A MILLION SQUARE FEET, IT'S GONE FROM $37 PER SQUARE FOOT. 2 $59 PER SQUARE FOOT, PRETTY DRAMATIC INCREASES WHEN YOU SEE THE IMPACTS TO THE RIGHT GIVES YOU EVEN A BETTER IDEA. SO THE DELAY CURRENT LEAD TIMES OF GETTING MATERIALS FOR PRECAST IS 11 MONTHS. FOR COMPANIES TO WAIT TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION. WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT A PROJECT TONIGHT, AND I'M CERTAIN THEY KNOW THIS DEEP THESE DETAILS BETTER THAN I, BUT THEN ALSO ON STEEL ALONE IS 10 MONTHS. SO YOU THINK ABOUT THE IMPACTS THAT HAS TO CONSTRUCTION IN GENERAL WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? THIS SLIDE ACTUALLY PROVIDE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE OVERALL MARKETING. I'M GONNA GET COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CITY COUNCIL WANTED TO SEE. FIRST THE PURPOSE AND RESPONSIBILITY WAS TO PROVIDE AN ORGANIZED APPROACH. ON HOW UNION COUNTY MAYORS WILL SHOULD EFFECTIVELY MARKET THEMSELVES FOR ECONOMIC SUCCESS. THE SECOND PURPOSE OF THIS, AND THERE'S A DOCUMENT DRAFTED, HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY, BUT WILL BE TAKING IT TO THE SISSY HERE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. BUT THE OTHER BULLET POINT TO POINT OUT IS TO GENERATE IN THEORY, ENTHUSIASM AND PARTICIPATION FROM THE COMMUNITY AND ALL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS. AND THOSE ARE THAT'S REALLY THE PURPOSE OF WHY WE HAVE A MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY. ALSO THE OVERREACHING GOALS OF THE STRATEGY IN ITS MULTI PAGE A LOT OF TOO MANY PAGES, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE THAT WE'RE GOING TO AGAIN HAVE PROVED A APPROVED HIS POSITION. UNION COUNTY MAYORS WAS A COMMUNITY OF CHOICE FOR PERSPECTIVE.BUSINESSES IN RESIDENCE. TO ENHANCE UNION COUNTY MAYORS WHAT WAS OVERALL PRESENCE AND VISIBILITY TO OUR TARGET INDUSTRIES AND ALSO DEVELOP SUPPORT AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES, COMMUNITIES, COMMITTEE ORGANIZATIONS AND RESIDENTS.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IS TO GROW THE PIPELINE OF LEADS FOR BUSINESS RELOCATIONS AND EXPANSION PROJECTS. SO THOSE ARE THE OVERALL REACHING OVERALL REACHING GOALS AND STRATEGY.
ALSO THE TARGET INDUSTRIES, AND I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT WHO WE MARKET OURSELVES TO ONE IS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY LEADERS. WE DO A LOT WITH JAPANESE. OF COURSE, AS YOU KNOW 24 JAPANESE COMPANIES. TO DEVELOPERS, BROKERS AND SITE SELECTORS. THIS IS WHERE LEAN ASSOCIATES COMES INTO PLAY. AND THIS YEAR SO FAR, I THINK WE'VE HAD ABOUT FIVE SITE SELECTORS THAT'S VISITED THE COMMUNITY LOOKING AT THE PARK AND OTHER ITEMS. OTHER LOCATIONS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, REGIONAL AND STATE AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS WITH THE ANNUAL REPORT THAT JUST WENT OUT HERE RECENTLY. THE OTHER ITEM IS REGIONAL STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS. EXISTING COMPANIES, RESIDENTS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. SO THAT'S REALLY OUR TARGET INDUSTRY, AND THAT'S THE OVERALL STRATEGY. BUT ONCE WE HAVE A MORE FORMULA, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A DOCUMENT PREPARED TO DRAFT FORM WILL BRING THAT DOCUMENT BACK TO CITY COUNCIL. SO YOU UNDERSTAND EXACTLY THE DETAILS BEHIND THIS THESE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. AND THAT'S ALL I HAD THIS EVENING UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT. ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT. YES WOULD YOU MIND GOING BACK ONE MONTH LATE? JUST SO THAT WE HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CONSTRUCTION PACE THIS THIS IS BASICALLY BUILDING A SHELL. NOW THIS IS DOING THE GROUNDWORK. THIS IS DOING CONCRETE. THIS IS DUE IN THE POST THIS TO THE ROOF AND EVERYTHING WHEN YOU PUT THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY, YOU BASICALLY HAVE AN EMPTY BUILDING. THAT'S TRUE. YES SO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO IN THAT BUILDING, BUT YOU CAN USE IT FOR STORAGE. YOU NEED JOBS FOR IF YOU GOING TO DO PRODUCTION, YOU NEED MACHINERY AND EVERYTHING ELSE BUT AS FAR AS TO BUILDING IS CONCERNED, SO ESPECIALLY A MILLION DOLLARS BUILDING. WHICH IS $59 MILLION, AND THAT PROBABLY DOES NOT EVEN INCLUDE THE LAND THAT NEEDS TO BE REQUIRED TO BUILD THAT. THIS IS JUST STATE BUILDING COST. ABSOLUTELY IT DOES NOT INCLUDE, UM THE COSTS RELATED TO RACKING THE OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO GO AND BUILDINGS. A LOT OF THE DETAILS OF THE PERSONAL PROPERTY
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THAT GOES INTO IS NOT INCLUDE THAT MHM. YES OKAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. IT'S PRETTY EYE AWAKENING. WHEN YOU SEE THAT SLIDE. IT IS THAT MM. DEFINITELY IS, MR PRESIDENT. UH, QUICK QUESTION, ERIC. FIRST OF ALL, THANKS FOR SHARING THIS INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY THIS SLIDE. LOT OF INFORMATION. UM WE CAN SEE CLEARLY THAT THE COST OF BUILDING MATERIALS HAS GONE UP WITH THE LEAD TIMES AND MORE. I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S BEEN ANY IMPACT OF THAT. AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN IS THAT FLUCTUATED AT ALL AS FAR AS GETTING BETTER OR WORSE. I THINK IT'S GOTTEN WORSE, AND THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION FOR A COUPLE OF THE DEVELOPERS HERE NOW THEY'RE GOING TO SPEAK, BUT I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY GOTTEN WORSE. IT'S NOT GETTING BETTER YET HOPE IS, IT'S GOING TO GET BETTER. YOU THINK OF 10 MONTHS FOR STEEL? THAT'S JUST THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNT OF WAIT TIME. YOU KNOW THAT'S THE OTHER THING TO CHALLENGE WHEN YOU HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT WANT TO COME IN. THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT THESE COMPANIES HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. IS THIS AND I'VE SEEN EVERY DAY IN THE NEWS OF HOW COMPANIES ARE MAKING CHOICES NOT TO INVEST BECAUSE THEY WANT TO WAIT TO SEE IF THE CONSTRUCTION EXPENSES ACTUALLY COME DOWN. I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. THE OTHER PRESSURE POINT HERE I THINK WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND IS THE INTEL ALTHOUGH INTEL'S LOCATED IN NEW ALBANY, YOU KNOW THAT'S A MASSIVE INVESTMENT AND THEY BASICALLY WANT ABOUT EVERY CONTRACTOR IN CENTRAL OHIO PLUS OHIO, PROBABLY TO BE WORKING ON THAT PROJECT. SO THAT'S GONNA THINK KEEP CONSTRUCTION EXPENSE STILL HIGH. IT'S GOING TO BE A MAJOR PRESSURE POINT FOR US AS WE GO FORWARD THAT THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT WHERE WE ARE LOCATED. WE HAVE A LOT OF LAND HERE, AND IT'S NOT CONCERNED LIKE THE LAND OF THE EAST IS AS A RESULT OF INTEL. BUT STILL THESE CONSTRUCTION EXPENSES I THINK ARE STILL GOING TO BE DRAMATICALLY IMPACTED FOR US GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU HAD 11 MORE FOLLOW UP. UH NO NEED TO GO BACK TO THE OTHER SLIDES, BUT THE ISSUE A CLARIFICATION. UM OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE HEARD QUITE A BIT ABOUT SOUTHGATE. WE WORK WITH THE SOUTH GATE. WE KNOW WHAT THEY DO. THEY. COMFORTABLE WITH THE FACT THAT IT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE THE HEIDI COMPANY, THE INVESTMENT I AM OF 84 LUMBER IS GOING TO OFFER A SIMILAR TYPE OF PRODUCT OR PRODUCTS DIFFERENTLY, AND OKAY, UM, BEING OUT THERE NEXT TO EACH OTHER WITH THE SAME TYPE OF A BUILDING SO FIRST, SOUTHGATE IS CURRENTLY DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE LOOKING AT CONSTRUCTION EXPENSES EXACTLY THAT SLIDE. AND TRY TO DETERMINE WHEN BEST TO PULL THE PLUG OR PULL THE TRIGGER ON DOING THAT. AND UM, ON HARDY WORLD. UM THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT PRODUCT. THEY'RE LOOKING AT 30,000 SQUARE FOOT AROUND THAT INCREMENT IN THOSE BUILDINGS, WHEREAS SOUTHGATE WAS MORE IN THE 6000 SQUARE FOOT 6 TO 18,000 SQUARE FOOT, SO IT'S A LITTLE LARGER, MULTI TENANT SPACE. THEY'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT PRODUCT. FOR CERTAIN. OKAY SOUTH GATE BUILDING. THE SECOND BUILDING IS 112,000 SQUARE FOOT, AND I THINK THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE COMPARABLE TO THE HARDY WORLD SO THEY COULD COMPETE. BUT AGAIN VACANCY RATE AND INDUSTRIAL RIGHT NOW AND IN OUR COMMUNITIES ABOUT 1. SO IN COLUMBUS. IT'S 1.5% SO THERE'S CLEARLY THE NEED FOR INDUSTRIAL SPACE. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THE OTHER THING I THINK IS A GOOD THING IS REASSURING. AND THAT'S PART OF THE INTEL ANNOUNCEMENT. I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SEE MORE. WE'RE SHORT OF RESTORING BECAUSE OF THE SUPPLY TEAM ISSUES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT. THOSE THINGS WANT TO MORE COMPANIES ARE WANTING TO BE HOME VERSUS HAVING TO IMPORT FROM OTHER COUNTRIES. MHM. HMM. OKAY. THANK YOU, ERIC. REPORT OF THE CLARK CO COUNSEL. THANK YOU , MR PRESIDENT. I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT TONIGHT. THANK YOU, MACKENZIE. AND NEXT UP ON THE AGENDA IS HEARING A CITIZENS. THAT'S THE PART OF THE AGENDA. WE'RE CITIZENS CAN SPEAK ON ITEMS. THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE AGENDA. WE KIND OF THE GROUND RULES ARE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO FIVE MINUTES. UH STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND I THINK THAT THAT'S IT. IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT WANTS ADDRESS COUNCIL ON AN ITEM IS NOT PART OF THE AGENDA NOW WOULD BE THE TIME. IT'S THE TIME SORRY. THAT'S GOING ON WEAVER ROAD, PART OF THE AGENDA. OKAY?[Ord. A]
MOVING ON THEN TWO ORDINANCES. AND I'LL REMEMBER REMIND COUNSEL TO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR MICS ARE ON ORDINANCE, A FIRST READING TITLE ONLY AN ORDINANCE CONSIDERED CONSENTING TO AN ENTERPRISE ZONE AGREEMENT AMONG THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE UNION COUNTY, THE SCOTTS COMPANY LLC[00:30:05]
IN SIERRA MARYSVILLE STORAGE LLC AND THE EXECUTION OF A TAX REVENUE SHARING AGREEMENT.BETWEEN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE AND THE FAIRBANKS UNCLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION TO SHARE. FIRST COUNCIL MEMBERS. EXCITING PROJECT TONIGHT COMPANY HAS BEEN HERE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME ABOUT EXPANSION PROJECT IS GOING TO BE GOOD, GREAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW. AND THEN WITH US TONIGHT WE ALSO HAVE AN EQUALITY FROM SCOTTS AMERICA GROW. WE ALSO HAVE NELSON YODER FROM CRAWFORD WHORING. WHO IS THE DEVELOPER, AND WE HAVE SCOTT KAPLAN, WHO'S WITH THE CONTRACTOR WHO WILL ACTUALLY BE CONSTRUCTING THE FACILITY, LOOKING ALL THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE THAT WE LOOKED AT ABOUT CONSTRUCTION EXPENSES EARLIER, BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT. SO THE PLAN I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A MAP HERE IN A SECOND OF THE PROPERTY, BUT THE PLAN IS TO CONSTRUCT A NEW WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION FACILITY. IT WOULD BE DEVELOPED AND OWNED BY SIERRA MARY MARYSVILLE STORAGE, WHICH IS CRAWFORD HOYNE, AT LEAST BY THE SCOTS MIRACLE COMPANY, APPROXIMATELY 1.3 MILLION SQUARE FEET. WILL BE LOCATED ON AN 84 ACRE SITE AT FLAWED AND INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY. THAT'S THE FORMER SIDE OF WERE PELOTON WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING NEXT TO THE WATER TOWER. IT'S A $75 MILLION REAL PROPERTY INVESTMENT. 35 JOBS WILL BE RECREATED CREATED AN ALMOST $1.9 MILLION ANNUAL PAYROLL. THIS IS A MAP OF THE PROPERTY. YOU CAN SEE. THIS IS THE 84 ACRE PIECE. IT DOES ALLOW FOR A 70 ACRE PIECE TO THE REAR TO BE DEVELOPED AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE. THIS OF COURSE, IS FLAT ROAD. THIS IS INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY. THERE IS A DELAY HERE.
I APOLOGIZE. THIS IS US 33, WHICH IS LOCATED OVER HERE AS WELL. BUT THIS IS THE SITE.
CURRENT SCOTSMAN AVRO CAMPUS, OF COURSE, IS HERE. WE'RE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT. AS WELL.
THEY CURRENTLY OPERATE A 400,000 SQUARE FOOT DISTRIBUTION FACILITY LOCATED HERE, THE HEADQUARTERS BEING OVER HERE AS WELL. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE BUILDING LAYOUTS SITE PLAN AGAIN . THIS IS FLAT ROAD HERE. THIS IS INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY, WHICH IS LOCATED HERE. SORRY FEEL LIKE I'M LIFTING WEIGHTS HERE OR SOMETHING. BUT INDUSTRIAL PARK BRAKE ON THIS DIRECTION, BUT THE BUILDING IS AGAIN 1.3 MILLION SQUARE FEET. EVERYONE LAUGHED BECAUSE I SAID, ACTUALLY LIFT WEIGHTS, I THINK WAS THE LAUGH. BUT THIS IS THE LAYOUT. THE SITE PLAN THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.
IT'S ON 84 ACRES AWAY. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SCOTTS. MIRACLE GROWN, AND I THINK WE ALLOT OF US KNOW THIS, BUT I THINK IT'S GOOD TO UNDERSTAND THIS. THEY WERE FOUNDED IN MARYSVILLE IN 18 68. ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST MARKETERS OF BRANDED CONSUMER PRODUCTS FOR LAWN AND GARDEN.
THEY OPERATE THEIR WORLD HEADQUARTERS AND LARGEST MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN MARYSVILLE, AND FOR OVER THE PAST 154 YEARS. I THINK WE ALL KNOW THIS AS WELL. THEY'VE INVESTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. AND EMPLOYED THOUSANDS OF ASSOCIATES IN MARYSVILLE. THEY ALSO AND I THINK THIS IS VERY EXCITING. THEY'RE PLANNING TO CONSOLIDATE, THEREFORE, DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES IN THE COLUMBUS REGION. CURRENTLY THEY MAKE THE PRODUCT THEY SHIP IT TO OTHER DISTRIBUTION CENTERS. THIS IS GOING TO KEEP DISTRIBUTION AT HOME IN MARYSVILLE, SO PRODUCT WILL BE SHIPPED FROM THEIR CURRENT MANUFACTURING FACILITY AT THIS NEW DC THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTING A NEW STATE OF THE ART 1.3 MILLION SQUARE FOOT DISTRIBUTION CENTER , AND IT DEFINITELY WILL IMPROVE THEIR OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES AND SUPPORT THEIR CONTINUED GROWTH HERE IN MARYSVILLE. LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DEVELOPER AND I'M GONNA LET EACH OF THEM EACH OF THEM TALKED THIS EVENING. BUT CRAWFORD WHORING IS A FULL SERVICE REAL ESTATE COMPANY BASED IN DUBLIN. THEY'VE INVESTED HEAVILY IN OHIO WITH MORE THAN $2 BILLION IN COMPLETED AND ACTIVE DEVELOPMENTS. ACROSS THE STATE DOING ALL TYPES OF ABUSES. YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH BRIDGE PARK. THAT'S A CRAWFORD HORNING DEVELOPMENT, FOR EXAMPLE. AND THEY'VE ALIGNED THEMSELVES WITH THE INTEGRA INTEGRA IS A CONTRACTOR. THE NATIONAL BUILDER THAT IS WELL TIED TO AMAZON IS DOWN SOME OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST.
AND CONTRACTOR IS ACTUALLY SERVING AS THE G C FOR THIS PROJECT. THAT'S WHY IT'S A THREE PARTY AGREEMENT. YOU HAVE THE DEVELOPER SCOTS IN THE COUNTY. YOU'RE PROVIDING CONSENT. IF YOU APPROVE THIS THIS EVENING, SO AGAIN, IT'S BASED ON OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE POLICY. YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THAT BEFORE WE DID HAVE A NEGOTIATING TEAM MEETING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH THE CAREER TECH WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY, WHICH RECOMMENDED THAT 10 YEARS 75% OF ABATEMENT. THE BEAM AND ONLY APPLIES TO THE REAL PROPERTY NOT TO THE LAND INCREMENT. IT REQUIRES A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FAIRBANKS LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TOLLS
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, WHICH WILL INCLUDE AN INTERNSHIP SOME TYPE OF PROGRAM AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THERE IS ALSO AN ANNUAL TAX ABATEMENT FEE FOR MODERNIZING THE TAX ABATEMENT. AND ALSO JUST TO POINT OUT THAT RESULTS IN THE COMPANY'S SAVING ABOUT $4.1 MILLION OVER THE 10 YEAR TERM.THAT'S OUR ESTIMATE. WHAT'S ANOTHER KEY POINT IS THAT JOBS OHIO IS ALSO PROVIDING $160,000 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANT TO THE COMPANY TO ASSIST THEM THEM WHETHER THEIR EXPANSION AND ALSO IS POISED TO PROVIDE A GRANT TO THE CITY AND COUNTY AND THIS IS WHERE IT GETS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING THE RIGHT OF WAY ALONG INDUSTRIAL PARKWAYS, ACTUALLY COUNTY ROAD WHITE RIGHT AWAY.
AND SO THE COUNTY HAS TO BE INVOLVED WITH ANY ROAD IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAPPEN ALONG THIS SO WE ARE GOING TO PUT PUT IN TRAFFIC OR ACTUALLY TURN LINES, NOT TRAFFIC SIGNAL BUT TURN LINES AT THE SITE. AND IT'S APPROXIMATELY A MILLION DOLLARS IN TURN LANES AND HAVE TO BE CONSTRUCTED THIS SITE. AND THE NUMBER FOR THAT FROM THE STATE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED BECAUSE WE JUST RECEIVED THE ENGINEERS ESTIMATE APPROVAL FROM THE COUNTY ENGINEER TODAY. SO EVEN WITH THE 25% ABATEMENT, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE COMPANY WILL STILL PAY ABOUT $137,000 A YEAR IN TAXES. YOU CAN SEE ALMOST OVER A 10 YEAR TERM, ALMOST A MILLION GOING TO FAIRBANKS. 260,000 GOING TO THE COUNTER AND ABOUT 36,002 TOLLS. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT OVER THE 10 YEAR TERM ABOUT $370,000 IN INCOME TAXES WILL ACTUALLY GENERATED TO THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. WHAT IS THE SITE CURRENTLY GENERATE. THIS IS WHAT IT'S. IT'S BEING FARMED RIGHT NOW GENERATES ABOUT $3100 A YEAR IN TOTAL TAXES. THAT'S ABOUT $31,000 OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD.
FAIRBANKS CURRENTLY GETS ABOUT $2100 A YEAR, THE COUNTY ABOUT 594 AND TOLD ABOUT $83. SO EVEN WITH THE ABATEMENT WITH 25% THE TAXES ARE GOING TO GO UP DRAMATICALLY FOR THIS SITE. SO A LITTLE BIT ANOTHER CAVEAT. BECAUSE IN LIFE THERE'S EVERYTHING IS NOT BLACK AND WHITE. WE ALL HAVE ALWAYS HAVE GRAY AREAS, BUT THE STATE OF OHIO REQUIRES US TO HAVE A REVENUE SHARING AGREEMENT WITH THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. WHEN PAYROLL EXCEEDS A MILLION DOLLARS AT ANY TIME DURING THE TERM OF THE ABATEMENT, SO THEREFORE WE HAVEN'T OUR INCENTIVE POLICY OUTLINES A PROCESS ON HOW THAT IS DONE. THE CURRENT FORMULA IS WHERE WE PUT ALL TAXES, THAT MEANS REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND INCOME TAXES TOGETHER AS ONE AND THEN IT SPLIT 50 50 BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT , AND THAT'S HOW WE SET IT UP.
UM THE THERE'S OTHER WAYS YOU CAN DO THAT, BUT THAT'S HOW OUR COMMUNITY HAS SET IT UP. AND THAT WAS SET UP SOME TIME AGO. I THINK 2000 AND SIX IS WHEN WE SET UP THAT METHOD. NOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS PROJECT IS PROPERTY TAX INTENSIVE, WHICH MEANS IT GENERATES A LOT OF PROPERTY TAX AND NOT A LOT OF INCOME TAX. SO WE ANTICIPATE THIS LIKELY THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A REQUIRED SHARES PART OF THIS. BUT THERE STILL HAS TO BE THE STRUCTURE THAT WE ACTUALLY APPROVED. THAT'S PART OF YOUR APPROVAL THIS EVENING AS WELL.
SO THE COMPANY IS ALSO PURSUING WHAT WE CALL A CAPITAL LEASE. IT GOES THROUGH OUR PORTS AUTHORITY . THE MAYORS WERE UNION COUNTY REPORT AUTHORITY, IT IS ARRANGEMENT FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS, THE PORT AUTHORITY WOULD ACTUALLY OWN THIS FACILITY AND LEASE IT BACK. TO THE DEVELOPER . IT'S SYNTHETIC. KEEP THAT IN MIND, BUT IT ALLOWS FOR THE COMPANY TO SAVE IN SALES TAX EXEMPTION, PAYING SALES TAX. THE REASON WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CONSTRUCTION EXPENSES WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. BUT ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE MAJORITY OF PROPERTY TO ACTUALLY SALES TAX ACTUALLY COME FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY, NOT FROM UNION COUNTY. SO WE ESTIMATE THE ANNUAL SAVINGS TO BE ABOUT $2.1 MILLION. SO THE TIMELINE SO TONIGHT? WE'RE HERE BEFORE CITY COUNCIL. WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THE ENTERPRISE ZONE AGREEMENT AS WELL AS THE REVENUE SHARING AGREEMENT FOR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING. ON MAY 16TH. WE WILL GO TO THE FAIRBANKS LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR APPROVAL OF THE REVENUE SHARING AGREEMENT . THEY DO NOT HAVE TO PROVE THE TAX ABATEMENT BECAUSE IT'S ONLY 75% 10 YEARS. MAY 25TH. WE'RE SCHEDULED TO GO BEFORE UNION COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION AS WELL. SOMETIME IN MAY OR JUNE. ONCE THE TERM SHEET AND DOCUMENTS ARE PREPARED, WE WILL GO TO THE MAYOR'S, WHERE UNION COUNTY SUPPORT AUTHORITY CONSIDER THE CAPITAL LEASE AGREEMENT. IN MAY AND JUNE OF THE OF THIS YEAR. WE WILL ALSO BE COMING BACK MORE THAN LIKELY WITH LEGISLATION FOR YOU TO CONSIDER TO DO A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT ON THE PROPERTY. THE REASON WHY THERE IS A SHORTFALL IN FUNDING . WE'RE NOT GOING TO RECEIVE THE $1 MILLION THAT WE NEED TO COVER THE EXPENSES RELATED. TO THE TURN. LINES ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED. SO WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING IS TO DO A TIFF, A NON SCHOOL TIFF WHERE THE SCHOOLS WILL ACTUALLY BE MADE WHOLE IN THE SITUATION. SO THAT WILL BE BACK FOR YOU TWO FOR CONSIDERATION SOMETIME IN JUNE, MORE THAN LIKELY AT THIS POINT. THEN, HOPEFULLY IN JUNE AND JULY . NOT SOON ENOUGH. I'M CERTAIN TO SCOTS AND TO CRAWFORD WINNING CONSTRUCTION WOULD BEGIN ON THIS PROJECT. LAST YOU KNOW, COUPLE,
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I THINK BENEFITS TO CONSIDER. YOU KNOW, IN A PERFECT WORLD, IT WOULD BE GREAT NOT TO HAVE ANY TAX INCENTIVES, BUT WE LIVE IN A VERY COMPETITIVE MARKETPLACE, AND I KNOW SCOTT'S WAS CONSIDERING MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. THEY DECIDED TO STAY HOME. AND THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR 150 PLUS YEARS AND NOW THEY'RE GOING TO FURTHER CEMENT THEIR THEIR FUTURE HERE IN MARYSVILLE. YOU WERE ALSO, UM OPTIMIZE THEIR OPERATIONS, ALLOWING THEM TO BE MORE SUCCESSFUL WILL BE MINIMAL DEMANDS ON SCHOOLS TURN LANES AND OTHER POTENTIAL ROAD IMPROVEMENTS WILL CURL ALONG INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY, WHICH TO IMPROVE THE CORRIDOR. ALSO HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS AND THEN ALSO, THIS WILL ALSO ALLOW US TO BE CONTINUE TO BE A PARTNER WITH SCOTTS MIRACLE GRO BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN SUCH A GREAT PARTNER TO US. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS. AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME I COULD INTRODUCE AND NOW BUT I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE FOR ME RIGHT NOW. QUESTION, ERIC, WHERE CURRENT CURRENTLY WHERE ARE THERE? UM DISTRIBUTION CENTERS. AS OF RIGHT NOW THAT THEY'RE PULLING OUT OF THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I DIDN'T MARION'S ONE OF THEM, BUT I'M NOT GONNA STEAL AND THUNDER. THAT'S A QUESTION FOR AN TO ANSWER. YEAH. IT'S A SIG. YEAH. ONE OF THEM. YES, MR MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I'M AN AQUILA WITH SCOTTS MIRACLE GRO. THEY'RE ACTUALLY ALL LOCATED HERE IN THE CENTRAL OHIO AREA. WE USE A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR RIGHT NOW. AGAIN THOSE SHOPS WILL BE QUICKLY FULFILLED WITH OTHER FREIGHT NEEDS BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO GET STUFF TO MOVE AROUND, AND WE'LL CREATE 35 NEW JOBS AT THIS NEW DISTRIBUTION FACILITY HERE IN UNION COUNTY.SO I GUESS MY STILL MY QUESTION IS WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE TO LOOK UP. I JUST KNOW THEY'RE IN THE CENTRAL OHIO AREA. BUT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER I CAN GO AHEAD AND GET THAT INFORMATION AND FOLLOW UP. BUT BUT THERE'S FOUR OF THEM AND THEN YOU'RE CONSOLIDATING TO ONE AND ALL OF THEM HERE. THANK YOU. COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS, LIKE ERIC AND I'D LIKE TO MAYBE TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE TIFF OR THE TAX INCENTIVE FINANCING. HOW EXACTLY DOES THAT WORK KIND OF KIND OF WALK THROUGH THAT FAIRLY QUICKLY, BUT YOU SAID THAT WOULD NOT HAVE AN IMPACT TO THE SCHOOL. SO WHAT? WHAT IS THE MECHANISM FOR THAT? SO YOU HAVE WHAT YOU CALL AND TIFF. SO TAX TAX INCREMENT FINANCING IS BASICALLY YOU TAKE THE LAND IN THIS CASE FOR THE 1ST 10 YEARS, SO THEY'RE STILL TAXES BEING PAID ON THE LAND. SO THE REAL PROPERTY YOU'RE NOT PAYING YOUR GETTING ABATEMENT ON THE 75% 75% FOR 10 YEARS, BUT THE TIFF ALLOWS YOU WHERE YOU CAN DO THE 1ST 10 YEARS ON THE LAND YEARS, 11 THROUGH 30. YOU CAN DO IT ON THE BUILDING AND THE LAND. AND SO THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE A 30 YEAR. TIFF UM, IT'S KEY TO POINT OUT ITS NON SCHOOL NON SCHOOL MEANS THAT THEY ARE MADE WHOLE. SO THE CAREER TECH AS WELL AS FAIRBANKS, THE CREW TECH HAS TOLLS. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS FAIRBANKS WILL BE MADE HOLES THEY'LL GET THE TAXES THEY NORMALLY WOULD GET. THE MONEY IS THERE LEFT OVER, WHICH ARE REALLY FROM COUNTY SERVICES AND OTHER ITEMS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE PUT INTO A POTENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUND FIRST TO PAY THE DEBT SERVICE BECAUSE WE'RE TO HAVE A BOND ISSUANCES RELATED THIS THEN IF THERE'S ANY MONEY LEFT OVER AND GO BACK INTO ROAD IMPROVEMENTS IN AND AROUND THIS DEVELOPMENT, OKAY, ALRIGHT. AND THEN IF YOU GO BACK AND OTHER SLIDE WE TALKED ABOUT THE SALES TAX EXEMPTION. WHAT IS THE REASON FOR THE SEVEN YEARS? WE DO OTHER THINGS? 10 YEARS WE DO OTHER THINGS AND AT SOME POINT IN THE GAME AFTER SEVEN YEARS, IS THE SALES TAX STILL GOING TO NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF, OR IS THAT UM AND NOT THAT IT AFFECTS NATURAL MUCH BECAUSE STILL STATES GOES TO THE COUNTY ANYWAY. BUT WHAT EXACTLY IS THE MECHANICS OF THE SEVEN YEARS ON SALE STICKS FIRST, UM 90 PLUS PERCENT OF THE BUILDING MATERIALS. IT'S ONLY ON THE BUILDING MATERIALS. CONSTRUCTION BUILDING MATERIALS ARE ACTUALLY WHERE YOU HAVE THE EXEMPTION ON SALES TAX 90 PLUS PRESENTED THAT IS GOING TO BE PURCHASED FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY, NOT FROM UNION COUNTY. SO IT IMPACTS ONLY IMPACT. OUR CANDIDATE VERY MUCH AT ALL WON'T RUN. SEVEN YEARS IS JUST THE NUMBER OF THE STATE OF OHIO. WHAT WHAT ATTORNEYS WHEN THEY DO THESE DEALS, WE DID THE HONDA DATA CENTER. IT WAS SEVEN YEARS. SEVEN YEARS IS THE NUMBER THEY USE, SO IT'S A SYNTHETIC LEAST FOR SEVEN YEARS. IT WILL GO AWAY AFTER SEVEN YEARS AND REVERT BACK TO OWNERSHIP. OF THE DEVELOPER, AND THAT'S JUST THE VEHICLE TO ALLOW FOR THE SALES TAX EXEMPTION TO OCCUR. IT'S JUST THE WAY THE LAWS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN. AND THEN ONE LAST QUESTION, IF IT'S OKAY, UM, OBVIOUSLY, UM OVER TIME, AND YOU ALLUDED TOWARDS THAT THINGS ARE BECOMING MORE COMPETITIVE. WE HAVE TO BE MORE CREATIVE, UM ME
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OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS FREQUENTLY HAVE HEARD THE TITLE THEM A PILOT WHERE THE INSTEAD OF ALLURE OF TEXAS. A PILOT PROGRAM WAS USED. THIS MECHANICS HAVE NOT SEEN BEFORE. HAVE YOU USED THIS TYPE OF MCINNIS BEFORE AND ABOUT OTHER PROPERTY HAVE USED IT. WE HAVE NOT USED ARE.THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE USED THIS. THIS IS KIND OF UNIQUE. IT'S NOT. THERE'S NOT A PILOT INVOLVED. PILOT WOULD BE A PAYMENT COMING FROM THE COMPANY. TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR TO A TAXING AUTHORITIES. YEAH THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO GENERATE IT. IN ITS SENSE, THOUGH. YOU KNOW, SCOTT'S IS GOING TO BE PAYING THE TAX BILL. SO IN A SENSE, YOU KNOW THE PAYMENT'S GOING TO SCHOOL. THEY'RE THEY'RE PAYING THAT IN A SENSE, THEY'RE STILL GOING TO BE PAYING TAXES. MHM YEAH, NO, I GET THAT, BUT IT IS BEING SPLIT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SCHOOLS. THAT'S THERE WAS ON THE ON THE INCOME FROM THE INCOME TEXT ON THE INCOME SIDE. BUT AGAIN THAT'S ONLY FOR THE 1ST 10 YEARS UNTIL THE ABATEMENT HAS BEEN FORGIVEN. YEAH, OKAY. LOT OF COMPLICATIONS HERE, BUT BUT BUT IT IS A DIFFERENT STRUCTURE. AND YOU KNOW ON A COLLEGE PRICE FELONY FROM BRICKER, WHO'S PUTTING THESE DOCUMENTS TOGETHER TODAY, AND YOU KNOW, WE ASKED HIM HE'S DONE THIS BEFORE IT IS UNIQUE FOR US IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER DONE A TIFF WITH AN ABATEMENT.
IT IS SOMETHING YOU NEED TO US, BUT IS A TOOL THAT WE CAN USE TO BENEFIT US IN THE FUTURE. YEAH, AND AGAIN. FOR IT'S SUCH A BIG PROJECT, UM, NOT REALLY TALKING AND EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF, UM UM, OF WAGES? YEAH, IN THE REPORT OUT HERE. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LESS THAN TWO MILLION IN WAGES THAT IT WOULD BE 30,000 THAT WOULD BE SPLIT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL. SO DURING THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS NOT THAT WE'RE TALKING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, MAYBE OVER THE 10 YEAR PERIOD, BUT FROM YEAR TO YEAR. IT'S NOT AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT THAT THE CITY WOULD BE GIVEN UP.
THAT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE. THERE'S A CHANCE YOU MAY NOT HAVE TO SHARE ANY BASED ON THE NUMBERS HOW THEY'RE GENERATED. SO THIS WILL BE ANALYZED EACH YEAR. SO WE HAVE A TAX INCENTIVE FOR YOU, COUNSEL. SO EVERY YEAR WE'LL LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE RIGHT PAYMENTS IF PAYMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO GO TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAPPENED. THE TIFF WILL BE RUDE BY THE TURKEY AS WELL EVERY YEAR TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE DEVELOPER THE COMPANY, THEY HAVE MET ALL THEIR THRESHOLDS. OKAY, THANK YOU APPRECIATE IT. IT'S GOING TO BE ONE BIG BUILDING OUT THERE. WHAT IT WON WON WON WONDERFUL 1.3 MILLION. THAT'S A VERY BIG BUILDING. YES. CONGRATULATIONS ON THE IDEA THAT SCOTS IS CONTINUES TO BE COMMITTED TO THEIR HOMETOWN. MHM YES, SOLID ATING THEIR OPERATIONS TO BRING THEM WITHIN THE CORPORATION LIMITS OF MARYSVILLE. I MEAN, WE'RE SO FORTUNATE AS A COMMUNITY HAVE A HOMETOWN COMPANY LIKE THAT SO AND IT'S NOT LAUNCHED ON ME ANYWAYS, THE LAST TIME YOU STARTED THE PROCESS AND THEN SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE DON'T NEED THE FINANCE AND THANKS TO THE CITY VERY GOOD ABOUT THAT. BUT WE HAD SOME VERY GOOD TIMES THANKS TO COVID, AND WE FELT THAT WAS THE BEST THING TO DO WAS JUST SAYING IN THIS TIME, I THINK TO HELP US OPTIMIZE EFFORTS. THIS WOULD BE A BIG HELP TO US. SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER FOR REMEMBERING WE APPRECIATE IT, AND WE APPRECIATE THE KIND WORDS THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE THE DEVELOPER. TIGHT. THE CONTRACTOR. MHM. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL NELSON YODER PRINCIPLE WITH CRAWFORD HOLDING DEVELOPMENT FROM COLUMBUS, JUST UP THE ROAD , AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR HEARING THIS CASE, AND WE'RE JUST HONORED TO BE WORKING WITH SCOTT'S JUST A GREAT GREAT COMPANY HOMEGROWN HERE IN MARYSVILLE AND DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP SERVE THEM. AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY HERE IN MARYSVILLE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. MAYBE MAYBE 11 MORE IF YOU DON'T MIND. WELL IT PROBABLY REFERRED WHOEVER DID THE TRAFFIC STUDY AND, UM, OF COURSE WE ALSO HAVE TO BE MINDFUL. YEAH I SAW IN THE SLIDE OUT THERE THAT IS 9000. FEET AWAY FROM THE EXISTING, WHICH IS A REASONABLE I ASSUME THAT MOST OF THE TRAFFIC THAT HAS TO GO OUT FOR THE LAVERY IT'S AN EASY
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WHEN YOU MAKE IT AT THE PLANNED TO BRING INTO THE DISTRIBUTION CENTER. BUT THEN YOU COMBINE YOUR ORDERS AND ANY SHIP IT OUT. 42 OBVIOUSLY CONTINUES TO BE BUILT OUT CONTINUES TO BE A BIGGER NIGHTMARE. SO I IMAGINE MOST OF ALL, THE TOPIC WILL COME BACK AGAIN TO SCOTT'S LAND. UM I HAVE DEFINITE STUDIES BEING DONE . AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, UM HAD YOUR YOUR YOUR COMPANY IS THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO, UM, BE MOST AFFECTED BY IT, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALREADY TALKED ABOUT TURN LINES, WHICH I THINK IS A VERY GOOD MOVE. BUT YOU THINK YOU'LL BE OKAY WITH THE TRAFFIC ON INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY, AND THEN IT TURNS TO GO INTO SCOTT'S DOWNLOAD. SO FIRST , THE JEREMY HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE COUNTY, WHICH JEFF STYLES ON THIS THERE IS A TRAFFIC STUDY HAS BEEN DONE. ACTUALLY THE TRAFFIC STUDY DOES NOT TRAFFIC IS SO LOW. HIS RESOLVE. THIS DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT RECOMMEND TURN LANES, HOWEVER, THAT THE CITY ENGINEERING STAFF AS WELL AS THE KENNY AND DURING STAFF FEEL THE TERM LINES ARE APPROPRIATE HERE, BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE TRUCKS, MIXING WITH WITH PASSENGER VEHICLES, SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT THOSE TRAFFIC THERE TURN LANES IN AS A RESULT, BUT A TRAFFIC STUDY HAS BEEN DONE.IT'S BEEN REVIEWED BY JEREMY. IT'S BEEN REVIEWED BY JEFF WE'VE RECEIVED IT LAST WEEK. I BELIEVE I KNOW JEREMY IF YOU WANT ANOTHER POINT TO MAKE, AND I THINK IT'S GOING WHERE HANKS TALKING I THINK BY THE TIME THIS IS CONSTRUCTED, THERE'S GOING TO BE IN THE IMPROVEMENTS MADE TO 42 INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY. SO THE TIMELINESS OF THAT, JEREMY, DO WE KNOW WHEN THOSE IMPROVEMENTS OF 42 INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY ARE SCHEDULED TO THE COUNTY ENGINEER KNOW THAT IT SEEMS LIKE THE SCHEDULES MOVED A LITTLE BIT ON THAT ONE. SO, KNOWING THE LENGTH OF TIME IT WILL TAKE TO CONSTRUCT THIS, WE MAY SEE IMPROVEMENTS TO 42 INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY BEFORE IT'S PUT INTO FULL OPERATION, BUT IT WILL PROBABLY IN THAT BALLPARK. WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S A GREAT POINT. I THINK IT'S 23 24 IS WHEN CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON THE ON THAT, OKAY. BUT THE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO INDUSTRIAL AND 42 THE OTHER POINT TO MAKE IS THAT SCOTT'S FIELDS THERE NEEDS TO BE TURNED REIGNS AS WELL. SO SCOTT'S THE CITY, THE COUNTY ALL FEEL THE TERMINATIONS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO HAVE THEIR IN THE TRAFFIC STANDPOINT.
THANK YOU APPRECIATE IT. YES AARON DONALD HAD 11 MORE QUESTION ONLY REASON WHY I ASKED ABOUT THE YOU KNOW WHERE THE COMMUNITIES ARE MOVING THROUGH. HOW MANY TRAILERS I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING YOU GOT. I MEAN, I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS AND I THINK YOU DID COME THROUGH DRB ALREADY CORRECT MY WRONG ABOUT THAT? YES. SO I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS ONE. SO HOW MANY TRAILERS ARE THERE GOING TO BE? HOW YOU KNOW, LIKE THE DOOR LIKE HOW MANY TRIGGER LIKE HOW MANY SIMILES ARE GOING TO BE COMING OUT OF THEIR DAILY? COUNCILMAN I APOLOGIZE. I DO NOT HAVE THOSE FIGURES, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP ON THAT QUESTION SPECIFICALLY, AND THE QUESTION ABOUT THE LOCATIONS. I WAS JUST MAKING A NOTE OF THAT AS WELL UP WITH YOU THE YOU KNOW, THE ONLY THE ONLY CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD AS THE TOWN DEVELOPS AS THAT PART OF THE AREA DEVELOPED SCOTT'S YOU DO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROPERTY, YOU KNOW VERY NICELY.
UM I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED WITH THE LACK OF SCREENING THERE WAS AROUND THE BUILDING, AND I JUST THINK LIKE I WOULD HOPE THAT MAYBE YOU GUYS WOULD DO A LITTLE EXTRA AND SCREENING. UM THE LOADING DOCKS BECAUSE WHATEVER DEVELOPMENT COMES NEXT UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS WANT TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND WE WANT TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT MORE GOING TO BE DEVELOPED IN THAT AREA THAN JUST OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS AND THAT IS A VERY LARGE FACILITY WITH GOING TO BE A LOT OF LIGHTS AND YOU KNOW, GARAGES AND SUCH SO ANYWAY , THOSE THOSE WERE MY CONCERNS.
AND I EXCUSE ME, MR. COUNCILMAN UM WE HAD ALWAYS TRIED TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS. I THINK TO YOUR POINT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE WAY WE MAINTAIN OUR PROPERTY THE WAY WE'VE TRIED TO WORK WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AROUND US, I THINK THAT'S ALWAYS VERY IMPORTANT TO US, AND I WOULDN'T SEE US ACTING ANY DIFFERENTLY WITH THIS FACILITY. I KNOW WE'RE WE'RE VERY CLOSE. I DON'T KNOW IF NELSON. YEAH IF NELSON IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO A FEW THINGS, BUT THAT IS DEFINITELY A COMMITMENT THAT YOU WOULD SEE FROM THE COMPANY BEFORE AND GOING FORWARD AS WELL. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE WORKED THROUGH WITH DESIGNER REVIEW BOARD AS WELL AS THERE'S A 14 FT HIGH GRASS MOUND BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY AND THE AREA WHERE THE LOADING IS OCCURRING WITH THAT'S ALSO HEAVILY LANDSCAPED. THERE'S A TWO MILE. I'M NOT TOO MUCH TO 1000 FT. LONG SHARED USE PATHS, WHICH WILL RUN PARALLEL, SO THIS LITTLE BE ABLE TO CREATE A GOOD IMPORTANT LINK, EVENTUALLY IN THE SHARED USE PATHS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE DOWN. EFFECTIVELY HALF A MILE OF THE SECURITIES PATH AT
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ONE TIME IS GOING TO BE, I THINK VERY, VERY HELPFUL AS WE TRY TO GET CONNECTIVITY UP AND DOWN INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY FOR THE RESIDENTS HERE AT MARYSVILLE, WE HAVE SOME RENDERINGS THAT WE HAVE PREPARED. WE CAN EVEN SHARE WITH YOU AFTER THE MEETING, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY YOUR VIEW FROM INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY IS GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL TREAT SLOPE WITH A BIKE PATH IN FRONT OF IT.AND THE ONLY AREA IS THE WINDOWS INTO THE PROJECT THAT YOU CAN SEE. OR INTO THE ENTRANCES, WHICH IS WHERE THE OFFICES ARE. AND THE ENTRANCE FEATURES ARE TO THE OFFICE. SO WE'VE BEEN VERY, VERY CONSCIOUS ABOUT CREATING A ATTRACTIVE YOU FROM INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY. JUST ACROSS THE STREET IS THE FOREVER AGRICULTURAL EASEMENT, SO FIELDS THERE AND THEN A SLOPED HILL WITH WITH LANDSCAPING AND THE BIKE PATH. WILL BE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE ROAD. INTO ANSWER DONALD'S QUESTION THEY HAVE, ACCORDING TO THE TRAFFIC STUDY. 40 CARS 20 COMING IN 20 COMING OUT DURING THE PEAK HOUR AND THEN 12 TOTAL SUMMERS IN THE WORST HOUR OF ANY DAY. PRETTY MINIMAL. AND IT'S INTERESTING TOO, BECAUSE MOST OF THOSE TRUCKS ARE CURRENTLY LEAVING THE SCOTS FACILITY AND THERE ANYWAY, THEY'RE JUST TAKING IT GOING STRAIGHT INSTEAD OF JOURNEY LEFT SO THERE SHOULDN'T BE MUCH OF AN IMPACT, TOO. THE COMMUNITY. OKAY THANK YOU TO CATCH WAS. I'M JUST ALWAYS AMAZED WHEN YOU GO TO THE FEDEX BUILDING ON IT OFF OF INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY IN THE AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPING AND TREES. THAT WERE PLANTED AROUND THAT BUILDING. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S THE REASON WHY I JUST BROUGHT IT UP. THANK YOU. OKAY THANK YOU. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON MAY 23RD OH, OR SO WE WANT TO. WE HAD A REQUEST TO WAIVE THE THIRD READING. FOR THE TIME DUE TO THE TIMING. AND I MISS THAT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION AWAY FROM SURGERY? SO MOVED ANY DISCUSSION. ROLL CALL, MR BURBEY. YES MR CARPENTER? YES MR SEYMOUR WROTE . YES MR BERGER? YES, MR REEMS. MR ROUSH. SEVEN? YES. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON MAY 23RD. ORDINANCE BE FIRST READING TITLE, ONLY TO AUTHORIZE AND
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APPROVE AN AGREEMENT TO CREATE THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, JEROME TOWNSHIP JOINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREATING AND PRESERVING JOBS AND APPROVING RELATED MATTERS. AND ANOTHER PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE PULLED UP HERE.THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS IS ACTUALLY I THINK YOU'RE AWARE OF THIS LEGISLATION COMING FORWARD. WE JUST MADE UPDATES TO THE CETA. AND NOW WE'RE BRINGING THE JED THIS IS THE ACTUAL CREATION OF THE JET. UM KIND OF THE TIMELINE. YOU KNOW, WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT JED'S AND SETTLES IN 2000 AND THREE. THIS HAS BEEN A ALMOST 20 YEARS NOW, BUT WE ACTUALLY BEGAN NEGOTIATIONS WITH JEROME TOWNSHIP IN MARCH OF 2000. 13 SO IT'S BEEN NINE YEARS TO GET THE JED UP AND GOING SO A LONG TIME. AND ALL THAT TERRY COMMENT, TOO, AS WELL. BUT BUT A LOT OF WORK IS GOING IN THIS FROM FROM FROM FROM A FROM STARTING IN 13 UNTIL TODAY, AS WELL. SO REALLY? AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EVERY BULLET HERE. BUT AGAIN, A CETA SETS UP AN AREA KIND OF GERRYMANDERS, A DISTRICT OR AN AREA. THE JED THEN IS, UH, CREATED BY EVERY TIME A PROPERTY NEEDS WATER AND SEWER TAPS. BASICALLY THAT OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY TO RECEIVE WATER AND SEWER HAS TO BECOME IN THE JET OR BE PART OF THE JET. THE JET ALLOWS YOU TO DO AN INCOME TAX.
IN AND SO FORTH, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT SPLITS HERE IN A SECOND, SO THE JET AGREEMENT IS ACTUALLY , UM, 50 YEARS WITH TWO AUTOMATIC 25 YEAR EXTENSIONS AS WELL. FAST FORWARD IN THE MAKEUP OF THE JET BOARD. THERE ARE FIVE MEMBERS TRUSTEE. THE CITY MANAGER, A BUSINESS OWNER POINTED BY THE TOWNSHIP OF BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE POINTED BY THE CITY, SO EACH OF THEM GET TWO SEATS. IN THE COUNTY ENGINEER WOULD BE THE FIFTH SEED IS HOW THE SETUP IS GOING TO HAPPEN HERE WITH THIS. THE KEY TO THIS IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE CETA, WE ONLY HAVE TO HAVE ONE JED BOARD FOR THE ENTIRE CETA. IF WE DID INDIVIDUAL JETS, THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION FOR EVERY PROPERTY, YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE A JET BOARD FIVE PEOPLE FOR EVERY PIECE OF PROPERTY IN THE TOWNSHIPS, SO THIS ALLOWS US TO HAVE ONE JET BOARD FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES. HMM. SO
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REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE FOCUS IS, YOU KNOW INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT FUTURE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S WHY WE CALL IT A JED. WE CAN 11 AN INCOME TAX EQUAL TO THE CITY'S INCOME TAX OF 1.5. THE BREAKDOWN OF THE REVENUE 60% GOES TO THE JET FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS WERE 55% TO INFRASTRUCTURE 5% ADMINISTRATION, 20% GOES INTO THE CITY WHO GOES TO THE CITY IN 20% GOES TO THE TOWNSHIP. OF THE 20 GOING TO THE CITY. 3% IS COLLECTED BY THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR COLLECTION FEES. SO THESE ARE THE FIRST PROPERTIES. UM THIS IS US 42.WHICH IS LOCATED HERE. THIS, OF COURSE, IS 33. THIS IS THE PIECE OF PROPERTY. YOU CAN ALWAYS LOOK AT THE RIGHT AND SEE THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY TO THE RIGHT. AND THEN THIS PROPERTIES PARKS DRILLING, WHICH IS AN INDUSTRIAL PARK THAT'S BEING CONSTRUCTED AS WE SPEAK. THESE ARE THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAVE SIGNED THE PETITION TO BE PART OF THE JED THE FIRST CREATION OF THE JET.
IT IS QUITE LIKELY OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. YOU MAY SEE A COUPLE MORE PROPERTIES THAT WILL JOIN INTO THE JET AS WELL. BUT THESE ARE THE FIRST TWO THAT ARE WILLING TO BE PART OF THE JET, AND THEY DO HAVE TO SIGN A PETITION AT THE SAME TIME THEY SIGN UP FOR WATER AND SEWER TAP FEES. SO AGAIN THIS I THINK THE GOAL HERE IS TO CREATE A COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TOWNSHIP VERSUS ANNEXATION. JEROME TOWNSHIP GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE 1 61. THAT'S WHAT 14 MILES AWAY FROM HERE. THAT'S A LONG DISTANCE FOR THE CITY EXTENDED SERVICES, SO THE GAME PLAN IS TO PARTNER WITH THE TOWNSHIP TO PUT MONEY BACK IN INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT MORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IT MAKES IT MUCH BETTER WHEN ALL THESE ARE ON THE CITY'S WATER AND SEWER AS WELL BECAUSE IT'S MORE MONEY THAT WILL BE GENERATED FOR THE CITY AS WELL. BUT I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EVERY BULLET. YOU'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE. IN THE PAST. SO OUR NEXT STEPS, UM, THIS IN JUNE, BASICALLY, THE TOWNSHIP WILL APPROVE AND CONSIDER, AS WELL AS THREE READINGS. SO YOU APPROVE THIS IN JUNE AS WELL? AND THEN IN THE FUTURE GOING JUNE FORWARD ALL FUTURE PRODUCTS AND PROJECTS NEEDING WATER AND SEWER WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE PART OF THE JED WILL BE 1.5% INCOME TAX WILL ACTUALLY BE LEVIED. THEN ALLOCATIONS WILL GO TO SUPPORT FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF JEROME TOWNSHIP. AND WHICH IS ALL GOOD NEWS FOR US GOING FORWARD. SO AGAIN, TERRY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING. YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS FROM DAY ONE. YOU KNOW, I WOULD ONLY STRESS THAT THIS IS A TOTAL TEAM EFFORT AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CITY'S INVOLVEMENT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. I GET, UH EXTEND. THANK YOU TO DAVE BURKE. HE'S BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT AS WELL AS KRISH MIG. SHE WAS INVOLVED. UM THE OF COURSE. THE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES, THE COUNTY ENGINEER. EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME PATH RIGHT NOW. WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS HAD THAT THROUGH THE YEARS, AND IT'S JUST FANTASTIC TO SEE WHERE WE ARE, AND I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE. THIS FORWARD AND IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT US. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE BY THE LENGTH OF THE AGREEMENTS. IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT US AND THE TOWNSHIP FOR MANY, MANY YEARS TO COME. THE FIRST BUILDING IN PARKS. DRILLING IS ALMOST UP, SO WE'LL BE COLLECTING GRADUATE BUSY SOONER. YOU'LL PROBABLY ALSO AND I HAVEN'T SPECIFICALLY . BUT THE BREAD IS PRETTY THOROUGH WHEN HE DOES LIKE HIS MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORTS AS WE START GENERATING INCOME. FROM THE JED YOU'LL HAVE IN HIS MONTHLY REPORT. FINANCIAL REPORT WHOLE SECTION, PROBABLY JUST ON THE JET COLLECTIONS. AND THINGS SUCH AS THAT SO JUST TO KEEP IN MIND WILL TRACK IT VERY CLOSELY.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. OKAY THIS WILL BE BACK FOR A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON MAY 23RD. THAT WAS HIS THIRD AND LAST, RIGHT? YEAH AH, THANKS. ORDINANCE E SECOND
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READING PUBLIC HEARING TO APPROVE CEMETERY ADVISORY BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION TO AMEND SECTIONS 9 41 POINT OH, SIX B AND 9 41 POINT OH, NINE, THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. ADMINISTRATION COMMENTS. ADMINISTRATION HAS NOTHING FURTHER UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. COUNCIL COMMENTS. I THINK DONALD YOU HEAR SOMETHING? I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, THANK YOU TO THE CEMETERY BOARD AND STAFF AND YOU GUYS FOR, YOU KNOW, LOOKING LOOKING OVER THIS WITH ME. AND UM YOU KNOW, WHEN I BECAME THE WHEN I AT THAT TIME WAS THE[01:05:05]
CHAIRMAN OF THE CEMETERY BOARD. I WAS ABLE TO LOOK AT THE RULES AND PROCEDURES SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM. THE ONE THING I WON'T MENTION IS HANK HAD SOME CONCERNS AT THE LAST MEETING AND ALL THAT YOU SPEAK ON THOSE. BUT UM, I DID INFORM HANK THAT WHEN WE DO MEET AGAIN, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT'S THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA SO THERE SO THERE WILL BE AN AMENDMENT. UM UM, BROUGHT BACK TO US AT THAT POINT IN TIME, BUT IF YOU WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING, LET HIM SAY AND OBVIOUSLY THAT AMENDMENT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE BOARD FEELS. MURDER OR NOT. THE COMMENTS TODAY HAVE AMOUNTED BECAUSE ON. ITEM EIGHT AND ITEM NINE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THESE TOO COMMON BERRY COLUMBARIUM, WHICH IS THE USED THE TERM FUNERAL URNS. AND THEN IN THE NEXT ONE AGAIN, THEY USED THE TERM FUNERAL URNS. AND I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE CHANGED INTO. UM UM. A DIFFERENT TYPE OF AWARDING THAT I PRESENTED TO DONALD AND AGAIN THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE RECOMMENDED TO THE BOARD. SO I WOULD NOT WANT IT. OVERWRITE ABOARD AT THIS POINT AND PUT IT BEFORE COUNCIL BUT JUST IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN WAIT UNTIL THE BOAT MEETS AND IF YOU WOULD WANT TO CHANGE THE WORDING AT THAT TIME, THEN IT WILL COME BACK AGAIN THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COUNCIL COME IN JUST A QUESTION , SO IT WENT TO THE CEMETERY ADVISORY BOARD ON APRIL 18TH. WHAT WAS THAT VOTE? UNANIMOUS I MEAN, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH THE CEMETERY BOARD BACK, AND I THINK IN OCTOBER IS THAT CORRECT? MACKENZIE DO YOU REMEMBER PRESENTED IN AUGUST AND OCTOBER AND THEN SO YEAH. AND NOW IT'S GETTING TO YOU GUYS. THANKS. SO THE THIS WILL COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS FOR THIRD READING. SO I DID ABOUT THE END OF MAY SO I WON'T HAVE TO. DO ANY BIG UP MY ILLEGAL UNTIL AFTER MEMORIAL DAY. OKAY? JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. YEAH. IT WAS A GRACEFUL ONE. YEAH ARE THERE ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS ON THIS TOPIC? OKAY THIS WILL BE BACK FOR THIRD READING ON MAY 23RD ONE QUESTION . I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY, DONALD, THERE WILL BE AN AMENDMENT. SO IF WE HAVE A THIRD READING, HOW WILL THAT WORK? TERMS OF LOGISTICS. IF I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE THE AMENDMENT. YEAH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE AMENDMENT BEFORE THE THIRD READING BECAUSE CEMETERY BOARD DOESN'T MEET. WE'RE GOING TO MEET QUARTERLY AND SO WHEN IT WHEN I DO BRING UP HANK'S CONCERNS, AND WE BRING IT AND WE PUT IT ON THE AGENDA ITEM AT THE BOARD DOES APPROVE IT. THEN IT WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION, AND THEN WE COULD THEN AMEND AMEND THAT THAT BURBAGE. WOULD IT BE DOING? WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT A TERM, RIGHT? YEAH I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT, TOO. BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S CLERICAL. THERE'S ALL THIS DISCUSSION SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION ON HOW TO TURN THE URN, SO I THINK IT'S SUBSTANTIVE . I THINK IT WOULD NEED I BELIEVE IT'S SUBSTANCES IN TERMS OF IT'S NOT A CLERICAL TYPE OF CORRECTION. BUT IS IT THE KIND OF THING THAT NEEDS TO GO TO CEMETERY REVIEW COMMITTEE.THAT'S TOTALLY UP TO THE CEMETERY ADVISORY BOARD AND THE COUNCIL REP. I MEAN, I MEAN, IT SEEMS WE HAVE ANY RULE THAT SAYS IT HAS TO THINK THAT WAS JUST THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE LAST MEETING. SAT THERE FOR THEIR INPUT. THERE'S JUST THERE'S NOTHING. IT'S JUST SO THAT WE USED TWO DIFFERENT TERMS TO DESCRIBE THE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF EARNS. I GUESS IT'S ALL RIGHT. THAT'S CORRECT. YES, YES. WELL, I MEAN, WE MAY BE ABLE TO WORK THAT OUT. UH, JUST MAYBE HANK. AND DONALD CAN COME TO AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING. HI I THINK WE ALREADY ARE IN AGREEMENT. I THINK HANK'S CONCERNS WERE BRINGING IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE JUST YOU KNOW, BUT OBVIOUSLY. IF YOU GUYS WORK OUT THAT YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CHANGE NOW, BEFORE THEN, THAT'S I GUESS BETWEEN PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT. OF COUNCIL, SO I DON'T KNOW MY JUST TRYING TO BE THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE OF MY FEELING IS THAT WE SHOULD FOLLOW THE STEPS AND THE STEPS ARE WE HAVE A ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND THERE IS A DESIRE FOR A DIFFERENT TERMINOLOGY SO WE SHOULD GIVE IT BACK TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND LET THEM
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COME BACK AGAIN TO US. OKAY FAIR ENOUGH SO WE'LL HAVE IF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETS AND ADOPTS RECOMMENDS DIFFERENT TERMINOLOGY WHILE I'M ANOTHER SET OF CHANGES AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE. SUGGESTION. UH I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE CEMETERY ADVISORY BOARD IS MEETING AGAIN AS IF YOU COULD ALWAYS TABLE. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE TWO PIECES OF LEGISLATION YOU COULD TABLE THIS. OUT FAR ENOUGH SO THAT THE RECOMMENDATION ON THE URN CAN COME BACK AND YOU CAN MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THIS, SO I ACTUALLY DID TALK. TALK ABOUT THIS, TOO. SO TO MAKE IT EASIER ON EVERYBODY, LET'S JUST TABLE IT. YEAH IF THAT'S WHAT WE AGREE ON AS A COUNCIL. I MEAN, IF WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT WE CAN VOTE ON THAT. AND THEN MACKENZIE. LET'S AS THE COOK UP COUNCIL MAY MEET WITH CITY STAFF AND SEE WHEN THE NEXT MEETING IS AND LET'S PUT IT ON THE AGENDA, AND I REACHED OUT LAST WEEK REGARDING GETTING THE ANOTHER MEETING SET UPS. OKAY, THANK YOU CAN GET THAT MOVIE. OKAY THANK YOU. DON'T WE WAIT UNTIL IF AT OUR NEXT MEETING, WE SHOULD HOPEFULLY HAVE A DATE CERTAIN THAT WE CAN AMEND IT TO SO LET'S HOLD ON TO THE NEXT MEETING.THEN WHAT SHOULD HAVE A DATE DID TABLE IT AND MOVE IT OUT FURTHER THAN I WOULDN'T HAVE TO REMOVE MY PLANNING. YOUR PLANT DEEDS ARE GONNA BE BY AND DONALD HAS TO TAKE ALL THE PHONE CALLS THAT COME IN FROM ALL THE ANGRY CITIZENS. OKAY. ANY OTHER COUNCIL? COMMENTS. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR THIRD READING TITLE ONLY MADE 23RD. ORDINANCE D SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING TO
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ESTABLISH THE UPPER SIDE OTO WATER RESCUE TASK FORCE 2022 ANNUAL BUDGET. ADMINISTRATION COMMENTS. CELTIC. WE HAVE ANYTHING NOTHING FURTHER. ANY COUNCIL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS LEGISLATION. CITIZEN COMMENTS. OKAY. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR THIRD READING ON MAY[Ord. E]
23RD. ORDINANCE E SECOND READING. PUBLIC HEARING TO AUTHORIZE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS IN THE STORM WATER. ENTERPRISE FUND IN RELATION TO THE HICKORY GATE DRIVE, STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT AND MODIFY THE 2022 ANNUAL BUDGET. ANY ADMINISTRATION COMMENTS NOTHING FURTHER. AND UH, ANY COUNCIL COMMENTS. OKAY, SO THIS WILL BE PART OF OUR PAVING, PLAYING FOR THIS YEAR ROLLED INTO THAT. ARE THERE ANY CITIZEN QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY, THIS WILL BE BACK. FOR THIRD READING ON MAY 23RD. ORDINANCE F SECOND READING[Ord. F]
PUBLIC HEARING TO AUTHORIZE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS IN THE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE FUND IN RELATION TO THE MARYSVILLE POLICE RANGE. RUBBER TRAP CLEANING IS HAZARDOUS MATERIAL DISPOSAL IN MODIFY THE 2022 ANNUAL BUDGET. IN ANY ADMINISTRATION COMMENTS. YOU KNOW, THE ONLY THING WOULD BE IF COUNCIL COULD WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO BRING THE COMPANY INTO BEGIN CLEANING ON MAY 25TH OR RIGHT THEREAFTER. IF WE COULD MAKE THIS EFFECTIVE AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. SO, YEAH, THIS RIGHT NOW THE RANGES SHUT DOWN FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM. IF THE REQUEST IS IF WE PASS IT TONIGHT , WE COULD THEN SCHEDULE THE COMPANY TO COME IN AS SOON AS MAY 25TH. IF WE WAIT UNTIL THE 23RD IT'S GOING TO PUSH THAT BACK A COUPLE OF WEEKS SO THERE IS A REQUEST TO WAIVE THIRD READING. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO WAIVE THE THIRD, REALLY. OKAY? WE'LL CALL MR CARPENTER. YES SEYMOUR. MR GROAT. MR BERGER? YES MR REEMS? YES MR ROUSH? YES. BURPEE? YES. SEVEN. YES. ARE THERE ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS ON THIS LEGISLATION? I BELIEVE MR. SCHOOLS HAD A QUESTION. JUST QUESTION. THANK YOU. MR PRESIDENT OF PROCEDURE IN THE FUTURE. CAN WE SIMPLY TAKE THESE DOLLARS? PUT THEM INTO THE BUDGET, SO THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A SEPARATE LINE ITEM, BUT IT WILL BE IN THE POLICE. PURVIEW FROM HERE ON OUT. ABSOLUTELY THIS WHOLE WE DIDN'T KNOW BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED. WHAT KIND OF TIME FRAME IT WAS GOING TO TAKE FOR US TO REACH THIS POINT. AND SO YOU'RE EXACTLY[01:15:01]
RIGHT. SO YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE IT IN OUR BUDGET, PROBABLY ON A EVERY FIVE YEAR BASIS. GOOD WILL COME IN AND HAVE A CLEANED UP SO YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE FUTURE AND MUCH RATHER HAVE THE POLICE DECIDE THAT AS COMPARED TO MY SITTING HERE, NOT KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. AND TELLING THEM HOW TO DO THEIR BUSINESS. THANK YOU. THERE NEEDS CITIZEN COMMENTS ON THIS. HOWEVER EMOTIONAL SO MOVED. WE'LL CALL. MR SEYMOUR? YES MRS GROAT? YES MR BERGER? YES MR REEMS. MR ROUSH? YES MR BURBEY. MR. CARPENTER? YES. SEVEN. YES. HEY, EMOTION CARRIES. LIKE WE WERE CLEANING THAT UP. I THOUGHT ABOUT PUTTING CAPTAIN SAXES FIRST COUNCIL MEETING ON THE SPOT LOVING HIM DO THIS, BUT WE'RE REALLY GLAD TO HAVE HIM TONIGHT. CHIEF BROOKS IS AT A CONFERENCE RIGHT NOW. CLIFF, CAPTAIN SAXON. THANKS FOR COMING. RIGHT? ORDINANCE G[Ord. G]
SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING TO APPROVE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO REZONE EXISTING PERSONAL NUMBER 290030L DISTRICT A. R D TWO SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT SRD. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY ADMINISTRATION COMMENTS? IS THERE NOTHING? ANY COUNCIL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. THIS IS. I FEEL I NEED TO REITERATE MY POINTS THAT I MADE AT THE FIRST READING RELATIVE TO, UH, TRAFFIC. ON WEAVER ROAD SLASH CHESTNUT. WITH REGARD TO PROFESSIONAL PARKWAY NOT BEING COMPLETE. WITH REGARD TO CHESTNUT IF THE SIXTH STREET CHESTNUT INTERSECTION NINTH STREET, WHERE IT COMES OUT ON THE IT'S LIKE POINTED OUT BEFORE WE'RE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL. AND PREPARING THIS ROAD FOR SO MUCH TRAFFIC AND WE SHOULD PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE MOVED FURTHER WITH QUICKER BY WAY OF THE UM, WE WERE RIDGE.DEVELOPMENT. BUT WE DIDN'T DO THAT. AND I THINK IT'S PRETTY RISKY FOR US TO GIVE CONSIDERATION 284 ADDITIONAL HOMES. IN A SITUATION THAT'S ON THE STREET. WHERE WERE FEEL WE'RE BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL LINE. AND. AND I GUESS I'LL REFLECT ALSO ON ON ROUTE 31 AS I DID BEFORE WHERE WE WERE NEW IN THE DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS IN MARYSVILLE. AND DEVELOPMENT UPON DEVELOPMENT UPON DEVELOPMENT. ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HAD AROUND 33 THAT COULDN'T HANDLE ALL THE TRAFFIC. I THINK WE'RE ON THE RAGGED EDGE IS ACTUALLY I THINK WE'RE INTO THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW AND WEAVER ROAD. SO AS IT IS RIGHT NOW, I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO OPPOSE THIS. THIS DEVELOPMENT FOR THOSE REASONS. SO. THAT'S MY COUNSEL. INPUT OKAY, THANK YOU. AND IT'S JUST TO CLARIFY. I THINK YOU MET OPPOSED THE REZONING. NOT THANK YOU. YEAH SO WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS REZONING FOR EDIFICATION ON THAT. THE CURRENT OUR ZONING IS, UH, ACTUALLY BEEN CORRECT ME, BUT I THINK IT'S ONE PER ACRE. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY? AND THIS WOULD TAKE IT TO HOW MANY PER ACRE I THINK ABOUT 2.4 SOMEWHERE IN THERE TO 0.8. SO THERE FOR THAT PURPOSE. THE REZONING WOULD EQUAL THAT. AND WE DO HAVE THE DEVELOPER HERE THIS EVENING. IF COUNSEL WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THEM AT ALL. AND I MIGHT ALSO ADD, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO PRESS PROFESSIONAL PARKWAY AS WE HAVE MET WITH THE DEVELOPER AT THE AT THE WOODSIDE PROJECT. AND THEY'RE PROJECTING TO DO THE PROFESSIONAL PARKWAY EXTENSION IN 2023. SO THAT'S UM NEW INFORMATION AS WE COME, AND IT WAS ALL PENDING ON HOW THAT DEVELOPMENT WAS. WAS BUILDING OUT AND AGAIN, I WOULD AND I'M NOT HERE TO SPEAK ON THE PART OF THIS DEVELOPER. BUT IT'S PROBABLY EVEN IF THIS IS APPROVED REZONING IT'S PROBABLY A 4 TO 6 YEAR. PROCESS BEFORE YOUR BUILT OUT SO THAT THAT'S THE KIND OF SO WE SHOULD HAVE PROFESSIONAL PARKWAY IN WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR. OR TWO AND THEN WE'LL BE DOING SOME OTHER CONSIDERATION OF PROJECTS ALONG CHESTNUT. HERE IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE AS WELL. MR PRESIDENT. JUST UM, FOR THE RECORD, THERE WAS ONE ADDITIONAL POINT ON CHESTNUT THAT THEY DIDN'T RECITE FROM THE ENTRANCE TO ELDER PARK TO PROFESSIONAL PARKWAY. IS AN ADDITIONAL ITEM THAT I FEEL NEEDS WORK IN THE
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WAY OF CURBS. WE HAVE PARKING THAT STARTS CLOSING IN. SO IF WE CAN WIDEN THAT HOWEVER, THAT COULD HAPPEN. THERE'S JUST A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT NEED TO MAKE THAT STREAM WORK QUALIFIED FOR THIS. I WOULD JUST MAKE A COMMENT TO SOMEBODY WHO LIVES RIGHT THERE. YOU KNOW? I UNDERSTAND WHEN RESIDENTS COMPLAINED, COMING DOWN EAST FIFTH STREET AND GOING DOWN TO CHESTNUT TO YOUR HOME. YOU'RE HEARING BIGGEST CONCERN I HAVE ABOUT DEVELOPMENT IN THIS COMMUNITY IS WHAT MR COUNCILMAN SEYMOUR HAD JUST SAID. BUILDING ROADS FIRST. RIGHT NOW, EVERYBODY FUNNELS THROUGH THE HEART OF OUR TOWN TO GET WHERE THEY LIVE. I LIVE ON EAST FIFTH STREET RIGHT THERE. DEAD END WITH CHESTNUT DEAD AND EAST FIFTH STREET. ABOUT IT. THOSE HOUSES WERE BUILT AT A TIME BEFORE THERE WAS EVER AN AUTOMOBILE. SO A LOT OF THOSE HOUSES DON'T HAVE DRIVEWAYS, AND A LOT OF THOSE HOUSES DON'T EVEN HAVE LOTS BIG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT A DRUG SUPPORT A DRIVEWAY. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE SO MUCH CARS PARKED ON EAST FIFTH STREET. ON CHESTNUT. YOU KNOW, THESE ISSUES CANNOT BE FIXED BY WIDENING STREETS BY TAKING AWAY ON STREET PARKING BY PUTTING ON A TRAFFIC LIGHT. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'VE MADE ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS ON WEST FIFTH STREET AND IF YOU DRIVE DOWN WEST FIRST STREET FROM THREE O'CLOCK TO SEVEN O'CLOCK, IT'S BUMPER TO BUMPER. ALL THE WAY FROM KROGER ALL ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE HEART OF OUR TOWN. THIS CAN ONLY BE SOLVED IF THE CITY START TO BUILDING MORE ROADWAYS TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY GETTING ONTO 33. SO THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT AS WELL. AND AS OF NOW EVEN IF THIS INDUSTRIAL PARK WISE BELT I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE PLANS AND SEE I AM JUST AS MANY CONCERNS AS SOME OF YOU HAVE HAD , EVEN WITH YOUR GUYS EMAILS THAT YOU HAVE SENT IN A FEW OF YOU. SO THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS. DID YOU HAVE A DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADDRESS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS RAISED? ABSOLUTELY. NO, I DIDN'T DIDN'T KNOW. WAS THERE A QUESTION THAT YOU IT'S A SUIT OF QUESTION. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRAFFIC, MR MAYOR, SO MIGHT NOT WOODCARVING DEVELOPMENT. 7 81 BROOKSIDE. PLAZA WESTERVILLE, OHIO, 43081. SO I THINK. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS A REGIONAL ISSUE. I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT NEW. AND THE CONCERN IS THAT WE KEEP BUILDING MORE DEVELOPMENTS, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO ADDRESS WHAT WAS DONE IN THE PAST. KIND OF HARD TO DO FOR ONE DEVELOPER. HOWEVER, WE HAVE WORK. WITH STAFF THIS WEEK, AND I THINK. JEREMY CAN SPEAK TO THAT. I KNOW KYLE KNIFE CONVERSED AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S A SILVER BULLET, BUT IT'S AS CLOSE AS WE CAN GET TO IT. SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS SO WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH WITH MIKE AND HIS STAFF, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO WORK OUT THE PARAMETERS OF THE TRAFFIC STUDIES. SO FIRST YOU START WITH A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. SO THAT WAY THEY'RE NOT LOOKING AT POINTS A, B AND C, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE POINTS THAT WE FEEL WILL BEST BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. THOSE AREAS INCLUDE EAST FIFTH AND CHESTNUT , CHESTNUT AND WEAVER AND PROFESSIONAL PARKWAY. UH THIS DEVELOPMENT ROAD AND WEAVER ROAD AND WEAVER AND SCOTT'S ON ROAD. SO ONE THING WE'VE ALSO BEEN KIND OF KICKING AROUND BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN AS COUNCILMAN SEYMOUR MENTIONED A HANDFUL OF TIMES WHERE PEOPLE DEVELOP IN THE TRAFFIC STUDY SAYS HEY, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TRAFFIC HERE TO WARN A TURN LANE TO GET IN THERE, WHERE THOSE COMPOUNDS AND COMPOUNDS AND COMPOUNDS SO AND TALKING WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH AMERICAN HOMES FOR IT. WE'VE ALSO DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF THEM PAYING INTO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A TRAFFIC CONTRIBUTION FEE ON A PER LOT BASIS. SOME MONEY WILL GO INTO THAT ONCE SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT MAYBE COUNCILMAN SEYMOUR MENTIONED OR EVEN COUNCILMAN BURGER. WE WOULD HAVE A FUN SETUP WHERE WE'D BE ABLE TO ADD THE CURBS IN THAT AREA OR HELP OUT CHESTNUT AND FIFTH OR CHESTNUT AT SIX AT WHAT TIMES MAKE THE MOST SENSE, BECAUSE MY GUESSING AFTER LOOKING AT A LOT OF THESE TRAFFIC STUDIES UM THERE IS A EITHER A TRAFFIC IS GOOD. NOW THERE'S ONLY 50 CARS THERE IN AN HOUR. WE'RE ADDING FIVE THE TRAFFIC STILL GOOD AFTER AND THEN NO TURN LANE GETS AND WHICH MEANS THE CITY MAY HAVE TO COME BACK AND 5 10 20 YEARS WHATEVER IT MAY BE, AND DO THAT WORK. WITH OUR YOU WILL HAVE TO FIND IT OUT OF INCOME TAX DOLLARS IN GENERAL FUND DOLLARS. SO UM, WE HAVE NOT SAT ON A NUMBER REALLY TALKED ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT. THIS THIS TIME, TWO WEEKS FROM NOW THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT WOULD SEEM TO BE, YOU KNOW, FAIR FOR THE CITY AND SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF REALLY COMMEND THE DEVELOPER ON EVEN[01:25:03]
KIND OF PROPOSING BECAUSE I THINK IT'LL IT'LL END UP BAD, I GUESS BEING BENEFICIAL FOR US.SO. THAT SOUNDS PROMISING. GLAD THAT WE DID TAKE THE HEART. WE HEARD YOUR COMMENTS AND WE WALKED AWAY LAST TIME KNOWING THAT THAT WAS A MAJOR CONCERNS. SO WE DILIGENTLY WORKED, AND I APPRECIATE ME. THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC TO WORK WITH. SO I CAN'T THINK OF IT ALL. AND WE'RE CERTAINLY WANT TO DO SOMETHING. THAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT EVERYBODY, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE FOR THE LONG RUN. I MEAN, WE'RE LIKE, I KEEP SAYING WE'RE HERE AS A COMMUNITY PARTNER FOR 30 40 50 YEARS. WHO KNOWS? BUT, UM WOULD YOU MIND IF WE SHOWED YOU A VIDEO? I THINK WE SHOWED THIS IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SHARE IT WITH WITH THE COUNSELOR SO WE CAN SHOW YOU A VIDEO. WHATEVER ONE OF OUR COMMUNITIES LOOKS LIKE. AND THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WAS JUST APPROVED IN BERKSHIRE TOWNSHIP, DELAWARE. OKAY THIS IS A THREE DAY RENDITIONS. SO WHAT WOULD YOU SEEING IS EXACTLY HOW IT'S GOING TO BE BUILT OUT BECAUSE WE HAVE THE CAPABILITIES. PLANNING. DEVELOPING AND BUILDING EXACTLY WHAT WE PUT DOWN. FIND A JOB THERE. AND ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING TO THE ZONING. GET PROPOSED. FIRST. MY APOLOGIES.
MY NAME IS MOLLY GWYNN. I'M THE ATTORNEY FOR MH DEVELOPMENT TO MIRONOVA PLACE SUITE 700. I WOULD HAVE EMAILED THIS, BUT IT'S JUST SLIGHTLY TOO LARGE. AS MIKE SAID, THIS IS AN ACCURATE RENDERING OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS JUST APPROVED IN BERKSHIRE TOWNSHIP. WE ALSO HAVE SOME RENDERINGS AS WELL OF ANOTHER COMMUNITY THAT ARE REAL TIME PHOTOGRAPHS OF EXISTING PROPERTIES. WHERE'S BROOKSHIRE TOWNSHIP? IS OFTEN IT'S NOT STARTS, OKAY? DELAWARE COUNTY.
OKAY? YEAH. MOVING COMMUNITY. ACH GOES LIKE THAT. UM SO IT'S A MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITIES YOU CAN TELL, AND I DO WANT TO MENTION SOMETHING THAT ERIC WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER TODAY, WHICH IS NEAR DEAR TO MY HEART, AND THAT'S THE ESCALATING COST OF CONSTRUCTION AND JUST EVERYTHING IN GENERAL. I MEAN, WE'RE SEEING GAS DOUBLE CONSTRUCTION COSTS DOUBLE. I MEAN, IT'S INCREDIBLE WHAT'S GOING ON AND SO IN THE FACE OF RISING INTEREST RATES, WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE CONSTRUCTION HISTORY COME TO A SCREECHING HALT BECAUSE NOBODY'S GONNA BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO PAY. ESCALATING COSTS AND THE COST OF CAPITAL TO PURCHASE THESE THINGS . SO AND I SEE MARYSVILLE IS GROWING LIKE GANGBUSTERS, AND I COMMEND YOU FOR DOING SOMETHING THEY CANNOT INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS DONE A GREAT JOB OF ATTRACTING A LOT OF INDUSTRY. A LOT OF JOBS, AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE POISED FOR A TREMENDOUS GROWTH OVER THE NEXT 5 10 YEARS . SO THE IDEA IS THAT ONE ACRE LOTS MAY SOUND GREAT, AND YOU KNOW WE ALL LIKE SPACE. BUT THE ECONOMIC REALITY IS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ANY DIRTY WORD LIKE WORKFORCE, HOUSING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY CAN MOVE IN HERE LIVES AND WORKS IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO AFFORD A QUALITY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILY. THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING
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ABOUT HERE AND BUILDING SOMETHING THAT'S HERE TO LAST. THE DESIGN STANDARDS YOU SEE, AND OTHER RENDITIONS EXACTLY WHAT'S BEEN SPECIFIED 100% THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO GET BUILT, SO THERE'S NO BAIT AND SWITCH BECAUSE THE COSTS GO UP AND DOWN. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE LOCK INTO, UM OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU. THINK THANK YOU. AH NOWE WOULD DO US CITIZEN COMMENTS. I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE, SO I WANT TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT SOME GROUND RULES FIRST, BUT I GUESS RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THIS TOPIC. OKAY GOOD. THEN I WANT TO GO OVER KIND OF THE GROUND RULES ON THE PUBLIC. UH CITIZEN COMMENTS, SO W COME UP TO SPEAK STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS UH, PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO FIVE MINUTES. KEEP YOUR COMMENTS RELEVANT TO THE REZONING AND NOT TO THE LAYOUT OR THE FEATURES OF THE DESIGN OF THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION BECAUSE WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT ZONING. AND ALSO IF SOMEBODY HAS RAISED A POINT BEFORE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT, SO IF SOMEBODY'S ALREADY RAISED A POINT PLEASE DON'T REPEAT THAT. WE WANT TO GET EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO SPEAK TONIGHT. MR PRESIDENT. CAN I JUST EDIT ONE ITEM THERE? UM THE REZONING IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO DENSITY. SO WHICH IS DIRECTLY RELATIVE AGAIN . UM, I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT LIKE, DESIGN STAND. DON'T TALK.KEEP YOUR COMMENTS AWAY FROM DESIGN STANDARDS. THE LAYOUT. YOU KNOW THINGS LIKE THAT. SO.
BUT YES, THINGS RELATIVE TO THE ZONING DIFFERENCE. YES THAT'S RELEVANT EQUALS DENSITY LIKE TWO POINT 2.5 ACRES PER HOUSE INSTEAD OF ONE ACRE PER HOUSE. YES. OKAY SO ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM. AH! GOOD EVENING COUNCIL . AMY POTTER GRIM. 14 TO 94 WEAVER ROAD. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL CITIZENS CONCERNED CITIZENS RECENTLY ATTENDED THE APRIL ZONING MEETING TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE PROPOSED REZONING OF 14 3 73 WEAVER ROAD. FROM AGRICULTURAL TO SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL. I SAW THE GREEN SIGNS POSTED ON WEAVER ROAD, AND I THOUGHT I NEED TO GO AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. I DID MY DUE DILIGENCE TO PREP FOR THAT MEETING. I COME THROUGH THE 392 PAGES. THAT MENTIONED. THE EDINA POINT EXPANSION THE OAKS DOWN TO THE DETAIL OF THE SIGN OF THE NEW OAK SUBDIVISION. THEN THEY MOVED ON TO THE DENSITY BONUS. OF THE PROPOSED SKY BROOK COMMUNITY. WHICH APPEARS TO BE STUFFED, OVERPOPULATED, CONGESTED, OVERCROWDED, BURSTING TO THE BOUNDARIES. AND A DEVELOPMENT PACKED TO THE CAPACITY. TO FIND MY SEVEN PAGES OUTLINING THE APPLICATION AND THE TWO MAPS THAT WERE INCLUDED WITH THAT. SO I WAS EAGER TO GET TO THE MEETING ON THE REZONING OF 14 TO 3 73 WEAVER ROAD. WHERE AT THAT MEETING, I LISTENED TO THE PRESENTATION BY THE DIRECTOR OF LAND ACQUISITIONS OF AM H.
AND I WATCHED THEIR VIDEO, WHICH HAPPENED TO BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN TONIGHT. ABOUT OTTAWA WAY AND THEY'RE SHINY, CLEAN SIDEWALKS. THERE ARE ABUNDANT TREES, THEIR FLOWERS OR LANDSCAPING, FENCING, IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, THEIR PROMISE TO MAINTENANCE. AND UP. KEEP THE POND POND'S EXCUSE ME PULLS THE CLUBHOUSE WHERE THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES, AND IT'S 72 DEGREES, AND THERE'S A SLIGHT BREEZE BLOWING THROUGH YOUR OPEN WINDOW. DURING THAT VIDEO AND LENGTHY PRESENTATION BY THE DIRECTOR OF LAND ACQUISITIONS. THERE WAS NOT A HINT OR A MENTION THAT THIS WOULD BE A RENTAL COMMUNITY. THE DIRECTOR OF LAND ACQUISITIONS MENTIONED THAT THEY'RE IN QUOTE UNQUOTE 22 MARKETS, A NATIONWIDE COMPANY WITH VARIOUS PROJECTS IN CENTRAL OHIO, BUT NEGLECTED TO MENTION AT THAT ZONING MEETING THAT THIS WOULD BE A RENTAL COMMUNITY. NOT UNTIL I READ AN ARTICLE IN THE MARYSVILLE JOURNAL AFTER THE FIRST CITY COUNCIL MEETING. DID I REALIZE THAT THAT APPLICATION FOR THE REZONING WAS FOR A RENTAL COMMUNITY? I UNDERSTAND THAT IS THE JOB OF THE ZONING COMMISSION TO SEE THAT APPLICATION MEETS THE MINIMUM STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. HOWEVER IT FEELS LIKE THIS COMPANY HAS
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FAILED TO DISCLOSE A CRUCIAL CRUCIAL PIECE OF INFORMATION TO THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE AND THE ZONING COMMISSION. I WONDER IF THE ZONING COMMISSION WOULD HAVE VOTED THE WAY IF THEY HAD KNOWN ALL OF THE INFORMATION. AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN PROPERTY OWNER AND LANDLORD OF A RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROPERTY. I WANT TO DO MY PART AND FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THESE QUOTE UNQUOTE VARIOUS PROPERTIES IN DIFFERENT STAGES IN CENTRAL OHIO. SO WHERE DO YOU GO TO FIND INFORMATION NOWADAYS COUNCIL? TO THE INTERNET, RIGHT ? GO AND DO A GOOGLE SEARCH AND BEHOLD, UNLESS YOU'RE AN FBI AGENT. YOU CANNOT FIND MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT ANY PROPERTY THAT AM H IS DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL OHIO, LET ALONE 22. I DID STUMBLE UPON LINKEDIN. AND I FOUND THE DIRECTOR OF ACQUISITION OF LAND ACQUISITIONS FOR A M. H HE WAS ACTUALLY LISTED AS AMERICAN HOMES FOR RENT AS HIS EMPLOYER. AND I THOUGHT, WHY THAT WHAT'S AMERICAN HOMES FOR RENT, WHICH YOU'LL FIND OUT LATER ON ABOUT SO AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN OF MARYSVILLE. I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO REVAMP OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ENSURE THE POSITIVE GROWTH AND MOMENTUM FOR MARYSVILLE. VERSUS SLOWING ANY MOMENTUM AND CHEAPENING WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN BUILT, BOUGHT AN OCCUPIED BY THE CITIZENS OF MARYSVILLE. EVERY TIME MARYSVILLE BEGINS TO GAIN SOME MOMENTUM WITH UPSCALE EXECUTIVE HOMES. WE ALLOW THE DEVELOPERS TO COME IN AND DICTATE OUR FUTURE. POTENTIALLY DEVALUING OUR EXISTING HOMES IN SUBDIVISIONS. AND THE TYPE OF COMMITTEE THEY DEVELOPERS ARE DETERMINING THE TYPE OF COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE. ONCE AGAIN SHOW OF HANDS OF THE CONCERNED CITIZENS ABOUT THIS RENTAL COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. MISSED YOUR ADDRESS. WHAT WAS THAT AGAIN TO NINE FOR? AND IT'S IN THE CITY LIMITS.DOES IT MATTER OUTSIDE THE CITY ON THE CORNER OF OUR PROBLEM? OTHER SIDE. THE DRIVE PLATE FOR THIS COMMUNITY ACROSS. SO THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE SOMEONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? KATIE CROCK 0 16 72 MEADOWLARK LANE. THAT ONE. ACTUALLY, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT ON. DON'T KNOW IF IT MATTERS, THOUGH, SO I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE MICS WERE BOTH LIVE. OKAY WE'RE STILL GETTING USED TO THIS. OKAY I DON'T EVEN NEED THAT. BUT UM SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A POINT THAT I HAVE A CONCERN OF AN ENTIRE SUBDIVISION BEING OWNED BY ONE AND TWO T. UM SHOULD THINGS GO SOUTH. THAT IS A VERY INTERESTING FORECLOSURE SITUATION. UM. AND WE CAN'T SAY IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN. THE FLOOD OF THAT MANY PROPERTIES IN DISTRESS. AH! THAT'S THAT'S CONCERNING, UM. AGAIN I KNOW.
EVERYONE SAYS THAT CENTRAL HOUSE SHOULD BE INSULATED FROM ANY KIND OF RECESSION AND I GET THAT , BUT THERE IS RISK INHERENT IN ONE OWNER OWNING SO MANY PROPERTIES SHOULD SOMETHING HAPPEN. I KNOW WE HAD THE OAKS THAT WENT TO FORECLOSURE, AND IT WAS NOT. IT WAS A MESS. UM SO I JUST THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAME KEEP IN MIND THAT CONCERNS ME. UM BECAUSE IF IT GOES BAD, IT ALL GOES BAD, AND THAT REALLY WILL IMPACT A LOT OF LOT OF PEOPLE. UM, I WANT TO ENSURE THAT THEIR INDIVIDUALLY DEEDED THAT THEY DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE RENTALS. THAT THEY CAN BE SOLD, SO THEY'RE NOT FLOODED AS AN ENTIRE SUBDIVISION. SHOULD SOMETHING HAPPEN. SO JUST SOME LONG TERM CONCERNS THAT I HAVE THANK YOU, KATIE. HAVE A QUESTION FOR TIM. NOW WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE MENTIONED THE RENTAL SIDE. BUT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT ZONING, NOT WHETHER THIS IS RENTAL WHETHER THESE ARE INDIVIDUALLY OWNED, SO WE'RE WHERE THE LINES HERE FOCUSES ON RETAILING LETTERS, SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL, UM, I GUESS YOU KNOW. I WAS THAT LAST POINT MIGHT BE RELEVANT BECAUSE IF COUNSEL IS GOING TO, UM ON THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOP.
WOULDN'T BE A BIGGER MESS. THIS DEVELOPER LEFT. WHATEVER ALWAYSO YES, I THINK THE VOTERS HAVE TO
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REZONE. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT MAYBE A PLAN LAYOUT. READ OVER. NOT THAT'S REALLY NOT AN ISSUE IS WHETHER THIS PROPERTY RELATES TO ALL THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND CONFERENCE PLAN. THE HMM. SHOULD BE REZONE TO SCREW. AND IT MAYBE EVEN A DIFFERENT DEVELOPER THAT COMES FORWARD IN THE FUTURE.THAT'S ALWAYS THE FAMILY. COUNCIL ALWAYS HAS. CONSIDER WHETHER IN ORDER TO KEEP YOUR FOCUS AWAY FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT HELPS. CAKE GOLFER READS BY OKAY WITH THE ASSEMBLY HAS PRESIDENTIAL NOT APPROVING? IN THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF WILL COME TO PLANNING COMMISSION AND THAT THAT'S WHERE THE DETAILS ARE. WORKED OUT. SO OKAY. OKAY, SO. OH, HI. MY NAME IS ANDY MOORE, SOME AT 8 25 LORENZO COURT IN MARYSVILLE, OHIO. 43040 AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UM I GUESS I MOVED TO MARYSVILLE. IN 2000 AND TWO I WAS LIVING IN LONDON. I HAVE A BUSINESS IN LONDON AND, UM BECAUSE OF THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE GROWTH THE WAY MARYSVILLE WAS GROWING AT THE TIME. AND HAS CONTINUED TO GROW THE RIGHT WAY. UM, SO WE LEFT LONDON AND THANKS TO MAYOR CLUSTER IN LONDON NOW BEING DEVELOPED PROPER WAY. BUT I STILL LIKE MARYSVILLE. I LIVE I LIKE LIVING OFF OF WEAVER ROAD. UM I BELIEVE REZONING THIS TO A RESIDENTIAL. UM AREA IS GOING TO CLUTTER UP WEAVER ROAD. TREMENDOUSLY THERE ARE HOUSES THAT ARE RIGHT ON THE ROAD.
THERE'S NO ROOM FOR TURN LANE. YOU'RE GOING TO CUT INTO SOMEBODY'S FRONT THEIR LIVING ROOM IN ORDER TO PUT A TURN LANE . UM IT HAPPENS, THE ROAD COMING AND HAPPENS TO BE RIGHT IN MY BACKYARD. UM, SO THERE'S A THERE'S A HOUSE ACROSS, BUT I THINK IF MARYSVILLE DECIDES THAT THEY WANT TO REZONE THAT THEY NEED TO FIX EVERYTHING FIRST AND NOT MAKE THAT LEFT TURN DOWN WEAVER ROAD UNTIL IT'S TIME TO MAKE THAT TURN DOWN WEAVER ROAD. THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO GO DOWN WEAVER ROAD. IN MY OPINION, I BELIEVE MR SEYMOUR SPOKE ABOUT IT. UM JUST THERE'S NO ROOM. YOU YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH TOWN OR YOU GO THROUGH SCOTT. I LOVE SCOTT'S AND I APOLOGIZE, BUT I GET STUCK BY A TRAIN ALMOST EVERY TIME I GO OUT THAT NIGHT, SO YOU'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH TOWN OR YOU'RE GONNA GET STUCK BY A TRAIN, AND I HOPE WHEN YOU PUT DO BUILDING ON FLAT ROAD THAT IT'S GOING TO BE SET BACK A LITTLE BIT SO THAT THERE'S NO TRAIN ON FLAT ROADS. YOU CAN'T JOG AROUND THAT WAY, TOO. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU. COUNCIL THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS NICOLE EVAC ABOUT 1339 MEADOW VIEW DRIVE. MARYSVILLE, OHIO, 43040. UM I KNOW THAT THIS IS ABOUT A REZONING. UM MY THOUGHTS BEHIND THIS IS THAT IF WE DO REZONE IT TO ALLOW MORE RESIDENTS PER ACRE THIS IS A BUSINESS THAT AFTER ALL, THE BUSINESS IS GOING TO TRY AND PUSH FOR MORE PEOPLE PER ACRE, WHICH YIELDS MORE MONEY FOR THEM . IT JUST MAKES SENSE. IT'S AN INVESTMENT FIRM BLACKROCK AMERICAN HOMES FOR RENT. IT'S FOR PROFIT. THAT MAKES SENSE. UM I MOVED TO MARYSVILLE FROM BUFFALO, NEW YORK LAST SPRING. I SHOWS MARYSVILLE BECAUSE I SAW IT AS THE NEXT UP AND COMING DUBLIN. YOU KNOW, I SAW IT AS QUALITY. I SAW IT AS A PLACE TO BUILD A HOME. SOMEBODY THAT YOU KNOW ALL THE PROPERTY TAXES ARE NECESSARILY EXORBITANT RIGHT NOW , EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW, WILL GROW. WE'LL GET BIKE PATHS. IT'S A MATURING COMMUNITY. DOWN THE COURSE OF WEAVER ROAD OR CHESTNUT. WHICHEVER PART YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT RECENTLY THERE HAVE BEEN KEYSTONE CROSSING HAS BEEN BUILT RECENTLY BUILT ANOTHER SUBDIVISION WITH SEVERAL MORE HOMES. IT'S NOT COMPLETE YET. THERE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MORE HOMES ARE GOING TO BE IN THERE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE AT LEAST ANOTHER PROBABLY 40 TO 60 HOMES. ON TOP OF THAT. YOU HAVE WEAVER RIDGE, WHICH WAS JUST COMPLETED THIS PAST WINTER. I MEAN, THE PEOPLE LITERALLY JUST MOVED IN MONTHS AGO. THERE'S STILL NOT SOUGHT IN SOME OF THE PLACES YOU HAVE A DINA POINT, WHICH IS STILL GROWING. ALL OF THESE CONCERNS I FEEL LIKE AREN'T ADDRESSED AS INFRASTRUCTURE IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH THE AIRPORT PAST THE AIRPORT RUNWAY WHEN IT RAINS, IT'S FLOODED. THE INSIDE LANE HAS WATER IN IT. SEVERAL PEOPLE . WE JUST SWITCHED OVER R H O A AND R H O A MEETING. WE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE AND WE'VE ARRANGED COMPLAINT ABOUT FLOODING IN THEIR BACKYARDS, FLOODING IN THEIR BASEMENT FLOODING IN THE STREETS. THERE IS A TWO DAY SPEND. WE COULDN'T DRIVE DOWN PART OF THE STREET,
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LET ALONE SOME PEOPLE COULDN'T LEAVE THEIR HOUSES. THERE ARE SERIOUS INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE WE START PUTTING MORE HOMES. MORE GRADING, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, EVEN IF THERE WERE TURNED TURNING LANES, LITERALLY. IF YOU DRIVE UP THE ROAD, THIS THE HOMES ARE 1 TO 2 CAR LENGTHS AWAY FROM THE HOUSE. I MEAN, THEY JUST CUT THE CURVES, PROBABLY TWO MONTHS AGO. I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A TERRIBLE ANALOGY ABOUT FEEL LIKE WE'RE HOT AIR BALLOON GETTING FILLED AND FILLED AND FILLED AND FILLED AND FILLED AND EVENTUALLY IS GONNA POP. AND I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE PLANNING A LITTLE BIT MORE INFRASTRUCTURE BEFORE WE CONSIDER EXPANDING INTO MORE SUBDIVISIONS IN THAT SPECIFIC AREA. UM BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THE RENTAL ASPECT OF THIS IS APPLICABLE BECAUSE THERE IS A PUSH FOR MORE RESIDENTS PER SQUARE ACRE, WHICH IS A ZONING ISSUE. MORE RESIDENTS MORE MONEY AS PART OF THE BUSINESS STRUCTURE OF THE DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES MY NAME IS JOHN JOEL.IF AND, UH I LIVE ON 14289 WEAVER ROAD. AND MY DAUGHTERS AND MY PROPERTY RUN PARALLEL TO THE DEVELOPMENT. UH I OPPOSE THE ZONING. I WANT TO PUT BACK THE WAY IT WAS. THAT'S BEEN FARMED THERE FOR OVER 100 YEARS. AND THE WEAVER ROAD WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A THREE LANE. ROAD WITH TURN LANES, AND THAT MEANS YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO MOVE ALL THE UTILITIES ON THOSE SIDES OF THE ROAD AND THAT IS ZONED TO THE CITY. SO IS THIS CITY WILLING TO PAY FOR ALL THOSE UPGRADES? FOR THAT ZONING BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WIDEN IT, AND THERE IS SEVERAL BICYCLE GROUPS. THAT COME FROM DUBLIN AND BICYCLE. WEAVER RUDE AND JUST TODAY, WE HAD A FIRE DOWN THE ROAD. FROM MY HOUSE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. BROUGHT EVERYTHING THEY HAD OUT AND THE TRAFFIC WAS TURNING AROUND. JUST CONSTANTLY AND THERE IS CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES. THERE IS DUMP TRUCKS. IT IS JUST A MESS. SO. OPPOSED THE ZONING IF THEY WANT TO PUT IN 101 ANCHOR LOTS.
THEN I'M FINE WITH THAT. YOU KNOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING A MILLION DOLLAR HOME.
SELL ONE ACRE LOTS. LET THEM PUT A MILLION DOLLAR HOME BACK THERE. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. BUT 284 HOUSES IS JUST WAY TOO MUCH. AND I ENCOURAGE ANYBODY THAT'S IN THAT AREA TO SPEAK UP. I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, JOHN. HI I'M AMANDA PERRET. I'M THE DAUGHTER. I LIVE AT 14297. SO THE PROPOSED LOT THE 15 HOUSES WOULD RUN 935. THE 1ST 15 HOUSES FROM THE ROAD WOULD RUN 935 FT OF MY PROPERTY. SO THAT MEANS EVERY PIECE OF MY PROPERTY I WOULD LOOK OUT AND SEE. HOUSES AND THEY COULD SEE INTO MY YARD, SO WE ARE ON THE LINE. BUT WE STILL DO BURN TRASH, AND WE STILL UM, DUPER TARGET PRACTICE AND HAVE FOUR WHEELERS AND DIRT BIKES AND SOMETIMES WERE NOISY AND I'M JUST WONDERING HOW 15 I MEAN, ALL THESE HOUSES WERE GOING TO DEAL WITH THE PEOPLE THAT STILL LIVE IN THE COUNTRY AND COUNTRY STUFF. SO AND THAT AND PLUS IT REALLY IS. THE TRAFFIC IS HORRIBLE. I DRIVE UP AND DOWN THE ROAD FOUR TIMES A DAY FOUR OR FIVE TIMES A DAY. UM THE BUSSES ALL THE TRAFFIC FROM ALL THESE HOUSES. NOTHING'S EVEN COMPLETE. WE SHOULD DEFINITELY WAIT UNTIL THIS WHOLE THING IS COMPLETE. I. BUT MOST OF ALL, I DO NOT WANT TO STARE AT ALL THESE HOUSES NEXT TO ME. I DIDN'T MOVE OUT IN THE COUNTRY.
17 YEARS AGO, AND I'VE LIVED HERE MY WHOLE LIFE SO ALMOST 43 YEARS AND I NEVER EXPECTED 284 HOUSES NEXT TO ME. SO THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HI. MY NAME IS PAUL GRAHAM. I LIVE IT 14 TO 94 WEAVER ROAD. AND I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE CITY COUNCIL OF WHAT HAPPENED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN THEY APPROVED THE REZONING OF THE OHIO CRAFT MALT. LAND BEHIND OUR HOUSE. A CHANGE THAT AND THEN THEY SKIPPED TOWN. THEY SOLD THEIR PROPERTY. YOU GAVE THEM? YES THEY DID THEY SAW OWNED BY CORNERSTONE PROPERTIES NOW AND THEY STILL THE SAME PERSON JUST HAD IN TEXAS STILL THE SAME PERSON. WELL IT'S NOT REALLY THERE STILL RELATED TO THE
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COMPANY BECAUSE CORN IS STILL VICTOR THORN IS STILL THE PERSON THAT'S DEVELOPING. THAT'S NOT WHO OWNS THE LAND, AND IT WAS OWNED BY OHIO CRAFT MALTA LLC, AND NOW IT'S OWNED BY DIFFERENT COMPANIES. SO IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO'S DEVELOPING AT YOU CHANGED IT. AND A CRAFT MALTED BARLEY PLANT IS NOT GOING IN. SO. DON'T DO THIS. THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR MARYSVILLE. IT IS NOT WHAT PEOPLE WANT. AND YOU WILL FIND THAT OUT. PLEASE. DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TOWARDS WHAT THE MARYSVILLE YOU WANT IS NOT WHAT'S IMMEDIATELY BEST FOR MARYSVILLE, WHERE YOU NEED TO THINK LONG TERM. GET IN BEAUTIFUL HOMES THAT ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW THE VALUE OF MARYSVILLE. I DID HAVE A WHOLE THING FOR YOU TO SEE. BECAUSE AMERICANS FOR HOME REDS IS DO YOU WANT TO SLOW? I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO THAT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT KEEP IT RELEVANT TO THE TOPIC OF THE REZONING, AND THAT'S WHY I THINK I SHOULD BE ABLE TO SHOW THE PICTURES OF THEIR HOMES THEREFORE, RENT. BECAUSE THEY ARE IN MARYSVILLE BECAUSE THEY SHOWED THEIR FANTASY. LET ME SHOW YOU REALITY. THEY SHOWED YOU THAT BEAUTIFUL THING, RIGHT? I SHOWED YOU. THE PHOTO TALKING ABOUT REZONING. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. SO AGAIN, THIS COULD BE AS YOU MENTIONED YOU MENTIONED THE PROPERTY THAT WAS REZONED A FEW YEARS BACK, AND IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE DEVELOPED THAT WAY NOW. SO AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ZONING, NOT RENTAL HOMES, NOT.DESIGN CENTER. NONE OF THAT JUST REZONING. WHAT I HAVE WILL GIVE A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION OF WHAT THESE HOMES ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE. IF YOU APPROVE THIS DEVELOPMENT AND 10 YEARS IDEAS.
DID THEY DID THEY BUILD THOSE HOMES? THEY OWN THOSE HOMES. DID THEY BUILD THEM DID DID DID THEY BUILD THEM? JR YOUR FOR THAT MATTER. YEAH THAT'S THAT'S PLANNING COMMISSION THEY APPROVED. THE REZONING. AND IT GIVES THE COMMISSION FROM THE PLANET GOES TO PLANNING COMMISSION. PLANNING COMMISSION DEALS WITH THE DESIGN COMPANY WILL COME IN ER, CONSTRUCTION OR SOMEBODY WILL COME IN AND DEVELOP THAT INTO RENTALS. THAT'S WHAT WILL HAPPEN. WILCOX WILL DO IT. SOMEBODY WILL DO IT IF YOU RE ZONE THIS ALREADY. MR PRESIDENT, WHEN WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE TIME? FOR IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO, RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION AND URGED DESIGN LAYOUT, THE BUILDINGS THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR PLANNING COMMISSION. UM, OR DESIGN REVIEW LIKE THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TONIGHT. WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT TONY INTO YOUR BRAINS. WHAT THIS COMMUNITY WILL LOOK LIKE IN 10 YEARS. THESE ARE HOMES THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE RENTING. THIS RULE IS NOT A DEBATABLE POINT. MIND. WELL, NO. IF I MAY. ONCE AGAIN THE REZONING IS ABOUT THE BEST USE OF THE LAND. ZONING IS ABOUT THE BEST USE OF THE LAND IN THIS CASE IS THE BEST USE OF THE LAND, CURRENT ZONING OR THE NEXT OR THE PROPOSED OWNING. YES YEAH. MY NAME'S TOM RUSSELL. I LIVE AT 14302 WEAVER ROAD. AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT THE HOUSES THAT THEY'VE ALREADY SHOWED US THAT WE'RE GOING TO BUILD AND YOU SAY IT DOESN'T MATTER. YOU DON'T LIVE THERE. IT DOES MATTER. PLEASE DON'T REZONE THIS BECAUSE AS SOON AS YOU GUYS RAM THROUGH THIS REZONING THIS GUY'S GONNA BUILD THEM. THANK YOU. HELLO I'M KRISTIN JANE. I LIVE AT. UM SORRY. I GOT A LITTLE NERVOUS COMING UP HERE. I CAN'T REMEMBER MY ADDRESS. UM I LIVE AT 16 59 ADINA POINT. DR UM I'LL BE SHORT AND SWEET. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE AND I ALSO HAD THE SAME CONCERNS THAT COUNCILMAN SEYMOUR HAS, UM AROUND THE TRAFFIC AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS CURRENTLY A MESS. NOW UM I WOULD JUST LIKE TO AT LEAST PAUSE THIS REZONING FOR THE TIME BEING, LET'S GET OUR YOU KNOW, DUCKS IN A ROW. LET'S MAKE SURE WE CAN SUPPORT ADDITIONAL GROWTH OUT ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN BEFORE WE RUSH THROUGH AND APPROVE ANYTHING IN OUR CURRENT STATE AS A CITY TODAY, SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER? YES. GO AHEAD, CAPTAIN. OKAY YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO MOVE
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FASTER. CATHY YOUNG FOR 25 WEST STATE STREET. SO. I TOTALLY RESPECT YOU, MARK AND I RESPECT COUNCIL AND I'VE SAT THROUGH A LOT OF THESE MEETINGS, BUT I THINK IT'S COMPLETELY UNFAIR TO THESE PEOPLE THAT THE DEVELOPER CAN SHOW HIS VIDEO, BUT THEY CAN'T SHOW THEIR PICTURES.THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. BUT I THINK YOU DO. THEY DESERVE THE RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO TESTIFY.
WHATEVER THEY WANT TO TESTIFY. THEY HAVE THEIR FIVE MINUTES. SO LET HIM DO IT BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER GOT THEIR TIME. PERSONALLY I AGREE. WHAT CAN I THINK THAT WHAT THEY SHOWED THE PART THAT WAS RELEVANT IS THE DENSITY YOU KNOW IT CHOSE UNDERSTAND THE APPROXIMATE DENSITY AS FAR AS LOOKING THE FEATURES OF THE HOME THE LAND. I MEAN, THAT WASN'T EVEN THE LAYOUT THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S JUST THAT'S A KIND OF DENSITY THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT WITH THE PROPOSED ZONING, SO THAT'S THE ONLY PART THAT I WOULD SAY YOU KNOW, WOULD BE RELEVANT. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT WHEN I SAT HERE IN THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND I HEARD ABOUT THE 284 RENTAL PROPERTIES , MY COMPETITORS, OF COURSE. YOU KNOW, AND I'M KIND OF WONDERING , DON'T DO THEY REALIZE THAT YOU GUYS ARE ON THE VERGE OF MAYBE, YOU KNOW, PERMITTING INSPECTIONS AND PERMITS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR IT, TOO, AND THEIR 284 RENTAL PROPERTY THAT THE CITY IS SUPPOSED TO EMPLOY ONE PERSON FOR THE SCHOOL TO MAKE $190,000 A YEAR. ARE THEY AWARE OF THAT? WE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THIS AT PLANNING COMMISSION. I SAT TO THAT MEETING. I WAS THERE. IT WAS A LATE MEETING. I THINK WE GOT OUT OF THERE AT 10 45. KATIE AND I WERE THE LAST ONES THERE BESIDES THE COUNCIL THAT BESIDES THE COMMISSION THESE PEOPLE, I THINK I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING MARK I THINK THESE PEOPLE DESERVE TO BE HEARD. SO AND THEY DO. THIS JUST ISN'T THE MEETING FOR THAT. THERE'S A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING FOR THAT. THEY DIDN'T EVEN BRING IT UP AT PLANNING COMMISSIONS KNOW THAT COMES WHEN THEY BRING IN DEVELOPMENT FORWARD IN DESIGN REVIEWS. SO THOSE COMMENTS THERE'S A PROPER TIME AND PLACE FOR THOSE TONIGHT. WE'RE JUST HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS. SO EVERYBODY DOES GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THOSE POINTS AT THE PROPERTY DEVELOPER GET TO SHOW HIS VIDEO. THERE'S NOTHING TO DO WITH YES. I THINK I THINK IN THIS CASE, THE DOOR WAS OPEN. I'M THINKING ABOUT IT PRACTICE, RIGHT? YEAH BY ALLOWING THE DEVELOPERS SHOW THAT THE. THEY HAVE SOMETHING THAT SPECIFICALLY RELATES TO THE VIDEO THAT WAS SHOWN BY THE DEVELOPER. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THAT WE AIR ON THE SIDE. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON THAT. OKAY SHOWCASES THAT RELATED TO THE VIDEO. LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION . IS THERE ANY WAY TO KNOW IF THE DEVELOPER BUILT THESE HOMES OR NOT? NO THEY'VE GOT ANOTHER. AND I'M NOT GONNA I'M NOT GONNA TRY TO THROW YOU UNDER THE BUS. BUT SO WE HAVE THE WE REPRESENTATIVE HERE THAT ONCE SAYING IT'S TRUE QUESTION. CERTAINLY SPEAKS. QUESTIONS. YEAH. FREE. I CAN DO IT NOW. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. I MEAN, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M MY POINT IS, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CONDITION OF THE HOUSE WAS THAT THEY BOUGHT THAT IS NOW RENTING. THEY ARE. MR REEMS OWNS A HOUSE THAT SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY IS THE UGLIEST HOUSE IN MARYSVILLE. BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT HE BOUGHT IT ALREADY IN THAT CONDITION, AND HE'S STARTING TO WORK ON IT. SO SHOULD WE SAY THAT MR REEMS IS A SLUMLORD BECAUSE HE OWNS A BAD PIECE OF PROPERTY. NO HE BOUGHT IT IN THAT CONDITION AND HE'S GOING TO IMPROVE IT LAST SIX MONTHS. HMM OKAY. I MEAN COMMUNITIES. HOME, MAN. PLEASE.
YEAH RECORD, SO JUST I THINK THESE QUESTIONS YOU KNOW, DOVETAIL TOGETHER. FIRST OF ALL AMERICAN HOMES DOES NOT FORECLOSE ON THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES. SO EVEN IF WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE DON'T HAVE OUR TENANTS PAYING RENT, WE DO NOT FORECLOSE. WE CONSIDER OURSELVES A MARKET INSULATOR, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY HOW WE ENTERED THE CENTRAL OHIO MARKET AT THE HEIGHT OF THE DOWNTURN. PURCHASING UP KIND OF ISOLATED PROPERTIES, SOME OF WHICH HAD BEEN THROUGH FORECLOSURE, SOME OF WHICH HAD NOT SO WE DO OWN ISOLATED PROPERTIES IN AND
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AROUND MARYSVILLE. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. AND I'LL JUST FINISH AND SO YOU KNOW, WE DO OWN THOSE PROPERTIES. WITH RESPECT TO THOSE PROPERTIES. THEY ARE NOT MAINTAINED WITH AN AMENITY CENTER ON SITE. THEY DO NOT HAVE A FULL CREW ON SITE. WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN OUR PROPERTIES. MIKE HAS BROUGHT A REPORT REGARDING ALL OF THE PROPERTIES AND THE STATUS OF THOSE PROPERTIES IN AND AROUND HERE AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE ANY KIND OF NOTATION THAT ARE PROPERTIES DON'T LOOK GOOD. WE'RE OUT THERE. WE'RE FIXING IT . IT'S THE SAME KIND OF MODEL AS ANY OTHER LANDLORD REALLY THAN ANY OTHER LANDLORD ENCOUNTERS. IN AND AROUND THE MARKET, BUT BUT THESE ARE FULL SCALE BUILD TO THE GROUND, FULLY VERTICAL COMMUNITIES, AND I JUST I DO WANT TO, YOU KNOW, SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT THESE ARE VERY HIGH VALUE HOMES. THEY DO PRESERVE THE VALUE HERE AND, AS INDICATED BY STAFF, WE ARE ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH YOU ON WHATEVER YOU KNOW. TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS ARE WARRANTED AND ARE DEEMED APPROPRIATE. SO UM AND I'LL LET MIKE QUICKLY BRING UP HIS I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE GENTLEMAN WANT TO SPEAK? YOU WANT TO DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK PUBLIC CARBON BEFORE WE GOT BACK FROM THESE GARMENTS, OF COURSE.IF YOU DON'T MIND. PHILIP LAPOINTE. BETTER 16715 RAIN SHE DRIVE MARYSVILLE. SO I'M ALSO VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE UNION COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY. SO THANK YOU FOR MR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY AIRPORT. SO AS I SAY, AND STAY OBLIGATED LAND THE AUTHORITY BY VIRTUE OF GREENWICH. SURE ASSURANCES IS REQUIRED TO TAKE ALL STEPS TO ENSURE COMPATIBLE LAND USES AND PREVENT AND MITIGATE POSSIBLE HAZARDOUS USES. THE PRISONS OF A STEP OR ESTABLISHMENT OF A POND OR BASIN THAT RETAINS WATER BEYOND A 48 HOUR PERIOD. FOLLOWING REMAINED FOLLOWS CONSIDERED WILDLIFE ATTRACTING AND POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SAFE AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS. JUST SO EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THIS. THE COUNTY AIRPORT IS FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL STATE. AND COUNTY MONEY. IT'S THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE FINANCIALLY TALK PAINTING AT THE AIRPORT. SO STORM WATER IS OUR CONCERN. SO TWO YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A CHESTNUT CROSSING. WAS PROPOSED AS BEING DEVELOPED. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE TOO DRY STORMWATER BASINS. HOWEVER, NOW THERE. OVER 4.8 YEARS 4.2 ACRES OF WET PONDS. THEY NEVER DRY OUT THERE. THEY'RE WET PONDS THERE AT THE END OF OUR AIRPORT. SO, UM OUR CONCERN IS AGAINST FROM WATER. HERE'S JUST THAT CROSSING TO FINDS. HERE'S OUR RUNAWAY. RIGHT? SECOND POINT OF LIGHT TO TWO ADDRESSES. ADINA POINT PHASE TWO, SO 18 APPOINTED HAS STORMWATER ISSUES AND CITIES PROPOSING BUILDING TOO LARGE, REALLY LARGE PONDS WHERE THOSE ARE. IS TO TOO LARGE. REASONS OR PONDS. MY UNDERSTANDING. IS THAT THIS? UH, GINA POINT WILL DRAIN INTO THOSE TWO LARGE PONDS AND THOSE TWO LARGE PONDS BY GRAVITY WILL FLOAT BACK INTO CHESTNUT. SO THOSE THOSE AGAIN THOSE THOSE AREN'T DRY BASINS LIKE THE PROMISE EVERYONE HERE AT THE MEETING TWO YEARS AGO THERE WET PONDS. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS NEW REZONING PROPOSAL? ALSO WILL FEED ALL BITS ROOF. AND CONCRETE AND ASPHALT WATER AND INTO ALONG WITH THE DATA POINT. ACROSS THE FIELD WE HAVE THERE FOR RUNWAY PROTECTION INTO CHESTNUT. MY POINT IS, THERE'S A LOT OF IMPERVIOUS SURFACE. ON THE AIRPORT. PROPERTY ITSELF, THE ROOFS AND THE RUNWAY. WHERE DOES THAT STORM WATER? GO? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. WE PAY THE CITY MARYSVILLE STRONG WATER DRAINAGE, SO THAT'S UM, THIS AVENUE. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN'T ANSWER, BUT WE DO WE DO PAY. UM STORM WATER DRAINAGE TO THE CITY GOES INTO THESE AREAS WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. WE DON'T HAVE. WE DON'T HAVE A DRAINAGE PINED. WE DON'T HAVE A STORM WATER BASIN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE PART OF THE PROBLEM MIGHT BE COMING FROM WATER ALSO FROM YOUR SITE. NO I DISAGREE UNDER
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THE FOUR AND THE LAST FOUR YEARS , THE CITY HAS BEEN APPROVING DEVELOPMENT AFTER DEVELOPMENT ALL AROUND THE AIRPORT USED DEVELOPMENT HAS A STORM WATER BASIN OR THERE'S TURNS INTO A POND. THERE'S ONE BEHIND MAYER. THERE'S ONE JUST NORTH OF US. UM THERE'S TEST AT CROSSING THE GINA POINT. SO ALL THIS WATER THERE'S NO SOLUTION FOR THAT THAT I THINK THE REQUEST WOULD BE IS THAT THE ENGINEERING SIDE OF CITIES SHOULD MAKE A SOLUTION TO THIS? I WAS ALSO AT THE PLANNING MEETING. UM AND THERE WAS DISCUSSION. THERE'S FALSE DISCUSSION OF A MECHANICAL LIFT STATION THAT WAS BROUGHT UP TO THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION. AND THAT HELPED CHANGE THEIR BOOTS. AND THAT WAS IT'S NOT A TRUE STATEMENT. WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE ENGINEERS THAT ARE DESIGNING IS TOO LARGE DRAINING PONDS, AND THEY SAY EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE BY GRAVITY. SO OUR REQUEST IS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO NOT TO APPROVE REZONING UNTIL YOU UNDERSTAND THE STORMWATER DRAINAGE THAT THIS LARGE DEVELOPMENT YOU CAN SEE HOW LARGE THIS DEVELOPMENT IS. THE QUESTION IS, WHERE IS THE WATER GOING TO GO? CAN YOU TURN THE NEXT SLIDE? SO. WE ALSO WERE TRYING TO PROTECT THE AIRPORT. SO, UM THERE'S A F A CIRCULAR SAYING WITHIN 5000 FT FOR GENERAL AVIATION, AND ACTUALLY, THEN 10,000 FT FOR JET AIRCRAFT . SO, AS YOU KNOW SCOTT'S BIG CONTRIBUTOR, WE HEARD THEIR PROPOSAL TODAY TO KEEP ON EXPANDING. WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP SCOTT'S, UM, HAPPY BY USING OUR AIRPORT EVERY QUARTER. THEY'RE FLYING 4 TO 5 LARGE JETS AND WANT TO PROTECT THE AIRPORT AGAINST ANY BIRD STRIKES. SO PLEASE CONSIDER THIS WHEN YOU'RE VOTING TO REZONE AND AGAIN. ZONING WAS JUST DONE A COUPLE YEARS AGO, SO IT'S CONFUSING.WHY WHAT'S CHANGED WITHIN THOSE TWO YEARS? THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THE ONLY QUESTION I WOULD HAVE STAYED IN ITS CURRENT ZONING. WOULD YOU BE OKAY WITH THAT? SO IF THOSE HOMES WERE BUILT THERE IN THE ZONING THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS, YOU'RE FINE WITH THAT. BUT THERE WOULD BE RIGHT. WELL THERE HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW THERE HAVE TO BE SOMETHING CREATED TO ACCOMMODATE. I'M NOT SURE SUPER PRELIMINARY AS IT WAS MENTIONED MULTIPLE TIMES EARLIER THAT, UM WHETHER IT'S A WET POND OR DRY POND THAT HASN'T BEEN DETERMINED. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEIR ENGINEERS. HEY THIS NEEDS TO BE A DRY POND. BUT ALL OF THIS WATER GOES TO THE SOUTH, SO IT DOES NOT COME TO THE NORTH AND THAT WATER IS GOING TO GO WHERE IT GOES TODAY. SO YOU CAN'T WE CAN'T DIVERT WATER UP TO THE NORTH OF IT ALWAYS GOES TO THE SOUTH. AND IN REGARDS TO THE LEFT STATION. THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH STORM WATER.
I BELIEVE THAT'S WASTEWATER. IF THAT WAS BEING PROPOSED, OR THAT WAS AN OPTION, SO THOSE ARE TWO COMPLETELY SEPARATE TOPICS. OKAY? COME ON UP. COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM. MY NAME IS STEVE KOENIG ON THE OP A AIRPORT. SUPPORT NETWORK VOLUNTEER I REPORT TO AOPA, WHICH IS THE LARGEST AVIATION GROUP IN THE WORLD WITH 400,000 MEMBERS, AND WE TRY TO PROTECT AIRPORTS AND HELP. UH BOARDS PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE SAFETY. WHEN AIRPORTS ARE THREATENED BY PARTICULARLY DEVELOPMENT THE REQUEST I THINK THAT WAS TRYING TO MAKE WOULD BE THAT THE ORDINANCE BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE THE LANGUAGE SUCH THAT BOTH FAA REGULATION PART 77. AND THE REGULATIONS. OF HAZARDOUS WATER. LAKES AND SUCH ARE COMPLIANT WITH THE FIVE FEDERAL AGENCIES WHO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND CREATE THE CIRCULAR THAT HE EXPRESSED WITH THOSE ARE THOSE REGULATIONS. ONE IS BUILDING COMPLIANCE. AND THE OTHER IS FOR WATER. BIRD STRIKES DANGEROUS ANIMAL STUFF. THANK YOU. OKAY LETS A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION THAT F A CIRCULAR. I'M PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH ONE OF THE 400,000 MEMBERS OF THE A P A. LAND IN YOUR AIRPORT ALL THE TIME, AND I APPRECIATE YOU DOING A GREAT JOB WITH IT. SO THAT IF A CIRCULAR TALKS ABOUT DANGEROUS AIRCRAFT STRIKES, WHAT'S THE NUMBER ONE DANGER? IT'S DEER. FOLLOWED BY RAVENS OR CROWS. THESE ARE THESE, UH, BUZZARDS.
THERE YOU GO. ANOTHER CANADIAN GEESE IS NUMBER THREE. AND THOSE THOSE GUYS DO LIVE IN PONDS.
RIGHT NOW. THERE'S MORE THAN £15 IN AROUND THE AIRPORT, WHICH, BY THE WAY, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT
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THIS UP, MR MAYOR, THERE'S A HUGE POND THAT DETAINS ALL THE WATER FROM THE AIRPORT. IT GOES TO THE NORTH. HER PROJECT RUNS TO THE SOUTH. THAT'S JUST AS JEREMY POINTED OUT AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY LIFT STATIONS OR DETENTION PARTS. THE NORTHWARD DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN T THIS UP HERE. I'VE GOT A MOLLY. HOW DO WE TALK ABOUT THIS? IN HERE? JUST ONE PICTURE TO DETAIL THE FLIGHT PATH. THE DISTANCE COUNCIL ENTERTAIN US ON IT. IT'S JUST ONE. IT'S ROUGHLY THE SAME THING THAT THEY SHOWED, BUT I WANTED TO KIND OF POINT OUT THAT WE'RE OVER A MILE AWAY. FROM THE FROM THE FIELD OF THE SOUTH, NOT A DIRECT FLIGHT PATH OF FLIGHT PATH IS EAST TO WEST AND OHIO.FOR THE MOST PART AND THE MINIMUM ALTITUDE. IS 70% OF THE BIRD STRIKES TAKE PLACE UNDER 1000 FT. YOUR TRAFFIC PATTERN. ALTITUDE IS OVER TWO IS OVER 1000 FT ABOVE. WE'RE ON LEVEL HERE, SO THERE'S A LOT OF ANECDOTAL THINGS WE CAN TALK ABOUT. BUT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS WE CAN DO. AND EVEN THOUGH THIS MAY SEEM FAIRLY TRIVIAL, BECAUSE WE'RE SO FAR AWAY, THERE'S THINGS WE CAN DO, WHICH IS GETTING RID OF VEGETATION. MAKING STEEP BANKS TO THE DETENTION PONDS THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN LINE WITH THEIR FACE CIRCULAR THAT WAS REFERENCED EARLIER. SO WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS, AND I'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO WE DO TAKE NOTE, AND WE STUDY THESE THINGS. AND WE FIND OUT THAT OUR ENGINEERS I'VE TALKED TO ELI EARLIER TODAY WAS HERE TODAY. FROM SEESAW ABOUT WHAT CAN WE DO TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION? YOU KNOW, I DO UNDERSTAND, AND A JET TRAFFIC THERE IS DIFFERENT. DISTANCES ETCETERA, BUT JETS HAVE TWO ENGINES. UM IT'S EVERY PILOT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO DODGE COYOTES, DEER AND GEESE. I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TAUGHT TO DO. OF COURSE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MITIGATE THOSE THINGS THAT WE DON'T CREATE ANY MORE. BUT AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE DISTANCE HERE, WE'RE OVER A MILE AWAY FROM THE AIRPORT WITH THE WHOLE SUBDIVISION AND AGAIN I COUNTED THERE'S 15 PONDS. THAT ARE A LOT CLOSER. TO THE AIRPORT AND THE ONE THERE'S ONE OR TWO, RIGHT? UM RIGHT INTO SEVEN. SO YOU WESTBOUND. THERE'S A COUPLE OF PONDS RIGHT THERE. SO THAT'S AS YOU ROTATE OUT. THOSE ARE THE PONDS THAT I'D BE WORRIED ABOUT. SO OKAY, UM, AND AGAIN, WE CAN THIS EVERYTHING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND I APPRECIATE MR MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER AND LA DIRECTOR KEEPING US ON TRACK FOR THE ZONING PURPOSES. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS A LOT OF DISCUSSION. I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF FOLKS, UM, HAVE GENUINE CONCERNS AND FEELINGS AND I GET IT SO I HOPE MY SINCERE HOPE IS THAT BY THE TIME WE'RE ALL DONE GOING THROUGH ALL OF THIS, UM EVERYBODY'S HAPPY THAT'S NEVER GONNA BE THE CASE AND WILL DO MY BEST. UM COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT US, NOT DISCLOSING THE RENTAL COMMUNITY. THINK THE LAST SESSION OF ZONING. WE'RE VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT. IN FACT, OUR ENTIRE PRESENTATION WAS BASED ABOUT WHAT OUR DEMOGRAPHIC IS WHAT WE DO WHO WE ARE. THE 22 MARKETS IS AROUND. UNITED STATES, NOT OHIO. WE DO HAVE ABOUT A DOZEN PROJECTS IN VARIOUS STATE OF UM ENTITLEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT. I COULD SHARE THOSE IF YOU WANT TO. WE CAN DEFINITELY TALK AFTERWARDS. SURE, AND AS FAR AS THE BE HAPPY TO MEET AFTERWARDS AND SEE WHICH HOUSES YOU REFERRING TO HAVE A LIST OF THE 52 PROPERTIES. WE OWN THEM IN MARYSVILLE, AS WELL AS ANY KIND OF OUTSTANDING, UM, ZONING OR VIOLATIONS. THAT COLUMN IS BLANK. SO LET'S WE'RE NOT APPRISED OF SOMETHING. WE THERE'S NO ISSUES OUTSTANDING.
BUT I WILL ABSOLUTELY BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DISCUSS THESE THINGS AGAIN, NOT A ZONING ISSUE. BUT UH, IT DOESN'T MATTER. IT'S GOING TO COME UP DOWN THE ROAD. I WANT TO ADDRESS IT, AND I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO FLOODING TO THE NORTH. YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T REALLY DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT, HOWEVER, IF WE CAN ALLEVIATE IT THROUGH OUR DRAINAGE SYSTEM WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO SO, UM, I MEAN , THERE'S A PLETHORA OF COMMENTS HERE, UM. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN ADDRESS THEM ALL. I HEAR IT. I UNDERSTAND. A LOT OF IT IS JUST TRAFFIC A LOT OF ITS STORM. A LOT OF IT'S WE DON'T WANT, UM YOU KNOW WHAT RENTAL PROPERTIES OH, MAN, WHY NOT? IT WAS A LOT OF THINGS LIKE THIS. OH, YEAH. I MEAN, THAT'S. THOSE ARE ALL UM, YOU KNOW. AND AGAIN I'M HAPPY TO TALK TO EVERYBODY AND ANYBODY AFTER THE MEETING, I WANT TO TAKE UP THE COUNCIL'S TIME WITH ISSUES THAT MAY NOT PERTAIN THE ZONING BUT CERTAINLY HAPPY TO ADDRESS THEM. UM YEAH, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW. THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT TRAFFIC. I'M CONCERNED. I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE HERE ON COUNSELOR CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC ON WEAVER. YOU KNOW, I I'M I'VE BEEN DOWN WEAVER HUNDREDS TIMES ON MY BICYCLE. SO YOU KNOW, I KNOW.
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YOU KNOW THE CONDITION OF THE ROAD FAIRLY WELL. AND. YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE UNDER NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. NO. ONE'T ISSUE. IT'S IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. SO I DO AGREE WITH THAT. MOBILE ACCOUNTS ALL THAT ARKHAM. I THINK THE DIRECTION WE HAD FROM TIM, IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS RELATIVE TO WHAT WAS SHOWN THAT THAT WOULD BE, UH, FAIR GAME. YOU KNOW, LIKE THE VIDEO THAT THEY SHOUT. RESO OR WASN'T. WORKS BECAUSE IT SHOWED HOW THEY MAINTAIN THEIR PROPERTIES. THAT THEY OWN. OKAY LOOK, I AGREE THAT THEIR VIDEO SHOW DID NOT CONTAIN TO THE FOCUS AND THE ISSUE. COUNCIL WITH THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION HAS TO DO WITH THE VISO. LOT OF THE COMMENTS TONIGHT. BY A LOT OF FOLKS. IT'S NOT FOCUSED ON THAT ISSUE. DEVELOPED. NARROW THE POLICE SO WE CAN I WAS I WAS HERE ON THE SIDE. I WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE SIDE OF LETTING THIS BE SEEN. HMM. OKAY? ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE UNDER WHAT WE'RE GETTING.SO COME ON UP, PAUL. SORRY SORRY . SO TO START WITH THIS IS ONE OF THEIR WONDERFULLY UPDATED, MAINTAINED HOMES. THIS IS UM 56 GREEN COMES DRY. AND THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY A MILK PERCENT. THEY OWN 14 HOMES IN UNION COUNTY. SORRY. WE ENDED UP DRIVING BY. 12 PROPERTIES DID NOT DRIVE BY THE ONE FURTHER OUT, BUT THIS IS THIS IS GREENFIELD DRIVE. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A WONDERFUL GREEN LAWN. WELL MAINTAINED. SOMETHING ABOUT 68 INCHES HIGH. GET YOURSELF OUT IN THE YARD.
FLOWERBED. WHILE TAKING CARE OF THE NEXT ONE. IS ONE QUESTION THERE'S THAT HOME HAVE A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. AH I DO NOT KNOW BECAUSE THAT'S THAT WAS OUT MILFORD CENTER. OKAY JUST JUST THAT'S NOT A VERITABLE PROPERTY. CHALLENGE. UM BUT THE NEXT ONES ARE ABSOLUTELY MARY'S NO PROPERTIES, AND MOST OF THEM ARE IN VALLEY. OKAY SO THIS IS THE NO BELLY HOME HERE, AS YOU CAN SEE, WHICH IS THAT YOUR SON UP ADDRESS IS 12 93 SENTIMENT DRIVE. AND NICE GRASS, ALL WHEAT. NORMAL ALL OVER THE SIDE . SO THAT WAS THE NEXT ONE. WE'RE GOING NEXT SLIDE WITCHES 14 66. ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL HOME. THIS LOOKED REALLY GOOD AT FIRST. YOU KNOW, GRASS IS SOMEWHAT REALLY AND LITTLE HIGH . BUT THEN IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE THEY STARTED TO REPAIR AND STOP PAINTING. SO THIS IS WHAT WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO AND 10 YEARS. NEXT SLIDE IS THIS IS THE ADDRESS IS 10 58. NUTMEG. THIS IS ANOTHER GREAT ONE THAT ONION. DRIVEWAY AS OFTEN NOW EVERYBODY HAS DRIVEN THROUGH THE VALLEY. YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF THOSE HOMES IN THERE. THEY'RE REALLY NICE.
SORRY YOU SAID 10 58 NUTMEG. NUTMEG? YES. SO YOU COME HOME AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS BEAUTIFUL GREEN GRASS NEXT DOOR AND WHAT IS COMING THROUGH HERE? AND THAT'S WHAT MARYSVILLE YEP, THAT'S NOT WHAT UM, NEXT SLIDE 10 58. IS NOT ONE OF OUR PROPERTIES. TWO MORE MINUTES. DR I'M LOOKING AT IT HERE. JUST A MINUTE. OH, I GOT IT. ALL RIGHT.
SO WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? THAT ONE UM CAN YOU GO BACK ONE? SORRY. UM YOU WANT MORE FORWARD? LIKE THE DRIVEWAY. I MEAN, THAT'S NOT TREE TREE. YEAH IT'S THEY'RE JUST NOT WELL MAINTAINED. IT'S
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BECOME IN. THEY HAVE TO CUT THE GRASS WHENEVER I MEAN, YOU HAVE SO AS FAR AS THE LANDSCAPING CONCERNS WELL, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SCATTERED SITE PROPERTIES . WE DON'T DO ANY. THAT'S UP TO THE HOMEOWNER. JUST LIKE EVERY ONE OF YOU IS A LANDLORD HERE. YOU LORD. I TAKE CARE OF ALL OF IT. THE GRASS FOR YOUR TENANTS, SINGLE FAVORITE RESIDENCES BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THEM ALL.PROPERTY TO HAVE MY NAME ON IT LOOK LIKE THIS. AND THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET. IN THE 184 5. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET . ACTUALLY, WE DO ALL WE DO KNOW THE PROPERTIES THAT THEIR MASTER PLANNED COMMENT HERE. YEAH PROCESS HERE. EVERYONE SHOULD BE ADDRESSING COUNCIL AND NOT EACH OTHER ABOUT YOU'VE GOT ABOUT ONE MORE MINUTE TO WRAP THIS UP. THE LAST ONE. I'M GOING TO SHOW IS THIS PROPERTY HERE? THIS IS NOT ACTUALLY IN THERE IS STILL THIS IS ONE THAT IS FOUR. RIGHT RIGHT NOW IN WESTERVILLE $2095 A MONTH. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. BUSH IS COMPLETELY OVER. GONNA GO AGAIN SO I CAN GET THIS UNDER A MINUTE. THIS IS THE FRONT STOOP. BRIDGE KNOCKED OUT TOTAL WEEDS, NOT EVEN A FLOWER BACK TO THE NEXT. RIFT COMPLETELY DESTROYED THE NEIGHBORS THAT HE FELT THE GRASS BECAUSE IT WAS A HIGH NEXT FIVE. WHAT'S THAT DRESS? THIS ADDRESS. IT IS 56 55 63 PRINTING DRIVE AND WHERE THE ONE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES PUT THAT ON THE DOOR. THAT. IS COMPLETELY GONE. THAT'S JUST PAINTED COUNCIL JUST PAINT. IT HAS. THE ONE IS COMPLETELY ROTTED OUT, AND IT'S JUST PINK CAME BACK. AND IT'S JUST COMPLETELY ROTTED OUT. VANISHED THEY'RE CALLED BOX SO YOU CAN GET INTO THERE AND VIEW THE RENTAL. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND A COUPLE OF YEARS. THANK YOU, PAUL PHOTOS, BUT I WANT TO SEE THANK YOU, MARK. I APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU, COUNSEL. WITH ONE OTHER CITIZEN HERE. SURE IT'S NICK. HI MY NAME IS NICK HLAVAC.
I SPOKE EARLIER. ONE THING THAT HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED. THAT I WANTED TO REITERATE, IS THE ELEVATION OF WHERE EVEN THOUGH THIS DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO BE TO THE SOUTH, MORE AND THE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS ARE TO THE NORTH ELEVATION OF THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT IS ACTUALLY HIGHER.
SO ANYTHING THAT IS BUILT HARD SCAPES ROOF DRIVEWAYS STREETS. IT'S GONNA DRAIN SOMEWHERE, AND IF WE ALREADY HAVE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE FLOODING, WE'RE GOING TO JUST COMPOUND ON THESE PROBLEMS. YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD A NEW DEVELOPMENT SO THAT THE WATER LITERALLY RUNS DOWNHILL, SO THAT THAT HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED. I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE ELEVATION IS THERE JEREMY ACTUALLY CAPITAL PROJECT . WE'RE WORKING WITH THE AIRPORT RIGHT NOW TO FIX THINGS, AS IS THE AIRPORT REPRESENTATIVE MENTIONED, SO THIS IS GOING TO FIX THE DRAINAGE ACROSS THEIR PROPERTY PROPOSAL. WE'RE JUST THAT THERE ARE PROJECTS IN IN PLACE, BUT THE POINT IS THE ZONING TO ADD MORE HOMES. 280 WHEN WE WERE ALREADY WEAVER HAS 128 AND HAS FLOODING PROBLEMS. FOR A YEAR, ADDING ANOTHER 280 HOMES IS ONLY TO COMPOUND ON THOSE ISSUES. MS SOUL THE ZONING IF YOU HAD YOU HAD PROPERTIES THAT HAD ONE HOME PER ACRE THE AMOUNT OF GRASS THE AMOUNT OF LAND THAT WOULD ABSORB THAT WATER THAT WOULD THEN GO INTO THE GROUNDWATER GROUND TABLE IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN 280. DRIVEWAYS, ROOFS STREETS, ETCETERA. THANK YOU. OKAY? ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THERE'S OPER TONIGHT. OKAY. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR THIRD READING ON MAY 23RD. ORDINANCE H SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING TO PROVE APPROVED PLANNING COMMISSION'S
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RECOMMENDATION TO AMEND THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE OAKS PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.OF ADMINISTRATORS HAVE NOTHING. WE WOULD DIFFER. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ACTUALLY, DAD THIS EVENING AND OFF. LIFE PROVIDED. YEAH GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. CRAIG MONCRIEF PLANK LAW FIRM FOR LEBANESE TOWN STREET HERE WITH TODD FROM RHONDA HOMES. WE ARE REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL TO A MANDATE P U D DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE OAK SUBDIVISION. THIS HAS BEEN QUITE THE PROCESS HERE TO GIVE YOU SOME TIMELINE BACK IN 2000 AND SIX THIS PROPERTY
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DEVELOPMENT PLAN WAS APPROVED 50 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND 80 CONDOMINIUM UNITS OVER 64 ACRES.PHASE ONE WAS PLANTED IN 2000 AND SEVEN FOR 21. LOTS AND THEN YOU KNOW SIMILAR STORY, 2000 AND 7 2000 AND EIGHT UH, YOU KNOW PHASE TWO WAS NEVER UNDERTAKEN. HERE WE ARE IN 2022 22 MIRANDA HOMES IS IN CONTRACT, PURCHASE THE REST OF THE PROPERTY AND LOOKING TO FINISH THE DEVELOPMENT. UM THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WITH WHAT WAS APPROVED. THE SHADOW SHADOW BEND WAS SUPPOSED TO EXTEND BETWEEN THE TWO ROADWAYS. 38 7 36 IT'S UNABLE TO BECAUSE OF PROPERTY PRIVATE OWNER PURCHASED A PORTION OF THAT SO IT'S BEEN WORKING WITH. WELL, IT'S BEEN ABOUT 16 MONTHS NOW WORKING WITH THE OAKS H AWAY TO AMEND THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS AND COME TO AN AGREEMENT AS FAR AS HOW TO DEVELOP THE REST OF THE PROPERTY. SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH THAT PROCESS. THE H O A HAS APPROVED THIS PLAN THEY HAVE AMENDED THEY RECORDED A AMENDMENT TO THE DECORATIONS AND WHAT WE HAD BEFORE YOU NOW IS, UM IS A TOTAL OF 113 UNITS, AND THIS WILL BE KIND OF TWO SEPARATE DEVELOPMENTS WERE THE EXISTING PHASE. ONE OAKS IS THOSE 21 LOTS PROPOSING TO CONSTRUCT 20 ADDITIONAL LOTS. THESE WILL BE 100 FT. WIDE SO MORE PRESIDENTIAL STYLE HOMES 405 100,000 RANGE. AND THEN PRESERVING THE NATURAL WOODLAND AREA KIND OF IN THE CENTER OF THE PROPERTY AND THEN TO THE EAST WILL BE 72 SINGLE FAMILY.
LOTS. UH, 60 FT WIDE. THIS WILL BE A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO PATHS. SO LIKE I SAID, THIS HAS BEEN OVER A YEAR OF WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP AND THEIR ATTORNEY TO REACH A RESOLUTION AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY. IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. YEP. I WAS JUST WANT. I JUST WANTED TO ASK ASHLEY. WHAT DID PLANNING COMMISSION CONCLUDED ON THIS? WHAT WAS THE I'M SORRY. WHAT DID THEY WHAT DID PLANNING COMMISSION CONCLUDE WHAT WAS THEIR VOTE? THEY APPROVED THE DEVELOPMENT. UM THE ONE THING THAT THEY WANTED TO DO WAS MAKE SURE THAT THE H O A AGREED TO ALL OF THE AMENDMENTS AND THAT THEY HAD TO BRING THAT SIGN DOCUMENT, WHICH WAS PROVIDED TO THEM AND WAS APPROVED BY PLANNING COMMISSION. UNANIMOUS. UM LET ME GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT. I BELIEVE IT WAS FOUR. OH, I BELIEVE THANK YOU. AND THE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION APPROVED IT AS WELL. YES YES, YES, SO THEY HAD TO RECORD AN AMENDMENT TO THE DECLARATION, WHICH HAS BEEN RECORDED AND AN AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED. MR RINGS. YES AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE CHANGED A COUPLE OF P. U. D S PREVIOUSLY AND HEARD FROM. LANDOWNERS IN NEARBY LOCATIONS. UM. IN THIS SITUATION BECAUSE THE P U. D IS THE OAKS PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT IN THAT P U D EXPECTING CERTAIN DEED RESTRICTIONS. I THINK IT WAS IMPERATIVE THAT THEY WORKED WITH THE H O A. AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT THAT YOU PUT INTO THAT, UM IT'S DIFFERENT THAN IF IT WAS AN ADJACENT PIECE OF PROPERTY NOT ORIGINALLY OWNED BY THE SAME PEOPLE. UM YOU KNOW THE SITUATION WE HAD OF WITH EWING MEADOWS. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE PEOPLE ON BURGER ROAD WEREN'T HAPPY, BUT THEY DIDN'T OWN THE PROPERTY. THEY DIDN'T OWN THE LAND. WHEN THE PEOPLE IN THE OAKS BOUGHT THEIR PROPERTY. THEY WERE SHOWN A P U D OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT AND THEY BOUGHT THEIR PROPERTY WANTING THAT WHOLE PROJECT TO LOOK LIKE THAT. SO THE WORK THEY'VE DONE WITH THE H L. A IN IN MY OPINION IS ENORMOUS. UH GOING DOWN THE PATH OF APPROVING A PERIOD EACH CHANGE. MR PRESIDENT? YES UM, THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WAS LONG BEFORE EWING MEADOWS AND THERE WASN'T AS MUCH TRAFFIC ON 38. BUT RECENTLY 38 HAS BEEN IMPROVED. THERE'S NO ISSUES OF TRAFFIC AT THIS POINT AND TO DECIDE WITH MR ROCHE ON THIS. UM THIS THIS REVISED PROPOSAL HIS LEAPS AND BOUNDS BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL. IT. IT SUITS THE OAKS MUCH BETTER. AND IN THE RAVINE THAT SEPARATES UM A SMALLER LOT. DEVELOPMENT VERSUS A LARGER LOT.
DEVELOPMENT IS ALL COMPLEMENTARY TO THE AREA. VERY GOOD PROPOSAL. ANY OTHER COUNCIL COMING. THE
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ONLY CONCERN I HAVE IS WHERE I AGREE WITH ALAN AND I AGREE WITH EVERYBODY IN HERE. UM SOME OF THOSE RESIDENTS THAT YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, REACHED OUT TO ME A LONG TIME AGO. UM BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I ADVOCATE STRONGLY FOR LARGER LOTS AND NICER HOUSES AND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE. SO BUT I WILL SAY THAT THE ONLY THING THAT CONCERNS ME IS THE LINING OF 7 36. AND 38. BECAUSE YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW, 7 36 COMES ON AN ANGLE THAT'S REALLY HARD TO MAKE THAT TURN. AND BUT YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED EVENTUALLY, BUT THAT IS THE ONLY PLACE THAT I HAVE A LITTLE CONCERNED WITH, BUT I AGREE WITH OVERALL EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS UP HERE. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS ON THIS PROPOSAL? OKAY? THIS WILL BE BACK FOR A THIRD READING. THEN ON MAY 23RD THANK YOU. GO TO COMMENTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER TERRY THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT,[COMMENTS OF THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL PERSONS AND GENERAL DISCUSSION]
AND I ACTUALLY WANT TO GO A LONG WAY TOWARD, YOU KNOW, THANKING THE RESIDENTS THAT WERE HERE TONIGHT AND SPOKE TO THE ISSUES. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HEAR YOU AND I WILL SAY THIS WE'VE ALREADY TASKED STAFF WITH LOOKING REALLY HARD INTO THE STORM WATER ISSUES IN THAT AREA STORM WATER RELATED ISSUES. HOWEVER YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO NOT JUST WITH THE EXTENSION OF PROFESSIONAL PARKWAY. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT OTHER WAYS TO MAKE CHESTNUT STREET AREA AS YOU'RE COMING INTO TOWN. BETTER UH, AND IMPROVEMENTS. YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE LOOKED AT OTHER PROJECTS WE'VE DONE RECENTLY. NOT ONLY THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DONE OUT AROUND MILL VALLEY AREA WHERE WE'VE MADE IMPROVEMENTS, WE DID SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON 38 LAST YEAR. WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE SOME OF THE AREAS AND IT'S WE'RE TRYING TO CATCH UP AND STAY WITHIN OUR BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO HAND SOME OF THE HANDLE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS. SO WE HEAR YOU GOT IT AND YOU KNOW, AND I VALUE THAT INPUT. UM THE ONE THING I DO WANT TO STATE THAT THE AIRPORT. IS ONE THAT OUT ITALIA? WE'RE A GROWING COMMUNITY. AND THE LAND AROUND THE AIRPORT. IN CERTAIN AREAS IS GOING TO DEVELOP. YEAH. AND. AND JUST I WOULD I WOULD WHATEVER WE HAVE TO DO. TO MAYBE EVEN HAVE A SEPARATE MEETING WITH THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY GROUP. ABOUT. HOW THE CITY WILL GROW, AND IT MAY NOT JUST BE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. BUT THINK OF 2025 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. IS THAT GOING TO BE THE PLACE FOR AN AIRPORT TO BE MOVING FORWARD AND WE JUST IT'S A TOUGH DISCUSSION TO HAVE, BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME OF THAT DISCUSSION JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE COMMUNITY'S GROWING UP TO THIS POINT, AND WE DO HAVE TO BE A LITTLE CAREFUL IN THAT AREA RIGHT NOW, PRIMARILY AS YOU HEARD TONIGHT. WITH SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE, WITH THE ROADWAY BEING ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE TRAFFIC FLOW. BUT. LET'S LET'S CONTINUE THAT DISCUSSION BECAUSE WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO HAVE DEVELOPMENT. THE FUTURE THAT'S COMING IN THE AIRPORT IN HERE EVERY SINGLE TIME. IT'S A KEY AREA. UH IT'S A KEY AREA ALL THE WAY AROUND.FROM FROM THE AIRPORT ALL THE WAY UP TO SCOTTS LAWN. UM IS A VERY IMPORTANT AREA, SO I WOULD JUST ASK FOR US TO TAKE THAT INTO STRONG CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, I AGREE. IT'S A PROBABLY SOMETHING WE DO NEED TO DISCUSS WITH THE AIRPORT BECAUSE THEY DON'T OWN THAT LARGE AREA THAT THEY SHOW THAT THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT. YOU KNOW UNLESS THEY OWN IT. AND THEY REALLY YOU KNOW THE PROPERTY ON EARTH HAVE RIGHTS AS WELL. SO IT'S A BALANCE AND IT'S HARD IT IS. ERIN. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. UM SINCERELY, FIRST OF ALL, WE JUST TAKE A DEEP BREATH JUST FOR A SPLIT SECOND, I HAD A WONDERFUL MOTHER'S DAY HELPED MY MOM PLANT FLOWERS. WE GOT A NEW PUPPY. I HAVE SCRATCHES ALL OVER MY HANDS FROM THE NEW PUPPY, BUT IT'S WORTH IT. I LOVE THE LITTLE GUYS. A COCKER SPANIEL IS AWESOME. SO SINCERELY, I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A FANTASTIC MOTHER'S DAY. I DID MOVING ON TO SERIOUS MATTERS. I
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WANT EVERYONE HERE TO KNOW. OKAY I REPRESENT WORD ONE, WHICH IS MORE VALLEY NORTHERN MARYSVILLE . SO IT'S PRETTY GOOD CHANCE THAT I WILL REPRESENT ANYONE THAT'S HERE. AND IT IS A SHAME THAT, UM WELL, I DON'T WANT TO SAY PUT A NEGATIVE TONE ON IT, BUT I WISH THAT EVERYONE WAS STILL HERE SO THAT THEY COULD HEAR ARE CLOSING COMMENTS. BECAUSE I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT, UM, WHILE I MIGHT NOT REPRESENT YOU, I AM 100% AND INDEPENDENT AND FREE THINKER.AND I WAS TOLD WHEN I FIRST STARTED THIS NEW JOB BY MY COLLEAGUE HANK TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND AND STUDY THE SUBJECT AND ON EVERYTHING THAT COMES MY WAY ON THIS DOCK, AND I TRIED TO DO THAT, UM SO WHEN YOU COME HERE AND YOU TALK TO US I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE CAREFULLY CONSIDER WHAT YOU TELL US. I DO. AND I WANT TO JUST SAY THAT I WAS BITING MY TONGUE DURING THE WHOLE CONVERSATION. I WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. AND I, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IT ON SUBJECT, BUT SERIOUSLY LIKE I WANT TO HEAR IT, UM, WHETHER IT'S HERE AFTER THIS MEETING, I WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. AND UM SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT AS IT RELATES TO ZONING. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS AS A COUNCILMAN, AND SO FAR THE HARDEST THINGS THAT I'VE HAD TO DECIDE ON RELATE TO THIS, UM IN MORE VALLEY. IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT. AND UM, SOME OF MY FOLKS HAVE TO REPRESENT AREAS THAT ARE SAYING A LOT OF COMPLICATED GROWTH SPECIFICALLY IN THE IN THE WEAVER ROAD AREAS, SO UM, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT AS SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T REPRESENT REPRESENT THAT AREA. I HEAR WHAT YOU'VE SAID TONIGHT AND I HEAR YOUR CONCERNS AND I WILL CAREFULLY CONSIDER THOSE MOVING FORWARD.
THERE ARE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS. AND I WILL SAY THIS, THOUGH. I CAMPAIGNED AS A PRO GROWTH PERSON. I WANT TO SEE MORE OF MARYSVILLE BECOME MORE AVAILABLE TO MORE PEOPLE. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE NEED TO JUST APPROVE EVERYTHING THAT COMES OUR WAY. OKAY SO I THINK THAT THEY'RE JUST NEEDS TO BE A BALANCE. AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I'M HERE TO BE A FREE THINKER AND CONSIDER EVERYTHING AS WE MOVE FORWARD, SO I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE GROWING, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. THAT SEEMS LIKE IT HAS SOME CONCERNS. CAN WE ADDRESS THEM? I'M GOING TO THE ACTIVE. YOU KNOW, THIS IS MY JOB WILL THINK ABOUT IT. I WILL CONSIDER IT AND MY VOTE WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE STATED TONIGHT. SO THANK YOU. AND I HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT MOTHER'S DAY. THANK YOU. I'M NEXT, OKAY? UM. LAST TUESDAY WAS KIND OF BE FOR ME. DISAPPOINTING DAY. YEAH ELECTION DAY. AND UM, UM OBVIOUSLY BE THE WORLD. INITIALLY SURPRISED AND MAYBE HINDSIGHT, WE WERE EVEN SHOCKED THAT OUR FORMER MAYOR, GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, YEAH, ADVOCATE FOR SO MANY PEOPLE. KISS MAKE, SHE DID LOSE 44 TO 55. I DO KNOW THAT EVERY RACE AS AWARENESS AND ADVOCACY SAYS THE LOSER. YEAH.
IF IT WAS MARYSVILLE. WE HAVE 15 PRECINCTS SECURITY 11 OF THEM SO FOR WENT THE OTHER WAY, BUT GOING NORTH, THERE WAS A DIFFERENT SENTIMENT. YEAH I MEAN, IT IS AS LIFE GOES, YEAH, SO AND WHAT I MOSTLY. UH APPRECIATE IT OVER MANY YEARS AND SHE WAS THE MAYOR WHEN I STARTED 13 YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW THAT SHE WAS ALWAYS FIGHTING FOR THE UNDERDOG AS MUCH AS SHE COULD. AND UNFORTUNATELY IN OUR COUNTY BECAUSE THIS WAS COUNTYWIDE ELECTION FOR COMMISSIONER IN OUR COUNTY THAT'S CONSIDERED TO BE LIBERAL. SO AND I TEXTED THE FOLLOWING DAY. I TOLD HER I SAID, CHRIS, THIS COUNTY HAS TAKEN A STEP ACTUALLY A 10 YEAR STEP BACKWARDS. YEAH WHATEVER YOU WORKED SO HARD ON. YEAH, BUT IT WAS TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR JOB TRAFFIC ISSUES WAS A BIG THING FOR HER. YEAH WE KEEP HEARING ABOUT THOSE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE NEED. AND EVERY TIME WHEN WE DO THAT, AND I GET SO SICK AND TIRED OF IT, AND AGAIN TODAY WE HEARD ABOUT IT. YEAH, IT'S FOLLOWED THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WELL LET'S LOOK AT THE LABOR MARKET SO WE WOULDN'T BE LOOKING AT LABOR MARKET. MANY UNSKILLED WORKERS WITH INCOMES UNDER 1250 PER MONTH,
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CONSULTATION AIDED CENTRALLY NEAR UPTOWN AND THE EASTERN GATEWAYS OF THE CITY. UM, USE OF 36. THESE JOBS ARE MAINLY CENTERED AROUND SHOPPING CENTERS AND MAY INCLUDE FOOD SERVICES.FOOD SERVICES AND RETAIL INDUSTRIES. NO INCOME JOBS MAKE UP APPROXIMATELY 26% OF THE JOB.
SHE MANAGED BILL. AGAIN THIS IS ACCORDING TO THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE OVER THE LAST 10 15 YEARS.
WHAT HAVE WE DONE FOR THOSE PEOPLE? YEAH, WE WANT HIM TO SERVE US. BE ONE OF THE CUT OUR GUESTS. HOPEFULLY THEY DON'T CHARGE MORE THAN $15 AN HOUR. YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO FEED US, BUT WE DON'T WANT THEM TO LIVE WITH US. AND I THINK THAT'S DISGRACE. IT IS BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT THOSE HOUSES THAT ARE 253 100,000 AND THIS SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION 26% OF THE PEOPLE. THAT WE WANT TO SHOW OF US. WE DON'T GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY. THAT'S MY CASE, AND I ALWAYS MET EACH OTHER AND WE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT HOW CAN WE GET THOSE PEOPLE TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY? UM I DID GO TO THE COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN HOUSING AUTHORITY. THEY HAVE EXCELLENT PROGRAMS IN PLACE. THE FIRST IMPRESSION THAT YOU GET IF YOU GET LOWER INCOME HOUSING, YOU GET MORE VIOLENCE YOUNG, BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE BECAUSE B. WE NEED THOSE PEOPLE. WE WANT THOSE PEOPLE, BUT WE DON'T GIVE THOSE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE AMONGST AMONG US MILLIONS VILLE AND THE ONLY WAY YEAH, I CERTAINLY WASTED. I HAD RESEARCHED ALL OF THIS WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT GIVING ISLAM LORD THAT OWNED THE OLD KOGER 4.4 MILLION, WHICH IS THE THIEF, WHICH IS STILL IN A HALF PLUS THE INTEREST TO GET THEM OUT OF THERE AND THEN MAKE IT ANOTHER OFF SCALE APPOINTMENT. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A STEPPING STONE FOR THIS TYPE OF GOVERNMENT.
THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THOSE TYPE OF PEOPLE THAT WE WANT TO SERVE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE FACE UP. TO IT AND SAY IF WE WANT PEOPLE TO WORK WITH US, WE ALSO HAVE TO GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY. AND I THINK WE FAILED CLOSELY ON THAT. SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS THAT I HAVE FOR TODAY. THANK YOU. JR. I'VE GOT A LOT OF INFORMATION FOR YOU. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH NEDRA BETS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE UNION COUNTY JOB AND FAMILY SERVICES REGARDING EMPLOYMENT. WHICH IS REALLY THE DRIVER OF A LOT OF THE HOUSING ISSUES, BUT GIVEN THE FACT THAT I'VE GOT TO DRIVE TO TOLEDO STILL TONIGHT, BECAUSE I'VE GOT A 7 30 CONFERENCE CALL A CONFERENCE IN THE MORNING, I'LL I'LL WAIT UNTIL NEXT MEETING, SO I'LL PASS. THANK YOU, DONALD. I JUST WANTED TO FIRST, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT CHRIS AND THE DEDICATION THAT SHE PUT FORWARD. YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS A KID. SHE WAS THE ONE I'M STILL A KID, OBVIOUSLY, BUT WHEN I WAS REALLY YOUNG KID, I WAS PROBABLY I THINK IN THE EIGHTH GRADE. NOPE FRESHMAN OR SOPHOMORE IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN I DONATED THE TOWN TREE AT THE OLD CITY HALL BUILDING. AND CHRIS WAS THERE AND SHE LET ME MEET OUR FIRST CITY PLANNER. SO THAT WAS PROBABLY IN 2000 AND SIX MAYBE 2000 AND EIGHT AS SOMEWHERE IN THOSE AND THOSE LINES. YOU KNOW, I WOULD DESCRIBE WHAT DRAWS ME TO CHRIS WAS HER VISION. SO OFTEN, POLITICIANS NOW DON'T HAVE VISION. THEY RUN CAMPAIGNS THAT HAVE NO VIT THAT HAVE NO FUTURE . THEY RUN ON PROMISES THEY CAN'T MEET, AND THEN THE AVERAGE DAY AMERICAN GETS ANNOYED WITH OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM. IT TAKES YEARS OF DEDICATION AND HARD WORK TO MAKE YOUR COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE. YOU CAN'T CHANGE IT FOR YEARS, AND YOU HOPE TO GOD THAT YOU CAN CHANGE SOMETHING IN EIGHT YEARS. BUT IT TAKES A LONG TIME. CHRIS NOT ONLY PUT TIME AND ENERGY INTO THIS CITY, BUT THIS COUNTY, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND EVERYTHING SHE DID SHE PUT HER SOUL INTO AND I WOULD DESCRIBE HER AS VISION, DEDICATION AND COMPASSION. THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE THIS BUILDING. WERE ABLE TO HIRE THE STAFF WE HIRE HAVE A POLICE FORCE WE HAVE IS BECAUSE SHE RAISED THE INCOME TAX RATE.
HER DEDICATION. EVENTUALLY THE THIS COUNCIL WHETHER IT BE ME OR ALL OF US OR OTHERS TO DO THE SAME THING FOR THIS COMMUNITY WHERE WE KEEP PUSHING MARY'S BONA DIRECTION THAT MAKES PEOPLE
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WANT TO LIVE HERE. MAKES PEOPLE WHO WANT TO INVEST AND HOMES INVEST IN JOBS. I UNDERSTAND THAT WE CANNOT BE. OUR RESIDENTS CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE AND PAY THE PROPERTY ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES THAT DUBLIN HAS BUT WHAT CONCERNS ME ABOUT THE FUTURE GROWTH OF THIS COMMUNITY AND WHAT IS MADE ME RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL IS I ALSO DON'T WANT TO BE THE STEP CHILD TO DUBLIN. AND IT CONCERNS ME WITH THE TYPE OF GROWTH. THE TYPE JOBS. THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS AND GROWING AT A RATE WHEN WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A CITY BUILDING DEPARTMENT. THE ONE THE LAST THING I WANTED TO SAY WITH TO YOU AS RESIDENTS . YOU HAVE MORE POWER THAN YOU BELIEVE YOU DO. COMPREHENSIVE PLANS ARE ALWAYS AND INVOLVING DOCUMENT. YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT? TO REQUEST ASKED. FOR AMENDMENTS . YOU CAN DO WAY MORE THAN WHAT YOU THINK YOU CAN DO. BUT IT TAKES DEDICATION. IT TAKES HARD WORK. IT TAKES PERSISTENCE. SO YOU KNOW, I STARTED A VERY LONG TIME AGO AND I'M HERE AND I'LL BE HERE UNTIL THE VOTER TELLS ME TO GET OUT. BUT I'M I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT AS A VOTER AS A RESIDENT AND EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM, EVERYONE IN THIS COMMUNITY, IT'S YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. NOT JUST OURS, AND YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT. TO LOOK AT IT AND REQUEST SOMETHING. IF IT'S HIGH DENSITY HOUSING IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT IN EVERY PART OF OUR CITY. YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO MAKE TO ASK FOR AN AMENDMENT. SO THAT'S WHAT MY COMMENTS THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. 0.1 MY GREAT APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MS MINK AND MR BARONS. IT WAS RIGHT TO HONOR MR BARONS, AND I APPRECIATE TAKING TIME TO DO THAT. I TOO WILL MISS MICHNIK, HOPING FOR A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH MR LAWRENCE. WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ALWAYS SINCE 2000 AND EIGHT OF MY AWARENESS WE HAVE HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S. I'D LIKE TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. AND I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THEIR SERVICE. THE OTHER POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS MY GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE GALLERY TONIGHT, AND I'M TALKING TO THE WRONG FOLKS. UM NUMBER ONE. I APPRECIATE THOSE OF THE GALLERY WHO HAVE STAYED NOW YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE. WE WANT YOU BACK. WE WANT YOUR INPUT. UM GOOD THOUGHTS, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT 0.2. I DO ANTICIPATE.AND MR REEMS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PATIENT THAN I AM. BECAUSE I DO ANTICIPATE IN THE FUTURE, MORE POLITE, CONSIDERATE GALLERY, CONSIDERATE OF NOT INTERRUPTING EACH OTHER CONSIDERATE OF PRESENTING THEIR POINTS AND A COGENT FASHION AND MAKING THOSE POINTS. WELL SOME OF YOU DID. MM PROBABLY THE PEOPLE TO WHOM I'M SPEAKING OR THOSE WHO WHO HAVE ALREADY LEFT FOR WHATEVER REASON. SO I DO WANT TO REMIND YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR STAYING. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. YOU KNOW, IT'S UM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREATING AND SUPPORTING A STRONG ECONOMY IN THE COMMUNITY. AND WE'RE OBVIOUSLY VERY SUCCESSFUL OF THAT. AND IT, UH THE RESULTS ARE POPULATION GROWTH. MORE DEVELOPMENT. CHALLENGING DECISIONS. MEETINGS LIKE TONIGHT. BUT THE REWARDS ARE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT. QUALITY OF LIFE PRIDE OF COMMUNITY. AND CONTINUED EXPANSION IS INEVITABLE WHEN YOU HAVE A STRONG ECONOMY OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS A MUST SO IF YOU WANT TO REVERSE A LOT OF THAT STUFF YOU DO AWAY WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND WE KNOW WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. SO YOU KNOW, THE PAINS COME WITH THE GOOD ANGRY AND YOU JUST GOT TO WORK THEM ALL. WITH WITH REFERENCE TO THE AIRPORT, THOUGH. AS WE GROW. AND AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BRINGS BUSINESSES, THE AIRPORT WILL WILL CONTINUE TO GET BUSY. AND WITH. WITH MORE POWERFUL AIRCRAFT. WE'VE SEEN IT. I LIVE BY IT AND WE SEE IT. IT'S PRETTY ATTRACTIVE IN MY MIND. YOU KNOW THAT THAT THAT OUR AIRPORT DRAWS THAT KIND OF COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC.
BUT IT DOES SEEM THAT IT NEEDS TO BE MORE REGIONAL AT THIS POINT. BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO QUIT GROWING. AND THE PROBLEM WILL CONTINUE TO GROW, AND WE CAN'T PUT OPPOSING RUNWAYS IN THERE. IT'S SO IT'S EVEN A PROBLEM FOR THAT AIRPORT SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GET THAT
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DISCUSSION GOING FOR REGIONAL PURPOSES. AND WHERE THE APPROPRIATE LOCATION WOULD NEED TO BE, UM I, BUT I REALLY THINK THE RIGHT GROUPS NEED TO GET TOGETHER AND GET STARTED ON THAT. AND. YOU KNOW THOSE USED THE OTHER THE PRIVATE AIRCRAFT PEOPLE'S UM THEY'RE PROUD OF THEIR AIRPORT. AND WE'RE PROUD OF THE AIRPORT. BUT DEVELOPMENT ISSUES ARE KIND OF THEY'RE KIND OF IN THE WAY OF DEVELOPMENT SITUATIONS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW THE MAIN. DISCUSSION WE HAD TONIGHT AFTER LAST OUR LAST MEETING. WE. GOT WAY OFF TOPIC. WE ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT WEREN'T RELEVANT TO THE ZONING AND I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT THE ZONING. IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, RIGHT. WE ALL WANT TO SEE THIS AND THAT. SO YOU KNOW, MY THOUGHT WAS OKAY. WE'LL LET EVERYBODY GET IT OUT OF THEIR SYSTEM. THERE THAT FIRST MEETING AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GET RIGHT BACK ON TOPIC. SO YOU KNOW, I DON'T. IT'S NOT MY JOB TO TAKE SIDES. I'M NOT LIKE FOR THE DEVELOPER OR ANTI DEVELOPER IS MY JOB TO KEEP THE DISCUSSION ON. TOPIC SO YOU KNOW THAT STARTS UP HERE WITH THE SEVEN OF US. SO UM, GONNA ASK EVERYBODY UP HERE, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE, PLEASE TRY. TO KEEP THE QUESTIONS THE COMMENTS AND DISCUSSION RELEVANT TO UM, THE TOPIC BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I ASKED HIM SAID WANTS SOMETHING. YOU KNOW, ONCE WE START ALLOWING THOSE KINDS OF DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE OFF TOPIC NOW WE OPEN IT UP. AND WE'RE GETTING WAY WAY BEYOND YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHAT THE QUESTION IS, IT BRINGS UP POINTS THAT ARE NOT RELEVANT AS REALLYF TIME. A LOT OF PEOPLE'S TIME IF WE CAN'T GET TO THE POINTS THAT ARE RELEVANT SO THERE'S A POINTF DISCUSSIONS ARE THE RIGHT PLACE TO BE PLANNING COMMISSION. DOES I REVIEW AND YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH A CITIZEN AND YOU WANT TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO GET INVOLVED BECOMING A MEETING? MAKE SURE YOU'RE SENDING THEM TO THE RIGHT MEETING. THIS IS NOT ALWAYS THE RIGHT MEANING. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. JUST LET'S TRY TO KEEP THESE MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE IT'S NOT MY JOB TO TAKE SIDES ON THAT. I'M HERE. TO TRY. IT'S KIND OF LIKE HERDING CATS. SOMETIMES I GUESS YOU KNOW, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO KEEP IT MOVING. YES, FAULT. I JUST ALLOWING ISSUES OF US ISSUE. YEAH. SO. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TO MAKE