Feb 12, 2024 City Council Meeting

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OKAY.

GOOD EVENING

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

WELCOME TO SAFE HARBOR HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MEETING, REGULAR SESSION.

TODAY'S DATE IS FEBRUARY 12TH, 2024.

WE'RE GETTING STARTED AT 6:02 PM THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY CALLED TO ORDER.

AND NEXT WE HAVE OUR INDICATION

[2. Invocation - Pastor Jon Strifler Of The First Christian Church At 6114 Fishburg Road, Huber Heights, Ohio]

PASTOR, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING.

HELLO, UH, MAYOR GORA CITY COUNCIL.

IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU ALL, UH, THIS EVENING.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY JUST TO, TO OFFER SOME ENCOURAGEMENT AS WE GET GOING, UH, THIS EVENING.

I KNOW IT'S AN AUSPICIOUS MONDAY TO BE GETTING TOGETHER.

IT'S IMPRESSIVE THAT EVERYBODY IS IN THIS ROOM BECAUSE LITTLE DID YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU KNEW THIS OR NOT, BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY OUT OF ALL THE WORK DAYS IN THE YEAR.

THIS TODAY IS THE DAY THAT IS MOST OFTEN, LIKE PEOPLE WHERE PEOPLE CALL OFF, THEY CALL IN SICK AND TAKE A DAY OFF BECAUSE USUALLY, LIKE, I'M SURE YOU, LIKE ME AND MY FAMILY WE'RE UP WAY TOO LATE CELEBRATING, UH, WITH THE SUPER BOWL, RIGHT? RIGHT.

LAST NIGHT, WE ALL GOT TO WITNESS THE PINNACLE OF AMERICAN CULTURAL ACHIEVEMENT.

I MEAN, THINK OF, YOU GUYS HAVE ALL SEEN THE FIGURES, JUST THE INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND RESOURCES THAT ARE DEVOTED INTO AWARDING THIS SEVEN POUND SILVER FOOTBALL, RIGHT? WELL, UH, IN, IN THE SCRIPTURES, IN THE BOOK OF PROVERBS, THERE'S ANCIENT WISDOM THAT'S BEEN COLLECTED FOR US AND PRESERVED FOR US THROUGH THE AGES.

AND IN PROVERBS CHAPTER 22, IT BEGINS WITH THIS ENCOURAGEMENT, WITH THIS, UH, NUGGET OF WISDOM.

SCRIPTURE SAYS, A GOOD NAME IS TO BE CHOSEN OVER GREAT WEALTH FOR FAVOR IS FAR BETTER THAN MUCH SILVER AND GOLD.

A GOOD NAME IS TO BE CHOSEN, RIGHT? CHARACTER, UM, UH, INTEGRITY.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT CREATE LEGACY, THAT LASTS AND LEGACY.

UH, 'CAUSE THE REALITY IS, YOU THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT, UH, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, THE DETAILS, I MEAN, THE MAJOR STORYLINES WILL REMEMBER, BUT THE DETAILS OF EVERYTHING, WHO KNOWS? BUT I GUARANTEE YOU A GOOD NAME WILL BE REMEMBERED MUCH LONGER THAN FIVE YEARS, 10 YEARS.

A GOOD NAME LASTS FOREVER.

INTEGRITY IS TO BE CHOSEN, IS TO BE FAVORED OVER MUCH SILVER AND GOLD.

WITH THAT LOVE TO OFFER A PRAYER OF ENCOURAGEMENT FOR US AS WE GET GOING.

WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME? HEAVENLY FATHER GOD, WE THANK YOU, UH, FOR TODAY.

GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO BE TOGETHER, UH, TO, TO INVEST, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY, TO, TO TO, TO SUBMIT OURSELVES TO YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR WISDOM, UM, TO YOUR LEADING YOUR PROMPTING.

UM, AS WE WORK TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY A PLACE WHERE FAMILIES CAN FLOURISH GOD, UH, WE WE JUST ASK FOR YOUR PRESENCE.

WE ASK FOR, UH, YOUR WISDOM IN THIS TIME AND THAT YOU WOULD BE, UH, IN AND AMONG US, UH, AS WE SHARE THIS TIME TOGETHER.

WE PRAY ALL THIS IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON AND OUR SAVIOR.

AMEN.

AMEN.

AMEN.

AMEN.

[3. Pledge Of Allegiance]

YEAH.

TONY, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLE

[4. Roll Call]

MS. BAKER.

HERE.

MR. CAMPBELL.

HERE.

MRS. VERGE.

HERE.

MR. AKINS.

PRESENT.

MR. LOONEY? PRESENT.

MRS. KITCHEN.

HERE.

MR. WEBB? HERE.

MAYOR GORE.

I AM HERE.

THANK YOU.

NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER

[5. Approval Of Minutes]

AND ITEM FIVE A ARE THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM JANUARY 22ND, 2024.

UH, IF THERE'S NO CORRECTIONS OR COMMENTS TO BE NOTED, THOSE MINUTES WILL STAND AS APPROVED.

OKAY, THOSE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.

AND NEXT UP IS ITEM SIX, WHICH IS SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.

OKAY.

ITEM SIX, A HUBER

[ Huber Heights Community Cares Hometown Heroes Presentation - Mrs. Cindy Davidson Of Huber Heights Community Cares And Mayor Jeff Gore]

, DON'T BE NERVOUS.

UM, HI, I'M CINDY DAVIDSON AND I'M WITH HUB HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CARES.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SEEN US AROUND THE CITY, UM, HERE IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.

AND WE WANNA EXPLAIN WHAT HUBER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CARES IS ALL ABOUT.

REAL QUICK, SO AS YOU LOOK OVER HERE ON OUR BANNER AND IT WROTE IT, IF YOU COULD SHOW THEM OUR SYMBOL,

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OKAY.

SO YOU'LL SEE, UM, THE ICONIC RED BRICKS ARE BOUND TOGETHER TO SYMBOLIZE COMMUNITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.

THE CELTIC KNOT REPRESENTS THE UNITY AND UNBROKEN FLOW OF GOOD IN OUR CARING COMMUNITY.

THE FOUR COLORS OF THE KNOT SEGMENTS ARE TAKEN FROM THE OLYMPIC RINGS, AND OUR INDEPENDENT REPRESENT THE DIVERSITY THAT MAKES UP OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THAT SAYS, HUBER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CARES.

UM, WE AS A TEAM, AND THERE'S ABOUT 97 OF US THANKFUL FOR THAT.

WE HAVE BUSINESSES AND ALSO NONPROFITS AND NEIGHBORS, ALL MEMBERS.

UM, WE BASICALLY PLAN THE EVENTS THAT YOU SEE US DOING IN THE CITY.

WE DO THAT TOGETHER.

SO THAT'S NOT ALL ME.

IT'S A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE AND A WHOLE LOT OF WORK AND EVERYONE DONATES SOMETHING.

SO, UM, HOMETOWN HERO WAS BORN LAST YEAR, AND THIS IS GONNA BE OUR THIRD PRESENTATION FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE WENT UP TO TEXAS ROADHOUSE AND MAYBE SEEN A BANNER LIKE THAT ON THE OUTSIDE, THOSE WERE THE GENTLEMEN WHO WERE HONORED.

UM, LAST YEAR.

WE ALSO PARTNER WITH THE HUBER HEIGHTS, UM, POLICE UNION AND ALSO THE HUBER HEIGHTS POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, UNION.

AND WE DO THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THEY SEE HEROES MORE OFTEN THAN WE DO.

THEY'RE OUT THERE, THEY GOT BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND THEY'RE SEEING WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO WE, UH, REALLY, REALLY LISTEN AND KEEP OUR EYES OPEN.

SO RECENTLY WE SAW THESE TWO GENTLEMEN, AND IF YOU WOULD COME UP PLEASE.

WE SAW OFFICER INGER AND OFFICER SANCHEZ, UM, DO SOMETHING PRETTY COOL IN THE CITY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY THEIR JOB IS REALLY, REALLY HARD AND, UH, THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME, BUT THEY TOOK AN EFFORT BEYOND WHAT WE EXPECTED AND WENT OUT AND, UH, RESPONDED TO A CALL.

AND DO YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND TELL HIM ABOUT THAT CALL? TO BE HONEST, I THINK THEY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THAT.

YEAH.

UM, SO THIS IS JOE, ME AND HIM USUALLY WORK AS B PARTNERS TOGETHER.

UM, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT 11 YEARS.

I'VE BEEN AT IT ALMOST 10 YEARS, AND UNFORTUNATELY IN THIS JOB, YOU DO SEE A LOT OF THINGS THAT, UH, TEND TO GET TO YOU AND MAKE YOU SAD SOMETIMES.

AND AS A FATHER, WE DID RESPOND TO A CALL WHERE A CHILD'S BIRTHDAY GIFT WAS STOLEN.

UH, THE MOTHER WAS PREGNANT.

UM, UNFORTUNATELY THIS WAS JUST SOMETHING WHERE IT WAS VERY UNLIKELY WE WERE ACTUALLY GONNA BE ABLE TO FIND ANYBODY.

AND, UH, IT'S KIND OF ONE OF THOSE TIMES WHERE IT'S A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THE KIDS' BIRTHDAY.

GREAT.

UH, WITH MY DAUGHTER'S BIRTHDAY, I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE PERFECT, AND I REALLY FELL FOR, SO, WENT TO THE STORE, GRABBED AS MANY GIFTS AS WE COULD GET, AND, UH, ME AND JOE HERE JUST WANTED TO MAKE HIS NIGHT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

AND WE WERE VERY, VERY HAPPY TO SEE HOW MUCH SHE APPRECIATED AND BROUGHT US AMOUNT TO OUR FACES.

I KNOW THE MOTHER WAS VERY GRATEFUL.

UM, SHE'S VERY CLOSE TO HAVING HER BABY.

SHE WAS HAVING SOME ISSUES WHEN I SPOKE TO HER.

SHE WAS GONNA BE HERE TONIGHT TOO.

SO ON BEHALF OF HOMETOWN HERO, OH, THIS IS HUBER HAR BY THE WAY.

WE DO HAVE A MASCOT PERSON, BUT THAT PERSON'S ILL RIGHT NOW.

SO WE HAD TO BRING THE CARDBOARD ONE.

BUT ON BEHALF OF HOMETOWN HERO, WE, WE THANK YOU, .

I'M SURE YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANNA SAY BEFORE WE DO THIS.

YEP.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE NAME COMMUNITY CARES IS, UM, PROBABLY COULD BE SAID ANY BETTER IN TERMS OF WHAT, UH, YOUR ORGANIZATION AND THE NINE, SEVEN PEOPLE THAT IS PART OF, PART OF THE BOARD AND, AND, UH, AN ORGANIZATION DO.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT POLICING SO MANY THINGS IS TALKED ABOUT COMMUNITY POLICING AND REALLY MAKING SURE OUR OFFICERS ARE IN THE COMMUNITY AND KNOWING AND UNDERSTANDING THE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE SERVING AND PROTECTING.

AND I THINK THAT THIS IS JUST, UH, AN INCREDIBLE EXAMPLE OF TWO OFFICERS WHO ARE DOING COMMUNITY POLICING, UNDERSTANDING, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE PEOPLE THAT THEY REPRESENT, AND THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE HERE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, MADE NATIONAL NEWS.

UM, I WORK IN COLUMBUS AND I HAD SOMEONE TELL ME, OH YEAH, YOU'RE, YEAH, JUST SEE WHAT THOSE GUYS DID.

I WAS LIKE, YEAH, I MEAN, SO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT EVERYWHERE.

PEOPLE THAT, THAT, THAT KNEW ME FROM THIS COMMUNITY AND EVEN IN COLUMBUS.

SO, UH, WE JUST CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

YOU'VE REPRESENTED YOUR COMMUNITY AND, AND YOUR CITY WHERE YOU WORK BETTER, UM, THAN, THAN MOST.

AND I JUST CAN'T TELL YOU HOW THANKFUL THAT WE ARE ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THIS COUNCIL.

WE JUST ARE ARE VERY, VERY THANKFUL THAT YOU WORK FOR HUBER HEIGHTS AND, AND NO.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THANK, THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS.

IF YOU WANNA SHOW YOUR , WE ALSO HAVE A POINT.

AND I'M NOT AS GOOD AS SLICK AS THE OTHER POLICE OFFICERS.

I GIVE YOU POINT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

AND ALSO, YOU HAVE A MONETARY DONATION.

WE ALWAYS GIVE A MONETARY DONATION FOR OUR HOMETOWN HEROES.

AND, UM, SO ON BEHALF OF COMMUNITY CARE, WE WOULD LIKE TO, UM, THANK YOU WITH THAT.

AND TEXAS ROADHOUSE IS

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ANYTIME YOU GO IN TO EAT IMMEDIATELY.

CONGRATULATIONS PHONE.

HE MIGHT, THIS WILL BE HANGING OUTSIDE TEXAS ROAD HOUSE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.

SO, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S GONNA SEE YOU AND KIND OF ASK YOU QUESTIONS AND SAY, I SAW YOU , THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YEAH, CINDY, THERE YOU GO.

COME OVER.

I PROBABLY, WE WON'T SEE THE HEART CUT ALL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

JOB SANCHEZ.

THANK A GOOD, OKAY, NEXT UP OUR

[7. Citizens Comments]

UH, WE JUST HAVE ONE THIS EVENING.

UH, MR. JEFF MORFORD.

GOOD EVENING.

JEFF MORFORD, MIAMI COUNTY BETHEL TOWNSHIP.

I HOPE YOU'RE LISTENING INTENTLY TO THE PASTOR'S COMMENTS TONIGHT.

ANNEXATION ANNEX STATIONS ARE ONE OF THE MOST LIFE AND COMMUNITY CHANGING EVENTS THAT CAN HAPPEN TO A COMMUNITY WHICH ARE PERMANENT AND IRREVERSIBLE.

I WOULD LIKE TO THINK ANNEX STATIONS WERE DESIGNED TO ALLOW TWO CONNECTED COMMUNITIES WITH THE SAME GOALS COMBINED INTO A LARGER URBAN COMMUNITY.

USUALLY THE SMALLER COMMUNITY IS ASKING THE LARGER URBAN MUNICIPALITY FOR EXPERIENCED GOVERNING, LOOKING FOR HELP FROM ESTABLISHED FIRE, EMERGENCY, AND POLICE UNITS REQUIRING EDUCATIONAL ACCESS, NEEDING A SOLID INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER AND SEWAGE.

THE ANNEXATION SHOULD ALLOW FOR COMBINED PLANNING STRATEGY PROMOTED BY AND SUPPORTED BY BOTH COMMUNITIES WITH IDEAS AND PLANNING COMING FROM BOTH COMMUNITIES.

THIS ANNEXATION IS NOT ONE OF THOSE.

THE THREE MIAMI COUNTY COMMISSIONERS REPRESENTING 110,000 MIAMI COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE AGAINST THIS ANNEXATION AND DEVELOPMENT.

THE THREE BETHEL TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES REPRESENTING 5,000 RESIDENTS ARE AGAINST THIS ANNEXATION AND PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

THE 5,000 CITIZENS OF BETHEL TOWNSHIP ARE AGAINST THIS ANNEXATION AND DEVELOPMENT TO THE EXTENT THAT WE, WE VOTED TO BE TAXED TO ESTABLISH A FUND TO FIGHT UNWANTED ANNEXATION AND PRESERVE OUR RURAL LIFESTYLE.

$1 MILLION FROM THIS FUND WITH MATCHING FUNDS FROM THE STATE OF OHIO, WE'RE USED TO BUY THE PROPERTY NORTH OF CARRIAGE HILL FARM.

THIS PROPERTY WILL BE AN EXTENSION OF THE PARK, BUT OUR MAIN FOCUS WAS TO ACT AS A BLOCKADE TO ANY FURTHER HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN THAT DIRECTION.

IN REALITY, IF WE HAD THE FUNDS, THE TOWNSHIP WOULD HAVE PURCHASED ANY AND ALL LANDS BORDERING HUBER HEIGHTS TO PROTECT US FROM THESE UNWANTED DEVELOPMENTS AND ALLOW US TO PRESERVE OUR TOWNSHIP AND OUR CHOSEN WAY OF LIFE.

WIKIPEDIA, CIVIL LIBERTIES.

CIVIL LIBERTIES ARE GUARANTEES AND FREEDOMS THAT GOVERNMENTS COMMIT NOT TO A ABRIDGE EITHER BY CONSTITUTION LEGISLATION OR JU JUDICIAL INTERPRETATION.

THE RIGHT TO EQUAL TREATMENT UNDER THE LAW, THE RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL, THE RIGHT TO LIFE.

WIKIPEDIA AGAIN, DISCRIMINATION.

DISCRIMINATION IS THE PROCESS OF MAKING UNFAIR OR PREJUDICIAL DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE BASED ON GROUPS, CLASSES, OR OTHER CATEGORIES TO WHICH THEY BELONG.

DISCRIMINATION TYPICALLY LEADS TO GROUPS BEING UNFAIRLY TREATED.

IT INVOLVES DEPRIVING MEMBERS OF ONE GROUP OF OPPORTUNITIES OR PRIVILEGES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS OF ANOTHER GROUP.

DISCRIMINATION

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AFTER THE 15TH AMENDMENT, BOTH WHITE AND BLACK MEN COULD VOTE NOT UNTIL 1920 AND THE 19TH AMENDMENT WOULD WOMEN BE AFFORDED THE RIGHT TO VOTE.

PRIOR TO THESE AMENDMENTS, BLACKS AND WOMEN WERE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BY NOT ALLOWING THEM TO VOTE ON ISSUES THAT AFFECT THEIR LIVES.

EVERY DAY WE IN BETHEL TOWNSHIP ARE BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST.

WE ARE A SMALL RURAL COMMUNITY AND WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE ON ISSUES THAT WILL AFFECT OUR LIVES.

BUT ALLOWING A LARGER URBAN MUNICIPALITY TO VOTE ON ANNEXATIONS THAT WILL CHANGE OUR COMMUNITY FOREVER.

I'VE SAID IN THE PAST THAT ALL ANNEXATION REQUESTS SHOULD BE PUT ON THE BALLOT IN BOTH COMMUNITIES, NEEDING THE APPROVAL FROM BOTH COMMUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.

THE RIGHT OF CITIZENS TO VOTE IS KEY TO A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY.

FOR A GROUP TO BE NOT PERMITTED TO VOTE ON THEIR FUTURE IS UN-AMERICAN AND DISCRIMINATORY AS 250 YEARS AGO AT THE BOSTON TEA PARTY, THE ISSUE TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION.

TODAY I CALL NO ANNEXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION.

I ASK YOU AS INDIVIDUALS, I ASK YOU AS A GROUP, DO NOT ALLOW THIS DISCRIMINATION AND INJUSTICE TO TAKE PLACE.

YOU CAN VOTE NO TO THIS ANNEXATION.

THERE IS NO LAW THAT REQUIRES YOU TO VOTE YES, YOU SHOULD VOTE NO TO ANNEXATION.

IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

IT IS THE MORAL THING TO DO, AND IT IS THE ETHICAL THING TO DO.

WILL YOUR PARENTS BE PROUD OF YOUR VOTE? WILL YOUR COMMUNITY BE PROUD OF YOUR VOTE? WILL YOUR CHILDREN BE PROUD OF YOUR VOTE? PLEASE VOTE NO.

PLEASE ALLOW OTHER CITIZENS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES THE ABILITY TO ENJOY THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE THE LIFE THAT IS RIGHT FOR THEM AS YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO ENJOY THE LIFE THAT IS RIGHT FOR YOU.

TAKE CARE OF YOUR AFFAIRS.

LET US TAKE CARE OF OUR AFFAIRS.

I ALSO REQUEST THAT DEVELOPERS DO THE RIGHT THING.

DONATE THE LANDS THAT YOU'VE ACQUIRED TO BETHEL TOWNSHIP TO MAKE PARTIAL RESTITUTION FOR THE DAMAGE THAT THE PAST DEVELOPMENTS HAVE ALREADY CAUSED OUR COMMUNITY.

AND DO NOT DIRECT YOUR UNSOLICITED BUSINESS TOWARD OUR COMMUNITY.

AGAIN, YOU KNOW, OUR COUNTY, OUR TOWNSHIP, AND OUR CITIZENS OPPOSE YOUR HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENTS.

AS ALWAYS, I LEAVE YOU WITH A GOLDEN RULE.

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

THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

OKAY, NEXT UP IS ITEM

[8. Citizens Registered To Speak On Agenda Items]

AGENDA ITEM 10 A.

OKAY, NEXT UP IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE, WHICH

[9. City Manager Report]

SO WE'LL TURN THIS OVER TO MR. ZICK.

HOW ARE YOU THIS MORNING, SIR? DURING OF THIS SE EVENING? IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY, .

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, JUST A FEW ITEMS TONIGHT.

UH, I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE CITY'S, UH, WASTE HAULING.

UH, AS MANY RESIDENTS ARE AWARE, REPUBLIC SERVICES HAS BEEN STRUGGLING WITH STAFFING ISSUES OVER THE PAST MONTH, UH, MANY RESIDENTS HAVE LIKELY NOTICED DELAYED TRASH AND RECYCLING PICKUPS, AND THE CITY'S BEEN IN REGULAR COMMUNICATION WITH REPUBLIC SERVICES ABOUT THEIR SITUATION.

UM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO POST UPDATES ABOUT, UH, TRASH HAULING ON THE CITY'S FACEBOOK PAGE.

UM, BUT I DO WANNA REPORT THAT, UH, AS OF TODAY, CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER DON MILLARD, HAS SUSPENDED ANY NOTICES REGARDING TRASH RECEPTACLES BEING OUT PAST THE PICKUP DATE, UM, UNTIL REPUBLIC SERVICES HAS RETURNED TO THEIR NORMAL PICKUP SCHEDULE.

UH, NEXT ITEM IS ABOUT COMMUNITY GARDENS.

THE PARKS MANAGER, UH, SARAH MCPHERSON RECENTLY MET WITH DAVE SECOR, UH, A COMMUNITY GARDENER IN THE AREA.

UH, MR. SECOR IS AN ECOLOGIST BY TRADE AND HAS EXPERIENCED MANAGING COMMUNITY GARDENS.

UH, HE WANTS TO UTILIZE THE EXISTING GARDEN SITE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER THIS SPRING.

UH, AND AT THIS TIME, STAFF PLANS TO PROCEED WITH IDENTIFYING MORE INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING.

SO, UH, THE PARKS MANAGER WILL BEGIN INVESTIGATING THE AVAIL AVAILABILITY OF GRANT FUNDS TO ASSIST IN THE, UH, REVITALIZATION OF THE SITE.

AND, UH, REACTIVATION OF THE COMMUNITY GARDEN PROGRAM DOES ALIGN WITH PARK GOALS TO BRING CITIZENS TO THE PARKS, UH, WHILE ASSISTING IN ENHANCING THE VISUAL APPEAL OF OUR COMMUNITY CENTER.

AND THEN THE LAST ITEM TODAY, UH, OUR FINANCE RFP.

THIS WEEK, UH, CITY ADMINISTRATION ALONG WITH STAFF WILL KICK OFF THE, UH, FINANCE SOFTWARE

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UH, MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL RECALL THAT YOU APPROVED THIS PROJECT IN 2023, UH, AND FUNDING WAS BUDGETED IN 2024.

SO, UH, WE DO LOOK FORWARD TO RESEARCHING OPTIONS FOR OUR FINANCE, HUMAN RESOURCES, PAYROLL, UH, TAX AND UTILITY OPERATIONS MOVING FORWARD.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR.

THANKS, RICK.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR RICK REGARDING THOSE THREE ITEMS IN HIS REPORT? OKAY, THANK YOU.

NEXT UP IS ITEM 10

[ An Ordinance To Approve An Economic Development Plan And To State That The City May Hereafter Proceed With Approval Of A Tax Increment Financing Incentive District. (second reading)]

GREAT COMMENTS? YES.

UH, COUNSEL WILL, UH, RECALL THIS IS THE WAVERLY PLACE TIFF, UH, WHICH IS 97 UNITS.

UM, THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.

OKAY.

SO, UH, WORK SESSION RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ADOPT THE ITEM THIS EVENING, AND WE DO HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S REGISTER TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

SO, UH, IF THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND WE GET INTO THE DISCUSSION, THEN WE'LL CALL MR. CLARK TO THE PODIUM AS WELL.

MARK, MOTION TO ADOPT.

IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY, SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.

YES, MR. CLARK.

WELCOME BACK, SIR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, GOOD EVENING, SIR.

AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, LAST TIME I SPOKE CONCERNING THIS MATTER, UH, I MUST ADMIT I WAS NOT AS WELL VERSED OR PREPARED, UH, TO ADDRESS SOME OF, UH, YOUR QUESTIONS OR, UH, OR PROPOSALS.

MR. BURGESS, UH, REBUFF CONCERNING ARCHITECTURE OF SINGLE FAMILY, UH, HOMES IN THE AREA, MR. WEBB, HE, UH, UH, RE A RECOLLECTION OF HIS CONCESSIONS MADE BY THE DEVELOPER TO APPEASE THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE OAKS LAST YEAR TO SUPPORT THIS REZONING EFFORT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THE SECOND READING OF THIS, UH, ISSUE, UH, CONCERNING THE WAVERLY PLACE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

FIRST, LET ME SAY THAT I MET WITH BOTH OUR CITY MANAGER AND OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER BEFORE COMING BACK AGAIN THIS EVENING.

SO, UM, WITH THAT SAID, IF, UH, IF I UNDERSTAND THE TAX INCENTIVE, UH, FINANCING PROCESS PROCESS, UH, THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR SUBSIDIZING THE DEVELOPMENT IMPROVEMENT CONCESSIONS THAT WERE MADE.

UH, FIRST LET ME RECOUNT FOR YOU WHAT THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF A TAX INCENTIVE FINANCING PROGRAM IS.

UH, SO I DID MY RESEARCH AS WELL.

I WENT AND GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THIS TAX, UH, INCENTIVE FUND, UH, FINANCING IS.

UH, ORIGINALLY THE INTENT OF IT WAS TO FINANCE, UH, WAS A FINANCING PROGRAM.

IT WAS ESTABLISHED TO STIMULATE PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN A DELIGHTED AREA, UH, THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED TO BE IN NEED OF ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION.

THE AREA ON BELL FOUNTAIN DOES NOT QUALIFY AS A DELIGHTED AREA.

THE PEOPLE IN THAT COMMUNITY ARE VERY WELL, UH, MOST OF THEM, IF NOT ALL, ARE VERY, UH, MIDDLE CLASS.

THEY ARE NOT IN A TAX DEPRAVED AREA.

BY THAT NO STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION.

WHEN A COMMUNITY DESIGNATES AN AREA AS A TIFF DISTRICT, THE PROPERTY VALUE OF ALL THE REAL ESTATE WITHIN ITS BOUNDARIES, EXCUSE ME, THOUGHT I TURNED IT OFF.

I APOLOGIZE.

, LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN.

I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

UH, WHEN A COMMUNITY, AS I WAS SAYING, STATES, UH, DESIGNATES THE AREA AS A TIF DISTRICT, THE PROPERTY VALUE OF ALL THE REAL ESTATE WITHIN ITS BOUNDARIES AT THAT TIME IS DESIGNATED AS THE BASE VALUE.

NOW, WITH THAT BEING STATED, THIS IS THE AMOUNT THAT IS SET.

UH, UH, THIS IS THE AMOUNT THAT FOR A SET AMOUNT OF YEARS, USUALLY, IN MOST CASES IT'S 20 TO 25 YEARS.

IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE'RE TALKING 30 YEARS FOR THIS TIF THAT WE'RE, WE'RE CONSIDERING, WHICH GEN, WHICH GENERATES REVENUE THROUGH THE COMMUNITY PROPERTY TAX PROCESS, EVERYTHING OVER AND ABOVE THE BASE VALUE THROUGH AN INCREASE IN VALUE OF EXISTING REAL ESTATE.

AND NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THAT TIMEFRAME GOES INTO A SEPARATE FUND.

AND THAT'S THE FUND THAT THE MAYOR MENTIONED.

THE OTHER, UH, LAST TIME I WAS HERE, THAT 5 MILLION, THE 5 MILLION, THE, UH, MILLION AND, UH, 1.4 MILLION FOR, UM, ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION.

OKAY? AND IT GOES INTO A SEPARATE FUND AND THAT COMMUNITY AND CAN BE USED TO INCENTIVIZE

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SO THE BORROWING CAPACITY IS BASED UPON THAT FOR THE DEVELOPER, UH, BY COMMITTING ALL NORMAL, BY COMMITTING ALL NORMAL YEARLY FUTURE REAL ESTATE TAX INCREASES FOR EVERY PARCEL IN THAT TIFF DISTRICT FOR THE NEXT 20 TO 25 YEARS.

LIKE I SAID, IN THIS CASE, WE'RE TALKING 30 ALONG WITH ANTICIPATED, ANTICIPATED, ANTICIPATED NEW TAX REVENUE EVENTUALLY COMING FROM THE PROJECT OR PROJECTS THEMSELVES.

WITH THAT IN MIND, THE TIFF IS DESIGNATED TO CHANNEL FUNDS TOWARD IMPROVEMENTS IN DISTRESSED, UNDERDEVELOPED, AND UNDERUTILIZED PARTS OF A JURISDICTION WHERE DEVELOPMENT MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE HAPPEN.

I RESTATE THAT AREA IS NOT THAT TIFS CREATE THIS PERSONA.

THIS PARTICULAR TIF CREATES A PERSONA OF FUNDING FOR PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROJECTS BY BARR AGAINST THAT FUTURE INCREASE IN THESE TAX PROPERTY REVENUES.

AS I UNDERSTOOD THE TIFF WITH, UH, CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AS WELL AS THEIR ASSISTANT, AS WELL AS THE CITY MANAGER, YOU'VE ATTEMPTED TO PROTECT THE CITY AGAINST SOME OF THE PITFALLS OF THIS NORMAL TIFF BY, UH, TIFF OF PAYING FOR IMPROVEMENTS LONG TERM, EVEN IF TAX REVENUE GENERATIONS ARE LESS THAN THAT WERE PROJECTED.

AND, AND SO WITH WHAT THIS BOILS DOWN TO IS THAT THE DEVELOPER PRETTY MUCH STATED TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE COUNCIL, I'M NOT GOING TO DEVELOP UNLESS I HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA HA HELP SUPPORT ME.

WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS AND THE CONCESSIONS THAT WERE BEING MADE, THAT TIF TO SUPPORT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, THEY WOULD NOT DESIRE TO MOVE FORWARD.

THE DEVELOPER WOULD NOT, IF THE CITY COUNCIL HADN'T, WAS THIS WAS NOT ON THE BALLOT TO BE OR IN, IN FRONT OF YOU TO BE CONSIDERED.

MR. MAYOR HAS SPOKEN, UH, AS I STATED IN THE LAST MEETING, NO ONE, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE SIR IN THE COMMUNITY HAS SPOKEN IN SUPPORT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.

UH, BY THE WAY, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I HAD PEOPLE THAT WERE LISTENING LAST WEEK.

I GOT A EMAIL, SURPRISINGLY TO ME, UNSOLICITED FROM THE SMITHS, BOTH BRAD AND CINDY, STATING THAT, UH, THEY DID NOT ACQUIT ACQUIESCE TO THESE CONCESSIONS.

THEY ARE STILL STATING THAT THEY WERE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THE TIFF AND THE CONCESSIONS THAT WERE MADE.

UM, SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I WOULD STRONGLY URGE THE COUNSEL TO HALT ANY FURTHERANCE OF THIS TIFF MATTER.

UM, AND WITH THAT IN MIND, THE LAST THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THAT, UM, I DID DO, I DID DO MY RESEARCH ON THE TIF AND THERE ARE, THERE ARE MORE CONS AGAINST A TIF FUNDING THAN THERE ARE, UH, PROS FOR IT.

AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OUR CONCERN AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE WAY WE'RE GOING ABOUT FUNDING THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD NOT GO FURTHER, UH, WITHOUT THAT TYPE OF SUPPORT AND CONCESSIONS THAT WERE MADE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY.

COUNTY, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLE PLEASE? MS. BAKER? YES.

MR. CAMPBELL? YES.

MRS. BERG? YES.

MR. AKENS? NO.

MR. LOONEY? YES.

MRS. KITCHEN? NO.

MR. WEBB? YES.

MR. DAVIDSON? YES.

MOTION CARRIES SIX TO TWO.

MIX UP IS ITEM NUMBER 11 UNDER NEW BUSINESS.

WE HAVE A 10.

10 B, 10 B.

OH, I'M SORRY.

I MISSED 10 B I'M SO SORRY TO INTERRUPT.

ITEM 10

[ An Ordinance Amending Certain Sections Of Part One, Administrative Code, Title Five Administrative, Chapter 171 Bidding And Purchasing, Of The Huber Heights Codified Ordinances. (second reading)]

YEAH.

UH, AS COUNSEL WILL RECALL, UH, FINANCE DIRECTOR JIM BELL AND MYSELF, UH, PRESENTED THIS TO COUNCIL

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UH, IT IS TO INCREASE OUR BID AND PROCUREMENT LIMITS, UM, FROM THE CURRENT 25,000 TO THE STATE LIMIT OF 75,000.

UM, THIS WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO BE A LITTLE MORE EFFICIENT, UH, IN PURCHASING ANY SERVICES UNDER $75,000.

THANK YOU.

WE'RE, UH, WORK SESSION RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HAD WAS TO ADOPT, DECIDED THIS EVENING.

IS THERE A MOTION NANCY, MOVE TO ADOPT TO SECOND DON? I WILL.

SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? TONY? MR. CAMPBELL? YES.

MRS. BURGE? YES.

MR. AKINS? YES.

MR. LOONEY? YES.

MRS. KITCHEN? YES.

MR. WEBB? YES.

MR. DAVIDSON? YES.

MS. BAKER? YES.

MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO.

NOW WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 11, OUR NEW BUSINESS ITEM 11 A ITEM 11 A.