[CALL TO ORDER]
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COUNCIL MEETING. I WANT EVERYBODY RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND STAY STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. GOD 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. ROLL CALL.
STEVEN WOLF. HERE. HANK. FURBY. DONALD. BERGER. HERE. SCOTT HUNTER. HERE. MARK REAMS. AND
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
ZACH BORDNER AND JR RAUSCH ARE EXCUSED. DO I HEAR AN EMOTION TO. WELL, HAS ANYBODY TAKEN A MOMENT TO LOOK OVER THE JUNE 10TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING? MINUTES. AND IF ANYBODY HAS ANY CORRECTIONS? I MOVE TO ACCEPT THE JUNE 10TH MINUTES AS PRESENTED. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.HAS EVERYBODY TAKEN A MOMENT TO READ THE JUNE 24TH CITY CITY COUNCIL MINUTES? AND HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS? I MOVED TO APPROVE THE JUNE 24TH COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[COMMENDATION]
THANK YOU GUYS. SO I'LL ASK THE BARON'S FAMILY TO COME UP AND STAND RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF THE PODIUM, AND I'LL WALK DOWN TO YOU. SO THE JOURNAL TRIBUNE IS CELEBRATING 175 YEARS. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. I'M GOING TO READ FOR THEM. YOU UNDERSTAND? ON ONE SIDE SIDE OF YOU GUYS, WE CAN BACK UP AT MAXIMUM. WE CAN STAND IF YOU WANT TO. SO YOU CAN HOLD IT IF YOU WANT TO. I'LL GIVE YOU SOMETHING. I APPRECIATE THAT. IN THE HONOR OF MARYSVILLE JOURNAL TRIBUNE, 75 YEARS ANNIVERSARY. WHEREAS 175 YEARS AGO, IN 1849, MARYSVILLE JOURNAL TRIBUNE PUBLISHED ITS FIRST EDITION, MARKING THE BEGINNING OF A STORY COMMITMENT AND HIGH QUALITY JOURNALISM SERVING MARYSVILLE AND UNION COUNTY. AND WHEREAS, WE HONOR THE LEGACY OF THIS VITAL INSTITUTION AND ITS CONTINUED SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, MARYSVILLE AND UNION COUNTY ARE HOME TO A RICH MEDIA LANDSCAPE WHICH HAS A PROUD HISTORY OF PRODUCING NEWS FOR ITS CITIZENS. TODAY, WE CELEBRATE THE MARYSVILLE JOURNAL TRIBUNE'S ROLE IN ADVOCATING AND ADVOCATING AN IMPORTANT PILLAR OF OUR DEMOCRACY WHILE SERVING AS A CRUCIAL RESOURCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND WHEREAS THE JOURNAL TRIBUNE IS PARTNERING WITH LOCAL ENTITIES TO HONOR THE LEGACY OF HISTORY WHILE CELEBRATING THE REMARKABLE INNOVATION OF GROWTH THAT HAS SEEN ACROSS THE CITY AND COUNTY, CITIZENS ARE INVITED TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES FOR OUR FUTURE AND TO JOIN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW MARYSVILLE JOURNAL TRIBUNE, THROUGH LOCAL JOURNALISM, CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. AND WHEREAS JOURNALISTS SERVE AS A MESSAGE AND INTERPRETERS OF EVENTS AND FACTS, PROVIDING CONTEXT, ANALYSIS AND INSIGHTS THAT HELP THE PUBLIC MAKE SENSE OF THE WORLD AROUND THEM. WITH THE ADVENT OF THE DIGITAL AGE, THE IMPORTANCE OF JOURNALISM HAS UNDERGONE SIGNIFICANT TRANSFORMATIONS. IN THE JOURNAL TRIBUNE HAS CONTINUED TO EVOLVE THE NEEDS TO ITS READERS, AND WHEREAS ONE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF COMMUNICATION JOURNALISM IS TO AMPLIFY THE VOICES OF LOCAL RESIDENTS ORGANIZATION BUSINESSES, IT PROVIDES A PLATFORM FOR INDIVIDUALS TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES, OPINIONS, AND IDEAS TO ENSURE THAT DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES ARE HEARD. AND WHEREAS FREDERICK DOUGLASS SAID, THOSE WHO PROFESS THE FAITH FAVOR A FREEDOM, AND YET DEPICT AGITATION AND MEN WHO WANT RAIN WITHOUT THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. THEREFORE, I, DONALD BERGER, MAYOR, CITY OF MARYSVILLE, ON BEHALF HALF OF AN APPRECIATIVE COMMUNITY, WANT TO THANK THIS OPPORTUNITY AND COMMEND THE JOURNAL TRIBUNE FOR 175 YEARS OF SERVICE TO MARYSVILLE AND UNION COUNTY. SO I FIRST, I WANT TO SHAKE ALL OF YOUR GUYS'S HANDS. SO I'LL TAKE THIS, AND THEN I WANT YOU ALL TO INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND WHO YOU ARE. SO I'LL LET YOU GO FIRST. OBVIOUSLY, I WASN'T HERE 175 YEARS AGO. I'M DAN BEHRENS AND I'M THE RETIRED OF THE NEWSPAPER. AND I'LL TURN THE REST OF IT OVER TO MY SON, WHO IS NOW RUNNING. I'M KEVIN BEHRENS, FOURTH GENERATION OF THE FAMILY IN THE BUSINESS, CURRENTLY THE PUBLISHER. I'M BERKELEY. I'M JUST HIS SON.[00:05:01]
OKAY, SO YOU'RE A FIFTH GENERATION THERE? YEAH. FIFTH GENERATION. WELL, WE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDING US WITH LOCAL NEWS AND SERVICE FOR MANY YEARS AND HOPEFULLY FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THERE YOU GUYS GO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THOSE ARE A LOT HARDER TO READ THAN PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE. SO THE MARYSVILLE JOURNAL TRIBUNE, DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ADD IT TO THE MINUTES? SO MOVED. ALL IN[ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT]
FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU. ADMINISTRATION REPORT. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. YOU KNOW, WE OFTEN TALK AND BRAG ABOUT, SCOTT'S BEING HERE OVER 155 YEARS. AND NESTLÉ BEING HERE OVER 100 YEARS. AND EVEN LATELY, HONDA, BEING HERE, FOR THE TIME THAT THEY HAVE BUT 175 YEARS, THAT'S, A HECK OF A CREDIT. AND I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT QUESTION, DAN, WHETHER YOU WERE HERE FROM THE BEGINNING OR. BUT I THOUGHT I BETTER BE CAREFUL. BUT, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS HAVE DONE. I APPRECIATE IT, I DO HAVE A FEW THINGS. A COUPLE THINGS TONIGHT. DON'T FORGET THIS FRIDAY. JULY 12TH, 6 P.M. WILL BE OUR FRIDAY NIGHT UPTOWN. IT'S CALLED THE WILD CARD BATTLE. AND THE MUSIC WILL BE BY VARIOUS BAND CONTESTANTS, PRESENTED BY THE ROOT FOR FARM TOUR. SO WE GOT SOME EXCELLENT ENTERTAINMENT, FOR FRIDAY NIGHT UPTOWN AT 6 P.M. TO 10 P.M. AND AS I'VE LOOKED INTO THE FUTURE, INTO THE WEATHER, 86 DEGREES AND SUNNY. SO IT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL EVENING, I THINK HERE IN UPTOWN MARYSVILLE, ONE OTHER ITEM I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TONIGHT, BECAUSE IT'S A COOL CONCEPT. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE DONE SOME REALLY NEAT PROGRAMS LATELY, TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITIZENS, AND ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT, THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS CALLED SUMMER STORYTIME, WHERE THE POLICE AND THE CITY HAVE TEAMED UP WITH THE UNITED WAY, FOR THIS EXCITING EVENT AT THE MUNICIPAL POOL. SO EVERY WEDNESDAY IN JULY AT 145, THERE'S STORYTIME, WHERE MARYSVILLE POLICE OFFICER WILL READ BOOKS FROM DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY AND SO EACH WEDNESDAY, 145 I THINK IT'S ANOTHER COOL PROGRAM THAT THE POLICE DIVISION HAVE PUT IN PLACE. CHIEF AND ANY COMMENTS ON IT? IT'S YOU'VE DONE SOME NEAT PROGRAMS AROUND THE COMMUNITY, BUT THIS ONE FITS IN QUITE NICE, DOESN'T IT? YEAH. WE'D LIKE TO THANK, UNITED WAY FOR BRINGING US THIS OPPORTUNITY, ACCORDING TO THEM, THEY HAVE ABOUT 2800 KIDS UNDER THE AGE OF SIX WHO ARE ENROLLED IN THIS PROGRAM, WHICH, ROUGHLY IS ABOUT 63% OF THOSE THAT ARE ELIGIBLE. AND IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE PROGRAM, THE DOLLY PARTON IMAGINATION LIBRARY WILL SEND ONE BOOK A MONTH TO A KID AT NO COST TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE, THE LOVE OF READING, IF, YOU KNOW, DOLLY PARTON'S STORY, YOU UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO HER. SO WE'RE JUST HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO DO ONE OTHER THING TO HELP ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND HELP ENCOURAGE READING. THANKS CHIEF. AND WITH THAT, MISTER PRESIDENT, I'LL SHIFT DOWN TO JEREMY FOR SOME UPDATES ON MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AND ENGINEERING. YEAH THANKS, TERRY, CITY STREET CREWS ARE BEGINNING TO WRAP UP THEIR WORK AT THE BMX TRACK AND ARE PREPARING, FOR SOME ASPHALT AND BASE WORK AROUND TOWN PARKS, THE GUYS AS, AS TERRY ALLUDED TO, ARE PREPPING FOR THIS WEEK'S FRIDAY NIGHTS UPTOWN, IN THE GREENWOOD. PICKLEBALL COURTS ARE NEARING COMPLETION. THEY'RE GETTING THEIR SECOND COAT OF PAINT, AND THE FENCE IS GOING UP, WATER, WE'VE GOT GOOD NEWS ON THE WATER SIDE. THE CITY'S CONTRACTOR HAS RESUMED LIME HAULING EFFORTS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN EXPECTED, AND OUT AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, WORK CONTINUES ON THE LAGOON. PIPING RECONFIGURATION, FROM ENGINEERING, THESE ARE SOME CONSTRUCTION UPDATES, FOR STATE ROUTE 31, PHASE THREE CONSTRUCTION WORK CONTINUES ON THE WEST SIDE OF NORTH MAPLE STREET. STATE ROUTE 31 THIS WEEK, WORKING UP TOWARDS THE, 3133. EASTBOUND INTERSECTION, AND THEN PAVING PROGRAM UPDATES, THE CURB REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT IS COMPLETE ON CREEKVIEW DRIVE, AND WORK CONTINUES ON TARRAGON DRIVE, ONCE TARRAGON DRIVE IS COMPLETE, THE CURB REMOVAL, PROCESS WILL START ON BROOKSTONE, BROOKSTONE DRIVE, SORENSON DRIVE, SPRINGWOOD LANE, IN MONTCLAIR COURT, AND THEN FINALLY, SOME UPDATES I RECEIVED FROM OUR ODOT CONTACT, THIS AFTERNOON, REGARDING THEIR WORK[00:10:07]
ON 33, AFTER THE HOLIDAY. SO, WE, ODOT WAS ABLE TO OPEN UP BOTH LANES, THROUGHOUT THE JULY 4TH WEEKEND, WORK HAS RESUMED ON THE WESTBOUND PASSING LANE THIS MORNING, THIS MAIN LINE WORK IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY EARLY NEXT WEEK, THEY'VE GOT SOME, REMAINING RAMP WORK, ON 31 AT THE 31, FOUR AND 33 INTERCHANGE THAT WILL BE COMPLETED, WHAT THEY'RE TELLING ME IS THIS WEEKEND, AND THEN, ONCE THE MAIN LINE WORK FOR 33 IS COMPLETE, THEY WILL BEGIN WORK AT THE 36TH DELAWARE AVENUE RAMP. WORK SO, I LET OR WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THEIR CONTACT LET US KNOW WHEN THAT WORKS, GOING TO START, BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE QUITE A BIT OF COORDINATION, CONSIDERING HOW BUSY THAT INTERCHANGE IS. AND I GUESS I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY THIS SCHEDULE IS WEATHER DEPENDENT. SO THAT IS, THAT'S A NICE THING TO HOLD OUT THERE IF THEY'RE OFF A COUPLE DAYS. BUT, THAT'S AT LEAST WHAT ODOT IS PASSING ON TO ME. AND THAT THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT. THANK YOU. OH, OKAY.JEREMY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR OUR SORROW. THE, AND I ASSUME THAT MOST OF IT IS THE CITY THAT IS MAKING THE PREPARATION FOR THE PAVING, I'VE LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF STREETS, MAYBE IT MAY BE A SLIGHT INCONVENIENCE FOR NOW, BUT, BOY, BY THE TIME THAT THE PAVING IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE, EVERYTHING WILL WILL BE SO MUCH SMOOTHER GOING AS WELL AS, HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO LAST LONGER. IF YOU DO YOUR PREPARATION WORK. WORK AHEAD OF TIME. NO. AND THAT'S SOMETHING. IT SEEMS LIKE THE LAST TWO TO 3 TO 4 YEARS WE'VE REALLY FOCUSED ON THOSE CATCH BASINS, KNOWING THAT IF WE PAVE IT AND, YOU KNOW, SOMEHOW, YOU KNOW, A CURB INLET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, CAUSES DAMAGE TO THE PAVEMENT. NOW, WE'VE GOT AN UNSIGHTLY PATCH THERE FOR, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING, TRYING OUR BEST TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF THAT, FOR SURE.
SO THANK YOU. I WILL PASS IT ON. OKAY ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ADMINISTRATION HEARING? NONE. REPORT FROM CLERK OF COUNCIL. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. OKAY REPORT FROM
[REPORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT]
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL, ERIC IS OUT TODAY, SO YOU GET ME TO GIVE A BRIEF, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT UPDATE AND HAVE A QUICK PRESENTATION. BUT FIRST, BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH AN UBER UPDATE, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WE HAVE, GOOD NEWS ON AMIC.SO WE HAVE OUR FIRST TENANT IN THE SPACE PAIR WAVE, WHICH IS A DRONE TECHNOLOGY COMPANY. SO THEY GOT SIGNED UP AND MOVED IN TODAY. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THEM AT THE AUTOMOTIVE AND MOBILITY INNOVATION CENTER. SO, LOOKING FORWARD TO, PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM AND GETTING MORE TENANTS IN THE SPACE. BUT SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS ON OUR UBER PROGRAM. SO AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, THIS IS A PILOT PROGRAM THAT WAS, STARTED LAST YEAR. IT'S KIND OF A PUBLIC PRIVATE INITIATIVE WHERE WE RECEIVED, ABOUT $75,000 IN FUNDS TO HELP KICKSTART SOME MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION, WITH UBER. SO, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM AND WE HAVE QUITE A FEW, USES, AS YOU CAN SEE. SO WE HAVE, QUITE A FEW THOUSAND, OVER IS IT 2000 RIDES, SO FAR WITH OUR AVERAGE, FARE AT $8. SO, PART OF THE SUBSIDY IS IT'S A $10.
SUBSIDY FROM THE PROGRAM. SO ANYTHING BELOW $10 IS PAID FOR BY THE PROGRAM. BUT ANYTHING OVER THAT IS, TAKEN ON BY THE PERSON GETTING THE RIDE, PART OF THIS IS IT'S ONLY FOR CERTAIN ZIP CODES WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD WHENEVER WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM WAS THAT, SOME OF OUR, EMPLOYERS AND OUR WORKFORCE PARTNERS, THEY ARE HAVING THEY WERE HAVING ISSUES WITH SOME OF THEIR EMPLOYEES HAVING RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION, BUT OTHER THAN GETTING A RIDE FROM A FRIEND, THERE WASN'T REALLY MUCH OPTION. SO, THIS HAS BEEN USED VERY SUCCESSFULLY OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS. SO IT LAUNCHED IN DECEMBER, AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, WE LIKE TO SEE THE TREND UPWARD. SO WE'VE RECEIVED MORE AND MORE USAGE OF IT AS, IT BECOMES MORE APPARENT. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, AS, WEATHER AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF KIND OF MOVES FORWARD AND WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE GETTING OUT AND ABOUT. YOU CAN ALSO SEE, OH, LET ME GO BACK
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THAT THIS IS OUR, OUR USAGE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WHENEVER WE STARTED THE PROGRAM IS WE WASN'T WE WEREN'T REALLY SURE, WHO WAS GOING TO BE UTILIZING IT. RIGHT. WE, WE HEARD IT WAS A NEED FROM OUR EMPLOYERS, BUT WE ALSO HEARD A NEED FROM SOME OF OUR HOSPITALITY PARTNERS TO RESTAURANTS, RETAILS, BUT ALSO SOMETHING THAT YOU MIGHT NOT THINK ABOUT IS SOME OF OUR, HEALTH AND WELLNESS RELATED, COMMUNITY BUSINESSES. SO, HOSPITAL RIDES, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU GET DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL AND YOU DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY TO PICK YOU UP, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET HOME, OR, YOU KNOW, IF YOU NEED TO GET TO A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A VEHICLE AVAILABLE, SO, MOST OF THE RIDES ARE DURING WEEKDAY, BUSINESS HOURS, WHICH IS GREAT, TO SEE THAT UTILIZATION. AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE TIME THAT MOST OF THE RIDES ARE UTILIZED, WHICH ARE AGAIN, MOSTLY DURING WORK WORKING HOURS, PEOPLE GETTING TO AND FROM WORK, AND THEN ALSO PEOPLE GETTING, TO AND FROM SOME OF THOSE, MAYBE GROCERY TRIPS O, AGAIN, HOSPITAL VISITS, THAT KIND OF THING. SO THAT IS AND THEN ALSO HERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS AND DATA, BUT YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE TRENDS ABOUT, HOW SOME OF THE, TRANSPORTATION USAGE AND WHERE THOSE, THE, THE AVERAGE MILES AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, WHERE THEY'RE GOING.SO AGAIN, THIS PROGRAM IS STILL RELATIVELY NEW. WE'VE ONLY BEEN, IT'S ONLY BEEN AVAILABLE FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS, WE PLAN TO REVITALIZE OUR MARKETING EFFORTS AND GET THE WORD OUT THERE MORE.
SO ANY HELP THAT YOU CAN, CAN PROVIDE IN MAKING SURE THE WORD GETS OUT THAT THIS IS A RESOURCE THAT'S AVAILABLE, WE CAN SHARE THE INFORMATION. SO IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE. IN ORDER TO GET THE SUBSIDY, YOU OR THE, ADDITIONAL RIDE SHARE, VOUCHER IS YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND CLICK ON A LINK, AND THEN IT TAKES YOU DIRECTLY TO THE UBER PLATFORM, AND THEN IT KIND OF PUTS IT IN A BANK FOR YOU TO ACCESS LATER IF YOU NEED TO. SO YOU CAN, HAVE UP TO TWO RIDES PER DAY, SO IF A PERSON NEEDS TO GET TO AND FROM WORK OR TO AND FROM WHEREVER THEY'RE GOING AND GETTING BACK TO, THAT'S WHAT IT'S AVAILABLE. SO, WE'RE PRETTY HAPPY WITH HOW IT'S GONE SO FAR, BUT DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE USAGE, CONTINUE TO INCREASE. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ANY QUESTION? ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, SAVANNAH WOULD YOU WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO GO BACK? ONE SLIDE. SO IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE THE SERVICES ARE BEING USED LOCALLY. IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE IS A LOT OF, A LOT OF PEOPLE INITIALLY WHEN THE PROGRAM WAS PRESENTED. YEAH, WE WERE THINKING ABOUT PERHAPS, TRIPS TO THE AIRPORT OR TRIPS TO OTHER LOCATIONS. IF I LOOK AT OBVIOUSLY AVERAGE COULD BE ANYTHING, BUT IF I LOOK AT, THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND THE DISTANCE, IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE, THAT IT'S ALL TAKEN PLACE LOCALLY. YEAH, A LOT OF IT IS, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, WE WERE REALLY HAPPY WITH THE PROGRAM IS, SOMETIMES IF YOU WERE TO GET ON UBER OR ANY OF THE RIDE SHARING APPS PRIOR TO THE PROGRAM, THERE WASN'T MUCH USE OUT OF IT. SO THAT IS NOW WITH THE INCREASED, OPPORTUNITY TO GET A RIDE, WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE, OF THE DRIVERS AVAILABLE. AND THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS ALSO INTENDED TO DO IS IT'S INTENDED TO KEEP DRIVERS IN THE AREA. SO INSTEAD OF GETTING A DRIVE HERE AND GOING TO COLUMBUS AND THEN DOING ALL THEIR UBER DRIVING IN COLUMBUS AND COMING BACK OUT HERE, THAT WASN'T REALLY HELPING OUR RESIDENTS AND EMPLOYEES THAT MUCH BECAUSE THEY WOULD LEAVE AND THEY WOULD STAY IN COLUMBUS AND THEY WOULDN'T COME BACK. AND SO THIS THAT'S REALLY HELPED US SEE SOME OF THAT INTERNAL, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION. YEAH AND WHEN ERIC PRESENTED THE PROGRAM BACK OVER AT LEON'S, HE AGAIN TALKED ABOUT THE, THE DISTANCES AND THEN ALSO AT THAT TIME HE TALKED ABOUT THE LACK OF LOCAL DRIVERS, BUT IT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE NOW THAT THERE IS A PROGRAM IN PLACE, YOU SEEM TO HAVE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF DRIVERS IN THE IN, IN THE, IN THE AREA.
IS THAT. YEAH. SO PART OF IT TOO IS IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE, CHICKEN OR THE EGG. RIGHT. ONE OF THEM HAS TO GO FIRST. IS IT THE DRIVERS OR IS IT THE RIDERS AND SO THIS PROGRAM HELPS.
SUBSTANTIATE TO THE DRIVERS THAT THERE IS A NEED HERE, BECAUSE PART OF IT BEFORE IS IF YOU EVEN HAD THE APP, YOU WOULD LOOK AT IT, YOU WOULD SEE THAT THERE'S NO DRIVERS AND YOU WOULDN'T GET BACK ON THE APP. NOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE UTILIZING IT, IT HAS ALLOWED DRIVERS TO MAYBE, BECAUSE PART OF IT TOO IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OTHER DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICES WHERE, YOU
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KNOW, DOORDASH, THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO THERE ARE DRIVERS AVAILABLE, BUT THEY WOULD RATHER MAYBE DRIVE SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T TALK BACK, FOOD OR GROCERIES, THAT KIND OF STUFF.SO THIS ALSO GIVES PEOPLE DRIVERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF DIVERSIFY HOW THEY, KIND OF UTILIZE THOSE RESOURCES. OKAY. AND THEN ONE LAST QUESTION. IF I MAY, ARE THEY MOSTLY REPEAT USERS, ANY DEMOGRAPHICS THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH US, OLDER PEOPLE, YOUNGER PEOPLE, MAYBE, CHILDREN THAT GET THE, THE, TRANSPORTATION FOR THE PARENTS, HOW IS THE DEMOGRAPHICS ON THIS? SO WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF INFORMATION LIKE THAT. UBER IS VERY, THEY LIKE TO KEEP THEIR.
YES. YEAH CONFIDENTIAL. BUT WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT ARE USING IT CONSISTENTLY. SO THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THOSE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS AND KNOW THIS IS AVAILABLE, THEY'RE THERE. QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT USE IT VERY REGULARLY, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF, SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE USERS. ON ONE OF THE FIRST SLIDES, IT DID SHOW THAT SOMEBODY USED IT IN EXCESS OF OVER 200 TIMES. SO THERE'S ONE PERSON THAT HAS USED IT, 200 HIGHEST USE OR 268 RIDES. SO THAT MAY BE SOME ONE UTILIZING IT TO GO BACK AND FORTH FROM WORK, ON ON A DAILY BASIS, PRETTY MUCH. SO IT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S A AND THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO UTILIZE THE SYSTEM. SO ALSO SOMETHING TO REITERATE A LOT OF THIS DATA IS ONLY FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE UTILIZING THE PROGRAM. THEY'RE PROBABLY A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT AREN'T BECAUSE THEY MAYBE DON'T KNOW IT'S A WAY IT'S AVAILABLE, BUT SOME OF IT DOESN'T CAPTURE SOME OF THE SECONDARY USERS, BECAUSE THEY, WE CAN'T TRACK THEM THROUGH USING THE, THE VOUCHER PROGRAM, SO THERE'S SOME OF THAT DATA THAT, THAT WE CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO ON UBER RIGHT NOW AND LOOK FOR A DRIVER, THERE'S PROBABLY ONE AVAILABLE. SO ANECDOTALLY, WE'VE HEARD THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE, OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT TRANSPORTATION, WHICH IS REALLY THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM. OKAY. WONDERFUL. OKAY. THANK YOU. NO, WE SORRY, WE DON'T ALLOW RESIDENTS TO SPEAK FOR THE THINGS THAT THAT'S THE THAT'S YEAH, THAT'S THE REASON WHY, PARKS AND REC, MR. WOLFE.
[PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION REPORT]
YES. SO THIS WAS A JOINT MEETING BETWEEN COUNCIL AND THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION, MINUTES FOR THE APRIL 16TH, MEETING WERE APPROVED AND THEN WE RECEIVED A VIRTUAL TOUR OF ALL THE CITY'S PARKS AND KIND OF GOT UPDATES ON COMPLETED PROJECTS, UPCOMING PROJECTS, AND HAD A DISCUSSION AT EACH ONE AND JUST KIND OF GOT UPDATES, REGARDING THE FUTURE AND WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO AT EACH OF THOSE, AND THEN TOWARDS THE END, SOME OF THE ATTENDEES WENT TO THE BMX TRACK, JUST TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE THERE. SOME OF THE UPGRADES FOR THE NATIONAL EVENT IN AUGUST, I WAS THERE. IT WAS IT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE THAT IT'S MY FIRST TIME MAKING IT OVER THAT WAY. BUT, THAT'S A REALLY A GREAT THING TO HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THERE BUT OUR NEXT MEETING IS GOING TO BE THIS COMING TUESDAY, JULY 16TH AT 6 P.M. HERE IN CITY HALL. THANK YOU. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. MOVE TO MOVE ON. THIS IS PART OF THE MEETING WHERE ANY[HEARING OF CITIZENS]
RESIDENT CAN SPEAK UP TO FIVE MINUTES ON ANYTHING. THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.I KNOW THAT, WE HAD A REQUEST FROM KATHY YOUNG HOUSEHOLDER TO SPEAK, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S SPEAKING, BUT I THINK LESLIE, MR. PHILLIPS IS GOING TO BE SPEAKING, INSTEAD. SO I'LL ALLOW YOU TO SPEAK, AND THEN THE FLOOR WILL BE OPENED UP FOR ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TONIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. NAME AND ADDRESS? YES, PLEASE. NAME AND ADDRESS. LESLIE PHILLIPS, 235 SOUTH VINE STREET, MARYSVILLE. COME VISIT ANY TIME. GOOD EVENING. EVENING COUNCIL AND ADMINISTRATION. I'M HERE TONIGHT IN THE HOPES OF TO KEEP THIS MEETING ON THE ISSUE AT HAND. AS MENTIONED LAST TIME, WE HAD AN LGBTQ NARRATIVE ABOUT THE LIBRARY, TIFF, AND EVEN ASKING MR. REEMS TO STEP DOWN AS, A POTENTIAL GUILT BY ASSOCIATION. COULD YOU COULD YOU SPEAK UP, PLEASE? JUST INTO THE MIC? YEAH. THANK YOU. INTO THE MIC? YEAH. AND I, I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME INSULATION, SOME DEFLECTION OF THE ACTUAL ISSUE AT HAND, WHICH STARTED WITH A CHILD DANCING AND
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RECEIVING MONEY, FOR DOING SO AT A LOCAL ESTABLISHMENT. WE HAVE A VIDEO, AND I APOLOGIZE IF IT'S UPSETTING AT ALL. SORRY. OUR NEWEST PERFORMER. HOW DO WE WANT TO MAYBE GET UP AND SUPPORT HER IN HER ENDEAVORS? OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO BRING TO THE STAGE RUNNING FOR OUR LIVES RIGHT? BABYLON. BABYLON IS. THAT IS THAT. YES. I DON'T. I WAS NOT IN. MY. RIGHT, I GET IT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT. TO. WHILE SO I KNOW I SAID I WAS GOING DOWN MY ALLOTTED TIME. TO GET MY TIME. I TRIED TO GET MYSELF. IT COMES OUT WRONG, BUT.I'M SORRY. CAN WE STOP THIS? YOU JUST HAVE TWO. TWO MINUTES AND THREE SECONDS LEFT, AND IT'S AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET. OKAY. ANYWAY, WHETHER OR NOT THE INTENT OF THIS, WHETHER IT WAS THE INTENT BY THE PARENTS OR NOT, THERE'S A POTENTIAL FOR THIS BEING, A FORM OF SEXUAL GROOMING. IF WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOUNG CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF, FIVE AND BEYOND, THAT THEIR BRAINS, THEIR BRAINS ARE SPONGE, I'M CERTAIN THAT WE CAN ALL REFLECT BACK WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG, THE THINGS THAT SHAPED US AND MOLDED US AS WE BECAME OLDER. VERY YOUNG CHILDREN STILL ARE LEARNING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG. AND IF WE WERE TO TAKE THIS TO AND EXTRAPOLATE THIS OUT, WE MIGHT FIND THAT CHILDREN WHO LEARN AT A VERY EARLY AGE TO ACCEPT MONEY FOR DANCING. SIMILARLY, AND WHERE IT MIGHT BE INTERPRETED AS PROVOCATIVE, AND GIVEN MONEY UNLESS TAUGHT OTHERWISE, THERE'S A POTENTIAL THAT THEY WOULD CONTINUE ON IN SUCH BEHAVIOR AND POTENTIALLY HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THEIR LIVES, FAR DETRIMENTAL THAN THAN THAN I CARE TO IMAGINE. AND DARE I SAY, DEPENDING UPON WHAT THEY DO FOR THE PEOPLE IN FRONT OF THEM. AND WE DON'T WE DON'T EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN. BUT THERE'S A POTENTIAL THERE FOR DOING SO. IF WE EXTRAPOLATE TO THE EXTREME, AND WE WANT TO AVOID THAT, WHY WE WOULD SET UP OUR VARIOUS YOUNG, OUR VERY YOUNGEST CITIZENS FOR FAILURE IN THE LONG RUN, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY REALLY INTENDS THAT, BUT WE'VE SEEN THAT HAPPE, EVEN WITH PEOPLE WHOSE GOOD HEARTS AND INTENTIONS DON'T GO THERE, WE'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN, MR. PHILLIPS, WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. YOUR FIVE MINUTES IS UP.
I'M SORRY. I AM ASKING CITY COUNCIL TO SUPPORT HOUSE BILL 245. IF YOU CAN'T DO THAT, THEN BY ALL MEANS, FIND A WAY TO DO SOMETHING IN A LOCAL ORDINANCE. OKAY? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU AND HAVE A NICE DAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST . HELLO, MY NAME IS RANDY KRAMER. I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. I'M. I
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LIVE AT TWO, THREE SIX, FIVE ZERO DRAKE SKIDMORE. A FAN OF THIS TOWN TO WHERE I WOULD MOVE HERE IF I COULD. RIGHT NOW, I'M ON THE VERY EDGE OF UNION COUNTY. I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE MAN WHO WAS JUST UP HERE SPEAKING AS A DRAG PERFORMER AND A PARENT, AND SOMEONE WHO HAS SEEN A LOT OF LIFE. I'M 48 YEARS OLD. GIVE ME ONE SECOND THERE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN HEAR ME, AS A PARENT, EXCUSE ME, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A COLD TODAY AS A PARENT, I. THERE IS NOTHING MORE. MY DAUGHTER'S 24 AND THERE IS NOTHING GREATER THAT I WOULD LIKE TO IMPRESS ON MY CHILD THAN A SENSE OF INDEPENDENCE, OF SELF-EXPRESSION, OF EXPLORING WHO THEY ARE TO WHATEVER THAT MEANS FOR THEM. WHATEVER MY DAUGHTER WANTS TO EXPLORE, THAT'S WHAT SHE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO EXPLORE. THAT IS QUITE LITERALLY THE DEFINITION OF FREEDOM. AND, IN THE VIDEO I WAS NOT THERE. BUT I DO KNOW SEVERAL OF THE FACES THAT WERE IN THERE. THE DRAG QUEEN KIKI BABYLON, WHO IS, A PARENT AND ALSO AN AWESOME PERSON, AND, SEVERAL OF THE OTHER PEOPLE I RECOGNIZED, I DON'T REMEMBER THEIR NAMES OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT, I BELIEVE THAT THAT PERSON WAS ALLOWING THEIR CHILD TO EXPLORE FREEDOM. AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT EXPLORE THEMSELVES IF THEY HAD THE CONFIDENCE TO DO THAT. THAT IS GREAT. WHAT PARENT WOULDN'T WOULD BE EXCITED TO HAVE THEIR CHILD, YOU KNOW, GET UP AND PERFORM IN FRONT OF STRANGERS, NOT NECESSARILY IN WHATEVER CAPACITY, BUT A CHANCE TO GET UP IN FRONT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND SHOW WHAT THEY'VE GOT AS FAR AS, BRAVERY AND COURAGE. THAT'S ONE THING I WANTED TO ADDRESS, AS A PARENT, AS A DRAG PERFORMER. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THAT DRAG PERFORMERS ARE BEING SUGGESTED AS SEXUAL PREDATORS IS QUITE LITERALLY HILARIOUS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHURCH, THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO FIND YOUR PREDATORS. I'M SORRY, BUT COMPARE THE NUMBER OF DRAG PERFORMERS OR QUEERS THAT HAVE DONE SOMETHING OR LITERALLY ANYTHING TO MINORS.AND LOOK AT THE CHURCH. YOU'RE THE COMPARISON IS RIDICULOUS. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND ANYBODY THAT YEAH. SO, I JUST WANTED TO GET UP AND SAY THAT AND THANK YOU FOR SHOWING THAT VIDEO OF A CHILD BEING VERY BRAVE. THAT IS WHAT WE WANT IN THIS COUNTRY AND IN THIS COUNTY AND IN THIS CITY IS KIDS THAT WILL STAND UP AND BE WHO THEY ARE. SO I APPRECIATE THE TIME IN FRONT OF THE MIC.
THANK YOU. OH MY NAME IS OLIVIA MILLER. I LIVE AT 252 SPRINGWOOD. I'M VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THE CURBSTONE OUT THERE. THAT BEING SAID, I'VE THOUGHT VERY LONG AND VERY HARD ABOUT. I WANTED WHAT I WANTED TO SAY HERE TONIGHT, I HAVE A LOT OF THINGS, AND I'M JUST REALLY OVERWHELMED BY EVERYTHING. MY THOUGHTS, MY OWN COMMENTS, MY CITIZEN'S COMMENTS THAT I'M JUST ENRAGED, AND THAT'S NOT QUITE COVERING IT, SO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'M GOING TO CUT TO THE CHASE. I'M HERE TO ASK FOR THE REMOVAL OF ALL OF YOU OFF CITY COUNCIL, SILENCE IS COMPLIANCE, ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES HAS DONE SOMETHING THAT HAS HURT THE COMMUNITY, A COMMUNITY THAT YOU ARE HERE TO REPRESENT. DEFINITION OF A REPRESENTATIVE IS REPRESENTING A GROUP AS A WHOLE. AND THAT'S JUST IT'S NOT. OKAY. I'VE SEEN CHILDREN. I USED TO TEACH SCHOOL. I HAVE SEEN CHILDREN. WHEN ONE CHILD CALLS OUT ANOTHER, THAT SECOND MEAN CHILD CHANGES THEIR BEHAVIOR BECAUSE THEY REALIZE IT'S WRONG AND THEY NEED TO ADJUST. SO THIS IS BECOMING SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST HURTFUL RHETORIC. IT'S BECOMING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG THING TO DO. SO YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THAT CAN'T BE DONE. WE'VE SPOKEN. WE'VE DONE IT THE RIGHT WAY. SO YOU'RE HEARING US. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE LONG LINE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE. ASKING FOR THE REMOVAL OF A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. AND MY OPINION IS THE EQUIVALENT OF A BUTTERFLY FART ON THE RICHTER SCALE, SO I ASK THAT FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, YOU MEDITATE ON A LOVELY CLICHE MIDDLE SCHOOL POSTER THAT READS DOING WHAT'S POPULAR ISN'T ALWAYS RIGHT, AND DOING WHAT'S RIGHT ISN'T ALWAYS POPULAR. THANK YOU. HEY, TEDDY. VELINSKI. SORRY
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THEODORE VOLINSKY, 317 SOUTH WALNUT STREET. COUNCIL LAST MEETING YOU RESPONDED TO CITIZENS. TO CITIZENS COMMENTS LISTING THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR WALKING DISTANCE. YOU FAILED TO MENTION THAT WALKING DISTANCE HAD TO REPAVE THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE'S ALLEYWAY. YES, A PUBLIC ROAD THAT. NOT THE SIDEWALK, BUT THE ROAD THAT WE HAD TO REPAVE. YOU ALSO FAILED TO MENTION THAT THE MORAL DOCUMENTS THAT WERE LISTED ON THAT THAT'LL, BOOKMARK. I GUESS YOU SHOULD SAY, ALSO INCLUDES AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR LEON'S GARAGE. I'VE ASKED AMANDA MORRIS ABOUT GETTING OUR ADVERTISEMENT ON NOMURA DOCUMENT. RIGHT NOW WE JUST HAVE OUR NAME LISTED RIGHT IN THE SAME AREA THAT LEON'S HAS THEIRS. BUT ON THE BACK, THEY HAVE AN ADVERTISEMENT. I'VE BEEN TOLD IT'S NOT POSSIBLE FOR US. SO WILL. I APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY HAVE DONE THEIR JOB.IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I WOULD BRAG ABOUT. IT'S YOUR JOB, SO REGARDLESS, ALL OF THOSE STATEMENTS CONTRADICT THAT, YOU SEE, AND YOU HEAR THE QUEER COMMUNITY CITIZENS SHOWED UP AND TALKED FOR AN HOUR, TWO MEETINGS IN A ROW ABOUT THE ATTACK THAT THE DISGRACED CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND HIS MOUTHPIECES MADE AGAINST ME. THE LGBT COMMUNITY IN MARYSVILLE, THE WALKING DISTANCE COMMUNITY AND CITIZENS. AND YOUR RESPONSE WAS TO LIST ALL THE THINGS THAT THE CITY HAS DONE FOR WALKING DISTANCE. WELL, FAILING TO MENTION THAT THOSE ARE ALL STANDARD THINGS FOR THE CITY TO DO. THIS IS MY THIRD TIME TALKING AT COUNCIL ON THIS MATTER. IF THIS WAS PRESENTED AS OFFICIAL BUSINESS, TONIGHT WOULD BE THE NIGHT THAT YOU'RE ALL VOTING ON IT, THE DISGRACED CITY COUNCIL MEMBER HAS MADE CLAIMS THAT HE DIDN'T SAY ANY OF THOSE WORDS, BUT YET HE STILL HASN'T DENOUNCED THOSE WORDS. FOR THAT ALONE, HE SHOULD RESIGN. AND I AGAIN AM ASKING HIM TO RESIGN.
BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY REASON WHY WE'VE LISTED ALL OF THE REASONS WHY, AS A SIDE NOTE, CAN WE JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO APPRECIATE HOW WEIRD IT IS FOR A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TO SEND MY BUSINESS'S INSTAGRAM A LINK TO EXPENSIVE LUXURY, HIGH FASHION BOOTS AT 10:17 A.M. ON JUNE 10TH. AFTER I ASKED FOR HIS RESIGNATION THE WEEK BEFORE. THAT'S WEIRD. RIGHT? FOR THE OTHER CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVEN'T REACHED OUT TO ME, THAT HAVEN'T MADE A STATEMENT, MAYBE I'M MISREADING THE ACTIONS OF THE SILENT, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I AM ASKING.
AND THIS IS A QUESTION THAT I WOULD LIKE ALL OF YOU TO ANSWER. DO YOU THINK IT'S OKAY TO FALSELY CALL PEOPLE AND KEEP IN MIND, FALSELY CALLING PEOPLE A ALSO TAKES AWAY THE WORD FROM VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. SO DO YOU THINK IT'S OKAY TO FALSELY CALL PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THEIR SEXUALITY, OR BECAUSE THEY'RE A DRAG QUEEN, OR BECAUSE THEY'RE A BUSINESS OWNER WHO SUPPORTS THOSE COMMUNITIES? THAT'S ALL I WANT TO KNOW FROM THE REST OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND IF YOU COULD REACH OUT TO ME OR MAKE A STATEMENT INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS YOU'VE DONE FOR WALKING DISTANCE, I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.
ELIZABETH. ELSWICK, 1011 SHERWOOD AVENUE. SHE HER. I'M HERE REPRESENTING UNION COUNTY RAINBOW COALITION. I'M HERE TO IMPLORE YOU TO ADOPT NONDISCRIMINATION POLICIES AND ACTIONS, THESE ATTACKS AGAINST THE QUEER COMMUNITY AND ENTERTAINERS OF MARYSVILLE, PRIDEFEST HAVE BEEN THE SAME AT THE SAME TIME, MULTIRACIAL AND ETHNICALLY TARGETED. THE ATTACKS ALSO INCLUDE A NEGATIVE POST ABOUT THE HUMANE SOCIETY, MENTAL HEALTH, AND RECOVERY, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND TO PRESSURE A COUNTY COMMISSIONER. AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF UNION COUNTY RAINBOW COALITION, WHO ALSO PUTS ON MARYSVILLE PRIDE FEST. THESE ATTACKS STARTED IN MARCH OF 2023, AND I JUST CANNOT IMAGINE AS A PARENT TO HAVING THEIR CHILDREN CONSISTENTLY ATTACKED ONLINE, BOTH FROM I MEAN, TONIGHT'S VIDEO WAS HOSTED ON UNION COUNTY FAITH FAMILY COALITION'S GOOGLE DRIVE, THIS GROUP CONSISTENTLY IS TARGETING A MINOR WHOSE PARENTS ARE PART OF THAT SHOW. YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT'S JUST THE HARD PART. I CAN'T IMAGINE BEING THAT CHILD AND KNOWING SOMEDAY THAT THERE WERE GROUPS OF ADULTS TALKING ABOUT THEM LIKE THAT AND THEIR PARENTS AND THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY WITHOUT ANY SUBSTANTIAL CHARGES. NOBODY'S CALLED THE
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POLICE LIKE THESE. THESE ARE FALSE CLAIMS. AND THAT'S JUST THE HORRIBLE PART ABOUT ALL THIS. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK THAT YOU COULD MOVE FORWARD AND ADOPT POLICIES WITH THE COUNCIL AND GO INTO A NEW ERA LIKE OTHER CITIES HAVE, WE HAVE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL WORK ALONGSIDE AND HELP YOU ADOPT THESE POLICIES. THEY'VE BEEN ADOPTED IN OTHER CITIES LIKE DUBLIN AND BEXLEY, BUT THAT'S I WOULD I WOULD IMPLORE YOU ALL JUST TO, TO DO THAT AND TO MOVE FORWARD. IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OTHER THINGS MOVING FORWARD AS A COMMUNITY AND MOVING INTO AWAY FROM ANTIQUATED AND RECYCLED, STATEMENTS AND ASSOCIATIONS IS WHERE OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE. THANK YOU.PETER ZEBO, 1581 VALLEY DRIVE. THIS WASN'T ORIGINALLY PART OF MY TALKING POINTS, BUT I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE VIDEO THAT WAS POSTED. IT WAS A KID DANCING WITH THEIR FAMILY. I DON'T REALLY SEE THE ISSUE WITH THAT. ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU DO HAVE ISSUES WITH IT, I WOULD URGE YOU TO. ALSO, I WANT TO SEE YOU FIGHTING AGAINST CHILD DRAG SHOWS, WHICH LITERALLY ARE NOT DRAG SHOWS. SORRY, CHILD BEAUTY PAGEANTS WHICH LITERALLY SEXUALIZE CHILDREN, DRESS THEM UP IN SWIMWEAR AND HAVE THEM JUDGED, AND BY ADULT, MALES. ANYWAY, THAT'S A SIDE POINT.
LAST MEETING. MARK, I QUOTE YOU SAYING I BELONG TO A NUMBER OF FACEBOOK GROUPS AND PEOPLE POST THINGS IN THESE GROUPS. I DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE WORDS CAME FROM ME. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE GROUP IS A HATE GROUP. I JUST THINK THAT GROUPS YOU'RE IN ON FACEBOOK, I DON'T KNOW. YOU SEE A NASTY COMMENT AND A THREATENING COMMENT AND IMAGINE IT'S NOW ATTRIBUTED TO YOU. JUST BECAUSE YOU COME HERE AND SAY THESE THINGS DOESN'T MEAN IT'S TRUE. I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE UNION FAMILY FAITH COALITION IS NOT SIMPLY A FAN CLUB FOR OUR ROCK CLUB OR ROCK BAND, OR HOBBY GROUP OF PEOPLE TRADING TIPS AND ADVICE ON HOW TO GET BETTER AT THEIR CRAFT. IT'S A GROUP WITHIN MARYSVILLE THAT IS ACTIVELY FIGHTING AGAINST MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY UNDER THE GUISE OF CHRISTIANITY. THIS ISN'T SIMPLY GUILT BY ASSOCIATION. IF I WERE TO START A GROUP CALLED I HATE CHEESE, WOULD I BE SURPRISED IF PEOPLE COME UP TO ME AND ASSUME THAT I HATE CHEESE BECAUSE I'M A MEMBER OF GROUP NO. IT'S PATENTLY OBVIOUS THAT THEY WOULD ASSOCIATE WITH ME WITH THAT, AND TO ASSUME OTHERWISE IS RIDICULOUS. MARK, IF YOU'RE TRULY JUST CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE OF YOUR WIFE AND HER FRIENDS, ATTACKS ON CITIZENS COMMUNITY, AND YOU DON'T ACTUALLY SUPPORT IT, THEY COME OUT AND SAY, SO STOP BEING A STEREOTYPICAL POLITICIAN AND USE THAT USES A LOT OF WORDS THAT DON'T ACTUALLY ADD UP TO ANYTHING OF SUBSTANCE, EITHER PUBLICLY STATE THAT YOU DON'T AGREE WITH THE UNION FAMILY, UNION COUNTY FAMILY, FAITH COALITION, OR OWN UP TO BEING A PART OF IT. I THINK YOU OWE IT TO VOTERS TO KNOW WHERE YOU STAND AND STOP SITTING IN SOME NON-EXISTENT MIDDLE GROUND. FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK MR. BURGER. BURGER. SORRY, I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE HOW TO PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME. YOUR DECISION TO GO OFF, TOPIC, LAST AGENDA MEETING AND REMIND US OF ALL THE WORK YOU DO TO HELP TEDDY. I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THE POINT OF THAT WAS. DO YOU NEED A MEDAL FOR DOING YOUR JOB? HI, I'M JULIA DWYER. I'M ALSO AT 1581 VALLEY DRIVE. THANK YOU, PETER, FOR PROVIDING THAT GREAT QUOTE, WHAT MARK SAID AT THE END OF LAST MEETING, I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR, MARK, THAT WHEN AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, WHEN YOU ATTACH YOUR NAME TO SOMETHING, IT'S EVEN GREATER THAN ANY ONE OF US CITIZENS ATTACHING OUR NAME TO SOMETHING. AND WE HAVE CITY RECORDS OF PEOPLE THAT SAY, OH, MARK REAMS, HE'S A PART OF THE FAMILY FAITH COALITION. WE KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT JUST A FACEBOOK PAGE THAT YOU LIKED THAT OCCASIONALLY POSTS SOMETHING WEIRD. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE UNION COUNTY FAMILY FAITH FACEBOOK PAGE, ALMOST EVERY SINGLE POST IS EITHER ATTACKING OUR LIBRARY, ATTACKING OUR LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY, ATTACKING OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES LIKE THE WALKING DISTANCE I CAN CONTINUE. THIS IS NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU LOOK AT ON FACEBOOK. THIS IS A GROUP THAT YOU HAVE ATTACHED YOUR NAME TO, AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT, YOUR NAME IS ATTACHED TO IT, YOU COULD EASILY JUST SAY THAT. BUT YOU'VE BEEN VERY DEFLECTIVE AND I'M ASKING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY.
GIVE US THE ANSWER. DO YOU SUPPORT THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY? DO YOU SUPPORT THE FAMILY FAITH COALITION? THANK YOU. CATHY YOUNG FOR 25 WEST EIGHT. I
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THINK WE'RE LOSING. WHAT HOW THIS ALL STARTED. AND IT HAD TO DO WITH THAT VIDEO AT WHAT POINT IS IT OKAY FOR A KID TO HANG OUT IN A BAR? WHEN I WAS LITTLE, AND I KNOW MY TIMES WERE DIFFERENT, AND AT SOME POINT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS THEY ALLOW KIDS IN BARS. OR MAYBE MY PARENTS WERE JUST LYING TO ME THAT I WASN'T ALLOWED IN A BAR BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT ME THERE, BECAUSE THEY KNEW IT WASN'T A GOOD PLACE FOR A CHILD TO BE. SO WHY ARE KIDS BEING I MEAN, DO THEY LACK A BABYSITTER? DO THE PARENTS HAVE TO GO TO THE BAR SO MUCH THAT THEY HAVE TO DRAG THEIR KIDS TO THE BAR? THAT'S WHAT I'M CONCERNED WITH. I MEAN, WHAT CAN WE DO TO PREVENT KIDS IN BARS? THEY SHOULDN'T BE THERE. I MEAN, YOU'RE TEACHING KIDS AT AN EARLY AGE TO BECOME ALCOHOLICS. YOU KNOW, 70% OF PEOPLE ARE BORN WITH AN ADDICTION HABIT, WHETHER IT'S ALCOHOL, DRUGS OR SOME OTHER ADDICTION. WHY ARE WE DOING THIS TO KIDS? THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THIS IS RIDICULOUS.IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? HEY MY NAME IS, JASON. JASON. DAUGHTER D U T T E R I LIVE AT 22215 DERBY POTTERSBURG ROAD, I DIDN'T KNOW THE VIDEO WAS GOING TO BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT I HOPE IF I EVER HAVE A DAUGHTER OR A SON THAT IS A HOMOSEXUAL. SIR, YOU JUST HAVE TO SPEAK IN THE. I'M SORRY. SO IT JUST PICKS YOU UP. IT'S OKAY THAT THERE IS A SAFE PLACE THAT THEY CAN GO AND THEY'RE NOT RIDICULED. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. THE LAST TWO WEEKS. I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION. YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME.
NOT SO ANNOYED. THAT'S. THAT'S A GOOD THING. THERE'S NO REASON WE SHOULDN'T BE WORKING TOGETHER TO STOP THE HATE IN MARYSVILLE. THERE'S NO REASON WE SHOULDN'T BE WORKING TOGETHER TO ENCOURAGE TOLERANCE. THERE'S NO REASON FOR IT. BUT THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT. AND THIS IS FRUSTRATING. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG IN THAT. WITH THE DRAG SHOWS, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH PEOPLE PERFORMING AND BEING WHO THEY ARE. YOU REALLY ARE WORRIED ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY. LET'S CALL IT WHAT IT IS. BUT THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT. I WANT TO FIRST COMMEND EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT CAME UP HERE AND TOLD THEIR STORY, BECAUSE WE HEARD SOME GREAT STORIES. THERE WAS PEOPLE WITH A LOT OF COURAGE, A LOT MORE COURAGE THAN I SEE WHEN I LOOK THIS WAY. PEOPLE. WE HAD ARMED FORCE MEMBERS AND PEOPLE TELLING THEIR STORIES OF HOW THEY WERE RIDICULED AS A HOMOSEXUAL OR AS A DRAG PERFORMER. I'VE HAD ENOUGH. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TONIGHT? HEARING NONE. HEARING NONE. WE'LL MOVE ON WITH THE AGENDA. RESOLUTIONS
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RESOLUTION. A SECOND READING. PUBLIC HEARING TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO PREPARE AND SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE OHIO PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION, STATE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND OR LOCAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS AND EXECUTE CONTRACTS AS REQUIRED. WE HAVE ANOTHER NOTHING FURTHER UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THE CITIZENS COUNCIL THIS BE BACK FOR THIRD READING TITLE ONLY JULY 22ND, 2024 ORDINANCE TWO A[Ord. A]
MY BAD SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING TO APPROVE THE EXECUTION OF A COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE AND CONNECT REAL ESTATE ADMINISTRATION. THE ONLY THING IS THERE'S A AN INTEREST HERE TO POSTPONE TO THIRD READING TO AUGUST 12TH. WE FEEL BECAUSE OF THE TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECT THAT THIS IS TO THE COMMUNITY. IT'S PROBABLY IN EVERYBODY'S BEST INTEREST TO HAVE A FULL COUNCIL HERE. WHEN THIS LEGISLATION COMES BACK BEFORE US. SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO ATTEMPT TO HAVE THE FULL COUNCIL AVAILABLE, WHEN THAT WHEN THAT TIME AND AUGUST 12TH, THAT APPEARS. WE WILL. SO THAT'S THE REQUEST. OKAY, CITIZENS COUNCIL. DO I HEAR A MOTION TO PROPOSE TO POSTPONE THIRD READING TO DATE? CERTAIN. AUGUST[00:50:05]
12TH, 2024. SO MOVED. OKAY. ROLL CALL. MR. WOLFF. YES. MR. BURBY. YES. MR. BURGER YES. MR. HUNTER YES. MR. REMES YES. FIVE. YES. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR THIRD READING TITLE ONLY ON ON AUGUST[Ord. B]
12TH, 2024. ORDINANCE B, THIRD READING TITLE ONLY 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 WALTER ROAD, ALONG US 33 OVER STATE ROUTE 245 AND OVER NORTHWEST PARKWAY ALONG YOU AND I 33, YOU AND I 36 AND YOU AND I 245 TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN THE SPRING OF 2025.ADMINISTRATION NOTHING FURTHER. COUNCIL. SO I I'VE GOT A QUESTION SAY SO AS I UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS DESCRIBED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THE REPAVEMENT OF 33 WON'T HAPPEN UNTIL ALL OF THIS IS DONE. THAT IS. EXCUSE ME. THAT'S ACCURATE. YEP. SO THERE'LL BE SEPARATE LEGISLATION FOR THAT, IF I RECALL, IT WAS EARLY 27 IS WHAT THEY WERE HOPING FOR, IT WOULD DEPEND ON HOW QUICK THE BRIDGES GO, WHETHER THEY'D BE ABLE TO CRAM IT IN IN THE FALL OF 2026. IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD GET SOME SORT OF AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE TO CONTRIBUTE TO ANY SORT OF INCREASED MAINTENANCE COSTS OVER THESE NEXT THREE YEARS, BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONES STUCK WITH THE BILLS FOR THAT WORK. IN THE MEANTIME, WE CAN I CAN DEFINITELY, TRY, FROM AT LEAST FROM MY DRIVING, OVER 33, I THINK MOST OF THE BAD, YOU KNOW, THE BAD LOCATIONS, SO TO SPEAK, HAVE BEEN, HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. AND I KNOW OUR OUR STAFF'S BEEN PRETTY HAPPY WITH IT. THAT'S NOT TO SAY ONE DOESN'T ARISE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO, I CAN I CAN DEFINITELY SEND YOU KNOW, SEND AN EMAIL AND SEE, SEE WHAT THEIR, WHAT THEIR, THEY'RE WILLING TO DO, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, MOST OF THE REPAIRS THAT WE DO, AGAIN, THERE IS A COST. BUT USUALLY IT'S SOMETHING IT'S INTERNAL FORCES THAT DO IT. SO IT'S NOT AS EXPENSIVE AS CONTRACTING THAT OUT WITH A, YOU KNOW, A CONTRACTOR ON CALL AT ALL TIMES. SO OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION, MOTION. GO AHEAD. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION.
ROLL CALL. MR. KIRBY? YES, MR. BURGER? YES, MR. HUNTER? YES MR. REMES YES, MR. WOLFE YES. FIVE.
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YES. I DIDN'T SEE TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF NOTES IN THE AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED 2,135,000, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ONE DESIGNING, ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTING VARIOUS STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS 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 VARIOUS STREET RESURFACING AND PAVING PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR ACQUIRING VARIOUS FIRE, POLICE AND EMS EQUIPMENT WITH RELATED SITE WITH RELATED IMPROVEMENTS AND APPURTENANCES. FOR 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 RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND APPURTENANCES THERETO AND SEVEN DESIGNING, ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTING CERTAIN ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROJECT.ROAD PROJECT WITH RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND APPRENTICES THERETO, AND RETIRING NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR SUCH PURPOSE AND AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING RELATED MATTERS.
ADMINISTRATION NOTHING FURTHER. OKAY COUNCIL IS THERE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. ROLL CALL. MR. BURGER. YES. MR. HUNTER YES. MR. REMES YES. MR. WOLF YES. MR.
[COMMENTS OF THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL PERSONS AND GENERAL DISCUSSION]
BURPEE YES. FIVE. YES. COMMENTS CITY MANAGER THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER TONIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL AND WE'LL START WITH YOU, MR. WOLF. NO COMMENTS, ONLY COMMENT I HAD IS CONGRATULATIONS TO, THE BARON'S FAMILY AND THE JOURNAL TRIBUNE, 175 YEARS IS A LONG TIME, WE I REMEMBER I THINK, TERRY, YOU WERE THERE AS WELL WHEN THEY, DONATED A CLOCK TO A STANDING CLOCK, AND IT'S ALMOST NOW BECOMING IN ITS HISTORIC CLOCK, I THINK ABOUT HIM EVERY TIME. AND OF COURSE, THE INVOLVEMENT THAT THEY DO HAVE WITH THE, THE BALLOON,[00:55:07]
FESTIVAL THAT IS COMING UP IN, THE TOTAL INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY. SO AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BARON'S FAMILY FOR, GETTING THE, ACCOMMODATION AND HOPEFULLY 175 MORE YEARS. WE'RE SKIP DOWN TO MR. REMES. YOU KNOW, I GUESS I JUST WANTED TO SAY WE TALKED ABOUT THE UPTOWN FRIDAY NIGHT EVENT COMING UP THIS WEEKEND. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. HOPEFULLY DONALD HAS HIS CALL INTO THE WEATHER MAN AND GELBER TO GET THAT GUARANTEE. AND, I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY THERE. THANK YOU, MR. HUNTER.ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. SO, JUST I WANT TO MAKE SOME CLOSING COMMENTS, SO IN THE PAST SEVERAL COUNCIL MEETINGS, THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS THAT WE HEARD TONIGHT, ALSO JUST FROM WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OUR CITY, AND THEY'VE COME TO COUNCIL CHAMBER, GIVING TESTIMONY REGARDING BIGOTRY ON COUNCIL. I'VE RECEIVED SOME EMAILS AS WELL, IN A NUMBER OF THESE STATEMENTS, RESIDENTS, THEY'VE STATED THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS APART FROM COUNCILMAN REAMS, HAVE A CHOICE TO BE ON THE RIGHT OR WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY. AND TONIGHT, EVEN MY NAME IS BEING INCLUDED IN THAT, THERE WAS A CALL AT ONE POINT FOR US ALL TO STEP DOWN. SO MY NAME IS PULLED INTO THIS DISCUSSION, AND HERE I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE COMMENTS, AS WELL AS ADDRESS JUST VARIOUS MEDIA, MEDIA REPORTS, WHICH I FEEL HAVE EXCLUDED SOME ESSENTIAL CONTEXT NEEDED FOR UNDERSTANDING THE COMPLAINTS AND THE ACCUSATIONS.
AND COUNCIL'S RESPONSE. SO BECAUSE OF CONTEXT THAT'S EITHER EXCLUDED, FROM VARIOUS THINGS, I DO HOLD THE OPINION THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC EITHER HAS BEEN MISLED OR RATHER HAS NOT BEEN FULLY INFORMED, AND I HOLD THAT OPINION, AND THAT THAT'S OPINIO. OPINION IS SUPPORTED BY MY OBSERVATIONS OF JUST THE CONVERSATION THAT I HEAR AND THAT I SEE MANIFESTING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. I SPEAK FOR MYSELF IN THESE STATEMENTS, BUT I ENCOURAGE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WISHING TO DO SO TO SPEAK UP AND PROVIDE CONTEXT FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY, SO THERE IS A DISPUTE, SOMETHING THAT I WOULD DESCRIBE AS A CIVIL DISPUTE. I SAID THAT IN THE CLOSING REMARKS IN THE LAST MEETING, AND I KNOW IT'S PRIMARILY BETWEEN TWO INDIVIDUALS, AND THAT'S PLAYED OUT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS, AND THE DISPUTE HAS BEEN CLAIMED TO BE ON THE BASIS OF ANTI INCLUSIVE BIGOTRY AND HATE, I, I DO CONTEST THAT THE BASIS OF THAT TO BE NOT WHOLLY ACCURATE, RATHER, I HOLD THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS DISPUTE LIES ON THE BASIS OF TWO THINGS A SEXUALLY SUGGESTIVE BEHAVIOR THAT'S INVOLVING OR IT'S IN THE PRESENCE OF SOME ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN. BE A PERSON THAT HAS TAKEN SERIOUS OFFENSE TO SUCH BEHAVIOR, AND THEN THEY'VE RESPONDED WITH SOME BROADLY APPLIED OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE. SO GIVING PERSONAL TESTIMONY TO THE MATTER OF SEXUALLY SUGGESTIVE ACTIVITY THAT I HAD NOTED, I'LL SPEAK TO VIDEOS OR PHOTOS THAT I HAD SEEN. WE SAW ONE HERE TONIGHT.
SO, I SAW A VIDEO WHICH INVOLVED A CHILD THAT I WOULD ESTIMATE, 4 TO 5 YEARS OLD. THEY WERE LOUDLY GREETED BY A MICROPHONE DJ, VARIOUS DRAG PERFORMERS AS THE NEXT UP AND COMING PERFORMER.
AND THEN THEY WERE ENCOURAGED TO KIND OF PARADE UP AND DOWN THE AISLE, COLLECTING CASH TIPS BY HAND. SO AT THE END OF THAT FIVE MINUTE DANCE, THE CROWD WAS CHEERING. AND THAT FOUR YEAR OLD, HAD A HANDFUL OF CASH AND THAT SCENARIO HAD A CONCERNING RESEMBLANCE TO THAT OF AN ADULT PERFORMER COLLECTING CASH TIPS. AND I THINK THAT WAS NOTED TONIGHT. I HAD SEEN A VIDEO A YEAR AGO WHERE A PERFORMER DRESSED IN A COW PRINT MINI SKIRT BENDING OVER. THEY WERE SHAKING THEIR CHEST INTO THE FACE OF A OF A PATRON SEATED AT A TABLE IN THE SAME ESTABLISHMENT AND THEN WITHIN, SAY, TEN FEET OF THIS HAPPENING, THERE WERE AGAIN TWO CHILDREN THAT I WOULD ESTIMATE BETWEEN THE AGES OF FOUR AND SEVEN THAT WERE ONLOOKERS TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING. SO A MATTER THAT I CONSIDER TO FURTHER COMPLICATE THE UNDERSTANDING BY THE PUBLIC ARE OTHER AND ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCES WHICH HAVE CLEAR AND BLATANT SEXUALIZED OR SEXUALLY SUGGESTIVE BEHAVIOR, BUT THEY'RE NOT KNOWN TO HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PRESENCE OF CHILDREN. SO IN SOME OF THOSE PERFORMANCES COVERED BREASTS ARE GRABBED AND SQUEEZED AND PUSHED TOGETHER. PANTIES AND UNDERWEAR ARE EXPOSED BY SKIRTS THAT RIDE TOO HIGH DURING DANCING OR LIKE AN ACROBATIC TYPE SPLIT ON TABLES OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE. AND THEN I'VE SEEN SOME WHERE BALLOONS ARE STUFFED DOWN THE FRONT OF SHIRTS AND THEY APPEAR AS OVERSIZE BREASTS. SO THESE PERFORMANCES HAVE OCCURRED AROUND ADULTS, BUT IT MAY BE ASSUMED BY THE PUBLIC THAT THEY'VE ALSO ARE OPENLY OCCURRING IN FRONT OF CHILDREN. SO IT IS UNCLEAR AS TO WHAT CHILDREN ARE EXPOSED, EXPOSED TO AND WHAT CHILDREN AREN'T EXPOSED TO. HOWEVER, GIVEN THE FIRST TWO EXAMPLES OF WHAT I DESCRIBED, CERTAINLY THERE SHOULD BE CLARITY TO AT LEAST SOME OF WHAT YOUNG CHILDREN ARE EXPOSED TO. AND STEMMING FROM THAT BUSINESSES BEHAVIOR OF ALLOWING SOME OF THAT SEXUALLY SUGGESTIVE PERFORMANCE IN THE PRESENCE OF YOUNG CHILDREN. A MEMBER OF THIS
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COMMUNITY, NOTABLY COUNCILMAN REAMS WIFE, AND BY HER OWN WRITTEN STATEMENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, HAD BEEN DEEPLY OFFENDED AND ANGERED AND DECIDED TO USE SOME OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE AGAINST THE BUSINESS OWNER AND THEIR PATRONS, AND THE TERMS AND PHRASES INCLUDED IN THIS RESPONSE HAVE ALLEGED, OR AT LEAST SUGGESTED, THAT THE ADULT INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE PERFORMANCES OR THE BUSINESS ARE BEING HARMFUL TO CHILDREN TO A DEGREE BEYOND WHAT WAS REPRESENTED IN THE VIDEO. SO I WON'T DEFEND THE BEHAVIOR THAT INVOLVES EXPOSURE OF YOUNG CHILDREN TO SEXUALLY SUGGESTIVE PERFORMANCES AND MY PERSONAL VIEW, CONSIDERATION OF CHILDREN AND PROTECTING AGAINST EXPOSURE TO CERTAIN CONTENT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR THE SAKE OF NOT ONLY THE CHILD'S INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING, BUT ALSO THE WELL-BEING OF JUST SOCIETY AS A WHOLE. SECONDLY, I WILL NOT DEFEND OR CONDONE THE USE OF A BROADLY APPLIED OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE OR DEROGATORY TERMINOLOGY. I WILL, HOWEVER, DEFEND A PERSON'S RIGHT TO BE CONCERNED AND I CAN COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHY SOMEONE MAY BE ANGERED BY WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN OCCURRING, TO MY NEXT POINT, I WOULD LARGELY ARGUE, IF NOT ENTIRELY ARGUE, THAT THIS MATTER LIES OUTSIDE OF THE REALM OF WHAT THIS COUNCIL HAS ANY SORT OF AUTHORITY OVER. LIKE I SAID BEFORE, I CONSIDER THIS TO BE A CIVIL DISPUTE BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE OF THIS BODY OF COUNCIL. AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE, I CONSIDER THIS DISPUTE TO BE TO BE BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS, ABOUT MATTERS. I KIND OF LOST MY SPOT HERE. SO WE HAVE ZONING, WHICH OUTLINES ADULT ENTERTAINMENT. IT DEFINES WHAT ADULT ENTERTAINMENT LOOKS LIKE, AND IT PRIMARILY CONSIDERS ASPECTS OF NUDITY AND PERFORMANCES. SO IN THE CASES WHAT, IN THE CASE OF WHAT HAS GONE ON IN THIS BUSINESS, INTENTIONAL NUDITY IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I HAVE SEEN.RATHER, I'VE SEEN SOME INSTANCES OF MAYBE SEXUALLY SUGGESTIVE BEHAVIOR OR PERFORMANCE THAT WERE IN THE PRESENCE OF YOUNG CHILDREN, CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS MADE THAT CHOICE. AND IT'S A CHOICE THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND, BUT A CHOICE, A CONSCIOUS CHOICE NONETHELESS. AND THEY ALLOWED THEM TO BE IN THAT ENVIRONMENT, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, PROTECTIONS FOR DANCE PERFORMANCES WHERE UNEXPOSED PRIVATE AREAS SEEM TO BE GRANTED BY LAW IN THE STATE OF OHIO AT LEAST. AND AGAIN, THAT'S TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, AND TO THE BEST OF MY CURRENT UNDERSTANDING, WE HAVE NO LOCAL AUTHORITY TO CHANGE THAT. SO IF THERE ARE MATTERS OF OUR ZONING THAT CAN IMPROVE THAT SITUATION, LET'S BRING THEM FORWARD AND WE CAN DISCUSS. OTHERWISE, IF WE RESIDENTS THAT WE SEE VIOLATIONS OF ZONING, BRING THOSE VIOLATIONS FORWARD TO THE CITY AS COMPLAINTS AND WE CAN DEAL WITH THEM, THERE HAVE BEEN CALLS BY THE PUBLIC, TO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS OUTSIDE OF MR. REAMS TO PURSUE ACTIONS TO TRY AND DO SOMETHING TO REMOVE MR. REAMS FROM COUNCIL. AGAIN, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ANY AUTHORITY TO DO GIVEN WHAT IS BEFORE US, SUCH INACTION IS OUTSIDE THE REALM OF OUR RULES. AS I DESCRIBED IN THE JUNE 10TH, 2024 MEETING THIS YEAR, WE ADOPTED COUNCIL RULES WHICH OUTLINED CRITERIA FOR REMOVAL OF ANOTHER MEMBER, AND THAT CRITERIA IS INTENDED TO BE BLACK AND WHITE, NOT VAGUE NOR SUBJECTIVE TYPE CRITERIA. AND THE PURPOSE FOR THIS IS VERY TO OF BEING VERY CUT AND DRY IS IMPORTANT AS IT RELATES TO MAINTAINING THE WILL OF THE VOTER. SO I WILL EXPLAIN AGAIN USING SOME HYPOTHETICALS. IF CERTAIN MEMBERS ON COUNCIL DECIDED THAT THEY DIDN'T LIKE SOMEONE SUPPOSED FOR A POLITICAL REASON, A SUBGROUP COULD THEN BIND THEMSELVES TOGETHER AND CONSPIRE TO OUST ONE OF THE MEMBERS THAT THEY DON'T LIKE OR DON'T AGREE WITH. SO YOU YOU WOULD OR COULD HAVE A SITUATION WHERE AN OFFICIAL WHO WAS ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE, INSTEAD, BY A SUBSET OF INDIVIDUALS, THEY OVERRULE THAT WILL OF THE PEOPLE, WHICH I CONSIDER TO BE VERY IMPORTANT. I WOULD THIS WOULD BE HARMFUL WHEN WE CONSIDER THAT WE LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE DEMOCRACY SHOULD REIGN, THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN. SO UNLESS I LEARN OTHERWISE, WE DON'T HAVE RULES THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE REMOVAL GIVEN THE SITUATION BEFORE US.
NOR WOULD I ADVOCATE FOR THE REMOVAL GIVEN JUST THE CONTEXT OF THIS SITUATION, MOVING ON TO MY NEXT POINT. THERE HAVE BEEN ALLEGATIONS ABOUT ABUSED AUTHORITY TO RETALIATE AGAINST SOME SORT OF LIBRARY FUNDING. IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME IF ANY SORT OF ACCUSATIONS CAN BE SUBSTANTIATED. I THINK COUNCILMAN REAMS EXPLAINED THE RATIONALE FOR THE VOTE ON THE TIFF EXTENSION, WHICH ACTUALLY DIDN'T PASS MY UNDERSTANDING, BY THE WAY, AND I HAD OBSERVED THOSE PAST MEETINGS EITHER IN PERSON OR VIA STREAMING, I UNDERSTOOD THOSE TO RELATE TO THE CHANGES IN THIS. THE STATE LAW OF OHIO. SO THE REASONS DIDN'T MENTION OR INCLUDE ANY SORT OF RETALIATION TO THE LIBRARY. SO THOSE, MAKING SUCH TO THOSE MAKING SUCH AN EXACT AN ACCUSATION THAT A VOTE WAS MADE IN ORDER TO RETALIATE AGAINST A LIBRARY'S, PRIDE DISPLAY, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU SEND ANY SORT OF CONCRETE EVIDENCE OR THAT SUBSTANTIATES THOSE ACCUSATIONS TO OUR COUNCIL CLERK OR OUR LAW DIRECTOR. THEY CAN REVIEW IT. MAYBE THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE PATH. I DON'T KNOW, I WOULD LOOK TO YOUR ADVICE FOR THAT, MR. AZNAR, NOW TO THE INDIVIDUALS IN
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THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WHO HAD YOU'D GIVEN SOME TESTIMONY ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, DEPRESSION, LONELINESS AND ANXIETY AND YOU WENT ON TO SPEAK ABOUT THE POSITIVE SUPPORT THAT THE OTHERS IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND IN THE ESTABLISHMENT THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT A LOT THAT THEY GIVE. SO PLEASE KNOW THAT THERE ARE MORE RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THIS COMMUNITY THAT CARE FOR YOU. AND I. DO I CARE FOR YOU AS WELL? IN NO WAY DO I BELIEVE. AND I SAID THIS, I THINK AT THE LAST MEETING, THAT MARYSVILLE IS A HATEFUL COMMUNITY, SIMPLY PUT, HOWEVER, PEOPLE DO HAVE INDIVIDUAL BELIEFS AND THAT DIFFERS FROM PERSON TO PERSON, TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO SPOKE AND HAD GIVEN, PAST OR CURRENT MILITARY SERVICE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FIGHT TO PROTECT OUR FREEDOMS. I SERVED IN THE MILITARY AND IT WAS. AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME TO FIGHT FOR THE FREEDOM OF OTHERS DESPITE ANY EVERYONE'S CHOICE, THEIR FREEDOMS ARE NOT ALWAYS IN LINE WITH OUR OWN. BUT YOU'RE STILL FIGHTING FOR THEM, NONETHELESS, I HOPE THAT MY COMMENTS WILL HELP PROVIDE SOME CLARITY TO THE RESIDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY, THE BASIS OF THE CIVIL DISPUTE RELATES TO THE EXPOSURE OF CHILDREN TO SEXUALLY SUGGESTIVE PERFORMANCES, AND IT'S ANGERED AND IT'S CAUSED OR IT'S LED TO OR CONTRIBUTED TO AND, AND ANGERED AN OFFENSIVE REACTION BY AN OUTSPOKEN MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY, IT'S AN ISSUE OUTSIDE OF COUNCIL OR MY INVOLVEMENT, BUT MY NAME WAS BROUGHT INTO IT, BY THE DEMAND OF SOME RESIDENTS. OF COURSE, IT'S MY HOPE THAT MEDIA COVERAGE, AS IT GOES FORWARD IMPROVES IN THE EXPLANATION, IMPROVES AND ADDING CONTEXT. AND THEY THEY MENTION OR AT LEAST NOTE AND UNDERSTAND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CASES WHERE YOUNG CHILDREN ARE EXPOSED TO SOME SEXUALLY SUGGESTIVE DANCE PERFORMANCES AND JUST PLEASE, FOR THE SAKE OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU SERVE, DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND UNDERSTAND, VARIOUS THINGS IN AN APPROPRIATE MANNER SUCH THAT THE PUBLIC CAN DIGEST INFORMATION AND HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING. I WISH TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY, AND I THINK BEING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY MEANS BEING HONEST WITH OURSELVES ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND US. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAD. MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO END OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SO MOVED. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? I* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.