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          PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND STAY STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALMIGHTY GOD, WE ASK YOU TO GUIDE US THROUGHOUT THIS MEETING AS WE SEEK TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE GOOD OF THE CITY, CITY OF MARYSVILLE AND ITS CITIZENS. AMEN. AMEN. ROLL CALL. ZACK. BORDNER HERE. STEVEN WOLF HERE. 
          HENK BERBEE, DONALD BURGER HERE. SCOTT HUNTER HERE. MARK REAMS AND JULIE KRAMER HERE. IS THERE 
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ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO THE SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2020 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES? HEARING NONE. MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING. MINUTES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU. PROCLAMATION. I'M JUST GOING TO 
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READ IT FROM UP HERE. SO THE. THIS IS A JOINT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN AND. MY NAME IS ON IT, BUT SO IS STEVE ROBINSON, THE PRESIDENT OF UNION COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. SO IT'S THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, UNION COUNTY AND THE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION RECOGNIZES OCTOBER 25TH AS MANUFACTURING MONTH. IT'S KIND OF A LONG ONE, SO BEAR WITH ME. 
          WHEREAS ERIC'S NEVER BEEN A MAN OF SMALL WORDS. SO WHEREAS UNION COUNTY AND THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE IS RECOGNIZED AS A HUB OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING IN OHIO WITH WITH INDUSTRY LEADERS SUCH AS HONDA, SCOTTS, NESTLE, LEXUS, CONTINENTAL, SUMITOMO, ELECTRIC WIRING SYSTEMS, ALONG WITH NUMEROUS INNOVATIVE SMALL AND MIDSIZE MANUFACTURERS. AND WHEREAS, MANUFACTURERS IN UNION COUNTY REPRESENT A WIDE RANGE OF SECTORS, INCLUDING AUTOMOBILE, AGRICULTURE, FOOD PRODUCTION, PLASTICS, LOGISTICS, ROBOTICS, ROBOTICS, AND CONSUMER PRODUCTS. 
          ALL OF WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE RESILIENCY AND THE DIVERSITY OF OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. AND WHEREAS THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR ACCOUNTS FOR THOUSANDS OF LOCAL JOBS IN UNION COUNTY, PROVIDING A REWARDING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES THAT SUPPORT FAMILIES AND STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS UNION COUNTY MANUFACTURERS ARE THE FOREFRONT OF INNOVATION, FROM DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY TO SMART MOBILITY SOLUTIONS TO ADVANCEMENTS IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND PRODUCT DESIGN. AND WHEREAS, UNION COUNTY'S MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE PIPELINE IS SUPPORTED THROUGH ITS K THROUGH 12 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, CAREER TECHS, COLUMBUS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, AND VARIOUS OTHER PLACES OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN OHIO. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, UNION COUNTY, AND AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, THE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION ARE COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING MANUFACTURING BY FOSTERING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND BUSINESS GROWTH INITIATIVES. AND WHEREAS, THE MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PROGRAM AT COLUMBUS STATE AND UNION COUNTY COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION WILL HOST THE CRAFT CRAFTED AND UNION COUNTY CAREER EVENT ON OCTOBER 23RD, 2025, BRINGING TOGETHER OVER 500 STUDENTS AND AT LEAST TEN MANUFACTURING COMPANIES FROM OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS MANUFACTURING MONTH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF LOCAL MANUFACTURERS, HIGHLIGHTING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN INSPIRE FUTURE INNOVATIONS IN MARYSVILLE AND UNION COUNTY. NOW, THEREFORE, IT WILL BE RESOLVED THAT THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, UNION COUNTY AND THE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 25TH AS MANUFACTURING MONTH IN MARYSVILLE AND UNION COUNTY AND AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS, EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO JOIN IN RECOGNIZING THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND IMPORTANCE OF MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE THAT ALL THE HARD WORK THAT GOES INTO MAKING UNION COUNTY A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY. IS THERE A A MOTION TO PUT THIS IN THE MINUTES? I MADE THE MOTION TO PUT THAT IN THE 
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MINUTES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU. APPOINTMENTS. THE FOLLOWING THE FOLLOWING. 
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PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL APPOINTS, WITH APPROVAL OF COUNCIL TO PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION FOR TERMS 12, ONE, 25, 1130 28 MATT LIEBER. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. I GUESS I SHOULD ASK ANYBODY. OPPOSE. THANK YOU. AND THEN, MISTER DAVE KRAFT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU. 
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ADMINISTRATION REPORT. THANK YOU, MISTER PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, A COUPLE THINGS TO UPDATE YOU ON TONIGHT. AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT, WE'RE GOING TO DO A PRESENTATION ON THE JAPAN MISSION TRIP. SO THINGS COMING UP. PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE BACK DAY IS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25TH, 10 A.M. TO 2 P.M. AND YOU CAN DROP THOSE OFF AT WALGREENS. AND SO THAT'S SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25TH FROM 10 A.M. TO 2 P.M. SCARY VILLE ON THE SAME DAY. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25TH, 10 A.M. TO 4 P.M. TRICK OR TREATING AT FROM TEN TO NOON IN THE UPTOWN AREA. CANDY BOOTH VENDORS, COSTUME CONTESTS, PUMPKIN PAINTING AND MORE. 
          BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY FOR A FULL DAY OF HALLOWEEN FUN. WHILE EXPLORING ALL THAT UPTOWN MARYSVILLE HAS TO OFFER. SO AGAIN, THAT'S SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25TH, 10 A.M. TO FOUR, WITH THE TRICK OR TREATING TAKING PLACE BETWEEN 10 A.M. AND NOON. THE COMMUNITY TRICK OR TREAT COMING UP IS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31ST FROM 6 TO 8 P.M. SO ON HALLOWEEN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31ST AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT THAT NIGHT, JUST LIKE WE'VE HAD LATELY. SO WITH THAT, I'LL SHIFT DOWN TO JEREMY FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. YEAH. THANKS, TERRY. CITY STREET CREWS ARE PERFORMING ASPHALT WORK AT LEGION PARK AND WORK AT SCOTT FAMILY PARK. OUR PARKS CREWS ARE PERFORMING SOME WORK AT THE SKATE PARK AT ELGAR, POURING FOUNDATIONS AT OAKDALE CEMETERY AND CONTINUING YOUNG TREE TRAINING. AND THEN ALEXIS IS PREPARING FOR THE 2026 EVENT SCHEDULE. CITY WATER CREWS ARE PERFORMING TRENCH REPAIRS ON CONLEY STREET. AND SOME GOOD NEWS. THE AVERAGE WATER PRODUCTION LAST WEEK WAS 4.09 MILLION GALLONS A DAY, WITH A PEAK OF 5.07, SO WE STILL HAD A PEAK EARLIER IN THE WEEK. BUT AS IT GOT COLDER THAT THAT WATER CONSUMPTION DEFINITELY DECREASED. AND THEN FINALLY ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE, WE HAVE CONTRACTORS IN TOWN DOING SOME TANK CLEANING AT THE AND AS WELL MAKING THAT FINAL FORCE MAIN CONNECTION TO THE NEW PUMP STATION FOUR, WHICH IS RIGHT BY ROLLING MEADOWS. AND WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO KYLE FOR SOME CONSTRUCTION UPDATES. THANKS, JEREMY. I HAVE FOUR CONSTRUCTION UPDATES FOR YOU TONIGHT. THE FIRST ONE IS THE WEST FIFTH STREET IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WEST FIFTH STREET. WESTBOUND TRAFFIC WILL CONTINUE TO BE DETOURED TO NORTH MAPLE STREET AND WEST FOURTH STREET. FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF THE WORK ON THE NORTH SIDE, THE ROADWAY WILL BE MILLED AND RESURFACED. SECOND PROJECT IS THE CARRIAGE ACRES AND CHERRY STREET SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. 
          CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES THERE. AS WITH THE PREVIOUS MONTHS, DURING THE FIRST PHASE, NORTH CHERRY STREET WILL BE CLOSED TO THROUGH TRAFFIC BETWEEN EAST FOURTH STREET AND LAKEVIEW DRIVE. THE NEXT UPDATE IS THE RESERVOIR CONNECTOR TRAIL PHASE TWO. THAT PROJECT IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE, AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING FOR THIS PROJECT ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD AT 5 P.M. THE LAST PROJECT IS THE 2025 PAVING PROGRAM. PAVING OPERATIONS CONTINUE THIS WEEK ON THAT PROJECT. THOSE ARE ALL OF OUR UPDATES. YOU WILL ALL GET AN INVITE TO THE RESERVOIR CONNECTOR TRAIL RIBBON CUTTING THAT'S ON THE SAME NIGHT AS THE WORK SESSION. SO IT'S AT 5:00 OUT AT THE SITE. SO WITH WORK SESSION STARTING AT SIX. SO IF YOU CAN MAKE A GREAT TRY TO MAKE THAT AS CONVENIENT AS POSSIBLE WITH THAT. ERIC, DO YOU MIND STARTING THE JAPAN MISSION TRIP PRESENTATION? BEFORE I BEGIN, WE'LL PASS. 
          THIS IS THE PRESENTATION WE DID IN ALL THE MEETINGS. EVERYONE BUT SCOTT. PROBABLY TERRY PROBABLY READ THIS IN ALL JAPANESE, BUT YOU CAN LOOK AT THE PICTURES. BUT THAT'S OUR PRESENTATION THAT WE PRESENTED AT EVERY MEETING WE WERE IN DURING THE TRIP. WE HAD THAT TRANSLATED BEFORE WE WENT OVER. AND BUT THAT JUST GIVES YOU AN EXAMPLE OF, OF OF PUTTING THAT 
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TOGETHER. I WANT TO FIRST GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO SO MANY PEOPLE BECAUSE WE MEET LIKE MONTHS IN ADVANCE, LIKE SIX, SEVEN MONTHS IN ADVANCE AND START PLANNING THIS. AND SO JENNIFER, BROCK AND CHRIS INGA WITT, ALI PASANEN FROM, FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE ALL PUT A TON OF TIME. AND EVEN COUNTY STAFF ALSO PARTICIPATE. AND IF IT WEREN'T FOR THEIR SUPPORT, GETTING GIFTS AND GETTING DIFFERENT THINGS ALONG THIS TRIP WOULD NOT HAPPEN. SO THEY'RE THE THE ONES BEHIND THE SCENES THAT REALLY MAKE A LOT OF THIS WORK REALLY WELL. AND THEY WORK REALLY HARD. BUT AGAIN, A SHOUT OUT TO DONALD AND TERRY FOR FOR GOING AND BEING PART OF THIS MISSION. MISSION. THERE WAS SO MANY THINGS THAT WE DID DURING THE TRIP. WE ACTUALLY HAD NINE FULL DAYS. WE HAD NINE COMPANY VISITS, THREE ATTRACTION VISITS, WENT TO THE WORLD EXPO AND ALSO DID OUR SISTER CITY AND NINE FULL DAYS IN JAPAN. SO IT WAS A VERY, VERY PACKED SCHEDULE THIS TIME, PROBABLY MORE PACKED OR IT WAS MORE PACKED THAN EVER BEFORE. AND SO, DONALD TERRY, CHIME IN IF YOU WANT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS. BUT THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU AN OVERVIEW, OUR JAPANESE RELATIONSHIP. I THINK IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO GO BACK IN HISTORY AND HOW WE GOT HERE. AND 1979, YOU KNOW, HONDA TOOK US, YOU KNOW, BIG LEAP AND BUILT THE MOTORCYCLE PLANT, WHICH OPENED UP IN 1979. AND FAST FORWARD TO 1982, CONSTRUCTED THE AUTO PLANT, THE FIRST JAPANESE COMPANY TO CONSTRUCT AN AUTOMOTIVE PLANT IN THE USA WAS HERE IN MARYSVILLE, OHIO. THERE'S ACTUALLY A FACTOID ABOUT THAT WHEN THE MOTORCYCLE WHEN THE FIRST I THINK IT WAS SEPTEMBER 10TH, 1979, THE FIRST MOTORCYCLE WENT OFF THE THE THE LINE, THE ASSEMBLY LINE, THE FIRST ONE EVER. THERE THEY WENT BACK TO THE OFFICE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A RESIDENTIAL HOME, WAS CONVERTED TO OFFICE HERE IN MARYSVILLE. AND THEY WENT BACK AND THERE WAS A FAX, IF YOU REMEMBER WHAT FAXES ARE, AND THE FAX IS ACTUALLY FALLING TO THE GROUND, THEY PICKED UP AND THEY GOT BACK AND IT SAID PROCEED WITH AUTO PLANT. SO THEY KNEW IN SEPTEMBER OF 1979, HEADQUARTERS IN TOKYO SAID MOVE FORWARD WITH THE AUTO PLANT. SO AGAIN, IT SHOWS YOU HOW IMPORTANT THAT DECISION WAS TO MAKE, MAKE TO BUILD THAT PLAN HERE IN MARYSVILLE TODAY, 20 JAPANESE COMPANIES, $8 BILLION IN FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT. ABOUT 30 APPROXIMATELY 30% OF OUR JOBS ARE PROVIDED BY FOREIGN OWNED COMPANIES. WE HAVE A FRIENDSHIP CITY THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2013, THE ANNUAL STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM WITH YURI. WE HAVE THE COLUMBUS JAPANESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL THAT HOSTS OVER 550 STUDENTS HERE IN MARYSVILLE. THOSE FAMILIES BRING THEIR STUDENTS OUT EVERY WEEK FOR THAT. AND THEN ALSO, OF COURSE, WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST K-12 JAPANESE LANGUAGE PROGRAMS. THE QUOTE BELOW COMES FROM GLENN IRWIN. AND HE USED TO SAY, WE KNOW HOW TO GROW CORN AND CORN BEAN AND CARS. AND WE STILL USE THAT TODAY. BUT IT WAS REALLY A REALLY SUMS IT UP HOW WE KNOW HOW TO MAKE THINGS. WE KNOW HOW TO GROW THINGS. SO MISSION PURPOSE WAS TO VISIT OUR COMPANIES, VISIT OUR SISTER CITY, ATTEND THE MIDWEST JAPAN CONFERENCE, WHICH IS HELD EVERY OTHER YEAR IN JAPAN, AND THEN THE ALTERNATIVE YEARS. AND HERE IN THE US, IN THE MIDWEST, PROMOTE THE US JAPANESE RELATIONSHIP AND ALSO PROMOTE JAPANESE INVESTMENT IN MARYSVILLE AND UNION COUNTY. THIS WAS IN 2013. I'M NOT GOING TO READ THIS. THIS IS MAYOR SHIMADA, MAYOR GORE, THEN MAYOR GORE. THEY SIGNED THE DECLARATION OF FRIENDSHIP BACK IN 2013. I WILL SAY MATSUDA SAN, WHO WAS THEN THE CONSUL GENERAL OF JAPAN IN DETROIT, WAS THE ONE WHO ENCOURAGED US TO BEGIN THIS JOURNEY OF HAVING A SISTER CITY. AND HE DID THE MATCHING WITH YURI MOCHI. THEY HAVE THE THE NEWEST HONDA PLANT IN JAPAN, AND WE HAVE THE OLDEST HONDA PLANT IN THE US AND NORTH AMERICA. SO THAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RELATIONSHIP. OUR JAPANESE COMMUNITY FOCUSED EFFORTS. AND WE'VE WORKED REALLY HARD OVER THE LAST, YOU KNOW, 12 YEARS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESS MISSIONS. WE'VE DONE SIX SO FAR. 
          WE HAVE A FRIENDSHIP GARDEN. I THINK YOU'RE FULLY AWARE THAT ACTUALLY HONDA INVESTED IN IT'S A BEAUTIFUL WE TAKE EVERY STUDENT STUDENT THAT VISITS HERE FROM YURI AND OUR JAPANESE COMPANIES TO VISIT THEIR. OUR GIFT TO YURI WAS A THREE DAY 3D PRINTED POTTERY BRIDGE REPLICA, WHICH ACTUALLY I THINK WE HAVE IT ON DISPLAY DOWNSTAIRS. IT WAS DONE BY MARYSVILLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND HONDA ACTUALLY DID THAT AND THAT WAS OUR GIFT TO THEM. JAPANESE AMENITIES. 
          THAT'S EXPAT HOMES. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO WORK ON SOME SORT OF JAPANESE FEATURED DEVELOPMENT HERE IN MARYSVILLE. IN 2020. WE STARTED THE RELATIONSHIP EXTEND THE RELATIONSHIP TO LOGAN, MIAMI, SHELBY AND NOW FAYETTE COUNTY, WHERE WE HAVE QUARTERLY MEETINGS AND JUST TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN SUPPORT HONDA IN OHIO AND HOW WE CAN FURTHER GROW HONDA IN OUR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES. AND THEN ALSO, WE DID THIS YEAR, THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE THESE IN THE PAST, BUT IT WAS JUST BUSINESS ETIQUETTE. WE ALSO DID DID BUSINESS JAPANESE RESOURCES. WE HAD 60 ATTENDEES FROM ALL OVER OHIO COME TO MARYSVILLE FOR THAT TRAINING AND FOR FOR THAT THAT EVENT. OUR JAPANESE STUDENT EFFORTS, THIS IS THE STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM. AND WHEN THEY ATTENDED, THEY'RE FASCINATED. I THINK ONE OF THE MOST THINGS, BENNY'S PIZZA AND THE COURTROOM, THE JUDGE AND SEEING THE COURT, THEY'RE IMPRESSED WITH THAT. BUT THIS 
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IS THE STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM. WE'VE HAD 96 STUDENTS IN 23 CHAPERONS SINCE 2015, AND THAT'S MISSING THREE YEARS WITH THE PANDEMIC. I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED THE K-12 LANGUAGE PROGRAM AND ALSO THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL THAT'S HERE IN MARYSVILLE AS WELL. SO THE BUSINESS MISSION, THESE ARE OUR DELEGATES. I THINK YOU AND SOME OF MOST OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY MET AKIKO MORIMOTO. SHE'S WITH EXPAT HOMES. SHE'S A GREAT RESOURCE ON THOSE TRIPS. SHE SHE, OF COURSE, HAS A BUSINESS. AND SHE SHE ACTUALLY FINDS HOUSING FOR JAPANESE. THEY'RE LOOKING HERE TO FIND HOUSING IN THE COLUMBUS REGION AND OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTRY. SO SHE'S A GREAT RESOURCE ON OUR TRIP. OUR FIRST STOP, WE ACTUALLY LEFT. WE LEFT ON A SUNDAY AND ACTUALLY GOT THERE ON A MONDAY. WE LOSE A DAY GOING OVER. THE FIRST TRIP WAS TO YORIMICHI, AND DURING THAT TRIP WE VISITED A GROUNDS OF A OF AN OLD, OLD CASTLE, WHICH WAS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL, BUT IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. THEY'RE ABOUT THE SAME SIZE AS WE ARE NOT GROWING LIKE WE ARE. THEY'RE ACTUALLY LOSING POPULATION. WE'RE GAINING, OF COURSE, BUT STILL A WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY IN NEAR THE CHICHIBU MOUNTAINS. THIS IS OUR WELCOME CEREMONY. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE VARIOUS MEETINGS. I WILL SAY THEY THEY AND I KNOW TERRY AND DONALD. 
          THEY THEY ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET, LITERALLY ROLLED OUT THE RED CARPET HERE WHEN YOU COME AND THEY VISIT. AND THIS IS TERRY SPEAKING IN FRONT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. I THINK THEY HAVE 16, 16 COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THAT BALLPARK, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT'S IT'S PRETTY REMARKABLE. AND WE WE WERE SITTING SO CLOSE. YOU PROBABLY SEE HOW CLOSE WE'RE SITTING. SOME OF US ARE TRYING TO FIT IN BETWEEN PEOPLE. IT'S A VERY TIGHT SEATING TO GET THE PICTURE, BUT YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS WE ARE WE'RE DOING. I WOULD ALSO ADD, ERIC TO THIS. WHEN WE WALK IN TO THEIR CITY HALL. HANK'S SEEN IT, DONALD SEEN IT. YOU KNOW, THEY ARE LINED IN THE HALLWAYS AT THEIR CITY HALL APPLAUDING US AS WE WALK IN. THEY TREAT YOU AMAZINGLY, AND IT WAS A VERY WARM WELCOME BY ALL THEIR CITY EMPLOYEES. SO THIS IS OUR TRIP. WE WENT TO THE HONDA PLANT AND EMPLOY ABOUT 4000 PEOPLE. IT'S A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL FACILITY. THEY PRODUCE ABOUT 250,000 CARS PER YEAR. WE TOURED THE PLANT. WE ALSO HAD A MEETING WITH OVER ALL THE INVESTMENTS THEY'VE MADE THERE IN YURI. IT'S REALLY DIFFERENT ABOUT THERE. THERE'S VERY MOUNTAINOUS AND HILLY THERE, SO THEY ACTUALLY KIND OF CUT OFF THE TOP OF A HILL AND PUT THE PLANT ON TOP OF THE HILL, AND THAT'S WHERE THE PLANT IS. AND YOU HAVE TO DRIVE UP TO GET TO THE PLANT. BUT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY BECAUSE IT'S REALLY, REALLY NEW. THIS IS A THIS IS GOVERNOR ONO. HE'S THE GOVERNOR OF SAITAMA PREFECTURE. THAT IS THE STATE IN WHICH THAT YURI. SO WE HAD A LUNCH MEETING WITH HIM AND TALKED ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS. HE MET WITH EVERY CITY THAT HAS A SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP IN OHIO. SO HE MET WITH US INDIVIDUALLY JUST TO JUST TO CHECK IN AND SEE HOW HE COULD HELP US OUT WITH THAT RELATIONSHIP. SO IT WAS REALLY GOOD MEETING ALSO KISHA MORRISON, WHO'S NEXT TO TERRY TO THE RIGHT. HE IS THE CONSUL GENERAL OF JAPAN IN DETROIT NOW. 
          AND THIS IS HIS MEETING. WE HAD A MEETING WITH HIM AS WELL. HE ACTUALLY TOOK US AND WE SAW A REALLY BEAUTIFUL PICTURE. THIS IS ACTUALLY A MODEL OF TOKYO. AND THEY ALSO HAD A MODEL OF NEW YORK CITY. BUT IT WAS THIS IT WAS IT WAS A ROOM PROBABLY. I DON'T KNOW HOW BIG THAT THING. 
          PRECISE, PRECISE. EVERY DETAIL OF OF THE CITY. AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. AND THEY HAD THEY HAD ONE OF WAS IT NEW YORK AND THEN WHAT WAS THE OTHER SHANGHAI. SHANGHAI, I THINK WAS THE THIRD CITY THEY HAD. BUT THIS ROOM WAS PROBABLY BIGGER THAN THE FOOTPRINT OF ONE FLOOR OF THE CITY HALL. AND THEN IT WAS ALL MODELS. SO THESE WERE MASSIVE MODELS. IT WAS ACTUALLY BEAUTIFUL. THESE ARE THE COMPANY VISITS WE MADE WITH OUR LOGOS TO THE LEFT. AND AGAIN, VERY IMPORTANT, WE HAD NINE OF OUR 20. SO WE HAD A LOT. WE WERE BUSY DURING THAT DURING THE TRIP. THIS IS NISSAN OF COURSE. WE'RE LOCATED HERE IN MARYSVILLE. THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR THREE YEARS. WE'VE VISITED THEM EVERY TIME WE'VE GONE TO JAPAN, AND THEY'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT AS WELL. AND IT WAS REALLY GOOD MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH THEM. THIS IS MATSUMAE, OF COURSE. THEY'RE WORKING ON THE SMART STREET LIGHT OR ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER THE SMART STREET LIGHTING PROJECT THAT'S ON NORTH MAPLE AND ELWOOD. WE TALKED ABOUT MORE SMART CITY SOLUTIONS AND WORK. I HAVE A CALL WITH THEM TOMORROW. WE'VE HAD A MEETING WITH THEM LAST WEEK, ACTUALLY, TO TALK ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER ON MORE PROJECTS AND HOW THEY COULD BE MORE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY. VERY INNOVATIVE COMPANY THAT USED TO BE HONDA LOCK, LOCATED HERE IN MARYSVILLE. NOW IT'S MITSUMI. THEY EMPLOY LIKE 24 DESIGN ENGINEERS HERE IN MARYSVILLE. KIND OF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT, BUT ALL RESEARCH ENGINEERS, WHICH IS REALLY COOL. MURUKU I'VE BEEN A LONG STANDING, YOU KNOW, MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY. 
          THEY'RE ACTUALLY OVER LOCATED NEAR MARYSVILLE SQUARE AT ONE TIME IN A VERY SMALL OFFICE. 
          THEY'VE EXPANDED TO INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY IN THE PARK. YOU CAN SEE THE MEETING HERE. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE PRESIDENT OF OF OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY WE'RE MEETING WITH, WHO'S IN 
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CHARGE OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. BUT THAT'S WHO WE'RE MEETING WITH IN THIS MEETING. SO IT WAS REAL IMPORTANT TO THEM FOR US TO BE THERE. SUMITOMO. WE'VE MET WITH THEM EVERY TIME WE'VE GONE OVER. OF COURSE, THEY'RE LOCATED IN THE PARK AS WELL. THEY HAVE 160 EMPLOYEES NOW IN MARYSVILLE. THIS WAS AT THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN OSAKA, WHICH IS ABOUT A THREE HOUR TRAIN RIDE SOUTHWEST OF TOKYO. THIS IS NIHON PLAST. THIS IS THE PARENT COMPANY OF NITON CORPORATION WHO'S BEEN IN MARYSVILLE, MOSTLY RESEARCH ENGINEERS AND SALES. THEY HAVE ABOUT 8 TO 10 EMPLOYEES HERE IN MARYSVILLE. AND WE ACTUALLY MET THEM AT A TRAIN STATION IN FUJI, BECAUSE THE CAB RIDE FROM THERE TO THE PLANT WOULD TAKE TOO LONG FOR US TO GET THERE. SO WE DECIDED TO MEET AT FUJI AND HAVE LUNCH TOGETHER DURING THAT THAT VISIT. THIS IS THEIR FACILITY IN SHIZUOKA, WHICH IS ACTUALLY ON THE, ON THE, ON ON MOUNT FUJI AS IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. PLOT WORK. THIS IS OUR NEWEST COMPANY LOCATED OVER IN PIONEER FLEX. WE MET WITH THEM DOWN IN OSAKA. I'VE NEVER SEEN A PLANT CLEANER THAN THIS PLANT. I THINK WE COULD LITERALLY NO LIE EAT OFF THE FLOOR IN THIS PLANT. IT WAS SO CLEAN. BUT WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THEM. THEY MAKE SOME REALLY PRECISE PROTOTYPING AS WELL. ACTUALLY, WHEN I MET WITH MATSUMAE LAST WEEK, BROUGHT UP A PLOT WORK. THEY WEREN'T AWARE OF THEM. THEY SAID, WE NEED TO TALK TO HIM BECAUSE WE WE HAVE A PROTOTYPE ITEM THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE DESIGNED SO WE COULD ACTUALLY MANUFACTURE THAT. SO IT WAS REALLY COOL CONNECTION WE MADE LAST WEEK HONDA LOGISTICS OF COURSE WE SHARE HONDA LOGISTICS WITH LOGAN COUNTY. SO YOU SEE REPRESENTATIVES FROM LOGAN COUNTY, BELLEFONTAINE AS WELL AS US IN THIS VISIT. IT WAS A REALLY GOOD MEETING. THEY HAVE THEY EMPLOY 1500 ASSOCIATES AT THEIR FACILITY. THIS IS THE ALSO KNOWN AS MIDWEST EXPRESS AND ALSO ONE WORLD LOGISTICS. AND THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED IN SMART MOBILITY SOLUTIONS. THEY'RE LOOKING AT AUTONOMOUS TRUCK TRUCK DRIVING ON CAMPUS AND SO FORTH. SO WE'VE HAD A REALLY GOOD DIALOG AND DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT. 
          KADOMATSU I, I HAVE TO SAY, THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE COOLEST HEADQUARTERS. THEY DO NOT HAVE OFFICES. IT'S ALL SHARED SPACES. SO IF YOU WANT YOUR PLACE YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, YOU GOT TO GET THERE REALLY EARLY AND RESERVE YOUR, YOU KNOW, RESERVE YOUR SPACE. BUT THEY ACTUALLY ARE THE PARENT OF KG AGRI THAT'S BASED OUT OUT BY HONDA ON JOHNSON ROAD. HONDA STARTED THAT BUSINESS. THE CONCEPT OF COURSE IS IS ALL THE BOX BOXES THAT COME OVER ON TRAIN. THEY SEND THE BOXES BACK WITH SOYBEAN AND THEY MAKE HIGH QUALITY TOFU. ONE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY BEANS ARE PRODUCED AT THIS FACILITY. THEY HAVE A THEY HAVE A, A FEDERATION OF FARMERS FROM FROM OHIO, INDIANA AND THE STATE UP NORTH. AND THEY AND IT'S A REALLY, REALLY COOL COMPANY. KOMATSU. AND IT WAS GREAT TO WE NEVER VISITED THEM AS WELL. SO IT WAS GREAT TO VISIT THEM. HONDA THIS WAS A BIG MEETING. WE HAD A LUNCH WITH THEM AT THE IMPERIAL HOTEL. AND THESE ARE FOUR REPRESENTATIVES FROM HONDA CORPORATE. WE HAD LUNCH. IT INCLUDED THE ENTIRE REGION. SO EVERY WE HAD FRANKLIN COUNTY, WE HAD COLUMBUS, WE HAD DUBLIN, WE HAD LOGAN COUNTY, WE HAD MADISON COUNTY, WE HAD US THERE AS WELL. BUT WE HAD A CHANCE TO MEET WITH THEM AND JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVESTMENT IN, IN, IN OHIO AND WHAT IT MEANS TO US. SO IT WAS A REALLY GOOD MEETING AS WELL. THAT WAS THE LAST DAY OF THE CONFERENCE AS WELL. THEN WE ATTENDED THE MIDWEST US-JAPAN CONFERENCE, AND NEXT YEAR IT WILL BE IN INDIANAPOLIS. IT ALTERNATES, OF COURSE, BETWEEN THE US AND JAPAN. ABOUT 300 PEOPLE ACTUALLY GO TO THAT. AND THEY'RE BUSINESS PEOPLE, GOVERNMENT PEOPLE AS WELL. 
          WE'LL PROBABLY BE GOING OVER TO INDIANAPOLIS, OF COURSE, THIS NEXT YEAR TO SUPPORT THIS CONFERENCE. A LOT OF CONNECTIONS ARE MADE DURING THE TIME THAT WE'RE HERE. I WOULD SUGGEST, BECAUSE WE'LL MAKE YOU WELL AWARE OF WHEN THAT IS. IT'D BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A DAY OR OR TWO AND JUST GO SEE IT. IT'S IT'S WORTH OBSERVING. IT'S ONLY SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SO SUNDAY EVENING TO TUESDAY MORNING. SO IT'S A REALLY QUICK CONFERENCE. AND THEN WE DID SOME BUSINESS EXPANSION VISITS AS WELL. WE DID THE MINISTRY OF LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM AKA US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. THAT'S THAT'S THE EQUIVALENT HERE. THEY THEY COVER A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE BASIS THERE. WE TALKED ABOUT SMART CITY SOLUTIONS, HOW HOW THEY ENCOURAGE JAPANESE COMPANIES TO BECOME MORE INVOLVED IN IN IN AMERICA. AND SO WE WERE THERE TO PROMOTE MARYSVILLE AS A GREAT PLACE FOR JAPANESE COMPANIES TO CONSIDER LOCATION, TO DO TESTING, TO DO OTHER THINGS AS WELL. AND THE NEXT PART OF THIS IS MIYAMOTO SAN. SHE WENT WITH US, OF COURSE, SHE DOES A GREAT JOB IN PROMOTING OR ASSISTING JAPANESE TO FOR TO FIND HOUSING IN THE REGION. BUT SHE ALSO REALLY WANTS TO BRING A JAPANTOWN IN MARYSVILLE. WE ACTUALLY MET WITH HOSHINO RESORTS WHILE WE WERE THERE. THEY DO JAPANESE STYLE RESORTS AND HOTELS AND SO 
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WE MET WITH THEM AND DISCUSSED MARYSVILLE AS AN OPPORTUNITY AS PART OF THAT. AND THIS IS THE WORLD EXPO, I WILL SAY IT WAS IF YOU HAVEN'T GONE TO WORLD EXPO, GO TO WORLD EXPO. IT WAS ACTUALLY REMARKABLE. WE WENT AND WE WERE GUEST OF MINEBEA MITSUMI. WE HAVE THOMASON AND MASUDA SAN WITH US THERE IN THAT PICTURE. WE THAT THAT WALL THERE, IT DOES NOT GIVE IT JUSTICE. YOU CAN SEE BEHIND THE THE STATUE THERE, THE RED AND BLUE STATUE THAT IS A WALL. AND THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL IS IT'S LIKE A MOUNTAIN. SO IT'S ALL GRASS THAT GOES DOWN ON THE OTHER SIDE. AND IT'S A BIG CIRCLE, KIND OF LIKE A MOAT, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A MOUNTAIN AROUND THE FACILITY WHERE ALL THE, ALL THE DIFFERENT PAVILION ITEMS ARE OR THE, THE DIFFERENT PAVILIONS ARE, AND THEY HAVE WALKWAYS. AND SO IT'S ALL BUILT ON WOOD. AND THESE WOODS ARE 12 BY 12 AND THEY'RE IT'S JUST AN AMAZING. AND WHEN YOU WALK UNDER IT, THE DESIGN OF THAT, YOU HAD A BREEZE AT ALL TIMES BECAUSE IT WAS 95 DEGREES PLUS EVERY DAY. IT WAS VERY HOT AND HUMID, BUT THERE WAS ALWAYS A BREEZE IN THERE. BUT THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THERE. AND WE WE WENT TO THE US PAVILION, THE FRENCH PAVILION, AND WE ALSO WENT TO CASANOVA, WHERE THE MATSUMAE PAVILION WAS AS WELL, MUCH NEEDED FOR SHADE. IF THEY HADN'T HAD THAT LOCATED THERE, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DIFFICULT SITE TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE HEAT, AND I THINK THERE WAS 123,000 PEOPLE THERE THAT DAY. WE WERE IN A HURRY TO GET TO THE TAXI, AND WE WERE DARTING IN AND OUT OF PEOPLE AND SOAKED WITH SWEAT ON THAT TRIP BACK TO TO TRY TO FIND THE TAXI, WE WERE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE, SO IT WAS AN INTERESTING TRIP. AND THEN OUR NEXT STEPS. 
          SO AGAIN, MAINTAIN STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH JAPANESE COMPANIES. SUPPORT OUR FRIENDSHIP CITY RELATIONSHIP INCLUDING THE STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM. SUPPORT AND ADVANCE THE K-12 JAPANESE LANGUAGE PROGRAM. CONTINUING SUPPORT INVOLVEMENT WITH JASCO, JETRO AND KOJAK. KOJAK I MEAN JASCO, THE JAPAN AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CENTRAL OHIO AND STARTED OHIO STATE YEARS AGO. JETRO IS THE JAPAN EXTERNAL TRADE ORGANIZATION, AND KOJAK IS A CENTRAL OHIO JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCE. THAT'S THE JAPANESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. AND WE HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL THOSE CONTINUE TO GROW. THOSE PROMOTE SMART CITY SOLUTIONS IN THE BETA DISTRICT. COMPLETE OUR FOLLOW UP. THE THANK YOU LETTERS HAVE ALREADY GONE OUT TO EACH OF THE COMPANIES ON SOME OF THE FOLLOW UP ITEMS. WE AND SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW UP ON THOSE. PROMOTE AND MAINTAIN THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL AT CREEKVIEW. AND ALSO, I THINK WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AS YOU LEARN ON THESE TRIPS, RELATIONSHIPS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THE JAPANESE. AND SO YOU'RE TAKING TIME TO PROVIDE THEM CONCIERGE SERVICE TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE HAVE THESE RESOURCES, THAT WE WILL HELP THEM OUT. IT'S KEY TO US GROWING MORE JAPANESE IN OUR JAPANESE INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK AND GROW THAT AS WELL. PREPARE FOR THE MISSION IN 2027, AND THEN ALSO TAKE EVERY ACTION TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT JAPANESE FDI AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO THOSE ARE KIND OF OUR NEXT STEPS. AND THAT'S IT. I DON'T KNOW IF TERRY OR DONALD, THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE BREAKFAST LATE IN THE TRIP WITH JUSTIN COKER FROM JOBSOHIO, AND, AND THERE WERE ABOUT, WHAT, 56 OHIO DELEGATES FROM VARIOUS COMMUNITIES. HE SAID, NOBODY DOES IT BETTER THAN MARYSVILLE. HE SAID FINDLEY'S CLOSE, BUT MARYSVILLE'S ON IT. AND AND HE'S JOBSOHIO IS VERY APPRECIATIVE OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DO TO TO REALLY WORK ON THE RELATIONSHIP BUILDING WITH ALL OF OUR COMPANIES. SO. WE'RE ALL SLEEPING NORMAL NOW. YOU'RE SLEEPING NORMAL HOURS. YOU'RE NOT JET LAGGED ANYMORE. THAT'S THE KEY THING, RIGHT? DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY COMMENTS? ACTUALLY, I THE ONLY COMMENTS THAT I HAVE ARE THAT WE, WHEN WE WENT IN 2023, IT WAS ACTUALLY THE TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE. COLLABORATION BETWEEN YURI AND MARYSVILLE. AND IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT WHEN WHEN IT WAS ESTABLISHED THAT WE WERE AS SERIOUS AS THE JAPANESE FOLKS WERE. YEAH. BECAUSE THE ONE THING AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD WE HAVE NOW HAD THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HONDA FOR 50 YEARS, BUT THEY'RE IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL. THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO COME IN, STAY HERE A COUPLE OF YEARS AND THEN MOVE ON AGAIN. AND YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE WHOLE MENTALITY AND SOME OF THE OTHER FOLKS THAT WE DID SEE AND TALK TO IN 2019, THREE, 20, 23, THEY HAD RELATIONSHIPS, BUT THEY MAY ONLY SEE THEM EVERY 4 OR 5 YEARS, HAVE NO COMMUNICATION WITH ■THEM. AND THEY COULD SAY, YEAH, WE HAVE A SISTER CITY IN JAPAN. IT LOOKS GOOD. IT LOOKS GOOD ON THE RESUME, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN MUCH OF ANYTHING. AND I THINK 
          [00:30:03]
THAT'S WHERE PART OF OUR STRENGTH IS THAT WE DO HAVE THE COMMITMENT FOR EVERY TWO YEARS TO GO AND VISIT THE COMPANIES. YEAH, AND IT DEFINITELY DOES COINCIDE WITH THE MIDWEST JAPAN CONFERENCE. THAT'S AN IDEAL SITUATION, BECAUSE THAT IN ITSELF ALSO BRINGS PEOPLE BACK. 
          BUT FROM THE LOOKS OF IT, I'M SURE THAT DONALD, YOU YOU FOUND THE SAME CONSENSUS WHEN YOU WERE OUT THERE. YOU WERE WELCOMED. THEY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE MADE THE COMMITMENT, AND WE INTEND TO STAY WITH THE COMMITMENT. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF GOING OVER THERE AND SAY, WE DON'T JUST WANT TO SEE THIS ON A PIECE OF PAPER. WE WANT TO LIVE THIS THE SAME WAY THAT WE THAT I KNOW THAT THE JAPANESE COMPANIES LIVE THIS. YEAH. GREAT POINT. I MEAN, IT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. RIGHT ON. HANK. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. 
          ANYBODY ELSE? YEAH. MISS CREAMER, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN GOING OVER THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW, ERIC. AND SO FOR PEOPLE THAT COME OVER HERE FROM THERE, I'M SURE THEY'VE SEEN CHANGES IN THE TRAJECTORY OF MARYSVILLE OVER TIME. DO YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF OVERARCHING OBSERVATIONS OF BIG CHANGES OR TRAJECTORIES THAT YOU'VE SEEN OVER THERE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIS RELATIONSHIP UNTIL THIS MOST RECENT TRIP? YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THEY REALLY LOVE THE STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM. AND WHAT HAS EVOLVED IS THAT THEY HAVE THEY HAVE A COMPETITION. 
          AND I THINK THEY HAD 46 APPLICANTS FOR TEN SPOTS FOR TEN STUDENTS. IT'S A COMPETITIVE PROCESS AND THEY TAKE GREAT VALUE IN WE HAVE STUDENTS AND WE ASK THEIR VOLUNTEERS AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T HAVE TEN. SOMETIMES WE'LL HAVE NINE, SOMETIMES WE'LL HAVE EIGHT THERE. IT'S HIGHLY COMPETITIVE AND THEY VERY MUCH VALUE THAT STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM. IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO YOU. THAT'S ONE THING I SEE FROM YURI, FROM A COMPANY PERSPECTIVE WHEN YOU TALK. DONALD ASKED THIS QUESTION WAS A GOOD QUESTION. 
          THESE COMPANIES, HE ASKED, HOW MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES COME OVER TO SEE YOU, TO VISIT WITH YOU, BECAUSE YOU HAVE FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE US AND WE GOT, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT BE THE ONLY ONE OR THERE MIGHT BE ONE OTHER. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF COMPANIES THAT GO, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITIES GO OVER THERE AND THEY'RE VERY IMPRESSED WITH THAT. AND THEY THEY, THEY'RE SO APPRECIATIVE OF OF THAT. AND THE HOSPITALITY IS SECOND TO NONE. I THINK THAT HAS EVOLVED. 
          I THINK THE OTHER THING, IT'S MUCH EASIER TO GET AROUND JAPAN THAN IT WAS 12 YEARS AGO. THE TAXIS. YOU YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE GOOGLE TRANSLATE EASILY. YOU CAN YOU CAN FIGURE THINGS OUT EASIER. THERE'S ENGLISH IN LOCATIONS. WHEREAS 12 YEARS AGO SCOTT PROBABLY KNOWS THIS. ZACH PROBABLY KNOWS THIS WORKING, WORKING FOR HONDA. BUT THERE'S MUCH MORE ENGLISH IN THE AREA SO IT'S EASIER TO GET AROUND. SO THEY'VE TAKEN STEPS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE OLYMPICS. 
          SO IT'S MUCH EASIER GETTING AROUND JAPAN AS WELL. BUT I BUT I THINK THE RELATIONSHIP BUILDING IS PROBABLY THE THE KEY TAKEAWAY I WOULD SAY. AND ALL THIS, IT CONTINUES TO BE SO IMPORTANT. IF WE WANT TO GROW MORE JAPANESE COMPANIES HERE, WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE TO WORK AT PROMOTING THAT JAPANESE RELATIONSHIP AND HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THEM. THAT'S MY BIGGEST THING GOING ON. TERRY OR DONALD HAVE A DIFFERENT TAKE AWAY. YOU HIT IT RIGHT ON. ANYBODY ELSE? OH, I'LL GET ZACH. OH. MR. MR. I'LL LET YOU GO. THE JAPAN. JAPAN TOWN CONCEPTS. 
          INTERESTING. DO YOU KNOW OF ANY OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND CENTRAL OHIO OR IN GENERAL THAT HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR? NO, I MEAN, THERE'S THERE'S A PLAN UP IN NOVI, MICHIGAN TO BUILD ONE IN THAT STATE UP NORTH. BUT NOVI, IT HAS A TON OF EXPAT JAPANESE THAT LIVE THERE, BUT THEY ARE PLANNING ONE UP IN UP IN THAT AREA. THE THING CLOSEST THING WE HAVE IS PROBABLY HANA DOWN ON BETHEL DOWN DOWN SOUTH. ACTUALLY, THAT'S ON HENDERSON, I BELIEVE. BUT IT'S WHERE THEY HAVE A JAPANESE GROCERY. THERE'S A JAPANESE STORE. THERE'S ALSO A GROCERY STORE STORE AND ALSO A RESTAURANT. AND THAT'S PROBABLY THE CLOSEST THING TO TO THAT. THE CONCEPT IS TO HAVE A RESTAURANT, MAYBE A GROCERY, AND MAYBE A SMALL BOUTIQUE HOTEL, FOR EXAMPLE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WE'VE ACTUALLY MARKETED THE THE SILOS PROJECT BECAUSE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT A BOUTIQUE HOTEL, THAT THAT COULD BE A POSSIBLE LOCATION FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, FOR MY EXAMPLE. BUT THERE'S NO EXAMPLES DIRECT IN CENTRAL OHIO LIKE THAT. YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. ERIC TERRY PRESIDENT BURGER I'LL GIVE YOU TWO WORDS THAT YOU PROBABLY DON'T HEAR VERY FREQUENTLY. AND THAT'S THANK YOU. YEAH. YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK DURING THE WORKING SESSION WE HAD A AN OVERVIEW OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, AN UPDATE. RIGHT, WHICH WAS VERY HEAVILY FOCUSED ON KIND OF OUR TOP FIVE INITIATIVES. NUMBER TWO BEING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANDING OR DIVERSIFYING OUR PORTFOLIO. BUT WHAT WE OFTEN FORGET IS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS 
          [00:35:05]
TO MAINTAIN AND GROW OUR EXISTING BUSINESSES AS WELL. SO FOR YOU ALL TO HAVE THE OUTREACH AND THE RELATIONSHIP BASE WITH OUR FRIENDS IN JAPAN, IT REALLY IT REALLY SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT WE DO AS A CITY TO ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS SET UP NOT ONLY FOR TODAY, BUT FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS AND THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT YOU'VE BUILT OVER THE YEARS THAT ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A STRONG, PROSPEROUS ECONOMY FOR THE ONES THAT WE SERVE. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I THINK A BIG THANK YOU GOES OUT TO ALL OF YOU FOR SUPPORTING STAFF AND THE PRESIDENT COUNCIL TO GO ON THESE TRIPS. AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, TOO. SO ANYBODY ELSE? I'LL JUST SAY SOMETHING. YEAH, APPRECIATE THE REPORT. AND HAVING BEEN TO JAPAN, THERE'S TRUTH TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THE ABILITY TO NAVIGATE HAS BEGUN AS HAS BECOME EASIER. IT'S STILL NOT EASY, BUT IT HAS HAS GOTTEN EASIER OVER THE YEARS. AND FOR A DEVELOPER LOOKING TO BUILD A JAPAN STYLE NEIGHBORHOOD, LET'S LET'S TALK. COME HERE. AND INTERESTING TO SEE SOMETHING WITH INNOVATION COME THROUGH. IT WAS A MATTER OF CONVERSATIONS WE HAD HAD IN THE VISIONING PROCESS THAT TALKED ABOUT KIND OF INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY, AND I JUST SEE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY. I LIKE TO THINK WITH OVERALL THE BUSINESS IN THIS AREA, THE BEST IS YET TO COME. SO THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THE ONLY I YOU, IF YOU HAVE NOTHING, YOU CAN SIT DOWN IF YOU WANT TO. IF YOU HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO SAY, I JUST HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT TO MACKENZIE TOO. SHE HELPED OUT. SHE KEPT YOU STRAIGHT DURING THE GETTING ALL THE PLANNING. SO SHE DID A GREAT JOB. I FORGOT TO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT I ACTUALLY WROTE UP SOMETHING WHILE I WAS IN THE HOTEL BEFORE I CAME HOME. 
          I COULD HAVE WROTE A BOOK, BUT I ONLY WROTE SEVEN PAGES. AND. BUT I'M ALSO WRITING THIS FROM LIKE MY PLANNER POINT OF VIEW. SO. SO WE MET WITH NINE COMPANIES, THREE EXTRAS. WE TRAVELED 6000 MILES WRITING FROM TAXI TO TRAINS TO MEET OUR NEXT JAPANESE COMPANY. WHO HAS WHO HAS CALLED MARYSVILLE HOME. THE CULTURE OF THE JAPANESE IS A LOVING, QUIET AND HUMBLE CULTURE. EVERYONE HAS PURPOSE AND TERMS OF SERVICE, OF SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE COMMON GOOD. TRAVELING TO THE WORLD'S LARGEST CITY. I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE CLEANLINESS OF OF THEIR COUNTRY AND HOW QUIET THEIR CITY IS WHEN TRAVELING. WE ALL HAVE. WE ALL HAVE A MUTUAL PASSION FOR PEOPLE, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND COUNTRY. I WANTED EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND THE INVESTMENT THE JAPANESE HAVE MADE TO OHIO AND UNION COUNTY. THEY HAVE INVESTED $8 BILLION AND PROVIDED 8000 PLUS JOBS. HONDA, WHICH CREATED LONG LASTING EMPLOYMENT FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. GROWTH. MR. PHILLIPS PROVIDED AN OPEN DOOR POLICY. MR. PHILLIPS HAS PROVIDED AN OPEN DOOR POLICY WITH THE COMPANIES TO GIVE US A STRONG RELATIONSHIP, WHICH BENEFITS OUR RESIDENTS AND THE CENTRAL OHIO ECONOMY. HIS THOUGHTFUL MINDSET AND DEDICATION HAS GIVEN, GIVEN, GIVEN UNION COUNTY AND MARYSVILLE THE RESPECT AND FRIENDSHIP OF THE JAPANESE. I WAS GRATEFUL TO WITNESS HIS OUTSTANDING WORK, PASSION FOR OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND CENTRAL OHIO. WE MUST REMEMBER WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. I PERSONALLY WANT TO THANK THE RESIDENTS AND THIS COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING ME TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN IN THIS TRIP. THE TAKEAWAYS NOW THAT I HAVE IS WHAT ERIC HAS ALREADY SAID IS HOW MANY CITIES COME AND THERE'S NOT MANY, BUT WHAT JAPANESE. WHAT I'VE TAKEN AWAY IS JAPANESE. LIKE MANY OF US, FAMILY AND SAFETY IS VERY IMPORTANT. LANDSCAPING AND AND DESIGN STANDARDS ARE ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM. AND THE AND THE OTHER THING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT I, I WILL SAY IS THE REASON WHY JAPANESE ARE MOVING TO OHIO IN MICHIGAN IS BECAUSE OF THE RAPID CHANGE IN CLIMATE. AND THERE ARE EVEN THOUGH THE EAST COAST AND THE WEST COAST. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE MIDWEST AND DROUGHTS, WE ALSO WILL BE AFFECTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE. BUT THE LONG LASTING CLIMATE ISSUES WON'T 
          [00:40:01]
PLAGUE US AS SEVERELY AS OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. AND SO THEY LOOK AT THIS AREA AS A SAFE INVESTMENT FOR FOR THEIR INVESTMENT FOR THE LONG TERM. AND THEY ALSO LOVE OHIO. THEY LOVE THE GREENERY IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY. AND AS THE JAPANESE CULTURE CONTINUES TO LOSE POPULATION, WE WILL BE SEEING MORE AND MORE COMPANIES LOCATING TO THIS PART OF THE REGION. SO I JUST WANTED TO JUST MAKE THAT KNOWN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC TOO, THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T JUST 1 OR 2 COMPANIES, BUT AS WE CONTINUE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE AND MORE ECONOMIC GROWTH DRIVING FROM, FROM, FROM JAPAN TO THE UNITED STATES. SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY. IT WAS IT WAS, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU YOU WERE ABLE TO MEET THERE WAS 56 OR 67 DELEGATES FROM OHIO. SO MANY PEOPLE BETWEEN BUSINESS OWNERS TO KNOW NUMEROUS DIFFERENT POLITICAL OFFICIALS. AND THEN INDIANA WAS ALSO THERE IN A DIFFERENT PART OF OF THE HOTEL. AND IT'S JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND MINGLE AND REALIZING THAT EVEN THOUGH EVERY COMMUNITY MIGHT HAVE THEIR INDIVIDUAL ISSUES, WE ALL COLLECTIVELY HAVE THE SAME ISSUES AND WORKING TOGETHER EVERY DAY TO CREATE A BETTER COMMUNITY THAN WHAT WE HAD THE DAY BEFORE. SO THANK YOU. IS THERE A REPORT OF CLERK OF 
          [HEARING OF CITIZENS]
COUNCIL? THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. THANK YOU. HEARING OF CITIZENS. CATHY YOUNG 425 WEST EIGHTH. I HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS JAPANESE PROGRAM IN THE PAST. I'VE TAKEN IN A STUDENT. MY DAUGHTER'S GONE OVER TWICE. MY DAUGHTER TODAY JUST TOLD ME, AND I'M PROUD OF MY DAUGHTER, THAT SHE GOT A GOLD AWARD AT WORK. AND SO I WAS JUST LIKE, WHY DID YOU GET A GOLD AWARD? WHAT DID YOU DO TO GET THIS GOLD AWARD? SHE'S LIKE, ALL I DID WAS SPEAK JAPANESE TO A PERSON. SHE DID THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT TAUGHT HER HOW TO SPEAK JAPANESE. SHE DIDN'T LEARN THAT FROM HER MOTHER. I THINK THE ONLY WORD I KNOW IN JAPANESE IS OHIO. I KNOW AEROCON, THAT'S AIR CONDITIONING. SO I THIS IS AN AWESOME PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR YOUNG STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, AND AND I HAD THIS LITTLE SOMA KID IN MY HOUSE THAT ALL HE COULD SAY WAS, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. BUT WITH GOOGLE TRANSLATE, I WAS ABLE 95% OF THE TIME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HE WAS ABLE TO SAY. AND IT'S A FABULOUS PROGRAM. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE TONIGHT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR DAUGHTER AS WELL. YEAH. IT'S NICE. IS THERE A REPORT OF FOR 
          [REPORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT]
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MR. PHILLIPS? YES, JUST JUST A FEW SLIDES. I'M GOING TO BE VERY QUICK BECAUSE I TOOK A LOT OF TIME UP TONIGHT. FIRST AND FOREMOST, BREAKING NEWS. WE DO HAVE THE CRAFTING UNION COUNTY EVENT NEXT WEEK THURSDAY AT 8 A.M. WE DO HAVE A BUSINESS IMPACT BREAKFAST. WE JUST HEARD TODAY THAT J.P. NAUSEEF, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT CEO OF JOBSOHIO, WILL BE SPEAKING AT THAT, TALKING ABOUT MANUFACTURING IN OHIO, THE IMPORTANCE OF WORKFORCE, WHY MANUFACTURERS ARE IMPORTANT TO MAYORS IN UNION COUNTY. SO IT'S 8 TO 9 A.M. AT MARYSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. SO IF YOU WANT TO HEAR JP AND HIS WORDS OF WISDOM FROM THE STATE PERSPECTIVE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO ATTEND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT UPDATES. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. IT WAS IT WAS DONE LAST IN 2014 AND THEN UPDATES IN 2018. RELATED. AROUND SMART MOBILITY. WE'RE NOW BEGINNING THE PROCESS IN 2025 OF UPDATING THE ENTIRE STRATEGY FROM A TO Z. I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON THAT. THE PROGRESS WE SENT OUT RFP, WE RECEIVED 24 PROPOSALS. WE HIRED. WE ACTUALLY WE HAD A TEAM OF TERRY BILL NARDUCCI ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF. WE HAD THE PRESIDENT OF OUR CIC AND THE PORT AUTHORITY PARTICIPATE AS WELL. BUT AFTER REVIEWING THOSE, WE HIRED DALE BOYETTE OUT OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, TO ACTUALLY DO THE PLAN. JUST FELT IT MET WHAT WE WANTED TO DO. HE'S ALSO DONE HIS FIRM HAS ALSO DONE WORK WITH WESTERVILLE AS WELL AS HILLIARD, AND THIS IS THE PROCESS. THIS ACTUALLY HAS MOVED BACK A MONTH. THIS IS OCTOBER THROUGH MARCH, BUT IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA. WE'VE ALREADY DONE SOME PRE-LAUNCH DAY MEETINGS. WE HAVE THEM COMING IN NOVEMBER 12TH FOR SOME PHYSICAL MEETINGS WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS OF SECTORS AS WELL. WE WILL DO THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT IN NOVEMBER. THEY'LL ALSO DO SOME TARGET SECTOR IDENTIFICATION IN NOVEMBER, IN DECEMBER. AND YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT THAT THE PROCESS IN WHICH WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW. WE ARE WORKING ON A MEETING WITH CITY COUNCIL. SO MORE TO COME ON THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET A DATE, PROBABLY A WORK SESSION DATE FOR YOU TO BE PART OF THAT PROCESS SO YOU CAN HAVE YOUR INPUT AS WE GO THROUGH IT. THERE WILL ALSO BE A RESIDENT SURVEY THAT WILL GO OUT TO THE RESIDENTS TO TRY TO 
          [00:45:04]
GET INPUT FROM THE RESIDENTS, BUT WE'LL ALSO MEETING WITH DIFFERENT SECTORS. WE'LL MEET WITH DEVELOPERS, WE'LL MEET WITH SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, LARGE BUSINESS OWNERS, REALTORS, THOSE TYPES OF PEOPLE AS WELL, PLUS RESIDENTS AS PART OF THAT PROCESS. AND WE'LL TRY TO GET INPUT FROM EVERYONE TO COME UP WITH THE BEST PLAN. BUT THE GAME PLANS HAVE THIS DONE IN SIX MONTHS. AND SO THE THE END DATE IS IN MARCH OF 2026. SO THAT'S KIND OF AN UPDATE. I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS, BUT MORE TO COME ON THIS AS WE GET INVOLVED IN THIS. 
          IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISTER PHILLIPS? HEARING NONE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. PARKS AND 
          [PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION REPORT]
RECREATION REPORT. YES. SO WE HAD OUR LAST MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, APPROVED THE PREVIOUS MONTHS MINUTES AND THEN GOT SOME UPDATES. SO A NEW ADA WATER FOUNTAIN HAS BEEN INSTALLED AT LEWIS PARK. AND THEN THE FENCING AROUND THE PLAYGROUND AT MILL VALLEY SOUTH IS FINALLY INSTALLED. SOME OTHER UPDATES. THE POOL PASSES SOLD WERE ACTUALLY UP SLIGHTLY FROM LAST YEAR AND THEN OVER, OR MORE THAN 10,000 ATTENDEES WERE AT FIESTA FAIR. THIS PAST YEAR WE HAD A DISCUSSION ON E-BIKE AND SCOOTER POLICIES ON TRAILS AND WHATNOT THROUGHOUT THE PARK SYSTEM, ADOPTED THE PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN, WHICH MADE ITS WAY HERE, AND THEN HAD A CONVERSATION ON A POLICY FOR NAMING PUBLIC PROPERTY WITHIN PARKS. AND THAT WOULD KIND OF CREATE A FORMALIZED PROCESS FOR CITY POLICY. OUR NEXT MEETING IS GOING TO BE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21ST AT 6 P.M. HERE AT CITY HALL. THANK YOU. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FOR YOU OR JEREMY. YOU SPOKE A BIT ABOUT THE SKATE PARK OVER AT ELGAR AND SOME UPDATES. SO I HAD WE HAD SOME INDIVIDUALS DURING I THINK IT WAS A JUNE MEETING TALKING ABOUT PUTTING TOGETHER SOME RAMPS AND WHATNOT, AND WE WERE KIND OF WE WERE GIVING THEM PERMISSION TO DO THAT. AND I SAW SOME OF THOSE GO UP. I SAW THERE WAS A WORK EVENT I HAD NEAR ELGAR PARK, AND I HAD SEEN SOME OF THE INITIAL DESTRUCTION OF SOME OF THE RAMPS FOR THE SKATEBOARD. WHAT COULD YOU GIVE US? SPEAK TO A LITTLE BIT MORE WHERE THINGS ARE AT THERE AND WHAT'S BEING DONE? YEAH, AT LEAST WITH THE WORK THAT OUR GUYS ARE DOING AND I CAN I CAN GET PICTURES AND SEND IT, SEND IT OUT TO EVERYBODY. WHENEVER YOU'RE ADJUSTING THE RAMPS, THERE'S A LOT OF PIECES AND PARTS THAT IT TAKES. IT'S VERY LABOR INTENSIVE TO REPLACE THE BOLTS. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE'RE REPLACING THE BOARDS AND FASTENING THEM AND SECURING THEM UNTIL UNTIL WE CAN DO OUR SKATE PARK EXPANSION, WHICH HOPEFULLY WILL HAPPEN IN THE NEXT 1 TO 2 YEARS. SO THAT SEEMS TO BE THE BIG ONE. BUT IT WAS A GREAT, GREAT RELATIONSHIP WE HAD WITH A COUPLE CITIZENS THAT SHOWED INTEREST AND WE GAVE THEM PERMISSION AND THEY WERE OUT THERE. IT SEEMED LIKE THE NEXT AREA VERY SHORTLY THEREAFTER. SO WITH THE SKATE PARK, DUE TO ITS LABOR INTENSIVE NATURE, NOW THAT WE'RE NOT MOWING AS MUCH, IT GIVES US EXTRA TIME TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT THERE AND DO SOME OF THOSE ROUTINE. MAYBE NOT ROUTINE, BUT MAINTENANCE RELATED ITEMS. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN HUNTER, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TEAM FOR ADDRESSING THE BIKES AND SCOOTERS AND BEGINNING THAT CONVERSATION. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU ALL, BUT I'VE HEARING LOTS MORE FEEDBACK ABOUT CONCERN, YOU KNOW, SAFETY ISSUES REGARDING THAT. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE THAT DISCUSSION. IS THERE ANYTHING ANYBODY ELSE WANTS? ANYTHING. I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION ON PARKS AND REC, BUT I, I NEED TO BACK UP BECAUSE I TALKED ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND COMPLETELY FORGOT TO FOLLOW UP ON A PREVIOUS TOPIC. IF I MAY. YOU. YEAH, I'LL LET YOU DO IT. MR. HUANG, SORRY TO CALL YOU OUT THE CROSSWALK AT PROFESSIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL AND CHESTNUT. 
          YEAH. SO CHESTNUT. YEAH. YEP. SO, WELL, INSTALL THAT CROSSWALK AFTER WE DO ALL THE PAVEMENT STRIPING, WE GOT TO STRIPE THAT CROSSWALK, AND THEN WE'LL WE'LL HAVE THAT RECTANGULAR RAPID FLASH BEACON INSTALLED. THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION IS THERE'S IS THERE A WEBSITE THAT WE CAN SEE WHEN THE PAVING OR THE NOT THE PAVING BUT THE STRIPING SUPPOSED TO BE DONE? I KNOW, LIKE ADINA POINT WAS PAVED ABOUT A MONTH AGO WAITING ON THE STRIPING. YEAH, IT'S SIMILAR TO PROFESSIONAL. SO THAT'S ALL PART OF THE PAVING PROGRAM. AND OUR CONTRACTOR, THEY KIND OF WORK IN SEQUENCE. SO RIGHT NOW THEY WANT TO WRAP UP ALL THE PAVING WORK. ONCE ALL THE STREETS ARE PAVED, THEY'LL COME BACK AND DO ALL THE STRIPING ON ALL THE STREETS JUST BEFORE WINTER. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING? I WAS GETTING QUESTIONS. YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD HOPE BY THE END OF OCTOBER OR EARLY NOVEMBER. 
          OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. I KNOW, I KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO START PAVING OPERATIONS TOMORROW, AND USUALLY THEY CAN KNOCK OUT A LOT OF THE ROADS IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. SO I'M HOPING PAVING IS DONE EARLY NEXT WEEK, MID NEXT WEEK. AND THEN THEY'LL BE BACK FOR STRIPING. COOL. 
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THANK YOU. YEP. THANK YOU. RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION A ONE READING ONLY TO ACCEPT THE 
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AMOUNTS AND RATES AS DETERMINED BY THE BUDGET COMMISSION AND AUTHORIZE THE NECESSARY TAX LEVIES AND CERTIFY THEM TO THE COUNTY AUDITOR. ADMINISTRATION. BRAD, DO YOU MIND GIVING THE UPDATE? YEAH. SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE DOCUMENT THAT'S ATTACHED THE SCHEDULE. A THESE ARE THE VILLAGES THAT THE COUNTY AUDITORS ESTIMATED BASED ON THE INSIDE MILLAGE, THE TEN MILL INSIDE MILLAGE. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY OUTSIDE MILLAGE LEVIES. THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGE TO THE INSIDE MILLAGE AS APPLIED TO EACH ONE OF THESE ITEMS. AND BASICALLY THEREFORE I WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVING THIS RESOLUTION SO IT CAN BE SENT OVER TO THE COUNTY AUDITOR AND LOGGED APPROPRIATELY. CITIZENS. COUNCIL. IS THERE A MR. PRESIDENT? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. ROLL CALL, MR. BORDNER YES. MR. WOLF. YES. MR. BURBY YES. MR. BURGER YES. MR. HUNTER YES. MR. REAMES YES. MISS KRAMER. YES. THANK YOU. ORDINANCES. ORDINANCE A 
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SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING TO APPROVE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION THAT NO AMENDMENT BE MADE TO SECTION 1141.27 ACTION BY PLANNING COMMISSION ADMINISTRATION. WE HAVE NOTHING FURTHER, CITIZENS COUNCIL. I'LL JUST. MR. PRESIDENT BURGER I'LL JUST MAKE A COMMENT. I SPOKE TO THIS IN OUR LAST MEETING. I DO STILL THINK THERE IS MERIT FOR CONSIDERING AN AMENDMENT TO THIS. I WILL ASK THAT COUNCIL CONTINUE TO WEIGH JUST WHAT THIS ACTUALLY MEANS. AND I THINK A COUPLE WEEKS UNTIL THIRD READING, A COUPLE WEEKS FOR PUBLIC TO REACH OUT TO THEM, BUT JUST WE ARE IN A POSITION OF, I THINK, NEEDING TO RAISE THE BAR. AND THAT'S WHERE I STAND WITH THIS. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. YEAH, I THE ONLY THING I'LL SAY IS, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT PLANNING COMMISSION IS A INDEPENDENT BOARD THAN COUNCIL. AND WE LOOK AT THEM FOR RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT WE ALSO MUST REMEMBER THAT WE ARE THE ELECTED BODY. AND SOMETIMES YOU KNOW, WHAT IS BEING DONE IN OUR BOARDS. AND COMMISSIONS DON'T ALWAYS ALIGN WITH OUR RESIDENTS. AND TO ENSURE THAT WHEN OPPORTUNITIES COME WHERE THEY MIGHT BE MORE OF A DEBATED DECISION, RAISING THAT BAR TO ENSURE THAT THE RIGHT DECISION IS BEING MADE FOR THE TIME IS APPROPRIATE. SO THAT'S THAT'S MY FEEDBACK ON IT AS WELL. SO THIS WILL BE BACK FOR THIRD READING AND VOTE ON OCTOBER 27TH, 2025. ORDINANCE B 
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SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING TO APPROVE A ZONING CODE AMENDMENT TO PART 11 ZONING CODE SECTIONS ONE, ONE OH, 7.16 PUBLIC SITES, OPEN SPACES AND NATURAL FEATURES, AND 1135.06 COMMON OPEN SPACE ADMINISTRATION. NOTHING FURTHER. CITIZENS COUNCIL. THIS WOULD BE BACK FOR THIRD READING AND VOTE ON OCTOBER 27TH, 2025. ORDINANCE C SECOND READING 
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PUBLIC HEARING TO APPROVE A ZONING CODE AMENDMENT TO PART 11 ZONING CODE SECTION 1107.19 RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE AND SWD BIRD, HMD, UT, AND USF ADMINISTRATION. NOTHING FURTHER. 
          CITIZENS. COUNCIL. THIS BE BACK FOR THIRD READING AND VOTE ON OCTOBER 27TH. ORDINANCE DE 
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SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING TO APPROVE A ZONING CODE AMENDMENT TO PART 11 ZONING CODE. APPENDIX. GLOSSARY OF TERMS. ADMINISTRATION. NOTHING FURTHER. CITIZENS COUNCIL. THIS BE BACK FOR THIRD READING AND VOTE ON OCTOBER 27TH. ORDINANCE E FIRST READING INTRODUCTION TO 
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AMEND CHAPTER 1320 VACANT BUILDING REGISTRATION OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. CODIFIED ORDINANCES AND PRESENTATION TO PULL UP MR. ANDREWS. IT'LL COME UP IN JUST A SECOND. ZACH. OKAY. 
          I'M CONFIDENT I DID NOT BRING MY JOKE BOOK TO GET US THROUGH THAT. ALL RIGHT. TONIGHT WE'RE 
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GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME UPDATES TO THE VACANT BUILDING REGISTRATION. SOME OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THE HISTORY OF THE VACANT BUILDING REGISTRATION THAT WE'VE HAD IN TOWN, BUT WE'VE EVALUATED THAT, AND IT'S BEEN DETERMINED THAT WE SHOULD MAKE A COUPLE ADJUSTMENTS. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THOSE. WE'LL GO THROUGH A BACKGROUND KIND OF SOME OF OUR EVALUATIONS AND THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. I WASN'T AROUND IN THIS POSITION IN 2013, BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, WE HAD AN ABANDONED PROPERTY REGISTRATION THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE FOLLOWING THE HOUSING BUBBLE SITUATION FOLLOWING 2008 AND 2016. WE MADE SOME UPDATES TO INCLUDE NOT JUST ABANDONED PROPERTIES, BUT BUILDINGS THAT ARE VACANT. MAYBE THE PROPERTY OWNER LIVES IN TOWN, OUT OF TOWN, BUT THEY'RE JUST SITTING THERE UNDERUTILIZED. AND TO NOW WE'VE HAD SOME MEETINGS WITH PUBLIC SAFETY, SAFETY AND SERVICE COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND THEN WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO PROPOSE THE UPDATES. CURRENTLY, THIS IS WHAT OUR REGISTRATION FEE LOOKS LIKE. PROPERTIES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AS VACANT HAVE TO REGISTER WITH US ON FORMS PROVIDED BY THE CITY, PROVIDE CONTACT INFORMATION. EMERGENCY. 
          EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION AND A VACANT BUILDING PLAN, AS WELL AS PAY THE FEE ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF YEARS THAT THEY'VE BEEN VACANT, AND EVALUATING WHAT OUR CURRENT REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS HAVE. YOU KNOW, WE FOUND THAT AS THEY REMAIN VACANT OVER EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME, THERE'S MORE ADMINISTRATIVE TIME THAT GOES INTO ADDRESSING CONCERNS THAT MAY COME UP WITH A VACANT BUILDING THAT'S CHRONICALLY VACANT, SUCH AS DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, MAYBE FIRST RESPONDER EVENTS, FIRE, POLICE HAVING TO RESPOND TO SITUATIONS. 
          AND THROUGH THAT, WE FOUND THAT THE CURRENT REGISTRATION FEE DOES NOT REALLY COVER THE ADMINISTRATIVE TIME THAT GOES INTO MONITORING VACANT BUILDINGS. SO WE'LL KIND OF GET INTO WHAT THAT ADMINISTRATIVE TIME LOOKS LIKE AS WE GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. WE'VE ALSO HAD SOME FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS THAT THERE'S SOME ASPECTS OF THE CODE THAT AREN'T REALLY DOING WHAT IT'S INTENDED TO DO. SO WE'RE GOING TO EVALUATE THE EXEMPTION PROVISION PROVISION AND REQUEST A COUPLE OF UPDATES TO ADDRESS CONTINUOUSLY VACANT BUILDINGS. SO ADMINISTRATIVE TIME THIS IS PER YEAR PER PROPERTY KIND OF WORST CASE SCENARIO. IF WE HAVE A REALLY PROBLEM PROPERTY IT CAN TAKE YOU KNOW UP TO THE TIME SPENT OVER ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE PAGE JUST FROM IDENTIFYING IT, DOING THE NOTICE PROCEDURE, MONITORING FOR PROPERTY MAINTENANCE VIOLATIONS, SECURITY REQUIREMENTS, GETTING THAT NOTICE TO THE PROPERTY OWNER IF THEY FAIL TO REGISTER, IF THEY FAIL TO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS, WE CERTIFY THOSE FEES TO THE TAX ROLL. AND THAT TAKES ADMINISTRATIVE TIME. HAS TO GO OVER TO THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE. IF THEY FAIL TO SUBMIT THE REGISTRATION FORM, THEN WE HAVE TO TAKE IT THROUGH THE MUNICIPAL COURT FOR THE JUDGE TO INSTITUTE A FINE OR IMPOSE A FINE. SO. ALL IN ALL, IT CAN TAKE, YOU KNOW, 20 TO 26 HOURS PER BUILDING, DEPENDING ON THE CONDITION OF THAT BUILDING, THE NUMBER OF TIMES WE HAVE TO RESPOND TO RESIDENT COMPLAINTS. 
          SO IF WE'RE OUT DOING A ROUTINE INSPECTIONS, IF WE SEE CONDITIONS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. SO OUR OBJECTIVES, OBVIOUSLY TO ENCOURAGE THE REOCCUPATION, REOCCUPATION AND THE USE OF UNDERSIZED, UNDERUTILIZED VACANT BUILDINGS, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO PRESERVE OUR EXISTING BUILDING STOCK THROUGH, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY REDUCING INSTANCES OF DEMOLITION BY NEGLECT. WHEN WE HAVE THESE PROPERTIES THAT SIT THERE EMPTY FOREVER, WE HAVE AN OUT-OF-STATE PROPERTY OWNER THAT YOU KNOW, DOESN'T CARE ABOUT IT, WANT TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THOSE EFFECTS OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. SORRY. GO BACK. AND THE THE FEES, THE UPDATED FEES THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ARE GOING TO BE THEY'RE GOING TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE TIME THAT WE SPEND ON ADMINISTERING THE VACANT BUILDING REGISTRATION. 
          SOME KEY UPDATES. RIGHT NOW, OUR REGISTRATION FEE IS A FLAT FEE BASED ON, YOU KNOW, JUST BASED ON OR THERE'S NO DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL. IT'S ALL ONE FEE. SO WE'RE GOING TO SEPARATE THAT OUT. THERE'S GOING TO BE A FEE SCHEDULE FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS. AND WE'RE GOING TO WE'VE REMOVED OUR PROPOSING TO REMOVE A PROVISION THAT WOULD REFUND A PRORATED AMOUNT OF THAT FEE BACK TO THE PROPERTY OWNER IF THEY WERE TO REMOVE THE 
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PROPERTY FROM THE VACANT BUILDING REGISTRATION. SO THEY SELL IT, GET IT REOCCUPIED OR WHATEVER. WE'RE JUST GOING TO REMOVE THAT FROM THE CODE. WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING THROUGHOUT THE STATE? MOST MOST COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE A VACANT BUILDING REGISTRATION, THEY SPLIT IT INTO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL, AND THEIR FEES START AT 200 TO 400. AND THEY JUST DOUBLE EVERY YEAR. AND DISCUSSING WITH THIS WITH TIM, I THINK IT'S BEST THAT OUR FEES BE STRUCTURED IN A WAY THAT WE CAN ARTICULATE. LIKE WHAT THOSE, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE INCURRING THOSE COSTS AND NOT JUST ARBITRARILY CHARGE $3,200 A YEAR FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. 
          SO WITH THAT, WE'VE CUT IT DOWN FROM A FIVE YEAR CYCLE TO FOUR. SO ONCE YOU HIT FOUR, YOU'RE PAYING THE, YOU KNOW, THE THE PROPOSED FEE WOULD BE THAT $1,500, $1,500 FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY FOR THE FOURTH AND EVERY CONSECUTIVE YEAR SUBSEQUENTLY VACANT YEAR FOR THAT PROPERTY. COMMERCIAL IS THOSE FEES ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES THOSE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS ARE LARGER THAN A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING. 
          THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE ADMINISTRATIVE TIME THAT GOES INTO MONITORING THOSE FOR VIOLATIONS, GETTING NOTICE TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES. 
          INDUSTRIAL. WE WORKED WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE COMMITTEE TO COME UP WITH A PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT. AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL SEE WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE BASED ON, YOU KNOW, 10,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, 60,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, ETCETERA. WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT, AS MISS KRAMER POINTED OUT THIS MORNING, THE THIRD AND FOURTH YEAR PROPOSED FEES IN THE DOCUMENT IN THE PACKET THAT YOU GOT WERE INCORRECT. SO WE WOULD NEED A A MOTION TO AMEND THE FEES FOR THE THIRD AND FOURTH YEAR INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS TO REFLECT WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN VERSUS WHAT'S IN THE PACKET. SO FOR INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, KIND OF SEE WHAT THOSE FEES WOULD LOOK LIKE BASED ON THE AREA AND NUMBER OF YEARS THAT THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN VACANT. LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'RE PROPOSING TO REMOVE THAT LINE OUT OF THE THE CURRENT CODE THAT WOULD ALLOW THOSE FEES TO BE REFUNDED BACK ON A PRORATED SCALE. ANOTHER AMENDMENT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS TO CLEAR OR TO. CLARIFY THE MULTI-TENANT VACANT BUILDING SECTION. RIGHT NOW, IT'S IF IT'S 50% OF THE AVAILABLE UNITS AND OR 50% OF THE AVAILABLE FLOOR SPACE IS VACANT, THEN YOU HAVE TO REGISTER IT. AND THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSING, A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING FOR PROPERTY OWNERS. SOMETIMES YOU DON'T KNOW, LIKE A STAFF HAS A HARD TIME DETERMINING WHICH IS MORE SO WE'VE. CHANGED IT TO WHERE IT'S JUST 50% OF THE AVAILABLE FLOOR SPACE, OR MORE IS VACANT THAN THEY WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS. IF IT'S A AND THAT'S FOR A MULTI-TENANT BUILDING ONLY. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT SPECIFIC PROVISION, BECAUSE I PROBABLY SOUND A LITTLE CONFUSING THE WAY I'VE EXPLAINED IT. I WAS GONNA WAIT TILL THE END. OKAY, YOU CAN WAIT TILL THE END. YEAH, OKAY. AND THIS IS JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS THAT PROPOSED CHANGE FOR MULTI-TENANT BUILDINGS. WE HAVE HAD SOME REQUESTS FOR EXEMPTIONS. WE'RE WE KIND OF WANT TO MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE STRINGENT. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE THE PROVISION THAT WOULD ALLOW AN EXEMPTION IF THE PROPERTY IS ACTIVELY LISTED WITH A REAL ESTATE GROUP THAT'S LICENSED IN OHIO, BUT REDUCED THAT FROM 12 MONTHS TO NINE MONTHS, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO EXTEND THE, YOU KNOW, IF A PROPERTY IS SUBJECT TO DAMAGE FROM A FIRE OR OTHER NATURAL DISASTER. RIGHT NOW, THEY HAVE A 90 DAY WINDOW. WE'RE PROPOSING TO EXTEND THAT TO 180 DAYS, TO GIVE THEM MORE TIME TO GET THE PROPERTY FIXED UP AND THEN REOCCUPIED. AND THIS IS JUST THE SPECIFIC TEXT. THE OTHER THING WE'RE DOING I DIDN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT BEFORE, BUT RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING REFERS TO CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. 
          WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THAT TO DIVISION OF ENGINEERING, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ALWAYS OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER THAT'S WORKING ON THE VACANT BUILDING STUFF. SUBSECTION D, WE DECIDED TO REMOVE COMPLETELY A THROUGH C, ALLOW FOR THE EXEMPTIONS AND THEN GIVE YOU THEY GIVE THE PROPERTY OWNER CONCRETE REASONS TO REQUEST THAT EXEMPTION D IS KIND OF AMBIGUOUS, AND IT JUST 
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LEAVES IT UP TO STAFF'S DISCRETION. AND WE THOUGHT IT'D BE EASIER NOT ONLY ON THE PROPERTY OWNER BUT ON STAFF TO IF YOU'RE GOING TO REQUEST AN EXEMPTION, YOU HAVE TO HIT THESE KEY BENCHMARKS, WHICH WOULD BE A THROUGH C. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          I'LL START WITH YOU. SINCE YOU WAS I'LL START WITH YOU FIRST. ZACH. THANK YOU. WELL DONE. SO A COUPLE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD WAS REAL WERE ARE RELATED TO THE FEES. SO ORIGINALLY I WAS CONFUSED BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT THE FEES WERE GOING TO BE SPLIT BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL. AND THEN YOU GOT TO THAT. SO THAT'S FINE. I GUESS THE LOGIC BEHIND THE COST PER SQUARE FOOT. HOW HOW DID WE COME UP WITH THAT NUMBER? AND DOES IT TRULY COVER THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ALL OF THE EFFORT THAT GOES INTO HANDLING EACH OF THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS? YEAH. SO WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT DO IT BASED ON THE SQUARE FOOT. SOME OF THOSE WERE HIGHER, I THINK. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE SPECIFIC COMMUNITY, BUT I KNOW IT WAS IN THE DOCUMENTS WE HAD FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE MEETING. THEIR FIFTH YEAR WAS LIKE $1.25 PER SQUARE FOOT. AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT 100,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, THAT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY HIGH. SO WE WE LOOKED AT THESE ARE SIZES OF BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY. SO WE TOOK THOSE, TRIED TO SEE WHERE IT WOULD LINE UP WITH THE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL FEES, WHERE THOSE ARE BASED ON THOSE BUILDING SIZES. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ENDED UP WITH, I THINK THE ADMINISTRATIVE TIME KIND OF REFLECTS THAT OR IS REFLECTED IN THAT. AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          BUT MY QUESTION IS, IS DO WE THINK THAT THAT'S THE RIGHT APPROACH? AND I ASK THAT BECAUSE ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET INTO LIKE THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, THERE'S OPPORTUNITY COSTS THAT ARE LOST. WE'VE GOT BUILDINGS THAT SIT HERE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS THAT ARE EMPTY. THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW. BEING OR CONTRIBUTING TO OUR COMMUNITY VIA JOBS AND OTHER. RIGHT. BUT INSTEAD THEY'RE SITTING VACANT, JUST CREATING AN EYESORE FOR THE REMAINDER OF, OF THE, OF THE, OF THE RESIDENTS. SO I JUST I JUST WONDER IF, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO LOOK AT DOES DOES DOES THE COST THAT WE'RE CHARGING TRULY COVER OUR EFFORT. BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT, ARE YOU PAYING AN HOUR FOR AN OIL CHANGE LIKE A HUNDRED BUCKS? YOU LOOK AT 20 HOURS. THAT'S TWO GRAND RIGHT THERE ON THE ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE OF YOUR ANALYSIS OF HOW MUCH EFFORT IS. ALLOCATED THROUGH TAXPAYER FUNDED JOBS THAT ARE CREATED HERE IN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, RIGHT, TO TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT WOULD COVER THE SMALLER BUILDINGS, BUT DOES IT REALLY? I DON'T KNOW, I JUST I THINK THE, THE, THE FEE HAS TO REFLECT THE TIME THAT LIKE PLANNING AND ZONING STAFF PUT INTO IT AND THEN DEFER TO TIM. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT YOU COULD SPECULATE ON WHAT A PROPERTY MIGHT BRING IN AND WHAT THAT THAT TAX REVENUE WOULD BE. I DON'T THINK YOU CAN PUT THAT AS PART OF THE EQUATION FOR THE REGISTRATION FEES. IF THAT'S THAT WASN'T A CONSIDERATION, LIKE OPPORTUNITY COST WASN'T CONSIDERATION THAT CAN BE INCLUDED. NO ASKING. SHOULD IT BE. WELL WE THEN IT WOULD BECOME A FINE AS OPPOSED TO A FEE. AND WHAT WE WHAT ZACH AND THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT DID WAS I MEAN WE EVEN LOOKED AT SALARIES OF THE FOLKS WHO GO OUT THERE AND DO THE INSPECTIONS, AND WE TRIED TO ESTIMATE AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEY WOULD SPEND IN A YEAR BASED ON THE SALARY THAT THEY MAKE, FULL SALARY WITH BENEFITS AND EVERYTHING. AND THAT'S HOW WE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW WE KIND OF CAME UP WITH THESE NUMBERS. SO IT. YOU KNOW, THIS THIS IS DESIGNED I GET IT, WE HAVE GOALS AND WE WANT TO REUTILIZE THESE BUILDINGS. AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. BUT REALLY THE THE FEE THAT WE'RE CHARGING CAN'T BE A FINE. AND WE'RE CHARGING A FEE THAT IS BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF WORK AND TIME AND EXPENSE THAT THE CITY HAS TO PUT FORWARD IN INSPECTING THESE VACANT PROPERTIES. OKAY, I WASN'T AWARE OF THE DELINEATION 
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BETWEEN FEE AND FINE. YEAH, WE'RE ONE WE CAN AND THE OTHER WE CAN'T. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S THE SAME. OH, WE CAN MAKE IT A FINE. BUT THEN BUT THEN IT BECOMES A CRIMINAL, YOU KNOW, ACTION. THEN IT'S YOU GO, YOU KNOW, THE PERSON HAS DUE PROCESS RIGHTS TO GO TO COURT AND OKAY. AND ALL THAT. SO. OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION WAS YEAH ON THE MULTI-TENANT. BUT JUST A CLARIFICATION FOR FAILURE TO FILE THE REGISTRATION IS IS A MINOR MISDEMEANOR OKAY. SO THAT I MEAN THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO FILE THE REGISTRATION. 
          SO AND THEN THE YEAH I WAS KIND OF LOST ON THE. YEAH. SO THE MULTI-TENANT I GUESS WE COULD TAKE AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING FOR EXAMPLE. THAT WOULD HAVE THAT'S SET UP FOR MAYBE SIX UNITS. 
          RIGHT NOW THEY ONLY HAVE ONE UNIT OR IT COULD BE SIX UNITS. BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S ONLY SPLIT INTO TWO. ONE IS 10,000FT■!S. TE SECOND IS 8 OR 80,000FT■!S. SO 90,000FT■!S TOTAL. THE OLD CODE WOULD SAY ALL RIGHT YOU HAVE TWO AVAILABLE. SO AND ONE IS VACANT. SO YOU HAVE TO REGISTER THAT. THE OTHER THIS WOULD BE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SPACE AS A WHOLE OR I'M SORRY IT'S TWO AVAILABLE AND ONLY ONE IS OCCUPIED. THAT'S 50% NOT 50% OR MORE VACANT. SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO REGISTER. SORRY, I KNOW I WOULD IF I HAD A I COULD DRAW IT UP. I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO. YOU MIGHT HAVE TO HONESTLY. DO YOU HAVE YOUR CRAYONS I CAN WE LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION OFFLINE I GUESS FUNDAMENTALLY FOR ME AS I GOT A DUPLEX I DON'T PERSONALLY BUT SOMEBODY GOT A DUPLEX. ONE SIDE IS VACANT, ONE IS OCCUPIED. IS THAT DOES THAT MEET THE CRITERIA TO HAVE TO REGISTER THE SAME SQUARE FOOTAGE? THAT'S EQUAL. THAT'S 50% OCCUPIED. SO THEY DON'T MEET THAT THRESHOLD. IT'S 50% OR MORE. IT'S VACANT. HAS TO REGISTER. BUT SO YES, LET'S JUST MAKE IT SIMPLE. YEAH 30 600 SQUARE FOOT DIVIDED BY TWO 18 1818 IS OCCUPIED 18 IS NOT OCCUPIED. IS THAT UNDER THE NEW AND THE PROPOSED CODE THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO REGISTER. NOT BECAUSE IT'S NOT MORE. RIGHT. OKAY. BECAUSE IT SAID 50% OR MORE. SO WE'RE LIKE MAYBE WE NEED TO CLARIFY THAT IT COULD BE MORE THAN 50% OR MAYBE EVEN 51% OR MORE. I THINK THAT WAS THE INTENT OF THE CHANGES. OKAY. IT MIGHT NOT BE. IT MIGHT NOT BE REFLECTED ON THE PRESENTATION. I THOUGHT IT WAS. I MEAN, THE INTENT THE INTENT IS TO REQUIRE REGISTRATION IF LESS THAN 50%. RIGHT? SO IF OCCUPIED, MORE THAN OCCUPIED, YEAH, MORE THAN 50% OR MORE THAN IS OCCUPIED, THEN THE REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED. SO IF IT'S 50% 1800 FEET SQUARE FEET, IT'S 33,600 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, THEN NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED. THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION. OKAY. YEAH, WE'LL LET'S JUST CHAT LATER. IT'S A LOT EASIER IF YOU CAN DRAW IT OUT. SO I LIKE I LIKE DRAWING WHITE BORDER. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I'LL JUST SPEAK TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS OR SOME OF THE DIALOG THAT WE HAD HAD AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE COMMITTEE MEETING HAD SHED LIGHT ON THIS NOT JUST BEING A CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER CONCERN, BUT ALSO OTHER ASPECTS OF PUBLIC SERVICE LIKE POLICING AND PERHAPS LIKE MISCHIEF AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THERE'S CALLS THAT THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, TAKE AND RESPOND TO. AND IT'S A REALITY. I WHEN I WAS SOME 20 SOME YEARS AGO, I WORKED IN A, IN A COMMUNITY WITHIN THE 270 OUTER BELT HIGHWAY, AND THAT COMMUNITY HAD A LOT OF VACANT BUILDINGS. AND, AND IT CAUSED A BIT OF A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. 
          AND I JUST I THINK THAT THERE IS A BALANCE OF WE DON'T WANT TO WE DON'T WANT TO PUNISH PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING ON THEIR HOUSE TO REHAB IT. AND I THINK THAT'S REFLECTED HERE IS THAT THERE'S THERE'S THIS I THINK ONE OF THE A, B, A, B OR C TALKED ABOUT HAVING THOSE BUILDING PLANS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO LIKE NOTHING, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WHO ARE REHABBING THEIR HOUSE TO REHAB YOUR HOUSE AND MAKE IT BETTER THAN IT WAS BEFORE. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME TEETH IN, IN GETTING THINGS SUCH THAT WE DON'T FIND OURSELVES, YOU KNOW, IN A WORLD OF HURT WITH SOME PROBLEMS ON OUR HANDS. SO THAT WAS MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. MR. WOLFE. DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF YOU KNOW, HOW MANY RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS OR COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS WOULD KIND OF NEED TO BE WOULD MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS OR BE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM MORE THAN WHAT YOU WOULD THINK, BUT RESIDENTIAL? 
          [01:15:05]
IT'S PROBABLY UNDER 20 OR UNDER TO GET WITH OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TO CONFIRM THAT COMMERCIAL. IF YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE MULTI MULTI UNIT SECTION, IT'S PROBABLY HIGHER. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH EVALUATING SPECIFICALLY IN THE UPTOWN, TRYING TO GET A HANDLE ON THE NUMBER OF BUILDINGS THAT HAVE LESS THAN 50% UTILIZED. 
          BUT THEN THAT WOULD BE LIKE IN UPTOWN THE SHOPS ON THE FIRST FLOOR, RESIDENTS ON THE SECOND FLOOR. YEAH. IF THERE ARE EMPTY SPACES ON THE SECOND FLOOR. AND AGAIN, IF THEY MEET THE OVERALL SQUARE FOOTAGE THRESHOLD FOR, FOR VACANCY. YEAH. THANK YOU. YEAH. I'D LIKE TO TAKE IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ON THE UPTOWN. YEAH. THE INTENT OBVIOUSLY FOR UPTOWN IS THAT THE LOWER LEVEL. YEAH. IS BEING USED COMMERCIAL WHETHER IT'S A STOREFRONT, WHETHER IT'S OFFICE BUILDINGS OR WHATNOT, AND PEOPLE CAN BUY IT WITH THE INTENT THAT THEY USE THE SECOND FLOOR AS STORAGE. YEAH. THEN IT'S BASICALLY OCCUPIED. YEAH. BECAUSE THEY USE IT FOR STORAGE. 
          OR IS IT A ASSUMPTION THAT THE SECOND FLOOR WOULD BE RESIDENTIAL? SO HOW DOES THAT WORK OUT? THE IT WOULD HAVE TO BE USE THAT COMPLIES WITH THE ZONING CODE. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT STORAGE WOULD LIKE FOR IN YOUR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEBODY BUYS BUYS A BUILDING FIRST FLOOR IS COMMERCIAL AND THEY'RE USING THE SECOND FLOOR STORAGE. IF THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE UNITS, THEN THAT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ZONING CODE. IF STORAGE OR WAREHOUSING IS NOT A PERMITTED USE. SO IT DEPENDS ON HOW THE BUILDING IS SET UP, WHAT THE HISTORICAL USES WERE. BUT I THINK IN MOST CASES THE INTENT WOULD BE TO HAVE RESIDENTIAL, BUT THAT DEPENDS ON CERTAIN BUILDING CODE CONSIDERATIONS. YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT THE BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED FOR, WHAT IT'S BEEN USED FOR IN THE PAST. AND IF THEY HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. SO THERE'S A HANDFUL OF FACTORS THAT WOULD GO INTO IT. BUT THE SHORT OF IT IS THEY HAD TO HAVE TO HAVE A LEGALLY PERMITTED USE TO, TO NOT BE ON THE VACANT BUILDING REGISTRATION, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. OKAY. BUT BUT AGAIN, THAT THAT CAN VARY BY WHAT PREVIOUSLY HAS BEEN USED IN THAT BUILDING. SO THERE IS NO HARD FAST RULE THAT SAYS OKAY, BOTTOM PART IS COMMERCIAL, UPPER PART IS RESIDENTIAL. YEAH. 
          IF IT'S BEEN USED DIFFERENTLY IN THE PAST. YEAH IT DEPENDS BECAUSE IF THERE ARE USES THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED, YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO THE CURRENT ZONING CODE BEING ENACTED, THEN THERE ARE LEGAL NONCONFORMING AND THEY CAN CONTINUE. SO AGAIN, IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE SPECIFIC PROPERTY AND THE HISTORICAL USE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE. THE ONLY YOU KNOW, THE FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ON EVERYONE'S MIND NOW FOR A WHILE FOR A LONG TIME. AND YOU CAN SEE OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND US WHO HAS OVERWHELMINGLY PRESERVED THEIR DOWNTOWN UPTOWN DOWNTOWNS THROUGH HISTORICAL PRESERVATION INITIATIVES, REBRANDED THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, INVESTED IN COMMUNITY APPEARANCE AT A RAPID RATE. AND NOT TO SAY MARYSVILLE HASN'T, BUT OURS HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT SLOWER. AND AND A LOT OF THAT IS JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE COMMUNITY, IT'S THE MINDSET. IT'S. BUT AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE MOVE TO MARYSVILLE, WHO'S COMING FROM THESE COMMUNITIES, THEY'RE GOING TO START DEMANDING WE DO MORE AND MORE AND DO BETTER AT IT. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT THERE'S A LOT OF STRUCTURES SINCE I'VE BEEN A KID THAT'S BEEN VACANT. THERE'S A HOUSE ON COLLINS, BEEN VACANT PROBABLY SINCE I'VE SINCE I KNOW SINCE THE FOURTH GRADE. THERE'S A, THERE'S THERE'S STRUCTURES UPTOWN THAT ARE VACANT. AND SO WHATEVER THIS FEE OR FINE OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, I WOULD HOPEFULLY IT'S THE PRICE ENOUGH TO ENCOURAGE RENOVATION OF THESE STRUCTURES. AND IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THIS IS THE ONE THING THAT'S GOING TO SAVE. THE NEXT BIG ISSUE IS GOING TO BE LAND USE CHANGE AND OCCUPYING WHAT ACTUALLY IS PERMITTED IN THE UPTOWN, NOT PERMITTED IN THE UPTOWN HAS TO CHANGE TO GO WITH, YOU KNOW, YOUR ISSUES TO ACTUALLY GET PEOPLE IN THE UPTOWN LIVING AND THEN USING, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY HIRING A ECONOMIC PERSON UNDER ERIC WITH A PRESERVATION DEGREE TO HELP WITH GRANTS AND DOING WHAT DELAWARE HAS BEEN DOING. BUT THERE'S MORE TO IT. BUT THE FIRST STEP IS THIS IS A HUGE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO REALLY LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE SHORT TERM TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE LIVING, ENCOURAGE RENOVATIONS OF THESE BUILDINGS, 
          [01:20:04]
BUT THEN ALSO JUST TO ENSURE AS A COUNCIL, AND I THINK WE'RE ALL PRETTY INTELLIGENT PEOPLE UP HERE TO LOOK AT THIS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE NUMBERS MAKE SENSE. AND IF WE NEED TO AMEND SOMETHING, THEN WE SHOULD AMEND SOMETHING. SO BUT I APPRECIATE THE I APPRECIATE YOU DOING YOUR PRESENTATION AND COMING UP HERE AND FINDING WAYS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. SO THANK YOU. MR. YEAH. A LOT OF THESE OBJECTIVES THAT YOU PUT FORWARD ARE THESE GOALS THAT YOU PUT FORWARD ARE THE BASIS FOR, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL, CONSIDERING THIS VACANT FEE REGISTRATION SCHEDULE? BUT BUT YOU KNOW, THE THE THE KEY HERE IS IS THESE ARE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES THAT HAVE TO BE CONNECTED TO THE EXPENSE THAT THE AND COSTS THAT THE CITY PUTS FORWARD IN ORDER TO INSPECT AND AND AND MAKE SURE THAT THESE BUILDINGS ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE AND THAT THE GRASS IS GETTING CUT AND THAT THERE AREN'T ANY, YOU KNOW, PROBLEMS WITH THE PROPERTY BECOMING. PEST INFECTED OR OCCUPIED BY SQUATTERS OR I MEAN, ALL THESE OTHER ISSUES AND, AND, YOU KNOW, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY OCCURRING THERE. ALL THESE THINGS ARE, ARE, ARE CONCERNS. AND THESE INSPECTIONS ARE TO, YOU KNOW, DO THE BEST THAT THE CITY CAN TO ENSURE THAT THESE THINGS AREN'T HAPPENING. AND IF THERE ARE CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES, THEN THEY'RE THEY'RE ENFORCED AND THOSE TYPICALLY ARE CRIMINAL. BUT YOU KNOW, THE I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING HERE IS THAT THE WAY THAT THE, THE CITY, THE WAY THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT HAS PUT THIS TOGETHER AND BRINGING IT TO COUNCIL IS. IS TO TO IMPOSE FEES FOR THEIR COSTS. AND THESE THINGS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY COSTS, I GET IT. 
          AND AND WE DON'T WANT VACANT BUILDINGS SITTING AROUND. AND YOU KNOW, CITY COUNCIL PROBABLY DOES HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE PREROGATIVE TO CRIMINALIZE SOME OF THESE ACTS. I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S THAT IT'S RECOMMENDED BY THE ADMINISTRATION, BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WHAT CATEGORY WE'RE IN HERE. AND THIS IS THESE ARE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES. 
          IF WE'RE IF WE'RE CHARGING SOMEONE FOR HAVING A VACANT BUILDING BECAUSE THE CITY'S LOSING OPPORTUNITY COST OR FOR WHATEVER OTHER REASON, THEN WE ARE FINDING THEM. AND WE HAVE TO ALSO BE AWARE OF, OF, YOU KNOW, FOLKS, THEIR PROPERTY RIGHTS TOO. SO BUT BUT AGAIN, THERE ARE CRIMINAL, YOU KNOW, CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS THAT ARE LIKE ANCILLARY ANCILLARY TO, TO, YOU KNOW, THESE VACANT BUILDINGS. AND THOSE ARE CODE ENFORCEMENT, CODE ENFORCEMENT PROBLEMS THAT MANY OF THESE BUILDINGS HAVE. I HAVE ONE OTHER THING, BUT BUT GO AHEAD. 
          I JUST I WANT TO JUST CLARIFY ONE THING BEFORE I'M QUOTED IN THE PAPER ON WEDNESDAY, MY COMMENTS WERE TRYING TO SEEKING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS. LIKE WHAT'S THE LOGIC BEHIND WHAT THIS THIS FEE SCHEDULE? SURE. TO MAKE SURE THAT AND AND MY COMMENT ON THE OPPORTUNITY COST IS IS IT CONSIDERED LIKE IF IT IF IT SHOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED THAT'S FINE. I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. SO BEFORE THE THE THE THE PAPER GOES OUT ON WEDNESDAY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT I WASN'T TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, COME UP WITH SOME SORT OF SUBJECTIVE, YOU KNOW, LOGIC ON OPPORTUNITY COSTS FOR COMMERCIAL. I JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF IT'S PART OF LIKE IF IT WAS CONSIDERED IN THE IN THE FEE SCHEDULE, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY WE NEED TO COVER OUR COST. YEP. AND IF THE FEES DON'T COVER OUR COST, THEN WE CAN'T APPROVE THE FEE SCHEDULE. AND IF THERE'S SOME OTHER APPROACH THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN OR TO TAKE PLACE BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MAINTAINING AND PERMITTING AND, YOU KNOW, INSPECTING AND MOWING YARDS, THEN MAYBE WE JUST NEED TO HAVE A FEE SCHEDULE. AND FOR EVERY ACTION ITEM THAT WE DO ON PROPERTY X, Y, AND Z, IT'S IT'S UNDERSTOOD. IF I MOW YOUR YARD, IT'S 50 BUCKS. IF I HAVE TO DO AN INSPECTION, IT'S 500 BUCKS. 
          WHATEVER IT IS, BUILD IT INTO THE SCHEDULE. YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COST IS COVERED. AND WE'RE NOT THROWING TAXPAYER DOLLARS AWAY BECAUSE THESE BUILDINGS ARE SITTING EMPTY, CREATING EYESORES AND JUST DETERIORATING. WELL, I'LL LET ZACH ELABORATE, BUT I JUST 
          [01:25:01]
THE THESE THESE FEES ARE FOR THE INSPECTIONS. THERE ARE FEES THAT ARE IMPOSED FOR LIKE MOWING THE LAWN AND ALL THAT. AND I CAN LET ZACH YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. YEAH. WE ALREADY HAVE THAT IN OUR, IN OUR CODE IN THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE. IF WE HAVE TO MOW A PROPERTY, IT'S THE COST OF MOWING PLUS THE $200 FEE WE HAVE TO PICK UP TRASH THAT OUR REFUSE CONTRACTOR WON'T PICK UP BECAUSE IT'S A MATTRESS THAT'S NOT WRAPPED IN PLASTIC. IT'S $200 PLUS WHATEVER IT COSTS OUR OTHER ABATEMENT CONTRACTOR TO REMOVE THAT ITEM. IF WE HAVE TO CONDEMN A BUILDING AND HAVE IT DEMOLISHED, IT'S $200 PLUS WHATEVER IT COSTS TO DEMO THAT BUILDING. SO WE ALREADY HAVE THAT. THOSE COSTS ALREADY KIND OF BUILT INTO OUR CURRENT PROPERTY MAINTENANCE. OKAY, MAYBE WE JUST NEED TO GET AN EXAMPLE WITH ALL OF THOSE BECAUSE I MY INTERPRETATION WAS THAT WAS THE OUTLINE. SO OKAY. CAN I SAY ONE OTHER THING. SO IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA FOR COUNCIL TO MAKE THOSE AMENDMENTS NOW. I MEAN THEY'RE QUASI CLERICAL. IF ZACH YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THE TABLE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LINE THREE AND FOUR UNDER THE INDUSTRIAL COLUMN. AND I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE IN THE PACKET IS .09 DOLLAR PER SQUARE FOOT FOR THIRD YEAR AND .15 PER SQUARE FOOT FOR FOURTH YEAR. I THINK THIS IS WHAT YEAH, THIS IS INTENDED I THINK THIS WAS THE INTENT FROM THE PUBLIC SERVICE. 
          OKAY. IT'S JUST EASIER TO DO IT AT FIRST READING THAN IT IS TO DO IT LATER. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE THE FEE AS OUTLINED HERE ON THIS SLIDE. IS THAT ROLL CALL. ROLL CALL. YES. 
          MR. WOLF. YES. MR. BURBY. YES. MR. BURGER YES. MR. HUNTER YES. MR. REAMES YES. MISS CRAMER YES. 
          MR. BORDNER YES. LEGISLATION IS AMENDED. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND WE KNOW THE GENERAL TRIBUNE'S ALWAYS AWARE THAT EVERYTHING WE TALK ABOUT IS ALWAYS YOU KNOW, IT'S A LEARNING PROCESS FOR THE FIRST TIME YOU KNOW HEARING THIS. SO WE RESPECT WHAT YOU WRITE. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING ON OCTOBER 27TH, 2025. COMMENTS FROM CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU, MR. 
          [COMMENTS OF THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL PERSONS AND GENERAL DISCUSSION]
PRESIDENT. JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU TOO, THAT YOU GET PERIODIC UPDATES ON CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES IN IN SOME OF OUR REPORTS TO YOU. SO NEVER HESITATE AS YOU'RE LOOKING THROUGH SOME OF THOSE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING, NEVER HESITATE REACHING BACK OUT TO US. AND AND WE CAN CLARIFY THE STATUS OF CERTAIN AREAS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET ACCOMPLISHED. OKAY. THAT'S THAT'S THAT. THE ONLY OTHER THING I HAVE IS ON OCTOBER 27TH. 
          MYSELF, BRAD AND JEREMY WILL BE ATTENDING THE INTERNATIONAL CITY COUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION MEETING OUT OF STATE. SO WE WILL NOT BE HERE FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING ON OCTOBER 27TH. CHIEF BROOKS WILL SERVE IN THE CAPACITY WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS WILL FOLLOW THE SAME PROCEDURES WE ALWAYS HAVE. PART OF THE REASON THAT THE THREE OF US ARE GOING FOR A COUPLE REASONS, BECAUSE THEY THEY NUMBER ONE, THEY HAVE BEFORE, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH CONTENT AT THIS CONFERENCE THAT IS EXTREMELY VALUABLE THAT IT TAKES. YOU CAN'T SEE EVERYTHING. 
          AND THERE'S THERE'S ITEMS THAT CLEARLY ASSIST BRAD IN THE FINANCE AREA THAT HE CAN TAKE IN, AS WELL AS, IN JEREMY'S CASE, IN THE AREA OF OF SERVICES, VARIOUS SERVICES. 
          THERE'LL BE OVER 5000 ATTENDEES AT THE CONFERENCE, WHICH IS TYPICAL AND JUST WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE WE'RE WE'RE ATTENDING THAT DURING THAT TIME FRAME. SO BUT WE'LL BE WELL PREPARED FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING AND WE MAY ACTUALLY BE WATCHING IT ONLINE OURSELVES AS WELL. SO THAT'S IT. 
          THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. JUST TO BE CLEAR, I DEFINITELY WILL BE WATCHING IT. YOU KNOW, I'LL I'LL BRING JEREMY INTO THE ROOM. WE'LL HAVE A PARTY. WE'LL GET PIZZA. WE ACTUALLY DID WATCH THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING WHEN WE WERE IN JAPAN DURING ONE OF OUR MEETINGS. YEAH, YEAH, I HAD AS DONALD AND I WERE WATCHING. AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T MIND, MR. PRESIDENT, REAL QUICK, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A MEETING THAT ENDED REAL QUICK. AND I SAID, DONALD, WHAT'S GOING ON 
          [01:30:03]
HERE? YOU KNOW, THIS MEETING ENDED REAL QUICK WITH SCOTT RUNNING IT AND AND. I GUESS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF US LIKE TO SEE PEOPLE WORK AND OTHER PEOPLE DON'T. SO THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THAT'S IT. ACTUALLY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO START TONIGHT? YOU DO HAVE TO BE CAREFUL, BECAUSE WE HAVE JAZZED HIM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW EFFICIENT THE MEETINGS WERE IN HIS ABSENCE WHILE HE WAS GONE. SO ANYWAY, NO, I APPRECIATE THE ATTENDANCE THIS EVENING. I APPRECIATE THE THE INFORMATION. I WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTED. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST, BUT THE CONFERENCE THAT YOU ALL ARE ATTENDING MAYBE GETTING SOME SORT OF REFLECTION FROM, FROM THAT, YOU KNOW, SHARING BEST PRACTICES WHERE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE MARYSVILLE STRENGTHS ARE VERSUS, YOU KNOW, OTHER OTHER, OTHER COMMUNITIES AND WHERE WE SEE SOME OPPORTUNITIES. I THINK, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, I GO TO A LOT OF CONFERENCES. YOU GO TO A LOT OF CONFERENCES. IT'S IT'S GOOD TO SHARE. WE'LL DEFINITELY REPORT BACK. AND ALSO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU GET A CHANCE, GO, GO ON THE ICMA WEBSITE AND YOU CAN SEE THE CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN, SOME OF THE VARIOUS SESSIONS THAT THEY HAVE. IT'S AND THERE'S I MEAN, IT'S OFF THE CHARTS. SO IT'S A REALLY, REALLY EXCEPTIONAL CONFERENCE. SO OTHER THAN THAT GO BILLS RIGHT. HEY, THEY'RE NOT DOING VERY WELL RIGHT NOW. JUST WANT YOU TO TELL ME. MR. FURBY. OH, OKAY. I'LL START WITH JULIE AND WORK MY WAY BACK. NOTHING FURTHER TODAY. OKAY. 
          MR. REALLY? MR. HUNTER? JUST A COMMENT. JUST A REMINDER THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK GOING ON 33, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP ANYTIME SOON. BE PATIENT AND MINDFUL OF THE NEED TO BE PATIENT AND JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S THINGS GOING ON IN PREPARATION FOR SOME ROAD WORK AHEAD AND JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE MARYSVILLE COMMUNITY STAYS SAFE AND KNOW THAT THE THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE OVER THE LAST YEAR, WHEN DID WE DO THE CONCRETE SCENE OR THE THE PINNING OF THE OF THE EXPANSION JOINTS TOGETHER? IS THAT A YEAR AGO NOW? IT FEELS LIKE TWO YEARS AGO. OKAY, SO ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK THIS EVENING, I WAS TALKING TO A COLLEAGUE ABOUT HOW ULTIMATELY THIS IS ALL BEING STRUNG TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT WHEN THIS THING BECOMES PAVED, SOMEDAY, WE'RE DOING IT IN THE MOST COST CONSCIOUS WAY. 
          I WAS LAUGHED AT A BIT, BUT IT'S TRUE. SO LIKE THESE, THE SEQUENCE IN WHICH THIS WORK IS BEING DONE IS, IS ULTIMATELY MEANT TO ENSURE THAT ONCE THAT THING IS FINALLY PAVED, IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE BEST THE WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PAVEMENT IS NOT DESTROYED A YEAR LATER, BECAUSE SOME HEAVY EQUIPMENT IS BEING DUG IN TO REPLACE A BRIDGE. BUT WITH ALL OF THAT COMES JUST ALL OF THESE OBSTACLES THAT YOU REALLY GOT TO WATCH OUT FOR. SO BEING ON THE WEST SIDE OF MARYSVILLE GOT TO I GET TO EXPERIENCE THAT, YOU KNOW, ON MY MY JOURNEYS DOWN TO THE DUBLIN AREA OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE. SO THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU. SO I JUST HAVE A FEW COMMENTS. SO RECENTLY ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, I ATTENDED LOCAL ROOTS LASTING IMPACTS. IT WAS THE MID-OHIO REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION AND IT WAS ON SUSTAINABILITY. I THINK SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, I'VE GONE TO THEM EVERY YEAR. I THINK AS AS REPRESENTATION OF COUNCIL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE EVER GONE, GONE TO IT OR NOT, BUT SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LIKE MOST CONFERENCES, THERE'S A TONS OF DIFFERENT CLASSES YOU CAN GO TO, WHATEVER TICKLES YOUR FANCY AND YOU LEARN ABOUT WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING, NOT ONLY IN OHIO AND COLUMBUS, BUT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. AND OBVIOUSLY WITH SUSTAINABILITY, IT'S ABOUT HOW OUR CITIES ARE BECOMING MORE RESILIENT. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ALWAYS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE. IT'S IT'S IT'S ALSO ABOUT HOW DO WE SAVE RESOURCES AND MONEY BECAUSE MONEY IS BECOMING TIGHTER AND TIGHTER EVERY DAY, ESPECIALLY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. AND SO HOW DO WE BECOME MORE SUSTAINABLE? AND LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF CITIES, THEY CAN'T WIDEN THEIR ROADS AND AND CITIES CAN'T AFFORD TO WIDEN ROADS ANYMORE. IT'S TOO MUCH. IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE CURBING CONCRETE, ASPHALT. AND THEN THE WEAR AND TEAR OF THE CHANGING CLIMATE SO RAPIDLY ASPHALT IS CRUMBLING AT A QUICKER RATE AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS. SO A LOT OF CITIES ARE LOOKING AT, OKAY, HOW CAN WE GET PEOPLE FROM POINT A TO POINT B THE QUICKEST WAY POSSIBLE WITHOUT MAYBE USING AN AUTOMOBILE? AND THAT'S WHEN YOU SEE DENSER CITIES BEING BUILT AND PUBLIC TRANSIT AND YOU SEE A BIKE LANE BEING BUILT, AND YOU MIGHT SEE A BIKE LANE ON THE ROAD. SO IT JUST HELPS ENCOURAGE DIVERSITY OF 
          [01:35:02]
TRANSPORTATION THAN WHAT MAYBE FROM WHAT CITIES USED TO BE 120 YEARS AGO, COMPARED TO IN THE 50S, YOU KNOW, 50S AND 60S, WHEN PREDOMINANTLY PEOPLE USED AUTOMOBILE. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS IS SOME CITIES IN COLUMBUS AND THAT I WENT TO, IT WAS HOW TO ENGAGE YOUR YOUTH. AND SO, LIKE COMMUNITIES LIKE BEXLEY AND UPPER ARLINGTON AND COLUMBUS, THEY THEY DO THESE INITIATIVES WHERE THE COUNCIL AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE CAN DO THIS OR WE SHOULD DO THIS THIS YEAR, BUT IT'S FOOD FOR THOUGHT IS THEY TAKE LIKE $5,000 AND THEY WILL, YOU KNOW, THEY GO TO THE SCHOOLS AND THEY TELL THE KIDS IT COULD BE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. AND THEY SAY, HOW CAN YOU YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY THEY SUBMIT A PROJECT TO THE CITY AND THEN COUNCIL APPROVES THE MONEY TO THE STUDENTS ON THEIR PROJECT AND WHATEVER THAT PROJECT IS. SO IN BEXLEY, THEY PLANTED TREES ON THE PLAYGROUND, YOU KNOW, IN THE PLAYGROUND. ONE THING THEY CREATED A COMPOST AND ANOTHER ONE, THE OTHER ONE WAS THEY PUT RECYCLING IN THE DOWNTOWN. SO THERE'S RECYCLING BINS IN THEIR DOWNTOWN. SO IT'S DEFINITELY BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THE AGE BRACKET, YOU GET SOMETHING DIFFERENT. BUT WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING COMMUNITY AND SMALL TOWN FEEL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ENGAGE YOUNGER RESIDENTS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE NOT ONLY UNDERSTANDING THE POLICIES WE MAKE DOES AFFECT THEM, BUT ALSO TO HELP ENGAGE OUR SCHOOLS MORE PROACTIVELY WITHIN OUR CITY. AND I THINK THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY MAYBE THIS ISN'T THE PATHWAY TO GO, BUT HOW CAN WE AS A COUNCIL ENGAGE OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AND MAYBE USING YOUNG CREATIVE MINDS TO MAYBE THINK OF SOMETHING OUTSIDE THE BOX THAT WE WEREN'T THINKING ABOUT AND ALSO SUPPORTING THE ENVIRONMENT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS AS WELL? SO THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING. I MEAN, THERE'S TONS OF INFORMATION. 
          EACH CLASS WAS, WAS SOMETHING, BUT I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY SIMPLE FOR ME AS A LEGISLATOR TO THINK ABOUT, HOW CAN I, YOU KNOW, BUILD COMMUNITY PRIDE, SUPPORT EDUCATION, GET STUDENTS INVOLVED. AND, YOU KNOW, ALSO BECAUSE I'M A TREE HUGGER, HOW CAN I SUPPORT THE ENVIRONMENT? SO, MR. PRESIDENT, JUST TO ADD TO YOUR COMMENTS AND AND FOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL TO KNOW WE WILL BE DOING. WE WILL BE GOING INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL ON OCTOBER 23RD, MEETING WITH SOME OF THE STUDENTS IN REGARDS TO WHERE WE'RE AT ON OUR VISION PLAN AND DOING SOME OF THE SAME THINGS WITH THE STUDENTS THAT WE DID WITH THE COMMUNITY, GETTING THEIR INPUT AND GETTING THEIR THOUGHTS. SO YOU'RE RIGHT ON TARGET AND BUT YOU'LL YOU'LL BE SEEING THAT AS, AS A PART OF THE VISION PROCESS RIGHT NOW. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS SUGGESTED BACK DURING THE MEETINGS ON AT LONDON AVENUE. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH. AND STAFF'S ALREADY GOT THAT SET UP AND READY TO GO. SO THANK YOU. 
          SO IN SAYING THAT THERE'S A POTENTIAL TO ENJOIN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER INFORMATION RELATED TO THE SPECIFIC BUSINESS STRATEGY OF AN APPLICANT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE AND TO CONSIDER THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY. IS THERE A MOTION, MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE REASONS STATED. 
          SECOND, I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? OH. ROLL CALL, MR. BURR. YES. MR. BERGER HERE. 
          YES. MR. HUNTER. YES. MR. REAMES. YES, MISS KRAMER. YES. MR. BORDNER. YES
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