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[00:00:07]

THERE WE GO.

GOOD

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

EVENING, EVERYONE.

WELCOME TO SEE IF IT WERE HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

THIS IS A REGULAR SESSION.

TODAY'S DATE IS AUGUST 23RD, 2021.

WE'RE GETTING STARTED RIGHT AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.

UH, THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY CALLED TO ORDER.

NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS OUR INVOCATION BY PASTOR RANDY GRIFFITH AND THE FREE METHODIST CHURCH AT 1675 OLD TROY PIKE HERE IN.

HE WRITES PASTOR GRIFFITH.

WELCOME.

HOW ARE YOU, SIR? GOOD.

THANK YOU.

MAX SHEPHERD FIVE.

NOW THE OFFICER'S MADE JESUS POSSIBLE APPEARED FOR THE SANHEDRIN, THE JEWISH LEADERS TO BE QUESTIONED BY THE HIGH PRIEST WE GAVE YOU STRICT ORDERS NOT TO TEACH IN JESUS' NAME.

HE SAID PETER AND THE OTHER APOSTLES REPLIED.

WE MUST HAVE BEEN GOD RATHER THAN MEN.

WHEN THE JEWS HAD ARRESTED JESUS AND HAD HIM TAKEN BEFORE THE ROMAN GOVERNOR NAMED PILOT, DURING PILOTS QUESTIONING, JESUS SAID EVERY ONE ON THE SIDE OF TRUTH LISTENS TO ME TO WHICH PILOT REPLIED, WHAT IS TRUTH.

THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM.

WHEN LEADERS DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE TRUTH IS OR CHOOSE TO OPERATE BY SOME LESSER STANDARD, IT CAN LEAD TO UNHEALTHY COMPROMISE.

THESE LEADERS WERE MEANT TO A BIG GOD, BUT THEY HAD BECOME MORE INTERESTED IN THEMSELVES AND PUBLIC OPINION THEN IN SEEKING AND ABIDING IN THE TRUTH AND LOVE OF GOD.

THAT'S WHY THEY CRUCIFIED JESUS AND WHY HE CRIED OUT IN PRAYER FATHER, FORGIVE THEM.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

SO IT WAS RIGHT FOR PETER AND THE OTHER APOSTLES TO OBEY GOD RATHER THAN THEM.

NOW IN ACTS CHAPTER 17 SAYS NOW THE BEREANS WERE MORE NOBLE CHARACTER THAN THE FESSEL LEONIANS FOR.

THEY RECEIVED THE MESSAGE WITH GREAT EAGERNESS AND EXAMINED THE SCRIPTURES EVERY DAY TO SEE IF WHAT PAUL SAID WAS TRUE.

SO WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GODLY LEADERSHIP AND WORLDLY LEADERSHIP WITH GODLY LEADERSHIP? THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS THE LEADER.

BELIEVERS ARE AS INSTRUMENTS SO THAT WHEN OTHERS HEAR WHAT THEY SAY AND DECIDE NOT TO JUST ACCEPT IT IMMEDIATELY, BUT FIND OUT IF IT'S THE TRUTH OR NOT.

THE GODLY LEADER IS NOT OFFENDED, BUT VERY PLEASED THAT THEY DID.

SO PAUL WAS NOT OFFENDED, BUT COMMENDED, THESE BEREANS WHO CHECKED OUT WHAT HE WAS SAYING TO MAKE SURE IT ALIGNED WITH GOD'S WORD.

PAUL KNEW THAT BOTH HE AND THEY WERE SERVANTS OF GOD, THEY DID NOT JUST ACCEPT EVERYTHING THEY HEARD, BUT CHECK THAT OUT WITH THE TRUTH.

THEY SHOWED THAT THEY WERE OF MORE NOBLE CHARACTER THAN THOSE WHO DID NOT LET'S PRAY.

FATHER HELP US ALL TO BE OF NOBLE CHARACTER, TO SEEK THE TRUTH, TO FIND IT OUT AND THEN PUT IT INTO PRACTICE.

AND WE PRAY THAT THAT HAPPENS IN THIS MEETING TONIGHT.

AND WE'LL THANK YOU IN JESUS NAME.

AMEN.

AMEN.

MR. ROGERS, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL PLEASE? MR. SHAW HERE, MS. BAKER, MR. CAMPBELL.

HERE.

THIS IS SPURGE MR. OTTO HERE.

MR. LYONS HERE, MR. HILL HERE.

MR. WEBB HERE, MAYOR GORE AND MRS. BIRCH HAD SENT AN EMAIL REQUESTING HER ABSENCE EXCUSED THIS EVENING.

UH, IS THERE MR. CAMPBELL? SO SECOND, SECOND.

YEP.

ALL SECOND.

OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

THAT'S RIGHT.

MS. BAKER.

YES.

MR. CAMPBELL.

YES.

MR. OTTO? YES.

MR. LYONS? YES.

MR. HILL.

YES.

MR. WEBB? YES.

MR. SHAW.

YES.

AND MOTION TO APPROVE MISS BURCH'S ABSENCE.

UH, PESTOS 7 71 61.

NEXT UP

[5. Approval Of Minutes]

IS ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES, FIVE EIGHTS OR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM AUGUST THE NINTH, 2021.

UH, THOSE MINUTES HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED.

IS THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR NO CORRECTIONS, THOSE MENTAL STANDARDS? ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? YES.

UH, MIRA FOR A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

CAN WE GO BACK ON THE VOTE COUNT FOR THE RECORD? I BELIEVE, UH, YOU KNOW, I SAID 71, THEN I SAID 61.

YEAH.

THAT'S 7 0 7 OUT.

YES.

THANK YOU.

YEAH.

THANK YOU.

THAT'S MY BLOOD SUGAR ALARM.

THAT SHOULD NOT BE.

THANK YOU FOR SURE.

APPRECIATE THAT.

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NEXT UP IS I NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS OUR SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

[ Huber Heights Arts And Beautification Commission Yard Beautification Awards Presentation - Mayor Jeff Gore And The Huber Heights Arts And Beautification Commission]

ITEM SIX, A HUBER HEIGHTS ARTS, A BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION YARD BEAUTIFICATION AWARDS, PRESENTATION BY MAYOR JEFF GORG AND THE HEBREW HEIGHTS ARTS BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION.

OKAY.

SO , I'LL LET YOU SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS FIRST.

SO THIS, SO WE HAD, I GUESS OUR ORIGINAL EDIFICATION COMMISSION HAD CONTESTS THAT THEY HAD RAN THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THEY WENT AROUND AND VISITED, UM, DIFFERENT BUSINESSES.

SO IT WAS A BUSINESS AWARD FOR VACATION BEAUTIFICATION OF, UH, LANDSCAPING FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES AND BUSINESSES.

THEN THERE WAS ONE FOR, UH, KIND OF A BEE FRIENDLY AWARD DONE WITH CONVINCES, HOW GETTING HUMBLED, THE LEADS, GETTING MOST, THE FLOWERS AND CHECK THESE IMPORTANT BEES ARE TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND ECOSYSTEM.

AND THEN THERE WAS A MAYOR'S AWARD FOR, INTO JUST AN OVERALL INDIVIDUAL LPS VACATION FOR, UH, FOR LANDSCAPING.

SO THOSE ARE THE THREE AWARDS WE HAVE TONIGHT.

UH, SO IT'S KINDA EXPLANATION THEN SYDNEY YOU'LL ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THEM COME THEM.

UM, SO, UM, ACTUALLY THE FIRST ONE IS THE SCOTT FAMILY MCDONALD'S ON MERRILY WAY THAT YOU .

SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, THIS WAS BY NOMINATION.

SO BASICALLY IT WAS OPEN ON THE INTERNET.

ANYONE COULD NOMINATE SEVERAL BUSINESSES WERE NOMINATED AND THAT'S PRETTY COOL CAUSE THAT MEANT CITIZENS.

BEAUTIFUL.

WE AGREE.

AWESOME.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THEY DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE YOU DO SO MUCH MORE.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

HE IS THE CHAIRPERSON OF ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION THIS YEAR.

SO THAT'S WHY SHE'S SO NEXT IS THE FRIENDLY AWARD AND I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE HERE, BUT UH, JILLIAN VENA.

AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT? OKAY.

AND THE ADDRESS IS 75 TO 10 SEBRING.

OKAY.

I SAW THOSE PICTURES AND YEAH.

IT'S SO THERE'S THE PICTURES OF CINDY.

SHE WASN'T FEELING WELL.

SO THIS THANK YOU.

THE LAST ONE IS THE CARES AWARD.

THIS WAS FOR OVERALL.

SO I GET THE PICTURE THERE AND LEAVE THIS AS COUNTER FOREIGNERS, CORRECT? YES.

IS IT REBEL REBEL? YES.

DAVID REBELLION 76.

SO FOUR CALENDAR FARMS DRY.

SO THIS IS THE WINNER OF THE MAYOR'S AWARD FOR THAT.

SO IT'S, AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WHO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO, TO GO OUT AND VISIT PEOPLE.

I DON'T THINK NONE OF THESE WERE DONE SPECIFICALLY FOR ANY TYPE OF AWARD.

THESE ARE BUSINESSES WHO JUST NORMALLY TAKE CARE OF THE PROPERTIES, BEAUTIFY THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HELP MAKE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK VERY NICE.

SO WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE AND THEY'LL CONTINUE BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS WAS WHAT THEY TYPICALLY DO WHEN THEY'RE ON THEIR AVERAGE YEAR.

SO WE APPRECIATE THEM AND THANKFUL FOR, FOR EVERYONE.

UM, WE WENT OUT TO VOTE AND NOMINATE, NOMINATE THESE WITH THESE PROPERTIES.

SO, SO THANKS TO EVERYONE

[ Mayoral Proclamations And Presentation To Competitors From Meng's Martial Arts - Mayor Jeff Gore]

OKAY.

NEXT UP WE HAVE ITEM SIX, B MERYL PROCLAMATIONS OF PRESENTATION AND COMPETITORS MEANS MARTIAL ARTS BY THEIR JEFF GORE.

WE'D ASKED THE INDIVIDUAL COMPETITORS AND A MASTER BENNY MAN TO COME UP FRONT AND JOIN THE MAYOR FOR THE PRESENTATION.

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SO I REMEMBER A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE HAD, UH, LOTS OF AWARD WINNERS COME AND WE DID PROCLAMATIONS FOR A BUDDY.

AND I SEE A BOYS ARE GETTING FAIR.

THERE WERE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

SO, UH, SO ALL OF THESE, UM, I'LL GIVE A LITTLE ONE, UH, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AWARDS IN A NATIONAL COMPETITION.

SO WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL PROCLAMATIONS IN THE CITY COINS FOR EACH ONE OF THEM, BUT WE PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER WITH SUMMARY OVERALL AS A PROCLAMATION TO, TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THEM HERE.

IT SEEMS TO ME THAT AGAIN, WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL PROCLAMATIONS, WE'LL GIVE THEM, BUT THIS IS A CITY RIGHTS MARROW PROCLAMATION FOR SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT.

SO WE'RE AS A CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS WISHES TO EXPRESS ITS CONGRATULATIONS AND ADMIRATION FOR SPECIAL INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MOST WORTHY OF THIS HIGHEST MARK OF OUR THEME.

AND WE'RE AS THESE COMPETITORS HAVE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN TRAINED IN MARTIAL ARTS COMPETITIONS THROUGH MAINS MARTIAL ARTS, WORLD HEADQUARTERS, WHICH HAS BEEN AN OPERATION HUBER HEIGHTS FOR 34 YEARS.

AND WHEREAS MIXED MARTIAL ARTS WORLD HEADQUARTERS IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING THE BEST AND EFFECTIVE MARTIAL ARTS FOR HEALTH SELF-DEFENSE AND SOME IMPROVEMENT AND AS ESTABLISHED AND GROWING LIST OF SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.

AND THEN IN WHERE ASS HAWK BURNS WHEN THE GOLD MEDAL AND THE 70 POUND MALE YOUTH 12 AND UNDER CATEGORY, SHAY SCARBOROUGH WON THE GOLD MEDAL AND 115 POUNDS, 15 TO 17 YEAR OLD FEMALE JUNIOR CATEGORY, GIOVANNI SMITH WON THE GOLD MEDAL AND THE 130 POUNDS, 15 TO 17 YEAR OLD MALE JUNIOR CATEGORY.

DERRICKSON MANE WON THE GOLD MEDAL AND 135 POUND, 15 TO 17 YEAR OLD MALE JUNIOR CATEGORY.

SPENCER MAINE WON THE GOLD MEDAL IN THE 140 POUNDS, 15 TO 17 YEAR OLD MALE JUNIOR CATEGORY.

VINCENT MAINE WON THE GOLD MEDAL AND 143 POUNDS, 18 TO 40 YEAR OLD MALES IN YOUR CATEGORY.

ANDREW TAPED WON THE GOLD MEDAL IN THE 165 POUND 18 TO 40 YEAR OLD MALE SENIOR CATEGORY, DARREN, OR WILL, WILL IT BE ONE OF THE GOLD MEDAL IN THE 156 POUNDS, 18 TO 40 YEAR OLD SENIOR CATEGORY AND THE 2021 ALL-AMERICAN SANDAL LIGHT TIDE COME FOOD NATIONALS AND GRAND MASTER BENNY, HIS COACH PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE WON NATIONAL LEVELS OF THE 2021, ALL AMERICAN LOUDLY TIE COME THROUGH NATIONALS.

NOW, THEREFORE I JUMP OR MEREDITH.

SEE IF HE WRITES, I DO HEREBY EXTEND OUR BEST WISHES FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS FROM THE CDP RIGHTS TO THESE COMPETITORS, BEING ABLE TO RESOLVE THIS RECOGNITION SEAL, REPRESENTING THESE PROCLAMATIONS IN THE COIN FROM THE CD BRIDES AS A TOKEN OF RST AND WITNESS WHERE OF I'M HERE TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE SAFETY RIGHTS TO BE A FIXED THIS 23RD DAY OF AUGUST NEARBY WHEN WE'RE IN 2029.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THESE.

SO EACH ONE HAWK, HERE YOU GO, BUDDY.

CONGRATULATIONS, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD TO THIS BOARD, IS THAT TRUE? EVERYONE'S FAMILIAR WITH BOXING AND IT WAS ALL ABOUT TEACHING AND THEN RESTED.

SO THIS SPORT COMBINED ALL THREE SKEWS, IT'S LIKE A HEMINGWAY.

SO THIS YEAR THEY HELD THE FIRST YOUTH AND THEN SO USED THE FIRST ONE TO ENTER INTO NATIONAL LEVEL SKILL LEVEL AT THE NEW STUFF.

WHERE WAS THE COMPETITION? IT WAS IN ARIZONA, PHOENIX IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA.

OKAY.

CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS.

JUMBLED SHAY SCARBOROUGH.

I TICKED UP DERRICKSON MEAN THOSE FOUR TEENAGERS THEY'RE IN THE LOCAL, UH, TEENAGE CANTERBURY'S, UH, UP TO SOME AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, VINCENT NAME AND VINCENT WOULD BE SENDING US TO FIND A WORLD CHAMPION SHIPPING IT TO THE NEXT YEAR YEARS THAT YOU'VE HAD YOUR BUSINESS HERE IN 2018 IN A PROCLAMATION LIKE THIS, THERE WAS LOTS OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AT THAT TIME

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AND WE HAD LOTS OF PROCLAMATIONS.

SO NOW YOU'VE GOT A GREAT SUCCESS STORY AND TRAINING AND COACHING AND MENTORING THESE PEOPLE.

SO CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[ Prostate Cancer Awareness And Education Month Mayoral Proclamation Presentation – Mayor Jeff Gore]

LAST STOP ON THE SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT, WE HAVE PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS AND EDUCATION MONTH MURAL, PROCLAMATION, PRESENTATION WATERS.

THERE'S ONE MORE PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING CHANCE.

SO THIS IS THE PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS AND EDUCATION MONTH.

SO WHEREAS THIS YEAR 248,530 MEN WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH PROSTATE CANCER IN THE UNITED STATES ALONE EVERY YEAR AND 15 MINUTES.

ANOTHER AMERICAN DIES FROM PROSTATE CANCER RESULTING IN A LITTLE MORE THAN 93 DEATHS PER DAY.

AND ROUGHLY 34,130 WILL DIE THIS YEAR FROM THE DISEASE.

AND OR AS IN OHIO, AN ESTIMATED 9,010 NEW CASES OF PROSTATE CANCER WILL BE DIAGNOSED.

AND AN ESTIMATED 2000 DEATHS WILL OCCUR IN 2021.

AND WHEREAS MEN WITH RELATIVES, FATHER, BROTHER, SON, WITH A HISTORY OF PROSTATE CANCER ARE TWICE AS LIKELY TO DEVELOP THE DISEASE.

WHEREAS MEN WHO SERVED IN THE MILITARY WHO HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO CHEMICALS AND HERBICIDES ARE AT HIGHER RISK FOR DEVELOPING PROSTATE CANCER.

AND WHEREAS ONE IN EIGHT MEN ARE DIAGNOSED WITH PROSTATE CANCER IN HIS LIFETIME, AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN ARE AT A HIGHER RISK OF THE DISEASE WITH THE RATE OF ONE IN SIX AND ARE 2.2 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM THE DISEASE.

AND WHEREAS EDUCATION REGARDING PROSTATE CANCER AND EARLY DETECTION, STRATEGIES IS CRITICAL TO SAVING LIVES, PRESERVING LIVES AND PROTECTING FAMILIES.

WHEREAS THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HARDSHIP, PROSTATE CANCER HAS ON FAMILIES AS HUGE AS THE ESTIMATED COST AND DIRECT MEDICAL EXPENDITURES IS OVER $8 BILLION.

AND WE'RE AS NEARLY 3.1 MILLION MEN IN THE U S ARE LIVING WITH PROSTATE CANCER DIAGNOSIS.

AND THAT NUMBER IS ESTIMATED TO CLIMB TO 4 MILLION BY 2024 AS MEN IN THE BABY BOOMER GENERATION AGE.

AND WE'RE AS ALL MEN ARE AT RISK FOR PROSTATE CANCER AND THE ASSISTANCE OF CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO ARE ENCOURAGED TO INCREASE THE AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PROSTATE CANCER SCREENINGS.

NOW, THEREFORE I, JEFF GORE MAYOR OF THE CITY HEBREW HEIGHTS, OHIO DO HEREBY URGE ALL CITIZENS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OF PROSTATE CANCER AND DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 2021 IS PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS AND EDUCATION MONTH.

AND WHEN THIS, WHERE I'VE I HERE TO SET MY HAND IN THE CAUSE OF ALL THIS, IF HE WRITES, IF YOU FIX THIS 23RD DAY OF AUGUST IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 2021, THANK YOU, SIR.

[7. Citizens Comments]

NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH IS OUR CITIZENS COMMENTS.

FIRST STOP WE HAVE, UH, MR. VINCENT KING, YOU PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL AND RESIDENTS OF HUBER HEIGHTS.

SO TODAY I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT MARION MEADOWS AND SOUTH POINT OR SOUTH POINT CROSSING, WHICHEVER YOU PREFER TO CALL IT.

UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT CITIZENS NOT ONLY ACROSS THE CITY COME UP TO YOU AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE, BUT RESIDENTS IN MY WARD OR FOUR, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO, BECAUSE THIS WILL AFFECT THEM MOSTLY.

SO, UM, AS CITY COUNCIL CONTINUES TO, UH, WORK, TO FIND A DEVELOPER WORK WITH THE LIBRARY, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UM, TO LISTEN, LISTEN TO WHAT YOUR RESIDENTS HAVE AS QUESTIONS.

UM, SO WHAT I'M HERE TO DO, I'M HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH SPECIFICALLY WITH MY IDEA, UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, WITHIN THAT AREA.

SO THE FIRST THING, UM, LET'S JUST, I'M GOING TO CALL IT A MULTI-USE CITY MUNICIPAL FACILITY AND THE REASON WHY I'M GOING TO CALL IT THAT IT'S BECAUSE I SEE THAT AREA AS A POTENTIAL LOCATION TO HELP CONSOLIDATE CITY STAFF AND, UM, LOCATIONS, CURRENT LOCATIONS, WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY LEASING

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AND PAYING RENT BY CONSOLIDATING, WE WILL BE ABLE TO REDUCE SOME OF THAT COST AND IT WILL BE OUR OWN FACILITY.

BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, I ALSO ENCOURAGE THAT WE HAVE A FOCAL POINT WITHIN THAT AREA AS WELL.

THAT FOCAL POINT COULD BE A PLAZA, A LET'S SAY A COURTYARD OR EVEN A FOUNTAIN.

OKAY.

UM, BUT WITH THAT, IT SHOULD BE BIG ENOUGH AND LARGE ENOUGH.

SO THAT WAY WE CAN HOST CITYWIDE EVENTS THERE.

OKAY.

WE HAVE SEVERAL GREAT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHERE WE HOST A NUMBER OF EVENTS, THOMAS CLOUD PARK, BUT FOR ONE AND EICHELBERGER AMPHITHEATER AT THE HEIGHTS AS ANOTHER.

BUT WHAT I ENVISIONED AT THAT LOCATION IS THE FARMER, THE FARMER'S MARKET AT THE HEIGHTS.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT LOCATION.

UM, AND IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE, MAKE FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES MORE ACCESSIBLE, ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO ARE UNABLE TO TRAVEL UP TO THE PROGRAM AMPHITHEATER AREA.

IN ADDITION TO THAT.

AND LASTLY, OF COURSE, UM, I KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BIKE PATHS AND BIKE LANES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

I REALLY ENCOURAGE CITY COUNCIL TO REALLY LOOK INTO ADDING BIKE LANES ONTO OUR STREETS.

UM, EXTENDING THE SIDEWALK IS GREAT, BUT FOR THOSE, UM, PROFESSIONAL WRITERS OR THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO GET COMFORTABLE RIDING IN THE STREET, I THINK HAVING SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY LET'S SAY ON BRAND PIKE OR CHAMBERSBURG, UM, TO HELP GET AROUND THE CITY WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR THEM AS WELL.

AND THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE TODAY.

THANK YOU.

NEXT UP.

WE HAVE MRS. CINDY SMITH, IF YOU PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.

WELL, BEFORE I START TODAY, I'D REALLY LIKE TO COMMENT ON THOSE AWARD-WINNING HOUSES FROM TODAY'S PROCLAMATION.

YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THEY WERE ALL BRICK, EVEN MCDONALD'S WAS BRICK AND STONE.

SO I'D JUST LIKE TO START WITH THAT.

THEY WERE BEAUTIFUL HUBER HEIGHTS HOMES.

THE ONE I LOOKED IT UP WAS BUILT IN 1970, STILL LOOKS WONDERFUL.

THE OTHER ONE WAS BUILT IN 2019, THE MAYORS BOARD AND WHAT A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF A HUBER HEIGHTS HOME.

SO STARTING WITH THAT A LOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE.

SO IN THE INTEREST OF RESPECTING EVERYONE'S TIME, CAN I ASK IF MR. WILL BE PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON SECTION NINE OF THE OAKS DURING HIS CITY MANAGER REPORT REMARKS? YES.

I HAD PLANNED ON GIVING AN UPDATE FROM OUR LAST WORK SESSION.

WONDERFUL.

UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE LAST WORK SESSION, BUT I WAS ABLE TO WATCH PART OF IT ON THE CITY WEBSITE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT MR. FALCO SKI AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM DR.

HORTON WERE TO WORK OUT AN AGREEMENT ON THE HOUSES FOR SECTION NINE, HAS THAT ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED? SO AT THIS POINT, I THINK THIS IS JUST IT'S COMMENTARY.

SO FOR THE BACK AND FORTH IN THE, IN THE, IN THE, KIND OF THE QUESTION, THE ANSWER, SO IT JUST, THIS PARTICULAR TIMEFRAME IS JUST FOR YOU TO MAKE COMMENTS BASED ON SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA.

OKAY, GREAT.

THANKS.

WELL, IS IT SEEMS TO BE AN APPARENT FADED COMPLETE.

I'D LIKE TO MY TIME IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE THE SAME REQUEST THAT I DID A MONTH AGO, WILL THE COUNCIL PLEASE CONSIDER LEGISLATION TO DEFINE QUOTES, MASONRY, TO CLOSE WHAT EVEN SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE DESCRIBED AS A LOOPHOLE IN WHAT MANY OF THE CITIZENS FIND AS UNACCEPTABLE, AND THAT IS USING FIBER CEMENT BOARD OR OTHER CHEAPER PRODUCTS AS MASONRY TO REPLACE BRICK OR STONE IT'S USE IS JUST A FURTHER EROSION OF THE STANDARDS OF THE CITY.

MR. WINTER OF THE OAKS STATED A MONTH AGO THAT THE CITY HAS STARTED DOWN A SLIPPERY SLOPE OF LESSENING BUILDING STANDARDS FROM A FULL BRICK HOUSE TO JUST A PERCENTAGE OF THE ENTIRE EXTERIOR, THEN JUST A PERCENTAGE OF THE FRONT FACADE.

AND NOW WE GO FROM BRICK AND STONE TO FIBER CEMENT, OR COMBINED WITH LICK AND STICK.

I REALLY THINK WE CAN DO BETTER.

HUBER HEIGHTS HAS A NATIONAL REPUTATION OF BEING AMERICA'S LARGEST COMMUNITY OF BRICK HOMES, AND IT WOULD BE A SHAME TO ALLOW THAT REPUTATION TO BE

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SULLIED BY DEVELOPERS, USING LOOPHOLES, TO BUILD WITH CHEAPER MATERIALS OR WITH MATERIALS THAT REQUIRE LESS WORKMANSHIP AND ARE QUICKER BUILT.

UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK FOR THOSE OF US IN THE OAKS, SECTION NINE IS GOING TO BE A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE DECLINE OF CITY STANDARDS AND A REMINDER OF HOW DEVELOPERS AND BUILDERS LEFT UNCHECKED CAN SHAPE OUR CITY.

SO MY QUESTION TONIGHT, IF I MAY ASK ONE, IS, WILL THIS BE ADDRESSED AS AN AGENDA ITEM AT EITHER THE NEXT COUNCIL WORK SESSION OR THE ONE AFTER THAT? SO I THINK ONCE I ANSWER, ONCE I HAVE INFORMATION BACK FROM THE WALL DIRECTOR REGARDING, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND FIRST IS WHAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO DO WITHIN THE LAW BASED ON WHAT THE ORDINANCE ARE THAT EXISTS.

RIGHT.

ONCE I HAVE FURTHER AND MORE INFORMATION FROM THE LAW DIRECTOR ABOUT WHERE THAT DISCUSSION CAN GO, THEN I'M CERTAINLY FINE WITH HAVING IT ON A WORK SESSION AGENDA.

UH, BUT I CAN'T SAY THAT YET AND NOT KNOWING HOW THE DISCUSSION WOULD GO BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE, WE DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED FROM, FROM THE LAW DIRECTOR AND A COMPLETED ANALYSIS YET.

I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL MORE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WORKS COMING ALONG THE PIPELINE.

AND I KNOW MR. FOULK HUSKY, UM, HELPED WITH THE LAST ONE AND PUT IN AND DONE THEM TO THE HEATHER MIRROR, UM, DEVELOPMENT TO MAKE IT DECLARED AS BRICK OR STONE.

BUT AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT MORE DEVELOPMENTS COMING DOWN THE LINE, RIGHT? SO MA'AM MS. MANN.

I WOULD, I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT, UH, I SERVE AS THE VICE CHAIR FOR THE ORDINANCE REVIEW COMMISSION.

IT'S A BOARD THAT OCCURS EVERY 10 YEARS OR REVIEW THE ORDINANCES IN GENERAL.

AND THAT TOPIC SPECIFICALLY, WE RECOMMEND TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT OUR CORE AND, AND, UH, MAKE SOME DECISIONS ON THAT.

TECHNICALLY, I THINK WE HAD TONY, WE WERE GOING TO PUSH IT TO PLANNING COMMISSION FIRST FOR THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL BECAUSE I'M, I'M, I FEEL THE SAME ISSUE.

I THINK OUR STANDARDS HAVE LOWERED OVER THE YEARS.

I THINK WE NEED TO REVERSE THAT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN THAT TIMELINE MIGHT THINK SOONER RATHER THAN LATER? I THINK EVERYONE HERE IS ANXIOUS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

SO I KNOW SCOTT'S BEEN WORKING ON IT AND, UH, AS GLENN SAID, WE DISCUSSED IT, THE ORDINANCE REVIEW COMMISSION.

UM, SO AS SOON AS THE ANALYSIS MAYOR'S REFERENCED IS AVAILABLE, UM, I'M SURE COUNSEL WILL HAVE IT ON AN AGENDA.

VERY EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

I'M SORRY.

YES.

THANKS.

MA'AM ALSO AT ORDINANCE REVIEW COMMISSION, WE WENT INTO AS MUCH DISCUSSION AS POSSIBLE ABOUT, I THINK WHAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE WITH, AND THAT IS IT'S MORE VISUAL THAN IT IS COMPOSITION.

SO WE DISCUSSED IT AT LENGTH AT ORDINANCE REVIEW, BUT WE KNOW THAT THE PATH IS TO GET IT BACK BEFORE PLANNING.

UM, SCOTT HAS EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE THAT HE CAN MAKE THAT LANGUAGE WORK WITH HIM ORDINANCE AND IT'LL COME BACK TO US AS COUNCIL FOR A CHANGE IN OUR ORDINANCES.

WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU.

ONE OF THE THINGS I CERTAINLY WOULD SUPPORT IS MAKING SURE THAT THE, UM, THAT THE INTENT OF COUNCIL BECOMES VERY CLEAR IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORDINANCE.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE MAYBE A DISCREPANCY RIGHT NOW.

WE KIND OF FEEL LIKE WE KNOW WHAT THE INTENT OF THAT IS, BUT IF IT'S NOT SPELLED OUT CLEARLY IN THE ORDINANCE, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO GET THE REAL LAW OPINION ABOUT.

SO MOVING FORWARD THROUGH WHATEVER, UM, THIS ORDINARY PROCESS IS THAT COMES BACK TO COUNCIL.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT OUR INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE IS, IS LAID OUT VERY CLEARLY IN THE LANGUAGE.

YES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, IF I MAY.

YES.

THANK YOU, MS. SMITH, I'M SURE YOU, UH, WATCHED THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.

UH, SO DURING, UH, DURING THAT TOPIC, WHEN, UH, THE, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER NOW IN TERMS CITY MANAGER PUT IN THAT SECTION SIX, I BELIEVE IT WAS, UM, FOR THAT BRICK AND MASONRY, UM, AT THE LAST WORK SESSION, IT WAS IT'S HIS INTENT TO WORK WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON THOSE UPCOMING HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS TO SET IN, IN THE DECISION RECORD WHILE COUNCIL IS ON THIS SIDE, LOOKING AT AT THE COIN, IF WE CAN GET IT TO, IN MY OPINION, UM, DEALT WITH AND PLANNING COMMISSION.

I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT WITH THE UPCOMING DEVELOPERS AND BUILDERS THAT, UH, THAT ARE FORTHCOMING, UH, LIKE YOU, I, I BELIEVE IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

UM, IF THE LEGISLATION SAYS MASONARY AND BRICK, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY COMES UP TO ME AND THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO PUT STONE ON YOUR HOUSE.

I EXPECT TO SEE STONE ON THE HOUSE.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE SOME, SOME WORK AROUND SOME, YOU KNOW, LEGISLATIVE, RED TAPE LOOP HOLD TO, YOU KNOW, PUT

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SOMETHING TOGETHER.

SOME STUCCO THAT LOOKS LIKE STUFF.

THAT'S NOT THE INTENT.

I DON'T THINK THAT WAS THE INTENT OF OUR, OUR CITY FOUNDER.

WHEN HE PUT BRICKS IN THE HOME, HE DIDN'T PUT STUCCO LIKE LICK AND STICK BRICK ITEMS ON HOMES.

UM, SO I REALLY THINK FOR THE LONGEVITY, THE BEAUTIFICATION OF OUR HOMES, WE REALLY HAVE TO SPELL THAT OUT.

AND I HOPE WE GET THERE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

NEXT

[8. Citizens Registered to Speak on Agenda Items]

UP IS THAT NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH ASSISTANCE REGISTER TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS? I HAVE ONE THIS EVENING MAYOR, UM, ON ITEM 11, J OKAY.

THANK YOU.

NEXT IS ITEM

[9. City Manager Report]

NUMBER NINE, WHICH IS OUR CITY MANAGER REPORT.

SCOTT, HOW ARE YOU, SIR? THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING.

UM, SO I WILL START WITH THE MASONRY TOPIC, UM, THAT, UH, IS ON MY LIST, UH, FROM THE LAST WORK SESSION.

UM, I HAVE STARTED THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE, UH, THE BUILDER AND HAVE GONE BACK AND FORTH A LITTLE BIT, AND WE HAVE A FOLLOWUP CALL TOMORROW AT 11:00 AM TO HOPEFULLY FINALIZE EVERYTHING.

SO, UH, THERE'S NOT A FINALIZED AGREEMENT YET, BUT, UM, THERE IS, UH, HE SAID THAT, THAT THERE HAS BEEN COMPROMISED AND THAT, UH, THERE WILL NOT BE A ALL HARDY BOARD HOUSE IN SECTION NINE.

SO IT'S THE, UH, THE COMBINATION OF BRICK AND STONE AND HOW THAT WORKS INTO EACH OF THE HOUSES, UH, AS IT GOES FORWARD.

SO I'LL PROVIDE AN UPDATE AT THE NEXT AVAILABLE TIME.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL TOPIC ABOUT MASONRY ITSELF AND THE CODE ITSELF, UM, HAVE ALREADY STARTED LOOKING FURTHER INTO THAT SPEAKING WITH THE LAW DIRECTOR AND SPEAKING WITH OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATOR, UM, ABOUT SETTING UP SOME TEMPLATES ABOUT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT, TO HAVE SOME KIND OF PRESENTATION ABOUT HOW TO UP-TO-DATE OUR, UH, CODES AND IN THAT REALM.

UM, SO ALSO, UM, JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW, UH, TYPICALLY ON LABOR DAY IS THE LAST DAY FOR LIKE THE SPLASH PAD DOWN AT TOM CLOUD PARK.

WITH SPEAKING WITH OUR PARKS MANAGER, WE'RE LOOKING TO TRY TO EXTEND THAT OUT.

IT'S 90 DEGREES ALL THIS WEEK.

UM, AND TYPICALLY WE'VE NOTICED THAT THE HEAT GOES FURTHER INTO SEPTEMBER.

UH, SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO, UH, HAVE THE SPLASH SPLASH PAD OPEN A LITTLE BIT LONGER IN THE SEASON, AND WE'LL WATCH THE WEATHER ON THAT.

SO ABOUT WHEN THAT OFFICIALLY GETS SHUT DOWN.

UM, ANOTHER UPDATE AND BELL FOUNTAIN IS BACK OPEN.

UM, SO, UH, JUST SOUTH OF CHAMBERSBURG ROAD THAT IS NOW, THEY'RE STILL DOING SOME CLEANUP AND EVERYTHING THERE, BUT, UH, THAT IS NOW OFFICIALLY PAVED AND OPEN, UH, BACK OPEN FOR BUSINESS.

UM, NO NEW, UH, UPDATE FOR, UM, CHAMBERSBURG DOWN AT ROUTE FOUR.

UH, WE'RE STILL, UH, ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AWAY ON THAT, UH, COMING BACK OPEN.

UM, AND THEN, UM, JUST, UH, ANOTHER, UH, I THINK WE'LL HAVE THIS UPDATE PRETTY MUCH EVERY TIME WE HAVE A MEETING, BUT AN UPDATE ON TRASH AND REPUBLIC, UH, PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO GET SOME UPDATED BILLS THAT ARE SHOWING SOME CREDITS.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY THAT THAT'S, UH, SHOWING UP IN PEOPLE'S HANDS, BUT THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING BILLS THAT ARE SHOWING UP FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE 4 CENTS.

AND WHEN YOU GO ONLINE TO TRY TO PAY, YOU CAN'T PAY 4 CENTS, OR YOU PUT A STAMP ON THE LETTER TO SEND IT BACK, YOU'RE PAYING MORE THAN 4 CENTS.

UH, SO IN TALKING WITH THEM, UM, THOSE 4 CENT BILLS WILL GET WAIVED.

UM, BUT SO, UM, LEFT A MESSAGE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT WORD SMITHING, THE MESSAGE TO GET OUT THERE ABOUT THAT.

UM, BUT, UH, WE ARE, UH, AS I MENTIONED LAST TIME, THE, THE CALLS ARE GETTING LESS, UM, THAT, AND THE CALLS TO THE, UH, CUSTOMER SERVICE, WE ARE STILL HEARING ABOUT SOME ISSUES, BUT WE'RE NOT HEARING ABOUT AS MANY ISSUES.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING THERE.

CAN WE GET SOMETHING ON OUR, UH, EITHER ON THE CITY WEBSITE OR SOMETHING, THE CITY, FACEBOOK PAGE, SOMETHING TO LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THESE, THESE, THIS 4 CENTS IT'S YEAH.

THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO HAVE THAT FINAL CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT THE RIGHT WORDING TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAD THAT, THAT EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE.

I SEE.

NOW THAT THOSE ARE SHOWING UP, I MEAN, SERIOUSLY LATER FOR THAT.

SO PEOPLE AREN'T SPENDING 52 CENTS TO SEND FOUR PENNIES.

RIGHT.

I MEAN, GUESS WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING OUT TOMORROW.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

IS THAT ALL FOR THE SAME PURPOSE? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR SCOTT AND STEVE? THANK YOU.

UM, SCOTT, I KNOW JERRY WAS LOOKING INTO THE SIGNED AGREEMENT THEN TO SPOKE TO THE RECYCLING CANS, THE SIZE, THE COLOR.

UM, HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING BACK ON THAT, UH, PER THE AGREEMENT THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE REPUBLICANS

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COMPLETED THE PROCESS YET? I DON'T.

ARE THEY DOING A, STILL DOING AN INVENTORY? ARE THEY MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT? I HAVE NOT HEARD AN UPDATE ON THE INVENTORY.

OKAY.

SO I'LL CHECK INTO THAT UPDATES.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR SCOTT? OKAY.

THANK YOU.

NEXT IS THAT A NUMBER 10, WHICH HAS PENDING BUSINESS? THERE'S NINE THIS EVENING MIRROR.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

AND NOW ITEM NUMBER 11, NEW

[ A Motion To Authorize The City Manager To Reinstate The City Of Huber Heights' Membership With The Huber Heights Chamber of Commerce.]

BUSINESS, 11:00 AM MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO REINSTATE THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS MEMBERSHIP WITH YOUR BRIGHTS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND MS. ROGERS COMMENTS.

UH, THIS WAS A DECISION THAT WAS MADE AT THE LAST COUNCIL WORK SESSION TO REINSTATE THE MEMBERSHIP.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO ADD JUST AT THE WORK SESSION RECOMMENDATION, UH, SORT OF WAS TO ADOPT THE ITEM THIS EVENING.

AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST, I KNOW, UH, MR. BRUNS HERE, AND I KNOW THE, UH, THE MEETING WE HAD A FEW MONTHS AGO AND, UH, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD REACHING OUT.

I THINK THIS IS JUST, IT'S A GREAT STEP.

I'M HAPPY THAT WE ARE, UH, UH, I'D JUST SAY BACK IN THE REALM OF WORKING TOGETHER, I THINK FOR MUTUAL BENEFIT FOR BOTH ORGANIZATIONS, I THINK, UH, HAVING A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER IS GOOD FOR THE CITY.

IT'S GOOD FOR THE CHAMBER AND LOOK FORWARD TO A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP MOVING FORWARD AND FOR MANY YEARS IN THE FUTURE.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING, UH, AND, UH, APPRECIATE AND LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, AGAIN LIKE THAT RELATIONSHIP MOVING FORWARD.

SO THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR COMMENTARY MR. HILL? I WAS JUST GOING TO MOVE TO IT UP.

OKAY.

MOVE IT UP.

YOU HAVE A SECOND, MR. CAMPBELL MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WHAT'S YOUR SHOP? THANK YOU.

UH, WITH MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER BOARD HERE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY AND, AND BUSINESS OWNERS, UH, WATCHING, UM, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT DAY.

IT'S BEEN OVER 440 DAYS.

UH, SINCE THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS HAS BEEN A PART OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

UM, IT'S BEEN EVEN LONGER THAN THAT SINCE WE'VE BEEN A PLATINUM MEMBER.

UM, I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE CITY SHOULD BE ONE OF THE BEST AND MOST PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER.

I REALLY HOPE THIS, THIS RE-ENGAGEMENT, UM, THE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, UM, IS GOING TO SEE THOSE FRUITS COME TO PASS, UM, TO, TO THOSE, UH, TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE CHAMBER MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE TODAY.

I WANNA APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT TOOK PLACE, UH, BY A MAJORITY OF THIS COUNCIL, UH, ALMOST 440 DAYS AGO.

AND, UM, AGAIN, HOPEFULLY WE DON'T HAVE THOSE INTERACTIONS AGAIN, THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? AND JUST A QUESTION I NOTICED ON THE AGENDA, IT MENTIONED, UH, THAT WE WERE GOING TO REINSTATE THE CITY'S MEMBERSHIP, UH, AT THE CITY'S PREVIOUS MEMBERSHIP LEVEL.

IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, IT WAS REDUCED IN LIKE 20 18, 20, 19 TO A BASIC MEMBERSHIP, WHICH IS OUR LAST LEVEL.

AND, UH, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD GO BACK IN AT THE, THE PLATINUM LEVEL VERSUS YEAH.

AT THE, UM, AT THE, AT THE WORK SESSION, WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT, IT WAS THE HIGHEST, HIGHEST LEVEL YOU'LL GET THE, AT THE PLATINUM PLATINUM LEVEL.

SO, I MEAN, THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, JUST AS REINSTATE THE CITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS MEMBERSHIP, UH, WITH THE HEBREW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

BUT I THINK IT WAS OUR DIRECTION THAT THE PLATINUM MEMBERSHIP, CORRECT.

THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.

YES.

AGAIN, JUST BECAUSE THE SAID IT, THE PREVIOUS MEMBERSHIP, AND I'M VERY, VERY HAPPY THAT WE'RE REESTABLISHING THIS RELATIONSHIP.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? CAN WE HAVE A MOTION ON A SECOND, MR. ROGERS, MR. CAMPBELL? YES.

MR. OTTO.

YES.

MR. LYONS.

YES.

YES.

MR. WEBB? YES.

MR. SHAW.

YES.

MS. BAKER.

YES.

AND MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

[ A Motion To Direct The Clerk Of Council To Respond To The Ohio Division Of Liquor Control With No Objections In Reference To New Liquor Permit #30612130080 For Little Caesar's At 5390 Brandt Pike, Huber Heights, Ohio 45424.]

THE NEXT HAS ITEMS 11 B ITEM 11, BE A MOTION TO DIRECT THE CLERK OF COUNCIL TO RESPOND TO THE OHIO DIVISION OF LIQUOR CONTROL WITH NO OBJECTIONS AND REFERENCE TO NEW LIQUOR PERMIT.

NUMBER 3 0 6 1 2 1 3 0 0 8 0 FOR LITTLE CAESARS AT 5 3 9 0 GRANT PIKE, HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO FOUR OR 5, 4, 2, 4, MR. ROGERS, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? UH, JUST, THIS HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE POLICE AND FIRE DIVISIONS AND THEY HAD NO OBJECTIONS, UH, TO THE, UH, TO THE APPROVAL OF THE LIQUOR PERMIT.

UM, SO WITH THE APPROVAL OF THIS MOTION THIS EVENING, WE'LL LET THE OHIO DIVISION OF LIQUOR CONTROL, UH, NO, THAT DECISION.

OKAY.

AND THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE WORK SESSION.

IS THERE A MOTION, MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT I'M SECOND, MR. WEBB.

I WILL.

SECOND EMOTION THAT A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.

MR. ROGERS, MR. OTTO.

YES.

MR. LYONS? YES.

MR. HILL.

YES.

MR. WEBB, MR. SHAW.

YES.

MS. BAKER.

YES.

MR. CAMPBELL.

YES.

AND EMOTIONAL SECURITY.

SEVEN TO ZERO.

[ An Ordinance To Amend The Codified Ordinances Of The City Of Huber Heights, Ohio To Provide Amendments To The Traffic Code Sections 335.021, 331.211, 335.09, And 335.04; And To The General Offenses Code Sections 525.13, 545.03, 545.09, 509.07, 541.051, 501.99, 513.01, 541.05, And 549.02; To Provide For Codification; To Provide For Severability; And To Repeal Conflicting Ordinances. (first reading)]

NEXT UP IS ITEM 11, SEAT ITEM 11.

SEE IT, AND ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ABE RIGHTS, OHIO TO PROVIDE AMENDMENTS TO THE TRAFFIC CODE SECTIONS 3, 3 5 0.0 2 1 3 3 1 0.2 1 1 3 3 5 0.09 AND 3, 3 5 0.04.

AND TO THE GENERAL OFFENSES CODE SECTIONS FIVE TO 5.1354 5.0354 OR 5.0950 9.075

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41.0 5 1 5 0 1 0.9951 3.0154 1.05 AND 5 49 POINTS ZERO TWO TO PROVIDE FOR CODIFICATION TO PROVIDE FOR SEVERABILITY TO REPEAL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AT THE FIRST AND MR. ROGERS, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS, I'M TIRED OF TALKING EACH YEAR, UM, AS PART OF OUR CODIFICATION PROCESS OF THE CITY CODE, UH, WE TAKE ANY CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE OHIO REVISED CODE AND DRAW DOWN THOSE, UH, REVISIONS INTO THE CITY CODE WHERE IT IMPACTS OUR, OUR LOCAL CODE.

AND SO, UH, THE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING MADE ARE IN THE TRAFFIC CODE AND THE GENERAL OFFENSES CODE.

SO IT WOULD BE TO, UH, INCORPORATE THOSE REFERENCES FROM UPDATED REFERENCES FOR THE OHIO REVISED CODE.

UM, THIS COVERS APPROXIMATELY A YEAR PERIOD OF TIME.

UM, THIS CAN GO TO A SECOND READING.

IT DOES NOT NEED TO BE APPROVED TONIGHT.

AND, UH, ALL OF THESE AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN ALSO REVIEWED WITH THE HALL DIRECTOR.

AND HE'S GOOD WITH THAT.

WELL, THANKS TO ME.

AND THE WORK SESSION RECOMMENDATION WAS PASS THIS ONTO A SECOND READING.

THEY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THIS TO ANOTHER READING.

OKAY, LET'S SEE IT AGAIN.

[ A Resolution Authorizing Certain Actions Made To Amend All Of The Current Collective Bargaining Agreements And The City’s Employee Personnel Manual To Recognize Juneteenth As A City Paid Holiday For All Employees. (first reading)]

NEXT UP IS ITEM 11 D UNDER ADMINISTRATION ITEM 11, D A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CERTAIN ACTIONS, MAJOR AMANDA, ALL OF THE CURRENT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS AND THE CITY'S EMPLOYEE PERSONNEL MANUAL TO RECOGNIZE JUNETEENTH AS THE CITY PAID HOLIDAY FOR ALL EMPLOYEES AT THE FIRST STREET.

UH, YES, THIS, UH, JUNE 19TH, UH, JUNETEENTH IS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED NOW AS A HOLIDAY.

AND THEN THE REQUEST IS TO, UH, MAKE THAT A CITY PAID HOLIDAY FOR ALL EMPLOYEES AND THE CITY OF YORK.

ALL RIGHT.

THANKS SCOTT.

THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE WORK SESSION TO ADOPT THIS EVENING.

IS THERE A MOTION MS. BAKER? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT IT OR SECOND, MR. SHAWL, SECOND EMOTION ON A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.

MS. ROGERS, MR. LYONS.

YES.

MR. HILL.

YES.

MR. WEBB.

YES.

MR. SHAW.

YES.

MS. BAKER.

YES.

MR. CAMPBELL, MR. OTTO.

YES.

MOTION CARRIES SEVEN

[ An Ordinance Authorizing Transfers Between Various Funds Of The City Of Huber Heights, Ohio And Amending Ordinance No. 2020-O-2453 By Making Supplemental Appropriations For Expenses Of The City Of Huber Heights, Ohio For The Period Beginning January 1, 2021 And Ending December 31, 2021. (first reading)]

TO ZERO.

NEXT UP AS ITEM 11 E ITEM 11 E AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS BETWEEN VARIOUS FUNDS TO THE CITY OF RIGHTS, OHIO AND AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 0 DASH ZERO DASH 2 4 5 3, BY MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR EXPENSES OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2021.

AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2021 AT THE FIRST READING.

UH, YES, THIS IS THE SUPPLEMENTAL ORDINANCE.

UH, THIS, UH, THE ITEMS IN HERE ARE, UM, MONIES COMING FROM FEMA FOR, UH, THE FIREMAN WHO, UH, DID GO DOWN TO FLORIDA TO HELP OUT WITH THE DISASTER DOWN THERE.

UM, AND THEN ALSO RETIREMENT PAYOUT THAT WAS NOT BUDGETED FOR, UM, AND THE FIRST DEBT PAYMENT ON THE ENERGY LEASE PROJECT.

AND, UH, THE REQUESTS FROM MR. BELL WAS IF WE COULD WAVE THE SECOND READING TONIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION TO WAIVE THE SECOND READING.

IS THERE A MOTION TO WAIVE MR. HILL? SO MOVED.

IS THERE A SECOND, MR. WEB? OH, WELL SOCCER.

WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND TO LEAVE.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MR. HILL? YES.

MR. WEBB, MR. SHAW.

YES.

MS. BAKER.

YES.

MR. CAMPBELL.

YES.

MR. OTTO.

YES.

MR. LYONS.

YES.

MOTION TO WAVE CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

NEXT ONE.

YOUR MOTION TO ADOPT MOTION TO ADOPT THIS BAKER MOTION.

SECOND MOTION.

THAT SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION ON ADOPTION? OKAY.

MR. ROGERS, MR. YES.

MR. SHAW.

YES.

MS. BAKER.

YES.

MR. CAMPBELL.

YES.

THIS IS BURJ.

ISN'T IT HERE, MR. ? YES.

MR. LYONS.

YES.

MR. HILL.

YES.

AND THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN

[ An Ordinance Approving Individual Assessments Amounts And Directing The Finance Director Or His/Her Designee To Certify The Amounts To The Applicable County Auditor For Collection, And Declaring An Emergency. (first reading)]

TO ZERO.

AND NEXT IS ITEM 11 F ITEM 11 F AN ORDINANCE APPROVING INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENTS AMOUNTS AND DIRECTING THE FINANCE DIRECTOR OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE TO CERTIFY THE AMOUNTS TO THE APPLICABLE COUNTY AUDITOR FOR COLLECTION AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AT THE FIRST READING SCOTT, UH, YES, THIS, UH, ORDINANCE, UH, IT'S A WIDE RANGE OF ASSESSMENTS.

UH, THERE'S A VERY LONG LIST, UH, ATTACHED TO THIS, UH, THAT RANGES FROM SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS, LIGHTING, DISTRICT ASSESSMENTS.

UM, IF WE HAD TO GO AND MOW GRASS, THOSE KINDS OF ASSESSMENTS, ALL OF THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN THIS.

AND THEN THE REQUEST IS TO PASS THIS AS AN EMERGENCY MEASURE TO MEET THE TIMELINES.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

AND THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE WORK SESSION WAS TO, UH, WAIT A SECOND, READING AND ADOPT ASSIGNMENTS AND EMERGENCY.

IS THERE A MOTION TO WAVE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION MAYOR TO MOVE, TO ADOPT THIS MOTION TO WAIVE THE SECOND READING FIRST.

SORRY.

I MISSPOKE AND MOTION TO WAVE.

I'M SO TIRED.

MARK.

YOU HAVE A MOTION TO WAVE AND THE SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.

MR. ROGERS, MR. SHAW.

YES.

MS. BAKER.

YES.

MR. CAMPBELL.

YES.

MR. OTTO.

YES.

MR. LYONS.

YES.

MR. HILL.

YES.

MR. WEBB.

YES.

AND EMOTIONALLY HAVE CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.

NEXT.

WE NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT EMERGENCY LEGISLATION OR HELP MOVE TO ADOPT.

SECOND, MR. CAMPBELL.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ADOPTION.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?

[00:45:03]

OKAY.

MR. ROGERS, MS. BAKER.

YES.

MR. CAMPBELL.

YES.

MR. OTTO.

YES.

MR. LYONS.

YES.

MR. HILL.

YES.

MR. WEBB.

YES.

MR. SHAW.

YES.

THE ADOPTION ALSO CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.

[ An Ordinance Authorizing An Additional Lease Transaction Pursuant To An Existing Master Tax-Exempt Lease/Purchase Agreement And Authorizing The Execution Of Related Addenda, A Property Schedule And Related Documents For The Purpose Of Making Certain Additional Energy Conservation Improvements To Various City Facilities, And Declaring An Emergency. (first reading)]

NEXT IS ITEM 11, G ITEM 11 G AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN ADDITIONAL LEASE TRANSACTION PURSUANT TO AN EXISTING MASTER TAX EXEMPT LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF RELATED AGENDA, A PROPERTY SCHEDULE AND RELATED DOCUMENTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING CERTAIN ADDITIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION IMPROVEMENTS TO VARIOUS CITY FACILITIES AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AT THE FIRST READING SCOTT.

UH, YES, THIS IS FOR THE LEASE FOR, UH, THE ENERGY PROJECT.

UH, THIS WAS THE NEXT PHASE OF IT.

WE COULD NOT MODIFY THE EXISTING LEASE THAT WE HAVE FOR THE FIRST PART.

SO THIS IS TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEW LEASE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THE RECOMMENDATION TO WORK SESSION WAS ONCE AGAIN, TO WEIGH THE SECOND READING.

IS THERE A MOTION MR. WEBB? I'LL MOVE WHILE I HAVE A SECOND FOR WAIVE MR. HILL SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.

MR. ROGERS, MR. CAMPBELL.

YES.

MR. OTTO.

YES.

MR. LYONS? YES.

MR. HILL.

YES.

MR. WEBB.

YES.

MR. SHAW.

YES.

MS. BAKER.

YES.

SHOULD WE HAVE CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO? NEXT ONE.

NEED ADOPTIONS OR MOTION PLEASE? MR. WEBB.

SO MOVED.

SECOND.

SECOND IS BAKER MOTION.

AND A SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION MR. ROGERS? ONCE AGAIN, MR. OTTO? YES.

MR. LYONS? YES.

MR. HILL.

MR. WEBB.

YES.

MR. SHAW? YES.

MS. BAKER.

YES.

MR. CAMPBELL.

YES.

MOTION CARRIES SEVEN

[ A Resolution Authorizing The East Water Main Extension And East Sanitary Sewer Main Extension Projects. (first reading)]

TO ZERO.

NEXT UP IS I'M 11 H ITEM 11, H THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EAST WATER MAIN EXTENSION AT EAST SANITARY SEWER MAIN EXTENSION PROJECTS AT THE FIRST READING.

UH, YES, THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN, UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT TO CONNECT UTILITIES, UM, ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF HUBER HEIGHTS.

UM, AND THEN, UH, IN THE FUTURE, WHAT WILL COME BEFORE COUNCIL WOULD BE THINGS LIKE AWARDING BIDS FOR THE PROJECTS THAT THE CONSTRUCTION.

SO THIS IS JUST A FIRST STEP TO GET STARTED ON ALL OF THAT WORK.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

AND THAT WAS THE RECLAMATION OF THE WORK SESSION.

IS THERE A MOTION WHICH LINES? SO MOVED SECOND, MS. RADO SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION MR. SHAWN, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, IN READING THROUGH THIS, UH, THIS RESOLUTION HERE, UM, SECTION ONE DOES STATE THAT WE WERE GIVEN THE CITY MANAGER, UH, UH, HERE HE IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO TAKE NECESSARY ACTIONS TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT.

UM, SPEAKING ON THE POSITION OF THE CITY MANAGER, NOWHERE IN THESE THREE SECTIONS IN THE RESOLUTION, DOES IT STATE THAT ANY OF THAT IS GOING TO COME BACK IN FRONT OF COUNCIL? I KNOW, UH, THE CITY MANAGER DID STATE.

HE IS GOING TO DO THAT.

UM, I WOULD FEEL BETTER IF WE AMENDED THIS, UH, WITH A SECTION THAT A CITY COUNCIL WILL BE KEPT COMPLETELY UP TO DATE ON ANY AND ALL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION EXTENSIONS.

THIS IS A VERY LARGE PROJECT.

UM, AS THIS COUNCIL MEMBER HERE, I HAVE BEEN, UH, UM, I'VE SEEN LEGISLATION WHERE IT HAS GIVEN CARTE BLANCHE AUTHORITY TO THE CITY MANAGER TO DO A LOT OF THINGS.

UM, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KEEP MY FINGER ON, UH, AND I BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO KEEP THEIR FINGER ON IT.

MR. CAMPBELL, I'D SECOND THAT MOTION TO AMEND.

FIRST, WE HAVE TO WITHDRAW THE MOTION TO ADOPT.

UM, SO MR. LYONS AND MR. OTTER WOULD WITHDRAW THEIR FIRST AND SECOND LINES.

UM, THAT'S A MORE THAN REASONABLE REQUEST.

I HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITHDRAWING MY MOTION.

OKAY.

SECOND AGREEMENT.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

SO WE WILL CONSIDER THE MOTION TO ADOPT THE SECOND WITHDRAWN.

AND MR. SHAW HAS MADE A MOTION TO AMEND A LANGUAGE ABOUT BRINGING INFORMATION AND KEEPING COUNCIL APPRISED OF THE PROCESS OF THE STREET OF PROJECT.

AND THAT AMENDMENT WAS SECOND ONE, MR. CAMPBELL.

SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VOTE AND JUST EXPECT THAT'S WHAT THE LANGUAGE AGREED CORRECT IN THE NEW LEGISLATION BASED ON I WOULD USE THE EXACT WORDING THAT YOU JUST MADE.

OKAY.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? YEAH, I, I JUST, UM, WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS, UH, AN EXCITING PROJECT TO ACTUALLY, I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT, WHEN WE CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS AGO, 25 YEARS AGO, MAYBE 30 YEARS AGO AT CENTER POINT 70, THAT WAS KIND OF THE EXTENSION.

THAT WAS THE, THE AREA OF THE UNKNOWN.

WE WEREN'T ACTUALLY A REAL, WE WERE AN ESTABLISHED CITY, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO HOW WE WERE GOING TO DEVELOP JOBS IN AND BRING COMPANIES INTO THE CVB OR HEIGHTS, IT WAS GOING TO BECOME, UH, AN INDUSTRIAL TAX BASE, NOT JUST A RESIDENTIAL TAX BASE.

THAT WAS KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A BIG DEAL.

A LONG TIME AGO TO THAT UNKNOWN AREA OF WHAT, WHAT IS NOW CENTER POINT 70 THAT, YOU KNOW, 2,500, 3000 JOBS UP THERE, UH, TREMENDOUS INDUSTRIAL TAX BASE INTO THE CITY.

I KIND OF LOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR, UH, PROJECT EXTENDING SEWER AND WATER, KIND OF ALONG THE SAME LINES.

WE HAVE A HUGE AREA TO THE EAST.

I THINK THIS IS A, IT'S A TREMENDOUS

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OPPORTUNITY.

ALL OF US, MR. AUTO, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, HOW IMPORTANT JOBS ARE.

AND AT THE WORK SESSION, YOU KNOW, OUR, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER HAD, HAD SPOKE ABOUT THERE WERE COMPANIES WERE MAKING PHONE CALLS.

THEY WERE INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND LOGISTICS.

I MEAN, THAT'S HUGE BUSINESS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW GOING ON.

THAT'S A VERY POPULAR BUSINESS.

AND THE IDEA OF, OF, OF ENGAGING IN BRINGING SOME OF THOSE BUSINESSES TO HEBREW HEIGHTS, I THINK IS FANTASTIC.

AND I THINK THIS PROJECT IS THE, UH, IS THE CAVEAT TO MAKING THAT HAPPEN AND PROVIDING INFRASTRUCTURE WE NEED ON THE EAST END OF TOWN.

SO, UH, I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCIL FOR, UH, THE SUPPORT THEY SHOWED AT THE WORK SESSION, UH, TO BRING THIS FORWARD, THIS FAST OUT OF THE OPTIONS WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US.

I THINK THIS IS A GREAT MOVE.

UH, SO I'LL LEAVE THAT AT THAT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ANY OTHER COMMENTS, MR. ROGERS, MR. LYONS? YES.

MR. HILL.

YES.

MR. WEBB.

YES.

MR. SHAWL.

YES.

MS. BAKER.

YES.

MR. CAMPBELL.

YES.

MR. OTTO.

YES.

AND MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.

YES, I HAVE TO ADOPT.

OH, THAT WAS FOR THE AMENDMENT.

YES.

SO MR. OBAMA'S SECOND, IT WAS BECKER A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THE ADOPTION, MR. ROGERS, MR. HILL? YES.

MR. WEBB.

YES.

MR. SHAW.

YES.

MS. BAKER.

YES.

MR. CAMPBELL.

YES.

SERRATO.

YES.

MR. LYONS.

YES.

AND MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

THAT'S GREAT NEWS FOR HEBREW RIGHTS.

THANK YOU.

UH,

[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into Contracts For The Monita Field Skate Park And BMX Track Project. (first reading)]

NEXT UP IS ITEM 11, AYE.

ITEM 11, I OR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS FOR THEM IN THE HEAT MUDITA FIELD SKATE PARK AND BMX TRACK PROJECT TO THE FIRST READING SCOTT, I GUESS THIS IS FOR ADDITIONAL PAVING AND REPAIR WORK AT MANY OF, UH, FIELD PARK, UM, AS PART OF THE, UH, PARKING LOT.

THIS WAS, UM, AS MENTIONED THE PROPOSAL IN THE BID PACKAGE HAD THIS ITEM IN IT.

SO IT'S AWARDING, UM, THE OTHER SECTIONS OF THE BID, UH, WHICH STILL OVERALL LOWER THAN ANY OTHER BIDS.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

UH, WORK SESSION RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ADOPT THE SIGN THIS EVENING.

IS THERE A MOTION, MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT MS. BAKER? IS THERE A SECOND, MR. HILL, SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION MR. SHAW, UM, SCOTT LOOKING AT, UH, THE PROPOSAL, THE PRESENTATION HERE ON, ON THE PAVING ASPECT OF IT.

UM, DOES THIS INCLUDE ANY TYPE OF, UH, EXTENSION EXPANSION OF THE PARKING LOTS IN GENERAL, JUST THE EDGING.

THIS DOES NOT ADD ADDITIONAL PARKING AT THIS POINT IN TIME THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE LAST WORK SESSION ABOUT, UH, WHETHER WE NEEDED TO AND MR. KING IS LOOKING INTO THAT FOR A, UH, FOR THE FUTURE.

UM, BUT IT WAS PASSED TO HIM, REQUESTED AND PASSED ON TO CITY COUNCIL THE NEXT DAY ABOUT OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PARKS THAT, UH, IT'S NOT REQUIRED BY OUR CODE.

UH, BUT WE, UH, MR. KING IS LOOKING INTO, UM, EXPANSION OPPORTUNITIES MEET ME PERSONALLY, IF WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT TO, TO, TO WAGNER, AND WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS, UH, BID AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THE DISCUSSION IS STILL RENDERING, UM, ABOUT AN EXPANSION, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK.

IF WE ALREADY GOT THEM ON THE HOOK FOR THIS BID, AND THERE'S A POTENTIAL EXPANSION, I WOULD RATHER NOT RUSH INTO THIS.

IF YOU NEED ANOTHER WEEK OR TWO TO KNOW, SIT WITH JOSH, WE CAN DISCUSS THIS AT THE NEXT WORK SESSION.

I BELIEVE THE BID'S STILL GONNA BE GOOD.

UM, AND IF THIS COUNCIL NEEDS TO, YOU KNOW, PUT IT INTO ACTION TO HAVE IT EXPANDED, WHAT A MORE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY WHY DIRT'S ALREADY BEING MOVED AND FRESH PAYMENTS GOING DOWN.

THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

YES.

SCOTT, I THOUGHT YOU SENT IN THE EMAIL THAT WE HAD ENOUGH SPACES THERE FOR THE MEASUREMENTS OF THE CAPACITY DOES BARGAINS ON, IS THAT, WHAT IS THAT WHAT I RECALL OUT OF THE EMAIL? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY.

SO, YOU KNOW, I I'M, I'M, IT'S A GREAT POINT.

YOU BRING UP RICHARD.

I, I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD BE ME PERSONALLY, EITHER.

I WOULDN'T BE OPPOSED ON IT THAT CHANGED ANYBODY'S MIND, BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE HAVE THE ADEQUATE PARKING THAT WE NEED THERE.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT PARK HAS TO OFFER IN GENERAL OVERALL, UH, I CERTAINLY AM OKAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A FACILITY THOUGH, THAT HOLDS THE PEOPLE AND HOLDS THE CARS THAT WE HOPE TO ATTRACT THERE.

I MEAN, ME SPECIFICALLY, IT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS, I MEAN, I LIKED THAT LOCATION WAS BECAUSE OF THAT.

UM, HOW CLOSE IT WAS TO VAN PIKE AND KNOWING WHAT I BELIEVE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME THERE.

SO AGAIN, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CHANGED ANYBODY FEELS, BUT I WOULD, I WOULD AGREE WITH RICHARD.

I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT

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WOULD BE A PROBLEM, MAKING SURE THAT, UM, ONCE JOSH HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY ANALYZE WHERE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO MOVE SOME EX SOME EXTRA PARKING, HOW THAT AFFECTS SOME OF THE WATER FLOW.

UM, I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE THAT AS A BAD THING.

MR. CAMPBELL, MR. , COULD YOU, BY THE NEXT WORK SESSION, HAVE THE INFORMATION BACK FROM MR. KING AND BE PREPARED TO SPEAK TO THIS BY THE NEXT WORK SESSION.

BYE BYE.

THE NEXT STANDARD WORK SESSION, CAUSE WE HAVE ONE NEXT WEEK THAT'S HAS A SPECIFIC TOPIC ON IT.

UM, WE WILL HAVE THAT INFORMATION PLUS QUOTES AND WE COULD STILL USE THE SAME VENDOR AND GET A PER UNIT BID PROBABLY AS WE WILL GET THAT INFORMATION FROM THEM.

OKAY.

THANKS.

I, I AGREE WITH RICHARD AND, AND WHAT YOU SAID.

OKAY.

SO IF THAT, IF THAT'S HOW WE WOULD MOVE THIS FORWARD, WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE THE MOTION AND THE SECOND WITHDRAWN, AND THEN WE WOULD, UM, JUST MOVE THIS ON TO A SECOND READING AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE THE INFORMATION WE NEED AT THE NEXT, AT THE NEXT WORK SESSION, MICHELLE, LIKE TO WITHDRAW MY MOTION.

OKAY.

AND THEN WHO WAS THE, SO WE'LL DO THAT AND WE'LL MOVE THIS ON TO A SECOND READING AND THAT GIVES US TIME TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION.

RIGHT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into Contracts For The Monita Field Bicycle Amenities Project. (first reading)]

AND NEXT UP IS ITEM 11, JAKE 11, J A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS FOR THE MINE DATA FIELD BICYCLE AMENITIES PROJECT AT THE FIRST READING SCOTT.

UH, YES.

THIS IS TO ADD THE PUMP TRACK AND SKILLS TO THE, UH, PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PROJECT THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY BID AS, UH, GOING TO DIAL PARK AT THAT POINT IN TIME THAT, UH, THEY, UH, THE SAME PRICE WOULD, UH, WORK OUT HERE.

SO THAT IS THE REQUEST FOR, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ENTERING INTO THOSE CONTRACTS.

OKAY.

AND THE WORK SETS RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ADOPT A SIGN THIS EVENING.

I KNOW WE DO HAVE SOME CITIZENS COMMENTARY, BUT I WANT TO GET, UM, UH, OUR DISCUSSION.

YES.

MOTION TO ADOPT.

I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT.

IS THERE A SECOND, MS. BAKER, THERE'S A MOTION TO ADOPT IN A SECOND.

AND NOW THE DISCUSSION PORTION, AND WE HAVE A CITIZEN COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM, MR. WILEY.

GOOD EVENING.

I'M FRANK WILEY.

I LIVE AT 6 2 6 2 LEAWOOD DRIVE.

UM, BEFORE THIS LEGISLATION MOVES FORWARD, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF LOOK AT A WORD THAT COMES TO MIND A PRECEDENT.

UM, THE PREVIOUS TWO PARKS PROJECTS HAD BEEN DISCUSSED AND THEN TAKEN BACK TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREAS IN QUESTION REQUESTS MADE FOR SURVEYS REQUESTS.

THERE WAS A COUPLE OF, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD GONE AND SPOKEN WITH RESIDENTS DIRECTLY WALK.

THE PROPERTIES HAD AN IMPROMPTU TOWN HALL TO REALLY SEE.

AND I BELIEVE THE QUOTE WAS WHAT, IF ANYTHING, THE RESIDENTS WANTED OUT THERE.

NOW THE LAST WORK SESSION, I WAS A LITTLE DISTURBED TO HEAR THAT THE MANITA PARK AREA HAS NOT BEEN SURVEYED.

JOSH KING SAID IT HADN'T BEEN DONE.

SO WE HAVE GRACE COMMUNITY, CHURCH ABBA FOR THE HEART AS BUSINESSES THERE, WE HAVE FITCHBURG FLOTRON FALKLAND STORK, MOREFIELD HARSHMAN VILLE ONE.

AND TOMBERG ANY OF THOSE RESIDENTS HAVE NOT COME IN HERE AND SPOKEN.

THEY HAVEN'T BEEN SURVEYED ACCORDING TO THE LAST WORK SESSION.

I'M JUST WONDERING, WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT THE MANITA FIELD PROJECT HERE THAN IT WAS A DIAL ROAD OR POWELL ROAD WHEN IT WAS BEING CONSIDERED FOR THE SAME AMENITIES.

OKAY.

SO FRANK, WE HAVE, UM, THIS IS CITIZEN COMMENTARY.

IT'S NOT A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION.

SO WE HAVE, UM, THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION USED TO BE A MUNICIPAL POOL, CORRECT.

WAS A COMMUNITY PARK.

THERE ARE PEOPLE, THERE ARE BASEBALL DIAMONDS THERE THAT LIVE AROUND THAT AREA.

NO, THAT IS GOING TO BE AN AREA THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE PARTICIPATING IN IN, IN THAT PARK.

BECAUSE I THINK THE, WHEN WE TALKED TO, TO JOSH, DR.

SCOTT DIDN'T FEEL THERE WAS A NEED AT THAT POINT TO SURVEY BECAUSE THEY ALREADY LIVED NEAR AN AREA THAT WAS ONCE USED AS A LARGE COMMUNITY POLE WITH LOTS OF PEOPLE, LOTS OF KIDS, LOTS OF SCREAMING, LOTS OF MUSIC, LOTS OF WHISTLES.

UM, SO NONE OF THAT IS GOING TO AFFECT PEOPLE ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN WHAT IT WAS PRIOR.

OKAY.

PROVIDE THE RESIDENTS HAVEN'T CHANGED IN 10, ABOUT 10 YEARS, THE POOL'S BEEN CLOSED, CORRECT.

ALL YOUR COMMENTS.

UH, THAT WAS, I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THERE AND GET SOME RESPONSES.

BUT IF THAT'S NOT THE CASE ANY LONGER, I MISUNDERSTOOD, IT'S ALWAYS SAYS IN COMMENTARY IS IT'S NOT OUR CITIZENS COMMENTARY.

ISN'T MEANT FOR AS A QUESTION ANSWER SOURCE.

IT'S KIND OF THE SAME THING THAT I SPOKE TO MRS. SMITH ABOUT EARLIER.

THEN ASK A POINT OF CLARIFICATION DIRECT.

UM, AT THE, UH, WORK CITIZENS ARE OCCASIONALLY ALLOWED TO SPEAK AND GET ANSWERS.

IF WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK AND GET ANSWERS HERE EITHER.

WHEN DO WE GET OUR ANSWERS? SO AT THE WORK SESSION, WE HAVE CERTAIN TOPICS THAT BECOME, UH, CERTAIN ISSUES.

OBVIOUSLY THESE ARE ALL PUBLIC MEETINGS AND, UH, BASED ON, YOU KNOW, MY DISCRETION AT THE MEETING, I WILL ALLOW COMMENTARY AND WE'LL GET SOME DISCUSSION, BUT THOSE TAKE PLACE AT THE WORK SESSION, IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE WORK SESSION IS, IS TO HAVE ALL THOSE DISCUSSIONS.

AND I TRIED TO BRING THIS UP AT A WORK SESSION WAS TOLD THAT WASN'T THE RIGHT PLACE.

SO I CAME HERE TO HAVE IT, AND NOW THIS ISN'T THE RIGHT PLACE EITHER.

I, I DON'T REMEMBER THAT CONVERSATION, BUT WHEN WE HAVE, THIS IS OUR FIRST, THE QUOTE WAS, WE TYPICALLY DON'T ALLOW COMMENTS AT CITIZEN COMMENTS AT WORK SESSIONS.

THAT WAS YOUR RESPONSE.

WE HAVE

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SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT COME UP THAT ARE, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT.

THEN WHEN WE HAVE ITEMS BROUGHT UP AT THE FORM OF BUSINESS, MEETING IT, CITIZEN COMMENTARY.

SO WE GIVE FIVE MINUTES FOR EVERYONE TO HAVE TO MAKE COMMENTARY THROUGHOUT THERE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS.

I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THAT, BUT A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION DURING THE PHONE BUSINESS MEETING, I JUST ASKED ONE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT WAS DIFFERENT ABOUT MANY OF THE PARKS IN MANY OF THE FIELD, IF NOBODY WANTS TO ANSWER THAT, THAT'S FINE.

YES.

WELL, FOR ME, I THINK THE DIFFERENCE IS IT USED TO BE A LARGE COMMUNITY PARKING SPACE PRIOR, AND WE ARE, I THINK THE WORD THAT I USED WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT A WORK SESSION WAS A REPURPOSING OF THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY.

CORRECT.

BUT THE CITIZENS HAD NO INPUT IN THE REPURPOSING.

WAS THAT WAS MY POINT AT THIS POINT.

NO, YES, YOU'RE CORRECT.

THANK YOU.

YES, RICHARD, THANK YOU.

UH, MR. ROYAL, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ADDRESS SOME OF YOUR COMMENTS.

UM, I WILL TELL YOU THAT IT IS MY RECOLLECTION THAT, UH, NOT EVEN THE, UH, PARKS AND REC BOARD, UM, VOTED ON THESE AMENITIES GOING THAT MONITA.

UM, ADDITIONALLY, I WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY PARKS AND REC BOARD AND COMMISSION, UH, MEMBERS THAT WERE NOTIFIED OF ANY SURVEYS OR COMMUNICATION THAT TOOK PLACE IN THAT GENERAL AREA OR SPEAKING WITH GRACE COMMUNITY OR HEARTS FOR ABA OR ANY OF THOSE OTHER RESIDENTS.

UM, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL, UM, I WILL SAY THIS, UM, DUE TO SOME OF THE OTHER PREVIOUS COMMENTS BY, UM, FOLKS HERE ON THIS DIET, UM, THIS IS ABOUT COMPROMISE NUMBER FIVE FOR ME, WHICH I'M GOING TO, TO APPROVE TONIGHT WITH MY VOTE.

UM, FOR THE SIMPLE REASON THAT IT IS SAVING TWO BASEBALL FIELDS.

UM, AND WE ARE ABLE TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL YOUTH SPORTS, THAT'S GOING TO BETTER OUR COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF DESTROYING THOSE FIELDS.

AND I THINK THAT'S HUGE BECAUSE THAT PARTNERSHIP IS ACTUALLY ALREADY STARTED BLOSSOMING INTO OTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT IS NOT ONLY BRINGING BACK.

I DON'T WANT TO SAY, BRING BACK THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL.

THAT IS, THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW GIRLS SOFTBALL AND THE OTHER ENHANCEMENTS AND PROGRAMS THAT'S GOING TO COME WITH THAT.

UM, THAT STARTED WITH SAVING THESE THESE TWO FIELDS.

UM, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, UM, AFTER TONIGHT, UH, CITY ADMINISTRATION IS PREPARED TO SEND THAT FIVE-YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT TO THAT ORGANIZATION EARLY THIS WEEK.

UM, AND I HAVE IT ON GOOD AUTHORITY.

THEY ARE GOING TO SIGN, UM, THAT UPON RECEIPT AND GET THAT BAG.

SO THAT IS THE ONLY REASON I'M SUPPORTING THIS LEGISLATION TONIGHT.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

UM, SOME OF THOSE, I DID HAVE MYSELF AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

MA'AM ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THAT QUESTION, SHE JUST COMMENTS.

I WILL STATE THAT, UH, THOUGH I APPRECIATE EVERY ONE OF THESE AMENITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY IN ITSELF.

I THINK THEY'RE ALL WONDERFUL.

I THINK THEY THERE'LL BE GREAT TO HAVE, I DO NOT SUPPORT CRAMMING THEM ALL INTO ONE SPACE.

I THINK WE SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTING THESE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, UM, SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN ENJOY THESE THINGS.

UH, AND, AND FOR THAT REASON, THAT PURPOSE AND THAT REASON ONLY, UM, I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS THIS EVENING.

I WAS OKAY.

I FULLY SUPPORTED THE BMX TRACK, THE SKATE PARK, UM, COMPONENT.

UM, BUT WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE WAS THROWN INTO THIS, THAT JUST TO ME, THAT'S TOO MUCH, WE NEED TO SHARE THIS AROUND OUR COMMUNITY.

SO OTHER KIDS CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

MA'AM THANK YOU.

HANG ON.

JUST GIVE ME A MOTION A SECOND.

MR. ROGERS.

MR. WEBB.

YES.

MR. SHAW.

YES.

MS. BAKER.

YES.

MR. CAMPBELL.

YES.

MR. OTTO.

NO.

MR. LYONS.

YES.

MR. HILL.

YES.

MOTION CARRIES 61.

NEXT

[ A Resolution Declaring The Necessity Of Repairing Sidewalks, Curbs, Gutters, Driveway Approaches And Appurtenances Thereto On Portions Or All Of Certain Streets In The 2022 Sidewalk Program, Providing That Abutting Owners Repair The Same. (first reading)]

UP IS ITEM 11, K ITEM 11 OR RESOLUTION DECLARING THE NECESSITY OF REPAIRING SIDEWALKS, CURBS, GUTTERS, DRIVEWAY APPROACHES.

AND APPURTENANCES THERE TOO ON PORTIONS OR ALL OF CERTAIN STREETS IN THE 2022 SIDEWALK PROGRAM PROVIDING THAT ABIDING OWNERS REPAIR THE SAME AT THE FIRST READING SCOTT.

UH, YES.

THIS IS THAT A RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY FOR THE 2022 SIDEWALK PROGRAM, UM, THAT, UH, WE DO HAVE THE MEASUREMENTS AND THE ESTIMATE OF REPAIR COSTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS WILL HAVE UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST, 2021, IF THEY WISH TO HIRE THEIR OWN CONTRACTOR OR PERFORM THE WORK THEMSELVES.

THANK YOU, SCOTT.

AND THAT WAS THE WORK CHECK.

YOUR WORK SESSION RECOMMENDATION ADOPTION THIS EVENING.

IS THERE A MOTION MR. CAMPBELL? SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.

MR. ROGERS, MR. SHAW? YES.

MS. BAKER.

YES.

MR. CAMPBELL.

YES.

MR. OTTO? YES.

MR. LYONS? YES.

MR. HILL.

YES.

MR. WEBB.

YES.

MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.

NEXT

[ A Resolution Amending Resolution No. 2021-R-6974 To Authorize An Increase In The Not To Exceed Amount For Crown Lift Trucks To Purchase One (1) Forklift Truck And Waiving The Competitive Bidding Requirements. (first reading)]

UP IS ITEM 11, L ITEM 11 L A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NUMBER 2 0 2 1 DASH R DASH 6 9 7 4.

TO AUTHORIZE AN INCREASE

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IN THE, NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT FOR CROWN LIFT TRUCKS TO PURCHASE ONE FORKLIFT TRUCK AND WAIVING THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIREMENTS AT THE FIRST STREAM.

SCOTT.

UH, YES, THIS IS, UH, THE CROWN LIFT TRUCK THAT IS REQUESTED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO RAISE IT TO THE 29,600 TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PURCHASE.

THAT'S A $600 INCREASE, CORRECT? YES.

OKAY.

AND THEN WERE ACCESSED YOUR RECOMMENDATION WAS ADOPTION THIS EVENING.

IS THERE A MOTION MR. HILL? SO MOVED MISRATA SECOND, YOU HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND THREE DISCUSSION.

YES.

JUST BRIEFLY.

I'D LIKE TO REITERATE COMMENTS THAT I MADE BEFORE CONCERNING OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE CONTINUALLY ADDING NEW EQUIPMENT FOR THEM, WHICH THEY ABSOLUTELY NEED AS WE GROW AND EXPAND THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEY NEED MORE EQUIPMENT TO TAKE CARE OF OUR CITY.

UM, I WANT TO RE-EMPHASIZE, I BELIEVE WE NEED TO HAVE A HARD DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT DEPARTMENT AND EXPAND THEIR FACILITIES IN THE FUTURE.

I HOPE WE CAN DO THAT VERY SOON.

YEAH.

IN FACT, SO, UM, I MEAN, JUST, UH, REAL QUICK AROUND THIS DISCUSSION, UM, I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH MIKE GRAY, UH, EVEN REGARDING PERSONNEL, UH, IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND WHAT THAT MAY NEED.

CAUSE I DO KNOW THAT WE ARE, UH, STRESSING THAT DEPARTMENT WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.

AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE ACTUAL FACILITY AND I KNOW SCOTT'S BEEN HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND I WOULD EXPECT TO SEE IT A WORK SESSION, VERY SAME, UH, DISCUSSIONS AROUND THE FACILITY AND WHAT OUR PERSONNEL IS AROUND OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, MR. ROGERS, MS. BAKER? YES.

MR. CAMPBELL.

YES.

MR. OTTO? YES.

MR. LYONS? YES.

MR. HILL.

YES.

MR. WEBB? YES.

MR. CHURCHILL.

YES.

MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.

[12. City Official Reports and Comments]

NEXT UP AS ITEM 12, WHICH IS CITY OFFICIAL REPORTS AND COMMENTS.

ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING TO CP? YES.

MR. SIR.

THANK YOU.

MA'AM UM, I DID WANT TO SAY, UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR, OUR WAYNE WARRIORS, UH, ON THEIR FIRST ONE AT THE SEASON, UH, AT A WELCOME STADIUM.

UM, I'M GLAD THE RAIN STOPPED WHEN IT DEAD.

UM, ADDITIONALLY IT'S, UH, UH, I, AS A PARENT OF TWO STUDENTS, I'M SO HAPPY THAT OUR KIDS ARE BACK IN SCHOOL.

UM, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

UM, AND, UH, I HOPE THEY STAY THERE VERY SAFELY, UM, FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, UM, UH, ON, UM, ON ADDITIONAL BUSINESS.

UM, SCOTT, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU, UM, TO GET, UM, IF POSSIBLE WITH, UH, WITH JERRY AND GET COUNSEL AND UPDATE ON THE SNEAKY D'S, UM, UH, LIQUOR OBJECTION.

UM, I FEEL LIKE THAT HAS KIND OF JUST BEEN IN THE ABYSS AND WE'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE APPROVING LIQUOR PERMITS AND, YOU KNOW, SENDING THINGS TO LIQUOR BOARD IN THAT GENERAL AREA.

UM, I KNOW FOR SECOND HAND KNOWLEDGE THAT, UH, THAT OPERATION IS STILL GOING ON, UH, WHO KNOWS BY WHAT NAME, BY WHAT OWNER OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

UM, AND, UM, I MEAN, I THINK THAT SETS A BAD PRECEDENT.

SO IN BUSINESSES THAT NATURE KNOW THAT THEY CAN DO THAT.

I KNOW IT'S A, YOU KNOW, A COVID, UH, NATURE RIGHT NOW.

UH, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE LIQUOR BOARD IS STILL HANDING OUT FINES AND THEY'RE STILL HANDLING BUSINESS ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.

I'M JUST VERY CONCERNED WHY WE'RE NOT BEING HEARD.

OKAY.

YEP.

I COULDN'T AGREE MORE.

I THINK THAT CERTAINLY AN ITEM THAT WE NEED, WE NEED TO HEAR FROM THE FRONT ROW.

THEY WON'T HAVE ANY OTHER REPORTS OR COMMENTARY I'D LIKE TO MAKE, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME CHICK-FIL-A TO OUR CITY.

THEY OPENED LAST WEEK.

MAKE SURE YOU STOP BY AND ENJOY CHICKEN AND WE'RE CHICKEN UNDER CITY.

YEAH.

WELL, ON THAT NOTE, I WILL A COUPLE OF THINGS.

NUMBER ONE.

YES.

SCHOOL'S BACK.

AND, UH, WE ARE CERTAINLY GLAD TO HAVE OVER STUDENTS BACK IN THE BUILDING.

RICHARD, I JUST SAW YOUR DAUGHTER THE OTHER DAY.

UM, AND YES, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THE KIDS BACK AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, ABOUT PROBABLY 60% OF OUR STUDENTS, BECAUSE LAST YEAR WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY WHERE WHEN WE DID COME BACK, KIDS HAVE THE CHOICE EITHER GO ONLINE OR THEY COULD, THEY COULD STAY AT HOME.

SO WE ONLY HAD ABOUT A 40%, MAYBE 45% OF THE STUDENTS ACTUALLY COME BACK IN THE CLASSROOM.

SO THIS YEAR FROM, IN THE BUILDING AS A WHOLE, PROBABLY 60%, IF THERE'S, I THINK OF THIS, PROBABLY 60% OF THESE KIDS HAVE NOT BEEN IN A CLASSROOM SINCE MARCH OF 2020.

I SPENT A YEAR AND A HALF SINCE 60% OF THE KIDS IN OUR BUILDING HAVE EVEN BEEN INTERACTING WITH OTHER STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM SETTING.

AND I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, THE, MY FIVE CLASSES THAT I, THAT I TEACH EVERY DAY, I AM BLESSED.

I'VE GOT SOME REALLY GREAT KIDS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, NOTHING, NOTHING, AND A COUPLE OF SEATING CHANGES MIGHT NOT, MIGHT NOT FIX, BUT OVERALL, UH, KNOWING HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN OUT IN THE ISSUES OF A LOT OF THESE KIDS HAVE, UH, I'M JUST REALLY PLEASED IN THESE FIRST THREE DAYS OF, OF WHAT WE GOT GOING ON AND WHAT THAT SAID, MAN, I, I, I WILL, I WENT TO CHICK-FIL-A AT MY LUNCH, WHICH SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT MIGHT BE CRAZY, BUT I ACTUALLY RECORDED.

AND I KNOW I WROTE DOWN THE TIMES JUST SO I COULD HAVE THIS INFORMATION BECAUSE I KNOW WE HEAR A LOT THAT, YOU KNOW, OLD TROY PIKE.

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OH MY GOSH, IT'S CRAZY.

YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO GET THROUGH THERE.

IT'S SUCH A BIG DEAL.

SO I HAVE TIME TO, TO LEAVE THE SCHOOL, GO TO CHICK-FIL-A GET THROUGH THERE, GET MY SANDWICH, COME BACK AND EAT AND STILL HAVE ABOUT 10 MINUTES BEFORE MY NEXT CLASS STARTS.

SO IT, THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS THURSDAY.

I DIDN'T LEAVE THE SCHOOL BUILDING TILL FOUR 30.

THAT WAS WEDNESDAY BECAUSE IT WAS THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.

I LEFT SCHOOL AT FOUR 30.

I WAS IN LINE AT CHICK-FIL-A NO KIDDING.

AT 4 34.

IT TOOK ME FOUR MINUTES AT FOUR 30 IN THE AFTERNOON TO GET NORTH ON TROY PIKE TO BE INLINE.

AND CHICK-FIL-A 4 38.

THEY TOOK MY WORK LIKE 4 47.

I KNOW I HAD MY FOOD AND I WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY AT FOUR 50.

SO LEAVING WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL, GOING NORTH ON OLD TROY PIKE AT FOUR 30 ON A WEDNESDAY, I WAS AT MY DRIVEWAY WITHIN 20 MINUTES AFTER GOING TO CHICK-FIL-A AND GETTING MY FOOD.

SO IT IS THE MOST IMPRESSIVE ASSEMBLY LINE OF CHICKEN DELIVERY I HAVE EVER SEEN.

AND, AND THE FOOD IS GREAT.

DON'T BE AFRAID TO GO BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC I'VE BEEN THERE.

IT'S FINE.

ANY OTHER REPORTS, ANYTHING ELSE HAS A REPORT ON IT.

OKAY, GREAT.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

IT IS NOW 11 AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.