[CALL TO ORDER]
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          CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE WILL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THEN STAY STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION. 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. ALMIGHTY 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 WELL, ROLL CALL PLEASE. ZACK BORDNER HERE. STEVEN WOLF HERE. HANK BERBEE, PRESIDENT. DONALD BERGER HERE. SCOTT HUNTER HERE. MARK REAMES AND J.R. ROUSH IS EXCUSED , HAS EVERYBODY BEEN ABLE TO 
          [APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
LOOK AT THE MAY 28TH, 2024 SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES? I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THEM AS PRESENTED. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE HAS EVERYBODY BEEN ABLE TO ALSO READ THE MAY 28TH, 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          [ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT]
OKAY. ADMINISTRATION REPORT. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, JUST A FEW THINGS TONIGHT. WE WANTED TO. I'D LIKE TO GO OVER OF COURSE, WANDER AND WINE FEST IS COMING UP OR UPTOWN FRIDAY NIGHT EVENT THIS FRIDAY. AND, IT'S ON JUNE 14TH FROM 6 TO 10 P.M, THE MUSIC WILL BE BY FLEETWOOD GOLD AND IT'S PRESENTED BY HONDA MARYSVILLE. SO THIS FRIDAY I'VE ALREADY LOOKED AT MY WEATHER FORECAST. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 85 DEGREES AND SUNNY, SO WE ALWAYS, THOSE EVENTS OFTENTIMES RELY ON GOOD WEATHER. AND I THINK WE'VE GOT IT. SO LOOK TO SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE AT OUR WANDER AND WINE FEST ON JUNE 14TH FROM 6 TO 10 P.M. LASTLY I, YOU KNOW, I FROM MY STANDPOINT, I PASS IT DOWN TO FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. I RECEIVED THIS, TO TODAY. IT CAME INTO THE OFFICE, THE MARYSVILLE BMX TRACK, WHICH WE GOT A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON THERE, COMING UP THIS SUMMER IS THE NUMBER SEVEN TRACK IN THE EAST REGION FOR 2023. WHAT THAT TELLS YOU IS AT THE END OF EACH YEAR, THE SANCTIONING BODY OF USA BMX TAKES A SNAPSHOT OF NUMEROUS METRICS FROM EACH TRACK'S OPERATIONS, FROM THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS, THE NUMBER OF RACES, THE NUMBER OF RIDERS AT EVENTS, ADVANCEMENT OF WRITER PROFICIENCY, ETC. THEY CRUNCH THOSE NUMBERS INTERNALLY AND PUBLISH A LIST OF THE TOP TEN TRACKS BY REGION. THE BMX TRACK IN MARYSVILLE OFFICIALLY OPENED IN OCTOBER OF 2020, INTO THE THIRD FULL YEAR OF OPERATIONS, HAS NOW RANKED NUMBER SEVEN TRACK IN THE EAST REGION OUT OF APPROXIMATELY 300 TRACKS. THE NUMBER SEVEN TRACK IN THE EAST REGION, IN ADDITION TO THE WEEKLY SCHEDULE OF LOCAL EVENTS IN 2024, THE TRACK WILL BE HOSTING THE OHIO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 3RD. THIS YEAR, AS WELL AS THE BUCKEYE NATIONALS ON AUGUST 16TH THROUGH THE 18TH. ALL SPECTATORS ARE FREE, AND WHAT'S AWESOME ABOUT THAT? THAT IT JUST LIKE FOR THE NATIONAL EVENT, WE ARE ANTICIPATING ANYWHERE FROM PROBABLY 5 TO 7000 PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING TO MARYSVILLE. OBVIOUSLY ATTENDING THE EVENT UTILIZING OUR HOTELS, VISITING OUR RESTAURANTS, AND IT JUST IT'LL BE A FANTASTIC TIME. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK, CHAD CLARIDGE, OF A LOT OF THE WORK THAT HE DOES ASSOCIATED WITH THE BMX FACILITY. OBVIOUSLY, OUR STAFF, WHO HAS DONE A LOT OF THINGS IN PREPARATION, TO PUT THE FACILITY WHERE IT IS TODAY AND ALSO TO PREP FOR WHAT'S GOING TO BE COMING HERE IN AUGUST. AND I JUST THOUGHT IT'D BE NICE IF YOU WERE AWARE OF SOME OF THOSE ACTIVITIES. AND WITH THAT, I'LL SWITCH DOWN TO JEREMY FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. YEAH. THANKS, TERRY. THAT'S GOOD TIMING. OR, STREETS DIVISION CONTINUES TO PERFORM WORK AT THE BMX TRACK, AND THEN AS WELL, THEY'RE CONTINUING TO BUILD A STORM, CATCH BASINS AHEAD OF, THIS YEAR'S PAVING PROGRAM, ON THE PARK SIDE, CREW CITY CREWS ARE MOWING ALONG THE, JIM SIMMONS TRAIL AND PREPARING PARTNERS PARK AHEAD OF MULTIPLE EVENTS THAT YOU ALLUDED TO, THIS WEEKEND, THE WEATHER IN ATTENDANCE AT FRIDAY'S TOUCH-A-TRUCK WAS EXCELLENT. AND, WE THANK EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED AT EITHER A ATTENDED OR B WERE ABLE TO, BRING SOME EQUIPMENT OUT SO THAT THE KIDS 
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AND FAMILIES WERE ABLE TO SEE WHAT WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS. ON THE WATER SIDE, CITY CREWS ARE PREPARING, THE FORMER WATER TREATMENT PLANT AHEAD OF A CONNECT REALTIES PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE ON THURSDAY, AND THEN ALSO PAINTING HYDRANTS ALONG INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY WHILE THAT ROAD IS CLOSED FOR, FOR, UNION COUNTY ENGINEER'S PRIDE ROUNDABOUT PROJECT AT MITCHELL DEWITT ROAD, THE OHIO EPA WILL ALSO BE HOSTING A TRAINING AT THE RAYMOND ROAD WATER TREATMENT PLANT. AND THEN FINALLY ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE, CITY CREWS ARE PERFORMING PRETREATMENT INSPECTIONS, THEY'RE DOING IS DOING SOME DYE TESTING, AND THEN AS WELL, SOME GROUNDWORK AT OUR PUMP STATIONS, ON THE ENGINEERING SIDE, SOME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT UPDATES. 
          AND, KYLE WANTED ME TO MENTION THAT ALL THESE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES AND SCHEDULES ARE WEATHER DEPENDENT, AS WE TRY TO SAY, AT EVERY MEETING, BUT AT 31, PHASE THREE, SO THAT'S ON MAPLE STREET BETWEEN AMRINE, AMRINE MILL AND 33, CONSTRUCTION WORK CONTINUES ON THE WEST SIDE OF NORTH MAPLE STREET, AND THEN FINALLY, PAVING PROGRAM, CURB REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT CONTINUES ON CREEK VIEW DRIVE, AND THEN AS SOON AS THEY'RE DONE ON CREEK VIEW DRIVE, THEY'LL BE HEADING TO TARRAGON DRIVE, THIS WEEK. AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THAT COMPLETES OUR ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT. UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ADMINISTRATOR MR. WARNER? ONE QUESTION. MR. HOYT. THE CONNECT PUBLIC MEETING ON THURSDAY. WHAT TIME IS THAT, I BELIEVE THAT'S AT SIX, AT THE FORMER WATER TREATMENT PLANT THERE ON NORTH MAIN STREET. OKAY. AND WE, WE DISPERSED, DOOR HANGERS ON, ALL ADJOINING PROPERTIES AROUND THE SITE, FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND AND LEARN AS MUCH AS THEY CAN ABOUT WHERE THE PROJECT IS, WHAT'S GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE OVER THE NEXT YEAR, PLUS, SO WHAT THEY CAN ANTICIPATE. 
          ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE. WE'LL MOVE ON. REPORT OF CLERK OF COUNCIL. 
          [REPORT OF CLERK OF COUNCIL]
THANK YOU. I DO HAVE ONE ITEM, COUNCIL HAS RECEIVED A LIQUOR PERMIT REQUEST, WHICH IS A TRANSFER, FROM A LOCATION IN COLUMBUS, 5925 SAWMILL ROAD AND PATIOS, TO 104 SOUTH, 104 THROUGH 106 SOUTH MAIN STREET HERE IN MARYSVILLE, THAT LOCATION, IT'S ENZO'S, AND IT'S. 
          IT WOULD BE BESIDE HOMESTEAD BREWERY FOR THE LOCATION, WE SPOKE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THERE AREN'T ANY CONCERNS. SO AS A NEXT STEP, DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY CONCERNS? IS THERE ANY QUESTION? IS THERE ANY CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL HEARING. NONE. AND THEY ARE GRANTED. THANK YOU. YEAH THANK YOU. PARKS AND REC. OH, SORRY. REPORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, 
          [REPORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT]
MISS MISTER DUFF, I'LL ALLOW ERIC PHILLIPS TO SAY A FEW COMMENTS FIRST, THOUGH. YEAH. 
          THANK YOU, MISTER PRESIDENT, TONIGHT, AS PART OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT, WE HAVE JASON DUFF, WHO'S WITH SMALL NATION, WHO'S DONE A LOT OF GREAT WORK IN BELLEFONTAINE. AND WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR AND AROUND THE COUNTRY AS WELL, BUT ALSO HAS DONE INVESTMENT HERE IN UPTOWN MARYSVILLE. HE'S PROVIDED A REPORT ON SMALL NATION, THEIR WORK IN UPTOWN MARYSVILLE AS WELL, AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING. SO WITH THAT, WHEN I INTRODUCE JASON DUFF TO PROVIDE A REPORT THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. ERIC GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL, MY NAME IS JASON DUFF. I'M THE FOUNDER OF SMALL NATION. WE INVEST IN PLACES, SPACES AND DREAMS FOR SMALL TOWNS AND ENTREPRENEURS. 
          AND, ONE OF THOSE TOWNS IS NOW MARYSVILLE, OHIO. SO EXCITED TO BE HERE AT 129 NORTH MAIN. MANY OF YOU PROBABLY IN THE AUDIENCE AND COUNCIL REMEMBER THE LAMPLIGHTER RESTAURANT. LATER, THE MARYSVILLE ENTREPRENEURS CENTER, TODAY THAT IS NOW HOME TO BUILD CO-WORKING SPACE. I'M GOING TO WORK MY CLICKER HERE. IS THERE A CERTAIN TRICK TO. OH, YOU'RE AWESOME. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME LIVE. YEAH. THERE WE GO. SO REAL QUICK ABOUT SMALL NATION, OUR WORK BEGAN IN BELLEFONTAINE, OHIO, ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO. AT THAT TIME IN BELLEFONTAINE, 80% OF THE FIRST FLOORS WERE VACANT AND EMPTY. PART OF OUR REVITALIZING REVITALIZATION STRATEGY HAS BEEN BUYING AND INVESTING IN HISTORIC BUILDINGS, RECRUITING NEW TENANTS AND ENTREPRENEURS. MANY OF THOSE RESTAURANTS, COFFEE SHOPS, INDEPENDENT BOUTIQUES AND SHOPS, TODAY, IF WE FAST FORWARD, THERE'S BEEN 56 BUILDINGS RENOVATED IN BELLEFONTAINE, THAT HAS ATTRIBUTED TO SEVEN NEW SIT DOWN DINING RESTAURANTS, THREE EVENTS CENTERS. ONE IMPORTANT FACT IN THE LAST TEN YEARS, 70% OF THOSE NEW BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN PEOPLE THAT ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 40, AND 75% OF THEM ARE WOMEN. SO WHO IS RESHAPING? BELLEFONTAINE IS ACTUALLY A YOUNG ROCK STAR GROUP OF LEADING LADIES, THE OTHER THING IS THAT PART OF RESHAPING THIS IS GETTING ACCESS TO CAPITAL. REALLY THANKFUL FOR THREE COMMUNITY BANKS THAT HAVE STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE TO FUND ABOUT $30 MILLION IN CAPITAL TO RESHAPE THAT BUILDINGS. WHY IS IN WHY IS INVESTMENT IN OUR 
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DOWNTOWNS IMPORTANT? WELL, IT EQUATES TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TAXES. SO IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE HAVE SEEN A BIG BOOST IN INCOME TAXES FROM REVENUES OF THE SALES OF THESE BUSINESSES FROM THE 180 NEW DOWNTOWN JOBS THAT ARE NOW IN A VIBRANT DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY, AND THEN ALSO, WHAT THAT HAS DONE IN IMPROVING THE REAL ESTATE VALUES AND HOW THAT'S BENEFITING OUR SCHOOLS, SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR CASE STUDY. SO HOW WE'RE WORKING TO RESHAPE TOWNS AS WE'RE LISTENING TO OUR RESIDENTS AND WE'RE LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERACTING WITH OUR DOWNTOWN. AND WHEN COVID HIT, WHEN PEOPLE COULD WORK FROM ANYWHERE, THE NEED REALLY ARISED AT CREATING SPACES. SOMETIMES THEY'RE CALLED THIRD SPACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN CONVENE, DO WORK, HAVE SOCIAL CONNECTIONS AND CONVERSATION, COLLABORATE AND CREATE, UPTOWN MARYSVILLE HAS SOME REALLY GREAT ASSETS. IF YOU'VE NOT EXPERIENCED A COFFEE AT COFFEE HALL, OR EAT OR ENJOYED LUNCH OR DINNER AT MANY OF THE DOWNTOWN EATERIES, WHAT? WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT HAVING THE CO-WORKING FACILITY IN BELLEFONTAINE IS IT'S WHERE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO CONNECT AND DO THEIR WORK, BUT THEN SHOP, EAT AND DINE AND EXPERIENCE EVERYTHING THAT MARYSVILLE HAS TO OFFER, THIS OUR FIRST MODEL OF CREATING CO-WORKING IN SMALL TOWNS WAS IN BELLEFONTAINE. MARYSVILLE IS THE SECOND LOCATION IN IN PIQUA IS OUR THIRD. AS YOU CAN SEE BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES ARE POWERFUL. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN TO BELLEFONTAINE AND SEEN THE TRANSFORMATION, OFTENTIMES IT TAKES A BUILDING THAT HAS BEEN EITHER UNDERUTILIZED OR HAS ECONOMIC DISTRESS, BUT IT ALSO HAS PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES. I WANT TO THANK CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE FOR CREATING THE FACADE GRANT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, BUILD CO-WORK WAS A RECIPIENT OF A $50,000 GRANT THAT ALLOWED US TO MAKE POSITIVE CHANGES HERE IN UPTOWN MARYSVILLE, TAKING WHAT YOU SEE THAT FACADE THERE, IN THE BEFORE PICTURE AND ACTUALLY TRANSFORMING IT TO SOMETHING THAT IS MORE CREATIVE, WELCOMING AND ADDS TO THE STREETSCAPE WHILE ALSO PRESERVING THE HISTORIC CHARACTER OF THE UPTOWN , AND I HOPE IF YOU'VE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO POP IN. WE HAVE OFFICE HOURS DAILY, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY MANAGER THAT IS BEAU ALEXANDER, AND WE ALSO HAVE AN ASSISTANT COMMUNITY MANAGER, WHICH IS JANE CARLTON. THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS ARE THERE TO PROVIDE COACHING RESOURCES AND SUPPORT TO AREA SMALL BUSINESSES, ENTREPRENEURS AND PEOPLE THAT JUST POP IN WITH A DAY PASS WANTING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MARYSVILLE AND UNION COUNTY, THE LAST PIECE OF THIS IS OUR PHASE TWO OF THE PROJECT, AND THIS IS REALLY PAYING HOMAGE TO THE LAMPLIGHTER BUILDING AND ITS HISTORY, BUT IS CREATING AN EVENT SPACE IN THE LOWER LEVEL OF THE BUILDING CALLED THE LUMINARY. AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING TO FINISH THE LAST PHASE OF THAT CONSTRUCTION AND THAT RENOVATION, WE ARE HOPING TO TARGET TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS EVENT SPACE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY IN JULY, BUT WE HOPE THAT YOU CAN COME AND ENJOY AND TOUR THE SPACE, AND ALSO CHECK OUT THE NEW THINGS THAT ARE COMING IN. MY LAST COMMENT THAT I'LL JUST SHARE AND LEAVE ON IS, JUST THANK YOU FOR BEING INNOVATIVE IN YOUR CREATIVE APPROACHES FOR ENCOURAGING NEW INVESTMENT IN THE TOWN AND THE COMMUNITY, I JUST WANT TO SHARE. WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT OUR FRIENDS THAT THAT ARE REALLY WORKING TO EXPAND WITH THE SILOS PROJECT, WITH CONNECT REALTY, IT IS GOING TO BE AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT EXPANSION IN THE GROWTH FROM THE UPTOWN OUT THERE AND ALL OF THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE LIVING AND WORKING THERE ARE GOING TO BE END USERS IN OUR BUSINESSES. SO I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD CITY COUNCIL FOR THE WORK AND EFFORT OF INVESTING IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ENCOURAGING, CREATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR DEVELOPERS TO BE ABLE TO CREATE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF THE TOWN. SO ON THAT NOTE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISTER DUFF? I HAVE A QUESTION. YEAH SO, WHEN MARYSVILLE CREATED OUR COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA, YOU KNOW, WE WERE REALLY WANTING TO HELP KIND OF REVITALIZE THE CORE AND PROMOTE, YOU KNOW, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BUSINESSES AND ESPECIALLY TO HOMES IN THE UPTOWN AREA. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'D REALLY HOPED FOR WAS, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE MORE ACTIVITY FROM OUR LOCAL BANKS. 
          AND SO I WAS INTERESTED IN, IN WHAT YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT THREE LOCAL BANKS THAT HELPED FINANCE YOUR PROJECTS. HOW DID YOU GET THAT TO HAPPEN? WELL, I THINK IT'S TAKING THEM ON WALKING TOURS. THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS EARLY THAT WE DID IS WE GOT LEADERS INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY AND JUST WALKED AROUND, AND DID A LOT OF STORYTELLING TO UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF WHAT BUSINESSES HAD BEEN IN THOSE BUILDINGS. AND IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THE NAMES THAT START COMING OUT CREATE CONNECTIONS WHERE IT'S LIKE, OH, I REMEMBER THAT PHARMACIST THAT WAS THERE. THEY SERVED MY FAMILY FOR, FOR 80 YEARS. AND SO PART OF IT IS GETTING THE EMOTIONAL CONNECTION. THE SECOND THING IS, IS ACTUALLY SHOWING THEM THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SMALL TOWNS IN HISTORIC AREAS MAKES ECONOMIC SENSE. WE WANT TO 
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ENCOURAGE DEVELOPERS AND INVESTORS AND PRIVATE MONEY LENDERS AND BANKS AND COMMUNITY BANKS TO WANT TO FUND THESE PROJECTS. SO I THINK PART OF IT IS WE USE BELLEFONTAINE AS AN EXAMPLE, BECAUSE TRUTHFULLY, HONESTLY, IT WAS A DYING, STRUGGLING TOWN THAT PEOPLE DID NOT WANT TO INVEST IN. BUT I THINK WHAT YOU WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO, AND WE ARE DOING IT IS WE'RE BRINGING PEOPLE TO TOGETHER THAT FEEL LIKE THEY'RE UNDERUTILIZED, THAT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE GOOD IDEAS AND CREATIVITY. WE'RE PAIRING THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IN BUSINESS AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, ATTORNEYS AND ARCHITECTS AND PROFESSIONALS OF CITY STAFF. SO PART OF IT IS, IS I THINK WE NEED TO DO MORE OF WHAT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DOING AND SEEING A PROJECT LIKE BUILD AND ALSO OTHERS THAT ARE INVESTING DOUBLE DOWN ON THOSE. AND LET'S TELL OTHERS ABOUT THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN UPTOWN MARYSVILLE. THANK YOU. I THINK, YOU KNOW, OUR UPTOWN HAS A LOT OF MORE AFFORDABLE HOMES, AND A LOT OF THEM NEED SOME WORK, AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WANTED TO GET WAS HOMEOWNERS TO PURCHASE THOSE AND FIX THEM UP. SO I THINK MAYBE A LITTLE LATER, I'D LIKE TO TALK WITH YOU A LITTLE MORE ON HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THAT, BECAUSE THERE ARE AFFORDABLE HOMES. THEY JUST NEED WORK. AND PEOPLE NEED THE CONNECTIONS TO FINANCE THAT. AND I'LL JUST SHARE ONE FOLLOW UP COMMENT WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS WORKING. I LIVED IN LOGAN COUNTY. MY HOME IS NOW UNION COUNTY. THIS IS A DESIRABLE PLACE TO LIVE. AND SO I THINK WE JUST NEED TO CONTINUE TO FIND OUT THOSE AMENITIES AND THOSE EXPERIENCES THAT ARE MISSING HERE AND, AND FIND MORE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO COME AND INVEST HERE. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO? FIRST AND FOREMOST, I REMEMBER WALKING WITH YOU, YEARS AGO, PROBABLY IN 2014. AND YOU, WE WALKED AROUND UPTOWN AND THEN WE DROVE TO BELLEFONTAINE AND YOU WALKED ME THROUGH THE ANTIQUE STORE, WHICH NOW IS WAS THREE STORIES AND THE I THINK THE ROOF ON THE THIRD FLOOR WAS COMPLETELY GONE. SO THERE WAS NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. YOU ARE A SPECIAL KIND OF PERSON TO NOT ONLY BELIEVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, BUT TO ALSO INVEST YOUR OWN MONEY TO RESTORE THESE BUILDINGS FROM WHAT MOST PEOPLE IN SOCIETY WOULD SAY. LEVEL THEM. AND I THINK WE BOTH AGREE. AT THAT POINT IN TIME, I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE DO? AND YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND THE COMMUNITY STOOD TOGETHER AND SAID, WE WEREN'T GOING TO ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE, INVESTING IN MARYSVILLE. AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO BE INVOLVED. BUT IN SAYING THAT, WE WILL BE CREATING A IDENTITY MASTER PLAN AND VERY VISIONING, AND I WOULD HOPE AND ENCOURAGE THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO BE WILLING TO BE A PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS WE AS A CITY, TRY TO REVITALIZE OUR UPTOWN HISTORICAL PRESERVATION, WALKABILITY, STREET TREES, IDENTITY, AND HOW TO INCORPORATE SOME OF WHAT BELLEFONTAINE HAS DONE INTO OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL, YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT WORKING IN SILOS. WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER. 
          AND THERE'S NO REASON WHY THAT ALL OF US CANNOT PARTNER TOGETHER AND MAKE CENTRAL OHIO A LITTLE BIT OF A NICER PLACE THAN WHAT IT ALREADY IS. SO THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. WE'RE MAKING SILOS COOLER AND BETTER IS WHAT WE'RE DOING. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING ANYWAY. THANK YOU. 
          THANKS, JASON. YEAH. NO, THAT THAT'S ALL I HAD OTHER THAN THANKING JASON AND HIS TEAM FOR THEIR INVESTMENT IN MARYSVILLE. LIKE YOU SAID, MR. PRESIDENT. AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE JASON. 
          IT'S HONOR TO HAVE HIM HERE. HE'S NEVER REALLY ADDRESSED COUNCIL, BUT HE HAS A GREAT MESSAGE ABOUT SMALL TOWNS IN AMERICA. AND IT'S JUST GREAT TO HEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DOES 
          [PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION REPORT]
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ERIC? THANK YOU, MR. PHILLIPS. OKAY. MOVING ON. PARKS AND REC, COUNCILMAN WOLFF. SO THIS WILL BE A QUICKER ONE THAN NORMAL. BUT WE DID NOT HAVE A PARKS AND REC MEETING, LAST MONTH, BUT CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, MCKENZIE. OUR NEXT ONE IS GOING TO BE ON THE 18TH AT SIX. IT'S A JOINT MEETING BETWEEN COUNCIL AND THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION. SO IT'LL BE THAT TUESDAY, AND IT'LL BE HERE. OR WE'RE WORKING OUT THE LOGISTICS. 
          BUT SOMEWHERE AROUND HERE. OKAY THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST FOR A, PRESENTATION REGARDING IMPACT STATION, FAMILY PROMISE AND MARYSVILLE. DO WE HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM THEM TONIGHT? I'LL JUST HAVE YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME FOR PUBLIC RECORD. I DON'T KNOW IF MR. BURBY YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCTION IF I COULD. OKAY SO TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, BACK IN DECEMBER 22ND, WE ACTUALLY HAD THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR IMPACT STATION THAT IS LOCATED NEXT TO, THE YMCA AND WE DID OKAY UNTIL WE FOUND OUT THAT, IT WAS FOR DAYTIME ONLY. AND THE IDEA FOR IMPACT STATION WAS TO BE ABLE TO ALSO, HAVE OVERNIGHT, STAYS. SO WHEN I WAS MAYOR LAST YEAR, IN FEBRUARY, WE HAD THE WHOLE GROUP TOGETHER AND SAYING, WHAT IS GOING TO TAKE TO DO THAT? WELL, ALMOST TEN MONTHS 
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LATER, THE ESPECIALLY THE TWO LADIES KNOW BRENDAN, YOU AND I MET FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY, BUT, AND I'M SURE YOU HAD AN INVOLVEMENT WITH IT AS WELL. YEAH, BUT THE ONE THING THAT ALL OF US HAVE TO REALIZE IS THAT, AND I CAN ASSUME FOR MOST OF THE, THE FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT, WE HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO GO TO. YEAH. MOST OF US CAN FORTUNATELY, CALL IT HOME. YEAH, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN UNION COUNTY THAT DON'T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. AND MAYBE THAT'S WHY I WAS DRAWN TO THE MISSION THAT, IMPACT STATION AND FAMILY PROMISE HAS BECAUSE OF THE SERVICE THAT YOU PROVIDE. AND TONIGHT WE HAVE, GLENN STATLER, GLENN, AND IF YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE PAM AND BRENDAN AS WELL, AND THEN I THINK YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION TO MAKE HERE TONIGHT. WE'LL HAVE MORE INTRODUCTIONS IN A MINUTE, BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, HANK AND ALL OF YOU HERE, WE WANT TO THANK MARYSVILLE FOR WELCOMING US. IT REALLY MEANS A LOT WHEN WE LOOK AT A MISSION OF, PROVIDING EMERGENCY HOUSING THAT LEADS TO PERMANENT STABLE HOUSING, IT'S NOT AN EASY THING, BUT, FOR 15 YEARS, WE'VE HAD PROMISE HOUSE DELAWARE, WHICH IS BY OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY. AND FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, WE'VE HAD UNION COUNTY FOLK THERE. WE'VE HAD LOTS OF UNION COUNTY FOLKS THAT MADE THE TREK TO DELAWARE TO FIND THAT EMERGENCY HOUSING THAT WOULD GET THEM TO A STABLE SPACE. BUT NOW, BECAUSE OF IMPACT STATION AND YOU'RE HERE, OUR THANKS LATER ON TO OUR FUNDERS AND OTHERS, WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE A PLACE RIGHT HERE AND THERE IS TRULY NO PLACE LIKE HOME. THANKS GWEN. WELL, HANK, COUNCIL STAFF, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US TODAY, AS HANK MENTIONED, HE AND I JUST MET TONIGHT, I'VE ACTUALLY A FAIRLY NEW COMER TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR FAMILY PROMISE. HOWEVER I SERVE AS THE CEO OF A, AFFORDABLE HOUSING NONPROFIT BASED HERE IN OHIO. AND I'VE GOT ABOUT TEN YEARS WORKING IN COMMUNITY RESILIENCY. SO I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE THE RESIDENT DATA NERD FOR TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION, I AM LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE JOINED TONIGHT BY, GWEN STETLER AND PAMELA NEWHOUSE, WHO ARE SOME OF THE HARDEST WORKING AND MOST KIND HEARTED INDIVIDUALS THAT I'VE EVER HAD THE HONOR OF WORKING ALONGSIDE. AND, AS WE GO THROUGH OUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT, WE REALLY HOPE THAT YOU CAN SEE THE HEART THAT GOES INTO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. YOU WANT TO TOUCH ON THIS ONE? SO, EXCUSE ME, WE ARE A CONTINUUM OF CARE. WE DO A HOLISTIC APPROACH, WHEN WE BRING THEM INTO THE PROGRAM, WE WORK WITH THEM FROM DAY ONE TO HOPEFULLY DAY 40, AND WE JUST, MEET THEM RIGHT WHERE THEY'RE AT. WE WORK WITH THEM ON EMPLOYMENT. WE WORK WITH THEM ON HOUSING SEARCHES. WE WORK WITH THEM ON ANY KIND OF ISSUE THAT THEY'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION THAT THEY'RE IN. AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A FULL HOUSE. SO WE HAVE 28 BEDS FULL. 
          WE HAVE TEN ROOMS OCCUPIED. AND SO OUR OPPORTUNITY FOR VOLUNTEERS IS OPENING GREATLY. 
          SO IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED OR EVEN WANT TO JUST COME AND LOOK TO SEE WHAT WE DO, DO PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL. I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TALK WITH YOU AND, GIVE YOU A TOUR OF THE BUILDING AND JUST TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. THANK YOU. I LOVE THIS PICTURE. YOU HAPPEN TO SEE PINK RIGHT THERE? THAT WAS THE RIBBON. RIBBON CUTTING PICTURE. AND, IMPORTANTLY, AT THIS SPACE, WE WANT TO THANK OUR LANDLORD, THE UNION COUNTY FAMILY. WHY? LAVORGNA, REPRESENT IMPACT 60 THERE WAS CUT IN THE RIBBON WITH ME. WE WANTED TO DO A LITTLE COMPARISON, YOU GOT A BEAUTIFUL SPACE IN THE WIDE. THE TEN ROOMS. IT'S TRAUMA INFORMED. FROM THE COLORS TO THE SHOWERS THAT ARE VERY ACCESSIBLE. ALL THE LOUNGE, THE HONDA COMPUTER LAB, BRUCE DANIELS PLAY AREA, COMMUNITY KITCHEN, PICNIC AREA AND A COMMUNITY OFFICE SPACE. YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A HOUSE SETTING IN DELAWARE THAT IS LOVELY. IT'S MUCH SMALLER AND, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR IT, BUT IT'S NOT NEARLY AS TRAUMA INFORMED BECAUSE OF THOSE REASONS. SO SO, AS HAS BEEN TOUCHED ON TONIGHT, THE HOUSING CAPACITY ACROSS THE, BOTH FACILITIES, THE NEED IS JUST GREATER THAN THE TOOLS AT HAND, WHICH GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUCH A LOT OF LIVES. BUT IT ALSO MEANS THAT THE WORK IS NEVER REALLY DONE RIGHT NOW, IN THE PAST WEEK, WE ACTUALLY HIT A 
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NEW BENCHMARK, WHICH WAS ALL 28 BEDS IN THE TEN TRAUMA INFORMED ROOMS WERE FILLED AT IMPACT STATION, WHICH WAS INCREDIBLE AS AS HANK MENTIONED, THERE WAS SOME HICCUPS ALONG THE VERY FIRST STEPS OF THAT FACILITY. BUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOW COMPLETELY, FILLED UP IS JUST PHENOMENAL, BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT EVERY SINGLE BED IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TOUCH A LIFE, THERE WAS THE INCREMENTAL START. THERE WHICH ALLOWED THE COMMUNITY AND THE STAFF TO KIND OF GET THEIR FEET UNDERNEATH THEM. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A SCOPE OF WHAT IT IS THAT THE IMPACT THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE. LAST YEAR, FAMILY PROMISE AS AN ENTITY HAD 12,228 NIGHTS OF STAY AND 4400 OF THOSE NIGHTS WERE FROM THE UNION COUNTY PILOT, WITH WITH, DAY ACTIVITIES THAT IMPACT STATION AND NIGHTS AT LOCAL HOTELS. THE HOUSING OUTCOMES ARE REALLY WHAT MATTERS. THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE A HEAD AND A BED DOESN'T CHANGE A LIFE. GETTING THAT PERSON TO THE FINISH LINE IS REALLY WHAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN TERMS OF SIDE OUTCOMES, THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THAT ARE LAYING THEIR HEAD IN THESE BEDS ARE ENDING UP IN PERMANENT HOUSING, NO MATTER WHICH OF THE FACILITIES THEY'RE GOING TO, THE GREAT PART ABOUT FAMILY PROMISE IS THAT THEY DEAL WITH FAMILIES OF ONE TO FAMILIES OF MANY. SO IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY OF SEVEN, WHICH IS THE CURRENT LARGEST FAMILY THAT'S BEEN SERVED THERE, THEY ARE THERE WITH OPEN DOORS AND OPEN ARMS TO HELP FOLKS OUT. CURRENTLY, THEY ARE HOUSING THREE INFANTS, THE YOUNGEST OF WHICH IS TWO WEEKS OF AGE. THE EXCITING MILESTONE OF THE FIRST RESIDENT IN IMPACT STATION WAS ON THE 23RD OF JANUARY. IT WAS A SINGLE 24 YEAR OLD MALE, WHO WHO WAS IN ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE, LIVING IN HIS VEHICLE WITH HIS DOG. AND ULTIMATELY HE WAS ONE OF THOSE SUCCESSFUL NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE OUT THERE ON THAT GRAPH, WHO WAS ABLE TO MOVE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING AFTER HIS STAY AT IMPACT STATION. NOW, IT'S NOT JUST THE CHILDREN, THE TWO WEEK OLDS THAT WERE HOUSING, HOUSING IS NECESSARY BECAUSE IT STRETCHES ALL AGES, THERE ARE CURRENTLY A NUMBER OF ELDERLY FOLKS YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE GRAPH, ABOUT 20, WHO ARE OVER 55 YEARS OF AGE, AND WHEN WE LOOKED AT APRIL NIGHTS OF STAY FOR FOLKS 55 AND UP, IT WAS 81 NIGHTS OF STAY THAT THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR FOLKS. YEP. SO TEMPORARY HOUSING, WHY IS IT NECESSARY? WELL, LOOK AT THE IMPACT STATION. INDIVIDUALS SERVED AS YOU STEP THROUGH THE PERIOD ON THAT GRAPH, WHICH IS JUST FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO NOW, YOU SEE THAT THEY HAVE SERVED UPWARDS OF 50 INDIVIDUALS AND UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS IN THE FACILITY JUST THIS YEAR, THAT'S 50 PEOPLE WHO OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN SLEEPING EITHER SOMEWHERE UNINHABITABLE OR NOT MEANT FOR HABITATION OR, FIGURING IT OUT ALONG THE WAY. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S A, IT'S A THE HOUSEHOLD TYPES ARE VARIED AND, AND SHOW THAT WE'RE REALLY TOUCHING A CROSS-SECTION ACROSS A NUMBER OF, OF FOLKS. THE OTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS WHO IS IT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY FACILITATING HOUSING FOR? WELL, ONE OF THE UNIQUE THINGS IS THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE FOLKS SPENT THE NIGHT PRIOR, THE PROMISE HOUSE IS LARGELY FACILITATING HOUSING FOR FOLKS THAT WERE COMING OUT OF DELAWARE COUNTY, WHICH MAKES SENSE. BUT THEY ALSO HAD SOME BLEED OVER, AT THAT LOCATION, AT THAT FROM DELAWARE COUNTY AT IMPACT STATION. AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT UNION COUNTY, LARGELY, IT'S COMING OUT OF, IMPACT STATION SERVING UNION COUNTY, BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME BLEED OVER, FROM FOLKS WHO, ARE COMING FROM UNION COUNTY THAT END UP IN PROMISE HOUSE OVER IN DELAWARE AS WELL. THE RATES OF PERMANENT HOUSING, ASSIGNED ACTUALLY ARE OUTPERFORMING THE GOLD STANDARD OF WHAT YOU WOULD TYPICALLY SEE, WHICH IS A 40% SUCCESS RATE. 
          BOTH SITES OPERATE ABOVE THAT, AMOUNT, WHICH IS TO THE HARD WORK THAT THE STAFF AT THESE FACILITIES ARE DOING, WORKING ON THE RECEIVING END OF, OF SOME OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WHERE IN MY DAY JOB, I'M TRYING TO PUT TENANTS UNDER ROOF PERMANENTLY IN A, IN AN AFFORDABLE WAY, I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE TRULY IMPACTFUL, ROLE THAT THE STAFF AT FAMILY PROMISE PLAYS. THEY ARE NOT ONLY A ADVOCATE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SLEEPING UNDER THEIR BEDS OR 
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UNDER THEIR ROOFS, BUT THEY ARE, A CHAMPION FOR THEM IN THE ARENA OF LIFE. AND THEY MAKE THE WORLD OF DIFFERENCE TO THESE FOLKS. YEAH. SO START WITH THE THANKS AND WITH GRATITUDE. I, THE FIRST CONGREGATION FROM UNION COUNTY THAT STARTED GIVING TO US ABUNDANTLY WAS ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, AND THAT WAS FULTON CREEK FRIENDS. SO WE'VE HAD FOLKS, FROM THIS COUNTY THAT HAVE WALKED WITH US. WE CANNOT DO THIS ALONE, IMPACT 60 HAS BEEN VERY GENEROUS. THE YEAR BEFORE THAT, THE LOCAL UNITED WAY OF UNION COUNTY, GAVE FREELY TO US. AND IT'S BEEN JUST WONDERFUL SUSTAINING SUPPORT. SO YOU MENTIONED BEFORE THIS IDEA OF WALKING EACH OTHER HOME. THAT IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. WE'D BE HAPPY TO TRY AND FIELD ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. AND AGAIN, JUST WANT TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO THE COUNCIL, THE CITY STAFF HERE, THE COUNTY STAFF AND THE ACTUAL COMMUNITY THAT HAS MADE THIS ALL POSSIBLE BECAUSE, IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOUR SUPPORT, THESE FOLKS WOULDN'T BE SLEEPING UNDER ROOF TONIGHT. SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT POSSIBLE. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY? NO, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING, I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE BEST KEPT SECRETS THAT WE HAVE IN MARYSVILLE AT THE MOMENT. AND I'VE HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO BE THERE QUITE FREQUENTLY, AS A VOLUNTEER AND, ALWAYS SEEING THE UPLIFTING SIDE OF THINGS WHERE, AND I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT'S, THAT'S SO IMPORTANT TO KNOW, I MENTIONED THE 40 DAYS THAT IT'S NOT A PERMANENT LIVING. IT IS A HAND UP. YEAH, IT'S NOT A HAND DOWN. AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF YOU. YEAH, WE AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT MAKES YOUR PROGRAM SO SPECIAL. YEAH. IS THAT, YOU WANT TO WORK WITH FOLKS, YOU WANT TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY? I KNOW THAT ONE OF THEM WAS ABLE TO MOVE IN A, HOME THAT WAS DONATED BY THE, MCCARTHY AND COX. FOUNDATION. I MEAN, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE. AND YOU CONSTANTLY KEEP LOOKING FOR HOW CAN WE BEST HELP THE FOLKS THAT ARE OUT HERE? YEAH. THIS IS NOT A PERMANENT RESIDENT. THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE YOUR MISSION IS THAT WE WANT TO MOVE THOSE FOLKS FORWARD. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S COMMENDABLE, THAT YOU PUT YOUR HEART AND SOUL IN THAT. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT AND, SHARING YOUR STORY WITH US. AND I'LL JUST PIGGYBACK ON ON WHAT HE JUST SAID. THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR, CREATING THE PRESENTATION AND BRINGING THEM INTO COUNCIL TO EDUCATE ALL OF US ABOUT WHAT YOU DO AND THE SERVICE THAT YOU DO PROVIDE OUR OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE IN NEED. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NOW THIS IS THE PART OF THE MEETING 
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WHERE IT'S HEARING OF CITIZENS, ANY CITIZEN HAS UP TO FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK ABOUT ANYTHING. 
          THAT'S ANYTHING THAT'S NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, AND, AND, AND NORMALLY, AND EVEN TONIGHT, THERE IS NOT A BACK AND FORTH CONVERSATION. AND SO YOU'LL COME TO THE PODIUM AND YOU WILL STATE, AN ISSUE OR A PROBLEM AND THEN, WE ARE HERE TO LISTEN. SO DOES ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO COME TO THE PODIUM, OKAY. YOU JUST HAVE TO STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR PUBLIC RECORD. I AM BETTY ELSWICK. I LIVE AT 1011 SHERWOOD AVENUE, MARYSVILLE, OHIO, I AM HERE REPRESENTING MYSELF AND UNION COUNTY RAINBOW COALITION, WHO JUST FINISHED UP WITH THEIR FOURTH ANNUAL MARYSVILLE PRIDE FEST. I AM HERE TO ADDRESS THE DISCRIMINATION THAT HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE FOR THE LAST YEAR WITH MARYSVILLE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MEMBERS, PRESENT HERE TODAY, I HAVE EMAILS SHOWING, PARTICIPATION, WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE CALLED UNION COUNTY FAITH FAMILY COALITION WHO HAVE SYSTEMICALLY BEEN DISCRIMINATING AGAINST NOT ONLY MY ORGANIZATION, IT'S PERFORMERS WHO ARE OF THE MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO BUSINESSES AND NONPROFITS IN OUR AREA, I HAVE EMAILS FROM A GENTLEMAN NAMED MICHAEL MATTHEWS WHO, STARTED UNION COUNTY FAITH FAMILY COALITION AND IT INVOLVES MARK REAMS HERE TODAY. AND THE FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, DEBORAH GROAT, I HAVE, HAD MY PERMITS, ATTACKED, AND, NOT JUST WITH, MARYSVILLE PRIDE FEST, BUT WITH US PARTICIPATING IN THINGS LIKE THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE, SO 
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FAR THAT THEY THREATENED TO GET ATTORNEYS INVOLVED TO PROTECT US BECAUSE OF, THAT ISSUE. AND WE'VE HAD PARTICIPATION IN THAT PARADE FOR THREE YEARS. THIS WILL BE OUR FOURTH YEAR. AND, IT HAS BEEN AN ONSLAUGHT CONSTANTLY . IT HAS BECOME MY FULL TIME JOB TO COUNTER THOSE ISSUES AND TO RECORDS, REQUEST AND TO, FIGHT THAT HATE, THIS OVERLAPS AND WE HAVE DOCUMENTS SHOWING THAT, THE PARTICIPATION AND THEIR SPOUSES, AND THEN IT GOES INTO THE LIBRARY, WAS ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WAS TARGETED. THE LIBRARY HAS NEVER PAID US FOR A SPOT AT UNION COUNTY RAINBOW COALITION AND MARYSVILLE PRIDE FEST, THE HUMANE SOCIETY, THE MENTAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY BOARD, AND THEN ONE OF THE BUSINESSES HERE TODAY, WALKING DISTANCE BREWING COMPANY. SO I AM HERE TO ASK FOR MARK REAMS TO RESIGN, THAT IS WHAT I'M ASKING, BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A CONSTANT ISSUE. THE OTHER ISSUE THAT I'M ASKING, AND THE OTHER ACTION IS THAT YOU THINK ABOUT, PASSING, NONDISCRIMINATION POLICIES WITHIN THE CITY FOR THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY, AND THAT IS LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, INTERSEX, A6 AND TWO SPIRIT. SO THIS OVERLAPS INTO RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE PREVIOUS CONVERSATION OF THE IMPACT STATION, THE MOST LIKELY TO BE HOMELESS AND TO HAVE UNSTABLE HOUSING ARE THE LGBT COMMUNITY. BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF, NONDISCRIMINATION POLICIES, NOT JUST IN THE CITY, BUT IN THE STATE. SO THAT IS WHAT I AM GOING TO START WITH. AND THEN, THAT IS ALL I HAVE. IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE COPIES OF THOSE EMAILS, I AM HAPPY TO PROVIDE THEM. THEY WERE GIVEN TO ME UNDER THE SUNSHINE LAWS. HI. I'M, THEODORE VOLINSKY, 317 SOUTH WALNUT STREET. I'M HERE ECHOING A SIMILAR COMMENT OR SIMILAR STATEMENTS AS BETTY, LAST SUMMER. WELL, LET'S START. 
          TWO YEARS AGO, WE OPENED UP WALKING DISTANCE, MARK REEMS IS A GREAT CUSTOMER OF OURS UNTIL WE HOSTED A DRAG SHOW, WHEN WE HOSTED A DRAG SHOW, WE HAD CUSTOMERS COMING IN. THEY HAD LIVED IN MARYSVILLE FOR FIVE YEARS. THEY SAID THEY'D NEVER BEEN TO A BAR BEFORE IN MARYSVILLE, BECAUSE THEY WERE AFRAID THAT THEY WERE NOT WELCOME. WHEN WE HOSTED OUR FIRST DRAG SHOW, WE WERE TELLING THEM THAT THEY WERE WELCOME, THAT WAS FINE. A YEAR LATER LAST YEAR, TOWARDS THE END OF JUNE, UNION COUNTY FAITH FAMILY COALITION, WHICH MARK YOU ARE A MEMBER OF, ACCORDING TO MICHAEL MATTHEWS, THAT'S WHEN THEY FORMED AND THAT'S WHEN THEY PUT OUT A POWERPOINT THAT THEY SAID WALKING DISTANCE GROOMING CO. THAT'S WHAT THEY CALLED US, REFERRING TO CHILDREN, WE ARE NOT THAT, NO POLICE REPORT WAS EVER FILED, AND THAT'S. THAT'S HOW WE STARTED OUR SUMMER, JULY 7TH. LESLIE REAMS, MARK REAMS, HIS WIFE CALLED WALKING DISTANCE. LITTLE EPSTEIN ISLAND. THE NEXT DAY, I HAD MY FIRST PANIC ATTACK THAT NIGHT. MARK REAMS, LESLIE REAMS IN A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, WENT OUT DRINKING AT STEVEN'S. IT IS POSTED ON FACEBOOK. IF YOU ARE CURIOUS. ONE WEEK LATER, JULY 15TH, MARK REAMS CAME TO ME AT THE FARMERS MARKET. YOU CAME UP TO ME, MARK, AND YOU SAID, WHY DO YOU ENGAGE WITH MY WIFE ON SOCIAL MEDIA? I DIDN'T ENGAGE WITH YOUR WIFE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. I'M NOT SURE WHY YOU ASKED ME THAT. WHY DID YOUR WIFE ACCUSE ME OF BEING A AND TAKING AWAY THOSE WORDS? TAKING AWAY THE VALUE FROM VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT? WHY DID YOU ENABLE YOUR WIFE TO TAKE AWAY THAT? MEANING, WHY DID YOUR WIFE TAKE AWAY THAT MEANING THAT LACK OF JUDGMENT CARRIED ON TO YOUR NOVEMBER 27TH VOTE WHEN YOU VOTED WITH DEB GROTE TO DEFUND THE LIBRARY USING A TIF, SOMETHING THAT DEB GROTE THREATENED TO DO IN AN EMAIL TO THE LIBRARY BECAUSE OF THE PRIDE DISPLAYS. I AM HERE TONIGHT TO ASK YOU TO RESIGN MARK GREEN'S THERE IS. AND WHILE WE'RE HERE, CAN I JUST HAVE EVERYTHING THAT CAME WITH ME TODAY JUST TO STAND UP, RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE ALREADY IN 
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THE BACK. YEAH. THIS IS THIS IS A SMALL PART OF THE OUTCRY IN THE HALL, TOO. YEAH. THIS IS A SMALL PART OF THE PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT US, THAT DON'T WANT THE WORDS TO BE TAKEN AWAY FROM VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, TO CALL THEIR PREDATOR. WE WANT WE ARE LIKE THE LGBT COMMUNITY, OUR PEOPLE. THEY DESERVE LOVE AS EVERYBODY ELSE. AND THEY DESERVE TO HAVE THEIR SPACES. BY MARK REIMS CONTINUING TO BE ON THE BOARD, THE LGBT COMMUNITY WILL BE AT RISK OF LOSING THAT SPACE IN MARYSVILLE ALL THROUGH GOVERNMENT HARASSMENT. THAT'S ALL MY TIME OR THAT'S ALL I NEED TO SAY. THANK YOU. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS LINCOLN STANLEY. I LIVE ON CINNAMON DRIVE, NEIGHBOR TO STEPHEN WOLFE. AS A STRAIGHT WHITE GUY, I. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE SUFFERING OF THIS COMMUNITY, BUT I, I CAN SAY, THAT HAVING SERVED IN THE MILITARY, I SERVED LONG, FOLKS FROM THE LGBT. Q I'M SORRY IF I SCREW UP THE ACRONYM, COMMUNITY. MANY TRANSITIONING FOLKS, GREAT AMERICANS, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. AND AS ECHOED, THIS IS A DESIRABLE COMMUNITY. IT'S A GREAT COMMUNITY TO LIVE IN. IF YOU'RE A STRAIGHT WHITE MAN OR YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY THAT'S NOT GETTING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST, AS WE'VE SEEN IN THESE EMAILS, WE JUST NEED TO GO STEP FARTHER. YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY SHOULD BE INCLUDED. NOBODY SHOULD BE SCARED TO BE WHO THEY ARE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE. THAT SHOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE IN TODAY'S AMERICA. IT SHOULDN'T BE, I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY. I REALLY DO, I THINK I'M A GOOD NEIGHBOR. MY DOGS CAN GET A LITTLE LOUD SOMETIMES, AND I TRY MY BEST TO BE INVOLVED, ANY WAY I CAN, BUT IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS. WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, YOU NEED TO SPEAK OUT. SO I JUST WANT TO. I STAND WITH THEM AND. AND AS MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I HOPE YOU DO, TOO. BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I MY NAME IS. HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON ONE SECOND. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE MICROPHONE. WHAT I SAID WITH MY NAME IS PENNY. MY NAME IS PENNY BROOKVILLE. I LIVE AT 325 SOUTH CLUB. YES THE OLD HOARDER'S HOUSE. I BOUGHT IT. AND SO I'M. 
          I'M ACROSS THE STREET FROM WALKING DISTANCE. AND I WILL TELL YOU, IN THE LATE 70S AND EARLY 80S, I WAS A LESBIAN MOVER AND SHAKER. NOWADAYS, I ONLY MOVED LONG DISTANCES WITH WHEELS AND I ONLY SHAKE WHEN I DRINK POP, WHICH TEDDY? TEDDY SELLS SODA. I GO THERE BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY GREAT SODA AND I WANT TO TELL YOU. SOMETIMES I NEED HELP AND I FEEL COMFORTABLE DOUBLE ASKING ANYBODY FROM WALKING DISTANCE TO HELP ME. LAST YEAR, MY RAISED GARDEN BEDS AND YOU CAN ASK PEOPLE AT THE HOSPITAL WHEN I HAD TO GO FOR WEEKLY BLOOD WORK, I ALWAYS TOOK THEM VEGETABLES. I FED SO MANY RECEPTIONISTS AND NURSES GREEN THINGS. IT TOOK ME A COUPLE YEARS TO GET THAT RAISED BED BUILT. LAST YEAR IT WAS KICKED DOWN AND DESTROYED BY SOMEBODY WITH EITHER A BIG HAMMER OR WEARING JACK BOOTS. THIS YEAR I HAVE DOUBLE THE RAISED BED AND I HAVE THE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GOOD BLACK GOLD IN THOSE BEDS BECAUSE OF THESE PEOPLE. THEY TAKE CARE OF THE COMMUNITY. AND I KNOW BECAUSE I'M, I'M A COMMUNITY PERSON. THERE IF YOU 
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THINK THEY WALK FUNNY, IT'S BECAUSE THEIR HEART IS BIGGER THAN THEIR HEADS. THEY'RE ALL GOOD PEOPLE. PEOPLE THAT YOU COULD ASK. FOR HELP AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER HAD TO ASK ANYBODY FOR HELP, BUT IT'S A VERY HARD THING TO DO. BUT I'M COMFORTABLE ASKING ANY OF THESE BIG, STRONG GUYS TO HELP ME. AND I SHOULD TELL YOU, RECENTLY I WAS AT MY, 40. WELL, IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS. I WAS AT MY 45TH HIGH SCHOOL REUNION, AND I FELL, OKAY. I'M I'M THE CLASS PET LESBIAN OF 1975, BUT IT WAS SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE PEOPLE CAME AND THIS WAS ON A CROWDED DANCE FLOOR. I MEAN, THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE. THERE WAS SEVERAL MINUTES I LAID ON THE FLOOR BEFORE SOMEBODY CAME TO HELP ME OUT. I WOULD NEVER FALL WITH THESE PEOPLE. THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TONIGHT? I WAS NOT INTENDING TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS RANDY KRAMER. I LIVE AT 23650 DRAKE SKIDMORE ROAD, WHICH IS RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF UNION COUNTY. AND TO SAY THAT I DRIVE ALMOST MAYBE 30 MINUTES, MAYBE 25 MINUTES, QUITE OFTEN TO COME TO THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE, WE HAVE KARAOKE ON MONDAY NIGHTS, WE HAVE BINGO ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS, AND IT'S NOT AN INVITATION, BUT HONESTLY, IT'S A IT'S A FANTASTIC GROUP OF PEOPLE. AND, I'VE HAD DEPRESSION FOR 30 YEARS, HAVE BEEN ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE FOR A LONG TIME. A LOT OF MY LIFE, HAVE REQUIRED A LOT OF HELP FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE. AND RECENTLY I'VE BEEN, I'VE, I'VE KNOWN THESE PEOPLE FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO COME OVER TO MEET THEM FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, BUT, MY CONFIDENCE WAS, WAS LACKING IN A LOT OF WAYS. AND SINCE I'VE MET THESE PEOPLE SO MUCH HAS CHANGED. THIS IS THIS IS NOT JUST. THANK YOU. YEAH. THIS IS THIS IS NOT JUST A BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT GET TOGETHER AND DRINK IN A BAR. THIS IS NOT JUST A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO HAVE A GOOD TIME AND PLAY TRIVIA. THIS IS THE HEART AND SOUL OF YOUR COMMUNITY, WHETHER YOU KNOW IT OR NOT. SORRY. I'M GOING TO CRY. I YOU CAN'T SAY ENOUGH GOOD WORDS. THERE ARE NO BAD WORDS SINCE SINCE MEETING TEDDY, HE'S THE MOST INVITING AND INCLUSIVE PERSON THAT I HAVE EVER MET. EVERY ONE OF THE BARTENDERS WILL DRIVE YOU HOME IF YOU'VE HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK AND NOT NOT THINK TWICE ABOUT IT . THEY HAVE A COMMUNITY GARDEN. THEY HAVE ACTIVITIES ON THE REGULAR. THEY'RE ALWAYS. I'VE NEVER MET MORE PEOPLE THAT WERE WILLING TO VOLUNTEER IN THE COMMUNITY. SO TO HEAR FROM A COUNCIL MEMBERS RELATION THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG GOING ON HERE IS TRULY, TRULY APPALLING AND SHOCKING. AND UNLESS YOU'VE BEEN THERE, YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO SAY ANYTHING EITHER WAY, IN MY OPINION. BUT THESE ARE GOOD PEOPLE AND THEY DESERVE RESPECT, AND I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THIS COUNCIL SEES AS A PRIORITY TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY. YOU DON'T WANT TO YOU DON'T WANT TO EXCLUDE ANYONE, JUST FOR WHO THEY ARE OR WHO THEY LOVE. AND QUITE HONESTLY, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE YOU WANT IN MARYSVILLE. THANK YOU. HI MY NAME IS TOBY FROEHLICH. I'M AT 570 HARNESS PLACE. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, AT THE VERY LEAST , I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS COUNCIL THEMSELVES WOULD HOLD THEMSELVES TO A HIGHER STANDARD IN REGARDS TO INTEGRITY. TO USE YOUR SWAY AND INFLUENCE. WHICH YOU GUYS 
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KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS, YOU DO A LOT OF GOOD WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. WE SAW IT TODAY WITH IMPACT STATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO USE YOUR POWER AND SWAY TO DEFUND SOMETHING LIKE A PUBLIC LIBRARY, IT'S DISTURBING. I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU GUYS ARE DISTURBED, THAT SOMEBODY WOULD DO THAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T AGREE WITH SOMEBODY ELSE'S IDEOLOGIES AND THEN IN TURN, TO ATTACK A LOCAL BUSINESS. PRESUMABLY IT'S BRINGING MONEY INTO THE CITY, BECAUSE THEY'RE AN INCLUSIVE SPACE, EVEN IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH THAT IDEOLOGY OR THOSE IDEALS, IT'S NOT IMPACTING YOU IN ANY NEGATIVE TYPE OF WAY. THERE'S BEEN NO PROOF OF ANYTHING NEFARIOUS HAPPENING THERE. IT'S ALL ACCUSATION BASED, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD BE DISTURBED THAT SOMEBODY ON YOUR COUNCIL IS AT THE VERY LEAST BY RELATION, SUPPORTING THESE THINGS, AND NOT HOLDING THEMSELVES TO THAT STANDARD OF INTEGRITY SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY DON'T AGREE WITH SOMEBODY'S CHOICES IN LIFE, AGAIN, THAT AREN'T HARMING ANY OTHER PEOPLE, I JUST, I AGREE, I THINK THAT IT'S TIME FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO REFLECT ON WHAT SIDE OF HISTORY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO STAND ON IN REGARDS TO THESE NOTES AND THESE MEETINGS AND THE SOCIAL MEDIA IMPACT THAT MARK GREEN'S WIFE HAS CHOSEN TO HAVE, ON LOCAL BUSINESSES, BUT ALSO MARK GREEN'S HIMSELF ON THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. I'M INCREDIBLY DISTURBED BECAUSE IT MATCHES ALMOST LIKE A BURNING OF BOOKS IN A WAY, TO DEFUND THE LIBRARY AND MAKE IT INACCESSIBLE OR LESS ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE, THAT HAS BEEN THE START OF A LOT OF DOWNFALLS OF NATIONS. SO I JUST THINK, IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE REFLECTED ON. AND I, AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER, AM DISTURBED BY IT. AND I WOULD HOPE AGAIN, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD ALSO FIND IT SOMEWHAT DISTURBING AND WOULD HOLD THEMSELVES AND EACH OTHER TO A HIGHER STANDARD OF INTEGRITY, IN SOCIAL MEDIA SPACES AND IN SPACES IN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO SOMETHING TO REFLECT ON. HI, I'M JULIA DWYER, I LIVE ON VALLEY DRIVE. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT ALL THE HATE THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE MEMBERS OF OUR COUNCIL, PARTICULARLY MARK, I FEEL LIKE IF THERE'S SO MUCH HATE AND ANGER THAT'S IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD BY YOUR WIFE, I DON'T THINK THAT YOU CAN CREATE A SAFE AND PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT IN MARYSVILLE. AND THAT IS A BIG CONCERN TO ME BECAUSE THAT IS OUR JOB ON THE COUNCIL IS TO MAKE MARYSVILLE A SAFE PLACE FOR EVERYONE. YES AND IF YOUR HOUSE IS NOT A SAFE PLACE FOR EVERYONE, I DON'T THINK YOU CAN MAKE THIS COMMUNITY SAFE FOR EVERYONE. SO I AGREE WITH WHAT EVERYONE HAS SAID. I CALL FOR YOUR RESIGNATION. THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME. GALLERY SHE DIDN'T SEE YOUR ADDRESS. OH, SHE DID SAY VALLEY DRIVE. BUT WHAT WAS HER? WHAT WAS YOUR HOME? HOME ADDRESS ON 1581, 1581, JUST IN CASE. I DON'T THINK SHE SAID IT, BUT MAYBE SHE DID. MY NAME IS DANIELLE CHANEL. I LIVE ON 199 MILFORD AVENUE. I'M ACTUALLY A NEWER MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          MY HUSBAND AND I BOUGHT A PROPERTY OUT HERE ABOUT A LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS AGO NOW, AND I WAS VERY, VERY HAPPY TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. RECENTLY, AS A QUEER PERSON MYSELF, I STARTED GOING TO WALKING DISTANCE. IT'S 2024 WHO HOW WE LIVE AND WHO WE CHOOSE TO LOVE SHOULD NOT BE SOMETHING THAT IS BEING JUDGED BY OUR CITY COUNCIL, AND IT SHOULD NOT BE SOMETHING THAT IS BEING SLANDERED BY THE WIFE OF A SITTING COUNCIL MEMBER. LOOK, I'M THE FIRST TO SIT HERE AND SAY THAT YOU KNOW WHAT HUSBANDS AND WIVES OR PARTNERS DO NOT ALWAYS AGREE ON EVERYTHING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS AGREE ON, BUT YOU AGREE ON ENOUGH THAT THAT IS ABSOLUTE DISTURBING AND SHOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE IN OUR TOWN CITY COUNCIL. I DON'T CARE IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH THE WAY WE CHOOSE TO LIVE YOUR RELIGION AND THE WAY THAT YOU'RE USING IT AS A CUDGEL AGAINST PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY IS DISGUSTING. AND THE WAY YOU'RE USING IT AS A CUDGEL AGAINST THE LIBRARY FOR HAVING A PRIDE DISPLAY WHEN YOUR WIFE IS SAYING THAT IT'S ANTI-AMERICAN, THAT'S DISGUSTING . WE ARE AMERICANS. WE'RE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE WE CARE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY AS MUCH AS SOME OF YOU ON THIS COUNCIL DO. WE'RE HERE BECAUSE WE WANT TO SUPPORT THIS COMMUNITY. WE'RE HERE BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO LIVE HERE AND FEEL SAFE HERE AND RESPECTED HERE. 
          AND SO I CALL FOR YOUR RESIGNATION AS WELL. HI, I'M SARAH LOWERY. I LIVE AT 
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310 WEST SIXTH STREET, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS, I'M HERE JUST IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN RIGHTS. LIKE, COME ON, YOU GUYS WANT TO GROW, RIGHT? YOU WANT TO GROW, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO BE INCLUSIVE, WHICH IS CRAZY TO ME. YOU CANNOT HAVE GROWTH HERE IN MARYSVILLE WITHOUT BEING ACCEPTING OF OTHER PEOPLE. I MEAN, YOU WANT TO BRING PEOPLE IN, RIGHT? I MOVED OUT HERE ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO. I'M NOT GAY, BUT I MOVED HERE BECAUSE I SAW GAY FLAGS, AND I ASSUMED WE WERE INCLUSIVE OUT HERE. I ASSUMED THIS WAS A SAFE, SAFE SPACE FOR PEOPLE, INCLUDING WOMEN. YOU KNOW, SO YOU GUYS REALLY NEED TO DO SOME REFLECTION. I AGREE, MR. REEMS. IT'S BEEN HORRIBLY UNPROFESSIONAL. WHAT YOU'VE ALLOWED TO BE POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA ATTACKING THE LIBRARY, ATTACKING THE LOCAL BUSINESSES. I THINK THE REST OF YOU ARE KIND OF RESPONSIBLE, ALL, FOR HOLDING HIM ACCOUNTABLE. AND I HOPE THAT THIS IS PROOF THAT IT NEEDS TO BE DONE. SO THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME IS CHRISTIAN DOWNEY THOMPSON. I LIVE AT 14096 PLEASANT RIDGE DRIVE IN MARYSVILLE, OHIO, WE JUST SAW A PRESENTATION ABOUT IMPACT STATION AND HAVING A SAFE SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO. BUT I AM ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WAS ATTACKED. I AM ONE OF THE DRAG QUEENS THAT WAS CALLED A AND A GROOMER BY MR. REAM'S WIFE. I DON'T HAVE A SAFE SPACE TO GO TO AT MY OWN HOUSE BECAUSE I'M WORRIED THAT THIS RHETORIC WILL ALLOW CRAZY PEOPLE TO LOOK ME UP, AND IT'S SUPER EASY TO FIND WHERE SOMEBODY LIVES. I WORK IN FRAUD AT CHASE BANK. I KNOW HOW EASY IT IS TO FIND OUT SOMEBODY INFORMATION, AND I HAVE TO GO HOME AND WORRY THAT SOMEBODY IS GOING TO COME TO MY HOUSE AND HURT ME. I HAVE GONE TO THERAPY BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED A YEAR AGO, AND RESPECTFULLY, MR. PRESIDENT, I REACHED OUT TO YOU BECAUSE I HAVE CONCERNS. WE KNOW THAT THE UNION COUNTY FAITH FAMILY COALITION ADMINS ARE HEIDI HOOD AND MICHAEL MATTHEWS. AND I REACHED OUT WITH CONCERNS THAT YOU WERE FRIENDS WITH THEM. 
          YOU DID RESPOND AND SAY THAT YOU WERE BUILDING BRIDGES, BUT HOW DO YOU BUILD BRIDGES WITH PEOPLE THAT SPEW HATE? MR. HUNTER MR. HUNTER, WHEN YOU WERE RUNNING FOR YOUR POSITION, I REACHED OUT TO YOU WITH CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN MARYSVILLE. YOU WERE ON VACATION. YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU WOULD REACH OUT TO ME WHEN YOU GOT BACK, AND I NEVER GOT A RESPONSE. IT MAKES ME WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE WITHIN THIS ROOM SITTING ON ON THIS COUNCIL ARE INVOLVED WITH A GROUP THAT IS ATTACKING THE LGBT PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY. LUCKILY, THROUGH THERAPY AND FINDING A CHURCH THAT'S OPEN AND AFFIRMING, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST THAT I HAVE HAD THE SUPPORT TO GO THROUGH WHAT I HAVE GONE THROUGH AND THEY'RE ATTACKING THAT SAME CHURCH. 
          THEY'RE SENDING EMAILS SAYING, UNITED, METHODIST CHURCH, BELOVED, AND UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST ARE THE SATAN CHURCHES IN MARYSVILLE. WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW IN OUR CONGREGATION AFRAID TO ASSOCIATE WITH THE CHURCH ANY LONGER BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING DEEMED THE GAY CHURCH BY UNION COUNTY FAITH FAMILY COALITION. IT WAS SAID THAT MARK REAMS STATED THAT HE COULDN'T CONTROL WHAT HIS WIFE SAID ONLINE, BUT DEB GROTE'S EMAIL TO MICHAEL MATTHEWS RESPONSE AND MICHAEL MATTHEWS RESPONSE TO HER ON CITY EMAIL STATES THAT MARK REAMS AND LESLIE REAMS ARE MEMBERS OF UNION COUNTY FAITH FAMILY COALITION. SO YOU CAN'T CONTROL WHAT YOUR WIFE SAYS, BUT IT SHOWS THAT YOU HAVE THE SAME IDEALS THAT SHE DOES TO JOIN THIS GROUP THAT'S ATTACKING BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFITS AND CHURCHES. I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK MARK REAMS TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND RESIGN. IF MARK REAMS DOES NOT. I ASK THAT THE COUNCIL CONSIDER WHAT ACTIONS THAT THEY CAN TAKE TO MAKE THIS PLACE A SAFER PLACE, 
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SO THAT MARYSVILLE ISN'T FACED WITH A POTENTIAL LAWSUIT IN THE FUTURE, GIVING A BAD REPUTATION TO A TOWN THAT WANTS TO GROW. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS WILLIAM FORGETTE. I WASN'T LIVE AT 1932 SHIPROCK DRIVE, WARD ONE. I WASN'T PLANNING ON SPEAKING TONIGHT. HOWEVER, I WANT TO SUPPORT ALL OF MY FRIENDS IN THE ROOM. I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE SAID. WE HAVE CORROBORATING MATERIALS OF MR. REAMS AND MISS REAMS AND THEIR STANCES. THEY HAVE ATTACKED THE LIBRARY, THEY'VE ATTACKED THE COMMUNITY AND MRS. REAMS CALLED ME A. THIS ENTIRE TIME, MR. REAMS HAS REMAINED SILENT. SILENT IS COMPLICITY. I ASK FOR YOUR RESIGNATION. 
          HELLO. MY NAME IS CHELSEA MOORE. I LIVE AT 200 GREENWOOD BOULEVARD, APARTMENT P, I HAVE WORKED AT THE MARYSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY SINCE 2016. I RECOGNIZE SOME OF YOU AS PATRONS, AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU HERE TONIGHT. I'M A NEW RESIDENT OF MARYSVILLE. I HAVE NOT HAD THE LUCK TO LIVE IN MARYSVILLE UNTIL VERY RECENTLY. I MOVED IN THE MIDDLE OF MAY, SO I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS NOW, AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT I'M REALLY DISTURBED AND REALLY HEARTBROKEN BECAUSE I THINK ALL OF US IN THIS ROOM CAN SEE HOW GREAT MARYSVILLE CAN BE, BUT WE'RE STANDING IN OUR OWN WAY OF LETTING IT BE AS GREAT AS IT CAN BE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS, YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO DEFUND THE LIBRARY THAT IS WILD TO ME, SIR. WILD BECAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE CONSIDERED THAT IF YOU WERE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THAT, IT'S NOT JUST CLOSING OFF THAT RESOURCE AND THAT THIRD SPACE TO THE LGBT COMMUNITY, IT'S CLOSING IT OFF TO EVERYONE, IN EVERYONE. 
          IT'S CLOSING IT OFF TO ALL THE RESOURCES, NOT JUST THE ONES THAT SUPPORT THAT COMMUNITY. SO THE NEXT TIME YOU TRY TO BRING A TIFF TO DEFUND US, I WOULD REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU CONSIDERED HOW FLAWED YOUR LINE OF LOGIC IS. YEAH THANK YOU. COUNCIL. 
          OH, YOU CAN GO BEFORE ME. NO WORRIES. CATHY YOUNG, 425 WEST EIGHTH. I AM A MY. MY FAMILY HAS SEVEN SIBLINGS, OF WHICH TWO ARE GAY. SORRY, I JUST OUTED MY BROTHER. I'VE HAD AN EXCHANGE STUDENT. MY FAVORITE MALE EXCHANGE STUDENT, WHICH I ASSUMED WAS GAY BEFORE HE ARRIVED. HE DID NOT CONFIRM UNTIL I WAS IN ITALY AND I SAID, ARE YOU DATING ANYBODY? AND HE SAID, YES. AND I SAID, WHAT'S HIS NAME? NOW I THINK I'M COMING IN AT THE END OF THIS, AND I'M SORRY, CODY'S WATCHING, BUT I'M FEELING LIKE MARK IS GETTING A BAD RAP, TOO. HE IS MARRIED TO SOMEBODY, WHICH HE MADE A COMMITMENT TO, I'M ASSUMING. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS AGO THAT YOU WERE GOING TO STAND BESIDE YOUR WIFE. YOU MAY BE SILENT, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO STAND BESIDE YOUR WIFE BECAUSE YOU TOOK A COVENANT WHEN YOU GOT MARRIED. I DON'T CARE WHAT RELIGION YOU ARE. I'M FROM THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS, AND I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO CALL MYSELF A MORMON, BUT I'M A MORMON. AND IF ANYBODY KNOWS WHAT MORMONS BELIEVE, THEY WILL LET YOU COME TO CHURCH. BUT YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET BAPTIZED. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I BELIEVE, BECAUSE I DO HAVE TWO GAY BROTHERS AND I HAVE AN AWESOME EXCHANGE STUDENT FROM ITALY. SO I THINK YOU GUYS WANT TO COME HERE AND TRY TO GET MARK TO RESIGN. BUT IS IT REALLY MARK? AND I DON'T KNOW THE TRUTH BECAUSE I'M COMING IN AT THE END, BUT IT KIND OF SOUNDS LIKE IT. MAYBE HIS WIFE THAT IS VERY VOCAL ABOUT AN ISSUE AND HE MIGHT BE GOING TO SOME CHURCH THAT HE MAY NOT BELIEVE EVERYTHING. AND I COULD BE WRONG. I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE I DON'T NECESSARILY BELIEVE EVERYTHING MY RELIGION TEACHES ME. BUT THAT'S WHAT I WAS RAISED AND THAT'S WHAT I'M COMFORTABLE WITH. SO THAT'S THAT'S JUST MY STAND. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK 
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THERE'S MIDDLE GROUND BECAUSE I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE MALES IN MY FAMILY THAT ARE GAY. 
          HI. MY NAME IS NICOLE MOOTZ AND I'M AT 1338 CINNAMON DRIVE, I WAS PLANNING ON COMING TO THIS BEFORE ALL OF THIS STARTED BECAUSE I'M CURRENTLY IN SCHOOL AT OHIO UNIVERSITY FOR MY MASTER'S IN SOCIAL WORK, AND ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THIS SEMESTER IS THAT I ATTEND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. SO HERE I AM, AND I JUST HAPPEN TO BE A SUPPORTER OF WALKING DISTANCE AND THE COMMUNITY AS WELL, I CURRENTLY WORK FOR UNION COUNTY CHILDREN'S SERVICES, AND IN THIS ROLE THAT I'M TAKING AND IN MY DEGREE AND ALL THE ADVOCACY, IT'S YOU STAND UP FOR THE RIGHT THING. AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S WHAT I NEED TO DO HERE TODAY, AND I NEED TO SPEAK ON THAT, IF I WERE TO GO AND POST STUFF LIKE THAT, OR IF MY HUSBAND WERE TO GO AND POST STUFF LIKE THAT, I'D LOSE MY JOB. YEAH, I'D LOSE MY JOB. IT DOESN'T MATTER THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M GOOD AT MY JOB. I'D LOSE IT BECAUSE I SPOKE OUT AND I WAS HATEFUL. AND THAT'S THAT'S THE END OF THE STORY, SO I JUST WANT YOU TO MAYBE CONSIDER THAT I KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T CONTROL HER, BUT SHE'S ALSO HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD, AND SHE NEEDS TO REMEMBER THAT. THANKS. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? HI. I'M OLIVIA BREAK, FROM 20699 HOME BROOK ROAD, I AM 19 YEARS OLD. 
          SORRY. WALKING DISTANCE HAS BEEN A SAFE HAVEN FOR ME. I YEAH. I'M FINE. SORRY WALKING DISTANCE HAVE BEEN A SAFE HAVEN FOR ME. TEDDY HAS BEEN GREAT, AND HE'S VERY SUPPORTIVE. AND EVERYBODY HERE IS VERY SUPPORTIVE AND. TO HEAR SOMEONE REALLY JUST SAY OUTLANDISH THINGS AND CLAIM THINGS THAT HAS NO STANCE WHATSOEVER, AND. WITHOUT EVEN BEING LIKE, WITHOUT EVEN BEING PART OF THAT COMMUNITY OR LIKE GOING IN THERE TO GOING IN THERE TO SEE ANYTHING LIKE. IF YOU WALKED UP TO A STRANGER AND JUST SAID, LIKE, OH, YOU'RE A, YOU WOULDN'T DO THAT, THAT'S COMMON DECENCY. LIKE, WHY DON'T WE TREAT THAT SAME PERSON WITH KINDNESS LIKE, WHY WOULDN'T YOU BE KIND TO SOMEBODY ELSE? I'M SORRY. ALSO THERE'S A LOT OF YOUTH HERE. THERE'S A LOT OF YOUTH HERE. IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A LOT OF GROWTH HERE, THERE'S A LOT OF GAY YOUTH HERE. THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE. THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE. THEY DON'T FEEL ACKNOWLEDGED. THEY DON'T FEEL THAT THEY'RE SAFE SPACES. FOR THEM. THIS WAS A SAFE SPACE FOR ME. NOW IT'S GETTING ATTACKED. 
          THE LIBRARY WAS A SAFE SPACE FOR ME. IT'S ALSO GETTING ATTACKED. THIS IS WHERE THIS IS WHERE I GREW UP. THIS IS WHERE I LEARNED STUFF. THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE COME AND LIKE, PEOPLE ARE COMING IN AND YOU'RE EXPECTING THEM TO JUST ROLL OVER AND YOU'RE EXPECTING THEM. YOU'RE EXPECTING PEOPLE TO JUST COME IN AND BE LIKE, OKAY, YOU CAN WE'LL JUST ACCEPT THIS AND NOT FIGHT OVER IT. WE NEED TO BE ACCEPTING OF EVERYONE. WE CAN'T JUST JUDGE PEOPLE BASED ON WHO THEY LOVE AND THEIR RELIGION AND EVERYTHING. LIKE IF YOU CLAIM AMERICA IS SUPPOSED TO BE FREE, LIKE, WHY AREN'T YOU ALLOWING IT TO BE FREE? THANK YOU. MY NAME IS TAYLOR BRICK. I'M HER SISTER. 
          I ALSO JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT SHE'S SAYING. I'M A COLLEGE STUDENT AT OHIO STATE. I'M TRYING TO DECIDE WHERE I WANT TO GO WITH MY LIFE. AND SO SEEING THAT MARYSVILLE IS BECOMING THIS PLACE WHERE WE'RE JUST ALLOWING, LIKE, THE HATRED TO SEEP INTO THE GOVERNMENT MAKES IT REALLY 
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SCARY FOR ME BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE I'VE GROWN UP MY WHOLE LIFE, AND I WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE HERE, BUT I CAN'T BE PART OF IT IF IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE THIS. SO AGAIN, LIKE SHE SAID, THE YOUTH HERE WERE ALL LIKE, WE'RE COMING UP HERE LIKE YOU GUYS ARE, YOU GUYS ARE HERE NOW, BUT WE'RE WE'RE GETTING TO THAT AGE WHERE NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE PART OF YOUR GOVERNMENT. SO IF YOU WANT US TO VOTE FOR YOU AND YOU WANT US TO DO THINGS, PLEASE TAKE ACTION. GET HIM OFF THE BOARD, STOP THE HARASSMENT OF LOCAL BUSINESSES. BE INCLUSIVE OF EVERYONE. IT'S. WE'RE GEN Z'S NOT GOING TO DEAL WITH THIS, OKAY? MY NAME IS PETER ZABO. I LIVE AT 1581 VALLEY DRIVE. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS ISN'T A LGBTQA ALPHABET MAFIA VERSUS, CHRISTIANITY CONVERSATION. THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT ARE A PART OF THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY THAT ARE PART OF THE QUEER COMMUNITY, AND I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL. WHEN I GREW UP, I WAS A PART OF UCC IN, WEST PARK UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. MY GRANDFATHER WAS A MINISTER THERE, AND HIS TEACHINGS TAUGHT US THAT JESUS WAS SUPPOSED TO LOVE AND RESPECT EVERYONE. AND I BELIEVE THERE'S EVEN A FAMOUS BIBLE VERSE ABOUT IT. SOMETHING ABOUT, HE USED WITHOUT SIN. DON'T CAST THE FIRST STONE. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO YOU SHOULDN'T REALLY BE JUDGING PEOPLE FOR THEIR WHAT YOU PERCEIVE TO BE THEIR SINS. THAT'S GOD'S, PREROGATIVE. 
          SORRY. I'M VERY NERVOUS HERE, SO GROWING UP, I TURNED AWAY FROM THE CHURCH MOSTLY FOR ACTIONS THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE UNION COUNTY FAMILY FAITH COALITION, I STILL WOULDN'T NECESSARILY CONSIDER MYSELF CHRISTIAN AT THIS POINT BECAUSE OF THAT, BUT WHEN MY GIRLFRIEND JULIA, I FINALLY CONVINCED HER TO MOVE FROM WASHINGTON, DC TO CENTRAL OHIO, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS SHE WANTED TO DO WAS FIND A CHURCH HERE, BECAUSE RELIGION IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HER AND MY HISTORY WITH DEALING WITH PREJUDICE AGAINST MY FRIENDS WHO ARE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. I WAS VERY HESITANT ABOUT THAT, BUT I KNEW THAT MY GRANDFATHER WAS A UCC MINISTER, SO I SAID, LET'S TRY THAT FIRST. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S BEEN THE MOST WELCOMING COMMUNITY THAT I'VE EVER BEEN A PART OF. THE PEOPLE THERE ARE FANTASTIC AND I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T REALLY HAVE TOO MUCH TO SAY OTHER THAN THAT, OTHER THAN THIS ISN'T AN ATTACK AGAINST CHRISTIANITY. SO THAT'S MY PIECE . HI, MY NAME IS TONY BRAKE. I LIVE AT 20699 COLEMAN BRICK ROAD , THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WERE JUST UP HERE, THERE ARE TWO OF MY CHILDREN. MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE LIVED IN THIS COUNTY FOR ALMOST HALF A CENTURY. 45 YEARS. 
          WE LIVED IN THE NORTHERN PART. NOW WE LIVE IN THE SOUTHERN PART AND THE FAMILY FARM. MULTIPLE GENERATIONS OF HIS FAMILY HAVE LIVED HERE. WE ARE GRADUATES OF NORTH UNION, PATRONS OF MARYSVILLE, AND ALL OF ITS HAD THROUGH THE YEARS FOREVER, AGAINST IT. OUR INTUITION. WE DID DECIDE TO GO AHEAD AND RAISE OUR CHILDREN HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY. HAVING GROWN UP HERE, WE DID KNOW OF THE VITRIOL AND THE HATE AND THE DISCRIMINATE ATION THAT WAS EXPERIENCED BY ANYONE WHO WAS NOT OF THE MAJORITY IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD TRY TO STAY AND BUILD A FAMILY HERE AND TRY TO HELP CHANGE THAT. FOR THE LAST 43 YEARS, I'VE BEEN QUESTIONING THAT DECISION DAILY BECAUSE I WANTED MY CHILDREN TO HAVE OF ALL THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THAT I FELT LIKE THEY WERE MISSING OUT ON HERE. WE ENDED UP AFTER THEY WERE IN, PUBLIC SCHOOL, A LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOL HERE. I'M NOT GOING TO NAME SCHOOLS BECAUSE I LOVE THE SCHOOLS, THEY WERE THERE FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS. WE PULLED THEM IN, HOMESCHOOLED THEM BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT THEM TO CONTINUE TO BE INDOCTRINATED BY SOME OF THE HATE THAT WE WERE EXPERIENCING HERE. DURING THOSE YEARS OF HOMESCHOOLING, WHICH WAS UNEXPECTED, WE COME FROM FAMILIES OF TEACHERS AND SUPERINTENDENTS AND ADMINISTRATORS, AND WE WERE GOING VERY MUCH AGAINST THE GRAIN, THE LIBRARY WAS OUR REFUGE. THE LIBRARY GAVE US THOSE RESOURCES THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO PURCHASE ON OUR OWN. NO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY SOMEONE MAKES TO EDUCATE A CHILD, AS YOU KNOW, IS A LOT OF MONEY, RIGHT? THAT'S 
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WHY THE STATE HAS TROUBLE FUNDING EDUCATION, THAT IS THE ONE PLACE THAT WE HAD THAT WAS SAFE AND WE KEPT BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS THERE AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS THERE. NOW MY CHILDREN ARE ALL IN COLLEGE, ALL DOING WELL, ALL AMAZING. AS YOU CAN SEE. AND I, THEY'RE FINALLY LEAVING THE NEST AND IT HAS BEEN OUR PLAN TO ALSO LEAVE THIS AREA. ONCE THEY WERE SETTLED AND ON THEIR WAY, BECAUSE WE WANTED BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS, WE WANTED TO GO SOMEWHERE WITH MORE INCLUSIVITY, MORE DIVERSITY. BUT THEN YOU GUYS STARTED GROWING AND YOU STARTED CHANGING AND YOU STARTED BRINGING ALL THESE PEOPLE IN. AND NOW WE HAVE PLACES LIKE, OH, THE LIGHTS. 
          YEAH CAN WE, CAN WE PAY THE LIGHT BILL, PLEASE? WE HAVE PLACES LIKE TEDDY'S. CAN WE STILL HEAR ME? WE HAVE THE WALKING DISTANCE RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE TWO PLACES HERE IN MARYSVILLE WHERE WE FEEL SAFE AND ACCEPTED. SO MARYSVILLE IS CONTINUING TO GROW, AS YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE HAVING ALL OF THIS DISCUSSION. BUT WE'RE AT A TIPPING POINT NOW. 
          WE'RE AT A TIPPING POINT. I'M SO EXCITED FOR THE CHANGE. I FINALLY WANT TO BE HERE. WE WANT TO STAY HERE NOW. WE WANT TO BE PART OF THIS CHANGE, BUT WE WANT TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF IT. 
          SO I'M ASKING ALL OF YOU TO ALSO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF IT TOO. BE KIND, BE LOVING. IF SOMEONE LOOKS AND ACTS DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THEM, RIGHT? I WOULD HAVE YOU LOOK AT YOURSELVES, GO TO THE LIBRARY, PICK UP THOSE BOOKS THAT MAYBE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE BEFORE, LEARN ABOUT, LEARN ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE. GO TO THESE BUSINESSES. TALK TO PEOPLE. START SOMETHING YOURSELF. WE HAVE A GENTLEMAN THAT'S GOING TO THE COFFEE HALL, I THINK, AND EVERY MONDAY AND SAYING, HEY, IF ANYBODY NEEDS TO TALK, COME TALK TO ME RIGHT. 
          START CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE. THERE WAS A KID THAT USED TO SIT ON AND STAND ON THE STREET CORNERS AND HUG PEOPLE. GIVE AWAY FREE HUGS, RIGHT? LET'S START A COMMUNITY GARDEN. LET'S START COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES WHERE EVERYBODY CAN BE THERE. SO ACTION ITEMS? YES PLEASE MARK GREEN STEP DOWN. ALSO AN ORDINANCE OF INCLUSIVITY FOR THIS TOWN, RIGHT. IT'S ACTUALLY LIKE GOOD FAITH THING. IF YOU NEED HELP WITH THAT, THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE HERE. WE CAN START A COMMITTEE. WE'RE ALL LIKE GUNG HO. LET'S GO. LIKE, LET'S WE'LL HELP YOU FIGURE THAT OUT. EQUALITY OHIO ALREADY HAS LOTS OF THINGS SET UP LIKE THAT. WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO START FROM SCRATCH. ALSO WE CAN, LIKE, BAN HATE GROUPS. MAYBE IN THE CITY. SO YES. LET'S RECOGNIZE THE UNION COUNTY FAITH FAMILY COALITION, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. WHATEVER IT IS FOR WHAT IT IS, IT'S A HATE GROUP. THEY HATE PEOPLE. THAT'S NOT WHAT THE PEOPLE THAT IDENTIFY AS CHRISTIAN HERE. THE MAJORITY OF THEM DO NOT HAVE THOSE SAME VALUES. THEY HAVE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT VALUES. I AM NOT PART OF THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY AND I'M NOT PART RIGHT. LIKE I STILL UNDERSTAND THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE SAYING AND THE UNION COUNTY FAITH FAMILY, BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH. THEY NEED TO GO. THEY NEED TO BE BANNED. THE THREE PERCENTERS, WHICH LESLIE REEMS IS A PART OF, IT IS ON HER LICENSE PLATE. THAT IS A NATIONALLY IDENTIFIED TERRORIST ORGANIZATION THAT NEEDS TO BE BANNED. WE NEED TO, AS MARYSVILLE, TAKE A STRONG STANCE AGAINST THIS AND SAY, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW THIS TO BE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE WANT TO ATTRACT GOOD PEOPLE, RIGHT? WE WANT TO ATTRACT YOU GET WHAT YOU ATTRACT, RIGHT? WE DON'T WANT HATEFUL PEOPLE HERE. WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE THAT HATE OTHERS. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. WELL, WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT, I THOUGHT I WAS SAFE. BUT NOW I KNOW I'M BARB WILSON AND I LIVE AT 331 SOUTH MAIN STREET. I'VE LIVED HERE MY ENTIRE LIFE EXCEPT FOR FIVE YEARS. I LIVED IN FLORIDA. MY KIDS HAVE BEEN RAISED HERE. THEY STILL LIVE HERE. MY GRANDKIDS, MY GREAT GRANDKIDS, SOME OF THE GRANDKIDS HAVE GONE WITH ME TO BINGO AT WALKING DISTANCE AND HAD A WONDERFUL TIME. AND THERE'S NO REASON. I MEAN, IT'S JUST APPALLING TO THINK OF ALL THE HATE THAT'S HANGING AROUND HERE NOW. AND IT'S NEVER BEEN LIKE THAT BACK IN MY DAY. AND I'M PROBABLY THE OLDEST PERSON IN HERE RIGHT NOW, AND I'M 80 YEARS OLD AND I'M PROUD OF IT, THAT I'VE LIVED THIS LONG IN THIS TOWN. BUT I DON'T LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW. IT'S NOT RIGHT. I HAD OPEN HEART SURGERY DECEMBER 27TH. NOBODY HERE CAME TO VISIT ME, BUT TEDDY DID FROM WALKING DISTANCE. HE CAME TO HARTFORD TO THE ROSS HEART CENTER, CAME TO THE ROSS HEART CENTER TO VISIT ME, BROUGHT ME A BELL. AND IF YOU GO TO BINGO, YOU KNOW THE BELLS VERY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A BELL TO RING. BUT NOBODY 
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ELSE CAME. AND I GOT A WONDERFUL CARD FROM ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE, SIGNED BY ALL OF THEM. I DIDN'T GET ANYTHING FROM ANYBODY ELSE LIKE THAT, BUT I'VE GOTTEN THEM FROM, LIKE, THE ANIMAL CLUBS, AS YOU ALL CALL IT, AROUND HERE. THE EAGLES, THE MOOSE, THE ELKS. I GOT CARDS FROM ALL OF THEM, AND I'M PROUD THAT I GOT THOSE CARDS. AND I'M PROUD OF THESE PEOPLE. AND THE ONLY THING I'M TAKING REALLY OFFENSE FOR IS BEING CALLED THAT I'M NOT A DECENT PERSON, WHICH WAS BEEN STATED. ANYBODY THAT GOES TO THE WALKING DISTANCE IS NOT A DECENT PERSON, AND I AM A DECENT PERSON. THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY. FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I WILL ALLOW ONE MORE PERSON TO SPEAK. IF THEY CHOOSE TO. IF NOT, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ON WITH THE AGENDA. SO IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SAY ONE FINAL COMMENT? I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO CAME OUT TONIGHT, AND YOUR VOICES WERE HEARD A LOT OF US CAME OUT OF A LONG TIME AGO. THAT WAS A GOOD ONE. RESOLUTIONS. A ONE READING ONLY TO AUTHORIZE THE SERVICES THAT 
          [Res. A]
THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE WILL PROVIDE SHOULD THE PLUS OR -15.1 ACRES LOCATED IN PARIS TOWNSHIP, UNION COUNTY, OHIO, CONTIGUOUS TO THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY AND TO PROVIDE FOR BUFFER REQUIREMENTS. AND I DO HAVE A MAP. I'LL PULL UP SO YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION ADMINISTRATION. YEAH. JUST, REAL QUICK. THIS HAPPENS TO BE A PROPERTY ON THE RECENT ANNEXATIONS ON MARYSVILLE EAST THAT OCCURRED. THERE WAS A PROPERTY THAT WAS BASICALLY SURROUNDED BY THAT ANNEXATION, WHICH BASICALLY WAS AN ISLAND. AND THE DEVELOPER, YOU KNOW, CONTINUED TO WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS. SO TONIGHT THIS, THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION IS TO BRING IN THAT 15.1 ACRES AND PRIMARILY THE LEGISLATION IS STATING THAT THE CITY COULD SERVE THIS AREA IF IT'S ANNEXED. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THE LEGISLATION IS ABOUT. THAT'S COUNT. DOES, CITIZENS HAVE THE COMMENTS? COUNCIL SAY THIS IS NOT A VOTE IN FAVOR OR OR OR AGAINST ANNEXATION. EXACTLY. THIS IS THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE, THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE THERE. IF THEY'RE PAYING TAXES, WHAT SERVICES WILL WE PROVIDE? AND, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THAT IF SOMEONE'S IN THE CITY, IF THIS HAPPENS, THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CITY SERVICES. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL THAT THIS IS, IS THE SERVICES THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE. IF IT'S THE ACTUAL VOTE FOR ANNEXATION COMES LATER. SO ANYBODY ELSE. YEAH. IF, IF AND WHEN THE ACTUAL VOTE FOR ANNEXATION COMES, CURRENTLY IT'S A LITTLE BIT VAGUE. YEAH. THAT AND TO PROVIDE FOR BUFFER REQUIREMENTS AND WE'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE. YEAH. WE KNOW TO WHAT EXTENT THAT, THERE WERE OFFERS MADE AT THAT TIME TO ME FOR A SINGLE PROPERTY. THAT WOULD BE SOMEWHAT UNREASONABLE. 
          BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD THINK OF THAT EVENTUALLY THERE WILL BE, AVAILABLE AND AGREEABLE WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER? I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS, BUT I'M SURE THEY'RE TAKING PLACE. OKAY. I KNOW, ERIC ZAHRTMANN'S HERE, ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE DEVELOPER, ERIC, DO YOU MIND GIVING JUST ANY UPDATES ON THAT? SURE THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ERIC ZARTMAN. MY LAW FIRM, UNDERHILL AND HODGE, REPRESENTS THE PETITIONERS ON THIS PETITION, THIS WHOLE AREA IS PART OF A LARGER DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND THE BUFFERING IS GOING TO BE A PART OF THAT. AND THEN SHOULD THIS PROPERTY BE ANNEXED, THE WHOLE, DEVELOPMENT PLAN REDUNDANT, INCLUDE THAT. SO IT HAS SIMILAR BUFFERING AS EVERYTHING ELSE. OF COURSE. SIMILAR. BECAUSE THE OTHER ONE WAS A MUCH LARGER AREA AND IT REQUIRED A MEMORY. SERVES ME CORRECT ABOUT FOR THE REQUEST WAS 750 AND THEY SETTLED ON 400FT. THAT IT'S HARD FOR ME TO COMPREHEND, TO MAKE A 400FT 
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BUFFER AROUND A 15 ACRE PROPERTY. YEAH. SO IT HAS TO AGAIN, I'M IT'S EASIER FOR US TO , VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT BECAUSE ALL THAT WE ARE ASKED FOR IS TO PROVIDE SERVICES. BUT BUT, SINCE IT DOES STATE IN HERE THAT IT WILL BE IF, IF AND WHEN IT GETS ANNEXED, THERE'LL BE SOME BUFFER THAT OPENED UP THE DOOR FOR THAT QUESTION. YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. IT, AGAIN, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS JUST ABOUT THE SERVICES PART. BUT THE GOAL IS TO INCORPORATE THIS INTO THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE REST OF IT. SO THIS PARTICULAR 15 ACRES WOULDN'T BE BUFFERED FROM THE REST OF THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT THIS WOULD BE BROUGHT INTO THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT AND THE PERIMETER OF THAT WOULD HAVE BUFFERING THE OVERALL PUD WOULD NEED TO BE MODIFIED TO INCLUDE THIS PROPERTY. CORRECT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL THAT I HAD. ANYBODY ELSE? DO I HEAR A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION? OKAY. MY GOT IT. SO? SO ROLL CALL, MR. HUNTER. YES. MR. REAMES. YES. MR. BORDNER YES, MR. WOLFE. YES. MR. BURBY. YES 
          [Res. B]
MR. BURGER? YES. SIX. YES RESOLUTION B ONE READING ONLY TO AUTHORIZE THE SERVICES THAT THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE WILL PROVIDE SHOULD THE PLUS OR -6.5 ACRES LOCATED IN PARIS TOWNSHIP, UNION COUNTY, OHIO, CONTIGUOUS TO THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY AND TO PROVIDE FOR BUFFER REQUIREMENTS. AND I'VE GOT THE MAP ON THE SCREEN ADMINISTRATION. THEY'RE VERY SIMILAR IN NATURE, DIFFERENT LOCATION. THIS IS AN AREA THAT WE OFTEN REFER TO AS KIND OF MARYSVILLE, SOUTH. AND SO THIS IS A SECTION IN ERIC, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO IT, BUT AGAIN, THE OUR PURPOSE TONIGHT IS TO INDICATE THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SERVE THIS AREA, CITIZENS COUNCIL, YES, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION, NOT MUCH TO ADD. I JUST DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, THE WAY THE LAW WORKS, WE'RE ANNEXING THIS PART. AND THEN, ONCE IT'S GOING TO BE FOLLOWING UP PER YEAR SO THAT THAT'S HOW YOU GET SERVICES FROM IT. THE ACTUAL SERVICES WILL COME FROM WEAVER ROAD INTO PART OF THE PROPERTY. WHICH IS IT? IT DOESN'T MEAN, VEHICULAR SERVICE WILL BE THERE. IT JUST MEANS UTILITY SERVICE. AM I CORRECT, JEREMY? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          STEW, DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO THERE. THIS PROPERTY IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF WEAVER. IS THAT ON THE AIRPORT SIDE? THIS IS. YES, ON THE EAST SIDE OF WEAVER. SO SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT. SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT. SO SO THERE ARE HOMES OUT IN THAT AREA INSIDE CITY LIMITS THAT DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE CITY UTILITIES. IS THERE A WAY THAT THEY COULD GET THAT GET ACCESS TO THOSE UTILITIES, I GUESS WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE FINAL UTILITY LAYOUT OR PERFORMED ANY DESIGNS, BUT I IF I RECALL, I DO BELIEVE THAT THE WATER LINE HAS TO COME FROM UP CLOSER TO WEAVER RIDGE AND COME DOWN, BUT THAT'S STILL SUBJECT TO, TO DESIGN. WE COULD CONSIDER THAT, BUT BUT THERE, THERE PROBABLY COULD BE CONSIDERATION FOR I WOULD I WOULD THINK SO. YEAH, SEWER MAY NOT GET UP THERE BASED ON KIND OF KNOWING THE SYSTEM A LITTLE BIT, BUT, I BELIEVE WATER IS COMING FROM THERE AND THEN CONNECTING BACK IN AT SCOTTSON. BUT WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE UTILITIES FOR THIS PROJECT, YET. IN ANY DETAIL. OKAY, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? CAN CAN I GET A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. OKAY. COUNCILMAN HUNTER, ROLL CALL, MR. REAMES. YES, MR. BORDNER. YES, MR. WOLFE. YES. MR. BURBY. YES MR. BURGER YES. MR. HUNTER YES. SIX. YES THANK 
          [Res. C]
YOU. RESOLUTION C, THIRD READING TITLE ONLY 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 SMALL CITIES PROGRAM FOR AN AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED 
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$150,000 OF PROGRAM YEAR 2020 FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ALLOCATION GRANT FUNDS, AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATION. WE HAVE NOTHING FURTHER. I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS PROJECT UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. CAN I HEAR A MOTION TO PASS? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. COUNCILMAN BURBY ROLL CALL. MR. BORDNER. YES, MR. WOLFE? YES. MR. BURBY. YES MR. BURGER YES. MR. HUNTER YES. MR. REAMES YES. SIX. YES. ORDINANCE FOR FIRST READING. TITLE ONLY TO DECLARE THE IMPROVEMENT OF 
          [Ord. A]
CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, UNION COUNTY, OHIO, TO BE A PUBLIC PURPOSE PURSUANT TO OHIO REVISED CODE, SECTION 5709.41, TO DECLARE SUCH PROPERTY TO BE EXEMPT FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXATION. TO DESIGNATE IMPROVEMENTS THAT, ONCE MADE, WILL DIRECTLY BENEFIT THE PARCELS FOR WHICH IMPROVEMENT IS DECLARED. TO BE A PUBLIC PURPOSE. TO REQUIRE ANNUAL SERVICE PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES. TO ESTABLISH AN URBAN REDEVELOPMENT TAX INCREMENT EQUIVALENT FUND TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A COMPENSATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY CONNECT REAL ESTATE, LLC AND THE MARYSVILLE EXEMPTED VILLAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE OHIO HIGH POINT CAREER CENTER TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING SERVICE PAYMENT AGREEMENT AND TO PROVIDE RELATED AUTHORIZATIONS PURSUANT TO THE OHIO REVISED CODE, SECTION 5709.415709.425709.43570, 9.832 AND 570, 9.85. I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION TO PULL UP. AND IF I COULD, START REAL QUICK, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY, THE FINANCING, A LOT OF THE FINANCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONNECT PROJECT, THE SILOS, THE OLD WATER PLANT SITE, CRAZY SCOTTIES, SAKURA, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE SCHOOLS PASSED THIS LEGISLATION, SIMILAR LEGISLATION UNANIMOUSLY, JUST RECENTLY, IN ONE OF THEIR MEETINGS. AND ERIC'S GOT A LITTLE UPDATE, AND SOME INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. THANK YOU. TERRY, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, IT'S NOT AS LITTLE AS YOU PROBABLY WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO BE TONIGHT, BUT WE GOT TO GO THROUGH SOME DETAIL ITEMS. YOU UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING. THIS IS KIND OF A, A THREE TIER PROCESS, I THINK LAST DECEMBER, YOU APPROVED OR JANUARY APPROVED A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH CONNECT. THIS IS THE SECOND STEP OF THE PROCESS, WHICH IS APPROVING INCENTIVES. 
          THE NEXT PROCESS WILL BE ZONING. IT'S GOING THROUGH THEY'RE GOING THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL. AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS FOR FINAL APPROVAL. 
          SO WE'LL HAVE A FINAL SAY IN THE ZONING AS WELL. SO THIS IS LIKE STEP TWO OF A THREE STEP PROCESS. WE'RE GOING THROUGH. SINCE THIS IS A VERY TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECT AS WELL , SO TONIGHT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A PROJECT OVERVIEW TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WHERE WE ARE, WE'LL TALK ABOUT. AND WE ALSO HAVE BOB LAM HERE FROM CONNECT. HE'LL SAY A FEW WORDS AT THE END. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'VE WORKED ON ON SITE PREPAREDNESS FOR THE AREA AS WELL. AGAIN, THIS IS ALMOST 18 ACRES OF PROPERTY THAT'S BEEN UNDERUTILIZED FOR MANY YEARS. 
          THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSED INCENTIVES, THE TAX COLLECTIONS WITH THE PROJECT AND WITHOUT THE PROJECT, THE TIMELINE AND KIND OF WHERE WE GO FROM HERE, TRYING TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW. AND AGAIN, THIS IS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR NOW, WHAT, TWO YEARS NOW? I THINK TERRY AND WE'VE BEEN MEETING WEEKLY WITH THE DEVELOPER FOR, FOR NOW, PROBABLY WELL OVER A HALF A YEAR, JUST MEETING AND TALKING ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND WHAT IT MEANS TO THE CITY. SO LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR PLANNING DOCUMENTS IN THE CITY, AND I'M NOT GOING TO READ THIS VERBATIM, BUT THE HIGHLIGHTED SECTIONS ON THE FIRST TWO, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT IN OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, STOP STATES THAT THE RECREATIONAL FOCUSED, HEALTHY AND ACTIVE LIFESTYLE IS A KEY INDICATOR IN A PROFESSIONAL'S LOCATION, DECISION AND AS SUCH, CREATING THE RECREATIONAL ENVIRONMENT TO ATTRACT THE NEW ECONOMY. TALENT IS IMPORTANT TO THE COUNTY'S FUTURE HUMAN CAPITAL. ARCHITECTURE AND BRAND. THE CITY'S 2018 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN STATES. THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT IT AND ALSO HAD A PLAN FOR IT, HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME A UNIQUE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY TOO CLOSE TO UPTOWN AND GOAL FIVE FOUR OF THE CITY'S 2021 2025 STRATEGIC PLAN STATES THE CITY WILL DETERMINE VARIOUS OPTIONS, INCLUDING INCENTIVES TO OVERCOME THE FINANCIAL GAPS ASSOCIATED WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT OF VACANT PROPERTY, PARTICULARLY ON HOW TO ADDRESS THE COST OF DEMOLITION WITH RESPECT TO THE ASKING PRICE AND IF ANY PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY. SO MANY PLANNING DOCUMENTS HAVE TALKED ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING NOW ON THIS PROPERTY. SO THIS IS A YOU'VE ALL SEEN THE, THE SITE PLAN. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE TODAY, AGAIN, IT'S LIKE 17.8 ACRES. SO IT'S ALMOST 18 ACRES OF LAND, A LOT OF IT IS LOCATED IN THE FLOODPLAIN. SO A LOT OF UNUSABLE LAND IN A LOT OF 
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WAYS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO UTILIZE THOSE AREAS IN THE FLOODPLAIN. WE'RE PLANNING, 220 PLUS MULTIFAMILY UNITS, ABOUT 26,000FT■!S OF FOOD, BEVERAGE AND EVENT SPACE, 15,000FT■!S OF CO-WORKING SPACE, 25,000FT■!S OF AN ENTERTAINMENT AND EVENT SPACE, AND APPROXIMATELY 125,000FT■!S OF HOSPITALITY, BOUTIQUE HOTEL AND OR CORPORATE HOUSING. POTENTIAL ALL TOLD, WITHOUT THE PUBLIC INVESTMENT, ABOUT $80 MILLION IS IN BEING INVESTED BY THE PRIVATE DEVELOPER, WHICH IS CONNECT REALTY, AND WE HAVE MORE NUMBERS. WE'LL SHOW HERE SHORTLY AS WELL, THE TOTAL PROJECT, INCLUDING PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, IS NOW EXCEEDING $110 MILLION. 
          IT INCLUDES DEMOLITION, PRESERVATION OF THE ORIGINAL WATER PLANT AND MULTIPLE SILOS, IMPROVED MAIN STREET STREETSCAPE WITH THE EXTENSION OF JIM SIMMONS TRAIL THAT WILL CONNECT, WITH THE NORTH MAIN STREET AND MAPLE STREET, A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE ACROSS MILL CREEK FROM THE WATER PLANT TO THE FORMER CRAZY SCOTTIES. THERE'S ACTUALLY ANOTHER PEDESTRIAN CROSSING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN OVER BY FOUR PAWS AS WELL, WHICH WILL ACTUALLY CONNECT THE JIM SIMMONS TRAIL TO UPTOWN MARYSVILLE, WHICH IS A HUGE WIN FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO, IT'S A TRANSFER RATIONAL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. AS SUCH, CONNECT APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED AN $8 MILLION TRANSFORMATIONAL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS CALLED T MUD. NOT THE BEST ACRONYM, BUT IT'S BASICALLY A TAX CREDIT THAT'S SHOWING, OHIO DEPARTMENT'S DEVELOPMENT'S COMMITMENT TO THIS PROJECT. AND IT'S NOT USUALLY USUAL WHEN YOU SEE, THE STATE OF OHIO INVEST $8 MILLION INTO A SITE TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN. SO THIS IS HOW IMPORTANT IS TO THE STATE OF OHIO, AGAIN, IT'S THE LARGEST REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT EVER REALIZED IN UPTOWN MARYSVILLE. AND IN MARYSVILLE IN GENERAL, BECAUSE WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, SINCE SINCE WE FOUND IT, SINCE WE OUR FOUNDING PROVIDES NEW HOUSING UNITS IN THE UPTOWN AREA THAT WILL PROVIDE NEW CUSTOMERS TO OUR UPTOWN BUSINESSES, PROVIDES NEW STREETSCAPE AND REDEVELOPMENT IN ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGED AREAS IN MARYSVILLE, AND ALSO EXTENDS THE JIM SIMMONS TRAIL, WHICH AGAIN, IS SO IMPORTANT TO THIS COMMUNITY AND GOING FORWARD, AND THEN ALSO PROVIDES THAT NEW HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE MENTIONED EARLIER IN OUR STATE PLAN, OUR PLANNING DOCUMENTS THAT WERE STATED EARLIER AS WELL, BUT PROVIDES NEW HOUSING FOR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS TO MOVE INTO AS WELL. SO THIS IS THESE ARE THINGS THAT THE CITY HAS DONE TO PREPARE THE SITE. AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JEREMY, KIND OF GIVE HIS OVERVIEW BECAUSE HE'S THE ONE WHO BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD. THIS. YEAH THANKS, ERIC, SO RIGHT NOW WE PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT $1.3 MILLION INVESTED IN THIS SITE, AND A LOT OF IT'S WATER FUNDS REMOVING THE LINE, WHICH IS STILL ONGOING, WE DID HAVE SOME EMBANKMENT AGAIN. I'M ESTIMATING IF WE HAD TO CONTRACT THAT OUT, IT'D BE AROUND 400,000. BUT AT LEAST GOING WITH THOSE COSTS, THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE INVESTED, THERE AT PRIMARILY THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT SITE AND CRAZY SCOTTIES. WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF WE WERE TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP THE BUILDINGS, WE WOULD DEFINITELY, IN THE NEXT YEAR, HAVE TO PAINT THE SILOS AND GET THOSE WHITE, AS WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING FOR, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND, AT LEAST WITHIN THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, IF WE WERE TO HOLD ON TO THESE SITES WE'RE LOOKING AT. AND AGAIN, IT'S A ROUGH ESTIMATE, BUT ABOUT $750,000 TO BE ABLE TO, TO, MOVE A LOT OF THAT OLD AND OUTDATED EQUIPMENT OUT OF THE SITE TO BE ABLE, TO PROMOTE THIS, FOR REDEVELOPMENT IN THE FUTURE, IN THERE, I ALSO THREW IN SOME COSTS IF, YOU KNOW, IF DEMOLITION WAS CHOSEN ON SOME PORTIONS OF THE WATER PLANT AND THE SILOS, WHICH I KNOW PREVIOUS CITY COUNCILS, ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO SAID, YEP, THOSE SILOS ARE KNOWN AS MARYSVILLE LANDMARK, BUT THAT IS PROBABLY SOMEWHERE AROUND $2.5 MILLION TO TEAR DOWN THOSE SILOS. THE FOUNDATIONS. WHEN WE DUG A SEWER, THERE, 10 TO 12 YEARS AGO, IT SEEMED TO BE 30FT DEEP. SO IT'D BE QUITE THE UNDERTAKING, TO BE ABLE TO, COME UP WITH THESE COSTS ON OUR OWN TO PREPARE THEM FOR, FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT. THANKS JEREMY. SO A LOT'S BEEN PUT IN PLACE OR MOVING FORWARD A LOT OF THIS IS TRYING TO GET THIS BACK TO A GREENFIELD TO BE ABLE TO BE DEVELOPED. AND THAT'S THE KEY WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT, AGAIN, UNDERUTILIZED PROPERTIES, SO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, NEGOTIATED INCENTIVES. SO CONNECT HAS WORKED REALLY, REALLY, WELL AND HARD ACTUALLY WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ACTUALLY BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT WHAT AN INCENTIVE WOULD, WOULD LOOK LIKE. SO WITH ALL THEIR WORK AND, AND I KNOW TERRY AND BRAD HAVE BEEN IN NUMEROUS MEETINGS AS WELL AS MYSELF ABOUT WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WHAT WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD. FIVE ZERO WAS THE APPROVAL OF A COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT TAX ABATEMENT AS WELL AS A TIF. AND I'LL GET INVOLVED IN THE DETAILS LATER. BUT HERE'S SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. THERE WOULD BE A PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES, ALSO CALLED A PILOT ACRONYM 70 K TO THE TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND 
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3.3 K TO THE OHIO HIGH POINT FOR 30 YEARS. AND THAT'S BEING PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPER A CITY SPLIT OF INCOME TAX COLLECTION FROM THE COMMERCIAL USES, TYPICALLY THAT IS ALWAYS REQUIRED, AS PART OF THAT, AS PART OF INCOME TAX SHARING AGREEMENT. THAT IS THE MINIMUM STANDARD FROM THE STATE OF OHIO. BUT ALSO THE CITY HAS AGREED IN THIS AGREEMENT OR WOULD AGREE TO THE RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE APARTMENTS AS WELL. AND I HAVE NUMBERS LATER THAT ACTUALLY WOULD SPLIT THE INCOME TAX 50 OVER 50. THE SCHOOL WOULD RECEIVE THE PROPERTY TAXES FROM THE INCREASE OF LAND VALUE INCREASING INCREASING FROM THE DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN ALSO THE DEVELOPER HAS AGREED TO SET UP AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THROUGH THE STEM SCHOOL, AS WELL AS A PARTNERSHIP. AND THEN PRIOR TO FINALIZING THESE INCENTIVES, WE DID UPDATE COUNCIL. WE BRIEFED, BRIEF YOU ALL IN MARCH. ON MARCH FOURTH, AS WELL AS JUNE 3RD TO BRING YOU UP TO DATE ON WHERE WE WERE WITH THE PROGRESS. SO HERE ARE THE PROPOSED INCENTIVES. SO THERE'S REALLY TWO THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE CRA AND THE TIF. FIRST, THE TAX ABATEMENT. 
          IT APPLIES FOR YEARS ONE THROUGH 15, AND BASICALLY THIS WOULD BE A SAVINGS TO CONNECT NET PRESENT VALUE OF ABOUT $7.4 MILLION OVER THAT 15 YEAR PERIOD, IT ESTIMATES IT ESTIMATES LESS THAN 10 TO 20 STUDENTS THAT WILL ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE DEVELOPMENT. CONNECT AGREES AGAIN WITH THE PILOT PAYMENT GOING TO MARYSVILLE SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS OHIO HIGH POINT CONNECT WILL ALSO ESTABLISH THAT INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS THAT WE DISCUSSED. YEAR 16 THROUGH 30. 
          WHEN THE CRA EXPIRES, THAT'S WHEN THE TIF, IT'S A 30 YEAR, SCHOOL TIF, AND THE TIF REVENUES OVER THE 15 YEAR PERIOD WILL EQUAL APPROXIMATELY $3.6 MILLION NET PRESENT VALUE. TIF AND CRA REVENUES WILL WILL COVER THE, THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE COST. THE TOTALS NEARLY $7 MILLION. THE DEVELOPER WILL ALSO UTILIZE THE TIF AND CRA FUNDS ON SITE, PREPARE PREPARATION, AS WELL AS THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT COSTS AND AGAIN, AS STATED BEFORE, THE SHARE OF THE INCOME TAX AND THEN THE 30 YEAR PILOT PAYMENT AS WELL. SO THESE ARE THE INVESTMENTS BEING MADE AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT YES, WE ARE SPLITTING 50% OF OUR INCOME TAX WITH THE SCHOOLS, BUT THE CITY IS ALSO REALIZING A LOT OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THIS LIST OUT ALL THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE FROM THE TRAIL EXTENSION TO THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, TO THE TO THE SILOS, REPAINTING. AND YOU CAN SEE THE STREETSCAPE, THAT STREETSCAPE IS GOING TO BE SO VALUABLE, THAT AREA, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY TURNING THAT AREA INTO SOMETHING REALLY, REALLY SPECIAL. AND AGAIN, SOME OF THE OTHER USES BEING THERE, BUT ALL OVER $7 MILLION IN PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEN ABOUT 3.2 MILLION IN, IN PRIVATE ON SITE IMPROVEMENTS ARE GOING TO BE MADE AS PART OF THIS PROJECT. SO SO CURRENT TAXES AND THIS IS THIS KIND OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH TAXES, WHERE WE COULD WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO IN THE FUTURE AS WELL. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE CITY COLLECTS ABOUT $2,300 IN INCOME TAX COLLECTED PER YEAR FROM THE CURRENT USE. AND THAT'S THAT'S IT. ACTUALLY, ESTIMATE AS WELL. PROPERTY TAXES FOR ALL 18 ACRES IS ABOUT $5,000 AS WELL. SO YOU CAN SEE IT IS NOT JUST, EXCUSE ME, $7,000 INCLUDING INCOME TAX, TOTAL INCOME, TOTAL TAX IS COLLECTED. SO NOT A LOT OF MONEY BEING GENERATED ON THESE SITES BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST NOT BEING UTILIZED. SO LOOKING AND THESE ARE BRAD BRAD LISA'S FIGURES. AND HE'S ON VACATION NOW. SO THEY'RE VERY DETAILED. BUT I'M GOING TO TRY TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW. BUT THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE CAN ANTICIPATE FROM A PROPERTY. EXCUSE ME FROM A FROM AN INCOME TAX PERSPECTIVE. AND IT GIVES YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE CURRENT HOUSEHOLD WOULD ACTUALLY GENERATE AS WELL. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS BASED ON THE AVERAGE SALARIES, I'M LOOKING AT THE LAST BULLET GROWTH ASSUMED AT ONE 1% EVERY YEAR. ESTIMATED MINIMUM ANNUAL INCOME TAXES WOULD BE ABOUT $15,000 IN 2027. AND THOSE ARE THESE FACTORS. AND WE CAN SHARE THIS PRESENTATION WITH COUNCIL AS WELL. BUT AGAIN, THESE ARE THE THESE ARE THE FACTS OR THE ESTIMATES THAT ACTUALLY BRAD CAME UP WITH. SO THE ESTIMATED SCHOOL TAX COLLECTION, SO IF THE SCHOOLS AND AGREED TO A 50 OR HAVE AGREED TO THE 5050 INCOME TAX SHARING, YOU CAN ASSUME THAT WE COLLECT AN AVERAGE OF $87,630 PER YEAR UNTIL THE TIFS EXPIRATION. AND BRAD HIGHLIGHTED THIS AS THIS IS A SMALL AMOUNT WHEN COMPARED TO BUDGET AS A WHOLE, UNDERSCORES THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO FIND WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER AND BRINGING DEVELOPMENT TO THE CITY. SO THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU AN OVERVIEW. SO WE ESTIMATE ABOUT $87,000 IS GOING TO BE SHARED WITH THE SCHOOLS OVER THAT 30 YEAR PERIOD. AND THEN THE PROPERTY TAX GENERATED YOU CAN SEE THE ASSUMED MARKET VALUE, THE ASSUMED TAX TAXABLE VALUE AS WELL. BUT YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM, WHICH I THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING OVER THAT 30 YEAR PERIOD, BASED ON THE INCREASED VALUE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL RECEIVE ABOUT $571,000. NOW, I DO HAVE A TABLE. IT'S GOING TO SUMMARIZE ALL THIS UP AT THE END. THIS GIVES YOU HOW THE COSTS WERE ACTUALLY DONE TO COME UP WITH THAT TABLE. SO SCHOOL REVENUE SO 
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IT'S LIKELY THAT THE SCHOOL TAXES COLLECTED IN 2024 WOULD BE SIMILAR TO SEVERAL YEARS INTO THE FUTURE. THE SILOS BASICALLY HAVE NO COMMERCIAL VALUE. SO MOST OF THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE FLOODPLAIN. A LOT OF IT IS DEMOLITION IS COST PROHIBITIVE AS WELL. IT'S BLIGHTED LAND, IT'S COST PROHIBITED. AND THE CITY'S ORIGINAL PLAN HAS BEEN TO USE THE SILOS AND WATER PLANT FOR PUBLIC USES, LIKE TRAILS OR A TRAIN STATION THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST. THESE USES WOULD NOT GENERATE TAX REVENUE BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE OWNED BY THE PUBLIC. AND SO BELOW GIVES YOU A 2029, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE TIF WOULD ACTUALLY KICK INTO PLACE. AND THE CRA THAT, THE MARYSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD COLLECT AN ESTIMATED 4300 WITHOUT NO, WITHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT. SO ONLY ABOUT $4,390 WOULD BE COLLECTED BY THE SCHOOLS. HOWEVER DURING THE ABATEMENT, DURING THE ABATEMENT IN THE TIF, THE SCHOOLS ACTUALLY WOULD COLLECT ABOUT 141. AND THAT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE INCOME TAX COLLECTIONS, THE LAND VALUE TIFF AS WELL AS THE PILOT PAYMENT. WHEN YOU ADD ALL THOSE FIGURES UP AND THESE ARE AVERAGES, AGAIN, WE'RE DEALING WITH 30 YEARS. YOU SAW AN $87,000. SO IT'S AVERAGES OVER 30 YEARS IS WHERE YOU SEE DIFFERENT NUMBERS HERE AS WELL. NOW THESE SHOWS REVENUES FOR THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT GOING FORWARD. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE INCOME TAX , THE 87 630 AND YOU CAN SEE OVER 30 YEARS WHAT THE CITY WOULD RECEIVE, YOU CAN SEE IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ABOUT $6.8 MILLION. SO TOTAL, THE CITY WOULD RECEIVE ABOUT $9.5 MILLION OVER THAT 30 YEAR PERIOD. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WOULD RECEIVE ABOUT 2.6, AGAIN EQUAL TO THE CITY PROPERTY TAX IS ABOUT $570,000, AND THE PILOT , ABOUT $2.1 MILLION TOTAL, RECEIVED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD BE ABOUT $5.3 MILLION OVER THAT 3030 YEAR PERIOD. SO IF THE AND THIS IS IMPORTANT, IF THE DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT OCCUR, THIS GIVES YOU KIND OF THE, YOU KNOW, A TABLE THAT SHOWS YOU THIS AND THIS. AGAIN, IT'S HARD TO LOOK OUT AT 2061. I GOT TO BE REAL WITH YOU. THAT'S IT SEEMS SO FAR AWAY. BUT OVER A 30 YEAR PERIOD, YOU CAN SEE THAT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT, THE CITY'S COLLECTING OR THE CITY WOULD COLLECT ABOUT $2.6 MILLION. NO DEVELOPMENT, ABOUT 94,000. SO THAT'S A LOSS. THAT WOULD BE A LOSS OF 2.5 MILLION MARYSVILLE SCHOOLS. AGAIN, THAT'S A LOSS OF 2.6 IN INCOME TAX. CITY PROPERTY TAX WITH NO DEVELOPMENT. THEY GAIN ABOUT 1212 ABOUT $13,000. MARYSVILLE PROPERTY TAX. AGAIN THEY WOULD LOSE $417,000 WITHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL PILOT THEY WOULD NOT RECEIVE. THEY WOULD LOSE ABOUT $2.1 MILLION. 
          AND THEN BACK BELOW SHOWS YOU WITHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT, IF WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD THAT THIS THESE WOULD ACTUALLY BE THE LOSSES OF THE POTENTIAL OF WITH THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE INVESTMENTS ARE BEING MADE BY THE BY THE DEVELOPER AS WELL. SO THIS GIVES YOU KIND OF A WHAT, WHAT IF NOTHING HAPPENS. THIS IS WHAT COULD HAPPEN. SO TIMELINE WE'RE ALMOST AT THE END. WHICH IS WHICH IS GOOD NEWS. SO THIS KIND OF SHOWS YOU WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE CAME FROM AND WHERE WE'RE GOING. IN NOVEMBER, 22 CITY COUNCIL STAFF, WE TOURED THE CONNECT DEVELOPMENTS IN COLUMBUS, WHICH INCLUDED THE EAST MARKET, DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS WE ALSO SAW LOWER.COM, THE INVESTMENT THEY'VE MADE AT THE POWER PLANT. AND THEN BETWEEN JANUARY 2023 AND JANUARY 2024, THERE WERE MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH THE DEVELOPERS, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, WITH WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL TO NEGOTIATE AND DISCUSS THE DEVELOPMENT STRUCTURE, HOW IT ALL WORKED TOGETHER AS WELL. WE BEGAN WEEKLY MEETINGS IN THE SUMMER OF LAST YEAR WITH STAFF AND THE DEVELOPER, AND THE WINTER AND FALL HERITAGE SILOS PROPERTIES WERE DONATED TO THE CITY, AND THE CITY PURCHASED, CRAZY SCOTTIES PROPERTY AS WELL, FOLLOWED UP TO 2023 TO NOW. THE CITY CONTINUES THE CLEANUP, JEREMY MENTIONED EARLIER, JANUARY 6TH. CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF TOURED THE CONNECT EAST MARKET DEVELOPMENT, JANUARY 8TH OF 2024, THE CITY COUNCIL ACTUALLY APPROVED THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THAT WAS THE FIRST STAGE IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN. THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT ESTABLISHED WHERE WE ARE TODAY FROM A TAX INCENTIVE, A ZONING PERSPECTIVE AND THE STEPS WE'RE TAKING FOR, TAKING FORWARD TO MAKE THIS ALL HAPPEN AS WELL, IN MARCH, APRIL, MARYSVILLE CITY COUNCIL AND DOD APPROVED THE CREATION OF THE CRA. WE CREATED A SPECIAL CRA BACK IN MARCH AND APRIL. THE PLANNING COMMISSION BEGAN REVIEW IN APRIL, THEY'LL BE HEARING IT AGAIN ON JULY 2ND. MAY 22ND. THE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY THE 15 YEAR, 100% TAX ABATEMENT AND 30 YEAR TIFF, JUNE 10TH AND 24TH CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS CRA AND TIF AGREEMENTS JUNE 13TH CONNECT MEETING WITH ELWOOD AVENUE RESIDENTS, WHICH IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING THIS WEEK ON THURSDAY EVENING AND THEN JUNE THROUGH AUGUST. ZONING FINALIZED BY MARYSVILLE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL. AND THEN ALL THAT TO GET TO CONSTRUCTION BEGINS LATE THIS YEAR AND EARLY NEXT YEAR. SO THAT KIND OF GIVES 
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YOU A LOT OF DETAIL, A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT IMPORTANT PROBABLY TO GO OVER WITH EVERYONE THIS EVENING, ONE CAVEAT TO THE TIMELINE. IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT. WE DO HAVE A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT ALSO NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL. WE WILL ADD IT AT YOUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY THE CRA ORDINANCE THAT WILL BE ADDED AT YOUR NEXT MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION OF COUNCIL, WHAT'S ON THE DOCKET TONIGHT IS THE TIF AGREEMENT WITH SOME COMPENSATION AND SERVICE PAYMENTS. BUT WE WILL BE ADDING THE CRA AGREEMENT TO YOUR DOCKET, YOUR NEXT MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION AS WELL. SO THAT'S A THAT'S JUST AN UPDATE ON THAT DOCUMENT. SO CONCLUDING CONSIDERATIONS GOING FORWARD. PROJECT REDEVELOPMENT DEVELOPS ALMOST 18 ACRES OF BLIGHTED BROWNFIELD, VACANT PROPERTY AND FLOODPLAIN IN UPTOWN MEETS GOALS FOUND IN THE CITY'S STRATEGIC PLAN, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY RE UTILIZES THE FORMER WATER PLANT AND SILOS LIKELY TO SPUR MORE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA, WHICH IS KEY TO OUR FUTURE. CATALYZES THE $8 MILLION WE RECEIVE IN FUNDING FROM THE STATE OF OHIO, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT EVEN WITH THE GRANT FUNDS, THE FINANCIALS WOULD NOT WORK UNLESS CITY LEADERSHIP APPROVES THE TIF AND THE CRAS, LIKE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS IMPROVES THE STREETSCAPES AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE TRAIL IN THE NORTH MAIN AREA WILL BRING MORE COMPLETE STREETS OPTIONS TO RESIDENTS AND VISITORS, GROWS THE CUSTOMER BASE FOR THE UPTOWN BUSINESSES, I THINK IS A KEY POINT, HAVING ALL THOSE APARTMENTS, THOSE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS SPENDING MONEY IN THE UPTOWN AREA AREA IS SO IMPORTANT. AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD COMMENTS FROM NESTLE. I THINK WE APPROVED INCENTIVE NOT LONG FROM NASA. THEY MADE THE COMMENTS THAT THEY SEE THIS DEVELOPMENT AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES TO LIVE IN THE UPTOWN AREA AND WORK AT NESTLÉ, WHICH IS REALLY KEY AS WELL, AND THEN SUBSTANTIALLY GROWS THE TAX REVENUES FOR THE CITY AND THE SCHOOLS AND OTHER TAXING ENTITIES. AS STATED EARLIER. SO THAT'S A LOT. I DON'T KNOW, TERRY, IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU RAISE A GREAT POINT WITH, NESTLÉ BECAUSE IT'S ALSO BEEN A POINT OF EMPHASIS BY THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY WHEN THEY'VE ANNEXED IN THE 700 ACRES AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING A BUSINESS PARK OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. AND THE JOBS AND THE PEOPLE THAT THE PROFESSIONALS ARE GOING TO BE BRINGING IN ON THAT SITE, THEY'VE SAID THIS IS VERY APPEALING TO THEM TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IN UPTOWN MARYSVILLE. AND THEY'RE VERY IMPRESSED AS WELL. SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECTS THAT WE WOULDN'T ALWAYS GO TO THE LEVEL THAT WE'RE GOING PROBABLY HERE ON INCENTIVES, BUT THIS IS THIS WE SEE THIS PROJECT AS BEING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND ONE THAT IS REALLY KEY, TO, TO CLEANING UP THE NORTH END OF OUR UPTOWN, WHICH IS KIND OF BEEN, FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED HERE A LONG TIME, PROBABLY KIND OF BEEN THE DIRTY PART OF THE UPTOWN A LITTLE BIT, FOR, FOR YEARS. SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ERIC, THIS IS A TIME YOU DO HAVE BOB. IF BOB WANTS TO SAY A FEW THINGS, TOO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT. ERIC, BEFORE BOB COMES ON, ARE THESE SLIDES AVAILABLE TO COUNCIL? YES, WE WILL GIVE. CAN YOU GET THEM TO US? OKAY. APPRECIATE IT. SORRY ABOUT. DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU, BOB LAMB CONNECT, I WANT TO SAY JUST THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT. YOUR STAFF HAS BEEN AMAZING TO WORK WITH OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. IT'S BEEN A REAL JOINT EFFORT TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THIS INVESTMENT HERE IN MARYSVILLE. WE THINK IT'S A GREAT COMMUNITY. 
          A LOT OF GROWTH, COMING. AND WE'RE GLAD TO BE HOPEFULLY ABLE TO BE A PART OF THAT GROWTH AS IT PLAYS OUT. SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. LAMB? I DO USUALLY I WOULD WAIT TILL THE SECOND READING, BUT, WE WE'VE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME ON THIS. YEAH, ZACH AND I HAD A TWO HOUR MEETING WITH BRAD TO LOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR THING. YOU AND I SPENT ALMOST AN HOUR PERSONALLY. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU SPEND TIME WITH OTHERS. SO I DON'T WANT TO WAIT TILL THE SECOND READING, BUT THE COUPLE OF THINGS THAT BOTHER ME ABOUT THIS IS MOSTLY THE FACT THAT, AS BIG AS BOTH NOW, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE AGREEMENT THAT WE THAT WE WILL BE OR THAT WE ARE ASKED EVENTUALLY TO, TO VOTE ON, WHICH IS THE FINANCIAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL. OKAY. AND THE FINANCIAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL REALLY DRIVES FOR BOTH ENTITIES ON ABOUT $87,000 PER YEAR. YEAH. WHICH IS THE ANTICIPATED 5050 INCOME SHARING. OKAY. NOW A YEAR AGO. YEAH THERE WAS A COMPLETE OUTCRY. YEAH. HOW COULD THIS HOW COULD BECAUSE IT'S EACH ENTITY IN IN THE, 
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COUNTY HAS ITS OWN FORM OF INCOME. YEAH WE, WE DERIVE AS A CITY MOST OF OUR INCOME FROM INCOME TAX. THAT'S A MAJORITY WHERE WE GET OUR MONEY FROM THE COUNTY, GETS MOST OF THE MONEY FROM SALES TAX. OKAY. AND THEN THE SCHOOL GETS MOST OF THE MONEY FROM, REAL ESTATE TAX. 
          OKAY. MANY YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A DECISION MADE BY THE SCHOOL BOARD TO ASSIST THE CITY. YEAH, BY DOING WHAT IS NOW EXTREMELY, UNFAVORABLY LOOKED AT. WHY HELL DID THEY PUT IN ALL OF THOSE RESIDENTIAL TESTS? YEAH THE TESTS. YEAH. BASICALLY FOR THREE OF MY FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS WAS A KISS OF DEATH AT THE TIME OF ELECTION. AND THAT WAS A DECISION THAT WAS MADE 15, 16 YEARS AGO. NOW WE ARE BEGINNING TO DO THE SAME THING IN THE CITY. NOW. THE CITY NEEDS ITS INCOME TAX TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES. YEAH. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE ARE BEING ASKED OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS TO GIVE UP 2.6 MILLION IN INCOME TAX, WHICH IS WHAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE SERVICES. SO NOW WE'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE. YEAH 15 YEARS AGO WE WERE ON ONE SIDE AND THE SCHOOLS AGREED THAT, YES, WE SHOULD DO THOSE RESIDENTIAL TESTS THAT WAY WE COULD BUILD THE WASTEWATER PLANT AND NOW IT CAME BACK TO HAUNT US 15 YEARS LATER. I CAN ASSURE YOU, BOB, WITHIN TEN YEARS, THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. YEAH. AND WE'VE BEEN EXTREMELY FORTUNATE TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK ON A 1.5% INCOME TAX. BUT WE SEE THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL. YEAH, THAT WITHIN TEN YEARS THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO TWO. AND THEN SOMEBODY IS GOING TO HOLD THIS COUNCIL RESPONSIBLE OF SAYING, WHY DID YOU GIVE THAT MONEY IN THIS WHOLE DEAL. YEAH. 
          SO I, I'VE ASKED BRAD AND HE SAID, HEY, THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO DO THIS. YEAH, I'VE ASKED YOU THAT VERY SAME QUESTION. AND YOU SAID, NO, WE NEED TO DO THIS. OTHERWISE, IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK. YEAH. THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT I CONTINUE TO HAVE HEARTBURN ON. YEAH, BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT SEVEN, $8 MILLION OF INVESTMENTS THAT WE ARE ASKING YOU. AND THIS IS TO BURY THE LINES ON THE GROUND. THIS IS TO PUT IN THE BRIDGE. THIS IS TO PUT IN THE SIDEWALKS AND OTHER THINGS. BUT WHAT IN THAT PARTICULAR DEAL CAN OR WHAT IN THAT PARTICULAR LIST OF THINGS THAT WE ARE REQUIRING YOU TO DO, WHERE CAN WE SAVE ROUGHLY $2 MILLION SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO A 5050 SHARE? YEAH. WHERE CAN THE CITY TAKE UP SOME OF THAT MONEY? THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT I'M LOOKING FOR. YEAH. AND WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT, YOU SAID IT'S PROBABLY NOT THERE OR WE DON'T REALLY WANT TO GO BACK TO THE, SCHOOL AND TRY TO REHASH THIS WHOLE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE. YEAH. SO WE KIND OF WITH OUR BACK AGAINST THE WALL. YEAH. THAT WE EITHER WE VOTE YES. YEAH. BECAUSE IF WE TRY TO BRING THIS BACK, THAT'S GOING TO DELAY THE WHOLE PROCESS FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS. YEAH AND THAT THAT'S THAT'S WHY I CONTINUE TO HAVE SOME DIFFICULTIES. SO THOSE COMMENTS ARE RELATED TO THE COMPENSATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, NOT WITH THE CONNECT SIDE OF IT. WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THE TIF AND CRA ARE CRITICAL FROM OUR FINANCING PERSPECTIVE ON THIS PROJECT. THIS IS A VACANT, BLIGHTED BROWNFIELD IN A FLOODPLAIN THAT WE HAVE TO RAISE OUT OF THAT FLOODPLAIN, WORK WITH THE CITY ENGINEERS AND FEMA OFFICE ON THE WATERWAY DIRECTION FOR THE SITE LAYOUT OF IT. AND THOSE ALL ARE HIGHLY COSTLY AND VERY PROHIBITIVE, TO A DEVELOPMENT NORMALLY. SO OUR APPROACH HAS BEEN, HOW DO WE TAKE THAT LAND, REPOSITION IT, BRING IT INTO A VIABLE COMMERCIAL STATUS FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND THESE ARE THE STRUCTURES THAT WE NEED TO DO THAT. WE'VE ALSO SECURED THE 8 MILLION FROM THE STATE, WHICH IS ALSO CRITICAL TO THOSE PATHS FORWARD. AND WE ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE A PROJECT THAT WILL BE TRANSFORMATIVE TO THE AREA BY EXTENDING THE BIKE PATHS, INCLUDING THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, BRINGING HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENT TO THAT AREA, WHICH WILL GO THROUGH YOUR DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEES. AND OUR GUARANTEE TO YOU IS THAT IT WILL BE HIGH QUALITY DESIGN THAT WE BRING FORWARD, AS WELL AS HIGH END BUILDINGS, THAT WE WILL BRING INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL INVEST AND SPEND MONEY IN THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, AND THAT WE WILL HELP CREATE JOBS WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN. YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE HAD THIS THIS DISCUSSION BEFORE, EXCEPT IT WAS NOT IN PUBLIC. YEAH. BUT I SINCE WE'VE HAD IT BEFORE, I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET, GET, GET TO THE OTHER SIDE YET. SO YEAH. BRING ME TO THE 
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OTHER SIDE. OKAY. I CAN TRY TO. WE AND WE'VE GOT SOME. YOU KNOW, I'LL BE TALKING TO JEREMY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN DISCUSS, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE LEGISLATION. OKAY. 
          THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT TILL THE SECOND. WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS RIGHT NOW, HANK. 
          BUT WE DO HAVE SOME THINGS THAT I THINK IF I. BECAUSE IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU BUY A HOUSE. YEAH, YOU YOU HAVE A BIG WISH LIST, BUT THEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR BUDGET AND YOU'RE GOING TO SAY, OKAY, HOW MUCH CAN I ACTUALLY AFFORD? YEAH. AND THIS SOME OF THE THINGS, MOST OF THE DECISIONS WE, WE, WE HAVE TWO CRITERIAS, EITHER WE DECIDE BECAUSE WE NEED OR WE DECIDE BECAUSE WE WANT. 
          YEAH. AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS, IN MY OPINION, ARE STILL IN THE WANT AND ARE NOT YET IN THE NEED. AND THAT'S WHY I HOPE THEY GAVE IT THE EXTRA, ONE MONTH TO HOPEFULLY COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO SAY, WE CAN DO THIS NOW. WE DON'T HAVE TO MUDDY THE WATER BY HAVING TO DO THE 5050 SPLIT WITH THE SCHOOL. YEAH BECAUSE WE KNOW THE BACKLASH THAT WE HAD WHEN THE SCHOOL DID IT FOR US. YEAH. AND NOW WE REVERSING THIS AND, WE, WE ARE NOW GIVING THE SCHOOL A 5,050. AND I'M JUST LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE HOW CAN WE AVOID THAT. THAT'S ALL I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. I WILL GET YOU TO THE POINT WHERE, HOW CAN WE AFFORD NOT TO DO THIS? I'LL GET YOU THERE. OKAY. WONDERFUL IF YOU COULD. IF WE CAN DO THAT, THEN YOU WILL MAKE MY DAY. THANK YOU. DOES DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISTER LAMB? THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT I'M. I MEAN, I HAVE STATED IT. I'M NOT A BIG I'M NOT. I DON'T LOVE THE NAME, OF IT, AS YOU KNOW, BUT IF THERE'S A WAY THAT YOU GUYS, I WILL HARP ON IT. IF THERE'S A WAY THAT YOU GUYS CAN INCORPORATE HISTORY INTO THOSE BUILDINGS TO RELATE IT BACK TO, YOU KNOW, THERE HAS TO BE BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT HOW MARYSVILLE IS AN AGRICULTURE, YOU KNOW, CENTER. IT'S IN THE GRANARIES ARE ICONIC, YOU KNOW, EVERY GENERATION WILL PROBABLY TELL YOU, IF I WENT BACK TO MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER, WHO WAS BORN IN 1898, I'M SURE SHE WOULD SAY THAT THERE'S BUILDINGS THAT ARE NO LONGER STANDING THAT WERE MIRRORS OR LANDMARKS, YOU KNOW, SO EVERY GENERATION HAS HER OWN. 
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
          SO THAT WOULD BE HOMEWORK FOR THE BOTH OF YOU TO DO, NOT JUST BOB LAMB. JUST SO YOU KNOW, I'LL BE LOOKING FOR ERIC TO BE HELPING YOU. WELL, THANK YOU. AND WHAT I'LL TELL YOU IS ON ALL OF OUR KEY PROJECTS, WHETHER IT'S THE MUNICIPAL LIGHT PLANT, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS OR THE TROLLEY DISTRICT OVER BY BEXLEY, WE HAVE TAKEN AREAS WITHIN THOSE BUILDINGS, AND WE HAVE DONE WALLS TO HIGHLIGHT THE HISTORY OF THOSE PROJECTS. WE ABSOLUTELY INTEND TO DO THAT WITH THIS SITE, AS WELL AS UTILIZING THE SILOS AS A KEY PORTION OF THAT, SIDE OF THE PROJECT AREA. THANK YOU. MR. PHILLIPS. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? NO, JUST TO SAY THIS, THIS IS A SUCH A VERY THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE OR COMPREHENSIVE AND COMPLEX, DEAL THAT WE'VE DONE FROM AN INCENTIVE STANDPOINT. SO THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS OUT THERE, OF COURSE, AND VERY LENGTHY PROCESS OR EXCUSE ME, PRESENTATION FOR YOU ALL TONIGHT. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECT, WHICH MEANS A LOT TO THE CITY GOING FORWARD. I KNOW WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION FOR YOU TO CONSIDER AS WELL, BUT BUT AGAIN, THIS GIVES YOU KIND OF AN OVERVIEW, INITIAL OVERVIEW, AND WE'LL HAVE MORE TO COME HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SO OKAY. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT HAS ANY QUESTIONS. OH GO AHEAD MR. WOLF. I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THIS AGREEMENT HERE AND THE ISSUE OF SPLITTING SOME OF THAT INCOME TAX REVENUE WITH THE SCHOOLS GOES TO SHOW THAT WE ARE WILLING TO BE PARTNERS WITH THE SCHOOLS. AND, YES, OBVIOUSLY, THE DECISIONS BACK IN 2006, SEVEN, HAVE COME BACK TO KIND OF UPSET PEOPLE TODAY AND WE CAN'T 
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ANTICIPATE EVERY SINGLE THING THAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. BUT WE HAVE TO REALIZE THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO WORK TO IMPROVE THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SCHOOLS AND CONTINUE TO WORK TO IMPROVE THAT RELATIONSHIP, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE SERIOUSLY NEED TO CONSIDER AND NOT JUST SAY, OKAY, WE CAN WORK TO NOT DO THIS. I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE THE SCHOOLS UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND WE'RE SITTING HERE SAYING, LET'S WORK TO REMOVE OURSELVES FROM THIS SO WE'RE NOT SPLITTING THAT. AND I MEAN, EARLIER IN THE INVOCATION, WE WORK TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE GOOD OF THE CITIZENS OF MARYSVILLE. AND THE SCHOOLS ARE A HUGE PART OF THAT. AND AS A GRADUATE OF MARYSVILLE, I UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT GOING TO SCHOOL HERE IN THE SCHOOL IS TO THIS COMMUNITY. I THINK IF WE CAN WORK TO KEEP THIS INCLUDED, TO SHOW THAT WE ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH THEM AND COME TO AN AGREEMENT THAT BENEFITS BOTH PARTIES OVERALL, BECAUSE WE CAN'T JUST SAY BECAUSE THERE'S A SMALL INCONVENIENCE TO US THAT WE NEED TO REMOVE THIS, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOWS WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A STAKE IN THIS. THE SCHOOLS HAVE A STAKE IN THIS, AND AS A COMMUNITY, IT BENEFITS EVERYONE. SO THAT THAT'S JUST KIND OF MY THOUGHT THERE ON ON THE WHOLE 5050 INCOME TAX SPLIT. THANK YOU. 
          ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. LET'S BE BACK FOR SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 24TH, 2024. 
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THANK YOU TO YOU BOTH. ORDINANCE B FIRST READING TITLE ONLY TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACTS WITH THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, ODOT TO COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT TO TAKE PLACE IN THREE PARTS ALONG RAYMOND ROAD AND US 33 OVER WADDELL ROAD. ALONG US 33 OVER STATE ROUTE 245 AND OVER NORTHWEST PARKWAY, AND ALONG UNI 33, UNI 36 AND UNI 245, TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN THE SPRING OF 2026. THAT WILL CHANGE TO THE SPRING OF 2025, THERE WAS A CLERICAL ERROR AND ODOT IS WORKING TO FIX THAT. SO IT WILL BE UPDATED TO THE SPRING OF 25. AND I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION TO PULL UP. 
          ADMINISTRATION. JEREMY'S GOING TO LAY OUT WHAT IS INVOLVED IN THIS. THIS IS AGAIN SHOWS I KNOW IT'S A HEADACHE RIGHT NOW. THE WORK THAT ODOT IS DOING. BUT THIS IS THIS IS A SERIES OF PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW. HE'S SHOWING ODOT'S COMMITMENT TO OUR OUR AREA, OUR, YOU KNOW, MUNICIPAL LIMITS AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY. AND HE'LL GO THROUGH THAT RIGHT WITH YOU THAT THESE PROJECTS WILL BE. YEAH. THANK YOU TERRY I COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT ANY BETTER, I GUESS I WANTED TO START OFF FIRST WITH THIS WAS PRESENTED TO PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC SERVICE, I WAS GOING TO SAY ABOUT AN HOUR AGO, BUT A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN THAT AGO, SO, SO, THIS ACTUALLY COVERS THREE. THEY CALL THEM PARTS OF THREE, DIFFERENT PROJECTS, AT LEAST IN ODOT'S MIND, THE CONSENT LEGISLATION THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU NOW DEALS WITH THE BRIDGES, THAT ARE WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE CITY'S CORPORATION LIMITS, PARTICULARLY PERTAINING TO THE, 33 OVER WALDO ROAD AND 33 OVER RAYMOND ROAD, FOR THE MOST PART, AGAIN, I'M NOT A BRIDGE GUY, BUT THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH GUTTING THESE ENTIRE BRIDGES, OTHER THAN THE COLUMNS AND THE PIERS THAT ARE, THAT ARE DOWN BELOW. SO, WITH RAYMOND ROAD, THEY'RE DOING A DECK, ABUTMENT REPLACEMENT, PIER REPAIR, PROTECTIVE COATING AND RAILING REPLACEMENT, AND THEN ALSO, REPLACING OR REPAIRING THE APPROACH SLAB AND BEARING, RESET REPLACED. I KNOW ABOUT HALF OF WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT AGAIN, ODOT'S THE BRIDGE EXPERTS AND THIS IS COMING FROM THEIR BRIDGE INSPECTION REPORTS, REAL SIMILAR WORK ON THE WALDO, ROAD BRIDGE AS WELL, FROM A SCHEDULING STANDPOINT, WE'LL KNOW A LOT MORE. AND I ALLUDE TO THIS LATER, BUT WE'LL KNOW A LOT MORE AFTER THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING, WHICH I WOULD ASSUME WOULD TAKE PLACE SOMETIME NEXT SPRING, AGAIN, THIS CONSENT LEGISLATION IS JUST SOMETHING, FOR SOME OF THE NEWER COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANYTIME ODOT DOES WORK WITHIN THE CITY CORPORATION LIMITS, THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S INFORMED. AND IT DOESN'T CATCH THEM BY SURPRISE. SO, ACCORDING TO ELLIS, WHICH IS THEIR, THEIR WEBSITE THAT MONITORS SCHEDULE AND SOME OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE, THESE, THESE THREE OR I GUESS IT'S REALLY FOUR BRIDGES, ESTIMATED AT $27.5 MILLION TO DO ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO. AND THE CITY'S PORTION IS $0. SO THAT'S WHERE, IT'S A PRETTY GOOD DEAL, A PRETTY GOOD DEAL FOR US. PROJECT SCHEDULE, THEY FIRST BROUGHT THIS PROJECT, I GUESS, TO ENGINEERING'S ATTENTION IN, IN LATE 2021, AGAIN, THEY CALL THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN, THAN WE DO, BUT THEIR FINAL PLANS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF AUGUST, THEY'RE GOING TO BID OUT THE PROJECT, AND OPEN UP BIDS IN JANUARY OF 2025, AND THEN BEGIN, 
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CONSTRUCTION IN THE SPRING, WITH THIS BEING, ESSENTIALLY, THE EASTBOUND BEING COMPLETED, IN 2025 AND THE WESTBOUND BEING COMPLETED AT 2026, I WOULD ASSUME THAT'S SUBJECT TO CHANGE. 
          THEY'VE TOLD US THAT. BUT, REGARDLESS, THEY'LL WORK ON ONE SIDE, ONE YEAR, AND THEN THE NEXT SIDE THE FOLLOWING YEAR. ONE THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT, AND I THINK I MENTIONED THIS AT THE, WORK SESSION IN MAY OUT AT THE WATER PLANT, BUT WITH THE MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC, IT WILL NOT BE SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING NOW WHERE THEY HAVE TO CLOSE A LANE TO ALLOW THE CONCRETE TO CURE, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS BUILD THE BRIDGE IN PIECES, AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE A CROSSOVER THAT YOU'VE SEEN ON OTHER, INTERSTATES. SO WHEN THEY'RE WORKING ON THE EASTBOUND LANE, THE SLOW LANE ON EASTBOUND WILL BE THE FAST LANE AND THEN THE FAST LANE, WHICH AGAIN, FAST WILL BE, PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT SLOWER THAN IT IS TODAY. WE'LL BE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC WITH A BARRICADE IN BETWEEN, ON ON THE WESTBOUND LANE. SO, SO THAT WAY YOU'LL BE ABLE OR WE'LL BE ABLE, I GUESS ODOT WILL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN, TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC IN EACH DIRECTION. SO, AGAIN, PROBABLY THE PROBABLY BE SOME DELAYS, BUT JUST NOT LIKE WHAT, WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW. MY GUESS IS THE SPEED LIMIT, WILL BE LOWERED TO 55. SO THERE'LL BE SOME DELAYS THAT WAY. AND JUST AS PEOPLE GET USED TO IT, I'M SURE THERE'LL BE SOME BACKUPS, BUT NOT LIKE WHAT WE'RE SEEING, OVER THE PAST, PAST FEW DAYS OR, I GUESS WEEK, WEEK AND A HALF NOW, SO THAT'S THE SCHEDULE, SO AGAIN, BEGIN IN THE SPRING OF NEXT YEAR AND THEN COMPLETE, IN OCTOBER, ONCE WE GET A BETTER SCHEDULE, WE'LL BE SURE TO PASS THAT ON TO, PUBLIC SERVICE, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. AND IT WILL BE IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS, PART TWO, THEY'VE GOT THE BRIDGE OVER 245. I IGNORE MY TIMELINE TO BE DETERMINED, BUT I BELIEVE THAT AGAIN, THEY'RE GOING TO DO EASTBOUND ONE YEAR WESTBOUND, THE NEXT YEAR, THAT PART TWO SEEMS LIKE IT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS BECAUSE THEY JUST SAID THE SUPERSTRUCTURE, SO THAT MEANS EVERYTHING UP TOP WILL BE REPLACED, AND THEN THE BRIDGE OVER NORTHWEST PARKWAY, IT'LL HAVE A SIMILAR RELEASE BASED ON WHAT I'VE SEEN ON A SIMILAR CROSSOVER, SO THE MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC WILL BE, WILL BE VERY SIMILAR. MY GUESS IS WITH NORTHWEST PARKWAY BEING VERY CLOSE TO RAYMOND ROAD, THE CROSSOVER, YOU WON'T GO BACK AND THEN COME BACK OVER. IT'LL BE ONE LONG CROSSOVER UNTIL YOU GET, UNTIL YOU GET PAST KROGER, SO AGAIN, FOR, THAT THAT ONE, THERE'LL BE A BRIDGE DECK OVERLAY BACK WALL REPLACEMENT APPROACH, SLAB REPLACEMENT, AND THEN RAILING, AND AS TERRY ALLUDED TO, ODOT WILL BE IN TOWN FOR, FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. AGAIN, AS MENTIONED DURING THE WORK SESSION, THEY ARE GOING TO PAVE OVER THE CONCRETE THAT THEY'VE JUST LAID AND MILL UP THE OLD ASPHALT, BASED ON WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THAT WILL OCCUR IN THE SPRING OF 27, SO THEY'RE GOING TO LET THE BRIDGE CONTRACTORS COME IN, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY, I DOUBT THERE'S GOING TO BE MUCH DAMAGE, BUT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO PAVE IT THIS YEAR AND THEN HAVE THE BRIDGE CONTRACTOR COME UP AND, YOU KNOW, RUN UP AND MUCK UP NEW ASPHALT. THAT'S, THAT'S IN THERE. SO WITH THAT, THAT PROJECT, I'M NOT SURE ON THE LENGTH, BUT IT'LL DEFINITELY GET EVERYTHING WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE CORPORATION LIMITS AS PART OF THAT PAVING, I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE SEEN PLANS ON THAT, BUT EVERYTHING THEY'VE SAID IS, HEY, LET'S GET THROUGH THE BRIDGES, AND THEN, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO SUBMIT PLANS FOR YOUR REVIEW, FOR EVERYTHING ON 33. SO, PATIENCE IS, APPRECIATED FROM, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY FROM, YOU KNOW, SAFETY SERVICES, BUT ALSO FROM THE TRAVELING PUBLIC. BUT WE SHOULD BE HOPEFULLY DONE SOMETIME IN THE SUMMER OF 2027, BUT AT THE END, 33 WILL PRETTY MUCH BE BRAND NEW AT THAT POINT, IS THE INTENT, I THINK THAT WAS IT. SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO ASK THEM NOW. AND DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. HOYT OKAY I DON'T SO WE HAVE A TOUCH BASED ON AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD THAT DISCUSSION BEFORE. THE BRIDGE IS OVER MILL CREEK ON THE ONE ON THE WEST AND AGAIN ON THE EAST SIDE. IF THE OTHER BRIDGES ARE, DONE WITH THE LIFETIME THAT LOGIC WOULD DICTATE THAT THOSE TWO BRIDGES MAY NEED TO BE LOOKED AT TO. LOGIC WOULD. BUT I AND I KNOW ODOT DOES BRIDGE INSPECTIONS ON THEIR ON THEIR OWN. SO THEY AT THIS POINT THEY'VE EITHER A DONE ENOUGH REPAIRS OR THOSE ARE THOSE ARE FINE. SO WHAT I CAN DO, FOR THE NEXT MEETING I'LL DIG IN OR AT LEAST LOOK AT THE BRIDGE, THE BRIDGE INSPECTION REPORTS THAT THEY HAVE AND AT LEAST GET SOMETHING FROM, FROM, FROM ODOT AS IT RELATES TO THAT. BUT THE INTENT, I AM SURE, FROM ODOT'S PERSPECTIVE, IF THEY THINK THEY CAN ONLY GET, YOU KNOW, 5 OR 10 YEARS OUT OF IT, THEY WOULD DO IT WITH THIS, THIS PROJECT. SO I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT. AND IF IT'S A LITTLE TOO TRICKY FOR ME, 
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I'LL HAVE ODOT WEIGH IN AND AT LEAST PROVIDE THEIR PROFESSIONAL OPINION. AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST SO THAT, I HAVE A VISUAL, I WOULD HAVE DONE THIS SIMILAR TO 33 AND 161. YEAH THAT WHERE THEY DID THE SAME THING. THEY KEPT THE TWO LANES, NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND OPEN. IS THAT THAT WILL BE THE SAME, EXCEPT I BELIEVE AND AGAIN, I BELIEVE AT THIS TIME, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WENT OUT AND AROUND BECAUSE THEY'RE WIDENING THE BRIDGES. THEY'RE NOT REALLY WIDENING THEM HERE. SO THEY'RE GOING TO BRING ONE LANE OVER INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC WITH A, WITH A DIVIDER. 
          SO IT'D BE YOU'LL BE STILL ABLE TO MAINTAIN TWO IN EACH DIRECTION. THEY'LL JUST HAVE A CROSSOVER THERE. SO THEY'RE NOT I HAVE NOT FULLY LOOKED AT THOSE PLANS DOWN AT, POST ROAD IN 33, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THEY'RE GETTING TO THREE LANES. SO THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE THAT ABILITY TO, TO BUILD A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. AND UNLIKE, POST ROAD, WE'RE HOPING THIS IS A TWO YEAR PROJECT, COMPARED TO THAT ONE. ANYBODY ELSE? THE ONLY THE ONLY THE ONLY THERE'S JUST THREE STATEMENTS, ONE OF THEM. ARE WE PAINTING UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE OR DOING ANYTHING TO LIKE WE DID DURING YOUR COMING IN FROM TOWN, LIKE ON 33, WHERE WE KIND OF PAINTED THE BOTTOM OF THE BRIDGE AND MADE IT KIND OF. SO WHEN RESIDENTS DRIVE, THEY'RE DRIVING THROUGH LIKE WE PAINTED IT WITH A COLOR WE'RE DOING ANYTHING LIKE THAT WITH. BASICALLY, THAT'S ODOT. YEAH. SO THIS IS, AT LEAST WITH THESE, YOU KNOW, THE ONES THAT CROSS 33, WE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE ESTHETICS. BUT IF IT'S CROSSING WALDO ROAD, THERE'S NOT AS MUCH TRAFFIC TO FOCUS ON THE ESTHETICS. BUT I WOULD IMAGINE WITH, WITH ODOT, IT'S EITHER GOING TO BE THAT WEATHERING STEEL OR, YOU KNOW, THEIR STANDARD GREEN PAINT, OKAY. THEY PAINT EVERYTHING WITH OH, SO THEY PAINT IT GREEN. WE HAD NO, AT LEAST WITH THOSE WE DID NOT. I KNOW WE HAD SOME INPUT ON KIND OF WHAT THE FENCE LOOKED LIKE UP ON TOP AND SOME THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE WOULD ONLY BE DOING THAT IF WE BUDGETED, IF WE KNEW THIS PROJECT, LIKE LET'S SAY EVERY YEAR FOR 20 YEARS, WE BUDGETED MONEY TO ADD TOWARDS THE BRIDGES TO MAKE OUR OWN LIKE STYLE OF WHAT WE WANTED. WELL, THEY LET YOU TOUCH THE WORKS. ODOT LET YOU. MY GUESS IS THEY THEY'RE GOING TO PAINT THEM AT LEAST ONCE OVER 33 ON SUCH A FREQUENT BASIS. I DON'T THINK ODOT CARES WHAT COLOR IT IS. SO WE JUST SAID, HEY, WHAT COLOR DO YOU GUYS WANT, WHITE OR BLACK OR GREEN, BUT, OBVIOUSLY THEY WANT TO STANDARDIZE THINGS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER HAVING TOO MUCH, INPUT ON THE ON THE COLOR THERE. YEAH. THAT'S FINE. I WAS JUST CURIOUS, LIKE, MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK, TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS, LIKE, AS THINGS ARE BEING REPLACED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, WESTERVILLE, YOU KNOW, THEIR BRIDGES. DUBLIN OBVIOUSLY THEY SPEND THEIR MONEY TO MAKE IT LIKE THEIR COMMUNITY'S IMAGE, WHATEVER THAT IS. SO I WAS JUST THOSE ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE THOSE ARE GOING OVER TO 70. OKAY. 33 IS GOING OVER THE LOCAL ROAD. OKAY. THAT'S WHY I'D SAY IT'S JUST A HAIR DIFFERENT. OKAY. AND THEN THE OTHER THE OTHER TWO COMMENTS I'LL SAY IS THAT FIRST COMMENT IS I KNOW RESIDENTS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE TRAFFIC AND HOW BAD IT IS, BUT SINGLE HANDEDLY I'M LIVING IT AND, I CANNOT GET OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, IN THE MORNINGS. IT'S AMAZING HOW MUCH TRAFFIC THERE IS, BUMPER TO BUMPER LIKE A STANDSTILL IN THE IN NOONE. IT'S BUMPER TO BUMPER. AND THEN IN THE EVENING IT IS ALSO BUMPER TO BUMPER AND IT IS AMAZING. LIKE THE TAIL LIGHTS THAT COMING THROUGH AND, SO I HAVE TO ALWAYS PULL OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. I HAVE TO COME TOWARDS TOWN, BUT I GO DOWN THE ALLEY, I GO DOWN SIXTH, GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO DUNHAM STREET, AND THEN I GET ON INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY. SO. AND THEN COMING HOME TODAY, WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC, A POST ROAD AND 161 WAS, THERE. I MEAN, WE'VE ALL DRIVEN IT. WE ALL KNOW. RIGHT? SO I GOT OFF AND I SAID, OH, I'LL TAKE INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY OR INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY IS CLOSED BECAUSE THEY'RE REPLACING THE INTERSECTION. SO I'M LIKE, OH, SO I HAD TO TURN BACK AROUND AND I HAD TO DRIVE. AND I WAS LIKE, MAN, I'M GONNA BE LATE FOR THE AMEC. AND THEN SO I WAS DRIVING BACK AND THEN I HAD TO GET ON, AND THEN I GOT ON 161, AND I DROVE THROUGH PLAIN CITY AND THEN HOPPED OVER TO 42 AND DROVE 736 AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS ABLE TO YEAH, I, YOU KNOW, I WAS ABLE TO GET HOME, BUT YOU DIDN'T TAKE ME. YEAH, YEAH. YOU KNOW, I'M JUST LIKE, WOW. SO ANYWAY, THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON AND IT IS IT IS PRETTY INCREDIBLE HOW MUCH CONSTRUCTION IS GOING ON IN JUST A LITTLE TEENY AREA OF SURFACE LAND, IT SEEMS. AND WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST TO ADJUST THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS ACCORDINGLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE TRY NOT TO ADJUST THE ONES IN THE UPTOWN, BECAUSE I KNOW THOSE HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, FINE TUNED OVER, OVER QUITE A FEW YEARS. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO, YOU KNOW, WE THINK EVERYBODY'S GOING EAST, AND NOW EVERYBODY'S GOING WEST TO, TO FIGURE THAT OUT. SO I KNOW AT LEAST WITH, THE POTENTIAL SWITCH, I BELIEVE TOMORROW, AT LEAST ACCORDING TO THE MESSAGE BOARDS OF INSTEAD OF EASTBOUND BEING CLOSED, IT'S GOING TO BE WESTBOUND. WE'RE MAKING SURE SCOTT'S ON BOTH SIGNALS THERE AND AT SCOTTS LAWN AND INDUSTRIAL ARE SET UP TO ACCOMMODATE THAT IN THAT ANTICIPATED, THAT ANTICIPATED 
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TRAFFIC, THE ONE LAST THING, I GUESS I'D ADD, WE ADDED THE SPEED MANAGEMENT SIGNS ON WEST FIFTH. THOSE CAPTURE SPEED. BUT THEN THEY ALSO CAPTURE COUNT. SO TOMORROW I'M GOING TO GET ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN SAY OH, TRAFFIC. DID INCREASE BY 50% OR WHATEVER THAT IS, BUT AGAIN, DONALD, DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE. HOPEFULLY IN IT'S IT'LL BE INTERESTING. YEAH, IT'LL BE INTERESTING. IT'LL BE COMPLETE. AND THEN WE WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 33 GOING DOWN TO ONE LANE UNLESS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN ACCIDENT OR SOMETHING LIKE, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW HOW MANY CARS ARE DRIVING DOWN THE MAIN DRAG OF TOWN NOW WITH ALL THIS. YEAH. I'LL KNOW, I'LL KNOW THAT. YEAH, I'LL. I'LL GET THAT TO YOU. OF WHAT? OUR AVERAGE WAS FOR THE PREVIOUS, YOU KNOW, TWO MONTHS. AND THEN WHAT? WHAT IT'S BEEN THE LAST TWO WEEKS BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE'VE ALL SEEN IT. I MEAN, WE'VE ALL SEEN THE BUMPER TO BUMPER. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE I APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. ONE GOOD THING ABOUT THAT IS, THIRD, PEOPLE COMING THROUGH TOWN THAT DIDN'T USED TO COME THROUGH TOWN BEFORE, AND THEY'RE DISCOVERING OUR BUSINESSES. I KNOW I EXPERIENCED A DRIVER WHO WAS EVIDENTLY NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHICH LANE TO BE IN, I WAS IN THE CORRECT LANE AND WENT THROUGH LIKE THEY WERE IN THE LEFT LANE AND THOUGHT THEY SHOULD GO STRAIGHT TOO. SO I GUESS THAT'S WHY THEY HONKED AT ME. THAT'S WHY, LIKE I'M THE ONE, RIGHT? BUT I'M GLAD THEY'RE COMING UP TOWN AND SEEING WHAT WE'VE GOT. THAT'S A NICE SPIN TO IT. YES. YEAH, YEAH. THINK I'LL USE THAT ONE NEXT TIME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 24TH, 2024. 
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ORDINANCE SEE FIRST READING TITLE ONLY TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF NOTES IN THE AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED 2,135,000. IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BOND FOR THE PURPOSE OF ONE DESIGNING ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTING VARIOUS STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WITH RELATED SITE AND CURB IMPROVEMENTS RELATING THERETO. TWO CONSTRUCTING VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS TO PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES WITH THE RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND APPRENTICES THERETO. THREE. CONSTRUCTING AND IMPROVING VARIOUS STREET IMPROVEMENT RESURFACE AND PAVING PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR ACQUIRING VARIOUS FIRE, POLICE AND EMS EQUIPMENT WITH RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND APPRENTICES. FIVE ACQUIRING, DEVELOPING, DESIGNING, IMPROVING AND INSTALLING INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND RELATED SITE RELATED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SIX PAYING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH DESIGNING, CONSTRUCTING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING A NEW FIRE STATION WITH RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND APPRENTICES THERETO. AND SEVEN DESIGN, ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTING CERTAIN ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROJECT. GROW PROJECT, WITH RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS IN APPRENTICES THERETO AND RETIRING NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR SUCH PURPOSE, AND AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING RELATED MATTERS. ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY FORTUNATE TONIGHT. YOU KNOW BRAD'S ON VACATION, BUT WE'VE GOT RACHEL HOOVER'S MOTHER HERE TONIGHT WHO? WHO. SANDY. SANDY IS OUR ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR, AND I'M GOING TO GO HERE JUST. AND THEN I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU. AND SHE'S GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS. 
          BUT SANDY'S DAUGHTER JUST, AT FAIRBANKS, JUST FINISHED THIRD IN THE STATE IN BOTH THE 1600 AND THE 800M. AND THEY WERE RUN ABOUT 45 MINUTES APART AND FINISHED THIRD IN THE STATE IN BOTH. VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE. SO RACHEL'S MOTHER IS GOING TO BRIEF US A LITTLE BIT ON THIS PART FOR THERE YOU GO. SHE'S SHE'S FAMOUS NOW. YEAH. THANK YOU, SO THIS IS REALLY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, THE, OUR LAST FINANCE COMMITTEE, THIS IS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND FINANCE, THERE IS THAT POSSIBILITY, AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN FINANCE COMMITTEE WITH LAND SALES AT INNOVATION PARK, THAT WE MAY TAKE THIS DOWN, BUT THIS WOULD BE THE MAXIMUM WE HAD. AND, JULY 22ND IS OUR DEADLINE TO DECIDE ON THAT FOR THIS BACK TO COUNCIL SAYS YEP. DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO. I JUST WANTED TO, CONFIRM THAT, AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. SO WHEN WE DID PURCHASE THE INNOVATION PRODUCT, THE 200 ACRES, WE HAD TWO NOTES OUTSTANDING. ONE NOTE IS IN JANUARY AND ONE NOTE IS, I THINK IN DECEMBER. IT'S ACTUALLY MARCH. MARCH, OKAY, MARCH. AND YES, SEPTEMBER. SO THIS IS FOR THE SEPTEMBER 1ST. WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF, SELLING ANOTHER PROPERTY. SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHEN THE 
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PROPERTY BEING SOLD, HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE. AND WE ALSO DID TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, TRYING TO USE SOME OF THAT MONEY TO PAY FOR THIS. OUR, OUR SO-CALLED SAVINGS ACCOUNT OR, SO THE AMOUNT INDEED IS VERY FLUENT AT THIS TIME, SO WE KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO EXCEED THE 2.1, BUT , THE, THE ACTUAL AMOUNT WE WANT KNOW UNTIL THE DAY THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT FINAL DECISION, WHICH WILL EITHER PAY OFF THE WHOLE NOTE OR IT WILL BE, USE SOME OF IT AND THEN WITH SOME OF IT BACK IN SAVING ALL OF THOSE THINGS WILL BE IS VERY FLUENT AT THE MOMENT, BUT THE ONE THING THAT WE DO KNOW FOR A FACT IS THE AMOUNT THAT, WE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO BORROW IF WE NEED TO, IF WE A DON'T SELL THE PROPERTY IN TIME OR DON'T GET THE PAYMENT FOR THE PROPERTY IN TIME. YEAH. 
          SO AND IT WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR SIX, SEVEN YEARS NOW. WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME. 
          YEAH. EVEN IF WE DO PAY THE 2.1, WE WILL ALSO AT LEAST 100, MAYBE $200,000 REDUCTION. IT'S GOING TO BE 300,000 IS WHAT WE HAVE BUDGETED. THAT'S WHAT ACCORDING TO BRAD. SO WHEN WE DO PAY THIS SO IT'S NOT THAT WE ROLL OVER THE NOTE IN THE EXACT AMOUNT, BUT WE WILL ALREADY REDUCE THE NOTE SUBSTANTIALLY. OKAY. SO. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 
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24TH, 2024. ORDINANCE D SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF PUBLIC SERVICE ITEMS VALUED OVER $1,000. ADMINISTRATION WE HAVE NOTHING FURTHER UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. CITIZENS. COUNCIL. OF OBVIOUSLY THIS IS THE SALE OF VEHICLES OR, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT ITEMS IN OUR CITY THAT'S NO LONGER USABLE. THIS WOULD BE BACK FOR THIRD READING TITLE ONLY ON JUNE 24TH. THE 2024 OR ORDINANCE E SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING TO ACCEPT 
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THE DEDICATION OF THE GARDENIA DRIVE PHASE THREE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE ADMINISTRATION. 
          NOTHING FURTHER. CITIZENS COUNCIL. TO BE BACK FOR THIRD READING, TITLE ONLY. JUNE 24TH, 
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2024. ORDINANCE F SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING TO ACCEPT THE DEDICATION OF THE VILLAGE, NEIGHBORHOOD. SECTION TWO PHASE TWO PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE ADMINISTRATION. NOTHING FURTHER. 
          CITIZENS COUNCIL TO BE BACK FOR THIRD READING TITLE ONLY ON JUNE 24TH, 2024. COMMENTS FROM CITY 
          [COMMENTS OF THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL PERSONS AND GENERAL DISCUSSION]
MANAGER AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT. JUST A COUPLE THINGS. I DO HAVE A COUPLE THINGS TONIGHT. A REMINDER THAT NEXT MONDAY WE HAVE THE JOINT MEETING WITH THE MARYSVILLE SCHOOL BOARD, WHICH IS JUNE 17TH, 6 P.M. AT 212 CHESTNUT STREET, WHICH IS THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. AND I KNOW, DIANE AND I WILL BE PUTTING TOGETHER AN AGENDA HERE PROBABLY TOMORROW. AND AND HAVING HAVING IT SENT OUT TO BOTH BOARDS. SO SO WE CAN COME TOGETHER AGAIN AND TALK, ABOUT, THINGS THAT WE CAN DO JOINTLY MOVING FORWARD IN VARIOUS WAYS IN THE COMMUNITY. SO IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY. BUT THAT'S NEXT MONDAY, JUNE 17TH, 6 P.M, I DID WANT TO SAY A COUPLE THINGS. YOU KNOW, I HAD I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY. WE WERE REALLY FORTUNATE BEFORE I CAME TO MARYSVILLE IN 2011. I SPENT NINE YEARS AT THE CITY OF GAHANNA, AND THEY WENT THROUGH A VERY SIMILAR STRUGGLE WITH A PROJECT, PROJECT THAT THEY DEEMED VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO THEIR COMMUNITY. RIGHT ALONG THE BIG WALNUT CREEK. AND IT WAS CALLED THE CREEKSIDE PROJECT. AND IF YOU GET A CHANCE AND YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY ON JUNE 21ST AND 22ND, AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING GOING ON, YOU WANT TO TAKE A TRIP OVER TO GAHANNA FOR THE JAZZ AND BLUES FESTIVAL, ALONG CREEKSIDE, YOU'LL SEE WHAT A PROJECT, A CHANGE, A GAME CHANGING PROJECT DOES TO A COMMUNITY AND WHAT IT DOES AND IT'S JUST PHENOMENAL WHAT THAT CREEKSIDE DEVELOPMENT IS AND HAS DONE, AND I SEE IT VERY SIMILAR SCENARIOS HERE WITH KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW WITH, OUR PROJECT AT THE SILO SITE. SO, SO JUST, I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS. AND THEN LAST, LAST NIGHT, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO INTRODUCE JULIE SPAIN TO EVERYBODY. YOU GUYS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU EVER GET REALLY A CHANCE TO WORK WITH JULIE, 
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JEFF'S ON OR. JEFF, TIM'S ON VACATION, AND, TIM'S GOING TO BE GONE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, WITH VERY DESERVING. HE HAS A SON THAT'S GETTING MARRIED, ACTUALLY. YOU GUYS. SO HE'S GOT SOME THINGS GOING ON, AND IT'S NOT CLOSE BY HERE. SO, JULIE, IT'S NICE TO HAVE JULIE HERE TONIGHT, BEING HERE TO HELP PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, SOME RESOURCES TO US AS WE NEED IT. 
          AND, AND IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, I'M SURE JULIE WOULD BE HAPPY TO HELP YOU OUT. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. WE'LL START WITH THE BOARD. I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO CAME OUT TONIGHT TO, YOU KNOW, SPEAK. AND, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO FRIDAY NIGHT'S COMMUNITY EVENT UPTOWN, I REALLY ENJOY UPTOWN FRIDAY NIGHT, SO HOPEFULLY, I SEE YOU ALL THERE. AND DON'T DON'T BE A STRANGER IF YOU SEE ME OUT, IN THE PAVILION AREA WITH MY WIFE AND TWO BOYS. SO THANKS. I WANT TO SECOND, MR. BODNER'S COMMENTS THERE. I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY TO GET UP AND TALK IN FRONT OF A BUNCH OF PEOPLE AND SHARE YOUR BELIEFS ON SOMETHING, SO I APPRECIATE EVERYONE COMING OUT AND TAKING PART IN YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT THIS IS MEANT TO DO IS EXPLAIN YOUR YOUR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS ON THINGS. AND, YOU KNOW, I LOOK FORWARD TO UPTOWN FRIDAY NIGHT AS WELL. HEY AT THE MOMENT, OUR, SAFETY RESOURCE OFFICERS, WHEN THERE IS NO SCHOOL IN SESSION, CREATE THEIR OWN SCHOOL. IT'S CALLED SAFETY TOWN. AND, MY SIX YEAR OLD GRANDSON, LIKE ANY OTHER SIX YEAR OLD, DIDN'T WANT TO GO. YEAH, HE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS COOL ENOUGH, BUT HE CAME HOME AT 12:00. HE TALKED TO HIS TWO OLDER SISTERS, AND, BOY, DID HE TEACH THEM A LESSON. YEAH HE TAUGHT THEM ALL ABOUT STOPPING, ALL ABOUT LOOKING AND I MEAN, HE HAD HE WAS THERE FOR TWO AND A HALF, THREE HOURS. AND, IT MADE A BELIEVER OUT OF HIM. AND IT'S, AGAIN, IF YOU CAN TEACH SOMEBODY AT A YOUNG ENOUGH AGE AND THEN TO SEE THAT ENTHUSIASM, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT TOMORROW AT 6:00, HE'S READY TO GO, 6:00 IN THE MORNING, HE'S READY TO GO AND DO SAFETY DOWN AGAIN. SO, YEAH, NO VERY, VERY WORTHWHILE PROJECT. YEAH. THANK YOU, MR. HUNTER. 
          YEAH SURE, SO I, IN THE SPIRIT OF, KEEPING THE CITIZENS COMMENTS FOR WHAT IT WAS, I KIND OF HELD SOME COMMENTS, BUT, I WAS APPRECIATIVE OF THOSE WHO CAME ON. SPOKE TONIGHT, THERE WAS A CALL FOR COUNCIL TO TAKE WHATEVER POWER WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE SOME ACTION. THEY MENTIONED MARK YOUR NAME, I WAS ON. YEAH, I WAS ON THE CHARTER REVIEW BOARD OR. SORRY, I WAS NOT ON THE CHARTER REVIEW REVIEW BOARD, BUT I DID, PARTICIPATE, AS A CITIZEN QUITE EXTENSIVELY BACK IN 2021. AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT, WE WHAT WAS DISCUSSED, TO A GREAT EXTENT, WAS ADDING, RULES TO COUNCIL OR AMENDING THE CHARTER, TO, YOU KNOW, DEFINE GUIDELINES FOR, REMOVAL OF A PERSON, AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, AND THE OUTCOME OF MUCH DISCUSSION WAS ULTIMATELY WHERE I LANDED, WAS THAT THE PRESERVATION OF THE WILL OF THE VOTER IS ABSOLUTELY MOST IMPORTANT, I THINK, WHAT WAS DISCUSSED THERE IS IF YOU GIVE TOO MUCH POWER TO A COUNCIL, AND THERE'S NOT A BLACK AND WHITE RULE OF ANY SORT, THEN YOU KIND OF, YOU RUN INTO SOME, SHAKY GROUNDS IN TERMS OF WHAT, A BODY OF COUNCIL CAN START TO DO, SO PRESERVING THE WILL OF THE VOTER IS, YOU KNOW, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. AND I MADE, I THINK, SOME COMMENTS BACK THEN WHEN I WAS PART OF THAT, IT WAS JUST A CITIZEN PARTICIPATING, SO WE HEARD SOME DIFFERENT, CONCERNS TONIGHT. I I, I DON'T WANT TO DEVALUE ANY, SORT OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT WAS EXPRESSED, BY THE DIFFERENT MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I DON'T WANT TO COME TO THE DEFENSE OF ANY PARTICULAR GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL. WHAT I HAVE HEARD EXPRESSED TO ME FROM JUST DIFFERENT, RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY IS, THERE THERE'S NOT REALLY A CONCERN FOR ADULTS, HAVING AN ENTERTAINMENT, AMONGST THEMSELVES OF, AN A TYPE OF ENTERTAINMENT THAT OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO ENJOY, OR WHATNOT, WHAT WHAT HAS CONCERNED CITIZENS SOMETIMES THE, PARTICIPATION OR, JUVENILES IN PARTICULARLY BEING PRESENT, SO THAT THAT WAS BROUGHT TO MY CONCERN BY SOME RESIDENTS, PHOTOS, SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEOS AND WHATNOT, AND SOME OF THOSE KIND OF ACTIONS OR, THINGS LIKE THAT, WOULD BE ARGUABLY LIKE, SEXUALLY SUGGESTIVE AND IN THE PRESENCE OF MAYBE ELEMENTARY AGE CHILDREN, THAT TYPE OF THING . AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY 
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WHERE A LOT OF, ANGST AND CONCERN LIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. I LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE A COMMUNITY THAT IS NOT HATEFUL. I I HAVE CHOSEN TO RAISE MY CHILDREN HERE, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE'RE A COMMUNITY THAT IS HATEFUL. SO I JUST, I THINK, CONCERN EXISTS WHERE, YOU HAVE PRESENCE OF, JUVENILES OR MINORS, PARTICULARLY, PARTICULARLY YOUNG MINORS, SO, ALSO, I JUST I WANTED TO, YEAH. CAN CAN, CONGRATULATE. SO I'M GOING TO SHIFT TOPICS FOR A MOMENT. I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE SOME OF THE MEMBERS THAT ARE FROM MARYSVILLE AREA THAT ARE ON THE BUCKEYE BOYS STATE, WEEK THIS WEEK DOWN AT MIAMI OF OHIO IN OXFORD, I'M DOING SOME VOLUNTEERING DOWN THERE THIS WEEK, BUT, IT'S A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR, JUNIOR TO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL BOYS. AND, THEY'RE LEARNING ABOUT GOVERNMENT DOING SIMULATING THE VERY THING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE DOING TONIGHT, SO CONGRATULATIONS FOR THOSE WHO ARE, DELEGATES AND PARTICIPATING IN THAT PROGRAM. AND I HOPE TO SEE GOOD OUTCOME OF THAT. I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD EVENING. MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER WAS A BARNUM OF P.T. BARNUM FAME. THE MAN WHO SAYS THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS BAD PUBLICITY. AND I KIND OF FEEL LIKE MAYBE TEDDY TAKES THAT TO HEART, BUT THE IDEA BEHIND THAT IS THE HARDER YOU ATTACK SOMEONE PUBLICLY, THE MORE YOU CONVINCE THEIR FANS OF THEIR EXISTING BELIEFS. NOT YOURS. AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE ARGUMENTS ON FACEBOOK, ON BOTH SIDES, BOTH SIDES COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE, I MEAN, THEY WERE COMPLETELY YOU KNOW, OFF THE RAIL, THEY WERE NOT CONSTRUCTIVE. YOU KNOW, THEY WERE DIVISIVE AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT TO SEE. FACEBOOK IS NOT THE PLACE FOR THOSE KINDS OF DISCUSSIONS. IT IT BROUGHT NOTHING FORWARD, IT BROUGHT NO NOTHING POSITIVE TO THE DISCUSSION. I WANT TO SAY ALSO THAT I WAS DISAPPOINTED IN HOW MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS A VOTE TO DEFUND THE LIBRARY . LIKE, THAT'S RIDICULOUS. THERE WAS NEVER A VOTE TO DEFUND THE LIBRARY. THERE WAS. WHAT TEDDY WAS REFERRING TO WAS A VOTE TO EXTEND THE TIFF ON THE COLEMAN'S CROSSING DEVELOPMENT, A VOTE THAT CAME ABOUT BECAUSE THE STATE LEGISLATURE ALLOWED A ONE TIME OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND A TIFF. IF IT'S NOT, IF THE FINANCIALS OF THE TIFF HAVEN'T PAID FOR ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S REQUIRED, IT ALLOWS YOU, AS A COUNCIL, TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND MAKE A DECISION OF, DO WE WANT TO EXTEND THIS OR DO WE NOT DO WE STILL HAVE MORE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE PAID OFF? THAT WAS THE VOTE. A PENNIES OF THE DOLLAR OF THOSE TIFF FUNDS WENT TO THE LIBRARY, AND THAT'S ONLY FROM THAT ONE SMALL AREA OF TOWN. THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, GOING AFTER THE LIBRARY. THAT'S RIDICULOUS. SO I KNOW PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS A VOTE TO DEFUND THE LIBRARY BECAUSE OF WHAT TEDDY SAID. BUT THAT'S THE FURTHEST THING FROM THE TRUTH. NEVER ANY PART OF MY THOUGHTS OR DISCUSSION. AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THE MEETINGS ON RECORD, GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHEN THAT WAS DISCUSSED. YOU KNOW, LOOK AT LOOK AT WHAT WAS SAID. 
          OH, AND BEFORE I FORGET, WE'VE GOT A BIG DAY COMING UP AUGUST 3RD, AND I WANT TO SEE EVERYBODY THERE. RIGHT. WE'RE ALL STILL RACING IN BMX NATIONALS. RIGHT. SO THAT'S THE STATE OF IT. YEAH THE COUNCIL WANTS A RACE. WE CAN ARRANGE THAT. YEAH, ACTUALLY, WE CAN PROBABLY SELL TICKETS FOR THAT. YOU'RE GOING DOWN. I JUST GOT A NEW BIKE. WE GOTTA GET THROUGH JULY 4TH PARADE FOR FIRST. LET'S NOT SKIP THAT ONE. THE, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY THE ONLY COMMENTS I HAVE TONIGHT IS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IN DEMOCRACY, YOU ALWAYS APPRECIATE THOSE WHO HAVE THE COURAGE TO COME AND, SPEAK OUT. AND, AND I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT, 
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AND MARYSVILLE PARTNERED WITH ONE COLUMBUS, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO HAVE A VILLA AND I KNOW THAT YOU WERE THERE, I WAS THERE ON SUNDAY. YEAH, I KNOW HANK. YOU ATTENDED. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER THREE OF YOU, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT A GREAT EXPERIENCE IT WAS TO MEET INDIVIDUALS WHO DO HAVE A SAY IN CENTRAL OHIO. AND THE WAY WE DEVELOP. AND, THE TACO BAR WAS PRETTY GOOD, BUT, I WILL SAY THAT THIS, I ASKED TERRY IF HE WOULD PICK UP LITTLE KOOZIES FOR ALL OF US. SO THE NEXT TIME YOU ARE DRINKING YOUR PEPSI AND YOU WANT TO USE, HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING. TO PUT IT IN, THEN THESE LITTLE KOOZIES AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET ALL OF OUR INITIALS STAMPED ON THEM. SO AS YOUR PRESIDENT, DON'T EVER SAY I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING NICE FOR YOU, IF I MAY. YES. AND I'M GOING TO SAY THIS PUBLICLY, THIS CANS THE WRONG SIZE FOR MY MK-ULTRA. WELL, A PEPSI WILL SERVE IT JUST FINE, BUT ANYWAY. AND IN THAT COMMENTS I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A GOOD NIGHT. AND, AS A CITY, WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS, ON HOW TO IMPROVE OURSELVES EVERY DAY AS LONG AS WE SERVE IN PUBLIC ROLES. SO THANK YOU. MOTION. SO MOVE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.