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[1. Call The Meeting To Order - Mayor Jeff Gore]
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.WELCOME TO THE CITY OF HEBREW HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MEETING, REGULAR SESSION.
TODAY'S DATE IS JULY THE EIGHTH.
WE'RE GETTING STARTED AT 6 0 3.
THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY CALLED TO ORDER.
[2. Invocation - Rabbi Leibel Agar Of The Beth Jacob Synagogue At 7020 North Main Street, Dayton, Ohio]
OUR INVITATION FROM RABBI LIBEL AGAR OF THE BETH JACOBS SYNAGOGUE AT 70 20 NORTH MAIN STREET IN DAYTON, OHIO.RABBI, THANK YOU, OUR GOD AND GOD OF OUR FOREFATHERS.
BLESS THIS HOLY CONVOCATION AMONG ALL OTHER HOLY CONVOCATIONS.
SHIELD THEM, SHELTER THEM, THEY AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND ALL THAT IS THEIRS.
THOSE WHO COME TOGETHER TO DO YOUR WILL, THOSE WHO COME TOGETHER IN GOOD HELP AND IN GOOD FAITH TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITY.
BLESS THEM, OH GOD, DELIVER THEM FROM ALL EVIL.
GRANT THEM WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING.
BLESS THE WORK OF THEIR HANDS AND ALL THAT THEY DO SHOULD BE FOR A POSITIVE.
ALL THAT THEY DO SHOULD BE FOR THE GREATER ADVANCEMENT OF THEIR COMMUNITY.
OH GOD, WE NEED YOU NOW MORE THAN EVER.
HELP US REACH THE SPECIAL AREA THAT WILL DIVINELY BRING FORTH YOUR LIGHT AND THAT WILL BLESS THE WORK OF OUR HANDS TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED OF HELP.
SHELTER US IN THE WINGS OF YOUR LOVING PRESENCE AND GUIDE US SO THAT ALL OF THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE BE FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
[3. Pledge Of Allegiance]
YOU'RE WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC.TO RICHARD STANDS ON ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
[4. Roll Call]
THE ROLE PLEASE.NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH
[5. Approval Of Minutes]
IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES.THERE'S ONE, UH, SET OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES.
AND THOSE WERE DATED JUNE 24TH, 2024.
ANY QUESTIONS? CORRECTIONS CASE? ANY? NONE.
THOSE MINUTES WILL BE STAND AS APPROVED.
NEXT UP IS I, NUMBER SIX, SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
TONY, THERE ARE NONE THIS EVENING.
CITIZENS COMMENTS FOR SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS THIS EVENING? NONE OF THOSE EITHER.
[8. City Manager Report]
I NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH IS OUR CITY MANAGER REPORT.UM, I ONLY HAVE A FEW ITEMS TONIGHT AND I ALSO THOUGHT I'D TAKE, SINCE IT'S SO CONDENSED, THE TIME TO MAYBE BREAK OUT A NEW LITTLE FORMAT.
SO YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE BOARD AND THE TVS THAT I'VE GOT A COUPLE, UH, HIGHLIGHTS THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH EVERYBODY FROM THE WEEK.
UM, THE FIRST THING YOU'LL SEE AS IT COMES UP HERE IS, UH, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THIS JOB IS, IS WHEN PEOPLE ARE RECOGNIZED AND DO SOME REALLY AMAZING THINGS.
AND, UH, CHIEF NAZI AND THE FIRE DIVISION HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS TO, UM, ATTAIN GOLD STATUS FOR, UM, THEIR WORK IN, UM, CARDIAC AND STROKE CARE.
AND THIS YEAR, UH, WITH THE HELP OF STAFF, THEY WERE ABLE TO, UM, OBTAIN THAT STATUS LAST YEAR, IF YOU'LL NOTICE AND REMEMBER, THEY WERE AT, I THINK IT WAS BRONZE OR SILVER.
SO, UM, IT JUST KIND OF GOES TO SHOW YOU THE WORK THE FIRE DIVISION DOES.
UM, THE, THE WORK THE STAFF DOES TO, UM, EDUCATE AND PUT INTO PLAY, UM, UM, PROTOCOLS AND TREATMENTS FOR PATIENTS HAVING STROKES AND, AND CARDIAC CARE.
SO, UM, THAT'S THE FIRST HIGHLIGHT I HAVE FOR YOU.
THE SECOND ONE THAT I HAVE IS TODAY.
I HAD PROBABLY THE FUNNEST DAY I'VE HAD SINCE I STARTED HERE,
UM, SO TODAY, STARTING WITH US WERE RYLAND BECK AND JEFFREY NEY.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA START THEIR FTO PROGRAM.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY WITH HR TODAY, AND THEY'RE GONNA START THAT, THAT PROCESS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
UM, I DID SPEAK TO CHIEF LIGHTNER AND WE'RE GONNA BRING TO COUNCIL, UM, BASICALLY WE'LL JUST CALL HIM THE CLASS OF 2024 HERE TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR AND, AND INTRODUCE EVERYBODY AND DO
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A MORE FORMAL, UM, PROCESS OF THIS.BUT, UH, WE DID HAVE TWO NEW POLICE OFFICERS STARTING TODAY AS WELL.
UM, THE LAST THING I HAVE IS KIND OF A TWO-PRONGED, UM, UH, UPDATE HERE, THE KROGER AQUATIC CENTER.
UM, I'M PROUD TO REPORT THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE, UH, LARGEST YEARS WE HAVE SO FAR FOR, UM, PASSES RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE AT 362 PASSES, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN SOLD.
AND THE ATTENDANCE, EVEN WITH SOME OF THE RAIN DAYS, IS ON PAR TO BE, UM, RIGHT ON WHERE WE ARE AVERAGE, UH, ATTENDANCE WISE, WHICH IS GOOD.
SO, UM, THE LAST THING I'D LIKE TO SAY ABOUT THE Y IS JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS THAT CHRIS SHARED WITH ME, UM, LAST WEEK AT A MEETING WE HAD.
AND THE FIRST THING IS, IS THE YMCA NOW IS CURRENTLY AT THEIR LARGEST MEMBERSHIP EVER.
WE ARE ALMOST 15,000 PEOPLE BEING SERVED BY THE YMCA OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
UM, HIGHLIGHTS TO SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
FIRST AND FOREMOST IS THE, UM, YOUTH PROGRAMS. SO LAST YEAR I REMEMBER, UM, THE, UH, YOUTH SPORTS COORDINATOR HAD HIS BIGGEST YEAR EVER, AND THIS YEAR HE'S BROKEN ALL OF THOSE RECORDS, SO WONDERFUL.
UM, YOUTH SPORTS IN ALL IN HUBER HEIGHTS ARE ALIVE AND WELL.
SO, UM, THE LAST THING I WILL SAY IS JUST A LITTLE PLUG FOR US.
WE DO HAVE ONE OF OUR RADIO DAYS COMING UP THIS THURSDAY AT THE AQUATIC CENTER.
UM, IT'LL BE FROM TWO TO FOUR.
SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? THANKS, JOHN.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR JOHN REGARDING, UH, THE ITEMS IN HIS REPORT? NANCY, I, IN LIGHT OF A GREAT RESPONSE TO THE Y DO THEY HAVE ANY PLANS TO EXPAND? UM, ACTUALLY YEAH.
AS PART OF OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE SENIOR CENTERS THEY'RE GONNA USE, SO SINCLAIR'S SIDE IS NOW GONNA BE THE SENIOR CENTER.
WE'VE MET WITH THEM, WE'VE ADDRESSED SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS AND ISSUES.
WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING WITH THEM THURSDAY, AND THEN PART OF THAT PROCESS AND, AND, AND IN SIGNING THE CONTRACT TO BRING EVERYTHING IN LINE IS NOW THEIR NEXT STEP IS THEY'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, EARLY NEXT YEAR A BIG EXPANSION, UM, WITH AN ENTIRE SECOND GYM THE SIZE OF THE FIRST GYM ON THE BACK OF THE FACILITY.
[ An Ordinance To Approve An Economic Development Plan For The Authentix Development Project And To State That The City May Hereafter Proceed With Approval Of Tax Increment Financing Incentive District. (second reading)]
ITEM NUMBER NINE PENDING BUSINESS NINE A ITEM NINE A.AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE AUTHENTICS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
AND TO STATE THAT THE CITY MAY HEREAFTER PROCEED WITH APPROVAL OF TAX INCREMENT FINANCING INCENTIVE DISTRICT AT THE SECOND READING.
JOHN, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? UH, NO.
JUST REMEMBER THIS IS THE, UM, AUTHENTIC, UM, SORRY, SORRY,
THIS IS THE AUTHENTICS, UM, DEVELOPMENT THAT WE HAVE ON CHAMBERSBURG ROAD THAT, UH, KAI PRESENTED, UH, LAST WEEK.
AND THE WORK SESSION RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ADOPT THE SIGN THIS EVENING.
IS THERE A MOTION MARK? MOTION TO ADOPT OR SECOND ANTHONY? SECOND.
AND SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? YES.
WHAT EXACTLY TO STATE THIS AGAIN, WHAT IS THIS TIP GOING TO PAY FOR? SO THIS TIFF UH, PAYS FOR THE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION REAL QUICK? THAT DOES INCLUDE SOME CHAMBERSBURG WORK AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THIS IS REALLY, UH, MIAMI VALLEY WAY.
UM, THAT, THAT EXPANSION GOTCHA.
IN FRONT OF DOGTOWN AND, AND THE OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
THE, UH, MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL BUILDING, IT'S, AND THEN MAKING, IT'S MAKING ITS WAY TOWARDS CHAMBERSBURG.
IT OPENS UP THE ABILITY TO GO TO THE HUBER CENTER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION? OKAY.
THE MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO AND NEXT IS ITEM
[ A Motion To Appoint Edwin Petticrew To The Citizens Water And Sewer Advisory Board For A Term Ending January 1, 2026.]
10 UNDER NEW BUSINESS ITEM 10.A MOTION TO APPOINT EDWIN PETARE TO THE CITIZENS WATER AND SEWER ADVISORY BOARD FOR TERMINATING JANUARY 1ST, 2026.
LIEUTENANT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UH, JUST AS THE MOTION STATED, THE NECESSARY BACKGROUND CHECK HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND WOULD ASK FOR ACTION ON THE MOTION.
THEN WAS THERE RECOMMENDATION? IS THERE A MOTION I NEED? SO MOVED.
I WILL SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION.
[ A Public Hearing Scheduled For July 8, 2024 By The Huber Heights City Council For Discussion Of The 2025 Tax Budget.]
ITEM 10 B, A PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR JULY 8TH, 2024 BY THE HUBER HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION OF THE 2025 TAX BUDGET.OKAY, SO PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULE FOR JULY 8TH, 2024 BY THE HUBER HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL OF THE 2025 TAX BUDGET IS HEREBY CALLED TO ORDER AND THE PUBLIC MEETING IS NOW OPEN.
SO NEXT WE'LL GO TO JOHN, UH, TO MAKE ANY INITIAL PRESENTATION.
YEAH, JUST, UH, JUST SOME FORMALITIES HERE, SIR.
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UH, JUST REMEMBER THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE 2025 BUDGET PROCESS FOR US.UM, THIS IS THE NOTICE OF THE TAX HEARING, UM, THAT WAS ADVERTISED ON 6 28 IN THE DAILY COURT REPORTER AND THEN ALSO ON SEVEN TWO ON OUR WEBSITE.
UM, THIS TAX BUDGET'S GONNA PRODUCE THE CERTIFICATE OF ESTIMATED RESOURCES FROM THE COUNTY AUDITOR.
OKAY? UM, PART OF THAT IS THE ESTIMATE OF THE REVENUES THE CITY WILL BE AVAILABLE TO SPEND IN 2025.
TAX BUDGET DOES ALLOW THE CITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE, UM, LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUND.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, IF WE DON'T ACT ON THE TAX BUDGET IN A TIMELY MANNER, THEN WE'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT ABLE TO RECEIVE THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUES, UM, WHICH ARE ESTIMATED RIGHT NOW TO BE AROUND $650,000.
UM, THE TAX BUDGET ITSELF IS REMEMBER ONLY AN ESTIMATED REVENUES AND DOES NOT APPROPRIATE ANYTHING FOR 2020.
NEXT I GO OUR LAW DIRECTOR IF, UH, HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS TO PROVIDE? UH, IT'S ALL RIGHT.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE APPROVAL OF, UH, OF THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC? OKAY.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WISHES TO SPEAK AGAINST THE APPROVAL OF THIS TOPIC? OKAY, NEXT, I'D CALL THE MEMBERS OF HEBREW RIDE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE ANY OR PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING? OKAY, ONE LAST TIME I WOULD ASK IF ANYONE'S PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF OR AGAINST APPROVAL OF THIS ISSUE? OKAY.
SO BARRING FURTHER COMMENTS, PUBLIC HEARING BY THE GILBERT HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL FOR THE 2025 TAX BUDGET IS HEREBY CLOSED.
[ A Public Hearing Scheduled For July 8, 2024 By The Huber Heights City Council For Case RP 24-12. The Applicant Is The City Of Huber Heights. The Applicant Is Requesting Approval To Vacate Middleton Court And Create One Single Lot For Property Located At 5001 Taylorsville Road And Further Described As Parcel Numbers P70 01922 0001 And P70 04005 0057 On The Montgomery County Auditor's Map.]
ITEM 10 C, A PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR JULY 8TH, 2024 BY THE HUBER HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL FOR CASE RP 24 DASH 12.THE APPLICANT IS THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL TO VACATE MIDDLETON COURT AND CREATE ONE SINGLE LOT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5 0 0 1 TAYLORSVILLE ROAD, FURTHER DESCRIBED AS PARCEL NUMBERS P 7 0 0 1 9 2 2 0 1 P 7 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 5 7 ON THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY AUDITOR'S MAP.
OKAY, SO THE PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR JULY 8TH, 2024 BY THE IDE CITY COUNCIL FOR CASE RP 24 DASH 12 IS NOW OPEN.
AND NEXT I WOULD CALL ON OUR CITY STAFF, AARON, TO MAKE THE INITIAL PRESENTATION.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR MEMBERS COUNCIL.
SO THIS IS THE, UH, NEW PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY.
UM, WE NEED TO VACATE MIDDLETON COURT IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT THE ACTUAL FACILITY OVER MIDDLETON COURT.
UH, IT'S LOCATED IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF WILDCAT AND TAYLORSVILLE.
UH, THIS IS WHAT THE RECORD PLAN WILL LOOK LIKE ONCE THE UM, ORDINANCE IS APPROVED.
UH, WE ARE VACATING MIDDLETON COURT, UH, BY LAW, UM, ALL OF THE PROPERTIES SINCE WE OWN ALL OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY.
MIDDLETON COURT WILL BECOME PROPERTY OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
UH, AND WE WILL THEN SUBSEQUENT FILE, FOLLOW THE FILE, EXCUSE ME, THE REPL CONSOLIDATING ALL OF THE PARCELS INTO ONE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION VOTING UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS VACATION.
CALL OUR LAW DIRECTOR TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS OR PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IF YOU HAVE ANY.
AND NEXT, I'D CALL ANY OTHER PRESENTER FROM THE STATE OF HEBREW HEIGHTS TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS OR PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE APPROVAL OF THIS ISSUE? IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK AGAINST THE APPROVAL OF THE ISSUE? OKAY.
NEXT, ANY PERSON ON CITY COUNCIL HAVE ANY INFORMATION THEY'D LIKE TO PROVIDE OR ASK? ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, SO NONE.
IS THERE ONE PERSON PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF OR AGAINST THE APPROVAL OF THIS ISSUE? OKAY, SO BARR, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? THE PUBLIC HEARING BY CITY COUNCIL FOR CASE RP 24 DASH 12 IS HEREBY CLOSED.
[ A Resolution Approving The City Of Huber Heights Five-Year Capital Improvement Plan For 2025-2029. (first reading)]
ITEM 10 D UNDER ADMINISTRATION.ITEM 10 D, A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR 2025 TO 2029 AT THE FIRST READING.
JOHN? UH, YEAH, JUST REMEMBER THIS IS THE, UH, FIVE YEAR OUTLOOK.
BASICALLY JUST ANTICIPATING CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, WE REVIEW IT ANNUALLY AND UH, THEN THAT JUST KINDA HELPS US GUIDE THE REST OF THE BUDGET.
WORKS SESSION RECOMMENDATION WAS ADOPTION.
IS THERE A MOTION? DON? SO MOVED.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES, ANITA.
SO HAS THE, UM, NOT CARRIES TRAIL, THOMAS CLOUD PARK THAT MARK WANTS? IS THAT BEING PUT INTO THIS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN? 'CAUSE THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.
SO SHE HAD SOME ITEMS OBVIOUSLY OUTLINED TO IMPROVE CAL
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CLOUD PARK IN THE CIP THAT PLAN.THAT WAS GONNA PROBABLY BE A LITTLE MORE EXTENSIVE AND WE'LL BRING THAT AS A DIFFERENT AT A, AT A DIFFERENT TIME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, FRED.
UM, I WAS GONNA ASK THAT QUESTION, UH, REGARDING, UH, THE PROPOSED, UM, COST OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT SARAH WAS TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER DAY, BUT I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION OR JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
THIS IS NOT COMMIT US TO A BUDGET.
THIS IS JUST TRYING TO PROJECT WHAT WE WOULD NEED OVER THE LAST, OR OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO IMPROVE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON A SECOND ATTORNEY.
ON MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO.
[ A Resolution Adopting A Preliminary Tax Budget For Revenues Of The City Of Huber Heights, Ohio For The Period Beginning January 1, 2025 And Ending December 31, 2025. (first reading)]
E.ITEM 10 EA RESOLUTION ADOPTING A PRELIMINARY TAX BUDGET FOR REVENUES OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2025 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025 AT THE FIRST MEETING.
JOHN? YEAH, THIS IS JUST A FORMALITY FROM OUR PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE JUST HAD.
UH, AND THIS TAX BUDGET IS REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED TO MIAMI COUNTY, UM, BY JULY 20TH.
SO WE ARE IN KIND OF A TIME CRUNCH HERE.
IS THERE A MOTION? AND YOU IT'S MOVED.
ANY DISCUSSION? TONY? MR. AKENS? YES.
[ An Ordinance Authorizing Advances And Transfers Between Various Funds Of The City Of Huber Heights, Ohio And Amending Ordinance No. 2024-O-2625 By Making Supplemental Appropriations For Expenses Of The City Of Huber Heights, Ohio For The Period Beginning January 1, 2024 And Ending December 31, 2024. (first reading)]
ITEM 10 F AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING ADVANCES IN TRANSFERS BETWEEN VARIOUS FUNDS OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO, AND AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 4 DASH OH DASH 26 25 BY MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR EXPENSES OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2024 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024 AT THE FIRST READING.JUST REMEMBER, UH, JIM'S PRESENTATION LAST WEEK REALLY JUST COVERED SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
THIS IS, UM, STARTING THE ARCHITECTURE WORK FOR THE RENOVATION OF STATION 23.
AND THEN, UH, THE LARGEST CHUNK OF THIS IS THOSE ADDITIONAL DEBT SERVICES FOR THE, UH, MULTIPLE, UH, FUNDS TO ADD NEW DEBT PAYMENTS FOR THOSE MATURING NOTES.
AND WORKS SESSION RECOMMENDATION WAS TO WAIVE THE SECOND READING AND THEN ADOPT I THIS EVENING.
IS THERE A MOTION TO WAIVE NANCY? UM, MOVE TO WAIVE.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND TO WAIVE ANY DISCUSSION? TONY? MR. LOONEY? YES.
NEXT WE NEED A MOTION FOR ADOPTION.
A MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND DISCUSSION.
[ A Resolution To Increase The Not To Exceed Amount For Coolidge Wall Co., L.P.A. For Legal Services As City Attorney/Law Director For The City Of Huber Heights In Calendar Year 2024. (first reading)]
10 G.ITEM 10 GA RESOLUTION TO INCREASE THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT FOR COOLIDGE WALL COMPANY LPA FOR LEGAL SERVICES AS CITY ATTORNEY LAW DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS IN CALENDAR YEAR 2024 AT THE FIRST READING.
JUST REMEMBER BACK IN MARCH WE TRANSITIONED FROM, UH, ONE LAW FIRM TO COOLIDGE WALL.
UM, DURING THAT TRANSITION, WE'VE JUST, UM, HAD MORE COSTS, UH, ASSOCIATED AND IT'S GONNA GO ABOVE THE, UH, TYPICAL NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.
AND RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ADOPT.
IS THERE A MOTION? DON? SO MOVED THERE A SECOND.
AND SECOND, IS THERE DISCUSSION TIME? MR. WEBB? YES.
[ An Ordinance To Approve The Vacating Of Middleton Court To Create One Single Lot And To Accept The Recommendation Of The Planning Commission (Case RP 24-12). (first reading)]
H.ITEM 10 H IN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE VACATING OF MIDDLETON COURT TO CREATE ONE SINGLE LOT AND TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION CASE RP TWO FOUR DASH 12 AT THE FIRST READING.
JOHN? YEAH, THIS WAS, UH, PART OF, UH, SARAH'S PRESENTATION.
UM, YOU GUYS ALL HAD A CHANCE TO READ THIS AND LOOK OVER AND I THINK SHE ANSWERED MOST OF YOUR QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD A AHEAD OF TIME.
SO, SO ON THE, UH, VACATION RENTALS COURT, THIS WAS, UH, RECOMMENDED TO PASS TO A SECOND READING.
ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING ON TO A SECOND READ CASE SAYING NONE.
WE'LL MOVE THIS TO A SECOND READING.
[ A Resolution Authorizing The Parks Manager To Administer The Public Facility Use Policy And Associated Fee Schedule. (first reading)]
10 I, ITEM 10 I A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PARKS MANAGER TO ADMINISTER THE PUBLIC FACILITY USE POLICY AND ASSOCIATED FEE SCHEDULE AT THE FIRST READING.THIS IS SARAH'S, UM, PUBLIC USE POLICY.
AND AGAIN, YOU GUYS HAD A CHANCE TO WEIGH IN ON THAT.
SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THE RECOMMENDATION
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ON THIS ONE WAS TO ADOPT.IS THERE A MOTION, SCOTT, MOVE TO, OKAY, SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION.
AND SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION DONE? I'D JUST LIKE TO, UH, UH, THROW OUT A THANK YOU TO SARAH MCPHERSON.
UH, THE WORK SHE'S DONE ON THIS IS VERY THOROUGH AND INCORPORATES ALL THE THINGS THAT COUNSEL ASKED TO BE IN THIS POLICY.
UM, I THINK SHE'S DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB AND THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, TONY.
[ An Ordinance Amending Certain Sections Of Part Nine, Streets And Public Services Code, Of The City Code Of Huber Heights. (first reading)]
ITEM 10 J AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF PART NINE STREETS AND PUBLIC SERVICES.CODE OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS AT THE FIRST STREET.
SO THIS LEGISLATION IS GONNA AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS DUE TO THAT, UH, POLICY THAT YOU JUST PUT INTO PLACE HERE.
SO YOU'LL, UH, THOSE SECTIONS OF THE CODE THAT PERTAIN TO PUBLIC USE AND, AND VARIOUS PARK RULES AND REGULATIONS WILL BE CHANGED.
UH, THE RECOMMENDATION WORK SESSION WAS A PASS, A SECOND READING.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? OKAY.
WE'LL MOVE THIS ON TO A SECOND READING.
[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Participate In The Ohio Association Of Public Treasurers 2025 Workers’ Compensation Group Retrospective Program Administered By Sedgwick. (first reading)]
K.ITEM 10 KA RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE OHIO ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC TREASURERS 2025 WORKERS' COMPENSATION GROUP RETROSPECTIVE PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY SEDGWICK AT THE FIRST READING.
JOHN? YEAH, THIS IS JUST A RENEWAL OF OUR BWC INSURANCE.
IS THERE A MOTION NANCY? MOVE TO ADOPT.
IS THERE A SECOND, DON? I WILL.
AND SECOND, IS THERE A DISCUSSION? MS. BAKER? YES.
MOTION DOES CARRY EIGHT TO ZERO.
[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into An Agreement To Provide Insurance Coverage For General Liability, Property, Boiler And Machinery, Inland Marine, Automobile, Crime, Law Enforcement Liability, Public Officials Liability, And Other Necessary Insurance Coverage For The City Of Huber Heights, Ohio, Waiving The Competitive Bidding Requirements, And To Cover The Costs Of Services Ordered By The City. (first reading)]
L.ITEM 10 LA RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR GENERAL LIABILITY PROPERTY, BOILER AND MACHINERY, INLAND MARINE AUTOMOBILE CRIME, LAW ENFORCEMENT LIABILITY, PUBLIC OFFICIALS LIABILITY, AND OTHER NECESSARY INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO.
WAIVING THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIREMENTS AND TO COVER THE COST OF SERVICES ORDER BY THE CITY AT THE FIRST READING.
JOHN COMMENTS? YEAH, THIS IS JUST OUR UPDATE, UH, OF OUR CURRENT INSURANCE POLICY THAT WE HAVE.
AND IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, KATIE DID HAVE PRETTY GOOD NEWS ABOUT A 4% INCREASE, WHICH IS PRETTY, PRETTY STELLAR RIGHT NOW, SO, OKAY.
IS THERE A MOTION, FRED? MOTION TO ADOPT.
AND SECOND, IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON YOU? SO, JOHN, WELCOME TO MY, MY THING.
I DON'T BELIEVE IN NOT GOING FROM COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
I, YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GONNA GET A BETTER DEAL.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I'M GONNA BE A NO VOTE.
I, I LIKE COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
I THINK IT SAVES TAXPAYERS MONEY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? TONY? MR. CAMPBELL? YES.
[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Award A Contract For The Huber Heights Governance Center – Phase I. (first reading)]
10 M.ITEM 10 MA RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO AWARD A CONTRACT FOR THE HUBER HEIGHTS GOVERNANCE CENTER.
PHASE ONE AT THE FIRST READING.
THIS IS THE, UH, CONTRACT FROM ARCON BUILDERS WHO WAS THE LOWEST BEST BIDDER.
UM, THIS IS FOR THE HU RIGHTS GOVERNANCE CENTER.
UM, AND AGAIN, THIS'LL BE, UM, THE ONE ON CHAMBERSBURG ROAD THERE, OR, MY GOD, I SAY THAT AGAIN ON BRAND PIKE.
IS THERE A MOTION THIS EVENING? NANCY? MOVE TO ADOPT PETE.
[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into A Contract Modification With Booher Blacktop For The Thomas Cloud Park Path Resurfacing Project. (first reading)]
N ITEM 10 NA RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT MODIFICATION WITH BREWER BLACKTOP FOR THE THOMAS CLOUD PARK PATH RESURFACING PROJECT AT THE FIRST READING.IF YOU'LL REMEMBER RUSS, KIND OF EXPLAIN THE, UH, OVERAGE HERE WITH THE WIDTHS AND THE DEPTHS OF SOME OF THOSE WALKWAYS THROUGH CLOUD PARK.
THE INITIAL ESTIMATE, UM, OBVIOUSLY THEY HAD A LITTLE MORE COST INVOLVED WHEN THEY GOT INTO SOME OF THE DEEPER AREAS.
SO THIS IS COVERING THOSE COSTS.
IS THERE A MOTION DON MOVE TO ADOPT SECOND MOTION AND SECOND DISCUSSION.
UM, UH, JUST BRIEFLY, I KNOW I MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, I'VE SPOKEN TO DOZENS OF PEOPLE DOWN AT TOM CLOUD THAT'RE USING THE NEW WALKWAY, AND IT'S PHENOMENAL.
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AND THE WALKWAY IS, UM, JUST A BEAUTIFUL ADDITION, THE TOM CLOUD PARK.SO JOHN, IF YOU'D PASS THOSE, CONGRATULATIONS ON TO ALL INVOLVED.
FRED COMMENT, JUST A COMMENT REGARDING, AND THIS WAS AN EXTRA 15,500, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
IS THERE A REASON THAT THE, THE VENDOR OR UH, WAS IT BLUE OR BLACKTOP WOULD NOT HAVE NOTICED THAT THEY NEEDED, UM, EXTRA BLACKTOP WHEN THEY DID THIS ORIGINAL BID? WELL, NO, I MEAN, I, THEY TRIED TO ESTIMATE IT BY, I THINK RUSS EXPLAINED LAST WEEK BY LIKE LANE MILES.
UM, THE PROBLEM IS WHEN YOU GET INTO SOME OF THOSE AREAS, THERE'S SUCH AN ELEVATION CHANGE AND ELEVATION DIFFERENCES THAT THEY USE SOME OF THOSE AREAS TO KIND OF FILL IN AND, AND LESSEN SOME OF THOSE ELEVATION CHANGES.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE GET THE EXTRA COSTS.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? TONY? MR. KINS? YES.
MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO AND NEXUS ITEM 10.
[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Solicit, Advertise, And Receive Bids From Qualified Drilling Companies For The Installation Of Monitoring Wells And The Installation Of A New Municipal Water Supply Well, Production Well PW-7, At The Rip Rap Road Well Field. (first reading)]
OH, ITEM 10 OH A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SOLICIT ADVERTIS AND RECEIVE BIDS FROM QUALIFIED DRILLING COMPANIES FOR THE INSTALLATION OF MONITORING WELLS AND THE INSTALLATION OF NEW MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY.WELL PW DASH SEVEN AT THE RIP WRAP ROAD.
WELL FIELD AT THE FIRST READING.
JOHN? YEAH, THIS IS AGAIN, UH, RUSS KIND OF COVERED THIS LAST WEEK.
THIS IS TO GET BIDS, UH, FOR THE, UH, NEW MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY.
UH, THE ANTICIPATED YIELD OF THIS IS GONNA BE ABOUT 2,500 TO 3000 GALLONS PER MINUTE.
WORK SESSION RECOMMENDATION WAS ADOPTION.
IS THERE A MOTION DON MOVE TO ADOPT? IS THERE A SECOND? SCOTT? SECOND.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION ATTORNEY MR. LOONEY? YES.
[11. Citizens Comments - General]
HAVE ITEM NUMBER 11, WHICH AS ASSISTANCE COMMENTS FOR GENERAL.UH, FIRST UP WE HAVE JEFF MORFORD.
IF YOU PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
JEFF MORFORD, MIAMI COUNTY, BETHEL TOWNSHIP, GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE.
WHEN YOU WERE ELECTED TO OFFICE, YOU TOOK AN OATH.
AFTER STATING YOUR NAME, YOU SOLEMNLY SWORE OR AFFIRMED.
FIRST TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
SECONDLY, TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, THE US CONSTITUTION HAS SEVEN ORIGINAL ARTICLES AND RELATED SECTIONS.
THE US CONSTITUTION HAS 27 AMENDMENTS AND RELATED SECTIONS.
ALL PERSONS BORN OR NATURALIZED IN THE UNITED STATES AND SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION THEREOF ARE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE WHEREIN THEY RESIDE.
NO STATE SHALL MAKE OR ENFORCE ANY LAW THAT SHALL ABRIDGE THE PRIVILEGES OR IMMUNITIES OF CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES.
FEBRUARY 3RD, 1870, GIVING ALL MEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
AMENDMENT 19, AUGUST 18TH, 1920, GIVING ALL WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
ARTICLE ONE, BILL OF RIGHTS, SECTION TWO.
ALL POLITICAL POWER IS INHERENT IN THE PEOPLE GOVERNMENT IS INSTITUTED FOR THEIR EQUAL PROTECTION AND BENEFIT.
MY BASIC INTERPRETATION OF THESE HIGHLY IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS, ALL CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES LIVING WITHIN THE INDIVIDUAL STATES HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS.
I BELIEVE THE MOST IMPORTANT RIGHT IS THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON ISSUES AND FOR REPRESENTATIVES THAT AFFECT INDIVIDUALS DAILY LIVES, THE LIVES OF THEIR FAMILIES, THE LIVES THAT ARE LOCAL COMMUNITIES, CITIZENS FOR THOUSANDS OF GOVERNING BODIES ACROSS THE US, ACROSS EVERY STATE FROM TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CITIES, AND COUNTIES.
ON A DAILY BASIS, VOTING IS TAKING PLACE.
DEFINITION OF DEMOCRACY MEANS RULE BY THE PEOPLE.
PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER TO PARTICIPATE IN DECISION MAKING.
PEOPLE HELP MAKE DECISIONS DIRECTLY BY VOTING ON LAWS AND POLICY PROPOSALS.
JUST AS WITH THIS CITY COUNCIL WHERE YOU VOTE 5, 10, 15, 20 TIMES DURING YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
WHY? BECAUSE YOU WERE ELECTED EACH ELECTED TO CITY COUNCIL MEDIA TO CITY COUNCIL, UH, ELECTED TO PRESENT YOUR WARD CONCERNING ISSUES THAT AFFECT YOUR WARD AND YOUR CITY AS A WHOLE.
AGAIN, SUPPORTING HOW IMPORTANT VOTING IS.
AS US CITIZENS, WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND BE REPRESENTATIVE.
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TO BE CLEAR, OVER THE LAST 250 YEARS, OVER A MILLION US CITIZENS HAVE PERISHED FROM EVERY STATE, EVERY WALK OF LIFE, PROTECTING, PRESERVING, AND DEFENDING OUR DEMOCRACY AND OUR RIGHT TO VOTE, VOTE ON WHAT WE INDIVIDUALLY BELIEVE IS BEST FOR OUR FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES, STATES AND COUNTRY ANNEXATIONS HAVE LOCAL IMPACTS SURPASSED BY FEW OTHER ISSUES.SO WITH AN IMPACT THAT AFFECTS THOUSANDS PERMANENTLY AND IRREVERSIBLY, A HIGHLY IMPORTANT VOTE IS TO BE EXPECTED.
A FEW MEETINGS AGO YOU MAYOR OR MADE MENTION THAT YOU ALL ARE ELECTED TO REPRESENT YOUR CITIZENS.
IF YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT TO YOUR CITY'S DIRECTION AND FUTURE, THEN VOTING BY ALL TOWNS, TOWNSHIPS, CITIES, COUNTIES, AND STATES HAS EQUAL IMPORTANCE.
HISTORY HAS SHOWN THAT YOUR COMMUNITY FOUGHT TO PRESERVE YOUR RIGHT TO GOVERN YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE 40 YEARS AGO WHEN YOU WERE KNOWN AS WAYNE TOWNSHIP.
IF YOU CONTEND THAT YOUR INDEPENDENCE AND YOUR NEED TO BE GOVERNED LOCALLY WAS AND IS PARAMOUNT TO YOUR CITY'S WELLBEING, THEN I WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT YOUR COMMUNITY ABOVE, ABOVE ALL OTHER COMMUNITIES, A COMMUNITY THAT SUFFERED A UNWANTED TAKEOVER ATTEMPT, WOULD BE THE FIRST TO SUPPORT YOUR NEIGHBORS WITH OUR DESIRE TO KEEP OUR LOCAL GOVERNING INTACT.
THERE ARE ANNEXATION LAWS OF PROCEDURES IN PLACE THAT BENEFIT A FEW, BUT MANY ARE COMPROMISED JUST BECAUSE IT'S THE LAW DOES NOT MAKE IT RIGHT.
IN REGARDS TO PAST AND CURRENT BETHEL TOWNSHIP, ANNEXATIONS AND ANNEXATIONS ACROSS THE STATE, I BELIEVE THE LAWMAKERS IN COLUMBUS HAVE LOST SIGHT OF THE CORE IMPORTANCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL RIGHT TO VOTE BY NOT INCLUDING THE LOCAL TOWNSHIPS AND THE ANNEXATION PROCESS.
I TRULY BELIEVE WE ARE BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST.
DISCRIMINATION DEFINITION IS THE PROCESS OF MAKING UNFAIR OR PREJUDICIAL DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE BASED ON GROUPS, CLASSES, OR OTHER CATEGORIES TO WHICH THEY BELONG.
DISCRIMINATION TYPICALLY LEADS TO GROUPS BEING UNFAIRLY TREATED.
OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES ARE BEING VIOLATED.
CIVIL LIBERTIES DEFINITION, CIVIL LIBERTIES ARE GUARANTEES AND FREEDOMS THAT GOVERNMENTS COMMIT NOT TO ABRIDGE EITHER BY CONSTITUTION, LEGISLATION OR JUDICIAL INTERPRETATION.
THE RIGHT TO EQUAL TREATMENT UNDER THE LAW.
AND OUR DE DEMOCRACY IS UNDER ATTACK.
WE CANNOT VOTE, WE ARE NOT INCLUDED, WE ARE EXCLUDED.
I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT ANY CITIZEN, AND YOU ARE EACH FIRST AND FOREMOST CITIZENS, THAT YOU WOULD SEE THAT THE ABILITY AND RIGHT TO VOTE IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE.
AND SECOND TO NONE, I AM ASKING YOU TO LOOK BEYOND THE FACE OF ANNEXATION LAW AND LOOK AT THE INHERENT LAWS OF VOTING RIGHTS TO INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS.
PLEASE SEE THAT IF ONE PERSON OR ONE COMMUNITY LOSES THEIR RIGHT TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT TO VOTE, THEN WE ARE ALL AT RISK OF LOSING THESE RIGHTS.
IF THE GOVERNMENT IS ALLOWED TO STIFLE OR ELIMINATE THE VOICE OF A COMMUNITY, THEN THE TIME WILL COME AND THE VOICE AND VOTES OF MANY MORE WILL BE IGNORED WHEN CONVENIENT, PLEASE SEE THE INJUSTICE.
PLEASE LOOK DEEPER INTO THE CORE ISSUE.
AND PLEASE VOTE NO TO ANNEXATION.
PLEASE LET BETHEL TOWNSHIP LIVE ON.
AS ALWAYS, I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH A GOLDEN RULE.
DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU.
NEXT UP WE HAVE THOMAS INGHAM.
UH, I'VE REALLY HAD POSSIBLY SOME COMMENTS ABOUT ANNEXATION, BUT I'LL JUST LET IT BE.
UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE CHARLES GATE CONNECTION POSSIBLY HAPPENING.
THERE WERE SOME, OBVIOUSLY THINGS FLOATING ABOUT THE INTERNET THIS WEEKEND.
AND I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, IS THERE A PLAN? IS THAT LAND BECOMING PUBLIC? IS ARE THEY GONNA CONNECT CHARLES GATE FROM THE DEERS TO THE, TO THE GATES? SO I'VE, I'VE ASKED OUR, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, AARON, TO LOOK INTO THAT AND, UM, I MEAN HE HASN'T GOT BACK TO ME WITH INFORMATION, BUT THAT WILL BE A TOPIC AT AN UPCOMING WORK SESSION.
OKAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW.
DONNA HUGHES, 93 60 SOUTH MAN ROAD, BETHEL TOWNSHIP, TIP CITY, OHIO.
AND DAWN, PULL YOUR, PULL YOUR MIC DOWN TOO.
CAN YOU HEAR ME BETTER? OH, THAT'S BETTER.
UM, I AM REMISS AND NOT MAKING A COMMENT ABOUT THE GIRLS TAC TRACK TEAM BEING NUMBER ONE.
I STILL REMEMBER WHEN WEEK BETHEL HAD GOT SOME NUMBER ONES AND THAT WAS LIKE LAST YEAR WHEN I GRADUATED.
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TO THE BOYS FOR THEIR SECOND PLACE.ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE GOLD STATUS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
MY GRANDSON IS A FIREFIGHTER AND AN EMT AND THEIR GREAT UNCLE CREATED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR BETHEL.
SO I'M A LITTLE BIT PREJUDICED WITH THAT.
MY FIRST ASPECT I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT IS MARYLEE WAY.
THANK YOU FOR THE RIGHT HAND TURN LANE FROM EASTBOUND MARY LANE TO NORTHBOUND 2 0 2 TO EASTBOUND I 70.
YOU UNDERSTAND HOW FAST I SIT AND THAT'S HOW FAST I GO.
UH, NUMBER TWO, CAN YOU ISSUE TICKETS FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO BLOCK THE INTERSECTION? UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A VIOLATION, UH, THAT THE, THE NEWS LANE WILL HELP ME, BUT THEY'RE STILL BLOCKING THE, BECAUSE I'M WAITING FOR WINTER TO COME AND THE CAR WASH AND MCDONALD'S AND PEOPLE EATING, UH, NUMBER, UH, NUMBER THREE.
CAN YOU BACK OFF ON THAT SAME INTERSECTION, ANOTHER TWO FEET ON THE EXTREME LEFT HAND, LEFT HAND TURN LANE AND SAY STOP HERE.
'CAUSE SOME PEOPLE WERE STILL ENCROACHING UPON THAT.
AND I KNOW YOU CAN GET A TICKET 'CAUSE I DID IN BROOKVILLE.
I GOT A WARNING IN BROOKVILLE.
SO I'M REALLY UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THAT.
UM, CARRY TRACE, CARRIAGE HILLS, WHATEVER I LIKE KEEPING, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO TRY, UM, UH, MAKE A SUGGESTION TO KEEP THE RIGHT HAND CONTINUOUS LEFT LANE FROM THE NORTH.
KEEP THE RIGHT HAND CONTINUOUS LANE COMING FROM CA COME CARRIAGE TRACE AND ADD A SECOND LANE.
SO YOU HAVE TWO LANES GOING DOWN THAT AREA.
THAT WAY IT'LL KEEP THE CONFUSION FROM THE NORTH SOUTHBOUND PEOPLE RUNNING AND THE LAUNCHING PAD OF THE RIGHT HAND TURN LANE FROM CARRIAGES HILL.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE A SIGNAL LIGHT AT THAT INTERSECTION WITH A LEFT HAND TURN LANE AND CONTINUOUS, UH, STRAIGHT FOR NORTH.
UM, I READ A COMMENT IN THE TIPPE CANO GAZETTE.
THERE WAS A QUOTE, AND I WANNA PARAPHRASE THE QUOTE.
BETHEL C TOWNSHIP IS HEAVEN AND HUB WAS NOT.
AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS AMONG MY UNCLE'S PAPERS FROM WHEN HE GRADUATED IN 1953, HE HAD A BUTTON ON THE EIGHTH DAY, GOD CREATED THE BETHEL BEES.
UH, AND TO, IT'S A TRUE FIGHT TRUE STATEMENT THAT BETHEL THINKS WE'RE GREAT, WE'RE BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE.
BUT THAT'S IN OUR WORLD AT BETHEL TOWNSHIP, JUST LIKE I THINK HUBBERT THINKS THEY'RE GREAT 'CAUSE THAT'S WHY YOU LIVE HERE.
SO WE EACH HAVE OUR FEELING OF OUR OWN AREA BEING THE BESTEST, EXCUSE ME, THE BEST.
I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE 1,480 NEW HOMES BUILT ON THOSE 296 ACRES.
AND I'VE NOT SEEN ANY PAPERWORK OR MAPS SAYING THAT, UH, FROM 2013 TO 2023, WE HAD AN ADDITIONAL 948 STUDENTS MAINLY FROM CARRIAGE TRACE, CARRIAGE HILLS, WHATEVER THAT PLACE IS, UM, THAT DOUBLED OUR POPULATION.
IF THERE IS GONNA BE 1,480 HOMES, FAMILY HOMES, TWO TO THREE STORY HOMES, IT'S NOT GONNA BE FOR THE THE YOUNG PEOPLE STARTING OUT.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE FOR THE OLD PEOPLE WHO WANT A, YOU KNOW, A FLAT PLACE TO LIVE.
THAT WILL RESULT IN 1,480 CARS, POSSIBLY CLOSER TO 2,500 CARS THAT WILL BE ON THE ROAD IN THAT AREA.
THESE 1,480 FAMILY HOMES WILL HAVE MORE THAN 0.5 KIDS PER HOUSEHOLD.
'CAUSE I WAS DRIVING THROUGH THERE AND THERE ARE A LOT OF KIDS COMING OUT OF THOSE DOORS.
AND IF I READ THAT WAS 1,480 HOMES THAT WOULD RESULT IN, I BELIEVE AT LEAST, LET'S SAY JUST ONE KID PER HOUSEHOLD THAT WOULD INCREASE, INCREASE THE SCHOOL FROM NINE FROM 1800 TO ALMOST 3,200 KIDS.
IF IT'S TWO KIDS, THAT WOULD INCREASE THE THING FROM 474,760 KIDS.
AND SOME OF THOSE HOMES HAVE MORE THAN THREE.
WE ALREADY HAVE LOANS ON THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT WAS COMPLETED IN 20 17, 20 20 23.
WE COMPLETED A NEW HIGH NEW MIDDLE AND ELEMENTARY, WHICH HAS LOANS WE HAVE TO PAY BACK.
I'M NOT SURE WHERE THIS MONEY'S GONNA COME FROM, FROM THE INCREASE OF THESE STUDENTS, FROM THIS 1,480 HOMES, BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT THE TAXES COME IN FROM THESE HOMES ABOUT A YEAR TO 18 MONTHS AFTER THEY'RE COLLECTED.
SO I, LEADING TO YOU, I'M ALSO ANXIOUS TO HEAR THE RESULTS THAT COMMISSIONER MARK CAMPBELL HAD REQUESTED.
AND BY THE WAY, BETHEL HAD JUST COMPLETED THE SCHOOL IN 2023, SO WE PROBABLY WOULD KNOW WHAT THE COST OF A NEW SCHOOL IS.
I'M ALSO ASKING THAT 296 ACRES NOT TO BE ANNEXED TO KEEP
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BETHEL CONTROL OVER THEIR OWN LAND.AND I WANT, I WANT THE BUILDER AND THE LANDOWNER TO MAKE AS MUCH MONEY AS THEY CAN, BUT I WANT IT ON BETHEL SPECS IN BETHEL LAND.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME TALK.
I JUST HAVE, I WANT TO WANNA PARAPHRASE ON YOUR COMMENT.
SO YES, SO THAT WAS, UM, WE DO BELIEVE WE ARE GREAT IN HEBREW HEIGHTS, BUT I THINK THE DIFFERENCE IN HOW WE FEEL ABOUT HEBREW HEIGHTS IS WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT ABOUT BETHEL TO RAISE OURSELVES.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF THE BETHEL, UH, LANGUAGE BEING USED IS THAT BETHEL IS FANTASTIC ON THE BACKS OF HEBREW HEIGHTS.
AND THAT'S WHAT MY COMMENT WAS IN REGARD TO AT THAT MEETING.
I HAVE NEVER SAID THAT BECAUSE I, I LIKE HUMOR AS A NEIGHBOR.
UH, I WAS THRILLED TO DEATH WHEN THEY WERE INCORPORATED IN, IN 1981.
WE, THE LAWS HAVE CHANGED SO DRAMATICALLY THAT WE CANNOT INCORPORATE AS IT IS NOW.
FIRST THEY SAID 5,000, WE HAVE 5,000 OR ALMOST 5,000.
THEN THEY CHANGED THE LAWS AGAIN.
AND YES, WE HAVE ELECTED PEOPLE THAT WE THOUGHT THEY WERE DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR US.
AND WE FOUND OUT LATER, I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THAT 2003 LAW UNTIL LIKE 20, 20, 20, 20 21.
I WOULD'VE BEEN UP IN ARMS FIGHTING THAT LAW.
AND I THOUGHT HUBER WAS, AND BETHEL WAS CORRECTLY REPRESENTED IN THAT GAZETTE.
UH, I DIDN'T FIND ANY, UM, MISQUOTES EXCEPT THE FACT THAT I'VE NEVER SAID THAT HUBER WAS NOT HEAVEN.
BUT MY TOWN IS, BUT I'M NOT CRASHING ANY STONES IN ANYBODY ELSE BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO FEEL THE WAY YOU DO ABOUT YOUR TOWN.
UH, MY QUESTION WOULD BE TO AARON AND JOHN AND OR JOHN.
UH, SHE HAD MENTIONED THE, UH, DATA THAT I HAD ASKED TO HAVE.
UH, HAVE YOU HAD TIME TO REACH OUT TO BETHEL? EITHER OF YOU? YEAH, I'LL ANSWER THAT.
AFTER THE MEETING WE HAD, UH, THE NEXT DAY I REACHED OUT TO THE TR TREASURER FOR BETHEL SCHOOLS.
WE HAD A COUPLE BACK AND FORTHS.
UM, SHE ASSURED ME SHE'D GIMME SOME INFORMATION AND THEN I HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING SINCE.
SO THE INFORMATION THAT I'VE ASKED YOU FOR, YOU'VE REACHED OUT TO BETHEL? YES.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT INFORMATION? THAT'S CORRECT.
NOTHING, I'LL SAY THE SUPER, THE INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT DID COME INTO CITY HALL THIS MORNING AND SPEAK TO TONY ABOUT MY SCHEDULE AND HIS REQUEST OF A MEETING.
SO, UM, I WILL, HE LEFT SOME TIME AND DATES THAT HE WAS AVAILABLE AND I'LL RESPOND BACK TO THAT.
IT SHOULD BE PROBABLY SOMETIME EARLY NEXT WEEK.
COULD I ASK ANOTHER QUESTION? SURE.
TONY, DID THE SUPERINTENDENT DROP ANY OF THAT INFORMATION OFF TO YOU? NO.
UH, IS THE PLAN TO HAVE THE TREASURER COME WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT SO WE CAN HAVE A SUBSTANTIVE WHEN YES.
WHEN I, WHEN I REACH OUT TO HIM, UH, TO GIVE HIM MY AVAIL, MY AVAILABILITY, I WILL REQUEST THE TREASURER TO BE THERE AS WELL.
ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, NEXT UP IS I NUMBER 12, CITY
[12. City Official Reports And Comments]
OFFICIAL.ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING? OH, I'M SORRY, JULIE.
JULIE REESE BETHEL TOWNSHIP, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AGAINST ANNEXATION.
AND FULL DISCLOSURE, I'M A BETHEL TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE, AND WHILE WE ARE FIRMLY AGAINST ANNEXATION, I'M HERE SPEAKING ONLY FOR MYSELF TONIGHT, NOT ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD.
AT THE LAST MEETING, MAYOR GORE MENTIONED IT TAKES MONEY TO RUN A CITY.
MY QUESTION THOUGH IS, WOULD YOU BE ANNEXING OUR LAND IF IT WERE NOT SO SWEET AND LUCRATIVE OF A DEAL? WHAT IF THE CHILDREN WERE IN YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, WOULD YOU TAKE ON THE BURDENS OF HAVING A HUGE INFLUX OF STUDENTS FOR WHICH YOU HAD TO SCRAMBLE TO FIND CLASSROOM SPACE, FURNITURE, BOOKS, TEACHERS, AND SUPPORT STAFF? I THINK THE MAIN REASON FOR ANNEXING IS THAT HUBER HEIGHTS GETS A WAGON LOAD OF MONEY WITH NO RESPONSIBILITIES THAT SHOULD COME WITH IT.
OTHERWISE, WHY NOT DEVELOP THE EXISTING LAND AND BROWN SPACE ALREADY WITHIN HUBER CITY BOUNDARIES? SURELY YOU COULD MEET THE HOUSING NEEDS THAT YOU MENTIONED BY DEVELOPING THE LAND ALREADY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, OR AT LEAST START BY DEVELOPING THE LAND BEFORE COMING AND ANNEXING OURS.
AND IF OUR TOWNSHIP LAND IS THE ONLY ANSWER, THEN WHY NOT ASK THE STATE TO REDRAW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES AND MOVE THE STUDENTS INTO YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT? TAKE ON THE CHALLENGES OF ADDING 120 STUDENTS PER YEAR TO YOUR OWN DISTRICT, AS WELL AS THE TRAFFIC BURDEN THAT WOULD COME WITH IT, WHICH IS HUGE.
THE CITY OF HUMOR HEIGHTS, FORMERLY WAYNE TOWNSHIP AND BETHEL TOWNSHIP, HAVE LIVED IN HARMONY FOR DECADES.
TWO MEETINGS AGO I MENTIONED THAT ANNEXATION PITS THE TWO PARTIES AGAINST EACH OTHER.
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IT WAS SAID THAT YOUR CITIZENS SEE ARE PLEASED TO STOP ANNEXATION AS BETHEL TOWNSHIP GOODE, HUBER HEIGHTS BAD AND BETHEL SCHOOL'S BAD.BETHEL SCHOOL'S, GOOD HUMOR HEIGHTS, SCHOOL'S BAD, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS NOT REALLY HOW WE FEEL.
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT SAYING, WE'RE NOT SAYING YOURS IS BAD, WE'RE JUST SAYING IT'S NOT FOR US.
EVEN THOUGH THIS IS NOT HOW WE FEEL.
ANNEXATION IS DESTROYING OUR RELATIONSHIP AND WILL CONTINUE TO BREED ANIMOSITY BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE TOWNSHIP.
AFTER THE MEETING, IT WAS SAID THAT BETHEL RESIDENTS STATE, THEY COME TO HUBBERT TO SHOP, EAT AT RESTAURANTS, ATTEND CONCERTS, ET CETERA.
IT WAS ALSO SAID THAT BETHEL TOWNSHIP WANTS ALL THE BENEFITS OF THE CITY WITHOUT LIVING IN A CITY.
BUT THE FLIP SIDE IS THAT HUMOR HEIGHTS NEEDS THE COUNT COUNTRY TOWNSHIPS AS MUCH AS WE NEED THE CITIES, YOUR VEGETABLES, GRAINS, EGGS, AND STEAKS COME FROM OUR RURAL FARMLAND.
IT HAS BEEN LIKE THIS SINCE OUR SETTLERS WENT WEST.
THE SOD BUSTERS, AS THE FARMERS WERE KNOWN, THE RANCHERS AND THE FUR TRADERS CAME INTO DODGE CITY TO PICK UP SUPPLIES, SELL THEIR BEEF AND EGGS SO THE CITY FOLKS COULD EAT, TRADE THEIR WARES, AND GET ENTERTAINED AT THE LOCAL SALOON.
THE CITY FOLKS WENT OUT TO THE COUNTRY FOR A NICE ROMANTIC BUGGY RIDE TO HUNT AND TO FISH.
IT WAS A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP FOR THEM, JUST AS IT SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE FOR HUBER HEIGHTS AND BETHEL TOWNSHIP.
ONCE AGAIN, I'M HERE AT YOUR MERCY FOR, YOU'RE THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN STOP THIS ANNEXATION, STOP THE HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT THAT IS OVERBURDENING OUR SCHOOL.
STOP CHANGING THE CULTURE OF OUR SCHOOL.
STOP THE ADDITIONAL 2,900 VEHICLES FOR WHICH THERE IS NO APPROPRIATE ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE.
STOP THE DESTRUCTION OF FARMLAND FOR WHICH NO MORE IS BEING MADE.
STOP THE EROSION OF BETHEL TOWNSHIP'S RURAL LIFESTYLE AND QUALITY OF LIFE AND STOP THE CONTENTIOUS RELATIONSHIP THAT ANNEXATION IS CAUSING BETWEEN OUR COMMUNITIES.
AGAIN, YOU ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN STOP THE ANNEXATION.
WE HAVE NO VOTE IN OUR OWN DESTINY.
THE HUBER SOCIAL MEDIA SITES ARE FULL OF CONCERNS ABOUT THE RATE OF GROWTH THAT IS OCCURRING, THE TRAFFIC ISSUES THAT THE ROAD RAPID GROWTH IS CAUSING WITHIN HUB AND THE DEC DECLINING QUALITY OF LIFE AS THEY KNOW IT.
IF YOU WON'T STOP ANNEXATION FOR THE TOWNSHIP'S BENEFIT, THEN STOP IT BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM YOUR OWN CITIZENS.
I IMPLORE YOU PLEASE TO VOTE NO TO THE ANNEXATION AND DESTRUCTION OF NEARLY 300 ACRES OF FARMLAND.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
I JUST HAVE A, A RESPONSE TO COMMENT.
UH, I THINK SO I HAVE SAID PUBLICLY AT THE LAST MEETING THAT, UH, FROM A SCHOOL PERSPECTIVE THAT UH, IF WE COULD NOT FIND A RESOLUTION FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, THAT I WOULDN'T PERSONALLY BE IN FAVOR OF THIS.
I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ANYBODY ELSE ON COUNCIL, BUT THAT'S WHAT I SAID.
I STILL STAND BY THAT IF WE CAN'T COME TO A RESOLUTION AND SOLVE THE SCHOOL ISSUE AND SOLVE THE SCHOOL PROBLEM, I WOULDN'T BE IN FAVOR OF ANNEXATION.
AND I, IT'S ABOUT THE, AND I AND I AND I STILL STAND, I STILL STAND.
WELL, I THINK THE SCHOOL IS THE, THE SCHOOL IS THE ISSUE THAT I'M CONCERNED WITH.
UM, BUT THE SCHOOL ISSUE IS MY NUMBER ONE CONCERN.
AND IF, AND IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN FIND A RESOLUTION TO, TO FOR THE SCHOOLS, THEN I WOULD, I'D BE IN FAVOR OF IT.
MARK AARON, IN REGARD TO THE LIST OF QUESTIONS I HAD THAT I'M LOOKING TO HAVE INFORMATION PROVIDED BACK, DID I INCLUDE HOW MANY YEARS BETHEL HAS INCORPORATED TRAILERS IN THEIR EDUCATION PROGRAM? I BELIEVE YOU DID SAY THAT.
WOULD YOU MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO INCLUDE THAT? YEP.
AND WOULD JULIE OR ANYONE HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE TONIGHT? COULD WE KNOCK THAT QUESTION OUT TONIGHT? I'D HAVE TO DO IT FROM MEMORY.
UM, SO WE JUST, WHEN WE OPENED THE NEW ELEMENTARY, WE HAD TRAILERS, UH, THAT WE HAD FOR FOUR YEARS BEFORE THAT TO HELP WITH THE ELEMENTARY STUDENTS.
UM, WHEN WE OPENED THE HIGH SCHOOL, WE ALSO HAD TRAILERS RIGHT BEFORE THAT.
SO THAT WAS 2017, UH, THAT WE GOT RID OF WHEN WE OPENED THE HIGH SCHOOL.
WOULD YOU HAVE HAD TRAILERS 10, 12, 15 YEARS AGO? YES.
THOSE, THE ONES THAT WE GAVE UP WHEN WE OPENED THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL.
SO YEAH, WE PROBABLY HAD THOSE FOR, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE 10 YEARS BEFORE THAT.
SO 12 YEARS AGO WOULD BE 2012.
YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THOSE TRAILERS WERE THERE.
THE ONES THAT WE GOT RID OF IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, WE MOVED THEM FROM THE BACK TO THE FRONT FOR CONSTRUCTION.
I THINK THEY WERE THERE FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY THOUGH.
SO 12 TO 15 YEARS WE'VE INCORPORATED TRAILERS INTO THE EDUCATION PROGRAM.
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AT LEAST.AND THAT WOULD LEAD ME TO AT LEAST, IT MIGHT EVEN BE LONGER.
UM, AND I WAS JUST SEEING IF I HEARD YOU RIGHT.
UH, AARON, COULD YOU ALSO, UH, PROVIDE IN YOUR INFORMATION, UH, WHAT YEAR THE FIRST HOUSE WAS BUILT IN CARRIAGE TRAILS? ONE.
AND HOW MANY HOMES WERE BUILT EVERY SUBSEQUENT YEAR AFTER THAT, PLEASE.
UM, COULD YOU TELL ME HOW MANY TRAILERS THAT EACH SCHOOL HAD? THAT'D BE A QUESTION I HAD TOO.
LIKE AT THE ELEMENTARY, SAY THERE WAS FIVE EVERY YEAR FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR.
LIKE, YOU'LL LET ME KNOW OR LET YOU KNOW.
OH, IS THAT HAND UP OR THE NEXT AGENDA? OH, OKAY.
SO NEXT IS I'M 12, WHICH IS CITY OFFICIAL REPORTS AND COMMENTS.
UM, JOHN, DID YOU GET A CHANCE TO ASK ANYONE ABOUT, UH, IF THEY'D GONE OUT AND LOOKED AT THE UH, PATH AROUND THE DOG PARK? I HAVE NOT YET.
I'LL PUT THAT ON MY LIST FOR TOMORROW.
REMEMBER TOMORROW NIGHT'S FIRST CHEERS.
SOCIAL EVENT AT THE ROSE AT SIX O'CLOCK.
OH, I SAID YOU GUYS WERE REMINDER OR EMAIL.
THANK ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY.
THERE IS A NEED FOR EXECUTIVE.
I WAS JUST WAITING TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYMORE.
UM, I'M GONNA DO A LITTLE STORYTELLING, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
ABOUT A YEAR AGO, A LITTLE LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, I WAS CONTACTED BY A CONSTITUENT.
UM, SHE USES A MOBILITY DEVICE TO GET AROUND TOWN.
AND IT'S A SMALL ISSUE FOR THIS CONSTITUENT, BUT, UH, DOWN AT TOM CLOUD PARK, IN ORDER TO GET FROM THE TOM CLOUD SIDE WHERE THE BUS STOP IS OVER TO, UM, KROGER AND, UH, UH, GODFATHER'S PIZZA AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SHE HAS TO USE A CROSSWALK.
I, UM, SHE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT SOMETHING THAT I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WOULD'VE NOTICED.
I DIDN'T NOTICE IT IN ALL THE TIMES I'D USED TOM CLOUD PARK, SHE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THE PUSH BUTTON FOR THE CROSSWALK WAS UP SO HIGH AND OUT SO FAR INTO THE GRASS THAT SHE COULDN'T REACH IT.
UH, SHE WOULD HAVE TO PATIENTLY WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE CAME UP THAT COULD PUSH THE BUTTON FOR HER.
OR WITH LITTLE LUX SHE COULD MAKE IT USING A CANE AND A LONG REACH.
I CONTACTED OUR CITY MANAGER AND I SAID, I KNOW THIS IS A SMALL PROBLEM, BUT, UH, IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO HELP THIS LADY OUT? THE CITY MANAGER GOT A HOLD OF RUSS BERGMAN AND, UH, UH, MADE CHANGES TO THE INTERSECTION.
MOST RECENTLY, THE BEST CHANGE I'VE SEEN DOWN THERE IS A NEW STAMPED CROSSWALK WE'VE PUT IN.
THE REASON I BRING ALL THIS UP IS I GOT A LETTER FROM THAT, UH, YOUNG LADY TODAY THANKING US BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE A PUSH BUTTON TO A POLE THAT'S MORE ACCESSIBLE AND WE PAVED AN AREA TO WHERE HER MOBILITY DEVICE CAN GET TO THAT PUSH BUTTON.
THESE ARE SMALL ISSUES THAT AFFECT PEOPLE DAY TO DAY HERE IN THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
BY REACHING OUT TO HER CONSTITUENT, I GUESS THAT'S ME AND ME REACHING OUT TO OUR CITY STAFF, CITY STAFF, GRABBING A HOLD OF THE BALL AND MAKING SURE THAT SOMETHING WAS DONE ABOUT IT.
TODAY I RECEIVED A, UH, A REALLY WONDERFUL LETTER FROM HER SAYING IT'S A SMALL THING, BUT YOU CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH EASIER IT'S MADE MY LIFE.
WITH THAT, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT EVERYONE IN THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS DEALS WITH THINGS ON A DAILY BASIS THAT MAY, UM, INCONVENIENCE THEM, BOTHER THEM, BOTHER 'EM A GREAT DEAL, BOTHER 'EM A LITTLE.
I WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY CROSSWALK BUTTONS AT TOM CLOUD PARK.
I DON'T THINK I EVER WOULD'VE BEEN MADE AWARE, HAD AN ADMIN FOR THIS WOMAN CONTACTING ME.
SO TO EVERYONE THAT'S LISTENING, CONTACT US, YOUR CITY REPRESENTATIVES, CONTACT US AND LET US KNOW WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING BIG OR SMALL THAT YOU WANNA SEE DONE WITHIN THE CITY.
BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A STAFF IN PLACE, WE HAVE, UH, THE PEOPLE IN PLACE TO MAKE THOSE, THOSE CHANGES HAPPEN.
IT JUST TAKES YOUR INPUT TO LET US KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
MAY I DOVETAIL ON HIM LIKE WHAT HE JUST TALKED ABOUT? SURE.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
DONNA HUGHES AND BETHEL TOWNSHIP, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
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HUBER HEIGHTS IS HAVING BUCKY'S PUT IN, BUCKY HAS NOW REFUSED TO PUT IN ADULT CHANGING INDIVIDUAL STALL.I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT THING IF THE, THE TOWN, THE HUBER HEIGHTS CAN, UM, SUGGEST THAT HEAVILY SO THAT PEOPLE CAN, TRAVELING FROM OUR AREA, OUR AREA, AND TRAVELING THROUGH, CAN HAVE A PLACE TO CHANGE THEIR ADULT SON, HUSBAND, WIFE.
UH, I, I DON'T THINK WITH THE PLANS NOT BEEN MADE, NOT BEEN CREEK NOT BEEN DIRT DUG, THAT IF YOU CAN ASK FOR ONE OR TWO OF THOSE CHANGING STATIONS FOR BUCKY'S AND THAT WOULD HELP OUT AND THAT WOULD MAKE BETHEL, EXCUSE ME, THAT WOULD MAKE HUBER HEIGHTS AND OHIO, UH, A FOUR RUNNER OF THAT SITUATION.
AND I THINK YOU HAD SOMEBODY HERE IN BETHEL, UH, IN HUBER THAT TALKED ON THAT.
YEAH, THAT WAS JENNIFER CORCORAN.
UH, UH, HER SON IS DISABLED AND SHE HAS, UH, UM, SHE ACTUALLY LEADS THE COALITION THAT IS WORKING TOWARDS CHANGING, UH, TABLES, UH, THROUGHOUT OHIO.
I WILL SAY THAT HUBER HEIGHTS HAS THREE CHANGING TABLES.
UM, UH, ONE AT THE ROSE MUSIC CENTER, ONE AT THE HUBER HEIGHTS LIBRARY, AND ONE AT CHEL METRO PARKS.
SO WE ARE LISTENING, UH, AS A COUNCIL, WE ARE LISTENING TO THOSE, UM, REQUESTS AND MOVING AS, MOVING AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO ENSURE THAT WE MOVE FORWARD ON THESE THINGS.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT COUP FOR HUBER HEIGHTS TO BE SPECTACULARLY THE FIRST ONE TO IN, ESPECIALLY ON I 70, I 70, I 75.
SO THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME ADD THAT.
ANITA, SEAN, IS THERE ANY WAY SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD THAT WE CAN DO AN A DA STUDY THAT LOOKS AT OUR CURBS, LOOKS AT OUR BUILDINGS, LOOKS AT ALL THAT STUFF? I MEAN THAT'S, WE DO STUDIES FOR ALL THIS STUFF, BUT MAYBE DOING AN A DA STUDY.
'CAUSE I KNOW IN THE LAST YEAR I TALKED ABOUT THE WATER COMPANY DID NOT HAVE A BUTTON TO LET YOU KNOW PEOPLE IN.
THEN WE HAD THE CROSSWALK SITUATION.
WE'VE HAD, UM, I TALKED ABOUT THE CURB CUT, SEVERAL CURB.
AND SO MAYBE WE JUST NEED AN OVERALL A DA STUDY OF OUR CITY AND AS WE'RE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS, MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THINGS.
I MEAN, I'LL LET AARON SPEAK, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THAT EVERY TIME SOMETHING COMES RIGHT NOW THAT IS A CHANGE.
THEY HAVE TO MEET THE CURRENT A DA.
THE THINGS THAT WERE ISSUES IN THE PAST OBVIOUSLY WERE APPROVED BEFORE.
SOME OF THOSE THINGS BECAME, UM, UM, REAL TIME.
SO AARON, YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING? YEAH.
AS PART OF THE STREETS PROGRAM, WE DO CHANGE OUT CURBS TO MAKE THEM A DA ACCESSIBLE.
IF THEY'RE NOT, WE REBUILD THEM.
UM, I DO THINK AS PART OF, UH, THE, UH, AGING IN PLACE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE THE, THE APPROPRIATE PUBLIC FACILITIES LIKE BENCHES AND, AND SHADE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, BUT WHEN WE SPECIFICALLY TO STREETS AND CROSSWALKS AS WE GO THROUGH AND DO OUR STREETS PROGRAM AND REPAVING AND, AND UPGRADES TO SIDEWALKS, ALL OF THOSE ARE BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE WITH TODAY'S A DA STANDARDS.
I CAN JUST SAY FROM WORKING 35 YEARS IN THE FIELD OF DISABILITIES, THAT SOMETIMES EVEN THE STANDARDS AREN'T REALLY GREAT.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I'VE GONE TO TOILET SOMEBODY AND IT'S SUPPOSEDLY HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE AND IT'S REALLY NOT.
THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING IF WE COULD GET SOMEBODY ALONG THE WAY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS MAKING IT EASIER FOR OUR CITIZENS, NOT JUST IT'S THE STANDARD BECAUSE I DON'T, I HAVE TO QUESTION SOME OF THE STANDARDS I'VE SEEN.
WELL, AND I THINK ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, PROCESS WAS TO UPGRADE OUR, OR IMPROVE OUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, WHICH, UM, WE TALK ABOUT WITH SIDEWALKS.
UM, RIGHT NOW IT'S A, IT'S A FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK, UM, FOUR FOOT IN SOME AREAS, WHICH, IF YOU'RE A FAMILY PUSHING A STROLLER, THAT'S A REALLY NARROW SIDEWALK FOR TWO PEOPLE TO WALK ON.
SO I THINK THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO UPGRADE OUR, UM, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS SO THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT MOBILITY, UH, MOBILITY, UM, APPARATUS AND, AND FAMILIES AND THAT KIND OF THING, WHICH WAS NOT REALLY TOP OF MIND, UH, WHEN THE MODEL SUBDIVISION, UH, STANDARDS WERE SET IN THE FIFTIES.
AND IF I COULD ADD TO THAT, UM, AS WE'RE DOING, UH, AS YOU MENTIONED, IT'S, WE'RE DOING A LIVABLE COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE, PUTTING OUR PLAN TOGETHER, THAT SHOULD BE VERY MUCH A PART OF IT.
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A QUESTION.I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S UH, UH, HEARING OR, UH, JOHN, DO WE KNOW WHY BUCKY'S IS NO LONGER, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE AT SOME POINT INTENDING TO PUT THE ADULT CHANGING STATION IN.
IS THERE A REASON THAT THEY ARE NOT DOING THAT NOW? SO THEY NEVER COMMITTED TO, UH, PUTTING THE ADULT CHANGING, UH, TABLE IN.
WE WERE PUSHING THEM AS HARD AS WE COULD.
UM, AND IT'S NOT THE TABLE THAT IS THEIR CONCERN.
UM, IT IS THE FAMILY RESTROOM AND THOSE ISSUES THAT GO ON WITH THE SINGLE FAMILY LOCKED RESTROOM THAT THEY CAN'T, THEY FEEL THEY CAN'T ADEQUATELY POLICE.
SO THE COST OF THE TABLE WAS NEGLIGIBLE.
UM, IT'S, IT'S OTHER ISSUES THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT SINGLE LOCKED, UM, RESTROOM THAT THEY WORRY ABOUT THAT, THAT HOW, HOW THEY RELATED TO ME WAS THEIR 40 OR 50 YEARS OF CONVENIENCE STORE EXPERIENCE.
THE ISSUES OCCUR IN THE FAMILY RESTROOM AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO AVOID.
I'M GONNA GO ON MY DISABILITY KICK AGAIN.
MOST OF THE TIME, NOT ALL THE TIME, BUT MOST OF THE TIME, WOULD THEY BE WILLING TO PUT ONE OF THOSE CHANGING TABLES TAKE OUT INSTEAD OF TAKE OUT TO MAKE ONE GREAT BIG RESTAURANT RESTROOM IN THE WOMEN'S BATHROOM? BECAUSE I HAVE FOUND MOST OF THE TIME WORKING IN THE DISABILITY FIELD, IT'S THE WOMAN THAT'S CHANGING.
NOT ALWAYS, NOT BEING DISCRIMINATORY, BUT I CAN TELL YOU MOST OF THE TIME IT'S THE WOMEN THAT HAVE THE HARDER ISSUE THAT NEEDS THE TABLE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO IF THEY'RE SAYING NO TO A FAMILY BATHROOM, WOULD THEY BE WILLING TO DO ONE OF THOSE CHANGING TABLES? AND IT'D BE GREAT IF THEY DID TO 'EM.
DO THE SAME THING IN THE MEN'S.
SO PUT, PUT THE CHANGING TABLES, IT WOULD JUST BE A MATTER OF TAKING OUT ONE OR TWO OF THEIR STALLS.
AND TRUST ME, AT THE COOKIES I'VE STOPPED AT, I'VE NEVER SEEN ALL THE STALLS FILLED.
SO IT WOULD NOT BE THAT BIG OF AN ORDEAL TO JUST ELIMINATE A COUPLE OF STALLS AND PUT THOSE CHANGING TABLES IN EACH.
THAT'S A NICE WORK AROUND ANITA.
I WILL RAISE THAT TO, UH, TO OUR REPRESENTATIVE TOMORROW.
ITEM NUMBER THIRTEENS EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[13. Executive Session]
THERE IS A NEED TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE THIS EVENING.UH, IT'D BE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER THE DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICIAL UNDER YOUR PERSONAL MATTER.
KATE? I MOVE TO DO TONY SAID SCOTT.
SECOND MOTION AND SECOND DISCUSSION.
AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE WILL COME OUT AND INFORM ANYONE IF ANY DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE.
IT IS NOW 7 42 AND WE HAVE COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AND, UH, THERE WILL BE A MOTION TO ADD ITEM 10 P TO THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
SO I'LL HAVE TONY PHRASE THAT MOTION AND THEN WE'LL NEED A FIRST AND SECOND.
SO THE MOTION WOULD BE TO ADD, UH, ITEM 10 P TO THE, UH, AGENDA OF TONIGHT'S MEETING, WHICH WOULD BE A RESOLUTION TO SEPARATE EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND TO APPROVE A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.
IS THERE A MOTION, SCOTT? MOVE TO MAKE A MOTION, NANCY.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND DISCUSSION.
YEAH, I'M GOING TO CALL ON OUR CITY ATTORNEY, CHRIS CONNER, UH, TO KINDA MAKE A STATEMENT.
WE SHOULD DO THAT UNDER, BECAUSE THIS IS JUST THE MOTION.
THIS IS THE MOTION TO ADD THE, ADD THE AGENDA ITEM.
MOTION TO ADD ITEM 10 P CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO.
AND NOW WE NEED TO READ THE TITLE, ADDRESS AND READ THE TITLE OF AGENDA ITEM 10 P.
ITEM 10 PA RESOLUTION TO SEPARATE EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND TO PROVE A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AT THE FIRST READ.
IS THERE A MOTION NANCY? MOVE TO ADOPT KATE.
AND SECOND, UNDER DISCUSSION, I WILL GO TO OUR, UH, LAW DIRECTOR, CHRIS, UH, TO MAKE A STATEMENT, PLEASE.
SO, UH, AS IT RELATED TO, UH, THE, UH, IN INVESTIGATION WHICH WAS NOT ULTIMATELY COMPLETED, UH, REGARDING THE EVENTS, UH, SURROUNDING THE, UH, UH, THE CITY MANAGER, UH, IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A, UH, DISPUTE BETWEEN, UH, WHAT WOULD
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LIKELY BE HAVE BEEN THE CITY'S POSITION AND, UH, THE CITY MANAGER'S POSITION REGARDING A SPECIFIC CONTRACT TERMS ON WHAT CONSTITUTED MORAL TURPITUDE.UM, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A LEGAL QUESTION THAT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN DECIDED BY ANYONE OTHER THAN A JUDGE IN A COURTROOM PROCEEDING.
UM, BOTH SIDES, UH, MADE A DECISION THAT, UH, THEY WANTED TO AVOID THAT SORT OF CONFLICT.
UH, AND, UH, THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT TO ENTER INTER MEDIATION UNDER OHIO LAW.
UH, THE MEDIATION PROCESS ITSELF IS A, UH, CONFIDENTIAL, UM, THE RESULTS OF A MEDIATION, UH, INVOLVING A PUBLIC ENTITY, HOWEVER, ARE NOT CONFIDENTIAL.
UH, THERE WAS A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED IN THE MEDIATION, UH, BUT I USE THE WORD TENTATIVE WITH INTENTION BECAUSE THE, A CITY, A MUNICIPAL ENTITY CANNOT FORMALLY ENTER INTO A BINDING AGREEMENT WITHOUT PUBLIC ACTION BY THE PUBLIC BODY.
IN THIS CASE THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS COUNCIL.
UH, SO, UH, THE MATTER BEFORE, UH, THE, THE, UH, COUNSEL IS THE OR INCLUDE THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IS MEMORIALIZED THROUGH A RE OR MEMORIALIZED AND APPROVED BY THE RESOLUTION AND EXHIBIT A, UM, THAT WILL BE THE PUBLIC RECORD BECAUSE THE MEDIATION PROCESS ITSELF IS CONFIDENTIAL.
AND, UM, IF COUNSEL, UH, DECIDES TO, UH, APPROVE, UH, THAT RESOLUTION AND AUTHORIZE THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT, UH, UPON THE SIGNATURE OF ALL PARTIES, UH, THE, UH, SETTLEMENT WOULD BE COMPLETE MEMORIALIZED AND PUBLIC RECORD CREATED THERE FROM.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ATTORNEY MR. DAVIDSON? YES.
AND WITH THAT SAID, IT IS NOW 7 46 AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.