[1. Call The Meeting To Order - Mayor Jeff Gore]
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WELCOME TO THE CITY OF HEBREW HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MEETING, REGULAR SESSION.
TODAY'S DATE IS JULY 22ND, 2024.
WE'RE GETTING STARTED AT 6 0 2.
THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY CALLED TO ORDER.
AND NEXT WE HAVE OUR INVOCATION,
[2. Invocation - Rabbi Leibel Agar Of The Beth Jacob Synagogue At 7020 North Main Street, Dayton, Ohio]
WHICH IS BY RABBI LABEL AGAR OF THE BETH JACOBS SYNAGOGUE AT 70 20 NORTH MAIN STREET IN DAYTON, OHIO.GOD, WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US A DIFFICULT TASK, THE TASK OF HELPING THOSE WHO HAVE ENTRUSTED US TO HELP THEM.
IT IS NOT AN EASY CALLING, BUT IT IS ONE THAT WE HAVE CHOSEN.
THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IS IF WE HAVE YOUR BLESSING.
GRANT US THE WISDOM TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, WHICH IS RIGHT.
THAT WHICH IS JUST GRANT US THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ASKED US TO PROVIDE FOR THEM, HELP US ACHIEVE THAT WHICH WE SET OUT TO ACHIEVE.
BLESS THE WORK OF OUR HANDS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE OUR HOLY WORK.
WE CALL ON YOU IN TIMES OF TROUBLE AND IN TIMES OF BLESSING.
MAKE IT FOR US THAT JUST LIKE YOU HAVE GIVEN US BLESSING AND HELPED US IN TIMES OF TROUBLE, AND YOU CONTINUE TO HELP US IN TIMES OF SUCCESS, MAY IT BE YOUR WILL, GOD, THAT THAT WHICH WE DO TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE BE FOR GOOD, FOR JUSTICE AND FOR BLESSING.
[3. Pledge Of Allegiance]
P TO RIGHT FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC.FOR WHO? JUST AGAINST ONE NATION UNDER DOUBT, INDIVISIBLE, WITH THE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE THRONE.
[4. Roll Call]
CALL THE ROLE PLEASE? MR. DAVIDSON? HERE.MAYOR GORE HERE AND MS. UH, KITCHEN HAD EMAILED AND ASKED US TO APPROVE, UH, HER EXCUSED EVIDENCE THIS EVENING.
IS THERE A MOTION, NANCY? I MOVE TO EXCUSE HER.
MOTION TO APPROVE IS SEVEN TO ZERO.
[5. Approval Of Minutes]
NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES.AND ITEM FIVE A IS THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM JULY 8TH, 2024.
UH, THEY HAVE BEEN SENT EVERYONE.
IS THERE ANY CORRECTIONS, CHANGES, CONCERNS? PLEASE LET US KNOW.
CASE SEEING NONE, THOSE AMENDS WILL STAND AS APPROVED.
NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER SIX, SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
[7. Citizens Comments - Agenda Items]
FOR CITIZEN'S COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS. I HAVE A NUMBER OF OF COMMENTS, UH, TO SPEAK TO ITEMS, UH, 10:00 AM AND 10 N UH, RELATED TO THE ANNEXATION.SO WE WILL HAVE, WE WILL JUST SEE ALL OF THOSE COMMENTS, UM, AT ONCE WE GET TO ITEM M 10 M ON THE AGENDA, WE'LL JUST DEAL WITH, UM, UH, ALL THE COMMENTS AT THAT TIME.
[8. City Manager Report]
IS ITEM EIGHT, WHICH IS OUR CITY MANAGER REPORT.UM, COUPLE THINGS TONIGHT JUST TO REPORT TO YOU GUYS.
UM, I REPORTED LAST WEEK ABOUT THE, UH, FRIDAY EVENT AT THE EIBERG.
THE, UM, UH, MOVIE NIGHT THAT WE HAD.
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SARAH REPORTS THAT THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 300 PEOPLE THERE, UH, WELL ATTENDED.UM, SHE REALLY ACTUALLY LIKES THE TIMEFRAME AND THE LOCATION THERE AT BERG.
SO WE'RE GONNA KIND OF LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE NEXT YEAR, TALK WITH PARKS AND BEAUTIFICATION AND MAYBE KIND OF TWEAK SOME OF THE SCHEDULES FOR THOSE THINGS.
UM, THE NEXT EVENT THAT WE HAVE COMING UP IS THIS COMING SATURDAY.
WE DO HAVE OUR, UH, UH, NEXT CONCERT IN THE PARK.
UH, THAT'S GONNA BE SATURDAY THE 27TH.
FOOD TRUCKS AND TIMBER COMMERCE VENDORS WILL BE THERE AT FIVE.
THE, UM, SHOW'S GONNA RUN FROM SIX TO NINE, AND IT IS THE VICTORIOUS K BIRDS THIS SATURDAY NIGHT.
UM, SPOKE TO THIS LAST WEEK, UH, WE HAD OUR SHREDDING EVENTS THIS PAST SATURDAY.
TONY WAS, UH, DOWN AT CLOUD PARK AND WE HAD SOME PEOPLE UP AT, UH, THE ROWS WELL ATTENDED.
UM, EVERY, EVERYONE GOT THEIR, UH, PAPER SHREDDED AND DOCUMENTS DONE, SO, UH, NONSTOP.
SO WE'LL BE DOING THAT AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
SO, UM, NEXT, WE SPOKE LAST WEEK ABOUT THE STARTING OF THE HYDRANT FLUSHING.
THAT'S GONNA CONTINUE THIS WEEK.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE BETWEEN BRANT AND TROY PIKE, AND THEN BETWEEN TAYLORSVILLE AND I 70.
SO, UM, WE'VE GOT ALL THAT INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE.
WE'VE ALSO STILL GOT THE INFORMATION THERE FOR ANY WATER PROBLEMS THAT CITIZENS HAVE AND THE CONTACT, UM, TO GET AHOLD OF VE OLI AS WELL.
THE LAST NEWS, UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR A FEW WEEKS HERE, UM, SINCE I GOT ON WITH REPUBLIC.
UM, SO, UM, WE'VE HAD THE SAME TRASH SCHEDULES FOR ALMOST SINCE THE INCEPTION.
UM, WE KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME INCREASES IN, IN POPULATION IN CERTAIN AREAS.
SO WE MET WITH REPUBLIC A COUPLE WEEKS BACK AND OUR GOAL HERE IS TO RESTRUCTURE SOME OF THE TRASH ROUTES TO MAKE THEM MORE EVEN, TO SPREAD THEM OUT MORE EVENLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN GET THE TRASH ROUTES DONE EFFECTIVELY AND THAT WE CAN SERVE OUR CITIZENS BETTER.
SO, UM, I KNOW THIS MAP IS REALLY TERRIBLE AND REALLY HARD TO READ.
UM, BUT IN DOING SO, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET ALL THE TRASH ROUTES DONE IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER AND GET THINGS DONE, UH, MORE EFFICIENTLY FOR THE CITIZENS.
SO THAT'S GONNA START PROBABLY THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST, DEPENDING ON WHEN WE GET THESE, UM, NOTICES SENT OUT TO THE CITIZENS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR JOHN? YES, KATE.
WILL WE PUBLICIZE THIS ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA? WE SURE WILL.
AND ANY OTHER OUTLETS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE? THANK, YEP.
ANYTHING WE HAVE AVAILABLE WEBSITES, SOCIAL MEDIA KNOWLEDGE IS BETTER WHEN THEY KNOW IT AHEAD OF TIME, SO,
JOHN REPUBLIC DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF COMMUNICATING.
IF YOU ARE, UM, HAVE GIVEN 'EM THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION, THEY DO.
SO THEY MAY BE PUMPING THAT OUT AS WELL.
AND WE'RE ALSO, THEY'RE ALSO GONNA SEND MAILERS OUT TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T SIGNED UP FOR THEIR ELECTRONIC NOTIFICATIONS AND EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS.
SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS I WANTED MAKE SURE IS THAT EVERYBODY GETS NOTIFIED.
NO ONE'S GONNA HAVE THEIR TRASH OUT ON THE WRONG DAY.
UM, I MAY STILL FORGET, BUT IT'LL BE BECAUSE OF ME AND NOT THEM.
UH, JOHN, DO YOU KNOW WHEN OUR CONTRACT'S UP DO FOR A RENEWAL? OH, DEAR LORD.
THE STAFF HAS BEEN HARD AT WORK.
SORRY MAYOR, I SHOULD ASK THIS BEFORE.
HOW MANY POUNDS OF SHRED DO WE KNOW? WHAT WENT THROUGH TONY? OH, HE TOLD ME WE'LL GET A FULL REPORT.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT IN THE COUPLE.
HE ACTUALLY DID A REALLY NICE JOB.
THEY HAD A NICE PRESENTATION FOR US.
TOLD US KIND OF WHERE, WHERE THE, WHERE THE HEAVY DAYS WERE AND WHY THE, THERE WERE SOME BACKUPS ON CERTAIN DAYS AND HOW THE RESTRUCTURES ACTUALLY GONNA HELP THEM MAKE THINGS.
WE HAD A COUPLE DAYS THAT WERE REALLY, REALLY, I WON'T CALL 'EM LIGHT DAYS, BUT THEY WERE DEFINITELY LIGHTER THAN THE OTHER DAYS.
SO YEAH, I'LL GET THAT TO YOU.
[ 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). (second reading)]
ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE, PENDING BUSINESS ITEM NINE A ITEM NINE A.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 DASH 12 AT THE SECOND READING.
THIS IS OUR APPLICATION, IF YOU'LL RECALL.
UM, THIS IS FOR THE, UM, VACATION DOWN OF MIDDLETON COURT.
THAT'S REALLY NO LONGER A A CORRIDOR STREET AT ALL.
IT'S GONNA HELP, UH, THEY'RE GONNA RESTRUCTURE THAT INTO ONE UM, SITE AND THAT'S WHERE THE PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY'S GONNA GO.
WORKS SESSION RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ADOPT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE TO ADOPT? IS THERE A SECOND? EASY.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY, MR. CAMPBELL? YES.
[ An Ordinance Amending Certain Sections Of Part Nine, Streets And Public Services Code, Of The City Code Of Huber Heights. (second reading)]
NINE B.IN ORDINANCE AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF PART NINE STREETS AND PUBLIC SERVICES.
CODE OF THE CITY, CODE OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
AND JOHN, ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? UH, JUST REMEMBER THIS IS THE, UM, INFORMATION THAT SARAH BROUGHT TO YOU.
THIS IS THE AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 9 43, UM, OF THE CODE PERTAINING MOSTLY TO PUBLIC USE IN OUR FACILITIES AND PARKS.
YOU HAVE A SECOND, FRED? UH, I WILL SECOND.
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WE HAVE A MOTION.AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
[ A Resolution Appointing John Russell As The City Manager Of Huber Heights, Ohio And Authorizing The Execution Of A Professional Services Agreement. (first reading)]
UNDER NEW BUSINESS ITEM 10, A TONY ITEM 10 A, A RESOLUTION APPOINTING JOHN RUSSELL IS THE CITY MANAGER OF HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT AT THE FIRST READ.TONY, ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? UH, JUST THIS IS A PRODUCT OF THE NEGOTIATION, UH, THAT HAVE GONE BACK AND FORTH, UH, MEDIATED BY OUR ATTORNEY, UH, WITH MR. JOHN RUSSELL AND COUNSEL, AND TO, UH, AFFIRM THE APPOINTMENT TONIGHT OF, UH, JOHN RUSSELL AS THE PERMANENT CITY MANAGER OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
NOW WAS THE RECOMMENDATION, DON, I WOULD PROBABLY, UM, MOVE TO, UH,
IS THERE A SECOND? SCOTT SECOND.
AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION TONY? MR. AKINS? YES.
AND A MOTION TO APPOINT JOHN CARRIES.
[ Swearing In And Oath Ceremony - Huber Heights City Manager John Russell - Mayor Jeff Gore]
ITEM 10 B SWEARING IN AND OATH CEREMONY BY, UH, FOR HUBER HEIGHTS, CITY MANAGER JOHN RUSSELL BY MAYOR JEFF COURT ON IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANYONE COME UP FRONT WITH YOU, UH, FOR THE SWEARING IN.IT'S AN ALL, IT'S AN ALL THAT WAY.
I JOHN RUSSELL, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES? THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, THE CHARTER IN ALL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HUMAN HEIGHTS CHARTER IN ALL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
AND THAT I'LL FAITHFULLY AND THAT I'LL FAITHFULLY HONESTLY.
AND IMPARTIAL DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE.
DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO THE BEST OF ABILITY.
WANNA SAY ANYTHING, JOHN? UM, SURE.
NO, I JUST WANTED TO THANK MY FAMILY FOR BEING HERE.
I KNOW, UH, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, BUT, UH, 25 YEARS WITH THE CITY AND UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING YOU IN FURTHER AND, AND WORKING WITH YOU GUYS AND MAKING THIS A BETTER PLACE TO, TO WORK.
UM, YOU JOHN, YOU'RE A GOOD MAN.
MY PARENTS ARE WATCHING FROM SOUTH CAROLINA AND IT'S MY DAD'S SON.
IF THERE IS ANYONE WHO DOESN'T HAVE IT, HAS ANY DOUBT THAT THIS ISN'T THE RIGHT GUY TO LEAD THIS CITY AND YOU'RE SADLY THE CITY.
UH, I THINK THERE ISN'T ANYONE IN THIS ROOM AND THERE IS ANYBODY ON THOSE DICE WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHERE THIS CITY HAS HEADED, GO THROUGH TOWN AND I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD TO BE HERE WITH OH, THANK YOU.
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IT'S A LOT.[ An Ordinance Approving Certain Recommendations Of The Huber Heights Charter Review Commission And Directing The Boards Of Elections Of Montgomery County, Ohio And Miami County, Ohio To Place On The Ballot At The General Election To Be Held On November 5, 2024, In The City Of Huber Heights, The Question Of Amending Sections 4.03, 4.04, 4.12, 5.08, 5.12, 6.01, 9.07, And 13.08 Of The City Charter, And Declaring An Emergency. (first reading)]
C TONY.ITEM 10 C, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE HUBER HEIGHTS CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION DIRECTING THE BOARDS OF ELECTIONS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO IN MIAMI COUNTY, OHIO, TO PLACE ON THE BALLOT AT THE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024 IN THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
THE QUESTION OF AMENDING SECTIONS 4.03, 4.04, 4.12, 5.08, 5.12, 6.01, 9.07, AND 13.08 OF THE CITY CHARTER AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AT THE FIRST READING.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? UH, THIS HAS BEEN THROUGH A PROCESS WHERE THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION HAD MET, UH, APPOINTED BY COUNCIL TO REVIEW THE CITY CHARTER, UH, WHICH IS DONE AT LEAST EVERY 10 YEARS.
UH, THESE ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THEY'VE COME FORTH AND COUNSEL HAS VETTED THESE AND DISCUSSED, UH, THESE CHARTER AMENDMENTS.
AND, UM, THIS ORDINANCE WOULD, UH, ALLOW THESE, UH, CHARTER AMENDMENTS TO BE PLACED BEFORE THE VOTERS FOR CONSIDERATION THE NOVEMBER 5TH BALLOT.
AND, UM, THIS HAS TO BE PASSED TONIGHT WITH THE SECOND READING WAIVED AND, UH, ADOPTED AS AN EMERGENCY SO IT COULD BE EFFECTIVE IN ORDER TO MEET THE FILING DEADLINE WITH THE MONTGOMERY AND MIAMI COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTIONS.
AND THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO WAIVE THE SECOND READING AND ADOPT THE SIGNED THIS EVENING.
IS THERE A MOTION TO WAIVE MARK? MOTION TO WAIVE NANCY.
ANY DISCUSSION? TONY? MR. LOONEY? YES.
MOTION TO WAIVE CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
NEXT WE NEED A MOTION FOR ADOPTION.
ANY DISCUSSION ATTORNEY MR. WEBB? YES.
[ A Resolution Amending And/Or Establishing The City Of Huber Heights Organizational Chart And Authorizing The New Personnel Staffing Levels As Detailed Below. (first reading)]
10 D.ITEM 10 DA RESOLUTION, AMENDING OR ESTABLISHING THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS ORGANIZATIONAL CHART AND AUTHORIZING THE NEW PERSONNEL STAFFING LEVELS AS DETAILED BELOW AT THE FIRST TREATING.
IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, THIS IS JUST THE CHANGE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK TO THE, UM, ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, UM, ADDING A FEW KEY COMPONENTS, UM, AN ASSISTANT SENIOR MANAGER OVER TOP OF FINANCE.
AND, UM, UM, THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UM, WITH THAT THE PR PERSON, OUR GRANTS AND PROCUREMENT PERSON IS NOW PLACED WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
THIS WILL ALSO BE THAT CHANGE TO THE, UM, FIRE STRUCTURE THAT YOU SAW THAT CHIEF NAZI SPOKE TO AS WELL.
HOLD JOHN, WE'VE GOTTA GO BACK BECAUSE THIS NEEDS TO BE PASSED AS AN EMERGENCY TO MAKE THE NUMBER BALLOT.
SO THIS, SO THAT ITEM ON THE, UM, YEAH, THE ITEM FOR THE, UH, NOVEMBER BALLOT ON THE CHARTER COMMISSION FAILS FIVE TO TWO, NOT PASSES.
SO YEAH, THIS IS JUST THE, UM, THE, UH, ORGANIZATIONAL CHART CHANGES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
WORK SESSION RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ADOPT.
IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO ADOPT? IS THERE A SECOND, NANCY? SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? TONY? MR. DAVIDSON? YES.
MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO AND NEXT IS
[ A Resolution Establishing And/Or Amending The Salary Ranges And Wage Levels For Employees Of The City Of Huber Heights, Ohio. (first reading)]
ITEM 10 E.ITEM 10 E, A RESOLUTION, ESTABLISHING AND OR AMENDING THE SALARY RANGES AND WAGE LEVELS FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF HUB RIGHTS, OHIO.
JOHN, AND THIS IS JUST THE COMPANION DOCUMENT TO WHAT WE JUST SAW.
THIS PLACES THOSE, UM, NEW, UM, STAFF MEMBERS INTO THE LEVELS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.
IS THERE A MOTION? SCOTT? MOVE TO ADOPT.
ANY DISCUSSION MS. BAKER? YES.
[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Solicit, Advertise, And Receive Proposals From Qualified Professional Consultants For The Design, Planning, Engineering And Construction Oversight Of Improvements To Thomas A. Cloud Memorial Park. (first reading)]
ITEM 10 FA RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SOLICIT, ADVERTISE AND RECEIVE PROPOSALS FROM QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS FOR THE DESIGN, PLANNING, ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION OVERSIGHT OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THOMAS A CLOUD MEMORIAL PARK AT THE FIRST READING.YEAH, JUST REMEMBER THIS LEGISLATION ALLOWS CITY STAFF TO JUST SOLICIT BIDS FOR THAT PLAN IMPROVEMENT TO CLOUD PARK.
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OKAY.AND THE RECOMMENDATION WAS ADOPTION.
IS THERE A MOTION FRED? MOVE TO ADOPT SECOND.
I WILL SECOND HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.
MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO AND NEXT IS ITEM
[ A Resolution Providing For Title Sponsorship Of The Big Hoopla’s Hometown Heroes Military Appreciation Night At The Rose Music Center. (first reading)]
10 G.ITEM 10 GA RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR TITLE, SPONSORSHIP OF THE BIG HOOPLA, HOMETOWN, HEROES, MILITARY APPRECIATION NIGHT AT THE ROSE MUSIC CENTER AT THE FIRST READING.
YEAH, THIS IS OUR $25,000 SPONSORSHIP TO THAT EVENT.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BE A TITLE SPONSOR AGAIN THIS YEAR, I THINK WITH MONTGOMERY COUNTY AS WELL, SO, OKAY.
AND RECOMMENDATION WAS ADOPTION.
IS THERE A MOTION MARK? MOTION TO ADOPT THREE.
ANY DISCUSSION? IS THAT BRIAN? YEAH.
[ An Ordinance To Levy Special Assessments For The Repair And Reconstruction Of Sidewalks, Curbs And Gutters, Driveway Approaches And Appurtenances Thereto On Parts Or All Of Certain Streets In The City Of Huber Heights Referred To As The 2024 Sidewalk Program, And Declaring An Emergency. (first reading)]
10 H.ITEM 10 H AN ORDINANCE TO LEVY SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR THE REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS, CURBS, AND GUTTERS, DRIVEWAY APPROACHES AND APP P IS THERE TOO ON PARTS OR ALL OF CERTAIN STREETS IN THE CITY OF HU HUBER HEIGHTS REFERRED TO AS THE 2024 SIDEWALK PROGRAM DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AT THE FIRST READING, JOHN? YEAH.
THIS IS OUR FINAL PIECE OF THE 2024 SIDEWALK PROGRAM.
THIS JUST ALLOWS US TO SEND THOSE INVOICES OUT TO THE AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS.
IF THEY'RE NOT PAID, THEN WE'LL, UH, ASSESS THOSE THROUGH THE COUNTY.
RECOMMENDATION WAS TO WAIVE THE SECOND READING AND ADOPT THIS EVENING.
IS THERE A MOTION TO WAIVE DON? MOVE TO WAIVE.
IS THERE A SECOND, SCOTT? SECOND.
AND I'M SORRY, WAIVING CARRY SEVEN TO ZERO.
MOTION TO ADOPT? PARDON? MOTION TO ADOPT.
ANY DISCUSSION MR. LENNEY? YES.
[ A Resolution Declaring The Necessity Of Repairing Sidewalks, Curbs, Gutters, Driveway Approaches And Appurtenances Thereto On Portions Or All Of Certain Streets In The 2025 Sidewalk Program, Providing That Abutting Owners Repair The Same. (first reading)]
10.A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE NECESSITY OF REPAIRING SIDEWALKS, CURBS, GUTTERS, DRIVEWAY APPROACHES AND APP PS THERE TOO ON PORTIONS OR ALL OF CERTAIN STREETS IN THE 2025 SIDEWALK PROGRAM PROVIDING THAT ABUTTING OWNERS REPAIR THE SAME AT THE FIRST READING, JOHN? YEAH.
SO AS THE 2024 PROGRAM ENDS, WE USHER IN THE 25 PROGRAM.
SO
ANY DISCUSSION? TONY? MR. WEBB? YES.
[ A Resolution Authorizing The Acceptance Of Donated Land Of Approximately Four (4) +/- Acres, Identified As Parcel Number P70 01820 0016, Pursuant To A Development Agreement With Metro Rose, LLC. (first reading)]
10 J.ITEM 10 JA RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF DONATED LAND OF APPROXIMATELY FOUR PLUS OR MINUS ACRES IDENTIFIED AS PARCEL NUMBER P 7 0 0 1 8 2 0 0 0 1 16 PURSUANT TO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH METRO ROSE LLC AT THE FIRST STREET.
THIS IS THE FOUR ACRES ON EXECUTIVE FROM METRO ROSE.
UM, THIS WILL ALLOW US TO, UH, TAKE THAT DONATION AND THEN START TO, UH, MARKET THAT PROPERTY.
IS THERE A MOTION? NANCY? MOVE TO THERE SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION ATTORNEY MR. DAVIDSON? YES.
[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into A Contract With App Architecture For The Design Of Renovations And An Addition To Fire Station 23. (first reading)]
IS ITEM 10 K.AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH APP ARCHITECTURE FOR THE DESIGN OF RENOVATIONS AND IN ADDITION TO FIRE STATION 23 AT THE FIRST READING.
JOHN, THIS IS THE, UH, UH, ARCHITECTURE AGREEMENT FOR THE RENOVATIONS AT STATION 23.
AND IS THERE A MOTION DON, MOVE TO ADOPT.
DON JUST WANTED TO THANK CHIEF LEY FOR HIS PRESENTATION ON THIS, UH, DEMONSTRATING THE NEED FOR, UM, UH, THE RENOVATIONS AND MAKING IT CLEAR TO US.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION TIME? MS. BAKER? YES.
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TO ZERO.[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Award A Bid For Services Related To The Replacement And Repair Of City Property Located At The Thomas Cloud Park House Located At 4707 Brandt Pike And The Community Park Gazebo Located At 5401 Chambersburg Road For The City Of Huber Heights Parks And Recreation Division. (first reading)]
L, ITEM 10 LA RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO AWARD A BID FOR SERVICES RELATED TO THE REPLACEMENT AND REPAIR OF CITY PROPERTY.LOCATED AT THE THOMAS CLOUD PARK HOUSE LOCATED AT 47 0 7 BRANT PIKE IN THE COMMUNITY PARK GAZEBO, LOCATED AT 54 0 1 CHAMBERSBURG ROAD FOR THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, PARKS AND RECREATION DIVISION.
AT THE FIRST READING, JOHN? YEAH, THIS LEGISLATION IS GONNA AUTHORIZE THE AWARD, THE BID TO MAXIMUM ROOFING OR MAXIM ROOFING.
UM, FOR CLOUD PARK HOUSE AND THEN COMMUNITY PARKS GAZEBO.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION TONY? MR. CAMPBELL? YES.
[ A Resolution Authorizing The Execution Of A Pre-Annexation Agreement With Carriage Trails Co., LLC Relating To The Petition For Annexation To The City Of Huber Heights, Ohio For Approximately 296.236 +/- Acres From Bethel Township. (first reading)]
M.ITEM 10 MA RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A PRE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT WITH CARRIAGE TRAILS COMPANY LLC RELATING TO THE PETITION FOR ANNEXATION TO THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO FOR APPROXIMATELY 296.236 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES FROM BETHEL TOWNSHIP AT THE FIRST READ.
JOHN, ANY COMMENTS? UH, I HAVE NO COMMENTS FURTHER AT THIS TIME.
AARON, IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THIS IS THE, UH, ONE OF THE, UM, FIRST, UH, PIECES OF LEGISLATION.
UM, AS FAR AS THIS PRE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT, IT REALLY DOES THREE THINGS.
ONE SETS OUT A DONATION OF BETWEEN 16 AND 18 ACRES FOR A NEW SCHOOL AND PARK, UH, SETS OUT A DONATION OF TWO AND A HALF ACRES FOR A NEW FIRE STATION.
UH, AND THEN ALSO WORKS, UH, DIRECTS THE CITY AND THE DEVELOPER TO AMEND A PREVIOUS 2009 AGREEMENT RELATED TO TIF PRO FUTURE TIF PROCEEDS.
SO, UM, THIS TIME I'LL ASK FOR, UH, A MOTION IN A SECOND AND THEN WE'LL GET ONTO DISCUSSION.
IS THERE A MOTION MARK? MOTION TO ADOPT.
OKAY, SO BEFORE WE GET TO DISCUSSION, WE WILL OPEN UP TO CITIZENS COMMENTS.
WE'LL START OFF WITH PAUL SHAFER.
UM, MY COMMENTS REALLY ADDRESS ITEM N.
NEXT ITEM THE RESOLUTION FOR ANNEXATION.
UH, SPECIFICALLY I'M GONNA KEEP IT VERY SHORT.
THERE'S BEEN MUCH SAID FROM THE SIDE OF THE AISLE, UM, AND I'M SURE THERE'S GONNA BE A FEW MORE WORDS THAT ARE GONNA BE SAID, BUT I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT EACH OF YOU PROVIDE A SMALL STATEMENT PRIOR TO YOUR VOTE EXPLAINING WHY YOUR VOTE YES OR NO.
JEFF MORFORD, MIAMI COUNTY BETHEL TOWNSHIP.
WHEN WE WERE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE ALL WERE TAUGHT ABOUT THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT, HOW EACH WORKED, HOW THEY HAD TO ACT TOGETHER, HOW THEY HAD THE ABILITY TO CHECK EACH OTHER AND BALANCE EACH OTHER.
WE WERE TAUGHT HOW VOTING IS THE KEY TO THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AT ALL LEVELS.
FROM THE TOP, ELECTING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE STATE LEVEL, ELECTING GOVERNORS, US SENATORS AND US REPRESENTATIVES AT DISTRICT LEVELS, ELECTING STATE SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES AT COUNTY LEVELS.
WE VOTE FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, JUDGES, SHERIFFS.
AT THE CITY LEVEL, WE VOTE FOR MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, AND TAX ISSUES.
AT THE TOWNSHIP LEVEL, WE VOTE FOR TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES, TREASURERS, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, FIRE POLICE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
ALL THIS VOTING IS DESIGNED TO GIVE THE CITIZENS THE RIGHT TO VOTE FOR ALL CANDIDATES AND ISSUES THAT HAVE AN EFFECT ON THEIR PERSONAL WELLBEING AND THE DIRECTION AND WELLBEING OF THEIR COMMUNITY, THEIR TOWN, THEIR TOWNSHIP, THEIR CITY, THEIR COUNTY, THEIR STATE, AND THEIR COUNTRY.
WE AS CITIZENS, EITHER BY INDIVIDUAL VOTING OR VOTING BY OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AT ALL LEVELS, VOTE ON HUNDREDS OF ISSUES DAILY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WHEN IT COMES TO INDIVIDUAL VOTING, THE MAJORITY RULES BY DESIGN AS IT SHOULD BE, AND THE RESULTS OF THAT VOTING IS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE TO EACH INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN.
AND THERE IS NO RECOURSE AND NONE IS NEEDED.
THE PEOPLE INDIVIDUALLY VOTED.
NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES VOTING SUCH AS YOURSELVES, THE CHECK AND BALANCE IS THAT THE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES VOTING HISTORY CAN BE EXAMINED BY THE CITIZENS.
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CITIZENS APPROVE OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVE'S VOTING HISTORY, THE CITIZENS WILL VOTE TO REELECT THAT OFFICIAL.IF THEY CITIZENS DISAPPROVE OF THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS ACTIONS, THEY CAN VOTE THEM OUTTA OFFICE.
AS IT RELATES TO ANNEXATION LAWS AND PROCEDURES, HERE IS THE REAL BREAKDOWN IN THE VOTING PROCESS, JUSTICE AND ETHICS.
YOUR VOTING ON AN ISSUE THAT DETERMINES THE FATE OF 4,000 BETHEL RESIDENTS IS UNCHECKABLE.
WE CANNOT VOTE YOU OUT OF OFFICE.
WE CANNOT SIGN A REFERENDUM PETITION TO REVERSE YOUR VOTE.
IF WE DISAGREE, THIS PROCESS DOES NOT REFLECT DEMOCRACY.
AGAIN, I WILL SUGGEST DISCRIMINATION, WHERE DISCRIMINATION TYPICALLY LEADS TO GROW GROUPS BEING UNFAIRLY TREATED.
I BELIEVE WE ARE BEING UNFAIRLY TREATED.
VOTING IS THE CORNERSTONE OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, THE 15TH AND 19TH AMENDMENT, GIVING ALL CITIZENS THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
CITIZENS HAVING A VOICE, HAVING A VOTE TO DETERMINE THE DIRECTION OUR GOVERNMENT WILL PROCEED.
VOTING IS PARAMOUNT TO DEMOCRACY AND TAKES SECOND PLACE TO NONE.
HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO ANNEXATION? THE LAWMAKERS IN COLUMBUS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO VIOLATE THE DEMOCRATIC VOTING PROCESS BY ESTABLISHING ANNEXATION LAWS AND PROCESSES THAT ARE DISCRIMINATORY IN NATURE AND VIOLATE THE CIVIL LIBERTIES OF THE CITIZENS LIVING IN TOWNSHIPS ACROSS THE STATES.
THE STATE, EXCUSE ME, PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME IF YOU CAN.
THE ACCEPTABLE, ACCEPTABLE LOGIC THAT WHEN A ANNEXATION IS FILED WITH A NEIGHBORING LARGE MUNICIPALITY, GIVING THAT CITY THROUGH THEIR CITIZENS ELECTED CITY COUNCIL, THE RIGHT TO LOOK AT THE REQUEST, DETERMINE IF IT WILL HELP OR HINDER THEIR CITY, THEN BE ABLE TO VOTE TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE REQUEST.
BUT WHEN INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY, BETHEL TOWNSHIP, WHERE THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AND HAS BEEN GOVERNED FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS, WHO DISAPPROVE OF THE ANNEXATION, WHERE THE THREE ELECTED BETHEL TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES DISAPPROVE OF THE ANNEXATION, WHERE THE THREE ELECTED MIAMI COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DISAPPROVE OF THE ANNEXATION HAVE NO RIGHT TO THE SAME PROCESSES THAT YOU DO.
THE LOGIC IS WRONG AT ALL LEVELS AND UNSUPPORTABLE LAWS NEED TO BE JUSTIFIABLE, NOT LAWS OF CONVENIENCE.
LAST WEEK I EXPLAINED THAT WHEN YOU EACH TOOK OFFICE, YOU SWORE OR AFFIRMED FIRST TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
SECONDLY, TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF A STATE OF OHIO, I CHALLENGE AND HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE TO YOUR OATH.
THE CONSTITUTION GIVES ALL CITIZENS ACROSS THE US THE RIGHT TO VOTE BY YOUR OATH AND YOUR SWORN SUPPORT OF THE CONSTITUTION.
IF YOU SEE THOSE BASIC RIGHTS BEING VIOLATED, IT IS YOUR SWORN DUTY, IF AT LEAST NOTHING ELSE, NOT TO SUPPORT OR CONDONE THESE VIOLATIONS OF PROCEDURES.
PLEASE SEE THAT THE ANNEXATION LAWS ARE FLAWED, NEEDING IMMEDIATE ATTENTION AND AMENDING.
PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW THIS TO GO UNCHECKED.
PLEASE VOTE NO UNTIL THESE UNFAIR ANNEXATION LAWS AND PROCESSES ARE REVIEWED.
MR. MO, I NEED YOU TO FINISH UP.
YOU, YOU ARE, I'VE, I'VE ALREADY LET YOU GO ALMOST A MINUTE OVER YOUR TIME.
AND YOU'VE KNOWN THE RULES FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS TO GET FIVE MINUTES.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING.
PRETTY IMPORTANT EVENING, SIR.
WELL, IT'S, WELL, I, I, IF YOU VOTE, I, I UNDERSTAND, BUT IT'S TIME FOR THE NEXT PERSON TO SPEAK.
OKAY? IF YOU, I GOT FROM HERE TO HERE, I COULD HAVE HAD IT DONE BY THE TIME YOU, WE DISCUSSED THIS.
BUT YOU'VE ALREADY GONE OVER YOUR TIME.
BUT I'M TRYING TO GO, TRYING TO KEEP THIS AS, UH, WITH AS MUCH DECORUM AS POSSIBLE.
YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO SPEAK AT EVERY MEETING.
WE HAVE NO ISSUES WITH THAT, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
AND YOU'VE NOW GONE OVER YOUR FIVE MINUTES.
I YOU WERE IN FACT ALMOST SIX MINUTES WHEN I SAID ANYTHING.
SO IT'S TIME FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO SPEAK NOW.
WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
IF YOU VOTE YES, THERE WILL BE NO VOTE.
NEXT UP WE HAVE THOMAS DILLINGHAM.
WHAT'S THAT? NEXT UP WE HAVE THOMAS.
AS ALWAYS, I LEAVE YOU THE GOLD RULE DO UNTO OTHERS.
SO MAYBE ONE DAY YOU'LL BE CUT OFF.
PROBABLY NOT GONNA MAKE ANY FRIENDS, BUT WHATEVER.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LET'S TAKE A DRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE.
THE SAGA OF CARRIAGE TRAILS BEGAN OVER 23 YEARS AGO IN 2001.
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THERE'S A PLENTY, THERE'S PLENTY TO SAY ABOUT HOW THIS DEVELOPMENT WAS MANAGED AND OPINIONS ARE AS VARIED AS THE LANDSCAPE ITSELF.THAT BEING SAID, BETHEL TOWNSHIP AND BETHEL LOCAL SCHOOLS HAVE HAD AMPLE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THIS POPULATION.
SOME MIGHT ARGUE THERE WERE MISSED OPPORTUNITIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, BUT HERE WE ARE IN COUNTLESS MEETINGS WE HAVE, WE'VE BEEN REMINDED TO CONSIDER THE KIDS AND THEIR FUTURE.
BETHEL LOCAL SCHOOLS CURRENTLY SERVE AROUND 1900 STUDENTS FROM K TO 12, WITH 1400 OF THOSE, THEM LIVING IN CARRIAGE TRAILS.
BETHEL TOWNSHIP COVERS 34.8 SQUARE MILES.
AND ACCORDING TO THE LAST CENSUS, HOUSES, 4,758 PEOPLE CARES.
TRAILS OCCUPIES 6,668 ACRES, ABOUT ONE SQUARE MILE AND ACCOUNTS FOR 70% OF THE STUDENT BODY WHILE THE OTHER 500 STUDENTS COME FROM THE REMAINING 33.8 SQUARE MILES.
MAYBE IT'S NOT HUBER, MAYBE IT'S NOT HUBER HEIGHTS THAT'S INFRINGING ON YOUR LIFESTYLE.
PERHAPS IT'S HUBER HEIGHTS SIMPLY ADAPTING TO THE BROADER AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE.
AND LET'S NOT IGNORE THE IRONY HERE.
PEOPLE LIVING ON ANNEX LAND ARGUING AGAINST ANNEXATION.
WE NEED EACH OTHER TO SURVIVE.
THAT'S A VERY, THAT'S THE VERY ESSENCE OF A COMMUNITY.
SURE, THE DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS HAVE BROUGHT SOCIAL CULT AND CULTURAL CHANGES THAT MIGHT BE HARD TO SWALLOW.
BUT GUESS WHAT? THOSE CHANGES AREN'T EXCLUSIVE TO BETHEL.
WE CAN'T AFFORD TO BE SO RIGID THAT WE IGNORE THE EVOLVING WORLD AROUND US TO ENSURE A BETTER FUTURE FOR THOSE WHO COME AFTER US.
THERE'S BEEN FAR TOO MUCH SQUABBLING ABOUT THE, ABOUT WHICH SCHOOL OR TOWN IS SUPERIOR.
THE DEMONIZATION, I'M SORRY, I MIGHT GET A LITTLE EMOTIONAL HERE.
THE DEMON DEMONIZATION OF HHCS STUDENTS, STAFF, AND ESPECIALLY THOSE, AND ESPECIALLY BY THOSE WHO LIVE IN AND SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO HUBER HEIGHTS, CITY SCHOOLS NEEDS TO END.
WE'VE GOT OUR OWN ISSUES TO TACKLE.
I TAKE PERSONAL OFFENSE AT THESE BASELESS BASELESS ATTACKS.
YOU'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MY CHILDREN.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MY WIFE WHO WORKS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND COUNTLESS OTHERS WHO'VE DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO EDUCATING OUR YOUTH.
REMEMBER, THERE ARE MORE EYES ON THESE FACEBOOK COMMENTS SECTIONS.
THERE ARE MORE EYES ON THESE FACEBOOK COMMENT SECTIONS THAN THE USUAL SUSPECTS.
WHETHER THE KIDS GO TO BETHEL OR HUBER HEIGHTS, WE ARE A COMMUNITY.
IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD AS ADULTS.
IT'S OUR DUTY TO NURTURE, PROTECT, AND PROVIDE FOR ALL THESE CHILDREN, NOT JUST OUR OWN.
THERE'S A QUOTE THAT RESONATES DEEPLY WITH ME.
IT TAKES A NOBLE MAN TO PLANT A SEED FOR A TREE THAT WILL SOMEDAY GIVE SHADE TO PEOPLE HE MAY NEVER MEET.
LET'S PLANT THE SEEDS OF UNITY, RESPECT, AND COOPERATION FOR A FUTURE WHERE ALL OUR CHILDREN CAN THRIVE.
DONNA HUGHES, 93 60 SOUTH MAN ROAD, BETHEL TOWNSHIP.
UH, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A HUBER HEIGHTS ORDINANCE 3, 3 1, 3 3.
THAT GIVES YOU THE ABILITY TO GIVE TICKETS TO PEOPLE WHO BLOCK THE INTERSECTION.
LIKE MAINLY 2 0 2 AND MERRILEE WAY.
SO THAT NEW RIGHT HAND TURN HELPS OUT A LOT.
BUT I JUST WANNA KNOW, OKAY, UH, I ALSO NOTICED SOME SOIL EROSION ON THE OFF RAMP OF I 70 SOUTHBOUND CORNER GOING WEST.
AND THAT EROSION IS VERY, VERY, VERY DEEP AT THE BASELINE OF THE, UH, THE RAMP.
UH, I WAS ALSO THRILLED WHEN HUBBERT WAS ABLE TO STOP DATING FROM TAKING THEIR LAND AND LETTING HUBBERT TO CONTROL THEIR DESTINY.
I WAS THRILLED TO DEATH BECAUSE IT PROVIDED EMPLOYMENT FOR MY TWO SISTERS.
I WANT EVERYONE TO PROSPER, BUT I WANT TO PROSPER AT THE BEST BETHEL SPECS, NOT FIVE HOMES TO AN ACRE.
MY FAMILY HAD SOMEONE ATTENDING AND GRADUATING FROM BETHEL FROM 1945, NOT ME, BUT FROM 1945 TO 2006, MY KIDS' GREAT
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UNCLE STARTED THE BETHEL FIRE DEPARTMENT.THAT FIRE DEPARTMENT ALSO SAVED MY CHILDREN'S FATHER FROM BEING PARALYZED IN IMPORTANCE OF THEIR EXPERT HANDLING AS A TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENT.
HE NEVER WAS PARALYZED, WHICH IS A GOOD THING 'CAUSE THAT WAY HE CAN EARN MONEY FOR CHILD SUPPORT.
OKAY? THE INCREASED HOMES ARE MOSTLY OVER $300,000.
THAT ACCORDING TO THE MIAMI COUNTY TAX BUREAU, THAT WOULD INCREASE MY PERSONAL TAXES ON MY HOME.
I HAVE NO ACCESS TO THE INCREASED TAXES THAT WOULD BE ON THOSE HOMES.
IT WILL BE A HARDSHIP FOR ME AND I CANNOT MOVE.
PLEASE VOTE NO ON THE ANNEXATION SO WE CAN BE, HAVE PROPERTY, HAVE DESTINY OVER OUR DESTINY.
THAT WASN'T SAID CORRECTLY, BUT THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
I'VE BEEN UP TO THIS PODIUM MULTIPLE TIMES, SHARING RESEARCH, POSING QUESTIONS TO DETER THIS ANNEXATION.
AND FRANKLY, IT SADDENS ME THAT I STAND HERE AGAIN BEGGING YOU TO DI DENY THIS ANNEXATION AND THE ALL IT ENTAILS INCLUSIVE OF THIS AGREEMENT.
I'M NOT GOING TO ATE REITERATE WHAT I AND MANY OTHERS HAVE ADDRESSED, SO I'M GONNA TRY TO PUT IT TO YOU ANOTHER WAY.
RIGHT NOW YOU ALL SHOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT HAPPENED WITH MICROSOFT LAST WEEK WHEN THE MASSIVE OUTAGE WAS CAUSED BY AN UPDATE PUT FORTH BY ANOTHER COMPANY.
THAT SOFTWARE UPDATE CAUSED GLOBAL CHAOS AFFECTING BUSINESSES, KEEPING PLANES ON THE GROUND, BANKS AND RETAIL UNABLE TO TRACK TRANSACT EVEN LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH AN INABILITY TO UTILIZE 9 1 1.
I WORKED FOR A MAJOR COMPUTER COMPANY.
TRUST ME, WHEN I SAY THERE WAS LOTS OF PLANNING DONE BEFORE THAT WAS EXECUTED, I'M SURE THAT MICROSOFT UPGRADE UPDATE LOOKED GREAT ON PAPER, BUT REALITY AS WE SAW, WAS MUCH DIFFERENT AND IT LED TO CHAOS AND DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES.
SO I ASK YOU BEFORE YOU CAST YOUR VOTE ON BOTH M AND N, THAT YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S NOT JUST ON PAPER, BUT WHAT IS REALITY ON PAPER, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY STATED THAT COMES INTO BETHEL LOOKS AWESOME.
IT LOOKS WONDERFUL AND WE WOULD THINK THAT WE HAVE MONEY TO BURN, BUT THAT'S NOT THE REALITY.
WE ARE STRUGGLING AND HAVE BEEN SINCE CARRIAGE TRAILS 1.0.
THIS WASN'T MISSPENDING, THIS WASN'T NO PLANNING.
THIS WAS AN EXPLOSION OF POPULATION THAT ONE CANNOT KEEP UP WITH.
THE REALITY IS THAT SCHOOL FUNDING IS COMPLEX AND IT ISN'T JUST A BUNCH OF NUMBERS.
THE REALITY IS THAT IF THIS PASSES, CHILDREN WILL BE TAUGHT IN TRAILERS WITH OVERCROWDED CLASSROOMS AND OVERWHELMED STUDENTS AND TEACHERS UNTIL THE STATE APPROVES THE NEED FOR A NEW SCHOOL.
ACCORDING TO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE, THIS ANNEXATION IS GOING TO BE MONEY INTO CUBA OUTWEIGHING THE COST PUT FORTH WITHOUT ANY HINDRANCE TO THE SERVICES PROVIDER.
THE REALITY IS THAT THESE NUMBERS WERE BASED ON ERRONEOUS COUNTS GIVEN BY THE DEVELOPER WHO SWITCHED PLANS RIGHT BEFORE THE TOWN HALL.
THE REALITY IS THAT THESE NUMBERS WERE DONE IN A VACUUM.
SO WHEN INCREASE IN FIRE AND POLICE IS NEEDED, BECAUSE NOT ONLY THESE HOMES ARE BUILT, BUT MORE THAN 2000 OTHER HOMES ARE BUILT THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SERVICES EVERYWHERE ARE GOING TO BE NEEDED.
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN YOU NEED TO PUT A LEVEE ON A BALLOT TO PROVIDE YOUR SERVICES? THE REALITY IS THAT CUBA CANNOT PROVIDE SERVICES TO CARRIAGE TRAILS 1.0.
NOW THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE STOOD UP HERE AND HAVE TOLD YOU MULTIPLE EXAMPLES OF THAT FACT.
THE DUE DILIGENCE PROVIDED WATER OPTIONS FOR HOW TO SERVICE THIS AREA.
HOWEVER, THOSE WERE OPTIONS AND REALITY IS YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.
THIS IS YOUR FINANCIAL REALITY.
ON PAPER, CARRIAGE TRAILS 1.0 LOOKED AMAZING WITH BEAUTIFUL OPEN SPACE WITH MULTIPLE WALKING TRAILS TO VIEW ALL THE NATURE AROUND.
THE REALITY IS, IT IS NOTHING OF THE SORT.
I REALIZED THAT A MAJORITY OF YOU WERE NOT ON THE COUNCIL WHEN CARRIAGE TRAILS WAS IMPLEMENTED.
BUT THE REALITY IS THAT THESE ARE THE SAME DEVELOPERS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING THE SYSTEM BY SHOWING ONE THING AND DOING ANOTHER.
EVIDENCED BY EXPRESSING AT THE TOWN HALL AND IN THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT THEY WOULD OFFER LAND TO HELP BETHEL SCHOOLS ONLY TO NOW PUT A TIME LIMIT ON WHAT'S IN M FIVE YEARS TO EXECUTE.
THE REALITY IS THAT'S NOT EVEN FEASIBLE BASED ON COMMON SENSE ALONE VERSUS THE STATE LEGALITIES.
THE REALITY IS THAT WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE AND IT IS BETHEL WHO HAS ENDURED MOST OF THE CONSEQUENCES.
WHAT IS IT NOW? GOING ON SEVEN YEARS TO MAKE AN INTERSECTION SAFE, WHICH ISN'T YET BUT FULL STEAM AHEAD ON BUILDING THOSE APARTMENTS
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RIGHT AT THAT VERY INTERSECTION.AND FINALLY, MAYOR GORE CLAIMS HE, HE TOOK THE FIRST ANNEXATION OFF THE TABLE BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANNA PLAY GAMES WITH THOSE SITTING ON THE DAIS AT THE TIME BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP OR GOT UP AND LEFT.
HOWEVER, THE ONE VOCAL NOVO VOTE IS NOT HERE TODAY BECAUSE AN EXCUSE ABSENCE THAT HAS BEEN KNOWN SINCE JANUARY.
MY ASK IS, WHY IS IT ON TODAY? WHAT IS ITS PURPOSE? SO THE REALITY IS WHO'S REALLY PLAYING THE GAMES, DOING THE RIGHT THING AND VOTING NO ON THIS ANNEXATION AND THE AGREEMENT FOR THE SERVICES ISN'T REALLY A HARD DECISION WHEN YOU STOP LOOKING AT WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ON PAPER AND START LOOKING AT THE REALITY THAT IS AROUND YOU.
LEARN A LITTLE BIT FROM MICROSOFT'S MISFORTUNE AND ITS CHAOS.
NEXT UP WE HAVE CYNTHIA SCHWARTZ.
I KNEW I WAS GONNA HAVE TO GO AFTER HER.
HELLO, MY NAME IS CYNTHIA SCHWARTZ.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL TAKE WHAT I SAY SERIOUSLY BECAUSE THESE ARE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS I HAVE AND THIS WHOLE TOPIC IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
YES, I AM A HUBER HEIGHTS RESIDENT.
YES, I LIVE IN CARRIAGE TRAILS, WHICH IS ON ANNEX LAND.
YES, I HAVE BEEN WHAT SOME PEOPLE CALL PART OF THE PROBLEM BECAUSE I HAVE TWO KIDS THAT HAVE ATTENDED BETHEL, WHICH ONE HAS GRADUATED AND ONE IS GOING TO BE A SENIOR THIS YEAR AND HE GOES TO CTC, BUT BETHEL'S IS HOMESCHOOLED.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT I DIDN'T STUDY POLITICAL GOVERNMENT.
I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW TRULY 100% WORKS 'CAUSE I'VE NEVER BEEN INTO IT.
BUT I DO MY BEST AND I READ AND TRY TO INTERPRET WHAT I FIND THROUGH DUE DUE DILIGENCE TO BE A REGULARLY A REGULAR INFORMED RESIDENT WANTING TRANSPARENCY.
I HAVE INTERPRETED THINGS WRONG BEFORE, UH, BUT I DO MY VERY BEST TO UNDERSTAND.
I'VE ASKED QUESTIONS TO CITY LEADERS AND I'VE ONLY GOTTEN A FEW ANSWERS OR NO RESPONSE.
WHAT ELSE AM I TO DO EXCEPT FOR INTERPRET MYSELF? I DON'T HATE HUBER.
LIKE SOME MAY THINK I LOVE MY HOMETOWN, BUT I HATE WHAT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER.
THIS IS TO GIVE HUBER HEIGHTS RESIDENTS BETTER AMENITIES WHILE RISKING THE SAFETY AND QUALITY EDUCATION OF HUBER AND BETHEL RESIDENTS.
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO WEIGH THE PROS AND CONS WHENEVER WE MAKE DECISIONS.
BETTER AMENITIES FOR US SHOULD NOT COME AT THE EXPENSE OF A TOWNSHIP, A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SAFETY.
AIKEN'S CAMPAIGN MOTTO WAS, LET'S BE BETTER.
I KNOW SOME OF YOU FEEL THAT PEOPLE AGAINST THIS ANNEXATION ARE BEATING A DEAD HORSE, BUT PLEASE HEAR ME OUT.
MAYOR GORE MADE A RATHER LARGE POST DISCUSSING THE CIVIC CAPACITY ARTICLE BY MR. LUTZ.
HERE WERE THE FOUR POINTS THAT WERE ADDRESSED IN HIS POST, AND I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS REGARDING THEM ALL.
NUMBER ONE, HE SAID, IF YOU LIVE IN CARRIAGE TRAILS, ONE THAT YOUR CHILDREN WILL ALWAYS GO TO BETHEL AND THERE AND THERE IS GOING TO BE NO CHANGE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
MY QUESTION IS, COULD IT CHANGE IF 1400 OF THE 1900 KIDS ARE ALREADY CARRIAGE TRAILS ONE STUDENTS AND CARRIAGE TRAILS TWO COULD BRING ANOTHER 1000.
WHAT MEAN THAT MEANS THAT MOST OF ALL STUDENTS WILL RESIDE IN HUBER HEIGHTS.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR BETHEL LOCAL SCHOOLS IN 10 YEARS? COULD THAT, COULD HUBER ABSORB BETHEL LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER TWO? HE SAID THAT THERE IS NO INCREASE IN COUNTY TAXES IN CARRIAGE TRAILS.
ONE THAT THE NCA WILL ONLY BE FOR CARRIAGE TRAILS TWO RESIDENTS.
MY QUESTION IS, IS IF MY MIAMI COUNTY IS GOING TO BE PROVIDING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND OTHER COUNTY SERVICES, COULD THAT CAUSE MIAMI COUNTY TO WANT TO INCREASE THE TAX RATE WHEN WE HAVE CRAS AND TIFFS AND SUCH, THE COUNTY DOES NOT GET MONEY.
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BECAUSE IT GOES TO THE CITY.
THE PRE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT MAY USE A-C-R-A-N-C-A AND TIF FOR CARRIAGE TRAILS TWO.
THAT IS IF BETHEL SCHOOLS AGREES TO THE NEW FACILITY THAT WILL USE AN NCA AND NCRA TO BUILD THE NEW SCHOOL.
THAT'S WHAT WAS SAID WHEN I READ THE PRE PREEN ANNEXATION AGREEMENT.
IT STATES IN BLACK AND WHITE THAT BETHEL LOCAL SCHOOLS WILL HAVE TO BUILD
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A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITHIN FIVE YEARS, OR THEY FORFEIT THE LAND BACK TO HUBER.THE MAYOR PUT ON AN EMAIL STATING THAT THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT THAT HUBER WOULD BANKROLL 25 MILLION NOW RATHER THAN 20 MILLION OVER THE COURSE OF YEARS TO FACILITATE THE BUILD OF THE SCHOOL.
AND THAT DIDN'T NECESSARILY MEAN IN ELEMENTARY.
SO WHAT IS IT ALSO WHY IN BLACK AND WHITE CONTRACT THAT BETHEL LOCAL SCHOOLS HAS TO BUILD AN ELEMENTARY IN FIVE YEARS OR THEY FORFEIT THE LAND WHEN WE HAVE AN EMAIL OUT THERE SAYING YOU HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR 25 MILLION, THEN YOU SAY ON A POST TO THE BETHEL LOCAL SCHOOL HASN'T AGREED TO ANYTHING YET.
YOU WONDER WHY PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED.
YOU SAY THE BETHEL LOCAL SCHOOLS WILL RECEIVE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE MONEY THAT THEY'LL ALWAYS TO RECEIVE.
AND YOU SAY THAT MR. LUTZ IS 1000% WRONG IN HIS ARTICLE SAYING HUBER WILL ONLY GET WILL WILL BE THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT GET THAT MONEY.
YOU MENTIONED PROPERTY TAX MONEY WILL NOT BE DIVERTED TO THE CITY.
THAT SHOULD GO TO BETHEL LOCAL SCHOOLS.
IF THERE'S A CRA AND NCA THAT ARE TO BE FORMED AND COME UP WITH A FEE STRUCTURE SIMILAR TO THE AMOUNT THAT PEOPLE PAY FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY TAX, THEN THE NCA FEE WILL BE THE MONEY, THE CITY MONEY FOR THE CITY AND INCLUDE THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR THE DEVELOP DEVELOPER.
THERE IS NOTHING IN BLACK AND WHITE THAT I'VE SEEN THAT FORCES AN NCA TO MAKE THE SCHOOLS WHOLE WITH THE MONEY THAT THEY SHOULD RECEIVE.
HOWEVER, IT IS IN BLACK AND WHITE THAT THE DE DEVELOPER WILL DEFINITELY GET THEIR MONEY.
ALSO, WHEN YOU WORD THINGS AS THIS IS A QUOTE, BETHEL LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL RECEIVE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE MONEY THEY'VE ALWAYS RECEIVED.
JUST AS IF WE DIDN'T PLACE A DIFFERENT TAX STRUCTURE ON THE DEVELOPMENT.
DOES THAT MEAN THAT BETHEL LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL RECEIVE THE MONEY THEY'VE ALWAYS RECEIVED ON THE LAND? MEANING THE AMOUNT PRIOR TO THE DEVELOPMENT, FOR INSTANCE, MY LOT WAS 47 OR 37,000.
MY HOUSE BEING BILLED ON IT IS 10 TIMES THAT AMOUNT.
SO ARE YOU CLAIMING THAT BETHEL LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT GETS THEIR SHARE OF THE 37,000 AND NOT THE 370,000 IF MY HOME WAS ON A LOT IN CARRIAGE TRAILS TOO? AND THE WAY THINGS ARE WORDED MATTER, MS. SCHWARTZ, YOU'VE NOW GONE TO SIX MINUTES.
SO I'M GONNA KEEP THINGS FAIR AS I DID WITH MR. ER.
SO, UM, TO ANSWER SOME OF THAT QUESTION, THE, I WILL SAY THE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TAX MONEY IS GONNA COME FROM THE PROPERTY TAXES.
THAT'S WHAT WAS ACTUALLY IN THE DUE DILIGENCE REPORT.
THAT'S WHAT, ISN'T IT A FEE NOT TAX MONEY.
THAT'S WHAT WE ACTUALLY STATED THAT WE WERE GOING TO GIVE.
WE WE SHOWED THAT BUDGETED AMOUNT THAT WE WERE GONNA GIVE BACK.
NOT ONLY THE MONEY TO BETHEL SCHOOLS, BUT ALSO ANY, WHAT WAS IT? THE, WHAT WAS THE REST OF THE LIBRARIES? UM, WHAT WAS THE OTHERS? THE CTC? YEAH, MY CTC.
THEY WERE ALL GONNA MADE WHOLE WITH THE TAX, WITH THE PROPERTY TAX MONEY THAT THEY WERE ALWAYS SUPPOSED TO RECEIVE.
NOT JUST ON THE LOTS BUT ON, BUT EVERY PENNY OF PROPERTY TAX.
AND WHO'S PAYING THE PROPERTY TAX? BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE PROPERTY TAX WAS ABATED, WAS GONNA BE ABATED.
IT'S A FEE THAT'S EQUIVALENT TO THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY PRO PROPERTY TAX RATE THAT WILL COVER THOSE EXPENSES.
NEXT UP WE HAVE, UH, ROBERTA ELL.
I AM ROBERTA BUDELL AND I AM A CITIZEN OF HUBER HEIGHTS PREVIOUSLY AND NOW CURRENTLY, UM, I HAD TWO SONS THAT GRADUATED FROM WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL, GOT AN EXCELLENT EDUCATION.
I ALSO HAVE TWO GRANDSONS THAT ATTENDED OR ATTEND BETHEL.
ONE HAS GRADUATED, ONE WILL BE A JUNIOR.
UM, BOTH QUALITY EDUCATION AND ALTHOUGH I HAVE TO SAY I'M, I APOLOGIZE TO ALL THOSE PRESENT, I'M NOT AS WELL VERSED IN ALL OF THE GOING ONS.
UM, BUT IN TRYING TO GET, YOU KNOW, UP TO SPEED THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE READ SO FAR ABOUT THIS SITUATION, I CAN'T SEE HOW IT REALLY BENEFITS EITHER COMMUNITY.
LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW THE WHOLE INS AND OUTS OF IT ALL.
DEFINITELY DON'T KNOW THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAVE HAPPENED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS IN EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE MEETINGS WITH THE DEVELOPER.
BUT FROM WHAT I READ, IT LOOKS LIKE THE MAIN PURPOSE, THE MAIN PERSON OR THE MAIN ENTITY THAT THAT BENEFITS FROM THIS IS THE DEVELOPER.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
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I THINK THAT HUBER HEIGHTS NEEDS TO STAY OUTTA BETHEL'S BUSINESS.BETHEL NEEDS TO BE LEFT ALONE.
LET THEM, LET THEM, LET THEM DO WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
AND LET'S NOT BE, LET'S NOT HUBER HEIGHTS BE THE BULLY IN THIS, JUST BECAUSE WE, CAN I SAY MY VOTE FOR MY REPRESENTATIVE? AND FOR THE REST OF YOU WOULD BE TO VOTE NO ON THIS ANNEXATION.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AGAINST ANNEXATION.
IN FULL DISCLOSURE, I AM A BETHEL TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE.
AND WHILE WE ARE SQUARELY AGAINST ANNEXATION, I'M HERE SPEAKING ONLY FOR MYSELF TONIGHT, NOT ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD.
SO YOU'VE PRETTY MUCH HEARD ALL THE REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE AGAINST THIS, THE IMPACT TO OUR SCHOOLS, THE LACK OF ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT ANOTHER 3000 VEHICLES, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE NEGATIVE IMPACT THAT IS HAVING ON OUR RURAL LIFESTYLE, OUR QUALITY OF LIFE IN BETHEL TOWNSHIP AND AT OUR SCHOOL.
YOU'VE HEARD THAT WE HAVE NO SAY IN THIS PROCESS AND THEREFORE IT IS AN UNJUST PROCESS.
YOU'VE BEEN ASKED TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND NOT INFRINGE UPON OUR RIGHT TO DEVELOP OUR OWN TOWNSHIP AS WE SEE FIT.
JUST AS YOU DID NOT WANT TO BE TOLD HOW TO DEVELOP YOUR LAND WHEN DAYTON WAS ANNEXING YOUR TOWNSHIP.
SO THAT IS THE TOWNSHIP'S VIEWPOINT.
BUT WHAT ABOUT HUB HEIGHTS? CITIZENS OPINIONS? THE MAJORITY OF THOSE WHO KNOW ABOUT THIS ANNEXATION OF 300 ACRES OF FARMLAND ARE AGAINST IT.
THEY CITE MASSIVE TRA TRAFFIC CONGESTION PROBLEMS THAT ALREADY EXIST, SEWAGE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES AND WATER ISSUES.
IN ADDITION, THEY TALK ABOUT THE OVERALL DECLINING OF THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.
GROWTH IS HAPPENING TOO QUICKLY AND THE OLD LOOK AND FEEL OF HUB IS DISAPPEARING AND THE RAPID GROWTH IS CAUSING THE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE HAS JUST NOT BEEN KEEPING UP.
MORE TIME IS NEEDED FOR BOTH COMMUNITIES TO CATCH UP WITH THE GROWTH THAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED.
AT THE VERY LEAST, TAKE THE STUDENTS FROM THE CARRIAGE TRAILS 2.0 HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT INTO YOUR OWN SCHOOL SYSTEM.
THIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO OWN THE CHALLENGE THAT COMES WITH THE RAPID GROWTH OF ROUGHLY 120 STUDENTS A YEAR ARE FOUR TO FIVE CLASSROOMS OF KIDS.
THAT IS A RESULT OF ANNEXATION.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO EDUCATE THEM AS YOU SEE FIT AND GIVE THEM THE PROPER EDUCATION THAT YOU HAVE BEEN MENTIONING OVER THE PAST FEW MEETINGS.
PLEASE SEE, PASS THE DOLLAR SIGNS AND CONSIDER THE JUSTICE OF THE SITUATION WHERE ANNEXATION IS LEGAL.
WITHOUT THE AGREEMENT OF THE TARGETED TOWNSHIP.
CONSIDER THE IMPACT TO THE SCHOOLS, THE TRAFFIC AND THE DECLINE IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE ON BOTH SIDES.
CONSIDER THAT YOU'LL HAVE EVEN MORE FAMILIES DIVIDED BETWEEN BEING HUBER HEIGHTS RESIDENTS, BUT ATTENDING BETHEL SCHOOLS.
A GENTLEMAN JUST SPOKE OF COMPROMISE, BUT THE COMPROMISE SEEMS TO BE EXPECTED TO BE ONLY ON THAT OF THE TOWNSHIP SIDE.
A HUGE COMPROMISE HAS ALREADY HAPPENED WITH ALL OF THE ANNEXATION THAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED.
TO DATE, I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE NO ANNEXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION.
BUT IF YOU BELIEVE ANNEXATION IS BEST FOR YOUR CITY, THEN PLEASE PUT IT ON THE BALLOT TO ALLOW YOUR RESIDENTS TO AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH YOU.
IT WOULD SEEM THAT YOUR CHARTER IS DESIGNED TO NOT EVEN ALLOW YOUR RESIDENTS TO OPPOSE A DECISION THAT YOU MAKE AT A COUNCIL MEETING.
I IMPLORE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS ANNEXATION RESOLUTION IF NOT FOR BETHEL TOWNSHIP, THEN TO ADDRESS YOUR OWN CITIZEN'S CONCERNS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
NEXT UP WE HAVE BETH VAN HERRON OBJECT.
I DON'T THINK I CAN ADD ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY ELSE HAS ALREADY SAID.
SO I DO JUST WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE NO AGAINST THE AGREEMENT AND THE ANNEXATION.
I DON'T THINK IT'S A HUGE BENEFIT TO YOUR CITY.
IT'S DEFINITELY NOT A BENEFIT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND LAST UP, WE HAVE DON BLACK.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK DON BLOCK BETHEL TOWNSHIP RESIDENT THE LAST 68 YEARS.
UH, I WAS CURIOUS WHAT COMMUNICATION YOU'VE BEEN GETTING FROM OUR TRUSTEES AS FAR AS AN ANNEXATION AGREEMENT.
NO, I MEAN, I, I KNOW WE HAVE REQUESTED WHAT THE, UM, AFTER MS. VAN HERRON SPOKE AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, I KNOW WE HAD DONE A, A, UH, PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST OR WE ASKED FOR THAT ANNEXATION AGREEMENT THAT WAS, THAT WAS PASSED, UM, I BELIEVE BY YOU WHEN YOU WERE ON THE, ON THE TOWNSHIP, ONE OF THE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES.
AND, UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY LUCK IN GETTING THAT.
I THINK WE WERE, WE WERE TOLD BY THEM, THEY, THEY COULDN'T FIND IT.
AND I THINK, UH, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS LEGISLATION THAT WAS ACTUALLY PASSED BY THE TRUSTEES.
AND THEN I THINK, WHEN WAS IT THAT YOU
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RECEIVED SOME MINUTES OF THAT MEETING BY MS. RE? THE, THE, THE, UH, THIS WEEKEND I RECEIVED A COMMUNICATION THAT REPRESENTED THE MINUTES WITH THE RESOLUTION INCLUSIVE OF THOSE MINUTES, BUT IT WAS NOT THE STANDALONE RESOLUTION.AND I TOLD THAT THAT WAS THE WAY THE TOWNSHIP WAS OPERATING IN 2023 AS FAR AS THAT PAPERWORK.
AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF 'EM WERE SIGNED WERE THEY, WERE ANY SIGNED ANY OF THE SIGNED AGREEMENTS? UH, THE, THE SIGNED, UH, THE, THE ONE I JUST RECEIVED, THE MINUTES WERE SIGNED, WHICH HAVE THE, UH, AGREEMENT INCORPORATED WITHIN, UH, BUT AGAIN, THERE'S NO STANDALONE LEGISLATION, UH, ATTACHED TO THAT, UH, MORATORIUM OR ANNEXATION AGREEMENT THAT WAS PASSED IN 2023 BY THE, UH, UH, BETHEL TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES.
SO WE, SO WE DID ASK FOR THAT, BUT WE DIDN'T GET IT.
SO THE ONLY THING YOU HAVE IS THE ONE THAT BETH AND I SIGNED A COUPLE YEARS AGO? NO, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE ASKED FOR AND THAT'S WHAT WE DIDN'T GET.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING NEW SINCE THE NEW TRUSTEES COME IN? NO, JUST THE MINUTES FROM THAT MEETING, BUT NOT THE ACTUAL ARE YOU WILLING TO TALK WITH THEM? I THINK WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN WILLING TO TALK WITH THEM.
HAVE YOU GOT ANYTHING FROM BETHEL LOCAL SCHOOL? UM, NONE OUTSIDE OF THE MEETING THAT WE, UH, THAT WE HAD WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND OR THE INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT.
AND, UM, ONE OF THE, UH, MS. MS. DONAHUE WHO WAS NATALIE DONAHUE WAS THERE AND THE TREASURER.
DO YOU THINK THE MORATORIUM, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT A 25 YEAR MORATORIUM AND POSSIBLY A 50 YEAR MORATORIUM.
WOULD YOU BE OPEN TO DISCUSSING THAT? WELL, OF COURSE, I THINK, AND MR. CAMPBELL EVEN SAID HE THOUGHT THAT WAS STILL THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AT THE MEETING THAT MS. VAN HERRON SPOKE.
AND WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, THAT'S THE REASON WE ASKED FOR THAT LEGISLATION.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR LEGISLATION COULD MIRROR WHAT WAS ACTUALLY PASSED BY BY BETHEL TOWNSHIP TWO YEARS AGO.
BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND.
SO WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? UH, I MEAN, THE ANNEXATION WILL HAVE A VOTE TONIGHT THAT SPECIFIC, THOSE SPECIFIC ITEMS AREN'T IN THIS RESOLUTION, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT CAN'T BE, AND THAT WE CAN'T COME TO TERMS ON, ON, ON THOSE ITEMS AFTER, UH, THIS IS OVER IF IT'S APPROVED.
SO YOU NEED OUR TRUSTEES TO REACH OUT TO YOU, SET UP A MEETING AND TRY TO GET AN AGREEMENT.
UH, WELL I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE IF THEY WOULD'VE JUST GIVEN US WHAT WE REQUESTED IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST.
UM, AND I'M JUST GONNA CUT TO THE CHASE.
I REMEMBER THAT, UH, BOTH YOU AND UM, UH, COUNCILMAN OR TRUSTEE BETH, UM, ARRANGED FOR THAT, UM, UM, AGREEMENT.
AND YOU CAME BACK TO THIS COUNCIL, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT DIDN'T YOU TELL US THAT IT HAD PASSED? YES.
AND IT PASSED BY A UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE TRUSTEES AT THE TIME? YES.
THAT WAS THE INFORMATION THAT THE MAYOR RELAYED TO THE REST OF THIS COUNCIL.
THAT WE HAD AN AGREEMENT IN PLACE.
AT THAT TIME, UM, OUR COUNSEL IS THE ONE WHO DROPPED THAT BALL BECAUSE WE BELIEVED THAT WE HAD AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF COUNSEL.
UM, THAT, UH, FOR WHATEVER REASON CHANGED AT THE LAST MOMENT.
AND, UH, I BELIEVE THAT YOU'LL RECALL, I REACHED OUT TO YOU AND ASKED TO EXTEND MY APOLOGIES TO BOTH YOU, TO BETH AND TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL OF YOUR, UH, TOWNSHIP.
UH, BECAUSE OF, UH, WHAT I FELT YOU GUYS HAD DONE.
YOU'D GONE OUT AND YOU TOLD YOUR CONSTITUENTS WASN'T PERFECT, BUT IT WAS THE BEST POSSIBLE SCENARIO FOR MOVING FORWARD.
AM I SAYING ANYTHING WRONG HERE? YOU CAN LIGHT ME UP IF I AM, DON.
I DON'T THINK YOU'RE SAYING ANYTHING WRONG.
I THOUGHT ON OUR PART WE HAD AN AGREEMENT, IT CAME TO YOU AND THEN WE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING MORE ABOUT IT.
AND I WAS HOPING THAT THAT AGREEMENT COULD BE REVISITED AND LOOKED AT.
'CAUSE I THINK IT WAS A GOOD AGREEMENT.
UH, I'LL ONLY FOLLOW UP BY SAYING THAT COUNCILMAN CAMPBELL BROUGHT THAT IDEA FORWARD AT A MEETING A FEW MEETINGS AGO, UH, THAT WE, UH, NEED TO REVISIT THAT RIGHT AS WE'RE MOVING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
SO I MEAN, A 25 TO 50 YEAR MORATORIUM ON ANY FUTURE ANNEXATION WOULD BE A GREAT THING FOR BETHEL TOWNSHIP.
UH, MR. BLACK UHHUH
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD COMPROMISE.
UM, IF I COULD ADDRESS CHRIS, THE CITY ATTORNEY, UH, IN PUBLIC, WE HAD ASKED TO HAVE
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A COPY OF THAT BETHEL TOWNSHIP LEGISLATION THAT WAS SIGNED, AUTHENTICATED, AND WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THAT.UH, SO I, I LOOKED AT THE MINUTES, UH, LAST WEEK AND IT WAS NOT CLEAR TO ME FROM THE MINUTES WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN THE LEGISLATION.
UM, WE HAVE A COPY THAT IS UNSIGNED OF THAT MORATORIUM AGREEMENT, AND I HAD SOME, UH, PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE TOWNSHIP'S, UH, LAW, UH, DIRECTOR OR LAWYER.
UM, I, I THINK THAT THERE IS THE BEGINNINGS OF THE DIALOGUE, AT LEAST ON THE LEGAL SIDE, ABOUT MOVING FORWARD IN SOME CAPACITY.
UM, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE PAST TO GET INTO THE FUTURE.
AND, UH, SEEING THAT AGREEMENT AND KNOWING WHAT WAS ON THE TABLE WOULD BE IDEAL.
UH, IF WE CAN'T GET A SIGNED COPY, WE AT LEAST KNOW WHAT THE DRAFT, WELL, WHAT THE, THE FORM WAS THAT WAS PRESENTED.
UM, BUT THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A SIGNED COPY OUT THERE SOMEWHERE.
SO, MR. BLACK, TO YOUR POINT, WE HAVE AN UNSIGNED COPY.
WE HAVE MINUTES TO A MEETING IN MAYOR.
I WOULD ASK TONIGHT THAT MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT ME IN ASKING CHRIS TO START THOSE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE BETHEL TOWNSHIP ATTORNEY AND BRING SOMETHING BACK TO US AT A LATER DATE THAT WE COULD VOTE ON.
I, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY ISSUE WITH THAT.
I THINK, I THINK ALL OF US THAT, SO THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY WE ASKED FOR THE INFORMATION SO WE COULD MIRROR THE LEGISLATION.
CHRIS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD DO? YES.
UH, ALL OUR TRUSTEES IS HERE, SO HOPEFULLY THEY HEARD THAT AND WE'LL BE GETTING IN TOUCH WITH YA AND I APPRECIATED YOU REVISITING THAT.
I CAN PROVIDE SOME CLARIFICATION ON THE MINUTES IF YOU WANT.
TONY, DO YOU NEED ANY OTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE MINUTES THAT YOU RECEIVED? I, I HAVE THE EMAILS THAT, UH, MRS. REESE HAS COMMUNICATED TO ME.
UM, I, I MEAN, BEYOND THAT, IF THERE'S ANY NEW ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, I, I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE THE LEGISLATION TO BE ABLE TO SEND TO US? SO THE WAY THAT LEGISLATION WORKED IS WE PASSED A RESOLUTION THAT INCLUDED THAT ANNEXATION AGREEMENT TO SAY THAT ALL THE TRUSTEES AGREED WITH IT.
IT SHOWS WHO MOTION, WHO SECONDED HOW THE VOTE WENT, AND THEN WE SIGNED THE WHOLE MINUTES.
SO THAT'S THE PASSING OF THE RESOLUTION.
THE AGREEMENT ITSELF, WHICH WILL BE A STANDALONE AGREEMENT, WAS NEVER SIGNED BECAUSE IT WAS INTENDED TO BE SIGNED WHEN BOTH PARTIES AGREED TO IT.
AND WE HAD APPOINTED OUR TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATOR TO BE THAT REPRESENTATIVE.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE MINUTES.
THAT ENTIRE COPY OF THE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT IS IN THERE.
AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SIGNED BY OUR TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATOR ALONG WITH YOU GUYS HAD YOU PASSED IT.
BUT THE, THE SIGNED MINUTES ARE, THAT IS OUR VERSION OF US PASSING THE RESOLUTION AND SHOWING WHO MOTIONED AND SECONDED AND WHAT THE VOTE WAS.
SO CHRIS IS, WAS THERE, WAS THERE ENOUGH DETAILED INFORMATION IN WHAT SHE'S SAYING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DRAFT AND MIRROR THAT LEGISLATION SO THEY MATCHED WE CAN'T MIRROR BECAUSE, UH, THE ACREAGE TOTALS AREN'T CORRECT.
OUTSIDE THE, OUTSIDE OF THE ACTUAL, OKAY.
UM, I, I THINK IT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT THE, IN LOOKING AT IT, I, I'M, THERE'S SOME TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT I'M HEARING FROM BOTH SIDES THAT WE'D HAVE TO FLESH OUT.
BUT YEAH, I MEAN, I I, THE PROCESS MOVING FORWARD IS WE'VE GOT A CORE DOCUMENT THAT COULD BE WORKED WITH AND, AND TAILORED TO THE, THE, THE EXISTING ENVIRONMENT, NOT THE ONE FROM THE PAST.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS HAVING CHRIS WORK WITH THE BETHEL, UH, LAW DIRECTOR TO, TO DEVELOP THAT FURTHER AND BRING BACK TO COUNSEL? NO, SIR.
CAN I CLARIFY ONE IF I COULD THOUGH? I, I WOULD ASK THAT THE, THE TRUSTEES LET JOHN KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT SAME DIALOGUE.
'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA ASSUME THAT HE NEEDS SOME SOMETHING FORMAL.
SO OUR, OUR ATTORNEY DID REACH OUT TO SOMEBODY HERE.
I TALKED TO HIM TO TRY TO GET A MEETING.
SO THAT SHOULD TELL YOU THAT YES, WE AGREE TO HAVE THE DIALOGUE.
OKAY, SO PEOPLE ARE GONNA TALK, THE TWO ATTORNEYS ARE GONNA SPEAK, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO WORK ON, CAN WE CLARIFY FOR THE CROWD ON, ON WHAT THE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT WOULD BE IN TERMS OF CONFORMING THE BOUNDARIES FOR BETHEL TOWNSHIP? UM, YOU KNOW, THE MORATORIUM, I MEAN, PUTTING THE, THE WORKINGS TOGETHER AS THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERNING BODIES.
THANK YOU FOR CLEARING FOR THE PEOPLE.
THANK, UM, FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION, CHRIS.
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UM, THIS PRE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT, UH, DOES THIS HAVE TO BE FINALIZED BEFORE THE VOTE TAKES PLACE ON THE ANNEXATION? ARE THEY TWO SEPARATE ENTITIES? WELL, THEY'RE, THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE STEPS, BUT BY DEFINITION, DEFINITION, THE PRE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT WOULD NEED TO BE APPROVED BEFORE THE ANNEXATION IS APPROVED.JUST M AND N HUH? WHICH IS M AND N.
WELL, I UNDERSTAND, BUT I MEAN, BUT THIS JUST SAYS M SAYS THAT WE'RE AUTHORIZING THE PARTIES TO GET TOGETHER AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE HAVE TO PASS AN AGREED UPON, UH, WE DON'T HAVE TO PASS AN AGREEMENT.
THIS, THIS READS THAT WE'RE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION THERE, THERE IS A PRE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT THAT IS IN THE PACKET.
AND THIS RESOLUTION WOULD APPROVE THE SIGNING OF THAT PRE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT, SEPARATE, DISTINCT, HOWEVER, FROM ANY DISCUSSION ON MORATORIUM.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO, SO THE VOTE TONIGHT WOULD BE TO APPROVE THE PRE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT AS CURRENTLY DRAFTED AND IN YOUR PACKET.
AND THEN THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO HAVING CHRIS WORK WITH THEIR ATTORNEY TO BRING BACK THE AGREEMENT DEALING WITH THE BOUNDARIES? THE, THE CURRENT COMMERCIAL TIP THAT'S ON THE PROPERTY, UM, THE MOR AND THE MORATORY? NO, SIR.
AND AGAIN, SO EVERYONE'S CLEAR ON THAT.
THE, THE TOWNSHIP'S LAWYER AND I HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION WE'VE EXCHANGED.
HE PROVIDED ME WITH AN EMAIL ON SOME OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, UH, THAT, UH, THAT WOULD FORM THE BASIS OF THE DISCUSSION.
UH, I HAVE FORWARDED THAT TO JOHN AND WE'RE PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD IN THAT PROCESS AND, UH, GET SOMETHING BEFORE COUNCIL.
UH, BUT WE NEEDED SOME AUTHORITY
POINT, POINT OF CLARIFICATION, MAYOR.
FRED, FOR THE SLOW KIDS, UM,
IT'S SEPARATE AND DISTINCTIVE TERRITORY.
SO THE PRE ANNEXATION WOULD STILL ONLY INCLUDE THESE THREE ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE, IN THE LEGISLATION BEFORE IT OR IN THE ORDINANCE? BEFORE IT THE RESOLUTION, YES.
THE DEVELOPER 16 TO 18 ACRES OF LAND CARRIES TRAILS DEVELOPMENT, THE NEW CONSTRUCTION OF A SCHOOL IN PARK, UH, THE 2.5 ACRES FOR, UH, HOA FOR A FIRE STATION, AND THEN TO, UH, WORK ON AN AMENDED 2009 AGREEMENT.
YES, MARK, JUST FOR THE RECORD, I'M FOR THE ATTORNEY NEGOTIATING WITH BETHEL'S ATTORNEY, WORKING WITH JOHN, THE CITY MANAGER, NEWLY APPOINTED CITY MANAGER, AND BRINGING BACK TO US A DOCUMENT TO CONSIDER AS A COUNSEL NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TONIGHT.
I'M FOR THAT NO MATTER WHAT THE VOTE IS ON M AND N, BECAUSE I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO PROVIDE BETHEL THAT SECURITY, THAT THE AREA THAT IS WRITTEN IN THE PRE, IN THE, UH, IN THE, UH, PETITION FOR ANNEXATION.
THE, UH, AGREEMENT THAT YOU'LL BE WORKING ON.
SO, SO WE HAVE A SEPARATE VOTE ON ALL THAT OTHER STUFF.
DOES THAT, YES, IT WOULD BE A COMPLETELY SEPARATE VOTE ONCE THAT, ONCE THAT LEGISLATION OR ONCE THAT AGREEMENT COMES BACK, BUT THEY'VE WORKED ON WITH THE TOWNSHIP AND THERE'D BE A ANOTHER VOTE TO APPROVE THE MORATORIUM AND THE BOUNDARY CONFORMANCE.
ALONG WITH THE HOW DEAL WITH THE TIP THAT'S ON THE, THE COMMERCIAL STUFF ON THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY.
SO I'M FOR OUR CITY ENTERING INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH BETHEL REGARDING MORATORIUM.
DON? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, THANK JULIE.
JULIE, YOU, UM, MADE THAT VERY CLEAR.
I UNDERSTAND HOW THE PROCESS WOULD'VE BEEN.
I THINK WE WERE UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING
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THAT THERE WAS A SIGNED MORATORIUM AGREEMENT, BUT IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THAT IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SIGNED UNTIL ALL THE PARTIES SIGNED IT.AND, AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE WEREN'T ASKING FOR THE SIGNED, UH, AGREEMENT.
WE WERE LOOKING FOR THE SIGNED LEGISLATION AUTHORIZING THE AGREEMENT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ON ITEM 10 M TONY, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL PLEASE? MRS. BURGE? YES.
THE MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ONE.
[ A Resolution Accepting The Annexation Of Certain Territory Described In The Petition For Annexation To The City Of Huber Heights, Ohio For Approximately 296.236 +/- Acres From Bethel Township, Ohio Pursuant To Ohio Revised Code Sections 709.02, 709.021, 709.023, And 709.04. (first reading)]
ITEM 10 N.ITEM 10 NA RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY DESCRIBED IN THE PETITION FOR ANNEXATION TO THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO FOR APPROXIMATELY 296.236 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES FROM BETHEL TOWNSHIP, OHIO PURSUANT TO OHIO REVISED CODE SECTION 7 0 9 0.0270 9.0 2 1 7 0 9 0.023 AND 7 0 9 0.04 AT THE FIRST READING.
JOHN, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO, THIS JUST APPROVES THE ANNEXATION OF THAT LAND AND THEN, UH, DIRECTS CLERK OF COUNSEL TO DELIVER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO THE COUNTY.
IS THERE A MOTION, NANCY, I MOVE TO ADOPT.
IS THERE A SECOND MARK? SECOND A MOTION AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES, FRED, JUST, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS AND, AND I WANT THE, THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT, THAT THIS IS, UM, THIS, THIS, THIS ISSUE WEIGHS HEAVILY ON THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE, UH, THAT ARE UP HERE.
UM, AND, AND I'VE WAFFLED BACK AND FORTH AND, UM, ONE, MY BIGGEST CONCERN AS AN EDUCATOR IS TO ENSURE THAT THE, THAT THE STUDENTS ARE TAKEN CARE OF, BE THEY RESIDENTS OF BETHEL OR, OR HUBER HEIGHTS OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
UM, AND, AND I THINK FOR, FOR MANY OF US UP HERE, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S OUR BIGGEST CONCERN.
AND I WISH I HAD A TIME MACHINE TO GO BACK TO WHEN THOSE PERSONS, UH, SOLD THOSE 300 ACRES TO THE DEVELOPER, THEN WE COULD, WE COULD TALK TO THEM, UH, INTO DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
SO, UM, I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT, UH, THAT, THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH THE, UH, WITH, WITH THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES TO GET A SCHOOL BUILT PRIOR TO, UH, BUILDING HOMES HERE, IF THAT'S THE CASE.
AND I, AND I, AND I TRUST THAT, THAT IF, IF THIS, UH, IF THIS, UM, RESOLUTION PASSES, THAT THAT WOULD BE THE CASE AND WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THE STUDENTS BECAUSE AT THE CORE OF WHAT, WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME AT LEAST, IS THAT WE DON'T PUT STUDENTS IN ENVIRONMENTS THAT THEY AND WHERE THEY CANNOT LEARN.
SO THAT I, I HAD TO SAY THAT, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY WHERE I AM.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THE STUDENTS ARE TAKEN CARE OF.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUTTA THE MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH, UH, THE SUPERINTENDENT AT BETHEL AND MS. DONAHUE AND THE TREASURER, WAS THAT, UH, WE WOULD ACTUALLY BE LOOKING, I KNOW THE AMOUNT CHANGE TO $25 MILLION, WE WOULD ACTUALLY BE LOOKING FOR THE CITY, UM, TO BUILD THAT SCHOOL AND THEN LEASE THAT SCHOOL BUILDING BACK TO BETHEL.
SO THAT BUILDING THE PLAN WOULD BE FOR THERE TO BE AN ACTUAL SCHOOL BUILDING UP AND RUNNING AND FUNCTIONING AND BEING BUILT PRIOR TO AS NEW BETHEL STUDENTS ARE, ARE COMING INTO THE DISTRICT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD, WE WOULD HOPE THAT, THAT BETHEL WOULD WORK WITH US ON THAT TO DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, WHAT TYPE OF SCHOOL THAT THEY WOULD NEED, WHAT FACILITY MIGHT SERVE THEIR INTEREST THE BEST.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE JUST ASSUMED IT'D BE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THE OVERPOPULATION.
I THINK I'VE HEARD, AND I LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS AND ADDED THEM UP OVER HOW MANY BETHEL, UH, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS THERE ARE.
AND I THINK THERE'S ABOUT 900 IN THAT BUILDING.
SO IF ANOTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GETS BUILT IN CARRIAGE TRAILS, THAT WOULD DIVIDE THOSE KIDS UP FOUR 50 PER BUILDING, IF THAT WAS THE CASE.
UM, I THINK THE SCHOOL BUILDING THAT WE HAD LOOKED AT THAT HAD ESTIMATED WOULD SERVE ABOUT 700, 700 STUDENTS.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE THE GOAL OF THE COUNCIL MOVING FORWARD, IS TO HAVE THAT BUILDING UP AND UP BUILT AND READY TO GO, UH, WITH A LEASE TO BETHEL LOCAL SCHOOLS, UM, TO PAY THE DEBT SERVICE ON THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING.
AND THAT AGREEMENT CAN BE WORKED OUT.
THOSE, THOSE PAYMENTS WOULDN'T NECESSARILY EVEN NEED TO START UNTIL THE REVENUE STARTS COMING IN, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM THE ACTUAL, UH, REVENUE FROM THOSE NEW, FROM THOSE NEW, UM, RESIDENTS AND CARE SHELLS TOO.
SO I THINK THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE BASIS OF OUR MEETING, UH, THAT WE HAD WITH, WITH BETHEL, WITH THE, UH, WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE SUPERINTENDENT HAD MENTIONED THAT WOULD SOLVE ABOUT 70% OF THE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS BECAUSE SO MANY OF THE KIDS THAT WERE IN CARE SHELLS TOO, WOULD ACTUALLY BE WALKERS.
SO IF WE ARE ELIMINATING, I THINK PART OF THIS WHOLE PROCESS HELPS SOLVE THE PROBLEM
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FOR, UM, FOR THE INCOMING STUDENTS FOR CARE SHELLS TOO.BUT IT ALSO RELIEVES, IF THEY MOVE FORWARD IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, RELIEVES THE OVERCROWDING PROBLEM THEY HAVE IN THE CURRENT, UH, SCHOOL.
THE CURRENT SCHOOL IS NOT GONNA GET ANY WORSE BECAUSE THERE ARE, UH, I THINK MAYBE 30 LOTS LEFT IN CARE SHOWS, ONE TO BE, TO BE SOLD TO BUILD OUT.
SO THERE REALLY ISN'T AN INFLUX OF MORE KIDS COMING INTO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM CARE SHOWS.
ONE, IT WOULD BE CARE SHOWS TWO.
SO THAT KIND OF DILUTES THE, THE STUDENT POPULATION PROBLEM IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
IF ANOTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE BUILT, IF THEY DETERMINE IT NEEDS TO BE A MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEN THAT'S, THEN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IS WHAT WILL BE DONE.
BUT THAT AGREEMENT CAN BE WORKED OUT.
BUT THAT IS SOLELY AND PURPOSELY THE INTENT OF THE CITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT SCHOOL BUILDING IS ACTUALLY BUILT PRIOR TO ANY STUDENTS, UH, AND ANY HOUSING BEING PUT INTO CARRIAGE TRAILS TOO.
SO THAT IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT, UH, THIS IS OUR POSITION ON WHAT'S HAPPENING.
CAN YOU SHARE WITH US, UM, WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT, UH, WHAT HIS POSITION WAS, UH, ON THIS WHOLE, THIS WHOLE ISSUE? WELL, I MEAN, I CAN, I CAN TELL YOU, I MEAN, I WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED 'CAUSE I LISTENED TO THE BOARD MEETING THAT HE HAD RIGHT AFTER, UM, RIGHT AFTER THE MEETING THAT WE HAD.
AND WE CLEARLY DISCUSSED BUILDING THE BUILDING UP FRONT.
AND, AND THAT PARTICULAR TOPIC WAS NOT BROUGHT UP OR SHARED AT ALL DURING THAT MEETING.
IT WAS, IT WAS NEVER EVEN MENTIONED.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE WHOLE PREMISE AND THE BASIS OF OUR MEETING.
SOMEHOW HE TOOK FROM THAT MEETING THAT I MADE THE SUGGESTION THAT WE PULLED ALL THE KIDS FROM CARE HILLS ONE AND MOVED THEM INTO RIGHT CITY SCHOOLS.
THAT WAS NOWHERE EVEN NEAR THE TRUTH.
THAT IS NOT THE CONVERSATION THAT TOOK PLACE.
WE ALL SAID THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE WOULDN'T WANNA SEE HAPPEN BECAUSE WE KNEW BASED ON THE NUMBERS THEY GAVE US, THAT 71% OF THE KIDS IN THE DISTRICT WERE COMING FROM CARRIAGE TRAIL.
SO THERE'S ONLY ABOUT 550 KIDS IN BETHEL TOWNSHIP THAT'S ATTENDING BETHEL LOCAL SCHOOLS.
SO THE SUPERINTENDENT, HE'S THE ONE THAT SAID THAT WOULD BE A COMPLETE CRAP SHOW BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE TO SHUTTER SOME OF THEIR BUILDINGS AND LAY OFF TWO THIRDS OF THEIR STAFF IF WE REMOVED THOSE KIDS FROM CARRIAGE TRAILS ONE AND BROUGHT THEM INTO COOPER SCHOOLS.
SO WE SAID CLEARLY THAT THAT IS NOT WHAT ANYBODY IS AFTER.
WE ARE TRYING TO BE PARTNERS HERE, NON ADVERSARIES.
WE WANNA WORK WITH YOU TO FIND WHATEVER SOLUTION THAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS, THAT THIS ALL WORKS.
AND AT THE END OF THE MEETING, THAT WAS, UH, CERTAINLY SEEMED TO BE A, A BLESSING IN DISGUISE TO THEM.
THAT'S KIND OF HOW, HOW THEY MADE IT SOUND THAT WE WOULD BE WILLING TO BUILD THAT BUILDING UP FRONT.
UM, I THINK THAT THAT WAS EVEN COMMENTARY FROM THE TREASURER, THAT THAT'S HOW ONE OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS THAT ARE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS BUILT, THAT THEY WERE MAKING LEASE PAYMENTS.
THEY'RE LEASING THAT BUILDING FROM, UH, WHATEVER KINDA THAT TAXING AUTHORITY.
AND, AND, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING A LOT MORE NOW ACROSS THE STATE, THE WAY, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE GETTING THE SCHOOLS BUILT.
SO WITH US BUILDING IT, WE DON'T HAVE TO, WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR WHATEVER'S GONNA HAPPEN FROM THE SCHOOL AND THE OHIO PLANNING FACILITIES COMMISSION.
WE CAN CONTRACT AND HAVE THAT BUILDING BUILT AND, AND GET IT DONE AND MAKE SURE IT'S READY TO GO WHEN, WHEN THE KIDS ARE ACTUALLY MOVING IN.
SO THERE WAS NO INTENT FOR US TO TAKE CARRIAGE TRAILS ONE SCHOOLS, UH, THOSE KIDS INTO OUR SCHOOLS.
WE KNEW THAT THE PARENTS WHO MOVED INTO CARRIAGE TRAILS AND WERE EXPECTING TO GO TO BETHEL SCHOOLS THAT WOULD CLEARLY UPSET THEM IF NOW OF A SUDDEN THERE'S A CHANGE OF, OF WHERE THEIR KIDS ARE GOING TO SCHOOL.
SO ALL THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THAT MEETING.
MY, MY FRUSTRATION CAME OUT OF, UH, WHAT TURNED INTO ABOUT A FIVE MINUTE DIALOGUE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT TO HIS BOARD AT THE MEETING FOLLOWING THAT DIDN'T DISCUSS ANY OF THOSE GOOD POINTS THAT WE ACTUALLY KIND OF HAD AGREEMENT ON IN, IN A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD.
UH, WHICH RESULTED IN THE EMAIL THAT I SENT ALL COUNSEL AND THE, AND ABOUT THE SCORE MEMBERS BECAUSE THE, THE SUMMATION OF, OF WHAT HE SAID WENT ON.
THAT MEETING JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN.
AKINS, I, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAID.
UH, AND UH, MARK, I FULLY SUPPORT A MORATORIUM AS WELL.
I WASN'T AS VERSED IN THE BEGINNING WHEN THAT WAS ALL BEING DISCUSSED, BUT I'M, I'M ALL FOR THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND BEING A FATHER MYSELF, I JUST WANNA REITERATE, I'M NOT, I'M SAYING EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST SAID, BUT IF THIS PASSES, THE SCHOOL WOULD BE BUILT FIRST.
BE BETHEL HAS TO AGREE TO THE BILL.
I MEAN, WE CAN'T JUST GO OVER START BUILDING SCHOOL.
THAT, THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION.
SO BETHEL GETS TO DECIDE WHAT KIND OF SCHOOL IS BUILT, MEANING ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR HIGH.
TO THEIR DISCRETION SOLELY, YES.
AM I ALLOWED TO ASK A QUESTION? UM, AT THIS POINT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE BEYOND THAT.
SO AGREEMENT SAYS ELEMENTARY MAYOR.
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PRE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT.UH, FROM TALKING WITH JOHN AND TALKING WITH AARON, UH, THIS PRE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT WILL BE GONE THROUGH AND IT'S GOING TO BE THE BASIS IN WHICH A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS CONSTITUTED.
AND ALL OF THOSE DETAILS CAN BE WORKED OUT IF BETHEL WANTS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
DID I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY? THAT'S CORRECT.
ALSO, YOU TALK ABOUT LEASING, THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BUILD TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO THE NEWEST SCHOOL THAT BETHEL HAS AND THE WAY THEY HAVE FINANCED THAT? I BELIEVE IT'S VERY, I BELIEVE IT'S VERY SIMILAR.
I THINK I MADE MENTION THEY WERE WAITING ON SOME TAX ABOUT 25 OR $26 MILLION OF THE TAX CREDITS OR SOMETHING FROM THE, I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S WHAT THE TREASURER SAID.
I MEAN, I, SO ARE THEY CURRENTLY LEASING THAT? NO, NO, NO.
WELL, THEY SAY THEY'RE NOT, BUT THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF HOW THE TREASURER MADE IT SOUND.
I JUST, THAT I KNOW THAT'S THE WAY A LOT OF SCHOOLS ARE DOING IT.
NOW, THAT TYPE OF AGREEMENT WOULD BE NO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE DID WITH THE COURT'S BUILDING THAT'S OUT HERE BEHIND THE, UM, POLICE BUYING THE POLICE STATION.
I MEAN, ALL THE NEW BUILDINGS THAT WE GOT, WE ARE WE LEASING THOSE? I BELIEVE THERE WAS A BOND THAT WAS PASSED FOR THE, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THOSE BUILDINGS.
WAS PART OF THE STATE, DID THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PAYING THAT OR IS THAT PROBABLY NOT WHAT BETHEL DID AS WELL? UH, I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW.
SO, BUT I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW.
WHAT OUR INTENTION IS, IS TO WORK OUT AN AGREEMENT TO BUILD THE SCHOOL PRIOR TO THE KIDS COMING BASED ON WHAT BETHEL SAYS THEY NEED THAT WILL SERVE THEIR DISTRICT THE BEST.
SO YOU WANT TO BUILD THEM A SCHOOL THAT THEY DON'T WANT BECAUSE OF THE, YOU KNOW, AND THEN SAY, OKAY, NOW WE'VE BUILT IT.
YOU LEASE IT TO US, WE'LL LEASE IT TO YOU.
WELL, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S A BETTER SOLUTION THAN NOT MAYOR, YES.
MARK OR NOT AGREE WITHIN THE ANNEXATION.
AND, AND MAYBE AARON, YOU CAN CHIME IN AS WELL, BUT LET'S SAY IT'S FIVE AND A HALF YEARS AFTER ALL THE AGREEMENTS ARE ENTERED INTO, AND BETHEL DOESN'T WANT THE SCHOOL AS THE YOUNG LADY HAD MENTIONED.
WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS? WELL, SO THE WAY THE PRE, PRE-EX STATION AGREEMENT IS WRITTEN IN, IN WHAT WE HAVE WORKED THROUGH IN OUR HEADS IS THAT THAT FIVE YEAR TIME PERIOD THAT'S OUTLINED IN THE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT, THAT REALLY DOESN'T START TO KICK IN UNTIL THE LAND IS TRANSFERRED FROM THE CITY TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UM, SO WE HAVE A LONG RUNWAY TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PLAN WHAT THE NEEDS ARE.
UM, IF FOR WHATEVER PURPOSE OR REASON, IF THEY WERE TO DECIDE THEY DID NOT WANT A, A NEW SCHOOL IN THAT LOCATION, UH, ULTIMATELY THE DECISION WOULD BE UP TO, TO THIS BODY.
BUT, UM, UM, MY GUESS IS THAT WE WOULD LIKELY CREATE A MIXTURE OF PASSIVE AND ACTIVE RECREATION.
UM, SO IN CASE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CHANGED THEIR MIND, WE WOULD STILL HAVE THAT LAND, UH, SET ASIDE AS GREEN SPACE IN THE FUTURE.
IF THOSE SCHOOLS BUILD FOR 700 KIDS, WILL THOSE 700 KIDS THEN GO TO HIGH SCHOOL? THAT WE DON'T HAVE ROOM FOR THE, THE KIDS ARE GONNA BE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IF I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY, THEN THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IT SAYS THAT DURING THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE CLOCK STARTS WHEN THE SCHOOL ACCEPTS THIS, UM, UH, DONATION OF THE LAND.
THE WAY THE, UM, UM, IT IS LAID OUT IS THAT THE DEVELOPER WOULD DONATE THE LAND TO THE CITY.
WE WOULD WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO, TO DEVELOP AND BAKE WHAT THEY NEED.
UM, THAT GIVES US THE RUNWAY LENGTH NEEDED SO THAT THE CLOCK DOESN'T START TICKING IMMEDIATELY.
WHEN THIS IS EXECUTED, WE HAVE TIME TO, TO PLAN, UM, CORRECTLY AND JOINTLY WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND WHAT I'M READING HERE IS THAT, UH, SHOULD THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DECLINE TO CONSTRUCT A NEW ELEMENTARY? SO IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS APPROACHING, UM, STAFF IN THE CITY WITH THE INTENTION, PERHAPS THEY DON'T HAVE A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND IN THAT FIVE YEARS, BUT IF YOU BELIEVE IT'S THEIR INTENTION TO BUILD A SCHOOL, UH, WILL THIS PARAGRAPH APPLY? THEY HAVE NOT DECLINED.
IT ISN'T A HARD AND FAST, DON'T BUILD IT IN FIVE YEARS AND YOU DON'T GET THE LAND.
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RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, THERE NEEDS TO BE A SCHOOL IN THIS GENERAL LOCATION.UH, AND SO THAT WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE LAND PLANNING PROCESS, I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO RESERVE THE ACREAGE.
NOW WE CAN PROGRAM IT FOR, UM, AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME, UH, TO WHERE THERE'S A NEW, I GUESS, VIEWPOINT FROM MAYBE THE SCHOOL BOARD ON WHAT THE NEEDS ARE OR AS THAT COMMUNITY MATURES, WE CAN, WE CAN WORK, UH, ACCORDINGLY.
BUT THERE IS NO, THE, THE WAY THE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT IS LAID AT THE PRE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT IS LAID OUT IS EVEN IF, IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DECLINES THE OPTION, IT'S THE CITY'S LAND.
AND SO WE CAN DO WHAT IT WE WE CHOOSE.
AND THAT COULD BE HOLD FOR FUTURE.
IT COULD BE MAKE A PASSIVE PARK.
IT'S REALLY WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THIS BODY DETERMINES IS.
AND ULTIMATELY WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE USE IN THE FUTURE IF THE SCHOOL BOARD WERE TO DECLINE THAT THIS OPTION OR THIS OFFER? I BRING IT UP ONLY BECAUSE THERE WAS AN INTERPRETATION THAT I READ THAT SAID, UH, WELL, THEY'VE ONLY GOT FIVE YEARS TO BUILD A SCHOOL AND IT TAKES, UM, IF THE BETHEL SCHOOL BOARD PEOPLE ARE HERE, IT TOOK 'EM 10 YEARS TO BUILD A SCHOOL.
UM, HOW CAN YOU HOLD 'EM TO FIVE YEARS? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR THAT IF, UH, IT'S THEIR INTENTION TO BUILD A SCHOOL ON THAT PROPERTY, THAT'LL BE THERE FOR THEM.
MAYOR, CAN I DO A FOLLOW UP? YES.
IT'S BEEN MENTIONED THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL BE MADE 100% WHOLE.
I KNOW THERE ARE DIFFERENT TAX FUNDING STRATEGIES.
WE'RE LOOKING AT CRAS, NCAS, TWAS
ALL THESE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES.
MY QUESTION IS JUST VERY SIMPLY, WILL BETHEL SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT ANY OF THESE TAX FUNDING THINGS, WILL BETHEL SCHOOLS BE MADE 100% WHOLE ON THE TAXES THEY WOULD COLLECT, UM, IN AN OTHERWISE NORMAL TAX ARRANGEMENT WITH THE NEW DEVELOPMENT COMING IN? YES, WE HAVE MO ALL OF OUR MODELS HAVE ALWAYS, UH, PRESUMED THAT THIS WOULD BE EITHER A NON-SCHOOL TIF OR SOME OTHER MECHANISM WITH THE CRA THAT, SORRY, WITH THE, UH, THE NCA THAT BETHEL SCHOOLS AND CTC WOULD REMAIN BE HELD HARMLESS.
I HAVE, UM, IN CONCERT WITH WHAT MR. SCHAFFER HAD ASKED US TO DO AS IT RELATES TO THE REASON THAT WE WOULD VOTE YES OR NO TONIGHT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO REFLECT ON A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD A WHILE BACK, AND THAT WAS YOU TELLING ME THAT YOUR ISSUE WITH THIS WHOLE ANNEXATION WAS MAKING SURE THE KIDS WERE MADE WHOLE AND, AND A LOT OF SIMILAR CON UH, CONTACTS WERE MADE, I THINK, BETWEEN YOU AND STAFF.
AND WHEN WE FIRST TALKED, I WAS BLOWN AWAY WITH THE IDEA.
AND DO YOU REMEMBER, I, I ASKED YOU, ARE YOU SURE WE CAN DO THIS? BECAUSE I HAD, I'D NEVER HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
AND THEN YOU HAD BROUGHT UP A CITY THAT DID SOMETHING SIMILAR.
C COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT CITY THAT WAS? UM, YES, IT WAS NEW ALBAN.
NEW CITY OF NEW ALBANY OUTSIDE OF COLUMBUS.
AND THEN OUR LONGTIME BOND COUNCIL.
IS THAT WHAT CHRIS'S TITLE WOULD BE? YEAH, YEAH.
UH, HE, HE HELPED YOU WALK THROUGH THAT.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND COMPLIMENT YOU.
UH, I KNOW YOUR HEART ON THIS ISSUE, AND IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO DR.
FREDS AND THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU'VE, UH, EXHIBITED FROM MY PERSPECTIVE HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING.
UH, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE ONLY BEEN THE LAW DIRECTOR A FEW MONTHS, SO THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY HERE THAT, UH, I AM UNAWARE OF AND LEARNING, BUT WHEN DRAFTING A DOCUMENT, LIKE A PRE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT, UM, THERE, I, I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO GET HUNG UP IN THE IDEA THAT IT'S AN AGREEMENT THAT HAS, THAT IS INFLEXIBLE.
THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW DO WE BUILD AND FLEXIBILITY, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T ALWAYS PLAN FOR THE FUTURE, YOU ANTICIPATE THE FUTURE.
BUT THE, THE PRINCIPLE HERE THAT'S TRYING TO BE ADDRESSED IS WE WANT TO SEE HOW THINGS GO.
WE HAVE PLANS EXPECTATIONS, BUT IF THOSE EXPECTATIONS DON'T HAPPEN AS WE, WE EXPECT THEM TO, THAT THERE'S MECHANISMS IN PLACE THAT WE CAN ADJUST AND ADAPT.
THAT'S WHAT THAT FIVE YEAR PLAN IS INTENDED TO ACCOMPLISH.
AND, UM, AND TO TO BE COLLABORATIVE.
SO I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK JUST BECAUSE IT'S IN THE AGREEMENT THAT THAT CAN'T
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BE AMENDED IN SOME WAY.AND THAT WAS BAKED INTO THE AGREEMENT AS BEST WE COULD DO IT.
SO IN CLOSING, MAYOR, BEFORE WE VOTE, UH, I'M FOR A MORATORIUM AND I'M ALSO FOR BUILDING A SCHOOL FOR BETHEL IN CARRIAGE TRAILS TWO, BUT CLOSE TO CARRIAGE TRAILS ONE.
AND AS YOU HAD INDICATED, NOT ONLY WOULD YOUR IDEA HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE ISSUES IN CARRIAGE TRAILS TWO, IT'LL ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT CURRENTLY EXIST WITH THE STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOLS.
ONE THAT YOU BROUGHT UP THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT INDICATED WAS THE BUSING.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, SCOTT? THANKS, MAYOR.
UH, I JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN MY REASONING.
PAUL SCHAEFFER, YOU KNOW, ASKED FOR MY REASONING FOR A NO.
UM, I DIDN'T WANT TO VOTE YES ON M EVEN THOUGH I THINK IT'S BEST TO HAVE A SCHOOL.
I'M NOT REALLY VOTING NO FOR A SCHOOL.
I'M VOTING NO FOR, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL ISSUES THERE.
I, UM, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, UH, INCOME FOR BOTH MIAMI COUNTY, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, BETHEL SCHOOLS, YER HEIGHTS.
UM, I KNOW ALL THAT IS GONNA BE TRUE.
UM, BUT GETTING OUT THERE, TALKING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, TALKING UP IN CARRIAGE TRAILS, UM, YOU KNOW, I SEE THE SITUATION, WHAT THEY'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW WITH KIDS, EVEN THOUGH THEY GOT TO DO SCHOOL AND, UM, HAVING AN INFLUX OF MORE KIDS.
EVEN THOUGH WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING A SCHOOL, UM, I'M LOOKING MORE FOR THE KIDS AND THE STUDENTS MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE.
UM, SO THAT IS MY REASONING FOR THAT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? TONY? MR. AKENS? YES.
NEXT UP IS ITEM 11 UNDER CITIZENS' COMMENTS FOR GENERAL.
UH, WE HAVE NONE THIS EVENING, MAYOR.
ITEM NUMBER 12, THE CITY OFFICIAL
[12. City Official Reports And Comments]
REPORTS AND COMMENTS.ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING? YES, KATE.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK TONY ROGERS FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THE SHRED DAY AND HIS ASSISTANT KAREN POWELL, FOR WORKING.
YOU BOTH WORK VERY, VERY HARD.
AND MY COLLEAGUE NANCY BERG, AND I WORKED AT THE ROSE WHO VOLUNTEERED AT THE ROSE OR THE PLOW.
WE HAD MEMBERS OF OUR, UH, BOARDS OF COMMITTEE COMMISSIONS, CASEY TAYLOR, EVA NEWBIE, AND, UH, SHERRY AND KEN HERSTEIN WERE DOWN THERE WITH ME.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THEM AND THE OTHER VOLUNTEERS THAT WE HAD AT, UM, THE ROSE WORKING, BUT HE WAS A VERY GOOD EVENT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING IT NEXT YEAR.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, DON? WELL, OKAY.
I'VE JUST GOTTA SAY I'M VERY PROUD OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE CITY TONIGHT IN THE NAMING OF OUR NEW CITY MANAGER, JOHN RUSSELL.
I HOPE YOU KNOW, UM, UH, I HAVE THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE THE IDEAL CITY MANAGER SINCE BEFORE WE THOUGHT OF HAVING YOU AS THE CITY MANAGER.
YOUR ROLE WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN MORE THAN EXEMPLARY.
YOUR WORK WITH THE CITY, UM, HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING.
BUT BEYOND ALL THAT, IT'S YOUR LOVE FOR THE CITY.
UM, YOUR COMPASSION FOR THE CITY THAT I THINK IS GONNA MAKE YOU THE BEST CITY MANAGER THAT THIS CITY HAS EVER SEEN.
I'M SO THANKFUL THAT YOU ACCEPTED THIS JOB, UH, AND SO PROUD OF THE FACT THAT, UH, WE HAVE YOU REPRESENTING US.
DON, I ECHO EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID AND I COULDN'T SAY IT BETTER ON MYSELF, SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT BRIAN, UH, PERSON.
I'M KIND OF TIRED OF ALL THE COMPLIMENTS, SO I I DON'T REALLY CARE TOO MUCH FOR YOU.
SO SOME I'LL, I'LL WORK ON GETTING SOME NEGATIVES COMING UP.
IT'S A, IT'S A BIG TASK, YOU KNOW, TAKE CARE OF OUR CITY.
JOHN RUSSELL, UH, WHY HUBER HEIGHTS IS SO LUCKY TO HAVE YOU IS NOT BECAUSE OF YOUR DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN THE FIRE DIVISION AND, AND ALL THE MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE THAT YOU HAVE, BUT IT'S FIRST AND FOREMOST BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST A GREAT HUMAN BEING.
UM, I DON'T KNOW ANYONE THAT I'VE EVER TALKED TO THAT HAS HAD ANYTHING BUT NICE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT JOHN RUSSELL.
YOU'RE NOT TALKING TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
AND YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER TONIGHT, I ASSURE YOU, ARE BUSTING WITH JOY AND PRIDE.
AND JUST THE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH YOU, THERE'S NO TELLING WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE US.
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YES, I, UH, AND I, I COULDN'T AGREE MORE.WE SHOULD HAVE HAD YOU TWO YEARS AGO.
UM, AS YOU COULD TIME, TIME IS EVERYTHING.
TIMING IS EVERYTHING BUT YOU, I HOPE YOU FELT THE LOVE IN THE ROOM.
I MEAN, THIS MAN HAS THE TOTAL RESPECT OF THE COMMUNITY AND THAT'S WHY WE WANTED HIM TWO YEARS AGO BECAUSE HE'S WELL LOVED, HE'S WELL RESPECTED.
AND MAN, WE ARE GOING TO CHARGE AHEAD WITH YOU IN CHARGE AND, AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU ARE IN YOUR SEAT.
UM, YOU FAILED TO MENTION THAT YOUR FAVORITE BROTHER-IN-LAW'S HOSTING IN YOUR PARENTS AT HIS HOUSE.
SO MAKE SURE YOU THINK YOUR FAVORITE BROTHER-IN-LAW.
UH, WHEN YOU LEAVE, MAKE SURE YOU GO OUT THE DOUBLE DOOR BECAUSE IT'S WIDER.
I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU, SO, 'CAUSE I'M STILL WITH A PRETTY CLOSE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEY'RE STILL TALKING HIGHLY OF YOU, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE GOING TO ANOTHER POSITION.
SO THEY DEFINITELY HAVE YOUR BACK AND WE DEFINITELY HAVE YOUR BACK.
WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, UH, THERE IS NO NEED FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS EVENING.
SO IT IS NOW 7 43 AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.