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STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALMIGHTY GOD, WE ASK YOU TO GUIDE US THROUGHOUT THIS MEETING AS WE SEEK TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE GOOD OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE AND ITS CITIZENS. AMEN. AMEN ROLL CALL. ZACH BORDNER HERE. STEVEN. WOLF HERE. HANK FURBY. PRESENT. DONALD. BERGER HERE.
SCOTT HUNTER HERE. MARK REAMS. JR RAUSCH. HERE. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS? FOR THE
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JULY 22ND, 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES. I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THEM AS PRESENTED.OKAY ALL IN FAVOR? I ALL ANYBODY OPPOSED, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE JULY 29TH, 2024 SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES? I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
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ANYBODY OPPOSED? ADMINISTRATION REPORT? THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.GREAT TO SEE YOU, TONIGHT, A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON. SO I WOULD, VENTURE TO GUESS. NOT ONLY WITH THE BALLOON FEST, BUT THIS WEEK HERE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BUSIEST WEEKS OF THE YEAR HERE IN MARYSVILLE. SO LET ME UPDATE YOU ON A FEW OF THOSE ITEMS, OF COURSE, THIS FRIDAY NIGHT WE'LL HAVE UPTOWN FRIDAY NIGHTS, IT'S CALLED THE CRAFTED COUNTRY CELEBRATION, IT'S FROM 6 TO 10 P.M, AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE MUSIC, BY A BAND CALLED NORTH NASHVILLE, AN EXCELLENT BAND. SO THIS FRIDAY, 6 TO 10 P.M, IS A IS A WONDERFUL FRIDAY NIGHT. JUST KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED ON THE WEATHER RIGHT NOW. IT'S LOOKING A LITTLE A LITTLE IFFY, NOW, THIS WEEKEND IS THE USA BMX BUCKEYE NATIONALS. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR QUITE SOME TIME. A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE HERE IN TOWN ON AUGUST 16TH, 17TH AND 18TH. OBVIOUSLY IT'S THE AT THE BMX TRACK THERE OFF OF 618 NORTH MAIN STREET. THE FACILITY IS JUST IN PHENOMENAL SHAPE AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND JUST FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS NOTE, 1:00 IS THE OPENING, THE OPENING CEREMONY FOR ON FRIDAY, 1:00 ON SITE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE THERE TO BE A PART OF THE OPENING CEREMONY, AGAIN THIS WEEKEND IS AN EVENT CALLED HONDA AND HOUNDS BLOCK PARTY AND PET EXPO. THIS IS SUNDAY, AUGUST 18TH FROM 11 TO 3 AT THE MARYSVILLE BACH PARK. ENTRANCE IS FREE. JOIN OHIO PET CHARITY'S BIGGEST ANNUAL EVENT, HONDA AND HOUNDS FOR FUN GROUP ACTIVITIES, CONTESTS, DISCOVER LOCAL FOOD TRUCKS AND VENDORS, ENJOY LIVE MUSIC AND CONNECT WITH LOCAL RESCUES, VET CLINICS AND RESOURCES FOR YOUR PET. SO THAT'LL BE AN AWESOME EVENT AS WELL. GOING ON THIS SUNDAY FROM 11 TO 3 AT THE MARYSVILLE BACH PARK AND THEN JUST FOR, MORE INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES, IT'S THE END OF THE, POSTSEASON. HARD TO BELIEVE WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE END. SO THE HOURS NOW, WE'RE OPEN ON WEEKENDS NOW THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1ST, OPEN ON WEEKENDS, NOON TO 6TH SEPTEMBER SECOND. LABOR DAY IS THE LAST DAY, AND THAT'LL BE NOON TO SIX AS WELL.
SO WEEKENDS, NOON TO SIX FROM NOW UNTIL LABOR DAY. AND, THAT'LL BE NOON TO SIX AS WELL.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE DAY AFTER THE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER THIRD IS OUR DOG SWIM FROM 5 TO 7 P.M. ON THE, TUESDAY AFTER LABOR DAY. AND WITH THAT, I'LL SHIFT DOWN TO MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS. YEAH THANKS, TERRY, GOT SOME UPDATES FROM THE PUBLIC SERVICE DEPARTMENT, AS TERRY MENTIONED, WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON THIS WEEKEND. SO, CITY. CITY STAFF AND THE CITY CREWS ARE PREPARING FOR THOSE, UPCOMING LARGE EVENTS BY PUTTING WHAT I CALL THE FINAL TOUCHES, AT THE BMX TRACK AND PARTNERS PARK, THE URBAN FORESTRY DIVISION IS STARTING A NEW, TREE CARE PROJECT, ON THE WATER SIDE, LIME HAULING AND BACKFILLING CONTINUES AT THE FORMER WATER TREATMENT PLANT, AND THEN, AT THE WHARF, WE'RE PERFORMING VARIOUS MAINTENANCE PROJECTS OUT THERE, ONE UPDATE ON A PROJECT I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU, THIS MORNING AT, BOARD OF CONTROL, THE CONTRACT FOR THE PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN UPDATE, WAS APPROVED. THE VENDOR
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FOR THIS PROJECT WILL BE PROS CONSULTING. WHO, DID OUR PREVIOUS PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN, THE CONTRACT AMOUNT IS SOMEWHERE, RIGHT AROUND $80,000. AND THE CURRENT COMPLETION DATE IS EXPECTED NEXT SPRING, SOME OF THE THINGS. OR AT LEAST SOME OF THE KEY HIGHLIGHTS WITHIN THEIR, THEIR SCOPE INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE COMMUNITY, AND A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. SO THEY'LL BE, YOU KNOW, DEMOGRAPHIC AND RECREATION TRENDS ANALYSIS, A BENCHMARK ANALYSIS COMPARING US TO OTHER, OTHER CITIES, NOT ONLY, IN OHIO, BUT, NATIONWIDE, MANY PUBLIC FORUMS AND WORKSHOPS AND ONLINE SURVEY AND A STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY, ULTIMATELY, WHAT ALL OF THAT WILL DO AS PART OF THEIR PROGRAM NEEDS ANALYSIS IS, PROVIDE US WITH A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. THAT WILL INCLUDE COSTS AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WHEN TO IMPLEMENT THOSE SO THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING MOVING FORWARD FROM A BUDGETARY PERSPECTIVE. SO, DEFINITELY EXCITED TO GET THAT ONE MOVING. AND I'M SURE, CITY STAFF AND OUR CONSULTANT TEAM WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH, MANY OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN HERE, TO, TO TRY TO GET SOME INPUT FROM THEM.BUT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. WHENEVER WE HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING, WE'LL BE SURE, THAT, ANNA AND THE COMMUNICATIONS, OR I GUESS THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR GETS THAT INFORMATION OUT TO SOCIAL MEDIA, WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO KYLE FOR SOME UPDATES ON SOME OF THE PROJECTS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WE HAVE GOING ON AROUND TOWN. THANKS JEREMY. WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR, WHO WILL BE CONTINUING TO REAPPLY PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND STRIPING THROUGHOUT THE CITY THIS WEEK, I BELIEVE THEY'RE HOPING TO WRAP UP THAT WORK TOWARDS THE END OF THIS WEEK. WEEK, THE 2024 PAVING PROGRAM. SO THE CURB REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT WILL WRAP UP THIS WEEK ON SPRINGWOOD LANE. NEXT UP WOULD BE CURB REPLACEMENT ON THIRD STREET. AND PALM DRIVE.
THE LAST PROJECT UPDATE IS THE STATE ROUTE 31 PHASE THREE IMPROVEMENTS. PROJECT CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD. OUR NEXT PHASE OF MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC WILL BEGIN NEXT THURSDAY, AUGUST 22ND, AND THAT WILL BE A CLOSURE OF MAPLE STREET, JUST SOUTH OF THE ELLWOOD AVENUE INTERSECTION, TWO WAY TRAFFIC WILL STILL BE MAINTAINED THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION ALONG ELWOOD ONTO NORTH MAPLE. IT'S JUST IF YOU'RE TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON NORTH MAPLE STREET, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO GO SOUTH ON MAPLE STREET. THOSE ARE ALL THE UPDATES WE HAVE, AT THIS TIME. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THAT CONCLUDES OUR ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THE ONLY QUESTION THAT THE ONLY THE ONLY, QUESTION I WOULD ASK CITY STAFF TO LOOK INTO IS, IF YOU'RE COMING OUT OF QUAIL HOLLOW ONTO 38, THERE'S CONCERNS FROM RESIDENTS THAT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO MAKE LEFT HAND TURNS AND GETTING OUT THROUGH ALL THE CONSTRUCTION. SO WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP RELIEVE THAT STRESS FOR THOSE RESIDENTS AND THAT AND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED. YEAH, WE GOT IT.
THE 31 AND AT THAT LOCATION. I'M SORRY. NO, YOU'RE FINE. WE GOT IT. THANK YOU, HEARING NO MORE,
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WE'LL MOVE ON, REPORT OF CLERK OF COUNCIL. THANK YOU. I DO HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS. FIRST IS A REMINDER THAT, COUNCIL HAS A MEETING ON THE 17TH, WHICH IS A SATURDAY, THIS UPCOMING SATURDAY FROM 9 TO 1 FOR THE SECOND MEETING WITH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, AND THE AGENDA WILL BE POSTED THIS WEEK, ALSO, AS A REMINDER, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT SINCE I'VE, PROVIDED THE UPDATE, BUT THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA IS AND PACKETS HAVE BEEN UPDATED. SO THAT WHEN YOU'RE REVIEWING THE PACKET, YOU CAN CLICK ON THE PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, AS A LINK IN THE AGENDA SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO ENDLESSLY SCROLL. AND THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN UPDATED AS WELL. THE EXHIBITS, YOU CAN CLICK ON THOSE WITHIN THE MINUTES SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO ENDLESSLY SCROLL, ALSO ON THE WEBSITE, ALL LEGISLATION, FROM THE PAST 5 TO 6 YEARS IS AVAILABLE ON THERE. IT'S BEEN UPLOADED AS A PART OF THE PROCESS. HOWEVER, PREVIOUS TO THAT, THOSE ARE NOT, AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY, AND SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE IS LOOKING FOR, I CAN LOCATE THAT FROM THE ARCHIVES. BUT THERE IS AN ENTIRE LIST OF ALL THE LEGISLATION THAT IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SO THAT YOU CAN ACCESS THAT NOW, THAT'S ALL OF THAT. THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING AMERICA'S DEMOCRACY. YEAH OKAY. MOVING ON TO REPORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.[REPORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT]
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THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. COUNCIL MEMBERS, JUST ONE ANNOUNCEMENT. THEN I HAVE INTRODUCED TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE MUCH BETTER LOOKING THAN I AM. BUT FIRST, IS THAT MANUFACTURING MONTH IS COMING IN OCTOBER, SO WE'LL HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR THAT. IT'S SOMETHING IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY, WE KNOW HOW TO MAKE THINGS AND GROW THINGS IN OHIO. AND WE SHOULD CELEBRATE MANUFACTURING. WE DO HAVE A MANUFACTURING DAY PLANNED IN MARYSVILLE, AND THAT'S ON OCTOBER 24TH, SO MORE INFORMATION WILL BE FORTHCOMING. IT'S GOING TO INVOLVE STUDENTS IN MARYSVILLE SCHOOLS. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. BUT ALSO WE'LL HAVE AT LEAST TEN MANUFACTURING COMPANIES THAT WILL ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE FROM A WORKFORCE PERSPECTIVE. SO A LOT TO COME ON THAT I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE INGA WITT, SHE'S OUR NEW, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATOR. SO SHE'S ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM. SHE'S LIVES IN MARYSVILLE. AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE INGA. SHE COMES FROM THE CITY OF DUBLIN. SHE'S ALSO WORKED AT A COUPLE OF PLACES HERE, ACTUALLY WORKED FOR THE CITY AT ONE TIME, SOME TIME AGO. BUT WE WELCOME INGA AS WELL. AND THEN NEXT I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE KAREN ALLEN. SHE'S GOING TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE BMX NATIONALS THAT ARE COMING HERE. GREAT WIN AGAIN. WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN MADE, OR IT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT THE INVESTMENT MADE AT THE BMX TRACK THAT THE CITY MADE. SO WITH THA, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO KAREN. THANK YOU. SORRY. CAN WE START OUT AT THIS HOUR? IT'S JUST LIFE OVER LIFE EVENT IN OUR COMMUNITY AT THIS POINT. THESE ARE EXTRA DOCUMENTS AND THIS I SET IT BACK THERE. I KNOW. FULL WEEK. SO COUNCIL GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE WAS FEBRUARY 12TH, SO WE WERE OVERDUE FOR AN UPDATE. SO I'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS BRIEF KNOWING THAT WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF STUFF BEFORE US, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME IMPORTANT I DO HAVE SOME IMPORTANT THINGS TO SHARE WITH YOU. I WANTED TO SHARE, I BELIEVE IN FEBRUARY. SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE TYPICALLY HAVE THREE FULL TIME STAFF PEOPLE AND THEN TWO PART TIME STAFF PEOPLE AT UNION STATION IN OUR OFFICE. THERE'S THREE FULL TIME IN JANUARY. WE LOST TWO FULL TIME. SO IT'S I STILL HAVE MY HAIR. IT'S A LITTLE BIT CRISPY FOR BEING ON FIRE. WE HIRED A NEW STAFF PERSON IN MAY. SHE'S FABULOUS. WE'RE REEVALUATING THE SECOND POSITION. WE'VE OUTSOURCED SOME OF OUR DESIGN WORK. NOW WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS REALLY FINDING A VERY STRATEGIC, SKILL SET THAT WILL HELP US KIND OF TAKE THIS TO THE NEXT LEVEL.SO MORE ON THAT AS WE MOVE THROUGH THINGS. SO FROM A LODGING STANDPOINT, OUR PROPERTIES WERE A LITTLE SLUGGISH AS THEY TYPICALLY SOMETIMES ARE. FIRST QUARTER BUT NOW ARE PERFORMING VERY WELL, THEY'RE AT AN OCCUPANCY OF 62.5 AND AN AVERAGE DAILY RATE OF 101.48. OUR SHORT TERM RENTALS, THOSE ARE AIRBNB AND VRBO. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE, WE NOW HAVE 43 LISTINGS AND THAT ADR IS 146. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN FEBRUARY. SEE HOW THOSE ARE.
THAT IS HIGHER, WE ARE WORKING AT THE STATE LEVEL WITH THE OHIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND OHIO ASSOCIATION OF CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAUS ON A BILL CURRENTLY TO HOPEFULLY GET TO STATEWIDE LEGISLATION AROUND, SALES TAX AND OCCUPANCY TAX FOR THOSE FOR THOSE PROPERTIES. SO HOPEFULLY MORE ON THAT IN YOUR PACKETS, YOU'LL SEE SOMETHING THAT WE PARTICIPATE WITH TOURISM OHIO. EVERY OTHER YEAR, THEY DO A COMPREHENSIVE VISITOR ANALYSIS AND WE BUY INTO THAT. IT'S PRODUCED BY A VERY CREDIBLE FIRM CALLED TOURISM ECONOMICS. AND SO IN YOUR PACKETS AND FOR THOSE FROM A CITY STAFF THAT HAVE THE ONE PAGER, YOU'VE GOT A LOT ALREADY TO READ BEFORE YOU, THERE'S A FULL PACKET BREAKING DOWN EVERYTHING FROM AN OHIO STANDPOINT TO A CENTRAL OHIO AS IT RELATES TO EXPERIENCED COLUMBUS OR THE FRANKLIN COUNTY CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU AND THEN UNION COUNTY. SO THIS IS A ONE PAGER QUICK SYNOPSIS. THIS IS SO WE DO THIS EVERY TWO YEARS. THE STATE DOES IT EVERY YEAR, AND SO YOU CAN SEE, QUICKLY WHAT ON YOUR ONE PAGER.
WHAT VISITATION TO, OHIO IS VISITOR SPENDING FOR OHIO. LET ME QUICKLY LOOK AT THIS, BECAUSE I WAS DOWN IN COLUMBUS ALL DAY. DIRECT VISITOR SPENDING TO OHIO IS 42.8 BILLION IN 2023, WITH A TOTAL ECONOMIC IMPACT IMPACT OF 70.7 BILLION, WITH TOTAL VISITORS TO OHIO IN 2023 OF 238.4 MILLION. THAT'S AWESOME FOR OHIO. NOW FOR US, WHAT I FIND REALLY EXCITING IS WE DO THIS EVERY TWO YEARS. SO THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS WAS 2021. SO THE DIRECT VISITOR SPENDING TO UNION COUNTY IN 2023 WAS 159.7 MILLION, WHICH IS UP 36% OVER 2021. AND OUR TOTAL ECONOMIC IMPACT IS 265.7 MILLION, UP 31%. THIS GENERATED 32.8 MILLION IN TAX REVENUES, UP 21%, SUPPORTS ALMOST 2000 JOBS, UP 8%. AND THESE VISITORS THAT COME AND SPEND SAVE EACH
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HOUSEHOLD IN UNION COUNTY, $744 A YEAR. NOW THE REALLY EXCITING NEWS IS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE STATE NUMBERS IN YOUR PACKET, WE HAVE OUTPACED OHIO. IF YOU WERE TO CONTINUE, CONSIDER OHIO SINCE 2021 AS WELL. WE HAVE OUTPACED OHIO WITH OUR NUMBERS AS IT RELATES TO DIRECT VISITOR SPENDING AND TOTAL ECONOMIC IMPACT. SO UNION COUNTY, I THINK IT'S SOMETIMES DIFFICULT FOR A LOT OF RESIDENTS TO SEE OURSELVES AS A TOURISM DESTINATION. BUT WE ARE. AND PART OF THAT IS ALSO BUSINESS TRAVEL, CORPORATE TRAVEL, YOU KNOW, WEDDINGS, SPORTING EVENTS ON AND ON AND ON. SO THIS WAS REALLY EXCITING NEWS. AND THIS IS REALLY BIG NEWS FOR US, ESPECIALLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WE DO HAVE OF ALL PROPERTIES I THINK HAS BEEN BEFORE YOU, THEY'RE BUILDING HOPEFULLY BREAKING GROUND THIS YEAR. TOWNEPLACE SUITES BEHIND, MUUMUU AND THEN HOPEFULLY SOME ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES COMING HOPEFULLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SO THIS IS REALLY BIG NEWS AND WORTH TAKING A MOMENT TO PAUSE AND CELEBRATE THAT. SO FROM AN UPDATE STANDPOINT, WE LAUNCHED OUR NEW WEBSITE, IN THE FALL. WE JUST CONTINUE TO ADD NEW CONTENT. WE'VE GOT A WHOLE NEW SPORTS SECTION, FOR SPORTS EVENT PLANNERS, WE'VE GOT A LANDING PAGE FOR VERY HIGH END, SPORTING EVENTS LIKE THE BMX SITE THIS WEEKEND THAT THOSE ARE COMING LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON THAT CAN FIND THAT AS WELL, LOTS OF NEW PRODUCT COMING OR NEW CONTENT COMING RELATIVE TO OUR BRAND. NATURALLY CRAFTED, WE'VE WE'VE BEGUN A WHOLE CAMPAIGN THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR WEBSITE, FIRM TO BUILD OUT A WHOLE COMPONENT ON THAT. SO MORE ON THAT SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS, THOSE CONTINUE TO TICK UP, WE ARE BACK TO DOING ADVERTISING WITH TOURISM OHIO LAST YEAR AND YEARS PAST, THEY OFFERED THAT AS A YEAR ROUND OPPORTUNITY WHERE IT WAS A DOLLAR MATCH. IT'S NO LONGER A DOLLAR MATCH, BUT IT'S STILL A GOOD DEAL. IT'S $0.25 ON THE DOLLAR. SO THAT'S ALL RIGHT. AND IT RUNS JULY THROUGH OCTOBER. SO WE'VE GOT CAMPAIGNS RUNNING CURRENTLY ON OUR NATURALLY CRAFTED PASS TO SUPPORT ALL THOSE U-PICK EXPERIENCES AND FARMERS MARKETS AND ALL THAT KIND OF GOOD STUFF, WE'VE GOT, COVERED BRIDGE TRAIL, I THINK FESTIVE AIR, A COUPLE OTHER THINGS RUNNING. WE ALSO IN YOUR PACKETS, RELAUNCHED THE COVERED BRIDGE TRAIL. I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS THE NATURALLY CRAFTED PASS AS WELL.THOSE ARE DIGITAL EXPERIENCES FOR VISITORS TO COME AND EXPLORE. AND IT'S GPS BASED, SO THEY GET, POINTS WHEN THEY CHECK IN, THEN THEY TURN THOSE IN FOR PRIZES. AND THEN WE GIVE, A MONTHLY PRIZES AND AN ANNUAL PRIZE. SO THOSE ARE, PRODUCING VERY, VERY WELL, PER OUR METRICS, DINE ON THE COVERED BRIDGE. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS. WE ARE DOING TEN EVENTS AGAIN THIS YEAR, EVERYTHING IS LOCALLY SOURCED, INCLUDING THE DECOR AND THE ENTERTAINMENT. WE REALLY LOVE THIS OPPORTUNITY. I SAW TEDDY IN THE ROOM BECAUSE IT HELPS SUPPORT OUR WINERIES AND BREWERIES. I THINK YOU KNOW THAT IT'S A PARK AND RIDE EXPERIENCE. PARK AND RIDE AT A PARTICIPATING WINERY AND BREWERY. HOP ON A TROLLEY, TAKE A SHORT TOUR, GO TO THE BRIDGE FOR LUNCH AND OR DINNER AND ENTERTAINMENT. GET BACK ON THE COACH AND OR THE TROLLEY AND GET YOUR DRINK TICKET. AND THEN WE REDEEM OUR WINERIES AND BREWERIES, NOT BASED ON DRINK TICKETS CONSUMED, BUT DRINK TICKETS DISTRIBUTED. SO HOPEFULLY TEDDY, THEY STAY AND THEY DRINK AND THEY KEEP DRINKING AND THEY'RE SPENDING LOTS OF MONEY, THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS IS WE HAD 580 TICKETS BECAUSE WE HAD TO LEAVE ONE SEAT, FOR THE GUIDE ON EACH BUS, WHICH THEN GETS US TO AN ODD NUMBER, WHICH IS WHY WE ONLY HAVE THREE TICKETS REMAINING. SO THEY SELL OUT EARLY, THAT'S BEEN POSSIBLE FROM MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK AND UNION COUNTY FARMERS MARKET, TELLING OUR STORIES, IF WE IF WE HAVE, WHEN WE HAVE FULL STAFF, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT YOU KNOW, THE ROI FROM EARNED MEDIA, IT'S REALLY HUGE. WE HAD A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH A TRAVEL WRITER NAMED KITT BERNARDI FROM KITT TRAVELS. WE WERE IN THE JULY ISSUE OF HOOK AND BARREL MAGAZINE, WHICH IS A NATIONAL PUBLICATION, VERY GROWING FROM A CIRCULATION STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, UNMATCHED, WHICH I FIND INTERESTING BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT PRINT IS DEAD OR NOT WORKING, BUT NOT IN THAT CASE. DONNA COVERED BRIDGE WAS FEATURED IN OHIO MAGAZINE, IT WAS ALSO FEATURED IN A DIGITAL ONLINE MAGAZINE CALLED ONLY IN YOUR STATE, AND IT IS ITALIAN ICE. WE SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR THEM TO TOURISM OHIO. THEY ARE NOW ON THE OHIO ICE CREAM TRAIL AND WERE COVERED IN THE DISPATCH ON THAT, GROUP TOUR. THOSE ARE PEOPLE COME BY MOTORCOACH. THEY'RE COMING FAST AND FURIOUS. WE HAD 80 PEOPLE FROM CINCINNATI ON THE BRIDGE FOR LUNCH ON FRIDAY. IT WAS PROBABLY OUR LARGEST GROUP TOUR ON THE BRIDGE, THAT WE'VE HAD IN A LONG TIME. SO WE'VE HAD 11 TOURS BOOKED THIS YEAR, ONE FOR NEXT YEAR. WE DO OUR REGIONAL, OUR STATEWIDE PARTNERSHIP. OHIO HAS IT SO WE CAN GO TO TRADE SHOWS, INCLUDING AN INTERNATIONAL TRADE SHOW IN
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CANADA SO THAT IT CAN MAXIMIZE OUR DOLLARS. AND OF COURSE, WE ATTEND HEARTLAND TRAVEL SHOWCASE, WHICH IS A REGIONAL SHOW. COMPETITIVE EVENTS. WE'VE GOT A COMMITTEE THAT WORKS ON THIS YEAR ROUND, WE HOSTED THE OHIO ATHLETIC COMMITTEE'S WRESTLING AND CHEER EVENTS THIS YEAR. THEY'RE COMING BACK. WE'VE MET WITH THEM. THEY'RE COMING BACK AGAIN IN JANUARY. THAT'S GREAT BUSINESS FOR OUR HOTELS, FOR OUR RESTAURANTS, FOR OUR WINERIES AND BREWERIES BECAUSE IT'S JANUARY. EVERYBODY NEEDS THAT LITTLE BOOST, ESPECIALLY WHEN SOMEBODY, SOMEWHERE DECIDED TO MAKE JANUARY A DRY MONTH FOR SOME PEOPLE. SO THAT'S HELPFUL TO HAVE SOMEBODY COMING IN TO SPEND THEIR TIME AND MONEY HERE, WE ALSO HOSTED THROUGH, YOU KNO, PARTNERSHIP OF LOCAL PASSIONATE PEOPLE, A SHOW CHOIR COMPETITION THAT'S COMING BACK IN MARCH OF 2025. AND AS TERRY ALREADY ALLUDED TO, BUCKEYE NATIONALS, IT TOOK US THREE, PROPOSALS TO USA BMX TO LAND THIS BUSINESS.AND WE THINK, THANKS TO THE CITY'S INVESTMENT AND CHAD AND MELISSA CLARIDGE, WHO HAVE TRULY GIVEN TIRELESSLY, TO MAKE THIS AN EXCEPTIONAL EXPERIENCE, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE PHENOMENAL. SO AGAIN, 1:00 ON FRIDAY, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME OUT. WE'VE GOT SOME SURPRISES PLANNED, SO PLEASE COME AND JOIN US, AND THEN WE'RE WE HAVE A AGAIN FOR THIS MARKET, A STATEWIDE CONSORTIUM THAT WE MAXIMIZE OUR OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE A NATIONAL PRESENCE AND GET LEADS THROUGH TEAM OHIO SPORTS, OTHER EVENTS. I HAD TO MENTION SOLAR ECLIPSE, SINCE I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU SINCE FEBRUARY, IT'S JUST FASCINATING TO ME THAT WHAT, YEARS AGO WE DECIDED THAT WE UNION COUNTY TOURISM WAS WE'RE NOT GOING TO HOST AN EVENT. WE WERE GOING TO ASK OUR PARTNERS TO DO THAT. AND OUR PARTNERS STEPPED UP AND STEPPED UP BIG TIME. AND WE SUBMITTED ALL OF OUR EVENTS THAT ALL OF OUR PARTNERS OFFER TO, TOURISM OHIO AND THE UNION COUNTY PAGE WAS THE HIGHEST VISITED PAGE IN ALL OF OHIO. SO, OUR OUR PARTNERS DID AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB.
TOTAL CREATIVITY. OF COURSE, MOTHER NATURE PLAYED A BIG ROLE IN, IN TOTALITY. FESTIVE FARE.
ARTS AND CRAFTS FESTIVAL, RETURNS SEPTEMBER 7TH, I THINK WE SHARED THAT THIS HAS BEEN, A TRANSITION FROM UNION COUNTY TOURISM. KIM HOT HANDED THE BATON TO US. WE'RE HANDING THAT OFF TO, MAIN STREET, MARYSVILLE, SO THIS YEAR, THROUGH THE HELP OF A REALLY STRONG PLANNING COMMITTEE, AND GREAT CHAIR, CHAIRMANSHIP WORK FROM RYAN BUI, WE NOW HAVE MORE VENDORS THAN WE'VE EVER HAD AND CURRENTLY HAVE A WAIT LIST OF 20. AND I FORGOT BECAUSE I'M TIRED. THIS WEEK. I'M TIRED OVERALL, WE HAVE, I THINK, 100% INCREASE IN VENDORS. I THINK WE HAVE 246 VENDORS COMING THIS YEAR. WE'VE EXPANDED INTO PLUM STREET PARKING LOT, WE HAVE EXPANDED FROM AN OFFERING STANDPOINT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO BRING THAT ARTS AND CULTURE, NOT JUST FROM A VENDOR STANDPOINT, BUT CELEBRATE THE ARTS AND CULTURE THAT ARE AVAILABLE HERE. SO WE HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT PLAN. SO THAT SHOULD BE A GREAT DAY, WEATHER PERMITTING. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU OUT THERE. I DON'T REMEMBER IF FEBRUARY SHARE THAT WE ARE HOSTING C10 BREAKOUT, WHICH IS A CHEVY TRUCK SHOW AT OUR FAIRGROUNDS ON SEPTEMBER 13TH TO THE 14TH. AND THOSE WHO ARE UNAWARE MIGHT THANK US. WE HAVE CAR SHOWS EVERY ALL THE TIME. THIS IS JUST A TRUCK SHOW. WHAT'S NOT I I'LL SAY IT AGAIN.
IT'S BEING HOSTED FROM A NATIONAL STANDPOINT AND RENO LAKE TAHOE, DALLAS, FORT WORTH, NASHVILLE AND HERE. SO WE EXPECT, FOR GOING BACK TO USA, BMX, WE EXPECT ANYWHERE FROM 3300 TO 7500 ATHLETES AND PARTICIPANTS, PARTICIPANTS COMING IN THE NUMBERS ARE SIMILAR TO C10 BREAKOUT AND THAT WAS THAT'S ALL DUE TO, CHRIS BAKER, WHO ORGANIZES THE NATIONAL SHOWS, HAPPENS TO HAIL FROM PLAIN CITY, AND HE WANTED TO BRING THAT HOME. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. PLEASE COME OUT AND JOIN US. THERE'S A WHOLE BIG CELEBRATION ON FRIDAY NIGHT AT LEON'S AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS. AND I KNOW, CHIEF, YOU'LL BE GLAD TO KNOW THERE'S NO BURNOUTS THIS CENTER OF TOWN LIKE THEY WANTED, LET'S SEE, STATUS REPORT LONG PROJECT.
ALMOST THERE. ASHLEY, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. THIS IS OUR, REGIONAL WAYFINDING PROGRAM. IT'S BEEN, I DON'T WANT TO SAY, HELD UP, HELD UP SINCE JANUARY FROM OUR ODOT REPRESENTATIVE. AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE DIFFERENCES. OBVIOUSLY, HIS HIS ROLE IS TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, THINGS SAFE AND WELL, WE ARE ALMOST THERE AS IT RELATES TO OUR FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION RFP. JUST NEED TO SIT WITH JEFF STOUCH AND ASHLEY ERIC AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT RFP WRITTEN. AND WE KIND OF KNOW THE SHORT LIST OF AGENCIES WE'RE GOING TO GO AFTER FOR THAT. AND THEN HOPEFULLY YOU'LL SEE SIGN IMPLEMENTATION, FOURTH QUARTER OF THIS YEAR OR FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT. SO WE'RE ALMOST THERE. UNION STATION 1820 CONTINUES TO BE A DRIVER FOR ECONOMIC IMPACT RELATIVE TO OUR LOCAL VENDORS. WE NOW SUPPORT 66 PLUS REGIONAL
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VENDORS AND MORE THAT CONTINUE TO COME IN EVERY DAY, WE'VE HAD JANUARY THROUGH JULY, 3638.VISITORS. I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T REALIZE NOW OUR VISITORS ARE ACTUALLY UP AND OUR SALES ARE ARE DOWN, SO I MAY HAVE I WAS JUST WORKING ON THAT COMING BACK FROM THIS CONFERENCE IN COLUMBUS. SO OUR SALES ARE DOWN BY I THINK $300 YEAR OVER YEAR. AND THAT IS BECAUSE TOURISM OHIO HAD THAT, COOPERATIVE MARKETING PROGRAM THAT WE BOUGHT INTO, AND WE DID PUSHES FOR UNION STATION THROUGH PAID SEARCH AND, FACEBOOK AND META ADVERTISING. WE DIDN'T DO THIS YEAR. SO, TONY'S DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB. I KNOW THOSE NUMBERS WILL TICK UP, ESPECIALLY WITH BMX, C10, BREAKOUT AND OTHERS, I THINK THAT'S IT. THERE WAS A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION. ONE OF THEM, OBVIOUSLY, WAS FRIDAY. EVENT IN YOUR PACKETS. YOU'LL SEE WE'RE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN AND CAPITALIZING ECONOMIC IMPACT FROM OUR BMX AUDIENCE. SO IN YOUR PACKET, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A LITTLE DEALS CARD. WE'VE ASKED OUR PARTNERS IF THEY WANT TO PROVIDE A DEAL. AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ANYTHING SPECIAL. IF YOU TYPICALLY HAVE A BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE ON YOUR, YOU KNOW, EARLY BIRD SPECIAL WHATEVER. SHARE THAT WITH US. EVERYBODY THAT COMES IN THROUGH THE BMX GATES WILL GET THAT. WE'VE GOT ANOTHER PIECE THAT ISN'T IN YOUR PACKET THAT OUTLINES ALL OF THE AREA RESTAURANTS AND WINERIES AND BREWERIES THAT THEY'LL GET WHEN THEY GET THEIR PASS AGAIN, WHEN THEY COME INTO BMX AND THEN THEY'VE GOT WE'VE GOT A NEW UPTOWN, MAP THAT WE'RE DISTRIBUTING AS WELL. SO WE'LL DO THAT FOR BMX. WE'LL DO THAT FOR C10 BREAKOUT, SO LOTS OF EXCITING THINGS. HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THIS OTHER POSITION FILLED AND CONTINUE TO, TO, TO JUST MOVE INTO BUDGET PLANNING FOR 2025. WITH, RAMPED UP FROM A STAFFING STANDPOINT. SO I THINK THAT'S IT. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY, ANY QUESTIONS. AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU, TERRY COUNCIL, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP WITH WITH BMX. IT TRULY IS A WORLD CLASS FACILITY AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MRS. ELLEN? I EXCUSE ME, I GET ALL CHOKED UP. EXCUSE ME, I DO HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE, DINNER ON THE BRIDGE, I WAS INVITED BY ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS TO COME AND JOIN HIM, AND, JUST THE SHEER VOLUME OF HISTORY AND, OF COURSE, MR. STOLTE DOES SUCH AN EXCELLENT JOB OF TAKING US BEHIND THE SCENES OF ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS. AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR, FAMILIES THAT WOULD BE THE PERFECT PLACE TO GO TO. SO NOT ONLY LUNCH, BUT DINNER AS WELL. AND I DEFINITELY HOPE THAT THAT CAN AND WILL CONTINUE FOR A LONG TIME. THANK YOU. HANK AND WE LOVED HAVING YOU THERE. IT'S IT TAKES US A LOT OF WORK. WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT OUR VOLUNTEERS. WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS ON THE FOUR DIFFERENT TROLLEYS THAT ARE COMING TO FOR LUNCH, TWO FOR DINNER, AND, YOU KNOW, THE SETUP AND ALL THE CREW. BUT, IT TRULY IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY. AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING TO TAKE US, BUT I HAD A GOOD LONG CONVERSATION AT A TOURISM CONFERENCE THIS MORNING WITH THE GENTLEMAN THAT RUNS BRAND USA, WHICH IS OUR NATION'S, DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION. THAT FOCUSES STRICTLY ON INTERNATIONAL IS OBVIOUSLY INTERNATIONAL. VISITORS SPEND MORE WHEN THEY COME HERE. THEY STAY LONGER. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE DINING, THE COVER BRIDGE. IT TRULY IS A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE. THERE'S OTHER EXPERIENCES SIMILAR, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, DINING IN A FARM OR A FIELD OR WHATEVER, BUT IT'S JUST TRULY UNIQUE ENOUGH WITH THE MIX THAT HE FEELS LIKE THERE COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO POSITION THAT WITH SOME OF THEIR MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. YEAH THANK YOU. DEFINITELY IS A HIDDEN TREASURE. AND I CAN HIGHLY ENCOURAGE ANYBODY THAT HAS NOT TAKEN THE TIME, THERE ARE ONLY THREE, THREE SEATS AVAILABLE, BUT IT DEFINITELY IS WORTH, AS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT. BIRTHDAY PRESENT AND TO LOOK FORWARD TO IT FOR NEXT YEAR. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT VERY MUCH. DOES ANY, MARK, I GUESS, ONE OTHER THING YOU MENTIONED THE CHEVY TRUCK EVENT. THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE A HONDA MEETUP, A HONDA REGIONAL EVENT THEY'RE DOING IN DIFFERENT AREAS AROUND THE NATION. THERE'S ONE FOR OHIO SEPTEMBER 29TH. WOW AT HERITAGE HONDA HERITAGE CENTER. SO THEY'RE GETTING FROM THE SURROUNDING STATES. A NUMBER OF HONDA ENTHUSIASTS. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. I DON'T KNOW WITH THE STUFF THAT'S BEEN ON OUR PLATE THAT WE CAPTURED THAT. SO WE'LL I'LL GO BACK AND DO SOME RESEARCH AND PUBLICIZE THAT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING THAT LITTLE INFORMATION. IF YOU WANT TO. EXCELLENT I WOULD LOVE IT. SUPER. OKAY I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS BUT MINE ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE CRITICAL. NO IT'S OKAY, SO FOR FESTIVE AIR, ARE WE OPENING UP SPACES IN FRONT OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS? ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. AND THEN ARE THERE'S BUSINESS OWNERS PAYING FOR THEIR SPACES UPTOWN? THEY ARE. SO WE RAISED SO WE DID BENCHMARKING. OKAY, AND WE
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BENCHMARKED LIKE FESTIVALS, A LOT OF ARTS AND CRAFTS FESTIVAL, MAYBE A WEEK END LONG EVENT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT COLUMBUS ARTS FESTIVAL. IT'S NOT A JURIED SHOW, BUT IT HAS HISTORY. IT'S THE 43RD YEAR THAT WE'VE OPERATED IT. AND, EVEN DOING BENCHMARKING AGAINST, FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS, CHURCH HOLIDAY BAZAARS THAT WE WERE NOT IN ALIGNMENT FROM A PRICING STANDPOINT. AND WE BELIEVE, THANKS TO AMANDA SHARING PLACER.AI DATA, WHICH IS GEOFENCED, THAT WE HAD 10,000 PLUS PEOPLE THERE LAST YEAR. AND SO WE RAISED THE RATE TO THE VENDORS COMING INTO, UNION COUNTY TO $100 A BOOTH. WE MAINTAINED THE BOOTH SPACE FOR OUR BUSINESS OWNERS AT 50, AND THEY WERE FIRST, THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIRST TO REFUSE AND GET THEM AS CLOSE AS WE CAN, AS THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, TO THEIR BUSINESSES AND SOME OF THAT IS NOT TO GIVE A VENDOR WHO'S NOT FROM HERE ANY KIND OF PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT. IT'S MORE ABOUT BUMP OUTS AND THINGS THAT WERE ADDED THAT SHIFTED THINGS JUST A LITTLE BIT. SO YES, OUR BUSINESS OWNERS GET FIRST PRIORITY AND WE'VE GOT A GREAT LIST OF BUSINESSES THAT WILL HAVE A TENT OUT FRONT AND HAVE THEIR DOORS OPEN AS WELL. SO OBVIOUSLY OUR GOAL IS TO CONTINUOUSLY TO ECONOMICALLY IMPACT THOSE BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, HENCE THE UPTOWN MATT THAT WE'RE GETTING OUT, SO YES, FESTIVE AIR IS GOING TO BE AN ECONOMIC OR AN ECONOMIC IMPACT OR GENERATOR FOR MAIN STREET, MARYSVILLE REVENUE GENERATOR FOR THAT ORGANIZATION. SO THEY CAN DO MORE EVENTS YEAR ROUND FOR THOSE BUSINESSES KEEPING OUR UPTOWN AS VIBRANT AS POSSIBLE, BUT YES, ABSOLUTELY. BUSINESS OWNERS GET FIRST PRIORITY ON THEIR ON THE TENTS OUTSIDE OF THEIR BUSINESSES OR THE SPACE BOOTH SPACE OUTSIDE THEIR BUSINESSES. AND THEN ALSO, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE COUNTY. IT'S OKAY. CAN CAN CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE TO THE SIGNS, TO THE SIGNS OF THE COUNTY THING? BECAUSE THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A HEARTBURN OF MINE. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS IS ME, WELL, SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IDENTITY, THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF, I THINK, WHERE MARYSVILLE STILL STRUGGLES. THE COUNTY HAS THE BRIDGES AND FARMLAND, JEROME HAS THEIR MONUMENT AND THEIR FLAGPOLE.RICHWOOD HAS THEIR ICONIC CLOCK TOWER, AND ALSO, PLAIN CITY HAS THEIR ICONIC CLOCK TOWER, WHICH IS THEIR IDENTITY. MARYSVILLE HAS OUR LOGO. YOU KNOW, THAT LOGO WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE IN TIME AND IT CHANGES WITH WITH IT WHEN, WHEN ADMINISTRATION CHANGES. AND THAT COULD BE WITH ADMINISTRATION AND EXECUTIVE STAFF OR THAT COULD BE AS COUNCIL. AND AS OUR COMMUNITY GROWS, WHAT IS OUR IDENTITY? AND I THINK THAT YOUR IDENTITY SHOULD ALWAYS BE TIMELESS, AND IT SHOULDN'T BE SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR LOGO, YOUR BRANDING ON IT. AND THAT IS WHY ALL THOSE OTHER BANNERS ARE SO VITAL, BECAUSE, I MEAN, HOPEFULLY RICHWOOD DOESN'T.
HOPEFULLY THAT CLOCK TOWER IN THAT BUILDING DOESN'T GET DEMOLISHED AND IT IS SAVED. BUT YOU KNOW, THAT IS THEIR IDENTITIES. AND MARYSVILLE, YOU KNOW, WE AS A COMMUNITY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT OUR IDENTITY, WHICH IS WHY I THINK BRINGING ED TO THE TABLE IS SO VITAL TO US.
AND, I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK. YOU KNOW, YOU DID IN THIS. I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST ONE OF MY PET PEEVES IS YOU CAN SEE THE DIRECT DIFFERENCE OF ALL THE COMMUNITIES AROUND US. AND THEN YOU LOOK AT OURS AND IT'S THE M, SO, YOU KNOW. BUT ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO THOSE THOSE ARE ALL. THOSE ARE ONLY MY LITTLE, LITTLE KICKS I'D PUT IN THERE.
THANK YOU, DON, FOR SHARING. I WILL SHARE THAT THOSE BACK GRAPHICS ON THAT, THOSE GRAPHICS THAT YOU MENTIONED ARE IN THE BACK OF THE SIGN. AND WE COULD I DON'T WANT TO MISSPEAK. I'VE NOT EVEN HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MAYOR GIROUX ABOUT IT. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KEEP WORKING ON IS SOME DEVELOPMENT FOR RICHMOND. WE DO A LOT OF TALKING ABOUT MARYSVILLE AND FESTIVE AIR AND WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HELPING. WE'RE ALSO DOING THE SAME FOR RICHWOOD AND THEIR COMPETITIVE DIFFERENTIATION. YOU KNOW? YES, THE THEIR OPERA HOUSE IS ICONIC TO THEM, BUT THERE'S NOTHING THERE CURRENTLY THAT A VISITOR CAN DO OTHER THAN READ HISTORIC MARKER. AND SO THE COMPETITIVE DIFFERENTIATION THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND KEEP HAMMERING HOME. AND MAYOR GIROUX UNDERSTANDS THAT AND IS PUSHING THAT IS THE LAKE. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO YES, YOU CAN KAYAK UP THERE, YOU CAN RENT A KAYAK, YOU CAN GO FISH. YOU CAN GO SWIM. THERE'S A BEACH. SO, YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH MAYOR DREW BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THAT FINAL PHASE, OR THAT BACK GRAPHIC IS APPLIED FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT AS WELL. AND YOUR YOUR COMMENTS ARE DULY ARE NOT LOST ON ME, THAT WE NEED THAT TO BE AS ICONIC AND TO REGISTER SOMETHING WHEN SOMEBODY SEES THEM. OH, I FORGOT I CAN GO DO THAT WHATEVER THAT IS IN THAT COMMUNITY. SO YES, AND I HOPE EVERYBODY IS ABLE TO GO TO FESTIVE AIR AND WALK AROUND AND, YOU KNOW, IF FOR ANYBODY THAT HASN'T, HASN'T GONE, IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY FOR LIKE FRESH EYES TO LOOK AT IT AND SUPPORT AND WALK AROUND AND TALK TO PEOPLE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH. DOES ANY ERIC WOULD YOU LIKE TO, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR
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ERIC? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YO. OKAY. PARKS AND RECREATION. REPORT. COUNCILMAN WOLFF. YES.[PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION REPORT]
SO AT OUR MOST RECENT PARKS AND REC MEETING, WE APPROVED THE JUNE 18TH MINUTES AND RECEIVED SOME UPDATES FROM PARKS AND REC. SUPERINTENDENT MOORE, THE BIKE RACKS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AT BOTH MOBERLY SOUTH AND CENTRAL. THE FIFTH DRAFT OF THE MCIVOR WOODS PARK SIGNAGE THAT'S GOING TO BE USED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SHOULD BE READY HOPEFULLY FOR OUR NEXT MEETING. COMING UP, TO BE REVIEWED AGAIN, THE MO VALLEY CENTRAL SHELTER, THAT WAS JUST RECENTLY FINISHED, HAS GETTING SOME STONE WORK DONE ON THE EDGES. AND THEN AS FOR OUR AGENDA ITEMS, WE HAD OUR ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE MARYSVILLE PARKS FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AND THANKS TO REPRESENTATIVE TRACY RICHARDSON, THE COST REGARDING THE JIM SIMMONS TRAIL CONNECTION TO THE UPGROUND RESERVOIR, WILL BE $0 FOR THE CITY. SO THE 225 THAT WAS KIND OF SLOTTED FOR THAT, WAS APPROVED BY THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION TO BE MOVED FOR THE PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN THAT JEREMY HAD DISCUSSED, SO WE HAD VOTED ON THAT. AND THEN AS A SECOND AGENDA ITEM, WE RECEIVED AN UPDATE ON THE REVIEW OF A NEW SHELTER AT SCHWARZKOPF PARK, AND KIND OF LOOKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS, BUT THAT IS WHAT WE HAD THERE AT THE LAST PARKS AND REC MEETING IN OUR NEXT ONE IS COMING UP, COMING UP ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 20TH AT 6:00. THANK YOU. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY[HEARING OF CITIZENS]
HEARING NONE. WE'LL MOVE ON. THIS IS THE PART OF OUR MEETING WHERE IT'S HEARING HEARING OF CITIZENS. ANY CITIZEN HAS UP TO FIVE MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING THAT'S NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SHADIA MCKENZIE CANNON. AND TODAY I'M HERE TO ADDRESS THE VIDEO THAT WAS BROUGHT TO THE MEETING ON JULY 8TH. I BELIEVE, IT WAS THE VIDEO OF THE CHILD DANCING WITH THE DRAG QUEENS. I BELIEVE LESLIE PHILLIPS BROUGHT IT. AND KELLY HOUSEHOLDER YOUNG. I THINK, ALSO SPOKE ABOUT IT, DO YOU WORK? IF ANYBODY RECALLS THAT VIDEO, I'M THE GREEN WOMAN IN THAT VIDEO, I, TODAY I WANTED TO COME HERE AND TALK TO YOU BECAUSE, I THINK THAT SOME OF THE ACCUSATIONS THAT, MYSELF AND OTHER ENTERTAINERS HAVE RECEIVED FROM SOME OF YOUR CITIZENS WERE ESPECIALLY HEINOUS. AND I DIDN'T APPRECIATE THOSE, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I WANTED TO COME AND TALK TO YOU BECAUSE, I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF. I AM A LICENSED INSURANCE PROFESSIONAL IN COLUMBUS, OHIO, SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME IS THAT I PLACE MY ETHIC ABOVE ALL ELSE, WHICH IS WHY I DIDN'T APPRECIATE SOME OF THE ACCUSATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE IN THIS ROOM ON JULY 8TH. BUT LESLIE PHILLIPS WANTED TO TOUCH ON HOUSE BILL 245, AND I BELIEVE THAT HE WAS EXPLAINING TO YOU WHY HE FEELS THAT YOU SHOULD SUPPORT HOUSE BILL 245 AND I WANTED TO EXPLAIN WHY YOU SHOULD CONSIDER NOT SUPPORTING HOUSE BILL 245, I AM A 33 YEARS OLD. TRANSGENDER WOMAN. I'VE BEEN OUT AND PROUD FOR 17 YEARS, I'VE ONLY BEEN DOING DRAG FOR TWO, THE REASON WHY HOUSE BILL 245 IS SO DANGEROUS IS BECAUSE IT'S A CRIMINALIZATION OF GENDER NONCONFORMITY, AND I DON'T THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE YOUR POSITION AS THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT CRIMINALIZATION OF PROTECTED, CLASSES OF IDENTITY. WHEN WE START TO CRIMINALIZE GENDER NONCONFORMITY, WE BEGIN TO PLACE LARGE SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION IN DANGER. HOUSE BILL 245 AIMS TO CRIMINALIZE ALL DRAG ENTERTAINMENT OUTSIDE OF BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS WITH ADULT CABARET LICENSURE. AND THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS, MUCH LIKE OTHER TYPES OF ENTERTAINERS, ACTORS, SINGERS, WRITERS, ETC, DRAG ARTISTS CAN HAVE RANGE AND THEY CAN THEY CAN PERFORM AND ENTERTAIN IN ALL GENRES. LOTS OF DRAG SHOWS HAPPEN IN PLACES LIKE NIGHTCLUBS AND BARS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE DRAG ON TELEVISION. WE HAVE DRAG ON THE RADIO, WE HAVE DRAG IN MOVIES, AND WE HAVE, DRAG STORY TIMES, THINGS LIKE THAT. HOUSE[00:40:02]
BILL 245 AIMS TO DIRECTLY ATTACK THAT. BUT I THINK THAT WHAT'S EVEN MORE DANGEROUS IS THAT THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD WHO REFUSE TO MAKE THE DISTINCTION, RESPECT TO THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN DRAG AND THOSE OF US WHO ARE TRANSGENDER. AND WHEN WE START TO CRIMINALIZE GENDER NONCONFORMITY, WE START TO PLACE TRANS PEOPLE AT RISK AS WELL, EVEN JUST TRANS PEOPLE WHO DON'T DO DRAG BUT ARE JUST EXISTING IN THE WORLD, WOULD BE PUT IN DANGER BY SOMETHING LIKE HOUSE BILL. 245 SO I JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO RECONSIDER ANY SUPPORT THAT YOU WERE PLANNING TO SHOW FOR HOUSE BILL 245 THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? THEODORE VOLINSKY, 317 SOUTH WALNUT STREET. I'M BACK AGAIN. I, I FIRST OF ALL, I, I REALLY APPRECIATED KAREN'S PRESENTATION AND KIND OF THE REMINDER OF WHY I'M IN MARYSVILLE. THE BMX TRACK, THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO BE A SPONSOR OF. IT'S BEEN AWESOME YEAR AFTER YEAR.SEEING IT GROW, I MOVED HERE IN 2019 AND THAT'S ONE OF THE MARKERS THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO KIND OF TANGIBLY SEE AS I'VE GROWN MY BUSINESS AS I'VE GROWN MY COMMUNITY IN MARYSVILLE, THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE BUILT AT WALKING DISTANCE, I'M THE OWNER OF WALKING DISTANCE BREWING CO.
IF THERE'S ANYONE UNAWARE OF THAT, THE COMMUNITY AT WALKING DISTANCE HAS GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE INTO OTHER INSIGHTS. IT'S GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE BMX TRACK, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WE FUNDRAISED $1,100 FOR PELOTONIA, AND JUST EVERYTHING THAT OUR COMMUNITY DOES MARYSVILLE'S COMMUNITY, UNION COUNTY'S COMMUNITY, MY OWN COMMUNITY AND WALKING DISTANCES COMMUNITY, THEY ALL DO AMAZING THINGS. AND AS KAREN WENT OVER THE NEWS ARTICLES, THE PRESS COVERAGE THAT WE'VE GOTTEN, IT REMINDED ME THAT I DON'T WANT THE PRESS COVERAGE FOR WHAT I'VE BEEN GETTING THE PRESS COVERAGE FOR. AND THE SIMPLE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT I'M NOT ASKING FOR IT. I'M NOT ASKING TO BE CALLED A BY MARK GRIMES'S WIFE.
I'M NOT ASKING TO BE CALLED THAT BY OR THOUGHT THAT AND AGREED WITH BY A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, MARK GRIMES, BEING A MEMBER OF THE UNION COUNTY FAITH FAMILY COALITION. AND I'M JUST I'M FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THE IDEA OF GETTING PRESS COVERAGE OVER SOMETHING SO HEINOUS. AND FOR NO ONE IN POWER TO DO ANYTHING, IT'S FRUSTRATING. AND I APPRECIATE THE TWO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE MET WITH ME, WE MET AND WE PITCHED HAVING A DIVERSITY, EQUALITY AND INCLUSION, STATEMENT BEING MADE. WE REQUESTED THAT THERE BE A CITIZEN REVIEW BOARD FOR MAKING SURE THAT NOT JUST FOR QUEER PEOPLE, BUT FOR, MINORITIES, FOR PEOPLE OF, FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR, OF COLOR, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. WE MET TO BE ABLE TO CREATE POLICY, AND I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT THOSE TALKS HAVE GONE AWAY. HANK, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING TO ME AND LETTING ME KNOW TO MY FACE THAT THERE AREN'T ENOUGH VOTES ON CITY COUNCIL. AND, DONALD, I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU DIDN'T TEXT WHILE I AM. WELL. OKAY. IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE YOU WERE ENGAGED. AND, TEDDY, I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, THIS IS MY FIVE MINUTES. OKAY, WELL, ONCE YOUR FIVE MINUTES ARE DONE, THEN I. THEN I WILL, THEN I WILL SPEAK AND THEN IF ANYBODY HAS ANY. ARE YOU GUYS PAUSING MY FIVE MINUTES. YEAH. OKAY. THIS THIS IS INCREDIBLE. ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING DIFFERENT OTHER THAN WHAT TEDDY IS SAYING. YOU WERE ALLOWED TO SPEAK, BUT WE ARE GOING TO CLOSE COMMENTS ON THIS SUBJECT. AND I WILL EXPLAIN WHY, AFTER TEDDY SPEAKS. OKAY, SO NOW THAT MY FIVE MINUTES HAVE BEEN INTERRUPTED, BY A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, I MET WITH HANK, AND I THOUGHT WE WERE MAKING REAL, REAL PROGRESS. AND I'M UP HERE, TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE DOOR IS STILL OPEN. I. I BELIEVE IN SIX OF YOU. MAYBE FIVE OF YOU, BUT I BELIEVE IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF YOU THAT YOU WILL DO THE RIGHT THING. AND IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE A PART, IF YOU
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DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION, THAT'S FINE. BUT I ASK THAT YOU DO GET PEOPLE OF THE QUEER COMMUNITY. YOU GET PEOPLE OF COLOR. IS THAT ONE MINUTE INCLUDING DONALD TALKING OVER ME? I STOPPED IT, OKAY. 30S AFTER HE TALKED, SO THE DOOR IS OPEN, AND I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS TAKE THAT DOOR, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME IF YOU DON'T WANT TO WORK WITH ME. THAT'S FINE. BUT THIS IS MY LIVELIHOOD THAT IS BEING ATTACKED, THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY'S REPUTATION THAT IS BEING ATTACKED, AND LET'S MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THE DOOR IS OPEN AND PLEASE REACH OUT. I WILL SEND ANOTHER FOLLOW UP EMAIL TO ALL OF YOU TONIGHT SO THAT YOU HAVE MY EMAIL SO THAT YOU HAVE MY PHONE NUMBER. BUT IF YOU COULD PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME AND LET'S LET'S MAKE A POSITIVE CHANGE IN THIS COMMUNITY. LET'S GET A CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD, A DEI, STATEMENT AND A CODE OF ETHICS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO THANK YOU. SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, WHEN IT COMES TO 245, THE BILL, NOBODY ON THIS COUNCIL WILL EVER SUPPORT OR SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT IS NOT OUR JOB. IT'S NOT OUR JOB AS THE LOCAL LEVEL TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT OF THESE ISSUES. WE ARE DICTATED BY BY THE STATE. AND IF THE STATE SAYS SOMETHING, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE TO FOLLOW. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE BILLS THAT ARE DONE. I UNDERSTAND THE BILLS ARE BEING DONE EVERY DAY, WHETHER WE PASS THEM OR FEDERAL OR STATE AFFECT A SINGLE PERSON. THEY ALWAYS HAVE, AND THEY ALWAYS WILL. WE LIVE IN A TERRIBLE TIME IN AMERICA. THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS. WHETHER YOU'RE ON THE SIDE, SIDE OF IT OR YOU'RE NOT. IT'S JUST EVERYBODY'S. EVERYBODY IS JUST ON HINGE A LITTLE BIT. THESE CONVERSATIONS THOUGH, I'M SORRY, BUT THEY DO NOT HELP THIS, I BELIEVE THAT FOR YOU TO COME IN AND EDUCATE US IS WONDERFUL. COUNCIL WANTED TO MEET WITH WALKING DISTANCE BREWERY AND THE INDIVIDUALS WE WANTED TO PARTNER WITH THEM AND THEY STILL CAME IN AND CHOSE TO ATTACK A COUNCIL MEMBER. NOT BY HIS WORDS, BY BY HIS WIFE'S WORDS. WE AS A COUNCIL DO HAVE A CODE OF ETHICS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PASS IN THIS BEGINNING, THAT WE ALL HAVE TO FOLLOW THOSE CODES OF ETHICS DO NOT THEY? THEY'RE NOT. WE DO NOT HAVE THE POWER TO PUSH SOMEBODY OUT BECAUSE WE DON'T AGREE WITH WHAT WHAT THEY SAY AND THAT AND THAT GOES FOR ME, THAT GOES FOR ALL OF US ON HERE. AND WE DO OUR BEST TO SUPPORT THE PRIDE FEST HAS GONE ON FOR I DON'T KNOW HO, HOW MANY YEARS THERE'S BEEN NEVER PUSHBACK FROM THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. WALKING DISTANCE GETS SUPPORT FROM, THE CITY TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, THE PRIDE FEST HAS ALWAYS GONE ON WITH WITHOUT ISSUE AND THE PRIDE FEST WILL CONTINUE TO GO ON WITHOUT WITHOUT ISSUE. IN IN THIS COMMUNITY. SO I DON'T KNOW, TIM, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY ON THE TOPIC? NO, I MEAN, I THINK YOU COVERED IT. WE HAVE WE JUST A MINOR DISTINCTION. WE DON'T CODE THAT, BUT WE DO HAVE, RULES FOR EXCLUSION OF COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE JUST PASSED, THIS, THIS PAST JANUARY. AND, YOU KNOW, A CODE OF ETHICS IS, IS, HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AT PRIOR, WITH PRIOR CHARTER REVIEW BOARDS AND, AND PRIOR COUNCILS. THAT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN UP FOR CONSIDERATION. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M SURE THAT COUNCIL WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT, BUT BUT WE DO HAVE RULES FOR EXCLUSION.ND I A AEE THAGRT WIENA NOTHIT,NG THAMARKT HISS,IFE, H W DONE ASOR CREALDWOULD,, OULD, WULDWO TE A SUATIONITHERE C WNCILOU WOD HAVEULHE AUT TRITYHO TO, ,TO CLUDE EXM OR THIO REME HIMOV FROM CNCIL, OUSO I GUESSHAT'S T ALI ASKL IS, YOKNOW, U DAN AS LO AS I'NGVEEEN IN BHIS SE TAT ,UNCIL COS GONEHAUT O OF SIT WAY TOSUPPOR, T PUBC ATION,IPOUNCIL CEETING MS D VARIANS OTHEOU SESSIR,SON, KNOW,OUND A T PRESIHENT OF HIL HASNC DIFFI ALTCUASK T ING TAVOPRESID, OVER AE MEINGET, PAICULARRT TONIGLY'S WITHG AOT OF L CPLEX,OM TI CONSUMENG LEGMILATIONIS. AN COUNIL COS. ANDHAHE PRE TDENTSI L HASCI THE TASOF MAKK G T COUNCHE,IL HANDL THEIRES MAERS INTT AORDERLN ANDY CIVIL ,D PROFANSIONALESANNER MI MEAN.,D SOAN IUST, I JYOU, NOW, I K WHENKEEPUL THAIN MINT WHEND,, TO SRS MF THE OUBLIC, PANT W
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AKPE, U KNOWYOIF THI, SNG E ALWAAR DONEYS A I'M SNDAKINGPE FROMY OWN MPERIENEX, THESCEE RE A AAYS HALWLED MOND REFICIENEFYTL AND MEOR OERLY,RD MO PROFEREIONALLSSY, WHENHE E ISRS CILIV AND THATTFULOUAND SO. WITH AT,TH THAT''SS A I HAVLLE, MR .ESIDENPR THET, SEV OF USENET S UPERE BE HUSE YOCAU ELEEDCT U S.D I'M ANTNO GOINGO OVER TRN AU BASEDONN WHAT O SOMEO NE THISON COUNC DIDN'ILSAY. BT T MAE A FAYBLY MEMMIRBEID. BU D TU ASYO A CIZEN, ITVEHA RECAVETE RIGHTRYO TO A D LL VOTE ANY OONNE OUS.F RFONY REA ASON. THE ONLY REASON I WOULD EVER REMOVE SOMEBODY FROM COUNCIL IS IF THEY WERE EMBEZZLING OR, YOU KNOW, GOT CONVICTED OF A FELONY OR SOMETHING THAT WAS PROVED IN THE COURT OF LAW. BUT YOUR CITIZENS AND WE'RE ELECTED. THERE'S A RECALL VOTE PROCESS. IT HAPPENED NOT TOO LONG AGO, AND I DON'T KNOW, GRANVILLE OR HEATH OR SOMEWHERE. YOU DON'T LIKE SOMETHING? WE DID GO GET SIGNATURES, PUT IT ON THE BALLO, PUT IT TO THE VOTE. ANYTHING.IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE HEARD AND YOU ARE SEEN. AND BY THIS COUNCIL, NO MATTER WHAT, THERE'S NEVER GOING TO BE LEGISLATION THAT COMES OUT OF THIS COUNCIL. AND THAT PUTS A NEGATIVE LIGHT ON YOUR ORGANIZATION OR WHAT YOU ALL DO IN, IN THIS COMMUNITY. YES, YOU CAN SPEAK. HI, ELIZABETH ELSWICK, 1011 SHERWOOD AVENUE, MARYSVILLE, OHIO. I AM JUST HERE TO ASK AGAIN FOR THE CITIZEN REVIEW BOARD TO BE, PUT TOGETHER. I AM AWARE OF THE LIST OF ETHICS. WE WENT OVER THAT IN DETAIL IN THE MEETING THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY AND UNDERSTANDING THAT, I DO THINK THAT AND WE DISCUSSED THIS IS THAT PART OF GROWING AS A COMMUNITY IS MAKING SURE THAT WE REFLECT THAT GROWTH IN THE AMOUNT OF. POLICY. AND, DIVERSITY THAT WE HAVE. AND AS OTHER CITIES HAVE GROWN, THEY HAVE ALSO HAD MORE DIVERSITY AND MORE OVERSIGHT INTO HOW THEY OPERATE, AND ESPECIALLY JUST AS OUR AS TIME HAS GONE ON AND WE'VE LEARNED BECAUSE DEMOCRACY IS KIND OF IN ITS INFANCY. LIKE, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THAT, THAT IT'S A SMALL HISTORY WITH DEMOCRACY AS FAR AS WORLD HISTORY GOES, BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR, OBVIOUSLY I'M REPRESENTING UNION COUNTY RAINBOW COALITION, AND, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT, CLOSING A SUBJECT I DON'T FEEL IS OKAY WITH THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT AS CITIZENS TO SPEAK ON OUR ON OUR VIEWS AND HOW WE ARE TREATED WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. SO I THINK THAT CLOSING A SUBJECT, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, IS NOT NECESSARILY ETHICAL, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I WOULD LIKE I APPRECIATE THE STATEMENT SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, MARYSVILLE PRIDE FEST HAS GONE OUT AND WENT OUT WITHOUT A HITCH, WE ARE STILL NOT INCLUDED IN COUNTY OR CITY INFORMATION. WE BRING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO THIS CITY EVERY YEAR, THIS WAS OUR FOURTH YEAR, AND IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT. IT HASN'T NECESSARILY BEEN DIFFICULT WITH THE CITY, BUT IT IS DIFFICULT OPERATING WITHIN THE CITY. AND WE'RE STILL NOT REALLY INCLUDED IN SOMETHING. WE'RE NOT ADVERTISED EQUALLY. AND THAT'S NOT I'M NOT SAYING THAT TO BE LIKE, IT'S NOT AN ATTACK OR A NEGATIVE THING. I'M JUST SAYING THAT MAYBE BEFORE YOU SPEAK FOR US, YOU YOU MAYBE ASK US HOW WE FELT THROUGH THAT RATHER THAN THE PERCEPTION OF IT, BECAUSE WE WORK REALLY HARD FOR PEOPLE NOT TO SEE THE HARD WORK THAT WE DO. WE WORK REALLY HARD TO MAKE IT SEEM SEAMLESS AND EASY AND NOT SEE ME UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
CYBERSTALKING A CLANS PERSON WHO SENT THREATENING EMAILS. OKAY SO LIKE YOU'RE NOT YOU'RE NOT THE ONE UP AT NIGHT DOING THAT AND TALKING TO THE POLICE AND WORKING ON THOSE THINGS. SO THAT IS I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M ASKING THAT WE MOVE FORWARD AS A CITY AND I IT MAY NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. IT MAY BE TEN YEARS FROM NOW. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S A CONTINUED CONVERSATION.
IS HAVING THAT COMMUNITY BOARD. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? OKAY, WELL, THEN WE WILL MOVE ON WITH OUR ORDINANCE. ORDINANCE? A FIRST READING
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TITLE, ONLY TO ACCEPT THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY CONTAINING 243.892 ACRES IN PARIS TOWNSHIP, UNION COUNTY, TO THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, OHIO. KNOWN AS MARYSVILLE EAST.SECTION THREE. ADMINISTRATION THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD ONLY ADD THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE ZONING FOR THE LAND REFERENCED IN THIS ORDINANCE. THAT WILL BE PRESENTED AT A FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SO I IT WOULD PROBABLY AS A RESULT OF THAT, THERE'S PROBABLY, THERE'S A REQUEST THAT, THAT WE DELAY THE READING FOR THIS LEGISLATION TO ALIGN WITH THE ZONING OF THE, OF THE ANNEXATION OR THE ANNEX PROPERTY. SO FIRST READING TONIGHT AND THEN DELAY SO WE CAN MATCH THOSE UP ACCORDINGLY. MORE THAN LIKELY, SEPTEMBER IS WHAT I ANTICIPATE. CAN I JUST IF I CAN ALSO JUST ADD A FEW COMMENTS. THIS IS JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER ANNEXATIONS. THERE WAS A 60 DAY WAITING PERIOD FROM THE TIME THAT THE RESOLUTION FROM THE COUNTY THAT THAT, GRANTED, THE ANNEXATION WAS, WAS DELIVERED TO MCKENZIE. AND SO NOW THAT 60 DAYS IS UP AND IT'S UP FOR FIRST READING TODAY. SO, AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE WE'VE ALREADY PROVIDED THE RESOLUTION FOR STATEMENT OF SERVICES. AND NOW IT'S REALLY THIS AT THE CITY'S TABLE HERE TO DECIDE WHETHER THE ANNEXATION SHOULD BE GRANTED OR NOT. AND, IN TERMS OF, OF, OF THE TIMING, TONIGHT'S FIRST READING, I'D SUGGEST WE HAVE THE FIRST READING AND THEN TABLE IT FOR SECOND READING. PUBLIC HEARING. TO THE SECOND MEETING IN SEPTEMBER, WHICH I THINK WOULD THEN ALIGN WITH THE WITH THE SECOND READING OF THE ZONING LEGISLATION. DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO WHAT IS THE TIMELINE AS FAR AS WE'VE GOT 60 DAYS. SO THERE WAS A THERE'S A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT THAT, A 60 DAY PERIOD ELAPSE BETWEEN THE TIME THAT THE, COUNTY'S RESOLUTION IS DELIVERED TO THE CLERK, TO THE TIME THAT IT COMES ON FOR FIRST READING. AND NOW THERE'S NOW THAT NOW COUNCIL HAS 120 DAYS. TO, MAKE A DECISION ON ON THE ANNEXATION. IF COUNCIL FAILS TO MAKE THE DECISION WITHIN THAT TIME PERIOD, THEN THEN THE ANNEXATION IS DEEMED REJECTED. IS THERE A PRESENTATION THIS EVENING? NO.
YEAH. OKAY. THEN I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THE SECOND READING UNTIL DATE CERTAIN.
SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2020 FOR. A 26 SEPTEMBER 26TH. IT WAS 23RD. YEAH MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD. I WAS GOING TO GET AHEAD OF MYSELF HERE. YOU CAN BE HERE ON THAT THURSDAY, I THINK, BUT I'M GOING TO BE SOMEWHERE ELSE BY THEN. YOU GOT IT. OKAY SO WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT BACK TO SECOND.
WAIT, I'M. I'M SORRY, SO ROLL CALL THEN. MR. WOLFF. YES. MR. KIRBY? YES. MR. BURGER? YES. MR. HUNTER YES. MR. REMES YES. MR. RAUCH YES. MR. BORDNER YES. SEVEN. YES SO THIS WILL WE BE BACK? BACK FOR SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 20TH 3RD TO 2024. ORDINANCE B, SECOND
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READING, PUBLIC HEARING TO APPROVE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO REZONE PLUS OR MINUS 591.6 ACRES NORTH OF SCOTLAND ROAD, EAST OF WEAVER ROAD, SOUTH OF THE UNION COUNTY AIRPORT AND WEST OF THE RAILROAD FOR THE MARYSVILLE SOUTH PUD ADMINISTRATION. YEAH, I'M GOING TO DEFER TO MR. MCQUADE AND SEE IF HE HAS SOME UPDATES, TO PROVIDE, SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, TERRY. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. GOOD AFTERNOON, MCKENZIE, DO YOU HAVE THE EXHIBIT THAT I SENT, OR DO YOU ME TO HOOK UP? WELL, WELL, SHE'S PULLING UP, THE UPDATED EXHIBIT, AS YOU'LL RECALL FROM THE LAST MEETING, WE PRIOR TO THE FIRST READING, MET WITH AREA RESIDENTS AROUND WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE MARYSVILLE SOUTH SITE TO UNDERSTAND THEIR THEIR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS COMING OUT OF THAT MEETING. DURING THE FIRST READING, I UPDATED YOU[01:00:01]
THAT THEY FELL INTO THREE CATEGORIES. OUR BUFFERING PLAN, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, AND ACCESS. I'LL GET TO THIS IN A SECOND BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONE, EVOLUTION TO COME OUT OF OUR SECOND DISCUSSION, WHICH WAS HELD LAST MONDAY. I DON'T HAVE ANY DEFINITIVE UPDATES ON ACCESS OUTSIDE OF. WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT. WE UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OF ADDING TRAFFIC TO WEAVER ROAD. WE'VE MENTIONED THAT IN OUR TEXT. UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS ALONG SCOTT'S LAWN AS WELL, WE MAINTAIN THE COMMITMENT TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON DEVELOPMENTS WITH OUR ACCESS PLAN, BUT THAT IS A PRIORITY FOR US. WE CONTINUE TO WORK FOR IT. WE JUST HAVEN'T, HAD ANY MAJOR UPDATES MATERIALIZED SINCE THE LAST READING ON STORMWATER MANAGEMENT. WE BROUGHT ONE OF OUR CIVIL ENGINEERS IN FROM M.H.A JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE SITE, ITS TOPOGRAPHY, THE NATURAL RUNOFF. THERE'S NOT MUCH DEFINITIVE THAT WE CAN COMMIT TO THERE EITHER, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT DEVELOPING ANYTHING THERE YET. HOWEVER, ONCE WE TRANSITION INTO A LATER PHASE, WE DO COMMIT TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE RESIDENTS TO ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS ON SITE IS NOT CHANGING THE CONDITIONS ON THEIR PROPERTY, AND HOPEFULLY MAKING THE OVERALL WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE AREA BETTER. ON WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN NOW. SO THIS IS THE CHANGE COMING OUT OF LAST MONDAY, AS A REMINDER, BASED ON THE EXISTING ZONING, THERE IS AS LITTLE OF AS A 40 FOOT SETBACK BETWEEN OUR SITE AND THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES OFF OF WEAVER. OUR INITIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN INCREASED THOSE SETBACKS TO BASICALLY A UNIFORM 150FT FOR PAVEMENT AND PARKING, 200FT FOR BUILDING. YOU'LL RECALL THAT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENCE TOWARD THE NORTHERN END OF THE PROPERTY. JUST BECAUSE THE LOTS ARE A DIFFERENT SHAPE, BUT IN ESSENCE, FROM A REAR LOT LINE, YOU'RE GETTING A 150 FOOT PARKING AND PAVEMENT SETBACK. 200 FOOT BUILDING SETBACK. OUR INITIAL BUFFERING PLAN WAS TO TAKE WHAT'S IN THE EXISTING ZONING, WHICH IS JUST, LANDSCAPING TO GET TO SIX FEET OF HEIGHT. AND WE PUT A SIX FOOT MOUND UNDER THAT FOR A TOTAL OF 12FT. AFTER OUR FIRST MEETING, WE INCREASED THAT BY A COUPLE FEET, AFTER THE LAST MEETING, BASED ON THEIR FEEDBACK, WE INCREASED IT AGAIN. SO NOW WE'RE AT A 12 FOOT MOUND, WITH SIX FEET OF LANDSCAPING ANYWHERE WHERE, OUR PUD ABUTS, RESIDENTIAL ZONED PROPERTY, OR PROPERTY WITH A DWELLING ON IT THAT MAY BE ZONED INDUSTRIAL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE LAND IN THE CITY, ON WEAVER ROAD, EVEN THOUGH IT HAS, RESIDENCES ON IT, ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE ROAD. THOSE ARE CURRENTLY ZONED FOR, LMD. SO THOSE ARE INCLUDED AS WELL. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY THE AREA WHERE WE HAVE IT MEASURED FROM WEAVER INSTEAD OF THE REAR LOT LINE. SO WANTED TO SHARE THAT UPDATE WITH YOU. OPEN TO CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS. I'LL JUST EXPRESS IN THIS MEETING AS I DID IN THE LAST ONE, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE DIALOG THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH THE RESIDENTS. WE ARE WORKING TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND THEY ARE KEEPING UP THEIR PART OF IT AS WELL BY GIVING US THEIR HONEST FEEDBACK AND TAKING TIME OUT OF THEIR AFTERNOON AND EVENING SCHEDULES TO MEET WITH US. SO WITH THAT, I'LL STOP AND EITHER ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS OR TURN IT OVER TO CITIZEN COMMENT. ANY, ANY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, YEAH. IF YOU DON'T MIND, I KNOW THAT WE ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO CITIZENS, BUT THE ONE THING THAT THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO HELP AT LEAST ME WITH, AND THEN MAYBE OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL, IF YOU YOU MENTIONED THAT YOUR SETBACK IS NOW GOING TO BE HOW MANY FEET YOU MENTIONED. SO 40. I'LL SAY IT A DIFFERENT WAY. SO FOR THE AREA WITHIN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. SO THOSE LOTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ZONED LMD BUT ARE USED FOR RESIDENTIAL, WE'RE MEASURING FROM THE CENTER LINE OF WEAVER ROAD AND IT'S 500FT FROM THERE FOR PAVEMENT AND PARKING. AND THEN 550 FOR BUILDING EVERYTHING ELSE. WE'RE WE'RE ABLE TO MEASURE FROM THE LOT LINE BECAUSE IT'S MORE UNIFORM. IT'S 150 PAVEMENT AND PARKING, 200 FOR BUILDING. BUT IT'S ESSENTIALLY THE SAME FOR EVERYBODY. WE'RE JUST USING A DIFFERENT MEASUREMENT. YEAH, I'M A LITTLE BIT MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PART FACING WEAVER. OKAY, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOUR COMPANY WILL TAKE OWNERSHIP OF OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT EVENTUALLY THE CITY IS GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE TO? DO THE MOWING AND THE MAINTAINING THE TREES AND EVERYTHING ALL THE WAY UP TO THE HEIGHT OF THE MOUNT OR WHERE EXACTLY DO YOU MAINTAIN OWNERSHIP? SO MAINTENANCE HAS HAS NOT BEEN A DISCUSSION TOPIC. HOWEVER, THE ENTIRETY OF THE MOUNDING AREA IS GOING TO BE ON THE MARYSVILLE SOUTH PROPERTY. WE'RE STILL GETTING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT[01:05:05]
MAINTENANCE WILL BE REQUIRED BECAUSE AS THE MOUND HEIGHT HAS GONE UP, SO HAS THE SLOPE, WHICH MAY MAKE MOWING DIFFICULT. SO YOU'RE JUST USING DIFFERENT DECORATIVE GRASSES AT THAT POINT. SO THIS PLAN IS STILL NEW ENOUGH WHERE I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU ON THAT, BUT I CAN HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU ON THAT BY NEXT, THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. YEAH BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, WE PROBABLY, I WOULD IMAGINE ARE TALKING ABOUT A MILE TO A MILE AND A HALF. YEAH WHICH CURRENTLY IS NOT A BURDEN TO THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. BUT IF IT BECOMES SORT OF WHAT YOU MIGHT CONSIDER AN AN EXTENDED EASEMENT. YEAH THEN I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO IS RESPONSIBLE, WHO, WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IT IS FOR ALL THAT MAINTENANCE ON THAT AREA. AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON. IT DOESN'T EVEN NEED TO WAIT TILL THE NEXT MEETING. THAT'S JUST A MATTER OF HAVING A DISCUSSION. AND, IT'S A COUPLE OF DAY THING. SO YEAH, STAY TUNED ON THAT, PLEASE. YEAH. WHEN I READ THROUGH ALL OF THIS, THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT STOOD OUT TO ME. OKAY. YEAH AS TO WHO BECOMES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE, ALONG THE WEAVER ROAD SITE, BUT.YES, SIR, THE MOUNTING IS NOT ALONG WEAVER ROAD, THOUGH, IS IT? NO, IT'S ABOUT 100FT BEHIND THE PROPERTY. YEAH, IT'S ON MARYSVILLE SOUTH ON THE MARYSVILLE SOUTH PROPERTY BETWEEN THE LOT LINES OF THOSE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. SO IT'S NOT IN THE ROAD RIGHT OF WAY.
NO, IT'S NOT MAINTAINED. CORRECT ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE CITIZENS COMMENTS? YEAH. WE HAVE COMMENTS. YOU CAN YOU CAN GO FIRST IF YOU WANT TO OR YOU CAN WAIT. I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD GO OKAY, OKAY. WE USUALLY PREFER CITIZEN COMMENTS FIRST AND THEN WE COME BACK. YEAH I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT QUICK UPDATE AND I'LL YIELD THE PODIUM. THANK YOU. THANKS MATT.
THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. SO WE SHOULD AMEND IT FIRST. YOU'RE ASKING FOR COUNCIL TO AMEND THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT PLAN, RIGHT. YES. OKAY SO I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE LEGISLATION AS IT WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY. AND AS MATT EXPLAINED, THE MOUNDING ROLL CALL. MR. KIRBY. YES. MR. BURGER? YES. MR. HUNTER YES. MR. REMES YES. MR. RAUCH YES. MR. BORDNER YES. MR. WOLFF YES. SEVEN. YES NOW WE CAN HAVE ALL THAT DISCUSSION. OKAY NOW WE WILL OPEN IT UP TO CITIZENS. IF ANY CITIZENS WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC. GOOD EVENING.
COUNCIL CITY STAFF MEMBERS, RESIDENTS AND NONRESIDENTS OF MARYSVILLE. I'M GOING TO THANK MATT FOR ALL THE MEETINGS. AND HE HAS BEEN RECEPTIVE TO OUR CONCERNS. AND I THINK HE WOULD SAY IN RETURN, WE'VE ALSO PROVIDED THEM WITH SOME VALUABLE INFORMATION REGARDING THE DRAINAGE. OBVIOUSLY, THE MAIN ACCESS POINT. I WAS HOPING THAT THE MAIN ACCESS POINT WAS GOING TO BE SETTLED TONIGHT. THAT IS A BIG ISSUE FOR EVERYONE ON WEAVER ROAD. SCOTTS LAWN, BROWN MOTOR THAT HAS BEEN ATTENDING THESE MEETINGS. SO THAT IS A CONCERN OF OURS, ADDITIONALLY, ONE OF THE POINTS WE HAVE MADE SOME CONCESSIONS ON OUR SIDE. I THINK THEY'VE TRIED TO MAKE SOME SOME CONCESSIONS ON THEIR SIDE. ONE OF THE STICKING POINTS IS THE BUILDING HEIGHT. AND I KNOW THIS DOESN'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO WITH THE REZONING, BUT THIS IS A CONCERN FOR THE RESIDENTS AND IT SHOULD BE A CONCERN FOR MARYSVILLE IN GENERAL. SO CURRENTLY THE ZONING CODE FOR THIS WAREHOUSE, I'M SORRY. EXCUSE ME. THIS MANUFACTURING INNOVATION PARK, I WANT TO GET THAT CORRECT IS 50FT. THAT IS OUR CITY CODE. AND THEY HAVE PROPOSED A 70 FOOT BUILDING. SO AS YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, THAT IS GOING TO BE A DIFFERENCE OF 20FT TRAVEL DOWN. AND I ASK MR. MCQUADE AT OUR MEETINGS WHY 20FT? WHY DO WE NEED A 70 FOOT BUILDING VERSUS A 50 FOOT BUILDING, WHICH IS WHAT OUR CODE IS? AND HE SAID THAT'S THE TREN. WELL, I DON'T LIKE THAT WORD VERY WELL BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW TRENDS CHANGE. DRIVE THROUGH DUBLIN RIGHT NOW. WHAT IS IT FILLED WITH? VACANT OFFICE BUILDINGS. OFFICE BUILDING FOR LEASE. FOR LEASE FOR LEASE FOR LEASE FOR LEASE. SO NOW WE'VE BUILT AND WE'VE ALLOWED A NEW DEVELOPER TO COME TO MARYSVILLE.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY ROOTS HERE. AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR 20 MORE FEET. AS WE ALL KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO ABUT A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL. SO WHEN I TRIED TO SPEAK TO ALL MY NEIGHBORS, I HAD TO PRINT OUT 50 CARDS JUST TO HIT WEAVER ROAD AND SCOTTS LAWN. SO THAT'S 50 FAMILIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THIS 20FT, SHALL WE SAY. SO WHY DO WE CONTINUE TO ALLOW DEVELOPERS TO
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COME TO MARYSVILLE AND CHANGE WHAT IS CURRENTLY THERE? YOU DRIVE DOWN INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY, EASES THEIR SUMMA. I'M GOING TO BOTCH THEIR NAME, BUT WE ALL KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, INNOVATION PARK, EVERYTHING ELSE 50FT. LET'S HAVE SOME CONSISTENCY WITH THEM. LET THEM BE ADDITIONALLY, GOOD NEIGHBORS TO US. WE'RE NOT THRILLED ABOUT THIS PROJECT TO BEGIN WITH, BUT WE'RE STUCK WITH IT. BUT THEY COULD MAKE SOME CONCESSIONS, ADDITIONAL CONCESSIONS FOR US IN ADDITION, THE DEVELOPERS CREATING THIS NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITY SO WHICH IS TO BE DEVELOPED IN COMBINATION WITH THE MARYSVILLE EAST PROJECT, PER THEIR APPLICATION, THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY IS WORKING WITH CITY COUNCIL, MARYSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PUT TOGETHER A FINANCIAL PACKAGE TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE CITY AND SCHOOLS, AND THIS NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITY WILL INCLUDE A 9.7 MILLAGE CHARGE ON LAND AND IMPROVEMENTS THAT DOES NOT EXPIRE AND CAN BE USED TO FUND ROADWAYS, PUBLIC UTILITIES SERVICES, ETC. I'D LIKE COUNCIL TO APPOINT FOUR MEMBERS OF THE SEVEN MEMBER BOARD, AND I WOULD LIKE FOR THOSE FOUR MEMBERS TO HAVE LIVED WITHIN MARYSVILLE OR MARYSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, JUST TO ENSURE THAT THE FOLKS THAT DON'T LIVE IN CITY LIMITS ARE INCLUDED IN THI, AND THAT THESE TWO MEMBERS ARE TO REPRESENT MARYSVILLE EAST, AND TWO MEMBERS ARE TO REPRESENT MARYSVILLE SOUTH ON THEIR BOARD.SO THAT WE DO HAVE A SAY IN WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU AGAIN. AND I ASK, I WASN'T PLANNING ON THIS ONE, BUT FOR YOU GUYS TO TABLE THIS REZONING UNTIL A MAIN ACCESS POINT HAS BEEN DETERMINED. THANK YOU. CAN YOU STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AND ADDRESS? WE ALL KNOW AMY POTTER. GRIMM 14 294. WEAVER ROAD. AND THEN BASED ON HER RECOMMENDATIONS, DID YOU IF MCKINSEY NEEDS THOSE CAN WE CAN WE MAKE PHOTOCOPIES OF THAT OF WHAT YOU JUST STATED? OKAY.
THANK YOU. GO AHEAD SIR. FIRST AND LAST NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE. MY NAME IS PARDON ME. MY NAME IS JK NOTESTEIN. MY WIFE AND I RESIDE CONSERVATIVELY AT 14240 WEAVER ROAD. MY QUESTION TO THE COUNCIL IS, ARE THERE ANY LONG TERM ISSUES OF THIS REZONING REQUEST OTHER THAN IT IS JUST BEING RE ZONED? HYPOTHETICALLY, SUPPOSE TESLA ANNOUNCES TOMORROW THAT IT'S BUILDING THE HONDA ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND THEY NEED 400 ACRES FOR ELECTRIC BATTERY RECYCLING.
IS THERE ANYBODY THAT'S SITTING BEHIND HERE NOT GOING TO SAY, WOW, HOW CAN WE GET A CHUNK OF THAT. THE ONLY POINT I'M RAISING IS, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS REZONING REQUEST IN THAT WOULD RESTRICT A FUTURE REZONING? REMEMBER, WE HAD SOME BARLEY GUYS A FEW YEARS AGO THAT WERE GOING TO GET US RICH WITH MALTING. I'M FINISHED. SO MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS REZONING THAT AFFECTS A FUTURE REQUEST TO REZONE IT AGAIN? LIKE MY WIFE SAID, I'M NOT VERY CLEAR. I JUST SPEAK UP A LITTLE QUICK HERE. SO I KNOW WE KNOW THAT THESE, COMMENTS ARE NOT, DESIGNED FOR DIALOG BACK AND FORTH, AND COUNCIL REALLY IS NOT, REQUIRED TO ANSWER, HAVE A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION. BUT IF I COULD JUST SAY THAT RIGHT NOW THAT THERE'S NOTHING AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, ASHLEY, IF THERE'S NOTHING IN THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THE PUD THAT WOULD PRECLUDE A FUTURE REZONING, EVERY IF, FOR INSTANCE, THIS PROJECT FELL THROUGH, THE LAND THAT'S BEING REZONED WOULD, WOULD MAINTAIN ITS, ITS ZONING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PUD. AND IF ANOTHER PROJECT CAME BY AND WANTED TO REZONE IT, THEY COULD. SO THAT'S A SIMPLE ANSWER. I THINK TO US, STRAIGHTFORWARD QUESTION. OR IF THIS PROJECT FELL THROUGH AND SOMEBODY ELSE CAME IN WITHOUT DOING REZONING, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO BY THE PUD THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY EVALUATING. YES, CORRECT. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? OKAY. SO I
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GUESS I'D BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL IF MR. MR. WAGNER, IF YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING. YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO JUST THANK MR. MCQUADE FOR COMING THROUGH, AND, I REACHED OUT TO YOU LAST WEEK AND, JUST TRIED TO GET AN UPDATE ON. HEY, WERE THERE ANY MEETINGS? WHAT WAS THE WHAT WAS THE TEMPERATURE IN THE ROOM? AND I THINK THE, THE RESPONSE WHERE THERE WERE LESS PEOPLE, AND THE TEMPERATURE WAS COOL. A FEW DEGREES, YOU YOU HAD INDICATED SIMILAR STORMWATER RUNOFF TRAFFIC ACCESS, AND I THINK FROM THE BEGINNING WHEN WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS PROJECT BACK IN MAY, APRIL. SO AT SOME POINT IN THE LAST 3 TO 4 MONTHS THAT WAS KIND OF MY, MY BIGGEST TALKING POINT WAS WE CAN'T IMPACT WEAVER ROAD. AND IF WE DO, IT'S GOT TO BE LIKE EMERGENCY USE TYPE OF SITUATION. RIGHT, SO I NEED YOUR CONTINUED EFFORT TO LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVE ENTRY POINTS OFF OF SCOTTS OR INDUSTRIAL. RIGHT. AS IT PERTAINS TO THE, THE ZONING AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S CONFIDENTIALITY THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN. SO I'M GOING TO, SPEAK SOMEWHAT VAGUELY, BUT THE CONCERN IS IT RELATES TO THE 70 FOOT HEIGHT, YOU KNOW, THE THERE'S A THERE'S A TARGETED, TYPE OF OPERATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT HAS A BENEFIT TO THE BROADER MARYSVILLE COMMUNITY. THAT IS, THAT COULD BE UNLIKE ANY OTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'VE SEEN IN OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HISTORY IN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. CURRENT ZONING, ALLOWS FOR LIGHT AND HEAVY MANUFACTURING, WHICH COULD THEORETICALLY BRING THOUSANDS OF JOBS, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE INTO OUR NEIGHBOR'S BACKYARD, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT. AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE BEING VERY POINTED WITH OUR ZONING REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THIS PUD TO PROTECT THAT FROM HAPPENING AND IMPACTING, OUR RESIDENTS NEGATIVELY. SO I, I JUST WANT TO REASSURE ANYBODY WHO HAS A CONCERN WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF OUR COMMUNITY. YOU ELECTED ME TO REPRESENT YOU AND TO ADVOCATE FOR THE FOR YOU. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I DO EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND YOU HAVE TO TRUST THAT THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING NOW ARE GOING TO HAVE THE MOST POSITIVE IMPACT, MAYBE NOT SO MUCH ON THE CITY, BUT THE BROADER COMMUNITY. AND WHEN I SPEAK CITY, I MEAN CITY. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE WHOLE PIE, NOT JUST A SEGMENT OF THE PIE. AND THAT'S MY FOCUS AS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE IS TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE UNBIASED AND THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE THERE FOR THE BETTER, BROADER COMMUNITY. SO YOU JUST HAVE TO TRUST THE PROCESS AND TRUST THE PERSON. I KNOW THAT TRUST WORDS. IT'S HARD, BUT YOU HAVE TO TRUST THE PERSON THAT YOU ELECTED TO REPRESENT YOU TO, TO DRIVE THE INITIATIVES THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE THE BEST OUTCOME FOR NOT ONLY YOU, BUT GENERATIONS TO COME. THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO SAY? THE ONLY THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS TO MATT, TO YOUR TO YOU, I HOPE YOU CAN GET TREES TO GROW IN THAT 18 FOOT MOUND, BECAUSE, I MEAN, WITH RUNOFF AND OUR EXTREME WEATHER WE HAVE NOW, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT, I WOULD THINK, TO GROW TREES ON AN 18 FOOT MOUND. BUT I MEAN, I'M SURE IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO BE LIKE A BIG CONE OR A TRIANGLE, BUT I'M HOPING THAT THERE'S TONS OF TREES AND TO THE RESIDENT'S COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF, YOU KNOW, I JUST WILL SAY THERE I DO AGREE SOMETIMES THAT WE AS A CITY ALLOW DEVELOPERS TO TELL US[01:20:04]
WHAT TO DO, THERE IS OFF OF, I THINK, INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY. THERE'S A BIG WAREHOUSE THAT WAS BUILT. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT MOUND, THERE'S ONE TREE EVERY LIKE 40FT OR WHATEVER IT IS, THOSE TREES WILL NEVER GROW TO EVER SHIELD THAT STRUCTURE FROM THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. AND YOU CAN DRIVE ALL AROUND OUR CITY RIGHT NOW. AND YOU SEE DUMPSTER ENCLOSURES THAT ARE FULLY IN VIEW, AND THE SHRUBS WILL NEVER GROW TO FILL THAT PLACE. THE PARKING LOTS, YOU KNOW YOU'RE OPPOSED TO YOUR PARKING LOTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SHEARED. THE REASON WHY SHRUBS ARE PLANTED AROUND PARKING LOTS IS TO PREVENT LIGHT POLLUTION FROM ADJOINING PARKING LOTS AND ADJOINING OF THE STREETS. THESE SHRUBS ARE PRUNED TO A POINT WHERE THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO GROW TOGETHER. THEY ARE NEVER PLANTED CLOSE ENOUGH SO THEY CAN GROW TOGETHER. AND BUT THE ONE THING THAT I WILL SAY WITH THE NEW ALBANY GROUP IS THEY PLANT A LOT OF TREES, AND SO THEY ARE GOING UP AND ABOVE OUR CODE, WHICH IS WHY WHEN WE GOT ELECTED, WE STARTED OUR. THE FIRST ROUTE IS OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING AND BRINGING THAT OUT OF HOUSE. THE NEXT ROUTE IS LOOKING AT OUR IDENTITY MASTER PLANNING AND WHATEVER WE DECIDE. AND THE THIRD ONE IS UPDATING OUR ZONING CODE BECAUSE IF RESIDENTS TRULY BELIEVE THAT WE ARE MAKING DEVELOPER THAT DEVELOPERS ARE TELLING US HOW TO BUILD, THEN WE ARE CHANGE OUR DESIGN STANDARDS. BUT YOU HAVE TO BE OUR ADVOCATE BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK AND SAY, WE'RE TRYING TO BE LIKE DUBLIN AND WE'RE GOING TO DICTATE HOW PEOPLE MAINTAIN THEIR HOMES. AND THAT'S WHERE WE NEED RESIDENTS WHO AGREE WITH YOU TO SPEAK OUT AND SAY, NO, THIS IS WHAT MARRIAGE WAS DOING, BECAUSE WE'RE MARYSVILLE AND WE DON'T WANT DEVELOPERS TELLING US HOW TO BUILD OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOW TO HOW TO HOW TO BUILD OUR RESTAURANTS. WE'RE GOING TO TELL THEM WHAT TO DO. SO AND IN THAT CASE, SO AND THEN WE TOOK DOWN YOUR NOTES. WE'LL LOOK AT THOSE AND WE'RE MOVE FORWARD, FORWARD ON THOSE. SO, SO I GUESS THIS WILL BE BACK FOR THIRD READING TITLE ONLY ON AUGUST 26TH. IS THAT CORRECT? ARE YOU ASKING THAT THE COUNCIL MEANT PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT. ARE YOU YOU HAVE THE THIRD READING. SO WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO AMEND? GIVEN THE VOTE THAT OCCURRED? WE JUST WE DID AMEND IT FOR. YEAH. THE MOUNDING. OH, OKAY. I'M SORRY. YEAH I APOLOGIZE, THAT'S OKAY. I GUESS I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE ENGLISH ACCESS. GOT IT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S STILL, THERE'S NOTHING TO AMEND THAT IN MY MIND. WE'RE CONTINUING THE WORK ON THE CURRENT ZONING IS ACCESS ON ADDRESS. SO WE BELIEVE WE WILL HAVE AN UPDATE TO SHARE WITH STAFF AND COUNCIL BETWEEN NOW THE 26TH. SO OKAY. AND THAT WE CAN START THAT MEETING WITH AMENDING. WELL, THAT UPDATE MAY OR MAY NOT RESULT IN AMENDING.OKAY. CORRECT YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH IT DOES. THEN COUNCIL CAN MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND. AND THEN IT WOULD GO BACK TO SECOND READING. YOU'D PROBABLY HAVE TO HAVE ONE MORE READING SESSION THOSE KINDS OF THINGS OKAY OKAY OKAY. THANK YOU OKAY. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. LET'S BE BACK FOR THIRD READING TITLE ONLY ON AUGUST 26TH, 2024. ORDINANCE C, THIRD READING TITLE
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ONLY TO APPROVE THE EXECUTION OF A COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE AND CONNECT REAL ESTATE, LLC. ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, I'M GOING TO SPEAK FOR A FEW MINUTES HERE JUST TO KIND OF REMIND PEOPLE OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHERE WE'RE AT TONIGHT, MAYBE WHERE WE'RE GOING AFTER TONIGHT. TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS THAT YOU'RE BEING ASKED, YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT GOES BACK NOW.IT'LL BE TWO YEARS BECAUSE IT WAS LATE IN 2022 WHEN, WE TOOK A ROAD TRIP WITH CITY COUNCIL AND, AND TOOK A LOOK AT A, A REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT. A COUPLE OF THEM IN THE CITY OF COLUMBUS PERFORMED BY, A COMPANY CALLED CONNECT REALTY GROUP. AND THAT'S THAT WAS THE BEGINNING FOR US, ACTUALLY, THE BEGINNING FOR CONNECT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 5 OR 6 YEARS AGO BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN MONITORING, THE DECOMMISSIONING OF THE OLD WATER PLANT SITE FOR PROBABLY ABOUT 5 OR 6 YEARS. SO IF YOU LOOK AGAIN AT THE AT THE OLD COLUMBUS POWER PLANT OR THE TROLLEY DISTRICT PROJECT, YOU SEE A COUPLE PROJECTS THAT HAVE TRANSFORMED AND BEEN GAME CHANGERS, EVEN TO
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THE POINT WHERE WHEN WE FIRST STARTED WORKING WITH CONNECT, I CALLED THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IN THE CITY OF COLUMBUS AND I SAID, HOW IS CONNECT TO WORK WITH? AND YOU'VE DONE MAJOR PROJECTS AND THEY COULD THEY SPOKE VERY HIGHLY OF WHAT CONNECT HAD BEEN ABLE TO DO, WHAT CONNECT IS REALLY GOOD AT. AND I THINK YOU GUYS KNOW THIS IS THEY TAKE BROWNFIELD SITES, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS ABOUT 16 TO 17 ACRES OF BROWNFIELD SITES. MOST DEVELOPERS DON'T WANT TO TOUCH BROWNFIELD SITES, BUT THEY ARE A DEVELOPER THAT HAS TAKEN THE BROWNFIELD SITES IN COLUMBUS AND TRANSFORM THEM. AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY GOOD AT IT. IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH CONNECT AND, TO, TO MOVE FORWARD, WITH SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. SOON AFTER YOU PASS THAT, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, THE PROJECT WAS AWARDED $8 MILLION IN WHAT'S CALLED TRANSFORMATIONAL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FUNDS FROM THE STATE OF OHIO. THE STATE OF OHIO AWARDED 15 PROJECTS AROUND THE STATE. THE WHAT WE CALL THE T MUD FUNDS, AND MARYSVILLE. OF THE 15 PROJECTS, GOT THE FOURTH HIGHEST AMOUNT OF MONEY, $8 MILLION BECAUSE THE STATE HAD SEEN THAT THE PROJECT AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF A BROWNFIELD SITE LIKE WE'RE WORKING ON HERE. AND SO THE FOURTH AND THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WERE AHEAD OF US WAS LIKE THE CITY OF CINCINNATI, THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, LARGER WE WERE, YOU KNOW, THOSE WERE THE LARGE URBAN AREAS THAT THAT RECEIVED ANYTHING LARGER. BUT WE WERE FOURTH ON THAT ENTIRE LIST. THE GOVERNOR AT THAT TIME, WHEN THE WHEN THE AWARDS CAME OUT, SAID, THESE PROJECTS ARE CREATING DYNAMIC SPACES FOR OHIOANS TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY WITH THESE INVESTMENTS.WE ARE EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES TO BETTER THEMSELVES FOR THE FUTURE AND SPUR MORE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN OHIO. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THEIR GOAL WAS. OF COURSE, THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, LYDIA MICHALEK, SAID. THIS ISN'T ABOUT CONSTRUCTING LARGE PROJECTS. IT'S ABOUT BUILDING COMMUNITIES AND FOSTERING ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPACT OF MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS TO CREATE VIBRANT AND SUSTAINABLE SPACES THAT REVITALIZE NEIGHBORHOODS AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS. LYDIA WAS HERE ON I THINK IT WAS JULY OR JANUARY 31ST. THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT CAME HERE TO WALK THE PROJECT WITH THE DEVELOPER TO SEE WHAT WHAT WAS GOING TO BE TRANSFORMED HERE. BASICALLY, JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY THE SILO PROJECT WILL REDEVELOPMENT APPROXIMATELY, AS I SAID, A LITTLE OVER 16 ACRES OF UNDERUTILIZED VACANT BROWNFIELD SITE INTO A THRIVING MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF RESIDENTIAL, RETAIL, OFFICE, HOSPITALITY, RESTAURANT, RECREATIONAL PARKING AND ENTERTAINMENT USES. THE PROJECT PROPOSAL INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF THREE NEW MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS WITH APPROXIMATELY JUST OVER 200 UNITS. I THINK WE'RE IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 240 RIGHT NOW IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, THE RESTORATION OF THE EXISTING MARYSVILLE WATER TREATMENT PLANT INTO A 12,000 SQUARE FOOT OF NEW OFFICE AND HOSPITALITY SPACE. YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AND WE LOOK AT WHAT THEY DID AT THE OLD COLUMBUS POWER PLANT AND HOW THEY TRANSFORMED THAT AND WHAT THEY DID TO TRANSFORM THE TROLLEY DISTRICT AND THAT TROLLEY AREA, THIS WATER PLANT IS GOING TO BE JUST PHENOMENAL AT ITS COMPLETION. THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO CONSTRUCT A NEW 26,000 SQUARE FOOT MIXED USE BUILDING CONTAINING A RESTAURANT, EVENT SPACE, BAR, ARCADE AND OUTDOOR GATHERING AREAS, AND THE REPURPOSING OF A HISTORIC HERITAGE GRAIN SILOS INTO 112,000FTâ– !S OF INVITING HOSPITALITY VENUES, OUTDOOR GATHERING SPACE AND A VERSATILE EVENT DESTINATION. ONE OF THE
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QUESTIONS I ASKED THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WHEN I WAS TALKING TO HIM WHEN WE FIRST DID THIS WAS WILL THEY FOLLOW THROUGH? AND THEY SAID, ABSOLUTELY, THEY WILL FOLLOW THROUGH. THEY ALWAYS HAVE WITH THEM. THEY HAVEN'T HAD THAT ISSUE, THE OTHER THE OTHER ASPECT OF THE PROJECT, IT PROPOSES MULTI-USE TRAILS THAT CONNECT TO THE GREATER TRAIL NETWORK IN THE CITY AND A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, WHICH WILL BE THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE WILL BE THE BRIDGEPORT IRON BRIDGE. AND THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW THE BRIDGEPORT IRON BRIDGE, BUT THAT'S ALSO KNOWN AS THE STRING ROAD IRON BRIDGE OUT ON STRING ROAD THAT THE COUNTY IS INTERESTED IN ALLOWING US TO UTILIZE FOR THIS PROJECT THAT WAS BUILT BACK IN 1914 AND WILL BE PLACED ON THIS SITE, TO CONNECT AS A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE TO CONNECT THE MULTI MULTI-USE ADJACENT TRAIL SYSTEM THAT WILL RUN RIGHT ALONG, MILL CREEK AND CONNECT OVER TO SCHWARZKOPF PARK AS A PLACE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A CONNECTOR RIGHT THERE, WHICH WILL CONNECT IN THE TRAIL THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO MCCARTHY PARK, WHICH ULTIMATELY WILL CONNECT YOU TO A TRAIL THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO SCOTT FAMILY PARK INTO THE FUTURE. SO JUST THINK ABOUT THIS. IT'S ALSO EXPECTED TO RESULT IN 150 CONSTRUCTION JOBS DURING THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT, AND THE CREATION OF APPROXIMATELY 260 PERMANENT JOBS AT THE PROJECT SITE IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TWO PIECES OF LEGISLATION. THE FIRST ONE IS ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY INVESTMENT AREA. AND THE SECOND, FORTHCOMING. BUT THE LAST THING I WANTED TO DO, I THINK I KNOW BOB LAMB HAS DONE SOME WORK ON ECONOMIC IMPACT, OF WHAT THIS PROJECT. I THINK MARK RAINS HAS ASKED RECENTLY ABOUT WHAT IS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF A PROJECT LIKE THIS TO A COMMUNITY. ERIC, DO YOU MIND, GIVEN SOME OF THE DETAILS OF WHAT THAT WOULD BE AND ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION? THANK YOU. TERRY. COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE DOCUMENTS IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING. FIRST AND FOREMOST, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE OFFERED COUNCIL MEMBERS TO GO VISIT THE MANUFACTURING FACILITY WHERE CONNECT CONSTRUCTS THE UNITS AND ALSO VISIT THE EAST MARKET, WHERE THEY'RE INSTALLING THE UNITS. SO SIMILAR TO LEGOS OR HOWEVER YOU STACK APARTMENTS. I DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TERMINOLOG. I'LL HAVE TO SAY, IN MY CAREER, I WAS REALLY FASCINATED TO SEE THESE UNITS ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTED ON SITE. AND THEN THEY'RE SHIPPED WITH BY TRACTOR TRAILER TO THEIR DESTINATION, AND THEY'RE PLACED DURING THAT VISIT, WHICH IS REALLY INFORMATIONAL FOR STAFF, TERRY AND JEREMY AND MYSELF JOINED.BOB WAS THE GREAT HOST AND TOOK US DOWN THERE. AND WE HAVE THE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MARK REAMS, COUNCIL MEMBER REAMS REQUESTED. IS THERE ANY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACTS OF UPTOWN AND WHAT WOULD IT MEAN TO UPTOWN AND THE BUSINESSES AND THE COMMUNITY? BOB WENT BACK TO, TO, THE CONSULTING FIRM CBQ PARTNERS AND ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER AN ECONOMIC SPENDING ANALYSIS OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, A LOT OF NUMBERS IN THIS. IT'S ONLY A PAGE AND A HALF LONG, BUT I THINK IT IT PROVIDES YOU THE DETAILS AND WHAT IT CAME OUT TO SAY IS THAT THE ESTIMATE BASED ON THE RESIDENTS HERE THAT WOULD ACTUALLY RESIDE HERE, THE 240 PLUS APARTMENTS, THAT SOMEWHERE.
BETWEEN 5.4 MILLION AND $10.8 MILLION WOULD BE SPENT ANNUALLY AT THIS DEVELOPMENT. NOW, THINK OF THE TERM OF THESE INCENTIVES. WE'RE DOING. IF YOU TAKE THE MINIMUM 5 MILLION TIMES THAT BY 30, THAT'S $150 MILLION THAT'S GOING TO BE INVESTED IN THIS COMMUNITY OVER THE NEXT, NEXT 30 YEARS. THAT'S REMARKABLE WHEN YOU THINK IF YOU TAKE THE HIGH END THAT GOES EVEN HIGHER. SO A LOT OF SPENDING WILL HAPPEN AS A RESULT OF THESE RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE UPTOWN, WHICH ACTUALLY MEANS A LOT TO THE UPTOWN BUSINESSES. AND, YOU KNOW, OUR RESTAURANTS ARE IN A SENSE STRUGGLING IN THIS IN THIS COUNTRY IN A LOT OF WAYS BECAUSE OF THE EXPENSE OF WORKFORCE AND THEIR PRODUCTS AND SO FORTH. SO AGAIN, THIS CREATES ACTIVITY THAT A LOT OF OUR RESTAURANTS AND PLACES, THE RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS ACTUALLY NEED. WITH THAT BEING SAID, BOB, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO PROVIDE MORE DETAIL. YOU'RE THE ONE THAT SANCTIONED THIS. AND, I WAS GOING TO INVITE BOB UP TO SPEAK ABOUT THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS. THANK YOU. BOB LAMB, CONNECT. YEAH. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE STUDY. WE DID WORK WITH, THIRD PARTY GBQ, WHICH WAS THE SAME ENTITY WE WORKED WITH, AS A PARTNER ON OUR APPLICATION. SO THEY ARE STATE APPROVED FOR THESE KIND OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND WERE ACCEPTED THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WHICH IS WHY WE WENT BACK TO THEM ON THIS ONE. THEY DID LOOK AT THE AVERAGE
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HOUSEHOLD INCOME FOR A UNION COUNTY HOUSEHOLD AND AN AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME FOR A MARYSVILLE. THEY TOOK THE IN BETWEEN OF THAT NUMBER TO USE IN THIS ANALYSIS, AND THEN FOCUSED ON THE STANDARD, SPENDING AMOUNTS. SHOWCASED WITH BY HOUSEHOLD IN OHIO AS WELL AS UNION COUNTY AS FAR DOWN AS THEY COULD DRIVE, THAT THOSE DATA NUMBERS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I AND I JUST HAD A COUPLE OTHER THINGS HERE, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO. I WOULD ONLY ADD TO THAT I DIDN'T GET TO MAYBE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS. AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT TO BE HONEST, I DIDN'T THINK WE'D GET TO. BUT BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE LEGISLATION THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, WE WERE ASKED TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE MARYSVILLE SCHOOLS ON THIS PROJECT AS WELL. AND IN MAY THIS YEAR, THE, THE, COMPENSATION, THE FINANCIAL COMPENSATION AGREEMENT THAT WAS AGREED TO WITH THE SCHOOLS WAS THE SCHOOL BOARD VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF, I THINK, THE COMPENSATION AGREEMENT, BUT I KNOW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE LIVED HERE THEIR WHOLE LIFE THAT'S THAT HAVE ALWAYS SEEN THIS AREA OF TOWN AS A DIRTY AREA OF TOWN. AND THEY SEE THE TRANSFORMATION OF THIS SITE BEING DONE UNDER ONE UMBRELLA, UNDER ONE DEVELOPER, THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET IF YOU MOVE ON AND YOU MOVE AWAY FROM THIS DEVELOPER, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET A SOLE DEVELOPER. THAT'S GOING TO COME IN AND TAKE ON 17 ACRES OF BROWNFIELD. SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LONG TIME TO BE LOOKING AT AN AREA THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN CONSIDERED KIND OF, WHAT I WOULD CALL AND I'VE HEARD FROM MARYSVILLE RESIDENTS, THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE DIRTY PART OF THE UPTOWN. AND, AND THIS, THIS WILL BE A GAME CHANGER. NOT ONLY WILL IT BE A GAME CHANGER ON THE 17 ACRE SITE, BUT WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE ONCE THIS DEVELOPMENT STARTS HAPPENING AND I'M ALREADY SEEING A LITTLE BIT, YOU'LL SEE THE TRANSFORMATION OF AREAS AROUND THIS SITE AS WELL THAT WILL OCCUR, JUST NATURALLY IT IT DOES THAT IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN WHEN WE DO, STREET PROJECTS AND WE DO CURB GUTTER, SIDEWALK REPAVING PROJECTS ON STREETS. IF YOU LOOK AT THEM, A LOT OF TIMES YOU'LL END UP SEEING SOME OF THE HOMES ON THOSE STREETS UPGRADED AS WELL. BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST START TAKING PRIDE AND, AND START DOING SOMETHING. THEY SEE THE INVESTMENT IS GOING TO HELP THEIR INVESTMENT INTO THEIR HOME IS GOING TO HELP AS WELL. SO WITHOUT THAT, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I'M MISSING ON ONE MORE THING, THERE'S ALSO THREE ARTICLES IN THERE, ONE FROM THE JT WHEN THEY ANNOUNCED THE TEAM OF FUNDS, AND THERE'S TWO OTHER DOCUMENTS, ARTICLES FROM BUSINESS FIRST, THE COLUMBUS BUSINESS FIRST, WHERE, MAYOR ZWICK GOT A LOT OF PLAY OUT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT IT MEANT TO MARYSVILLE. SO IT'S NOT ONLY KNOWN FROM A LOCAL PERSPECTIVE, A JT PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO IT'S BEEN IN PRINT MEDIA IN THE COLUMBUS REGION AS WELL, CELEBRATING THIS AS A PROJECT GREAT FOR THE REGION AS A WHOLE. IF YOU GUYS DON'T MIND, HANG RIGHT IN THAT AREA. BECAUSE IF YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE QUESTIONS, VENTURING THROUGH THIS LEGISLATION, IF WE IF WE HAVE IT. THANK YOU. SO DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. YES. WE HAVE A GROUP THAT WANTED TO SPEAK. RIGHT. OH YES. WELL WE WHEN WE GET TO COUNCIL I THINK WHEN WE GET TO COUNCIL YOU'RE. THANK YOU, THEY'LL, THEY'LL INVITE YOU UP YOU GO FIRST. OKAY. WELL, AFTER ALL THOSE GLOWING WORDS, I HAVE A FEELING THAT I'M THROWING A WET BLANKET ON THINGS. BUT THINGS BEING WHAT THEY ARE. SO AFTER MANY YEARS, WE'VE COME TO THE COUNCIL MEETING WHERE WE HAVE TO MAKE THE FINAL DECISION REGARDING THE CONNECT PROJECT.AND I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT INITIALLY I WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, OVER TIME IT DID BECOME CLEAR THAT IN ITS CURRENT PROPOSAL, IT IS FINANCIALLY IRRESPONSIBLE TO MOVE FORWARD FROM THIS POINT ON. FIRST OFF, I DO WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP IN CLEANING UP THE NORTH MAIN STREET AREA. THE DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS BOTH IN FRONT OF THE SILO AND ACROSS MAIN STREET KNOWN AS CASCADIA, AND THE AREA IS ALREADY GREATLY IMPROVED. HOWEVER, AS THE PROJECT LISTS CONTINUE TO GROW TO INCLUDE A BRIDGE, A TRAIL, POTENTIALLY A TURN LANE STREETSCAPE, UNDERGROUND WIRING,
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ETC. IT FORCED THE MOVE THE PROJECT INTO THE NEED OF A 30 YEAR TIFF, PLUS A 50% INCOME TAX SHARING. ON MARCH 25TH, 24TH, ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTED TO AGREE ON A TWO YEAR MORATORIUM TO NOT CREATE ANY NEW RESIDENTIAL INCENTIVE DISTRICTS FOR SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS, EVEN THOUGH THE CONNECT PROJECT IS A MULTIFAMILY PROJECT, THERE SHOULD BE EVEN GREATER CONCERN BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL OF MORE CHILDREN INTO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HISTORIC LOWER LEVELS OF REAL ESTATE INCOME, REAL ESTATEAX, PL T THE RUSLEA AX T. E TO MDUY OTHEANR ENCIESAGHAT WE TAVE H NOT HRD HO ND TO PEEVIDERO THE ES BRV GET NUTO INCEOM FOR XT 30 NEARS.YE THE ELIERAR D 50% NEARED ISHOMENC EREBY WHE CITYTHND A T SCHOOHE LVIDEDIAGES WINCOME. 050 IS 5N I T DOLLA, ROUGRSY DTE $MILLIO2 BUT BN.EDAS ONNFLATI ION ANDTS 30 IARYE TE, IT CRM BEAN EXPECD TO CTET CY OF MITYSVILLARE ME THANOR DOLE THAUBTMOUNT. AHIS IS T MOY THATNEEEDS T NO GO TO PRIDE SEOVICESRV TO E CITITHNS ARYSVI ME, NOTLL TO P FOR AAY DELOPMENVET PJECT UROERNDHE NDITIOCO. INS BELVE ITIE COD BEUL GREAT A PROJE, BUT CT INISTH CRENT PURPOSALROIT WIL, FINAUSLSEAFFECTY THEUTURE F IAL STNCILITY AB THEOF CITY OF MARYSVILLE. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORTS WENT INTO GETTING US TO THIS VOTE, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE A STRATEGIC DECISION, NOT AN EMOTIONAL DECISION. SO THAT'S THE CHARGE TO THE COUNCIL. LOOK AT IT FROM A STRATEGIC AND NOT LOOK AT IT FROM AN EMOTIONAL DECISION. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THERE IS SOMEBODY THAT WOULDN'T LIKE TO SPEAK FROM REPRESENTING MAIN STREET, MARYSVILLE. THAT'S FINE. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD WANT THAT WANTS TO SPEAK? MR. RAUSCH, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN I READ IT IN THE NEWSPAPER. IT WAS PROBABLY WITHIN THE LAST YEAR OR SO, BUT 50 YEARS AGO, LARRY OWENS, WHEN SOMEBODY THAT WE HAD UP HERE CELEBRATING NOT TOO LONG AGO WAS TALKING ABOUT WHAT CAN BE DONE TO OUR DOWNTOWN. AT THAT TIME, IT WAS DOWNTOWN, DIDN'T GET CHANGED TO UPTOWN UNTIL KAREN PAGE AND A FEW OTHERS. BUT OUR SKYLINE, IF WE DO HAVE A SKYLINE, HAS NOT CHANGED IN UPTOWN MARYSVILLE. AND PROBABLY 100 YEARS. EXCEPT WHEN THE HOTEL BURNED DOWN. WHEN CARNEY'S BURNED DOWN, AND WHEN WE BUILT CITY HALL AND PARTNERS PARK. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME TO DO SOMETHING FOR MANY GENERATIONS TO COME. WE'RE GOING TO GET TO KEEP OUR ICONIC SILOS. I LOOK FORWARD TO SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES IN THERE, THE CLIMBING WALL AND SOME OTHER THINGS. YOU KNOW, AND THE DESIGN MIGHT NOT BE EXACTLY WHAT EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE WANTED. BUT IF YOU GO DOWN THE STREET TO DUBLIN AND I, I AM LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. I DON'T LIKE TO COMPARE OURSELVES TO DUBLIN AND I AND I HATE THAT IDEA. BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS STAND OUT TO ME. WHEN THEY REDID THEIR LIBRARY, A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT, OH, IT'S WAY TOO MODERN LOOKING. IT DOESN'T FIT IN OVER TIME. IT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD. PEOPLE KIND OF LIKE IT. IN FACT, I WAS AT DINNER PROBABLY A MONTH AGO AND SOMEBODY MADE A COMMENT ABOUT IT. BRIDGE PARK, IT IS DEFINITELY THE GOLD STANDARD OF A PROJECT IN CENTRAL OHIO. MAYBE THE STATE OF OHIO, MAYBE EVEN BROADER THAN THAT. TOTAL DEVELOPMENT WAS ABOUT $600 MILLION, AND WE HAD DANA MCDANIEL IN A MEETING, AND I AND I ASKED HIM, THEY PUT IN ABOUT $150 MILLION FROM THE CITY COFFERS. OKAY SO I GOT NUMBERS THAT IT WAS 3 TO 4 MILLION FOR US TO INVEST. MAYBE IT'S MORE THAN THAT. MAYBE IT'S $8 MILLION. THEY'RE INVESTING $100 MILLION. THE BANG ON THE BUCK THAT WE'RE GETTING FOR THIS[01:45:03]
PROJECT IS PHENOMENAL. AND IF WE DON'T DO THIS PROJECT NOW, IT TOOK 8 TO 10 YEARS TO GET RID OF THE OLD KROGER BUILDING. HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO GET RID OF BIG SILOS SITTING IN YOUR UPTOWN A LONG TIME? I'M NOT GOING TO BE ALIVE WHEN THAT PROJECT GETS DONE. IF IT DOESN'T GET DONE NOW. WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? WHAT? I SAW A NOTE HERE THAT WE WERE GOING TO GET A COMMENT FROM JESSICA. THAT'S LIKE TO HEAR THAT. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. WE CAN DO IT. MRS. ESTEP, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND. I'M THE FIRST ONE THAT HAS TO LOWER THE MIC.WELL, BOB HASN'T SPOKEN YET. JESSICA, YOU HAVE NINE, FIVE, EIGHT, FIVE WOODBINE WAY, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. MY NAME IS JESSICA, AND I'M A BOARD MEMBER ON MAIN STREET, MARYSVILLE, AND A PROUD RESIDENT. RESIDENT OF OUR VIBRANT COMMUNITY. I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO EXPRESS MAIN STREET MARYSVILLE. SUPPORT OF THE CONNECT REALTY PROJECT WATER AND LIGHT, WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR CONTINUED GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. MAIN STREET MARYSVILLE IS COMPRISED OF BUSINESS OWNERS AND COMMUNITY COMMUNITY MEMBERS BROUGHT TOGETHER FOR THE PURPOSE OF STIMULATING UPTOWN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN MARYSVILLE THROUGH REVITALIZATION BY PRESERVING, ENHANCING AND PROMOTING MARYSVILLE UPTOWN DISTRICT TO CREATE A SUSTAINABLE AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY. THE WATER AND LIGHT PROJECT MEETS THIS VERY MISSION. MAIN STREET, MARYSVILLE BELIEVES THAT EMBRACING GROWTH IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR PROSPERITY, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO OUTLINE SEVERAL REASONS WHY THIS IS NOT JUST BENEFICIAL, BUT A NECESSARY CHOICE. NUMBER ONE IS ECONOMIC PROSPERITY. GROWTH DRIVES ECONOMIC VITALITY, EXPANDING OUR CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE, ATTRACTING NEW, ATTRACTING NEW BUSINESSES, AND CREATING JOB OPPORTUNITIES ARE ALL INTEGRAL TO ENSURING OUR LOCAL ECONOMY REMAINS STRONG AND COMPETITIVE. WHEN WE SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT, WE FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE BUSINESSES CAN THRIVE, WHICH IN TURN CREATES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR RESIDENTS. TWO QUALITY OF LIFE GROWTH WHEN MAINTAINED, THOUGHTFULLY MADE, ENHANCES A QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. WHEN DEVELOPMENTS CAN LEAD TO IMPROVED PUBLIC SERVICES SUCH AS BETTER PARKS, SCHOOLS AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, INVESTMENTS IN THESE AREAS ENSURE THAT WE ARE NOT ONLY MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR CURRENT RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO PREPARING FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. AND STRENGTHENING OUR FUTURE. FINALLY INVESTING IN GROWTH TODAY IS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR FUTURE. IT POSITIONS OUR CITY TO BE ADAPTABLE AND RESILIENT IN THE FACE OF THE CHANGING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL LANDSCAPES. IN CONCLUSION, SUPPORTING GROWTH IS NOT JUST IS NOT ABOUT SACRIFICING OUR CITY'S CHARACTERS OR VALUES. IT IS ABOUT ENHANCING OUR COMMUNITY'S POTENTIAL AND ENSURING THAT WE CAN PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE TO OUR RESIDENTS NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. MAIN STREET, MARYSVILLE URGES THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING INITIATIVES THAT DRIVE THOUGHTFUL, REASONABLE GROWTH. TOGETHER, WE CAN BUILD A PROSPEROUS, VIBRANT AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR OUR CITY. PLEASE VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE CONNECT REALTY PROJECT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION. THIS EVENING. THANK YOU VERY. GOING BACK TO COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO SAY. YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND IT'S WE'RE HERE TONIGHT AS KIND OF A SERIES OF, AGREEMENTS OR, OR, YOU KNOW, WE WE'VE WORKED WITH THE SCHOOLS, WE'VE WORKED WITH THE DEVELOPER, WE'VE, TAKEN THE CITY'S CONSIDERATIONS INTO EFFECT, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A COMPROMISE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME THINGS MAYBE THAT INDIVIDUALLY, A DETAIL HERE AND THERE THAT I MIGHT LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. THE SCHOOLS MIGHT HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF SET THIS DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK TOWARDS THIS. YOU KNOW, IN JANUARY, THE SCHOOLS APPROVED THE AGREEMENT IN MAY, THEY PRESENTED SOME INITIAL DESIGN IDEAS, BUT THOSE AREN'T THE FINAL DESIGN. YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL A PROCESS TO GO THROUGH THE FINAL DESIGN REVIEW AND APPROVAL. AND, YOU KNOW, I TRUST THAT PROCESS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S STILL TO COME. YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THE FINANCIAL SIDE AND, AND THAT ANALYSIS, YOU KNOW, I THINK, AS HANK POINTED OUT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE COMPROMISES,
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YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, GET A LITTLE MORE THAN WHAT, YOU KNOW, THEY NORMALLY WOULD. WE'RE SHARING SOME INCOME TAX FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT. BUT YOU KNOW, THAT ANALYSIS DID NOT INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE SPENDING OF THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE HERE. THAT ANALYSIS DID NOT INCLUDE THE 150 CONSTRUCTION JOBS AND THOSE CONSTRUCTION JOBS. IT'S GOING TO BE SEVERAL YEARS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE PLACE BEFORE THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETE. YOU KNOW, THE CITY IS GOING TO COLLECT THE INCOME TAX REVENUE FROM THOSE CONSTRUCTION JOBS.THAT'S NOT A THAT'S NOT PART OF THE SHARED AGREEMENT. YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT YOU KNOW, PART OF THE NUMBERS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT'S ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT'S IN THE COMPENSATION AGREEMENT. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF POSITIVE. AND THE OTHER THING I'LL SAY IS, YOU KNOW, WE WENT AND LOOKED AT THE DEVELOPMENT, THE TROLLEY DISTRICT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND AT THE TIME IT WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. AND I WENT BACK A YEAR LATER. AND, YOU KNOW, THE PROJECT, THE PORTIONS OF THE PROJECT WERE MOSTLY DONE. BUT THE THING THAT STOOD OUT TO ME WAS SEEING WHAT HAPPENED BEYOND THE PROJECT, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE IMPROVEMENTS BEING MADE ON PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT. THERE ARE IMPROVEMENTS BEING MADE IN THE REGION AROUND THAT DEVELOPMENT THAT WERE SPURRED BY, YOU KNOW, THE INVESTMENT THAT CAME. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST AS WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT SOMEONE CALLED THE DIRTY PART OF MAIN STREET, I HADN'T HEARD THAT BEFORE, BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST AS WE SEE, YOU KNOW, THIS PART IMPROVE, YOU CAN IMAGINE YOU KNOW, THE EXPANSION AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF MAIN STREET, YOU KNOW, UP AND DOWN BOTH DIRECTIONS FROM THIS AS THOSE PROPERTIES MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO KIND OF MATCH WHAT'S BEING DONE HERE. SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A COMPROMISE. YOU KNOW, WE SET THE GENERAL FRAMEWORK WHEN WE AGREED IN JANUARY TO WORK WITH WITH THE DEVELOPER ON THIS, THE SCHOOLS HAVE AGREED THERE ARE, LIKE I SAID, SOME MINOR THINGS I WOULD CHANGE HERE AND THERE, BUT IN THE END IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. AND I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS DEVELOPMENT AND YOU LOOK AT THE AREA AROUND THE DEVELOPMENT AND YOU LOOK AT THE JOBS THAT ARE GOING TO BE CREATED, NOT JUST WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO THE JOBS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A WIN FOR THE CITY AND A WIN FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE TOPIC? MR. PRESIDENT, THE ONLY OTHER THING I MIGHT ADD THAT I DIDN'T SPEAK TO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER I WANTED THE POSITION OR NOT, YOU KNOW, BEING THE CHAIR OF THE PASSENGER RAIL COMMITTEE HERE IN CENTRAL OHIO, MARYSVILLE IS GOING TO BE A STOP. AND I ENVISION THAT PASSENGER RAIL TO START HAPPENING WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I DON'T WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE DO IS COME THROUGH INTO MARYSVILLE TO A RAIL STATION IN IN TEN YEARS AND SEE SOMETHING STILL THERE THAT EXISTS TODAY OR THAT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE. I, I'D LIKE FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO COME TO MARYSVILLE AND SEE A, SEE A PROJECT SITE THAT IS A GAME CHANGER AND AT THE SAME TIME, NOT ONLY SEE THAT, BUT THEN VENTURE INTO OTHER AREAS OF THE, OF THE UPTOWN AND, SO I AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A STOP, YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE BECAUSE ERIC PHILLIPS AND MYSELF HAVE BEEN A PART OF THESE PASSENGER RAIL DISCUSSIONS FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS, PLUS PROBABLY ERIC, EVEN LONGER THAN THAT. BUT SO THIS IS A TIME THIS, THIS LIKE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE GET HERE, THIS, THIS PROJECT. AND I'M PROBABLY GOING TO IT'S A THREE TO 5 TO 6 YEAR PROJECT BEFORE THIS IS EVEN COMPLETED BECAUSE OF THE PHASES.
AM I PRETTY ACCURATE, BOB? 2 TO 3, FIVE YEARS. OKAY. THANK YOU, BUT WHAT WHAT BETTER SITUATION COULD WE BE IN FIVE YEARS FROM NOW TO HAVE A DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS IN A POSITION AND OF
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COURSE, YOU KNOW, THE RAIL STATION IS GOING TO BE A WHOLE NOTHER DISCUSSION, HERE IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE. SO JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT AS, AS WE CONSIDER THIS LEGISLATION, THE. THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? THE ONLY THING THAT I WILL SAY IS THAT I DO BELIEVE THAT THE UPTOWN IS IN A SITUATION WHERE IT NEEDS ENHANCED AND I HOPE THAT THE MAIN STREET BOARD USES THEIR SAME DEDICATION FOR THIS PROJECT AS THEY DO WHEN IT COMES TO CHANGING ZONING IN, IN AND AROUND THE UPTOWN TO SUPPORT MORE RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS ON THE FIRST FLOOR. I HOPE THEY ALSO HAVE THE SAME SAME LEVEL OF RESPECT WHEN WE WHEN WE LOOK AT PROPERTY MAINTENANCE ENHANCEMENTS OF USING IT TO ENFORCE THE CLEANUP AND PAINTING AND MAINTAINING OF THE UPTOWN BUILDINGS, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE MAIN STREET ALSO SUPPORT THE INITIATIVE IN CREATING A ZONING DISTRICT TO REMOVE ALL LEVELS OF PERMITS AND PAYMENTS FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN AND AROUND THE UPTOWN WHO WANT SIGNAGE AND PAINT AND EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE UPTOWN. AND THEN ALSO, ERIC KNOWS I HAVEN'T TALKED TO TERRY ABOUT IT, WITH THE WITH THE LEAVING OF ONE OF OUR CITY OFFICIALS, I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE TALK TO MAIN STREET ABOUT HIRING A MAIN STREET DIRECTOR WHO IS NOT FROM THIS COMMUNITY TO SERVE IN THAT ROLE, TO BE A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN MAIN STREET AND, EVENT PLANNING, WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S POSSIBLE TO DO UNDER THE MAIN STREET UMBRELLA. I THINK THAT NOW IS A CRUCIAL TIME THAT WE START LOOKING AT THE BIGGER PICTURE. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL HELP, BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE, I, I DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONCERNS WITH HAVING WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT ONLY BEING WALLED TO ITSELF AND NOT ENGAGING TO THE REST OF THE UPTOWN AND ONLY, YOU KNOW, TIME WILL TELL. BUT, THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS MOVING FORWARD IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES AND THIS IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE IT. AND VOTING FOR YES ISN'T GOING TO SOLVE IT. AND I EXPECT THAT IF WE ARE VOTING ON THIS, I EXPECT THAT YOU, ERIC AND MAIN STREET AND TERRY AND STAFF DO ALL THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TO ENSURE THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS, I EXPECT EVERYTHING ELSE IN AND AROUND THE UPTOWN TO CHANGE AS WELL. AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE JUST A PIECEMEAL DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE WE CLAIM THAT THIS IS WHAT WHAT CALLS THESE ISSUES OR PIECEMEAL DEVELOPMENTS. WELL, IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS, THIS IS ALSO A PIECEMEAL DEVELOPMENT. SO I EXPECT THAT A LOT OF OTHER THINGS ARE CHANGING WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT TO ENCOURAGE MORE DEVELOPMENT, LIKE CONNECT, TO MOVE IN AND AROUND THE UPTOWN TO ENCOURAGE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, TO ENCOURAGE UPTOWN LIVING, TO ENCOURAGE THE PIERCE HOME THAT'S BEEN SITTING VACANT FOR, I DON'T KNOW, FIVE, SIX YEARS WAITING FOR THE BULLDOZER TO FALL DOWN. AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE CLAIMING WE NEED ALL THESE HOUSING IN MARYSVILLE. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS ABOUT IT. BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THOSE CONCERNS KNOWN THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT NEEDS DONE. AND THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE THE BE ALL, SAVE ALL. MR. PRESIDENT, IT WOULD BE MY HONOR TO, MAKE A MOTION TO PASS ORDINANCE C. ROLL CALL. MR. BURGER. YES, MR. HUNTER? NO MR. REAMES. YES. MR. RAUCH. YES MR. BORDNER NO. MR. WOLF. YES. MR. BURBY NO. FOUR. YES THANK YOU. AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO.OH, SORRY. AS WE GET TO THE NEXT PORTION OF IT WHERE WE HAVE THE AGREEMENT, WOULD YOU MIND CORRECTING MR. GRIMM'S STATEMENT WITH REGARDS TO THE CONSTRUCTION INCOME TAX SHARING? OH, YOU HAVEN'T STARTED THE RESOLUTION YET, I APOLOGIZE. NO, NO, NO, NO, I WILL ASK YOU THE QUESTION.
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IT'S ALL RIGHT, SO WE ARE ON ORDINANCE D, THIRD READING TITLE ONLY 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 5,709.41. TO DECLARE SUCH PROPERTY TO BE EXEMPT FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXATION. TO DESIGNATE IMPROVEMENTS THAT, ONCE MADE, WILL DIRECTLY BENEFIT THE PARCELS FOR WHICH IMPROVEMENT IS DECLARED TO BE A PUBLIC PURPOSE.TO REQUIRE ANNUAL SERVICE PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES. TO ESTABLISH AN URBAN REDEVELOPMENT TAX INCREMENT EQUIVALENT FUND TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A COMPENSATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN
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THE CITY CONNECT REAL ESTATE, LLC AND THE MARYSVILLE EXEMPTED VILLAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE OHIO HIGH POINT CAREER CENTER, TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING SERVICE PAYMENT AGREEMENT AND TO PROVIDE RELATED AUTHORIZATIONS PURSUANT TO OHIO REVISED CODE SECTIONS 5,709.41, 5,709.42, 5,709.43, 5,709.832, AND 5,709.85. ADMINISTRATION I WOULD DEFER IF YOU WANTED TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, THEN I MAY HAVE A COMMENT. YEAH, SO SORRY, MR. BURBERRY, WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION OR CLARIFICATION? MR. IF I LOOK AT CONSTRUCTION, INCOME TAX SHARING FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE AND UNTIL THE FINAL CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IS ISSUED BY THE CITY FOR THE PROJECT SITE, THE MONEY SHALL BE SHARED EQUALLY BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND THE CITY.I BELIEVE THE DISCUSSIONS. I CANNOT RECALL THE EXACT OUTCOME OF THAT. IF WE WERE SHARING CONSTRUCTION INCOME TAX, I DON'T RECALL. WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT. I DON'T YEAH, I DON'T WE'RE STILL GETTING MORE TAXES AS A RESULT BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU SPLIT IT 5050, WE'RE GETTING MORE TAXES JUST BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION INCOME. BUT WE CAN VERIFY THAT. NO PROBLEM. MR. VOTING ON TONIGHT. YEAH, YEAH. ANYWAY, IT'S ON PAGE THREE, SECTION A, SO DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M KIND OF LIKE THAT MIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE. OH THE ONLY THE ONLY THING I WANT TO ADD BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYTHING YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT ONE ITEM. AS WE VENTURED OVER THE LAST GOING ON ALMOST TWO YEARS, THERE'S NOT ONE ITEM THAT WE WENT DOWN TO PUT TOGETHER WITH THIS PROPOSAL THAT WE DIDN'T GET THE DIRECTION OF CITY COUNCIL. OKAY, I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT I WENT DOWN THE PATH OF DISCUSSING WITH COUNCIL TO HELP US FRAME UP EVERYTHING THAT'S PUT TOGETHER TONIGHT. NOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THIS WORK TOOK PLACE BEFORE SOME OF OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT CAME INTO PLAY. SO IT'S OVER TWO SEPARATE COUNCILS THAT WE'VE DONE THIS. SO GOT THAT. BUT EVERYTHING THAT THAT WE'VE WORKED ON AND BROUGHT FORWARD WAS AUTHORIZED BY CITY COUNCIL. COUNCIL MR. PRESIDENT, I'D MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. THE ONLY THING I'LL SAY IS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. THIS IS ONE HURDLE, THE NET. YOU KNOW, THERE'S MULTIPLE HURDLES OR HURDLES AFTER THIS. AS YOU KNOW. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF OPINIONS UP HERE. AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU TO EXECUTE ALL OF THOSE. SO THANK YOU. ROLL CALL MR. HUNTER. NO. MR. REAMES. YES. MR. RAUCH. YES. MR. BORDNER NO.
MR. WOLF. YES. MR. BURBY NO. MR. BURGER YES. FOUR. YES THANK YOU. COMMENTS OF CITY. CITY MANAGER I
[COMMENTS OF THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL PERSONS AND GENERAL DISCUSSION]
WOULD ONLY SAY I RESPECT THE HECK OUT OF YOU GUYS BECAUSE NOTHING'S REALLY EASY AND I, I THINK I MENTIONED IF YOU LOOK BACK AT THE MINUTES AT THE VERY FIRST COUNCIL MEETING THIS YEAR, YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE DRINKING OUT OF A FIRE HOSE. AND WE JUST GOT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON. WE'RE REALLY FORTUNATE TO BE IN THE POSITION MARYSVILLE IS IN, BUT I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THESE DECISIONS ARE NOT EASY. AND I DO WANT TO SAY I RESPECT ALL YOUR DECISIONS ACROSS THE BOARD. AND I'LL CLOSE MY COMMENTS WITH THAT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. I'LL START WITH MR. RALPH WEDNESDAY SCHOOL STARTS THAT BIG YELLOW THING. IT'S A SCHOOL BUS. BE CAREFUL, PLEASE PAY. SLOW DOWN. GIVE THE KIDS WHO ARE GOING TO BE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT GETTING BACK TO SEE THEIR SCHOOL TEACHERS, AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A MISTAKE AND RUN OUT, LIKE THEY SHOULDN'T. BUT, LET'S TAKE OUR TIME. LET THE KIDS GET USED TO GETTING ON THE SCHOOL BUS. AND, I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A GREAT YEAR, YOU KNOW, MY WIFE'S A RETIRED SCHOOL TEACHER, SO SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GOING BACK TO CLASS, BUT I WAS TALKING TO MY SISTER, YESTERDAY, AND, SHE WAS STILL DOING THOSE LITTLE, I CALL THEM TONGUE DEPRESSORS. THEY'RE ACTUALLY.LOLLIPOP WOODEN THINGS AND WRITING NAMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO GLAD TO SEE THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTING AND HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A GREAT YEAR. MR. REAMES ALL RIGHT, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE BIG WEEKEND BETWEEN THE BMX EVENT UPTOWN FRIDAY NIGHT, THE FARMERS MARKET, HORN AND HOUNDS,
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THE POOL, AND PROBABLY THE MOST EXCITING ONE OF ALL AS OUR FOUR HOUR WORKSHOP ON SATURDAY, SATURDAY. I HOPE EVERYBODY ELSE ENJOYS THEIR WEEKEND. YEAH, IT'LL BE BEAUTIFUL TO MR. HUNTER. SURE. YEAH SO THANKS FOR THE UPDATE. ON THE TOURISM AND THE COUNTY, I'VE, I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY THERE'S NOTHING TO DO IN MARYSVILLE AND, I CAN'T KEEP UP WITH ALL THAT THERE IS TO DO TO BE HONEST, SO I CAN'T TAKE MY KIDS TO THE FARMER'S MARKET. BASEBALL, ALL. YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS ALWAYS GOING ON. ALL THE TIME, THE, NOVEMBER IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE CURIOUS, INTERESTED, ENGAGED IN ALL OF THE DECISIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE NATIONALLY, STATEWIDE, LOCALLY, LOCALLY IS WHAT I'M, REFERRING TO HERE. I SEE QUESTIONS THAT ARE POSED. I SEE A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE STATED, I WOULD JUST REMIND FOLKS, AND I SAID THIS, TO SOME QUESTION THAT WAS POSED A WHILE BACK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO, ENSURE TRANSPARENCY AND GOVERNMENT AND INFORMATION ACCURACY, SO ON. AND SO FORTH.AND MY ANSWER WAS, GO TO THE SOURCE. WE HAVE A LOT OF, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES. AND IT'S IN BLACK AND WHITE TEXT. IT'S VERY BORING AND DRY TO READ, BUT THE FACTS ARE THERE.
AND, WE I'VE RECEIVED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, WHAT OUR, RECENT CHANGES ON RESIDENTIAL TIFFS. I THINK IT WAS TOUCHED ON EARLIER IN A COMMENT. BUT WHAT ARE THOSE CHANGES? HOW DO THEY IMPACT, WHAT IS THE REREVISED SCHOOL COMPENSATION AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE ARE IN BLACK AND WHITE TEXT. AND, I WANT TO THANK MACKENZIE, I HAD A RESIDENT REACH OUT WITH SOME QUESTIONS JUST THIS WEEK, AND SHE HAD SUPPORTED, YOU KNOW, GETTING THAT INFORMATION. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT IN THE HANDS OF THE RESIDENT WHO HAD THOSE QUESTIONS. I'M REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED AND THEY'RE ENGAGED ABOUT THE FINANCIALS OF EVERYTHING. WITH, YOU KNOW, REGARD TO THE SCHOOL LEVY, I KNOW THAT THERE'S THINGS THAT PEOPLE AGREE ON. THERE'S PEOPLE THAT THAT THERE'S THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON'T AGREE ON, WE HAVE ADULT CONCERNS. ME PERSONALLY, MY KIDS ARE MY CONCERN. AND I WANT TO SEE MY KIDS HAVE OPPORTUNITY. AND I THINK THAT, THERE ARE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THIS CITY. AND I WANT TO SEE THAT CONTINUE. SO, THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS FOR TODAY. YEAH.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WE'LL START WITH YOU, MR. BORDNER. I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER. I SPOKE PLENTY TONIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. WOLF. SO I SPENT THE PAST WEEKEND DOWN IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, AND I CAN SAY I'M VERY GLAD TO BE BACK UP HERE, NOT DEALING WITH THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY, WAKING UP TO, YOU KNOW, 55 DEGREE MORNINGS, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING OUT TO ALL THE DIFFERENT EVENTS GOING ON OVER THE NEXT WEEK. AND YOU KNOW, I LOOK FORWARD TO FOOTBALL SEASON COMING UP. BUT, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TRY AND GET OUT TO ALL THESE EVENTS GOING ON AND HOPE TO SEE YOU OUT AT THE BMX TRACK. OKAY. THANKS. YEAH, I WASN'T THAT FAR AWAY FROM YOU BECAUSE I WAS IN NEAR SAVANNAH, BUT IT IS DEFINITELY A GOOD FEELING TO BE BACK IN MARYSVILLE. SO, AND I'M CERTAINLY GLAD THAT, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING WENT WELL, INCLUDING THE BALLOON RALLY. I SUPPOSE. SO, WITH ALL OF THAT, IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK IN MARYSVILLE. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT AS SCHOOL, AS AS SCHOOL STARTS UP. PLEASE BE CAREFUL, YOU KNOW, IT'S. YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS LIKED GOING BACK TO SCHOOL. I WAS ALWAYS ONE OF THOSE KIDS. I COULDN'T I ALWAYS LIKED GOING TO SCHOOL. I NEVER MISSED SCHOOL, AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO VOTED NO TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, JUST KNOW THAT YOUR NO VOTE DIDN'T FALL ON DEAF EARS. AND I HEAR YOU. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT VERY RARELY I WOULD SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE IN OPPOSITION OF CERTAIN THINGS, BUT MOVING FORWARD. BUT I THINK THIS WAS ONE OF THEM. BUT AS A PLANNER, YOU KNOW, I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS, A PROJECT THAT WILL HELP THIS COMMUNITY. BUT I ALSO TRULY BELIEVE THAT IT WILL TAKE ALL OF US TO NOT ONLY TO NOT JUST LOOK AT THIS AS A SILO PROJECT, BUT HOW TO HOW TO ENSURE THAT ALL ZONING, PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND EVERYTHING ELSE ENCOURAGES THESE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT. YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD AND ALSO JUST REALLY QUICKLY, I JUST WANT TO BRING BACK TO CITIZENS COMMENTS, REALLY QUICKLY. NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN LIFE AND NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE AND WHO YOU LOVE AND WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE AND A DISABILITY, YOU MIGHT HAVE AN AGE OR WHATEVER IT IS. WE'VE ALL FELT DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IN OUR LIFETIME. NO LAW CAN EVER BE PASSED TO KEEP SOMEBODY FROM BEING WHO THEY ARE. THAT'S THE REALITY OF THIS COUNTRY. WHETHER YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE. IT TOOK WOMEN FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO
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VOTE. IT TOOK PEOPLE OF DISABILITIES TO FIGHT TO GET HANDICAPPED SPOTS IN THIS COUNTRY. IT'S TAKEN THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO MARRIAGE.IT'S TAKEN AFRICAN AMERICANS THE RIGHT TO FIGHT NOT ONLY FOR THIS COUNTRY THAT THEY WERE FIGHTING FOR, BUT THEY COULD NOT VOTE IN. BUT THEY FALL EVERY DAY FOR A COUNTRY THAT THEY BELIEVED WOULD BE BETTER FOR THEIR CHILDREN. AND NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, WHERE YOU COME FROM, WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE, THAT'S WHAT TRULY WHAT MAKES THE AMERICAN DREAM IN THIS COUNTRY SO UNIQUE IS THAT EVERY DAY WE FIGHT AS HARD AS WE CAN, JUST LIKE OUR ANCESTORS DID, TO ENSURE OUR CHILDREN HAVE A BETTER FUTURE THAN THAN WE DI. AND HOPEFULLY AS A COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL LOOK BACK ON OUR TIME AND HOPEFULLY HISTORY WILL PLAY US OUT IN A POSITIVE LIGHT BECAUSE HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL LOOK BACK ON US AND SAY WE DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB. SO IN THOSE COMMENTS, I JUST WANT TO SAY MEETING ADJOURNED. I'D MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. THANK YOU. I
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.