Apr 13, 2026 City Council

[CALL TO ORDER]

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APRIL 13TH MARYSVILLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. THE TIME IS NOW 7 P.M. WE ARE GOING TO START THIS EVENING 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. ROLL CALL. JACK HERE. STEPHEN WOLFF HERE. DONALD BERGER HERE. SCOTT HUNTER HERE. KELSEY HERE. MARK. REEM'S HERE. CATHY YOUNG HERE.

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

[PROCLAMATION]

WHEREAS, THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE'S DEDICATED TEAM OF NINE DISPATCH PROFESSIONALS HANDLED 16,736 CALLS FOR SERVICE IN 2025, DEMONSTRATING THEIR IMPACT THROUGH LIFE SAVING CARE, STRATEGIC COORDINATION, CRISIS INTERVENTION AND CONSTANT VIGILANCE. NOW, THEREFORE, I SCOTT HUNTER, PRESIDENT OF OF COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, OHIO, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 12TH THROUGH THE 18TH, 2026 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK IN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. THE WORK OF THESE UNSEEN FIRST RESPONDERS IS INVALUABLE IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, AND EACH OF THESE DEDICATED MEN AND WOMEN DESERVE OUR HEARTFELT APPRECIATION. THANK YOU. CAN WE GET A PICTURE? JOE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT. OUR COMMUNICATIONS GUY. RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

ASSIGN IT TONIGHT. I'LL GIVE IT THE TONE. IS THAT LIKE THAT FOR THE. PHOTOSHOP? MR. PRESIDENT

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[APPOINTMENT]

OBVIOUSLY, I'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH MR. HOYT. HE'S VERY RECEPTIVE. HE WILL BE DESIGNATED TO WORK IN CERTAIN AREAS AND FOCUS ON THOSE AREAS, PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF HIS EXPERTISE IN PUBLIC UTILITIES AND THE UTILITY WORKS THAT WE DO. SO THIS EVENING, WHAT I'M ASKING, I'M CREATING THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, AND I'M ASKING FOR COUNCIL TO RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF JEREMY HOYT AS OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

HE'S ALSO THE DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES. RIGHT OVER TO YOU, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE'S.

THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. YEAH. TIMJUG TO BE ALSO SERVING OVERSEER OF OUR UTILITY SYSTEM, DIRECTOR OF OUR UTILITY SYSTEM. AND THAT'S PART OF THAT'S KIND OF WHY I GOT INTO THE UTILITY ASPECT OF IT ANYWAYS. AND FOR THE RECORD, I READ OVER THE APPOINTMENT LINE ITEM, I WENT DIRECTLY TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT, BUT YES, APPOINTMENT. SO ARE THERE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WHO WISH TO COMMENT? MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVED TO CONFIRM THE RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF JEREMY HOYT AS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. AMY TILNEY'S, CORRECT. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? WELL, CONGRATULATIONS, MR. HOYT. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

[ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT]

ALSO, YOU'LL SEE A SLIGHT SHIFT IN OUR OUR SITTING ARRANGEMENT HERE AT THE NEXT MEETING.

YOU'LL NOTICE THAT JEREMY WILL SCOOT DOWN THE ROW HERE. SO SO YOU'LL HE'LL BE SITTING HERE CLOSE TO ME AS WE WORK TOGETHER THROUGH THIS PROCESS. OKAY, ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT, A COUPLE REMINDERS HERE. THE 2026 SEASON POOL PASSES, MUNICIPAL POOL SEASONS COMING UP. THEY'RE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT A 15% DISCOUNT NOW THROUGH APRIL 30TH. PASSES MAY BE PURCHASED ONLINE VIA REC DESK, AND THE POOL OPENS FOR THE SEASON ON SATURDAY, MAY 23RD. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE. I MEAN, THE WEATHER'S GETTING WARM ALREADY YOU GUYS, SO I ANTICIPATE IT'S GOING TO BE A HOT SUMMER. SO IT'S A GOOD TIME TO TO REACH OUT AND GET YOUR 15% DISCOUNT ON YOUR POOL PASS FOR THE COMING SEASON. ALSO, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE THINGS COMING UP REAL QUICK HERE. I'LL GO INTO THE FRIDAY NIGHT UPTOWN. OUR NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT UPTOWN IS IS COMING UP ON MAY 15TH. SO WE'RE APPROACHING ABOUT A MONTH AWAY FOR FROM THAT FIRST EVENT. IT'S THE IT'S ROCK THE BLOCK. OF COURSE, IT'S 6 TO 10 P.M. ON THAT FRIDAY, MAY 15TH AND THE MUSIC BY MCGUFFEY LANE AND WILL BE PRESENTED BY MONARCH ROOFING.

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PERSONAL DOCUMENTS WILL BE SECURELY TRANSPORTED BY FILE 13 AND SHREDDED AT YUKO INDUSTRIES.

ALL ELECTRONICS THAT PLUG INTO A WALL OR TAKE BATTERIES WILL WILL BE ACCEPTED, INCLUDING COMPUTERS, CAMERAS, SERVERS, VCRS, CELL PHONES, KEYBOARDS, BATTERY BACKUP SYSTEMS, SCANNERS, PRINTERS AND FAX MACHINES. AND SO TVS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. BUT THIS IS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY IF YOU HAVE THESE TYPE OF ITEMS AROUND YOUR HOME TO DISPOSE OF THEM.

SECOND CHANCES THRIFT STORE WILL ACCEPT UP TO SIX BAGS OR BOXES OF ITEMS IN LIKE NEW OR GIFTABLE CONDITION, INCLUDING CLOTHES, SHOES, ACCESSORIES, JEWELRY, SMALL APPLIANCES, HOUSEWARES, KITCHEN ITEMS, HOME DECOR, TOYS AND GAMES, OVERSIZE ITEMS AND DONATIONS SHOULD BE OVERSIZE ITEMS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO YUKO INDUSTRIES DONATION CENTER AT 1616 900 SQUARE DRIVE.

THIS IS A BIG DAY. THIS IS A BIG ACTIVITY. WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES THERE. BUT ON SATURDAY, APRIL 25TH FROM 9 A.M. TO NOON AT THE POLICE AND COURT FACILITY, PLEASE TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE ITEMS. SO, JEREMY, IT'S YOURS. YEAH. THANKS, TERRY. SOME UPDATES ON THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AND CITY STREET CREWS ARE RESUMING THE FULL PLACEMENT OPERATIONS AT THE FORMER WATER TREATMENT PLANT. AND THIS IS WORK ASSOCIATED WITH THE LAGOON ABANDONMENT FOR CONNECTS SECOND OR THIRD PHASE OF THIS PROJECT AS WELL. THEY'RE BEGINNING CATCH BASIN REPLACEMENT AHEAD OF THE ANNUAL PAVING PROGRAM. SO WHAT I WAS TOLD THIS MORNING, THEY'RE STARTING UP IN MILL VALLEY, HITTING ALL THE ROADS THERE AND THEN WORKING THEIR WAY SOUTH ON THE PARK SIDE. CITY CREWS CONTINUE PREPPING THE PARKS WITH MULCH AND CONDUCTING PLAYGROUND INSPECTIONS, AND OUR EVENT OR EVENT STAFF HAS ALREADY BEGUN THE RECRUITING PROCESS TO GET SOME LOCAL BUSINESSES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ANNUAL TOUCH A TRUCK EVENT. ON THE WATER SIDE, CITY CREWS CONTINUE ON NORTHERN CONLEY STREET AND ARE ENSURING THAT THE RESERVOIR REMAINS TOPPED UP OR TOPPED OFF WHEN WE CAN. JUST AS A FUN FACT THAT I LIKE TO GIVE YOU GUYS. AVERAGE WATER PRODUCTION WAS UP TO 3.49 MILLION GALLONS A DAY, WITH A PEAK OF 3.9, SO STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THE WATER USAGE INCREASE A LITTLE BIT. NOTHING TO BE SCARED ABOUT RIGHT NOW. BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE CONTINUALLY MONITORING THAT. AND THEN FINALLY ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE, CITY STAFF IS PROVIDING A TOUR FOR A GROUP OF HOME SCHOOL CHILDREN OF THE W RF AND CONDUCTING A CLARIFIER CONDITION ASSESSMENT. AND FINALLY THE PUMP STATION FOR PROJECT THERE BY ROLLING MEADOWS IS WRAPPING UP WITH STARTUP ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ASHLEY FOR SOME ENGINEERING UPDATES. YEAH, I CAN SHARE OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. SO THE CONTRACTOR WILL RETURN ON CHERRY STREET AT THE END OF THE DAY TO WRAP UP SANITARY WORK AND BEGIN ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS ON KIMBERLY DRIVE AND BRIARWOOD WATERLINE. THE PROJECT HAS BEEN AWARDED TO A CONTRACTOR IN THE PRE-CON MEETING AND START DATE ARE PENDING AT THIS TIME.

BEGINNING THIS SUMMER, WE WILL HAVE THE COLEMAN'S CROSSING AND WALMART TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROJECT STARTING, AND THEN THE 2026 PAVING PROGRAM. THAT CONTRACT WAS AWARDED IN THE PROJECT TO SHELLEY COMPANY AND IS GOING TO THE BOARD OF CONTROL TODAY. SO THAT WAS AT THAT MEETING. AND THEN FOR ALTA FIBER, THAT PROJECT CONTINUES ON PROFESSIONAL PARKWAY IN CHESHIRE CHESTNUT STREET AREA. AND THAT'S IT FOR CONSTRUCTION UPDATES. THAT CONCLUDES OUR

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HEARING NONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE THE UPDATES. REPORT OF CLERK OF COUNCIL.

[REPORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT]

AND THIS IS KIND OF THE PROCESS. SO COMPANY HIRES A SITE SELECTOR. THEY, WE MAKE A LONG LIST WITH OTHER STATES. IN THE US, JOBSOHIO RECEIVES AN RFI. THEY GATHER THE DATA, THEN THEY ACTUALLY CONTACT THE REGIONAL PARTNERS THROUGH THROUGH ONE COLUMBUS, ONE COLUMBUS. IT REACHES OUT TO US. WE THEN TRY TO COORDINATE WITH ALL OF OUR PARTNERS AND THAT'S TYPICALLY SCHOOLS. IT'S AS OHIO OR URI, IT'S COLUMBIA GAS OR URI WITH GAS. IT'S JEREMY ABOUT WATER AND SEWER. TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE RELATED TO THAT. IT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM A TO Z ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY. THEY WANT TO KNOW MORE OF OUR JOB IS PUT THAT IN A PACKAGE. AND SOMETIMES IT'S A PHONE CALL WITH TERRY TO SAY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SUBMITTING AND IS THIS SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO? AND SO WE EVALUATE THOSE LEADS AND THEN WE CHOOSE TO GO FORWARD OR NOT. AND SOMETIMES WE DO. SOMETIMES WE DO NOT DEPENDING ON THE USE AND WHAT IT MEANS TO THE COMMUNITY. SO AGAIN, WE DO NOT GO AFTER EVERYONE IF THEY'RE NOT A GOOD FIT IN THE COMMUNITY. WE TYPICALLY GUY SAID EARLIER, WE HAVE THREE DAYS, TYPICALLY OR TWO WEEKS TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THESE AS WELL. AND IT REQUIRES A TON OF COORDINATION AMONG ALL OF OUR PARTNERS INVOLVED IN THIS AND WITH CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH JOBS OHIO AND ONE IN COLUMBUS, TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THINGS THAT WE'RE GETTING, THE INFORMATION WE'RE GETTING IS ACCURATE. AND ALSO IT'S THE INFORMATION THE COMPANY WANTS OR THE SITE SELECTOR WANTS. AND AGAIN, OUR GOAL IS TO GET TO A VISIT. WE THINK WE HAVE A GREAT CHANCE IF WE GET THEM PHYSICALLY HERE AND WE CAN SHOWCASE MARYSVILLE. THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE TRY TO DO IN THE PROCESS, JUST TO JUST TO MAKE IT TO STAGE TWO. SO WHAT'S AN RFI? I'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THESE, BUT IT INCLUDES A LOT OF THINGS HERE. IT INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM THE OWNER DETAILS TO SITE SIZE TO ZONING REQUIREMENTS TO ALL THESE DETAILS. I, I BOTHER ASKING

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JEREMY'S ALWAYS VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN THIS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING ABOUT WATER AND SEWER AND OTHER THINGS, SITE DEVELOPMENT, ASPECTS OF THE OF THE REQUEST. AND AGAIN, SOMETIMES WE DON'T GET QUICK RESPONSES FROM OUR OTHER UTILITY PROVIDERS, NOT POINTING ANYONE OUT. IT JUST WE GOT TO GET TOGETHER IN A TIMELY FASHION SO WE CAN PUT IT IN A FORM THAT'S IN THE DOCUMENT AND PROVIDE IT TO THEM. AND THEY ALSO TYPICALLY, IN A LOT OF CASES, WANT TO KNOW INCENTIVES. SO WE HAVE TO PUT AN INCENTIVE AGREEMENT TOGETHER. HENCE WHY WE HAVE A NEGOTIATING TEAM THAT MEETS TO TALK ABOUT INCENTIVES FOR ASKING ABOUT ABATEMENT. SO 2025 THROUGH 26 THIS PAST YEAR, THESE ARE TIMES WE'VE SUBMITTED THE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE OPUS BUILDING AND WORLD BUILDING ARE TOP MARY'S LIST 11 TIMES AND THE INNOVATION PARK SIX TIMES. SO THESE ARE THE RFI THAT WE SUBMITTED IN MARYSVILLE FOR THESE THESE PROJECTS. SO THESE ARE THE ACTIVE LEADS IN ONE COLUMBUS, THE JOBAPPLY NETWORK. YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF USE MANUFACTURING BEING. 15, YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD ME, IF THEY ALL COME HERE, THAT WOULD BE THE INVESTMENT THAT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ALL THOSE. BUT THESE ARE THESE ARE THE TOTAL INVESTMENT, THE NUMBER OF JOBS.

AGAIN, LIFE SCIENCES IS KEY AS WE LOOK AT LIFE SCIENCES, THAT'S A NEW INDUSTRY THAT THAT I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH NEW ZEALAND BEING HERE IN MARYSVILLE. WE ACTUALLY ARE NOW ON A LIST RELATED TO LIFE SCIENCES. WE WERE NOT ON THOSE LISTS PRIOR TO ZEALAND COMPANY COMING TO MARYSVILLE. OTHER LEADS THAT WE RECEIVE ON OUR OWN. YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF LEADS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED OVER TIME. THESE ARE JUST GENERATIVE WITH PHONE CALLS OF COMPANIES CALLING US WANTING TO KNOW INFORMATION. AND ALL THESE ARE DIFFERENT STAGES, WHETHER IT'S AN INFORMATION GATHERING STAGE. AND WE JUST FOLLOW THESE AND TRACK THESE. AND AS WE GO FORWARD. SO AGAIN, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WITH THE PREVIOUS SLIDES, AGAIN, DIVERSIFICATION WE'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY NEED TO DO. I MEAN, RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURING DEFINITELY ARE OUR BREAD AND BUTTER, BUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF USES IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD ALWAYS FOCUS ON TO BETTER OUR ECONOMY. IF THERE'S A DOWNTURN IN ONE SECTOR, WE HAVE ANOTHER SECTOR THAT BRINGS IT UP. AND THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT WORKS. AND IT ALSO DEFINES A HEALTHY ECONOMY. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF MANUFACTURING. AND THERE'S A SAYING, AS YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY, WE KNOW HOW TO MAKE THINGS. WE KNOW HOW TO GROW THINGS IN OHIO AND HERE, HERE AS WELL. BUT BUT THAT DIVERSIFICATION IS IMPORTANT. AND THEN I'VE MENTIONED MOST, MOST, MOST OF THIS, BUT HAVING A DIVERSE PORTFOLIO, IF I'M PRONOUNCING WORDS, PORTFOLIO IS IMPORTANT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO GREAT NEWS TODAY. WE RECEIVED WORD THAT WE ARE ONE OF A FEW COMMUNITIES THAT WE RECEIVED THE DESIGNATION OF A LIFE SCIENCE READY COMMUNITY. SO WE JUST RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION THIS AFTERNOON. YOU CAN SEE THE COMMUNITY'S. WE WERE ACTUALLY THE FIRST COUNTY IN THE ENTIRE STATE TO ACTUALLY BE PREMIER RATED BY BY THE OHIO LIFE SCIENCES GROUP. AND WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE THAT DESIGNATION.

AND WE ARE NOW GOING TO MARKET IT. THIS IS OUR WEBSITE. WE'RE GOING TO PROMOTE IT. BUT AGAIN, IT'S AN INDUSTRY I THINK WE WANT TO GO GO AFTER. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DIVERSIFY. BUT THAT WAS GREAT NEWS. WE RECEIVED WORD TODAY AS WELL. BUT A LOT OF GREAT COMMUNITIES ARE ON THAT LIST AS WELL. AND THAT'S ALL I HAD THIS EVENING. UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I DON'T KNOW. TERRY, IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THIS. NO, IT'S IT'S A VERY THOROUGH AND DETAILED PROCESS, AS YOU CAN SEE. AND, AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO GET A LEAD THAT IS REALLY INTERESTED IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY OR IN THE CENTRAL OHIO REGION. SO IT, IT'S, I GET SOMETIMES FRUSTRATED AND ERIC SAYS, HEY, WE GOT TO GET THIS INFORMATION TOGETHER BY FRIDAY, YOU KNOW, AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ASKING. AND THEY'RE ASKING EVERY ENTITY THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN IF THEY CAN MEET THAT TIME FRAME. SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A PROCESS. AND WE GOT TO BE READY. AND I JUST THANK ERIC AND HIS TEAM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY THEY DO FOR US IN THIS AREA. SO THAT'S IT. GREAT. THANK YOU. MR. PHILLIPS. I JUST HAD A QUESTION. WHAT IS THE WHAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENTIATOR TAKING A COMMUNITY FROM AN ADVANCED TO A PREMIER. DO YOU KNOW. SO THAT MEANS THEY'VE SUBMITTED THAT IT'S LIKELY THEY'LL GET THE DESIGNATION. BUT THERE'S A PART OF THEIR APPLICATION THAT DOES NOT FULLY FULLY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS AND WHICH ARE BEING, YOU KNOW, SELECTED. SO THEREFORE, THERE'S STUFF THAT ARE STILL NEEDED IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN AND PAULDING COUNTY. THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO. THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION. AND AGAIN, OUR PARTNERS HAVE TO SUBMIT INFORMATION. WE WENT THROUGH AN RFP FOR THIS PROCESS, AND WE HAD TO GO TO ALL OF OUR ELECTRIC, OUR GAS, OUR THE. JEREMY WAS INVOLVED IN IT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE HAD THE ZONING IN PLACE. WE HAD THE WATER AND SEWER TO PROVIDE. WE HAD THE ELECTRIC AND GAS FROM A TO Z. SO THIS TOOK A FEW WEEKS, PROBABLY OVER A MONTH, A MONTH AND A HALF ACTUALLY TO PUT TOGETHER. BUT AGAIN, WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THIS DESIGNATION AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL WE'LL LAND SOME LIFE SCIENCE PROJECTS. GREAT. THANK YOU.

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

I THINK THEY LOOK AT EVERYTHING FROM A TO Z, BUT CURRENTLY, AND I THINK JEREMY CAN CAN ALSO TESTIFY TO THIS IS THAT WATER AND SEWER ARE CRITICAL TO THE FUTURE AND WITH THESE LIFE SCIENCE PROJECTS. AND WE TALK ABOUT DATA CENTERS AND HOW MUCH WATER AND HOW MUCH ELECTRICITY THEY USE, UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THESE NEW TECH BUSINESSES AND LIFE SCIENCE PROJECTS REQUIRE A LOT OF ELECTRICITY AND A LOT OF WATER, AND COMMUNITIES THAT ARE PREPARED TO PROVIDE THAT ARE THE COMMUNITIES THAT WILL LAND THESE NEW PROJECTS AND THESE NEW TECHNOLOGIES. AND I WOULD ADD TO THAT, YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE. IT'S THE READINESS OF THAT COMMUNITY. IT'S IT'S THE ABILITY FOR THAT COMMUNITY TO TURN THE INFORMATION AROUND QUICKLY. AND DO YOU HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE? AND THAT'S HUGE. WE'RE A CONCIERGE TOOL IN A LOT OF WAYS. OUR JOB IS TO PUT THEM IN TOUCH WITH RESOURCES AND INFORMATION, AND THEY NEED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY. BUT TERRY'S RIGHT. IT'S SITE READINESS.

IT'S COMMUNITY READINESS. ARE WE READY TO TAKE THIS PROJECT ON IS KEY. BUT WATER AND SEWER HAVE BEEN BIG ISSUES. WATER AND SEWER AND ELECTRIC HAVE BEEN THE BEEN THE BIGGER REQUESTS LATELY FOR SOME OF THESE LEADS. UNDERSTAND? AND THEN I HAVE MORE. WHAT'S MARYSVILLE'S COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE? WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS OUR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE? WELL, I MEAN, I, I, YOU KNOW, I, I GO BACK TO MY, YOU KNOW, TERRY AND I'VE BEEN TO JAPAN QUITE A FEW TIMES. OUR STRONG WORK ETHIC IS HUGE. WE HAVE A WE HAVE A LOT OF ENGINEERS AROUND THAT. SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT'S GREAT. SOME PEOPLE FROM, FROM A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE MAY SAY NOT, BUT ENGINEERS ARE GREAT. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF A LOT OF TRAINED WORKERS THAT ARE IN ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY RELATED BUSINESSES. OUR R&D SECTOR IS SECOND TO NONE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CONCENTRATION OF ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH THAT'S GOING ON ON THE CORRIDOR, I THINK FROM A JAPANESE PERSPECTIVE, THE RESOURCES WE HAVE FOR JAPANESE ARE ARE PRETTY LARGE COMPARED TO OTHER SMALLER COMMUNITIES. OUR SIZE IS ANOTHER COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE FROM A JAPANESE PERSPECTIVE. OUR COST OF LIVING TENDS TO BE LESS SO THAN A MAJOR METRO AREA. I MEAN LESS EXPENSIVE THAN DUBLIN. SOME OF THE OTHER PLACES WE GO. SO THAT'S A HUGE ADVANTAGE IS ANOTHER THING THAT I THINK THEY POINT OUT, AND I THINK THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE BIGGEST BENEFITS OF MARYSVILLE. OKAY. NOW I'M GOING TO ASK YOU THE INVERSE. WHAT'S OUR TOP OPPORTUNITY OR OPPORTUNITY AREAS. WHERE CAN WE IMPROVE? WE'RE CORPORATIONS SAYING, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE. OR YEAH, SO I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS. I THINK WE FIRST, WE NEED TO IDENTIFY HOW WE CAN PRODUCE MORE ELECTRICITY, WHICH IS NOT EASY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CONTROL OVER THAT.

THAT'S KEY. THE CITY COUNCIL HAS TAKEN A STEP, WHICH IS A GREAT MOVE. IN THE RIGHT, RIGHT DIRECTION IS TO BUY PURCHASE LAND FOR A FUTURE WATER PLANT. I THINK THAT'S A HUGE WIN FOR SE NEED TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT WHEN OUR WHAT OUR CAPACITY IS AND MAINTAINING A BUFFER WHERE WE CAN HANDLE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AS WE LOOK FORWARD, I THINK IS AN AREA. I THINK WE ALSO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT OURSELVES, OUR, OUR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESSES

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AND I'LL JUST ASK, YOU KNOW, GREAT AND GREAT IN OUR SCHOOLS ARE IMPROVED AND OUR SCHOOLS ARE FANTASTIC. AND THAT'S ANOTHER BENEFIT, WHY THEY LOOK AT ME AS I GO BACK ON THE POSITIVE END. LAST QUESTION, I PROMISE. WHAT CAN WE AS COUNCIL DO TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES? IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I THINK. I THINK CONTINUALLY SUPPORTING I THINK MARYSVILLE EAST IS IS CRITICAL TO OUR FUTURE. IF WE WANT TO DO AND PAYROLL, ROLL, I THINK CONTE TO SUPPORT THAT AND WHAT MARYSVILLE LAND HAS DONE THERE. MARYSVILLE SOUTH IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. THE OVERPASS, THE NCAA. I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT INNOVATIVE FINANCING AND AND FUNDING STRUCTURES THAT ARE GOING TO SUPPORT FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE OUR INCOME TAX STANDS AT 1.5%, IT HASN'T INCREASED IN SOME TIME AND YOU'RE LIMITED WITH FUNDS.

BUT WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND HOW WE DO THAT IS CRITICAL. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT INNOVATIVE WAYS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. AND WE'RE KIND OF SEEING THAT WITH THE NCAA THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED FOR THOSE MARYSVILLE EAST, SOUTH NCAAS ARE GREAT TOOLS. HOWEVER, THERE IS A LIMIT TO THOSE. YOU CAN'T CHARGE 18 MILLS ON AN NCAA AND EXPECT SOMEONE TO PAY THAT PROPERTY TAX BILL. WHAT THEY'RE USED VERY EFFECTIVELY. IF YOU DO A TIFF WITH THEM OR SOME TYPE OF COMBO. I KNOW TIFFS AREN'T VERY POPULAR THESE DAYS.

HOWEVER, A COMBINATION OF THE TWO WHERE YOU LESSEN THE IMPACT AND MAYBE IT'S A 50% TIFF OR A 75% TIFF, THEY'RE STILL PAYING MONIES TO THE DIFFERENT TAXING AUTHORITIES, YET USE THE NCAA TO TO ACTUALLY TEAM UP WITH WITH THE TIFF TO GENERATE MORE FUNDS FOR MORE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. OKAY, THAT'S ALL I HAD. THANK YOU, MR. PHILLIPS. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN BOGDANR PROMISED NO MORE QUESTIONS. SO ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS. NO, NO JAB THERE, I PROMISE YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. PHILLIPS.

[PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION REPORT]

SO OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE COMING UP ON THE ON TUESDAY THE 21ST. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WOLFF. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. I APOLOGIZE TO PUT EITHER YOU OR MR. FLOYD ON THE SPOT. SO THE THE RESTROOMS ARE THEY IS THE WATER TURNED ON? YES, I BELIEVE AS OF LAST WEEK, I THINK WE I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE ON IT, BUT MILL VALLEY SOUTH WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT WASN'T. I THINK THERE WAS A VALVE THAT THEY HAD TO REPLACE.

SO I WOULD ASSUME. I FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT IN SAYING IT'S PROBABLY OPEN NOW, BUT YEAH, ALL MUCH APPRECIATED. I KNOW SOME WORKOUT GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE RUNNING AROUND PARKS. DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN JUST ONE THING, AND AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR BRINGING THIS UP ON THE SPOT. JUST THE WE HAD RECEIVED SOME INQUIRIES ABOUT A SKATE PARK AND I KNOW THE SKATE PARK IN, IN THE LAST YEAR, THERE'S BEEN SOME, I DON'T KNOW, SKATEBOARDERS THAT HAVE PUT DOWN SOME OF THEIR OWN WORK IN THERE. WE HAVE RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO SEE MORE OF THAT AS THE SKATE PARK ON THE, YOU KNOW, THE IS THERE SOMETHING ON THE HORIZON THAT CAN BE SPOKEN TO ABOUT THE. THERE IS THE LOCATION THAT WE'VE TARGETED FOR IT. THE CITY DOES NOT OWN. SO WE HAVE RECEIVED AN APPRAISAL ON SAID PROPERTY AND WAITING TO GET SOME CLEAR DIRECTION ON THE NEXT STEPS FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER. SO IF

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[HEARING OF CITIZENS]

SAFETY TOWN THAT WE PARTNER WITH ALL OF OUR EMS FOLKS WITH HERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE TIRE RECYCLING, ALL THOSE SORTS OF ACTIVITIES THAT GO ON IN THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS THE GREENWAY MASTER PARKS PLANNING DEVELOPMENT THAT GOES ON, OUR FOOD COUNCIL THAT COORDINATES ALL OF OUR VARIOUS SPECIAL NEEDS, OUR PANTRIES, FOOD PANTRIES AND FOOD ACTIVITIES, DISTRIBUTION ACTIVITIES. ALL THOSE ARE COORDINATED OUT OF THAT SION. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING DIVISION. THAT'S THE ONE I WANT TO TOUCH ON VERY BRIEFLY. BEGINNING IN 2025, WE STARTED DOING WORK TO BECOME A QUALIFIED FEDERAL HEALTH CENTER. WE AS OF THIS MONTH, ARE ALMOST ENTIRELY DONE WITH MEETING THOSE STANDARDS. SO WE'RE HOPING TO APPLY FOR THAT HERE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

THERE ARE BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT THAT WILL BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS OUR AGENCY.

BUT WHAT THAT ESSENTIALLY MEANS IS WE'RE PROVIDING A FULL PRIMARY CARE CLINIC OUT OF OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT. WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST AS A SMALL LEVEL BASED ON NEED. WE SWITCHED TO DOING IT AS A FULL TIME COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER. SO THAT'S A LARGE STEP FOR US.

WE'RE GETTING VERY GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE. FOLKS THAT ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT.

LARGELY SPEAKING, PART OF THE REASON WHY WE DECIDED TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD WAS BECAUSE OUR PATIENTS WERE ASKING US TO DO THAT. WE'VE PROVIDED A NUMBER OF CARE OVER THE YEARS, BUT FOLKS WERE EITHER HAVING DIFFICULTY FINDING PRIMARY CARE OR THEY JUST SIMPLY DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE BECAUSE T ESTABLESTABLISHED A RELATIONSHIH OUR PROVIDERS. SO THAT'S A BIG STEP FOR US. IT'S SOMETHING I WANT TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL IS AWARE THAT THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE'RE HEADING, OTHER ACTIVITIES AND GO ON AD NAUSEAM. I WON'T BORE YOU WITH THAT. I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK OF THE STAFF HAVE BEEN DOING THE LAST FEW YEARS, BUT I WANT TO INVITE THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO OUR AGENCY OR IN OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT, YOU ARE

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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS SARAH AND I AM ON PARROT BOULEVARD. I HOPE YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME AS I GET THROUGH THIS STATEMENT. I HAVE A WICKED FEAR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING AND I'M EXTREMELY NERVOUS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE STATEMENT THAT I LIVED IN MARYSVILLE FOR THE LAST 18 YEARS. I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WILL BE A VOTE ABOUT ADDING PROPERTY TO THE JET AGREEMENT THAT COULD LEAD TO YET ANOTHER DATA CENTER. I WANT TO START BY SAYING THAT I AM NOT AGAINST PROGRESS. I RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR SOME DATA CENTERS TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES AND OTHER TECHNOLOGY, BUT I CARE A GREAT DEAL ABOUT

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THE PRESENTATION. IT'S AT THIS POINT ANYONE SHOULD STAND IN. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. WELL, GOOD EVENING FOLKS AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND PRESIDENT, BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION, MY NAME IS KEVIN DECO AND I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT IN MARYSVILLE FOR ABOUT 35 YEARS. MY WONDERFUL WIFE LISA AND I WILL BE MARRIED 45 YEARS IN JUNE. SO A LOT TO CELEBRATE. I HAVE TWO CHILDREN THAT WERE RAISED IN MARYSVILLE AND GRADUATED IN THE MARYSVILLE SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND HAPPY TO REPORT THEY'RE OFF TO PAYROLL, SO WE'RE JUST DELIGHTED. I HAVE A PRESENTATION HERE AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE DATA CENTERS, AND I PROBABLY WILL AMPLIFY WHAT THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SHARED. BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT MYSELF SO IT CAN ADD A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT TO WHAT I WANT TO SHARE AND WHY I'M SO PASSIONATE ABOUT IT. I HAVE WORKED OR DID WORK 35 YEARS IN CORPORATE AMERICA FOR FORTUNE 100 COMPANY. I WAS IN VARIOUS LEADERSHIP POSITIONS. ONE OF MY ROLES WAS WELLNESS MANAGER FOR SEVEN YEARS, AND PART OF THAT ACTIVITY I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR 33,000 LIVES COVERED LIVES. YOU CAN PROBABLY FIGURE OUT WHO THAT COMPANY WAS. SO WELLNESS IS A IS A PASSION OF MINE. I IN 2018, I RETIRED FROM THIS CORPORATION AND I NOW OPERATE A ACUPUNCTURE CLINIC HERE IN MARYSVILLE. AND I'M A LICENSED ACUPUNCTURIST WITH THE STATE MEDICAL BOARD FOR ALMOST 15 YEARS. SO WELLNESS, I'M VERY COMFORTABLE IN THAT SPACE. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME WHEN I HEAR ABOUT THE DATA CENTERS, A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE, THE COST CONSTRAINTS, THE BURDEN, THE BANDWIDTH AND WATER AND ELECTRICITY. I THINK THOSE ARE ALL VALID POINTS. I DON'T HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE WELLNESS IMPACT, AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO FOCUS ON TONIGHT, IF I COULD. SO JUST TO RECAP, I THOUGHT THIS WAS INTERESTING. I'M NOT A DATA CENTER EXPERT. I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH SINCE LAST MONTH'S MEETING, AND I WAS SURPRISED AT THE NUMBER OF DATA CENTERS THAT ARE JUST EXPLODING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SPOKE ABOUT THAT. OHIO NOW SITS AT NUMBER SIX. WE HAVE ABOUT 200 DATA CENTERS. THERE'S A LOT. IF YOU LOOK IN THE EASTERN COAST, VIRGINIA HAS LIKE 600. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF DATA CENTERS. AND THEY CALL THIS THE NEW GOLD RUSH IN TECH. THERE'S THIS DATA CENTER FRENZY. THEY CAN'T WORK FAST ENOUGH TO GET THESE THINGS UP AND RUNNING. MANY OF THOSE THAT SUPPORT IT. AND THERE ARE ARGUMENTS CERTAINLY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE EQUATION. THEY WANT OHIO TO BE THE SILICON VALLEY OF THE MIDWEST. MAYBE YOU FOLKS HAVE HEARD ABOUT THAT.

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THESE BOTH ARE MOVING FORWARD, I BELIEVE, AND MARYSVILLE EAST, WHICH IS SCOTTS LAWN IN ROUTE 33, ALSO LISTED, I THINK, UNDER NEW ALBANY COMPANY. NOT SURE ON THIS ONE. RESEARCH IS UNCLEAR WHETHER ZONING ALLOWS DATA CENTERS AS A USE. AND THE POINT HERE IS WITH THIS RESEARCH, IT WAS REALLY HARD TO GATHER THIS INFORMATION. SO THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. THERE'S A LOT OF DATA

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AGAIN, INTRODUCING FOREVER CHEMICALS. QUESTIONS ON THIS IS THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT CENTER EVEN PREPARED TO PROCESS THIS? IN CLOSING, THESE DATA CENTERS ARE ONLY GOING TO BENEFIT TRILLION DOLLAR COMPANIES. OUR COMMUNITY, WATER, ELECTRIC GRID AND ENVIRONMENT WILL BE THE ONES PAYING THE PRICE. THE SMALL REINVESTMENT FROM THESE TRILLION DOLLAR COMPANIES AFTER THE TAX ABATEMENTS WON'T COME ANYWHERE CLOSE TO MAKING UP FOR THE PERMANENT DAMAGE THAT COULD BE CAUSED. SO I'M ASKING CITY COUNCIL PAUSE ON VOTING THIS ISSUE TONIGHT. ALLOW FOR YOUR CITIZENS TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS AND ISSUE A ONE YEAR MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS TO ALLOW FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE IT.

ANY OTHER CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? AND I DO JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE RULES. I KNOW YOU KNOW, IF I'M INTERRUPTING, WE'RE GOING OVER WHATNOT, BUT THAT IS IN AN ATTEMPT TO ENSURE FAIRNESS AGAIN TONIGHT, BUT ALSO FUTURE MEETINGS AND PAST MEETINGS. WE WANT TO SHOW, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERATION TO ALL THAT ARE WILLING AND WANTING TO SPEAK AND SHOW FAIRNESS IN THEIR TIME. WITH NO FURTHER CITIZEN

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THAT IS CORRECT. WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT FINALIZED BEFORE, BUT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE COUNCIL WOULD TAKE A VOTE ON IT. SO I MET WITH THEM THIS MORNING AT NINE AND EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. IT WAS PROBABLY DON'T SCHEDULED AT NINE BEFORE A COUNCIL MEETING. SO IT'LL BE HOPEFULLY READY BY THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT THERE I KNOW THERE WERE SOME CERTAINLY SOME COMMENTS ABOUT US PUTTING A PAUSE. THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE IS DESCRIBING THE THE BOUNDARIES OR THE INCLUSION EXCLUSION OF A PARTICULAR PARCEL OR SET OF PARCELS IN THE JET AGREEMENT. SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, IF YOU GET GET DOWN TO THE NITTY GRITTY OF IT AND IT'S A TECHNICALITY BECAUSE YOU COULD ARGUE ONE OF THIS IS INDIRECTLY, THOUGH, RELATED TO DATA, PERHAPS DATA CENTERS. BUT THE CRUX OF IT IS WE'RE LOOKING AT EXECUTING AGREEMENTS TO CHANGE MAP BOUNDARIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN AGREEMENT

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THE ONLY THING I'LL JUST ADD ABOUT RESIDENT'S COMMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO DATA CENTERS, AND THE GENTLEMAN SPOKE ABOUT VIRGINIA, YOU KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE MEMBERS. WE ACTUALLY HAD REPRESENTATION FROM VIRGINIA WHO'S BEEN ON ZOOM CALLS. SO WE'RE DEFINITELY BEEN ENGAGED A LOT MORE IN DEPTH THAN WHAT SOMETIMES MEDIA OR WHAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC MIGHT KNOW. BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE ALL VERY MUCH IN DEPTH BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S WITH WHEN COMPUTERS FIRST CAME OUT, THEY WERE HUGE AND NOW THEY'RE SMALL. AND JUST EVERYTHING IN SOCIETY IS CHANGING SO QUICKLY ANYMORE. AND SO IT'S WE'RE ALWAYS LEARNING AND TRYING TO GAIN FROM THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT BEFORE US.

SO I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT THIS IS A HOLE WITH YOUR TOWNSHIP'S COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. ALL OF US HAVE BEEN ENGAGED WITH THESE TYPES OF CONVERSATIONS. OKAY, MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVED TO POSTPONE THIS OR TABLE THIS TO APRIL 27TH. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION ROLL CALL. MRS. YOUNG. YES. MR. BORDNER YES. MR. WOLFF. YES. MR. BERGER YES. MR. HUNTER. YES.

MRS. PACKAGE. YES. MR. REIMS. YES. SEVEN. YES. MOTION PASSES. OKAY. SO THIS WILL BE BACK FOR THIRD READING VOTE THEN ON APRIL 27TH, 20-26 THIRD READING. VOTE TO AMEND CHAPTER 1100

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SO, SO WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY. SO AS OF TODAY, FOR EVERY RESIDENTIAL UNIT. SO THAT'S WHETHER IT'S A SINGLE FAMILY HOME UP IN MILL VALLEY OR A MULTIFAMILY APARTMENT, WE'LL SAY AT WOODSIDE, EACH ONE OF THOSE UNITS IS CHARGED AT A COST OF $1,000 PER UNIT AS IT RELATES TO DEVELOPMENT OR SORRY, AS IT RELATES TO COMMERCIAL, IT IS $500 FOR THE FIRST 3000FT■!S.

SO THE WAY I LOOK AT THAT, IF YOU ARE BUILDING A NEW BUILDING, REGARDLESS OF SIZE, THE MINIMUM WE'RE GOING TO CHARGE YOU IS $500 AND THEN IT IS $0.07 PER SQUARE FOOT EVERY FOR EACH SQUARE FOOT ABOVE 3000FT■!S. SO WITH THAT, OBVIOUSLY THE BIGGER THE BUILDING, THE BIGGER IMPACT TO THE PARKS. SO THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE INTENT BEHIND AT LEAST THAT CODE THAT'S IN THERE. SO WHAT WE'VE GOT NOW CURRENTLY THAT WE PROPOSED AND THIS WAS AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF, YOU KNOW, OUR CONSULTANT THAT HELPED WITH THE PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN WAS DUE TO INFLATIONARY NEEDS OF NOT INCREASING THIS FEE OVER QUITE SOME TIME, WE WOULD INCREASE THAT FEE BY $500 THIS YEAR, $500 THE FOLLOWING YEAR, AND ANOTHER $500 IN 2028 TO GET CLOSER TO THAT NUMBER THAT WE'RE WE'RE SHOOTING FOR, I WOULD THINK $2,500 SHOULD DO US, YOU KNOW, SHOULD SHOULD DO THE COMMUNITY WELL FOR QUITE SOME TIME. AS I MENTIONED, MAYBE A MONTH AGO WHEN WE FIRST PROPOSED THIS, YOU KNOW, AT THE AT THE REQUEST OF, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPER AND I THOUGHT IT MADE SENSE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS A PARK LIKE THE ADENA POINT PARK THAT IS NOT CITY OWNED OR MAINTAINED, IF THEY INVESTED IN IT, THEY COULD SUBTRACT THOSE FEES FROM FROM THEIR ALLOCATION THAT THEIR DEVELOPMENT WOULD REQUIRE. SO IN THAT CASE, IT'D BE UP TO 5,050% OF THIS FEE. SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO REIMBURSE THEM NOT ONLY FOR THE ACREAGE THAT BECAME THIS WALK AND TALK LIKE A PUBLIC PARK, BUT IT WOULDN'T REQUIRE ANY CITY MAINTENANCE. SO THEY'D BE ABLE TO GET REIMBURSED FOR THE ACREAGE. BUT THEN AS WELL, FOR ANY OF THE PLAYGROUNDS OR ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY WOULD PUT IN AS THEY DID A PART OF THAT. SO AT THIS POINT, THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY CONCERNS RAISED BY CITY COUNCIL.

SO I WAS JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN OVERVIEW AND THEN WE COULD WE COULD MOVE FORWARD. AS IT RELATES TO THE NONRESIDENTIAL. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL.

YOU KNOW, MULTI-FAMILY IS STILL RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE FOLKS LIVE THERE, BUT NONRESIDENTIAL, INCLUDING COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL, WHAT CITY OR AT LEAST WHAT I PRESENTED THE LAST TIME WE WERE LOOKING AT PER ACREAGE BASIS, THE WAY WE CALCULATED THAT WAS IF YOU GET THREE UNITS ON AN ACRE WITHIN A SUBDIVISION, THAT WOULD BRING IN X. SO THIS COMMERCIAL WOULD BRING IN 50% OF X. SO TO TO GET SOME SORT OF BASELINE ON TREATING THOSE, THOSE TWO USES.

SIMILARLY, THE REASON NONRESIDENTIAL IS CHARGED LESS THAN RESIDENTIAL. IF YOU HAVE A 25 ACRE WALMART THAT IS GOING TO GENERATE LESS, LESS PEOPLE USING THE PARKS THAN A 25 ACRE SUBDIVISION. SO THAT WAS THE INTENT BEHIND THAT. AND THIS IS WHAT WE HAD PROPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, PARKS AND REC COMMISSION A MONTH AND A HALF AGO. SO HEARING HEARING SOME CONCERNS FROM SEVERAL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE DID, I GUESS, SHARPEN OUR PENCIL AND LOOK, LOOK FOR OTHER OPTIONS. SO WE'VE GOT EXISTING ON THE LEFT CURRENT OPTION. I GUESS THAT PROBABLY COULD HAVE SAID REVISED OPTION ONE AND REVISED OPTION TWO. SO WITH TIM'S ASSISTANCE, WE DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE 50% LESS MIGHT BE MIGHT BE TWO OR MIGHT NOT BE INDICATIVE OF HOW MUCH LESS A WALMART, YOU KNOW, GENERATES IN OUR PARKS. SO WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO, ALTHOUGH IT SAYS A RATE OF 30%, IT'S REALLY A DISCOUNT, IF YOU WILL, OF 70% OF THE RESIDENTIAL RATE. SO THAT'S HOW THESE NUMBERS ARRIVED ON A PER ACRE BASIS, WHICH ON A PER ACRE BASIS, THAT WOULD BE A NEW CALCULATION

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SO FOR OPTION TWO, WHAT WE LOOKED AT WAS SIMILAR TO THE RESIDENTIAL. WE WOULD MAKE INFLATIONARY INCREASES TO THIS CODE AND TAKE THE MINIMUM FEE IN 2026 TO 750 1012 50 OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, WHILE ALSO INCREASING THE $0.07 PER SQUARE FOOT OVER THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. SO IN GENERAL, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN EITHER WE CAN EITHER LOOK AT IT AS A PER ACRE BASIS OR, YOU KNOW, HOW BIG IS YOUR BUILDING THAT GOES ON A, ON A PARTICULAR PARCEL AND LOOKING AT REVENUES, OPTION ONE AND OPTION TWO ARE FAIRLY COMPARABLE. WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A WALMART OR AN OPUS OR SOME OF THE OTHER SAMPLES THAT I USED, THE IT LOOKED LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE BUYING A LOT OF ACREAGE, I EVEN GUESSED ON WHAT A MARYSVILLE SOUTH WOULD LOOK LIKE. IT LOOKED LIKE IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE OR, YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE ABOUT DOUBLE BASED ON THAT BECAUSE IT IS A HUGE SITE. AND ALTHOUGH THE GENTLEMAN EARLIER SPOKE ABOUT 1,000,000FT■!S, THAT THAT'S NOT THAT MUCH FOR A SITE THAT'S 600 ACRES, WHICH WERE THE NUMBERS I WAS USING. SO IN THE END, I FEEL EITHER OPTION, YOU KNOW, EITHER OPTION WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE PARKLAND FUND AND HELP US TO BE ABLE TO START KNOCKING OUT SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS I SHOWED EARLIER. BUT AGAIN, MY GUT CONSIDERING IT'S, YOU KNOW, 6 IN 1 HAND, HALF A DOZEN IN THE OTHER, I STILL PREFER OPTION ONE, BUT IN THE END, THEY'RE BOTH ABOUT THE SAME WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING. SO THAT'S REALLY IT. AND, AND I JUST WANT TO LET COUNCIL KNOW THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION YOU'RE GETTING TONIGHT. SO WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH TABLING THIS TONIGHT. IF YOU WANT A LITTLE MORE TIME TO, TO LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS AND, AND HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE SOME DIALOG WITH STAFF AND WE CAN BRING IT BACK TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AND SEE IF WE CAN GET A GOOD LANDING SPOT ON THIS. SO I DIDN'T WANT ANYBODY TO FEEL PRESSED THIS EVENING. YEAH, THIS IS A PRETTY BIG DECISION AS WELL AS IT RELATES TO THAT, ESPECIALLY FROM A REVENUE, I GUESS, GENERATION STANDPOINT. AGAIN, THIS IS ONLY GOING ON NEW DEVELOPMENTS. ONCE YOU HAVE BUILT YOUR HOUSE OR YOUR OR YOUR SHOP, YOU DON'T GET CHARGED. THIS AGAIN, THIS IS THIS IS A ONE TIME FEE THAT WE COLLECT AS PART OF OUR CAPACITY, FEES AND ZONING PERMIT AND ENGINEERING REVIEW. MR. HOYT, THAT CONCLUDES YOUR PRESENTATION. OKAY. JUST ONE POINT. I KNOW I MENTIONED THIS TO YOU BEFORE, AND IT MAY IT MAY RESONATE A LITTLE BIT WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS CONSTANTLY. WE ARE CAREFUL TO DIFFERENTIATE THE WORD COMMERCIAL VERSUS RESIDENTIAL. AND IT'S COME UP A LOT IN DISCUSSIONS REGARDING TIFS AS WELL. APARTMENTS ARE ACTUALLY TECHNICALLY CONSIDERED COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU'RE NOT DISPUTING THAT APARTMENTS OR MULTIFAMILY HOUSING IS CLASSIFIED AS COMMERCIAL. YOU'RE SIMPLY STARTING KIND OF REVERSING THE ORDER. LIKE, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT AS UNITS WHERE PEOPLE ARE LIVING VERSUS UNITS WHERE PEOPLE ARE LIKE, STORES EXIST AND BUSINESSES EXIST, CORRECT. SO HOTELS. YEP. THOSE WOULD BE COMMERCIAL. THOSE ARE TEMPORARY LIVING. BUT WE SOMEWHERE IN OH, HERE WE GO. SO AT LEAST IN THE DEFINITION WITHIN THE PORTION THAT'S GOING TO BE ON CODE RESIDENTIAL, INCLUDING MULTIFAMILY. SO TO FURTHER REITERATE AGAIN WHAT A TIFF DEFINES SOMETHING AS VERSUS THIS, BUT THIS, THIS WOULD BE OUR DEFINITION OF THAT PARTICULAR THING, JUST TO CLARIFY IT AND MAKE IT, MAKE IT KNOWN FOR DEVELOPERS THAT COME IN IN THE CONTEXT. AND WE CAN, WE CAN DEFINITELY, WE CAN CLEAN THAT, OR WE CAN ADD WHATEVER LANGUAGE TO, TO MAKE THAT APPARENTLY KNOWN. AT LEAST AS OF NOW, WE'VE NEVER HAD ANY ISSUES WITH ANY OF THE DEVELOPERS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH. YEAH. MR. MORGAN, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YEAH, I WOULD JUST ASK, AS FINANCE CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THIS INFORMATION BACK. I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO DO ANY SCENARIO PLANNING AND REALLY, TRULY DEEP DIVE INTO THE NUMBERS AND WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD LOOK LIKE BETWEEN CURRENT AND FUTURE STATE. SO I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD BE AMENABLE TO A TABLING THIS DISCUSSION. AND I CAN SEND YOU, WE'VE GOT SOME STUFF, BUT I'LL SEND IT TO YOU AND YOU LOOK AT IT AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOUR COMMENTS ARE. BEFORE THAT MOTION WERE TO COME, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ALSO ASK OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT COMMENTS. MISS YOUNG QUESTION JEREMY, WITH THE RESIDENTIAL THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED LIKE EAST AND NORTH. DOES THIS APPLY TO

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HOW ABOUT THAT. MARYSVILLE'S I I'VE SAID THAT NOW FOR MANY YEARS. NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO BE THE. AND IT HAS NOT. IT STAYED PRETTY CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT. SO YEAH, I GUESS I'M, I AM UNAWARE THAT IT'S GOING TO FALL OFF. I GUESS I DEFER TO PLANNING COMMISSION OR YOU KNOW, ASHLEY WHO, WHO GETS SOME OF THESE APPLICATIONS IN. BUT I DON'T ENVISION THAT OR I ALSO DON'T KNOW IF $500 IS GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU'RE BUILDING A 4 OR $500,000 HOUSE, AT LEAST FROM, FROM THE BUILDER SIDE. BUT IF ALL THE ZONING CHANGES THAT GOT VOTED IN LAST YEAR INCREASED THE PRICE OF A HOUSE $100,000. NOT THAT I'M ADVOCATING FOR INCREASING THESE PRICES AT ALL. RIGHT. I GUESS I HAVE NOT SEEN OR THAT DATA ON THE RECENT ZONING CHANGES INCREASING THE COST BY 100,000. I GUESS I HAVE NOT SEEN YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT INFORMATION. OKAY. SO JUST TO THAT POINT, THESE FEES DON'T TAKE EFFECT THE DAY THAT THE HOUSE IS FINISHED. IT'S WHEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS SECTIONED OFF AND THEY PAY IT ALL AT ONCE.

CORRECT. SO SOME OF THE ONES THAT ARE WERE APPROVED LIKE LAST YEAR, HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO PAY THE FEES YET, RIGHT? CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. YEP. YEAH. SO BEFORE THEY BUILD, THAT HOMEBUILDER TYPICALLY KNOWS, HEY, IF I CHARGE X, I KNOW I CAN BREAK EVEN. HERE'S MY BREAK EVEN POINT. HERE'S THAT. SO TO GET IT BEFORE THEY GET TO THAT, BECAUSE I'D HATE FOR A NEW RESIDENT TO LIVE MOVE IN AND WE SAY, HEY, YOU OWE US ANOTHER $500, WHICH THAT WOULDN'T BE THE CASE. ONCE THEY GET AN APPROVAL FROM US, IT'S ESSENTIALLY ALMOST GOOD FOREVER.

BUT WE CAN'T GO BACK AND HAVE THEM CHANGE STUFF. MR. REAMS, I WANTED TO THANK JEREMY AND THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO TOOK A LOOK AT THIS AND HELPED COME UP WITH A COUPLE OPTIONS HERE.

I THINK JUST LOOKING AT IT RIGHT NOW, ONE OTHER THING TO MAYBE LOOK AT IS HOW TO HANDLE A MIXED USE BUILDING THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, APARTMENTS ON THE SECOND OR THIRD FLOOR AND RETAIL ON THE FIRST FLOOR. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK TABLING IT WILL GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO LOOK AT THE OPTIONS AND MAYBE SEE IF WE NEED TO PUT SOMETHING IN THERE FOR THAT.

JUST OFF THE CUFF. YEAH, I WOULD THINK A MIXED USE BUILDING IS GOING TO BE YOU HAVE TEN APARTMENTS UP HERE, AND THEN WHATEVER THE ACREAGE OF THE, YOU KNOW, OF IT IS. BUT THAT IS A, THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT THAT WE'LL WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE BUTTONED UP BEFORE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE GOING FORWARD. I HAVE JUST ONE MORE. DO YOU HAVE COMPARISON NUMBERS FOR OUR OTHER SURROUNDING CITIES FOR THE COMMERCIAL SITE, LIKE, SAY, FOR INSTANCE, A WALMART WANTED TO COME AND THEY WERE LIKE, OH, MARYSVILLE'S CHARGING X AMOUNT, BUT DUBLIN'S CHARGING LESS. I DO HAVE THAT. SO SOME COMMUNITIES DON'T CHARGE ANYTHING. SO ADMITTEDLY. SO WHEN I DID THE AVERAGES OF HIGH AND LOW, YOU KNOW, WE WERE PROBABLY NOT THE TOP, BUT WE WEREN'T, YOU KNOW, WE WERE PROBABLY BETWEEN THE TOP AND THE MIDDLE WITH THESE WITH THESE CHANGES ON A COMMERCIAL BASIS, I WOULD SAY WE WERE IN THE 50 TO OR PROBABLY 60 TO 70 70TH PERCENTILE ON THE RESIDENTIAL. JUST LOOKING AT THE OPTIONS THAT YOU HAD SHOWN, HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO UNDERSTAND THEM, IT SEEMS AS IF, YOU KNOW, THE ONE IS A REITERATION OF OUR CALCULATION THAT WE'VE DONE FOR PERHAPS DECADES. THE OTHER ONE IS MORE SIMPLISTIC APPROACH ON A PER ACRE BASIS, BUT THE PERCENTAGE HAS BEEN EVALUATED TO NOT CAUSE SUCH A DETRIMENT, PERHAPS TO THE FEE THAT I THINK COUNCILMAN REAMS HAD VOICED LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, FIVE TIMES OR TEN TIMES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT WHEN YOU HAD APPLIED THAT 50% FEE. I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF A PER ACRE BASIS TYPE CALCULATION. TO ME, THAT SIMPLIFIES IT. IT SEEMS LIKE WE CAN SUBSTANTIATE HOW WE CAME UP WITH THAT. SO OUR LOGIC ADDS UP. SO I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I'M PERHAPS LEANING AT THE MOMENT. YOU TALK ABOUT. SO ONE OTHER

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WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LEVIES OTHER THAN OUR 1.5 INCOME TAX. SO DEVELOPMENT AND RESIDENTS SAY IT ALL THE TIME, RIGHT? SHOULD PAY FOR ITSELF. SO THAT'S WHY THESE FEES ARE SO IMPORTANT. AND ALSO RESIDENTS WILL ALSO SAY THAT WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN GROWTH. SO HOPEFULLY THE 23 AMENDMENTS THAT WERE PASSED ACTUALLY DOES SLOW DOWN GROWTH. SO ON TOP OF ON TOP OF AND SAYING ALL THAT, I REALLY DON'T LOVE THE IDEA THAT WE'RE LISTENING TO DEVELOPERS TO TELL US WHAT OUR PRICES SHOULD BE. SO MY AMENDMENT FOR COUNCIL TO ALSO LOOK INTO IS. SO RIGHT NOW IN YEAR ONE, IT'S WE PAY 1520, 26 2000. THIS IS FOR THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE 2020 27 AND 2520 28. THIS IS TO SLOW DOWN AND LET DEVELOPERS ACCEPT THE FEE AT THE COST, IN MY OPINION, TO THE RESIDENT ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE, IT'S A THREE YEAR PHASE, WHICH I BELIEVE IS

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SO THIS IS PARKLAND. THE STREET TREE FEE JUST GOES FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE TREES, THE PUBLIC TREES THAT ARE IN THE TREE LINE, RIGHT? THAT'S THAT'S THE PARKLAND OR IS THAT STREET, STREET TREE. YEAH. SO THAT WAS A PORTION. THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT FUNDS. YES. CORRECT.

SORRY. THAT'S PERSONAL PROPERTY. JUST. SO I HEARD FROM SOME DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT MR. BORDEN, I THINK YOU WERE THE FIRST TO MENTION, BUT JUST A DESIRE TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME LOOKING AT THIS, ASSESSING THE IMPACT. I HEARD, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT IDEAS THAT WERE DISCUSSED, NOT THERE WAS NO MOTION TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TONIGHT. BUT IF IF THERE IS A DESIRE TO REVIEW THIS INFORMATION. WE ALSO HEARD FROM OUR CITY MANAGER. WE'VE WE'VE BEEN SITTING HERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. WE DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, COMPLETE OPPORTUNITY HERE TO TABLE THIS. I WOULD JUST WANT TO CONFIRM WHAT THAT DATE WOULD BE. WE COULD TABLE IT TO TH. OKAY. TWO WEEKS WOULD THAT BE. I THINK THAT THAT'S APPROPRIATE. OKAY. GIVES ALL OF US TIME TO REEVALUATE THE OPTIONS THAT ARE ON THE TABLE AND DO AN ANALYSIS. YEAH. AND US TABLING DOESN'T MEAN YOU DIDN'T DO A GREAT JOB. NO, THAT'S THIS IS A TOUGH ONE. SO I'LL GET ALL THE DATA I'VE COMPILED TO MACKENZIE AND THEN SHE CAN SEND IT. SHE KNOWS HOW TO SEND THE EMAILS. WHERE BETTER THAN I DO. SO, MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO TABLE THIS TO APRIL 27TH. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE TO APRIL 27TH. ROLL CALL, MR. BODNAR. YES. MR. WOLFF. YES. MR. BERGER. YES. MR. HUNTER. YES. MRS. TAKACS YES. MR. REIMS. YES. MRS. YOUNG.

YES. SEVEN YES. LEGISLATION IS TABLED TO APRIL 27TH. OKAY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE

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THESE ITEMS OF COURSE HAD FIRST READING AT THE LAST MEETING. WE WENT OVER A LITTLE BIT THE MAP AT THE LAST MEETING. THIS IS TO ACCEPT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN THESE LOCATIONS. WE MIGHT HAVE A COMMENT ON ON ONE OF THEM A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS, UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS FIRST ONE, WE HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. IT IS CITIZEN COMMENTS. THIS IS SECOND READING. SO ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? COUNCIL? MR. MR. PRESIDENT, JUST TO CLARIFY AND MAYBE MR. HOYT CAN HELP ME WITH THIS, BUT JUST TO REITERATE, EDUCATE THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR UTILITIES. SO WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT, THE DEVELOPER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY MAINTENANCE UPKEEP OF THE ROADS, SEWER, SIDEWALK, WHATEVER WITHIN THE THE MARYSVILLE PROPER FOR N PLUS 12 MONTHS. SO N BEING FINISHED THEN THAT'S 12 MONTHS. AND OUR ENGINEERING TEAM GOES TO THE SITES TO INSPECT AND EVALUATE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO ENSURE THAT IT'S, IT MEETS OUR STANDARDS BEFORE WE ACCEPT AS A CITY THE INFRASTRUCTURE UNDER OUR CARE. SO THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING TONIGHT. AND IF I MISSTATED ANYTHING, MR. HOYT, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO. THAT WAS PERFECT. CORRECT ME THAN I COULD JUST FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. WANTED TO GET THAT OUT THERE. THANK YOU. AND JUST TO ADD ON TOP OF THAT, IT DOES COME TO PUBLIC SERVICE, PUBLIC SAFETY. SO THERE'S A COMMITTEE OF THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT IT COMES TO FIRST, AND THEN WE MORE OR LESS GET OUR BLESSING AND THEN WE SEND IT OFF, AND THEN WE SEND IT TO COUNCIL FOR COUNCIL'S FULL APPROVAL OR NOT.

IN THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, WENT THROUGH THAT COMMITTEE AND WAS REVIEWED AND WAS MOVE FORWARD.

OKAY. OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WISHING TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. OKAY. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION TO ACCEPT THE DEDICATION OF THE ADINA POINT, SECTION TEN, PHASES ONE AND TWO. PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. SO MOVED. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION ROLL CALL, MR. WOLF. YES. MR. BERGER? YES. MR. HUNTER. YES. MRS. TAKACS. YES. MR. REIMS. YES. MRS. YOUNG. YES.

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MR. BODNAR. YES. MR. WOLF. YES. MR. BERGER. YES. SEVEN. YES. LEGISLATION PASSES 24-26.

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JEREMY, DO YOU MIND UPDATING. YEAH. SO IT WAS MENTIONED AT PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC SERVICE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE STREET TREES THAT THAT LINE THE BOULEVARD SECTION THERE. SO I WAS ABLE TO GET OUT LAST WEEK AND DRIVE THE SITE WITH ANDY EVANS, OUR URBAN FORESTER. AND WE HAVE CONFIRMED THAT ALL OF THE TREES WITHIN, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THIS LEGISLATION ARE GOOD. THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF TREES OUT BY THE POND ON THE BOWLING ALLEY SIDE OF PROFESSIONAL PARKWAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THROUGH ZACH AND CODE ENFORCEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE REPLANTED, TO MEET THE INTENT OF THE APPROVAL THAT THAT DESIGN REVIEW BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL PROVIDED, YOU KNOW, 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO. AND JUST JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THIS IS THE BOULEVARD WE'RE TALKING FROM CHESTNUT TO THE INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY PROFESSIONAL PARK. NOT QUITE THE CHESTNUT, BUT PRETTY GOOD. OR ONCE THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD. YES. ABOUT HALF.

YEAH, HALF OR TWO THIRDS. BUT YES, YOU'RE CORRECT. OKAY, CITIZENS. COUNCIL. MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. ROLL CALL. MR. REIMS. YES. MRS. YOUNG. YES. MR. BODNAR. YES. MR. WOLFF. YES. MR. BERGER. YES. MR. HUNTER.

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YEAH, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO ASHLEY AND ZACH TO TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT THIS IS.

AND THEN THEY CAN PROBABLY BRIEF YOU ON THE NEXT PIECE OF LEGISLATION AS WELL. YEAH.

THANKS, TERRY. WE WILL DO TH ALL AS KIND OF ONE PRESENTATION AT THE BEGINNING. SO THE TWO LEGISLATIONS WILL BE. PARTLY CONSIST OF GLOSSARY TERM UPDATES AND THEN ALSO ZONING USES. SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE EASIER, EASIEST IF WE GO THROUGH IT ALL AT ONCE. AND THEN WE CAN SEPARATE THOSE VOTES OR NOT A VOTE TONIGHT, BUT IN THE FUTURE VOTE. SO AS I SAID, WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH THE GLOSSARY OF TERMS. AND THEN THOSE GLOSSARY OF TERMS THAT ARE CHANGING OR NEW ADDITIONS TO THE GLOSSARY WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH A PERMITTED OR CONDITIONAL USE IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS. SO THE FIRST ITEM THAT WE HAVE IS RELATED TO OUR DEFINITION OF DATA PROCESSING SLASH CALL CENTER. SO THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE INCLUDED IN THE ZONING CODE IN 2020. AND WITH SOME OF THE MORE RECENT PROPOSALS WE'VE HAD, WE WANT TO GET BACK AND KIND OF CLARIFY THIS IN THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THAT 2020ITION. SO SO WE ARE PROPOSING TO AMEND THE DATA PROCESSING CALL CENTER TO REMOVE THE ITEMS HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN. SO THEN THE DEFINITION WILL BE FOCUSED ON CALL CENTER.

DOWN HERE ON THIS SECOND PART. SO IT'LL BE CALL CENTER MEANS A FACILITY WHICH IS OPERATED FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE COMMUNICATION FUNCTIONS. AND AS FAR AS THE ASSOCIATED. USE THAT WILL STILL REMAIN IN LIGHT MANUFACTURING, REGIONAL MIXED USE AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATION OVERLAY AS PERMITTED. AND IT WILL JUST BE TITLED CALL CENTER. OKAY. DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR UPDATE FOR THIS ITEM? WE HAVE A FEW MORE, SO WE CAN EITHER TAKE QUESTIONS AS WE GO OR WE CAN GO THROUGH THE WHOLE THING. EITHER WE HAVE A QUESTION. HAVE ANY QUESTION. OKAY, THAT SOUNDS GOOD. I LIKE THAT APPROACH. YEAH.. A FEW MORE UPDATES. TAKE NOTES. OUR NEXT AMENDMENT IS KIND OF CENTERED AROUND ADULT DAYCARES. WHAT WE FOUND AS WE PROCESS A FEW APPLICATIONS OVER THE LAST YEAR, ADULT DAYCARES, THAT IS A USE THAT IS IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S A USE THAT'S

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THAT'S THE NEW UPDATED DEFINITION THAT WE'RE REQUESTING COUNCIL TO APPROVE WITH THESE AMENDMENTS IN GREEN HERE FOR. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD AT SECOND READING WITH THE UPDATE. IF COUNCIL IS COMFORTABLE WITH THOSE. AND UNDER THIS, THE MINOR HOME OCCUPATION WOULD JUST BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE ZONING PERMIT AS OPPOSED TO A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. AND THEN SO SAME FOR THE THE MAJOR OCCUPATION. THESE USES MAY INTRODUCE MINIMAL INCREASES IN NOISE. BUT AGAIN, NOT ENOUGH TO AFFECT THAT THE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO AGAIN WE'VE PROVIDED SOME EXAMPLES. NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST. BUT YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO DO A BY APPOINTMENT BASIS, YOU KNOW, DETAILING A CAR, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR GARAGE OR, YOU KNOW, A SINGLE CHAIR BARBERSHOPS SHOP WHERE IT'S BY APPOINTMENT ONLY, STILL SOME OVERSIGHT FROM PLANNING COMMISSION ON THIS. YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE OFF STREET PARKING IS MAINTAINED, HAVE SOME SAFEGUARDS ON, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT MAKING ANY ALTERATIONS TO THE HOUSE THAT WOULD ELIMINATE THAT RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER. AND THEN SAME THING WITH THIS ADDING A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION AFTER THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING THAT WE'D LIKE COUNCIL TO INCORPORATE INTO THE UPDATED DEFINITION. AND THEN JUST SEPARATING THOSE OR DETERMINING WHICH WHICH DISTRICTS THOSE WOULD BE LOCATED IN FOR THE MINOR AND THE MAJOR AS WELL, WHICH I THINK IS EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR MANUFACTURING INNOVATION AND LIGHT MANUFACTURING. THIS IS NOT A NEW DEFINITION. WE HAVE THIS CURRENTLY IN OUR CODE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A DESIGNATED IN ANY OF THOSE DISTRICTS. SO WHENEVER A NEW, YOU KNOW, GYM OR A YOGA STUDIO, SOMETHING COMES IN, WE HAD TO BE KIND OF CREATIVE ON HOW WE CLASSIFY THAT UNDER THE ZONING CODE. SO THIS IS CLEANING THAT UP A LITTLE BIT MAKES IT A LITTLE CLEANER. SO WE HAVE SPECIFIC DISTRICTS WHERE HEALTH AND FITNESS STUDIO WILL BE PERMITTED OR CONDITIONAL. AND THAT'S IT. AND

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WHAT ARE WE DOING? WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR DATA CENTERS? SO RIGHT NOW, IF IT'S THE PRIMARY USE ON SITE, THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PD PROCESS. OKAY. MR. WE MET THREE, FOUR WEEKS AGO AND REVIEWED DATA PROCESSING AND CALL CENTER CONTEXT. AND MS. GABBARD OFFERED A FEW DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, AND WE FELT THAT THIS GIVES A LOT MORE CLARITY AND CONTROL WITH HOW WE WANT TO MAYBE INCLUDE OR OTHER. AND IT WILL USE THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS TO, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL TAKE OBVIOUSLY, DATA PROCESSING INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, DATA CENTERS, WHICH WE'VE HEARD MANY FOLKS TONIGHT. BRING FORWARD CONCERNS. SO THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY AS A, AS A COMMUNITY TO DEFINE WHAT THAT IS AND THEN INCORPORATE IT ACCORDINGLY. AND THEN TO MISS GABER'S POINT, FOLLOW THE PD FLOW FOR ANY POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES MOVING FORWARD. AND THEN AS WE GO THROUGH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UPDATE SOME OF THOSE ZONING CODE UPDATES. I THINK IT'D BE GOOD TO DIG INTO THAT DURING THAT PROCESS AS WELL, TO REALLY FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE DATA PROCESSING OR DATA CENTERS.

YEAH, I THINK, OH, HOW FAR WE'VE COME. MY WHEN I WAS IN MY HIGH SCHOOL YEARS, MY BROTHER, HE'S NOT QUITE TEN YEARS OLDER THAN ME. HE WORKED AT A DATA PROCESSING CENTER, DATA PROCESSING. NOW, YOU THINK A DATA CENTER, HE WORKED AT THE US POSTAL SERVICE, AND HE WOULD LOOK AT LETTERS THAT WOULD COME THROUGH ON SOME SORT OF MACHINE, AND HE WOULD CONSTANTLY BE ENTERING IN THEIR ZIP CODE OR THE ADDRESS AND TO MAKE IT ELECTRONIC. AND HE DID THAT FOR YEARS DURING HIS COLLEGE. HE WAS GOING TO SCHOOL AT THE TIME. DATA PROCESSING DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T YOU DON'T THINK OF THAT TODAY WHEN YOU HEAR THAT TERM. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT I THINK BROUGHT ALL OF THIS DISCUSSION TO LIGHT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH HOW TO ZONE IN AND OUT PHONE BOOTHS ANYMORE. ZONING IS SOMETHING THAT CONTINUOUSLY CHANGES OVER TIME, AND WE CONSTANTLY ARE PLAYING CATCH UP AND APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT OUR PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS DO. I THINK SOME OF THEM COULD MAYBE SIT AROUND A DINNER TABLE DEBATING WHAT A DEFINITION SHOULD BE OR SHOULDN'T BE. SO I APPRECIATE THE COMMISSION MEMBERS THERE AND THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE PUTTING INTO THIS. CERTAINLY, IT'S JUST KIND OF A CONSTANT GAME OF CATCH UP AND ASSESSING HOW THE WORLD AROUND US IS CHANGING AND THEN TRYING TO ADAPT IN A REASONABLE WAY. SO, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU, MR. BORNEAN, A COMMENT. YEAH, JUST ONE MORE COMMENT. WHAT I APPRECIATE THAT WAS MY SECOND NOTE. WHAT I DO APPRECIATE IS WITH THE PERMITTED AND CONDITIONAL USES FOR MINOR AND MAJOR BUSINESSES. WHEN I WAS RUNNING TWO YEARS AGO, I HEARD, YOU KNOW, MANY SMALLER BUSINESS OWNERS ADDRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT BARRIERS TO ENTRY. AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, I THINK, MISS, MR. ANDREWS, YOU HAD ALLUDED TO THE YOU KNOW, THE HURDLES, RIGHT? MAYBE THIS ELIMINATES ONE UNNECESSARY HURDLE FOR FOR A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER. SO I APPRECIATE THAT CHANGE POINT SPECIFICALLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND AS TERRY SAID, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO THINK ABOUT WE CAN SEND THIS OUT. IF YOU WANT TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT THOSE AMENDMENTS, WE CAN GO THROUGH THAT VOTE FOR THAT AMENDMENT AT THE NEXT READING IF YOU WANT.

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

LAST, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO BRAG A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JEREMY HOYT TONIGHT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S A THERE'S A REASON WHY HE HAS RISEN TO THE TOP AND, AND HAS AND DESERVES THIS APPOINTMENT AS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. JEREMY IS AS HAS BEEN A WORKHORSE FOR US FOR, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. AND, AND HE'S BEEN WITH US, JEREMY WHAT 16, 17 YEARS SOMETHING ALONG THAT THOSE LINES. SO HE I THINK HE STARTED HERE WHEN HE WAS FIVE I THINK OR SOMETHING. NO, BUT I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE JEREMY. OUR STAFF AND YOU GUYS HAVE KNOWN IS IS REALLY GOOD ANY ANY WAY. AND JEREMY JUST EXHIBITS HAS EXHIBITED THAT OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. SO CONGRATULATIONS JEREMY. I LOOK FORWARD TO YOU SERVING IN THAT CAPACITY. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE THEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MISS YOUNG. WEDNESDAY. SO GET OUT THERE AND GET YOUR TAXES FILED. AND JEREMY, I GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU'RE IN THAT POSITION BECAUSE WHEN I WAS RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL, HE WOULD RESPOND WITHIN 24 HOURS, IF NOT WITHIN HOURS OF ANY COMPLAINTS THAT I HAD FROM CITIZENS. IT WAS JUST AMAZING HOW QUICK HE GOT BACK TO ME. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MR. REAMS. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE HAVE ONGOING DISCUSSIONS WITH JEROME TOWNSHIP, WITH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND THEIR UTILITY USAGE. I'M PART OF THAT. AND WE'RE ACTUALLY MEETING THIS THURSDAY. SO WE MEET ABOUT ONCE A MONTH. THIS THURSDAY WILL BE OUR NEXT MEETING. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS TAKACS. YEP.

TWO THINGS TONIGHT. EXCUSE MY VOICE. MAYBE IT'LL BE BACK BY THE NEXT MEETING. BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE CITIZENS WHO CAME OUT TO COMMENT TONIGHT. IT TAKES A LOT TO GET UP THERE AND SPEAK. AND WE WE TRY TO NOT BE SCARY PEOPLE. WE LIVE HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND CARE JUST AS MUCH AS YOU DO. SO PLEASE. IT IS VERY REFRESHING TO SEE PEOPLE SPEAK, BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY DISAPPOINTING TO ME WHEN WE HAVE A MEETING AND WE SEE THERE'S NO CITIZENS TO COMMENT ON ANYTHING. THIS IS THE POINT OF CITY COUNCIL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY COME AND PARTICIPATE AND EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS.

OTHERWISE, HOW WOULD EVERYONE KNOW WHAT THE CITIZENS WANT? NOT EVERYONE SITS ON FACEBOOK AND READS THE COMMENTS, SO PLEASE KEEP COMING BACK. ENCOURAGE YOUR NEIGHBORS TO COME, YOU KNOW, FROM DATA CENTERS TO, YOU KNOW, SHOPPING UPTOWN TO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO COME TALK ABOUT. WE, WE WANT TO HEAR YOU. SO PLEASE KEEP USING YOUR VOICE AND KEEP GETTING INVOLVED IN YOUR GOVERNMENT. AND THEN SPEAKING OF GETTING INVOLVED, MAIN STREET MARYSVILLE IS HOSTING THE MEET UP TO CLEAN UP THIS SATURDAY, APRIL 18TH AT 10 A.M. SO IF YOU WANT TO MEET AT PARTNERS, PARK THE GAZEBO AND HELP CLEAN UP SOME TRASH UPTOWN AND KICK OFF EARTH WEEK, YOU CAN RSVP ON THE MAIN STREET MARYSVILLE WEBSITE OR GO TO THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE.

THEY HAVE A LITTLE EVENT PAGE FOR IT TOO. SO THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU, MR. BORNER. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO ECHO CONGRATULATIONS, JEREMY, ON YOUR APPOINTMENT. YOU KNOW, YOU ARE A WORKHORSE. WE SEE IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN. HE'S NO STRANGER OF TAKING PHONE CALLS.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE THE COMMITMENT THAT YOU HAVE TO THIS COMMUNITY AND YOUR ENGAGEMENT WITH RESIDENTS. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN MULTIPLE TIMES. I'VE MADE SOME SOME SOME REQUESTS AND YOU WERE LICKETY SPLIT ON, ON IT. SO I TREMENDOUS VALUE AND WELL DESERVED. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT'S JUST A PORTION. JEREMY'S JUST A

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THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN BERGER. I'VE KNOWN JEREMY PROBABLY SINCE I WAS PROBABLY FIVE YEARS OLD, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I REMEMBER HIM AT THE OLD CITY HALL WHEN VALERIE, WHEN HE WORKED BENEATH VALERIE CLINGMAN. SO I REMEMBER THOSE THOSE DAYS WHEN WE WERE BOTH VERY MUCH YOUNGER. BUT I CONGRATULATE YOU ON ON THIS POSITION. THE OTHER THING, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN TACKETT TALKED ABOUT COMMUNITY INPUT AND HOW VALUABLE COMMUNITY INPUT IS. AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, A FRAMEWORK TO STUDY DEVELOPMENT AND STUDY GROWTH. AND COUNCIL TONIGHT GOT OUR BOOKS AND I THINK THERE'D BE A BOOK AT THE LIBRARY. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO IT'S ON OUR PUBLISHED ON OUR CITY WEBSITE.

BUT THIS BOOK, WITH THE HELP OF SO MANY RESIDENTS THAT WERE INVOLVED AND SO MANY TOWN HALL MEETINGS AND, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE AND MORE OF THIS IN THE FUTURE IS A LIVING, BREATHING DOCUMENT OF HOW MARYSVILLE SHOULD BE AND SHALL BE DEVELOPED. WHEN WE SPEAK ABOUT GROWTH IN YEARS PAST. THE ISSUE WITH MARYSVILLE IS THE ZONING NEVER, NEVER CORRELATES WITH WHAT AS WHAT THE COMMUNITY SAYS IT WANTS, BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN TOO AFRAID TO CHANGE THE ZONING THIS TIME AROUND. THIS BOOK NOT ONLY GIVES US THE OUTLINE OF HOW THE COMMUNITY SHOULD GROW, BUT WHERE IT SHOULD GROW, WHERE POPULATION SHOULD BE, WHAT ARE THE TYPE OF HOUSING SITES, AND THEN ALSO FOCUSES LONG TERM, 40 YEARS OUT TO JUST TO DISCUSS

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WE CAN ATTACK COMMUNITY IDENTITY PRESERVATION, WALKABILITY. WE CAN DO ALL OF IT RIGHT HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND PROTECT THE VERY FOUNDATION FOR WHY PEOPLE CHOOSE TO LIVE HERE. WE JUST GOT TO PUT IT IN CODE AND WE GOT TO HAVE A COMMUNITY LIKE KELSEY WAS SAYING, WHO DEMANDS WE DO IT? HOLLAND, MICHIGAN WAS A COMMUNITY THAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD OVERLOOK AND SAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT COMMUNITY IS. HOLLAND, MICHIGAN HAS DONE EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO INVEST IN THEIR IDENTITY, INCLUDING BRINGING A WINDMILL FROM THE NETHERLANDS INTO THEIR PARKS, PLANTING THOUSANDS OF TULIPS ALL ALONG THEIR CITY STREETS, WHICH BRINGS IN 600,000 RESIDENTS. LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. MARYSVILLE WILL CLAIM WE HAVE ALL THESE JAPANESE BUSINESSES THAT ARE FROM HERE TO DUBLIN, BUT SHOW ME A PARK THAT'S DESIGNATED FOR JAPANESE CHERRY BLOSSOMS. WHERE IS THE IDENTITY THAT WE CLAIM THAT WE WANT TO SUPPORT AND ATTRACT BUSINESSES? THESE ARE THE IDEAS THAT WE SHOULD BE THINKING AS A COMMUNITY. WE SHOULD BE ENGAGING WITH. AND I JUST HOPE THAT EVERYBODY TAKES A MOMENT TO READ THIS BOOK AND LOOK AT IT AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN DO MORE AND WE CAN DO BETTER.

AND I HOPE THAT TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY, WE WILL DO BETTER. SO THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS TO CLOSE HERE. I DID WANT TO THANK TIFFANY BEACHING AGAIN FOR HER PARTICIPATION TONIGHT IN THE PROCLAMATION, AND WAS GLAD CHIEF BROOKS PUTTING FORTH A NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK. APPRECIATE THE CONSIDERATION THERE AND APPRECIATE THE ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION IN REGARD TO MR. HOYT, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR APPOINTMENT TO THAT POSITION. I ALSO JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, COMMEND OUR HR DIRECTOR, TARA MAIN. I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND IN ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, BUT, YOU KNOW, A QUESTION THAT'S ALWAYS ASKED IN MY PRIVATE SECTOR WORK, A QUESTION THAT'S ASKED FROM JUST LIKE AN ACADEMIA VIEWPOINT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, ARE WE CHANGING AN ORGANIZATION? BECAUSE WITH THIS, THERE'S SOME THERE'S ORGANIZATIONAL ADJUSTMENT, BUT ARE WE CHANGING THIS FOR A PERSON? ARE WE CHANGING IT FOR THE, THE OVERALL BENEFIT OF THE ORGANIZATION? IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, OF COURSE, JEREMY'S A GREAT GUY. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE GET THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS THERE. BUT I DO THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR CITY, THE SIZE OF OUR CITY, 30,000 PEOPLE COMPARED TO SOME SOME OF OUR OUR PEER CITIES, I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY, OR COMPARABLES. I THINK IT WAS A RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS NOT A SURPRISE TO US. HOW CAN WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE WANT WE WANT TO SEE LESS OPERATIONAL WORKLOAD DOMINANCE, MEANING YOU CAN KIND OF GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF THE WEEDS AND DOING THE EVERYDAY WORK AND, AND THINK HOLISTICALLY ABOUT SOMETHING PLANNING. AND I KNOW THE COMMUNITY SENSES THIS TOO. BUT RUNNING LEAN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO KIND OF, WE LOSE THE ABILITY TO AN EXTENT TO DO THAT. SO THE MORE WE CAN IMPROVE OUR ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, I THINK THE MORE WE CAN, THE MORE FOCUS WE CAN GIVE ON HOW WE, HOW WE DEVELOP, HOW WE, YOU KNOW, FUND OUR PARKS, HOW WE, YOU KNOW, EXECUTE STREET PAVING, SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO I JUST APPRECIATE THE, THE PERSPECTIVE THAT MISS MAIN BROUGHT INTO THAT. I KNOW WE HAD SOME DIALOG FOR SOME TIME ON THAT. SO I APPRECIATE JUST THAT CONSIDERATION FROM AN ORGANIZATIONAL HEALTH VIEWPOINT. AND I THINK I HAD SOME ONE OTHER THING. AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THAT THE RESIDENTS WHO HAD COME OUT AND JUST UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE THE RULES OF OUR COUNCIL MEETING, BUT YOUR PARTICIPATION IS, IS

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