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HELLO, EVERYBODY. I WELCOME YOU ALL TO THE MARYSVILLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. TODAY'S MAY 28TH, 2024. AND THE TIME IS 701. SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THEN EVERYBODY KEEP STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION. AN I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. MIGHTY GOD, WE ASK YOU TO GUIDE US THROUGHOUT THIS MEETING AS WE SEEK TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE GOOD OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE AND ITS CITIZENS. AMEN ROLL CALL. ZACK BORDNER HERE, STEPHEN WOLFF HERE. HANK BURBY. DONALD BERGER HERE. SCOTT HUNTER HERE. MARK REIMS JR. ROUSH HERE. HAS EVERYBODY HAD A MOMENT TO LOOK
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AT THE MAY 6TH, 2024 CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING MINUTES I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MAY SIXTH, CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MINUTES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU.HAS ANYBODY HAD, A MOMENT TO LOOK AT THE MAY 13TH, 2024 SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING? MINUTES I MOVE TO PASS THE MINUTES. CAN CAN I JUST ASK ONE QUESTION, PLEASE, MCKENZIE, I HAD ASKED FOR JUST ONE QUICK UPDATE. THAT'S BEEN DONE FOR THIS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVEN'T CHECKED, SO I APOLOGIZE. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO, ALL IN FAVOR, I. OKAY. AND THEN HAS EVERYBODY TAKEN A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE MAY 13TH, 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES? I MOVE TO APPROVE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY THE ONLY APPOINTMENT IS, I AM APPOINTING VICE PRESIDENT
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BURBY TO THE BOARD OF CONTROL. AND ABSENCE OF ME, THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST. IF I WOULD GO ON VACATION OR SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN, THEN I WOULD APPOINT YOU TO THE BOARD OF CONTROL. OKAY.[HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONTH PRESENTATION]
THANK YOU. SO HISTORICAL PRESERVATION MONTH PRESENTATION. SO JULY. MRS. KRAMER, IF YOU WANT TO STEP UP. AND PROBABLY STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AND ADDRESS FOR PUBLIC RECORD.YES. MY NAME IS JULIE KRAMER, AND MY ADDRESS IS 261 WEST NINTH STREET. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE THIS EVENING. IT IS AN HONOR TO SHARE WITH YOU MORE ABOUT THE OAKDALE CEMETERY HISTORIC DISTRICT WAS, WHICH WAS LISTED TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ON APRIL 15TH OF THIS YEAR. SO, THIS TRULY HAS BEEN A TEAM EFFORT, AND I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO CAP OFF HISTORIC PRESERVATION. PRESERVATION MONTH THAN TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT THIS THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT. WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IT IS. IT ENCOMPASSES 45 ACRES OF LAND, INCLUDING THE OAKDALE CEMETERY, THE OAKDALE PUBLIC VAULT, WHICH IS IN THE SOUTHEAST PARCEL THERE, THE POTTER'S FIELD , WHICH IS THE TRIANGULAR PARCEL UP SEPARATED BY THE RAILROAD TRACKS FROM THE MAIN BOARD BOUNDARY, AND THE HENDERSON VAULT, WHICH IS NEAR THE RECEIVING VAULT IN THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT. SO THIS MAY LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE THINK OF AS A HISTORIC DISTRICT. SO THEY CAN TAKE MANY DIFFERENT FORMS, AND WE'LL LOOK INTO WHAT IT'S MADE UP OF AND WHY IT GOT LISTED. IT CONSISTS OF THE CONTRIBUTING RESOURCES. MAKE UP A DISTRICT. SO IT CONSISTS OF THE OAKDALE CEMETERY ITSELF, LAND WAS PURCHASED IN 1879. DEVELOPMENT BEGAN IN 1880. AND IT WAS DEDICATED LATER THAT SAME YEAR. THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY AN ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE CALLED THE OAKDALE PUBLIC VAULT, WHICH IS A GOTHIC STYLE BUILDING. WHICH WAS USED TO HOUSE BODIES OR STORE BODIES UNTIL THEY COULD BE PROPERLY BURIED AND TO PROTECT THEM FROM FROM RESURRECTIONISTS. IT'S THE POTTER'S FIELD. SO IT OFTEN GOES UNNOTICED. BUT IF YOU DRIVE OUT RAYMOND ROAD TOWARDS THE RESERVOIR, IT'S THE AREA OF THE FLAT GRASSY AREA ON THE LEFT. THERE'S A FEW INDISTINCT METAL MARKERS THERE, BUT THAT IS THE POTTER'S FIELD, WHICH IS A BURIAL PLACE FOR PAUPERS. AND THE HENDERSON VAULT, ANOTHER GOTHIC STYLE, STRUCTURE LOCATED ALSO ON THE CEMETERY GROUNDS. SO TO BE ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, YOU HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE SOME KIND OF
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SIGNIFICANCE. WHAT'S SIGNIFICANT ABOUT THESE? AND WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT? I DID THIS GRAPHIC BECAUSE TYPICALLY WE THINK OF A BUILDING OR A STRUCTURE OR AN OBJECT WHICH IS JUST ONE SMALL BIT OF IT. AND SO THERE'S OFTEN A MUCH BIGGER STORY TO TELL IN THIS CASE WE GET INTO LANDSCAPE DESIGN, WHICH BRINGS US OUT INTO THE BROADER CEMETERY AREA AND THEN EXPANDING UPON THAT COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. SO HOW OUR CEMETERY TIED INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE BIGGER, THE BIGGER AREA INVOLVED WITH THAT, CEMETERIES ARE NOT TYPICALLY LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER. THEY CAN BE, BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS THAT HAVE TO BE TAKE PLACE BECAUSE BY NATURE, CEMETERIES HAVE A LOT OF OLD THINGS. SO YOU HAVE TO SHOW SIGNIFICANCE AND SOME SIGNIFICANCE IN SOME OTHER WAY. IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS, MANY OF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR ABOUT THIS IN THE EARLY PHASES. WHEN I PRESENTED TO COUNCIL ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING THIS AT THAT POINT, LANDSCAPE DESIGN WAS NOT EVEN A FACTOR IN THIS. AND A QUESTION CAME UP, WHO DESIGNED OUR CEMETERY IN DIGGING THROUGH SOME ARCHIVES, WHICH WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE VERY GOOD ARCHIVES REMAINING AT THE CEMETERY OFFICE, IT TURNS OUT THAT IT WAS A GENTLEMAN NAMED HERMAN HARLAND , WHO WAS A NATIONALLY PROMINENT LANDSCAPE GARDENER. HIS IDEA? HE WAS ROOTED IN THE IDEALS OF FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED AND THE RECUPERATIVE POWER OF NATURAL LANDSCAPES. SO OLMSTED IS THE DESIGNER OF CENTRAL PARK IN NEW YORK CITY. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, HARLAND ALSO WAS INVOLVED IN CIRCLES WITH THE OLMSTED BROTHERS. AT TIMES, THEY WERE ALL CALLED OUT TO GIVE AN OPINION ON A SITE OR A LOCATION OFTEN, SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS UNCOVERED AND A BIT SURPRISING TO ME, HE USED IT INVOLVED THE USE OF NATURAL LANDSCAPE FEATURES AND TOPOGRAPHY IN THE LAYOUT OF THE GROUNDS AND ROADS, IT WAS PART OF WHAT WAS CALLED THE MORAL THERAPY MOVEMENT. SO THINK OF THE LATE 1800S. THIS IS POST CIVIL WAR. THERE WAS A LOT OF TRAUMA IN SOCIETY. AND SO THIS HEALING NATURE OF OUR SURROUNDINGS AND SO THAT'S THE TRADITION IN WHICH HE COMES FROM, WHICH IS ALSO APPROPRIATE FOR A CEMETERY WHERE WE HAVE COMPLEX FEELINGS, HE HIMSELF WAS ALSO A VETERAN OF THE CIVIL WAR. SO TO PUT THIS INTO CONTEXT, SOME NOT ALL, BUT SOME OF HIS OTHER DESIGN WORK, THE RIDGES, IF YOU'VE BEEN TO ATHENS TO, OH, YOU, THE GROUNDS WERE, WERE ONCE MUCH MORE ELABORATE BECAUSE THERE WERE FARMS, IRRIGATION, IRON. I MEAN, HE WAS VERY SCIENTIFIC, OFTEN HAD WATER FEATURES, DRAINAGE, MORE THAN JUST THE DESIGN WORK, AND THIS WAS PART OF THE MORAL THERAPY MOVEMENT. LET'S TREAT THE WHOLE PERSON, HE WAS FROM CINCINNATI.HE HAD GREENHOUSES ABOUT A MILE FROM SPRING GROVE CEMETERY AND ARBORETUM. IF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE, THAT IS A VERY AMAZING PLACE, WHICH IS ALSO ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER. HE WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN THE EARLY DESIGN OF THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS AND THE OVAL. BACK BEFORE IT WAS ACTUALLY CALLED THE OVAL, BUT SEVERAL ITERATIONS OF DESIGN ENDED UP BEING SORT OF THE EARLY SET ASIDE OF THAT AREA KNOWN AS THE OVAL. AND THE REASON WHY WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT LITTLE CURVE ON COLLEGE DRIVE TO GET AROUND THE OVAL. LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT IT HAD A CONNECTION TO SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED IN MARYSVILLE, ALSO CITY PARK IN CHILLICOTHE, WHICH IS DEFINITELY WORTH A VISIT IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE GREAT ARCHIVES, STILL EXISTING, ALTHOUGH WE DON'T HAVE HIS ORIGINAL DRAWINGS WITH WATER FEATURES OR SHRUBS OR TREES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE HAVE, MAPS THAT DATE BACK TO THE LATE 1880S FOR SECTIONS B, C, AND D, SO YOU CAN SEE, A BIT OF THE DESIGN, THE PATHWAYS THAT MOVE THROUGH THERE, AND THE CURVING ROADS. NOW OVER TIME, YOU DON'T SEE THAT IN THE NEWER SECTIONS, BECAUSE OVER TIME THAT GETS LOST. SO YOU'LL SEE A DISTINCT, YOU KNOW, TRANSITION FROM THE OLDER SECTIONS TO THE NEWER SECTIONS, KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS WAS DENSELY FORESTED AT THE TIME. SO A LOT OF THIS WORK INVOLVED REMOVING TREES FROM THE SITE, SELECTING WHAT WOULD STAY AND WHAT WOULD BE REMOVED, AND KEEP IN MIND THIS VERY NATURAL ELEMENT. SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GOING TO LOOK AS CURATED. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE TOUR, THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE VANTAGE POINTS, YOU SEE THE BRIDGE, THE CURVY ROADS, AND IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE THAT RIGHT BEHIND THAT IS KROGER. AND THAT IS SORT OF THE BEAUTY OF THIS DESIGN THAT YOU DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY ROUTE 33 AND A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO HEAD TO THE,
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THE CEMETERY AND WALK AROUND AND YOU'LL SEE VERY MANY OF THESE AND YOU'LL FIND NEW THINGS EACH TIME, IN THE BACKGROUND, YOU SEE THE RECEIVING VAULT THERE. AND THIS IS A RAVINE THAT RUNS THROUGH THE CEMETERY AND THE OBELISK AND THE MAIN ONE OF THE MAIN SECTIONS. AND HERE YOU SEE KIND OF A VISTA OF A CURVING ROAD. AND THAT'S THE IDEA. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING AROUND THE CORNER. OKAY. AND THEN TO THE OAKDALE PUBLIC VAULT, THIS IS GOTHIC STYLE, A GOTHIC STYLE RECEIVING VAULT, DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT ELLA TERRELL, WHO HAS ANOTHER PROPERTY ON ANOTHER DESIGN ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER. IT WAS BUILT FROM LOCALLY SOURCED BEREA SANDSTONE AND IT IS THE SAME STONE THAT IS, THAT THE COURTHOUSE WAS MADE OF, BECAUSE THIS WAS BUILT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME AS THAT, AND FOR COMPARISON, THE PHOTO ON YOUR LEFT IS THE EARLY 1900S, AND THE PHOTO ON YOUR RIGHT IS LAST YEAR. SO ONE THING ABOUT A NATIONAL REGISTER REGISTER NOMINATION, IT HAS TO MAINTAIN INTEGRITY NOT JUST OF A STRUCTURE, BUT THE FEELING, THE PLACE, LOCATION. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT CRITERIA TO SAY, HEY, IS THIS REFLECTIVE OF WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE BACK THEN, SO YOU CAN SEE, HOW HOW WELL MAINTAINED IT IS AND IN GOOD CONDITION, LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN A FEW YEARS AGO. THE CITY HAS TAKEN GREAT EFFORTS, TO DO SOME BIOLOGICAL CLEANING, AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING PRETTY SUPERFICIAL AND JUST CLEANED WITH GENTLE CLEANERS BY A PRESERVATION FIRM. AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT A HUGE DIFFERENCE, THAT IS. THE MORTAR WAS RAKED OUT AND REPLACED WITH SOMEBODY WHO KNEW WHAT TYPE AND COLOR AND KIND, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO HOPEFULLY WORRY ABOUT THIS AGAIN FOR A LOT OF YEARS, SO THAT IS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT THESE PHOTOS WITH THE NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATION. THE NEXT CONTRIBUTING, FEATURE IS THE POTTER'S FIELD, AGAIN, NOT WHAT WE TYPICALLY THINK OF AS AS A CEMETERY, BUT IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION TODAY, THERE'S A MUCH BIGGER EFFORT IN TELLING THE ENTIRE STORY, NOT JUST LOOKING AT A BUILDING AND SAYING, WHAT GREAT ARCHITECTURE. SO AT THE SAME TIME, SOME BODIES WERE PROTECTED IN THE RECEIVING VAULT. OTHERS WERE BURIED IN A POTTER'S FIELD, VERY SHALLOW GRAVES, VERY, YOU SEE, VERY BASIC MARKERS, THERE'S PROBABLY BETWEEN 125 AND 150 UNMARKED GRAVES OUT THERE, THE ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF COMMUNITY EFFORTS, THERE USED TO BE SOME SHABBY WOODEN MARKERS OUT THERE. AND IN THE EARLY 1900S, A LOCAL MACHINE SHOP OWNER THOUGHT THEY DESERVED BETTER. AND IN HIS SHOP, HE MADE THESE, THESE METAL PLACARDS, WHICH I BELIEVE, LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE THE SAME ONES THAT HE WOULD HAVE MADE AT THAT TIME. AND AGAIN, A VIEW FROM A LITTLE BIT FARTHER BACK, AT THE TIME, THIS WAS DEVELOPED, THE RAILWAY DID NOT GO THROUGH THERE. AND AND IN 1893, THE TENNESSEE RAILROAD WENT THROUGH THERE, CUT OFF THIS PART OF THE PROPERTY FROM THE MAIN CEMETERY. IT WAS PURCHASED BY THE INFIRMARY A COUPLE YEARS LATER WHERE THEIR BURIALS TOOK TOOK PLACE. ANOTHER ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE, THE HENDERSON VAULT, THE HENDERSON DOCTOR HENDERSON IS VERY WELL KNOWN AROUND HERE. THIS PARTICULAR VAULT WAS BUILT BY TWO BROTHERS. THEY WERE BOTH PROMINENT, CITIZENS OF MARYSVILLE. WE KNOW HIM AS A PHYSICIAN, BUT DOCTOR HENDERSON WAS ALSO A VETERAN OF TWO WARS. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE MASONIC FRATERNITY HERE AND WAS A SKILLED MASON HIMSELF. AND HE TOOK SPECIAL DELIGHT IN INSTRUCTING AND FORMING THE YOUNGER CRAFT. SO HE WAS ALSO TEACHING PEOPLE, TEACHING THE YOUNGER GENERATION MASONRY AND HIS HIS RESIDENCE IS ACTUALLY ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER AND A VERY, AN EXAMPLE OF A MASTER AT A TRADE, ALTHOUGH THEY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHO THE BUILDER WAS OR IF HE HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT. NOW WE GET TO THAT BIGGER CIRCLE COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, WHICH I ABSOLUTELY LOVED FINDING OUT ABOUT THIS, THIS PART OF IT. SO IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PATTERNS OF GROWTH OF LATE 19TH CENTURY AS RURAL POPULATIONS OUTGREW THEIR EXISTING CAPACITY, AND THEY HAD TO ADAPT THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC SPACES TO SERVE THE GROWING NEEDS OF THEIR POPULATION. THAT SOUNDS PRETTY FAMILIAR TO TODAY, ACTUALLY, SO THE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE SHADED AREA OF MARYSVILLE AND, THAT'S WHERE THE, THE OLD CEMETERY WAS, UP IN THIS THIS CORNER TRIANGLE IS THE PLOT OF LAND WHERE OAKDALE CEMETERY NOW RESIDES, THAT'S ABOUT A MILE OUT. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME FRAMEWORK OF HOW THAT DEVELOPMENT OCCURRED, AS WE[00:15:06]
MENTIONED, HE WAS IN THE OLMSTED TRADITION. SO, QUOTE FROM OLMSTED I HAVE ALL MY LIFE BEEN CONSIDERING DISTANT EFFECTS AND ALWAYS SACRIFICING IMMEDIATE SUCCESS AND APPLAUSE TO THAT OF THE FUTURE. SO THIS INVOLVED VERY CAREFUL SITE SELECTION. THIS WAS ALSO IN A PERIOD WHERE WE HAD TRANSITION FROM RURAL CEMETERIES, WHERE INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES WOULD MAINTAIN A PLOT TO A MOVEMENT OF A MEMORIAL PARK TYPE CEMETERY, WHERE THEY WERE COMPREHENSIVELY DESIGNED, MANAGED AND MAINTAINED, WHICH IS THE EXAMPLE THAT WE SEE AT OAKDALE, THE THIS ALSO RELATES TO GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE ALTHOUGH SOME GRAVES WERE MOVED EARLIER FROM THE OLD CEMETERY WHEN THE RAILROAD CAME THROUGH, IT ALSO CAUSED ANYTHING LEFT OF THE OLD CEMETERY TO BE RELOCATED OUT AT THE OUT TO THE NEW CEMETERY. SO THEY WERE LOOKING FOR AN AREA THAT HAD EXCLUSION AND QUIETNESS, A BIT REMOTE FROM THE CITY, BUT WOULDN'T BE TOO INCONVENIENT THAT PEOPLE COULD ACTUALLY GET TO IT. AND IN THAT PROCESS OF GETTING TO IT AS GROWTH OCCURRED, A BOULEVARD WAS CONSTRUCTED TO CONNECT THE TOWN. RECALL FROM THE MAP TO OAKDALE CEMETERY, AND THAT WAS ALSO CALLED OAKDALE BOULEVARD. THAT WAS INTENDED TO BE A BEAUTIFUL, PICTURESQUE ROAD. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S NOW THE WESTERN PORTION OF FIFTH STREET.IT WAS A FOCAL POINT OF COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND TRADITIONS. THERE WERE GARDEN PARTIES OUT THERE. THERE WERE HORSE RACES IN THE SUMMER. THERE WERE SLEIGH RACES IN THE WINTER.
IMAGINE GETTING OUT YOUR SLEIGHS ON FIFTH STREET. STORES WOULD CLOSE DOWN. PEOPLE WOULD CONGREGATE, JUST AN AMAZING PLACE. AND EVEN, EVEN IN THE OLD DIRECTORIES, THE ADDRESS WAS THE BOULEVARD IN THAT AREA OF TOWN. IT WASN'T. IT WASN'T FIFTH STREET, THERE WERE A LOT OF EFFORTS BY NOT JUST THE VILLAGE, BUT ALSO RESIDENTS TO HAVE WALKWAYS ON THE SIDES, TREES, AND AT SOME POINT IT WAS PAVED WITH A NEW SERVICE BECAUSE THIS WAS REALLY JUST THE GRAND BOULEVARD, REALLY A HIGHLIGHT. MAGNIFICENT. INTENDED TO BE A MAGNIFICENT STREET. AND SO AS WE'RE ALWAYS THINKING TO THE FUTURE, I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT THEY THEIR INTENDED VISION FOR OAKDALE WAS. AND A LOT OF THIS COMES FROM THE DEDICATION SPEECH. IT WAS TO BE ONE OF THE PRETTIEST VILLAGES OF THE DEAD TO BE FOUND IN OHIO. IT WAS TO HAVE A QUIET, NATURAL AND PEACEFUL BEAUTY, NOT NECESSARILY GRANDEUR, BUT JUST A SUCCESSION OF BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES, THEY REALIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGED WE DON'T HAVE A GRAND CANYON IN OHIO. WE DON'T HAVE A NIAGARA FALLS. BUT OUR BEAUTY IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF BEAUTY, WHICH IS REPRESENTED IN OAKDALE. ART WAS ACTUALLY CONSIDERED TO BE A VERY ESSENTIAL ELEMENT TO OAKDALE CEMETERY, AND ITS ABILITY TO ADD TO THE BEAUTY OF NATURE. AND THEY SAID THE KIND OF BEAUTY THAT WE HAVE, WE CAN COMPLEMENT IT WITH ART. AND ALSO THEY WERE CALLED LANDSCAPE GARDENERS AT THE TIME, NOT LANDSCAPE DESIGNERS. AND THEY WERE REALLY CONSIDERED ARTISTS OF THE LAND. THE LANDSCAPE WAS THEIR PALETTE. IT WAS A PLACE ENVISIONED TO BE A PLACE THAT THE LIVING WOULD LOVE TO VISIT, AND WHERE THEY WOULD BE OVERCOME BY THOUGHTFULNESS, WELL PAVED AND WELL KEPT WALKS AND DRIVES, BEING ABLE TO, WIND AMONG THE TREES, CONDUCTING THE VISITOR TO EVERY PART OF THAT AREA AND OVER TIME, THINGS CHANGE OVER TIME, AS THEY DID IN THE CEMETERY. SO YOU'LL SEE A PHOTOGRAPH HERE OF A 1906 ENTRANCE. KEEP IN MIND, IT OPENED IN 1880. IN 1906, THEY CONSTRUCTED A NEW ENTRANCE, AND THEY HAD THIS FENCE EXTENDED APPROXIMATELY 500FT ALONG, WHAT'S NOW FIFTH STREET, AND THEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS A SIDE ENTRANCE. THAT'S A REMAINING GATE POST. I TOOK OUT THE BACKGROUND. SO YOU DO NOT SEE EXACTLY WHERE THAT IS. MAYBE SOME OF YOU CAN ENVISION WHERE THAT IS, BUT IF YOU CAN'T TAKE A LOOK AROUND, SEE WHAT? SEE IF YOU CAN LOCATE IT. YOU MIGHT FIND A LOT OF OTHER OLD THINGS OUT THERE. IF YOU'RE WALKING ON FIFTH STREET, YOU'LL ALSO SEE A CONCRETE PATCH WHERE THE SEXTON'S RESIDENCE IS NO LONGER OUT THERE. BUT IF YOU WALK ALONG, YOU CAN SEE WHERE YOU CAN ENVISION WHERE THAT USED TO BE. SO, IT'S AN AMAZING PLACE. AND TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS, THEY HAVE DONE WELL FOR THEY HAVE PLANNED NOT FOR THE PRESENT, ONLY, BUT FOR THE FUTURE THEY HAVE PLANNED AS THOUGH THEY HAVE FELT THAT THEY WERE THE REPRESENTATIVES, NOT MERELY OF THE PRESENT CITIZENS OF MARYSVILLE, BUT OF THE GENERATIONS THAT WERE TO COME AFTER. AS THOUGH THEY WOULD MERIT THE APPROVAL AND GRATITUDE OF THE THOUSANDS WHO, AFTER THEY AND YOU HAVE BEEN GATHERED TO YOUR FATHERS, SHALL LOOK UPON THEIR WORK. I CHOSE THIS QUOTE BECAUSE I SURELY THINK, BEING ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF
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HISTORIC PLACES, THEY WOULD BE PROUD AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE APPROVING AND GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DID SO MANY YEARS BACK. THINKING ABOUT OUR OUR GENERATIONS. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL. AND AS I MENTIONED, THERE WAS IT WAS AN AMAZING TEAM EFFORT SUPPORTED BY THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, JEREMY WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING WITH THIS PROCESS AND SOME, SOME SCANNING AND MAP ASSISTANCE, RON AND EMMA FROM THE CEMETERY OFFICE, MCKENZIE HELPED ME DIG INTO SOME ARCHIVES AND FIND SOME OF THIS INFORMATION, NATASHA, AS URBAN FORESTER CAME OUT AND IN FACT, HER AND BRANDON, I THINK SOME OF YOU HEARD ON ARBOR DAY LOOKING TO POSSIBLY MAKE THIS, ONE OF THE LEVELS OF ARBORETUMS, I THANK THE CITY COUNCIL AND CEMETERY ADVISORY BOARD. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WHEN I SHARED A BIT OF MY RESEARCH WITH COUNCILMAN BERGER, THAT THIS COULD BE A POSSIBILITY, AND HE HELPED OPEN UP THAT FORUM WITH CITY COUNCIL AND THE CEMETERY ADVISORY BOARD AT THE TIME, WHO FOUND MERIT AND FOUND THIS TO BE A WORTHWHILE EFFORT, TO JUDGE PARROTT, WHO IS THE ONE WHO FIRST BROUGHT THE RECEIVING VAULT TO MY ATTENTION, WHICH IS WHAT THIS STARTED TO BE, BUT ENDED UP BEING SOMETHING MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN THAT, SUQEIM FROM THE LIBRARY WHO HELPED, NOW WE HAVE ALL THE MAIN RESOURCES DIGITIZED, SO IT'S JUST BEEN A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT, ALANA FERNANDEZ, WHO HELPED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS, PHOTOGRAPHING IS A BIG ISSUE FOR BIG DEAL FOR THESE NOMINATIONS, STEVEN BADENHOP FOR SCANNING SOME OF THE LARGER MAPS AND SO MANY, COUNTLESS RESOURCES, NOT ONLY IN MARYSVILLE, BUT ACTUALLY NATIONWIDE TO GET SOME OF THIS INFORMATION. SO, I THINK WE'RE PUTTING MARYSVILLE ON THE MAP IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND, APPRECIATE THE VISION AND THOUGHT THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS. BEFORE YOU GO, IS THERE ANYBODY FROM COUNCIL THAT HAS ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR HER? I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, JULIE. I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT OF WORK AND I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DID TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. THANK YOU. IS THERE IS ANYBODY FROM ADMINISTRATION WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING ONLY, JULIE, THANK YOU FOR KIND OF BEING THE POINT PERSON AND THE PERSON AND UTILIZING OUR STAFF FOR THE PURPOSES THAT THE STATE HAD PREVIOUSLY. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND IT VAIL IS A JEWEL OF THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. THE ONLY THE ONLY THING THAT I WILL I WILL SAY IN THE END IS FOR RESIDENTS THAT MIGHT NOT KNOW. BEFORE I WAS EVER ON CITY COUNCIL, I SERVED ON, CEMETERY BOARD, AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE CEMETERY WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, TO, BRING ATTENTION TO.AND IT STARTED WITH CLEANING OF THE HISTORIC. IT STARTED WITH CLEANING OF THE OLD TOMBSTONES.
AND THEN I MET JULIE YEARS AGO AND, THOUGHT SHE WAS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND, HOPEFULLY I SEE YOU ON THIS BENCH SOMEDAY, AND, BUT BUT, YOU KNOW, SO MANY PEOPLE IN MARYSVILLE THINK, YOU KNOW, I SEE THE COMMENTS ON FACEBOOK. WELL, WE'RE JUST MARYSVILLE.
WE'RE JUST A FARM COMMUNITY. THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S GREAT THAT'S EVER HAPPENED HERE. AND AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, I FIGHT REALLY HARD ABOUT EDUCATING ON WHY WE NEED TO INVEST IN HISTORY AND OUR IDENTITY BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH HISTORY THAT IS TRULY BURIED IN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE . AND HAVING THIS CEMETERY ON THE NATIONAL REGISTRY. AND IF YOU EVER GO TO SPRINGDALE CEMETERY IN CINCINNATI TO BE ON THAT SAME LEVEL THIS COMMUNITY NOW HAS IS TREMENDOUS BECAUSE THERE ISN'T A LOT OF CEMETERIES NATIONWIDE THAT'S ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORICAL PLACES. SO SO, YEAH, THE GOAL WOULD BE EVENTUALLY TO CREATE AN ARBORETUM, INCORPORATE THE CEMETERY INTO THE PARK SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, THE GOAL OF MINE WOULD BE TO PUT THE FENCE BACK UP AGAIN TO, ALLOW RESIDENTS TO HAVE TOURS WHERE THEY CAN START A NONPROFIT FOR THE CEMETERY TO DONATE MONEY TO PLANT TREES, TO INVEST IN PAINTING OF THE FENCE AND DOING MAINTENANCE IN THE CEMETERY. SO, I MEAN, THE FUTURE IS DEFINITELY BRIGHT AND HOPEFULLY IT'S A LEGACY THAT WE CONTINUE TO ONLY IMPROVE ON. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU, YOU'VE DONE PERSONALLY AND EVERYBODY WHO HELPED HER MAKE IT HAPPEN. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. OKAY.
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I'VE GOT A FEW ITEMS TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO STEP THROUGH, UPDATES AS WE, GO THROUGH THE SUMMER. RIGHT NOW, OUR NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT UPTOWN EVENT IS CALLED THE WANDER AND WINE FEST ON JUNE 14TH FROM 6 TO 10 P.M. MUSIC WILL BE PROVIDED BY FLEETWOOD GOLD, AND IT'S PRESENTED BY HONDA MARYSVILLE. SO, COMING UP AGAIN, HOPEFULLY AGAIN. KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED.GOOD WEATHER, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. JUNE 14TH, ANITA EVENT, FOR THE YOUTH OF THE COMMUNITY, AN EVENT CALLED TOUCH-A-TRUCK IS COMING UP, FRIDAY, JUNE SEVENTH AT MILL VALLEY PARK CENTRAL FROM 10 A.M. TO 1 P.M. SO WE'RE REALLY, IT'S A FANTASTIC EVENT. WE GET A LOT OF OUR EQUIPMENT OUT IN THE AREA OF MILL VALLEY, CENTRAL PARK, SO THE SO THE YOUTH CAN AGAIN TOUCH IT, GET INSIDE IT, AND, AND EDUCATE, GET EDUCATED ON THE TYPES OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE TO PERFORM THE SERVICES OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE JUST SO COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE AWARE, YOU KNOW, THE TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND WERE AT THE GREATEST, FOR THE OPENING OF OUR SWIMMING POOL, BUT BUT ATTENDANCE AT THE POOL, FOR SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND MONDAY WAS ABOUT A THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED THE POOL LAST YEAR WHEN WE ACTUALLY HAD NICER WEATHER, IT WAS 1200 PEOPLE. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A GENERAL IDEA OF THE USE THE POOL USE FOR THE MEMORIAL WEEKEND, IT WAS UTILIZED, QUITE WELL. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO SHIFT DOWN TO MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TO JEREMY. YEAH. THANK YOU. TERRY, ON THE STREET SIDE, CITY CREWS ASSISTED OUR CONTRACTORS, AT THE AMERICAN LEGION PARKING LOT, CREWS ARE ALSO PERFORMING CATCH BASIN REPAIRS AHEAD OF THE 2024 PAVING PROGRAM. I BELIEVE MOST OF THAT WORKS UP ON CREEKVIEW, DRIVE RIGHT NOW, AND THEN AS WELL, IN PREPARATION FOR THE, AUGUST EVENT OUT AT THE BMX TRACK, WORK CONTINUES OUT THERE PREPPING THAT SITE, PARKS, THERE'S SOME ASPHALT WORK BEING COMPLETED AT THE GREENWOOD PARK PICKLEBALL COURTS, SO THAT ASPHALT IN, WE'RE HOPING TO PAINT IT AND PUT UP THE ACTUAL, I GUESS, NETS FOR THE PICKLEBALL COURTS, HERE IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS, AND THEN WE DID SOME PATH REPAIR AT ULTRA PARK, AND I BELIEVE PARKS COMING UP PRETTY SOON AS WELL, AND THEN AS, IN ADDITION TO THAT, SEEMS LIKE WITH THE NEW PLANTINGS, THAT OUR URBAN FORESTRY DIVISION HAS DONE, WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS SOME RESIDENTIAL, COMPLAINTS OR CONCERNS THAT WE'RE RECEIVING VIA THE WEBSITE, FROM WATER TO HELP WITH OPERATIONS. CITY STAFF HAS A TOUR WITH THE DATA CENTER, COMING UP ON THURSDAY, WASTEWATER. WE CONTINUE TO INSPECT WORK, THE LATERAL LINING WORK BETWEEN WEST FOURTH AND WEST FIFTH STREETS. AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO DOING AN ACTUATOR REPAIR, ON THE CROSS RUN PUMP STATION. DO NOT ASK ME WHAT THAT IS, FROM AN ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE, ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION UPDATES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, STATE ROUTE 31, PHASE THREE, OUR CONTINUE OR OUR CONTRACTOR WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE WEST SIDE OF NORTH MAPLE STREET FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS, AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE'S CURB REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT WORK STARTING ON CREEK VIEW DRIVE AS PART OF THE 2024 PAVHAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT. I DID HAVE ONE MORE ITEM, UNLESS, JUST JUST REALLY QUICK, I THOUGHT IT'D BE GOOD, TO PROVIDE CITY COUNCIL WITH AN EVENT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND, LAST WEEK, WEDNESDAY AT THE HIGH DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. I WAS INVITED WITH OUR THREE UNIT IN THE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO WAS HONORED, AT THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. IT'S THE EMS STAR OF LIFE AWARD. IS WHAT IT'S CALLED. IT'S PRESENTED BY THE OHIO CHAPTER OF AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS. THE STATE BOARD OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL, FIRE AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, AND THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. THE EMS STAR OF LIFE AWARD RECOGNIZES OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AND HONOR THOSE IN THE OHIO'S EMS SYSTEM, WHOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS RISE ABOVE THE DAY TO DAY EXCELLENCE OF THE SYSTEM, EACH DAY IN OHIO, EMS PROVIDERS SAVE LIVES AND PERFORM COUNTLESS NOTEWORTHY ACTS OF CARING, KINDNESS, AND SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, AND OUR DEPARTMENT WAS ONE OF 8 TO 10 DEPARTMENTS IN THE STATE OF OHIO , THAT WAS HONORED LAST WEDNESDAY, AND I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PLAY A VIDEO HERE THAT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE, WHAT OUR DEPARTMENT WAS INVOLVED IN TO
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GET THIS AWARD. EMS STARS. MARYSVILLE DIVISION OF FIRE. IT SEEMED LIKE A STANDARD JOB.MECHANICS NEEDED TO REMOVE A DRIVE SHAFT FROM A DODGE PICKUP TRUCK. THE TRUCK WAS ON A LIFT, AND CHAD GREENWELL WAS UNDERNEATH IT. AS THE MECHANICS WORKED ON THE TRANSMISSION, THE TRUCK ROLLED BACKWARDS, SLIPPED OFF THE LIFT AND THE FRAME DROPPED, TRAPPING MR. GREENWELL.
HIS COWORKERS TRIED DESPERATELY TO LIFT THE TRUCK OFF THEIR FRIEND BUT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.
MARYSVILLE FIREFIGHTER WERE DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE. THEY STABILIZED THE TRUCK AND PUT TWO LARGE AIR BAGS UNDERNEATH IT. AS THE BAGS INFLATED, THE FRAME ROSE ABOUT SIX INCHES. THAT GAVE CREWS JUST ENOUGH ROOM TO GET MR. GREENWELL OUT WHILE HE WAS TRAPPED. THEY HAD BEGUN PATIENT CARE AND CALLED MEDFLIGHT. HOWEVER DUE TO A DELAY, THEY WERE DIVERTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE EMS HAD TRANSPORTED HIM. MR. GREENWELL SUFFERED A HEAD INJURY, WITH THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD AND ORBITAL AREA APPEARING CRUSHED AND HAD LOST A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF BLOOD. HE WAS EVENTUALLY TRANSFERRED BY MEDFLIGHT TO A TRAUMA CENTER IN COLUMBUS, WHERE HE UNDERWENT SEVERAL SURGERIES. MR. GREENWELL EXPRESSED HIS GRATITUDE AND STATED AS A RESULT OF MARYSVILLE FIREFIGHTERS EFFORTS, I WAS ABLE TO MEET MY BABY NIECE AND ATTEND A FISHING TRIP TO FLORIDA WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. MR. GREENWELL IS RECOVERING WELL AND IS VERY THANKFUL FOR HIS COWORKERS, FIRE AND EMS PROVIDERS FOR SAVING HIS LIFE. MR. GREENWELL SPOKE AT THE EVENT AND IT WAS JUST, IT WAS KIND OF GUT WRENCHING. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WHEN YOU SEE WHERE HE WAS AND WHERE HE IS TODAY, HE COULDN'T SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS ABOUT, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE SHIFT THAT WAS ON DUTY AND, AND EVEN TALKING TO THE CHIEF, WHO HAPPENED TO BE ON DUTY THAT DAY, CHIEF BURNS SAID THAT WHEN THEY ARRIVED ON THAT SCENE, THEY THOUGHT THERE WAS NO WAY THE INDIVIDUAL COULD BE ALIVE. AND THEN HE STARTED MAKING NOISES AND THEY KNEW HE WAS ALIVE. AND, CHIEF, ANYTHING TO ADD? I MEAN, IT WAS. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR YOUR SHIFT AT THE TIME, FOR THE WORK YOU DID TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD. YEAH. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU COMING WEDNESDAY.
I KNOW IT MEANT A LOT TO THE WHOLE CREW AND THE DEPARTMENT. SO IT WAS THOSE GUYS. IT JUST SHOWS HOW PREPARED THEY WERE. AND ARE ALWAYS PREPARED. JUST A FEW KEY TIME, PARTS OF THIS INCIDENT WAS FROM THE TIME WE WERE NOTIFIED TO THE TIME HE WAS AT THE HOSPITAL WAS 23 MINUTES, FROM THE TIME WE GOT ON SCENE TO THAT TRUCK BEING OFF OF HIM WAS 12 MINUTES, AND IT WAS ONE THAT HE HAD TO. HE HAD TO THINK ABOUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET HIM OUT OF HERE? AND THEY JUST ACTED RIGHT AWAY AND GOT HIM OUT AND VERY SUCCESSFUL. SO THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. THIS WOULD BE OUT TO JEREMY, SO ON 31 SOUTHBOUND, THERE'S ONE OF THOSE ELECTRIC SIGNS KIND OF JUST SAYING, HEY, THE EASTBOUND RAMP TO 33 IS GOING TO BE CLOSED ON, ON, I THINK, FRIDAY, IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD MOVE THAT BACK A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT BEHIND THE SPEED LIMIT SIGN. SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO READ IF YOU'RE KIND OF TURNING THAT CORNER THERE OR COMING UP ONTO ODOT, BUT THAT THAT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THEY'D BE WILLING TO DO. SO I'LL, I'LL DO THAT PERSON TOMORROW. THANK YOU. AND I DO WANT TO THANK THE MINISTER. EXCUSE ME, ADMINISTRATION, FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE, REMODELED, MOCK BUILDING TODAY, THIS HAS BEEN PROBABLY FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS THAT WE KEPT SAYING WE NEED TO DO THIS. WE NEED TO DO THIS. NOW THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STREET DEPARTMENT TO BE AT CHESTNUT AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND ANY OF THE MATERIAL THAT WE CAN KEEP IN SIGHT. AND TONIGHT WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE FOR SOME OF THE OLDER EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE. BUT MAYBE IF WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY EARLIER TO KEEP IT INSIDE, THAT DEFINITELY WILL EXTEND THE, LIFE OF ANY EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE. SO THANKS FOR CONTINUING TO PUSH US, TO SAY IT NEEDS TO BE IN THE BUDGET BECAUSE IT IS FOR THE WELL-BEING OF ANY OF OUR EQUIPMENT AND, JOB WELL DONE ON THE BUILDING. SO IT LOOKS VERY, VERY GOOD OUT THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS. THANKS FOR BEING THERE. DOES ANYBODY ELSE OKAY. THANK YOU. REPORT OF CLERK OF COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I JUST HAD ONE
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UPDATE, AS I PROVIDED AN UPDATE DURING THE LAST MEETING, I ADDED LINKS TO THE AGENDA PACKETS THAT[00:35:04]
ARE POSTED ONLINE, SO THAT IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC ORDINANCE OR SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE IS TRYING TO VIEW, YOU CAN NOW CLICK THAT LINK TO GET TO THAT SPECIFIC ORDINANCE. INSTEAD OF HAVING TO ENDLESSLY SCROLL, I'VE DONE THAT FOR THE MEETING MINUTES STARTING IN MAY AS WELL. SO NOW IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT MINUTES ONLINE STARTING FROM MAY TO CURRENT, THEN YOU CAN JUST CLICK THE, THE EXHIBIT LINK IF YOU WANT TO SEE THAT. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO ENDLESSLY SCROLL TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT FOR FOLKS. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE MAKING AMERICA'S DEMOCRACY CORRECT? I'M VERY PROUD TO REPORT. I I NEEDED TO LOOK UP SOMETHING FOR THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TONIGHT AND LOOKED AT THE MINUTES. I COULD GO BACK AS FAR AS 2020, IF I NEEDED TO LOOK SOMETHING BEYOND THAT. MEANING 19, 18, 17, IS THAT ARCHIVED SOMEWHERE OR THERE IS AN ARCHIVED VERSION THAT I COULD FIND FOR YOU. OKAY, SO THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE. BUT YEAH, OKAY. IT CAN BE FOUND. YEAH, BUT , BASICALLY WE KEEP FIVE YEARS WORTH OF, MINUTES AND AGENDAS AND EVERYTHING, IN OUR AGENDAS ARE INDEFINITELY. SO WE'VE GOT THEM. EXCUSE ME? THEY'RE KEPT INDEFINITELY. SO I'VE GOT MINUTES. IT'S JUST A LOT OF THEM. PRIOR TO BEING SAVED ELECTRONICALLY. I JUST HAVEN'T GIANT BOOKS THAT ARE REALLY NEAT TO SEE, BUT, YES, WE DO HAVE THEM. OKAY. SO THEY CAN BE FOUND, EXCEPT THAT THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY AVAILABLE ONLINE.YES. YEAH. SO OKAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. ANYBODY ELSE HEARING. NONE PLANNING
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COMMISSION REPORT. AND THEN YOU ALSO WILL BE DOING, YES. THAT'S CORRECT. UPDATES FROM THE, MAY PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, WHICH WAS HELD ON MAY 7TH, THERE WAS AN AGENDA ITEM TO HEAR, AN APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATION FOR PERSONAL SERVICES LOCATED AT 240 WEST FIFTH STREET. AND THAT WAS APPROVED. SEVEN. YES. ZERO. NO, THAT'S FOR REVELATION ON YOU REIKI AND WELL-BEING, SHOP, THERE WAS AN APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT. UP AT EMERALD MEADOWS, SECTION ONE, PHASE TWO. AND THAT WAS ALSO APPROVED, WITH A VOTE. SEVEN. YES. ZERO. NO, AND THEN FINALLY, THERE WAS AN APPLICATION FOR A ZONING CODE AMENDMENT TO PART 11, THE ZONING CODE, SECTION 1123. AND THAT WAS, TABLED WITH A VOTE. SEVEN YES AND ZERO. NO, THAT TOPIC WAS[DESIGN REVIEW BOARD REPORT]
THE FARM ANIMALS AND RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, DESIGN REVIEW BOARD WAS HELD ON MAY 15TH, AND THEY HAD FOUR AGENDA ITEMS. I'LL GO THROUGH THOSE AS WELL, THERE WAS A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS IN THE HISTORIC DESIGN REVIEW DISTRICT, THAT WAS FOR SIGNAGE AND A DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE AT 332 WEST FIFTH STREET, WHICH IS WHERE THE UPS STORE IS GOING IN. AND THAT WAS APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS WITH A VOTE OF FIVE YES AND ZERO NO, THERE WAS A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS IN THE HISTORIC DESIGN REVIEW DISTRICT, FOR EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS AT 110 SOUTH COURT STREET, AND THAT WAS APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS WITH A VOTE. FIVE YES AND ZERO NO, AN EXTERIOR PLAN, LANDSCAPE PLAN, APPLICATION FOR STANDING STONE OFFICE BUILDINGS. SO THOSE ARE THE BUILDINGS, RIGHT AT SCOTT FARMS BOULEVARD AND STATE ROUTE FOUR ON THE NORTH SIDE, LOOK LIKE THEY WERE JUST PUTTING UP A BUILDING, ON ONE OF THE OUTLOTS UP FRONT THERE. AND THAT WAS APPROVED WITH A VOTE OF FIVE. YES AND ZERO. NO, AND THEN FINALLY, WE, THE LAST AGENDA ITEM WAS AN EXTERIOR PLAN. LANDSCAPE PLAN FOR, TWO ASSISTED LIVING BUILDINGS LOCATED AT 270 DUNHAM STREET, THAT'S WITHIN THE WOODSIDE PUD, I THINK IT'S ON THE OLD COLEMAN HOMESTEAD PROPERTY, AND THAT WAS APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS, WITH A VOTE OF FIVE YES AND ZERO NO IN THE SIGNAGE WAS TABLED, AND THAT'S THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DO YOU? YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, BUT ON 110 SOUTH COURT STREET, WHAT WAS THE IMPROVEMENTS? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE IMPROVEMENTS WERE, I'LL SEND THOSE TO YOU. I CAN I CAN READ, OKAY. YEP. THANK YOU. THIS IS[HEARING OF CITIZENS]
THE PART OF THE MEETING WHERE IT'S HEARING FROM CITIZENS. SO ANY CITIZEN, THAT WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT ANY AGENDA ITEM, ANY ITEM THAT'S NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. YOU HAVE UP TO FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK. AND NORMALLY WHEN PEOPLE DO SPEAK, THERE'S NORMALLY THERE'S NOT A DISCUSSION BETWEEN COUNCIL AND RESIDENTS. SO YOU WOULD SPEAK AND THEN, SOMEBODY WILL WILL REACH OUT TO YOU WITH, WITH THE CONCERN, WITH THE ANSWER TO YOUR CONCERN. IF YOU HAD ONE. SO DOES ANYBODY. OKAY. JUST STATE YOUR FIRST, FIRST, LAST NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR PUBLIC RECORD. GOOD[00:40:12]
EVENING COUNCIL AMY POTTER GRIM 14 294 WEAVER ROAD. AS YOU ARE LIKELY AWARE, THIS IS NOT MY FIRST TIME AND PROBABLY WILL NOT BE MY LAST TIME SPEAKING TO CITY COUNCIL. HOWEVER, THIS IS NOT THE ONLY TIME THAT WE HAVE CROSSED PATHS. I'VE RUN INTO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AT A HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL GAME, OR WALKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH YOUR SON RIDING HIS BIKE UPTOWN FRIDAY NIGHTS WITH MCGUFFEY LANE, OR MAYBE GIVING YOU A SHOUT OUT AS I DRIVE BY YOUR HOUSE AND YOU'RE OUT WORKING IN THE YARD. YESTERDAY FOR THE PAST SCHOOL YEAR, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET EVEN MORE PEOPLE IN MARYSVILLE THROUGH THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE STEM SCHOOLS, I MET PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, MARYSVILLE ALUMNI, TEACHERS, NEIGHBORS, AND OTHER RESIDENTS. THERE IS AN ABUNDANCE OF PRIDE IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT MIXED WITH ISSUES OF CONCERN.AND THE CONCERN IS WHY I AM HERE TONIGHT TO ANNOUNCE THE SMART COALITION. THE SMART COALITION CONSISTS OF RESIDENTS, PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, ALUMNI, TEACHERS AND CONCERNED CITIZENS ALL WORKING TOGETHER. OUR GOAL IS TO PETITION TO AMEND THE MARYSVILLE CHARTER FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED BY ENACTING ARTICLE 12 OF GENERAL PROVISIONS, SECTION 12.10 TO PROHIBIT THE CREATION OF TAX INCREMENT FINANCING INCENTIVE DISTRICTS FOR DWELLING UNIT IMPROVEMENTS, AND PROHIBIT DWELLING UNIT IMPROVEMENTS TO BE A PUBLIC PURPOSE WITHOUT APPROVAL OF THE MARYSVILLE VILLAGE. EXCUSE ME. MARYSVILLE EXEMPTED VILLAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION AND AMENDING ARTICLE FOUR LEGISLATION. SECTION 4.02 INITIATIVES.
REFERENDUM AND RECALL OF THE CHARTER FOR THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE TO ALLOW A REFERENDUM PETITION ON ANY ZONING OR ANNEXATION ORDINANCE TO BE FILED WITHIN 60 DAYS AFTER THE PASSAGE , AND ANY SUCH ORDINANCE MAY NOT BE PASSED BY EMERGENCY. I AM NOT AN ATTORNEY, NOR DO I PLAY AN ATTORNEY IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. TONIGHT BUT AS ALREADY IN PLACE IN OTHER CITIES, THIS MEANS THAT THE MARYSVILLE EXEMPTED VILLAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS A SEAT AT THE TABLE WHEN APPROVING CERTAIN TIFFS. THEN SECONDLY, GIVING 60 DAYS VERSUS 30 DAYS TO FILE A REFERENDUM AND WILL NOT ALLOW PASSAGE BY EMERGENCY. THERE IS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON BOTH OF THESE PETITIONS. LIONS. EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU. AND I'LL LET YOU READ THEM WHEN YOU ARE ABLE. AFTER TONIGHT'S MEETING, I'LL BE OUTSIDE THE BUILDING. IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST TO SIGN OUR PETITION. AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, SMART STANDS FOR SUPPORTING MARYSVILLE AMENDING REFERENDUMS AND TIFFS. I PERSONALLY THINK IT'S REALLY CATCHY, AND I ANTICIPATE THAT YOU'LL BE SEEING MORE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SMART COALITION OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS OR COMMENTS? JUST JUST STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. SIR FRED SCHNEIDER, TWO SEVEN, ONE LOMBARD PLACE, MARYSVILLE. AND WHAT I'M HERE ABOUT IS THE CEMETERY IN THAT WE'RE A NATIONAL REGISTRY AND IT SHOULD BE KEPT NICE FOR MOTHER'S DAY. THE GRASS AROUND MY WIFE'S GRAVE WAS THAT TALL. TWO DAYS LATER, I WENT UP THERE AND IT LOOKED LIKE IT'D BEEN CUT. BUT YOU REACH DOWN AND IT CAME RIGHT BACK UP. SO THEY EITHER DIDN'T TRY TO CUT IT, THEY HAD TO BREAK DOWN OR SOMETHING. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE WITH THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING A LOT OF MONEY TO KEEP THAT CEMETERY CUT. I KNOW WE'VE HAD A GREAT YEAR, BUT IF I GET MY LAWN AT THE HOUSE, DROVE UP LIKE THIS AND THE CEMETERY GROW, I GET A LETTER FROM THE CITY TELLING ME THEY'LL CUT IT AND I PAY THEM. WHY CAN'T WE DO THIS WITH THE COMPANY THAT WE ARE PAYING $100,000 A YEAR TO
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? WHEN I RETIRED FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, I WORKED OUT AT THE CEMETERY PART TIME AND THERE WAS ONE ONE PERMANENT. I WORKED THREE DAYS A WEEK AND WE HAD A SUMMER HELPER, AND WE MOVED THE ENTIRE CEMETERY AND DUG GRAVES AND EVERYTHING ELSE ALL YEAR. NOW THEY HAVE 12 PEOPLE COME OUT THERE AND THEY TOLD ME WE WERE HALF A CEMETERY A WEEK. THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG. I JUST LIKE I THINK I'M UNEASY, NERVOUS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. LAST YEAR THEY WERE MORE THAN HALF THE CEMETERY ONE WEEK, HALF THE CEMETERY NEXT WEEK. THAT'S NOT RIGHT. WE AREN'T PAYING FOR THAT. WE'RE PAYING MORE THAN THE ENTIRE CEMETERY. EVERY WEEK. WHY CAN'T WE GET WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR IT? THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? CONCERNS OR COMMENTS? I WANT TO COMMENT ABOUT THAT. THE GRAVE YOU YOU JUST HAVE TO COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE, STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. SO MANY MONUMENTS.NANCY DAVIS ONE SEVEN 200 RAYMOND ROAD. THE MONUMENTS ARE A MESS TOO. THEY NEED WIPED OFF EVERY TIME THEY MOW OUT THERE. AND NOBODY'S DOING THAT. BUT THE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE ANYONE VISITING THE GRAVES HAVE NO ONE TO CLEAN IT OFF. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. YEAH YOU CAN GO UP. YEAH. STAND AT THE MICROPHONE AND THEN EITHER ONE AND YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. SO I'VE LIVED HERE ALL MY LIFE. I'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES. MY NAME IS SAMUEL CRUNKILTON. YEAH.
17679 DOG LAKE ROAD. THANK YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT. I GET CARRIED AWAY AND SEE A FEW PEOPLE. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY HONDA PEOPLE HERE. I RETIRED FROM HONDA AND. BUT ANYWAY, I'LL TALK ABOUT, CEMETERIES. I'M A VOLUNTEER. I'M NOT GOING TO COMPLAIN. SO I GO OUT THERE AND I PICKED UP A BUNCH OF THE NUTS. IT TOOK ME LIKE FIVE HOURS, AND I TOOK MY KUBOTA LOADER AND FILLED OUT. I PROBABLY HAD 55 GALLON BUCKETS. I MOW OUT THERE A SECTION WHERE MY WIFE IS, I OWN, EIGHT LOTS THERE. SO I HAVE AN INTEREST IN IT. I ASKED PEOPLE IF THEY NEED HELP. IF I HELP THEM, I THINK IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CEMETERY. IT'S SACRED GROUND, ONE OF THE STONES IS KNOCKED OVER, AND WE, GOT THAT STRAIGHTENED UP. IT WAS QUITE A THING. THERE'S A TREE THAT WAS HOOKED ON TO IT. SO RON SHILLINGS AND I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HIM. I WORKED WITH HIS FATHER AT SCOTTS, IT'S PROBABLY BEEN 45 YEARS AGO, AND, I LEFT. I WORKED THERE TEN YEARS, AND I WORKED AT HONDA 35 YEARS. BUT ANYWAY, RON SCHELLING'S FATHER, RON, IS ONE OF THE BEST MAINTENANCE PEOPLE THERE IS. YOU SHOULD BE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE RON. HE'S VERY SKILLED, AND HE'S. HE SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE SOMEONE WITH HIM BECAUSE IT'S A SAFETY THING, YOU KNOW, HE HAS ZACH WITH HIM TODAY. I ASKED HIM, YOU NEED ANY HELP? AND I HELP HIM DUMP THE TRUCK.
WHATEVER HE NEEDS HELP WITH, I TEXT HIM, SO I JUST VOLUNTEER THERE I REALLY LIKE. I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE PRETTIEST CEMETERIES I'VE EVER SEEN. I'VE BEEN TO A LOT. I HAD TO GO TO ONE OF MY BOSSES THAT JUST DIED AND OVER DOVER'S. I DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF IT, BUT THEY HAD A PILE OF DIRT THIS HIGH OVER THERE BY HIS GRAVE, AND THEY TAKE ALL THE DIRT AWAY. SO WHEN THEY HAVE THE SERVICE, THEY PUT BOARDS DOWN. THEY KEEP IT NICE. BUT FRED'S RIGHT. THEY NEED TO LOOK AT HOW THEY THE GRASS IS MOWED AND YOU CAN TAKE YOUR HAND AND RUN IT ACROSS WHERE THE TIRE MARKS GO. AND THE GRASS WILL STAND UP THIS HIGH. SO I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IF THE BLADES ARE ON WRONG OR IF THEY'RE GOING TOO FAST OR WHAT THE THING IS WITH THAT, SO MY WIFE PASSED AWAY ON FEBRUARY 18TH AND I'VE JUST BEEN GOING OUT THERE AND I FEEL IT GIVES ME, IT JUST IT HELPS ME GET THROUGH ALL THIS GRIEVING PROCESS. AND THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE. THEY IT'S LIKE I WAS SAYING THAT, FRED, IT LOOKS SO GOOD OUT HERE. A MEMORIAL DAY AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MAKE
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COMMENTS AND THINGS, BUT I JUST HOPE THEY LOOK AT IT. I'M NOT COMPLAINING AND DO THE BEST JUST LOOK AT IT. AND IF YOU CAN DO SOMETHING FINE AND IF YOU CAN'T I'M JUST GOING TO START MOWING MORE. FRED. THAT'S ALL I CAN DO, HELP PEOPLE WHAT I CAN, I ENJOY BEING THERE AND HELPING PEOPLE, YEAH. THEY'VE DONE A PRETTY GOOD WITH THAT. AND I HOPE THEY KEEP IT LOOKING REALLY GOOD AND MAYBE LOOK AT THE MOWING PART OF IT AND MAYBE I THINK RON WANTED TO HAVE HIS OWN CREW, LIKE YOU GUYS HAD A FEW YEARS AGO. AND AT LEAST LOOK AT IT. MAYBE IT ISN'T FEASIBLE. MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE THE BUDGET FOR IT, YOU KNOW, JUST LOOK AT IT. BUT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE IF ALL THE DIFFERENT KIND OF TREES AND I JUST HOPE THERE'S PEOPLE THAT'S MADE COMMENTS, I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT. MY WIFE TAUGHT ME NOT TO COMPLAIN, EVEN WHEN SHE HAD PANCREATIC CANCER. SHE NEVER COMPLAINED, SO I, I THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE COURAGE TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND I'M SURE I'M SPEAKING FOR ALL OF US IN THE ROOM WHEN WE SAY, I'M SORRY ABOUT YOUR LOSS. SO. BUT THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE COURAGE TO STAND UP AND SAY SOMETHING. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT? HEARING NONE. OH, WAIT. OKAY HEARING NONE. RESOLUTION A SECOND READING[Res. A]
PUBLIC HEARING TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER AND OR APPOINTED DESIGNEE TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE TO THE STATE OF OHIO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, CDBG SMALL CITIES PROGRAM FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 150,000 OF ANY PROGRAM YEAR 2020 FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ALLOCATION GRANT FUNDS, AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. YEAH, WE AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WE SHOWED, A PROJECT OF SIDEWALK PROJECTS ON EAST FOURTH STREET AS WELL AS WALNUT STREET. THAT'S THE PLAN, FOR THIS PARTICULAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AND, BUT WE HAVE NO OTHER COMMENTS OTHER THAN UNLESS YOU WANT TO SEE IT AGAIN OR ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES. I THINK WE'RE ON COURSE, TO MOVE FORWARD ON THOSE SIDEWALK AREAS. OKAY. CITIZENS, HOW MANY COMMENTS? OKAY, SO THIS IS THE LAST. YEAH YEAH, IT WILL COME BACK. YEAH. SO DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS? ARE WE ARE WE ABLE TO SAVE THE BRICK SIDEWALK THEN I THAT'S THE GOAL. AND THE INTENT. OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU GET INTO THE BRICKS YOU KNOW THERE WE CAN BRICK IT. WE'LL HAVE TO YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE CONDITION OF THE BRICKS THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE. AND THOSE ARE THE ONES ON WALNUT STREET BETWEEN, SIXTH AND FIFTH. YOU KNOW, THE CROSS STREET FROM YOUR HOUSE. ACROSS THE STREET FROM YOUR HOUSE. BUT. OKAY. SO. OKAY AND THIS SO THIS WILL BE BACK FOR THIRD READING TITLE ONLY ON JUNE 10TH. ORDINANCE A FIRST READING TITLE ONLY TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF[Ord. A]
PUBLIC SERVICE ITEMS VALUED OVER $1,000. ADMINISTRATION THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. AS WAS PRESENTED AT, FINANCE COMMITTEE TONIGHT, OFTENTIMES WE GO OVER THE ITEMS THAT ARE UP FOR AUCTION. JEREMY I'LL JUST GO THROUGH THE LIST HERE AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, THE FIVE ITEMS INCLUDE OUT OF SANITATION, THE 2004 FORD F 550 PACKER TRUCK OUT OF PARKS, THE 2001 FORD F 351 TON DUMP TRUCK PARKS AS WELL. THE 1996 FORD F 351 TON DUMP TRUCK OUT OF WASTEWATER FOR THE 2003 FORD F250 UTILITY TRUCK AND OUT OF WASTEWATER AS WELL THE 2007 FORD F-250 UTILITY TRUCK. THOSE ARE THE FIVE ITEMS THAT ARE VALUED OVER $1,000. OKAY. AND WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE AGE OF THE VEHICLES, THE QUOTE UNQUOTE YOUNGEST ONE WAS ABOUT 21 YEARS OLD, AND THE OLDEST ONE WAS 29 YEARS OLD. SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT WHEN YOU GET TO A POINT AND ESPECIALLY WITH TRUCKS, THAT IT COSTS MORE PER YEAR TO, TO MAINTAIN IT THAN IT DOES TO MAKE PAYMENTS ON THE NEW ONE AND THEN NOT ONLY THE TIME THAT THE VEHICLES ARE DOWN, IT'S VERY[00:55:03]
IMPORTANT TO, MOVE ON. AND THIS IS THE BEST WAY FOR THE CITY TO, PUT THEM UP FOR AUCTION. AND, IT'S AN ABOVE BOARD WAY OF GETTING RID OF, OLDER MATERIAL. DOES ANYBODY? DOES ANYBODY ELSE ON COUNCIL HAVE. I WOULD JUST SAY THEY WERE. WE SAW THESE VEHICLES LAST FALL AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. SO WE KNEW THAT THEY WERE AT THE END OF THEIR LIFE. I THINK THERE'S A PHOTO ON THE FRONT PAGE OF YOU CLIMBING INTO ONE OF THEM. SO IS THERE THERE'S SOME HISTORY THERE. IF RESIDENTS WANT TO SEE SOME OF THE VEHICLES, SO THIS WILL BE BACK FOR, SECOND READING[Ord. B]
PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 10TH, 2024. ORDINANCE BE FIRST READING TITLE ONLY TO ACCEPT THE DEDICATION OF THE GARDENIA DRIVE PHASE THREE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND I'LL PULL UP THE MAP HERE FOR THIS. AND ORDINANCE C. PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. OF COURSE, WE'LL PUT THE AREAS, UP ON THE MAP HERE. THESE ARE BOTH IN JEROME. YEP. THESE ARE BOTH JEROME VILLAGE, WATER ONLY IS THE KEY THING HERE, BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT THESE BACK UP ARE VERY CLOSE TO THE KROGER MARKETPLACE THAT'S BEING CONSTRUCTED WITHIN JEROME VILLAGE ALONG US 42. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, THIS IS JUST, ACCEPTING PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. IN BOTH OF THESE, IS THIS, OKAY, THEY'RE BOTH UP THERE. OKAY, GOOD. WITH THIS BEING JEROME VILLAGE, IT'S THE, UTILITIES. RIGHT. ONLY NOT THE JUST THE WATER LINE. RIGHT.OH, JUST THE WATER. JUST THE WATER LINE. WE DON'T, WE DO NOT PROVIDE COLLECTION SERVICES OUT THERE. OKAY YEP. GOT IT. COUNCIL. OH, I MEAN, DOES ANYBODY ELSE ON COUNCIL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I WANT? I WANTED TO SAY THIS WILL BE BACK FOR SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON
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JUNE 10TH. ORDINANCE C FIRST READING TITLE ONLY TO ACCEPT THE DEDICATION OF THE VILLAGE NEIGHBORHOOD. SECTION TWO, PHASE TWO PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ADMINISTRATION. NOTHING FURTHER.COUNCIL THIS WILL BE BACK FOR SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 10TH. SO NOW WE'RE ON TO
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COMMENTS OF CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO TALK REAL QUICK AGAIN, GO BACK TO THE STAR OF LIFE. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WHEN YOU, ARE INVOLVED, TO THE LEVELS AND YOU GET INVOLVED TO THE LEVELS OF WHAT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND EVEN POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE SAFETY FORCES HAVE TO DEAL WITH FROM TIME TO TIME. IT'S IT'S, INCREDIBLE. TO THEIR, THEIR ABILITY TO EVALUATE SITUATIONS AND RESPOND. AND I, I COULDN'T BE PROUDER THAN AND THEN THAN WHAT WE ENCOUNTERED, LAST WEEK AT THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, OUR DEPARTMENT IS, HIGH AND FIRE, AND I'LL PUT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IN WITH IT. OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE JUST WELL PREPARED. THEIR THEIR THE OVERSIGHT, THE DIRECTION IN THE DEPARTMENTS IS TOP NOTCH. AND I COULDN'T BE PROUDER THAN THAN THE WORK THAT THEY DO. OF COURSE , WE TEND TO SEE THAT. THEN IN OTHER AREAS, WHEN YOU GO GET AWAY FROM, THE FIRE SERVICE AND THE POLICE SERVICE AND GETTING EVEN TO OUR, OUR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE STREET AREAS AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO IN AND AROUND, OUR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN STREETS, THE, THE CAPABILITIES OF OUR CITY STAFF, CONTINUE TO AMAZE ME AND I JUST, WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, FROM TIME TO TIME, WE'RE VERY, VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE, A STAFF WITH THE ABILITIES, THAT OUR PEOPLE DO. AND IT'S, IT'S A WONDER WHEN I SEE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS EACH DAY. IN MOST COMMUNITIES. AND I'LL GO INTO THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE ASPECT, MOST COMMUNITIES DON'T HAVE THE THEIR STAFFING LEVELS THAT HAVE THE CAPABILITIES OF THE EXPERTISE THAT OUR STAFF HAS. AND, IT'S JUST I, I BECOME AMAZED EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO THANKS, CHIEF, FOR INCLUDING ME IN THAT LAST WEEK. AND, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THIS EVENING. I WILL ADD ONE MORE NOW. NO EXCUSES. WE TAKE THE CEMETERY MAINTENANCE VERY SERIOUSLY, AND SO WE WILL LOOK IN TO. WHAT? IT'S GOING TO TAKE.WE HAVE HAD AN EXTREMELY WET SEASON, AND I'LL GO BACK, I WENT TO I DON'T KNOW IF MANY OF YOU
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HAVE BEEN TO THE MARION CEMETERY, BUT THAT'S WHERE MY MOM'S BURIED. I JUST PLANTED FLOWERS THERE LAST WEEK, AND I WAS IRRITATED WHEN I WALKED UP AND KNEW THAT THEY WERE MOWING.BUT ON MY MOM'S GRAVE, THERE WAS GRASS. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY WERE TRYING TO GET IT DONE. BUT I WAS IRRITATED, AND, YOU KNOW, HER GRAVES HAVE BEEN THERE NOW TWO YEARS. AND, BUT IF YOU GO TO THE MARION CEMETERY, RIGHT AROUND THE HARDING HOME, IT'S A WELL MAINTAINED CEMETERY, ON MOST CASES. BUT THIS HAS BEEN A CRAZY SPRING OF, I THINK IT'S BEEN EVEN DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO GET IN INTO THEIR YARDS SOMETIMES FROM TIME TO TIME, TO GET THEIR MOWING DONE. WE'LL LOOK INTO VARIOUS OPTIONS AND ENSURE THAT THAT CEMETERY IS MAINTAINED, THE BEST IT CAN BE, MOVING FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE. AND I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS THAT PEOPLE BROUGHT TONIGHT BECAUSE IT'S THE HIGHEST PRIORITY. I KNOW IT IS TO ME, FROM THE CEMETERY THAT I WENT TO IN MARION, AND I EXPECT IT TO BE THE SAME WAY HERE. YOU KNOW, AND I'LL JUST SAY OVER THE WEEKEND, I ACTUALLY MY AUNT IS MY GREAT AUNT IS BURIED IN DELAWARE CEMETERY, WHICH DELAWARE WAS NOT OWNED BY THE CITY, AND IT WAS PURCHASED BY THE CITY JUST RECENTLY. AND, YOU KNOW, THE DELAWARE CEMETERY, IF YOU HAVEN'T GONE TO IT, IT'S INCREDIBLE. LIKE, IT IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. DELAWARE CITY CEMETERY IS AND THERE'S HILLS AND THERE'S STREAMS, AND THEY HAVE THE STONE BRIDGES THAT ARE STILL ONE CAR, AND THEY HAVE THE OLD BARN THAT'S STILL THERE.
AND THEY HAVE I MEAN, THE TREES ARE JUST LIKE, INCREDIBLE. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CEMETERY, AND THEY HAVE ALL THESE WILD FLOWERS ALONG THE HILLSIDES, AND THEY HAVE THESE BIG STONE WALLS WHERE YOU GO AROUND, BECAUSE THERE'S THE LEVELS ARE DIFFERENT, BUT EVEN, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS TAKEN IT OVER. BUT, YOU KNOW, SADLY, THERE WAS A CAR THAT WENT THROUGH THE FENCE AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF, MAINTENANCE THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO PUT INTO IT, SOME OF THE STONE WALLS WERE STARTING TO FALL. SO, YOU KNOW. YEAH, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, ANY TIME YOU GO OUT TO SOMETHING, YOU AND I DO IT, LIKE, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, I CAN, I CAN DRIVE. I CAN WALK FROM MY HOUSE TO CITY HALL AND FIND 30,000 VIOLATION COMPLAINTS ON PERSONAL PROPERTIES AND BUSINESSES AND EVERYTHING, SO I GET IT BECAUSE I'M AS DETAILED AS I CAN BE, WHICH IS I'M. THAT'S WHY MY HOME. I MEAN, I'M ALWAYS, LIKE, DEDICATED TO MY YARD, BUT, BUT ANYWAY, SO I, I GET IT AND, SO YEAH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO OUR BEST TO IMPROVE, ALL LEVELS OF THE ESTHETICS AND IN THE COMMUNITY. SO ON THAT NOTE, I'LL START DOWN HERE AT THIS TIME AND I'LL GO WITH YOU. MR. BORDNER, I JUST WANT TO SAY I WANT TO, THE UPTOWN, THE FIRST UPTOWN ON, I DON'T KNOW, WAS WHAT MAY ANYWAY, THE FIRST LAST COUPLE FRIDAYS AGO. RIGHT AND, MCGUFFEY LANE WAS GREAT. DONALD FORD DID A GREAT JOB WITH THE, INTRO, OR WITH KICKING OFF THE, THE ACTIVITY. BUT REALLY THE COMMUNITY, THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE. RIGHT. THERE WAS A REALLY, LIKE, NICE CROWD OUT OUT THERE, RAN INTO QUITE A FEW PEOPLE, HAD TO BE TAME, OBVIOUSLY. DON'T WANT TO TARNISH MY IMAGE YET, PLENTY OF TIME FOR THAT, BUT, NO, I THINK IT WAS A GREAT A GREAT, A GREAT EVENT, APPRECIATE THE SPONSORS.
GOOD FOOD, GOOD GOOD DRINKS AND JUST GOOD FELLOWSHIP. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO JUNE 7TH. NO COMMENTS . OKAY, WE AND YOU'LL HEAR THIS FROM ME AGAIN, AT THE FIRST WORK SESSION, BUT AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TONIGHT, WE DID TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE UPCOMING BUDGET AND THE BUDGET PROCESS.
YEAH, IT'S BEEN TIGHTENED DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT, HOWEVER, ONE THING THAT'S NEW, FOR THIS YEAR IS THAT THERE IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL TO COME UP WITH A LIST, EITHER INDIVIDUALLY OR COLLECTIVELY. AND IF ANYBODY WOULD HAS A PROJECT THAT THEY FEEL IS NOTEWORTHY, PLEASE LET MACKENZIE KNOW ABOUT IT, WE HAVE UNTIL THE 7TH OF AUGUST, MACKENZIE. SO THAT WE HAVE THAT AS THE DATE. THAT'S WHEN STAFF HAS TO SUBMIT ANYTHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO. AND COUNCIL SHOULD BE THAT SAME WAY. SO RATHER THAN GET THE BUDGET IN PLACE FIRST, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER ROLLS AROUND AND SOMEBODY SAYS, OH, BUT WE SHOULD DO THIS PROJECT OR THAT PROJECT. NO EXCUSE. THIS TIME. YEAH, IF YOU HAVE A PROJECT THAT YOU FEEL THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, PLEASE, PRESENT IT TO MACKENZIE, AND THEN SHE'LL FORWARDED ON TO BRETT AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ON ANY PROJECT THAT COUNCIL HAS. SO THAT, AGAIN, IS SOMETHING NEW THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE BEFORE. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. SURE, A FEW THINGS. SO I
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HAD ALSO HAD RECEIVED A COMPLAINT. I WORKED WITH CITY STAFF TO HAVE IT REMEDIED, BUT WE HAD SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT TRIMMING. I THINK THE WET SEASON WAS CERTAINLY A FACTOR IN THAT, BUT WE DID, CITY STAFF WAS ABLE TO ATTEND TO THAT. SO I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THAT, RESIDENTS, I THINK, WERE PLEASED WITH THAT, I DID OF THE COUNT, THAT THOUSAND PEOPLE TO THE POOL. I WAS FOUR OF THOSE. ME AND MY, THREE KIDDOS HAD FREQUENTED THE POOL SATURDAY. I HAD A GOOD TIME, KUDOS TO THE LIFEGUARDS AND THOSE MONITORING THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE SLIDES. THANK YOU FOR DOING A GOOD JOB AND KEEPING MY KIDS SAFE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE ANYTHING, IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT GET USED TO. YOU COULD SAY IT. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN COLD, YESTERDAY WAS MEMORIAL DAY, I WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE, PEOPLE WHO HAVE SACRIFICED THE GREATEST THING, WHICH IS THEIR LIVES FOR US TO HAVE FREEDOM EVERY DAY, TO BE ABLE TO ASSEMBLE HERE AND EXPRESS OUR OPPOSITION TO ANYTHING, BLESSED TO THOSE VETERANS WHO PUT THEIR LIVES DOWN. IT MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME, SO GETTING TEARY EYED A LITTLE BIT, SO. AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAD, SOME CITIZEN COMMENTS ABOUT, A PETITION AND WE HAVE I WAS I HAD SAT IN ON THE CHARTER REVIEW BOARD, BACK IN 2021. I WAS A CITIZEN, BUT THERE ARE THERE ARE METHODS TO CHANGE OUR CITY CHARTER. AND WHEN I READ OUR CHARTER, IT DOES DEFINE OHIO REVISED CODE IS HAVING, AMENDMENTS BROUGHT FORTH TO THE ELECTORS. SO ESSENTIALLY WE WOULD VOTE ON THAT. BUT THEN IT DOES OUTLINE A PETITION. I AM CURIOUS TO READ THE DETAIL OF THIS AND UNDERSTAND THAT A BIT FURTHER, AND, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT DOES REQUIRE 10% OF VOTERS TO HAVE A PETITION BECOME SUCCESSFUL. SO YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WHEN THERE ARE SIGNATURES THAT IS SOMETHING TO PAY ATTENTION TO, I THINK ONE OF THE ITEMS WAS IN REGARD TO TIFFS AND I THINK JUST REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT WE, AS A COUNCIL HAD PUT A MORATORIUM ON, RESIDENTIAL AS DEFINED BY HOMES, BUT RESIDENTIAL TIFFS UP UNTIL THE END, ESSENTIALLY OF THE, THE TERM OF THE AT LARGE MEMBERS, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PERHAPS, EXTEND THAT COME. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT YEAR THAT WOULD BE, 20, 26 SIX, SO WE WOULD HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, I DON'T SEE MY OPINION CHANGING FROM THAT BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, SO I JUST WANTED TO REMIND THE PUBLIC OF THAT. AND LIKE I SAY, I WANT TO READ JUST THE PETITION FURTHER IN DETAIL, CERTAINLY WHEN WE HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE ENGAGED AND BRINGING ITEMS LIKE THIS FORWARD, IT DESERVES OUR ATTENTION. SO I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THAT. SO THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HOLMES I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TONIGHT. THANK YOU, JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON THE FIRST RESPONDERS, YOU KNOW IT.THEY SHOW UP ON YOUR WORST DAY. BUT TO THEM, IT'S JUST A MONDAY. BUT THE WAY THEY ARE PREPARED AND HOW THEY PERFORM, ALWAYS AMAZES ME. AND, I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT, I AGREE WITH YOU. I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT FIRST RESPONDER STAFF, TOP TO BOTTOM. SO REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THEY DO. JULIE, AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK OF ALL THE I'VE GOT MORE RELATIVES OUT THERE THAN ALL THESE GUYS COMBINED. I PROMISE YOU, IF YOU'RE ROUSH BLOOM AND SHINE, SCHEIDER NICOLE WEAVER POLING I'M RELATED. SO ABOUT HALF OF OAKDALE CEMETERY IS RELATED TO ME. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DID. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING, AND AFTER YOU WERE HERE THE FIRST TIME, I WENT AND DID SOME OF MY OWN RESEARCH. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. AND IT REALLY DOES SPUR PEOPLE INTO, LOOKING INTO THE PAST. SO THANK YOU. THE COMMENT THAT I WOULD SAY IS OVER THE WEEKEND, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND SOME MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS AND WAS ABLE TO SEE COUNCIL MEMBER WOLFE WOULD BE THERE AND, COUNCIL MEMBER HUNTER WAS THERE, AND I WAS ABLE TO SEE COUNCIL MEMBER BURBY AND, HIM AND I ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO RIDE AROUND IN THE PARADE. AND, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE PEOPLE OUT AND, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE IN, IN OUR CULTURE, EVERY HOLIDAY IS NOW BEEN CONSUMED WITH BUYING SOMETHING OR DOING SOMETHING. AND, AND MEMORIAL DAY HAS BEEN CONSUMED WITH MATTRESS SALES AND BOATING AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING ELSE THEY CAN POSSIBLY SELL TO YOU AS AN AMERICAN. BUT, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY TOOK A MOMENT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, NO MATTER, YOU KNOW, AMERICA IS VERY YOUNG AND WE'RE STILL DEVELOPING AS A COUNTRY. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THERE'S ALWAYS
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TURMOIL THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL AN INFANT COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE WORLD. BUT THOSE MEN AND WOMEN AND EVERYBODY ELSE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WAR, THE PEOPLE WHO SACRIFICE FOR THEIR SPOUSES TO GO TO WAR, THEY MAKE A SACRIFICE TO THE HOPE AND THE BELIEF OF DEMOCRACY THAT THEY MIGHT NOT LIVE TO SEE THE DAY. BUT IT'S OUR JOB AS AMERICANS TO ENSURE THAT WHAT OUR FOUNDING FATHERS WRITTEN, THAT ALL MEN WERE CREATED EQUAL, THAT WE CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARDS THE SPECTRUM OF AMERICA, THAT WE WERE ALL GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME WHOEVER WE WANT. AND I JUST HOPE THAT AS A COUNTRY, WE DO NOT LOSE SIGHT OF WHAT REALLY MAKES US TRULY THE MOST THE COUNTRY WITH THE MOST FREEDOM. THERE ARE COUNTRIES, AS WE HAVE, WHO HAVE BETTER, HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION, WHATEVER IT IS. BUT WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE AS A COUNTRY IS THAT YOU CAN START AT THE VERY BOTTOM AND YOU, YOU, YOU CAN BECOME HOMELESS AND BECOME A CEO. AND THAT IS WHAT MAKES US TRULY REMARKABLE. COMPARED TO A LOT OF OTHER COUNTRIES ACROSS THE GLOBE. SO IN THAT MOMENT, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO CAME OUT AND SPOKE TONIGHT. IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND SPEAK, AND I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A GOOD NIGHT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.