[CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:06] 28. I WANT TO WELCOME YOU ALL TO THE MARYSVILLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE'RE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND THEN WE'LL KEEP STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALMIGHTY GOD, WE ASK YOU TO GUIDE US THROUGHOUT THIS MEETING AS WE SEEK TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE GOOD OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE AND ITS CITIZENS. AMEN. AMEN. ROLL CALL. ZACH. BORDNER HERE. STEVEN. WOLF HERE. HANK. FURBY. PRESENT. DONALD BERGER HERE. SCOTT HUNTER HERE. MARK REAMS AND JULIE KRAMER [APPROVAL OF MINUTES] HERE. IS THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO THE APRIL 7TH, 2025 CITY CITY COUNCIL MEETING? CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES. MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM APRIL 7TH, 2025. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR ADDITIONS NEED TO BE ADDED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION? WORK SESSION? MEETING MINUTES. HEARING NONE. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? FOR THE APRIL 14TH COUNCIL? OH, NO. IT'S. OH. I'M SORRY. YOU'RE. YOU'RE CORRECT. APRIL 14TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES. IS THERE A IS THERE ANY CORRECTION, CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR? I. OKAY. MAY 2025 IS HISTORICAL PRESERVATION MONTH IN [PROCLAMATION] THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. WHEREAS COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION RECOGNIZE MAY AS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PRESERVATION MONTH TO CELEBRATE AND PROMOTE THE HISTORY, ARCHITECTURE, AND THE FABRIC OF HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS AND LANDMARKS. AND WHEREAS HISTORICAL PRESERVATION IS AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR MANAGING GROWTH, REVITALIZING NEIGHBORHOODS, FOSTERING LOCAL PRIDE, AND MAINTAINING COMMUNITY CHARACTER WHILE ENHANCING LIVABILITY. AND WHEREAS HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS RELEVANT FOR COMMUNITIES ACROSS OHIO AND THE UNITED STATES, BOTH URBAN AND RURAL AND FOR ALL AMERICANS. AND WHEREAS IT'S IMPORTANT TO CELEBRATE THE ROLE OF HISTORY IN OUR LIVES AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS AND HELPING PRESERVE THE TANGIBLE ASPECTS OF THE HERITAGE THAT HAVE HELPED TO SHAPE US AS A PEOPLE. AND WHEREAS THE CITY RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING HISTORY AND SUBMITTED A NATIONAL, SUBMITTED A NOMINATION THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL IN LISTING THE OAKDALE CEMETERY ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORICAL PLACES AS THE OAKDALE CEMETERY HISTORIC DISTRICT IN 2024. AND WHEREAS, AS WINSTON CHURCHILL SAID, WE SHAPE OUR BUILDINGS, THEREAFTER THEY SHAPE US. WHEREAS IN ORDER TO PROTECT MARYSVILLE SMALL TOWN CHARM, EDUCATING RESIDENTS ON COMMUNITY IDENTITY IS A IS IMPERATIVE TASK FOR OUR CITY. NOW, THEREFORE, I DONALD BERGER, PRESIDENT OF CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, OHIO, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE MAY 25TH, A HISTORICAL PRESERVATION MONTH, AND I CALL UPON THE CITIZENS OF MARYSVILLE TO JOIN FELLOW CITIZENS ACROSS OHIO AND THE UNITED STATES, AND RECOGNIZING AND PARTICIPATING IN THE SPECIAL OBSERVANCE. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADD HISTORICAL PRESERVATION MONTH INTO THE MINUTES? I MAKE A MOTION TO AT THE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION PROCLAMATION TO THE MINUTES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU. THIS IS THE PART OF THE MEETING WHERE [APPOINTMENT] WE ARE APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE MARYSVILLE SOUTHEAST NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITY. SINCE MYSELF AND SCOTT HUNTER. COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT HUNTER STEPPED ASIDE TO ALLOW COUNCILMAN BURBY AND COUNCILMAN BORDNER TO TAKE THAT ROLE. I WILL ALLOW THEM TO MOVE ON WITH THIS PART OF THE AGENDA. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S BEEN A VERY INTERESTING PROJECT. FOR US, IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT WE OURSELVES AS A CITY ARE ENGAGING IN A COMMUNITY AUTHORITY. SO I [00:05:05] HAD TO LOOK UP A LITTLE BIT AS TO WHAT IT ENTAILS. SO COMMUNITY AUTHORITIES IN OHIO, KNOWN AS NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITIES AND CAZ, WERE ESTABLISHED UNDER THE NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITY ACT OF 1968. SO IT'S AMAZING THAT IT'S BEEN ALMOST 50 YEARS BEFORE IT HIT MARYSVILLE. BUT OF COURSE, WE HAD A GOOD TIME WITH THIS. SO WE DIDN'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT NCA, BUT THEY ARE NOW KNOCKING ON THE DOOR. SO THEY PROVIDE A UNIQUE WAY TO FINANCE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENTS. DEVELOPERS FORM NCAS TO FUND ROADS, PARKS, UTILITIES AND SERVICES THROUGH CHARGES COLLECTED FROM PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY. OKAY. SO THIS SYSTEM ALLOWS NEW COMMUNITIES TO GROW WITHOUT STRAINING FINANCIAL RESOURCES OF EXISTING CITIES AND TOWNS. NCAA HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT IN FAST GROWING AREAS LIKE COLUMBUS AND CINCINNATI, AND SUPPORTING BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS. TODAY, THEY REMAIN A KEY TOOL FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND WELL PLANNED GROWTH ACROSS OHIO. SO THAT'S BASICALLY THE SYNOPSIS ON WHAT THE NCA ENTAILS. NOW, WHAT WE WILL BE DOING OUT HERE IS THAT WE HAVE TWO SEPARATE AREAS THAT WE ARE COMBINING IN ONE NCA. SO OKAY. AND OH IT SHOULD BE THE TOP BUTTON OKAY. SO IF YOU LOOK UP HERE YEAH THIS IS THIS SHOULD BE RIVER ROAD. YEAH. SO THAT'S BASICALLY BETWEEN RIVER ROAD AND THE RAILROAD. YEAH. THAT ONE IS CURRENTLY REFERRED TO AS MARYSVILLE EAST COMMERCIAL. YEAH. AND IT'S RIVER ROAD SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT. AND THAT CONSISTS OF 566 ACRES. OKAY. THEN THE MARYSVILLE SOUTH, WHICH IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 33. SO THAT IS NEAR WATKINS. YEAH. WATKINS 33. THAT IS THE SECOND PORTION. YEAH. AND AGAIN, IT CONSISTS OF IT'S REFERRED TO AS MARYSVILLE SOUTH. THAT ONE IS 594 ACRES. SO THOSE TWO SEPARATE ONES ARE COMBINED INTO ONE NCA. YEAH. WHICH IS IN 1160 ACRES TOTAL. OKAY. EXCUSE ME, MR. BURBY. I'M SO SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU. I JUST WANT A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, IF I MAY. I SEE THE POINTER. OKAY. REALLY QUICKLY. I THINK IT'S THE TOP ONE. IS THAT CORRECT? SO JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION FOR THE RECORD. THE MARYSVILLE SOUTH IS THE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF. THAT'S THE 562 ACRES THAT MR. BURBY NOTED. AND THEN MARYSVILLE EAST IS THE IS THE OTHER OTHER ONE. IT WAS JUST FLIP FLOPPED, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS POINT OF FOR THE RECORD MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WAS CLARIFIED. OKAY. THANKS. SO AGAIN WE HAVE MARYSVILLE SOUTH, THE MARYSVILLE EAST. AND THE NCA IS CALLED THE SOUTHEAST. SO THAT GIVES YOU THAT CLARIFICATION. THE INTENDED INVESTMENT IN IN THOSE TWO AREAS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ABOUT 112 MILLION. OKAY. SO IT'S A SIZABLE INVESTMENT. AND THAT INVESTMENT IS THEN BEING COVERED BY THE NCA INCOME. YEAH. THAT BY ITSELF IMPOSED LEVY THAT IT PAYS FOR ITS OWN DEVELOPMENT. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITIZENS OF MARYSVILLE HAVE BEEN WANTED FOR A LONG TIME ANYWAY, BECAUSE THEY ARE SAYING THAT DEVELOPMENT SHOULD PAY FOR ITSELF. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, THIS IS ONE OF THE TRUEST FORM WHEREBY YOU ANTICIPATE THAT THAT DEVELOPMENT DOES PAY ITS OWN WAY. AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. YOU KNOW, THIS THIS ONE, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TO TALK WITH THE ALBANY COMPANY, WE WERE TALKING PROBABLY AT LEAST 20 TO MAYBE 30 TO 40 YEARS BEFORE ALL OF THIS WILL BE. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS LONG TERM. YEAH. THE TERMS OF THE BOARD THAT WE ARE READY TO APPOINT TONIGHT IS TWO YEARS. AND THEN EXTENSIONS FROM THERE ON. BUT STILL WE'RE IN THIS THING FOR THE LONG HAUL. YEAH. THIS ISN'T JUST A SHORT TERM. YEAH. SPENT YOUR MONEY AND GO. BECAUSE WE HOPE THAT THIS IS GOING TO. CREATE BUSINESS FOR [00:10:08] US, AT LEAST ON THIS PART OF AT LEAST ON THIS PART OF THE NC, NCA. SO I BEFORE I GO ON, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MR. BODNER TO INTRODUCE THE CANDIDATES AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS OF HOW WE GOT TO THE BOARD MEMBERS THE WAY THAT WE DID. YEAH, CERTAINLY. SO I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MR. BURBY. SO WE'LL START WITH THE PROCESS. SO WE WORKED WE PARTNERED WITH HR TO COME UP WITH A WITH A STANDARD TEN QUESTIONNAIRE INTERVIEW PACKET THAT EACH OF THE CANDIDATES. WE INTERVIEWED THEM ALL. EVERYBODY GOT 20 MINUTES. IT WAS IT WAS ALMOST LIKE SPEED DATING TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. IT WAS 20 MINUTES. IT WAS DONE AND MOVED ON TO THE NEXT, NEXT ROUND. SO IT WAS A JAM PACKED EVENING LAST MONDAY, MONDAY NIGHT. BUT SO WE ENDED UP WE HAD TEN, TEN QUESTIONS THAT WERE OUTLINED. WE DECIDED TO GO WITH 6 OR 7 JUST FOR THE SAKE OF TIME. IT WAS GOING TO BE PRETTY DIFFICULT TO GET THROUGH THE TEN. BUT EVERY EVERY CANDIDATE WAS ASKED THE SAME, THE SAME 6 OR 7 QUESTIONS. AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY WE WERE WE EVALUATED THE RESPONSES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MISS MAINE, WHO'S OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, AS WELL AS MR. HOYING, WHO'S OUR OUR OUR CITY ENGINEER. SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO THANK ALL SIX CANDIDATES WHO SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS. EVERYBODY WAS QUALIFIED IN THEIR OWN RIGHT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK MISS MAINE AND MR. HOYING AND COUNCIL MEMBER BURBY FOR YOUR SUPPORT THROUGH THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. BUT BUT YEAH, SO WE'VE WE'RE HERE TONIGHT. WE HAVE THREE WE HAVE THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE WANT TO APPOINT TO SERVE THEIR RESPECTIVE TERMS. FOR THE FOR THE MARYSVILLE SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY AUTHORITY BOARD. SO FIRST I'LL START WITH, IF I MAY, CITY MANAGER EMERY. DO YOU HAVE YOUR APPOINTMENT. NOMINATION FOR TO SERVE AS THE AS THE CITY. YEAH. REPRESENTATIVE, I WANTED TO REITERATE EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID. AND THANK OUR CITY ENGINEER, KYLE HOYING, FOR BEING A PART OF THE PROCESS. IT'LL BE THE CITY'S WILL BE RECOMMENDING JEREMY HOYT, OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE, TO BE THE CITY REPRESENTATIVE ON THE. NCAA BOARD. SO JEREMY OBVIOUSLY IS VERY IN TUNE WITH ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS WATER, SEWER, STORM WATER, ROADWAY, INFRASTRUCTURES. AND HE'LL WORK VERY CLOSELY AS WELL WITH WITH KYLE INTERNALLY WITH THE CITY ON THIS. SO HE'LL BE OUR APPOINTMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND CITY STAFF MEMBER BE JEREMY HOYT TO THIS TO THIS COUNCIL AS. ALL IN FAVOR. NO NO NO NO. I BELIEVE IT'S OH, THAT'S A VOICE VOTE. YEAH. I'M SORRY. ALL IN FAVOR? HI. HI. THANK YOU, MR. EMERY. THANK YOU. NOW, MOVING ON TO THE TO THE CITIZENS. AGAIN, WE HAD SIX INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE QUALIFIED IN THEIR OWN RIGHT. HOWEVER, WE HAD A HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION TO MAKE GIVEN MR. KIRBY'S BACKGROUND, KNOWING THAT THIS IS THIS WAS THIS WAS A FIRST FOR MARYSVILLE. SO IT'S KIND OF IT'S KIND OF A BIG DEAL FOR, FOR US. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE VERY SELECTIVE IN OUR, IN OUR CANDIDATES. SO AGAIN, I WANT TO REITERATE, I APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO WHO PUT THEMSELVES OUT THERE AND CAME FORWARD TO BECOME A NOMINEE. BUT I ASSURE YOU THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE IN SIMILAR FASHIONS MOVING, MOVING FORWARD. SO WITH MY FIRST NOMINATION, I'M GOING TO NOMINATE MRS. SUE DEVINE FOR A TERM THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2025. MY SECOND NOMINATION, I'M GOING TO NOMINATE MR. JONATHAN GUMMEL THROUGH THE TERM. 1231 2025. AND FOR MY THIRD NOMINATION, I'M GOING TO NOMINATE MR. MIKE NICKERSON THROUGH A TERM. 1231 2026. SO WE HAVE TWO, ONE YEAR TERMS AND THEN ONE TWO YEAR TERM THAT WE [00:15:08] HAD TO APPOINT. OUR OUR CANDIDATES ARE SELECTED CANDIDATES. SO THAT BEING SAID THOSE ARE MY NOMINATIONS. MR. MR. PRESIDENT. ALL IN FAVOR? I SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE. MISS DEVINE MR. GUMMEL AND MR. NICKERSON, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED BY THIS COUNCIL? THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I JUST. YEAH. ARE YOU OKAY? ALL RIGHT. SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE VARIOUS THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT FOR THIS NCAA IS THAT WE, THE THREE FROM THE CITY ARE ONLY HALF OF WHAT THE FULL BOARD IS GOING TO BE, BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER WILL PRESENT ITS OWN THREE BOARD MEMBERS. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE CITY REP. BUT THE AREAS THAT WE LOOKED AT IN PARTICULAR WERE IN REGARDS TO FINANCES WERE IN REGARDS TO. DEVELOPMENT WERE IN AND TWO OF THEM HAPPEN TO BE IN WARD TWO BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE BIGGEST IMPACT BY BEING THERE. AND THEN WE HAVE ONE THAT WE CONSIDER TO BE AT LARGE, AND THAT WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE REST OF THE CITY. SO AGAIN, THE DECISION PROCESS WAS WAS VERY DETAILED ON THE NEED FOR THAT. AND AS MR. BURTON SAID, WE WILL BE THOSE CANDIDATES THAT DID NOT MAKE IT TO THIS ONE. WE HIGHLY ENCOURAGE THEM TO REAPPLY FOR THE NEXT ONE THAT WE HAVE, WHICH WILL BE SOMETIME IN THE SUMMERTIME THEN, AND THAT WILL BE MARYSVILLE EAST. WHEN IT IS READY WITH WITH HIS DEVELOPMENT ON THE NORTH SIDE. AND THAT WILL BE THE SECOND NCAA THAT WE THAT WE WILL UNDERTAKE. BUT THIS ONE IS THE FIRST ONE. THIS ONE IS THE BIGGEST ONE. THE OTHER THING THAT YOU NOTICED THE IMPORTANCE BECAUSE BASICALLY WE WORKED WITH NEW ALBANY COMPANY FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS TO TRY TO GET ALL OF THIS IN ITS PROPER PLACE. AND WE WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE ZONING, WE'VE GONE THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS. AND TECHNICALLY, THIS IS OFFICIALLY A HANDOFF FROM COUNCIL TO YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS TO BE OUR EYES AND EARS, BECAUSE THIS UNLESS THERE ARE COMPANIES THAT ARE COMING BACK FOR ABATEMENTS, TECHNICALLY WE WILL HAVE VERY LITTLE INTERACTION FROM THIS POINT ON BECAUSE IT'S THE BOARD THAT'S GOING TO DECIDE HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. THERE MAY BE SOME REZONING ISSUES THAT WILL GO TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING. WHEN IT COMES TO THE BUILDINGS, THEY GO TO DESIGN REVIEW BOARD. IF THERE IS SOMEBODY THAT OR A COMPANY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN ABATEMENT, THEN THEY'LL COME BACK AGAIN TO US. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE DAY TO DAY ACTIVITIES, THAT'S WHAT WE TECHNICALLY HANDING OFF TO YOU AS A BOARD TO REPRESENT US IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY. SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHY I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT NOT ONLY FOR YOU TO KNOW YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES, BUT KNOWING THAT THAT IS BASICALLY HOW THE FUTURE OF MARYSVILLE SOUTHEAST, HOW WE LOOK FOR THAT TO TAKE SHAPE IN THE FUTURE. AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE AS COUNCIL ARE EXCITED ABOUT. AND TO SEE US STUDYING A TOTAL NEW VENTURE FOR GROWING THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY. SO THOSE WERE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL THREE OF YOU AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND FIND WAYS TO BENEFIT ALL OF US IN THE CITY. AND AS I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW SOME OF YOU, SUE DEVINE HAS BEEN HAS BEEN HEAVILY INVOLVED IN MARYSVILLE FOR A LONG TIME. SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE A FACE WHO HAS BEEN A PILLAR IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME. AND WE THANK YOU. AND I KNOW THAT YOUR YOUR PAST APPEARANCE ON THE SCHOOLS, YOU'LL BE A GOOD BENEFIT TO ALL OF US. BUT TO YOU TWO GENTLEMEN, LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU GUYS AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE DECISIONS YOU ALL MAKE TOGETHER MAKE ME LOOK GOOD. BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, I'LL BE VERY ANGRY. ADMINISTRATION REPORT. THANK [ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT] [00:20:02] YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, JUST A COUPLE ITEMS TONIGHT. JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY YOU'RE IN THE LAST COUPLE DAYS OF YOUR ABILITY TO PURCHASE MUNICIPAL POOL SEASON PASSES AT A 15% DISCOUNT. NOW, IT'S NOW THROUGH APRIL 30TH, SO WE'RE A COUPLE DAYS AWAY. SO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY. THE. THEY MAY BE PURCHASED ONLINE VIA REC DESK OR IN PERSON AT THE CITY MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS CENTER THERE AT 455 NORTH MAPLE STREET. THE POOL OPENS FOR THE SEASON ON SATURDAY, MAY 24TH. SO IT'S COMING QUICK. ANOTHER ONE JUST TO GET PEOPLE PUMPED UP ON A LITTLE BIT. OUR FRIDAY NIGHT UPTOWNS WILL BE STARTING ON MAY 16TH COMING UP. THE FIRST ONE WILL BE CALLED ROCK THE BLOCK. MAY 16TH FROM 6 TO 10 P.M. MUSIC BY MCGUFFEY LANE. PRESENTED BY MONARCH ROOFING COMPANY. SO THAT'S COMING UP HERE REAL QUICK. BE LOOKING FOR KIND OF A WEATHER DAY LIKE WE HAVE TODAY. IF THAT COULD, IF THAT COULD OCCUR. SOMETHING THAT'S COMING UP TOO, THAT I JUST WANT YOU TO BE AWARE OF, THAT WILL BE SPENDING SOME TIME IN OBSERVANCE OF IS MAY 12TH TO MAY 18TH IS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, AND WE'LL BE THANKING THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN IN THE OF THE MARYSVILLE POLICE DIVISION, UNION COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND ALL OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL FOR THEIR WORK. WITH NATIONAL POLICE WEEK COMING UP. SO WE'LL BE MENTIONING THAT AND SHOWING THAT A LITTLE MORE OFTEN ON OUR WEBSITE. WITHOUT ANYTHING FURTHER, I'LL SHIFT TO KYLE FOR SOME MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS UPDATES. THANKS, TERRY. OUR STREET, OUR STREET CREWS CONTINUE TO PERFORM CATCH BASE AND REPAIRS OUT AT DANA POINT DRIVE PRIOR TO OUR ANNUAL PAVING PROGRAM. PARK STAFF ARE FINISHING UP THE INSTALLATION OF THE FLAGS IN THE UPTOWN AND PREPARING FOR THE OPENING DAY OF THE POOL. JUST A REMINDER, ALL RESTROOMS WITHIN THE PARK SYSTEM ARE NOW OPEN. OUR WATER CREWS CONTINUE TO WORK ON SERVICES ON GRAND AND PARK AVENUE, AND THEN OUR WASTEWATER SUPERINTENDENT. PORTSMOUTH WILL BE GRADUATING FROM THE UNION COUNTY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE THIS WEEK. MOVING ON TO ENGINEERING UPDATES. THE STATE ROUTE 31 PHASE THREE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT ARE. CONTRACTOR CONTINUES TO TAKE CARE OF SOME PUNCH LIST ITEMS ON THAT PROJECT. THE RESERVOIR CONNECTOR TRAIL PHASE TWO PROJECT. OUR CONTRACTOR PLANS TO START WORK ON THAT PROJECT THIS WEEK. SO THAT WILL BE A GOOD, GOOD IMPROVEMENT TO OUR PARKS AND TRAILS SYSTEM ONCE THAT'S COMPLETE. AND THEN THE LAST UPDATE IS THE KENNEDY ACRES AND CHERRY STREET PUMP STATION ABANDONMENT PROJECT. OUR CONTRACTOR WILL BEGIN WORK NEXT WEEK, MAY 5TH. AND JUST A REMINDER, DURING THAT FIRST PHASE, NORTH CHERRY STREET WILL BE CLOSED. BETWEEN EAST FOURTH STREET AND LAKEVIEW DRIVE. THOSE ARE ALL OF OUR UPDATES. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISTER HOYNE? THANK YOU. CLERK OF COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MISTER [REPORT OF CLERK OF COUNCIL] PRESIDENT. I DO HAVE ONE ITEM FOR TONIGHT. JENNIFER BROCK IS HERE. SHE'S THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, SO SHE WILL BE FILLING IN FOR ME WHEN I GO ON MATERNITY LEAVE. IN ADDITION TO DOING HER OWN ROLE AS WELL. SO JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE HER TO YOU ALL FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU. I'VE GOT. WELCOME. PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT, MISTER HOYNE. ALL RIGHT. PLANNING COMMISSION [PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT] WILL BE EASY. WE DO NOT HAVE A APRIL PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING JUST DUE TO LACK OF [DESIGN REVIEW BOARD REPORT] AGENDA ITEMS. DESIGN REVIEW BOARD. WE DID HAVE ITEMS FOR THE APRIL DESIGN REVIEW BOARD MEETING, SO WE HAVE FIVE AGENDA ITEMS. THE FIRST ONE WAS A HOME IMPROVEMENT GRANT APPLICATION, AND THAT WAS TO HEAR AN APPLICATION FOR EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS LOCATED AT 519 EMMAUS ROAD. AND THIS WAS FOR EXTERIOR DOORS AND WINDOWS REPLACEMENT. THAT WAS APPROVED SIX ZERO NO'S. MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS FOR THE MEETING. WE HAD AN EXTERIOR PLAN SLASH LANDSCAPE PLAN. THIS WAS FOR AN APPLICATION FOR AN EXTERIOR MODIFICATIONS TO AN EXISTING STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 813 WEST FOURTH STREET IN THE VILLAGE RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT. THAT ITEM WAS TABLED. SIX YESES TO TABLE IT ZERO NO'S. ANOTHER NEW BUSINESS ITEM. WE HAD A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS IN THE HISTORIC DESIGN REVIEW DISTRICT. THAT WAS AN [00:25:01] APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED WALL SIGN LOCATED AT 130 NORTH MAIN STREET IN THE UPTOWN COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. THAT WAS ALSO TABLED SIX YESES TO ZERO NO'S. AND THEN THE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA WAS A NEW BUSINESS FOR A FAST TRACK APPLICATION. SO THAT WAS AN APPLICATION FOR EXTERIOR PAINTING TO AN EXISTING STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 302 TO 312 EAST FIFTH STREET IN THE UPTOWN COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. AND JUST A LITTLE DETAILS ON THAT. SO IT WAS TO REPAINT THE BUILDING. THEY RECOMMENDED THAT THE APPLICANT GO WITH A RED BRICK GOLDEN OAK COLOR FOR THE ROOF. THE HEADER, THE ALLEY SIDE AND THE REAR OF THE BUILDING, AND THEN A ROCKWOOD DARK BROWN COLOR FOR THE TRIM THAT WAS APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS. SIX YESES, ZERO NO'S. IN THAT CONDITION WAS TO MAKE SURE THE PAINT FINISH WAS FLAT. SO THAT'S THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD UPDATE. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST I JUST HAVE A COMMENT OR JUST CLARIFICATION. I HAD FOUR ITEMS YOU MENTIONED. THERE WERE FIVE. MAYBE I MISSED ONE. THAT THAT FAST TRACK APPLICATION WAS ADDED THE NIGHT OF THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD. GOT IT. THANK YOU. THANKS. HEARING OF CITIZENS. THIS IS TONIGHT'S. THIS IS PART OF THE AGENDA WHERE ANY CITIZEN HAS UP TO FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK ABOUT ANY TOPIC THAT DOESN'T RELATE TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA. HEARING NONE. ORDINANCE A THIRD [Ord. A ] READING VOTE TO APPROVE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT ZONING FOR THE MARYSVILLE NORTH. PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT. ADMINISTRATION. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER THIS EVENING. OKAY, SO THERE'S A IS THERE A MOTION TO POSTPONE IT FOR THIRD READING AND VOTE ON JUNE 9TH, 2025? MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD MOTION TO POSTPONE THE THIRD READING TO JUNE 9TH, 2025. OKAY. OH, SORRY. JUST WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT IF WE COULD. SO THE MOTION WOULD DO WHAT EXACTLY? IT WOULD. MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT WOULD ALIGN IT WITH THE ACTUAL ANNEXATION. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. AND I'D ALSO, I WOULD SAY, GIVES ANYBODY ON COUNCIL THAT MIGHT HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE UPCOMING DEVELOPMENT TO HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS DIRECTED TO CITY STAFF OR MCKINSEY. AND THEN WE WILL, YOU KNOW, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, THEN NOW GIVES YOU MORE TIME TO COMMUNICATE THOSE QUESTIONS. OKAY. OKAY. IF I MAY JUST ALSO A LITTLE MORE CLARIFICATION. RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE 60 MINUTE OR THE 60 DAY WAITING PERIOD FOR THE ANNEXATION THAT WILL COME UP AT THE FIRST MEETING IN MAY FOR FIRST READING. SO THE REASON WHY WE'RE TABLING THIS TO THE TO JUNE 9TH IS BECAUSE IT WILL THEN ALIGN WITH THE ANNEXATION, WHICH WILL HAVE ITS THIRD READING ON THE SAME DAY. WHAT'S OUR TIMELINE FOR HAVING TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS? 90. I THINK IT'S 90 DAYS FROM THE ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. I THINK WE HAVE WE'RE WE'RE FINE. ANY MORE ROLL CALL? MR. WOLFF? YES. MR. BURBY. ABSTAIN. MR. BURGER? YES. MR. HUNTER? YES. MR. REMES. YES. MR. KRAMER. YES. MR. BORDNER. [Ord. B ] YES. SIX. YES. MOTION PASSES. ORDINANCE. BE THIRD READING AND VOTE TO AMEND THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. CITY OF MARYSVILLE, OHIO, TO PROVIDE AMENDMENTS TO GENERAL OFFENSES. MARYSVILLE CITY CODE SECTIONS FIVE ONE, 3.0351, 3.0451, 3.055 AND 3.0651, 3.0751, 3.0851, 3.1252, 5.0553, 3.0153, 3.0353, 3.0453, 7.0253, 7.02153, 7.1453, 7.1654, 5.01545.07. TO PROVIDE FOR PENALTIES. TO PROVIDE FOR CODIFICATION. TO PROVIDE FOR SEVERABILITY. TO REPEAL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES. TO PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ADMINISTRATION. NOTHING FURTHER. COUNCIL. IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. ROLL CALL, MR. KIRBY. YES. MR. BURGER? YES. MR. HUNTER? YES. MR. REMES. YES. [00:30:03] MISS KRAMER? YES. MR. BORDNER. YES. MR. WOLF. YES. SEVEN. YES. LEGISLATION PASSES. I KNOW HOW TEDIOUS IT CAN BE. WHEN YOU READ ALL THOSE NUMBERS. THAT'S YOUR JOB. LISTENING. YOUR JOB IS A [Ord. C ] LITTLE BIT HARDER THAN MY PROCLAMATIONS, BUT. OR ORDINANCE C, THIRD READING AND VOTE TO AMEND THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. CITY OF MARYSVILLE, OHIO, TO PROVIDE AMENDMENTS TO TRAFFIC. MARYSVILLE CITY CODE SECTIONS 303.0130, 3.1033, 1.3933, 1.4033, 1.33, 3.0133, 3.0733, 5.0433, 5.07233, 5.07433, 5.33, 7.26343.01. TO PROVIDE FOR PENALTIES. TO PROVIDE FOR CODIFICATION. TO PROVIDE FOR SEVERABILITY. TO REPEAL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES. TO PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ADMINISTRATION. NOTHING FURTHER OTHER THAN THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR JENNIFER TO PRACTICE, RIGHT? COUNCIL. DO I HEAR A MOTION? MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. ROLL CALL. MR. BURGER? YES. MR. HUNTER? YES. MR. REMES. YES. MISS KRAMER? YES. MR. BORDNER. YES. MR. WOLF. YES. MR. MURPHY. YES. SEVEN. YES. LEGISLATION PASSES ORDINANCE D, SECOND READING. [Ord. D] PUBLIC HEARING TO AMEND SECTION 741 .02, A CULTIVATION, PROCESSING OR RETAIL DISPENSING OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROHIBITED. CHAPTER 741 MARIJUANA OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. CODIFIED ORDINANCES, ADMINISTRATION. NOTHING FURTHER. CITIZENS COUNCIL. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR [COMMENTS OF THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL PERSONS AND GENERAL DISCUSSION] THIRD READING AND VOTE ON MAY 12TH, 2025. COMMENTS OF CITY MANAGER. WHILE WE'RE THERE ALREADY, THAT WAS THAT WAS PRETTY QUICK. I DO HAVE SOMETHING I WANTED TO REPORT BACK TO CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT. LAST WEEK I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY. TO TRAVEL WITH THE PASSENGER RAIL COMMITTEE OF CENTRAL OHIO TO VISIT THE FORT WORTH DALLAS AREA. AND REALLY TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THEIR SYSTEM THAT THEY HAVE IN PLACE IN THAT AREA. JUST TO GIVE YOU A GENERAL IDEA, THE PEOPLE INVOLVED THAT THAT WENT WE HAD THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF CODA IN OUR GROUP. WE, ALONG WITH THE CHIEF OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS WITH CODA, THAT WAS THERE. WE ALSO HAD THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MORPC, THE SENIOR DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS WITH MORPC, AS WELL AS THE CHIEF OF MOBILITY AND DEVELOPMENT WITH MORPC AS WELL. WE HAD THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE WITH THE CITY OF COLUMBUS. WE HAD THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN WITH THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF HILLIARD. WE HAD THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS WITH THE COLUMBUS PARTNERSHIP WITH US. WE ALSO HAD THE PRESIDENT OF MH WITH US. AS WELL AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR SMART COLUMBUS, WHICH WAS ON THE TRIP. A KEY PERSON AND VERY INVOLVED IS WAS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OHIO GRANTS ALLIANCE. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF FUNDING, AND THE OHIO GRANTS ALLIANCE WAS INVOLVED WITH OUR GROUP AS WELL AS THE CEO FOR THE COLUMBUS ZOO. WAS THERE YOU KNOW, WE WERE THERE. GOT THERE ON WEDNESDAY OF LAST WEEK. WE WERE ABLE TO SPEND THE AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY. IN FORT WORTH AT WITH TRINITY METRO, WHICH IS THE METRO SYSTEM THERE IN FORT WORTH, AS WELL AS SPENT TIME WITH THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS WHO TALKED ABOUT LOGISTICALLY, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, NOT ONLY HOW THEY PUT THIS RAIL TOGETHER, BUT HOW THEY FUND IT AND HOW THEY THEY GO ABOUT OPERATING IT. WE WERE ABLE TO THEN ALSO TAKE A TRIP ON THE RAIL BETWEEN FORT WORTH AND DALLAS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GO TO A COMMUNITY CALLED GRAPEVINE, TEXAS. AND IF YOU'VE EVER HEARD OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, IT'S IT IS RIGHT BETWEEN FORT WORTH AND DALLAS. BUT THEY GOT A COMMUNITY THAT IS REALLY EXCELLED SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PASSENGER RAIL IN THEIR COMMUNITY. AND IT'S THEY'VE GONE FROM ABOUT 30,000 PEOPLE EARLY ON, BUT THEY HAVE GROWN. RAIL TENDS TO BRING [00:35:01] GOOD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GOOD STRONG DEVELOPMENT. THEIR MAYOR THERE IN GRAPEVINE WAS TELLING DONALD THIS THIS MORNING IS IN HIS 50TH YEAR AS MAYOR. HE BECAME MAYOR AT 32 YEARS OF AGE, AND HE'S NOW 82. THEIR THEIR CITY MANAGER IS ON HIS 28TH YEAR AS A CITY MANAGER OF GRAPEVINE. AND IF YOU EVER GET A CHANCE, THAT SYSTEM IS AN EXCELLENT SYSTEM OF RAIL SYSTEM GO THROUGH. BUT THAT'S A COMMUNITY THAT HAS REALLY EXCELLED AND THEY'VE REALLY CAPITALIZED ON THE FACT THAT THEY'RE RIGHT ALONG THE RAIL SYSTEM. VERY INTERESTING. AND WE STOPPED AT SOME OTHER LOCATIONS AND WE WENT TO A MAINTENANCE FACILITY OF HOW THEY CARE AND MAINTAIN THE, THE, THE RAIL SYSTEM AS WELL. AND THEN ON ON THURSDAY, ON FRIDAY, THE LAST DAY IN EARLY IN THE DAY, WE WENT TO THE DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM, WHICH IS CALLED DART. AND WE WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH THE DART REPRESENTATIVES AND GO THROUGH HOW THEY OPERATE THE TRANSIT SYSTEM IN AND AROUND THE DALLAS AREA AND HOW HOW IT, AGAIN, HAS IMPACTED DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AND DIFFERENT AREAS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY EARLY ON IN THE OBVIOUSLY IN THE PROCESS, BUT WE'RE PROBABLY WHERE GRAPEVINE, TEXAS WAS ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO. AND SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAS IMPACTED NOT JUST GRAPEVINE, BUT OTHER AREAS IN AND AROUND THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA. THIS IS GOING TO BE EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL FOR MARYSVILLE TO STAY INVOLVED. BECAUSE IT'S BEEN MADE VERY CLEAR AND IT CONTINUES TO BE MADE VERY CLEAR THAT ULTIMATELY, MARYSVILLE WILL HAVE A PASSENGER RAIL STOP. I THINK EARLY ON, YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE AS FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE AND THINGS START BEGINNING TO ROLL OUT, YOU'LL SEE THE INITIAL PARTS OF THIS BEING PUT IN PLACE IN THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, AROUND THE CONVENTION CENTER DOWNTOWN, CONNECTING TO THE COLUMBUS AIRPORT AND THINGS SUCH AS THAT. BUT THE REASON YOU'RE SEEING THE INVOLVEMENT OF ALL THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE VERY INVOLVED HERE IS BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO THEY WANT TO SEE THAT GET OFF THE GROUND, BUT THEN CONNECT THAT RAIL SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE COLUMBUS REGION AND THEN EVEN BEYOND. SO, SO VERY EXCITING. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE INVOLVED. I'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS AS WE MAKE SOME PROGRESS IN THIS AREA. THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A POINT IN TIME, MR. PRESIDENT, WHERE I'M GOING TO ASK FOR AN ASSIGNMENT TO A COUNCIL MEMBER TO MAYBE BE THAT PASSENGER RAIL LIAISON TO COUNCIL. SO AS WE CONTINUE TO ADD FUTURE MEETINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THERE'LL BE I'LL BE ABLE TO INVITE A COUNCIL MEMBER TO, TO ATTEND AND, AND, AND BE INVOLVED AS WELL. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST WANTED TO. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, FOR YOU TO BE, YOU KNOW, IN A TIME AND POLITICS OR PEOPLE THINK THAT AGE IS A NUMBER FOR WHY YOU SHOULDN'T BE IN PUBLIC OFFICE. HOW EXTRAORDINARY OF A LIFE SPAN COULD BE, IN MY OPINION, TO SERVE THE PUBLIC FROM THE AGE OF 32 TO 81 AND JUST SHOWS YOU THAT AGE IS JUST A NUMBER. BUT MAN WOULD LOVE TO BE A FLY ON THE WALL OVER ALL THOSE YEARS. AND HOW TO AND HOW TO BALANCE THE PUBLIC SECTOR TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN OFFICE AT THAT LOCAL LEVEL FOR THAT LONG, EXTREME COURAGE AND DETERMINATION THAT THAT IS FOR SURE. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY STATEMENTS? YEAH, ACTUALLY, TERRY, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE, AND THIS IS ALWAYS THE BIG QUESTION. AND THAT THAT ONE IS THAT LAST MILE. YEAH. AND WHETHER YOU'RE IN THE PACKAGING BUSINESS, WHETHER YOU'RE IN THE PEOPLE BUSINESS, WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION? HOW DO THEY BECAUSE AT ONE POINT THEY GET PEOPLE BY RAIL FROM POINT A TO POINT B, BUT SAY HYPOTHETICALLY IN MARYSVILLE. YEAH. SO HOPEFULLY THEY'LL THEY'LL BE AT NORTH MAIN STREET, BUT THEN THAT NEXT MILE. YEAH. AND THAT'S WHY CODE IS INVOLVED. CODE IS VERY INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS. I DON'T THINK YOU'RE LOOKING TOO MUCH FURTHER OUT INTO THE FUTURE, WHERE CODE IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT INVOLVED. BEING OUT THIS DIRECTION. OKAY. AND IN OUR AREAS AND YOU SEE THE TRANSIT SYSTEM WHICH IS TIED TO THE, THE, THE BUS TRANSIT SYSTEM, WHICH IS TIED TO THE OFTENTIMES [00:40:06] THE PASSENGER RAIL SYSTEMS FOR EXACTLY THAT. AND SO YES. IT'S VERY CRITICAL AND BUT YOU KNOW WE'RE RIGHT THERE. CODE IS VERY INVOLVED. EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THE WHOLE PROJECT. YOU KNOW COLUMBUS IS DOING A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT NOW. WITH LINK US AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE. AND IT'S EXCITING TO SEE SOME OF THE PROGRESS THEY'RE GOING TO BE MAKING JUST IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS. YOU KNOW, I WHEN I TALK ABOUT THIS, I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO REALIZE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROBABLY AND WHEN SOMEONE ASKED ME, I SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE A 5 TO 10 YEAR PERIOD OUT PROBABLY BEFORE THIS IS POTENTIALLY GOING TO EVOLVE IN THE MARYSVILLE AREA. BUT I THINK SOME THINGS WILL HAPPEN EARLIER THAN THAT. AND I'M KEEPING MY FINGERS CROSSED. BUT WE JUST NEED TO STAY INVOLVED AND BE AT THE TABLE. AND AS TIME GOES ON, WE DEFINITELY PLAN TO DO THAT. SO THANKS FOR ASKING THAT. YEAH. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL. AND I'M GOING TO START DOWN WITH MR. BORDNER. I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. MR. WOLFF. ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS JUST ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO GO OUT AND VOTE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK HERE. I THINK THERE'S EXTENDED HOURS TOMORROW AND HOURS OVER THE WEEKEND. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. AND ELECTION DAY IS NEXT TUESDAY. OKAY. MR. BURTON. WOULD YOU MIND MAYBE PUTTING THE WARDS BACK ON AGAIN? SO AS WE WERE DOING THE NCAA, A COUPLE OF THE QUESTIONS CAME UP. WHAT ABOUT THE WARDS? YEAH. BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE UP HERE. YEAH. IF WE DO CONTINUE TO BUILD OUT, THIS WOULD BE OF COURSE, FAIRLY SOON. I MENTIONED EARLIER WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE NCAA FOR THE RESIDENTIAL HERE. WE TABLED THIS PORTION TONIGHT. YEAH. AND WE HAVE THIS ONE UP HERE. YEAH. PLUS WE DO SEE RIGHT ALONG INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY. WE SEE QUITE A FEW. SO I CHECKED WITH MCKENZIE ABOUT THE WARDS. AND SHE MENTIONED THAT EVERY TEN YEARS WE HAVE A CENSUS. YEAH. WHICH IS THE WE HAVE IT IN 2010. WE MADE ADJUSTMENTS. WE HAD 2020. WE MADE ADJUSTMENTS. SO THE NEXT ADJUSTMENTS IN THE WARDS, REGARDLESS OF SIZE IN THE MEANTIME, IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN UNTIL ABOUT 2030. TIM. AM I CORRECT IN THAT? YEAH. CORRECT. WE REALLY DON'T GET WE DON'T GET THE CENSUS INFORMATION. SO KIND OF LATE IN THE YEAR. SO TYPICALLY IT'S EARLY IN THE NEXT YEAR. SO EARLY IN 2021. YES. SO AS AS WE SEE OUR BOUNDARIES CHANGING AND I'M SURE AT SOME POINT IN TIME WE'LL WILL CHANGE THE BOUNDARIES SO THAT IT IS CLEAR WHAT IS IN MARYSVILLE AND WHAT IS NOT IN MARYSVILLE. YEAH, THE WARDS ARE NOT ABOUT TO CHANGE NOW. SO I DO REMEMBER, IF I LOOK AT WARD ONE, IF WE HAD A MAP FROM 2010. WARD ONE WOULD PROBABLY GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO INCLUDE MAYBE CLOSE TO MILL CREEK. BUT OVER THE YEARS, AS WARD ONE INCREASED, IT IS NOW ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY NORTH OF 33. AND WE CAN JUST KIND OF ENVISION HOW, AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO GROW, WILL CONTINUE TO ANNEX, WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE MORE HOUSING IN DIFFERENT AREAS. WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT AREAS. SO AGAIN, THIS YEAR IS 2025. WE SEE A LOT OF EXPANSION. YEAH. HOWEVER, IT IS NOT CHANGING THE WARDS PER SE. IT IS CHANGING THE POPULATION. AND THE NEXT MAJOR CHANGE THAT WE COULD SEE, IN ADDITION TO THE ANNEXATIONS THAT WE DO. BUT AGAIN, THOSE DON'T IMPACT THE WARDS AS IT IS AT THIS POINT. SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND SAY, HEY, YOU CAN YOU MAY WONDER HOW IS HOW IS ALL OF THIS WORKING OUT, BUT THIS IS KIND OF PART OF IT'S 5 OR 6 YEARS, YOU'RE STILL GOING TO BE IN THE SAME AREA. YEAH. SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. HEARING NONE, IF I MAY, MR. PRESIDENT. MR. KIRBY. SO WITH ALL OF THESE RECENT ANNEXATIONS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH AND THAT ARE COMING THROUGH, I TALKED TO MCKENZIE AND WE DO PLAN, I THINK I MAY HAVE TALKED TO A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT THIS. WE HAVE TO ASSIGN THAT LAND TO A [00:45:04] WARD. NOW, IT'S NOT GOING TO. IT'S REALLY LAND WITHOUT A LOT OF POPULATION. SO WE MIGHT BRING IT TO PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. AND SO WE CAN JUST ATTACH THE ANNEXED, THE RECENTLY ANNEXED LAND TO THE CONTIGUOUS WARD. AND THEN OF COURSE, THE POPULATION WOULD PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, MAY INCREASE IN THE NEXT 5 TO 6 YEARS. SO IN 2031, WILL WE REDISTRICT THE WARDS. BUT WE WILL NEED TO ASSIGN ALL THIS ANNEXED LAND TO WARDS. AND SO PROBABLY LATER THIS SUMMER OR EARLY FALL WILL PROBABLY BE COMING FORWARD WITH PROPOSAL. WE'LL HAVE THE GIS REPRESENTATIVE INVOLVED, AND MAYBE WE CAN TAKE IT TO COMMITTEE AND TALK ABOUT IT. OKAY. ALRIGHTY. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S KIND OF AN FYI. THE REASON THAT I ASKED YOU ABOUT THAT LAST MILE, ERIC, IF YOU IF YOU'RE WITH US. YEAH. WE HAVEN'T HEARD WE HAVEN'T HEARD MUCH ABOUT UBER. AND IT WAS SURPRISING TO ME THAT SATURDAY NIGHT I, I HEARD THE WORD UBER AGAIN AND WHICH I HADN'T HEARD IN A WHILE, SO I HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT. BUT IT HAPPENS TO TURN OUT THAT A YOUNG PERSON, 21 YEARS OLD, WITH A SLIGHT DISABILITY, THAT THERE IS NO TRANSPORTATION MODE, AND THAT PERSON, THE FAMILY WAS THE PERSON WORKS OVER AT ONE OF THE ONE OF THE HARDWARE STORES ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN AND WAS SCHEDULED TO WORK TILL 10:00. WELL, WHAT DO YOU DO AT 10:00? SO THE MOTHER HAD A $10 UBER UBER COUPON AND WAS ABLE TO DO AN EARLY BOOKING. YEAH. AND AT 10:00, SHE COULD SAFELY WALK OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING. AND UBER DID TAKE HER BACK HOME AGAIN. YEAH. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE RARE OCCASIONS THAT BECAUSE MOST TIMES WE DON'T AS I SAID, I HAVEN'T HEARD THE WORD UBER IN ALMOST SIX MONTHS. AND HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE. IN THE FUTURE YOU CAN GIVE US ANOTHER UPDATE ON IT. BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I WAS REALLY HAPPY WITH ACTUALLY. YEAH. A FAMILY THAT WAS GOING TO BE OUT OF TOWN. DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IS MY DAUGHTER GOING TO BE HOME SAFELY? AND BY BEING ABLE TO SET IT UP BY AN ADVANCE BOOKING, WHICH IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER. BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS AVAILABLE WITH THE $10 COUPON. IT MAKES IT FINANCIALLY WORTHWHILE FOR THAT PERSON TO GO TO WORK. YEAH. AND THEN STILL HAD A MODE OF TRANSPORTATION TO GO HOME. SO ANYWAY, KUDOS TO WHAT YOU SET UP. ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, AND HOPEFULLY AT SOME POINT IN TIME YOU CAN GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE UBER AND THE FUNDING FOR IT. YEAH, I CAN GIVE YOU AN UPDATE IN MY NEXT UPDATE NEXT MONTH ABOUT WHERE THE STATUS OF IT IS. AND IT'S $5 NOW, BY THE WAY, IT'S NOT $10 ANYMORE. IT'S NOT $10. IT'S GETTING REALLY A LOT OF USAGE. WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF MONEY. SO WE'RE PROBABLY HAVE FOR PROBABLY 4 OR 5 MONTHS REMAINING. BUT WE'LL I'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE THE NEXT MEETING. YOU'LL GIVE US AN UPDATE THE NEXT TIME. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S ALL THAT I HAD. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. MR. HUNTER. ALL RIGHT. FIRST WANT TO MENTION THAT THE AVALON CHILDREN'S CHOIR FINISHED UP THEIR SEASON, AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM. THEY HAD A WONDERFUL CONCERT SERIES OVER THE WEEKEND. AND SUSAN BONSALL WAS RECOGNIZED. RIGHTFULLY SO. SHE DID A GREAT JOB WITH THE KIDS. AS PART OF THAT PERFORMING ARTS GROUP, THE. I WANT TO JUST COMMEND COUNCILMAN BORDNER AS WELL AS COUNCILMAN BURBY ON YOUR TIME SPENT ON, YOU KNOW, THE SCREENING OF THE RESUMES AND INTERVIEW PROCESS. I KNOW SOMETIMES MAYBE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE SPEND OUR TIME UP HERE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF HOURS THAT GO INTO THINGS IN OTHER MEETINGS. SO APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS AND DECISION MAKING. YOU KNOW, TIME JUST PUT IN INTO ALL OF THAT. AND THEN JUST TO REITERATE WHAT COUNCILMAN WOLFF HAD STATED, I HAVE THESE HOURS DOWN. I THINK THEY'RE RIGHT. BUT IF YOU WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK, GO TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS WEBSITE, APRIL 29TH, WHICH IS TOMORROW, 730 TO 830. SO 7:30 A.M. TO 8:30 P.M. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THIS WEEKEND, MAY 3RD, 8 TO 4, YOU CAN VOTE AND THEN SUNDAY SHOULD BE 1 TO 5. AND THEN TUESDAY ON ELECTION DAY, IT'S 630 TO 730, 6:30 A.M. TO 7:30 P.M. IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT STATISTICS ABOUT VOTER TURNOUT IN THESE TYPES OF [00:50:03] ELECTIONS, IT'S FROM COMPARED TO, SAY, A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IF YOU WERE TO GO BASED ON PAST ELECTIONS, YOU SEE ABOUT TEN, 15, MAYBE 20% OF THE TURNOUT THAT YOU WOULD SEE IN A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. AND IF YOU WERE TO BREAK THAT OUT BY AGE GROUP, YOU'RE LIKELY GOING TO SEE PEOPLE ABOUT 35 AND ABOVE MAKE THE MAJORITY OF THOSE VOTERS UP. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU'VE ALREADY VOTED AND YOU'RE LIKE ME AND YOU'RE YOU'RE PAST YOUR MIDDLE AGE, ENCOURAGE YOUR 18 YEAR OLD, 19 YEAR OLD 20 YEAR OLDS TO GET OUT AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. THEY HAVE A SAY IN THIS. I KNOW FOR ME, WHEN I WAS A 20 SOMETHING YEAR OLD, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ONE OF MAYBE ONE OF THE LAST THINGS I CARED ABOUT TO DEVOTE MY TIME TO. IT'S SO EASY, THOUGH, TO DO IT. IT TAKES LITERALLY TWO MINUTES OF YOUR TIME. ONCE YOU GET THERE, THEY DO A GREAT JOB AT THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. SO ENCOURAGE IF YOU'VE ALREADY VOTED, ENCOURAGE OTHERS WHO HAVEN'T TO GET OUT THERE AND VOTE. WANTED TO ALSO JUST COMMEND OUR RESPONSIVENESS OF OUR POLICE FORCE IN KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. WE HAD, I THINK IT WAS A WEEK AGO OR SO UNFORTUNATE FATALITY IN THE MILL VALLEY COMMUNITY. AND JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS A LONGER TIME RESIDENT. BUT JUST AS WE GROW AND WE GET BIGGER, WE TALKED ABOUT THESE NEW ANNEXATIONS. IT'S JUST IN IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE PRIORITIZE SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING. I REMEMBER THAT WAS ON THE TOP OF MANY PEOPLE'S MINDS. AND THEN LAST LASTLY, WE HAD ARBOR DAY EVENT FRIDAY AT SCOTT FAMILY PARK. AND WE WERE ABLE MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO ATTEND. I LEARNED THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN URBAN FORESTER AND AN ARBORIST, BUT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE FFA OUT. THEY DID SOME TREE PLANTING. OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE HAD SOME BUSINESSES DONATE SOME OF THE TREES THAT WERE PLANTED IN THE PARK. LEARNED HOW TO PLANT A TREE THE PROPER WAY. SO IT WAS A GOOD TIME. THE WEATHER WAS COOPERATIVE. IT WASN'T PERFECT, BUT IT WAS COOPERATIVE. WASN'T TOO HOT. BUT IT WAS A GOOD TIME TO GET OUT THERE. SO APPRECIATE EVERYONE FROM THE CITY STAFF WHO'S ABLE TO SHOW UP AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL. IT WAS A GOOD TIME. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANKS, MISTER REAMES. I WAS GOING TO MENTION THE ARBOR DAY EVENT AS WELL. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, SO MANY PEOPLE THERE. WE HAD, AS SCOTT MENTIONED, THE FFA, THEY HAD SEVERAL STUDENTS THERE, BUT ALSO A LOT OF YOUNGER STUDENTS AS WELL. ANDY EVANS DID A GREAT JOB OUT THERE. SO REALLY GOOD EVENT. AND THAT GOT ME THINKING ABOUT THE SCOTT FAMILY PARK. AND I THINK WE'VE GOT A DO WE HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ON A, A DEDICATION OF THAT PARK? YEAH, I BELIEVE IT'S COMING UP. OH, KYLE. KYLE I KNOW IT'S MAY 8TH AT 10 A.M. MAY 8TH AT 10 A.M. AT 10 A.M. OKAY. SO NEXT WEEK, IT'S COMING UP SOON. COMING UP SOON. MAY 8TH. I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING. IS THERE SOMETHING OUT ON IT ALREADY? I DON'T KNOW IF WE SAY ANYTHING OUT ON IT, BUT WE DO HAVE THE SCOTT FAM OR HANHARDT FAMILY AND COMING OUT FOR THAT. YEAH, THERE'S GOING TO BE 1212 FAMILY MEMBERS THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE THERE AT THAT EVENT, WHICH IS WHICH IS AWESOME. YEAH. WE'LL GET WE'LL GET SOMETHING OUT IF IT HASN'T ALREADY BEEN OUT. ANYWAY, THAT'LL BE GREAT TO HAVE THAT DEDICATION. HAVE THE FAMILY THERE. AND LIKE I SAID LAST WEEK'S EVENT THERE WAS GREAT. THANK YOU, MISS KRAMER. SO EARLIER TODAY, I HEARD ABOUT A HIGH SCHOOL WHERE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS END EVERY DAY WITH A CHALLENGE. IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE, BE THE CHANGE. AND I THOUGHT THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO START EACH DAY. AND IT REMINDED ME OF SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, OF ALL AGES. THAT I'VE WITNESSED STEPPING UP AND SPEAKING UP TO INSPIRE CHANGE, TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, WHETHER IT BE A BIG THING OR A SMALL THING. AND SOMETIMES YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT YOU HAVE MADE THAT CHANGE FOR SOMEBODY ELSE. AND, YOU KNOW, I SEE THAT A LOT IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO THOSE PEOPLE TRULY INSPIRE ME. SO I GUESS TODAY I'D JUST LIKE TO CLOSE WITH THAT SAME CHALLENGE. IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE, BE THE CHANGE AND TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO HAS BEEN THAT CHANGE OR OR EVEN JUST TRIED TO MAKE THE CHANGE. SOMETIMES IT'S JUST ABOUT TRYING AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OH I JUST WANTED TO ALSO TALK ABOUT ARBOR DAY AND WHAT A [00:55:07] SUCCESS IT WAS. AND EVEN THOUGH MAYBE FOR US HUMANS, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A COLD OR DAMP DAY, BUT IT WAS A PERFECT DAY TO PLANT A TREE. AND WE PLANTED, I BELIEVE, FIVE SWEETGUM. BUT THEY ARE NEWER VARIETIES OF SWEET GUMS THAT DON'T HAVE THE SEED POD. SO HAPPY DAYS. YEAH, HAPPY DAYS FOR ALL OF US. YES. BUT, YOU KNOW, SWEET GUMS CAN GROW FOR WELL OVER 80 YEARS OLD AND CAN AND HAVE BEAUTIFUL FALL COLOR AND HAVE STAR SHAPED LEAVES. SO WHAT A GREAT ADDITION TO THE PARK. I HAVE TO ALWAYS GIVE A SHOUT OUT, IF I CAN, TO A SMALL BUSINESS AND MISSUS RENISON'S DONUTS. WHERE ARE WERE DELICIOUS, AND I'M SURE I ATE MY FAIR SHARE OF THEM, BUT THEY'RE THEY'RE ALWAYS A SUCCESS. ALSO, I JUST WANTED TO SAY HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO PIGGYBACK ON EVERYONE SAYING, YOU KNOW, TO BE THE CHANGE. THE SCHOOLS IS SO HIGHLY IMPORTANT TO THIS COMMUNITY. AND NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE STUDENTS, BUT FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, OPPORTUNITY AND SUCCESS. IF I HEAR RESIDENTS ALL THE TIME WHO CLAIM THEY WANT ALL THESE DEVELOPMENT, THEY WANT TARGET, THEY WANT ALL THESE THINGS COMING TO TOWN, WELL, GO TO A COMMUNITY THAT HAS FAILING SCHOOLS AND DRIVE THROUGH THOSE STREETS AND SEE IF THAT'S A COMMUNITY YOU WANT TO LIVE IN. SO MORE IMPORTANTLY THAN EVER, SUPPORTING EDUCATION IS SO IMPORTANT. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ELECTION. AND I HOPE THAT EVERYONE GETS OUT AND VOTES. AND NO MATTER THE OUTCOME, THIS COUNCIL AND THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PUT ONE STEP IN FRONT OF THE OTHER, TO MOVE THIS COMMUNITY IN A WAY THAT THAT FOSTERS AND CONTINUES TO MAKE US A PROSPEROUS COMMUNITY. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO'S WHO HAS VOTED AND JUST CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO VOTE. AND SAYING THAT I WILL END TONIGHT'S MEETING. SO I MOVE TO ADJOURN. THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.