[CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:10] AT THE MARYSVILLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. I'M GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:01 P.M. 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. ROLL CALL. ZACH BORDNER HERE. STEVEN WOLF HERE. DONALD BURGER HERE. SCOTT HUNTER HERE. CHELSEA TACKETT HERE. MARK REAMS AND CATHY YOUNG HERE. NEXT IS [APPROVAL OF MINUTES: August 10, 2026 Special City Council Meeting Minutes. August 10, 2026 City Council Meeting Minutes. ] APPROVAL OF MINUTES. WE WILL START WITH THE AUGUST 10TH, 2026 SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ALL TO APPROVE THE AUGUST 10TH, 2026 SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE, AYE. ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MEETING MINUTES FROM THE AUGUST 10TH SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING ARE APPROVED. NEXT IS THE AUGUST 10TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES. I WILL ALSO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES. MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE AUGUST 10TH, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMAN BURGER MADE A MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? OKAY. AUGUST 10TH. MEETING MINUTES ARE APPROVED. [PROCLAMATION] NEXT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS A PROCLAMATION FOR SEPTEMBER CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. AND I WILL INVITE UP DOCTOR JEFF HAYES. AND THEN IS KENT WEAKLEY HERE ALSO. OKAY MR. KENT WEEKLY AND YOU GUYS ARE WELCOME TO COME UP AND I WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION. AND THEN IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE OF MOMENTS WHERE YOU CAN SAY SOME WORDS. SO. THIS IS THE SEPTEMBER 2026 CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. WHEREAS CANCER IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES. AND WHEREAS, ON AVERAGE, MORE THAN 290 CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN THE US ARE DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER EVERY WEEK. AND WHEREAS, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 40,000 CHILDREN ON ACTIVE TREATMENT AT ANY GIVEN TIME, AND WHEREAS, 80% OF CHILDHOOD CANCER PATIENTS ARE DIAGNOSED LATE AND WITH METASTATIC DISEASE. AND WHEREAS, OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DECADES, THE FIVE YEAR SURVIVAL RATE FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER HAS IMPROVED, INCREASING FROM AROUND 58 TO 68% IN THE 1970S TO 83 TO 88% IN RECENT YEARS. AND WHEREAS, DESPITE THOSE ADVANCES, APPROXIMATELY 1600 CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN THE UNITED STATES DIE OF CANCER EACH YEAR. AND WHEREAS, IN THE LAST 30 YEARS, ONLY SEVEN NEW DRUGS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE FDA TO SPECIFICALLY TREAT CHILDHOOD CANCER. AND WHEREAS, THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE RECOGNIZES THE UNIQUE RESEARCH NEEDS OF CHILDHOOD CANCER AND THE ASSOCIATED NEED FOR INCREASED FUNDING TO CARRY THIS OUT. EXCUSE ME. AND WHEREAS HUNDREDS OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AT THE LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL ARE HELPING CHILDREN WITH CANCER AND THEIR FAMILIES COPE THROUGH EDUCATIONAL, EMOTIONAL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT. AND WHEREAS RESEARCHERS AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS WORK DILIGENTLY DEDICATING THEIR EXPERTISE TO TREAT AND CURE CANCER, CURE CHILDREN WITH CANCER. AND WHEREAS TOO MANY CHILDREN ARE AFFECTED BY THIS DEADLY DISEASE, AND MORE MUST BE DONE TO RAISE AWARENESS AND TO FIND A CURE. NOW THEREFORE, I, SCOTT HUNTER, MAYOR AND PRESIDENT OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, OHIO, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM 2026 AS CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. THANK YOU. IF YOU WANT TO GET A PICTURE, WE COULD DO THAT NOW. THEN YOU ARE WELCOME TO SAY A FEW WORDS [00:05:19] HERE AND THEN. OKAY. THANKS, SCOTT. I'M KENT WEAKLEY WITH NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. SAY A FEW WORDS. AGAIN, THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE UP HERE WITH OUR PARTNERS WITH MEMORIAL HEALTH. WE ARE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE AMAZING HEALTHCARE IN UNION COUNTY. AND JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTS WITH NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S AND OUR PEDIATRIC CANCER PROGRAM. WE HAVE OVER 30 BOARD CERTIFIED PEDIATRIC CANCER. IT'S TOO LOUD. OKAY, SORRY. SO WE HAVE OVER 30 BOARD CERTIFIED PEDIATRIC CANCER PHYSICIANS. IN TERMS OF RESEARCH, WE HAVE OVER 100 ACTIVE CLINICAL TRIALS GOING ON RIGHT NOW TO ADDRESS THIS DISEASE. AND WE WE'RE PROUD TO SAY WE'RE A TOP TEN PEDIATRIC CANCER PROGRAM IN THE UNITED STATES, AS RANKED BY THE US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT. AND JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HOW IT AFFECTS US HERE LOCALLY. IN 2025, THERE WAS 85 PATIENTS FROM UNION COUNTY WITH OVER 300 VISITS TO OUR SYSTEM THAT HAD A CANCER DIAGNOSIS. SO IT OBVIOUSLY HITS CLOSE TO HOME. A LOT OF THOSE PATIENTS HAD LAB WORK HERE LOCALLY AT OUR MARYSVILLE, CLOSE TO HOME AS WELL. SO OBVIOUSLY IT'S A IT'S A TERRIBLE DISEASE THAT'S PROBABLY AFFECTED EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM TO SOME DEGREE, UNFORTUNATELY. AND THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN WHAT HAPPENS TO A CHILD. AND WE WANT TO MAKE ALL THOSE NUMBERS THAT YOU READ GO DOWN TO ZERO. RIGHT? SO THANKS AGAIN FOR THE INVITATION AND BRINGING AWARENESS TO THIS IMPORTANT MATTER. SO THANK YOU. WELL, SCOTT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I ECHO KENT'S COMMENTS. AND PEDIATRIC CANCER, ALTHOUGH WE DON'T WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF IT. WE SEE TOO MUCH OF IT. EVEN IF IT'S ONE CHILD THAT'S AFFECTED. WE TRULY APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERS. AND LIKE NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND THE OUTSTANDING CARE THAT THEY DELIVER TO OUR PEDIATRIC PATIENTS. MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, OUR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS, AND SOME OF OUR PEDIATRICIANS IN THE COMMUNITY ARE VERY ENGAGED WITH THESE PATIENTS AND FAMILIES AS THEY HELP THEM NAVIGATE THE THE INCREDIBLE DIAGNOSIS THAT THEIR CHILDREN HAVE, ESPECIALLY IN DELIVERING THE NEWS AND THE SUPPORTIVE CARE THAT THESE KIDS NEED THROUGH THEIR JOURNEY THROUGH CANCER. OUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IS THERE TO SUPPORT THESE CHILDREN, FACILITATE TRANSFERS WHEN APPROPRIATE, BUT WE CERTAINLY WANT TO TRY TO KEEP CARE HERE AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION, AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO CONTINUING TO TREAT THESE PATIENTS FROM HERE ON OUT. THANK YOU. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SIR. THIS IS YOURS TO TAKE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. WE APPRECIATE THE WORDS THAT YOU HAD TO SAY AND ALL THAT YOU DO IN THE COMMUNITY. NOW AT THIS TIME, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADD THE PROCLAMATION FOR SEPTEMBER CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH TO THE MINUTES. MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO ADD SEPTEMBER CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH TO THE MINUTES. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? [ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT] THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BURGER, FOR THE MOTION. NEXT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT. THIS IS SHARP, COUNCIL HUNTER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT IS REGARDING MARYSVILLE'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN EFFORTS. I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE VISION PLAN ADOPTED BY COUNCIL LAST YEAR HAD QUITE A BIT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND THAT REALLY WAS A FOCUS ON FOCUS AREAS AND REINVESTMENT AREAS, WHICH IS PRETTY EXCITING. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WILL USE THAT AS A BASE, BUT WE'LL ALSO BE EVALUATING ALL OF OUR RECENTLY ADOPTED LIKE THOROUGHFARE MASTER PLAN AND PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN AND OTHERS TO LAYER THAT ON A WHOLE SYSTEM APPROACH ON HOW OUR COMMUNITY IS GROWING IN THE FUTURE. SO WITH THAT, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE WERE AWARE OF A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION REGARDING OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND THAT'S OCTOBER 7TH AT 6 P.M. TO 7:30 P.M. AT THE AUTOMOTIVE AND MOBILITY INNOVATION CENTER, THE AMEX CENTER, 111 1100 INNOVATION WAY, SUITE D. CHILDREN ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND AS WELL. PROBABLY NOT THE PUPPIES, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT WITH THE POOL IN A MINUTE, BUT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION. THERE'LL BE MORE CONVERSATIONS, BUT THIS IS ONE THAT'S REALLY A DISCUSSION OF HOW ALL THIS IS PULLING TOGETHER AND DISCUSSING, YOU KNOW, WAYS OF THE FUTURE. SO [00:10:05] PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PARTICIPATE. AND FOLLOWING THAT, THERE'LL BE PEOPLE WILL BE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE ON ONLINE EVENTS AS WELL. THERE'LL BE AN ONLINE SURVEY AND AN INTERACTIVE MAPPING EXERCISE. SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT. RECENTLY, THE POOL HAS CLOSED AND THERE WERE OVER 37000 TOTAL ENTRANTS. THE ANNUAL DOG SWIM TURNED OUT REALLY WELL. THERE WERE 81 PARTICIPANTS IN THAT, AND IT RAISED $222 DONATED TO THE UNION COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY. SEPTEMBER 11TH REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY TOOK PLACE AT DECKER FIRE STATION. IT WAS AN HONORABLE EVENT. WE APPRECIATE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER PUBLIC SERVANTS DOING THIS EVENT. REMEMBERING SEPTEMBER 11TH. THIS IS PAYING TRIBUTE TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. AND THEN THE LAST FRIDAY NIGHT OF TIME OF THE YEAR, SEPTEMBER 11TH. BLUES BREWS AND VROOMS WAS A FUN EVENING. APPROXIMATELY 88 VEHICLES AND 26 VENDORS. WE'LL HAVE ATTENDANCE NUMBERS LATER, AND DURING THE EVENT, OFFICERS HANDED OUT A FLIER REGARDING THE E-BIKES LEGISLATION THAT RECENTLY PASSED. NOW THAT'S IN EFFECT, AND I BELIEVE THE FIREFIGHTERS WERE OUT COLLECTING IN THE BOOTS AS WELL. SO THERE'S A LOT OF FUN, A LOT OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS OUT THERE FOR VARIOUS EVENTS AND VARIOUS SUPPORT ACTIVITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY. FESTIVE FAIR THEN WAS SATURDAY. THIS WAS MARYSVILLE'S 45TH ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF COMMUNITY ART AND FUN. SATURDAY THE 12TH FROM 9 A.M. TO 4 P.M. THERE WERE 309 ARTISAN SPACES AND 24 FOOD TRUCKS, AND I KNOW THERE WAS IFFY WEATHER, BUT IT STILL TURNED OUT TO BE A PRETTY GOOD EVENT. AND NOW I'M GOING TO DO A QUICK OVERVIEW OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, JUST BECAUSE I JUST HAVE A LIST. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYONE HERE FROM SERVICE. AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER ENGINEERING TO TO JAMIE. SO IN JUST NOTING THAT THE STREETS, CREWS AND PARKS AND REC CREWS ARE REALLY OUT THERE THIS WEEKEND, THERE'S A LOT OF OVERTIME, A LOT OF PREPARING AND SETTING DOWN AND CLEANING UP. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEM DOING THAT. THERE WAS, I GUESS, A PRETTY BIG STORM AT OAKDALE CEMETERY. WE'VE BEEN REPORTED THAT A COUPLE LARGE TREES CAME DOWN, SO THERE'S A LOT OF MAINTENANCE ISSUES GOING ON THERE RIGHT AT THE TIME. AND SOME ELDER PARK INSPECTION AND FIXES FOR WATER. I DON'T THINK SCOTT'S HERE. CONNELLY STREET LAWN AND CONCRETE RESTORATIONS, PAINTING AND FLUSHING OF HYDRANTS. THEIR AVERAGE FLOW CURRENTLY IS 4.74 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY. THE MAX FLOW CURRENTLY 5.17 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY. AND WASTEWATER. THERE IS A POST LINING REPORT REVIEW, AND THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF TROUBLE AREAS ONGOING. PUMP STATION NUMBER THREE IS GETTING SOME UPGRADES. THE AVERAGE FLOW WITH WASTEWATER IS 6.9 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY, WITH A MAX FLOW OF 9.03 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JAMIE AND ENGINEERING FOR HER REPORT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ALTA FIBER TWO CREWS ARE WORKING IN THE WEST FIFTH STREET AREA. ONE CREW IS STARTING ON CHESTNUT TO REACH THE FEEDER MANHOLE ON SIXTH. I KNOW THEY ARE WAITING ON COLUMBIA GAS TO LOCATE, SO THAT MAY BE A FEW DAYS BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY START WORK THERE. 2026 PAVING PROGRAM. THE SHELLEY COMPANY WILL BEGIN MILLING ON CREEKVIEW DRIVE TODAY AND WORK SOUTH THROUGH TOWN. THEY'RE GOING TO MILL TODAY, TOMORROW, AND WEDNESDAY, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SAMMY GO DOWN ON THURSDAY, WEATHER PERMITTING. I KNOW THURSDAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO RAIN, SO IF IT DOES RAIN THURSDAY, THEY'LL COME OUT FRIDAY AND THEN PAVING. HOPEFULLY WE'LL START FRIDAY. IF WE CAN GET THAT SAMMY DOWN THURSDAY. IF NOT, PAVING WILL START ON MONDAY. TRAFFIC CONTROL WILL BE USED FOR EACH SECTION, ALLOWING TRAFFIC TO BE MAINTAINED. THE COLEMANS AND WALMART SIGNAL. ORIGINALLY, THE POLES WERE EXPECTED TO BE DELIVERED IN OCTOBER. IT'S NOW PUSHED TO NOVEMBER BY BY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THEN EAST FIFTH STREET IMPROVEMENTS. THE FULL CLOSURE RESUMED TODAY, SO WE DID OPEN IT BACK UP FOR THE WEEKEND. IT'S CLOSED TODAY. THERE'S STORM WORK CONTINUING ON THE SOUTH SIDE. COLUMBIA GAS WILL COMPLETE THEIR LOWERINGS ON THE NORTH SIDE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS DUE TO SOME CONFLICTS WITH A FEW LINES THERE. WE MONITOR TRAFFIC AT THE FIVE POINTS INTERSECTION LAST WEEK, AND WE DID MANAGE THE FLOW ON CHERRY STREET AND FOURTH STREET BY USING A DIGITAL PICKLE SWITCH. SO IT'S JUST YOU PRESS A BUTTON AND IT'S ABLE TO FLUSH A PHASE THAT THAT'S NEEDED. THE TIMING PLANS WERE ADJUSTED TO ACCOUNT FOR THE ADDED VOLUME. TUESDAY AND [00:15:03] WEDNESDAY WERE PRETTY BUSY, BUT IT DID SEEM TO TO DIE DOWN A LITTLE BIT OR NORMALIZE AS THE WEEK PROGRESSED. SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO MANAGE THE FLOW AS NEEDED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD. WE DID ADD THAT DIGITAL PICKLE SWITCH. WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT BEFORE, SO THAT WILL HELP IMMENSELY. AND WE'VE BEEN WATCHING THE FIVE POINTS CAMERA TO ENSURE THAT CHERRY STREET AND FOURTH STREET DOESN'T GET TOO BACKED UP. MCKENZIE, DO YOU WANT TO GO TO THE PICTURE? OH, I EMAILED IT TO YOU. THAT'S OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORT THIS EVENING. COUNCIL. THANK YOU. HEY, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCILMAN BORDNER? I JUST HAVE ONE MAYBE COMMENT BECAUSE IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION ABOUT A WEEK AGO. AND I DON'T GO ON NORTH MAIN VERY FREQUENTLY. SO I DECIDED TO TAKE A DRIVE. SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE I GUESS THE DEGREE OF SLOPE GOING ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACKS. HAS ANYBODY ELSE HEARD HEARD OF THIS? IT'S IT'S PRETTY AGGRESSIVE. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS HAD THAT THAT COMPLAINT, BUT IF I KNOW THE RAILROAD TRACKS ON NORTH MAIN WERE RECENTLY DONE, MAYBE WITHIN THE LAST FEW FEW MONTHS, POTENTIALLY MAYBE SEEING IF WE CAN GET THAT SOFTENED. I GUESS IT'S IT'S PRETTY AGGRESSIVE. OKAY, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK SEE. OKAY. THANK YOU. OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. THANKS, MR. WARNER, FOR BRINGING THAT TO LIGHT. ACTUALLY I DID. I'VE NOTICED THAT I TRAVEL NORTH ON MAIN AT TIMES, USUALLY SUNDAY MORNINGS. AND I NOTICED THAT AND I DON'T I THINK THAT HAS HAS TO DO WITH CSX REDOING OF THE THE PAVEMENT THERE. SO ANYWAYS, YEAH, I THANKS FOR POINTING THAT OUT. I'VE NOTICED IT, BUT NOT, NOT TO THE EXTENT OF, YOU KNOW, EVEN BRINGING IT UP, IT HASN'T BEEN IN MY MEMORY. I WANT TO SAY ALSO SOMETHING JUST ABOUT ALL TO FIBER THERE. THERE CONTINUES TO BE. I KNOW RESIDENTS IN THE GREEN PASTURES AREA HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME MULTIPLE TIMES. WE HAD A MEMBER IN HERE MAYBE A MONTH AGO OR SO, AND HE JUST HAD REITERATED THAT WHEN THEY'LL COME IN AND DO SOME OF THE BORING, THERE'S WORK THAT GOES INTO LAYING DOWN SOME SOMETIMES DIRT, BUT STRAW AND SEEDING THAT SOME OF THAT WORK IS TEMPORARY, AND THEN THEY'LL COME BACK AND DO MORE OF A SERVICING OF THAT AREA TO ACTUALLY RESTORE IT TO ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION. SO I HAD I HAD SPOKEN TO A MEMBER OF ALTA FIBER, I THINK JAMIE OR MISS FINK, WHO HAD FORWARDED THE INFORMATION TO ME, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I DID TALK TO THE INDIVIDUAL WITH ALTA FIBER, AND JUST WHAT I HAD ASKED HIM IS, HOW CAN WE YOU KNOW, I ASKED. I CHALLENGED HIM WITH JUST HOW CAN WE BE MORE OPEN AND TRANSPARENT IN TERMS OF THE STEPS THAT GO ALONG WITH THE OVERALL PROCESS? BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES RESIDENTS VIEWPOINTS, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S NEXT. YOU KNOW, IF THEIR YARD IS LEFT IN A SLIGHTLY ALTERED CONDITION OR, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN SLIGHTLY ALTERED, THEY SOMETIMES ARE UNEASY ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT. UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS STILL THE HOTLINE THAT WE'VE POSTED TO OUR SOCIAL CITY SOCIAL MEDIA SITE SEVERAL TIMES. OPTION ONE YOU CAN LEAVE A MESSAGE. IT DOES GO ON TO ALTA FIBER'S LIST OF, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY HAVE A PUNCH LIST THAT THEY'RE BUILDING, BUT THEY'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AS YOU HAD SHOWN IN YOUR REPORT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND IT WAS GOOD. I KNOW YOU HAD REPORTED ABOUT THE FESTIVAL EVENTS. I KNOW THE RAIN, I THINK, WAS AN ISSUE, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING. BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND AND WHAT I'VE READ, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF A LOT OF TURNOUT TO THAT. SO I APPRECIATE THE UPDATE ON THAT. IF NOTHING ELSE, NEXT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS REPORT OF CLERK OF COUNCIL. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. OKAY. [REPORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT] REPORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MR. PHILLIPS. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION. I THINK MACKENZIE'S BRING UP JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON A COUPLE ITEMS THAT'S GOING ON. STILL LOADING. OKAY. FIRST, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE ATTENDED AND I SAY WE IT'S COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL PRESIDENT SCOTT HUNTER, CITY MANAGER KIMBERLY SHARP, COUNTY COMMISSIONER. TOM MCCARTHY, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR [00:20:01] MYSELF ATTENDED THE NWGA CONFERENCE IN INDIANAPOLIS. WE HAD 475 ATTENDEES JOIN US. ABOUT 100 JAPANESE WERE THERE AS WELL. BUSINESS LEADERS, GOVERNMENT LEADERS. WE HAD SOME GOVERNORS THERE, I THINK 5 OR 6 GOVERNORS. AND YOU GUYS CAN RECAP ALL THIS AND ADD THIS AS MUCH AS YOU WOULD LIKE TO. AS YOU WERE THERE. WE HAD ATTENDEES FROM 11 STATES, INCLUDING KENTUCKY. SO APPARENTLY SOUTHEAST JAPAN ASSOCIATION DID NOT ACCEPT KENTUCKY, SO THEY CAME TO THE MIDWEST. WE HAVE KENTUCKY AS PART OF OUR GROUP. SO I THINK IT'S 11 STATES AS WELL. AGAIN, GOVERNMENT, STATE, LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEADERS FROM BOTH COUNTRIES WERE THERE. WE HAD VARIOUS PRESENTATIONS ABOUT VARIOUS THINGS ABOUT THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR. MANUFACTURING AI WAS PART OF IT BUSINESS GROWTH. SO A LOT OF GREAT CONVERSATIONS WERE HELD. SO WE WERE WE GO TO THIS EVERY YEAR, JUST SO YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE MIDWEST JAPAN CONFERENCE, IT ALTERNATES BETWEEN TOKYO AND A MIDWESTERN STATE. TWO YEARS AGO IT WAS IN COLUMBUS. THIS YEAR INDIANAPOLIS. NEXT YEAR IT'S GOING TO BE IN WISCONSIN. IT COULD BE IN MADISON, OR IT COULD BE IN MILWAUKEE. I THINK THAT'S TBD. NEXT YEAR WILL BE IN TOKYO. WE PLAN TO ATTEND WHEN IT'S IN SEPTEMBER. IT'S ALWAYS LIKE THE SECOND WEEK OF SEPTEMBER AS WELL. THESE ARE SOME PICTURES FROM THE EVENT AS WELL. THE CONFERENCE, THE GENERAL SESSION HERE TO THE LEFT. THIS IS SOME OF OUR SOME OF OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS. WE HAD ONE COLUMBUS THERE. WE HAD JOBSOHIO THERE. WE HAD A KICKER WHO IS WITH EXPAT HOMES. A FRIEND OF MARYSVILLE PLACES JAPANESE BUSINESS, INDIVIDUALS AND HOMES THROUGHOUT THE PLACE. A LOT OF PEOPLE IN MARYSVILLE ACTUALLY RECENTLY, WHICH IS GREAT. SHE WAS WITH US. WE HAD LOGAN COUNTY, CITY OF DUBLIN THERE AS WELL. SO GREAT REPRESENTATION FROM THE REGION TO THE RIGHT IS ANOTHER PICTURE OF THIS IS KISS MORRISON. HE IS ACTUALLY THE CONSUL GENERAL OF JAPAN. DETROIT GAVE A GREAT SPEECH AT THE END TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF OF THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR TO OHIO AND HONDA INCLUDED, OF COURSE, BUT A GREAT PRESENTATION THERE AS WELL. SO AGAIN, ANOTHER GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH PEOPLE FROM NOT ONLY HERE IN THE MIDWEST, BUT ALSO IN JAPAN. SO IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF COUNCIL PRESIDENT HUNTER OR CITY MANAGER SHARP WOULD WANT TO ADD TO THE THE EXPERIENCE FOR YOUR FIRST TIME, EACH OF YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO AHEAD? YEAH, I LEARNED A LOT AND IT WAS GREAT MEETING PEOPLE IN THIS REALM THAT INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT, AND THERE'S QUITE AN INTEREST IN THE BUSINESSES THAT SUPPORT EACH OTHER. AND THIS COOPERATION IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THEY REALLY. IT REITERATED A COUPLE OF TIMES THAT THE JAPANESE COMPANIES REALLY BRING SORT OF A MANUFACTURING METICULOUSNESS AND THE ABILITY TO GET THINGS DONE IN A WAY, WHILE THE AMERICAN WORKFORCE BRINGS A WHOLE DIFFERENT SET OF VALUES AND SUPPORTIVE THINGS. SO TOGETHER, IT JUST REALLY MAKES FOR GREAT BUSINESS. AND I JUST APPRECIATED LEARNING IN THAT REGARD. YEAH, I WOULD SAY MY EXPERIENCE WAS A LITTLE BIT EYE OPENING BECAUSE I CONTINUOUSLY HAVE LIVED MY LIFE THROUGH THE, THE LENS OF WHAT I EXPERIENCE. AND THAT IS OHIO, YOU KNOW, MY HOME AND I KNOW AUTOMOTIVE, JAPANESE AUTOMOTIVE IS BIG HERE. IT'S IT'S BEEN A PART OF MY LIFE. IT'S BEEN A PART OF THE LIVES OF MANY AROUND US IN THE STATE OF INDIANA. AND IN THIS CONFERENCE, REALLY, IT BROUGHT TO LIGHT, YOU KNOW, BEYOND WHAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED JUST IN MY LIFE AND, AND IN MY REGION, MY HOME, BECAUSE IT'S IT'S REALLY TOUCHING ON THE REGION AND IT'S TOUCHING ON BUSINESSES, NOT ONLY AUTOMOTIVE, BUT AUTOMOTIVE OF, OF DIFFERENT BRANDS, DIFFERENT COMPANIES, BUT ALSO OTHER INDUSTRIES. SO DIFFERENT SECTORS LIKE BIOMEDICAL HEAVY EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING. ALL OF THAT CONTINUES TO BE INVESTED IN, ESPECIALLY IN THEY JUST EMPHASIZE THE MIDWEST. OF COURSE, IT'S THE MIDWEST CONFERENCE, BUT IT IS, YOU KNOW, EYE OPENING TO UNDERSTAND HOW MANY YEARS THE INVESTMENT HAS HAPPENED. AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE SCALE OF THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS HAD ON THE ECONOMIES IN STATES LIKE OHIO, INDIANA, MICHIGAN, KENTUCKY, SO ON AND SO FORTH. BUT VERY YEAH, PLEASED TO MEET A LOT OF DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS, HEAR ABOUT SUCCESS AND DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES AND DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES. SO IT WAS A, YOU KNOW, A VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE. YEAH. AND, YOU KNOW, SOME QUICK FACTS. WE HAVE 20 JAPANESE COMPANIES IN UNION COUNTY. THERE'S ABOUT 150 IN THE ENTIRE REGION. ABOUT 60 ARE LOCATED BETWEEN BELLEFONTAINE AND DUBLIN, INCLUDING, OF COURSE, OURS AS WELL. SO YOU THINK 150 OR 60 OF THEM ARE IN THIS CORRIDOR. SO AGAIN, SHOWS THE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT THAT'S BEEN MADE, HAS INVESTED $16 [00:25:03] BILLION IN OHIO. HALF OF THAT IS HERE IN UNION COUNTY. SO IT JUST AGAIN, UNDERLINES WHY WE DO THIS, WHY WE ESTABLISH THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. AND AND TO THE JAPANESE RELATIONSHIPS ARE SO IMPORTANT. KNOWING PEOPLE GETTING TALKING ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY IS SO IMPORTANT. AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. AND IT'S A GREAT EXPERIENCE. AND THE OTHER THING ABOUT THE MIDWEST IN JAPAN, SOME REASON WHY WE HAVE SO MUCH MANUFACTURING HERE IS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A STRONG WORK ETHIC, AND THE JAPANESE RELATE TO THAT, AND WE WORK VERY HARD. AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. WE THINK ABOUT FAMILY OR JOB AND, AND THINGS ABOUT IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE JAPANESE CULTURE. SO THANK YOU FOR GOING IN THAT EXPERIENCE. AND WE'LL GO NEXT YEAR AGAIN. AND THAT IT WILL BE ACROSS ACROSS THE THE BIG POND TO THE WEST THERE. I THINK WHEN WE DO THAT NEXT YEAR, NEXT IS CRAFTING UNION COUNTY, WHICH IS COMING UP. SO OCTOBER IS MANUFACTURING MONTH. THIS IS KIND OF SOME OF WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. SO WE WILL HAVE A PROCLAMATION COMING IN OCTOBER, YOUR FIRST BEING OCTOBER CELEBRATING MANUFACTURING. IT'S IMPORTANT TO IMPORTANCE TO OUR COMMUNITY. AS PART OF THAT, IT'S A WHOLE MONTH OF DIFFERENT CELEBRATIONS. THIS IS ONE THAT WE DO FOR OUR STUDENTS AND IN THE COMMUNITY. HONDA, FOR EXAMPLE, HOSTS A LOT OF STUDENTS DURING THE ENTIRE MONTH. WE ARE WORKING ON A BUSINESS IMPACT BREAKFAST, HOPEFULLY AT HONDA DURING THE MONTH AS WELL. SO THAT'S FORTHCOMING. BUT THIS IS AN EVENT THAT WE'LL HOLD ON OCTOBER 29TH. THE MARYSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. AGAIN, MANUFACTURING IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US AND HENCE A NUMBER OF THINGS THERE. I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT EVERYTHING ON THAT SLIDE, BUT EXPLAINS ITSELF PRETTY WELL WHY IT MATTERS. 30% OF OUR WORKFORCE IS IN MANUFACTURING TODAY, WHICH IS PRETTY REMARKABLE. AND THEY IT VARIES FROM VARIOUS DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUSINESSES DOING MANUFACTURING, AUTOMOTIVE, OF COURSE, BEING THAT STRONG NICHE THAT WE HAVE, BUT MANY OTHER THINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY MADE HERE. WHAT'S REALLY COOL ABOUT LIVING HERE IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF CONSUMER GOODS THAT YOU CAN BUY, WHETHER IT'S SCOTTS AND THE PRODUCTS THEY MAKE OR HONDA AND THE PRODUCTS WHICH THEY MAKE. YOU REALLY TOUCH THE PRODUCT WHICH MADE WHICH AND I CALLED ONE TIME WHEN I, MY, MY. PRODUCT AT SCOTTS, THE THE LEVER WASN'T WORKING WHEN I WAS TRYING TO SPRAY ROUNDUP, TO BE QUITE HONEST. ON TO SOME THINGS AND I JUST CALLED THE PHONE AND THEN SOMEONE PICKED UP CUSTOMER SERVICE. IT WAS. AND I SAID, WHERE ARE YOU BASED? HE SAID, MARYSVILLE, OHIO. AND I SAID, THAT'S WHERE I AM. SO IT'S KIND OF FUN WHEN YOU HAVE THAT CONNECTION, WHEN YOU CAN BUY PRODUCTS THAT ARE MADE IN THE COMMUNITY WHICH YOU RESIDE. AGAIN. SO THIS IS CRAFTED IN UNION COUNTY. IT'S IT ALLOWS ABOUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE 800 STUDENTS. THAT'S THE GOAL FROM AROUND THE COUNTY. IT'S JUST NOT MARYSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. THEY ACTUALLY. THIS IS KIND OF SPEED DATING ON A REVERSE. THIS IS NOT A JOB FAIR IN A SENSE. SO A COMPANY HAS 15 MINUTES TO TELL THE STUDENTS WHY THEY SHOULD BE INTERESTED IN WORKING AT THEIR COMPANY. THAT'S IT'S KIND OF A REVERSE JOB FAIR TYPE OF SITUATION. SO IT'S ON THE COMPANY TO PROVE HOW GOOD IT IS, A PLACE TO WORK FOR THE STUDENTS TO ACTUALLY PUT IN APPLICATIONS AND BE THERE. SO WE WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS. IT'S KIND OF A UNIQUE TYPE OF AN EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS. BUT AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE HOPEFULLY 800. I THINK LAST YEAR WE HAD OVER 500 STUDENTS PARTICIPATE. OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE 800 THIS YEAR. SO CONFIRMED SO FAR AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE FIVE COMPANIES ACTUALLY MORE AND WORKING ON THIS AS WELL. BUT THESE ARE THE HONDA, NESTLE SUPERIOR PLASTICS, EASE LOGISTICS AND PARKER. SO WE HOPE TO GET MORE AS WELL. AGAIN, THE GOAL IS TO GET THEM EXCITED. OUR STUDENTS EXCITED ABOUT STAYING HERE AFTER THEY GRADUATE, WORKING HERE, RESIDING HERE AND BEING PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S REALLY THE GAME PLAN HERE AND WHY WE DO THIS EACH YEAR. I WILL SAY BRANT MORROW, BRANT MAHER, WHO WORKS FOR I USED TO WORK FOR COLUMBUS STATE, HELPS US OUT WITH THIS EVENT. AND INGA ON MY STAFF ACTUALLY PUTS THIS ON. SO IT'S A VERY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S IT. UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THIS EVENING. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. ERIC, THANKS. COULD YOU GO BACK A COUPLE SLIDES IN HERE. WE THIS ONE HERE. SO THATR NAME IS CHRISTY MATLACK. SHE IS A TEACHER AT NORTH UNION SCHOOLS. SHE LEADS THE ROBOTICS PROGRAM. THEY DO VEX ROBOTICS HAVE GONE TO NATIONALS YEAR AFTER YEAR UP THERE IN NORTH UNION. BUT IT JUST THIS PICTURE REALLY REMINDED ME OF OUR COMMUNITY WORKING TOGETHER AT ALL LEVELS. BECAUSE OF THE INDIVIDUALS ON THE RIGHT, THERE ARE SCOTTS EMPLOYEES. I'VE MET BOTH OF THEM. ONE GUY I'VE RUN WITH BEFORE TOO, BUT YOU'VE GOT OUR YOUTH. WHO ARE I? I WOULD SAY SOME OF THE SHARPEST KIDS YOU'LL SEE COME OUT OF THE NORTH UNION VEX ROBOTS AND ROBOTICS PROGRAM. I KNOW THE MONARCHS, OF COURSE, HAVE THEIR ROBOTICS PROGRAM, BUT I KNOW CHRISTY AND JUST THE YOUTH, YOU KNOW, FEEDING INTO OUR LOCAL COMPANIES. AND AND REALLY, THERE'S JUST SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY HERE IN THIS PICTURE. WHEN I SAW THIS AS YOU WERE GOING THROUGH THIS, I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS PHOTO BEFORE, BUT I JUST KIND OF MADE ME THINK OF THAT. SO GREAT TO SEE THIS KIND OF WORKING TOGETHER. [00:30:06] I WOULD, I WOULD SAY SO THANK YOU, MR. PHILLIPS. APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION. THANK YOU. [PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION REPORT] NEXT IS PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION REPORT. COUNCILMAN WOLFF. YES, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. WE HAD OUR LAST MEETING ON AUGUST 18TH, APPROVED OUR JULY MINUTES, AND THEN RECEIVED VARIOUS REPORTS THROUGH SOME OF THOSE. WE HAVE TEN TEAMS COMPETING IN THE FALL VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS. WE HAD CONCRETE POURED AT MILL VALLEY SOUTH AND CENTRAL PARKS FOR THE DUGOUTS. I KNOW THOSE DUGOUTS ARE BEING ORDERED TO BE INSTALLED AT THE CEMETERY. A HOOP HOUSE FOR SOIL STORAGE WAS COMPLETED AND THEN OVER AT ALDERSGATE PARK, FOUNTAINS WERE INSTALLED THERE IN THE POND. I KNOW THERE'S STILL WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH THE ALGAE AND WHATNOT IN THERE. SOME NEW AND CONTINUING PROJECTS. THAT TRAIL AT ALDERSGATE PARK THAT CONNECTS IT TO THAT VISION DEVELOPMENT IS ONGOING AND IT WAS APPROVED TO PUT THE CULVERT IN. WILDFLOWER SEEDING IS GOING ON IN MULTIPLE AREAS ON THE JIM SIMMONS TRAIL AND THROUGHOUT SCOTT FAMILY PARK. SEWER LINE GRADING IS GOING ON AT SCOTT FAMILY PARK AND PAVING AS WELL OF THAT TRAIL THROUGH SCOTT FAMILY PARK. THE SHELTER HOUSE AT GREENWOOD PARK IS BEING CONTINUALLY WORKED ON TO GET INSTALLED FOR OUR AGENDA ITEMS. WE HAD A MUNICIPAL POOL ASSESSMENT REVIEW KIND OF GIVING UPDATES ON DIFFERENT THINGS WITHIN THE POOL. SOME OF THOSE ITEMS INCLUDE SHADE STRUCTURES, THE RAMPS TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE POOL, THE FILTERS AND SLIDE KIND OF WHERE THOSE ARE AT IN THEIR LIFESPAN. WHAT WOULD COST TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, CHANGES TO THOSE AND KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT LOOKING, YOU KNOW, WHERE TO PUT THOSE IN THE BUDGET, HOW THAT'S GOING TO OPERATE. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING THAT DONE EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS TO, YOU KNOW, SAY, A REFRESH ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO KEEP THE POOL IN THE BEST POSSIBLE PLACE WE CAN AND ITS LIFESPAN AND WHERE IT WHERE IT IS IN ITS CURRENT LIFE. AND THEN WE ACCEPTED THE FIVE YEAR PARKS AND REC CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. SO THAT'S BEEN APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION AND WILL BE COMING UP IN THE BUDGET HERE. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WOLFF. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. COUNCILMAN WOLFF, THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT. NEXT [HEARING OF CITIZENS] ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS HEARING OF CITIZENS. THIS IS THE TIME IN OUR MEETING WHERE WE ARE. WE OPEN UP THE MEETING FOR CITIZENS TO SPEAK. WE ASK THAT CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK APPROACH THE PODIUM. WE ASK THAT YOU STATE YOUR ADDRESS AND ALSO KEEP IN MIND, WHEN PUBLIC ADDRESSES COUNCIL. IT'S NOT INTENDED TO BE A TIME FOR DIALOG WHERE THERE'S A BACK AND FORTH OR A Q&A. IT IS THE TIME WHERE YOU ARE. YOU WOULD BE GIVEN TO ADDRESS COUNCIL. ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS FOR TOPICS NOT RELATED TO PENDING LEGISLATION. SO IF YOU ARE WISHING TO SPEAK THIS THIS EVENING, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. STATE YOUR NAME. WE ASK THAT YOU STATE YOUR ADDRESS AND THEN WE WILL BEGIN THE TIMER. FIVE MINUTES. YEAH. LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A COUPLE FOLKS WISHING TO SPEAK. ALL RIGHT, I'M EMILY SINER. I LIVE AT 317 SOUTH WALNUT STREET, AND THIS IS MY FIANCE, NICOLA SHERIDAN. AND WE WANTED TO MAKE YOU GUYS MORE AWARE ABOUT THE ACTIVITY GOING ON ON SOUTH WALNUT STREET. SO WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AT 323 SOUTH WALNUT STREET, IT IS A THREE APARTMENT COMPLEX AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THEM IN THE PAST. SO THIS INCLUDES DOING ALMOST $20,000 OF DAMAGE TO MY CAR. THIS INCLUDES THEM TRYING TO GET INTO OUR HOUSEHOLD, AND THIS INCLUDES HAVING THEM LIKE LEAVING DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AROUND OUR HOUSE, AROUND OTHER KIDS HOUSES, AND THEN ALSO THEFT. WHEN THEY DESTROYED MY CAR, THEY STOLE A BASEBALL BAT AND A GARDENING TOOL FROM TWO HOUSES DOWN THAT HAD TWO LITTLE KIDS LIVING AT IT THAT ARE ALWAYS AROUND, RUNNING, PLAYING, HAVING FUN. AND HE ENDED UP DESTROYING MY CAR WITH THAT. SO AFTER DOING A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND THAT IN FIVE YEARS, FROM AUGUST OF 2021 TO AUGUST OF 2026, THERE'S BEEN 104 POLICE REPORTS WITH THAT HOUSE. SOME OF THE BIGGER ONES ARE INCLUDING ATTEMPTED MURDER. RAPE. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, ESPECIALLY AGAINST WOMEN, CRIMINAL DAMAGE AND ENDANGERING, AND THEN SEXUAL BATTERY. SO WITH THE INDIVIDUAL THAT DESTROYED MY CAR, OUT OF 104 POLICE REPORTS. I BELIEVE 32 OF THEM INCLUDED THE INDIVIDUAL THAT DESTROYED MY CAR. SO WE ARE BEGGING YOU GUYS TO HELP US HELP PROTECT OUR HOUSEHOLD, HELP PROTECT US. WE WORK ALL [00:35:07] TIMES OF THE DAY LIKE WE'RE IN AND OUT OF THE HOUSE. WE TRY TO STAY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE UNFORTUNATELY DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO PROTECT OURSELVES IF NEEDED. SO IF SOMEONE IS ON METH, WHICH THEY ARE KNOWN TO DO, I'M NOT SURE THAT WE COULD PROTECT OURSELVES. SO OF THOSE REPORTS. 25 WERE ALL RECOMMENDED OR ALL SAID THAT THEY HAVE DRUG PARAPHERNALIA OR LIKE REFERENCE DRUGS WERE INVOLVED IN THE CASE. SO I IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE IT, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE IT, I HAVE 104 POLICE REPORTS RIGHT HERE, ALL PRINTED OUT, ALL UNDERLINING EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAD DONE RECENTLY. SO WE'RE ASKING YOU GUYS, JUST PLEASE PROTECT US, PROTECT EVERYONE, PROTECT THE KIDS. WE LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO TRINITY. AND GOD FORBID, LIKE ONE OF THEM IS ON METH OR ANY OTHER DRUG THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING WHILE KIDS ARE GOING TO PLAY AT THE PLAYGROUND, WHILE KIDS ARE GETTING PICKED UP FROM SCHOOL OR GOING TO SCHOOL. I WOULD HATE TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES LIKE WE ARE. SO OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR CONCERNS. AND JUST WE TAKE YOUR YOUR COMMENTS. I KNOW YOU HAD COME TO A COUNCIL MEETING A MONTH AGO OR SO, AND WE TAKE YOUR CONCERNS VERY SERIOUSLY. AND I THINK WHEN YOU HAD SPOKE INITIALLY, YOU TALKED ABOUT SOME ZONING CONCERNS AS WELL AS SOME CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. AND SO ANYWAYS, UNDERSTAND WE HEAR YOU, WE TAKE YOUR CONCERNS VERY SERIOUSLY AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SHARE AT THE AT THE PODIUM HERE IN A PUBLIC SETTING. AND AS FAR AS THE BOOK GOES, IF YOU WISH TO LEAVE IT HERE, I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE COULD LOOK AT IT, PERHAPS LEAVE IT WITH OUR CLERK OF COUNCIL. WE COULD LOOK AT IT, BORROW IT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT'S HOW I WOULD SEE THAT HAPPENING. SO IF YOU'RE WILLING TO DO THAT, OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS LEAVE YOUR INFORMATION. WE COULD CONTACT YOU AFTER THE MEETING AND ALSO HAD A QUICK SORRY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING A PHONE CALL MEETING WITH ME TODAY WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE, THE LAW DIRECTOR AND THE ZONING DIRECTOR TO JUST KIND OF KEEP ME UPDATED, KEEPING US UPDATED ON SITUATIONS. OKAY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE ONLY COMMENT THAT I WANTED TO MAKE IS BASED ON THE CONVERSATION WE HAD BEFORE, AND NOT IN YOU GUYS NOT DIRECTLY REACHING OUT TO ME. I JUST ASSUMED THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE ENGAGED WITH CONVERSATIONS AND MOVING FORWARD. SO IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT THERE WAS A PHONE CALL TODAY. SO I KNOW THAT JUST BECAUSE WE'RE COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW FROM A FROM AN ADMINISTRATION STANDPOINT OF WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING AND THE STEP STEPS THAT ARE THAT THAT ARE BEING DONE. SO I JUST TOOK IT UPON MYSELF TO KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE GETTING HELP. BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING MORE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, THEN, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE REACHING OUT TO THEM TO FIND OUT WHAT MORE CAN BE DONE OR HOW I CAN ASSIST, AND THEN I'LL BE REACHING OUT TO YOU GUYS AS WELL. THANK YOU. OTHER MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS BOB HAMMOND. I LIVE AT 21785 BOARD ROAD. I'VE GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU GUYS, IF THAT'S OKAY. LET ME START MY TIMER. I KNOW IT'LL BE OFF NOW, BUT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SIR. I CAN PASS IT DOWN IF YOU WANT. THANK YOU. YEAH. I CAN SEE MY MOTHER LIVES AT 1001 LONDON AVENUE IN MARYSVILLE. THERE'S A DANGEROUS SITUATION CAUSED BY TREES THAT WERE PLANTED IN THE GREEN SPACE BETWEEN THE WALKING PATH AND OR SIDEWALK ON LONDON AVENUE. THE TREES THAT WERE PLANTED BY THE CITY SEVERELY OBSTRUCT THE VIEW OF THE ROAD WHEN PULLING OUT FROM HER DRIVEWAY, CREATING A DANGEROUS CONDITION. PICTURE ONE HERE. I'VE LOOKED INTO THIS WITH AN ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL, AND THE CONCLUSION WAS THAT THE CONDITIONS DO NOT COME CLOSE TO MEETING THE MINIMUM SET BY THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. ODOT SETS A GOAL FOR AN INTERSECTION SITE DISTANCE, WHICH A DRIVEWAY IS INCLUDED IN THAT OF 335FT, OR, AT A MINIMUM, A STOPPING SITE DISTANCE OF 250FT. SO IF SOMEBODY DOES PULL OUT, SOMEBODY HAS TIME TO STOP ON A ROAD THAT HAS A 35 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT ON IT FOR A LEFT TURN, WHICH IT DOES ON LONDON AVENUE. THE SITE DISTANCE FROM MY MOTHER'S DRIVEWAY IS APPROXIMATELY 83FT, WHICH ISN'T EVEN A THIRD OF THE MINIMUM STOPPING SITE DISTANCE, WHICH IS THE MINIMUM OF THE TWO. THIS CONDITION WILL ONLY BECOME MORE DANGEROUS OVER TIME, AS THE TREES THAT THE CITY PLANTED [00:40:04] GROW. TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, THE TREES THAT ARE THERE ARE HORNBEAMS, AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY ABOUT TEN FOOT TALL AND FOUR FOOT WIDE. THE MATURE HEIGHT AND WIDTH OF THESE TREES IS APPROXIMATELY 30FT HIGH BY 20FT WIDE, SO THEY GET ABOUT FIVE TIMES WIDER. THE TREE IN THE CIRCLE, THERE IS ONE THAT IS DEAD CURRENTLY. SO IF THAT ONE HAPPENED TO BE REPLACED, THAT WOULD MAKE THIS WORSE YET. DO. WHERE AM I AT HERE? PICTURE TWO. LET ME SEE IF I CAN DO THAT. YEAH. THANK YOU. THIS IS ACTUALLY A VIEW FROM HER DRIVEWAY AND THE PICTURE I'VE GIVEN YOU. YOU CAN SEE SOMEWHAT. IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT TO TELL FROM THE PICTURE BECAUSE THE TREES ON THIS SIDE BLEND IN WITH THE TREES ON THE OTHER SIDE. SO IT JUST LOOKS LIKE A BIG GREEN THING. YOU REALLY CAN'T SEE VERY WELL, BUT. BOTH SIDES OF HER DRIVEWAY ARE AFFECTED. BUT I ONLY FOCUSED ON THE RIGHT SIDE JUST FOR BREVITY AND TO SAVE YOU GUYS THE TROUBLE. BUT IT WORKS BOTH WAYS. AND MY MOTHER'S DRIVEWAY IS NOT THE ONLY ONE AFFECTED. MANY OF THE DRIVEWAYS ON LONDON AVENUE HAVE THE SAME HAZARDOUS CONDITION. SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS I SPOKE WITH SAID THEY'RE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR DANGEROUS SITUATIONS WHEN PULLING OUT OF THEIR DRIVEWAY. RIGHT NEXT DOOR, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S THE IT'S THE BETTER THAN YESTERDAY FITNESS CENTER. THEY HAVE TONS OF TRAFFIC GOING IN AND OUT FROM THERE, AND I WOULD ALSO GUESS THAT THEIR CONDITION IS NOT LIMITED JUST TO LONDON AVENUE. NUMBER THREE. I DID IT. THIS IS A POST FROM ODOT EXPLAINING BASICALLY THAT CITIES IN OHIO HAVE HOME RULE, AND IT'S SO CITIZENS CAN DIRECTLY SPEAK WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THINGS TO GET SITUATIONS LIKE THIS REMEDIED, AS OPPOSED TO GOING THROUGH ODOT. AND I'M REQUESTING THAT THE CITY REMEDY THE CONDITION AT MY MOTHER'S HOME ON LONDON AVENUE. SO THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. THANKS FOR LISTENING TO ME. ALSO, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MR. HAMMOND. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. AND WE WILL, OF COURSE, PASS THIS INFORMATION TO OUR CITY STAFF FOR FURTHER REVIEW. MOVING ON TO RESOLUTIONS 12-261 READING ONLY TO ACCEPT THE [12-26] AMOUNTS AND RATES AS DETERMINED BY THE BUDGET COMMISSION AND AUTHORIZE THE NECESSARY TAX LEVIES AND CERTIFY THEM TO THE COUNTY AUDITOR ADMINISTRATION. SO THIS IS A ORDINANCE THAT YOU SEE EVERY YEAR AT THIS TIME. IT IS DRAFTED PRIMARILY. WE HAVE HAD SOME WAREHOUSES AND WHATNOT, BUT THE MEAT OF THE LEGISLATION, IT COMES FROM THE BUDGET COMMISSION OF THE COUNTY, WHICH CONSISTS OF THE COUNTY TREASURER, THE COUNTY AUDITOR AND A COUNTY COMMISSIONER. THEY CERTIFY THE RATES AND IN OUR CASE, FOR INSIDE MILLAGE, THE INSIDE MILLAGE ALLOCATION BETWEEN THE LOCAL ENTITIES AND THE COUNTY HAS NOT CHANGED. SO THERE'S THERE'S NOTHING TO DISPUTE OR QUESTION AS COMPARED TO YEARS PAST. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION SO IT CAN BE TRANSMITTED TO THE COUNTY AUDITOR PRIOR TO THE END OF THE MONTH, WHICH AS REQUIRED BY LAW. OKAY. THANK YOU. SINCE THIS IS A ONE READING ONLY RESOLUTION, TONIGHT WOULD ALSO BE THE TIME FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS. SO IF THERE ARE CITIZENS THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS RESOLUTION, THAT WOULD BE THE TIME TO DO SO. DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZENS? IT APPEARS THAT WE DO NOT HAVE CITIZENS WISHING TO COMMENT THIS EVENING. NEXT IS COUNCIL. ARE THERE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WHO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION? OKAY. IF NO, THEN I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. MR. PRESIDENT, MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. OKAY. COUNCILMAN BORDNER MADE THE MOTION. THIS WILL REQUIRE ROLL CALL. ROLL CALL PLEASE. MR. BORDNER. YES. MR. WOLF. YES. MR. BURGER. YES. MR. HUNTER. YES. MRS. TECH. YES. MR. REAMS YES. MRS. YOUNG YES. SEVEN. YES. LEGISLATION PASSES. [13-26] NEXT IS RESOLUTION 13-261 READING ONLY TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION FOR PLACEMENT OF FARMLAND IN AN AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT SUBMITTED BY LEWIS M AND ANNA K MEYER. ADMINISTRATION. MR. THIS IS A. IF YOU COULD UNMUTE YOUR MICROPHONE, JUST. THANK YOU. YEAH. THIS IS A RENEWAL APPLICATION TO PLACE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS INTO THE [00:45:06] AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT. THE LAW BASICALLY SAYS THAT IF PROPERTY IS SOUGHT TO BE AN AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT, AND IT'S ALSO IN WITHIN THE CORPORATE BOUNDARIES OF A MUNICIPALITY, THEN AN APPLICATION, THE APPLICATION THAT GOES TO THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE ALSO HAS TO BE FILED WITH THE CITY, AND THE CITY HAS TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION. ULTIMATE APPROVAL IS UP TO THE AUDITOR, BUT THIS IS A REQUIRED STEP, AND IT WAS PUBLICLY ADVERTISED IN THE NEWSPAPER FOR A PUBLIC HEARING FOR ANY CITIZENS THAT MAY WANT TO COMMENT, TO COMMENT. OKAY. ANY COMMENT ABOUT THE JUST DUE DILIGENCE? AGAIN, IT'S IT'S A IT'S A IT'S A RENEWAL APPLICATION. IT'S IN THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT. NOW. WE HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT IT'S NOT THE PROPERTY IS NOT BEING USED FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALSO, LIKE THE PREVIOUS ITEM, THIS IS ALSO A ONE READING ONLY RESOLUTION. SO TONIGHT WOULD BE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS WISHING TO COMMENT ON THIS RESOLUTION. THAT WOULD BE TONIGHT IF THERE ARE ANY CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK. SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE TO COUNCIL. DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION? OKAY. SEEING NONE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WOLFF. WE'LL DO ROLL CALL, MR. WOLF. YES, MR. BURGER, YES. MR. HUNTER. YES. MRS. TAKACS. YES. MR. REAMS YES. MRS. YOUNG YES. MR. BORDNER. YES. SEVEN. YES. LEGISLATION PASSES. MOVING ON TO ORDINANCES. [39-26] FIRST IS 39-26 FIRST READING INTRODUCTION TO AUTHORIZE A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE MURPHY EPSON CONTRACT THROUGH THE END OF 2026. ADMINISTRATION. COUNCILOR MURPHY. EPSON CONTRACT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR COMMUNICATION SERVICES TO THE CITY OVERALL, AND QUITE A FEW THINGS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED THIS YEAR. FOR ADDITIONAL VIDEOS ABOUT HOW GOVERNMENT DOES ITS JOB, WE'LL BE COMING OUT SHORTLY. YOU'LL GET TO PREVIEW THOSE, BUT WITH THAT, ADDITIONAL VIDEOS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED, AS WELL AS AN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION STRATEGY. WITH THAT, THE ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION REQUEST IS FOR AN ADDITIONAL $47,350 TO COMPLETE THAT WORK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. OKAY. IF NOTHING FURTHER FROM ADMINISTRATION, THIS WOULD BE TIME FOR COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. MR. BORDNER, I SEE A LOOK ON YOUR FACE. SO I'M ASSUMING YOU WERE GOING TO ASK A QUESTION. I APOLOGIZE IF THAT WAS AN INCORRECT ASSUMPTION. NOTHING. OKAY. OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. COUNCILWOMAN COMMUNICATIONS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. THAT'S MY BACKGROUND, AND I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT OUR STAFF SHOULD BE BIGGER THAN OUR ONE MAN SOLO SHOW, WHO I KNOW IS RAMPING UP WHAT HE'S BEEN DOING AS HE HAS BEEN ON FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW. SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNICATIONS TO THE CITIZENS, YOU SEE A LOT OF MISCOMMUNICATION AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA AND THINGS. I THINK WE JUST DEMONSTRATED THAT WITH SOME RECENT WORK. SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE EXPLAINING IN OUR IN OUR BEST EFFORT TO THE PUBLIC WHAT GOES ON HERE IN THIS BUILDING AND HOW WE ARE ALL WORKING VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY IS THE BEST IT CAN BE. I'M ALL FOR IT. OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. OKAY, YEAH, I WOULD JUST ECHO THE COMMENTS BY COUNCILMAN TAKACS JUST IN REGARD TO COMMUNICATIONS AND IN TODAY'S TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT, ESPECIALLY WITH SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU HAVE THE COMMUNICATION PORTAL IS OPEN TO ANYONE AND EVERYONE. SO EVERYONE HAS AN OPINION. EVERYONE HAS SOMETIMES FACTS THAT AREN'T REALLY FACTS. SOMETIMES THERE'S FACTS THAT ARE FACTS. AND IT'S DIFFICULT, CHALLENGING FOR US TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE TRUE REALITY OF CERTAIN PROJECTS. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY IS WE HAVE WE SERVE THE CITIZENS OF MARYSVILLE. WE HAVE TO PROTECT THEIR INTERESTS, PROTECT THEIR DOLLARS THAT THEY'RE PAYING. AND COMMUNICATION IS A CRUCIAL PART OF DOING THE PROCESS THE RIGHT WAY. AND I KNOW OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR DOESN'T JUST GO ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THERE'S A LOT MORE TO THE JOB. AND ALSO PUBLIC FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS. I KNOW IT CAN BE BURDENSOME TO. AND WHEN WE HAVE TO KIND OF ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE OF OBLIGATIONS THAT WE HAVE LEGAL OBLIGATIONS TO DO. SO WE CAN'T ALWAYS DO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT WE WISH TO DO. SO. SO SOMETIMES THAT REQUIRES ENGAGING WITH THE CONSULTANT TO SUPPORT. AND ANYWAYS, I [00:50:05] UNDERSTAND THERE ARE CHALLENGES AND THERE WILL BE CHALLENGES GOING FORWARD REGARDLESS OF WHAT PATH WE DO. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2026. [40-26] ORDINANCE 40-26 FIRST READING INTRODUCTION TO AUTHORIZE A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEMOLITION OF 303 SOUTH MAIN STREET AND ACCEPT THE REIMBURSEMENT FROM UNION COUNTY LAND BANK REVITALIZATION COMPANY ADMINISTRATION. MR. LUTZ, SO I'LL START OFF WITH THE. I WON'T BURY THE LEDE. WE WILL NOT NEED THIS ORDINANCE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. SO INITIALLY, WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT BECAUSE WE PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY, AS YOU MAY RECALL, THIS IS NOT A LAND BANK OWNED PROPERTY THAT WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING UP FRONT FOR ANY DEMOLITION COSTS. AND AS A RESULT OF THE LAND BANK BEING AWARDED THE GRANT THAT THEY WERE THAT THEY WOULD REIMBURSE US FOR THE EXPENSE. THIS PAST WEDNESDAY. WAS IT THAT. I THINK IT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO. THIS PAST WEDNESDAY WAS A SPECIAL MEETING. YEAH. OH, YEAH. YEAH. YOU'RE RIGHT. SORRY. SO AT THE SPECIAL MEETING, THEY WERE AWARDED THE BID TO THE COMPANY THAT WILL BE DOING THE DEMOLITION. THEY LET US KNOW. NOPE. THEY WILL BE PAYING THE DEMOLITION COMPANY AND WILL OBVIOUSLY REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE STATE FOR THEMSELVES. SO THAT IS WHY YOU DON'T NEED THE SUPPLEMENTAL. HOWEVER, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO UPDATE YOU AND LET YOU KNOW THAT YES, THE LAND BANK DID RECEIVE TWO BIDS FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE PROPERTY. AT A SPECIAL MEETING ON WEDNESDAY. THEY SELECTED THE LOWEST BID AND CHOSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. ZACH, I'D LIKE TO DEFER TO YOU ON THE DETAILS OF THAT, THE ROUGH TIMELINE AND SO FORTH. YEAH, THEY DON'T HAVE A FIRM TIMELINE OR A FIRM DATE FOR COMMENCING THE CONSTRUCTION YET. THEY STILL NEED TO SIGN THE CONTRACT AND THEN HAVE A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING WITH OUR STAFF AND THE UNION COUNTY BUILDING DEPARTMENT STAFF. ONCE WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION, WE CAN PASS THAT ALONG. SO GOOD NEWS. IT WILL BE COMING DOWN. OBVIOUSLY, WE WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED OF THAT. I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR THE ORDINANCE THAT I ERRONEOUSLY ADDED TO THE AGENDA. I SHOULD MAKE THAT CLEAR. THAT WAS ME, NOT. MACKENZIE CALLED HER THE NEXT DAY AND SAID, OOPS, SORRY. SO I WILL NOW DEFER TO TIM TO EXPLAIN TO YOU THE BEST WAY TO MAKE THIS GO AWAY. SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT. THE DEMOLITION OF THE BUILDING AND HOW IT'S BEING FUNDED, THEN YOU CAN JUST TABLE THIS INDEFINITELY. I THINK THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE IT. OKAY. I DO ENJOY THE SPECIAL MEETINGS THAT GIVE US MONEY TO DO PROJECTS, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. NEED MORE SPECIAL MEETINGS? ANY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WISH TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS OR MAKE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? AND I THINK IF YOU UNDERSTOOD MR. AZNAR CORRECTLY, WE WOULD WE WOULD REQUIRE A MOTION TO POSTPONE INDEFINITELY, AND I WILL ENTERTAIN THAT MOTION. MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO TABLE THIS INDEFINITELY OR POSTPONED INDEFINITELY. IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TABLING TABLE? I THINK IT JUST TABLED INDEFINITELY. THAT'S THE. OKAY. SO WE PROBABLY NOT PROBABLY NO DIFFERENCE. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE INDEFINITELY. ROLL CALL PLEASE. MR. BURGER YES. MR. HUNTER. YES. MRS. TACTIC. YES. MR. REAMS. YES. MRS. YOUNG YES. MR. BORDNER. YES. MR. WOLFE. YES. POSTPONED INDEFINITELY. OKAY. NEXT IS ORDINANCE 41-26. FIRST READING [41-26] INTRODUCTION TO APPROVE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE ZONING CODE AMENDMENTS TO PART 11 ZONING CODE. SECTION 11. 21.18 UPTOWN COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. SECTION 11. 21.21 UPTOWN TRANSITIONAL DISTRICT AND TO THE APPENDIX. GLOSSARY OF TERMS BY AMENDING THE DEFINITION FOR MEETING FACILITY. I HAVE A PRESENTATION TO PULL UP. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT, AS WELL AS THE DISTRICTS THAT WILL BE UPDATED WITH THAT ZONING CODE USE. SO AS YOU KNOW, THE THE ZONING CODE IS A LIVING DOCUMENT. AS WE RECEIVE APPLICATIONS, REVIEW THE DOCUMENT, WE COME ACROSS, YOU KNOW, UPDATES OR UPDATES THAT NEED TO BE DONE. OUR CURRENT DEFINITION OF MEDIUM FACILITY IS ONE OF THOSE UPDATES JUST AFTER REVIEWING IT, [00:55:01] GOING THROUGH WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE INTENT OF THE ZONING CODE, THE INTENT OF THAT USE, THE CURRENT DEFINITION DOESN'T ALIGN WITH THAT. SO WE'RE JUST COMING BEFORE COUNCIL TO ADJUST THAT. SO AGAIN, JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND. WE DID SOME RESEARCH ON IT. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE UPDATE AND WHERE THAT USE WILL BE MAINTAINED AND WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE ADDED TO. THIS WENT BEFORE PLANNING COMMISSION IN SEPTEMBER WAS APPROVED BY A VOTE OF SIX. YES VERSUS ZERO. NO. AND WE LOOKED AT A HANDFUL OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES. THESE ARE TWO THAT WE PULLED A LOT OF THE INFORMATION FROM. FOR OUR DEFINITION, THERE'S ABOUT 11 THAT WE LOOKED AT TO UPDATE THIS DEFINITION OF A MEETING FACILITY. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR CURRENT DEFINITION MORE ALIGNS WITH LIKE FITNESS STUDIOS AND OTHER USES THAT THERE'S KIND OF SOME OVERLAP WITH EXISTING USES THAT ALREADY COVER THOSE USES DEFINED IN OUR CURRENT DEFINITION. THE PROPOSED DEFINITION IS GOING TO MORE ALIGN WITH THE INTENT OF OUR ZONING CODE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, VENUES SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED OR EQUIPPED TO ACCOMMODATE A WIDE RANGE OF SOCIAL, CULTURAL, BUSINESS OR AND COMMUNITY COMMUNITY EVENTS. SORRY IF I'M GOING TOO FAST, PLEASE SLOW ME DOWN. I'LL PAUSE. SO THESE ARE OUR DISTRICTS WHERE MEETING FACILITY IS CURRENTLY PERMITTED. AGAIN, THAT THE USE IS THERE. IT'S THE DEFINITION THAT IS NOT IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR ZONING CODE AND WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING TO MOVE THE OR ADD THOSE USES. SO IT'S GOING TO MAINTAIN. AND THOSE FIRST FOUR WE'RE GOING TO ADD IT. YOU'RE PROPOSING TO ADD IT TO THE UPTOWN COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AS PERMITTED. AND THE UPTOWN TRANSITIONAL DISTRICT AS CONDITIONAL. AND THEN HERE WE JUST HAVE A MAP THAT OUTLINES THOSE DISTRICTS. SO THE ONES ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN, THE RED, THE BLUE, PINK AND DARK PINK ARE ALL THE EXISTING LOCATIONS WHERE MEETING FACILITY IS PERMITTED. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT WHERE IT'S CIRCLED IN THE MIDDLE, THE UPTOWN COMMERCIAL IN RED AND UPTOWN TRANSITIONAL IN DARK BLUE IS WHERE IT WOULD BE PERMITTED AND CONDITIONAL. AND THEN I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. ANDREWS. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL QUESTIONS FOR MR. ANDREWS. THE ONLY COUNCILMAN BERGER, THE ONLY TWO QUESTIONS I HAVE, AND I DON'T I'M NOT EXPECTING ANSWERS AND BUT AND THIS IS I DON'T KNOW IF YOU I DON'T. SO, YOU KNOW, IN THE UPTOWN NOW WE HAVE BUSINESSES THAT ARE BUSINESSES, BUT THEY'RE NOT FUNCTIONING AS A BUSINESS. THEY'RE MAYBE THEY'RE ONLY OPEN LIKE ONCE A MONTH OR ONCE EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SPACES IN THE UPTOWN THAT ARE KIND OF EVENT SPACES, OR THEY DO SOMETHING, BUT IT'S NOT A BUSINESS. AND IN THE SENSE OF WHEN I SAY THAT, IT'S IN THE SENSE OF HAVING OPERATIONAL HOURS EVERY SINGLE DAY, THAT PEOPLE CAN GO IN AND OUT OF AND MAKING THE STREET ACTIVE ENOUGH TO GIVE MORE PEOPLE A DESTINATION TO COME UPTOWN. AND SO AS I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE IT'S, YOU KNOW, ANY IT'S VERY EASY FOR PEOPLE TO CONGREGATE AND HAVING LIKE A NONPROFIT OR HAVING A RELIGIOUS SERVICE OR DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. SO HAVING THIS IN THE UPTOWN, COULD WE CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE THERE COULD BE. BECAUSE I, I UNDERSTAND HOW THIS PROPOSAL GOT STARTED BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THE, THE APPLICANT THAT ASKED FOR IT, THE THE ISSUE IS DOING THIS. COULD WE CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE THERE COULD BE MULTIPLE STOREFRONTS USED AS EVENT SPACES, BUT NOT ACTUALLY HAVE A BUSINESS IN THEM? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I THINK I'M FOLLOWING, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD TAKE MORE DISCUSSION TO KIND OF PINPOINT EXACTLY. I WOULD I WOULD BE INTERESTING, IT WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE THRIVING UPTOWN'S, LIKE HISTORICAL BLOCKS LIKE WE DO. SO I THINK OF LIKE MEDINA, TROY, LEBANON, YOU KNOW, DELAWARE, THOSE KIND OF COMMUNITIES. HOW DO THEY REGULATE THOSE, THESE TYPES OF SPACES WITHIN THE CORE OF THE UPTOWN? THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I'M I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT AND I HAVE BEEN THINKING, THINKING ABOUT IT, I JUST HAVEN'T. SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT, JUST TO DIGEST. I'M NOT ASKING. YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK [01:00:03] GOING THROUGH THE, THE COMP PLAN STUFF AND CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE VISIONING PLAN, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORKSHOP. AND IF WE GET MORE INFO FROM YOU AND, AND RESEARCH THOSE COMMUNITIES, WE COULD PROBABLY WORK TOWARDS SOMETHING THAT ACHIEVES THAT GOAL. OKAY, LET'S, WE CAN OFFLINE DISCUSS THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. WITH OFFLINE DISCUSSION, NOT NOT AS A COUNCIL. YOU'RE SAYING IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK WITH STAFF, DO THAT OFFLINE. OKAY, SO I'M NOT SCARY. TIM. MR. REAMS, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YOU WANT TO TURN YOUR MICROPHONE? SO THIS NEW DEFINITION BASICALLY PLACES LIKE THE AVALON THEATER OR THE ELKS LODGE UPTOWN, THOSE WOULD OH, I THINK THE PLACE, LIKE PLACES LIKE THE ELKS FALL UNDER THE DEFINITION WE HAVE FOR A CLUB, WHICH IS LIKE A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION, THIS WOULD BE MORE OF A SPACE YOU COULD RENT OUT FOR A BRIDAL SHOWER OR A BABY SHOWER. LIKE THERE'S, THERE'S ONE ON THE SECOND FLOOR. OVER ON THE PULSE SIDE. IS THAT YEAH, THAT I MEAN THAT TOO. BUT I KNOW THAT THE ELKS, YOU CAN THEY HAVE EVENTS IN THERE AS WELL, SO. YEAH. OKAY. THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT FALL INTO THIS. YEAH. AND THERE'S A DIFFERENCE WHERE LIKE IF THE ELKS IS A CLUB, BUT THEY ALSO RENT SPACE OUT FOR EVENTS. THAT'S MORE OF AN INCIDENTAL USE. THAT'S IT'S, THAT'S INCIDENTAL TO THE PRINCIPAL USE. OKAY. IF THE SPACE, IF THE ENTIRE SPACE IS JUST EMPTY, UNLESS YOU'RE RENTING IT OUT, LIKE IT'S DEDICATED FOR SPECIAL EVENTS LIKE THAT, THEN IT WOULD FALL UNDER THIS MEETING FACILITY USE. OKAY, SO A PLACE LIKE THE CO-WORKING SPACE UPTOWN DOES NOT FALL UNDER THIS BECAUSE IT IS CONSIDERED OFFICE SPACE. SO THE CO-WORK SPACE WOULD HAVE THEIR PERMIT IS FOR A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE IF THEY WERE TO USE ANOTHER PART OF THE BUILDING FOR EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT USE, THEN THEY WOULDN'T NEED THE SEPARATE ZONING PERMIT. THEY WOULD NEED TO HAVE THE APPROPRIATE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FROM THE COUNTY BUILDING DEPARTMENT FOR THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE IN THAT SPACE. THIS USE WOULD ALLOW FOR THE SPACE THAT'S RENTED OUT FOR EVENTS LIKE THAT TO BE USED SOLELY FOR MEETING FACILITY AND NOT HAVE TO BE ACCESSORY TO THE PRINCIPAL USE. SORRY, I'M JUST TRYING TO WRAP MY BRAIN AROUND JUST SPECIFIC EXAMPLES. IT'S EASIER TO LIKE. SO LIKE THE WEDDING. YEAH, YEAH. SO THAT WOULD BE LIKE A MEETING FACILITY. OKAY. OKAY, GOOD. I'M ON. I'M. OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. IT DOES GET A LITTLE BIT TECHNICAL, BUT I SOMETIMES I FORGET THAT NOT EVERYBODY WORKS WITH PLANNING AND ZONING. SO, BUT I, I, I UNDERSTOOD WHEN YOU HAD EXPLAINED THAT YOU HAVE A PRIMARY USE AND FOR THE OFFICE SPACE IS PRIMARILY OFFICES. AND THEN YOU HAVE THESE INCIDENTAL USES TO THE PRIMARY USE. IF YOU HAVE A CONFERENCE OF ALL MULTIPLE OFFICE WORKERS, THAT WOULD BE PERHAPS CLASSIFIED AS AN INCIDENTAL USE. BUT IF YOU HAVE A PLACE THAT IS THE PRIMARY USE OR THE PRIMARY USE IN WHICH THAT BUSINESS OPERATES IS OFFICE SPACE, BUT YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER THAT'S NOT CONSIDERED AN INCIDENTAL USE ANY LONGER. THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE USE. IT WOULD BE A MEETING FACILITY. AND THAT SO IN THAT SETTING. SO IT'S A BIT TECHNICAL, BUT I UNDERSTAND I FOLLOW IT. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN EVENT SPACE AND MEETING FACILITY? WELL, WE TALKED ABOUT ADDING EVENT OR ADDING BOTH OF THOSE USES. BUT WHEN WE DID OUR RESEARCH, THERE WAS REALLY A LOT OF CROSSOVER WHERE IT'S ESSENTIALLY THE SAME THING. SO BOTH KIND OF FALL UNDER THAT SAME USE. AND I THINK JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT I UNDERSTAND. COUNCILMAN BERGER, YOUR COMMENT, YOU HAVE KIND OF I THINK YOU STATED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TIMES BUSINESSES THAT AREN'T REALLY BUSINESSES. BUT I THINK ULTIMATELY WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SAY IS MAYBE OPERATIONS THAT INVOLVE A GOOD DEAL OF VACANCY IN TERMS OF LIKE THEIR, THEIR PATTERNS THROUGHOUT A WEEK, FOR EXAMPLE, NOT OCCUPIED WHATSOEVER, MAYBE A SERIES OF WEEKS. AND THEN EVERY THREE WEEKS THERE'S SOME GATHERING. AND I THINK YOUR CONCERN PERHAPS IS ROOTED IN THE FACT THAT IF IF A FACILITY IS CLASSIFIED SOLELY AS A MEETING SPACE, THEN YOU LEND ITSELF. IF THE ENTIRE UPTOWN DISTRICT WERE TO ADOPT IT, IT WOULD LEND ITSELF TO PERHAPS EXCESS OR MULTIPLE NUMBER OF SPACES THAT OPERATIONALLY HAVE LONG PERIODS OF TIME OF VACANCY AND THEREFORE COULD PERHAPS COUNTER SOME INTENTIONS OF HAVING MORE. KIND OF PEOPLE AND VISITATION TO DIFFERENT BUSINESSES THAT ARE OPERATIONAL FROM YOUR YOUR 9 TO 5 OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE. I [01:05:06] THINK THAT WAS YOUR CONCERN, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. OKAY. SO THAT'S JUST THE CONCERN. I THINK THAT AS WE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, I THINK WE COULD THINK ABOUT. SO. ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WISHING TO COMMENT OR HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU, MR. ANDREWS. WE APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR SECOND READING PUBLIC [COMMENTS OF THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL PERSONS AND GENERAL DISCUSSION] HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2026. COMMENTS OF THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL PERSONS AND GENERAL DISCUSSION. MR. SHARP, THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT HUNTER, I DO HAVE A COMMENT I WANT TO DISCUSS THIS EVENING BRIEFLY, AND THIS IS ABOUT COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS OVERALL. SO AS WE CLOSE TONIGHT, I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH ONE THOUGHT ABOUT HOW WE WORK TOGETHER AS AN ORGANIZATION AND A COMMUNITY. HEALTHY DISAGREEMENT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF PUBLIC SERVICE. AS A COMMUNITY, WE WILL NOT AND SHOULD NOT AGREE ON EVERYTHING. DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES MAKE US BETTER AND ROBUST DISCUSSIONS CAN LEAD TO BETTER DECISIONS. YOU'VE EXPERIENCED THAT EVERY NIGHT AT COUNCIL MEETINGS. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE BUILDING A CULTURE WHERE OUR PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS ARE CONSTRUCTIVE, RESPECTFUL AND UPLIFTING. THE TONE WE USE MATTERS. IT MATTERS TO OUR RESIDENTS, IT MATTERS TO OUR EMPLOYEES, AND IT MATTERS TO THE CONFIDENCE PEOPLE HAVE IN THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. WE CAN DISAGREE AND THE PUBLIC CAN DISAGREE ON AN ISSUE, WHILE STILL RECOGNIZING THAT WE ARE ALL HERE FOR THE SAME REASON TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY AND TO MAKE IT BETTER FOR SAFETY, FOR RESILIENCY AND A CULTURE OF KINDNESS AND BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS. SO TONIGHT, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I APPRECIATE YOU, COUNCIL. I APPRECIATE THE TIME AND WILLINGNESS YOU GIVE IN SERVING THIS COMMUNITY. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE STAFF'S DEDICATION TO PROFESSIONALISM AND THEIR MANY HOURS SERVING THIS COMMUNITY. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE RESIDENTS AND THE BUSINESSES WHO ARE WILLING TO GIVE TO THE COMMUNITY IN MARYSVILLE IN ANY WAY FOR PARTICIPATING IN THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ON BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS, FOR VOLUNTEERING IN ANY WAY THAT THEY ARE ABLE, AND TO PARTICIPATING IN COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS. AND SO THAT'S MY CLOSING THOUGHT. MAY WE ALL CONTINUE TO DO THIS HONESTLY, AUTHENTICALLY AND WITH APPRECIATION. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMAN YOUNG. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE NINE OVER 11 CEREMONY. YOU MADE ME CRY. I DON'T LIKE TO DO THAT IN PUBLIC, BUT IT WAS MOVING, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HEARD THE THE FIREFIGHTERS GO UP AND DOWN THE STAIRS. SO. BUT I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMAN REAMS. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TONIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, MISS SHARPE TOUCHED ON IT EARLIER. BUT OUR FINAL UPTOWN FRIDAY NIGHTS OF THE SEASON ON FRIDAY AND THEN FESTIVE FAIR WERE TWO VERY GOOD EVENTS. IT WAS GREAT WEATHER ON FRIDAY NIGHT. IT WAS NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY OUT LOOKING AT THE CARS. AND I KNOW IT MAY NOT MAKE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM HAPPY, BUT I LOVE WHEN THE STREET IS SHUT DOWN BECAUSE PEOPLE, PEOPLE WONDER AND I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT KIDS RUNNING OUT IN FRONT OF CARS. SO THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD TIME. FESTIVE FAIR STARTED OFF VERY, VERY RAINY. THE LIGHTNING WAS A LITTLE SCARY FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES IN THE MORNING. BUT THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO PUT ON A RAINCOAT, BROUGHT AN UMBRELLA, AND SHOWED UP TO SUPPORT THE 300 VENDORS UPTOWN. IT WAS REALLY COOL TO STILL SEE PEOPLE OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE HARD WORK FROM THOSE VENDORS AND FROM THE TEAM THAT PUTS ON FESTIVE FAIR. SO REALLY COOL EVENT. 45 YEARS IS A LONG TIME. HOPEFULLY WE CAN GO ANOTHER 45 BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE FUN, AND I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING. HOMECOMING WEEK IS COMING UP AND THE HOMECOMING PARADE DOES GO BACK THROUGH UPTOWN. SO IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD AT 6 P.M. THE HOMECOMING PARADE WILL GO THROUGH ALL OF OUR YOUTH SPORTS TEAMS FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. PARTICIPATE IN THAT, AND THE STUDENTS REALLY LOVE THE SUPPORT AND SEEING EVERYONE OUT AND ABOUT. SO WEDNESDAY THE 23RD AT 6 P.M. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BORDNER. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO ECHO COUNCILWOMAN TECH. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE THE LAST UPTOWN FRIDAY. AND, AND I KEPT MAKING THE OBSERVATION THAT THAT IT SEEMED LIGHT AND MY WIFE REITERATED THEY'VE GOT THE NORTH OR MAIN STREET WAS WAS SHUT DOWN AND I, I LIKED THAT [01:10:01] CONCEPT. IT GAVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPREAD OUT AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY KIND OF ROAM AROUND AND, AND ENJOY THE UPTOWN SATURDAY MORNING FESTIVE FAIR. MY NINE YEAR OLD HAS BEEN WAITING FOR FESTIVE FARE SINCE LAST FESTIVE FAIR. AND I TELL YOU WHAT THE THE FOLKS THAT ARE 3D PRINTING AND THEY'VE GOT THE SQUISHIES, THEY'RE THEY'RE THOSE ARE GOLD MINES BECAUSE I DON'T DON'T KNOW HOW MANY DRAGONS AND SQUISHIES THAT I HAD TO COME HOME WITH, BUT IT'S, IT'S HIS ONE TIME OF YEAR THAT HE, HE LIKES TO GO UP AND SHOP. BUT IT WAS A LITTLE BIT LIGHT WHEN I WAS UP THERE RAINING IN THE MORNING, BUT I. BUT I HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE SAY THAT WITH THE WEATHER CLEARED UP, IT. IT GOT A LITTLE BIT HEAVY IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN I WAS AT FOOTBALL GAMES. SO YEAH, OVERALL GOOD GOOD EVENT. SO THANKS COUNCILMAN WOLFF. YEAH I WOULD LIKE. IT WAS GREAT SEEING EVERYONE OUT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON AND THE CAR SHOW WAS VERY INTERESTING AND MY GIRLFRIEND LOVED TO GO THROUGH THERE AND SEE ALL THE, THE OLD CARS AND, AND SOME OF THE VERY COOL LOOKING CARS. SO THOSE WERE TWO VERY FUN EVENTS. I LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE. BUT I ALSO WANT TO WISH MY DAD, MIKE, A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. IT'S HIS BIRTHDAY TODAY. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BURGER. YES, FOREVER AND HISTORY BOOKS. NOW I. SO AS WE ALL KNOW, NOT ONLY TENNESSEE BUT THIS COUNTRY AND THE WORLD LOST A LEGEND, DOLLY PARTON. THERE ARE SO MANY QUOTES YOU COULD SAY ABOUT DOLLY. THERE ARE SO MUCH THAT SHE HAS DONE. I MEAN, THIS WOMAN COULD HAVE BEEN A BILLIONAIRE, BUT SHE CHOSE TO PUT HER MONEY WHERE HER HEART WAS, WHICH IS HELPING OTHERS. SO BASED ON WHAT OUR CITY MANAGER STATED, MY QUOTE I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH IS FORGIVENESS IS ALL THERE IS IN A WORLD WHERE SOMETIMES WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO BE ALWAYS ON OUR A GAME AND HAVE SO MUCH PERFECTION IN THE WORLD, IT'S EASY TO FORGET THAT WE'RE ALL HUMAN AND LIFE IS ALWAYS ABOUT CHANGE AND ALWAYS GROWING AND BEING THE BETTER VERSION OF YOURSELF. AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ELSE IN WITH THAT TYPE OF CLOUT COULD BE MORE HUMAN THAN DOLLY PARTON. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JUST A FEW COMMENTS. I WANTED TO AS AS WE TOUCHED ON IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT UPDATE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING, RATHER, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH JUST A NUMBER OF JAPANESE PROFESSIONALS THAT SOME DO BUSINESS HERE FROM A PURELY A BUSINESS TYPE CAPACITY, SOME MORE SO OF A DIPLOMATIC CAPACITY. THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF DETROIT GAVE SOME CLOSING REMARKS AT THE CONFERENCE, AND HE VERY MUCH TOUCHED ON THIS, THIS REGION AND SOME OF THE MAJOR COMPANIES IN THIS REGION THAT HAVE INVESTED OVER DECADES. AND IT WAS VERY GOOD TO HEAR THIS. ALSO, THIS INDIVIDUAL HE HAS TRAVELED IN HIS TWO YEARS WORKING OUT OF DETROIT TO OHIO 48 TIMES. BUT THIS PAST WEEKEND WAS HIS 49TH TIME IN TWO YEARS THAT HE'S COME DOWN TO OHIO. HE HAD ATTENDED THE JAPAN FESTIVAL PUT ON BY JASCO JAPAN AMERICA SOCIETY, CENTRAL OHIO ORGANIZATION. THEY HAD AN EVENT SATURDAY IN DUBLIN AND HE SENT. I SENT HIM A GREETING JUST TO SAY THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, YOUR REMARKS AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO THIS COMMUNITY. HE WAS APPRECIATIVE AND MENTIONED, YEAH, HE HAD COME DOWN TO VISIT THE JAPAN FESTIVAL. VERY PLEASED TO JUST SEE HOW WE AS A COMMUNITY ARE VALUED, THE ROLE THAT WE PLAY, AND REALLY THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON THE LIVES OF MANY, INCLUDING MYSELF. I ALSO APPRECIATE THE WORDS OF OUR CITY MANAGER, KIM SHARP AND I. IT REMINDS ME OF SOMETHING THAT I HAD HEARD A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. I WAS LISTENING TO. THERE WAS AN ARTICLE ON THIS AND THE MARYSVILLE MATTERS, MAYBE LAST WEEK OR SO, OR I THINK IT WAS THIS WEEKEND, MAYBE ON NINE OVER 11. BUT THERE WAS A FORMER GENERAL. HE WASN'T A GENERAL, BUT I THINK A COMMISSIONED OFFICER WHO HAD WAS ONE OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS ON NINE OVER 11 AT THE PENTAGON. HE WAS HERE IN MARYSVILLE, GAVE A SHORT SPEECH. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE HAD SAID AT THE CLOSE OF HIS SPEECH WAS, HE WANTS TO BE THE COUNTRY THAT WE WERE ON. 912 SO THE DAY AFTER, IF YOU CAN RECALL HOW UNIFIED WE WERE AS A COUNTRY, ALL UNDERSTOOD WHERE WE WERE AND HOW WE COULD WORK TOGETHER FOR THE GREATER GOOD. IT WAS TOUCHING TO HEAR HIM SPEAK ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE, BUT JUST ALSO REMIND US OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, POWER WE HAVE. WE WE CAN BE WHAT A, WHAT A POWER WE CAN BE WHEN WE'RE UNITED IN PURPOSE AND, AND ENERGY. SO I APPRECIATED THOSE COMMENTS. AND [01:15:06] OF COURSE, THANKS TO THE CREWS ALSO THAT WORKED THIS WEEKEND. THERE WAS CLEANUP GOING ON WELL PAST SATURDAY, BUT I KNOW IT WAS A BUSY WEEKEND AND DID, AS YOU MENTIONED, A LOT OF OVERTIME. THAT MEANS THAT PEOPLE GET LESS SLEEP. THAT MEANS THAT PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO WORK AROUND THEIR SCHEDULES OF GETTING THEIR THEIR KIDS TO AND FROM SCHOOL, THEIR ANIMALS FED, WHATEVER IT MAY BE. A LOT OF WORK GOES INTO THE EVENTS THAT THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS FROM. SO VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE SUPPORT FOR THAT. AND WITH THAT, I WILL BRING THE MEETING TO A CLOSE. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION. COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AL * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.