Sep 28, 2026 City Council

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2026 MARYSVILLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THE TIME IS NOW 7 P.M. AND I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN THIS EVENING BY STANDING SAYING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND THEN PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION. 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. KELSEY TAKACS HERE. MARK REAMS AND CATHY YOUNG HERE. APPROVAL OF

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES: August 24, 2026 Special City Council Meeting Minutes August 24, 2026 City Council Meeting Minutes September 8, 2026 City Council Work Session Meeting Minutes]

ON PAGE FOUR, WHERE IT HAD. WHO ATTENDED. NOEL NEEDS AN L ON IT. AND THEN ON PAGE FIVE, ZACH ANDREWS WAS TALKING ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE AND IT SAYS GOLD. I THINK IT'S LIKE THE THIRD OR FOURTH LINE DOWN ON PAGE FIVE. THAT'S ALL I FOUND. I THINK GIVEN THE NATURE OF MAYBE AT LEAST THE SECOND ERROR, WE DON'T NEED TO VOTE FOR AN AMENDMENT. CORRECT. BECAUSE IT'S NOT SUBSTANTIVE CLERICAL. OKAY, SO BUT POINT NOTED THAT WILL BE CORRECTED ON THE MINUTES AS ISSUED. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW FIND ANY ERRORS OR CORRECTIONS IF NO THANK YOU, MISS JONES. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS CORRECTED. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? THE 24TH SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES ARE APPROVED. NEXT IS THE AUGUST 24TH, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES. AGAIN, AS EVERYONE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW. AND IF SO, ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO BE NOTED? IF NO, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AUGUST 24TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING. MINUTES. SO MOVED. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED? RIGHT. THOSE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS WELL. THE SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2026 CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING MINUTES. EVERYONE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND IF SO, ANY ERRORS OR CORRECTIONS. OTHERWISE I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. SO MOVED. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED?

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OCTOBER. IT IS NOT AUGUST. OCTOBER 7TH AT 6 P.M. TO 730 AT THE AUTOMOTIVE AND MOBILITY INNOVATION CENTER. THAT'S WHAT WE CALL AMIC 1100 INNOVATION WAY, SUITE D. CHILDREN ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND AS WELL. AND I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE ARE IN THIS COMPREHENSIVE, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS AND THAT THE VISION PLAN OF WHICH COUNCIL SPENT MANY AND STAFF SPENT MANY, MANY MONTHS WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY ON REALLY ESTABLISHING THE VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF MARYSVILLE. THAT IS AN UNDERLYING LAYER OF FOCUS AREAS FOR GROWTH, AND THAT THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THEN PUTS OVER THAT. THE THOROUGHFARE MASTER PLAN LAND USES PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN, AND REALLY LOOKS AT IT ALL TOGETHER TO UNDERSTAND COMPREHENSIVELY HOW MARYSVILLE IS GROWING IN THE FUTURE. WE REALLY WANT THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE. AFTER THIS IN-PERSON EVENT, THERE WILL BE SOME ONLINE ACTIVITIES, ONLINE ENGAGEMENT, AND THEN WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS TO WORK TOWARDS A DRAFT. THAT'S THE GOAL. SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PARTICIPATE WITH THAT. I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO OUR CITY ENGINEER, JAMIE FINK, FOR SOME CONSTRUCTION UPDATES.

THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO APOLOGIZE. I DON'T HAVE A MAP THIS EVENING, SO I'M SORRY FOR THAT. ALTA FIBER CREWS CONTINUE WORKING ON CHESTNUT STREET 2026 PAVING PROGRAM. SHELLEY TO BEGIN PAVING THIS WEEK. THEY'RE STARTING NORTH AND MOVING SOUTH. THEY WERE SLIGHTLY DELAYED DUE TO THE RAIN LAST WEEK, BUT THEY'RE THEY'RE ON THEY'RE WORKING NOW. EAST FIFTH STREET IMPROVEMENTS. THE CONTRACTORS WORK ON THE UNDERDRAIN ON THE SOUTH SIDE IS NEARING COMPLETION. TWO STRUCTURES ARE SET AND A STORM PIPE IS BEING INSTALLED. COLUMBIA GAS IS EXPECTED TO FINISH BY THE END OF THE WEEK. SO FAR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE ON SCHEDULE. WE'RE

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BUT ALSO AS IT RELATES, YOU GET CLOSER TO THE CORE OF THE UPTOWN. THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC ISSUES. AND SO I THINK PART OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THIS WAS, HOW DO WE START TO NOT JUST SLOW TRAFFIC, BUT THEN ALSO REDIRECT HEAVY TRAFFIC AROUND? SO A LOT OF IT STARTS AT THE CONTEXTUAL LEVEL. AND THIS IS A SKETCH THAT CAME FROM SOME OF THE STUDIES WE DID. BUT IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT, THAT'S THE THE INTERCHANGE AT 33 IN DELAWARE.

AND THAT'S REALLY ONE OF THE SYMBOLIC GATEWAYS INTO THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE JUST TO BEGIN WITH. AND THEN AS YOU START TO MOVE THROUGH DELAWARE, YOU'RE GOING TO HIT THE ROUNDABOUT.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE STARTED TO CALL THE CEREMONIAL GATEWAY TO THE UPTOWN. IT REALLY SHOULD START TO CHANGE. YOU SHOULD START TO SEE CUES THAT YOU'RE ENTERING INTO SOMETHING SPECIAL. AND THAT REALLY RELATES A LOT TO THAT TREE PLANTING. AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE. THESE ARE A NUMBER OF THE STUDIES THAT CAME OUT OF THE VISION PLAN, AND THEY'RE ALL IN THE BOOKLET. THERE WASN'T ANYTHING CONCLUSIVE HERE. IT WAS REALLY JUST HOW COULD WE START TO THINK OF THINGS DIFFERENTLY? AND THEN AS WE LOOK AT IMPLEMENTATION PLANS LIKE YOU'RE DOING NOW, HOW CAN YOU TAKE SOME OF THESE STRATEGIES AND START TO UTILIZE THEM IN THE ENGINEERING? SO A LOT OF THE THINGS YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT, THOSE THREE DIAGRAMS IN GREEN WERE IDEAS THAT WE WERE KIND OF FLUSHING OUT THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT I KNOW AT THE TIME, ASHLEY AND YOUR FORMER CITY ENGINEER WERE STARTING TO TALK ABOUT WITH THE ENGINEERS KIMLEY-HORN THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THE STREET, LOOKING AT MEDIANS, LOOKING AT WIDER SIDEWALKS, AS ANDY WILL PROBABLY SPEAK TO IT WITH WIDER SIDEWALKS THAT ALLOWS US TO PLANT BIGGER TREES AND SO WIDER TREE LAWNS THAT ALLOWS US TO PLANT BIGGER TREES. SO LOOKING AT THE TREE, LAWN WIDTHS, THE SIDEWALKS, AND HOW ALL THAT STUFF RELATES TO EACH OTHER. SO LOOKING AND EVALUATING THE EXISTING CONDITION, ALL THAT GREAT STUFF. WE TALK ABOUT THE CEREMONIAL GATEWAY, THE PLACEMAKING, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL OF FIFTH STREET TODAY DOESN'T REALLY LOOK LIKE MUCH, RIGHT? YOU COME INTO TOWN AND IT'S VERY WIDE, LOTS OF PAVING, SMALL, SPORADIC TREES, NOT A LOT OF CONSISTENCY OF CHARACTER.

AS YOU MOVE DOWN FIFTH STREET, THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT FEEL A LITTLE BIT NICER, LIKE HERE'S THAT CHESTNUT. THERE'S ABOUT A HANDFUL OF LARGE TREES THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO PRESERVE WHERE POSSIBLE. AND, AND YOU'LL GET INTO THE SPECIFICS OF THAT IN A MINUTE. BUT AGAIN, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CONSISTENCY. WE ALSO HAVE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET, THESE VERY LARGE POWER LINES THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH. AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN SOME OF THE SMALLER TREES GET PLANTED UNDER THERE. AND SO I THINK AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITH STAFF, WE REALLY TRYING TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE TREE THAT CAN GROW WITHIN THE TREE LAWN, UNDERNEATH THESE POWER LINES, AND THEN CREATE THAT CONSISTENCY IN A MIRRORED EFFECT ON THE SOUTH SIDE. AND YOU'LL SEE A CROSS-SECTION OF THAT IN A MINUTE. BUT I THINK THIS SLIDE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE CURRENT CONDITION ON THE LEFT DESCRIBING WHAT YOU HAVE TODAY, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT'S IRREGULAR, INCONSISTENT, SOMETIMES CLUTTERED, AND NO REAL STRONG SENSE OF PLACE. BUT LOOKING AT THE HISTORIC CONDITION, THE RHYTHM OF THE PLANTINGS, THE CONSISTENCY OF THE CHARACTER, SOMETHING THAT'S SIMPLE THAT CAN BE MAINTAINED, BUT ALSO THAT CREATES A VERY STRONG SENSE OF PLACE AS YOU START TO APPROACH THE CORE OF THE UPTOWN. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CEREMONIAL GATEWAY, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY THINKING ABOUT IS THE CONSISTENT GREEN CHARACTER REALLY PLACING PEDESTRIANS AS MORE OF A PRIORITY ON THE STREET, THINKING ABOUT MULTI MODES OF TRANSPORTATION AND THEN THE PLACEMAKING COMPONENTS THAT COULD HAPPEN THERE. SO HERE'S THE PLAN. THIS IS ULTIMATELY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.

AND AS YOU LOOK AT THAT, THE CONSISTENCY THAT WE TALK ABOUT, YOU MIGHT SEE CITIES THAT PLANT THE SAME TREE OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND CREATE CONSISTENCY. I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT LIKE URBAN FORESTRY DEPARTMENTS IN DIFFERENT CITIES NOW, AND YOU START TO UNDERSTAND THE AMOUNT OF PESTS AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE OCCURRING WITH, WITH STREET TREES, IT'S IMPORTANT TO START TO CREATE MORE DIVERSITY IN THE URBAN TREE CANOPY. SO THIS IS THE KIND OF COMPROMISE WE CAME UP WITH WHERE WE'RE CREATING CONSISTENCY WITHIN THESE BUBBLES, BUT WE'RE ALSO TRANSITIONING TO DIFFERENT SPECIES SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IF IF THERE'S A PEST OR SOMETHING THAT ATTACKS ONE OF THEM, IT DOESN'T TAKE OUT YOUR ENTIRE STREET. SO THE SPECIES ARE ON THE BOTTOM. IF I'LL BEGIN GOING LIKE FROM THE LEFT SIDE TO THE RIGHT, THIS IS MORE IN THE CORE OF THE UPTOWN. YOU HAVE SOME EXISTING FRONTIER ELMS THERE. WE'RE GOING TO PRESERVE THE ONES THAT ARE THERE AND MAYBE ADD A COUPLE OR TWO THERE WHERE THERE'S NO POWER LINES. SO WE

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AND THEN IN THE MEDIANS, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT AN OAK TREE, WHICH GETS MUCH LARGER, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO CONTEND WITH THE POWER LINES. YOU'LL SEE THIS IN A SECTION IN A MINUTE.

AND THEN IN THE BLUE SECTION WHERE WE'VE GOT SOME WIDER TREE LAWNS AS WELL. WE'VE GONE WITH THE GOLDEN RAIN TREE, WHICH YOU CAN SEE THE IMAGE THERE, WHICH IS ALSO SOMEWHAT OF A MEDIUM TREE AND URBAN TOLERANT IN THIS KIND OF CONDITION ALONG THE ROADWAY, SAME OAKS IN THE MEDIANS THERE. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST IN THE RED, THE TRIDENT MAPLE, WHICH IS A NICE MAPLE THAT CAN GROW UNDER THE POWER LINES AS WELL. AND WE CAN REALLY CREATE A STRONG CHARACTER, WE BELIEVE WITH, WITH THE SELECTION OF TREES THAT WE'VE WORKED ON WITH ANDY AS WELL. BUT THIS IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO ON THE LEFT, THIS IS WHAT THE EXISTING CONDITION IS. YOU HAVE THOSE POWER LINES. THE POWER LINES ARE ABOUT 30FT HIGH IN THE AIR ON THE POLE. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT TREES THAT GET NO LARGER THAN THAT 30FT. AND THEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S INCONSISTENCY ON THAT LEFT IMAGE, WHERE SOMETIMES THERE'S A BIG TREE, SOMETIMES THERE'S A SMALL TREE.

BUT WE WANT MORE OF THAT CONSISTENCY THAT YOU SEE IN THE RIGHT IMAGE, WHERE YOU'VE GOT THE SAME TREE ON BOTH SIDES ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH, AND THEN MAYBE THOSE LARGER OAKS IN THE MEDIAN. AND IT REALLY WILL CREATE A STRONG CHARACTER AS YOU START TO APPROACH THE UPTOWN. THE OTHER THING I'LL MENTION TOO, WHICH WE'RE NOT REALLY TALKING ABOUT LIGHTING, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHT POLE IN THE SECTION. THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE PEDESTRIAN SCALE LIGHT POLES INSTALLED AS PART OF THIS STREET PROJECT, AND THE SIDEWALKS WILL BE SET BACK OFF THE STREET. SO HERE'S THE THINGS JUST TO REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, RESTORING SOME OF THAT HISTORIC CHARACTER, THE SHADED CITY, IT WAS REALLY ONE OF THE HALLMARKS OF, OF WHAT MARYSVILLE WAS AND ITS IDENTITY, TRYING TO BRING THAT BACK, CREATING CONSISTENCY OF CHARACTER ALONG THE ROADWAY, PROMOTING SHADE AND WALKABILITY FOR PEOPLE AND ALLOWING FOR THOSE LARGER TREE LAWNS, WHICH WILL GIVE YOU A LARGER TREES, AND THEN INCREASING THE URBAN TREE CANOPY, WHICH IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT GOAL FOR THE CITY STAFF. AND THEY'VE STUDIED AT LENGTH AS WELL. AND SO THIS IS IMPORTANT TO START TO THINK ABOUT ON ALL THE ROADWAY PROJECTS THAT YOU GUYS UNDERTAKE IN THE CITY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. SO I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON CARMINE'S PRESENTATION AND JUST GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT IT MIGHT ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE TO TRANSFER THIS DESIGN INTO A REALITY. SO WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN TO THE TREES ON THE GROUND AND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO TRY TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE REMOVALS THAT MIGHT NEED TO HAPPEN, AND SOME OF THE TRANSPLANTS. SO AS CARMINE MENTIONED, ONE OF THE GOALS IS TO KEEP CANOPY IN PLACE AND INCREASE CANOPY WITH THIS PROJECT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO ALIGN WITH THE VISION PLAN AND THE URBAN FORESTRY STRATEGIC PLAN. SO ALL THE STREET TREES THAT ARE THERE NOW ARE GOING TO FIT INTO ONE OF THESE FOUR CATEGORIES.

ACCORDING TO THIS PLAN, THEY'RE EITHER GOING TO REMAIN IN PLACE AND BE PRESERVED. THEY'RE GOING TO BE REMOVED OR REPLACED IF NECESSARY. THEY'RE GOING TO BE RELOCATED, HOPEFULLY SOMEWHERE ALONG THE CORRIDOR LIKE CULBERSON PARK, OR THEY'RE GOING TO BE ADOPTED THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL TRANSPLANT PROGRAM FOR TREES THAT ARE SMALL ENOUGH TO FEASIBLY TRANSPLANT AND HEALTHY ENOUGH TO SURVIVE THE TRANSPLANTING. SO THIS IS A QUICK MAP OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE. WE HAVE THE TOP LEFT IS, I BELIEVE THAT'S WALNUT STREET, AND THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS CHERRY STREET IN FIVE POINTS. SO KIND OF ORIENT YOURSELF. ALL THE DOTS REPRESENT THE TREES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ALL THE STREET TREES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ALONG THIS CORRIDOR. THERE ARE ABOUT, I THINK IN THE LOW 60S AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF STREET TREES. AND THERE ARE ABOUT 20% OF THOSE TREES ARE THE GREEN DOTS THAT ARE GOING TO REMAIN. ANOTHER 30% ARE THE TREES IN ORANGE THAT WE WANT TO RELOCATE OR TRANSPLANT, WHETHER IT'S IN PRIVATE, RESIDENTIAL, VOLUNTARY PROGRAM OR ON PUBLIC PROPERTY. AND THEN THE RED DOTS ARE THE OTHER 50% THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO REMOVE AND REPLACE, EITHER BECAUSE THE TREE IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR TRANSPLANTING, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE TOO EXPENSIVE, OR THE TREE IS JUST NOT IN GOOD ENOUGH OF A CONDITION. AND THEN I WANTED TO GIVE YOU REALLY QUICK A BEFORE AND AFTER. SO THE EXISTING CONDITIONS AT THE TOP WE HAVE ABOUT, LIKE I SAID, LOWER 60S AND THE NUMBER OF TREES GOING THROUGH THE PRESERVATION AND MITIGATION AND PLANTING PLAN. AND THEN THE PROPOSED CONCEPTUAL LAYOUT WOULD END UP WITH ALMOST TWICE AS MANY TREES AS WHAT WE STARTED WITH. IN

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WHEN WE ANTICIPATE ACTUALLY DOING THIS. WE TALKED THROUGH SEVERAL OPTIONS. WE WANTED TO MAYBE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CURRENT ROAD CLOSURES AND START SOME OF THAT WORK NOW, BUT WE FEEL THAT THAT'S A LITTLE BIT TOO QUICK. SO OUR PLAN IS TO GO AHEAD WITH OUR PREFERRED OPTION OF SPRING REMOVALS TRANSPLANTS, AND GET AS MUCH PLANTING DONE IN THE SPRING AS WE CAN AS WELL.

AND ONE CAVEAT TO THAT IS THERE ARE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BURYING, BURYING THE POWER LINES ALONG THE CORRIDOR AND ASSESSING THE FEASIBILITY OF THAT. SO DEPENDING ON HOW THOSE CONVERSATIONS TAKE PLACE, THE SCHEDULE COULD CHANGE A LITTLE BIT. AND THAT'S IT. I THINK THAT, WELL, WE'RE ALL HERE FOR QUESTIONS. IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, COUNCILMAN, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE ARE THE AND YOU MENTIONED IT, THE ONGOING DISCUSSIONS OF BURYING THE UTILITY LINES. I KNOW THAT CARMINE PRESENTED SEVERAL THAT WERE SELECTED BASED ON THE HEIGHT OF THE UTILITY LINES. SO IF IT WERE TO COME UP THAT THAT IS FEASIBLE TO REMOVE THE UTILITY LINES ALONG THERE, WOULD WE WOULD IT BE BENEFICIAL TO CONSIDER OTHER TYPES OF TREES, OR WOULD WE STICK WITH THE SAME PLAN? WHAT'S KIND OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS? LET CARMINE SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE IF HE WANTS AS WELL. BUT IN MY MIND, WHILE WE'RE WIDENING MANY OF THE TREE LINES IN THE AREA TO MAINTAIN THAT CONSISTENCY OF CHARACTER, THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF TREE LINES THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN THE THE SIX FOOT RANGE, WHICH IS WHAT WE CALL MAYBE A SMALL TO A MEDIUM TREE LINE WHERE WE WOULD WANT TO PLANT A SMALL TO MEDIUM TREE STILL. SO I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD GREATLY INCREASE OUR ABILITY TO PLANT LARGE TREES IN THAT AREA, UNLESS WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO WIDEN THE TREE LINE CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? OKAY, I CAN ANSWER. YES. I HAVE THE SAME QUESTION YOU DID, BY THE WAY, AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT WITH STAFF INTERNALLY. AND I THINK BECAUSE THE ROADWAYS ARE ALREADY BEING BUILT AND IT'S GOING TO BE BUILT IN THE MANNER THAT IT IS, I THINK THAT THE INTENTION IS IF THE POWER LINES GET BURIED, IT MIGHT ACTUALLY GET BURIED LIKE UNDER THE SIDEWALK CONDITION AT THE EDGE OF THE ROADWAY. SO BUT THAT MIGHT HAPPEN MAYBE AFTER SOME OF THE OTHER WORK HAPPENS. SO I THINK THAT THE ONE THING THOUGH, THAT WE DID THINK THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY BE POSSIBLE IS IF THAT HAPPENS, WE COULD BUILD A WIDER SIDEWALK LATER WHEN THE SIDEWALK HAS TO GET ULTIMATELY REBUILT, WHICH WOULD ADD TO THE MULTI-MODAL ABILITY OF THE CORRIDOR. MAYBE THERE'S BIKE LANE OR CONNECTIVITY TO OTHER, YOU KNOW, LANES TO THE EAST. SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPTIONS. BUT I THINK AS IT RELATES TO THE TREES, YOU KNOW, WE PROBABLY MADE THOSE SELECTIONS AS PART OF THIS PLAN.

COUNCILMAN YOUNG ANDY, I HAVE A BUNCH OF OAKS AND MAPLES IN MY BACKYARD. THEY HAVE DESTROYED MY GARAGE FLOOR. I'VE HAD A ROOT GO THROUGH MY SUMP PUMP. IS THIS GOING TO CAUSE ANY ISSUES WITH OUR SIDEWALKS, WITH OUR STREETS? SO, YOU KNOW, IN YEARS TO COME, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HEAVING OF STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THE REASON WE WOULDN'T WANT TO GO WITH ANYTHING LARGER THAN WHAT WE WOULD CALL A MEDIUM TREE AND A TREE LAWN THAT WIDE IS BECAUSE IT WOULD GREATLY INCREASE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE ROOTS TO LIFT PAVEMENT AND START GETTING INTO DOWNSPOUT LINES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THERE'S ALWAYS A CHANCE THAT THEY COULD STILL LIFT SOME PAVEMENT, BUT THE CHANCE IS MUCH SMALLER, AND THE FIXES THAT WE'LL HAVE TO DO AS A RESULT WILL BE PRETTY LOW BECAUSE OF THESE SMALLER TREES. AND WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING THOSE HEAVED UP SIDEWALKS? WE CURRENTLY HAVE A FEW OPTIONS TO HELP RESIDENTS PAY FOR THOSE REPAIRS. ONE, I BELIEVE, IS A FULL. THERE'S SOME MONEY SET ASIDE EVERY YEAR TO DO FULL COST REPLACEMENT OF THE DAMAGED PANELS THROUGH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER, THE 5050 SIDEWALK GRANT PROGRAM THAT THAT FOLKS CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TO. AND WOULD THAT JUST BE OWNER OCCUPIED? NO, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S AVAILABLE TO ANYONE. OKAY. JUST CURIOUS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? MR. BORDNER, I'M JUST GOING TO ASK THE THE. THE PREVIOUS MEETING THAT WE HAD TWO WEEKS AGO, THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE EMERGENCY SERVICES GETTING THROUGH THE UPTOWN. AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR CHIEF BURNS, BUT I

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YEAH. THAT'S I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN DRIVE OVER A TREE. SO HAS CHIEF SEEN THIS. I DON'T KNOW THAT THE TREE SCAPE WAS OUTLINED. POTENTIALLY THE TREES WILL ONLY BE IN THE RAISED MEDIANS, NOT THE THERMOPLASTIC. OKAY. AND I THINK THAT FOR RESIDENTS, FOR WITH THAT CONCERN THAT MR. BORDEN HAS, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO SHOWCASE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE ONE LANE ROADS AND WHO ARE ACTUALLY BUILDING THE SAME.

THIS IS NOT THIS IS MAYBE NEW TO MARYSVILLE, BUT IT'S NOT NEW TO WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO PROMOTE WALKABILITY, ACCESSIBILITY AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS. SO I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO SHOWCASE PUBLICLY DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES WHO ARE DOING THIS. SO IT HELPS RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT MAYORS WAS NOT SOME. YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER COMMUNITIES DOING THIS AS WELL. COUNCILMAN BERGER, WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FOLLOWING THIS AS WELL AS WE CONTINUE DOWN THIS PROCESS. SO WE WILL REACH OUT TO THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS, MAYBE HOST A MEETING, BUT WE WILL DO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AND WE CAN DEFINITELY TALK ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU, MISS KEEVER. JUST TO BE CLEAR, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT BECAUSE I HADN'T SEEN THE, THE, THE STREETSCAPE WITH THE WITH THE TREES. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S BEEN CORRELATED. THANK YOU. I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. IF WE HAD NOT PURSUED A MORE COMPREHENSIVE TREE LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT OF THIS OVERALL CORRIDOR, WHAT WOULD THAT WHOLE CORRIDOR LOOK LIKE? SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE INVESTING IN TREES. WE'RE INVESTING IN RELOCATING, REPLANTING. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF THAT VERSUS LEAVING WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.

AND I JUST WOULD LIKE A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT LIKE YOURSELF TO ELABORATE ON THIS.

SURE. I MEAN, I THINK WE TRIED TO ILLUSTRATE SOME OF THOSE. I MEAN, I THINK OBVIOUSLY SHADE IS GOOD FOR PEOPLE FOR TO PROMOTE WALKABILITY. I THINK ALSO JUST HAVING SHADE IN FRONT OF YOUR HOME IS PROBABLY GOOD BECAUSE IT HELPS TO COOL YOUR HOME WHEN THE, YOU KNOW, IN THE SUN. BUT ALSO I THINK JUST FOR, YOU KNOW, HEALTH AND WELL-BEING AND JUST LIKE FOR THE THINKING ABOUT WHY URBAN CANOPY IS IMPORTANT TO BEGIN WITH, I MEAN, I THINK THAT SOME OF THE BEST CITIES AND SOME OF THE MOST INVESTMENT OCCURS ON TREE LINED STREETS. I MEAN, YOU SEE, WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDIES THAT WE FOLLOW ON THIS AS WELL. SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT BEAUTIFICATION, BUT IT'S ALSO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL. AND PEOPLE, WHEN THEY SEE THESE TYPES OF THINGS THAT YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF YOUR PUBLIC REALM, IT ALSO REFLECTS WELL ON YOUR CITY AND GIVES PEOPLE A GOOD IMPRESSION OF THE IDENTITY OF YOUR CITY. SO THOSE ARE ALL GOOD BENEFITS THAT GO BEYOND JUST LIKE THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, I GUESS, VIEW. BUT LET ME JUST REPHRASE THAT A BIT. SO WE HAVE EXISTING TREES, BUT WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE SOME OF THOSE.

YEAH. SO WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE WHY WOULDN'T WE JUST LEAVE THEM THERE? WELL, I THINK SOME OF THOSE ARE NOT IN THE BEST CONDITION. AND WE'VE KIND OF WE WALKED THE WHOLE STREET WITH ASHLEY AND WITH ANDY. SOME OF THEM ARE NOT IN THE BEST CONDITION. SOME OF THEM WON'T GET TO THE CHARACTER OR THE SIZE THAT REALLY YOU SEE THE MAXIMUM BENEFITS OUT OF TREES, AND A LOT OF THEM ARE JUST MORE ORNAMENTAL IN NATURE, ESPECIALLY ON THE NORTH SIDE, UNDERNEATH THE POWER LINES. LIKE I SAID, THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF REALLY BIG ONES ON THE SOUTH THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE AS BEST WE CAN. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT LIKE, THERE'S A HANDFUL THAT I KNOW ANDY HAS PLANTED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT ARE IN GOOD SHAPE, AND THOSE ARE THE ONES WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP AND UTILIZE IN THE PARK OR PLACE IN AREAS THAT THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE A GOOD CHANCE AT SURVIVING. SO. OKAY. MR. BERGER, MR. PRESIDENT, IF I MAY, I JUST WANT TO BRING SOME HISTORY TO THIS FOR JUST A SECOND. SO FIRST OF ALL, IF ANYBODY SAW THE VIDEOS THAT MY FAMILY HAS OF EAST FIFTH STREET AND CHESTNUT AND DIFFERENT PARTS OF TOWN FROM 1967 BEFORE THE TWISTER CAME THROUGH TOWN, AND YOU SAW HOW BEAUTIFUL THE MAIN DRAG OF TOWN USED TO BE IN THE UPTOWN, WHEN WE HAD LARGE MAPLES ON EAST FIFTH STREET, THERE WAS ALL THERE WERE. THERE WERE PIN OAKS IN THE FRONT OF MY HOUSE ALONE. WE HAD FIVE PIN OAKS THAT. IN 1967 THE BASE OF THOSE TREES TOUCHED EACH OTHER.

THAT'S HOW LARGE THESE PIN OAKS WERE. MARYSVILLE USED TO BE KNOWN THAT YOU COULD TRAVEL

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COMPARED TO WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE NOW, I THINK THE MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS WOULD BE, OH MY GOSH, WHAT HAVE WE DONE NOW? WHEN THE TWISTER CAME THROUGH, THE TWISTER BLEW OUT ALL THE TREES.

NOW, WHAT PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IS THOSE TREES PROTECTED ALL OF OUR HISTORICAL STRUCTURES FROM BEING DAMAGED WHEN THE TORNADO CAME THROUGH, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE, THAT THAT WAS THE, THE TREES WERE THE ONES THAT BLOCKED THE WIND WHEN THE COURTHOUSE WAS BUILT. AND ON THE DAY OF ITS DEDICATION, 122 TREES WERE PLANTED ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN. THINK ABOUT THAT 122 TREES ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN. YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THE COURTHOUSE TODAY IF THOSE TREES WERE STANDING. BUT OUR FOUNDING FATHERS FOR SOME REASON WANTED TREES EVERYWHERE IN THIS COMMUNITY. SO IN 1970S, MAYBE 74, I CAN'T REMEMBER 76 BEFORE MY TIME, THE TORNADO CAME THROUGH AND BLEW OUT ALL THE TREES, BUT IT NEVER BLEW OUT ANY OF THE BUILDINGS. ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS STAYED. ALL THESE OLD BRICK BUILDINGS. THEY ALL STAYED BECAUSE ALL THE STREET TREES, IT TOOK THEM ALL OUT. NOW THE PAPER HAS FRONT PAGE ARTICLES WHERE THE NATIONAL GUARD HAD TO COME IN AND THE WHOLE TOWN WAS SHUT DOWN, BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T GET IN FROM ONE SIDE OF THE TOWN TO THE OTHER. SO THE NORWAY MAPLES THAT SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS AND RESIDENTS ARE TALKING ABOUT, THERE'S NORWAY MAPLES WERE PLANTED ON EAST FIFTH STREET AFTER THE TORNADO CAME THROUGH. MOST OF THOSE NORWAY MAPLES, IN MY OPINION, AND SOME ARBORISTS, LANDSCAPE ARBORISTS, THEY'RE AN UNDERSTORY TREE. THEY'RE NOT A GOOD SHADE TREE. THEY'RE AN UNDERSTORY TREE. THEIR LIFESPAN IS PROBABLY 30, 40 YEARS AND THEN THEY END UP DYING. BUT THEY WERE PLANTED AND THEY. SO THE TREE IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE WAS CUT DOWN BECAUSE WE CUT IT DOWN, BECAUSE THE CITY NEVER TOOK ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE STREET TREES. AND WHEN I GET CLOSER TO THE END OF MY STORY, I'LL TELL YOU WHY. SO THE NORWAY MAPLES WERE PLANTED ALONG EAST FIFTH STREET, AND THE CITY NEVER TOOK CARE OF THEIR STREET TREES. WELL, THE STREET TREE WAS BEING CUT ALL THE TIME FROM THE POWER COMPANY, SO MY FAMILY REMOVED THE STREET TREE AND WE PLANTED NONBEARING FLOWERING CRAB TREES. WHICH GOES TO THE POINT OF WHY IS THERE SO MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF TREES? WELL, THE CITY NEVER TOOK ACCOUNTABILITY FOR TREES, SO THE RESIDENTS EITHER PLANTED TREES OR DIDN'T PLANT TREES. SO SOME HOUSES LIKE MINE MIGHT HAVE FIVE STREET TREES IN FRONT OF IT. AND I ALSO PLANTED TREES ACROSS THE STREET IN MY NEIGHBOR'S STREET LINE AND PLANTED SOME IN MY NEIGHBOR BESIDE ME. BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK OUT MY WINDOWS, I DIDN'T WANT TO SEE EAST FIFTH STREET AND ALL THE TRAFFIC. I WANTED TO SEE TREES. SO, YOU KNOW, SOME RESIDENTS PLANTED TREES AND SOME RESIDENTS DIDN'T. THERE USED TO BE A LOT MORE TREES ON EAST FIFTH STREET WHEN I WAS A KID THAN THERE IS NOW, BECAUSE THE CITY WAS REMOVING A WHOLE BUNCH OF TREES. FAST FORWARD TO BEFORE I EVER RAN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE. I CAME TO A CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND I DON'T KNOW IF MARK REAMES REMEMBERS, BUT IT WAS A LONG WINDED STATEMENT, JUST LIKE IT IS TONIGHT. AND I ADVOCATED FOR STREET TREES BECAUSE I SAID THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE WAS SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY REMOVING TREES, BUT WE WERE NOT SPENDING ONE DIME TO PLANT A TREE IN THE STREET LOTS. AND THAT IS HOW. SO? THEN COUNCIL AT THAT TIME SAID, OKAY, DONNIE, IF YOU WANT TREES, YOU GOT TO GO FIND A WAY TO GET TREES PLANTED. SO I WAS ON PLANNING COMMISSION. THAT'S HOW WE WERE ABLE TO GET $7 A LINEAR FOOT. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS EVERY DEVELOPMENT HAS TO SPEND $7 A LINEAR FOOT IN ALL NEW DEVELOPMENT TO PLANT TREES, NOT ONLY IN NEW DEVELOPMENTS, BUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF ARIZONA. TO FUND THAT FUND IS WHAT PAID MR. EVANS TO BE HERE TODAY. AND THAT FUND IS WHAT PAID FOR TREES, BECAUSE IT DOES NOT. AT THAT TIME, IT DID NOT COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. SO IT JUST SHOWS YOU FROM THE HISTORY OF HOW IT GOT STARTED TO WHERE IT IS NOW. AND I'M NOT FAULTING ANYBODY FOR CUTTING DOWN TREES. IT JUST WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS THOUGHT OF. THEY WERE OLD TREES. THEY NEEDED TO COME DOWN. BUT WE WEREN'T THINKING OF THE LEGACY OF MARYSVILLE AND OUR IDENTITY. AND THAT'S WHY TO THIS DAY, YOU DRIVE DOWN SOME STREETS AND THERE'S NO TREES, AND YOU DRIVE DOWN OTHER STREETS AND THERE IS TREES. SO COUNCIL FOR PLANNING 250 STREET TREES TO CELEBRATE AMERICA'S 250 AND MOSTLY IN THE OLD PART OF TOWN TO BRING BACK THE CANOPY. SO TO THE WORK OF THIS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THIS IS BEING DONE TO SHOWCASE WHAT WE ALREADY HAD. AND HOPEFULLY 30 YEARS FROM NOW, WHEN PEOPLE DRIVE DOWN EAST FIFTH STREET E, THEY, THEY WILL DRIVE DOWN THE STREET AND SAY, WOW, THEY MIGHT NOT REMEMBER US OR ANY OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT, BUT SOMEBODY WOULD DRIVE DOWN THE STREET ONE DAY AND SAY, THIS WAS A REALLY GREAT IDEA, AND I'M GLAD SOMEBODY DID THIS. SO THAT IS WHAT PUBLIC SERVICE IS ALL ABOUT. SMALL INCREMENTS OF CHANGE EVERY DAY TO MAKE OUR LIVES A LITTLE BIT BETTER. WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIKE YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, SOMEDAY IT WILL

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AND THEN WE'VE ALSO HOSTED TWO UPTOWN CLEANUPS. TO YOUR GUYS'S POINT, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OUR AREA AND OUR COMMUNITY. AND LOTS OF TRASH WAS PICKED UP. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT YOU COULD COLLECT YOUR SWEAT INSIDE OF A GLOVE UNTIL A HOT DAY OF CLEANUP. SO THIS ONE WAS ACTUALLY A LOT OF FUN, AND I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHAT CAR I WAS LOOKING AT. BUT ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, TO KIND OF CAP THE UPTOWN FRIDAY NIGHT CELEBRATION, WE HOSTED OUR SECOND UPTOWN CLASSIC CAR SHOW WITH LESLIE AT THE WHEEL, IF YOU WILL. SO WE HAD 88 CARS REGISTERED. WE GAVE OUT 23 AWARDS THAT NIGHT. BETWEEN OUR EVENT AND THE CITY'S EVENT, WE HAD ABOUT 6800. WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE, ON AVERAGE, HOW MANY COME OUT FOR THE UPTOWN FRIDAY NIGHT UPTOWN'S, BUT IT'S AROUND 5000 TO 6000, SO I'M GIVING US CREDIT FOR NO LESS THAN 800. I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT IF YOU CALL A FORD A CHEVY, IT IS UPSETTING. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR KEYSTONE EVENT FEST AFFAIR. I HOPE YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT OUT.

I KNOW IT WAS RAINING, BUT WE STILL BOASTED A FABULOUS CROWD. WE ACTUALLY SET A RECORD LAST YEAR AT 13,200. I'M NOT GOING TO LIE. WE WERE REALLY HOPING TO SURPASS IT THIS YEAR, BUT THE RAIN KEPT THAT DOWN AT 12,000. SO STILL REALLY PROUD OF THAT NUMBER. BUT I HOPE NEXT YEAR WHEN WE GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE, WE GOT ANOTHER RECORD SETTING EVENT, BUT YOU CAN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT THE UPTOWN OR FEST AFFAIR, RATHER WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT THE THE VOLUNTEER HOURS THAT WENT INTO IT WITH RYAN BUIE AT THE HELM. WE PUT IN 400 HOURS. AND THAT'S ALSO A BIG THANKS TO THE CITY. WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THIS WITHOUT THE CITY'S HELP AS WELL.

AND WE HAD 309 VENDORS, WHICH IS A 30% GROWTH SINCE WE TOOK OVER FESTIVAL IN 2024. WE HAVE

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OH, THIS IS WHY I HAVE LESLIE. SHE KEEPS ME HONEST. WE GOT A PROCLAMATION FROM THE OHIO SENATE, ACTUALLY, IN CELEBRATION OF THIS YEAR'S FESTIVE FAIR. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO POST IT? NOBODY BE ABLE TO SEE ME. I'M ONLY FIVE. THREE. THAT'S TOO LONG. BUT WE WERE VERY EXCITED TO RECEIVE THAT. AND SO WITH THE MURAL AT THE UNION COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT ANOTHER ART INSTALLATION. IT JUST IS ANOTHER BEAUTIFICATION, ANOTHER THING THAT PEOPLE LOVE TO COME TAKE A LOOK AT. ALSO BE ABLE TO DO A SELFIE IN FRONT OF AND YOU KNOW, JUST GET THAT TRAFFIC, GET PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT COMING TO THE UPTOWN AND SPENDING THEIR DAY. WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT DONE BY NOVEMBER 21ST. AND PART OF THAT WAS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH AN AMERICA 250 GRANT. I KNOW I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THESE, BUT SCARY BILL IS COMING IN OCTOBER. CHRISTMAS WALK AT THE LATER PART OF NOVEMBER. WE HAVE TONS OF ACTIVITIES HAPPENING. WE HAVE KURT LUDLOW COMING OUT, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED. SHOULD BE ANOTHER WONDERFUL EVENT TO BRING PEOPLE TO OUR UPTOWN AND TO SHOP OUR RETAIL AND EAT AT OUR RESTAURANT LOCATIONS. I'D ALSO LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO JUST EXPLAIN WHAT THOSE OF US ON THE EXECUTIVE TEAM ARE DOING. SO WE'RE NOT JUST HOSTING EVENTS, EVEN THOUGH THAT DOES TAKE A LOT OF OUR TIME AND ATTENTION, BUT WE ARE OUT AND ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE HAVING LOTS OF TOUCH POINTS. SO THIS IS JUST A RECAP OF WHAT WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR. WE SPOKE AT THE STATE OF THE CITY. WE HOSTED A STATE OF THE UPTOWN. WE'VE ATTENDED AND SPOKEN AT TWO OF THE BUSINESS IMPACT BREAKFASTS. LESLIE ATTENDS THE MARYSVILLE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION AND GIVES MONTHLY UPDATES, AND RYAN BUIE SAT ON A PANEL RECENTLY. AND THEN WE HAVE LOTS OF TOUCH POINTS WITH THE CITY MANAGER. I THINK KIM AND TERRY FOR THAT. THANK YOU. WANT TO CALL HIM TOM SO BADLY RIGHT THERE. THE CITY COUNCIL, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER. SO THERE'S THE TOM. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY BUSINESS CRAWL THAT'S COMING UP THIS WEEK, JUST TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHO WE ARE AND MAYBE GET SOME VOLUNTEERISM OUT OF THAT, AND ALSO JUST PROMOTE WHY YOU NEED TO VOLUNTEER IN THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU LIVE AND WORK IN AND, AND GIVE BACK AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT OUR HERITAGE OF OHIO AWARD FINALIST. WE WERE NOMINATED FOR THE BEST UPTOWN PLACEMAKING FOR THE WORK DONE FOR THE TRAFFIC BOXES. HAVE TO THANK ASHLEY. SHE IS WAS OUR DESIGN COMMITTEE CHAIR, AND SO WE DID THAT WITH HER AT OUR HELM. AND WE'RE ONE OF THREE.

SO LESLIE AND I ARE HEADED TO CINCINNATI ON WEDNESDAY. HOPEFULLY, WE COME BACK WITH A MAJOR AWARD. AND REALLY, I JUST I HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS OUT. I HOPE TO SEE YOU AT OUR EVENTS.

I HOPE TO SEE YOU HAVING A GOOD TIME. PLEASE STOP. I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A PICTURE OF YOU GUYS HERE AT OUR EVENTS AND, AND BE ABLE TO POST THAT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS YOU'D LIKE TO ASK OR SPEAK THIS EVENING? GO AHEAD. JUST THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT AND SHARING ABOUT MAIN STREET AND STUFF GOING ON UPTOWN. ALWAYS LOVE TO GET MORE PEOPLE UP THERE. AND THANKS FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION ON THE BOARD.

YEAH. MISS ESTEP, I YOU TOLD ME ABOUT YOUR START ON. WE HAD I MET YOU SOMETIME. WE INTRODUCED OURSELVES SOMETIME THIS THIS PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. AND YOUR START ON MAIN STREET, MARYSVILLE. COULD YOU SPEAK TO HOW HOW THAT STARTED FOR YOU? IT WAS A TAP ON THE SHOULDER. I WORKED FOR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, SO I BELIEVE AN EMAIL CAME FROM ERIC TO MY BOSS, MR. SPENCE FISHER, AND HE SWUNG BY MY OFFICE AND ASKED IF I WOULD HAVE ANY INTEREST, AND I SAID, WELL, I'LL CHECK IT OUT. I HONESTLY HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS GETTING INTO, AND THEN ACCIDENTALLY FELL IN LOVE WITH THE ROOM OF PEOPLE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, TO BE HONEST, I WAS SO BUSY WITH WORK AND ALL THE THINGS, I WASN'T STOPPING BY THE UPTOWN. AND SO IT'S KIND OF CHANGED MY WHOLE HABIT AND BEING ABLE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT OWNING A SHOP REALLY TAKES AND RUNNING A RESTAURANT. AND SO THAT'S HOW I CAME TO BE IN THIS ROLE AND DECIDED TO VOLUNTEER SO MUCH OF MY TIME. I JUST KIND OF FELL IN LOVE. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. I HEARD

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AND MY DAUGHTER, JUST LIKE SHE LOOKS FORWARD TO THAT EVENT EACH YEAR. SO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THAT. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME THANKING THE CITY STAFF BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WORKING TILL 1 A.M. YEAH, WE IN THE DAYS AFTER, YOU KNOW, EVEN SO, BUT I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. SO I'D SAY WE ALSO WE PLAYED HERO ON FESTIVAL DAY TO OTHER FESTIVALS THAT HAD GOTTEN CANCELED DUE TO THE RAIN THAT DAY, BECAUSE WE DID HAVE A FEW VENDORS THAT THAT CALLED OFF BECAUSE OF WEATHER. BUT SO, BUT THE CORN FESTIVAL IN PLAIN CITY CANCELED THAT DAY. AND WE ACTUALLY HAD VENDORS ASK IF THEY COULD COME AND WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THEM. SO WE WERE HEROES OF THE DAY TO. VERY GOOD. WELL, YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING THIS EVENING AND SHARING THE INFORMATION ABOUT. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT, IF I CAN ADD A COUPLE THINGS ABOUT UPTOWN, I JUST WANT TO NOTE, FIRST OF ALL, HOW IMPORTANT VOLUNTEERS ARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, THAT ANYONE CAN REALLY VOLUNTEER TO SHOW THEIR LOVE FOR THE COMMUNITY IN DIFFERENT WAYS FROM ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS MARYSVILLE, MARYSVILLE, MAIN STREET, MAIN STREET, MARYSVILLE, NOT MARYSVILLE MAIN STREET, I'VE HEARD ACTUALLY CALLED BOTH WAYS TO SERVING ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, TO JUST VOLUNTEERING AT SPECIFIC EVENTS THAT GETS PEOPLE EXCITED. VOLUNTEERISM IS SO IMPORTANT TO REALLY GIVE BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY. BUT REGARDING UPTOWN, NO MATTER THE SIZE OF ANY CITY, THE TRUE STRENGTH OF A CITY LIES IN ITS CORE DOWNTOWN. AND SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE EVENTS, THE HEALTHY SMALL BUSINESS CLIMATE, PUBLIC ART FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION EFFORTS, AND FILLING ALL EMPTY SPACES. AND YOUR TEAM, THE GROUP, ALL VOLUNTEERS, THEY HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH THAT. AND IT REALLY TAKES EVERYBODY TO REALLY FOCUS ON THE UPTOWN. SO WE REALLY THANK MAIN STREET MARYSVILLE FOR ALSO TRACKING SUCCESS AND FOR SETTING FUTURE GOALS IN UPTOWN, AND TO REALLY HELP THE LARGER COMMUNITY PARTICIPATE IN THE CORE OF YOUR COMMUNITY. SO WITH THAT, I'M. THANK YOU, SIR. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT, CORRECT? CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA IS REPORT OF CLERK OF COUNCIL. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. OKAY. THANK YOU.

[PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT]

ALL RIGHT. OKAY. FOR PLANNING COMMISSION THIS MONTH. WE HAD A COUPLE AGENDA ITEMS. A FEW OF THOSE WERE FINAL PLATS. SO WE HAD ONE FINAL PLAT FOR AMRINE MEADOWS.

SECTION TWO, PART THREE B, WHICH IS OFF OF STATE ROUTE 3131 AND AMRINE WOODS ROAD.

THIS WAS APPROVED WITH A VOTE OF SIX YES, ZERO NO. WE ALSO HAD A FINAL PLAT FOR SKY BROOK SECTION THREE, PART TWO, AND THAT IS LOCATED OFF OF 36. AND THAT ALSO WAS APPROVED SIX. YES.

ZERO NO. AND OUR LAST FINAL PLAT WAS FOR SKY BROOK AS WELL. JUST A DIFFERENT PART OF THAT.

SECTION FOUR PART ONE APPROVED SIX. YES. ZERO NO. AND THEN OUR LAST ITEM WAS ONE THAT'S ON THE AGENDA. WE HAD IT AT FIRST READING EARLIER OR EXCUSE ME, LAST COUNCIL MEETING. THAT IS FOR THE CHANGE IN THE GLOSSARY OF TERMS AS WELL AS THE ADDITIONAL USE IN UPTOWN DISTRICT FOR THE COMMERCIAL AND THE TRANSITIONAL THAT WAS APPROVED WITH A VOTE OF SIX.

YES, ZERO, NO. AND THOSE WERE AGENDA ITEMS FOR PLANNING COMMISSION. THANK YOU. MISS ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. APPRECIATE THE UPDATE. DESIGN REVIEW BOARD

[DESIGN REVIEW BOARD REPORT]

THAT IS GOING ON COLEMAN'S CROSSING. AND AT 399 COLEMAN'S CROSSING THAT WAS APPROVED FOR THE ARCHITECTURE WITH A VOTE OF FOUR YES ZERO NO. AND SIGNAGE WAS TABLED AND WILL BE BACK AT A LATER MEETING DATE. PREVIOUSLY AT DRB AT THE AUGUST MEETING, THE SITE PLAN AND THE LANDSCAPE HAD ALREADY BEEN APPROVED. SO THE LAST REMAINING ITEM IS THE SIGNAGE AT THIS POINT FOR THAT PROJECT THAT I HAD ONE QUESTION THAT ADDRESSES THAT SOUTH OF DELAWARE AVENUE IS THAT NORTH OF DELAWARE AVENUE? SORRY, WHERE WHAT LOCATION? COLEMAN'S CROSSING IT

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THANK YOU. NEXT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA IS HEARING OF CITIZENS. THIS IS THE TIME IN OUR MEETING WHERE CITIZENS WILL HAVE UP TO FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK TO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND ADDRESS MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. NOTE THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A DIALOG WHERE THERE IS BACK AND FORTH Q AND A OR RESPONSE, THAT TYPE OF THING. IT IS FOR YOU TO ADDRESS COUNCIL WITH ANY ANY ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO STATE, WHETHER THAT BE CONCERNS OR WHATEVER YOU. IF YOU ARE WILLING WANTING TO SPEAK THIS EVENING, YOU WOULD APPROACH THE PODIUM. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

WE ASK THAT YOU STATE YOUR ADDRESS AND ALSO TO NOTE THIS IS NOT. THIS IS FOR TOPICS NOT RELATED TO PENDING LEGISLATION. WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZENS WHO WISH TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO RESOLUTIONS. RESOLUTION 14-26. FIRST READING

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DOES THAT CONCLUDE THE INFORMATION HAD TO SHARE. AND IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE TIMING FOR THIS. CORRECT. THANK YOU. THE ONLY REASON AN EMERGENCY IS BEING ASKED FOR IS BECAUSE THE THE GRANT APPLICATION IS DUE VERY SOON. EARLY OCTOBER. THEREFORE, WE'RE ASKING THAT WE PUT THIS BEFORE YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING ONLY. SO WITH THAT, WE WOULD HAVE. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, WHICH I'LL ASK IN A MOMENT, BUT THEN THERE WOULD BE.

I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PASS WITH AN EMERGENCY CLAUSE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? QUESTIONS COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG. SO IF WE GET THIS $1.3 MILLION, HOW FAST DO WE HAVE TO USE IT? THE SCHEDULE ALLOWS. WE WOULD BE ABLE TO USE IT IN THE SPRING OF 28. WE COULD ASK FOR AN EXTENSION. YEP. ARE WE LOOKING AT ANY OTHER FUNDING? WE ARE.

YEP. OH. LARGE CITIES THROUGH ODOT. YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP LOOKING. IF YOU CONTINUED. YES.

OKAY. MR. REAMS, I SAW YOU UNMUTE YOUR MIC. I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A QUESTION COMING OR NOT. YOU KNOW, I, I JUST WANT TO SAY SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WHEN THE SHEETS WENT IN AT FIVE POINTS, COUNCIL GAVE SOME PRETTY STRONG DIRECTION ON IMPROVING THAT INTERSECTION.

AND WE WANTED IT DONE. 2020 5TH MAY AND IT GOT PUSHED TO 2026. THEN IT GOT PUSHED TO 2027. AND THEN WE READ IN THE NEWSPAPER, IT'S BEEN PUSHED BACK TO 2028. YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S, YOU KNOW, DISAPPOINTING THAT THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING WITH NO DISCUSSION AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DISREGARDING, YOU KNOW, THE DIRECTION THAT'S BEEN SET. AND, YOU KNOW, I HOPE WE GET THIS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I REALLY FEEL THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOME DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL THAT SET THAT DIRECTION. MR. REAMS, I'LL SPEAK TO THAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT HUNTER. I THINK THERE HAS BEEN A COUPLE OF DISCUSSIONS, AND WE ARE DEFINITELY THIS WILL BE A PART OF THE BUDGET DISCUSSION THAT'S COMING UP IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. THE QUESTION WAS PUT BEFORE, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AS A COUNCIL UNDERGROUNDING OF UTILITIES, AND THAT IT IS AN EXPENSIVE ADDITION TO ANY PROJECT. AND THE REQUEST WAS MADE TO STAFF. WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO UNDERGROUND UTILITIES HERE? SO PART OF THAT EVALUATION IS, YES, YOU CAN DO IT, BUT IT WOULD PUT THE PROJECT OFF ANOTHER YEAR. BUT THAT ALLOWS THE PROJECT TO

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YOU KNOW, I JUST REALLY WANT TO SAY WE HAD A DISCUSSION ON UNDERLINING UTILITIES. WE WERE GIVEN SOME ROUGH BALLPARK ON COSTS AND WE HAD TO MAKE A DECISION. AND THAT DECISION WAS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT DOING THAT. SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S I UNDERSTAND WE WANT TO DO IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY SHOULDN'T BE ON THE HOOK FOR ANY COSTS AND WE SHOULDN'T BE DELAYING PROJECTS. AND READING ABOUT IT IN THE PAPER. SO YOU KNOW, I, I HOPE COME 2028 THAT THOSE UTILITIES ARE UNDERGROUND. THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETE AT NO ADDITIONAL COST TO THE CITY. AND IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL COST OR THAT'S NOT WE DON'T SEE THE UTILITIES UNDERGROUND, THEN THAT'S GOING TO BE A MASSIVE UNDER DISAPPOINTMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT. COUNCIL MEMBER REAMS. COUNCILWOMAN, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KIND OF BRANCH OFF FROM THAT, THAT DOING LARGE PROJECTS LIKE THIS THAT OBVIOUSLY ARE GOING TO COST QUITE A BIT OF FUNDING. IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THEM, WE DO THEM RIGHT. AND WHEN YOU SIT THERE AT FIVE POINTS WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO TURN AND LOOK AT JUST THE CHAOS OF THE LINES AND AND THE LIGHTS AND EVERYTHING UP THERE, LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO INVEST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO FIXING JUST, JUST THE CHAOS OF FIVE POINTS IS THE BEST WAY TO PUT IT. I MEAN, IF YOU LIVE HERE AND ALL OF YOU, YOU KNOW, SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE PROBABLY GO THROUGH THERE ONCE, IF NOT MORE A DAY, YOU KNOW HOW TO USE IT. BUT VISITORS ARE PULL UP TO IT AND ARE LIKE, WHOA. WHICH WAY AM I SUPPOSED? WHICH LANE AM I GETTING IN HERE? IT NEEDS SOMETHING THERE. OBVIOUSLY, AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW TRAFFIC AND IF WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THIS MUCH MONEY, I THINK WE DO IT RIGHT. WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, A NEW CITY MANAGER. WE HAVE A NEW CITY ENGINEER. I DON'T WANT TO SEE US RUSH AND SLAP A BAND-AID ON IT. AND IT NOT LOOK NICE AND COMPLETE AND FINISHED. SO IT DOES. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE EXTRA TIME, BUT I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THAT MUCH MONEY THAT WE GOT TO DO IT RIGHT. SO. OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? MR. BERGER? THE ONLY ADDITION I WOULD MAKE TO MR. REAMS COMMENTS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THE VISIONING PLAN, BUT IF WE WERE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING THE VISIONING PLAN, EAST FIFTH STREET CORRIDOR WOULD BE LOOKING TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT CURRENTLY DOES NOW. AND BECAUSE OF THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION WANTING TO RACE THAT PROJECT THROUGH TO GET IT DONE, YOU KNOW, NOW WE'RE COMING BACK AND WANTING TO BURY POWER LINES AT A LATER DATE, WHICH REALLY, WE SHOULD HAVE HELD OFF EAST FIFTH STREET AND GOT IT ALL DONE AT ONE TIME INSTEAD OF PIECEMEALING IT TOGETHER. BUT NOW WITH NEW ADMINISTRATION, WE CAN. TO YOUR POINT, MR. EAMES, WE CAN HAVE A MORE COHESIVE DESIGN LOOK, AND THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE HOPEFULLY WILL BE BETTER. THANK YOU. ALL DUE RESPECT, DONALD. YOU ALSO WERE IN FAVOR OF PUSHING THAT FIVE POINTS PROJECT THROUGH AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. AND I BELIEVE THE RECORDS WOULD SHOW THAT. I'LL SAY JUST A COUPLE THINGS. I AM GOING TO SUPPORT US PURSUING THIS GRANT. I KNOW THAT JUST MY INTERACTION WITH PUBLIC HAS BEEN AS FOLLOWS. I HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT I INTERACT WITH SAYING, IS THE IS THE FIVE POINTS EVER REALLY GOING TO CHANGE? YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOSS OF, I DON'T KNOW, TRUST OR A LOSS OF KIND OF LIKE, IS THIS GOING TO HAPPEN? BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT IT SO LONG. SO THERE'S THIS ANIMOSITY AMONGST THE PUBLIC. SO I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND SENTIMENT OF THIS BEING DELAYED.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME NEGATIVE SENTIMENT AROUND THAT. SIMULTANEOUSLY, THOUGH, I HEAR INPUT OF THE CITY OF THE CITY. THIS IS NOT ME TALKING. THIS IS NO DISRESPECT TO ANYONE. THE CITY IS CRAZY. HOW COULD WE DO THIS ALONG WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS GOING ON EAST FIFTH? SO I HEAR A LOT OF DIFFERING SENTIMENTS. I HOPE THAT WHATEVER, WHATEVER WE END UP DOING, THAT. YES, AS COUNCILWOMAN TACKETT SAID, THAT WE MAKE THIS WE MAKE THIS ROUNDABOUT THE BEST IT CAN ABSOLUTELY BE BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

THERE'S BEEN STUDY AFTER STUDY. THERE'S BEEN DESIGN AFTER DESIGN. AT ONE POINT, SO MANY

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ROLL CALL, MR. HUNTER. YES. THIS IS YES. MR. REAMS. YES. MRS. YOUNG YES. MR. BORDNER YES.

MR. WOLFF. YES. MR. BURGER YES. SEVEN. YES. MOTION PASSES. NEXT IS AND THIS IS IN REGARDS TO THE NATURE OF THE TIMING OF. THIS WOULD BE A MOTION TO WAIVE THIRD READING. I WILL ENTERTAIN SUCH A MOTION. SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION. COUNCILWOMAN. YOUNG ROLL CALL PLEASE. MRS. TECH. YES. MR. REAMS YES. MRS. YOUNG. YES. MR. BORDNER. YES. MR. WOLFF. YES. MR. BURGER YES.

MR. HUNTER. YES. SEVEN. YES. MOTION PASSES. NEXT IS A MOTION TO WAIVE SECOND READING. I WOULD ENTERTAIN SUCH A MOTION, MR. PRESIDENT. I MAKE THE MOTION TO WAIVE SECOND READING.

ROLL CALL. MR. REAMS. YES. MRS. YOUNG YES. MR. BORDNER YES. MR. WOLFF YES. MR. BURGER YES, THAT WAS. YES. OH, SORRY, SORRY. THANK YOU, MR. HUNTER. YES. MRS. TECH YES. SEVEN. YES.

MOTION PASSES. AND THEN LASTLY IS A MOTION TO PASS THE LEGISLATION. I WOULD ENTERTAIN SUCH A MOTION. SO MOVED. MR. PORTER MOVED. ROLL CALL PLEASE. MRS. YOUNG YES. MR. BORDNER YES.

MR. WOLFF. YES. MR. BURGER YES. MR. HUNTER. YES. MRS. TECH YES. MR. REAMS YES. SEVEN. YES.

LEGISLATION PASSES. NEXT. MOVING ON TO ORDINANCES. SO THERE WILL BE. SORRY, I'M GOING

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THE DEVELOPERS ARE REQUESTING TO TABLE THE SECOND HEARING TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND STAFF TO WORK THROUGH THE POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS. OKAY. SO HEARING THE DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPER REQUEST, WOULD COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS IN REGARD TO THIS? OTHERWISE, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO TABLE THAT SECOND READING TO PUBLIC HEARINGS. IF I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO WAIVE SECOND READING, I BELIEVE WE WOULD NOT HAVE CITIZENS SPEAK THIS EVENING. WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? THE DATE WOULD BE OCTOBER 26TH. I MOVE TO TABLE THIS TO OCTOBER 26TH. SO WE HAVE A MOTION. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NO, I WILL DO ROLL CALL. MR. BORDNER YES. MR. WOLF. YES. MR. BURGER YES. MR. HUNTER. YES. MRS. TECH YES. MR. REAMS YES. MRS. YOUNG YES. MOTION PASSES. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON OCTOBER 26TH. AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THE NOTE IN THE AGENDA. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, THERE ARE AT TIMES NOTES IN THE MEETING AGENDAS AS THEY ARE SENT OUT. I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND GIVING ATTENTION TO THAT NOTE. AS IT DOES, IT CAN IMPACT. I KNOW SOME MEMBERS MADE THEIR TIME OUT TO HEAR TO HEAR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, BUT THOSE TYPES OF NOTES ARE IMPORTANT FOR YOUR ATTENTION BECAUSE THERE IS THAT POSSIBILITY. IT'S NOT WITH CERTAINTY WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT, BUT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY

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CHAPTER 931 WATER RATES AND TO ENACT CHAPTER 933 UTILITY CAPACITY BOARD. AND I WILL PULL UP THAT NEW CHAPTER AS THEY BEGIN DISCUSSING. OKAY. MR. I THINK YOU HAD SOME. YES, SIR. I CAN ADDRESS THIS LEGISLATION. SO THIS THE GIST OF THIS IS TO CREATE OR TO CODIFY CHAPTER 933, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE UTILITY CAPACITY BOARD. AND IT'S REALLY IT'S THE LAST PAGE IN YOUR PACKET. WE'RE ALSO ADJUSTING SOME RATES THAT FOR USERS THAT USE MORE THAN 50,000 GALLONS PER DAY. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE ON THE BOARD, THIS DID GO TO PUBLIC SERVICE SAFETY COMMITTEE AS WELL. SO THE BOARD WOULD CONSIST OF THIS WOULD BE A PUBLIC BODY AS WELL, OF THE CITY MANAGER OR THE CITY MANAGER'S DESIGNEE, THE PUBLIC UTILITIES DIRECTOR, THE CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE COMMITTEE, THE CHAIR OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND THEN A CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT, COUNCIL. AND I THINK THE INTENT REALLY IS TO HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WHO'S WHO'S WHO REPRESENTS COUNCIL ON THE THE UTILITY RATES WORKING GROUP, THAT'S NOT A FORMALLY ESTABLISHED, YOU KNOW, BOARD.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S IT'S UP TO IT'S THE PRESIDENT COUNCIL'S DISCRETION ON THAT FIFTH MEMBER.

AND THEN THE BOARD WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING AND APPROVING OR DISAPPROVING OR MODIFYING ALL PROPOSED WATER AND WASTEWATER CAPACITY AGREEMENTS WERE PEAK DAILY USAGE IS IN EXCESS OF 50,000 GALLONS PER DAY. AND THAT'S THE THAT'S THE THRESHOLD NUMBER THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH. AND THERE'S BEEN, OF COURSE, THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION AT PRIOR MEETINGS ABOUT THAT THRESHOLD NUMBER. AND THEN THE, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA HERE IS TO TAKE THAT BURDEN AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC SERVICE DIRECTOR OR THE PUBLIC

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QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? MR. BORDNER. YEAH. THANK. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, FOR YOUR EXPLANATION.

I THINK THAT AS IT RELATES OR PERTAINS TO LARGE USERS, I THINK THIS IS A POSITIVE STEP IN THE DIRECTION IN TERMS OF GOVERNANCE WITH WITHIN OUR UTILITY CAPACITY. AND AND I'M I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS COME TO FRUITION, HONESTLY. THANK YOU. OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? MR. BURGER I'LL JUST ECHO WHAT COUNCILMAN. I MEAN, BORDNER SAID, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I THINK THAT WE HAVE TAKEN HUGE LEAPS UNDER THE SUBJECT. NOW, I THINK SOME PEOPLE FORGET THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO BALANCE THESE TYPES OF USAGES THROUGH THE WHOLE COUNTY, NOT JUST THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE. AND BUT I WILL SAY THAT I THINK THIS IS JUST ANOTHER LAYER OF TRANSPARENCY THAT WE, AS A COUNCIL AND A CITY CONTINUES TO EDUCATE AND, AND LETTING OUR CONSTITUENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SHOW TRANSPARENCY AND THE DECISIONS WE ARE MAKING ARE BEING DONE WITH THOUGHTFUL PLANNING. THANK YOU. OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER, JUST FOR PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND EXPLANATION, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT IF A LARGE CAPACITY WATER USER CAME TO THE CITY AND WANTED TO GO SOMEWHERE, WHAT WAS THE PROCESS FOR THEM PRIOR TO US ESTABLISHING THIS BOARD? JEREMY WOULD REVIEW THE AGREEMENT AND DECIDE WHETHER IT. SORRY, NO, I MEAN, THE PUBLIC SERVICE DIRECTOR REVIEWED THE AGREEMENT AND HE CERTAINLY DIDN'T WANT THAT BURDEN. I DON'T KNOW THAT. I THINK THERE WAS PROBABLY. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION, OBVIOUSLY, WITH WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE NEEDED A MORE FORMALIZED PROCESS WITH A, YOU KNOW, A, AN OBJECTIVE, OBJECTIVE FACTORS THAT ARE REVIEWED. AND SO THAT'S REALLY THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE GENESIS OF THIS, OF CREATING THIS BOARD. AND THAT'S WHAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE COMMITTEE.

AND I THINK IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED IN FRONT OF COUNCIL BEFORE THAT TOO. BUT YEAH, THE I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A, YOU KNOW, A FORMAL BOARD THAT, WELL, NOT ME. THE ADMINISTRATION THINKS THERE NEEDS TO BE A FORMAL BOARD THAT THAT MAKES THESE DECISIONS. AND I WILL ADD THAT SETTING THIS UP WILL REALLY ALLOW SOME VERY PUBLIC PARAMETERS OF DECISION MAKING THAT WILL BE HELPFUL FOR EVERYBODY. THERE'S ALWAYS THE AMOUNT OF WATER, BUT ALSO THE AMOUNT OF JOBS AND THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS. BUT THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF OTHER FACTORS, SUCH AS YOUR TOTAL NEED OF UTILITIES AND THE LAND USE PLANNING EFFORTS THAT WE'RE PUTTING FORWARD NOW. AND HOW DOES THIS CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE LONG TERM CITY VISION? IS THIS A GOOD COMMUNITY PARTNER? WHAT ARE THE OTHER EFFECTS OF THE WATERSHED IN THE AREA? WATER QUALITY. THESE ARE ALL THINGS WE REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT. THANK YOU. I'LL JUST ADD SOME COMMENTS ON MY OWN. JUST FROM MY OBSERVATION THROUGHOUT MY TWO AND A HALF YEARS NOW ON COUNCIL, MAYBE IT'S MORE THAN THAT. TIME'S GETTING AWAY FROM ME, BUT THERE HAS BEEN, I WOULD ESTIMATE EVEN BEFORE MY TIME ON COUNCIL, THERE'S BEEN A LEARNING CURVE AND THE SCALE OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE. MARYSVILLE AS THE DESIGNATED COUNTY SUPPLIER, WATER, SEWER

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THERE'S A FORMALIZED INSPECTION AND THEN HAND OFF TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE THE DEVELOPERS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE UTILITIES AND THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR, ETC. BUT THEN AFTER A AFTER THAT 12 MONTHS, WE THEN INSPECT IT AND RECEIVE IT BACK UNDER OUR, I GUESS, CONTROL, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD. CORRECT. OKAY. SO THEY'RE JUST FULL TRANSPARENCY TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THIS IS JUST US TAKING, TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR, FOR THE UTILITIES IN WHICH WE SERVICE THE, THE AREA FOR. YES. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. OKAY. SEEING NONE. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR SECOND

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WE. THEY INITIALLY PASSED TESTING HAD THE ONE YEAR MAINTENANCE PERIOD. WENT BACK IN FOR FINAL TESTING THAT PASSED. AND NOW WE'RE. WE'RE READY TO ACCEPT THEM AGAIN. IT WAS PASSED BY COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE. GREAT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MEMBERS. COUNCIL. QUESTIONS. COMMENTS. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING

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AND THEN WE'LL HAVE AND JUST TO NOTE, THERE WILL BE CONTINUED SERVICES IN 2027 TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT. THE GOAL IS TO COMPLETE IT BY SECOND QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM. I WOULD I WOULD JUST ADD A COUPLE COMMENTS ON MY OWN THAT OUR CURRENT COMP PLAN DOES TALK AT A VERY RUDIMENTARY LEVEL ABOUT LAND USE AND THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF CERTAIN TYPES OF LAND USE VERSUS OTHERS.

AS I'VE BEEN SERVING, I'VE LEARNED JUST FROM ENGAGEMENTS WITH EVEN SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES THAT THIS THIS KIND OF ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF LAND USE IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF PLANNING. YOU COULD HAVE IMAGINE IF YOU WERE TO ALLOW, SAY, CERTAIN TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT WOULD CANNIBALIZE EACH OTHER TO, SAY, OVERLY DEVELOP AN AREA OF LAND.

AND NOW YOU HAVE BUSINESSES THAT REALLY WORK AGAINST EACH OTHER TO BE, TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

AND THAT ULTIMATELY, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR YOUR OVERALL ECONOMY? SO ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION AND WE'LL BE REVIEWING THIS OVER THE COMING WEEKS. THANK YOU. THIS WILL BE BACK FOR SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON OCTOBER 12TH, 2026.

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

COUNCILWOMAN. COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG. COUNCILWOMAN. YOUNG. GO AHEAD. SORRY. MY APOLOGIES.

WELL, THE FIRST TIME I MET ASHLEY WAS IN 2019 WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE ZONING CODE CHANGE. AND IT WAS VERY VOCAL. AND I'M STILL VERY VOCAL, BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE OVER THESE SEVERAL YEARS. AND IT WAS IT'S BEEN DONE PROFESSIONALLY, AND I APPRECIATE YOU. AND I'M VERY UPSET THAT TERRY TOLD YOU. BUT GOOD LUCK IN YOUR NEW JOB.

COUNCILMAN REAMS. YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO THOSE COMMENTS. I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF GREAT WORK, A LOT OF GREAT IMPROVEMENTS, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, LOOKING BACK AT THE ZONING CODE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE AND ALL THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THAT. AND, AND THE PLANNING SINCE WE'RE I THINK WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU AND EVERYTHING YOU'VE GIVEN US OVER THESE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.

COUNCILWOMAN. I WON'T CONTINUE TO SAY EXACTLY WHAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS SAID, JUST THAT IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO GET TO KNOW YOU, ASHLEY. AND WE'VE WORKED ON SOME STUFF TOGETHER, AND I

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