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[1. Call The Meeting To Order - Mayor Jeff Gore]
THANK YOU FOR COMING.WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE THIS EVENING.
THIS IS THE CITY HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
WE'RE GETTING STARTED RIGHT AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.
THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY CALLED TO ORDER.
NEXT UP IS I HAVE NUMBER TWO ON OUR AGENDA, AND THAT IS THE INDICATION BY PASTOR RANDY GRIFFITH OF THE FREE METHODIST CHURCH AT 60 AND 75 OLD TROY PIKE IN HUBER HEIGHTS, SIR.
RINKER WROTE IN HER BOOK, PRAYER CONVERSING WITH GOD.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO THINK OF OUR GOD AS A PERSON, NOT AS AN IDEA OR A PRINCIPLE OR EVEN A SPIRITUAL CONCEPT.
THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS NOT AN IDEA OR PRINCIPLE OR SPIRITUAL CONCEPT OR SOME INANIMATE POWER LIKE ELECTRICITY.
HE IS A PERSON LIKE THE FATHER AND THE SON.
ONE WHO CAN BE, WHO CAN BE KNOWN AND LOVED AND DEFENDED.
HE HAS MANY NAMES THAT RELATE TO HIS CHARACTER AND WORK.
HE IS THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, THE COUNSELOR, THE COMFORTER.
HE IS THE SPIRIT WHOM JESUS SENT FROM GOD.
THE FATHER WHO IS WITH US TODAY, REVEALING THE WILL OF GOD AND WHO LIVES IN ALL, WHO ARE IN CHRIST.
THE APOSTLE PAUL WROTE IN PHILIPPIANS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY ENCOURAGEMENT FOR BEING UNITED WITH CHRIST, IF ANY COMFORT FROM HIS LOVE, IF ANY FELLOWSHIP WITH THE SPIRIT, IF ANY TENDERNESS AND COMPASSION, THEN MAKE MY JOY COMPLETE BY BEING LIKE-MINDED HAVING THE SAME, LOVE BEING ONE IN SPIRIT AND PURPOSE WORDS LIKE ENCOURAGEMENT AND COMFORT, FELLOWSHIP, TENDERNESS, COMPASSION, JOY, LOVE SUCH QUALITIES COME FROM BEING UNITED WITH CHRIST.
FROM BEING IN FELLOWSHIP WITH THE SPIRIT, GOD IS THEIR SOURCE.
UNLIKE ALL THINGS, THEY CANNOT EXIST WITHOUT HIM.
BUT WHEN WE ARE UNITED IN SPIRIT AND PURPOSE WITH HIM THROUGH HIM, SUCH QUALITIES BECOME OURS AS WELL.
LET'S PRAY, FATHER, I JUST PRAY THAT YOU WILL MAKE US UNITED BECAUSE WE ARE FIRST UNITED WITH YOU.
THE SOURCE OF ALL GOOD THINGS.
I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE THIS MEETING TONIGHT.
SO THAT ALL THAT IS DONE WOULD BE IN A MANNER PLEASING TO YOU AND BENEFICIAL TO ONE ANOTHER FIRST IN CHRIST'S NAME, WE PRAY.
NEXT WE HAVE THE FLAG CEREMONY BY THE WAY, HIGH SCHOOL, JUNIOR ROTC.
MR. ROGERS, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL PLEASE? MR. SHAW HERE, MS. BAKER, MR. CAMPBELL, MRS. BERGE, MR. OTTO HERE.
[6. Approval Of Minutes]
SIX, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES, ITEM SIX, A OR A CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 11TH, 2021.THOSE MINUTES HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED THROUGH ANY CORRECTIONS COMMENTS.
NOW NOT THOSE WILL STAND AS APPROVED.
NONE OF THOSE MINUTES WILL STAND AS APPROVED.
NEXT UP IS NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH HAS SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING.
[8. Citizens Comments]
EIGHT CITIZENS COMMENTS SCHRODERS FIRST UP.WE HAVE, UH, MS. KAREN BACHMAN, IF YOU PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM,
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GOOD EVENING.I RESIDE MORE FOR, I'M GOING TO READ FROM MY PAGES THIS EVENING SO I CAN STAY ON TRACK AND KEEP MY TIME TO A MINIMUM.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ABOUT OUR CONCERNS WITH THE QUALITY OF WATER ISSUE THAT UNEXPECTEDLY PRESENTED ITSELF ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2021, I WENT TO TURN THE WATER ON IN OUR KITCHEN SINK TO DO DISHES.
AND AS I RUNNING, AS I WAS RUNNING THE WATER, I FELT I WAS FEELING FOR TEMPERATURE CONTROL.
WHEN I PULLED MY HAND BACK, I FELT THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING OILY IN THE WATER.
I ASKED MY HUSBAND WHO HAD JUST WALKED INTO THE KITCHEN TO TURN THE WATER ON AND SEE IF HE FELT ANYTHING.
HE SAID, IT FELT LIKE A FINE OIL THAT WAS IN THE WATER.
THIS LED US TO SUBMITTING A SAMPLE OF OUR WATER FOR OUR TESTING AT AN INDEPENDENT LAB THAT IS CERTIFIED IN THE STATE OF OHIO.
OUR THOUGHT THAT WAS MAYBE THAT IT WAS RELATED TO THE CURE IN PLACE, PIPING THE CIP DUE TO THE CHEMICAL MAKEUP AND HAVING OUR WATER SYSTEM OPEN TO POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION.
DURING RECENT PLACEMENT, SINCE WE ALL SHARE THE SAME WATER DURING THE TESTING PHASE, WE WERE ADVISED NOT TO INGEST, TO COOK OR BATHE IN THE WATER UNTIL WE HAD A DEFINITIVE RESULT OF WHAT WE WERE DEALING WITH.
SO WE HAD TO LET THE PROCESS RUN ITS COURSE DURING THAT TIME, IT WAS TRYING IT BEST WITH FIGURING OUT DAY-TO-DAY LIVING, NOT USING OUR MUNICIPAL WATER.
THE TOUGHEST PART THOUGH, WAS THE WAIT AND SEE GAME.
THE SAMPLE ACTUALLY GREW OUT A PATHOGEN, WHICH IS AN ORGANISM THAT CAN CAUSE AN ILLNESS.
THE PEOPLE WHO RUN THE GREATEST RISKS FOR GETTING SICK ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED.
IMMUNOSUPPRESSED ARE ELDERLY AND CHILDREN.
HAVEN'T SPOKEN WITH THE LAB DIRECTOR MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGH THE COURSE OF THIS SITUATION.
I HAD MANY QUESTIONS ANSWERED CONCERNING HOW CONTAMINANTS ENTER INTO OUR WATER SYSTEMS AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO PROTECT OURSELVES, QUOTING THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY, EXCUSE ME, FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY INFORMATION THROUGH THE U S NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE STATES, THE INFRASTRUCTURE CHEMICAL GROWTH OF MICROORGANISMS, EVA, EVEN AS MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES AND DRINKING WATER SYSTEMS LEAD TO OUTBREAKS BREAKS OR LEAKS COULD LEAD TO LOW PRESSURE EVENTS.
WHEN REPAIRED PATHOGENS CAN ENTER OUR SYSTEMS WITH THIS BEING SAID, THE SIZE OF THE SCALE IS UNKNOWN.
DUE TO THE FACT OUR WATER SAMPLE WAS A SNAPSHOT IN TIME.
WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON HOW MANY THIS TRULY IS AFFECTED OR WILL AFFECT GOING FORWARD.
WHAT I DO KNOW FROM SPEAKING TO THE LAB DIRECTOR IS THAT THIS PATH THAT PATHOGEN SHOULD NOT BE IN OUR WATER PERIOD.
THE HUBER HEIGHTS DRINKING WATER QUALITY REPORT FOR 2020 IS THE MOST RECENT REPORT DUE TO EPA GUIDELINES.
THE REPORT STATES, THE EPA HAS COMPLETED A STUDY OF THE HUBER HEIGHTS, PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM, SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL CONTAMINANT SOURCES IN OUR DRINKING WATER SUPPLY.
ACCORDING TO THE STUDY, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT OUR RAW WATER SUPPLY HAS A HIGH SUSCEPTIBILITY TO CONTAMINATION.
THIS DETERMINATION IS BASED ON THE PRESENCE OF A RELATIVELY THIN LAYER OF CLAY OVERLAYING THE AQUIFER, THE SHALLOW DEPTH OF THE AQUIFER AND THE PRESENCE OF POTENTIAL CONTAMINANT SOURCES IN PROTECTION AREAS.
AS YOU HAVE JUST HEARD, WE HAVE A HIGH SUSCEPTIBILITY TO CONTAMINATION AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR WATER SOURCE, WHICH IS AT OUR AQUIFER, ADDING AN OPENING OUR WATER SYSTEM TO INTRODUCING OF CYPP THROUGH OUR CITY'S EXISTING AND THE HIGH NUMBER OF WATER MAIN BREAKS THAT FEED OUR HOME TAPS THIS YEAR IS A PERFECT STORM FOR THIS VERY THING TO OCCUR.
ACCORDING TO THE LAB DIRECTOR, EACH TIME THE SYSTEM IS OPENED AND OR BROKEN, THAT INCREASES THE CHANCES OF CONTAMINATION TO THAT SYSTEM.
THE HIGH NUMBER OF WATER MAIN BREAKS IS VERY CONCERNING TO US.
ONCE THERE IS A BREAK IN OUR SYSTEM THAT IS WASTED, TREATED WATER, ESCAPING, AND POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS ENTERING IN THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT OUR HOME AND OUR WATER.
SHOULDN'T ALL THE RESIDENTS HAVE SAFE, POTABLE WITHOUT HAVING TO BE CONCERNED USING OUR MUNICIPAL WATER THAT MIGHT MAKE THEM SICK.
THIS HAS BEEN A WELL LEARNED LESSON TO US PERSONALLY.
WE'VE TAKEN THE RECOMMENDATIONS SERIOUSLY AND IMPLEMENTED THEM AT OUR HOME.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU THIS EVENING.
AND MY HOPE AND CONCERN IS THAT THIS RAISE, THIS RAISES AWARENESS ABOUT OUR WATER AND HUBER HEIGHTS AND HOW CONCERNING THIS IS FOR, FOR US
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RESIDENTS.SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
UM, I THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING US THIS EVENING.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY TYPE OF, UH, UH, REPORTS OR COMMUNICATIONS, UH, WITH, UH, ANY TYPE OF LAB TEXTS OR REPORTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH COUNCIL TO PUT ON RECORD? CAN YES, I HAVE IT.
DO YOU HAVE THOSE WITH YOU? I DON'T HAVE THEM WITH ME, BUT I, I CAN GET THEM TO YOU.
IF YOU COULD EMAIL THOSE TO ME, I'LL EMAIL THOSE TO OUR CLERK AND TO ALL OF COUNCIL, AS WELL AS OUR CITY MANAGER, UH, SO THAT WE CAN REVIEW SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAD PROVIDED TO US IMMEDIATELY.
MA'AM YEAH, YOU COULD SEND THOSE TO ME AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET DISTRIBUTED TO COUNCIL.
UH, NEXT UP WE HAVE MRS. JENELLE SMITH.
CAN YOU PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM? GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS JENELLE SMITH AND I AM A WARD, TWO RESIDENTS, AND I'M EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SITUATION WITH OUR WATER SUPPLY IN THIS CITY.
IN 2018, THERE WAS LEGISLATION PASSED BY THIS COUNCIL TO INCREASE THE WATER PRESSURE AND IMPLEMENT WATER SOFTENING THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THOSE INITIATIVES NEVER WENT THROUGH OUR WATER AND SEWER BOARD.
I FOR ONE WAS OPPOSED TO THESE MEASURES FOR SEVERAL REASONS, OF COURSE, INDIVIDUALS ON THIS DIOCESE AT THE TIME AND IN THE COMMUNITY DECIDED TO MAKE ONE OF THOSE REASONS, A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST ME, BUT THAT IS NOT WHY I SPEAK TO YOU THIS EVENING.
I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE CONCERNS IN THIS CITY THAT ARE NOT BEING ADDRESSED APPROPRIATELY IN JULY OF 2018 ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, SCOTT BALL KOSKI SPOKE WITH COUNCIL REGARDING THE CITY, THE WATER STUDY, AND STATED THAT SOME OF OUR OLDER STREETS AND I HAVE, YOU KNOW, MOST OF YOU KNOW ME.
SO YOU KNOW THAT I'VE GOT MY DOCUMENTS AND I'M ALL TAPPED OUT HERE SO I CAN PULL THEM OUT AND READ THEM VERBATIM IF YOU NEED TO.
BUT FOR THE, FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I'M GOING TO KNOW THAT YOU TRUST ME.
SO IN 2018 ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, SCOTT, IF OUR KOSKI SPOKE TO COUNCIL REGARDING THE WATER STUDY AND STATED THAT SOME OF OUR OLDER STREETS HAVE OLDER WATER LINES, WHICH WILL NEED TO BE QUOTE, REPLACED, NOT REPAIRED, REPLACED, AND IN THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REPLACE THE WATER LINES AND THE STREETS AT THE SAME TIME.
THE STREETS AT THE SAME TIME, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS WHAT'S HAPPENING.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT PORTIONS OF HUBBARD DRIVE OR RESURFACE LAST FALL, BUT THE WATER LINES WERE NOT REPLACED AS MR. FALKOWSKI RECOMMENDED THE SAME AREAS HAVE EXPERIENCED AT LEAST EIGHT WATER MAIN BREAKS SINCE THEN RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE TAXPAYERS' EXPENSE TO DIG UP AND REPATCH A BRAND NEW ROAD.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, EACH TIME THE WATER, THE WATER MAIN BREAKS.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE FAILURES INTRODUCE CONTAMINANTS AND PATHOGENS AND TO OUR WATER SUPPLY.
SOME OF THESE CONTAMINANTS, UM, ARE NOT EVEN BEING TESTED BY OUR CITY, FROM WHAT I'M BEING TOLD AS A RESULT, MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE EXPOSED TO THIRD WARD, THIRD WORLD ISSUES REGARDING CLEAN WATER.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING BOIL ADVISORIES DO NOT ALLEVIATE ALL OF THE BACTERIA THAT CAUSES SIGNIFICANT HEALTH ISSUES, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE IMMUNE COMPROMISED, LIKE DIALYSIS PATIENTS, CHEMOTHERAPY PATIENTS, THOSE WHO HAVE ESPA RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND EVEN COVID AND A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT WITH THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC LOVING ENVIRONMENT, IT'S EVEN MORE CRUCIAL TO HAVE CLEAN WATER RELATED TO THIS.
I WANT TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE 2020 ANNUAL, UM, WATER, UH, WATER QUALITY REPORT THAT IS LOCATED ON THE HUBER HEIGHTS WEBSITE AND LOOKING THIS OVER THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS STUCK OUT TO ME.
AND IT'S THE SAME THING THAT MS. BACHMAN JUST, JUST READ.
THE EPA HAS COMPLETED A STUDY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, DRINKING WATER TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL CONTAMINANTS SOURCES IN OUR DRINKING WATER SUPPLY.
IT WAS DETERMINED THAT OUR RAW WATER SUPPLY HAS HIGH SUSCEPTIBILITY TO CONTAMINATION.
THE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON THE PRESENCE OF RELATIVELY THIN LAYER OF CLAY OVERLAYING THE AQUIFER, THE SHALLOW DEPTHS OF THE AQUIFER AND THE PRESENCE OF, UH, AND THE PRESENCE OF POTENTIAL CONTAMINANT SOURCES AND THE PROTECTED AREA, POTENTIAL CONTAMINANT SOURCES IN THE PROTECTION AREA.
I'M GOING TO READ THAT AGAIN, ARE THESE CONTAMINANT SOURCES RELATED TO DUMPING ON TAYLORSVILLE,
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THE RIVER FLOODING OVER THE ROADS? CAUSE WE HAVE TO CLOSE RIP RAP OR THE HIGH PERCENTAGES OF THE WATER MAIN BREAKS.AND I DID, UM, JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, I DID A GRAPH CHART OF THE WATER MAIN BREAKS AND IT'S NOT PRETTY.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TRANSPARENCY, BUT THIS APPEARS TO ME TO BE A MAJOR CONCERN, ESPECIALLY AFTER HEARING ABOUT THE SITUATIONS SURROUNDING HUBBARD AND THE IMPACT TO THOSE RESIDENTS.
I'M ALSO CONCERNED THAT MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL ARE NOT ON THE SAME PAGE I HAVE HERE RIGHT HERE.
I HAVE TWO COMMENTS RELATED TO SOCIAL MEDIA POST REGARDING THE WATER MAIN BREAKS BY COUNCILWOMAN NANCY BERGE AND MAYOR, UH, GORE DIRECTLY CONTRADICTING EACH OTHER AS TO WHETHER THE CITY WAS AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITIES BEFORE WE IMPLEMENTED THE WATER PRESSURE AND THE WATER SOFTENING PROJECTS.
NOW I HAVE A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I SAT UP THERE ON THE DAYAS DURING SOME OF THESE DISCUSSIONS, ACTUALLY QUITE MOST OF THEM MOVE ALONG, PLEASE, EXCUSE ME.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE HURRY THIS ALONG.
WE ARE MADE AWARE THAT THERE MAY BE ISSUES, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE PROPER COURSE OF ACTION WAS TAKEN IN PLACE AND THE INITIATIVES WERE IMPLEMENTED.
MY LAST CONCERN IS RELATED TO THE POTENTIAL ANNEXATION FROM THE LAND THAT BETHEL TOWNSHIP, AS EVERYONE IS PROBABLY AWARE BY NOW, THERE IS TALK ABOUT ANNEXES 233 ACRES FROM BETHEL TOWNSHIP REQUIRING HUBER HEIGHTS TO SUPPORT APPROXIMATELY 900 MORE HOMES.
YET WE APPEAR TO BE STRUGGLING TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
OUR INFRASTRUCTURE SEEMS TO BE COLLAPSING AND OUR SAFETY SERVICES APPEAR TO BE STRESSED TO THE MAX.
HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO SUPPORT 900 MORE FAMILIES WITHOUT DRAMATICALLY INCREASING OUR TAXES? FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THE RESIDENTS AT PARKTOWN AND CARRIAGE TRAILS ARE CURRENTLY PAYING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND UP TO FOUR DIFFERENT METHODS.
AND THAT WOULD BE HOA, MOA FEES, SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS, THEIR WATER BILLS AND REGULAR TAXES THERE HAVE BEEN HAVE THERE BEEN ANY TRAFFIC STUDIES OR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES IF THE DEVELOPER WANTS TO BUY THE PROPERTY SO THAT THEY CAN DEVELOP IT, WHY CAN'T THEY DEVELOP IT AS PART OF THE GROWTH AT BETHEL TOWNSHIP, AS OPPOSED TO REQUIRING IT TO BE ANNEXED INTO HUBER HEIGHTS? IT MS. SMITH, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO SIT DOWN, PLEASE.
YOU NOW THAT'S BEEN SEVEN MINUTES.
I WILL CLOSE BY STATING THAT THE MAYOR'S REPEATEDLY CALLED ME A LIAR AND ONE OF HIS VERY CLOSE FRIENDS IS ALREADY STATING THAT OUR CURRENT WATER SITUATION WILL BE USED AS A PLATFORM.
THIS IS UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT A PUPPET OR TOOL TO BE USED FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT IT IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY AND WELLBEING.
MR. JOHNSON, IF I MAY, IF THERE'S OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT WATER, I CAN WAIT FOR THAT.
BUT, UM, I WOULDN'T LIKE TO DISCUSS SOME STUFF ABOUT THE WATER AND I DID HAVE, UH, ACTUALLY AN UPDATE IN MY CITY MANAGER'S REPORT TONIGHT ABOUT WATER MAIN BREAKS.
UM, BUT THEN THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS THAT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS AT SOME POINT IN TIME.
UM, UM, NO, DO THAT IN YOUR CITY MANAGER REPORT.
BETH VAN HAREN, BEZEL TOWNSHIP RESIDENT, AND I AM HERE AGAIN TO TALK ABOUT ANNEXATION AND MY HOPE AND DESIRE THAT YOU REJECT THIS PETITION.
UM, LAST, I JUST WANTED TO LIKE COVER WHAT WE'D BEEN TALKING ABOUT BEFORE.
I'M STILL OPPOSED TO IT, BUT I REALIZED THAT THE SEPTEMBER 27TH MEETING, UM, ALL OF YOU, I THINK THE MAYOR ASKED A QUESTION AND SAID, DID ANYBODY KNOW ABOUT THIS? I WAS LIKE, NO, NO, I DIDN'T KNOW.
SOME OF YOU DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.
I'M NOT, I DON'T DIDN'T SEE THE ACTUAL TAPES.
I DON'T KNOW WHO SAID WHAT? AND THAT YOU ALSO STATED UNEQUIVOCALLY THAT THE CITY DID NOT REQUEST THIS ANNEXATION.
UM, ALTHOUGH AT THE SEPTEMBER 13TH MEETING THE SAME DAY THAT THE TOWNSHIP RECEIVED THE NOTICE AND THE COUNTY RECEIVED THE NOTICE YOU GUYS WERE READY TO GO WITH THAT, UM, RESOLUTION FOR THE ANNEXATION SERVICES, UH, OR FOR THE SERVICES THAT YOU WOULD PROVIDE FOR THE 233 ACRES.
SO AGAIN, SOMEBODY KNEW SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
THEN AT THE OCTOBER 11TH MEETING, YOU DEBATED WHETHER OR NOT YOU COULD RESCIND THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU PASSED ON THE 13TH.
UM, SO, AND THEN AFTER SOME BACK AND FORTH, THE LEGAL COUNSEL, MR. MCDONALD, YOU DECIDED THAT MR. MCDONALD'S SHOULD RESEARCH IT FURTHER, WHICH HE DID ON TUESDAY 10, 19.
UM, WE RECEIVED IT ON THURSDAY, 10 21.
HE ISSUED A STATEMENT WHICH SAYS IN PART THAT HE QUOTE, FINDS NO LEGAL WAY TO STOP THE ANNEXATION PROCESS PRIOR TO THE APPROVAL OF THE ANNEXATION BY THE COUNTY.
BUT THEN HE GOES ON TO SAY THAT QUOTE, IT IS MY OPINION THAT THE CITY'S
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SOLE OPTION TO STOP ANNEXATION FROM TAKING PLACE IS TO VOTE AGAINST THE ANNEXATION UNDER SECTION 7 0 9 0.04, AFTER THE COUNTY PROVIDES AN APPROVED ANNEXATION PETITION TO THE CITY FOR A FINAL DECISION.SO I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU DENY THAT YOU WOULD VOTE AGAINST THAT ANNEXATION PETITION THAT YOU DENY IT THAT'S POINT NUMBER ONE, PLEASE.
WE WOULD VERY MUCH BE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL TO YOU IF YOU VOTED AGAINST IT.
UM, AND THEN IN ADDITION, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THIS SECTION 4.9 OF YOUR, UM, DEC AMENDED AND RESTATED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
UM, IN IT, IT STATES THE DEVELOPER WILL, UH, AT THE REQUEST OF THE CITY FILE, ANY NECESSARY PETITIONS WITH THE CITY TO ANNEX SUCH REAL PROPERTY INTO THE CITY.
BUT YOU SAID SOMEBODY SET UP HERE THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS FILED THAT YOU HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
UM, BUT IN THE EMAIL CHAIN THAT I HAVE, IT INDICATES THAT BILL KEESLER AND, UH, KEN CONWAY OF DEC LAND COMPANY WERE VERY MUCH INVOLVED WITH THIS FILING.
AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THEY EVEN FUNDED IT, PROBABLY.
SO NONETHELESS, YOUR AGREEMENT STATES QUOTE AT THE REQUEST OF THE CITY.
SO OBVIOUSLY, UM, AND THE MEETING ON 9 27, NOBODY KNEW ABOUT IT.
SO HOW COULD YOU REQUEST, ARE YOU BREAKING YOUR AGREEMENT OR IS DEC BREAKING YOUR AGREEMENT? I MEAN, SOMEBODY HAD TO REQUEST THIS, RIGHT? CAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT STATES IN YOUR SECTION 4.9.
I'D LIKE SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
SO ANYWAY AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU COMING TO YOUR MEETING AND HEAR YOU RESOUNDLY SAY NO THANKS TO 233 ACRES.
YOU CAN STAY IN BETHEL TOWNSHIP.
AND MR. MACDONALD, THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON RESEARCHING THAT NEXT UP WE HAVE MS. JULIE REESE, IF YOU PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM HELLO.
MY NAME IS JULIE REESE TO BE CLEAR.
I'M A BETHEL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, BUT I AM NOT HERE REPRESENTING THE BOARD.
I JUST WANT THAT TO BE PERFECTLY CLEAR.
I AM ONLY HERE AS A BETHEL TOWNSHIP RESIDENT, AND I'M ALSO COMING TO SPEAK ABOUT ANNEXATION AND HOPING THAT YOU WILL REJECT, UM, ANY FUTURE ANNEXATION.
SO I'M OPPOSED TO ANNEXATION FOR THREE MAIN REASONS.
OUR SCHOOL CAN NOT KEEP PACE WITH THE NUMBER OF NEW STUDENTS.
WE GET 120 TO 130 ADDITIONAL STUDENTS EVERY YEAR.
THIS IS FIVE CLASSROOMS OF KIDS.
EVERY SINGLE YEAR WE GET THIS.
SO IT TAKES THREE YEARS TO BUILD A NEW BUILDING.
AND PLUS WE HAVE TO HAVE A MEANS TO FINANCE IT.
AND AS YOU GUYS KNOW, DUE TO THE WAY OHIO COLLECTS TAXES AND DETERMINES THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY, THE STUDENT ARRIVES ON THE SCHOOL DOORSTEP 18 TO 24 MONTHS PRIOR TO US RECEIVING ANY TAX DOLLARS TO EVEN THINK ABOUT BEGINNING TO BUILD THOSE ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS. SECOND REASON IS WE ARE PRIMARILY U S 40 AND STATE ROUTE TWO, A ONE AND 2 0 2.
SO WE DON'T CONTROL THE ROADS.
UM, IN OUR TOWNSHIP ALSO STATE ROUTE 5 71.
SO, UM, THESE ARE OUR MAJOR ROUTES OF TRANSPORTATION AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY NOT DESIGNED TO HANDLE THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC THEY'VE YET TO BE MODIFIED, TO SUPPORT THE CURRENT CARRIAGE TRAILS TRAFFIC LET ALONE ANOTHER 700 TO A THOUSAND HOUSEHOLDS WERE LACKING, TURN LANES, TRAFFIC SIGNALS, AND WIDER ROADS THAT ARE NEEDED TO SAFELY TRANSPORT OUR CHILDREN TO AND FROM SCHOOL.
AND ALSO TO HANDLE THE NUMBER OF CARS THAT WE EXPECT FROM 700 TO A THOUSAND HOUSEHOLDS.
THE THIRD REASON IS WE CHOOSE TO LIVE IN BETHEL TOWNSHIP BECAUSE WE LIKE RURAL LIVING.
WE LIKE GREENSPACE LIVING A BIT FROM OUR NEIGHBORS.
WE'D LIKE THE FARMLAND AND THE SMALL SCHOOL FIELD THAT WE HAVE.
SO I'M ASKING THAT YOU PLEASE DEVELOP THE LAND YOU ALREADY OWN, RATHER THAN TAKING OURS AND TURNING OUR COUNTRY LIFESTYLE TO A CITY LIFESTYLE.
AND ALSO, I KNOW IT'S A HUGE ADVANTAGE FOR HUBER HEIGHTS AND YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR HUBER HEIGHTS.
YOU GET A LOT OF THE TAX MONEY, BUT WE CAN ALL OF THE BURDEN, THE ROAD PROBLEMS, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE COMING AT THE PACE BECAUSE OF THE HIGH DENSITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
SO, YOU KNOW, BE OUR NEIGHBOR AND CONSIDER NOT, NOT ANNEX ANY MORE PROPERTY.
I SAID, I'M NOT HERE AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.
AND I AM NOT, I'M NOT REPRESENTING THE SCHOOL BOARD IN ANY WAY, BUT IT IS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE THAT THE BETHEL SCHOOL BOARD DID PASS THE RESOLUTION AND SUBMITTED IT TO MIAMI COUNTY OPPOSING ANNEXATION AT THIS TIME.
AND LAST STOP WE HAVE MISS JENNIFER DYLAN, IF YOU PLEASE TURN ON FRIDAY.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND ADDRESS A CRUNK CERTAIN THE EXPERIENCE LAST YEAR AND AGAIN, THIS YEAR IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WELL, I TRY TO STICK TO MY NOTES HERE.
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MOST PART, I VALUE MY TIME IN HEBREW HEIGHTS AND I ENJOY THE AMENITIES.I APPRECIATE THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR TRYING TO ENCOURAGE MORE AND MORE BUSINESSES TO GROW WITH HUBER HEIGHTS.
UM, HOWEVER THINGS TOOK A DANGEROUS TURN LAST YEAR, UH, MARCH 9TH, 2020, WHEN GOVERNOR DEWINE SAID THE PANDEMIC HAD REACHED OHIO AND FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO SHUT DOWN, IT WAS PROMISED FOR TWO WEEKS.
THE BIG BOX STORES REMAINED OPEN BECAUSE THEY WERE CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL.
SOME SMALL BUSINESSES TRIED TO FIND EXEMPTIONS TO WORK AROUND OR TO BE ALLOWED TO REOPEN THEIR DOORS.
SLOWLY MORE GUIDANCE WAS PROVIDED ALLOWING BUSINESSES TO ONCE AGAIN, OPERATE OVER 90% OF OHIOANS WEARING MASKS, SOCIAL DISTANCING, AND FOLLOWING OTHER GUIDELINES TO REDUCE THE SPREAD OF COVID.
THESE GUIDELINES WERE TREATED LIKE LAW OVER THE SUMMER OF 2020 BUSINESS IMPLEMENTED POLICY, BUT WELCOME ALL CUSTOMERS.
AND PERSONALLY, I FELT LIKE I WAS EXCEEDING AND KEEPING THE ECONOMY AFLOAT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE TOO MANY PEOPLE WERE GOING OUT, UM, AS I WAS NOT CONSIDERED A HIGH RISK FOR COVID.
SO, UM, BUT AFTER GOVERNOR HIS MANDATE ON MASK ACROSS OHIO, I FOUND OUT FIRSTHAND WHAT DISCRIMINATION FELT LIKE.
I AM PERSONALLY EXEMPTED, MEDICALLY EXEMPTED FROM WEARING A MASK.
UM, AND, BUT I COULDN'T SEE A DOCTOR.
I STILL CAN'T TAKE MY KIDS TO THE DENTIST.
WE COULDN'T RIDE A PUBLIC BUS.
WE CAN'T FLY A DAY IN THE AIRPORT.
I CAN'T GO THE AIR FORCE MUSEUM OR I FREELY VISIT ANY ESTABLISHMENT.
WHEN I WENT TO THE STORE, AS I HEARD THE PROPAGANDA ABOUT WEARING A MASK AND SOCIAL DISTANCING, PEOPLE WOULD GIVE ME DIRTY, LOOKS, DODGE ME.
LIKE I HAD THE PLAGUE ONE PER PLACE, EVEN TRYING TO CALL THE COPS.
I REDUCED MY OUTINGS AND EVERY TRIP I FELT LIKE WHAT WOULD BE THE LAST I SHOPPED LIKE TOMORROW WOULD BE THE LAST THOUGHT DAY I'LL BE ALLOWED IT.
I HAD ANXIETY GOING OUT AND I HAD DEPRESSION CAUSE I HAD TO STAY IN HOW ARE THE BIGGEST UPSET WHEN I BEGAN HOMESCHOOLING MY CHILDREN AND I WAS ABLE TO GO TO THE LIBRARY UPON THE REOPENING, BUT THEN I WAS DENIED SHORTLY THEREAFTER BECAUSE THE DATE AND METRO LIBRARY SAID THEIR POLICY CHANGED TO REFLECT THE CITY OF DAYTON.
SO HOW DID I FIND OUT? THEY DIDN'T EVEN HONOR THE EXEMPTIONS MEDICAL EXEMPTIONS THAT WERE IN THE ORDERS OR THE CIVIL RIGHTS THAT DISABILITY AND RELIGION.
BECAUSE WHEN I TRIED TO ENTER THE LIBRARY, ONE DAY I HAD ABOUT SEVEN PEOPLE STOP ME.
THEY WERE BLOCKING THE DOORWAY, SEVEN PEOPLE, ME AND MY CHILDREN TRY AND GO INTO THE LIBRARY.
I WAS NO LONGER ALLOWED ENTRY INTO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY UPON NOT BEING ABLE TO ENTER.
WE MISS ALL BROWSING FOR NEW BOOKS AND MOVIES, MISS OUT ON INFORMATION BEING POSTED AND THE PROGRAMS AND TUTORING'S AVAILABLE.
INSTEAD THEY WANT ME TO USE CURBSIDE PICKUP, JUST LIKE THE AFRICAN-AMERICANS USED TO HAVE TO USE BACK DOORS OR ALTERNATIVE METHODS TO ENTER ESTABLISHMENTS.
LIKE I'M A SECOND CLASS CITIZEN IS THIS HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF.
DOES THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS REALLY SUPPORT SEPARATE IS EQUAL OR THAT GOVERNMENT BUILDING THAT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND HAVE THE RIGHT MEAN ADULTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN BY HAVING USED CURBSIDE.
IT'S LIKE WE HAVE THE COOTIES.
I'VE TRIED WORKING WITH THEM TO ATTAIN SPECIAL HOURS THAT THEY GAVE TO SIT SORT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE MEDICALLY CONSIDERED HIGH RISK.
I EVEN POINTED IT OUT, VIOLATED THEIR OWN POLICIES WHEN NO FORM OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE LIBRARY PEER TO WORK, I HAD TO SIT DOWN WITH THE MAYOR AND I ADDRESSED THE MULTIPLE LAWS THAT WERE VIOLATED.
HE SAID THAT HE WOULD WORK WITH THE CITY LAWYER AND TO LOOK INTO IT.
PERSONALLY, I DON'T GIVE THE AUTHORITY TO LIBRARY OR BUSINESSES TO MAKE MEDICAL DECISIONS FOR ME AND MY FAMILY.
AND ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL FDA, 2 0 1 SECTION H A MEDICAL WRAP BRASS IS A DEVICE INTENDED TO CURE MITIGATE TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF DISEASE AND MAN OR ANIMALS.
THAT MEANS MASS FALL UNDER THIS CATEGORY FOR A COUPLE MONTHS, A NEW DIRECTOR DID REMOVE THE MASK MANDATE, HOWEVER, AUGUST 9TH, 2021 DATE AND METRO LIBRARY CHANGE A POLICY.
ONCE AGAIN, DENYING INDIVIDUAL'S ENTRANCE WITHOUT A MASK, THIS BACK AND FORTH HAS ME CONFUSED ON THEIR STANCE.
IT'S A MASS MANDATE HAS TO DO WITH COVID LIBRARIES, FALL UNDER STATE RESPONSIBILITY.
AND AS OF JUNE 18TH, THERE'S NO LONGER A STATE EMERGENCY.
SO I COME TO YOU BECAUSE THIS IS MY COMMUNITY.
THIS IS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND FOR A CITY TO BE KNOWN AS HONORING VETERANS AND THEIR SACRIFICES, AS WELL AS THE IDENTIFYING AND DENOUNCING ALL FORMS OF, I ASKED YOU TO FIX THIS ISSUE.
WE DO NOT FOLLOW OTHER CITY ORDINANCES.
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY IS NOT A PRIVATE COMPANY.
IT IS A PUBLIC BUILDING PAID BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE.
WE CERTAINLY SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWING ANY UNLAWFUL PRACTICES BY PLEAD WITH YOU TO STAND UP FOR THE RIGHTS OF
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THE PARENTS OF AMERICANS, THOSE WITH DISABILITIES AND END, THIS DISCRIMINATION THAT IS OCCURRING IN OUR COMMUNITY.SO IF IT MEANS TO BREAK AGREEMENT THAT WE FALL UNDER DAYTON METRO AND HAVE OUR OWN HEBREW HEIGHTS LIBRARY, THEN I'D BE IN SPORT SUPPORT FOR THAT TO ENSURE THE FREEDOMS AND THE WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT THAT HUBER HEIGHTS CLAIMS. THANK YOU.
[9. Citizens Registered to Speak on Agenda Items]
UP IS THAT NUMBER NINE, WHICH IS SYSTEMS REGISTERED TO SPEAK ON A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS. WE HAVE ONE MAYOR THAT WOULD BE TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM 12:00 AM.[10. City Manager Report]
IS THAT NUMBER 10, WHICH IS A CITY MANAGER REPORT.UM, UH, SEVERAL ITEMS TONIGHT'S, UH, I'LL START OUT WITH, UH, THAT THIS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31ST IS TRICK OR TREATS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
AND THERE'S SOMETIMES THERE'S QUESTION ABOUT DEPENDING ON WHICH COUNTY YOU'RE IN, WHAT YOU DO, BUT THE ENTIRE CITY, A FEWER HEIGHTS IS OCTOBER 31ST FOR TRICK OR TREATING, UH, LEAF PICKUP BEGINS NEXT MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST, THERE'LL BE AT LEAST TWO PASSES, WHETHER DEPENDING ON PLEASE FOLLOW OUR FACEBOOK PAGE FOR INFORMATION ON WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THE CITY AT PLEASE, UH, PUSH YOUR, UH, LEAVES OUT TO THE CURB, NOT INTO THE STREET, BUT AT THE EDGE OF THE CURB.
IF IT'S IN THE STREET, THAT CAN BE WASHED DOWN TO THE SEWERS AND, UH, CAUSING ANY KIND OF CLOGGING OF SEWERS OF THAT.
SO IF THEY'RE AT THE EDGE RIGHT AT THE CURB, IT'S EASIEST FOR PICKUP.
UM, SOME, SOME GOOD NEWS THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE STATE.
SO THERE IS, UH, SOME INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT FUNDS THAT, UH, WE ARE A PART OF THE TRI-CITIES, UH, UH, GROUP, WHICH IS US TIP CITY IN VANDALIA FOR WHERE OUR SEWER SYSTEM GOES.
UH, THERE IS A GRANT AWARD THAT OUR NEW GENERAL MANAGER, DANNY KNIFE, UH, WHO JUST STARTED IN MAY, UM, THAT HE WAS ABLE TO GET A SUBMISSION UP TO THE STATES.
AND WE WERE JUST CONTACTED LAST WEEK THAT, UH, WE WILL BE AWARDED WITH A GRANT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, AT THE PLANT THAT IS FOR LINING OF SOME OF THE SANITARY SEWER, SOME OF THE MAIN LINES THAT COME DOWN THROUGH, UM, THE AREA THAT GOES TO THAT PLANT THAT WILL KEEP FROM INFILTRATION THAT KEEPS US FROM, UM, TREATING JUST STORM WATER.
SO THIS IS GOING TO SAVE ALL THE RESIDENTS, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, MONEY INVOLVED OF, UH, THAT WE WON'T HAVE TO PAY TO TREAT, UH, WATER THAT, UH, IS COMING THROUGH THE OLDER INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THE GOVERNOR IS COMING DOWN TOMORROW AT ONE O'CLOCK TO GIVE A PRESENTATION, UM, UH, OF THAT AWARD ITSELF.
THEN ALSO, UM, EVERYBODY, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S THAT TIME FOR VOTING DAYTON.COM IS HAVING THEIR ANNUAL AWARDS FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF VENUES FROM RESTAURANTS TO MUSIC VENUES.
UH, SO PLEASE GO ONLINE TO DATE AND.COM.
THERE'S A LOT OF LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT ARE, UH, INVOLVED, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, MARION LANE'S AL MADEC VICKERS TACOS.
THERE'S A LOT OF THOSE THAT ARE UP FOR, UH, THE BEST OF IN THE AREA.
THE ROSE MUSIC CENTER IS ONE OF THOSE AS WELL FOR BEST MUSIC VENUE AND BEST LIVE MUSIC.
SO PLEASE GO ON AND VOTE FOR YOUR LOCAL FAVORITES.
UM, SO NOW I, UH, I, I WAS GOING TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON MAIN BREAKS, UH, BUT, UM, THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT I'LL TRY TO ADD IN HERE JUST BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE COMMENTS.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, REGARDING THE COMMENTS, UH, FROM MS. SPOCK EMMA, UM, I'LL CHECK WITH, UH, SUEZ TO GET THE REPORTS FROM WHEN, UH, THAT WAS, UH, BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND ALSO GET THAT OUT TO CITY COUNCIL AS WELL, UM, ABOUT, UH, THAT AREA AND WHAT THEY FOUND.
UM, SO, UM, W ONE, WE'VE BEEN HEARING QUESTIONS REGARDING THE WATER MAIN BREAKS IN THE CITY.
FIRST OF ALL, IF YOU NOTICE WATER COMING UP OUT OF THE GROUND, WHETHER IT'S IN THE STREET IN THE GRASS AREA, UH, PLEASE CALL SUEZ.
AS SOON AS YOU NOTICE THIS 9 3 7 2 3 3 3 2 9 2.
THAT NUMBER WORKS 24 HOURS A DAY.
THERE IS A, IF IT'S AFTER HOURS, THERE'S A CALL CENTER, AND THEN THEY WILL REACH OUT TO, UH, ONE OF OUR PERSONNEL TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND CHECK AND START THE PROCESS OF REPAIR.
UH, THE WATER AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN TRACKING AND MAPPING THE BRAKES AND ADDRESSING AREAS THAT NEED THE MOST ATTENTION FIRST.
SO WITH THIS MAPPING, THEY HAVE LOOKED AT, UH, WHERE THE MOST BREAKS ARE, AND THAT'S WHERE THE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION IS FOR THINGS LIKE THE WATER LINING PROJECT AND WATER MAIN
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REPLACEMENT PROJECTS.AND THIS IS COMMON THING THROUGH THE YEARS OF WHAT HAS BEEN DONE, UH, WHERE WE ARE SEEING THE MOST BREAKS ARE AN OLDER AREAS WHERE CAST IRON WITH USED AN AREA OF MORE CORROSIVE SOILS.
UH, WE CURRENTLY SPECIFY DUCTILE IRON PIPING, WHICH IS LESS CORROSIVE AND MORE FLEXIBLE.
SO THERE'S LESS OF A CHANCE OF DETERIORATION AND BREAKS IN THE NEWER TECHNOLOGY.
UH, SO, UH, THIS YEAR, UM, UNDER THE SUPPORT AND DIRECTION OF COUNCIL, UH, A PILOT PROGRAM WAS LAUNCHED, UH, FOR THE LINING OF WATER MAINS.
AND A PART OF THIS WAS DISCUSSION SOME INFORMATION THAT WAS PASSED ON BY MS. BAKER ABOUT SOME OF THE, THAT IS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT HAD THE, UH, MORE BREAKS THAN OTHERS WAS IN HER WARD.
AND THAT JUST HAPPENS TO BE WHERE WE STARTED THIS PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE WATER LINING.
SO WE PUT, UH, OUR, UH, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY INTO THE LINING, WHICH WITH THAT PRODUCE THE SAVINGS OF APPROX APPROXIMATELY 25% OVER WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT.
SO THAT WAY WE CAN GET MORE FOR OUR DOLLAR THEN ALSO, UM, BECAUSE OF THE SUCCESS WE ARE SEEING NOW THAT THE FIRST PART OF THAT HAS BEEN DONE CITY ENGINEER'S BUDGETING FOR MORE LINING NEXT YEAR AND BEYOND, UM, AT A PREVIOUS MEETING, COUNCILMAN CAMPBELL AND COUNCILMAN SHAWL ASKED FOR FASTER SOLUTION.
AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR THOSE EXPEDITED WAYS TO FUND EXPANDED PROJECTS.
ONE OF THOSE WAYS COMES FROM EARLIER IN THE YEAR, SINCE THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO EXTEND THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY TIFF, UH, WHICH ALLOWS FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING.
SO THAT IS ONE POSITIVE THING.
THAT'S, UH, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO, UH, PLAN OUT OUR CIP PROGRAM AND DO MORE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
ALSO STAFF ANTICIPATES IN THE NEW YEAR TO TRY TO BRING IN STATE REPRESENTATIVE PHIL PLUMBER IN TO, UH, HELP WITH ASSISTANCE WITH STATE FUNDING IS THAT WHAT'S BROUGHT UP IS ABOUT TRYING TO GET MORE STATE FUNDING.
UM, AS I MENTIONED ON FROM THE TRI-CITIES END, THAT IS SOME STATES INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING THAT WE GET FOR THE SANITARY END OF THINGS, WE DID APPLY AS JUST THE CITY FOR SOME OTHER WATER MAIN.
UM, BUT IT DIDN'T SCORE AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHERS.
SO, UM, FOR THAT LINE, AND WE'LL KEEP, UH, GOING FORWARD WITH APPLYING FOR THOSE GRANTS AS WELL.
NOW, THE, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP, UM, THAT DIDN'T HAVE READY FOR TONIGHT, UM, UH, I'LL EXPLAIN ABOUT HOW, WHAT HAPPENS WITH A WATER MAIN BREAK.
UM, SO SOMEBODY WILL CALL IN THAT THERE'S A WATER MAIN BREAK, AND IT'LL GO TO SUEZ SUEZ.
SOME SENDS SOMEBODY OUT TO LOOK AT IT.
UH, THEY WILL START REPAIR OR DIGGING UP THAT AREA REPAIR OF THAT WHEN THEY, THEY WILL SHUT DOWN THE, UH, VALVES ON BOTH SIDES.
SO THAT WATER IS NOT FLOWING THROUGH THAT AREA ANYMORE.
AND THEN REPAIR THAT PORTION WHEN THEY TURN THINGS BACK ON, THEY FLUSH THAT AREA.
SO YOU HAVE FIRE HYDRANTS IN THE AREA.
SO THE WATER GETS FLUSHED FROM THAT A PORTION THAT WAS REPAIRED, THEY DO SEND OUT FOR TESTING FOR EVERY WATER MAIN BREAK.
SO, AND THAT GOES OUT, THE EPA GETS COPIES OF THOSE.
AND WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE FROM, UH, THOSE SYSTEMS. THE QUESTION ABOUT THE WATER MAINS POTENTIALLY REPLACED WITH A STRAIGHT PROJECT.
WE HAVE DONE THAT, BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT ON EVERY SINGLE STREET THAT WE REPLACE.
UM, IT'S FOR EXAMPLE, HUBBARD, UM, THERE WEREN'T AS MANY OF THE MAIN BREAKS PRIOR TO DOING THE STREET PROGRAM, SOMETIMES THAT HAPPENS THAT IT COMES AFTER THAT YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY ANTICIPATE THE, YEAH, WE DO HAVE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE.
THAT IS A, THE POINT OF TRYING TO DO MORE WITH LIKE THE LIGHTING PROJECTS.
UM, I'M THE CHEMICALS THAT ARE FOUND IN THE WATER, THE FOREVER CHEMICALS.
YOU'VE HEARD THAT IN THE NEWS, WE HAVE TESTED OUR AREA.
THEY ARE NOT IN THE HUBER HEIGHTS BROWNWATER AREA, THAT'S IN SOME OTHER AREAS AROUND HERE, DOWN AT THE TREATMENT PLANT.
ONE OF THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE, THAT THERE'S THE POTENTIAL FOR, UH, CHEMICALS GETTING INTO THE RAW WATER.
THE RAW WATER IS WHAT COMES DIRECTLY OUT OF THE AQUIFER THAT GOES UP.
WE TAKE IT UP THROUGH, UH, OUR WELLS.
THEN IT GOES OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
SO THE CONTAMINATION THAT IF THERE WAS ANY CONTAMINATION THAT'S TAKEN OUT IN THAT PROCESS OF, UH, IN OUR PLANT, ALSO, WE ADD THE SOFTENING, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
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THAT ALL IS TESTED, THAT ALL IS SET TO THE EPA.AND THAT'S PART OF THAT REPORT SO THAT THE EPA GETS ALL THE NUMBERS TO SHOW THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE AND WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN IN COMPLIANCE YEAR AFTER YEAR.
SO, UM, THE, LET'S SEE IF I'VE GOT EVERYTHING HERE.
UM, I WILL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO MORE ABOUT AN INDIVIDUAL HOUSE WITH SOME OILY TYPE WATER.
THAT'S THE FIRST I'M HEARING OF THAT.
SO I DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THAT INDIVIDUAL HOUSE.
UM, WHAT WE HAVE, I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS THE CASE ON THIS ONE, BUT IT'S WHAT WE HAVE HEARD WHEN SOMEBODY HAS CALLED ABOUT SOME KIND OF ISSUE.
SOMEBODY FROM SUEZ WILL GO OUT TO THE HOUSE, CHECK OUT AT THE SPIGOT OR OUTSIDE THE HOUSE COMPARED TO INSIDE THE HOUSE.
THERE MAY BE SOMETHING IF SOMEBODY HAS A SOFTENER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT THERE MAY BE SOMETHING ON THE INSIDE COMPARED TO THE OUTSIDE.
AND IF IT'S ON THE OUTSIDE, IT'S SOMETHING WE'LL ADDRESS.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TONIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR MR. RAQUEL'S WORK? SCOTT, THE LAST REPORT REFERENCED WAS IN 2020.
I, HOW OFTEN DO WE DO A WATER QUALITY? THERE IS YEARLY REPORTS.
SO I'LL CHECK AND SEND OUT THE 20, 21, IF YEP.
GLENN SCOTT, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS YOU MENTIONED, UM, LIKE IN COORDINATING STREET PROGRAM WITH INFRASTRUCTURE OR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, YOU MADE MENTION THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE REPLACING SOME OF THE ROADS, MAYBE THERE WASN'T A HISTORY OF BREAKING BREAKAGE PRIOR TO THE ROAD REPLACEMENT, BUT THEN MAYBE IT COMES AFTERWARDS.
UM, AND I WOULD ASSUME THAT WITH THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT THAT'S OUT THERE TO DIG UP THE ROAD, TAKE IT AWAY, YOU KNOW, LEVEL IT, REPAVE IT AND ALL THAT STUFF THAT COULD CAUSE SOME ISSUES.
IS THERE ANY WAY PRIOR TO THAT, DO WE HAVE ANY WAY TO INSPECT THOSE PIPES FOR THAT SECTION THAT WE'RE REPAVING TO SEE IF IT'S THERE, BUT WE'RE JUST NOT SEEING IT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT COULD BE DISTURBED WITH THAT HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
I WOULD THINK TOO WATERLINES ARE DIFFERENT THAN SAN ANTERIOR SEWER LINES SAY ANTERIOR SEWER LINES.
WE CAN PUT CAMERAS DOWN AND INSPECT, AND THAT'S HOW WE DO INSPECT THOSE, UM, WATER LINES THAT ARE UNDER PRESSURE.
UM, WE CAN'T PUT CAMERAS DOWN THROUGH THERE AS THEY'RE ACTIVE.
UM, SO CURRENTLY DIVERTED LIKE WE DO WHEN WE'RE DOING THE LINING AND RUNNING INSPECTION THROUGH THEM WHILE THEY'RE DIVERTED, AS WE'RE DOING THAT, I'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT.
UM, I HAVEN'T HEARD OF THAT BEING DONE BEFORE AS INSPECTION, BUT OKAY.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE ON WATER, UM, I KNOW IN THE PAST, I, I, I COULDN'T GIVE YOU A DATE.
I COULD DIG IT UP IF YOU NEED IT, BUT I KNOW THAT RICHARD AND I HAD BROUGHT UP, UM, SOME, UH, CONVERSATION ABOUT THE TAYLORSVILLE ROAD HEARTFELT, UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I LIVE IN THAT AREA AND QUITE OFTEN SMELLS COME FROM THE HARD FILL THAT SEEMED LIKE IT'D BE DIFFICULT TO COME PURELY FROM HEARTFELT.
UM, WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THE HEARTFELT, BECAUSE I WANT TO SAY WHEN WE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS BEFORE SOMETHING WAS MENTIONED ABOUT THAT HEARTFELT BEING CLOSED OR CLOSED COMING UP ON A CLOSURE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHERE WE ADD ON THAT, BECAUSE THAT IS RIGHT NEXT TO OUR WATER SUPPLY.
AND, UM, SO I'LL, I'LL ANSWER THAT A LITTLE BROADER THAN JUST THE DIRECT QUESTION.
UM, SO ONE THAT WHOLE AREA DOWN WHERE A WELL FIELD IS WE DO HAVE A ZONING OVERLAY THAT IS THE WELL FIELD PROTECTION AREA.
SO THERE ARE ONLY IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO COME AND BUILD SOMETHING WITHIN THAT AREA.
THERE'S SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS AND CERTAIN THINGS THAT CANNOT GO IN THAT AREA, THE EXISTING TAYLORSVILLE, UH, HEARTFELT SITES, THERE ARE MONITORING WELLS AROUND THAT AREA THAT ARE REGULARLY CHECKED IN THE EPA, GETS ALL THAT INFORMATION.
AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO VIOLATIONS TO MY KNOWLEDGE FROM THOSE CHECKS.
UM, SO, UH, BUT EXACTLY WHAT THEIR STATUS IS ABOUT, UM, WHEN LIKE A CLOSURE DATES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, I'LL HAVE TO, UH, ASK ABOUT THAT AGAIN.
THERE WAS A TIME WHERE IT APPEARED THAT THEY WERE CLOSING, RIGHT, BUT THEY HAVEN'T.
SO, BUT THERE ARE SPECIFIC REGULATIONS ON HOW IT GETS KEPT AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS AT THE, UH, THE END.
SO WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT AS WELL.
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SO SCOTT, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE, UM, THE DOLLARS FROM THE EXTENSION OF THE TIFF, ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY IS THAT AND CAN THAT ALL BE USED INFRASTRUCTURE? UM, UM, DON'T HAVE THE DOLLARS.
UH, FINALLY WE WILLS OVER 40 MILLION, UM, AND INFRASTRUCTURE IS ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT'S $10 ARE SPENT ON.
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COULD BE ALL OF IT.IS THERE A SPECIFIC AREA AND THAT'S THE GUMTREE COUNTY TIP? SO IT'S MONTGOMERY COUNTY TIPS.
SO IS THAT ABLE TO BE USED ALL OVER THE CITY OR ARE THERE SPECIFIC AREAS THAT HAS TO BE USED OR WHAT'S THE, ARE THERE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON WHERE THAT MONEY CAN BE SPENT? SO IT HAS TO BENEFIT THE TIF AREA AND STREETS, SEWERS, UH, WATER LINES BENEFIT THE WHOLE CITY.
SO IN GENERAL, IT CAN BE USED FOR, LET'S SAY REPAVING, A VOLT TROY PIKE, OR A BRAND PIKE, OR A REPLACING A WATER LINE THAT CONNECTS BETWEEN THE TWO, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, BECAUSE THAT BENEFITS THE WHOLE CITY.
SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR WATER, I MEAN, TO ME, THAT'S THE SOLUTION.
SO WHEN, WHEN MR. SHAW AND MR. CAMPBELL CHALLENGED STAFF, TO BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH AN EXPEDITED WAY TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE SOME OF OUR WATER ISSUES AND THE MAIN BREAKS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, IF THAT MONEY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 45, MY RECOLLECTION IS 45 TO $60 MILLION.
AND THE EXTENSION OF THAT CIF OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS, ALL BUT ONE PERSON ON THIS COUNCIL VOTED YES TO EXTEND THAT TIF FOR 45 TO $60 MILLION THAT I THINK WE CAN USE DIRECTLY TO IMPROVE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE ON WATER, SEWER ROADS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO WHERE WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF THAT, WE PASS LEGISLATION FOR AN ADDITIONAL 45 TO $60 MILLION OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 30 YEARS TO HANDLE INFRASTRUCTURE THE PAST 71.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE 71 EXCEPT
[11. Pending Business]
AS I HAVE NUMBER 11 PENDING BUSINESS THURSDAY EVENING, AMERICA X UP IS THAT NUMBER 12 NEW[ A Motion To Appoint Seth Brewer To The Citizens Water And Sewer Advisory Board For A Term Ending January 1, 2023.]
BUSINESS.I HAVE A MOTION TO APPOINT SETH BREWER TO THE CITIZENS, WATER AND SEWER ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TERM ANY JANUARY 1ST, 2023.
AND MR. ROGERS, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? UH, THIS WAS A RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY'S INTERVIEW PANEL TO MAKE THIS APPOINTMENT THIS EVENING.
UH, THE BACKGROUND CHECK HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND WE WOULD RECOMMEND COUNCIL TAKING ACTION ON THIS.
RECOMMENDATION WAS NOT THE SIGN THIS EVENING.
IS THERE A MOTION, MOTION TO APPOINT A SECOND, MR. CAMPBELL, SECOND, BUT MOTION.
ANY DISCUSSION MR. ROGERS, MS. BAKER? YES.
[ A Motion To Appoint Laura Shelton To The Arts And Beautification Commission For A Term Ending June 30, 2022.]
NEXT UP IS I HAVEN'T TOLD BEAT ITEM 12 B A MOTION TO APPOINT OR A SHELDON TO THE ARTS OF BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION FOR A TERMINATING JUNE 30TH, 2022.MR. ROGERS, ADDITIONAL, UH, AGAIN, UH, THE BACKGROUND CHECK HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY'S INTERVIEW PANEL TO MAKE THIS APPOINTMENT THIS EVENING.
AND THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION.
IS THERE A MOTION MR. HILL MOTION TO ADOPT MR. OTTO? SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION MR. ROGERS, MR. CAMPBELL? YES.
[ A Resolution Authorizing The Interim City Manager To Enter Into An Agreement With Baker Tilly US, LLP To Conduct A Search Process For The City Manager Position. (first reading)]
SEAT ITEM 12, SEE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH BAKER, TILLY, U S LLP TO CONDUCT A SEARCH PROCESS FOR THE CITY MANAGER POSITION AT THE FIRST STREET AND MR. ROGERS, ADDITIONAL CONDUCT.UH, THIS WAS DISCUSSED IN THE COUNCIL WORK SESSION.
UH, WE STARTED, UH, THIS PROCESS BY HAVING A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, FOR, UH, FIRMS TO HELP, UH, WITH THE SEARCH PROCESS, UH, FOR THE CITY MANAGER POSITION.
WE HAD FIVE RESPONSES TO THAT, UH, COUNCIL AFTER DISCUSSION AND EVALUATION NARROW THAT DOWN TO TWO FIRMS, WHICH WE INVITED IN HERE TO CONDUCT AN INTERVIEW WITH, UH, BOTH OF THOSE FIRMS, UM, AFTER THAT PROCESS.
AND THEN AT THE LAST COUNCIL WORK SESSION, UH, COUNCIL RECOMMENDED, UH, PURSUING AN AGREEMENT WITH BAKER, TILLY, U S LLP, UH, FOR THIS PROCESS.
SO WE WOULD ASK FOR COUNCIL'S ACTION ON THIS RESOLUTION TO SUIT.
THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE WORK SESSION MS. BIRCH IS THERE A SECOND WAS BAKER.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION REGARDING, UH, BAKER TILLY IS DIFFERENT.
[ An Ordinance Amending Certain Sections Of Part Five, General Offenses Code, Of The City Code Of Huber Heights. (first reading)]
12, D ITEM 12 D AND ORDINANCE AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS APART, FIVE GENERAL OFFENSES CODE OR THE CITY CODE OF HUBER HEIGHTS AT THE FIRST READING MR. ROGERS.UH, THIS IS, UH, A SECTION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PART FIVE GENERAL OFFENSES CODE THAT WERE PRESENTED BY THE CITY'S ORDINANCE REVIEW COMMISSION.
UM, THESE WERE DISCUSSED IN DETAIL AT THE LAST COUNCIL WORK
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SESSION.UH, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO, UH, PASS THIS ITEM TO A SECOND READING TO ALLOW FOR ANY ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE ADOPTION, UH, BY COUNCIL AT THE NEXT MEETING, IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OR ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THIS ONTO A SECOND READING AND NO OBJECTIONS.
WE'LL MOVE IT ON TO THE NEXT MEETING.
AND NEXT UP AS I'M 12 WEEKS ITEM
[ An Ordinance Amending Certain Sections Of Part Fifteen, Fire Prevention Code, Of The City Code Of Huber Heights. (first reading)]
12 E AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS APART, 15 FIRE PREVENTION CODE OF THE CITY CODE OF HUBER HEIGHTS AT THE FIRST READING, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, JUST LIKE THE ITEM BEFORE IT.THESE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS AND PART 15 FIRE PREVENTION CODE, UH, MADE BY THE CITIES, UH, ORDINANCE REVIEW COMMISSION.
AND WE'D ASKED THAT THIS ITEM BE PASSED TO A SECOND READING FOR, TO ALLOW FOR FURTHER COMMENT, IF NECESSARY BEFORE ADOPTION.
THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION TO ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THIS ONTO THE SECOND READING AS WELL.
WE'LL MOVE THIS ON TO THE NEXT MEETING.
[ A Public Hearing Scheduled For October 25, 2021 By The Huber Heights City Council As Required By Section 147(f) Of The Internal Revenue Code Of 1986 As Amended With Respect To The Proposed Issuance By The Public Finance Authority Of Tax-Exempt Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds, Series 2021 (SLF Huber Heights LLC Obligated Group Project) In One Or More Series In An Amount Not To Exceed $30,000,000.]
AND NEXT UP AS I'M IN 12 F ITEM 12 F A PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 25TH, 2021 BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS CITY COUNCIL AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 1 47 F OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPOSED ISSUANCE BY THE PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY OF TAX EXEMPT, HEALTHCARE FACILITIES, REVENUE BONDS SERIES 2021 S L F HUBER HEIGHTS, LLC, OBLIGATED GROUP PROJECT, AND ONE OR MORE SERIES AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $30 MILLION.SO EVERYONE, THIS HAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT, THIS TOUGHER PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 25TH, 2021, BUT HE WRITES TO THE COUNCIL, UH, IS NOW OPEN.
MR.
MS. JULIA GROTESQUELY ASKED ME, UH, WITH DENSMORE SHEL IS HERE TONIGHT TO DISCUSS THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.
UM, JULIA CAN HAS ANYONE SINCE MARTIN SHOAL, UH, WE WOULD BE BOND COUNSEL ON THIS TRANSACTION.
I WAS HERE IN JULY FOR THIS EXACT SAME MATTER.
UM, WE HAD MUCH BETTER WEATHER THAN, UM, THE ONLY REASON I'M BACK IS AT THE TIME YOU APPROVED, UH, PRINCIPAL AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $26 MILLION.
UM, AFTER SOME RECONSIDERATION, THAT AMOUNT MIGHT GO UP TO $30 MILLION.
SO WE JUST NEEDED THIS ADDITIONAL APPROVAL.
UM, BUT TO REITERATE THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT I SAID BACK IN JULY, SAME CASE HERE, UM, WE JUST NEED THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY BECAUSE OF A PROVISION OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE THAT REQUIRES AN AUTHORIZED ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE IT WILL BE TAKING PLACE AND HUBER HEIGHTS.
UM, AS WAS THE CASE IN JULY, IN NO EVENT, WILL THE CITY BE LIABLE FOR THESE BONDS? THE BONDS ARE NOT GENERAL OBLIGATIONS, DEBT, OR BONDED INDEBTEDNESS OF THE CITY.
THE HOLDERS OF THE BONDS WILL NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE TAXES LEVIED BY THE CITY FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE BONDS.
ALL PAYMENT WILL BE MADE ONLY FROM FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE BORROWER OR ITS AFFILIATES.
NO TAXPAYER DOLLARS WILL BE PLEDGED OR USED TO PAY BACK THE BONDS.
THESE BONDS DO NOT IN ANY WAY AFFECT THE ABILITY OF THE CITY TO ISSUE BONDS FOR ITS OWN PURPOSES.
SO I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS, BUT IF NOT.
OKAY, SO HOLD TIGHT AND WE'LL GET, WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS.
UH, MR. MCDONALD'S, ANY COMMENTS OR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE THIS EVENING? OKAY.
SO I CALL THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE SLP RIGHTS LLC, TO MAKE COMMENTS OR PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
SO THAT IS ALREADY DONE, CORRECT.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE APPROVAL OF THIS PARTICULAR BOND ISSUE THIS EVENING? OKAY.
IS THERE ANY ONE PRESIDENT WISHES TO SPEAK AGAINST THE APPROVAL OF THIS ISSUE THIS EVENING? OKAY.
I'LL CALL THEM MEMBERS THAT HE WRITES TO THE COUNCIL TO MAKE OR PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THIS EVENING ANYWAY.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THESE PARTICULAR BOND ISSUE? OKAY.
BRINGING IT FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE TEMPER PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED BY SECTION 1 47 F THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPOSED ISSUANCE OF THE PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY OF TAX EXEMPT, HEALTHCARE FACILITIES, REVENUE BONDS SERIES TWO SERIES 2021 S L F E RIGHTS, LLC, OBLIGATED GROUP PROJECT, AND ONE OR MORE SERIES AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $30 MILLION BY THE HEBREW HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL IS HEREBY CLOSED.
[ An Ordinance Giving Applicable Elected Representative Approval In Connection With The Issuance Of Tax Exempt Bonds By The Public Finance Authority, And Declaring An Emergency. (first reading)]
UP IS ITEM 12, G ITEM 12 G AN ORDINANCE GIVING APPLICABLE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE APPROVAL IN CONNECTION WITH THE ISSUANCE TAX EXEMPT BONDS BY THE PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AT THE FIRST READING SCOTT, THIS IS THE ORDINANCE THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT PUBLIC HEARING AND REQUEST IS TO APPROVE TONIGHT.I CAN MAKE SURE AS TO WAVE THE SECOND READING AND ADOPT THE SIGN THIS EVENING.
IS THERE A MOTION TO WAIVE MR. HILL MOTION TO WAVE SIR? A SECOND? MS. BIRCH EMOTIONAL.
THE SECOND TOY OF, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MR. ROGERS, MR. OTTO? YES.
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YEAH.MOST OF THE WAVE CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO NEXT WEEK IN A MOTION TO ADOPT MR. SHAWL.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE ADOPTION.
MOTION TO ADOPT ALSO CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO IN NEXUS ITEM
[ An Ordinance Authorizing Transfers Between Various Funds Of The City Of Huber Heights, Ohio And Amending Ordinance No. 2020-O-2453 By Making Supplemental Appropriations For Expenses Of The City Of Huber Heights, Ohio For The Period Beginning January 1, 2021 And Ending December 31, 2021. (first reading)]
12 H ITEM 12 H AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS BETWEEN VARIOUS FUNDS OF THE CITY OF HEBREW HEIGHTS, OHIO AND AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 0 DASH OH DASH 2 4 5 3, BY MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR EXPENSES OF THE CITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS, OHIO FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2021.AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2021 AT THE FIRST READING SCOTT.
THIS IS THE, UH, THE ORDINANCE FOR SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS.
SOME OF THE ITEMS ON HERE, THERE'S A COUPLE OF RETIREMENTS THAT WERE NOT KNOWN ABOUT PRIOR TO LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
UM, THERE ARE, UH, THE POTENTIAL OF THE AQUATIC CENTER APPROVED PAYMENTS, UH, THE REFINANCING OF THE WATER BONDS.
UM, JUST PUTTING THAT IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
UM, THE, FROM WHEN WE SENT OUR, UH, SOME FIRE PERSONNEL DOWN TO FLORIDA FOR HURRICANE LAURA, UH, WE RECEIVED SOME OF THAT MONEY BACK FROM FEMA.
SO THIS IS TO BE ABLE TO TRANSFER THAT, PUT THAT IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
UM, AND THEN THE THERE'S THE EXPENSES, THE ADDITIONAL LEGAL EXPENSES, AND THEN THE CITY MANAGER SEARCH FIRM FEES THERE AS WELL.
SO THE REQUEST IS TO WAIVE THE SECOND READING TONIGHT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO WAVE AS BAKER MOTION TO WAIT? YOU HAVE A SECOND, MS. BURCH, SECOND EMOTION.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MR. ROGERS, MR. HILL? YES.
YES, WE HAVE CARRIES SEVEN TO ONE.
THE NEXT, WE NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT MR. CAMPBELL MOTION TO ADOPT THEIR SECOND.
MS. BIRCH SECOND MOTION A SECOND FOR ADOPTION.
ANY DISCUSSION MR. ROGERS, MR. WEBB? YES.
MR. CAMPBELL, MRS. BERG, MR. OTTO.
MOTION TO ADOPT CARRIES EIGHT ZERO.
[ An Ordinance Providing For The Refinancing, Defeasance And Redemption Of The City’s Outstanding Water System Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2013A (Tax-Exempt) By Authorizing The Application For And Acceptance Of A Loan From The Ohio Water Development Authority In The Maximum Amount Of $4,470,000 For The Purpose Of Refinancing Those Bonds, The Execution Of A Related Cooperative Agreement And Escrow Agreement And The Use Of Such Other Monies Of The City’s Water Utility For That Purpose, And Declaring An Emergency. (first reading)]
IS ITEM 12, ITEM 12.I IN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REFINANCING DEFEASANCE AND REDEMPTION OF THE CITY'S OUTSTANDING WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT REVENUE BONDS SERIES 2013, A TAX EXEMPT BY AUTHORIZING THE APPLICATION FOR AN ACCEPTANCE OF A LOAN FROM THE HIGHER WATER DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT, 4 MILLION, $470,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF REFINANCING THOSE BONDS, THE EXECUTION OF A RELATED COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT AND ESCROW AGREEMENT, AND THE USE OF SUCH OTHER MONIES OF THE CITY'S WATER UTILITY FOR THAT PURPOSE AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AT THE FIRST READING SCOTT, UH, YES, THIS, UH, ORDINANCES FOR THE, UH, REFINANCING FROM A CURRENT RATE OF 4.7% DOWN TO ESTIMATED 1.7%, WHICH THE CITY WOULD REALIZE A TOTAL SAVINGS OF ABOUT ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE LIFE OF THE LOAN.
AND THE REQUEST ON THIS I BELIEVE WAS TO WAVE AT US.
THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION SKY.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S OKAY.
THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION TO WEIGH THE SECOND READING AND ADOPT THIS EVENING.
IS THERE A MOTION TO WAIVE MR. WEBB? SO MOVED, SORRY, A SECOND.
SECOND, THE MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION ON WAVING IN THE SECOND READING MR. ROGERS, MR. SHAW? YES.
PUSH INTO WAVE CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT AS LEFT TO ADOPT MR. CAMPBELL? SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MR. WEB? YES, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, UM, UH, COMPLIMENT OUR STAFF AND OUR, UM, UH, FINANCIAL GURU, MR. BELL, UM, WHAT A GREAT AMOUNT OF SAVINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
EXCELLENT WORK, SCOTT, MAKE SURE, UH, JIM KNOWS MUCH MORE.
FIRSTDATA WE'LL DEFINITELY PASS THAT ON.
THANK YOU, MR. WEBB AND OTHER DISCUSSION MS. ROGERS, MS. BAKER.
AND MOTION TO ADOPT ALSO CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO.
[ An Ordinance Providing For The Refinancing, Defeasance And Redemption Of The City’s Outstanding Water System Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2013B (Federally Taxable) By Authorizing The Application For And Acceptance Of A Loan From The Ohio Water Development Authority In The Maximum Amount Of $775,000 For The Purpose Of Refinancing Those Bonds, The Execution Of A Related Cooperative Agreement And Escrow Agreement And The Use Of Such Other Monies Of The City’s Water Utility For That Purpose, And Declaring An Emergency. (first reading)]
NEXT UP AS I HAVE A 12 J ITEM 12, J AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REFINANCING DEFEASANCE AND REDEMPTION OF THE CITY'S OUTSTANDING WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT REVENUE BONDS SERIES 2013, BE FEDERALLY TAXABLE BY AUTHORIZING THE APPLICATION FOR AN ACCEPTANCE[01:00:01]
OF A LOAN FROM THE IOWA WATER DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF $775,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF REFINANCING THOSE BONDS, THE EXECUTION OF A RELATED COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT AND ESCROW AGREEMENT, AND THE USE OF SUCH OTHER MONIES OF THE CITY'S WATER UTILITY FOR THAT PURPOSE AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AT THE FIRST READING SCOTT, I WOULD ASSUME THESE ARE MUCH LIKE THE ONES BEFORE.UH, YES, THESE ARE, UH, SIMILAR.
THIS IS REDUCING FROM 4.3% DOWN TO ABOUT 1.5% FOR A TOTAL SAVINGS OF A LITTLE OVER $44,000.
WROTE A RECOMMENDATION WAS TO WEIGH THE SECOND READING AGAIN AND DID NOT THE SENTENCE EVEN HAS HER EMOTION THE WAY MS. BAKER MAKE A MOTION TO WAIVE PLEASE.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO TO WAVE.
AND NEXT TO NEED A MOTION FOR ADOPTION.
IS THERE A SECOND, MR. HILL? I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ADOPTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION MR. ROGERS? MRS. BURJ? YES.
MOTION TO ADOPT THIS ALSO CARRIED EIGHT TO ZERO.
[ An Ordinance Providing For The Refinancing, Defeasance And Redemption Of The City’s Outstanding Water System Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2014 By Authorizing The Application For And Acceptance Of A Loan From The Ohio Water Development Authority In The Maximum Amount Of $8,155,000 For The Purpose Of Refinancing Those Bonds, The Execution Of A Related Cooperative Agreement And Escrow Agreement And The Use Of Such Other Monies Of The City’s Water Utility For That Purpose, And Declaring An Emergency. (first reading)]
AND NEXT UP IS ITEM 12, K ITEM 12, K AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REFINANCING DEFEASANCE AND REDEMPTION OF THE CITY'S OUTSTANDING WATER SYSTEM, REFUNDING REVENUE BOND SERIES 2014, BY AUTHORIZING THE APPLICATION FOR AN ACCEPTANCE OF A LOAN FROM THE OHIO WATER DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF 8 MILLION, $155,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF REFINANCING THOSE BONDS, THE EXECUTION OF A RELATED COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT AND ESCROW AGREEMENT.AND THE USE OF SUCH OTHER MONIES OF THE CITY'S WATER UTILITY FOR THAT PURPOSE AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AT THE FIRST READING SCOTT, HERE WE GO.
SO THIS ONE IS A REFINANCING FROM ABOUT 3.2% DOWN TO 1.2%.
UH, THE OVERALL SAVINGS IS A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS ON THIS ONE, COMBINED BETWEEN ALL THESE THREE IS ABOUT $2.6 MILLION.
AND FROM THE EARLIER REFINANCINGS WE DID, UH, EARLY IN THIS YEAR FOR, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE AQUATIC CENTER.
UH, THE TOTAL IS A LITTLE OVER $4 MILLION SAVINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN REFINANCING THIS YEAR.
UH, THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE WORK SESSION TO WAIVE THIS READING AS WELL.
MS. BURCH SORT OF SECOND, MR. WEBB.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO WAIVE ANY DISCUSSION MR. ROGERS, MR. OTTO.
MRS. BERG AND A MOTION TO WAVE ALSO CARRIES EIGHT ZERO AND NEXT TO COMMOTION FOR ADOPTION RED.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON A SECOND FOR ADOPTION.
AND MOTION TO ADOPT CARRIES EIGHT ZERO.
[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into Contracts For Maintenance Items At The Kroger Aquatic Center And Waiving The Formal Bidding Requirements. (first reading)]
IS ITEM 12, ITEM 12 L A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS FOR MAINTENANCE ITEMS THAT THE KROGER AQUATIC CENTER AND WAVING THE FORMAL BIDDING REQUIREMENTS AT THE FIRST READING SCOTT.SO THIS ITEM IS FOR THREE ITEMS AT THE, UH, KROGER AQUATIC CENTER, PUMP MAINTENANCE, PAINTING OF ACTIVITY, POOL, AND ACTIVITY STRUCTURES FOR WATERSLIDE RESURFACING AND TOWER RESURFACING, A TOTAL OF JUST OVER $156,000.
SO THIS IS PART OF A MAINTENANCE THAT WILL EXTEND THAT PARK FOR MANY YEARS.
I THINK IT'S GOTTEN, THAT WAS THE WORK SESSION RECOMMENDATION.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT MS. BURCH TO ADAPT? IS THERE A SECOND, MR. HILL, SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND.
[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into A Lease Agreement With The Huber Heights Girls Softball Association For The Use Of Sports Fields At Thomas Cloud Park And Monita Field Park. (first reading)]
M AND I BELIEVE THAT WE HAD A CITIZEN COMPANY HERE CRABS, CORRECT.ITEM 12:00 AM A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE HUBER HEIGHTS GIRLS SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION FOR THE USE OF SPORTS FIELDS AT THOMAS CLOUD PARK AND MANITA FIELD PARK AT THE FIRST STREET, UH, CALLED MR. TYLER STAR LINE TO THE PHOTO.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
GOOD TO SEE MOST OF YOU AGAIN, MY
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NAME IS TYLER STARLINE.I HAVE AN ADDRESS HERE AND YOU WERE HIGH STYLE.
SO I HAVE AN ADDRESS IN DAYTON.
I AM HERE THOUGH, TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF A BOARD THAT I AM A MEMBER OF THE HUBER HEIGHTS, CITY SOCCER.
UH, IT'S THE REC SOCCER LEAGUE REASON I'M HERE AND ASKED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PARTICULAR IS BECAUSE, UH, WHEN THE ITEM WAS PUBLISHED, UH, FOR THE READ AHEAD, I TOOK A LOOK AT THE EXHIBIT A, UH, REGARDING THE FIELD LEASE AGREEMENT AND TALK TO FELLOWS OF MY, UH, BOARD.
OUR BOARD PRESIDENT IS BRIAN DADDY AND ANOTHER OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS, JEFF, YOURS HERE.
AND BASICALLY THE DISCUSSION WAS WHETHER WE HAD, UM, SEEN THIS AHEAD OF, UH, IT COMING PUBLISHED, AND WHETHER WE HAD ANY INPUT THAT WE WANTED TO PROVIDE, THE REASON WE WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE INPUT IS BECAUSE HUBER HEIGHTS SOCCER LEAGUE USES THE CLOUD PARK FIELDS ALONG WITH THE SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL AND ALL OF THAT.
AND I REMEMBER THIS ISSUE FROM THE LONG AGO WHEN I WAS UP ON THAT DYESS, AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT HOW TO ALLOW THE PARK TO BE CO USED.
AND ONE OF THE CONCERNS WHEN I WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER, I RECALL WAS ISSUES OF IF ONE OR MORE FIELD WOULD SUDDENLY BE EXCLUSIVELY TO ONE ORGANIZATION OVER THE OTHER, PARTICULARLY IF INFRASTRUCTURE, WHAT I REMEMBER FROM MY TIME WAS IF LIGHT POLES WOULD GO UP OR OUTFIELD FENCES WOULD GO UP THAT OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD CREATE, UM, UNIQUE OBSTACLES FOR A SOCCER FIELD.
SO YOU COULD STILL HAVE GOALS, BUT NOT REALLY PLAY THE GAME QUITE THE SAME WHEN I LOOKED AT THE AGREEMENT.
UM, AND YOU ALL KNOW MY BACKGROUND.
UM, I NOTICED THAT IT TALKED ABOUT ESSENTIALLY ALL OF THE FIELDS, WHICH OF COURSE WOULD INCLUDE THEIR OUTFIELDS.
AND WHAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION IN PARTICULAR WAS THAT IT WOULD BE FOR BOTH SPRING AND FALL SEASON.
AND THAT CREATED A CONCERN BECAUSE OUR SOCCER ORGANIZATION ONLY USES THE FALL SEASON AND THE FIELDS THERE.
AND WE ARE CONCERNED THAT IF THIS WAS PASSED, THAT IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR OUR ORGANIZATION TO LEASE THE FIELDS AND USE THE GRASS.
WE TRY NOT TO DO ANYTHING ON THE DIRT.
UH, RESPECTING THOSE FIELDS ARE NOT OURS, UH, TO PLAY ON, BUT THE SOCCER, SO ULTIMATELY LOOKING AT THIS, UM, AND HOW QUICKLY IT CAME.
AND I READILY ADMIT, I DON'T PAY AS MUCH ATTENTION AS I USED TO.
DON'T SIT UP THERE LIKE I USED TO.
SO IT WAS ONE OF THOSE WHERE ULTIMATELY I STARTED TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS.
I APPRECIATE IF I'M NOT TOO OLD HERE, I HAD ASKED SCOTT, IF I GET ASKED SOME QUESTIONS JUST TO GET THIS.
CAUSE AGAIN, I, WHEN I WAS A YOUNG, I PLAYED BASEBALL AND ON PIRATE BASEBALL AND, AND VANDALIA WHERE I GREW UP, THE SPORTS COMPLEX, HAD THE DIAMONDS ON ONE SIDE AND THE BIG GRASS ON THE OTHER SIDE TO ALLOW BOTH LOCATIONS.
AND THAT WAS FINE BECAUSE THEY HAD A ROAD THAT BASICALLY SAID WHICH SIDE WAS, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY FOR CLOUD PARK, IT'S ONE THAT APPEARS THAT IT NEEDS TO BE SHARED.
AND THE CONCERN WAS AFTER READING THIS AGREEMENT, UM, IF IT WOULD EXCLUSIVELY ALLOW THAT, THAT, LIKE I SAID, IN PARTICULAR OFFENSES OR LIGHT POLES OR ANYTHING TO WHERE THERE WOULD BE AN ARGUMENT THAT REC SOCCER WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO USE THE OUTFIELDS BECAUSE THE INFIELDS ARE BEING USED BY THE ORGANIZATION.
THERE HAS BEEN A COUPLE OF TIMES WHERE WE'VE ALL BEEN OUT THERE TRYING TO CO-EXIST AND TALK, AND WE RESPECT THAT.
BUT MY WORRY IS WITH A LEASE IN PLACE THAT'S UNLIKE WE COULD FACE BEING EVICTED.
SO I WOULD ASK THIS COUNCIL TO PERHAPS SET THIS OVER TO A SECOND READING, POSSIBLY ALLOW SOME TIME TO MEET WITH OUR ORGANIZATION AND THE SOFTWARE ORGANIZATION TOGETHER TO DISCUSS THIS.
THAT'S MR. UM, THE CITY MANAGER BEFORE TRIED TO DO THAT, BUT IT NEVER WORKED OUT AS THIS, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.
NOT THAT THIS BE DENIED, BUT IF THERE'S A CHANCE TO AMEND IT SO THAT WE CAN GET IT, I'VE TALKED TO MY BOARD,
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WE WOULD BE GLAD TO DISCUSS.AND I APPRECIATE, UM, THAT I'VE GONE OVER MY TIME.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE, MR. MAYOR.
SO THE, UH, YOU'VE ACTUALLY, YOU'VE ALREADY READ THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION ON THE CORRECT OR THE RESOLUTION AND HEARD THE COMMENT.
UM, THERE WAS A WORK SESSION RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT THE SIMON THIS EVENING.
IS THERE A MOTION W WE'LL GET THROUGH COMMENTS WHEN, UM, THE LAYBY EMOTION OR IT WON'T BE, AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO WHATEVER THE WEATHER AND THE COMMENTS WILL BE.
IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY, SO THERE'S NO MOTION SCOTT, BUT WHEN I WAS GOING TO SAY IS THAT THIS AGREEMENT DOES NOT CHANGE ANYTHING THAT IS GOING ON OUT AT THE PARK, JUST ADDS A FIVE-YEAR LEASE TO IT RATHER THAN A ONE-YEAR LEASE.
AND THE PARKS MANAGER WILL REACH OUT TO OTHER USER GROUPS, UM, ABOUT DOING LONG-TERM LEASES AS WELL.
UM, BUT, UH, THIS DOES NOT DISPLACE ANY OTHER USER GROUP, UH, FOR THOSE YOUTH.
AND IN THERE IT TALKS ABOUT THE SCHEDULING AS APPROVED BY THE PARKS MANAGER.
AND SO THAT SCHEDULE IS STILL THE SAME PROCESS AS CURRENT.
UM, IT'S JUST NOW THAT KNOWING THAT THOSE FIELDS THEMSELVES, UM, WON'T GO TO A DIFFERENT BASEBALL GROUP, UM, NEXT YEAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, THERE WAS NO INTENT TO DISPLACE ANYBODY AND THAT'S NOT WHAT'S, UH, IS PUT INTO THIS LEASE.
UM, AND, UH, THERE IS NO RIGHT OF USER GROUP TO PUT ANY PERMANENT STRUCTURES IN WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY.
SO WE'LL DO THE PROPER WAY DOWN TO EITHER RESTATE YOUR MOTION AGAIN IN ANOTHER COUNTS.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD, I WAS GOING TO MENTION WHAT YOU HAD SAID.
MY, MY MEMORY, UM, SAYS, THEY'D WAIT.
WE DID DISCUSS THE FACT THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY PERMANENT FENCING, LIGHT POSTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE AT THIS TIME.
UM, SO I JUST, I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT BECAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WE DID MENTION THAT.
UM, AND THEN BASICALLY THE, THE SITUATION WILL BE, AS THEY HAVE BEEN IN PAST YEARS, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS NOW WE'VE GOT NAMES ASSIGNED TO THE FIELD FOR LONGER PERIODS OF TIME THAN, THAN ONE YEAR.
AND I, AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, UH, TAKING THIS TO ANOTHER READING IF I'M ALWAYS DOWN FOR, YOU KNOW, CONVERSATIONS, IF, IF WE WANT TO BRING, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE GROUPS IN, THAT'S KIND OF UP TO THE GROUPS.
I THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY TIME CONCERN FROM EITHER GROUP.
UM, BUT I WOULD KIND OF PUT THAT TO THEM AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANTED TO, TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
I'M CERTAINLY NOT AGAINST THEM.
UM, THE ONE THING I DID WANT TO MENTION ABOUT THIS THOUGH, IS, IS WOULD THERE NEED TO BE A CHANGE OF THE NAME AND THE AGREEMENT, OR BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT STILL GOING BY GIRLS SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION, IT WOULD BE HUBER HEIGHTS, BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL, SOFTBALL, AND BASEBALL ASSOCIATION.
SO WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT IN THE LANGUAGE.
SO WE NEED TO AMEND THIS WOODEN WAY.
IF THAT'S, IF THE CHANGE HAS BEEN OFFICIAL THEN, RIGHT, RIGHT.
SO THOSE WERE THE ONLY THINGS I HAD.
THANK YOU, MAYOR SCOTT, IN OUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS OF THIS, WE, UH, YOU HAD SPOKE, UM, TO THE SEASONS THAT, UH, SPRING WAS THE SEASON FALL WAS THE SEASON.
I WAS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT THERE WOULD BE A, A DIFFERENT AGREEMENT FOR SPRING SEASON AND FALL SEASON IS THIS TO BE CONSTRUED AS A, A FIVE-YEAR LEASE OVER SPRING AND FALL FOR THE, THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SEASONS.
IT'S ABOUT HOW THE PAYMENTS WORK.
SO A CERTAIN FIELD THAT CURRENTLY HAS A SPRING SEASON, BUT CANNOT HAVE A FALL SEASON DUE TO WHAT'S LIKE SOCCER.
THEN THERE WOULDN'T BE A FALL SEASON ON THAT FIELD.
THERE ARE SOME FIELDS THAT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL OF HAVING A FALL SEASON, FOR EXAMPLE, OVER AT MANITA FIELD, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A CONFLICT WITH ANOTHER EXISTING USER GROUP.
SO, UH, THAT DISCUSSION THERE IS ABOUT HOW THE FEED STRUCTURE WORKED.
UM, I DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT DO WE NEED TO SPECIFICALLY STATE IN THERE THAT THERE WILL BE NO PERMANENT FIXTURES? I DON'T REMEMBER READING THAT.
I DON'T THINK IT SAID THOSE EXACT WORDS AND IT TALKS ABOUT MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING USES, BUT I THINK THEIR
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CONCERN IS IF WE PUT UP LIGHTS OR FENCES, THAT THAT WOULD STOP THEM FROM USING THE FIELDS WELL, UM, THEY CAN'T DO THAT TODAY.THAT'D BE A CITY INSTALLATION OF ANY PHYSICAL STRUCTURES.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CITY COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT THE USER GROUP CANNOT INSTALL THOSE PHYSICAL STRUCTURES WITHOUT THE CITY'S APPROVAL, UM, IN ANY PARK.
TYLER TO THAT, TO THAT LAST POINT, UH, RESPECTFULLY.
UM, AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW, BUT IN PARAGRAPH 11 OF THE PROPOSED LEASE, IT SAYS TEMPORARY PARENTHESES BANNERS, OUTFIELD.
AND SO WHEN I SAW THAT LANGUAGE AGAIN, I WAS WONDERING IF THERE'S BANNERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ON FENCES IN THE OUTFIELD.
IT WASN'T CLEAR BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DEFINITION TERMS IN HERE, WHICH I RESPECT IT'S THIS SHORT LACE, BUT IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THAT CREATED PART OF MY INQUIRY.
THAT'S IN THE AGREEMENT WHERE I DID SEE WHERE IT TALKED ABOUT OUTFIELD IN BANNER.
SO I WAS IMAGINING THINGS ON FENCES.
THE USER GROUP DOES PUT UP TEMPORARY FENCING.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THIS ONE, YOUR FACE HAS GOOD TAKEN DOWN AFTER YOUR SEASON IS OVER.
WHAT IF THEY OVERLAP TO MAKE SURE IT'S ON.
THEY STARTED SOMETIME IN AUGUST.
UM, IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECT, UH, THIS BOARD, UM, THE PARKS AND REC BOARD, UM, WAS TASKED BY THIS COUNCIL AND YOURSELF TO COME UP WITH A, UH, AN APPROPRIATE, UH, FEW DIAGRAM AND USAGE, UM, AGREEMENT IN CORRELATION WITH THIS MULTI-YEAR LEASE.
HAVE WE SEEN THE SECOND PART OF THAT? CAUSE I WANT TO SAY IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR SINCE WE'VE ASKED THAT BOARD TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THAT IN MY OPINION, MAYOR, I BELIEVE THAT'S ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT HEBREW HEIGHTS REC SOCCER IS HAVING IS BECAUSE THAT OVERLAY PLAN, THAT FIELD USAGE PLAN THAT WE TEST OUR PARKS AND REC BOARD TO COMPLETE HAS NOT BEEN DONE.
SO, UM, SO THEREFORE THERE'S A LOT OF UNKNOWNS AS TO WHAT FIELDS ARE NOT GOING TO BE COMPATIBLE IN A FALL SEASON FOR SOFTBALL OR BASEBALL.
UM, I THINK THOSE QUESTIONS NEED TO BE ENTERED AND IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE ENTERED, UM, ALONGSIDE THIS MULTI-YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THAT SAID, I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH QUESTIONS NOW THAT I'D RECOMMEND THIS GO TO ANOTHER READING.
AND SO WE CAN GET THE OVERLAY SO WE CAN GET A LOOK AT THE CONTRACT, GET IT UPDATED.
AND I, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE'S NO HARM IN WAITING TWO MORE WEEKS.
IS THERE FOR ANYBODY, ANY OF YOU GUYS? I KNOW I THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
UM, SO THEN THERE'S BEEN THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MOVE TO A SECOND READING.
ARE THERE ANY MAJORITY OBJECTIONS TO THAT? MR. MAYOR? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A, AN ADDITIONAL REQUEST IS TO JUST AS ONE COUNCIL MEMBER, I WOULD ASK THAT, UH, THE, UM, UH, PARKS, PARKS MANAGER, UM, HAVE COMMUNICATION WITH, UH, WITH OUR SOFTBALL BASEBALL ORGANIZATION AND OUR REC SOCCER PRIOR TO OUR NEXT WORK SESSION REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL, UH, THE CONVERSATIONS AND FINDINGS IN ADDITION TO, UM, GETTING WITH THE PARKS AND REC CHAIR TO FIND OUT WHERE THAT OVERLAY, UM, STATUSES.
AND, UH, I WAS JUST SCOTT, I'M SURE YOU'VE GOT GOOD NOTES, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AMENDMENT HAS CHANGED, UH, TO DENOTE THE PROPER NAME OF THE NEW OF THE NEW ORGANIZATION IN THE LEAST.
I REALLY, IN A LONG TIME, THIS FIVE-YEAR LEASE DEAL HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT AND TALKED ABOUT AND TALKED ABOUT.
SO, UM, W W W WE'LL GET IT WORKED OUT AND MOVE FORWARD.
[ A Resolution Amending Resolution No. 2019-R-6717 To Authorize An Increase To The Not To Exceed Amount For The Maintenance, Repair, And Minor Construction Of Traffic Signals And Decorative Lighting. (first reading)]
12 IN 12 AND A RESOLUTION AMENDING[01:20:01]
RESOLUTION NUMBER 2 0 1 9 DASH R DASH 6 7 1 7 TO AUTHORIZE AN INCREASE, THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT FOR THE MAINTENANCE REPAIR AND BINDER CONSTRUCTION OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND DECORATIVE LIGHTING AT THE FIRST STREET, SCOTT.UH, YES, THIS LEGISLATION IS FOR A ONE-TIME INCREASE, UH, TO THIS BUDGET ITEM, UH, DUE TO A, UH, TRAFFIC CONTROL BOX THAT WAS HIT THAT, UH, WE ARE STILL HOPING TO GET REIMBURSED FOR, UH, FROM INSURANCE.
AND YES, THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATIONS WORK SESSION WAS ADOPTION.
IS THERE A MOTION MS. VERGE LIFTED UP THERE A SECOND, A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION MR. ROGERS, MR. YES.
NEXT UP IS I REMEMBER 13, WHICH IS CITY OFFICIAL REPORTS AND COMMENTS.
I'M 14, NO REASON FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS EVENING AND 8 21.
THIS REGULAR SESSION IS ADJOURNED.