Feb 23, 2026 City Council

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COUNCIL MEETING ON FEBRUARY 23RD. TIME IS NOW 7 P.M. AND I'M GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. WE ARE GOING TO START BY STANDING AND SAYING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND THEN PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALMIGHTY GOD, WE ASK YOU TO GUIDE US THROUGHOUT THIS MEETING AS WE SEEK TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE GOOD OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE AND ITS CITIZENS. AMEN. AMEN. ROLL CALL. ZACK WERNER HERE. STEVEN WOLF HERE. DONALD BERGER HERE. SCOTT HUNTER HERE. KELSEY HERE. MARK REAMES AND KATHY YOUNG HERE. RIGHT. APPROVAL OF

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 9TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THE FEBRUARY 9TH MEETING

[APPOINTMENT]

[PROCLAMATION]

SCOTT HUNTER, PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL OF CITY OF MARYSVILLE, OHIO, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 2026 AS DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AWARENESS MONTH AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND THE OPENNESS TO LEARN AND

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WE HAVE A LOT OF AMAZING PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT EMPLOY PEOPLE. WE HAVE A VERY ACTIVE EARLY INTERVENTION DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE SOME JUST WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL THINGS IN THIS COUNTY FOR OUR INDIVIDUALS. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THEM AND APPRECIATE IT. SO MY NAME IS CARA BROWN. I'M THE SUPERINTENDENT WITH THE BOARD OF DD. DEFINITELY WANT TO ECHO BOTH SCOTT AND ELENA. THANK ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR YOUR SUPPORT YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY. ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCIL FOR TAKING THE INITIATIVE FOR THE PROCLAMATION AND INVITING US HERE TONIGHT.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DID WANT TO BRING AWARENESS TO YOU. IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE OR OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, WE HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THIS MONTH. SO I WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU GUYS. IF YOU COULD LET EVERYONE KNOW. WELL, GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS YOURS TO KEEP.

OH PERFECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES. HOPEFULLY I GAVE YOU THE RIGHT ONE OKAY. OTHERWISE I'M GOING TO BE READING IT AGAIN. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN NEXT WE HAVE LAUREN BROWN FROM WORLD OF WONDERS. PLEASE COME UP. WELCOME TO MARYSVILLE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEETING HERE TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A COMMENDATION. THIS IS FOR WORLD OF WONDERS CHILD CARE AND LEARNING CENTER A 40 YEAR COMMITMENT TO FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY. WHEREAS FOUNDED IN 1986, WORLD OF WONDERS CHILD CARE AND LEARNING CENTER HAS SERVED FAMILIES IN THE MARYSVILLE COMMUNITY FOR FOUR DECADES AS A TRUSTED, NONPROFIT EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROVIDER ESTABLISHED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO RECOGNIZE THE GROWING NEED FOR RELIABLE, HIGH QUALITY CHILD CARE FOR WORKING FAMILIES. WORLD OF WONDERS WAS BUILT ON THE BELIEF THAT EARLY LEARNING IS BOTH A PUBLIC GOOD AND A SHARED COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY, AND WHEREAS FROM ITS EARLIEST DAYS, WORLD OF WONDERS HAS OPERATED AS A PARENT RUN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION GOVERNED BY A VOLUNTEER BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THIS STRUCTURE HAS ALLOWED THE CENTER TO REMAIN DEEPLY RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF LOCAL FAMILIES, WHILE PRIORITIZING CHILDREN'S WELL-BEING OVER PROFIT. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, WORLD OF WONDERS HAS MAINTAINED ITS CORE MISSION TO PROVIDE A SAFE, NURTURING, AND DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN FROM INFANCY THROUGH SCHOOL AGE. AND WHEREAS WORLD OF WONDERS HAS CONSISTENTLY EMPHASIZED DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE PLAY BASED LEARNING, RECOGNIZING THAT CHILDREN LEARN BEST THROUGH EXPLORATION, RELATIONSHIPS, AND HANDS ON EXPERIENCES, THE CENTER HAS REMAINED COMMITTED TO MEETING AND EXCEEDING STATE LICENSING STANDARDS AND DEMONSTRATED AN ONGOING COMMITMENT TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, STAFF DEVELOPMENT, AND ACCOUNTABILITY. AND WHEREAS A DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC OF WORLD OF WONDERS HAS BEEN ITS ROLE AS A COMMUNITY ANCHOR, PARTICULARLY FOR FAMILIES NAVIGATING ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY, SHIFTING CHILDCARE POLICIES, AND CHANGING SUBSIDY S SYSTEMS. WHEREAS AS WORLD OF WONDERS CELEBRATES ITS 40TH YEAR OF SERVICE, IT STANDS AS A TESTAMENT TO WHAT IS POSSIBLE WHEN A COMMUNITY INVESTS IN ITS YOUNGEST MEMBERS. THE CENTER'S HISTORY REFLECTS NOT ONLY ENDURANCE, BUT INTENTION AND A SUSTAINED COMMITMENT TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AS A FOUNDATION FOR LIFELONG LEARNING, FAMILY STABILITY AND A STRONGER MARYSVILLE COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE, I, SCOTT HUNTER, PRESIDENT OF CITY COUNCIL, ON BEHALF OF AN APPRECIATIVE COMMUNITY, HEREBY COMMEND. WORLD OF WONDERS CHILD CARE AND LEARNING CENTER ON ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING SO SUPPORTIVE AND HONORING US TONIGHT AT WORLD OF WONDERS. OUR MISSION HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO PROVIDE CARE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES DURING THE MOST IMPORTANT YEARS OF THEIR LIVES. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO BE PART OF A SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY, AND LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING MARYSVILLE FOR YEARS TO COME. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO SET THESE HERE IN CASE PEOPLE WANT TO GRAB ONE ON THE WAY OUT. AND ONE OTHER COMMENT,

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AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO STAY FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING. WE HAVE A LONG AGENDA, SO YOU ARE FREE TO GO IF YOU WOULD LIKE. NO OFFENSE TAKEN. MR. PRESIDENT. I WOULD MOVE TO ADD BOTH OF THESE TO THE MINUTES. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE THAT. NEXT ON

[ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT]

AND THEN ABOVE THAT INDIVIDUAL IS AN ENGINEER. SO WADE MANAGES A LOT OF THE PROJECTS IN UNION COUNTY, DELAWARE COUNTY, MARION AMARO, OUR NORTHERN AREA. SO HE COVERS A LOT OF LOT OF GROUND.

SO I'M IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE TONIGHT. I APPRECIATE THE KIND INVITATION TO COME SPEAK WITH YOU ALL. WE KNOW HOW IMPACTFUL THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BE TO THE CITIZENS OF MARYSVILLE. AS A RECENT ADDITION TO MARYSVILLE CITIZENRY. IT'S VERY IMPACTFUL TO ME PERSONALLY. SO I'M HAPPY TO SHARE SOME DETAILS ON WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS FOR THE UPCOMING CONSTRUCTION SEASON. SO FIRST, THIS IS A PROJECT OVERVIEW. A LOT OF THE NUTS AND BOLTS, THE PROJECT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER THAT'S RELEVANT FOR ANY, ANY CITIZENS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN LOOKING UP INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT ON OUR WEBSITE. THAT'S THE FASTEST WAY TO GET TO THE PROJECT PAGES JUST TO SEARCH THAT ID NUMBER. SO THIS IS THE UNION 33 US 36, STATE ROUTE FOUR, STATE ROUTE 245 BRIDGE PRESERVATION PROJECT. TOTAL COST AT ABOUT $20.8 MILLION. THE PRIME CONTRACTOR ON THE PROJECT IS GOING TO BE MILLER BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION, INC. THE PROJECT ACTUALLY SOLD LAST YEAR AND TECHNICALLY HAS ALREADY BEGUN CONSTRUCTION. THE INITIAL WORK LAST YEAR WAS PRIMARILY JUST SORT OF LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE TRAFFIC IMPACTS THIS YEAR. SO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MEDIAN CROSSOVERS, WHICH WE'LL GET INTO THE DETAILS OF A LITTLE LATER, AND THEN THEY'VE BEEN WORKING HERE RECENTLY ON SOME GUARDRAILS. SO NOT A TON OF IMPACTS YET. THE MAIN THE MAIN SHOW SO TO SPEAK IS UP AHEAD. SO CHAD MAYBURY IS THAT ODOT PROJECT ENGINEER WHO WILL BE SUPERVISING THE PROJECT IN A MORE DIRECT LEVEL. AND THEN WADE AGAIN, IS THE AREA ENGINEER. MYSELF AND HANNAH SALEM ARE THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS FOR DISTRICT SIX AND INCLUDED CONTACT INFORMATION FOR OUR OFFICE. SO YOURSELVES OR ANY, ANY RESIDENTS OF THE CITY WHO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROJECT OR ANY ODOT PROJECTS HAPPENING IN UNION COUNTY THIS YEAR, ALWAYS ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO REACH OUT TO US. WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND TAKE CALLS. ALL RIGHT. SO AT ITS CORE, WHAT THIS PROJECT IS SEEKING TO ACCOMPLISH IS SUBSTANTIAL REHABILITATION ON EIGHT TOTAL BRIDGES THAT ARE ALL PAIRED STRUCTURES. SO ONE EASTBOUND, ONE WESTBOUND ON US 33 ON THE BYPASS AROUND THE CITY. THEY'LL BE WORKED ON ONE HALF AT A TIME. THAT'S BECAUSE, AS WE KNOW, 33 IS SUCH A VITAL CORRIDOR FOR MARYSVILLE AND FOR PARTS WEST TO GET TO COLUMBUS. WE SAW THIS IN 2024 WHEN WE DID THE THE PAVEMENT REHABILITATION, THE PAVEMENT REPAIRS TAKING 33 DOWN TO ONE LANE IN ONE DIRECTION FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME IS INCREDIBLY DISRUPTIVE. SO IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT THAT TRAFFIC BE MAINTAINED TWO LANES IN EACH DIRECTION. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS GOING TO ACCOMPLISH. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT BY WORKING ON ONE HALF OF EACH BRIDGE AT ONE TIME. AND THEN WHEN THAT HALF IS COMPLETE, THEY'LL MOVE TRAFFIC OVER TO FINISH THE OTHER HALF, AND THEN THEY'LL FLIP AND WORK ON THE BRIDGES ON THE OTHER SIDE. SO IN TOTAL, WE'RE CALLING THIS A TWO YEAR CONSTRUCTION CYCLE. AS I SAID, TECHNICALLY WE HAVE ALREADY ENTERED CONSTRUCTION. THE PROJECT SOLD LAST YEAR. BUT THE PRINCIPAL IMPACTS WITH THE CONTRAFLOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO, THAT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT A TWO YEAR DURATION. WITH A BREAK IN THE MIDDLE, THEY'LL OPEN TRAFFIC TO BOTH LANES IN EACH DIRECTION WITHOUT THOSE RESTRICTIONS OVER THE WINTER, TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTIONS AND TO FACILITATE SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL, WHICH, AS WE'VE SEEN THIS YEAR, IS VERY IMPORTANT WORK. SO THIS IS JUST A SIMPLIFIED GRAPHIC, TRIED TO INCLUDE JUST ENOUGH ROADS TO HELP MAKE SURE EVERYBODY COULD FIND THEIR BEARINGS. BUT BASICALLY, YOU CAN SEE THE RED STARS REPRESENT THREE OF THE PAIRS OF BRIDGES.

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THE WESTERNMOST CROSSOVER IS ACTUALLY SLIGHTLY WEST OF THE POSITION INDICATED ON THIS MAP.

I COULDN'T QUITE FIT IT AND STILL BE ABLE TO COVER THE ENTIRE BREADTH OF THE PROJECT AREA, BUT IN ESSENCE, TRAFFIC WILL ENTER THOSE CROSSOVERS THAT'LL TAKE ONE LANE OF THE OF THE IMPACTED DIRECTION ACROSS THE MEDIAN AND RUN IT HEAD TO HEAD, WHAT WE CALL CONTRAFLOW AGAINST THE TWO LANES OF THE OPPOSING DIRECTION. IF ANYONE'S DRIVEN I-70 WEST OF COLUMBUS, WE HAVE A VERY SIMILAR CONFIGURATION IN PLACE RIGHT NOW FOR OUR PAVEMENT REHAB OUT THERE. AND THEN THE FOURTH LOCATION IS OVER TOP OF WALDO ROAD, SO THAT'S BETWEEN 36 AND ROUTE FOUR. THOSE CROSSOVERS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TOGETHER. BUT THE IT'LL BE THE SAME BASIC PROCESS. SO THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED GRAPHIC JUST KIND OF SHOWING WHAT THE CONFIGURATION OF TRAFFIC WILL BE. YOU'LL HAVE THAT ONE MAINLINE LANE THAT'S MAINTAINED ON THE SIDE WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION IS OCCURRING. YOU'LL HAVE A CONTRAFLOW LANE ACROSS THE MEDIAN ON THE OTHER SIDE. AND THEN THE TWO MAINTAIN LANES. THEY'LL BE SLIGHTLY SHIFTED TO THE OUTSIDE, SO LANES WILL BE A LITTLE NARROWER. BUT WE WILL. THE IMPORTANT PART IS AGAIN, HAVING THOSE TWO LANES MAINTAINED IN EACH DIRECTION. SO AND I'LL DEFER TO WADE IF WE HAVE ANY UPDATES AS FAR AS THE SPECIFIC START FOR WHEN THAT CROSSOVER IS GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT IT'S REALLY GOING TO RAMP UP IN THE SPRING. WAITING FOR THE WEATHER TO BREAK. PAVEMENT REALLY NEEDS GOOD, CONSISTENT TEMPERATURES ABOVE A CERTAIN DEGREE FOR THEM TO MAKE MEANINGFUL PROGRESS. SO I WOULD EXPECT THE PROBABLY THE BACK HALF OF MARCH BEGINNING OF APRIL AROUND THE 1ST OF APRIL, AROUND APRIL 1ST IS THE TENTATIVE START DATE FOR THIS CONTRAFLOW PATTERN. INITIALLY, THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THE EASTBOUND BRIDGES, SO THAT MEANS ONE LANE OF EASTBOUND TRAFFIC WILL BE ROUTED OVER THROUGH THE CROSSOVERS RUN AGAINST THE TWO LANES OF WESTBOUND TRAFFIC, AND THAT'LL BE IN PLACE FOR AROUND 90 DAYS FOR THE FIRST PHASE. YEAH. OKAY.

OH, LET ME GO BACK. YEAH. SO THAT'S PHASE ONE. AND THEN AGAIN, ONCE THEY FINISH WORK ON THE FIRST HALF OF THE EASTBOUND BRIDGES, THEY'LL SHIFT TRAFFIC ON THE EASTBOUND SIDE. SO YOU'LL STILL HAVE THAT ONE LANE EASTBOUND MAINTAINED. YOU'LL STILL HAVE THE CONTRAFLOW LANE, BUT THEY'LL FINISH THE OTHER OTHER HALF OF THE BRIDGE ON THE EASTBOUND SIDE. AND THEN AGAIN, WE'LL PAUSE FOR THE WINTER 26 HEADING INTO 2027. SO THE TRAFFIC IS BACK IN ITS NORMAL CONFIGURATION OVER THE WINTER. AND THEN PHASES THREE AND FOUR WILL BASICALLY REPEAT PHASES ONE AND TWO. BUT ON THE WESTBOUND SIDE THERE'LL BE SOME ADDITIONAL IMPACTS INCLUDED IN THAT, SOME RAMP CLOSURES THAT WILL BE NECESSARY FOR CERTAIN POINTS ONCE THEY SHIFT ONTO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BRIDGE, SHIFT TRAFFIC OVER TO THAT LEFT SIDE. THERE COULD BE SOME ADDITIONAL RAMP CLOSURES. WE'D BE HAPPY TO COME BACK AND SPEAK TO COUNCIL NEXT YEAR AHEAD OF THE SECOND, THE THIRD AND FOURTH PHASES OF THE PROJECT TO TO SHARE ANY MORE DETAILED INFORMATION AT THAT TIME. AND THEN ONCE THE BRIDGE REHAB IS COMPLETE, THERE WILL BE A SEPARATE PROJECT CURRENTLY SLATED FOR 2028 THAT'LL COMPLETELY FINISH THE SURFACE PAVING ON US 33 BASICALLY ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BYPASS. THAT WAS THE WORK THAT WAS INITIATED BACK IN 2024 WITH THAT INITIAL PAVEMENT REHABILITATION PROJECT. SO THESE THREE SEPARATE PROJECTS IN TOTAL ARE PERFORMING THAT SUBSTANTIVE, SUBSTANTIVE REHABILITATION OF US 33 COMPLETELY AROUND THE CITY. AND THEN ALSO INCLUDED JUST A FEW QUICK HITTERS. THESE ARE PROJECTS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS, BUT OBVIOUSLY STILL LIKELY TO BE VERY IMPACTFUL TO CITY RESIDENTS AND UNION COUNTY RESIDENTS IN GENERAL. FIRST IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE REPLACING THE BRIDGE OVER BIG DARBY CREEK DOWN NEAR FAIRBANKS LOCAL SCHOOL SOUTH OF TOWN. IF YOU TAKE 33 OR TAKE 38 OUT OF MARYSVILLE, IT'S THAT BRIDGE JUST PAST THE SCHOOL. SO THAT'LL BE ABOUT A 90 DAY, 90 DAY CLOSURE. WADE, IT'S 100, 105. IS IT 105 105 DAY CLOSURE I APOLOGIZE, I CAN GET THAT UPDATED AND SEND AN UPDATED PRESENTATION BACK OUT TO FOR COUNCIL. SO WE'LL BE COORDINATING WITH FAIRBANKS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO POSITION THAT CLOSURE. OBVIOUSLY ONCE SCHOOL IS OUT FOR THE SUMMER, AND THE GOAL WILL BE TO HAVE THE BRIDGE FINISHED AND REOPEN BEFORE SCHOOL RESUMES IN THE FALL. THE OTHER TWO BIG ONES IN UNION COUNTY THIS SEASON CARRY OVER FROM LAST SEASON. WE HAVE AN UPGRADE AT THE US 42 INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY INTERSECTION THAT'S ACTUALLY COVERING THE SECTION OF 42 FROM 33 INTERCHANGE AND THEN HEADED SOUTH PAST INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY THROUGH NEW CALIFORNIA. SO THAT'LL BE ADDING A CENTER TURN LANE SO YOU'LL HAVE FIVE LANES TOTAL ON US 42 RUNNING THROUGH THAT SECTION. AND THEN THEY'LL BE ADDING TURN LANES ON EVERY LEG OF THE INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY 42 INTERSECTION. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A VERY BUSY, CONGESTED INTERSECTION. A LOT OF TRAFFIC DELAYS. SO VERY EXCITED TO SEE

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OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING FURTHER? WELL, YES. BEYOND ODOT IF YOU GUYS ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS FOR THEM, I'D LIKE TO SHIFT TO THE NEXT TOPIC IF POSSIBLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. BEING HERE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. NEXT ON OUR ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP DICK ROGGENKAMP WITH THE MARYSVILLE LAND COMPANY. HE'D LIKE TO PRESENT SOME UPDATES TO CITY COUNCIL ON THE UPCOMING ROAD WORK TO MARYSVILLE EAST. MORE FOR YOUR INFORMATION, BUT JUST DICK THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES. I TESTED THIS BEFORE THE MEETING TONIGHT. YOU GIVE ME A MOMENT. IT MIGHT TAKE ME IF I COULD LET ME. LET ME REMIND CITY COUNCIL OF THE STATE OF THE CITY NEXT MONDAY EVENING AT HONDA. MARYSVILLE, THE DEALERSHIP. IT'S FROM 5 TO 7 P.M. 5 TO 6 IS REALLY THE SOCIAL TIME FOR THE EVENT. 6 TO 7 IS THE ACTUAL STATE OF THE CITY. WE'VE GOT A GREAT AGENDA THAT I THINK WILL BE VERY INFORMATIVE FOR EVERYBODY, NOT ONLY TO UPDATE EVERYBODY ON THE STATE OF OUR CITY, BUT YOU'LL BE FINDING OUT INFORMATION ON BRUCE DANIELS PROJECT WITH THE ACURA DEALERSHIP, WITH OUR VISION PLAN THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT TONIGHT. AND HOPEFULLY APPROVED THIS EVENING. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE AN INTERVIEW AS WELL WITH THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT LAST BEFORE I SKIP TO DICK. AND IT LOOKS LIKE W WE'RE GOOD TO GO. AND BEFORE, BECAUSE I THINK DICK WANTED TO COMMENT ON THIS TONIGHT. JUST FOR YOU GUYS TO KNOW, TONIGHT IS KYLE HOYNES LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING. KYLE HOING HAS HAS SPENT TEN YEARS IN MARYSVILLE AND HAS HAS BEEN

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WE ALSO CREATED THE THE LITTLE KIND OF ISLAND YOU SEE DOWN THERE AT THE SOUTH END. THAT MEDIAN EXPANDS TO ABOUT 75FT. THE TYPICAL LIGHT ROAD SECTION YOU'LL SEE IN THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER, WHERE WE HAVE A TREED MEDIAN BETWEEN TWO LANES, AND THEN WHERE WE NEED ENTRANCES TO FACILITIES. THAT MEDIAN WILL BE CUT AND BE MADE INTO A LEFT TURN LANE. WE DIDN'T WANT A WHOLE EXPANSIVE PAVEMENT. WHEN YOU DO IT THIS WAY, YOU CAN MOVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON ON TWO LANES. IF YOU HAVE THOSE MEDIAN CURB CUTS. THE OTHER THINGS YOU'LL NOTICE HERE ARE THE THE PONDS AND THE MOUNDING. ALL OF THAT WAS ORIGINATED FROM THE THE WORK WE DID WITH THE BUXTON MEADOWS RESIDENTS. WHEN WE WENT T TH THE INITIAL ZONING PROCESS. YOU YOU SEE A PUMP STATION THAT'S A SANITARY PUMP STATION IF IT'S NECESSARY. WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THOSE PLANS. AND THEN YOU START TO SEE HOW WE HAVE A POTENTIAL PATH ROUTES THROUGH THE PONDS AND THE FORESTED AREAS. THIS IS A CLOSER LOOK.

ONE THING I SHOULD POINT OUT HERE WHERE IT SAYS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THERE, THERE ON THE RIGHT. WE DID NOT CONTROL THAT LAND. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IT'S FUTURE. BUT THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE ROAD WINDING THROUGH MORE OF AN OBLIQUE VIEW. YOU SEE THE PONDS, THE EXISTING TREES THAT WILL BE KEEPING. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE STUFF WILL BE PLANTING ALONG THE WAY. ANOTHER SHOT YOU'LL NOTE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ON THIS SLIDE MIGHT BE ON THE EARLIER ONE. BUT AGAIN, YOU CAN REALLY SEE THAT, THAT I THAT GOING THROUGH WHERE THE EXPANDS TO 75FT. AGAIN THE JUST ANOTHER VIEW OF THAT. THE EXISTING TREES, THE PONDS I

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AT SOME POINT THAT ROAD WILL EXTEND NORTH OF WATKINS, GOING UP TOWARDS ROUTE 36. AND YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE A ROUNDABOUT. SOMEDAY THAT WILL BE SOMETHING WE'LL FIGURE OUT AT AT A LATER TIME. AGAIN, ANOTHER SHOT OF THE ROAD TYPOLOGY. ONE OF THE THINGS IN WORKING WITH THE CITY THAT WE WE ENDED UP WITH IS RATHER THAN HAVE CURB AND GUTTER, WE WANT THE DRAINAGE SWALES THAT YOU SEE ON EITHER SIDE. THOSE SERVE TO PROVIDE A MORE RURAL ESTHETIC. THEY ALSO SERVE TO SEPARATE THE THE SHARED USE PATH AND THE WALKING PATH FROM THE ROADWAY. WE THEN GOT INTO A DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR TREATMENTS OF THE ROAD OR OF THE AREA ALONG THE ROAD. WE LOOKED AT FIVE DIFFERENT FENCING OPTIONS AND AND TWO TREE OPTIONS. SO SO YOU CAN KIND OF MIX AND MATCH. BUT I JUST WANT TO WALK THROUGH THESE.

THE FIRST FENCING OPTION WAS A SINGLE RAIL FENCE WITH A WIRE WIRE MESH IN IT, LIKE YOU SEE IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER THERE. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING AKIN TO WHAT YOU WOULD FIND IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, IN THE HORSE FARMS. THE SECOND ONE WE LOOKED AT WAS A TWO RAIL FENCE.

THESE ARE THESE ARE FENCE RAILS. THEY'RE NOT WE'RE GOING TO GET TO A SPLIT RAIL HERE IN A SECOND. THIS IS A TRADITIONAL FOUR RAIL HORSE FENCE. THIS IS SHOWN IN ITS NATURAL COLOR. WE WOULD WE WOULD NOT RECOMMEND LEAVING THAT BECAUSE IT WILL SIMPLY TURN GRAY. BUT IT COULD BE PAINTED ANY NUMBER OF COLORS. AND THEN THE FINAL OR THE NEXT OPTION WE LOOKED AT WAS A SERIES OF POSTS WITH WITH NO RAILS WHATSOEVER, WHICH WE'VE, WE'VE SEEN USED IN A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS. AND I WAS INITIALLY KIND OF, BUT IT ACTUALLY IT ACTUALLY WORKS. WELL, THE ONE CAUTION ON THIS ONE IS WE DON'T HAVE EXPERIENCE BUILDING THIS. AND SO OUR CONCERN IS WILL THOSE POSTS STAY STRAIGHT WHEN THEY GO THROUGH FREEZE AND THAW CYCLES WITHOUT ANY HORIZONTAL SUPPORT? AND THEN THE LAST OPTION WAS NO FENCE. AND THIS IS ACTUALLY WHERE WE KIND OF, AT LEAST FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT, WHERE WE LANDED. THE REASON FOR THAT WAS BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE SWALES FOR DETENTION BETWEEN THE ROAD AND, AND THE, THE WALKING PATH. YOU IT'S A MORE RURAL FEEL TO IT. AND THE FENCE MAY NOT EVEN BE NECESSARY. AND WHEN, WHEN YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT MORE. WHEN WE LOOKED AT AT THE, AT HOW YOU COULD DO THE TREES, WE HAD TWO OPTIONS. ONE IS CLUSTERED TREES, THE OTHER IS TREES IN A STRAIGHT LINE AT REGULAR INTERVALS, INTERVALS. YOU KNOW WHERE THAT PART OF IT LANDS IS, IS TO BE DETERMINED. CERTAINLY EVERYBODY HAS THEIR PERSONAL PREFERENCES. I HAVE MINE, BUT BUT ULTIMATELY THIS IS FOR THE

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AND FROM WHERE THE ROAD IS BEING BUILT, YOU CAN TELL THAT YOU HAVE STRATEGICALLY BUILT THE ROAD WHERE YOU'RE NOT TAKING OUT LARGE, LARGE PIECES OF WOODS. YOU'RE ONLY PUTTING IT IN THE PLACES WHERE THE WOODS ARE VERY NARROW, OR THERE BUNTING EACH OTHER, ABUTTING EACH OTHER. THE OTHER THING I WILL SAY IS, I LIKE THE IDEA OF NO FENCES, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE FENCES IN MARYSVILLE, AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IT WOULD COST TO NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, PUT THAT FENCE IN, BUT MAINTAIN IT OVER TIME. I FEEL LIKE THE MONEY WAS BETTER USED THAN PLANTING TREES, ESPECIALLY THAT GOES MORE TOWARDS OUR IDENTITY. SO AND THEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CLUSTERING AND TREES OR NOT, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT SOMEONE WALKING OR BIKING, JUST IF WE, YOU KNOW, I LIKE THE LINE TREES BECAUSE THAT ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE ON THE S THE THE STREET, BECAUSE IT DOES PROVIDE YOU A BUFFER EVEN THOUGH THE SWELL IS THERE AND STUFF. BUT IF YOU DO DO CLUSTERS, JUST MAKING SURE THE CLUSTERS ARE CLOSE ENOUGH THAT AS THE TREE GROWS, A RESIDENT IS ALWAYS SOMEWHAT IN SHADE, BECAUSE GOING OUT THERE, YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE WATER FOUNTAINS OR ANYTHING CLOSE BY.

SO MAKING SURE THAT RESIDENTS ARE SHADED. THE OTHER THING IS THIS IS FOR COUNCIL TO THINK ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY, TO THINK ABOUT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT IDENTITY, WHAT IS MADISON'S IDENTITY? AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, DUBLIN HAS THE SHAMROCK AND, YOU KNOW, UPPER ARLINGTON, YOU KNOW, HAS THE LINE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY'RE GOLDEN BEAR, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S ALL THESE OTHER AND YOU CAN LOOK AT ALL THESE OTHER COMMUNITIES. THEY ALL HAVE SOMETHING WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING THAT WE CLAIM AS OUR IDENTITY. WE HAVE A LOGO OF OUR CITY. M BUT THAT'S NOT YOUR IDENTITY BECAUSE LOGOS CHANGE OVER TIME. SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I KIND OF KEEP HARPING ON IS MAYBE WE DO LIKE LARGE ACORNS OR SOMETHING TO SHOWCASE THAT IS OUR GATEWAY. DOING A LARGE ACORN OUT IN THE GATEWAYS, OR LIKE A PILLAR WITH AN ACORN ON IT, SOMETHING THAT SYMBOLIZES WHAT MY IDENTITY IS. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS ALL FOR US TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW? AND WHAT IS IDENTITY AND HOW DO WE INCORPORATE SOMETHING THAT'S TIMELESS, THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS CONTROVERSIAL. IT'S JUST A PIECE OF ART. SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING ELSE. SO THANK YOU.

KUDOS TO THIS. I HOPE THE NEIGHBORS INVEST IN MEADOWS AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE THIS PLAN BECAUSE IT'S WAY BETTER THAN THE POTENTIAL OF WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS I FORGOT TO MENTION. FIRST OF ALL, YOU'LL YOU'VE EACH GOT A HARD COPY OF WHAT YOU JUST LOOKED AT. YOU'LL NOTE THAT THE WORKING NAME OF THE ROAD IS IS SCOTLAND PARKWAY. THAT SEEMED TO WORK FOR US, GIVEN THAT IT'S SCOTTS LAWN GOING ACROSS THE BRIDGE.

YOU'VE ALSO GOT THE SCOTTS LAWN LOGO OR WORDING ON THE BRIDGE ITSELF GOING OVER 33, BUT THAT THAT IS A WORKING TITLE AND OBVIOUSLY GOING THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS WILL END UP

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SO I THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER. FENCING OF SOME SORT, EVEN IF IT'S IN STRATEGIC AREAS, FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY POINT POINT OF VIEW, THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I AM. THANK YOU. OTHERWISE I LOOKS NICE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MR. I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE COMMENT. I'VE BEEN IN MARYSVILLE FOR SOME TIME AND I'VE HEARD YEAR AFTER YEAR, I WISH WE HAD A TRAIL THAT CONNECTS OUR COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY, A TRAIL, A NETWORK OF TRAILS. AND IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE MORE OF AN ASPIRATION THAN A REALITY. SO I SEE IN YOUR PLAN THAT THERE'S PIECES OF REALITY THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THAT PLAN THAT REALLY SPEAK TO TRAIL NETWORKS AND WHAT WE WHAT COULD HAPPEN SOMEDAY IN OUR COUNTY. THANK YOU. YEAH. LOOKS GOOD. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. TO GET BACK, I WANTED TO SHIFT OVER TO KYLE FOR A SECOND. AND, KYLE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE STARTING A NEW VENTURE. DO YOU MIND TELLING EVERYBODY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING? ABSOLUTELY. THANKS, TERRY. SO AS MOST OF YOU ARE AWARE, I'VE ACCEPTED THE POSITION WITH THE CITY OF HILLIARD TO BE THEIR NEXT PUBLIC SERVICE DIRECTOR. I LIVE IN HILLIARD, SO IT'S GOING TO BE A SHORT COMMUTE. FAMILY AND I, WE LOVE THE COMMUNITY AND JUST IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR ME. AND I KNOW I'VE TOLD TERRY AND OTHER PEOPLE IT WOULD HAVE TO TAKE A VERY IDEAL SITUATION TO GET ME TO LEAVE THIS, THIS SPOT HERE AT MARYSVILLE, AND THAT IS OR THIS IS ONE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. SO JUST VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE TIME HERE AT MARYSVILLE. IT'S BEEN AWESOME. CAN'T THANK TERRY AND JEREMY ENOUGH FOR, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK TO MARYSVILLE AFTER LEAVING FOR ABOUT 18 MONTHS AND SERVE AS THE CITY ENGINEER FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. IT'S BEEN AWESOME. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE ENGINEERING STAFF. THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'VE BEEN AWESOME. IT WAS VERY REWARDING TO KIND OF LEAD THAT DEPARTMENT OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. MARYSVILLE, EVERYONE'S KIND OF A TEAM PLAYER AND THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IS NO DIFFERENT.

EVERYONE PITCHES IN AND EVERYONE'S BEEN A HUGE PART OF THE SUCCESS. SO THANKS. THAT'S ABOUT IT. THE THE RESPECT KYLE HAS AS RECEIVED FROM STAFF AND AND. THE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS THAT EXIST, ESPECIALLY IN A SMALL ORGANIZATION LIKE OURS, ARE ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL. AND SO WHAT KYLE HAS ESTABLISHED THERE, AS HAS JUST BEEN FANTASTIC. THE ENTIRE EXECUTIVE TEAM HERE IS IS GOING TO MISS KYLE. WE WE'VE REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH HIM AND THANK HIM FOR FOR HIS YEARS HERE. SO THANK YOU AGAIN KYLE. YEAH. ONE MORE THING. JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS DICK FOR THE COMMENTS BEFORE I ECHO THE SAME STUFF. NEW ALBANY COMPANY HAS BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH. AND OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PLANS HERE TONIGHT. THE BAR HAS BEEN SET VERY HIGH FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN MARYSVILLE, SO THANKS WITH THAT. THAT CONCLUDES OUR ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT OKAY. THANK YOU. I'LL SAVE MY COMMENTS FOR YOU. MR. HOYING. IN CLOSING. SO ALL

[REPORT OF CLERK OF COUNCIL]

[PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT]

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AND THAT WAS THE ONLY AGENDA ITEM WE HAD FOR PLANNING COMMISSION THIS MONTH. COUNCIL.

ANY QUESTIONS? MISS GABE? JUST ONE QUESTION. WHAT WERE WHAT WAS THE NATURE OF THE CONDITIONS, DO YOU RECALL? YEAH, THERE WAS SOME SHIFT. THERE WAS SOME ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS, I BELIEVE, THAT NEED TO BE MET AS PART OF THAT CONDITION. PREVIOUSLY, PRIOR TO GOING TO THE THE MEETING, THERE WAS A SHIFT IN THE ROAD ALIGNMENT AT THE SOUTHERN ENTRANCE. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS THEY ADJUSTED PRIOR TO THE MEETING. BUT THERE'S SOME ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MET MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. ALL. SEEING NO FURTHER

[DESIGN REVIEW BOARD REPORT]

SO I'LL RUN THROUGH THE ADDRESSES OF THOSE. SO THE FIRST ONE WAS FOR 27 EAST FIFTH STREET. WE ALSO HAD 221 TOD COURT, 720 WEST SEVENTH STREET. ANOTHER APPLICATION AT 647 RAINBOW DRIVE. ANOTHER APPLICATION AT 796 HICKORY HILL DRIVE, 1400 VILLAGE DRIVE AND 118 WEST FOURTH STREET. ALL THOSE APPLICATIONS WERE APPROVED. AND THEN WE HAD ONE THAT WAS TABLED JUST BECAUSE THE APPLICANT DID NOT ATTEND THE MEETING. SO WHEN THEY COME BACK NEXT MONTH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO REVIEW THAT APPLICATION. BUT THAT WAS FOR ONE. 737 CREEKVIEW DRIVE. SO THAT ITEM WAS TABLED. AND THAT AGAIN WAS A HOME IMPROVEMENT GRANT APPLICATION.

AND THEN FOR NEW BUSINESS ITEMS. WE SAW THE APPLICATION FOR THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR MARYSVILLE EAST OFF OF 36 OFF OF DELAWARE AVENUE THERE. SO THAT IS MULTIPLE OUTPARCELS.

THIS IS KIND OF COMING THROUGH IN PHASES. SO WHAT WE SAW MOSTLY WAS THE SITE LAYOUT AND KIND OF CIRCULATION OF THOSE PARCELS. SO OUT PARCEL TWO WHICH IS THE MULTI TENANT BUILDING WEST OF HEARTHSTONE ROAD. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE THE MAIN ROAD GOING IN THERE. THAT SITE LAYOUT WAS APPROVED SIX. YES. ZERO. NO. THEN WE HAVE THE OLIVE GARDEN SITE WHICH IS CONSIDERED OUT. PARCEL THREE. THAT WAS THE SITE LAYOUT, THE LIGHTING AND THE ARCHITECTURE THAT WERE ALL REVIEWED AND APPROVED. AND THEN WE HAD THE LARGER RETAIL CENTER. THIS WAS REVIEWED WITH THE SITE LAYOUT, THE LIGHTING AND THE LANDSCAPE. THOSE WERE ALL APPROVED AS WELL.

AND THEN THEY THEY'RE ON THE AGENDA TO COME BACK IN MARCH HERE FOR LIKE IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE THEIR LANDSCAPING, THERE'LL BE SOME LANDSCAPE ITEMS, BUT MOSTLY ARCHITECTURE FOR SOME OF THOSE, THOSE OUT PARCELS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. WEAVER? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[HEARING OF CITIZENS]

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THESE ARE PARCELS WHICH WE HAVE OWNED FOR A WHILE. BUT BUT THE LAST ANNEXATION WE DID, WE DIDN'T HAVE THEM INCLUDED IN THAT. WE HADN'T OWNED THEM YET. AND SO THEY'RE REALLY KIND OF INFILL PIECES. YOU CAN SEE THE LARGER ONE THAT THAT THE ROAD IS ALONG THE EASTERN BOUNDARY.

THERE'S A CREEK ALONG THE EASTERN BOUNDARY OF THATOPERTY.O THE NORTH IS IS A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT, AS I THINK YOU'RE AWARE, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY TO UNIFY THE ZONING IN THIS AREA AND GET RID OF THE DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICTS. WE ARE GOING TO BE INCLUDING THESE TWO PARCELS IN THAT RECONCILED ZONING, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM. ANYTHING FURTHER FROM ADMINISTRATION? NOTHING FURTHER. OKAY. WE'LL TRY TO AGAIN, THIS THIS IS JUST A THESE ARE JUST SERVICES RESOLUTIONS. THIS IS NOT APPROVING ANY ANNEXATION HERE. THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO PROVIDE TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WITHIN 20 DAYS OF THE APPLICATIONS FOR ANNEXATION BEING FILED. YOU KNOW, ONCE IF THE IF THE APPLICATIONS ARE APPROVED AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, THEN THE THE DECISION TO ANNEX WILL WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL.

AND I THINK WE'LL TRY TO RUN THE ZONING TOGETHER ALONG WITH THE TO MAKE IT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEANER, JUST TO RUN IT ALONG WITH THE ANNEXATION ORDINANCES FOR THESE TWO PARCELS OR THESE TWO PIECES. OKAY. NEXT IS CITIZENS. SO IF WE HAVE ANY CITIZENS FOR THIS ITEM, THIS IS THE MOMENT FOR THAT. SEEING NO COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS. THE NEXT IS COUNCIL.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL COMMENTS? MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. WE HAVE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. ROLL CALL, MR. WOLF. NO. MR. BERGER.

YES. MR. HUNTER YES. MRS. YES. MR. REAMS YES. MRS. YOUNG YES. MR. BORDNER. YES. SIX. YES.

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KYLE. ANYTHING TO ADD FROM ADMINISTRATION? NO, I THINK YOU COVERED IT. YEAH. PERFECT. OKAY.

WELL, COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT. I'M CARMINE RUSSO AGAIN WITH REALM COLLABORATIVE. I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW A LOT OF YOU OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS. I APOLOGIZE THAT EDITOR MICHAELSON IS NOT HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE HE'S BEEN A BIG PART OF THIS WITH MICHAELSON STUDIO. HE'S ABOUT TO GET ON A PLANE. I KNOW HE WANTED TO BE HERE, BUT I REPRESENT OUR TEAM.

I THINK THAT FIRST, I WANTED TO COMMEND THE COUNCIL FOR UNDERTAKING THIS EFFORT. YOU

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WE'VE TALKED WITH AT LEAST 750 PEOPLE. I THINK MORE OVER 300 COMMENTS WE HAD THROUGH THE WEBSITE IN THE SURVEY RESPONSES. AND SO OF ALL THAT INFORMATION AND ALL THE WORK THAT WE DID, PHASE ONE REALLY CULMINATED IN THESE 12 EMERGING THEMES, WHICH WE DID PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC IN

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EXPANDING THE CIVIC REALM. REALLY LOOKING AT THE UPTOWN AND THINKING ABOUT HOW YOU CAN CREATE MORE DESTINATION, PLACE AND OPPORTUNITY AND CREATING A CITYWIDE MOBILITY NETWORK. I THINK COUNCILMAN SCOTT HUNTER, YOU SAID ABOUT HOW EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT CREATING CONNECTIVITY IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND WE HEARD THAT A LOT AND A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

SO PHASE TWO COMPLETION HERE, THE VISIONING PRINCIPLES. AND THESE WERE DEVELOPED IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR CORE TEAM. AND WE REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THESE FOR A LONG WHILE, BUT WE REALLY TRY TO BREAK IT DOWN INTO THE SIMPLEST PARTS. SO RESPECTING MARYSVILLE'S ROOTS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO EVERYONE HERE. PRESERVING THE SMALL TOWN CHARM AGAIN, BUT ALSO THINKING TO THE FUTURE, HOW DO WE LEVERAGE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST FOR, YOU KNOW, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE ASSETS, THINKING ABOUT HOW INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO CHANGE CITIES FOR THE FUTURE. SO THOSE GUIDING PRINCIPLES REALLY STARTED TO IMPACT THE PLAN FROM, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THE SMALL TOWN FEEL CREATE A VIBRANT COMMUNITY AND THIS WALKABLE MIXED USE CENTER. AND THAT REALLY STARTED TO LEAD US TO THIS IDEA ABOUT VILLAGE MIXED USE. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT A CITY OF VILLAGES. AND HOW DO YOU TAKE WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THE UPTOWN. AND AS YOU BUILD NEW BUILDINGS AND NEW EXPANSES OF CITY, HOW DO YOU TAKE THOSE PRINCIPLES AND START TO IMPACT NEW DEVELOPMENTS AS IT RELATES TO CORE WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS? MIXTURE OF RESIDENTIAL AND HOUSING WITH WHICH LOTS OF RESIDENTS SPEAK TO US ABOUT, AND ALSO EXPANDED CIVIC GREEN SPACE. NOT JUST TREES ALONG STREETS, BUT ALSO PLACES OF GATHERING THAT BUILD COMMUNITY. SO THE CORE VALUES OF THE PLAN, YOU KNOW, REALLY STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE. THERE'S NO REASON THAT PEOPLE SHOULDN'T HAVE HIGH ASPIRATIONS.

COLLABORATION WAS REALLY IMPORTANT THING THAT WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT. HOW DO YOU LEVERAGE YOUR ASSETS? HOW DO YOU BRING THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR TOGETHER? BEING THOUGHTFUL ABOUT NEW DEVELOPMENT, THINKING ABOUT HOW THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE PLACE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO CREATE, BUT ALSO BEING ADAPTABLE. AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, GRAPHICS AND RENDERINGS WE'VE PRODUCED FOR THIS PLAN THAT HELP PAINT A PICTURE OF WHAT A FUTURE MIGHT LOOK LIKE. BUT YOU ALWAYS NEED TO BE ABLE TO ADAPT TO CHANGE, BUT STILL KEEP HOLD TO YOUR GUIDING CORE PRINCIPLES. CREATIVITY. THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN BE CREATIVE. YOU KNOW, LOTS OF CITIES ARE TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT TYPES AND VARIED HOUSING. HOW CAN YOU BE AN INNOVATIVE MODEL HERE WHERE YOU CAN START TO THINK ABOUT THINGS DIFFERENTLY AND BE CREATIVE? AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, STEWARDSHIP. YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT TREES, AND MARYSVILLE USED TO BE THE TREE CITY OR THE SHADED CITY. SORRY. HOW CAN YOU STAY TRUE TO YOUR ROOTS IN THAT WAY AS WELL? SO THE FRAMEWORK PLAN, THIS IS RELATED TO DEVELOPMENT AND HOW YOU WOULD GROW INTO THE FUTURE. SO WE CREATED A VISION AND A MISSION PLAN AGAIN WITH THE CORE TEAM. BUT IT'S YOU KNOW, MARYSVILLE ASPIRES TO BE A VIBRANT, WELCOMING COMMUNITY THAT HONORS ITS HERITAGE WHILE SHAPING A FUTURE OF THOUGHTFUL AND WELL-PLANNED GROWTH. AND THAT'S A STRONG VISION. AND THE MISSION, HOW YOU'RE GOING TO DELIVER ON THAT IS THROUGH THIS SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AND QUALITY OF LIFE, THE CITY WILL PURSUE A MORE CONNECTED COMMUNITY, ENCOURAGING CREATIVITY, STEWARDING ITS NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENTS, AND CREATING A THRIVING AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR ALL. AGAIN, HIGH ASPIRATIONS, BUT NOTHING THAT I THINK YOU CAN ATTAIN HERE WITH ALL OF THE ASSETS AND AND THE GREAT PEOPLE YOU HAVE HERE. SO WHAT THAT COMES DOWN TO AS A FRAMEWORK IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, AS WE DID A LOT OF RESEARCH AND A NUMBER OF US WENT TO HOLLAND, MICHIGAN TOGETHER TO LEARN FROM THEM. BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE A GREAT CITY

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THINKING ABOUT AS YOUR LIBRARY. YOUR PUBLIC LIBRARY AGES POTENTIAL FOR A NEW LIBRARY THAT MIGHT BE ADJACENT. THIS SHOWS AN EXPANDED CITY HALL, AS WE KNOW THAT THAT THOSE NEEDS ARISE AS WELL IN THE FUTURE. THIS IS AN IMAGE OF WHAT MARYSVILLE STEEL COULD LOOK LIKE. THIS IS AN EXISTING TRAIL OUT, YOU KNOW, TO THE SOUTHEAST ON THE BOTTOM OF THIS IMAGE THAT IS THAT OLD RAIL LINE THAT HAS IS HAS POTENTIAL TO BE PEDESTRIAN AND MIGHT GO THROUGH

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AND WE THANK HER FOR THAT. CARMINE HAS IS ONE OF THE YOUNGEST EVER TO RECEIVE AN AWARD FROM THE FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS. HE ALSO CREATED THIS FIRM TO SHOW THE WORLD AND EVERY COMMUNITY IN IT, THAT YOU CAN BUILD BETTER. EDITOR ED MICHAELSON HE IS A LEADER IN URBAN DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, NOW LOCALLY, NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. THANK THANK YOU FOR YOUR PASSION. WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY WHERE SO MANY OF US GET. WE'RE SO MANY OF US FORGET TO DREAM, TO UNDERSTAND. BUSINESS AS USUAL IS NO LONGER ACCEPTED. WE ARE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM IS FILLED WITH HOPE, DETERMINATION TO ENSURE WE ARE FILLING OUR PROMISE TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT WE SHALL BUILD, BUILD A NEW BEGINNING FOR US, OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN. WINSTON CHURCHILL WAS NEVER WAS NEVER ACCEPTED. IN THE BEGINNING, HE WAS TOLD HE WAS NOT WORTHY.

LIFE HAS A WAY OF SHOWCASING THE ONES WHO DO NOT SHARE. THE COURAGE WILL NEVER SHAPE A SOCIETY. TONIGHT, MARYSVILLE'S RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY ARE WORTHY. THEY ARE LOVED, HEARD AND SEEN AND WE THANK YOU. NOW IT IS OUR TURN TO CARRY THE TORCH WITH YOUR GUIDANCE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE TO MANY COMMUNITIES IS PROFOUND. AND FOR MARYSVILLE, WHO, LET ME REMIND YOU, BACK WHEN THE CEMETERY WAS FOUNDED, WHEN 1880 HIRED WHO? WHO DID

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AND HE SAID WE HAD A ROADMAP OR A TOUCHSTONE. WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING TO BE IN PHASE TWO? SO I THINK HE MEANT PHASE LIKE THE NEXT STEPS. YES. OKAY. YEAH. NEXT STEPS. THE PLAN IS TO UPDATE OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COUNCIL LAST YEAR DURING THE STRATEGIC PLANNING EXERCISE, ONE OF THE FIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING GOALS WAS TO COMPLETE THE VISION PLAN AND UPDATE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO WE HAVE COMPLETED THE VISION PLAN. WE'LL MOVE FORWARD AND UPDATE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN 2026. SO IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT WE WILL SPEND I'M SORRY 300 AND WHAT? 30? IF YOU INCLUDE ALL THREE YEARS, IT ENDS UP BEING $430,000, $430,000. WE HAVE A VERY NICE BOOK. AND IF WE DON'T GET BUSINESSES TO COOPERATE WITH OUR PLAN, AND THIS MIGHT BE A VERY EXPENSIVE BOOK, IS THAT CORRECT, I GUESS, YEAH, I GUESS TIME WILL TELL. IT'S TOUGH. IT'S TOUGH TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. YEAH. THIS IS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OBVIOUSLY THE VISION PLAN KIND OF SETS THE COURSE MOVING FORWARD. AND I THINK WHAT IT

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AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT ZONING CODE AND DESIGN STANDARDS. SO I'M GUESSING THIS IS GOING TO BE A LIVING, BREATHING DOCUMENT, KIND OF LIKE THE CONSTITUTION THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE MORE MONEY IN THE FUTURE. WELL, I THINK CARMINE REFERRED TO THAT A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT. THIS IS A DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO WANT TO REVISIT. YEAH, I THINK AS TIME GOES ON, YOU KNOW, I THINK BUT FOR NOW, WHAT IS IN THERE IS, IS THE CONSENSUS OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS AND TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. NOW, YOU KNOW WHAT THE CHARACTER OF THESE THINGS WANTS TO BE. AND SO MY HOPE IS THAT COMPLETING THAT PROCESS WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER, BECAUSE WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THE ENGAGEMENT, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THE OUTREACH THAT WAS NECESSARY TO DO THAT. AND SO ONCE YOU KNOW WHAT THE CHARACTER WANTS TO LOOK LIKE, NOW, YOU CAN START TO CREATE GUIDELINES AND YOU CAN START TO CREATE LAND USE MAPS THAT ADHERE TO THAT. NOW ALL THE PERSONAL PROPERTY THAT'S IN THIS VISION PLAN. HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE BEFORE YOU MADE THIS PLAN PUBLIC? SO SOME OF THEM AND SOME OF THEM CAME TO OUR MEETINGS, BUT NOT EVERYBODY. SO I THINK THAT THOSE THAT CHOSE TO BE A PART OF THE PROCESS WERE ENGAGED. WE ALSO DID MEET WITH A LOT OF THE BUSINESS LEADERS, PARTICULARLY IN THE UPTOWN, SOME OF THE NOT JUST THE LANDOWNERS, BUT ALSO THE BUSINESS OWNERS, AND TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE CORE TENANTS THAT ARE IN THE PLAN. WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT PARKING, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, AND WALKABILITY AND WHAT ADDING SOME OF THE CHARACTER THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, PARTICULARLY ADDING MORE RESIDENTS IN THE UPTOWN HAVING MORE BODIES AROUND WOULD BENEFIT THEIR BUSINESSES. AND SO ULTIMATELY, THAT WAS THE THE ROUTE THAT THE VISION PLAN WENT.

SO IN YOUR PLAN, YOU HAVE ALL THESE ROW HOUSES WHERE THERE IS EXISTING OLD MARYSVILLE HOUSES.

HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO KEEP THE OLD CHARM IF YOU'RE DESTROYING THE OLD HOUSES? SO I CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR PERSPECTIVE. I THINK THAT THE WAY WE LOOKED AT IT, AND I THINK IT CAME UP IN A LOT OF THE PUBLIC MEETINGS, WAS OVER TIME. IF YOU WANT TO ADD DENSITY, WHERE WOULD THAT OCCUR? AND I THINK THAT THE CONSENSUS WAS THAT THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE UPTOWN. AGAIN, THE VISION OR THE PICTURE WE PAINTED MAY NOT EXACTLY GET BUILT EXACTLY THE WAY THAT'S BEING SHOWN, BUT WE DID WANT TO DEPICT AN IMAGE OF WHAT A MORE DENSELY WALKABLE UPTOWN MIGHT LOOK LIKE. AND SO THAT WAS WHAT CAME THROUGH IN SOME OF THE ARTIST'S RENDERINGS, BECAUSE WE'RE BEING ASKED TO SUPPORT AND ADOPT THIS PLAN, AND THERE'S SO MANY VARIABLES. IF I, IF I COULD, I, I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING AND I'LL SPEAK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AND MY EXPERIENCE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THIS IS ESTABLISHED IS SOMETHING THAT WHAT I'M FINDING IS WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITIES, OR THOSE ONES THAT HAVE ADVANCED FURTHER THAN WHERE MARYSVILLE HAS BEEN, THAT WE THAT WE LOOK UP TO A BIT, THEY HAVE STAKEHOLDERS, INVESTORS THAT HAVE INVESTED IN UPTOWN BUILDINGS AND OUR PROPERTIES AND, AND THINGS THAT HAVE IMPLEMENTED SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT YOU'RE SEEING IN OUR VISION PLAN. I THINK WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO WITH THIS DOCUMENT AND WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS REALLY TRY TO SEEK OUT SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT MAY BE INTERESTED IN INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND DOING THE THINGS THAT I THINK THAT WE'VE NOTICED THAT HAVE BEEN DONE. YOU KNOW, I'LL USE ONE OF THE CLOSEST COMMUNITIES HERE IN DUBLIN. THE CITY OF DUBLIN DOESN'T DO ALL THAT STUFF. IT'S IN PEOPLE INVESTING IN IN OLD DUBLIN AND PEOPLE THAT WANT TO INVEST IN AND BRING VIBRANT BUSINESSES AND HOUSING AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS LIKE THAT. OF COURSE, WE USE HOLLAND,

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IT CAME FROM MEETINGS WHERE RESIDENTS WERE INVITED TO SHOW UP, SPEAK AND HELP SHAPE IT.

AND MANY PEOPLE DID. THEY GAVE UP THEIR TIME. THEY GAVE THEIR INPUT AND THEIR HOPES FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS CITY. SO MY ENCOURAGEMENT TO ANYONE WHO CARES DEEPLY ABOUT MARYSVILLE IS THIS STAY INVOLVED. COME TO THE MEETINGS, BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION, AND HELP SHAPE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. BECAUSE THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT TODAY'S RESOLUTION. IT'S ABOUT THE KIND OF COMMUNITY WE'RE BUILDING FOR OUR KIDS AND FOR THE FAMILIES WHO WILL CALL MARYSVILLE HOME LONG AFTER WE'RE GONE. SO I'M PROUD OF THIS VISION PLAN AND THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PUT TOGETHER AND PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I JUST I DON'T I DON'T. WELL, SAID, MISS TACKETT, I WANT TO ECHO MISS. THERE WAS A LOT OF EFFORT THAT WENT INTO THIS, THIS ACTIVITY. A LOT OF RESIDENTS WHO WERE INVOLVED. AND I REMEMBER THE

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THIS ISN'T THIS ISN'T THE SEVEN OF US. THIS ISN'T CITY STAFF. THIS IS A COLLECTIVE VOICE FROM FROM THE COMMUNITY. SO I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS AND I FULLY ENDORSE THIS VISION PLAN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OTHER MEMBERS COMMENTS I HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS. SO IN 2024, MY FIRST YEAR ON COUNCIL HERE, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. IN A CITY DOWN 33, POPULATION 50,000. AND KEEP IN MIND, MARYSVILLE IS ABOUT 30,000. AND I MIGHT GET THIS A LITTLE BIT OFF, BUT I THINK IT WAS 17 INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR PLANNING STAFF, 50,000 CITIZENS, RESIDENTS, 17 PLANNERS. AND WE HAVE HOW MANY HERE IN MARYSVILLE? WE HAVE TWO. WHEN I CAME INTO THIS SEAT, WHAT I HAD HEARD FROM RESIDENTS TIME AND TIME AGAIN WAS WE HAVE A AGAINSTAINST US. IT'S USED FORD DEVELOPERS TO REALLY JUST, YOU KNOW, DIG UP AND PUT ROADS WHEREVER THEY, YOU KNOW, PLEASED. AND THEY MADE A LOT OF MONEY. AND THEN THEY, THEY GOT THEIR ON THEIR MERRY LITTLE WAY OUT OF HERE, LEAVING MARYSVILLE BEHIND. AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS APPARENT TO ME THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO, TO DO THIS TYPE OF WORK. IF I'M CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT WE HAVE OPERATIONAL WORKLOAD DOMINANCE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT NEED TO ALWAYS BE, YOU KNOW, BE GOTTEN DONE SO THAT WE CAN GET OUR AGENDA OUT BEFORE THE NEXT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. AND WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE INCREDIBLY BUSY DOING THAT. AND WHEN WE HAD A COUPLE YEARS AGO RECOGNIZED CENTRAL OHIO HAS CHANGED FROM THE TIME OUR OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN 2018. IT WAS DEVELOPED IN 2017. SOME OF THE SIMILAR KIND OF ASPIRATIONAL POINTS ARE ACTUALLY IN OUR COMP PLAN, BUT IT WAS ADOPTED IN 2018. WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE 2018? SINCE 2018, THERE'S BEEN GREAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS COME TO FRUITION IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM IN CENTRAL OHIO, IN THE REGION. I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S PARTLY WHY PEOPLE ARE SEEING THEIR PROPERTY TAXES GO UP SO MUCH. IT'S BECAUSE THIS IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE. IT'S VALUABLE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOMETHING THIS COMPANY CALLED INTEL THAT WAS GOING TO LOCATE TO CENTRAL OHIO.

THEY'RE STILL IN PROCESS OF BUILDING YET. WE'RE LOOKING AT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WAS BUILT PROJECTING EITHER WE HAVE LOW POPULATION GROWTH, MEDIUM POPULATION GROWTH OR HIGH POPULATION GROWTH. UNION COUNTY NOW IS THE FASTEST GROWING COUNTY IN THE STATE. SO IT WAS, I THINK, RECOGNIZED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS BEFORE ME THAT WE NEED TO TAKE MEASURES TO GET AHEAD OF THIS. AND WE ARE RUNNING LEAN. I HEAR. MR. I ALWAYS SAY WE'RE LEAN AND MEAN. LEAN AND MEAN MARYSVILLE. BUT HOW CAN WE GET AHEAD OF IT? HOW CAN WE GET AHEAD OF IT? AND THAT'S PUTTING PLANNING EFFORTS, YOU KNOW, IN FRONT OF US AND MAKING US MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS. AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THIS. YOU AND THE TEAM MEMBERS AT REALM AND MICKELSON STUDIOS. I THINK THAT THIS JUST FROM A TIME COMMITMENT AND AN EFFORT WOULD FAR EXCEED REALLY JUST THE CAPABILITY THAT WE HAVE AS A CITY IN OUR CURRENT STAFF, JUST RUNNING LEAN AND MEAN. SO I KNOW WE'VE DONE A THERE'S THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH WORK. I CAN'T IMAGINE IF WE TRIED TO DO THIS IN HOUSE, BUT VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. JUST ABOUT THIS VISION PLAN. JUST LIKE OUR COMP PLAN, OUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO SOME WHOSE LAND IS NOT ANNEXED INTO THE CITY. THEY LOOK AT THAT MAP, AND IT'S WHAT MR. MICKELSON WOULD CALL PROVOCATIVE. IT'S PROVOCATIVE BECAUSE IT PROVOKES YOU. IT'S IT PUTS YOU ON EDGE A LITTLE BIT, AND IT MAKES YOU THINK, WELL, THAT'S MY LAND. WELL, THAT'S THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS. IT'S A LITTLE BIT PROVOCATIVE TO THOSE WHO LIVE IN THOSE AREAS THAT SAY, HEY, ONE DAY WE COULD BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY, BUT IF WE DIDN'T LOOK AT THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY AND HOW IT COULD DEVELOP, AND WE DIDN'T LOOK INSIDE THE CITY AND SAY, HOW COULD WE DEVELOP THEN WE WOULD NEVER PUT, YOU KNOW, OUR ASPIRATIONS DOWN ON PAPER AND

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MRS. PTACEK? YES. MR. REAMS. YES. MRS. YOUNG YES. MR. BORDNER YES. MR. WOLFF YES. MR. BURGER YES. SEVEN. YES. LEGISLATION PASSES. THANK YOU ALL. ORDINANCES 0226 THIRD

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TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. WE HAVE A MOTION ROLL CALL. MRS. YES. MR. REAMES. YES. MRS. YOUNG. YES. MR. BORDNER. YES. MRS. MR. WOLFF. YES. MR. BURGER YES. MR. HUNTER YES. SEVEN. YES.

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YOU KNOW, AS WE TALKED, YOU KNOW, BEFORE, LIKE CHILD CARE, YOU KNOW, CHILD CARE WORKS OUT HERE PROBABLY DOESN'T NEED TO BE CONDITIONAL USE BECAUSE IT KIND OF WORKS. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S GOING CRAZY THERE THAT SAY, HEY, IT SHOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, AND JUST A COUPLE OF THE OTHER ITEMS, THE FITNESS STUDIO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THOSE RUN INTO LITTLE ONES AND, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE A KARATE THING IN A PLAZA OR SOMETHING ALONG THAT LINE THAT COULD RUN INTO IT. SO. SO THAT'S WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING FOR THESE. YOU KNOW, I HAD, YOU KNOW, TALKED WITH STAFF OR EMAILED BACK AND FORTH WITH STAFF. AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU MET WITH STAFF ON STUFF, SO I DIDN'T GET ANY NOTES BACK. I KNOW I MET WITH COUNCILMAN WOLF ON FRIDAY AND WE WENT THROUGH HOURS OF SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE WAS LET'S GET RID OF THE THE DATA CENTERS, YOU KNOW, AND THE WAREHOUSE AND THE WAREHOUSE AND MINI STORAGE. OKAY. LET'S GET RID OF THAT. LET'S SEE. HEY, LET'S NOT DO THAT ONE. THE CELL TOWERS, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF STUFF. WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE? WE MOVE IN THE, YOU KNOW, MOVING THE CAR WASH FACILITIES OVER TO CONDITIONAL USE SO YOU GUYS CAN AT LEAST GET A SECOND PEEK AT THAT BEFORE THEY CAME IN. BUT THAT WAS KIND OF THAT. AND WE'RE DOING. BUT I DIDN'T HAVE ANY OTHER FEEDBACK ONTO WHAT WE WANTED TO SHRINK THAT BACK. YOU KNOW, KEEPING IN MIND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE TALKING TO USE AND, YOU KNOW, SITTING HERE LISTENING ABOUT YOUR VISION PLAN AND EVERYTHING AND HEARING THAT IN SOME OF THE COMMENTS INTO INTO THAT. AND I AGREE, YOU KNOW, AND WITH YOUR VISIONS AND THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING AND HOW YOU GUYS ARE DOING THAT AND HEARING THE VISION OF WHAT YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS HAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, COMING, YOU KNOW, AT FIRST FOR US, WE GOT TO GET TO THE USES FIRST SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE THAT. YOU KNOW I KNOW IT WAS TALKING, YOU KNOW, LEGACY, THE COOKS AND EVERYTHING ALONG THAT LINE. BUT YOU KNOW TALKED ABOUT DOUBLING AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW AND LISTENING TO THAT. IT'S THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT HAVE HELP AND MAKE THAT HAPPEN. WE GOT TO MAKE THIS SO THAT WE CAN GET THOSE STAKEHOLDERS. THE COOKS ARE GREAT PEOPLE. THEY'RE FARMERS, THEY'RE BUSINESSMEN AND EVERYTHING ALONG THAT LINE. BUT THEY'RE NOT THE BIG DEVELOPERS, YOU KNOW? SO WE GOT TO MAKE IT MORE. IF WE WANT TO GO DOWN THAT ROUTE. WE GOT TO MAKE THAT MORE OF A VISION. IF TO WE GOT TO MAKE THIS MAKE THIS MORE. SO THE USES AND EVERYTHING COME IN. SO THERE MIGHT BE A STAKEHOLDER OUT THERE IN ORDER TO COME IN THERE TO HELP TO DO THE WHOLE THING. OTHERWISE IT'S WE HAD TO SELL OFF LITTLE PROPERTIES TO MAKE IT DO WHAT WE GOT TO BUILD. HE'S GOT TO BUILD THEIR OWN ROADS, YOU KNOW, AND SAY, HEY, CAN I BUILD? AND WE'VE LOOKED AT ONCE, CAN WE BUILD THE ROADS AND SELL THE LAND AND NOT LOSE MONEY? YOU KNOW, WHERE, YOU KNOW, BIG STAKEHOLDERS, YOU KNOW. YEAH, THEY HAVE THAT ABILITY TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT MORE AND MORE CONNECTIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO THE USES HERE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND CONVERTING OVER, THAT IS JUST OUR WAY OF, YOU KNOW, GETTING STARTED ON THAT, YOU KNOW, AND TO MAKING IT MORE OPEN FOR US IN ORDER TO ENTICE THOSE PEOPLE TO COME HERE AND BUY THE BIGGER CHUNKS AND DO THE VISION AND DO THE STUFF, LIKE, KIND OF LIKE YOU GUYS ARE TALKING, YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO GET TO THAT POINT. SO THIS IS OUR START FOR THAT. SO FROM THAT POINT, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE YOU GUYS WANT TO GO INTO, INTO BREAKING THESE DOWN, SAYING YES. NO. KIND OF DEAL. I YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE ANY FEEDBACK IN BETWEEN THERE. SO I GUESS WE CAN JUST WE HAD HAD YOU HAD HAVE WE HAVE WHAT YOU HAD PASSED AT PLANNING COMMISSION SINCE PLANNING COMMISSION. WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING WHERE YOU HAD RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM US. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAD MET WITH COUNCILMAN WOLFF. COUNCILMAN BURGER, I THINK YOU HAD MAYBE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR ZONING, HAD ASKED SOME QUESTIONS OF OUR JUST, YOU KNOW, ABOUT OUR EXISTING ZONING, HOW DOES THIS LINE UP? SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO SOME OF THE IS IT CORRECT TO UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THE CHANGES OR SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU JUST SPOKE ABOUT ARE ACTUALLY A PROPOSED REVISION FROM THE LAST TIME YOU WERE BEFORE US, CORRECT? CORRECT. YES. OKAY. SO IN ORDER FOR THOSE TO TAKE EFFECT, THERE WOULD NEED TO BE A MOTION TO AMEND THE LEGISLATION. FOR THOSE. HOWEVER, TONIGHT IS THE ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING. SO I THINK WHAT WOULD BE TO OUR ADVANTAGE IS TO THIS EVENING HEAR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, IF THERE ARE ANY, AND ALSO IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS WISH TO GIVE, THAT FEEDBACK CAN BE GIVEN. WE STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IF WE WANT TO DO ANY WE IF WE WANT TO MAKE ANY PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE DO THAT AT THE NEXT READING, THE THIRD READING, AND THAT'LL PUT IT BACK TO SECOND READING IF THERE ARE AMENDMENTS TO BE MADE. BUT IT WOULD ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS TO BE VOICED BY THE PUBLIC, BUT ALSO COUNCIL MEMBERS. I AGREE, AND THAT WOULD GIVE US MORE TIME TO HAVE A LIST SO THAT WE CAN EVEN MAKE THAT EASIER AND HAVE A MORE CONDENSED LIST OF SAYING, HEY, THIS IS IT. AND WE KNOW AND YOU GUYS KNOW, EVERYBODY KNOWS COMING IN. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT. MR. PRESIDENT, CAN I ASK A QUESTION. YEAH. DO YOU DO WE WANT TO GO RIGHT ON THE AGENDA HERE?

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WE DIDN'T CHANGE ANY OF THE DOCUMENTS. WE PROVIDED YOU MORE INFORMATION THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, MR. BORDNER HAD ASKED FOR WAS MORE INFORMATION. SO THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO IS PROVIDE YOU MORE INFORMATION. SO YOU HAD MORE CLEARLY BECAUSE WE REALLY DIDN'T TALK ABOUT WE REALLY DIDN'T PULL UP LIKE I DID IN MY CHART FOR YOU. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE LIST OF, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT FOR YOU THAT WAS ON THERE BEFORE TO VERSUS NOW. SO YEAH. AND THEN ME JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT ME AND COUNCILMAN WOLFF TALKED ABOUT IN OUR MEETING. HEY, THIS IS IT.

AND TAKEN INTO WHAT MR. BERGER SAID AT THE LAST MEETING AND EVERYTHING ALONG THAT LINE. SO WE GET A LIST TOGETHER. THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING GET A LIST TOGETHER SO WE CAN COME BACK AND SAY, OKAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE ALL TALKED ABOUT. WE'RE OKAY WITH THIS. LET'S GO. WE'RE NOT OKAY WITH IT AND SAY, HEY, WHAT REASONS WHY? CITIZENS? ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? IF SO, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. STATE YOUR NAME. ADDRESS? CODY ADAMS, 16 707 COUNTY HOME ROAD. I THINK THIS AREA DOES NEED SOME DEVELOPMENT. I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW HAS AND THIS IS I HAVEN'T REALLY READ INTO IT BUT HAS MUCH THOUGHT. THIS IS LIKE THE GATEWAY INTO THE CITY. JUST LIKE 31 IS COMING IN AROUND MILL VALLEY. IT IS A HEAVY TRAFFIC AREA, SEMI TRAFFIC. I MEAN WE DON'T WANT IT TO AGAIN, GATEWAY INTO THE CITY. IS THERE ANYTHING PROPOSED TO MAKE IT MORE WELCOMING LOOKING INSTEAD OF JUST SEEING A GAS STATION OR A RESTAURANT OR A DAYCARE CENTER, ANYTHING REALLY PROPOSED, JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT TO. SO YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO ASK QUESTIONS. WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL HEAR YOUR QUESTIONS AND WE'LL HEAR ANY OTHER CITIZENS QUESTIONS. AND THEN WHEN WE GET TO COUNCIL, WE'LL GIVE THE DEVELOPER AN OPPORTUNITY TO PERHAPS SPEAK TO ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS. SO JUST KIND OF CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA AS WELL OKAY. ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. LEVI LOOKABAUGH 16 707 COUNTY HOME ROAD. SO LET'S LET'S PAINT A PICTURE REAL QUICK. SO I AM THE SECOND HOUSE AT THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY HOME AND COOK'S POINT. SO COOK'S POINT WAS PUT IN TO HELP STATION 271 GET TO MILL VALLEY. AND NOW LOOK AT IT. WE'VE REALLY DEVELOPED IT. LIKE CODY SAID, ROUTE FOUR IS THE GATEWAY. SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM THE NORTH, MARION COUNTY, RICHWOOD, THAT'S THE FIRST. IT'S GOING TO BE THE FIRST BIG PROPERTY YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WHEN YOU'RE COMING INTO MARYSVILLE, BEFORE YOU GO ACROSS THE BRIDGE AND COME INTO THE DOWNTOWN. WE CAN'T STOP WHAT, WE CAN'T STOP THE GROWTH. BUT WE YOU AS A COUNCIL HAVE CONTROL OVER WHAT'S THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE FOR THAT? MARY'S FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT, KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE SAW IN THE VISION PLAN. THE TRAFFIC IS TERRIBLE. IF EVERYONE FROM 31 IS NOW COMING DOWN FOUR BECAUSE OF THE ROUNDABOUTS THAT WE'VE PUT IN. BUT ZACH, DONALD, SCOTT, KELSEY, I'VE BEEN KEEPING UP ON IT THE LAST FEW MEETINGS. CAR WASHES, YOU KNOW, BIG DEVELOPMENTS, BIG BOX STORES. I REALLY DON'T SEE THAT'S WHERE WE NEED SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO TABLE THIS AND THINK ABOUT WHAT DOES THAT PROPERTY REALLY WANT TO LOOK LIKE. SO THANKS. OTHER CITIZENS. OKAY.

COUNCIL. SO I'LL JUST SAY REALLY QUICKLY, THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED. THERE'S NOT MUCH WE CAN DO. IT'S WE'RE WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER TO TRY TO CHANGE HOW DEVELOPMENT IS, BUT IT'S A LOT OF IT'S SET IN STONE. AND THIS IS THE REASON WHY WE NEED A VISIONING PLAN. THIS IS THE REASON WHY WE NEED TO INVEST MONEY IN CREATING STRONGER POLICIES, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO IT. YOUR CONCERNS ARE CONCERNS THAT EVERY OTHER RESIDENT HAS, BECAUSE NO MATTER EVERY GATEWAY YOU DRIVE IN, IN THE COMMUNITY, IT ALL LOOKS THE SAME. CAR WASHES, AUTO PARTS STORES, GAS STATIONS. I HAVE NO FAULT TO THE COOK'S DEVELOPMENT.

YOU KNOW THEY'RE TRYING TO SELL PROPERTY. THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE TIME ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN.

ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WORK TOGETHER TO SEE HOW WE CAN. SO, FOR INSTANCE, LIKE ONE OF THE

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AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, YOU KNOW, AND, AND EVERYTHING ALONG THAT LINE. SO I THINK THAT IT IS A COMMERCIAL. SO I DON'T CAN'T SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND SAYING TRAFFIC AND THAT CAN BE AN ISSUE. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT ACTUALLY WAS TRAFFIC STUDIES DONE AND IS IT'S NOT LIKE. COLEMAN'S CROSSING WHERE THE ROADS AREN'T BIG ENOUGH AND THERE'S NOT TURN LANES AND EVERYTHING. IT WAS DESIGNED FOR THAT IN ORDER TO COME IN FOR IT AND, AND HAVE THAT LOAD BEAR IN IT. SO I MEAN, IT WAS THAT FORETHOUGHT BACK AND THEN SO, YOU KNOW, AND WE ARE TRYING TO WHEN WE ARE POSITIONING OURSELVES TO DO OTHER THINGS, DO THINGS TO HELP ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC AS MUCH AS WE CAN. SO AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO WITH AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL WORK WITH STAFF WITH IN ORDER TO DO AS IT GOES, YOU KNOW. SO YOU HAD HEARD SOME COMMENTS TONIGHT AND WE HAVE UNTIL THIRD READING. WE CAN THEN BRING FORTH IF THERE ARE ANY PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AT THAT TIME, I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE THEN THAT AHEAD OF THAT THERE'S SOME UNDERSTANDING AS TO, IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO POTENTIALLY MAKE REVISE BASED ON THE COMMENTS THAT WE GOT BACK. YEAH, I THINK WE ARE. I MEAN, WE'RE OPEN TO THAT, YOU KNOW, TO EVERYTHING. IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS CAN PROVIDE US A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION OF THOSE DETAILS ON THERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IN ORDER TO DO IT, WE ALL N NEED TO HAVE THAT AND JUST NOT TALK AND SEE AND YOU KNOW, AND EVERYTHING THAT WAY WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. AND DON'T NOBODY GETS SURPRISED. YOU KNOW, MR. HASLINGER IS ANY FURTHER COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO ADD. JUST I WOULD JUST SUGGEST THAT BASED ON YOUR DISCUSSIONS YOU'VE ALREADY HAD WITH A COUPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE ADMINISTRATION AND DISCUSSIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER, KIND OF A CLEAR LIST OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS SO THAT, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL HAS A CHANCE TO DISCUSS EACH ONE AND ADDRESS THEM AND VOTE ON THEM, AND WE CAN PUT THEM UP ON THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, SO WE SO EVERYONE'S CLEAR AS TO WHAT THOSE AMENDMENTS ARE, ARE THOSE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ARE AND WE CAN DO THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING. AND THEN OF COURSE, PROCEDURALLY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A WOULD BE THIRD READING. SO THE AN AMENDMENT PASSES AND THE LEGISLATION IS AMENDED. THEN YOU'D HAVE SECOND READING. PUBLIC HEARING AGAIN AS A REMINDREMINDER, NOW TAKES FIVE S TO AMEND A PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION AND NOT SIX. SO THOSE WOULD BE MY MY SUGGESTIONS. UNDERSTAND. GOT IT. THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE THIS WILL BE BACK FOR THIRD READING VOTE ON MARCH 9TH, 2026. 06-26 SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE

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CITIZENS. COUNCIL, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING. SO I WAS READING THIS. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO GIVE WATER TO THIS. MR. ELSNER, COULD YOU EXPLAIN THE NATURE OF THIS ORDINANCE, PLEASE? SO THESE NEXT THREE ORDINANCES ARE AMENDMENTS TO THE THE AGREEMENT

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SO WE HAVE THREE SEPARATE AMENDMENTS. SO WHAT WAS YOUR SPECIFIC WHAT WAS YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION THAT WE CURRENTLY DON'T SERVE WATER. DO WE HAVE TO SERVE WATER AND SEWER. IF THEY COME INTO THE JED WE DO, BUT WE DON'T. IF WE DON'T VOTE WITHIN, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. SECTION 7A2. PROVIDED WATER SERVICE SERVICE TO THE DISTRICT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL CITY POLICIES, RULES AND REGULATIONS. DO YOU WANT TO? WELL, I BELIEVE I COULD. I BELIEVE THERE'S WATER AND SEWER LINES IN FRONT OF THE PROPERTY. WE DO HAVE A LEGAL RIGHT TO PROVIDE WATER AND SEWER TO THAT PROPERTY, IF THAT'S YOUR QUESTION. AND AT LEAST WITH THIS, WE HAVE TO, THOUGH THAT'S WHAT SHE'S ASKING. WOULD WE HAVE TO? NOT IF WE TURN THIS DOWN. CORRECT. WELL, WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THIS IS THIS IS MORE OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION THAN IT IS A LEGISLATIVE ONE. AND I AND I, I'VE LOOKED INTO THAT QUESTION AND I'VE DONE IT WITH DUBLIN AND THEIR ATTORNEYS. AND IF WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO SERVE THEM, WE CAN'T REALLY PICK AND CHOOSE WHO WE SERVE. WE CAN'T SELECTIVELY SERVE SOME AND NOT OTHERS. AND THAT WOULD BE BASICALLY ACTING AS A ZONING AUTHORITY DOWN THERE. SO WE WE TECHNICALLY THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS YES. IF THIS IS REJECTED, THEN THEY'RE NOT IN THE JED. AND WE HAVE NO OBLIGATION TO SERVE SERVE THEM WITH THE UTILITIES. SO AS IT RELATES TO OH 626, THEY HAVE A WILL SERVE LETTER FROM US FROM A COUPLE YEARS AGO. WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH WATER SEWER AGREEMENT WITH THIS CUSTOMER, I GUESS, IF YOU WILL.

SO TIM AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH HER TO COME UP WITH A TEMPLATE FOR CITY INFRASTRUCTURE WHEN IT'S A WHAT WE DEEM TO BE A LARGER USER, WHICH I BELIEVE THIS ONE WOULD FALL UNDER. SO WE DON'T HAVE AN EXECUTED AGREEMENT AT THIS TIME, BUT WE INTEND TO HAVE THAT BEFORE, BEFORE COUNCIL WOULD VOTE ON IT. AND THAT MR. SUPPLEMENTS YOUR THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION I GET I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BUT I, I, I THINK LEGALLY WE DON'T HAVE MUCH DISCRETION IN THIS MR. IF WE CAN IF WE CAN SERVE HIM, WE HAVE A WATER AGREEMENT IN PLACE, THEN WE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME LEGAL ISSUES. FURTHERMORE, WE ARE THE DESIGNATED WATER SUPPLIER FOR THE COUNTY, AND WE AGREED TO THAT YEARS AGO WHEN WE WHEN WE BOUGHT THE THE UTILITIES IN THE COUNTY, THERE'S AN ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT THAT'S IN PLACE. AND THIS ISN'T A GROWTH AREA AND WE ARE THE UTILITY PROVIDER. EVEN BETTER. THIS IS WITHIN OUR EXCLUSIVE SERVICE AREA. SO FOR THE MOST PART WE ARE NOT THE CITY OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.

WE ARE A UTILITY PROVIDER. SO IN GENERAL WE WANT MORE USERS THAT USE WATER AND WASTEWATER TO HELP HELP FUND THOSE FUNDS. BUT ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THIS PARTICULAR USER? THEY HAVE A WILL SERVE LETTER FROM US THAT SAYS WE CAN. WE ARE STILL GOING TO NEGOTIATE THE AMOUNT AS IT RELATES TO THIS SPECIFIC ITEM FOR 0726 AND 0826, THOSE SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM. THIS USER. MY GUESS IS THEY WILL MEET WHATEVER DEMANDS THAT WE HAVE OR LIMITATIONS THAT WE PUT ON THE AMOUNT OF WATER AND WASTEWATER THAT THEY CAN USE. SO ANYBODY IN THIS AREA, INCLUDING THE ONES THAT WANT TO BE ADOPTED INTO WHAT WE PRETTY MUCH HAVE TO TAKE, IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING, IF WE WANT TO TAKE, IF WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY, IF WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO SERVE, THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THEM IN. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GO. YES, THEY GOT A WILL SERVE LETTER FROM ME TO TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO. THAT WAS TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO. CAN WE STILL SERVE THEM THOUGH? YES. OTHERWISE THIS WOULDN'T BE ON ON YOUR PLATE OR THIS WOULDN'T BE ON THE AGENDA. RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN SEE. WHAT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU CAN SAY THAT OKAY. OTHER THE ONLY OTHER THING IS JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY THIS

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THAT IS. OTHERWISE WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REJECT JUST IN ANOTHER WORDING, ESSENTIALLY, WHETHER OR NOT WE APPROVE THEM IN THE JEDD, THEY CAN STILL PUT THAT THERE. SO THE JET IS US TAKING THE MONEY AND GAINING A LITTLE BIT OF ADVANTAGE FROM WHATEVER GOES THERE, AND MAKING SURE THEY STAY WITHIN THE CAPACITIES THAT WE OUTLINED THAT THEY CAN USE ON OUR WATER USE. YEAH. I'M NOT SURE. YEAH. I MEAN, THE AGREEMENT IS, IS THEY CAN'T GET OUR UTILITIES UNLESS THEY JOIN THE JET IN ORDER TO AND VICE VERSA IN ORDER TO TO. YEAH. SO THAT'S AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT I HEARD. I'M NOT SURE I QUITE UNDERSTAND. WELL KIND OF BUILDING OFF OF WHAT MR. WAS SAYING IS THAT WE CAN'T CONTROL WHAT THEY PUT THERE, BUT WE CAN TAKE SOME MONEY IF WE. THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. I MEAN, WE IF WE CAN SERVE IT THEN, THEN WE DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH DISCRETION. BUT IF THEY DON'T HAVE WATER, THEY CAN'T REALLY RUN IT, CAN THEY. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. IF WE CAN SERVE IT, THAT'S THE THAT'S THE ULTIMATE QUESTION IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE IS DO WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO SERVE THEM WITH WATER? AND THE ANSWER FROM OUR PUBLIC SERVICE DIRECTOR IS YES, WE DO. AND OTHERWISE WE CAN'T.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T JUST SAY, OH NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PROVIDE UTILITIES TO THEM. THEREFORE WE'RE GOING TO REJECT THE JEDD AMENDMENT BECAUSE IT'S A DATA CENTER. WE DON'T HAVE THAT AUTHORITY. IT'S IN JEROME TOWNSHIP. OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS QUESTIONS. OKAY. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR THIRD READING VOTE ON MARCH 9TH, 2020 607-26 SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING TO

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NOTHING FURTHER. CITIZENS COUNCIL THIS THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THEIR. YEAH. THERE'S A QUESTION POSED ABOUT WHAT THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT IS DO WE KNOW. SO 26 726 IS BASICALLY A GAS STATION. 00826 YES, SORRY. SEVEN THE INDUSTRIAL CORPORATE CENTER FOUR LLC IS ACTUALLY INDUSTRIAL MULTI-TENANT SPACE. THAT'S STEVE GREGORY. YES. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? THIS WILL BE

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YOU JUST COMPLETED ONE. WE'VE HAD A FEW OF THOSE AND I'M GOING TO GIVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT THIS IS THE ESE BUILDING. THIS LOCATED IN INNOVATION PARK. AND THE TRANSFER WOULD ACTUALLY GO FROM BECKNELL WHO IS THE THIRD PARTY OWNER, THE DEVELOPER WHO DEVELOPED THIS PROPERTY. HE'S IS A TENANT OF THAT SPACE. AND THE THIRD INNOVATION PARK. I THINK YOU'RE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH IT. THIS IS THE SITE, AS YOU'RE FAMILIAR, ON INNOVATION WAY. TRITON WOULD ACTUALLY BE THE COMPANY IN WHICH WOULD BE PURCHASING THE PROPERTY. THEREFORE, YOU NEED AN ASSIGNMENT TO CONTINUE THE TAX INCENTIVE THAT YOU'VE APPROVED RECENTLY. EASE LOGISTICS IS THE TENANT APPROXIMATELY 300,000FT■!S. IT'S LOCATED ON 25 ACRES. ORIGINALLY, IT WAS ABOUT A $30 MILLION INVESTMENT. AND EASE, OF COURSE, CONTINUES TO GROW AND BE A VERY INNOVATIVE COMPANY. THEIR HEADQUARTERS ARE IN DUBLIN. THEY HAVE FACILITIES THERE, AND THIS IS THEIR MAIN DISTRIBUTION FACILITY. AND THEY DO A LOT OF WORK FOR HONDA AND OTHER COMPANIES IN THE AREA. THIS IS THE ACTUAL BUILDING, VERY ATTRACTIVE BUILDING OTHER THAN THE STEELER COLORS, BUT WE WON'T HOLD IT AGAINST. WE LOVE EASE WITH THAT BEING SAID, BUT THE BUILDING TURNED OUT REALLY NICE ACTUALLY. SO THE ORIGINAL COMMITMENTS ALL STAND. THERE'S NO CHANGES. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU'VE APPROVED FOR. ALL YOU'RE DOING IS CHANGING THE NAME OF WHO THE OWNER WILL BE FOR THE PROPERTY. SO WE TRANSFERRED FROM BECKNELL, WHO AGAIN WAS A PRETTY GOOD DEVELOPER TO WORK WITH, GOING TO TRITON CAPITAL GROUP, WHICH IS ACTUALLY LOCATED HERE LOCALLY. WE DO HAVE DAVE PEZZOTTI HERE THAT'S GOING TO SPEAK TONIGHT AS WELL AS REPRESENTING THE COMPANY. BUT AGAIN, IT'S 138 JOBS, 5.25 MILLION IN PAYROLL AND $30 MILLION INVESTMENT WILL STILL CONTINUE. NOW THOSE INVESTMENTS, JOBS, PAYROLL ARE REVIEWED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS THROUGH THE TAX OR ACTUALLY THROUGH THE HOUSING COUNCIL. SO THE TIMELINE WOULD BE FIRST READING HERE IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL, SECOND READING ON THE NINTH AND THEN THE 23RD WOULD BE THE THIRD READING AND APPROVAL. THE PROPERTY WOULD CLOSE THEREAFTER AFTER WE GO THROUGH THIS APPROVAL PROCESS, AND THAT IS THE TIMELINE WE SET UP, WE THE AGAIN, THE NEW OWNER WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MEET THE ORIGINAL IMPROVEMENTS. EVERYTHING REMAINS THE SAME. THEY ARE REQUIRED TO INVEST IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS PART OF RECEIVING THE INCENTIVE. SO THAT'S KIND OF AN OVERVIEW. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF ME. I CAN BRING DAVE UP HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU AND INTRODUCE THE COMPANY IF YOU WOULD LIKE, AS WELL. JUST I HAVE ONE QUESTION. SO THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. THE THERE IS A THERE'S A BUILD UP PERIOD. THERE'S A GRACE PERIOD. THERE'S LIKE A AN OCCUPANCY PERMIT TIME THAT REALLY KICKS THINGS OFF IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. YES.

WHERE IS THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY AT IN THAT TIME FRAME. SO THE OHIO IS SET BACK WHEN YOU DO A TAX INCENTIVES, A THREE YEAR RAMP UP OR BUILD UP VARIANCE GIVEN DURING THE TIME FRAME. SO TYPICALLY IT'S THE WINDOW STARTS WHEN CONSTRUCTION BEGINS AND IT'S THREE YEARS. SO THEY'RE STILL IN THAT GRACE PERIOD OKAY I THINK I THINK IT EXPIRES THROUGH THE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. I THINK IT WILL EXPIRE THE END OF 1231. THEN FOLLOWING NEXT YEAR'S REVIEW, THEY'LL HAVE TO MEET ALL THOSE OF THE TARGETS THAT ARE LISTED THERE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A CLARIFICATION POINT. THIS IS A TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP OF THE PHYSICAL ASSET, I.E. THE BUILDING. THE THE USER WILL REMAIN IN THE FACILITY. WE'RE NOT AS COUNCIL APPROVING ANYTHING NEW TONIGHT OR WITHIN THIS LEGISLATION. NOTHING'S NEW. IT THE THE REQUEST IS TO APPROVE THE ACQUISITION OF THE ASSET FROM COMPANY A TO COMPANY B. YES. SO THEY CAN CONTINUE THE INCENTIVE YOU ORIGINALLY APPROVED. OKAY. THANK YOU. JUST A PAINT JOB TO ON THE BUILDING.

BROWN AND ORANGE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YEAH I'M A BIG BLACK AND ORANGE. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. BROWN. YOU HAVE TO ASK DAVE THAT QUESTION. I WAS JUST I DON'T THINK THAT GOES WITH THE EASE, YOU KNOW, LOGO GUIDELINES AT ALL. SO THEY DON'T BRING A PAINTBRUSH. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. SURE. HELLO, DAVE, MANAGING PARTNER, TRITON CAPITAL GROUP. AS ERIC MENTIONED, WE'VE GOT AN OFFICE RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD HERE IN COLUMBUS. I LIVE IN COLUMBUS. WE ARE REAL ESTATE COMPANY. WE DEVELOP INDUSTRIAL ASSETS, WE

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THANK YOU, MR. PHILLIPS. VERY NICE TO MEET YOU. HE DID RECEIVE A BAPTISM IN CITY GOVERNMENT AND CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT, SO THANKS FOR STICKING AROUND DAVE. THANK YOU. THIS

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PHASE TWO VN TWO PHASE IS THERE. THERE'S TWO VN TWO, SO ONE IS NOT VN TWO I DON'T KNOW THE PURPLE OR THE BLUE. LOOKS LIKE THE BLUE IS VN TEN. THOSE ARE ALL WITHIN THE DRONE VILLAGE COMMUNITY AUTHORITY. SO WE ONLY ACCEPT THE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT AREA. THE OTHER THREE AREAS TOWARDS KIND OF OR I SHOULD SAY THE OTHER. YEAH, THREE ON THE SOUTH OF THE PAGE.

GPN 11 PHASE TWO, MITCHELL HIGHLAND SECTION FOUR AND THE INDIAN RUN. WE ACCEPT BOTH WATER AND WASTEWATER IN THOSE AREAS. SO KIND OF A BROAD OVERVIEW OF WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE WE ARE ACCEPTING AT THIS TIME. AND THIS WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE SAFETY SERVICES COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU. AT THE LAST SAFETY SERVICE COMMITTEE MEETING AND THEY APPROVED BRINGING THIS FORWARD THIS EVENING. SO JUST AS AN. COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS. SO IN I RECALL IN MY FIRST YEAR PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE COMMITTEE MEETING, WE HAD A SLEW OF JEROME TOWNSHIP AREAS WE HAD ADOPTED. AT ONE POINT THERE WAS SOME AREA WITHIN THE MILL VALLEY DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.

WHAT IS PROPOSED FOR THIS EVENING IS, I THINK, FOR SAKE OF EFFICIENCY, WOULD BE TO WAIVE THIRD READING, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE A MOTION THAT WOULD REQUIRE SIX VOTES TO PASS.

WE WOULD DO A ROLL CALL, AND THEN THERE WOULD BE, IF COUNCIL IS WILLING, ENTERTAIN A MOTION

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MR. BURGER YES. MR. HUNTER. YES. MRS. TAKACS YES. M MR. REAMES Y. OKAY. YES. MOTION PASSES. NEXT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO WAIVE THE SECOND READING. SO MOVED. CAN WE HAVE A MOTION ROLL CALL, MR. BORDNER? YES, MR. WOLFE? YES, MR. BURGER? YES, MR. HUNTER? YES. MRS. TAKACS? YES. MR. REAMES. YES. MRS. YOUNG. YES. MOTION PASSES TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE FIRST WE NEED CITIZEN COMMENTS. OKAY. JUST WAIT A SECOND. READING. WE DIDN'T WAIT. IF WE WAIVE THE READING, THE READING, WE STILL DON'T HAVE PUBLIC INPUT. THAT WOULD BE. I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE WOULD BE ANYTHING. I MEAN, COUNCIL PRESIDENT WANTS TO DO THAT. THAT'S FINE. BUT WAIT A SECOND READING. SECOND READING. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION.L MAKE A MOTIO MOTIN TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. YOU HAVE A MOTION ROLL CALL, MR. WOLFE. YES, MR. BURGER? YES, MR. HUNTER? YES. MRS. TAKACS? YES. MR. REAMES. YES. MRS. YOUNG. YES. MR. BORDNER YES. SEVEN. YES. LEGISLATION PASSES AND THEN THESE NEXT SIX WOULD ALSO FOLLOW THIS IF UNLESS WE WERE TO DECIDE A MOTION TO PASS THE THIRD READING, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE. I'M GOING TO READ IT, WE'RE GOING

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MR. REAMS. YES. MRS. YOUNG. YES. MR. BORDNER YES. MR. WOLFE. YES. MR. BURGER YES. MOTION PASSES.

ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION ROLL CALL. MRS. TACHYC.

YES. MR. REAMS. YES. MRS. YOUNG. YES. MR. BORDNER. YES, MR. WOLFE YES, MR. BURGER YES. MR.

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MR. WOLFF. YES. MR. BERGER. YES. MR. HUNTER. YES. MRS. TAKACS YES. MR. REAMS. YES. MRS. YOUNG

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MR. BORDNER. YES. MR. WOLFF. YES. MOTION PASSES. MR. PRESIDENT, I MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. ROLL CALL, MR. HUNTER. YES. MRS. YES. MR. REAMS. YES. MRS. YOUNG YES. MR. BORDNER YES. MR. WOLFF YES. MR. BERGER YES. LEGISLATION PASSES ORDINANCE 1526 TO ACCEPT THE

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MRS. YOUNG. YES. MR. BORDNER. YES. MR. WOLFF. YES. MR. BERGER. YES. MR. HUNTER YES. MOTION PASSES. ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO WAIVE THE SECOND READING. MR. PRESIDENT, I MAKE THE MOTION TO WAIVE SECOND READING. ROLL CALL, MR. REAMES. YES. MRS. YOUNG. YES. MR. BORDNER YES. MR. WOLFF.

YES. MR. BERGER. YES. MR. HUNTER YES. MRS. TAKACS YES. MOTION PASSES. ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. ROLL CALL, MRS. YOUNG. YES. MR. BORDNER. YES. MR. WOLFF. YES. MR. BERGER. YES. MR. HUNTER YES. MRS. TAKACS YES. MR. REAMES YES.

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NOTHING. COUNCIL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO WAIVE THE THIRD READING. SO MOVED ROLL CALL.

MR. BORDNER. YES. MR. WOLFF. YES. MR. BERGER. YES. MR. HUNTER YES. MRS. TAKACS YES.

MR. REAMES YES. MRS. YOUNG YES. MOTION PASSES. ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO WAIVE THE SECOND READING MOTION. SECOND READING. ROLL CALL, MR. WOLFF. YES. MR. BERGER. YES. MR. HUNTER? YES.

MRS. TAKACS? YES. MR. REAMS. YES. MRS. YOUNG. YES. MR. BORDNER. YES. MOTION PASSES.

ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. MR. PRESIDENT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE COMMENT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD. THE VN TWO, PHASE TWO. I BELIEVE MR. HOYING IN THE UPPER RIGHT BLUE SHOULD IT'S MISLABELED SHOULD BE VN TEN. SO JUST ADMINISTRATIVELY PROBABLY WANT TO UPDATE THIS CHART FOR THE RECORD BEFORE IT GETS ADDED TO THE PACKET. WE'LL DO. THANKS.

MR. PRESIDENT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. ROLL CALL MR. BERGER. YES. MR. HUNTER? YES. MRS. TAKACS? YES. MR. REAMS. YES. MRS. YOUNG YES. MR. BORDNER. YES. MR. WOLFF.

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ASSUMING NOTHING FURTHER, NO ADMINISTRATION COMMENTS ON COUNCIL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO WAIVE THE THIRD READING. MR. PRESIDENT, I MAKE THE MOTION TO WAIVE THIRD READING. ROLL CALL.

MR. HUNTER. YES. MRS. TAKACS? YES. MR. REAMES YES. MRS. YOUNG YES. MR. BORDNER YES. MR. WOLFF YES. MR. BURGER YES. MOTION PASSES ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO WAIVE THE SECOND READING. MR. PRESIDENT, I MAKE A MOTION TO WAIVE SECOND READING. ROLL CALL, MRS. TAKACS. YES. MR. REAMS. YES. MRS. YOUNG. YES. MR. BORDNER. YES. MR. WOLFF YES. MR. BURGER YES. MR. HUNTER YES.

MOTION PASSES. MR. PRESIDENT, I MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. ROLL CALL, MR. RAINES. YES. MRS. YOUNG. YES. MR. BORDNER. YES. MR. WOLFF YES. MR. BURGER YES. MR. HUNTER YES.

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CODIFIED ORDINANCES REGARDING THE POSITIVE OF SNOW AND LEAVES. ADMINISTRATION. YEAH, I'LL START OFF. SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, THIS WAS PRESENTED AT PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC SERVICE EARLIER IN THE MONTH. IN THIS CLOSE CLOSELY MATCHES THE TEXT THAT THAT'S ALREADY INCLUDED IN CITY CODE. WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN CITY CODE IS A CODE THAT SAYS YOU CANNOT PLACE TAX BOTTLES, WIRE, GLASS, NAILS WITHIN THE ROAD DURING THE SNOW EVENT THAT HAPPENED ABOUT A

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YEAH, I THINK THE CLEAR PART OF THAT IS, IS THE INTENTIONAL ACT OF PLACING IT IN THE STREET.

IT'S NOT WHEN TAKING IT OUT THERE, THOSE THINGS, IT'S YOU'RE PUTTING BIG PILES OF LEAVES THAT CREATES AN OBSTRUCTION OR HAZARD, WHETHER THAT'S A HAZARD OR DRIVING HAZARD, ETC. I THINK THERE'S GOT TO BE A COMMON SENSE TO THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, BLOWING IT IN THE STREET, THAT'S THAT'S AN ACT OF GOD. MUCH WE CAN DO. IT'S THOSE IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY WITH A LEAF BLOWER OR, GOD BLESS THEM, A RAKE THAT'S OUT THERE JUST TAKING ALL THEIR LEAVES AND PUSHING THEM OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, AND THAT'S GOING TO CREATE. AND I DON'T THINK THIS APPLIES TO PARKING AREAS OR, YOU KNOW, RIGHT ALONG THE CURB. IT'S GOING TO BE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAVEL LANE WHERE IT COULD CAUSE A DETRIMENT TO THE, YOU KNOW, TO THE TRAVELING PUBLIC. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S BEEN CONTEMPLATED, BECAUSE I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WOULDN'T TO RID SOME OF THE SUBJECTIVITY INTO HOW WE MANAGE OUR BUSINESS DAY TO DAY. SO YEAH, THAT'S THAT. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS.

THANKS. OTHER QUESTIONS. COMMENTS. THANK THIS WILL BE BACK FOR SECOND READING

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

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NOT TO GET CHEESY, BUT IN A QUOTE THAT MY DAD ALWAYS USED TO INSTILL IN US GROWING UP IS THAT EVERY DAY YOU EITHER GET BETTER OR YOU GET WORSE, YOU CAN NEVER STAY THE SAME. AND I THINK THAT THE VISION PLAN AND THE PROPOSED SCOTTS LAWN PARKWAY, AND WHAT I HOPE TO SEE SOME CHANGES OVER AT COOK'S POINT, I THINK THAT WE ARE STEPPING IN THE DIRECTION OF GETTING BETTER. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THAT. THANK YOU, MR. BORDNER. YEAH, KYLE, I'M GOING TO BE REALLY SHORT AND SWEET. LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE BEEN A PLEASURE OF MINE TO WORK WITH YOU PROFESSIONALLY. YOU'RE JUST DRIVEN, HONEST, FILLED WITH INTEGRITY AND PERSONALLY. YOU'RE A VERY STRONG SPIRIT. YOUR YOUR PASSION, YOUR POSITIVITY IS INFECTIOUS. I WISH YOU LUCK. AND I'M GOING TO MISS YOU IN THE GYM. MR. WOLFE. TWO ITEMS I ALSO WANT TO SAY CONGRATS, KYLE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME SERVED HERE. I'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU ON PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE, AND I KNOW YOU'LL BE A BIG BENEFIT TO THE CITY OF HILLIARD. AND THEN ON A SECOND NOTE, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE UNION COUNTY SPECIAL OLYMPICS BASKETBALL TEAM, WHICH FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY, THEY WON THE DIVISION FIVE STATE INDOOR WINTER GAMES BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT. THEY BEAT THE WILLIAMS COUNTY SHARKS 34 TO 33 THIS PAST WEEKEND. SO I KNOW THERE WAS A SEND OFF FOR THEM BUT WANTED TO WISH THEM OR CONGRATULATE THEM, AND MAYBE WE CAN HAVE THEM IN SOME TIME WITH THE PROCLAMATION OR COMMENDATION OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. VERY NICE. ANOTHER ONE FOR YOU, COUNCILMAN BURGER. KYLE, YOU KNOW, IF ANYBODY I MEAN, ANYBODY THAT KNOWS ME KNOWS I'M PASSIONATE AND HARD, HARD HEADED AND DRIVEN. AND KYLE MIGHT BITE HIS TONGUE AROUND ME ONCE IN A WHILE, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT HE ALWAYS TOOK THE TIME TO LISTEN, ANSWER MY CONCERNS, AND WHETHER HE LIKED IT OR NOT. YOU KNOW, WE HAD WE HAD SOME LAUGHS IN THERE TOO. SO THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE MARYSVILLE JOURNAL TRIBUNE. SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED THAT I ACTUALLY LIKE READING A PAPER. MY FRIENDS, WELL, MAGGIE AND PROBABLY SOME OTHER PEOPLE YOU KNOW, I DON'T REALLY LOVE LOOKING AT MY PHONE AND READING THINGS ALL THE TIME, BUT I ACTUALLY DO LIKE PAPER. MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE I'M 40 YEARS OLD. MY FRIENDS HAVE ALWAYS SAID, BUT RECENTLY THEY HAD THE PROGRESS EDITION, AND IN THE PROGRESS EDITION THEY ACTUALLY OUTLINED THE UNDER THE CIVIC AND COMMUNITY SECTION. THERE WAS ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FOUR PAGES JUST ON THE VISIONING PLAN AND VERY WELL DONE TO YOUR STAFF IN THE NEWSROOM AT THE JOURNAL TRIBUNE FOR NOT ONLY WRITING ABOUT IT, BUT ALSO CONTACTING HOLLAND, MICHIGAN, AND AND GETTING THEIR FEEDBACK ON HOW THEY HAD IT HAPPENED. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT IN THE VISIONING IN THE PLAN IN HOLLAND, MICHIGAN, IT SAID, IF SOMEBODY HAD SAID 30 PLUS YEARS AGO, HOLLAND'S GOING TO INVEST IT, HOLLAND IS GOING TO INVEST.

IT'S PUSHING 1 BILLION IN ITS DOWNTOWN CORE OVER THE NEXT 30 TO 35 YEARS. THEN PEOPLE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT YOU WERE CRAZY. LET ME REMIND YOU, ALL THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE VISION DO

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BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD, THIS IS THE WAY IT'S GOING TO BE BUILT. INSTEAD, IT'S WE WELCOME YOU HERE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE CODES TO STATE WHAT YOU WANT, WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD IT. AND THEN WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE MESS UPS AFTER THE FACT. SO TO YOUR POINT, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT AND STATING YOUR CONCERNS. AND ALWAYS WHEN YOU EVER HAVE EXAMPLES OF ENCOURAGEMENT WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO IMPROVE, IT ALWAYS CREATES A LITTLE BIT OF HEARTBURN. BUT IN SOCIETY, HEARTBURN ALWAYS MAKES THE DIAL MOVE. IT'S THERE TO PROVOKE AND TO PUSH A SOCIETY FORWARD. SO AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE JOURNAL TRIBUNE, TO DOING THIS FOR SHOWING YOUR VIEWERS THAT WE ARE DOING SOMETHING, WE'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING, AND BY GOLLY, WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET THIS IMPLEMENTED. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. I'LL FINISH IT OFF. MR. HOYNE, APPRECIATE YOUR WORK HERE AND THE PROFESSIONALISM, CONTINUOUS LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM, PROFESSIONALISM THAT YOU'VE SHOWN IN WORKING WITH YOU, WHETHER IT WAS PART OF PLANNING COMMISSION, THE MEETINGS THAT YOU HAD SUPPORTED IN THAT AND IN MY TIME ON COUNCIL MEETINGS, IN IN BETWEEN MEETINGS. JUST APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK. YOU HAD, I THINK, SOME EXTENDED MEDICAL LEAVE THIS PAST FALL. IT WAS APPARENT, BECAUSE I THINK JEREMY'S TRYING TO KEEP HIS HEAD ABOVE WATER AND COVER FOR YOU. SO WE KNOW THAT YOU DO A LOT OF GOOD WORK, AND I THINK THE CITY OF HILLIARD IS GOING TO BE GLAD TO HAVE YOU. SO REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE. AND YOU'LL MAKE CENTRAL OHIO, I THINK, A BETTER PLACE CONTINUING, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD, AN ADDITIONAL POINT THAT I DID WANT TO MENTION TONIGHT. SO I WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE OF KARA BROWN AND THEN ELENA HANNUM, WHO HAD COME FOR THE DEVELOPMENTAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AWARENESS MONTH IN MARCH. AND I THINK THEY ACTUALLY WENT TO THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS GAME. I WAS TALKING TO ELENA ON SATURDAY. SHE HAD WENT TO THAT GAME TO SEE OHIO STATE. THE. SO IT WAS A SIGHT TO SEE. THEY HAD GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THAT. IN APRIL, WE WILL BE DOING A PROCLAMATION AT THE END OF MARCH FOR APRIL, BUT THAT WILL BE FOR DONATE LIFE THROUGH LIFELINE OHIO. AND THAT'S TO TALK ABOUT JUST THOSE WHO'VE BEEN IMPACTED BY ORGAN DONATION. SO I'M EXCITED FOR THAT UPCOMING. I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME INFORMATION SHARED ABOUT THAT. MY I THINK YOU HAD A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, MR. HUANG IN THE JOURNAL TRIBUNE SO MANY MONTHS AGO TO SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE. A COWORKER OF MY WIFE YEARS AGO, MAYBE A DECADE OR MORE AGO, A SIMILAR TYPE OF POSITIVE IMPACT BY THAT. SO WE HAD GONE DOWN COLUMBUS A COUPLE DIFFERENT TIMES AS WELL TO SUPPORT. THEY HAVE AN ANNUAL EVENT TO JUST, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT, DONATE LIFE AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU WHO WOULD COME AND YOUR YOUR STAND HERE CLOSE TO THE 9:45 PM HOUR. IT'S PART OF THE PUBLIC PROCESS. SO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU GUYS ALL BEING HERE TONIGHT. WE ARE GOING WE HAVE A POTENTIAL TO ADJOURN NOW TO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY, THE LEASE OF PROPERTY BY COMPETITIVE BID AND PENDING LITIGATION THAT WILL REQUIRE A MOTION AND A SECOND. MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY, THE LEASE OF PROPERTY BY COMPETITIVE BID AND PENDING LITIGATION. I SECOND THAT OKAY. ROLL CALL. MRS. YOUNG. YES. MR. BORDNER YES. MR. WOLFF YES. MR. BERGER. YES. MR. HUNTE

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