Aug 12, 2024 City Council Meeting

PLEASE HELP YOUR CHILDREN.

THIS EVENING, I PLAN TO SHARE WITH YOU VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE, NOT MESSAGES THAT WE PREACH IN THE CHURCH, BUT IS FOR ORAL PARENTS.

YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE AWARE THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE PREPARING TO GO TO SCHOOL.

SO THE PA, THE PARENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE TO HELP THEM TO BE SMART PEOPLE.

THAT'S WHY I WANT TO BRING THIS WORD FROM THE WORD OF GOD.

UH, WE READ THE PROVERBS, CHAPTER 22.

I, I'M SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS, THIS SCRIPTURE.

PROVERBS CHAPTER 22, VERSE SIX.

IT SAYS THIS, TRAIN A CHILD IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO.

AND WHEN HE'S OLD, HE WILL NOT TURN FROM IT.

THIS IS CORRECT, THIS IS TRUE.

AND THEN I WILL SHARE WITH YOU ALMOST FOUR THINGS YOU WILL KEEP IN YOUR MIND SO THAT WHEN YOUR CHILD IS GOING TO SCHOOL, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THIS.

NUMBER ONE, YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT THE CHILD NEEDS PARENTS.

CHILDREN NEED THEIR MOMS CHILDREN, NEEDS THEIR DADS.

SO YOU ARE IMPORTANT PEOPLE TO YOUR CHILDREN.

BEFORE I BECAME A PASTOR, I WAS A TEACHER IN SCHOOL, TEACHERS.

I TAUGHT ABOUT FIVE YEARS.

AND THEN I WENT TO STUDY ABOUT, THIS IS MY WORK, WHICH I'M DOING NOW.

UH, WHEN YOU ARE HELPING A CHILD TO LEARN, WHERE HE BECOMES VERY SMART, AND HE GOES IN THE FINISHING UNIVERSITIES, SOME OF THE PEOPLE WE HAVE WHO CAME, CAME IN THIS COUNTRY, WHOM I TAUGHT IN SCHOOL, I WAS AMAZED TO MEET THEM IN MY CHURCH.

SOME OF THEM ARE THE DOCTORS.

AND WHEN THEY CAME TO SEE ME, I WAS SO HAPPY AND HEAR WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

I WAS SO GLAD.

THIS IS THE CHALLENGE I WANT TO GIVE YOU AS A PARENTS.

SO, NUMBER ONE, PARENTS NEED TO GIVE INSTRUCTIONS TO THEIR CHILDREN WHEN THEY ARE PREPARING TO GO TO, TO THE SCHOOL, TO THEIR SCHOOLS.

GIVE THEM INSTRUCTIONS WHAT THEY NEED TO DO, AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT THEIR PHONES.

TAKE THEM AWAY FROM SCHOOL.

IF THEY WANT TO USE THE PHONES, THEY CAN USE IT WHEN THEY GET HOME.

OTHERWISE, IF THEY'RE IN SCHOOL, THEY NEED TO LEARN.

SO THE PARENTS, MOM AND DAD, YOU NEED TO GIVE YOU A CHILD INSTRUCTION.

NUMBER TWO, PARENTS NEED TO GIVE CHILDREN THE PRIVILEGE OF PERSONHOOD.

AND THEY NEED TO DO THAT BECAUSE THESE CHILDREN WILL GROW AND THEY WILL BECOME VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

NUMBER THREE, PARENTS NEED TO DISCIPLINE THEIR CHILDREN.

SOMETIME.

IT BOTHERS ME WHEN I MEET SOME OF THE CHILDREN, UH, HERE AROUND, OH MY GOODNESS, SAY, LORD, HELP THESE CHILDREN, HELP THEIR THEIR PARENTS.

SO YOU NEED TO DISCIPLINE YOUR CHILDREN, YOUR CHILD.

NUMBER FOUR, PARENTS NEED TO GIVE A GOD EXAMPLE TO THEIR CHILDREN.

DO YOU KNOW THAT THE, THE CHILDREN WATCH WHAT YOU ARE DOING? DO YOU KNOW THAT THE CHILDREN LOOKS IN YOUR EYES AND KNOW WHAT YOU ARE THINKING? THEY KNOW PSYCHOLOGICAL, THEY KNOW THINGS ABOUT HIS MOM AND DAD, EVEN THEY'RE SMALL.

SO WE NEED, AS A PARENTS, WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THESE CHILDREN.

WE, WE ARE GOING TO PRAY FOR THEM AS THEY ARE PREPARING TO GO TO SCHOOL WHEN HIGH SCHOOL IN THE OTHER PLACES AND SO FORTH.

SO WE NEED TO REMEMBER OUR CHILDREN TO REMEMBER THIS.

GIVE THEM INSTRUCTIONS, GIVE THEM PRIVILEGE OF PERSONHOOD, AND THEN GIVE THEM DISCIPLINE.

DISCIPLINE THEM.

AND THEN GIVE A GOOD EXAMPLE.

GODLY EXAMPLE.

THEY WILL LEARN, THEY WILL BE PROUD.

SAYING, TELLING OTHER CHILDREN THAT MY DAD IS, I LOVE HIM.

MY MOM, I LOVE HER BECAUSE SHE TREATS ME LIKE THIS.

SO PARENTS,

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TRAIN THEM TO BE GODLY PEOPLE, TO BE MEN WHO WILL SERVE HERE NEW HEIGHTS.

LET US PRAY OUR HEAVEN.

AND FATHER, WE THANK YOU.

YOU GIVE US A CHILDREN, WE LOVE THEM, THEY LOVE US, BUT YOU ARE, YOU WANT US TO DO SOMETHING FOR THEM SO THAT THEY WILL GO TO SCHOOL AND LEARN MORE AND MORE.

WHEN THEY GET HOME, THEY WILL LEARN FROM THEIR PARENTS, SEEING THEM WHAT THEY DO IMITATE THEM.

LORD, WE PRAY FOR THEM.

WE PRAY FOR ALL TEACHERS WHO WILL BE TEACHING OUR CHILDREN THIS YEAR.

OH LORD, WATCH OVER THEM AND GIVE THEM KNOWLEDGE TO SHARE WITH THE CHILDREN SO THAT THESE CHILDREN WILL BE ABLE TO DO THEIR ASSIGNMENTS AND OTHER THINGS.

NOW, LORD, WE ARE PREPARING FOR ELECTION FOR 2024.

YOU KNOW WHAT WILL BE? WE ARE NOT THE ONES REALLY WHO CHOOSE THE, THE PRESIDENT.

YOU ARE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS THE HEARTS OF PERSON.

WE PRAY THAT HE WILL GIVE US WONDERFUL PRESIDENT WHO WILL, WHO WILL RULE THIS COUNTRY, THIS WONDERFUL COUNTRY.

THIS COUNTRY IS AN EXAMPLE TO OTHER NATIONS.

WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO WILL OBEY YOU, WHO WILL DO YOUR WORK AS YOUR SERVANT.

WE PRAY FOR ALL PEOPLE WHO ARE PREPARING TO GO TO, UH, TO VOTE.

NOW, LORD, WE REMEMBER OUR PEOPLE WHO ARE SERVING IN THIS CAPACITY OF THE CITY OF HUB HEIGHTS, POLICE, FIREFIGHTERS, AND OTHER PEOPLE WORKING THIS OFFICE.

AND ALSO, I ASK YOU TO BLESS THESE MEN AND THE WOMEN WHO ARE HERE.

THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD.

WHEN YOU GO AROUND THE HEBREW HEART, WE SEE NEW THINGS ARE HAPPENING.

IT IS BECAUSE OF YOU GIVE THEM A KNOWLEDGE TO THINK WHAT THIS CITY NEEDS.

WE PRAY FOR THEM AND WE LOVE THEM.

LORD, BE WITH THEM AS THEY ARE GOING TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE THINGS WHICH WILL THE, THE CITY YOU PERHAPS WILL BE PROFITING FROM THEM, GUIDE THEM AND WATCH OVER THEM.

IN THE NAME OF JESUS WE PRAY.

AMEN.

PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO PROVIDE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

[3. Pledge Of Allegiance]

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK MAYOR GOD.

THE THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, PASTOR KAREN.

[4. Roll Call]

WE CALL THE ROLL PLEASE.

UH, NANCY AND DON HAVE, UH, LET US KNOW AHEAD OF TIME THAT, UH, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING.

UH, AND ASK THAT THEIR, UH, ABSENCE TO BE EXCUSED.

IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.

ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY, KAREN, CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.

AND MOTION TO EXCUSE PASSES.

SIX TO ZERO.

NEXT UP

[5. Approval Of Minutes]

IS ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, ITEM FIVE A AND FIVE B, THERE ARE TWO SETS OF MEETING MINUTES, UH, FROM JULY 22ND AND JULY 30TH.

THOSE HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED.

THERE ARE NO CORRECTIONS CONCERNS.

UH, THOSE MENTAL STANDARDS APPROVED.

ANYWAY, OKAY, THOSE MINUTES ARE APPROVED EXCEPT AS ITEM NUMBER SIX,

[ 2024 City Beautification Awards Presentation – Sarah McPherson]

WHICH IS SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.

ITEM SIX A 2024 CITY BEAUTIFICATION AWARDS PRESENTATION.

THE SARAH MCPHERSON.

HELLO EVERYONE.

HELLO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT.

I AM THE LIAISON FOR THE, UM, ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION BOARD, AND I AM HERE TO INTRODUCE, UM, CHERYL BRANDENBURG, WHO'S BEEN ON THE BOARD A NUMBER OF YEARS AND IS REALLY THE CHAMPION OF THIS YARD BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT.

SO, UM, I'M GONNA PLAY A VIDEO OF THE PHOTOS OF OUR NOMINEES FROM THIS YEAR.

THEY WERE GRACIOUSLY DONATED BY LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHER JAY HARTMAN, WHO I KNOW HAS HELPED OUT IN THE PAST.

AND THEN AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE VIDEO, UM, WE HAVE SOME AWARDS HERE TO GIVE OUT TO THE PUBLIC.

AND I'LL LET CHERYL DO THAT AND TALK MORE ABOUT THE PROCESS AND INTERESTING FACTS SHE FOUND OUT ALONG THE WAY.

YOU TO WAIT, YOU CAN COME UP IN CASE YOU WANNA COMMENT ON ANY OF THEM.

A REALLY CUTE PUPPY IN ONE WOULD BE.

THERE IS

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THANK YOU EVERYONE.

UM, YEAH, THIS HAS BEEN QUITE AN EXPERIENCE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

I'VE KIND OF WORKED WITH JAY LAST YEAR, AND HE IS A VERY GIFTED PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST, AND THANKFULLY HE CAN TAKE A LOT BETTER PICTURES THAN I CAN.

SO ALL OF THESE, ALL OF THESE HOUSES REALLY DESERVE AN AWARD.

BUT, UH, WE, WE HAVE ONE BUSINESS AWARD, AND THEN WE HAVE A BEE FRIENDLY AWARD FOR THE HOUSE THAT HAS THE MOST FLOWERS AND ATTRACTION FOR BEES AND BIRDS.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE MAYOR'S AWARD.

AND THIS YEAR WE HAD THE HONOR OF OUR MAYOR PICK ACTUALLY PICKING THE WINNING HOMES.

SO THAT ALL WENT VERY WELL THIS YEAR.

SO THIS, THESE ARE JUST THE ONES SHE'S SHOWING RIGHT NOW ARE JUST THE NOMINEES.

AND THEN SHE SAID SHE WOULD STOP ON THE, THE WINNERS.

ARE YOU GONNA OH, YOU'RE GONNA PLAY IT THROUGH? YEAH.

THAT'S FINE.

I GUESS I SHOULD ADD, UH, THE WAY THESE HOUSES COME TO OUR ATTENTION IS, UH, THEY'RE NOMINATED BY, UM, ANYONE IN HUBERT CAN NOMINATE A HOME.

AND VERY RARELY ARE THEY NOMINATED BY THE PERSON THAT OWNS THE HOME.

THEY USUALLY, THE NOMINATIONS COME IN FROM NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS AND CHILDREN, .

AND, UH, SO A LOT OF THE TIMES WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO OWNS THE, THESE HOUSES WHEN WE GO TO VISIT 'EM.

BUT WE TRY, WHEN WE TAKE PICTURES, WE ALWAYS KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND HOPE SOMEBODY WILL ANSWER SO THAT WE CAN LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT JUST STALKING THEM, THAT THERE IS A PURPOSE.

UM, I'M NOT ALWAYS SURE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING, THAT ARE BEING NOMINATED EVEN KNOW THAT THERE IS SUCH A PROGRAM OUT THERE.

BUT IT'S POSTED ON OUR CITY WEBSITE AND, UH, USUALLY RUNS ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF TO TWO MONTHS THAT YOU CAN MAKE NOMINATIONS.

AND THEN WE, WE MAKE THE, THE ACTUAL ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION BOARD MAKES THE SELECTION FROM THE NOMINEES.

THAT'S MY BABY , VERY BE FRIENDLY.

, , CARRIAGE HILL, THAT, THAT'S ACTUALLY, UH, TRANQUILITY POND.

THEY'RE NOT FOR-PROFIT.

IT DOES A LOT IN THE AREA.

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I THINK THAT'S OKAY.

THESE ARE THE, THE AWARD WINNERS.

AND I GUESS I HAVE BE FRIENDLY HERE, UP HERE FIRST.

AND THAT WOULD BE LISA MARTIN.

AND SHE IS HERE TO ACCEPT HER AWARD.

SO YOU CAN PLACE THIS SIGN ANYWHERE EASY FOR HIRING.

BE VERY PROUD OF THIS.

WELL, THANK YOU.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE IS HERE FOR, BEST FOR, UH, CHICK-FIL-A.

THEY GOT THE MOST BEST LANDSCAPE BUSINESS IN THE AREA.

AND I DID TALK TO THE ASSISTANT MANAGER THERE, BUT I NEVER GOT A CONFIRMATION IF ANYBODY WAS COMING.

SO I WILL TAKE THAT TO THEM.

AND THEN OUR MAYOR'S AWARD GOES TO JENNIFER LEE, HER BEAUTIFUL HOUSE ON SHAW.

IT'S RIGHT ON THE CORNER.

AND MAYOR GORE ACTUALLY NOMINATED YOU.

SO , I APPRECIATE YOU AWARD.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WELL, YOU DO A LOT OF HARD WORK.

I CAN TELL.

SO LOOK, LOOKING AT ALL THOSE PHOTOS, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT ALMOST, UM, DO YOU WANT ME TO TAKE, THIS SEEMS UNFAIR THAT YOU HAVE TO JUST HAVE, YOU KNOW, ONE, ONE WINNER IN THESE CATEGORIES.

'CAUSE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, AS SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT HAVE A GREEN THUMB, I RESPECT AND APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT GOES INTO MAKING THOSE PROPERTIES, MAKING YOUR YARDS WHAT THEY ARE.

AND YOU KNOW, I I, I DO DRIVE AROUND THE CITY.

UM, I I SEE A LOT OF PLACES AND OUTTA THE WARDS, BUT YOU KNOW, I, I LIVE OVER OFF OF, UH, OVER OFF OF SHOAL, AND I THINK YOU STOPPED AND SAID SOMETHING OUT THE WINDOW OF YOUR CAR.

UH, IF I SAW, YES, I BELIEVE SO.

THAT WAS PUBLIC COPY.

I RECOGNIZ.

SO, BUT I'LL JUST SAY FROM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I, I DRIVE BY YOUR HOUSE ALL THE TIME.

I SEE YOU IN THE YARD ALL THE TIME WORKING, AND I'VE JUST, SO I, I'VE SEEN YOU OUT THERE DOING THAT, AND I KNOW HOW METICULOUS YOU ARE, HOW MUCH TIME AND EFFORT YOU PUT INTO MAKING YOUR YARD WHAT IT IS.

IT'S A LABOR OF FLOW.

AND THANK YOU.

SO, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND, AND WHAT I'VE SEEN.

AND THAT'S THE REASON THAT, THAT I NOMINATED YOUR HOME.

IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, IT'S RIGHT THROW ON SHELTON SCHOOL GATE, I BELIEVE IT IS, RIGHT? YES.

RIGHT DOWN THE CORNER.

SO IT'S VERY VISIBLE FOR, FOR EVERYONE TO, FOR EVERYONE TO SEE.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE TALK, THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT WE DO, UM, IN THE CITY.

AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE ZONING PEOPLE COME AROUND, IT'S NOT ALWAYS PLEASANT.

YOU KNOW, WE, WE KNOW THAT THE YELLOW SIGNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THOSE PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIKE TO CUT THE GRASS OR DON'T LIKE TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR PROPERTIES.

SO WHEN WE SEE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY GO THE EXTRA MILE AND REALLY TAKE CARE OF WHAT THEY HAVE, UM, IT REALLY ENHANCES THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT HELPS TO ENHANCE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS ARTS IFICATION COMMISSION DOES THESE AWARDS.

AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN EXPAND THESE AND MAYBE EVEN BREAK THIS DOWN TO WHERE WE CAN HAVE MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS PER, PER WARDS AND, AND, UH, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

JUST BECAUSE AS YOU, AS EVERYBODY CAN SEE ON THOSE PHOTOS, THERE ARE SEVERAL, SEVERAL HOMES WHO ARE, WHO ARE DESERVING.

BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH, APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU, THAT YOU'VE DONE AND THE TIME THAT YOU PUT IN INTO THOSE HOMES.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANKS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I JUST, MY LAST COMMENT WHEN I CALLED JENNIFER, SHE WAS OUT WATERING IT SO SHE DIDN'T INJURED .

SHE DID CALL ME BACK.

SO, CAN WE GET A PHOTO OF THE THREE OF YOU? SURE.

YOU CAN HOLD THE BUSINESS.

YOU STAND IN THE MIDDLE.

IF YOU GUYS JUST WANNA GO IN FRONT OF THE DIOCESE, THEN THAT WAY WE GET COUNSEL IN THERE TOO, EVEN IF THEY DON'T WANT TO BE .

OKAY, NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH IS CITIZENS COMMENTS FOR AGENDA ITEMS. WE HAD ONE THIS EVENING, BUT IT'S FOR ITEMS TENNESSEE, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

MOVE ON TO OUR STATE MANAGER REPORT.

AND ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, WE'LL

[8. City Manager Report]

JOHN, HOW ARE YOU? YEAH, GOOD, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UH, SARAH'S GETTING ME SWITCHED OVER HERE, SO, UH,

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WE'LL GET THE, UH, SLIDESHOW UP AND GOING.

IT'S BEEN A, UH, IT'S BEEN A REALLY GOOD WEEK, EXCITING WEEK.

UH, A COUPLE, UM, REALLY FUN EVENTS LAST WEEK THAT WE'LL, C WE WILL COVER.

BUT, UM, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OF MY DAYS AND MY WEEKS ARE WHEN WE SEE NEW FRIENDLY FACES AND, AND NEW HIRES.

AND THEN ALSO WHEN WE CAN, UH, KIND OF CELEBRATE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THINGS IN, IN OUR DIVISION.

SO TONIGHT I'VE GOT, UH, A WHOLE SLEW OF PICTURES THERE.

I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH EVERYBODY, BUT, UH, I DO THINK, UM, SOME OF THE NAMES NEED TO BE KIND OF, UH, KINDA STATED OUT LOUD JUST BECAUSE SOME OF THESE PEOPLE WORKED REALLY HARD TO BE WHERE THEY ARE.

SO AFTER WE DID THE, UM, THE, UH, ORGANIZATIONAL CHART CHANGES, OBVIOUSLY CHIEF LEY HAD SOME PLANS TO KIND OF RESTRUCTURE.

UM, SO I'M JUST GONNA GO THROUGH SOME NAMES HERE.

UM, WE DID HAVE, UM, BATTALION CHIEF MULLEN STIFLE WERE, UM, PROMOTED TO THE, UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF LEVEL POSITIONS, WHICH, UH, YOU GUYS APPROVED, UM, A MONTH OR SO AGO.

UM, THOSE MOVES ACTUALLY FACILITATED, OBVIOUSLY OTHER MOVES.

SO, UH, WE HAD CAPTAIN'S WATERS AND CAPTAIN DEERE WERE PROMOTED TO THE, UH, BATTALION CHIEF LEVEL.

AND THEN, UM, GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO SOME OF OUR RESTRUCTURING AND ADDING, UM, SOME OF OUR, UM, UH, NEW IDEAS FROM THE FIRE CHIEF WITH HIS A RB CONCEPT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE HAD, UM, SOME LIEUTENANTS THAT WERE PROMOTED AS WELL.

SO WE HAD LIEUTENANT DAVE RADFORD, LIEUTENANT GALLAGHER, LIEUTENANT JASON CULLUM, AND LIEUTENANT BOBBY WILLIAMS. WERE ALL PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN.

UM, AND THEN LASTLY, WE, WE, THAT FACILITATED SOME MOVES TO THE LIEUTENANT LEVEL.

SO WE HAVE FIREFIGHTERS, NEIL DEF FLURY, STEVE GETZ, MARK HAHN, AND ADAM POOLE, WHO WERE ALL PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT.

THESE HAVE BEEN IN EFFECT AND GOING ON SINCE SUNDAY.

, I DON'T HAVE EVERYBODY'S PICTURE BECAUSE SOME OF THEM HAVEN'T WORKED AND THEY DON'T WORK UNTIL TOMORROW.

BUT, UH, THESE ARE, THESE ARE THE, UH, FUTURE OF THE FIRE DIVISION AND THE, AND THE FUTURE OF THE FIRE DIVISION IS VERY BRIGHT.

SO, UM, I DID WANNA BRING UP TWO IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER, YOU'LL SEE WE DO HAVE A NEW FIREFIGHTER WHO STARTED, UH, ALEC SHOWN, SHOWN BEN.

AND, UM, THAT OF NOTE IS, UM, FOUR NEW FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS ARE SET TO START BEFORE THE END OF AUGUST.

SO, UM, I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME HIRING ISSUES AND SOME, SOME COMMENTS IN THE PAST, BUT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING BRIGHT AND THINGS ARE MOVING FORWARD WELL IN THE FIRE DIVISION.

SO NEXT, OBVIOUSLY LAST WEEK WE MOVED THE, UM, UH, WORK SESSION FORWARD A DAY SO WE COULD ALL GO AND BE OUT THERE AT THE, UH, UM, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

I THINK IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS.

ANYBODY THAT SHOWED UP, UM, GREAT, GREAT CROWD, EVEN WITH THE TEMPERATURES, UM, THE STAFF DID AN AMAZING JOB OF MOVING A LOT OF THE, UH, STUFF INSIDE.

UM, ONE THING OF NOTE THAT WE DID DIFFERENT THIS YEAR, WHICH I WASN'T SURE, I KINDA LET, UH, STAFF RUN WITH IT, BUT THEY, UM, THEY INVITED LOCAL JURISDICTIONS WHO DON'T HAVE A NATIONAL NIGHT OUT TO BRING THEIR, THEIR CRUISERS AND THEIR EQUIPMENT.

AND IT WAS AMAZING.

AND WE HAD A HUGE SUCCESS.

YOU'LL SEE HERE ALL THESE PEOPLE, UH, ARE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY DO NOT WORK HERE, BUT BROUGHT, UM, THEIR EQUIPMENT TO OUR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

SO RE RA REALLY, REALLY, UH, RAVE REVIEWS FOR THE, UH, POLICE DIVISION AND THEIR HARD WORK.

SO NEXT, UNLESS YOU LIVE UNDER A ROCK, UM, LAST WEEK WE DID HAVE BUCKY'S GRAND OPENING, AND I KNOW MOST OF YOU WERE THERE, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS OF NOTE THAT WE SHOULD NOTE IT AGAIN, .

UM, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD.

I WENT OUT THERE AGAIN TODAY.

UH, WE DID HAVE SOME CONTACTS, OBVIOUSLY, WITH THEIR STAFF, AND THEY ARE BEGINNING THE PROCESS, SO, UM, IT LOOKS, IT LOOKS GREAT.

WE'RE EXCITED.

UM, NEXT ON OUR, UM, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT FRONT, UM, IF YOU'VE BEEN SOUTH ON BRENT PIKE, YOU DO SEE, UM, THAT THE MEADOWS PARK DRIVE, UM, IS ALMOST COMPLETED.

UH, YOU ARE GOING TO VOTE TONIGHT ON SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT AS WELL WITH THOSE, UM, STREETLIGHT IMPROVEMENTS.

SO THAT'S COMING AS WELL.

OF NOTE, I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE OF IT.

WE DO HAVE OUR FIRST CONSTRUCTION MEETING FOR THE NEW CIVIC CENTER, AND THAT'S WEDNESDAY.

SO ERIN AND I'LL BE INVOLVED IN THAT.

SO A COUPLE THINGS JUST FOR A COMMUNITY NOTE.

UH, COMMUNITY GUARD, RIDE SALE SIGNUPS ARE STILL GOING ON.

IT IS THROUGH THE WEBSITE, AND IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS, SARAH WILLIAMS CONTACT IS ON THE WEBSITE.

SO THAT'S COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER.

UM, ONE KIND OF HICCUP WE RAN INTO LAST WEEK, UH, THE WATER DEPARTMENT HAD SOME ISSUES AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GET TO THE SECTION THAT I TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE SECTION BETWEEN, UM, SHOLL ROAD AND NORTH TO THE COUNTY LINE.

SO, UM, THAT IS STARTED TODAY.

SO THAT'LL GO ON THIS WEEK.

AND THEN I'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE NEXT WEEK OF THE NEXT SECTIONS THAT WE'RE DOING HYDRANT FLUSHING.

SO LASTLY, I THOUGHT EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS.

SO THIS IS THE, UH, SENIOR CENTER, UH, THE Y-M-C-A-A.

THIS IS THE OLD SINCLAIR SIDE.

UM, WE ARE STARTING DEMOLITION.

THEY'VE STARTED CLEARING, UH, THESE ROOMS THAT YOU SEE HERE.

WE'VE GOT THE LARGE BINGO HALL, THE NEW RESTROOMS, AND THEN THE, UH, WARMING KITCHEN AREA.

AND THESE ARE, UM, ON SCHEDULE AND EVERYTHING IS ON SCHEDULE TO FINISH IN THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER FOR A MOVE IN DATE FOR US IN DECEMBER.

SO I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

THANKS YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR JOHN? ANYTHING IN HIS REPORT? OKAY, JOHN, I JUST WANNA SAY, I MEAN THE, THE GRAPHICS, THE PICTURES, THE, UM, THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT YOU, I'M A PICTURES

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GUY.

I NEED TO SEE , YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S, UM, ALL OF US PROBABLY ARE IN, IN, IN SOME FORM OR FASHION, BUT THE VISUALS AND JUST WHAT YOU'VE KIND OF DONE IN TERMS OF THE, UH, THE REPORT TO COUNCIL FROM A CITY MANAGER PERSPECTIVE IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

I APPRECIATE IT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

EXCEPT I NUMBER NINE, UH, PENDING BUSINESS.

THERE IS NO PENDING BUSINESS TONIGHT.

AND NEXT WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 10, WHICH IS NEW BUSINESS.

AND ITEM 10 A

[ A Motion To Appoint Rachael Aikens To The Parks And Recreation Board For A Term Ending March 31, 2025. ]

ITEM 10 A.

A MOTION TO APPOINT RACHEL AKINS TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD FOR A TERM ENDING MARCH 31ST, 2025.

KAREN, DO YOU HAVE ANY EXTRA COMMENTS? YEP.

UM, THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD.

AND AS WE DISCUSSED LAST WEEK, THE INTERVIEW PANEL RECOMMENDS THE APPOINTMENT OF RACHEL AKENS TO THAT BOARD.

AND THE BACKGROUND CHECK HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND THERE ARE NO ISSUES.

THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ADOPT.

IS THERE A MOTION, SCOTT? MOTION TO ADOPT MARK.

NO MOTION.

ANY DISCUSSION? FRED? NOTHING.

YOU SURE NOT, NOT A WHOLE LOT TO SAY REGARDING THE CANDIDATE ? UM, I, I JUST, UM, I'M GLAD TO SEE, UH, PERSONS OF, UM, LET'S SAY YOUTH ARE, UH, INTERESTED IN JOINING OUR COMMISSIONS.

AND I, AND HOPEFULLY, UH, IF THIS ONE GETS ON HERE, UM, IT WON'T BE BECAUSE OF MY VOTE, BUT I DO HOPE THAT, UH, THAT SHE MIGHT BE ABLE TO INFLUENCE SOME OTHER FOLKS HER AGE TO, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

KAREN? MR. CAMPBELL? YES.

MR. AKINS? ABSTAIN.

MR. LOONEY? UH, OKAY.

HI, GAS .

AND MOTION CARRIES FIVE TO ONE OR FIVE TO FIVE TO ONE WITH ONE ABSTENTION.

I GUESS THAT WOULD BE THE PROPER WAY TO SAY THAT.

FIVE.

AND ONE ABSTENTION.

NEXT UP IS

[ An Ordinance Establishing The New City Governance Center At 6151 Brandt Pike In Memorial Recognition To Be Known As The “Richard F. Shomper City Governance Center”. (first reading)]

ITEM 10 B.

ITEM 10 B, AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE NEW CITY GOVERNANCE CENTER AT 61 51 BRAND PIKE IN MEMORIAL RECOGNITION TO BE KNOWN AS THE RICHARD F SHOPPER CITY GOVERNANCE CENTER AT THE FIRST READING.

UH, ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? YEP.

UM, THIS IS LAW LEGISLATION AUTHORIZES THE NAMING OF THE NEW CITY GOVERNANCE CENTER, UH, TO THE RICHARD F SHOPPER CITY GOVERNANCE CENTER.

AND THIS IS AN ORDINANCE.

IT CAN BE PASSED A SECOND READING.

SO I THINK, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT A SECOND READING, UH, IF THERE IS A MOTION TO WAIVE THE SECOND READING AND WITHOUT THAT THIS EVENING, WE COULD DO SO.

MARK, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO WAIVE THE SECOND READING.

AND SECOND TO WAIVE THE SECOND READING.

ANY DISCUSSION, KAREN? OKAY.

NO, WE NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT MARK.

MOTION TO ADOPT KATE.

SECOND MOTION.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? MARK? YEAH.

MAYOR, THERE ARE SOME OF, UH, MR. SHOPPER'S FAMILY HERE.

WOULD YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF PLEASE? JUST WHERE YOU'RE SITTING, JUST FROM YOU'RE STAND TO STAND HERE? YEAH.

AND I AM SON MATT.

AND MY WIFE BARBIE, AND MY MOTHER-IN-LAW.

HI MOM.

I'M SECOND DAUGHTER ATLAS.

HI ATLAS.

THANKS FOR COMING.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

COULD I SAY A COUPLE WORDS AB ABSOLUTELY.

SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, UM, I WANTED TO GO BACK AND JUST REFRESH, UH, WHO RICHARD F SCHAPER WAS.

HE MEANT TO HUBER HEIGHTS AND I, I LEARNED THAT HE WAS FIRST ELECTED IN NOVEMBER OF 1975.

YOU MIGHT, YOU GUYS MIGHT REMEMBER , BUT I, I THINK THIS IS AN ORIGINAL, IT IS SHOPPER FOR TRUSTEE SIGN.

AND RICHARD F SCHAPER, WHO GAINED PROMINENT EARLY, EARLIER THIS YEAR WHILE LEADING A MOVE TO CHANGE WAYNE TOWNSHIP TO CITY STATUS.

ONE ELECTION AND ONE OF 13 TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE RACES.

TUESDAY IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, SCHAPER 41 WAS ONE OF SIX NEWCOMERS TO BE ELECTED.

SO AT 41 YEARS OLD, RICHARD F SHOPPER WORKED AS A TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE AND CHANGED THE ENTIRE LANDSCAPE OF HUBER HEIGHTS.

AND IF, YOU KNOW, I, I'D LOVE TO CONFIRM THIS, BUT FROM MY MEMORY, HE KNEW HE WANTED US TO BE INCORPORATED AND BECOME A CITY.

THAT THAT WAS HIS VISION.

IT, IT WASN'T NECESSARILY THE FEAR OF DAYTON.

UH, HE JUST SAW THE VALUE IN US INCORPORATING AND BECOMING A CITY.

AM I RIGHT TO THAT? AND SO THIS ONE GENTLEMAN SINGLE HANDEDLY DID THAT.

AND THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU LOOK ALL OVER THIS CITY, YOU CAN TELL THAT THERE'S BEEN PEOPLE AFTER RICHARD F SCHOBER THAT'S CARRIED ON HIS VISION AND THE TRADITION.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THINGS TODAY THAT OTHER CITIES THREE TIMES OUR SIZE DON'T HAVE.

SO, UM, I BROUGHT SOMETHING THAT

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AND I REMEMBER THE MORNING AFTER, UH, MY BEST FRIEND AND I WOULD GET A QUARTER FOR EVERYONE OF THE SIGNS THAT WE COULD PICK UP FROM THE RIGHT OF WAYS IN RETURN.

SO, UH, LORI AND I HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT BACK AND WE WANT TO THANK YOUR FAMILY FOR COMING TONIGHT.

AND GOD BLESS RICHARD F SHOPPER AND THE CITY OWES HIM A DEBT OF GRATITUDE.

AND THE FOLKS THAT HAVE COME TO ME OVER THE LAST WEEK SINCE THE WORK SESSION AND SAW THE MEETING ONLINE, UH, HAS MENTIONED TO ME IT'S, IT'S PAST DUE.

SO HERE'S WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING.

WE JUST HAD TO WAIT TILL OUR PRISTINE CITY HALL WAS BUILT ON RAMP PIKE.

SO I CAN'T WAIT TO DRIVE UP AND DOWN HUBBER HEIGHTS AND SEE RICHARD F SHOPPER'S NAME IN LIGHTS.

VERY WELL DONE.

THANKS, MARK.

THOSE ARE ARE GREAT COMMENTS.

AND, YOU KNOW, JUST, I, I THINK ABOUT HIM QUITE OFTEN AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SETTING IN SETTING IN THIS CHAIR AND, UH, CERTAINLY WANT TO DO WHAT I CAN THAT WOULD, WHEN I THINK BACK ABOUT OUR FIRST MAYOR AND, AND WHAT WOULD MAKE HIM PROUD IS AS THE, THE SEVENTH MAYOR OF THIS CITY AND HOW WE, HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.

UM, AND SO HE, HE IS ON MY MIND QUITE A BIT, SO THANK YOU ALL.

THANKS FOR SHARING HIM WITH THE CITY.

UM, THE TIME THAT HE, MARK, DID YOU SAY THAT, UM, CHARLIE NEEDED TO WORK DURING THE DAY AND THEN HE WOULD LEAVE IN THE EVENING WHEN, WHEN DICK WOULD COME IN, THAT'D BE CHARLIE WOULD LEAVE HIM POST-IT NOTES EVERYWHERE ABOUT ALL THE, ALL THE DIFFERENT STUFF THAT HE HAD TO DO OR HAD TO WORK ON THAT NIGHT.

WHEN HE WOULD COME IN AFTER HE WOULD WORK AT THE BASE, CHARLIE WOULD LEAVE NOTES.

CHARLIE WOULD WORK DURING THE DAY, AND YOUR FATHER WAS THE ADMINISTRATOR BECAUSE WE WERE A STATUTORY FORM OF GOVERNMENT, HE WOULD LEAVE THE BASE PROBABLY FOUR 30 WHAT TIME? OKAY.

AND THEN HE WOULD DRIVE BACK TO CITY HALL AND MIGHT STAY LATE INTO THE NIGHT.

AND, UH, HE, HE DID THAT FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

AND, AND WHAT I MENTIONED LAST WEEK, I, I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN, HE MODERNIZED EVERYTHING THAT WE KNOW TODAY.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD A TOWNSHIP, ALMOST A VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.

, UH, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I, I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE HAD A COUPLE CARS.

UH, MR. ER HAD RECENTLY JUST DONATED A, A, A, A MODIFIED CADILLAC FOR OUR FIRST AMBULANCE.

LOOKS LIKE DOSE BUSTERS IN, UM, EVERY ONE OF OUR CITY SERVICES WERE RUN OUT OF THE, UH, RAMP PIKE FIRE STATION.

AND THE FIRE STATION'S ALL NEW.

RIGHT.

BUT THAT ONE BUILDING HAD THE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES, THE POLICE, THE, THE FIRE, THE DISPATCH, UH, PART OF IT WAS THE OFFICE FOR THE, UH, STREET SUPERINTENDENT.

AND, AND JUST, JUST UNBELIEVABLE.

YOU, YOU GUYS ARE AWARE THAT, UH, UM, MR. EMAN DID OUR CITY SEAL YES.

AND, AND THAT, THAT JUST REFLECTS OR REMINDS YOU OF THE DEDICATION OF CHARLES AND MR. S SHOPPER WHO WERE NEIGHBORS.

AND, AND I BELIEVE MR. EMAN AND MR. SCHAPER WERE NEIGHBORS.

MR. MANINA LIVED DOWN.

HE LIVED DOWN STREET AND, AND MR. EMAN WOULD'VE HELPED SCREEN THE SIGN.

OH, ABSOLUTELY.

BY THE RIGHTS CITY COUNCIL FOR CASE BDP 24 DASH 13 IS NOW OPEN.

SO, SO WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE JUST EVERYDAY CITIZENS HAVE A VISION AND, AND LOOK WHAT IT'S TURNED INTO.

VERY NICE.

IT, IT, IT LITERALLY PUTS GOOSEBUMPS ON MY, ON MY ARMS. THANK YOU, MARK.

ANYONE ELSE? ANYTHING? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY.

AND MOTION DOES CARRY SIX TO ZERO.

AND WE WILL SEE THE NEW RICHARD F SCHAPER CENTER GET UNDERWAY UNDER CONSTRUCTION VERY SOON.

LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE RIBBON CUTTING.

NEXT UP IS

[ A Public Hearing Scheduled For August 12, 2024 By The Huber Heights City Council For Case BDP 24-13. The Applicant Is Homestead Development, LLC. The Applicant Is Requesting Approval Of A Basic Development Plan For Property Located At Red Buckeye Drive and Carriage Trails Parkway And Further Described As Parcel Numbers P48-000414 And P48-250166 On The Miami County Auditor's Map.]

ITEM 10 C.

ITEM 10 C, A PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 12TH, 2024.

BUDDY HUBER HEIGHT CITY COUNCIL FOR CASE BDP 24 DASH 13.

THE APPLICANT IS HOMESTEAD DEVELOPMENT LLC.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A BASIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT RED BLACK DRIVE AND CARRIAGE CHARLES PARKWAY, AND FURTHER DESCRIBED AS PARCEL NUMBERS P 48 DASH 0 404 AND P 48 2 5 1 66 ON THE MIAMI COUNTY AUDITOR'S MAP.

THANK YOU, KAREN.

OKAY, SO THE PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 12TH, 2024

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AND I'LL CALL ON CITY STAFF, UH, MR. RELL, UH, TO MAKE THE INITIAL PRESENTATION.

AARON, GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO, MAYOR.

UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MEMBERS COUNSEL.

THIS IS, UH, BASIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVAL FOR, UH, CARRIAGE PARK AT HUBER HEIGHTS.

UH, IT IS ZONED, IT IS 8.1 ACRES ZONED PLANNED MIXED USE IN THE, JUST ON THE VERY EAST SIDE OF THE CARRIAGE TRAILS NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE APPLICANT, UH, HAS RESPONDED TO AN RFP THAT WAS ISSUED BY THE CITY, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR.

UH, THE APPLICANT REQUESTS APPROVAL OF A BASIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR A 168 UNIT MARKET RATE, UH, MULTIFAMILY COMMUNITY.

UH, YOU CAN SEE THE SITE, UH, OUTLINED WITH THE DASH TO ORANGE, UH, JUST SHORT, UH, JUST SOUTH OF THE CARRIAGE TRAILS ENTRANCE.

SO THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL, UH, SITE PLAN THAT WAS SUBMITTED WITH THE APPLICATION.

UM, 72 1 BEDROOM, 96 2 BEDROOMS, UH, 253 PARKING SPACES.

UH, THERE ARE RESIDENT MENUS INCLUDING A CLUBHOUSE AND POOL.

UH, WE HAD SOME CONCERNS ORIGINALLY WITH THE, UH, PROPOSED ACCESS OFF OF RAMP PIKE.

UH, NOBODY LIKED THAT.

UH, WE ALSO HAD SOME, UH, ISSUES THAT WE WANTED TO SOFTEN THE LANDSCAPING, UH, ALONG STAY ROUTE 2 0 1.

UH, ALSO A, UM, AS WE BUILD OUR CONNECTIONS AND OUR CONNECTIVITY, UH, WE WERE LOOKING FOR A SIDEWALK EASEMENT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE, THE DEVELOPMENT.

SO THE SITE PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, THAT WERE WERE MADE WERE INCLUDING, UH, STREET TREES BE PROVIDED AT 40 FOOT INTERVALS ALONG RED BUCKEYE DRIVE.

AND THEN THE, UH, 50 FOOT INTERVALS ALONG CARRIAGE TRAILS PARKWAY.

UH, THE APPLICANT, UH, SHALL PROVIDE AN EASEMENT ON THE SOUTH SIDE FOR A, UH, MULTI-USE PATH CONNECTION.

UM, THE SECONDARY ENTRANCE, UM, ORIGINALLY WAS TO BE CONSTRUCTED EITHER ON CARRIAGE SHELLS PARKWAY OR ON RED BUCKEYE DRIVE.

AFTER A CONSULTATION WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WAS DECIDED IT WOULD BE ON THE VERY SOUTH SIDE OF THE SITE, UH, OFF OF RED BUCKEYE, UH, DRIVE.

AND THEN WE WANTED TO SEE INCREASED LANDSCAPE, UH, LANDSCAPE BUFFERING ALONG, UH, 2 0 1.

SO THIS IS THE REVISED SITE PLAN THAT REALLY IS NOW THE BASIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS, UH, STREET TREES ALONG THE PERIMETER OF THE SITE.

WE'VE INCREASED THE BUFFERING AND LANDSCAPING ON THE EASTERN EDGE.

UH, THE ENTRANCE OFF OF GRANT PIKE IS ELIMINATED.

UH, WHAT YOU SEE THERE IS, IS THE DRIVEWAY THAT EXISTS.

THAT'S JUST THE UNDERLYING, UH, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH.

UM, AT THE SOUTH WILL BE A 16 FOOT EMERGENCY, UH, FIRE LANE THAT WILL, UM, WILL PROVIDE ACCESS IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY.

BUT IT'S THERE, UH, IT WILL BE BLOCKED, BLOCKED BY BREAKAWAY BOLLARDS.

SO, UH, ONLY EMERGENCY VEHICLES, UH, CAN USE IT, UH, AS WELL AS AS PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS.

UH, THAT'S A BETTER, UH, KIND OF A ZOOMED IN VIEW OF, OF THE EMERGENCY ACCESS.

UH, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW, UH, AN EIGHT FOOT EASEMENT IS BEING PROPOSED ALONG THE, THE SOUTH EDGE BETWEEN THE TWO, UH, DEVELOPMENTS.

SO THIS IS JUST A RENDERING OF THE CLUBHOUSE RENDERING VIEW VIEW FROM THE POOL.

UH, THIS IS A, A RECENT RENDERING SHOWING, UH, A, A MOUNDING ALONG RAMP PIKE, AS WELL AS, UH, A HEAVIER LANDSCAPE SCREENING, UH, ALONG THAT AREA.

WHAT THIS DOESN'T SHOW IS THE PROPOSED, UH, ROADWAY ENLARGEMENT THAT, THAT WE WILL BE WE PUTTING IN THERE.

BUT THERE IS PLENTY OF ROOM, UH, FOR THAT AS WELL AS THE, UH, THE INCREASED LANDSCAPING.

SO JUST THE MATERIALS.

UH, IT'S A MIXTURE OF, UH, STONE, UM, HARDY PLANK, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, SOME VINYL SIDING.

UH, THIS IS A PICTURE OF ONE OF THE, OF BASICALLY THE SAME, UH, FACILITY THAT IS BEING CONSTRUCTED IN FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.

IT'S STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION, BUT AS FAR AS CONFORMANCE WITH THE ZONING, UH, REGULATIONS, UH, IT DOES COMPLY WITH THE, UH, SECTION 1179.

THE PLAN MIX, USE DISTRICT.

UM, IT IS PRINCIPALLY PERMITTED.

THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 30% OPEN SPACE, 25% IS REQUIRED.

UH, THE BUILDING SETBACKS ARE PROVIDED TO CODE.

UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAD REQUESTED EMERGENCY ACCESS BE RELO RELOCATED FROM BRANT PIKE, NOT INCLUDED IN THE SUBMISSION, WHICH IS PRETTY TYPICAL IS SIGNAGE, LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING.

WE WILL DEAL WITH THOSE DURING THE DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN IF THIS MOVES FORWARD.

UH, AS FAR AS PARKING, SO THE CODE REQUIRES TWO SPACES PER UNIT.

UM, I HAVE LONG SINCE ARGUED THAT THAT'S EXCESSIVE.

UM, MOST OF THE SITE, MOST OF THE APARTMENTS, UH, ARE COMING IN AROUND 1.5 TO 1.7,

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UM, SPACES PER UNIT.

UM, THE REASON STAFF IS FINE WITH THIS, UM, THIS COUNT IS 40% OF THE UNITS, ACTUALLY OVER 40% OF THE UNITS ARE ONE BEDROOM.

THEY'RE THE LEAST LIKELY TO HAVE TWO OR MORE CARS.

UH, AND SO WE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THE 1.5, UH, SPACE RATIO.

UM, THE, ALSO THE PROPOSED, UH, ELEVATIONS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE BUILDING MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS, UH, AND ARE VERY SIMILAR TO MANY OF THE MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE ARE.

UH, WE HAVE SEEN EITHER UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR SOON WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

STAFF FELT THAT THE STANDARDS IN 11 71 0 6 WERE MET.

UM, I HAD PROPOSED EIGHT CONDITIONS.

I WON'T READ 'EM ALL.

ALL, UM, THEY'RE BASICALLY THE STREET TREES SIGN PACKAGE, LIGHTING PACKAGE, UH, LANDSCAPING PLAN SHALL BE SUBMITTED.

UH, AND THEN THE ISSUES REGARDING THE EASEMENT, UM, THEY'LL COMPLY WITH STORMWATER REQUIREMENTS.

THEY'LL COMPLY WITH THE FIRE CLO CODE, AND THEN THAT SECONDARY IN, UH, EMERGENCY ENTRANCE WOULD BE RELOCATED.

UH, THE APPLICANT HAS, UH, COMPLIED WITH, UH, HALF OF THESE AND WILL REQUIRE, AND WE WILL COMPLY WITH THE OTHER HALF OF, AT THE DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN SUBMISSION.

SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED THREE TO ZERO 'CAUSE THERE WERE ONLY THREE MEMBERS THERE, UH, TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE BASIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE BASIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

MM-HMM, , UH, NEXT I WOULD, UH, SEE IF THERE'S ANY REPRESENTATIVE FROM HOMESTEAD DEVELOPMENT, UH, THAT WANTS TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS OR PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

NEXT, I CALLING THE LAW DIRECTOR TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS OR, OH, I'M SORRY.

OH, YES, SORRY.

UH, I'M JOHN, BE VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT FOR HOMESTEAD.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING DIRECTLY.

NO, SORRY ABOUT, SORRY.

UM, YEAH, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY OF THE QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL AND MAYOR HAS.

UM, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING DIRECTLY WITH AARON.

AS YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE FROM THE ORIGINAL SUBMISSION TO THIS.

UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PROJECT ALREADY IN HUBER HEIGHTS, UH, HAYDEN PARK.

AND THAT HAS DONE TREMENDOUSLY WELL.

WE REALLY LOVE, UH, THE HUBER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO DO THE NEXT ONE.

SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF YOU JUST TAKE A, A SEAT RIGHT THERE AND THEN WAY THROUGH ANY OTHER QUESTIONS DO COME UP, THEN ABSOLUTELY.

YOU CAN JUST, YOU CAN POP RIGHT BACK UP THERE.

SO, SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

APPRECIATE THAT.

NO, OF COURSE.

UM, NEXTLY CALL THE LAW DIRECTOR, UH, FOR ANY COMMENTS OR PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

DO YOU HAVE ANY? I I HAVE NONE AT THIS POINT.

THANK YOU SIR.

NEXT, I'D ASK IF THERE'S ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE APPROVAL OF THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.

NEXT, I'D ASK IF THERE'S ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK AGAINST THE APPROVAL OF THE ISSUE.

IS AGAIN, DISCRIMINATORY AND VIOLATES THE CIVIL LIBERTIES OF TAX PAYING CITIZENS PER DEFINITION.

GOOD EVENING.

JEFF MORFORD, MIAMI COUNTY, BETHEL TOWNSHIP, TO CONTINUE MY PUBLIC COMMENT FROM JULY 22ND, 2024, WHICH HAS RELEVANCE TO TODAY'S MEETING.

OUR NATION IS A REPUBLIC USING DEMOCRACY, VOTING AS A CORE MEANS FOR CITIZENS TO BE HEARD VOTING EITHER DIRECTLY OR BY REPRESENTATIVES AT ALL LEVELS.

FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, OR TOWNSHIP, HAVING THE ABILITY TO VOTE FOR CANDIDATES OR VOTE ON ISSUES THAT HAVE AN EFFECT ON THEIR PERSONAL WELLBEING AT ALL LEVELS.

ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT, YOU'LL LOOK AT ORDINANCE D RELATING TO EIGHT ACRES OF LAND ASKING YOU TO APPROVE ANOTHER 168 UNITS.

THIS EIGHT ACRES IS IDENTIFIED AS PARCELS ON THE MIAMI COUNTY AUDITOR'S MAP MAP, AGAIN, INDICATING THAT THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN MIAMI COUNTY, BETHEL TOWNSHIP, NOT LOCATED IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, WHERE THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS IS LOCATED AGAIN, AFFECTING BETHEL SCHOOLS AND OUR COMMUNITY.

YET AGAIN, YOUR COUNCIL IS MAKING DECISIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY DECISIONS WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY.

WE IN BETHEL TOWNSHIP, MIAMI COUNTY CANNOT VOTE YOU OUT OF OFFICE, NOR CAN WE SIGN A REFERENDUM TO OBJECT TO YOUR VOTE.

YOUR COUNSEL IS DECIDING AND VOTING ON THINGS THAT AFFECT OUR SCHOOLS AFFECTS OUR DESIRE, DESIRED PURPOSE TO MAINTAIN OUR RURAL LIFESTYLE.

AGAIN, I'M NOT SUGGESTING YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LAWS THAT ALLOW YOU TO VOTE ON ISSUES ACROSS COUNTY LINES, VOTING ON ISSUES ACROSS TOWNSHIP LINES, ACROSS SCHOOL DISTRICT LINES THAT LIES WITH THE LAWMAKERS IN COLUMBUS.

THESE OHIO LAWS GIVE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO CITIES ALLOWING DEVELOPERS AND LANDOWNERS TO PETITION CITIES FOR ANNEXATION, GIVING CITIES THE RIGHT TO DETERMINE IF THE ANNEXATION AND PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS SOMETHING THEIR CITY CAN OR WANTS TO BE INVOLVED WITH.

YET THE COUNTY OR TOWNSHIP OR THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED, HAS NO VOICE BY LAWMAKERS GIVING CITIES THIS PRIVILEGE.

AND RIGHT.

AND BY NOT GIVING THE CITIZENS OF THE SMALL RURAL TOWNSHIP THE SAME RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES

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DISCRIMINATION TYPICALLY LEADS TO GROUPS BEING UNFAIRLY TREATED.

WHEN ANNEXATION LAWS AND PROCEDURES REFLECT A TRUE DEMOCRATIC TONE WHERE ALL ARE REPRESENTED, THEN THE ANNEXATION REQUEST WILL BE FAIRLY AND JUSTLY ADDRESSED A NUMBER OF TIMES THE STATEMENTS THAT THE LANDOWNER HAS THE RIGHT TO DO WITH THEIR PROPERTY AS THEY SEE FIT.

SOUNDS NOBLE, BUT IT IS JUST NOT TRUE.

I'LL SAVE MY COMMENTS ON FOREIGN OWNED LANDS FOR ANOTHER PUBLIC COMMENT TIME.

BUT AS OF DECEMBER 31ST, 2022, OVER 30 MILLION ACRES OF FOREST AND FARM LAND ACROSS THE US IS REPORTED AS FOREIGN OWNED.

AGAIN, QUESTIONING THE LOGIC AND THE STATEMENT THE LANDOWNER SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO WITH THIS PROPERTY AS THEY SEE FIT.

PROPERTY OWNERS ALWAYS NEED PERMISSION.

JUST AS THE ANNEXATION YOU VOTED ON LAST MONTH.

IF THE PROJECT DEVELOPERS PROPOSED WAS DEEMED OFFENSIVE OR IN NOT IN LINE WITH YOUR SEIZE DIRECTION OR MORAL VALUE VALUES, YOU WOULD HAVE VOTED NO, NOT ALLOWING THE PROPERTY OWNER TO DO WITH HIS PROPERTY AS THEY SAW FIT.

MY EXAMPLE IN THE PAST HAS BEEN A GENTLEMAN'S CLUB OR A CANNABIS DISPENSARY.

SO THE IDEA THAT A PROPERTY OWNER HAS THE RIGHT TO DO WITH THEIR PROPERTY AS THEY SEE FIT IS JUST A TERM OF CONVENIENCE.

USED TO TRY AND CONVINCE A QUESTIONING PUBLIC USED IN AN ATTEMPT TO RATIONALIZE, LEGITIMIZE THE ANNEXATION LAWS AND PROCESSES BECAUSE OF GREED.

CURRENT ANNEXATION LAWS ARE BEING ABUSED AND MANIPULATED.

AGAIN, I'M NOT AGAINST ALL ANNEXATIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS AS LONG AS BOTH COMMUNITIES SUPPORT AND PROMOTE ANNEXATION AND PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

AS LONG AS BOTH COMMUNITIES ARE INVOLVED AND HAVE A VOICE.

BUT WHEN ONLY ONE COMMUNITY HAS THE RIGHT TO DECIDE THE DIRECTION OF OF THE LIVES AND FAMILIES OF BOTH COMMUNITIES, IT IS WRONG FOR ANYONE TO THINK IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO BE ABLE TO DICTATE HOW YOUR NEIGHBOR LIVES HIS LIFE AS A SAD TESTAMENT TO THEIR VALUES AND MORAL COMPASS.

I BELIEVE ANNEXATION LAWS WERE ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS MEANT TO ACCOMPLISH MUTUALLY SUPPORTED DEVELOPMENTS.

BUT OVER THE TIME, THE DEVELOPERS HAVE FOUND WAYS TO TWIST AND MANIPULATE THE LAWS, SO TO BE USED TO THEIR ADVANTAGE AND LET THE UNSUP SUPPORTING CITIZENS BE DAMNED.

I'M ASKING YOU TO VOTE NO TO ANY AND ALL HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS ON ANNEX LANDS LOCATED IN MIAMI COUNTY, BETHEL TOWNSHIP, WHICH WILL HAVE WHAT OUR CITIZENS, OUR THREE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES, OUR THREE MIAMI COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BELIEVE WILL HAVE NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND CHOSEN LIFESTYLE.

AS ALWAYS, I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THE GOLDEN RULE.

DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.

HOPEFULLY.

SO I HAVE A, A COMMENT.

UM, THE, THE ANNEXATION PIECE IS, HAS, HAS BEEN DECIDED, UM, BY COUNCIL THE LAST MEETING.

AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, IF ANYBODY DOESN'T UNDERSTAND OR KNOW THAT PROPERTY IS IN THE CITY OF HEBREW HEIGHTS, THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY WE'RE LOOKING AT, YES, IT'S IN MIAMI COUNTY.

YES, IT'S IN THE BETHEL LOCAL SCHOOLS, BUT IT IS IN THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.

AND THAT'S WHY IT'S BEING PETITIONED TO OUR PLANNING COMMISSION.

AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE SEEING IT NOW IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL IS BECAUSE THAT IS IN THE CITY OF HUB HEIGHTS.

AND THOSE LAWS SAY WE ARE THE ONES WHO GET TO DECIDE ON THAT.

THE IDEA OF SOMEONE BEING ABLE TO, TO DO WHAT THEIR LAND, WHAT THEY SEE FIT.

I THINK THAT'S BEEN TAKEN A LITTLE BIT OUTTA CONTEXT.

UM, ALL THE PROPERTY OWNER DID THAT WAS IN BETHEL TOWNSHIP, WAS SELL HIS PROPERTY.

SO I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT, UM, NOT BEING, OR YOU SPECIFICALLY NOT BEING OUT, TALKING ABOUT WHAT, UH, YOU DON'T WANT OTHER PEOPLE TO TELL YOU HOW TO LIVE YOUR LIFE AND AFFECT YOUR RURAL LIFESTYLE AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT YET WHAT YOU ARE FRUSTRATED ABOUT IS THAT A PROPERTY OWNER DECIDE TO SELL HIS PROPERTY.

SO YOU DON'T LIKE THAT HE SOLD IT TO A DEVELOPER, BUT HE'S, EVERY, EVERY PROPERTY OWNER HAS THE RIGHT TO SELL THEIR PROPERTY IF THEY SEE FIT.

IF THEIR CHILDREN DIDN'T WANNA FARM THAT LAND, IF THEY DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE RIGHT TO SELL IT.

AND THEN THE PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT IT HAVE THE RIGHT TO PETITION FOR ANNEXATION.

SO YES, IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE WAY THOSE LAWS ARE, THEN PETITION YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES PETITION THOSE PEOPLE WHO CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES.

BUT AS LONG AS THAT PROPERTY'S IN YER HEIGHTS AND THE LAWS GIVE US JURISDICTION AND WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO, THEN WE WILL MAKE THOSE DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT THE LAWS CURRENTLY STATE.

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IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO, WHO WISHES TO SPEAK, UH, AGAINST THIS ISSUE? NOT AGAINST.

I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT IT.

I DID NOT GO ON PAPER.

MAY I SPEAK? YOU NEED COME TO THE MM-HMM, GO, GO AHEAD AND COME TO THE PODIUM.

BUT WE NEED TO GET THE, THE UNDERSTANDING HERE.

SO I I, I WENT AHEAD AND LET YOU SAY ALL THAT YOU WANTED TO SAY, BUT THAT WAS REALLY A TIRADE AGAINST ANNEXATION, HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

SO I'M GONNA ASK YOU THE SAME THING.

THERE'S, THERE'S NO DISCUSSIONS OF ANNEXATION.

THOSE WOULD BE SAVED FOR GENERAL COMMENTS AT THE END.

IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR YOU'RE SPECIFICALLY AGAINST THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT, THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO SPEAK ABOUT NOW BECAUSE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S ON, THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA.

NOW MY FINAL STATEMENT OUT HERE WAS, JEFF, WE'VE, WE'VE HEARD FROM YOU PLENTY, PLENTY OF TIMES.

MY QUESTION IS, IS THE WATERSHED, A LOT OF TIMES I SEE WATER COMING OVER 2 0 1 INTO WHAT WAS THE SILO PROPERTY.

AND I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A MOUNDING, WHICH I THINK IS A GREAT IDEA, BUT IS THERE GONNA BE A WATERSHED CONTAINMENT COMING OFF THAT HILL, NOT COMING ONTO THE ROAD? SO I WOULD IMAGINE THERE'S SOME TYPE OF RETENTION AREA THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT WITH WITHHOLDS THAT, I MEAN, I'M, I THINK I'M LOOKING AT THAT.

SO THE CENTER BIG RETENTION AREA THERE IN THE CENTER.

THE CENTER, THE CENTER FEATURE IS THE RETENTION POND FOR ALL OF, FOR THE, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.

UM, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOP, OF DESIGNING THE, THE ROADWAY, UM, EXPANSION ON, ON UM, 2 0 1 OF WHICH WE WILL PUT IN, UM, CURBS, GUTTERS, UH, SO THAT WE ARE CONTROLLING THE, SO WE DON'T SHEET DRAIN TO THE EAST OF, UH, OVER 2 0 1.

SO HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT? ARE YOU GONNA HAVE A DEPRESSION, UH, BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND THE PROPERTY? SO THERE'S ALREADY A SWALE THAT CUTS THROUGH.

UM, IT'S JUST NOT WELL-DEFINED SWALE THAT IS, UH, THAT IS JUST WEST OF 2 0 1.

WE'RE GOING TO IMPROVE THAT.

SO THERE IS, THERE WILL BE NO, WELL LITTLE TO NO FLOODING ACROSS 2 0 1.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO DEVELOP A SWELL TO TAKE OFF THE CATCH OVER FROM THE MOUNTED AREA TO GO SOUTH? CORRECT.

KIND OF V AND THEN GO SOUTH.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

AND IN FACT, I WOULD, I WOULD SAY THIS, IF YOU HAVE SEEN CAUSE TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS RAINWATER OR ANY OTHER STORM WATER THAT'S FLOWING OVER, UH, RAMP PIKE IN THAT AREA, PLEASE CONTACT THE ENGINEER AND LET THEM KNOW BECAUSE I MEAN, HONESTLY THAT'S AGAINST THE LAW.

THERE ARE UM, THERE ARE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT SAYS THAT NO DEVELOPMENT CAN PRODUCE ANY MORE AMOUNT OF WATER SHEDDING OVER TO ANOTHER PROPERTY THAN WHAT CURRENTLY EXISTS ON THE PROPERTY BEFORE ANY DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS.

THAT IS A, I MEAN THAT IS A LAW THAT ALL DEVELOPERS ADHERE TO.

IT'S ALL DONE THROUGH OUR ENGINEERING CHECKS.

EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF THAT.

SO IF YOU'VE SEEN AN AREA OR YOU SEE SOMETHING WHERE YOU BELIEVE, I HAVE SEEN IT IN THE PAST BUT NOT CURRENTLY.

SO WHEN THAT HAPPENS, AGAIN, PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH ENGINEERING BECAUSE WE CAN GO BACK AND THEN MAKE SURE, FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS SO WE CAN RESOLVE IT.

BECAUSE THAT IS A DEVELOPMENT STANDARD THAT ALL DEVELOPERS NEED TO ADHERE TO.

IT WAS SCARY, SCARY DRIVING ON THAT ICY ROAD.

SO NEXT TIME THAT HAPPENS WHERE IT'S WHERE YOU CAN SEE VISUALLY WHERE IT'S WATER FROM, ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT THERE THAT'S MAKING WATER RUSH OFF ONTO 2 0 1 OR INTO ANOTHER PIECE OF PROPERTY, YOU NEED TO LET SOMEONE AT THE CITY AND ENGINEERING KNOW ASAP SO WE CAN LOOK AND SEE WHAT'S CAUSING THAT.

OKAY, NEXT SLIDE.

CALL ON THE MEMBERS OF HEBREW.

PROVIDES CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS OR PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

YES, I NEED IT.

ON THE PARKING, IT WAS 258 SPACES, WAS IT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

2 53.

I'M JUST WAS SITTING HERE DOING CALCULATIONS.

SO IF YOU HAVE 96 2 BEDROOM APARTMENTS, THAT IN MY MIND WOULD BE 192 CARS.

AND THEN 72 IS ONE BEDROOM, HOPING THAT THEY ONLY HAVE ONE CAR WHICH COMES UP TO 264 SPACES.

SO, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT ACTUALLY WHO RENTS A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF SINGLES RENT TWO BEDROOMS 'CAUSE THEY WANT THE OFFICE.

IT'S NOT, DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY EQUATE TO TWO BEDROOMS, TWO CARS.

SO FOR THE PARKING, ACTUALLY AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE, UH, HAYDEN PARK, UM, WHICH IS IN THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY PARKED AT A 1.47.

'CAUSE I'M JUST THINKING EVEN IF IT'S A SINGLE PARENT WITH KIDS THAT THERE MIGHT BE TEENAGE DRIVERS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS KIND OF THINKING AND HOPING THAT NEVER NOBODY EVER HAS VISITORS .

IT JUST SEEMED LIKE A LITTLE LOW FOR THE PARKING SPOTS FOR THAT NUMBER OF UNITS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SQUEEZE IN A FEW MORE SPOTS OR SOMETHING, BUT THAT DOES SEEM LOW TO ME.

AND THEN ALSO, WHEN IS YOUR HOPING TO START DATE AND WHEN WOULD YOUR PROJECTED FINISH DATE BE? OH, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO STRONG, UH, AS IS OR AS A GROUP? UH, SURE.

YEAH, NO, YOU NO, YOU CAN GO AHEAD.

UM,

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AND UH, WE ARE TOTALLY FULL.

UM, THAT PROPERTY IS FULL AND WE HAVE HAD NO ISSUES WITH PARKING ON THAT.

AND AS MR. RELL MENTIONED THAT IT TENDS TO BE A PRETTY TYPICAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARD THAT 1.5, UH, SPOTS PER UNIT IS, UM, FAIRLY STANDARD HERE AT DEVELOPMENT HERE AT HOMESTEAD RATHER.

WE'VE USED THAT FORMULA FOR THOUSANDS OF UNITS AND IT, WE HAVE NEVER HAD AN ISSUE WITH PARKING, UH, FOR TIMING.

UM, YOU KNOW, AS MAYOR MENTIONED, WE HAVE A LOT OF CHECKS WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH WITH THE CIVIL, UH, ENGINEERS, UH, THE CITY REVIEWS.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE GETTING, UH, SOIL BORINGS, YOU KNOW, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES DONE.

SO IDEALLY WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING TO CLOSE ON THE LAND, YOU KNOW, NEAR THE END OF THE YEAR.

SO THEN WE'LL HAVE TO KIND OF DECIDE HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WHETHER WE RUN THE RISK OF GROUND FREEZE, TRYING TO GET FOUNDATIONS DONE OR, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY THE WORST CASE SCENARIO WOULD BE EARLY SPRING ONCE THEY START TO THAW.

AND ABOUT HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO FINISH IT? UH, FOR THIS PROBABLY, I WOULD GUESS ALL IN FROM START TO FINISH, 14 TO 15 MONTHS.

AND AARON, THE, OR JOHN THE PROJECT TO GET THE LIGHT IN, WHEN'S THE PROJECTED FOR THAT? 'CAUSE I JUST, I DON'T WANNA PILE A BUNCH MORE PEOPLE ON THAT ROAD AND IT'S NOT SOLVED YET FROM OUR ORIGINAL PROBLEM.

SO WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT.

SO WE'RE GONNA BID BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

UH, AND THEN WE HOPE TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

I THINK OUR CONSTRUCTION, WE WILL BE DONE BEFORE THEY'RE DONE.

THAT WAS WHAT I'M WANTING TO GET.

'CAUSE I, I MEAN THERE'S ALREADY ENOUGH PROBLEMS UP THERE WITHOUT YEAH.

PILING IN AT LEAST 168 MORE PEOPLE YEAH.

DRIVING.

SO YEAH, NO, WE'LL BE COM WE'LL BE COMPLETE BEFORE THEY'RE FINISHED.

THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, KEITH.

THANK YOU MAYOR, CAN YOU TELL ME THE APPROXIMATE RENTS THAT WILL BE GOING FOR FOR THESE UNITS? UH, YES.

SO THEY WILL RANGE BETWEEN ABOUT 1125 UP TO 1650 FOR TWO BEDROOMS. UH, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE PUT OUR METRIC TODAY.

UM, YOU KNOW, AS MENTIONED WITH HAYDEN PARK, THE MORE THOSE FILL UP AND YOU HAVE FEWER AND FEWER UNITS, YOU TYPICALLY PUSH RENTS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.

YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY AS BY THE TIME WE'RE OPENING UNITS, YOU KNOW, THE MARKET WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE.

UH, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GONNA CHARGE A MARKET RATE, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT'S A FAIR RATE.

BUT LOOKING AT THE MEDIAN INCOME TO THE AREA, WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT MAYBE THAT'S A CONSERVATIVE APPROACH ON THE RENTS.

UM, SO WE'RE ALWAYS STUDYING THOSE AS WE ARE MOVING FORWARD.

BUT RIGHT NOW, UH, THOSE ARE INITIAL RANGES.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

ANYONE ELSE? YES, BRIAN? UM, YEAH, THANKS.

THAT WAS A COUPLE PEOPLE TOOK MY QUESTIONS, BUT THE, THE TWO BEDROOMS, MOST PEOPLE OR SOME PEOPLE USE 'EM FOR AN OFFICE.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS OF HOW THAT STUDY WAS DONE OR HOW, HOW'D YOU COME UP WITH THOSE NUMBERS? SO, SO THE 1.5 PARKING RATIO IS, IS PRETTY TYPICAL.

UM, AND, UH, OFTEN JUST IN KIND OF RULE OF THUMB PLANNING WORLD, UM, THAT RATIO LOWERS WITH THE, AS THE NUMBER OF ONE BEDROOM OR STUDIO APARTMENTS, UH, INCREASES.

YOU REALLY DON'T GET JUST TYPICALLY, UM, AS SOMEBODY WHO'S DONE A NUMBER OF HOUSING STUDIES, YOU JUST, YOU DON'T GET TYPICALLY A LOT OF KIDS, UH, UNTIL YOU START GETTING INTO THREE BEDROOM UNITS.

UM, AND, AND ALMOST NOBODY BUILDS FOUR BEDROOM UNITS ANYMORE.

UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE YOU START TO SEE THE MULTIPLE KIDS, MULTIPLE CARS, UH, BUT ESPECIALLY WITH THE WORK TO HOME AS WE'VE MOVED FORWARD AND, UM, WE JUST, WE JUST SEE MORE PEOPLE 'CAUSE THEY'VE GOT STUFF PEOPLE WANT TWO BEDROOMS AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE OFFICE OR THE PLACE THAT THEY PUT IT.

AND THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT REALLY DOESN'T LEND ITSELF NOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR MARKETING FOLKS, BUT JUST THIS ISN'T GONNA BE A KID ATTRACTOR.

UM, KNOW IT MAY BE FOR NEWLYWEDS AND THEY'VE GOT A, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A, A YOUNG, BUT THEN THEY MOVE OUT.

'CAUSE THIS REALLY IS NOT THE, THE CHILD FRIENDLY LIFESTYLE KIND OF TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.

THANKS AARON.

YEAH, I HERE DO YOU HAVE ANY UNITS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE IF THEY'RE ELDERLY OR HAVE A DISABILITY? UH, ABSOLUTELY.

UH, A DA CODE REQUIRES THAT WE HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF UNITS TO BE ACCESSIBLE.

HOW MANY UNITS ARE YOU GONNA, I BELIEVE FOR THIS PROJECT THERE'S, THERE'LL BE, UH, TWO THAT ARE FULLY ACCESSIBLE AND THEN THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED A TYPE B UNIT.

UM, THE TYPE B UNIT IS THAT CAN, IT CAN BE CONVERTED TO AN ACCESSIBLE UNIT IF WE HAVE, UH, UH, THE NEED FOR A RESIDENT.

SO THIS IS A BREEZEWAY.

SO THERE'S NO ELEVATOR.

SO ALL FIRST FLOOR UNITS ARE REQUIRED TO BE TYPE B.

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ANYONE ELSE? YES, MARK? YES.

UH, REMIND ME THE APARTMENTS THAT YOU'VE BUILT AND THAT ARE UP ON, ON OLD TROY PIKE, SIR.

CLOSE TO TAYLORSVILLE? YES, SIR.

HAYDEN PARK.

I REMEMBER TALKING TO STAFF, UH, NEGOTIATING WITH YOU AND THEM COMING BACK AND LETTING US KNOW, NUMBER ONE, HOW EASY YOU WERE TO DEAL WITH WHEN WE NEEDED CHANGES AND THAT YOU DID WHAT YOU SAID YOU WOULD.

AND I'VE DRIVEN, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT WHEN IT WAS BEING BUILT AND IT APPEARED THAT YOU WERE VERY NEAT AND CLEAN DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD.

SO I HAVE NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT YOUR DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.

I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE HEARING THAT, SIR.

AND IN REGARDS TO THE LACK OF CHILDREN, IS THAT WHAT I HEAR YOU SAY ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT? THAT IT ISN'T KID FRIENDLY, NOT THAT, AND THIS WON'T ATTRACT KIDS LIKE SOME APARTMENT COMPLEXES MAY.

SO THE HIGHER, WHEN YOU GET TO A HIGHER RATIO OF BEDROOMS, THAT TENDS TO ATTRACT MORE OF THE, THE FAMILIES WITH, WITH CHILDREN.

UM, IT, UM, YOU JUST, YOU JUST DON'T TEND TO SEE AS MANY KIDS IN, IN A ESPECIALLY ONE BEDROOM APARTMENTS, UH, AS, AS YOU DO.

SO I DON'T THINK, I'M NOT WOR WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PARKING, I AM NOT CONCERNED THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PARKING ISSUE HERE.

WELL, AND BEING CONCERNED WITH THE BETHEL SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT IS PART OF OUR CITY.

UH, I'M VERY HAPPY TO HEAR YEAH.

THAT IT'S NOT KID FRIENDLY AND THERE WON'T, IT WON'T GENERATE A LOT OF CHILDREN.

DON'T SAY IT'S NOT KID FRIENDLY, IT'S JUST NOT A KID GENERATOR.

OBVIOUSLY FAIR HOUSING ACT.

WE CAN, WE DO NOT DISCRIMINATE FROM ANYBODY.

UH, BUT YEAH, TYPICALLY, TRADITIONALLY, I'M JUST TEASING.

WELL, I KNOW, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, I MEAN, THERE'S CAMERAS GOING AROUND HERE.

UH, MAYOR, COULD I CONTINUE? SURE.

YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT ANNEXATION.

SO WAS THIS PROPERTY BROUGHT IN IN THE RECENT ANNEXATION? NO, THIS HAS BEEN IN THE CITY.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT, HOW LONG IT'S BEEN IN THE CITY, BUT IT'S BEEN, I DID, IT'S 17 YEARS AGO.

SO IT WAS BROUGHT IN IN 2007.

SO THINGS LIKE THIS HAVE BEEN ON THE DRAWING BOARD THAT, THAT LAND WAS ORIGINALLY, UM, LED TO BE A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

UM, THAT IN THE OPPOSITE PIECE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF CARRIE'S TRAILS.

RIGHT.

SO IF I COULD GET INTO THE ECONOMICS FOR JUST A MINUTE, MARK, IF YOU WOULD MAKE SURE YOU'RE TALKING TO YOUR WIFE.

OH, I'M SORRY.

WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY CAN HEAR YOU.

YOU HAD PROMISED TO TELL ME IF YOU COULDN'T HEAR ME, BUT, OKAY.

WHAT ARE YOU SELLING THE PROPERTY FOR? UH, THE PROPERTY IS BEING SOLD FOR, UH, ABOUT ONE POINT, UH, 4 MILLION IF I RECALL CORRECTLY.

AND THE CITY OWNS THE PROPERTY THE CITY OWNS? YES.

BOTH THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH SIDE.

BUT JUST FOCUSING ON THIS PIECE? YES.

SO THE CITY OWNS THAT.

WE'RE SELLING IT FOR 1.4 MILLION.

THAT'S MEMORY SERVES.

WHAT'S GONNA BE OUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT? IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT DID WE PAY FOR IT? SO WE PAID ALMOST NOTHING FOR IT 'CAUSE WE GOT IT IN A TAX FORECLOSURE PROCESS.

SO THERE IS, UM, SO THERE'S THAT PLUS THEN THERE'S ALSO, UM, WE, WE WILL ALSO HAVE TIF GENERATED, UM, FUNDS FROM THAT AS WELL.

AND UNLIKE A LOT OF CITIES, WHEN WE MEET A DEVELOPER, WE'RE VERY DEVELOPER FRIENDLY BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO SIPHON SOME OF THAT MONEY OFF FOR OUR TAXPAYERS AND PUT IT IN OUR GENERAL FUND.

HOW MUCH WILL THAT BE? UH, IT'S, IT'S NEARLY TWICE THAT OR, SO IT'S ABOUT ANOTHER MILLION AND A HALF OR SO.

SO THAT PROPERTY IS GONNA YIELD THE TAXPAYERS INTO THE GENERAL FUND? ABOUT 3 MILLION A ABOUT THAT.

I, YES, IT'S CLOSE TO THAT.

I, I, I THINK ACTUALLY MY NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE LOW.

BUT YES.

ALRIGHT.

AND YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PARKING SPACES, BEDROOMS, AND I'M SURE IT'S REALLY KID FRIENDLY.

IT'S JUST NOT GONNA GENERATE A LOT OF CHILDREN.

UM, WHAT'S THE DOWNSIDE IN YOUR OPINION? AS, AS OUR PROFESSIONAL? FROM A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE? I DON'T SEE A DOWNSIDE HERE.

I DON'T THINK WE'D WANT TO SEE COMMERCIAL ON THIS.

UH, AT THIS INTERSECTION, THE WAY IT'S LAID OUT, UH, RESIDENTIAL IS A MUCH EASIER USE.

UH, WE ALSO THEN HAVE THE ABILITY TO BUILD THAT, UM, BUILD THAT CONNECTION TO, UH, TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION TO THE SOUTH SIDE AS WE GO DOWN TOWARDS, TOWARDS THE Y UH, THOSE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS AND WE BUILD OUT THIS SOUTH CORNER, WE START TO FULLY BUILD OUT THE, THE, THE DEVELOPMENT.

AND IT ALSO, AGAIN, ADDS ADDITIONAL ROOFTOPS TO SUPPORT THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD ON EXECUTIVE BOULEVARD.

SO FROM A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S NO DOWNSIDE AND NOT ON THE BACK OF ANYBODY.

MAYOR, CAN I CONTINUE? MM-HMM.

SO THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT USING THAT PROPERTY, UH, FOR A FIREHOUSE.

THAN IS NECESSARY FOR, FOR A FIREHOUSE.

DO WE HAVE IDENTIFIED WHERE A POTENTIAL FIREHOUSE COULD GO? WE HAVE THIS, THIS PROPERTY IS ABOUT FOUR TIMES LARGER

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WE ACTUALLY WOULD PUT THE FIREHOUSE, UM, ON JUST TO THE, UH, WEST OF THE SITE WHERE, WHERE CARRIAGE TRAIL PARKWAY TERMINATES.

UH, THERE'S A, THERE'S A RETENTION POND AND THERE'S ABOUT TWO AND A HALF ACRES OF, OF, UM, LAND RIGHT THERE.

IT WOULD BE CENTERED, UH, AT THE ENTRANCE OF CARRIAGE TRAIL.

SO AS YOU PULL INTO CARRIAGE TRAILS, OFFRAMP PIKE, YOU WOULD BE DRIVING TOWARDS AND WOULD SEE THIS TREMENDOUS FIREHOUSE? THAT'S CORRECT.

JOHN RUSSELL, CITY MANAGER.

YES, SIR.

WITH A LOT OF FIRE EXPERIENCE.

JUST A LITTLE.

WHICH PROPERTY WOULD YOU RATHER BUILD ON THIS OR THE LAND HE'S TALKING ABOUT? UH, WE ACTUALLY CHOSE THE CHIEF AND I WHEN I WAS, UH, AT THE FIRE DIVISION, WE ACTUALLY CHOSE THE OTHER PROPERTY.

OTHER PROPERTY? YES, SIR.

AND DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA IF WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING FOR THAT ACREAGE THAT WE'LL BUILD A FIREHOUSE ON? UH, NO, WE WILL NOT.

THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE, MAYOR.

THANKS MARK.

SORRY ABOUT THE KID FRIENDLY THING.

I KNOW.

IT'S FINE.

, ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY.

ONE LAST TIME.

I'M GONNA ASK, THERE'S ONE PERSON, UH, PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF OR AGAINST THE APPROVAL OF THIS ISSUE CASE.

BARRING FURTHER COMMENTS, THE PUBLIC HEARING BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CASE BDP 24 DASH 13 IS HEREBY CLOSED.

AND NEXT WE HAVE ITEM

[ An Ordinance To Approve A Basic Development Plan For Approximately 8 Acres For A 168-Unit Market-Rate Multifamily Community Comprised Of A Mix Of One- And Two-Bedroom Units For The Property Located At Red Buckeye Drive And Carriage Trails Parkway And Further Identified As Parcel Numbers P48-000414 And P48-250166 On The Miami County Auditor’s Map And To Accept The Recommendation Of The Planning Commission (Case BDP 24-13). (first reading)]

10 D.

ITEM 10 D, AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE A BASIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR APPROXIMATELY EIGHT ACRES FOR A 168 UNIT MARKET RATE MULTIFAMILY COMMUNITY COMPRISED OF A MIX OF ONE AND TWO BEDROOM UNITS FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT RED BLACK EYE DRIVE AND CARRIAGE CHARLES PARKWAY.

AND FURTHER IDENTIFIED AS PARCEL NUMBER P 48 DASH 0 0 0 4 14 AND P 48 DASH 2 51 66 ON THE MIAMI COUNTY AUDITOR'S MAP.

AND TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION CASE BDP 24 13 AT THE FIRST READING.

JOHN, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL FURTHER COMMENT? I DON'T, SIR.

JUST, THIS IS THE ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THAT BASIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN FROM HOMESTEAD.

AND THE RECOMMENDATION AT THE WORK SESSION WAS TO PASS THE ITEM ON TO A SECOND READING.

SO ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THIS ON TO, UH, THE 26TH? COUNCILMAN MARK? YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD ONLY ASK WHAT ARE WE GOING TO BENEFIT BY PASSING IT ONTO ANOTHER READING.

UH, THE DEVELOPER HAD INDICATED THAT, UM, HE COULD GET GOING AS SOON AS WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE.

HE'S CURRENTLY DOING HIS, SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DELAY.

YEAH, I DON'T JUST THAT IT'S AN ORDINANCE TO GO TO READINGS.

WE'D HAVE TO WAIVE THE SECOND READING, BUT, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO MOVE TO A SECOND READING.

BUT, UH, CERTAINLY IF SOMEONE WANTS TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO WAIVE, WE COULD CERTAINLY DO THAT AND MOVE FORWARD.

WELL, BEFORE I DO, UH, JOHN, WHAT WOULD STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION BE ON THIS PROJECT, UH, AT THIS END? ANY OTHER MEETING? IT WOULD APPROVE THIS.

APPROVE IT AT THE NEXT MEETING.

UH, EITHER ONE.

WHETHER, WHETHER IT'S NOW OR NEXT.

SO, SO STAFF SUPPORTS THIS AND YES.

POSITION WON'T CHANGE? YES.

AARON, WHAT'S, WHAT'S YOUR OPINION? UM, SO JUST LIKE MY BOSS SAID, UM, WE CAN GO WITH, UH, WITH EITHER ONE.

UM, I, YOU KNOW, THE GOOD THING ABOUT YOUR BOSS, HE WANTS YOU TO BE HONEST.

, I GUESS, UH, AS LONG AS, UH, WE CAN, UH, IT CAN, UH, MOVE THROUGH, UM, IT WOULD GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO WORK ON THE DUE DILIGENCE.

I THINK IT GIVES, UH, THE DEVELOPER A LITTLE BIT OF SENSE OF, UH, CERTAINTY, UH, THAT THIS PROJECT WILL MOVE FORWARD.

SO THEY WOULD PREFER IT, UH, BE APPROVED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

MAYOR, I WOULD MOTION TO WAIVE THE SECOND, READ.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO WAIVE THE SECOND READING.

IS THERE A SECOND? KATE SECOND.

PLEASE HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND TO WAIVE THE SECOND READING.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? YES, ANITA? I WOULD PREFER WITH TWO PEOPLE OUT THAT IT GOES TO THE NEXT READING.

THAT'S JUST MY PREFERENCE.

AND ALSO TIME TO KIND OF GO OVER EVERYTHING.

JUST, I PREFER A SECOND READING.

MARK.

COULD I ASK ANITA QUESTION? SURE.

IS THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE PLANNING ON VOTING? NO, I JUST DON'T KNOW YET.

I, I, I WOULD PREFER ANOTHER COUPLE WEEKS TO HASH OVER EVERYTHING.

I'LL, I'LL WITHDRAW MY MOTION.

SAME.

ITEM 10 EA RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO APPOINT AARON LL AS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AT THE FIRST READING.

SO WE WILL SEE THIS ON THE AUGUST 26TH MEETING.

NEXT UP IS ITEM 10 E.

[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Appoint Aaron Sorrell As Assistant City Manager. (first reading)]

JOHN? UH, YEAH, IT'S WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I BRING TO YOU, UH, TWO ITEMS TONIGHT.

UM, THE FIRST IS THE APPOINTMENT OF AARON LL TO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

AND I THINK HIS WORK, UM, JUST EXEMPLIFIES THE REASON WHY I CHOSE HIM TO, TO BE ONE OF THE ASSISTANT SENIOR MANAGERS.

THANK YOU, JOHN.

RECOMMENDATION THAT THE WORK SESSION WAS TO ADOPT.

IS THERE A MOTION? KATE? MOVE TO ADOPT MARK.

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CONGRATULATIONS.

AARON, WELCOME ON BOARD OFFICIALS.

CONGRATULATIONS.

AND NEXT STEP IS ITEM

[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Appoint Alex Zaharieff As Assistant City Manager. (first reading)]

10 F.

ITEM 10 FA RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO APPOINT ALEX SAHARI AS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AT THE FIRST READING.

JOHN? YEAH.

UH, AGAIN, JUST TO, TO ECHO WHAT I SAID ABOUT AARON, BUT ALSO, UH, ALEX WAS IN THE BUILDING TODAY, GETTING SET UP WITH IT AND EVERYTHING.

AND, UM, HOPEFULLY AT THE 26TH EVERYBODY WILL BE HERE AND GET A CHANCE TO MEET, UH, UH, BOTH OF THESE GENTLEMEN AND JUST SEE HOW REALLY CAPABLE AND OUTSTANDING THEY ARE.

FANTASTIC RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ADOPT THE ITEM THIS EVENING.

IS THERE A MOTION, A MOVE TO ADOPT? IS THERE A SECOND, SCOTT? SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

ANY DISCUSSION? I NEED JOHN, THIS IS A JIM BELL THING.

CAN WE GET AT THE NEXT MEETING OR WORK SESSION HOW MUCH OF THE GENERAL FUND WE ARE HAVE APPROVED WITH ALL THE NEW POSITIONS? SURE.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE IT.

ANY DISCUSSION? KAREN? MR. DAVIDSON? YES.

I'M STILL VOTING YES FOR THIS, BUT YEP.

JUST WAS CURIOUS.

YES, MA'AM.

MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ZERO AND CONGRATULATIONS AS WELL TO ALEX OFFICIALLY.

NEXT UP IS ITEM 10

[ A Resolution Confirming That The Current City Manager Shall Serve As The Director Of Public Safety And The Director Of Public Safety Is An Active Member Of The Huber Heights Fire Division. (first reading)]

ITEM 10 GA RESOLUTION, CONFORMING THAT THE CITY MANAGE, THE CURRENT CITY MANAGER SHALL SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE HUBER HEIGHTS FIRE DIVISION AT THE FIRST READING.

JOHN? YES, SIR.

THIS IS, UH, WE SPOKE LAST WEEK.

THIS IS JUST A RESOLUTION REQUIRED BY, UH, POLICE AND FIRE TO CONTINUE, UH, IN THE PENSION SYSTEM, UM, FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS FOR ME.

RECOMMENDATION WAS ADOPTION.

IS THERE A MOTION? OKAY, MOTION TO ADOPT.

ANY DISCUSSION? KAREN? MS. BAKER? YES.

MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ZERO AS WELL.

NEXT IS ITEM 10

[ An Ordinance 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 H AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 4 0 2 6 2 5 BY MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR EXPENSES OF THE CITY OF HUB HEIGHTS, OHIO FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2024, AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024 AT THE FIRST READING.

JOHN? UH, YES.

THIS JUST INCLUDES A FEW THINGS.

UM, OBVIOUSLY IF, IF YOU LOOK DOWN THAT LIST FROM WHEN JIM WAS HERE, UH, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS ARE THE, UM, THE, UH, MONEY NECESSARY FOR THE LIGHTING ON MEADOW PARK DRIVE WOULD BE ONE OF THE LARGER EXPENSES.

UM, ALSO AS YOU LOOK DOWN, WE'VE GOT SOME, UH, MONEY GOING TO THE MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION FOR THE HONOR WALL AT WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL.

UM, AND THEN ALSO, UM, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, HE IS MOVING SOME MONEY FROM FUND TO FUND.

THAT WON'T AFFECT ANYTHING.

IT'S JUST WE'RE GONNA USE IT OTHER PLACES.

SO.

RECOMMENDATION OF THE WORK SESSION WAS TO WAIVE THE SECOND READING, THEN ADOPT THIS ITEM IN THIS EVENING.

IS THERE A MOTION TO WAIVE SCOTT? MOVE THE WAIVE.

KATE.

UP IN OUR HOUSES VERSUS PRETTY LIGHTING.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ANY DISCUSSION? YES.

YOU, I FEEL LIKE I'M THE ONLY ONE TALKING IN HERE, BUT, UM, JOHN, I JUST WAS CURIOUS.

I'M, I WILL APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, BUT I WAS KIND OF LOOKING LIKE THE LIGHTS OR SOMETHING THAT ARE ALMOST EQUAL IN COST TO HOW MUCH WE'RE DOING FOR LIKE THE SEWER LINING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

CAN WE HAVE A REPORT BACK IF THE SEWER LINING PROJECT SHOULD BE UPPED AS FAR AS MONEY? 'CAUSE I KNOW THERE WAS AN PROBLEM OVER ON HUBBARD COURT AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A LOW AMOUNT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THAT'S ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT AS WE'RE DOING FOR LIGHTING.

IF THERE'S A LOT OF SEWER ISSUES GOING ON, AARON.

UM, SO I CAN GET WITH ENGINEERING TO SEE HOW MUCH THEY THINK, UM, THEY COULD SPEND ABOVE WHAT WE ALREADY ARE.

UM, WE CAMERA ALL OF THE STREETS PRIOR TO PAVING TO TAKE A LOOK TO SEE WHICH, UM, IT'S MANUALLY THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CITY WHERE WE HAVE THE CLAY, UH, SEWERS TO SEE IF ANY HAVE, UM, FAILED.

UM, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEM WITH CLAY TILES IS YOU CAN CAMERA TODAY AND DEPENDING ON THE VIBRATION, YOU MAY HAVE A, A DIP, UM, YOU KNOW, A, A YEAR OR TWO LATER.

UM, BUT I CAN GET WITH ENGINEERING TO SEE IF, UH, THEY, IF THERE'S A REASON TO ACCELERATE THAT, THAT PROGRAM.

AND BASED ON THE DATA THAT WE HAVE WHEN TRI-CITIES, UH, CAMERAS HAS CAMERA OR SCOPED THE, UH, THE SEWERS.

SO LET ME GET WITH, UH, VIOLA OR TRI-CITIES, EXCUSE ME, UH, AS WELL AS, UM, OUR ENGINEERING STAFF TO SEE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A GAP OR A DEFICIT IN PROJECTS ON THE BOOKS.

I KNOW I JUST HAD A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS WHEN THEY SAW THAT, THAT WERE SPENDING THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY ON LIGHTING AND SOME OF 'EM ON HUBBARD HAVE HAD THE ISSUE WITH THEIR SEWER AND THEY'RE JUST LIKE, OKAY, THE POTENTIAL OF SEWER BACKING

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MM.

WE CAN TELL YOU WHICH WE WOULD PREFER MONEY BEING SPENT ON.

SO IF THERE'S A, WE HAVE DONE EMERGENCY, UM, REPAIRS, UM, WHAT TYPICALLY, TYPICALLY IF A SEWER COLLAPSES, IT STILL FLOWS.

IT HAS TO HAVE A SEVERE COLLAPSE BEFORE IT WOULD ACTUALLY BACK UP INTO A RE ONE OF OURS.

NOW THERE ARE LATERALS THAT, THAT ARE THE, THE PROPERTY OWNS RESPONSIBILITIES THAT SOMETIMES FAIL.

UM, BUT YEAH, I WILL GET THAT NUMBER FOR YOU.

YEAH, I JUST WANNA PUT SOME PEOPLE'S NERVES TO EASE.

AND SEWER LINING IS CHEAPER THAN WATER.

I MEAN, THESE ARE EXPENSIVE, SO.

DIDN'T, DID I HEAR JIM SAY, ISN'T THERE THOUGH, LIKE A, I DUNNO WHAT THE FUND IS CALLED, BUT EVEN LIKE AN EXECUTIVE BOULEVARD, WE HAVE ACTUALLY A LIGHTING, UM, YES.

LIGHTING DISTRICT.

A LIGHTING DISTRICT ISN'T SO THIS MONEY THAT, THAT, THAT IS PAYING FOR THESE LIGHTS, ISN'T THAT MONEY SET ASIDE ISN THAT MONEY SPECIFIC TO AS PART OF THE LIGHTING DISTRICT OR, OR A FUND OF WHERE THAT MONEY'S ACTUALLY COMING FROM? UH, SO IN THIS CASE, THE WAY WE'VE SET IT UP, UH, WE DID NOT CREATE A LIGHTING DISTRICT FOR THIS.

WE HAD FUNDS AVAILABLE.

UM, THERE ARE WILL BE TIFF REVENUE THAT COMES OFF OF THE, UH, AUTHENTICS, UH, THE AUTHENTICS DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL HELP OFFSET THE COST, UH, OF THIS AS WELL AS JUST THE MARY MEADOWS, UM, DEVELOPMENT ALTOGETHER.

BUT WE HAVE, WE DID NOT SET UP A, A LIGHTING DISTRICT FOR THIS.

WE ARE, UH, GOING DOWN THE PATH OF SETTING A LIGHTING DISTRICT UP ON EXECUTIVE BOULEVARD TO, UH, TO DO DECORATIVE LIGHTING THERE.

UM, THAT PROJECT, OUR FIRST ESTIMATE IS JUST SHY OF A, YOU KNOW, IT'S ABOUT $800,000.

SO, UM, THAT'S WHY, AND, AND THE AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE OTHER DEVELOPERS ALONG EXECUTIVE IS THAT THEY'LL PARTICIPATE IN THE LIGHTING, UH, ASSESSMENT, UH, DISTRICT, UH, IN THIS CASE, UM, WE JUST DECIDED THAT THIS WAS JUST, WE COULD DO IT WITHOUT THE, THE, THE ASSESSMENT 'CAUSE OF THE DNCE.

SO I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE RESIDENTS CONCERNS, BUT I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK THAT WE'RE JUST, HEY, BLOWING $275,000 ON LIGHTING.

I MEAN THAT, THAT MONEY THAT'S THERE, THAT'S BEING SPENT IS GENERATED BY THE TIFF REVENUE AND TIFF REVENUE HAS TO BENEFIT THE ACTUAL TIFF DISTRICT THAT IT'S COMING FROM.

CORRECT? CORRECT.

AND THIS WAS PART OF THE, THE AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAD WITH THE LIBRARY AND WE'RE CONTINUING THE DECORATIVE LIGHTING THAT WAS ALREADY THERE ALONG MIAMI VALLEY WAY.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY BOUGHT INTO THE REDEVELOPMENT OF, OF THIS, THIS AREA.

PART OF IT BEING AESTHETIC UPGRADES WITH THE DECORATIVE LIGHTING RATHER THAN JUST THE, UH, THE STANDARD LED COBRA HEADS.

MAYOR? YES.

PARK.

ANITA, WHEN, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT BREAKS AND BACKUPS, IS THAT STORM OR, OR JUST SEWAGE? IT WAS SEWAGE ON, UM, AARON, ON HUBBARD AND JOHN AND MAYOR.

WHEN, WHEN WE GET BACKUP INTO A HOME WITH SEWAGE, AREN'T WE NOTIFIED BY THAT? ISN'T COUNCIL NOTIFIED ABOUT THAT? UH, WE SHOULD BE.

YES WE ARE.

WELL, THIS DIDN'T GET BACKED UP INTO THE HOUSE.

WHAT IT WAS WAS THEY FOUND A, AN ACTUAL BREAK AND THEY HAD TO, I CALLED, UM, THE MAYOR ABOUT IT.

THEY ARE HAVING TO DIG UP THE ROAD THAT JUST GOT LAID ON HUBBARD TO REDO THAT PIPING AND STUFF BECAUSE THE SEWER WAS COLLAPSING? YEAH.

IN, IN THAT CASE, IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE, WE HAD, WE HAD VIDEOED THE STREET BEFORE, UM, WE HAD REPAVED IT AND, AND IT LOOKED FINE.

UH, AND THEN THAT WAS THREE YEARS AGO.

UH, AND, AND IN THAT SUBSEQUENT THREE YEARS, IT, IT COLLAPSED.

SO THERE ARE, I BELIEVE, TWO OR THREE INSTANCES THAT WE ARE AWARE OF WHERE, UH, WE'RE MAKING, YOU KNOW, A A FOUR OR SIX BY SIX CUT TO FIX THAT PARTICULAR SPOT.

BUT WHEN WE PAVED IT, IT LOOKED FINE.

AND, AND THAT WAS, UH, SEWAGE, CORRECT? SAN TERRY? NOT WATER.

NOT WATER.

THE LINER WILL PUSH IT BACK UP.

AND ARE WE GETTING NOTIFIED OF THOSE WHEN, WHEN WE HAVE BREAKS? HOW ARE WE GET NOTIFIED BY VIOLA WHEN WE HAVE WATER MAIN BREAKS? YEAH, SO WATER MAIN BREAKS ARE A LOT EASIER TO DETECT THAN A, THAN A SEWAGE, UH, BREAK BECAUSE TYPICALLY, UNLESS YOU'RE, UNLESS YOU'RE PUTTING A LOT OF WATER INTO THE SYSTEM, IT JUST KIND OF TRICKLES THROUGH.

UM, SO WE FOUND, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW WE FOUND IT.

UM, I WILL GET THAT.

DID THE ROAD COLLAPSE? NO, NO, NO, NO.

WE JUST, WE WERE AWARE OF IT.

I BELIEVE VEOLIA OR OR TRI-CITIES WAS WORKING AND THEY, THEY CAMERAD IT AGAIN AND THEY NOTICED, OH, I BELIEVE 'CAUSE THEY WERE GETTING READY TO RELINE AND THEY HAVE TO FIX THIS PARTICULAR SECTION OF, YOU KNOW, YAY WIDE, UH, BEFORE THEY CAN RELY 'CAUSE THEY CAN'T PUSH THROUGH, UH, THE WAY IT'S, IT'S COLLAPSED.

IT STILL FLOWS.

JUST THE TOP OF THE, THE, UM, OF THE CLAY PIPE HAS, HAS SHIFTED TO WHERE IT'S TOO DEEP TO WHERE THEY CAN'T PUSH THROUGH WITH THE LINER.

UM, IN SOME CASES, IF IT JUST SINKS A LITTLE BIT,

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SO LET ME ASK, WE IDENTIFIED IT BECAUSE THE ROAD CAVED IN.

NO, WE IDENTIFIED IT BECAUSE WE WERE, UM, WE WERE SCOPING OUT AREAS TO RELINE THAT WAS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE RELINE BECAUSE I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I THOUGHT I HEARD, I, I THOUGHT I HEARD, AGAIN, THE CITY'S NOT DOING THEIR JOB.

WE HAD A COLLAPSE AND WE'RE BUYING LIGHTS VERSUS FIXING THE WATER LINES.

OR THE SEWER LINES.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, IF, IF WE GET INTO THE FULL STORY, WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF LINING IT, IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AND WE'RE FIXING IT.

THAT, THAT'S WHAT WAS RELAYED TO ME BY THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.

NO PERSONAL PROPERTY WAS DAMAGED.

NONE THAT I'M AWARE OF.

NO ONE DIDN'T TELL US ABOUT IT.

WE FOUND IT.

IN FACT, WE TOLD THE PRO, THE, THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE MAKING THOSE, THOSE REPAIRS.

AND THAT'S HOW IT BECAME, CAME TO THEIR LIGHT AND WE'RE GOING TO FIX IT.

JUST LIKE WE FIXED EVERY OTHER ONE.

AND JUST LIKE, WE'RE GONNA FIX EVERY ONE IN ADDITION TO THIS.

Y YOU KNOW, SO, SO WHEN I SET UP HERE AND I FIRST HEARD THIS, HAD I NOT ASKED THOSE QUESTIONS, I THOUGHT THE CITY WAS BLOWING OUR MONEY ON LIGHTS.

WE HAD A PROBLEM THAT SOMEHOW WE FOUND OUT ABOUT IT POTENTIALLY WAS GOING TO DAMAGE SOME PERSONAL PROPERTY AND SOMEONE TOLD US WE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND NOW WE'RE ADDRESSING IT WHEN IN FACT WE IDENTIFIED IT DURING THE MINING PROCESS, WHICH IS A PROCESS TO MAKE THE PIPE LAST.

HOW MANY MORE YEARS? ANOTHER 75 YEARS.

GOOD JOB.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

THANK YOU, MARK.

OKAY, SO ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL ITEM? H OKAY.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO WAIVE AND A SECOND.

SO KAREN, FOR COLOR ROLE, PLEASE.

MOTION TO WAIVE CARRIES SIX TO ZERO.

NO MOTION FOR ADOPTION.

KATE, MOVE TO ADOPT MARK.

RECOMMENDATION WAS ADOPTION.

ANY DISCUSSION? KAREN? MR. AKENS? YES.

MOTION CARRIE? SIX ZERO.

NEXT IS ITEM 10

[ A Resolution Authorizing The Acceptance Of Donated Land Of Two And Three Hundred Twenty Thousandths (2.320) Acres And Identified As Parcel Number A01-016655 Pursuant To A Purchase Agreement With Carriage Trails At The Heights, LLC. (first reading)]

ITEM 10 I A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF DONATED LAND OF TWO AND 320 THOUSANDTHS 2.32 ACRES AND IDENTIFIED AS PARCEL NUMBER A ZERO ONE DASH 6 55 PURSUANT TO A PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH CARRIAGE TRAIL AT THE HEIGHTS LLC.

FIRST READING, JOHN, THIS IS THE LAND ACQUISITION NECESSARY FOR THAT, UH, TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT CARRIAGE TRAILS.

KATE, MOVE TO ADOPT THERE.

SECOND MARK ON BEHALF OF DON WEBB.

ANY DISCUSSION? KAREN? MR. LOONEY? YES.

AND NEXT UP AS ITEM 10

[ An Ordinance Authorizing The Execution Of A Twentieth Amendment To The Amended And Restated Development Agreement With DEC Land Co. I LLC. (first reading)]

ITEM 10 J AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EX EXECUTION OF A 20TH AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH DECK LAND COMPANY ON LLC AT THE FIRST READING.

JOHN? YES, SIR.

THIS IS THE 20TH AMENDMENT TO THAT, UH, DECK AGREEMENT FOR CT ONE PROVIDES AN ACCELERATION REIMBURSEMENT OF THE TIF, UM, ELIGIBLE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT COSTS INCURRED BY THE DEVELOPER EQUAL TO, UM, $6 MILLION.

SO I THINK, UH, I KNOW THERE WAS YOU, WE WE HAVE HAD SOME QUESTIONS.

I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S $6 MILLION, SO THE PUBLIC IS, UH, HAS GENERATED SOME DISCUSSION AROUND THAT.

SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE PEOPLE PLENTY, UH, AMPLE TIME TO ASK ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR FURTHER CLARIFY WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

UH, SO THAT BEING SAID, I RECOMMEND WE MOVE THIS TIME TO A SECOND READING.

ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT? UH, I'LL MAKE SURE IT GETS PLACED ON THE ACTUAL WORK SESSION, UH, FOR NEXT TUESDAY.

AND THEN WE CAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.

MAKE SURE THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, AND THEN WE WILL, UH, VOTE ON THE 26TH.

ANY OBJECTION? OKAY.

SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE THIS ON TO ANOTHER READING.

NEXT UP THEN IS

[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into A Memorandum Of Understanding With The Huber Heights City School District And To Continue The School Resource Officer Program. (first reading)]

ITEM 10 K.

ITEM 10 KA RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE HABER HEIGHTS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TO CONTINUE THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM AT THE FIRST READING.

JOHN? YES, SIR.

THIS IS JUST A CONTINUATION OF THE SERVICE FOR THE THREE SROS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE SCHOOLS.

UM, THIS IS THE EFFECTIVE, UH, FOR THE NEXT TWO SCHOOL YEARS.

SO 2024 THROUGH 2026.

RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ADOPT.

IS THERE A MOTION? OKAY.

MOVE TO ADOPT.

THERE A SECOND, FRED.

I WILL SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION.

I MEAN, YEAH, THAT'S DEFINITELY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

ANY DISCUSSION? YES, SCOTT, JUST TO CLARIFY, SO THAT'S ONE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL, ONE FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, ONE FOR ALL THE ELEMENT, ALL THE ELEMENTARIES.

YES, SIR.

AND SOMETIMES THEY, THEY OVERLAP EACH OTHER.

IF SOMETHING'S NEEDED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, WE'LL GET A COUPLE THERE.

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MAYOR.

THANK YOU SCOTT.

THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? KAREN? MRS. KITCHEN? YES.

RECOMMENDATION WAS ADOPT.

NEXT UP IS ITEM 10

[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into A Contract For The Installation Of Decorative Street Lights At Meadows Park Drive. (first reading)]

ITEM 10 LA RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR THE INSTALLATION OF DECORATIVE STREETLIGHTS AT MEADOW PARK DRIVE.

AT THE FIRST READING, JOHN, THIS IS THE LEGISLATION FOR THE, UH, DECORATIVE LIGHTS ON MEADOWS PARK DRIVE.

IS THERE A MOTION PRIME? A MOTION TO ADOPT THERE? A SECOND MARK.

SECOND MOTION.

ANY DISCUSSION? KAREN? MR. DAVIDSON? YES.

AND NEXT IS ITEM

[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Solicit, Advertise, And Receive Bids From Qualified Contractors For The Installation Of Curb, Sidewalk, And Storm Sewer Along Brandt Pike (State Route 201) In Front Of Thomas Cloud Park. (first reading)]

10 M.

ITEM 10 MA RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SOLICIT, ADVERTISE AND RECEIVE BIDS FROM QUALIFIED CONTRACTORS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF CURB SIDEWALK AND STORM SEWER ALONG GRANT PIKE STATE ROUTE 2 0 1 IN FRONT OF THOMAS CLOUD PARK AT THE FIRST READING.

JOHN COS YES, SIR.

NO, THIS IS JUST THE, UH, SOLICITATION OF BIDS FOR QUALIFIED CONTRACTORS TO DO THAT WORK ALONG BRENT PIKE, UM, TO GET US ALL THE WAY TO CLOUD PARK.

RECOMMENDATION WAS ADOPTION.

IS THERE A MOTION? FRED? SO MOVED.

N ITEM 10 NA RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED IN THE CITY MANAGER TO SOLICIT BIDS FOR SERVICES RELATED TO THE REPLACEMENT AND REPAIR OF THE ELEVATORS OF TWO CITY PROPERTIES AT THE FIRST READING.

MOTION A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? CASE NONE.

MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ZERO NEXUS ITEM 10

[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Solicit Bids For Services Related To The Replacement And Repair Of The Elevators Of Two City Properties. (first reading)]

JOHN, UH, JUST REMEMBER THIS IS THE, UH, UH, RESOLUTION HERE TO AUTHORIZE US TO REPAIR OR TO REPLACE THE OLDER, UM, ELEVATOR HERE AND AT PD.

THEY'VE BASICALLY OUTLIVED THEIR LIFE.

UH, REPAIR IS PROBABLY NOT THE BEST OPTION AT THIS POINT, SO I I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I YEAH, I I DO TOO.

I'VE BEEN WALKING UP DOWN THE STAIRS WHEN I'M HERE, SO YEAH, I SEE THIS GET FIXED.

UH, RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ADOPT.

IS THERE A MOTION MARK? RESIDENT, UH, AUTHORIZED TO, UH, FOR THE ELEVATORS? YES.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION? I SHOULD PROBABLY BE TAKING THE STAIRS, BUT KAREN, MR. CAMPBELL? YES.

AND FINALLY WE HAVE ITEM 10.

[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Solicit Bids For Services Related To The Repair And Replacement Of The Asphalt Parking Lots Of Certain City Properties. (first reading)]

OH, ITEM 10.

OH.

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SOLICIT BIDS FOR SERVICES RELATED TO THE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT OF THE ASPHALT PARKING LOTS OF CERTAIN CITY PROPERTIES AT THE FIRST READING.

JOHN? UH, YES SIR.

JUST REMEMBER THIS IS FOR OUR THREE BUILDINGS, UH, CURRENTLY AT THIS LOCATION, CITY HALL PD AND THE COURTS BUILDING.

AND THIS IS JUST A CONTINUED UPKEEP OF OUR, UH, PROPERTIES.

YES, SIR.

RECOMMEND TO ADOPT.

IS THERE A MOTION, FRED? MOTION TO ADOPT FRANK.

SECOND MOTION AND SECOND DISCUSSION.

CARRIE IS SIX TO ZERO.

NEXT IS ITEM 11.

WHICH ASSISTANCE? COMMENTS THAT ARE GENERAL.

DO YOU HAVE ANYONE? I HAVE NONE.

CITY OFFICIAL REPORTS AND COMMENTS.

NEXT IS ITEM 12,

[12. City Official Reports And Comments]

ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANNA DISCUSS? EVENING? YES.

ANITA, I JUST WANTED TO INVITE ALL OF COUNSEL AND JOHN AARON.

UM, THE ANNUAL FOA RALLY FOR RECOVERY WILL BE THE 25TH OF AUGUST, WHICH IS A WEEK FROM SUNDAY.

UM, WE DO ANNOUNCE ANY, UM, ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT ARE THERE.

I WOULD ASK YOU TO BE THERE AT THREE 50, SIGN IN AT THIS STAGE.

UM, WE'LL CALL YOU UP AND YOU CAN GIVE A 10 OR TO 32ND BLURB ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU DO FOR SUPPORTING RECOVERY IN YOUR COMMUNITY.

AND, UM, THAT'S KIND OF IT.

BUT WE DO RECOGNIZE THE POLITICAL OFFICIALS AND I WOULD LIKE EVERYBODY TO ATTEND.

THANK YOU ANITA.

ANYONE ELSE? YES, KATE.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY, SCHOOL STARTS THIS WEEK.

PLEASE WATCH OUT FOR STUDENTS.

THEY COULD BE WALKING WHEN IT'S, IT'LL BE GETTING DARK SHORTLY IN TWO MONTHS WHEN THE TIME CHANGES, BUT THEY COULD BE WALKING, WAITING AT A BUS STOP.

AND PLEASE WATCH YOUR SPEED BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY ARE KNOWN TO DART OUT IN FRONT OF TRAFFIC.

PLEASE BE CAREFUL.

THANKS KATE.

ANYONE ELSE? YES, ANITA.

AND I'M GONNA PIGGYBACK ON THAT.

I HAVE TALKED TO THE MAYOR ABOUT LOOKING AT UP IN THE FUTURE.

UM, MAYBE, UM, BRINGING UP TO DO THE, UM, STAMPING IN FRONT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL AND ALSO IN FRONT OF WEISSENBORN JUST BECAUSE THAT GIVES SUCH A DISTINCT WALKING PATH AND KIND OF A NOTICE FOR PEOPLE AND ALSO BETTER LIGHTING.

STILL, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR A COUPLE YEARS, BUT, AND ALSO REMEMBER THAT IT'S NOT JUST HUBBERT

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SCHOOL.

ST.

PETE'S STARTS ON WEDNESDAY, WHICH HUBBERT DOESN'T START TILL A DAY LATER.

SO BE PREPARED BECAUSE SCHOOLS WILL BE STARTING WEDNESDAY IN THE AREA.

I NEED AARON, YOU GOT UPDATE ON THE LIGHTING.

OH YEAH.

SO WE DID SIGN OUR AGREEMENT WITH A ES TO INSTALL, UH, FOUR ADDITIONAL POLES, UH, IN FRONT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL TO BRING THAT LIGHTING DOWN, UM, CHAMBERSBURG.

SO, UM, I'M NOT SURE THEY'RE GONNA GET IT IN BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS, BUT IT'LL BE PRETTY CLOSE.

THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK US IN.

NO, I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

'CAUSE UH, IT'S TYPICALLY ONCE THE TIME CHANGES, THAT'S WHEN WE'RE, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU GET INTO THE WINTER IT'S REALLY, REALLY DARK OUT THERE IN FRONT OF THE STAFF ENTRANCE.

SO LIGHTING DOWN THERE WILL HELP.

SO I THINK AS LONG AS BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WE GET THE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME AND WE GET THAT CHANGED, THAT'LL, THAT'LL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

YEAH, WE SHOULD BE WELL WITHIN THAT FRAME.

ANYONE ELSE? JUST ONE THING, MAYOR.

I I JUST WANT TO ASK OUR CITIZENS, UM, AS WE DRIVE AROUND OUR STREETS AND, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SCHOOLS THAT JUST, JUST SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

I MEAN OUT ON OLD TROY PIKE AND I KEEP SEEING PEOPLE RUNNING LIGHTS AND I MEAN JUST NOT EVEN BY ACCIDENT, IT'S JUST FLYING THROUGH THE LIGHTS AND I ALMOST GOT IN AN ACCIDENT, THE OTHER DALE'S GUY IN THE TURNING LANE, HE KEPT STRAIGHT.

SO LET'S JUST PAY ATTENTION AND BE SAFE OUT.

DO JUST AS AN UPDATE TOO, SIR, JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, I HAVE, UH, TALKED TO THE POLICE CHIEF AND WE ARE TRYING TO DO SOME ACTIVE POLICING ON BRENT PIKE AND CARRIAGE TRAILS AND SOME OF THOSE AREAS JUST TO KIND OF CURB PEOPLE FROM DOING THAT.

GOOD TO KNOW.

AND I CAN TELL YOU STOPPING AT STOP SIGNS BECAUSE I KNOW AT ALTER AND HEMINGWAY IT'S CALLED A ROLLING SLOWER CONTINUATION.

IT'S NEVER, SO MANY PEOPLE DO NOT STOP AT THAT INTERSECTION.

AND THERE'S TWO SCHOOLS RIGHT THERE, SO REALLY NEED TO PAY ATTENTION AND STOP.

TELL, TELL THE TIME OF YEAR AGAIN TOO, WHERE I THINK WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THE POLICE ARE A LITTLE HYPERSENSITIVE AND HYPERFOCUSED ON SOME OF THOSE AREAS AROUND SOME OF THE CROSSWALKS IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOLS.

ANYONE ELSE? YES, SCOTT AND JOHN, DO YOU HAVE A FINAL DUE DATE ON MERRILY WAY AND TROY PIKE? OH, WHAT DID RUSS TELL US? WHAT I TELL YOU? YEAH.

OUR CONSTRUCTION WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, SO I, I JUST SUBMITTED THE MY MAYOR'S COLUMN FOR THE AUGUST PAPER AND YES, I KNOW THE DATES I PUT IN THERE WAS, UM, UH, LOOKING BACK IT WAS THE, THE CONSTRUCTION UPGRADES WOULD BE DONE BY THE END OF AUGUST.

AND THEN THE MILLING AND REPAVING AND RES STRIPING WITH ALL THE NEW SIGNAGE WOULD BE DONE IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, SEPTEMBER.

WE'RE STILL ON TASK FOR THAT.

YEAH, WE ARE.

YEAH, WE'RE STILL ON, ON TRACK.

I KNOW, IT SEEMS HOPE SO IT GONNA A COUPLE WEEKS IN THE DAY, .

IT MAY.

YEAH, WE ARE ON TRACK.

I'M NOT GONNA, I I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE GET DONE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN THAT, BUT WE ARE ON TRACK TO MAKE THAT.

IT'S VERY CONFUSING RIGHT NOW IN MERRILY WAY 'CAUSE IT SAYS STAY RIGHT, BUT PEOPLE ARE STILL GOING LEFT TO MAKE A LEFT TURN LANE AND YOU HAVE ONCOMING TRAFFIC.

SO IT, THAT WORK SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.

THAT, THAT'S VERY CONFUSING.

DID WE HAVE ANY FURTHER WORD ABOUT THE PAVING, ONAR AND CHESSUM BECAUSE OF SCHOOL STARTING? UM, LET ME GET AN ACTUAL UPDATE FOR YOU.

I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT.

UM, HA HAS BEEN, LOOK, HE'S NEW.

THIS IS HIS FIRST DAY .

THAT'S RIGHT.

THIS IS LIKE, THIS IS HIS FIRST 30 MINUTES.