Jul 13, 2026 City Council

[CALL TO ORDER]

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WELCOME TO THE MARYSVILLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. I'M GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN THIS EVENING 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. ROLL CALL. HERE. HERE. HERE. SCOTT. HERE. KELSEY. HERE. HERE. HERE.

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

[COMMENDATION]

IN RECOGNITION OF MARYSVILLE POLICE DIVISION OFFICER CURTIS WYCOFF. WHEREAS CRISIS INTERVENTION IS A COLLABORATIVE, COMMUNITY BASED APPROACH TO IMPROVE THE WAY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITIES RESPOND TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISES, BRINGING TOGETHER LAW ENFORCEMENT, MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, ADVOCATES, INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL HEALTH WITH MENTAL ILLNESSES, AND FAMILIES TO DEVELOP A SAFER, MORE COMPASSIONATE CRISIS RESPONSE SYSTEM. AND WHEREAS, IN UNION COUNTY, THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE MENTAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY BOARD OF UNION COUNTY, THE UNION COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE MARYSVILLE PLAIN CITY AND RICHWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENTS.

AND WHEREAS, SINCE 2020, THE MENTAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY BOARD OF UNION COUNTY, ALONGSIDE THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM STEERING COMMITTEE, HAS FORMALLY RECOGNIZED LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL FOR THEIR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO CRISIS INTERVENTION. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OFFICER OF THE YEAR AWARD RECOGNIZES OUTSTANDING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS WHO DEMONSTRATE EXCEPTIONAL SKILL, COMPASSION, AND DEDICATION WHEN RESPONDING TO INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. AND WHEREAS, THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES THOSE WHO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY TO SAFELY DE-ESCALATE HIGH STRESS SITUATIONS, CONNECT VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS WITH VITAL COMMUNITY RESOURCES, AND UPHOLD CORE PRINCIPLES OF THE CIT PROGRAM. AND WHEREAS, THIS YEAR'S AWARD WAS PRESENTED TO MARYSVILLE POLICE DIVISION OFFICER CURTIS WYCKOFF FOR HIS COMPASSION, EMPATHY AND EQUANIMITY DEMONSTRATED DURING A DISPATCH REPORT OF A SUICIDAL MALE IN NOVEMBER OF 2025, OFFICER WYCKOFF WAS ABLE TO CREATE RAPPORT WITH THE VICTIM BY SHOWING EMPATHY, BEING UNDERSTANDING, AND STAYING CALM.

EVENTUALLY, THE VICTIM BEGAN TO COOPERATE WITH OFFICER WYCKOFF'S INSTRUCTIONS AND OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO GET THE VICTIM THE HELP HE NEEDED. AND NOW, THEREFORE, I, SCOTT HUNTER, MAYOR AND PRESIDENT OF CITY COUNCIL, HEREBY COMMEND MARYSVILLE POLICE DIVISION OFFICER CURTIS WYCKOFF FOR THE STEADFAST DEDICATION, INTEGRITY, COURAGE AND EMPATHY THAT HE PROVIDES TO THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE EACH DAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

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YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING, BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE, I'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO YOU. OH, YEAH. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TO

[APPOINTMENT]

[ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT]

COUNCIL PRESIDENT HUNTER, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE.

I APPRECIATE IT. THE CITY'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICA BIRTHDAY WAS CELEBRATED WITH EXCITEMENT AND PATRIOTIC COMMUNITY PRIDE. JULY 4TH THROUGH JULY 12TH. IT WAS DEFINITELY CONSIDERED A SUCCESS. THERE WAS A COUPLE OF WEATHER EVENTS ON JULY 10TH AND 11TH THAT CHANGED THE TURNOUT, BUT OVERALL IT WAS ALL VERY MUCH GREAT CELEBRATION OF AMERICA'S 250TH BIRTHDAY. THERE WILL BE MORE INFORMATION REGARDING SPECIFIC ATTENDANCE COMING. WE DON'T HAVE THAT WITH US RIGHT NOW. THERE'S SOME GUESSTIMATES, BUT THANK. WE THANK ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY, ESPECIALLY PARKS AND REC, FIRE POLICE. EVERYBODY WAS OUT THERE. I THINK I SAW STAFF FROM ALL DEPARTMENTS, WHICH WAS FANTASTIC. WE REALLY WE KNOW IT TOOK A LOT OF ENERGY TO CREATE THE EVENTS, TO STAFF THE EVENTS, TO CLEAN UP FROM THE EVENTS. AND WE APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR PARTICIPATING AND FOR BEING OUT THERE TO SHOW THE ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM AND COMMITMENT AS AMERICAN CITIZENS. NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT, UPTOWN EVENT WINE AND REWIND WILL TAKE PLACE ON AUGUST 14TH, THE NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT UPTOWN EVENT WITH MUSIC FROM STRANGER 80S. WE LOOK FORWARD TO EVERYONE BEING THERE.

IN MY LAST NOTE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE COUNCIL AWARE THAT AS WE BEGIN TO WORK ON A LARGER, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE COMMUNITY AND RELATE IT VERY CLOSELY TO COUNCIL'S ADOPTED STRATEGIC PLAN TO COUNCIL'S ADOPTED VISION PLAN, AS WELL AS THE RECENTLY RELEASED DRAFT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND TO REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW ALL OF THOSE CORRELATE AND SUPPORT WHERE THE COMMUNITY IS GOING IN THE FUTURE. WE REALLY WANT TO WORK CLOSELY WITH COUNCIL TO LAY OUT THE PROCESS AND DEEPER DIVE INTO A FEW OF THOSE SUBJECTS TO MAKE SURE WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE DATA AND WHAT'S BEFORE US. PLEASE LOOK FORWARD TO MCKENZIE SCHEDULING A FEW EXTRA WORK MEETINGS AT YOUR CONVENIENCE IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, SO WE CAN WORK ON THOSE DILIGENTLY TOGETHER. WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT. AND WITH THAT, UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU. PERFECT.

THANK YOU. ON THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS SIDE, THE CITY STREET CREWS ARE PERFORMING CRACK SEALING AS WELL AS SOME BASE REPAIRS, WHILE CSX HAS NORTH MAIN STREET CLOSED THIS WEEK. THE BASE REPAIRS ARE PRIMARILY RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE MINUTE LUBE SITE. LAST WORK SESSION PARKS CREWS ARE PRIMARILY CLEANING UP AFTER THIS WEEKEND'S EVENTS AND RESTING UP AFTER WORKING MANY LONG HOURS THAT WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR ON THE WATER SIDE, WATER DEMAND LAST WEEK, OR THE AVERAGE WATER DEMAND, WAS 5.11 MILLION GALLONS A DAY, WITH A PEAK OF 5.71 MILLION GALLONS A DAY. IF YOU'LL RECALL, PROBABLY FROM THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, OUR OVERALL PEAK IN OUR SYSTEM'S HISTORY IS 6.3 MILLION GALLONS A DAY. AND THEN ON THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS SIDE, OUR WASTEWATER FOLKS INSTALLED A SIDEWALK TO A FACILITY AND COMPLETED A FILTERRADE.. PRE-PROPOSAL MEETING. AND AS WELL, THE AIR RELEASE VALVES

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AND ALTA FIBER. THEY HAVE TWO CREWS CURRENTLY WORKING WITHIN THE CITY CORPORATION LIMITS IN GREEN PASTURES AND SKY BROOK DEVELOPMENTS. ANY QUESTIONS, MR. WARNER? I JUST HAVE A COMMENT. THIS IS FANTASTIC. AND ESPECIALLY IN TIMES LIKE THE SUMMER WHEN, LOW AND BEHOLD, IN THE STATE OF OHIO, WE HAVE FOUR SEASONS AND WE CAN'T ALWAYS DO PAVING WORK OR OTHER IMPROVEMENTS. WHEN WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS GOING ON, IT'S PROBABLY BENEFICIAL TO US AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS LAID OUT SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND LIKE, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF JUST WORDS LIKE VISUALLY WHERE THESE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ARE, ARE WORKING. IF I COULD JUST GIVE ONE CRITIQUE, MAYBE PUT THE TIMELINE OVER, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE TO SHOW LIKE WHAT YOU KNOW, HOW LONG THE PROJECT IS, IS ANTICIPATED TO BE ANTICIPATED TO BE. ONGOING BECAUSE THIS WOOD IS VERY BENEFICIAL. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COMMENTARY SPECIFICALLY ON THE CSX CLOSURE, WHICH I HONESTLY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS ANYTHING THAT THAT IT EVEN HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE CITY. IT'S PROBABLY CSX THEMSELVES. BUT THIS IS REALLY GOOD. SO IF IN THE FUTURE WE COULD MAYBE INCORPORATE THIS INTO THE, THE PROJECT SCOPE, THAT WAY PEOPLE CAN REFER TO THE MEETING NOTES OR IF OR IF WE NEED TO, WE CAN TAKE A SCREENSHOT OF THIS AND, AND LET FOLKS KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHEN. THAT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL, ESPECIALLY IN, IN HIGH DENSITY CONSTRUCTION PERIODS. THANK YOU JAMIE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I'LL GO AHEAD. MR. BURGER. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR FUTURE REDEVELOPMENTS OF CURBS AND SIDEWALKS AND ROAD ROAD REPAIR. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CHECK MARKING AND MAKING SURE THE CONTRACTORS ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY SHOULD TO FINISH UP IF THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE RECOMMEND, OBVIOUSLY, IS TO BACKFILL FOR NEW CURBING AND AROUND SIDEWALKS. BUT WHEN THEY DO THAT, THE GROUND SETTLES AND THEN THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SOIL BEHIND THE CURB OR, OR AGAINST THE SIDEWALK. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE AS A CITY CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR, COME BACK AND PUT MORE SOIL IN, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY HAVE TO PAY FOR

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DO YOU KNOW IF IT'S GOING. I JUST IT I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO APPROACH. YEAH, I GUESS SO. THE CITY DIDN'T PAY FOR THAT FENCING. SO THAT WAS THERE FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. SO I DON'T IT'D BE SPECULATION ON WHY IT WENT AWAY OTHER THAN MAYBE THEY RENTED IT FOR A YEAR AND THAT YEAR WAS UP AND THE FENCING CONTRACTOR CAME BACK. SO I'LL WORK WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY TO PROTECT PROTECT THAT BUILDING OR WHETHER WE JUST, YOU KNOW, BOARDED UP JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT REMAINS A SAFE SITE. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? I JUST WANT TO ADD, FOR THE ALTA FIBER, IT'S CIRCLED IN GREEN PASTURES.

LAST TUESDAY MORNING I WOKE UP BRIGHT AND EARLY WITH A LOT OF TRUCKS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I LIVE OVER THERE AND MY WEEK. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT HECTIC LAST WEEK BECAUSE MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR HAD HIS INTERNET KNOCKED OUT, AND NOW ALTA FIBER DID COME IN WHEN THEY SPOKE TO US, TALKED ABOUT THE GREAT ADVANTAGES OF HAVING WIDESPREAD FIBER THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S GOING TO BRING COMPETITIVE PRICING. IT'S GOING TO BRING SPEED. AND WITH THAT, THERE'S ALL SORTS OF STATISTICS THAT SAY LITERACY, THINGS GO, YOU KNOW, THINGS GO UP. IT'S A GREAT A GREAT THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY. BUT RIGHT NOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, BORING THROUGH FOLKS YARDS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. MY NEIGHBOR HAD HIS INTERNET KNOCKED OUT A COUPLE TIMES. THE CREWS WERE LATE AT WORK ONE NIGHT. ANOTHER NEIGHBOR HAD A REALLY A SOMEWHAT MATURE OAK TREE WITH ROOT DAMAGE. ANOTHER NEIGHBOR HAVE HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A WOODS, PRIVATE WOODS IN THEIR BACKYARD BECAUSE OF ACCESS TO THE TO AN EASEMENT. THEY, THEY HAD TO TAKE OUT A LOT OF THE WOODS. I GOT A LOT OF PHONE CALLS, JUST TO SAY THE LEAST. AND I WAS A NEIGHBOR. ANOTHER NEIGHBOR WAS HAD HIS GAS LINE CUT, HAD TO HAVE HOT WATER FOR A DAY. THERE. WHAT I HAD, WHAT I HAD DONE IS I PUT A SOCIAL MEDIA POST. I SPOKE TO CITY STAFF A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. I THINK POSTING THE HOTLINE NUMBER. AND THANK YOU, MR. HOYT, FOR SHARING THAT WITH ME. AT THAT MOMENT WHERE I HAD A LOT OF CONCERNED NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW, ASKING ME WHAT TO DO, BUT WHAT THEY HAD SHARED WITH US.

AND IT WASN'T A WORK SESSION, IF I BELIEVE WAS WHEN YOU HAVE THEY SAID, FIRST OF ALL, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ISSUES BECAUSE THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS. AND DUBLIN, THEY WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS A YEAR OR TWO AGO AND THEY SAID, WE WILL HAVE ISSUES. IT'S WHENEVER YOU'RE DOING UNDERGROUND BORING, IT'S ALMOST INEVITABLE TO HAVE ISSUES. BUT IN ORDER TO HAVE THESE ISSUES ADDRESSED, RESPONDED TO, YOU KNOW, ANY SORT OF LIKE POST WORK REMEDIATION PERHAPS IS THE WORD. YOU WANT TO DOCUMENT THAT AND YOU WANT TO FILE THAT COMPLAINT WITH THAT HOTLINE TO ENSURE THAT IT HAS ATTENTION. IT'S DOCUMENTED. IT'S IT'S ALL OF THAT. SO WE'VE POSTED THAT HOTLINE LINK ON OUR WEBSITE IN THE PAST ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.

SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS, MAYBE YOU WATCHING FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE HERE THIS EVENING, IF THAT COMES TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, PLEASE NOTE THAT THAT IS YOUR AVENUE TO VOICE A COMPLAINT, GET IT DOCUMENTED AND HAVE A RESPONSE TO THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE THIS EVENING. APPRECIATE IT. THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER FROM ADMINISTRATION, CORRECT? FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT. NO THANK YOU. OKAY. CONCLUDES THE REPORT. OKAY. THANK YOU. REPORT OF CLERK OF COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. OKAY. THANK YOU.

[REPORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT]

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UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, ARE YOU GOING TO SEND OUT AN INVITE FOR THAT? WE WILL GET YOU INVITES ON ALL OF THOSE. OKAY. THANKS. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? THANK YOU, MR. PHILLIPS, I APPRECIATE IT. NEXT IS PARKS AND RECREATION

[PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION REPORT]

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AND JUST TO ADD TO THAT, THERE WAS AN INQUIRY I HAD FROM A RESIDENT IN MY WARD HAD MENTIONED A PUBLIC PARK. YOU WOULD THINK, WE DON'T WANT TO WE DON'T WANT TO EXCLUDE ACCESS TO THAT PARK. IF ANYTHING, WE WANT TO MAKE THAT PARK MORE OPEN TO FOLKS. SO A PRIVACY FENCE IS A LITTLE BIT COUNTERINTUITIVE WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT THE BORDER OF A PARK. BUT FROM A RESIDENTS VIEWPOINT WHO LIVES NEXT TO A BUSY PARK, THERE MAY BE OPPOSITE CONCERNS AND THAT I, I WANT MY PRIVACY SO CORRECT. WE'LL PULL THAT DOCUMENTATION THAT WE FOUND IF IF MY MEMORY SERVES AND WE'LL SEND OR I'LL MAKE SURE IT GETS TO KIMBERLY AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD, MR. BORDNER. OH, OKAY. I SEE YOU WENT IN TO PRESS THE MIC

[HEARING OF CITIZENS]

I'M WORKING ON MY SUMMIT AWARD WITHIN VENTURING AMERICA, WHICH IS A SUBGROUP OF SCOUTING AMERICA, FORMERLY KNOWN AS BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA. I LIVE AT 12163 WATKINS ROAD, RIGHT OUT PAST INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY, AND I THINK. IT'S A GOOD DAY FOR. AND YOU. YOU MAY HAVE TO SWAP THE DISPLAY TO BE OPPOSITE. SO. UP TOP I KNOW THERE'S A DISPLAY SETTINGS AND THEN YOU SWAP.

WELL, IT WORKS RIGHT ON MY COMPUTER SO IT'S PRESENT THERE. I COULD JUST GO OFF THIS TOO IF THAT WORKS. ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE COUNCIL OR COUNCIL CLERK. IF YOU GO TO THE SETTINGS OF IS IT SLIDE SHOW, THERE'S A CHECK BOX NEAR PRESENTER VIEW THAT MAY ALLOW IT TO GO FULL SCREEN.

OKAY, THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. COUNCIL CLERK YOU COULD HAVE I JUST POINTED YOU TO SWEET. OKAY, SO A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF MY PRESENTATION. WE'RE GOING TO DO A PROJECT OVERVIEW. GO OVER BRIEFLY WHAT THE SUMMIT AWARD IS. AGAIN MY METHODS OF COLLECTION, MY RESPONDENT DEMOGRAPHICS, MY DATA CENTER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AND THEN OTHER COMMENTS. SO REAL QUICK OVERVIEW OF MY PROJECT. IT WAS TO PROVIDE RESIDENTS OF UNION COUNTY WITH BENEFITS AND DRAWBACKS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF DATA CENTERS, COLLECT FEEDBACK ON WHAT THE RESIDENTS WANT AND PREFER, AND THEN TAKE THAT FEEDBACK, PROVIDE A REPORT BACK TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT I REQUESTED QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK FROM, AND THEN PRESENT THE REPORT TO A GOVERNING BODY SUCH AS YOURSELVES. THE SUMMIT AWARD, AS I SAID, IS THE HIGHEST AWARD IN VENTURING. IT'S OFTEN EQUATED TO EAGLE SCOUT AWARD JUST IN A DIFFERENT GROUP. SO MY METHODS OF COLLECTION. I USED A GOOGLE FORM WITH A GOOGLE SITE TO EDUCATE OUR RESPONDENTS, AND THEN POSTED IN OVER 13 LOCAL FACEBOOK GROUPS SEVERAL TIMES. AND THEN I USED EXCEL FOR DIFFERENT CHARTS. THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF THE RESPONDENTS. SO AS 48.9% OF MY RESPONDENTS WERE FROM MARYSVILLE, WHICH IS WHY I CHOSE TO PRESENT TO YOU. I RECEIVED 225 RESPONSES FROM ALL OVER UNION COUNTY. WE HAD A VERY DIVERSE AGE GROUP THAT RESPONDED TO THIS SURVEY, WITH OUR BIGGEST GROUP BEING OUR 50 TO 65 YEAR OLDS. AND THEN UP NEXT, OUR 18 TO 25 YEAR OLDS, OUR DATA CENTER. SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. SO RESPONDENTS WERE ASKED ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 10, HOW WOULD YOU RATE YOUR LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF DATA CENTERS IN UNION COUNTY? WE HAD A VERY STRONG MAJORITY OF 119 PEOPLE MARKING THAT THEY STRONGLY OPPOSE ON A 1 TO 10 SCALE. AND THEN THEY WERE ASKED,

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THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. I APPRECIATE IT, AND I HOPE THAT THIS WILL HELP YOU IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. TILLMAN. THANK YOU. ANY OTHERENS WISHINGING TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? OKAY. SEEING NONE, I DID WANT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT. AND I HAD CHALLENGED MR. TILLMAN TO STAY WITHIN HIS FIVE MINUTE MARK.

AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO CUT YOU ANY SLACK BECAUSE THEY SAID, YOU'RE A GROWN UP NOW. YOU'RE DOING A PROJECT. LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN DO IT. SO YOU YOU DID IT WELL UNDER FIVE MINUTES. AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND HOPE ALL THE SUCCESS ON YOUR PROJECT AND ALL THE BEST TO YOU. AND I SEE YOU GOT SOME SUPPORTERS IN THE AUDIENCE. SO THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE THIS EVENING AND GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. AND YOU ARE WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING. BUT IT IS NOT NECESSARY EITHER. BUT YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO. WE

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APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION. ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WISHING TO COMMENT OR ADD QUESTIONS? IF NO, THIS IS THIRD READING, SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. OKAY. ROLL CALL PLEASE. MR. HUNTER. YES. YES.

MR. YES. MRS. YES. MR. YES. YES. YES. LEGISLATION PASSED 35-26, SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING

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GROW TURN LANE ON INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY. SMALL BIT LEFT OF A MUCH LARGER DEBT TAKEN OUT MANY YEARS AGO. THIS WILL LIKELY BE FINANCED OVER THE LIFE OF THE DEBT. THEREFORE, COUNCIL WILL NOT SEE THIS LEGISLATION AGAIN. THIS WILL MOST LIKELY BE SOLD TO A BANK. HE SAID THAT THERE IS A REQUEST FOR AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE THE DEBT WILL BE DUE IN EARLY AUGUST. THANK YOU, MR. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THIS IS SECOND READING, SO WE WILL OPEN THIS UP TO CITIZENS. ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? AND IF SO, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME. OKAY. SEEING NONE. COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? SEEING NONE, WE APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION.

THIS WILL BE BACK FOR THIRD READING VOTE ON JULY 27TH, 36-26 SECOND READING PUBLIC

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ADMINISTRATION. I BELIEVE WE HAVE A PRESENTATION. OKAY.

I PULL IT UP. WE ARE HAVING A MICROPHONE SNAFU TODAY. I ADDED A COUPLE OF SLIDES TO IT. SO IF UNFORTUNATELY OUR PORTABLE MICROPHONES ARE ■NOT WORKING THE WAY THEY WOULD NORMALLY WORK TONIGHT. SO WE ARE USING THE HANDHELD. SO APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE WITH ALL THAT KARAOKE. YEAH, YEAH. SO GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WANTED TO RUN THROUGH AS YOU CAN, AS YOU'LL SEE GOING THROUGH HERE, THERE ARE SEVERAL SLIDES, BUT I PLAN TO GO THROUGH THEM AS EXPEDIENTLY AS AS POSSIBLE. SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GIVE YOU THE BEST INFORMATION WE CAN FOR YOU. YOU CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION ABOUT THESE CHANGES. THE AREA I'M GOING TO SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT ARE THE E-BIKES, THE E-SCOOTERS, THOSE ITEMS, WHICH WAS MOSTLY DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING. SO I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN BORDNER HAD ASKED, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS OUR WHAT IS OUR PROBLEM STATEMENT? WHAT WHAT DO WE HAVE GOING ON? WHAT DO WE NEED TO SOLVE? SO I THINK THE, THE EASIEST WAY TO EXPLAIN THAT IS, IS WE'VE HAD A RAPID, UNREGULATED INCREASE IN E-BIKES, E-SCOOTERS, THESE MICRO MOBILITY DEVICES. AND YOU'LL SEE THE DATA AS WE GO THROUGH HERE. WHAT THAT'S CORRELATED TO IS INJURIES, CALLS FOR SERVICE AND TRAFFIC CRASHES, WHO IT INVOLVES THE MOST. AND WHAT WE'RE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT IS OUR YOUNGER POPULATION. THESE ARE OUR FOLKS WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND TRAFFIC LAWS. THEY THINK THESE THINGS CAN GO HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE. THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE TO STOP FOR A STOP SIGN. YOU HAVE TO YIELD TO YOU. YOU HAVE TO YIELD TO PEDESTRIANS. YOU HAVE TO YIELD TO TRAFFIC AND WHAT THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS MEAN. SO THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE KIND OF PAYING THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR NOT UNDERSTANDING THESE. OUR GOAL IS TO COME UP WITH TARGETED SAFETY INITIATIVES ALONG WITH ENFORCEMENT, BECAUSE YOU GOT TO HAVE THE CARROT AND THE STICK TO HELP REGULATE THESE AND KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. THERE HAS NEARLY EVERY CENTRAL OHIO COMMUNITY HAS DEALT WITH THIS OVER THE LAST 6 TO 9 MONTHS AND HAVE ENACTED SOME SORT OF REGULATIONS. SO JUST A REAL QUICK AND I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS RELATIVELY FAST.

THESE ARE ALL THE ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED IN OUR CODE OR PROPOSED TO BE LISTED IN OUR CODE. AS YOU CAN SEE, BICYCLES ARE UP THERE. I HAVE A STAR UP THERE. THERE IS NO CHANGES TO THE BICYCLE OTHER THAN THE HELMET REQUIREMENTS. I HAVE. SOME FOLKS FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HERE CAN SPEAK TO THE DATA AS IT RELATES TO HELMET WEARING. IF MY DATA DOESN'T GET DEEP ENOUGH IN THAT FOR YOU. CLASS ONE, CLASS TWO E-BIKES, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE. WE SEE MOST OFTEN. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT CAN BE PEDALED OR. HAVE THE THE MOTOR

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AND AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO SAY THAT EVERYONE UNDER 18 SHOULD BE WEARING A HELMET. THE CLASS THREE E-BIKES. THIS IS FROM THE OHIO REVISED CODE. NO REAL SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO OUR CODE COMPARED TO THE REVISED CODE. THE ORC SAYS YOU HAVE TO BE 16 OR OVER TO RIDE IN A CLASS THREE, AND YOU HAVE TO WEAR A HELMET. SO NO REAL SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES COMPARED TO THE REVISED CODE. ROLLER SKATES, ROLLER BLADES. AGAIN, NO SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES FROM OUR CODE, JUST THE HELMET E-SCOOTERS. THOSE ARE THE LITTLE ELECTRIC SCOOTERS THAT WE SEE AROUND. THOSE, QUITE FRANKLY, ARE PROBABLY OUR BIGGEST CONCERN. THOSE ARE OUR YOUNGEST RIDERS WHO DART IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC. WE HAD A CRASHTE THE E-BIKE WAS AT FAULT, BUT WAS NEVER ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN THE ACTUAL CRASH. THE E-BIKE PULLED OUT ACROSS THE STREET OR OUT OF AN ALLEY, OR OFF A SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF ANOTHER CAR. THAT CAR SLAMMED ON ITS BRAKES. THE CAR BEHIND IT SLAMMED ON ITS BRAKES BUT COULDN'T STOP QUICK ENOUGH, SO THE SECOND CAR WAS STILL CITED FOR ASSURED CLEAR DISTANCE AHEAD. HOWEVER, THE ROOT CAUSE OF THAT CRASH WAS THE YOUNGSTER ON THE ON THE E-SCOOTER. SO WE'RE SAYING WITH THAT IS AGAIN, THERE'S NO RESTRICTIONS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO SAY YOU NEED TO WEAR A HELMET AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO WHERE THOSE SHOULD BE WRITTEN AT E SKATEBOARDS. THOSE ARE KIND OF NEW WITH E-SCOOTERS. SO THE LEGISLATION KIND OF COINCIDES WITH THAT. BUT MOPED, MOTORIZED BICYCLES AND MOPEDS NO CHANGES. CURRENTLY OUR CODE DOES SAY THAT IF YOU'RE UNDER 18 YOU HAVE TO HAVE A HELMET ON. IT REQUIRES THE MOPED LICENSE OR IF YOU HAVE A TRADITIONAL LICENSE AT AGE 16, MANY MOTORCYCLES, THE DIRT BIKES, THE LITTLE MINI ELECTRIC MOTORCYCTORCYCLES I'M SURE WE'VL SEEN AROUND THOSE ARE NOT HAVE NOT BEEN EVER LEGAL ON A PUBLIC STREET, ON A SIDEWALK OR ANY OTHER PLACE. SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO CRACK DOWN ON THOSE GET GET THOSE KIDS SOME EDUCATION. AND THE PARENTS.

ALONG WITH THAT, I HAD A NEAR MISS IN MILL VALLEY TWO WEEKS AGO. A KID DIDN'T STOP AT THE STOP SIGN, CAME AROUND, ALMOST TOOK THE NOSE OF MY UNMARKED CAR OFF, AND KEPT ON GOING. I DID WAS ABLE TO FLAG HIS BUDDY DOWN AND GIVE HIM AN EDUCATION ABOUT THESE. CAN'T BE OUT HERE.

YOU NEED TO TAKE THOSE HOME AND LEAVE THEM THERE. AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS THE ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICES. NO CHANGES TO THIS. IT DOES REQUIRE EVERYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE OR HAVE WEAR A HELMET. HERE'S EXAMPLES OF WHAT EACH LOOKS LIKE. BICYCLE. OBVIOUSLY, WE ALL PROBABLY KNOW WHAT A BICYCLE LOOKS LIKE A LOT ON SIDEWALKS, A LOT ON SHARED USE PATHS CAN BE ON ANY STREET EXCEPT THE FREEWAY. YOU HAVE TO ADHERE TO TRAFFIC LAWS OR WE PROPOSE WITH THE CLASS ONE CLASS TWOS, SAME AS BICYCLES.

WITH THE EXCEPTION, YOU CAN ONLY PEDAL THOSE. YOU CANNOT HAVE THE ELECTRIC MOTOR ENGAGED, AND THERE IS A SPEED LIMIT OF TEN MILES AN HOUR ON SIDEWALKS OR THE SHARED USE PATHS. THE CLASS THREE BIKES, NOT ON SIDEWALKS, NOT ON SHARED USE PATHS. THOSE ARE STREET ONLY.

AND AGAIN, THE SAME REGULATIONS AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE WITH THE HELMET REQUIREMENTS AND THE AGE REQUIREMENTS. AND YOU'LL SEE THERE, THOSE ARE THE AREAS WHICH GOVERN THEM. NOW, CHAPTERS 373 IS FROM OUR CODE. THE REVISED CODE COVER THE OTHER TWO CURRENTLY.

SKATEBOARDS SAME. NO NO SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE TO THE LANGUAGE ALLOWED ON SIDEWALKS, ALLOWED ON SHARED USE PATHS, BUT NOT ON THE STREET. YOU CAN GO ACROSS THE STREET, BUT YOU CAN'T BE RIDING ON THE STREET. THE SCOOTERS. WE SAY YES TO TO SIDEWALKS. WE SAY YES TO THE SHARED USE PATHS. IF YOU'RE GOING TO RIDE THEM ON THE STREET, 25 MILE AN HOUR STREETS SHOULD BE THE THE AS FAST AS WE WANT TO SEE THOSE GOING AGAIN. THOSE ARE SMALL TIRES. THOSE ARE AFFECTED BY GRAVEL'S, BY POTHOLES. AND WE'LL. TONY BROOKS BEST GUESS, 90% OF THOSE FOLKS ARE INEXPERIENCED YOUNG RIDERS, ELECTRIC SKATEBOARDS, HOVERBOARDS. FOLLOWING THE SAME VEIN AS THE ELECTRIC SCOOTERS. MOPEDS. NO SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE TO THOSE MINIATURE MOTORCYCLES.

DIRT BIKES. NOT LEGAL ANYWHERE. WE DON'T PROPOSE TO ALLOW THEM ANYWHERE. AND THE MOBILITY DEVICES? NO CHANGES TO THOSE. SO THE KEY UPDATES ARE CLASS ONE. CLASS TWO PERMIT ON SIDEWALK SHARED USE PATHS. SOME OF THE RULES WITH THAT ARE GOT TO YIELD TO PEDESTRIANS. YOU CAN'T HAVE THE MOTOR ENGAGED ON THE SIDEWALK MEANS PEDAL ONLY SHOULDN'T EXCEED TEN MILES AN

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SHARED USE PATHS. OKAY. YIELD TO PEDESTRIANS NOT MORE THAN TEN MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU'RE ON A PUBLIC ROADWAY, KEEP IT ON A ROADWAY THAT'S LESS THAN 25 MILES AN HOUR. AND IF YOU'RE UNDER 18, YOU SHOULD WEAR A HELMET. SAFETY, ADEQUATE BRAKING, WHICH IS KIND OF A STANDARD AUDIBLE WARNING DEVICE BECAUSE THERE IS A PROVISION THAT REQUIRES YOU TO MAKE A AUDIBLE NOISE WHEN YOU'RE PASSING OR LETTING SOMEONE KNOW THAT YOU'RE AROUND. THOSE THINGS ARE SILENT OR DANG NEAR SILENT, SO THEY WILL BE ON TOP OF YOU BEFORE YOU KNOW IT. ALSO, YOU HAVE TO OPERATE WITH DUE DUE REGARD OR DUE CARE FOR PEDESTRIANS, OTHER VEHICLES. MY COUNTERPART IN DELAWARE SAID THIS IN IN A VIDEO THAT HE DID. THESE E-BIKES AND E-SCOOTERS WILL LOSE A CRASH WITH A VEHICLE REGARDLESS OF WHO IS AT FAULT 100% OF THE TIME, THE BIKES AND THE SCOOTERS WILL LOSE THAT CRASH. THEN THE AFTER DARK REQUIREMENTS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS A BICYCLE. THE WHITE LIGHT TO THE FRONT, THE RED REFLECTOR AND THE RED ARE SOLID LIGHT TO THE REAR. PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY JUST SAYS THAT A PARENT CAN'T JUST SAY, I DON'T CARE WHAT THE CODE SAYS. I DON'T CARE WHAT THE RULES ARE. I DON'T CARE WHAT THE LAW SAYS. YOU GO DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. IF YOU DO THAT, THEN A PARENT CAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT. UPTOWN REGULATIONS, BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF THOSE CURRENTLY. THIS IS IN OUR CODE AS OF 2002. YOU CAN'T RIDE A BICYCLE, SKATEBOARD, SCOOTER, ROLLER BLADE, OR ROLLER SKATES ON THE SIDEWALK IN THE IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, WHICH IS ONE BLOCK IN ANY DIRECTION OF FIFTH AND MAIN, WE HAD SIGNAGE UP. THAT SIGNAGE WAS TAKEN DOWN A FEW YEARS AGO. WE'VE BEEN WAITING TO PUT THAT BACK UP UNTIL WE GET THIS. ORDINANCES PASSED SO WE CAN PUT UP ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO COVER E-BIKES, E-SCOOTERS AND THE OTHER ITEMS. WE ACTUALLY AT THE AMERICAN 250 HAD TO EDUCATE SOME SOME YOUTH ABOUT RIDING THEIR BIKES ON THE SIDEWALK WHILE, WHILE WE WERE UP THERE, SOME OF THE REGIONAL DATA, AS IT RELATES TO THE INJURY FOR THIS AND SOME OF THIS, A COUPLE THINGS I WON'T HAVE ON THE SLIDE BECAUSE I JUST GOT IT. BUT FROM DAYTON CHILDREN'S, THEY'VE SEEN AN 80% SURGE. THIS WAS AS OF LABOR DAY LAST YEAR IN CASES INVOLVING INJURY FROM THESE THINGS, IT NEARLY DOUBLED IN 2025. FROM 2024 FROM 67 TO 135 AS OF THE END OF MAY. YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE AT 109, SO THERE'S A HIGH PROBABILITY THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE EXPONENTIALLY HIGHER THAN THE YEAR BEFORE. AND THEY'RE FACTORS THAT THEY SAID WERE HIGH SPEEDS AND COLLISION WITH MOTOR VEHICLES. EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS HAVE SPIKED, AS HAVE TRAUMA CENTER ADMISSIONS. SOME DATA THAT I JUST GOT RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING, THIS IS OHIO DATA, 75% OF BIKE RELATED FATALITIES. SO THIS IS BICYCLE, ETC. 75% OF BIKE RELATED FATALITIES COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED WITH A HELMET. AND HELMETS ARE ROUGHLY $10 A PIECE.

IF A IF A CHILD OR SOMEONE WERE WEARING A HELMET, IT SAVES OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM ABOUT $41 A CHILD FOR THE $10 INVESTMENT. SO THAT'S NOT IN HERE, BUT THAT'S JUST WHAT I GOT. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE ELECTRIC MICROMOBILITY DEVICES ARE SHOWING MUCH MORE INJURY THAN WHAT THEIR TRADITIONAL BICYCLE OR SCOOTER, FOR THAT MATTER, COUNTERPARTS ARE FIVE YEAR

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THE E SCOOTERS, FAR MORE OF THOSE COMPLAINTS. 45 CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT INVOLVED THE SEARCH WORD SCOOTER OR E-SCOOTER. 17 OF THOSE WERE JUVENILE COMPLAINTS, AND WE HAD SIX EDUCATIONAL TRAFFIC STOPS TO TRY TO EDUCATE THOSE THOSE KIDS OR FOLKS. SOME OF THE REASON FOR THIS IS THE NATIONAL DATA INDICATES HELMET USE AMONG E VEHICLES IS LOWER THAN WHAT OUR BICYCLE FOLKS ARE. BICYCLE FOLKS ARE A LITTLE OVER 50%, WHERE IT'S ABOUT 43%. IF YOU GO DOWN TO JUST THE SCOOTERS, THE LITTLE ONES, THAT'S AS HIGH AS 63 TO 75%. SO THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS NOT WEARING PROTECTIVE GEAR WHEN THEY'RE OUT THERE RIDING THESE THINGS. AND 83% OF THE CRASHES THAT RESULT IN INJURY OR CRASH WITH MOTOR VEHICLE, OR THEY STRIKE A PEDESTRIAN, OR THEY STRIKE A LIGHT POLE OR SOME KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE. SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS ESTABLISHING LOCAL ORDINANCES, WHICH IS WHAT WHAT THIS FIRST STEP IS AND TAILORING THOSE RULES TO WHAT FIT BEST FITS MARYSVILLE, STANDARDIZING IT ACROSS THE BOARD SO THAT E-BIKES, E-SCOOTERS, BICYCLES, ALL OF OUR OTHER DEVICES HAVE SOME STANDARDIZATION AS BEST WE CAN ACROSS THE BOARD AND THEN BRING BEING RESPONSIBLE ABOUT WHAT THOSE RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE. STEP TWO IS A SAFETY APPROACH. MORE ABOUT THE EDUCATION. WE'RE NOT OUT HERE TO WRITE KIDS UNRULY TICKETS FOR VIOLATING TRAFFIC LAWS. HECK, WE'RE NOT OUT HERE TO WRITE TICKETS TO PARENTS FOR LETTING THEM VIOLATE TRAFFIC LAW. WE WANT TO EDUCATE THEM. WE WANT TO KEEP THEM FROM GETTING HURT. WE WANT TO KEEP THEM ALIVE. SO TO DO THAT, SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, WE'VE TALKED TO OURUR COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER ABOUT

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GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EDUCATE OUR YOUTH ALONG THE WAY. AND AT THE SAME TIME, OUR PATROL OFFICERS OUT THERE HAVING LITTLE HAND OUTS OR SOMETHING THAT JOHNNY OR SUSIE CAN TAKE HOME TO MOM AND DAD AND SAY, HEY, LISTEN, I GOT STOP. THE OFFICER STOPPED ME AND TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS. HERE'S THE INFORMATION OR HERE'S CONTACT INFORMATION. HE HE'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU. OR IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, YOU CAN CONTACT HIM. AND THEN IF THERE'S AN INTEREST, SOME TOWN HALL, INTERACTIVE MEETINGS IN PERSON. I KNOW EVERYBODY LOVES SOCIAL MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY. SOME PEOPLE JUST LIKE A GOOD OLD FASHIONED CONVERSATION, AND WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SIT DOWN AND TALK THROUGH THAT. HERE'S SOME IDEAS.

OUR FOLKS UP IN SOLON, WHO'S ONE OF OUR CITY COMPARABLES, ALSO HAPPENS TO BE A PLACE I FREQUENT BECAUSE MY KID ATTENDS COLLEGE UP THERE. ONE OF THE MOST HELMET WORN POPULATIONS I'VE SEEN. THEY STILL HAVE THEIR PROBLEMS WITH THE KIDS WHIPPING HERE AND THERE, BUT IF THEY'RE WHIPPING THROUGH TRAFFIC, THEY'RE WEARING A HELMET. AND I COMPLIMENTED THE CHIEF UP THERE ON THEIR EFFORTS BECAUSE IT'S OF ALL THE PLACES I'VE BEEN, I SEE MORE HELMET WEARING IN SOLON THAN I'VE SEEN JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE ELSE. WESTERVILLE JUST RECENTLY ENACTED THIS, I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST WEEK. THIS IS PART OF THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN.

AND THEN OUR FOLKS DOWN THE DOWN THE ROAD HERE A LITTLE BIT, DUBLIN HAS THIS AS PART OF THEIR INFORMATION CAMPAIGN OUT, GOING OUT TO THEIR FOLKS AND EDUCATING THEM ON WHAT'S PERMISSIBLE, WHAT'S NOT PERMISSIBLE. LAST STEP. AND I PROMISE WE'RE ALMOST DONE. THE PROGRESSIVE ENFORCEMENT, AS I SAID, WE'RE NOT OUT HERE LOOKING TO RIGHT UNRULY TICKETS FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS, VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE, WHETHER IT'S THIS OR ANY OTHER THING THAT WE DO, IS ALWAYS OUR PREFERRED COURSE OF ACTION. BUT THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK. SO WE NEED TO HAVE AN ACCOUNT, SOME KIND OF ACCOUNTABILITY IN PLACE. BECAUSE IF WE PUT STUFF ON THE BOOKS AND WE HAVE NO PENALTIES FOR IT, THAT MAKES IT UNENFORCEABLE, THEN THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO WITH IT. SO WHILE OFFICERS WILL CONTINUE TO USE EDUCATIONAL WARNINGS, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO RESERVE THOSE CITATIONS FOR DISTRACTED DRIVING, RECKLESS DRIVING, RECKLESS OPERATION, OR JUST NOT OPERATING IN A SAFE MANNER. THE REPEAT OFFENSES. AND IF YOU'RE OPERATING A VEHICLE SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE, THOSE WOULD BE THE ONES THAT BRING THEM OUT. CITATIONS. SOURCE MATERIAL QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, CHIEF BROOKS. THIS IS THE SECOND READING. SO I WOULD SAY FOR COUNCIL LET'S HOLD OUR QUESTIONS. ALLOW THE ANY MEMBERS HERE ATTENDING AS A AS A PUBLIC MEMBER. IT IS IT WOULD BE NOW THE TIME TO COME FORWARD. AND. CHIEF BROOKS, PERHAPS IF YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS, POST DISCUSSION, THEN COME BACK UP. WELCOME ME TO DO THAT. SURE. DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. I THINK YOU HAD MENTIONED EVEN HEALTH DEPARTMENT. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS HERE THAT WISH TO SPEAK OR ADD TO THE EXPLANATION GIVEN TONIGHT, THEN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. HUNTER, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. MY NAME IS SEAN SACK. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH PROMOTION AND PLANNING AT THE UNION COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CHIEF BROOKS AND THE TEAM ON SOME OF THIS INFORMATION, PROVIDING DATA. I DO APOLOGIZE THAT WE DON'T HAVE MORE LOCAL DATA FOR YOU FOR YOUR DECISION MAKING. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND ALSO NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL TO GET LOCAL DATA ON THIS. WE JUST DON'T WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET THE DATA BACK IN A TIMELY MANNER. BUT YOU DID SEE THE DATA FROM DAYTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL NETWORK AND ALSO THE INFORMATION FROM THE OHIO ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS WAS THAT LAST DATA SET. THAT WASN'T IN THE SLIDE, BUT WE SHARED, WE DO KNOW WITH THIS ORDINANCE, HELMETS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE. WE KNOW THAT THE THE HELMETS DO DECREASE THE INJURY SEVERITY OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CONSISTENCY, CHIEF BROOKS TALKS ABOUT STANDARDIZATION. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT AGE FOR HELMETS, YOUR MOPED AGE IS ALREADY 18. IT MAKES SENSE TO STANDARDIZE THAT. IF YOU'RE GOING TO APPROVE THE HELMETS.

YOU DID ALSO MENTION THAT ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO, WE ARE LOOKING AT THESE ORDINANCES HAPPENING JUST RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD. WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE VILLAGE

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AND AGAIN, WE'RE HERE AS A COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE PARTNER WILL HELP IN ANY WAY NEEDED, WHETHER THAT'S MORE DATA, EDUCATION, SAFETY INFORMATION. AND I WOULD ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR SHAWN? WELL, SHE'S UP HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SPEAKING THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? THANK YOU. AND JUST PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. ALL RIGHT. GERARD BOELENS, 1400 VILLAGE DRIVE. I SPOKE WITH CHIEF BROOKS, I BELIEVE, ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, ABOUT THIS ISSUE, BECAUSE MILL VALLEY IS REALLY BAD FOR THESE ELECTRIC SCOOTERS. I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT A FAMILY LOSING A CHILD OUT THERE.

IF YOU ENTER CREEK VIEW ON THE NORTH END, YOU NEED TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS BECAUSE THEY. THERE'S NO STOP SIGNS FOR THESE YOUNG ONES, AND I'M TALKING TEN AND UNDER RIDING THEM. I LIVE ON A CORNER AND THE OTHER NIGHT THEY WERE JUST FLYING AROUND THE BLOCK AND THEY HAD A LITTLE ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE THAT THEY WERE RIDING. AND ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS ACTUALLY MENTIONED SOMETHING TO THE YOUNGNG ONE. AD HE JUST KIND OF LIKE, MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS. BUT MY CONCERN IS NOT IF IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE A CHILD. SO I REALLY LIKE WHAT THEY'VE COME UP WITH SO FAR, MAKING SOME PARENT RESPONSIBILITY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC THIS EVENING? AND IF SO, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. OKAY. SEEING NONE. COUNCIL, WOULD ANY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL LIKE TO INITIATE DISCUSSION? COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG. SO I'VE ACTUALLY SEEN THIS ON WEST EIGHTH STREET. THERE'S BEHIND MY HOUSE THERE'S A HILL. AND WHEN YOU GO DOWN THE HILL YOU GAIN SOME SPEED. SO GUESS WHO'S COMING AROUND THE CORNER TO GO UP MY ALLEY. AND THERE'S TWO KIDS COMING DOWN THE ALLEY ON THESE SCOOTERS AND BIKES. SO YEAH, YEAH, I SEE THAT THERE ISA PROBLEM HERE. IN YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE 25 MILE AN HOUR STREETS. NOW WITH GOLF CARTS, AND THERE ARE CERTAIN STREETS THAT ARE 25 MILES AN HOUR THAT THEY CAN'T RIDE ON. ARE WE GOING TO INCLUDE THAT IN THIS CODE? I DON'T I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LISTED IN THERE WITH STREETS. I JUST WENT WITH THE THE 25 MILE AN HOUR. BUT WE CAN OBVIOUSLY LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE IF A GOLF CART CAN'T BE ON THEIR E SCOOTERS AND BIKES, PROBABLY WE CAN MAKE IT MIRROR THAT IF THAT'S THAT'S THE WILL OF COUNCIL. YES. AND THEN WITH NOTIFICATION, WE CAN ALWAYS PUT A STUFFER IN THE WATER BILLS. I WOULDN'T PUT IT ON THE WATER BILL BECAUSE IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, I DON'T READ IT. I JUST PAY THE BILL. YEP. OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, MR. BORDNER. YEAH. GO GO GO. SO, CHIEF BROOKS, SORRY I LOOKED OVER AT YOU, AND I.

ANYWAY, HE'S THE ONE WITH BETTER HAIR. I. GOOD POINT. SO? SO I APPRECIATE THE MATERIAL.

AND I DID SEND A FEW COMMENTS CONCERNS. SO I'M GOING TO JUST START WITH, YOU KNOW, MY COMMENTS FROM LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE WERE WHAT'S THE PROBLEM STATEMENT. I THINK YOU CLEARLY ARTICULATED THAT TODAY. SO I APPRECIATE THAT GOING THROUGH THE MATERIAL. I. KIDS ARE GOING TO BE KIDS, RIGHT? AND I HAVE TWO THEY HAVE SCOOTERS AND I LIKE TO THINK, WELL, THEY ALWAYS HAVE THEIR HELMETS ON, AT LEAST WHEN THEY'RE IN MY SIGHT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DO WHEN THEY'RE OUT OF MY SIGHT, BUT IT'S VERY EXPLICIT. LIKE WHEN YOU'RE WRITING YOUR SCOOTER, YOUR BICYCLE, YOU HAVE YOUR HELMET ON, PERIOD. AND YOU STOP LOOK BOTH WAYS BEFORE YOU CROSS THE STREET. BUT I GET IT. AND I SAY IT ALL THE TIME, ESPECIALLY AS,

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WELL, ALL ALL TRAFFIC CITATIONS ARE MINOR MISDEMEANORS FOR A TEN YEAR OLD, 12 YEAR OLD, THOSE UNRULY CHARGES THAT GO THROUGH JUVENILE COURT. SO IT WOULD BE NO DIFFERENT THAN IT'S A STATUS OFFENSE. SO IT'S A CRIME BECAUSE YOU'RE A JUVENILE. IT'S NOT A CRIME PER SE. SO A CRIME WHILE YOU'RE A JUVENILE IS A STATUS OFFENSE THAT GOES THROUGH JUVENILE COURT. SO THE BEST EXAMPLE I HAVE FOR THAT IS A CURFEW VIOLATION. OKAY, OKAY. AND THEN I SAW YOUR YOUR INITIAL, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO EDUCATE FIRST. HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU PROPOSE OR HOW, HOW ARE WE KEEPING TRACK OF FREQUENT OFFENDERS? DO WE GET THE JOT THEM DOWN, PUT THEM IN THE DATABASE LIKE NOW YOU HAVE A. WELL WE HAVE WE CREATE A CAD CALL, A COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH AND CALL FOR EVERY CONTACT THAT WE HAVE OUT IN IN THE PUBLIC. SO IN IN AN IDEAL SITUATION, WE'RE GOING TO GET LITTLE JOHNNY, LITTLE SUSIE'S NAME, WHERE YOU LIVE, YOUR, YOUR HOW OLD YOU ARE. AND REALLY, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO TRY TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE PARENTS, DEPENDING ON HOW I WAS GOING TO ASK IF THAT'S OKAY FOR A PARENT NOT TO BE THERE WHEN THE OFFICER IS SURE IT IS OKAY. YEAH, OKAY. I I'M, I'M NOT FAMILIAR. IT'S A GOOD EDUCATION FOR ME NOW. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I HAD QUESTION ABOUT AND, AND IT'S KIND OF TIMELY. I WAS JUST IN HILTON HEAD A WEEK AGO OR SO. AND WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THEY DO IS, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE SHARED USE PATHS, RIGHT? AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S E-BIKES, ALL SORTS OF BIKES, SCOOTERS, I GUESS THE INFRASTRUCTURE MAY BE MORE ADAPTED FOR THAT TYPE OF ADAPTIVE MOBILITY. BUT I GUESS WHAT, WHAT ARE WE AS THE CITY PROPOSING TO DO FROM, FROM, FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE PERSPECTIVE? I, I DON'T KNOW WHO TO ASK, BUT DIDN'T SOUND LIKE A POLICE. I THINK WE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ADAPTING, WE'RE TRYING TO ADAPT LEGISLATION TO CHANGE FOR EVOLVING MOBILITY. BUT WHAT WILL WE OR WHAT CAN WE AS A CITY DO FROM, YOU KNOW, E BIKE LANES OR EVEN TO ADDRESS POTENTIALLY THE THE ISSUE WITH KIDS JUST RUNNING ACROSS WHAT THEY DID IN HILTON HEAD, THEY HAVE STOP SIGNS AT EVERY INTERSECTION. WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE ON THE THE SHARED USE PATH YOUTH PATHS THAT YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU'VE, YOU'VE GOT TO FOLLOW THE, THE, THE, THE SIGNAGE, I GUESS WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO AS A CITY TO, TO ADAPT? OR ARE WE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO REGULATE AND LEGISLATE? SIGNAGE IS GOIO BE THE BIG THING. YOU KNOW, SO IN SOME OF THOSE SHARED USE PATH AREAS WHERE THERE MAY BE RESTRICTIONS, THERE'LL BE A HANDFUL OF SIGNS THAT ARE PLACED AT EVERY ENTRANCE TO THE PATH SYSTEM. I KNOW WORKING WITH THE, YOU KNOW, WITH SEAN AND HER TEAM, PREVIOUSLY, WE WERE ABLE TO INSTALL BIKE LANES ON SIXTH STREET, AND I THINK IT WENT ALL THE WAY TO PLAIN CITY, IF I RECALL. IT'S BEEN A WHILE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT MAYBE NOT ADOPTING, BUT COMPLETE STREETS WHENEVER WE'RE DOING THINGS WHERE, WHERE IT MAKES SENSE. SO TYPICALLY WE'RE TRYING TO GET A PATH ON ONE SIDE OF A ROAD WITH A SIDEWALK ON THE OTHER, WITH THE PATH OR THE INTENT OF THE PATH BEING THAT'S FOR BIKES. SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, IS THERE GOING TO BE ANYTHING ROLLED OUT DAY ONE WITH WITH REGARDS TO INFRASTRUCTURE? NO, BUT ON EVERY, YOU KNOW, STREET REBUILD, YOU KNOW, THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION COMPONENT IS FACTORED IN. AND YEAH, I THINK WE DEFINITELY NEED TO BE ACCOMMODATING OR AT LEAST ADAPT OUR INFCTURE TO ACCOMMODATE THE EVOLVING MOBILITY TRENDS, WHATEVER THEY MAY BE. I ASKED ABOUT HOW THIS WOULD BE KIND OF PATROLLED. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE WITH RADAR DETECTORS WATCHING KIDS COMING DOWN THE SIDEWALK AT, OH, YOU'RE GOING 12, NOT TEN, IS IT EIGHT? YOU'RE GREAT. NINE YOUR MIND OR LIKE, WELL, WHAT, WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE INTENT HERE? SORRY. I'M NOT I'M NOT TRYING TO BE FACETIOUS, BUT NO, IT'S IT'S A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE NO, THE SHORT ANSWER IS, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE LASERS OUT THERE MONITORING KIDS. BUT OBVIOUSLY, AS PART OF OUR RADAR CERTIFICATION, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ACCURATELY VISIT VISUALLY ESTIMATE SPEEDS OF MOTOR VEHICLES. SO AS PART OF THAT, WE DO HAVE EXPERIENCE IN IN DOING THAT, AGAIN, IF WE VISUALLY ESTIMATE YOU'RE GOING 25 AND AND THE SPEED LIMIT IS 20, WE'LL SAY WE'RE PROBABLY JUST GOING TO SAY, HEY, BUDDY, SLOW DOWN. I REALLY DON'T SEE A

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IT JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN ALTERNATIVE THAT WE COULD CONSIDER, BUT I UNDERSTAND STANDARDIZATION. BUT I ALSO, YOU KNOW, I'M HERE TO PROVIDE YOU THE INFORMATION AND I, I HEAR YOU AND, AND I, I GUESS TEN MILES AN HOUR ON A SIDEWALK.

I COULD RIDE MY BIKE 15 OR 20. NOBODY'S GOING TO SAY ANYTHING TO ME. SO NOW, ARE WE BEING A HINDRANCE AT TEN MILES AN HOUR ON A SIDEWALK WITH, YOU KNOW, BICYCLISTS TRYING TO TRYING TO GET GET AROUND YOU? MAYBE WE NEED TO CONTEMPLATE OR RECONSIDER THAT, THAT TEN MILE AN HOUR NUMBER. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE IT'S GOING TO BE A HARD, FAST RULE TEN IF THEY'RE GOING. 12 HECK, THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING. 15 WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO GET. I'M JUST I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE RIDE THEIR BIKES FASTER ON A SIDEWALK THAN TEN MILES AN HOUR. AND I THINK YOU COULD AGREE THAT YOU COULD POTENTIALLY CREATE OTHER ISSUES WITH BIKES, TRYING TO PASS SCOOTERS, TRYING TO STAY AT TEN MILES AN HOUR ON A, ON A SIDEWALK. BUT IT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. MR. BORDNER. OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WISH TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. COUNCILMAN TAKACS, I JUST WANT TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF SOME KIND OF SOCIAL EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT TO THIS.

I KNOW YOU TOUCHED ON IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT SIMPLY PUTTING IT IN CODE, I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO GET TO THE KIDS. I MEAN, I HAVE SEEN IT A LOT. I'VE SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT IT. I MEAN, THERE ARE KIDS THAT ARE DARTING IN AND OUT OF CARS ANYWHERE IN THE CITY, IN NEIGHBORHOODS, UPTOWN, ANYTHING. AND THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME KIND OF EITHER PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOLS THAT WE CAN GET TO THEM. MY DAUGHTER DID SAFETY TOWN LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS GREAT, BUT SHE'S FIVE. SHE'S NOT ON AN E SCOOTER, BUT SHE DID GET A HELMET AND SHE VERY PROUDLY WEARS IT. I, I PERSONALLY WOULD NOT LET MY KIDS RIDE WITHOUT THEIR HELMET, BUT I IT IT'S NOT FIVE YEAR OLDS. IT'S THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS THAT I THINK ARE, ARE BIG ISSUES RIGHT NOW WITH IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC. SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT DOING SOME KIND OF PARTNERSHIP TO GET MORE OF THAT SAFETY COMPONENT THAT THAT WAS THAT WAS ON, ON THE THING. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL BE REALLY BENEFICIAL, PROBABLY NOT THIS YEAR, BUT NEXT YEAR IS OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS THROUGH THE SCHOOL YEAR, THEY CAN DO THE EDUCATION PIECE WHILE THEY'RE THERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE CONTACT WITH EVERY GRADE LEVEL, TOP TO BOTTOM. AND THEN NEXT SUMMER WE CAN DEDICATE THEM TO BE ON THE TRAILS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS DOING THAT EDUCATIONAL PIECE AS WELL. COUNCILMAN BERGER, I'LL

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SO IF I THINK, COUNCILMAN, YOU SPOKE TO THAT A BIT. I PERSONALLY, I, I STRUGGLE TO WEAR A HELMET ON A BICYCLE, OKAY, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY. BUT I AM OVER 18. SO THAT'S THE GOOD PART FOR ME. BUT I, I WOULD SAY THAT IT WOULD BE A DRASTIC SHIFT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO NOW START REQUIRING BICYCLE HELMETS FOR ANY RIDER OF A BICYCLE, EVEN UP TO THE AGE OF 18. AND THEN SO I WOULD SAY AS, AS THIS IS DISCUSSED, OR EVEN TONIGHT, IF THERE'S SOMEONE WHO FEELS STRONGLY ABOUT ANY SORT OF ALTERATION, I THINK IN OUR FIRST ALTERATION TO THIS LEGISLATION, WHEN THIS WAS FIRST PRESENTED TO US, IT WAS, HOW CAN WE MOVE SOMETHING FORWARD, GIVEN THE STATISTICS, GIVEN WHAT WE KNOW, APPLYING IT TO OUR OUR CITY AND DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO BETTER PROTECT THE RESIDENTS, THE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY IN THE BEST WAY WE CAN, BUT DO SO IN A WAY WHICH RESPONDS TO THE PROBLEM.

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WE FOCUSED ON THE DATA FOR BIKES AND SCOOTERS. WE DID NOT DELVE OFF INTO BICYCLES OR SCOOTERS OR THAT. AND WHERE I AM A PROPONENT, MY. I'M SIMILAR TO MR. HUNTER, I. I STRUGGLE TO WEAR IT, BUT MY KIDS ARE REQUIRED TO TO WEAR THE HELMET WHEN THEY'RE OUT ON THEIR BIKES OR SCOOTERS, BUT I JUST I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S, IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR US TO CHANGE THE EXISTING REQUIREMENTS WHEN THE SCOPE OF WHAT I PERCEIVE THIS ISSUE TO BE WAS WITH THE WITH THE E-MOBILITY. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW ANYBODY ELSE FEELS, BUT I. I WOULD PREFER TO AMEND THE THE PROPOSAL TO ELIMINATE ANY CHANGES TO. NORMAL. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE CALLING THEM IN YOUR IN YOUR CONTENT, BUT NORMAL BIKES AND NORMAL, NORMAL SKATEBOARDS, I'D LIKE TO KEEP IT CONSISTENT WITH E-BIKES, E-SCOOTERS, THE E-MOBILITY PIECE, COUNCILMAN REAMS YOU KNOW, I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND I'D LIKE TO THINK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. ON THE OTHER HAND, IF YOU'RE ON AN E-SCOOTER, IF YOU'RE ON AN E-BIKE OR YOU'RE ON A BICYCLE AND YOU GET HIT BY A CAR, IT'S THE RESULTS GOING TO BE THE SAME. SO IF YOU'RE 14 YEARS OLD AND YOU'RE ON A BICYCLE AND YOU DON'T HAVE A HELMET BECAUSE IT'S NOT REQUIRED, I MEAN, THE RESULT IS NOT WHAT WE WANT. SO I'D LIKE SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE. I DO APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA OF CREATING CONSISTENCY KIND OF ADDRESSES THAT POINT. BUT IT IS A CHANGE. OKAY. THE OTHER THE ONLY COMMENT I'LL SAY IS THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT IT IS VERY HARD TO. OH, IT IS. IT'S VERY HARD TO DETERMINE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN E-BIKE AND A REGULAR BIKE. IF YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET OR SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOME, THAT'S SOME THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE I'M NOT. I'M JUST PLAYING DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL. SO JUST, JUST TO ADD TO THAT, FROM A PHYSICAL REVIEW OF THE BIKE, THE, THE BICYCLE APPEARANCE, THAT'S WHAT MY COMMENT WAS IN REGARD TO WHERE IT BECOMES VERY NOTICEABLE OR VERY OBVIOUS IS WHEN SOMEONE IS

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IT'S JUST, IT'S IF YOU KNOW, WHEN WE START SAYING, AND MY COMMENT WAS AND WHERE WE CAN ALLOW AN E-BIKE VERSUS NOT, IT'S GOT TO BE REALLY CAREFUL BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE MIGHT USE AN E-BIKE. THAT'S A CLASS ONE, FOR EXAMPLE, AND NEVER HAVE AN INTENTION OF USING THE ELECTRIC FUNCTION OF IT. AND IT'S SIMPLY A BICYCLE WITH A VERY SMALL BATTERY ON THERE JUST TO ASSIST EVEN ON HILLS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WELL, IN JUST A COMPLICATED A LITTLE BIT MORE IS THAT, AS YOU KNOW, AFFORDABILITY BECOMES MORE OF AN ISSUE ACROSS THIS COUNTRY AND WAGES, YOU KNOW, ARE NOT KEEPING UP. AS AUTOMOBILES KEEP GETTING MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE, YOU ARE SEEING A LOT MORE PEOPLE USING PUBLIC TRANSIT, ALL FORMS OF PUBLIC TRANSIT, INCLUDING E-BIKES AND OTHER BIKES, TO GETTING TO THEIR DESTINATION AS WE ARE, YOU KNOW, SEEING IT'S THIS IS A LITTLE FUN FACT. EVERYBODY BUT THE GOVERNMENT USED TO USE A BOTTLE OF COKE TO DETERMINE THE WAGE OF AN AVERAGE AMERICAN. AND IF YOU COULD BUY THREE BOTTLES OF COKE FOR THE FOR AND YOUR HOURLY WAGE. AND THAT MEANT YOU WERE BEING YOU WERE BEING PAID VERY GOOD WAGES. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, A BOTTLE OF POP, A BOTTLE OF COKE IS ALMOST AS HIGH AS YOUR FIRST THREE HOURS OF YOUR SALARY, WHICH IS THE FIRST TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

SO. SO AS WE TALK ABOUT THESE ISSUES, SOME OF US MIGHT NOT THINK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES BECAUSE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO AFFORD A CAR. BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT MAYBE THAT PERSON WHO'S WORKING THAT FRONT LINE AND CUSTOMER SERVICE OR, OR A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE OF THESE FORMS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN GENERAL. SO THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE WE GOT TO CONSIDER AS WELL. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT STREETS, HOW ARE PEOPLE GETTING TO THEIR JOBS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, CHIEF COUNCILMAN. I JUST I WOULD BE AMENABLE TO LEAVING THE REGULAR BIKES OFF FOR NOW. I THINK THAT WE COULD ALWAYS ADD THEM IN LATER IF WE FEEL THAT THERE'S STILL AN ISSUE. BUT BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT CURRENTLY IS, I WOULD BE FINE TO JUST LEAVE IT AS IS AND ONLY ADDRESS THE E-BIKES AND E-SCOOTERS, AND THEN WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK AND READDRESS THE OTHERS. SO WE WHAT WE COULD DO THEN IS, I THINK COUNCILMAN REEMS MENTIONED SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT THAT. IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE REST OF COUNCIL MEMBERS COULD WEIGH IN THE NEX TWO TWO WEEKS, I THINK S BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING. PLEASE CONSIDER THAT. AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THERE'S A THERE'S A DESIRE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY SORT OF AMENDMENT. WE CAN MAKE A MOTION AT THAT, THAT READING, IN WHICH CASE IT WOULD GO BACK TO SECOND READING. SO JUST FOR THE RECORD, MY WIFE HAS PUT ME IN A GOOD PLACE ABOUT MAKING MY NINE YEAR OLD WEAR A HELMET ON HIS BIKE. BUT IT TOOK SOME, TOOK SOME WILLPOWER ON HER PART. AND ANYWAYS, WE'RE WE'RE A BETTER FAMILY BECAUSE OF IT. SO ANYWAYS, I GREW UP DIFFERENT.

SO, YOU KNOW, I GREW UP WITHOUT HAVING THE THOUGHT ABOUT A HELMET. SO JUST, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO I WAS AS A CHILD. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF BROOKS. APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION. THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR JOINING US IN THIS VERY IMPORTANT DISCUSSION. WE APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENDANCE AND

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EXCELLENT. 84 TO 70 IS GOOD. SATISFACTORY, MEANING MINOR CRACKING AND WEAR 69 TO 55 IS FAIR OR AT RISK, AND THEN 54 TO 40 IS POOR. SO WE ARE RIGHT IN THAT AREA OF NEEDING TO GET THE ROAD REDONE. SO WITH THAT, THE WE'RE REQUESTING TO BUDGET 155,000 FOR THE PROJECT.

HOWEVER, I WILL SAY THERE WAS LANGUAGE IN THE THE PROJECT AND IT'S FEDERALLY REQUIRED THAT IF YOU ALTER ANY ROADWAY, IF IT TOUCHES A CURB, THE CURB NEEDS TO BE UPDATED TO BE ADA COMPLIANT. WE DID HAVE ONE OF OUR INSPECTORS GO OUT AND REVIEW THE CURBS ALONG THIS, THIS STRETCH, AND ALL OF THE CURBS WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE UPDATED TO BE ADA COMPLIANT AND CITY COMPLIANT. WE DID USE THE 2026 PAVING PROJECT UNIT PRICING AND ESTIMATED THAT THE CURB RAMPS WOULD BE ROUGHLY $25,000. IN ADDITION TO THE THE PAVING PROJECT. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT ROUGHLY $177,000 FOR THE PROJECT. WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO BUDGET FOR 2027, $200,000 FOR ANY, YOU KNOW, WIGGLE ROOM. SO WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAD. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MR. COUNCILMAN BERGER? THIS CAME THROUGH PUBLIC SERVICE, PUBLIC SAFETY THIS EVENING. AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE HEARING IT AGAIN THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE WE DIDN'T HAVE REAL DISCUSSION ON THE MATTER, SINCE IT'S ISSUES THAT WE DON'T REALLY REGULATE IN THE SENSE OF JUST MAKING SURE OUR SIDEWALKS AND STUFF ARE UPDATED. THERE IS GOING TO BE, IN THE FUTURE SEPARATE, I THINK, FROM THIS, A WALKING PATH THAT COULD BE BUILT IN FRONT OF THE CAR DEALERSHIPS GOING FURTHER OUT. SO SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD BROUGHT UP IS SINCE 30, SINCE 36 IS GOING TO JUST GET BUSIER AS DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS OUT THERE, COULD WE MOVE THE PATHWAY FARTHER AWAY FROM 36? SO IT'S NOT A STRAIGHT LINE. SO IT'S MORE OF A A WAVE. AND THEN COULD WE PUT TREES OUT THERE BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, IF YOU'RE WALKING OUT THERE, THERE IS NO SHADE. THE REASONS WHY WE'RE ABLE TO DO THIS NOW IS BECAUSE THE CITY I BELIEVE IN HOUSE FILLED IN THE DITCH LINE ALONG 36. SO NOW THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM TO HAVE A A MULTI-USE PATH OUT THERE. AND THEN AS THAT SIDE OF TOWN GETS DEVELOPED, HAVING A MULTI PATH THAT GETS TO LEAD YOU UP TO TOWARDS TOWN. SO THOSE ARE JUST

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JUST ONE QUESTION REGARDING THAT, LIKE ADJUSTMENT OF A PATH AND ADJUSTMENT OF TREE LINES WHITE. IS THAT WITHIN THE SCOPE AT ALL OF. NO, THAT WOULD NOT BE A PART OF THIS PROJECT. OKAY.

IT WOULD BE A SEPARATE TIMELINE, SEPARATE PROJECT ALTOGETHER. YES. OKAY. COUNCILMAN WARNER YEAH, I GUESS FORGIVE MY IGNORANCE. I, I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION. I JUST IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WOULD NORMALLY GO THROUGH THE, THE NORMAL BUDGET CYCLE? IT'S A PAVEMENT PROJECT. WE WOULD PUT IT IN TO THE 2027 BUDGET. YOU KNOW, COME I DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT THE ANSWER IS. YES, I CAN ANSWER ANYTIME. ODOT DOES WORK IN THE CITY, THEY HAVE TO BRING THIS LEGISLATION AS PART OF THEIR CHECKS AND BALANCES. SO THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN THEM DOING 33 BRIDGE WORK OR ANY ANY OTHER WORK ON THE OKAY, ON, ON OR WITHIN THE CORPORATION LIMITS THAT WE DON'T CONTRACT OUT. IT'S THEM CONTRACTING IT OUT. SO THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL KNOWS ABOUT IT BEFORE MOVING FORWARD. OKAY. SO THIS IS I MEAN, IT'S OBVIOUSLY APPROPRIATE TIMING. WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, STARTING TO PREPARE FOR ANNUAL BUDGET. IT'S OUR FISCAL BUDGET, I GUESS, TIMELINE BETWEEN NOW AND REALLY OCTOBER, RIGHT? SO PROBABLY, YEAH, THIS TIMELINE ACTUALLY WORKS. USUALLY IT'S LIKE THREE YEARS IN ADVANCE THAT THEY GET US TO IT OR, HEY, YOU HAVE THREE DAYS TO GET THIS THROUGH. SO THIS ACTUALLY WORKS OUT PRETTY WELL. SO KUDOS TO JAMIE FOR BEING ABLE TO GET THIS ON THE SCHEDULE AND ON YOUR DOCKET AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME. OKAY. THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION. THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION, MR. HOYT. THE MENTIONING OF OCTOBER IS A LITTLE BIT SCARY. YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN JULY RIGHT NOW, SO WE'VE GOT QUITE A BIT OF TIMEFOT START SCARING ME TOO MUCH HERE.

APPRECIATE THIS INFORMATION. THE ONLY THIS IS MAYBE OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL, BUT IF AS EAST DEVELOPS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEWLY PAVED ROAD AND THEN A NEIGHBORHOOD POTENTIALLY THAT'S GOING TO GET BUILT WITH A LOT OF EQUIPMENT GOING IN AND OUT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT ODOT DO? WE KNOW THAT THEY CONSIDERED THAT. SO THIS WORK TO GO BACK TO THE ROUNDABOUT, MARYSVILLE EAST, THAT WORK IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE STARTING IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR. THAT'S GOING TO BE UTILITIES. MOSTLY. THEY ARE GOING TO DO SOME OF THE NORTHBOUND ROUND ABOUT DURING THIS TIME. AND THEN THE CHUNK OF THE ROUNDABOUT WORK WON'T START UNTIL JUNE OF 2027, WITH A PRELIMINARY COMPLETION DATE OF SEPTEMBER OF 2027 IN COMBINATION WITH. SO YES, BUT AGAIN, I MEAN, LUCKILY THIS WORK, THEY SAID A COUPLE DAYS, I'LL S G GIVE THEM A WEEK FOR FOR WEATHER. AND YOU KNOW, THE RANDOM UNKNOWNS. BUT I DON'T THINK THIS WORK WILL BE AFFECTING THE THE ROUNDABOUT IN THAT DEVELOPMENT VERY MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MISS FANG. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON JULY 27TH. I DID I THINK I FAILED TO MENTION THIS AS WELL FOR THE PREVIOUS ORDINANCE, 36-26. THAT'LL BE BACK FOR

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COMMENTS OF THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL PERSONS AND GENERAL DISCUSSION. A COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS. I DO WANT TO THANK CHIEF BROOKS. HE WAS ABLE TO ADAPT HIS PRESENTATION VERY QUICKLY TO HELP ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS, AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY QUICK THINKING. AND I DO WANT TO NOTE FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FOLKS AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT.

LAST WEEK WAS A VERY EXCITING WEEK ON ALL FRONTS. SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK PERSONNEL ON THAT FACT. AND THANK YOU FOR A GREAT FIRST MEETING FOR ME. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN YOUNG. NO COMMENTS. COMMENTS. COUNCILMAN REAMS YOU KNOW, I, I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT THIS LAST WEEK AND A HALF, ALL THE EVENTS FOR AMERICA'S TWO 50TH EVEN YOU KNOW, THIS WEEKEND YOU KNOW THE THE EVENTS ON FRIDAY. YOU KNOW I GOT A CHANCE TO GO OUT THAT EVENING AND THEN THE NEXT DAY ON A SATURDAY, I WASN'T ABLE TO GO TO THE EVENING EVENTS, BUT J.LO AND I DID GET A CHANCE TO GO IN THE MORNING. SO LOTS OF PEOPLE I KNOW THE RAIN WAS NOT WHAT WE ASKED FOR, BUT LOTS OF GOOD EVENTS AND I. I THINK PEOPLE APPRECIATE IT. AND J.LO IS IN REFERENCE TO NOT THE

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COUNCILWOMAN, WHY WOULD THE OTHER J.LO BE HERE? THE OTHER J.LO SHOULD KNOW THE GREAT THINGS WE HAVE GOING ON. THAT'S RIGHT. SHE SHOULD WANT TO BE THE HEADLINER. YEAH. NEXT YEAR.

THERE WERE SEVERAL GOOD EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. I APPRECIATED THE READING OF THE DECLARATION I. THERE WERE A GOOD AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP TO THAT AND IT WAS REALLY COOL FOR THAT. FOLLOWED UP BY, I KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN BERGER'S TOUR WAS PRETTY HIGHLY ATTENDED AS WELL AND STUFF LIKE. THAT'S COOL TO SHARE THE HISTORY OF OUR OF OUR TOWN. I REALLY LOVED THE TREE COOKIE THAT WAS UP. THAT'S THE FUN NAME THAT IT WAS CALLED. I, I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION OF WHERE THAT'S GOING TO BE ON DISPLAY, BUT IF YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SEE IT, MAYBE IT'LL MAKE AN APPEARANCE AT THE LIBRARY OR HERE AT CITY HALL, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE SHARE WHERE THAT IS BECAUSE I KNOW SOME PEOPLE I POSTED AND PEOPLE WERE LIKE, OH, I WISH I WOULD HAVE SEEN THAT OVER THERE. SO WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO, BECAUSE IT WAS COOL TO KIND OF SEE THAT HISTORY THROUGH THROUGH THE RINGS OF THE TREE. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WARNER. I JUST ECHO MR. AND MRS. YOU KNOW, I GOT THE I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO UP TOWN ON ON SATURDAY AND SOME SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESS UNION STATION AND AND THEN IRON THREADS. WE STOPPED BY A LOT OF.

I DON'T WANT TO SAY A LOT OF PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE OF THE WEATHER THAT WAS I WANTED TO I WANTED TO THANK, YOU KNOW, THE, THE THE, THE STAFF AND, AND, AND THE, THE TWO CHIEFS FOR KEEPING OR PROTECTING EVERYBODY UPTOWN WHILE, WHILE THE EVENTS WERE HAPPENING, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO PROTECT US FROM THE RAIN EITHER DAY. SO WE'LL HAVE TO WORK ON THAT MOVING FORWARD. BUT NO GREAT, GREAT EVENT THIS WEEKEND. 23 SOUTHBOUND WAS GREAT ON ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND I JUST APPRECIATE IT. EVERYBODY WHO WHO ATTENDED THE EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. SO THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WOLF. YES, I WILL ECHO SIMILAR COMMENTS.

THERE WERE A LOT OF GREAT EVENTS GOING ON OVER THE LAST, YOU KNOW, WEEK AND A HALF. AND I MADE COMMENTS LAST MONTH ABOUT MAKING SURE TO GET OUT AND ABOUT AND TRYING TO GET THAT SMALL TOWN FEEL THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL WE'RE LOSING HERE. AND GOING THROUGH THE UPTOWN TOUR WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BERGER, IT WAS VERY, I MEAN, FUN FOR ME TO GO THROUGH OUR UPTOWN AND JUST LOOK AT SOME OF THE HISTORICAL STUFF YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT EVERY DAY. THE HOMES AND, YOU KNOW, THE OLDEST HOME IN MARYSVILLE BEING RIGHT HERE ON ON OUR MAIN STREET AND GOING THROUGH AND ACTUALLY HAD A CHANCE TO TALK WITH A NEW RESIDENT HERE IN MARYSVILLE THAT LIVES UP IN THE IN WARD ONE. AND, YOU KNOW, SHE HAD DISCUSSED HOW HER AND HER FAMILY WERE LOOKING AROUND AT A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AND WHERE THEY WANTED TO LIVE AND WHY THEY WANTED TO LIVE HERE. AND SHE HAD TO SEND HER KIDS WITH HER HUSBAND BACK TO THE CAR, BECAUSE IT WASN'T NECESSARILY THE MOST FUN OF A TOUR FOR THEM. BUT LOOKING AT JUST THE THE SMALL TOWN FEEL YOU CAN GET IN THE UPTOWN AREA WHEN YOU'RE WALKING AROUND, GOING TO THE SHOPS, GOING TO THE RESTAURANTS, IT TAKES EFFORT TO GO OUT AND DO THAT STUFF. YOU CAN'T JUST SIT, YOU KNOW, SIT AT HOME AND IT'S EASIER. IT'S ALWAYS EASY TO EASY TO COMPLAIN ONLINE AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE THAT YOU AGREE WITH OR DISAGREE WITH ONLINE THAN IT IS IN PERSON. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE TO GET OUT AND ABOUT TO BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY, COME TO COUNCIL MEETINGS, TALK WITH US, GET INVOLVED AT THE DIFFERENT EVENTS. YOU KNOW THAT AMERICA DO 50 STUFF THE CITY IS PUTTING ON. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS LAST WEEK, BUT THERE'S STILL STUFF THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE YEAR. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A, HEY, WE'RE WE HAD A FUN TIME IN 2026. YOU KNOW, THIS IS STUFF THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO STUFF THAT INVOLVES THE COMMUNITY AND ISN'T JUST A, HEY, WE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING GOING ON. WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO HERE. IF WE MAKE AN EFFORT, YOU CAN FIND STUFF, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE THIS A BETTER COMMUNITY. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO DO THAT. GOOD. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BERGER. YOU KNOW, WHEN I RAN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE, I ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT MARYSVILLE WAS NEVER LIVING TO HER FULL POTENTIAL, AND WE COULD ALWAYS DO BETTER. AND FOR ME, I DON'T I MEAN, IT'S BEEN TEN PLUS YEARS IN THE MAKING.

WHEN I WAS ON CEMETERY BOARD UNDERNEATH THEN COUNCILWOMAN GROAT AND THEN BECOMING A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO THEN BECAME CHAIRMAN OF THE CEMETERY BOARD TO ACTUALLY SEE THE CEMETERY BECOME BE REGISTERED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTRY FROM COUNCIL SUPPORTING THE INITIATIVE TO JULIE KRAMER MAKING IT HAPPEN, AND THEN ALSO PUTTING THE CEMETERY AS A PART OF THE ARBORETUM. THOSE ARE THE LEGACY PROJECTS THAT MAKE OUR COMMUNITY WHAT IT IS, AND THOSE ARE THE LEGACY PROJECTS THAT BRING COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO PROTECT SMALL TOWN. AND HOW EXCITING IT IS TO KNOW THAT WE ALL HAVE HAD A HAND IN MARYSVILLE'S HISTORY, KNOWING THAT NO MATTERHATT HAPPENS TO US AND HOW LONG WE SERVE, WHAT WE HAVE DONE WILL LIVE ON

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SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS. I APPRECIATED THE PRESENTATION BY THE BOY SCOUT MEMBER DOING HIS VENTURING PROJECT. MR. BRYSON TILLMAN AGAIN, HE WAS ABLE TO STAY IN HIS FIVE MINUTES SPEAKING. I SPOKE TO HIM BRIEFLY BEFORE THE START OF THE MEETING. HE SAYS, I'M GOING TO BE TALKING REALLY FAST. OW THAT, RIGHT? AND I SAID, YOU GOT IT. SO BUT HE THAT WAS A TEST FOR HIM TO COME UP HERE AND SPEAK IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC. AND USUALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION TIMED AND YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO GIVE IT, YOU TIME YOURSELF AT FOUR MINUTES AND THEN YOU GIVE IT IN SEVEN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST HOW IT WORKS. BUT HE DID A REALLY A REALLY SWELL JOB GOING THROUGH ALL OF THAT. I'M NOT SURPRISED BY THE FEEDBACK THAT THE DIFFERENT SCORING ON THE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT IT'S AN ONLINE. I THINK YOU DID AN ONLINE SURVEY A LOT OF TIMES YOU'LL GET A LOT OF NEGATIVE SENTIMENT. AND THAT'S THE HARD THE CHALLENGE WITH DOING SURVEYS. A COUPLE POINTS THOUGH, THAT CAME UP WAS, YOU KNOW, LIMITING WATER USAGE. THAT'S VERY YOU KNOW, IT'S WHAT MARYSVILLE HAS BEEN PART OF WITH THE DATA CENTERS GOING ON DOWN THE TOWNSHIP, SO ON AND SO FORTH, DATA CENTERS HERE. BUT LIMITING WATER USAGE. I WAS I WAS SURPRISED BY THE ONE ABOUT KIND OF ACQUIRING THEIR OWN WATER. THERE'S, THERE'S AN OPINION LIKE DON'T ALLOW THEM TO HAVE A WELL, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WAS A, WE HAD A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY OUTSKIRTS, PERHAPS OF THE COMMUNITY COME HERE AND TALK ABOUT KIND OF ALLOWING DATA CENTERS TO DRILL THEIR OWN WELLS IS BEING PROBLEMATIC. SO VERY INTERESTING INSIGHTS, OF COURSE, APPRECIATED HIS TIME AND ALL THE THE BEST, HIS SUCCESS ON HIS PROJECTS.

VARIOUS PROJECTS HE HAS TO DO TO EARN HIS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER HE HAS TO EARN. I THINK HE'S A VENTURING PROJECT. SO THANK YOU, MR. TILLMAN. AGAIN, THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE CITY STAFF. I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF LONG HOURS PUT IN BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY LEADING UP TO. AND THEN AND SINCE THEN, A LOT OF FOLKS I KNOW THAT WERE VERY TIRED AT FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY NIGHT AT 1 A.M. 2 A.M. VERY TIRED BECAUSE THEY HAD A LONG DAY. WE HAD THE GENERATOR TO THE BAND ON FRIDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHT. THEY PLAYED THE FIRST RIFF OF AN AC DC, JUST AN OPENER SONG, AND THE GENERATOR CIRCUIT BOARD BLEW UP. SO WITHIN A MATTER OF MINUTES WE HAD THE BACKUP HONDA GENERATOR GOING TO KEEP THAT CONCERT STRONG. SO IT WAS A GREAT TIME AND WE GOT THINGS GOING AND JUST, I KNOW THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WORKED REALLY HARD.

SO THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND AND THERE WERE IT WASN'T JUST CITY STAFF AS WELL. THERE WERE A LOT OF THE BUSINESS OPERATORS, OWNERS FROM THE UPTOWN. THERE WERE ALSO A LOT OF JUST VOLUNTEERS, YOU KNOW, INVOLVED IN THAT. SO GREAT. THANKS TO ALL OF THOSE THAT MADE THE EVENTS HAPPEN OVER THE WEEKEND, AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT COMMUNITY GATHERING WE CAN HAVE.

WITH THAT SAID, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN TONIGHT'S MEETING. SO MOVED.

OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR

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