Sep 27, 2021 City Council Meeting

MA'AM THANK YOU FOR TONIGHT.

I CANNOT STAY THIS WEEK, SO, ALL RIGHT.

WE, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

AND NEXT UP IS OUR APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

NEXT.

WE HAVE OUR FLAG CEREMONY FROM THE WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR ROTC HONOR GUARD HERE THIS EVENING.

MORE MARK, MARK, MARK, MARK BRIEFING.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.

CARRY CALLERS CALLERS.

MS. POWELL, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL PLEASE? MR. SHAW HERE, MS. BAKER, MR. CAMPBELL, DEAR MRS. BERG.

MR. OTTO, DEAR MR. LYONS.

DEAR MR. HILL, MR. WEBB HERE OR HERE.

UH, MR. HILL HAD SENT ME AN EMAIL EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.

HE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING, BUT DID ASK IF WE WOULD APPROVE HIS ABSENCE.

WAS THERE A MOTION MS. BERG? YES.

MR. CAMPBELL.

SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE ABSENCE OF MR. HILL.

UH, MS. PALFREY COLDWELL PLEASE.

SHOW THAT THE RECORD SHOWS MR. HILL'S ABSENCE WAS PROVED.

[5. Approval Of Minutes]

ITEM FIVE 80 IS THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2021.

UH, THAT IS THE ONLY SET OF MINUTES.

IF THERE'S NO CORRECTIONS THAT THOSE MINUTES WILL STAND AS APPROVED ANY CORRECTIONS.

AND NEXT UP IS OUR NUMBER SIX SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, MOST PAL WILLIAM CARL MAYORAL PROCLAMATION PRESENTATION, THE MAYOR, JEFF GORE AND THEN JUST TURN IT ON AND FIX EVERYBODY WITH EVERYONE.

SEEING NONE OF THOSE MENTAL STANDARDS APPROVED

[ William Karl Mayoral Proclamation Presentation - Mayor Jeff Gore]

THIS IS A CITY OF YOUR RIGHTS, MARROW PROCLAMATION, SPECIAL RECOGNITION OR SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO SAY STEVE HUBER HEIGHTS WISHES TO EXPRESS ITS APPRECIATION AND ADMIRATION FOR A VERY SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL WHO IS MOST WORTHY OF THIS HIGHEST

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MARK OF OUR FAVORITE.

WHEREAS THE SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR CERTIFICATE ACHIEVEMENT IS AN AWARD TO INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT GREAT CREDIT TO THEMSELVES AND HONOR TO THE COMMUNITY BY ACHIEVEMENT OF SUCH MAGNITUDE AS TO WARRANT SPECIAL RECOGNITION.

WHERE DOES THIS HONOR IS RESERVED FOR THOSE INSTANCES WHERE THE CITY OF DOVER HEIGHTS IS PLACED IN HIGH ESTEEM AS A RESULT OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THOSE SELECTED TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD.

AND WHEREAS WILLIAM CARL IS 97 YEARS OLD AND HAS RESIDED IN HEBREW HEIGHTENED SINCE 1956.

AND ONE OF THE ORIGINAL HOUSES BUILT BY CHARLES CUMIN.

AND WHEREAS WILLIAM CARL IS A WORLD WAR II VETERAN WHO JOINED THE US NAVY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR AND SERVED ON TINIAN ISLAND, THE LAUNCHING POINT FOR THE ATOMIC BOMB ATTACKS AGAINST HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI JAPAN.

AND WHEREAS WILLIAM CARL'S NAVAL UNIT WAS HONORED FOR ITS SERVICE AND ACTIONS SHOWING EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM AND ACTION AGAINST AN ARMED ENEMY.

THE UNITED STATES WITH THE NAVY PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION.

AND WHEREAS WILLIAM, CARL EXEMPLIFIES TRADITIONS, A DEDICATION TO GOD, FAMILY AND COUNTRY AND POSSESSES A SENSE OF DUTY AND COMMITMENT.

NOW, THEREFORE I, JEFF GORE MAYOR TO SEE THE HEBREW HOUSE, YOU HEAR MY EXTENDED, OUR VERY BEST WISHES FOR HEALTH, HAPPINESS, AND CONTINUED SUCCESS TO MR. WILLIAM CARR.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THIS RECOGNITION IS SEALED BY PRESENTING TO THIS HONORED INDIVIDUAL, THE CITY CORNER OF HUBER HEIGHTS AS A TOKEN OF ARESTIN IN WITNESS WHEREOF.

I HEAR TO STEP MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE SEA ICE TO BE A FIXED THIS 27TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, YOUR AWARD 2020 THIS IS A CITY COIN.

SPEED, YOUR RIGHTS FOR YOU AS WELL.

I'LL PUT THIS IN YOUR RECEIPT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.

APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THIS COUNTRY.

WE APPRECIATE THEM.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE .

I DID A SIX B DATE MEDIATION CENTER, HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION PROGRAM PRESENTATION BY MR. AARON PRIM MEDIATION SPECIALIST TWO AT THE DATE MEDIATION CENTER, SIR.

[ Dayton Mediation Center Homelessness Prevention Program Presentation - Mr. Aaron Primm, Mediation Specialist II, Dayton Mediation Center]

WELL, GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

WE APPRECIATE YOU.

UH, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH PARENTING TIME OR CUSTODY, THEY'RE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE COURT OR COME TO US TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION.

MR. MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, STAFF, UH, RESIDENTS, UH, IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE AND NOT ONLY TALK ABOUT THE DATE AND MEDIATION CENTER, BUT I'M ALSO A LIFETIME RESIDENT OF HUE BRIDE.

SO IT'S GOOD TO BE OUT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT OR AT LEAST THAT I THINK SO.

ANYWAY, SO THE CITY OF DAYTON, THAT'S THE DATE MEDIATION CENTER.

FIRST OFF, GOT TO START OFF BY SAYING WE ARE THE CITY.

OFTENTIMES FOLKS DON'T REALIZE THE DATE MEDIATION CENTER.

DOESN'T THEY? NUMBER ONE, DON'T REALIZE THAT WE EXIST.

AND NUMBER TWO, THAT WE ACTUALLY PART OF THE CITY OF DAYTON, THAT'LL BE IN, SAID WHAT WE, WE ARE A NEUTRAL THIRD PARTY TO SUPPORT PEOPLE AND TALKING ABOUT THINGS.

SO I'M A MEDIATOR.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THINGS TOGETHER.

IF THEY WISH IT'S A VOLUNTARY PROCESS, WE'RE ABLE TO BRING THEM TOGETHER TO DO SO.

THERE ARE ENOUGH TIMES WHERE FOLKS AREN'T NECESSARILY INTERESTED IN THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT IN SYNC WITH THE OTHER PERSON TO SAY LEAST.

AND SO I'M ABLE TO TALK TO THEM.

AND MY COLLEAGUES ARE INDIVIDUALLY.

WE CALL THAT CONFLICT COACHING.

WHEN WE TALK TO PEOPLE INDIVIDUALLY ABOUT THOSE SITUATIONS, WE DON'T TELL PEOPLE WHAT TO DO OR WHAT TO SAY.

UH, BUT CERTAINLY WE SUPPORT THEM IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

AND AS THEY FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS THEY WANT TO DO MULTIPLE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS EXIST.

UH, THE MEDIATION CENTER IS A COMMUNITY MEDIATION CENTER, WHICH MEANS IT DEALS WITH ALL THINGS, COMMUNITY BARKING, DOGS, YOU KNOW, LEAVES BLOWING ON THE NEIGHBOR'S YARD.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS, UH, HAPPENED WITH THE CITY OF DATE.

AND WE DEFINITELY TAKE THOSE AS THOSE ARE THINGS THAT KIND OF CONFLICT WE DEAL WITH, UH, ADDITIONAL ITEMS, ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING, UH, THAT WE HAVE WITH THE COUNTY, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, PARENTING TIME, WHENEVER PARENTS ON WHAT PARENTS ARE WANTING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT,

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UH, THOSE AGREEMENTS CAN BE READ IN THE COURT RECORD.

ALSO PROGRAMS LIKE SMALL CLAIMS COURT, EVICTION COURT, UH, ALSO THAT EXISTS WITHIN THE CITY OF DAYTON.

UH, THAT'S ALSO MY PROGRAM AND THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE LANDLORD TENANT HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION PROGRAM TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, UH, THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAMMING EXISTED, UH, ONLY WITHIN THE CITY OF DAYTON UNTIL THIS YEAR WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO GET, UH, TO GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UH, WHICH ALLOWS US TO, TO SERVE THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

SO THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS I'M ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, THE LANDLORD TENANT, HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION PROGRAMMING.

AND SO WE HAVE PAPERWORK, NOT NECESSARILY THIS RACK CARD, UH, BUT A SMALLER CAR THAT GOES OUT WITH ALL EVICTION NOTICES WITHIN THE CITY OF DAYTON.

AND RECENTLY THAT'S BEEN EXPANDED TO VANDALIA MUNICIPAL COURT, KETTERING MUNICIPAL COURT AND THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY MISSILE COURTS.

OF COURSE, I THINK THIS IS THE EASTERN DIVISION WE HAVE HERE BEHIND US.

UH, SO OUR CARS GO OUT TO WHENEVER ALL THE INDIVIDUALS, UH, WHO ARE RECEIVING EVICTION NOTICE AND ALSO THE, UH, THE PLAINTIFF OR THE PROPERTY OWNER IS ALSO ABLE TO OBTAIN THAT CARD AND GIVES A CALL TO SEE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN, IN HAVING A CONVERSATION.

NOW, AT THIS POINT ONLY THE MEDIATION PROCESS WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, GENERATE AN AGREEMENT OR THEY ENTER INTO, INTO A COURT RECORD THAT ONLY HAPPENS WITHIN THE CITY OF DAYTON AT THIS POINT, BUT WE'RE HOPEFUL TO SEE SOME EXPANSION IN THAT PARTICULAR WAY.

UM, SPECIFICALLY, UH, WITH THIS HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION LANDLORD TENANT PROGRAMMING ALLOWS FOR, UH, BOTH PARTIES, UH, TO GIVE US A CALL AND TO TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS AND PERHAPS IF THEY CAN GET TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT IT, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN.

UH, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT THIS IS A FREE SERVICE, UH, TO EVERYONE WITHIN THE COUNTY.

SO ANYONE CAN REFER ANYONE, GIVE US A CALL IT'S FREE.

AND SO THEY'RE ABLE TO EITHER COME TOGETHER OR TALK INDIVIDUALLY ABOUT WHATEVER IT IS THAT'S GOING ON, WHATEVER THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION, WHERE THERE'S THE CONFLICT, UH, THAT EXISTS BEHIND, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, YOU KNOW, LACK OF RENT OR THE ABILITY TO PAY RENT.

UM, I CAN TALK WITH THEM ABOUT THOSE SITUATIONS AND PERHAPS WHAT THEY CAN DO IN ORDER TO HELP MITIGATE THAT SITUATION.

AND IT SPECIAL HAPPENS ABOUT SEVEN YEARS OR SO.

I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PROPERTY OWNERS AND RESIDENTS.

SO I'M ASKED A BIT OF INFORMATION, NOT TO SAY THAT I'M THE LEADING AUTHORITY, BUT I KNOW A COUPLE THINGS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THESE PARTICULAR SEARCH, THESE PARTICULAR SITUATIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES.

ALSO, I'M NOT A LAWYER OR ATTORNEY, SO AT NO POINT, AM I EVER GIVING YOU LEGAL ADVICE I HAPPEN TO BE IN AND AROUND LEGAL PEOPLE ON A REGULAR BASIS.

UH, BUT THAT MEANS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING BECAUSE I JUST TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT I SEE, BUT WHAT DO I KNOW ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN COURT? OKAY.

SO THAT PARTICULAR EXPERTISE IS AVAILABLE.

UH, WHENEVER IT IS THAT, UH, AN INDIVIDUAL WANTS TO GIVE US A CALL.

AND SO I'VE PROVIDED SOME RACK CARDS, UH, TO MS. POWELL, UH, THAT, AND I THINK I GAVE HER HOPEFULLY TO THE MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS THAT WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT, THAT THEY, THAT THEY CAN OBTAIN.

IT'S GOT MY NUMBER ON THE FRONT AND BACK.

AND SO IT CAN GIVE ME A CALL ANYTIME TO TALK ABOUT WHATEVER CIRCUMSTANCES, UM, EXIST, UH, THAT PERHAPS THERE'S SOME DIFFICULTIES WITH CONFLICT.

AND CERTAINLY IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D LOVE TO ANSWER THEM.

IF THERE ARE ANY, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON CONSOLE.

THIS IS VIRGIN.

EXCUSE ME.

DO YOU HAVE, UM, ANY INVOLVEMENT WITH THE, UH, RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN, UH, GIVEN SOME RELIEF ON THE, UH, BRANDY RENTAL PAYMENTS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC? SO THIS IS A MANY, MANY INDIVIDUALS GIVE ME A CALL ABOUT SUCH THINGS, UM, AND CERTAINLY ENOUGH FOR HERE IN HUBER HEIGHTS.

AND THIS WAS EVEN BEFORE, UH, THE PROGRAMMING EXISTED COUNTY-WIDE, UH, BUT I'M NOT ONE TO TURN AWAY CALLS, ESPECIALLY FROM HOME.

UM, SO THERE'S DEFINITELY CONVERSATIONS TO BE HAD IN AROUND THOSE, THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES.

UH, THERE ARE, UH, THERE ARE THINGS AVAILABLE TO INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE OF THE CODE BECAUSE OF THE CAUSE OF THE CAUSE OF COVID.

IF I SPEAK ENGLISH TONIGHT, UH, THIS CERTAINLY IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT, UH, THERE'S UH, WHEN THESE SITUATIONS ARISE.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS QUITE A BIT, WHENEVER THERE'S CONFLICT IN ANY WAY, UH, WHETHER IT'S HERE WITHIN THE LANDLORD TENANT, UH, REALM, OR OTHERWISE IT'S BEST TO BE ADDRESSED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

SO WHENEVER A RESIDENT, UH, IN THE PROPERTY OWNER, EITHER ONE ARE HAVING SOME TYPE OF DIFFICULTY, GIVE ME A CALL, UH, TO A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT YOU CAN DO, WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO.

UH, SOMETHING'S BEEN VERY INTERESTING TO ME OVER THE YEARS IS, UH, WHEN TALKING TO RESIDENTS ABOUT SITUATIONS

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THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO SAY THE LEAST, UH, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY FOR YOU, AND I WOULD SAY ARE BLEAK STILL THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT THE OUTLOOK IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE LAY OF THE LAND MAY BE IS EXTREMELY HELPFUL.

EVEN WHEN, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, I MAY NOT BE HERE ANYMORE.

AND SO THOSE ARE ONE OF THE THINGS I'M ABLE TO DO.

I'VE GOT THE TIME, MY JOB AS A MEDIATOR, WHEN PEOPLE CALL ME, I'M NOT ON A TIMEFRAME OR TIME SCHEDULE I'M ABLE TO LISTEN REALLY IS THE MAIN THING THAT I DO.

AND WHEN I HEAR PEOPLE, AS WE TALK ABOUT WHEN PEOPLE ARE, WE CAN SELF-ABSORBED AND ABLE TO INTERVENE, AND ESPECIALLY ONE-ON-ONE FOLKS CAN TALK ABOUT THINGS FOR QUITE A WHILE, IN A WAY THAT MANY OTHER PEOPLE AREN'T ABLE TO HEAR.

AND PERHAPS AREN'T INTERESTED IN, SO THIS IS ONE OF THE BONUSES OF OUR SERVICE.

YES MA'AM YES.

UM, SCOTT, WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE? I MEAN, THIS IS A FREE SERVICE.

THIS IS NON-FOR-PROFIT, I'M ASSUMING SO TO FREE SERVICES THERE, CITY, CAN WE ADVERTISE, I MEAN, ON, ON OUR WEBSITE OR, OR THEIR SERVICES, LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND THAT WE COULD KIND OF PROMOTE THIS TO PEOPLE IN THAT SITUATION? UH, YES.

AND WE CAN HAVE SOME OF THESE NOTICES HERE AT THE FRONT COUNTER, UM, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, AND THERE IS A PLACE ON OUR WEBSITE FOR SERVICES LIKE THIS THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE INFORMATION THAT, YEAH, I THINK THE KEY HERE IS OBVIOUSLY IS EDUCATION AWARENESS, RIGHT? YES.

ARE PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THESE TYPES OF SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE FOR THEM.

SO, UM, YEAH, SO I THINK THAT'D BE A GREAT IDEA FOR US TO LINK THESE SERVICES ON OUR WEBSITE, TOO.

AND AS SCOTT SAID, HAVE ANY OF THESE, YOU CAN GET US WHERE WE CAN GET THESE PASSED OUT OVER THE COUNTER FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE THE YES, SIR.

AND CERTAINLY I DID LEAVE SOME BEHIND IT AT ANY POINT YOU FEEL AS IF YOU WOULD LIKE SOME MORE MATERIALS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

AND THE BIGGEST THING MR. MAYOR COUNCIL SERVICES FREE, FREE, FREE, FREE, AND IT'S A SERVICE THAT'S NOT JUST FOR, UH, RESIDENTS.

IT'S ALSO FOR PROPERTY OWNERS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AS WELL.

AND SO WE WILL LIKE TO HAVE CALLS FROM WHOEVER IT IS THAT CALLS CAUSE AS I SAID, NEUTRAL, THIRD PARTIES ARE HERE TO SUPPORT EVERYONE WITHIN THE COUNTY.

UH, I WOULD JUST SAY THIS, I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT YOU'VE EXPANDED THESE SERVICES TO PROVIDE THIS FOR FOLKS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

I HAVE AT A COUPLE OF INSTANCES WHERE I'VE HAD NEIGHBOR ISSUES WITH PEOPLE AND I HAVE REFERRED THEM TO YOU GUYS.

UNFORTUNATELY THEY DIDN'T TAKE MY ADVICE.

UM, BUT, UH, BUT I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS DO AND HAVING THAT SERVICE AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A MUCH BETTER WAY THAN TRYING TO PUSH A COURT ACTION OR SOMETHING RIGHT OFF THE BAT.

OH YES, SIR.

WE, WE SEE THIS REGULARLY, UH, THAT OFTENTIMES, UH, WHEN RESIDENTS ARE HAVING ISSUES IN THAT PARTICULAR WAY, UM, THEY'RE IN THE BELIEF THAT WHEN THEY CALL THE POLICE, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME TYPE OF IMMEDIATE ACTION AGAINST THE OTHER, UH, ENOUGH TIMES, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING THAT LITERALLY THE POLICE CAN DO.

AND THERE'S A CONVERSATION THAT PERHAPS COULD BE HAD IF THE INDIVIDUALS ARE WILLING TO DO SO.

AND THOSE REFERRALS DEFINITELY COME TO US.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, UH, MR. OTTO, WE DID HAVE PROGRAMMING, UH, WITH THE HUBRIS POLICE, MAYBE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO IN THE SAME WAY, UH, THAT WE HAVE WITH, UH, THE DAYTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, WHERE REFERRALS WERE ABLE TO COME TO US BASED UPON THINGS THAT THEY SEE OUT IN THE WORLD, MOSTLY NEIGHBORS IN ORDER TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

AND EVEN WHEN PEOPLE REFER TO US AND THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED BECAUSE OFTENTIMES WHEN PEOPLE, UH, WHEN THE OFFICER OR WHOMEVER SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M GONNA REFER YOU TO THE MEDIATION CENTER.

PEOPLE IMMEDIATELY WILL SAY NO, RIGHT, BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO TALK TO THE OTHER PERSON WHEN YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN HARASSED OR THEY FEEL, YOU KNOW, SOME WRONGDOING THAT'S OCCURRED.

UH, BUT WHEN THE REFERRAL HAPPENS ANYWAY, THEN THEY GET TO CALL ME AND THEY TELL ME, AARON, YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT OFFICER REFERRED ME, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORS, THIS, THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER.

AND THEN THEY GET TO TALKING AND THEN I'M ABLE TO LISTEN TO THEM AND TALK ABOUT THINGS.

AND IT'S TAUGHT TO THE OTHER PERSON.

SOMETIMES THEY'RE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AND IF NOT THAT CONFLICT COACHING AND THOSE INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS WILL BE HAD WHERE PEOPLE START TO ABLE TO THINK ABOUT THINGS DIFFERENTLY, PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND THAT THAT NEIGHBOR IS A REAL PERSON VERSUS, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING, UH, THE MOST HATEFUL INDIVIDUAL ON EARTH.

SO I KNOW YOU THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE THIS EVENING, BECAUSE I WANT TO ALSO HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

EXCEPT AS I REMEMBER, SEVEN SYSTEMS COMMENTS, MS. PAL, WE HAVE SEVERAL THIS EVENING FOR STUFF IS FRANK WILEY.

THANK YOU ALL.

[7. Citizens Comments]

HI, GOOD EVENING.

UM, MY NAME IS FRANK WILEY.

I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE HEBREW HEIGHTS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION, EXECUTIVE BOARD.

AND IT'S KIND OF A COMMENT ON A FOLLOW-UP.

UH, WE, WE EMAILED BACK IN MARCH TO OUR WARD REP ABOUT THE, THE ROAD ACCESS OFF OF FITCHBURG, WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED A FEW TIMES.

I WAS WONDERING IF IN THE, UM, CITY MANAGER REPORT TODAY, IF THERE WAS ANY UPDATED INFORMATION, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING YET.

SO IT WAS KIND OF A COMMENT KIND OF QUESTION TO KEEP IT ON THE RADAR.

ANYWAY, WE ARE INTERESTED IN PARTNERING

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ON THAT.

WE JUST NEED TO KNOW WHERE THINGS STAND.

SCOTT, DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION TO GIVE NOW YOU COULD, IF WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP OR LOOK MORE INTO WHATEVER THE SITUATION IS, IF YOU NEED MORE TIME, I DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING PLANNED FOR THE CITY MANAGER REPORT TONIGHT.

UH, BUT, UM, I WILL HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU AND, UH, WE'LL KEEP THAT AS PART OF THE TOPIC OF THE BRENT PIKE REVITALIZATION, UH, STUDY AND TOPIC THAT'S ON THE WORK SESSION.

UM, MOVING FORWARD ON, UH, ANYTHING TO BE DONE WITH THAT AND OTHER AREAS AS WELL.

NEXT THING I, BETH VAN HAREN.

HI.

HELLO.

THAT'S VAN HAREN.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, I GOTTA WEAR MY GLASSES BECAUSE I'M GETTING OLD.

THIS IS PRICELESS.

DID YOU NOT HEAR HIM CONFLICT? I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, THIS IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST CONFLICT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR TONIGHT.

BETHEL TOWNSHIP AND YOUR PROPOSED NOTICE OF ANNEXATION OF 233 ACRES.

SO AS THE GENTLEMAN, I'M SORRY THAT HE LEFT BECAUSE I THOUGHT HE HAD SOME GOOD WORDS OF WISDOM SAID WHEN THE PARTIES CAN'T RESOLVE SOMETHING, WE REALLY ASK THAT THEY SIT DOWN THE TABLE AND FIND A SOLUTION THAT IS AMENABLE TO BOTH PARTIES.

SO HERE IT IS, WE'RE PISSED OR ANGRY.

WE DO NOT WISH THAT YOU WOULD ANNEX THOSE 233 ACRES.

AND THE REASONS ARE MULTIPLE.

ONE IS IT'S IN OUR FACILITIES PLANNING AREA, AND WE HAVE SEWER AND WATER.

AND LO AND BEHOLD, THE EPA GAVE US A GRANT TO PUT THAT SEWER AND WATER IN.

SO HOPEFULLY THEY'LL FIND THAT, THAT WE STILL HAVE TO SERVICE IT.

SECOND OF ALL, THE REASON HE WRITES WAS CREATED WAS THAT YOU WERE WAYNE TOWNSHIP AND HUBER, ERIN DAYTON KEPT AN SEEING YOU BACK IN THE EIGHTIES, SEVENTIES, AND EIGHTIES, AND YOU HATED IT.

SO WHY WOULD YOU THINK THAT BETHEL TANGENT WOULD FEEL ANY DIFFERENTLY ABOUT IT NOW, NOW THAT THE SHOE'S ON THE OTHER FOOT, YOU'RE HAPPY TO TAKE OUR PROPERTY.

SO NO, WE'RE NOT HAPPY, BUT BACK IN, WE CAN STILL REACH A SOLUTION.

SHE LETS YOU SIT DOWN AT THE TABLE AND TALK.

UH, I DON'T HAVE NIKE MY TIME.

SO ANYWAY, THIRDLY, OUR, SECONDLY, OUR SCHOOLS ARE DRASTICALLY OVERCROWDED, THANKS TO CARRIAGE TRAILS ONE AND PARK DOWN AN WINDBROOK.

YOU'VE DOUBLED THE SIZE OF THE POPULATION IN OUR SCHOOLS IN THE LAST 10 YEARS.

THERE'S NOW A LITTLE OVER 200, 2,200 ROOFTOPS AND COUNTING IN THE CARRIAGE TRAILS WINDBROOK AND PARKTOWN AREAS THAT IS MORE OR LESS THE SIZE OF THE REST OF BETHEL TOWNSHIP.

SO LET ME GIVE YOU THE FAST FACTS FOR THE, HOW CROWDED THESE SCHOOLS ARE.

JUST ON THE DETAILS, BECAUSE I DID TALK TO A TEACHER AND I KNOW ONE OF YOU AS A TEACHER UP HERE, SHE SAID, UM, THEY'RE USING EVERY AVAILABLE PIECE OF SPACE IN THE BUILDING STORAGE CLOSETS COACH'S OFFICE USE FOR ELL TEACHERS, SPEECH THERAPY, EIGHT ELEMENTARY CLASSROOMS ARE IN MODULAR UNITS, ONE KINDERGARTEN AND ONE THIRD GRADE CLASSROOM, OR IN THE C HALL, FAR AWAY FROM THEIR K IN THIRD GRADE TEAMS, C HALL IS ALSO USED BY MIDDLE SCHOOL CLASSROOMS. AND FOURTH GRADE, DEFINITELY NOT IDEAL FOR FIVE AND SIX YEAR OLD KIDS IN A MIDDLE SCHOOL HALLWAY.

IT'S JUST THE ONLY SPACE AVAILABLE.

AND EVEN THEN KINDERGARTEN CLASSES ARE 26 TO 27 STUDENTS IN EACH OF THE SIX SECTIONS.

MUSIC IS IN THE AUDITORIUM AND THE TECHNOLOGY TEACHER IS BACK ON A CART.

HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOMS ARE BEING USED DURING TEACHER'S PLAN PERIODS AND THEIR CLASSES ARE LARGER.

THIS YEAR.

THE NEW ELEMENTARY BUILDING WILL HOPEFULLY BE READY FOR THE FALL OF 2023.

AND AT THE RATE OF THE CONTINUED BUILD OUT OF CARRIE'S TRAILS ONE, THIS WILL BE FULL BY THE TIME IT'S COMPLETED.

SO HEBREW HEIGHTS, CITY COUNCIL, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST AT THE VERY LEAST COME TO THE TABLE AND DISCUSS A LOWER DENSITY AND PERHAPS A FUTURE MORATORIUM ON ALL ANNEXATION OF BETHEL TOWNSHIP, BUT THE DRAW FOR CARRIAGE TRAILS AND FOR PARKTOWN AND FOR WINDBROOK IS THESE PHENOMENAL BETHEL LOCAL SCHOOLS.

BUT IF YOU ARE OVERCROWDING THEM, IF ALL I CAN FOCUS ON IS KEEPING UP WITH THE NEXT SEVEN KIDS WHO ARE PRIVE EVERY WEEK, THEY'RE NO LONGER GOING TO BE THE DRAW AND I FIRMLY BELIEVE, AND I'M SURE YOU DO TOO, THAT GREAT SCHOOLS AND GREAT COMMUNITIES GO TOGETHER.

SO LET'S FIND A SOLUTION TO KEEP YOUR COMMUNITY GREAT, OUR COMMUNITY GREAT, AND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

GREAT.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT ISN'T GREAT.

IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT BEING OVERWHELMED WITH ALL THESE KIDS.

SO LET'S FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO THIS BECAUSE I'VE TALKED TO THE DEVELOPER, AS I KNOW, SOME OF YOU HAVE SIX TO 900 UNITS GONE IN THERE.

THAT'S INSANE.

THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN KEEP UP AND THEN IT'S NO LONGER A DRAW.

SO THEN YOU'VE GOT AN OVERCROWDED SCHOOL DISTRICT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND AN OVERCROWDED SCHOOL DISTRICT IN YOUR COMMUNITY, AND NOBODY WANTS TO MOVE HERE.

SO ANYWAY, LET'S CALL AARON, UH, CAN'T SAY HIS LAST NAME.

IT'S CALLED AARON UP AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN SIT DOWN AT THE TABLE, MORATORIUM, LESS DENSITY, SOMETHING THAT'S WORKABLE FOR BOTH COMMUNITIES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD EVENING STAFF MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL.

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THIS IS MY FIRST TIME IN 36 YEARS OF BEING A HEBREW HEIGHTS RESIDENT TO SPEAK, UM, TO SHARE MY VIEWS AND HOPEFULLY LET MY VOICE BE HEARD.

UM, WHEN I ORIGINALLY LOOKED INTO, CAUSE I HAD MOVED OUT OF HUBER FOR TWO YEARS, UM, JUST DUE TO FINANCIAL ISSUES WITH MY PERSONAL LIFE.

AND SO WHEN I LOOK TO COME BACK, YOU KNOW, I KEPT MY KIDS IN THE DISTRICT THE WHOLE TIME, BUT IT WAS STARTING TO GET CLOSE TO TIME TO WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO BE SWITCHING TO WHERE MY DAUGHTER WAS GOING TO GO TO HIGH SCHOOL.

MY SON WAS GOING TO START MIDDLE SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I WAS STILL, YOU KNOW, FINDING WAYS WITH BEING IN HUBER, BUT YEAH, NOT MY DAUGHTER AT WAYNE.

I'M A GRADUATE OF WAYNE.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT, IT BOTHERS ME THAT I KNOW THAT THIS SCHOOL ISN'T IN THIS DISTRICT, ISN'T WHAT IT SHOULD BE.

SO MY DRAW TO CARRIAGE TRAILS WITH VOTING THERE IS, HEY, I GET TO STILL RESIDE IN MY HOMETOWN.

I, YOU KNOW, CAN STILL BE, YOU KNOW, THAT HUBER RESIDENT, BUT HERE MY KIDS WILL BE GOING TO BETHEL A LOT SMALLER OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT IN MY MIND.

AND ALSO, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT SO MUCH MORE BUILDING WAS EVEN GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE.

WHEN WE FIRST WENT IN THERE, YOU KNOW, WE HEARD SO MANY OTHER DIFFERENT THINGS ALONG WITH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS WE HAVE FOUND OUT HAVE TOO.

UM, SO I JUST I'M AGAINST THIS ANNEX.

I FEEL EXACTLY LIKE HOW BETH DOES TO WHERE WE WERE WAYNE TOWNSHIP.

AND HERE, YOU KNOW, WE BECAME HUBER HEIGHTS CAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE A PART OF DAYTON.

AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS WANTING TO TAKE LAND FROM SOMEONE ELSE THAT WE DIDN'T WANT HAVE TO HAPPEN TO US.

AND PLUS THERE WAS VERY MANY ISSUES WHEN THIS ALL FIRST STARTED HAPPENING BACK IN 2003 AND HERE I AM ACTUALLY PAYING FOR THEM AS, UH, YOU KNOW, CARRIAGE TRAILS, RESONANT WITH ALL KINDS OF ASSESSMENTS AND TIFFS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD NO CLUE ABOUT WHEN WE FIRST CAME IN THERE.

SO THE SCHOOLS ARE GONNA END UP CHANGING TO WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE OVERPOPULATED.

YOU KNOW, HERE, WE'RE ALREADY HAVING TO PAY FOR MISTAKES THAT HAVE ALREADY MADE WITH DEC AND, UH, HUBER IN GENERAL.

AND HERE WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD MORE TO THIS NORTH SIDE AND MAY TAKE A LOOK AT THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS AS INFRASTRUCTURE AS IT IS.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECT PROJECTS GOING ON THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE BUILDING THIS UP, BUT THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT GOING ON ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

WHY DON'T WE TAKE CARE OF THE PROPERTY THAT WE ALREADY HAVE? THAT IS A PART OF HUBER HEIGHTS.

LET'S MAKE THAT GREAT AGAIN INSTEAD OF GOING AND TAKING OTHER PEOPLE'S.

SO IN THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

UM, CINDY, IF I MAY, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY ONE OF YOUR COMMENTS.

UM, YOU STATED WHEN YOU MOVED TO CARRIAGE TRAILS, YOU HAD NO IDEA OF THE ASSESSMENTS UP THERE.

IS THAT CORRECT? THANK YOU.

THIS IS NOT INITIATED BY THE CITY.

MA'AM SO I THINK FOR POINT OF CLARIFICATION, I WOULD JUST, I WOULD REFER TO OUR LAW DIRECTOR TO THAT, UM, FROM AN ANNEXATION PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS NOT A LAND GRAB BY HEBREW HEIGHTS, TAKING SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROPERTY.

MY ANNEXATION, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HEBREW HEIGHTS STARTED.

THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT HEBREW HEIGHTS, UH, WENT ANY PLACE.

WE DID NOT FILE ANYTHING WITH THE COUNTY.

WE DID NOT FILE ANYTHING WITH, UH, WITH, WITH BETHEL.

UM, THIS HAS PROPERTY OWNERS IN BETHEL TOWNSHIP WHO HAVE SUBMITTED ANY ANNEXATION.

ALL THE CITY DID AT THE PAST COUNCIL MEETING WAS TO SAY THAT IF AN ANNEXATION WAS APPROVED AND I BELIEVE THE COUNTY DOES MONTGOMERY COUNTY OR MIAMI COUNTY HAS TWO, THIS HAS TO GO TO MIAMI COUNTY FIRST.

CORRECT? SO THIS GOES TO MIAMI COUNTY.

IF MIAMI COUNTY ISSUE SOME TYPE OF AN APPROVAL ON THIS OR WHATEVER THEIR SAY IS, THEN THAT'S WHEN IT COMES BACK TO HEBREW HEIGHTS.

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SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE CLARIFICATION THAT THE BOLT ON.

WELL, OKAY, WELL I HEAR YOU, BUT YOU'RE INTERRUPTING ME.

SO JUST PLEASE JUST CALM DOWN.

SO THERE IS A, THERE IS NOTHING, THERE IS NO PAPERWORK THAT THIS CITY HAS FILED TO TAKE ANYBODY'S PROPERTY.

SO THAT, SO FROM A, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION HERE BECAUSE, UH, WHAT I'VE SEEN AND FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, THERE'S LOTS OF MISINFORMATION.

THAT'S OUT THERE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN INITIATED BY HEBREW HEIGHTS.

AND THAT'S JUST NOT THE CASE.

YOU ARE WORKING WITH THE MICROPHONES, I'M CAROLYN, RIGHT? BUT THE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE, AND I'M GOING TO SECOND, WHAT BEST SAID, IT'S INCREDIBLY DISINGENUOUS FOR YOU TO SIT THERE AND SAY THAT THIS ISN'T A LAND GRAB WHEN YOU ARE WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY HAND IN HAND, WHICH I BELIEVE IS CALLED HEIGHTS, LLC, WHICH IS AN ARM OF THE HUBER HEIGHTS DEVELOPMENT.

SO IT'S PRETTY DISINGENUOUS FOR YOU TO SIT HERE AND SAY THAT THIS ISN'T A LAND GRAB.

WHEN WE KNOW THAT THERE IS, YOU ALL HAVE AN OPTION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY THAT SAYS THAT HUBER HAS FIRST, RIGHT? SO TO SIT HERE AND SAY, THAT HUBER DIDN'T ASK FOR THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CRAP.

IT'S ABSOLUTE CRAP.

AND EVERYONE HERE KNOWS THAT.

AND NINE OF YOUR RESTATED AND AMENDED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT YOU SO GRACIOUSLY MEAN LAST SUMMER.

AND I'M VERY MUCH APPRECIATIVE OF THAT SAYS THAT BETWEEN 2 0 1 AND 2 0 2 AND SOUTH OF 40, ANY OF THAT LAND, IF THE EEC DEVELOPS, IT GOES FROM FIRST RIGHTS OF FIRST REFUSAL TO YOU, PERHAPS YOU, THEN THEY WON'T SEE IT.

THEY WILL NOT SEE SEEK UTILITIES FROM ANYBODY ELSE.

SO HOW IS THAT? NOT ONLY IN GRAPH, IF YOU DON'T WANT IT TO SAY NO, AND THEN WE CAN JUST BE LOVE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

YEAH.

MY POSITION IS THAT ONCE MIAMI COUNTY MAKES A DECISION BECAUSE THE COUNTY HAS NO ABILITY, WE HAVE AS A TOWNSHIP, WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO WAY TO FIGHT THIS EXPEDITED.

AND YOU WON'T EVEN COME TO THE TABLE.

WE'VE ASKED FOR MEETING AND WE WILL, ONCE MIAMI COUNTY MAKES THEIR DECISION, THEN WE WILL ABSOLUTELY MEET WITH THE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES WE'LL MEET WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL MEET WITH ENOUGH.

IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, THEN YOU CAN COME TO THE PODIUM AS WELL.

SO OF COURSE THEN YOU DIDN'T, YOU FILL OUT A, YOU FILL OUT A FORM.

YES, BUT NOT ON THE TOPIC THEY CAN, BUT I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO MY FIVE MINUTES.

I AM COURSE WILL CONTINUE.

WHENEVER I'M IN WORK, THE COUNTY HAS MADE A DECISION.

THEN WE WILL, WE WILL NEGOTIATE THOSE MEETINGS.

WE WILL OPEN UP.

WE WILL MEET WITH ANYONE I HAVE THEN ONCE THAT DECISION'S MADE, THEN WE WILL HAVE THOSE MEETINGS.

BUT I CAN, I CAN TELL YOU, THERE IS NOT, I HAVE NOT.

NUMBER ONE.

I DON'T GET TO MAKE THIS DECISION NUMBER.

NUMBER TWO, I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVEN'T HAD ANY DISCUSSIONS WITH ANYBODY WHERE ANYONE UP HERE SAYS, THIS IS A SLAM DUNK.

AND THIS IS THE RIGHT THING FOR HEBREW HEIGHTS.

THERE IS STILL MUCH DUE DILIGENCE THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO DO.

WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE EXTRA COSTS ARE.

WE HAVE A LITANY OF DUE DILIGENCE ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE GONE THROUGH BEFORE WE DECIDE THIS IS EVEN THE RIGHT THING FOR THE CITY AND ANYONE UP HERE WHO SAYS THAT IT IS, OR IT ISN'T AT THIS POINT BEFORE THAT INFORMATION IS COLLECTED AS BEING, IF YOU WOULDN'T TALK ABOUT BEING DISINGENUOUS, THEY'RE BEING DISINGENUOUS, NOBODY UP HERE HAS THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED TO KNOW TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

AT THIS TIME, NOBODY HAS THAT INFORMATION.

AND IF THEY TELL YOU THEY DO THEY DON'T SCOTT, HAVE YOU PROVIDED, I'LL JUST ASK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAS ANYBODY UP HERE RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION ON DUE DILIGENCE ABOUT WHAT THIS PROPERTY OR THIS ANNEXATION WOULD MEANS WITH SAFE HEBREW HEIGHTS? HAS ANYBODY RECEIVED ANYTHING? RICHARD MAYOR, IF I MAY CHIME IN ON THIS, BUT JUST THIS QUESTION, PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTION FIRST.

OH NO.

HAS ANYONE ELSE RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION FROM OUR STAFF REGARDING THE IMPLICATIONS OR ANY OF THE DUE DILIGENCE ITEMS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THIS COUNCIL TO MAKE A RESPONSIBLE DECISION BASED ON WHAT'S BEST FOR THE, THE OF RIGHTS? UM, ANYTHING ELSE I WILL ASK YOU TO LEAVE? SO NOBODY UP HERE HAS RE I WAS TELLING YOU THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION FROM OUR STAFF AT THIS POINT TO EVEN COME ANYWHERE, CLOSE TO MAKING A DECISION.

THERE'S PROBABLY STILL SIXTY, NINETY, A HUNDRED AND TWENTY DAYS WORTH OF DUE DILIGENCE TO

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BE DONE, TO FIGURE THIS OUT.

WELL, I CAN ALREADY SEEN THAT PLAN FROM THE BELT OR WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO.

SO THE FACT THAT HE SHARED THAT WITH ME AND OTHER PEOPLE IN MIAMI COUNTY LAST SUMMER, AND YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT, I FIND THAT GAME, WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S BEEN A PLAN THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS PUT FORTH DOESN'T MEAN THAT OUR STAFF HAS PUT TOGETHER ANY INFORMATION THAT THIS COUNCIL NEEDS TO MAKE A DECISION.

I CAN'T SAY THAT ANY MORE CLEAR THAN THAT THERE WE DO NOT HAVE THE INFORMATION.

AND IF ANYBODY UP HERE SAYS THEY'VE GOT INFORMATION TO MAKE IT THE DECISION THAT'S BEST FOR HEBREW HEIGHTS, I WOULD CHALLENGE THEM TO SEE IT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE IT.

AND WE'RE STILL MONTHS AWAY FROM ANY TYPE OF DECISION.

MR. RADO.

YEAH.

MA'AM.

I JUST WANT TO SAY TO YOUR COMMENTS AND LESS THAN UNTIL I HEAR FROM THE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES, SCHOOL BOARD AND PEOPLE AT BETHEL TOWNSHIP, I WILL DEFINITIVELY SAY NO.

YEAH, SURE.

YOU, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED AT ALL IS VERY MUCH NOT INTERESTED OR AN ANNEXATION.

SO WE APPRECIATE THAT, SIR.

AND IF ANYBODY IN KUMA HEIGHTS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, WE DON'T WANT FURTHER ANNEXATION, WE'VE MADE THAT CLEAR THE LAST TIME AROUND.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

I THINK THERE'S PLENTY OF PEOPLE HERE FROM THE TOWNSHIP WHO ARE HAPPY TO SHARE HOW UNHAPPY WE WOULD BE IF THE ANNEXATION WERE TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND I THINK ALL OF US UP HERE UNDERSTAND THAT WE HEAR WHAT YOU SAID.

WE DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION TO MAKE A DECISION.

YOUR INPUT CERTAINLY IS PART OF THAT.

THAT'S ALL PART OF WHAT WE HAVE TO DISCUSS AND WHAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER, AND IT WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.

ABSOLUTELY.

MR. SHAW, THANK YOU, MARY, UH, MARY, AT THIS TIME, I WOULD ASK BOTH THE TRUSTEES TO THE MICROPHONE SO THAT MY QUESTIONS TO THEM COULD BE ON RECORD.

THANK YOU, PLEASE.

I WOULD INVITE ALL THREE OF YOU PLEASE.

SO TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I LEARNED OF A POSSIBLE DISCUSSION OF ANNEXATION, ROUGHLY ABOUT 2019 END OF 2027, SOMEWHERE IN THAT TIMEFRAME.

CAN YOU TELL ME FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, WHEN WAS THE FIRST TIME YOU GUYS HEARD THAT THAT PROPERTY WAS LOOKING TO BE ANNEXED? SO IN MAY, 2020, I HAD A MEETING ABOUT SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT WITH ONE OF THE PARCEL OWNERS.

AND THEY SAID, OH, BY THE WAY, I THOUGHT I SHOULD LET YOU KNOW MY PROPERTIES UNDER OPTION FROM HEIGHTS, LLC.

I CAN'T TELL YOU ANYTHING ABOUT IT OR I'LL GET IN BAD TROUBLE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE HEADS UP.

IT'S LIKE, OH, WELL, THAT'S NICE.

A MEETING, A ZOOM CALL TO TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS GOING ON IN THIS POINT TO BE GOING ON IN THIS AREA.

THIS WAS IN MAY BEEN UNDER OPTIONS SINCE JANUARY 20, 20, EVIDENTLY AFTER WE DID A LITTLE MORE DIGGING, OUR SCHOOL BOARD HAD HAD A MEETING WITH, UM, SOMEBODY, I DON'T KNOW, SHE'S ONLY TO GET US FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD.

THEY CAN SAY IN APRIL, 2020, BUT THERE'S NO NAME ON THAT DOCUMENT.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT SOMEBODY WAS.

WOULD THEY DID TALK ABOUT IT WITH MR. KEEBLER.

SO THAT WAS MAY, 2020.

WE PUT IT OUT ON FACEBOOK.

WE BEING ME PUT IT OUT ON FACEBOOK.

I'M SAYING, HEY, HERE'S THE PARCELS WE KNOW BECAUSE THIS ONE PERSONAL AND SHARE WITH US BEFORE THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE THAT WE'RE UNDER OPTION IS THE OPTION RAN FOR A YEAR.

IT WAS HEITZ LLC AND THAT'S STARTED IT.

SO THAT STARTED A FRENZY, AS I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL AWARE ON FACEBOOK GOES, BUT THAT WAS THE KNOWLEDGE WE HAD.

AND WE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO SHARE IT WITH OUR RESIDENTS WHEN WE GOT IT.

UM, SO THAT'S FIRST MEETING OUR FIRST KNOWLEDGE OF IT MAY, 2020.

SO LET ME ASK YOU ANOTHER DIRECT QUESTION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE ALL HEAR RUMORS OF BUSINESSES.

THIS WAS FROM ONE OF THE PARCEL.

I'M SURE IF I MAY CONTINUE MY THOUGHT HERE, UM, WE, WE ALL HEAR RUMORS OF BUSINESSES, LAND DEVELOPMENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND, AND UNTIL I GET OFFICIAL CITY COMMUNICATION, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S TRUE OR ACCURATE.

UH, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, AS I'VE STATED, SINCE I'VE BEEN AN OFFICE IN 2016, I LIKE TO DO MY RESEARCH.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, CAN YOU TELL ME THE FIRST TIME THAT ANY REPRESENTATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE INDIVIDUALS WITH CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS MET WITH YOU TO DISCUSS AN ANNEXATION? I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN MED, JULY, 2020, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DATE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

I MET WITH VIA ZOOM CALL MATT LINDSEY FROM MIAMI VALLEY, REGIONAL PLANNING CITIES, A HECKLER HASSLER DAVID HECHLER FROM TRI-CITIES, UM, MIAMI COUNTY, SANITARY ENGINEERING, DOUG EVANS, UH, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE EDC WASN'T BILL KEEBLER WAS SOMEBODY ELSE.

AND THEN ROB, SHOMER YOUR CITY MANAGER.

WE ALL SAT IN ON

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THE DEVELOPER HESITANTLY POINTED OUT THE PARCELS ON THE MAP NEEDED A LITTLE BIT OF GUIDANCE, CAUSE IT WAS HARD TO SEE ON A ZOOM CALL EVIDENTLY AND MR. HECKLER ASSURED US THAT HE COULD SUPPORT IT OR WATER AND SEWER.

BUT MIAMI COUNTY HAD ALSO DONE THE LEGWORK AND CLARK COUNTY WHO SUPPLIES BETHEL TOWNSHIP WITH OUR SEWAGE TREATMENT AND WATER.

UM, THEY HAVE PLENTY OF CAPACITY TO TALK ABOUT IT.

SO WE WERE ALL AT THE TABLE OF THE DEVELOPER, SAID THE DEVELOPERS REPRESENTATIVE SAID, YEAH, SIX TO 900 UNITS.

I DOUBT BETHEL TOWNSHIP, MIAMI COUNTY CAN HANDLE THAT.

AND MIAMI COUNTY SAID, YES, WE CAN.

SO YOU SHOULD TALK TO MATT LINDSAY AT MCRPC.

HE SET UP THAT MEETING.

HE FACILITATED IT.

AND IF ROB SCHUMER DID NOT SHOW MORE, DID NOT PASS THAT ON TO YOU THAN I AM.

BEN.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

I, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT I'VE, I'VE WENT BACK THROUGH MY CITY COMMUNICATION.

I'VE RECEIVED NO INFORMATION REGARDING THE EMAIL FROM MATT.

I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO OFF TOPICS.

I DO KNOW MATT, I HAVE WORKED WITH MATT ON A COUPLE OF OTHER PROJECTS THAT A NON BIASED PERSON TO SHARE EXACTLY WHAT WAS DISCUSSED.

EXCELLENT.

CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, I, UH, I'M IN THE SAME POSITION AS, UH, AS MR. OTTO, UH, UNTIL, UH, YOU AS THE TRUSTEES OR THE SCHOOL BOARD, UM, THE PARENTS RESIDENTS OF BETHEL TOWNSHIP, UM, COME AND TELL ME THAT 233 ACRES ON AN APPROXIMATELY ADDITIONAL 900 HOMES.

UM, INUNDATING, THAT AREA IS A GOOD THING.

UM, THEN I SEE NO WAY SHAPE OR FORM FOR IT TO BE A GOOD THING FOR HEBREW HEIGHTS.

UH, I MEAN OUR HISTORY DICTATES, UM, WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE ANNEXED.

WHY, WHY DO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO ANNEX MORE? UM, THE, THE VOTE THAT TOOK PLACE LAST MONDAY WAS A SERVICE AGREEMENT THAT WE COULD SERVICE THE AREA, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

DID BETHEL TOWNSHIP JUST PASS A, A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR, UH, LEVY OR SOME SORT OF BOND TO SERVICE THAT AREA WITH WATER AND SEWER WATER.

AND WE'RE ALL ALONG US, ROUTE 40, AND WE HAVE THE CAPACITY VIA CLARK COUNTY.

WE HAVE ENOUGH OF AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM.

WE HAVE PLENTY OF CAPACITY TO SERVICE THE ADDITIONAL SIX TO 900 UNITS, AND IT'S IN OUR SBA.

W WOULD I, WOULD I BE CORRECT IN STATING WHEN I, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SERVICES, FIRE POLICE, INFRASTRUCTURE, BETHEL TOWNSHIP, AND THE COUNTY COULD HAVE SERVICED THAT AREA WITHOUT ANY INFLUENCE OF HEBREW HEIGHTS, OUTSIDE OF A NORMAL MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT THAT WE ALREADY HAVE WITH OTHER COMMUNITY.

AND WE APPRECIATE THE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT.

SO THE STATE OF OHIO CHANGED THEIR LAWS IN 2017 FOR UNINCORPORATED AREAS LIKE US.

WE NOW HAVE TO DESIGNATE OUR FIRE AREA PRODUCTION AREA AS AN UNINCORPORATED AREA.

WE HAVE A FIRE LEVY AND A POLICE LEVY HAD TO DO IT FOR BOTH ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER.

AND SO NOW IT WILL, WE CAN ONLY SERVICE WITH THAT LEVY MONEY, THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS, WHICH AT THIS POINT, THE GAME IS EVERYTHING OUTSIDE OF VARIOUS TRAILS BECAUSE YOU HAVE DETACHED THAT AND YOU WOULD DETACHED.

UM, PARKTOWN SO THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE TOWNSHIP ANYMORE.

THERE'S ONE LIKE SIX HOUSES BEHIND THE OLD BOSS WE PLANT THAT'S STILL IN THE TOWNSHIP THAT'S INCORPORATED.

SO THAT LOVEY WOULD COVER POTENTIALLY AS WE SIT HERE TODAY, THE 233 ACRES THE RIGHT NOW, RIGHT.

THAT WILL BE 33, BUT IT, AFTER YOU, IF YOU ANNEX IT, IT WILL BE INCORPORATED WITH YOUR CITY.

AND IT WILL NOT COVER THAT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE LAW CHANGED IN 2017.

EXCELLENT.

BUT OTHERWISE YOU PROBABLY COULD SERVICE IT CAUSE WE GOT GREAT STAFF, GREAT RESPONSE.

AND WE RUN 24 7 365.

THANKS.

I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE, UH, BEING WILLING TO MEET.

I KNOW FOR THE PAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS, I'VE BEEN ASKING TO MEET WITH OUR OWN SCHOOL BOARD, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE ON A REGULAR BASIS.

I KNOW I'VE ASKED OUR CLERK OF COUNCIL TO START SCHEDULING REGULAR MEETINGS WITH YOU.

UM, I KNOW I'VE BEEN TO A, A BETHEL TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE MEETING PREVIOUSLY.

UM, I THINK REGIONAL COLLABORATION IS VERY IMPORTANT.

THIS IS ONE EXACT REASON WHY THAT WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF THAT.

AND I WOULD SAY ALL THE BETHEL TOWNSHIP SHOPS AND HE WRITES YOU, WE ARE PROBABLY ACCOUNT FOR 20% OF YOUR SALES TAX.

WE DO NOT HATE YOU IN ANY MANNER, SHAPE OR FORM.

WE JUST DON'T WANT TO BE YOU.

WE ARE HAPPY TO COME HERE AND GO TO TARGET AND WE GO TO WALMART AND GO TO KROGER AND THEN GO HOME AND HAVE SOME SPACE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME IN THE MORNING, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, I CERTAINLY WOULD TAKE YOU UP ON THAT OPTION.

HOWEVER, UM, THAT IS THE ROLE OF THE CITY MANAGER, UM, TO, TO DO AT THIS TIME, UH, UNLESS THIS COUNCIL OR HE DESIGNATES ME OR INVITES ME TO THAT MEETING.

YES, MA'AM UH, SINCE, UH, WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING.

SURE.

I HAVE, WE APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING

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TO US ANYTIME.

UH, WOULD YOU BE KIND ENOUGH TO PLEASE SEND, UH, UH, MATT'S, UH, EMAIL TO OUR CITY CLERK, UH, ANTHONY ROGERS SO THAT HE, HE'S NOT HERE SITTING IN FOR HIM RIGHT NOW.

UM, BUT YES, IF YOU WOULD SEND IT TO HIM, THEN IT CAN BE DISTRIBUTED TO ALL OF COUNCIL.

DEFINITELY.

I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.

I'LL DO IT TONIGHT.

THANK YOU, JULIE REESE.

I'M ALSO HERE TO SPEAK ON THE ANNEXATION, SO I'M GOING TO READ IT.

SO, CAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO FORGET ANYTHING.

HI, MY NAME IS JULIE REESE.

I'M FROM THE BETHEL TOWNSHIP AND FULL DISCLOSURE.

I AM A MEMBER OF THE BUFFALO LOCAL SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION, BUT I'M NOT HERE TONIGHT.

SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THEM.

UH, JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT'S ONLY THE PRESIDENT THAT SPEAKS ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD.

SO I AM HERE AS JUST A CITIZEN OF THE TOWNSHIP.

I'M OPPOSED TO THE ADDITIONAL ANNEXATION AND CREATING A CARRIAGE CHARLES 2.0 FOR THESE THREE REASONS.

AND MOST OF THIS YOU'VE HEARD SOME OF THEM YOU'VE HEARD THE SCHOOL CAN NOT KEEP PACE WITH THE NUMBER OF NEW STUDENTS ENROLLING DUE TO THE DENSITY OF THE HOUSES BEING BUILT ON THE ACREAGE THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS PREVIOUSLY STATED.

THE UNIT MIX OF SINGLE FAMILY APARTMENTS, SENIOR LIVING, PATIO HOMES, ET CETERA.

AND THE HOUSING DENSITY WILL BE SIMILAR TO CARRIAGE TRAILS.

IN THE FALL OF 2011.

THE YEAR CARRIAGE TRAILS BASICALLY STARTED BETHEL HAD 954 STUDENTS.

10 YEARS LATER, AS CARES TRAILS IS WINDING DOWN.

WE HAVE 1834, NEARLY DOUBLE AS BETH MENTIONED, UH, IN THAT 10 SHORT YEARS, SINCE 2016, THE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN COMING EVEN FASTER WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LAST YEAR DUE TO COVID, WE'VE SEEN A HUNDRED TO 130 NEW STUDENTS PER YEAR.

SO ON OUR SMALL SCHOOL, YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT IMPACT IF ANNEX, THE RAMP UP OF HOUSES WILL BE QUICKER AND CARED SHELVES 2.0 BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S ALREADY THERE, RIGHT? THEY'RE JUST GOING TO MOVE UP THE ROAD AND CONTINUE ON.

SO THE ADDITION OF A 220 TO 130 STUDENTS PER YEAR IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNINTERRUPTED.

WE BUILT A NEW HIGH SCHOOL THREE YEARS AGO AND WE WERE ABOUT TO BUILD A NEW ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE OVER CAPACITY WHEN IT OPENS IN TWO YEARS.

AND IT WILL BE OVER JUST WITH THE FINISHING UP OF CARRIAGE TRAILS, NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ADDITIONAL ANNEXATION.

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO FUND ENOUGH CLASSROOM SPACE FOR THAT MANY NEW ENROLLEES PER YEAR.

EVEN IF WE HAD BUCKETS OF MONEY, IT TAKES OVER THREE YEARS TO OPEN A NEW BUILDING.

SO WE NEED LOTS OF LEAD TIME.

SECOND REASON THE CURRENT ROAD DESIGN DOES NOT SUPPORT ADDING AN ADDITIONAL 700 TO A THOUSAND HOUSES ALONG 40.

IN FACT, THE ROADS AND SIGNALS HAVE YET TO BE UPGRADED, TO SUPPORT THE TRAFFIC THAT FLOWS TO AND FROM CARRIAGE TRAILS, WE ARE LACKING TURN LANES, TRAFFIC SIGNALS, AND THE WIDER ROADS NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE TRAFFIC, LET ALONE ADDING ANOTHER 2000 PLUS VEHICLES FROM THIS 233 ACRES, THIRD REASON.

AND THIS SHOULD HIT HOME FOR YOU GUYS BECAUSE AS WAS MENTIONED, YOU HAD BEEN ANNEXED IN THE PAST.

IT WILL CHANGE THE CULTURE OF OUR TOWNSHIP.

WE CHOOSE TO LIVE OUT IN THE TOWNSHIP BECAUSE WE LIKE RURAL LIVING.

WE LIKE GREEN SPACE.

WE LIKE LIVING A BIT FARTHER AWAY FROM OUR NEIGHBORS.

WE LIKE FARMING.

WE LIKE RAISING LIVESTOCK AND BEES.

WE LIKE SEEING FIELDS OF HAY, CORN, AND WHEAT GROWING.

AND WE LIKE THE SMALL TOWN FEEL OF OUR SCHOOL.

NOT TRYING TO SAY HE WRITES LIFESTYLE.

ISN'T GOOD, BUT DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FAULTS.

HUMOR HAS LOTS OF LAND ALREADY WAS, WHICH WAS MENTIONED THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED.

WE ARE JUST ASKING THAT YOU DO NOT COME AND TAKE OUR LAND AND TAKE AWAY OUR WAY OF LIFE.

I KNOW IT IS YOUR JOB TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR SCHUMER HEIGHTS, BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT WE ARE YOUR NEIGHBORS.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND NOT CONTINUING WITH THE SANDECK STATION OR ANY ANNEXATION IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR YOUR NEIGHBORS.

APPRECIATE THAT.

OR IS THIS OKAY FOR AN ELECTED OFFICIAL TO USE WHAT IS DEEMED GOVERNMENT SITE ON FACEBOOK? HE'S USING THE CITY'S EMAIL OR EXCUSE ME, HE'S USING THE CITY ADDRESS, THE CITY'S PHONE NUMBER.

AS FAR AS JANELL SMITH, OKAY.

TOP OF YOU SIGN UP FOR I'M SORRY, WHAT TOPIC DID YOU SIGN UP FOR SO THAT I DON'T GET TO SPEAK ON THE ANNEXATION.

IF YOU WOULD WANT TO TAKE HALF OF THE TIME FOR YOUR FIVE MINUTES YOU COULDN'T.

UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE PLENTY OF TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.

SO IF I'M GOING TO GET KICKED OUT OF THIS MEETING, I'D RATHER IT MEAN SOMETHING TO ME.

SO I'M ACTUALLY HERE TO SPEAK ON THE MAYOR USING YOUR GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL PAGE TO CAMPAIGN FOR A PERSON THAT'S ON A BOARD AND COMMISSION.

NOW WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? YOU GUYS, WHEN IS THIS OKAY, JERRY?

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HE'S ONLY JUST CHANGED HIS EMAIL ADDRESS TO DO HIS CAMPAIGN ADDRESS.

AND HE'S CAMPAIGNING.

HE'S SPEAKING FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU ON THIS DIOCESE THAT IS AGAINST THE RULES OF THE CHARTER OR THE RULES ARE THE RULES OF COUNCIL.

AND WE ALL KNOW THAT.

YES IT IS NANCY.

YES, IT IS.

REGARDLESS.

I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY SOMETHING ON THE ANNEXATION SO THAT EVERYBODY IS FULLY AWARE.

YOU ALL KNOW WHY YOU GUYS HAD THE, THE PROPERTY OWNERS COME HERE BECAUSE YOU GUYS KNEW THAT JACK AND THE PRINCIPAL OWNERS OF DEC THEIR NAME IS PRETTY MUCH MOD HERE BECAUSE EVERYTHING, ALL THE NO BID CONTRACTS, ALL THE DISNEY VACATIONS, YOU NAME IT.

IT'S NOT GOOD BUSINESS.

AND YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU DIDN'T GO TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND HAVE THEM COME AND ASK FOR THE ANNEXATION, IT WOULD NEVER PASS.

CAUSE YOUR RESIDENTS WOULD NEVER ALLOW IT.

SO LET'S BE HONEST HERE.

YOU'VE GOT DECK.

WHO'S ALSO THE PRINCIPAL OWNERS OF CARRIAGE TRAILS, THE HEIGHTS 2 0 1 CORRIDOR.

I MEAN, HOW MANY, HOW MANY LLCS DOES IT TAKE TO GET THESE PEOPLE SHOVED THROUGH? HONESTLY, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT UNLESS THEY DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE OR THEY'VE SET UP THEIR WITH YOU GUYS, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND.

WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT THE SAME INDIVIDUALS, SHAME ON YOU, SHAME ON YOU.

I'M ASKING THE PEOPLE OF HUBER HEIGHTS TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.

THIS IS BREAKING THE RULES AND YOU KNOW, BETTER AND WE KNOW BETTER.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

AND WHAT ABOUT NEXT NUMBER EIGHT? WHICH IS CITIZENS ARE REGISTERED TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS. WE HAVE NONE THIS EVENING.

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NEXT UP IS OUR NUMBER NINE SIGNATURE.

GOOD EVENING.

I HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS TONIGHT SO THAT I WANT TO GIVE UPDATES ON.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, UM, AT A PREVIOUS WORK SESSION OR A COUPLE OF WORK SESSIONS, WE HAD DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SANITARY SEWER AT JOE NETAPP.

UM, JUST TO GIVE AN UPDATE CAUSE THAT WASN'T AN ACTUAL ITEM ON A, UH, THE LAST WORK SESSION.

UM, SO MR. BERGMAN, OUR CITY ENGINEER HAS HIRED A SURVEYOR THAT'S GOING OUT AND DOING THE GRADE WORK IN BETWEEN THOSE HOUSES, UH, RUNNING THE LINES TO SEE HOW THAT CAN WORK FOR THE DIRECT CONNECTION THAT COMES FROM JANETTA TO THE SOUTH.

SO THEY ARE WORKING ON GETTING THAT FIELD DATA RIGHT NOW TO BE ABLE TO RUN THOSE.

HE HAS ALSO TALKED TO A COUPLE OF CONTRACTORS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF BORING THAT LINE, UM, SO THAT NOT HAPPENED TO DISTURB IN BETWEEN HOUSES WITHIN THAT EASEMENT.

SO THAT IS A POSSIBILITY, IT DEPENDS ON SOME OF THE GRADES, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

SO HE DOESN'T KNOW IF HE WILL HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION READY FOR THE NEXT WORK SESSION, BUT IT'LL PROBABLY BE THE ONE AFTER THAT, THAT WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION FOR RECOMMENDATION.

UM, NEXT, UM, IF YOU, UH, REMEMBER LAST WEEK RIPRAP ROAD WAS CLOSED, THE WELD TEST IS NOW COMPLETE.

EVERYTHING IS BACK OPEN AT THE END OF TAYLORSVILLE ON RIPRAP ROAD.

THE TEST WENT WELL.

WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE RESULTS BACK YET, BUT I'M TOLD IT WENT WELL.

UM, ALSO THE, UH, SUMMER MUSIC SERIES AT THE EICHELBERGER AMPHITHEATER THAT IS NOW DONE, THE LAST CONCERT WAS JUST LAST WEEKEND.

UM, SO THAT WAS A VERY BIG SUCCESS.

WE HAD A LOT MORE EVENTS UP AT THE EICHELBERGER THIS YEAR, AND THAT IS A BIG THANKS TO OUR PARKS MANAGER, JOSH KING, THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT AND THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSIONS, UH, UH, THE, THE PARKS, RECS COMMISSION.

UH, THEY PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO MAKING THOSE, UH, UH, BETTER THAN THEY HAVE BEEN BEFORE.

SO, UM, THEY'RE STARTING TO PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR ALREADY.

AND, UH, SO THAT'S BEEN A GREAT THING UP THERE.

AND THEN ALSO I JUST FOUND OUT THIS MORNING, UM, FROM THE, FROM, UH, MR. BELL, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, THE SHUTTERED VENUES GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED, UM, THEY REACHED BACK OUT TO US TO SAY THAT THERE HAS BEEN MORE MONEY IN THE POT AND THAT IF WE WANTED TO APPLY FOR MORE, IF WE HAD ELIGIBLE, UH, POSSIBILITIES.

SO MR. BELL PUT, UH, SPENT A LOT OF TIME, PUT THINGS BACK TOGETHER, SENT IT BACK TO THEM.

AND JUST THIS MORNING, WE HEARD THAT WE WILL BE GETTING AN ADDITIONAL $1.9 MILLION FROM THAT GRANT FUNDING BRINGS THAT UP TO A TOTAL OF $5.8 MILLION.

SO JUST, UH, I KNOW IT'S DESIGNATED FOR CERTAIN THINGS AND MR. BELL HAD TO GO THROUGH AND GO THROUGH WHAT THOSE ITEMS WERE, UM, FOR THE FACILITY.

BUT IF YOU TAKE THAT PLUS THE $4 MILLION IN NAMING RIGHTS, RIGHT THERE, JUST THOSE TWO ITEMS PAID FOR HALF THE FACILITY.

SO IT'S, IT'S A GREAT THING THAT, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO RECEIVE THOSE AND, UH, UH, PUT THOSE TOWARDS THAT VENUE.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TONIGHT.

I THINK IT'S GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR SCOTT REGARDING HIS UPDATE OR REPORT.

IS OUR PENDING BUSINESS WAS PAST

SEEING NONE WE'LL MOVE ON TO NUMBER 10, WHICH

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[ An Ordinance Providing For The Issuance And Sale Of Notes In The Maximum Principal Amount Of $1,740,000, In Anticipation Of The Issuance Of Bonds, For The Purpose Of Paying The Costs Of Acquiring Certain Real Property Which Will Be Used As A Site For City Administrative Offices, And Providing For General Site Preparation Thereof And Improvements Thereto, Together With All Necessary Appurtenances Thereto, And Declaring An Emergency. (second reading)]

ITEM 10 A AND THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE, THE SALE OF NOTES AND THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $1,740,000 IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF ACQUIRING A CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY, WHICH WILL BE USED AS A SITE FOR CITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES AND PROVIDING FOR GENERAL SITE PREPARATION THEREOF AND IMPROVEMENTS THERE TO TOGETHER WITH ALL NECESSARY AND PERTINENT IS THERE TO, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AT THE SECOND READING, MR. , UH, YES, THIS IS THE SECOND READING OF THIS ITEM.

THIS IS A FOR THE SALE OF NOTES FOR THIS.

AND, UM, AS A QUESTION THAT WAS BROUGHT UP LAST TIME, THIS IS FOR EXISTING ITEMS, NOT FOR ANY NEW PURCHASES AND IT WORKS.

SECOND RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ADOPT THE SIGN THIS EVENING.

IS THERE A MOTION MR. KIM MOTION TO ADOPT? THERE'S A SECOND.

IT WAS BAKER EMOTIONAL SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSIONS EVEN, LET'S IT? NO DISCUSSION JUST TO THANK YOU, SCOTT, FOR POINTING THAT OUT.

I WAS GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLARIFIED ONCE AGAIN.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? GIVE MS. PAPELES MR. KIM.

MR. LYONS, MR. WEBB, MR. SHAW, MS. BAKER.

IS ITEM 10 BEAT ITEMS CAN BE IN ORDER AS PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUE ONCE THE SALE OF NOTES AND THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF 1,000,800, $3,000 IN ANTICIPATION OF THE, OF BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF ACQUIRING A CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY, WHICH WILL BE USED AS A SITE FROM WHAT OR MORE GOVERNMENT FACILITIES AND PROVIDING FOR GENERAL SITE PREPARATION THEREOF AND IMPROVEMENTS THERE TO TOGETHER WITH ALL NECESSARY PERTINENT.

AND MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.

AND NEXT UP

[ An Ordinance Providing For The Issuance And Sale Of Notes In The Maximum Principal Amount Of $1,803,000, In Anticipation Of The Issuance Of Bonds, For The Purpose Of Paying The Costs Of Acquiring Certain Real Property Which Will Be Used As A Site For One Or More Governmental Facilities, And Providing For General Site Preparation Thereof And Improvements Thereto, Together With All Necessary Appurtenances Thereto, And Declaring An Emergency. (second reading)]

IS THERE TOO, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AT THE SECOND READING SCOTT? UM, SAME AS THE LAST ONE.

THIS IS SECOND READING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF NOTES.

UM, AND, UH, A WORD OF NOTES.

THAT'S, UH, THE NEXT ITEM AS WELL.

THESE THREE ITEMS ARE SPLIT INTO SEPARATE BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF PURCHASES THAT THEY WERE, UH, WHETHER THEY'RE BEING USED FOR GOVERNMENTAL PURPOSES OR THE POSSIBILITY OF SELLING AND DEVELOPING LATER ON.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S SPLIT INTO THREE.

10 C ITEM TENANCY, AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SALE OF NOTES AND THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF 4 MILLION, $262,000 IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF ACQUIRING APPROXIMATELY 19.5 ACRES OF REAL PROPERTY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BRAND PIKE AND FITCHBURG ROAD AND PROVIDING FOR THE SITE PREPARATION THEREOF, ALL IN SUPPORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOB CREATION WITHIN THE CITY AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AT THE SECOND READING.

THANK YOU, SCOTT.

IS THERE A MOTION, MS. BERGER? IS THERE A SECOND, MR. WEBB? I WILL SOCCER FOR MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, MS. PAL, THIS IS BERG.

MR. WEBB, MR. SHAW, MS. BAKER.

SO CAMPBELL, YES.

AND MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.

AND NEXT UP IS ITEM

[ An Ordinance Providing For The Issuance And Sale Of Notes In The Maximum Principal Amount Of $4,262,000, In Anticipation Of The Issuance Of Bonds, For The Purpose Of Paying The Costs Of Acquiring Approximately 19.5 Acres Of Real Property Near The Intersection Of Brandt Pike And Fishburg Road And Providing For The Site Preparation Thereof, All In Support Of Economic Development And Job Creation Within The City, And Declaring An Emergency. (second reading)]

SCOTT, THIS IS THE SECOND READING, SAME COMMENTS AS BEFORE.

IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT YOUR SECOND? MS. BIRD MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION MS. BELL, MR. .

11, WHICH IS NEW BUSINESS ITEM 11, A A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE VARIOUS SUBLEASE AGREEMENTS WITH THE ENTERPRISE FLEET MANAGEMENT FOR THE LEASE OF VEHICLES AT THE FIRST READING SCOTT, UH, YES.

MR. LYONS, MR. WEBB, MR. SHAW, MS. BAKER, MR. CAMPBELL, MRS. BERG.

AND THAT MOTION ALSO CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.

AND NEXT UP IS ITEM

[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute Various Sub-Lease Agreements With Enterprise Fleet Management For The Lease Of Vehicles. (first reading)]

UH, PREVIOUSLY CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE MASTER LEASE WITH ENTERPRISE FOR THE PROGRAM TO LEASE VEHICLES AS PART OF THAT, IT WAS DISCUSSED TO BRING BACK BEFORE COUNCIL, UM, THE SUBLEASES SO THE INDIVIDUAL LEASES AND EVENT ITSELF.

SO THAT'S WHAT THIS RESOLUTION DOES IS TO AUTHORIZE, TO MOVE FORWARD FOR THAT FIRST ROUND OF VEHICLES.

AND THE WRECK, UH, RECLAMATION OF THE WORK SESSION WAS ADOPTION THIS EVENING.

IS THERE A MOTION MR. WEBB? SO I MOVED FOR A SECOND.

MR. SHAWL, SECOND EMOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION THAT'S SPELLED MR. LYONS.

YES, THIS IS BEAR-ISH MR. OTTO.

ITEM 11 B AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS, VARIOUS FUNDS OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO AND AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 20 0 2 4 5 3.

MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

NEXT UP AS I'M 11 BEAT

[ 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)]

I'M 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, I GUESS THIS IS THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS LEGISLATION.

UM, A COUPLE OF NOTABLE ITEMS. UH, THE LARGE ITEM ON THERE IS, UM, BECAUSE OF THE REFINANCING OF THE AQUATIC CENTER BONDS.

UM, WE HAD TO PUT IT IN THE CORRECT PLACE TO PAY OFF THE EXISTING.

UM, AND THEN ALSO, UH, THE LEXINGTON PLACE TIF, UH, WITH THOSE REVENUES COMING IN AS PART OF THAT AGREEMENT,

[01:00:01]

THE PILOT PAYMENT THAT GOES TO THE SCHOOLS, THAT PORTION, UH, IS, UH, MISS.

UH, NOW WE HAVE THE ACTUAL NUMBERS FIELD PUT FORWARD THROUGH THERE, UM, PLUS SOME, A WATER AND SEWER ARE MAKING, PUTTING THAT MONEY IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

UM, AND, UH, THE ENERGY LEASE SALARY EXPENSES FOR THE NEW FIRE INSPECTOR AND THE ROSE MUSIC CENTER SOUND PANEL AND STATE INSTALLATION.

NOW THAT WE HAVE THE FINAL NUMBERS ON THAT AS WELL.

UH, THE REQUEST FROM MR. BELL IS TO WEIGH THE SECOND READING.

YES, THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE WORK SESSION.

THE WAY THE SECOND READING, IS THERE A MOTION TO WAIVE ANYTHING? YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR A SECOND.

SECOND SPEAKER, SECOND MOTION TO WAVE.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION WAIVING SECOND WEEK STOP MR. WEBB.

MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.

NEXT TO YOUR MOTION FOR ADOPTION.

MR. WEBB.

SO I MOVED TO TORONTO SECOND, A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ADOPTION.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION MR. SHAW? YES.

MR. LYONS, MR. WEB MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

YOU SOUND LIKE YOU'RE LIVING SOMETHING HANGING HERE.

NO, YOU'RE FINE.

[ A Resolution Accepting The Amounts And Rates As Determined By The Budget Commission Of Montgomery County, Ohio, Authorizing The Necessary Tax Levies And Certifying Them To The Montgomery County Auditor. (first reading)]

AND NEXT UP IS ITEM 11 SEATS.

I'D LOVE TO SEE A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE AMOUNTS AND RAISES DETERMINED BY THE BUDGET COMMISSION OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO AUTHORIZING THE NECESSARY TAX LEVIES AND CERTIFYING THEM TO THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY AUDITOR AT THE FIRST READING SCUP UH, YES, THIS FIRST ONE IS FOR THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY, UH, BUDGET COMMISSION.

THIS LEGISLATION SETS THE AMOUNTS AND RATES, UH, FROM THE CITY FOR THE TAX LEVIES AND CERTIFYING TO THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY AUDITOR AND WORK SESSION RECOMMENDATION WAS ADOPTIONS OR EMOTION.

LET'S TRY IT FOR A SECOND.

MICHELLE.

SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.

MR. OTTO, MR. LYONS, MR. WEB.

IS ITEM 11 AND D ITEM 11, D A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE AMOUNTS AND RATES AS DETERMINED BY THE BUDGET COMMISSION OF MIAMI COUNTY, OHIO AUTHORIZING THE NECESSARY TAX LEVIES AND CERTIFYING THEM TO THE MIAMI COUNTY AUDITOR AT THE FIRST READING SCOPE.

MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.

NEXT UP

[ A Resolution Accepting The Amounts And Rates As Determined By The Budget Commission Of Miami County, Ohio, Authorizing The Necessary Tax Levies And Certifying Them To The Miami County Auditor. (first reading)]

THIS IS FOR THE MIAMI COUNTY, UH, PORTION.

UH, SO THIS SETS THE PROPERTY TAX RATES AND DOLLAR AMOUNTS CALCULATE THE MONEY BY THE MONTH MIAMI COUNTY BUDGET COMMISSION.

IS THERE A MOTION, MOTION TO ADOPT MS. BERG EMOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY.

MS. PAL, MR. CAMPBELL.

THIS IS BERGE MR. OTTO.

MR. LYONS, MR. WEBB, MR. SHAW, MS. BAKER.

ITEM 11 E A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION 2021 R 7 0 4 1 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR BASEBALL FIELD RENOVATION AT THOMAS ST.

MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

AND NEXT IS

[ A Resolution Amending Resolution 2021-R-7041, Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into A Contract For Baseball Field Renovation At Thomas A. Cloud Park And Monita Field And Waiving The Formal Bidding Requirements. (first reading)]

CLOUD PARK, AMA NITA FIELD AND WAVING THE FORMAL BIDDING REQUIREMENTS AT THE FIRST READING.

JUST CUT.

UH, YES.

UH, AS WAS MENTIONED AT THE WORK SESSION, THE PREVIOUS RESOLUTION FOR THIS, UH, WAS WITH A CONTRACTOR THAT WAS NOT ABLE TO MEET THE TIMELINE THAT'S WE WERE LOOKING FOR, AND WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE WORK UNTIL LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER, WHICH IS AFTER THE SEASONS OF THAT, UH, THERE'LL BE NEEDED TO BE PLAYED.

SO THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE TO THE OTHER BIDDER, UH, WHICH IS LAWNS PLUS, AND ALSO, UM, AFTER MR. KING HAD WENT OUT AND MET OUT AT THE SITE AND LOOKED AT THINGS, UH, AFTER OUR DISCUSSION OF DOING MORE WORK.

UM, OUR REQUEST IS TO INCREASE THAT, NOT TO EXCEED FROM THE 90,000 TO 95,000.

SESSION, THAT WHEN WE DISCUSSED IT LAST NIGHT, I MAY, I'M JUST ONE COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS EXPEDITED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU, SCOTT.

AND THE WORK SITES RECOMMENDATION, CERTAINLY AS TO ADOPT THIS EVENING, MS. BURJ MOTION AND A SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING, SCOTT, UM, THE GIRLS' SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION ADDRESSED US AND FORMERLY REQUESTED A MULTI-YEAR LEASE IN CONJUNCTION WITH, UH, WITH THESE FIELDS BEING REDONE.

UM, ARE YOU ABLE TO REPORT THAT THAT LEASE HAS BEEN SIGNED AND THEY ARE GOOD TO GO? UH, NOW, AS WE DISCUSSED AT THE WORK SESSION, THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IN OUR REGULATIONS AND WE HAD OUR LAW DEPARTMENT LOOK AT THAT SAYS THAT THE CITY MANAGER CAN ONLY SIGN OFF ON ONE YEAR LEASES AT A TIME.

AND AS I MENTIONED, MR. KING AND THE PARKS AND REC BOARD WANTING TO DISCUSS ALL OF THE CHANGES TO THOSE PROCEDURES AND MOVE FORWARD AND BRING SOMETHING BACK TO CITY COUNCIL WITH THE LONGER TERM TO HAVE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THAT LONGER TERM.

SO THAT IS FORTHCOMING.

SO DID THE PARKS AND REC BOARD RECENTLY MEET AND HAVE THAT DISCUSSION TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE? NOT SINCE LAST WEEK'S WORK

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I DO KNOW OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CALL, UH, ADDITIONAL MEETINGS OUTSIDE OF THEIR REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETINGS.

UM, I THINK THIS COUNCIL HAS SHOWN IT TO VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE, YOU KNOW, ASSIST THIS ORGANIZATION MOVE FORWARD.

I KNOW THAT ORGANIZATION IS EAGER TO MOVE FORWARD.

UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS DONE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU, PANEL DISCUSSION.

I WOULD SIMPLY MISS MARY, LIKE TO A SECOND THAT AND SAY THAT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO SHOW THAT WE'RE ALL IN ON THIS, THAT WE ARE FULLY DEDICATED TO OUR PARKS INTO OUR LOCAL YOUTH SPORTING ORGANIZATIONS.

SO I WOULD, I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE US TO MOVE THIS, UH, EXPEDITED AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

AND THAT DISCUSSION MS. BERG.

UM, I WOULD PREFER THAT, UH, THAT'S PARKS AND, AND THE TEAMS DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET ALL THE DETAILS, RIGHT.

UH, AND THAT, UH, IT MEETS EVERYBODY'S REQUIREMENTS.

THEY DON'T NEED, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, UH, THERE'S NO URGENCY IN GETTING NICK THE LONGTERM AGREEMENT SIGNED, BUT WE CERTAINLY WANT TO GET IT DONE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT PARKS AND REC IS BUSY WORKING A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENT ISSUES RIGHT NOW.

SO, UM, I ASKED THAT WE GIVE THEM SUFFICIENT TIME TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO AND TO GET IT HERE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO PUSH THEM TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION AND TAKE THEIR EFFORTS AWAY FROM OTHER URGENT THINGS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.

SO SCOTT FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF BEAVERS AS MR. KING WORKING WITH THE PARKS AND REC BOARD REGARDING THESE LOANS TERM LEASES.

SURE.

SO, UM, I'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH MR. KING AND HE HAS HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE GIRLS SOFTBALL GROUP AND THOSE, UH, THE OTHER GROUPS, THAT KIND OF THING.

AND, UM, WE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE LONG-TERM LEASE.

JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, LIKE, LIKE I SAID, OUR CURRENT RULES THAT WERE APPROVED THROUGH A RESOLUTION IS THAT I CANNOT SIGN OFF ON A FIVE-YEAR LEASE FOR A PARK USER.

SO THAT DOES HAVE TO EITHER BE CHANGED IN THE, UM, THE WAY THE PARKS ARE LOOKED AT OR A SPECIFIC AGREEMENT THROUGH CITY COUNCIL, UM, AS WAS BROUGHT UP AT THE LAST WORK SESSION.

THE ONLY CONCERN THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OF IS LET'S SAY WE DO A FIVE-YEAR LEASE, MAKING SURE WE PICK THE RIGHT FIELDS THAT THEY WANT.

SO FOR THE GIRLS SOFTBALL THAT GROUPING DON'T SEE ANY PROBLEMS AT ALL WITH THAT THEY ARE HELPING TO TAKE OVER THE LITTLE LEAGUE FIELDS.

WHAT IF LITERALLY WANTS TO COME BACK IN TWO YEARS AND WE'VE GOT A FIVE-YEAR LEASE WITH A DIFFERENT GROUP.

THAT'S THE QUESTION END OF THINGS.

KIND OF, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OF, OKAY.

SO I'LL JUST TRYING TO RECOMMEND THAT SINCE THE SASH RECOMMENDATION IS DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING, HAVING JOSH WORK WITH THE PARK TRACK BOARD TO LOOK AT THOSE RULES AND BRING SOMETHING BACK TO COUNCILS, THAT WHAT THE, IS THAT THE PATH FORWARD? THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION.

BUT, UH, UH, IT'S COUNSEL AS WELL TO SEE IF THEY CAN FIND A QUICKER TIMEFRAME.

UH, WE'LL LOOK INTO IT.

AND NEXT IS ITEM 1100 ITEM 11 APP A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITHIN TORONTO TO PURCHASE POWER 9 1 1 SYSTEM FOR USE BY THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER AND WAIVING THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIREMENT.

AND I WOULD JUST ADD, I'M NOT LOOKING TO SKIRT ANY OF THE PROCESS.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE THAT IT IS SEEN SOME URGENCY BECAUSE I I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT MAYBE SOME OF THESE TEAMS, I GIRL SOFTBALL MIGHT BECOME, UM, CONCERN THAT WE'RE NOT IN THIS AS MUCH AS WE SAY WE ARE.

SO I DON'T WANT TO MOVE PAST ANYTHING.

I DON'T WANT TO SKIP ANY PART OF THE PROCESS.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MOVES, MOVES THROUGH AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THIS IS BERGE MRS. VERGE.

MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into An Agreement With Intrado To Purchase Power 911 System For Use By The Public Safety Communications Center And Waiving The Competitive Bidding Requirement. (first reading)]

AT THE FIRST READING, I ASKED THE CURRENT POWER 9 1, 1 SYSTEM HAS REACHED THE END OF ITS USEFUL LIFE.

SO YOU WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE UPGRADES TO MAINTAIN OPERATIONS.

AND, UH, AS WE DISCUSSED AT THE LAST WORK SESSION, HAVING THE ABILITY TO EXPAND AND MOVE FORWARD AND THE WORK SESSION RECOMMENDATION WAS ADOPTION THIS EVENING.

IS THERE A MOTION MS. BURGESS? MS. CAMPBELL.

SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION.

AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION REGARDING THE 9 1 1 SYSTEM MS. PAL, MR. OTTO? YES.

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[ A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Submit An Application For Federal Fast Act Funds Through The Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission (MVRPC) For The Chambersburg Road West Widening Improvement. (first reading)]

ZERO.

AND NEXT UP IS ITEM 11, G ITEM 11, G A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL FAST ACT FUNDS THROUGH THE MIAMI VALLEY, REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE RPC FOR THE CHAMBERSBURG ROAD WEST WIDENING IMPROVEMENT AT THE FIRST READING SCOTT.

THIS LEGISLATION IS JUST TO ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND THEN, UH, HOPEFULLY WE RECEIVE IT AND COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL FOR A WARD.

AND THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION, UH, AT THE WORK SESSION WAS ADOPTION AS BIRGIT MOVED TO ADOPT.

AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND, MR. WEBB OR WILL SECOND THE MOTION OF THE SECOND DISCUSSION MS. BERG, SCOTT, HAVE WE, UM, TALKED WITH ANYONE AT MVR RPC TO SEE IF THEY WANT TO PUT IN A COMPANION PACKAGE TO TAKE IT FROM THE CITY LIMITS DOWN TO THE BYPASS? SO, SO THE, THE WIDENING PORTION ITSELF, WE HAVEN'T HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH THEM BE RPC, BUT BIKE PATH TYPE CONNECTIONS.

UH, SO THOSE, UM, TYPE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING.

UM, MR. KING HAS HAD SOME WORK ON THAT, BUT FOR THE WIDENING PORTION, FROM THE END OF OUR, UH, UH, THE CITY LIMITS DOWN FURTHER IN THE CITY OF DAYTON PORTION, UM, THERE HAS NOT BEEN THAT CONVERSATION.

UM, IS THERE ANY REASON WHY WE HAVEN'T HAD, BUT I'LL BE WITH MR. BERGRIN IN THE MORNING AND, UH, SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY BE INTERESTED IN AS WELL, RIGHT? YEAH.

UP IS SEVEN 12, WHICH IS CITY OFFICIAL REPORTS AND COMMENTS.

THANKS, VIRGINIA.

OTHER QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, THE DISCUSSION WAS PAL MR. LYONS.

AND MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.

[12. City Official Reports and Comments]

UM, I'LL START HERE TO SAVINGS.

SO I JUST WANNA LET EVERYONE KNOW.

UH, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE FROM, BY THE TOWNSHIP, UH, COMING OUT THIS EVENING AND TALKING TO US AND, AND LETTING, UH, YOUR OPINIONS BE KNOWN REGARDING WHAT THE SITUATION IS FROM ANNEXATION PERSPECTIVE.

UH, I, UM, WANT TO ASSURE ALL OF YOU THAT, UH, WE, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR ANYBODY, BUT I CERTAINLY HEAR YOU.

UM, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR FRUSTRATIONS ARE.

UM, I GET IT.

I UNDERSTAND.

AND WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT YOUR CONCERNS ARE NOT FALLING ON DEAF EARS IN TERMS OF, UM, IN TERMS OF MYSELF.

SO, UH, I'VE, I'VE HEARD WHAT YOU SAID.

I UNDERSTAND.

I GET IT.

AND I JUST WANNA LOVE, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING HERE EXPRESSING YOUR OPINIONS.

AND AGAIN, UH, WE WILL TAKE ALL THOSE THINGS UNDER CONSIDERATION, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I DO HEAR YOU, SO I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

ANYONE ELSE SEEMING, UM, TWO COMMENTS.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD URGE, UH, MR. FORECASTS, HE CAN, YOU, IF YOU CAN REACH OUT AND ORGANIZE SOME TYPE OF A MEETING BETWEEN THEM AND US BE AT A FORMAL, UH, DECLARED MEETING WHERE WE ALL COME TOGETHER, OR JUST A, A FEW REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH SIDE, WHICHEVER WAY WORKS BEST.

I WOULD BE HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THAT.

UM, BUT I, I DO THINK WE REALLY NEED TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS TO, TO SEE EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE AT AND WHAT THEIR, WHAT THEIR VISION OF THAT AREA IS.

SO IF THAT CAN BE LOOKED AT, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, SECONDLY, UH, THE, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FIREHOUSE IS, UH, OUR DIVISION'S OPEN HOUSE THIS WEEKEND.

AMAZING ANOTHER GREAT YEAR FOR AN OPEN HOUSE.

THE WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL.

UM, I REALLY GOT A BIG KICK OUT OF THE, UH, NEW STRUCTURE THAT THEY BUILT, SO THEY CAN DO SOME LITTLE TRAINING IN IT AND IT'S, IT WAS REALLY COOL.

UM, SO KUDOS TO THE FIRE DIVISION, ANOTHER GREAT JOB.

UM, LAST I DO WANT TO FINISH UP THIS EVENING WITH A BIT OF AN UPDATE, UH, FOR COUNCIL.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS I CAN MIRROR? UM, I WILL, UH, PIGGYBACK ON MR. OTTO'S COMMENTS, UH, SEEMS TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, UH, ENJOYED A VERY SUCCESSFUL OPEN HOUSE.

UH, CERTAINLY APPRECIATE, UH, KEITH KNISELY AND HIS TEAM AND CITY STAFF ARE WORKING HARD TO PUT THAT ON FOR THE COMMUNITY.

UM, ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE, UH, WAYNE ON A HUGE WIN ON FRIDAY.

UM, HOPE THAT WINNING STREAK CONTINUES.

I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THE FUTURE OF WAYNE AND, UH, I'M GLAD TO SEE THE COACHING STAFF HAS, UH, MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS AND PULLED THAT AROUND.

UM, ALSO WANT TO, UM, UH, SUNDAY, UH, THANK, UH, THANK YOU TO JOSH KING.

UM, AND, UH, WELL, I WOULD SAY A STAFF, BUT HIMSELF, UH, FOR ALL OF HIS WORK ON OUR SUMMER EVENTS, UH, UH, ABSOLUTELY AMAZING JOB.

UM, AND I THINK HE IS BEEN EXACTLY WHAT THE CITY IS ASKING FOR.

I HOPE WHEN THE, UM, WHEN COUNCIL LOOKS AT BUDGET, UH, FOR NEXT YEAR THAT WE ARE GIVING HIM EVERY OPPORTUNITY AND MAYBE EVEN THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX ON, UH, UH, ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT JOSH CAN EXCEL IN EVERY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM AT HIS POSITION.

[01:15:02]

UM, I BROUGHT TO THIS COUNCIL A WHILE BACK A OPPORTUNITY FOR A GRANT, UH, FROM A NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES AND TIP STRATEGIES.

UM, UH, THAT CONFERENCE AND FORUM WAS RECENTLY IN SUCCESSFULLY HELD AS SINCLAIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE, OVER A HUNDRED ATTENDEES, UH, THE TALENT ATTRACTION AND RETENTION FORUM, UH, SPONSORED BY MANY INDIVIDUALS, UH, INCLUDING JOBS, OHIO MCRPC, DAYTON DEVELOPMENT COALITION.

THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND ON.

UM, IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL FORUM.

UM, WE HAD A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS AND CONVERSATION MOVING FORWARD.

UM, REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION WAS AT ITS HIGHEST.

I WAS AN HONORED TO, UH, TO BE A PART OF THE COMMITTEE.

UM, AND I, I DEFINITELY WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO COUNCIL MEMBER, BRUCE DUKE, UM, AND, UH, WE'LL, UH, SEE HER, UH, FROM, UH, CENTERVILLE.

UM, UH, THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB HELPING US THROUGH CASSIE BARLOW, LUCIUS PLANT FROM DAYTON DEVELOPMENT COALITION.

UM, IT DEFINITELY WAS NOT A ONE MAN TEAM.

IT TOOK A TEAM TO DO THIS, AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT, BUT I THINK THE HIGHLIGHT OF THIS IS PUTTING ON THIS HUGE NATIONAL CONFERENCE, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, COLLABORATION OF THE 12 COMMUNITIES THAT SURROUND THE CITY OF DAYTON, WE WERE ABLE TO DO THIS CONFERENCE, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $40 PER SUBURB THAT WAS DUE TO THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION AND FUNDRAISING AND COLLABORATION, UH, TO DO ALL OF THAT.

UH, WITH MIAMI VALLEY COMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL, WE VIDEOTAPED IT.

THIS WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED AT THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, UH, SUMMIT, UM, THAT WILL HAPPEN AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.

A FULL REPORT WILL COME BACK.

IT WILL BE, UM, DISTRIBUTED AND PARTNERED WITH JOBS, OHIO, AND A LOT OF OTHER REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, UH, FOR A, UH, A LOT MORE ACTIVITY COMING UP IN 2022.

UH, SO AGAIN, UH, I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL FOR THEIR SUPPORT, UH, CITY STAFF, UH, THAT ATTENDED AS WELL.

UM, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT, UM, BUT THE CONVERSATIONS DON'T STOP.

THERE ARE EMPLOYERS, UH, AND BUSINESSES IN THE, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN THE REGION, UM, ARE, UH, ARE TRYING TO TACKLE THIS, UH, THIS ATTENTION, UM, UH, AROUND JOB ATTRACTION AND RETENTION.

WE HAVE TO WORK SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

UM, AND I THINK WE HAVE THE EARS OF THE 12 COMMUNITIES THAT SURROUND THE CITY OF DAYTON AND THE CORE CITY OF DAYTON ITSELF.

UH, SO I'M EXCITED TO CONTINUE THAT MOVING ON.

UM, JUST WANTED TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY AND THIS COUNCIL AND UPDATE ON A VERY SUCCESSFUL FORUM.

UH, THAT WAS A VERY GOOD, UM, GATHERING.

A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION WAS SHARED, BUT ONE PIECE OF INFORMATION WAS NOT SHARED AND I HOPE IT WILL BE NEXT TIME.

AND THERE WAS A SURVEY DONE PRIOR TO THE EVENT, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, MR. KALKASKA GOT A COPY OF IT AND ANSWERED FOR THE CITY, BUT THAT SURVEY WAS DONE SHARED WITH THE REST OF COUNCIL.

AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE ALL HAD A BOAT OR HAD AN INPUT INTO THAT BECAUSE WHEN I WAS SITTING IN THE CONFERENCE AND I ASKED MR. CYR WHO GOT THE SURVEY, HE SAID, IT WENT OUT TO EVERY MAJOR CITY AND WE HOPE ALL OF THE, UH, PUBLIC OFFICIALS THAT WORK THERE.

AND THEN THAT DID NOT HAPPEN HERE, MARY, IF I MAY.

SO THE SURVEY THAT MRS. BERG IS REFERRING TO WAS SENT OUT TO THE HEADS OF THE GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS, AS WELL AS BUSINESS LEADERS, FOLKS FROM THE BASE, UM, CARE SOURCE, A LOT OF THE MAJOR, UM, LARGE, UH, BUSINESSES, EVEN THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

WE WANTED INPUT FROM THOSE HEADS OF GOVERNMENT, NOT THE INDIVIDUAL.

UM, HOW DO I WANT TO SAY REPRESENTATIVES? WELL, THAT'S YOUR OPINION, MR. SEARS SAID IT SHOULD HAVE GONE OUT TO ALL OF THE COUNCILS WITHIN THE REGION.

THE MAYOR, IF I MAY FINISH, THANK YOU.

THE FOLLOWUP SURVEY, UM, DID GO OUT TO EVERYBODY AND I APOLOGIZE IF THERE WAS ANY CONFUSION ON THAT, UM, THAT, UH, THAT, UH, UM, FINAL SURVEY DID HAVE OUR OVER AN 89% RESPONSE RATE.

UM, SO, UH, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SEND COUNCIL THOSE, UM, SURVEY, UM, INFORMATIONS THAT WAS FILLED OUT BY A LOT OF PEOPLE.

AND WE'RE FORTUNATE CONFERENCE.

UM, NOT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

MS. CAMPBELL.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME TONIGHT AND VOICED YOUR OPINION.

I BELIEVE AND HOPE THAT THE RESIDENTS OF BETHEL TOWNSHIP KNOWS WHO THEY HAVE REPRESENTING THEM.

UH, YOU GUYS HAVE HIGH ENERGY.

YOU'RE VERY SERIOUS, AND I THINK YOU HAVE THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TOWNSHIP AND THE SCHOOLS.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, AS THE MAYOR INDICATED, THERE WILL BE A DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD, AND THERE WILL BE SEVERAL THINGS TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE, UH, THAT I'VE SHARED WITH, UH, SOME FOLKS IS THE DENSITY AND THE SCHOOLS.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE TIME THAT WE DO SIT DOWN AND, AND START TO WORK THIS OUT.

UM, DOES ANYONE HERE TONIGHT, MAYBE YOU CHERRY KNOW WHEN MIAMI COUNTY IS GOING TO MAKE, UH, WHATEVER DECISION THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE?

[01:20:03]

I BELIEVE IT WAS FILED.

YEAH.

THERE'S THAT? THERE'S THE STATUTORY TIMEFRAME.

AND THEN THERE'S THE REALITY OF THE TIMEFRAME.

AND SO THEY DON'T ALWAYS GO TOGETHER, BUT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO, SO THEY SHOULD BE HERE.

SO SOMETIME GET IT, WE'LL GET IT AFTERWARDS.

THEY'RE, WE'RE REQUIRED TO SERVE IT TO US.

AND THEN SO SOMETIME IN THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER.

THANKS FOR COMING.

ANYTHING ELSE?

[13. Executive Session]