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I WOULD LIKE I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE JUNE 24TH, 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
ROLL CALL, PLEASE. OH, HOW ABOUT THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? OH, I'M SO SORRY. OKAY, TAKE A MOMENT TO RISE AND STAY STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION. I PLEDGE AS YOU STOOD THERE FOR 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. NOW, MACKENZIE, PLEASE ROLL CALL. ZACH BORDNER HERE, STEPHEN WOLF HERE. THANK BERBEE DONALD BERGER HERE, SCOTT HUNTER HERE. MARK REAMS JR. ROUSH HERE. HOW'S
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EVERYONE? TAKEN A MOMENT TO LOOK AT THE JUNE 3RD, 2024 CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION. MEETING MINUTES. AND DO I HEAR A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. THANK ALL ALL IN[APPOINTMENT]
FAVOR. AYE. AND APPOINTMENT IS DO WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE IS THIS YOUR APPOINTMENT? YEAH, I'M REQUESTING THIS EVENING, THAT, CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER A REAPPOINT CHAD CLARIDGE TO THE UNION COUNTY JOINT RECREATION BOARD FOR A TERM THAT RUNS FROM AUGUST FIRST, 2024 TO JULY 31ST, 2027. AND CHAD HAS BEEN A VERY EFFECTIVE MEMBER OF THE JOINT BLACK HOLE. SO THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION. OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, ALL IN FAVOR? I ALL I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT YOU KNOW, CHAD CLARIDGE HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY, I THINK, FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. AND DOES EXTRAORDINARY WORK. AND WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE TO HAVE HIM ON BOARD. SO THANK YOU[ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT]
TO HIS CONTINUED SERVICE ADMINISTRATION REPORT. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, LET ME GO OVER A COUPLE THINGS REAL QUICK. A REMINDER WITH THE UPCOMING 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY, CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON THURSDAY, JULY 4TH. AND IN OBSERVANCE OF THE HOLIDAY , THE JULY 4TH PARADE WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, JULY 4TH. PARADE BEGINS AT 10 A.M. AT AMERICAN LEGION PARK. THE PARADE WILL TRAVEL EAST ON FIFTH STREET, SOUTH ON PLUM STREET, THEN TURN WEST ON SIXTH STREET TO SOUTH COURT STREET, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE WE'RE PLEASED, THAT THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 79, PRESENTS THIS, PARADE EACH YEAR. AND THE FIREWORKS AT THE UNION COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS WILL BEGIN AT DUSK. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD AT ANOTHER GREAT, JULY FOURTH HOLIDAY, TWO THINGS HERE. AND I MAY, LOOK DOWN AT CHIEF BROOKS HERE IN A SECOND. COMING UP, WE HAVE A, COPS VERSUS KIDS BASKETBALL GAME COMING UP ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26TH AT 10 A.M.AT MILL VALLEY CENTRAL PARK. IT'S A NEAT OPPORTUNITY, CHIEF. HOW'S YOUR BASKETBALL TEAM LOOK RIGHT NOW? WE GOT SOME HEIGHT. NOT SURE IF WE GOT ANY SHOOTERS, THOUGH. YEAH, AND I'M SURE WE DON'T HAVE A DEFENSE. GOTCHA. BUT THIS IS THIS IS AN AWESOME EVENT. THAT I APPRECIATE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRANGING, AND IT'S, IT MIGHT BE WORTH, TO GO OUT THERE AND SPEND A LITTLE TIME AT 10 A.M. ON JUNE 26TH AND MILL VALLEY CENTRAL PARK. COULD WE REQUEST EMS TO BE OUT THERE WITH SOME OXYGEN? YEAH, PROBABLY . YES. WHAT DO YOU THINK? YES, WE CAN PROBABLY DO THAT, SECONDARILY TO THAT, THERE IS A WALK WITH THE COP AS WELL, COME WALK AND TALK WITH AN OFFICER WHILE GETTING SOME EXERCISE. THAT IS THURSDAY, JUNE 27TH AT 10 A.M. AT MACGYVER WOODS PARK AT THE LOOP THERE. MACGYVER. WOODS. CHIEF. ANYTHING ANY NEW INFORMATION ON THAT? WALKING IS PROBABLY MORE OF MY SPEED NOW. OKAY IT SHOULD BE A GOOD TIME. WE INVITE EVERYBODY TO COME OUT.
AWESOME GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH SOME OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS. SO IF YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY, THAT. THURSDAY, JUNE 27TH, AT 10 A.M, THE NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT UPTOWN EVENT, WHICH WE CALL THE WILD CARD BATTLE ON JULY 12TH, FROM 6 TO 10 P.M, A MUSIC, BY DIFFERENT BAND CONTESTANTS, THAT'S PRESENTED BY THE ROUTE FOUR FARM TOURS. SO IT'S KIND OF A BATTLE OF THE BANDS TYPE CONCEPT. IT'S A NEAT CONCEPT, THE WINNER WILL WILL PLAY IN ADVANCE OF THE COUNTRY
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SINGER COMING, WHO'S. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND SO IT'S A NEAT OPPORTUNITY, FOR THE SELECTED, BAND TO BE CHOSEN TO PLAY BEFORE, JON PARDI ON, UPCOMING HERE FAIRLY SOON. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO SHIFT DOWN TO ASHLEY ON MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AND SOME ENGINEERING UPDATES.THANKS, TERRY, SO FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION, WE HAVE AN UPDATE, RELATED TO STREETS, PARKS, WATER, WASTEWATER AND MISCELLANEOUS. SO I'LL GO THROUGH THESE ITEMS FOR YOU, FOR STREETS, WE HAVE CITY CREWS, CRUSHING CONCRETE AND ADDING ASPHALT AROUND THE CATCH BASINS AND SEALING PARKING LOTS AT THE BMX, LOCATION FOR PARKS, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE CITY CREWS INSTALLING BENCHES AT THE BUTTERFLY PARK AND BIKE RACKS AT MILL VALLEY CENTRAL AND SOUTH, AS WELL AS, FOR WATER. THE CITY CREWS ARE PERFORMING SOME CONCRETE RESTORATIONS, MOWING AND TREATING THE RESERVOIR, WITH RECENT RAIN, WE'VE, AND THE DROPPING TEMPERATURES, THE WATER SYSTEM HAS BEEN ABLE TO CATCH UP. HOWEVER, WE CONTINUE TO PUMP, ABOUT 2 MILLION GALLONS A DAY TO JEROME TOWNSHIP. FOR WASTEWATER. CITY STAFF, MET WITH A CONSULTANT TO KICK OFF A TOXICITY REDUCTION EVALUATION STUDY AND SOME MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. WE HAD 33 VOLUNTEERS FROM THE CHURCH OF LATTER DAY SAINTS HELPED THE CITY MULCH PLAYGROUNDS ON SATURDAY, WITH THEIR HELP AND CITY STAFF, WE WERE ABLE TO PUT DOWN ABOUT 150 YARDS OF MULCH IN AN HOUR AND A HALF. AND WE CONTINUE TO GROW THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, WHICH IS GREAT, SO THAT'S THAT COVERS OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, FOR ENGINEERING, ALL CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS, SCHEDULES ARE WEATHER DEPENDENT RIGHT NOW FOR OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. WE HAVE A STATE ROUTE 31, PHASE THREE IMPROVEMENTS, CONSTRUCTION WORK CONTINUES ON THE WEST SIDE OF NORTH MAPLE STREET THIS WEEK. AND FOR OUR 2024 PAVING PROGRAM, THE CURB REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT HAS BEGUN ON CREEK VIEW DRIVE. OUR CONTRACTOR WILL MOVE ON TO TARRAGON DRIVE ONCE THE, CONCRETE WORK ON, CREEK VIEW IS COMPLETE. AND THAT COVERS IT FOR, ENGINEERING UPDATES. I WANT TO THANK ASHLEY FOR FILLING IN TONIGHT, BOTH KYLE AND JEREMY ON VACATION THIS WEEK. SO ASHLEY IS KIND OF PULLING, PULLING A FULL LOAD, TONIGHT WITH, SHE'LL BE BRINGING FORTH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND DESIGN REVIEW BOARD REPORTS AS WELL. HERE IN A FEW MINUTES. SO THANK YOU, ASHLEY, FOR DOING THAT. AND THAT COMPLETES OUR ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL.
THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. THANK YOU. PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT.
[PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT]
ALL RIGHT, SO FOR PLANNING COMMISSION AGAIN, WE HAD THREE ITEMS. THE FIRST WAS A FINAL PLAT AT ADINA POINT. SECTION TEN, PHASE THREE, THIS IS LOCATED THIS PORTION IS LOCATED BETWEEN WEAVER ROAD AND LONDON AVENUE, THAT WAS APPROVED WITH A VOTE OF SEVEN. YES. ZERO. NO.AND THAT WAS FOR A FINAL PLAT, THE NEXT APPLICATION WAS FOR A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT SKETCH PLAN APPLICATION FOR A DEVELOPMENT KNOWN AS MARYSVILLE SOUTH, WHICH IS OFF OF WEAVER ROAD. THIS WAS APPROVED WITH A VOTE OF SEVEN. YES. ZERO. NO. AND THE LAST ITEM WE HAD WAS A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT SKETCH PLAN. AND THIS IS FOR MARYSVILLE EAST SECTION THREE, AND THIS WAS ALSO APPROVED. SEVEN. YES ZERO. NO. AND THOSE WERE ITEMS FOR PLANNING COMMISSION. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER DESIGN. SORRY. DESIGN REPORT. THAT'S OKAY.
[DESIGN REVIEW BOARD REPORT]
DESIGN REVIEW BOARD. WE HAD TWO HOME IMPROVEMENT GRANTS, THE FIRST ONE WAS AT 76 GRAND AVENUE, WHICH IS OUR VILLAGE, RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, THAT WAS APPROVED FOR. YES. ZERO. NO, THE SECOND ONE WAS THAT TWO, 6267 WEST THIRD STREET, ALSO IN THE VILLAGE, RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.AND THAT WAS ALSO APPROVED FOR YES ZERO. NO FOR OUR OTHER ITEMS, THAT DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, WE HAD A ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT APPLICATION, THIS WAS FOR LOCATED AT 418 CHESTNUT STREET.
AND THAT CURRENT ITEM IS TABLED AT THIS TIME FOR YES, ZERO NO. THEY'RE CONTINUING TO WORK OUT SOME UTILITY ITEMS RELATED TO THAT STRUCTURE, THE NEXT ITEM WAS FOR, EXTERIOR PLAN APPLICATION FOR A BUILDING EXPANSION AT 15777 WATKINS ROAD. THIS IS THE COUGHLIN AUTO DEALERSHIP, THAT APPLICATION WAS APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS FOR. YES ZERO. NO. THE NEXT ITEM WAS
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FOR AN APPLICATION FOR SIGNAGE, FOR A NEW, ASSISTED LIVING DEVELOPMENT AT 270 DUNHAM STREET . THIS IS PART OF THE WOODSIDE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AND THIS WAS APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS FOR. YES, ZERO. NO. AND THE LAST ITEM WE HAD WAS, ACTUALLY TABLED PRIOR TO THE MEETING. SO THIS WAS FOR A NEW MULTI-TENANT BUILDING ON COLEMAN'S CROSSING. SO THEY THEY DID NOT ATTEND THE MEETING. THEY DECIDED TO WAIT IN THEIR REVISING SOME ITEMS AND THEY'LL BE BACK NEXT MONTH. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. MY QUESTION. SORRY, THANK YOU, MISS GABE, THE MULTI-TENANT UNIT WAS AT THE UNION STATION BUILDING. IT'S OUT FRONT OF THAT. OKAY, WITH THE NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, IT'S OUT FRONT OF THE. OUT FRONT. OUT FRONT OF THAT DEVELOPMENT AND ONE OF THE OUT PARCELS. OKAY ALL RIGHT. THANKS. YOU'RE WELCOME.ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THIS IS THE PART OF THE MEETING WHERE YOU HAVE HEARING
[HEARING OF CITIZENS]
OF CITIZENS. ANY CITIZEN HAS UP TO FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK ABOUT ANY ITEM THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WHEN YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM, WE ASK FOR YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME WITH YOUR ADDRESS AND, I DON'T KNOW IF I MENTIONED IT, BUT YOU HAVE FIVE, FIVE MINUTES.I'M ELIZABETH ELSWICK. I LIVE AT 1011 SHERWOOD AVENUE, MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE HER. I AM, A CITIZEN HERE. AND ALSO, CO-CHAIR AND FOUNDER OF UNION COUNTY RAINBOW COALITION. WE PUT ON MARYSVILLE PRIDE FEST, I'M HERE AGAIN TO ASK FOR MARK REEMS TO RESIGN, TODAY I'LL START WITH THE TIMELINE OF HIS ORGANIZATION. WITH PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTED EMAILS THROUGH THE SUNSHINE LAWS AND PUBLIC THREADS FROM THEIR GROUP LEADERS IN UNION COUNTY FAITH FAMILY COALITION MAY 15TH, 2023 MICHAEL MATTHEWS THE UNION COUNTY FAMILY COALITION FOUNDER AND ADMIN, EMAILED CITY COUNCIL IN OPPOSITION OF MARYSVILLE PRIDE FEST. MAY MAY 16TH THROUGH 24TH HEIDI HOOD, UNION COUNTY FAITH FAMILY COALITION FOUNDER ADMIN STARTS A THREAD PUBLICLY ON HER PERSONAL PAGE. COMMENTERS INCLUDE MICHAEL MATTHEWS, LESLIE REAMS AND I'LL READ SOME OF THOSE HIGHLIGHTS. AND SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SENT TO THE CLERK. THIS IS ON HEIDI HOOD'S POST. I'M GOING TO START WITH LESLIE REAMS, WHO IS MARK REAM'S WIFE, MICHAEL MATTHEWS. IT'S DISGUSTING. BUT YOU SAW RECENTLY ON FACEBOOK WHEN YOU CHALLENGED THIS BEHAVIOR, THE NASTIEST PEOPLE IN MARYSVILLE ATTACKED YOU. UNFORTUNATELY, THESE DISGUSTING PEOPLE TAKE PICTURES OF PROTESTERS AND POST THEM ON MARYSVILLE GROUPS. THE UNION COUNTY DEMOCRAT GROUP IS A HUGE SUPPORTER OF THE EVENT AND ONE OF THE WORST AT MOCKING PEOPLE.
PAY ATTENTION TO THE SPONSORS, INCLUDING IMPACT 60 AND THE UNITED WAY, PLUS THE CHURCH.
LESLIE REAMS, MICHAEL MATTHEWS DID YOU MESSAGE MARK REAMS ON COUNCIL? I KNOW THIS IS NOT MUCH LEGALLY THAT THEY CAN DO SINCE IT'S CONSIDERED FREE SPEECH. HOWEVER I KNOW THAT THIS YEAR, THE FIRST YEAR THEY HAD EXTRA POLICE PRESENCE, PARTIAL NUDITY, VULGAR SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IS PROBABLY THE ONLY PLACE TO STOP THEM. MY HUSBAND AND I JOKE LAST YEAR THAT WE SHOULD BOOK THE PAVILION FOR EVERY SATURDAY IN JUNE, SO THAT THEY COULD FIND ANOTHER LOCATION. MICHAEL I DID EMAIL HIM AS WELL. THE ONLY RESPONSE I HAVE SO FAR IS FROM DEBORAH, WHO IS NO LONGER ON COUNCIL, BUT I SENT THIS OUT MONDAY NIGHT SO STILL TIME. YEAH THE MAIN ISSUE HERE IS THE BLATANT PROVOCATIVE SEXUAL PERFORMANCE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF MARYSVILLE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MICHAEL ALL THIS IS THE SAME THREAD, BUT ON MAY 17TH, 2023, LESLIE REAMS MARK HAS REPLIED AND HE HAS PASSED IT ALONG TO THE CITY MANAGER, TERRY EMERY, TO LOOK INTO. YES, APPARENTLY THERE'S NOT REALLY SOMETHING THEY CAN DO AND CONTROL DIRECTLY. LESLIE REAMS, THEY COULD DENOUNCE IT AT COUNCIL MEETING, BUT RIGHT NOW THE PEOPLE WITH PITCHFORKS ARE GOING AFTER COUNCIL FOR NOT DOING THE JOB AT THE SCHOOL BOARD. IF I HEAR ANYTHING, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW. I'M SURE EXTRA POLICE PRESENCE WILL BE SUPPLIED. BY THE WAY, MARYSVILLE PRIDE FEST PAYS FOR THE POLICE. WERE CITIZENS HERE AND WE'RE ALLOWED TO PAY FOR THE POLICE. IT'S PART OF OUR PERMIT, AND WE HOLD INSURANCE. THAT'S JUST SOME OF THE EXPERTS. EXCERPTS FROM THAT.
THEY GO ON TO ATTACK. THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST AND TARGET THE MINISTER THERE. JUNE 19TH UNION COUNTY FAITH FAMILY COALITION HAS A MISSION STATEMENT. I'LL READ
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FROM THAT. AND THEN THE LETTER THAT I SENT TO THE CLERK, IF YOU'D LIKE TO READ IT FOR YOURSELVES, FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN THIS, AREN'T IN THIS ORGANIZATION.SO THE THREE POINTS THAT THEY BELIEVE FROM THE MISSION STATEMENT WITH UNION COUNTY FAITH FAMILY COALITION, I'M GOING TO READ THE LAST THREE BECAUSE THEY'RE THE MOST RELEVANT AND WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR ME TO GO OVER THE ENTIRE MISSION STATEMENT. THEY BELIEVE THAT GOD IS THE KING OF ALL, ALL GOVERNMENTS, ALL KINGDOMS, AND KING OF KINGS. WE CALL OTHERS TO ACT ACCORDINGLY. JESUS IS NOT A PASSIVE OBSERVER, BUT OUR LORD CALLS FOR US TO OBEY HIM. SO THEY SPEAK OF A DOMINION THEOLOGY AND COMMON THEME AMONG HATE GROUPS, INCLUDING THE KLAN.
WE BELIEVE THAT ALL GOVERNMENTS ARE THEOCRATIC, AS MUCH A MATTER OF WHOSE THEOS IT IS, AGAIN, MIRRORING THE KLAN'S MISSION STATEMENT FROM THE 1920S, THOUGH THEY ADD PROTESTANTISM, INTO THEIR MISSION WITH THE KLAN, THE WORDS ARE ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME. WE HOLD TO ROMANS 13. WE THE PEOPLE ARE THE GOVERNMENT, AND OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS SHOULD PUNISH WRONG DOERS OR EVIL DOERS, NOT SUPPORT OR ENCOURAGE IT. AGAIN, THIS POINT IS USED THROUGH THE KLAN LITERATURE TO JUSTIFY THEIR ACTIONS. IT'S USED SO MUCH THAT DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR ADDRESSED IT SPECIFICALLY. IN 1956, IN HIS SPEECH TO DEXTER AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH IN ALABAMA. THAT SPEECH, TITLED PAUL'S LETTER TO AMERICAN CHRISTIANS, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ IT ON YOUR OWN TIME. YOU WILL SEE THIS ISN'T A NEW GROUP. THIS IS THE SAME OLD HATE GROUP THAT AS A COUNTRY, FOUGHT FOR EQUAL RIGHTS OVER AND FOUGHT WARS OVER ALL. MA'AM, YOUR TIME IS UP. YEAH, YOUR TIME IS UP, MARK. WE SEE YOUR SHOES. FOR ANYBODY WHO WAS IN ATTENDANCE AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, EACH MEMBER WAS GRANTED, OVER AN HOUR OF SPEAKING TIME. THIS TIME AROUND, WE WILL BE. YEAH. EACH MEMBER HAD PLENTY OF TIME, AND IT LASTED OVER AN HOUR. SO AT THIS TIME, WE'LL BE ASKING EVERY MEMBER WHO SPEAKS TO ONLY ALLOW FIVE MINUTES OF TIME. THANK YOU.
HI THEODORE VOLINSKY, 317 SOUTH WALNUT STREET, MARYSVILLE IS A GREAT COMMUNITY. THE BMX TRACK UPTOWN FRIDAY NIGHTS AND THE PEOPLE, JUST TO NAME A FEW OF THE AMAZING THINGS WE HAVE HERE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S OVERSHADOWED BY THE BIGOTRY OF A FEW, INCLUDING A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. AT THE LAST MEETING, THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER IN QUESTION BRAGGED ABOUT ALL PRESS BEING GOOD PRESS BEFORE QUICKLY REALIZING THAT IT WASN'T A GOOD LOOK FOR YOU, AND THAT'S WHEN YOU PLACED ALL OF THAT ON ME. YOU SAID ALL GOOD PRESS IS GOOD PRESS. ALL PRESS IS GOOD PRESS.
AND I BEG TO DIFFER. BEING CALLED A IS NEVER GOOD PRESS. FALSE ACCUSATIONS OF PEDOPHILIA HURT REAL VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. AND YOU MINIMIZE THAT. I SUFFERED A YEAR BECAUSE OF YOUR YOUR WIFE'S, YOUR GROUP AND ALL YOUR OTHER MOUTHPIECES. I SUFFERED FOR A YEAR. AND TO IMPLY THAT I LIKE BEING CALLED A FOR THE PUBLICITY THAT I GOT, AFTER ALL, I SUFFERED. THAT'S A SLAP IN THE FACE. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED. LAST CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, WE WERE INFORMED BY THE SAME CITY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT THIS ISN'T THE KIND OF CONVERSATION THAT SHOULD BE HAD ON FACEBOOK. THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT IT TO CITY COUNCIL. SO IF FACEBOOK ISN'T WHERE WE SHOULD HAVE THAT DISCUSSION IN, CITY COUNCIL DOESN'T COUNT, THEN WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE THIS DISCUSSION TO HAPPEN? AND FEEL FREE TO ANSWER RIGHT NOW IF YOU'D LIKE, I DON'T MIND. NO OKAY. WHERE ARE YOU? JUST HOPING THAT IT WOULD ALL FIZZLE OUT IF WE TOOK THE CONVERSATION OFF FACEBOOK, BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE NO OTHER AVENUE, AND THEN WE WOULD BE OUT. VOICED BY YOUR MOUTHPIECES, INCLUDING THE UNION COUNTY FAITH FAMILY COALITION, YOUR WIFE, AND YOUR OTHER BIGOTED FRIENDS. BECAUSE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, THERE HAVE BEEN OVER TEN POSTS MADE ABOUT US AND THE SITUATION CONTINUES BEING THE LIES CONTINUING CALLING US. WE'VE ONLY MADE FOUR POSTS THAT YOU COULD EVEN CONSIDER CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION. MOST OF THEM WERE GETTING PEOPLE TO COME HERE OR STANDING UP FOR OURSELVES. IN THE LAST MEETING YOU SAID THAT BOTH SIDES WERE EQUALLY BAD. I DISAGREE, BUT MAYBE I'M AS MUCH OF AN ALCOHOLIC AS YOUR WIFE CLAIMS THAT I AM. SO LET'S PULL THE ROOM. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS,
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CITY WORKERS, YOU'RE FREE TO PARTICIPATE. PLEASE STAND UP. RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU THINK FALSELY CALLING SOMEONE A BECAUSE OF THEIR SUPPORT OF DRAG IS NOT THE SAME OF THE VICTIMS OF THESE ATTACKS. STANDING UP FOR THEMSELVES, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS. DO YOU GUYS AGREE THAT'S WHERE YOU ARE? YEAH, YEAH , THAT'S NOT THE SAME, RIGHT? CITY COUNCIL? YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PARTICIPATE. THAT'S PRETTY TELLING TO THE REST OF CITY COUNCIL IN THE LAST MEETING, THE DISGRACED CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TALKED ABOUT HIS HOW HIS VOTE TO DEFUND THE LIBRARY WAS MERE PENNIES. THOSE PENNIES IS ROUGHLY $45,000 A YEAR. FOR 30 YEARS, A STAFF MEMBER'S SALARY AT THE LIBRARY, THE MEDIAN INDIVIDUAL INCOME OF MARYSVILLE RESIDENTS. THAT'S NOT PENNIES.THAT'S SOMEONE THAT'S OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY. YET IF IT IS JUST PENNIES, THEN WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO GIVE THOSE PENNIES TO THE PEOPLE THAT NEED IT, SUCH AS THE LIBRARY WHO IS STRUGGLING TO GET THEIR THEIR BUDGET PASSED? SO TAKING $45,000 PENNIES AWAY. THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT GOOD, AND WE KNOW IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY. MARK'S PART OF THE SAME GROUP THAT CONVINCED DEGROAT TO SEND HER TO THE HER EMAIL TO THE LIBRARY, THREATENING TO DEFUND THE LIBRARY IF THEY DON'T CHANGE THEIR BOOK DISPLAY. IN JUNE, SHE THREATENED THAT SHE WOULD MAKE THIS VOTE, AND THE ONLY PERSON THAT JOINED HER WAS MARK REAMS. THAT'S NOT A POLITICIAN THAT HAS SAID SOMETHING ABOUT UNPOPULAR THINGS. IT'S A POLITICIAN. SO OUT OF TOUCH THAT BLATANTLY VIOLATES THE OATH OF THE OFFICE, AND IT'S SOMEONE THAT WILL BE A STAIN ON ALL OF YOUR REPUTATIONS, BECAUSE YOUR SILENCE IS COMPLIANT. IT'S COMPLACENCY. AND DOING THE RIGHT THING IS EASY ISN'T ALWAYS EASY.
FOR DONALD BORGER, THAT WOULD MEAN YOU'D LOSE YOUR DRINKING BUDDY, BECAUSE I KNOW LAST YEAR WHEN YOU WENT OUT DRINKING THE SAME WEEKEND AFTER LESLIE REAMS POSTED THAT WALKING DISTANCES LITTLE EPSTEIN ISLAND, YOU STILL THOUGHT THEY WERE GOOD ENOUGH PEOPLE TO GO DRINKING WITH. YOU WILL LOSE YOUR DRINKING BUDDIES IF YOU TAKE A STAND FOR THE RIGHT THING, BUT YOU'LL BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY, AND THAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU ALL HAVE THE POWER TO SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR COMMUNITY THAT'S HERE. YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO PASS LGBT INCLUSIVE LEGISLATION. YOU HAVE THE POWER TO IGNORE THE STAIN THAT WILL BE ON YOUR LEGACY AT EVERY MEETING YOU. SIX HAVE THE ABILITY TO REMOVE THE SEVENTH, BUT RIGHT NOW, YOUR INACTION IS HURTING YOUR COMMUNITY. JAMIE THOMPSON DOWNEY I ALSO AM KNOWN AS MISS SIR. WHAT 14096 PLEASANT RIDGE DRIVE I USE HE THEY PRONOUNS. I GREW UP IN A DYING AREA OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. WHEN I WAS ABOUT FIVE YEARS OLD, MY DAD MOVED TO MARYSVILLE LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE FROM BACK HOME, HE TOOK, READ AND WRITE AND ROUTE 23 NORTH UNTIL HE FOUND A JOB. HE HAD A FRIEND THAT LIVED IN MARYSVILLE, AND HE KNEW BETWEEN SCOTT'S HONDA OR THAT THERE WAS OPPORTUNITY, AND STILL A SMALL TOWN LIKE HE WAS ACCUSTOMED TO, HE FOUND A JOB THAT WOULD SUPPORT HIM AND HIS FAMILY AND RETIRED FROM RW IN 2017. I DID WEEKENDS AND SUMMERS IN MARYSVILLE AS A CHILD. THROUGH MY FIRST FEW YEARS IN COLLEGE, AND I MOVED HERE IN 2010. I WAS ALWAYS AN EFFEMINATE CHILD. I WAS TEASED AND BULLIED FOR THINGS THAT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. I WAS ATTACKED BY FOOTBALL TEAM, THE BASKETBALL TEAM, FAMILY, STRANGERS, FRIENDS , COWORKERS, AND THUS THOSE THAT SAW SOMETHING EVIL IN ME JUST BECAUSE I WASN'T LIKE THEM. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE HATRED AND HARMFUL WORDS THEY WOULD SAY TO ME. I DIDN'T KNOW WHY I WAS BEING PHYSICALLY ATTACKED OR WHY I WAS BEING TOLD THAT I WOULD BURN IN HELL. THESE THINGS THAT SHOULDN'T BE. THESE ARE THINGS THAT SHOULDN'T BE SAID TO A SIX YEAR OLD. THESE ARE THINGS THAT SHOULDN'T BE DONE TO A 12 YEAR OLD. I LIVED IN A SHELL CONSTANTLY IN FEAR OF THE NEXT VERBAL OR PHYSICAL ATTACK. I LEARNED A LOT OVER THE YEARS. I HEARD A LOT OVER THE YEARS, AND I DEVELOPED SOME UNHEALTHY COPING MECHANISMS TO DEFLECT THE BIGOTRY AND HATE TOWARDS ME AND THE FRIENDS I HAD MADE THAT WERE LIKE ME. I FINALLY FOUND MY VOICE AND A WAY TO STAND UP FOR MYSELF AND MY COMMUNITY. I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO STAND UP FOR MYSELF AND SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, BECAUSE ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. I DON'T DESERVE THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING SAID AND DONE. I FOUND PEACE AND LOVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT LOVED AND SUPPORTED ME. I FOUND A HOME IN MARYSVILLE AND I FOUND A COMMUNITY AT WALKING DISTANCE BREWING COMPANY AND LIFE WAS GOOD. NEVER IN MY LIFE
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DID I EVER EXPECT THAT AS AN ADULT, I WOULD BE TAKEN BACK TO THE BULLIES OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL , MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND HIGH SCHOOL. I NEVER IMAGINED THAT THE WIFE OF AN ELECTED OFFICIAL WOULD BE THE BULLY, ATTACKING ME AND MY COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I AND WE ARE NOT JUST LIKE HER. I NEVER IMAGINED THAT PEOPLE TO BE THAT CLAIM TO BE COMMUNITY LEADERS AND RESPECTFUL CHRISTIANS WOULD CONTINUALLY SPREAD HATEFUL LIES AND HATE SPEECH, VERBALLY ATTACK OR THREATEN TO PHYSICALLY ATTACK ME, MY FRIENDS AND MY FAMILY. BUT HERE WE ARE, 30 YEARS LATER, AN ADULT ARE STILL TRYING TO BE MIDDLE SCHOOL BULLIES, AND I ALSO KNOW THAT THE ONLY THING THAT'S GOING TO BE HEARD FROM THAT STATEMENT IS THAT I'M ATTACKING A RELIGION. BUT IF WE LOOK DEEPER, THIS IS NOT AN ATTACK, RATHER A DEFENSE FROM THE ATTACKS THAT I HAVE PERSONALLY FACED OVER THE LAST YEAR OR MORE FROM PEOPLE LIKE MARK REAMS, LESLIE REAMS, MICHAEL MATTHEWS, HEIDI HOOD AND THE HATE GROUPS THAT THEY HAVE CREATED. THE DIFFERENCE NOW IS I STILL HAVE MY VOICE. I WILL STAND UP AND SAY, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. THE HATEFULNESS, THE LIES AND THE BIGOTRY ARE GROWING TIRESOME. IT HAS BECOME QUITE RIDICULOUS THAT IN THE YEAR 2024, THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE FILLING THE WORLD WITH SUCH HATEFUL LIES, AND IT'S BEYOND RIDICULOUS THAT THIS IS BEING DONE BY THE COMMUNITY LEADER THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IN OFFICE TO SUPPORT AND FOSTER THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF MARYSVILLE. IT HAS BEEN MADE OBVIOUS THAT THIS BEHAVIOR HAS BEEN CONDONED AND SUPPORTED BY MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL. WHEN LAWS ARE BROKEN, POLICIES IGNORED, AND ATTACKS SUPPORTED, IT'S TIME TO ASK OURSELVES WHAT PURPOSE DO THESE PEOPLE SERVE IF THEY DO NOT SERVE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY? SILENCE IS NOT A LUXURY OFFERED TO THOSE IN OFFICE. IT SHOWS A LACK OF CARE AND COMPASSION AND HONESTLY SHOWS WHICH SIDE YOU'RE REALLY ON. BULLIES DON'T GET TO CRY VICTIM WHEN THE VICTIMS OF THEIR BULLYING AND GASLIGHTING STAND UP AND SAY, I'VE HAD ENOUGH, AND SPOUSES OF BULLIES DON'T GET TO FEIGN COMPASSION BECAUSE THEY KEEP SILENT WHEN THE BULLYING IS BROUGHT TO LIGHT. TODAY IN THE YEAR 2024, IT IS TIME FOR MARK REEMS TO KINDLY SHOW AN OUNCE OF COMPASSION FOR THE CITIZENS OF MARYSVILLE AND EITHER DENOUNCE THE HATE SPEECH SPREAD BY HIS WIFE, OR REMOVE HIMSELF FROM COUNCIL.HELLO MY NAME IS ALICIA ADAMS AND I RESIDE AT 1430 HICKORY GATE DRIVE. I AM HERE TONIGHT TO EXPRESS. EXPRESS MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE INNOVATIVE SPIRIT MARYSVILLE IS SHOWCASING THROUGH INITIATIVES LIKE THE BETA DISTRICT, THE 33 SMART MOBILITY CORRIDOR, AND 33 INNOVATION PARK. THESE PROJECTS DEMONSTRATE MARYSVILLE'S COMMITMENT TO ATTRACTING CUTTING EDGE BUSINESSES AND FOSTERING A VIBRANT ENVIRONMENT FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER, RECENT INCIDENTS OF HARASSMENT FACED BY A BUSINESS, A LIBRARY AND INDIVIDUALS THEY RAISE A CONCERN WHEN THESE INCIDENTS SEEM TO CONTRADICT THE WELCOMING ATMOSPHERE MARYSVILLE STRIVES FOR. AS DESCRIBED IN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE VISION STATEMENT ABOUT BEING A SAFE AND FRIENDLY HOMETOWN WHERE FAMILIES AND OPPORTUNITIES GROW TOGETHER. THE STATEMENT GOES ON TO SAY THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS A CORNERSTONE PRIORITY AS IT ENSURES A VIBRANT ECONOMY AND TOP NOTCH QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES. THESE RECENT INCIDENTS OF HARASSMENT. EXCUSE ME, TAKE A BREATH, ALSO SEEM TO CONTRADICT THE KEY ECONOMIC GOALS IN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE YEARS 2021 THROUGH 2025. PAGE 16 OF THIS STRATEGIC PLAN STATES THE CITY ECONOMY AT THE CITY SLASH ECONOMIC DIRECTOR WILL MARKET TO DECISION MAKERS NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY AS A WORLD CLASS LOCATION TARGET OF A VARIETY OF TECH HEAVY SECTORS INCLUDING AG, AUTOMOTIVE AND SMART MOBILITY, EV AND GREEN TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND THE AEROSPACE SECTORS. IT'S A BIG GOAL TO CREATE A WORLD CLASS LOCATION THAT SUPPORTS INNOVATION, A GOAL THAT CAN ONLY BE REALIZED WITH TRUE INNOVATION, SOMETHING THAT RELIES ON DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT AND EXPERIENCE. IT'S WHY
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MARYSVILLE IS PART OF THE BAY DISTRICT THAT. WHO GOT TO TAKE ANOTHER BREATH? SORRY, I'M NOT USED TO PUBLIC SPEAKING, AND IT'S WHY THE COMMUNITY OF MARYSVILLE ENJOYS A HIGHER STANDARD OF LIVING COMPARED TO MANY OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE NATION WITH SIMILAR POPULATIONS BECOMING THAT HUB FOR TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION WILL REQUIRE THE BEST MINDS FROM A SPECTRUM OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCES, BUT CAN WE REALLY ATTRACT THE BEST MINDS IF WE DON'T CREATE A SAFE SPACE FOR EVERYONE? LET ME PAUSE FOR A MOMENT TO TAKE A QUICK POLL, HOW MANY PEOPLE HERE HAVE A SMARTPHONE? ANDROID, IPHONE? OKAY. AND YOU GUYS CAN'T PARTICIPATE? OKAY, SO LET'S TALK ABOUT INNOVATION BY WAY OF OUR SMARTPHONES. THE IPHONES SPECIFICALLY. SO APPLE CHANGED THE WORLD WHEN THEY LAUNCHED THE IPHONE IN 2007. IN 2011, TIM COOK BECAME APPLE CEO. SINCE THEN, UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, APPLE INCREASED THE REVENUE BY A WHOPPING 250, AS WELL AS CREATED LEADING EDGE INNOVATIONS IN THE COMPUTING SECTOR. THE CITY OF CUPERTINO, WHERE APPLE HEADQUARTERS ARE LOCATED, HAS GREATLY BENEFITED FROM APPLE'S MASSIVE SALES TAX CONTRIBUTIONS, IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE, INCREASING PROPERTY VALUES, PROVIDING HIGHLY IMPACTFUL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, AND CREATING A HIGHLY SKILLED WORKFORCE THAT LIVES IN THEIR COMMUNITY. CUPERTINO'S ASSOCIATION WITH APPLE HAS ALSO MADE IT A MAGNET FOR OTHER TECH COMPANIES AND STARTUPS. FURTHER DIVERSIFYING THE JOB MARKET AND FOSTERING A VIBRANT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT. SO WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH INCLUSIVENESS? CONSIDER THIS EVERY TIME YOU TAKE OUT YOUR PHONE, THIS PIECE OF GROUND BREAKING INNOVATION, THIS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT LITERALLY CHANGED THE WORLD AND HOW WE COMMUNICATE , REMEMBER THAT IT IS A PRODUCT OF A COMPANY BEING LED BY AN OPENLY GAY MAN, TIM COOK. CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW LESS SUCCESSFUL APPLE WOULD HAVE BEEN IF THERE WASN'T AN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT? THIS PHONE RIGHT HERE IN MY HAND IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHAT INCLUSIVITY AND A COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING INNOVATION CAN ACHIEVE. MARY'S VILLE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A HUB FOR SIMILAR SUCCESS STORIES. DO YOU THINK THE CITY OF CUPERTINO, WHERE APPLE'S HEADQUARTERS ARE LOCATED, WORRIED ABOUT THE INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT AT A SMALL BAR? OR DOES IT WORRY IF A LOCAL LIBRARY CARRIES AN APPROPRIATELY LABELED BOOK ON SENSITIVE TOPICS? IF I HAD TO GUESS, THEY ARE BUSY INVESTING THEIR MASSIVE TAX REVENUES INTO CREATING AN EVEN MORE HIGHLY EDUCATED, INNOVATED AND SKILLED SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY AND WORKFORCE. AS A RESIDENT, I AM READY TO HELP GROW OUR COMMUNITY INTO A PLACE THAT IS SAFE AND WELCOMING FOR ALL KINDS OF MINDS, SO THEY CAN FEEL WELCOME WHILE THEY SET ABOUT CREATING THE NEXT BIG THING. BUT THE REAL QUESTION TO MY FELLOW CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS IS, ARE YOU GUYS READY? ARE YOU REALLY READY? BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT, WE'LL NEVER BE LIKE CUPERTINO AND THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO THE INNOVATION WILL BE ALL TO NOT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. HI, I'M JULIA DWYER. I LIVE AT 1581 VALLEY DRIVE AND I AM HERE TODAY TO CLEAR UP SOME MISINFORMATION. THERE HAVE BEEN CLAIMS THAT OUR CONCERNS ARE JUST FACEBOOK DRAMA OR THAT MARK JUST CAN'T BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT HIS WIFE IS PROMOTING.MARK WOULD LIKE YOU TO BELIEVE THAT HE IS NOT INVOLVED IN THE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT THAT IS NOT TRUE, MARK IS A MEMBER OF THE UNION COUNTY FAMILY FAITH COALITION. THIS IS ACCORDING TO CITY RECORDS. THAT IS A FACT. AND THROUGH THIS ORGANIZATION, MARK HAS BEEN SUPPORTING THE HARASSMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE SERVANTS, LOCAL BUSINESSES, AS WELL AS INTENTIONALLY MISINFORMING MARYSVILLE CITIZENS. MARK AND THE FAMILY FAITH COALITION HAVE BEEN POSTING PHOTOS OF BOOKS AVAILABLE AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND ARE TRYING TO CLAIM THAT THESE BOOKS ARE ON THE FRONT DISPLAY AS IF THE LIBRARY IS POSTING GRAPHIC IMAGES AT THEIR FRONT DOORS. THIS IS JUST NOT TRUE. THE LIBRARY HAS A DISPLAY OF NON GRAPHIC LGBTQ PLUS BOOKS ON A SMALL LITTLE DISPLAY TOWARDS THE FRONT. I LOOKED THROUGH THESE BOOKS TODAY. THEY ARE NOT SEXUAL. THEY ARE AGE APPROPRIATE. PG AND THEY TALK ABOUT LGBTQ PLUS PEOPLE. THE LIBRARY DOES PROVIDE SEX ED INFORMATION THAT IS AGE
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APPROPRIATE LABEL CORRECTLY AND SHELVED IN THE CORRECT LOCATIONS. THESE ARE NOT DISPLAYED, THEY'RE NOT OPEN OUT FOR ANYONE TO WALK BY AND SEE. THESE ARE SHELVES IN THE APPROPRIATE PLACES AND IF YOU'RE ASKING YOURSELF WHY THE LIBRARY WOULD PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION, THEN I WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT YOU TO A FEW SOURCES. THE FIRST IS FROM THE WELD WELD HEALTH ORGANIZATION N W W W DOT WHO.INT . THEY SAY THAT WHEN CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR BODY PARTS, THEY BECOME EQUIPPED TO BE ABLE TO STOP AND REPORT ABUSE. THEY SAY, QUOTE, SEXUAL EDUCATION EQUIPS CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ATTITUDES AND VALUES THAT HELP THEM TO PROTECT THEIR HEALTH, DEVELOP RESPECTFUL SOCIAL AND SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS, AND MAKE RESPONSIBLE CHOICES AND UNDERSTAND AND PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS. THE UN GLOBAL GUIDANCE ON SEXUAL EDUCATION HAS OBJECTIVES FOR THIS TYPE OF LEARNING. STARTING AT AGE FIVE, JOHN S SANTELLI ET AL. STATED IN THEIR STUDY, ABSTINENCE ONLY UNTIL MARRIAGE AND UPDATED REVIEW OF US POLICIES AND THEIR IMPACT. THIS IS AVAILABLE ON THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE WEBSITE. THEY STATE THAT ABSTINENCE ABSTINENCE ONLY PROGRAMS, QUOTE, THREATEN FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS TO HEALTH, INFORMATION AND LIFE. YOUNG PEOPLE NEED TO ACCESS TO ACCURATE AND COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL HEALTH INFORMATION TO PROTECT THEIR HEALTH AND LIVES.THE AARP.ORG, WHICH IS THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, STATES, QUOTE, DECADES OF DATA HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING THE RISK OF STIS AND UNPLANNED PREGNANCY. THESE BENEFITS ARE CRITICAL TO PUBLIC HEALTH. HOWEVER, COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION GOES EVEN FURTHER BY INSTILLING YOUTH WITH A BROAD RANGE OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS THAT ARE PROVEN TO SUPPORT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, POSITIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS, AND DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS. THE LIBRARY SUPPLIES THESE BOOKS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION THAT IS AGE APPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN, YOUNG ADULTS, AND ADULTS. THE LIBRARY, CORRECTLY CATEGORIZED THESE BOOKS IN THE APPROPRIATE SECTIONS FOR EACH AGE GROUP, MARK AND HIS GROUP HAVE CALLED OUT PUBLIC SERVANTS, AND I WILL TRY TO PRONOUNCE THEIR NAMES CORRECTLY. THIS INCLUDES NICITA KNOWLES AND STEVE ROBINSON, AND HAS ASKED MEMBERS OF THE GROUP TO CONTACT THESE INDIVIDUALS. MARK AND HIS GROUP POSTED FIVE TIMES, SPECIFICALLY CALLING OUT IN THE CTA BETWEEN JUNE AND SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR FOR HAVING IT, EXCUSE ME FOR HAVING LGBTQ PLUS BOOKS, AS WELL AS SEXUAL EDUCATION BOOKS. THE GROUP HAS TARGETED STEVE FOR EVENTS BEING HELD AT THE WALKING DISTANCE AND EVENTS THAT INCLUDE LGBT, Q PLUS MEMBERS. THEY ALSO MADE A POST ABOUT THE HUMANE SOCIETY. THE HUMANE SOCIETY HAD A POST THAT SAID WE LOVE STRAYS AND GAYS, YOUR GROUP MARK CLAIMED THAT THE HUMANE SOCIETY WAS PUSHING A POLITICAL AGENDA. MARK, HOW IS BEING GAY POLITICAL? ONE MINUTE IS BEING STRAIGHT POLITICAL? HOW IS ANYONE SEXUAL IDENTITY POLITICAL? IT'S JUST NOT. MARK AND HIS GROUP CLAIM TO CARE ABOUT PARENTS RIGHTS, EXCEPT WHEN THOSE PARENTS DECIDE TO READ THEIR CHILDREN BOOKS ABOUT LGBTQ PLUS PEOPLE, OR WHEN THOSE PARENTS DECIDE TO TAKE THEIR CHILDREN TO A DANCE SHOW. THE MARYSVILLE, OHIO. ORG STATES THE ROLE OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER INCLUDES, QUOTE, PROTECTING THE PUBLIC'S GENERAL HEALTH AND SAFETY. MARK IS NOT PROTECTING OUR SAFETY. MARK IS MISREPRESENTING OUR COMMUNITY. MARK IS OMITTING FACTUAL INFORMATION AND MISLEADING MARYSVILLE CITIZENS. HE IS DOING ALL THIS THROUGH THE FAMILY FAITH LIFE COALITION. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS PETER SABO. I ALSO LIVE AT 1581 VALLEY DRIVE, AS SHOWN, OUR GREENS IS A MEMBER OF THE UNION COUNTY FAMILY FAITH COALITION. THIS GROUP HAS PUSHED BACK ON THE LIBRARY FOR HAVING DISPLAYS UP DURING PRIDE MONTH, AS WELL AS LOCAL PRIVATE BUSINESS FOR HOSTING A DRAG SHOW ON THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY. MARK GREENS HAS SUGGESTED THIS IS MERELY A FACEBOOK DISPUTE. SINCE YOU ARE ON COUNCIL AND HAVE SWAY IN DECIDING THE DIRECTION THE CITY TAKES, THEN WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO TAKE THIS FIGHT OFF THE INTERNET AND BRING IT HERE. FIRST, I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THE ATTACKS ON THE LIBRARY. THE GOAL OF A LIBRARY IS TO HAVE OPEN ACCESS TO INFORMATION. IT'S NOT THE LIBRARY'S JOB TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHICH INFORMATION THE GENERAL PUBLIC HAS ACCESS TO, AND THAT MEANS ANY AND ALL INFORMATION SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE REGARDLESS OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS THINK IT SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE. THE UNION COUNTY FAMILY FAITH COALITION HAS CRITICIZED THE LIBRARY FOR NOT GIVING RELIGIOUS CELEBRATIONS THE SAME TREATMENT AS THEY DO PRIDE MONTH, SPECIFICALLY MENTIONING CHRISTIANS ON CHRISTMAS. THIS IS INSANE. FOR ONE, THERE'S A WHOLE SECTION OF THE LIBRARY THAT'S THEIR 365 DAYS OF THE YEAR DEDICATED TO RELIGION. TWO THERE ARE 2.4 BILLION CHRISTIANS IN THE WORLD, 210 MILLION OF THEM IN THE US, AND ROUGHLY 808.5 MILLION SELF-IDENTIFYING CHRISTIANS IN OHIO. THIS IS COMPARED TO THE ROUGHLY 730,000 PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ IN OHIO. SO THIS IS A POPULATION WHO HAS EXPERIENCED HATE AND DISCRIMINATION FOR DECADES, AND
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TO COMPARE YOURSELVES TO THEM IS MINDBOGGLING. IT'S STATEMENTS LIKE THIS THAT PROVE WHY PRIDE IS STILL IMPORTANT. I SUSPECT THE UNION COUNTY FAITH COALITION MIGHT ALSO HAVE ISSUES WITH THE LIBRARY, WHERE TO HAVE DISPLAYS FOR RAMADAN, HANUKKAH, DIWALI, VOSTOK OR OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN HOLIDAYS. THIS IS JUST ME GUESSING FINAL THOUGHTS IN REGARDS TO THE LIBRARY, THE UNION COUNTY FAMILY, FAITH COALITION IS OPPOSED. IN THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE CELEBRATING THE RECENT FAILED LEVY, AND BLAMES THE LIBRARY'S PRIDE DISPLAYS FOR IT TO QUOTE, IT LOOKS LIKE THE LEVY FOR THE MARYSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FAILED. IT'S UNFORTUNATE WE HAVE TO WORK AGAINST THE LIBRARY, END QUOTE. UNION COUNTY FINDING FAMILY FAITH COALITION IS HAPPY THE LEVY LEVY FAILED AND IS EVEN TRYING TO TAKE PARTIAL CREDIT FOR IT. MARK GRIMES IS A MEMBER OF THE GROUP.I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO ASSUME THAT ANY VOTE YOU MAKE AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, WHICH DIVERTS FUNDS AWAY FROM THE LIBRARY, INCLUDING THE TIF, DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING, WHICH YOU DESCRIBED AS PENNIES AT THE DOLLAR, IS DUE AT LEAST TO YOUR PART DUE IN PART TO YOUR MEMBERSHIP IN THIS COALITION. AND FOR THAT REASON, I WOULD HAVE TO ASK YOU TO RESIGN. NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT WALKING DISTANCE IN THEIR DRAG SHOW. I HAVE TO ASK, HAS ANYONE ON COUNCIL ACTUALLY BEEN TO A DRAG SHOW? WHAT'S BROADCAST ON CABLE TV IS OFTEN MORE EXPLICIT THAN WHAT'S ON DISPLAY AT A DRAG SHOW. AND IT COULD BE MISTAKEN, BUT I DON'T THINK YOUR GROUP IS ATTACKING TURNER BROADCASTING, NBC, ABC, DISNEY OR FOX FOR THAT KIND OF CONTENT THAT IS BEING DIRECTLY BEAMED INTO YOUR HOUSE, LET ALONE COMPLAINING ABOUT ROBIN WILLIAMS AND MRS. DOUBTFIRE. JAMIE FARR IN THE SHOW MASH, TIM CURRY IN THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN AND THIS IS THE ARMY. THE ENTIRE ENTIRETY OF SHAKESPEARE'S THE 12TH NIGHT, OR MY PERSONAL FAVORITE, CLOUD STRIFE IN FINAL FANTASY SEVEN. AND I THINK I KNOW WHY THAT IS, BECAUSE IN THESE CASES, PARENTS ARE IN CONTROL OF WHAT THEIR KIDS ARE ABLE TO WATCH. SO HOW IS HOSTING A DRAG SHOW IN A BAR ANY DIFFERENT? KIDS DON'T GO TO BARS ON THEIR OWN. THEY ARE BROUGHT THERE BY THEIR PARENTS AND IS THEIR PARENTS CHOICE TO DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES. IF THEY WANT TO BRING A CHILD TO A DRAG SHOW, I FIND THIS PRETTY HYPOCRITICAL BY THE UNION COUNTY FAMILY FAITH COALITION, CONSIDERING ONE OF THE REASONS THEY WANTED TO VOTE NO ON OHIO'S RECENTLY PASSED ABORTION BALLOT WAS DUE TO SOME SKETCHY LOGIC THAT IT WOULD TAKE AWAY CONTROL FROM PARENTS. YOU MAY THINK DRAG SHOWS ARE INAPPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN, BUT ULTIMATELY IT'S A PARENT'S DECISION IF THEY CAN GO OR NOT. FINALLY, I WANT TO MENTION ONE LAST THING. THE UNION COUNTY FAMILY FAITH COALITION HAS SPECIFICALLY SAID COLUMBUS WOULD BE A MORE APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR PRIDE AND DRAG SHOWS AND NOT SMALL TOWN MARYSVILLE, CITING MARYSVILLE IS HARDLY A SMALL TOWN AND HASN'T BEEN IN A LONG TIME. MARYSVILLE IS 13,000 MORE PEOPLE THAN BELLEFONTAINE, 20,000 MORE THAN KENTON. AND WHEN I THINK OF A SMALL TOWN, I THINK OF ADA, WHICH IS WHERE I WENT TO COLLEGE ANYWAY, GIVEN THAT COLUMBUS IS CONSISTENTLY RANKED AS ONE OF THE MOST LGBTQ FRIENDLY PLACES IN THE COUNTRY AND HOSTS THE SECOND LARGEST PRIDE FESTIVAL IN THE COUNTRY, IT MAY BE MORE TRUE THAT COLUMBUS WOULD BE MORE OPEN TO PRIDE DISPLAYS AND DRAG SHOWS, BUT LET'S TAKE A MOMENT TO CONSIDER THAT COLUMBUS IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING CITIES BY POPULATION IN THE COUNTRY. THERE'S ALSO A MAJOR HOUSING CRISIS IN COLUMBUS BECAUSE OF THAT. THAT MEANS THESE PEOPLE MOVING TO THE AREA ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT SURROUNDING AREAS.
IN MARYSVILLE IS CONVENIENTLY A 20 MINUTE DRIVE FROM COLUMBUS. SO PEOPLE ARE INEVITABLY GOING TO COME HERE. AND THAT'S BEEN SHOWN THROUGH MOST RECENT CENSUS DATA. POPULATION GROWTH HAS GROWN, HAS GROWN BY 19% IN JUST THE TIME I MOVED HERE IN 2015. SOME OF THESE PEOPLE WILL BE PEOPLE YOU DON'T AGREE WITH. BUT INSTEAD OF GIVING THESE PEOPLE A MESSAGE OF HATE, WE SHOULD TRY TO WORK TO PROVIDE A HEALTHY AND WELCOMING COMMUNITY INSTEAD. DURING. DURING THIS TIME, WE WILL ALLOW TWO MORE PEOPLE TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC THAT, AND IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT HASN'T SPOKEN IN THE LAST TIME THAT WANTS TO SPEAK TONIGHT, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO. ALL RIGHT, ARE YOU DONE LOOKING AT YOUR PHONE, TWITTER OR WHATEVER IT WAS, IF SO, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING SERIOUS, MY NAME IS TAYLOR BREAK, I LIVE 20699 COLEMAN BREAK ROAD, MILFORD CENTER, OHIO. AND I WOULD LIKE TO TALK AND HONESTLY JUST SAY LIKE, ARE ANY OF YOU, LIKE, EMBARRASSED BY THIS? LIKE IS THIS NOT EMBARRASSING TO YOU, WE HAVE A PERSON ON THE COUNCIL THAT'S PART OF A HATE GROUP. THAT'S KIND OF LIKE A BIG DEAL, OKAY. GETTING MY FEET UNDERNEATH ME HERE. ALL RIGHT, SO NOW YOU KNOW ABOUT THE ISSUE, SO YOU CAN'T CLAIM IGNORANCE ANYMORE, RIGHT? WE TOLD YOU ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO AND BEING SILENT ABOUT IT MEANS THAT YOU'RE COMPLACENT WITH IT. EVERYONE IS WATCHING NPR, ABC, LIKE ALL THESE PLACES. NEWS ARE WATCHING. PEOPLE IN COLUMBUS ARE WATCHING. PEOPLE IN DELAWARE ARE WATCHING. AND THEY WANT TO SEE, LIKE, WHAT'S YOUR MOVE? YOU KNOW, ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER? ARE YOU GOING TO GO WITH LIKE THE 21ST CENTURY OR THE 20TH? THAT'S BASICALLY THE TWO OPTIONS. I WOULD ASK THAT YOU LIKE, THINK ABOUT YOUR LEGACY AS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND DO YOU WANT YOUR LEGACY AS COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE STAINED BY A MEMBER WHO IS PART OF A HATE GROUP? I WOULD NOT WANT THAT. THIS PROBLEM ISN'T
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GOING TO JUST GO AWAY. IT'S. IT'S GOING TO KEEP BEING A THING. RIGHT? AND SO YOUR INACTION SENDS A MESSAGE TO ANYONE WHO WAS UNSURE OF WHERE MARYSVILLE STANDS ON THE ISSUE THAT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE HATE GROUP. RIGHT? SO SO THE LEAST YOU CAN DO IS SAY, LIKE, HEY, I'M AGAINST THIS, OR I'M AGAINST WHAT THE HATE GROUP IS SAYING. I'M AGAINST THE HATEFUL STUFF GOING ON. THAT'S THE LEAST YOU COULD DO. OTHER THINGS YOU COULD DO DENOUNCE, DENOUNCE LESLIE'S STATEMENTS AND THE FAITH AND FAMILY COALITION. RIGHT. BAN HATE GROUPS. WHY ARE THESE A THING? LIKE, WHY ARE THESE A THING, ALSO, WHY IS THERE A COUNCIL MEMBER ON A HATE GROUP, ANTI-DISCRIMINATORY ORDINANCES. THERE ARE WAYS YOU CAN LIKE, MAKE BASICALLY JUST STATEMENTS, AGAIN, LIKE STATEMENTS SAYING LIKE, HEY, LGBTQ PEOPLE, WE SEE YOU, YOU ARE LOVED. YOU ARE WELCOME HERE, BECAUSE OTHERWISE THE MESSAGE IS VERY FUZZY, RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S PLACES LIKE WALKING DISTANCE WHERE WE DO KNOW, OKAY, WE'RE WELCOME HERE.BUT THEN LIKE THE CITY IS NOT WELCOMING US, THEN HOW DO WE KNOW? LIKE WE'RE SAFE, BASICALLY, AGAIN, MARK REEMS NEEDS TO RESIGN. THAT'S JUST OBVIOUS. I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE. I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE I'M JUST TALKING AT PEOPLE RIGHT NOW, I WOULD INVITE YOU GUYS TO COME TO WALKING DISTANCE AND JUST, LIKE, SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH US, COME TO THE.
THEY'RE DOING A THING WHERE THEY. SORRY, MY VOICE IS SUPER SHAKY. THEY'RE GOING TO TEACH YOU ABOUT DRAG AND WHAT IT MEANS. AND WHAT IT ACTUALLY IS. AND IT'S NOT SEXUAL. IT'S NOT LIKE IT CAN BE, BUT NOT IN THIS CASE, SO JUST LEARN ABOUT IT, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T HATE SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND AND YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IT LIKE, THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU GET TO HATE IT. AND IT DEFINITELY DOESN'T MEAN YOU GET TO SLANDER IT, JUST LET'S LIKE, COME TOGETHER AND, LIKE, FIGURE IT OUT TOGETHER INSTEAD OF JUST, LIKE, SIDES AT EACH OTHER, TALKING AT EACH OTHER. BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE LIKE ON THIS.
THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO GO AWAY. SO IF WE WANT TO LIKE RESOLVE IT, MAYBE LET'S COME TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT IT INSTEAD OF JUST LIKE TALKING AT EACH OTHER, BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY NOT HELPFUL. IT DOESN'T SEEM HELPFUL TO ME. SO THANK YOU.
HELLO. MY NAME IS JESSICA MCALLISTER, THE ADDRESS, SIX THREE, TWO KENNY LANE, I'VE LIVED HERE ABOUT TEN YEARS NOW, I CAME HERE TWO YEARS AFTER I WAS DISHONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE US ARMY, WHICH I SERVED TEN YEARS MILITARY FOR NAVY. SIX ARMY. ALL RIGHT. SO FIRST, I'D LIKE TO STATE. OH, HEY, THERE'S A MICROPHONE. I'VE SEEN WHAT HATE IS REALLY LIKE. I'VE BEEN THERE MULTIPLE TIMES. I FOUGHT I'VE BEEN COVERED IN THE BLOOD OF MY FRIENDS AND MY ENEMIES.
AND I DON'T APPRECIATE THINKING THAT ANYBODY CONNECTED TO THE POLITICS OF THE TOWN AND THE COUNTY THAT I'M A MEMBER OF WOULD BE ENGAGED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF ANY GROUP THAT PROMOTES HATE IN ANY WAY. I DON'T KNOW ANY OF YOU. I AM NEW HERE TO THIS TOWN COUNCIL THING.
I'M GOING TO SAY HATE IS A STARTING POINT AND I'VE SEEN WHERE IT GOES AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE MY TOWN GO DOWN THAT ROUTE IN ANY WAY. ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY FIRST AND SECOND. I WANTED TO JUST. I DON'T HAVE A PLANNED SPEECH, BUT I WANT TO USE SOME LOGIC, AND THEN WE'LL START WITH RELIGION, BECAUSE I'VE HEARD THAT BROUGHT UP MULTIPLE TIMES.
AND, YOU KNOW, CONNECTING HATE AND RELIGIOUS, TEACHINGS. I'M NOT A RELIGIOUS PERSON. I'VE SEEN TOO MUCH FOR THAT. HOWEVER I'VE SEEN THROUGH MY STUDY OF HISTORY, WHICH I HOLD MINOR IN THAT HISTORY IS OFTEN USED, OR THAT, SORRY, RELIGION IS OFTEN USED AS A SCREEN FOR PROMOTING PREJUDICES. IT'S NOT GOING TO SAY HATE, BUT WE'LL SAY PREJUDICES AND PREJUDICE CAN OFTEN BECOME MORE SEVERE. ALL RIGHT. FIRST THING I'LL POINT OUT IS I'M GOING TO ASSUME, THIS IS AN ASSUMPTION. SO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG THAT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ON THE TOWN COUNCIL AND IN THE AUDIENCE ARE SOME DENOMINATION OF CHRISTIANITY. IT IS THE MOST PROMINENT RELIGION IN THIS COUNTRY. BUT I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU, HOW MANY SEPARATE DENOMINATIONS OF CHRISTIANITY EXIST IN THIS ONE TOWN? ANYBODY THERE ARE 16 SEPARATE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES IN THIS TOWN, AND IF
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THE CHURCHES ARE SEPARATE, THAT MEANS THAT THERE'S SOME DISAGREEMENT ON THE DOCTRINE, THE DOCTRINAL TEACHINGS OF THE FAITH, WHICH LITERALLY SHOWS TO ANYBODY WITH COMMON SENSE THAT RELIGION CAN BE INTERPRETED DIFFERENTLY BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE. AND TO USE SOMETHING THAT'S SO OPEN TO INTERPRETATION, TO JUDGE OR PROMOTE ANY SORT OF JUDGMENT AGAINST ANY GROUP OF PEOPLE, IS A HORRIBLE FALLACY ON THE PART OF WHAT SHOULD BE REASONABLE, LOGICAL PEOPLE. YOU DON'T RUN A GOVERNMENT, EVEN IN A TOWN BY BEING RULED BY PASSIONS, LEVEL HEADEDNESS AND UNDER STANDING OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AROUND YOU ARE WHAT SHOULD BE USED IN THE, YOU KNOW, LEADERSHIP. AND I SEEN A LOT OF THAT IN THE MILITARY. I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THAT FOR A MOMENT. IF A MEMBER OF THE MILITARY WAS FOUND TO BE PART OF A HATE GROUP, THEY GOT DISHONORABLY DISCHARGED FOR THAT. BECAUSE THE MILITARY PROMOTES INCLUSIVITY IN ALL FORMS, EVEN AMONG LGBTQ FOLK.WHEN I FIRST JOINED, THE POLICY WAS DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL. THERE WAS NO POLICY OF NOT ALLOWING GAY INDIVIDUALS TO SERVE. THEY JUST DIDN'T WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT. ALL RIGHT. NOT EVERYBODY DOES. THAT WAS DONE AWAY WITH BECAUSE IT'S LITERALLY POINTLESS. I DON'T CARE WHETHER A PERSON'S GAY OR STRAIGHT, WHETHER THEY'RE TRANS OR CIS. I CARE WHICH WAY THEY POINT THE RIFLE WHEN THE ENEMY IS BEARING DOWN ON OUR POSITION. THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IN THAT SITUATION. AND THE SAME APPLIES TO ANY SITUATION. DON'T MAKE ENEMIES WHERE THERE DOESN'T NEED TO BE ENEMIES. ONE MINUTE. THANK YOU. SO IN THIS CASE, I'M STATING DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL.
WAS IT A GREAT POLICY? NO BUT THE MILITARY INCLUDED PEOPLE FROM THE START AND THE, THE THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER THINGS INVOLVED THERE. I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO GOOD AND BAD, BUT POINT BEING, WHY SHOULD OUR TOWN BE ANY DIFFERENT? WHY SHOULD WE NOT ACCEPT EVERYBODY? I MEAN, THE RELIGIOUS MAJORITY THAT I JUST MENTIONED, IT PREACHES INCLUSIVITY. IT PREACHES ACCEPTANCE OF EVERYONE AND NON-JUDGMENT OF ANYONE. I'VE READ IT. I WAS RAISED IN THE CHURCH. CHRIST NEVER ONCE MENTIONS GAY INDIVIDUALS DURING HIS ENTIRE MINISTRY. THEY'RE NOT MENTIONED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. AND FOR THOSE WHO LIKE TO USE THE OLD TESTAMENT AND LEVITICUS SPECIFICALLY TO STATE THAT GAYS AREN'T ALLOWED IN THE CHURCH, CHRIST SAID THE OLD LAW WAS DONE AWAY WITH IN HIM. HIS SACRIFICE DID AWAY WITH THE OLD LAW. WE NO LONGER SACRIFICE SHEEP. WHY? BECAUSE OF CHRIST. SO THAT'S THAT'S YOUR TEACHING, NOT MINE. I'M NOT A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST. SO THAT'S MY TIME. THANK YOU EVERYONE. YEAH. CATHY YOUNG, 425 WEST EIGHTH. SO WHAT I HAVE GIVEN YOU IN FRONT OF YOU IS WHAT I FOUND ON THE OHIO, JUDICIAL SITE COMMITTEE SITE, SO TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN I WAS HERE, I WAS CLUELESS ABOUT THE TOPIC AT HAND. DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, JUST KNEW THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT LGBT, THE LIBRARY, AND THEY WANT MARK OFF COUNCIL. SO SO AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, BECAUSE I WASN'T GETTING ANY ANSWERS ONLINE, I FOUND HOUSE BILL 622 THAT WOULD REQUIRE EACH BOARD OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUSTEES TO ADOPT A POLICY THAT PROHIBITS ITS LIBRARIES FROM DISPLAYING MATTERS HARMFUL TO JUVENILES, AND THEN THEY WOULD TAKE THE LIBRARY FUNDS AND REDISTRIBUTE THEM TO THOSE THAT COULD USE THEM PROPERLY. THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER HOUSE BILL, 556 THAT'S A LITTLE NEW, SO I DON'T EVEN WANT TO GO INTO IT BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT ONLINE YET, BUT THAT IS OUT THERE TOO. SO BESIDES THESE TWO BILLS, WE ALSO HAVE HOUSE BILL 245 SPONSORED BY ASHLEY KING AND JOSH WILLIAMS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE.
ON JUNE 5TH, 2024, MARYSVILLE CITIZEN TESTIFIED TO COMMITTEE ABOUT DRAG PERFORMANCES AND A SMALL CHILD IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH WAS VIDEOTAPED AND SHARED UPON DISCOVERY. THE LIGHT OF TRUTH REVEALED ITSELF TO ME. THE UNDERLYING ISSUE IS NOT LIBRARY, NOT A CALL FOR RESIGNATION, AND IS NOT EVEN ABOUT HATING THE LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY. I MEAN, I HAVE NO REASON TO HATE THESE PEOPLE. I MEAN, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, I HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS, I HAVE EXCHANGE STUDENTS THAT ARE LGBT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT ARE GAY. I'M LESBIANS. SO IT'S TO ME, IT'S NOT ABOUT THIS
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COMMUNITY. ALSO IN THIS COMMITTEE ON JUNE 5TH, JANA WARD MIRNINSKY CHARTERED LEADER OF THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION GAYS AGAINST GROOMING, WHICH I CAN'T SAY IT ANY BETTER THAN HER. SO I GAVE YOU A COPY OF HER SPEECH AND IT SAID, THESE ARE JUST BITS AND PIECES BECAUSE I ONLY HAVE FIVE MINUTES. OHIO HOUSE BILL 245 SETS THE GOLD STANDARD FOR LEGISLATION, LEGISLATION AND COMBATING THE UNNECESSARY EXPOSURE OF SEXUAL MATERIAL AND ADULT ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE WHERE CHILDREN MAY BE PRESIDENT PRESENT. I'M NOT TALKING ADULTS. WE'RE TALKING CHILDREN. THE MEDIA'S ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND DEFINING WHAT CONSTITUTES UNLAWFUL ADULT CABARET PERFORMANCE SENDS A LARGE MESSAGE THAT THE OHIO, THE STATE OF OHIO IS TAKING A ZERO TOLERANCE APPROACH BY CLASSIFYING THIS BILL AS A FOURTH OR A FIFTH DEGREE FELONY.THE BILL APPROPRIATELY RECOGNIZES THE SEVERITY OF THE CRIME AND ENSURES THAT THOSE WHO ENGAGE IN SUCH PREDATORY BEHAVIOR FACES CONSEQUENCES AS THEY DESERVE. THOSE WHO RESIST MEASURES TO COMBAT THE UNNECESSARY EXPOSURE OF SEXUAL CONTENT TO JUVENILES ARE UNKNOWINGLY OR KNOWINGLY ALIGNING THEMSELVES WITH THOSE WHO SEEK TO HARM CHILDREN. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE MANIPULATED BY THE OPPOSITION THAT CLAIMS THIS BILL IS HATEFUL TOWARDS THE LGBTQ PEOPLE. WE ARE HERE TO ASSURE THAT IT IS NOT DRAG SHOWS FOR KIDS WITH PERFORMERS WEARING PLASTIC BREASTS, SEXUALIZED COSTUMES HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT IT MEANS TO BE GAY. THIS IS NOT WHAT PRIDE IS ABOUT. THE OVERALL OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF US JUST WANT TO LIVE OUR LIVES WITHOUT BEING PERSECUTED. CABARET SHOWS ARE NOT ONLY. NOT ONLY INAPPROPRIATE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, BUT THEY ALSO SEND A HARMFUL, HARMFUL MESSAGES. IT IS DISRESPECTFUL FOR THE GENERATION OF PEOPLE WHO FOUGHT FOR THIS, RIGHT? THAT'S THE END. QUOTE.
THE CITY OF SALINA AND THE COUNTIES OF BUTLER AND MERCER ARE SUPPORTING HOUSE BILL 245 I'M ASKING THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE TO JUMP ON BOARD AND PROTECT OUR INNOCENT CHILDREN.
STUFF THE EROSION AND DIVISION OF OUR COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT HOUSE BILL 245 AND POSSIBLY THE OTHER TWO WHEN THEY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, OR IF THE CITY CAN EVEN CREATE AN ORDINANCE IN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE THAT WE CAN COMBAT THIS WITHOUT ACTUALLY GOING TO THE STATE LEVEL. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN OR NOT, BUT IF THIS CAN BE CONSIDERED, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE WE'RE DIVIDING A COMMUNITY THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE DIVIDED. ONE MINUTE I'M DONE. THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SPEAK? THAT'S NOT BASED ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING. THIS IS A DIFFERENT SUBJECT. SO. MY NAME IS GAIL JENKINS. MY ADDRESS IS 14242 OXFORD DRIVE. MY HUSBAND AND I ARE HERE TONIGHT TO TALK TO CITY COUNCIL AND CITY ADMINISTRATION ABOUT A LEGISLATIVE ISSUE REGARDING ORDINANCE 059-2023 TO AMEND CHAPTER 110 FACILITY FEES AND CHAPTER 941 CEMETERY OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. THIS LEGISLATION PASSED NOVEMBER 27TH, 2023. THE ORDINANCE CAME TO MY ATTENTION AFTER READING AN ARTICLE IN THE MAY 16TH EDITION OF THE MARYSVILLE TRIBUNE, WHERE THE HEADLINE MARYSVILLE CITY COUNCIL DEBATES FEE FOR SCHOOLS CAUGHT MY EYE. THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE COVERS A MAY 13TH DISCUSSION BETWEEN CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER EMERY ABOUT A RECENT CONVERSATION HE'D HAD WITH SUPERINTENDENT OF MARYSVILLE SCHOOLS, DIANE ALLEN. SUPERINTENDENT ALLEN CONTACTED HIM CONCERNING A FEE SHE'D NOT KNOWN ABOUT, AND LEARNED THE DISTRICT DISTRICT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A $450 CHARGE FOR THREE HOURS FOR HAVING AN EMS VEHICLE AND PERSONNEL IN THE AREA OF IMPACT STADIUM. DURING HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION AND HOME FOOTBALL GAMES. THE DISTRICT NEVER PAID FOR THE SERVICE. IN THE PAST, IT WAS PROVIDED AS A COMMUNITY SERVICE BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE SUPERINTENDENT, SUPERINTENDENT ALLEN, DECLINED THE SERVICE FOR THE GRADUATION THIS YEAR. CITY EVENTS AND JUNIOR FAIR BOARD ARE EXEMPT
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FROM THIS LEGISLATION. SO IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THESE FEES ARE AIMED TOWARDS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT? WHAT OTHER ENTITY IN MARYSVILLE HAS A STANDBY EMS UNIT AND FIRST RESPONDERS ON SELECT FRIDAY NIGHTS IN AUGUST, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER AND AGAIN IN MAY FOR GRADUATION, WE DECIDED TO DIG INTO THE ORIGIN OF THIS ORDINANCE BECAUSE WE COULD NOT BELIEVE MARYSVILLE SCHOOLS DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS FEE OR HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REGRET, ADDRESS, OR NEGOTIATE THE FEE WITH CITY OFFICIALS. CITY EMERY TOLD THE NEWSPAPER. I THINK IT WOULD BEHOOVE THE SCHOOLS TO HAVE SOMEONE AT COUNCIL MEETINGS AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH. THAT POINT IS TAKEN, HOWEVER, IN THE CASE OF ORDINANCE 0592023, WE, MY HUSBAND AND I BELIEVE IT WOULDN'T HAVE MATTERED IF THERE WERE 1 OR 400 SCHOOL OFFICIALS PRESENT FOR READINGS ONE, TWO, AND THREE OF THE ORDINANCE. SPECIFICALLY THE NEW FEES FOR EMS SERVICES. WE CONTEND THIS INFORMATION WAS NOT PRESENTED IN COMPLETE FORM TO CITY COUNCIL AND CITIZENS. DOUG JENKINS 14242 OXFORD DRIVE. I WANT TO, I WENT TO RESEARCH THE ORDINANCE FOR 059 0 OR 2 023 AT YOUR OCTOBER 2ND, 2023 WORKING SESSION, EXHIBIT C WAS PRESENTED, WHICH I HAVE RIGHT HERE, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE. AND IT DOES SHOW THE MISCIBLE SERVICES WHICH WOULD HAVE EMS AS WELL AS POLICE. YOU GOT YOUR POOL RATES, YOU HAVE YOUR FIELD USAGE AS WELL AS YOUR CEMETERY RATES. SO THERE WAS FOUR SLIDES PRESENTED AT THAT WORKING SESSION. UPON REVIEWING THE MINUTES, IT SHOWED THAT THESE FOUR SLIDES. BUT SINCE IT WAS NOT VIDEOTAPED, I COULD ONLY REVIEW THE MINUTES AND CAN SAY BASED ON HOW I WAS PRESENTED DURING THAT SESSION, NO REFERENCE REGARDING POLICE OR EMS FEES WERE STATED. NO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS MADE ANY STATEMENT REGARDING THE ADDED EMS FEES. AGAIN, THAT'S THE WORD ADDED. IT'S NEVER BEEN CHARGED BEFORE. AS GAIL SAID, THE MINUTES THE SHOW STATEMENTS OF WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF FEES OR ON FEES AND DON'T WANT TO LOSE EITHER, AND OR FEES ARE NOT MEANT TO BE MONEY MAKERS , BUT RATHER COST RECOVERY. AND THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS REFERRING TO THE PARKS AND REC AND THE CEMETERY RATES. ON OCTOBER 23RD, AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THERE WAS THE FIRST READING TO AMEND CHAPTER 110 FACILITY COST AND CITY FEES. IF YOU GO ONLINE AND YOU START WATCHING THE VIDEO FROM THE ONE HOUR AND SEVEN MINUTE MARK, AMANDA MORRIS AND BRANDON MOORE GAVE THEIR PRESENTATION. AMANDA STATED WAS THE SAME PRESENTATION THAT WAS GIVEN AT THE WORKING SESSION BY MISTER MOORE AND MISTER SCHILLINGS, WHICH IS WHICH IS WORKS IN MAINTENANCE. REMEMBER, NOTHING WAS STATED AT THE TIME REGARDING EMS DURING THE WORKING SESSION, AMANDA STARTED OR STATED THAT THEY COMPARED THEMSELVES TO DUBLIN WHICH WAS NOT MENTIONED MENTIONED IN THE WORKING SESSION DELAWARE PLAIN CITY. HILLIARD AND BELLEFONTAINE. REGARDING POOL RATES, WHICH WAS HER PART OF THE PRESENTATION. SHE STATED THAT YOU HAD THE INFORMATION IN YOUR PACKAGE. SHE CONCLUDED HER FIRST PORTION, WHICH REFERENCED THE RECREATIONAL AND FIELD RENTAL PORTION OF THE ORDINANCE.BRANDON TALKED ABOUT THE CEMETERY RATES AND THEN AMANDA FINISHED BY STATING THAT THE RATES WILL BE REVIEWED EVERY AT LEAST EVERY FIVE YEARS. IN ADDITION, SHE STATED THAT SHE MADE SURE THAT SHE TOUCHED BASE WITH THE OTHER APPROPRIATE DIVISIONS, REGARDING THEIR FEES.
POLICE OFFER SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ALONG WITH FIRE AND REFLECTED IN THE ORDINANCE AS WELL. ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS INDICATED THEY WERE FINE. SO IT IS CLEAR THAT YOU HAD SOME SORT OF PACKAGE OF INFORMATION IN FRONT OF YOU AT THE TIME OF AMANDA AND BRANDON'S PRESENTATION, SHE REFERENCED POLICE AND FIRE, BUT NO ONE ON CITY COUNCIL OR CITY ADMINISTRATION CALLED OUT THAT THE POLICE AND EMS SLIDE THAT I HAD SHOWN WAS NEVER PRESENTED OR TALKED ABOUT. MISS PROUDFOOT'S PUBLISHED MINUTES FROM THE MEETING, DID NOT HAVE THAT EITHER. THEIR PRESENTATION ENDED AT THE ONE HOUR AND 20 MINUTE MARK. SO ESSENTIALLY RECAP. THEY TALKED ABOUT THE CEMETERY. THEY TALKED ABOUT THE FIELD USAGE. THEY TALKED ABOUT THE POOL RATES , BUT NOTHING WAS EVER BROUGHT UP ABOUT EMS OR THE POLICE RATE CHANGES. THE SECOND READING WAS HELD ON NOVEMBER 13TH. THIRD READING WAS ON 1127 NOVEMBER 27TH. BOTH OF THEM SHOW NO CORRECTIONS. IT WAS SIGNED OFF ON THE 27TH OF NOVEMBER. I KNOW AMANDA MORRIS HAD MADE
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STATEMENTS OF DOING COMMUNITY COMPARISON, BUT IT WAS REALLY JUST REFERRING TO POOL AND REC BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE MINUTES FROM THE WORK SESSION INDICATED. BUT BY CHANCE I ASSUMED INCORRECTLY. I REACHED OUT TO BELLEFONTAINE, DUBLIN AND DELAWARE REGARDING WHAT THEY CHARGED FOR EMS SERVICE. BELLEFONTAINE INDICATED THEY CHARGED $150, BUT THAT IS BASED OR THEY WOULD LEAVE ON EMERGENCY CALL, DELAWARE EMS DOESN'T CHARGE OR INDICATE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE, IF THERE WAS IF THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY. SO I'M STILL WAITING ON THE ADS, FROM THE DUBLIN SCHOOL DISTRICT TO RESPOND. SO AND ALSO, IF MARYSVILLE SCHOOLS HAD CONTRACTED THE SERVICE AND HAD THE EMS PRESENT BASED ON THE CONTRACT, THEN THE EMS WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE. IT SOUNDS PRETTY RIDICULOUS, DOESN'T IT? A GOOD SCHOOL SYSTEM IS WHAT HELPS BUILD COMMUNITIES MOST FAMILIES LOOKING TO RELOCATE USUALLY ASKED AND RESEARCHED THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS. WOULDN'T IT BE NICE TO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY TO WHERE ONE MENTIONS MARYSVILLE? THEN THAT THE THINGS COME TO MIND? THE WHEN IT COMES TO MIND, THAT IS VERY GOOD OR A GREAT SCHOOL SYSTEM AND SAID, OH, THAT'S WHERE HONDAS ARE MADE. I HAVE TRIED CONTINUE READING ALL THE MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND THE ADMINISTRATION AND NEED TO WORK MORE CLOSELY WITH THE SCHOOLS AND THE ARTICLES OF THE MARYSVILLE TRIBUNE. THAT GAIL'S REFERENCES REFLECTS THE OPPOSITE. I ASK THAT YOU AMEND THE ORDINANCE 0592023 TO EXCLUDE THE EMS RATES, AND SINCE IT WAS NOT PROPERLY PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL AND FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, INCLUDING THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, AND THEN ACTUALLY YOU DO WHAT YOU'VE BEEN SAYING AND WORK WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND COMING UP WITH A RESOLUTION. THE CITY IN CONCLUSION, THE CITY OF DELAWARE HAS COME UP WITH A GREAT SOLUTION. IT IS SHOWING THAT THEIR SUPPORT FOR THEIR COMMUNITY SCHOOL SYSTEM. IT WOULD BE NICE FOR MARYSVILLE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE NOTICE AND DO THE SAME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY THAT ELSE WOULD LIKE TO TALK ON A SUBJECT THAT WE HAVE NOT ALREADY HEARD THIS EVENING? OKAY JUST STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE. OKAY MY NAME IS ELIZABETH CARTER . I LIVE AT 1780 MERRIWICK CROSSING, I JUST CAME TO OBSERVE WHAT EVERYBODY HAD TO SAY TONIGHT, AND, AT THE VERY BEGINNING, WE SAID THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND I THINK EVERYONE WAS SAYING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. AT LEAST 95% OF US. AND THEN IT SAYS WE'RE ONE NATION UNDER GOD. AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, THAT WE'RE UNDER GOD, NOT UNDER OURSELVES. SO I DON'T WANT TO BE A SODOM. GOMORRAH. I DON'T WANT TO BE A BABYLON. SO I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT, THAT WE'RE ONE NATION UNDER GOD, AND THERE'S ONLY ONE GOD. THERE'S 100,000 GODS WORSHIPED ON THIS PLANET, WHICH GOD IS THE ONE. AND WE. YEAH WE NORMALLY DON'T DO BACK AND FORTH DISCUSSIONS. YOU SAID TWO MORE SPEAKERS AND THAT WAS THE FOURTH ONE. YEAH, I WAS ON A DIFFERENT SUBJECT. THAT'S THE SAME, SAME SUBJECT. WELL, NOW WE'RE MOVING ON. OKAY ARE YOU OKAY? SO FROM SO I JUST I JUST WANTED TO SAY, BASED ON A CITY COUNCIL AND BASED ON MARK REEMS BEING A PART OF CITY COUNCIL, SOME OF WHAT CITY COUNCIL HAS DONE ON THE BEHALF OF WALKING DISTANCE BREWERY IN 2020 AND 2021. THE FACADE IMPROVEMENT GRANT HAS HAS AWARDED $12,600 TO WALKING DISTANCE FOR A NEW STEEL ROOF, NEW EXTERIOR GLASS DOORS, NEW EXTERIOR GLASS ENTRIES, THE SOUTH AND THE EAST WALKING DISTANCE HAS BEEN APPROVED AT DESIGN REVIEW BOARD ON OCTOBER 13TH, 2021 FOR A MURAL ON THE ALLEY SIDE OF THE BUILDING. DRB WELL, WHICH IS DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, APPROVALS WERE APPROVALS FOR APPROVALS, ARE GOOD FOR TWO YEARS UNLESS AN EXTENSION IS REQUESTED. TWO EXTENSIONS HAVE BEEN GRANTED, WITH THE MOST RECENT EXTENSION UNTIL JUNE 1ST, 2025. THE MURAL WILL BE NEEDED TO BE COMPLETED BY THIS DATE.THE LAST THE LAST THING, THE LAST FEW ITEMS THE CITY HAS DONE TO BENEFIT WALKING DISTANCE BREWERY IS EXTENDED. THE MORE BOUNDARIES TO INCLUDE WALKING DISTANCE EXTENDED, MORE HOURS REQUESTED BY TEDDY, WALKING DISTANCE BREWERY IS FEATURED IN THE CITY'S UPTOWN FRIDAY NIGHTS MARKETING VIDEOS. WALKING DISTANCE BREWERY IS INCLUDED IN UPTOWN BUSINESS DIRECTORY SIGNAGE. WALKING DISTANCE BREWERY INCLUDED ON ALL ALL PRINT AND DIGITAL MARKETING MATERIALS RELATED TO THE MORA. THANK YOU. I ASK A QUESTION. NO I'M. I'M. I'M SORRY. IT WE'RE
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NOT TRYING TO BE RUDE, BUT THE COMMENTS OF THE MEETING HAS BEEN CLOSED. IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN, YOU CAN EMAIL OUR CLERK OF COUNCIL AND YOU AND THEN YOU'LL GET A RESPONSE THAT WAY. THANK YOU. BUT WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY COMING OUT AND SPEAKING TONIGHT. RESOLUTION IS RESOLUTION A ONE[Res. A]
READING ONLY TO PROVIDE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE IN SUPPORT OF THE OHIO COMMISSION FOR THE UNITED STATES. SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL AMERICA. 250 OHIO.ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU. MR. PRESIDENT. JUST REAL QUICK. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY COMING UP HERE IN 2026, FOR THE, THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF OHIO IS INITIATING, THIS LEGISLATION TO GET COMMUNITIES TO JUMP ON BOARD TO BEGIN PLANNING, FOR THE 250TH CELEBRATION, THERE'S, SOME, SOME SECTIONS IN HERE WHICH TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, ESTABLISHING A COMMITTEE IN PLANNING FOR THE 250TH CELEBRATION, AS WELL AS, SOMEONE TO HELP ORGANIZE, FOR, FOR THE FUTURE EVENT. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU WERE HERE IN IN 1976, FOR THE 200TH OR. BUT, THIS THIS COULD BE A REALLY COOL THING. AND WE JUST ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THE YOUR THIS RESOLUTION TONIGHT, FOR US TO KIND OF GET STARTED IN THE PLANNING PROCESS. CITIZENS COUNCIL. MISTER PRESIDENT, I'D MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION, BEFORE BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, I WANT TO THANK MISTER LUTZ, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, FOR BRINGING THIS TO MY ATTENTION. SO RIGHT NOW, IT'S MISTER LUTZ, MYSELF AND CLERK OF COUNCIL, MRS. PROUDFOOT, AND THEN MAGGIE MULLEN, WILL BE ALSO A PART A PART OF THIS COMMITTEE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT DOING MOVING FORWARD. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE AN UPTOWN FRIDAY NIGHT WHERE IT'S THEMED, MORE PATRIOTIC, LIKE LITTLE THINGS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, BEHIND THE STAND INSTEAD OF HAVING THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE LOGO MAYBE DOING A LARGE AMERICAN FLAG, HANGING A FLAG ON CITY HALL AND THINKING ABOUT MAYBE PLANTING 250 TREES IN ONE OF OUR PARKS, AND NATIVE TREES TO THE, OHIO AND THE UNITED STATES OF OUR AREA TO BRING AWARENESS. SO THOSE ARE KIND OF SOME, SOME IDEAS, BUT THERE'LL BE MORE COMING FORWARD. SO I WILL TAKE, COUNCILMAN RAUSCH'S MOTION. SO ROLL CALL, MISTER BORDNER. YES, MISTER WOLFE? YES MISTER BURPEE? YES, MISTER BURGER. YES, MISTER HUNTER. YES, MISTER REAMES. MISTER RAUSCH. YES RESOLUTION SEVEN B FIRST READING TITLE ONLY
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TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO PREPARE AND SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE OHIO PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION, STATE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, AND OUR LOCAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT GRANT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS. AND TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS AS REQUIRED. I DO HAVE A DOCUMENT I'LL PULL UP HERE. JUST JUST BRIEFLY FOR EVERYBODY, BASICALLY FOR THIS LEGISLATION, THIS ALLOWS US TO REQUEST FOR $550,000, AS A PART OF THE PROJECT. APPLICATIONS ARE DUE MONDAY, AUGUST FIFTH, THE LIMITS OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE REQUESTING, WE'VE KIND OF GONE OVER BRIEFLY WITH CITY COUNCIL IS ALONG EAST FIFTH STREET. OUR WALNUT STREET AS THE WESTERN LIMITS AND POPLAR STREET AS THE EASTERN LIMITS. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT ON THE MAP NOW, STAFF IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH A CONSULTANT TO DETERMINE THE FINAL SCOPE OF THE EAST FIFTH STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. HOWEVER AT A MINIMUM, THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE PAVEMENT BASED REPAIRS AND RESURFACING, NEW CONCRETE CURBS, STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS, TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES, AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS TO ENHANCE THE WALKABILITY ALONG THIS CORRIDOR. IF WE PROCEED WITH THIS FINAL DESIGN OF THE PROJECT WILL OCCUR IN 2025. CONSTRUCTION WILL TAKE PLACE IN 2026. AND IF YOU, YOU KNOW, KYLE WILL BE LEADING THIS, REQUEST. AND SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL AND SECURE IN $550,000 FOR THIS[01:15:04]
PROJECT. THE ONLY, STATEMENT THAT I'LL MAKE IS, RECENTLY, ON A SUNDAY EVENING, I WAS A PART OF A SMALL COMMITTEE OF RESIDENTS WHO WAS DOING A SURVEY BASED ON THE HARLEM INSTITUTE ABOUT WAYS THAT AS A CITY, WE CAN DO BETTER AND WHAT WE NEED TO LEARN ABOUT. AND THE RESIDENTS IN AND AROUND THE UPTOWN ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC, THE SPEED OF TRAFFIC, THE NOISE AND, YOU KNOW, WALK. THEY THEY THEY WANT WALKABILITY, IF YOU DO WALK IN AND AROUND, IF YOU WALK THROUGH THE UPTOWN ALL THE WAY UP, YOU KNOW, FIVE POINTS AND BACK, A LOT OF THE INTERSECTIONS THAT USED TO INTERSECT EAST FIFTH STREET ARE NO LONGER THERE. SO IT'S VERY HARD FOR PEOPLE NOW TO WALK FROM LIKE, LET'S SAY YOU'RE AT LEON'S, IF YOU PARK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET, THERE'S NO WAY FOR YOU TO WALK ACROSS THE STREET TO LEON'S UNLESS YOU GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO RICHWOOD BANK. AND THERE USED TO BE A CROSSWALK FOR INSTANCE, IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE THAT WAS ELIMINATED. AND THEY WERE ELIMINATED BECAUSE WE USE, GRANTS TO FOR WHAT ARE THEY CALLED? CB PROBABLY CDBG. YEAH. CDB AND BECAUSE OF THOSE HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE RAMPS, YOU KNOW THERE'S CERTAIN AREAS WE CAN ONLY HAVE CROSSWALKS. SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE ELIMINATE A LOT A LOT OF THESE INTERSECTIONS AND SIDEWALKS. BUT WE'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT THE LONG TERM EFFECTS OF IF WE'RE HAVING BUSINESSES IN THE UPTOWN OR YOU WANT TO PROMOTE WALKABILITY, WE HAVE TO HAVE WAYS TO SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC AND MAKE IT MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY PEOPLE. SO EVEN THOUGH WE HEAR A LOT OF NOISE ON FACEBOOK, I'M TELLING YOU, I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE LONG TERM THIS WILL BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO, YOU KNOW, THE UPTOWN AND THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN AND AROUND THE UPTOWN. SO ANYWAY, AND LIKE YOU MIGHT KNOW, ZACH, YOU GO DOWN CHESTNUT EVERY DAY IN THAT INTERSECTION. YOU KNOW, FIGURING OUT WHAT TO DO. SO ANYWAY, THIS WILL BE BACK FOR A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING. OH. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. SORRY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT, WE DID TALK ABOUT THIS. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE THERE, COUNCILMAN, RAUSCH, AND STEPHEN OR COUNCILMAN WOLFE OR. YEAH, YOU WERE THERE, SO ONE THING THAT I DID BRING UP WITH, JEREMY WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS WAS. WHAT ABOUT BURYING POWER LINES, YOU KNOW, PROACTIVELY THE BURIAL POWER LINES. HE WAS JUST GUESSTIMATING VERY COSTLY MONEY WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE TO BE ALLOCATED TOWARDS SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT SOMETHING THAT HE MENTIONED WAS THE BURIAL OF CONDUIT. COULD BE DONE PROACTIVELY IN ANTICIPATION OF PERHAPS FUNDS, BEING AVAILABLE LATER ON. OF COURSE, FUNDS WOULD NEED TO BE ALLOCATED TOWARDS THE BURIAL OF THE CONDUIT, BUT SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. YEAH, YEAH. I MEAN, THERE DEFINITELY BE, YOU KNOW, EAST FIFTH STREET AND JUST LIKE THE MAIN DRAG OF TOWN WOULD DRASTICALLY BE IMPROVED WITH LARGE MATURE TREES , YOU KNOW, IN FUTURE. SO BRINGING BACK THAT RESIDENTIAL FEEL OF, OF THE UPTOWN, I MEAN, WE'VE ALL DRIVEN THROUGH CITY STREETS THAT HAVE TREES COMPARED TO NOT HAVE TREES. AND I THINK WE'D ALL AGREE THAT TREES ADD NOT ONLY INVESTMENT TO YOUR PROPERTIES, BUT BENEFICIAL TO THE, TO THE OVERALL ESTHETICS.MAYBE THERE'S GRANTS WE CAN LOOK, I THINK JEREMY SAID HE WAS GOING TO LOOK INTO VARIOUS OPTIONS FOR THAT AS WELL. JUST TO KEEP IN MIND, TOO, THIS WILL BE IN A 2026 PROJECT. THIS WILL WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE, ROUNDABOUT OF FIVE POINTS. SO ANTICIPATION WOULD BE THAT THAT AREA WILL BE SHUT DOWN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. AND SO IT'S JUST, THERE'LL BE BOTH PROJECTS WORKING IN COORDINATION WITH EACH OTHER AND REALLY ENABLE THE CONTRACTOR TO BE VERY EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE BY GETTING THEM BUILT QUICKLY AND GETTING THEM BACK UP AND RUNNING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. SO THIS WILL BE BACK FOR SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON JULY EIGHTH,
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2024. ORDINANCE A. FIRST READING TITLE ONLY TO APPROVE THE EXECUTION OF A COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE AND CONNECT REAL ESTATE. YEAH, I ERIC'S GOING TO THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION KIND OF WORKS HAND IN HAND WITH ORDINANCE B TONIGHT AS WELL. ERIC'S GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AND HOW WE CAN MAYBE BRING THESE, THESE TWO PIECES OF LEGISLATION TOGETHER. THROUGH THE PROCESS. ERIC. YEAH.THANK YOU TERRY. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. COUNCIL MEMBERS, SO THE NEXT, AS TERRY REFERRED TO ORDINANCE A AND ORDINANCE B, THEY NEED TO BE IN TANDEM AND ORDINANCE A SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON YOUR LAST DOCKET. SO THERE WAS A MISTAKE. SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GET THEM BOTH TOGETHER, WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING IS, THERE'S GOING TO BE THREE READINGS FOR ORDINANCE A OF COURSE, AND WHICH WOULD TONIGHT BE IN THE FIRST READING, JULY 8TH WOULD BE THE SECOND READING, AND THE THIRD READING WOULD BE ON JULY 22ND. WHAT WE PROPOSE IS TO CONTINUE THAT SCHEDULE AND, MAYBE DELAY OR TABLE ORDINANCE B TO YOUR TO YOUR JULY 22ND MEETING. SO ALL BOTH ORDINANCES CAN ACTUALLY BE APPROVED AT THE SAME TIME INSTEAD OF WAIVING A READING. THERE'S NO NEED TO DO
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THAT. IT'S JUST DELAY EVERYTHING UNTIL THE 22ND. SO NO ACTION ON ORDINANCE A, BUT IF YOU COULD POTENTIALLY TABLE THE THIRD READING FOR ORDINANCE B TO SEPTEMBER OR EXCUSE ME, JULY 22ND, THAT WOULD BE MOST HELPFUL TO GET THESE BOTH APPROVED AT THE SAME TIME. QUESTION DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. SO CAN I OH GO AHEAD I JUST HAVE A COMMENT IF IT MATTERS.I'M I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN JULY EIGHTH. I WON'T BE HERE EITHER. SO IT'S PROBABLY BEST THAT WE DO THAT. WE GO TO THE 23RD. CONSIDER THAT . YEAH. OKAY. AND, I YEAH, I MIGHT NOT BE HERE ON THE 22ND, SO YOU WILL BE IN CHARGE. I HAVEN'T TOLD YOU YET, BUT, THERE YOU GO, BUT, SO. YEAH, SO CAN I. SO THEN I WILL SAY, CAN I HEAR A MOTION THEN TO TABLE OR WE'RE STILL ON ORDINANCE A? OKAY, OKAY, OKAY. SO DOES BECAUSE COUNCIL HAS NO MORE COMMENTS. SO CAN I HEAR A MOTION TO WAIVE. NO, NO. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR A SECOND READING OKAY. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR A SECOND READING. THANK YOU, MR. RAUSCH. ROLL CALL. DO I NEED TO SAY THAT?
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OKAY OKAY. SO NOW ORDINANCE B, SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING TO DECLARE THE IMPROVEMENT OF 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 IMPROVEMENTS 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 HI-POINT CAREER CENTER TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING SERVICE PAYMENT AGREEMENT AND TO PROVIDE RELATED AUTHORIZING AUTHORIZATIONS PURSUANT TO OHIO REVISED CODE SECTIONS FIVE, 709.415, 709.42, FIVE, 709.435, 709.832 AND FIVE, 709.85. ADMINISTRATION ERIC. ANYTHING FURTHER ON THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION? NO. THIS WAS ALL PRESENTED. YOUR LAST MEETING. SO PERFECT. UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, FROM CITY COUNCIL, WE DO HAVE THE DEVELOPER HERE, MR. LAM IS HERE THIS EVENING TO. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL, GO AHEAD. IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, YOU CAN. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, WELL, IS THERE ANY CITIZENS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS TOPIC? OH GO AHEAD SIR. PAUL IRWIN 1818 COLLINS ROAD. AS ALREADY OUTLINED HERE BY THE STATEMENT OF THE OHIO REVISED CODE, THE CODE DOES PERMIT THE CERTAIN TAX INCENTIVES. SO THERE ARE ABATEMENTS, TIPS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THAT THE CITY CAN TAKE. AND IT ALSO GOES ON, IF YOU READ THE REST OF THE CODE TO , AS OUTLINED HERE, EXPLAIN THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD DOES HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE WHEN IT COMES TO NEGOTIATING HOW THOSE ABATEMENTS AND INCENTIVES ARE ALLOCATED. WHAT IT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR IS WHAT HAPPENS TO THE OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE ALSO AFFECTED BY THE TIFFS, WHETHER THAT BE MRD, THE LIBRARY, THE WHAT'S THE OTHER ONE, THE, WELL, ANYWAY, ANYWAY, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, OKAY. IF YOU GO BACK TO THE COUNCIL MEETINGS BACK IN JUNE OF 23, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ALREADY THEN STATED THAT THEY WERE STRUGGLING FOR MONEY JUST LAST WEEK. YOU KNOW, WE GOT A REPORT FROM THE MRD THAT THEY ALSO ARE STRUGGLING FOR MONEY.THEY SPEND A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT, JUST LIKE THE SCHOOL BOARD DOES IN PROMOTING THEIR LEVIES AND RAISING MONEY FOR THEIR PURPOSES AND THEIR PURPOSES ONLY. AND SO FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO PASS TIFFS, THE ESSENTIALLY TAKE MONEY FROM THOSE ENTITIES TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL. THOSE THINGS BRING MONEY INTO THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT ADDITIONAL TAXING THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THEN BROUGHT IN THROUGH RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, THOSE PEOPLE NEED HEALTH DEPARTMENT SERVICES. THEY NEED MAID SERVICE. THEY NEED THE SCHOOL. THOSE ENTITIES NEED THE MONEY THAT IS TAKEN FROM THEM THROUGH THESE TIFFS. AND SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, YOU'VE NEGOTIATED WITH THE SCHOOL TO MAKE THEM
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WHOLE. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE THESE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHOLE WHEN THE INFLUX OF PEOPLE FROM RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT NEED THOSE SERVICES THAT CAN'T BE DELIVERED BECAUSE THEIR MONEY'S BEING DIVERTED TO WHAT, PROMOTE MORE FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, THAT SEEMS COMPLETELY OUT OF WHACK AND BACKWARDS TO ME. SO THAT'S THE QUESTION TO YOU. AND SO I GOT HIM. I GUESS, APPEAL TO YOU TO VOTE AGAINST ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT ATTRACTS MORE PEOPLE, THAT REQUIRE SERVICES WHERE YOU TAKE MONEY AWAY FROM THOSE SERVICES THAT ARE THAT'S THAT'S VITALLY NEEDED. AND IF THE PROJECT IS REALLY VIABLE, THIS SILO PROJECT, IT WOULD BE ABLE TO CASH FLOW AND FUND ITSELF. IT SHOULDN'T NEED THE ABATEMENTS OR THE TIFFS, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S GOING TO MAKE THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PROVIDING ESSENTIAL SERVICES SUFFER. NOW. YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO BE FUNDED AT THE CURRENT RATE, BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO HELP THEM IN THE FALL WHEN THEY GO UP TO GET VOTES FOR THEIR LEVIES, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE, WELL, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE MONEY ALREADY IN THE CITY, ESSENTIALLY STOLE IT FROM THEM. STOP THE STEALING VOTE AGAINST ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT ATTRACTS JUST RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IF YOU HAVE TO. IF THE DEVELOPER HAS TO GET ABATEMENTS OR TIFFS, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCIL. I MOVE TO TABLE THIS TO JULY 20TH 22ND. OKAY SO THEN ALL IN FAVOR ROLL CALL. THANK YOU, MR. WOLF. YES. MR. BURBY. YES, MR. BURGER? YES. MR. HUNTER. YES. MR. REAMS, MR. RAUCH. YES SIR. BORDNER. YES, YES. THANK YOU. THIS WILL BE BACK ON JULY 22ND, 2024.[Ord. C]
ORDINANCE C, SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO 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 WALDO ROAD, ALONG US 33 OVER STATE ROUTE 245 AND OVER NORTHWEST PARKWAY, AND ALONG UNI 33, YOU AND I 36 AND YOU AND I 245 TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN THE SPRING OF 2025.ADMINISTRATION. WE HAVE NOTHING FURTHER. I THINK, JEREMY OUTLINED, THIS PROJECT A LITTLE BIT FORTHCOMING, AT THE FIRST READING. SO WE HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. CITIZENS COUNCIL WOULD BE NICE. YES, YES, IT WILL. AND LIKE I SAY, THIS WORK, IS GOING TO BE SPRING OF 2025. AND RIGHT AFTER THIS WORK IS COMPLETE, THEY WILL COME IN AND PAVE THE ENTIRE STRETCH OF 33 WITHIN THE MARYSVILLE LIMITS. SO, IT'LL MUCH NEEDED, MUCH NEEDED, I KNOW IT'S FRUSTRATING RIGHT NOW, AND EVEN THE WORK THAT'S TAKING PLACE, IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS HAS BEEN VERY FRUSTRATING. AND BRINGING TRAFFIC INTO THE COMMUNITY. BUT I THINK THEY'RE WRAPPING UP THOSE THOSE REPAIRS AS WELL AND SHOULD BE DONE PROBABLY RIGHT AROUND, THE 4TH OF JULY OR RIGHT AROUND THAT TIME PERIOD WITH THE SPOT REPAIRS THAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF HEADACHE RIGHT NOW WITH THE TRAFFIC. RIGHT. BUT WE'LL ALL REFLECT IN TWO OR SO YEARS FROM NOW WHEN WE HAVE LESS HEADACHES FROM HITTING OUR HEADS OFF THE ROOF AS WE'RE DRIVING DOWN 33. RIGHT? YES, EXACTLY. YEAH. IT'LL BE A GOOD PROJECT.
WE'RE A LOT OF GOOD PROJECTS COMING. YEAH. THE, THE TOTAL THE TOTAL SIZE OF THE PROJECT AMAZES ME BECAUSE NOW THEY STARTED TO NUMBER THE CUTS THAT THEY HAVE MADE. AND YESTERDAY A DROVE UP, TO THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN AND JUST ON THE RIGHT SIDE ALONE ON 33. YEAH. THERE WERE OVER 400 CUTS MADE AND COMING BACK TOWARDS 300 CUTS MADE. SO AND THAT WAS ONLY ON ON ONE STRIP.
SO BY THE TIME I STARTED TO COUNT ALL THE ONES ON THE EXITS, I SUSPECT THAT WILL PROBABLY BE NORTH OF 2000 CUTS THAT HAVE BEEN NEEDED TO BE MADE. SOME OF THEM MAY ONLY BE 2 OR 3FT. SOME OF THEM I SAW AS MUCH AS 15 20FT. BUT JUST THE SHEER SIZE OF IT. AND EVENTUALLY THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE WITH IT. BUT, YEAH. 4TH OF JULY MAY BE A LITTLE BIT WISHFUL
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THINKING, BUT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING. BUT BUT THEY, THEY ARE WORKING VERY HARD AND DILIGENT, BUT THE SHEER SIZE OF THE PROJECT IS PHENOMENAL. ODOT WITH NOT ONLY THE CURRENT WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING NOW WITH THE BRIDGE WORK AND THEN THE PAVING WORK IS SPENDING IN EXCESS OF $40 MILLION IN MARYSVILLE. SO THINK ABOUT THAT. IT'S FRUSTRATING. IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET THROUGH PROJECTS LIKE THIS, BUT ONCE IT'S DONE, THAT'S A HUGE INVESTMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO WE NEED TO BE THANKFUL THAT ODOT IS COMMITTING THIS MUCH TIME AND EFFORT RIGHT NOW TO MARYSVILLE. IT IS AMAZING TO THINK ABOUT THIS PROJECT AS 40 MILLION. AND YOU GO TO COLUMBUS AND THEY'RE VOTING A BRAND NEW FREEWAYS AND YOU THINK, MAN, HOW MUCH MONEY? ANYWAY, THIS WILL BE BACK FOR THIRD READING TITLE ONLY ON JULY 8TH. ORDINANCE D SECOND READING[Ord. D]
PUBLIC HEARING 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 THE WITH SITE AND CURB IMPROVEMENTS RELATING THERETO. TWO CONSTRUCTING VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS TO PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES WITH RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND APPRENTICES THERETO. THREE CONSTRUCTING AND IMPROVING IMPROVING VARIOUS STREET RESURFACING AND PAVING PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. FOR ACQUIRING VARIOUS FIRE, POLICE AND EMS EQUIPMENT WITH RELATED IMPROVEMENTS AND APPRENTICES. FIVE. ACQUIRING, DEVELOPING, DESIGNING, IMPROVING AND INSTALLING INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND RELATED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SIX. PAYING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH DESIGNING, CONSTRUCTING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING A NEW FIRE STATION WITH SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND APPRENTICES THERETO, AND SEVEN DESIGNING, ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTING CERTAIN ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROJECT GROW PROJECT WITH RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND APPRENTICES THERETO, AND RETIRING NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR SUCH PURPOSE AND AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING RELATED MATTERS. THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE. YEAH, I'LL DEFER TO BRAD. HE MAY HAVE AN UPDATE. BRAD, DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE ON THIS? YEAH, YOU KNOW, I REALLY HATE TO DO IT, BUT I GOTTA GIVE HANK SOME CREDIT. HE ASKED. HE ASKED A GOOD QUESTION. AND FINANCE. I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO EDUCATE COUNCIL ON ONE ITEM THAT I DON'T THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED PUBLICLY BEFORE, AND THAT'S THE AMOUNT THAT'S LISTED IN THE ISSUANCE. SO WE HAVE THE OPTION TO REFINANCE 100% OF THE PRINCIPAL OR ANY AMOUNT LOWER THAN SO. SO WHEN WE BRING THIS ORDINANCE IN FRONT OF YOU, WE GO AHEAD AND BRING IT TO YOU WITH THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT IS AVAILABLE TO BE REFINANCED, WHICH IS THE TOTAL PRINCIPAL DUE , IN ORDER TO ALLOW US THE FLEXIBILITY TO PLAY WITH THAT NUMBER. SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU KNOW, WE HAD LOWERED THIS AMOUNT BY, SAY, 500,000 AND THEN SOMETHING HAPPENS IN THE INTERVENING TIME PERIOD THAT THAT 500,000 MIGHT BE OF USE SOMEPLACE ELSE WHERE YOU DECIDE GOING AHEAD AND PUTTING THAT MONEY BACK INTO THIS DEBT WOULD BE A BETTER USE. WE HAVE THAT OPTION AND SO THAT WAY YOU UNDERSTAND WHY THIS AMOUNT DOESN'T SHOW SOMETHING LOWER THAN WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE EVERY INTENTION ON PAYING. HOPEFULLY WHAT WILL BE A VERY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT DOWN ON ON THIS ISSUANCE. BUT AT THIS TIME WE JUST GO AHEAD AND PUT THE MAX, THE DROP DEAD DATE THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION IS JULY 22ND. SO WE HAVE UNTIL THAT DATE. AND THAT'S THE DATE THAT THE BONDS GO OUT AND GET ADVERTISED FOR SALE AT A AT A DATE CERTAIN. SO WE DO HAVE ALSO PLENTY OF TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT FINANCIALLY, WHAT WE WANT TO SPEND IS FINAL. SO JUST WANTED TO EDUCATE YOU ON THAT AS WHY THE AMOUNT IS LISTED THE WAY IT IS. THANK YOU CITIZENS COUNCIL. THIS BE BACK FOR THIRD READING TITLE ONLY ON JULY 8TH. ORDINANCE A THIRD READING TITLE[Ord. E]
ONLY TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF PUBLIC SERVICE ITEMS VALUED OVER $1,000. ADMINISTRATION NOTHING FURTHER UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCIL. THE LEGISLATION ROLL CALL. MR. BURBY. YES. MR. BERGER. YES MR. HUNTER YES. MR. REAMS, MR. RAUCH YES. MR. BORDNER YES. MR. WOLFF YES. SEVEN. YES ORDINANCE F, THIRD READING TITLE ONLY TO ACCEPT THE DEDICATION OF THE[Ord. F]
GARDENIA DRIVE, PHASE THREE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE ADMINISTRATION AND NOTHING FURTHER. COUNCIL I HEAR A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. ROLL CALL.[01:35:04]
MR. BERGER. YES, MR. HUNTER? YES. MR. REAMES. YES MR. RAUSCH. YES. MR. BORDNER YES. MR. WOLFF.[Ord. G]
YES. MR. BURBY. YES SEVEN. YES. ORDINANCE G THIRD READING TITLE ONLY TO ACCEPT THE DEDICATION OF THE VILLAGE NEIGHBORHOOD. SECTION TWO, PHASE TWO PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE ADMINISTRATION, NOTHING FURTHER. COUNCIL I MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. ROLL CALL. MR. HUNTER. MR. HUNTER. YES. MR. REAMES. YES. MR. RAUSCH. YES. MR. BORDNER. YES. MR. WOLFF.YES. MR. BURBY YES. MR. BERGER. YES SEVEN YES. COMMENTS FROM CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU, MR.
[COMMENTS OF THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL PERSONS AND GENERAL DISCUSSION]
PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, JUST WANTED TO UPDATE AND I THINK THERE WAS GOOD POINTS BROUGHT UP TONIGHT ABOUT THE FEE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WERE MADE IN THE FALL OF LAST YEAR. IF THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION. BUT IF YOU RECALL, VARIOUS ADJUSTMENTS WERE BROUGHT FORTH BECAUSE WE HADN'T UPDATED FEES, PROBABLY IN OVER TEN YEARS. AND SO VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS CAME TOGETHER TO BRING RECOMMENDATIONS ON COVERING THE COSTS OF PERSONNEL AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE OCCUR WITH VARIOUS SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE. AND SO THAT LEGISLATION FOR THE ADJUSTMENT OF FEES, AND I'M NOT AWARE OF AMENDMENTS THAT WERE MADE THROUGH THAT PROCESS WHEN IT WAS STARTED, BUT IT WENT THROUGH COMMITTEE. WE WENT TO A WORK SESSION AND WENT THROUGH THREE READINGS OF CITY COUNCIL, TO, TO ADJUST SOME THINGS THAT, THAT PROBABLY IN A LOT OF CASES WAS, SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED. EVEN SEVERAL YEARS AGO. NOW IF CITY COUNCIL TODAY WANTS TO BRING SOMETHING BACK, LEGISLATION AND ADJUST, THAT'S NO PROBLEM. I MEAN, YOU ALWAYS HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. YOU ALWAYS HAVE THAT. RIGHT. I THOUGHT IT WAS REVIEWED QUITE WELL. THERE WAS A LOT OF JUSTIFICATION BROUGHT FORTH BY THE BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO KIND OF GET IN UNIFORM WITH WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS ALREADY DOING, WHERE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WASN'T GETTING THE COST COVERAGE OF PERSONNEL AND POLICE WAS. SO IT WAS IT WAS A THOUGHT OF KIND OF SINKING UP THE DEPARTMENTS TO CHARGE SIMILARLY, AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHY IT WAS BROUGHT FORTH.AND THERE WERE, SOME CONSIDERATIONS OF, OF COMPARABLES OF, OF WHAT SOME OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENTS DO IN THEIR JURISDICTIONS. NOW A MISS IF YOU KNOW, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, OF COURSE, GOES TO A LOT OF EVENTS, AND HAS ASKED TO BE AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT EVENTS.
SO THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE INCURRED ACROSS THE BOARD. BUT IF FOR WHATEVER REASON, IF THIS CITY COUNCIL FEELS THEY WANT TO GO BACK AND REVIEW THOSE ADJUSTED COSTS THAT WERE MADE LAST FALL, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THAT, THAT'S YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO DO THAT. I JUST KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF THOUGHT AND A LOT OF WORK BY ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS THAT BROUGHT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER. AT THAT TIME, I APPRECIATE THE CONCERNS. I TALKED TO DIANE, ABOUT THE PROCESS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE ENDED UP WITH WHAT WE HAD. BUT IF ANYBODY SUGGESTS A POTENTIAL CHANGE, I DO HAVE THE ABILITY IN MY CAPACITY TO WAIVE A COST ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. SO I DON'T THINK, LIKE, IF I CAN'T JUST WAIVE OUR COSTS IF AT FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL GAMES FOR THE SEASON, THAT'S NOT A CASE BY CASE. BUT IF THERE'S CASE BY CASE EVENTS, I HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT. I JUST DON'T WANT TO ABUSE MY, MY POSITION IN, IN SOME CASES IN THAT RESPECT. SO JUST LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT GIVES YOU HEARTBURN. LOOK THROUGH THEM. I THINK I FORWARDED THE LEGISLATION TO THE TO THE THREE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A PART OF THAT PROCESS. YES, LOOK THROUGH IT, AND WE'LL BE OPEN TO ANY DISCUSSION IF YOU WANT TO HAVE IT FURTHER FROM THAT. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. HOW MUCH DID WE GIVE THE SCHOOLS FOR THE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT? THE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT ON WHERE THE PROJECT IS TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW ON 31, WHICH IS A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT, THE SCHOOLS CHARGE THE
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CITY JUST IN EXCESS OF $40,000 FOR THAT EASEMENT. AND WE'LL BE DOING PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, CURBS, GUTTERS AND SIDEWALKS. IT'LL LOOK BETTER THAN IT EVER HAS WHEN WE GET DONE WITH IT.SO, YOU KNOW, AT THE SAME TIME, UNSENSITIVE TO THE SCHOOLS AND THEIR COSTS RIGHT NOW, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE WE NEED THIS LEVY TO PASS. I MEAN, IT'S CRITICAL. IT NEEDS TO PASS FOR THIS COMMUNITY. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A NEED TO UPDATE, JUST LIKE WE UPDATED COSTS AT THE CEMETERY AND COSTS AT THE SWIMMING POOL, AND COSTS FOR SHELTER RENTALS AND VARIOUS THINGS LIKE THAT. WE ASK ALL DEPARTMENTS TO LOOK AT THEIR COSTS. AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DID AND THEY DID SOME COMPARABLES AND THEY BROUGHT THAT BACK AS A SUGGESTED RECOMMENDATION JUST TO COVER THEIR COSTS, OF HAVING THREE FIREFIGHTERS AND A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT OUT. AND BY COMMITTING TO THAT, WE POTENTIALLY THEN IF WE DID HAVE A CALL ELSEWHERE AND LET'S SAY THE SCHOOL IS PAYING US FOR AN HOUR FOR A FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL GAME, WE WOULD BRING STAFF IN TO COVER THOSE CALLS. SO WE WOULD HAVE THAT COST THAT WE WOULD BE HANDLING AS WELL. SO JUST BUT IF YOU, IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO RECONSIDER, WE'RE OPEN. SO THANK YOU. OKAY TERRY, YOU MIND, THAT CONVERSATION THAT YOU MENTIONED YOU HAD WITH DIANE, WAS THAT BEFORE OR OR WAS IT AFTER WE TALKED? IT WAS AFTER HANK. YEAH. KEEP IN MIND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE.
THE REASON I, I, I MADE THE COMMENT AND OF COURSE, WE LIVE STREAM OUR MEETINGS NOW AND I WOULD SUGGEST JUST WE DO THINGS ON IT THAT WOULD AFFECT POTENTIALLY THE SCHOOLS OR OTHER ENTITIES AT ABOUT EVERY MEETING, JUST LIKE TONIGHT, WE'RE WE'RE PASSING LEGISLATION THAT ARE AFFECTING CERTAIN ENTITIES, I, I IN MY CAPACITY CAN'T ALWAYS THINK OF EVERYBODY I GOT TO REACH OUT TO TELL THAT WE'RE RAISING THE COST OF SOMETHING. I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO THINK I COULD REMEMBER EVERYTHING, BUT I DON'T WANT TO, GET IN A POSITION WHERE. I'M ACCUSED OF NOT NOTIFYING THE VFW BECAUSE OF THE PARADE PERMIT THAT THEY HAVE TO APPLY FOR NOW, FOR A PARADE WE'RE HAVING IN MARYSVILLE OR THE AMERICAN LEGION OR OR, YOU KNOW, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. IT'S ACROSS THE BOARD, YOU JUST GOT TO BE CAREFUL, SELECTING BECAUSE IT AFFECTS EVERYBODY. THAT'S ALL . OKAY, COUNCIL, I'LL START WITH START DOWN HERE AT THIS THIS END. IS THAT ALL RIGHT WITH YOU? YEP YEAH. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO CAME OUT AND SPOKE THIS EVENING. IT WAS A LOT OF GOOD ENGAGEMENT AND. YEAH, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S, COMMITMENT TO THEIR CAUSE. AND IN THE COMMUNITY. AND I THINK ME PERSONALLY, I'M COMMITTED TO, TO GETTING BETTER, JUST IN GENERAL.
SO I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY COMING OUT AND SPEAKING. I JUST, I'D SECOND ZACH'S COMMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, I VALUE GREATLY, CONSTITUENTS AND CITIZENS, AND THEIR INPUT AND REACHING OUT TO US AND, YOU KNOW, EXPRESSING HOW THEY FEEL, AND KIND OF ON A SEPARATE NOTE, LOOKING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, WE WON'T BE HERE NEXT WEEK FOR A COUNCIL MEETING, BUT, WISH EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, HAPPY 4TH OF JULY. AND LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING THE FIREWORKS, AND I KNOW AS LONG AS I'VE LIVED HERE, THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN REALLY GOOD FIREWORKS FOR OUR COMMUNITY OF OUR SIZE. OKAY I HOPE WE'RE GOING TO SEE YOU AT THE WORK SESSION THOUGH, SO IT MAY NOT BE A COUNCIL MEETING, BUT, ANYWAY, EVENTUALLY WE ARE GOING TO GET PEOPLE, FROM WEST FIFTH STREET THAT ARE GOING TO AND WE'VE ALREADY MADE IMPROVEMENTS, YOU AND I, WHEN WE WENT TO, HONDA AND WE DROVE BACK, WE DID SEE THE TRAFFIC LIGHT CURRENTLY, TRAFFIC, AS WAS STATED EARLIER, I THINK WE'RE UP ABOUT 40 PLUS PERCENT BECAUSE OF THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION. AND ANOTHER WEEK OR SO, HOPEFULLY THAT'LL BE OVER . BUT, A CROSSWALK ON FIFTH STREET, WILL PROBABLY BE A REQUEST BEFORE TOO LONG. YEAH.
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SO THAT'S ONE, THE OTHER THING IS THAT I WAS VERY PLEASED TO SEE, EXCUSE ME. WE ALL KNOW THAT THE HOPE CENTER, HAS BEEN AND HAS MADE A BIG IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND AN OLD FRIEND IS COMING BACK, SOMEBODY THAT WE ALL MAY KNOW AND REMEMBER, AND. YEAH. YES, ANGIE, WAS A RADIO BROADCASTER, WENT INTO MINISTRY AND, MARRIED. NOW SHE GOES BY THE NAME OF MILLER. BUT, ABOUT MID AUGUST, SHE WILL BE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER . SO IT'S A PERSON THAT WE HAVE KNOWN IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. I I WORK QUITE FREQUENTLY WITH THE HOPE CENTER ON DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, AND I SEND HER A PERSONAL NOTE SAYING THAT WE DEFINITELY WELCOME HER BACK TO THE MARYSVILLE COMMUNITY. AND, WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO, GREAT THINGS FROM HER IN THE LEADERSHIP ROLE THAT SHE'LL TAKE FOR THE WHOLE HOPE CENTER. AND THE IMPACT THAT THE HOPE CENTER HAS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO I WAS VERY GLAD AND HAPPY TO SEE THAT, IT'S AN OLD FRIEND THAT'S COMING BACK, AND, I KNOW THAT, SHE'LL SHE'LL, SHE'LL DO GOOD THINGS FOR THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE AND UNION COUNTY. SO THAT WAS ALL MY COMMENT. OH, BY THE WAY, TO ECHO YOUR WORDS, HAPPY 4TH OF JULY, FOR THOSE THAT WE DON'T GET TO SEE NEXT MONDAY. SO THANK YOU.ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, YEAH, IT WAS TONIGHT. IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR ME AGAIN TO HEAR ABOUT THE IDEA THAT THE COMMUNITY IS A HATEFUL COMMUNITY. I MENTIONED THIS LAST TIME, I WOULD I BROUGHT MY KIDS HERE, I RAISED THEM, AND I FEEL IT'S A GOOD COMMUNITY TO LIVE IN. I LOVE MARYSVILLE, IT MEANS A LOT TO ME, WE CAN'T SOLVE CIVIL DISPUTES, BUT WE CAN WORK THROUGH CHALLENGES LIKE FARM ANIMALS AND ZONING AND, THAT WILL LOOK FORWARD TO TALK ABOUT THAT FURTHER. A COMMENT I DID WANT TO MAKE IN REGARD TO ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION. SO ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK TODAY, I SAW TWO, TWO PILES OF CARS AND REAR END INCIDENTS AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CAUSE OF THAT WAS, BUT IT DID MAKE ME THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF DISTRACTED DRIVING, IT'S SO EASY TODAY, GIVEN DEVICES THAT WE HAVE. AND THEY'RE EASY TO LOOK AT, WHEN YOU SEE AN AMBULANCE AHEAD, ONE OF YOUR FIRST INSTINCTS IS TO LOOK ON GOOGLE MAPS AND SEE HOW LONG YOU'RE GOING TO BE DELAYED WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING. SO AVOID TEMPTATION, FOCUS ON WHAT'S AHEAD OF YOU, ESPECIALLY NOW WITH ORANGE BARREL SEASON, WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF THAT. SO BUT HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY THE BEST TO ALL THOSE THAT WERE INVOLVED, AND, THOUGHTS ARE WITH THEM AND THAT'S ALL I HAD. THANK YOU, MR. REAMES. OKAY, THE FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY IS, THIS WEEKEND, I WAS DRIVING DOWN 33, AND I SAW THE INNOVATION PARK, THE SIGN WE'VE GOT A WONKY LETTER, OKAY? AND IT'S ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE SIGN. OKAY. IT'S WONKY.
DO YOU HEAR THAT, ERIC? YEAH, WE COULD WE COULD GET THAT STRAIGHTENED OUT. AND, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS SAID TONIGHT, WHERE PEOPLE HAVE PUT WORDS INTO MY MOUTH AND ACTIONS, ATTRIBUTED TO ME THAT I'VE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH. AND, YOU KNOW, I FEEL FOR THEM, YOU KNOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, I BELONG TO A NUMBER OF FACEBOOK GROUPS. AND PEOPLE POST THINGS ON THOSE GROUPS THAT I DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH. IT DOESN'T MEAN THE WORDS CAME FROM ME. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT GROUP IS A HATE GROUP. SO, YOU KNOW, JUST THINK ABOUT THE GROUPS. IF YOU'RE ON FACEBOOK, THE GROUPS THAT YOU'RE IN HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A NASTY COMMENT, SOME SORT OF THREATENING COMMENT AND IMAGINE THAT THAT IS NOW ATTRIBUTED TO YOU, THAT YOU KNOW THAT'S NOT RIGHT. SO JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE COME HERE AND SAY SOMETHING DOESN'T MAKE IT TRUE AND, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, MR. RAUSCH. I'VE GOT NOTHING FURTHER. TO ECHO, I THINK A LITTLE BIT OF MARK'S COMMENTS. I THINK IN LIFE WE ALL HAVE AVENUES AND WE HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES FAMILY, CHILDREN, AUNTS, UNCLES, PEOPLE WE WORK WITH WHO MIGHT, SAY THINGS OR MAKE COMMENTS THAT WE DON'T AGREE WITH JUST BECAUSE OF THOSE COMMENTS DOES NOT ALWAYS MAKE US GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION. AND SADLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE A PART OF SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY IN TODAY'S POLITICAL TURMOIL WHERE IT SEEMS LIKE FACEBOOK AND ALGORITHMS AND SO MANY THINGS ARE BEING SAID AT A, AT A SUCH A HIGH LEVEL OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT PEOPLE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
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DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START OR STOP. WE AS A COUNCIL ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY ARE BEING RIPPED APART BY COMMENTS THAT ARE BEING SAID. I THINK WE HAVE TO BE AWARE AS A SOCIETY OF, WORDS, DO HURT AND WE KNOW THAT. AND AS A SOCIETY, AMERICA IS NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER SOCIETY WE HAVE GONE THROUGH TIMES OF TURMOIL AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH TIMES OF TURMOIL. BUT AS A COUNCIL, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO OUR BEST TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO ENGAGE EVERYBODY IN THIS COMMUNITY, TO MAKE THEM FEEL WELCOMED. AND I THINK BEING PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, IN GENERAL, ALL OF US, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US HAVE EVER REALLY PUBLICLY STATED SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, IS TRULY HURTFUL TOWARDS ANY, ANY ONE INDIVIDUAL. AND AS PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T EVER WANT THE CITY TO HAVE ANYTHING TO ANY, ANY. I WOULD NOT WANT US TO HAVE ANYTHING SAID, WHICH IS WHY WE ALLOW THE PRIDE FEST TO CONTINUE, YOU KNOW, AT BECAUSE IT'S THEIR FREEDOM OF SPEECH, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE. WE ARE A DEMOCRACY AND WE ALLOW PEOPLE, NO MATTER IF YOU DISLIKE IT OR LIKE IT, TO SAY HOW WHAT YOU FEEL. SO IN SAYING THESE COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, JUNETEENTH DID PASS CAME AND GONE. AND I DO THINK THAT AS A WAY FOR THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE CAN CONTINUE OUR CONTRIBUTION IN CREATING A MORE INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY. I THINK I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND I'M NOT SAYING THIS TO BE POLITICAL, THAT WE LOOK AT JUNE 19TH AND CREATE SOME KIND OF EVENT, I THINK THAT HAVING EXECUTIVE STAFF COME IN ON JUNETEENTH TO HAVE A BREAKFAST COMMUNITY DAY, WHERE WE HAVE SERVED BREAKFAST AND HAVE A GUEST SPEAKER AND WE TALK ABOUT JUNETEENTH, IS A GREAT START FOR THE COMMUNITY. IT'S A IT'S A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED HOLIDAY. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT IS ONE SMALL STEP THAT WE CAN DO AS A COUNCIL TO PROVE TO EACH AND EVERY RESIDENT THAT WE HEAR YOU, WE SEE YOU, AND WE RESPECT YOU AND EVEN THOUGH SOMETIMES IN POLITICAL OFFICE AND JUST LIKE ANY, ANY SEAT, NO MATTER IF YOU'RE AT HOME COOKING MEAL FOR YOUR CHILDREN OR SITTING WHERE I AM, WE ALL HAVE POWER AND WE CAN USE THAT POWER TO EITHER HURT OR BE KIND. AND I THINK THAT WE, AS A CITY WILL CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE DO IS KIND TO ALL RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. SO THAT'S MY FIRST STATEMENT. MY SECOND STATEMENT IS I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, BRIEFLY DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, MY PERSONAL OPINION ABOUT TIFFS. MAYOR. AND I'VE SAID THIS FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS THAT I WAS IN OFFICE MARYSVILLE'S INCOME TAX HAS BEEN 1.5. AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR A LONG TIME. I HAVE OFTEN SAID THE SUCCESS OF THE 1.5% TAX WILL ALSO, SO I FEEL MIGHT BE OUR DOWNFALL. RESIDENTS HAVE MOVED HERE FOR SO LONG TO ESCAPE COLUMBUS AND ITS RISING COST, THAT MARYSVILLE'S SUCCESS IS MOSTLY BECAUSE, IN MY OPINION, NOT WHAT WE HAVE DONE NECESSARILY. AS A CITY, BUT AS OUR TAXES AND PROPERTY TAXES HAVE BEEN LOWER. THAT WILL NOT ALWAYS BE THE CASE. THE ISSUE IS, IS THAT I BELIEVE NO MATTER WHAT WE DO, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE STRESSED AND STRUGGLING WITH THE FINANCIAL ABILITY TO SURVIVE, NOT ONLY IN AMERICA BUT ALL ACROSS THE GLOBE. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE AND YOUR INCOME, UNLESS YOU'RE THE UBER WEALTHY. IT'S HARD FOR MOST FAMILIES TO JUST BUY GROCERIES, AND IT'S NOT BASED ON A POLITICAL PARTY. IT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR 40, 50 YEARS IN AMERICA. I WANT RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THAT NO MATTER IF WE GROW OR NOT GROW, IF WE AS A COUNCIL SAY WE'RE DONE, WE'RE PUTTING UP A WALL AROUND THIS COMMUNITY. WE'RE NOT GOING ALLOW ANY MORE GROWTH. THE COST OF LIVING GOES UP EVERY YEAR. TAXES IN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE WILL CONTINUE TO GO UP. HEALTH CARE COSTS GO UP, CITY VEHICLES GO UP, ROADS IMPROVEMENTS GO UP.EVERYTHING GOES UP AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO, AS A COUNCIL, THINK ABOUT ECONOMIC GROWTH AND HOW DO WE BALANCE ECONOMIC GROWTH, RESIDENTIAL GROWTH. YOU KNOW, JOBS IN AMERICA IS CHANGING. YOU KNOW, THE WAY WE BUY GROCERIES IS NOW, YOU KNOW, ONLINE, THE WAY WE GET, FOOD DELIVERED IS, IS UBER DRIVERS, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS CHANGING. AND AS A COUNCIL, WE HAVE TO THINK CREATIVELY, TOO. WHEN YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN WE LOOK AT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND WE SAY, WELL, COMMERCIAL DESERVES IT OR INDUSTRIAL DESERVES IT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I GET ONLY A LITTLE BIT OF HEARTBURN BY THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IN JOBS THAT YOU'RE BRINGING, LET'S SAY, FAST FOOD WORKERS, ANYBODY CAN SAY, WELL, THAT MCDONALD'S DESERVES A TIFF BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG NATIONAL CHAIN AND THEY DESERVE THAT TIFF. BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT TIFF WHEN WAGES ARE SO LOW. SADLY IN AMERICA, WE DON'T LOOK AT WAGES AS WE DEEM PEOPLE'S JOBS, AS WHETHER OR NOT THEY DESERVE A HIGHER WAGE. AND THE
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REALITY IS, IS THOSE WORKERS, MOST OF THEM, WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO BUY A HOME. SO IF RESIDENTS TRULY DO NOT WANT APARTMENTS, THEN THEY THEN THEN WE CANNOT BUILD FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS, WE CANNOT BUILD A WALMART, WE CANNOT BUILD THE SERVICE. SERVICE INDUSTRY. AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AS A COUNTRY . SO TO OFFSET THE COST OF TIFFS, WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THE ECONOMIC GROWTH WE ARE GETTING IS GOING TO OFFSET THE JOBS AND THE RETAIL, ALL THAT RESIDENTS ALSO WANT. IT GOES HAND IN HAND. WE HAVE TO INVEST IN THIS, YOU KNOW, AND WE HOPE THAT WITH KINECT, LONG TERM, THE ECONOMIC SUCCESS OF WHAT THAT WILL DO TO THE UPTOWN AND CREATING A MORE VIABLE UPTOWN WHERE PEOPLE ARE SPENDING MONEY WALKING AROUND AND DOING THINGS TO ADD INVESTMENT TO THE UPTOWN IS HOPEFULLY SOMETHING THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS OF COUNCIL WILL BE ABLE TO SEE. SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, AND THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR WHAT THEY DO FOR THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. EITHER YOU HAVE, LIKE I SAID, IF YOU'RE A MOM RAISING YOUR KIDS OR A DAD THAT'S RAISING YOUR KIDS OR A SAME SEX COUPLE THAT'S RAISING YOUR KIDS, IF YOU'RE OUT THERE RAISING YOUR KIDS, TAKE THEM TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY. THANK YOU. AND HERE IN THIS ROOM AND EVERYBODY THAT DOES THEIR JOB, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY THAT WE DO WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE MARYSVILLE A BETTER PLACE.BECAUSE IF IT WASN'T A GREAT PLACE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE PEOPLE RUNNING FOR CITY, FOR PUBLIC OFFICE. SO I TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. ALL
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