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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. 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 FORTNER HERE. STEVEN WOLF HERE. DONALD BURGER HERE. SCOTT HUNTER HERE. KELSEY
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES: July 27, 2026 City Council Meeting Minutes]
HERE. MARK REAMS AND CATHY YOUNG HERE. APPROVAL OF THE JULY 27TH, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES. HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW AND IF SO, ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS.IF NO, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES. MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE JULY 27TH, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? MEETING MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
[ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT]
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT HUNTER. THE NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT, UPTOWN WINE AND REWIND WILL TAKE PLACE ON AUGUST 14TH WITH MUSIC FROM STRANGER 80S. THE 80S WAS THE BEST MUSIC. THIS EVENT IS SPONSORED BY AMAZON. WE LOOK ARD TO SEEIN SEEING EVERYONE THERE STARTING SATURDAY, AUGUST 15TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 6TH, THE POOL WILL TRANSITION TO A WEEKEND ONLY SCHEDULE. THE WEEKEND HOURS ARE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY NOON TO SIX. STUDENTS AT MARYSVILLE SCHOOLS GO BACK STARTING AUGUST 20TH. EXPECT TO SEE MORE STUDENTS WALKING, BIKING AND CROSSING STREETS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. PLEASE SLOW DOWN EVERYBODY. USE EXTRA CAUTION IN SCHOOL ZONES. OBEY POSTED SPEED LIMITS, AND REMEMBER THAT PEDESTRIANS HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY IN CROSSWALKS. A COUPLE OF COMPLETED EVENTS. NATIONAL NIGHT OUT TOOK PLACE ON AUGUST 4TH, AND AVON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FROM 6 TO 8. OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT PUT ON A FANTASTIC COMMUNITY PARTY. IT WAS WELL ATTENDED, FULL OF FUN FOR KIDS, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS.LAST WEEK, THE POLICE DIVISIONS. OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE BUREAU ENJOYED THEIR TIME AT THE PAINT AND SNACKS EVENT AT WALNUT CROSSING. THEY SPENT THE AFTERNOON CONNECTING WITH RESIDENTS, SHARING STORIES AND LETTING THEIR INNER ARTIST SHINE. PASSPORT TO ARCHERY TOOK PLACE ON AUGUST 8TH. TRAINED IN STRUCTURES, COVERED THE BASICS OF PROPER ARCHERY FORM AND HOW TO HAVE FUN SAFELY. PARTICIPANTS WERE ABLE TO HANDLE REAL ARCHERY GEAR AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE THEIR NEW SKILLS AT A MOBILE ARCHERY RANGE. AND NOW I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILWOMAN TACKETT FOR AMERICA. 250 DEBRIEF THANK YOU. YES. FOR THOSE WHO ATTENDED, YOU'LL KNOW THAT THE WE HELD A CITY WIDE AMERICA 250 EVENT THAT WAS WEEK LONG FROM THE 4TH OF JULY THROUGH SATURDAY, JULY 11TH. SO WE HAVE A COUPLE NUMBERS TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL. WE DO HAVE PLACER AI DATA FOR ATTENDANCE AND FOR COMPARISON, AN AVERAGE FRIDAY NIGHT UPTOWN FOR THIS YEAR GETS ABOUT 6900 ATTENDEES. OUR FRIDAY. FRIDAY NIGHT UPTOWN.
THE FRIDAY NIGHT UPTOWN EVENT ON JULY 10TH HAD ABOUT 4000 ATTENDEES, AND THEN THE SATURDAY ALL DAY AMERICA 250 EVENT ON THE 11TH HAD ABOUT 3000 ATTENDEES. FOR THOSE WHO RECALL, WE DID HAVE SOME ON AND OFF WEATHER THROUGHOUT THE DAY, AND THERE WAS ALSO. IT WAS THE WRAP UP TO THE HONDA SHUTDOWN WEEK. AND SO THOSE TWO THINGS MOST LIKELY IMPACTED ATTENDANCE.
WE ALSO HAD SOME CHANGEOVER IN OUR EVENT PLANNING TEAM, AND OUR NEW COMMS DIRECTOR JOINED US. AND SO IT WAS DISCUSSED BETWEEN MEMBERS ON THE COMMITTEE THAT A LONGER MARKETING PLAN, YOU KNOW, OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME, COULD HAVE HELPED WITH ATTENDANCE AS WELL AND WILL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOR FUTURE EVENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW ALL OF WHAT IS GOING ON. WE DID GET POSITIVE FEEDBACK, THOUGH, THAT PEOPLE APPRECIATED THE RIDES AND THE BOUNCE HOUSE, THE PETTING ZOO. ALL OF THOSE THINGS WERE FREE. WE DID HEAR POSITIVE NOTES ABOUT BEING ABLE TO TAKE YOUR KIDS AND PARTICIPATE IN THOSE FREE OF COST. THERE WERE OTHER EVENTS THAT HAPPENED DURING THE WEEK. ATTENDANCE FOR THOSE WERE PRETTY GOOD AND SOME, I WOULD SAY EVEN BETTER THAN EXPECTED. THERE WAS A DRIVE IN MOVIE AT THE POOL THAT WAS VERY WELL LIKED. GOOD FEEDBACK ON THAT, AND WE DO PLAN TO CONTINUE THAT OFFER AND OFFER THAT ACTIVITY IN THE FUTURE. SO MAYBE LOOK FOR SOME OF THOSE NEXT SUMMER
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AS WELL. AND THEN WE HAD A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE READING IN THE PAVILION THAT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED AND A GOOD TIME, AND THEN FOLLOWED UP. COUNCILMAN BERGER DID A HISTORIC WALKING TOUR THAT HAD VERY GOOD ATTENDANCE AND WAS WELL LIKED. THERE WAS FEEDBACK FROM BUSINESS OWNERS. YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE FRIDAY NIGHT UPTOWN AND THEN THE FULL SATURDAY EVENT THAT IN THE FUTURE THAT MAYBE WE SPREAD THOSE OUT TO MULTIPLE WEEKENDS SO THAT THEY'RE NOT BACK TO BACK. WE SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH KIDS AND FAMILIES WHO DON'T WANT TO BRING EVERYONE UPTOWN ON BACK FOR BACK TO BACK DAYS, AND THEN OUR BUSINESSES DON'T GET TO SEE PEOPLE COME AND EAT AND DRINK AND SHOP. IF WE DON'T SPREAD THE LOVE TO MULTIPLE WEEKENDS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. ADDITIONALLY, MORE SAFETY BARRIERS ARE DESIRED FROM OUR PUBLIC SERVICE TEAMS UP THERE, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE WE DID GET A NOTE AND ARE GOING TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION FOR THIS FRIDAY'S EVENT AND THE ONE IN SEPTEMBER NOT TO BLOCK THE SIDEWALK ACCESS FOR WHEELCHAIRS AND STROLLERS. THERE WERE A COUPLE THAT I THINK IT WAS A LITTLE BIT HARD TO MANEUVER, SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE ON FRIDAY THAT THOSE ARE ACCESSIBLE WHILE WE ARE STILL KEEPING THE STREETS BLOCKED AND SAFE, AND THEN THE CITY WILL EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOW TO USE THE PICNIC TABLES THAT WERE PAINTED RED, WHITE AND BLUE, AS WELL AS LOOK FOR ANOTHER LOCATION FOR THE STRING LIGHTS THAT WERE UPTOWN. IF YOU HAVE BEEN UPTOWN, ESPECIALLY AFTER DARK, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE WHITE ONES THAT WERE UP THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGED OUT, AND WE CAN NOW CHANGE THE COLORS ON THE ONES UP THERE. SO THEY HAD BEEN RED, WHITE AND BLUE. AND YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE ORANGE ON HALLOWEEN OR RED AND GREEN FOR CHRISTMAS. BUT THOSE ARE NEW AND WE DO STILL HAVE THE OLD ONES, AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE REPURPOSED SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND THEN A FINAL LOCATION FOR THE TREE COOKIE SLICE. WE'LL BE DETERMINED AND COMING SOON. AND WE WILL LET EVERYONE KNOW, MAYBE HERE AT CITY HALL OR SOMEWHERE ELSE, BECAUSE THAT WAS A REALLY COOL PIECE OF HISTORY THAT SHOULD BE CHECKED OUT BY ALL, EVEN IF YOU COULDN'T MAKE IT TO THAT EVENT.SO THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF WHO PLANNED. I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF LONG HOURS PUT IN.
JEREMY STEPPED UP AND KIND OF TOOK OVER THAT GROUP WHEN SOME STAFF SWITCHED OUT AND EVERYTHING AND KEPT IT ALL TOGETHER, AND COUNCILMAN BERGER SAT ON THAT COMMITTEE AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED AND ASSISTED. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER TACKETT.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JEREMY TO DISCUSS MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. YEAH, YEAH.
THANKS, KIM. CITY STREET CREWS CONTINUE TO PERFORM BASE REPAIRS AHEAD OF THE ANNUAL PAVING PROGRAM. ON THE PARK SIDE. OUR CREWS ARE PREPARING FOR THIS WEEKEND'S EVENT THAT KIM WENT INTO DETAIL ON. THEY'RE CLEARING BRUSH ALONG THE MCIVER WOODS TRAIL AND PAINTING STRUCTURES AROUND TOWN. ON THE WATER SIDE, CITY CREWS CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE NORTH CONNELLY STREET WATER LINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT, AND WITH IT BEING A LITTLE BIT COOLER AND A LITTLE BIT WETTER LAST WEEK, THE AVERAGE WATER PRODUCTION WAS 4.6 MILLION GALLONS A DAY, WITH A PEAK OF 5.1, WHICH IS THE PEAK BEING ABOUT 1 MILLION TO 1 MILLION AND A HALF LESS THAN OUR EARLIER PEAK IN IN JUNE. AND THEN FINALLY, ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE, CITY STAFF IS REVIEWING FILTER UPGRADE PROPOSALS AND PREPARING FOR UPCOMING INTERVIEWS AS PART OF THE CMAA PROCESS AND ALSO PREPARING FOR THE UPCOMING ANNUAL LINING PROJECT. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JAMIE TO GO OVER SOME OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ONGOING. THANK YOU. I APOLOGIZ IT'S NOT A. WHAT'S THE WORD I'M THINKING OF? IT'S A STATIC. YES. THANK YOU. IT'S NOT AN INTERACTIVE MAP TODAY.
SO TODAY, A CARRIAGE ACRES AND CHERRY STREET SANITARY REJUVENATION IS BEING APPLIED THIS WEEK, HOPEFULLY WEATHER DEPENDENT. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TODAY, BUT YOU SAW THE THE RAIN RESTORATION WILL START ON WEDNESDAY. HOPEFULLY. CONLEY STREET TOPSOIL AND SEEDING ARE SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK. THE 2026 PAVING PROGRAM CONCRETE CURB DEMOLITION CONTINUES ON.
CHESTNUT PAVING WILL BEGIN IN LATE AUGUST AND THEN ALTA FIBER. WE STILL HAVE TWO CREWS CURRENTLY WORKING IN GREEN PASTURES AND MILFORD ESTATES. ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS, QUESTIONS COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? I'LL JUST SAY THAT EVEN THOUGH RESIDENTS SOMETIMES MIGHT LOSE PATIENCE OVER ALL THE CONSTRUCTION, IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT WE'RE INVESTING IN OUR STREETS AND INVESTING IN OVERALL INFRASTRUCTURE. THEN YOU KNOW WHAT? SOME CITIES ARE NOT ABLE TO FINANCIALLY BE ABLE TO DO RIGHT NOW. SO IT'S A IT'S A GOOD SIGN. AWESOME. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL, THAT CONCLUDES OUR ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER
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QUESTIONS COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. WE APPRECIATE IT.[REPORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT]
REPORT OF CLERK OF COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. OKAY.THANK YOU. REPORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MR. PHILLIPS. GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT. COUNCIL MEMBERS, I HAVE A COUPLE UPDATES I THINK MCKENZIE IS BRINGING UP. SO I THINK I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER MEETING. SO THERE ARE TWO UPCOMING EVENTS THAT WE'RE INVITING COUNCIL TO. THE ONE IS THE OHIO'S FUTURE OF MOBILITY CONFERENCE. WE DO HAVE FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF A FREE PASS FOR THAT ONE. SO YOU JUST GOTTA LET US KNOW. WE'LL GET YOU A CODE. AND I THINK, CATHY, MISS YOUNG, WE GOT YOU SET UP FOR THAT AS WELL. IT'S A SPECIAL LINK. OKAY. VERY GOOD. WE CAN SHARE THAT. AND THAT'S COMING UP ON THE 19TH. KIM IS ACTUALLY SPEAKING TO AT THE EVENT AND I'LL BE MODERATING THAT EVENT. SO WE INVITE YOU TO COME TO COME AND SEE THAT. BUT IT'S A GREAT CELEBRATION OF THE WORK THAT DUBLIN, MARYSVILLE AND UNION COUNTY ARE DOING ON THE BETA DISTRICT. THE SECOND ITEM IS A JOINT CHAMBER EVENT COMING UP ON AUGUST 27TH. IT'S AT OHIO UNIVERSITY DOWN IN DUBLIN. IT'S GOING TO BE DISCUSSING THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION RELATED TO THE BETA DISTRICT. WE HAVE JAMIE GREEN FROM PLANNING NEXT TALKING ABOUT HOW WE WORK TOGETHER ON LAND USE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE ALONG THE CORRIDOR AND ALONG 161 AS WELL AS 33. AND THEN ALSO MAUZY IS GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE REGION, THE COLUMBUS REGION AS A WHOLE. SO GREAT AGENDA PROBABLY WILL HAVE THAT AT BOTH OF THESE EVENT, PROBABLY 120 TO 130 PEOPLE PLUS. SO YOU'RE IN INVITED TO BOTH OF THOSE, AND BOTH OF THEM ARE FREE. SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME. THAT'S ALL I HAD. UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. MR. WOLFF.
NO. MR. BORDNER WELL, THAT MOBILITY CONFERENCE BE FILMED AT ALL. WE'RE IN A IN A THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO FIND OUT, AND I'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. I DO NOT HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT.
THANKS. THANK YOU, MR. PHILLIPS. WE APPRECIATE THE REPORT. PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
[PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION REPORT]
REPORT, MR. WOLFF. YEAH. SO WE HAD A QUICKER MEETING BACK IN JULY, BUT WE APPROVED OUR JUNE MINUTES, RECEIVED A VARIETY OF UPDATES. A COUPLE OF LARGER ITEMS WERE WORK TO REPLACE THE ELDER PARK FENCE SUPPOSED TO BEGIN THIS MONTH. AND THEN THERE WERE TWO NEW FOUNTAINS THAT ARE TO BE TO BE PLACED AT ALDERS GATE POND. AND I KNOW THAT CONVERSATIONS BEFORE ABOUT LIGHTING AND IF THEY COULD CHANGE COLORS OR WHATNOT, BUT THOSE WILL BE COMING IN. AND THEN WE HAD TWO RESIDENTS THAT HAVE COME IN BEFORE, BUT THEY WANTED TO HAVE ANOTHER DISCUSSION ON THE NEED FOR MORE PICKLEBALL COURTS IN TOWN, AND IN PARTICULAR, THE NEED FOR THOSE COURTS TO BE GROUPED TOGETHER MORE THAN, YOU KNOW, TWO AT A TIME, KIND OF FOUR, SIX, EIGHT, THAT IDEA. SO THEY CAN HOST MORE LARGE SCALE EVENTS AND HAVE GROUPS THAT WANT TO STAY TOGETHER TO PLAY INSTEAD OF SPREADING OUT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. IN REGARDS TO OUR AGENDA, WE CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS ON THE FIVE YEAR PARKS AND REC CIP, SO WE SHOULD BE VOTING ON THAT NEXT WEEK AND IN OUR NEXT MEETING ACTUALLY IS ON THE 18TH AT 6 P.M. OKAY. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS? COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMAN WOLFF. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE REGARDING THE ALDERSGATE FOUNTAINS. AND I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CHAD CLARIDGE HAS WORKED ON AND LOOKING INTO WHAT OPTIONS WE HAVE. SO I KNOW HE'S ALSO BEEN ATTENTIVE TO THE ALGAE GROWTH ISSUES THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH. SO GREAT TO SEE THAT. AND I DID SEE THE NEW FENCE, OR IT LOOKS LIKE A NEW FENCE UP IN ALGER PARK. IT'S IT, IT LOOKS[HEARING OF CITIZENS]
LIKE A BRAND NEW FENCE. SO I'M ASSUMING THAT'S THE NEW FENCE. SO YEAH, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THE UPDATE. HEARING OF CITIZENS. THIS IS THE TIME IN THIS EVENING'S MEETING WHERE WE WELCOME CITIZENS WHO WISH TO EXPRESS ANY SORT OF CONCERNS. RELAY A MESSAGE TO COUNCIL. YOU HAVE UP TO FIVE MINUTES. AND IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE WILLING WANTING TO DO THAT, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU STEP TO THE PODIUM. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU'RE SPEAKING INTO THE MICROPHONE.STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND IT WILL BE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES. AND ALSO, JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS IS FOR ITEMS NOT RELATED TO PENDING LEGISLATION, AND IT IS NOT MEANT FOR A BACK AND FORTH THAT IS MORE SO MEANT FOR YOU TO EXPRESS ANY SORT OF CONCERNS OR MAKE STATEMENTS THAT YOU HAVE FOR US THIS EVENING. ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS WHO WISH TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? HELLO, MY NAME IS NICK SHERIDAN. I LIVE AT 317 SOUTH WALNUT STREET. I BOUGHT MY FIRST HOUSE LAST YEAR IN SEPTEMBER. WAS VERY EXCITED. I KNEW THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS WITH THE NEIGHBORS. AT 323 SOUTH WALNUT STREET AND OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS THE
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CONCERNS HAVE GOTTEN DRASTICALLY WORSE. MY FIANCE'S CAR WAS BROKEN INTO, AND THEN WE HAD A GENTLEMAN STALKING OUTSIDE OF OUR HOUSE, PEERING THROUGH OUR WINDOWS AND THREATENING JUST THE GENERAL WELL-BEING OF US AND OUR ANIMALS, OUR ANIMAL. WE HAVE COMPILED OR MY FIANCE HAS COMPILED A LIST HERE OF POSSIBLE ORDINANCES. WE BELIEVE THE HOUSE MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF, AND THAT WE'RE VERY CONCERNED FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY, ESPECIALLY WITH SCHOOL ABOUT TO COME BACK WITH THE HER CAR, HE TOOK A BASEBALL BAT TO MULTIPLE PARTS OF THE CAR, ENDED UP BREAKING OUT THE WINDOW WITH HIS FIST. AND SO WE WILL CAN ONLY, YOU KNOW, CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED IF IT WAS DURING THE DAY SCHOOL TIME, IF HE WAS HALLUCINATING. OTHERWISE DON'T EVEN WANT TO IMAGINE SO. OTHERWISE THE WE SEE MULTIPLE PEOPLE COMING AND GOING FROM THE HOUSE MOST DAYS, ESPECIALLY LATE AT NIGHT. AND WE HAVE RECENTLY BEEFED UP THE SECURITY AT THE HOUSE. WE SPENT OVER PROBABLY $700 HERE IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS FOR MORE CAMERAS, SENSORS, SIRENS, AND THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO HELPED US THE MORNING THAT HER CAR BROKEN INTO IT RECOMMENDED THAT WE DO SO. SO WE'RE JUST VERY CONCERNED FOR THE AREA AND THE BUSINESSES. AND THE SCHOOL WAS RIGHT THERE WITH THE CHURCH AND THEN THE CHURCH PARKING LOT, THE BIG GRAVEL ONE THERE. THEY HAVE BEEN USING THAT TO COME AND GO, DROP PEOPLE OFF, PICK PEOPLE UP AND, AND WANDERING THROUGH THE PROPERTY. THEY KIND OF CUT THROUGH RIGHT THROUGH THE FRONT YARD. AND THEN WE WORK ALL HOURS. SO COMING AND GOING LATE AT NIGHT, WE HAVE HAD TO PUT FLOODLIGHTS UP AND HOPE THAT WE'RE SAFE TO GET IN THE HOUSE. AND THERE'S BEEN WE WERE TRYING TO DIG THROUGH THE RECORDS A LITTLE BIT, AND WE FOUND THAT THERE'S A FEW OF THE MEMBERS LIVING THERE HAVE BEEN KNOWN DRUG DEALERS, DRUG USERS.JUST OFFENDERS, OFFENDERS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. AND ESPECIALLY NOW WITH THE CAR GETTING BROKEN INTO. AND THE GUY HE HE WAS LITERALLY COMING UP TO THE WINDOW, LOOKED LIKE HE HAD HIS PHONE UP AT ONE POINT TRYING TO TAKE PICTURES. LUCKILY WE WEREN'T HOME. OUR ANIMAL WAS. SO WE WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. AND SO LIKE I SAID, WE. WE HAVE A LIST HERE. IN THE TIME WE WERE LOOKING, WE FOUND ABOUT 33 POSSIBLE ONES. WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE THE OWNER LIVES IN MILFORD CENTER, AND SO WE'RE UNSURE OF BECAUSE IT'S A, IT'S A RENTAL PROPERTY. WE THINK WE THINK THERE'S THREE, MAYBE FOUR APARTMENTS IN THERE, BUT WE'VE SEEN MULTIPLE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE GARAGE BEHIND THERE AND MULTIPLE PEOPLE COMING AND GOING WHO MAY CLAIM THAT AS THEIR HOUSE. EVERYTHING ELSE, IF YOU WANT YOUR MICROPHONE BEFORE YOU GUYS LIKE LEAVE, I ALREADY TALKED TO OUR CITY LAW DIRECTOR IF YOU WANTED TO. I DON'T KNOW IF. YEAH, OKAY. HE'LL TALK TO YOU OUTSIDE IN THE HALLWAY AND THEN PLEASE SHARE YOUR PAPERWORK WITH THE MEMBERS OF OUR CITY STAFF. PROBABLY IF IT'S A ZONING, MAYBE. PERHAPS JAMIE. OR YOU COULD TAKE THE PAPERWORK AND WE COULD GET IT TO WHO IT NEEDS TO GO TO. YOUR CLOSEST TO THE BACK THERE, I FIGURED. OR YOU WANT TO TAKE IT. OKAY. THANK YOU.
AND WE CAN EMAIL MORE COPIES AS NEEDED TO WE HAVE DOCUMENT AND WE PLAN TO LOOK UP, YOU KNOW, MORE STUFF IF WE CAN. AND IN THE IN THE FEW DAYS FROM THE END OF JULY TO WHEN HER CAR GOT BROKEN INTO, IS THREE, FOUR DAYS, THREE DAYS, THERE WAS 11 CALLS ALL ABOUT DRUG ABUSE, DRUG USE, LIKE SUSPECTS OF JUST CUTTING THROUGH PROPERTY AND THEN POTENTIAL PROPERTY DAMAGE ON TOP OF IT. SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SAFE, OUR NEIGHBORS ARE SAFE. THE BASEBALL BAT THAT WAS USED TO BREAK INTO MY CAR, THEY SUSPECT IT WAS TAKEN FROM TWO YARDS OR TWO HOUSES DOWN FROM US, FROM A HOUSE THAT HAS TWO YOUNG KIDS. THEY SUSPECT THEY JUST LEFT THE BAT OUT AFTER THEY WERE PLAYING WITH IT. SO MY CAR HAD ABOUT A $5,000 CLEANING BECAUSE IT WAS BIOHAZARD MATERIAL AND HE WAS HEPATITIS POSITIVE. AND THEN THEY'RE SUSPECTING IT'LL BE ABOUT $12,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO MY CAR. JUST JUST BECAUSE HE HALLUCINATED AND THOUGHT SOMEONE STUCK A DOG AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING IN A CAR. SO. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR CONCERNS. AND LIKE I SAY, WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE THE PAPERWORK. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE OUR LAW DIRECTOR WILL HELP WITH THAT. APPRECIATE YOU COMING TO THE PODIUM AND SPEAKING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONCERNS. THANK YOU. I'M MATT, I'M AT 313 SOUTH WALNUT STREET WHERE THEIR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, MY WIFE STACY, AND I, WE'VE BEEN THERE QUITE A BIT LONGER THAN THEY HAVE. OF COURSE, THEY JUST MOVED IN. WE'VE BEEN COMPLAINING, WE'VE
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BEEN SEEING THINGS. WE'VE HAD TO DO THE SAME THING UPDATING OUR SECURITY AROUND THE HOUSE, PUTTING EXTRA LIGHTS UP, PUTTING EXTRA RINGS UP. MY WIFE GOES TO RIVERSIDE EVERY MORNING AT 5 A.M. SHE LETS THE DOGS OUT. I HAD TO PUT FLOODLIGHTS UP OUT BACK BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE BACKYARD YELLING AND SCREAMING AT 4 OR 5:00 IN THE MORNING. I THINK THEY'RE RENTING ROOMS OUT LIKE A HOSTEL IN THERE, BECAUSE I SEE SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. WE HAVE FOUND SYRINGES AND DRUGS IN OUR YARDS. YEAH, WE'VE CALLED BEFORE. WE FOUND A BAG OF WHAT WAS SUSPECTED TO BE A BAG OF DRUGS THERE IN THE FRONT YARD. THE POLICE CAME OVER, TOOK IT.WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT IT WAS OR WHAT IT WASN'T, BUT WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. IT'S OBVIOUS THERE'S QUITE A LOT. WELL, I SHOULDN'T SAY QUITE A LOT, BUT IT'S NOT THE ONLY HOUSE IN THE AREA. IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF BLIGHTED HOUSES AND A LOT OF GOING ON OF THAT IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I MEAN, I LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE'S A LOT OF FAMILIES.
THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS, TWO CHURCHES. I COULD THROW A ROCK TWICE IN IT. BOTH CHURCHES RIGHT THERE, JUST A SMALL TOWN OF MARYSVILLE. AND WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE THINK WE SHOULD BE.
I'M NOT SURE HOW TO GO AFTER THE LANDLORDS OF THESE. I'M NOT SURE WHO'S LIABLE FOR THE THINGS GOING WRONG, BUT SOMEBODY SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING NECESSARY. WE'VE TALKED CALLED THE POLICE MULTIPLE TIMES. THEY'VE BEEN VERY GREAT WORKING WITH US. WE'VE SUBMITTED EVERYTHING. WE'VE TOLD THEM EVERYTHING.
NOTHING'S BEING DONE. SO I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S A PROPER PLACE TO VOICE IT. I'M SORRY. I SHOULDN'T SAY NOTHING'S BEING DONE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW BEHIND THE SCENES WHAT'S GOING ON. WE'RE NOT SEEING IT SLOWING DOWN. IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE. AND HE IS CORRECT. SCHOOLS COMING BACK INTO SESSION HERE. NOW, THE KIDS OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH THERE, THERE'S ALREADY A BUNCH THERE. THE DAYCARE THAT MANY MORE. THERE'S JUST I JUST WE'RE EXPRESSING OUR FRUSTRATIONS ECONOMICALLY. SOCIALLY. I WAS THE ONE WHO WAS UP AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING CALLING THE POLICE BECAUSE I THOUGHT SOMEBODY WAS BREAKING INTO THEIR HOUSE. I GET UP AND THE YOUNG LADY ON 911 SAID, I SAID, I THINK SOMEBODY'S BREAKING INTO MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE. SHE SAID, NO, HE'S OUT FRONT WITH A BASEBALL BAT BEATING A CAR. SO I WALK OUT, LOOK OUT THE WINDOW. HE'S OUT THERE SWINGING A BASEBALL BAT AT HER CAR. I GO IN TO PUT SOME SHORTS ON. I'M IN BED.
IT'S 2:00 IN THE MORNING, GRAB MY BASEBALL BAT TO GO OUTSIDE BECAUSE TWO OF OUR FAMILY CARS ARE RIGHT THERE BEHIND IT. BEFORE I GOT OUTSIDE, THE POLICE SHOWED UP. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW. OKAY, WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE TO GET THIS STUFF STOPPED. IT CAN'T LOOK GOOD ON US AS A COMMUNITY. IT CAN'T. ESPECIALLY THIS CLOSE TO EVERYTHING WE PUT ON HERE AT THE AMPHITHEATER. ALL THE FAMILY EVENTS YOU DO. AND HERE, A BLOCK AWAY, 100 YARDS AWAY, THIS STUFF IS GOING ON. IT'S TRYING TO FIND A MEANS TO AN END. I'M SURE YOU UNDERSTAND OUR FRUSTRATIONS. SURE, IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE HEARD IT EITHER. I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT I'VE NOT SPOKEN BEFORE, BUT AS MUCH AS IT GOES ON, I'M SURE I'M NOT THE FIRST ONE. MR. BURGER. YEAH. DIRECTED US TO TALK TO THE OFFICER AFTER HERE, WHEN WE'RE DONE AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WE JUST NEEDED TO COME OUT AND VOICE OUR FRUSTRATIONS AND KNOW WHEN WE LIVE THERE. SOMEBODY. YOU DON'T LIVE TOO FAR AWAY FROM THERE EITHER, I'M SURE.
YEAH, I KNOW, I MEAN, THAT'S ONLY A FEW BLOCKS. OKAY. YEAH, I'M IN WALKING DISTANCE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SIR. WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND YEAH, A PART OF WHAT I THINK WE HAD HEARD JUST SOME DIFFERENT ALLEGATIONS. SOME HAD RELATED, I THOUGHT TO ZONING PERHAPS JUST THE USE OF THE PROPERTY, BUT ALSO SOME CRIMINAL ACTIVITY WAS BEING, YOU KNOW, ALLEGED THERE. SO ANYWAYS, THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR CONCERNS. AND LIKE I SAY, WE WILL FOLLOW UP AND ESPECIALLY GATHER INFORMATION THAT YOU BROUGHT HERE TONIGHT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. ANY OTHER CITIZENS WISHING TO MAKE COMMENTS THIS EVENING? OKAY. WE
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WILL MOVE ON THEN TO ORDINANCES. WE WILL START WITH 36-26. THIRD READING VOTE TO AMEND PART THREE TRAFFIC CODE OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. CODIFIED ORDINANCES. ADMINISTRATION. NO NEW INFORMATION, SIR. COUNCIL. MR. BORDNER MR. PRESIDENT, I, IF I MAY. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO START BY SAYING I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO REQUIRE CHILDREN TO WEAR THEIR HELMETS. IN MY OWN FAMILY, MY 11 AND NINE YEAR OLD WEAR THEIR HELMETS EVERY TIME THEY RIDE, WHETHER IT'S THEIR BIKE, THEIR SCOOTER OR OTHER. I BELIEVE IT'S THE RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO. HOWEVER, WHAT I DON'T BELIEVE IS THATOOD PARENTING SHOULD AUTOMATICALLY BECOME A GOVERNMENT MANDATE. THE QUESTION BEFORE US IS NOT WHETHER HELMETS ARE A GOOD IDEA.THEY ARE. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD REGULATE THIS DECISION. FOR EVERY FAMILY, PARENTS ARE IN THE BEST POSITION TO MAKE DECISIONS REGARDING THE SAFETY
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OF THEIR CHILDREN. WE ROUTINELY TRUST PARENTS TO MAKE COUNTLESS DECISIONS INVOLVING RECREATION, SPORTS AND ACCEPTABLE LEVELS OF RISK. MANDATING A HELMET MANDATING HELMET USE SHIFTS THAT RESPONSIBILITIES RESPONSIBILITY FROM FAMILIES TO GOVERNMENT, AND EXPANDS REGULATION INTO AN AREA WHERE EDUCATION AND PARENTAL ACCOUNTABILITY ARE MORE APPROPRIATE THAN ENFORCEMENT. ADDITIONALLY, CREATING A LOCAL ORDINANCE RAISES PRACTICAL CONCERNS. ENFORCEMENT WOULD REQUIRE POLICE OFFICERS TO STOP CHILDREN FOR RIDING WITHOUT A HELMET, DIVERTING LIMITED PUBLIC SAFETY RESOURCES AWAY FROM MAYBE MORE PRESSING ISSUES.IT ALSO CREATES ANOTHER ORDINANCE THAT MAY BE INCONSISTENTLY ENFORCED WHILE OFFERING LITERAL LITTLE MEASURABLE PUBLIC SAFETY BENEFIT BEYOND WHAT RESPONSIBLE PARENTING AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION CAN ACHIEVE. FOR ELECTRIC BIKES, I SUPPORT REMAINING CONSISTENT WITH THE OHIO LAW. OHIO HAS ALREADY RECOGNIZED THAT CLASS THREE BIKES OPERATE AT HIGHER SPEEDS AND PRESENT GREATER RISK, WHICH IS WHY STATE LAW REQUIRES RIDERS UNDER 16 TO WEAR HELMETS. I SUPPORT FOLLOWING OHIO REVISED CODE FOR CLASS THREE E-BIKES. I DO NOT BELIEVE OUR CITY SHOULD GO BEYOND STATE LAW BY IMPOSING ADDITIONAL LOCAL REQUIREMENTS ON BICYCLES, SKATEBOARDS, SCOOTERS OR ANY OTHER CLASS 1 OR 2 E-BIKE. NOT TO MENTION INLINE SKATES WAS LEFT OUT OF SCOPE. GOVERNMENT HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN PROTECTING PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT IT SHOULD ALSO EXERCISE RESTRAINT. NOT EVERY BENEFICIAL BEHAVIOR SHOULD BECOME A LEGAL REQUIREMENT. THERE'S A MEANINGFUL DISTINCTION BETWEEN ENCOURAGING RESPONSIBLE CHOICES AND COMPELLING THEM THROUGH GOVERNMENT REGULATION. I ENCOURAGE EVERY PARENT TO HAVE THEIR OWN, THEIR THEIR CHILDREN WEAR A HELMET. I SIMPLY DO NOT BELIEVE IT'S THE PROPER ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO MANDATE THAT DECISION. EDUCATION, PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND PARENTAL JUDGMENT ARE BETTER TOOLS THAN ADDITIONAL REGULATION. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MR. BORDNER OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WISHING TO MAKE COMMENTS. MR. REAMES, I'LL JUST SAY I'M I'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE MENTION TO ME THAT SINCE THIS TOPIC'S COME UP, THEY'RE SEEING MORE CHILDREN WEARING HELMETS. MAYBE THE PARENTS ARE PREPARING FOR THE THE POTENTIAL CHANGE, BUT IT IT SEEMS TO HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE ALREADY. I'VE NOTICED IT MYSELF, YOU KNOW, MORE OF THE KIDS WEARING HELMETS AND. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BECAUSE THE PARENTS ARE TELLING THEM, HEY, YOU HAVE TO. THAT'S THAT'S BECOMING THE LAW. I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT IS GOOD TO SEE THAT IT'S IT'S HAVING AN IMPACT, KIND OF LIKE SEATBELT LAWS. YOU KNOW, THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE RESISTANT TO THOSE EARLY ON.
AND NOW PEOPLE LOOK AT YOU FUNNY IF YOU DON'T PUT YOUR SEATBELT ON. RIGHT? SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE THERE'S A, A BENEFIT TO PUBLIC SAFETY THAT WE ALL BENEFIT FROM WHEN PEOPLE ARE FOLLOWING THESE SAFE PRACTICES. THANK YOU. MR. REAMES. OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.
OKAY, I'LL JUST I'LL MAKE A COMMENT. I'VE SPOKEN TO THIS AT A COUPLE OF THE READINGS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST ALREADY, AND I'LL PUT MYSELF OUT THERE A LITTLE BIT, PERHAPS BECOME VULNERABLE A LITTLE BIT WITH THE PUBLIC. MY, YOU KNOW, MY GROWING UP, I GREW UP IN THE 80S. I HAD A COUSIN IN BOWLING, THE BOWLING GREEN AREA. SHE HAD FELL OFF A BICYCLE. SHE HAD A BRAIN INJURY AND AS A RESULT WAS INCAPACITATED FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THAT DID NOT CHANGE MY BEHAVIOR IN THE 80S. I 80S, 90S, I GREW UP, I RODE EVERY DAY, PROBABLY MY BICYCLE WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO WAS ENJOY THE BICYCLE ON THE PUBLIC ROADS, AND I DID SO WITHOUT A HELMET. AND AS I BECAME AN ADULT AND I GOT MY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, BUT MY GIRLS WORE A HELMET. MY BOY DIDN'T WANT TO WEAR A HELMET. I DON'T KNOW. DON'T DON'T ASK ABOUT THE SCIENCE BEHIND THAT. BUT THAT'S HOW IT HAPPENED. AND AS SOME A COUPLE YEARS OR MAYBE A YEAR WENT BY, MY. MY SON HAD VISITED A NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE AND THEY WERE ON AN ELECTRIC DEVICE, AND THEY HAD RODE TO THAT NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE WITHOUT A HELMET. AND THEN ALSO TRIED THAT ELECTRIC DEVICE WITHOUT A HELMET. AND WE LEARNED ABOUT IT AFTER THE FACT. BUT AFTER THAT HAD OCCURRED, I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION IN MY HOME AND JUST ABOUT GENERAL USE OF HELMETS. SO I MENTIONED IN OUR LAST MEETING, MY CONVICTIONS DON'T NECESSARILY ALIGN WITH THE CONVICTIONS OF THE THE PEOPLE WHO FEEL VERY STRONGLY CONVICTED TO WEAR HELMETS. SO MY PERSONAL CONVICTIONS ARE NOT THERE. HOWEVER, I WOULD SAY THAT FOR ME PERSONALLY, EVEN FROM THIS, THE FIRST READING TILL NOW, I'VE. MY KIND OF OWN THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS TOPIC HAVE
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HAVE BEEN SHAPED, I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY IN MY HOME THEY'VE BEEN SHAPED AND I SEE I'VE RECEIVED MULTIPLE, YOU KNOW, POSITIVE REMARKS FROM RESIDENTS IN REGARD TO WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING. AND I RESPECT EVERYONE'S OPINION, WHEREVER YOU'RE AT ON THE MATTER. AND I KNOW COUNCILMAN BORDNER JUST TALKING TO YOU. I KNOW YOU RESPECT EVERYONE'S OPINIONS WHERE THEY'RE AT. AND I, I APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWS, AND I APPRECIATE THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS OF WORKING THROUGH THOSE DIFFERING VIEWS IN A RESPECTFUL WAY TO FINALLY COME TO A DECISION. AND ULTIMATELY, WE C HOPE, WE SAY AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING, OUR INVOCATION, THAT WE MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE GOOD OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO. SO I LOOK AT THIS AS JUST ONE DECISION THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE AS A BODY, AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT IT'S FOR THE GOOD OF THE CITY, THE GOOD OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. I THINK. GO AHEAD, COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG. SO MY DECISION ISN'T NECESSARILY BASED ON THE KIDS. MY DECISION IS GOING TO BE BASED ON WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF I HIT ONE OF THOSE KIDS AND THEY DON'T HAVE A HELMET ON AND I END UP KILLING ONE OF THEM BECAUSE THEY DECIDE THEY'RE GOING TO GO ACROSS THE ALLEY, WHICH HAS HAPPENED, AND IT'S HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY. I DON'T WANT THAT ON MY CONSCIENCE. IF IT'S A TOSS UP BETWEEN SOMEBODY WEARING A $10 HELMET IN A HOSPITAL STAY, OR POSSIBLY TEN FEET UNDER OR SIX FEET UNDER, I WOULD MUCH RATHER ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION AND MAKE THEM WEAR THAT $10 HELMET, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THAT ON MY CONSCIENCE THAT I KILLED SOMEBODY, OR I PUT SOMEBODY IN THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE THEY DID SOMETHING STUPID. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WISHING TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE TAKE IT TO A VOTE? AND JUST AS A REMINDER, WE ARE VOTING ON THE AMENDED LEGISLATION, WHICH DID CHANGE THE AGE REQUIREMENT TO REQUIRE HELMETS UNDER THE AGE OF 16, AS OPPOSED TO THE ORIGINAL LEGISLATION THAT HAD COME BEFORE. IN FIRST READING, WHICH WAS UNDER THE AGE OF 18. SO IT'S CURRENTLY, AS IT STANDS, AMENDED UNDER THE AGE OF 16. ANYTHING ELSE THAT I MISSED IN REGARDS TO THE AMENDED LEGISLATION? NO. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S JUST THAT'S CLASS ONE. CLASS TWO. YES. STILL DICTATED BY OHIO LAW AND REGULAR BIKES AS WELL. MR. PRESIDENT, I PASSED THE LEGISLATION. OKAY.WE HAVE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. ROLL CALL PLEASE. MR. HUNTER. YES. MRS. TAKACH YES. MR. REAMS YES. MRS. YOUNG YES. MR. BORDNER NO. MR. WOLFF NO. MR. BURGER YES. LEGISLATION
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PASSES. THANK YOU. 37-26. THIRD READING VOTE TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. ODOT TO COMPLETE THE RESURFACING PROJECT WITH MINOR PAVEMENT REPAIR AND GUARDRAIL UPGRADES AS NEEDED ON US 36 FROM US 33 FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF MILE EAST, TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN THE SUMMER OF 2027. ADMINISTRATION. NO NEW INFORMATION, SIR. COUNCIL. HEARING, NO COMMENTS.I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. SO MOVED A ROLL CALL, PLEASE, MRS. TAKACH YES. MR. REMES YES. MRS. YOUNG YES. MR. BODNAR YES. MR. WOLFF. YES. MR. BURGER YES. MR.
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HUNTER. YES. SEVEN. YES. MOTION PASSES 38-26. SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING TO APPROVE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE A ZONING CODE AMENDMENT TO REVISE THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE MARYSVILLE EAST PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT. AND I WANT TO JUST SAY A FEW REMARKS IN REGARD TO THIS ORDINANCE HERE. SO IN THE LAST MEETING, WE HAD DECIDED TO ESTABLISH A WORKING GROUP TO DISCUSS, TO SEE, AND IF WE COULD ARRANGE A DISCUSSION WITH THE DEVELOPER IN REGARD TO TENTATIVE UPDATES, EVEN AMENDMENTS TO THE EXISTING ORDINANCE AS IT'S COMING THROUGH. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE HAVE HAD SOME DISCUSSION WITH DEVELOPERS, AND THERE IS A WILLINGNESS AND A DESIRE TO HAVE THE SECOND HEARING MOVED TO A SEPTEMBER 28TH. IS THAT CORRECT DATE? YES, SIR. OKAY. SO WITH THAT INFORMATION, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK COUNCIL IF YOU WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO TABLE THE SECOND READING AND INSTEAD OF HAVING IT TONIGHT, TABLE THAT SECOND READING UNTIL THE.CH WOULDLD BE A PUBLIC HEARING UNTIL THE SEPTEMBER 28TH TIME. MR. PRESIDENT, I MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THE SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING TO SEPTEMBER 28TH. OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. ROLL CALL.MR. REAMES. YES. MRS. YOUNG YES. MR. BORDNER YES. MR. WOLFF YES. MR. BURGER YES. MR. HUNTER YES.
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MRS. YES. SEVEN YES. MOTION PASSES. COMMENTS OF THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL PERSONS AND GENERAL DISCUSSION. NO NEW INFORMATION. COUNCIL. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN YOUNG. WELL, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THIS IS JEREMY'S LAST MEETING. CORRECT. ONE MORE, ONE MORE. SO YOU'RE LEAVING 21ST. ONE MORE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, I'LL DO THAT NEXT TIME YOU HOLD YOUR COMMENTS. MR. REAMES. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, TONY. COUNCILWOMAN. JUST THAT I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL UPTOWN ON FRIDAY NIGHT FOR UPTOWN FRIDAY NIGHT. AND BECAUSE OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE AFTER THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. EXCEPT FOR THE KINDERGARTNERS, I WISH ALL OF THE FAMILIES A VERY HAPPY LAST FEW WEEKS OF SUMMER, AND I HOPE THAT THERE IS A SMOOTH TRANSITION BACK TO THE CLASSROOM. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WARNER. NOTHING FURTHER. THANKS, COUNCILWOMAN.I HAVE NOTHING, COUNCILMAN BURGER, THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS I WOULD ECHO COUNCILMAN PACKAGE IS THAT I HOPE TO SEE EVERYBODY IN UPTOWN FRIDAY NIGHT. AND WHILE YOU'RE UPTOWN FRIDAY NIGHT, SUPPORT A SMALL BUSINESS AND MAKE SURE YOU SOAK UP THE AIR CONDITIONING. ALSO, I WANTED TO SAY TO ALL THE CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THEY HAVE A GREAT YEAR, YEAR. AND THE LAST THING I WANTED TO SAY IS I HOPE EVERYBODY GETS OUT AND ENJOYS THE GREEN, BECAUSE NORMALLY THIS TIME OF THE YEAR EVERYTHING IS PRETTY BURNT. AND WE'VE HAD SUCH, SUCH BENEFICIAL RAINS THAT, I MEAN, THE GRASS IS AS GREEN AS IT WOULD BE IF IT WAS IN APRIL. SO I HOPE EVERYBODY GETS OUT AND, AND GETS OUT IN NATURE. AND OTHER THAN THAT, I HAVE NO OTHER COMMENTS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. JUST A REMINDER, SCHOOL STARTS NEXT THURSDAY. FRIDAY. SO DIFFERENT NAMES OF THE ALPHABET START DIFFERENT DAYS. ADD EXTRA TIME TO YOUR COMMUTE TO WORK. BE PATIENT WITH THE BUSSES. BE MINDFUL IT IS STILL LIGHT OUT IN THE MORNING, WHICH IS TO OUR ADVANTAGE. HOWEVER, THAT WILL CHANGE AS TIME GOES FORWARD.
BUT GIVE YOURSELF EXTRA TIME AS THE SCHOOL STARTS AND WE WON'T HAVE ANOTHER MEETING BEFORE THEN. BUT YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THE SCHOOL WILL BE COMMUNICATING ABOUT THAT AS WELL. BE PATIENT AND BE MINDFUL OF CHILDREN AND NAVIGATING, SOMETIMES FOR THE FIRST TIME ON A BUS AND GETTING ON AND OFF THE BUS, NAVIGATING SIDEWALKS, SO ON AND SO FORTH. WHEN YOU'RE BACKING UP IN THE MORNING, DON'T LET THE DO COVER YOUR WINDSHIELD SUCH THAT YOU CAN'T SEE THE CHILDREN WALKING ACROSS THE SIDEWALK. I ALSO JUST, I WANT TO, I KNOW WE HAD A HEAVY RAIN TODAY, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF RAINFALL. WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS LAST SUMMER AND I LIKE I REALLY ENJOY GOING TO THE RESERVOIR AND SEEING IT NOT DRAINED, YOU KNOW, HEAVILY DRAINED. SO I'M JUST VERY THANKFUL JUST FOR THE RAINFALL THAT WE'VE HAD. HOPEFULLY FOR THE FARMERS, IT'S NOT TOO MUCH AND IT'S JUST RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING FOR. AND WITH THAT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN TONIGHT'S MEETING.
SO MOVED. OKAY, WE HAVE A
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