Jul 27, 2026 City Council

[CALL TO ORDER]

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IS JULY 27TH, 2026. THE TIME IS NOW 7 P.M. AND I WILL BE CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER.

WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN THIS EVENING BY STANDING SAYING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND THEN PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALMIGHTY GOD, WE ASK YOU TO GUIDE US THROUGHOUT THIS MEETING AS WE SEEK TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE GOOD OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE AND ITS CITIZENS. AMEN. AMEN. ROLL CALL. ZACH. ORDER HERE. STEPHEN WOLF HERE. SCOTT HUNTER HERE. KELSEY TAKACS H HERE. MARK GRAHAM'S HERE. AND KATHY YOUNG HERE. COUNCILMAN BURGER IS

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES: July 6, 2026 City Council Work Session Meeting Minutes July 13, 2026 City Council Meeting Minutes]

MEETING MINUTES REQUIRE APPROVAL. HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW AND IF SO, ANY REVISIONS? AND IF NO, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE. MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE. JULY 20TH JULY 6TH, 2026 CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING MINUTES. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WARNER. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? MEETING MINUTES ARE APPROVED. JULY 13TH, 2026. CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES. I'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW AND IF SO, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES FROM JULY 13TH. SO MOVED. COUNCILMAN YOUNG HAS MADE A MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MEETING MINUTES ARE APPROVED. FIRST, OUR NEXT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA ARE TWO ACCOMMODATIONS. THE FIRST ONE I WILL BE MOVING UP FRONT. AND I WOULD ASK OUR CITY MANAGER. WELL, I CITY MANAGER AS OF A MONTH, LESS THAN A MONTH AGO NOW. MR. TERRY EMERY

[COMMENDATION]

AND WHEREAS HE DEDICATED 15 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE UNION COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SUCCESSFULLY BRIDGING THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS TO STRENGTHEN THE LOCAL

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I'D SAY A FEW WORDS IF YOU'D LIKE. YEAH, JUST JUST A FEW. YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS COME ABOUT AS A RESULT OF ALL THESE PEOPLE OVER HERE AND, AND THEIR STAFF, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T GO OPERATIONS DON'T OCCUR FROM ONE INDIVIDUAL. IT'S A TOTAL TEAM EFFORT. AND OVER THE YEARS WE'VE HAD A REALLY GOOD TEAM. AND NOT ONLY THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE TODAY, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT CAME BEFORE THEM. SO I THINK YOU'VE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB SELECTING THE NEXT CITY MANAGER. AND I THINK KIM HAS A HAS A GOOD TEAM TO WORK WITH HERE. MOVING FORWARD, I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE CITY COUNCILS, THE CURRENT CITY COUNCIL, ALL THE WAY TO THE ORIGINAL CITY COUNCIL. AND MARK AND I WERE GOING THROUGH THE NAMES A LITTLE BIT AGO FROM THE JOHN GORE TO THE NEVIN TAYLORS TO THE DAN FOUTS, GROTE, TRACY RICHARDSON. AND HANK BURBY, THAT THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL CITY COUNCIL THAT I WAS FORTUNATE TO WORK FOR, BUT I, I REALLY APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY HERE. MARYSVILLE HAS BECOME EXACTLY WHAT I ANTICIPATED WHEN I CAME. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A VERY APPEALING PLACE TO BE, AND IT HAS DONE THAT. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I WANT TO THANK A COUPLE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE. JASON ORSINI HERE, STEVE STOLTE, JUDGE PARROTT, JUDGE PARROTT, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND HANGING OUT WITH US TONIGHT AND OTHERS AS WELL. SO, AND AGAIN, THANK MY WIFE AND MY GRANDDAUGHTER AND, AND MY FAMILY WHO'S, WHO'S BEEN THERE RIGHT WITH ME AS WELL.

THANKS.

WITH THE GREEN LIGHT. PRETEND THAT YOU WEREN'T HERE. I DID. HERE YOU GO. THANK YOU.

I WAS GOING TO READ MY ENTIRE PROCLAMATION AS WELL, BUT THE MAYOR STOLE ALL MY COMMENTS. NO, MY NAME IS SCOTT BROWN. I REPRESENT STATE AUDITOR KEITH FABER, AS TERRY KNOWS, AND I HAVE A SHORT LETTER FROM THE AUDITOR. I'LL READ REAL QUICK ON BEHALF OF THE AUDITOR OF STATE'S OFFICE, I EXTEND MY SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR 15 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. SINCE YOUR APPOINTMENT AS CITY ADMINISTRATOR AND LATER AS CITY MANAGER IN 2016, YOU HAVE GUIDED MARYSVILLE THROUGH A PERIOD OF REMARKABLE GROWTH AND TRANSFORMATION. YOUR STEADY LEADERSHIP, COMMITMENT TO RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT AND FOCUS ON THOUGHTFUL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HAVE LEFT A LASTING AND POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS. THE TRIBUTE, SHARED EARLIER BY CITY COUNCIL, REFLECT THE RESPECT YOU HAVE EARNED THROUGH YOUR PROFESSIONALISM, COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SERVICE.

YOUR RESPONSIVE, YOUR RESPONSIVENESS TO CITIZENS. SUPPORT FOR NEW LEADERS AND VISION FOR MARYSVILLE FUTURE EXEMPLIFY THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF MUNICIPAL LEADERSHIP AS YOU TRANSITION INTO RETIREMENT, PLEASE ACCEPT MY GRATITUDE FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN OHIO. I WISH YOU CONTINUED SUCCESS AND FULFILLMENT IN THE YEARS AHEAD.

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN ON A WELL-DESERVED RETIREMENT. SINCERELY, KEITH FABER, AUDITOR OF STATE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU GUYS. I WILL TAKE THIS AND I'M GOING TO GIVE IT TO BRAD AND BRAD. SPLIT IT BETWEEN YOURSELF. JUSTIN NAVY, JENNY CHAVARRIA, THOSE PEOPLE THAT

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THANK YOU, MR. BROWN. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADD THE COMMENDATIONS INTO THE MEETING MINUTES. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? CONGRATULATIONS, MR. EMERY.

[ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT]

WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE BRAD BROUSSARD AND JOE KIGHT WITH THE UNION COUNTY BOARD OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, GLENDA MOORE AND NIKKI MORRIS WITH DOWNSIZED FARM SUPPORT SERVICE AND STEVE'S FORMER PROVIDER. BLESS FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING AS WE SHARE THIS INFORMATION. AND I KNOW THERE WAS ONE MORE PERSON. OKAY. SO WITH THAT, THAT THAT PART OF THE REPORT. GIVE ME ONE SECOND A COUPLE ITEMS ON EVENTS HERE IN MARYSVILLE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, THE POLICE DIVISION HOSTED COMMUNITY POLICING EVENTS, INCLUDING A VISIT TO WALNUT CROSSING TO PLAY CHAIR VOLLEYBALL, COFFEE WITH A COP AT MCDONALD'S AND STORY TIME AT THE POOL. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THESE EVENTS.

PASSPORT TO KAYAKING TOOK PLACE IN ALDERSGATE PARK ON JULY 25TH. THERE WERE OVER 45 PARTICIPANTS BETWEEN THE THREE SESSIONS OFFERED TO CHILDREN AGES 8 TO 17. THIS PROGRAM INTRODUCED THE FUNDAMENTALS OF KAYAKING, BASICS OF WATER SAFETY AND HOW TO HAVE AN ENJOYABLE TIME OUT ON THE OPEN WATER. THEY WERE ALSO ABLE TO PRACTICE THEIR NEW SKILLS. THERE'S A COUPLE OF UPCOMING EVENTS. THE FIRE DIVISION HONOR GUARD WILL BE PRESENTING THE COLORS AT THE REDS VERSUS GUARDIANS GAME WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 29TH. NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 4TH AT AVON ELEMENTARY FROM 6 TO 8. THE FUN. THIS IS FUN FOR KIDS, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS. ALL ARE INVITED. THERE WILL BE A DUNK TANK. WHO'S IN THE DUNK TANK, CHIEF BROOKS. TO BE DETERMINED. BOUNCE HOUSES, FOOD AND TREATS. NEXT ITEM PASSPORT TO ARCHERY WILL TAKE PLACE ON AUGUST 8TH FOR KIDS AGE 10 TO 17. AS OF THIS MORNING, THERE ARE ONLY THREE SPOTS LEFT, SO IF YOUR CHILD HAS AN INTEREST IN ARCHERY, PLEASE GET THEM SIGNED

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SO WE HAD A PUMP FAILURE AT THE POOL LATE, LATE LAST NIGHT. SO THE POOL WAS CLOSED. TODAY I CAN REPORT OUT THAT THE PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE THE CONTRACTORS ELECTRICAL WORK ON THE THREE PHASE ELECTRIC IS COMPLETE, SO IT IS SCHEDULED TO BE OPEN TOMORROW MORNING AT REGULAR REGULAR HOURS THIS WEEK. PARKS CREWS ARE ALSO PERFORMING CONCRETE WORK AT MILL VALLEY, SOUTH, MILL VALLEY CENTRAL AND THE BMX TRACK. FROM THE WATER SIDE, OUR CREWS ARE TREATING THE RESERVOIR AND PERFORMING MISCELLANEOUS CONCRETE AND ASPHALT REPAIRS. LAST WEEK, WITH THE LOWER TEMPERATURES AND A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN, THE AVERAGE WATER PRODUCED AT THE PLANT WAS 4.67 MILLION GALLONS A DAY, WITH A PEAK OF 4.97 MILLION GALLONS A DAY. AND THEN FINALLY, ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE, STAFF'S ATTENDING AN ANNUAL LINING AND PUMPS MILL CREEK PUMP STATION PROGRESS MEETING, AND ALSO INVESTIGATING SOME UTILITY BILLING FOR THE JEROME VILLAGE COMMUNITY AUTHORITY. AND THEN LAST WEEK, CITY STAFF, IN CONJUNCTION WITH CHIEF BURNS AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ADDRESSEDSUESUE AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL PASS IT OVER TO JAMIE FOR SOME UPDATES ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE ONGOING. THANK YOU JEREMY. SO, COUNCILMAN BODNAR, I TOOK YOUR COMMENTS FROM LAST MEETING AND MET WITH IT. SO I WANT TO THANK TREVOR, AND I WANT TO THANK DAVID, WHO NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, CAME UP WITH THIS PLATFORM, BUT COMING UP WITH IT SO QUICKLY. SO IT IS CURRENTLY PRIVATE, YOU KNOW, NO ONE CAN SEE IT OTHER THAN INTERNAL STAFF. THE IDEA IS TO HOPEFULLY MAKE IT PUBLIC, BUT WE WANT TO WORK THROUGH SOME SOME TWEAKS BEFORE WE DO THAT.

SO 2026 PAVING PROGRAM. MEETING TODAY WITH DECKER TO DISCUSS CONCRETE WORK. DECKER MAY BEGIN CONCRETE WORK LATER THIS WEEK. PAVING WILL BEGIN IN AUGUST. CARRIAGE ACRES AND CHERR CHERRY STREET SANITARY STRAWS ARE TO START PAVING THIS WEEK. RESTORATION IS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK. BOSS WILL RETURN THE FOLLOWING WEEK TO COMPLETE FULL PROJECT RESTORATION. CONLEY STREET IS OFFICIALLY OPEN. CSX CROSSINGS ARE OFFICIALLY COMPLETE AND THEN EAST FIFTH STREET IMPROVEMENTS. THE START DATE FOR THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER. AND LASTLY, WITH ALTA FIBER, THERE ARE STILL TWO CREWS CURRENTLY WORKING IN GREEN PASTURES AND ONE IN SKY BROOK. SO JUST KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO START USING THIS PLATFORM MOVING FORWARD. THE IDEA IS TO EVENTUALLY MAKE IT PUBLIC SO ANYONE CAN ACCESS IT FROM THE WEBSITE. WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS? MR. BOARD? I LOVE THE THE IDEA. NOW, JUST SINCE YOU'RE TAKING IDEAS.

REALLY MIGHT HAVE MESSED UP. NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. YOU COULD INCORPORATE LIKE A TRAFFIC FLOW WHERE WE SHOULD GO IN THE EVENT THAT WE'RE IN THE AREA TO GET AROUND HOW BEST TO GET AROUND THAT PARTICULAR CONSTRUCTION. BUT THAT'S JUST A DREAM. AT THIS POINT. I WILL RELAY YOUR COMMENTS. IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO IS MAKE DREAMS REALITY. SO WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD DO THAT, BUT IF ANYONE CAN DO IT, IT WOULD BE DAVID. SO I'LL SEE WHAT HE CAN DO. HE CAN WORK HIS MAGIC. AWESOME. THANKS FOR TAKING THE FEEDBACK AND I HOPE THAT THIS DOES BECOME PUBLIC. IT'LL BE A USEFUL TOOL FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. YEAH, DEFINITELY. AND I GOT ONE THING TO ADD AS IT RELATES TO CSX AS A REMINDER TO EVERYBODY IN IN THE AUDIENCE AND CITY COUNCIL ITSELF, WHEN THEY COME, THEY COME AND THEY GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF A HEADS UP, BUT WE CAN'T PUSH THEIR SCHEDULE ONE DAY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO WE'RE SINCE WE DON'T OWN OR MAINTAIN THE RAILROAD TRACKS, WE'RE SOMEWHAT AT THEIR MERCY AS IT RELATES TO THE TIMING OF THEIR PROJECT. SO FROM, FROM CITY STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE, IT'S WHEN THEY WANT TO COME, WE LET THEM JUST SO THEY CAN GET OUT OF TOWN. THE SOONER THE BETTER.

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WE'RE STILL WORKING ON GETTING SOME FENCING THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY AND IT'S JUST A EQUIPMENT LEAD TIME TO GET THAT IN INSTALLED. BUT THEY ARE THINKING PROBABLY THE FIRST WEEK IN SEPTEMBER, THAT SITE WILL BE DONE AND CLEANED UP. SO IT'S ON ITS WAY THERE. SINCE WE'VE STARTED THE PROJECT, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PERMIT 15 AREAS. NOW WE CALL THEM FIBER SERVING AREAS. THEY'RE JUST THINKING OF SUBDIVISIONS OR AREAS OF THE CITY, THE ONES SHOWN IN PURPLE. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH STAFF TO GET THEM PERMITTED. THAT WILL CONSTITUTE THE BULK OF OUR WORK IN 2026. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PURPLE AREAS, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE WHERE WE'LL BE WORKING MAINLY IN 2026. THE AREA IN RED IS WHERE ILER PARK IS. THAT AREA IS SUBSTANTIALLY DONE. WE'RE DONE IN THAT AREA AND WE'VE MOVED OUT. THE ONES WITH THE RED DOTS ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE SOME SORT OF ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON. ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WE'VE HAD UP IN THE COLUMBUS MARKET, MUCH LESS MARYSVILLE, IS REALLY JUST OUR ABILITY TO GET LOCATING DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER. IT IS IMPACTING OUR PROJECT. AS FAR AS THE SPEED IN WHICH WE'D LIKE TO MOVE, WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO BRING SEVEN CREWS IN MARKET. THAT WAS OUR STARTING CREWS AND MARKET. I THINK WE'RE ABLE TO WORK MAYBE 2 TO 3 CREWS A DAY FOR 4 TO 5 DAYS A WEEK. SO WE ARE, YOU KNOW, UNABLE TO GET THAT, YOU KNOW, MOMENTUM GOING. WE'RE WORKING WITH COLUMBIA GAS. THEY THEY KNOW THEY'RE BEHIND THERE.

THEY'RE BEHIND IN THE COLUMBUS MARKET. WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM, HOPING MAYBE THINGS GET BETTER TOWARDS THE FALL, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY GOING AS FAST AS WE HAD HOPED. BUT THINGS ARE STILL PROGRESSING WELL. WE DO HAVE AROUND 1500 DOORS LOCATIONS THAT ARE UNDER ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION. WE THINK PROBABLY LATE Q3, MID Q3 WILL BE AROUND THE 2000 MARK. WHEN WE'RE AT THE 2000 MARK, THAT IS PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME WE'LL ACTUALLY RELEASE SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS IN MARYSVILLE. WE LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH DENSITIES. WHEN WE RELEASE IT FOR SERVICE. WE CAN BRING CREWS UP HERE AND GET EVERYBODY INSTALLED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. AND THEN PROBABLY THE ONE LAST THING WE'RE DOING IS COORDINATING SOME CONSTRUCTION WITH THE CITY IMPROVEMENTS ALONG CHESTNUT STREET. WE GOT TO GET A FIBER UP CHESTNUT STREET TO TIE INTO THE EXISTING FIBER ALONG SIXTH STREET. THAT WORK IS PROGRESSING. SO REALLY, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE GOING WELL AND WE'RE REALLY, I THINK, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD TO A Q3 COMPLETION DATE. SO, YOU KNOW, HERE'S SOME THESE WERE LAST TIME WE SHOWED YOU SOME PICTURES OF WHAT'S GOING ON. ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT HERE, I'LL POINT OUT TWICE IS, YOU KNOW, IF ANYBODY HAS A PROBLEM, THE BEST WAY TO RESOLVE IT WITH US, A RESIDENT IS REALLY TO CALL OUR 614 NUMBER OR THERE'S A WEBSITE AT THE BACK. WE CAN WE CAN DIRECT IT TO US. BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME PICTURES. THESE ARE ACTUAL PICTURES OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF MARYSVILLE. THAT'S THE CENTRAL OFFICE FROM ABOUT A WEEK AGO.

THAT'LL BE FENCED IN, PROBABLY COMPLETED HERE IN SEPTEMBER AND FULLY RESTORED. FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE NOTIFIED OF SERVICE. THIS IS ON OUR WEBSITE. THEY CAN GO IN AND NOTIFY FOR SERVICE AND SAY, HEY, WHEN YOUR SERVICE IS AVAILABLE, MY AREA, WHEN THAT'S AVAILABLE, THEY CAN CALL. WE'LL CALL THEM AND SAY SERVICES AVAILABLE. THEY WILL NOT BE SURPRISED WHEN SERVICE IS AVAILABLE. WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN GET, GET THEM ON, GET THEM AS SOON AS WE CAN. BUT THAT'S ONE WAY THE RESIDENTS CAN REACH OUT TO US. AND THEN HERE'S SOME PICTURES OF THE CONSTRUCTION. YOU KNOW, IT IS CONSTRUCTION. WE TRY TO MINIMIZE IT. IT'S BEEN A GOOD SUMMER. IT HAS BEEN TOO MUCH RAIN, NOT A LOT OF DAMAGE TO YARDS. BUT THIS IS SOME ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION AS OF WHAT, TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN WE TOOK THE PICTURES ABOUT A WEEK AGO. AND THEN HERE'S SOME PICTURES OF THE PULL BOXES ONCE THEY'RE INSTALLED. THIS TIME OF YEAR,

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ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? I MIGHT YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I MIGHT TAKE SOME TIME JUST BECAUSE I GOT A FEW QUESTIONS. AND SO THE AREAS THAT YOU'D SHOWN IN PURPLE. FIRST OF ALL, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. GIVE US THE UPDATE. APPRECIATE IT. I THINK WE LAST SAW YOU IN A WORK SESSION, PERHAPS IN THE FALL. IT'S BEEN SOME TIME I PRESENTED, I THINK IT WAS OKAY. I DON'T KNOW, TIME FLIES HERE, BUT SO I HAD YOUR CREWS COME IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. IT WAS THE FIRSTWD DAY ONE, I SAW THE THERE'S A THERE'S A PORTION OF IT IN ONE OF THE PHOTOS THERE. BUT THE BACKHOE THAT COMES IN ACCESSING THE UTILITY EASEMENTS, IT PUT RUTS IN MY YARD. SO I CALLED THE NUMBER. I SAID, THERE'S RUTS IN MY YARD AND. BUT MY NEIGHBOR HAD HIS INTERNET KNOCKED OUT ONCE. AND THEN FOUR HOURS LATER IT WAS KNOCKED OUT AGAIN. IT WAS ABLE TO BE FIXED THAT DAY, BUT IT DID REQUIRE THEM WORKING INTO THE EVENING.

SO ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS, WHAT ARE THE HOURS THAT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DO INSTALLATION? NEXT DAY THEY HAD PROGRESSED FURTHER DOWN. THERE WERE THERE WAS ANOTHER NEIGHBOR WHO HAD A 30 YEAR OLD STREET. TREE WAS AN OAK TREE. HE PLANTED. THE CITY DIDN'T. HIS EXPLANATION WAS THAT THE CITY ONLY PROVIDES SO MANY STREET TREES. HE PLANTED SOME BY, YOU KNOW, ON HIS OWN.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, THEY HIT A GAS LINE THAT WAS UNDER MOST OF THE ROOT SYSTEM OF THAT OAK TREE. SO TO REPAIR THAT GAS LINE, THEY DID HAVE TO TAKE OUT A LOT OF ROOTS OF THIS 30 YEAR OAK TREE, WHICH I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN TREES, BUT I UNDERSTAND OAK TREES DON'T LIKE TO HAVE THEIR FEET STEPPED ON WAS I'M TOLD. AND I'M HOPEFUL. I'M HOPEFUL THAT THAT TREE DOESN'T DIE. BUT THEN THE NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET, BECAUSE THAT GAS LINE WAS WITHOUT HOT WATER FOR A DAY, AND THEN THE NEIGHBOR DOWN FROM THEM HAD LOST THEIR INTERNET ALSO TWICE. AND THEN THE WOODS BEHIND THEM, WHICH IS ACTUALLY ON THEIR BEHIND NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY TO GET THE EQUIPMENT TO THE UTILITY EASEMENT, THEY HAD TO DRIVE THROUGH, LIKE TAKE DOWN A LIKE ABOUT A TEN FOOT PATH OF TREES TO GET TO THE AREA TO INSTALL THE, THE, THE KIND OF THE FLUSH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S CALLED. WHOLE BOX. YEAH. AND SO THEN THIS EVENING, ACTUALLY THAT NEIGHBOR, I GOT AN EMAIL I'VE BEEN ON, ON DIFFERENT SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, TEXT MESSAGING, PHONE CALLS, IN PERSON INTERACTIONS QUITE A BIT OVER THE LAST THREE WEEKS. SO IT'S BEEN A LOT, YOU KNOW, OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS BE AWARE WHEN, WHEN THIS PURPLE AREA SPREADS TO YOUR WARDS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO BE BUSY. BUT I, I HAVE TRIED TO PUSH MEMBERS TO THAT SITE. I'VE EVEN WENT ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA AND PUSHED THAT PHONE NUMBER, THAT OPTION. ONE THING THAT I'VE NOTICED IS THAT SOME RESIDENTS HAVE KIND OF FRIENDED THE CREW, LIKE THE CREW LEADERS OF THE, OF THE, THE CREWS THAT ARE WORKING IN THEIR AREA THAT PARTICULAR DAY. I'M STILL TRYING TO PUSH THEM TO THE TO THE NUMBER TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S DOCUMENTED. I THINK THEY WANT IMMEDIATE RELIEF IF SOMETHING IS OFF, SOMETHING'S BOTHERING THEM. AND OFTENTIMES WE'RE TALKING WITH THE CREW MEMBERS. THEY'RE ABLE TO ADJUST SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, RIGHT THERE THEN, BUT I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S DOCUMENTED. BUT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS KIND OF DESCRIBED, KIND OF GOING THROUGH THE WOODS AND HAVING TO CLEAR THAT WIDE PATH YOU HAD TO YOUR EQUIPMENT. ONE OF THE CREW'S EQUIPMENT HAD TO NAVIGATE THROUGH A PERSON'S PROPERTY. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAV RIGHT TO ACT TO,

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SO BUT WE DID ADDRESS THAT, THAT THEY HAD TO TAKE DOWN TREES AND BRUSH BRUSH EARLIER TO MAKE SURE THEY CONTACT THE HOMEOWNER. SO, YOU KNOW, REAL LOT EASEMENTS ARE WHEN YOU GO INTO A CITY OF THIS AGE AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY BEEN 30, 40 YEARS SINCE THEY'VE BEEN THERE. LOTS. THEY DO PRESENT CHALLENGES. WE DO TRY TO NAVIGATE THEM THE BEST WE CAN, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S OUR CREWS SHOULD BE REACHED OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS FOR ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT. IF THEY'RE NOT, I'LL DEFINITELY REMIND THEM THAT THEY SHOULD BE OKAY. ASIDE FROM YOU, JUST THANK YOU FOR THE RESPONSES TO THOSE THOSE POINTS. ASIDE FROM YOU HAD MENTIONED, YOU'LL HAVE TO COME BACK AND EVENTUALLY PLANT GRASS AND FIX DIRT AND WHATNOT. HOW DO RESIDENTS WHO HAVE HAD A PROPERTY DISRUPTION KNOW THAT, LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO GET SERVICED? YOU KNOW, IS THERE A LIST, YOU KNOW, DO YOU A YEAR FROM NOW, COME BACK AND AD HOC, JUST INSPECT, YOU KNOW, DISRUPTION AROUND YOUR BOXES AND THEN KIND OF REPAIR REACTIVELY? OR IS THERE A LIST MAINTAINED OF DIFFERENT SITES, DIFFERENT ADDRESSES THAT HAD HAD COMPLAINTS ORIGINALLY, LIKE WE EXPLAINED, WE'LL GO IN AND DO OUR CONSTRUCTION AND THE GUYS WILL DO WHAT I CALL INITIAL RESTORATION. A LOT OF TIMES THAT'LL GET COMPLAINTS BECAUSE HOMEOWNERS SAY, WELL, THEY JUST RAKED OFF THE BAD DIRT THAT THEY TOOK OUT AND THE ROCKS BACK IN. AND THAT'S REALLY JUST TO MAKE IT SAFE TO FILL IN THE HOLE. THE GUYS WILL TYPICALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT SETTLE BECAUSE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, BECAUSE THAT'LL SETTLE AND THEN THE GUYS WILL COME BACK. SOMETIMES THEY'LL PUT DOWN TOPSOIL, NOT TOPSOIL, SEED AND STRAW AT THAT TIME, JUST TO KIND OF KEEP THE MUD FROM GETTING TOO MUCH. ONCE A FSA FIBER SERVICE IS DONE, OUR CREWS WALK THAT WITH THE FOREMAN, RIDE THAT ROUTE WITH OUR CREWS, AND THEY IDENTIFY AREAS THAT NEED TO BE TOUCHED BACK UP. AND THAT INCLUDES SEED AND STRAW. IF WE'RE MADE OF ANY SITUATIONS BY A PROPERTY OWNER, WE'LL DEFINITELY GO BACK AND

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OKAY, THE ONLY THING I CAN'T DO IS MAKE IT RAIN. AND YOU KNOW, IF AREAS HAVE SPRINKLER SYSTEM, WE FOUND THAT, YOU KNOW, AREAS THAT PEOPLE HAVE DONE PREDOMINANT SPRINKLER SYSTEMS THAT WILL RESTORE PRETTY GOOD. BUT IF WE RESTORE IT AND IT DOESN'T RAIN, IT DOES BECOME AN UNFORTUNATE ISSUE. BUT, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T MAKE IT RAIN, YOU KNOW? OKAY, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES. BUT WE'LL TAKE, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A YEAR, TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS, WE'LL COME BACK AND FIX IT. ONE LAST QUESTION. SO I HAD ONE RESIDENT SAY TO ME, DIDN'T WE ALREADY GET FIBER A COUPLE YEARS AGO FROM AND JUST YOU NAME A COMPETITOR OUT THERE, IS THERE RESIDENTIAL FIBER THAT EXISTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, OR IS THIS THE FIRST TIME IT'S BEING AS FAR AS WHEN WE'RE DONE, I THINK WE'LL BE THE LARGEST RESIDENTIAL FIBER PROVIDER IN THE CITY. I'M AWARE OF A LITTLE BIT OF BRIGHT SPEED, RIGHT? SPEED HAS A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT, BUT NOT MUCH. I MEAN, WE JUST LOOKED ON THE NEW DATA CAME OUT FROM THE FCC LAST MONTH. AND I LOOKED AGAIN, YOU GOT A LITTLE BIT OF BRIGHT SPEED UP IN THE NORTH. BUT FOR THE MOST FOR THE MOST PART, MARYSVILLE IS ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING COMMUNITIES OF THIS SIZE IN THE STATE OF OHIO THAT DOESN'T HAVE A FIBER PROVIDER IN IT. SO THAT'S WHY WE WERE EXCITED TO COME UP HERE. OKAY, ONE SORRY, JUST ONE QUESTION. MY NEIGHBORHOOD HASN'T STARTED UNDER THE CONSTRUCTION YET. DO YOU GUYS SEND OUT MAILERS WITH THAT NUMBER AND CONSTRUCTION WEBSITE, OR IS IT JUST KIND OF LIKE YOUR YARD GETS TORN UP AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHO TO CALL? IT'S KIND OF LIKE ZONING NOTICES. YES, WE DO SEND STUFF OUT, BUT MOST OF THEM GET IGNORED. WE DO HAVE A PROCESS, SO EVERYBODY SHOULD BE RECEIVE A MINIMUM OF ONE, IF NOT TWO DIRECT MAILS TO THE RESIDENTS. IT HAS A QR CODE ON IT. AND ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE WENT THROUGH IS ON THAT. IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE BEFORE WE START CONSTRUCTION NOW, I WILL BE HONEST WITH YOU, 10 TO 15% OF THE PEOPLE WILL RESPOND TO THAT. WE DO TRACK IT BEFORE CONSTRUCTION STARTS. WE DO DOOR HANG EVERY DOOR THAT IS TRACKED BY OUR CONSTRUCTION CREWS. IF OUR FOREMAN DOESN'T SEE THAT IT'S BEEN DOOR HANGING, THEY DO MAP MY ROUTE. OR YOU KNOW WHEN THEY DO IT THAT IS NOT COMPLETED. WE WON'T LET THEM START CONSTRUCTION TYPICALLY.

NOW, SOMETIMES THAT'LL BE OFF LIKE A DAY O BUT WE LIKE TO PUT THOSE OUT AT LEAST A WEEK IN ADVANCE. AND IF ALLOWED, AND I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S ALLOWED UP HERE, WE'LL DO SIGNS IN THE FRONT OF THE SUBDIVISIONS WITH THE QR CODE ON. SO THERE SHOULD BE A FEW MULTIPLE WAYS THAT YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE QR CODE. ALL THAT INFORMATION SHOULD BE ON THERE.

AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH CITY STAFF TO GET IT OUT ON YOUR GUYS'S WEBSITE AND OUT LIKE THAT. THE FIRST 90 DAYS IS WHEN MOST PEOPLE SAY, I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. USUALLY AFTER THAT, PEOPLE START HEARING ABOUT IT GOING ON AND THEY PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE ATTENTION TO DIRECT MAILS, BUT THEY SHOULD RECEIVE AT LEAST TWO COMMUNICATIONS MINIMUM, IF NOT THREE, BEFORE WE START CONSTRUCTION. OKAY. YEAH, WE WE, YOU PROBABLY GOT IT. WE GOT A LITTLE MAILER. LIKE IT WAS LIKE THE WEEK AFTER YOU WERE HERE. SO IT'S BEEN OVER TWO MONTHS, BUT I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT, SO I DIDN'T KNOW. BUT IF YOU'RE SAYING DOOR HANGERS GO UP, I JUST KNOW AS SOON AS SHOVELS GO IN THE GROUND IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, ZACH AND I WILL FEEL LIKE. SCOTT. SO. WELL, YOU KIND OF BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH, BUT I WAS GOING TO ASK IF WE COULD MAKE E SURE THAT THIS INFORMATION IS ON OUR CITY WEBSITE IF IT ISN'T ALREADY. THAT WAY, RESIDENTS HAVE YET ANOTHER AVENUE FOR LINK TO FILE A COMPLAINT OR THE THE PHONE NUMBER. AND THEN I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN COORDINATE WITH THE WITH THE WATER FOLKS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NEED TO SEND MAILERS RIGHT NOW, BUT IF YOU CAN WORK WITH THE, WITH STAFF ON KIND OF TIMING AND THEN YOU KNOW, THAT NEXT MONTH'S WATER BILL BEFORE YOU GUYS ARE GOING OUT, MAYBE PUT A, PUT A MAILER INSIDE THE, THE, THE WATER BILL FOR JUST AN ADDITIONAL REMINDER, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE HAVE CONTEMPLATED, BUT YEAH, KELSEY AND I ARE TWO DOORS DOWN FROM EACH OTHER. SO I'M SURE THAT OUR DOORS ARE GOING TO BE KNOCKED ON. SO EVERY COMMUNITY IS DIFFERENT. WE'LL GLADLY DO WHATEVER THE COMMUNITY WANTS. I KNOW WE'RE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR AND STAFF AND GETTING IT OUT. I KNOW WE START TAKING THE AUGUST TIMEFRAME. WE'RE STARTING TO DO EVENTS IN THE CITY AND SOME OF THE I THINK THE BUSINESS DISTRICT. SO WE'LL GET THE WORD OUT THAT WAY ALSO. BUT YEAH, ANYTHING YOU GUYS WANT, WE'LL

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I WILL SPEAK PERHAPS ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER IN THE BACK THERE, BUT WE HAVE POSTED SOMEWHAT RECENTLY A REMINDER OF THAT NUMBER, THAT CONTACT INFORMATION THAT WAS ON THERE, PROBABLY BECAUSE I WAS REQUESTING THAT TO BE DONE AND IT HAD BEEN COMMUNICATED OUT IN THE SPRING TIME AS WELL. BUT I, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY SHARE IT BECAUSE I THINK RESIDENTS WANT ANSWERS. A LOT OF TIMES THEY WANT ANSWERS LONG BEFORE I'M EVEN HOME FROM WORK. SO YEAH, THEY WANT RESPONSIVENESS. AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO PUT A QR SIGN IN MY FRONT YARD. THANK YOU.

SOMETIMES THE ZONING CODE DOES ALLOW SIGNS IN THE YARDS, BUT WE WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY. SO WE YOU'RE TALKING TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN MY YARD. THAT POINTS TO SCOTT. OH, DON'T DO THAT.

OKAY. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS THIS EVENING? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. REPORT OF CLERK OF COUNCIL. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. THANK

[PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT]

WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR BACK WHEN THEY WILL BE ON THE AGENDA. THE NEXT ITEM WAS FOR EXTERIOR MODIFICATIONS TO A HOUSE AT 802 WEST FOURTH STREET IN THE VILLAGE RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT. THIS WAS APPROVED. SIX YES. ZERO NO. THE NEXT ITEM WAS AN EXTERIOR PLAN FOR A PROPOSED BUILDING EXPANSION AND PARKING TO THE EXISTING HONDA DETAIL CENTER. SO THIS LOCATION IS 620 COLEMAN'S CROSSING BOULEVARD. THAT WAS ALSO APPROVED. SIX. YES, ZERO NO.

THAT'S LIKE THEIR CAR WASH BUILDING. THE OTHER APPLICATION. EXTERIOR PLAN AS WELL WAS FOR A PROPOSED FIRESTONE AND THE ASSOCIATED PARKING AND LANDSCAPING ALONG EAST ALONG US 36 EAST. SO THIS IS OUR REGIONAL MIXED USE DISTRICT. THIS PARCEL IS OUT FRONT OF THE LOWE'S. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE OUT PARCELS THERE. AND THAT WAS APPROVED AS WELL. SIX YES. ZERO NO. THE NEXT APPLICATION WAS FOR A RESIDENTIAL APPLICATION FOR EXTERIOR MODIFICATIONS AT 319 WEST SEVENTH STREET IN THE VILLAGE. RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT ALSO APPROVED SIX YES, ZERO NO. AND THE LAST ONE WAS RESIDENTIAL APPLICATION FOR 250 GRAND AVENUE APPROVED SIX. YES.

ZERO. NO. ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS ON THE UPDATES. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION. HEARING OF CITIZENS. THIS IS THE TIME IN TONIGHT'S MEETING WHERE WE AS CITIZENS ARE INVITED TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND ADDRESS MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. IT IS LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES AND YOU WOULD APPROACH THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND THEN IT'S MEANT FOR STATING CONCERNS OR ADDRESSING COUNCIL, NOT NECESSARILY A DIALOG BACK AND FORTH. AND IF YOU DO APPROACH THE PODIUM, YOU WOULD ALSO BE ASKED TO STATE YOUR ADDRESS. IF I DIDN'T SAY THAT ALREADY. ANY CITIZENS WISHING TO ADDRESS COUNCIL THIS EVENING, AND IF SO, NOW PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO RESOLUTIONS 11-261

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ONE IS BY COUNCIL BY COUNCIL ORDINANCE TO SUBMIT A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER TO THE ELECTORATE. THE OTHER IS BY PETITION OF AT LEAST 10% OF THE TOTAL ES VOTIN VOTING IN THE LAST MUNICIPAL ELECTION. OUR CITY AUDITOR, SLASH FINANCE DIRECTOR BY LAW, WAS SERVED WHERE IT WAS DELIVERED PETITIONS TO FORWARD THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. HE AND I DELIVERED THE PETITIONS TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. THEY CERTIFIED. 581 VALID SIGNATURES WITH 422 REQUIRED. SO 422 IS THE. THAT EQUALS 10% OF THE NUMBER OF CITY RESIDENTS THAT VOTED AT THE LAST MUNICIPAL ELECTION. THEREFORE, THE PETITION IS VALID AND SUFFICIENT, AND COUNCIL REALLY HAS NO DISCRETION. AND THEY AND THEY THEY NEED TO CERTIFY THE THE THE PETITIONS. AND THEN THIS RESOLUTION WILL THEN BE FORWARDED TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS FOR THE QUESTION. THE THE CHARTER AMENDMENT QUESTION TO BE PLACED ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER ELECTION. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. JUST WANT TO COMMENT EXCUSE ME. COMMENT THAT WHAT WAS BROUGHT FORTH AS A CHANGE POINT IS ACTUALLY LOWERING THE THRESHOLD OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED TO DO A REFERENDUM, AND THAT WOULD BE PUT ON THE BALLOT. IT WOULD BE A REVISION TO OUR CHARTER. RIGHT. I THINK THE STATE LOST 35%. THIS WOULD TAKE IT BACK DOWN TO 10% OF THOSE THAT HAD VOTED IN THE LAST ELECTION. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. THAT PARTICULAR MATTER IS NOT WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON, THOUGH. IF WE AGREE WITH THAT OR NOT, WE'RE SIMPLY VOTING ON THE PROCEDURAL ASPECT OF IT, WHICH IS THERE WERE SIGNATURES. THEY HAD THE AMOUNT OF SIGNATURES THAT WAS CERTIFIED BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, THAT THEY WERE VALID SIGNATURES. AND WE BY WE REALLY HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO VOTE THIS DOWN. WE HAVE TO AGREE THAT THE PROCESS WAS FOLLOWED. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. IT'S A STATUTORY MANDATED PROCEDURE. AND THAT'S CORRECT. YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING TO THE SUBSTANCE OF THE PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT. YOU'RE SIMPLY FORWARDING IT ON TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. OKAY.

IT'S MORE THAN JUST A CHANGE TO THE IT'S MORE THAN JUST A CHANGE TO THE PERCENTAGE OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED, THOUGH. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, TIM? WELL, THE OTHER YEAH, THE OTHER PRONG TO THE AMENDMENT. SO THIS DEALS WITH REFERENDUMS AND THE STATE LAW REQUIRES, BEFORE A PETITION IS CIRCULATED TO BE DELIVERED TO THE CITY AUDITOR OR FINANCE DIRECTOR, AND THEN THE AND THEN THE CERTIFIED AND THEN AND THEN THE CITY AUDITOR OR FINANCE DIRECTOR HAS TO CERTIFY THE PROPOSED REFERENDUM. THAT STEP WITH THIS PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT IS BEING ELIMINATED. SO MUCH LIKE A CHARTER AMENDMENT, A CHARTER AMENDMENT CAN BE CIRCULATED. A PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT CAN BE CIRCULATED WITHOUT IT FIRST BEING DELIVERED TO SOMEBODY AT THE CITY. THE ORC REQUIRES A A PROPOSED REFERENDUM TO BE DELIVERED TO THE CITY AUDITOR AND CERTIFIED BY THE CITY AUDITOR BEFORE IT IS. BEFORE THE PETITIONS ARE CIRCULATED. SO THAT STEP IS BEING. THAT'S CORRECT. THAT STEP IS BEING REMOVED. OKAY. THANK YOU. THIS IS THE ONE ONE READING ONLY RESOLUTION. AND IF THAT CONCLUDES THE ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATES, WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO CITIZEN COMMENTS AND THEN GO TO COUNCIL AFTERWARD. ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM TONIGHT? OKAY.

SEEING NONE. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WISHING TO COMMENT ON THE SUBJECT WITHIN THIS RESOLUTION? OKAY, I'LL JUST MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS. AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT RELATED TO THE TO THE SUBSTANCE OF THE ACTUAL CHANGE ITSELF TO THE CHARTER. TONIGHT'S AGENDA ITEM

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THIS IS ALL PART OF THE PROCESS THAT'S REQUIRED. THIS WOULD THEN GO ON THE BALLOT IN WHICH VOTERS WOULD HAVE TO DECIDE, DO I? I THINK REALLY WHAT THE ULTIMATELY PART OF THE SUBSTANCE OF THE CHANGE WOULD BE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, ELECTED LEADERS MAKE A DECISION, AND THEN HAVING LESS OF A SIGNATURE REQUIREMENT WOULD PUT MORE HANDS OR, SORRY, MORE MORE POWER IN THE HANDS OF OF THOSE WHO ARE SIGNING THE PETITION TO HAVE SOMETHING OVERTURNED. SO THERE IS THERE IS A DYNAMIC OF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE TAKING SOME LEVEL OF DECISION MAKING AWAY FROM ELECTED LEADERS VERSUS PUTTING IT INTO THE HANDS OF INDIVIDUALS. SO THAT'LL BE FOR WHAT'S WHAT CITIZENS HAVE TO DECIDE WHEN IT'S ON THE BALLOT. BUT TONIGHT, IT IS ABOUT OUR OUR VALIDATION OF THE INFORMATION AND MOVING FORWARD IN TERMS OF THE PROCEDURE THAT'S REQUIRED. IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. OKAY. ROLL CALL PLEASE. MISSUS. PACKAGE. YES. MR. REAMS. NO. MR. YOUNG. YES. MR. BORDNER. YES. MR. WOLF. YES.

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THANK YOU. I FEEL LIKE I'M LOUD, BUT SO BASICALLY, SOME OF THE DATA THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM MEMORIAL, THIS IS RECENT DATA. THEY SEE AN AVERAGE. I AVERAGE THESE OUT A BASIC MATH 37 MICROMOBILITY ACCIDENT VICTIMS ARE SEEN AT MEMORIAL ANNUALLY. THIS THE AVERAGE. NOW WHAT I WANT TO POINT OUT AND WHAT WE'RE MISSING HERE. THIS IS JUST MEMORIAL. THIS IS NOT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL DATA. THEY WOULD BE THE DETERMINING FACTOR AS FAR AS YOUTH DATA, WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON. SO. WE DON'T HAVE THE FULL PICTURE.

THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT I'M TELLING YOU. SO 40%, 42% OF THE MICROMOBILITY INJURIES FROM THE FIVE YEAR LOOKBACK WERE YOUTH UNDER THE AGE OF 18, 18 OR YOUNGER. AND THEN JUST KIND OF BREAKING IT OUT. I BROKE IT OUT BY HEAD, NECK AND FACE JUST BECAUSE IT'S WE'RE KIND OF TALKING ABOUT H. SO I WANTED TO KIND OF SHOW THE DATA. EXTREMITIES ARE STILL THE HIGHEST. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU TRY TO PREVENT ANY OTHER INJURY, YOU PUT HANDS DOWN, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT. I KIND OF WANT TO POINT OUT THAT HELMETS CAN REDUCE THE SEVERITY OF HEAD, NECK AND FACE INJURIES, EVEN IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE AT LARGE. AND THEN. 60%, IF YOU LOOK OVER HERE, OVER 60% OF HEAD, NECK AND FACE INJURIES FROM MICROMOBILITY DEVICES WERE IN CHILDREN 18 YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER. AND THEN THIS IS JUST THE BASIC DATA FROM THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS. ONLY 10 TO 20% OF CHILDREN IN OHIO CURRENTLY WEAR HELMETS, AND BY CHILDREN THIS IS 18 OR YOUNGER. 70% OF CHILDREN 5 TO 14, REGULARLYIDE BICYCLES OR E-BIKES OR SCOOTERS. I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP DRAWING BACK IF IF THEY WOULD WEAR A HELMET.

85% LOWER RISK OF HEAD INJURY, 88% LOWER RISK OF SEVERE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, AND 75% OF BICYCLE RELATED FATALITIES COULD BE PREVENTED EVENTUALLY, POTENTIALLY. EXCUSE ME. SO I WANTED TO KIND OF DO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A REGIONAL APPROACH BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THE NATIONWIDE CHILDREN DATA. SO THIS IS FROM DAYTON CHILDREN'S. FROM 2024 TO 2025, THEY HAD TWO TIMES AS MANY YOUTH VISITS IN THEIR EDITOR. AND THEN 2026 IS SHOWN UP HERE.

THIS IS JUST THROUGH MAY 28TH. THEY ALREADY HAVE 109. SO JUST KIND OF TO REITERATE AGAIN. WE DO HAVE SOME NATIONAL DATA. SO I'M GOING TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THIS IN A MINUTE. BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING IS THERE WAS A 4.18% ESTIMATED PEDIATRIC E-BIKE INJURIES IN 2019. THERE WAS A 50% E-BIKE INJURIES IN 2023. IT JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS THE SHIFT IN PEDIATRIC SAFETY CONCERNS, THE SEVERITY OF THESE INJURIES. THEY IT'S OBVIOUS THESE THINGS ARE MOVING FASTER. SO AS THE SPEED GOES UP, THE SEVERITY GOES UP. SO STUDIES ARE SHOWING A DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN SPEEDS OF 20 MILES AN HOUR OR GREATER AND A HIGHER INCIDENCE OF HEAD AND NECK AND FACIAL AND INTERNAL ORGAN INJURIES. I DON'T HAVE A SLIDE FOR THAT BECAUSE IT DIDN'T LOOK PRETTY. SO SORRY. AND THEN THIS ONE, THIS IS KIND

[01:00:02]

JUST, I GUESS I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW FACT BASED, RIGHT, OF THAT 10 TO 20% MAYBE IN MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION THAT YOU DON'T KNOW. BUT DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY OHIO MUNICIPALITIES HAVE HELMET LAWS ON THE BOOKS OR WE. ONE OF THE FEW THAT DON'T LIKE. I GUESS I'M WONDERING, LIKE MUNICIPALITIES WHO ADD A HELMET REQUIREMENT IN. DO THEY SEE A LARGE INCREASE IN THE PERCENTAGE OF KIDS WHO ARE ACTUALLY WEARING THEIR HELMET? SO I DID A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THAT, AND IT WAS A VERY DEEP RABBIT HOLE. IT'S NOT

[01:05:01]

YEAH. AND I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING OUT OF ORDER, MR. PRESIDENT, AND JASON ORSINO WITH UNION COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. I WANT TO REFER BACK TO COUNCILMAN BODNER'S QUESTION EARLIER, SPEAKING MORE BROADLY ABOUT THE ROLE OF LEGISLATION AND HOW THAT PANS OUT. AGAIN, OUR BOARD HASN'T TAKEN A POSITION ON HELMET LAWS, MUNICIPAL LAWS OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. BUT WHAT WE'VE SEEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY OVER THE YEARS WITH SIMILAR ACTIVITIES IS THAT WHEN GOVERNMENT, FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE, DECIDES THAT SOMETHING IS OF VALUE TO PROTECT THE SAFETY OF CHILDREN IN PARTICULAR. AND WE I'LL GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES. THAT TENDS TO INCREASE THE VALUE PARENTS PUT ON THE ACTIVITY.

IT'S NOT THE MAKING THEM DO IT NECESSARILY. IT'S THE. THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. AND WE'VE RECOGNIZED IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TELL YOU, YOU REALLY NEED TO DO THIS FOR YOUR CHILD. AND SO WE CAN LOOK AT A COUPLE OF HISTORICAL EXAMPLES. AND THIS IS THIS PREDATES TO ME. THAT'S WHY I VOLUNTEERED TO STEP UP HERE. BUT I WAS AROUND WHEN CAR SEATS WERE FIRST BECOMING REQUIRED FORR MORE THAN INFANTS IN A CAR SEAT. AND UP TILL THAT TIME THE NUMBERS WERE JUST AS POOR AS THIS. BUT NOW, HOW MANY PARENTS TRULY DON'T TRY TO FIND A CAR SEAT AND PUT THEIR KID IN A CAR SEAT? AND THAT WAS BECAUSE OF LEGISLATION THAT SAID, THIS IS SO VITALLY IMPORTANT TO PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN. WE HAVE TO DO THIS SEAT BELTS. IF YOU GO BACK EVEN FURTHER, I REMEMBER RIDING HOME WITH MY BABY BROTHER IN THE 1970S, AND I WAS STANDING IN THE BACK SEAT LOOKING OVER THE FRONT SEAT, AND MY MOM WAS HOLDING HIM. BUT NOW I CAN'T.

THE IDEA OF MY SON'S NOT WEARING A SEATBELT WHEN THEY'RE IN THE CAR IS ANATHEMA. I JUST KNOW YOU'LL PUT ON A CAR AND THEY KNOW I'M NOT LEAVING THE DRIVEWAY. AND I DO THIS WITH MY IN-LAWS WHO ARE IN THEIR 90S. I SAID, NO, WE'RE NOT MOVING UNTIL YOUR SEAT BELTS ON BECAUSE IT'S SO IMPORTANT. BUT WITH KIDS, IT'S THE SAME THING. IT'S WHAT WE SEE IS IF WE GET PARENTS, THE IDEA THIS IS REALLY CRITICALLY IMPORTANT, THEN THEY IMPRESS UPON THEIR CHILDREN IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. AND THEN THOSE SAME KIDS GROW UP TO DO THAT BEHAVIOR AS THEY GROW OLDER AND OLDER. AND WHAT WE SEE IN THE DATA IS THAT THE KIDS THAT ARE 12 TO 16 ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE MOST TRAUMATIC INJURIES ON BICYCLES. SO YEAH, THESE YOUNGER KIDS HAVE INJURIES AND SOME ARE CONCUSSIONS, SOME ARE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES. BUT AS KIDS GET OLDER AND A LITTLE BRAVER AND THEY RIDE THEIR BIKES A LITTLE FARTHER OUT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON ROADS WITH DRIVERS WHO DON'T ALWAYS PAY A LOT OF ATTENTION TO WHAT THE BICYCLIST IS DOING, AND THAT'S WHEN THAT HELMET'S GOING TO MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD FOR THEM. IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN MAKING A KID WEAR A HELMET WHEN THEY'RE PLAYING FOOTBALL, AND OUR AGENCY WAS THE ONE THAT WORKED WITH MARYSVILLE SCHOOLS IN THEIR FIRST CONCUSSION PROTOCOLS BEFORE IT WAS A STATE LAW, AND MARYSVILLE STEPPED UP AND SAID, WE'RE GOING TO PRIORITIZE SPORT SAFETY, AND WE'RE GOING TO PRIORITIZE PROTECTING KIDS FROM CONCUSSIONS. AND THAT WAS A LOCAL DECISION. BUT NOW THE WHOLE COUNTRY FOLLOWS IT BECAUSE IT'S SO IMPORTANT. SO IT DOESN'T EXACTLY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. BUT THIS IS NO DIFFERENT FROM MY EXPERIENCE 30 YEARS IN PUBLIC HEALTH. IT'S THE SAME THING. AND YOU'LL SEE OVER TIME, HOPEFULLY, MORE AND MORE CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES WILL START TO ADOPT IT. AND SOME OF THE ONES THAT HAVE ADOPTED IT SEE BETTER NUMBERS THAN OTHERS. WE DO SEE THAT IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH WHAT'S THE OUTREACH, WHAT'S THE ENGAGEMENT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMS BOTH HAVE A ROLE IN THIS. WHAT'S THE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY MORE AT LARGE? WHAT'S THE HELMET DISTRIBUTION? WHAT DOES ALL THAT LOOK LIKE? AND IF IT'S GOOD AND THERE'S WIDE DISTRIBUTION AND IT'S A LOT OF GOOD COMMUNICATION EDUCATION, WHICH IS PROGRAM DOES WITH ALL THE PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHEN WE SEE BETTER ADOPTION. SO I HOPE THAT HELPS ANSWER THE QUESTION A LITTLE BIT. SORRY FOR THE DISRUPTION.

NO IT'S OKAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION. OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I'M GLAD HE BROUGHT UP THE SEATBELT THING BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO BRING IT UP. I WHEN I WAS LITTLE, I WAS THE KID STANDING IN THE BACK SEAT, YOU KNOW, AND HAVING SEVEN SIBLINGS. MY MOM WAS HOLDING A BABY, YOU KNOW, IN A CHEVETTE. BACK IN THE 80S WHEN GAS WAS HIGH. THANK YOU.

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THANK YOU. MR. PRESIDENT. MY, MY BIGGEST ISSUE OVERALL, JUST WITH THE MICRO MOBILITY IS YOUTH NOT RESPECTING TRAFFIC LAWS WHATSOEVER, WHETHER THEY ARE WEARING A HELMET OR NOT. I HAVE SEEN BOTH. I HAVE SEEN KIDS ON ROLLERBLADES WEAVING IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC, WHICH'T 'T EVEN ADDRESSED IN THIS. SO I GUESS MY BIGGEST THING IS MAKING SURE THAT THE ENFORCEMENT OF ACTUAL TRAFFIC LAWS IS FOLLOWED WITH THIS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT IS DECIDED ON THE HELMET SITUATION OR NOT, TO THE POINT THAT HONESTLY, FOR THE HELMET AND SOME OF THE RULES WITH THIS, I HONESTLY WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT MAKING IT WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE, BECAUSE SOMEONE WHO HAS THEIR LICENSE, WHETHER THAT BE AT 16, 17, OR 18, SHOULD KNOW THE RULES ENOUGH TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO WEAR A HELMET WHILE THEY'RE ON THERE BECAUSE THEY KNOW MORE ABOUT OPERATING IT. I DON'T KNOW, THOUGH, FROM AN ENFORCEMENT ASPECT, ARE YOU CHECKING LICENSES WHEN YOU PULL PEOPLE OVER? THAT'S GOING TO BE CHALLENGING BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY FOR US TO KNOW IF THEY HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE BEFORE WE MAKE THAT INITIAL CONTACT. SO IF YOU SAY, FOR INSTANCE, YOU STOPPED A 17 YEAR OLD KID AND YOU ASK THEM FOR THEIR NAME BECAUSE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY ABOUT MARKING DOWN, LET'S S YOU YOU KNOW, JOE SMITH, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME YOU'VE STOPPED HIM AND HE'S NOT

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WELL, TO MAKE A STOP, YOU DON'T NEED PROBABLE CAUSE. YOU NEED ARTICULABLE, ARTICULABLE, REASONABLE SUSPICION. SO IT'S A LOWER BURDEN. SO IF AN OFFICER SEES SOMEONE VIOLATING THE ORDINANCE AND HE CAN ESTIMATION, GUESS HIS AGE AND ARTICULATE WHY HE MADE THE STOP AND WHAT HIS HIS OBSERVATIONS WERE, THEN HE CAN MAKE FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS, AT LEAST PROBABLE CAUSE FOR FURTHER DETAINMENT. SO TECHNICALLY, THAT'S THE THAT'S THE THAT'S THE FIRST. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, MR. BORDNER? I GUESS I FUNDAMENTALLY GO BACK TO, YOU KNOW, THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THIS WAS TO ADDRESS. ALTERNATIVE MOBILE MOBILITY SOLUTIONS. RIGHT. AND WE SEE THE DATA. IT'S LIMITED SCOPE. WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE DATA IN INSTANCES AS IT WAS DISCUSSED TONIGHT. AND AT THIS POINT, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE. IT WAS WE'RE TRYING TO BE CONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD. I THINK THAT FOR ME, FUNDAMENTALLY, REGULAR BIKES BOARDS, WE SHOULDN'T INCLUDE IN THE SCOPE. AND I ALSO STRUGGLE WITH CLASS NE AND TWO BECAUSE I THINK AND WHAT I WHAT I HEARD TONIGHT AND OTHER NIGHTS IS THAT THE THE BIGGER RISK MAYBE IS THE CLASS THREE BIKES IS THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING, WHAT IS IT? IS IT 25 OR 28 MILES AN HOUR? I DON'T RECALL. THEY CAN GO UP TO 28. THE OTHER ONES ARE UP TO OR 28 PLUS UP TO 28. BUT AS WE DISCUSSED IN THE PREVIOUS, KIDS HAVE LEARNED HOW TO GET AROUND. YEAH, ALL THREE OF THOSE JUST LIKE ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF YOU AND YOUR CAR. RIGHT. BUT BUT BUT I THINK THAT. I THINK THAT. YOU KNOW, I, I'M NOT SO. I'M NOT A FAN OF, YOU KNOW, BIKES AND SKATEBOARDS BEING INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE JUST FOR CONSISTENCY SAKE. THE CLASS ONE AND TWO ALTERNATIVES, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, 18 AND, AND YOUNGER IS, YOU KNOW, I ALMOST LEAN TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, NOT. NOT DICTATING THAT, BUT THEN MAYBE, YOU KNOW, 18 AND YOUNGER ON A, ON A CLASS THREE IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE COULD, WE COULD MAYBE FIND SOME, SOME MIDDLE GROUND ON JUST FOR CLARIFICATION ON THE, ON THE CLASS THREE THE CURRENT ORC LAW REQUIRES EVERYONE RIDING A CLASS THREE TO FOLLOW THE RC.

RIGHT. CHIEF BROOKS, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT THE CURRENT LAW REQUIRES CURRENT LAW. THE CURRENT OHIO REVISED CODE REQUIRES ALL RIDERS OF CLASS THREE E-BIKES TO WEAR A HELMET.

OKAY, THAT'S REGARDLESS OF AGE, REGARDLESS OF AGE, ANYONE OPERATING OR RIDING. I HAVEN'T HEARD A MOTION YET TO ADJUST ANYTHING, SO I JUST WANT TO TEST THOSE WATERS FURTHER BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF OPINIONS BEING DISCUSSED HERE WITH AND PERHAPS THAT INFORMATION, THAT POINT OF CLARIFICATION, COULD HELP SHAPE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS YOU HAVE FOR LEGISLATION, AMENDMENTS. YEAH, I THINK I WILL MAKE THE THE, THE PROPOSAL THAT WE EXCLUDE REGULAR BIKES AND SKATEBOARDS FROM THE SCOPE. WE DO NOT MANDATE THE HELMET REQUIREMENT ON CLASS ONE AND TWO, BUT FOLLOW ORC ON CLASS THREE. I JUST WANT TO ENSURE.

THANK YOU, MR. BORDNER. I WANT TO CLARIFY YOUR MOTION. SO YOU WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ONE BICYCLES. AND COULD WE JUST SAY LACK OF MOTORIZED DEVICES, WHETHER IT BE BICYCLES OR

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SO WOULD YOU COULD WE PERHAPS VOTE ON THAT MOTION OR REVISE THE MOTION VOTE ON THIS THIS ONE BY ONE. SO ONE WOULD BE TO CONSIDER NON-ELECTRIFIED DEVICES TO BE REMOVED. WOULD YOU LIKE TO AMEND YOUR. GO AHEAD, MR. REEMS. YEAH. SO AS PROPOSED, IF WE EXCLUDE REGULAR BIKES, SKATEBOARDS, E-BIKES, CLASS ONE AND TWO, EVERYTHING EXCEPT CLASS THREE, WHY EVEN HAVE AN ORDINANCE? BECAUSE STATE LAW ALREADY REQUIRES. SO LIKE, WHY EVEN MAKE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT. WHY NOT JUST VOTE AGAINST IT? THE. MAYBE I'M MISUNDERSTANDING, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDED WHERE WE WERE ALLOWED TO AND NOT ALLOWED TO DRIVE THEM RIGHT IS CHANGING IN THE. THERE WAS ABOUT THE E-SCOOTERS AND ALSO PART OF THE LANGUAGE TALKS ABOUT THE UPTOWN AREA TO INCLUDE THEM IN WITH THE BICYCLES, WHAT HAVE YOU ON THE SIDEWALK. AND THERE WERE SOME CLEANUP TOO, FROM DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION, THE CITY MANAGER, AND A HANDFUL OF OTHER PRETTY MINOR CLEANUP THINGS, BUT CLEANUP NONETHELESS. SO, MR. BORDNER, JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, MR. REEMS, FOR BRINGING THAT POINT UP. I THINK IT WAS MY MIND WAS STARTING TO GO DOWN THAT SAME PATH. SO A MOTION, A, LET'S CALL IT A BICYCLE, SKATEBOARDS, NON MOTORIZED DEVICES TO BE REMOVED FROM THE LEGISLATION WOULD BE ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON. AND THEN A SECOND MOTION TO THEN ELIMINATE THE AGE REQUIREMENT FROM CLASS ONE. CLA TWO.

LET'S SAY IF THE FIRST MOTION WERE TO FAIL THEN BICYCLES ARE STILL IN PLAY. BUT IF THE SECOND ONE WERE TO PASS, YOU'RE TAKING HELMET REQUIREMENTS OUT FOR CLASS ONE, CLASS TWO. SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE WE JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH DISCUSSION AND VOTE ON YOUR FIRST MOTION.

AND THEN SEPARATELY, LET'S MOVE ON TO DEPENDING ON WHERE THAT LANDS. LET'S MOVE ON TO THE SECOND PIECE OF THAT, WHICH IS TALKING ABOUT E-BIKE. AGE REQUIREMENTS FOR HELMETS. OKAY.

I, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION AND MAYBE YOU JUST MADE A MISTAKE OR IT'S VERY POSSIBLE I DID.

THANK YOU. SO THE SECOND MOTION ONLY SORRY, THE SECOND MOTION ONLY CONCERNS HELMETS, RIGHT.

THIS THIS MOTION BE IT'S REMOVING THE HELMET REQUIREMENT FOR CLASS ONE AND CLASS TWO.

CORRECT. AGE. AGE IS NOT A FACTOR. CORRECT. OKAY. HOWEVER, I THINK WE SHOULD SEE HOW THE FIRST ITEM PLAYS OUT BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT'S EXCLUDING HELMET REQUIREMENT FOR BICYCLES WHERE IT WOULD IT WOULD INCLUDE A HELMET REQUIREMENT FOR BICYCLES, BUT NOT E-BIKES. SO IF LET'S DISCUSS THE BICYCLE SKATEBOARDS AND NON-MOTORIZED DEVICES TO BE REMOVED FROM THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM? AND THEN IF NO, WE WILL DO ROLL CALL TO. TO PASS THAT AMENDMENT. AND THEN COULD YOU REMIND ALSO IN TERMS OF THIS, THIS IS A THIS IS NOT A PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION. SO IT REQUIRES A SIMPLE MAJORITY.

CORRECT? YEAH. REMEMBER, WE NEED FOUR VOTES TO PASS. THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT ROLL CALL, MRS. YOUNG NO. MR. BORDNER YES. MR. WOLFF. YES. MR. HUNTER. NO. MRS. TAKACS YES. MR. REEMS NO

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YOU WOULD ALSO WANT TO COMPOUND THAT AGAIN TO INCLUDE EVERYTHING. OTHERWISE IT WOULD BE E-BIKES ONLY. OR I GUESS WE'VE ALREADY DECIDED ON THE, THE MANUAL DEVICE PORTION OF IT.

WE YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING HERE? WE'RE WE, I MEAN, THE REALITY IS, IS THAT YOU YOU JUST VOTED NO ON THE NORMAL BIKES. WHY EVEN BRING THE SECOND MOTION FORWARD? I COULD RETRACT THAT.

I COULD UNLESS YOU WANTED TO GO DROP THE AGE. YEAH. YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. SO I WOULD THINK THAT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT THEN I WOULD WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION. MOTION BE TO AMEND. AND THEN YOU CAN DISCUSS. I'LL WITHDRAW MY MOTION TO AMEND. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THAT MOTION HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. SO NOW IT'S BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL STATE. NO AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE AT THIS POINT. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO MAKE AN ADDITIONAL PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THIS? AND IF SO, PLEASE STATE YOUR MOTION AND WHAT THAT CHANGE WOULD BE.

CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION? YOU CAN. THAT THAT IS QUITE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER, I WOULD SAY IF THERE IS A DESIRE TO CHANGE IT IN ITS CURRENT FORM, THIS WOULD BE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT. THIS WOULD BE YOUR OPPORTUNITY. IF IF THERE IS A DESIRE TO ADJUST THE AGE REQUIREMENT FROM UNDER THE AGE OF 18, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO MAKE THAT AMENDMENT TO THIS LEGISLATION. I WOULD, GIVEN THAT I'M THE CHAIR OF THE MEETING, I WOULD SAY THAT MY OPINION IS THAT I I'VE REVIEWED THE DUBLIN RULES THAT WAS PRESENTED HERE AND WHETHER THAT'S UP TO DATE OR NOT, I HAD BROUGHT THIS UP IN A PREVIOUS MEETING THAT I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THE DATA IS RELATES TO MOTOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. AND UNDER THE AGE OF 16 IS WHERE I WOULD EXPECT TO SEE LACK OF AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING EDUCATION ON TRAFFIC REQUIREMENTS. SO I WOULD THINK IT'S OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO CONSIDER THOSE UNDER THE AGE OF 16 AS OPPOSED TO HOW IT'S WRITTEN. I DO UNDERSTAND THAT DOES BRING AN ASPECT OF DIFFICULTY IN TERMS OF ENFORCEMENT AS IT RELATES TO COMPARISON OF THIS VERSUS MOTORIZED DEVICES OR SORRY, MOTORS, NOT NOT NECESSARILY ELECTRIC MOTORS, BUT GAS MOTORS. IT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THAT.

HOWEVER, THAT IS WHERE MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE IF SOMEONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER THAT AND MAKE A MOTION, I WOULD ENTERTAIN THAT AT THIS TIME. I GUESS JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, KIND OF BACK TO WHAT, FROM AN OFFICER'S PERSPECTIVE, AS YOU'RE DRIVING BY, YOU KNOW, AT 25 OR SO, CAN YOU REALLY TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IF THE LAW WERE 16 AND UNDER HELMETS VERSUS 18 AND UNDER? IF A 17 YEAR OLD THAT LOOKS LIKE THEY COULD ALREADY BE IN COLLEGE IS RIDING WITHOUT A HELMET, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO KNOW? STOP AND TALK TO HIM. YEAH. AND IT IS UNDER THE AGE OF 16. CORRECT. THAT'S IT'S RIGHT NOW. IT'S WRITTEN UNDER THE AGE OF 18. SO WHAT I WOULD SAY IS UNDER THE AGE OF 16 IS WHERE I WOULD SEE E THIS TO BE ALIGNING WITH MY VIEWPOINTS. BUT SO I JUST WANT I THOUGHT YOU SAID 16 OR YOUNGER, BUT IT WOULD BE 15 OR YOUNGER. SO. I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO CONSIDER DROPPING THE BICYCLE SKATEBOARD, I GUESS CLASS ONE AND CLASS 2 TO 16. OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I. QUICK QUESTION, I THINK THERE'S HEALTH DATA OR INJURY DATA PRESENTED THAT TALKED ABOUT RIDERS WHO WERE LIKE IN THAT 16 YEAR CATEGORY. IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH. EVERYTHING I HAD PRESENTED WAS 18 OR YOUNGER.

DID YOU DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING I THOUGHT I REMEMBER YOU SAYING A LOT OF SERIOUS INJURIES HAPPEN WITH THE OLDER CHILDREN WHO WERE GOING OUT A LITTL FURTHER AND RIDING A LITTLE FASTER. OH, JASON, MORE BROADLY, THE DATA NATIONALLY, THIS GOES BACK TO SEVERAL STUDIES THAT

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SO YEAH, THAT THAT RANGE IS WHAT WE TEND TO LOOK AT. BUT THE, THE INFORMATION WE HAVE WAS REPRESENTED AS 18 AND UNDER. SO ANYONE THAT WAS A CHILD. AND I'M GUESSING YOU DON'T SEE THE DATA BETWEEN 16 AND 18 BECAUSE THEY GET THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE AND THEY TOSSED THE BIKE.

HONESTLY, THAT WOULD BE MY GUESS AS WELL. I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT ON POINT WITH THAT. BUT AT 16 THERE ARE SOME BIKE RIDERS, BUT THE NUMBER STARTS TO DIMINISH QUICKLY. AND AT 15, THEIR 16 YEAR OLD FRIENDS ARE DRIVING ALL OF THEM AROUND AS WELL. SO. SO, COUNCILWOMAN TACKETT, YOU HAD MADE A MOTION, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. TO DROP THE BICYCLE. SKATEBOARD. WELL, THE BICYCLE SKATEBOARD CATEGORY, THE CLASS ONE AND THE CLASS 2 TO 16, LEAVING THE CLASS THREE UNDER THE OHIO REVISED CODE AT 18. CORRECT. OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? YES.

MR. GO AHEAD. SO THE PROPOSED MOTION IS TO REQUIRE HELMETS FOR ANYONE 16 UNDER OR FOR ANYONE UNDER 16. I SORRY, UNDER 16. UNDER 16 WAS WAS WHAT I HAD STATED. YOU MADE THE MOTION. I THINK THAT'S HOW I HAD SEEN IT IN ANOTHER MUNICIPALITIES ORDINANCE THAT THAT IS THE THE DUBLIN MODEL UNDER THE AGE OF 16. YES, SIR. YOUR QUESTION IS, IS IT GOING TO BE HARDER FOR YOUR OFFICERS TO REMEMBER? WELL, THIS IS 16 BUT THIS ONE'S 18 OR SHOULD IT JUST BE THE SAME ACROSS THE BOARD? WELL, I THINK THE THE 18 THAT THE CLASS THREE E-BIKES ARE PRETTY RECOGNIZABLE FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN IN MY LIMITED VIEWING OF THEM. SO THOSE, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY RIDING ONE OF THOSE HAS TO HAVE A HELMET. I THINK THE UNIVERSAL, WHETHER THAT'S 18, 16, WHATEVER COUNCIL DECIDES, I THINK THE UNIVERSAL PART OF THAT IS, IS BETTER FROM AN ENFORCEMENT ASPECT OR CONSISTENCY ASPECT FOR US. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, MR. REEVES? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE AMENDMENT COVERS EVERYTHING EXCEPT CLASS THREE E-BIKES. IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

OKAY. DROPPING THE OTHERS TO UNDER 16. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY. MR. BOGDANOR, I THINK THAT'S A FAIR COMPROMISE. OKAY. ROLL CALL, MR. BODNAR. YES. MR. WOLFE. YES. MR. HUNTER. YES.

MRS. TAKACS. YES. MR. REAMS. YES. MRS. YOUNG NO MOTION PASSES. GIVEN THAT WE HAVE NOW AMENDED, WE ARE BACK AT SECOND READING, AND WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. ANY CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE LEGISLATION, AS AMENDED. MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO WAIVE THIRD READING. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO WAIVE THIRD READING. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? ONE ONE POINT THAT THAT'S GOING THROUGH MY MIND IS PERHAPS I KNOW THAT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT THIS POINT HASN'T BEEN OVERLY HIGH. WE HAVE HAD THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BY THE WAY, FOR TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR EVENINGS. BUT GIVEN THE CHANGES, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE MYSELF OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM ANY OTHER CONCERNED CITIZENS. APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION TO BE EFFICIENT IN THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I STAND. ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION? POINTS OF DISCUSSION. ROLL CALL PLEASE, MR. WOLFF? NO. MR. HUNTER. NO. MRS. TAKACS, NO. MR. REAMS. NO.

MRS. YOUNG. I GUESS. NO. YEAH. THERE WE GO. MR. BORDNER. NO MOTION FAILS. THANK YOU. THIS

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THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS EVENING. MISS GARVER GAVE A GREAT PRESENTATION ON KIND OF THE BACKGROUND OF WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING THIS EVENING. BUT IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD FOUR MAIN OBJECTIVES FOR THIS CONSOLIDATED PUD AMENDMENT. THAT INCLUDES, AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, MORE OF A CLERICAL UPDATE TO BE ABLE TO CONSISTENTLY APPLY THIS TEXT.

WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUAL END USERS. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAD TWO PARCELS THAT WERE ANNEXED FROM THE PREVIOUS ITERATION OF THE TEXT TO NOW OR WERE APPROVED FOR ANNEXATION. WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO KIND OF REFINE THAT SETBACK EXHIBIT THAT WAS PRESENT IN THE TEXT AND ACCURATELY REPRESENT THE BOUNDARY AS IT EXISTS TODAY, AND HOW THOSE SETBACKS AND BUFFERING WOULD ACTUALLY BE APPLIED. AND LASTLY, WE ALSO MODIFIED AREA TWO, WHICH YOU'LL SEE AS THE MANUFACTURING AND INNOVATION DISTRICT. AND THIS WAS TO REFLECT SOME OF THE COMMITMENTS THAT WERE MADE BY THE MARYSVILLE LAND COMPANY AT THE END OF 2025. YOU'LL SEE HERE. SO PREVIOUSLY ON THE LEFT WAS THE, I GUESS, AREA MAP OF SORTS OR SECTION MAP THAT WAS UTILIZED AS THE KEY FOR ANYTHING THAT WOULD COME H AND BEE APPROVED. YOU CAN SEE THE TWO ANNEXATIONS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED HERE THIS EVENING. EXCUSE ME. NOT

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ADDITIONALLY, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S SOMEES AS FAR AS THE DATA CENTER PROHIBITED ZONE IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER OF THE RIGHT MAP. AND I'LL KIND OF GET INTO THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE.

BUT THAT WAS ALSO AN ADDITION THAT WAS MADE. SO THESE CHANGES THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN ONLY APPLY TO. I'LL GO BACK REAL QUICK. WHAT IS OH AREA TWO. SO THIS IS ALL OF AREA TWO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE. AND AGAIN AREA TWO IS SHOWN IN BLUE ON THIS SLIDE. THESE CHANGES AGAIN ALIGN WITH WHAT WAS AGREED UPON AND PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AT THE END OF 2025. THAT INCLUDES DATA CENTERS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY IN APPROVED USE IN AREA TWO ARE NOW A CONDITIONAL USE AND WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH FOR FURTHER APPROVAL. THE DATA CENTERS WITHIN THE DATA CENTER PROHIBITED AREA WAS ACTUALLY AN AMENDMENT THAT WAS MADE TO ONE OF THE PUD TEXTS LATER ON IN THE PROCESS. AND SO WHAT WAS A PROHIBITED USE IS STILL A PROHIBITED USE. SO THAT WAS THE THE HATCHED AREA IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER, THE GROUND PASSENGER DISPATCH, PERSONAL STORAGE, MINI WAREHOUSING, RECYCLING CENTERS AND EXTENDED STAY HOTELS. THIS WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT WAS ASKED BY THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WOULD INCLUDE. AND SO THAT WENT FROM A CONDITIONAL USE TO NOW PROHIBITED USE. AND LASTLY, GROUNDWATER WELLS WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED IN BASICALLY THE ENTIRE AREA, TWO, EXCEPT FOR A SMALL AREA, ARE NOW PROHIBITED USE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. WITH THAT, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY MORE SLIDES OR ANYTHING ELSE, BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT ARISE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. QUESTIONS. COMMENTS? MR. BORDNER, I THINK THAT I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION TONIGHT. I THINK THAT THIS DEFINITELY REFLECTS THE COMMITMENTS THAT THE MARYSVILLE LAND COMPANY MADE. I DON'T REMEMBER END OF LAST YEAR, EARLY THIS YEAR. YOU KNOW, WE WORKED WITH, YOU KNOW, THE THE THE NEIGHBORS OUT OFF OF.

VALLEY ROAD AND JOLLY, NOT BUXTON MEADOWS. I WAS GOING TO SAY BUXTON. THAT WAS THAT WAS THE OTHER ONE. RIGHT. IT WAS JOLLY ROAD TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY. AND I APPRECIATE YOU REFERENCING BACK LIKE PROHIBITING THE DATA CENTER IN THAT NORTHEAST QUADRANT, RIGHT.

AND MAINTAINING THAT PER THE AGREEMENT, THE HANDSHAKE AGREEMENT. I MEAN, IT'S BEEN SEVEN, EIGHT MONTHS SINCE WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION. SO I GENUINELY APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO DOING, TO LISTENING TO, TO THE, THE RESIDENTS, THE NEIGHBORS, AND THEN THE DATA CENTERS BEING, YOU KNOW, CONDITIONAL, RIGHT IN THE, IN THE OTHER AREAS AND THEN PROHIBITING THE, THE GROUNDWATER WELLS, WHICH WAS DEFINITELY THE VOICE OF, OF, OF THE, OF THE RESIDENTS AND THE NEIGHBORS AS IT RELATES TO GROUNDWATER AND, AND DRILLING IN THAT, IN THAT AREA. SO THANKFUL FOR THE, THE, THE COMMITMENTS AND APPRECIATE THE UPDATE THIS EVENING. ABSOLUTELY. OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE LEGISLATION. I APPRECIATE THE SIMPLE, SIMPLE INFORMATION PACKET AND THE ABILITY TO COMPREHEND. ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO STATE AND ACTUALLY DISCUSS BRIEFLY, THIS LEGISLATION IS TALKING ABOUT UPDATING ZONING, AND IT. THIS PARTICULAR ZONING, HOWEVER, IS ACROSS TWO DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS, ONE BEING THE MARYSVILLE LAND COMPANY, ONE BEING WAS IT ROCKFORD DEVELOPMENT? BUT YES, ROCKFORD, I MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE'S SO. SO WE HAVE ONE DOCUMENT OUTLINING THE ZONING FOR TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT. YOU'RE ONLY REALLY ADDRESSING THE PORTION. HOWEVER, I UNDERSTAND THERE TO BE AN INTEREST IN ENGAGING IN FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH A DEVELOPMENT, A PIECE OF THE OVERALL

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

SO I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO WORK WITH STAFF TO TRY TO GET SOME LEVEL OF ESTIMATE RELATIVE TO YOUR TO YOUR DREAM. SO WE CAN WE CAN CONTEMPLATE THAT IN THE IN THE BUDGET ACTIVITY THIS FALL. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WOLFF, I HAVE NOTHING. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU AGAIN TO MR. EMERY. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SUCCESSFUL ENDEAVORS HERE IN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. AND TO THE MEMBERS, I'M THANKING YOU AGAIN, THE UNION COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. APPRECIATE YOUR PERSPECTIVES JUST FOR THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION. UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE MY OWN. I HAVE PERSONAL CONVICTIONS, BUT ALSO CONVICTIONS THAT ARE SHAPED BY THE RESIDENTS IN THIS CITY. AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE DIFFERENT THAN MY OWN. AND IN SOME TIMES WE DON'T NEED TO. SOMETIMES WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE, THE, THE BROADER COMMUNITY DIFFERENTLY THAN JUST OURSELVES AS ELECTED LEADERS. AND WE, WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT IN EVERY DECISION THAT WE MAKE, THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.

AND LIKE I SAY, IN SOME CASES, I HAVE TO LISTEN TO MY THE RESIDENTS AND, AND WHAT THEIR WANTS ARE. AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T ALIGN WITH WHAT I THINK SHOULD BE. BUT I'M I'M VOTING ON WHAT RESIDENTS IN THIS CITY WANT. I KNOW THERE'S SOMETIMES BEEN SCRUTINY FOR. WELL, THE STATE PASSED THIS ISSUE, BUT LOCALLY WE HAVE NOT SUPPORTED IT IN A CERTAIN WAY. BUT I LOOK AT THOSE AS MORE MACRO LEVEL DECISIONS HAVING TO BE EXECUTED AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. THIS, I SEE IS TRULY THERE'S NO STATE LAW IN TERMS OF GUIDING SOME OF THESE THINGS. AND WITH THE E-BIKES ESPECIALLY, IT IS IT IS ONE ONE MIRACLE AFTER ANOTHER. WHEN CHILDREN ARE NOT HURT MORE THAN THEY ARE IN THEIR ZOOMING DOWN MY STREET AND MY RESIDENTS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD NOTICED THIS.

BUT I JUST HOPE THAT WITH MORE EDUCATION, MORE OUTREACH, MORE ENFORCEMENT, WE CAN AVOID

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[THE POTENTIAL TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER IMMINENT LITIGATION, PENDING LITIGATION, AND THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY:]

I'LL SECOND THAT IN A SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE, MR. HUNTER. YES. MRS. TAKACS YES. MR. REEMS. YES. MRS.

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