Jun 04, 2024 Council Work Session

TODAY'S DATE IS JUNE 4TH, 2024.

GOOD EVENING

[1. Call Meeting To Order/Roll Call]

EVERYONE.

WELCOME TO THE SAFE HUB HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION.

WE'RE GETTING STARTED AT 6 0 1, AND THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY CALLED TO ORDER.

SO, TONY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE MR. DAVIDSON? HERE.

NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER

[2. Approval Of Minutes]

TWO, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES ITEM TWO A.

WE HAVE ONE SET OF MINUTES FROM MAY THE SEVENTH OF 2024.

UH, THOSE MINUTES HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO EVERYONE.

IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, UH, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND THOSE WILL STAND AS APPROVED.

NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS OUR WORK SESSION TOPICS OF DISCUSSION.

SAYING NOTHING, THOSE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.

NEXT UP IS ITEM

[ City Manager Report]

ITEM THREE A IS THE CITY MANAGER REPORT, AND AS ALL OF YOU WILL SEE, WE HAVE A NEW PERSON SITTING IN THE CHAIR DOWN THERE.

JOHN, HOW ARE YOU, SIR? CONGRATULATIONS.

WELCOME.

AND, UM, HAVE YOU GOT ANYTHING TO REPORT TO? I DO, DO, YEAH.

UH, I'LL START JUST BY SAYING MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY HERE.

UH, IT'S, IT'S AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO SERVE YOU GUYS IN AN INTERIM ROLE.

UM, UH, FOR ME, MOST OF THESE THINGS COME FROM CITY STAFF.

UH, I PUT OUT AN A FEELER AND AN EMAIL TO JUST KIND OF, KIND OF GAUGE THINGS AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT, UM, ON A LOT OF THINGS.

SO, I'VE GOT A FEW THINGS TO REPORT.

I KNOW IT'S SUMMERTIME, EVERYBODY'S GETTING OUTSIDE, SO MOST OF IT'S PARKS RELATED.

SO, UM, TO MR. DAVIDSON'S, ASK, UH, HE WAS ASKING ABOUT THE GAZEBO AT LL PARK.

SO, UM, YOU'LL SEE ON, UH, ONLINE, AND WE'VE POSTED DIAL PARK HAS THE GAZEBO.

IT'S BEEN PLACED.

UM, WE DO HAVE THE FUTURE.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PATHWAY LEADING DOWN WITH SOME, UM, SHRUBS AND, AND OTHER TYPES OF LANDSCAPING.

THERE IS A, RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE GONNA BE A TREE PLANTING EVENT, LIKE A VOLUNTEER EVENT IN THE FALL TO PUT A HUNDRED TREES THERE.

AND THEN, UM, IN THE FUTURE, SHE, SARAH, DID SAY WE'VE GOT SOME PLANS FOR 2025 TO PUT INTERPRETIVE SIGNS, BIRD HOUSES, AND THEN SOME, UH, UH, SEEDING FOR THE WILDERS AS WELL.

SO, UM, THE DOG PARK, WE HAD SOME RECENT UPGRADES TO THE DOG PARK AREA AS WELL.

UM, THE, UM, FENCE ITSELF HAS BEEN UPGRADED, AND THEN WE MOVED THE GATES AROUND TO KIND OF GIVE IT A BETTER FEEL AND LOOK FROM THE FRONT.

I DID HAVE A TIME TO MEET WITH CHRIS TODAY.

THE YMCA AQUATIC CENTER HAD A PRETTY GOOD OPENING WEEKEND.

STELLAR NUMBERS ON SATURDAY, SUNDAY.

THE WEATHER KIND OF TRICKED HIM AND KIND OF SHUT IT DOWN EARLY.

MONDAY WAS COLD, SO , WE'LL SEE WHERE IT GOES FROM HERE.

SO IT'S, UH, WEATHER DEPENDENT COMMUNITY PARK.

THE PICKLEBALL COURTS ARE PAINTED AND THE NETS ARE INSTALLED.

UH, THE YMCA IS ALSO SET TO HOST A PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT THERE ON JUNE 8TH.

UM, THEY'RE GONNA DO ANOTHER TOURNAMENT IN, UM, SEPTEMBER TIMEFRAME IT LOOKS LIKE.

SO, UM, WE DO HAVE THE SUMMER MUSIC SERIES, WHICH STARTED THIS PAST WEEKEND.

UM, THE FIRST WE HAD, UH, MAGGIE BALL WAS THERE.

AND THEN THE NEXT SCHEDULED ACT AT THE, UM, EICHELBERGER IS, UH, ON JUNE 15TH.

IT'S A BRASS TAX BAN.

SO FROM ENGINEERING, UH, THE TROY PIKE PROJECT, IF YOU'VE BEEN AROUND AND SEEN, AND I KNOW WE'VE ALL SEEN , THE TROY PIKE PROJECT IS, IS STEADILY MOVING FORWARD.

THEY HAD THE MASTER ARMS PUT UP BY SUBCONTRACTOR THIS PAST WEEK.

UM, THE, THE, UM, CURB WORK FROM THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR SHOULD BE COMPLETED HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS, AND RUSS ASSURES ME, HOPEFULLY SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, WE'LL HAVE REPAVING FROM THE INTERSTATE ALL THE WAY TO TAYLORSVILLE.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE CLOSE.

WE'RE GETTING THERE.

SO, UM, TAYLORSVILLE BRIDGE DOWN ON TAYLORSVILLE ROAD, UM, THE COUNTY HAS A PROJECT THAT'S GONNA BE REPLACING THAT BRIDGE.

IT'S, IT'S NO HUB MONEY, IT'S ALL COUNTY MONEY.

THEY'RE GONNA MAINTAIN LANES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS, SO, OKAY.

UM, THAT'LL BE A COUPLE, LEMME SEE HERE.

IT LOOKS LIKE EARLY COMPLETION DATE WOULD BE SEPTEMBER.

SO, AND THEN JUST SOME COMMUNICATIONS OUT.

UM, WE DO HAVE A CITYWIDE GARAGE SALE COMING UP ON JUNE 13TH TO THE 16TH.

ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO SIGN UP, PLEASE, UM, UH, EMAIL OR CALL CITY HALL.

IF YOU EMAIL, UM, THERE'S A EMAIL ADDRESS, UM, FOR RACHEL THAT WE'LL SHARE.

UM, AND THEN JUNETEENTH MUSIC FESTIVAL IS GONNA BE ON SUNDAY THE 16TH.

IT'LL BE A FREE, UM, FESTIVAL AT EEL BERG.

IT'S GONNA HAVE VENDORS, MUSIC, UM, FOOD.

AND THEN, UM, IT'S GONNA RUN FROM FOUR TO NINE O'CLOCK.

AND OUR BIG EVENT OF THE YEAR IS COMING.

SO JUNE 29TH, WE'RE SET TO HAVE THE PARADE AND THE FIREWORKS.

UM, THE PARADE IS SET TO GO OFF, UM, AT 10:00 AM IT'LL RUN FROM BRANT PIKE AND CHAMBERSBURG ALL THE WAY DOWN TO NEBRASKA AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST.

AND THEN THE FESTIVALS START AT CLOUD PARK AT NOON.

YOU GUYS KNOW, AND, AND THE CITIZENS SHOULD KNOW THAT THE BIG DIFFERENCE THIS YEAR IS THE FREE RIDES.

SO WE'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, WE'VE PAID FOR THE RIDES.

THERE ARE GONNA BE MORE RIDES, AND THEY WILL BE AT NO COST TO THE CITIZENS THIS YEAR.

UM, AND THEN FIREWORKS SHOULD START AROUND 10 O'CLOCK AND RUN FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING, UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR JOHN REGARDING ITEMS THAT WERE IN, IN HIS REPORT? I NEED IT.

JOHN, I ASKED PREVIOUSLY, CAN,

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IS THERE ANY WAY I CAN LOOK AT THE INSURANCE POLICY ON THOSE RIDES? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE ARE LEGALLY COVERED.

SURE, YEAH.

IF I COULD GET THAT, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE.

I'LL THAT TO YOU.

YEAH, BECAUSE THAT'S USUALLY A WRITER.

AND WHEN I WAS ASKING ABOUT IT, IT WAS KIND OF ALL UP IN THE AIR ABOUT RIDER, SO.

GOOD QUESTION.

ANYTHING ELSE? YES, MARK? YEAH.

JOHN, I WANT TO THANK YOU, UH, FOR TAKING THE POSITION.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING, UH, HOW, HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED IN NEW BRIGHTS? I WAS DOING THE NUMBERS THE OTHER DAY WITH A LITTLE FOUR YEAR STINT WHERE I WENT TO XENIA TO WORK.

I'VE BEEN HERE 40 YEARS.

AND, AND YOU'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY HOW LONG? UH, JULY WILL BE 24 YEARS.

AND WHAT WAS YOUR POSITION AT THE FIRE DIVISION BEFORE YOU LEFT? UH, ADMINISTRATIVE BATTALION CHIEF.

UH, BUT ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FOR GIVING IT YOURSELF.

I APPRECIATE IT.

I KNOW THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THIS, AND YOU SAW THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS YOU ALWAYS HAVE.

I APPRECIATE IT.

BUT, BUT I'M VERY IMPRESSED.

WHICH IS THE WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, AND THEN DESIGNING AND AWARDING THAT CONTRACT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, WE'LL GET STARTED.

UH, NEXT UP IS ITEM THREE B,

[ Water Main Replacement Program - Design - Award Contract]

RU UH, YEAH.

UH, BEFORE I START THOUGH, I'D LIKE TO PASS OUT SOMETHING CONCERNING, UH, WATER MAIN BREAKS.

UH, CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE WORK ON GETTING ALL THIS TOGETHER.

UH, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE CHART, UM, WATER MAIN BREAKS FOR THIS YEAR ARE LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CHART.

THERE'S TWO, TWO GRAPHS SHOWN.

UM, THE TOP ONE IS, UH, ALL THE YEARS IN THE PAST LAST 10 OR 15 YEARS.

AND IN THE BOTTOM, LIKE I SAID, IS THIS PAST, THIS YEAR.

UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE, IN JANUARY, WE HAD, UH, 14 BREAKS, WHICH WAS VERY HIGH FOR, AS OF LATELY BEEN DUE FOR HOW COLD IT WAS.

UH, FEBRUARY, THERE WERE THREE.

IN MARCH, WE'D HAD ZERO IN APRIL AND MAY WE HAD ONE.

SO, UH, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT WITH, I HAVEN'T GIVEN YOU AN UPDATE LATELY, AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE, WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THIS.

SO WE'RE STILL PRETTY LOW ON WATER MAIN BREAKS, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD.

UM, OUR WEBSITE DOES TRY TO KEEP UPDATED ON THIS EVERY TIME THERE IS ONE.

UH, WE MISSED ONE IN MAY.

I THINK SOMEBODY HAD NOTICED THAT IT WASN'T ON THERE, BUT THERE WAS ONE ON ADAMS ROAD, BUT THERE WASN'T A BOIL ALERT ON THAT, I DON'T THINK.

SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS I THINK IT GOT MISSED 'CAUSE OF THAT.

BUT, UH, AND ONCE IN A WHILE, WE HAVE ONE WHERE, UM, A CONTRACTOR WILL EITHER PULL OUT A WATER SERVICE OR HIT A LINE AND WE DON'T COUNT THOSE AS BREAKS SINCE THAT'S NOT REALLY A BREAK.

SO, UM, SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT.

SO, UH, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO NOW IS THEN GO OVER TO LEGISLATION HERE.

UM, WE DID, THIS IS FOR WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT, THE DESIGN.

UM, WE SOLICITED PROPOSALS FROM FOUR DIFFERENT ENGINEERING FIRMS, UH, TO DESIGN THREE AREAS OF STREETS.

UH, WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING THE 2025 TO 2030 WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.

UM, IN YOUR PACKET THERE, THERE IS A MAP SHOWING THE THREE AREAS WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT.

AND THEN, UM, THE BID TABULATION FOR THAT.

UM, THIS LEGISLATION WILL AUTHORIZE AN AWARD AND ENTER A CONTRACT WITH CHOICE ONE ENGINEERING.

UH, THEY WERE THE LOW BIDDER ON ALL THREE OF THE AREAS, AND THEIR TOTAL BID FOR ALL THREE WAS 348,000.

AND THAT'S APPROXIMATELY FOUR AND A HALF PERCENT OF THE CONSTRUCTION COST, WHICH IS, WE SAID THAT WE'RE COMING IN AT FIVE OR SIX.

AND THEY WERE A LITTLE LOWER THAN THAT.

SO IT WAS PRETTY GOOD.

OF THE FOUR CONSULTANTS, UH, THAT SUBMITTED PROPOSALS, CHOICE ONE WAS THE LOW IN ALL THREE OF THE AREAS OF THE DESIGN.

UM, AND THE THREE REPLACEMENT AREAS INCLUDE 24 DIFFERENT STREETS, UH, APPROXIMATELY 32,500 FEET OF WATER MAIN.

AND THIS IS ROUGHLY NINE TO $10 MILLION WORTH OF REPLACEMENTS.

UM, SO WE, AFTER THIS IS DESIGNED, UH, THE FIRST AREA, WE WILL BE DOING A $6 MILLION REPLACEMENT PROGRAM ON THAT STARTING, UH, BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR.

AND THAT'LL FOLLOW THE 18 MONTH CYCLE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE RUNNING ON.

SO, UM, WE'LL HAVE LIKE THREE PROGRAMS IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS, AND IT'LL BE ROUGHLY SIX TO 7 MILLION ON EACH ONE TO GET THE 20 MILLION THAT WE, UH, HAD SET ASIDE MONEY FOR TO DO THOSE.

UM, WE WILL BE GOING OUT FOR THE REST OF THE DESIGN WORK NEXT YEAR.

UH, WE HAD 600,000 ROUGHLY IN OUR BUDGET.

AND THESE, THIS, I WAS EXPECTING IT TO BE ABOUT 450 TO 500,000 FOR THIS DESIGN.

BUT IT CAME IN AT ROUGHLY, OH, AT 348.

SO IT CAME IN LOWER.

UH, SO LIKE I SAID, NEXT YEAR WE'LL GO OUT FOR SOME MORE DESIGN AND GET THE REST OF THAT 20 MILLION ALL DESIGNED NEXT YEAR.

UH, CHOICE ONE HAS WORKED IN THE CITY MANY TIMES BEFORE AND THEN HAVE DESIGNED PAST WATER MAIN REPLACEMENTS, AND THEN NOT TO EXCEED ON THIS AS 383,000, WHICH IS ROUGHLY 10% OVER THE COST, UH, TO COMPLETE THE DESIGN.

SO, AND THE WATER FUND WILL BE USED TO, UM, TO HELP FUND THIS.

THANKS RUSH.

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UH, I THINK THIS, UH, GETS US, UH, AS A REALLY GOOD START ON, UH, WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE AND, AND LOOKING AT HOW WE COULD TACKLE THIS PROJECT FROM A, JUST FROM A, A, A BIGGER PORTION AND USE THE MONEY THAT WE'RE ALLOCATING EVERY YEAR TO JUST USE AS DEBT SERVICE TO BE ABLE TO GET AS MUCH OF THIS IN THE GROUND AS WE, AS WE PHYSICALLY COULD ON A YEARLY BASIS.

SO I APPRECIATE, UM, THE WORK THAT, THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE DONE ON THIS.

SO, UH, ANY QUESTIONS? ANITA? IT, CAN YOU FIND OUT WHEN THEY'RE STARTING CHAUM BECAUSE OF THE TIMEFRAME? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S DONE BY SCHOOL.

I KNOW IT HASN'T STARTED YET 'CAUSE I WAS TODAY.

UM, YEAH, JUSTIN, UH, SUPPOSED TO START THIS WEEK.

SO PROBABLY MIGHT BE NEXT WEEK BECAUSE I, I KNOW AL ALTER, 'CAUSE I LIVE ON AL ALTER STARTED JUST LITERALLY THE MONDAY AFTER SCHOOL WAS OUT, OR TUESDAY I GUESS.

'CAUSE IT WAS MEMORIAL DAY.

SO I JUST WENT TO GO MAKE SURE THAT WAS KIND OF ON TARGET.

THEY THOUGHT SCHOOL WAS GONNA BE A WEEK LONGER.

THAT'S WHY THEY, OKAY.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE GOING IN THAT TIMEFRAME.

SO IT'S KIND OF DONE BY TIME.

SCHOOL STARTS, WE'LL HAVE 'EM WORK ON CHEM AND THEN THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THAT, AT LEAST THAT STREET FOR SURE.

DONE BEFORE THEY MOVE ON TO, UH, I THINK RIGHT NEXT TO IT THERE'S A BURY.

MAYBE THERE'S ANOTHER ONE RIGHT NEXT TO IT THAT'S PART OF THAT SUMMER PROJECT.

SO, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS ON TARGET, BE DONE DURING SCHOOL.

AND I WENT BY TODAY AND IT WAS NOT STARTED.

IT IS.

WE'RE GOOD.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, MARK.

YEAH, RUSS, UH, WHEN THE MAYOR PROPOSED BONDING THIS OUT AND DOING HUGE PROJECTS, UH, I THINK I'M SPEAKING FOR ALL OF COUNSEL.

UH, THE ONE THING THAT, UH, GAVE US, UH, CALM WAS THAT YOU WERE GOING TO BE MANAGING AND HEADING THIS UP.

SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE IN THE PAST, UH, THAT WORK, YOU KNOW, PROVE THAT YOU COULD HANDLE THIS.

BUT, UH, I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE PROJECT AND, UH, MOVING FORWARD LIKE YOU HAVE.

C, WHICH IS ISSUANCE OF NOTES.

THANKS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? OKAY.

ANY, UH, OBJECTIONS TO MOVING, UH, THIS DESIGN AWARD IN THAT CONTRACT TO CHOICE ONE ONTO MONDAY? OKAY.

SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE THIS ON.

NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER THREE

[ Issuance Of Notes * New Public Works Division Facility]

WE HAVE TWO ITEMS HERE.

ONE FOR THE NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION FACILITY, AND ONE FOR THE, UH, GOVERNANCE CENTER.

JIM? YES.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I HAVE BEFORE YOU THE NEXT, UM, UH, ISSUANCE OF NOTES.

UH, WE, AS YOU KNOW, WE STARTED THIS PROCESS BACK IN NOVEMBER WITH A NUMBER OF CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE'VE GOT GOING.

UH, AT THAT TIME, WE, UH, ISSUED $5 MILLION OF NOTES FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY.

'CAUSE AT THAT TIME, WE ESTIMATED THAT CONSTRUCTION WOULD START, UM, PROBABLY AROUND, UH, FEBRUARY.

SO I WANTED TO GET THAT IN ADVANCE.

UM, NOW I THINK CONSTRUCTION'S GONNA START VERY SHORTLY AND, UM, 5 MILLION IS PROBABLY NOT GONNA GET US THROUGH TO THE RENEWAL OF THOSE NOTES IN NOVEMBER.

SO I'M ASKING COUNSEL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 5 MILLION AND I THINK 10 MILLION WILL GET US TO THE NEXT, UH, TO NOVEMBER.

AND, UM, AND THEN THE REMAINDER OF THAT PROJECT IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT $11 MILLION WITH CONTINGENCY.

UM, SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD BE COMING BACK TO YOU IN NOVEMBER FOUR.

AT THAT TIME, THERE'S NO REASON TO GET MORE THAN 5 MILLION NOW BECAUSE THE MORE YOU TAKE, THE MORE INTEREST YOU HAVE TO PAY.

SO I'M JUST ASKING FOR 5 MILLION ON THAT.

AND THEN, UH, CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN SOON ON THE NEW GOVERNANCE CENTER.

AND, UH, IT'S ESTIMATED THAT THAT COULD BE, UH, UP TO $10 MILLION.

SO I'M ASKING COUNSEL TO APPROVE THAT, UH, AS A NOTE TONIGHT.

AND THEN BOTH OF THESE NOTES WOULD BE RENEWING, UH, I'M SORRY, THEY WOULD BE MATURING NEXT JULY.

SO WHAT WE'RE, THE GOAL HERE IS TO TAKE THE NOTES, UH, RIGHT NOW, MOVE THOSE TO JULY.

SO ONE YEAR NOTES.

AND THEN WHEN WE GET TO NOVEMBER, TAKE THE NOTES FROM NOVEMBER AND MATCH THOSE TO THE JULY, UM, MATURITY HERE.

SO THAT WAY ALL THE NOTES WILL BE MATURING IN JULY OF 25.

AND, AND WHEN WE NEED TO ROLL THEM UNTIL CONSTRUCTION'S FULLY FINISHED, THEN WE'LL GO OUT AND GET BONDS AT THAT TIME.

PROJECTS DO GET COMPLETED ON TIME? AND ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ALLOCATE THE NECESSARY MONEY MOVING FORWARD? YES.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST DOING SHORT-TERM NOTES UNTIL CONSTRUCTION'S DONE.

WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH WE NEED, AND THEN WE'LL GO OUT FOR LONG-TERM BONDS AT THAT TIME.

SO THAT MIGHT NOT BE UNTIL 26 OR 27.

AND THAT'S ALSO VERY DEPENDENT ON THE INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT.

UH, RIGHT NOW INTEREST RATES ARE VERY HIGH, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW.

SO, UM, UH, WE'RE WAITING UNTIL THOSE, UH, START TO DROP AGAIN.

LIKE, UH, SO MANY OF THE NOTES THAT WE DID BACK IN THE EARLY TWENTIES, UH, 20 20, 20 21, WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO GET LIKE 3% INTEREST RATE, UH, IT'S MUCH BETTER THAN 6%.

SO YES, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BIG DOLLARS, I'D RATHER WAIT UNTIL THOSE INTEREST RATES START DROPPING.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR JIM? YES, MARK.

YEAH, JIM, UH, I APPRECIATE THE PHYSICAL FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY THAT YOU'VE SHOWN, NOT ONLY ON THIS PROJECT, BUT THE, UH, OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

UH, IS THIS GOING TO ENSURE THAT THE

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UH, WE'RE, WE HAVE, UH, ACTUALLY, UH, WE MET, UH, WITH THE NEW INTERIM CITY MANAGER, UH, JOHN ON FRIDAY.

UM, UM, BOND COUNSEL AS WELL AS OUR, UH, LEGAL TEAM.

SARAH WAS ON THAT CALL AS, UH, AS WELL AS, UM, UM, ANDY BOART, WHO YOU'VE MET BEFORE.

HE'S OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR.

AND WE DECIDED TO SET UP, UH, SINCE WE HAVE SO MANY PROJECTS GOING ON, WE'RE DOING, UH, UH, BIWEEKLY, UH, MEETINGS, UH, EVERY EVERY TWO WEEKS, SO THAT WAY WE CAN STAY ON TRACK AND KNOW WHEN THE FINANCING'S NEEDED.

BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, IT'S ABOUT A SIX TO EIGHT WEEK PROCESS.

SO WHAT I'M ASKING HERE IS, UM, THERE IS AN EMERGENCY CLAUSE ON THE ORDINANCE FOR EACH OF THESE.

AND THE, THESE ORDINANCES WERE DRAWN UP BY CHRISMAN, OUR BOND COUNSEL, AND HE SAID HE WOULD PREFER AN EMERGENCY CLAUSE, BUT HAVE TWO READINGS.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, UH, MONDAY WOULD JUST BE FIRST READING AND THE MEETING ON THE 24TH WOULD BE SECOND READING, BUT WITH AN EMERGENCY CLAUSE, THEN THEY COULD START GETTING, UM, ACTUALLY GO OUT INTO THE MARKET AND GET BIDS ON THIS, UM, IN, UH, LATE, UH, JUNE.

SO THAT, THAT WAS HIS RECOMMENDATION I THE WORK YOU'VE DONE IN THE PAST AND THE CONFIDENCE YOU'VE INSTILLED IN EACH OF THE PROJECTS.

APPRECIATE THAT.

THANKS.

SO THIS WOULD GO TO FIRST READING AT THE, AT THE NEXT MEETING.

WHICH IS CITY CODE AMENDMENTS CHAPTER 9 34 RATES AND FEES FOR WATER DISTRIBUTION AND SANITARY SEWER SERVICES.

ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT? OKAY.

MOVE THOSE ON.

NEXT IS ITEM 3D,

[ City Code Amendments - Chapter 934 - Rates And Fees For Water Distribution And Sanitary Sewer Services]

UH, THIS ONE IS ALSO MINE.

UH, RUSS AND I WORKED ON THIS TOGETHER.

UM, AND, UM, IT, UH, CAME TO OUR ATTENTION.

I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO, UH, BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT BUCKY'S, UH, WHO'S, UH, COMING TO TOWN, IF ANY OF YOU HADN'T HEARD THAT YET.

UM, UH, THEY NEED A SIX INCH LINE, UH, SIX INCH METER, I'M SORRY, SIX INCH, UH, WATER METER, WHICH WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE IN OUR CODE FOR ANY PRICING ON THAT.

SO WE NEED TO HAVE A PRICE IN, IN THE CODE FOR THE SIX INCH METER FOR, UH, WATER SERVICE AND SANITARY SEWER SERVICE.

SO I WORKED WITH RUSS ON, UH, COMING UP WITH AN ESTIMATE, UH, FOR WHAT THAT SHOULD BE.

AND SO WHAT YOU'VE GOT IS, UM, UH, ALL OF THE CURRENT, UH, 2024 RATES AS OF, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR.

SO I'VE UPDATED THAT, 'CAUSE THIS HADN'T REALLY BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2022.

AND SO THOSE, UH, CURRENT RATES ARE, ARE WHAT COUNCIL'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED, UH, HAS APPROVED.

AND THEN YOU'LL NOTICE ON PAGE, UH, WELL, PAGE ONE UNDER 9 34 0.02, THERE'S A SIX INCH LINE, UH, RESIDENTIAL USER, $653 AND, UH, COMMERCIAL USER $697.

RUSS DOESN'T ANTICIPATE ANY, UM, RESIDENTIAL USERS.

HE DID SAY THERE COULD POSSIBLY BE ONE MORE BESIDES BUCKY WANTING A SIX INCH, UH, IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

AND THEN, UM, IN SECTION 9 34 0 3, UH, WHICH IS ON PAGE FOUR, UH, AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, UM, $242 89 CENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL AND $250 AND 85 CENTS FOR COMMERCIAL.

UH, THOSE WERE THE ONLY TWO ADS TO THE PREVIOUSLY EXISTING AND ALREADY APPROVED RATES THAT ARE IN THIS ORDINANCE.

APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION.

ANY QUESTIONS? THIS WAS WRITTEN AS AN EMERGENCY ALSO, CORRECT? YES, BECAUSE WE, UM, WELL, LET ME SEE HERE.

WE, UM, LET'S SEE.

NO, THIS IS ACTUALLY A NON-EMERGENCY.

UM, SO ONCE IT PASSES, IT CAN GO INTO EFFECT IN 30 DAYS.

SO WE, WE WANTED TO, UH, UH, APPROVE THIS AS A NON-EMERGENCY.

SO IF IT PASSES MONDAY, WHICH WOULD BE WHAT WE RECOMMEND, UM, THAT WAY THE, UH, METER WOULD BE AVAILABLE JULY 10TH.

AND, UH, RUSS DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT BUCKY'S WILL NEED IT ANY SOONER THAN THAT.

ANY SOONER.

SO IT WAS JUST CHECKED EMERGENCY LEGISLATION.

OH, I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY.

THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING.

BUT YEAH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TITLE I, I HAVE NO EMERGENCY, UM, CLAUSE IN THE TITLE.

SO, UH, WAIVE THE SECOND READING AND PASS IS AN YES.

SINCE IT IS AN ORDINANCE, WE WOULD NEED TO WAIVE THE SECOND READING.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, TONY.

AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS.

ANY OBJECTIONS? OKAY.

NEXT IS ITEM THREE E BOARD

[ Board And Commission Appointment * Parks And Recreation Board - Appointment]

I JUST HAVE ONE FOR COUNCIL THIS EVENING.

THIS WOULD BE AN APPOINTMENT TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD.

UM, THE, THE INTERVIEW CITY'S INTERVIEW PANEL RECOMMENDS THE APPOINTMENT OF RICHARD MOORE TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD FOR A TERM ENDING MARCH 31ST, 2027.

UH, THE APPROPRIATE BACKGROUND CHECK HAS BEEN PROCESSED ON MR. MOORE BY HUMAN RESOURCES AND WITH COUNSEL'S APPROVAL.

I WOULD, UH, ASK FOR A MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR MONDAY.

ADOPTING ORDINANCE FOR CITY CODE UNDER THE TRAFFIC CODE AND GENERAL OFFENSES CODE AMENDMENTS.

ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT? OKAY, SAME.

NONE.

MOVE THAT ON ALSO TO MONDAY.

THE NEXT IS THREE F

[ Adopting Ordinance - City Code - Traffic Code/General Offenses Code Amendments]

AMENDMENTS THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE NORMAL SUPPLEMENTS YOU SEE ON THE QUARTERLY BASIS, UH, TO THE HUBER HEIGHTS CODIFIED ORDINANCES OR THE CITY CODE.

UH, PERIODICALLY I BRING TO YOU SOME, UM, ADDITIONAL

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UH, WHAT HAPPENS IS OUR CODIFICATION PROVIDER MUNI CODE, UM, REVIEWS, UH, CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE HIGHER REVISED CODE, UH, PERIODICALLY, AND THEN, UH, IDENTIFIES THOSE CHANGES THAT HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE APPLICABILITY OF, OF OUR CITY CODES AND CITY ORDINANCES.

AND, UM, THESE ARE MAINLY FOCUSED IN THE AREA OF THE TRAFFIC CODE AND THE GENERAL OFFENSES CODE.

SO WHAT THIS LEGISLATION DOES IS TAKE THOSE RECOMMENDED CHANGES FROM THE OHIO REVISED CODE THAT IMPACT OUR CITY CODE AND INCORPORATE THEM, UH, BY REFERENCE INTO THE CITY CODE, UM, AS PART OF OUR CODIFICATION PROCESS.

SO, UH, THIS REVIEW OF THE GENERAL OFFENSES CODE AND THE TRAFFIC CODE COVERS THE PERIOD OF JULY 14TH, 2022 TO MAY 3RD, 2024.

SO, UM, THE, ALL OF THE CHANGES ARE INCLUDED HERE IN THE PACKET IDENTIFIED, UH, IN STRIKETHROUGH VERSION IF YOU WOULD CARE TO GO THROUGH THEM.

BUT THERE'S QUITE A FEW PAGES.

I THINK IT'S NEARLY, UH, 80 OR 90 PAGES OF, UH, UH, OF CHANGES TO THE CODE.

UH, THIS IS, UH, ORDINANCE, BUT IT IS NOT AN EMERGENCY.

IT CAN PROCEED WITH TWO READINGS BEFORE ADOPTION BY COUNSEL.

THANKS TONY.

ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR TONY? OKAY.

ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THIS ON ALSO TO MONDAY? OKAY.

SEEING NONE.

WHICH IS THE ANNEXATION PETITION, DUE DILIGENCE PRESENTATION FOR THIS EVENING.

NEXT UP IS ITEM 3G,

[ Annexation Petition Due Diligence Presentation]

AND GOT A, A FEW ITEMS THAT I KIND OF WANT TO GO OVER AND, UM, TOUCH BASE ON BEFORE I HAND THIS PRESENTATION OVER TO, TO AARON.

UM, SO I JUST WANNA SAY BY STARTING OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE CONCERNS FROM OUR RESIDENTS, UH, AND CONCERNS, UH, THAT THE BETHEL SCHOOLS HAVE.

AND I ASSURE ALL OF YOU THAT WE HAVE TAKEN THOSE CONCERNS TO HEART, UH, BASED ON THE RESEARCH AND WHAT THE DUE DILIGENCE HAS TOLD US.

SO FIRST, I THINK WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT, UH, THERE ARE NO CITY FUNDS, NO PAYMENTS OR INCENTIVES THAT ARE BEING PAID TO THE DEVELOPER.

THIS PROJECT IS FULLY SELF-FUNDED BY THE DEVELOPER WITH ZERO SUBSIDY FROM THE CITY.

SO THIS WOULD INCLUDE ALL THE ROADS, THE WATER, THE SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE CITY HAS NO RISK IN THIS PROJECT WHATSOEVER.

AND I KNOW THAT HAS BEEN A CONCERN FOR HE RIGHTS RESIDENTS BASED ON SOME OF THE AGREEMENTS THAT WERE, UH, MADE IN PHASE ONE OF CARRIAGE TRAILS BECAUSE OF THE $12 MILLION ROAD THAT'S KNOWN AS CARRIAGE TRAILS PARKWAY.

SO, IF THERE ARE CONCERNS, I I, I THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THE CITY IS FUNDING THIS AND, AND PAYING FOR PART OF THIS.

AND I JUST WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR TO EVERYONE THAT THAT IS NOT THE CASE.

THERE IS NO CITY MONEY BEING USED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WHAT THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OR CARRIAGE TRAILS PHASE TWO WOULD BE.

SO TONIGHT, UH, YOU'RE GONNA HEAR TERMS LIKE NCA OR A NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITY AND A CRA, WHICH IS A COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ACT IN AARON'S PRESENTATION.

AND THE REVENUE THAT'S GENERATED FROM THE USE OF THOSE ECONOMIC TOOLS THAT WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL IS GONNA BE USED TO HELP SOLVE SOME OF THE ISSUES CREATED BY MORE PEOPLE AND MORE STUDENTS INTO THE BETHEL DISTRICT.

SO, I DO UNDERSTAND OVERCROWDING IN A SCHOOL BUILDING, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT TEACHING KIDS OR ENGLISH ISN'T THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE CAN BE DIFFICULT.

THIS IS A REALITY THAT'S AFFECTING SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY, BUT THAT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO DO OUR BEST TO EDUCATE THOSE STUDENTS.

THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE, SEVEN OF MY 22 FIRST PERIOD STUDENTS ALONE WERE FROM SEVEN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.

GOOGLE TRANSLATE IS BECOMING A TOOL THAT'S USED EVERY DAY IN AMERICAN CLASSROOMS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THIS IS NOT SPECIFIC TO BETHEL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I DO BELIEVE THAT AS A CITY, IF WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING OR APPROVE THINGS THAT ARE PLACING A BURDEN ON SCHOOLS AND SERVICES, WE ALSO MUST ACCOUNT FOR THAT AND PROVIDE REAL SOLUTIONS THAT MATTER AND THAT ARE GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

SO AARON IS GONNA PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW TONIGHT OF THE FULL REPORT THAT WAS COMPILED.

AND OF COURSE, THIS FULL REPORT WITH ALL THE EXHIBITS WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS.

FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN GOING THROUGH THE REPORT, IT HAS ALL BEEN SCANNED AND WILL BE READILY AVAILABLE.

SO, JUST SO PEOPLE ARE AWARE AND CAN SEE, THIS IS THE DUE DILIGENCE REPORT.

THAT'S THE INFORMATION, ALL THE EXHIBITS THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER, THAT, THAT COME UP WITH THIS PROPOSED PLAN AND SOLUTION.

SO THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN SCANNED INTO THE SYSTEM, AND ANYBODY WHO WANTS A COPY OF IT, SIMPLY SEND MR. ROGERS AN EMAIL.

AND THAT INFORMATION WILL BE MADE

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READILY AVAILABLE TO ALL THE PUBLIC WHO WANTS IT.

IF I COULD JUST SAY IT'S ALSO, UH, BEEN UPLOADED ALREADY TO AGENDA QUICK ON THE WEBSITE.

SO IF YOU DON'T WANNA GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT AUTOMATICALLY WITHOUT, THERE YOU GO.

EVEN EASIER.

SO THE REPORT IS AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE.

UH, HAPPY READING.

SO I WANNA POINT OUT A FEW OF THE SOLUTIONS BEFORE WE TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO AARON.

AND THOSE SOLUTIONS ARE SO TO BEGIN WITH, NUMBER ONE, THE BETHEL LOCAL SCHOOLS WILL BE MADE WHOLE AND RECEIVE EVERY PENNY OF PROPERTY TAX THAT THEY WOULD'VE ALWAYS COLLECTED THROUGH ANY TRADITIONAL ECONOMIC PLAN.

THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE.

THEY WILL BE MADE WHOLE AND RECEIVE EVERY PENNY THAT THEY WOULD'VE GOTTEN OTHERWISE.

ANOTHER POINT, THE MIAMI VALLEY CAREER TECH CENTER WILL RECEIVE ALL OF THEIR PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS AS NORMAL, ALONG WITH ANY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE.

LEVIES AND PARKS, LEVIES, ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE MADE WHOLE THROUGH THIS PARTICULAR PLAN THROUGH THE CRA AND A NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITY.

THE NEXT POINT, THE DEVELOPER HAS AGREED TO DONATE 18 ACRES OF LAND FOR A NEW SCHOOL BUILDING NEAR THE MIDDLE OF CARRIAGE TRAILS ONE AND THE PROPOSED CARRIAGE TRAILS TWO.

I THINK THE LOCATION OF THAT BUILDING BEING FAIRLY CENTRALLY LOCATED HELPS SOLVE A LOT OF THE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS PEOPLE HAVE BROUGHT UP BEFORE.

'CAUSE THERE WILL BE A SCHOOL RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE THAT ALMOST EVERY KID THAT LIVES IN THE CARRIAGE TRAILS AREA WILL BE ABLE TO WALK TO, WHICH WILL ELIMINATE SOME OF THE BUSING AND THE NEED FOR BUSES OUT ON BRANT PIKE.

HEADING UP TOWARD 40, GOING NORTH OF 40 INTO THE SCHOOLS.

SO THAT'S GONNA BE TAKEN CARE OF.

SOME OF THE MONEY TO DATE, TO DATE BETHEL SCHOOLS HAS RECEIVED.

AND OUR NUMBERS ARE CONSERVATIVE TO DATE, BETHEL SCHOOLS HAS RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY $25 MILLION FROM CARRIAGE TRAILS ONE ALONE THAT IS JUST IN PROPERTY TAXES.

THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE 0.75% INCOME TAX THAT BETHEL HAS FOR THEIR RESIDENCE ON WHAT THEY PAY ON INCOME.

$25 MILLION TO DATE.

LAST YEAR, BETHEL RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY $4.5 MILLION IN REVENUE FROM CARRIAGE TRAILS PROPERTY TAXES.

AND THAT IS BASICALLY WITH THE ENTIRE PROJECT BUILT OUT.

SO OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THAT TIF THROUGH 20 34, 4 $0.5 MILLION TIMES AN ADDITIONAL 10 YEARS, THAT'S ANOTHER $45 MILLION HEADED TO THE BETHEL SCHOOL DISTRICT OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.

CONSERVATIVELY, THAT'S ABOUT 70 MILLION TO THE BETHEL SCHOOLS FROM CARRIAGE TRAILS.

SINCE ITS INCEPTION OF THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT ARE COLLECTED THROUGH THE NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITY AND THE CRA, THE CITY IS GOING TO REBATE $20 MILLION BACK TO BETHEL SCHOOLS FOR A NEW SCHOOL BUILDING WITHIN THE CARRIAGE SHELLS DEVELOPMENT.

NOW WE REALIZE WE ARE NOT THE BOARD MEMBERS, AND IT'S UP TO THE BOARD OF BETHEL SCHOOLS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT TO DECIDE WHAT TYPE OF BUILDING, WHAT GRADE LEVELS IT WILL HOST, AND WHAT'S BEST GONNA SUIT THE NEEDS OF THE CURRENT STUDENTS AND INCOMING STUDENTS INTO CARED TRAILS.

SO I KNOW ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT IS THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS OVERCROWDED.

THEY'VE ONLY GOT ROOM FOR MAYBE A HUNDRED MORE KIDS.

SO LET'S, FOR SAY, IF THAT WAS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT WAS THERE, MANY OF THE KIDS FROM THE CURRENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COULD BE MOVED TO THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND THAT FREES UP, UH, SEVERAL SPACE FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED KIDS.

'CAUSE THE BUILDING, UM, THAT WE LOOK AT ON THOSE 18 ACRES, UH, SHOULD BE ABLE TO HOUSE ABOUT 700 NEW STUDENTS JUST AT, IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

NOW, WE REALIZE THAT AS THOSE KIDS ADVANCE, THEY'RE GONNA GO INTO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ONLY HOLDS THREE GRADES.

SO THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA SWELL SOME, AND THEN THEY MOVE INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL.

BUT THEN WHAT WE ALSO KNOW IS THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL, EVERY YEAR, ABOUT 130 TO 150 STUDENTS GRADUATE AND LEAVE THE DISTRICT EVERY YEAR.

SO IT ISN'T THIS CONSTANT SWELLING OF STUDENTS.

THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT LEAVE ON THE BACK END AS NEW KIDS COME IN ON THE FRONT END.

BUT I DO THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

SO ANYBODY LISTENING, THIS IS NOT CITY MONEY.

THE CITY ISN'T JUST HANDING OVER $20 MILLION OF, OF, OF CITY MONEY THAT OUR CURRENT RESIDENTS ARE PAYING.

THIS MONEY IS FUNDED THROUGH THE PROPERTY TAXES OF THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE MOVING INTO IN THE FUTURE, RESIDENTS OF CARED TRAILS.

THIS IS THEIR PROPERTY TAX MONEY THROUGH A CRA, THE CITY HAS THE ABILITY TO COLLECT THAT MONEY, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO RETURN 20 MILLION OF THAT BACK TO BETHEL SO THEY CAN BUILD A SCHOOL BUILDING BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THEIR DISTRICT.

AND WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT.

UH, THIS COUNCIL AND OUR ENGINEERING TEAM AND ARCHITECTS THAT WE KNOW THROUGH THE OHIO FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS, WE WILL OFFER WHATEVER SUPPORT WE CAN FOR VALUE ENGINEERING TO DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THAT BUILDING CAN HOUSE AS MANY KIDS AS NECESSARY

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TO ACCOUNT FOR THE GROWTH OF CARRIAGE TRAILS.

THE CITY'S ALSO GONNA USE REVENUE GENERATED THROUGH THE NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITY IN THIS AREA TO BUILD A NEW FIRE STATION AND PROVIDE MONEY TO THE ST.

MONEY TO STAFF THAT NEW FACILITY AND PURCHASE THE REQUIRED FIRE APPARATUSES TO OPERATE THAT NEW STATION.

THIS ALSO WOULD INCLUDE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO HIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF IN OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND NEW PLOWS TO BE ABLE TO HELP TAKE CARE OF AND MAINTAIN THE STREETS IN THE SECOND PHASE OF CARRIAGES TRAILS.

SO WITH THOSE SOLUTIONS IN MIND AND FUNDED, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NINE OF US ELECTED OFFICIALS TO THIS COUNCIL TO DO EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO AND THAT SOLVE PROBLEMS. AND I ABSOLUTELY 100% BELIEVE SITTING HERE, THIS PROPOSAL SOLVES PROBLEMS. SO, WITH THAT SAID, I'M GONNA TURN OVER TO AARON, AND AARON CAN PROVIDE THE OVERVIEW, UH, OF THE DUE DILIGENCE REPORT.

THIS OBVIOUSLY IS GOING TO BE A MUCH SHORTER VERSION OF, OF WHAT'S IN HERE, BUT THIS IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FOR ANYBODY WHO DOES WANT TO GO THROUGH THE REST OF IT.

UH, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THE FIRST, UH, HIRE BEGINNING IN 20 27, 3 YEARS LATER, FIVE YEARS LATER, THREE YEARS LATER.

AND AARON, UH, IF YOU WANNA TAKE IT FROM HERE.

SURE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AARON SRA, CITY PLANNER.

UH, SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS OVERVIEW, UH, IS EXACTLY THAT.

IT'S AN OVERVIEW OF THE METHODOLOGY THAT WENT INTO PREPARING THE DUE DILIGENCE REPORT.

UH, I'M JUST GONNA HIT SOME HIGHLIGHTS.

UM, THIS WAS AN ALL HANDS ON DECK EFFORT.

UH, EVERY DEPARTMENT, UH, WEIGHED IN ON, UM, ON THE, ON THE PROJECTIONS AND THE NEEDS, UH, FOR THIS REPORT.

SO, JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY, THE SUBJECT AREA IS JUST SHY OF 300 ACRES RIGHT NOW.

IT'S A VACANT LAND.

IT'S FARMED LAND.

UH, THERE ARE TWO STRUCTURES ON THERE.

UH, MARCH 11TH, COUNSEL DID RECEIVE THE COMPLETED ANNEXATION RECORD.

UH, AND SO BY STATE LAW, UM, THIS BODY NEEDS TO ACT BY, UH, SEPTEMBER 6TH, UH, 2024.

UH, SO THE PURPOSE, WE WERE TASKED WITH TWO ITEMS IN THIS DUE DILIGENCE REPORT.

UH, THE FIRST PURPOSE WAS TO QUANTIFY STAFFING AND PHYSICAL IMPACTS OF A PROPOSED FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

UH, AND THEN ALSO TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES COME UP WITH WAYS TO MITIGATE THOSE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED BY THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE ATTEMPTED TO DO IN THIS, UM, IN THIS DUE DILIGENCE REPORT, WE HAD TO MAKE SOME ASSUMPTIONS.

UM, SO THE, THE DUE DILIGENCE REPORT IS BASED ON THE ACRES.

THE 300 ACRES BEING DEVELOPED VERY SIMILAR TO CARRIAGE TRAILS ONE, BOTH THE DENSITY, THE USE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, NEEDS ARE WHAT WE USED TO, UH, TO MAKE THOSE ASSUMPTIONS.

AS FAR AS THE DEMOGRAPHIC OR THE, THE IMPACTS TO THE SCHOOLS, WE ASSUMED A SIMILAR DEMOGRAPHIC.

UM, AND SALES PRICES AS CARRIAGE TRAILS TOO.

SO THE SAME, SAME FAMILY SIZE MAKEUP, UH, SIMILAR, UM, HOME SALES PRICE, ET CETERA.

UM, WE ARE ASSUMING THAT THE LAND WOULD BE DEVELOPED OVER A 15 YEAR PERIOD.

THAT'S KIND OF BEEN THE, THE PAST TRACK RECORD.

UH, AND THEN THIS REPORT, JUST FOR EASE OF MATH, ASSUMES THAT THE CONSTRUCTION BEGINS JANUARY ONE OF NEXT YEAR.

THAT'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA HAPPEN.

THIS IS COMING IN A VACANT LAND, ZONED AGRICULTURE.

IT STILL NEEDS TO GO THROUGH THE BASIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROCESS, THE DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROCESS, THE WHOLE KIT AND CABOODLE.

UH, SO JANUARY ONE START DATE IS UNLIKELY, BUT WE NEED TO DEFINE A DATE.

UH, AND SO THIS MADE THE CALCULATIONS A LITTLE BIT SIMPLER.

AND SINCE WE TEND TO WORK ON A CALENDAR, UH, BASIS, UH, THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE JANUARY ONE.

SO RIGHT NOW, UM, FOR STAFFING IMPACTS, RIGHT NOW IT'S VACANT LAND.

IF THE ANNEXATION WERE APPROVED, UM, THERE IS NO IMPACT RIGHT NOW TO, TO STAFFING.

UM, THERE, THERE IS, THERE'S NO NEED.

UM, WHAT THE, UM, DUE DILIGENCE REPORT DOES.

PROJECT IS BY 2040.

UH, AND WE'VE LOOKED AT, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, POLICE AND FIRE, ALL PUT TOGETHER THE NECESSARY PROJECTIONS FOR THE PERSONNEL THAT WOULD NEED TO, UM, SERVICE A PROPOSED BUILD OUT.

WE'RE JUST CALLING IT CARRIAGE TRAILS.

TWO FOR, FOR THE EASE OF SIMPLICITY, UH, WHAT THAT STAFFING REQUIREMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE OVER THE NEXT 15 YEARS TO, TO 2040.

SO ON THE PUBLIC WORKS SIDE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS ESTIMATES, THERE WOULD NEED TO BE TWO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WORKERS.

ONE, UH, WOULD BE HIRED IN 20 25, 1 ADDITIONAL IN 2040.

WE WOULD ALSO NEED TWO PLOW DUMP TRUCKS.

UH, THIS IS BASED ON THE, THE LANE MILES THAT EXISTED IN CARRIERS TRAILS ONE.

AND WHAT WE PROJECT THE LANE MILES WOULD BE IN CARRIAGE TRAILS TWO.

UH, THE POLICE, UH, DEPARTMENT ESTIMATES THAT THEY WOULD NEED FIVE ADDITIONAL OFFICERS.

THOSE WOULD BE STAGED OVER THAT 15 YEAR PERIOD.

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UH, WE WOULD ALSO NEED THREE CRUISERS TO, UM, TO, TO SUPPORT THE NEW STAFF.

WE ANTICIPATE THE NEED FOR A NEW FIRE STATION IN 2023.

THAT ALSO COMES WITH TWO, UH, APPARATUS THAT WOULD BE STATIONED THERE.

THAT WOULD ALSO BE, I'M SORRY, READY TO, TO BE, UH, DEPLOYED IN 2032.

UH, AND THEN 15 PERSONNEL TO, TO SUPPORT THE FIRE STATION, WHICH, UH, HIRING WOULD BEGIN IN 2030.

WITH THE IDEA THAT THAT STATION IS FULLY STAFFED WHEN THE APPARATUS ARRIVES AND THE STATION FULLY COMES ONLINE, UH, IN 2032.

THOSE ARE THE STAFFING, UM, IMPACTS THAT WE ESTIMATE IF THIS LAND, IF THE DEVELOPMENT WERE TO BE FULLY BUILT OUT IN THE NEXT 15 YEARS.

AS FAR AS FISCAL IMPACTS, UM, JUST OUR TRADITIONAL TAXING AND SPENDING, UM, APPROACH, UH, ALL ANNUAL REVENUES, ALL REVENUE THAT WE RECEIVE FROM PROPERTY TAX TO ESTIMATED INCOME TAX, UH, BASED ON THE 40 YEAR BUILD OUT, UM, WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE WOULD HAVE, UH, JUST FOR THIS, UM, ACREAGE, UM, ANNUAL REVENUE OF $4.9 MILLION, WE WOULD HAVE PERSONNEL EXPENSES, THE STAFFING I JUST MENTIONED, UH, AS WELL AS SOME CAPITAL EXPENSES OF, UH, $3.8 MILLION, WHICH WOULD LEAD TO AN ANNUAL NET REVENUE JUST BASED ON THIS DEVELOPMENTAL LOAN OF $1.1 MILLION ANNUALLY.

UM, AS FAR AS ONETIME REVENUE OR EXPENSES, BASICALLY PERMIT FEES AND INSPECTION FEES, WE ESTIMATE WE WOULD GENERATE $1.8 MILLION, UH, IN ONE TIME REVENUE.

AS FAR AS IMPACTS ON THE UTILITIES, WHICH HAS BEEN A CONCERN, UM, THERE ARE NO IMPACTS ON THE SANITARY SYSTEM.

IT'S NOT IN OUR FPA.

UM, IF THE WA, IF THE DEVELOPER WERE TO CHOOSE TO USE OUR WATER SYSTEM, WE ANTICIPATE WATER REVENUE, UH, OF ABOUT $900,000 A YEAR.

UH, OPERATION COSTS OF JUST UNDER 400,000, WHICH WOULD GIVE US AN NA, AN ANNUAL NET REVENUE OF, UH, APPROXIMATELY $510,000.

UH, THAT IS THE REVENUE THAT'S GENERATED BY THE BUILD OUT THAT WE HAVE PROJECTED, UH, WHICH THEN COULD BE USED TO, UH, INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE TOWN.

THIS, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, THIS WOULD BE BRAND NEW INFRASTRUCTURE.

UH, THE, THE ANNUAL REVENUE COULD BE USED TO DEBT, UH, FINANCE REPLACEMENT FOR, UH, OLDER INFRASTRUCTURE IN, UH, SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE CITY, OR OLDER PARTS OF THE CITY.

BEGINNING THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GONNA HAVE APPROXIMATELY 2 MILLION, UM, GALLONS PER DAY OF EXCESS WATER CAPACITY.

WHEN OUR NEW WELL COMES ONLINE, UH, WE PROJECT THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT, IF FULLY BUILT OUT, WOULD USE ABOUT 420,000 GALLONS.

SO WE WOULD STILL HAVE 1.6 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY TO SUPPORT OTHER GROWTH IN THE CITY, INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION, ET CETERA.

SO IT, IT IS NOT REALLY, IT'S NOT AT ALL A TAX ON OUR, UH, WATER, WATER SYSTEM.

WHEN WE LOOK AT POSSIBLE COMMUNITY, UH, BENEFITS THROUGH THIS, THROUGH THIS DEVELOPMENT, AND WE'VE OUTLINED THEM IN THE, THE REPORT, AS I JUST MENTIONED, WE HAVE ANNUAL, UM, NET REVENUE OF APPROXIMATELY 510,000 THAT COULD BE USED TO FINANCE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN OLDER AREAS OF THE CITY.

UM, WE ALSO LOOKED AT, AND THE MAYOR HAS ALLUDED TO THIS, WE LOOKED AT ALTERNATIVE FINANCING OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY FACILITIES.

SO USING, UH, THE COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ACT AND ALSO THE NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITY TOOLS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US.

AND WE HAVE NOT YET USED AN NCA IN THIS, UH, IN THIS CITY.

UM, BUT OUR PROJECTIONS AND OUR DUE DILIGENCE REPORT SHOW THAT, UH, A NEW FIRE STATION IS FULLY FUNDED BY, UH, PROJECT REVENUE.

UH, THE CITY NETS, UH, APPROXIMATELY 31 MILLION, UH, CLOSE TO 32 MILLION OVER A 30 YEAR PERIOD JUST IN PROPERTY TAX ALONE.

AND THAT'S FULLY FUNDING THE SCHOOLS.

UH, AND THEN, UH, OVER THAT SAME PERIOD, UM, WE WOULD RECEIVE CLOSE TO $106 MILLION IN INCOME TAX RECEIPTS, UH, FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT ALONE.

SO A NET GAIN OVER THAT PERIOD OF, OF CLOSE TO $136 MILLION.

THE CONS, THE SCHOOL CONCERN THAT WE, UH, ATTEMPTED TO ADDRESS IS, AGAIN, THE MAYOR HAD MENTIONED THIS, UH, USING THE CRA AND NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITY, UM, WE CAN PROVIDE $2 MILLION FOR A NEW SCHOOL IN THAT

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CAR, I'M SORRY, 20 MILLION, UH, FOR NEW SCHOOL IN THE CARRIAGE, UH, TRAILS TWO AREA.

UH, WE ALSO HOLD THE SCHOOLS HARMLESS AND PROVIDE OVER A 30 YEAR PERIOD AN ADDITIONAL $130 MILLION, UH, TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THROUGH, UH, THROUGH THIS PRO UH, PROCESS.

SO OUR RECOMMENDATION, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS, THAT'S OUTLINED IN THE DUE DILIGENCE, UH, REPORT, IS THAT WE RECOMMEND THE ANNEXATION FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.

FIRST OFF, THERE'S NO IMMEDIATE COST TO THE CITY BECAUSE THIS IS VACANT LAND COMING INTO THE CITY.

SO OUR STAFFING COSTS, UH, UH, ARE, ARE MINIMAL.

IF, IF ANYTHING, ALSO, UM, I WOULD ALSO CONSIDER THIS OR THINK ABOUT CONSIDERING THIS AS A DEFENSIVE POSITION.

UM, THE CITY, ESPECIALLY A HOME RULE, CITY, HAS STRONGER LAND USE CONTROLS THAN TOWNSHIPS AVAILABLE TO THEM.

UM, AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT POTENTIAL USES ON THIS LAND, UM, THIS COULD ALSO BE LOOKED AT AS A DEFENSIVE, UM, UH, DEFENSIVE DECISION TO PROTECT THE INTEREST OF THE ORIGINAL CARRIAGE TRAILS, UH, DEVELOPMENT.

UM, GOING A STEP FORWARD, IF THE CITY COUNCIL WERE TO APPROVE A DEVELOPMENT CARRIAGE TRAILS TWO SIMILAR, UH, TO WHAT WAS APPROVED IN CARRIAGE TRAILS ONE, UM, REVENUE FOR WATER, UH, THAT, THAT DEVELOPMENT, THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT PROVIDES REVENUE FOR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY CAPITAL FOR A NEW SCHOOL, AS WELL AS CAPITAL FOR OTHER COMMUNITY FACILITIES THAT THIS BODY WILL NEED TO DECIDE WHAT THAT IS, INCLUDING RECREATION, PUBLIC SAFETY, OR SOME OTHER, UH, AMENITIES TO SERVE, UH, THAT AREA.

UH, SO IT IS NOT LIGHT READING.

UM, THERE IS A LOT HERE.

IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS AS YOU GO THROUGH IT, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO, UH, JOHN, MYSELF.

UM, ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS HAVE, HAVE WEIGHED IN ON THIS, UH, AND PROVIDED THEIR INPUT FOR THAT, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE PROJECTIONS THAT ARE IN THIS, UM, DUE DILIGENCE REPORT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF ME FROM AN OVER ALL STANDPOINT? THANKS, SIR.

WELL, FIRST, UH, APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE PRESENTATION YOU PUT TOGETHER.

UH, I JUST WANT TO, UH, CERTAINLY THANK STAFF, ANYONE WHO'S HAD ANY INVOLVEMENT IN PUTTING, UH, ALL THE DUE DILIGENCE TOGETHER.

I MAY KNOW THIS IS A, THIS IS A LARGE REPORT, UH, LOTS OF OF RESEARCH, UH, LOT OF INFORMATION HAS GONE INTO THIS, AS ANYONE WILL SEE WHO STARTS TO DIG THROUGH IT AND READ THROUGH IT.

SO APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT HAS WENT INTO THIS BY, BY STAFF.

UM, AND AGAIN, I KNOW, UH, BRIAN IS NOT ABLE TO, TO BE HERE THIS EVENING.

I KNOW HE WANTED TO BE, UH, TO PRESENT THIS, BUT CERTAINLY I WANNA THANK BRIAN FOR, FOR ALL THE WORK THAT HE DID ON THIS, UH, SPECIFIC REPORT AS WELL.

UH, SO NEXT, I GUESS IT JUST WOULD, WOULD OPEN THIS UP TO, UH, QUESTIONS FOR COUNSEL.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND OR WE WANT TO WORK THROUGH OR TALK THROUGH, WE'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT NOW, KATE.

MAYOR, CAN WE GO TO SLIDE TWO? SURE.

I THINK IT WAS SLIDE TWO WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT THAT WE'RE GONNA BUY THAT ONE.

SO I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE GONNA BUY PLOW TRUCKS.

I UNDERSTAND CRUISERS.

CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT THE APPARATUSES WOULD BE? YEAH, I CAN.

OKAY, GREAT.

YEAH, WE'RE GONNA, I MEAN, IT'S GONNA LOOK A LOT LIKE STATION 25.

UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FIRE ENG CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO PIECES WE CAN MOVE UP THERE, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GONNA NEED SOME RESERVE APPARATUS.

SO RIGHT NOW IT'S GONNA BE AN ENGINE AND A MEDIC.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.

ONE POINT.

I APPRECIATE THAT ENGINE AND A MEDIC IS WHAT YOU YES, SIR.

AND JUST REMEMBER, I MEAN, AS WE LOOK AT NUMBERS, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS FOR, FOR FIRE ALWAYS SEEM TO BE ELEVATED AND, AND, AND LARGER, BUT SHIFT WORK AND THE WAY THINGS WORK, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HIRE A PERSON, IT'S IN THREES TO COVER THREE EVERY SHIFT.

SO I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE, THE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE WE'RE OVER EMPHASIZING FIRE THERE, BUT IT'S IT'S NOT TRUE.

SO I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF WE NEEDED TWO MORE TILLER TRUCKS.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS, THAT'S, I, THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT NICELY.

WOULD, UH, I WAS COUNTING AND I WAS LIKE, THAT DIDN'T ADD UP.

SO THAT'S WHY I HAD TO CLARIFY.

NO, YEAH.

BUT IT'S WORTH IT.

WELL, I'M GLAD YOU POINTED THAT OUT, THAT WE HIRED IN THREES BECAUSE WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF HEADACHES COUNTING.

WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF COUNTING AND A LOT OF HEADACHE OVER, OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS ABOUT THE NUMBER OF FIREFIGHTERS.

AND, AND WELL, THE FACT WE END AN ODD NUMBER AS WE TALK ABOUT APPARATUS TOO.

I MEAN, A POLICE CRUISER IS, IS IS ONE PERSON AND, AND A MEDIC IS TWO PEOPLE TIMES THREE SHIFTS.

SURE.

AN ENGINE IS THREE PEOPLE TIMES THREE SHIFTS.

SO IT'S, YEAH, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE GONNA PUT A PIECE OF APPARATUS IN SERVICE, IT TAKES MORE THAN ONE PERSON USUALLY.

SO THANK YOU.

YEAH.

MARK.

YEAH, MAYOR, UM, I HOPE, UH, IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT I'M PUTTING WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH, BUT I THINK IT'S, UM, DISCUSSION THAT NEEDS TO BE HAD.

AARON, YOU COMMUNICATE THROUGH THE, UH, POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE ABOUT A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN PROFIT

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FOR WATER.

THAT'S CORRECT.

AND MAYOR, YOU TOOK WHAT WE HAD BEEN SPENDING MM-HMM, , I THINK IT WAS 1.6 OR 1.8 A YEAR.

YEP.

YOU BONDED THAT OUT TO MAKE THAT INTO PAYMENTS.

SO WE COULD GO AHEAD AND TAKE CARE OF A LOT, IF NOT ALL OF OUR BACKLOG FOR SEWER.

YEAH, I THINK THE INITIAL, WELL, IT'S 20 MILLION, RIGHT? THAT'S KIND OF, WE STARTED OFF LOOKING AT AT 20 MILLION.

THIS, THIS IS THE QUESTION YOU MIGHT NOT APPRECIATE, BUT WITH THE NUMBERS AND THE PROJECTIONS, AND, AND MY HAT'S OFF TO YOU TOO, BECAUSE AS YOU THANKED STAFF AND BRIAN AND AARON, I KNOW THAT YOU DID TONS OF WORK, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

WELL, THANK YOU.

BUT IS THIS PROPOSAL LEADING ONE TO BELIEVE THAT THIS COULD HOLD OFF A WATER RATE INCREASE? YEAH, IN FACT, IT'S IN THE, UH, IN THE REPORT, THE, THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY, UH, ANNUALLY INTO THE WATER DEPARTMENT, I BELIEVE NEGATES ABOUT A $3 PER MONTH RATE INCREASE FOR EVERY WATER USER IN THE CITY.

SO IN LET'S SAY THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, COULD THAT HOLD OFF A WATER RATE INCREASE FOR THE CITIZENS? UH, I, I BELIEVE SO, YES.

I'D WANT TO VERIFY THAT.

BUT BASED ON WHAT'S IN THE REPORT AND, AND WHAT I'VE READ AND, AND GONE THROUGH THIS, YES, IT WOULD, IT WOULD SAVE ABOUT THREE, ALMOST $3 A MONTH IN WATER AID INCREASES.

CERTAINLY.

CAN I CONTINUE? SURE.

SO YOU TALK ABOUT GIVING BETHEL SCHOOLS $20 MILLION TO BUILD A FACILITY.

MM-HMM.

, DO I UNDERSTAND THE FACILITY WILL BE BUILT INSIDE OF CARRIED TRAILS TO NEXT TO CARRY TRAILS ONE AND B MOSTLY CENTRALLY LOCATED? YES.

I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT THE LAND THAT THE DEVELOPER'S PROPOSING, I MEAN, WE, WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL AND THEY DON'T HAVE CONTROL OF ANY LAND OUTSIDE OF WHAT IS THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION AREA.

UM, THAT 18 ACRES IS DESIGNATED THERE PRETTY CENTRALLY LOCATED ALMOST RIGHT OFF THE PARKWAY, UH, TO MAKE IT EXTREMELY ACCESSIBLE FOR STUDENTS THAT CURRENTLY LIVE IN CARRIAGE TRAILS ONE AND THE NEW STUDENTS THAT WOULD COME INTO THE, THE PROPOSED OTHER 300 ACRES.

YEP.

AND COULD YOU OR AARON, EXPLAIN HOW THIS $20 MILLION IS GOING TO BE RAISED? IS IT ALL AT ONE TIME? IS IT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME? IF IT'S OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, UM, WHERE WILL THE MONEY THAT'S BEING RAISED BE KEPT? SO, UM, WHAT WE HAVE SPECIFICALLY BRIAN, UM, WHAT WE HAVE PROJECTED OUT WAS, UM, BECAUSE ALL OF THESE KIDS, IF, IF CARRIAGE TRAILS TWO IS CONSTRUCTION, IT'S NOT CONSTRUCTED, ALL THE, ONCE IT'S GONNA BE PHASED IN, THE KIDS WILL GROW.

YOU KNOW.

SO WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, UM, IN THE FIRST 15 YEARS, AND THIS CAN CHANGE 'CAUSE WE HAVE REVENUE, UH, IN THE FIRST 15 YEARS, UM, $10 MILLION WOULD BE AVAILABLE AND THEN SOME PORTION LATER AN ADDITIONAL 10 MILLION, UM, THOSE NUMBERS CAN, WE CAN FRONT LOAD OR BACK LOAD DEPENDING ON THE NEEDS OF THE SCHOOL.

THIS ALSO GIVES, WOULD GIVE THE SCHOOL TIME TO GO THROUGH THE OHIO FACILITIES, UH, PROCESS AS WELL AS DESIGNING, MAKING SURE THAT IT IS THE APPROPRIATE PLACE AND SIZE.

UM, BUT IT COMES FROM A, UH, A MIXTURE OF, UM, BOTH THE CRA AS WELL AS A NEW COMMUNITY, UM, CHARGE, UH, WHICH IS BASICALLY A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FEE, UM, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO THE TAX RATE OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

THAT'S HOW THAT IS CALCULATED.

ALRIGHT.

SO LET'S SAY COUNCIL WOULD SUPPORT THE ANNEXATION BASED ON STATE'S STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.

WHAT ASSURANCES DOES BETHEL SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN? WILL THERE BE ANYTHING IN WRITING? SO, UM, THERE WOULD BE A NU I THINK WE WOULD WALK WORK WITH THE ATTORNEYS ON, ON THAT, BUT THERE'S A NUMBER OF LEGISLATIVE MOVES THAT WOULD NEED TO OCCUR, UM, BY, BY THIS BODY.

ONE WOULD BE APPROVAL OF THE ANNEXATION, TWO WOULD BE APPROVAL OF A NEW CRA DISTRICT.

WE WOULD EXPAND THE EXISTING CCRA DISTRICT TO THIS 300 ACRES, UH, AS WELL AS CREATING A NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITY OF WHICH WE WOULD LAY OUT IN THE LEGISLATION, WHAT THE, THE WORK PLAN, SO TO SPEAK, FOR THAT NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITY IS.

SO THIS WOULD BE A DOCUMENT THAT WOULD BE SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC? YES.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR RIGHT NOW.

EMAILS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN SOME BETHEL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND THOSE EMAILS THAT HAVE BEEN, THAT ARE PUBLIC, THAT HAVE BEEN BACK AND FORTH, UM, I'LL JUST SAY THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT VERY NICE.

MARK.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? YES.

ANY, ARE WE ABLE TO HAVE A TOWN HALL WITH CITIZENS TO GET, YOU KNOW, THEIR INPUT? I, I KNOW TWO OF US HAD SAID SCOTT AND FRED, WE HAD SAID WE WERE WANTING A TOWN HALL.

I WAS JUST WANTING TO KNOW IF THAT WAS POSSIBLE.

I THINK IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE COULD CONSIDER.

BUT I, I'M JUST GONNA BE HONEST.

I MEAN, I'VE, I'VE, I'VE READ SOME, SOME PUBLIC

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THEY ARE, UH, ATTACKING, THEY'RE, UH, NOT SO COLORFUL LANGUAGE IN DESCRIBING OURSELVES AND THE DEVELOPERS.

AND THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST FROM ONE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS FOR US TO MEET.

UH, BUT THEY WANNA MEET AT THE BETHEL SCHOOL BOARD AT THE BETHEL, UH, HIGH SCHOOL, I THINK, IN THEIR CAFETERIA.

AND, YOU KNOW, I, I'M JUST GONNA BE HONEST.

I MEAN, I, I WOULD HAVE SOME RESERVATIONS ABOUT PUTTING MYSELF IN THAT TYPE OF A SITUATION WHERE I KNOW WHAT THEIR, UH, WHAT THEIR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO DO.

SO, UM, IT'S JUST, UM, YEAH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD NEED TO CONSIDER.

WE, WE HAD A TOWN HALL TWO YEARS AGO, TWO YEARS AGO WHERE WE MET, WE HAD THE BETHEL TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES HERE.

UM, WE HAD A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE AND WE DISCUSSED THIS LAST TIME, AND THERE REALLY ISN'T ANYTHING DIFFERENT NOW THAN WHAT THERE WAS TWO YEARS AGO.

THERE ISN'T ANY NEW INFORMATION EXCEPT THE FACT NOW THAT WE'VE GOT NUMBERS AND WE'VE GOT REVENUE SIDE, WE'VE GOT ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED, WE'VE GOT ALL THE INFORMATION THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE ASKED FOR.

IT'S ALL PUT TOGETHER.

WE'RE PROVIDING MONEY TO BUILD THE SCHOOLS.

WE'VE SOLVED THAT PROBLEM.

UH, THAT NOT ONLY THE, THE SCHOOL ISSUE IS, HAS REALLY BEEN THE BIGGEST ISSUE.

THAT'S THE, THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN COMING TO THE PODIUM.

I, YOU KNOW, LOOK, I, I THINK THAT'S, I THINK WE ARE BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR IN THAT SCENARIO, PROVIDING $20 MILLION TO THE SCHOOLS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO, HELPS ALLEVIATE THE OVERCROWDING PROBLEM OF THE SCHOOL THAT'S CURRENTLY SITTING THERE AND ALLOWS ROOM FOR THE NEW KIDS TO COME THAT ARE GONNA BE COMING THERE.

AND EITHER YOU'VE BEEN A, A SUCH A HUGE FACTOR IN, IN, IN PUSHING ALL THESE WATER MAIN REPLACEMENTS GOING THROUGH.

WE'VE NOW ACQUIRED ANOTHER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR TO FUND THAT REPLACEMENT.

WE'RE SOLVING ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE AS A COMMUNITY WITH THIS.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHO WE'RE LOOKING OUT FOR.

AND, AND I AM LOOKING OUT FOR THOSE, THOSE STUDENTS THAT GO TO BETHEL SCHOOLS.

THEY MIGHT BE PART OF THE BETHEL LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT THOSE ARE HUBER HEIGHTS RESIDENTS.

THOSE ARE OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE GETTING THE BENEFIT OF THIS IF THIS GETS APPROVED, IF THIS GOES THROUGH.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE THE APPETITE TO GO SET IN A, IN A, IN ANOTHER MEETING WITH SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS IN A HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA WHERE EVERYBODY THAT'S THERE HAS NO INTEREST BUT DEGRADING US AND MAKING US LOOK BAD BASED ON, AND I SAY THAT BASED ON PUBLIC EMAILS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT I'VE READ BETWEEN CURRENT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS REGARDING US, THE DEVELOPER, AND THIS PARTICULAR, UH, ANNEXATION.

SO I'M, I'M, YOU KNOW, ANY ONE OF THEM CAN COME HERE, COME TO OUR MEETINGS, THEY CAN SPEAK PUBLICLY.

WHEN THIS DOES MOVE FORWARD TO A VOTE, EVERYBODY WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, JUST LIKE THEY ALWAYS HAVE TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND SPEAK AND STATE THEIR PEACE.

AND WE WILL LISTEN TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF 'EM IF IT TAKES US ALL NIGHT.

UM, AND I THINK THAT IS THE, THAT IS WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY NEW INFORMATION THAT WOULD COME OUT IN A TOWN HALL NOW THAT, THAT DIDN'T COME OUT, UH, THE LAST TIME.

EXCEPT WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION NOW THAT SHOWS THAT WE ARE GOING TO HELP EVEN MORE THAN WHAT IT WAS KNOWN THE LAST TIME.

UM, WITH THE, UH, 20 MILLION FOR THE SCHOOLS, UM, 18, UH, ACRES OF LAND, ALL KINDS OF OTHER CONSIDERATIONS FOR BETHEL TOWNSHIP, I STILL, UM, I, I STILL WOULD LIKE TO PUT ALL OF THAT TO THE COMMUNITY AS WE HAVE MR. MAYOR.

WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE THIS COMING IN FRONT OF A VOTE? UH, CER WELL, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UH, ENOUGH TIME FOR PEOPLE TO DIGEST THE, THE REPORT.

UH, IT WOULDN'T BE MY RECOMMENDATION THAT IT GOES TO THIS NEXT MONDAY COUNCIL MEETING, BUT I THINK CERTAINLY, UH, THREE WEEKS FROM NOW, BY THE END OF JUNE, THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING IN JUNE IS WHAT MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE.

YES, CORRECT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, OUT.

THANK YOU, UH, RUSS FOR, FOR THE REPORT.

I THINK IT'S VERY COMPREHENSIVE.

IT PROVIDES A LOT OF USEFUL INFORMATION ON WHICH WE CAN MAKE A DECISION.

BUT, UH, AND I, I'M KIND OF, I AIN'T GONNA SAY IN THE MIDDLE, UM, I'M, I'M A LITTLE TORN, BUT, AND FOR A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT REASONS.

'CAUSE I'VE SAT HERE AND I'VE LISTENED QUIETLY AS I'VE BEEN CALLED.

THINGS LIKE UNETHICAL, IMMORAL, UM, CONQUERING ALL OF THOSE OTHER THINGS.

AND, UM, AND I'M, I'M STILL ABLE TO BRUSH THAT OFF.

UM, EVEN TO THE POINT WHERE, UH, WE HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED TO VIOLATE ONE'S CIVIL RIGHTS, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE.

AND ALL OF MY EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION, EVEN GOING BACK TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF 1866, DOES NOT ENCOMPASS ANYTHING THAT WE ARE DOING HERE TODAY, INCLUDING A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT CIVIL RIGHTS ACTS.

BUT I'M, I'M NOT GONNA HARP ON THAT, BUT I WILL SAY EVEN WITH THE ALLOWANCES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE HERE OR SUGGESTED HERE,

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AND, AND, AND I THINK, UM, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S GIVE OUR COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THOSE VOICES TO US SO WE CAN, SO WE CAN HEAR THEM.

AND MAYBE THEY HAVE, MAYBE THEY JUST WANT TO COME AND SAY THANK YOU, UM, FOR SOME OF THE THINGS AND ALLOWANCES THAT WE HAVE MADE.

I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT THAT COULD BE.

UH, BUT I, I THINK A PUBLIC FORUM ON THIS WOULD, UM, WOULD, WOULD HELP THOSE OF US WHO MAY BE ON THE FENCE, UM, AND HEAR SOME OF THOSE VOICES MIGHT BE USEFUL TO THIS, UH, TO THIS PROCESS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU, FRED.

ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY.

WELL, LIKE I SAID, UM, THERE'S NO PLANS FOR THIS TO BE, UH, TO, TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

UM, AND WE WILL TAKE THE THINGS THAT BEEN SAID THIS EVENING IN CONSIDERATION WHEN WE CONSIDER, UH, WHICH PARTICULAR AGENDA, UH, THIS WOULD MOVE FORWARD TOO.