Aug 26, 2024 City Council Meeting

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OKAY.

GOOD

[1. Call The Meeting To Order - Mayor Jeff Gore]

TODAY'S DATE IS AUGUST 26TH, 2024.

WE'RE GETTING STARTED RIGHT AT 6:00 PM THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY CALLED TO ORDER.

AND NEXT WE HAVE

[2. Invocation - Pastor Festus Rucigitaramo Of The Dayton Compassion Church At 6875 Old Troy Pike, Huber Heights, Ohio]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT'S INDEED A GREAT PRIVILEGE AND THE HONOR TO BE HERE, AND IT IS TIME, ESPECIALLY FOR DEVOTION.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU, UH, ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, UH, THANK EVERYBODY WHO'S HERE.

MOSTLY TO ACKNOWLEDGE GOD, UH, IN WHAT WE DO, IN EVERYTHING WHENEVER TO DO, ESPECIALLY FOR YOU WHO ARE HAVING LEADERSHIP AND CONSIDERING A GOD TO BE THE ONE HELPING YOU TO DO SO.

THE TRUST WE HAVE IN THE GOD ATTRACTS GOD'S FAVOR UPON YOU AND UPON THOSE WHO LEAD ALWAYS.

I THINK ABOUT THIS BOOK OF PSALMS, AND IN PSALMS CHAPTER 33, VERSES 13TH THROUGH 15 AND VERSE 18.

IN NIV WE READ FROM HEAVEN.

THE LORD LOOKS DOWN AND HE SEES ALL MANY KIND FROM HIS DWELL PLACE.

HE WATCHES ALL WHO LIVE ON EARTH.

HE FORMS THE HEARTS OF ALL WHO CONSIDERS EVERYTHING WE DO VACATING OF THESE, PSALM 33 SAYS, THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE ON THOSE WHO FEAR HIM, ON THOSE WHO HOPE, WHOSE HOPE IN, IN HIS LOVE.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT GOD SEES ALL OF US WHEREVER WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO.

I ALLOW HIM TO PRAY ALMIGHTY GOD, WE GLORY FOR YOUR NAME AND PRAISE YOU BECAUSE YOU SEE US AND CONSIDER EVERYTHING YOU DO.

WE THANK YOU FOR GIVING US LEADERS WHO SEEK YOUR WISDOM AND THE GUIDANCE IN CONDUCTING THE AFFAIRS OF THIS CITY.

LET THEM BE BLESSED IN CARRYING OUT THEIR DUTIES.

LET THEM BE PROTECTED THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND LET YOUR EYES BE ALWAYS UPON THEM AND UPON THIS CITY AS THEY FEAR YOU AND HOPE IN YOUR UN UNFAIR LOVE.

GRANT THEM ANOINTING, UNDERSTANDING GREAT INSIGHTS AND THE PHYSICAL STRENGTH TO HANDLE ALL THE CHALLENGES, COMPLEX ISSUES, AND THE HARD TRUST IN ORDER TO BRING TRUE TRANSFORMATION, SUCCESS, GROWTH, AND PEACEFUL LIFE TO ALL WHO ARE UNDER THEIR LEADERSHIP.

ALSO, YOU BRING TO YOUR LORD THE COMMITTEES, THE COMMISSIONS, DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, WORKING TOGETHER WITH THEM FOR THE WELLBEING OF THIS CITY.

AND THIS EVENING A MEETING.

LORD, WE INVOKE YOUR PRESENCE.

LET THE DEBATE DECISIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND EVERY MOVE BE GUIDED BY YOU FOR THE GOOD OF THE ENTIRE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

LET EVERY PERSON IN THIS WHOLE EXPERIENCE YOU HAVE FAVOR SOLVE EACH PERSON'S PROBLEMS. BRING HEALING TO EVERY WOUNDED SOUL, AND LET EACH KNOW YOUR LOVE TO TRUST YOU FOR BRINGING SOLUTIONS AND PUT AN END TO ANY TROUBLING SITUATIONS.

THANK YOU LORD FOR HEARING GOD AND ANSWERING GOD PRAYER.

BLESS OUR NATION.

BLESS YUBA CITY.

IN QUIET NAME.

AMEN.

THANKS.

WE HAVE THE FLAG

[3. Flag Ceremony - Wayne High School Junior ROTC Honor Guard]

GO FOUR ARCH PART TIME ARCH COLORS, ARCH BREEZE.

IT COLORS A PLEDGE,

[4. Pledge Of Allegiance]

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TIM, WOULD YOU CALL

[5. Roll Call]

MR. BAKER.

HERE.

MR. CAMPBELL.

HERE AND PRESENT.

MRS. BURGE.

HERE.

MR. AKENS.

PRESENT.

MR. LOONEY? PRESENT.

MRS. KITCHEN.

HERE.

MR. WEBB PRESENT.

MAYOR GORE HERE.

NEXT

[6. Approval Of Minutes]

WE HAVE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM AUGUST 12TH, 2024.

THOSE MINUTES HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO EVERYONE.

IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS, LET US KNOW NOW.

OKAY.

SEEING NONE, THOSE MINUTES WILL STAND AS APPROVED.

NEXT IS ITEM

[ Special Recognition For Significant Achievement Mayoral Proclamation Presentation To Ms. Anne M. Boyd - Mayor Jeff Gore]

TONY, ITEM SEVEN, A SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT.

MERRILL PROCLAMATION PRESENTATION TO MS. ANN AM BOYD BY MAYOR JEFF GORE.

SO, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA TO DO RESOLUTION FIRST, SO AFTER OKAY, CAN I HAVE ANN BOYD JOIN ME, PLEASE? SO THIS EVENING WE HAVE A CITY RIGHTS MAYORAL PROCLAMATION FOR SPECIAL RECOGNITION.

SO WHEREAS THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS WISHES TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION AND ADMIRATION FOR A VERY SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL WHO IS MOST WORTHY OF THIS HIGHEST MARK OF OUR FAITH, WHEREAS ANN BOYD HAS LIVED HER LIFE IN SERVICE TO HER COMMUNITY AND TO OTHERS.

AND WHEREAS ANN BOYD, A REGISTERED NURSE, WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE LIFE SQUAD IN WAYNE TOWNSHIP IN THE EARLY 1970S.

AND SHE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST WOMEN TO SERVE AS A PARAMEDIC FOR D WAYNE TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT, HUBER HEIGHTS FIRE DIVISION.

AND EZ IN BOYD BECAME AN INSTRUCTOR IN THE FIRST PARAMEDIC TRAINING PROGRAM FOR THE GREATER MIAMI VALLEY AT GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL.

CAME THE DIRECTOR OF THAT PROGRAM IN 1974, AND WAS THE FOUNDER AND CHAIRPERSON OF THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT SINCLAIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE UNTIL HER RETIREMENT IN 2017.

AND WHEREAS VOD HAS SERVED HER COMMUNITY THROUGH HER LEADERSHIP ROLES IN NUMEROUS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE HUMAN RIGHTS FIRE DIVISION, COMMUNITY OUTREACH TEAM, THROUGH WHICH SHE HAS TAUGHT CPR AND FIRST STATE SKILLS AND GIVEN MANY PRESENTATIONS TO CHURCH AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS REGARDING WHAT TO DO IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.

AND WHEREAS IAN VOYAGE HAS RECEIVED RECOGNITION FOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND SERVICE FOR THE STATE OF OHIO HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES AND HER PEERS FOR DEDICATION AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EXISTENCE AND GROWTH OF PARAMEDIC TECHNOLOGY AND HER EXEMPLARY HISTORY OF SERVICE TO OTHERS.

NOW, THEREFORE, I JEFF GORE, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF HEBREW HEIGHTS TO HEREBY EXTEND OUR VERY BEST WISHES FOR HEALTH, HAPPINESS, AND CONTINUED SUCCESS TO ANN BOY AND BE A FURTHER RESULT THAT THIS RECOGNITION IS SEALED BY PRESENTING TO THIS HONORED INDIVIDUAL, THE CITY COINED FROM THE CITY OF HEBREW HEIGHTS IS A TOKEN OF OUR ESTEEM.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I APPEARING TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF HEBREW HEIGHTS TO BE AFFIXED THIS 26TH DAY OF AUGUST AND THE YEAR OF OUR ARIZONA 2020.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR YEARS, AND CHIEF RODNEY COULD LET YOU GO SIT DOWN THAT END.

NO, NOT SO.

OH, YEAH, NO, YOU GO DIRECT.

SO CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR MANY YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

UM, IT'S HARD TO FIND PEOPLE THAT ARE DEDICATED ANYMORE.

AND SO 30 YEARS OF SERVICE IS A HUGE, HUGE, UH, MILE MARK.

AND, UH, ON BEHALF OF SPEAKER STEVENS AND MYSELF, WE WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK AND I WANNA GIVE YOU THIS PROCLAMATION FROM THE STATE OF OHIO.

THANK YOU.

SO, YEAH.

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SO, UH, WE'RE, UH, WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR, AND I'M SPEAKING NOT JUST FOR MYSELF, BUT FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S BEEN THE FIRE CHIEF SINCE YOU STARTED HERE.

UM, WHEN I STARTED HERE, UH, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY 80% OF OUR PARAMEDICS AT THE TIME, MAYBE 90% WERE TRAINED, WERE TRAINED BY ANNE.

UH, WHEN I STARTED, I THINK ANNE'S HAD SO MANY DIFFERENT JOBS HERE.

EVEN WHEN SHE WASN'T WORKING HERE, SHE HAD A JOB HERE, SHE WAS DOING, UH, QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR US.

SO THEY WOULD GO TAKE OUR EMS REPORTS AND THEY WOULD CHIP 'EM OFF, AND WE WOULD ALL WAIT FOR THE TEACHER WITH THE RED PEN TO CIRCLE 'EM UP AND TELL US WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE DOING WRONG.

AND THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE'VE KIND OF, UH, WE KIND OF BUILT OUR SERVICES AROUND.

WE'RE, WE'RE STILL GETTING THE RED PEN OUT, JUST A LITTLE FANCIER WITH THE COMPUTER.

AND, UH, LIKE I SAID, THE THE OTHER DAY WE HAD, UH, ONE OF OUR FORMER STUDENTS RETIRED.

UH, ANN STARTED DOING THIS WELL, WHEN YOU WERE ABOUT FIVE YEARS OLD, I THINK.

FOUR.

FOUR, YEAH.

AND, UH, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, TODAY WE'RE, WE'RE HAVING A, A LOT OF HER STUDENTS ARE RETIRING, BUT THE, UH, THE EFFECT AND THE IMPACT THAT YOU'VE HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, SHE'S NOT ONLY JUST SERVED HUBBERT HEIGHTS, SHE SERVED AS THE CHAIRPERSON AT SINCLAIR, THE FIRST CHAIRPERSON OF EMS, WHICH IS A REALLY BIG DEAL.

UM, YOU KNOW, EMS WAS, UH, HUBER HEIGHTS HAS ALWAYS BEEN, I THINK, WHAT, UH, WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS THE LEADER IN EMS. ABSOLUTELY.

YOU, UH, YOU AND RAY AND EVERYBODY CERTAINLY PLAYED A ROLE IN THAT, AND WE'RE ALL VERY THANKFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE HAVE THIS, THERE'S THE, I'M NOT DONE, THIS IS THE CITY COIN.

TAKE TWO.

I WON'T PUT YOU ON STOP, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY, YOU'RE CERTAINLY MORE THAN WELCOME TO LET THE OPPORTUNITY PASS.

SO IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY, I THINK THE FIRST RUN I WAS EVER ON IN THE FEVER HEIGHTS WAS THE NIGHT OF THE DAYTON OF THE ZIA TORNADO.

AND, UH, THERE WEREN'T ANY MEDICS AVAILABLE TO GO OVER THERE, SO I RODE IN THE BACK OF A CRUISER AND THEY WERE DRIVING LIKE, I WON'T SAY IT, BUT THAT'S OUT OF .

AND I WAS WONDERING IF I WOULD EVER EVEN GET TO Z BUT, BUT IT IS BEEN WONDERFUL BECAUSE, UM, I WAS AN RN WHEN I CAME TO THE, TO WORK AT HUB HEIGHTS, BUT BECAUSE OF WORKING ON THE EMS THAT LED ME TO THE REST OF MY CAREER, AND I ENDED UP AS CHAIR AT SINCLAIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE EMS DEPARTMENT.

SO THANK YOU HUBER HEIGHTS, AND THANK YOU FOR THIS.

OKAY.

AND MOVING ON

[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Make A Donation To Huber Heights City Schools For A Military Service Wall Of Honor. (first reading)]

UH, TONY ROGERS, ITEM SEVEN BA RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE HUBER HEIGHTS CITY SCHOOLS FOR A MILITARY SERVICE.

WALL OF HONOR.

AT THE FIRST READING AND THE, UH, COUNCIL WORK SESSION RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ADOPT THIS ITEM.

UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, MR. CAMPBELL? UH, MOTION TO APPROVE AND MS. BURGE SECOND.

AND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, MR. ROGERS, WILL YOU CALL THE ROLL? MS. BAKER? YES.

MR. CAMPBELL? YES.

MRS. BURGE? YES.

MR. AKINS? YES.

MR. LOONEY? YES.

MRS. KITCHEN? YES.

MR. WEBB? YES.

MR. DAVIDSON? YES.

AND THE MOTION PASSES HOWEVER MANY THAT WAS.

MANY.

NONE.

SO THAT'S A GOOD THING.

UM, MOVING

[ Wayne High School Military Service Wall Of Honor Donation Presentation To Representatives Of Huber Heights City Schools - Mayor Jeff Gore And The Huber Heights Military And Veterans Commission]

UH, MR. ROGERS, AGAIN, ITEM SEVEN C, WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL MILITARY SERVICE, WALL OF HONOR DONATION PRESENTATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF HUBER HEIGHTS CITY SCHOOLS BY MAYOR JEFF GORE AND THE HUBER HEIGHTS MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION.

THANK YOU.

SO, MEMBERS FROM THE VETERANS, YOU GUYS COME UP ALONG WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD.

YOU ARE HERE HEARING JEFF, LOOK AT THIS.

LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY WANTING A LOTTERY.

THANK YOU.

SO WE WERE JUST, WHAT HAD HAPPENED BEFORE, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, OF COURSE, WE KNEW IT WAS GONNA, WAS GONNA PASS, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD FORMAL LEGISLATION IN PLACE BEFORE WE ACTUALLY PRESENTED, UH, THE MONEY.

SO THAT'S WHY THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT, UH, OUT OF ORDER, BUT NOW THAT'S DONE.

SO IT KIND OF, IT CAME TO OUR ATTENTION AND TONY HAD LET ME KNOW THAT, UM, YEAH, THERE WAS A NEED.

WE, WE HAD HEARD ABOUT THE MEMORIAL WALL, UM, AT THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT WAS ATTEMPTED TO BE, UH, ACCOMPLISHED RAISING SOME MONEY.

SO IT CAME TO OUR ATTENTION AND TONY GOT WITH ME AND I, I SAID, WELL, HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH MONEY IS IT? AND, UH, HE LET

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AND HE SAID, BUT 13,000 WOULD BE THE, THE WHOLE AMOUNT THAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR THAT WOULD KIND OF KEEP THEM FROM HAVING TO GO OUT AND MARKETING, KEEP TRYING TO GET MONEY TO MAINTAIN THINGS.

SO, UH, I SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, LOOK, I KNOW I'VE GOT SOME MONEY UP TO MY BUDGET.

I MEAN, WHAT IS OUR VETERANS COMMISSION BUDGET? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? AND SO TONY GOT BACK TO ME AND I SAID, WELL, JUST MAKE SENSE TO GO AHEAD AND, AND JUST GIVE THEM THAT WHOLE $13,000 THAT THEY NEED.

WE PRESENT THAT TO COUNCIL AND THE WORK SESSION WITH COUNCIL.

THAT WAS A GREAT IDEA.

WHICH IT IS.

IT'S A PROBABLY A LONG OVERDUE, AND WE'RE VERY GLAD TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS.

SO, UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WHEN YOU PRESENT THIS CHECK, THE BIG CARDBOARD CHECK, AND THEN I GOT A REAL ONE IN AN ENVELOPE FROM SOMEWHERE .

UM, YEAH, YOU MIGHT HAVE A HARD, I'M NOT SURE THE BANK WILL CASH THIS, UH, BUT IT'S, UH, PAY THE ORDER HEAT, RIGHT? CITY SCHOOLS FOR $13,000, UH, FOR THE WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL MILITARY WALL OF HONOR.

AND THIS WAS PRESENTED TO YOU FROM EVERY PERSON, UH, WHO WORKS AT THE CITY, EVERY RESIDENT OF THE CITY.

MM-HMM.

, EVERY MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL AND OUR EXECUTIVE STAFF.

SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THIS WALL LOOKS LIKE, AND, AND GENTLEMEN KNEW ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

OKAY.

SO WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A RENDERING OVER HERE.

OKAY.

WHAT THAT LOOK LIKE.

SO IF YOU WANNA KINDA LET US KNOW JUST HOW THAT'S GONNA LOOK AND MAYBE PART OF THE SCHOOL WHERE IT'S GONNA GO TO.

AND THEN CERTAINLY IF ANYBODY, UH, HERE, WHAT THE SCHOOL WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU.

CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY WELCOME TO.

SO OBJECT.

SO, UM, THE WALL IS ACTUALLY GOING TO GO RIGHT INSIDE OF THE, UM, ENTRANCE IN THE MAIN HALLWAY BETWEEN ALUMNI HALL AND THE MAIN GYM.

SO HOPEFULLY ANYBODY WHO'S COMING IN FOR BASKETBALL GAMES OR DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THROUGH THE SCHOOL WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT AND IT WILL BE ABLE TO INCLUDE EVERYONE WHO HAS SERVED AND GRADUATED FROM WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO WORK WITH SOME AMAZING PEOPLE FROM THE VETERANS COMMISSION, AS WELL AS DIFFERENT MEMBERS FROM OUR, UM, SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND WE ARE NOW ABLE TO FUND IT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? JUSTIN, JUST A THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THIS PROJECT.

AND JEN HAS REALLY BEEN A SPEARHEAD OF THIS AND BROUGHT THIS FROM AN IDEA TO WHERE IT IS TODAY, AND CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY FOR, UM, FOR HELPING TO FUND IT.

AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, SEEING THE OUTCOME HERE.

AND THEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE, EVENTUALLY WE'LL INVITE EVERYONE OVER TO, UH, TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

GREAT.

SPECIAL.

SO SOME PICTURES, I GUESS WE'LL DO A CHECK.

THERE WE GO.

THANK YOU GUYS.

SO, REAL ENVELOPE, RIGHT? YEAH.

OKAY.

THERE YOU GO.

THERE'S THE ONE YOU CAN TAKE TO THE BANK, YOUR CLASSROOM.

THE BIG ONE IS, THERE YOU GO.

THANK YOU ALLALL SO MUCH.

REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS.

AND AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, AS A CITY, I GOT ALL THE RESIDENTS HERE.

WE'RE SO THANKFUL WE'RE ABLE TO DO THIS, AND JUST REALLY PROUD TO HELP THE SCHOOLS DO THIS.

SO THANK SO MUCH FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ALL.

OKAY, SO, UH, NEXT, UM, NOT ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING, BUT, UH, CERTAINLY, UH, JUST AS IMPORTANT, UH, THE MAYOR'S GONNA INTRODUCE, UH, SEVERAL OTHER PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING, UM, AND MAKE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS HERE.

OKAY.

SO THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE.

SO STEVE, SUSIE, IF YOU WOULD, UH, COME UP HERE AND JOIN ME, PLEASE.

ALL THE WAY, ALL THE WAY IN.

I MAKE SURE ALL THE CAMERAS.

THANK YOU.

YEP.

FACE FINE.

OKAY.

SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO, UM, DON'T KNOW, SO THIS IS STEVE AND SUSIE, BERT AND SHELLY OR MS. RUD, I'M NOT SURE.

BRENDA SHELLEY.

SHELLY PARKS.

SHELLY PARKS.

OKAY.

SO STEVE AND SUSIE ARE THE OWNERS OF THE DUB AND PUB DOWNTOWN.

SURE.

WE'VE ALL HEARD OF THE DOUBLE AND ABOVE OR BEEN DOWN THERE, UM, CELEBRATING AT ST.

PATRICK'S DAY ONCE OR TWICE OR SEVERAL TIMES, .

UM, SO I AM, UH, JUST INCREDIBLY AND EXTREMELY THRILLED, UH, TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE FINAL STAGES, UH, OF BRINGING THE DUBLIN PUB, WHICH WILL BE CALLED THE DUBLIN SEVEN TO HUMAN RIGHTS.

AND THAT IS GONNA BE ON EXECUTIVE BOULEVARD, AND THE SITE IS ON THE ACREAGE RIGHT IN FRONT OF, UH, THE, UM, THE HOTEL.

SO THERE'S THE ACRE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE HOTEL, SO THAT'S WHERE IT'S GONNA BE.

SO I, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS PROCESS FOR ME STARTED, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE, I'VE DONE SUSIE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

UH, AGAIN, I KNOW SOME PEOPLE TALK ABOUT

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YES.

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UM, SO WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A LONG TIME.

SO BACK THE MONTH OF JANUARY OF 2018, WHEN I WAS FIRST ELECTED TO THE MAYOR OF COOPER HEIGHTS, I SENT SUSIE A MESSAGE.

I WAS LIKE, HEY, I GOT THE PERFECT SPOT FOR YOU GUYS TO EXPAND AND GROW YOUR BUSINESS.

I'VE GONE BACK AND I'VE, I'VE LOOKED AT A MESSAGE THAT SHOWED HER AND ALL THE COMMUNICATION YOU'VE HAD BACK AND FORTH, BUT SINCE 2018, WE'VE REALLY BEEN WORKING, TRYING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

AND YOU KNOW, STEVE, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN COURTED BY ABOUT, I MEAN, ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT, UH, COMMUNITIES AROUND LOOKING FOR YOU TO EXPAND YOUR BUSINESS.

AND I, YOU KNOW, LOOK, WE'RE FINALLY HERE.

I, I'M THRILLED.

AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR CHOOSING KEEPER HEIGHTS TO EXPAND YOUR BUSINESS, UH, IN OUR NEWLY FORMED ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, AND WE JUST COULDN'T BE MORE HAPPY TO HAVE WHAT'S GONNA BE CALLED THE DOUBLE SEVEN IN HUMAN RIGHTS.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THAT IS, THAT IS THE LOGO, RIGHT? EVERYTHING'S IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW.

YES.

I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT KIND WHAT THE VISION IS OF THE DOUBLE SEVEN VERSUS DOUBLE 12 AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

FIRST, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

GO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY THAT WAS A PART OF THIS.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

WE'RE SO EXCITED TO BE PART OF THIS AND, AND COME INTO HUBER HEIGHTS.

WHY HUBER HEIGHTS? WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO ME? WELL, I MARRIED HUBER HEIGHTS, UM, MY WIFE, UH, I REMEMBER PICKING HER UP FOR OUR FIRST DATE ON POLLARD WAY DOWN THE ROAD HERE.

AND, UH, AND WHY SHELLY UP HERE FROM PXP REALTY, BY THE WAY, IS 'CAUSE THESE TWO WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING, UH, WE ARE RECOGNIZED AS THE LARGEST ST.

PATRICK'S STATE IN THE STATE OF OHIO.

AND THESE TWO ARE INTEGRAL PIECES TO MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL ALSO BE BRINGING INTO, UH, HUBER HEIGHTS.

SO, COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED.

I'M BRINGING FAMILY HOME.

WE'RE COMING BACK TO HUBER HEIGHTS.

UH, WE'RE GONNA OPEN UP OUR PLACE.

IT'S GONNA BE TOUGH, BUT IT'LL PROBABLY BE SOMEWHERE LATE 2025, EARLY 2026.

WE'RE STILL WORKING ON OUR DESIGNS AND OUR LAYOUTS.

UM, SO, UH, THE TYPE OF PLACE IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO IF ANYBODY'S BEEN TO OUR, UH, PLACE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS.

UH, WE HAVE A HISTORIC CHURCH EDITION, WHICH WE'RE VERY PROUD OF, WHERE WE INTEGRATED SALVAGE MATERIAL MATERIAL THAT WAS OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OLD.

WE HAVE WOOD THAT DATES BACK 500 YEARS OLD.

THAT'S IN OUR BAR, IN OUR, OUR TABLETOPS.

WE'RE GONNA INTEGRATE A LOT OF THOSE MATERIALS INTO SOME OF THE, UH, THE ESTABLISHMENT.

AND THE BEST THING I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW IS IT'S GONNA HAVE AN EPIC BEER GARDEN.

IT'S GONNA BE VERY LARGE, VERY SIMILAR TO LIKE A H OPERA HOUSE STYLE, BUT AN IRISH PUB VERSION OF IT.

SO BIG OUTDOOR PRESENCE.

AND THE NAME DUBLIN SEVEN, WHY NOT DUBLIN PUB? WELL, IF YOU LOOK IT UP, THERE'S A DUBLIN PUB IN ALMOST EVERY STATE, AND THERE'S DUBLIN PUPS ALL OVER THE WORLD.

THERE'S ONLY ONE DUBLIN SEVEN, AND THAT'S IT RIGHT THERE.

SO WE CAN'T WAIT FOR IT'S, UH, DEBUT TO BE IN HUMAN HEIGHTS.

SO WEEKEND.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

SO GLAD YOU'RE COMING.

THANKS, SHELLY.

THANKS STEVE.

THANKS PASTOR.

THE LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT EVERYBODY KIND OF CAME HERE A LITTLE BIT EARLY, UH, TONIGHT WAS KIND OF THE MEET AND GREET OF OUR, I'M JUST ACTUALLY GO GONNA GO AARON AND ALEX AND, AND JOHN SOON AS YOU GET DONE AND SIGN YOUR NAME.

SO I AM, I, I THINK I, I'VE PROBABLY, I'VE SAID THIS TO SOME PEOPLE BEFORE, BUT THIS IS YEAR SEVEN FOR ME AS BEING THE MAYOR.

AND I CAN, I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT RIGHT NOW TODAY, I COULD NOT BE HAPPIER, MORE PROUD AND MORE PLEASED TO BE THE MAYOR OF THIS CITY THAN I AM STANDING HERE TODAY.

AND A BIG REASON THAT IS BECAUSE I BELIEVE WITH MY WHOLE HEART THAT WE HAVE ASSEMBLED THE GREATEST EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM OF ANY CITY AND THE REGION.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE KNEW, WE, WE GOT KIND OF CAUGHT OFF GUARD BEFORE, AND NOW THE PAST AND THE PAST.

AND, UH, THIS COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY IS, IS HAS SAID, JOHN, YOU'RE OUR GUYS.

YOU ARE THE RIGHT GUY FOR THIS JOB, AND WE'RE MOVING, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH JOHN.

AND ALREADY WE'RE SEEING BENEFITS OF THAT INTERNALLY AND ALL THE GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING WITHIN THE STAFF.

AND JUST THE, THE EXCITEMENT FROM THE STAFF OF WHAT'S HAPPENING THE INSIDE.

AND THEN SOME OF YOU HAVE ALREADY, YOU'VE KNOWN AARON.

AARON HAS BEEN AROUND.

HE WAS ONE OF OUR, UH, CONTRACTORS WHO HANDLED A LOT OF OUR PLANNING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, FINALLY GOT TO THE POINT IN TIME WHERE WE SAID, HEY, LOOK, AARON, WE NEED, WE NEED YOU ON BOARD.

WE NEED YOU ON BOARD FULL TIME.

COME IN AND, AND START, UH, HANDLING ALL THESE THINGS FOR THE CITY THAT WE KNOW YOU CAN DO SO WELL.

AND AT ONE POINT IN TIME, A FEW YEARS BACK, WE HAD TWO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER POSITIONS.

WE'VE GOT A LARGE STAFF, WE'RE GROWING.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS KNEW THAT, UH, WE

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AND UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN JOHN CAME TO ME AND SAID, LOOK, I, I'VE GOT, I'VE GOT THE PERFECT GUY, UH, AND, AND ALEX, I SAID, LET'S MEET HIM.

LET'S LET, LET'S FIGURE WHAT WE GOT GOING ON HERE.

AND WHEN, WHEN WE TALKED TO ALEX AND ALEX AGREED TO COME ON BOARD WITH US AND GO, HE HAD TO LEAVE SOME PRETTY OTHER IMPORTANT POSITIONS AND CHANGE HIMSELF UP IN HIS, IN HIS PERSONAL LIFE AND HIS PERSONAL CAREER TO COME WORK HERE.

BUT HE CAME TO WORK HERE.

'CAUSE JOHN, IT'S THE RELATIONSHIP THAT HE'S HAD WITH JOHN.

IT'S, HE KNOWS WHAT JOHN'S HEART IS FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

HE KNOWS WHAT JOHN'S HEART IS AND PASSION TO SERVE A COMMUNITY.

AND THAT'S WHAT BROUGHT ALEX ON BOARD.

AND ALEX WAS, UH, IN BEAVER CREEK TOWNSHIP FOR MANY YEARS.

HE WAS THE FISCAL OFFICER OF BEAVER CREEK TOWNSHIP.

SO WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING A, UH, WELL, WE HAD HOLD ONE HERE, SO, UH, THE BEST WAY TO PUT IT.

SO, UM, I WILL, I WILL NOW LEAVE THIS UPSET ENOUGH.

I'LL LET JOHN MAYBE TALK ABOUT KIND OF THAT PROCESS AND, AND MAYBE THE RELATIONSHIP AND HOW WE FORMED THIS TEAM.

BUT I GOTTA SAY, I, I MEAN, I AM, I'M SO EXCITED.

I'M JUST THRILLED AT WHERE THE CITY IS AT, THE LEADERSHIP WE HAVE, THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING.

AND WHAT YOU'VE SEEN IS DIVIDENDS ALREADY PAY OFF.

STEVE, DEAVER, SUZIE AND SHELLY WHO JUST LEFT HERE, HE WAS BRINGING THE DOUBLE HUB HERE.

THAT'S THE FIRST ECONOMIC DEAL THAT THIS TEAM HAS PUT TOGETHER AND FINALIZED.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR A WHILE, BUT WHEN WE GOT THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT, IN THE RIGHT SPOTS, THAT DEAL BECAME REALITY.

AND HERE WE ARE.

SO WE ARE, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD.

THE SU RIGHTS IS COOKING WITH GREASE.

WE'RE OUR BUSINESS FRIENDLY.

WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME HERE AND, AND BE PART OF THE GROWTH AND, AND THE EXCITEMENT.

THANK YOU FOR RIGHTEOUS CREED.

YEAH, FOR SURE.

NO, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY THAT CAME, UM, REALLY FROM THE BEGINNING, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR COUNCIL, THEY BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, AGREED TO LET ME, UM, ASSEMBLE A TEAM THAT I FELT LIKE WE NEEDED.

UM, IT WAS FUNNY HOW IT ALL WENT ABOUT.

UM, AARON WAS ACTUALLY HERE TALKING ABOUT DOING SOME OTHER CONTRACT WORK AND DOING SOMETHING.

SO I STARTED TALKING TO SOME PEOPLE I KNEW IN THE AREA TO GET SOME NAMES OF POTENTIAL CANDIDATES.

SO I ACTUALLY CALLED AARON, UH, ALEX FOR SOME NAMES .

I INTERVIEWED, UH, FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE.

UM, AND THEN AS I, AS I STARTED INTERVIEWING, AARON'S NAME KEPT COMING UP.

SO I, I, I HAD THE, HAD THE PLEASURE OF JUST TALKING TO AARON.

I'VE SEEN WHAT HE'S BEEN ABLE TO DO FOR THE CITY AS A PLANNER.

AND HONESTLY, THE, THE SIDE OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART THAT REALLY NEEDED SOME ATTENTION WITH PLANNING, ENGINEERING, PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS.

AARON FILLED THAT ROLE TREMENDOUSLY.

SO, UM, THAT WAS EASY.

SO THEN I STARTED GOING BACK THROUGH MY INTERVIEW PROCESS AND EVERYBODY I TALKED TO AND I CALLED ALEX AND WE WERE, WE WERE RUNNING THROUGH SOME THINGS AND TALKING ABOUT A FEW THINGS.

AND THE FUNNY THING IS, IS I SAID, I DON'T KNOW THAT I FOUND THE RIGHT PERSON.

I SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY LOOKING FOR SOMEONE LIKE YOU .

AND, UH, ALEX IS LIKE, WELL, HE'S LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE COULD, WE COULD POTENTIALLY, UH, TALK ABOUT THAT.

SO, UM, AS I, AS I DID SOME MORE TALKING, HONESTLY, ALEX AND I HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A LONG TIME AND IT JUST KIND OF FELL INTO PLACE.

SO, UM, HE BRINGS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE.

HE WAS BEAVER CREEK'S TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATOR.

UM, HE'S WORKED, UH, WITH COUNTY EMASS.

HE'S GOT A, UH, COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BACKGROUND.

UM, AND HE'S GOT SOME PHYSICAL, UM, BACKGROUND.

SO IT WAS REALLY, HONESTLY, I'M THE LUCKY ONE HERE.

THESE GUYS JUST FELL INTO MY LAP, .

SO IT WAS, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS A BLESSING AND, AND I'M, I'LL LET YOU GUYS SAY WHATEVER YOU WANNA SAY TODAY.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

YEAH, I'M JUST, I'M EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THE TEAM.

SO THANKS FOR HAVING TRUST IN ME PROGRAM, ALEX, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU, PROVIDES THE CITIZENS COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR, UH, AND TO BE WORKING WITH JOHN AGAIN AS AN HONOR.

SO I WANT THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY.

WE ARE, THIS COUNCIL, I THINK IS LUCKY ONES BECAUSE OUR JOB ALWAYS, SCOTT, A LOT EASIER WITH YOU IF YOU, FOR EACH GENTLEMEN TO, AND, AND I MEAN THAT SINCERELY.

AND I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THE, THE GREAT WORK THAT COMES OUT YOUR OFFICES IN FRONT OF YOUR TEAM.

SO, SO THANK CONGRATULATIONS, ALL THAT.

THANK YOU.

AND ONE LAST, ONE LAST THING.

UH, OF COURSE NOW I WON'T, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF DETAILS YET.

HOWEVER, WE'VE, EVERYBODY ON THIS COUNCIL ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, ALL, ALL EIGHT OF YOU HAVE SAID, WE NEED SOMETHING.

IF WE HAVE AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, WE NEED SOME ENTERTAINMENT OTHER THAN JUST THE ROWS THAT'S OPEN, YOU KNOW, FIVE OR SIX MONTHS A YEAR OR WHATEVER WE NEED.

WE NEED SOMETHING, HAVE SOME YEAR ROUND ENTERTAINMENT.

SO, UH, I DO WANT TO AT LEAST MAKE A, AN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT THIS EVENING THAT THERE IS MORE TO COME AND MORE PRESENTATIONS TO COME.

HOWEVER, WE ARE IN, UH, SOME FINAL TALKS WITH MEANING WHO RUNS THE ROSE MUSIC CENTER ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.

WE ARE IN

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THAT WOULD BE A YEAR ROUND INDOOR MUSIC CENTER.

SO IT WILL BE SET UP EXACTLY THE SAME WAY THAT THE ROSE IS.

THE ROSE HAS BEEN NETTING THE CITY ABOUT 1,000,002 TO 1,000,005 EVERY YEAR.

IT'S A, IT'S A PROFIT CENTER.

IT SUBSIDIZES OUR PARKS.

AND, UH, MATT DUNN, THE HEAD OF MIMI, HAS TOLD US THEY BELIEVE THAT THIS TYPE OF A CENTER WOULD ALSO BRING IN JUST AS MUCH REVENUE, IF NOT MORE, BECAUSE IT WILL BE YEAR ROUND.

SO IT'S AN INDOOR CENTER, SO WE'LL, WE CAN HAVE MUSIC THERE, UM, 12 MONTHS A YEAR.

SO SOMETIME OVER THE NEXT 30 DAYS, MATT DUNN FROM MIMI WILL BE HERE WITH A PRESENTATION TO SHOW HOPEFULLY SOME RENDERINGS AND SITE PLANS AND SHOW WHERE THIS IS GONNA GO, AT LEAST WHAT THE, UH, WHAT THE, WHAT THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS VENUE COULD BE.

AND I THINK IT'S A FANTASTIC, AND IF ANYBODY HAS EVER BEEN TO CINCINNATI, WHERE THE, UH, THE ICON CENTER'S AT IT'S CALLED, OR THE ANDREW BRADY, UH, MUSIC CENTER DOWN THERE, THIS PARTICULAR MUSIC CENTER WILL TAKE THE EXACT SAME SHAPE AND FORM OF THE ICON IN CINCINNATI.

THAT IS A MIMI RUN EVENT DOWN THERE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING BACK TO BER HEIGHTS.

SO, SO THERE IS SO MANY GOOD THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IT, UH, WE JUST, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES TIME.

IT'S A PROCESS EVERYBODY HAS TO BUY IN AND I THINK THAT ALL THE RIGHT PEOPLE HAVE BOUGHT IN AND, AND WE'RE GONNA DO SOME GREAT THINGS IN THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.

AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BUILDING AND, AND MAKING AND WITH THE ADDITION OF DUMP AND PUB, A COUPLE OF THE RESTAURANTS WE'RE, WE'RE IN TALKS WITH, ALONG WITH ANOTHER MUSIC CENTER, I THINK IS JUST GONNA BE FANTASTIC FOR THIS CITY AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHERE IT GOES.

SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION OFFICER TONIGHT.

WE'LL GET BACK TO OUR REGULAR MEETING, BUT, UH, CAN'T WAIT TO SEE EVERYBODY OUT DOWNTOWN.

GREAT JOB.

OKAY, NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH IS CITIZENS COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS. I HAVE ONE, UH, THIS EVENING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 10 A.

ITEM 10 A.

OKAY, NEXT UP

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JOHN? YES SIR.

UM, SO IT'S GONNA BE REALLY HARD TO FOLLOW ALL THAT UP, BUT, UH, I'LL DO THE BEST I CAN HERE.

SO, UH, COUPLE INTERESTING, UH, THINGS REALLY, UH, GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

UM, JUST WANTED TO SOME POINTS OF REMINDERS THOUGH.

UM, THE COGO AQUATIC CENTER, UM, IS GONNA ENTER ITS LAST WEEKEND OF, UM, OPEN, UH, FOR LABOR DAY WEEKEND.

SO I'VE GOT THREE MORE DAYS.

I, CHRIS ASSURES ME THAT, UH, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, ATTENDANCE HAS BEEN STEADY.

UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME WAYS TO IMPROVE THAT NEXT YEAR AND KIND OF SEE WHAT WE CAN DO, UH, GOING FORWARD.

UM, THE OTHER THING IS, UM, FROM CHRIS, UM, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, THE, UH, SENIOR CENTER ITSELF AS WELL UP THERE.

UM, I'VE GOTTEN SOME PICTURES HE SENT OUT THAT HAD SOME, UH, UM, RENDERINGS WHERE THEY'VE ACTUALLY GOT DRYWALL UP NOW.

THEY'VE GOT SOME, UH, FRONT DESK SPACES ALREADY, ALREADY, UM, BEING CONVERTED OVER.