[CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:11] UM. AND BEFORE. UM WELL, WE DO THE CALL TO ORDER AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK. LOOK AS LUCAS IS A BOY SCOUT FROM THE 6 34 TROOPS, WHICH IS UPGRADING OUT OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. AND LUCAS, WOULD YOU MIND COMING UP HERE AND HELPING US TO DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? PLEASE? IF YOU COULD, PLEASE, YOU GUYS. GO AHEAD. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO FIVE. AMERICA PUBLIC STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GROUND INDIVIDUAL JUSTICE CRAP. OR MAYBE GUARD WE ASK YOU TO GUIDE US THROUGHOUT THIS MEETING AS WE SEEK TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE GOOD OF THE CITY OF MARRIAGE BILL AND ITS CITIZENS. AMEN. THANK YOU, LUCAS . IT'S BEEN ALMOST THREE OR FOUR YEARS NOW THAT HE HAD FOUR SCOUTS OR GOLD TROOPS COMING OUT , AND WE WELCOME YOU AS ONE OF THE FIRST ONES TO THERE WAS DO THAT HONOR AND WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT AND LEARN ALL ABOUT LOCAL AND CITY GOVERNMENTS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WELCOME YOU TONIGHT AND YOUR MOM AS WELL SO YEAH, BY THE WAY, ALAN BE NICE TO HIM BECAUSE HE IS IN WARD NUMBER TWO PRESENT DID PRISON EARLIER. VERY GOOD. YEAH TO SAY, YOU KNOW, OKAY. PROBABLY ASKED TO ALREADY THANK YOU AGAIN. LOOKERS FOR REALLY APPRECIATE THE HEAVY YOU OUT HERE, SO LOCAL POLICE IN SEYMOUR. PRESIDENT GROPE PRESENT DONALD BURGER DREAMS HERE IS SHEER BURBEY PRESENT. A CARPENTER PRESENT ALREADY. THANK [APPROVAL OF MINUTES] YOU SO MUCH. UM HE HAD LAST MEETING ON GENERATED 23RD 23 OF CITY COUNCIL AND WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. SO MOVED OKAY. ALL OF THEM HAD BEEN MOVED ALL IN FAVOR. I [APPOINTMENTS] ALREADY SO YOU MEAN IT'S APPROVED? FOR APPOINTMENTS. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE HIM A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT. I CAN START WITH TIFFANY. WOULD THAT STEPHANIE HAS REALLY DONE A VERY NICE JOB AT THE UNION COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH. AND SINCE HE'S THE REPRESENTATIVE AND APPOINTED BY THE CITY MANAGER AND CONFIRMED BY CITY COUNCIL, UM BUT WE ASKED FOR DEPUTY WOULD TO BE REAPPOINTED TO THE UNION COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THE TERM PUMPS 31 2023 TO 2 29 2028. AND THIS CAUSED BY VOICE VOTE SO ALL IN FAVOR. I ALREADY AND THEN, UM , GETTING TO THE NEXT ONE IS A SEPARATE STORY. SO IF I COULD, I'LL JUST BRIEF YOU REAL QUICKLY . THE UNION COUNTY JOINT RECREATION DISTRICT, THE CITY HAS HAD THREE MEMBERS ON THAT BOARD OF THE SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS. AND THOSE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN TONY BROOKS, CHAD CLARIDGE AND LESLIE VERB IS HAVE BEEN THERE. THREE MEMBERS, HOWEVER, IT HAS HAS BEEN FOUND THAT, UH TONY BROOKS LIVES JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY IN PARIS TOWNSHIP, AND THEREFORE JUST RECENTLY. PARIS TOWNSHIP RECENTLY APPOINTED TONY BROOKS AS THEIR REPRESENTATIVE, UH, TO REPRESENT PLAYERS TOWNSHIP ON THE JOINT WRECK BOARD. THEY HAVE ONE SEAT. AND BUT IT IS, UH, WITH CONDITIONS THAT WE MAINTAIN THE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE HAD ON THE BOARD. ERIN STORY HAS BEEN A PART OF THE JOINT WRECK DISTRICT SINCE I THINK 2005. HE'S VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE IN THE AREA AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO BRING THE COUNCIL TONIGHT IS TO APPOINT ERIN STORY AS A CITY RAP. ON THE SWITCH FROM TONY BROOKS. SO ARE THREE REPS. THEN MOVING FORWARD WILL BE ERIN'S STORY. CHAD CLARIDGE AND LESLIE VERBOSE. SO THAT'S THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. OKAY READY AND THAT REALLY QUIET APPROACH FOODS. ARE WE ALL IN FAVOR OF THE CHANGE AND THE APPOINTMENT? OF THE INDIVIDUALS. I MHM ALREADY. [00:05:02] THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. AND WE'LL MOVE [ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT] ON TO ADMINISTRATIVELY POINTS. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL IF YOU ITEMS TONIGHT , UH, JUST A REMINDER. AH NEXT MONDAY, UH, CITY HALL WILL BE CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF PRESIDENT'S DAY. SO THAT'S MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH AND JUST WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE OF THAT. AN ITEM EVENT COMING UP HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, THE 2023 STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, MARCH 2ND AT THE MARYSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM. THE EVENT BEGINS WITH A RECEPTION AT 5 30 THAT WILL WILL HAVE SOME REFRESHMENTS. JUST OUTSIDE THE AUDITORIUM AS WELL AS THERE WILL BE EXHIBITS OF ACTIVITIES THAT THE STUDENTS ARE DOING AND PERFORMING AT MARYSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL AS A PART OF OUR PROGRAM THAT NIGHT AND THEN FROM 6 30 TO 7 30 WILL BE THE STATE OF THE CITY PRESENTATION OR HAVE SOME PANEL DISCUSSIONS AND WILL BE AGAIN SHOWING OFF SOME OF THE STUDENTS ACTIVITIES. DURING THE COURSE OF OUR STATE OF THE CITY AS WELL. SO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING A LOT OF YOU THERE. THE INVITE IS OUT SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO R S V P AND WE ANTICIPATED PRETTY GOOD CROWD THAT NIGHT. TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU INCLUDE STUDENTS IN YOUR ACTIVITIES IS THE PARENTS COME? SO THE AUDITORIUM I THINK SEATS A LITTLE BIT OVER 700 PEOPLE, AND THEY'RE ANTICIPATING THAT IT COULD BE CLOSE TO THAT THAT NIGHT, JUST WITH THE NUMBER OF STUDENT ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE GOING ON, UM ANOTHER ITEM, UH, WHICH IS REALLY KIND OF NEAT, AND IT'S, UH, IT'S BEEN VERY POPULAR IN ITS FIRST WEEK. OUR RAIN BARREL SALE IS NOW OPEN. AND THANKS TO RAIN WATER SOLUTIONS THAT 50 GALLON BARRELS ARE AVAILABLE AT A DISCOUNTED PRICE RIGHT NOW OF $77 RAIN BARRELS MUST BE PRE PURCHASED ONLINE BY SUNDAY, MARCH, 12TH AND DISTRIBUTION WILL BE ON SATURDAY, MARCH 25TH FROM 9 TO 10 A.M. AT THE MARYSVILLE POLICE IN COURT FACILITY TOWARDS 50 WEST FIFTH STREET AND THE FIRST WEEK OF THE SALE. JUST THIS FIRST WEEK, 95 BARRELS HAVE BEEN SOLD JUST IN THE FIRST WEEK, SO IT'S BEEN VERY PRODUCTIVE AND IT'S A GREAT WAY TO HANDLE SOME OF THE STORM SYSTEM IN AND AROUND YOUR HOME. SO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW MANY WE CAN SELL THROUGHOUT THIS PROGRAM. BOY, THIS IS ALWAYS GOOD TO BRING UP THE 2023 SEASON POOL PASSES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT , ISN'T IT? NICE TEMPERATURES ARE STARTING TO GET A LITTLE BETTER RIGHT NOW. MUNICIPAL POLICIES AND PASSES ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT 15% DISCOUNT NOW THROUGH APRIL. 30TH ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. THEY MAY BE MAY BE PURCHASED AT CITY HALL AND ONLINE AT THE WWW DOT MARYSVILLE, OHIO DOT ORG. PAUL OPENS FOR THE SEASON ON SATURDAY , MAY 27TH SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE POOR SEASON COMING UP HERE FAIRLY SOON, UM, ANOTHER EVENT WE HAVE COMING UP DOCUMENT SHREDDING AND RECYCLING EVENT. THIS HAS BEEN A VERY POPULAR EVENT. IT'S SATURDAY, APRIL, 22ND FROM NINE. AT NOON. THAT AGAIN IS THAT THE MARYSVILLE POLICE AND MUNICIPAL COURT FACILITY AT 12 50 WEST HISTORY TO THE EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO RESIDENTS AND NON RESIDENTS, SO IT'S BEEN A VERY POPULAR EVENT. WE ANTICIPATE IT WILL BE AGAIN THIS YEAR ITEMS ACCEPTED ALL ELECTRONIC PLUG INTO THE WALL OR TAKE BATTERIES WILL BE ACCEPTED, INCLUDING COMPUTERS, CAMERAS, SERVERS, VCR , CELL PHONES, KEYBOARDS, BATTERY BACKUP SYSTEMS, SCANNERS, PRINTERS. IN FACT MACHINES NEW THIS YEAR, SECOND CHANCES THRIFT STORE WILL ACCEPT UP TO SIX BAGS OR BOXES OF ITEMS THERE IN LIKE NEW OR GIFT HERBAL CONDITION, SO WE'LL HAVE THE SECOND CHANCES THRIFT STORE WILL BE THERE AVAILABLE. AS WELL. AND WITH ADAM THEIR SHIFT DOWN TO JEREMY TO HANDLE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. PERFECT THANKS, TERRY. UM FROM OUR STREETS DIVISION, CITY CREWS CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE RESERVOIR CONNECTOR TRAIL, UH, OR WATER DIVISION. WE CONTINUE TO REFINE KIND OF REALLY JUST GET USED TO THE NEW WATER PLANT IN OUR CONTRACTOR IS CONTINUING, CONTINUING TO WORK ON THE POST CONSTRUCTION PUNCH LIST. UPDATE FROM WASTEWATER. WE RECENTLY DID A SEWER LINING PROJECT, SO THERE IS AN AREA NEAR COLLINS BY OR W. WEST FISH STREET IN SYCAMORE STREET IN [00:10:01] THAT PROJECT IS NOW COMPLETE. SO THAT SEWER, ALTHOUGH THE OUTER PART IS HUNDREDS OF YEARS OLD, THE INTERIOR PART THAT WE CARE ABOUT IS NOW LIKE BRAND NEW WITHOUT ANY SIGNIFICANT DIGGING, UM, ON THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SIDE. UM ALEX COMMONS CROSSING IN INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY. CONSTRUCTION OF A TEMPORARY TRAFFIC SIGNALS CLOSE TO BEING COMPLETE. WE ANTICIPATE THIS. I GOING INTO OPERATION TOWARDS THE END OF FEBRUARY EARLY MARCH, WE WILL PROVIDE THE PUBLIC WITH ADEQUATE NOTICE PRIOR TO THOSE OPERATIONS BEGINNING IS FOURTH STREET BRIDGE REPLACEMENT. WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH A UTILITY RELOCATIONS ISSUES WITH A FIBER PROVIDER AND HOPEFUL THAT GETS RESOLVED HERE IN THE NEXT WEEK. WARNER ROAD UTILITY EXTENSIONS ARE CONTRACTOR CONTINUES TO INSTALL SANITARY SEWER DON WARNER ROAD OUT AT WATKINS ROAD PUMP STATION PROJECT THAT YOU CAN SEE FROM 33. ALL THE EXCAVATION IS COMPLETE, AND OUR CONTRACTORS STARTING TO WORK ON FORMING UP THE CONCRETE FOR THE PUMP STATION AND THEN FINALLY, TOWN RUN CULVERT REPLACEMENT AT THE EAGLES JUST NEXT DOOR. CONSTRUCTION PRIMARILY DEMO STARTED LAST WEEK, AND THEN WE ANTICIPATE CULVERT SECTIONS OF THE BIG BOX CULVERT ARRIVING THIS WEEK FOR CONSTRUCTION, SO THAT WILL BE A PRETTY PRETTY QUICK MOVING OPERATION WHERE THEY'RE JUST GETTING THEM ONE AFTER THE OTHER. THEY'RE OFFLOADING THEM AND ESSENTIALLY STICKING THEM IN THE TRENCH. THAT'S OPEN. SO THAT'LL BE THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL DEFINITELY BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW QUICKLY THAT MOVES. THAT'S THAT'S ALL THE UPDATES I'VE GOT . IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I COULD ENTERTAIN THOSE NOW. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR EITHER TODAY OR JOINING ME? OKAY HEARING NONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO REPORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, JUST A QUICK HOUSEKEEPING NOTE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE ON WITH OUR AGENDA. BUT AFTER THE HEARING OF CITIZENS WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF A JOURNEY INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION NORMALLY , WHEN WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE ASKED FOR THE ROOM TO BE EMPTIED OUT, HOWEVER, SINCE I ONLY 789 MAYBE 10 PEOPLE THAT NEED TO BE MOVED. WE'VE DECIDED INSTEAD OF EMPTYING OUT THE ROOM THAT WE WILL ACTUALLY ADJOURNED TO THE OTHER HOME, SO YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO STAY . ABSOLUTELY UM, HEARING YOUR SET. AND SO THAT MY LITTLE HOUSEKEEPING. STARTED BY DOESN'T [REPORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT] COME AS A TOTAL SURPRISE YOU TONIGHT SO UM, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE CAN CAN ELLEN OR HE'S GOING TO BE HERE. EGGHEAD CRUST. SORRY ERIC. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M FIRST GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE THIRD THREE. INNOVATION PARK FOUND BY KAREN WITH AN UPDATE ON TOURISM. SO THAT'S REALLY THE RIGHT WHEN YOU DO THAT. WOULD YOU MIND USING THE PODIUM? ABSOLUTELY OKAY. YES. GOOD EVENING, MR PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU. SO I'M GOING TO PROVIDE YOU THE QUARTERLY REPORT FOR THE THIRD THREE INNOVATION PARK AS YOU REQUESTED IN OUR LAST STRATEGIC PLAN, AND SO THE GOAL, OF COURSE , IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WILL CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT A THREE PRONGED OF MARKETING STRATEGY FOR THE PARK AND MARKET. THE THIRD THREE PARTS INNOVATION, PART OF DECISION MAKERS NATIONALLY INTERNATIONALLY AS A WORLD CLASS LOCATION. TART AND ALSO TARGET AGRIBUSINESS, AGRA TECH AUTOMOTIVE AND SMART MOBILITY E V AND GREEN TECHNOLOGY, INTERNATIONAL, R AND D AND AEROSPACE. US UNMANNED ARROWS SECTORS FOR EXPANSION IN THE THIRD RENOVATION PARK AND ALSO FOSTER RELATIONSHIPS AND PROMOTE THE 3RD 3RD 3 INNOVATION PARK WITH LOCAL STATE NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS. SO SOME UPDATES ON THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE WE'VE MADE IN THE LAST QUARTER JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES. SOME HIGHLIGHTS. UM WE CLOSED THE LAND PURCHASE FOR HARLEY WORLD AS YOU'RE FULLY AWARE COUNCIL APPROVED THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORKING ON THAT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. THE CONTRACTOR AND DEVELOPER ACTUALLY WERE IN TOWN LAST OR TWO WEEKS AGO. THEY PLAN TO START CONSTRUCTION ON MARCH 1ST. THAT'S GOOD NEWS. THAT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 123,000 SQUARE FEET OF MULTI TENANT INDUSTRIAL SPACE, SOMETHING WE DON'T HAVE MUCH OF NOW IN THE COUNTY LESS THAN 1% THAT'S A GREAT A GREAT ADDITION. THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED AND SIGNED BY EASE LOGISTICS. THEY PLAN TO PURCHASE 25 ACRES IN THE PARK. WE ARE WORKING ON CLOSING, THEY'RE DOING DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND SHOULD HAVE A BETTER FEEL FOR SECOND QUARTER. FOR HOPEFULLY CLOSING ON THAT PROPERTY. WE ALSO ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THREE LEADS FROM ONE COLUMBUS AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY [00:15:06] FIVE TOTAL LEADS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON FOR THE FOR THE THIRD THREE INNOVATION PARK, AND OF COURSE, WE ARE CONTINUING TO TALK TO DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS ABOUT THE PARK AND THEN WE HAD TWO SITES VISIT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, AND THAT INVOLVES A COMPANY VISITING ACTUALLY VISITING THE PARK AS WELL. SOME UPDATES FROM OUR BROKERS. THEY WERE FEATURED WE ACTUALLY FROM OUR MARKETING FROM A NEWSLETTER STANDPOINT, WE FEATURED THE PARK IN OUR NEWSLETTER THIS LAST QUARTER. WE ALSO LEAN ASSOCIATES AT ELLA'S. THAT'S WHAT IT STANDS FOR FEATURES AND THEIR COLUMBUS INDUSTRIAL BRIEFING QUARTERLY DISTRIBUTION OF 5700 OCCUPIERS AND DEVELOPERS. THEY ALSO DO AN EMAIL BLAST ON A MONTHLY BASIS. THEY CONTINUED TO BASICALLY A BRIEFINGS TO SUPPLY CHAIN AND LOGISTICS UPDATES, HAVE ACTUALLY BROUGHT US A COUPLE OF WEEKS HERE IN THE LAST QUARTER AS WELL. THEY PRESENTED TO THE MONTHLY THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS FROM REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE THEY PARTICIPATE IN THEY'VE PRESENTED THIS PARK ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THEY MADE 127 COLD CALLS. WE HAD 4800 ONLINE VIEWS AND 683 UNIQUE PROSPECTS HAVE BEEN GENERATED ON COMMERCIAL MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE, KNOWN AS COAST COSTAR. AND THEN ALSO MONTHLY SOCIAL MEDIA POST, INSTAGRAM, LINCOLN AND TWITTER FOR CONTINUED AUDIENCE AND MARKET ENGAGEMENT. SO THAT'S AN UPDATE FROM LEAN ASSOCIATES. SOME OTHER GENERAL NOTES. WE DID RECEIVE APPROVAL FROM THE CITY AND THE COUNTY DURING THE PORCH AUTHORITY FOR THE FINAL INVESTMENT INTO THE AUTOMOTIVE MOBILITY INNOVATION CENTER THERE NOW WE'RE WORKING WITH THE ARCHITECT THERE. THE PLANS ARE ABOUT 85% COMPLETE. WE HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK, SO THE HOPE IS TO POINT THOSE GO OUT TO BID START CONSTRUCTION AND THE FINISHING OF THE 18,000 SQUARE FEET IN THE SOUTH GATE BUILDING SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY YEARS IN THAT'S THE GAME PLAN. THIS THE COG, ACTUALLY, UM, ACTUALLY COMPLETED THE FIBER INSTALLATION IN THE PARKS. WE NOW HAVE YOU CARBON FIBER USING THE THIRD THREE INNOVATION OR THE THIRD THREE QUARTERS OF FIBER. SO THAT'S A GREAT ADDITION. WHERE HARDY WORLD EASE AND OTHER COMPANIES WILL ACTUALLY HAVE ACCESS TO IT. AND THEN I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN THIS MANY TIMES AND IT SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED. BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE APPROVAL OF THE SITE CERTIFICATION FOR THE PARK IS IMMINENT. OF COURSE, I THINK I'VE SAID THAT BEFORE, TOO. IT'S OUT OF OUR HANDS. THAT'S WHAT JOBS OHIO AND THEY'RE WAITING TO GET THE FINAL STAND, BUT WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION TO THEM. IT'S JUST TAKING A LOT LONGER TO GET APPROVAL THAN WE THOUGHT IT WOULD. UM SO SUBMISSIONS THAT ARE BEING PLANNED. WE ARE PLANNING A DIFFERENT MISSION AUTOMOTIVE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD . WE'RE GOING UP THERE PROBABLY IS GOING TO BE MORE LIKE THE SECOND EARLY SECOND QUARTER GOAL THAT IS TO MEET WITH EXISTING COMPANIES THAT HAVE CURRENT FACILITIES IN THE COLUMBUS REGION ALONG THE THIRD THREE CORRIDOR, BUT ALSO TO MEET WITH COMPANIES THAT MAY WANT TO TEST OR MAY WANT TO LOCATE ALONG THE CORRIDOR. BOTH IN THE E V AND ALSO MOBILITY SECTOR AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE. THIS IS THINGS THAT THE LIEN ASSOCIATES WILL BE WORKING ON OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON. AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST FOR STARTING A FIRST OF MANY TALKS THIS YEAR ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PROSPERITY WHAT IT MEANS TO THIS COMMUNITY. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONCERNS RAISED ABOUT HOW FAST WE'RE GROWING, AND WE'RE GROWING FAST ENOUGH OR WE'RE NOT GROWING FAST ENOUGH. AND SO WE ARE WORKING ON A SERIES OF DIFFERENT SPEAKERS TO COME IN. THIS IS THE LIST OF DIFFERENT EVENTS. THE FIRST EVENT AGAIN IS THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 5 30 AT THE AVALON. WE WILL HAVE A DOCTOR, BILL LAFAYETTE AND ECONOMIST HERE IN THE COLUMBUS REGION. MOST OF YOU ARE SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD HIM SPEAK BEFORE. HE WILL SPEND THE 1ST 30 MINUTES ON TALKING ABOUT ANALYZING THE GROWTH. THE LAST 20 YEARS. WE'VE GROWN ABOUT 1000 A YEAR IN THE COUNTY. THAT'S ABOUT THREE PEOPLE A DAY MOVING TO THE COUNTY. IT'S ABOUT 1.3 PEOPLE MOVING THE CITY MAYORS WERE ON A DAILY BASIS. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE WE'RE WHAT WE'RE AVERAGING, BUT HE'S GOING TO ANALYZE THAT GROWTH COMPARES TO OTHER OTHER COUNTIES COMPARISON NATIONALLY. TRYING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND OUR GROWTH, AND HE'S GOING TO PROVIDE HIS THOUGHTS ON THAT FOR THE 1ST 30 MINUTES IN THE 2ND 30 MINUTES, IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE HAVING A PANEL DISCUSSION OF YOUNG PROFESSIONALS. I'M NOT MONITORING LUCAS BECAUSE I'M DEFINITELY YOUNG PROFESSIONAL, BUT WE'RE GOING TO ASK THEM QUESTIONS ON WHY THEY MOVED THE COMMUNITY. WHAT'S WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY. WHAT DO WE NEED? WHAT ARE CHALLENGES WHATEVER OPPORTUNITIES AND THAT WOULD BE THE SECOND HALF OF THAT, THAT THAT THAT SPEAK, AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT'S THE FIRST SESSION. THE SECOND SESSION WILL BE SCOTT MALLORY FROM STILLWATER FARMS, AND THEN DOWN BELOW WE HAVE IN APRIL WILL HAVE, UM, WILLIAM MURDOCH AND JOHN MILK. I BOTH COME IN AND TALK ABOUT THE HOUSING CRISIS REGIONALLY AND HOW IT IMPACTS US . AND THAT WILL BE THE APRIL SESSION AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THERE'S MANY OTHER TOPICS THAT WILL BE COVERING JUST TO CREATE DIALOGUE SO FAR, I THINK WE HAVE 130 PLUS PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND IT'S FREE. SO IF YOU WANT TO COME AND LISTEN AND TALK ABOUT GROWTH IN THE COMMUNITY, [00:20:01] THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITIES. THAT'S ALL I HAD THIS EVENING UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY? YES MRS COATES REAL QUICK . I BEG YOUR PARDON, SIR S I O R. CAN YOU GO BACK AND TELL ME WHAT THAT IS? I KNOW IT'S NOT ACRONYM FOR SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW. THIS IS I AM. I'D HAVE TO LOOK IT UP GOOGLE BACK TO YOUR HOUSE THAT IT'S BASICALLY A BROKERAGE ASSOCIATION. AS WHAT THAT THANKS, SIR. ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY? IF YOU COULD YOU GO BACK, MAYBE A FEW MORE. UNTIL WE GET TO THE LAWN. UM OKAY, THIS ONE HERE. YEAH THE MAIN THE MAIN THING THAT I INDIVIDUALLY AND I'M SURE OTHER PEOPLE I MAY BE CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE TALKED ABOUT IT. WE DO WHATEVER WE CAN . THAT'S WHY WE KNOW HAVE INSTITUTED THE QUARTERLY REPORTS TO GET AN UPDATE. UM BUT FROM ANY OF THE SITE VISITS AGAIN, WE CALL IT INNOVATION PARK AND AT THIS POINT UM, WE DID. I DO HAVE A GOOD FEELING ABOUT IS THEY ARE VERY INNOVATIVE COMPANY AS LONG AS HE DOESN'T. BUT MY MAIN POINT IS THAT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT BEFORE WE INTERVIEW OUT OF COMPANIES TO COME OUT THAT WE DON'T EVENTUALLY WIND UP WITH A LARGE UM, STORAGE FACILITY FOR THE WHOLE AREA? YES SO FAR. WE'VE SAID YEAH. GO AHEAD. YEAH UM, HOW THESE WE HAVE 31 ACRE SITES, BUT WE DON'T KNOW YET. WHAT'S COMING IN DAY? YEAH HE'S I'M AT EASE WITH IF YOU WILL, BECAUSE THEY'VE PROVEN WHAT THEY CAN DO. AND OBVIOUSLY THE FACILITY THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON . THAT'S GOING TO BE INNOVATION DRIVEN, BUT ALL THE COMPANIES REALLY, BUT I THINK THAT THE WISH OF COUNCIL IS AND CONTINUES TO BE. INNOVATION INNOVATION. INNOVATION? YEAH. DO YOU FEEL THAT OR HAVE YOU FOUND ANY OF THAT SO FAR THAT THAT THAT THAT IS WHAT IS LOOKING FOR US OR, UM , BUT WHAT'S YOUR FEELING ABOUT IT AT THIS POINT, ABSOLUTELY, TOTALLY AGREE WITH WHAT YOU JUST SAID. I MEAN, IT IS INNOVATION PARK AND WE WANT THAT TO OCCUR IN THE PARK OF THE LEADS WERE WORKING AT WORKING ON FROM A SECTOR PERSPECTIVE. ONE IS IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR. BUSINESS WE'VE HAD TWO LEADS IN THE PARK, ONE STILL REMAINING FROM THE CONDUCTOR. WE HAVE A BATTERY AND HEAVY BATTERY, WHICH IS REALLY SOMETHING WE'D LIKE TO SEE A SUPPLIER THAT IS ANOTHER LEAD. I'M JUST GIVING YOU SOME MORE SECTOR INFORMATION THAT'S LOOKING SO THOSE ARE REALLY ARE . I THINK THERE'S OUR SWEET SPOT ITEMS DO NOT WANT TO SEE THIS TO TURN INTO A DISTRIBUTION CENTER PARK. I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU. NOW SOME , IN SOME CASES YOU'RE GOING TO FIND SOME OF THESE USERS WILL WANT A ACCESSORY USES SOME TRUCKS COMING IN AND OUT. THAT'S AS PART OF MANUFACTURING. IT'S PART OF INNOVATION, BUT BUT I AGREE WITH YOU, AND I THINK THERE IS STILL GREAT POSSIBILITIES. WE DID HAVE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IT HURTS AS HURT. OUR PROGRESS, OF COURSE, IS THE SHUTDOWN AND WHAT WE DID AS A RESULT OF COVID, AND I THINK THAT'S HURT OUR AND FURTHERMORE, IT'S PLACED THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR IN SOMEWHAT OF A TURMOIL WITH WITH THE CAR PRODUCTION AND SHIPPING. THERE'S A TON OF ISSUES GOING ON. BUT I STILL HAVE HOPE THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOCATE, YOU KNOW DIFFERENT SECTORS AND HAVE DIFFERENT MORE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PARK. SO I AGREE WITH YOU. OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE INNOVATIVE COMPANIES LOCATED IN THE PARK. OKAY ALREADY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. OKAY WELL, IT WAS A LONG QUESTION. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY THANK YOU. MOVING ON. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE KAREN AYLIN. YOU KNOW, EVERYONE KNOWS KAREN. BUT SHE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON TOURISM AND YOU KNOW, SHE TRIES OUT SHOW EVERYONE. I THINK SHE HAS SOME GOODIES IN HERE THAT I NEVER BRING. SO MAYBE I NEED TURN OVER TO KAREN. THANK YOU. HERE THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR THAT BETWEEN THE SHARE. I'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS QUICK BUT WE'VE GOT A LOT THAT I WANTED TO SHARE AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET BACK ON A REGULAR BASIS OF PRESENTING QUARTERLY IF WE CAN, IF THAT'S ACCEPTABLE TO YOU SO THAT IT WON'T BE AS LONG AS TONIGHT, BUT I WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2022 WITH YOU AND PART OF THIS IS BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, WE RECEIVED LODGING TAX FUNDING FROM MARYSVILLE. VERY GRATEFUL. FOR THAT SUPPORT. BUT MORE THAN THAT, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR OVERALL ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT FOR THE INITIATIVES AND THE WORK THAT WE DO. IT MEANS SO MUCH TO US, US AS A STAFF AND A BOARD AND AN ORGANIZATION WITH CHAMBER AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SO. BUT IT'S GO [00:25:03] THROUGH THIS QUICKLY. I WANTED TO JUST REMIND EVERYBODY THESE ARE SO IN 2020. WE LAUNCHED A FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN, AND SO EVERY YEAR WE DO A BUSINESS PLAN. TO HELP FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON THAT FIVE YEAR PLAN BECAUSE THE FIVE YEAR PLAN IS OVERWHELMING, AND YOU CAN GET DAUNTED BY THAT, SO WE CREATE A BUSINESS PLAN EVERY YEAR TO KEEP US FOCUSED ON THE WORK AHEAD, AND OBVIOUSLY OUR BIGGEST WORK IS ECONOMIC IMPACT THROUGH TOURISM THIS YEAR WAS DESTINATION, BRANDING AS WELL AS REALLY MOVING THE NEEDLE ON THE WAY FINDING SIGNAGE MASTER PLAN. AND I REALLY LAYING DOWN THE GROUNDWORK FROM A BENCHMARKING STANDPOINT ON SHORT TERM RENTAL ASSESSMENT AS WELL AS WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY IS DESTINATION MARKET. SO I'LL SHARE WITH YOU. WE HAVE AN ECONOMIC IMPACT REPORT THAT WE PARTNER WITH TOURISM OHIO TO RECEIVE AND THEN IT'S DONE BY TOURISM, ECONOMICS AND MACKENZIE HAS A COPY OF THAT FULL REPORT. IF YOU HAVE INSOMNIA, WANT TO READ ABOUT THAT DOES OUTLYING, UH, SHARE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TOURISM TO OHIO AND THEN CENTRAL OHIO AND WHERE WE STAND AS UNION COUNTY? SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WE DID NOT DO THIS IN 2020 . SO THIS IS FROM 2021 DIRECT VISITORS SPENDING WAS UP 20% OVER 2019. AND THAT MEANS THAT EVEN THOUGH CORPORATE TRAVEL IS NOT BACK TO WHERE IT WAS OUR DESTINATIONS PERFORMING VERY WELL AND WE EXCEEDED THAT IN 2019. WE HAD TOTAL IMPACT OF SPENDING WAS A LITTLE OVER 203 MILLION. GENERATED 26 27 MILLION TAX REVENUES SUPPORTS NEARLY 2000 JOBS AND WITHOUT THESE VISITORS COMING TO UNION COUNTY , EACH HOUSEHOLD WOULD HAVE TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL $642 IN TAXES. LODGING OVERVIEW. OUR AVERAGE OCCUPANCY IS NEARLY 64% AND WE GAVE AN AVERAGE DAILY RATE. WE SAY A D R AVERAGE DAILY RATE OF $95.46 PER ROOM AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE PARTNER WITH AN ORGANIZATION CALLED SMITH TRAVEL RESEARCH TO RECEIVE THIS DATA, AND WE COMPARE OURSELVES TO FIVE OTHER COMPETITIVE SETS, ALL OF OHIO. THAT WENT TO 70 AND THEN SURROUNDING COUNTIES ARE PROPERTIES THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST OCCUPANCY RATE FOR ALL OF 2022. THEN EVEN OHIO COMBINED. WHICH TELLS US THAT WHAT WE ALL KNOW THIS IS VERY MUCH A GROWING COMMUNITY AND A GROWING DESTINATION. SHORT TERM RENTALS THAT THESE ARE V. R B O OR, YOU KNOW AIRBNB S WE CURRENTLY HAVE 20 PROPERTIES. THE AVERAGE DAILY RATE FOR THOSE PROPERTIES IS $98 AND THEIR OCCUPANCY IS ABOUT 40% AND LAST YEAR THEY GENERATED A LITTLE BIT JUST SHY OF $3000 IN REVENUE AND WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT IS SHORT TERM RENTALS, PEOPLE WHO ARE RENTING OUT THEIR ROOMS OF THEIR HOMES. OR NOT PAYING SALES TAX ARE NOT PAYING LODGING TAX DOLLARS AS THEY SHOULD BE, AND AS WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT LEGISLATION AT THE STATE LEVEL, SO WE WANTED TO GET THAT BENCHMARK. GET THAT DATA START TO UNDERSTAND THE SHIFTS AND THE CHANGES IN OUR MARKETPLACE AND THEN DETERMINE WHETHER WE FROM MY HOME RULE STANDPOINT. WANT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WORK TOWARDS LEGISLATION. AND FOR TAX COLLECTION IN ANY OVER OVERSIGHT. IF WE SO CHOOSE , AT LEAST NOW WE'VE GOT THAT BENCHMARK. WE'RE WATCHING THAT WERE SUBSCRIBING TO THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR. SO DESTINATION BRANDING. THIS WAS A BIG INITIATIVE FOR US. PART OF IT IS UNDERSTANDING WHO WE ARE. IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST A LOGO AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE LOGO. BUT PEOPLE THINK, OH, THEY TOOK ALMOST A WHOLE YEAR TO DO A LOGO . LET ME JUST SHARE FIRST AND FOREMOST. THANK YOU TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU WHO PARTICIPATED BACK IN MARCH. ALREADY WE DID FOCUS GROUPS AND INTERVIEWS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU THINK WE ARE. THE AGENCY WE CONTRACTED WITH DID SURVEYS WITHIN UNION COUNTY AND OUTSIDE OF UNION COUNTY, WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF VISITORS, GROUP TOUR VISITORS, LETORS, ANE WHAT THEY FOUND. AND SO I DON'T WANT TO TAKE TIME. BUT IF YOU WILL INDULGE EVERYONE WHO WAS INVOLVED WITH THIS PROCESS FOR ME TO READ OUR BRAIN STORY. IT MIGHT HELP YOU UNDERSTAND. WHERE WE'RE GOING AS A DESTINATION AS IT RELATES TO COMPETITIVE ENSHI ATION. SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL READ THIS. YOU HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME IN FRONT OF YOU. EXCUSE ME, BUT JUST SO YOU CAN PICTURE EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS AS A DESTINATION WILL REVOLVE AROUND THE STORY THAT WE TELL IT GOES LIKE THIS. JUST HEAD OUT ON THE OPEN ROAD DOWN ROUTE 33. AND YOU'RE BOUND TO GET THE SENSE THAT UNION COUNTY MAY WELL BE A RARITY IN A WORLD WHERE THROWAWAY MASS PRODUCED AND COPYCAT ARCHETYPES ARE MORE THE NORM HERE THE WIDE OPEN SPACES OF THE RURAL COUNTRYSIDE ACT AS CANVASES FOR A BOUNTY OF CREATIVE IDEAS LOCALLY GROWN IN CRAFTED PRODUCTS, UNCOMMON EXPERIENCES. AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT REFLECT THE UNIQUE HISTORY, TRADITIONS AND VISION OF THIS SPECIAL PLACE CONNECTING THE PAST AND PRESENT WITH GENERATIONS TO COME. HAVE YOU EVER DINED ON A FARM AND FARM TO TABLE FARE UNDER COVERED [00:30:02] BRIDGE BY THE LIGHT OF THE SETTING SUN? HAVE YOU EVER WATCHED A GROUP OF HOT AIR BALLOONS RISE SLOWLY, A GLOW AGAINST THE EVENING SKY OR VIEW TO SUNSET WHILE DOING YOGA IN A WILD FLOWER MEADOW. HAVE YOU EVER SAMPLED GOOSEBERRY WINE OR SIPPED IN HERBAL SODA OR FOUND A HANDCRAFTED PIECE OF FOLK ART, POTTERY OR UNEXPECTED, PRIMITIVE, PRIMITIVE TREASURE IN THE MIDDLE OF A CHARMING MAIN STREET? FROM THE HISTORIC COVERED BRIDGES, WINERIES, BREWERIES AND LOCAL PRODUCE STANDS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE SCENIC COUNTRYSIDE TO THE FARM TO TABLE DINING, BAKED GOODS, COLORFUL MURALS, HE AND TOOL BATS, AMISH MADE FURNITURE, SOAPS, HOME DECOR, LIVE MUSIC TRAILS AND ART DECO THEATER EVERY ONE OF A KIND EXPERIENCE, ARTISANAL PRODUCT AND MEMORY, AND UNION COUNTY IS AUTHENTICALLY AND THOUGHTFULLY CRAFTED IN CARE FROM THE HEARTS, MINDS AND HANDS. OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK HERE. EACH TELLS THE STORY THAT SIMPLY CAN'T BE DUPLICATED ANYWHERE ELSE. THROUGH THE YEARS, UNION COUNTY HAS THRIVED WITHOUT HAVING TO CHANGE MUCH OF WHAT REALLY MATTERS STEEPED IN A SOLID FOUNDATION OF AGRICULTURAL HISTORY AND ROOTS TIED TO THE LAND. IT IS ON THIS FERTILE GROUND THAT EVEN GREATER THINGS HAVE BEEN BUILT. A STRONG WORK ETHIC AND ATTENTION TO CRAFT AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF QUALITY IS MANIFESTED TODAY IN THE COUNTY'S HIGH STANDARD OF LIVING EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THE UNION COUNTY IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING COUNTIES IN THE STATE. AGRIBUSINESS AND AGRICULTURE ARE STILL DOMINANT INDUSTRIES TODAY AND A BURGEONING ARTICLE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE. AND TECHNOLOGY INGENUITY MEANS THIS SECTOR WILL CONTINUE TO THRIVE AND GROW IN THE YEARS TO COME. WHAT ATTRACTED VISIONARY THINKERS, FARMERS, DESIGNERS, BUILDERS AND CREATORS SUCH AS RIBBON PARTRIDGE OR AN OM SCOTT MORE THAN 150 YEARS AGO. STILL ATTRACTS GLOBAL ENTERPRISES SUCH AS HONDA CHEFS, BREWERS, ARTISTS AND OTHER GROUNDBREAKERS TODAY, AS WELL AS THOSE LOOKING FOR REFRESHING GETAWAY IN AN UNEXPECTED GOOD TIME UNION COUNTIES FRESH AIR, BEAUTIFUL, BOUNTIFUL LAND AND NATURALLY CRAFTED TREASURES REMAIN INVALUABLE AND WILL CARRY AND WILL BE CARRIED IN YOUR HEART LONG AFTER A VISIT. YET UNION COUNTY'S MOST ALLURING PRODUCT OF ALL, MAYBE ITS SENSE OF PLACE PRESERVED IN THE SPECIAL MOMENTS , FEELINGS, EXPERIENCES AND MEMORIES OF THOSE WHO VENTURE OUT AND SPEND TIME HERE. UNION COUNTY NATURALLY CRAFTED THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE TIME TO READ THAT BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST TO BRING IN AND SO I'LL SHARE SOME OF THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING TO DO A FULL GRAND LAUNCH AND RULE OUT TO OUR PARTNER ROLLOUT TO OUR PARTNERS LATER IN MARCH AND EARLY IN APRIL, BUT NATURALLY CRAFTED THIS IS CALLED A CAMPAIGN MARK. AND WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH. THIS IS TO USE THIS AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLATFORMS THAT WE CAN REALLY ENGAGE OUR PARTNERS HAVE THEM PLACED ON THEIR PRODUCTS. HAVE THEM WORK WITH US TO REALLY DIFFERENTIATE US AGAINST EVERYBODY ELSE. WE HAVE SUBMITTED THIS TO THE STATE OF OHIO AS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK AS WE BELIEVE THAT ONCE WE REALLY START TO ROB US OUT, THERE'LL BE OTHERS WHO WILL FOLLOW SUIT. AND SO WE HAVE ASKED SOME OF OUR INITIAL PARTNERS TO START TO CREATE TONIGHT REVIEW. THESE ARE TREATS THAT ARE LOCALLY MADE FROM BAKERY. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO INGREDIENTS IN HERE THAT ARE LOCALLY SOURCED FROM UNIQUE COUNTY AN AREA AND SHE HAS ALREADY INCORPORATED THE NATURAL CRAFTED LOGO INTO HER PRODUCTS. AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON REALLY ROLLING THIS OUT THE CRITERIA THAT REALLY SPEAKS, SPEAKS TO AUTHENTICITY, CREDIBILITY SO THAT. I THINK HE SAYS, WHY THEY BRED HERE. NO OFFENSE TO ANYONE . KROGER IS NOT SAYING THAT AS WELL AND SUBWAYS, NOT SAYING THAT THERE WERE REALLY CREATING THE CRITERIA TO LAUNCH THIS IN A WAY THAT IS VERY CREDIBLE AND STAYS TRUE TO OUR BRAIN STORY, AND WE LIKE TO TAKE THIS EVEN FURTHER INTO NONTRADITIONAL PARTNERSHIPS. THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD IT CONVERSATION WITH ANY OF THESE FOLKS YET, BUT WE'D LOVE TO SEE EVERY BABY BOARD NATURALLY CRAFTED ONES EAT BEFORE THEY LEAVE. WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT ALL THE BACKS OF SCOTS TRUCKS HAVE THINGS ABOUT CRAFTED IN OUR WEBSITE. WE'D LOVE TO HAVE HONDA WHEN YOU BET YOUR YOUR CAR AND YOU GET YOUR MANIA THAT GOES IN THE GLOVE BOX. THERE IS INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR IN THERE ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE THOUGHTFULLY AND NATURALLY CRAFTED IN UNION COUNTY. SO WE SEE GREAT LEGS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS NOT JUST FROM A TOURISM STANDPOINT, BUT THAT WE CAN EMBRACE THIS BRAND STORY MOVING FORWARD IN MANY DIFFERENT ARENAS. SO RIGHT NOW, THIS IS GOING BACK TO THE LOGO. WE WILL USE VISIT UNION COUNTY WHEN WE'RE IN UNION COUNTY BECAUSE THEIR RESIDENTS KNOW THAT THEY'RE IN OHIO WHEN WE'RE OUTSIDE OF UNION COUNTY WILL USE A VISIT UNION COUNTY, OHIO AND OUR ORGANIZATION NAME. BECAUSE WE UNION COUNTY CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU IS A LONG NAME. WE DON'T HAVE A CONVENTION CENTER. WHEN PEOPLE HEAR BUREAU THEY THINK, FBI. WHAT ARE YOU? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? SO NOW CLEAR AND SIMPLE FOR UNION COUNTY TOURISM. UM SO MOVING ONTO WAY FINDING MASTER PLAN WE MADE SOME GREAT INROADS IN YOUR [00:35:04] PACKET IS THE FINAL DESIGN THAT WAS PRESENTED TO OUR TASK FORCE IN NOVEMBER, SO THERE WAS A. THEY WERE WAITING FOR OUR BRANDING BEFORE THEY FINALIZE THEIR DESIGN. I THINK MOST OF YOU REMEMBER THAT THEY HAD THREE DESIGN OPTIONS. THEY CAME AND SHARED THOSE DESIGN OPTIONS AT AVALON THEATER LAST SPRING, THEY GATHER UP ABOUT THREE OPTIONS. AND THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE ARRIVED. AND SO WE'VE GOT A GREAT TASK FORCE CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT IT. ACTUALLY, AND OTHERS AND EACH COMMUNITY HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE AS WE WORKED THROUGH THE VERY FIRST HURDLE OF SEVERAL HURDLES. SO NOW THE DESIGN HAS BEEN APPROVED IN THAT YOUR PACKET. NOW WE'RE MOVING ALONG WITH MERGE DESIGN THERE. FINALIZING THEIR PROGRAMMING, MEANING THAT HOPEFULLY THIS MONTH NEXT MONTH WE WILL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT SIGNS WILL BE PLACED WHERE AND WHAT THOSE COSTS WILL BE. WE HAVE A COST BUDGET ANALYSIS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH THEM. BUT NOW WE WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY SIGNS AND, UM NEXT. WE'LL MOVE THROUGH THAT FINAL PROGRAMMING STAGE, AND THEN WE'LL WORK ON A FABRICATION INSTALLATION RFP AND CHOOSE ANOTHER THE AGENCY TO HELP WITH THAT. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SIGNED IMPLEMENTATION IMPLEMENTATION IN THIRD OR FOURTH QUARTER. SO OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS THAT IT'S STILL WE'RE STILL FACING WITH THIS PROJECT IS AN EXPENSIVE PROJECT, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS HOW DO WE PAY FOR IT? AND RIGHT NOW, EACH COMMUNITY IS WORKING TOWARDS BUILDING THAT INTO THEIR BUDGET BASED ON PHASING. SO PHASE ONE. SO, UH, YOU NICK, A TOURISM WILL WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO HELP WITH COUNTY SIGNS , AND SO, UM, EVEN THOUGH I'D LOVE TO START WITH COUNTY GATEWAY SIGNS THAT ARE BIG AND FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS SEXY WHEN PEOPLE COME INTO OUR COMMUNITY WE MAY HAVE TO START WITH TRAVEL BLAZING SIGNS THAT ARE FOR EACH OF THE BRIDGES BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THAT'S WHERE VISITORS ARE REALLY LOOKING FOR, AND THAT MAYBE WHAT OUR BUDGET AFFORDS. SO THEN WE'LL ROLL OUT MAYBE A GATEWAY SIGNER TO AS BUDGETS PERMIT AND EACH OF OUR COMMUNITIES ARE DOING THIS, UH, BUDGET PERMITTING, AND OUR NEXT PHASE WILL BE TO COME BEFORE COUNCILS WITH THEM SPECIFIC, SO RICH WOOD UM. UH JEROME TOWNSHIP AND PLAIN CITY. AND THEN IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE, EXCUSE ME A FEW ACCOUNTS MEMBERS WOULD LIKE US TO PRESENT THAT SPECIFIC. UM PLAYING FOR MIRACLE, ACTUALLY HAPPY TO DO THAT, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AND THAT PROJECT MOVING ALONG ON THAT WHICH IS GREAT SO QUICKLY BY THE NUMBERS. UM WE'VE HAD LOTS OF ADVERTISING THIS YEAR THAT HAVE MET AN EXCUSE ME LOTS OF IMPRESSIONS. SOCIAL MEDIA, FOLLOWERS AND WEBSITE VISITORS. UM PUBLIC RELATIONS. WE'VE HAD SOME SUCCESS WITH OBVIOUSLY OUR LOCAL PUBLICATIONS. EMBASSY FOR AN ABC SIX RECOGNIZED AT THE STATE LEVEL WITH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT MARKETING AWARDS, PARTNERED WITH TOURISM OHIO AND A HIGHER DEPARTMENT DEVELOPMENT TO BE FEATURED IN A LIVE IN OHIO COMMERCIAL WORKFORCE RELATED COMMERCIAL THAT RAN IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, WILL RUN AGAIN. APRIL AND MAY OF THIS YEAR, FOCUSING ON GREAT COMMUNITIES TO MOVE TO OHIO IN MARYSVILLE, FEATURED IN THAT WE ARE ALSO FEATURED IN THEIR SMALL TOWN CHARM NEAR THE BIG CITY STORY THAT THEY RAN AND THEN SEVERAL DIFFERENT FEATURES FOR OUR HOLIDAY ATTRACTIONS. SO KUDOS TO MARYSVILLE FOR THE SKATING RINK , AND YOU KNOW ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES NOT NECESSARILY OFFERING SO WAY TO GO ON THAT QUICKLY HIGHLIGHTS BY MARKET WE'RE STILL WORKING TOWARDS, UM, RAMPING BACK UP PRE COVID TO OUR GROUP TOURS, BUT THEY ARE SELLING WELL AND WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT NEW STAFF PERSON IS DOING A GREAT JOB OUT IN THE MARKETPLACE SELLING UNION COUNTY. TO THE GROUP TOUR MARKET. SPORTS EVENT DEVELOPMENT . WE HAVE AGAIN PARTNERED WITH THE CITY TO PROPOSE TO USA BMX THAT THEY HOSTED THE EVENT HERE THIS YEAR. WE WERE NOT SELECTED , BUT WE TRULY BELIEVE THAT NEXT YEAR IS OUR YEAR, WHICH IS FINE BECAUSE THIS GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH VISIT DUBLIN, WHICH USUALLY THERE'S THAT FRIENDLY BUT SOMEWHAT TENSE, YOU KNOW, COMPETITION RELATIONSHIP. WITH VISIT DUBLIN AND THEY ARE PARTNERING WITH US BECAUSE WE CAN'T SUPPLY THE ROOM DEMAND THAT THEY NEED FOR A NATIONAL EVENT. SO NOW WE'VE GOT THAT FIGURED OUT. WE JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S A MATTER OF TIME. THERE'S SEVERAL INITIATIVES WERE DOING AT THE STATE LEVEL TO REALLY BEGIN TO MAKE SOME HEADWAY IN THIS MARKET. AND IF I CAN EMAIL THIS OUT AND EMAIL IT TO MACKENZIE SHELL SHARED. WE HAVEN'T A SPECIAL EVENT THIS THURSDAY. CALLED UNION COUNTY TEAM UNION COUNTY, WHERE WE'RE BRINGING TOGETHER, UH ORGANIZERS AND PLANNERS OF SPORTING EVENTS , ALONG WITH OUR SPORTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO REALLY DO SOME BRAINSTORMING. WHAT TOURNAMENTS ARE HERE? HOW CAN WE GROW THOSE? HOW CAN WE BRING NEW NEW BUSINESS TO OUR COMMUNITY? SO THAT'S THURSDAY AT THE RIDGE GOLF AND GARDENS FROM 4 TO 6. IF YOU KIND OF SHARE ANY INSIGHT THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE RELATED TO [00:40:06] COMPETITIVE SPORTING EVENTS. WE HAVE HOSTED SEVERAL SPECIAL GROUPS. CHRISTIAN MOTORCYCLE ASSOCIATION CAME IN SEPTEMBER. THEY REALLY APPRECIATED THE WARM WELCOME THAT THEY HAD HERE IN THE VERY BRINGING, BRINGING THE SAME GROUP BACK THIS SEPTEMBER WITH THE DESIRE TO BRING THEIR NATIONAL ASSOCIATION RALLY HERE . IF NOT 2024, THEN 2025. HE HAS A PEN, OHIO MODEL, A CAR CLUB AS WELL. SO MOVING QUICKLY. WE'VE, UH HAVE DONE A DIGITAL EXPERIENCE THAT FROM JUNE THROUGH DECEMBER HAD OVER 1200 PAST SIGN UPS AND THIS IS FOR PEOPLE TO GO AROUND AND SEE OUR BRIDGES AND VISIT DIFFERENT ATTRACTIONS THAT HAVE BRIDGED THEMED CUISINE AND COCKTAILS. THAT KIND OF THING WE OFFER DOWN ON THE COVERED BRIDGE TOP TROLLEY TOURS OF CESAR FIRST YEAR DOING EIGHT EVENTS, UH, IN 2023, WE'RE GOING TO DO 10. FIVE DIFFERENT SATURDAY'S LUNCH AND DINNER, EACH PARTNERING WITH WINERIES AND BREWERIES, AND WE DID A PRE HOLIDAY, UH, RELEASE OF TICKETS AND SOLD 60% SO WE KNOW THAT THEY'LL PROBABLY SELL OUT FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. UPTOWN MARYSVILLE WAS HOSTED MUSIC MACHINE TRAIL AGAIN. UH, PEOPLE LOVE THESE MUSIC MACHINES . BUT I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE GENEROSITY OF DAVE REMY AND HIS FOLKS WERE MOVING THOSE HEAVY PIECES OF EQUIPMENT AROUND UPTOWN. HE'S WILLING TO DO IT AGAIN THIS YEAR, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO FIND SOME SOLUTION IN THE WAY OF A MUSEUM OR AN ATTRACTION THAT MIGHT HOUSE THEM. AND THEN UNION STATION. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT FOR THAT WE HAD RECORD BREAKING VISITATION RECORD BREAKING SALES , AND THAT'S REALLY GREAT. BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING IT SUPPORTS 52 INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES, ARTISANS AND VENDORS, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT THAT THEY GET TO REALLY EXPRESS AND USE THEIR PASSIONS AND TALENTS IN A WAY THAT IS GARNERING INCOME FOR THEM, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON A WHOLE BUNCH OF PARTNER INITIATIVES AS NORMAL KIND OF THE WORK THAT WE DO WE DO MONTHLY TOURISM MEETINGS AND TALK MEETINGS. WE DO LANDING PAGES FOR EVENTS. UM ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF GRANT PROGRAMS AND I FEEL LIKE I'M TAKING WAY TOO MUCH TIME. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. SO IN YOUR PACKET IS ALSO ARE AGAIN BACK TO THAT. FIVE YEARS TO PLAN HOW WE BOIL IT DOWN, SO WE KNOW WHAT OUR MARCHING ORDERS ARE FOR THE YEAR . THIS IS A DRAFT SIMPLY BECAUSE OUR BOARD HASN'T HAD A CHANCE TO MEET YET THIS YEAR. THEY NEED 28 SO THEY WILL HOPEFULLY IMPROVE THAT. AND THEN IT'S A FINALIZED DOCUMENT. PROBABLY THE MOST NOTE WORRIES ANYTHING OTHER THAN A WHOLE NEW WEBSITE, WHICH IS WORTH IT. WE ARE BOARD APPROVED, UM BRINGING ON ANOTHER COMMITTEE THIS YEAR, WHICH IS, UH, THE ARTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE SO THAT WE CAN REALLY WORK TO, UH, WITH ALL OF THE GREAT ARTS AND CULTURE REPRESENTATIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE SOME INROADS AS IT RELATES TO THE ARTS AND CULTURE OFFERING AND PRESENTATION IN THE WAY THAT WE CAN HELP PRESENT IT AND SELL IT TO VISITORS HERE IN UNION COUNTY, SO I TRULY APPRECIATE THE TIME I KNOW THAT THAT WAS LONGER THAN PROBABLY YOU ANTICIPATED, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. IF YOU MIGHT HAVE ANY, THAT'S GREAT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CAN. I ASSUME THESE ARE ALL FOR ME. THAT'S WHY I PUT THEM THERE. KAREN I OH, GO AHEAD. I WAS JUST GONNA ASK FOR THE DINER ON A BRIDGE THAT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF FUN. BUT, UM DO YOU LIKE? CLOSE THE BRIDGE OFF. SOME PEOPLE HAVE A DETOUR TO GO AROUND IT WHEN IT'S NOT BEING USED OR BRIDGE IS THE ONLY PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE. OKAY THAT MAKES SENSE AND AROUND ON THE PATH THAT WE DO PUT A SIGN ON EACH SIDE OF THE PATHWAY TO SAY THAT IT'S CLOSED FOR A SPECIAL EVENT. UM, AND I'M GONNA NOT REMEMBER THIS CRICKET BUT WE HAD FOLKS COMING FROM ALL DIFFERENT STATES SPENDING THE NIGHT IN THIS YEAR. WE JUST ANTICIPATE THAT IT'LL GET BETTER. OUR NEXT STEP IS TO REALLY DO SOME STRONG PACKAGING FOR HOTELIERS SO THAT WE CAN REALLY TRACK THE BUSINESS THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN THROUGH THAT SO THANK YOU QUESTION FOR YOU WITH THE SHORT TERM RENTALS . WHERE DID YOU GET THE INFORMATION? THERE WERE 20 VERBOSE HERE IN TOWN COMPANY CALLED KEY DATA. OKAY PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OHIO ASSOCIATION OF CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU. WE ARE WORKING WITH ASSOCIATION CONVENTION. MR BUREAUS. TO TRY TO WORK TOWARDS STATE LEGISLATION. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT AS RELATED TO HOME, BUT MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN WORKING ON LOCAL LEGISLATION AND THAT LOCAL LEGISLATION FIRST AND FOREMOST IS, UH, SALES TAX AND LODGING, TAX AND PART OF THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO OBVIOUSLY BE SUPPORTIVE OF VISITORS THAT CHOOSE THAT FROM AN ACCOMMODATION FOR LODGING STANDPOINT, BUT WE WERE FUNDED FROM AN ORGANIZATION STANDPOINT FROM LODGING TAX FROM HOTELIERS, SO IT'S NOT FAIR TO THEM. UM SO , UM, WE CERTAINLY CAN GO BACK AND I CAN SHARE THAT DATA. IF YOU'D LIKE. THAT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER. BUT, UM IT'S VERY CREDIBLE. OUR NEXT STEP IF WE WERE TO MEET WITH, YOU KNOW ANDREA WEAVER AND HER STAFF TO SEE BECAUSE THERE'S OBVIOUSLY [00:45:01] COLLECTION POINT ON YOU KNOW THERE WOULD BE OWNERS WILL BE ON THEM AND FIGURING OUT EXACTLY WHERE THIS PROPERTIES ARE FROM A LOCATION STANDPOINT, SO THERE'S WORK TO DO. BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT'S EVEN IN THERE AND IT DOES FLUCTUATE. I THINK IT DID. THEY WERE ABLE TO GIVE US 2021 DATA IN 2022. IT DID FLUCTUATE A LITTLE BIT. I'M SURE IT DOES AS WELL ESPECIALLY WITH COMING OUT OF COVERAGE. BUT JUST A NOW WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. PERFECT. THANKS. I THINK, DONALD WELL, QUICK, QUICK , QUICK ON AIRBNB S. YOU KNOW THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT LEGISLATION NOW FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. I MEAN, I REMEMBER READING ABOUT IT A FEW YEARS AGO, THEY WERE TRYING TO KIND OF TACKLE. YOU KNOW AIRBNB S AND PEOPLE PAYING INTO IT. DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT? AT THE STATE LEVEL, UM, NUMBER OF YEARS AND FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. OR. LEGISLATIVE AND LOBBYING RELATED GROUPS THAT JUST BACK OFF FIGURE TACKLE IT AT HOME. FIRST IN YOUR OWN COMMUNITY, FIRST AT THE STATE LEVEL, BUT NOW WE'RE BACK ON AND IT'S NOT GOING AWAY. I THINK THERE WAS THAT FEELING OF LIKE, MAYBE PEOPLE WILL NOT DO THIS. IT'S NOT GOING AWAY, AND SO YOU KNOW, PART OF IT. THERE'S DEEPER AND BIGGER ISSUES. BESIDES SALES, TAX AND LODGING TAX IS DISRUPTION TO COMMUNITIES , TRAFFIC PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SOMEBODY MIGHT THINK THAT YOU KNOW SOMEONE HAD VETTED THE OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY, AND THEY NO ONE'S BETTER THAT INDIVIDUAL OR PERSONAL. SO THERE'S MORE TO IT. BUT AT LEAST NOW WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE HERE AS WE MONITOR THAT, AND THEN WE CAN HELP WITH THAT LEGISLATION, COMMUNICATION AT THE STATE LEVEL AS WELL AS LOCALLY BUT IT'S BEEN A NUMBER OF YEARS AND FOR A WHILE. WE TRY TO TACKLE AT THE STATE LEVEL AND THEN YOU KNOW OUR ASSOCIATIONS THAT GO BACK AND TRY AND DEAL WITH YOUR OWN COMMUNITIES. NOW WE'RE BACK TO STATE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST AN OHIO ISSUE. IT'S A NATIONAL ISSUE. THERE ARE SEVERAL STATES WHO HAVE FIGURED IT OUT THAT WE'RE LOOKING TOWARDS TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN GLEAN FROM. YEAH, I JUST ONLY BRING BRING THAT UP BECAUSE AARON B AND BS ARE A CONCERN OF MINE. AND I KNOW OTHER COMMUNITIES INTEREST CENTRAL. HOW HAVE WRITTEN LEGISLATION. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING BASED ON THE ISSUE BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN THAT MUCH OF A CONCERN YET, BUT, YOU KNOW , I'M GLAD TO HEAR THIS FEEDBACK FROM YOU BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO WRITE LEGISLATION NOW BEFORE SOMETHING HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY KUDOS TO YOU AND EVERYBODY IN YOUR DEPARTMENT FOR DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO YOU KNOW SO MANY YOU KNOW, AS A PLANNER, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A TOTAL DEFINITION OF LOGO AND IDENTITY. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR CAPTURING THE BEST OF UNION COUNTY AND WHAT MAKES PEOPLE WHAT MAKES UNION COUNTY UNIQUE, AND I THINK THAT AS A COUNCIL IN FUTURE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ADMINISTRATIONS WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO WHAT I THINK MORE TO PROTECT THE TOURISM SIDE OF OUR COUNTY AND PROTECTING WHY PEOPLE WANT TO MOVE HERE PROTECTING OPEN SPACE PROTECTING THE CHARM. SO YOU KNOW, I KNOW I'M BEATING MY OWN DRAMA, OF COURSE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY KUDOS TO YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME OBVIOUSLY BE A PART OF THOSE MERGED CONVERSATIONS, BUT UNION COUNTY IS SPECIAL. IT IS UNIQUE COMPARED TO COLUMBUS AND ITS SUBURBS, AND WE CAN BUILD A COMMUNITY THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN EVERYBODY ELSE. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BUT THANK YOU TO ALL BECAUSE THAT WAS JUST ALL THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT ARE CHILDREN. THINGS LISTENED TO. IT IS KIND OF LIKE I MEAN, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS LIKE, YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF WE KNEW. THAT'S WHO WE ARE. BUT TO REALLY HAVE THAT THAT RESEARCH AND THAT DATA TO SUPPORT THAT AND LOOKING AT IT FROM A DIFFERENT LENS. SOMETIMES WE KIND OF THINK OF OURSELVES. RED HEADED STEP CHILD IN THE WAY OF RURAL NOT BEING, UM WHAT WE SHOULD BE CELEBRATING . IT IS SO AND NATURALLY CRAFTED. SO THANK YOU. I WILL NOT TAKE ANY FURTHER TIME TAKING EVERYBODY. OKAY ALREADY, TWO THUMBS UP. WELL DONE, WELL DONE CARING. OKAY MOVING ON REPORT OF CLOUD COVER COUNCIL. THANK YOU, [HEARING OF CITIZENS] MR PRESIDENT. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THIS EVENING ALREADY. NOW WE COME TO THE PORTION OF HEARING OF CITIZENS WHERE CITIZENS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK UP THE PIPE MINUTE ON A ITEM THAT'S NOT PART OF THE KNIGHTS AGENDA. SO IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO UM, COME UP TO THE PODIUM, AND IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S NOT PART OF THE NIGHT AGENDA. YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO PRESENTED. IF YOU DON'T MIND TO STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR OTHERS SO THAT OUR [00:50:04] CLINIC CAN, UM MAKE NOTE OF THAT, PLEASE. PRESS 2 TO 1 FOR A DRIVE. MY NAME IS REGINA BOB AND THIS CITY. FIVE YEARS. OH, I WAS THINKING. FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD SAY. MHM AIRBNB. MY SON HAS YOU HAVE AIRBNB CHANGED PHYSICAL TEXAS? THAT OVERSIGHT THAT YEAH. IT WAS VERY SECURE. OKAY? I APPRECIATE IT THAT IT'S AVAILABLE. MHM. HERE HERE TO TALK. HOW. I LIKE I SAID. ALL MY LIFE. YES. THANK YOU ROUNDABOUT AND THEN SO MANY ARE. FEATURES. RECENTLY. AND. FIRST OF ALL OFFICE THREE. PROGRESS. WITH THE PROCESS STREET. I DON'T SEE THE LOGISTICS OF HAVING. MY OPINION IS ALL RIGHT. FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT WILL BE THERE. IT'S THEY SEEMS LIKE BEING MORE BECAUSE WHAT ABOUT NOW? I DON'T KNOW. AREA FROM MANY AND IT'S JUST. THAT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTION. ISSUE. YOUNGER WORKERS COMING INTO TOWN. SOMETHING ANOTHER TRAFFIC THAT COMES INTO TOWN. AND. TRYING TO BRING THEM RIGHT. FROM THE STREET. I JUST GO TO SLEEP IN THIS RIGHT NOW. I THINK THAT THE. THAT IS WHAT IS UTILIZED. 31 PREVIEW LIVES THERE. THE UNJUSTIFIED ENOUGH TRAFFIC GOING ON 31 ANY TIME YOU HAVE TRAFFIC IN THE MORNING. THE SCHOOL WAS COMING OUT OF THE CREEK VIEW. NORTHWOOD AND ALL THE SCHOOLS IN THERE. UM I TALKED TO ANOTHER COLLEGE WOMAN IS LIKE ANY 500 STRETCH RIGHT THERE, BUT NOT THE TRUCK BECAUSE IT WAS BROUGHT UP THAT TRIP TO SIGN UP FOR PORTION. THAT SPEED LIMIT BECAUSE YOU GET THAT PASTOR GOING 40 MILES AN HOUR PASSED ON BLOCKS. ROUND ABOUT HAVING TO DO A BIT OF DIFFERENCE ON THAT. YES, THAT'S QUITE SIMPLE FACT ON THAT. AS FOR SAFETY. JUST RESEARCH ON THAT. GAIN 35% LESS ACCIDENTS ON THAT. THEY ALSO DID A SURVEY ON MY LEFT SIDE ON AN APP. APPROVED IT. I MEAN, DIDN'T WANT WHICH PIPE PERCENT OF PEOPLE DID NOT WANT A ROUNDABOUT IN BOTH. UH FIVE POINTS AND 31. AH! MY CONCERN WAS WAS A SEMI TRUCKS. THE YIELD SCIENCE PEOPLE DON'T YIELD AS IT IS ON 33. OKAY? IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. PEOPLE JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THEM SIGNS THAT YOU KNOW WHY, BUT WHEN YIELDING , YOU'RE GOING AROUND THE ONE THAT WAS BUILT IN NO VALLEY THERE. BASICALLY SCHOOL BUSSES AND TRASH TRUCKS HAD TO COME TO A STOP IN ORDER TO GET AROUND THAT ACTUALLY EVEN BEEN BUILT. THAT WAS A WASTE OF TAXPAYERS MONEY. MY OTHER CONCERN WAS THE SEMI TOUCH GOING AROUND. THERE HAS BEEN ACCIDENTS ON 1 61 INDUSTRIAL TRAFFIC CIRCLE. HAS BEEN IN THE NEW IN THE CHAIRS DEPARTMENT ON THE ACCENTS OF DAMAGE. WHY CONCERN IS WHEN A SEMI TRUCK OR A WIDE LOAD COMES DOWN 31 GOING AROUND. CAR IS GONNA TRY TO TYPE. TAKE THE INSIDE LANE. OKAY TRY TO HURRY UP. GOT A PIPE WOMAN GOING DOWN. WE HAVE A CONCERN IS. WANT SOME WHITE LOVES GETS THROUGH THERE [00:55:05] TRYING TO MAKE THAT TURN. YOU'RE GOING TOO SLOW UP TRAFFIC AS IT IS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE AS QUICK AS A CAR. SOMETIMES CARS EVEN MAKE A SHORTCUT, MAKING THE RIGHT TO GO TO THE COUNTERCLOCKWISE. HE WILL GO CLOSE TO GET INSTEAD OF THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY AROUND THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE. THAT WAS ANOTHER CONCERN WHEN OTHER CONCERNED EFFECT POINTS. BUSINESSES KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN, ALL THOSE BUSINESS TRYING TO GET OUT. THEIR PARKING LOT. YOU DON'T HAVE KIDS. TAKE IT THAT FAST BOTTOM OUT YOUR FRONT END BECAUSE OF THE DIPS TO THE HAVE ON THAT ROAD. SO IF YOU HAVE CONTINUOUS TRAFFIC HARD, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET OUT OF THAT PARKING LOT. OKAY THAT WAS MY MAIN CONCERNS IMPORTANT TO COME OUT AS IT IS BECAUSE HMM. I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY BUSINESSES GOING BECAUSE OF CONSTRUCTION AROUND ABOUT OR BECAUSE NO GRACE. IT'S SO CLOSE FIVE POINTS, PRESSING. REAL SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL BE IN THE ROUNDABOUT. HMM. SIX AND FOUR. RESPECTFULLY. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS DOING YOUR JOB. BUT LIKE I SAID, I GREW UP IN IRWIN. BUT THE WORKERS AND THANKS. YOU ROUNDABOUT. THERE ALREADY HAD BE ALIVE. CONSTRUCTION POINT IS 31. AND 36 4. OUR STATE ROUTES. WITH A LOT OF CAN'T GO ANYWHERE ELSE. DO YOU WANT THEM? POURING ON THAT HAPPENING. I DON'T UNDERSTAND. YES THAT'S JUST I DON'T UNDERSTAND LOGIC. DOING AROUND NOW IN THAT AREA. THE QUESTION IS THE LIGHTEST CROSSING AND INDUSTRIAL POINT COMMENT. REALLY NECESSARILY LEFT. SAFELY. NOW AND THE LIGHT. AND I THINK THAT THE MYSTERY BIO PROVERBS. YEAH. THE PROCESS OF BEING TRUE. WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE THAT EXTRA MONEY. THERE WAS A BIG DEMOCRATS AND MORE THAN DOUBLE TO PUT AROUND THERE AND. CROSSING WITH THE PRETTY MUCH PAID FOR DIFFERENCE. AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. LIFE WAS GOING UP UNTIL THIS WEEK, SO I WAS PLEASED TO SEE THAT LIKE AIR BECAUSE OF THAT ACCENT, THIS KID MHM. MY ASPECT TO WASTE MONEY ABOUT INDUCING ORCHESTRATION OF THE MEMBERS OF STATE CITY STREETS. WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO PAY FOR A WHILE. EVERYTHING YOU BROUGHT UP IS WHERE I M C A IS BUILT. THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC ON EACH SIDE, EXCEPT FOR THE WILLIAMS GAME SIDE, CHARLES LANE THERE AND SO WHEN EVERYBODY IS UP THERE THAT TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN. WE'RE ALL STOPPED. WE MIGHT TAKE 45 TRAFFIC LIGHT BEFORE WE COULD ACTUALLY GET GOING. TO MAKE IT BETTER FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND. MHM. WE HAVE COMING OUT THERE OUT OF THERE TODAY. FIVE IN THE MORNING MEETING NAME AND. SOMEONE HAS TO TURN LEFT. THEY'RE SITTING THERE AND SITTING THERE IS CHANGES PEOPLE OUT. AND THAT. YEAH THE CONCERN THAT PRESIDENT THING THAT I. YOU HAVE YOU HAVE ONE MORE MINUTE, IF YOU DON'T MIND. NO, NO, YOU HAVE ONE MORE MINUTE TO GO AHEAD. I GUESS HE CAME. OH, MOST OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS. TRAVEL THAT EVERY DAY. EVERY DAY. YEAH. AND. YEAH I VERY SELDOM GET STARTED BY MORE THAN ONE LIFE. WHEN I'M COMING. HMM. HMM. LIKE [01:00:10] ABOUT THIS STREET. BUY WENDY'S. THE ONLY MAN LIKE IT WOULD NOT AFFECT THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC THROUGH CHANNELS. MHM THERE WAS AROUND ABOUT THEY'RE NOT REALLY GOING TO HELP. HMM REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HELP YOUR YOUR ATTENTION AND WE JUST HOPE THAT . AREN'T. EXPENSIVE TRAFFIC LIGHT. I KNOW THERE'S MAINTENANCE, NO TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND STUFF, BUT I JUST IN MY OPINION. ALL RIGHT. HMM. OKAY THANK YOU ALREADY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS TO NOT ONLY COUNCIL'S ATTENTION, BUT TWO ADMINISTRATIONS ATTENTION, AND I'M SURE YOU EVER WILLING YEAR BY BRAINER TO US TONIGHT, SO OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY? YES, MA'AM. I'M CHARLOTTE GIBBONS AND I LIVE AT 6 TO 8 WOULD RUN. MARYSVILLE. AND, UM, I HAD JUST THREE POINTS THAT I WANTED TO VERBALIZED. AND UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE CITY. I'VE BEEN HERE SIX YEARS AND 38 YEARS IN CALIFORNIA. AND UM, SO SOME OF THE THINGS I'M NOT AWARE OF. I'VE REALLY ENJOYED BEING HERE AT THIS MEETING. BUT IS THERE A DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE CITY THAT IS IN CHARGE OF SEEING THAT THE BUSINESSES IN THE CITY MAINTAIN THEIR PARKING LOTS THERE, ENTRYWAY. AND THAT THEY'RE SAFE. I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE LAST YEAR I GO TO TIM HORTONS, OFTEN. AND YOU COULD NOT GO IN TO THEIR DRIVE THROUGH WITHOUT TAKING THE CHANCE THAT YOUR TIRE WAS GOING TO BLOW FROM A DIVOT BIG DIVOT. AND, UM, SO I WAS IN THERE SEVERAL TIMES. I ASKED THE EMPLOYEES IF THEY WERE AWARE OF IT, YES. AND I SAID, HAVE YOU LET THE OWNER KNOW WELL? SO I COMMUNICATED WITH CORPORATE. AND I HEARD BACK THE VERY NEXT DAY THAT THEY WOULD BE LOOKING INTO THAT. AND THE OWNER OF UM THAT, UM TIM HORTONS COMMUNICATED WITH ME AND HE SAID THEY WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT. AND WITHIN TWO MONTHS, THEY TOOK CARE OF IT. I WAS SO IMPRESSED MHM THAT BUSINESS CARED ENOUGH. BUT NOW WHEN YOU EXIT, IT'S THE SAME THING ON THE OTHER SIDE. AND THEY IS THERE A DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE CITY THAT BRINGS THAT POINT TO, UM THEIR ATTENTION. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE OWNERS OF COMPANIES DON'T ALWAYS BE. THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS THERE, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT LOOKS PRETTY BAD IN SOME OF THE PLACES. UM THE DOLLAR GENERAL DOWN WHERE NEAR THE FISHES FOR THE FISHES WAS, OH, MY GOSH, YOU COULD HARDLY GET IN AND OUT OF THAT FOR A LONG, LONG TIME, AND THEY FINALLY TOOK CARE OF IT, BUT THAT'S TO ME A CONCERN. UM THE OTHER POINT I HAD CAME ALONG WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WERE JUST UP HERE. I AM NOT AVERSE TO ROUNDABOUTS AT ALL TIMES. I THINK THEY'RE GOOD. AT OTHER TIMES. I THINK THEY'RE SILLY. AND UM, BUT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT FIVE POINTS IN THAT. WAS A STUDY DONE BY THE COMPANY THAT YOU HAD. UM. IS THERE ANOTHER CITY IN THE STATE? OR IN THE COUNTRY WHERE THERE IS A RAILROAD CROSSING THAT CLOSE. AS OURS. THAT TO ME IS A HUGE CONCERN. THE REAL REAL CROSSING AND THAT ROUNDABOUT. AND IF A STUDY WAS NOT DONE, OR THEY DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE LOOKING TO BEFORE YOU AND I KNOW YOU'VE KIND OF MADE A DECISION WITH THE COMPANY. BUT, UM I THINK THAT THAT'S A BIG DEAL WITH THE RAILROAD CROSSING. AND THE THIRD POINT IS REALLY REALLY KIND OF SILLY. MAYBE BUT I JUST LOVE MARYSVILLE. I LIVED IN NEW CALIFORNIA DOWN BY 33 42 . I NEVER CAME TO MARYSVILLE BECAUSE I JUST WENT ON 33 WENT TO DEVLIN. AND I'VE LIVED HERE [01:05:06] SIX YEARS AND I LOVE THE CITY. I COULD LOVE WALKING DOWNTOWN AND EVERYTHING ABOUT IT. YOU JUST FEEL THE PRIDE OF THE COMMUNITY. HOWEVER. THEY ADDED THE, UM COLORFUL CHAIRS. AND THEY'RE UGLY AND THEY DETRACT FROM THE PRETTINESS OF DOWNTOWN. I AND I KNOW THEY'RE DOING CONCRETE NOW . UH I SAW THEM EVEN WORKING ON THAT AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL MAKE IT NICER, BUT I WAS SO SHOCKED AND EVERYBODY IN MY COMMUNITY SAYS THE SAME THING. WHY DID THEY PUT THOSE CHAIRS THERE? UM I DON'T KNOW. THAT WAS JUST ANOTHER THOUGHT FOR SOMEBODY TO REALLY RETHINK. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OKAY UM , TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE CITY WEBSITE? HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE CITY WEBSITE? YEAH AND YOU CAN PUT IN PROBABLY THE ZONING INSPECTOR. YEAH YOU KNOW, IF WE IF WE GET CONCERNS, WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT VISIT THE SITE, YOU KNOW, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF OUR ABILITY TO ACTUALLY ENFORCE ON POTHOLES IN A PARKING LOT EXACTLY. WE HAVE ANY PROVISIONS THAT WE CAN EVEN UH, DO ANYTHING IN A PRIVATE LOT SUCH AS TIM HORTONS? YEAH WE GOT A COMPLAINT. UM PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE SPECIFICALLY CALLS OUT WALKWAYS. STAIRS DRIVEWAYS. PARKING SPACES IN SIMILAR AREAS HAVE MAINTAINED SO PERFECT. DO AN INSPECTION. NOTIFY THE OWNER. YES. JUST FOLLOW THE PROCESS. THERE ARE SEVERAL PLACES. YEAH, SET. BOSTON. SKIP OUT. AND THERE'S SOME OF PLACES LIKE THAT. OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. HEY. WOULD WOULD, WOULD YOU MIND? HURRY. COME ON IN. IT IS ON THE TOPIC THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED. TIME SORT OF. UM I FORGOT TO GIVE MY ADDRESS. OKAY I THINK YOU DID. BUT GO AHEAD. 584 LONDON ROAD. WEST MANSFIELD , OHIO 43358 AM IN MARYSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT WENT TO MARY'S HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL. MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY, RAYMOND. UM THE DIPS. EVEN THOUGH UM, TACO BELL FIXED THEIR WHOLE PARKING LOT. YOU STILL HAVE THE DIP. AND THE OTHER PART WAS ABOUT THE FIFTH STREET ROUNDABOUT, UM. THAT STRETCH OF HIS STREET WAS JUST FIXED NOT LONG AGO FROM GRANT OR WHATEVER THAT BEAUTIFUL PARK AND THE STORM DRAINS AND EVERYTHING. RIGHT HERE IT UP. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY? SO AT LEAST AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN INTO AN EXECUTIVE [Executive Session] SESSION TO CONSIDER NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH THE PATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, AND IT DOES TAKE THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL TO PESTIS TAKE THAT WOULD MAKE THAT MOTION. AND THEY HAVE A SECOND. LOCAL POLICE. MR RASH. YES YES. CARPENTER YES, SEYMOUR . MRS GROAT? YES, MR BERGER? YES MR REEMS. OKAY SO THIS TIME YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO STAY, E. HEY WE CALL THE MEETING BACK TOWARD THE HAGUE THE WATER AGAIN. OKAY AND LET'S SEE AROUND . OKAY, UM. MR PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADD [Additional Item] CONSENT LEGISLATION TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA. ALREADY AND JUST FOR THE RECORD EMOTIONS ABOUT THE [01:10:02] CONSENT LEGISLATION REQUIRES SIX VOTES IN FAVOR TO PASS LOCAL PLEASE. YES YES, SEYMOUR GROVE? YES MR BERGER. MR. REEMS YES, MR ROUSH. SEVEN? YES ALREADY. AND THEN WOULD YOU MIND JUST FINISHED FIRST READING TITLE ONLY TO READ THIS ONE. DO YOU ACCEPT THE FACT FINDING REPORT REGARDING THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, OHIO LABOR COUNCIL AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. OKAY ADMINISTRATION. ANY COMMENTS? NOTHING FURTHER. NOTHING PRODUCT. OKAY COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? ANYTHING FURTHER. OKAY SO THE QUESTION IS TO UM, AT EMOTION FOR THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE. THIS DOES HE ACQUIRE YOUR PAPER TO YOUR P BUT THE BEST LOCAL, PLEASE. WE NEED TO NEED THE MOTION FIRST. I'LL MOVE TO ANOTHER MOST. OKAY MR CARPENTER. YES MR SEYMOUR? YES MR BERGER. MR REEMS? YES MR ROUSH? YES, YES, YES. OKAY THEN CAME THE STATION IS ASKING FOR A MOTION TO WAIT TO 30 READING MR PRESIDENT LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO WAIVE 33RD READING. OKAY, THANK YOU. LOCAL PLACE, MR SEYMOUR. YES MRS GROAT? YES MR BERGER? YES, MR REEMS? YES MR ROUSH? YES MR BURBEY? YES MR CARPENTER? YES SEVEN. YES MOTION TO WAIVE TO SECOND READING. SO MOVED. THANK YOU, MRS CODE. HMM DON'T CALL PLEASE. MRS GROUP. YES MR BERGER? YES MR REEMS. MR ROUSH? YES BE YES, MR CARPENTER ? YES, MR SEYMOUR. OKAY, SO BEFORE WE GO TO PASS THE LEGISLATION AND THE CITIZENS COMMENTS. YEAH OKAY. IT'S IN THERE SO RELATED MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION MOVED. OKAY. MR ROUSE MOVES AND LOCAL POLICE. MR. BERGER MR. REEMS YES, MR ROUSH? YES MR BURBEY? YES CARPENTER? YES MR SEYMOUR. MRS GROWTH? YES YES. OKAY ALREADY. THERE'S AN ANSWER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY ALREADY. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GETTING ALL OF THIS BEHIND US AND MOVING FORWARD WITH HIS WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR SAFETY SERVICES. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU. OKAY, LET'S SOLUTION. A IF YOU DON'T MIND. [Res. A] SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING TO AUTHORIZE THE UPTOWN MARYSVILLE FACADE IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM FOR 2023. OKAY AND I THINK THERE IS A PRESENTATION. YES, I THINK ACTUALLY IS GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE OF SLIDES. JUST UPDATE EVERYBODY AND OTHER CLICKER. ERIC, DO YOU HAVE THE CLICKER? KAREN THEIR. AS LABOR WITH YOU IF IT ALL POSSIBLE, OKAY, EDDIE . THANK YOU APPRECIATE IT. RIGHT, SO. THE LAST WORK SECTION. WE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE ITEMS FOR POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE ASSAD GRANT. THOSE THREE MAIN TOPICS WERE THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE VIOLATIONS. UM MAYBE THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT ARE PART OF THE REVIEW COMMITTEE AND POTENTIAL AMENDMENT TO SOME OF THE ELIGIBLE ITEMS, SO WE'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT HOW WE ARE PROPOSING THOSE AMENDMENTS SO RELATED TO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE. WE WANT TO LOOK AT DESIGNATING 20% OF THE FUNDING. DO PRIORITIZE PROJECTS THAT DIRECTLY REMEDIATE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE VIOLATIONS. UH THIS ITEM HERE. NEXT TO THE NUMBER ONE. THIS IS THE PARAGRAPH. THAT WOULD BE ADDED, SO IT IS INTENDED THAT 20% OF THE FUNDING WILL BE ALLOCATED TOWARDS PROJECTS THAT DIRECTLY REMEDIATED PROPERTY MAINTENANCE VIOLATIONS. APPLICATIONS WHICH DIRECTLY ADDRESS THE ABATEMENT OF PROPERTY MAINTENANCE WILL TAKE PRIORITY. AND THEN WE ALSO HAD THE MODERN MODIFY UNDER WHO MAY APPLY TO REMOVE THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE IF THEY HAD CURRENT VIOLATIONS, UM, THAT WERE ACTUALLY LIKE DOCUMENTED BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO STILL APPLY. THOSE ARE THE TWO RELATED TO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE FOR THE FACADE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE. WE [01:15:07] HAVE ADDED THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR AS WELL AS A CONSULTANT WITH A HISTORIC PRESERVATION OR SIMILAR BACKGROUND. AND THE THIRD ITEM DOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM. WE HAVE ADDED THE IMPROVEMENT OF LIFE SAFETY CONDITIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ELECTRICAL ROOF OR OTHER STRUCTURAL BUILDING ELEMENTS AS PART OF THE ELIGIBLE ITEM LIST. SO THOSE ARE THE THREE POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO GET APPROVED THIS EVENING. OKAY ANY ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. YEP OKAY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU KNOW, I THINK SOME GOOD IMPROVEMENTS HERE. I THINK I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING THIS ALONG AND GETTING, UH. SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES TO BE ABLE TO USE IT AND MAKE THEIR IMPROVEMENTS. JUST JUST A NIT PICK JUST A LITTLE BIT THAT WE'RE VIOLATION. IT IS. IS A STRONG WORD. BUT BUT IF THERE'S A SOFTER WORD THAT SAYS THE SAME THING. I PROMOTE THAT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SPEND MUCH TIME TALKING ABOUT IT. BECAUSE IT IT'S ABOUT TAKING CARE OF THE BUILDINGS. WITHOUT POINTING A FINGER AND SAYING YOU'RE VIOLATING BUT. MOVE ON, MOVE ON! I WAS JUST THINKING OUT LOUD. I'M TRYING TO THINK WHAT WE COULD USE IN TERMS IN INSTEAD OF THAT, UM, EFFICIENCIES, NON NON COMPLIANCE, MAINTENANCE, NOT COMPLIANCE. WE CAN DO THAT. THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM BETTER. NOW DO YOU NEED TO VOTE ON THOSE THIS EVENING AND THEN WE CAN FINALIZE DOCUMENT FOR THE THIRD READING. THAT WOULD BE CORRECT AND DO WE VOTE ON THE, UM HMM. AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENTS ACCEPTED AS IT IS TEAM. INCLUDED IS THE AMENDMENT. WE HAVE NOT MAYBE A MINUTE YET. AMENDMENT YES, SO WHOEVER MAKES THE MOTION CAN CAN REPLACE THE WORD NOT COMPLIANT WITH VIOLATIONS. OKAY I THINK THAT'S A GOOD WORD. SO EASIEST WAY TO DO IT. OKAY PLACE VIOLATIONS WITH CITIZENS. OKAY I'M GOING TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WITH THE CHANGE OF. USING NON COMPLIANCE INSTEAD OF VIOLATIONS ON THAT FIRST ONE, SO I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE. ACCEPT ALL THREE YEARS, ONE PACKAGE WITH THAT ONE CHANGE. OKAY? SO WE HAVE A MOTION AT ALL CALLED PLEASE, MR REEMS. YES, MR ROUSH? YES MR BURBEY? YES MR CARPENTER ? YES MR SEYMOUR. MRS GROW? YES MR BERGER? YES SEVEN. YES SO THIS BROUGHT IT BACK TO SECONDARY EATING PUBLIC HEARING ANY CITIZENS COMMENTS? HMM OKAY , SO THIS WILL BE BACK FOR 30 EATING TITLE ONLY ON FEBRUARY. THE 27TH. RESOLUTION BE THIRD [Res. B] READING PUBLIC HEARING, AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE TO INTO ENTER A CONTRACT WITH THE STATE OF OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OBLIGATING THE CITY TO PAY ITS PORTION 750,000 OF THE COST FOR THE FULL DEPTH ASPHALT REPAIRS ON US 33 FROM WEST FIRST STREET TO DELAWARE AVENUE AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. OKAY? SO THE BOAT FACILITY READING PUBLIC HEARING TO OCCUR TODAY TOOK PLACE ON MONDAY. 23 THE SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING TOOK PLACE ON FEBRUARY THE SIXTH. THE EMERGENCY CLASSES PASSED ON. UM HAVE YOU READ THE SIX AS WELL? ANY COMMENTS FROM ADMINISTRATION ? NOTHING FURTHER. OKAY. AND YOU PUT THE QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. WITH REGARD TO THE AGREEMENT UNDER SECTION FIVE FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION AND THIS, MAYBE BE MR LETS HIS QUESTION IT SAYS THE TOTAL COST AND EXPENSES FOR THE PROJECT, OR ONLY AN ESTIMATE THE TOTAL COST AND EXPENSES MAY BE ADJUSTED BY THE STATE IF ANY ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED. PAYMENT OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS SHALL BE COURT SHALL CORRESPOND TO THE PERCENTAGES OF ACTUAL COSTS, ETCETERA. UM QUESTIONS. OBVIOUSLY DO WE GET HIT WITH ANY OF THAT OVERAGE 23. TYPICALLY WE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER TODAY, AND IT'S INTERESTING. HEY I BROUGHT IT UP [01:20:07] EARLIER TODAY IN A IN A MEETING . THIS IS KIND OF OH DOT LANGUAGE. AH WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY ADDITIONAL OVER RIDGES. UM HOWEVER, IF SOMETHING WOULD COME BACK, WE'D OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO COME BEFORE YOU TO GET THAT AUTHORIZATION, BUT WE THINK IT'S VERY SLIM THAT THAT WOULD OCCUR . JEREMY IS THAT CORRECT. I WOULD AGREE. THIS HAS BEEN IN EVERY O DOT I GUESS. OH, DOT LANGUAGE THAT'S COME TO YOU, AND WE'VE NEVER HAD TO PAY ADDITIONAL BEFORE. NOT TO SAY IT CAN'T HAPPEN, BUT IT IS VERY UNLIKELY AS TERRY MENTIONED. OKAY? AND CAN WE ASSUME THAT 7 50 IS A PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL PROJECT? THAT'S CORRECT. UM WAS WAS THAT KIND OF 7 50 IS A PERCENT OF FOR THAT REPLACEMENT , WHICH IS AROUND $3 MILLION. THERE WOULD BE AN OVERREACH SHOULD BE RELATIVE TO THAT PERCENTAGE, PROBABLY. OKAY OPEN UP. HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS, I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT DATE. BUT WE SHOULD HAVE AN IDEA PRETTY SOON ON. WHAT WHAT, IF ANY, BUT I DOUBT THEY DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF ESTIMATING THINGS. SO WHEN THEY SAY IT'S GOING TO BE THIS, USUALLY THERE ARE SOME FACTORS OF SAFETY AND SOME CONTINGENCY ON THAT, LIKE JEREMY SHARP ON THOSE NUMBERS, TRYING HMM. TO GET BACK TO YOUR QUESTION SINCE I HAD THE SAME QUESTION, AND THE ANSWER DID COME THAT IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO FIND THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT AT THIS POINT, AND THE CITY IS BEING CHARGED FORWARD, WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK TO THE ONE THAT INSTALLED IT. BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN LEGALLY INSTALLED. THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE AT THE MOMENT SOMETHING AND WE HAD THE SAME ISSUE CURRENTLY ON POST STREET, WHETHER IT IS A FIBER PAPER WAS INCORRECTLY, OTHERWISE NOT GOOD AT THE RIGHT PLACE. THAT'S WHAT'S HOLDING UP THE PROJECT AT THE MOMENT. SHOULD WE BE BUILT BACK ALL THAT THEN WE CAN GO BACK TO THE ONE WHO INSTALLED THE PAPER, AND THEN WE CAN HOLD THE PAPER COMPANY RESPONSIBLE. SO AGAIN, THAT THAT WAS THE SAME CONCERN THAT THE DID DISCUSS THIS MORNING. UM BETWEEN MR ESTHER, NIGHT NEAR AND JEREMY TO MAKE SURE THAT WHERE IS OUR LIABILITY? BECAUSE A DEFINITELY HAD THE SAME CONCERN THAT YOU DID. WHAT ALL OF A SUDDEN? YOU WIND UP WITH THE NEXT TO $300,000. SO THANK YOU. SO ANYWAY, UM, AT THIS POINT, ANY FOR THE COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL AND ITS CITIZENS CONCERNS OKAY, HEARING NONE. THEN WE NEED A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. REMOVED, OKAY? THANKS MR REEMS. LOCAL PLEASE. MR ROUSH? YES YES . CARPENTER YES, SEYMOUR. MRS GROUP? YES, MR BERGER? YES MR REEMS? YES YES. OKAY NOW WE MOVE ON TO ORDINANCES ORDINANCE, A [Ord. A] READING PUBLIC HEARING TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF NOTES IN THE AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED 3,535,000 AND ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ONE ACQUIRING, DESIGNING IMPROVING IN HIS STRUCTURING VARIOUS PUBLIC SERVICE RELATED PROJECTS TO CONSTRUCTING AND INSTALLING ROAD AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL IZATION IMPROVEMENTS WITH RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND APPRENTICES THERE. 23 CONSTRUCTING, RECONSTRUCTING, WIDENING, OPENING, IMPROVING RESURFACING IN PAVING VARIOUS STREETS, ROADS , CURBS AND SIDEWALKS WITH RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS. AND APPRENTICES THERE, TOO, AND FOR CONSTRUCTING AND RECONSTRUCTING VARIOUS CAPITAL PROJECTS AND INNOVATION PARK INCLUDING ELECTRICAL LANDSCAPING AND STREETSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS WITH RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND APPRENTICES THERE, TOO, AND TO RETIRE NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR SUCH PURPOSE AND TO AUTHORIZE AND APPROVE RELATED MATTERS. OKAY, ADMINISTRATION. I WOULD NOTHING FURTHER. NOTHING FURTHER. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL OKAY, THERE IS THE ANY, UM, CITIZENS COMMENTS. OKAY THERE IS A REQUEST TO GRAVES. THE THIRD READING FOR THIS. SO THEY COULD HAVE EMOTION WAVES AT THIRD READING. I MAKE THE MOTION TO MR PRESIDENT. MR BERGER MAKES THE MOTION LOCAL PLEASE, MR BURBEY? YES YES, MR SEYMOUR? YES MRS GROWTH, MR BERGER? YES MR REEMS? YES MR ROUSH. SEVEN YES, HAVE A NEED EMOTION TO PASS THE [01:25:05] LEGISLATION. MR PRESIDENT MAKE THE MOTION TO PASS. COORDINATES A MR CARPENTER. GO FOR PLEASE, MR CARPENTER. YES MR SEYMOUR. MRS GROUP? YES, MR REEMS? YES MR ROUSH? YES MR BURBEY? YES, BURGER. YES SEVEN. YES OKAY. THANK YOU. VERY MUCH ORDINANCE BE ORDINANCE BE SECOND READING [Ord B.] PUBLIC HEARING TO AUTHORIZE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OR 2023 STREET PAVING AND DEPTH SERVICE AND AMEND THE 2023 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET. ANY COMMENTS FROM ADMINISTRATION FURTHER ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS. 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AND ITS CITIZENS TO BE BACK WITH THIRD READING TITLE ONLY ON [Ord. I] FEBRUARY 27TH 2023 ORDINANCE I SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING TO ACCEPT THE DEDICATION OF THE VILLAGE NEIGHBORHOOD SECTION THREE PHASES 123 AND FOUR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. OKAY AGAIN BE POOR PUBLIC SERVICE AND SAFETY ON 19. ADMINISTRATION. NOTHING. CANCEL. THE SINS HERE, YOU NONE [Ord. J] TO BE BACK WITH THIRD READING TITLE ONLY ON FEBRUARY, THE 27TH. ORDINANCE J SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING TO ACCEPT THE DEDICATION OF THE WARNER ROAD INDUSTRIAL CENTER, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE BEFORE PUBLIC SERVICE SAFETY ON 19 ADMINISTRATION. NOTHING COUNCIL CITIZENS TO BE BACK FOR TRADING IN THAILAND E ON FEBRUARY THE 27TH ORDINANCE K SECOND READING [Ord. K] PUBLIC HEARING TO ACCEPT THE DEDICATION OF THE RESIDENTS OF WOODSIDE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. OKAY ADMINISTRATION. NOTHING COUNCIL PERSONS. OKAY I'LL BE BACK WITH THIRD READING TITLE ONLY ON FEBRUARY, THE 27TH 2023 OKAY. ORDINANCE L THIRD READING TITLE, ONLY TO APPROVE PLANNING [Ord. L] COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO AMEND PART 11 PLANNING AND OWNING CODE IN RELATION TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. OKAY? UM SINCE THIS WAS BEFORE COUNCIL SEVERAL WEEKS AGO AND CHANGE, WE [01:30:02] DID NOT HAVE A FULL SLATE OF OFFICERS. WE DID POSTPONE IT, AND THEREFORE YOU HAVE THE THIRD READING TODAY, ONE FROM INSTEAD OF 1 23. AND ADMINISTRATION. WE HAVE NOTHING FURTHER. OKAY? NOTHING. PRODUCT COUNCIL. OKAY? YES, SIR. THE. THE REMAINING CONCERN ON MY PART UP FRONT IS I STILL BELIEVE THAT PROJECTS SHOULD BE APPROVED CONDITIONAL RATHER THAN PERMITTED. OKAY, OKAY. FURTHER DISCUSSION OTHERWISE, OKAY? ALREADY. AND THE OTHER ONES. OKAY? SO TODAY WE ARE SLATED TO MAKE A VOTE ON THE MOTION. HMM IT REQUIRES FOUR VOTES IN FAVOR TO PASS. UH, COULD WE HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? SOME MOVED OKAY. MR REEMS. LOCAL MR SEYMOUR? NO. MRS GROAT? YES. MR BERGER? NO MR REEMS? YES MR ROUSH? YES MR BURBEY? YES, MR CARPENTER? NO. OR YES, OKAY. [Ord. M] MOTION PASSED ORDINANCE. MM. ORDINANCE AND THIRD READING TITLE, ONLY TO APPROVE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO AMEND CHAPTER 1123.19 ENCLOSED ACCESSORY STRUCTURES IN S, R D V R D, N. C D AND R D OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING CODE. HMM AND AGAIN, THIS WAS A HOLDOVER FROM 1 23 ANYTHING FROM ADMINISTRATION? NOTHING FURTHER, OKAY. COUNCIL. OKAY GO AHEAD. I JUST WANTED TO STATE MY THOUGHTS ON THINGS BECAUSE I SPENT A LOT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT THIS. THESE ITEMS AND UM, HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT I REALLY AGREE WITH WHAT ALLEN HAS SAID PREVIOUSLY. BUT IN ADDITION TO THOSE COMMENTS, I STRONGLY FEEL AS THOUGH SINGLE FAMILY OCCUPIED HOMES ARE THE BACKBONE OF THIS COMMUNITY. AND WHEN WE START DISCUSSING INCREASING THE DENSITY ACROSS THE CITY, PARTICULARLY PARTICULARLY AND, UM. AND POTENTIALLY, I SHOULD SAY IN WARD ONE, WHERE THOSE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES EXIST WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INCREASING THE DENSITY OF THAT YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT COULD ENTAIL. UM HIGHER DENSITY. YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK IT'S SOMETHING BILL. NEEDS. I MEAN, IN CERTAIN AREAS. IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WARD ONE, THEY'RE HAPPY HAVING THEIR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON THERE. PARCELS. YOU KNOW IF THEY WANT TO PUT AN ADO ON THE PROPERTY, THERE'S A SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO GET A PERMIT TO DO THAT. BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MAKING IT PERMITTED ACROSS THE BOARD, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR CITY. WARD ONE SPECIFICALLY, AND THAT'S THE REASON THAT I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS, OKAY. HEIDI AND THE OTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. UM ABOUT YOU SAID. THERE'S A PROCESS TO DO THAT NOW THEY WANT TO ADD THAT WHAT IS THAT PROCESS? SO. I COULDN'T LIST IT TO YOU. BUT THERE ARE CURRENT AWS THAT EXIST IN MARYSVILLE. I DON'T LIKE MY PROBLEM IS PERMITTING IT AND IN THE WHOLE CITY IT'S CONDITIONAL CURRENTLY. RIGHT? NO OKAY, SO THEN THOSE THAT ARE THERE HAPPENED THERE LIKE GRANDFATHER THEY HAPPEN LIKE MANY YEARS AGO BEFORE ANY OF US. OKAY, SO I HAVE A QUESTION. IS THERE ANYONE BESIDES ME? AND MAYBE ALAN, THAT THINK THAT THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH THIS WOULD BE ON A CONDITIONAL BASIS AND NOT PERMITTED THROUGH THE WHOLE CITY? IS THAT WHERE YOUR HEAD'S AT ALLEN YES, IN SIMPLE. BUT I BELIEVE IN THE LEGISLATION. I THINK WE NEED THE LEGISLATION ON THE BOOKS. BUT THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE IT A BIT THE FACT THAT IT IS PERMITTED. I THINK IT'S JUST TO OPEN AND THAT IT NEEDS TO GO FURTHER BOARD FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE IT'S APPROVED . THAT'S WHERE THE CONDITION COMES. SUPPOSE LEGISLATION I AGREE WE NEEDED ON OUR IN OUR CODE BECAUSE WE DON'T CURRENTLY . IT'S CONDITIONAL BORN. MY IDEA THAT IT NEEDS TO BE CONDITIONED CURRENTLY WAS PRESENTED TO US IS IT'S NOT CONDITIONAL. BE PERMITTED THAT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH. BUT BASED ON THE RULES THERE'S PROBABLY NOT A PIECE OF PROPERTY IN MILL VALLEY THAT [01:35:02] WOULD COMPLY. THAT PRETTY ACCURATE. YOU KNOW, SO YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE 80 YEARS GOING UP AND NO VALLEY, BUT THEY COULD. NO THEY COULDN'T BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS. REQUIREMENTS SETBACKS OR HEIGHT OR SIZE IN ORDER TO BE ALLOWED TO BE CONSTRUCTED. IF YOU HAD SOMEONE THAT MAY BE CONVERTED ABOVE A GARAGE, MAYBE THAT COULD WORK BUT THE CHANCES OF THAT HAPPENING AND IN THAT TYPE OF SUBDIVISION WOULD BE MORE MINIMAL. IT DOES HAVE TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL OFF STREET PARKING SPACE AND THE CONFIGURATION OF LOTS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. SOME OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD UM I COULD DO YOU COULD I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE TRYING TO JUST PERMITTED ACROSS THE BOARD INSTEAD OF MAKING IT CONDITIONAL . YEAH, I UNDERSTAND. IT'S MORE RED TAPE, BUT WHAT'S THE REASONING THERE? FOR MAKING IT MEETING WE PRESENTED WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, UH, COUNCIL TALKED ABOUT THAT AS WELL. AND I THINK YOU GUYS HAD DONE A VOTE AS WELL THAT YOU WERE LOOKING TO GO. JUST TOWARD THAT PERMITTED IS THAT WITH THE MAJORITY HAD SAID, I MEAN, IF IT WAS CONDITIONAL PERMITTED I MEAN, THEY HAVE TO FIT WITHIN CERTAIN DESIGN GUIDELINES AND SETBACKS AND REQUIREMENTS, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT GOES CONDITIONAL OR PERMITTED. THOSE SAME GUIDELINES WOULD APPLY. SO YOU KNOW, I GUESS ALRIGHT LIKE SIMPLIFYING THE PROCESS. TELL PEOPLE WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE UP FRONT. AND IF YOU CAN MEET THESE SETBACKS AND KEEP IT UNDER THIS MUCH LOT COVERAGE AND YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T CHANGE. YOU KNOW WHAT? THE RULES ARE RIGHT UP FRONT. UM I SEE IT AS A SIMPLIFICATION, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY CERTAIN PLACES IN THE CITY WHERE THEY WOULD REALLY FIT. YOU KNOW, MOST OF MIKE. PROBABLY 99% OF MILL VALLEY. YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO FIT ONE IN BECAUSE THE SETBACK COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE NEWER NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE THAT. THERE'S SOME OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE, LIKE ALI'S MAYBE AN OLD BUILDING IN THE BACK THAT THEY CAN RENOVATE. YOU KNOW, UP OFF THE ALLEY, YOU KNOW, I SEE SOME THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT YOU KNOW MOST OF THE CITY WHETHER IT'S DUE TO THE WAY THEY SITUATED THE BUILDING ON THE LIGHT AND THE PARKING AND THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS OR HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION OR DEED RESTRICTIONS. MOST OF THE NEWER NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE DEED RESTRICTIONS TO THAT. LIMIT THESE THINGS. SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF PROPERTIES WHERE WOULD EVEN BE PERMITTED DUE TO ALL THESE OTHER REASONS? SO YOU KNOW, I ASK THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PROPERTY THAT WOULD CHECK ALL THE BOXES IN ORDER TO DO IT. IN THE ONE REQUIREMENT. ALSO THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH DESIGN REVIEW BOARD AS WELL. SO WE WOULD STAFF REVIEW MAKE SURE THAT THEY COMPLY WITH ALL OF THOSE SETBACKS AND EVERYTHING TO EVEN REVIEW THAT APPLICATION OF DESIGN REVIEW BOARD. I HEAR YOU AND I HEAR EVERYONE LOOK, THE CONCERNS THAT I'VE GOTTEN, WHICH IS WHAT LED ME TO THINK. TOUGHER ON THIS. WAS. WHAT IS. PREVENTING SOMEONE FROM PURCHASING PROPERTY IN MOBILE E PERHAPS A RENTAL PROPERTY AND THEN BUILDING THERE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF RENTAL PROPERTIES IN THE VALLEY. PEOPLE CONCERNED WITH THAT SITUATION UNFOLDING AND I HEAR THEM. I DON'T WANT THAT EITHER. UM THEY DON'T WANT THE DENSITY IN THERE. NEIGHBORHOOD TO INCREASE BECAUSE THE CITY IS PERMITTING IT ACROSS THE CITY, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SCARED OF. BUT MORE THAN LIKELY THAT PROPERTY IS NOT GOING TO QUALIFY. BECAUSE OF HOW MANY NEIGHBORHOODS ARE CONSTRUCTED. WHERE IT'S GOING TO QUALIFY AS THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE CONSTRUCTED. LONG TIME AGO, THERE COULD BE CERTAIN SPOTS OR CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE REALLY NEWER NEIGHBORHOODS WERE VERY LARGE LOTS EXCEPT FOR THEIR DEED. RESTRICTION PROBABLY. YEAH GARAGES ARE ALL ATTACHED OR OR YOU CAN HAVE THIS SCENARIO WHERE IF WE PASS THE LEGISLATION NEW NEIGHBORHOODS COULD PERMIT THIS TO BE BUILT IN THE FUTURE AS WELL. SO THAT'S ANOTHER CONSIDERATION THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT BECAUSE OF THIS NEW NEIGHBORHOODS COULD SAY, IT'S A YOU KNOW THE LOTS COULD BE BIGGER. AND THEN YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, USE THAT EXTRA SPACE ON YOUR LOT TO BUILD SOMETHING. YEAH I GOT A FEELING THAT THERE IS A LOT OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD BE OKAY WITH A LARGER LOTS , RIGHT? I'VE BEEN HEARING WE DON'T LIKE SMALLER LOTS SO TIMES . EXACTLY EXACTLY. SRD COULD BE [01:40:06] REMOVED FROM IT. SO THE RESPONSE TO THE PEOPLE AND WORK ONE THAT I CAN GIVE THEM IF IS THAT? WE ARE PUTTING IT IN WRITING, BECAUSE CURRENTLY THERE IS NO RUNNING FOR A D. U S SO THAT I DO LIKE THAT. THAT IS A GOOD THING. WERE PERMITTED. GET ACROSS THE BOARD, WHICH I CONCERNS ME A LITTLE BIT. UM CONDITIONAL, I THINK WOULD BE A BETTER WAY TO GO ABOUT IT. BUT. MANY SLASH MOST OF THE HOMES AND NO VALLEY, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD FAIL TO MEET THE CRITERIA TO EVEN START THE PROCESS OF BUILDING AN AID YOU ON THOSE PROPERTIES TO BEGIN WITH. AND THE ONES THAT DO CAN YOU GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF ONE THAT THAT WOULD MAYBE A CORNER LOT PROPERTY IN THE FIRST PHASE OF THE VALLEY THAT'S NOT PROTECTED IN OUR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION OR DEED RESTRICTION? WELL, THEY ARE. THEY STILL INDEED RESTRICTIONS. THE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION IS JUST INACTIVE DOES THE FIRST THING THE DEED RESTRICTIONS. SO IF IT'S IN THE DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT THAT PREVAILS? YEAH. BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW STRICT THE DEED RESTRICTIONS ARE IN THE FIRST PHASE BECAUSE THE FIRST PHASE ALLOWS FENCES AND SHEDS AND WHICH IS WHERE YOUR PARENTS LIVE AND FARTHER NORTH. YOU KNOW? AREN'T THERE MORE STRICT? SO THAT WOULD BE CONCERNED IN THE ORIGINAL PARLIAMENT VALLEY WERE ACCESSORY BUILDINGS ARE PERMITTED. I CAN THINK OF. ONE PROPERTY WERE SOMEHOW THEY ENDED UP ON A DOUBLE LOT, BUT IT'S THE ONLY IT'S THE ONLY HOUSE AND THEY 100 HOMES OF THAT PART OF THE SUBDIVISION THAT'S ON A DOUBLE LINE. SO, UM IT. PLEASE PUT ME UNUSUAL FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. AND THEN I KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW. WE SAY WE CAN'T DO THIS. ZACH CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG IS THAT, UM, IS THAT IF A TWO CAR GARAGE IN MELBOURNE VALLEY COULD BE CONVERTED INTO LIVING QUARTERS, YOU KNOW, LIKE , YOU KNOW, THERE'S THAT WHOLE DEBATE THAT THAT COULD HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, THAT IS THE REALITY. OF THIS, SOMEONE COULD CONVERT THEIR GARAGE INTO A LIVING QUARTERS. SO THERE'S A LOT OF UNKNOWNS. YOU MEAN LIKE LIKE WITHOUT THIS LEGISLATION OR WITH WELL WITH THE PLACE LIKE WHAT'S IN PLACE? THEY COULD TECHNICALLY DO IT. I MEAN, YOU CAN SAY THAT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND YOU CAN'T DO IT. BUT THERE'S HOUSES IN MY WARD RIGHT NOW THAT THE GARAGES HAVE BEEN TURNED INTO LIVING QUARTERS, AND PEOPLE ARE RUNNING OUT THE GARAGES AS EXTRA INCOME. SO THAT I MEAN, THAT'S ANOTHER CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS THAT YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE'S ALREADY HOUSES IN MY WARD LIKE THAT THAT ARE OWNED BY RENT BY OWNED BY PEOPLE WHO RENT THEM OUT SO MILL VALLEY THEY WERE ACTUALLY HOLD THE CITY WERE REQUIRED TO OFF STREET PARKING SPOTS AND MEL VALLEY, THE TWO CAR GARAGES IF YOU CONVERTED THAT YOU'D BE LEFT WITH ONLY TWO SPOTS, BUT WE REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SPOTS IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AN 80 YEAR. SO YOU WOULD TAKE YOUR FOUR SPOTS AND REDUCE IT DOWN TO TWO. YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT DRIVE AWAY IN YOUR FRONT YARD. OKAY YEAH. MAKE YOUR DRIVEWAY WIDER. SO I THINK WHERE I'M CURRENTLY AT IS THAT I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING THE LEGISLATION, BUT I CAN'T ACCEPT THE FACT THAT IT'S PERMITTED ACROSS THE CITY HAD JUST CAME. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YOU NEED A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION SO MOVED. OKAY, MR. LOCAL POLICE, MRS GROAT. YES MR BERGER. MR REEMS? YES MR ROUSH? YES MR BURBEY? YES MR CARPENTER ? NO, MR SEYMOUR. FOR YES. OKAY ALREADY THAT CONCLUDES THE NIGHTS UM. RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES. COMMENTS OF THE CITY [COMMENTS OF THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL PERSONS AND GENERAL DISCUSSION] MANAGER. I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER THIS EVENING. NOT EVEN ABOUT NOT EVEN ABOUT LAST NIGHT'S BALLGAME OR ANYTHING. NOW THAT WAS DEPRESSING ENOUGH FOR ALL PASS THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, SIR. LAST TIME I WAS RIGHT, SO I STARTED LEFT. MR PRESIDENT, UM, WANTED. TO SAY, UH, THE FACT THAT WE'RE USING THE AVALON THEATER FOR LIKE THESE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TED TALKS. I THINK THAT THAT IS LIKE THE COOLEST THING EVER. I THINK IT'S AWESOME . THE PERFECT SETTING TO TALK ABOUT THINGS ABOUT MARYSVILLE GOING ON IN MARYSVILLE AND THEN ALSO BE JOINED BY PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN MARYSVILLE TO GIVE THEIR FEEDBACK, SO I JUST I THINK IT'S AWESOME. WHAT IS GOING ON THERE? [01:45:01] ERIC AND ADMINISTRATION AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO COME TO AS MANY OF THOSE I CAN. UM SO THANKS FOR THAT. AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT I HAD FOR TONIGHT IS HAS TO DO WITH THE ONE OF THE CITIZEN COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED ABOUT THE ENTRANCES TO SOME OF THOSE COMPANIES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY. BOSTON'S I THINK WAS MENTIONED. TALK ABOUT WAS MENTIONED. I KIND OF WANTED TO REITERATE THE TACO BELL. ONE UM, IT'S I GRADUATED FROM MARYSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL IN 2014. IT'S KIND OF BEEN A RUNNING JOKE. FOR EVERYONE WHO WAS GONDA MARYSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL AND WHO HAS GOTTEN TALK A BELL AND AFTER SCHOOL OR BEFORE THEIR SPORTS OR AFTER THEIR SPORTS OR THREE A.M. OR WHATEVER. BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A RUNNING JOKE THAT THAT ENTRANCES IT SUCKS. IT'S NEEDS HELP. WHETHER THAT'S DONE PRIVATELY OR PUBLICLY. CAN WE COME TOGETHER AND FIX THAT? IF YOU DO YOU MAKE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAPPY. THANK YOU. AS TEAMS BY HOLD ON A SECOND, MR CARPENTER THAT TALK ABOUT REDID THEIR WHOLE PARKING LOT RECENTLY AND LOWER THAT ENTRANCE DOWN, SO THAT IS NOT AN ISSUE ANYMORE. IT'S BEEN RESOLVED. EAST FIRST STREET. YEAH, THEY DID A WHOLE RE PAVEMENT OF THAT. HONESTLY HONESTLY, I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE IN A WHILE BECAUSE I GOT I GOT ONE NEXT TO WHERE I LIVE. SO FULL DISCLOSURE. I HAVE NOT SEEN IT. BUT YOU NEED TO GO THERE TONIGHT. JUST DRIVE IT. THAT'S ALL. OKAY NOW MOVING ON. GO AHEAD, WAS TOOK MY DOGS OUT FOR A WALK THIS WEEKEND THROUGH MCKEEVER WOODS ON THE TRAIL THERE, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I HAD SOME OTHER PEOPLE STOP AND TALK TO ME THIS WEEKEND ABOUT OTHER PARTS OF OUR CITY WHERE THEY'VE BEEN WALKING AND HOW MUCH THEY ENJOY. YOU KNOW OUR PARKS AND TRAILS AND THE CONNECTIONS. SO YOU KNOW, IT IS A GREAT BENEFIT THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK SOMETIMES WE TAKE THOSE THINGS FOR GRANTED. SO YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GET OUT THERE. VISITOR PARKING ENJOY THIS WEEK. WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT WEATHER. LET'S TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT, AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING. THAT'S BEING CREATED UP WITH THIS GUY. SCOTT AH PARK. AND OUR AND OUR NEWEST PART COMING ON BOARD. I THINK IT'S GOING TO REALLY BE A JUST A GEM. YOU KNOW WHEN, WHEN THAT WHOLE THING IS DONE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, SO GET OUT THERE AND ENJOY THIS GREAT WEATHER WE'VE GOT BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO TURN BAD AGAIN. JUST ELSE. UM YOU KNOW? I REALLY DO WANT TO SAY THANKS, ERIC FOR PUTTING THAT WHOLE LIST FOR THE WHOLE YEAR. UM, YOU KNOW , LAST YEAR WE HAD A DECISION THAT WAS REFERENDUM, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY THE CITIZEN'S RIGHT TO DO THAT. I JUST HOPE THAT CITIZENS REMEMBER THAT WHEN YOU EXERCISE A RIGHT YOU ALSO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY. AND THAT RESPONSIBILITY IS YOU NEED TO EDUCATE YOURSELF ABOUT THAT TOPIC. AND WE NOW HAVE A WHOLE LIST A WHOLE SERIES OF INFORMATION. FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO IT AND DECIDE THAT WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, GROW MORE PINK AND I'VE BEEN TO THE SAME MEETINGS. HE VOTED? NO, I VOTED YES, BUT MM HMM. THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITIZENS TO ATTEND THESE IS WHY WE HAVE THEM AND WHAT I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IS IN NOVEMBER. I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT. YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO. WE ARE, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF DIFFERENT TOPICS. AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT GROWTH, IT'S NOT JUST POPULATION GROWTH. UM AND I'M GONNA LET BILL LAFAYETTE OF REGIONAL MIX TALK WEDNESDAY AND ON OUR NEXT MEETING. I'VE DONE QUITE EXTENSIVE WORK ON THE CENSUS. IT WAS COMPLETED IN 2020 , AND I'LL SHARE ALL THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU. THEN I'M ASSUMING BILL'S GOING TO COVER QUITE A BIT OF IT. UM BUT I'M GONNA TAKE SOME OF WHAT HE'S GOT AS WELL. AND SO AT THE NEXT MEETING AND ALSO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME BECAUSE IT WILL TAKE 15 20 MINUTES TO PRESENT WHAT ALL I'VE I'VE DONE BUT AGAIN. COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE CITIZENS SIDE OF THAT. YOU KNOW , MY FAMILY HAS BEEN HERE. MY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY MY GRANDFATHER MOVED INTO TOWN. HE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN CHUCKER AND BORN IN 19. OH, TWO WORKED AT SCOTT'S. MY DAD WAS BORN IN 1943. SO SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 19. OH, TWO AND 1943. MY GRANDFATHER MOVED INTO TOWN, I THINK WAS IN THE ACTUALLY IN THE LATE TWENTIES. SO I'VE BEEN HERE ALMOST. YOU KNOW, MY FAMILY HAS BEEN HERE ALMOST 100 YEARS. AND SO WE'VE GOT ROOTS HERE. WE'RE NOT GOING [01:50:06] ANYWHERE. UM AND YES, OUR TOWN HAS CHANGED AND IS CONTINUING TO CHANGE. BUT REMEMBER WHEN WE MAKE DECISIONS, IT AFFECTS A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME OF THOSE OVER THE COURSE OF THIS SERIES. WHAT ALL THAT EFFECTS SO JUST HOPING PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT? THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. SO YOU'VE GOT AGRICULTURE IN YOUR GENETICS? YEAH. BALED HAY BEFORE ON A HOT JULY DAY. WHY CAN'T YOU BALE HAY IN SEPTEMBER? OCTOBER YOU KNOW WHY IS THAT GONNA BE IN JULY BURGER? I FIRST I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO ASHLEY AND ZACK . THANK YOU FOR THE FACADE IMPROVEMENT GRANT AND WORKING FOR THAT, AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE YOU KNOW, I DID NOT VOTE FOR THE 80 US. BUT OBVIOUSLY WE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT NOT BEING CONDITIONAL USES, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE DESIGN STANDARDS NEED TO BE MORE AND TEETH AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT IN THIS ROOM, SO, UM, BUT I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE EMAILS, CORRESPONDENCE AND COMMUNICATING AND YOU KNOW, SO I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY. UM I ALSO WANTED TO BRING UP KITCHEN 1 17 EAST FIFTH STREET IS HER BUSINESS AND WHERE SHE IS LOCATED. AND YOU KNOW, EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM HAS HAD A PIECE OF WHAT SHE BAKES AND IT'S POLISH. ISSE. I HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU GUYS WELL. COME IN, AND IT'S SEE HER MORE OFTEN. YOU KNOW WHAT MAKES HER UNIQUE IS THAT YOU KNOW, SHE BAKED. SHE'S LOCAL. SHE TRIES TO GET ALL OF HER INGREDIENTS, WHICH I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE THAT MOST OF ALL HER INGREDIENTS ACTUALLY COMES FROM UNION COUNTY SOURCES RIGHT HERE NEEDING COUNTY SO SHE IS LIKE THE BACKBONE OF SUPPORTING LOCAL. UM AND I THINK THAT KAREN DID AN AWESOME JOB. SUPPORTING THE IDENTITY OF THE COUNTY. AND IT JUST SHOWS THAT I BELIEVE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER. WHAT THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE NOW HAS TO DO WITH IDENTITY BECAUSE I AGREE THAT GROWING IS GOOD, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE QUALITY OF GROWTH. AND NOT QUANTITY OF GROWTH AND HAVING THOSE DEEP DISCUSSIONS AND WHEN THE COUNTY TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE OPEN PRAIRIES AND THE FARMLAND. HOW CAN WE AS A CITY PROTECT THAT? AND HOW CAN WE BUILD OFF OF THAT CHARACTER WITH OUR DESIGN STANDARDS, IDENTITY, GATEWAY FEATURES AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS, SO THEY'RE NOT TWO SEPARATE ISSUES. IT'S ONE SEPARATE CREW. AND SO OTHER THAN THAT, I WISH EVERYBODY HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY AND I'LL SEE YOU SOMETIME SOON IN THE NEXT MEETING. ALREADY. THIS IS GOOD. I WANTED TO SUGGEST THAT VALENTINE'S DAY IS NOT JUST FOR ROMANTIC LOVE, BUT CALL YOUR FOLKS CALL YOUR KIDS. IT'S ALL KINDS OF LOVE. SO THANK YOU HAVE A GOOD VALENTINE'S DAY WAS JUST SWEET. THOUGHT. YEAH I WISH I COULD COMMENT FIX SEYMOUR. JUST A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS MARK. MORE KIND OF ALLUDED TO TRAILS. AND WE CAN REMEMBER WHEN JIM SIMONS TRAIL WASN'T THERE. WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY IN TRAIL CONNECTIVITY AND THE BRIDGE THAT THAT I THINK YOU'RE OPENING OPENING BIDS HERE SOON TO GET THE BRIDGE ACROSS MILLCREEK TO CONTINUE THAT CONNECTIVITY TO THE RESERVOIR. IT'S JUST FANTASTIC AND IS A VERY BIG PIECE OF QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THINGS THAT PEOPLE LOOK AT. AND FURTHER AS MARK POINTED OUT THAT THE NEW PARK ACROSS THE FREEWAY JUST JUST ADDS TO THAT. SO WE'VE WE'VE DONE THE RIGHT THINGS OVER THE YEARS BY INITIATING IT AND MOVING IT FORWARD. SO HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY, AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM I ONLY HAVE THE ITEMS. UM UM UM LET ME MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE BEEN THE RIGHT ORDER WEDNESDAY MORNING. EIGHT O'CLOCK. WE HAVE THE CITY AND COUNTY DURING THE PRESENTATIONS AT THE ALEX. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT AT THE MBA AS WELL. BUSINESS ASSOCIATION ALWAYS UPON THE GROUP TO BE PILED UP, REALLY ENJOY IT. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PAGE 30 AT THE AVALON LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ONE AS WELL AND THEN HOPEFULLY YOU CAN GET ME OUT EARLY ENOUGH BECAUSE GIRLS VARSITY IS AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. YES SO UNFORTUNATELY AND THE GIRLS ARE IN THE TOURNAMENT AT THE MOMENT, SO WE'VE SUPPORTED HIM ALL SEASON LONG. SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. SO [01:55:01] ANYWAY, THANKS, EVERYBODY. I THINK WE HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE EVENING TONIGHT AND I DO TAKE THE MOTION TO ADJOURN. FEVER. I * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.