Feb 20, 2024 Council Work Session

THE MICS ARE VERY DIRECTIONAL, SO YOU HAVE TO BE HEAD ONTO THE MIC FOR IT TO PICK UP.

SO, UH, THERE, ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

AND I KNOW WE LIKE TO TURN OUR HEAD AND LOOK AT WHO WE'RE TALKING TO AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO JUST BE AWARE OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE SPEAKING INTO THE MICROPHONE BEST WE CAN.

SO, THANK YOU.

UH,

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WE HAVE ONE, UH, AGENDA ITEM OR ONE SET OF MINUTES FROM, UH, FEBRUARY 6TH, 2024.

THOSE HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO EVERYBODY.

SO IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS ABOUT THOSE MINUTES, PLEASE LEMME KNOW.

AND NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS THE REASON, AGAIN, THAT WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING.

SEEING NONE, THOSE MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 6TH, 2024 ARE APPROVED.

[ City Manager Report]

AND THAT'S TO TALK ABOUT THE FOLLOWING AGENDA ITEMS. AND WE WILL GET STARTED WITH ITEM THREE A, WHICH IS OUR CITY MANAGER REPORT.

RICK, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

HOW ARE YOU? DOING GREAT.

THANKS, MAYOR.

UH, WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT APPLICATIONS FOR THE STAR-SPANGLED HEIGHTS INDEPENDENCE DAY EVENT, WHICH IS BEING HELD ON JUNE 29TH THIS YEAR, ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

UH, THESE INCLUDE PARADE VENDOR AND FOOD TRUCK APPLICATIONS.

UM, FOOD TRUCK VENDORS WILL NEED TO BE LICENSED THROUGH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND THEN, UH, BE ON THE LOOKOUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR, UH, FARMER'S MARKET APPLICATIONS.

UH, LAST WEEK THE CITY RECEIVED RESPONSES FOR THE DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

ON BEHALF OF THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION, UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY ESTABLISHING A REVIEW COMMITTEE TO EVALUATE THOSE PROPOSALS AND EXPECT TO BEGIN THAT REVIEW THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH.

UM, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, ON APRIL 8TH, UH, THIS YEAR, THERE WILL BE A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE VISIBLE IN THE US.

HUBER HEIGHTS FALLS WITHIN THE ZONE THAT WILL EXPERIENCE THIS EVENT.

UH, IT'S EXPECTED TO BRING VISITORS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

I THINK I SAW AN EMAIL TODAY THAT ALL THE HOTELS ARE ALREADY BOOKED.

UM, SO DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR A HIGH VOLUME OF VISITORS, UH, HUBER HEIGHTS POLICE AND FIRE DIVISIONS HAVE BEGUN PLANNING FOR THIS.

UH, THE COUNTY FIRE CHIEFS ARE MEETING TOMORROW, TOMORROW FOR REGIONAL PLANNING, AND WE HAVE AN INTERNAL PLANNING MEETING NEXT THURSDAY.

UM, AND THEN LASTLY, THE HUBER HEIGHTS POLICE DIVISION'S HOSTING A COFFEE WITH A COP ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH FROM 9:00 AM TO 11:00 AM UH, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET OUR POLICE OFFICERS.

AND THEN, UH, I GUESS IF YOU BUY A DRINK DURING THE EVENT, YOU GET A FREE DONUT.

WHERE'S THAT? OH, GREAT.

I'LL FIND OUT BEFORE THE END OF THE MEETING.

I DIDN'T PUT IT IN HERE, AND NOW I GOTTA LOOK IT UP.

READY TO GO.

NANCY COFFEE.

ACTUALLY, I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S A DUNKING DONUTS, SO IT'S COFFEE.

IF IT'S NOT, I'LL CORRECT MYSELF.

ANYTHING ELSE, RICK? OR IS THAT ALL, THAT'S ALL.

SORRY.

THAT'S, THANK YOU.

NEXT UP IS ITEM THREE B, WHICH IS THE TRI-CITIES NORTH REGIONAL WASTEWATER AUTHORITY PRESENTATION.

ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR RICK OR ANYTHING HE ADDRESSED DURING HIS REPORT? OKAY, WE'LL GET MOVING FORWARD.

[ Tri-Cities North Regional Wastewater Authority Presentation]

BRIAN, UH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

UH, TONIGHT I'D LIKE TO WELCOME, UH, MR. DANNY KNIFE TO THE PODIUM.

UH, DANNY IS OUR, UH, GENERAL MANAGER OVER AT TRI-CITIES.

UH, AND AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN, UH, ASKING, UH, COUNCIL TO CONSIDER SEVERAL THINGS WITH RELATION TO THE PLANT, AND MOST RECENTLY WAS A, UH, RATE INCREASE.

UH, DANNY WILL GIVE, UH, COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY A PRESENTATION TONIGHT TO EXPLAIN WHY THAT'S HAPPENING, UH, AND WHAT THE CITY AND THE CITIZENS CAN EXPECT IN THE FUTURE WITH RESPECT TO THE PLANT AND, UH, WHY WE'RE ASKING COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THESE TYPES OF MEASURES.

SO, DANNY, IF YOU WOULD, OKAY, THANK YOU, BRIAN, FOR THAT INTRODUCTION.

UH, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, MR. CITY MANAGER, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.

UH, I DO APPRECIATE IT.

UH, THIS PRESENTATION'S GONNA BE ABOUT 15 TO 20 MINUTES LONG.

SO YOU, YOU HAVE ME FOR THAT LONG.

UH, AGAIN, TRI-CITIES NORTH REGIONAL, UH, WASTEWATER AUTHORITY.

UH, SO I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF 'EM GOING, UH, CURRENTLY, BUT WE HAVE TWO IN PARTICULAR THAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT.

IT IS OUR EQUALIZATION AND COLLECTION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

UH, TO SHORTEN THAT, I'M GONNA CALL IT THE EQ PROJECT FOR THE NEXT FEW MINUTES.

UH, WE WANNA GIVE AN UPDATE ON OUR PLANT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, UH, THAT WE'RE UNDERTAKING,

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UH, TALK ABOUT PAST AND FUTURE RATES, AND THEN JUST FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND HOW WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR THESE TWO PROJECTS.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR QUESTIONS AT THE END.

UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW EVERYTHING WORKS HERE IN HUBER, BUT IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS IN THE MOMENT, FEEL FREE TO ASK ME AND, AND WE CAN JUST DISCUSS 'EM AS WE GO.

UH, SO THE SLIDE RIGHT HERE, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU, UH, AN AERIAL OF OUR TREATMENT FACILITY.

SO WE'RE LOCATED DOWN AT THE CORNER OF 2 0 2 AND NEED MORE ROAD.

UH, WE SERVICE VALIA TIP CITY IN HUBER HEIGHTS.

UH, AS YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN, HUBER HEIGHTS IS AROUND A 53% CUSTOMER.

SO 53% OF THE FLOW THAT WE EXPERIENCED, UH, DOWN TO THE PLANT COMES FROM HUBER HEIGHTS.

UH, THIS AREA RIGHT HERE, THIS, UH, SHOT WAS FROM ABOUT 400 FEET IN THE AIR.

SO JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW LARGE OUR FACILITY IS, UM, IF YOU CAN PICTURE, UH, YOUR WATER PLANT HERE IN TOWN, UH, WE CAN PROBABLY FIT, UH, SIX OR SEVEN OF THOSE WITHIN THE FENCE OF OUR TREATMENT FACILITY.

SO WE ARE A LARGE, UH, SEWER DISTRICT.

UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON TRI-CITIES.

UH, SO WE WERE CONSTRUCTED IN 1985, OWNED AND OPERATED, UH, BY THE MIAMI CONSERVANCY DISTRICT UNTIL 1996.

UH, THEY WANTED OUTTA THE WASTEWATER BUSINESS, AND THEY SOLD TO THE THREE CITIES AT THAT POINT.

SO WE WERE FORMED IN 1996.

WE ARE A, UH, UH, JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT, UH, LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY.

SO WE ARE OUR OWN, UH, LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

OUR SERVICE AREA IS TIP CITY, VANDALIA COOPER HEIGHTS.

WE SERVE AROUND 67,000 REST, UH, RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA.

UH, WE, WE, UH, CAN TREAT UP TO 4 BILLION GALLONS OF WASTEWATER.

THAT'S BI A BILLION WITH A B, UH, 4 BILLION GALLONS OF WASTEWATER PER YEAR.

THAT EQUALS AROUND 11 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.

SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE, ONE OF YOUR WATER TOWERS IS AROUND A MILLION GALLONS.

WE'RE GETTING 11 OF THOSE EVERY SINGLE DAY, UH, IN WASTEWATER DOWN IN THE PLANT.

UH, AGAIN, UH, WE'RE GONNA REITERATE SOME OF THESE THINGS THROUGHOUT, BUT WE'RE THE THIRD LARGEST SYSTEM IN, UH, IN THE MBR PC'S PLANNING RANGE BEHIND THE CITY OF DAYTON AND THE COUNTY.

SO, AGAIN, IT'S A VERY LARGE, UH, WASTEWATER SYSTEM.

UH, WE OWN AND LEASE AROUND 600 ACRES IN TIP CITY, WHERE WE APPLY, UH, THE BIOSOLIDS THAT ARE PRODUCED AT THE PLANT.

ABOUT 10 MILLION GALLONS OF THOSE EVERY YEAR GET, UH, CHISELED INTO THE FARM FIELDS.

UH, AND THEN AGAIN, HUBER HEIGHTS IS A 53% PARTNER, UH, OF OUR ORGANIZATION BASED ON THE FLOW TO THE PLANT.

UH, SO I KNOW YOUR TIME'S FRESHEST, WE'RE GONNA GET RIGHT INTO IT.

SO THE FIRST PROJECT WE'RE WORKING ON IS OUR EQ AND COLLECTION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

UH, THAT PROJECT'S GONNA BE SPLIT INTO TWO PHASES.

UH, THE PICTURE YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT ARE TWO TANKS.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UH, ON FIRST STREET IN TIP CITY UP BY KYLE PARK.

UH, THOSE TANKS ARE ABOUT 3 MILLION GALLONS EACH.

AND, UH, THEY, THEY COLLECT, WE PUMP THE, THE WATER DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS LIKE OUR SIX, SIX OR SEVEN HIGHEST RAIN EVENTS OF THE YEAR WHEN WE SEE PROBLEMS. SO INSTEAD OF LETTING THAT WATER SPEW OVER INTO THE GROUND, BECAUSE THE COLLECTION PIPES ARE FILLED, UH, WE PUMP IT UP INTO THOSE TANKS AND WE STORE IT THERE AND SELL THE RAIN EVENTS OVER, AND THEN WE JUST SLOWLY RELEASE IT BACK TO THE PLANT.

WHAT THAT DOES IS IT ALLOWS, UH, IT DOESN'T ALLOW ANY SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOWS TO OCCUR DURING THAT TIME.

SO WE HAVE A SECOND PHASE TO THIS PROJECT, WHICH WE'LL GO MORE INTO, UH, THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT, THE MAP YOU SEE, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA REROUTE 9,000 FEET OF 30 INCH CONCRETE SEWER LINE IN HUBER HEIGHTS FROM CHAMBERSBURG ROAD DOWN TO OUR PLANT, UH, ON NEEDMORE ROAD.

UH, JUST SOME OF THE GOALS, UH, FOR THIS PROJECT.

UH, WE WANT TO ACHIEVE LONG-TERM, FEDERAL AND STATE EPA COMPLIANCE.

SO, UH, AND WE HAVE TO ELIMINATE ALL SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOW LOCATIONS.

THE U-S-E-P-A TOLD US IN 2010 THAT WE CANNOT, UH, DISCHARGE ANY MORE SANITARY SEWER WASTEWATER ONTO THE GROUND.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS DURING THESE HEAVY RAIN EVENTS.

UH, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE THREE MEMBER CITIES.

UH, WE WANT TO INCREASE OUR SYSTEM RELIABILITY AND RESILIENCY, UH, ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY OF SEWAGE AND BASEMENTS.

UH, WE SEE SOME, SOME AREAS LIKE THAT IN THE APACHE VILLAS HERE IN HUBER HEIGHTS.

WE GET SOME BACKUPS OVER IN THAT AREA.

SO, AND THEN JUST INCREASE OUR SYSTEMS, UH, CAPACITY DURING THESE WET WEATHER EVENTS.

I WANTED TO SHOW YOU ALL WHAT, UH, A SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOW LOOKS LIKE.

THIS WAS AT THE CORNER OF JOHNSON STATION IN LITTLE YORK ROAD.

THIS WAS CALLED INTO ME TWO YEARS AGO AS A WATER MAIN BREAK.

UH, THIS IS NOT A WATER MAIN BREAK.

UH, THIS IS, UH, AGAIN, WHEN OUR SYSTEM GETS OVERLOADED WITH WATER DURING THESE RAIN EVENTS, IT HAS NOWHERE TO GO AND IT RELEASES OUT OF THE MANHOLE.

UH, OUR CHRONIC SSO LOCATIONS CURRENTLY ARE IN THE TAYLORSVILLE METRO PARK, AND THEN CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION OF CHAMBERSBURG ROAD AND RIPRAP ROAD.

AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE, A LETTER ON THE LEFT IS A 2010 U-S-E-P-A ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER, UH, MANDATING THAT WE ELIMINATE ALL SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOW LOCATIONS.

2010, WE WERE REPORTING ABOUT 90 TO A HUNDRED OF THESE EVERY YEAR BECAUSE OF THE WORK WE'VE DONE SINCE THEN.

UH, WE'VE GOT THAT DOWN TO ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE PER YEAR, BUT WE HAVE TO GO 24 MONTHS CONSECUTIVELY WITHOUT, UH, WITHOUT A VIOLATION.

SO, UH, UNTIL WE DO THIS WORK, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THOSE ORDERS.

UH, IN 2022, THE OHIO EPA, UH, THE, THE LETTER ON THE LEFT, UH, NOTIFIED US THAT WE WERE IN VIOLATION, AGAIN, JUST DUE TO SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOWS.

WE CAN'T HAVE ANY.

SO IF WE REPORT ONE, WE'RE IN VIOLATION.

SO THE WAY WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THAT VIOLATION WAS JUST TO PRESENT THEM OUR

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PLAN, OUR FIVE AND 10 YEAR PLAN ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO, UH, ELIMINATE ALL OF THOSE OVERFLOWS.

SO WE GET RIGHT INTO THE EQ PROJECT.

UH, THE FIRST PHASE, AGAIN, WE'VE GOT THE TWO TANKS CURRENTLY IN TIP CITY.

THAT WAS PART OF OUR 2010 MASTER PLAN.

SO WE WENT UNDER THE ORDERS, AND THEN IN 2010, WE CONDUCTED A MASTER PLAN TO SEE, HEY, HOW DO WE GET OUT OF THESE ORDERS? SO THE FIRST PHASE, UH, THAT WAS FINISHED IN 2015 WAS CONSTRUCTING THE, THE TANKS IN TIP CITY.

UH, AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO NOW IS WE'RE GOING TO PUT TWO MORE OF THOSE TANKS IN THE TAYLORSVILLE METRO PARK, BECAUSE WE DID A, UH, WE DID A MODELING, UH, STUDY IN 2021 THAT SHOWED THAT THAT'S THE LOCATION DOWN IN THAT PARK TO CAPTURE THE WATER AND ELIMINATE ALL OF THOSE SSO LOCATIONS.

SO IF YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE MAP ON THE LEFT SIDE, YOU CAN SEE 70, 75 INTERCHANGES RIGHT IN THE CENTER.

UH, YOU GUYS ALL KNOW WHERE THE TAYLORVILLE METRO PARK IS, SO WE'RE GONNA BE DOWN IN THE DAM, UH, DOWN THERE.

WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM, UH, CURRENTLY THE CONSERVANCY DISTRICT TO GET A LONG-TERM, UH, LAND AGREEMENT TO PUT THOSE TANKS ON.

SO IT, IT'S NOT EVERY DAY YOU GO TO YOUR NEIGHBORS AND SAY, HEY, CAN WE, CAN WE PUT A 7 MILLION GALLON, UH, SEWER TANK IN YOUR BACKYARD? AND BY THE WAY, THE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S MAKING US DO IT.

SO THEY, THEY'VE BEEN GREAT PARTNERS ON THIS.

UH, WE JUST CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH.

SO, TO GIVE YOU KIND OF AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO DOWN IN THE METRO PARK, IN TERMS OF THIS FIRST PHASE, UH, IF YOU CAN PUT YOURSELF ON THE VERY RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN, KIND OF WHERE THE BLACK IS.

IMAGINE THAT'S THE TAYLORSVILLE DAM.

SO YOU'RE DRIVING ACROSS TO HUBER HEIGHTS, AND YOU'RE GONNA PULL DOWN IN THE PARK, AND WE'RE GONNA GO DOWN IN THERE IN BETWEEN, IN BETWEEN THE LEVEE AND THE HIGHWAY.

AND WE'RE GONNA PUT THOSE TWO TANKS.

UH, WE'RE GONNA COLLECT THE WATER AS IT GETS TO A CERTAIN POINT IN OUR SEWER PIPE, IT'S GONNA SPILL OVER INTO A PUMP STATION.

WE'RE GONNA PUMP IT UP INTO THOSE TWO TANKS.

THEY'RE GONNA BE 180 FEET WIDE BY ABOUT 30 FEET TALL.

SO THEY'RE GONNA BE FAIRLY LARGE TANKS.

THEY'RE GONNA HOLD 6.8 MILLION GALLONS OF WASTEWATER.

SO THE SECOND PHASE OF THIS PROJECT IS GONNA START, UH, AROUND OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR.

AND THIS IS OUR SEWER REROUTE PROJECT.

SO, AGAIN, THE MODELING SHOWED THAT THE TANKS IN THE, IN THE METRO PARK, UH, WILL ELIMINATE MOST OF THE SSOS, BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION OF CHAMBERSBURG AND RIP WRAP.

SO IF YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP OF, UH, OF THE, UH, PICTURE ON THE RIGHT OF THE MAP ON THE RIGHT, WHERE ALL OF THE ARROWS COMING DOWN, KIND OF FORM A Y WELL, THAT'S WHERE TIP CITY AND VANDALIA ARE COMING DOWN, UH, TO RIP RAP ROAD AND MAKING THEIR WAY DOWN TO OUR PLANT.

AND IF YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE RED X IS ON THE RED PICTURE, THAT'S CHAMBERSBURG ROAD.

SO THAT'S WHERE HUBER HEIGHTS, UH, COMES AND ENTERS OUR SYSTEM.

AND RIGHT THERE, DURING THESE RAIN EVENTS, YOU'VE GOT TIP CITY AND VANDALIA COMING DOWN.

HUBER HEIGHTS MEETS 'EM, AND WE'VE GOT A HYDRAULIC BOTTLENECK RIGHT THERE.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT WAS, THAT WAS FINE 40 YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW, WE WERE BUILT FOR 30 YEARS.

WELL, 40 YEARS LATER, WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY IN THE SYSTEM TO TAKE THOSE WEATHER EVENTS.

SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE ABANDONING THAT SECTION OF PIPE WHERE YOU SEE THE RED X, UH, FROM, I DON'T KNOW IF ENDICOTT IS RIGHT THERE, BUT, UH, REAL CLOSE TO, UH, ENDICOTT IN CHAMBERSBURG AND, UH, I'M SORRY.

AND RIPRAP ROAD.

WE'RE ABANDONING THAT SECTION OF PIPE, AND WE'RE GONNA RUN THE HUBER HEIGHTS LINE STRAIGHT DOWN TO THE PLANT THAT'S GONNA TAKE ALL OF THAT FLOW AROUND 6 MILLION GALLONS OFF OF OUR CURRENT 30 INCH LINE, AND RUN IT STRAIGHT DOWN TO THE PLANT.

AGAIN, ELIMINATE THE SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOWS IN THE HYDRAULIC BOTTLENECK THAT WE SEE IN THE SYSTEM.

THAT'S ON, THAT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE, OF THE, THAT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CHAMBERSBURG.

YEAH, IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO, UH, I'D SAY IT'S ABOUT 3000 FEET FROM RIP WRAP ROAD.

UH, IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA START ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHAMBERSBURG ROAD, ON THE SOUTH SIDE, WHERE THE, UH, SOCCER FIELDS ARE AND EVERYTHING.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE CURRENTLY TRAINED TO GET 20, UH, PERMANENT AND CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS, UH, TO RUN ALONG THE FIELDS THERE.

MM-HMM.

, UH, DOWN TO FISHBURG, WE'RE GONNA RUN AROUND THE, UH, THE, UH, CANAL LOCK, UH, DOWN ENDICOTT, AND THEN STRAIGHT DOWN POWELL TO OUR PLANT.

AND FROM POWELL TO OUR PLANT, WE HAVE A CURRENT EASEMENT WHERE THE LINE COMES IN.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

UH, SO TO SUMMARIZE, UH, THIS EQ PROJECT, TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA ON THE SCHEDULE, UH, WE JUST FINISHED UP DESIGN ON THIS PROJECT.

SO WE'RE AT A HUNDRED PERCENT DESIGN, UH, CONSTRUCTION FOR THE EQ TANKS IS GONNA START IN MAY OF THIS YEAR.

WE'RE GONNA PUT IT OUT TO BID IN A FEW WEEKS FOR AROUND A SIX WEEK PERIOD.

UM, CONSTRUCTION FOR THE, UH, THE SEWER WORK IS GONNA START IN, UM, THAT'S GONNA START IN OCTOBER.

AND WE ANTICIPATE BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS COMPLETING AT THE END OF 2025.

UH, THE, UH, ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE FOR THIS PROJECT IS $24.1 MILLION.

SO, AGAIN, AS WE TALK ABOUT THE SIZE AND THE COST OF THESE PROJECTS THAT GO ALONG WITH THE SIZE OF THE SYSTEM, SO IF YOU LOOK AT DAYTON AND THE COUNTY, THEY'RE BOTH DOING A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR PROJECTS RIGHT NOW, UH, JUST IN THE CURRENT STATE OF THE ECONOMY AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

UH, THIS IS KIND OF BECOMING THE NEW NORM.

SO, UH, IN TERMS OF UTILITIES, UH, I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT, UH, OUR PROJECT PARTNERS.

A PROJECT OF THIS SIZE DOESN'T GO WITHOUT WORKING WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UH, ORGANIZATIONS, AGENCIES, AND GOVERNMENT PARTNERS.

UH, AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE CONSERVANCY DISTRICT AND THEIR GENERAL MANAGER, MARY LYNN LODER.

UH, THEY'VE BEEN AN INSTRUMENTAL PARTNER, AND THEY'RE THE REASON THIS PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD.

SO, I, I COULDN'T DO THIS, UH, PRESENTATION WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, SAYING THANK YOU TO THEM.

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WE'LL GET RIGHT INTO THE, UH, YES, GO AHEAD.

UM, ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE, ANY OF THE, UH, BILATERAL INFRASTRUCTURE LAW OF MONEY? YES.

AND WE'LL GET TO THAT AT THE END, BUT WE ARE WORKING EVERY SINGLE DAY AND EVERY SINGLE MONTH TO TRY TO GRAB WHATEVER MONEY IS AVAILABLE FROM THE, UH, STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

SOMETIME THIS YEAR AND RECEIVE THAT MONEY.

UH, AGAIN, THAT WAS JUST A AERIAL, THE PLANT, SO WE CAN GET AN IDEA OF THE SIZE OF THE FACILITY.

UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS, UH, I SAID THIS LAST YEAR, BUT WE CAN NEVER COME TO THE, TO THE CITIZENS OF HUBBERT HEIGHTS OR THE COUNCIL AND SAY, HEY, WE CAN'T TAKE ANOTHER FLUSH, YOU KNOW, IN, UH, IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND UTILITIES, THAT'S JUST NOT AN OPTION.

WE HAVE TO PROVIDE 24 7 365.

UH, SO SOME OF THE GOALS, UH, WITH THIS, UH, PLANT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, WE WANT TO, UH, ENCOURAGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT JUST THROUGH INCREASED WASTEWATER TREATMENT SERVICES.

UH, WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE TOTAL PHOSPHORUS LIMIT THAT'S COMING OUR WAY FROM THE OHIO EPA.

UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM ON WHAT THE LIMITS ARE GONNA LOOK LIKE, SO THAT WHEN WE DESIGN THIS FACILITY AND PUT THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS TOGETHER, WE'VE, WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT A FUTURE PHOSPHORUS LIMIT THAT'S KNOW IT'S COMING.

UH, WE'RE GONNA GET A MORE STRICT AMMONIA LIMIT, WHICH OUR PLANT CURRENTLY CAN'T TREAT FOR, AND WE'RE GONNA GET A, UH, BOD, WHICH STANDS FOR BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND.

THAT'S HOW WE MEASURE THE STRENGTH OF THE WASTE.

SO WHEN IT COMES IN THE PLANT, IT'S COMING IN ABOUT 300 MILLIGRAMS PER LITER, AND WE TREAT IT DOWN TO ABOUT FIVE, WHICH IS ABOUT A 97 90 8% REMOVAL OF THE WASTE IN THE WATER.

SO, AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, WHEN THE WATER COMES IN THE PLANT, WE CLEAN IT, IT GOES TO THE RIVER, ALL OF THE SOLIDS GO TO OUR FARM.

JUST A REALLY HIGH LEVEL, KIND OF HOW THE WASTE WASTEWATER WORKS.

UH, WE'RE GONNA UPDATE SEVERAL, UH, PROCESSES AT OUR PLANT AND TREATMENT, UH, AREAS.

UH, AND REALLY WE WANT TO, UH, WE DID A PLANNING STUDY TWO YEARS AGO THAT SHOWED, UH, WHAT DO THE POPULATIONS FLOWS AND LOADINGS FROM TIP CITY, HUBER HEIGHTS AND VALIA? WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE IN 20 30, 20 40, AND 2050? AND HOW CAN WE USE THAT TO BUILD THIS PLANT AROUND THAT? UH, WHAT THAT SHOWED US WAS THAT WE NEED TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF OUR FACILITY FROM 11 MILLION GALLONS TO 17, AGAIN, MAKING US ONE OF THE LARGER, UH, SYSTEMS IN THE AREA, AND, UH, JUST BE PREPARED FOR THAT FUTURE GROWTH.

SO THAT STUDY SHOWED US, UM, FROM WORKING WITH THE THREE COMMUNITIES THAT, UH, WE ANTICIPATE BUILD OUT HAPPENING IN THE THREE COMMUNITIES SOMETIME IN THE 2040S, WHICH SHOWS US THAT THE PLANT WE'RE GONNA CONSTRUCT IS, IS GONNA BE THE PLANT THAT WE NEED FOREVER, YOU KNOW, OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, THINGS LIKE THAT.

UH, NEVER STOP.

UH, SO WE'LL HAVE TO REFLECT THAT, YOU KNOW, AS RATES AS WE MOVE ALONG.

BUT THIS BIG PROJECT, WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THIS IS GONNA GET THE THREE CITIES, UH, NEEDS FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THE PROJECT.

I WANNA REITERATE AGAIN, UH, OUR CURRENT PLANT AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND TREATMENT PROCESSES THAT THE PLANT CANNOT MEET THE FUTURE NEEDS THAT THE OHIO EPA HAS TOLD US, UH, IS, IS COMING DOWN TO OUR FACILITY.

SO, UH, WE, UH, WE, WE HAVE TO DO THIS PROJECT.

WE'VE BEEN TOLD, YOU KNOW, THESE LIMITS ARE COMING AND YOU HAVE TO PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THEM.

SO WE STARTED DOING STUDIES IN 2019, UH, THIRD PARTY PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING STUDIES, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE US A ROADMAP TO, HEY, WHAT DO THESE UPGRADES LOOK LIKE? UH, AT THAT POINT, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, SELECT WHAT WE WANTED TO DO AT THE PLANT AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING.

I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH FOR ALL THINGS WE HAVE TO DO.

UH, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THINGS WE, WE WANT TO DO RIGHT NOW.

THEY'RE JUST ALL THINGS WE NEED TO DO TO IMPROVE, EXPAND, AND UPDATE OUR FACILITY.

UH, LAST YEAR WE SELECTED STRAND ASSOCIATES AS THAT, AS THE PROJECT ENGINEER ON THIS PROJECT.

UH, THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK PROJECT DELIVERY METHOD WAS SELECTED, AND THE PROJECT ACTUALLY KICKED OFF LAST JULY.

UH, THIS, UH, AERIAL RIGHT HERE WAS GIVEN TO US IN, UH, SEPTEMBER OF 2022.

THIS IS THE PLAN THAT WE DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH STRAND ASSOCIATES.

THIS, AGAIN, COVERS ALL OF ALL OF THE NEEDS THAT THE PLANT THAT GET US TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE.

UH, I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO, UH, EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING HERE ON THE UPGRADE AT THIS MEETING.

UH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE PERFECT FOR A PLANT TOUR, UH, IF YOU GUYS WOULD EVER LIKE TO COME DOWN THERE.

BUT I THINK YOU CAN SEE WE ARE IMPROVING, UPDATING, EXPANDING, ADDING, OR DEMO, DEMOING ALMOST EVERY, UH, A, UH, ASPECT OF OUR FACILITY.

JUST JUST TO PREPARE US FOR, FOR WHAT'S COMING.

SO WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PLANNING PHASE.

THE WAY THIS PROJECT'S GONNA WORK IS WE'RE GONNA PLAN IT, WE'RE GONNA DESIGN IT, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA CONSTRUCT IT.

SO WE'RE CURRENTLY GETTING READY TO WRAP UP THE PLANNING PHASE.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THERE, UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING, UH, SEVERAL STUDIES, UH, UH, FLOW MONITORING, DATA EVALUATION, UH, AND JUST SENDING ENDLESS AMOUNTS OF DATA TO THE ENGINEERS FOR THIS PROJECT.

UH, WE DID APPLY FOR, UH, THIS PLANNING PHASE IS GONNA COST US AROUND $1.25 MILLION, UH, FOR THE ENGINEERING SERVICES.

AND WE'RE GETTING A 0% LOAN FROM THE STATE FOR THAT.

WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA SAVE US A LOT OF MONEY, UH, IN THE TAXPAYERS.

UH, AND WE DID APPLY FOR PRINCIPAL FORGIVENESS WITH THAT LOAN.

UH, IN THIS TIME WE SUBMITTED, UH, SEVERAL CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING REQUESTS.

UH, WE DID HEAR BACK FROM CONGRESSMAN TURNER LAST FALL, AND HE'S, UH, HE'S COMMITTING AROUND $750, $750,000, UH, CURRENTLY FOR THIS PROJECT.

SO WE HOPE TO MEET WITH HIM, UH,

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AND REALLY, THE OVERALL GOAL FOR THE PLANNING PHASE CURRENTLY IS TO CREATE A FACILITY PLAN FOR THE OHIO EPA.

THEY WILL PROVE THAT, AND THEN WE CAN MOVE INTO THE DESIGN PHASE.

UH, SO THE PROJECT DELIVERY METHOD, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF US ARE USED TO DESIGN, BID BUILD, WHAT WE ARE GOING WITH THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK METHOD.

IT'S FAIRLY NEW IN THE STATE OF OHIO.

THAT WAS BROUGHT ON IN 2011 BY THE STATE UNDER ORC 1 53 0.501.

AND JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT ON WHAT I, WE'LL CALL IT, CMAR, UH, THE, WHAT THE CMAR PROCESS IS, IS, UH, SO YOU SELECT YOUR ENGINEER ON A PROJECT LIKE THIS, YOU MOVE INTO ABOUT 15% DESIGN.

AND WE'LL BE AT THAT POINT AROUND THIS OCTOBER, NOVEMBER.

SO AT 15%, WE BRING ON THE CMAR, WHICH IS THE CONTRACTOR.

SO FROM 15% DESIGN TO A HUNDRED, YOU'VE GOT THE CONTRACTOR AND THE ENGINEER AND THE OWNER COLLABORATING ON THIS PROJECT.

SO INSTEAD OF GETTING TO CONSTRUCTION AND THE CONTRACTOR SAYS, HEY, IT COULD HAVE SAVED MONEY BY PUTTING PVC THERE, OR WHY DIDN'T YOU USE STAINLESS RIGHT THERE? WE'VE ALREADY WORKED THAT OUT THROUGH THE PROJECT.

SO WHEN CONSTRUCTION STARTS, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE LOWERED OUR COST.

OUR OUR PROJECT IS ON SCHEDULE, AND WE JUST DON'T HAVE AS MANY CHANGE ORDERS AS A NORMAL PROJECT WOULD.

UH, AND SOMETHING ELSE TO CONSIDER.

THE REASON WE'RE GOING WITH THIS PROJECT DELIVERY METHOD IS WE'VE GOT A LOT OF, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PROCESSES.

IT'S NOT JUST WATER IN AND WATER OUT.

WATER HAS TO DO CERTAIN THINGS IN OUR PROCESS TO MAKE, UH, THE TREATMENT PROCESS WORK.

SO WHEN WE SHUT DOWN PROCESS A, WE HAVE TO BE READY TO PUT PROCESS B ONLINE, SO ON AND SO FORTH.

AND THIS IS REALLY GONNA WORK FOR US.

UH, SO THIS PROJECT, THIS IS THE LARGER OF THE TWO.

UH, AGAIN, WE'RE GETTING READY TO, UH, LEAVE THE PLANNING PHASE HERE AT THE, UH, NEXT WEEK.

UH, WE'LL MOVE RIGHT INTO DESIGN.

THAT'LL TAKE US TO THE END OF 2025.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION.

CONSTRUCTION'S GONNA TAKE ABOUT THREE TO FOUR YEARS.

UH, THE ESTIMATE YOU'VE SEEN A COUPLE SLIDES AGO IS 81 POINT MILLION DOLLARS.

UM, AND THE CURRENT, WE DON'T HAVE AN UPDATED ESTIMATE FROM THE ENGINEER.

WE'LL GET THAT AT THE END OF THE NEXT WEEK.

THAT'LL PASS BE PASSED ON, UH, TO YOU GUYS WHEN WE GET THAT.

UH, BUT THE ENGINEERS HAVE TOLD US WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS FOR THIS PROJECT.

SO, UH, THAT ESTIMATE WHEN WE GET IT, WILL BE MIDPOINT THROUGH CONSTRUCTION.

SO THEY TAKE THE ESTIMATE, NOW THEY INFLATE IT TO MIDPOINT OF CONSTRUCTION, WHICH WE'RE LOOKING AT EARLY 2028.

AND, AND WE'LL HAVE THAT NUMBER.

SO WITH THE SMAR, THE WAY THAT WORKS IS AT THE END OF THE DESIGN PHASE, WE'LL GET A GUARANTEED MAX PRICE THAT WE WILL KNOW THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE THAT THIS PROJECT CANNOT GO OVER WITHOUT, UH, EXECUTED CHANGE ORDERS.

SO WE'LL JUST TALK ABOUT RATES.

WE ONLY HAVE A FEW MORE SLIDES LEFT.

I JUST WANNA TALK ABOUT OUR PAST AND FUTURE RATES AND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO, UH, PAY FOR THIS DEBT SERVICE.

UH, FROM THE YEAR 2000 TO THE YEAR 2020, THERE WAS NO SEWER RATE INCREASES FROM TRI-CITIES TO THE THREE MEMBER COMMUNITIES.

AND I'D JUST LIKE TO, UH, REMIND THE GROUP THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RATES, I'M TALKING ABOUT RATES FROM TRI-CITIES TO HUBER HEIGHTS, TIP CITY, AND VANDALIA.

SO, UH, IF BRIAN SENDS OUT, UH, 5,000 BILLS OR HOWEVER MANY, I SEND OUT THREE TO TIP CITY, VANDY, AND CUBA.

SO MY RATES ARE, UH, REFLECTED TO THE CITIES, UH, IN 2001, 2021 TO 2024, WHEN THIS PLANNING REALLY KICKED OFF.

UH, AND WE STARTED FORECASTING AND LOOKING AT OUR BUDGETS IN THE FUTURE AND WHAT THIS MIGHT COST US.

UH, WE STARTED INCREASING THE RATES TO THREE MEMBER CITIES BY 10% ANNUALLY.

AND WE HAVE, UH, TWO MORE RATE INCREASES IN 25 AND 26 APPROVED BY OUR BOARD.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE DOING THIS IN AN EFFORT TO BUILD OUR FUND BALANCES SO THAT WE CAN SHOW, UH, THE STATE WHO ARE LOANING IS LOANING US THE MONEY.

HEY, WE CAN PAY YOU BACK WHEN THAT TIME COMES.

AND WE'VE GOT THE BALANCES THERE TO DO IT.

SO, AGAIN, THE GRAPH ON THE SIDE WAS FROM A STUDY WE DID LAST YEAR, JUST SHOWING THAT, UH, THAT WAS 2022, UH, THAT HUBER HEIGHTS WAS AROUND 53% OF, UH, OF A CUSTOMER OF OURS.

OKAY, SO, UH, HOW ARE WE GONNA PAY FOR THESE PROJECTS? SO WE ARE, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO, IN WATER AND WASTEWATER GET, UH, BELOW MARKET RATE STATE FUNDED LOANS.

SO FOR THE EQ PROJECT, UH, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE OHIO WATER DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

UH, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE GETTING RATES THAT ARE BELOW FOUR.

UH, I'M NOT A REALTOR, BUT, UH, MORTGAGE RATES ARE IN THE SIX TO SEVEN RANGE RIGHT NOW.

SO THESE ARE VERY , VERY COMPETITIVE, UH, RATES, AND WE'RE SAVING A LOT OF MONEY BY TAKING THIS ROUTE.

SO TWO YEARS AGO, WE TOOK OUT A $1.2 MILLION LOAN TO PAY FOR THE PAY FOR THE PLANNING AND DESIGN OF THIS PROJECT.

UH, WE ARE ALMOST TO CONSTRUCTION.

SO, UH, THIS YEAR WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE OUT TWO SEPARATE LOANS FOR THE, THE $24 MILLION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PROJECT.

UH, WE ESTIMATE THAT THOSE, UH, PAYMENTS WILL BE ABOUT $1.5 MILLION.

UH, THEY'RE GONNA START A YEAR AFTER CONSTRUCTION.

SO SOMETIME IN 2026, WE'LL START MAKING THOSE PAYMENTS, AND THAT'LL BE A 30 YEAR TERM.

UH, FOR THE PLANT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, UH, WE WERE JUST APPROVED BY THE OHIO EPA FOR A $1.25 MILLION PLANNING LOAN TO COVER THE, UH, PLANNING PORTION OF THIS.

THAT'S A 0%.

UH, VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

SO WE WENT WITH THE OHIO EPA AND DFA FOR THESE, UH, STATE FINANCING, UH, BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE 0% ON THE PLANNING AND DESIGN THAT'S

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ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND $7 MILLION.

SO WE'RE GONNA SAVE A LOT OF MONEY BY TAKING THIS ROUTE.

UH, IT'S A, IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, UH, PROCESS IN TERMS OF APPLYING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF WORK FOR THAT 0%.

BUT WE WILL DO THAT ALL DAY, EVERY DAY TO TRY TO SAVE MONEY.

UH, NEXT YEAR WE'LL TAKE OUT, UH, ANOTHER LOAN FOR THE DESIGN THAT'S ESTIMATED AROUND $6 MILLION.

AND THEN TWO YEARS FROM NOW, WE'LL TAKE OUT THE CONSTRUCTION LOAN.

UH, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS AT THE TIME.

UH, CURRENTLY AROUND A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.

SO WE'VE ESTIMATED THOSE REPAYMENTS TO BE AROUND $5 MILLION ANNUALLY.

THOSE ARE GONNA RESTART.

UH, THAT PAYMENTS WILL START IN 2030, AND THAT'LL BE A 30 YEAR TERM.

UH, SO NEXT, THE LAST SLIDE HERE, UH, I'M NOT GONNA GO OVER ALL OF THESE, BUT WE TALKED ABOUT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES A FEW MINUTES AGO.

UH, CONGRESSMAN TURNER, UM, WE APPLIED TO, TO EVERY SENATOR AND, UH, LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE WE COULD FOR CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING REQUESTS LAST YEAR.

UM, AND LIKE I SAID, CONGRESSMAN TURNER HAS, UH, AGREED TO GIVE US SOME, SOME FUNDS FOR THAT.

UH, WE'VE GOT MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN OHIO WATER AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, AND REALLY HOPING THAT WE CAN GET, UH, LAND ONE OF THOSE FOR OUR EQ PROJECT.

UM, BUT JUST, I, I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE, BUT JUST TO SHOW, SHOW EVERYONE, UH, TRI-CITIES, WE'RE A VERY LEAN ORGANIZATION AND BY LEAN, UH, I'M THE ONLY STAFF MEMBER, UH, FOR THE THREE CITIES.

UH, SO ALL OF THIS CAME OUT OF THE OFFICE LAST YEAR.

IT'S JUST THINGS WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING REALLY, REALLY HARD TO KIND OF MAKE NOISE ABOUT THESE PROJECTS.

AND, UH, I GUESS IT'D BE MY OPPORTUNITY TO JUST INVITE YOU TO, IF, YOU KNOW, IF, UH, CONTACTS IN WASHINGTON AND COLUMBUS, WE NEED HELP MAKING THIS NOISE.

YOU KNOW, MY VOICE IS ONLY SO LOUD, BUT WHEN WE ALL GET TOGETHER AND COLLABORATE ON THIS, WE CAN REALLY MAKE, MAKE SOME NOISE AND SAY, HEY, WE NEED SOME HELP.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAD.

UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND JUST SAY, I KNOW THAT LARGE PROJECTS LIKE THESE DON'T COME WITHOUT MAKING SOME HARD DECISIONS.

UH, I WATCH MEETINGS AND I READ MINUTES, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS TO SUPPORT US.

SO REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT BRIAN KOWSKI, JIM BELL, AND RUSS BERGMAN, UH, THEY'RE JUST INSTRUMENTAL IN, UH, HELPING ME DAY TO DAY AS I'VE KIND OF COME ON AS A MANAGER HERE, AND JUST MY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

SO REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THOSE GUYS OFFER.

SO, A COUPLE THINGS, AND I'LL KIND OF, WE'LL GO AROUND THE, AROUND THE ROOM HERE.

UM, SO YOU IN TWO PLACES ON YOUR SLIDE.

SO, I MEAN, WE JUST KIND OF CALL IT WHAT IT IS HERE.

OUR, OUR SITUATION IN THE CITY IS WHAT WE ARE GROWING, AND WE HAVE A, WE'VE, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, A LOT OF ECONOMIC GROWTH HERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME CONCERN THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH TRI-CITIES, YOU KNOW, AND, AND ALREADY SEEING THAT, YOU KNOW, 53% OF YOUR CUSTOMER BASE IS HUBER HEIGHTS.

UM, WHAT DOES, WHAT DOES OUR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DO TO, TO YOUR PLANS? SO, BUT YOU MENTIONED TWO PLACES IN YOUR SLIDES THERE WHERE YOU ARE ENCOURAGING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SO I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND THAT THE SYSTEM THAT YOU HAVE, SO ON TWO PIECES HERE, THE SYSTEM THAT YOU HAVE OR THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE, IS THAT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE GROWTH.

AND THE SECOND PIECE OF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, YOU SAID YOU COULDN'T SAY IT ENOUGH.

I MEAN, THE, THERE'S EPA IS BRINGING DOWN MANDATES ON SOME THINGS THAT, THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO DO.

SO I JUST KIND OF WANNA MAKE THIS A JUST A REAL CLEAR SITUATION SO I UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY DOESN'T UNDERSTANDS IT.

IF HIKED FOR NOT TO BUILD ANOTHER SINGLE HOME OR ANOTHER SINGLE BUSINESS IN THIS COMMUNITY, WOULD YOU STILL BE DOING THIS PROJECT? YES, WE WOULD, BECAUSE WE SERVE THREE COMMUNITIES, NOT JUST HUBER HEIGHTS.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT HUBER HEIGHTS IS THE BIGGEST CUSTOMER, BUT OUR INDUSTRIES ARE COMING FROM TIP CITY.

THEY'RE EVENTUALLY GONNA COME FROM VANDALIA.

SO WE SEE THE LARGEST RESIDENTIAL IMPACT FROM HUBER HEIGHTS.

WE SEE THE LARGEST INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL IMPACT FROM THE OTHER THREE CITIES.

SO IT'S, IT'S A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH THINKING THAT, HEY, WE BUILT TWO EQ TANKS IN TIP CITY WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH DOLLARS FROM ALL THREE, UH, WE'RE GETTING READY TO, TO DO A MASSIVE SEWER PROJECT IN HUBER HEIGHTS.

SO, UH, YEAH, I WOULD SAY YES, UH, THE SYSTEM, UH, WE NEED TO GROW IT TO 17.3 MILLION GALLONS.

THAT'S WHAT OUR STUDY SHOWED FROM WORKING THROUGH THE THREE CITIES AND SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES HERE WAS, UH, WAS JUST GIVING US THAT IDEA OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN 30 YEARS.

SO, UM, WE DO HAVE TO GROW THE SYSTEM BECAUSE IT'S THREE CITIES AND NOT JUST HUBER.

UH, AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE GROWTH.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO PREDICT OUT TO 30 YEARS, RIGHT? WE KIND OF KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FIVE.

AND EVEN WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT FINANCING, WE, WE KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FIVE 30 GETS REALLY BLURRY.

SO I CAN'T STAND HERE AND SAY THAT THIS WILL, YOU KNOW, WHAT, IF ONE OF THE CITIES GETS WAY LARGER THAN WE ANTICIPATE, UM, THINGS COULD CHANGE.

SO THAT'S KIND OF MY BEST ANSWER IF THAT ANSWERS.

YEAH, WE JUST HAVE SITUATIONS.

SO WHEN, YOU KNOW, I THINK ALL OF US NEED TO BE ABLE TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE WHEN WE RECEIVE EMAILS OR WE'RE GETTING, YOU KNOW, MESSAGES

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AND CONCERNS FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT, UM, WE CAN'T HANDLE ANY MORE GROWTH.

AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE HEARD IS, 'CAUSE WE'RE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, BLOWING UP THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM AND ALL THIS KIND OF KIND OF THING, UH, WE NEED TO BE ARMED TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN A, IN AN HONEST, TRUTHFUL WAY.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, THAT YEAH, IT, IT NO MATTER WHAT OUR GROWTH LOOKS LIKE HERE, IF THAT IS THE CASE, AND I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT, THAT 'CAUSE FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THERE'S EPA GUIDELINES ARE COMING DOWN THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO ADHERE TO THAT YOU'RE NOT CURRENTLY ADHERING TO, THAT THESE PROJECTS WOULD NEED TO TAKE PLACE REGARDLESS OF WHAT OUR GROWTH IS, WHETHER IT'S A RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL SECTOR.

I, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE, YEAH, THE, THE REGULATORY MANDATES ARE THE DRIVER.

WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

IT'S MOSTLY GONNA BE, UH, ABBOT NUTRITION AND TIP CITIES DOUBLING THEIR CAPACITY, YOU KNOW, SO THEY'RE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF EXTRA GALLONS, UH, PER YEAR AND PER DAY.

SO, UH, WE'RE REALLY PREPARING OURSELVES FOR THE GROWTH OF THE THREE CITIES.

UH, THANKS FOR COMPLIMENTING, UH, BRIAN, RUSS, AND JIM.

UH, THEY'VE KEPT US UPDATED ON THE PROJECT THE ENTIRE TIME.

GOOD.

AND I'VE SAT THROUGH A LOT OF PRESENTATIONS.

THIS RINGS AT THE TOP.

UM, ALTHOUGH MY CONFIDENCE WAS HIGH IN THE PROJECT, IT'S HIGHER AFTER YOUR PRESENTATION AND THE MORE USERS WE CAN PUT ON THE SYSTEM, THE LOWER THE COST PER USER.

IS THAT FAIRLY ACCURATE? I, I'D HAVE TO GET BACK TO, TO YOU ON THAT ONE.

SO I CAN SAY, MR. CAMPBELL, THAT FOR OUR PARTICULAR COMMUNITY, YES IT IS.

SO NOT ALL COMMUNITIES HAVE THE SAME RATE STRUCTURE, BUT FOR US, SINCE WE ARE ALL COMMODITY BASED, THE MORE USERS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US, THE MORE WE ARE ABLE TO SHARE IN THAT COST WITH EVERYBODY.

AND SO THAT, UH, WOULD MINIMIZE INCREASES, UH, IN THE FUTURE IF WE HAD MORE CUSTOMERS.

SO IN OUR PARTICULAR INSTANCE, THAT IS THE CASE, BUT, UH, TO, TO DANNY'S COMMENTS, UH, NOT ALL OF US HAVE THE SAME RATE STRUCTURE.

SO THE, THE ANSWERS UNIVERSAL.

SO THANKS A LOT.

I, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT, APPRECIATE THE COMPLIMENT OF OUR STAFF, THEIR TOPNOTCH, BUT MY CONFIDENCE IS HIGHER AFTER YOUR PRESENTATION.

THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE.

NO, I, I APPRECIATE THAT.

GREAT PRESENTATION.

IT, IT'S A LARGE PROJECT.

I, I, I WANT THE THREE CITIES, AND I TAKE THIS REAL SERIOUS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND I WAS IMPRESSED WHEN I THOUGHT YOU HAD A 10 MEMBER STAFF.

, YOU KNOW, BUT ONLY ONE THAT'S EVEN BEEN NICE MEETING YOU.

I'M GONNA GO TO SCOTT AND WE'LL GO TO NANCY AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO FRED AND WE'LL WORK OUR WAY DOWN.

SCOTT, WELL AGAIN, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UH, ONE QUESTION I HAD IS, I SEE THE NEW SEWER PIPE IS GOING RIGHT DOWN BY CANAL LOCK PARK.

THEY'RE NOT GONNA TOUCH ANYTHING WITH CANAL LOCK PARK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT SINCE IT'S A HISTORICAL SITE.

THAT'S CORRECT.

SO WE'RE ASKING FOR A, UH, WE'RE ASKING THE CITY TO DONATE, UH, AN EASEMENT IN THAT AREA SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY GO AROUND IT.

CORRECT.

SO NOTHING AT ALL WITH THE PARK? NOPE.

NOPE.

NOT DISTURBING THAT ONE BIT.

ALRIGHT, THAT'S ALL I HAD.

THANKS MA.

THANKS SCOTT.

NANCY, UM, TWO THINGS.

YOU MENTIONED THE TWO RECENT 10%, UH, INCREASES IN YOUR, IN YOUR RATES.

MM-HMM.

, ARE THERE GOING TO BE FUTURE ONES HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE OR? WE HAVE THEM APPROVED FOR 25 AND 26.

AND AT WHAT POINT? AT THAT POINT, UH, I'LL WORK WITH, UH, MR. BELL IN THE OTHER THREE CITIES, UH, FINANCE DIRECTORS, AND WE'LL LOOK LONG TERM AND SEE WHERE WE NEED TO BE.

SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A CHANCE WE GET A $5 MILLION GRANT NEXT MONTH AND, AND WE WILL READJUST HOW THOSE RATES LOOK AT THAT POINT.

BUT WE KNOW THROUGH 26 WE NEED TO GO UP 10%, UH, IN THE SUMMER OF 26.

WE WILL REEVALUATE AT THAT POINT.

AND THE OTHER ONES KIND OF FLIP IT.

WE NEED TO GO TELL MR. TURNER HE CAN BE BETTER THAN $750,000 .

I'LL LET YOU GUYS DO THAT.

TALKING , I MEAN, A MILLION DOLLARS AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, ? YEAH.

ROUND UP ANOTHER ZERO.

THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.

THE, THE RESIDENTS OF HUBER HEIGHTS, THAT MAYBE A, JUST ANOTHER DROP IN THE BUCKET WOULD, WOULD HELP BENEFIT TO SATISFY YOU TO GET TO THAT POINT WHERE YOU ARE 100% ECSTATIC ABOUT WHAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING PUTTING IN YOUR RIGHTS? NO, AND I, UH, I AM ECSTATIC OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SWEAT, FRED.

ALL RIGHT.

CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES, SIR.

ALRIGHT.

UM, I'M, I'M NOT CONCERNED, BUT THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND, UM, FOR, UH, THE TOUR, UM, A FEW MONTHS AGO.

AND WE WENT AROUND AND LEARNED A, A WHOLE LOT MORE ABOUT WASTEWATER THAN YEP.

THAN I HOPE TO EVER NEED TO KNOW.

UM, MY, MY QUESTION IS, AND IT'S ABOUT A COMMENT THAT YOU MADE, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WITH A $100 MILLION PRICE TAG THAT WE ARE GETTING, WHAT IS GOING TO WORK IN THE, IN THE FUTURE MOVING FORWARD? AND YOU SAID LONG TERM THAT, THAT, THAT'S GREAT, BUT MY CONCERN IS YOU SAID YOU YOU'RE GETTING WHAT WE NEED AND NOT NECESSARILY WHAT YOU WANT.

SO I, IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED IN THIS THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD BENEFIT

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IT WAS, IT WAS KIND OF A POOR CHOICE OF WORDS ON MY POINT, BUT WHAT I WAS JUST SAYING, THESE ARE THINGS WE HAVE TO DO.

WE, WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS.

WE'D LIKE TO BE INNOVATIVE.

WE LIKE TO DO SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

WE'RE CURRENTLY NOT THERE.

UH, WE ARE INNOVATIVE WITH SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGIES BECAUSE THEY'RE NEW.

YOU KNOW, OUR FACILITY WAS BUILT IN 85, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF 1960S FAC UH, TECHNOLOGY THAT WAS PUT IN IN THE EIGHTIES.

UH, SO WHEN I SAY THINGS ARE NOT THINGS WE WANT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING ALL THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE, UH, IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE HAVE THIS PLANT.

UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT SOME THINGS WE WANT.

BUT YEAH, NO, I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN THE PLAN THAT WE'VE, UH, MYSELF AND THE BOARD OF ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH.

THANK YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.

YEAH, BRIAN, UH, WELL, HE STOLE MOST OF MY THUNDER.

THANK YOU, .

UH, FIRST GREAT PRESENTATION.

CAN, CAN I GET YOUR HAND UP SOONER? OH, YEAH, I KNOW, I KNOW.

WELL, I CAN'T GET, YOU KNOW, FOR SHORT.

UH, THANKS AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION.

GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

I LIKE EVERYBODY.

I APPRECIATED THE TOUR.

UH, YEAH, WE, WE LEARNED QUITE A BIT, UH, ABOUT, UM, KIND OF PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT, UH, HE SAID THE WANTS AND THE NEEDS.

WOULD THAT INCLUDE ANY OF THE, 'CAUSE WE WERE, YOU WERE TEACHING US ABOUT DIFFERENT PROCESSES THAT YOU WERE DOING AND, UH, A COUPLE THAT GAVE ME NIGHTMARES A LITTLE BIT.

BUT, UM, SOME OF YOUR WANTS, AND YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IN BEING INNOVATIVE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WOULD ANY OF YOUR PROCESSES, WOULD THAT INCLUDE LIKE PROCESS CHANGES AND, AND THINGS THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO DO AS FAR AS, UH, UPDATING, YOU KNOW, ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT OUTSIDE THAT YOU WERE SHOWING US OR ANY OF THAT? NO, NO.

I MEAN, I DON'T WANT US TO GET TOO WRAPPED UP ON THE WORD WANT.

WE WE'RE DOING THINGS WE NEED, WE'RE DOING THINGS WE WANT TO DO.

WE MADE SELECTIONS.

WE DIDN'T JUST SAY, OKAY, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, IT'S FINE.

NO, WE WENT, IT TOOK US SEVERAL YEARS TO GET HERE.

SO WE, WE HAD HOURS UPON HOURS OF MEETINGS AND WE REALLY DIALED IN, UH, WHAT IT TAKES TO GET US TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE.

SO, UH, NO, IN TERMS OF THE WANTS, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED.

UM, SO AGAIN, I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN IT, AND I, I WOULDN'T BE TOO CONCERNED OVER, OVER KIND OF THE MISUSE OF THE WORD.

WELL, AND I DIDN'T MEAN TO WORD ANYTHING.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

DIFFERENTLY.

I MEAN, AGAIN, GREAT PRESENTATION.

I MEAN, I, YOU OBVIOUSLY KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND YOU'VE PREPARED AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THOUGHT AND PLANNING INTO THIS AND, AND I APPRECIATE IT AS A RESIDENT, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, UM, APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S, UH, WORK GOING INTO IT.

YOU, WITH THE GROWTH WE HAVE CURRENTLY YEAH.

GREAT PRESENTATION, BUT WITH THE GROWTH WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN HUBER, AND THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE DONE TILL 90, UH, 2026, CORRECT? OR 27.

YEAH, THE FIRST PROJECT WILL BE DONE IN 26 IN THE PLANT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

THE LARGER ONE WILL BE 2030.

CAN THE CURRENT SYSTEM, SINCE IT WON'T BE ALL DONE, HANDLE THE GROWTH WE HAVE GOING CURRENTLY? YEAH.

BASED ON OUR PLANNING, WE HAVE, UH, IT'LL, IT'LL FLOATS TO THE PLANT CHANGES EVERY YEAR BASED ON THE RAIN, RIGHT? SO THE, SO THE RAIN INFILTRATES THE PIPES, UH, THROUGH CRACKS AND ILLEGAL CONNECTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO IT GOES UP AND DOWN EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

FROM 2017 TO 2021, WE WERE OVER A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR FLOW CAPACITY OF OUR DESIGN.

UH, LAST YEAR WE WERE AT ABOUT 9.5 MILLION GALLONS, SO WE WERE DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

UH, A STUDY WE DID LAST YEAR SHOWED THAT WE HAVE AROUND A MILLION GALLONS OF CAPACITY LEFT.

SO IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE THAT WANTS, PUT A NEIGHBORHOOD IN, UM, A HUNDRED HOUSES THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AROUND 30,000 GALLONS.

YEAH, WE WON'T EVEN THINK TWICE ABOUT THAT.

SO SOME OF THE SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE GOING IN RESIDENTIAL, UH, REALLY LOW FLOW STUFF, YEAH, WE, WE DO CONSIDER THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

ANYTHING ELSE? YES, KATE.

UM, JUST TWO SIMPLE QUESTIONS.

CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE AMMONIA IN THE SYSTEM? IS THAT DRAIN OFF IN THE FIELD AFTER THEY PUT SPRAY FOR BEANS, OR IS THAT HUMAN WASTE AMMONIA? SO THE REASON WE'RE GETTING TIGHTER LIMITS, UH, IN MY OPINION IS, IS THE AMMONIA RUNOFF FROM THE AG COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE REGULAT REGULATORS CAN, UH, REGULATE, UH, WHO ARE UNDER THEM, WHICH ARE US AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THE FARMERS ARE BEING REGULATED IN TERMS OF THAT, BUT THE AMMONIA WE SEE AT, AT THE PLANT MOSTLY COMES FROM, UH, YOUR UREA AND CLEANING PRODUCTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO REGULATE THE INDUSTRIES, UH, IN TERMS OF SOME OF THOSE THINGS, BUT WE CAN'T REGULATE PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES.

AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION WAS, UM, YOU WERE CLOSE TO A TRAIN TRACK.

IS THERE ANY, I'M SURE THERE'S SAFETY CONCERNS AND WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO SAFEGUARD THE WATER SUPPLY NEXT TO THE TRAIN TRACKS RIGHT THERE? WHERE, IS THERE A PARTICULAR AREA YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? UM, TRAIN TRACKS.

IT'S WHAT COMES RIGHT DOWN THE LINE.

YOU GO OFF OF THE BRIDGE AT THE DAM TAYLORSVILLE DAM.

OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

THERE'S A TRAIN TRACK AND IT GOES RIGHT DOWN, PRETTY MUCH IT SHADOWS YOU WITHIN A HALF A MILE PROBABLY.

BESIDE THE RAIL, UH, TO DO THE WORK THAT'S NOT WITH THIS PROJECT.

SO LAST YEAR, UH, I PRESENTED, WE WERE DOING A LINING PROJECT IN THAT AREA.

WE LINED ABOUT 6,000 FEET RIGHT IN THAT AREA.

UH, I HAD TO WORK WITH CSX THAT ENTIRE TIME BECAUSE WE HAD TO, WE HAD TO GET OUR EQUIPMENT RIGHT

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SO THERE'S REALLY NO INVOLVEMENT WITH CSX OTHER THAN, UH, AN OVERHEAD ELECTRIC LINE.

SO WE'RE GONNA BORE FROM BROWN SCHOOL ROAD OVER TO THE METRO PARK AND THEN GO OVERHEAD WITH THE ELECTRIC OVER THE, OVER THE RAILROAD.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YEAH, THERE, THERE'S A TRAIN ACCIDENT THAT WE ARE PROTECTED.

OH, OKAY.

SURE.

YEAH, YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.

MAYOR.

JUST A FOLLOW UP QUESTION.

I KNOW RUSS IS NOT HERE, BUT WE'RE DOING RELINING ON SOME OF THE PIPES RIGHT NOW THAT WILL HELP SOME OF THE OVERFLOW OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THE WET, RAINY DAYS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.

IS THAT CORRECT? OH, FOR SURE.

IT WILL.

UH, WE ENCOURAGE THOSE, UH, WHAT WE CALL I AND I, THE INFLOW AND INFILTRATION PROJECTS.

WE ENCOURAGE THOSE TO, TO THE THREE MEMBER COMMUNITIES, JUST IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP THAT WATER OUT OF OUR SYSTEM.

YEAH, SO THOSE, THOSE ARE DOLLARS WELL SPENT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION.

ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY.

WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE YEP.

OKAY, NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM THREE C, WHICH, UH, WILL BE A GOOD FOLLOW UP HERE.

[ Tri-Cities North Regional Wastewater Authority - Sanitary Sewer Easement - 5999 Endicott Road]

THIS IS THE TRI-CITIES NORTH REGIONAL WASTEWATER AUTHORITY.

THIS IS THE SANITARY SEWER EASEMENT AT 59 9 9.

END OF BRENT.

UH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

UH, PURSUANT TO, UH, PORTIONS OF DANNY'S PRESENTATION HERE JUST MOMENTS AGO, UH, THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION WOULD GRANT, UH, AN EASEMENT TO THE, UH, TRI-CITIES WASTEWATER AUTHORITY SO THAT THEY COULD INDEED CONNECT, UH, A DIRECT, UH, LINE TO, UH, THE PLANT, UH, TO HANDLE THE CITY'S WASTE, WASTE, UH, REDUCING, UH, THOSE, UH, HYDRAULIC CHARGES OVER NEAR MIAMI VILLAS.

WE WOULD ASK THAT COUNCIL TO ENTERTAIN THIS LEGISLATION ON MONDAY.

TEMPORARY EASEMENTS? CORRECT.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRIAN REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION? NANCY, BRIAN, THAT'S GOING TO, UM, THAT'S GOING TO TRAVEL DOWN POWELL.

UM, YES, IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN.

UM, AND, UH, LET'S SEE, I'M GONNA PULL THAT MAP UP IN THE ROAD, BUT THAT'S GONNA CROSS OVER PROPERTY OWNED BY DAYTON, IS IT NOT? UM, IT CROSSES OVER SEVERAL DIFFERENT PARTS, UH, SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROPERTIES.

UH, WE ARE ONE, WE ARE JUST ONE COMPONENT OF, UH, THE PROJECT.

SO I THINK, UM, I THINK, UH, DANNY, DID YOU SAY THERE WAS 28? YEAH, 20, UH, 10 PERMANENT EASEMENTS AND 10 CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS.

SO OUR, UM, OUR PARTICULAR PORTION, OR WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS, UH, IT'S GOING TO BE THIS SECTION, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S JUST THIS NUB.

THERE'S A, AN ATTACHMENT THERE IN YOUR, UH, IN YOUR PACKET, BUT IT'S THIS PARTICULAR EASEMENT IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING COUNSEL TO, RIGHT? AT THE, UH, RIGHT.

AND WHAT'S THE FURTHEST POINT SOUTH THAT IS ON THAT, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RED LINE? UH, SO THIS IS GONNA BE THE, THE CONNECTION RIGHT HERE AT POWELL.

SO THIS IS WHERE THE EXISTING MANHOLE IS.

SO THIS SYSTEM'S ALREADY HERE, UH, AND THEN WE'LL JUST BE CONNECTING RIGHT HERE AT THIS MANHOLE.

AND, AND THAT'S WHERE, I MEAN, IS THAT ENDICOTT OR WHERE IS IT? UH, SO THIS IS POWELL AND ENDICOTT RIGHT HERE.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

SURE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.

ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THIS ON TO MONDAY'S MEETING? OKAY, THANK YOU.

I'LL SEE

[ Cleaning Consumables/Uniform Services - Solicit Bids/Award Contract - Public Works Division]

YOU THERE.

NEXT UP IS ITEM 3D.

THIS IS CLEANING CONSUMABLES UNIFORM SERVICES, SOLICITING THE BIDS AND AWARDING THE CONTRACT FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION.

BRIAN? UH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

UH, THIS PARTICULAR LEGISLATION THAT WE WOULD ASK COUNCIL TO ENTERTAIN ON MONDAY AUTHORIZES THE PUBLIC, UH, WORKS, UH, MANAGER, UH, TO SOLICIT FOR, UH, VARIOUS CLEANING PRODUCTS AND SERVICES RELATED TO PROVISIONS, UH, OF BOTH OUR PERSONNEL, THEIR UNIFORMS, AS WELL AS OUR FACILITIES.

AND WE WOULD ASK THAT AGAIN, COUNSEL ACT ON THIS LEGISLATION ON MONDAY.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRIAN? ANY OBJECTIONS? OKAY.

WE'LL SEE THAT ON MONDAY AS WELL.

NEXT IS

[ City Planner Renewal Agreement]

ITEM THREE E, THE CITY PLAN RENEWABLE AGREEMENT.

BRIAN.

FANTASTIC, AND I, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

AARON, KNOW YOU'RE HERE FOR SOMETHING .

SO, UH, WE HAVE A, UH, ANNUAL ONGOING CONTRACT, UH, I SHOULD SAY, UH, ONGOING.

WE HAVE AN ANNUAL CONTRACT, UH, WITH, UH, COMMUNITY PLANNING INSIGHTS, UH, WHICH IS AARON'S COMPANY.

UH, THAT CONTRACT DID EXPIRE AT, UH, THE END OF THE YEAR.

WE ARE ASKING COUNSEL TO, UH, APPROVE A NEW CONTRACT, UH, TO ALLOW US TO, UH, CONTINUE TO ENGAGE AARON, UH, NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE.

WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU ACT ON THIS LEGISLATION ON MONDAY.

I WOULD WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I THINK EVERYTHING THAT I'VE HEARD IN, IN THE WORK THAT I'VE WITNESSED, UH, FROM AARON, UH, RELATIVE TO KIND OF WHERE WE WERE AT BEFORE AND SOME OF THE WORK WE'VE SEEN BEFORE, UM, I COULDN'T BE MORE PLEASED WITH THE WORK THAT, THAT AARON HAS DONE AND PROVIDED TO OUR PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, THAT HAS THEN WORKED ITS WAY ON, UH, TO, TO THIS COUNCIL.

SO, UH, I THINK THIS AGREEMENT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT, HEY, IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON STAFF, BUT WE CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE RESTRAINTS ARE ON THAT.

BUT, UH, THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN

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THANK YOU, MARK.

MY FIRST QUESTION, BRIAN, UH, THERE WAS A NOT TO EXCEED NUMBER ON THE LAST CONTRACT, UH, CORRECT.

AND DID WE USE UP TO THAT NUMBER? UH, I DON'T RECALL THAT WE'VE COME CLOSE TO THE, UH, TO THE, NOT TO EXCEED NUMBER ON, WE HAVE HIGH, THE PRIOR CONTRACT.

THAT IS CORRECT.

WE HAVE NOT.

SO, ALTHOUGH I WOULD APPRECIATE HAVING YOU ON STAFF.

I'M NOT SURE THIS ISN'T MORE COST EFFECTIVE.

I AGREE WITH YOU, BUT ONE THING FOR CERTAIN, YOU HAVE DEFINITELY UPGRADED THE POSITION AND I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING BUT POSITIVE FROM EVERYONE I TALK TO, BOTH OUTSIDE THE CITY AND INSIDE THE CITY.

SO I PERSONALLY AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, TOTALLY, UH, ACCEPT HAVING THAT ON THE AGENDA, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO PASSAGE.

BUT THANK YOU NANCY.

UP IS ITEM THREE F, WHICH IS THE GUARANTEED ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACT FOR HVAC SERVICES.

AND I'LL SECOND WHAT MR. CAMPBELL JUST SAID, THAT, UH, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL WORKING WITH YOU.

UM, AND AS SOON AS THE CONTRACT'S SIGNED, WE HAVE SOME ISSUES FOR YOU, .

BUT YES, YOU'VE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU.

WE DIDN'T WANT TO SCARE YOU OFF TILL YOU SIGNED .

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.

ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THIS ON TO MONDAY'S MEETING? OKAY, NEXT

[ Guaranteed Energy Savings Performance Contract - HVAC Services]

UH, BRIAN, THIS IS ALSO FREE.

YOU, UH, YES, MR. MAYOR.

NEXT UP IS ITEM 3G, WHICH IS LIQUOR PERMIT NUMBER 6 5 2 1 509 8 1 5 FOR SHEETS AT 82 45 BRENT PIKE.

UH, AS COUNSEL WILL RECALL, WE HAD PREVIOUSLY ENGAGED A COMPANY ESG TO HELP US WITH SOME WORK, UH, WITH OUR UTILITY SYSTEMS, UM, IN A VARIETY OF CAPACITIES.

AND ONE OF THE, UH, PROVISIONS OF THAT INITIAL CONTRACT FROM THREE YEARS AGO, UH, WAS THAT THEY WOULD NEGOTIATE A SERVICE AGREEMENT, UH, FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR HVAC SYSTEMS. THAT CONTRACT, THAT THREE YEAR CONTRACT WITH WREAK SERVICES, UH, IS ABOUT TO EXPIRE IN MARCH.

UH, ESG, UM, HAS COME FORWARD AND OFFERED TO NEGOTIATE AN ADDITIONAL THREE YEAR CONTRACT WITH RE SERVICES, UH, IF WE ARE WILLING TO ALLOW THEM TO DO SO.

UH, CITY STAFF HAS BEEN VERY PLEASED WITH THE WORK THAT, UH, RE HAS DONE FOR US.

AND WE WOULD, UH, LIKE FOR ESG TO NEGOTIATE ANOTHER CONTRACT.

AND WE ARE ASKING COUNCIL TO ENTERTAIN THIS LEGISLATION ON MONDAY, EMPOWERING ESG TO NEGOTIATE NEW TERMS, UH, OF A MAINTENANCE CONTRACT, UH, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THAT AGREEMENT WHEN COMPLETE.

THANKS, BRIAN.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRIAN REGARDING THIS? DON? BRIAN? UM, CAN YOU, UM, JUST GIVE A, A OVERVIEW, WHY DOESN'T THE CITY NEGOTIATE DIRECTLY WITH RICK INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH A THIRD PARTY? UH, SO IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, THE REASON THAT, UH, WE ELECTED TO USE ESG OR ESG WAS EMPOWERED TO NEGOTIATE ON OUR BEHALF.

IS BECAUSE ESG NEGOTIATES THESE TYPES OF, UH, MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS FOR A MULTITUDE OF VENDORS AND A MULTITUDE OF SUPPLIERS.

SO EFFECTIVELY THEIR RELATIONSHIPS AND THEIR CONDUIT, UH, AND THEIR, UM, THEIR ROLE AS A CONDUIT TO OTHER WORK EMPOWERS THEM TO BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE THESE CONTRACTS.

UH, NOT ONLY THAT, BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH HOW ALL OF THESE SYSTEMS WORK, THEY'RE ABLE TO HOLD, UM, REEK AND OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS ACCOUNTABLE TO RATES BECAUSE THEY ARE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT IT TAKES TO MAINTENANCE THESE SYSTEMS. SO THEY KNOW WHEN PRICES ARE IN LINE WITH THE WORK THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE MANUFACTURER, UM, ON THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY'RE SERVICING AND MAINTENANCE.

AND SO BECAUSE OF, UM, ESGS RELATIONSHIPS, UM, AND PROJECT SCOPE THAT EXIST THROUGHOUT OHIO, AS WELL AS THEIR FAMILIARITY WITH, UH, THE HVAC SYSTEMS THAT THEY'RE NEGOTIATING THE MAINTENANCE OF, UH, THEY'RE ABLE TO GET MORE FAVORABLE PRICING, UH, THAN WE WOULD OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO.

I, I THINK IN MOST INSTANCES, AND, UH, AS A FOLLOW UP, IT, IT IS STAFF'S OPINION THAT, UM, THIS IS THE MORE COST EFFECTIVE OF THE, THE TWO OPTIONS.

IT'S, IT SAVES THE CITY MONEY TO HAVE THEM NEGOTIATE THIS FOR US, UH, CORRECT.

AND THE FACT THAT, UM, RE IS FAMILIAR WITH THESE SYSTEMS AND HOW THEY WERE INSTALLED AND HOW THEY WERE INTENDED TO OPERATE, UH, WE THINK ALSO, UH, HELPS ENSURE THAT WE CAN GET FAST, RELIABLE, UH, SERVICE, UH, ON THESE SYSTEMS IN THE FUTURE.

I THINK OVER THE THREE YEAR CONTRACT THAT WE HAD, UH, OUR TOTAL EXPENSE TO WREAK WAS UNDER $27,000 DURING THE TERM.

UH, WE INCURRED ON, I THINK, NO COST IN THE FIRST SERVICE YEAR.

UM, AND THEN, UH, THAT BALANCE WAS, WAS IN THE LAST TWO.

BUT, UH, LIKE I SAID, WE, UH, WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THE SERVICE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THIS ON TO MONDAY? OKAY.

[ Liquor Permit #65215090815 - Sheetz - 8245 Brandt Pike]

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TONY, THIS IS A NEW LIQUOR PERMIT REQUEST, UH, FOR SHEETS, UH, AT, UH, 82 45.

GRANT PIKE, AS THE MAYOR JUST STATED, UM, THE APPLICATION IS FOR C ONE AND C TWO, UH, LIQUOR PERMIT.

UH, THIS WOULD BE FOR THE NEW SHEETS AT THIS LOCATION.

UH, THE APPLICATION HAS BEEN, UH, REVIEWED BY THE POLICE AND FIRE DIVISIONS, UH, WITH NO OBJECTIONS.

SO WITH, UH, COUNCIL'S APPROVAL, I'D LIKE TO PUT A MOTION ON THE AGENDA TO RESPOND TO THE OHIO DIVISION OF LIQUOR CONTROL WITH NO OBJECTIONS IN REFERENCE TO THIS, UH, NEW LIQUOR PERMIT.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY OBJECTION? OKAY.

[ Board And Commission Appointments * Board Of Zoning Appeals - Appointment]

NEXT UP IS ITEM THREE H, WHICH ARE BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS.

TONY, YOU HAVE THIS AS WELL.

UM, I HAVE FOUR APPOINTMENTS TO BRING BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, UH, BASED ON SOME INTERVIEWS THAT WERE DONE LAST WEEK, UM, ALL MY COMMENTS WILL BE THE SAME FOR ALL IN THAT, UM, THEY WERE, UH, RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY'S INTERVIEW PANEL, AND THE BACKGROUND CHECKS HAVE ON THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN PROCESSED THROUGH, UH, HUMAN RESOURCES WHERE APPROPRIATE.

SO THE FIRST IS AN APPOINTMENT TO THE VACANCY ON THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS.

THE RECOMMENDATION IS THE APPOINTMENT OF SHEILA BALLARD TO THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS FOR A TERM ENDING JANUARY 31ST, 2028.

UH, SHEILA IS, UH, CURRENTLY, UH, A MEMBER OF THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE REVIEW BOARD.

SO THIS WOULD BE A, A MOVE FROM ONE BOARD TO ANOTHER AND, UM, WOULD ASK FOR COUNSEL'S ACTION ON THAT APPOINTMENT ON MONDAY.

SECOND IS, UM, APPOINTMENT TO THE CULTURAL AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION, UH, FOR THE REMAINING VACANCY ON THAT COMMISSION.

UH, THIS IS IBRAHIM, AND I'M PROBABLY NOT GONNA PRONOUNCE THE NAME CORRECTLY.

WE'LL GO WITH IBRAHIM C SHOCKI.

UM, AND THAT WOULD BE FOR A TERM ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2026.

SO ASKING FOR COUNSEL ACTION ON THAT APPOINTMENT.

THE THIRD IS, UH, APPOINTMENT TO THE MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION.

UH, WE HAVE TWO VACANCIES CURRENTLY.

THIS WOULD FILL, UH, ONE OF THE, THE CURRENT VACANCIES, UH, THE APPOINTMENT OF CHRISTOPHER OWLER, UH, TO THE MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION FOR A TERM ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2026.

AND THE LAST, UH, APPOINTMENT WOULD BE, UM, AN APPOINTMENT TO THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE REVIEW BOARD, UH, ALI SHOCK OV.

AND, UM, ALI HAD APPLIED, UH, FOR THE VACANCY ON THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS AND WAS INTERVIEWED, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS FOR SHEILA BALLARD, BUT I SPOKE TO HIM AFTERWARDS.

AND SINCE SHEILA WOULD BE MOVING FROM ONE BOARD TO ANOTHER AND CREATING A VACANCY ON THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE REVIEW BOARD, UM, I SPOKE WITH HIM ABOUT HIS INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE REVIEW BOARD, AND HE, HE SAID HE WAS INTERESTED IN, UH, SERVING ON THAT BOARD INSTEAD, IF HE WAS NOT GONNA BE SELECTED FOR THE BZA.

SO, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO APPOINT HIM, UH, TO THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE REVIEW BOARD FOR A TERM ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.

AND THAT'S JUST AN UNEXPIRED TERM.

SO HE'D SERVE THAT UNTIL THE END OF THIS YEAR, AND THEN WE'D REAPPOINT HIM TO A FULL TERM.

ITEM THREE I, WHICH IS THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, UM, TONY.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THESE APPOINTMENTS ONTO MONDAY'S MEETING? OKAY.

SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE THOSE ON.

NEXT UP IS

[ Charter Review Commission]

YEAH, I THINK, UM, CASE SEVEN, SOME I HAD SCHEDULING CONFLICTS, MAYOR.

SO, UH, WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION AND, UH, THE MEMBERSHIP IN THAT IN ORDER TO GET IT RUNNING.

UH, WE'VE, UH, INDICATED AT THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD HAD IDENTIFIED THE TWO STAFF MEMBERS, UH, FOR PARTICIPATION ON THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, MR. Z AND, UH, MR. RUSSELL, UH, FROM THE FIRE DIVISION, BOTH WHO ARE NOT ONLY, UH, CITY STAFF MEMBERS, BUT RESIDENTS OF THE CITY.

AND, UM, THEN, UH, WE HAD A POSTING OPEN TILL FEBRUARY 9TH FOR, UH, THE CITIZEN MEMBERS OF THE, UH, THE, UH, CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION.

WE'VE CONDUCTED THOSE, UH, INTERVIEWS, UH, OVER LAST WEEK AND, AND TODAY.

AND, UH, WE HAD SIX APPLICANTS FOR THE FOUR, UH, VACANCIES, UH, OF THE CITIZEN MEMBERS.

UM, AND I'M PREPARED TO DISCUSS, UH, THE RESULTS OF THOSE, UH, INTERVIEWS WITH COUNSEL AND EXECUTIVE SESSION TONIGHT BEFORE, UH, DISCUSSING APPOINTMENT.

AND THEN LASTLY, WERE THE, UH, CONSIDERATION OF THE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WOULD SERVE ON THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION.

THE LAST MEETING, UH, WE HAD FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WERE INTERESTED IN SERVING, UM, FOR THREE SLOTS.

AND I, I THINK THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE IN ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE, CORRECT?

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AND SO I THINK DON HAS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST, UH, AND SERVING ON THE, UH, CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION.

SO, UM, THAT COULD BE A SUBJECT FOR THE EXECUTIVE SESSION DISCUSSION TOO, TO TRY TO IDENTIFY, UH, THE RECOMMENDED COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS FOR THE, UH, THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION AS WELL.

SO, UM, BEING THAT, SO WE WILL DISCUSS THE, UH, PARTICULAR, THE PARTICULAR PEOPLE FROM, UH, WHO WAS INTERVIEWED AND THEN THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THAT'LL ALL BE EXECUTIVE SESSION DISCUSSION.

CORRECT.

AND THEN IF COUNCIL AGREES, THEN WE'LL COME BACK OUT AND THEN WE'LL ANNOUNCE WHO, UH, WHO, WHO THOSE RECOMMENDED APPOINTMENTS ARE GONNA BE, OR WHAT ACTION WILL BE TAKEN, WHAT, WHAT ACTION IS TAKEN FROM MONDAY'S MEETING.

SO, MS. NANCY? YES.

UM, A COUPLE THINGS BEFORE WE, UH, GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UH, CANAL LOCK WAS BROUGHT UP EARLIER DURING THE PRESENTATION.

UH, COULD WE RESEARCH ON WHETHER IT ACTUALLY HAS A HISTORICAL DESIGNATION AND IF IT DOESN'T, UH, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN? BECAUSE WE COULD, IF IT HAS THAT DESIGNATION, WE COULD PROBABLY GET DOLLARS FOR MAINTENANCE, UH, OF THAT AREA.

I HAD SOME, UM, THE OTHER THING IS THAT, UM, AT OUR PAST MEETING I MENTIONED THAT, UH, THAT OUR, THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LISTENING SESSION, UH, FOR NEW AMERICANS THAT, UH, IS PART OF THE WELCOME MONTGOMERY COUNTY EFFORT.

AND IT'S BEEN SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 23RD.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, KIND OF GIVE AN OVER BRIEF OF IT AT THE NEXT WORK SESSION.

AND, AND START GETTING SOME, UH, PUBLICITY OUT THERE FOR IT.

I WENT TO ONE AT, UH, MIAMISBURG THIS WEEK, AND, UH, JEFFREY ADAMS WAS THERE WITH ME, AND IT WAS EXCELLENT.

ABSOLUTELY EXCELLENT.

THE CONVERSATION WAS, WAS VERY ENLIGHTENING.

THESE PEOPLE SHARED, UH, THE EXPERIENCES THAT THEY HAD COMING INTO THE COUNTRY AND THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY FACE, AND, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT WAS SAID TONIGHT ABOUT THE NUMBER OF TURKISH PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE, BUT WE HAVE SO MANY ETHNIC REPRESENTATIONS HERE THAT, THAT IT WOULD GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO, TO COME IN AND TELL US HOW WE CAN HELP THEM, YOU KNOW, I THINK ACCLIMATE TO THE CITY LETTER.

SO TODAY, ACTUALLY, I HAD A, A MEETING THIS AFTERNOON WITH, UM, THE ACTUAL, THE, UH, THE TURKISH CONSULT GENERAL FROM CHICAGO, UH, WAS HERE IN THE CITY TODAY.

AND HE MET WITH MAYOR MEMS OF DAYTON AND CAME HERE TO CBER HEIGHTS AND, AND, UH, GOT TO SPEND ABOUT 45 MINUTES WITH HIM THIS AFTERNOON, UH, ALONG WITH, UH, KEVIN, AN ENTOURAGE OF PEOPLE THAT HE HAD WITH HIM.

AND I TELL YOU, UH, HE HAD STATED THAT IN THE, THE DAYTON AREA, WELL, SO IN CHICAGO, THEY HAVE ABOUT 15,000 REGISTERED, UM, MEMBERS OF THE TURKISH COMMUNITY AS PART OF THEIR, UH, GROUP OR THE ORGANIZATION, UH, OUT IN CHICAGO AND OUTSIDE OF CHICAGO.

THE DAYTON AREA IS THE NUMBER TWO AREA THAT THEY SERVICE OUT OF THE ENTIRE CHICAGO JURISDICTION IS THE DAYTON AREA.

AND THE MAJORITY OF THE DAYTON AREA, UH, TURKISH MEMBERS ACTUALLY RESIDE IN, IN HUBER HEIGHTS.

SO FROM A, AND, AND THE NUMBER IN THE DAYTON AREA IS ABOUT 10,000.

SO YOU'RE LOGGING 10,000 IN DAYTON, THERE'S 15,000 IN CHICAGO.

AND THAT'S THE REASON THAT THEY COME HERE AND VISIT THIS AREA QUITE OFTEN BECAUSE THIS IS THE NUMBER TWO AREA OF POPULATION FROM THE TURKISH COMMUNITY IN THE ENTIRE JURISDICTION THAT THE CONSULATE OUT OF, UH, OUT OF CHICAGO IS, YEAH.

OVER OVERSEAS.

AND, AND WHAT THE, UH, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, UH, THE BUSINESSES, THE, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT THEY OPENED, THE, THE BREAKFAST PLACE THAT THEY, UM, JUST RIGHT, RIGHT UP RIGHT THE STREET HERE.

I THINK IT'S EIGHT STATE, ALL THE MIDWEST, UH, AND THEN GOES TO SOUTH, INTO KENTUCKY.

SO, UM, A VERY BIG AREA AND, AND THIS AREA IS, IS NUMBER TWO OUTSIDE CHICAGO.

AND THE HEBREW HEIGHTS AREA IS NUMBER ONE IN THE DAYTON AREA.

SO, UH, ABSOLUTELY WHEN WE HAVE, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT, WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE ARE A VERY DIVERSE COMMUNITY AND A VERY DIVERSE CITY, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT ISN'T JUST THE TURKISH POPULATION, BUT THEY MAKE UP A LARGE PART OF THAT.

AND I THINK THERE'S CERTAINLY SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AND SOME THINGS, THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IN, IN, IN OUR CONVERSATIONS TODAY, UM, TO HELP ALL OF THE, THE DIFFERENT ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS AND GROUPS AND, UH, FEEL PART OF HUBER HEIGHTS AND, UH, IN THIS CITY, THIS COMMUNITY AND, AND WELCOME THEM HERE.

SO I THINK ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO DO THAT, UH, CERTAINLY IS, UH, WE NEED TO DO.

AND, UH, SO YEAH, THIS IS, THIS IS A, WILL BE AN INTERESTING TOPIC, NANCY.

I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.

BUT YEAH, SO IF, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR COMMUNITY AND THE, AND THE PEOPLE THAT, THAT WE'RE ATTRACTING AS A DIVERSE COMMUNITY, THE, THE, THE TURKISH MEMBERS AND THE TURKISH COMMUNITY IS A, A, A GROWING AND A BIG PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DO

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SO THERE'S, YEAH, JUST LOTS OF, LOTS OF THINGS THAT THEY DO TO ENHANCE OUR COMMUNITY.

AND, AND I THINK, UH, ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HIGHLIGHT AND SHOWCASE THAT WOULD, WOULD, WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA.

UM, GOT AN, UH, APPOINTMENT SET UP WITH, UM, THEIR PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION THAT WAS HERE TODAY TO MEET WITH THE, UH, LINKED UP HIM AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF IDE CITY SCHOOLS, MR. ENOCH.

THEY'RE HAVING A MEETING IN THE MORNING AT 11 O'CLOCK.

SO, UH, ALL GOOD STUFF CAME OUTTA THAT MEETING WITH THE, WITH THE CONSULT GENERAL FROM CHICAGO TODAY.

MARK, UH, MAYOR TONIGHT, WE HAD, WAS HIS NAME DAN FROM TRI-CITY? YES.

PAY, I THINK A HUGE COMPLIMENT TO THE CITY WHEN HE BROUGHT UP BRIAN, JIM AND RUSS.

AND HOW HELPFUL THEY'VE BEEN EVEN IN SHAPING HIS CAREER.

UM, THAT, THAT MAKES ME PROUD TO SIT ON COUNCIL AND HAVE FOLKS OF HIS CALIBER, OBVIOUSLY A TOP-NOTCH PROFESSIONAL HIMSELF, SAY THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.

I SAY THAT TO SAY I'M PROUD OF YOU AND HOW YOU REPRESENT US HUBER HEIGHTS.

WELL, THANK YOU.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU TOOK YOUR TIME TODAY TO MEET WITH THE TURKISH.

WOULD THEY BE EXECUTIVES? IT WAS THE, THE CON THE CONS GENERAL, AND THEN HIS, UM, PROFESSOR OF, OF EDUCATION.

AND THEN THEIR, UH, WOULD BE THEIR PRESS SECRETARY, I GUESS.

AND THEN A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW, UH, ELDAR IN THE, IN THE TURKISH COMMUNITY.

ELDAR WAS WITH THEM.

WAS WITH THEM TODAY.

WELL, IT'S OBVIOUS THAT, UH, BEING MAYOR, YOU, YOU RECEIVE A LOT OF CRITICISM, UH, AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO TRACK IT.

I THINK YOU RECEIVE MORE CRITICISM THAN YOU DO.

THAT'S OKAY.

WELL, BUT AS ONE COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU REPRESENT US AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU TOOK THE TIME TODAY TO MEET WITH THEM.

WELL, THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE, HOPEFULLY THAT WAS CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE MIC.

THAT WAS MY PLEASURE.

WHAT, SORRY SCOTT, JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT MS. BURT SAYS, UM, WHEN I SAW THIS WORK PACKET AND THEY WERE SO CLOSE TO THE CANAL PARK, I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH CANAL SOCIETY OF OHIO.

I'VE DONE A BUNCH OF RESEARCH, GOT A BUNCH OF RESEARCH ON EMAILS AND EVERYTHING, HOW TO MAKE IT A HISTORICAL SITE.

IF IT'S NOT, UH, I COULD FORWARD THAT TO BRIAN OR, OR RICK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YEAH, PLEASE DO.

IT'S A BUNCH OF GREAT INFORMATION.

MATTER OF FACT, I THINK INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO GET OUT ON ONE OF THE NEWSLETTERS.

'CAUSE THIS WAS VERY INTERESTING.

THERE WAS THREE LOCKS DOWN IN THE COT AND JUST GAVE SO MUCH OF THE BACKGROUND AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.

I THINK IT'D BE GOOD ON THE NEWSLETTER.

FORWARD THAT INFORMATION.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? OKAY, JOHN.

UH, THIS WOULD BE A, A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR TWO REASONS.

UH, THE FIRST WOULD BE TO CONSIDER THE APPOINTMENT OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND TO CONSIDER THE DISCIPLINE OF A PUBLIC OFFICIAL.

THAT'D BE THE FIRST REASON.

AND THEN NO, THAT WOULD BE BOTH THE REASONS.

SORRY.

I WAS GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF.

IS THERE A MOTION MARK? MOTION? SECOND.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.

MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO.

UH, ONCE WE FINISH EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE'LL COME BACK OUT AND, UH, NOTIFY EVERYONE IF ANY ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN.

SEVEN 10.

AND THE TIME NOW IS SEVEN 10.

IT IS NOW 7 46 AND WE'VE COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.

AND, UH, SO A FEW DECISIONS WERE MADE TO ADD ITEMS ON, UH, THE AGENDA FOR MONDAY.

UH, THERE ARE FOUR, UH, RESIDENTS THAT WILL BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA FOR APPROVAL FOR THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION.

AND THOSE FOUR MEMBERS ARE, UH, ANGELA SUMMERS, JENNIFER EKK, MATTHEW SCHAPER, AND THOMAS DILLINGHAM.

AND THEN THERE'LL BE FOUR DIFFERENT MOTIONS FOR, UH, THESE FOLLOWING FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO FILL THE FOUR OR THE, I'M SORRY, THE THREE SPOTS, UH, FROM THE COUNCIL POSITIONS ON THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, THOSE WILL BE MOTIONS OF ALPHABETICAL ORDER.

NANCY BURGE, MARK CAMPBELL, ANITA KITCHEN, AND DON WEBB.

IT IS NOW ALMOST 7 47 HERE.

I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.