[CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:09] 22ND, 2026. WE'RE AT THE MARYSVILLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WELCOME. I AM GOING TO BEGIN BY CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER HERE. AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO START BY STANDING SAYING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND THEN PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION. 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. ZACH BORDNER HERE. STEVEN WOLF HERE. DONALD BURGER HERE. SCOTT HUNTER HERE. KELSEY TACTIC HERE. MARK REAMS AND [APPROVAL OF MINUTES] KATHY YOUNG HERE. APPROVAL OF MINUTES. SO THE JUNE 8TH, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES. HAS EVERYONE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW. AND IF SO, ANY CORRECTIONS. OTHERWISE I WILL SEEK A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES. MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE JUNE 8TH, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES. THANK YOU, MR. BORDNER. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? OKAY. MEETING MINUTES ARE APPROVED. ADMINISTRATION. ADMINISTRATIVE [ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT] REPORT. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL GOT QUITE A FEW THINGS TO REPORT TONIGHT. JUST A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS AWESOME. FRIDAY NIGHT UPTOWN'S COMING UP AGAIN ON JULY 11TH. IT'S AMERICA'S LEGACY 250 KICKOFF CELEBRATE US US MUSIC BY ZACH ATTACK IN THE EVENT IS SPONSORED BY HONDA AND ACURA OF MARYSVILLE. SO NOW LET ME GIVE YOU THE THE SERIES OF EVENTS THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE PLACE WITH AMERICA. 250 FROM JULY 4TH TO JULY 12TH. ALL THESE THINGS COMING UP. THERE WILL BE FIRE HYDRANT PAINTING THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MARYSVILLE ART LEAGUE AND THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, WHICH IS TAKING PLACE, AS WELL AS PATRIOTIC ARTWORK BY LOCAL ARTISTS, IS BEING INSTALLED ON TRAFFIC BOXES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO ALL THIS IS TAKING PLACE, AS WELL AS A TREE COOKIE FROM A 294 YEAR OLD. IS THAT TRUE, DONALD? OH, OLD OAK TREE 294. AND THAT HAD TO BE TAKEN DOWN AT AMERICAN LEGION PARK WILL BE ON DISPLAY UPTOWN. THANKS TO THE WORK FROM OUR URBAN FORESTER, ANDY EVANS. OUTLINED ON THE TREE COOKIE ARE HISTORICAL EVENTS OF NATIONAL AND LOCAL SIGNIFICANCE. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR ON DISPLAY DURING THE CITY'S AMERICA 250 EVENTS. ALSO, YOU CAN JUST GET ON OUR WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA FOR DETAILS REGARDING PLANNED EVENTS. IT'S INCREDIBLE THE NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT ARE GOING ON. SO A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING REAL QUICK HERE. TOMORROW, COFFEE WITH A COP. TUESDAY, JUNE 23RD FROM 10 A.M. TO 12 NOON AT WINANS. SO AT WINANS YOU CAN GO HAVE COFFEE WITH A COP TOMORROW FROM 10 TO 12. WATER SAFETY DAY, SPONSORED BY THE MARYSVILLE FIRE DIVISION. TOMORROW FROM 1230 TO 230. AND THERE WILL BE SAFETY TIPS, GAMES AND PRIZES. WATER SAFETY AT THE POOL. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER TOUCH A TRUCK EVENT, BUT THIS ONE'S AT WALMART COMING UP ON SATURDAY, JUNE 27TH FROM 11 A.M. TO 2 P.M. AGAIN AT WALMART. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES, WE HAVE 20 SAND VOLLEYBALL TEAMS PLAYING ON TWO NIGHTS A WEEK. AND OUR VOLLEYBALL LEAGUES RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE OVER 100 SWIMMERS ON THE STINGRAYS. OUR LOCAL SUMMER SWIM TEAM, WE'RE AVERAGING ABOUT 500 SWIMMERS PER DAY AT THE POOL. IT HASN'T BEEN THAT WARM, BUT WE'RE STILL AVERAGING QUITE, QUITE A GOOD NUMBER THERE. IF YOU HAVE A CHILD WEARING A HELMET, A BIKE HELMET, THEY MAY RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE FOR A FREE ICE CREAM CONE AT DAIRY QUEEN. IF A MARYSVILLE POLICE OFFICER SEES THEM. IS THAT RIGHT? CHIEF. THAT IS CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT. SO, ZACH, IF YOU'RE OUT WITH YOUR KIDS AND THEY HAVE THEIR HELMETS, THEY CAN GET AN ICE CREAM CONE. THAT DOESN'T QUALIFY FOR YOU, THOUGH. SO I WAS ACTUALLY GETTING READY TO GO THERE. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. COMPLETED EVENTS. WE HAD THAT SAFE KIDS AND RESPONSIBLE HOMES PROGRAM THAT OCCURRED ON JUNE [00:05:04] 11TH WITH OVER 30 PARTICIPANTS OUT OF THE DECKER FIRE STATION. THAT WAS REALLY A COOL EVENT. FRIDAY NIGHT. UPTOWN MARGARITAVILLE OCCURRED ON JUNE 12TH. SIX 6750 PEOPLE ATTENDED. PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. THERE WAS A COPS VERSUS KIDS KICKBALL GAME THAT OCCURRED JUNE 12TH AT ALGER PARK. CHIEF WHO WON. I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, TERRY, IS WE HAD NO FORM ELEVENS AND NO INJURIES. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD, THAT'S GOOD, THAT'S AWESOME. PASSPORT TO FISHING OCCURRED ON JUNE 13TH. THERE WERE 65 PARTICIPANTS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE PASSPORT TO FISHING. THERE WAS A PUBLIC SAFETY YOUTH ACADEMY, 15 INCOMING EIGHTH AND NINTH GRADERS GRADUATED FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY YOUTH ACADEMY ON JUNE 18TH. PARTICIPANTS GAINED HANDS ON EXPERIENCE AND INSIGHTS INTO DAILY RESPONSIBILITY OF BOTH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT. REALLY AWESOME ACTIVITIES. AND THEN ONE THING TO ADD BEFORE WE SHIFT TO JEREMY ON MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. THE MCCARTHY PARK BRIDGE WAS PAINTED RECENTLY, THANKS TO VOLUNTEERS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE UNITED WAY DAY OF GIVING. SO JUST SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. SO. JEREMY. CHEERS. YEAH. THANKS, TERRY. CITY STREET CREWS CONTINUE TO REPLACE CATCH BASINS AHEAD OF THE PAVING PROGRAM. THEY'RE ALSO PERFORMING CRACK SEALING AHEAD OF THE ANNUAL STRIPING PROGRAM, WHICH NOT TO STEAL JAMIE'S THUNDER, BUT SHOULD BE BEGINNING LATER TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. AND ALSO THEY'RE CONDUCTING GENERAL MAINTENANCE, INCLUDING MOWING AND SPRAYING. THE PARKS CREWS ARE PERFORMING SOME STRING TRIMMING ON THE TOWN RUN, SO THAT NEEDS SOME ATTENTION FROM TIME TO TIME. AND THEN ALSO PERFORMING SOME BUSH HOGGING AT SCOTT FAMILY PARK. IN DEALING WITH A TREE IN MCIVER WOODS. ON THE WATER SIDE, LAST WEEK'S AVERAGE WATER PRODUCTION WAS 4.45 MILLION GALLONS A DAY, WITH A PEAK OF 4.64. SO WITH THE COOLER WEATHER, THE WATER WAS A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN WE REPORTED THE THE LAST TIME WE WERE AT COUNCIL. AND THEN FINALLY, BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO JAMIE, THE ANNUAL SEWER LINING PROJECT FOR THE WASTEWATER FOLKS CONTINUES NEAR SIXTH AND SEVENTH STREETS. SO WITH THAT, JAMIE'S GOT SOME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT UPDATES. THANK YOU JEREMY. ALL RIGHT. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM. CARRIAGE ACRES AND CHERRY STREET SANITARY, THE CONTRACTORS PERFORMING STORMWATER TESTING AND FINISHING PUNCH LIST ITEMS. ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN IN MID-JULY. THE 2020 526 STRIPING PROGRAM IS STARTING TODAY. GRIFFIN, THE CONTRACTOR, STILL FEELS CONFIDENT THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO COMPLETE EVERYTHING BY THE JULY 3RD DEADLINE. COLEMAN'S CROSSING IN WALMART TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTRACTOR IS WORKING ON THE FOUNDATIONS CURRENTLY AT CONLEY STREET. CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN TOMORROW. THE CONTRACTOR WILL REPAVE THE STREET AND INSTALL A RIGHT IN RIGHT OUT MEDIAN AT THE DELAWARE AVE INTERSECTION. ALTA FIBER IS CONTINUING WORK AT WALNUT NINTH AND 10TH STREETS, MOREY DRIVE IN LONDON AVENUE. A SEPARATE CREW WILL ALSO START WORKING IN THE SKY BROOK DEVELOPMENT EAST FIFTH IMPROVEMENTS. WE HAD A PRE-CON LAST WEEK. STAFF IS WAITING FOR A DETAILED SCHEDULE FROM DECKER. THEY EXPECT TO START IN AUGUST AND STAFF IS COORDINATING WITH THE DESIGNER ON REVISIONS FROM POST BID CHANGES TO THE LAYOUT. WEST FIFTH STREET MEDIAN WORK CONTRACTOR IS SET TO BEGIN PAVING THEAY AND THE SHARED USE PATH THIS WEEK. THEY WILL THEN FINISH RESTORATION, INCLUDING SEEDING. THE MEDIANS AND WORK SHOULD WRAP UP AT THE END OF THIS WEEK. AND THEN WE HAVE A DESIGN KICKOFF MEETING SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW FOR THE WEST THIRD AND GRANT SIDEWALKS. OKAY. AND WE DO HAVE ONE MORE UPDATE. BRAD, I THINK HAS AN UPDATE OF FINANCE UPDATE TONIGHT. SO BRAD, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. SO AS YOU KNOW, PROBABLY TWO ISH MONTHS AGO, YOU GUYS PASSED A RESOLUTION TO REFINANCE WASTEWATER DEBT. AT THE TIME, WE HAD 90 DAYS TO FINALIZE THAT SALE. THAT SALE WILL BE FINALIZED TOMORROW, BUT IT HAS BEEN SOLD ON THE MARKET. SO WHEN WE SAY FINALIZED, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE DONE. BUT THE TOTAL SAVINGS. NOW REMEMBER, WE DID NOT INCREASE THE PERIOD OF TIME LEFT ON THE DEBT. SO IT'S 20 YEARS STILL REMAINING ON THE DEBT. BUT WE ARE SAVING $4.7 MILLION OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME. THE AVERAGE COUPON WAS 4.75%. ABOUT THE ALL IN TRUE INTEREST COST WILL BE 3.5%. SO THAT TAKES IN THE FUTURE VALUE OF THE MONEY AND SO FORTH [00:10:06] COMPARED TO PRESENT VALUE. SO ALL IN ALL, VERY, VERY GOOD SALE. OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS, IT WAS CLOSER TO 5 MILLION, NOT GONNA LIE, BUT WE DON'T CONTROL INTEREST RATES, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A GOOD TIME IN THE MARKET. AND I BELIEVE 4.7 IS A IS A VERY GOOD NUMBER, ESPECIALLY OVER A PERIOD OF 20 YEARS. AND AGAIN, NOT EXTENDING THE DEBT ANY FURTHER OUT. SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S A REFINANCING, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN PEOPLE THINK OF REFINANCING, THEY'RE EXTENDING THE PERIOD. WE'RE NOT DOING THAT. SO WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS THAT INFORMATION. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT. UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? MR. PRESIDENT? I JUST HAVE TWO MAYBE FOR JAMIE. THE WALMART STOPLIGHT. DO WE KNOW WHEN THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE STARTED AND WHAT DURATION THAT'S GOING TO TAKE? SAME FOR THE CONNOLLY MEDIAN THAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN FOR THE RIGHT TURN. OH THAT I SO THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE WORKING THE FOUNDATIONS ON RIGHT NOW. OKAY. I DON'T HAVE THE COMPLETION DATE WITH ME. I CAN LOOK THAT UP. SAME FOR CONNOLLY STREET. I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU A FALSE HOPE. I CAN LOOK IT UP. INTERESTED PEOPLE ARE GOING TO ASK ABOUT IT. I KNOW THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS GOING TO BE IN THE FALL. WE'RE WE'RE WAITING ON THE MASTER. THAT TAKES QUITE, QUITE A BIT OF TIME. CONNOLLY STREET, I WOULD THINK THEY COULD TURN AROUND AND YOU KNOW, A MONTH AT THE MOST. SO PROBABLY 2 TO 3 WEEKS. OKAY, COOL. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS. AND THERE'S A LOT, A LOT OF PEOPLE AT THE MARGARITAVILLE EVENT. YEAH. SO IT'S ALL ABOUT THE WEATHER. YEAH. APPRECIATE THAT. NEXT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS [PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT] REPORT OF CLERK OF COUNCIL. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT IS PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT, MRS. GARVER. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. SO FOR PLANNING COMMISSION WE HAD ONE AGENDA ITEM AND THIS WAS FOR THE TRAILS AT WEAVER RIDGE FOR THE PRELIMINARY PLAT. AND THAT'S JUST OVER 100 ACRES. THAT ITEM WAS APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS WITH A VOTE OF SEVEN. YES. ZERO. NO. AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A PRESENTATION BY REALM TO SHARE THE VISION PLAN AND WHAT WAS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL, AND GET ALL THOSE BOARD MEMBERS FAMILIAR WITH THAT. SO THEY DID THAT PRESENTATION. AND THEN WE HAD ONE DRB MEMBER AND TWO BZA MEMBERS ALSO ATTEND THAT MEETING. AND WE'RE STILL HANDING THOSE BOOKLETS OUT TO SOME OF THOSE MEMBERS, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THE VIDEO FOR CITY COUNCIL AND HAVE THOSE HARD COPY PDFS OR ELECTRONIC PDFS, AND THEN HARD COPIES OF EACH BOOK AS WELL, THE PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO. SO JUST TO JUST SUPPLEMENT THAT COMMENT TO THAT UPDATE. SO IT WAS IMPORTANT. IT IS IMPORTANT. IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IMPORTANT THAT OUR BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING, FULL GRASP OF THE VISION PLAN. SO I THINK THERE WAS A STACK OF BOOKS A COUPLE FEET HIGH OVER HERE. SO THE PLANNING STAFF HAD INVITED BZA MEMBERS, THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD MEMBERS, TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I ATTENDED THE BEGINNING PART OF THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, SETTING THAT UP, ARRANGING THAT. BUT IT WAS IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF THESE MEMBERS TO BE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK REALM QUESTIONS AND, AND GAIN FURTHER UNDERSTANDING OF THAT. SO VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. THE EFFORT MADE THERE AND REALM'S EXPLANATION, ADDITIONAL EXPLANATION TIME AND TIME AGAIN. SO THANK YOU. AND WE'LL START USING THAT VISION PLAN ON SOME NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE'RE HAVING COMING THROUGH. SO WORKING THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT? MR. BORDNER, I JUST HAVE ONE ON THE TRAILS OF WEAVER RIDGE BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN A PROJECT THAT YEARS IN THE MAKING, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF ACTIVITY LAST SUMMER, YOU KNOW, MEETING WITH RESIDENTS AND THE, THE DEVELOPERS AND MYSELF SPECIFICALLY AS WELL TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY GET ULTIMATELY BUY IN FROM THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS ON WHAT WILL BE THE TRAILS THAT WEAVER RIDGE. SO WE HAD COME A LONG WAY. THERE WAS A RESIDENT THAT DID HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT BUFFERING. YES. DO YOU KNOW THAT WAS A CONDITION THAT WAS PUT ON THAT [00:15:05] APPROVAL? AND SO WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THOSE PLANS AND GETTING THAT ADDITIONAL BUFFERING IN THERE. THEY HAD JUST MOVED IN. YES. AND SO THE THE NOTICES WERE GOING TO THE PREVIOUS PROPERTY OWNER. IT HADN'T SWITCHED THROUGH THE COUNTY AUDITOR SITE YET. SO WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT ON THEIR FINAL PLANS TO GET THAT BUFFERING INSTALLED. OKAY. [DESIGN REVIEW BOARD REPORT] THAT'S EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. OKAY. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. DESIGN REVIEW BOARD REPORT. YEAH. SO WE HAD ONE ITEM ON WADE, TWO ITEMS ON DESIGN REVIEW BOARD. BUT ONE OF THEM WAS OLIVE GARDEN AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO HAVE ANYONE ATTEND. SO THEY DID TABLE THAT AND THEY WILL BE BACK THIS COMING MONTH. BUT THE ITEM THAT WAS HEARD AT THE MEETING WAS THE CHIPOTLE ON WEST FIFTH STREET. THE ARCHITECTURE WAS APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS THAT THEY WOULD COORDINATE A MURAL ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING WITH STAFF. AND THAT WAS APPROVED FOUR YES, ZERO NO. AND THEN THEY WILL BE COMING BACK AT A LATER DATE FOR THEIR SIGNAGE ON THE BUILDING. THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS BY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THANK YOU MISS. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. NEXT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS HEARING OF CITIZENS. THIS IS THE TIME IN OUR MEETING WHERE CITIZENS ARE INVITED TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF COUNCIL. AND IF SO, APPROACH THE PODIUM. STATE YOUR NAME. WE REQUEST THAT YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE UP TO FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON TOPICS NOT RELATED TO PENDING LEGISLATION. DO WE HAVE [10-26] ANY CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK TONIGHT? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE TO RESOLUTIONS 1 10-26 FIRST READING INTRODUCTION TO AUTHORIZE THE APPOINTMENT OF KIMBERLY SHARP AS THE NEXT CITY OF MARYSVILLE CITY MANAGER. IS THERE ANYTHING FROM ADMINISTRATION? WELL, I JUST SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME EARLIER THIS EVENING WITH KIMBERLY AND AND IT WAS WONDERFUL MEETING YOU, KIMBERLY, I THINK. AND I TOLD HER THE SAME THING. I HOPE SHE HAS THE SAME ENJOYMENT THAT I'VE HAD FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS BEING HERE IN MARYSVILLE. SO. AND I THINK SHE'S REALLY EXCITED AND PUMPED UP ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY. SO IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE FUN TO WATCH. THANK YOU. KIMBERLY. I WILL INVITE YOU TO THE PODIUM TO SAY A FEW WORDS IF YOU WOULD LIKE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT HUNTER, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTFUL AND DELIBERATE PROCESS FOR ME TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND FOR PROVIDING ME WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE PROFESSIONALISM AND DEDICATION OF CITY STAFF WHOM I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH, PARTICULARLY TERRY EMERY, WHOSE DECADE PLUS LEADERSHIP HAS HELPED GUIDE THE COMMUNITY THROUGH SIGNIFICANT GROWTH AND CHANGE. HIS STEWARDSHIP HAS STRONG, HAS FOSTERED STRONG WORKING RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, UNION COUNTY LOCAL BUSINESSES, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY. THE RESIDENTS. OH, THE RESIDENTS, THE WORKFORCE, THE SCHOOL CHILDREN AND THE FAMILIES WHO ALL CALL MARYSVILLE HOME. I AIM TO CONTINUE BUILDING UPON THESE RELATIONSHIPS AND THESE IMPORTANT COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO MARYSVILLE'S FUTURE, ALONG WITH THE DEDICATED STAFF WHO TRULY CARE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY. IN MY EXPERIENCE, WELL MANAGED GROWTH AND PRESERVATION GO HAND IN HAND. PEOPLE LOVE MARYSVILLE FOR ITS RURAL ROOTS, VILLAGE CHARM LOCAL BUSINESSES AND NEIGHBORS BEING NEIGHBORS, WE WILL BALANCE THE FUTURE ENDEAVORS WITH TRANSPARENCY, INNOVATION, COLLABORATION AND ALWAYS COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMUNITY. THANK YOU AGAIN AND I'LL REPORT FOR DUTY ON JULY 6TH. THANK YOU, MISS SHARP. I WILL I WILL LET YOU TAKE A SEAT. AND THEN WE ARE. I'M GOING TO MOVE THE THE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS TO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, BUT I WILL, UPON OUR VOTING HERE, INVITE YOU UP TO THE FRONT, WHICH. I'LL COME AROUND WITH A MICROPHONE. SO ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? I GUESS I'LL BREAK THE MOLD. COUNCILMEMBER. BREAK. BREAK THE SILENCE. YOU KNOW, IN MY SHORT SPAN ON COUNCIL, DID I EVER THINK THAT I WOULD BE APPOINTING A NEW CITY ADMINISTRATOR? I WOULD PROBABLY SAY NO. BUT LIKE ALWAYS, LIFE HAS A WAY OF CHANGING THINGS. AND I'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT CHANGE IS GOOD. IF IT'S DONE, DONE BEING [00:20:03] THOUGHTFUL AND THOUGHTFUL OF OTHERS. AND AS WE CELEBRATE TERRY FOR HIS 15 YEARS OF SUCCESS WITH THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE AND TERRY AND EVEN JEREMY KNOWS ME A LOT LONGER THAN THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR HIS LEADERSHIP BECAUSE OF THE LEADERSHIP, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIRE YOU AND ALSO BE ABLE TO HAVE A COMMUNITY WHERE WE'RE NOT DECLINING IN OUR BUDGET, BUT GROWING IN OUR BUDGET TO BRING IN EXPERTISE. SO WE LOOK AT THIS AS A STEPPING STONE, AS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US UP HERE. THESE SEATS ARE NOT GIVEN TO US FOREVER. WE'RE JUST PLACEHOLDERS. AND AS TERRY WAS A PLACEHOLDER, YOU ARE A PLACEHOLDER. I'M A PLACEHOLDER AND LIFE WILL CONTINUE. BUT WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HEAR YOUR BACKGROUND AND YOUR EXPERIENCE AND WITH THOSE EXPERIENCE, HOPEFULLY GUIDE US INTO A POLICY WHERE THE VISIONING PLAN IS IMPLEMENTED, ZONING, AND WHERE OUR RESIDENTS TRULY UNDERSTAND THE VISION OF WHO WE ARE, WHO YOU ARE, AND WHAT DIRECTION WE'RE HEADED IN THE FUTURE. I THINK RIGHT NOW MORE THAN EVER, IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT MARYSVILLE RESIDENTS SEE WHERE WE ARE HEADED AS A COMMUNITY. AND I THINK HOPEFULLY UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP AND CITY STAFF AND COUNCIL AND RESIDENTS, WE ARE ABLE TO SHOWCASE THAT MOVING FORWARD. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO TERRY FOR HIS 15 YEARS. AND WE STILL LOVE JEREMY AND HOPE THAT HE CONTINUES TO BE A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS FOR THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WISHING TO COMMENT, MR. WARNER? MR. PRESIDENT, IF I MAY, TERRY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR 15 YEARS. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE. OBVIOUSLY, AS WE START TO WORK THROUGH THE TRANSITION. I'M NOT SAYING GOODBYE YET. I'M JUST SAYING THANK YOU RIGHT NOW. AND AND MISS SHARP, WE WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING YOU AND INTRODUCING YOU TO STAFF AND IN THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND WORKING WITH YOU MOVING FORWARD. SO THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO WAS INVOLVED. WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A STRONG POOL OF APPLICANTS, EACH BRINGING UNIQUE EXPERIENCES AND PERSPECTIVES. AND I THINK THAT CALIBER OF INTEREST, AND THIS SPEAKS TO THE MOMENTUM AND PROMISE THAT EXISTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. I WANT TO THANK MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ALL THEIR TIME AND ENERGY. WE WERE HERE A LOT OF HOURS THAT DISCUSSING WHO WAS THE BEST FIT AND WHAT, WHERE WE WERE GOING TO GO. AND WHILE WE MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE ON EVERY ISSUE THAT COMES TO THIS DESK, I THINK THAT WE, YOU KNOW, COULD FIND A COMMON GOAL IN PICKING THE NEXT LEADER TO GUIDE MARYSVILLE INTO ITS NEXT CHAPTER. AND SO I BELIEVE THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ERA FOR OUR CITY. WE HAVE A CHANCE RIGHT NOW TO BRING IN NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR FAMILIES THAT WANT TO LIVE HERE AND GROW HERE. AND AS COUNCIL, WE'RE GOING TO CHALLENGE YOU, KIMBERLY, AND ALL OF CITY STAFF TO CONTINUE BUILDING ON OUR MOMENTUM WHILE ALSO PRESERVING WHAT MAKES MARYSVILLE THE SPECIAL PLACE THAT IT IS. SO I HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT YOU'LL BE THE BOLD, INNOVATIVE, AND FEARLESS LEADER THAT OUR CITY NEEDS MOVING INTO THIS NEXT CHAPTER. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO GET STARTED. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WISHING TO COMMENT? WELL, I SEE YOU GUYS NEED TO RAISE YOUR HAND. SO I KNOW OTHER THAN SOMETIMES A SUBTLE MOTION, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T PICK UP ON. SO I WANT TO FIRST OF ALL SAY WELCOME TO THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. I ALSO WANT TO TOUCH ON WHAT COUNCILWOMAN TAKACS BROUGHT UP, WHICH IS THANKS TO ALL OF THE APPLICANTS THAT WE HAD IN THIS PROCESS, TO THE COMPANY THAT WE HAD USED AS A CONSULTANT TO HELP US W WITH THE SEARCH. IT WS NATIONWIDE. IT WAS, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT I LEARNED IS NATURALLY YOU'LL HAVE APPLICANTS FROM THE STATE OF OHIO. IT'S A NATURAL THING, JUST GIVEN A LOT OF OTHER CONSIDERATIONS, HOW PEOPLE PERHAPS ARE EVEN INVESTED INTO RETIREMENT AND WHATNOT. BUT WE HAD EXCEPTIONAL INTERNAL CANDIDATE. WE HAVE WE HAD EXCEPTIONAL EXTERNAL CANDIDATES. AS FAR AS THE PROCESS GOES, WE DID PULL A NUMBER OF HOURS. I WOULD JUST SAY AT LEAST 20 HOURS OF MY OWN TIME, JUST JUST IN EITHER IN AN INTERVIEW OR IN REVIEWING OF INFORMATION OR TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT ARRANGING CERTAIN THINGS. IT WAS A LOT OF TIME, BUT I THINK WELL SPENT, AND WE HAD JUST A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT YOURSELF, LEARN, LEARN ABOUT OTHERS AND THEIR EXPERIENCES, AND REALLY CONTEMPLATE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THIS MEANS TO OUR CITY. AND JUST A SPECIAL THANKS TO L OF THOSE WHO HAD GIVEN THEIR TIME. WE HAD INVITED A GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS, EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO SOME OF OUR OUR STAFF HERE IN MARYSVILLE, SOME OF THE EXECUTIVE STAFF AND OTHERS TO JUST PARTICIPATE, GIVE US FEEDBACK AND AND INFORM OUR [00:25:07] DECISION. SO APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK OF EVERYONE THAT WENT INTO THAT. AND AGAIN, JUST WELCOME TO THE CITY, MARYSVILLE, AND APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT. SO IN REGARDS TO THIS RESOLUTION, I DO WANT TO BRING UP A COUPLE ITEMS. THERE IS A THERE WOULD BE A REQUEST TO HAVE A MOTION TO WAIVE THIRD READING, SECOND AND THIRD READING SUCH THAT THE LEGISLATION COULD BE PASSED THIS EVENING. AND IF, TIM, YOU WANTED TO ADD ANYTHING SUPPLEMENTAL TO THAT, PLEASE DO SO. NO, THAT'S RIGHT. I MEAN, IT'S RESOLUTION INVOLVES THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS. SO THEREFORE IT REQUIRES THREE READINGS. AND THE RESOLUTION STATES THAT THE THE HIRING IS EFFECTIVE JULY 6TH. SO EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A 30 DAY REFERENDUM PERIOD, THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE LEGISLATION IS JULY 6TH. OKAY. SO IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS AND IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS, I WOULD SEEK A MOTION TO WAIVE THIRD READING. MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO WAIVE THIRD READING. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. ANY DISCUSSION? ROLL CALL, MR. BURGER. YES. MR. HUNTER. YES. MRS. TAKACS. YES. MR. REAMS. MRS. YOUNG. YES. MR. BORDNER. YES. MR. WOLFF. YES. THIRD READING IS WAIVED. OKAY. NEXT WOULD BE I WOULD SEEK A MOTION TO WAIVE SECOND READING. MR. PRESIDENT, I MAKE THE MOTION TO WAIVE SECOND READING. ANY DISCUSSION? ROLL CALL, MR. HUNTER. YES. MRS. PACKAGE. YES. MR. REAMS. YES. MRS. YOUNG YES. MR. BORDNER. YES. MR. WOLFF. YES. MR. BURGER YES. SEVEN YES. SECOND READING IS WAIVED. LASTLY, I WILL SEEK A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION, MR. PRESIDENT. YES, SIR. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH KIMBERLY SHARP, AND I MOVE TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN REAMS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ROLL CALL. MRS. PACKAGE. YES. MR. REAMS. YES. MRS. YOUNG. YES. MR. BORDNER. YES. MR. WOLFF. YES. MR. BURGER YES. MR. HUNTER. YES. SEVEN. YES. LEGISLATION PASSES. THANK YOU. APPROPRIATE. I WANT TO GIVE ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO INTRODUCE WHO YOU HAVE WITH YOU AS WELL. WE CAN GET A PICTURE FIRST, PERHAPS. OKAY. I HAVE MY MOM, LINDA SHARP, AND MY YOUNGEST SON, BENJAMIN SMITH. MY HUSBAND AND OLDER TWO BOYS ARE OFF AT A GUYS TRIP IN ALASKA. OTHERWISE THEY'D BE HERE. BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE MY MOM AND DAD RAISING ME TO BE A SUPER HARD WORKER. I'M A BIT OF A WORKAHOLIC, SO THANK YOU MOM, AND THANK YOU DAD, WHO'S NOT HERE. BUT I KNOW HE'S THINKING ABOUT THIS. AND MY BOYS, ALL MY BOYS ARE AWESOME. SO APPRECIATE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND THANK YOU COUNCIL. I REALLY DO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. GREAT. WE CAN GET A PICTURE PERHAPS WITH THIS GROUP. AND THEN YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP NEXT IF YOU WANT. I'M NOT NO PRESSURE, NO PRESSURE. YOU ARE INVITED, BUT IT'S COMPLETELY UP TO YOU. THAT'S UP TO YOU. WE'LL DO, WE'LL DO. WE'LL DO AN INFORMAL ONE LATER. HOW'S THAT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. AND THEN WE HAVE A WHOLE REMAINDER OF THE MEETING. SO AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT TONIGHT YOU WOULD YOU DO NOT START UNTIL JULY 6TH AS WE JUST DISCUSSED. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING HERE THIS EVENING. BUT YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING. HOWEVER, YOU ARE ALSO MORE THAN WELCOME TO DEPART FOR THE EVENING. SO SAFE [31-26] TRAVELS. THANK YOU. ORDINANCES 31-26. THIRD READING. VOTE TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN AN APPLICATION TO EXPAND THE NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITY DISTRICT OF JEROME VILLAGE COMMUNITY AUTHORITY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. AS THE PROXIMATE COMMUNITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION THREE, 49.01 M OF THE OHIO REVISED CODE ADMINISTRATION. NOTHING FURTHER. COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. DISCUSSION BY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. MR. YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS JEROME VILLAGE AND [00:30:03] THE NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITY. THIS IS NOT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO PLAN OR APPROVE. YOU KNOW, THAT IS A DISTINCTION THAT BELONGS TO THE TOWNSHIP. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THE NCAA, THE NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITY, WHICH IS A FINANCIAL TOOL SO THAT THE GROWTH THAT HAPPENS PAY FOR PAYS FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S NEEDED IN THE AREA. AND, AND MOST OF THE FUNDS GO DIRECTLY TO THAT AREA TO FUND THE INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT THERE'S ALSO A PORTION OF IT THAT COMES TO THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. AND, YOU KNOW, I, I LOOK AT THAT WE'VE GOT GROWTH HAPPENING OUTSIDE THE CITY, AND IT HAS AN IMPACT ON THE CITY. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE COMING IN, SHOPPING, VISITING, YOU KNOW, OUR BUSINESSES OR, OR PEOPLE HERE IN TOWN. AND IT CREATES AN IMPACT. AND THIS IS A FINANCIAL TOOL THAT ALLOWS FOR THAT GROWTH TO PAY FOR ITS IMPACT DIRECTLY IN THE TOWNSHIP AND INDIRECTLY HERE. AND I, I SEE IT AS A GREAT WAY FOR, YOU KNOW, BOTH THE TOWNSHIP AND THE CITY TO BENEFIT WITHOUT HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, CUT SERVICES TO PAY FOR THESE THINGS OR RAISE FEES OR TAXES ON EXISTING RESIDENTS. WE'RE TRULY LETTING THE GROWTH PAY FOR THAT IMPACT WITHOUT PASSING IT ON THE COST ON TO EXISTING RESIDENTS. SO, YOU KNOW, I, I'M IN FAVOR OF PASSING THIS. AND, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST SEE, YOU KNOW, THE BENEFITS THAT IT CREATES IN ALLOWING FOR THAT GROWTH TO REALLY PAY FOR THE IMPACT THAT IT'S CREATING. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN REAMES ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS AGENDA ITEM? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS AS WELL, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE PERSPECTIVE. THIS IS A JEROME TOWNSHIP ITEM, AND WE'RE THE PROXIMATE CITY, SO WE'RE HAVING TO TAKE A VOTE ON THIS. I WOULD HATE TO SEE AN ACTION BY THIS COUNCIL NEGATIVELY IMPACT ANOTHER JURISDICTION. SO APPRECIATE THE PERSPECTIVE AND YOUR SHARED COMMENTS. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, I WILL SEEK A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. SO MOVED. SO THERE IS A MOTION. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ROLL CALL. MR. REAMES YES. MRS. YOUNG YES. MR. BORDNERES. MR. WOLFE YES. MR. BURGER YES. MR. HUNTER. YES. MRS. TECH YES. [32-26] SEVEN. YES. MOTION PASSES. ORDINANCE 32-26. THIRD READING VOTE TO ACCEPT THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY CONTAINING PLUS OR -1.14 ACRES IN PARIS TOWNSHIP, UNION COUNTY TO THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, OHIO. ADMINISTRATION. NOTHING FURTHER. COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBERS WISHING TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. SEEING NONE, I WILL SEEK A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. SO MOVED. ROLL CALL. MRS. YOUNG. YES. MR. BORDNER YES. MR. WOLFF NO. MR. BURGER YES. MR. HUNTER YES. MRS. TECH YES. MR. REAMS YES. SIX. YES. LEGISLATION PASSES ORDINANCE 33-26 THIRD READING [33-26] VOTE TO ACCEPT THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY CONTA CONTG PLUS OR -35.8 ACRES IN DOVER TOWNSHIP, UNION COUNTY TO THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, OHIO. ADMINISTRATION. NOTHING FURTHER. COUNCIL. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, I WILL SEEK A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION PASS LEGISLATION. WE HAVE A MOTION ROLL CALL. MR. BORDNER YES, MR. WOLFE. NO. MR. BURGER YES. MR. HUNTER. YES. MRS. TAKACS YES. MR. REAMS YES. MRS. YOUNG YES. SIX. YES. LEGISLATION PASSES. ORDINANCE 34-26 SECOND READING [34-26] PUBLIC HEARING TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF PUBLIC SERVICE ITEMS VALUED OVER $1,000. ADMINISTRATION. NOTHING FURTHER UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. THIS IS SECOND READING. SO AT THIS TIME WE WILL WELCOME CITIZENS COMMENTING ON THIS ITEM. ANY CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK? YOU ARE WELCOME TO APPROACH THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME. SEEING NO CITIZENS COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? REITERATE. MR. PRESIDENT, YOU KNOW THE BENEFIT OF THIS ACTIVITY. YOU KNOW, WE REVIEWED LAST MEETING [00:35:06] THE THE SUMMARY OF VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THAT WERE BEING, YOU KNOW, AUCTIONED OFF. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU SAW A LOT OF OUR OF A LOT OF OUR EQUIPMENT HAS COME TO END OF LIFE HIGH MILEAGE. I THINK THERE WAS AN F250 WITH LIKE 400, 000 MILES OR SOMETHING, WHICH JUST SPEAKS TO THE, TO THE, THE CAPABILITIES OF OUR, OF OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF HERE. BUT REALLY THE BENEFIT IS THE, THE, THE AUCTIONING PARTIES WILL RECEIVE OR AFTER THE AUCTION, THE, THE, THE, THE FUNDS THAT ARE REALIZED FROM FROM THE AUCTION WILL BE REALLOCATED TO THE ORIGINAL. EXPENSE. BRAD HELPED ME OUT. THE ORIGINAL PARDON. YEAH, THE ORIGINAL FUNDS. SO IT HELPS TO GO FUND NEW NEW NEW CAPEX. SO THIS IS JUST A GOOD WAY TO TRY TO OFFSET SOME OF SOME OF THE CITY'S EXPENSE FOR CAPITAL EQUIPMENT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BORDNER. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR THIRD READING VOTE ON JULY 13TH. [35-26] ORDINANCE 35-26. FIRST READING INTRODUCTION TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF NOTES IN THE AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED 838,000. AND IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ONE DESIGNING, ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTING CONSTRUCTING VARIOUS STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WITH SITE AND CURB IMPROVEMENTS RELATING THERETO TO CONSTRUCTING VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS AND TO PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES WITH RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND APPRENTICES THERETO. THREE CONSTRUCTING AND IMPROVING VARIOUS STREET RESURFACING AND PAVING PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR ACQUIRING VARIOUS FIRE, POLICE AND EMS EQUIPMENT WITH RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND APPRENTICES FIVE. ACQUIRING, DEVELOPING, DESIGNING, IMPROVING AND INSTALLING INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND RELATED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND SIX PAYING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH DESIGNING, CONSTRUCTING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING A NEW FIRE STATION WITH RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND APPURTENANCES THERETO AND RETIRING NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR SUCH PURPOSE. AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING RELATED MATTERS, AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATION. BRAD, ANYTHING TO ADD? YEAH. SO, MACKENZIE, WHAT DO YOU GOT? 2020 PAGE POWERPOINT READY FOR THIS ONE? YEAH. YEAH. NO. SO THIS ONE IS VERY SIMPLE. THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR WELL, EVERY YEAR YOU'VE BEENOUNCIL AND AND EVERY YEAR I'VE BEEN HERE PRESENTING IT. SO WE HAVE TWO SHORT TERM BOND ISSUANCES THAT WE DO. HOWEVER WITH THIS ONE, YOU MAY RECALL LAST YEAR WE PAID OFF THE GENERAL FUND PORTION OF THIS, UTILIZING FUNDS FROM THE SALE OF LAND AND INNOVATION PARK. SO WHAT REALLY IS LEFT ON THIS ONE IS THE TIF DEBT RELATED TO THE PROJECT. GROW TURN LANE ON INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY. THAT TIF IS NOT WELL, IT'S TECHNICALLY GENERATING REVENUE, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN COLLECTED YET BECAUSE THE TIF PILOT PAYMENT HASN'T BEEN APPROVED BY THE STATE. THAT IS A MULTI YEAR PROCESS FOR I'LL JUST SAY SOME REASON. SO WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. HOWEVER DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE DEBT DOESN'T NEED TO BE REFINANCED. SO THE TOTAL WAS 838,000 IS ALL LIKE I SAID, IT'S ALL RELATED TO THAT. NOW WHAT I WILL SAY IS THIS. WE ARE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AS WE NORMALLY DO, TO ISSUE THIS DEBT. HOWEVER, WHAT IS LIKELY GOING TO HAPPEN IS INSTEAD OF FINANCING THIS AS A SHORT TERM DEBT TO BE REFINANCED AGAIN IN A YEAR, WE WILL LIKELY GO AHEAD AND FINANCE THIS THROUGH THE LIFE OF THE TIF. MUCH LIKE THE DEBT THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT. SO I BELIEVE IT'S A I WANT TO SAY IT'S A TEN YEAR TIF, MAYBE A 15. BUT REGARDLESS, THE TIF WILL JUST BE FINANCED OVER THE LIFE OF THAT, AND I'LL MAKE PAYMENTS ON IT FROM THE TIF PROCEEDS WHEN I GET THEM. AND YOU'LL NEVER SEE THIS AGAIN. THAT IS THE PLAN MOVING FORWARD. THE REASON FOR THAT ISN'T SO MUCH INTEREST SAVINGS. THIS ISN'T A TON OF MONEY IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, SO THE INTEREST RATES AREN'T REALLY A FACTOR. IT'S MORE THAT THAT IS SUCH A SMALL AMOUNT THAT WHEN IT GOES TO MARKET, NO ONE BUYS IT. SO THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED WITH OUR 2026 A DEBT, THE 1.4 MILLION THAT DEBT ACTUALLY DIDN'T SELL ON THE OPEN MARKET. THE BANK THAT WAS HANDLING THE SALE FOR US WENT AHEAD AND BOUGHT IT. YOU KNOW, AT THE AT THE RATE THAT WE WERE SELLING IT AT. SO IT WORKED OUT FOR US. BUT IF WE COULDN'T SELL 1.4 MILLION ON THE OPEN MARKET, [00:40:04] WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SELL 838. IT'S JUST THE REALITY IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR OUT THERE ARE THINGS LIKE THE REISSUE, THE REFINANCE DEBT THAT YOU JUST DID FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. SO IN THE END, IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE ORDINANCE. WE'LL STILL GO THROUGH THE THREE READINGS. I AM ASKING THIS TO BE PASSED AS AN EMERGENCY, HOWEVER, BECAUSE THAT DEBT WILL COME DUE. I WANT TO SAY IT'S AUGUST 6TH OR EIGHTH, BUT IT'S RIGHT AROUND THEN. SO THAT'S THE REASON THIS HAS AN EMERGENCY CLAUSE ON IT. SO WE'LL GO THROUGH ALL THREE READINGS. DON'T NEED TO ACCELERATE THE READINGS, BUT IT DOES NEED TO BE PASSED AS EMERGENCY. SO IT GOES INTO EFFECT WHEN YOU PASS IT AT THE SECOND MEETING OF JULY. THANK YOU, MR. LUTZ. ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? NO, I WOULD JUST SAY DUE TO THE TIMING, DUE TO THE TIMING AND THE NEED TO PASS THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE ALL SEVEN OF US HERE TONIGHT, I THINK WE SHOULD ADDRESS THAT TONIGHT. I MOVE TO PASS THE EMERGENCY. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THIS WILL BE ROLL CALL. A ROLL CALL, PLEASE, MR. WOLFF? YES. MR. BERGER. YES. MR. HUNTER. YES. MR. STARK. YES. MR. REAMS. YES. MRS. YOUNG. YES. MR. BODNAR YES. SEVEN. YES. MOTION PASSES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYTHING FURTHER ON THIS ITEM THEN? THANK YOU, MR. LUTZ. APPRECIATE THE UPDATE. [36-26] THIS WILL BE BACK FOR SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON JULY 13TH. ORDINANCE 36-26. FIRST READING INTRODUCTION TO AMEND PART THREE TRAFFIC CODE OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. CODIFIED ORDINANCES AND I HAVE A PRESENTATION TO PULL UP. AND THIS IS, YEAH, PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OVER THAT. BUT THIS WILL THIS IS JUST, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, FIRST READING TONIGHT ON ON E BIKE TRAFFIC CODE. SO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD. IT'S A REALLY GOOD SOLID START, BUT DON'T FEEL LIKE WE CAN'T MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IF YOU IF YOU LOOK THROUGH IT A LITTLE BIT. SO WE CAN ALWAYS DO THAT BETWEEN NOW AND SECOND READING AND THINGS SUCH AS THAT. YEAH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE FIRST COUPLE SLIDES. AND THEN ONCE IT GETS INTO TECHNICAL ITEMS, I'M GOING TO PASS IT DOWN TO CHIEF BROOKS FOR THE, THE, THE DIFFICULT STUFF. SO AS IT RELATES TO E-BIKE REGULATIONS, SOME OF THE HISTORY, ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS INQUIRED ABOUT THIS IN THE FALL. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HAD ON PARKS AND REC COMMISSION AGENDA IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER WE GOT PRETTY GOOD TO WHERE WE WANTED TO GO WITH THE CODE, AND THEN FEBRUARY WE FINALIZED EVERYTHING AND THEN MET WITH CHIEF BROOKS AND REALIZED THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE AS IT RELATES TO THE ENTIRE TRAFFIC CODE. SO THERE WERE A HANDFUL OF ITEMS WITHIN THE TRAFFIC CODE THAT WE ENDED UP CHANGING. SO AS IT RELATES TO THAT, THE CHANGES ARE PRETTY MINOR. LIKE THEY STILL REFER TO THE CITY MANAGER AS THE DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION. SO WE TRIED TO DO SOME CLEANUP WHILE WE'RE DOING IT AS WELL. THERE WERE MAYBE NOT TYPOS, BUT IT WAS MISSING SOME HYPHENS AND SOME THINGS LIKE THAT THAT YOU GUYS WILL SEE IN YOUR PACKET. SO THE ULTIMATE GOAL FROM THIS WAS MORE JUST CLARIFICATION FOR THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC AS IT RELATES TO E-BIKES, MICROMOBILITY DEVICES. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT TONY WAS ABLE TO COME UP WITH. OUR BIGGEST GOAL FROM THIS IS E-BIKES ARE VERY POPULAR TODAY. WHAT'S THE NEXT THING? HOW DO WE GET SOMETHING THAT'S OVERARCHING? SO WHEN YOU KNOW, POWERED SKATEBOARDS ARE NOW THE NEXT THING NEXT YEAR, WE'RE COVERED SO THAT TONY HAS OR CHIEF BROOKS AND THE REST OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE THE ABILITY TO ENFORCE SOME OF THOSE RULES. SO WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT WHERE WE'RE AT NOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE GOT ON ON THE BOOKS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT PD IS GOING TO BE ISSUING TICKETS TO EIGHT YEAR OLDS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S MORE OF A, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR TO WHEN WE BROUGHT THE LEAVES, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE PUT LEAVES IN THE ROAD. HEY, CAN YOU GUYS NOT DO THAT? HERE'S THE CODE IN PLACE. THIS IS WHY WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO IT. BUT IT'S MORE TO BE A TOOL. AND, AND PD'S TOOLBOX SO THAT THEY CAN ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC. SO YOU WANT TO KNOW MY EYES ARE NOT THAT GOOD. WE GOT AN E-BIKE ON THE TOP LEFT, AN E-SCOOTER, A SEATED E-SCOOTER, WHICH DIDN'T REALIZE THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE. THERE ARE MANY E MOTORCYCLE WHICH ARE APPARENTLY NEVER LEGAL. IS THAT ACCURATE? E SKATEBOARD AND THEN A HOVERBOARD. SO I THINK MY CHILDREN HAVE HAD ONE OF EACH OF THESE AT SOME POINT. SO. ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT ARE E-BIKES? SO THE BIG THING WITH WITH THE E-BIKES THERE'S DIFFERENT CLASSES. SO CLASS ONE IS PROBABLY WHAT MOST, MOST CHILDREN HAVE. THEY TOP OUT AT [00:45:03] 20 MILES AN HOUR, WHICH SOUNDS FAST BASED ON THE ONE TIME I BORROWED THEIR THEIR E-BIKE, BUT PEDAL ASSIST AND THEY HAVE THE SAME RULES AND ACCESS RIGHTS AS REGULAR BIKES. SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT CHIEF BROOKS WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE WAS REFLECTED. IF YOU CAN RIDE A REGULAR BIKE SOMEWHERE, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO RIDE AN E-BIKE SOMEWHERE YOU JUST MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ENGAGE ON THE, ON THE MOTOR. SO THAT'S PEDAL ASSIST. CLASS TWO IS THROTTLE ASSIST WITH THE SAME, YOU KNOW, 20 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT. AGAIN, THAT'S PROBABLY FLAT GROUND, NOT GOING DOWNHILL, BUT IT'S USEFUL. AGAIN, MOST CHILDREN ARE GOING TO HAVE CLASS ONE OR CLASS TWO, THE ONES THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THIS PRESENTATION IS THE CLASS THREE. SO THOSE GO UP TO 28 MILES AN HOUR. SEEMS LIKE THAT'S MORE SITUATED MAYBE FOR ADULTS. BUT YOU KNOW, AS IT RELATES TO 28 MILES AN HOUR, I STILL REMEMBER GOING TO THE PHARMACY AT LIKE 8:00 AND I'M DRIVING DOWN A ROAD THAT'S 35 MILES AN HOUR. AND THE BIKE WAS KEEPING UP WITH ME. AND THIS IS AT 930 AT NIGHT IN, IN RAIN AS WELL. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS. THE OTHER THING AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY SPECIFICALLY TO PARKS IS, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THERE'S E-BIKES ARE ON THE JIM SIMMONS TRAIL AND THEY'RE ZOOMING AND WEAVING AND DOING SOME THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT MAKES IT UNSAFE NOT ONLY FOR OTHER BICYCLISTS, BUT ALSO FOR OTHER FOLKS THAT ARE TRYING TO UTILIZE, UTILIZE THE TRAIL. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO TONY ON AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, SOME SOMEWHAT OF A SYNOPSIS OF THE CODE CHANGES THAT THAT ARE BEFORE COUNCIL RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. JEREMY. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CLASS ONE, CLASS TWO E-BIKES. SO THOSE ARE BASICALLY BICYCLES WITH THE ELECTRONIC MOTORS, WITH THOSE 20 MILE AN HOUR LIMIT. SO BASICALLY WE SAY WHEREVER YOU RIDE THE BICYCLE, WHICH IS SIDEWALKS SHARED WITH SHARED USE PATHS OR PLACES THAT ARE EXCLUSIVELY FOR BICYCLES, THEY CAN BE RIDDEN ON THERE. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU'RE RIDING THEM ON THE SIDEWALK, JUST BECAUSE THAT'S MAINLY FOR PEDESTRIANS, WE'RE GOING TO REQUIRE THAT YOU ONLY HAVE HUMAN POWER OR JUST THE PEDALS. ENGAGED MOTOR CANNOT SHOULD NOT BE ENGAGED WHEN ON A SIDEWALK. THE MICRO MOBILITY DEVICES, TRADITIONALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE THE E-SCOOTERS, THE ONES WE SEE THE THE KIDS ON WHIPPING HERE AND THERE AND EVERYWHERE. WE SEE PREDOMINANTLY MORE. THE RIDERS OPERATORS OF THOSE ARE THE YOUNGER FOLKS. SO WE'D LIKE TO LIMIT THAT TO THE 25 MILE AN HOUR STREETS. WE DON'T NEED THEM ON 31. WE DON'T NEED THOSE ON OUR HIGHER SPEED STREETS. AND THEN SPEAKING OF THE KIND OF BOUNCING BACK AND FORTH HERE, THE E-BIKE, BICYCLE MOBILITY DEVICE, ET-CETERA, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 SHOULD BE WEARING A HELMET THAT. THERE'S STUDIES THAT HAVE SHOWN BIKE CRASHES WITHOUT WEARING A HELMET ARE SUBSTANTIALLY WORSE THAN BIKE CRASHES. WHEN THE OPERATORS WEARING HELMET. AGAIN, WE SEE MORE YOUTH RIDING THAN THAN WE DO ADULTS RIDING THEM. SO THIS IS JUST A STEP TO TRY TO TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE OUT THERE. ALSO, FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, IT'S A LOT EASIER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SAY, YOU SHOULD BE WEARING A HELMET AND NOT TRYING TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN IF IT'S 16 YEARS OLD OR WHATEVER, IT JUST, IT'S EASIER FOR US TO, TO BECOME AWARE OF IT AGAIN, NOT FOR CITATION PURPOSES, BUT FOR MORE OF AN EDUCATIONAL PIECE OF, HEY, LISTEN, WE NEED YOU TO WEAR A HELMET TO KEEP YOURSELF SAFE. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE MY GLASSES OFF BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE THAT FAR. AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THE THE E-BIKES WITH THE ELECTRONIC MOTORS NOT BEING ENGAGED ON THE SIDEWALK. THE CLASS THREE BIKES ARE THE ONES THAT JEREMY ALLUDED TO RUN CONSIDERABLY FASTER THAN THE OTHER TWO. SO WE'RE SAYING THOSE BIKES SHOULD ONLY BE ON THE STREET JUST GIVEN HOW FAST THEY GO. THOSE SHOULD. THAT'S WHERE THEY BELONG. AND WE ALSO SAID THAT THOSE SHOULD BE RIDDEN BY 16 AND UP. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE A TEN YEAR OLD RIDING A CLASS THREE E-BIKE. AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THE SIDEWALKS AND SHARED USE PATHS ABOUT WHERE WHERE THOSE ARE PERMISSIBLE IN THE CITY, ON THE TRAIL, ON THE PATHS, WE SAID A REASONABLE SPEED LIMIT FOR THAT'S GOING TO BE TEN MILES AN HOUR. AGAIN, PRIMARILY FOR PEDESTRIANS USING THOSE [00:50:03] TRAILS. WHAT WE DON'T NEED IS SOMEONE COMING 20 MILES AN HOUR OVER A CURVE AND SOMEBODY WALKING, AND WE END UP WITH SOMEBODY GETTING HIT BY SOMEONE ON ON A BICYCLE, E-BIKE, ETC. AGAIN, CLASS THREE, NOT ON THE SHARED USE PATH. AND THEN THE FINAL THING ON THIS SLIDE, THERE IS A PROVISION THAT PUTS SOME KIND OF THE ONUS OR KNOWLEDGE BACK ON PARENTS TO SO THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE FOR THEIR KID. BECAUSE I THINK IN SOME SITUATIONS WHERE PARENTS BUY IN THESE KIDS, THESE WHAT THEY DEEM AS TOYS AND TURNING THEM LOOSE, THEY NEED TO BE AWARE OF THE DANGERS OF THIS AND WHAT THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE. SO THERE'S A PROVISION IN THERE AS WELL TO HELP BRING THAT ATTENTION. AGAIN, NOT MEANT TO BE PUNITIVE NECESSARILY IN NATURE, BUT IF WE GET TO THAT POINT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THE THE RESPONSIBILITY WOULD WOULD LIE. YEAH. SO I'LL GIVE AN INTRO TO THIS. SO REALLY, WITH THE HELP OF JOE AND WITH CHIEF BROOKS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY A CHANGE LIKE THIS, CONSIDERING THIS IS THE NEW BIGGEST FAD, THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOME SORT OF COMMUNICATION OR PUBLIC EDUCATION PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO TONY SO HE CAN GO THROUGH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE IDEAS WE HAVE. LUCKILY, IT SEEMS LIKE MOST COMMUNITIES HAVE SOMETHING NOW. IT'S ALL BEEN WITHIN THE LAST 3 TO 6 MONTHS. SO WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF TEMPLATES WE'LL SAY TO COPY OFF OF OR SEE WHAT WORKS FOR THEM AND GO ABOUT IT THAT WAY. SO CHIEF BROOKS, SO WE PLAN ON UTILIZING OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE MOST CONTACT WITH OUR SCHOOL AGE KIDS, UTILIZING MARYSVILLE SCHOOLS. HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THEM TO SEND OUT IN THEIR PARENT NEWSLETTER KIND OF THE NEW RULES AND REGULATIONS. SO PARENTS ARE AWARE, HAD SOME BRIEF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE UNION COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THEY WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US GET HELMETS DURING SAFETY TOWN. SO EACH KID GOT A HELMET DURING SAFETY TOWN THIS YEAR, HOPEFULLY TO PARTNER WITH THEM TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME HELMETS FOR FOR KIDS WHO MAY NOT HAVE THEM. WE'LL KIND OF INTRODUCE THIS AND TALK THROUGH THIS AT SAFETY TOWN EACH YEAR, ALONG WITH THE, THE, THE YOUTH ACADEMY THAT WE'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT OUR GRADUATES EARLIER TODAY. PLUS I'VE SEEN SOME OTHER FOLKS THAT HAVE ONLINE RESOURCES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF I GET THIS, WHERE CAN IT BE WRITTEN? KIND OF A CLEAR STEP BY STEP OR LINE BY LINE EXPLANATION AS TO WHERE CAN MY CLASS ONE E-BIKE BE WRITTEN? WHAT'S THE REQUIREMENTS TO, YOU KNOW, HELMETS, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. SO, AND I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO TO JOE BRIEFLY. SO WE'RE KIND OF COMING UP WITH IDEAS TO KIND OF DO SOCIAL MEDIA BLAST EDUCATION THROUGH THAT. OUR OFFICERS WILL BE OUT, OUR PATROL OFFICERS WILL BE OUT AS WELL, HOPEFULLY. AND A LITTLE ONE SHEET HANDOUT TO SOME KIDS IF WE SEE, YOU KNOW, NOT WEARING HELMETS, NOT FOLLOWING THE RULES TO PASS ALONG TO THEM AND MAYBE PARENTS AS WELL. YEAH. SO YOU'LL SEE EXAMPLES. THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS IT LOOKS LIKE THE CITY OF TROY SHARED THE ODOT, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION THAT THEY GOT OUT ON FACEBOOK. WE'VE GOT NEW ALBANY'S WEBSITE HERE, DUBLIN'S HERE. AND THEN DUBLIN ALSO HAD A FACT SHEET. SO I THINK THE FACT SHEET WILL BE, YOU KNOW, IMPORTANT. SO THAT WAY THE OFFICERS HAVE THAT READY AND THEY CAN HAND THAT OUT TO, TO ANY OF THE CHILDREN OR PARENTS THAT HAVE QUESTIONS. AND THEN WE STILL AT SOME POINT HAVE TO WORK ON SIGNAGE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S KNOWN ON, ON THE PASS, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE, WHAT THE RULES ARE. SO I HAVE NOT BEGUN TO TABULATE HOW MANY SIGNS THAT INVOLVES, BUT IT COULD BE QUITE A FEW. AND THAT'S REALLY IT. SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, OBVIOUSLY CHIEF BROOKS AND I CAN, YOU KNOW, ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCILMAN WOLF, IF YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, ECHO WHAT PARKS AND REC COMMISSION SAID HAVE AT IT. BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT SO FAR. YEAH. SO I'LL JUST I'LL KEEP IT SHORT. BUT AS YOU SAW, THERE WERE QUITE A FEW MEETINGS WHERE WE HAD A CONVERSATION RELATING TO THIS AND A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON WHAT SHOULD AND SHOULDN'T BE INCLUDED AND KIND OF REFINING THAT LANGUAGE THAT WE STARTED OUT WITH. SO THERE WAS A LOT OF GOOD CONVERSATION. AND IT LED TO THIS, AS WE SEE TODAY. SO I'M SURE THERE'LL BE SOME SOME MORE COMMENTS AND CHANGES AS WE GO THROUGH THIS OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR SO AND LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING WITH YOU. ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WISHING, MR. WARNER, I SAW FIRST. SO SO THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BIKES, BUT I WAS OUT IN PHOENIX LAST WEEK AND I SAW THOSE LITTLE DOORDASH CARS GOING ALL AROUND PHOENIX. WE MAY WANT TO START THINKING ABOUT. YEAH, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT FALLS UNDER MICROMOBILITY. I'VE SEEN THEM ON OSU'S CAMPUS, AND IT SEEMS [00:55:03] LIKE THEY CAN DRIVE OVER CURBS AND, AND, OR PEOPLE, DEPENDING ON HOW THAT WORKS. SO YEAH, MAYBE THAT IS THAT COULD BE HERE BEFORE WE KNOW IT. BUSY STREETS AND THEY WERE JUST RIGHT ALONG THE BUSY STREET. IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE. YEAH. IF YOU'RE. YEAH. MR. PRESIDENT, I GUESS I, I'VE GOT A COUPLE MAYBE QUESTIONS AND THEN I GUESS WHAT, WHAT IS THE PROBLEM STATEMENT? WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO SOLVE FOR? DO WE DO WE HAVE. WELL, I THINK WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE ISSUES, WHETHER IT'S CRASHES INVOLVING E-BIKES OR COMPLAINTS FROM CITIZENS ABOUT YOUNGER KIDS ON E-SCOOTERS THAT ARE JUST BASICALLY DARTING IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC AND CREATING A REAL SAFETY RISK FOR THEMSELVES. DO WE HAVE ANY DATA, LIKE NUMBER OF CALLS OR WRECKS OR THAT SHOWS LIKE, LIKE, WHAT'S THE TRUE IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY WITH BECAUSE I, I KNOW THAT THIS IS A TOPIC GLOBALLY, NATIONWIDE, THEY'RE TRYING TO BAN E-BIKES OUT IN CALIFORNIA. SO LIKE, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM. I'M JUST INTERESTED IN WHAT'S MARYSVILLE'S PROBLEM AND WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO SOLVE FOR? YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN PULL THE DATA. AND THIS IS ORIGINALLY JUST COMING FROM A COMPLAINT FROM ONE OF THE COMMISSION MEMBERS THAT THEY, THEY NOTICED IT QUITE A BIT. SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THIS WAS OUR SOLUTION TO ADDRESS THAT COMPLAINT. BUT KNOWING THAT IT WAS A COMPLAINT FROM ONE PERSON, OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE EVERYTHING FOR ONE PERSON. BUT THEN SEEMED LIKE CHIEF BROOKS MENTIONED THEY STARTED GETTING FLOODED. I JUST WONDERONDER AT WHAT POINT E OVERREACHING BECAUSE WHAT IF PEOPLE START COMPLAINING ABOUT BICYCLES GETTING IN THE WAY ON, ON, ON THE ROAD? OR I THINK SOMEBODY ON A SKATEBOARD, WE'RE LEGISLATING WHERE WHERE THE OPERATION IS. THERE IS LEGISLATION THAT LED THAT. THERE'S RULES AND REGS THAT OPERATE HOW BICYCLES CAN BE OPERATED. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS PUTTING THAT IN FOR E-BIKES AND THESE OTHER THINGS, WHICH WE'RE NOT THOUGHT OF WHEN THE BICYCLE CODE WENT INTO. AND THEY'RE NOT MOTORCYCLES, SO THEY DON'T QUALIFY FOR THAT. AND THEY'RE NOT QUITE BICYCLES, SO THEY DON'T QUALIFY FOR THAT. SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO CAPTURE THAT. I AGREE WITH THE HELMET THING. MY KIDS HAVE SCOOTERS AND BIKES AND THEY RIDE AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY ALWAYS HAVE A HELMET ON. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO GET ON THEIR BICYCLE, THEIR E-SCOOTER, OR ANY OTHER ROLLING MOTORIZED DEVICE. IT'S JUST PRACTICAL PARENTING. SO I DO AGREE WITH THE WITH THE 18, YOU NEED TO HAVE A HELMET WHERE MAYBE I'LL ASK IS WHEN I WAS 14, I HAD A MOPED AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET YOUR MOPED LICENSE AT 14. IS THAT STILL. THERE'S STILL A MOPED LICENSE. SO I JUST WONDER FOR LIKE THE CLASS THREE, CAN WE MAYBE CONSIDER ALIGNING THAT WITH, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF YOU GOT TO BE 16 TO WRITE A CLASS THREE E-BIKE WHEN YOU CAN BE 14 AND GET A LICENSE TO, TO WRITE A MOPED. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, THAT, THAT WE COULD CONTEMPLATE? I BELIEVE THOSE ARE ISSUED THROUGH THE, THE BMV, BUT I'LL HAVE TO CHECK ON THAT TO SEE HOW THAT WOULD WORK. AND THEN I ALSO WONDER, SEE CLASS ONE AND TWO. YOU'RE SAYING YOU CAN'T YOU CAN ONLY RIDE THEM ON. WELL, YOU CAN RIDE THEM ON THE SIDEWALK AND THEN ON ROADS THAT ARE UNDER 20 OR 25 MILES AN HOUR. AND UNDER IS WHAT I UNDERSTAND FOR THE M MOBILITY DEVICES. SO LIKE THE E-SCOOTERS IS THE 25 MILE AN HOUR. OKAY, SO I'LL JUST ASK THE QUESTION. MY KIDS AND I, WE LIKE TO MY WIFE AND I RIDE OUR BIKES. MY KIDS WILL RIDE THEIR SCOOTERS UP TO WHIT'S FROM EDINA POINT. SO WE GO DOWN 36 OR SORRY, LONDON AVENUE ON THE SIDEWALK. ARE WE STILL ABLE YOU'RE NOT ON THE ROADWAY TO DO THAT. WE'RE ON THE SIDEWALK. IT'S OKAY. YOU'RE NOT ON THE ROADWAY. BUT THEN ONCE WE GET INTO THAT CLASS 328 MILE AN HOUR OR WHATEVER, THAT'S WHEN IT HAS TO BE ON THE ROADWAY. CORRECT. AND WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S 35 ON LONDON. SO YOU CAN WRITE, YOU CAN OPERATE A CLASS THREE BIKE WHILE WE'RE SAYING ON THE 25 MILE AN HOUR ZONE OR THE MICRO OR THE MOBILITY DEVICES. SO THE E-SCOOTERS, WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE SAYING THOSE NOT ON THE 25 MILE AN HOUR, OKAY. OR ON THE 25 MILE, NOT ABOVE 25 MILES AN HOUR. OKAY. THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAYBE CHALLENGE THE 14 OR THE 16 HAVING TO RIDE THE, THE SCOOTER. I THINK THAT THAT'S A LITTLE BIT. MAYBE WE CAN FIND A MAYBE TALKING ABOUT THE CLASS THREE. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. MAYBE [01:00:05] THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD FIGURE OUT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T REQUIRE, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS THOUGHT, AND MAYBE I'M WRONG, BUT IF IT'S UNDER 49 CC YOU DON'T NEED A LICENSE. IS THAT IS THAT AN INDIANA LAW OR IS THAT AN OHIO LAW? I'M I'M BUT I'D HAVE TO LOOK. YEAH, MAYBE IF WE COULD CHECK THAT BECAUSE ANYWAY, THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. IF WE COULD LOOK INTO THAT, I'D APPRECIATE IT. AND THAT MAY BE A OR C LEVEL THING TOO. I'LL HAVE TO REVIEW THE REVISED CODE TOO, BECAUSE THERE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S STICKING IN MY MIND, BUT I, I DON'T HAVE IT. YEAH, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT OFFLINE. OKAY. I GUESS I, I WILL FOLLOW UP TO THAT. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE SAYING IF YOU'RE 14, YOU CAN GET A LICENSE FOR A MOPED. AND MAYBE THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BECAUSE THESE DON'T REQUIRE A LICENSE, A CLASS THREE. AND SO IF YOU'RE 14 AND YOU DON'T HAVE A LICENSE. YOU CAN'T RIDE A MOPED EITHER. IF I'M 14 AND HAVE A MOPED LICENSE, I CAN'T RIDE AN E-BIKE. CASE IN POINT. YEAH. SO ARE WE GOING TO SAY IF YOU HAVE A IF YOU HAVE A MOPED LICENSE AT 14, OKAY, EVERY 14 YEAR OLD, GO TAKE A A RIDER SAFETY COURSE AND GET YOUR MOPED LICENSE JUST SO YOU CAN WRITE A CLASS THREE E-BIKE. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING? IF IF I MAY, THE O OR C DOES DEFINE THAT AS NO ONE UNDER THE AGE OF 16 CAN OPERATE A CLASS THREE E-BIKE. SO THAT'S WHERE THAT COMES FROM. EVEN WITH A LICENSE, THESE ARE NOT LICENSED. YOU DON'T YOU DON'T GET A LICENSE FOR AN E-BIKE LICENSE. A STATE ISSUED MOPEDS ARE NOT ISSUED FOR FOR E-BIKES. SORRY, THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME, BUT I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME REVISED CODE UPDATES. I'VE HEARD THERE MAY BE SOME REVISED CODES UPDATES COMING DOWN, BUT RIGHT NOW THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S WHERE THE LEGISLATURE LANDED US WITH IT. OKAY. SO SOMETHING'S IN THE PIPELINE. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. BUT AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL EVER GET TO SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY, BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD. OKAY, MR. PRESIDENT, GO AHEAD. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I KNOW JEREMY MENTIONED SIGNAGE THAT WE WE DO A GOOD JOB OF SIGNS. THERE IS A PROBLEM IN THE UPTOWN. I HAVE STEPPED OUT OF SEVERAL BUSINESSES, AND I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED THAT YOU WALK OUT THE DOOR AND SOMEBODY ZOOMS RIGHT BY YOU. AND WE ARE CLOSE TO COLLISIONS WITH STROLLERS. AND SO IN PLACES WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO NOT HAVE PEOPLE GOING 20 ON E MICRO-MOBILITY THE TECHNICAL TERM. SO IF WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE UPTOWN IS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE ANY. YEAH. AND THERE USED TO BE SIGNS, RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH. WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. YEAH. BECAUSE IT, IT GETS TO BE A LOT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S UPTOWN'S GOING ON. YEAH. SO. I'LL JUST MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS. GO AHEAD, MR. BERGER. I DON'T WANT THE PAPER TO PUT AS A TAGLINE CITY'S NOT CONSIDERING TICKETING EIGHT YEAR OLDS, BUT WHO ARE THEY GOING TO TICKET JUST SO YOU KNOW. OKAY, I DON'T WANT TO READ IT. AND THEN THE SIGNS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, I THINK ERIC PHILLIPS HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH. I'M BRINGING YOU INTO THE CONVERSATION. YEARS AGO, THERE USED TO BE SIGNS IN THE UPTOWN MEMBER OF THE ON THE POLES THAT SAID NO BIKING, NO ROLLERBLADING, NO SKATEBOARDING, ALL THAT STUFF. AND I THINK AT THE TIME THERE WAS CONSIDERATION OF REMOVING THOSE SIGNS TOO, BECAUSE ALL YOU HEARD WAS NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. AND SO THAT'S, I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THERE AREN'T THOSE SIGNS UP UP ANYMORE TO CREATE A MORE VIBRANCY UPTOWN. BUT YOUR POINTS ARE TAKEN. IT'S ALL EVERY, YOU KNOW, AS SOCIETY CHANGE, YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO CHANGE WITH SOCIETY. SO THAT'S I THINK THAT GOES BACK TO THE REASON WHY THOSE SIGNS WERE CHANGED. MAYBE FROM A MARKETING PERSPECTIVE, WE CHANGE IT INSTEAD OF IT SAYING NO TO LIKE, PLEASE WALK YOUR BIKE. YEAH, THERE YOU GO. SO IT'S A LITTLE FRIENDLIER. I LIKE THAT. YEAH, YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO ADD A COUPLE COMMENTS, MISTER COUNCILMAN BORDNER, JUST IN REGARD TO YOUR COMMENT ABOUT WHAT IS OUR PROBLEM DEFINITION HERE? AND MY I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO JUST SPEAK TO JUST SOME PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS, LIFE EXPERIENCE. SO MY WIFE 20 YEARS AGO WORKED IN THE DOT HALL AT THE OHIO STATE HOSPITAL. SO IT WAS THE BRAIN INJURY WING OF THE HOSPITAL. AND THERE'S, THERE'S PLENTY OF DATA THAT SHOWS. AND SHE WAS A SHE OBSERVED THIS AS PART OF HER WORK THAT IN SUMMERTIME, ESPECIALLY JUST MOTORCYCLES. AND I KNOW AND THIS IS NOTHING [01:05:06] AGAINST THOSE WHO WANT TO RIDE THEIR MOTORCYCLES AND LET THE, THE WIND FLOW THROUGH THEIR HAIR. BUT IT'S DEFINITELY THERE IS DATA THAT EXISTS THAT SHOWS AND WILL SHOW THAT AS THE SUMMER MONTHS COME ABOUT IN OHIO, THERE IS A CERTAIN INCREASE IN BRAIN INJURIES. FATALITIES ARE ANOTHER STORY, BUT BRAIN INJURIES, CERTAINLY THERE. THERE'S AN INCREASE. MY CURRENTLY. NOW HER SISTER WORKS FOR ANOTHER HOSPITAL IN COLUMBUS AREA AND OBSERVING THE SAME THING AND IN PARTICULAR, WHAT YOU SEE IN TODAY IS, IS THIS SPIKE IN INJURIES AMONGST YOUTH. AND IT IS BECAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT AND WIDESPREAD APPLICATION OF LITHIUM ION BATTERIES AND BICYCLES AT A LOW COST. I CLICKED ON AN AD ON SOCIAL MEDIA THREE MONTHS AGO, AND IT TAKES ME DOWN THIS TRAIL OF TRYING TO BUY ANY AND EVERY EBIKE THAT EXISTS KNOWN TO MAN. AND THE MORE THAT YOU COMPARE, THEN THE MORE BRANDS ARE THROWN AT YOU THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA ALGORITHMS AND WHATNOT. AND THEN EVERYTHING THAT I'VE SEEN. NOW I LOOK OUT AND I SEE KIDS DRIVING AROUND MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHAT'S WHAT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, SCARY TO ME IS ESPECIALLY THESE ONES WITH THESE TINY LITTLE WHEELS THAT, THAT KIDS ARE ZOOMING DOWN THE ROAD. AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS JUST KIDS TOO. IT'S SOMETIMES ADULTS, BUT THEY'RE ZOOMING DOWN THE ROAD WITH THESE SMALL WHEELS, JUST ME KNOWING THEY'RE GOING TO HIT A ROCK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND THAT THAT THING IS GOING TO FLIP AND THEY'RE NOT WEARING A HELMET. SO I KNOW THERE'S, THERE'S DATA SHOWING, AT LEAST WITH MOTOR VEHICLES, MOTORCYCLES, THAT BRAIN INJURIES ARE MORE AND MORE OCCURRING IN THE SUMMER MONTHS. AND BASED ON WHAT I'M HEARING OF PEOPLE WHO STILL WORK IN THE MEDICAL FIELD, BUT IT IS BECOMING A VERY GREAT PROBLEM IN OUR SOCIETY. ALL THAT SAID, WE'RE TO NOT LIVE IN A PADDED. WE'RE NOT TO NOT LIVE OR GROW UP IN A PADDED ROOM, WEARING PADS ALL ON OUR ARMS AND HEAD ALL THE TIME, RIGHT? WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY LIVE AND EXPERIENCE LIFE, BUT THAT, FOR SOME GUIDANCE, COME INTO PLAY. WHAT I AM A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED ABOUT WITH THIS IS I THOUGHT THAT I HAD HEARD CHIEF BROOKS, YOU'D MENTIONED THAT THE. SO I THINK THE THE TEXT HERE SAID THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO RIDE ON A SIDEWALK, IT SHOULD BE LIMITED AT TEN MILES PER HOUR. IS THAT RIGHT? THAT IS THE TRAIL. OKAY, A TRAIL, BUT A SIDEWALK. THE SIDEWALK IS JUST HUMAN POWER. SO YOU CAN ONLY PEDAL ON THAT. YOU CAN'T ENGAGE THEM, OKAY? YOU CANNOT ENGAGE THE MOTOR. AND THEN THE SORT OF THE CLASS ONE, CLASS TWO, WHICH ARE THE UP TO 20 MILE PER HOUR, THEY'RE TO NOT BE RIDDEN ON ROADS AT ALL. IS THAT RIGHT? NO. THOSE CAN BE RIDDEN ON ROADS JUST LIKE A BICYCLE. OKAY. AND HE CLASS THREE ARE ARE PROHIBITED FROM BEING ON SIDEWALKS AT ALL. CORRECT. THOSE ARE BASICALLY ROADWAY ONLY REGARDLESS IF THE MOTOR IS ENGAGED. CORRECT. OKAY. JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE THAT CAPABILITY. ONE THING THAT I NOTICED IN CLICKING THROUGH AND COMPARING ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT BIKES IS SOME OF THEM WILL HAVE SETTINGS WHERE IT'S SOLD TO CONSUMERS WITH A 20 MILE PER HOUR LIMIT. BUT THEN IF YOU HOLD DOWN THREE BUTTONS AT THE SAME TIME, YOU CAN GO INTO SOME DIAGNOSTIC SETTING, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR MAX SPEED TO 32MPH. SO I'M GOING TO JUST SAY THAT BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO ASSESS THE CAPABILITY OF BIKES. I THINK PEOPLE COULD PERHAPS CHANGE THE SETTING ON THE FLY AND WHATNOT. SO ADMINISTERING RULES I THINK COULD BE PROBLEMATIC. BUT I UNDERSTAND WHY THESE CITIES ARE DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND IT'S BECAUSE OF WHAT I OBSERVE, WHICH IS THESE OFTENTIMES CHILDREN ZOOMING DOWN THE ROAD, NOTHING ON THEIR HEAD, AND ME KNOWING WHAT I KNOW FOR THE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW WHO WORK IN MEDICAL, THAT IT'S AN EPIDEMIC, SO TO SPEAK, IN OUR IN OUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW WITH THE PROLIFERATION OF THESE THESE THINGS EVERYWHERE. SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN STRIKE A GOOD BALANCE IN WHAT MAKES SENSE, ALLOWS US TO HAVE OUR FREEDOMS. BUT WHAT ADDRESSES REALLY THE PROLIFERATION OF THIS TECHNOLOGY, THESE TYPES OF PRODUCTS BEING REALLY JUST THROWN AT CONSUMERS. SO, MR. PRESIDENT, I'M NOT I JUST WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR. I'M NOT. MY INTEREST WAS THE DATA THAT'S DRIVING THE DECISION TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC FOR TRANSPARENCY AND FOR EDUCATION. WE CAN'T, AS LEGISLATORS, JUST BRING A CHANGE POINT IN THE NAME OF PUBLIC SAFETY WITHOUT HAVING SOME SORT OF DATA. ANYBODY WHO'S ON FACEBOOK RIGHT NOW KNOWS THAT I'M BEING ATTACKED FOR A DECISION THAT I MADE WHEN WITH DATA, RIGHT? HOW DO YOU THINK THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO RESPOND TO A CHANGE POINT IF WE DON'T MAKE A DATA DRIVEN, INFORMED DECISION? THAT'S WHY WE ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED. I WOULD LIKE THE DATA TO BACK UP THE REASON WHY [01:10:05] WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING, AS OPPOSED TO JUST WAVING OUR HANDS IN THE AIR ON THE ON UNDER THE NOTION OF, OF PUBLIC SAFETY. IT'S NOT THAT I'M AGAINST THIS. I'M ALL ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY. EVERYBODY WHO KNOWS ME, KNOWS ME OR KNOWS THAT. BUT WE CAN'T JUST SIMPLY SAY, OH, WELL, I HAD A COUPLE COMPLAINTS AND, AND WE WANT TO CHANGE OUR CODE BECAUSE I HAD A COUPLE COMPLAINTS. LET'S SHARE THE DATA, BE TRANSPARENT WITH THE WHY, RIGHT LINK THE WHAT, I.E. THE CHANGE POINT TO THE WHY, I.E. THE DATA THAT SUGGESTS WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING. THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING. OTHERWISE, PUBLIC PERSPECTIVE PERCEPTION IS GOING TO BE THIS IS GOVERNMENT OVERREACH. THEY'RE TRYING TO TELL ME WHAT I CAN AND CAN'T DO. THERE'S NO REASON WHY THEY DID. THEY JUST HAD SOMEBODY COMPLAIN. AND NOW THEY'RE DOING DOING SOMETHING BECAUSE THEY'RE WHATEVER. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET OUT OF THIS CONVERSATION IS, IS BRING THE DATA, SHARE IT WITH THE PUBLIC. SO THEY UNDERSTAND THE, THE WHY TO THE WHAT. AND I WILL APOLOGIZE BECAUSE WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THE SLIDE, I SKIPPED OVER IT. WE HAVE CONTACTED BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THEY HAVE OFFERED TO PROVIDE HOSPITAL VISITS RELATED TO, TO THIS KIND OF STUFF. WE JUST HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT FAR. IT WOULD BE FANTASTIC IF THEY COULD COME IN AND SPEAK TO US AND SHARE THAT DATA. AND SO, SO WE CAN SHOW THE PUBLIC WE'RE WE'RE DOING THIS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, NOT JUST BECAUSE WE'RE LEGISLATORS AND WE CAN. YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S IT. I MENTIONED THIS, THE HELMETS FORGOT. THE OTHER PART OF THE HELMETS ARE IMPORTANT. I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE A 75 YEAR OLD, A GROWN ADULT, YOU SHOULD WEAR A HELMET. BUT THE REALITY IS, IS WHEN YOU'RE 18, YOU HAVE DECISIONS AND YOU GOTTA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM, RIGHT? THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. YEAH, I ABSOLUTELY AGREE. DATA WOULD DO A GOOD JOB IN JUST TELLING THE STORY. I, I AM CERTAIN THAT THERE'S GOING TO THERE WOULD BE DATA AVAILABLE AND PLENTY OF PEOPLE, EXPERTS TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC AND I, BUT I DO THINK THE, THE CHALLENGE WITH THE E-BIKES, WHAT I KNOW IS WHAT APPEALS TO ME IS YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A LICENSE, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S AN ELECTRIC MOTOR, BUT IT'S A MOTORIZED VEHICLE. SO I CAN HAVE MY MOPED NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE LICENSURE PROCESS. AND IT TAKES ME LESS EFFORT TO RIDE REALLY FAST THAN A BICYCLE DOES. SO IT SEEMS IT'S A SWEET SPOT REALLY TO ATTRACT A LOT OF PEOPLE. AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING. BUT YES, OF COURSE I AGREE. DATA WOULD IS VERY GOOD AND ALWAYS SHOULD BE BROUGHT FORWARD. SO WE SHOULD DO THAT. ANY ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ON THIS TOPIC? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR LET'S SEE. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON JULY 13TH. COMMENTS [COMMENTS OF THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL PERSONS AND GENERAL DISCUSSION] OF THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL PERSONS AND GENERAL DISCUSSION. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I MIGHT ONLY ADD NOT TO TALK ABOUT E-BIKES THAT MUCH MORE HERE TONIGHT. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A. MR. PRESIDENT, IT'S BEEN A TOPIC AT OUR CENTRAL OHIO MAYORS AND MANAGERS ASSOCIATION MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE ALL THE COMMUNITIES IN CENTRAL OHIO PARTICIPATING IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS. AND I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER, AS WELL SOME UNIFORMITY OF WHAT COMMUNITIES ARE ARE PUTTING IN PLACE THROUGHOUT THE REGION. AND I KNOW THIS IS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT EVEN ESPECIALLY THROUGHOUT THIS COLUMBUS REGION. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHY IT'S BEEN A HOT TOPIC AT SOME OF OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK WE'LL WE'LL DIGEST THIS INFORMATION AND THEN OBVIOUSLY COME THROUGH WITH SOMETHING THAT'S EFFECTIVE LAST. AND THE ONLY THING IS, IS I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE KIMBERLY SHARP ON GOING THROUGH A PROCESS I WANTED TO THANK TARA MAIN, OUR HR DIRECTOR, FOR WORK THAT SHE DID TO HELP ORCHESTRATE AND, AND THE, SOME OF THE PROCESS HERE, AS WELL AS THE MANAGEMENT ADVISORY GROUP, WHO I THINK DID A GOOD JOB. AND THEN FINALLY TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE TIME AND THE EFFORT THAT YOU HAD TO TAKE TO, TO GET THROUGH THIS PROCESS, IT'S, IT'S NOT EASY AND IT TAKES A BIT OF TIME, BUT I THINK YOU CAME OUT A WINNER ON THIS. SO CONGRATULATIONS. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO TRANSITIONING THIS IN A VERY SMOOTH TRANSITION. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MR. EMERY. COUNCILMAN YOUNG. COUNCILMAN [01:15:01] REEVES YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO TERRY FOR ALL THE WORK HE'S DONE LEADING THE CITY OVER THESE YEARS. HE TRANSITIONED INTO THE ROLE OF CITY MANAGER FROM DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION. WE CHANGED OUR FORM OF GOVERNMENT, AND HE'S BEEN HERE SINCE. AND, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW YOU DON'T GET PEOPLE TELLING YOU THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, UNTIL IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE HALFWAY OUT THE DOOR. BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M A LITTLE EMBARRASSED ABOUT THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY AND THE LEADERSHIP YOU'VE PROVIDED OVER THESE YEARS. COUNCILMAN, I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT EVERYTHING THAT COUNCILMAN REEVES SAID, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE KIM HER TIME TO SHINE EARLIER. AND THANK YOU NOW FOR YOUR SERVICE HERE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU'LL BE INVOLVED HERE OVER OUR NEXT COUPLE OF MEETINGS, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'LL START TO SAIL OFF INTO YOUR RETIREMENT. BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE GIVEN THE CITY AND, AND THE TIME THAT YOU'VE AN EFFORT THAT YOU'VE PUT IN. AND MARYSVILLE HAS CHANGED A LOT SINCE THE FIRST DAY YOU WERE HERE. SO I KNOW THAT YOU'VE SEEN A LOT COME THROUGH. AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY. I DO JUST WANT TO GIVE A QUICK FOLLOW UP TO WHAT TERRY BROUGHT UP EARLIER, THAT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF STUFF HAPPENING BEFORE WE'RE BACK HERE IN THIS ROOM NEXT MONTH AND GIVE A THANK YOU TO JEREMY FOR ALL OF THE AMERICA 250 STUFF THAT HE'S BEEN WORKING ON. I'VE BEEN IN A LOT OF MEETINGS WITH HIM HERE OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, AND THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF HAPPENING FROM THE FOURTH TO THE 12TH, YOU KNOW, FROM THE PARADE AND FIREWORKS THAT WE TYPICALLY SEE EVERY YEAR AND THE FIVE K, BUT WE'RE DOING WE'RE CHALKING THE BLOCK UPTOWN. WE'VE GOT DONALD'S D A NICE WALKING TOUR OF THE UPTOWN. WE'VE GOT A BIGGER AND BETTER UPTOWN FRIDAY NIGHT, AND THEN FOLLOWED BY A FULL DAY OF ACTIVITIES ON THE 11TH. SO PLEASE, I HOPE EVERY RESIDENT IN MARYSVILLE TAKES AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE EVENTS AND THEN JOINS US ON THE 11TH. SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF FUN STUFF GOING ON, SO PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER WARNER, I KIND OF ALREADY SAID THANK YOU EARLIER, TERRY, BUT I GUESS KELSEY JUST REMINDED ME THAT YOU ARE GOING TO START SAILING OFF INTO THE SUNSET OVER THE OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR SO OR SO. SO, YOU KNOW, TERRY, YOU'VE BEEN A YOU'VE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN GUIDING THIS COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS. MARYSVILLE WOULDN'T BE WHERE IT IS WITHOUT YOUR YOUR DEDICATED LEADERSHIP. YOU KNOW, YOUR YOUR PRIORITIES, YOU KNOW, HAVE HAVE INCLUDED, YOU KNOW, ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION, WHICH OBVIOUSLY ALIGNED WITH, WITH, WITH, WITH, WITH, WITH, WITH ME PERSONALLY, BUT, YOU KNOW, THOUGHTFUL GROWTH AND, AND, AND TRANSPARENCY. YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN, YOU KNOW, A VERY RELIABLE AS IT RELATES TO, YOU KNOW, RESOLVING CITIZEN CONCERNS. I GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS ON, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR RESPONSIVENESS AND YOUR JUST YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SIT DOWN AND, AND SEEK TO UNDERSTAND AND THEN ACT ACCORDINGLY. SO, SO I APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATION AND I HOPE THIS ISN'T GOODBYE. IT'S JUST SEE YOU LATER. AND THEN I, I WILL SAY ON A, ON A PERSONAL NOTE, THE BLUE JAYS TEN YOU BASEBALL TEAM IS PLAYING DOWN IN PLAIN CITY TONIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO BE LEAVING VERY &-PS THEIR FIRST PLAYOFF GAME AFTER A BIG A BIG FIRST PLACE RANKING IN THE IN THE LEAGUE. SO WE GOT A FIRST ROUND BYE ON SATURDAY. BUT WE DO HAVE OUR PLAYOFF GAME TONIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO BE DUCKING OUT VERY QUICKLY HERE. THANK YOU EVERYONE. COUNCILMAN WOLF I WILL REITERATE THOSE COMMENTS TO YOU. TERRY. I APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP AND ONBOARDING PROCESS WHEN WE STARTED. NOW WE HAVE FIVE OF US, SEVEN MEMBERS ON COUNCIL WITHIN THE LAST FEW YEARS. SO I APPRECIATE THAT AND KIND OF KEEPING THE SHIP STEADY. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE ON EVERYTHING, BUT YOU'VE BEEN THAT KIND OF GUIDING FORCE. AND FOR A MAJORITY OF MY LIFE, LIVING HERE IN MARYSVILLE, YOU'VE BEEN IN CHARGE OF THE CITY. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. I WILL WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY 4TH OF JULY AND HOPE, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE GETS OUT TO THE DIFFERENT EVENTS GOING ON OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. I THINK YOU HEAR A LOT ABOUT MARYSVILLE LOSING ITS SMALL TOWN FEEL AND, YOU KNOW, NOT KNOWING ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY AND NOT, YOU KNOW, HAVING ANYTHING TO DO. AND, YOU KNOW, NOW IS OUR CHANCE TO GET OUT AND GET INVOLVED AND, YOU KNOW, TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORS, SPEND TIME WITH PEOPLE, GO TO EVENTS UPTOWN AND KIND OF TRY TO GET THAT SMALL TOWN FEEL BACK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE MISSING. AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T DO IT IF YOU STAY HOME OR DECIDE TO LEAVE THE COMMUNITY, TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, TO DO SOMETHING. COUNCILMAN BURGER SO I DIDN'T COME WITH A SPEECH OR ANYTHING BECAUSE I WAS IGNORANT TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS YOUR LAST MEETING. SO IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD THING. SO, SO, SO AT THE [01:20:05] END, SO AT THE ENDING OF THE DAY, I WANT YOU, I WANT YOUR PAPER TO SAY BULLET POINTS AND SAY, TERRY, TERRY, TERRY GOT US TO WHERE WE ARE. WE SUPPORT KIM FOR OUR NEXT CITY. WE WE LOVE JEREMY. E-BIKES ARE STILL QUESTIONABLE. STAY TUNED. BUT IN. SERIOUSLY THOUGH, I MEAN, MARK GOES BACK A LONG TIME WITH YOU AND I GO BACK A LONG TIME WITH YOU. I REMEMBER SERVING ON PLANNING COMMISSION AND IN MY FIRST MEETING THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT REALLY, WHO IS THIS YOUNG KID AND WHY IS HE TELLING US THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE HOW WE'RE OPERATING? AND I WALKED INTO THEN BACK THEN MAYOR GORE'S OFFICE AND TERRY WAS SITTING WHERE JENNIFER USED TO SIT. AND I LOOKED AT HIM. I SAID, WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT? AND HE YOU JUST SAID, KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN AND YOU'LL BE OKAY. AND SOME WOULD SAY, I DIDN'T KEEP MY HEAD DOWN. BUT YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A BUMPY RIDE, BUT IT'S BEEN FUN. YEAH. AND I, YOU KNOW, AND NO MATTER WHAT, I RESPECT THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AND THE STAFF THAT YOU HAVE BUILT AND THE PEOPLE WHO RESPECT YOU AND THE RELATIONSHIPS YOU HAVE BUILT. AND I ALSO KNOW THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE FULLY RETIRED. I'M SURE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE PLANNED. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT THAT OPPORTUNITY IS GOING TO BE IN THE FUTURE. BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE I PROBABLY GAVE YOU THE MOST HEARTBURN OUT OF EVERYBODY, BUT I STILL LOVED YOU. AND THAT'S WHY I WAS HONEST WITH YOU ABOUT EVERYTHING. SO I APPRECIATE YOU AND EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM WHO MAKES MARYSVILLE WHAT IT IS TODAY TO GIVE ME THE ABILITY TO RUN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MR. BURGER. I WILL ALSO JUST CLOSE WITH SAYING CONGRATULATIONS TO KIMBERLY SHARP AND HER APPOINTMENT TO CITY MANAGER THIS EVENING. I WANTED TO JUST SAY THAT YES, TERRY, LIKE I THINK COUNCILMAN WOLF MENTIONED JUST THE ORIENTATION BEING ONBOARDING OF NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND JUST RUNNING THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS. A LOT OF GRATITUDE JUST FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. AND AS COUNCILMAN BURGER MENTIONED, MAYBE THERE'S GREENER GRASS SOMEWHERE. AND WE YEAH, EXCITED TO HEAR WHAT IF, IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU PURSUE OUT OF RETIREMENT, BUT CERTAINLY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. I KNOW CITY STAFF IS AS WELL. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO EITHER, IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO STAND AND CLAP FOR MR.R. EMERY ON HIS. AND THEN ALSO YOU'RE INVITED UP FOR A PICTURE HERE. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. AND THEN IF YOU COULD TAKE A PICTURE, WE'D APPRECIATE IT. SO. AND YOU JUST HAVE TO GIVE A SHORT SPEECH. SO TERRY, WHAT WOULD BE REALLY COOL IF YOU GUYS WANT TO JUST LAY DOWN AND LET US HOLD. HERE. LET'S LET'S ALL GET. FIND SOMEBODY ELSE FOR ANOTHER 15 YEARS HERE. RIGHT HERE. IS THIS GOOD? THAT'S GOOD. WOULD YOU STILL. LOOK GOOD? WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU. THE ONLY THING I'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, I THINK I WAS ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, IN DONALD'S CASE. AND I THINK OVER MY TIME HERE, I THINK I'VE WORKED WITH PROBABLY OVER 20 COUNCIL MEMBERS. TIM, HOW MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN HERE IN THE LAST 15 YEARS? OH MY GOSH. I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT YEAH, YEAH. SO 20 YEAH, PROBABLY. AND BUT NO, THE ONLY THING I WILL SAY IS, IS THIS COMMUNITY EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS. I CAME HERE JUST SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS. ONE OF THE APPEALING ASPECTS OF COMING TO MARYSVILLE WAS JUST NOT THE COMMUNITY IT WAS, BUT WHAT IT WAS GOING TO BECOME. AND IT'S ACTUALLY GOING EXACTLY THE WAY I ANTICIPATED, ON BECAUSE OF WHAT I WAS SEEING FROM A DISTANCE. AND, YOU KNOW, INFRASTRUCTURE WAS IN PLACE. AND AND THAT'S WHAT ADDED TO THE ABILITY FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO BE IN THE POSITION IT IS TODAY. SO IT WAS JUST KEEP [01:25:07] DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING. YOU HIRED AN EXCELLENT PERSON TO BE THE NEXT CITY MANAGER. AND IT'LL BE, I'M TELLING YOU, THIS COMMUNITY IS GOING TO BE THE ENVY OF THE COLUMBUS REGION ULTIMATELY. SO JUST STAY THE COURSE. STAY THE COURSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. EMERY. I WILL NOW SEEK A MOTION TO ADJOURN TONIGHT'S MEETING. SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR, * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.