[CALL MEETING TO ORDER] [00:00:06] MANAGER ASHLEY GAVE HER WILL GO THROUGH FOR TONIGHT. GO AHEAD, ASHLEIGH. SORRY I DON'T KNOW. LIKE HOPEFULLY EVERYONE CAN HEAR ME. UM WE HAD WE WERE BEING AWARE OF A LIKE GETTING QUALITY NOTICES BY MAIL AND IN ORDER TO ABOUT THE MEETING EMAILED OUT TICKETS. THINGS AHEAD OF TIME. SO IN ORDER FOR PLANNING COMMISSION TO CONSIDER THE AVERAGE FUTURE, WE HAVE TO MEET THAT 1010 DAYS. SO TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO DO AN INFORMAL PRESENTATION. THERE WILL BE NO VOTE BY PLANNING COMMISSION TONIGHT, BUT WE WILL ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO CONTINUE TO PRESENT JUST TO GIVE AN ADDITIONAL INFORMAL MEETING FOR RESIDENTS AND PLANNING COMMISSION TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. UM AND WE WILL COORDINATE A DATE FOR PROBABLY THE NEXT TWO WEEKS OR SO IF IT WORKS OUT WITH WITH PLANNING COMMISSION IN THE APPLICANT TO COME BACK, AND WE WILL SEND OUT THOSE PUBLIC NOTICES, AND WE WILL ACCEPT PUBLIC COMMENT AT THAT TIME. SO JUST ONE CLEAR POINT OF CLARIFICATION AS YOU ALSO MENTIONED NO COMMISSION MEMBER COMMENTS AS WELL, CORRECT. WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENTS TONIGHT, EITHER, BUT WHEN THEY COME BACK TO CONSIDER THAT APPLICATION IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, WE WILL DO COMMENTS AT [1. To hear an application for a Planned Unit Development (PUD) Development Planapplication for a development known as Marysville East Section 2 located at Parcels withID numbers of (2800170430000, 2800210050000, 1100120010000).] THAT TIME. OKAY I THINK WE CAN TURN IT OVER TO THE APPLICANT NOW. UM, SO IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO PLUG YOUR PRESENTATION IN OR DO YOU WANT TO USE? YEAH. YES. OKAY JUST A SECOND HERE. DIDN'T GETTING USED TO THIS. THEN YOU. THERE'S MY MOUSE TO PLAY WITH TWO SCREENS HERE. OKAY? UM THANK YOU FOR HEARING US TONIGHT. I AM BARBARIC, AND I AM VERY HAPPY TO WITH R D I UM, I AM VERY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE OUR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPER IS WITH US TONIGHT. I'VE GOT REPRESENTATIVES FROM THEM. UM IT IS THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY. UM INITIALS ARE NEKO WITH ME TONIGHT IS AARON UNDERHILL AND MATT MCQUAID. THEY'RE BOTH PART OF THE NEW ALBANY TEAM. THEY'RE GOING TO HELP ME KIND OF GO THROUGH THIS. AND YOU KNOW, AS WE BROUGHT ANNEXATION ONE THROUGH AND AS WE WENT THROUGH THE SKETCH PLAN WITH THE ANNEXATION TO I ALLUDED TO THINGS ABOUT THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, ETCETERA. UM SORRY. IT WAS CONFIDENTIAL AT THAT POINT IN TIME. UM BUT IT WAS MADE PUBLIC TODAY AND OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AND BEYOND, YOU WILL GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT. YOU KNOW, NOBODY COMPANY THEIR ROLE IN THIS DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND IN MARYSVILLE, AND THEY'RE GOING TO HELP ANSWER A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, UM, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS WITH YOU GUYS. JUST A QUESTION FOR THE PUBLIC. CAN YOU HEAR? OKAY WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SPEAK? MAYBE I THINK HE PUT A MICROPHONE. PERHAPS HOLD THAT, TOO. YEAH NO, NO. OKAY WITH WITH THIS HERE, THIS DOES REALLY, REALLY WELL, UM I FEEL LIKE I'M YOU KNOW, SPEAKING TO MYSELF FROM ABOVE, UM BUT DID YOU GUYS DID YOU GUYS HEAR SO ESSENTIALLY, UM, WELL, I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW WHERE I AM AND BARBARIC WITH ROCKFORD DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENTS, SO I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE TONIGHT THAT WITH ME IS NICO NEW ALBANY COMPANY. THEY ARE COMING IN AS THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPER ON ANNEXATION, 12 AND THIS WITH ME TONIGHT REPRESENTING THE NEW ALBANY TEAM IS AARON UNDERHILL IN THE BLACK AND MATT MCQUAID. I WILL LET THEM EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT OF THEIR BACKGROUND, ETCETERA. WHEN THEY GET UP HERE, THEY'RE GOING TO HELP ME WITH THE PRESENTATIONS. BUT IN ANNEXATION ONE ANNEXATION TO I HAVE ALLUDED TO THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE DEVELOPER WILL BE ABLE TO DO. WE CAN NOW EXPAND ON A LOT OF THOSE THINGS FOR YOU FROM MARYSVILLE. ON THE OTHER RESIDENTS AS TO HOW THIS PLAN IS COMING TOGETHER. SO WITH THAT I WILL GO UP HERE TO THE PRESENTATION. SO THIS IS SIMPLY IF YOU REMEMBER ANNEXATION ONE IN ANNEXATION TO SO THIS IS HOW THEY ARE. THEY ARE SIDE BY SIDE. THE REASON THAT WE COULDN'T BRING THEM TOGETHER AS ONE ANNEXATION IS ANNEXATION LEGISLATION REQUIRES NO MORE THAN 500 ACRES, SO THAT IS WHY THEY'RE SPLIT HERE. THE TWO ANNEXATIONS WITH THE TWO FAMILIES THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH HERE. EXCEED THE 500 ACRES. UM THIS IS THE REGIONAL MAP. I THINK YOU GUYS ARE ALL FAMILIAR [00:05:01] WITH WHERE THE PROJECT ACTUALLY IS. SO THIS IS ANNEXATION TO THIS IS WHAT'S COMING THROUGH TONIGHT ON A DEVELOPMENT PLAN 237 ACRES ON THE SOUTH SIDE IS 33 ON THE NORTH SIDE IS WALKING'S ROAD ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE HERE. YOU'VE GOT THREE INDIVIDUAL HOUSES AND YOU GOT AGRICULTURAL AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, BUCKS AND RESIDENTS IS UP IN THE CORNER, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT ACTUAL FARMLAND AGRICULTURAL AND WATKINS ROAD AGAIN. ON THE EAST SIDE. THIS IS JUST A REMINDER. ANNEXATION ONE WAS THAT CITY COUNCIL FOR THE FIRST READING LAST NIGHT. UM SUB AREA B IS WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON HERE. SO SUDBURY, THE B IS THE INNOVATION, THE TECH PARK THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING SO ANNEXATION ONE HAD 251 ACRES UM, AND ANNEXATION TO HAS 237. SO COMBINING THOSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE 488 AND THIS PORTION OF THE INDUSTRIAL PARK. NOW I'LL POINT OUT THAT SOUTH OF THIS DOWN AT THE CORNER, SCOTT'S OWNS A PIECE AND THERE'S SOME OTHERS THAT'S ALREADY ANNEXED INTO MARYSVILLE AND HAS ACTUALLY ALREADY ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND SOME OF THE INDUSTRIAL THINGS SO THIS IS PROVIDING A CONNECTIVITY DOWN TO THAT AREA, WHICH WILL ACTUALLY EXPAND THE INDUSTRIAL PARK HERE, PART OF WHAT'S ALREADY ZONED IN ALREADY IN MARYSVILLE TO ROUGHLY ABOUT 700 TO 750 ACRES. THIS IS JUST AN EXISTING CONDITION PAGE. IT SHOWS A LITTLE BIT OF THE ZONING AGAIN. THE YELLOW IS IN THE TOWNSHIP BUCKS AND MEADOWS IS UP IN THE RIGHT HAND CORNER. THERE'S SOME EXISTING DITCHES. RESIDENTS HAVE MADE US AWARE OF SOME FLOODING AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE ALLUDE TO HERE AND GO INTO MORE DETAIL IN THE END, BUT THIS IS THE EXISTING CONDITIONS PAGE THAT SHOWS THE RED AREA THAT'S ALREADY IN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. AND THEN THIS HERE IS THE USES. AS WE EXPLAINED IN SKETCH PLAN WE STARTED IN THE USES FROM THE STANDPOINT OF USING YOUR DISTRICTS, YOUR MANUFACTURING INNOVATION DISTRICT, WHICH IS 11 TO 1.13 AND THE LIGHT MANUFACTURING DISTRICT, WHICH IS 11214. WE TOOK THOSE AND THEN WORKING WITH YOU GUYS. ORIGINALLY WE HAD A FEW OTHER USES UP HERE IN THE PERMITTED USES. BUT WE STARTED WITH THOSE TWO CODES. AND THEN WE STARTED SUBTRACTING THINGS. SO OBVIOUSLY BUILDING MATERIALS AND RETAIL. YOU ALREADY HAVE LOWS IN THIS AREA. YOU DON'T NEED TO RETAIL THE NURSERY, THE VEHICLE SERVICES, THE BODY SHOPS, THOSE SORT OF THINGS. THE VETERINARIAN HOSPITAL AND THEN TRANSPORTATION SERVICES ACTUALLY WASN'T PART OF YOUR CODE. YOU REMOVE THAT FROM YOUR CODE A WHILE AGO, BUT IT WAS ON THIS SLIDE. SO THAT WAS THEIR. UM, IF YOU REMEMBER DURING SKETCH PLAN, THE COMMENTS THAT YOU GUYS MADE YOU HAD US TAKE THE FOUR USES 1235 USES THAT ARE CONDITIONAL USES, AND WE PUT THEM BACK AS CONDITIONAL USES. UM AND THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE DID ON ANNEXATION ONE BECAUSE THESE USES ARE ESSENTIALLY A CONTINUATION OF SUB AREA B, WHICH IS THE INNOVATION PARK ON ANNEXATION ONE CONTINUING OVER INTO ANNEXATION TO ON THE LIKE MANUFACTURING. WE USED PRETTY MUCH ALL THE DISTRICT CODES AND WE HAD A DATA CENTERS. THE REASON WE HAD TO DATA CENTERS IS THERE'S A MORE DETAILED DEFINITION ACTUALLY IN THE TEXT, BUT WE ADDED DATA CENTERS BECAUSE DATA PROCESSING CALL CENTERS IS KIND OF THERE. BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT BEAST. SO FROM THAT STANDPOINT, THAT'S WHAT WE HAD. AND SO WE SUBTRACTED A NUMBER OF USES FROM YOUR EXISTING CODE, AND WE ADDED ONE. UM SO I'M GONNA LET MATT UM MATT'S BACKGROUND HE WAS ACTUALLY WITH ONE COLUMBUS FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. HE'S PART OF THE NEW ALBANY TEAM. NOW UM SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE HAD RECENTLY WERE. WHERE IS THIS DEMAND? I'M ON THE C I C BOARD, WHICH OVERSEES INNOVATION. PARK ONE. WE'RE DOWN TO 130 ACRES, SO THAT'S NOT A LOT OF GROUND. UM THAT'S LEFT IN THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF USERS IS COMING, AND THAT'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT. UM BUT THE INNOVATION PARK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD ON THE OTHER SIDE IS A DIFFERENT BEAST. IT'S LOOKING AT DIFFERENT USERS AND, UM, DIFFERENT USES. AND MATT'S GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT THIS IS WHERE HE USED TO BE BEFORE HE JOINED THE NEW HARMONY TEAM. RIGHT THANK YOU, BART. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. UM MATT MCQUAID, REPRESENTING THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY IS BART HEAD MENTIONED PRIOR TO LAUNCHING MY OWN FIRM THIS YEAR AND WORKING WITH THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY. I WAS WITH ONE COLUMBUS FOR 12 YEARS RAN THEIR NORTH AMERICAN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN MARYSVILLE AND WITH MARYSVILLE, SO PLEASURE TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY. SO I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK NECESSARILY TO ONE COLUMBUS PIPELINE, BUT USE THIS AS A MICROCOSM OF TRENDS THAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW. AND THE ONE THING THAT I THINK IS MOST RELEVANT TO THIS DISCUSSION FROM THIS SLIDE ISN'T JUST THE SIZE AND THE SCALE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING HERE. OBVIOUSLY, THIS DOES CONSTITUTE A LOT OF DEMAND. BUT WHAT I DO [00:10:04] THINK IS MORE SALIENT FOR MARYSVILLE IS HOW MANY OF THESE TYPES OF OPERATIONS WEREN'T IN EXISTENCE A DECADE PLUS AGO. UM AND UM, CERTAINLY WEREN'T OPERATING IN THE COLUMBUS REGION . WE ARE LIVING THROUGH A PERIOD OF RAPID DISRUPTION. WE'RE GOING FROM A GLOBALIZED ECONOMY TO A LESS GLOBALIZED ECONOMY AND A MORE REGIONALIZED ECONOMY. ONE OF THE BIG DRIVERS OF THIS IS TECHNOLOGY. THE TECHNOLOGY THAT GETS THE MOST COVERAGE THESE DAYS ARE SEMICONDUCTORS, WHICH WERE OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO BUILD RESILIENCY AND BUILD MANUFACTURING CAPACITY IN THE U. S SO WE'RE NOT EXPOSED AS A COUNTRY, UM, AND DEFENSES AND EXPOSED SO ON AND SO FORTH, AND OBVIOUSLY, COLUMBUS IS A BIG PART OF THE NATION'S PRIORITY TO BRING THAT BACK. SO WE'RE SEEING NEW TYPES OF INDUSTRIES HERE. UM AND WE'RE SEEING NEW TYPES OF TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HADN'T REALLY EVER SEEN BEFORE. COLUMBUS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO ATTRACT THESE TYPES OF OPERATIONS, AND ONE OF THE BIG POINTS IS TO BE READY. BART MENTIONED THE INNOVATION PART BEING DOWN TO ABOUT 130 ACRES, AND THAT'S SOMETHING AS YOU ALL KNOW IT COULD BE ABSORBED IN A PROJECT OR TWO PROJECTS THAT COULD BE GONE LIKE THAT AND WHERE NEW INDUSTRIES ARE COMING IN EXISTING INDUSTRIES ARE ALWAYS BEING DISRUPTED. SO THE MAIN POINT IS HERE. MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE IN A POSITION TO DIVERSIFY YOUR ECONOMY AS DISRUPTION OCCURS, CONTINUING TO BROADEN YOUR ECONOMIC BASE AND PUT THE COMMUNITY IN A POSITION TO CONTINUE TO CREATE JOBS, ATTRACT INVESTMENT. BRING INCOME INTO THE COMMUNITY, AND, UM. SUPPORT THINGS LIKE CITY SERVICES, SCHOOL, SMALL BUSINESSES SO ON AND SO FORTH THE PIPELINE AT ONE COLUMBUS REMAINS RELATIVELY LARGE 95 PROJECTS IS A GOOD AMOUNT OF ACTIVE DEALS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THE REGION RIGHT NOW, BUT YOU'RE ALSO SEEING A SWITCH IN THE PROFILE OF THOSE DEALS AND ALSO WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN AROUND A 5050 SPLIT BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC OPPORTUNITIES. THE COUNTRIES THAT ARE LOOKING HERE CHANGING A LITTLE BIT. JAPAN IS ALWAYS GOING TO REMAIN NUMBER ONE. AND EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM UNDERSTANDS WHY, BUT WITH SEMICONDUCTORS GROWING HERE, YOU'RE SEEING COUNTRIES LIKE SOUTH KOREA JUMP UP OFF THE MAP, UM, WHERE THEY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN IN THE TOP FIVE. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. YOU'RE ALSO SEEING GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF BY A COUPLE OF SLIDES HERE, UM, THE PIPELINE CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY IN WHAT TYPES OF END USES MAKE IT UP WHEN I CAME INTO ONE, COLUMBUS AND IN 2011, IT FELT LIKE ALMOST EVERY PROJECT WE DID WAS AN OFFICE PROJECT, AND CLEARLY THOSE ARE GOING AWAY. NOT GOING AWAY, BUT THEY'RE CHANGING. UM YOU DO NOT SEE THE SAME TYPE OF DEMAND FOR OFFICE AS YOU USED TO. THAT'S NO SURPRISE, BUT WHAT'S REALLY PICKING UP THE SLACK IN THE PIPELINE IS THE AMOUNT OF INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY AND I'LL GO BACK TO TECHNOLOGY AND DISRUPTION FOR A SECOND. UM THESE AREN'T THE SAME TYPES OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING JOBS AS YOU WOULD HAVE EXPECTED. 1020 30 YEARS AGO. THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S BRINGING A LOT OF CAPITAL INTO THIS REGION AND NEW TYPES OF INDUSTRIES IS ALSO CHANGING WHAT THE MANUFACTURING FLOOR LOOKS LIKE. WHERE YOU HAVE MORE AUTOMATION, MORE ROBOTICS. YOU'RE SEEING FEWER AND FEWER JOBS BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED EFFICIENCIES OF AUTOMATION, BUT THAT ALSO INCREASES THE WAGES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE JOBS. AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO ATTRACT IN MARYSVILLE AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ESTABLISH RIGHT NOW. GOING THROUGH THIS ENTITLEMENTS PROCESS, HAVING LAND READY FOR THESE TYPES OF END USES. SO WHEN THE COLUMBUS REGENCIES OPPORTUNITY MARY'S WILL SEIZE THAT OPPORTUNITY AND CAN CAPTURE ALL THOSE BENEFITS THAT GO ALONG WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THIS JUST WALKS THROUGH WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE. RIGHT NOW. I'LL SAY A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL THINGS ABOUT THE NEW ALBANY COME COMPANY. THEY HAD BEEN ON THE LEADING EDGE OF ATTRACTING A LOT OF THESE TO THE COLUMBUS REGION. ADVANCED COMPUTING, UM, REALLY STARTED IN DUBLIN. HILLIARD IN NEW ALBANY WHEN AWS CAME INTO THE COLUMBUS REGION IN 2015, AND THAT OPENED THE DOORS FOR OTHER USERS IN THE INDUSTRY LIKE FACEBOOK AND ALL META GOOGLE, SO ON AND SO FORTH SEMICONDUCTORS INTEL'S BUILDING A NEW ALBANY AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE WANT TO BRING A MEGA FAB TO MARYSVILLE. THE POINT HERE IS YOU'RE WORKING NOW THAT WERE REVEALED WITHIN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPER THAT HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN, UM LAND MASTER PLANNING. UM AND ALSO A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH A VARIETY OF INDUSTRIES. THE ONE OTHER THAT I'LL MENTION ON HERE THAT IS REALLY MEANINGFUL IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE ANYTIME SOON AND CREATES HIGH PAYING JOBS IS LIFE [00:15:01] SCIENCES WITH AMGEN RECENTLY COMING INTO THE COLUMBUS REGION IN THE NEW ALBANY BUSINESS PARK THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL LIFE SCIENCE ATTRACTION WIN IN THE STATE OF OHIO'S HISTORY. WHAT WE'VE HAD LIFE SCIENCES IN THE COLUMBUS REGION FOR A WHILE, IT'S BEEN THINGS LIKE MEDICAL DEVICES DISTRIBUTION PHARMACEUTICALS. MM JOHN IS ONE OF THE WORLD LEADERS AND BIOLOGICS AND WHEN THEY LOCATE SOMEWHERE, THE REST OF THE INDUSTRY TAKES NOTICE. AND NOW, UM, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO AARON UNDERHILL TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UM, THE PLAN OUR SETBACKS. OKAY GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS AARON UNDERHILL. I'M AT 8000 WALTON PARKWAY IN NEW ALBANY. AND I'M A LAND USE AND ZONING ATTORNEY. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY THIS EVENING TO PRESENT AND, UM, WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME BACKGROUND ON WHAT THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY IS ALL ABOUT YOU. YOU MAY WONDER WHY A COMPANY CALLED THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY IS COMING TO MARYSVILLE. WELL THIS IS ACTUALLY AT THE MOMENT, OUR SECOND VENTURE OUTSIDE OF NEW ALBANY AREA PROPER. WE RECENTLY WERE SUCCESSFUL AND ZONING, APPROXIMATELY 400 ACRES IN JOHNSTOWN. WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE INTEL CAMPUS. AND SO WE'RE STARTING TO EXPAND OUR REACH, AND I THINK WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS OVER THE PAST 34 YEARS AND MASTER PLANNING WHAT IS VERY RECOGNIZED COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE NATION IN NEW ALBANY ITSELF WAS RECOGNIZED BY BUSINESS INSIDER FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO AS THE BEST SERVICE SUBURB IN AMERICA, ACCORDING TO THEM VERY SUBJECTIVE, BUT I THINK IT GOES TO THE MASTER PLANNING THAT HAS GONE INTO THAT COMMUNITY IN MORE RECENT YEARS OVER THE LAST 15 TO 20. WE'VE SEEN MOST OF THE GROWTH OCCURRING AND THE BUSINESS PARK AREA. I'LL GIVE YOU SOME STATS ON THAT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE. WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE STATE OF OHIO ONE COLUMBUS JOBS, OHIO ON A NUMBER OF FRONTS, AND GIVEN THAT THE SUCCESSES WE HAVE HAD, UM OVER THE MANY RECENT IN YEARS, BUT ALSO WITH THE INTEL PROJECT, WHICH WAS A BIG WIN FOR CENTRAL OHIO AND THE STATE OF LARGE. UM WE ARE WORKING MORE CLOSELY WITH THEM TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE REGION TO SORT OF BRING THE SECRET SAUCE TO OTHER AREAS AND TO ENHANCE THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF OTHER COMMUNITIES. IN ADDITION TO THE ONES WE'VE HISTORICALLY WORKED IN. SO THE P U D BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS PART OF A BROADER MASTER PLAN BY ADDING ANNEXATION NUMBER TWO HERE THIS EVENING. WE'RE ESSENTIALLY EXPANDING AS BART MENTIONED SUB AREA B OF THE PREVIOUS ZONING THAT I BELIEVE WAS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY THIS COMMISSION. WE'RE ESSENTIALLY TAKING THE SAME STANDARDS AND APPLYING THEM HERE WITH SOME NUANCES RELATING TO THE LUXTON NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH I'LL GET INTO MOMENTARILY AS WELL. BUT I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT NOT ONLY, UM, WE SAY MASTER PLANNING ARE WE USED IN ALBANY COMPANY INTERESTED IN BEING A PART OF THE MASTER PLAN THAT INCLUDES THE SORTS OF USES THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO SEEK, WHICH ARE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND INNOVATION TYPES OF USES AND MAP PROVIDED SOME EXAMPLES OF THOSE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME MORE. UH BUT WE THINK IN ORDER TO ATTRACT THOSE TYPES OF USES THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE BEING BROUGHT TO THE TABLE WITH THIS SERIES OF ANNEXATIONS AND ZONING. IS IMPORTANT. THE RESIDENTIAL IS IMPORTANT, HAVING RESTAURANTS AND ENTERTAINMENT AND AFTER HOURS SORTS OF USES TO SERVE, UH, EMPLOYEES IS IMPORTANT TO SITE SELECTORS THESE DAYS AND SO REALLY BE YOU KNOW WHERE THE WORLD'S GOING IS CREATING NEW DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS WHERE PEOPLE CAN LIVE WORK AND PLAY IN CLOSE PROXIMITY, AND YOU KNOW YOU CAN GO GRAB A BITE TO EAT AT LAUNCH BY WALKING ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE YOU WORK. YOU CAN BIKE TO WORK. YOU CAN LIMIT YOUR COMMUTE. SOME A LOT OF US HAVE HAD LONG COMMUTES OVER THE YEARS AND YOU KNOW THE NEXT GENERATION WANTS TO BE CLOSE TO WHERE THEY ONCE THEIR LIVING QUARTERS TO BE CLOSE TO WHERE THEY WORK AND WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT RIGHT AFTER WORK AND HAVE A GRAB A BITE TO EAT OR GRAB A BEER RIGHT NEARBY, AND SO THOSE SORTS OF THINGS FOR SITE SELECTORS FOR THESE SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE IMPORTANT, AND OFTEN TIMES WHEN THERE'S A REQUEST. FOR INFORMATION ON A SITE THAT WANTS TO THROW ITS HAT IN THE RING FOR A PARTICULAR PROJECT. AH THESE ARE SOME OF THE BOXES THAT NEED TO BE CHECKED IN ORDER TO EVEN MAKE A RELATIVELY LONG FIRST LIST OF POTENTIAL SITES FOR A PROJECT WE THINK IN ITS TOTALITY. UH THE ZONING OF ANNEX INDEXATION AREA ONE AND ANNEXATION TO ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF THE BLEND OF USES THAT IT WILL BRING. BUT FROM OUR [00:20:04] PERSPECTIVE, THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY IS ONLY INVOLVED IN THE COMMERCIAL SIDE OF THINGS AND THE INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING SORTS OF USES. DATA CENTERS ARE ALSO PART OF THE EQUATION. AND WE BELIEVE THAT THE LOCATION HERE THE AVAILABILITY OF UTILITIES, THE EXISTENCE OF A STRONG SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THEN THE ECOSYSTEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO CREATE THAT WE HOPE WILL BE ADDITIVE TO THE COMMUNITY WILL PLACE THIS PARTICULAR SITE AND THE ONE IN EXISTING WELL, WE HOPE WILL BE EXISTING SUB AREA BE SOON. WE'LL PUT IT ON THE MAP AND REALLY BECOME ATTRACTIVE TO AH, YOU KNOW THESE THESE LARGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT CAN BE A FINANCIAL WIN FOR THE CITY. SO AS I MENTIONED THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY, WHICH WE CALL AS AN ACRONYM, NEKO A LOT, YOU'LL HEAR THAT, UM, THEY HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING IN THE NEW ALBANY AREA SINCE 1987 IS WHEN THAT FIRST STARTED AT THAT TIME, THE CITY HAD ROUGHLY 400 PEOPLE. HERE WE ARE IN 2023. IT HAS ABOUT 12,000 RESIDENTS. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE BUSINESS PARK THAT THEY HAVE CREATED CONTAINS OVER 9000 ACRES AT THIS POINT. AS HAS SEEN OR WILL SEE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. A TOTAL OF $28 BILLION IN PRIVATE INVESTMENT NOT INCLUDING INTEL, AND WE'LL SOON SEE 30,000 EMPLOYEES WORKING IN THE CITY. UH MOSTLY DURING THE DAY, AND OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S A MULTIPLE OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE. SO A GREAT STORY AND I THINK IT DEMONSTRATES THE ABILITY OF THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY TOO. MASTER PLAN AND AREA AND ATTRACT DEVELOPMENT THAT IS MEANINGFUL AND LONG LASTING. SO WHAT'S THE RECIPE FOR SUCCESS? UM REALLY, IT'S PROVIDING SHOVEL READY SITES IN SHOVEL READY SITES MEAN DOING THINGS LIKE THIS TONIGHT HAVING PROPERTY THAT IS AVAILABLE IN THE CITY THAT'S BEEN ANNEXED HAS ZONING RIGHTS ON IT IS AVAILABLE. THERE ARE CLEAR CUT INCENTIVES FOR, UM DEVELOPMENTS TO COME IN, AND THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET IN TERMS TO US AND IN TERMS OF INCENTIVIZING. THEM COMING TO THE COMMUNITY. UM THERE, THERE'S OFTENTIMES PROACTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT EITHER ON THE PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SIDE. I THINK WE HAVE THE BENEFIT HERE WITH THIS SITE OF HAVING US 33 RIGHT HERE. IT'S A GREAT AMENITY FOR YOUR COMMUNITY AND TO HAVE THIS AMOUNT OF LAND NEAR HIGHWAY LIKE THAT IS A GREAT, UM STARTING POINT FOR MAKING THE SITE ATTRACTIVE. UM UH. WHAT WHAT THESE THINGS HAVE DONE IN THE ALBANY IS ATTRACT THESE INNOVATIVE COMPANIES, THE LIKES OF WHICH INCLUDE BIG INVESTMENTS BY GOOGLE AMAZON WEB SERVICES. FACEBOOK WHICH IS NOW CALLED META STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT I AM GEN, WHICH WAS MENTIONED EARLIER EARLIER FARM OF ICT AMPLIFIED BIO. SO THESE ARE BIOSCIENCE. UH, AH COMPANIES THAT HAVE AN R AND D COMPONENT SOMETIMES, LIKE MANUFACTURING COMPONENT. WE HAVE AXIOM PACKAGING PACKAGING MANUFACTURER THAT IS A SUPPLIER FOR MANY OF THE BUSINESSES IN THE BUSINESS PARK IN NEW ALBANY AND BEYOND, AND AP TRANSMISSION THE NAME OF FEW, SO THE NORMALLY COMPANY HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. IN OTHER LOCATIONS IN NOT JUST DEVELOPING AND SELLING GROUND TO COMPANIES JUST BECAUSE THEY CAN BUT MAKING SURE THAT THESE ARE STRONG COMPANIES WITH STRONG FOUNDATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE LONG LASTING SO THAT THE INVESTMENT COMMUNITY MAKES IN THEM WILL BE REWARDED FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. SO WE WERE BRINGING FORTH THIS P U D JUST LIKE WE DID THE OTHER ONE WITH MANY THOUGHTFUL COMPONENTS. A LOT OF THESE WE HAVE BROUGHT FORTH FROM OUR OTHER LOCATIONS AND LESSONS WE'VE LEARNED OVER THE PAST MANY YEARS IN TERMS OF BUFFERING USES WHAT SETBACKS ARE APPROPRIATE ARCHITECTURAL REQUIREMENTS, ETCETERA. AS BART MENTIONED. WE HAVE TRIED TO USE BASELINE USES IN YOUR CODE, AND WE HAVE ELIMINATED OR EXCLUDED THE USES THAT REALLY DON'T FIT HERE AND FULFILL THE VISION THAT I'M MENTIONING TO YOU TONIGHT, WHICH IS TO ATTRACT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IN DEVELOPMENT AND USES THAT WILL ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF ITS FINANCIAL IMPACT. UM WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. ARE YOU ABLE TO DO THAT WORK THE BUFFER. SO IF YOU'RE IF YOU ZERO POINT IN HERE , OKAY. OKAY UM, YOU CAN KIND OF [00:25:04] WALK THERE. OKAY GOOD POINT. SO WHAT WE HAVE WHAT WE HAVE DONE HERE IS WE HAVE MARKED THE DIFFERENT AREAS WITH THE DIFFERENT SETBACKS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE AND, UH, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE NEW P U D, UM PROVE TONIGHT, UM, WE HAVE A 100 FT PAVEMENT AND BUILDING SETBACK ALONG US 33 GENERALLY OTHERWISE WE HAVE A 50 FT PAVEMENT SLASH PARKING SETBACK AND 100 FT BUILDING SETBACK AT A MINIMUM. BUT NOW WE REALIZE THAT WE HAVE, UM, USE HERE THAT IS RESIDENTIAL IN NATURE. AND SO, UH, WE ARE ACTUALLY PROPOSING HERE ON THE WEST SIDE OF BUXTON, A 100 FT GREEN SPACE AND PAVEMENTS THAT BACK IN THE 150 FT BUILDING SETBACK AS A MINIMUM IN ALL MOMENTARILY GET TO GET TO WHERE I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU WHAT OUR PLANS ARE FOR LANDSCAPING THAT UM AND THEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THIS IS SOME FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM AN EARLIER MEETING WE HAD WITH THE COMMUNITY AND FORMALLY, UM, WE HAVE COME TO AN UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWLEDGE THAT THERE'S AN EXISTING 60 FT DRAINAGE EASEMENT HERE THAT RUNS IN FAVOR OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS. AND SO WHILE WE WERE PROPOSING VERY SIMILAR SETBACKS ON THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE NOW THAT WE'RE AWARE OF THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE MEASURING OUR SETBACKS. FROM THE EDGE OF THAT EXISTING, WHICH IS A 60 FT WIDE DRAINAGE EASEMENT, WHICH IS LITTLE LINE HERE REPRESENTS AND WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A IN ADDITIONAL 100 FT MINIMUM PAVEMENT SETBACK AND 150 FT. BUILDING SET BACK FROM THE EDGE OF THAT EASEMENT SO EFFECTIVELY, WE'RE AT 160 FT AND 210 FT. SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT WE'VE GOT EXISTING NEIGHBORS AND WE WANT TO RESPECT THAT. SO IN FACT, GO AHEAD. UM THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A CLOSE UP OF THAT. DEMONSTRATING UM, YOU KNOW, DEMONSTRATING THAT EVEN SINCE OUR MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE HAVE INCREASED THOSE SETBACKS FROM WHAT WE PREVIOUSLY HAD PRESENTED GO TO THE NEXT ONE. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE BUFFERING PLANS. UM DEMONSTRATING, UM, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A NEW PUBLIC STREET WE'VE PROPOSED IN OUR TEXT THAT IS GOING TO BE COMING THROUGH CONNECTING WATKINS ROAD ON THE EAST SIDE COMING THROUGH OUR SITE UP TO THE NORTH. WE DO NOT KNOW THAT LOCATION. THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF CONVERSATION THAT HAS TO BE HAD WITH THE CITY. BUT AS AS WE LOOK AT IN NOBILE PLANNING PROCESS FOR THAT WILL BE A VERY PUBLIC PROCESS WITH NOTICES OF MEETINGS THAT SET BUT WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS HAVE 22 DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. THIS SCENARIO HERE IS BUFFER OPTION A AND IN THIS SITUATION, IT WOULD HAVE THE, UM AH, THE ROAD KIND OF BENDING NORTHWARD NEARER TO THE EASTERN BOUNDARY LINE OF BUXTON AND WE WOULD HAVE A FIT, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ENCROACH INTO THAT, UM, PAVEMENT SETBACK WE HAD PREVIOUSLY BUT WE WOULD PROVIDE A 50 FT BUFFER WITH A 6 FT MOUND, PLUS LANDSCAPING THAT WILL GET US TO AN 80% OPACITY LEVEL. OR YOU KNOW, PICNICS. YOU KNOW THAT'S DEMONSTRATING HOW MUCH YOU'RE PROVIDING SCREENING. IN THIS CASE, WE WOULD ENHANCE THE AMOUNT OF SETBACK WE WOULD HAVE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD OVERALL BY PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL 50 FT. FROM THE EDGE OF THAT ROAD RIGHT AWAY AS A AS A MINIMUM FOR PAVEMENT AND PARKING AND AN ADDITIONAL 50 FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY HERE FOR BUILDING UM, AND WITH AN 80 TO 100 FT, RIGHT AWAY. IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE WE COULD HAVE YOU KNOW ANYWHERE FROM 132 130 FT TO 250 FT FROM THAT SHARED BOUNDARY LINE WITH THE WESTERN EDGE OF BROXTON. SO THAT'S ONE SCENARIO. THE OTHER THE OTHER SCENARIO WOULD BE IF THAT STREET WERE TO TAKE A, UH, WERE TO BE IN A LOCATION THAT WENT MORE WESTERLY AND THEN HEAD NORTHWARD IN THAT INSTANCE, PROVIDING THE 100 FT GREEN SPACE HERE. UH AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE ANOTHER 100 FT BUILDING. SETBACK UH, AND WE WOULD PROVIDE THE SCREENING HERE AGAIN IN THE FORM OF AMOUNT AND THE PLANNING'S AT 80% SO, UM, THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH. I WANNA MENTION THAT OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A PROCESS THAT HAS MANY STEPS WERE AT THE VERY BEGINNING. WE'RE TRYING TO, UM, SET THE TABLE WITH STANDARDS THAT WILL MAKE COMMITMENTS ALSO MAINTAIN A LITTLE FLEXIBILITY. BUT YOU KNOW, WE WILL. WE HAVE THIS INFORMAL TONIGHT A MORE FORMAL HEARING ON A DATE TO BE DETERMINED. I THINK HERE SOON . OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE THE CITY [00:30:04] COUNCIL WITH THIS AS WELL AFTER THAT, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DIFFERS FROM A LOT OF WHAT WE DO IN NEW ALBANY AND EVEN JOHN'S TOWN. BUT IN THOSE PLACES WE'VE WE'VE WRITTEN REGULATIONS THAT DON'T PROVIDE A WHAT WE CALL A SECONDARY REVIEW OR A DESIGN REVIEW HERE, AND, UM AH, HERE. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR THAT. WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH YOUR YOU KNOW YOUR TYPICAL DESIGN REVIEW? UM THAT YOU REQUIRE BY YOUR CODE , SO THAT WILL BE AS EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECT WITHIN THIS AREA COMES THROUGH THAT WILL BE REVIEWED IN THE SAME COURSE AS IT WOULD NORMALLY BE SO AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE WITH THE NEW STREET THAT IS INTENDED TO BUY POWER, YOU KNOW, TAKE TRAFFIC AWAY FROM THE AREAS THAT WOULD AFFECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND GO AROUND IT AS SORT OF A BYPASS. AS I MENTIONED WITH THESE CONCEPTS THAT HAS A PLANNING PROCESS THAT OBVIOUSLY STARTS HERE AND ALSO GOES TO COUNSEL. SO WE EXPECT TO BE BEFORE YOU MANY TIMES OVER THE COMING MONTHS AND YEARS. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT PROBABLY WILL TAKE 5 TO 10 YEARS TO DEVELOP. AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HOPE THIS IS THE START OF A LONG AND SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIP TOGETHER . AND, UH, I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. UNLESS MATTER, BART HAS ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN'T TAKE QUESTIONS. FOR THOSE OF YOU THE FROM THE PUBLIC. THEY HAD COME IN LATE TONIGHT. THERE WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. ACTUALLY PERHAPS YOU COULD JUST REITERATE THERE WASN'T INSUFFICIENT PUBLIC NOTICE TIMING, UM, PROCEDURAL NOTIFICATIONS. THERE HAS TO BE SENT OUT. THE NOTIFICATION SENT OUT 10 DAYS AHEAD OF THE MEANING DATE. THEY WERE SENT OUT EIGHT DAYS AHEAD. SO WE DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO HOLD THE MEETING TONIGHT WITH JUST AN INFORMAL PRESENTATION. BUT NO PUBLIC COMMENT OR COMMENT FROM THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. SO WE WILL COME BACK AT A LATER DATE AND WE'LL SEND THOSE NOTICES OUT AND IT WILL BE ON OUR CITY WEBSITE AS WELL. PROBABLY HOPEFULLY THE NEXT TWO WEEKS OR SO BEFORE CHRISTMAS IF WE CAN FIT IT IN IN THE MEANTIME, IF ANYBODY HAS THOSE QUESTIONS, YOU HAVE MY CONTACT INFORMATION INFORMATION ON ACTUALLY TOUCH WITH THIS AS WELL. SO QUESTIONS USED CAN TRY TO ANSWER THOSE AS WELL, UM OUTSIDE OF THE MEETING TIME. OKAY? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WE APPRECIATE IT. WE GOT THIS. YEAH ALRIGHT. APPRECIATE IT ONCE STICKING AROUND EDUCATION. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.