May 12, 2025 City Council

[CALL TO ORDER]

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CLOCK. I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE MAY 12TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE WILL RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND STAY STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION. BUT FOR TONIGHT'S PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. AND I'M THROWING CHIEF BROOKS A CURVE BALL. BUT SINCE IT'S HONOR OF NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TONIGHT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 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. IN TONIGHT, IN LIEU OF INVOCATION, I ASKED, TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO FOR INTERNATIONAL POLICE WEEK, WE ARE DEDICATED TO HONORING THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS EACH GIVE EACH DAY. PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO SHOW APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO COURAGEOUSLY PROTECT THIS COMMUNITY AND HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE LAID THEIR ULTIMATE SACRIFICE BY GIVING THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY. THANK YOU. ROLL CALL PLEASE. ZACH BORDNER HERE. STEVEN WOLF HERE. HANK.

FURBY. DONALD BURGER HERE. HANK SCOTT HUNTER HERE. MARK REAMS AND JULIE KRAMER HERE. IS THERE

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

[PROCLAMATION]

YEAH. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. AND THIS IS ACTUALLY A COMMENDATION, THE FIRST ONE. SO WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT. GLAD TO HAVE YOU GUYS ALL JOIN US. AND WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH HERE THIS THIS COMMENDATION IN HONOR OF THE THIS IS IN HONOR OF THE 2025 MARYSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS WRESTLING TEAM. WHEREAS IT IS ONE OF THE PLEASURES OF COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, OHIO, TO RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS, THE MARYSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS WRESTLING TEAM EARNED THE TITLE OF 2025, OHIO HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING COACHES ASSOCIATION STATE RUNNER UPS, STATE DUAL RUNNER UPS, AND FINISHED THE SEASON RANKED AS THE 46TH BEST HIGH SCHOOL TEAM IN THE COUNTRY, AND WHEREAS COACHING STAFF INCLUDED SEAN ANDREWS, TERRY WALLER, STEVE SCHERER, LUKE WEIMERS, RAY MCDONALD, MAX ORR AND TIM CRANE, AND WHEREAS TEAM MEMBERS INCLUDED, THERE'S A LOT OF THEM, AND THIS IS THIS IS WHY PRESIDENT BERGER, I THINK, HAD GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ THROUGH THIS. LYDIA, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I MISPRONOUNCED SO. LYDIA ADAMS, REECE ANDREWS, GRACE BARKUS, LIZZIE BATES, JAYDEN BURCH, ELAINA BORGES, CAMILA BRITO, KYLIE GRAY, LORI GRIMES, KATIE HAMMERSMITH. LILLIE HAYNES, MICHAELA HAYNES, PIPER JENKINS, DEENA JONES,

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. YOU CAN STAY UP HERE IF YOU WANT TO.

IT'S A LOT, ISN'T IT? I WILL HAVE THE MARYSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT COME UP TO THE FRONT.

YOU GUYS CAN'T BE SHY. COME ON NOW.

NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, MAY 11TH THROUGH MAY 17TH, 2025. WHEREAS EVERY DAY POLICE OFFICERS WALK OUT THE DOOR, RUSHING INTO HARM'S WAY TO KEEP. KEEP THE REST OF US SAFE. BEING A POLICE OFFICER IS MORE THAN WHAT THEY DO. IT'S WHO THEY ARE. ON THE PEACE OFFICER OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY AND DURING POLICE WEEK, WE RECOGNIZE THE INCREDIBLE COURAGE OF OUR OF OUR NATION'S POLICE OFFICERS AND HONOR THE FALLEN HEROES WHO ULTIMATE SACRIFICE WE CAN NEVER REPAY. AND WHEREAS, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL FUND IN 2024, OUR NATIONAL OUR NATION LOST 147 OFFICERS IN THE LINE OF DUTY. THE AVERAGE AGE OF A FALLEN OFFICER IS 42, WITH THE AVERAGE AGE OF 14 YEARS OF SERVICE ON AVERAGE. OFFICERS LEFT BEHIND TWO CHILDREN, AND WHEREAS THERE ARE MORE THAN 800,000 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SERVING IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING 45 DEDICATED MEMBERS CURRENTLY SERVING IN THE MARYSVILLE POLICE DIVISION. AND WHEREAS, MARYSVILLE POLICE DIVISION PROMOTES PUBLIC SAFETY, PROTECTS PROPERTY AND LIFE, AND SAFEGUARDS INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS BY PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. YOU GUYS CAN COME UP HERE TO. AND IT GIVES ME A MOMENT. THE DIVISION'S GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF DEDICATION, INTEGRITY AND COURAGE AND EMPATHY GUIDE THE OFFICERS IN

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I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCIL FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. IN RECOGNITION OF POLICE WEEK, WE JUST LAID A FALLEN DEPUTY IN HAMILTON COUNTY TO REST ON FRIDAY. SO AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, WE REFLECT BACK ON ON THOSE WE'VE LOST ALONG THE WAY AND THE SACRIFICES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AND TO IT'S ALSO TIME TO REFLECT ON THE SACRIFICES THAT THE MEN AND WOMEN MAKE EVERY DAY. THEY ARE THE ONES THAT GO OUT THE DOOR, KISS THEIR LOVED ONES GOODBYE FOR WHAT COULD BE THE LAST TIME. AND THEN THERE'S THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO SERVE EACH DAY, WHO SACRIFICED TIME AT HOME WITH THEIR FAMILIES, FAMILY EVENTS, YOUTH OUT, KIDS OUTINGS, FAMILY REUNIONS. SO THEY CONTINUE TO SACRIFICE AND SERVE EACH DAY. SO THIS PROCLAMATION AND RECOGNITION OF THEIR HARD WORK IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. THE ONLY THE ONLY THING I'LL SAY IS THAT IN A TIME WHEN IT'S VERY EASY TO SCRUTINIZE PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN ANY CAPACITY, THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA OR ANY OTHER OUTLETS, THE STRESS LEVEL NOT ONLY FOR US AS COUNCIL BUT ADMINISTRATION, WE TAKE A BLOW, BUT THE STRESS LEVEL TO THESE OFFICERS AND WHAT THEY SEE AND FIRE, WHAT THEY SEE EVERY DAY THAT WE DON'T EVER GET TO SEE. AND IN IN THE TRAUMA THAT THEY EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO BREATHE AND SAY THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE WHO SERVE IN PUBLIC OFFICE, NO MATTER THE JOB THAT THEY DO. SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU IN THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. WE APPRECIATE IT. WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? YOU WON'T GIVE ME THE FLOOR. YEAH. WE LOST. THOSE ARE A LOT TOUGHER THAN PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE WHEN YOU'RE READING THEM. SO THERE IS AN APPOINTMENT FOR BRANDON FAN TO THE STUDENT SEAT

[APPOINTMENT]

[ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT]

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AND THEN TO CONTINUE ON THAT AND CHIEF, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO ELABORATE ON THIS A LITTLE BIT.

COFFEE WITH A COP IS TOMORROW, TUESDAY, MAY 13TH, 8 A.M. AT WINANS COFFEE SHOP THERE AT 132 EMMAUS ROAD. CHIEF, CAN YOU TALK REAL QUICK ABOUT THAT? SURE. THANK YOU. SIR. COFFEE WITH A COP IS SOMETHING THAT STARTED SEVERAL YEARS AGO. WE GO AROUND THE CITY DIFFERENT PLACES. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN AT MCDONALD'S FOR, FOR ONE THAT COMES TO MIND, BUT IT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH THE POLICE OFFICER, HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE, ASK QUESTIONS, INTERACT. JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH WITH THE POLICE OFFICER FROM THIS COMMUNITY THAT OTHERWISE YOU MAY NOT GET THAT OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR SHARING THAT.

AND THEN ONE MORE THING. WE HAVE A BATTLE OF THE BADGES BLOOD DRIVE COMING UP THAT'S HOSTED BY THE MARYSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WHAT'S THE DATE ON THAT, CHIEF? IS IT TOMORROW AS WELL? THAT'S TOMORROW. BEGINNING TOMORROW AS WELL. FROM 11 TO 4 AT THE POLICE STATION. RIGHT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM. SO FOR THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN IN GIVING BLOOD, THAT'S FROM 11 A.M. TO 4 P.M. TOMORROW AT THE COMMUNITY ROOM THERE AT MUNICIPAL COURT AND POLICE FACILITY. A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON FRIDAY NIGHT UPTOWN THIS FRIDAY NIGHT. AND SO I'M LOOKING AT THE WEATHER. IT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT 82 DEGREES AND PARTLY SUNNY AND LOOKS PRETTY SOLID RIGHT NOW. YOU GUYS. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE HOLD ON TO. BUT THIS WEEK IT'S ROCK THE BLOCK ON OF COURSE MAY 16TH FROM 6 TO 10 P.M. THE MUSIC IS BY MCGUFFEY LANE. AND IT'S PRESENTED TO US BY MONARCH ROOFING COMPANY. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO GET OUR OUR FRIDAY NIGHT UPTOWNS KICKED OFF THIS WEEK. SOMETHING THAT'S COMING UP HERE REAL QUICK IS MEMORIAL DAY AND MEMORIAL DAY PARADE. AND LET ME GIVE YOU JUST SOME INFORMATION THAT YOU'LL WANT TO HAVE THE MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY AND PARADE ON MONDAY, MAY 26TH AT 8:15 A.M. WILL BE THE WREATH CEREMONY AT SCHWARTZKOPF PARK. AT 9 A.M. WILL BE THE PARADE THAT WILL GO FIFTH AND PLUM TO WEST FIFTH STREET, ENDING AT THE OAKDALE CEMETERY, AND THEN AT 945 WILL BE THE CEREMONY AT THE OAKDALE CEMETERY. SO IT'S COMING UP HERE QUICKLY. AND ACTUALLY WE OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IS THE DAY AFTER. SO MEMORIAL DAY PARADE COMING UP. SO PLAN ON THAT. SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S COMING HERE FAIRLY SOON TOO, AS A LOT OF THINGS ARE RATCHETING UP RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A VERY POPULAR EVENT CALLED TOUCH A TRUCK THAT IS COMING UP IN MILL VALLEY PARK CENTRAL ON FRIDAY, JUNE 6TH, FRIDAY, JUNE 6TH, MILL VALLEY PARK CENTRAL FROM 10 A.M. TO 1 P.M. IT'S A GREAT EVENT EACH YEAR. WE GET A LOT OF EQUIPMENT OUT THAT THE CITY UTILIZES TO DO OUR JOBS DAY IN AND DAY OUT, AND IT WILL BE WILL BE DOING THAT ON FRIDAY, MAY 6TH. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE FOR THAT EVENT. I WILL TALK BRIEFLY. I THINK GANGA WAS GOING TO MENTION IT, BUT I MAY TAKE YOU OFF THE HOOK A LITTLE BIT. WE DO HAVE A CONFERENCE TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THAT'S CALLED THE OHIO'S FUTURE OF MOBILITY CONFERENCE THAT IS BEING HELD AT THE AUTOMOTIVE MOBILITY AND INNOVATION CENTER IN INNOVATION PARK. THIS IS IT'LL BE PRETTY MUCH ALL DAY TOMORROW, ALL DAY WEDNESDAY. AND THEN THEY'LL BE DOING SOME TOURS ON THURSDAY OF TRC AND THE HONDA FACILITY A LITTLE BIT. I THINK WE GOT A 132 PEOPLE REGISTERED.

THIS IS A FIRST EVENT. THAT IS, THE INTENT IS TO BRING TOGETHER THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR LEADERS TO EXPLORE INNOVATIONS IN SMART MOBILITY, INFRASTRUCTURE, BROADBAND

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THE CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES THIS WEEK, SO IF YOU MEANDER OUT THERE, YOU'LL SEE SOME ACTIVITY OUT THERE BY THE RESERVOIR AND THEN THE CARRIAGE ACRES AND CHERRY STREET SEWER IMPROVEMENTS. THE CONTRACTOR IS BEGINNING WORK THIS WEEK, AND DURING THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS PROJECT, NORTH CHERRY STREET WILL BE CLOSED TO THROUGH TRAFFIC BETWEEN EAST FOURTH AND LAKEVIEW DRIVE. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND AS YOU NAVIGATE THE AREA. AND WITH THAT, MR. PRESIDENT, I DO HAVE ONE MORE THING. I'M GOING TO ASK THAT CHIEF BURNS, MAYBE GO TO THE PODIUM. HE'S GOING TO INTRODUCE SOME SOME PEOPLE IN OUR DEPARTMENT TONIGHT THAT ARE FULFILLING NEW ROLES IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I JUST THOUGHT IT'D BE A GOOD CHANCE FOR YOU GUYS TO MEET THESE INDIVIDUALS AND KNOW EXACTLY THEIR ROLE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE SERVING. SO, CHIEF.

THANKS, TERRY. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. WE HAD SOME CHANGES IN VARIOUS POSITIONS WITHIN THE DIVISION AND THOUGHT IT'D BE GOOD JUST TO INTRODUCE THEM TO COUNCIL, AND A COUPLE OF THEM ARE FAMILIAR FACES TO PROBABLY ALL OF YOU. AND THEN WE HAVE ONE NEW ADDITION TO THE TO THE CITY AND DIVISION. SO FIRST, WITH THE SUPPORT OF COUNCIL AND ADMINISTRATION, WE WERE ABLE TO FILL THE ASSISTANT CHIEF POSITION WITH. HE WAS OUR FORMER FIRE MARSHAL, NOW ASSISTANT CHIEF KEITH WATSON. AND I'LL LET HIM KIND OF SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIS TIME HERE AT THE CITY, AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE. GOOD EVENING, AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO THIS, TERRY SAID. I HAD UP TO 20 SOME MINUTES, SO. BUT I WON'T TAKE THAT. BUT I STARTED WORKING FOR THIS, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SEPTEMBER 1ST OF 1988. SO WENT TO START DOING THIS AS A CAREER IN 92. CAME BACK HERE TO THE CITY FULL TIME IN 1997, AND THEN JUST MARCH 4TH OF THIS YEAR BECAME YOUR NEXT ASSISTANT CHIEF. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MAINTAINING THE AMAZING LEVEL OF SERVICES THAT THAT OUR DIVISION AND OUR GUYS PROVIDE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. WITH FIRE MARSHAL WATSON MOVING UP TO ASSISTANT CHIEF. NOW, WE HAD TO FILL THE FIRE MARSHAL ROLE. SO BRANDON RUTHERFORD FILLED THAT POSITION.

HE WAS IN THE COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION BUREAU UNDERNEATH. ASSISTANT CHIEF WATSON. AND SO NOW HE IS OUR NEW FIRE MARSHAL. BRANDON. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. IN 1988, I WAS TWO YEARS OLD, AND THAT KIND OF MADE ME CHUCKLE A LITTLE BIT. I LISTEN TO THAT. SO I'VE BEEN IN THE FIRE SERVICE FOR 19 YEARS. I CAME TO THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE TEN YEARS AGO. I'VE BEEN WORKING IN THE BUREAU UNDER FIRE MARSHAL WATSON AT THAT TIME FOR FOUR YEARS, LEARNED A LOT. I GOT A DEGREE IN FIRE ADMINISTRATION AND WORKED WITH A LOT OF LOCAL LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY, DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING GREAT RELATIONSHIPS. AS THE NEW FIRE MARSHAL, I PLAN ON MAINTAINING AND GROWING MORE RELATIONSHIPS WITH CITY LEADERS AND NEW BUSINESSES THAT COME TO TOWN. SO THANK YOU. AND NEXT, WE AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE HAD A RETIREMENT. JENNIFER MICHAEL RETIRED AS OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT. SO WE FILLED HER ROLE WITH ALLISON BRENNAN. I'LL LET YOU SPEAK ON WHERE YOU CAME

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IT LOOKS GREAT. I WE MY WHOLE FAMILY, WE FELT FORTUNATE TO FIND THIS COMMUNITY. IT WAS PERFECT. SO I SHOWED THAT APPRECIATION BY VOLUNTEERING IN THE SCHOOLS. AND THEN I WAS HIRED. I SPENT TEN YEARS AT AVON ELEMENTARY. MY YOUNGEST IS GRADUATING THIS WEEKEND AND I THOUGHT IT WAS TIME FOR A CHANGE. I'VE BEEN SO FORTUNATE TO FIND THIS POSITION. IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL SO FAR AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO JOIN THE TEAM. THANK YOU. YEP, THERE'S OUR NEW NEW MEMBERS WITHIN THE DIVISION, SO THEY'VE ALL BEEN DOING GREAT. AND ALLISON JUST HAS TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN NOW INSTEAD OF A RIGHT HAND RIGHT HAND TURN WHEN SHE COMES TO WORK. SO IT'S BEEN GREAT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. PRESIDENT. THAT CONCLUDES OUR ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT REALLY QUICKLY. BEFORE YOU GUYS ALL LEAVE, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO YOU FOR YOUR NUMBER OF YEARS IN SERVICE AND TO THE REST OF YOU. YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS SAID ON PUBLIC PUBLIC RECORD THAT I DO BELIEVE PUBLIC SERVICE IS THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY WITHIN ANY CAPACITY OF WHAT THAT PUBLIC SERVICE IS TO A TEACHER, YOU KNOW, THERAPIST, TO WHAT YOU GUYS DO, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO FOR TO BE ABLE TO HAVE HAVE THIS ROLE IS TRULY AN HONOR. AND THANK YOU FOR DOING IT AND PUTTING YOURSELF IN FRONT. TAKE PUTTING YOURSELF IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY OR YOUR COMMUNITY IN FRONT OF YOURSELF. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU GUYS, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK. REPORTER. CLERK OF

[REPORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT]

THERE'S LOTS OF SPEAKERS COMING, SOME BREAKOUT SESSIONS. AND OF COURSE TERRY'S GOING TO WELCOME EVERYBODY. SO. SO NOW I WANTED TO GIVE YOU JUST A QUICK UBER UPDATE. WE STARTED UBER BACK IN LATE 2023. IT WAS A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN MONEY FROM THE CITY AND THE COUNTY AND SOME PUBLIC OR PRIVATE INDUSTRIES. SO THIS IS BASICALLY WHERE WE'RE AT SO FAR FROM THE START OF THE PROGRAM, WE'VE SPENT ABOUT $63,000. WE'VE RAISED ABOUT 72,000. SO WE'VE ONLY GOT ABOUT TEN LEFT. THE TOTAL TRIPS WAS YOU'LL SEE THE 8800, THE UNIQUE RIDERS. SO BASICALLY THEY BROKEN IT DOWN. SO THOSE 246 ARE EXACTLY THE AMOUNT OF RIDERS THAT USE IT. AND THEY USE IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, WHICH YOU'LL SEE LATER. BUT I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE AVERAGE FARE WAS ABOUT 11, A LITTLE OVER GIVING THE RESIDENTS WAS $10 TO START WITH. MOST OF THE TRIPS WE WERE FINDING FOR A WHILE WERE UNDER $10, SO THEY WERE GETTING THE TRIPS FOR FREE. SO IN OCTOBER OF THIS PAST YEAR, WE ACTUALLY DROPPED THE VOUCHER TO $5. SO THEY BASICALLY HAD TO PAY JUST A FEW DOLLARS THERE. AND THEN WHAT I NOTICED WAS THE AVERAGE ETA AND ETA. BASICALLY, THAT MEANS THEY'RE ONLY WAITING ABOUT TEN MINUTES FOR AN UBER

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SO WE'RE FINDING THAT THEY'RE STAYING PRETTY LOCAL. SO THE NEXT. THIS IS THE POWER RIDERS.

POWER USERS THERE. AGAIN WE DON'T HAVE WE HAVE WE HAVE A BIG NUMBER OF USERS. BUT MOST OF THEM ARE TAKING THE TRIPS MULTIPLE TIMES FOR THE WEEK. WE'VE GOT ONE PERSON THAT USES IT TWICE A DAY, EVERY DAY. SO IT'S PRETTY AMAZING. BUT OVER 40% OF THE TRIPS TOOK OVER OR RIDERS TOOK OVER TEN TRIPS A MONTH, AND ABOUT 21 TO 50 TRIPS PER MONTH WAS THE AVERAGE OF WHAT PEOPLE WERE USING. SO WHAT I'M SEEING IS PEOPLE ARE CONSISTENTLY USING IT TO AND FROM THEIR THEIR PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT OR DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS OR SCHOOL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THE TRIP DISTANCE. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. THE AVERAGE TRIP IS 2.3 MILES, NOT VERY FAR. THE WAY THAT THE PROGRAM WORKS. AND I'LL SHOW YOU A FLIER THAT WE THAT WE SHOW.

BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE HERE IN MARYSVILLE OR UNION COUNTY, RICHWOOD, TO AND FROM LOCAL DESTINATIONS, AS WELL AS TRC, HONDA. WE ALSO INCENTIVIZE IF THEY WANT TO GO TO THE AIRPORT OR DUBLIN, BUT WE DON'T INCENTIVIZE THEM COMING BACK BECAUSE THEY CAN FIND UBER RIDES COMING BACK VERY EASILY. BUT WE WANT TO PROMOTE THE UBER RIDES HERE AND TRY TO ATTRACT MORE UBER DRIVERS. THIS SHOWS THE DAYS OF THE WEEK THAT PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING. WE'RE SEEING MORE DURING THE WEEK, WHICH AGAIN, HOPEFULLY IS THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PART OF IT, LESS ON THE WEEKENDS. SO THAT'S A GOOD TREND TO SEE. AND THEN THE HOURS OF THE DAY. SO THE ONES NINE, THREE, 9 P.M. WAS INTERESTING TO ME BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT SOME SECOND SHIFTS AND THEY DON'T REALLY FALL AROUND 9 P.M, BUT THE 9 A.M. AND THE 3 P.M. SEEMS TO BE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OR SCHOOL OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. THE 9 P.M, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY IT'S MAYBE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT AND ABOUT AFTER DINNER, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN THIS SHOWS YOU BY MONTH THE NUMBER OF TRIPS THAT WE'VE HAD. AND YOU'LL SEE IN OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER OF 2024, THAT'S WHERE WE DROPPED THE VOUCHER PRICES. AND BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENED WHEN WE DROPPED THE VOUCHER IS IT SHOWED ON THERE UBER APP THAT IT WAS CANCELED. SO WE HAD TO THEN GO OUT AND DO A WHOLE NEW MARKETING CAMPAIGN TO TRY TO BRING THAT RIDERSHIP BACK UP AND SHOW THAT IT'S NOT BEEN CANCELED. IT'S JUST BEEN CHANGED. SO WE PUT OUT RACK CARDS AND FLIERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA, AND WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE THE RIDERSHIP. AND NOW IT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT AND PRETTY HIGH. SO AGAIN, WE HAVE ABOUT $10,000 LEFT OF THE PROGRAM TO INCENTIVIZE THESE PEOPLE. AND THEN HOPEFULLY THEY'LL CONTINUE. OR MAYBE WE GET SOME MORE INVESTMENTS FROM FROM INDIVIDUALS. AND THE THIS SLIDE BASICALLY IS THE HEAT MAP OF THE PICKUPS AND DROP OFFS. SO THE FIRST ONE IS GOING TO BE ALL THE PICKUPS, WHICH IS PRIMARILY MARYSVILLE. WE HAVE BEEN INCENTIVIZING RICHWOOD, BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY RIDERSHIP YET. BUT HOPEFULLY THAT WILL COME.

AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IN THE MIDDLE IS THE DROP OFF LOCATIONS. AND AGAIN, MOST OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE DROPPED OFF LOCALLY, WITH SOME GOING TO DUBLIN AND TO COLUMBUS POTENTIALLY. THE AIRPORT WAS A COUPLE OF THE TRIPS AS WELL. AND THEN THE LAST IS THE RATE CARD THAT WE PUT OUT, AND THAT KIND OF SHOWS YOU WHAT THE INCENTIVE IS FOR, WHAT THE DISCOUNT IS FOR THAT $5, SO THEY CAN GO IN AND OUT OF MARYSVILLE, RICHWOOD, HONDA, TRC. AND THEN WE INCENTIVIZE IF THEY WANT TO TRAVEL FROM HERE TO COLUMBUS OR DUBLIN OR POWELL. BUT AGAIN, WE DON'T INCENTIVIZE COMING BACK. JUST JUST MAKES IT EASIER. SO THAT SHOWS WHAT WE SENT OUT FOR FLIERS. I THINK THAT'S ALL. MIGHT BE THE LAST SLIDE. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I THINK SO INITIALLY. AND I GO BACK TO THREE YEARS AGO. THE PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY SERVICE THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE WAS FROM HERE TO THE AIRPORT AND BACK.

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I'M GUESSING WITH MONEY AND HOPEFULLY LIKE YOU SAID, HOPEFULLY IT WILL CONTINUE AND PEOPLE WILL KEEP USING IT. I THINK AS WE GROW AND PEOPLE FIND THAT NEED AND WANT TO GO PLACES, IT'S EASIER TO CALL AN UBER THAN DRIVE YOURSELF A LOT OF TIMES. SO OKAY, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

YEAH. IT IT IS INTERESTING THOUGH THAT, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS PREDOMINANTLY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY, YOU KNOW, AUTOMOBILE IS THE MAIN PURPOSE FOR AFFORDABILITY. IF YOU OWN A CAR, MORE THAN LIKELY YOU'RE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE. SO AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, YOU KNOW, A CAR IS WHAT KEEPS PEOPLE FROM GETTING TO THEIR JOB, WHICH MAKES THEM LOSE THEIR HOME, WHICH MAKES THEM NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE THINGS. AND, YOU KNOW, SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY, IS THE OWNERSHIP OF AN AUTOMOBILE IS THE MAIN CONCERN FOR WHY PEOPLE LOSE THEIR HOUSE, LOSE THEIR LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE. AND WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT ON THE WEEKENDS, IT SHOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT GOES DOWN, WHICH WOULD MAKE SENSE IN MARYSVILLE BECAUSE I WOULD SAY PROBABLY 95 OR 8% OF OUR SOCIETY OWNS AN AUTOMOBILE THAT CAN GET YOU FROM POINT A TO POINT B, SO YOU DON'T REALLY NEED TO USE ONE. BUT IT'S THE RESIDENTS WHO WORK AT AN EMPLOYMENT, LET'S SAY, THAT PAYS LESS THAN $20 AN HOUR, THAT CAN'T AFFORD TO OWN A VEHICLE OR PAY THE INSURANCE ON A VEHICLE. WHO ARE THE ONES USING THE SERVICE? MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO, I MEAN, IT IS DOING WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DOING, BUT

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[PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION REPORT]

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE ONE QUESTION. MAYBE A FOLLOW UP ITEM THAT YOU, MR. EMERY, IF YOU COULD FOLLOW UP WITH BRANDON, THERE WAS A REQUEST A WHILE BACK TO ADD A BIKE RACK IN MARYSVILLE SOUTH, AND I HAVEN'T RECEIVED CONFIRMATION THAT IT'S BEEN PUT IN. LAST I CHECKED, WE WERE STILL WAITING ON ORDERS, SO I'LL CHECK IT OUT. THAT'D BE GREAT.

THANK YOU. I MET MILL VALLEY SOUTH. YOU'RE RIGHT, MR. REAMS. THANK YOU FOR CORRECTING ME.

BRANDON WOULD REMEMBER IF I'D HAVE JUST SAID THE BIKE RACK. HE WOULD KNOW. THANK YOU. HEARING OF CITIZENS, IS THERE ANY CITIZENS UP TO FIVE MINUTES. SPEAK ON ANY TOPIC THAT'S NOT RELATED TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA. HEARING NONE. ORDINANCES, ORDINANCE. A THIRD READING AND A

[Ord. A]

YES. MR. BURBY. YES. MR. BURGER YES. MR. HUNTER YES. SEVEN. YES. LEGISLATION PASSES. ORDINANCE B

[Ord. B]

IT IS BETWEEN 4 AND 31. YOU GUYS DID A FOCUS AREA THAT WE CARRIED FORWARD. THIS IS JUST THE ANNEXATION COMING THROUGH RIGHT NOW. SO THE ZONING HAS ALREADY WENT THROUGH READING ONE AND READING TWO, AND IT WAS DELAYED AND HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL YOUR JUNE 9TH MEETING. SO THAT'S WHERE THE ANNEXATION AND THE ZONING WILL COME TOGETHER ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, WHICH

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IT'S ALL RIGHT. OKAY. I MEAN, LOOKS LIKE A MILLENNIAL, BUT I SHOULDN'T BE ONE, SO. I'M NOT A MILLENNIAL. YEAH, I'M NOT GETTING IT RIGHT NOW. IT'S OKAY, IT'S OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT ORDINANCE? YEAH. YEAH. WELL, I THINK SHOULD WE. YES. OH GO AHEAD. WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE SOME SOME DIALOG ON FIRST READING? I MEAN, WE WE'VE SEEN THIS DEVELOPMENT A NUMBER OF TIMES OVER THE LAST, SAY AT LEAST YEAR AND A HALF, I BELIEVE LAST FALL WE EVEN HAD A MASTER PLANNING SESSION BACK IN AUGUST. SOMEBODY CORRECT ME IF MY MEMORY IS MISTAKEN. ME SO I GUESS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF IN TUNE WITH. WITH WHAT? WITH WHAT'S COMING FORWARD. I THINK WE'VE HAD A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, OPEN ENGAGEMENT. I KNOW, MR. WOLFF. YOU HAD A COUPLE MEETINGS UP IN YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS WITH MR. BARRICK TO KIND OF GO OVER THE, THE, THE CONTENT OR THE, THE CONCEPT CONTENT TO RECEIVE SOME, SOME FEEDBACK. I PERSONALLY HAVEN'T HAD ANY FEEDBACK. I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, A PLETHORA OF DISCUSSIONS SURROUNDING THE ZONING TEXT AND, AND MR. BARRICK HAS MET WITH PROBABLY ALL OF US MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS OR SO TO, TO, TO REVIEW. SO I, I THINK WE'RE ALL KIND OF IN TUNE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S REALLY NO MAJOR ISSUES THAT AT LEAST HAVEN'T BEEN RAISED OR ADDRESSED TO, TO MYSELF. I MEAN, FROM A MASTER PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, IT'S, IT'S A SECTION OF TOWN THAT IS IN BETWEEN ROUTE FOUR AND 31. SO YOU WOULD ASSUME THAT EVENTUALLY IT WOULD BE DEVELOPED. IT WOULD MAKE SENSE THAT THAT SECTION OF TOWN IS DEVELOPED. SO IT'S NOT A PIECE OF LAND THAT IT'S ALREADY WITHIN. IT'S ALREADY WITHIN DEVELOPMENT SURROUNDING IT, REALLY. SO IT MAKES SENSE THAT THAT AREA OF LAND IS DEVELOPED AND IT'S NOT A SECTION THAT'S JUST OUT ON THE FAR SKIRTS OF TOWN. IF YOU WANT TO SWITCH, I'M HOOKED UP. OKAY, OKAY, GREAT. SO THIS IS JUST THE SUMMARY PAGE FROM FROM THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT WE BROUGHT THROUGH.

OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE IT'S THE 243 ACRES. THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER PARCELS WITH THIS. IT'S NOT JUST THE MAIN PIECES IN THE CENTER, BUT BETWEEN THE CITY ENGINEER AND THE COUNTY ENGINEER. THEY'VE ASKED US TO BRING ABOUT TEN OTHER PARCELS, WHICH ARE USUALLY LITTLE SEGMENTS OF THE ROAD RIGHT OF WAYS. SO WHEN YOU ANNEX THIS, OR IF YOU WOULD DECIDE TO ANNEX US IN, WE ARE CLEANING UP A LOT OF THE RIGHT OF WAYS ON THE ROADS, NOT ONLY ON 31, BUT ALSO ON FOUR WATER TOWERS. GOT RIGHT OF WAYS. THE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS GOT RIGHT OF WAYS THAT THEY ASK US TO BRING IN HERE. SO WE'RE CLEANING UP THE ROADS AND BRINGING ALL THAT INTO THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, TO WHERE YOU WILL NOW CONTROL FOUR AND 31. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING, BUT I THINK IT IS GOOD THAT IT'S IN ONE PARTICULAR MUNICIPALITY AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE TOWNSHIP IN THE COUNTY. YOU STILL HAVE ODOT, BUT ESSENTIALLY YOUR ENGINEER WOULD HAVE CONTROL OF THOSE STREETS AND FULL ABILITY TO DETERMINE HOW THE TRAFFIC GOES ON THOSE. AND ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? THANK YOU FOR THE VISUAL. SO HEARING NONE THIS BE BACK FOR

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THANK YOU. BART. YEP, I'LL BE THERE IN JUST A SECOND. I DON'T HAVE MY MOUSE WITH ME TONIGHT.

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SO ESSENTIALLY, THIS PIECE IS THE SECTION THAT IS LABELED ONE B. SO THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION ONE WHICH CAME THROUGH ACTUALLY A NUMBER OF YOU GUYS. THIS FIRST MEETING, WHICH WAS I THINK IT WAS JANUARY OF 2024. SO SECTION ONE WAS APPROVED. THEN WE APPROVED SECTION TWO. SECTION THREE WAS APPROVED. AND THIS LITTLE PIECE RIGHT HERE, WHICH IS ONE A, WHICH WAS THE TWO HOUSES ON WILDWOOD LANE, THAT WAS THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO SECTION ONE. THIS ONE HERE IS 309 ACRES. IT'S IN THE UPPER CORNER OF THIS. IT ESSENTIALLY EXPANDS THE BUSINESS PARK TO A TOTAL OF 1000 ACRES. WHEN YOU INCLUDE THE 200 ACRES DOWN AT SCOTTS LAWN, WHICH IS ALREADY ZONED IN INDUSTRIAL. FROM THAT STANDPOINT, THIS PIECE IS BORDERED BY THE RAILROAD TRACK.

THE COTTON ABANDONED RAILROAD TRACK TO THE NORTH IS BORDERED ON THE SOUTH, AND THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THE WEST SIDE. BY THE CURRENT ANNEXATIONS, WHICH BOTH ARE INDUSTRIAL. IT'S THE INNOVATION PARK. AND THEN ON THE UPPER RIGHT HAND SIDE, IT'S ALONG JOLLY ROAD. NOW, AN IMPORTANT PIECE ON JOLLY ROAD IS THERE WILL BE NO ACCESS TO THIS PARCEL OFF OF JOLLY ROAD. WE'VE CREATED A BUFFER. YOU'LL SEE THAT HERE IN TWO WEEKS. TWO WEEKS IN A DAY. BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAY. WE'LL SHOW YOU THE BUFFER THAT WE'RE CREATING ON THAT SIDE. AND I'M CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE RESIDENTS ON THAT. SO ALL OF THE ZONING HERE IS ESSENTIALLY THE INNOVATION PARK.

WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANY OF THE PLANS AND ANY OF THE USES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED. IN ONE AND TWO, NEW ALBANY COMPANY HAS BEEN ABLE TO ACQUIRE PART AS PART OF THIS ANNEXATION. NINE OF THE HOUSES ALONG WATKINS ROAD. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A NUMBER OF THESE KIND OF LAMB DRINKETH DOWN THROUGH THERE. BUT NINE OF THE HOUSES DOWN THERE ALONG WATKINS ROAD, SO THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF CLEANING THIS UP. THE OTHER CRITICAL PIECE OF THIS ANNEXATION IS THE CONNECTION OF THE GREENWAY. SO WE MADE PROMISES TO THE BUXTON MEADOWS MEADOWS RESIDENTS THAT WE WOULD PUT A GREENWAY UP AGAINST THEIR THEIR BORDER. WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING THE DETENTION PONDS THERE, AND THAT WE WOULD LINK THAT TRAIL SYSTEM UP TO THE RAILROAD TRACK TRAIL, WHICH IS NOW IN CONTRACT WITH THE NACO COMPANY AS WELL. WELL, WELL, BUT THAT IS PART OF THE PARK SYSTEM AND THE TRAIL SYSTEM GOES THROUGH HERE. MORE IMPORTANTLY, FROM AN ENGINEERING STANDPOINT, THERE IS A REGIONAL THOROUGHFARE PLAN THAT GOES THROUGH MARYSVILLE EAST. IT WILL COME OFF OF SCOTTS LAWN, IT OFF OF WATKINS ROAD, SCOTT'S LAWN, WATKINS ROAD, TO THE OTHER PART OF WATKINS ROAD UP NORTH OF THE RAILROAD TRACK LINE. PIERCE 36. AND ULTIMATELY, SOMETIME 20 YEARS FROM NOW, WE'LL GO ACROSS THE CREEK AND OVER TO FOUR. SO THIS IS A CRITICAL PIECE FOR THAT ROADWAY. WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHICH WAY IT GOES, BUT IT DOES GO THROUGH THIS PARCEL AND UP ALONG THE GREEN SPACE THERE. SO FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE STANDPOINT, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT PART. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. YES, SIR. I ASSUME THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE COVERED UNDER AN NCA COMMUNITY AUTHORITY. IT IS CORRECT. OKAY. WHICH ONE OF THE PROPOSED SECTION THREE, AS YOU SEE IT UP THERE WILL HAVE ITS OWN. WILL SECTION ONE BE PART OF IF I'M LOOKING AT THAT PARTICULAR AREA, WILL THAT BE COVERED UNDER SECTION THREE OR IT WILL BE COVERED UNDER THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH. IT'S THE INNOVATION. SO THERE'S ESSENTIALLY TWO NCA'S. ONE IS THE INNOVATION INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, THE LIGHT MANUFACTURING. SO ANYTHING IN ANNEX OR ANYTHING IN MARYSVILLE EAST THAT WOULD COME INTO THAT PARTICULAR DESCRIPTOR THAT THAT WE'VE DONE IN OUR TEXT, WHICH IS INNOVATION AND LIGHT MANUFACTURING WOULD GO TO THAT NCA OKAY. SO THE ONE TO THE NORTH WILL BE A RETAIL RESIDENTIAL. SO AS RETAIL AND RESIDENTIAL, WHETHER RTI IS EXPANDING IT OR NOT, IF SOMEBODY ELSE WOULD DO THAT, THAT WOULD GO TO THE OTHER ONE THAT HAS YET TO BE CREATED. OKAY. SO THIS ALL GOES TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. IT ALL GOES TO THE INNOVATION INDUSTRIAL NCA, THE KIND OF CONSISTENT THAT IS CORRECT. THE MILLAGE THE INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED. NOW IF YOU REMEMBER, THE NCA HAD 106 TO $112 MILLION WORTH OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WAS GOING TO BE SELF-FUNDED THROUGH THE NCA AND THROUGH THE DEVELOPER. THAT PIECE, A BIG PORTION OF THAT IS HERE BECAUSE ROAD, A GOING THROUGH THIS PARCEL WAS ANTICIPATED TO GO THROUGH THIS. SO THAT NCA KIND OF ALREADY ASSUMED THAT THAT THESE PIECES WOULD KIND OF FALL TOGETHER THAT WAY. SO IT WILL BE INNOVATION OR INDUSTRIAL. YEAH, THAT IS CORRECT AND RIGHT. AND THE DAY AFTER THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 27TH, THE DAY AFTER THE HOLIDAYS, WE WILL ACTUALLY COME IN AND PRESENT

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THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? MR. PRESIDENT, IS IT APPROPRIATE? YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A LETTER THAT WAS SENT TO US BY A BY A NEIGHBORING RESIDENT. IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO I CAN'T I DON'T KNOW WHERE MINE IS AT THE MOMENT. OH, HERE IT IS. IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT SOME, JUST HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE BIGGEST POINTS IN IT OR I'M SURE THAT YOU HAVE MAYBE SPOKEN TO THE RESIDENT. NO I HAVEN'T. THIS WAS JUST I'M TALKING THIS WAS JUST NEW. OH. MR. OKAY. IT'D PROBABLY BE BEST TO HANDLE THAT DURING SECOND READING. OKAY.

PROBABLY MORE APPROPRIATE. AND I DO WANT TO CLARIFY, IT'S NOT A RESIDENT. IT'S SOMEBODY JUST OUTSIDE OF THE CITY. OKAY. SORRY. ONE ONE OF THE REASONS FOR TABLING THIS IS TO ALIGN THE ANNEXATION AND ZONING FOR THE SECOND READING. SO YOU DIDN'T HAVE TWO SEPARATE FOR THE YOUR SAKE OF YOUR TIME AND THE SAKE OF THE RESIDENTS AS WELL. AND THE MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS I'VE TALKED TO, I MADE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT, THAT TONIGHT WAS JUST GOING TO BE AN IDENTIFICATION OF THE PARCEL. OKAY. GOT IT. THANK YOU. IF I JUST MAY ADD, WE, YOU KNOW, WITH THESE WE SHOULD REALLY SEPARATE THE ANNEXATION FROM THE DISCUSSION ON THE ANNEXATION FROM DISCUSSION ZONING. SO IF THIS IS AN ANNEXATION, IF THE LETTER CONCERNS ZONING, THAT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IT BE BROUGHT UP DURING THE ZONING HEARINGS AND NOT THE ANNEXATION HEARINGS.

I MEAN, THIS REALLY THE FOCUS HERE IS WHETHER THE CITY WANTS TO REDRAW ITS CORPORATE LINES AND ACCEPT THIS LAND INTO THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE TALK ABOUT THE BUFFER AND THE ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF REMOTELY RELATED, BUT WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT HISTORY TELLS US THAT WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT DISTINGUISHING THE DISCUSSIONS. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ABOUT ANNEXATION. WHEN WE GET THE ZONING, WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THE LAYOUT AND THE AND THE, THE, THE PUD, AND MAYBE EVEN IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE TO TALK ABOUT THE NCAA THERE. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? I JUST WANT TO I JUST WANTED TO ADD A COMMENT. SO ON THAT POINT. SO WE SAT THROUGH NUMEROUS MEETINGS ABOUT ZONING.

WE HEARD NUMEROUS RESIDENT RESIDENT COMPLAINTS. A LOT OF IT IS JUST SO EMBEDDED IN OUR KNOWLEDGE. BUT WHEN WE DO GET TO THAT, THE ZONING DISCUSSION, IT'S BRAND NEW FOR RESIDENTS. SO I WOULD JUST ASK THAT SOME OF THE DETAILS, THE HIGHLIGHTS OF ALL OF THAT KIND OF BE PRESENTED IN SUCH A FASHION THAT RESIDENTS WHO HADN'T HAD THE DEEP LEVEL OF EXPOSURE CAN UNDERSTAND IT FOR WHAT IT WAS AND WHAT IT IS JUST GIVEN. LIKE I SAY, WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH IT. WE WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS OVER A PERIOD OF MONTHS. SO SORRY. I INTERMIXED, CONTINUED. NO, NO, I MEAN, THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE. SURE. YEAH. I MEAN, MY ONLY POINT REALLY IS AND YOU KNOW, WHEN I SAY HISTORY HAS PROVIDED A GUIDANCE HERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS THIS ISSUE CAME UP DURING THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS PROTEST WITH RESPECT TO THE REFERENDUM. AND WE JUST HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT IF IT'S AN ANNEXATION ORDINANCE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ANNEXATION, IF IT'S ZONING, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ZONING, AND WE TREAT THEM SEPARATELY. SO THAT'S THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, A I GUESS A WORD OF CAUTION TO FOCUS ON THE ANNEXATION, ON ANNEXATION, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ZONING, ON ZONING. MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO TABLE THE SECOND READING TO JUNE 9TH ROLL CALL. MISS KRAMER. YES. MR. BORDNER? YES, MR. WOLFE? YES.

MR. BURBY YES, MR. BURGER YES. MR. HUNTER YES. MR. REMES YES. ALL RIGHT. THE SECOND READING

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PART OF THE AGREEMENT. THE ONLY THING I WILL ADD IS THAT, YOU KNOW, AND I'LL SAY IT FOR MYSELF, I DON'T LOVE THE IDEA OF THE DEALERSHIP AS THE GATEWAY INTO THE JET DISTRICT. I THINK THAT 33 HAS SO MUCH POTENTIAL. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE BETA DISTRICT AND THE INDUSTRY, WE JUST HAVE NOW, I THINK THAT THIS MIGHT BE AN OLDER DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS ABLE TO BE BUILT, BUT I THINK THAT IT MAKES IT VERY CLEAR THAT WE HAVE TO ENSURE IF WE WANT TO SEE THE VISION THAT WE WANT, WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THE ZONING PROVIDES THAT VISION. AND YOU AND OUR CAPACITY, WE DON'T REALLY DEAL WITH IT ON A ONE ON ONE. BUT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THE OVERALL ZONING OF THE 33 CORRIDOR TO ENSURE THAT IF IT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGY AND ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN PROMISED, IT'S THE ZONING IS THERE TO ENFORCE THAT. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, IT MIGHT TAKE LONGER TO SELL LOTS. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE ULTIMATE

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YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE PRESIDENT BERGER'S GETTING TO THE ADJACENT ENTITY THERE WAS NOT REAL EXCITED ABOUT THIS EITHER. AND YOU KNOW, SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE VERY COGNIZANT OF MOVING FORWARD. SO ANYWAY. I'LL REST. SO THIS WILL BE BACK FOR SECOND HEARING ON MAY 27TH, 2025. ORDINANCE E FIRST READING INTRODUCTION TO

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COUNCIL. YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY OKAY. WE'RE IN THE 2025 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON IT? OKAY. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR SECOND READING

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ADMINISTRATION. NOTHING FURTHER COUNCIL THIS BE BACK FOR SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON MAY

[COMMENTS OF THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL PERSONS AND GENERAL DISCUSSION]

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ALRIGHTY, CONGRATULATIONS ON HOW WELL THE EVENT WENT FOR THE RIBBON CUTTING OF THE SKATEPARK.

YEAH, IT WAS VERY NICELY DONE, WELL ATTENDED AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH THE FAMILY MEMBERS AND KIND OF REMINISCE OF HOW GRATEFUL THEY ARE THAT THE FOUNDATION HAS TAKEN OVER THE SCOTS BUILDING OR THE SCOTS HOUSE. YEAH. ON MAPLE THAT YOU SAID, THAT WAS VERY TOUCHING. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, I EVEN TOOK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. YEAH, BECAUSE ONE OF THE MR. SCOTT'S THE ORIGINAL ONES BUILT HIS HOUSE ON MULBERRY, WHICH IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF MARYSVILLE, AND HE REMEMBERED BEING AT THE HOUSE, EVEN BEING ABLE TO GO INTO THE BACKYARD AND VISIT WITH THE THEN CEO OF THE SCOTTS COMPANY. SO A LOT OF GOOD MEMORIES WERE SHARED. AND IT WAS IT WAS JUST A EXCELLENT EVENT. AND WE LOOK FOR A LOT OF GOOD THINGS TO HAPPEN WITH THAT PARK OUT THERE IN THE FUTURE. SO. THE OTHER THING YOU MENTIONED, IT'S NOT ONLY THE

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THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE ONES MAINTAINING OUR STREETS, DIRECTING OUR STREET DEPARTMENT, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IN SO MANY YEARS. BUT WE GOT TO GIVE THOSE KIDS GOOD OPPORTUNITY. AND THEN JUST ALSO JUST THE POINT ABOUT A VIBRANT ECONOMY IN THAT GREAT SCHOOLS MEAN GREAT BUSINESSES MEANS WE'VE GOT A LOT OF HOPEFULLY THAT WOULD TRANSLATE INTO WE'VE GOT BUSINESSES PAYING INTO THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE HAVE HERE. AND BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS COST MONEY, BUSINESSES HOPEFULLY CAN HELP FOOT THAT BILL. BUT CONGRATS ON THAT. AND THEN JUST ANOTHER NOTE ON MEMORIAL DAY, SOMETIMES WE GET A LITTLE CAUGHT UP IN THE DAY AND CELEBRATING THE COOKOUTS, CELEBRATING THAT DAY OFF. MEMORIAL DAY IS THE DAY WHERE WE HONOR THOSE WHO MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO HAD DIED WHILE SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES. IT'S A PARADE, YES, BUT IT IS MORE OF A PROCESSION. SO IT IS PERSONALLY MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY. JUST I THINK IT'S A HOLIDAY THAT CELEBRATES EVERYTHING RIGHT ABOUT THIS WORLD. THOSE WHO GIVE SACRIFICE, THOSE WHO PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. SO JUST BE MINDFUL OF THAT AS YOU HOPEFULLY GET OUT AND ENGAGE IN SOME OF THE EVENTS GOING ON THAT DAY. I HAVEN'T READ THE ITINERARY, BUT I'VE GONE TO THE WREATH, PUT A WREATH IN MILL CREEK DOWN IN SCHWARZKOPF PARK. THAT'S AN EARLIER EVENT IN THE MORNING, TYPICALLY 815 I DID LAST YEAR. I WANT TO SAY THE TIME THAT WAS POSTED WAS 15 MINUTES LATER. SO I SHOWED UP AND IT HAD ALREADY BEEN GONE THROUGH. SO. BUT THEN THERE'S THE EVENT AT OAKDALE CEMETERY, WHICH IS ALWAYS A GREAT EVENT TO BE PART OF.

GROWING UP AS A, YOU KNOW, CHILD IN A SMALL COMMUNITY, I WAS ALWAYS INVOLVED IN THE MEMORIAL DAY EVENT, USUALLY AS A SPECTATOR, BUT IT WAS JUST ONE OF MY FAVORITE DAYS OF THE YEAR.

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THEY HAD A DOING A LITTLE WORK ON, SOME TRAINING ON SOME STRUCTURAL TREE PRUNING, AND I WAS ABLE TO STOP AND CHAT WITH THEM. AND IT'S LOOKING GOOD, EVEN THOUGH WITH STRUCTURAL PRUNING IT MAY TAKE A COUPLE YEARS BEFORE THEY LOOK GREAT AGAIN. I THOUGHT THE WORK THAT THEY DID, THEY STILL LOOKED PRETTY GOOD. AND THEN, AS I THINK A FEW OF US HAVE MENTIONED THIS, THE TIME OF YEAR WHERE WE'RE STARTING TO SEE MORE OF THE EVENTS THAT BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER. OBVIOUSLY, THE FRIDAY NIGHT UPTOWN EVENTS. ALSO, THE FARMERS MARKET BEGINS THIS SATURDAY. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I LOVE GOING THERE. AND YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE KINDS OF EVENTS THAT REALLY, YOU KNOW, I THINK MORE PEOPLE NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE EVENTS THAT REALLY REINFORCE THAT SMALL TOWN FEELING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LIVING IN A PLACE LIKE MARYSVILLE AND THOSE WHO, YOU KNOW, AREN'T THERE AREN'T GETTING THAT CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE IT. SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, CHECK OUT THE FARMER'S MARKET, CHECK OUT THE FRIDAY NIGHT UPTOWN EVENTS, VISIT OUR UPTOWN MERCHANTS BECAUSE THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT MAKE MARYSVILLE A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. MISS CRAMER, THANK YOU. THAT'S A PERFECT SEGUE. I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT FOR TO SOME OF THESE NEW BUSINESSES OPENING UP IN TOWN. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF RIBBON CUTTING CUTTINGS LATELY, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN STAND BEHIND THEM AND SUPPORT THEM. AT LUNCHTIME TODAY I POPPED OVER TO THE NELLIE HOUSE. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH IT, IT WAS WHERE CORNELIA CORNELIA FAIRBANKS WAS BORN, WHO WAS THE WIFE OF VICE PRESIDENT CHARLES FAIRBANKS. SO NOT ONLY IS A NEW BUSINESS STARTED, BUT THEY ARE PAYING HOMAGE TO A PAST RESIDENT. AND THESE TYPES OF PLACES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE FABRIC OF OUR UPTOWN. AND THOSE KIND OF PLACES AREN'T ALWAYS EASY, BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE, IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE PAVILION AND THE LIBRARY. SO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND, YOU KNOW, SHOUT OUT TO ALL THOSE WHO ARE JUST TRYING TO MAKE THIS COMMUNITY A BETTER, BETTER PLACE. AND, YOU KNOW, LOOK TO HAVE OUR SUPPORT MOVING FORWARD.

AND I WILL TRY TO VISIT AS MANY OF THOSE PLACES AS I CAN. I ALSO, I LOVE TO WALK INTO THIS ROOM AND SEE YOUNG PEOPLE IN HERE AND STUDENTS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, SEEING THE WRESTLERS AT FIRST WHEN I WALKED IN AND THINGS LIKE HAVING A STUDENT ON THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION, THEY'RE THE LEADERS OF THE FUTURE. SO I IT'S JUST REALLY HEARTENING, YOU KNOW, TO ME TO SEE THAT INVOLVEMENT AND IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE BY THE WRESTLING TEAM. AND, YOU KNOW, NO MATTER, I GUESS I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL THOSE KIDS IN SPORTS. YOU KNOW, SOME MAKE IT TO THE TOP, SOME ARE JUST OUT THERE TRAINING EVERY DAY AND ALL KINDS OF WEATHER.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE IT A STEP AT A TIME AND, YOU KNOW, JUST I THINK IT'S TYING ON TO THE LEVY THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO HAVE CONTINUED OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT MOVING FORWARD. AND I WOULD LIKE TO WISH OUR GRADUATES MUCH, MUCH SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE AND WHATEVER THEY DO. THANK YOU. I JUST I I'LL, I'LL, I CAN'T I EVERYBODY STOLE MY THUNDER BUT

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THERE'S SEVEN OF US THAT ARE TRULY DEDICATED. SO AND IN THAT WE WILL ADJOIN TO A PUBLIC POTENTIAL, TO ADJOIN, TO EXECUTIVE SESSION, TO CONSIDER THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY. I'LL

[THE POTENTIAL TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY]