[CALL TO ORDER]
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          WELCOME, EVERYBODY TO THE JUNE 9TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING THIS EVENING. RISE. STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND STAY STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION, PLEASE. 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 PLEASE. ZACH BORDNER HERE. STEVEN. WOLF HERE. HANK. FURBY. PRESENT. DONALD BURGER HERE. SCOTT HUNTER HERE. MARK REAMS AND JULIE KRAMER HERE. IS THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE 
          [APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
TO THE MAY 27TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES? MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MAY 27TH MEETING MINUTES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU. THE CHARTER REVIEW 
          [CHARTER REVIEW BOARD SUBMITTAL OF PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENTS]
BOARD IS. I THINK WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE TO SPEAK. MR. HELLO THERE. SIR. THANKS, MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS, JUSTIN NAVY, PRESENTING ON BEHALF OF THE CHARTER REVIEW BOARD TONIGHT. 
          I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE A QUICK SUMMARY OF WHAT THE CHARTER AMENDMENTS THAT WE VOTED ON FOR PROPOSAL. AND THERE ARE FOUR IN TOTAL, THE FIRST BEING A CHANGE TO THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL. THE SECOND IS THE CHANGE TO THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS. IN THE EVENT OF A VACANCY FOR THE LAW DIRECTOR POSITION. THIRD BEING REMOVAL OF TERM LIMITS FOR MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND FOR HAVING AN ANNUAL REVIEW ON THE FEASIBILITY OF AN INCOME TAX COMMUNITY CREDIT, AND THAT WOULD BE PRESENTED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU SIR. THANKS. THANK YOU TO YOU AND EVERYBODY ELSE WHO WORKED SO HARD TO LOOK OVER OUR CHARTER AND ADD THE AMENDMENTS YOU DID. I KNOW YOU GUYS HAD QUITE A FEW MEETINGS, SO I KNOW ON THE BEHALF OF ALL OF US IN THE CITY, WE APPRECIATE YOUR DUE DILIGENCE ON THE ISSUES. GREAT. THANKS, MAYOR, I APPRECIATE IT. IS THERE A MOTION? MR. JUST TO CLARIFY, SO WE ARE WE ARE DOING A ROLL CALL AND SAYING, YEAH. YES. IN IN ORDER TO PROGRESS THIS TO THE NEXT STEP, WHICH IS TO PRESENT IT IN FRONT OF THE ELECTORATE AND HAVE THEM VOTE IN THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION. YEAH. YEAH. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE? I MEAN, JUST TO CLARIFY. 
          SO IT WOULD JUST BE A MOTION TO CERTIFY THE FOUR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. THE CHARTER SAYS THE COUNCIL SHALL CERTIFY. SO REALLY, IT'S JUST SORT OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION THAT YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE. I WOULD ASK THAT A MOTION BE MADE WITH THE ROLL CALL VOTE. OKAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PROCEED FORWARD. OKAY. OKAY. ROLL CALL. JUST FOR THE RECORD, IT'S A MOTION TO MOTION TO CERTIFY THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THAT CAME FROM CHARTER REVIEW BOARD TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO BE PLACED ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION. ROLL CALL. MR. BURR? YES. MR. BURGER? YES. MR. HUNTER? YES. MR. REAMS. MISS KRAMER. YES. MR. BORDNER. YES. MR. WOLF. YES. SEVEN. YES. MOTION PASSES. ADMINISTRATION 
          [ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT]
REPORT. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. A FEW ITEMS TONIGHT. JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK ALL CITY EMPLOYEES WHO PARTICIPATED IN LAST WEEK'S TOUCH-A-TRUCK EVENT. IT WAS ON FRIDAY AT MILL VALLEY CENTRAL PARK AND WE HAD A FANTASTIC TURNOUT. APPROXIMATELY 650 ATTENDEES ENJOYED THE EVENT, ABLE TO GO THROUGH VARIOUS PIECES OF EQUIPMENT AND LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT OUR STAFF DOES IN NOT ONLY THE AREA OF SAFETY, BUT IN THE AREA OF SERVICE. OFTENTIMES ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. SO WONDERFUL EVENT AND LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. 
          CONTINUING THAT INTO THE FUTURE. THIS WEEK WE HAVE ANOTHER FRIDAY NIGHT UPTOWN FRIDAY. THIS FRIDAY EVENING IT'S THE WINE FEST. IT'S THIS FRIDAY 6 TO 10 P.M. MUSIC WILL BE BY SHOCKING BABA DELUX AND ROCK THIS WAY. SO YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE NEVER HEARD SHOCKING BABA DELUX, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE RIGHT HERE. SO IT'LL BE SPONSORED BY HONDA MARYSVILLE. AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER AWESOME FRIDAY NIGHT UPTOWN. COMING UP ON JUNE 19TH IS A JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY, AND WE 
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ARE HOSTING A JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION COMMUNITY BREAKFAST ON JUNE 19TH AT 8:30 A.M. AT PARTNERS PARK. BREAKFAST IS PROVIDED PROVIDED BY MCKINLEY GRILL AND YEASTIE BOYS BAKERY AND DELICATESSEN, AND MUSIC WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE MARYSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ BAND. AND THERE WILL BE SOME OPENING REMARKS BY OUR CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT, DONALD BERGER. AND THEN A PRESENTATION GIVEN BY JUDGE ROBERT PARROTT. REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO KIND OF AN EDUCATIONAL. MOMENT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EVOLUTION OF JUNETEENTH AND WHY IT'S BECOME A HOLIDAY. WITH THAT, I'LL SHIFT IT DOWN TO JEREMY FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. 
          YEAH. THANKS. THANKS, TERRY. CITY STREET CREWS ARE CURRENTLY PERFORMING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON US 33. I BELIEVE MOST OF THAT WORK SHOULD BE HAPPENING TONIGHT. SO BE CAREFUL IF YOU'RE OUT THERE LATER ON THIS EVENING. ON THE PARK SIDE, CITY CREWS ARE PREPARING FOR THE FRIDAY NIGHTS UPTOWN EVENT THAT TERRY MENTIONED. PRIDE FEST AND THE FARMER'S MARKET. CREWS ARE ALSO PERFORMING ATHLETIC FIELD MAINTENANCE AND YOUNG TREE PRUNING ON THE WATER SIDE. CITY CREWS CONTINUE TO PERFORM RESTORATION AT PARK AVENUE. AND THEN, JUST AS A WATER USAGE UPDATE, THE AVERAGE USAGE LAST WEEK WAS 4.2 MILLION GALLONS A DAY, WHICH IS ABOUT 20% HIGHER THAN OUR WATER OR THAN OUR NORMAL WATER USAGE. AND OUR PEAK WAS 5 MILLION GALLONS A DAY. AND THEN FINALLY, ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE, CITY STAFF HAS SELECTED HAZEN AND SAWYER TO PERFORM THE DESIGN FOR THE UPCOMING TERTIARY FILTER UPGRADE PROJECT OUT AT THE WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY. 
          AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO KYLE FOR SOME ENGINEERING UPDATES. THANKS, JEREMY. ONE UPDATE ON THE TRAFFIC CABINET ARTWORK PROJECT. SO WE STARTED THAT PROJECT LAST WEEK WITH THE FIRST TRAFFIC CABINET AT PARTNERS PARK. THE OTHER TRAFFIC CABINETS IN THE UPTOWN WILL RECEIVE THE ARTWORK INSTALLATION THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, WEATHER PERMITTING. MOVING ON TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, THE COLEMAN'S CROSSING INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY ROUNDABOUT PROJECT. 
          CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES THERE. THE INTERSECTION. AS MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE OF THE INTERSECTION OF INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY AND COLEMAN'S CROSSING WILL BE CLOSED FOR APPROXIMATELY 90 DAYS. JUST ONE. 
          THAT'S A LOT. COUNCIL KNOW THAT STAFF CONTINUES TO MONITOR TRAFFIC ALONG THE DETOUR ROUTE AND MAKE ANY NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS WITH THE SIGNAL TIMING SCHEDULES. THE NEXT UPDATE IS ON THE CHESTNUT WATER LINE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. CHESTNUT STREET. WATERLINE WORK IS COMPLETE AND OUR CONTRACTOR WILL BE BACK PAVING CHESTNUT STREET THIS WEEK BETWEEN SIXTH STREET AND SEVENTH STREET. THE CARRIE JACOBS AND CHERRY STREET SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT BEGAN TODAY, AND DURING THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT, NORTH CHERRY STREET WILL BE CLOSED TO THROUGH TRAFFIC BETWEEN FOURTH STREET AND LAKEVIEW DRIVE. THE NEXT UPDATE IS ON THE RESERVOIR CONNECTOR TRAIL. PHASE TWO PROJECT CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES OUT AT THE RESERVOIR FOR THAT PROJECT, AND THEN THE LAST UPDATE IS ON THE WALNUT STREET SIDEWALK. 
          IMPROVEMENTS AND CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES THIS WEEK WITH THAT PROJECT. THOSE ARE ALL THE UPDATES WE HAVE AT THIS TIME. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. JUST ONE OTHER ITEM. I WANTED TO BRIEF YOU A LITTLE BIT. WE RECEIVED THE CITY, RECEIVED A AND WE'RE HONORED TO RECEIVE THE TRANSPORTATION INNOVATION AWARD LAST WEEK. AND IN WHAT'S IN THE PILOT AND TESTING CATEGORY AT THE 2025 TRANSPORTATION INNOVATION FORUM. THIS AWARD, CO-SPONSORED BY THE MID-OHIO REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION AND SMART COLUMBUS, RECOGNIZES MARYSVILLE'S EXCEPTIONAL WORK ON THE ON THE CONNECTED MARYSVILLE INITIATIVE AND ITS SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO MOBILITY SOLUTIONS IN THE COLUMBUS REGION. THE FORUM CELEBRATES INNOVATIVE, INNOVATIVE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS THAT ARE SHAPING THE FUTURE OF THE AREA. ON THE SCREEN THERE, YOU CAN SEE AT THE OPENING THAT'S THE DIRECTOR OF SMART COLUMBUS, JORDAN DAVIS, WHO'S WHO'S SPEAKING. AND THEN WE HAD REPRESENTATION FROM THE CITY, WHICH INCLUDED BRIAN MULLANEY, KYLE HOYING AND INGA WITT, WHO ACCEPTED THE AWARD. THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. AND, AND, AND JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY, WE, YOU KNOW, 
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WE'RE THE FIRST WHAT I WOULD CALL AND IF YOU WERE AT THE IF YOU WERE AMONG THE PEOPLE THAT JUST PARTICIPATED IN THE SAFETY SERVICE COMMITTEE MEETING, THEY TALKED ABOUT A SIGNAL TIMING, TIMING OPTIMIZATION PROJECT THAT THAT WE JUST THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, WE'RE THE FIRST FULLY CONNECTED CITY IN THE COUNTRY. OKAY. WHEN I MEAN, THAT IS ALL OF OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS ARE CONNECTED, CAN CAN INTERACT. AND THIS OPTIMIZATION OPTIMIZATION PROJECT REALLY MAXIMIZES THE USAGE OF OUR SIGNALIZATION THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PRIORITIZE DIFFERENT THINGS. AND IT'S AND IT'S JUST STARTING TO COME OUT. YOU'LL SEE A PRESENTATION. WE'LL BRING IT TO A WORK SESSION COMING UP SOON. IT WAS BEFORE SAFETY SERVICE COMMITTEE TODAY JUST TO SHOW HIM KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS. BUT WE'LL BE SHOWING IT TO ALL OF YOU. IT'S WE'RE JUST REALLY FORTUNATE. AN, YOU KNOW, OUR STREETS ARE BECOMING BUSIER. AND BY MAXIMIZING OUR SIGNALIZATION SYSTEM, IT JUST MAKES IT MUCH SAFER FOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. SO WE'LL KEEP YOU INFORMED AS WE CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS IN THIS AREA. BUT WE ARE OBVIOUSLY JUST RECOGNIZED LAST WEEK BY MORSI AND SMART COLUMBUS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR OUR REPORT. I HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT. OKAY. SO IT SEEMS TO ME NOW THAT AS WE AS WE DRIVE DOWN LIKE FIFTH STREET, I'VE NOTICED AT TIMES IN THE PAST WHEN A LIGHT WOULD HAVE TURNED RED, IT SEEMS LIKE IF THERE'S NOBODY AT THE CROSSROAD, LIKE, LET'S SAY, NOBODY ON PLUM STREET, THAT THE LIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO STAY GREEN. YOU'RE VERY OBSERVANT. SO THAT'S PART OF THIS PROJECT, RIGHT? SO YES. SO THAT'S YOU KNOW, HOW FRUSTRATING DOES IT GET WHEN YOU GO UP TO AN INTERSECTION AND THERE'S CARS STACKED UP, YOU KNOW, ACROSS FROM YOU OR WHERE YOU'RE AT AND THERE'S NOTHING CROSSING. IT GETS FRUSTRATING. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE THAT THROUGH OUR TECHNOLOGY AND THEN MOVE TRAFFIC WHERE IT IS. AND SO IS THAT BASICALLY CORRECT? KYLE. 
          YEAH, EXACTLY. SO IT'S REALLY A COOL SYSTEM. YOU KNOW, WE'RE TWEAKING THINGS RIGHT NOW. WE DID WE HAVE A GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S WORKING. AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP DOING THAT. WE'LL DO A FULL PRESENTATION TO CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION COMING UP. BUT BUT IT'S REALLY COOL. AND IT'S JUST NICE THAT WE'RE BEING RECOGNIZED. YOU KNOW ACROSS THE COLUMBUS REGION. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO TEST BECAUSE OF OUR CAPABILITIES RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. SO IT'S AWESOME. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION? I HAD A QUESTION, MR. CHRISTIE, JUST TO CLARIFY THAT POINT. SO THE CONNECTED INFRASTRUCTURE, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE VEHICLE TO INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNICATIONS, OR DOES IT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE LIGHT SIGNALING THAT WE DID REVIEW IN THE PRIOR MEETING? GO AHEAD. YEAH. SO WE RECEIVED THE AWARD ON THE CONNECTED MARYSVILLE PROJECT THAT WE WRAPPED UP LAST YEAR. OKAY. SO THAT WAS A LOT OF THE VEHICLE. 
          THAT WAS THE VEHICLE TO VEHICLE TALKING TO EACH OTHER, I GUESS. SO A COMMENT ON THAT. 
          CONGRATULATIONS FOR WINNING THE AWARD. GREAT PART, A GREAT THING TO BE PART OF A CITY THAT'S ON THE FOREFRONT OF THAT. I KNOW I'M IN AUTOMOTIVE AND AUTOMOTIVE. THE INDUSTRY WIDE GOVERNMENT REGULATORS, WHY? YOU WOULD ALL SAY THAT THE OVERARCHING GOAL IS TO REACH A POINT IN TIME WHERE WE BECOME A ZERO FATALITY SOCIETY. SO IT'S HARD FOR US IF YOU'RE JUST KIND OF DRIVING CAR EVERY DAY, YOU THINK CARS GOT SAFER, BUT IT'S ZERO. FATALITIES IS MUCH FURTHER BEYOND JUST A CAR GETTING SAFER. IT'S ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENT GETTING SAFER. IT'S ABOUT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF TECHNOLOGY TO DO THAT. SO IT'S EXCITING BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE CARS THAT CAN NOW START TALKING TO OTHER VEHICLES ON THE ROAD, THEY CAN RECOGNIZE AND SEE AND TALK TO, IN A SENSE, TALK TO PEDESTRIANS, INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE TRAFFIC SIGNALING, SO ON AND SO FORTH. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, ON THE BEING ON THE FOREFRONT OF A, AN, AN AREA WHERE WE CAN ACHIEVE A MUCH SAFER ENVIRONMENT AND REDUCE FATALITIES. YEAH, IT'S EXCITING TO BE PART OF. AND AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS ON ON THE MEMBERS GETTING THE AWARD. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE HEARING NONE. 
          [REPORT OF CLERK OF COUNCIL]
THANK YOU. I'LL MOVE ON TO REPORT OF CLERK OF COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. AND YOU HAD ASKED ME TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO COUNCIL REGARDING THE AMERICA 250 CELEBRATION. SO IF YOU RECALL, COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION BACK IN 2024 STATING OUR INTENT TO BE INVOLVED IN 
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AMERICA'S 250TH BIRTHDAY, WHICH WILL BE HAPPENING IN 2026. SO PLANS ARE ALREADY IN PLACE NATIONALLY, STATEWIDE AND THEN LOCALLY. AND THERE ARE MEETINGS OCCURRING BEING LED BY KAREN ELLEN, THE DIRECTOR OF UNION COUNTY TOURISM. AND WE'RE MEETING ON A MONTHLY BASIS WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM MARYSVILLE AS WELL AS OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. AND THEN ON A BI MONTHLY BASIS, WE'RE ALSO MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVES, JUST WITH THE CITY FOR CITIES PLANS. AND THOSE BI MONTHLY MEETINGS ALLOW US TO COORDINATE CITY PLANS WITH COUNTY PLANS. NOTHING'S FINALIZED YET, BUT COUNCIL WILL BEGIN TO SEE INFORMATION IN THE BUDGET PLANNING PROCESS FOR 2026. SO JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT UPDATE. I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD GOOD. I MEAN, I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD POINT TO BRING UP TO COUNCIL BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE WE SEE SO MUCH IN OUR AGENDAS AND WE AND THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON THAT WE CAN SOMETIMES LOSE TRACK OF, OF DIFFERENT PIECES OF LEGISLATION. I JUST BELIEVED IT WAS IMPORTANT TO JUST PIGGYBACK THAT AND JUST REAFFIRM THAT THIS IS COMING. AND I DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, AS WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN AMERICA. 250 YOU KNOW, THAT MEANS THAT, YOU KNOW, INVESTING COULD MEAN HANGING FLAGS IN CERTAIN AREAS OF TOWN, YOU KNOW, DECORATIONS. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COORDINATING THROUGH THE COUNTY, MAYBE ALL OF US, PLAIN CITY, RICHWOOD, MILFORD, ALL OF US COORDINATE SOMETHING. SO WHEN YOU DRIVE THROUGH THE DIFFERENT STREET, DIFFERENT CITIES, DIFFERENT VILLAGES, MAYBE TOWNSHIPS, WE ALL COORDINATE SOMETHING. EITHER THAT'S AMERICAN FLAGS OR FLOWERS OR SOMETHING. SO IT'S VERY, YOU KNOW, BROAD IN SCOPE AND, AND BUT THEN AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, HOW ARE WE GOING TO CREATE LIKE A CERTAIN EVENT, YOU KNOW, ARE WE GOING TO MAYBE DRAPE A FLAG OVER CITY HALL DURING THAT TIME? YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO TO CELEBRATE THAT? YOU KNOW, AND THEN WORKING WITH THE COUNTY, MAYBE DOING BUTTONS ON THE ON THE COURTHOUSE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THINGS. HOW CAN WE, YOU KNOW, JUST ENSURE THAT AND THEN SO DECORATIONS AND MAYBE AN EVENT OR WHATEVER ELSE WE DECIDE THAT IS IMPORTANT TO DO. SO I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD TO GET AN UPDATE AND CONTINUE TO GET UPDATES AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. GO AHEAD. OH. 
          MCKENZIE. I MAY FALL THROUGH THE UNITED WAY. AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO AT LEAST KNOW WHO THE POINT PERSON IS. WOULD IT BE YOURSELF? WOULD IT BE SOMEBODY FROM THE COUNTY OR WHO WOULD WHO WOULD YOU SAY THAT THEY COULD CONTACT FOR THE PARTICIPATION THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO? I WOULD RECOMMEND PROBABLY KAREN, ELLEN, KAREN, ELLEN, ELLEN. OKAY. AND IF YOU NEED ANY ASSISTANCE, I CAN COORDINATE THAT. IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THEM REACH OUT TO ME TOO. THANKS. APPRECIATE IT. 
          [REPORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT]
REPORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MR. PHILLIPS. GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT. COUNCIL MEMBERS, I DO NOT HAVE A REPORT UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. PHILLIPS? I GUESS NOT, I GUESS THAT'S I GUESS JUST WE'RE JUST BEING EASY ON YOU RIGHT NOW. THAT'S GOOD. 
          YEAH. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. PARKS AND RECREATION REPORT. 
          [PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION REPORT]
YES. I DO NOT HAVE A REPORT AS WELL AS WE HAD NO PARKS AND REC COMMISSION MEETING LAST MONTH, BUT WE WILL BE MEETING NEXT WEEK AT 6:00, WHICH I BELIEVE IS THE JOINT MEETING BETWEEN COUNCIL AND THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION HERE AT CITY HALL. AND YOU GUYS ARE STILL WORKING ON THE PARKS VISIONING AND MASTER PLANNING ONGOING. YEP. SO EVEN THOUGH YOU GUYS DID NOT MEET, THEY'RE STILL 
          [HEARING OF CITIZENS]
ONGOING MASTER PLANNING GOING ON. THANK YOU. HEARING OF CITIZENS. THIS IS THE PART OF THE MEETING WHERE ANY RESIDENTS UP TO FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON ANYTHING THAT'S NOT RELATED TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WHICH I'M ASSUMING WOULD BE NONE OF YOU GUYS SPEAKING YET. SO. OKAY, HEARING NONE, I'LL MOVE ON. RESOLUTION A FIRST READING INTRODUCTION TO ACCEPT THE CITY 
          [Res. A]
OF MARYSVILLE IAFF LOCAL 3032 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT JULY 1ST, 2025 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2028 AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. YEAH. WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS THE LEGISLATION AND THE CONTRACT THAT WE'RE REQUESTING TO BE RATIFIED. ULTIMATELY, THIS IS THE FIRST READING. I'LL ASK TARA IF SHE COULD GO TO THE PODIUM AND GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S BEFORE YOU, BUT I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REALLY THANK 
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TARA AND CHIEF BURNS FOR THEIR WORK IN NEGOTIATING THIS CONTRACT SHOW KIND OF GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF IT, BUT NOT ONLY THAT, BUT I WANT TO THANK THE FIREFIGHTERS AND THEIR UNION. IT WAS A VERY GOOD CONSTRUCTIVE NEGOTIATIONS THAT I THINK TURNED OUT VERY, VERY WELL. SO TARA THANK YOU TERRY. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. THE RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF YOU, AS TERRY MENTIONED, IS FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE NEGOTIATION COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. THIS AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND UPDATED THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE, COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE AND THE FIREFIGHTER MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL. THE PROPOSED. THIS OUTCOME OF SEVEN NEGOTIATION SESSIONS, RESULTING IN AN UPDATED CONTRACT THAT ADDRESSES KEY POINTS PRIORITIES FOR BOTH PARTIES. THE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHES THE TERMS, CONDITIONS AND EMPLOYMENT FOR THE DEDICATED EMPLOYEES OF MARYSVILLE FIRE FOR THE TERM OF THE NEXT THREE YEARS, WHICH IS THE TERM OUTLINED UNDER THE OHIO REVISED CODE. THE REVIEW AND THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS IS VITAL FOR ALLOWING THE TERMS AND EMPLOYMENT TO CONTINUE TO BE EVALUATED AND ADJUSTED TO REFLECT THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND BE REVIEWED FOR THE CURRENT NEEDS FOR OUR WORKFORCE. AND WE FEEL LIKE THE PRODUCT THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU REPRESENTS THAT. SO ULTIMATELY, THE PROCESS AND FINAL PRODUCT HELP ENSURES THE FIREFIGHTER DIVISION IS EQUIPPED WITH STAFF AND SUPPORTED TO EFFECTIVELY SERVE AND PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF MARYSVILLE. SO THAT'S THE CONTRACT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH. DISCOUNTS COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS. AND IF YOU DON'T MIND OBVIOUSLY WE DO KNOW SOME OF THE OUTCOME. I TRY TO LOOK FOR THE CONTRACT FROM THREE YEARS AGO TO COMPARE TO THIS ONE. I WAS NOT ABLE TO DO THAT. YOU HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT ARTICLES IN THERE. 
          WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO MAYBE SEND AN EMAIL TO COUNCIL AS TO IF THERE IS ANY MAJOR CHANGES IN ANY OF THE ARTICLES? YES. SO WE CAN PROVIDE A COMPARE DOCUMENT FOR YOU IF THAT'S A REQUEST. AND I CAN GET THAT TO CLARK PROUDFOOT AND SHE'D BE HAPPY TO GET THAT OUT AS WELL AS GIVE YOU A SUMMARY IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SOME OF THE UPDATES AND CHANGES OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. 
          APPRECIATE IT. THAT WOULD BE GOOD OKAY. JUST IN THAT ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL. GREAT. AND ONCE WE GET THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR DOING YOUR DUE DILIGENCE. NOW IF YOU KNOW IF YOU ARE COMFORTABLE AS YOU REVIEW THIS RESOLUTION WILL BE REQUESTING TO WAIVE THE THIRD READING SO WE CAN MEET AND PUT THE CONTRACT IN PLACE BY JULY 1ST. IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES. WE CAN OBVIOUSLY ALWAYS DISCUSS THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE. ROLL CALL, MR. BURGER. YES. MR. HUNTER? YES. MR. REMES YES. MISS KRAMER YES. MR. BORDNER YES. MR. WOLF. YES. MR. KIRBY YES. SEVEN. YES. AND EMERGENCY CLAUSE PASSES. OKAY. SINCE WE ARE ON A ROLL, MAYBE I WOULD BE ALLOWED TO MAKE A MOTION TO WAIVE THE THIRD READING ROLL CALL, MR. HUNTER. YES, MR. REMES? YES, MISS KRAMER. YES. MR. BORDNER YES. MR. WOLF. YES. MR. KIRBY YES. MR. BURGER YES. THIRD READING IS WAIVED. SO THIS WILL BE BACK ON JUNE 23RD. ORDINANCE A, THIRD READING. THIRD READING VOTE TO 
          [Ord. A]
ACCEPT THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY CONTAINING 243.94 ACRES IN PARIS TOWNSHIP, UNION COUNTY, TO THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, OHIO. KNOWN AS MARYSVILLE NORTH. 
          ADMINISTRATION. NOTHING FURTHER. COUNCIL. IS THERE A MOTION TO PASS LEGISLATION? I MOVE TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. ROLL CALL. MR. REMES YES. MISS KRAMER? YES. MR. BORDNER YES. MR. WOLFE. NO. MR. BURBY ABSTAIN. MR. BURGER YES. MR. HUNTER YES. FIVE. YES. LEGISLATION PASSES. ORDINANCE BE 
          [Ord. B]
THIRD READING. VOTE TO APPROVE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT ZONING FOR THE MARYSVILLE NORTH. PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT. 
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ADMINISTRATION. NOTHING FURTHER. COUNCIL. MR. PRESIDENT, IF I MAY, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE DEVELOPER FOR THE TRANSPARENCY OVER THE LAST SIX OR SO MONTHS. A LOT OF MEETINGS, OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT HAVE, HAVE, HAVE TAKEN PLACE AND A LOT OF. CONCESSIONS MADE. SO I APPRECIATE THE DUE DILIGENCE AND THE SUPPORT. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS ON MY OWN. SO THIS DEVELOPMENT IS FOR A SUBSTANTIALLY SIZED DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BETWEEN ROUTE FOUR AND 31. THE DEVELOPER HAS YES, COME FORWARD IN THE NORMAL PUBLIC PROCESS. I REVIEWED. I ACTUALLY I HAD WATCHED THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. IT OCCURRED BACK IN MARCH AND I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED WE HAD NOT A SINGLE CITIZEN COMMENT IN THAT MEETING. AND THEN IT WAS REVIEWED. I THINK THIS WAS I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS THE AN ANNEXATION OR THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT WHICH WE HAD TABLED TO ALIGN THE TWO. I THINK IT WAS THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT WE HAD TABLED TO ALIGN WITH THE ANNEXATION, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. AND AT THAT TIME, WHEN WE HAD SECOND HEARING, WE HAD NO PUBLIC COMMENT. SO IT WAS FOR A DEVELOPMENT THIS SIZE. YOU KNOW, I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED TO HEAR SOME CITIZEN COMMENTS. THIS DEVELOPMENT WE HAVE, I THINK I'M ASSUMING WE HAVE INDIVIDUALLY SPOKEN TO AND KIND OF VOICED WHAT GOOD THINGS CAN COME OUT OF DEVELOPMENT, WHAT BAD THINGS CAN COME OUT OF A DEVELOPMENT. AND THERE WERE. REVISIONS MADE THROUGHOUT IT EVER BEING BROUGHT FORWARD THAT I BELIEVE PUT IT INTO, POINTED IT IN A RIGHT DIRECTION. SO THERE ARE I SEE POSITIVES TO THIS. ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS THAT I HAD HAD WHEN FIRST REVIEWING THIS WAS HOW ARE THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS GOING TO BE FUNDED? I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, GET SOME INFORMATION TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THAT. WE ARE NOT WE ARE NOT VOTING ON THE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. WE'RE VOTING ON THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT. I'M GOING TO STICK TO THAT. BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT THIS THERE IS CONSIDERATION, YOU KNOW, ON. LIKE ENSURING THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS IN LINE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SIZE. I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT MILL VALLEY AND IF WE COULD GO BACK IN TIME 20, 25 YEARS AGO, A LOT OF MEMBERS MIGHT SAY WE WISH WE HAD DONE THINGS DIFFERENT HERE. WE WISH WE WOULD HAVE DONE THINGS DIFFERENT HERE. AND THAT'S TO NOT KNOCK ANYONE WHO MADE DECISIONS. I THINK THAT WAS A I THINK I'VE HEARD IT TERMED AS A GROWING EXPERIENCE OR A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR MARYSVILLE, WITH THIS PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD COMING FORWARD. MY THOUGHTS ARE THAT WE ARE WITH A CLOSE EYE. WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW THIS TIES INTO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, AND I THINK WE HAVE, I THINK, A HIGH NUMBER OF ENTRY EXIT POINTS INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD COMPARED TO LIKE A MILL VALLEY TYPE NEIGHBORHOOD TO WHERE AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC STUDIES ARE IN PROGRESS AND WHATNOT. BUT I THINK THAT THERE IS OPPORTUNITY WITH THE COMMUNITY AUTHORITY TO SUPPORT WHAT WE NEEDED TO SUPPORT AND FOR THIS TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND TO NOT CAUSE DISRUPTION. BUT LIKE I SAY, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYONE FROM I DON'T THINK I RECEIVED AN EMAIL ABOUT THIS, BUT IT TELLS ME THAT FOR THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE COME TO US TIME AND TIME AGAIN ASKING FOR MORE HOUSING. WE NEED MORE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. AND THERE'S BEEN THE ARGUMENT ABOUT A CONTINUOUS ARGUMENT ALWAYS ABOUT AFFORDABILITY VERSUS SUPPLY AND HOW THEY'RE KIND OF COME HAND IN HAND. BUT FOR THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT, I JUST LOOKING BACK THROUGH AS IT'S GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS, YOU KNOW, I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS ABOUT THIS ONE. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS. THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD TO THAT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I DO KNOW THAT THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS, I THINK EASILY TWO AND A HALF YEARS. SO THERE'S BEEN IT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A VERY LONG TIME. AND, AND ALSO ADD, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT MILL VALLEY A LOT. BUT I THINK WHAT RESIDENTS ALSO DON'T KNOW IS AT THAT TIME AND YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WE DIDN'T HAVE A CITY PLANNER THEN. WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF THE STAFF THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE NOW. SO, YOU KNOW, AS I MEAN, THE CITY HAS GE INCOME OF THE CITY HAS, HAS ALSO GROWN, WE ARE ABLE TO HIRE THE 
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RIGHT REPRESENTATIVES TO SERVE IN THEIR DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE DOING BETTER TODAY THAN WE WERE YESTERDAY. AND SO WHEN RESIDENTS SOMETIMES WILL TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT PARTS OF TOWN AND TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND THESE ISSUES, YOU KNOW, MARYSVILLE WAS ALSO GROWING AT A TIME WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE SOMETIMES THE EXPERTISE IN THE RIGHT ROOM. AND THAT'S ALSO NOT TO BASH THE COUNCILS OF THE PAST. THERE JUST WASN'T ENOUGH MONEY TO HIRE THOSE TYPES OF PEOPLE. SO WE YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN GROWING AND EVOLVING EVER SINCE. AND I THINK THAT IF YOU GO BACK TO OLDER DEVELOPMENTS, TO NEWER DEVELOPMENTS AND JUST LIKE OLDER RESTAURANTS, TO RESTAURANTS, YOU ALWAYS SEE THAT, SEE THAT LEVEL OF IMPROVEMENT THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN IMPROVED ON. AND THAT SHOWS YOU THE EXPERTISE LEVEL IS ONLY GAINING AND GAINING IN IN KNOWLEDGE. AND IT WILL AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AS AS A CITY. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR STATEMENTS? OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION, MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. ROLL CALL, MISS KRAMER. YES, MR. BORDNER. YES, MR. WOLFE? NO. MR. BURBY ABSTAIN, MR. BURGER. YES, MR. HUNTER YES. MR. REMES YES. FIVE. YES. LEGISLATION PASSES 
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ORDINANCE C, THIRD READING, AND VOTE 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 KIA EXPANSION AMENDMENT ADMINISTRATION. NOTHING FURTHER UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCIL. I JUST THANK MR. PRESIDENT, IF I MAY JUST I THINK THIS WILL PROBABLY BE THE THIRD TIME I'VE SAID THIS, BUT THE JOINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WAS CREATED, OBVIOUSLY JOINTLY WITH JEROME TOWNSHIP AND THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. AND WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE INCOME IS SPLIT BETWEEN JEROME TOWNSHIP AS WELL AS AS THE CITY. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF JUST AN ECONOMIC DRIVER, ANOTHER KIND OF I'LL CALL IT RESOURCE REVENUE RESOURCE FOR THE CITY OVERALL A GOOD THING. SO APPRECIATE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION, MR. PRESIDENT I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PASS LEGISLATION OKAY. ROLL CALL MR. BORDNER. YES. MR. WOLF NO. MR. BURR YES. MR. BURGER YES. MR. HUNTER YES. MR. REMES YES. MISS. KRAMER YES. SIX. YES. LEGISLATION PASSES ORDINANCE D, 
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THIRD READING AND VOTE TO AUTHORIZE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES AND TO AMEND THE 2025 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET ADMINISTRATION. NOTHING FURTHER. 
          COUNCIL. IS THERE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION? ROLL CALL. MR. WOLFF. YES. MR. BURR YES. MR. BURGER YES. MR. HUNTER YES. MR. REMES YES. MISS KRAMER YES. MR. BORDNER. YES. SEVEN. YES. LEGISLATION PASSES ORDINANCE F OH, I'M SORRY, ORDINANCE E, 
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THIRD READING VOTE TO SET COMPENSATION FOR CITY COUNCIL IN 2026 AND 2027. ADMINISTRATION NOTHING FURTHER. COUNCIL. I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT. MR. PRESIDENT, I APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION AND PREPARATION DONE BY THE FINANCE DIRECTOR. NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT AND FOR THE SAKE OF THE PUBLIC. SO WE BY CHARTER HAVE TO VOTE OUR SALARY AND IT WE ACTUALLY VOTE THE SALARY OF COUNCILS AHEAD OF US. NOT TODAY. AND I THINK MARYSVILLE HAS BEEN EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVE OVER THE NUMBER OF YEARS. WE BASICALLY HAD GONE BELOW I THINK, WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE EVEN BUT GIVES I THINK THERE'S STILL A CREDIT OF RETIREMENT THAT'S BASED ON ON THE SALARY RATE THAT IT GIVES THE ONE CREDIT TOWARDS OPERS. BUT I APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION FROM ALL OF COUNCIL MEMBERS TO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, CONVEY THEIR CONCERNS WITH MOVING ABOVE THE MINIMUM, BUT, YOU KNOW, MINIMUMS. OKAY. WITH ME? I KNOW EVERYONE UP HERE. 
          WE'RE NOT IN IT FOR THE MONEY. SO YEAH, JUST APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION ON THAT AND THE PREPARATION AND DISCUSSION WITH CITY STAFF. THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION? MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. ROLL CALL, MR. BURR YES, MR. BURGER YES. MR. HUNTER YES. MR. REMES YES. MISS KRAMER YES. MR. BORDNER YES. MR. WOLFE NO. SIX. YES. LEGISLATION PASSES. ORDINANCE G. I'M SORRY. OKAY. ORDINANCE F, THIRD READING 
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VOTE TO SET COMPENSATION FOR THE CITY LAW DIRECTOR FROM 2026 TO 2029. ADMINISTRATION. NOTHING FURTHER. COUNCIL. THEIR MOTION AND MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION ON IT. WELL, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THIS IS THE SAME SITUATION AS THE PREVIOUS WERE REQUIRED TO SET SALARY BEFORE THE ELECTION. ROLL CALL. MR. BURGER? YES. MR. HUNTER? YES. MR. REMES YES. MISS KRAMER. 
          YES. MR. BORDNER YES. MR. WOLFE YES. MR. BURBY. YES SEVEN. YES. LEGISLATION PASSES NOW IT'S 
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ORDINANCE G. SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING TO ACCEPT THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY CONTAINING 306.96 ACRES IN PARIS AND DOVER TOWNSHIP, UNION COUNTY, TO THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, OHIO, KNOWN AS MARYSVILLE EAST SECTION FOUR. ADMINISTRATION I WOULD ONLY ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, AS THAT COMES BEFORE US, WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY, THE ABILITY TO SERVE THIS AREA THAT'S BEING REQUESTED. DID YOU SAY IT AGAIN? SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SERVE THIS AREA. UTILITIES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. IF THIS LEGISLATION MOVES FORWARD. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. CITIZENS, IS THERE ANY CITIZENS, MR. PRESIDENT? YES, I THINK I JUST WANT TO MENTION PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO ANNEXATION ISSUES AND NOT THE ZONING AND LAND USE ISSUES. YEAH. SO I SORRY, I SHOULD I SHOULD HAVE MADE THAT STATEMENT. SO ORDINANCE G IS JUST FOR THE LAND THE ANNEXATION ORDINANCE H IS COMMENTS ABOUT THE ZONING. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT WHETHER THE CITY IS ABLE TO PUT UTILITIES IN TO THIS THIS DEVELOPMENT IF IT WOULD PASS. AND I GUESS I WOULD JUST ADD AND ALSO WHETHER THE CITY WANTS TO REDRAW ITS CORPORATE BOUNDARIES TO ACCEPT ALL THIS LAND. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO IS THERE ANY CITIZENS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ONE THAT I SHOW? OKAY. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS AMBER DURST. YOU GUYS ALL RECEIVED A LETTER FROM ME EARLIER TODAY, BUT I'M GOING TO READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS ANNEXATION. I'M ONE OF THE NONRESIDENTS THAT SIGNED THE LETTER YOU GUYS RECEIVED AND REFUSED TO READ. AT THE MAY 12TH MEETING, I WAS TOLD BY SEVERAL PEOPLE OVER THE PAST MONTH OR TWO THAT I NEEDED TO COME HERE WITH FACTS THIS EVENING, NOT FEELINGS. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO TRY AND DO. I MAY BE A NONRESIDENT FACT NUMBER ONE OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, BUT I HAVE CALLED MARYSVILLE MY HOMETOWN FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS. MY FARM LIES DIRECTLY ACROSS THE ROAD FROM WHAT IS CURRENTLY BEING ANNEXED. MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS HAVE PROPERTIES WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED HUNDRED FEET OF SHARED PROPERTY LINES. WITH THIS PROPOSED ANNEXATION, WELL, WE MAY NOT TECHNICALLY BE RESIDENTS OF MARYSVILLE. WE SUPPORT THE MARYSVILLE SCHOOLS, THE LOCAL GROCERY STORES, THE GAS STATIONS, ALL THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES, THE PARKS, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE LIBRARY, THE LOCAL CHURCHES. MANY OF US NONRESIDENTS WORK IN AND HAVE OUR BUSINESSES WITHIN CITY LIMITS LIMITS. THIS IS WHY WE ARE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS TOPIC. FACT NUMBER TWO, MARYSVILLE MATTERS TOOK A POLL TITLED GROWTH MATTERS ON MAY 11TH. I'M SURE MOST OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS POLL, BUT I'M GOING TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORY WITH A HANDFUL OF QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED. I TRUST THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY. 71% ANSWERED NO. TRUST THE CITY ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY. 70% ANSWERED NO. I PERCEIVE THAT CITY LEADERS ARE ON THE SAME PAGE AS RESIDENTS WHEN IT COMES TO MANAGING GROWTH. 86% SAID NO. I PERCEIVE THAT THE MANAGEMENT OF GROWTH IN MARYSVILLE IS NOT WELL THOUGHT OUT, SAID 81% OF RESPONDENTS. ARE YOU ACTUALLY GOING TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE ON THIS MATTER, OR WILL YOU SHOVE THEIR WILL ASIDE? AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND HOW FLATTERING IT IS TO BE WOOED BY THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY, BUT I'M IMPLORING YOU TO REMEMBER WHO YOU WERE REALLY SUPPOSED TO BE SERVING, NOT THE INTEREST OF THE BIG CORPORATIONS AND THE DEVELOPERS, BUT THE INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE WHO ELECTED YOU. WE MAY BE NONRESIDENTS, BUT IT IS THE NONRESIDENTS WHO WILL REMIND YOU OF JUST WHO YOU'RE GOING TO SERVE. FACT NUMBER THREE, IF A PERSON DEPOSITS OVER $10,000 IN ONE TRANSACTION, ALL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ARE REQUIRED TO 
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FILE A CURRENCY TRANSACTION REPORT TO THE IRS. WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEONE TRIES TO AVOID BEING REPORTED BY MAKING MULTIPLE SMALLER DEPOSITS? THEY'LL BE CHARGED UNDER STRUCTURING LAWS, WHICH PROHIBIT BREAKING LARGER FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS INTO TRANSACTIONS INTO SMALLER ONES TO EVADE REPORTING. WHY DID I BRING THIS UP? ANNEXATIONS OVER 500 ACRES HAVE A MORE STRINGENT SET OF RULES THAN ANNEXATIONS UNDER 500. WHAT I CALL ROCKFORD, WHAT ROCKFORD DEVELOPMENT, NEW ALBANY COMPANY, AND EVEN SOME OF YOU ON CITY COUNCIL ARE DOING IS STRUCTURING. IT'S UNDERHANDED, IT'S DIRTY, IMMORAL, AND YOU ALL KNOW IT. LET THIS SERVE AS YOUR CURRENCY TRANSACTION REPORT. 
          WE'RE WATCHING HOW EACH OF YOU VOTE AT THE NEXT MEETING. WE DON'T HAVE SHORT TERM MEMORIES. 
          YOU ALL REMEMBER WELL WHAT HAPPENED A COUPLE YEARS AGO, AND HOW THIS COMMUNITY STOPPED THINGS FROM MOVING FORWARD ON A PREVIOUS ANNEXATION. THE COMMUNITY IS STILL HERE, MAYBE WITH A ROOM FULL OF DIFFERENT FACES, AND WE ARE ASKING FOR YOU TO NOT FORGET WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY WE ARE HERE AND WHY YOU ARE HERE. THE PEOPLE OF MARYSVILLE HAVE BEEN SPEAKING LOUD AND CLEAR FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW. THIS ANNEXATION IS NOT WANTED. WE WILL STOP IT IF YOU DO NOT. 
          FACT NUMBER FOUR I AM A CHRISTIAN WOMAN WITH STRONG CHRISTIAN VALUES, AND I TAKE WHAT CHRIST COMMANDS US VERY SERIOUSLY. ONE OF THE GREATEST COMMANDS THAT HE HAS GIVEN US IS LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF. WHAT YOU'RE DOING AT CITY COUNCIL IS NOT NEIGHBORLY. YOU MAY LOOK AT SOME OF US AS NONRESIDENTS, AS YOU MADE QUITE CLEAR ON MAY 12TH, BUT ALL OF US CONSIDER THIS COMMUNITY TO BE OUR HOME, AND WE WILL FIGHT FOR IT AND OUR VERY DEAR NEIGHBORS, EVEN IF YOU WON'T. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO CORRECT YOUR COMMENT ABOUT CITY COUNCIL REFUSING TO READ YOUR LETTER. THAT'S INCORRECT. JUST STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AND ADDRESS FOR PUBLIC RECORD, PLEASE. THANK YOU, SIR JOEL HAYNES, 15 814 JOLLY ROAD, MARYSVILLE, OHIO, 43040. THAT'S 43040 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PLANET EARTH. OKAY, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE STEWARDS OF THIS EARTH, AND WE SHOULD BE STUDYING EVERYTHING THAT'S AROUND US, BECAUSE THE ONLY THING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO SURVIVE IS WATER AND FOOD AND SHELTER. WATER. 
          LAST MEETING WHEN WE WERE HERE, ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS OR PLANNERS. EXCUSE ME. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE GENTLEMAN'S NAME. I SAT THERE AND LISTENED TO HIM AND AT THE END I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO REBUTTAL. BUT HE WAS WRONG. AQUIFERS ARE DEPLETING AROUND THE GLOBE AND IN THE UNITED STATES. THEY DID A SURVEY AND RELEASED THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY OF THE UNITED STATES. AS CRISIS IS FINDING AN EXTREMELY CONCERNING USE DATA OVER 80,000 WELLS, THE INVESTIGATORS REVEAL AQUIFER LEVELS ARE CRITICALLY DEPLETING. NATIONWIDE, AROUND 45% OF THE WELLS HAVE SHOWN SIGNIFICANT DECLINE SINCE 1980, AND 40% HAVE REACHED A RECORD LOW IN THE PAST DECADE, WITH 2022 BEING THE MOST DAMNING SO FAR, WITH 90% OF THE UNITED STATES WATER SYSTEM SUPPLIES BY AQUIFERS, AGRICULTURE AND SUSTAINING ACCESS TO FOOD AND WATER IS READILY FACING SERIOUS JEOPARDY. OKAY, THE GENTLEMAN WAS WRONG. HE TOOK AN OATH TO SAY HE WAS GOING TO TELL US THE TRUTH. THAT RIGHT THERE IS A FLAG FOR ME EVERY TIME. HOWEVER, PUMPING WATERS AND UNDERGROUND AQUIFERS CAN CAUSE LAND SINKAGE A LOT OF TIMES FARMERS WILL GO OUT THERE AND THEY'LL BE FARMING FOR YEARS AND HAVE NO PROBLEM IN THE FIELDS. ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY GOT POOLING WATER IN AN AREA. IT USED TO BE CALLED LAND RUNOFF. I MY OPINION FROM WHAT I'VE READ IN THESE 17 SOME PAGES OFF THE ON THE INTERNET, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DON'T TELL YOU IS THE LAND SINKAGE BECAUSE WHAT'S UNDERNEATH IT IS EITHER CLAY OR SILT. AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT COMPRESSES AND THEY'VE SEEN UP TO 25FT, THEY'VE SEEN 400. AND THIS ONE'S JUST A LITTLE GIRL AND I KNOW YOU CAN'T SEE IT, AND I APOLOGIZE, BUT SHE'S SHE'S STANDING HERE. SHE STANDS ABOUT FOUR FOOT EIGHT INCHES TALL. IT TOOK 25 YEARS FOR THE LAND TO SINK. DIDN'T NOTICE IT, DIDN'T NOTICE 
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ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. BUT GUESS WHAT? IT ALSO CAUSES INFRASTRUCTURE TO THINGS SUCH AS OUR PIPING, OUR SEWAGE LINES, BURIED CABLES WITH ELECTRIC. BECAUSE OF THIS, THINGS DO CHANGE AND COLLAPSE. NOW THIS IS ACROSS. AND THIS WAS BACK IN 2015. AND I KNOW THIS IS ANOTHER ONE YOU CAN'T SEE, BUT THESE ARE THE WELLS THAT ARE DRILLED. DRILLED. I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE QUARRY WENT IN, BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE'S ANYBODY MEASURING THE LAND AND WHAT IS HOW HARMFUL IT'S BEEN. NOT THE QUARRY, BUT THE RESERVOIR. EXCUSE ME. THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF OVERPUMPING. LET ME JUST GO THROUGH SOME OF THIS, TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW HARMFUL OVERPUMPING CAN BE TO BUILDINGS. WHEN THE LAND SINKS, THE INFRASTRUCTURE THEY CAN CRACK AND BUILDINGS DO COLLAPSE. BUT THIS ISN'T THE ONLY ISSUES THAT OVERPUMPING NOT HAVE. WE DISCUSS THE FULL SCOPE AND INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES THAT RISE. LAND SUBSIDENCE HAS MANY CORE PROBLEMS, MOST OF WHICH CAN BE SUMMED UP WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGE TO ELEVATIONS AND SLOPES OF STREAMS AND SURFACE WATER. DAMAGE TO INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE ROADS, BRIDGES, PIPES, LEVEES AND SEWERS. FAILURE. FAILURE OF WELLS. WE'VE HAD SOME RUN DRY IN OUR AREA BECAUSE OF PUMPING JUST ONE COMPANY THAT WAS SCOTT'S. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A WHOLE CITY THAT YOU GUYS ARE REPLACING, AND HOW MANY TIMES ALL THE DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU'VE DONE NOW, YOU ALREADY HEARD THE VOTE FROM THE PEOPLE. THEY SAY, NO, THEY DON'T LIKE YOUR PLANNING. THEY DON'T SEE YOUR GOING IN&-PE OTHER TOILETS START FLUSHING IN THE COMMUNITY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MILLIONS MORE WATER GOING DOWN TO THE SEWAGE PLANT. BUT IT'S ALSO WHERE DOES IT HAVE TO COME FROM? FROM OUR AQUIFERS. 
          BUT THIS ONE'S MOST DISTURBING. THIS ONE GOT HERE IN THE CITIES AROUND THE WORLD. IT'S TALKING. 
          AND WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO ARSENIC. ARSENIC IS SOMETHING THAT OCCURS IN NATURE. BUT WHEN THE SOOT OR THE SILT AND THE CLAY AND STUFF COMPRESS DOWN, IT GETS IN HIGHER CONCENTRATION. 
          HAVE WE HAD ANYONE? AND I KNOW THE GUY SAID, OH, YOUR AQUIFERS, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW IT'S FINE. NO, IT'S NOT FINE. WE'RE DRAINING IT DOWN. I KNOW WHAT WE CAN SEE WITH OUR OWN EYES, TREAT OUR CREEK BEDS, ACTUALLY GO LOWER BECAUSE HOW DOES AQUIFER GET FILLED UP? THINK ABOUT IT. WE HAVE TO HAVE THE RAIN THAT GOES DOWN THROUGH THE SOIL AND STUFF. AND YES, THERE IS SOME NATURAL STREAMS UNDERNEATH, BUT IT HAS TO GET THERE FROM SOMEWHERE AND WE CAN POLLUTE IT. SO WHEN WE DEPLETE IT SO QUICKLY THAT ARSENIC DOES CONCENTRATE AND WHEN IT CONCENTRATES, IT CAN BE DAMAGING TO EACH INDIVIDUAL. AND YES, I HEARD MY SPELL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I NORMALLY THIS ISN'T AND THIS IS NOT A BACK AND FORTH, BUT TO YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT SINKING AND WELLS DRYING. THIS IS SO LIKE THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE EVERYWHERE. AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, FLORIDA IS EXPERIENCING THE WORST BECAUSE THEIR MIAMI IS FLOODING ALL THE TIME. SEA LEVEL IS RISING. YOU KNOW, THE CITIES ARE GOING UNDERWATER. THE BUILDINGS ARE THE BUILDINGS ARE STARTING TO COLLAPSE. EVERY MAJOR CITY HAS ISSUES. GROUNDWATER. YES IT IS. IT IS GOING IT'S IT IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LESS AND LESS GROUNDWATER. IT'S ALSO NOT JUST RELATED TO POPULATION GROWTH, BUT IT'S RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE. THE REALITY IS OUR WINTERS, WE DON'T GET SNOWFALL ANYMORE. AQUAFINA'S LIKE GRADUAL SNOWFALL. SPRINGS ARE BECOMING WETTER, BUT THE RAIN IS BECOMING HEAVIER AND IT JUST WASHES RIGHT OFF THE SOIL INTO A STREAM AND IT RUSHES DOWN. THAT'S WHY CITIES ARE TRYING TO INVEST IN WAYS TO PREVENT HEAVY RUNOFF. 
          THAT'S WHY THEY'RE TRYING TO INVEST IN HOW TO KEEP STORMWATER, TO REUSE STORMWATER. 
          AND AS OUR SOCIETY IS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, THE COMPANIES ARE NOW BECOMING SMARTER. AND HOW CAN THEY RECYCLE THEIR OWN WATER? SO THOSE ARE JUST OTHER ISSUES THAT, YOU KNOW, IS ALSO RELATED TO HIS TO HIS ISSUE. SO I DON'T WANT I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO EVER THINK THAT THE CONCERNS YOU HAVE ARE NEVER CONCERNS THAT WE AS A COUNCIL OR AS A CITY OR EVEN GOVERNMENT DON'T THINK ABOUT. IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, SADLY, THESE ISSUES HAVE BECOME POLITICAL ISSUES AND YOU'RE EITHER FOR OR AGAINST AN ISSUE AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE. IT SHOULD BE AN ISSUE THAT WE ALL SHOULD STAND BEHIND. SO BUT ANYWAY, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL GET OFF MY TOPIC, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE DO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. IS THERE ANOTHER RESIDENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE ANNEXATION PART? HELLO, HELLO, I'M MARY CLEMENT AND I LIVE AT 15764 VALLEY VIEW 
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DRIVE. I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS THAT YOU PROBABLY CAN CAN TELL, BUT IT'S OKAY. TAKE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. HOW MANY OF YOU LIVE WHERE THE HOMES THAT SURROUND YOU ARE? VERY MUCH LIKE YOUR OWN. AND HOW MANY OF YOU LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THERE ARE SMALL BUSINESSES, OFFICE SPACES, MAYBE RESTAURANTS, CHURCHES, CONVENIENCE STORES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND THOSE THINGS ARE CLOSE BY TO WHERE YOU LIVE. HOW MANY OF YOU LIVE WHERE THERE ARE MIXED HOUSING OPTIONS? CONDOS, APARTMENTS, VARIOUS OTHER TYPES OF HOUSING? AND HOW MANY OF YOU CHOOSE YOUR HOME? BECAUSE IT HAS THE KIND OF THINGS THAT YOU WANT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WELL, HOW MANY OF YOU LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE AN ANNEXATION OR A REZONING COULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON YOU, YOUR HOME, OR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? NOW, CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT YOU LIVE WHERE SUCH A THING COULD HAPPEN TO YOU? IMAGINE THAT YOUR HOME COULD SOON SIT WITHIN FEET OF AN INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX. WHERE MANY DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES COULD EMERGE. WHERE YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHETHER THERE COULD BE DATA CENTERS, ADVANCED COMPUTING CENTERS, BIO LABS, SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURERS, OR MANY MORE OPTIONS LINED UP READY TO MOVE IN. IMAGINE THAT YOU LIVE WHERE SUCH A THING COULD HAPPEN TO YOU. BUT YOU'RE POWERLESS TO STOP IT AND HAVE NO SAY IN IT. 
          WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT CITY COUNCIL HOLD A SERIES OF TOWN HALL MEETINGS AMONG ALL PARTIES CONCERNED WITH THE ANNEXATION, BEFORE CONDUCTING A FINAL VOTE. 
          THIS ALLOWS MARYSVILLE RESIDENTS, TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS, TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO ALL COME TOGETHER TO HAVE SOME REAL GIVE AND TAKE CONVERSATIONS REGARDING THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION AND ZONING. FURTHER, THIS ALLOWS THOSE WHO ARE MOST AFFECTED AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD IN A MEANINGFUL WAY. WE ALL STILL HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EFFECTS THAT THIS PROPOSED ANNEXATION WILL HAVE ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND ON THE ENVIRONMENT. IF WE ARE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE LAND TODAY. IF WE ARE NOT GOOD STEWARDS OF THE LAND TODAY, WHAT DOES THAT LEAVE FOR THE GENERATIONS TO COME? NOW, I HAVE HEARD THAT SOME OF THE LAND WITHIN THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION IS LAND IS IN LAND CONSERVATION OR PART OF THE CONSERVATION RESERVE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM. SO I STRUGGLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT CAN BE FINE FOR A DEVELOPER TO ASK FOR THE REMOVAL OF A CONSERVATION EASEMENT THAT IS IN PLACE TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY, ENHANCE EROSION CONTROL, AND PROVIDE WILDLIFE HABITAT. NO NUMBER OF PARKS, WALKING TRAILS, OR ARTIFICIALLY DESIGNED GREEN SPACES CAN POSSIBLY REPLACE THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, SO TAKING A PAUSE TO BRING CITIZENS TOGETHER TO EXCHANGE THOUGHTS AND IDEAS 
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IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT, SINCE IT ALSO ALLOWS THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE ADDITIONAL TIME TO COMPLETE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT VISION PLAN FOR THE FUTURE OF MARYSVILLE. AND AS I CONCLUDE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONSIDER THESE THINGS ESPECIALLY. SINCE THE COMMUNITY SEEMS TO PARDON ME, IF I MAY, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE REGULATIONS IN PLACE TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS, RESIDENTS AND RESOURCES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY BEFORE HASTILY ANNEXING MORE AND MORE AT THE BEHEST OF AN OUTSIDE DEVELOPER WHO HAS NO VESTED INTEREST IN THE OUTCOME. BUT WE AS RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO LIVE HERE WITH THE CONSEQUENCES. THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR PERMITTING ME TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. MY NAME IS RON MILLER. I LIVE AT 13862 WATKINS ROAD. I AM A 71 YEAR MEMBER OF THE GREAT RULE WATKINS ROAD NEIGHBORHOOD. I CONSIDER MYSELF A MEMBER OF MARYSVILLE COMMUNITY AS A GRADUATE, A LONG TIME ACTIVE COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT STARTED SCHOOL IN NEW DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN 1954. PROBABLY ONE OF THE OLDEST OLD TIMERS STILL ACTIVELY WORKING AND MAINTAINING A TEN ACRE PROPERTY. AFTER 53 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT MY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. WE ARE RESPECTFULLY ASKING OUR NEIGHBORS WHO WERE ELECTED IN TO CITY COUNCIL TO PAUSE OR STOP THIS ONE BE ANNEXATION OFFERED TO HOST TOWN MEETINGS AND PROVIDE MORE TIME FOR DISCUSSIONS BEFORE THE FINAL ANNEXATION VOTE IS MADE. WE HAVE A SIMPLE DESIRE TO PROTECT OUR HOMES AND LIFESTYLE IN A RURAL RESIDENTIAL SETTING WITH FRESH AIR AND CLEAN, ABUNDANT WATER. 
          OUR HOMES ARE THE LARGEST INVESTMENTS OF OUR LIFETIME. WE EXPECT WE EXPECTED MARYSVILLE TO GROW IN OUR DIRECTION. THE GROWTH WE EXPECTED WAS RESIDENTIAL, ADDING MORE FRIENDLY FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORS ALONG WATKINS ROAD. WE. WE EXPECT A POTENTIAL WE EXPECTED A POTENTIAL. I'M SORRY. WE EXPECTED A POTENTIAL FOR LESS OPEN SPACE AND A LOSS OF FARM GROUND TO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS WITH HOMES, PARKS, SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY BUSINESSES OWNED AND OPERATED BY OUR FRIENDS AND UNION COUNTY NEIGHBORS. WE KNEW THERE WAS A POTENTIAL FOR ANNEXATION INTO THE CITY IN THE NEXT 20 TO 30 YEARS. NEVER THIS SOON. THE ONE BE. ANNEXATION IS NOT WHAT WE EXPECTED. BASED ON THE HISTORY OF THE AREA AND THE 2018 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IN 2018, THE CITY LEADERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS PARTICIPATED, PARTICIPATING IN THE COMP PLAN EXPECTED WATKINS ROAD ZONED AS AGRICULTURAL, NOT INDUSTRIAL. NO ANNEXATION WAS PLANNED OR INCLUDED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WHAT? WHAT IS THE RUSH? PLEASE VOTE TO STOP OR TABLE THE ANNEXATION AND ZONING FOR THE WATKINS ROAD ONE ANNEXATION. WE CAN'T GO BACK. ONCE THIS IS FINALIZED, MORE TIME IS NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BEST PLAN MOVES FORWARD. I LIVE ADJACENT TO THE ANNEXATION. MY AIR AND WATER MAY BE IMPACTED. I LIVE IN MY DREAM HOME ON A TEN ACRE PARK LIKE SETTING. SOUNDS PERFECT, EXCEPT I LIVE WITHIN 24 HOUR NOISE WITH 24 HOUR NOISE NUISANCE FROM THE BUXTON SEWER PLANT TREATMENT PLANT. THE 
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INCREASED NOISE AND DISTRACTION CANNOT BE IGNORED DUE TO THE HIGH DECIBEL LEVEL 24 HOURS A DAY WITH THE NEW INDUSTRIAL AREA ADDED. WILL THE NEW INDUSTRIAL AREA ADD TO THE NOISE NUISANCE I MUST ENDURE? PLEASE TAKE TIME TO PROTECT THE WATKINS ROAD NEIGHBORHOOD IN MY LIFE I HAVE STEPPED UP. HONORABLY TO SERVE MY COMMUNITY. I AM A NAVY VETERAN WHO SUPPORTED THE VA W AIR WING ON THE USS ENTERPRISE AIRCRAFT CARRIER DURING VIETNAM FROM 1980 TO 2008, I SERVED AS THE DOVER TOWNSHIP ZONING BOARD CHAIRMAN, A POSITION MY FATHER HELD PRIOR TO ME FROM 2008 TO 2015. I WAS ELECTED TO REPRESENT MY NEIGHBORS AS A DOVER TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE. I OWNED AND OPERATED A MARYSVILLE BUSINESS FOR OVER 26 YEARS. I VALUE MY COMMUNITY AND I HAVE TAKEN MY TURN TO SERVE THIS GREAT COUNTRY, NEW DOVER TOWNSHIP. DOVER TOWNSHIP AND MY NEIGHBORS AS A MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL, YOU WERE HONORABLY SERVING YOUR COMMUNITY AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL. 
          PLEASE SHOW YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBORS. PLEASE SLOW DOWN AND DON'T RUSH THE ONE B ANNEXATION. 
          I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO PAUSE OR STOP THE ONEBE ANNEXATION. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          IS THERE ANY OKAY. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. THAT'S OKAY. HI, I'M MARIANNE HAYNES. MARYSVILLE IS MY HOMETOWN. JOLLY ROAD IS WHERE I LIVE. I MIGHT JUST GO AHEAD AND REITERATE WHAT AMBER SAID BY READING WHAT I WROTE EARLIER. BY ANNEXING THE NORTH SIDE OF WATKINS ROAD. THAT IS, ADDING ANOTHER PARCEL TO THE SAME PROJECT BY THE SAME DEVELOPER. THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME UNDERHANDEDNESS GOING ON, SINCE THIS SAME DEVELOPER ALREADY HAS ACREAGE OF WATKINS SOUTH AND THE ACREAGE BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL AND WEAVER ROAD CALLED MARYSVILLE SOUTH PROJECT, WHICH TOTALS WAY MORE THAN 500 ACRES, WHICH IS THE AMOUNT ALLOWED TO BE ANNEXED AT A TIME. JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING THIS IN STAGES DOESN'T MAKE IT RIGHT, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT IS ALL UNDER ONE DEVELOPER AND ONE PROJECT. I BELIEVE THIS ANNEXATION IS NOT NECESSARY, BUT I WON'T BEGRUDGE THE LANDOWNERS WHO WANT TO SELL. HOWEVER, I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD SLOW THIS PROCESS DOWN UNTIL THE PUBLIC HAS A CHANCE TO KNOW ALL ABOUT THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT WHICH HAS CHANGED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION IT WAS GOING TO BE RESIDENTIAL AND WHAM NO, I ASKED FOR TOWN HALL MEETINGS TO BE HELD WITH THE PURPOSE OF INFORMING THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY, THE TOWNSHIPS INVOLVED AND ALL WHO WILL BE AFFECTED. WE ALL DESERVE TO HAVE OUR CONCERNS ADDRESSED TO KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE OUR BEST INTERESTS BEFORE YOU COMMIT TO SOMETHING THAT WILL CHANGE THE FACE OF MARYSVILLE FOREVER. THE DEVELOPERS WILL DO WHAT THEY WANT AND THEN LEAVE AND WE WILL BE STUCK WITH IT. THEY DON'T LIVE HERE. WE DO. I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT CONCERNING THE ACREAGE NEXT TO JOLLY ROAD THAT'S IN CONSERVATION, I PROPOSE THAT IT REMAINS IN CONSTIPATION AND THAT THE MAYBE THE CITY CONSIDERS CREATING A METRO PARK FROM THAT AREA. I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT IT APPEARS THAT TO ME, THAT TERRY EMERY MAY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN THIS DEVELOPMENT, SINCE HE IS THE CHAIRPERSON FOR THE BETA DISTRICT, WHICH IS VERY MUCH WHAT THE INNOVATION PARK IS ALL ABOUT. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE TOPIC? MR. BURKE, I JUST MAKE A COMMENT. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THESE ARE ALL VERY, VERY PERTINENT COMMENTS AND I APPRECIATE THEM. 
          SO PLEASE. YEAH, THIS IS THIS IS THE ANNEXATION TOPIC. SO IF YOUR COMMENTS INVOLVE LAND USE, HOW THE LAND IS GOING TO BE USED. IT'S BETTER THAT YOU WAIT TILL THE NEXT ORDINANCE TO SPEAK ON THAT. OKAY. WE NEED TO KIND OF DISTINGUISH THE INVITATION FROM THE ACTUAL LAND USE AND ZONING 
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ISSUES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. OSLEAR. I HAVE MY PREPARED COMMENTS AND I'M SORRY IF IT MIXES ZONING AND ANNEXATION. IT WASN'T DONE INTENTIONALLY. HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE ABLE TO REMEMBER MY COMMENTS WHEN THE NEXT ORDINANCE IS DISCUSSED BEFORE MY OFFICIAL COMMENTS. THOUGH I DO WISH TO COMPLIMENT AND ACKNOWLEDGE MR. HUNTER'S RECOGNITION OF THE ABSENCE OR PRESENCE OF PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND THAT REFLECTS IF THE PROPOSED PLAN FITS THE COMMUNITY. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TIME TO SPEAK. 
          MY NAME IS KRISTA MILLER. I LIVE AT 971 CATALPA COURT, MARYSVILLE. THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART. THE MAN WHO SPOKE JUST A FEW PEOPLE AGO. THAT'S MY DAD. LIKE HIM, I HAVE A LONG HISTORY LIVING IN THE WATKINS ROAD NEIGHBORHOOD. HIS PROPERTY WHERE I GREW UP IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES TO BE, DUE TO THE BEAUTY OF THE RURAL SURROUNDINGS, WITH OPEN SPACES AND FRESH AIR. 17 YEARS AGO, WHEN I PURCHASED MY HOME, I EMBRACED CITY LIFE AND DEVELOPED AN INTEREST IN GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS AND ACTIONS. FOR A LONG TIME, I ATTENDED CITY COUNCIL AND TOWNSHIP MEETINGS, AND ONE WAS WHEN THE INVOCATION WAS INSTITUTED INTO YOUR PROGRAM. I PRESENTED ON THAT AND DID A LOT OF RESEARCH FOR THAT, SO IT DID MY HEART GOOD TO HEAR THAT. 
          STILL TODAY, LET ME GET BACK TO WHERE I WAS DURING THE TIME THAT I WAS ATTENDING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, I WAS APPOINTED AND SERVED THREE YEARS AS THE COMMISSIONER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE MARYSVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE UNTIL I CHOSE. BETWEEN THROWING MY HAT INTO THE RING FOR CITY COUNCIL OR TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE. WELL, TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT RENT ONE OUT TO CONTINUE MY FAMILY'S TRADITION AS YOU HAVE FOLLOWED YOUR LIFE PATH AND DESIRE TO SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY, I HONORABLY SERVED AS TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE FROM 2012 TO 2015. THE WONBY ANNEXATION CAME TO MY ATTENTION ABOUT A WEEK AGO. I AM HERE TO SUPPORT MY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. WE ARE RESPECTFULLY ASKING OUR NEIGHBORS YOU THAT WHO WERE ELECTED TO CITY COUNCIL TO PAUSE AND STOP THE ONE BE ANNEXATION, AND THAT TOWN HALL MEETINGS ARE OFFERED TO PROVIDE MORE TIME FOR DISCUSSIONS BEFORE FINAL AND VOTE IS MADE. ONE OF MY FAVORITE QUOTES APPLIES HERE. IT'S FROM JURASSIC PARK. IT GOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS. THEY WERE SO PREOCCUPIED WITH WHETHER OR NOT THEY COULD, THEY DIDN'T THINK IF THEY SHOULD. LET'S STOP AND THINK IF WE SHOULD COMPLETE ANNEXATION ONE BE NOT IF WE CAN. UPON REVIEWING THE ACTIVE 2018 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THERE WAS NO MENTION THAT THE NORTH SIDE OF WATKINS ROAD WOULD OR SHOULD BE ANNEXED FOR INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES. AFTER ALL THE TIME PUBLIC DOLLARS SPENT, DEDICATION TO GATHERING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE OF WHAT WAS BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY. THERE WAS NO MENTION OF 600 ACRES FROM BUXTON MEADOWS ANNEXATION AND ABOUT 300 ACRES OF AGRICULTURAL LAND FOR ANNEXATION, ONE BE BECOMING INDUSTRIAL, WITH OVERSIZE BOX BUILDINGS IN THE WATKINS ROAD AREA. INNOVATION PARK WAS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, 250 ACRES SET ASIDE FOR INNOVATIVE INDUSTRIES. NEARLY TEN YEARS LATER, I'VE HEARD THAT THERE ARE STILL OPEN SPACES IN INNOVATION PARK. I ASK YOU, DOES MARYSVILLE REALLY NEED 800 ACRES DEDICATED TO INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES? I ASK, SHOULD THE ANNEXATION BE COMPLETED? THAT WILL BE EQUAL TO THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF INNOVATION PARK. IS IT BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR THE ACRES NORTH OF WATKINS ROAD TO BE FOREVER CHANGED? I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO PAUSE OR STOP THE ANNEXATION AND ZONING FOR THE WATKINS ROAD ONE ANNEXATION. WE CAN'T GO BACK ONCE IT'S FINALIZED. PLEASE ASK YOURSELF BEFORE YOU VOTE. SHOULD WE? ISN'T BUXTON MEADOWS ENOUGH FOR NOW? MAYBE THE LAND NORTH OF WATKINS ROAD WOULD BE BETTER SERVED WITH OTHER LAND USES RELATED TO RESIDENTIAL AMENITIES. LET'S NOT REGRET THAT WE WERE SO BUSY THINKING, IF WE COULD, THAT WE DIDN'T THINK IF 
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WE SHOULD, SO THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE TOPIC? THERE'S A BIG SIGN, I MEAN. CHRISTINE CLARK, 5152 SECOND STREET HERE IN MARYSVILLE. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. THE FIRST BEING WHY DO WE NEED TO ANNEX? WE DON'T REALLY NEED TO DEVELOP ANY MORE IN MARYSVILLE. WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN AND TAKE A BREATH. WE NEED TO GIVE OUR SCHOOLS TIME TO CATCH UP. WE NEED TO GIVE OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND OUR SOCIAL SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES TIME TO CATCH UP. WE NEED TO GIVE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS TIME TO TAKE A BREATH AND CATCH UP. WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN ANNEXING AREAS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE RESIDENTS DON'T WANT TO BE ANNEXED. THEY DON'T WANT TO BE A PART OF OUR CITY. THEY DON'T WANT THE TAXES THAT COME ALONG WITH IT. IT'S NO DIFFERENT IN MY EYES THAN RUSSIA TAKING CRIMEA WHERE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE, OR INVADING UKRAINE. WE JUST KEEP INVADING AND THEY DON'T WANT US THERE. AT LEAST HAVE TOWN HALL MEETINGS TO WHERE THEY CAN GET THEIR VOICES HEARD, AND GET A MAJORITY OPINION ON WHETHER THEY WANT TO BE PART OF THE CITY OR NOT BE PART OF THE CITY. MR. PRESIDENT, I ARE YOU AWARE THAT THIS ANNEXATION WAS NOT INITIATED BY THE CITY? IT WAS A PROPERTY OWNER THAT ASKED TO BE ANNEXED. THESE PROPERTY OWNERS DID NOT ASK, OKAY. WE'RE NOT ADJACENT TO US, OKAY? BUT STILL, YOU NEED TO ASK THE PEOPLE AROUND THERE WHO ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY IT. AND THE BIGGEST QUESTION I HAVE IS HOW ARE WE GOING TO BENEFIT? HOW ARE RESIDENTS OF MARYSVILLE GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THE ANNEXATION AND FROM THE DEVELOPMENT THEREOF? THEY'RE NOT BRINGING IN LOW INCOME HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THERE THAT WE DON'T NEED THE JOBS THAT ARE BROUGHT IN. WE DON'T NEED THE POLLUTION, THE POLLUTION. WE DON'T NEED THE NOISE. WE DON'T NEED THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION THAT OUR CITY IS ALREADY BURDENED WITH. I HOPE THAT YOU JUST TABLE THIS FOR A LITTLE BIT AND GO TALK TO THE RESIDENTS AND ASK THEM, BECAUSE I HAVE YET AND I HAVE TALKED TO DOZENS OF PEOPLE. NOBODY WANTS MORE ANNEXATION OR DEVELOPMENT FOR A LITTLE WHILE. 
          THEY JUST WANT THINGS TO SLOW DOWN. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY, OKAY. HEARING NONE. COUNCIL. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR THIRD READING AND VOTE ON JUNE 23RD, 2025. NOW, IN SAYING THAT BASED ON THE QUESTIONS THAT IN THE STATEMENTS THAT WERE HEARD TONIGHT, THERE'S ENOUGH PEOPLE IN THE ROOM THAT THERE THERE WILL BE DIALOG BETWEEN COUNCIL, THE DEVELOPER AND ADMINISTRATION AND PROBABLY RESIDENTS AS WELL. SO YOU KNOW THAT EVERYBODY WHO IS IN WHO MAKES THESE DECISIONS ARE IN THE ROOM WITH YOU. SO I'M JUST LETTING YOU ALL KNOW THAT JUST BECAUSE, LIKE WHEN I WAS A RESIDENT BEFORE I EVER RAN FOR COUNCIL, TO YOUR STATEMENT, YOU SAID NO ONE, NO ONE, NO ONE READ YOUR LETTER OR WHATEVER. YOU KNOW, AS A RESIDENT, I UNDERSTAND SOMETIMES IT FEELS THAT WHEN YOU SEND A LETTER IN, IT FALLS ON DEAF EARS. BECAUSE I WAS I WAS A RESIDENT. WE ALL WERE RESIDENTS AT ONE TIME. I WAS A RESIDENT BEFORE I RAN FOR COUNCIL, BUT JUST BECAUSE A LETTER IS NOT STATED ON PUBLIC RECORD DOES NOT MEAN IT WAS NOT READ. THAT'S THE DUE DILIGENCE OF YOUR REP, OF YOUR 
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REPRESENTATIVE. SO WE DO READ. THERE IS DISCUSSIONS AND SOMETIMES IT FEELS WHEN YOU'RE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THINGS YOU IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S A, THERE'S THIS WALL AND WE DON'T WE DON'T HEAR EVERYONE'S LETTER. THAT'S NOT TRUE. WE DO READ THEM. WE DO HEAR THEM. SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW YOUR LETTER DID NOT FALL ON DEAF EARS. AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU SOMEWHAT A SENSE OF PEACE THAT YOUR LETTER WAS, WAS HEARD. AND WE ALL DID DID READ YOUR LETTER, MR. PRESIDENT? I WAS. 
          CAN I MAKE A COMMENT? SORRY, I WAS GOING TO SPEAK. I THOUGHT PERHAPS I SHOULD HOLD COMMENTS TO THE NEXT ORDINANCE, BUT I'LL TRY AND KEEP THIS SPECIFIC TO ANNEXATION. I THINK SOME OF THE POINTS THAT WERE MENTIONED AND JUST FOR POINTS OF CLARIFICATION. SO THE ANNEXATION PROCESS, I GUESS I WOULD SAY, GENERALLY SPEAKING, IS A PROPERTY OWNER WHO BASICALLY SEEKS TO HAVE THEIR LAND BROUGHT INTO CITY CORPORATION LIMITS. AND THEN WE AS A CITY ASSESS, CAN WE SERVICE THAT LAND? I THINK OUR CITY MANAGER HAD COMMENTED, YES, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SERVICE THAT LAND. SO THAT ALSO COMES WITH CAN WE, CAN WE POLICE THAT AREA? CAN WE PROVIDE EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES. SO ANNEXATION IS A PROCESS. IT'S A LEGAL PROCESS. 
          AND YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT PRESSING OUR THUMB ON A PROPERTY OWNER SAYING, YOU KNOW, THAT MUST BE PART OF OUR CITY. IT IS THE PROPERTY OWNER INITIATING THE ANNEXATION. AND I GUESS FOR THE RECORD, TOO, I AM MORE THAN WILLING TO TALK TO PEOPLE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE DEVELOPER, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, HAS DISCUSSED ANNEXATION, HAS DISCUSSED ZONING. THE DEVELOPER WHO WOULD BE WORKING WITH THAT LANDOWNER. I AM MORE THAN WILLING TO HEAR COMMENTS, AND I THINK FROM YOUR STATEMENTS YOU ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO HEAR COMMENTS. WE'RE WILLING AND THAT ALL IS PART OF THE DECISION PROCESS. YOU KNOW, I WHEN CONSIDERING ANNEXATION, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THERE CAN BE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES IN CERTAIN CASES WHERE IF CERTAIN AREAS OF LAND AREN'T ANNEXED. BUT THAT IS ALL OF WHAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DECIDE ON AND TAKE ALL MATTERS INTO CONSIDERATION FOR EVERY ANNEXATION THAT WOULD COME BEFORE US. SO AND I DIDN'T RUN ON NO GROWTH. I DIDN'T RUN ON YES GROWTH. I RAN ON. WE NEED TO BE RESPONSIBLE IN HOW WE DO THAT. SO I LOOK AT EVERYONE CASE BY CASE. I BELIEVE OTHERS ON THIS COUNCIL DO AS WELL. AND FOR THE RECORD, WE ARE ALL STILL RESIDENTS. WE JUST ARE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN EITHER WARDS OR WE REPRESENT THE CITY AT LARGE. 
          WE'RE STILL RESIDENTS TO WE HAVE TO BE TO GET VOTED ON THIS. SO YEAH, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO ORDINANCE H. SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING TO APPROVE 
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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 ADMINISTRATION. NOTHING FURTHER. CITIZENS, IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT HASN'T ALREADY SPOKEN THAT WANTS TO SPEAK, YOU CAN GO FIRST. AND THIS IS BASED ON THE ZONING. 
          LYNN MILLER 16138 JOLLY ROAD, MARYSVILLE. MY PROPERTY IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPACTED PARCELS FOR THIS ANNEXATION, AS I HAVE 600FT OF FRONTAGE ADJACENT TO SO. A GROUP OF NEIGHBORS AND I MET WITH NACO LAST THURSDAY TO DISCUSS CONCERNS WE HAD FOR THIS POTENTIAL INDUSTRIAL PARK, AND A FEW BULLET POINTS. WE WERE ASKING FOR AN INCREASE TO 400FT OF SETBACK FROM AN EXISTING HOME VERSUS 100 WHICH THEY WERE OFFERING. BUXTON MEADOWS RECEIVED 400FT FROM THE PROPERTY LINE. SO THIS COULD EASILY PUT A 70 FOOT BUILDING 130FT FROM MY HOUSE, FROM MY KITCHEN WINDOW. 
          HEIGHT LIMITATIONS OF 40 TO 50FT NEXT TO ANY EXISTING HOME. AND THEIR OFFER IS 70FT. 
          RESTRICTIONS ON THE TYPE OF INDUSTRY THAT CAN BE PLACED NEXT TO ANY EXISTING HOME. WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE'S ANY REGULATION ON THAT OR WHO WHO WILL REGULATE IT. WE WOULD. I WOULD NOT WANT HAZARDOUS WASTE. I WOULDN'T WANT MEDICAL WASTE. I WOULDN'T WANT RECYCLING, WOULDN'T WANT DATA CENTER. OTHER CONCERNS WE DISCUSSED, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE ABILITY FOR 
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AOS TO SUPPLY ELECTRICITY AND ANY FUTURE COST INCREASES THAT WOULD BE INCURRED. THE EFFECT ON THE AQUIFER. SINCE WE'RE ALL IN WELL WATER, THAT COULD REALLY IMPACT US. THE IMPACT ON PROPERTY VALUES. I CAN'T IMAGINE A 70 FOOT TALL WAREHOUSE NEXT TO ME NOT NOT HAVING SOME IMPACT ON THAT NOISE. LIGHT POLLUTION. SORT OF. AS A SIDEBAR, MAYBE NOT RELATED TO THIS ZONING, POSSIBLY IN THE FUTURE. THE SCOTTS PROPERTY THAT JUST WENT UP FOR SALE ON 33, THAT JOINS THIS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD. SO NACO'S OFFERED US TEN FOOT MOUNDING AND AN ASPHALT WALKING TRAIL, TEN FOOT MOUNDING IN A CONSERVATORY. OUR NATURE CONSERVANCY THAT IS ALREADY ON SLOPES ON BOTH SIDES. AND I WONDER WHAT THE IMPACT OF RUNOFF WATER IS THEN. I'M IN A FLOOD ZONE, PARTIAL PART OF MY PROPERTY. AMBER, YOUR FARM AND THE WATER FLOODS JOLLY ROAD AS IT IS NOW. SO IF YOU PUT AN ANYWHERE FROM A SEVEN TO A TEN FOOT MOUND ON THERE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT DOES. OR IF ANYBODY'S RESEARCHED THAT IN MY HEAD, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING. ASPHALT TRAIL. BIKE PATH. AND I KNOW THEY WANT TO CONNECT THAT THROUGH THE OLD RAILROAD, AND THAT'S ALL WELL AND GOOD. THAT'S ALSO IN A FLOOD ZONE. I CAN'T IMAGINE ASPHALT REACTS WELL TO FLOODING, FREEZING AND THAWING FOR SEASONALLY EVERY YEAR. AND. 
          THEN WHO MAINTAINS THAT? WHO MAINTAINS THE MOUND? WHO MAINTAINS THE TRAIL? AFTER THE DEVELOPERS LEAVE? THAT'S NOT BEEN ANSWERED. SO WE HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM NACO IN ANY OF OUR CONCERNS. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING THAT THIS VOTE BE POSTPONED BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANSWERS TO ANY OF THESE QUESTIONS. THE PARCEL LAND HAS BEEN IN A NATURE CONSERVANCY FOR YEARS, AND TO ZONED INDUSTRIAL NOW SEEMS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. I HOPE CITY COUNCIL WILL PAUSE THE VOTE SO WE CAN HAVE OPEN DISCUSSIONS TO ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS AND ALLOW MARYSVILLE TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS AND THE COUNTY TO HAVE OUR IDEAS AND CONCERNS HEARD AND QUESTIONS ANSWERED. DEVELOPERS COME AND GO. UNION COUNTY RESIDENTS STAY FOR YEARS AND DESERVE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS THAT MAKE DECISIONS THAT BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT HAS NOT SPOKEN YET THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY. HEARING NONE. IS THERE ANYBODY WHO HAS ALREADY SPOKEN THAT WANTS TO SPEAK ON DIFFERENT ITEMS AND WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED? OKAY. GO AHEAD AGAIN. AMBER DARST HOMETOWN IS MARYSVILLE, OHIO. YOU KNOW, JUST WELL, LET'S SEE, ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF AGO, WE ALL STOOD UP AND TOOK A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE THAT INCLUDED PLEDGING OUR ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. WE'RE IN A REPUBLIC WHICH IS GOVERNED BY THE CITIZENS. DURING THIS WHOLE PROCESS, I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HAVE BOTHERED ME THE MOST ABOUT THIS ZONING. THE FIRST ONE IS THAT BY HAVING THESE ANNEXATION AND ZONING MEETINGS PAIRED TOGETHER LIKE THIS, IT SHOWS THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU ALREADY ARE GOING TO VOTE YES ON THIS ANNEXATION BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ZONING AN AREA THAT IS NOT ANNEXED INTO THE CITY. THAT'S NOT YOUR LAND. YOU HAVE NO JURISDICTION THERE AND YOU'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT IT. SO AND I GET WHY I UNDERSTAND WHY I UNDERSTAND THE REASONS WHY. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S BEEN DONE FOR YEARS, BUT THAT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE THIS. THIS SHOULDN'T BE THE WAY THINGS WORK. IT SHOULD BE THE ANNEXATION FIRST AND THEN THE ZONING PROCESS. DON'T PAIR THEM TOGETHER ANYMORE. PLEASE. THE SECOND THING IS THAT AS RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY AND I KNOW THAT YOU DON'T REPRESENT ME BECAUSE I DID NOT ELECT YOU, BUT MY TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, I DID 
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ELECT THEM. WE AS RESIDENTS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO MEET WITH THE DEVELOPERS BY OURSELVES TO MAKE THESE DEALS. IF THE COUNTY OFFICIALS, THE CITY OFFICIALS, THE TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS, HOWEVER THIS PLAYS OUT REALLY ARE REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE. THEY SHOULD BE SETTING THE GROUND RULES AHEAD OF TIME, WHICH I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING ON. YOUR DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THEY SHOULD BE SETTING THE RULES AHEAD OF TIME. SO THAT WAY WHEN THE DEVELOPERS COME IN AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO, YOU CAN SAY THESE ARE THE RULES. YOU HAVE TO ABIDE BY THOSE. THIS CONVERSATION WOULD NOT NEED TO HAPPEN IF THAT'S THE WAY THINGS WORKED. PLEASE PRESS PAUSE. PLEASE PRESS PAUSE UNTIL WE HAVE MORE TIME. MORE TIME TO WORK WITH THEM. TALK WITH YOU. TALK TO OUR TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. THIS PROJECT IS SO MUCH BEYOND THIS 300 ACRE PARCEL. IT'S SO FAR BEYOND THAT THERE HAS TO BE A BROADER COMMUNITY DISCUSSION. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO, TWO AND A HALF, MAYBE EVEN THREE SQUARE MILES OF LAND THAT'S ANNEXED INTO THE CITY. THAT'S ABOUT 15%, 15% OF WHAT THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE CURRENTLY HAS AS LAND MASS. AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ALL KNOW THIS. YOU GOT MY LETTER IN THE IN EMAIL LAST NIGHT, BUT WE JUST WANT YOU TO PRESS PAUSE. THE COMMUNITY REALLY NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS. THEY REALLY HAVE TO HAVE A SAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO THEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. AND I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING TO ME TONIGHT. MR. MR. PRESIDENT, IF I MAY JUST I KNOW THIS ISN'T TYPICALLY A BACK AND FORTH, BUT I JUST WANT TO REASSURE YOU, THE STORIES THAT WE HEAR YOU. AND JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T VOTE FOR ME OR THE REST OF THIS BODY, DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DON'T REPRESENT YOU. YOU'RE A NEIGHBOR. AND I THINK WE'VE BEEN CLEAR FROM THE VERY GET GO WITH OUR NACO. DEVELOPERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE CLOSELY ENGAGED WITH THE RESIDENTS. 
          THAT'S PART OF WHAT THIS COUNCIL HAS PUSHED FOR. AND IF YOU MAYBE REFLECT ON THE ANNEXATION ZONING NUMBER ONE, TWO, SORRY, IT WAS PHASE TWO. I AND I BELIEVE MR. HUNTER AND MULTIPLE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WAS OUT WITH MAYBE 30 OR 40 OF THE BUXTON MEADOWS RESIDENTS. IT WAS A GOOD DAY TO BE A DUCK. I WAS OUT IN MY DUCK BOOTS, WALKING THROUGH THE MUD WITH A BUNCH OF OTHER FOLKS LOOKING THROUGH THE AREA. BECAUSE WE CARE. WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY'S PERSPECTIVE AND SIMILARLY TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING TONIGHT, BECAUSE OF THE COMMITMENT THAT WE AS COUNCIL AND HONESTLY, NEW ALBANY COMPANY AS THE DEVELOPER, HAVE TO THE BETTER OF THE BROADER MARYSVILLE. WHEN WE WENT TO VOTE FOR THAT PARTICULAR ANNEXATION, ANNEXATION ZONING, NOBODY CAME BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO GET CONSENSUS BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS AND THE DEVELOPER MET IN THE MIDDLE, AND EVERYTHING WENT FORWARD VERY SMOOTHLY. AND I FULLY EXPECT THE SAME OUTCOME WITH THIS. SO. SO PLEASE DON'T FEEL LIKE I DON'T I DIDN'T I DON'T VOTE FOR YOU. I DON'T MATTER BECAUSE YOU DO MATTER. I KNOW IT'S OKAY. AND JUST FOR RESIDENTS KNOW YOU'RE THERE PHYSICALLY BECAUSE OF SUNSHINE LAWS, WE CANNOT MEET COLLECTIVELY AS A GROUP WITH YOU. SO YOU CAN'T HAVE ALL OF US MEET BECAUSE THAT'S A PUBLIC MEETING. SO THAT'S WHY IF LIKE, LET'S SAY COUNCILMAN BURKE, ZACH WENT OR SCOTT WENT OR WHOEVER GOES, THEY GO BECAUSE IT'S SAFER TO HAVE 1 OR 2 PEOPLE GO. SO WE DON'T VIOLATE SUNSHINE LAWS. AND THAT'S SO COUNCIL WILL TAG TEAM AND SAY, WELL, YOU GUYS GO. AND THEN THEY REPORT TO CLERK OF COUNCIL AND THEN CLERK OF COUNCIL WILL THEN TELL US, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T EVEN COMMUNICATE WITH US BECAUSE THEN THEY'RE VIOLATING SUNSHINE LAWS. SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH, WITH EACH OTHER. SO I KNOW RESIDENTS WILL SOMETIMES SAY THERE'S BACK DOOR MEETINGS GOING ON. WELL, LEGALLY WE CAN'T DO THAT. THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T. SO INFORMATION WILL GO THROUGH MCKINSEY. AND I THINK WHAT HAPPENS IS THE INFORMATION GOES TO THE ADMINISTRATION. OKAY. IF YOU GUYS MEET WITH THE CITIZENS FIRST GIVE US PERMISSION KENZIE AND THEN SHE GIVES IT TO THE REST OF COUNCIL. THAT'S A VIOLATION OF SUNSHINE. SO WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S NOT 
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HAPPENING. I THINK YOU GUYS, MY EXPERIENCE IS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL WILL MEET WITH, WITH WHATEVER IT MAY BE, WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING ELSE AND TYPICALLY GET WITH WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, AND THEN THEY'LL ACT ACCORDINGLY BASED ON WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER THAT THAT YOU KNOW, WE THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO CAUTION YOU OF YOU KNOW WHAT'S COMING. YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T BE A CONDUIT TO TRANSFER INFORMATION. WELL, I'M NOT SAYING I'M JUST SAYING IN GENERAL. OKAY. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ORDINANCE H. OKAY. GO AHEAD. 
          MARY ANN HAYNES, JOLLY ROAD. PRIOR RESIDENT OF MARYSVILLE, BORN AND RAISED HERE. I CONSIDER THIS AS MY HOMETOWN. AND POINT A POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS THAT WE DIDN'T SHOW UP FOR THE BUXTON MEADOWS SIDE OF THINGS BECAUSE WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND NOT SWITCHED TO INDUSTRIAL. SO, YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T ALL THAT CONCERNED ABOUT RESIDENTS COMING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT THIS IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT THING. AND I FEEL LIKE A FAST ONE HAS BEEN PULLED ON US BY THE DEVELOPER SWITCHING FROM RESIDENTIAL TO INDUSTRIAL. THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER BALL GAME. MY MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS IS THAT THE CITY IS RELINQUISHING CONTROL OF THE ZONING REGULATIONS TO THE DEVELOPER. THERE NEEDS TO BE REGULATIONS IN PLACE THAT GOVERN THE WAY THE PROPOSED INDUSTRIES, LIKE DATA CENTERS AND OTHER MANUFACTURERS COMING, ARE BUILT IN REGARDS TO THEIR CO2 EMISSIONS, THEIR ENERGY, THEIR WATER CONSUMPTION. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE REGULATIONS IN PLACE FIRST, YOU WILL BE PUTTING OUR CITY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS AT RISK OF NOT HAVING ENOUGH WATER AND ENERGY. AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION CONCERNING THE AMOUNT OF WATER THE CITY WAS ALLOTTING TO THIS ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT AS ONLY 400,000 GALLONS OF WATER A DAY. AND THAT SHOULD RESTRICT WHAT INDUSTRIES ARE BUILT HERE. HOWEVER, WHAT WAS FAILED TO BE MENTIONED WAS THE FACT THAT THESE COMPANIES WOULD BE ALLOWED TO DRILL FOR WELLS FOR IRRIGATION. THEY WILL ALSO HAVE RETENTION PONDS AND WATER STORAGE TANKS. THAT WATER HAS TO COME FROM SOMEPLACE LIKE THE AQUIFERS. WHEN SCOTT'S DECIDED TO DRILL WELLS FOR IRRIGATION, THE WELLS OF THE SURROUNDING HOMES WENT DRY. I BELIEVE THE SAME THING HAPPENED WHEN FELLOWES BOULEVARD NEIGHBOR NEIGHBORHOOD WAS BUILT. WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR NEW WELLS TO BE DRILLED WHEN OUR WELLS GO DRY? WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR US TO HAVE BACKUP GENERATORS WHEN THERE ARE ROLLING BLACKOUTS CAUSED BY DATA CENTERS USING ALL THE POWER? THE FACT IS THAT A SINGLE DATA CENTER BUILDING USES BETWEEN 60 TO 90MW OF POWER AT PEAK DEMAND, WHICH IS MORE THAN 15,000 HOUSEHOLDS. AND YOU ALREADY HAVE APPROVED AN AMAZON DATA CENTER FOR INNOVATION PARK ON INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY DATA CENTERS WON'T EXPERIENCE THE BLACKOUTS BECAUSE THEY HAVE COMMERCIAL SIZED, DIESEL POWERED GENERATORS TO KEEP THINGS RUNNING 24 OVER SEVEN. IMAGINE THE SMELL YOU WILL BE EXPERIENCING FROM THOSE GENERATORS AND THE DANGEROUS AIR QUALITY, BECAUSE IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE A MILE OUT OF TOWN, IF THAT MUCH. SO I'M REQUESTING THAT DATA CENTERS BE REMOVED FROM THE PERMITTED LIST. THAT PERMITTED USE LIST. I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THE CITY WILL LOOK COMING IN FROM DUBLIN. WE SORT OF HAVE A MOTTO, MARYSVILLE, WHERE THE GRASS IS GREENER. I CAN'T VISUALIZE THAT STILL BEING A THING FOR MARYSVILLE, WITH MASSIVE BUILDINGS SURROUNDING THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO OUR TOWN, THERE IS STILL LAND AVAILABLE FOR INDUSTRIES ON INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY. I HAVE SEEN THE FOR SALE SIGNS AND AGAIN, I'M REQUESTING THAT THE COUNCIL PRESS PAUSE ON APPROVING THIS ZONING, AND I'M REQUESTING TOWN HALL MEETINGS TO BE HELD FOR PUBLIC INPUT. PLEASE DON'T TREAT THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY AS IF THEY DON'T COUNT. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? I HAVE ONE SIMPLE 
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THING. OKAY. JUST COME UP TO THE PODIUM. STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, DEAR. NANCY DAVIS, WINDSOR DRIVE. I KNOW WHEN I LIVED IN THE COUNTRY, IF THEY WANTED TO REZONE OUR PROPERTY THERE, I DIDN'T WANT THE COMMUNITY VOTING ON IT. I THOUGHT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY IT WERE THE ONLY ONES THAT SHOULD VOTE. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? OKAY. I HAVEN'T CHANGED MY LOCATION. 15 814 JOLLY ROAD, MARYSVILLE, OHIO. ALL I GOTTA SAY IS THAT ALL OF US HAVE GROWN UP IN MARYSVILLE. I LIVED AT 217 WEST SEVENTH STREET, 309 SOUTH MAPLE, AND THEN I WAS AT 548 LINDEN STREET IN MARYSVILLE. JUST SO YOU KNOW, I'VE SMELT INDUSTRY MY ENTIRE LIFE. WHEN LIVING IN MARYSVILLE, WE'RE CALLING ABOUT NESTLÉ'S. THAT'S RIGHT. THERE IN CITY LIMITS SMELT LIKE ROTTEN CHEESE TO I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, BUT IT WAS NASTY. WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING INDUSTRY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, EVERYONE WILL BE AFFECTED BY BY THE WINDS THAT COME ITS WAY. WE NEED TO BE CONSIDERATE. AS MY WIFE SAID, SHE WAS JUST UP HERE. WE TOOK A DRIVE DOWN INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY. I TOOK SEVERAL PICTURES. THE NEW SCOTS WAREHOUSE, WHAT AMOUNT? I'D LIKE TO SEE, THINGS LIKE THAT. IF YOU HAVE TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS, I THINK YOU'RE FINALLY GETTING THE POINT THAT THE PEOPLE ARE VERY CONCERNED. AND I THINK WHEN IT GOES TO A BROADER COMMUNITY, YOU'LL SEE LARGER COMMUNITY CONCERNED ABOUT THESE ISSUES. I WANT YOU TO CONSIDER INDUSTRY SHOULD BE A LAW THAT NO LONGER EXISTS IN MARYSVILLE. WHEN I'M TALKING IS SMOKESTACKS AND ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO DATA CENTER. HAVE ANY OF YOU EVER SEEN A SYSTEM THAT'S CALLED AN UP SYSTEM? THEY HAVE TO HAVE BATTERIES IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THE COMPUTERS UP UNTIL THE GENERATORS CAN TAKE OVER. WHEN THE GRID GOES DOWN, THE CONCERN ABOUT THE BROWNOUTS, THEY ARE FOR REAL. THEY DO HAPPEN. THERE ARE 28 CITIES RIGHT NOW THAT ARE SCREAMING BECAUSE THEY WISH THEY KNEW WHAT DATA CENTERS ACTUALLY DID, AND WHAT THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES THEY TAKE. WE NEED TO BE CONSIDERED TO ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T JUST AFFECT US, IT AFFECTS EVERYONE THAT USES THE AQUIFER AND THE ENERGY AROUND HERE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? HEARING NONE. I WANT TO THANK EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT WHO HAD THE COURAGE TONIGHT TO COME TO THIS MEETING AND COME TO SPEAK. AND IF IT WAS YOUR FIRST TIME OR MULTIPLE TIMES SPEAKING, YOU KNOW, JUST KNOW THAT WE LISTEN, WE HEAR YOU. AND LIKE I SAID, YOUR COMMENTS, THERE'S NOTES THERE WERE TAKEN AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THESE CONCERNS MOVING FORWARD. HOW'S YOUR MOM DOING BY THE WAY? GOOD OKAY. GOOD GOOD OKAY. SO THIS SO DOES COUNCIL. IS THERE ANYTHING FROM COUNCIL. GO AHEAD JULIE. OH I JUST HAVE A BRIEF COMMENT. I BELIEVE IT WAS MARY WHO MENTIONED PARTICIPATION IN A MEANINGFUL WAY, WANTING TO HAVE TOWN HALLS TO HAVE PARTICIPATION IN MEANINGFUL WAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY TO THAT ALL OF THIS IS MEANINGFUL. SO. PEOPLE WHO HAVE WRITTEN TO US, PEOPLE WHO SHOWED UP HERE TODAY, IT'S VERY OBVIOUS. YOUR LOVE OF OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR EACH OTHER. AND I THINK THAT IS THE TRUE ESSENCE OF MARYSVILLE. SO I'M NOT GOING TO WAIT TILL CLOSING STATEMENTS IN CASE SOME OF YOU AREN'T GOING TO STAY. BUT I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT ALL OF THIS IS MEANINGFUL. AND THE MORE WE CAN EXCHANGE AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE FACT BASED INFORMATION, SHARE WITH EACH OTHER, I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT TODAY AND SHARING WITH YOU. AND I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY TO STAND UP HERE AT TIMES, SO I APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. MR. REMES, I JUST WANT TO ADD, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THIS ALSO HAD A PUBLIC HEARING AND 
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CITIZEN PARTICIPATION WHEN IT FIRST WENT TO PLANNING COMMISSION, WHEN THEY REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED IT AND BEFORE THEY MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO US. SO I PLAN TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE CITIZEN COMMENTS FROM THAT MEETING AS WELL. I MEAN, THAT WAS WEEKS AGO WHEN THE WHEN THAT PROCESS STARTED. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONSIDER ALL OF THAT. THANK YOU. 
          MR. HUNTER. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING I KNOW YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP EARLIER. YEAH. OKAY. I'LL GO NEXT. YEAH. THANK YOU. SO I, I WASN'T SURE WHERE TO ASK THIS, BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT WATER, AND I THOUGHT PERHAPS THE ZONING ITEM WAS THE MOST APPROPRIATE ORDINANCE TO ASK THIS, BUT SO THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT THE DIGGING OF WELLS AND PERHAPS INDUSTRIAL SIZED WELLS AND TO, TO HELP WITH IRRIGATION. I CAN'T IMAGINE A DATA CENTER. WOULD YOU, WHEN WE'RE ALLOCATING LIKE THE 400,000 GALLONS OF WATER TO THIS, THAT THEY WOULD USE WELL WATER, BUT WHAT ARE WHAT WOULD A PROCESS EVER BE FOR A COMPANY TO DIG A WELL WHEN THEY'RE IN CITY LIMITS? CAN THAT JUST HAPPEN. AND WOULD WOULD WELL WATER BE USED FOR THESE TYPES OF SITES, GIVEN THAT WE'RE SUPPLYING THEM WITH WATER, I GUESS I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, SAY WITH 100% CERTAINTY. 
          BUT FOR THE MOST PART IN THE CITY, THERE ARE NO BUSINESSES THAT UTILIZE WELLS FOR IRRIGATION THAT I'M AWARE OF. I THEY HAVE TO GET A PERMIT. THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON, I GUESS YOU GET IN THE CITY IS SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE PUBLIC DRINKING WATER. OKAY. YEAH. I WASN'T SURE WHERE TO ASK THAT QUESTION. I WAS JUST THINKING WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WATER AND IT'S CITY WATER, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND I UNDERSTOOD THAT SOME OF THE DATA CENTER, SOME OF THE DIFFERENT USES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, I WOULD JUST ASSUME THEY WOULD BE USING, YOU KNOW, CITY WATER. THAT'S THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. ON ANY NEW PROJECT, THERE MAY BE SOME FROM MANY YEARS AGO THAT ARE ON THAT. BUT BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S HANDLED BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND NOT THE CITY. I JUST WANTED TO ALSO MENTION THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT KIND OF LETTING SCHOOLS CATCH UP. AND ONE ONE THING THAT DOES GET BROUGHT UP IN DISCUSSIONS IS WHAT TYPE OF ZONING IS ADVANTAGEOUS. SO I THINK WE AS COUNCIL ALWAYS HAVE TO WEIGH, YOU KNOW, ARE WE OVERDOING IT ON RESIDENTIAL ZONING AND WITH AN UNDERSTANDING THAT IT ACTUALLY IT'S GOING TO COST MONEY TO SERVICE RESIDENTS. SO WE HAVE TO PAY FOR MORE POLICE, MORE FIRE, MORE YOU NAME IT. WHEN YOU HAVE AN BUSINESSES COME IN, I'LL JUST SPEAK. GENERALLY, THAT IS REALLY WHERE YOU BRING IN REVENUE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT ZONING MAKES SENSE FROM A LAND USE MAP. WE LOOK AT IT FROM, I THINK, AN ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT AS WELL. AND THERE ARE ADVANTAGES TO, YOU KNOW, INCORPORATING AREAS THAT ARE ZONED FOR BUSINESS GROWTH AND KIND OF TO SPEAK ABOUT ALLOWING THE SCHOOLS TO CATCH UP. I MEAN, GROWTH OF BUSINESS IS A MECHANISM TO ALLOW, YOU KNOW, FUNDING OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS TO SUPPORT THEIR OPERATIONS. I WANTED TO I FAILED TO MENTION THERE'S A GENTLEMAN WHO WAS A NAVY VET. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. APPRECIATE THAT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION. I UNDERSTOOD THAT THE DEVELOPER HAD DISCUSSION WITH RESIDENTS. IF THERE'S A PLAN TO CONTINUE THIS, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT AT THIRD READING, SO THERE'S SOME MORE TIME. WHAT IS THE PLAN OF THE DEVELOPER TO CONTINUE THE DIALOG WITH THE RESIDENTS? MAYBE YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT NOW. OR IF YOU WANT TO WAIT UNTIL OTHERS HAVE ASKED THEIR QUESTIONS, I DON'T KNOW IT. IT'S UP TO YOU, SIR. IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT, YOU CAN. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DICK ROGGENKAMP. I'M THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF REAL ESTATE FOR THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY, 800 WALTON PARKWAY, NEW ALBANY, FOR 354. WE DID MEET WITH RESIDENTS LAST THURSDAY. WE HEARD MANY OF THE SAME COMMENTS THAT WERE THERE TONIGHT. WE HAVE SOME HOMEWORK TO DO AND WE EXPECT TO MEET WITH THEM AGAIN BEFORE THE FINAL VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MISS MY COMMENTS? YEAH. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY? DO YOU WANT TO SKIP AND COME BACK? YEAH OKAY. YOU WANT TO GO DOWN THE. YEAH I'LL GO. I'LL JUST REITERATE MR. HUNTER'S COMMENTS. AGAIN. IT GOES BACK TO THE SECOND ANNEXATION AND THE DIALOG THAT NICO HAD WITH THE RESIDENTS OF BUXTON MEADOWS SPECIFICALLY. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING, LIKE MY EXPECTATION IS THAT WE 
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CONTINUE THAT DIALOG. AND IT'S NOT JUST A ONE MEETING ROAD SHOW. AND THEN COMING BACK TO COUNCIL, I GOT TEXT MESSAGES. I READ ALL 4 OR 5 EMAILS THAT THAT WERE THAT WERE SENT OVER TO US. 
          THERE ARE CONCERNS WITH, YOU KNOW, WATER, THERE'S CONCERNS WITH NOISE, POLLUTION, LIGHT, LIGHT AND CARBON. AND THERE'S CONCERNS WITH PROPERTY VALUES. IT'S THE IT'S THE SAME. IT'S THE SAME. CONCERNS THAT WE EXPERIENCED WITH THE WITH THE FIRST ROUND OF INDUSTRIAL ANNEXATION ZONING. AND I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THE PLAN OR THE PROPOSAL BEFORE THEY COME. COMES BACK FOR THIRD READING FOR ME. SO WHATEVER NEEDS TO HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND WHAT JUNE 23RD, IS THAT THE NEXT MEETING, IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN RELATIVELY QUICKLY. SO I'LL JUST BE VERY DIRECT IN THAT STATEMENT AND MAKE SURE THAT RESIDENTS, WE HEAR YOU AND I HOPE THAT THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY HEARS YOU AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE. I WON'T REPEAT THE EXACT SAME POINTS AS EVERYONE ELSE UP HERE, BUT I DO GREATLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU COMING OUT. I'M RATHER CRITICAL OF A LOT OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT COME INTO TOWN, AND I WANT TO SAY THAT THE POINTS THAT YOU BRING UP AND THE CONCERNS THAT YOU'VE SHARED WITH US ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. AND THEY CARRY A LOT OF WEIGHT, AND THEY NEED TO BE USED IN THE CONVERSATIONS. ON WHAT CHANGES HAPPEN IN THIS ZONING. I SHARE CONCERNS ABOUT THE SETBACKS, ESPECIALLY UP ONTO THE PROPERTY LINES. THOSE ARE BIG CHANGES FOR RESIDENTS THAT HAVEN'T LIVED LONG ALONG THOSE TYPES OF INDUSTRIES, SO I WOULD APPRECIATE THE DEVELOPERS TO ADDRESS THAT IN THESE CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS. MR. BURBANK. YES. 
          EXCUSE ME. JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, WHEN THIS WAS IN THE FIRST READING, I COMPLIMENTED MR. UNDERHILL. YEAH, FOR THE WORK THAT HE HAD DONE PREVIOUSLY. AND READING HERE FROM THE MINUTES MR. UNDERHILL COMMITTED TO REVIEWING THIS FURTHER AND COME BACK WITH MORE INFORMATION ON THE SECOND READING. I ASSUME THAT YOU DEVOTED THAT TO MR. HOGANCAMP OR YOU YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER? AARON UNDERHILL, 8000 WALTON PARKWAY IN NEW ALBANY. YES, I, I THINK, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, AT THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH SCHOOL JUST GETTING OUT AND VACATIONS, TRYING TO GET A TIME TOGETHER THAT, YOU KNOW, WORKED FOR EVERYBODY AND, AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE VARIOUS CONSTITUENTS THAT WANTED TO BE INVOLVED TOOK A LITTLE LONGER THAN WE HAD HOPED. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMMITTED. I KNOW EVEN MR. BORDNER HAD ASKED FOR A COMPARISON OF USES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE'LL BE FULLY PREPARED AT THE NEXT MEETING TO GET THAT TO YOU AND HAVE IT TO YOU IN ADVANCE, SO YOU'LL BE PREPARED AHEAD OF TIME. OKAY. NOW REALIZING THAT THE PREVIOUS ONE THAT YOU WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH AND THIS ONE, THE PROBABLY BECAUSE THE OTHER ONE HAD A BORDER SETBACK BETWEEN BUXTON MEADOWS, IT WAS EASIER TO PUT A ROAD OUT THERE THAN PARKING THEN BUILDING. THIS DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THE CASE IN THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT, BUT I'M GOING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. HOW FAR AWAY ARE YOU, AND DO YOU FEEL THAT WITHIN THE TWO WEEKS WE CAN FIND A COMPROMISE? OR WOULD YOU SAY MAYBE YOU SHOULD PLAN ON AT LEAST A ZONING PORTION? YEAH, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE ANNEXATION BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE APPLICANTS HAVE ASKED US TO DO. AND WE FEEL THAT, YES, WE CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO ZONING AND WITH ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE OUT HERE, WE STILL HAVE FAR, FAR, FAR DISTANCE. AND IT'S TWO WEEKS GOING TO BE ENOUGH FOR YOU. WE WOULD WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE EFFORT FOR THAT TO BE THE CASE. AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE HOPING BY THE END OF THIS WEEK INTERNALLY WE'LL WE'LL HAVE SOME ANSWERS. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TRYING TO EITHER EITHER BEFORE THAT OR AROUND THAT TIME GET A NEW, A NEW AN ADDITIONAL MEETING SCHEDULED. I THINK WE RECOGNIZE THAT IF WE'RE UNABLE TO GET THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER AND WE'RE DROPPING THIS ON YOU, RIGHT A FEW DAYS BEFORE YOUR MEETING, THAT THAT'S NOT FAIR TO YOU OR THE RESIDENTS. SO IF YOU'LL GIVE US THE COURTESY OF JUST ALLOWING US THE REST OF THE WEEK TO SORT OF RECONVENE INTERNALLY AND SEE WHAT THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE IS, THEN WE'LL COMMUNICATE THROUGH TERRY AND HIS TEAM AS TO WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE. OKAY. AND THEN I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, 
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TIM. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WILL CITIZENS HAVE A SECOND CHANCE TO VOICE COMMENTS OR. I KNOW IT'S STANDARD THAT SECOND READING IS PUBLIC HEARING. WHAT WOULD WE NEED TO DO TO EXTEND IT INTO THE THIRD INTO THE THIRD READING? IS THAT A COURTESY, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT OUR RULES DO OR DO NOT ALLOW? WELL, THIS IS A TOPIC, OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED A LOT OVER THE, YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS WHEN WE'VE AMENDED AND REVIEWED OUR RULES OF COUNCIL. AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT AND I'VE GOT TO LOOK AT IT BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S BEEN CHANGED A LITTLE BIT. 
          BUT IF A CITIZEN WANTS TO MAKE A COMMENT AT THE THIRD READING, THEN THAT CITIZEN HAS TO CONTACT, I BELIEVE, THE CLERK OF COUNCIL BY LIKE IS IT FRIDAY OF THE BEFORE THE MONDAY MEETING? IS THAT CORRECT? MACKENZIE. YES. SO THEY HAVE THE CITIZEN HAS TO CONTACT THE CLERK OF COUNCIL BY 5 P.M. ON THAT FRIDAY AND THEN I BELIEVE, AND I CAN LOOK IT UP AND GIVE YOU AN ANSWER HERE IN A MINUTE OR TWO. BUT I BELIEVE THEN THAT THE PRESIDENT, THE COUNCIL, HAS TO GRANT THE PERMISSION FOR THE FOR THE PERSON TO SPEAK. OKAY. BECAUSE AGAIN, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT HERE. YEAH. AND I STILL FEEL THAT WE SHOULD GIVE THEM SOME GUIDELINES, WHAT THEY CAN EXPEC, I UNDERSTAND. WELL, THE ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE TO TABLE THE SECOND READING FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR ANOTHER DAY. I MEAN YOU COULD DO THAT AND THEN HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING. MR. PRESIDENT, IF WE MAKE AMENDMENTS AT THE NEXT MEETING, THIS IS A MOOT POINT. IF, IF, IF AMENDMENTS ARE MADE AGAIN, IT REQUIRES SIX VOTES TO THIS IS A PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION. SO THIS THIS ZONING PUD IS COMING TO YOU FROM PLANNING COMMISSION WHO OF COURSE IS AN INDEPENDENT CITIZEN REVIEW BOARD THAT THAT PUT TOGETHER THIS PUD WITH WITH THE APPLICANTS AND THE LANDOWNERS AND IT'S PRESENTING IT TO YOU FOR APPROVAL. IT'S A REZONING TO A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT. SO IF YOU MAKE IF COUNCIL DECIDES TO AMEND THE RECOMMENDATION, IT WOULD REQUIRE SIX VOTES PER OUR, OUR ORDINANCES. AND IF YOU AMENDED THE RECOMMEND IF YOU AMENDED THE ORDINANCE AS IT STANDS NOW, THEN IT WOULD GO BACK. IF THE AMENDMENTS WERE SUCCESSFUL, THEN IT WOULD GO. THE ORDINANCE WOULD GO BACK TO SECOND READING AS AMENDED, SO THERE WOULD, BY RULE, BE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AMENDMENT ON THE ORDINANCE AS AMENDED. 
          OKAY. SO THIS IS EITHER PRESENT YOUR CASE AND FRIDAY BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING, OR IT WOULD BE A MATTER OF COUNCIL MAKING AN AMENDMENT TO IT, WHICH THEN AUTOMATICALLY BRINGS IT BACK TO SECOND. WELL, IF OBVIOUSLY IF, IF THIS ORDINANCE ADVANCES IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSINESS, IT WOULD THEN BE CONTINUED TO JUNE 23RD FOR THIRD READING. AND, YOU KNOW, CUSTOMARILY THIRD READING IS NOT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS YOU PROBABLY HAVE TWO. THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS. YOU COULD TABLE SECOND READING TO A DATE CERTAIN AND HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING. 
          OKAY. OR IF OR IT COMES BACK FOR THIRD READING WHERE ON THE ORDINANCE AS IT SITS WOULD NOT REALLY BE CUSTOMARILY DESIGNED FOR PUBLIC HEARING. THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS, OF COURSE, TO OUR RULES WHERE A CITIZEN, IF HE WANTS HE OR SHE WANTS TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT, SHE CAN GET AHOLD OF THE OR THEY CAN GET A HOLD OF THE CLERK OF COUNCIL ON THAT FRIDAY. AND THEN THE CLERK WOULD THEN CONVEY THAT THAT REQUEST TO THE TO THE PRESIDENT. SO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S HARDER TO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIRD READING. NOW, AGAIN, IF IT GETS AMENDED, THEN THEN THE PUBLIC WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT THAT SAME HEARING AT THE THIRD READING, BECAUSE IT WOULD THEN GET AMENDED AND THEN BE SENT BACK TO SECOND READING. SO AT THAT MEETING, COUNCIL WOULD HAVE WOULD GIVE THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THE LEGISLATION, AS AMENDED. OKAY. WELL, WHAT FROM WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE NEIGHBORS, AND AS I STATED EARLIER, WE WANT TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. THEY WOULD PREFER IT AT THIS POINT THAT THIS TO BE TABLED. I WOULD BE ONE THAT WOULD SUPPORT THAT. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ENOUGH 
          [01:55:04]
APPETITE FROM OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS TO TABLE IT. YEAH. WHETHER IT BE TO A DATE CERTAIN. 
          YEAH. IN ORDER TO GET THIS PROPERLY DONE AND IN AGREEMENT WITH EVERYBODY WOULD SAY NO, YOU'VE DONE BEFORE. YEAH. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF. I THINK WE'D PREFER TO KEEP THE SAME SCHEDULE. OBVIOUSLY WE'LL FOLLOW THE WILL OF COUNCIL, BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S A FAIL SAFE HERE. 
          INEVITABLY WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK WITH, WITH SOME REVISIONS. I, I'M, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE STAND A GREAT CHANCE OF SUCCESS HERE IF WE DON'T. SO OUR PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO CONTINUE WITH THE WAY WE ARE AND THEN THE WITH MR. ESSLINGER'S EXPLANATION, YOU KNOW, WE MAY BE BACK INTO A PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS LATER. THAT WOULD BE OUR PREFERENCE. MR. UNDERHILL IS THERE IS THERE A TIMELINE THAT YOU'RE WORKING TOWARDS? I MEAN, I, I'M KIND OF WITH MR. BURBY. 
          I, WE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE TONIGHT. WE GOT A LOT OF EMAILS, TEXT MESSAGES, CONCERN FOLKS WITH THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT. AND MY FEAR IS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET TO AN AGREEMENT BY JUNE 23RD. AND I WOULD RATHER NOT RUSH THINGS. I WOULD RATHER SEE THINGS PLAY OUT. VERY INTENTIONALLY. SURE, I CONFER WITH MY CLIENT, I WOULD WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO DO, I'M JUST SURE, YEAH, IT GETS COMPLICATED COME JUNE 23RD WHEN WE HAVE TO EITHER AMEND TABLE OR WHATEVER. SO MAYBE HAVE A DISCUSSION AND COME BACK. WE'RE GOING TO PLAY TAG TEAM. 
          OKAY. COUNCILMAN BORDNER, WE'RE GOING TO KNOW IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. AND SPECIFICALLY, I THINK SOMEBODY MENTIONED THE PONDS ALONG THE BOUNDARIES OF BUXTON. WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THAT HERE AS WELL. THAT'S THAT'S AN ENGINEERING QUESTION WE'RE GOING TO KNOW IN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS WHETHER WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SUFFICIENT INFORMATION TO HAVE A MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION WITH, WITH THE RESIDENTS. THAT'S THAT'S THE ONE ITEM THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. SO WHAT WE COULD WHAT WE COULD DO, I THINK IS AND LEGITIMATE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LEGITIMATE QUESTION. IF WE DON'T HAVE SOMETHING SET UP BY THURSDAY OR FRIDAY OF THIS WEEK FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK WITH THE RESIDENTS THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET ENOUGH PEOPLE THERE AND THAT WORKS FOR THEM. WE'LL WE'LL REACH OUT TO TERRY AND THE ADMINISTRATION AND, YOU KNOW, TELL THEM WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO TABLE IT AT THAT TIME, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH THE COUNCIL, I GUESS. TO REITERATE, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE SECOND PHASE OR WHAT, LET ME JUST GET BACK WHAT I HEARD, MISS MILLER STATE WAS THEY'RE LOOKING FOR 400 FOOT SETBACK. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR HEIGHT LIMITATIONS, WHICH TO JUST TO BE CLEAR, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE WERE HEIGHT LIMITATIONS ON THE PHASE TWO, BUT THEY THAT WAS KIND OF OFFSET BY BUFFERING AND OPACITY WITH THE TREES. IT ENDED UP BEING LIKE 18 FOOT, 12 FOOT. IT WAS LIKE 30FT. AND THEN THERE WAS CONCERNS WITH, YOU KNOW, THE WATER RUNOFF IN THE FLOODPLAIN. SO ENSURING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WE DON'T CREATE MORE DRAINAGE ISSUES BY PUTTING THAT MOUNDING ARE WE REALLY GOING TO GET THROUGH ALL OF THESE HURDLES BETWEEN NOW AND FRIDAY FOR US TO DO THE ENGINEERING? YES, WE'LL WE'LL KNOW IF WE'LL HAVE THAT ENGINEERING READY OR NOT, IS WHAT I'M SAYING. AND IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT ENGINEERING READY IN TIME TO HAVE A MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION WITH, WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND, AND BE IN A POSITION WHERE WE CAN COMMIT, WE CAN COMMIT TO DOING WHAT WE SAY WE CAN DO WITH SOME ENGINEERING CERTAINTY TO IT. THEN THEN WE'LL END UP TABLING THIS. I JUST, I JUST TO, YOU KNOW, WE MET THURSDAY. WE HAD ALREADY HEARD MOST OF THE THINGS WE HAD HEARD HERE TONIGHT. SOME OF THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN IN THE WORKS. AND LIKE I SAID, WE'LL KNOW IN THE NEXT. WE'LL KNOW BY THE END OF THE DAY, WEDNESDAY, WHETHER WE'LL BE READY TO MEET WITH ANYBODY. AND IF WE CAN'T SCHEDULE THAT MEETING, IF IT DOESN'T WORK WITH, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE'S SCHEDULES, I WOULD NOTE THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT SPOKE HERE WERE NOT ABLE TO BE AT THE LAST MEETING THEN THEN WE'LL TABLE IT. ONE LAST QUESTION 
          [02:00:05]
HERE. HAVE YOU REVIEWED PHASE TWO ZONING WITH ANYONE? I HAVE DISCUSSED IT TODAY WITH AARON. 
          SOME WE KNOW WE NEED TO GET THE COMPARISON CHART THAT YOU HAD REQUESTED. AND WE WERE TALKING WE DISCUSSED THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE BUXTON MEADOWS SITUATION. 
          THE SITUATION WILL FACE OR FACING HERE. I'LL GIVE YOU ONE QUICK EXAMPLE. JOLLEY ROAD DIPS WHERE I'M SURE IS WHERE IT'S FLOODING. I SAW THAT AND SO THE ROADS ACTUALLY BELOW THE WE MAY HAVE TO GO OUT AND TAKE SOME ELEVATIONS SO WE CAN DETERMINE JUST HOW TALL OF A MOUND WOULD, WOULD HIDE A BUILDING 450FT OR 400FT AWAY. AND SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW. BUT BUT WE ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING THROUGH IT. AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO, TO ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, HAVING THE TIME TO, TO GET IT DONE PROPERLY. WHAT WE WON'T DO IS, IS COME IN HERE AND IF WE HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO MEET WITH THE RESIDENTS, WE WON'T COME IN HERE AND ASK YOU TO AMEND IT AND THEN TURN AROUND AND APPROVE IT THE SAME NIGHT. WE'LL HAVE THAT TIME FOR THE MEETINGS. OKAY. AND MAYBE I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT. THE PHASE TWO. THERE WAS KIND OF A POINT PERSON, IF I RECALL, THAT, I'LL SAY SPOKE ON BEHALF OF THE OF THE NEIGHBORS. 
          YES. DO WE HAVE THAT SIMILAR CONSTRUCT IN THIS? OH, I THINK WE DO. NO, NO I, I SHE HAS MADE SHE VERY ELOQUENTLY PRESENTED TONIGHT AND, AND VERY SPECIFICALLY PRESENTED THE CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE MEETING ON THURSDAY. SO I DON'T WANT I DON'T WANT TO BE APPOINTING. BUT BUT I THINK THE NEIGHBORS ARE WELL REPRESENTED. SO SIMILARLY, AS I DID FOR PHASE TWO, I MAYBE GIVE YOU MY CONTACT INFORMATION SO WE COULD STAY IN CONTACT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, SAME AS WHAT I DID. AND I'LL CAVEAT WE DON'T I DON'T LOVE TO BE IN THE MEETINGS. I LIKE IT TO BE BETWEEN THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED AND THE DEVELOPER. SO TO NOT BE AN INFLUENCE. BUT I DEFINITELY WANT TO HEAR YOUR VOICE GOING INTO JUNE 23RD. SO IF YOU DON'T WANT TO STAY. MAYBE EMAIL MACKENZIE AND I'LL LET HER GIVE YOU MY NUMBER. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND FROM I'D LIKE TO ALSO REITERATE TOO, THIS IS A REALLY BIG DECISION. AND IT'S NOT JUST AN ENGINEERING QUESTION. EVEN IF YOU ARRANGE TO MEET NEXT WEEK, WE NEED TIME TO GET INFORMATION BACK TO COUNCIL TO PROCESS THAT. SO IF THERE ARE AMENDMENTS MADE, THAT TIMELINE, IF THIS MEETING DOESN'T OCCUR WITH THE RESIDENTS UNTIL NEXT WEEK TO MAKE THOSE AMENDMENTS, GIVE US ADEQUATE TIME BECAUSE THERE ALSO ARE CONCERNS FROM US MEMBERS AS WELL. SO I DO WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS I AM STILL CONCERNED ABOUT THIS TIMELINE. UNDERSTOOD. MISS KRAMER, IF I COULD MAKE A SUGGESTION, ANOTHER OPTION WOULD BE YOU COULD ALWAYS MOVE TO TABLE SECOND READING. AND IF EVERYTHING'S IN PLACE AND THE AMENDMENT TO DISCUSS BEFOREHAND PRESENT IT TO THE CITIZENS AND COUNCIL IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THE AMENDMENTS, THEY CAN BE MADE. THIRD READING CAN ALWAYS BE WAIVED IF WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT A TIMELINE. SO IT WOULD TAKE SIX VOTES TO WAIVE THIRD READING IF AMENDMENTS WERE MADE. THERE'D ALSO HAVE TO BE A EVEN IF EVEN IF IT WAS SECOND READING, THERE WOULD STILL HAVE TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE LEGISLATION AS AMENDED. IT CAN BE HELD THAT SAME NIGHT, AND THIRD READING CAN BE WAIVED. SO THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION. IT'S TOTALLY UP TO COUNCIL AS TO HOW YOU WANT TO PROCEED. YOU KNOW, WE ALSO HAVE A TIME FRAME. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CERTAIN TIMELINE THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW ON THESE THINGS. SO IN IN MIND OF OUR DEADLINES, I MEAN WHY NOT TRY TO MEET NEXT AT THE NEXT MEETING, THIRD HEARING. AND THEN IF WE'RE NOT READY, WE CAN TABLE WE CAN TABLE IT AT THAT POINT COMPLETELY UP TO COUNCIL. YEP. 
          WE YOU HAVE 90 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. I THINK THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS LIKE MAY 13TH OR MAY 12TH. MACKENZIE. IS THAT CORRECT? SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT TAKES YOU 
          [02:05:03]
OUT TO AUGUST. YOU KNOW, APPROXIMATELY AUGUST 12TH. SO. THANK YOU. WE GOOD? I MEAN, AS PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL, MY JOB IS TO LISTEN TO YOU GUYS. SO I JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. SORRY I KNOW WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE PROCEDURE. IF THIS COMES BACK JUNE 23RD AND THERE ARE AMENDMENTS AND THOSE AMENDMENTS ARE PASSED, WOULD IT DELAY THIRD READING AND UNTIL INTO JULY TIMING. WELL WHAT WHAT COUNCIL THEN WOULD HAVE TO DO AFTER THE AMENDMENTS PASSED WOULD HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. IT WOULD IT WOULD REVERT BACK TO SECOND READING AND YOU'D HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE AMENDMENTS ON JUNE 23RD. AND THEN WHAT CUSTOMARILY HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST IS IF EVERYBODY'S OKAY WITH THE AMENDMENTS AND EVERYTHING'S GOOD, THE THIRD READING IS WAIVED, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT HAS TO BE WAIVED. OKAY. SO IT CAN BE PASSED. THE LEGISLATION CAN BE PASSED, AS AMENDED ON JUNE 23RD. WHAT THE RULES SAY IS THAT ONCE THE AMENDMENTS ARE PASSED, IT REVERTS BACK TO SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSINESS. IT WOULD THEN BE CONTINUED TO THE FIRST MEETING OF JULY FOR THIRD READING. OKAY. OKAY. SO EXCUSE ME. SO WE SIDESTEPPED THE MEETING FOR THE TIME BEING. ALRIGHTY. ARE ALL OF YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'VE HAD SO FAR, AND YOU THINK THAT WOULD FIT WITHIN THE TIME FRAME? NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHTY, I THINK THAT. 
          HOPEFULLY YOU ALL CAN DO YOUR MAGIC AND WE CAN HAVE A CONSENT TWO WEEKS FROM NOW. SO THANK YOU. I THANK YOU FOR AT LEAST TRYING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, OKAY. ORDINANCE, I FIRST 
          [Ord. I]
READING INTRODUCTION TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF NOTES IN THE AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED 1,435,000, IN THE ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ONE DESIGNING, ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTING VARIOUS STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WITH SITE AND CURB IMPROVEMENTS RELATING THERETO, TO CONSTRUCTING VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS TO PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES WITH RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND APPRENTICES THERE TO THREE. 
          CONSTRUCTING AND IMPROVING VARIOUS STREET RESURFACING AND PAVING PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. FOR ACQUIRING VARIOUS FIRE, POLICE AND EMS EQUIPMENT WITH RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND APPRENTICES. FIVE ACQUIRING, DEVELOPING, DESIGNING, IMPROVING AND INSTALLING INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND RELATED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, AND SIX PAYING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH DESIGNING, CONSTRUCTING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING A NEW FIRE STATION WITH RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND APPRENTICES THERETO AND RETIRING NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR SUCH PURPOSE, AND AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING RELATED MATTERS. ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WILL DEFER TO OUR ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR, WHO WILL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT IS BROUGHT FORWARD TO YOU ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. THANK YOU. SO WE'VE SEEN THESE TYPES OF ORDINANCES BEFORE. SO THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS US TO ISSUE THE NOTE FOR THE CURRENT 2024 B, WHICH COMES DUE ON AUGUST 12TH. SO IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE ISSUING OF DEBT IN THIS AMOUNT. IT JUST MEANS THIS IS THE MAXIMUM THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO TO PAY DOWN. SO WE COULD STILL PAY DOWN THE 2024 B. 
          SO 2024. LET ME GO BACK FOR A SECOND. SORRY. IT GETS A LITTLE CONFUSING. SO IN 2023 B AND 2023 C WERE COMBINED. SO ONE WAS OUT OF GENERAL FUND AND ONE WAS THE PROJECT GROW PROJECT THAT WE DID. SO THOSE WERE COMBINED. SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE ABOUT 600,000 LEFT ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE ABOUT 837,000 ON THE PROJECT GROW SIDE. SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PAY DOWN THE GENERAL SIDE, BUT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH A PROJECT GROW SIDE, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT RECEIVING TIF REVENUE YET. SO AND THAT WILL DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WHEN 
          [02:10:01]
THAT GETS APPROVED BY THE STATE, THE D, THE D GETS APPROVED BY THE STATE AND OR THE AUDITOR STARTS BILLING THOSE ON THEIR TAXES, ON THE TAXES. SO THAT'S THE TIMING ISSUE THAT WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER. SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS WASN'T SET IN STONE, THAT THIS WAS THE AMOUNT THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO DO. ANY QUESTIONS. YES. 
          COUNCIL. HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? EXCUSE ME. THIS WAS BROUGHT BEFORE US ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE LAST MONTH. AND WITH THE SAME EXPLANATION AS YOU HAD. A LOT OF THINGS ARE SOMEWHAT FLUENT, AS YOU SAID, IF YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION OBVIOUSLY THAT WE DO NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AT THAT TIME, DO WE WANT TO USE ALL THE LIQUIDITY THAT WE HAVE TO PAY OFF NOTES, OR DO WE KEEP A PORTION OF IT? AND EVEN NOW HERE IN THE MONTH OF JUNE, IT'S STILL A LITTLE BIT EARLY TO SAY THAT. SO I DO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE BRINGING IT FOR US. WE COULD. IN FOUR WEEKS, WE HOPE TO HAVE A BETTER IDEA, NOT ONLY ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE, BUT WE HAVE THE MONEY ALLOCATED AND APPROVED BY COUNCIL. AND THEN IN JULY, WE CAN MAKE THE DECISION TO EITHER PAY OFF OR ONLY TO PAY OFF A PORTION OF IT. SO AGAIN, THANKS FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD TO US. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. ANYBODY ELSE? THIS WILL BE BACK FOR SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 
          [COMMENTS OF THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL PERSONS AND GENERAL DISCUSSION]
23RD. COMMENTS OF CITY MANAGER. MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL PASS THIS EVENING. OKAY. COMMENTS OF COUNCIL AND I THINK I WENT TO MISS KRAMER LAST TIME. IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECT, MAYBE I'LL START WITH MISS WERNER. OVER HERE. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT DID COME OUT AND SPEAK THIS EVENING. APPRECIATE IT. NOTHING FURTHER. OKAY. I WOULD EXTEND CONGRATULATIONS TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AS WE SAW IN MARYSVILLE MATTERS THIS MORNING. THEY HAD AN UPDATE. THE AVERAGE LODGING IN THE WHOLE STATE OF OHIO IS SOMEWHERE IN THE MID 50S. YEAH, WE ARE WELL INTO THE 60S AT DIFFERENT TIMES, EVEN IN THE 70%. YEAH. SO WE ARE DOING VERY WELL WITH OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY. I DO LIKE TO ECHO. 
          MR. EMMERICH'S COMMENTS ON THE TOUCH-A-TRUCK. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, I WAS INVOLVED WITH THE UNITED WAY, SPENT ABOUT THREE HOURS OUT THERE AND. WE JUST HAD A VERY, JUST DELIGHTFUL TIME, I MEAN, IT, THEY WERE EXCITED, ESPECIALLY FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER, THE WATER, THE WATER HOSE. YEAH. THAT'S ALWAYS THAT, THAT, THAT HAD THE LONGEST LINE. AND KIDS WERE AIMING AT THOSE WINDOWS. AND THERE MUST BE SOMETHING WITH KIDS AND WATER, BUT IT JUST IT WAS JUST WELL WELL MANAGED AND WELL WELL DONE EVENT. SO AGAIN I APPRECIATE IT AND DEFINITELY HOPE THAT YOU'LL KEEP IT ON THE SCHEDULE. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. MR. MAYBE I'LL GO DOWN TO MISS KRAMER AND THEN I'LL JUMP BACK. AND I HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS TODAY. MR. REMES I HAVE NOTHING. EVERYBODY HAVE A GREAT WEEK. ALL RIGHT. HEY, THANKS ALL FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE THIS EVENING. 
          APPRECIATE THE PARTICIPATION. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE IN THE NAVY THIS WEEK. KICKED OFF THE BUCKEYE BOYS STATE WEEK LONG EVENT DOWN AT MIAMI OF OHIO UNIVERSITY. ALL THE BEST TO THE YOUNG MEN GOING THROUGH THAT WEEK. AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO EXTEND APPRECIATION. TIM, YOU HAD GUIDED US THROUGH SOME, SOME A LOT OF TOPICS TONIGHT, BUT ABOUT THE KIND OF PROCEDURE I HAD FAILED TO MOTION TO CERTIFY SO MACKENZIE COULD PLEASE CORRECT THAT IN THE MINUTES, BUT MOTION TO CERTIFY. AND THE REASON I WANTED TO DISCUSS THAT, JUST BECAUSE I WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THERE WAS A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING THAT THOSE ARE PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENTS PUT FORTH BY OUR CHARTER REVIEW BOARD, AND YOU WILL SEE THEM COME TIME TO VOTE. AND THERE WAS A COMMITTEE, A BOARD THAT SPENT A LOT OF THEIR TIME PUTTING THOSE TOGETHER, DISCUSSING, DEBATING CITY STAFF HAD TO SUPPORT. WHEN THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT DOES THE 
          [02:15:03]
LAW SAY? WHAT ARE WHAT ARE ERRORS THAT ARE MAYBE EXIST WITHIN OUR CHARTER. BUT A LOT OF VOLUNTEERISM WENT INTO THAT AND TIME. AND YOU COULD YOU COULD SAY IT'S NOT SO REWARDING IF YOU'RE ON THE BOARD BECAUSE YOU'RE PUTTING A LOT OF TIME IN, BUT THE MEMBERS TO THOSE, IF YOU'RE WATCHING, APPRECIATE VERY MUCH YOUR EFFORTS AND WILLINGNESS TO CONTRIBUTE TO MAKING THIS CITY CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND REFLECT ON OUR CHARTER, THE RULE THAT KIND OF GUIDES US IN OUR DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS AS A CITY. AND THAT'S THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS. WHEN MISS RICHARDSON WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER, SHE USED TO SAY, DID YOU KNOW? SO IN HONOR TO HER TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO SAY, DID YOU KNOW A NEW REPORT FROM THE NATIONAL LOW INCOME HOUSING COALITION SHOWS A HARSH REALITY FOR WORKERS TRYING TO AFFORD RENT IN THE US TO RENT A ONE BEDROOM WITHOUT SPENDING MORE THAN 30% OF YOUR INCOME. NOW, I SAY THAT BECAUSE WHEN EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT AFFORDABILITY, BUT WHEN YOU SPEND MORE THAN 30% OF YOUR INCOME TO WHERE YOU LIVE, INCLUDING EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON TO YOUR HOME, YOU TECHNICALLY QUALIFY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          A FULL TIME WORKER NEEDS TO EARN AT LEAST $23.67 PER HOUR FOR A TWO BEDROOM THAT JUMPS TO $28.58 AN HOUR FOR MINIMUM WAGE WORKERS, THE GAP IS EVEN WORSE. THEY WOULD NEED TO WORK 86 HOURS A WEEK FOR A ONE BEDROOM OR 104 HOURS A WEEK FOR A TWO BEDROOM. AT HIGHLIGHTS HOW FAR WAGES HAVE FALLEN BEHIND COMPARED TO THE RISING COST OF HOUSING. SO, FOR AN EXAMPLE, THERE IS NO STATE IN THIS COUNTRY SOMEONE, SOMEONE LIVING ON MINIMUM WAGE CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY. 
          SO IN OHIO. THE STATE MINIMUM WAGE OF NON-TIPPED EMPLOYEES ARE $10.70. EMPLOYEES IN THE STATE OF OHIO WHO ARE TIPPED THE MINIMUM WAGE IS $5.35. THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE IN THIS COUNTRY IS $7.25 AN HOUR. WHEN RESIDENTS TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND RESIDENTS DISCUSS TRANSPORTATION, RESIDENTS DISCUSS ABOUT ALL THESE ISSUES. LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS BEING PUSHED EVERY DAY TO DO MORE AND MORE AND MORE BECAUSE OUR STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT DOING ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE CRISIS THAT OUR COUNTRY IS BEING PLAGUED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AT THE SAME TIME COULD BE STRIPPED OF FUNDING IF PROPERTY TAXES DISAPPEAR, WHICH MEANS LOCAL RESIDENTS WILL HAVE TO PAY THE BURDEN IF PROPERTY TAXES ARE STRIPPED IN THE STATE OF OHIO. 
          I'M JUST LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW THESE ISSUES ARE REAL AND THEY'RE GOING TO AND THEY ARE GOING TO IMPACT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. THEY HAVE BEEN AND THEY ARE. SO UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CANNOT HANDLE ALL THE PRESSURE THAT RESIDENTS ARE DEMANDING. BUT RESIDENTS PUSH LOCAL OFFICIALS TO SOLVE A LOT OF THE ISSUES BECAUSE THEY FEEL THEIR VOICES ARE NOT BEING HEARD AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO WHEN IT COMES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE DO WHAT WE CAN TO ENSURE EVERY RESIDENT HAS THE ABILITY TO LIVE IN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. SO IN THAT, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO CAME OUT. I APPRECIATE THE WORDS. I APPRECIATE THE DIALOG, AND WE WILL ALWAYS DO. WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IS ENGAGE WITH OUR RESIDENTS, ENGAGE WITH THE, THE, THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, AND TRY TO DO WHAT'S BEST TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS COMMUNITY A COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO INVEST IN AND LIVE HERE. AND I THANK YOU TONIGHT. SO IN SAYING GO AHEAD, 
          [POTENTIAL TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY]
I MOVE TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE SALE OF PROPERTY. THANK YOU. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. OKAY. ROLL CALL. I'M SORRY. IT'S OKAY. TAKE YOUR TIME, MR. HUNTER. YES, MR. REAMES? YES, MISS CRAMER? YES. MR. BORDNER. YES, MR. WOLF. YES. MR. BURBY YES. MR. BURGER
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