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I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE MINUTE BEING LATE, BUT I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE
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SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND STAY STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE 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. DONALD BERGER HERE. SCOTT HUNTER HERE. MARK REAMS. AND HANK BURBEE AND JAY RAUSCH ARE EXCUSED. DO. FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO ASK, IS THERE[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
ANY CORRECTIONS OR CHANGES TO THE AUGUST 7TH, 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING? MINUTES A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES FROM AUGUST 17TH, 2024. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANYBODY OPPOSED? IS THERE. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS TO THE AUGUST 19TH, 2024 SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES? MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES.ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? WAS THERE ANY CORRECTIONS, CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS TO THE AUGUST 26TH, 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING? MINUTES I MOVE TO ACCEPT THE AUGUST 26TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANYBODY OPPOSED? OKAY. WE ARE. THERE'S A
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PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL CLEANUP DAY IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH MAIN STREET MARYSVILLE. I WANT TO THANK ASHLEY GARBER FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER WITH MAIN STREET. I HAVE LESLIE VERBS, AND. ARE YOU OKAY? HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME UP. I'LL HAVE YOU GUYS CAN SEE EITHER SIDE OF ME IF YOU WANT. OH, IT'S LIKE IT'S NOT ONE. IT'S NOT LIKE TOP HEAVY OR ANYTHING. YEAH. SO SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2024 AS NATIONAL CLEANUP DAY IN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MAIN STREET MARYSVILLE. WHEREAS NATIONAL CLEANUP DAY IS RECOGNIZED, THE NEED TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND BEAUTY OF OUR CITY AS WELL AS OUR NATION. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE TAKES GREAT PRIDE IN ITS HEALTH AND BEAUTY AND SUPPORTS A CLEAN, SAFE ENVIRONMENT BOTH NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE. AND WHEREAS NATIONAL CLEANUP DAY IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, MAIN STREET, MARYSVILLE AND NATIONAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AND WHEREAS A CLEANER ENVIRONMENT PROTECTS POSITIVE COMMUNITY VALUES, PROPERTY VALUES AND ECONOMIC VITALITY OF OUR CITY. AND WHEREAS A CLEANER ENVIRONMENT FUTURE ENCOURAGES PRIDE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND A BRIDGE TO ITS CITIZENS AND ENGAGEMENT. NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD BURGER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE OF OHIO, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2024 AS NATIONAL CLEANUP DAY IN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE AND URGE ALL RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, BUSINESSES, CIVIC GROUPS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL CLEANUP DAY BY HELPING CLEAN UP THEIR COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT EFFORTS TO PROTECT OUR LAND, WATER, AND AIR. SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO MAYBE JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND WHAT YOU DO FOR THE MAIN STREET BOARD. SURE. MY NAME IS LESLIE VERBOSE. I AM ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE MAIN STREET, MARYSVILLE BOARD. WE ARE A RATHER LARGE AND INVOLVED BOARD THAT WE DO TONS OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, AND ONE OF THEM JUST BEING THE WONDERFUL FESTIVE FAIR THAT WAS JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND. IF YOU MISSED IT, I'M SORRY, BUT IT WAS AMAZING AND THAT WAS YOUR LOSS.BUT BUT I'LL LET PAULA ALSO EXPLAIN WHAT SHE CONTRIBUTES. ABSOLUTELY YOURSELF AND WHAT YOU DO IN THE UPTOWN AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SAY. OKAY MY NAME IS PAULA LYNCH, AND I OWN PLUM HOME, WHICH IS A STORE IN THE UPTOWN, AND I'M ALSO ON THE DESIGN COMMITTEE IN THE MAIN STREET ORGANIZATION. WELL, I WANT TO THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO AND SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL UPTOWN AND MAKING EFFORTS LIKE THIS. AND GLAD TO HAVE YOU AS A PARTNERSHIP. SO THANK YOU TO THE BOTH OF YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO ADD THE
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PROCLAMATION TO THE MINUTES. ALL IN FAVOR? I ADD IT TO THE MINUTES. ADMINISTRATION REPORT.[ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT]
THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS UP FRONT HERE TONIGHT, THIS WEDNESDAY AT 9:50 A.M. FIRE STATION, 272 RIGHT HERE AT CITY HALL WILL BE THE NINE OVER 11 REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY. SO, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB OF ORGANIZING THIS EVENT. AND I HOPE YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING, OBVIOUSLY, GOOD OFATHER. SO I HOPWEE GET LOT A AENDEESTTT A T NINE HEER 11OV MEMBRAREE CERENCNY. AGMON, THIS DNESDAWEATY 9:50 A. HERE M.AT T FIRE HEATION STAT TY HALCIL, OF COUI E, IRS DON'T PROCO SAEDY THIS,EPEAT R THEOF MATIONLA, T AGAIBU N.TURDAYSA,EPTEMB S 21ST,ER A.M9 PARTNATS PARKER. L'S WORETON G THE CMUNITYOMS A CLEED LLWES WE C A. ANDAN IT' TAKIME AWAT THETHORK TH W'SAT PLACENGAND I. KNOW, JEMY, I'REGOINGM TREFER O ER HIM. 'LL TAHE BRIEFLKLY AUT FAIR, E TBU MGOSH, Y E RSEE AT KANRE ELLEN ,ROUGH THL THEAL VUNTEEROLS, MA PARTET, STRYSVILMA,LE INTOTSICTHE WO, THATRKENT W HE PRE TRATIONPA OF STIVEFE IR, I FAINK RETHLYAL PAI DVIDENDDIS, BYVERYTH EG THATIN YOREU' HEARI. AND,NG THINK I I TS A VEWA,RY VERYOSITIV PEVENT. ANIT'SD SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE CAN ABSOLUTELY BUILD ON AS, AS WE MOVE INTO THE FUTURE HERE A LITTLE BIT WITH IT. SO WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADO, I'M GOING TO SHIFT DOWN TO JEREMY. YEAH. THANK YOU. TERRY, SOME UPDATES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, CITY STREET CREWS CONTINUE TO PERFORM ASPHALT, MAINTENANCE USING SEALER AND MASTIC IN MILL VALLEY, ON THE PARK SIDE, CREWS ARE NOW PLANTING GRASS IN AREAS DISTURBED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. NOW THAT IT'S, FALL IS HERE, AND IT'S A GOOD TIME TO PLANT GRASS AND AS WELL, WE'RE PERFORMING SOME HEADSTONE CLEANING AT OAKDALE CEMETERY, AND THEN AN UPDATE THAT WE RECEIVED FROM URBAN FORESTRY IS THAT THE MASTER PLAN IS EXPECTED TO BE WRAPPED UP, WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH. SO THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL SHOOT FOR THE OCTOBER PARKS AND REC COMMISSION, TO PRESENT TO. AND THEN AFTER THAT, MORE THAN LIKELY A WORK ON THE , THE ANNUAL DOG SWIM HAD 114 MEN, AND THE CITY WAS ABLE TO DONATE, $340 TO THE UNION COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY, OVER THE WEEKEND, AS TERRY ALLUDED TO, FESTIVE HAD GREAT ATTENDANCE, MOST IMPORTANTLY, KAREN WAS HAPPY, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO QUANTIFY THAT ATTENDANCE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS ONCE THE PLACER.AI DATA GETS POPULATED, FROM THE WATER SIDE, CREWS CONTINUE TO PREP PARK AND GRAND AVENUES FOR THE UPCOMING WATER LINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT. AND AT THE PLANT, THE AVERAGE DAILY USAGE AT THE PLANT WAS 4.6 MGD, WITH A PEAK OF 5.2, IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, THE PLANT IS CURRENTLY RATED AT 7.5 MILLION GALLONS A DAY, ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE, CITY CREWS CONTINUE TO ADDRESS POWER ISSUES AT THE TRANSFER PUMP STATION, NEAR PAVER BARNS, AND THEN TWO MORE ITEMS, I GUESS. THREE MORE ITEMS THAT I'VE GOT, THIS ONE I MENTIONED AT, PUBLIC SAFETY.PUBLIC SERVICE. JUST BEFORE THIS, BUT, THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE MILL CREEK WATERWAY IMPROVEMENTS. SO I CALL THAT THE LOGJAM PROJECT IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW EVENING AT 630. AT 940. LONDON SO AT THE COUNTY BUILDING THERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN. THE CITY'S ANNUAL AUCTION NETTED PROCEEDS OF JUST A HAIR OVER $28,000. AND THEN THE FINAL UPDATE, AS IT RELATES TO ODOT'S 33 PROJECT, THIS WEEKEND, THEY'LL BE CLOSING TWO RAMPS. SO IT'LL BE THE RAMP FROM 33 EASTBOUND TO DELAWARE AVENUE AND THEN FROM DELAWARE AVENUE TO 33 WESTBOUND. SO ALL THE RAMPS ESSENTIALLY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF DELAWARE AVENUE, SO THAT'S THIS WEEKEND. AND THEN THAT LEAVES ONE REMAINING RAMP, WHICH THEY'LL COMPLETE NEXT WEEKEND. SO THE WEEKEND OF THE 21ST. AND THAT'S THE RAMP FROM STATE ROUTE FOUR TO US 33 EASTBOUND THERE BY RURAL KING, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO KYLE FOR SOME UPDATES ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. THANKS CHAIRMAN. JUST A COUPLE OF CONSTRUCTION UPDATES. THE FIRST IS THE STATE ROUTE 31, PHASE THREE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, THIS WEEK, CONSTRUCTION WORK CONTINUES ON BOTH THE EAST AND WEST SIDE OF THE ROAD. MAPLE STREET WILL REMAIN CLOSED AT THE ELMWOOD AVENUE INTERSECTION THROUGH THIS WEEK AND THEN STARTING NEXT TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH, ELMWOOD AVENUE WILL BE CLOSED AT THAT MAPLE STREET INTERSECTION FOR APPROXIMATELY
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THREE WEEKS. MAPLE STREET WILL OPEN BACK UP TO TRAFFIC ONCE WE SHIFT TRAFFIC OVER TO ELMWOOD.NEXT WEEK. THE SECOND PROJECT IS THE PAVING PROGRAM. SO CURB REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT CONTINUES ON FOURTH STREET AND IN MILFORD ESTATES THIS WEEK. AND PAVING OPERATIONS WILL CONTINUE FOLLOWING ALL THE CURB REPLACEMENT WORK ON ALL OF THE STREETS THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM.
THOSE ARE ALL OF OUR UPDATES AT THIS TIME. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE. I WOULD ONLY ONLY ADD REAL QUICK, JEREMY, WE'VE BEEN IN SOME MEETINGS RECENTLY. IF WE WERE STILL OPERATING UNDER OUR OLD WATER PLANT, WE'D HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH, YEAH, THAT WOULD BE ACCURATE. OUR AVERAGE DAY AT LEAST THIS SUMMER, GREATLY EXCEEDS THE CAPACITY THAT WE HAD AT THE AT THE NORTH MAIN STREET, WATER PLANT. SO PERFECT. EXCELLENT TIMING BY COUNCIL.
YES, YES, VERY, VERY WELL. THAT'S ALL. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE, MR. PRESIDENT. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ADMINISTRATION? NO. I WAS YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST ADD, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THE NEED FOR A NEW WATER PLANT AND STARTED PLANNING FOR IT YEARS AGO. AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS ALWAYS JUST NOT QUITE TIME, NOT QUITE TIME WHEN WE FINALLY DID IT AND MADE THAT INVESTMENT, WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT AT A BETTER TIME. I MEAN, THE VERY NEXT YEAR WE'RE. YEAH. NEVER WOULD HAVE STAYED UP WITH THAT. SO PERFECT TIMING. I THINK WE GOT A LITTLE BIT LUCKY. WE HAD A GOOD CONTRACTOR AS WELL. SO IT WENT WENT VERY, VERY WELL. WE DID IT AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME TOO. SO WE GOT A GOOD COST. SO VERY FORTUNATE. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY HEARING NONE. WE'RE MOVING ON, REPORT OF CLERK OF COUNCIL. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. REPORT OF
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S THAT'S ME TONIGHT. OH, OKAY. YOU'RE GOING TO BE STUCK WITH ME ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. NO, WHAT I WHAT? I DID WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT. I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO SPEND THE A LITTLE BIT OF THE LAST THREE DAYS, AT THE 54TH ANNUAL JAPAN MIDWEST CONFERENCE. THAT'S HERE IN COLUMBUS THIS YEAR. IT'S STILL GOING ON THIS EVENING AND TOMORROW. AND, WHAT A CONFERENCE, I'LL TELL YOU, IT'S YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE, AND WHEN IT'S BEEN IN OTHER STATES AND OTHER MIDWEST STATES AND AS WELL AS WHEN WE'VE BEEN OVER IN TOKYO AND, WHAT'S REALLY WHAT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE IS THE, THE COLLABORATION THAT CONTINUES TO OCCUR, BETWEEN THE JAPANESE AND JAPANESE COMPANIES. THEY HAD THERE, SEVERAL OTHER GOVERNORS HERE, AND HERE AT THE, CONFERENCE AS WELL AS, THE GOVERNOR OF INDIANA AND WISCONSIN AND OBVIOUSLY, GOVERNOR DEWINE SPENT, A LOT OF TIME, AT THE CONFERENCE AS WELL. BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT'S WHAT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE OF, OF MARYSVILLE AND BEING THE HOME OF ABOUT 23 JAPANESE COMPANIES, OBVIOUSLY, INCLUDING HONDA, WE'RE PROBABLY MENTIONED MORE THAN ANY COMMUNITY IS MENTIONED DURING THE COURSE OF THE JAPAN MIDWEST CONFERENCE. AND TODAY AT OUR LUNCHEON, JENNIFER THOMAS, WHO'S A SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS AT HONDA, SPOKE, AT THE AT THE LUNCHEON AND SHE PROBABLY MENTIONED MARYSVILLE ABOUT FIVE TIMES THROUGH THROUGH HER PRESENTATION. AND SHE WAS, JUST VERY UPBEAT AND VERY POSITIVE ABOUT, WHAT HONDA IS DOING. AND AND, YOU KNOW, THE FUTURE IS STRONG IN, IN HER OPINION. AND SO IT WAS IT'S JUST BEEN VERY GOOD TO ATTEND. OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE OUR TEAM THERE, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM OF ERIC AND INGA AND, AND, AND SAVANNAH HAS BEEN A PART OF IT AS WELL. WE HAVE AN EXHIBIT THERE AT THE AT THE CONFERENCE AS WELL, FROM MARYSVILLE. WHICH GETS A LOT OF ACTIVITY, AROUND, AROUND OUR AREA AND, SO IT'S JUST, IT'S EXCITING TO GO THROUGH. I'LL BE HEADING BACK THERE TOMORROW, AND, LOOKING LOOKING FORWARD TO WRAPPING UP THE CONFERENCE TOMORROW, NOW, JUST TO ADD TO, HANK BARBEE ATTENDED, YESTERDAY. AND SO, CITY COUNCIL WAS REPRESENTED AND[00:15:04]
SO, YOU GUYS KNOW HANK AS WELL AS I, HANK WAS CIRCULATING WELL AT THE CONFERENCE. SO IT WAS IT WAS VERY GOOD. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU. DOES[PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION REPORT]
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION REPORT, MR. COUNCILMAN WOLFF.YES. SO WE APPROVED THE JULY 16TH, COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES AND THEN, KIND OF MOVED ON THERE AND GOT A DISCUSSION ON THE PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN, WHICH RECEIVED A BID FOR $80,000. SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF STARTING THAT, AND THERE'LL BE A LENGTHY AND IN-DEPTH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, HOPEFULLY FINISHING THAT UP SOMETIME SPRING, EARLY SUMMER NEXT YEAR, CREWS ARE FINDING AND FIXING IRRIGATION LEAKS, AND PREPARING FOR A LIST OF MAINTENANCE REPAIRS NOW THAT THE POOL IS CLOSED, PLANS FOR FALL SEASON WORK PROJECTS ARE TAKING PLACE, AND JEREMY HAD BROUGHT UP THAT WE RECEIVED ROUGHLY 3000 VISITORS AT THE BMX EVENT. SO THAT'S A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE AROUND TOWN, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE KIND OF WHAT IMPACT THAT HAD ON THE LOCAL ECONOMY, THE DAILY AVERAGE VISITORS TO THE POOL AS OF THE PARKS AND REC MEETING LAST MONTH, WAS AROUND 780 PEOPLE, WE SOLD 547 MEMBERSHIPS AND LOOK TO HAVE A TOTAL OF 34,000 VISITORS FOR THE YEAR, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE, LAST YEAR THE AVERAGE WAS ABOUT 396 VISITORS AND ROUGHLY 33,000 FOR THE WHOLE AGEN. SO TH ONTO ENROU KD OFIN . WEDA FINISD A REHEEWVI O FE FIVETHEAR Y CAPAL AND PLEM FORANHE T PKS,AR AT WASTH APPROD BY TVE HEMMISSICO.ON SIXO NOTH TG, ANDN OUNEXTR MTING IEETUESDAS Y, R 17THBET 6 A.M. TH PK I DOYBY HAVEODNY QUE AIONSST? O AND IH,ON'T DNOW IF K QUESY HAYBS AN SWER TANTHISO ON,TI SO I' ASK ILL AND IT. FERETH I'T IT'SNNOS RUSH. 5 00MBERSHMES SEEMIPS SOMEWT LOW.A LI IKE D'T KNOONWHAT TW HE ERAGEAV, YOU OW, PEKNENTAGERC O TYPIICIA LITY OPAR POPULIONAT LLY, ACAUALLY CTA MBERSHIEM P THE NTOBERSUM WE'VEAD. IS H THAT CRECT? ORAH, THYE ISAT IT MEMBLIKEEMOST M OTHEF DAILS EREAR MORE LIKE OFETH BASISY BUT WE, CANET ONS HAT. T TT'S PAHA OFRT WH THE PATKS ANDAR RECASTER M PL ISAN GNG TO OISEARCHRES I MPARE CO TO OTUSRHE SILARLYIM SIDZE COMNITIESMUN CENT IL TOO O AND NIONWIDATJUSTE FALL. SIN WHEREEE WHEREE W YEAH, I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THAT NUMBER. I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A IT'S A GOOD THING. SO, RIGHT, OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. HEARING NONE, HEARING OF CITIZENS. THIS IS THE
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PART OF THE MEETING WHERE ANY CITIZENS CAN SPEAK UP TO FIVE MINUTES OF ANY TOPIC. THAT'S NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I'M TONY UFFINGER. I RESIDE AT 629 WEST SEVENTH STREET, I HAVE THE HONOR OF BEING ONE OF YOUR THREE PARIS TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES BY WAY OF REVIEW. ALL OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE ELECTS TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES, BUT WE HAVE THE ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF SERVING PEOPLE WHO LIVE IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE THE CORPORATION LIMIT, GRANTED, A VERY SMALL POPULATION COMPARED TO THE POPULATION OF THE CITY OVERALL. I'M PLEASED TO HEAR THAT THERE'S DISCUSSION TONIGHT ABOUT THE MILL CREEK LOGJAM CLEANUP PROJECT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE PERSONALLY BEEN WORKING ON SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2017, WHEN I GOT A CALL FROM SOME OF OUR TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE NAVE IN ADDITION, AND ON BROOKSIDE COURT, CONCERNED ABOUT FLOODING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT RESULTED IN CLOSING THEIR STREETS AND PREVENTING HARM TO THEIR PROPERTY AND A THREAT TO THEIR PUBLIC SAFETY. I THINK ALL OF US HAVE EXPERIENCED FLOODING HERE IN MARYSVILLE. IF YOU HAVEN'T, THEN I WOULD INVITE YOU TO TAKE A DRIVE DOWN MAPLE STREET OR UP MAPLE STREET DURING A HEAVY RAIN AND LOOK LEFT OR LOOK RIGHT TO SCHWARZKOPF PARK.YOU'LL SEE IT UNDER WATER OFTEN FOR DAYS AT A TIME, IF THAT WERE THE ONLY ISSUE HERE, I'M NOT SURE WE WOULD BE UNDERTAKING A PROJECT LIKE THIS OF THIS SCALE, BUT IT IS MUCH LARGER THAN THAT.
THE LOGJAMS IN MILL CREEK ARE CAUSED BY THE DEAD TREES, THE ASH TREES THAT WERE KILLED OFF IN THE 80S AND 90S BY THE EMERALD ASH BORER THAT STARTED COLLECTING IN THE CREEK AND BACK IN 1995, OUR THEN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SOUGHT TO UNDERTAKE A CLEANUP PROJECT.
IT'S DONE THROUGH A PROCESS COMMONLY KNOWN AS A DITCH PETITION. NOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I DON'T THINK OF MILL CREEK AS BEING A DITCH. BUT THAT'S HOW IT'S CLASSIFIED UNDER OHIO LAW. A DITCH PETITION REQUIRES EVERY LANDOWNER IN THE WATERSHED TO BE GIVEN NOTICE,
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AND FOR THE COSTS OF THAT CLEANUP TO BE ASSESSED TO THE LANDOWNERS. UNLIKE OTHER ROAD MAINTENANCE AND BRIDGE MAINTENANCE PROJECTS, WHERE WE JUST PAY FOR THOSE OUT OF OUR FUNDS THAT ARE POOLED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, DITCH PETITIONS, HAVE TO BE PAID FOR OUT OF THOSE LIVING IN THE WATERSHED. WHAT WAS IN 1995, LIKELY A 200 OR $250,000 PROJECT. 29 YEARS LATER IS A MULTI MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT. HOWEVER, IN THIS INSTANCE, WE ARE FORTUNATE BECAUSE WE HAVE MONEY SET ASIDE IN THE CITY AND IN THE COUNTY FROM THE AMERICAN RECOVERY PLAN ACT, COMMONLY KNOWN AS ARPA, TO PAY FOR THE CLEANUP. AND IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF NOW HAVING THE POLITICAL WILL TO GET THE JOB DONE, JEREMY MENTIONED THAT THERE IS A HEARING TOMORROW NIGHT OF THE UNION COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. IT'S AT 940 LONDON AVENUE. THE UNION COUNTY SERVICES BUILDING, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE OLD KMART. ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT SAYING THAT NOWADAYS, SINCE WE HAVE TWO OLD KMARTS NOT THE RURAL KING, BUT THE KMART ON LONDON AVENUE, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO ATTEND THAT MEETING. I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT. THE COMMISSIONERS ARE GOING TO BE TAKING TESTIMONY, BUT YOU DO HAVE TO SIGN UP PRIOR TO THE MEETING IN ORDER TO SPEAK. THESE LOGJAMS HAVE CAUSED PERSISTENT AND CATASTROPHIC FLOODING BOTH IN THE CITY AND IN THE TOWNSHIP. IT IS FLOODING THAT DESTROYS CROPS, DAMAGES HOMES, CLOSES PARKS, AND CLOSES OFF STREETS AND ROADS, WHICH IN MY OPINION THREATENS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY. IF WE HAVE A FIRE, IF WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SITUATION AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ARE UNABLE TO RESPOND BECAUSE OF THE FLOODING COVERING THE ROADS, THAT SITUATION COULD BECOME DIRE. FOR THOSE IMPACTED, SOME THINGS THAT YOU MAY SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE COST. CITY OF MARYSVILLE RESIDENTS ALREADY PAY A STORMWATER ASSESSMENT, AND IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CITY INTENDS TO USE THAT A PORTION OF THAT STORMWATER ASSESSMENT TO PAY FOR ITS SHARE OF THE COSTS. SO THAT'S WHY CITY OF MARYSVILLE RESIDENTS WILL NOT SEE AN ASSESSMENT ON THEIR PROPERTY TAX BILL. IF YOU LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, BUT WITHIN THE WATERSHED, YOUR ASSESSMENT IS GOING TO BE AT $2.19 PER ACRE FOR OVER 83% OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE WATERSHED. THAT'S A BILL OF LESS THAN $5 PER YEAR FOR THE MAINTENANCE. THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE OF THE CREEK FOR OVER 93% OF THE PEOPLE IN THE WATERSHED. THAT BILL WILL BE LESS THAN $25 PER YEAR. THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE ASSESSMENT, AND LET ME BE CLEAR. UNDER OHIO LAW, THIS ASSESSMENT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF MILL CREEK AND NOT FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S TALK OF THE 25 FOOT EASEMENT THAT WILL BE TAKEN ON EITHER SIDE OF THE CREEK IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR CREWS TO COME IN AND PULL THE LOGS AND DO THE CLEANUP AND GET OUT. THAT EASEMENT IS PERMANENT, BUT IT IS ONLY FOR CREEK MAINTENANCE, AND IT CANNOT BE USED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. SO IF YOU HEAR TALK ABOUT THAT EASEMENT BEING USED FOR A WALKING TRAIL OR A BIKE PATH OR FOR ANY OTHER BIG GOVERNMENT PURPOSE, YOU CAN CORRECT THAT WHEN YOU HEAR IT AND LET THEM KNOW THAT IS PATENTLY FALSE. IT IS ONLY TO BE USED FOR THE CLEANUP. I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WILL ATTEND. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR SEVEN YEARS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT COME TO FRUITION. NOW IF WE KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD FOR ANOTHER GENERATION, I HATE TO THINK WHAT THE COST WILL BE, NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF THE EVENTUAL CLEANUP. THIS IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE DONE. NO ONE LIKES TO PAY ATTENTION TO ISSUES LIKE DRAINAGE, BUT IT IS CRITICAL, ESPECIALLY FOR A GROWING COMMUNITY LIKE OURS. BUT I ALSO DREAD TO THINK ABOUT THE CONTINUING LOST PROPERTY, THE CROP DAMAGE, THE ROAD CLOSURES, THE PARK CLOSURES, AND WHO KNOWS WHAT OTHER LOSSES OUR COMMUNITY WILL FACE IF WE DON'T GET IT DONE AND GET IT DONE NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY, TONY, WHAT WHAT DAY AND TIME DID YOU SAY THE HEARING? WAS IT IS, 6:30 P.M. ON TUESDAY. SO TOMORROW NIGHT. IS THAT RIGHT? JEREMY? MAC YEAH.THANK YOU. ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT I CAN TRY TO ANSWER? YOU DO HAVE TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK AT THAT MEETING. AND WHERE? WHERE DO WE GO TO DO WHERE DO WE SIGN UP? I BELIEVE THERE'LL BE A SIGN UP AT THE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE MEETING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MR. UFFINGER. OKAY ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEA? HEARING NONE REMOVED A
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OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE SECTION 1141.302 RELATED TO PART 11 OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING CODE REGARDING ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. COUNCIL SO, PRESIDENT, IF I IF I COULD JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS A BIT. SO, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT HAD COME THROUGH, ON PLANNING COMMISSION, I WOULD ESTIMATE 2022 TIME FRAME, 2023 TIME FRAME, AT THAT TIME, I HAD, I HAD SOME CONCERNS WITH THAT BEING IN LINE WITH JUST WHAT MARYSVILLE WAS, SPECIFICALLY, I HAD CONCERNS WITH THE IMPACT THAT IT WOULD HAVE PUSHING VEHICLES ONTO STREETS, IMPACT THAT IT COULD HAVE, LIKE, IN A WORST CASE SENSE, TO KIND OF, DEFACE THE ORIGINAL ARCHITECTURAL INTENT OF A PROPERTY, SPECIFICALLY IN CASES OF, ATTACHED GARAGE UNITS BEING CONVERTED TO A SECOND UNIT THAT'S RENTED OUT, NOT REALLY KIND OF MATCHING THE ORIGINAL INTENT. AND THEN ALSO FURTHERMORE, NOT ALLOWING A MEMBER OF A NEIGHBORHOOD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK HOW THEY WANT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD TO, TO MOVE FORWARD INTO TIME. SO PART OF OUR VISION STATEMENT INCLUDES A PHRASE THAT WE SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR. WELL PLANNED NEIGHBORHOODS. AND I BELIEVE THAT PART OF BEING ACCOUNTABLE FOR A WELL PLANNED NEIGHBORHOOD IS THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THE VOICE OF THE RESIDENTS WITHIN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND EMPOWER PEOPLE TO HAVE A VOICE, SO THESE CHANGES ARE A FEW. I THINK, FIRST OF ALL, ADUS ARE A GOOD THING, AND THEY CAN BE A GOOD THING. AND I THINK KEEPING THAT IN OUR CODE IS A GOOD THING, THERE ARE CERTAIN SCENARIOS THAT I THINK AN ADU IS CERTAINLY, THE PROPERTY, THE, THE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT DEFINITELY WARRANTS THAT AS AN OPTION TO DEVELOP A PROPERTY, BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A HOME AND HOME, HAVING A PRIMARY GARAGE BEING CONVERTED NOW TO A STRUCTURE THAT NO LONGER ALLOWS VEHICLES TO PARK IN IT, IT'S GOING TO PUSH MORE AND MORE VEHICLES ONTO OUR STREETS AND REALLY, I THINK WHEN WE'VE MET WITH STAFF AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, THESE ARE OCCURRING PRIMARILY IN THE HISTORIC UPTOWN, SO I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD AND I'VE HEARD THIS AS WELL FROM VARIOUS RESIDENTS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY LAST YEAR, AS I WAS GOING DOOR TO DOOR SEEKING TO GET ELECTED FOR COUNCIL, WAS THEY WERE DISAPPOINTED IN HOW THE CODE IS WRITTEN TODAY, SO I HAD WORKED WITH THE PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT BERGER, AND WE HAD DEVELOPED SOME POINTS OF LANGUAGE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE TO BE AMENDED TO THIS, TO OUR CURRENT ZONING, IN AN EFFORT TO ONE MAINTAIN THE KIND OF ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY OF PROPERTIES, AND, BUT STILL GIVE OPTIONS TO ALLOW FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS TO BE EXERCISED ON CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, ALLEVIATE, A SORRY, PROACTIVELY ENGAGE IN SOLVING A PROBLEM. BUT AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIX A PROBLEM, CROWDED STREETS ARE SOMETHING THAT I'VE HEARD COMPLAINTS ABOUT NUMEROUS TIMES, ESPECIALLY IN THE UPTOWN. WE NEED MORE PARKING. I WANT TO DO TAKE AN EFFORT TO TRY AND AVOID, CAUSING THAT PROBLEM ON ON THE OPPOSITE END, SO THAT KIND OF GOES TO SOME OF THE TEXTS THAT WE HAD PROPOSED. WE'RE PROPOSING TO AMEND IN THE CODE TODAY. AND I, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD AND NO, I MEAN, I DON'T REALLY ON THE TOPIC. YOU I THINK THAT WHEN ADUS WERE PASSED, I THINK THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS, THINKING ABOUT ADUS AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE WHAT I SAID ON COUNCIL IS, FOR INSTANCE, ALAN SEYMOUR'S NEIGHBORHOOD AND, WELL, AND I'LL USE, USE AT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WOULDN'T ALLOW ADUS BECAUSE IT'S AGAINST THE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION, YOU KNOW, PREDOMINANTLY MOST OF MILL VALLEY WOULD NOT ALLOW THEM, EXCEPT FOR THE FIRST PHASE, HANK BURBEE, COUNCILMEMBER BARBIE LIVES IN GREEN PASTURES. YOU KNOW, SCOTT HUNTER LIVES IN GREEN PASTURES AND MARK LIVES IN GREEN PASTURES. AND THEN YOU HAVE JERRY ROUSH, WHO LIVES IN, OVER OFF OF BERGER ROAD. AND FORGIVE ME THAT I DON'T REMEMBER THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THE PREDOMINANTLY THE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL WAS VOTING ON A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT REALLY THEY NEVER HAD TO LIVE WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT PIECE OF LEGISLATION. AND JUST ENSURING THAT WE BUILD ADUS FOR RESIDENTS. AND I DO AGREE THAT ADUS HAVE BEEN USED. THEY'VE BEEN USED IN GERMAN VILLAGE, THEY'VE BEEN USED IN VICTORIAN VILLAGE, THEY'VE BEEN USED. BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE ARE HAVING THEM PERMITTED TO BE BUILT, A GIVING RESIDENTS THE ABILITY TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES ABOUT IT. IF YOUR NEIGHBOR IS BUILDING ONE, AND ALSO BE ENSURING THAT WE ARE BUILDING[00:30:03]
ADUS IN A WAY THAT COMPLEMENTS THE DISTRICT AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT'S PREDOMINANTLY THE OLD PART OF TOWN, WHICH PREDOMINANTLY, YOU KNOW, ADUS ARE, YOU KNOW, PREDOMINANTLY HAVE BEEN USED WERE USED CARRIAGE HOUSES, VICE VERSA, BUT THEN ALSO PROTECTING RESIDENTS IN YOUR WARD, IN THE FIRST PHASE OF MILL VALLEY, I THINK WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT I THINK MOST OF THOSE RESIDENTS BOUGHT SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS. AND I THINK IF YOU BUILT A 900 SQUARE FOOT STRUCTURE BEHIND SOMEONE'S HOME, I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD HAVE AN OUTCRY OF CITIZENS. SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE BEING IMPACTFUL, MEANINGFUL AND KNOWING THAT ADUS IS A GOOD THING, BUT JUST HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF SAFE HAVENS THERE FOR RESIDENTS, GIVING THEM A VOICE. SO THAT'S REALLY WHY WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO BRING THIS BACK TO BACK TO COUNCIL. SO DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY STATEMENTS? I JUST HAVE A MAYBE A QUESTION OR TWO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE MORE AND MORE MULTI-GENERATIONAL HOUSING. AND YOU'VE GOT MOMS AND DADS THAT ARE MOVING IN WITH, YOU KNOW, SON AND DAUGHTER IN LAW OR WHOMEVER. RIGHT, HOW WOULD THIS OR HOW DO YOU SUSPECT THIS LEGISLATION MAY, YOU KNOW, IMPACT PEOPLE'S ABILITIES OR ABILITY TO YOU KNOW, CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT LIKE A MULTI-GENERATIONAL GENERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT? I DON'T KNOW THAT.I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, TAKING AWAY THAT THAT ABILITY WITHIN THOSE DISTRICTS. IF I COULD RESPOND TO THAT. SO, I THINK THAT'S THE VERY SCENARIO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE THINK THERE'S VALUE IN, IN ACCESSORY OR AT LEAST I THINK THAT THERE'S VALUE IN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, WHEN THAT HAD FIRST COME THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION, I RECALL, A GENTLEMAN WHO HIS HE WAS, I WOULD ESTIMATE TO BE A SENIOR CITIZEN. HIS SISTER HAD SOME HEALTH ISSUES, IF I RECALL, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. AND HE HAD, I WANT TO SAY, SOME SORT OF STRUCTURE ON THE BACK OF HIS PROPERTY. WOULDN'T THAT BE GREAT IF MY SISTER COULD LIVE THERE? I THINK IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD WANT TO KEEP, BUT WE WOULD WANT TO ALSO MAKE SURE I CAN'T. I CAN'T ENSURE THAT EVERY SINGLE PARCEL WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THAT BEING ALLOWED, WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE DOESN'T HAPPEN IS THAT WE, FOREVER. AND IN INDEFINITE POINT INTO THE FUTURE, PROHIBIT VEHICLES FROM PARKING IN A GARAGE THAT WAS DESIGNED TO WAREHOUSE VEHICLES. AND THEN WE JUST BASICALLY PUSH THEM OUT INTO THE STREETS. YOU DO HAVE TO HAVE OFF STREET PARKING FOR ADUS, BUT, YOU HAVE A YOU YOU DO PUSH CARS OUT OF GARAGES IF THEY'RE CONVERTED, IF IT'S IF IT'S NOT, SO THE WAY WE'RE PROPOSING IT IS BASICALLY IF THAT GARAGE, WAS BUILT WITH THE INTENT OF BEING THE PRIMARY GARAGE FOR THAT UNIT, THEN THAT GARAGE SHOULD BE SERVE ITS PRIMARY PURPOSE, AND THE FACADE OF THE HOME SHOULD MATCH ITS PRIMARY ARCHITECTURAL INTENT THAT ALONG THE LINES OF THAT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IF THERE IS A BUILDING AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SISTER THAT WANTS TO LIVE IN A KIND OF A WHAT WOULD YOU CALL A CARRIAGE HOUSE TYPE THING, THOSE ARE THE SCENARIOS THAT MAKE SENSE, YOU KNOW? SO, AND THEN I WOULD SUSPECT THAT THE CONDITIONAL US, FORCING THAT, THAT ASK THROUGH THE, THE PLANNING AND DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, IT, IT IT GIVES THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK. YEAH. DURING THOSE MEETINGS RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NOT AN ABILITY TO CONTEST THE EXISTENC. THERE'S AN ABILITY TO CONTEST THE APPEARANCE, SO WHAT WHAT I BELIEVE IS, IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS ADDING THE ABILITY TO CONTEST THE EXISTENCE, THE LANDSCAPE OF YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU MAY HAVE BUILT YOUR HOME IN, IS CHANGING AND EVOLVING, AND NOW YOU HAVE TWO NEIGHBORS INSTEAD OF ONE, AND YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT. YOU DON'T HAVE A SAY IN IT. I WOULD PREFER THAT PEOPLE HAVE A SAY IN HOW THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKS.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION. ANYBODY ELSE AND THEN THIS WOULD GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION? YES. WHERE THEY WOULD FURTHER WORK OUT ANY DETAILS BEFORE SENDING IT BACK.
ABSOLUTELY YOU ARE CORRECT. ADMINISTRATION NOTHING FURTHER. CITIZENS. CATHY YOUNG, 425 WEST EIGHTH STREET. I'M IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING ONE OF THESE, NOT ONLY DO MY TENANTS CURRENTLY PARK ON THE STREET BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO PARK CLEAR BACK BY THE ALLEY, I'M ACTUALLY BUILDING THEM A TWO BAY GARAGE, ONE GOING WITH THE ADU. THE OTHER ONE GOING WITH THE
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HOUSE. THERE'S ALSO 2 OR 3 ADDITIONAL PARKING SPOTS BEHIND THE GARAGE. SO THE PARKING ISSUE FOR THE ADUS THAT I OWN IS NOT ON STREET PARKING. CURRENTLY, IT'S ON STREET PARKING BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO WALK CLEAR BACK TO THE ALLEY TO PARK. SO I JUST I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE STUFF THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE CHANGED AT THIS POINT. I HAVEN'T HAD A SINGLE NEIGHBOR COME UP TO ME AND COMPLAIN ABOUT MY ADU YET, YOU KNOW, AND ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS, HIS NAME IS STEVE STOLTE, YEAH. NOT COMPLAINING. AND IN FACT, WHEN HE WAS ON PLANNING COMMISSION, I THINK YOU WERE IN THOSE MEETINGS, SCOTT. HE WAS FOR ME, ACTUALLY INCREASING THE SQUARE FOOTAGE BECAUSE I ASKED FOR AN INCREASE OF 50FTâ– !S. SO I THINK YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE CHANGES THAT DON'T NEED TO BE MADE. DOES ANY OTHER CITIZENS WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC? HEARING NONE DO I HEAR A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. OKAY OKAY, ROLL CALL, MR. BURGER. YES, MR. HUNTER? YES, MR. REMES YES. MR. BORDNER YES. MR. WOLFE YES. FIVE. YES ORDINANCES. ORDINANCE[Ord. A]
A FIRST READING TITLE ONLY TO ACCEPT THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY CONTAINING PLUS OR -15.1 ACRES SURROUNDED BY THE ANNEXED LAND KNOWN AS MARYSVILLE EAST. SECTION ONE, IN PARIS TOWNSHIP, UNION COUNTY, TO THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, OHIO. ADMINISTRATION THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. YEAH, THIS IS A PIECE OF LAND THAT I THINK WE ALWAYS ANTICIPATED, BRINGING INTO THE MARYSVILLE OR THE EAST PROJECT. MATT, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO IT? AND THEN IT KIND OF LEADS INTO THE NEXT PIECE OF LEGISLATION AS WELL. SO GOOD EVENING, DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY ON THIS ONE. WE'RE BACK ON MARYSVILLE EAST AFTER SPENDING SEVERAL MONTHS ON MARYSVILLE SOUTH. SO GREAT TO BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU ON THIS, THESE ARE THE CONNOR AND DURAN PROPERTIES THAT REPRESENT ABOUT 15 ACRES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ASSEMBLAGE, RIGHT IN BETWEEN THE TWO, SUBAREAS OF THE MARYSVILLE EAST THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR MORE INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES. WE WERE UNABLE TO ANNEX THEM, AT THE TIME WHEN THE, TWO SUB AREAS CAME THROUGH INITIALLY, AND NOW WE HAVE CONTROL OF THEM. SO WE'RE BRINGING THEM THROUGH. YEAH. SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THESE ARE IN THE LAND THAT WAS ALREADY WE ALREADY APPROVED. THERE WAS WOODED LOTS. THERE WAS A WOODED LOT THAT A RESIDENT OWNED THAT I REMEMBER AT THE TIME HE CAME IN, HE WASN'T REALLY HE WAS KIND OF A BIT CONFUSED ABOUT HOW WHAT THE PROCESS WAS. AND YOU WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THAT HOMEOWNER. AND THE HOMEOWNER IS NOW SELLING HIS PROPERTY. CORRECT. AND YOU'RE ABLE TO BUY IT. SO IT'S ALREADY WOODED LAND THAT WAS ALREADY IN IT, BUT AT THE TIME JUST WASN'T ABLE TO BE SOLD. AND NOW HE'S WILLING TO SELL IT. THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD ADD IS, THAT I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO PRESERVE AS MUCH AS THAT TREE CANOPY, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT MUCH OVER THERE. SURE. AND I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR FUTURE EMPLOYEES TO HAVE WALKING TRAILS THROUGH THERE. AND JUST, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO USE THAT AS A NATURAL SITE, YOU KNOW. SURE. AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT WHEN WE GET TO THE ZONING PORTION OF IT. BUT UNDERSTAND, OKAY. SO, ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY TOPIC, ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS TOPIC? OKAY. SO THIS WILL BE BACK FOR SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON[Ord. B]
SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2024. ORDINANCE BE FIRST READING TITLE ONLY TO APPROVE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE A ZONING AMENDMENT. APPLICATION TO REVISE THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE MARYSVILLE EAST SECTION ONE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PUD ADMINISTRATION.I'LL DEFER TO MR. MCQUADE. THANKS, TERRY. MCKENZIE, WOULD YOU MIND DRAWING MY SLIDES UP, PLEASE? THANK YOU. REAL QUICK, COUNCIL, WHILE MCKENZIE IS PULLING THIS UP, THIS AMENDMENT WAS HEARD AT PLANNING COMMISSION AT THE JULY MEETING AND WAS VOTED YES, FOUR ZERO. NO. CAN YOU JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF SINCE YOU'RE SITTING BACK THERE? OH, YEAH. KYLE KYLE, CITY ENGINEER FOR MARYSVILLE. THANK YOU. WELL, WELL, SHE'S PULLING IT UP. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO IS TO CONTINUE TO PRESERVE TREES WITHIN THE SETBACK AREA ALONG 33. THOSE TWO PARCELS ARE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SITE. AND WHAT THIS AMENDMENT TO THE PUD
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DOES IS ESSENTIALLY, ONCE WE GET THROUGH THESE APPROVALS, GIVES US AROUND 500 ACRES OF A GOOD DIMENSIONED SITE THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO PUT ON THE MARKET. SO WE NOT TO SOUND FLIP, BUT WE DON'T WE DON'T INTEND TO BRING IT THROUGH. AND I'LL JUST WRAP AROUND HERE REAL QUICK. SO THESE ARE THE POTTER PROPERTIES RIGHT HERE. TREE REMOVAL IS ALREADY APPROVED FOR THIS STRAND RIGHT HERE IN THE FIRST DEVELOPMENT PLAN. SO WE'D, WE'D LIKE TO BRING IT IN AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO REMOVE THOSE TREES AS WELL, JUST FOR DEVELOPABILITY. AND THEN PRESERVE THE TREE STAND WITHIN THE SETBACK. THE ADDITIONAL THING THAT I WOULD ADD IS WE WILL BE PLANTING A LOT OF TREES. IF YOU'LL RECALL, FOR THE SECOND, SUB AREA THAT CAME THROUGH, WE WORKED A 400 FOOT BUFFERING AREA IN BETWEEN THAT SUB AREA AND BUXTON MEADOWS, WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE A LARGE MOUND NOT AS LARGE AS THE ONE THAT WE'RE DOING IN MARYSVILLE SOUTH, BUT WE WILL BE PLANTING A LOT OF TREES THERE. OUR PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO REMOVE THE TREES ON THE CONNOR AND DURANT PROPERTY. OUTSIDE OF THE SETBACK, JUST BECAUSE IT'S PRIME DEVELOPMENT LAND AND THAT MAIN ROADWAY THAT THE RED LINES ARE UP. WHAT IS THAT ROADWAY? JUST SO PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING THE MEETING, THEY KNOW KNOW THE RIGHT THERE, THE ONE THAT'S UNDERNEATH. YES. THAT THIS CROSSHATCH THAT'S THE PRESERVATION AREA FOR THE TREES.THE SETBACK. AND THIS IS US 33. YEAH, YEAH. THE ONLY YOU KNOW, US 33, YOU KNOW, FOR SINCE WHAT THE FREEWAY WAS BUILT IN 55, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHEN. I'M JUST GUESSING.
YOU KNOW, FOR ALL THAT TIME, THE IDENTITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DRIVE INTO MARYSVILLE, THERE'S THAT TWO PATCHES OF WOODS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE THREE FREEWAY. ONE IS INNOVATION PARKWAY, WHICH WHEN IT CAME THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS SERVING ON THERE, I ADVOCATED FOR THE PROTECTION OF THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF JEREMY REMEMBERS, BUT JEREMY AND I ACTUALLY WALKED THROUGH THERE WITH OTHER MEMBERS AND WE FOUND LIKE, WILDFLOWERS.
AND THERE WAS A BABY FAWN. AND IT WAS LIKE, AND WHEN YOU WALK BACK THERE, YOU NEVER HEARD THE TRAFFIC. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ONCE THOSE TREES ARE GONE, IN A LARGE SECTION OF THE TREES ARE GONE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE TO MARYSVILLE RESIDENTS WHO'VE LIVED HERE FOR A LONG TIME AND MAYBE JUST PEOPLE IN GENERAL. WHO JUST TRAVEL UP AND DOWN 33. THAT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE DISRUPTION TO, YOU KNOW, STUFF LIKE THAT. I MEAN, CHARACTERISTICS AND ESTHETICS AND, AND I'M FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU WON'T REPLANT TREES. OH, SURE. THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY, NEW ALBANY HAS A TON OF GREEN SPACE, AND YOU PRIDE YOURSELF ON ON THAT. SO 100% I GET I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE EXISTING TREES AND THAT OLD GROWTH AND SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN PERMANENT AND STAPLED INTO PEOPLE'S LIVES FOR GENERATIONS, AS LONG AS THEY'VE DRIVEN ON 33 TO 1 DAY, DRIVE DOWN 33 AND FIND A WHOLE SECTION OF IT MISSING, AND OR THE CANOPY IS, YOU KNOW, LOWER THAN WHAT IT WAS. IT'S MADE SMALLER. YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE AN OUTCRY FROM CITIZENS AND THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, I WAS REALLY HESITANT ON I DON'T I REALLY DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY TREES REMOVED. BUT THAT'S ME AS DONALD BERGER, RESIDENT AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER. BUT YOU KNOW, SO I UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERNS. I WHAT WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR AND ASKING FOR IS JUST CONSISTENT TREATMENT WITH THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PARTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, BUT WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU, DONALD, AND TALK ABOUT OPTIONS AND POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVES. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT IS THE SIZE OF THE TREE PRESERVATION ZONE? SO OF THE TREE PRESERVATION AREA OR THE WOODED AREA ITSELF, THE TREE PRESERVATION AREA. SO IT'S I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT ACREAGE, AND IT WOULD TAKE ME TOO LONG TO DO IT IN MY HEAD UP HERE IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY. BUT IT'S WITHIN. IT'S THAT CROSSHATCH WHICH IS, WHICH IS 100FT FROM US 33, WHICH IS THE SETBACK AREA. AND THAT'S WITHIN ABOUT, A TOTAL IF CONNOR AND DORAN ARE 15 ACRES. SO THAT'S ABOUT A 30 ACRE TOTAL STRIP THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT IT'S JUST THE LOWER 100FT ALONG 33. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW. LIKE HOW WIDE THAT WAS. I'LL GET YOU THE EXACT ACREAGE. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED. OKAY. GOTCHA. I WANTED TO HEAR. SO. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MAYBE IF YOU'VE GOT SOME TIME IN THE COMING WEEKS, WE COULD GO WALK AND SEE IF. YEAH WE CAN. YEAH, LET'S DO IT. TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S A BETTER WAY OF KIND OF WITH MR. BORGER DOWN HERE IS WE'RE NO LONGER THE SHADED CITY.
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RIGHT, AND IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, PRESERVE SOME OF OUR OF OUR. I'LL REACH OUT TO YOU TOMORROW AND WE'LL GET IT SCHEDULED. THANK YOU. AND I'M, I'M AND JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS ON PUBLIC RECORD THAT I'M VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THE TREE CANOPY STUDY DONE, AND, I, I THINK I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I THINK IT WILL SHOW THAT WE ARE WE DON'T HAVE THE TREE CANOPY STUDY THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE TREE CANOPY THAT A CITY OF OUR SIZE SHOULD HAVE. AND ALSO, I THINK IT WILL PROVE THAT THE FUNDING WE'RE PUTTING INTO THE TREE TREE FUND IS NOT ENOUGH TO PAY FOR NOT ONLY TREE MAINTENANCE AND NOT ONLY JUST TREE MAINTENANCE, BUT ONLY TREE MAINTENANCE. BUT THEN, AS THE TREES GROW, WE HAVE TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT OR JUST REALIZING THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE MONEY TO LIMB TREES UP EVERY 3 TO 5 YEARS, WATERING TREES, THE MAINTENANCE OF PERSONNEL, YOU KNOW, ALL ALL OF THAT. SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY, I MEAN, I MEAN, OUR CITY FORESTER HAS ALREADY SAID PUBLICLY IN THE JOURNAL TRIBUNE PAPER THAT $7 LINEAR FOOT IS NOT ENOUGH. IT SHOULD BE UP TO NINE. WE HAVE NOT RAISED IT TO NINE YET. I WAS HOPING THAT WE COULD RAISE IT BEFORE ALL THIS DEVELOPMENT COMES IN, BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY DOING A DISSERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE ALREADY LIVING IN MARYSVILLE WITH OUR WITH OUR TREES, BUT THEN ALSO FUTURE RESIDENTS, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE PLANTING AND MAINTAINING THESE TREES, BECAUSE SADLY, IN AND AROUND THE CITY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITY FROM A MAP, THERE'S NOT VERY MANY OLD GROWTH FORESTS LEFT IN OUR CITY. AND AS DEVELOPMENT PUSHES FARTHER OUT, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO START PROTECTING THESE LARGE SWATHS OF TREES, OR WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY OLD GROWTH LEFT. SO, AND THAT'S NOT YOUR ISSUE. THAT'S OUR ISSUE. SO THANK YOU. YEP. SO DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.THIS WILL BE BACK FOR SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 23RD 2024. THANK YOU.
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YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. SO ORDINANCE C, FIRST READING, FIRST READING TITLE ONLY TO APPROVE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO REZONE EXISTING PARCEL NUMBERS.2800170080010280017006001, 02800170050000280014028001, 02800170030000. AND 28001700110000 FROM U. ONE TOWNSHIP ZONING TO A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PUD FOR MARYSVILLE EAST SECTION THREE. THANK YOU. ADMINISTRATION. I'M GOING TO DEFER TO MR. BARIC, WHO WILL DO A PRESENTATION ON THE ANNEXATION NUMBER THREE. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS HEARING THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE MARYSVILLE EAST MASTER PLAN THAT IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF MARYSVILLE, THIS IS ANNEXATION THREE, AND I WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH. OH, OH, NEVER MIND. HELPS TECHNOLOGY WISE, IF YOU TURN IT ON, SO WE'VE GOT SIX PARCELS HERE THAT ESSENTIALLY IS OWNED BY THE SAME FAMILY, TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE FAMILY. IT'S 243 ACRES, ALMOST 244, THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE HERE. IT'S LOCATED KIND OF AROUND THE TRACTOR SUPPLY. IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WHERE THAT IS, TO THE NORTH, YOU'VE GOT THE MILL CREEK AREA, TONY IS GONE, BUT ONE OF THE LARGEST LOGJAMS FROM THE ASH TREES AND EVERYTHING IS ACTUALLY TO THE NORTH OF THIS SITE, SO WE'RE DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THAT PROJECT.
THIS IS THE MASTER PLAN. AT LEAST THE MASTER PLAN THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT THROUGH SO FAR.
ANNEXATION ONE AND TWO IS TO THE SOUTH. MATT WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT IT, THE AREA THAT HE WAS JUST MENTIONING IS ACTUALLY THIS PIECE RIGHT HERE OFF OF WILDWOOD LANE. SO THAT'S WHAT HE'S BRINGING THROUGH TO CONNECT THE ANNEXATION ONE AND TWO AND THEN ANNEXATION THREE IS NORTH OF 36.
SO WHEN WE BROUGHT THROUGH ANNEXATION ONE AND TWO, IT CREATED WHAT IS GOING TO BE ROUGHLY THE 850 ACRE INDUSTRIAL PARK OR THE BUSINESS PARK. NOW THAT 850, WE DIDN'T BRING ALL THAT THROUGH. IT ACTUALLY CONNECTED TO THE 150 ACRES DOWN THERE THAT SCOTT'S AND SOME
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OTHER OWNERS, ALREADY HAD IN THE CITY AND IS ALREADY ZONED FROM AN INDUSTRIAL STANDPOINT. SO WHEN YOU PUT THE SOUTHERN PIECE, WHICH IS ALL SOUTH OF THE RAILROAD TRACK LINE, YOU START TO GET THE BUSINESS PARK ALL ASSEMBLED. THAT IS GOING TO BRING NEW EMPLOYERS, NEW HIGH PAYING JOBS, INCOME TAXES INTO THE CITY AND PROPERTY VALUES. OBVIOUSLY, THAT GROUND IS ALL IN THE HANDS OF THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY NOW, WHICH FROM MY OPINION, CAN'T BE IN ANYBODY ANY BETTER HANDS THAN THAT. ANNEXATION THREE IS THE FIRST PART THAT WE'RE BRINGING THROUGH ACTUALLY BRINGS THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENTS AND THE RETAIL COMPONENTS OF THIS BECAUSE, WITH THE JOBS AND THE GROWTH THAT IS COMING WITH THE WITH THE BUSINESSES, YOU NEED PLACES FOR THE WORKERS TO LIVE. YOU ALSO NEED RESTAURANTS AND SERVICES YOU SEE THROUGHOUT MARYSVILLE THAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR MORE AND MORE RESTAURANTS AND SERVICES. AND YOUR COMP PLAN ACTUALLY CREATES A RETAIL CORRIDOR AS IT COMES DOWN BOTH SIDES OF 36, AND THEN THIS PROJECT HERE ACTUALLY STARTS THE PARK SYSTEM IN ANNEXATION ONE AND TWO. THERE WERE SOME CONNECTIONS TO THE PARKS AND SOME AREAS THAT WERE BEING RETAINED. BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST MAJOR PIECE OF THE PARK SYSTEM THAT WILL BE ON THE EAST SIDE, THAT, MARYSVILLE EAST AND THE COMMUNITY AUTHORITY, WHICH I'LL GET TO IN JUST A SECOND, ARE GOING TO HELP MAINTAIN, OWN, AND MOVE FORWARD. SO WHEN YOU MASTER PLAN, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE SOME FINANCIAL TOOLS THAT YOU DON'T NORMALLY USE, YOU GUYS ARE ALL VERY, VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE TIF STRUCTURE, THE ABATEMENT STRUCTURES AND THE TRADITIONAL TOOLS. WHEN YOU START TO GET TO AN AREA, IT'S NO LONGER REQUIRED. WHEN COMMUNITY AUTHORITIES FIRST STARTED, YOU HAD TO HAVE A THOUSAND ACRES IN ORDER TO PUT ONE IN PLACE. ABOUT 7 OR 8 YEARS AGO. THAT WAS ELIMINATED. THE, THE, THE ACTUAL REQUIREMENT OF THE 1000 ACRES, YOU CAN DO IT ON A 50 ACRE PARCEL. NOW, IT'S HARD TO BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO IT ON A SMALLER 5000, 200 ACRE PARCEL, YOU CREATE IMMEDIATELY A COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE FROM THE BUILDER OR THE DEVELOPER IN THAT STANDPOINT. SO YOU NEED AN AREA WHERE YOU CONTROL SIGNIFICANT GROUND IN ORDER TO DO THAT. AND YOU'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE COMPETITION. TWO OF THE LARGEST COMMUNITY AUTHORITIES IN CENTRAL OHIO THAT WAS CREATED, ONE IS THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY, ALL OF NEW ALBANY. AND THE BUSINESS PARK IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST ONE IN THE STATE OF OHIO. AND THE SECOND LARGEST ONE IS ONE THAT I MANAGED FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME FOR NATIONWIDE. AND THAT'S JEROME VILLAGE. THAT'S A2000 ACRE COMMUNITY AUTHORITY WHERE ALL THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE WAS FUNDED THROUGH THAT PROJECT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE IS A COMMUNITY AUTHORITY OVER THE EAST SIDE, WE WILL DEVELOP THE INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH THAT ENTITY, BE REIMBURSED, AS I HIGHLIGHT HERE, WITHOUT TIFS, TIFS IN MARYSVILLE, THEY'VE BEEN USED IN THE PAST IN AREAS THAT THE RESIDENTS AND THE SCHOOLS HAVE, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME CONCERN ABOUT. WE DON'T WANT TO ADD TO THAT. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO IMPACT THE SCHOOLS. SO THE FUNDING THAT COMES THROUGH THE TAXPAYERS PROCESS OF LEVIES AND ALL THAT WILL ALL GO TO THE SCHOOLS IN ADDITION, THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMUNITY AUTHORITY WILL HELP FUND THE INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE EAST SIDE.IT'S NOT JUST OUR PROJECT, BUT OTHER PIECES OF THE EAST SIDE. THE PARK WILL BE OPEN TO TOWNSHIPS. WHEN WE BROUGHT ANNEXATION TO THROUGH HERE, WE MADE SOME COMMITMENTS TO BUXTON MEADOWS TO TIE IN THROUGH SOME OF THE BOUNDARIES AND THE COMMON AREA CREATIONS AROUND THERE, THAT WE WOULD TIE THEM INTO THE PARK SYSTEM AS WELL. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE. IN ADDITION, THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR POLICE, FIRE AND SCHOOLS AND THE SERVICES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS THE INDUSTRIAL PIECE. THE OTHER PIECE HERE IS AS WE CREATE THE PARK SYSTEM, THIS WILL ACTUALLY BE THE ENTITY THAT MANAGES THAT. NOW, IF MARYSVILLE AND THE PARKS AND REC WANTS TO TAKE THAT SYSTEM OVER, THEN WE CAN TRANSFER SOME OF THAT MILLAGE, ETC. OVER TO IT. BUT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO PUT THAT BURDEN ON ANYBODY ELSE THAT THE COMMUNITY AUTHORITY WOULD OWN, MANAGE THAT IN. IN COMPARISON TO AN HOA, YOU DON'T WANT AN HOA MANAGING A LARGE PARK SYSTEM, AND IT REMOVES THE BURDEN. I'LL GET TO SOME OF THE RESIDENTS AND SOME OF THE COUNCIL CONCERNS ABOUT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN, IN TOTALITY A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT THE COMMUNITY AUTHORITY REMOVES THE BURDEN, ANY TYPE OF BURDEN FROM THE EXISTING RESIDENTS THAT DON'T LIVE ON THE EAST SIDE, ON THE EAST SIDE, BECAUSE THERE'S FIVE OWNERS, ONE'S A BUSINESS SCOTS THAT CONTROLS ABOUT 1500 ACRES OF THE 1900 ACRES THAT'S AVAILABLE OVER THERE. YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO MASTER PLAN. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS BECAUSE I THINK I WENT THROUGH IT WITH THE ANNEXATION ONE AND TWO, BUT SOME DIFFERENCES IN MASTER PLANNING, WHAT IT BRINGS, IT BRINGS A DIVERSIFICATION. AND YOU'LL HEAR ME TALK ABOUT THAT NUMEROUS TIMES TONIGHT, DIVERSIFICATION OF BUILDERS, DIVERSIFICATION OF PRODUCT, DIVERSIFICATION OF PRICE POINT. THAT MISSING MIDDLE MARKET THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DISCUSS. YOU GUYS HAVE DISCUSSED THAT SOME IN YOUR STRATEGY SESSIONS, ETC. WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THAT PRODUCT IN THIS THING. PROPER PLACEMENT, WHEN YOU WANT MASTER PLAN, WHEN YOU DO MASTER PLANNING, YOU WANT THE HIGHER DENSITY YOU WANT THE COMMERCIAL, YOU WANT THOSE THINGS CENTERED AROUND THE INTERSECTION. FROM AN INDUSTRIAL STANDPOINT, YOU WANT ALL THE TRAFFIC TO GO TO SCOTTS
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LAWN. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE. BUT YOU PUT THE HIGHER DENSITY PIECES THERE, AND AS YOU MOVE AWAY FROM THAT INTERSECTION TO CONTROL TRAFFIC, YOU THEN GET LESS AND LESS DENSE AS YOU MOVE AWAY. THIS IS A PIECE THAT WE HAVE SOME HIGH DENSITY USES IN THERE, BUT AS WE MOVE AWAY FROM 36 AND AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD, WE WILL DO LESS AND LESS DENSE PRODUCTS. SO YOU WILL SEE THAT HOLISTIC APPROACH. THIS GIVES YOU A PICTURE OF WHAT 240 ACRES WOULD. YOUR ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE PIECEMEAL DEVELOPMENT OF 4 OR 5 DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS, BRINGING IN 50 OR 60 ACRES AT A TIME. WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES FUTURE GROWTH OR FUTURE ANTICIPATION WILL BE A STUB ROAD TO THE NORTH AND TO THE EAST. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU GET. AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING, WHAT IT'S GOING TO CONNECT TO. BUT WHEN YOU DO MASTER PLANNING, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO WORK THROUGH THESE THINGS, CREATE A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO THAT. MARYSVILLE EAST OBVIOUSLY, I WENT THROUGH THAT. I STRESS HERE THAT IT IS A 10 TO 25 YEAR WINDOW. I WOULD PROBABLY SAY WITH THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY, IT'S PROBABLY NOT 25 YEARS, IT'S PROBABLY 10 TO 15 YEARS, BUT IT IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU KEEP THE HOLISTIC LONG TERM VIEW OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD HERE. THE PRODUCTS THAT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU ON THIS, 240 ACRES, THEY WON'T ALL BE THERE PROBABLY FOR THE NEXT 7 OR 8 YEARS. WE PROBABLY WON'T EVEN GET TO THE PART OF THE PATIO HOMES, WHICH IS FURTHEST TO THE NORTH FOR PROBABLY THREE, FOUR, MAYBE FIVE YEARS, DEPENDING ON THE GROWTH OF THE SOUTH, SO I STRESS AND, AND REALLY FOCUS ON THE LONG TERM NATURE OF THIS. SO THIS IS YOUR COMP PLAN? I GOT A BIG BLACK STAR OVER THERE THAT SHOWS WHAT THIS IS. SO YOU HAVE ON YOUR COMP PLAN RETAIL LONG 36 AND THEN YOU HAVE SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT ALL UP ON THIS GROUND. WE COULD USE STRAIGHT ZONING BECAUSE WE'RE FOLLOWING 100% OF WHAT YOU GUYS ARE ASKING FOR. ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BUT WE CHOSE NOT TO, AS A MASTER PLANNER. THE OTHER THING I GET TO SOMETIMES I HAVE A PARTNER THAT ACTUALLY BUILDS IN THIS ONE. HE'S NOT IN THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT, BUT I GET TO PUT FORTH THE STRUCTURE, THE STANDARDS, THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE HOME BUILDERS IS GOING TO COME IN AND BE PART OF THIS PROJECT HAVE TO MEET. AND OUR STANDARDS ARE WHAT WE'RE PUTTING FORTH. AND I'LL GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF THOSE IN DETAIL TONIGHT ARE MUCH, MUCH HIGHER THAN WHAT MARYSVILLE IS ASKING FOR, YOU KNOW, THE ONE PIECE THAT I WOULD SAY IS, YOU KNOW, AND AS A DEVELOPER STANDING UP HERE SAYING THIS IS KIND OF SACRILEGIOUS, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY IT ANYWAY. YOU'RE 10% COMMON AREA IS EXTREMELY LOW FOR ESPECIALLY CENTRAL OHIO, BUT IT'S EXTREMELY LOW. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM MEETING THE COMMON AREA WITH JUST THE ENTRY LEVEL OR THE ENTRIES ON MOST OF IT, AND SOME GENERAL COMMON AREA. SO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS WHAT WE'RE BRINGING IS 30% IS WHERE WE THINK IT NEEDS TO BE. WE'VE INCREASED THE STANDARDS ON THE BUILDERS THAT WANT TO BE PART OF THIS PROJECT. AND IT'S A MODEL THAT WE DID VERY, VERY WELL AT JEROME VILLAGE, WE SET OUR OWN STANDARDS THERE. JEROME TOWNSHIP HAD NO STANDARDS. WE SET THE STANDARDS. THEY AGREED TO THEM, THEY APPROVED THEM. AND THEN THEY SLOWLY STARTED TO ADOPT THEM AT THE DIFFERENT LEVELS THROUGHOUT THEIR TOWNSHIP. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE DETAILS OF WHERE I'M PUSHING THE STANDARDS UP, BUT IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE. THE STANDARDS THAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT, SOME OF THEM ARE ALREADY INCORPORATED IN ANNEXATIONS ONE AND TWO, SOME OF THE ROADWAY CONCEPTS, THE FENCES, THE TREES AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS. BUT THE RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS THAT WE'RE PUTTING HERE FOR SINGLE FAMILY, I ANTICIPATE OUR FUTURE PROJECTS WILL ALSO INCORPORATE THOSE AS WELL. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO BACKWARDS ON THESE STANDARDS. SO THIS IS OUR MASTER PLAN FOR THIS 240 ACRES. I'M GOING TO START AT THE BOTTOM ON THE RED, SO I WILL GO THROUGH THE INFRASTRUCTURE HERE IN A MINUTE. BUT ESSENTIALLY WE HAVE COMMERCIAL ALONG 36. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT. IT WILL BE SERVICED WITH A SERVICE ROAD B THAT RUNS HORIZONTAL TO 36. SO WE WILL HAVE ONE ACCESS POINT OFF OF 36, A CONTROLLED ACCESS POINT. WE WILL NOT HAVE RIGHT IN RIGHT OUTS INTO THE COMMERCIAL, AND IT WILL BE COMPLETELY SERVICED WITH A SERVICE ROAD. SO THIS AFFORDS US SOME OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME REALLY UNIQUE THINGS FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT. AND THAT'S PUSH THE BUILDINGS TO THE FRONT OF 36 AND PUSH THE BUILDING OR THE PARKING BEHIND. I'LL GO THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER. SO HEADING UP, LET'S LET'S GO COUNTERCLOCKWISE, WE DO HAVE A MULTI-FAMILY COMPONENT THERE. IT'S A THREE STORY BUILDING, IT'S ON 16 ACRES. SO I KNOW HOW THE RESIDENTS AND HOW CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FEEL ABOUT MULTI-FAMILY. I WILL EXPLAIN WHY THAT'S IN THE MASTER PLAN HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. WHEN I GET TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT IT IS 16 ACRES OF A 244 ACRE DEVELOPMENT. AS I GO UP TO SUBAREA G, WHICH IS JUST ABOVE THE MULTIFAMILY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DUPLEXES AND TRIPLEXES. THIS IS THE FIRST PRODUCT THAT WE WOULD HAVE IS THE MISSING MIDDLE MARKET. YOU START TO GET A PRICE POINT. DUPLEXES ARE USUALLY IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT SIMILAR TYPE OF SINGLE FAMILY STANDALONE DETACHED HOUSES, DUPLEXES, WHEN THEY'RE PUSHED TOGETHER, THEY COULD BE 50 TO 60 TO $70,000 CHEAPER. NORMALLY[01:00:05]
DUPLEXES DO NOT HAVE BASEMENTS. THAT'S PROBABLY 30 $30,000. THERE BUT WE'RE STARTING TO GET TO WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GET NOT LESS DETAIL STANDARDS, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET PRODUCT THAT IS MORE AFFORDABLE FOR SOME OF THE RESIDENTS AT DIFFERENT STAGES IN LIFE. SO THIS WILL BE DUPLEXES AND TRIPLEXES IN AREA C, AS YOU HEAD TO THE NORTH. AND I THINK I GOT A LASER POINTER HERE THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK UP THERE, THE MIDDLE SECTION, I'M GOING TO WALK OVER HERE FOR JUST A MINUTE. THIS MIDDLE SECTION HERE, THIS IS OUR SINGLE FAMILY. SO IT WILL BE HIGHER STANDARDS THAN WHAT YOU'VE SEEN IN MARYSVILLE FOR THE MOST PART ON A SUBDIVISION. BUT IT IS A CORE BREAD AND BUTTER PIECE OF THIS TO THE NORTH OF IT. SUBAREA A IS PATIO HOMES. THAT IS THE MISSING MIDDLE MARKET FOR EMPTY NESTERS, COMING OUT OF THEIR LARGER HOMES, THEY LOSE THE KIDS OR THE KIDS GO AWAY. HOWEVER, THAT WORKS. BUT THE PATIO HOMES ARE USUALLY SMALLER, THEY STILL LIKE THE SAME FINISHES, THE SAME ARCHITECTURE. IT'S JUST A SMALLER HOUSE. SOMETIMES THEY'RE ON BASEMENTS, SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT. THEY'LL HAVE THE OPTION THERE, BUT THAT STARTS TO GIVE EMPTY NESTERS A FOR SALE PRODUCT THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY PURCHASE AND MOVE INTO. WE ALSO INTENTIONALLY PUT THAT UP AROUND THE PARK. THE 53 ACRES TO THE PARK IS THE GREEN AREA UP TO THE NORTH, WE'RE GOING TO PUT TRAILS AND EVERYTHING, BUT I'LL GO THROUGH THAT IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE. AS YOU COME DOWN TO SUBAREA C ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE TOWNHOUSES. THIS AGAIN IS THE MISSING MIDDLE MARKET. SO THE TOWNHOUSES ARE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IN THE PURPLE AREA. THAT MISSING MIDDLE MARKET. THOSE WILL PROBABLY BE 4 TO 6 UNITS.THE END CAPS I WOULD SAY TRADITIONALLY PER SQUARE FOOT, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE SMALLER SQUARE FOOT THAN A DETACHED PRODUCT, THEY WILL BE, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR PRICE TO A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE THAT IS THERE. HOWEVER, THE INTERIOR UNITS ARE USUALLY ANYWHERE FROM 1000 TO 1400 SQUARE FOOT, AND YOU CAN SAVE SOMETIMES $100,000 OFF THE PRICE OF A HOME. WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT, WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO GET TO ANOTHER MARKET THERE. SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT DIVERSIFICATION AND PRICE POINTS FROM OUR TRUE SINGLE FAMILY, THAT EVERYBODY'S USED TO, I THINK YOUR AVERAGE PRICE NOW OF A NEW HOUSE IN MARYSVILLE IS 460,000. WE COULD BE 130, $150,000 LESS WHEN SOME PRODUCTS HERE NOW THE SQUARE FOOT IS LESS. BUT AGAIN, WHEN YOU'RE JUST COMING OUT OF COLLEGE, WHEN YOU'RE NEW FAMILY WITH WITH NO KIDS AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE TO GO TO AN APARTMENT, YOU DON'T HAVE AN OPTION TO PURCHASE AND TO, YOU KNOW, BUY AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHERE INTEREST RATES ARE, BUT, HOPEFULLY THOSE THOSE GO DOWN HERE, STARTING IN NOVEMBER AND, AND INTO NEXT YEAR, BUT BUT ANYHOW, THAT PRODUCT THERE, THE TOWNHOMES, AFFORDS THAT PORTION OF THE MARKET TO BE ABLE TO, TO MEET IT AND THAT IS THE MISSING MIDDLE. AND THEN E IS A IS ANOTHER UNIQUE PRODUCT. IT IS A RENTAL BUT IT IS AN ATTACHED RESIDENTIAL. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE WILCOX COMMUNITIES. SO THEY ARE LOOKING AT DOING ANOTHER SITE. THEY DID ONE ACROSS FROM BENNY'S IN WOODSIDE. VERY GOOD. IT'S NICE ARCHITECTURE. I WILL SHOW YOU SOME OPTIONS THAT THEY ARE. WE'RE PUSHING THEIR ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS AS WELL. AND THEY'VE REACTED VERY, VERY WELL TO THAT PRODUCT. SO THOSE ARE THE 7 OR 8 DIFFERENT AREAS THAT MAKE UP THIS, THIS MASTER PLAN. THE REASON THAT WE BROUGHT IT THROUGH IS A PUD IS BECAUSE PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER COLLECTIVELY LIKE THIS, TYING IT TOGETHER. AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE HERE IN A MINUTE. BUT TYING THIS TOGETHER, IT'S NOT EASY TO DO THIS. UNDER STRICT ZONING. SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE HERE, WE'VE WORKED QUITE A BIT WITH STAFF AND YOUR CITY ENGINEER. SO MAIN ROAD COMING IN OFF OF 36, WE ARE GOING TO BOULEVARD THIS. SO IT'LL BE TWO LANES IN AND TWO LANES OUT WITH THE BOULEVARD, TREE LINED IN THE MIDDLE. SHOW YOU SOME IMAGES OF THAT HERE IN JUST A MINUTE. THAT BOULEVARD WILL CONTINUE OFF TO THE NORTH FROM ROAD B, ALL THE WAY UP TO THE MAIN ENTRANCE INTO THE TWO, THE ATTACHED RESIDENTIAL PRODUCTS. SO WE WILL DO, THE BOULEVARD ALL THE WAY UP TO THAT POINT, AND THEN IT WILL BE UNLOADED ALL THE WAY TO THE ROUNDABOUT. ALLENBY DRIVE WILL BE EXTENDED, AND IT WILL BE UNLOADED ALL THE WAY TO THE ROUNDABOUT, WE DID INITIALLY HAVE THE ROUNDABOUT IN. THAT'S A VERY EXPENSIVE ROUNDABOUT, BUT THIS IS WHAT I CALL THIS IS THE PEOPLE MOVER. IF YOU GO TO JEROME VILLAGE AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ME TALK ABOUT JEROME VILLAGE QUITE A BIT, BECAUSE I THINK IF YOU DO SOMETHING RIGHT, YOU DON'T RECREATE THE WHEEL. YOU TAKE THE THINGS THAT WORKED REALLY, REALLY WELL IN THOSE PROJECTS AND YOU TRY TO APPLY THEM IN OTHER AREAS. THIS IS THE PEOPLE MOVER BECAUSE I'VE GOT SEVEN PODS HERE. I WANT TO MOVE PEOPLE IN. I DON'T WANT DRIVEWAYS ON THE MAIN ENTRANCES GETTING PEOPLE BACK INTO THE DEVELOPMENTS, ETC. SO FROM 36 AND FROM ALLENBY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY ROADS OR ANY DRIVEWAYS THAT HAVE PEOPLE BACKING OUT ON IT AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS. IT ESSENTIALLY IS THE ROAD THAT GETS YOU TO THE POD AND INTO WHERE THE INTERNAL ROADS AND EVERYTHING ACTUALLY ARE. SO THE ROUNDABOUT IS THERE, THE REGIONAL PUMP STATION. SO
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WE'RE GOING TO BRING OBVIOUSLY THE WHOLE EAST SIDE IS BEING PREDICATED AND DEVELOPED OFF THE $15 MILLION INVESTMENT THE CITY MADE IN THE REGIONAL PUMP STATION, I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT.AND HERE JUST A MINUTE ON THE FINANCIAL SLIDE, BUT WE'RE DOING A THOROUGHFARE PLAN RIGHT NOW FOR THE ENTIRE EAST SIDE. THIS WILL BE INCLUDED. THERE ARE 11 INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE BEING STUDIED DOWN. US 36. WE ACTUALLY EXPANDED THE THOROUGHFARE DISCUSSION. THIS IS BEING DEVELOPER PAID FOR, I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT'S BEEN $100,000 STUDY SO FAR. WE'RE ACTUALLY EXTENDING THAT VIEW AND PICKING UP COUNTS AND EVERYTHING AT COLEMAN'S CROSSING ON THE WEST SIDE OF 33, BECAUSE WE THINK THE TRAFFIC THAT COULD BE GENERATED HERE NEEDS TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH YOUR COUNTY AND OR YOUR CITY ENGINEER AND A LITTLE BIT WITH ODOT ON THAT. I TALKED ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMING IN. SO THIS IS A PICTURE. I'M GOING TO EXPAND IT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT. BUT YOU WILL SEE OUR BIKE TRAIL, WILL CONNECT ALL THE EXISTING PODS. IT WILL CONNECT ALL THE RETAIL AREA TO THE SOUTH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT, WE'RE GOING TO GO UP HERE ONE MORE. SO WE'RE BRINGING A BIKE TRAIL ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH HERE. WE HAVE AN ACCESS EASEMENT. THERE'S TWO LITTLE TINY HOUSES UP HERE. IT HAS AN ACCESS EASEMENT THAT COMES DOWN THAT LANE. ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE IN THE CORNER. IT RECOVERS THIS BUILDING. SO I REACHED OUT TO CULVERS, AND THIS CAME FROM A RECOMMENDATION AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD ESTABLISH A TRAILHEAD, BECAUSE WE DID WANT TO CONNECT TO THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL AS WELL. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONNECT ACROSS 36 WHERE WE'RE BUILDING COMMERCIAL, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BRING A BIKE TRAIL ON THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY. IT'LL BE TEN FOOT MULTI-PURPOSE TRAIL ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL, CULVER'S IS ACTUALLY ON THEIR DESIGN IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT. THEY DID A LITTLE STUB BACK THERE WORKING WITH THEM, AND THEY'RE OKAY IF THIS BECOMES A CITY OF MARYSVILLE TRAILHEAD FOR THE PARK STRUCTURE. AND THIS PARK STRUCTURE ULTIMATELY WILL CONTINUE TO THE EAST, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO WORK WITH THE ONE RESIDENT THAT OWNS THE GROUND THAT CONNECTS THIS TO THE PARK AT SCOTT'S FARM. BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO CONNECT THIS TO THE REST THAT WOULD GET YOU TO SCOTT'S FARM, THAT WOULD GET YOU TO THE RESERVOIR, ULTIMATELY. AND IT REALLY OPENS UP PEOPLE FROM GETTING HERE. BUT CULVER'S IS WILLING AND ALREADY DESIGNED IT IN THEIR PLAN TO HAVE A TRAILHEAD TO THIS SYSTEM.
INCORPORATED THERE. NOW, THEY'D REALLY, REALLY LIKE FOR YOU TO, TO BUY A BUTTER BURGER BEFORE OR AFTER THE TRIP. BUT THEY'RE OKAY. THEY THINK THEY HAVE ENOUGH PARKING IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THAT. SO GETTING BACK TO THE ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE, WE ARE PROPOSING OBVIOUSLY STREET TREES. WE'RE PUTTING THE MULTI-PURPOSE TRACK OR TRAIL ON ONE SIDE. THE OTHER SIDE WILL HAVE AS CITY REQUIRES ACTUALLY EITHER SIDEWALK OR WE'LL HAVE A SECOND TRAIL, ONE OR THE OTHER, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE FENCE. WE'RE ALSO TAKING THE FENCE STRUCTURE THAT WE AGREED TO ON ALL THE UNLOADED ROADS IN ANNEXATION ONE, AND TWO TO THE SOUTH, AND INCORPORATING IT HERE. SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A VERY, VERY DISTINCT AREA THROUGH THE INDUSTRIAL PARK AND SOME OF THE RESIDENTIAL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF US 36 THAT WE'RE INCORPORATING HERE ON THE UNLOADED ROADS.
YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT IN EACH ENTRANCE INTO THE SUB AREA, WE'RE KIND OF DOING AN L-SHAPED FIGURE. I'VE GOT A DETAIL HERE. THIS IS WHERE I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT. AND WE'RE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THAT L FEATURE AS TO WHERE YOU GO IN THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE INTO EACH POD WITH STONE COLUMNS, WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT FOUR FOOT HIGH, AND YOU CAN SEE THE BOULEVARD HERE IN THE MIDDLE. THIS IS ESSENTIALLY US 36 TO THE SOUTH. AND THAT UP THERE IS THE ROUNDABOUT THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE TRAIL GOING THROUGH AROUND. AND THE FENCED AREA. THIS IS OUR STANDARDS THAT WE PUT FORTH FOR MARYSVILLE. I'M GOING TO START IN THE CENTER. SO THAT'S WHAT THE BOULEVARD WOULD LOOK LIKE. TWO LANES IN, TWO LANES OUT, TREES FENCE AND THE MULTI-PURPOSE TRAIL. NOW THE MULTI-PURPOSE TRAIL ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE HERE WE'RE COMMITTING ON BOTH SIDES. IT COULD BE A SIDEWALK IF IT'S A SIDEWALK, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE FENCE. THERE'S A PICTURE OF WHAT THE COLUMNS WOULD LOOK LIKE IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO PICK THE STONE, THEY'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO DO IT. WE WERE ASKED TO INCORPORATE SCOTT'S FENCE. IF YOU GO DOWN TO SCOTT'S, THEY HAVE THIS CROSSBUCK FENCE. IT'S IN BLACK. OBVIOUSLY, WHEN WE'RE WORKING ON THE EAST SIDE PROJECT, IT WAS A CLASH OF THE TWO TITANS. JEROME VILLAGE HAS A FOUR RAIL BLACK FENCE IN THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY, HAS A TRADITIONAL FOUR RAIL WHITE FENCE. SO THIS IS A GOOD MIDDLE GROUND THAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK. BUT THE EAST SIDE WILL HAVE SIMILAR FEATURES.
OBVIOUSLY THE TRAIL WILL BE TEN FOOT. SO PAID A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO HAVE AN ARTIST MAKE THESE RENDERINGS. AND I'M NOT JOKING HERE, SO THIS, THIS ONE TO THE TOP, WE'RE GOING TO START THERE, THAT IS ACTUALLY WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE. YOU CAN SEE THE COMMERCIAL OFF TO THE AREA. THE GOOD THING, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT IT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT, IS WE'RE LOOKING FOR RESIDENTIAL
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RETAIL AND RESIDENTIAL RETAIL MEANS THAT THINGS THAT THE RESIDENTS WANT CLOSE TO THEIR HOUSES AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS, THE GOOD AND THE BAD OF THAT IS THAT RESIDENTS KNOW WHERE IT IS.SO IF YOU LIVE HERE, ETC. SO I DON'T NEED A HUGE I'LL NEED SIGNAGE, BUT I DON'T NEED A HUGE, I DON'T NEED A 30 FOOT WALMART SIGN HERE. I DON'T NEED ANY OF THAT STUFF BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS WILL KNOW IT'S THERE AND THAT'S WHO IT'S THERE TO SERVE. SO YOU CAN SEE THE BOULEVARD COMING IN HERE ON THE TOP ONE, THIS ONE, IF I COULD MAKE ONE COMMENT ABOUT THE SIGNS. I REMEMBER YEARS AGO WHEN KROGER WAS BEING BUILT AND YES, YOU KNOW, THE KROGER DOES HAVE A TOWERING SIGN, BUT THEY WANTED A BIGGER ONE, IF I CAN REMEMBER CORRECTLY. AND I WENT TO A PLANNING COMMISSION AND ADVOCATED STRONGLY AGAINST IT. THEY STILL GOT A TOWERING SIGN IN WALMART. YOU KNOW, ALL THESE TOWERING SIGNS WHICH TO THIS DAY, IF ANY COUNCIL MEMBER DRIVES DOWN COLEMAN'S CROSSING, THE TOWERING GATEWAY SIGNS ARE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. I THINK THE ONE AND I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I THINK THE ONE BY THE YMCA HAS NEVER BEEN LIT SINCE THE DAY IT WAS PUT IN. AND THE SIGN IS RUSTING AND FALLING INTO DISARRAY. BUT THE OTHER SIGN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF BY INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY ONLY WORKS LIKE HALF THE TIME. BUT, YOU KNOW, I READ A STUDY WHERE OVER LIKE 86% OF PEOPLE USE THEIR SMARTPHONES OR TO GET WHERE THEY WANT TO GO.
AND WHAT BART'S TALKING ABOUT WHEN HE SAYS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL FOR INSTANCE, WHEN YOU DRIVE INTO DUBLIN ON 33, YOU WILL NEVER SEE A GINORMOUS SIGN THAT EVER TELLS YOU THE HOSPITAL NEVER TELLS YOU. PANERA NEVER TELLS YOU. GIANT EAGLE NEVER TELLS YOU.
KROGER NEVER TELLS YOU WHERE THE MCDONALD'S IS, THE WENDY'S OR ANY OF THAT. BECAUSE DUBLIN RESIDENTS SUPPORT THOSE BUSINESSES. WE MIGHT GO THERE. OUR COMMUNITY MIGHT GO THERE ONE DAY A WEEK, TWO DAYS A WEEK, THREE DAYS A WEEK, WHATEVER IT IS. BUT OUR MONEY DOES NOT SUPPORT THOSE BUSINESSES, AND DUBLIN RESIDENTS DO NOT NEED A 30 FOOT OR 40 FOOT TOWERING SIGN TO SAY THAT, HEY, GET OFF THE EXIT BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE ODOT SIGN NOW, BUSINESSES WILL SAY THAT THEY NEED A SIGN NO MATTER WHAT BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THEY DRAW PEOPLE INTO THEIR BUSINESS.
BUT TO HIS POINT, WHAT HE'S TRYING TO SAY IS THAT IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAVE TO BE CAUTIOUS THAT A BUSINESS WILL ALWAYS TELL YOU THAT THEY NEED THESE THINGS. BUT FROM AN ESTHETIC STANDPOINT, FROM A COMMUNITY STANDPOINT, AND WHAT OUR RESIDENTS WANT IS THAT ALWAYS THE BEST OPTION. SO THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, HE'S TALKING ABOUT THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL SIGNAGE AND THEN FREEWAY SIGNAGE AND WHAT'S APPROPRIATE AND WHAT'S NOT, NOT APPROPRIATE. AND THEN WHEN YOU DRIVE DOWN 33, I MEAN, WHEN YOU DRIVE TO COLEMAN'S CROSSING, WHERE THOSE SIGNS REALLY NECESSARY, AND WAS THE KROGER SIGN REALLY NECESSARY? HOW OFTEN DO WE DRIVE TO KROGER AND NEVER NOTICE THE SIGN? BECAUSE WE'VE BECOME NUMB TO IT. SO I'LL LET YOU CONTINUE. NO, NO, I YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB. GO AHEAD. IT'S BUT THE DIFFERENCE OF COLEMAN CROSSING AND FREEWAY SIGNS I MEAN DUBLIN DOES WHEN YOU GET TO TUTTLE MALL THEY DO ALLOW MORE SIGNS. BUT THAT IS A REGIONAL DRAW. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY YOU DON'T SEE, KROGER'S IN BETWEEN BEST BUY AND, YOU KNOW, HOME DEPOT AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS. SO I'M JUST INDICATING THAT THAT WE WILL HAVE SIGNS IT WILL BE LESS IMPACTFUL BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE SHOOTING FOR RESIDENTIAL AND THEY WILL KNOW WHERE IT IS, BUT THIS IS THE PICTURE OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE MOVING INTO THE ROUNDABOUT. NOW A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, WELL, THAT'S NICE. SOMEBODY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB ON THE WATERCOLORS AND ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF. BUT IT'LL NEVER LOOK LIKE THAT. AND I TOTALLY DISAGREE. AND NO, WELL, I CAN PROVE THAT. SO THE NORTH PICTURE HERE IS AN ACTUAL PICTURE OF WHAT WE CREATED AT JEROME VILLAGE, YOU CAN SEE THE COLUMNS WITH THE L SHAPED FENCE THAT THAT DOES. THE REASON THAT THE L SHAPED FENCE IS THERE IS TO CREATE THE VISION FOR THE TURN LANES. AS YOU COME OUT INTO THAT. AND THEN WE PUT THE TREES AND THE LANDSCAPING AROUND IT. SO THE ENTRANCES INTO THE MAJOR PODS WILL LOOK LIKE THE TOP ONE. THIS HERE IS RYAN PARKWAY. IT IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE UNLOADED PEOPLE MOVIES. HIGHLAND CROIX LOOKS LIKE THIS. RAVEN HILL LOOKS LIKE THIS IN JEROME VILLAGE. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN DOWN THERE, THIS IS WHAT MOVES PEOPLE TO THE PODS JUST AROUND THE BEND. THERE YOU TURN RIGHT AND LEFT INTO TWO HOME RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS. NOW THIS A LOT OF PEOPLE ALWAYS DEBATE MAINTAIN THE RURAL CHARACTERISTICS. I LIKE THIS VIEW. I LIKE THE DITCHES. YOU CAN CREATE A GREEN SPACE WITHIN IT. YOU PUT THE BIKE TRAIL OUTSIDE OF THE FENCE IN THAT SITUATION. BUT WHEN YOU OPEN UP INTO PARK AREA OR DETENTION PONDS, YOU CAN CREATE THAT GREEN SPACE AND YOU FEEL A LITTLE BIT LIKE THAT. GREEN SPACE IS THE COMMONS IN THAT YOU SEE, WE HAVE TALKED TO STAFF ABOUT WHETHER THEY WOULD WANT CURB AND GUTTER. WE'RE SHOWING CURB AND GUTTER HERE AND IT LOOKS JUST FINE. BUT THIS IS A DITCH PROCESS. AND WHEN YOU HAVE A DITCH PROCESS, IT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO MANAGE THE STORMWATER. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT FROM MILL CREEK, BUT IT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT. BUT WE'RE MAINTAINING RURAL CHARACTERISTICS. I LIKE THIS AND THESE ARE REAL EXAMPLES FROM JEROME VILLAGE. NOW RYAN PARKWAY WAS PUT IN ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, TEN, 15 YEARS AGO, AND THAT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO TO THE NORTH. BUT THE IMAGES ARE VERY SIMILAR. SO WHEN WE TALK
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ABOUT HIGHER STANDARDS, WE ARE STARTING WITH WHAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU COME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ROAD AND THE FENCE AND THE TREES, AND THE GREEN SCAPE THAT IS, THAT IS COMING THROUGH THERE, THEN WE TURN TO THE SINGLE FAMILY AND THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT, AND THIS IS WHERE WE PUSH THE STANDARDS UP AS WELL, SO IN YOUR, IN MY TEXT, YOU CAN READ THROUGH ALL THE STANDARDS WE'RE EXCEEDING MARYSVILLE FOR THE MOST PART. YOU KNOW, I DID NOT WRITE NEW TEXT FOR SIGNAGE AND SOME OF THAT SORT OF STUFF BECAUSE IT'S A SECONDARY THING. BUT WHAT DEALS WITH THE ACTUAL RESIDENTS AND THE HOUSES AND THE HOMEBUILDERS? THE FIRST THING IS, LIKE I SAID, I HAVE A 30% OVERALL COMMON AREA. I'LL SHOW YOU THE CALCULATION HERE IN A MINUTE. WE'RE GOING TO ALIGN ALL THE INTERIOR STREETS WITH, WITH STREET TREES. WE HAVE A DIVERSIFICATION. THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT WE REALLY FOUND IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE STRESSED DIFFERENT ELEVATIONS AND WE STRESS DIFFERENT COLORS. SO LIKE I SAID, IF YOU DO SOMETHING WELL THEN JUST REPEAT IT. SO I'VE TAKEN THE COLOR PALETTE HERE. THE 12 COLOR FAMILIES FROM JEROME VILLAGE I THINK I HAVE A COPY. RIGHT. WE WERE WE WERE THE ONES THAT CREATED IT. AND I HAVE A BIG HAND IN THIS SO I CAN USE IT, BUT THERE'S ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT SHADES OF GREENS AND REDS AND ALL THAT. BUT THIS COLOR PALETTE WE'RE GOING TO USE WITH THE DIVERSITY DIVERSIFICATION TABLE AT THE TO. SO SEE THE CIRCLE ON THE YELLOW BOX AT THE TOP. THAT'S YOUR PRIMARY HOUSE. I'M EVALUATING THAT FROM AN ARCHITECTURAL AND A COLOR STANDPOINT. SO WHEN I TAKE THAT HOUSE THAT IS MY SUBJECT CASE. THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT CANNOT BE IDENTICAL FROM AN ELEVATION STANDPOINT. IT CANNOT BE IDENTICAL FROM A COLOR STANDPOINT. THE HOUSES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET, ONE OFF OF EACH OF THOSE, CANNOT BE DUPLICATED. AND THEN THE SUBJEC, HOUSE TWO ON ITS SIDE. SO YOU HAVE ESSENTIALLY EIGHT HOUSES WHERE YOU CANNOT DUPLICATE A COLOR OR YOU CANNOT DUPLICATE AN ELEVATION. SO IT REQUIRES THE BUILDERS TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT IT AND TO DIVERSIFY THEIR COLOR AND THEIR OFFERINGS. WE'RE GOING TO ENCOURAGE COLOR. COLOR IS NOT A BAD THING, ALUMINUM GARAGE DOORS. OF COURSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ALUMINUM GARAGE DOORS. I'D LOVE EVERYTHING TO BE WOOD, BUT YOU'RE NOT. BUT IF YOU PUT THE TOP ROW OF WINDOWS IN IT, YOU TAKE A 16 FOOT GARAGE DOOR OF ALL ALUMINUM AND YOU CHANGE THE ARCHITECTURAL STANDARD OF IT, OVERHANGS ON ALL FOUR SIDES OF THE HOUSE, I'LL SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT. WE'RE PUTTING 25% BRICK, STONE OR SECONDARY MATERIAL. IF YOU'RE DOING A HARDY PLANK HOUSE AND YOU HAVE VERTICAL SIDING, IT ALL CANNOT BE VERTICAL. YOU CAN TAKE THE TOP PORTION, YOU CAN MAKE A BOARD AND BATTEN. YOU CAN MAKE IT SHAKER OR YOU CAN MAKE SOMETHING ELSE. BUT WE'RE REQUIRING A MINIMUM OF 25% TO BE STONE OR BRICK. IF YOU DO AN ALL BRICK HOUSE OR AN ALL STONE HOUSE, IT COMES OFF THE COLOR PALETTE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT, SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS. WE ACTUALLY HAVE DEFINED OUR LANDSCAPE STANDARDS.AND I'LL SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE. MOST DEVELOPERS, IF YOU ALLOW THEM TO DO IT, THEY WILL GRADE OUT ALL THE LOT. THE TOPSOIL DISAPPEARS BECAUSE THEY'RE DIGGING OUT THE ROADS, THEY'RE DIGGING OUT THE PONDS, AND YOU GET A BUNCH OF CLAY. AND THAT CLAY GETS PUSHED AROUND WHEN THEY DIG OUT THE BASEMENT, IT GETS PUSHED AROUND THE HOUSE, AND ESSENTIALLY THEY'LL COME IN AND THEY'LL DROP TWO INCHES WORTH OF MULCH ON THE TOP OF THAT CLAY, AND THEY'LL PLANT WHATEVER PLANTS ARE GOING TO DO. WE ARE REQUIRING IN OUR CODE HERE, A SIX INCH RAISED BED.
THAT RAISED BED HAS TO BE DIRT, AND IT HAS TO BE MULCH. ON MOST OF OUR SINGLE FAMILY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE 11 BUSHES. WE DEFINE THE SIZE OF THE BUSHES. WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE 60% GROUND COVER UNDERNEATH THE BUSHES, ETC. WE ARE REQUIRING LANDSCAPING ON. WHEN YOU HAVE A STREET VIEW AND YOU'RE LOOKING BACK. IF YOU HAVE UTILITY METERS ON THE SIDE, YOU HAVE TO PUT SMALL BEDS AROUND THOSE, AND WE ARE REQUIRING SOD BECAUSE THEY GRADE OUT THE LOTS WITH THE BASEMENT SPOILS, IT IS HARD TO GROW GRASS SEED ON CLAY. I MEAN, IT JUST DOESN'T GROW, I THINK IN MAYBE MARYSVILLE SOUTH DONALD WAS SAYING TREES ON MOUNDS NEVER GROW, I WANTED TO STAND UP IN A PUBLIC SESSION, BUT IT WASN'T PUBLIC SESSION AND SAY I JUST CAME FROM ALASKA. I SAW TREES GROWING ON THE SIDES OF MOUNTAINS, BUT THE REASON THE TREES DON'T GROW ON MOUNDS IS MOST PEOPLE JUST BLEND ALL THE TOPSOIL AND THEY LOSE THE TOPSOIL AT JEROME VILLAGE. GO LOOK AT OUR MOUNDS. WE TORE OFF THE TOPSOIL. WE STOCKPILED THE TOPSOIL. WE BUILT THE ROADS. WE BUILT THE MOUNDS OUT OF THE CLAY AND EVERYTHING. BUT THEN WE PUT THE TOPSOIL BACK ON. SO THERE ARE WAYS, WHETHER IT'S YOUR CODE OR YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE RIGHT DEVELOPER, THAT YOU CAN ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES. AND THE TREES DO GROW. I CAN GO BACK TO THE PICTURE OF OUR ROADS AND EVERYTHING, BUT YOU HAVE TO, TO PLAN IT. IT HAS TO BE A LONG TERM FOCUS. BUT WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE STANDARDS BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO USE THE SOIL. WE ARE REQUIRING SOD BECAUSE WITH SOD YOU GET 2 TO 3IN WORTH OF DIRT. WITH THAT SOD. AND IF YOU REQUIRE SOD ON ALL THE SINGLE FAMILY AND ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS THERE AND DON'T ALLOW THEM PLANT, YOU WILL GET A MUCH, MUCH BETTER SOLUTION. GO AHEAD. I JUST ASK A QUICK QUESTION. I BUILT MY HOUSE MANY YEARS AGO IN INDIANAPOLIS BEFORE I CAME TO OHIO. AND WHEN YOU SAY SOD, WHAT PORTION OF THE YARD WOULD ALL OF IT, ALL OF IT.
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OKAY. BECAUSE THEY DID FRONT SIDE. BUT I HAD TO PLANT IN THE REAR. SO I JUST YEAH. SO THE HOMEOWNER HAS NO CHANCE TO GROW SEED ON CLAY AND THEY WILL TRY TO WATER AND JEREMY WILL SHOW YOU HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS IN WATER BILLS WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IT. IF YOU REQUIRE SOD, YES, YOU HAVE TO WATER IT, BUT YOU HAVE A MUCH BETTER BECAUSE OF THE LAYER OF DIRT AND THE TOPSOIL THAT YOU'RE BRINGING IN FOR THAT SOD TO BE THERE. AND THAT'S WHY UP TO ONE ACRE LOTS WE REQUIRE TO BE SODDED IN JEROME VILLAGE AND IN JEROME VILLAGE, IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY ONE OF THE ONE ACRE LOTS, YOU CAN AFFORD TO SOD YOUR WHOLE YARD, BUT ANY WHICH WAY. BUT THOSE LANDSCAPE STANDARDS ARE ON THEIR OTHER STANDARDS ARE. I CANNOT MAKE SIDE LOADED HOUSES 100% REQUIRED, BUT WE ARE MAKING THAT A REQUIREMENT ON ALL CORNER LOT. SO IT IS A GREAT STREET VIEW.WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN THE STREET, ALL THE FRONTS OF THE HOUSES, THEY'RE ON THE CORNER LOT. YOU HAVE A GARAGE AND YOU WILL HAVE AN UGLY LOOKING WALL WITH NO AMENITIES, NO WINDOWS, ETC. AND YOU COULD GO THROUGH COMMUNITIES AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE MAKING UNLESS THERE'S A REASON FROM A STRUCTURE, INFRASTRUCTURE STANDPOINT, WATER DRAINAGE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE'RE MAKING ALL CORNER LOTS BE SIDE LOADED. SO FRONT OF THE HOUSE WILL BE HERE AND THE DRIVEWAY WILL ACTUALLY LOAD OFF THE OTHER STREET. I'M NOT PICKING ON ANY COMMUNITY. THIS IS JUST TO PROVE MY POINT OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE STANDARDS THAT WE'RE PUTTING FORTH. QUIT. DONALD I THERE IS PRODUCT I HAVE WORKED WITH PRODUCTION BUILDERS ALL OVER. I HAVE PRODUCTION BUILDERS IN BELLEFONTAINE AND OTHER THINGS. THIS IS JUST THE EXAMPLES THAT SHOW UP TO THE NORTH OR UP TO THE TOP PICTURE. YOU DON'T HAVE ANY REPEAT PATTERNS HERE FROM AN ELEVATION.
THOSE ELEVATIONS ARE ALL THE SAME. HOUSES IT GETS YOU TO A DIFFERENT PRICE POINT. ET CETERA. THE HOUSES TO THE BOTTOM. AT THE TOP, YOU CAN SEE. NO, NO OVERHANGS. LOOK AT THE OVERHANGS ON THE FRONT. MOST OF THE TIME, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE TRUSSES AND THE ROOFS FALL, YOU HAVE OVERHANGS ON THE FRONT. BUT LOOK AT THE SHADOWING. LOOK AT THE ARCHITECTURAL DIFFERENCE.
WHEN YOU ADD THAT TO THE SIDE OF A HOUSE, IT BRINGS SOME OF THOSE FEATURES THERE, WE ARE REQUIRING ALL WINDOW TRIM, SO THIS HOUSE HAS NO WINDOW TRIM AROUND IT, IT HAS NO LANDSCAPING BEDS OR GREENERIES. THIS IS THE EXAMPLE WHERE THEY JUST PUT TWO INCHES WORTH OF MULCH. NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY GET AWAY WITH THAT ONE BUSH THAT YOU SEE THERE. BUT WE'RE REQUIRING THE WHOLE FRONT THERE TO BE LANDSCAPED AND ACTUALLY COUNT THE NUMBER OF TREES THAT WERE THERE. LOWER PICTURE HAS NO WINDOWS IN THE GARAGE DOOR. IF YOU LOOK, THE UPPER PICTURE DID ADD WINDOWS TO THE GARAGE DOOR, AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE 16 FOOT ALUMINUM DOOR LOOKS LIKE WITH AND WITHOUT OF THEM. AND THEN THIS ONE HAS NO STREET TREES. IT'S ALSO SOME COMMUNITIES LIKE THIS. I CHOOSE NOT TO LIKE IT, BUT ALL THE COLORS HERE ARE DIVERSIFICATIONS OF GRAYS AND BROWNS. NOW, IF YOU GO INTO SOME COMMUNITIES, THEY WILL USE A COMMENT ALL NATURAL COLORS AND THAT MEANS YOU GET WHITE, GRAYS AND BROWNS. SO THAT'S WHAT SOME PEOPLE WANT. JEROME VILLAGE. WE USE THAT DIVERSITY IN THE 12 COLOR PALETTES IN ORDER TO DIVERSIFY THAT. AND AGAIN, I THINK IT TURNED OUT VERY, VERY WELL, THESE ARE JUST EXAMPLES. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP ONE YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WHITE WINDOW TRIM THAT IS THERE. NOW YOU DON'T HAVE THAT WINDOW TRIM, WOOD WINDOW TRIM WHEN YOU HAVE AN ALL BRICK HOUSE BECAUSE YOU PUT THE MORTAR IN THE STUCCO RIGHT UP THERE. BUT YOU CAN START TO SEE SOME OF THE ELEVATIONS AND THE CHANGES AND THE ARCHITECTURE. AND I'M TRYING TO GET YOU KNOW, I HEAR THE WORD WE DON'T WANT COOKIE CUTTER HOUSES. AND I KNOW THERE'S NO EXPLANATION TO WHAT A COOKIE CUTTER HOUSE IS, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET A STANDARD PACKAGE TOGETHER THAT ELIMINATES COOKIE CUTTER HOUSE WITH WITHOUT REALLY KNOWING WHAT IT IS, THERE'S TWO EXAMPLES OF SIDE LOADED GARAGES THERE THAT WHICH WOULD BE CORNER LOTS, WE'RE EXTENDING THE DIVERSIFICATION TO THE WILCOX COMMUNITY. I'M ALREADY WORKING WITH WILCOX. SO THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL SUBURBAN CLASSIC. THIS IS WHAT THEY BUILT ON WOODSIDE.
THEY PUT ALONG INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT THE BACKS OF ALL THEIR UNITS TO BE UP AGAINST THAT. THEY PUT PORCHES OUT. TECHNICALLY, THAT'S THE BACK OF THE HOUSE, BUT THEY BUILT THE PORCHES AND REDESIGNED IT, SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE IT'S A REAR LOADED PRODUCT. BUT THIS IS THEIR TRADITIONAL STUFF, I'M AWARE OF OTHER PRODUCT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT IN YOUR STRATEGY IS MAINTAIN RURAL CHARACTERISTICS. HOW CAN WE DO THAT? WELL, HERE'S A HERE'S A MODERN FARMHOUSE VERSION THAT THEY'VE CREATED IN JUST NORTH OF POWELL, OHIO, THAT THEY HAVE THEY'RE WILLING TO DO THIS PRODUCT. WE'RE PUSHING A LITTLE BIT ON THE LANDSCAPE STANDARDS AND THEY'RE PLAYING ALONG WITH, BEING WILLING TO INCREASE THOSE. HERE IS A MODERN CRAFTSMAN. THEY DID THIS JUST NORTH OF PICKERINGTON, SO THEY'RE WILLING TO CHANGE THE PRODUCT THAT THEY WANT. THERE IS A HUGE MARKET FOR THE EMPTY NESTER MARKET IN MARYSVILLE RIGHT NOW, AND IT IS, IT IS A MARKET THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND. MY PARENTS ARE THE BOOMERS, SO AND THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY EMPTY NESTERS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN OUT OF THE COOP FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. BUT I TECHNICALLY MY CHILD, MY CHILDREN ARE GONE. SO I'M 57 AND I AM TECHNICALLY AN EMPTY NESTE. SO THAT GENRE IS ACTUALLY TWO MAJOR. I KNOW I LOOK YOUNG FOR
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57. THAT'S WHAT HE JUST SAID. YEAH, SO. BUT THAT MARKET IS ALMOST TWO MARKETS. I MEAN IT IS ONLY RIVALED WITH THE MILLENNIAL AND THE MILLENNIAL IS NOT A MASSIVE MARKET. THE MILLENNIAL MARKET, BECAUSE IT'S ON THE OTHER END, IT'S BECAUSE THEY LIVED IN APARTMENTS FOR FIVE, SIX, SEVEN YEARS. THEY DIDN'T COME OUT LIKE I DID AND BOUGHT MY FIRST HOUSE WHEN I'M 23, THEY CHOSE TO LIVE IN AN APARTMENT. SO NOW YOU HAVE IT 24 TO 31 YEARS OLD, SEVEN YEARS WORTH OF MILLENNIALS ALL TRYING TO COME OUT IN THE MARKET. SO OUR MARKET IS REALLY DRIVEN BY THAT MILLENNIAL GROUP TRYING TO BUY HOUSES AND THE EMPTY NESTERS TRYING TO BUY THEIR NEXT PRODUCT. A LOT OF THE EMPTY NESTERS DO NOT WANT TO OWN YOU KNOW, A VACATION HOUSE SOMEWHERE IN A PLACE THEY WANT TO BE HERE FOR GRANDCHILDREN. THEY WANT TO BE HERE TO BE CLOSE TO THE COMMUNITY THEY GREW UP IN AND STUFF LIKE THAT. THEY LIKE THIS RENTAL PRODUCT FROM A RETAIL STANDPOINT, WE'VE ELIMINATED THE GAS STATIONS, I DON'T REALLY WANT STANDALONE FAST FOOD HERE, BUT I THINK I WOULD BE SHOCKED READING SOME OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA IF CHICK FIL A WANTED TO COME TO ONE OF OUR SITES AND I TOLD THEM NO, BUT, ANYHOW, WE PROMISED THERE WILL NOT BE A FOURTH MCDONALD'S ON THE RETAIL THAT WE'RE DOING, THAT ALSO SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING FOR SOCIAL MEDIA.BUT OUR TARGET HERE IS, AGAIN, RESTAURANTS. WE LOVE THE DESIGN HERE. THIS IS ACTUALLY A DESIGN IN POWELL, OHIO TO THE SOUTH. AND I'M JUST USING THESE EXAMPLES. WE'LL WORK WITH YOUR DESIGN REVIEW. IF YOU GUYS HAVE AN OPINION WE'LL TAKE THAT. BUT THIS IS ONE THAT'S ACTUALLY RIGHT UP AGAINST POWELL ROAD. AND ALL THE PARKING IS IN THE BACK. SO WE HAVE A DESIGN WITH SERVICE ROAD B TO BE ABLE TO DO THE ONE TO THE SOUTH. THEY HAVE RESTAURANTS ON BOTH ENDS AND THEN SERVICE ENTITIES IN THE MIDDLE, SAME THING. THIS ONE TO THE NORTH IS ACTUALLY IN SHAWNEE HILLS ACROSS FROM THE BOGEY. AND, THEY HAVE A COFFEE SHOP ON ONE END, THEY HAVE A RESTAURANT ON THE OTHER, AND THEY'RE FILLING OUT THE REST FOR SERVICES. SO THIS IS THE USES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND WE'RE OPEN TO HOW THOSE DESIGN THERE WHEN WE GET THERE, ADDITIONAL SLIDES, I'M GOING TO GO TO THIS ONE FIRST. I MENTIONED A 30% COMMON AREA. SO WE ARE CONSOLIDATING ALL OF OUR HOUSES IN THE SUB AREA PODS. WE WILL HAVE COMMON AREA. AS YOU SEE I'M GUARANTEEING YOU 10% COMMON AREA A THROUGH G, 5% ON THE RETAIL BECAUSE THAT'S YOUR CODE. BUT THEN I'M ADDING THE 53 ACRES THAT WE'VE ASSEMBLED TO THE NORTH THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE TRAILS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THROUGH. SO THE EXTENSIONS OF ALLENBY, ALL OF THOSE SORT OF THINGS. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE DETENTION PONDS. WE ARE ACTUALLY USING OUR DETENTION PONDS TO MAKE THEM AMENITIES IN THE CHANGE OF USE. SO YOUR CODE REQUIRES A 40 FOOT BUFFER BETWEEN CHANGE OF USES, AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS INCORPORATE THOSE DETENTION PONDS INTO THAT CHANGE OF USE WITH LANDSCAPING AROUND THE TRAILS AROUND IT IN ORDER TO NOT JUST HAVE 60 FOOT WORTH OF GREEN SPACE THAT I EITHER MOW OR I LET YOU KNOW, GROW UP NATURAL IN A TALL. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSIONS TO COUNT THE DETENTION PONDS OR NOT. I WOULD JUST POINT HERE I AM COUNTING THEM, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO USE THEM IN A VERY UNIQUE WAY. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THEM AMENITIES TO THE PROJECT, AND I'M THREE TIMES I THINK I'M ALREADY WHERE YOU GUYS WANT GENERAL PEOPLE TO BE FROM THE COMMON AREA. FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT, I THINK THIS TOP PART IS REALLY IMPORTANT. YOU HEAR TERRY NOT THREATENED, BUT WARN PEOPLE ABOUT IT THAT YOU MADE A $15 MILLION INVESTMENT IN A REGIONAL PUMP STATION ON THE EAST SIDE. AND IF YOU GUYS REJECT ALL THE GROWTH ON THE EAST SIDE, ETC, THAT SOMETHING HAS TO PAY FOR THAT IN THE FUTURE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT IF YOU APPROVE THIS PROJECT. I'VE GOT JUST THE TAP FEES. NOW, I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE LEVEL OF THE TAP FEES, BUT THIS IS THE TAP FEES THAT WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT WE'RE GOING TO PAY. WE'RE GOING TO PAY YOU BACK 98.88% OF THAT $15 MILLION. JUST WITH THE RESIDENTIAL THAT WOULD BE APPROVED IN THIS PROJECT. AND WAS APPROVED IN ANNEXATION, ONE THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY OF THE TAP FEES THAT THE INDUSTRIAL USERS, AND THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH WILL COME WITH NACO.
SO THAT WILL BE RETURN ON INVESTMENT FROM THAT STANDPOINT, AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN USE THAT WITH WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO, BUT THAT'S SHOWING THAT THE INVESTMENT ON THE EAST SIDE IS GOING TO RETURN ITSELF VERY, VERY QUICKLY. IT'S NOT EVEN OPERATIONAL YET. 1.5% INCOME TAX, I'M GLAD BRAD CAME IN HERE. I'M NOT ABOUT TO CALCULATE THAT, BUT HE'S A MASTER AT CALCULATING THE INCOME TAX THAT YOU'LL GET OFF OF THIS. I CAN GIVE YOU, YOU KNOW, ESTIMATED LAND VALUES OR.
I'M SORRY, NOT LAND VALUES, INCOME VALUES AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS. BUT YOU'RE GOING TO GET THAT ALL THERE, AND THE OTHER PIECE HERE, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE ACTUALLY SHOWN THIS.
SO JUST ON THE ANNEXATION ONE RESIDENTIAL PIECES AND THE RETAIL AND THE RESIDENTIAL PIECES ON ANNEXATION THREE, THE CDA AT THE 5.5 MILLS WILL PRODUCE $38 MILLION OVER THE FIRST 40 YEARS. SO THAT WILL PAY BACK THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS THERE IN THE COMMON AREAS, THE UNLOADED ROADS THAT WILL HELP PAY THE SCHOOLS. I'VE MET WITH THE SCHOOLS A COUPLE TIMES AND
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TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THIS. WE DON'T HAVE AN AGREEMENT IN PLACE. BUT YOU GOT TO REMEMBER, I'M NOT TIPPING ANYTHING. SO THE SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO GET 100% OF ALL THE MONEY THAT THE RESIDENTS IN MARYSVILLE COMMIT TO THEM THROUGH THE LEVY PROCESS. FIRE LIBRARY NINE ONE THEY ALL GET THAT MONEY. AND THIS IS A POT OF MONEY THAT AGAIN, INFRASTRUCTURE BEING FUNDED THROUGH THE DEVELOPER AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS. SOME OF THAT WILL GO TO REIMBURSE US FOR THE OVERSIZING AND THE UNLOADED ROADS AND STUFF. BUT THERE WILL BE A BIG CHUNK OF THIS THAT GOES TO SERVICES, AND THIS IS JUST THE RESIDENTIAL. SO I WILL STOP, THERE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S UP TO NACO TO DO THEIR ESTIMATES, WHICH WE'RE MEETING TOMORROW ON, TO DO THEIR ESTIMATES OF HOW MUCH MONEY WILL COME OFF THE INDUSTRIAL PARK TO IN MARYSVILLE EAST, BUT IT WILL SUBSTANTIALLY BE MUCH LARGER BECAUSE THEIR MILLAGE IS 9.75 AND IT WILL BE ON THAT FOREVER. THIS IS THE RESIDENTS WILL ONLY PAY FOR THE FIRST 40 YEARS, WHICH I WON'T BE HERE, BUT SOME OF YOU GUYS MAY, I READ A BUNCH OF SOCIAL MEDIA. I'VE NEVER DONE A TWEET OR A TWEET. I'VE NEVER DONE A FACEBOOK POST, IT'S JUST NOT MY I DON'T KNOW IF I HAD THAT RIGHT, BUT IT'S JUST NOT WHAT I DO. I'VE NEVER BEEN ON NEXTDOOR. I'VE BEEN ON NEXTDOOR, BUT I'VE NEVER POSTED ANYTHING IN MY LIFE, BUT I READ A LOT OF IT. I TALK TO YOU GUYS AND CITY COUNCIL AND DEVELOPERS. THIS IS MY CHECK LIST FOR WHAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR. DEVELOPER PAY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE CHECKLIST. WE ARE GOING TO PAY THAT ROAD IN UNLOADED ROAD TO THE ROUNDABOUT. THE EXTENSION OF UTILITIES JUST ON THE UNLOADED PART, NOT THE ROADS TO GO TO THE INDIVIDUAL HOUSES. IT'S $8.5 MILLION WHERE WE THINK IT IS THE REASON THAT I NEED THE APARTMENTS AND THE REASON THAT I NEED THE EMPTY NESTER IS THAT'S GUARANTEED TO PROBABLY BE THERE, IN FULL SCALE WITHIN A YEAR AND A HALF TO TWO YEARS. AND THEY WILL BE CONTRIBUTING TO THE COMMUNITY AUTHORITY WITHIN TWO YEARS. IF I WAIT FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO BE BUILT AND GOES ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, 30 A YEAR, 40, 50 A YEAR, THAT REPAYMENT PROCESS IS VERY, VERY SLOW. AT JEROME VILLAGE, WE DIDN'T HAVE MULTIFAMILY. WE DIDN'T HAVE AN EMPTY NESTER FOR RENT PRODUCT THAT COULD COME IN GROUPS OF 100, AND, YOU KNOW, THE GOOD THING WAS I HAD A FORTUNE 100 COMPANY FUNDING EVERYTHING BEHIND US. BUT THAT TIME FRAME WAS VERY, VERY LONG FOR THAT MONEY TO START COMING IN, AND THAT'S WHY I NEED THAT. THE RETAIL WILL PAY A LARGE PORTION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT RETAIL COULD BE THERE IN TWO YEARS, AND IT COULD BE THERE IN TEN YEARS, IF I IF THAT RETAIL IS WAITING FOR MY DEVELOPMENT TO BRING THE BODIES AND THE RESIDENTS TO USE IT, IT'S GOING TO BE TEN YEARS. BUT I HAVE SOME HOPE THAT THAT MIGHT BE THERE SOONER, BECAUSE YOU HAVE A CORE STRUCTURE ON THE EAST SIDE RIGHT NOW OF RETAIL. LOWE'S, MY FAVORITE BREAKFAST PLACE, THE WAFFLE HOUSE TRACTOR SUPPLY. I MEAN, THOSE AREAS OVER THERE ARE DRAWING PEOPLE FROM THE WEST SIDE TO COME OVER AND VISIT, YOU KNOW, IF WE PUT A RESTAURANT IN OFF GUARD, WE PUT SOME RESTAURANT OVER THERE, WOULD THEY COME OVER OR IS THAT DEMAND WAITING FOR US? IF IT'S AN ICE CREAM SHOP, A COFFEE SHOP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY'RE WAITING FOR THE PEOPLE TO SHOW UP. SO IT'S UNKNOWN WHEN THE RETAIL WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE REIMBURSEMENT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE HAS TO BE THERE. WE'VE WORKED WITH KYLE AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO PHASE OVER PROBABLY TWO YEARS GETTING ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE ROUNDABOUT.SO INFRASTRUCTURE FIRST, WE DON'T HAVE ANY CHOICE IN THIS ONE. THE UNLOADED ROADS HAVE TO BE BUILT FOR US TO GET TO THE BACK OF THE PROJECT. NO TIFFS. I HEAR THAT LOUD AND CLEAR. HIGHER DESIGN STANDARDS NOT ONLY THE COMMON AREAS, BUT THE HOUSES THAT ARE GOING TO BE BUILT. NO COOKIE CUTTER HOME, DIFFERENT PRICE POINTS, RETAIL DEVELOPMENT, WALKABLE. NOT ONLY OURS, BUT WE'RE ALSO CONNECTING TO THE EXISTING. SO IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO TAKE THEIR BIKE AND GO TO WAFFLE HOUSE FOR BREAKFAST, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A PATH TO DO IT. CONNECTED COMMUNITIES.
WE'RE GOING TO CONNECT EVERY SUBAREA WITH EVERY OTHER SUBAREA WITH TRAIL SYSTEMS AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS. AND HOPEFULLY CONNECT TO SCOTS FARMS. AND THIS WILL CONNECT TO THE OTHER PARTS OF MARYSVILLE EAST. THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. I'M NOT TAKING ANY OF THE TAX BASE AWAY FROM THE SCHOOLS OR ANY OF THOSE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO PAY THEM MORE FROM THE COMMUNITY AUTHORITY, SO THAT IS MY CHECKLIST OF WHAT I HEAR. THE RESIDENTS SAY. QUESTIONS DOES COUNCIL HAVE QUESTIONS? I WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'VE SEEN WITH THE NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITY. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, A TOOL WE'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO USE. PARTLY BECAUSE IT USED TO BE REQUIRED A LARGE PROPERTY. AND SO THIS IS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING REALLY GOOD FOR PAYING FOR THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, PAYING FOR THOSE SUPPORT SERVICES LIKE POLICE, FIRE, EMS,
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SCHOOLS, PARKS, YOU KNOW, AND NOT PUTTING THOSE COSTS ON THE EXISTING RESIDENTS. THIS IS ANOTHER TOOL TO MAKE GROWTH, PAY FOR GROWTH. THAT'S CORRECT. THE BUSINESSES AND THE RESIDENTS THAT WILL MOVE INTO THIS AREA, NOT THE EXISTING ONES. THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY UNLESS THEY REDEVELOP. BUT THE FUTURE RESIDENTS AND THE BUSINESSES WILL PAY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S FUNDED. THERE SO, YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS NEW TOOL AND OUR OPPORTUNITY TO USE THAT, I THINK IT'S A LOT SIMPLER THAN SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SIMPLE. THERE'S A WHOLE BOARD AND YEAH, YOU CAN YEAH, I'VE, I'VE MANAGED THE ONE AT JEROME VILLAGE FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS. SO IT'S NOT SIMPLE. THERE IS. YOU STILL COLLECT THE REVENUE. YOU STILL EDUCATE THE RESIDENTS GOING THERE. BUT IT IS A GREAT TOOL. YEAH. AND THEN THE PUD, YOU KNOW, I, I LIKE SEEING THE PLAIN UNIT DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE OF THINGS LIKE THE DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDS AND YOUR ABILITY AND YOUR ABILITY TO MANAGE THAT TO A HIGHER LEVEL AND REALLY ENSURE THAT WE GET THE QUALITY THAT WE ALL WANT. AND THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PUD AND A DEVELOPER LIKE MYSELF. I'M NOT GOING TO BUILD ALL THE HOUSES. I PUT THE MASTER PLAN TOGETHER. I DEVELOP THE INFRASTRUCTURE, I BRING IT IN, AND THEN WE WORK WITH DIFFERENT BUILDERS. IF YOU GOT A NEED, I GO FIND THAT BUILDER AND I KNOW ALL OF THEM IN CENTRAL OHIO SO I CAN SUBJECT THEM TO THE STANDARDS. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION IN THAT, BUT YOUR CODE IS WHAT PEOPLE MEET. THERE ARE DEVELOPERS AND HOME BUILDERS THAT WILL COME IN AND WILL DO THE MINIMUM IF YOU ALLOW THEM TO DO IT. IN THIS CASE, THEY HAVE TO GET BY THE MASTER PLAN DEVELOPER, JUST LIKE AT JEROME VILLAGE. AND I WILL GIVE YOU. WE HAD 18 BUILDERS THERE. I SIGNED OFF ON EVERY DESIGN REVIEW OF EVERY SINGLE HOUSE, EVERY ENTITY THAT WENT IN THERE. AND BELIEVE ME, SOMETIMES THEY DIDN'T LIKE ME, BUT THEY KNEW THAT THEIR NEXT QUALITY AND THE QUALITY OF WHAT I WAS DOING WAS PROTECTING THE PROPERTY VALUES OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE COMING AFTER THEM. SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO DO THAT, AND THE COMMUNITY AUTHORITY WILL TAKE SOME OF THAT DESIGN REVIEW FUNCTION. I'M HAPPY TO PASS THAT ON TO THE CITY. IF YOU WANT TO DO IT. BUT THAT COMMUNITY AUTHORITY IS WHERE THAT WILL RESIDE, AND IT WILL PROBABLY INCLUDE A STAFF PERSON. DO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE? YEAH. MR. PRESIDENT, I HAD A QUESTION, THANK YOU, MR. BARRETT. THE CONNECTION TO 36. YOU SAID A CONTROLLED ENTRY POINT. IS THAT A TRAFFIC LIGHT? IS THAT A ROUNDABOUT, THAT IS YET TO BE DETERMINED. THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN WILL HELP US DO THAT. OKAY SO I REMEMBER THAT BEING READ ON THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IT WAS. WHAT'S THAT? IT WAS IN A RED AREA. IS AN AREA ANTICIPATED THE RED. SORRY. SO NOT ON YOUR PLAN, BUT ON THE TRAFFIC THOROUGHFARE PLAN. I THINK THAT WAS ADOPTED MAYBE NOVEMBER OF 23, 22, MAYBE 23, IT WAS BASICALLY HIGH TRAFFIC ANTICIPATED ON THE EAST SIDE. I'M JUST WONDERING HOW THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED. WELL WE'RE DOING THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND THE TRAFFIC STUDY ALL AS ONE FOR THE ENTIRE EAST SIDE. YOU KNOW, THAT INCLUDES ROAD A THAT IS COMING THROUGH THE INDUSTRIAL THAT'S LINKING SCOTTS LAWN TO WATKINS ROAD AND ULTIMATELY WILL LINK 36 AND GO NORTH OF MILL CREEK TO FOUR AT SOME POINT.THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S TEN, 15, 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. BUT THERE ARE IMPROVEMENTS THAT TRAFFIC STUDY, KYLE HAS US EVALUATING 11 DIFFERENT INTERSECTIONS IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND NOT ONLY THE IMPACT OF THIS, BUT THE IMPACT OF THE ENTIRE MARYSVILLE EAST PLAN. YOU KNOW, THE POINT IS TO PUSH THE TRUCKS TO SCOTTS LAWN, BECAUSE THAT'S THE GYM FOR ANY OF THE INDUSTRIAL PIECES. BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH, AND PROBABLY NOT OUT OF LINE HERE, SAYING THAT IT'S VERY LIKELY YOU WILL SEE A ROUNDABOUT ON US 36 INTO THE ENTRY. I DO NOT SHOW IT HERE BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC PLAN HAS NOT PLANNED THAT OUT, BUT WE'VE ALREADY HAD THAT DISCUSSION WITH THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY. S.F. THAT IS THE THAT'S A BIG PIECE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF WHERE THAT WOULD BE. SO I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE A TRAFFIC LIGHT, GOING ALL THE WAY BACK. I THINK THERE IS THERE'S SOME PLANS TO MITIGATE TRAFFIC THAT COMES THROUGH THIS.
I WOULD FULLY EXPECT THAT TO BE A CONTROLLED INTERSECTION. AND THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A LIGHT, BUT I THINK THAT WHERE WE TOUCH 36 BECAUSE OF WHERE THE UTILITIES ARE, I THINK A ROUNDABOUT WOULD ACTUALLY PROBABLY MAKE MORE SENSE BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO EXPAND IT.
THE ROAD IN FRONT OF YOU ARE, AND I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO URA ABOUT THAT. AND SO THEY'VE WORKED WITH ME ON THIS PROJECT AS WELL AS CULVERS AND SOME OF THE OTHER FOLKS. AND I WILL ALSO TELL YOU THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF RESIDENTS, BUT I HAVE REACHED OUT TO MOST OF THE RESIDENTS. I
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THINK THAT SOME OF THAT WORK THAT I'VE DONE IS WHY THIS ROOM ISN'T VERY FULL. SO WHICH IS A GOOD THING, BUT IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO HOW WE WORK WITH BUXTON MEADOWS ON ANNEXATION ONE AND TWO, AND IT'S JUST IT'S JUST PART OF HOW WE DO BUSINESS, BUT I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT I WOULD PROBABLY EXPECT THAT THAT WOULD BE AT SOME POINT, A ROUNDABOUT, BUT THAT TRAFFIC STUDY AND THOROUGHFARE PLAN IS, IS WHAT WILL DETERMINE THAT. AND THEN. THANK YOU FOR THAT, HOW MANY ONCE THIS WOULD BE BUILT OUT. HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE YOU TALKING. ON THAT MATH MAYBE I ALLOW THE SCHOOLS TO DO THAT. SO WE HAVE CALCULATIONS IN THE BIA THAT WE USE BY PRODUCT, AND NO, I HAVE NOT DONE THE FORMAL CALCULATION. I WILL SAY THAT THE SCHOOLS ARE AWARE OF THIS PROJECT AS WELL AS MARYSVILLE EAST ANNEXATION. ONE, TWO, AND WHAT THE FUTURE MAY HOLD. WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THEM PROBABLY FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, AND TALKING THROUGH THAT AND, YOU KNOW, THERE IS INFRASTRUCTURE HERE, THE COMMUNITY AUTHORITY CAN FUND A SCHOOL SITE IF THEY NEED A SCHOOL SITE ON THIS SIDE, BUT THEIR CAPITAL PLAN, THEY'RE A LITTLE BUSY RIGHT NOW WITH A LEVY CAMPAIGN THAT THEY'RE RUNNING, ETC, BUT THEY ARE WORKING ON A TEN YEAR CAPITAL PLAN. THEY UNDERSTAND THE DEMAND AND THE GROWTH ON THE EAST SIDE, AND RIGHT NOW THEY NEED TO INCORPORATE THAT PLAN IN THERE. AND THEN WE WILL SIT DOWN WITH THEM, WITH THE COMMUNITY AUTHORITY, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT FUNDING OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE. SO, BUT THERE WILL BE KIDS I MEAN, THIS IS THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENTS OF THE MASTER PLAN, EAST SIDE. WE'VE GOT THE BUSINESS ESTABLISHED AND YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO DEVELOP. I DO THINK IT IS THE RIGHT WAY TO DEVELOP. YOU CAN'T ALWAYS BRING SIGNIFICANT JOBS WITH THE RESIDENTIAL, BUT THAT'S WHAT MARYSVILLE EAST IS TRYING TO DO. BRING THE BUSINESS PARK, BRING THE RETAIL AND BRING THE RESIDENTIAL ALL ROUGHLY AT THE SAME TIME. JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS. AND KIND OF SIMILAR TO SCOTT'S LAST POINT, THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY RELATED TO STUDENTS, BUT DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF KIND OF THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS THAT COULD BE MOVING IN HERE, GENERAL ESTIMATE, OR ARE YOU STILL IN THAT KIND OF PROCESS OF FIGURING IT OUT? I DIDN'T CALCULATE THE RESIDENTS. I HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT COULD BE HERE. OKAY, ON A SEPARATE NOTE, HAVE YOU CONSIDERED LOOKING? I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BUT KIND OF NOT NECESSARILY TINY HOMES, BUT SMALLER SCALE DWELLINGS FOR YOUNGER PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING STARTED GETTING OUT OF COLLEGE, MOVING OUT, KIND OF COTTAGE STYLE HOMES, COTTAGE COURTS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THIS DEVELOPMENT OR SOMETHING SIMILAR. THAT'S SORT OF THE MISSING MIDDLE MARKET. I THINK THE DISTINCTION OF WHAT YOU SHARED IN THE PAST IS A DETACHED TYPE OF A PRODUCT. SO THE ANSWER IS NO HERE. THE MISSING MIDDLE MARKET HERE IS A UNIT THAT IS IN THE TOWNHOMES. THAT COULD BE 11 TO 1300 SQUARE FOOT IN THAT MIDDLE CORRIDOR. YOU KNOW, THE OUTSIDE OF A TOWNHOME HAS THREE SIDED WALLS, WINDOWS AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS. YOU WILL SEE A PRICE POINT OF THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'LL BE LESS SQUARE FOOT. IT COULD BE 15 TO 1800 SQUARE FOOT. BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT PRICE OUT AT 175 $200 A SQUARE FOOT. THE INTERIOR SECTIONS WHERE YOU GET DOWN TO 1000, THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE STARTING TO SAVE THAT MONEY OR NOT SAVE THE MONEY. YOU'RE JUST NOT SPENDING THAT BECAUSE THE SQUARE FOOT REDUCES. THE BASEMENT'S NOT THERE, BUT IT PROVIDES SOMEBODY THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET A 1000 SQUARE FOOT OR 1100, 1200 SQUARE FOOT, TWO BEDROOM UNIT AND ACTUALLY GETS TO PURCHASE IT VERSUS BEING FORCED TO GO RENT THAT PRODUCT AND SPEND THEIR MONEY ON. AND SOME PEOPLE ARE PERFECTLY FINE WITH RENTING. BUT, YOU KNOW, HOMEOWNERSHIP IN THIS COUNTRY STILL SHOULD BE A GOAL THAT ANY POLITICAL PARTY HAS 100% FOR OUR KIDS. THEY SHOULD HAVE THAT RIGHT TO OWN HOUSES JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. AND IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO DO RIGHT NOW.SO NOT THE STAND ALONE PRODUCT. I THINK IF THIS CITY COUNCIL, IS INTERESTED IN THAT, AND I WOULD REALLY DEBATE AS TO WHERE YOUR RESIDENTS STAND ON SMALLER HOUSES, WE PUT A PRODUCT IN AT JEROME VILLAGE, WHICH IS ABOUT THEIR DUPLEXES, 625 TO 700 SQUARE FOOT, SINGLE ONE BEDROOM UNITS. WE PUT THEM TOGETHER. IT'S A DUPLEX, AND THEN THEY ARE STANDALONE TWO BEDROOM AND STANDALONE THREE BEDROOM. THE TWO BEDROOMS ARE 11 TO 1200 SQUARE FOOT, AND THE THREE BEDROOMS ARE 14 TO 1600 SQUARE FOOT. NOW IT'S A RENTAL PRODUCT, BUT I THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WOULD BUILD THAT PRODUCT. THE DIFFERENCE IS IT ELIMINATES THE GARAGES FROM THAT.
ARCHITECTURALLY, THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL LITTLE SMALLER HOUSES. THEY'RE NOT TINY HOMES, BUT IT HAS APARTMENT LIKE PARKING THAT YOU CAN HAVE WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE A PRIVATE GARAGE, BUT IT'S A DETACHED PRIVATE GARAGE. BUT IT IS A CENTRALIZED CIRCLE. ET CETERA. IT'S CALLED COASTAL RIDGE. I THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WOULD BUILD THAT ON A FOR SALE BASIS, HOMEOWNER
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ASSOCIATION OR THE CONDO ASSOCIATION, AS THEY WOULD CALL IT, WOULD MAINTAIN THE PARKING LOT. BUT WHEN YOU START TO ELIMINATE THAT GARAGE AND DO, YOU CAN START TO GET THE PRICE POINTS PEOPLE CAN AFFORD. IF CITY COUNCIL AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOUR RESIDENTS, I MEAN, SOME OF THEM WILL STILL WANT THE HIGHEST ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS. ET CETERA. SO YOU'LL PRODUCE A 1300 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE, BUT IT'LL STILL BE $350,000 OR SOMETHING. YOU'LL START TO PUSH THAT. BUT IF THERE IS A DEMAND FOR THAT AND MORE OR LESS A TOLERANCE FROM CITY COUNCIL, I THINK THOSE PRODUCTS COULD BE BROUGHT TO MARYSVILLE IN THE RIGHT AREAS. YOU GUYS JUST HAVE TO DETERMINE WHAT THOSE RIGHT AREAS ARE. NO, I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE HERE IS WITH SUB AREA G, THE COMMERCIAL AREA. YEAH, IT YOU STATE THAT IF RETAIL OPTIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE, A PORTION OF THAT AREA, THE KIND OF FIVE ACRES NORTH OF ROAD B COULD BE TURNED INTO AN EXPANSION OF SUB AREA F, DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW LONG THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE IF YOU CAN'T GET WE'RE NOT GOING TO DAWSON. OKAY. SO THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE. YEAH. SO ESSENTIALLY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FIVE ACRES, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE. SO THAT RETAIL USE WAS PUT IN USE BECAUSE THERE WAS A USER THAT WANTED A FIVE ACRE SITE, AND IT WAS A USER THAT A COUPLE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF, AND I THINK SOME OF YOUR RESIDENTS ARE INTERESTED IN BRINGING IN AND THEY ARE IDEALLY CAN'T FIND THE RIGHT SITE TO COME INTO MARYSVILLE. AND IT'S A IT'S NOT A LARGE BOX STORE, BUT IT IS, SO WE ADDED THAT FIVE ACRES SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT USE. AND I'M UNDER AN NDA. I CANNOT TELL YOU WHO THE USE IS OR WHATEVER, BUT, WE ADDED THAT THERE, AND WE REDUCED THE SIZE OF THE APARTMENT PROJECT FROM 21 TO 16 ACRES, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO BACK THE OTHER WAY IF YOU GUYS WILL AFFORD ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE APARTMENTS THERE TO HELP FUND THE INFRASTRUCTURE. WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD RETAIL DEVELOPER THAT'S WORKING WITH US THAT I THINK HAS SOME IDEAS, EVEN IF THAT BOX DOESN'T LAND THERE. THAT, THEN I THINK THE RETAIL WILL DO FINE BY ITS ON ITS OWN. TIMING IS STILL UP IN THE AIR, BUT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO CONVERT THAT. SO THAT THAT WAS ORIGINALLY THE PLAN IS IF I COULD NOT SECURE THE USER THAT THAT IS IN THE MARKET, THAT WE WOULD CONVERT THAT BACK BECAUSE, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY BIG RETAIL DEVELOPERS, BUT IN THIS CASE, IT IS ON YOUR COMP PLAN. BUT I HAVE SINCE PARTNERED WITH A RETAIL DEVELOPER, THAT DOES A PRETTY GOOD JOB. SO THAT'S WHY I COULD SAY HE IS NOT SIGNED INTO CONTRACT FOR THE WHOLE 16 ACRES THERE. BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WE WILL NOT EXPAND THE APARTMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BURKE. THANK YOU FOR THE MATERIAL. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THIS LAST WEEK. MAYBE YOUR GROWING WARD, I APPRECIATE IT. SO I DID HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS THAT I WANTED TO MAKE, BOTH FOR THE POSITIVE AND FOR MAYBE THE CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM, BUT ANYWAY, SO HERE IT GOES, SO ANYBODY WHO KNOWS ME KNOWS THAT I'VE BEEN FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON THE ECONOMIC PIECE, AND I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD PRIORITIZE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROWTH AND LET THAT DRIVE KIND OF THE RESIDENTIAL PIECE. AND I THINK PARTNERING WITH THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY IN MARYSVILLE EAST WILL BRING THE JOBS. BUT ULTIMATELY PARTNERING WITH YOU IS GOING TO BRING IN THE RESIDENTIAL. SO AS IT PERTAINS TO RESIDENTIAL, WE'VE GOT QUITE A QUITE A TASK AHEAD OF US, RIGHT? WE HEAR ABOUT AFFORDABILITY, AVAILABILITY, ALL OF THAT. RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT FIRST I'LL TOUCH ON MAYBE THE AFFORDABILITY PIECE AND WHAT I, WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS CONCEPT IS THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR INCREASING DENSITY, BUT NOT SACRIFICING QUALITY TO TRY TO IMPROVE OVERALL AFFORDABILITY, TO, I'LL SAY, THE MISSING MIDDLE OR ENTRY LEVEL. RIGHT. I'VE BEEN VERY OUTSPOKEN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MULTIFAMILY AND RENTAL UNITS WHERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH 15 TO $2500 A MONTH RENT PAYMENTS AND THEN TRYING TO PUT MONEY BACK INTO A SAVINGS ACCOUNT TO, YOU KNOW, FOR A DOWN DOWN PAYMENT ON, ON THEIR NEXT HOME AND WHAT WE'RE MISSING IN MARYSVILLE IS THE INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN KIND OF THAT THAT THAT RENTAL UNIT AND THAT SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNERSHIP. SO I THINK THAT THIS, THIS, MIXED USE WILL WILL HELP MAYBE BRIDGE THE GAP BECAUSE I DO TO YOUR POINT THAT YOU SAID EARLIER, I DO BELIEVE THAT EVERYBODY HAS, I DON'T WANT TO SAY EVERYBODY, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE, DESIRE HOME OWNERSHIP[01:50:07]
AND BUILDING THAT, YOU KNOW, WEALTH THROUGH EQUITY. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THIS KIND OF THAT STEPPING STONE INTO, INTO THE, THE NEXT LEVEL AS FAMILIES GROW AND YOU OUTGROW YOUR YOU KNOW, STARTING POINT. SO I THINK THAT THAT'S GOOD. WHAT WHAT I ALSO THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING ABOUT THIS WAS THE, THE, I'LL CALL THEM 55 AND OLDER COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW, A THERE'S A SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION THAT, YOU KNOW, DESIRE, YOU KNOW, LIVING IN AN AREA OF WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE SIMILAR AGE AND ALL THAT. SO THAT'S GOOD. WHAT I ALSO FOUND, BECAUSE I REALLY QUESTIONED SUB AREA E, AS IT RELATES TO THE, THE KIND OF THE 55 AND OLDER OR RETIREMENT RENTALS LIKE I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT, BUT THEN I STARTED ASKING AROUND AND THERE IS A PORTION OR A SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION WHO CURRENTLY OWN THEIR EMPTY NESTERS, TO YOUR POINT. AND THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LOCATION AND YOU KNOW, THE SOUTH AND THEY'RE THEY'RE SNOWBIRDS, ME, I'M NOT THERE YET, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW, WANT TO, YOU KNOW, GET AWAY IN OUR, IN OUR, IN THE WINTER TIME AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT UTILITIES AND LANDSCAPING AND ALL OF THAT, ALL OF THAT GREAT STUFF. WHERE, WHERE I STRUGGLE IS SUB AREA F AND I, YOU KNOW, I THINK HOUSING IS SUPPLY AND DEMAND. RIGHT. AND I DON'T I DON'T SEE HOW, MORE MULTIFAMILY IN MARYSVILLE IS IMPROVING THE SUPPLY OF HOUSING TO TRY TO IMPROVE AFFORDABILITY IN OUR, IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY, SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE MAYBE RETAIL OR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES IN THAT SUB AREA SPECIFICALLY, THAT KIND OF HELP CATER TO MAYBE THE, THE, THE SUPPLY PIECE. RIGHT TO HOPEFULLY CURB THE, THE, THE HOUSING PRICES IN THE LONG TERM, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO THAT AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR POSITION ON, HEY, I NEED THIS TO FUND THE INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH I CAN APPRECIATE, BUT I'D LIKE FOR US TO CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE ON WHAT ARE OTHER MEANS TO ACHIEVE THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, MUTUAL GOALS. RIGHT. AND IF YOU GO TO MAYBE YOUR LAST SLIDE THAT YOU SHARED. ONE RIGHT THERE, I THINK THAT THIS IS THE MONEY SHOT AND I WANT TO I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING AS A DEVELOPER, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING OR WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO, WE TALK ABOUT DEVELOPMENT, PAYING FOR ITSELF. I THINK THAT THIS IS IN THE VERY ESSENCE OF DEVELOPMENT PAYING FOR ITSELF, THE DEFINITION RIGHT, WE'RE LOOKING AT INFRASTRUCTURE. SO YOU'RE PUTTING IN THE ROADS, HENCE THE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE INVESTMENTS THAT YOU'RE MAKING WITH THE, WITH THE ROUNDABOUTS AND THE ROADS AND ALL THAT, BUT I ALSO WANT TO, HIGHLIGHT THE, THE TIF PIECE. TO YOUR POINT, THAT'S BEEN A VERY BAD WORD IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING BECAUSE WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND HOW TIFS HAVE BEEN USED TO FUND INFRASTRUCTURE HISTORICALLY. I THINK THAT TO MR. REAM'S POINT, THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITY WILL HELP, YOU KNOW, KIND OF OFFSET THE NEED FOR POTENTIALLY THE NEED FOR THOSE THOSE TIF DEVELOPMENTS, MOVING FORWARD. SO SO I APPRECIATE YOU YOU LISTENING TO COUNCIL AND TO OUR RESIDENTS, AND, AND CHECKING AND CHECKING THOSE BOXES. SO APPRECIATE IT. I APPRECIATE THE COMMENT. A COUPLE POINTS HERE I AM FULLY AWARE OF THE APARTMENTS AND THE DESIRE TO NOT HAVE MORE APARTMENTS. THAT'S WHY I SHARED THE FUNDING MECHANISM, ETC. I WILL SAY THIS THAT, ON ALL THE ADDITIONAL GROUND THAT I HAVE IN CONTROL THAT I WILL BRING IN HERE ON MARYSVILLE EAST, THIS WILL BE THE LAST APARTMENT PROJECT. SO THIS IS THE ONE BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF HOW IT KIND OF COMES UP INTO A GLOVE, THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS[01:55:03]
PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE OF ANY OTHER PARCEL THAT I DEVELOP. SO WE'RE WILLING TO COMMIT THAT THERE WILL BE NO MORE MULTIFAMILY, THREE STORY WALK UP PRODUCTS IN THE AREAS THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING ON THE EAST SIDE, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF YOUR EMPTY NESTERS AND THEM ACQUIRING A TASTE FOR THE RENTALS, YOU USE THE TERM GET AWAY, THEY ARE TRYING TO GET AWAY WITH SOME STUFF, BECAUSE IF YOU OWN A HOUSE IN FLORIDA AND YOU OWN THAT AS A SECOND HOME AND YOU OWN A HOUSE HERE AND YOU SELL YOUR HOUSE HERE, YOU NO LONGER HAVE TO PROVE YOUR RESIDENCY. SO YOU ARE A PERSON THAT HAS NO INCOME TAX FOR THE STATE THAT YOU RESIDE IN, WHICH IS FLORIDA. SO IF YOU RENT UP HERE, YOU GET THE BENEFITS OF BEING BY YOUR GRANDCHILDREN, BEING IN THE AREA THAT YOU GREW UP AT, THE PART OF THIS SEASON THAT YOU WANT TO BE HERE. BUT THERE IS NO DEBATE. YOU'RE NOT PROVING THE HERE'S MY UTILITY BILLS, HERE'S WHERE I'VE LIVED.THE MAJORITY OF MY TIME. I OWN ONE, I THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT YOU'RE HERE, SO THEY ARE GETTING AWAY WITH SOME OTHER THINGS BEING THE SNOWBIRD AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT ULTIMATELY BRAD AND YOU GUYS AND EVERYBODY ELSE IN, IN AREAS THAT HAVE INCOME TAX NEED TO FIGURE OUT, ESPECIALLY FROM THE STATE STANDPOINT. BUT AND THEN YOUR, WHAT WAS THE I FORGOT, IT'S NOW SLIPPED MY MIND WHAT THE FINAL COMMENT WAS. WE TALKED ABOUT TIFFS. TIFFS. YEAH. TIFFS CAN BE AN INCREDIBLY GOOD TOOL. I MEAN, THERE ARE AREAS I UNDERSTAND HOW THEY'VE BEEN USED HERE. I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WERE HERE. AND BOTH COUNCIL THAT WAS HERE AT THE TIME, AND THE SCHOOLS ALL APPROVED IT. BUT IT HAS AN IMPACT ON WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW WITH THE SCHOOL LEVIES AND FROM A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT, STRONG SCHOOLS ARE PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WHEN IT COMES TO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT'S WHY WE DON'T WANT TO BE ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THEM. THERE ARE GREAT WAYS THAT YOU CAN DESIGN TIFFS TO FUND INFRASTRUCTURE AND TO STOP FUNDING INFRASTRUCTURE. AT THE POINT IN TIME THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS PAID FOR. SOMETIMES THEY STAY OPEN ENDED AND THAT THAT MONEY COMING OFF THAT TIFF WILL GO FUND OTHER THINGS. BUT THERE ARE WAYS THAT YOU CAN ADAPT TIFFS TO TERMINATE AT THE POINT IN TIME THAT THE IDENTIFIED INFRASTRUCTURE IS DONE, WHICH THEN THAT MONEY GOES BACK TO SUPPORT THE LIBRARIES AND THE SCHOOLS AND THE FIRE AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO I'M NOT GOING TO STAND HERE AND SAY THAT TIFFS AREN'T GREAT RESOURCES FROM A DEVELOPMENT. AND ECONOMIC TOOL, BUT IN THIS CASE, WE JUST DON'T WANT THAT BATTLE. WE HAVE ANOTHER TOOL THAT WE CAN FUND INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH, WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY AUTHORITY. AND YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF NATIONWIDE'S MONEY AT JEROME VILLAGE, I THINK THE COMMUNITY AUTHORITY IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST THINGS AS TO WHY THAT DEVELOPMENT TURNED OUT THE WAY IT DID. SO IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS, THEN I WILL LET YOU GO ON TO THE OTHER TWO HOURS OF YOUR AGENDA.
DID YOU THINK HE WAS GOING TO BY WITHOUT ME SAYING ANYTHING? OH, OKAY. WE'RE HOPING SO. FIRST, YOU KNOW, FIRST, I JUST WANT TO SAY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M STEPPING ON ANY TOES, SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME TO EVERYBODY, BUT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW POLICE AND FIRE HAVE BEEN WANTING SOME LAND OUT HERE FOR QUITE A QUITE A BIT OF TIME TO EVENTUALLY BUILD SOME TYPE OF FACILITY. HAS THERE BEEN HAS THERE BEEN CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ABOUT, KEEP US HAVING. YES. SOME LAND. YES FOR A NEW FOR A NEW POLICE AND FIRE STATION. FIRE CHIEF. THE FIRE CHIEF THAT RETIRED ASKED FOR A FUTURE SITE OF THREE ACRES. OKAY, IF THAT IS THE REQUIREMENT, FINDING THREE ACRES IN A 1500 1900 ACRE MASTER PLANNED DEVELOPMENT IS NOT A PROBLEM. SO IT'S. IT JUST BOILS DOWN TO WHERE THAT NEEDS TO GO. AND HOW WE GO ABOUT DOING THAT. SO YES, WE HAVE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS, NOT WITH THE NEW FIRE CHIEF OR ANYTHING, BUT WITH JAY BEFORE WE HAD THOSE AND WITH THE COMMUNITY AUTHORITY DISCUSSION AND WE WITH NEW ALBANY BRIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW MORNING TO FINALIZE, WE WE'VE AGREED BECAUSE OF THEIR PROJECT ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THEY WOULD LIKE A CONTIGUOUS COMMUNITY AUTHORITY BEING OVER THE BUSINESS PARK ON THE EAST AND THE SOUTH. WE'VE DECIDED TO SPLIT THOSE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STILL ALIGNED ON THE MARYSVILLE EAST SIDE OF HOW WE'RE UTILIZING THE MONEY AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS. AND THAT INCLUDES THE FIRE, THE POLICE, THE SCHOOLS AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE BUILT OVER THERE BECAUSE THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, ESPECIALLY COMING THROUGH THE INDUSTRIAL PARK. SO, BUT WE HAD SOME PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS. WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY. BUT AS WE CIRCLE BACK WITH THIS AND THERE WAS A REAL REASON AS TO WHY WE DISCONNECTED THE FINANCIAL, THE FINANCIAL ITEMS, WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT TIFS AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS, WHICH I DON'T THINK THAT TIFFS ARE ON THE TABLE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THEY CAN DISTRACT YOU FROM THE MASTER PLAN AND THE POSITIVES OF A MASTER PLAN. SO WE INTENTIONALLY SEPARATED THOSE THINGS. NOW, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR, WE DID A PRE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT THAT TALKED ABOUT THE ANNEXATION, THE ZONING AND THEN THE FINANCIAL PACKAGE ALL COMING
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IN AT DIFFERENT TIMES, AND STUF. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH A POT OF MONEY THAT DOESN'T EXIST ANYWHERE IN MARYSVILLE. AND IF WE ALL CAN GET ALONG ON THE RIGHT WAY, AND I'VE KNOWN A LOT OF YOU AND A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED, I THINK YOU HAVE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO GOOD, GOOD THINGS ON THE EAST SIDE OF MARYSVILLE, NOT ONLY FOR OUR DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO TO EXTEND SOME OF THAT DOWN INTO THE EXISTING CORE, WHETHER IT'S THE FENCE AND THE TREES AND SOME OF THAT STUFF OVER TIME. NOW, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY I'M GOING TO BE PARTIAL TO GETTING SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY THAT WE'RE PUTTING BACK AND SO WILL NEW ALBANY COMPANY. BUT I THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO AFFORD US SOMETHING THAT IF IT WORKS OUT THAT YES, WE DO ADDRESS THAT. AND I ALSO PUT THE FIRE IN THE COUNTIES INVOLVED HERE TOO, BECAUSE THIS PROJECTS RIGHT UP AGAINST THE COUNTY TRAINING FACILITY. AND I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO THE, THE OR THE, THE CURRENT, UNION COUNTY SHERIFF AND THE FUTURE ONE AND TWO COMMISSIONERS. AND IT'S ON BILL NARDUCCI TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE DEAL WITH THAT. BUT IDEALLY, I WOULD LOVE TO BUY THREE ACRES FROM THE COUNTY AND PUT THE FIRE STATION RIGHT ON THE COUNTY TRAINING FACILITY, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE WITH THE OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES, NOW, YOU MAY WANT IT AS SCOTTS LAWN. YOU MAY, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHERE YOUR EXISTING FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE AND WHAT YOUR COVERAGE RATIOS ARE. WE DID THAT AT JEROME VILLAGE WITH JEROME TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO BUT WE WILL FIGURE ALL THAT OUT OKA. SO AS MYSELF AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, NOT I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT ALL OF US WOULD AGREE. BUT TO ADMINISTRATION, BOTH CHIEFS. I'M OPENING UP THE DOOR FOR YOU GUYS TO HAVE PROACTIVE COMMUNICATION TO CREATE SOME LAND WHEREVER YOU GUYS DEEM NECESSARY, WHERE IT WOULD SERVE THE MAJORITY OF OUR RESIDENTS, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY BUILDING ONE AND HIRING STAFF IS SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL IS GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT, BUT AT LEAST WE CAN START WITH AT LEAST WE KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE BUILT SO WE CAN PLAN FOR THE FUTURE. BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN WANTING ONE OVER THERE. I THINK AS LONG AS I STARTED WATCHING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. SO, SO LET'S JUST GET THAT BECAUSE I'LL BE LOOKING FOR THAT SOMEWHERE IN THIS TEXT. SO, AND THEN ALSO I JUST WANTED TO SAY, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GROWTH AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW TO MANAGE GROWTH AND WHAT DO WE DO AS A COUNCIL. AND WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER A VISIONING FOR, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY, DEPENDING ON WHAT AND WHATEVER THIS COUNCIL DECIDES WHAT TO DO ABOUT GROWTH AND HOW TO MANAGE GROWTH AND, AND ALL OF THAT, IF WE CREATE A POLICY THAT SAYS THAT, REALM OR THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WE HIRE TO OVERLOOK OUR, LOOK, OUR DEVELOPMENTS, AND SAY THAT IF WE CREATE LEGISLATION OR HOW HOWEVER WE DO IT AS A COUNCIL AND WE SAY THIS GROUP WILL OVERLOOK ALL DEVELOPMENTS WHEN CITY STAFF LOOKS AT DEVELOPMENTS, WOULD YOU BE OKAY WITH, YOU KNOW, CREATING A VISION WITH THE WITH WITH, WITH WHEN IT COMES TO CITY STAFF, WITH REALM OR WHOEVER THAT SHOULD BE TO HELP CREATE? WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. SO IT'S AS YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR, I SIT THROUGH YOUR JOINT MEETINGS AND I SIT THROUGH YOUR WORK SESSIONS, AND I DON'T DO THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE SO ENTERTAINING THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING ON TV. BUT, I JUST MOVED MY OFFICE HERE, SO I WILL BE PAYING BRAD INCOME TAX.WE DON'T COME IN DUE ON DEVELOPMENT. WE LEAVE. SO WE DO LARGE LONG TERM VISION PLAN TYPE THINGS. AND AT JEROME VILLAGE, IT WORKED REALLY WELL. YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT ONE THAT I WAS INVOLVED WITH ON THE NORTH SIDE. IT HASN'T DONE AS WELL. ET CETERA. BUT THAT'S WHAT WE UNDERTOOK ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO OR TWO YEARS AGO, WHEN I LEFT NATIONWIDE. SO ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING IS MASTER PLANNING AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. AND I WOULD PROBABLY ALSO VOLUNTEER NACO BECAUSE THEY HAVE THAT SKILL SET ON WHAT THEY'VE DONE ON A LONG TERM BASIS AS WELL. SO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S COMING TO FESTIVE FAIR AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS WE DO INVOLVE OURSELVES IN THE COMMUNITIES, WITH THE SCHOOLS, WITH THE POLICE, THE FIRE AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS. SO ABSOLUTELY, I WOULD COMMIT THAT TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN, THE, THE ONE THING YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY YOU SAY THAT PEOPLE PROBABLY DON'T LIKE YOU FOR CERTAIN REASONS. AND I WOULD SAY PEOPLE PEOPLE ALSO DON'T LIKE ME FOR CERTAIN REASONS. DID I SAY THAT THEY DIDN'T LIKE ME? DONALD. YEAH, I ACTUALLY MADE A MENTAL NOTE OF THAT ON, ON ON HERE, YOU KNOW, SO YOU KNOW, BUT BUT YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, I, I WANT RESIDENTS TO REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, FARMERS ARE SELLING THEIR LAND. AND, YOU KNOW, WE DO NOT CONTROL WHAT FARMERS DO WITH THEIR PROPERTIE. AND, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S A SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION THAT DOESN'T WANT THE TOWN TO GROW. AND AS COUNCIL, WE WERE ELECTED TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW OUR
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RESIDENTS WANT US TO GROW. AND I JUST WANT RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU KNOW, OUR HANDS ARE TIED IN A LOT OF WAYS, BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO. AND WITH SAYING THAT, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THE RESIDENTS OF MARYSVILLE AND CREATING A COMMUNITY THAT WILL ADD TO THE BURDEN OF OUR SCHOOLS AND, WELL, IN PLANNING OUT A LARGE SEGMENT THAT WON'T HAVE THAT TRULY WON'T BE A HUGE BURDEN TO US. AND THEN WITH NEW ALBANY, I DO BELIEVE THAT WE AS A COUNCIL AND I WILL EVEN GIVE CREDIT TO THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT. AND I THINK THAT YOU AND THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY AND EVEN CONNECT, YOU'RE SHOWING THAT YOU CARE. YOU'RE DEDICATED, YOU WANT TO BE HERE, YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF A PARTNERSHIP WITH US THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT AS A COUNCIL, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU THE GREEN LIGHT AND SAY, DO WHAT YOU WANT. AND YOU KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL VERY OPINIONATED, BUT YOU'RE SHOWING YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SIT DOWN AND WORK WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US, AND THAT YOU SHOULD YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD ALL BE, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTED IN THAT INITIATIVE. SO WHAT YOU'RE DOING. SO JUST REMEMBER THAT EVEN THOUGH I MIGHT BE STRICT SOMETIMES I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DOING THIS. SO, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, YOU KNOW, I THERE MIGHT BE SOME, SOME LITTLE TWEAKS IN THE HOUSING. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE NOT HAVING SO MANY CONCRETE PORCHES. AND IF WE CAN MAKE SOME, YOU KNOW, PLASTIC OR FAKE WOOD OR WHATEVER THAT IS, GIVE THAT MORE OF A RESIDENTIAL FEEL. I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING, HOW WE CALL OUR COMMUNITIES WALKABLE, BUT EVERY SIDEWALK THAT GOES FROM THE FRONT DOOR ALWAYS GOES RIGHT TO THE DRIVEWAY. IT'D BE COOL IF WE HAD SIDEWALKS THAT WENT FROM THE FRONT DOOR CLEAR TO THE MAIN SIDEWALK. I THINK OF TRICK OR TREATING WHEN I WAS A KID, AND I THINK I ALWAYS WENT FROM THE SIDEWALK TO THE FRONT DOOR, AND AS I GOT OLDER, I HAD TO GO UP THE UP THE DRIVEWAY TO GET TO THE FRONT DOOR. AND, BUT I ALWAYS LIVED IN OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS, SO. BUT HOW CAN WE TRULY MAKE WALKABLE, WALKABLE AND MAKE IT UNIQUE, THE OTHER THING IS, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CREATING VISION, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A PASSION FOR FENCES, BUT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT MARY'S OWN IDENTITY, LIKE WHERE DOES THE FENCE COME FROM? YOU KNOW, HOW HOW DO WE GET THERE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE COLUMNS? IF MARYSVILLE IS THE SHADED CITY, DO WE STAMP ALL THE COLUMNS WITH LIKE, AN OAK LEAF? YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE DO? YOU KNOW, IN THAT KIND OF BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE GRAY BEINGS ON THE STONE COLUMNS AND ALL THOSE THINGS. SO I JUST THINK WE SHOULD REALLY TAKE TIME AND CONSIDERATION OF THINKING ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT AND HOW WE CAN TRULY MAKE IT TO BE MARYSVILLE, THE LAST THING I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THIS DEVELOPMENT IS PASSED BY COUNCIL AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE CAUTIOUS AS A COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT PIECEMEALING DEVELOPMENT TOGETHER. AND YOU KNOW, THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL NO DOUBT WITH NEW ALBANY COMPANY AND YOURSELF WILL ELEVATE THIS SIDE OF THE SIDE OF THE COMMUNITY. AND WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT ALL ZONING AROUND THAT AREA ALSO SUPPORTS THAT LEVEL OF VISION AND ACCOUNTABILITY. AND THAT'S WHY THAT I THINK MOVING FORWARD, WHEN WE UPDATE OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, I WILL BE PUSHING STRONGLY FOR A, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE HAVE A COST ANALYSIS TO EVERY PROJECT THAT WE DO, BECAUSE I THINK RESIDENTS HAVE TO BE EDUCATED ON WHY BUILDING A GAS STATION ON A CORNER IS NOT ALWAYS THE VITALITY OF THAT. FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH ISN'T THE SAME AS BUILDING WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, LIKE A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. IN THE LONG TERM COST OF THAT, COMMUNITIES HAVE IT. MARYSVILLE REALLY DOESN'T. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS GOING TO BE UPDATED AND OUR ZONING CAN BE UPDATED, THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE A COST ON EVERYTHING THAT WE BUILD. SO IF WE'RE PUTTING IN STONE PILLARS OR TREES, THERE NEEDS TO BE A COST ANALYSIS TO GO WITH THAT, TO SAY YES, IF WE PLANT THESE TREES, THIS IS HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE GOING TO GAIN. ALL THOSE THINGS. I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN THAT IN OTHER COMMUNITIES. AND I THINK THAT'S THE WAY THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY NEED TO MOVE FORWARD. AND THIS WILL DRASTICALLY IMPROVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND AROUND THE CITY SO THAT YOU'RE NOT PIECEMEALING DEVELOPMENT IN. AND WE'RE JUST HODGEPODGE ING OTHER DEVELOPMENT. PRIME EXAMPLE IS VISION WITH, THE OIL FACILITY THAT WANTED TO BE BUILT. SO ANYWAY, OTHER THAN THAT, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO THIS WILL BE BACK FOR SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2024. SO ORDINANCE D. FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY TO ACCEPT THE[Ord. D]
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ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY CONTAINING PLUS OR -6.5 ACRES IN PARIS TOWNSHIP, UNION COUNTY, TO THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, OHIO, CONTIGUOUS TO THE LAND KNOWN AS MARYSVILLE SOUTH. I'M BACK.YEAH, WE'RE. AND WE'RE BACK ON MARYSVILLE SOUTH, FOR THAT MATTER. SO THIS IS 6.5 ACRES.
THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY IN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, WHEN WE CAME UNDER CONTROL OF MARYSVILLE SOUTH, THE SITE OR THE ASSEMBLAGE, OUR TOP PRIORITY WAS GETTING THE PUD IN PLACE, WHICH YOU'VE OBVIOUSLY DONE NOW. SO, FOR LACK OF A BETTER EXPLANATION, THIS IS JUST STARTING TO CLEAN UP. THERE'S ANOTHER 3.6 ACRES THAT IS CONTIGUOUS TO THE 6.5. THAT WILL BE A SUBSEQUENT ANNEXATION. BUT WE ARE JUST PULLING THIS LAND INTO MARYSVILLE SOUTH. DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. HEARING NONE. WONDERFUL. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. THIS BE BACK FOR THIS. BE BACK FOR SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2024. ORDINANCE
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C FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY TO AMEND CHAPTER 110 FACILITY COSTS AND CITY FEES. SECTION 110 .06 MUNICIPAL SERVICES OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE REGARDING EMS BILLING ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. OF COURSE, THIS HAS BEEN BEFORE FINANCE COMMITTEE. IT WAS IN FRONT OF COUNCIL AT THE WORK SESSION. I'M GOING TO DEFER TO CHIEF BURNS AND LET HIM JUST DO A BRIEF, QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE WORK SESSION.THANK YOU TERRY. SO YEAH, LAST TUESDAY I WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH KIND OF A COMPARISON OF WHERE WE ARE. WITHIN UNION COUNTY AND OTHER FRANKLIN COUNTY DEPARTMENTS. SO JUST TO RECAP ON THAT AND REMIND YOU, WE'RE BETWEEN THE FOUR DIFFERENT FEES. WE'RE ANYWHERE FROM 12.5 TO 36% LOWER THAN WHAT THOSE COMPARABLES ARE. SO JUST LOOKING TO COME BACK UP TO BE COMPARABLE TO THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY. AND ALSO WE'D BE REVIEWING THESE EVERY THREE YEARS, THESE THE FEE SCHEDULE. SO DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THIS USED TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE USED TO LOOK OVER EVERY FIVE YEARS. AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. AND THEN WE DECIDED EVERY THREE YEARS, BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THE FIVE YEARS, YOU KNOW, IT'S WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THERE WAS A POINT IN TIME WE HAD COVID AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO MEET. SO THIS IS JUST PLAIN CATCH UP TO, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE GOTTEN DONE EARLIER IF WE WEREN'T IN IF THE WORLD WASN'T IN A PANDEMIC. SO, THIS IS REALLY JUST CLEANING UP SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE COVID. SO THIS, THIS WILL BE BACK FOR A
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SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2024. ORDINANCE F FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY TO APPROVE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO AMEND CHAPTER 1131 HISTORIC DESIGN REVIEW DISTRICT AND LANDMARKS INCLUDING HISTORIC UPTOWN MARYSVILLE DESIGN REVIEW DISTRICT, SPECIFICALLY SECTION ONE, ONE THREE, 1.11 B FOR DESIGN GUIDELINES, MATERIALS, WINDOWS, AND DOORS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING CODE OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE ADMINISTRATION. YEAH THERE'S JUST A REQUEST TO TABLE THE FIRST READING TO A DATE CERTAIN TO SEPTEMBER 23RD. IF COUNCIL IS OPEN TO THAT COUNCIL. SO WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE. WELL, I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY WAS, TO BE HERE I THINK PRIMARILY. IS THAT CORRECT? KYLE? SHE'S OUT DUE TO ILLNESS. YEAH. ASHLEY IS SICK TODAY, AND ZACH'S ALSO OUT OF THE OFFICE. OKAY SO I THINK SHE'LL BE HAVING A PRESENTATION. YEAH DO I HEAR A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THE FIRST READING TO A DATE. CERTAIN TO SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2024. THANKS COUNCILMAN. HUNTER. ROLL CALL, MR. HUNTER. YES MR. REAMES? YES. MR. BORDNER. YES MR. WOLF. YES. MR. BURGER YES. FIVE. YES[Ord. G]
ORDINANCE G. SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING TO APPROVE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION FOR A ZONING CODE AMENDMENT TO PART 11 OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, CHAPTER 112, THREE. GENERALLY APPLICABLE DISTRICT REGULATIONS BY ADDING SECTION 1123.31 FARM ANIMALS ADMINISTRATION. NOTHING FURTHER. CITIZENS ASSOCIATION. KATHY YOUNG 425 WEST EIGHTH. JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO HOUSE CHICKENS WITH THIS, BUT I WON'T BE ABLE TO HOUSE FOSTER KIDS, SO JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. THANK[02:15:05]
YOU. I WILL SAY THAT I RECEIVED POSITIVE FEEDBACK EARLIER THIS WEEK, YOU KNOW, WE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE NOW. I THINK SINCE FEBRUARY, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN SOME ITERATIONS AND I THINK THAT, THE, THE CODE HAS OR WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS, IS, IS BALANCED. AND IT WAS, IT WAS GOOD TO RECEIVE THAT FEEDBACK FROM, FROM SOME OF THE RESIDENTS AS WELL. SO I APPRECIATE STAFF AND COUNCIL AND, AND EVERYBODY TRYING TO DRIVE, SOMETHING TO BE OR DRIVE LEGISLATION TO BE, MUTUALLY AGREEABLE, TO, TO THE, TO THE BROADER COMMUNITY. SO APPRECIATE IT. ANYBODY ELSE? I'LL JUST MAKE ONE COMMENT, EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT NOT BELIEVE ME, YOUR STATEMENTS ARE NEVER THEY NEVER FALL ON DEAF EARS. JUST SO YOU KNOW, I PROMISE, THIS WILL BE BACK FOR THIRD READING TITLE ONLY ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2020 FOURTH. ORDINANCE H SECOND[Ord. H]
READING PUBLIC HEARING TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO THE AGREEMENT TO CREATE THE MARYSVILLE JEROME TOWNSHIP JOINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. AUTHORIZING THE INCLUSION OF CERTAIN ADDITIONAL PROPERTY WITHIN SAID DISTRICT, KNOWN AS THE KROGER OUT PARCEL AND JEROME PROFESSIONAL PARK EXPANSION AMENDMENT ADMINISTRATION. NOTHING FURTHER UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. CITIZENS COUNCIL. THIS BE BACK FOR THIRD READING TITLE ONLY ON SEPTEMBER 23RD,[Ord. I]
2020 FOURTH. ORDINANCE I SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO THE AGREEMENT TO CREATE THE MARYSVILLE JEROME TOWNSHIP JOINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.AUTHORIZING THE INCLUSION OF CERTAIN ADDITIONAL PROPERTY WITHIN SAID DISTRICT KNOWN AS THE OHIO HEALTH EXPANSION AMENDMENT ADMINISTRATION. NOTHING FURTHER. CITIZENS COUNCIL. THIS BE BACK FOR THIRD READING TITLE ONLY ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2020 FOURTH. COMMENTS OF
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CITY MANAGER. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE SENSITIVITY OF TIME, I THINK I'LL PASS THIS EVENING, COUNCIL, WE'LL START WITH ON THIS SIDE OF THE TABLE GOING WITH ME FIRST. YEAH. WE'RE GOOD WITH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE TALKED ABOUT FESTIVE FAIR THIS LAST SATURDAY, AND I JUST WANTED TO. I'M ASSUMING THAT IT WAS REALLY. WELL OR IT WENT OFF REALLY WELL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, MY WIFE, I ASKED HER, I SAID, HEY, DO YOU WANT ME TO GO UPTOWN WITH YOU? AND SHE SAID, NO, I JUST WANT TO GO GET SOME EARRINGS. I'LL BE BACK. AND, YOU KNOW, VERY, VERY SHORTLY. WELL SHE WAS GONE FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS ON SATURDAY, SO THERE MUST HAVE BEEN QUITE, QUITE THE CROWD AND OPTIONS. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS A GOOD EVENT. SO I SPENT THE LAST WEEK UP IN THE NORTHEAST ON VACATION AND UNFORTUNATELY DIDN'T GET TO ATTEND FESTIVE FAIR THIS WEEKEND. I KNOW YOU KNOW, FORMERLY LIVING OVER ON ASH STREET WAS ALWAYS FUN TO GO UP THERE AND WALK AROUND AND SEE THE STUFF GOING ON, BUT I ALSO HEARD IT WAS A VERY GREAT EVENT AND I KNOW SOME FAMILY THAT HAD ATTENDED THAT SAID THE SAME THING. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO ATTENDING NEXT YEAR, AND I'M JUST GLAD TO BE BACK HERE IN MARYSVILLE. YEAH I HAVE NOTHING TONIGHT. THANK YOU. YEAH, I HAVE NOTHING AS WELL, MAYOR. WE COULD SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST IS WHAT I ALWAYS SAY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY ALSO THAT, YOU KNOW, FESTIVE FAIR WAS REALLY UNIQUE THIS YEAR BECAUSE THE WEATHER WAS INCREDIBLE. AND ALSO THE OSU GAME WAS AT 7:00. SO, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE CLICHE, BUT, IN YEARS PAST AT THE OSU GAME STARTS AT 3 OR 4, THERE'S ALWAYS IT'S BUSY UNTIL ABOUT NOON. THERE'S LAW AT HALFTIME. IT GETS PICKED UP, AND THEN BY 4:00 IT'S DONE. BUT THIS YEAR WAS A UNIQUE LAST. LAST SATURDAY WAS A UNIQUE SATURDAY. SO BUT AS AS AS ALWAYS AS AS WE SHOULD ALWAYS PROMOTE SUPPORT LOCAL EVERY MOMENT THAT YOU POSSIBLY CAN BEFORE YOU EVER GO TO A BIG BOX STORE. SO, OTHER THAN THAT, I HAVE NO OTHER COMMENTS HERE. A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE