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OKAY.AND, UH, I'M SEEING THIS ON THE SCREEN INSIDE THE CHAMBERS, SO THAT WOULD TELLING ME THAT OUR VIDEO STREAM IS WORKING AS WELL.
[ City Manager Report]
PICKING BACK UP, PICK IT BACK UP IN THE MEDIA.
UH, IN YOUR CITY MANAGER REPORT YOU HAD JUST FINISHED TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE BELL FOUNTAIN ROAD CLOSURE THERE, UH, OVER 70 TELLS YA.
UM, SO THAT WAS A, AS I INDICATED, PROBABLY ABOUT A SIX MONTH LONG, UH, VENTURE.
OUR SIDEWALK PROGRAM, UH, IS, IS ONGOING HARSHMAN VILLAGE WATER MAIN PROJECT, BUT WE EXPECT ALL THAT TO BE DONE HERE THROUGH THIS WEEK AND THEN CURVES AND PAVEMENTS SHOULD BEGIN HERE SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
NOW, FINALLY, UH, ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FRONT, UH, OUR, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A FEW THINGS.
AS YOU RECALL, THE, UH, THE OLD LEHMAN FARM PROPERTY, UH, ADJACENT TO THE NEW APARTMENTS AND ACROSS FROM THE MUSIC CENTER.
UH, ONE OF THE GOALS WAS TO ACTIVATE THAT LAND TO, UH, PROVIDE SOME MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS ACTIVATION AND USE OF THAT LAND, UH, MAKING, UH, MAKING BEST USE OF THE EXISTING LOCATION, UH, IN, IN, UM, IN CONCERT WITH THE STUDY BY A SPEAK FRIEDMAN THAT'S GOING ON.
UH, SO WE'VE GOT A LARGE BARN UP THERE AND, UH, THERE'S SOME PLANS AND SOME INNER WORKINGS THAT OUR ED TEAM HAS, UH, HAS WORKED ON.
WE HOPE TO BRING BACK A FORMAL, UM, PLAN, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO TEASE, UH, WITH SOME OF OUR EXISTING, UH, EXPENDITURES THAT WE'VE HAD UP THERE AND MAKING USE IN COMBINATION OF SOME VALUE ADDED SHARED COSTS FROM PARKVIEW APARTMENTS, BEING ABLE TO ACTIVATE A SPACE UP THERE IN THE BARN AND MAKE USE OF THAT AS OUR COMMUNITY COMES OUT OF A, OF A, OF THIS, UM, OF THIS ISOLATION TIME AND HAVE MANY THINGS TO DO WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY ADJACENT TO THE ROSE MUSIC CENTER AND ALL THE ACTIVITIES GOING ON AS PEOPLE MOVE INTO PARKVIEW APARTMENTS.
SO BRIAN, UH, I KNOW WE'VE EXTENDED OUR TECHNICAL TIME, BUT IF YOU COULD BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THAT AND ALSO OUR DAYTON BUSINESS JOURNAL, UH, HIGHLIGHT MEETING JUST TO GIVE A TEASER OF WHAT'S TO COME IN THAT AS WELL.
UH, SO THAT ALL A COUNCIL IN ANYBODY'S AWARE OF THAT.
SO, UH, TO BOTH POINTS, UM, I, I CAN SUMMARIZE BEST WITH, UH, OUR DAYTON BUSINESS JOURNAL COVERAGE.
SO, UH, FOR EVERYBODY OUT THERE WHO DOESN'T OTHERWISE KNOW IN MAY, UH, HUBER HEIGHTS WILL BE THE FEATURED COMMUNITY IN A DAYTON BUSINESS JOURNAL.
AND SO, UM, MYSELF AND SEVERAL OTHER MEMBERS OF STAFF AND SPENT SOME TIME TALKING WITH A VARIETY OF REPORTERS FROM THE DBJ TO PUT TOGETHER SOME ARTICLES AND SOME STORIES ABOUT, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON HERE IN HOOVER.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE COVERED SOME THINGS LIKE THE 2000, UH, THE SUCCESSES FROM 2019 WE TALKED ABOUT THE LAYMAN FARM AND THE PENDING, UH, SB FREEDMAN STUDY.
WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE, UH, THE ACQUISITION OF MARION MEADOWS, UH, AND UH, AND A COUPLE OF OTHER PROJECTS WE'VE GOT GOING ON.
BUT, UH, TWO THINGS I REALLY WANT TO CALL OUT TONIGHT.
UM, THE CITY MANAGER POINTED OUT, UH, THE BARN PROJECT, UH, WHICH IS THE, UH, THE IS UP ON THE HILL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS REALLY FIND A WAY TO ACTIVATE THAT SPACE IN A WAY THAT'S CALLED PLACEMAKING, WHICH IS, UM, EFFECTIVELY IT'S MARKETING AND ADVERTISING THROUGH HAVING A FUN, COOL ACTIVITY TO DO AT A PARTICULAR PLACE.
SO, UH, AT THE MAY FIVE WORK SESSION, MYSELF AND OTHER MEMBERS OF STAFF WILL BE BEFORE COUNCIL TO PRESENT THIS CONCEPT TO YOU.
AND BASICALLY WHAT THE CONCEPT IS, UM, UH, FROM A HIGH OVERVIEW, UH, IS TO PARTNER WITH, UM, LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO PARTNER WITH, UH, LOCAL FOOD TRUCKS, UH, AND LOCAL BREWERS AND BRING FOLKS TOGETHER, UH, ON THAT SPACE AND ACTIVATE THAT SPACE, UM, ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAYS DURING THE SUMMER.
UH, TO HELP REALLY BRING KIND OF A, AN A DIFFERENT CROWD, UH, TO HUBER HEIGHTS TO BRING SOME, SOME NEW AND INTERESTING PERSPECTIVES TO HUBER HEIGHTS AND FOR ALL OF OUR LOCAL NONPROFITS.
UH, I SHOULDN'T SAY ALL, BUT FOR, UH, FOR THOSE NONPROFITS WHO ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE FOR THEM TO HAVE A WAY TO RAISE MONEY, UH, AT THE END OF WHAT'S BEEN THIS REALLY ISOLATIONISTIC PERIOD, UH, UNDER, UH, UNDER THE CORONA VIRUS.
SO, UH, WE THINK IT'S REALLY COOL.
WE THINK IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE NEAT.
UH, I THINK COUNCIL'S REALLY GONNA GONNA FIND THIS, UH, KIND OF A CUTTING EDGE PROJECT.
UH, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING IT TO YOU.
UH, MAY FIVE, UH, SO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT, UH, YOU'RE AT THE COUNCIL WORK SESSION FOR THAT.
UH, THE OTHER THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE DBJ THAT'LL ALSO BE COMING BEFORE COUNCIL IN THE FUTURE, UM, IS A STAFF AND I ARE WORKING TO PUT TOGETHER A, UM, AN INCENTIVES CATALOG AND
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AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, UH, THAT WE PLAN TO, UM, UH, PUT FORWARD BEFORE COUNCIL, UH, LATER IN THE YEAR IN ADVANCE OF THE 2021 BUDGET.AND BASICALLY WHAT THAT DOCUMENT IS GOING TO DO IS THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE SOME, UH, BASIC STRUCTURE FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT WANT TO COME TO OUR COMMUNITY, UH, BRING THEIR BUSINESS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF OF GRANTS DO WE HAVE? WHAT KIND OF INCENTIVES DO WE HAVE AND WHAT QUALIFIES YOU FOR A CERTAIN, UM, FOR CERTAIN INCENTIVES? A COUPLE OF INCENTIVES AND, AND PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING, UH, FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION, UM, IS A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WORKFORCE HOUSING PROGRAM WHERE WE TIE, UM, TUITION REIMBURSEMENTS TO, UH, PERFORMANCE METRICS AND, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENCY.
UH, ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, OR ANOTHER INCENTIVE THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING FORWARD TO COUNCIL, UM, IS A RENT GUARANTEE PROGRAM.
UH, AND WE'D USE THIS TO TARGET SELECT BUSINESSES OR, UH, BUSINESS, UH, BUSINESSES THAT WOULDN'T OTHERWISE CHOOSE TO RELOCATE HUBER HEIGHTS FOR MARKET REASONS.
UH, WE WOULD USE THIS TO PARTNER WITH THEM IN THEIR LANDLORDS TO HELP ENSURE THAT RENT GETS PAID.
SO THESE BUSINESSES CAN WORK ON BUILDING BRAND AND RECOGNITION SO THAT THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL, UH, BEYOND THE FIRST THREE YEARS.
UH, ANOTHER, UH, CONCEPT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, UH, WORKING WITH THE LOCAL INCOME TAX, UH, ABATEMENT PROVISIONS UNDER THE OHIO REVISED CODE, UH, TO, UH, INCENTIVIZE LOCAL RESIDENTS WHO OWN BUSINESSES OR WHO ARE THINKING ABOUT STARTING BUSINESSES TO START THOSE BUSINESSES, UH, HERE IN HUBER HEIGHTS OR TO RELOCATE THOSE BUSINESSES HERE TO HUBER HEIGHTS.
UH, AND, UH, AND FINALLY ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING TO COUNCIL FOR, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATIONS.
PART OF THIS, THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN A IS A FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
SO, UH, WITH OUR INVESTMENT, UH, IN MARION MEADOWS, UH, AS WELL AS OUR INVESTMENT UP AT THE LAYMAN FARM, UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO INCENTIVIZE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR BUILDINGS, TO THEIR STRUCTURES.
UH, AND THIS PROGRAM, UH, IS ACTUALLY UTILIZED THROUGH, THROUGH, UH, THROUGHOUT THE REGION BY OTHER COMMUNITIES, UH, BUT HAS NOT YET BEEN ADOPTED HERE IN HUBER HEIGHTS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BRING THAT FORWARD FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION AS WELL.
SO, UH, IT MIGHT NOT LOOK LIKE WE'RE DOING A LOT.
UM, I'M OUT AND ABOUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BUT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF ACTION GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES.
WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER SOME GOOD THOUGHTS AND SOME GOOD STRATEGIES FOR COUNTS AND CONSIDER, UH, SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO KEEP MOVING HUBER HEIGHTS FORWARD.
SO, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
AND, UH, AND THAT'S WHAT MY TEAM'S GOT GOING, SO THANK YOU.
WE HAD TWO CARS PAIRING WITH THAT SPEAKER.
I TURNED THE SPEAKER OFF, BUT NOTHING WAS, THE AUDIO WAS GETTING AWAY LOW ON THE LIVESTREAM AGAIN.
SO WE HAD TO TURN THAT BACK UP, PULL UP AIR SCREAMING.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL WAY THAT, UH, THAT IT WAS DONE AND THEY'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO DO AWAY WITH THE GHOST THING.
SO, SO DO JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT IS FIVE MINUTES AND ENDED UP PULL UP AIRSTREAM AND TAKE OVER THE, UH, THE FEED CANCER, YOUR CAMERA AND YOU FOR A SECOND.
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I CAN HEAR ROBIN JACK.SO CAN I, CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME NOW? YES.
SO, SOMETIMES WE TRY AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND GET THE SYSTEM TO WORK BETTER WAS BEFORE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE JUST, WE HAVE ECHOES OF DIFFERENT SPEAKERS ON.
SO, UH, WE'VE JUST GONE BACK TO THE WAY WE HAD BEEN, UH, DOING THIS THE FIRST COUPLE OF MEETINGS.
UH, SO EVERYTHING SHOULD BE FINE NOW.
SO WHAT I WAS SAYING BEFORE IT WAS BRIAN, I APPRECIATE THAT UPDATE.
I THINK, I MEAN THOSE ARE ACTUALLY SOME VERY EXCITING THINGS WE'VE GOT, UH, WE'VE GOT GOING ON.
SO I APPRECIATE, UH, YOURSELF AND STAFF WORKING DILIGENTLY TO BRING THAT TO US.
I THINK THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT THAT COUNCIL CAN GET BEHIND AND RALLY AROUND AS WE COME THROUGH THIS, UH, CORONAVIRUS ISOLATION.
UH, YOU YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT AND, UH, HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD AND FUN THINGS MOVING FORWARD, UH, ACTUALLY FOR THE COMMUNITY.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU HAD YES.
JUST AT THE, UH, YES, JUST HAD ONE OTHER THING AND THAT, IS THAT THE EDGE OR MONTGOMERY COUNTY HAS FOR THE YEAR? YES.
AND YOU, UM, GET OPPORTUNITY ELSEWHERE, CONTINUE, INCENTIVIZE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, BRIAN, JUST SO THAT, UH, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER AGENDA ITEMS ARE WORN.
AN ITEM TONIGHT REALLY PAINTS A GOOD PICTURE OUT AND REMAIN BOYS AND PREPARE, UH, TO PICK UP.
SO OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL IT'S EVENING AND WE CAN MAYBE FINALLY JUMP INTO THE
ROB, I DID HAVE ONE, ONE QUESTION.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE UM, THE MASS ARM BEING ON HOLD UNTIL AUGUST, SO THAT WAS BECAUSE OF DELIVERY OF THE ACTUAL MASTER ARMS, BUT WHAT THE, THE OTHER WORK THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE AT THAT INTERSECTION IN TERMS OF THE ASPHALT AND CONCRETE WORK AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
CAN ANY OF THAT STUFF MOVE FORWARD OR GOOD OR DO THOSE MASS ARMS NEED TO BE IN PLACE PRIOR TO US DOING ANY OF THE OTHER WORK AT THAT INTERSECTION? UM, I'M NOT REALLY SURE.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF THERE IS WORK FOR THE LOOPING SYSTEMS, ET CETERA WITH THE PAVEMENT, I ASSUME NEEDS TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO FINALIZE ROLL SYSTEM.
SO IT MIGHT ALL HAVE TO BE DONE AT THE SAME TIME.
HEY ROB, I CAN ADD A LITTLE MORE.
THERE THE HANDICAP RAMPS, THOSE ARE BEING REDONE AND SO ALL THAT WORK THAT'S BEHIND THE CURB WORK IN ADDITION TO IT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE FOALS IN PLACE FIRST BECAUSE THIS IS BEFORE YOU CAN DO SOME OF THAT WORK.
SO ALL OF THAT PAVEMENT WILL, WILL ALL BE DONE AT THE SAME TIME, BUT IT CAN'T BE DONE UNTIL THE POLLS ARE IN.
AND THAT MAKES AND THAT MAKES SENSE.
OKAY, SO AT THIS POINT, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR ROB REGARDING, UH, THE CITY MANAGER REPORT? OKAY.
HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE B, WHICH
[ City Liability Insurance Renewal]
IS THE CITY LIABILITY INSURANCE RENEWAL.AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE KATIE ONLINE TO DISCUSS THAT FOR US.
SO TONIGHT I BRING YOU RENEWAL FOR OUR LIABILITY INSURANCE.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR AGENT FROM MARSH AND MCLENNAN, UM, FOR THIS RENEWAL.
WE'VE HAD AN INCREASE IN PROPERTY EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES, BUT WITH THAT WE'VE HAD A SUCCESSFUL QUOTE OF A 5.8% INCREASE, WHICH IS JUST FINE.
SO THE 5.8% INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR, UM, IT'S THAT 5.8% IS $12,790.
BRINGING OUR TOTAL PREMIUM THIS YEAR OF $233,741.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO BRING LEGISLATION FORWARD TO YOU MONDAY AUTHORIZING THE RENEWAL WITH TRAVELERS, WHICH IS WHO OUR CURRENT CARRIERS.
YOU, KATIE, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR KATIE REGARDING, UM, OUR LIABILITY RENEWAL.
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OKAY.ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THAT ON TO MONDAY'S COUNCIL MEETING? KAREN OBJECTIONS.
[ 2021 BWC Group Experience Rating Program]
NEXT UP IS ITEM THREE C WHICH IS THE 2021, UH, BEER OF A WORKERS' COMPENSATION GROUP EXPERIENCE RATING PROGRAM.SO KATIE, I BELIEVE THAT IS YOU AS WELL.
SO THIS IS OUR ANNUAL, WE'LL CALL IT RENEWAL.
WE'VE BEEN INVITED BACK FOR THE GROUP EXPERIENCE RATING FOR 2021 THROUGH THE OHIO ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC TREASURERS GROUP.
UM, THIS GROUP GUARANTEES US OF AN UPFRONT DISCOUNT, UM, ON THE 2120 2021 PREMIUM.
UM, AND IT'S AN ESTIMATE OF 25% DISCOUNT.
SO THEY'RE ESTIMATING OUR PREMIUM TO BE $218,604.
UM, WITH AN ESTIMATED RATE OF 1.6932, UH, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN LAST YEAR.
WE WERE AT A RATE AT 1.7085 SO AGAIN, ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL, UM, ESTIMATE ON BWC.
SO I RECOMMEND BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO COUNCIL MONDAY NIGHT AND TO ALSO CONTINUE WITH OUR THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR, UM, COMM MANAGEMENT FOR THAT.
THEY ADMINISTER OUR CLAIMS FOR US.
UM, SO I'D LIKE TO BRING THAT FORWARD ALSO AND IT'S IN ONE RESOLUTION.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, KATIE.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS REGARDING THE, UH, WORKERS' COMPENSATION GROUP RATING, ANY OBJECTIONS TO GOING AHEAD AND MOVING THAT ON TO MONDAY NIGHT'S MEETING AS WELL.
WE WILL SEE BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS AT MONDAYS.
[ Request For Qualifications - Energy Performance Project]
ITEM THREE, D WHICH IS THE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ENERGY PERFORMANCE PROJECT.UM, WANT TO BRING TO COUNCIL'S ATTENTION, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, IN WHICH THE CITY MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE, UM, SEVERAL COMPONENTS OF ITS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, UM, UNDERTAKEN FOR, UM, AN EXPENSE THAT IS LESS THAN WE HAD ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED.
UH, THERE ARE PROVISIONS WHICH ALLOW CITIES AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES TO PUT TOGETHER ENERGY PERFORMANCE PROJECTS.
AND WHAT THESE PROJECTS ARE, ARE THEY ARE AN ASSEMBLAGE OF, UM, OF ITEMS THAT ALL EFFECTIVELY REVOLVE AROUND, UH, REDUCING, UH, THE CITY'S ENERGY CONSUMPTION.
AND AS A RESULT OF BRINGING THESE ITEMS TOGETHER, THE CITY'S ABLE TO REDUCE ITS, ITS COST BY REFUNDING, UM, EXISTING EXPENSES.
UM, SO THINGS THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY PUT INTO, UM, ONM OR INTO, UM, UH, OR INTO A, UM, YOU KNOW, DIRECT REPLACEMENT LIKE WE HAVE IN THE PAST.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE KIND OF COLLECTIVELY BROUGHT TOGETHER AND SUPPORTED THROUGH ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND REBATES.
UH, AND THAT ALLOWS US TO GET, UM, SEVERAL PIECES OF WORK DONE, UH, INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET, UM, AS A MEMO THAT I HAD PROVIDED TO YOU AS WELL AS SOME SUMMARY INFORMATION.
UH, THAT WAS, UH, PREPARED FOR THE CITY BY, UM, THE ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP AND THE ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP CAME IN AND PERFORMED A REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF OUR, UH, CAPITAL FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PLAN.
UH, THEY DID A, A, A FACILITIES EVALUATION AND A, A, A BUDGET EVALUATION AND THEY DETERMINED BASED ON THAT INFORMATION THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL ITEMS WHICH WOULD QUALIFY FOR AN ENERGY PERFORMANCE PROJECT AND THOSE ITEMS WERE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET UNDER ONE OF THE ATTACHMENTS.
THEY WERE ALL THE ITEMS THAT WERE IN THE, UH, THE DARK BLACK COLOR, UM, AND THEY ASSEMBLED THOSE TOGETHER FOR AN ESTIMATED PRICE OF, I THINK IT'S 1.6 MILLION, IF I REMEMBER, UH, IF I REMEMBER THE NUMBER CORRECTLY, LET ME PULL IT UP HERE.
UM, AND, UH, THAT'S THE WORK THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED.
UM, AND THEY BELIEVE THAT THAT WORK WOULD QUALIFY FOR AN ENERGY PERFORMANCE PROJECT.
SO, UM, IN ORDER TO PROCEED AND DETERMINE IF AN ACTUAL PERFORMANCE PROJECT EXISTS, THE CITY WOULD NEED TO GO OUT AND IDENTIFY A QUALIFIED VENDOR TO ACTUALLY PERFORM A FORMAL ASSESSMENT, UH, AND DO THE, THE, THE MORE TECHNICAL AND OFFICIAL ASSESSMENT TO DETERMINE THAT.
AND SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY MYSELF, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, SCOTT FOUL KOSKI AND PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR MIKE GRAY, UH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING, OR WE'RE ASKING COUNCIL TO CONSIDER LEGISLATION ON MONDAY THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO RELEASE AN RFQ, UH, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO TRY AND IDENTIFY AN INTERESTED VENDOR WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO PERFORM THIS PROJECT SHOULD COUNCIL CHOOSE TO DO SO.
SO AT THIS POINT, THIS IS A, UM, AN ADMINISTRATIVE COST ITEM ONLY.
UH, WE ARE SIMPLY LOOKING TO IDENTIFY A FIRM OR FIRMS, UH, WHO WE THINK MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THIS WORK.
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WE HAVE BEFORE COUNCIL.IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR BRIAN REGARDING ANY ENERGY PERFORMANCE PROJECT? SORRY.
YEAH, I'M HAVING TO MUTE AND UNMUTE MY MICROPHONE EACH TIME TOO.
SO, UH, I WAS ASKING, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION AND I WAS ASKING IF THERE WAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM ANYONE ELSE ON COUNCIL REGARDING, UH, THE ENERGY PROJECT.
BRIAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT A SINGLE SPORT AFTER, WHAT DID THE MULTIPLE VENDOR, SO THE WAY THAT THESE PROJECTS TYPICALLY WORK IS THAT, UM, THE SELECTED FIRM EFFECTIVELY ACTS AS THE, UM, AS THE PROGRAM MANAGER.
SO WE WOULD HIRE HER, UM, YOU KNOW, MOST, SO LET'S SAY THAT WE SEND OUT THE RFP, THERE'S 10 RESPONSES.
WE WOULD INTERVIEW THREE AND WE SELECT ONE.
THE FIRM THAT WE WOULD SELECT WOULD THEN PERFORM AN OFFICIAL AUDIT IDENTIFYING, UM, AND IT'S THEIR STAFF OR THEIR SUBCONTRACTOR THAT WOULD PERFORM THE REVIEW AND AUDIT, MAKE THE PROJECT DETERMINATION COUNCIL WOULD APPROVE THAT.
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS THE SELECTED VENDOR GOES OUT AND, UM, SELECTS THEIR OWN, UH, SUBCONTRACTORS TO PERFORM THE WORK.
NO UNDER ENERGY PERFORMANCE PROJECTS.
IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR THE SELECTED PARTY TO WORK WITH.
IF WE HAVE A PREFERRED VENDOR OR IF WE HAVE LOCAL VENDORS THAT WE WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO TRY AND WORK WITH, THEY WILL GO OUT AND SPECIFICALLY TRY TO ENGAGE THOSE PERSONS OR THOSE PARTIES THAT WE WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO WORK WITH.
DOES THAT, BUT, BUT THEY FUNCTION AS THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR IF YOU WILL.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? PERFECT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR BRIAN REGARDING THIS ENERGY PROJECT? OKAY.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THIS ON TO A MONDAY'S MEETING? NANCY, I CAN SEE YOU TALKING, BUT I DON'T HEAR YOU, MR MAYOR.
UM, BRIAN, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WHEN WE IDENTIFY AS COMPANIES, THE RFQ THAT UM, THEY COULD COME BACK WITH A EITHER AN ADDITIONAL OR A DIFFERENT LIST THAN THE A NEEDS BASED A PROJECT SCOPE THAT YOU PROVIDED US.
UH, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THEY COULD, UM, A LOT OF THAT LIST, I SHOULDN'T SAY A LOT, BUT PORTIONS OF THAT LIST ARE DETERMINED BY WHAT WE MAY OR MAY NOT WANT DONE.
AND IT MAY INCLUDE WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT MAKE THE PROJECT MORE, UM, FINANCIALLY, UH, BENEFICIAL OR, OR MORE FINANCIALLY PALATABLE.
SO IF YOU'LL NOTICE THE ITEMS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE ATTACHMENT, THE VARIOUS LIST OF ITEMS, THERE WERE SOME ITEMS THAT WERE ENLIGHT GRAY.
UM, AND THOSE WERE ITEMS THAT COULD BE INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT.
BUT BASED ON COMMENTARY THAT WE HAD PROVIDED DURING THIS PROCESS OR REVIEW OF THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, ESG DID NOT INCLUDE THAT WITHIN THEIR ESTIMATED, UH, BUDGET FOR SUCH A PROJECT.
SO WE COULD, I THINK ROSE LIGHTING WAS ON THAT LIST THAT THEY HAD REVIEWED BUT DETERMINED WASN'T, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T REALLY A COST BENEFIT TO INCLUDE IN THE PROJECT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT COUNSELED WANTED TO INCLUDE, WE COULD INCLUDE IT.
THAT WOULD JUST SIMPLY MEAN THAT THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION, DIRECT CASH CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROJECT WOULD INCREASE.
SO THERE IS, THERE ARE SOME ITEMS THAT, UM, THAT COULD BE INCLUDED THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY INCLUDED JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE ESG WAS A CURSORY REVIEW.
SO ON A MORE TECHNICAL REVIEW WITH THE SELECTED PROVIDER, THEY MIGHT DETERMINE, HEY, THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS ACTUALLY NOT AS GOOD AS THE PRELIMINARY ITEM OR COUNCIL OR CITY STAFF MIGHT RECOMMEND OTHER ITEMS TO BE INCLUDED THAT WEREN'T BROUGHT UP.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION MR. SHAW? IT DOES.
UM, WHAT WOULD BE A, WHAT IS AN ESTIMATED TIME TABLE, UH, UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT, UM, UP TO THE ORGANIZATION AND GROUP THAT, UH, GETS HIRED OUT OF THE RFQ.
UM, BUT IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT WOULD BE A TIME TABLE FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD? SURE.
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SCOPE OF PROJECT, BASED ON WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, YOU'D PROBABLY BE LOOKING AT FROM THE TIME THE RFQ WAS AWARDED, LET'S ASSUME THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.ONCE THE RFQ IS COMPLETE, YOU'RE PROBABLY AROUND, UM, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY ABOUT A HUNDRED AND 120 DAYS, GIVE OR TAKE SOMEWHERE IN THERE.
UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GENERALLY PARALLEL WORK BASED ON MY PRIOR EXPERIENCE WITH THESE PROJECTS.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, THANK YOU RICHARD AND YES
UM, YOU DID THE PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF THIS.
UH, DO YOU HAVE SOME, UM, COST ESTIMATES OF WHAT YOU THINK THAT THAT INITIAL, UH, PROGRAM MANAGER, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT FOR THIS WHOLE EFFORT WOULD COST AND WHAT THE POSSIBLE RETURN ON INVESTMENT MIGHT BE? SO THOSE, UM, THE COST FOR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, THE, THE, THE COST FOR, UM, THE COST FOR WHOEVER THE SELECTED VENDOR IS AS PART OF THESE PROJECTS IS INCLUDED IN WHATEVER THEIR, UH, PRICING COMPONENT IS.
SO IF, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WIND UP SELECTING, LET'S SAY HONEYWELL AND HONEYWELL COMES BACK AND SAYS THAT THE COST FOR THE PROJECT IS ONE POINT $7 MILLION, THEN THAT'S ONE POINT $7 MILLION.
THERE'S NOT 1.7 PLUS THIS, THIS AND THIS BASED ON THE DEFINED PROJECT.
NOW THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE EXCLUDED, RIGHT? SO THINGS LIKE, UM, IF THEY WERE TO COME ACROSS, LET'S SAY ASBESTOS ON PIPING OR SOMETHING, THOSE TYPICAL EXPENSES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT.
THAT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL COST BY FOR THEM TO MANAGE THE PROJECT FOR THEM TO MANAGE THEM.
VENDORS THERE NO ADDITIONAL COST TO THAT.
UM, TYPICALLY, UM, WHAT UH, HAPPENS IS IN THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS, THERE'S NORMALLY A 15 YEAR PAY BACK.
UM, THE CITY OF HUBERT HEIGHTS HAS BEEN VERY AGGRESSIVE AND TAKING ADVANTAGE PREVIOUS, UM, ENERGY PERFORMANCE OPTIONS AND THINGS LIKE UPDATING LIGHTING THROUGHOUT A CITY FACILITIES THAT'S ALREADY DONE.
SO IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, THERE IS NOT A 15 YEAR ROI.
WHAT THIS IS, UM, MORE ABOUT IS THIS IS MORE ABOUT US BEING ABLE TO MANAGE, UM, ONE POINT $6 MILLION OR SO WORTH OF CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A SCHEDULED PAYMENT OVER A 15 YEAR PERIOD.
SO THIS IS MORE ABOUT US BEING ABLE TO A, UM, DEFINE A SCOPE OF WORK FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
B, UH, ASSIGN A FIXED EXPENSE FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS OVER TIME AND SEE, UH, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, UM, BE ABLE TO FINANCE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, UNDER THIS PROVISION OF THE OHIO REVISED CODE ENERGY PERFORMANCE PROJECT FINANCING DOES NOT COUNT AGAINST THE CITY'S OVERALL DEBT LIMITS.
AND SO THIS IS A WAY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE CASHFLOW, UM, THROUGH FINANCING WITHOUT PENALIZING OURSELVES UNDER A
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION NANCY? THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR BRIAN REGARDING THIS ENERGY PROGRAM? OKAY.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO BRINGING THIS ONTO THE COUNCIL MEETING FOR MONDAY? OKAY.
HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, WE'LL MOVE THAT TO MONDAY'S MEETING.
[ Review of City Operations and Economic Sustainability]
NEXT UP IS ITEM THREE E WHICH IS A REVIEW OF SENDING OPERATIONS AND ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY.UM, ROB, IF YOU WANT TO START THIS, UH, ITEM OFF, I SURE WILL.
UH, REALLY THAT COMES FROM A
UH, IT SEEMS TO BE SOME INTERFERENCE FROM MR. WEBB, UH, MY DISPUTED MUTE AT ALL.
UM, SO I DUNNO WHETHER YOU GET A BETTER MICROPHONE OR SOMETHING THAT I'M MIGHT BE GOING OUT.
UM, SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION, UH, AND, AND IT IS BRIEF AND SUCCINCT, IS TO JUST BASICALLY GIVE AN OVERVIEW OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
OBVIOUSLY, UH, OUR GOAL HAS BEEN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT REDUCE OR CHANGE ANY OF THE, THAT WE CURRENTLY DELIVER TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE STAND TODAY AND, AND STILL PROCLAIMING THAT WE HAVE NOT REDUCED ANYTHING.
WE ARE STILL PLANNING ON EVERYTHING.
UH, WE ARE STILL PLANNING ON ALL SUMMER ACTIVITIES.
WE ARE STILL PLANNING A GOOD SUCCESS FOR THE, THE MONTHS AND YEAR TO COME, UH, WANTS THIS.
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UH, OBVIOUSLY I THINK THAT IT'S, UM, IT'S INCUMBENT UPON BUSINESS OWNERS TO BE RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS OWNERS, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE SAFE.ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR CUSTOMERS ARE SAFE.
AND IF THEY DON'T DO THAT, THEN THEY WON'T HAVE EMPLOYEES AND THEY WON'T HAVE CUSTOMERS.
AND THAT WOULD BE A SELF CORRECTING PROBLEM.
I'M NOT SURE GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO TOO MUCH TO HAVE TOO MUCH REGULATION INTERFERENCE IN THAT.
SO LET'S HOPE THAT ON, UH, ON MAY 1ST THAT WE BEGIN TO SEE, UH, SOME RELIEF AND SOME OPENING BACK UP AND ALLOWING THE COMMUNITY TO GET BACK TO HOW IT SHOULD FEEL AND, UH, AND HOW IT SHOULD WORK.
WE HAVE BEEN BANKING ON THAT AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT WE'RE TOLD THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, I THINK THAT THAT PUTS US AHEAD OF A CURVE AND THAT CURVE IS, IT'S EASIER TO STOP DOING SOMETHING, UH, ABRUPTLY THAN IT IS TO GET THINGS GOING.
SO IT'S ALL ABOUT A GAME OF MOMENTUM.
WE'VE KEPT OUR MOMENTUM, UH, WE'VE KEPT POSITIVE AND THAT'S WHAT'S ALWAYS WORKED FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND THE, UH, THE DECISIONS THAT WE'VE MADE POLITICALLY AND ADMINISTRATIVELY, ET CETERA.
AND THAT'S THE SAME TYPE PHILOSOPHY AND MINDSET THAT WE HAVE MAINTAINED AND KEPT.
UH, WE'RE PROUD THAT, UH, WHILE OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE FURLOUGHED AND LAID OFF AND DONE THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, WE'VE NOT, EVERYBODY HAS STILL FULL WORKING HOURS, STILL PERFORMING AWFUL DUTIES AND UM, REALLY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, TO, TO KEEP THINGS GOING WELL WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
THE NEXT STEP IS TO IDENTIFY WHAT IMPACT DOES THIS HAVE POTENTIALLY, UH, AND WHAT ECONOMIC GAPS DOES IT FILL.
UH, AND I'LL, UH, I'LL PASS IT OFF TO BRIAN HERE IN A SECOND, BUT I CAN SAY THIS AND OUR WORST CASE SCENARIOS IN OUR ESTIMATES IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE.
AND EVEN AT THE WORST CASE, AND AGAIN, THE BIG CAVEAT IS ONCE THINGS GET RELEASED AND, UH, HOPEFULLY STATE GOVERNMENT MAKES A GOOD DECISIONS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO BEGIN TO RE REGROW AND REDEVELOP AND FILL THOSE GAPS.
UM, BUT ONCE THAT HAPPENS, WE FEEL ANY HICCUP THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED, WE ARE ABLE TO ABSORB, UH, EVEN CONSIDERING POTENTIAL REDUCTION IN LOST REVENUE BASED ON WHAT'S OCCURRED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
UH, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT LAYING PEOPLE OFF.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT, WE'RE DOING REDUCING SERVICES.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT ANY OF THAT.
WE'VE BEEN STRATEGIC, WE'VE BEEN THOUGHTFUL, UH, IN ALL OF OUR OPERATIONS.
WE'VE HAD TO TEST OURSELVES FOR SEVERAL YEARS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE OPERATING AT THE MOST EFFICIENT LEVELS THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, UH, WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND ACCOMMODATE VARIANCES AND FLUCTUATIONS IN THE AMOUNT REVENUES BROUGHT IN, THE AMOUNT OF EXPENSES, UH, SENT OUT.
UH, AND I'M, I'M REALLY PROUD OF, UH, OF ALL THE STAFF THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THAT.
I'M ALSO REALLY PROUD OF THE LEADERSHIP ON COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE POLICY DECISIONS TO ALLOW US TO SECURE THOSE DECISIONS OUT.
SO I THINK WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THIS OVERVIEW, UM, IS A, A, A GOOD POSITIVE SHINING LIGHT THAT WE REALLY SHOULD NOT BE SEVERELY IMPACTED.
I'M NOT SAYING WE WON'T BE, BUT, UH, IMPACTED AT ALL.
BUT BARRING THINGS, GETTING BACK TO NORMAL ON THE PROJECTED SCHEDULE OF STARTING MAY 1ST, UH, WE SHOULD CARRY ON AS THINGS NORMALLY WOULD OR NORMALLY WERE BEFORE ALL OF THIS HAPPENED.
UH, AND WE ARE ABLE AS AN ORGANIZATION TO ABSORB THOSE ISSUES.
WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE AND LUCKY THAT THE MASS AMOUNT OF OUR WORKFORCE ARE STILL UP AND OPERATIONAL.
SOME OF OUR MAJOR EMPLOYERS, UH, THAT HAS CERTAINLY HELPED AND ASSISTED WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, BUT WHAT, WHAT I'M TALKING MORE ABOUT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE AS THE GOVERNMENT, WE AS THE CITY ORGANIZATION ARE PROVIDING FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES SO THAT WHEN THEY WALK BACK THROUGH THEIR FRONT DOOR, IT'S AS IF NOTHING EVER HAPPENED.
OUR PARKS ARE OPEN AND MAINTAINED.
OUR FACILITIES AND AMENITIES ARE UP AND RUNNING.
THEY'VE GOT THINGS TO DO, PLACES TO GO.
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO KEEP US AHEAD OF THE CURVE.
SO, UH, BRIAN, UM, LET ME PULL UP THIS, UH, PRESENTATION AND, UH, WE WILL BEGIN FLIPPING THROUGH, UH, THE FEW SLIDES THAT
EVERYBODY CAN SEE THE, UH, THE PRESENTATION.
IF I CAN GET A, UH, A CONFIRMATION ON THAT.
YES, I KNOW, I CAN SEE IT JUST FINE.
SO A I ENTITLED PAGE COVERED, UH, IF YOU WANT TO MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE THERE.
UM, SO, UH, THROUGH FIRST QUARTER OF 2020, UH, THIS IS JUST A BRIEF SNAPSHOT OF, UH, COUNSEL'S AMENDED BUDGET.
UH, THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE THE ADDITION OF, UH, OF MARION MEADOWS.
AND THEN THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL CHANGE ORDER, I BELIEVE, RELATIVE TO THE SIB LOAN, UH, FOR, UH, FOR CARRIAGE TRAILS.
UH, AND THEN THE EXPENSES ARE BROKEN OUT BELOW, UH, WITH RESPECT TO, UH, OPERATIONAL CAPITAL DEBT.
SO, UH, THAT'S THE BUDGET THAT
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WE'VE ENACTED IN THE BUDGET THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.SO, ROB, IF YOU WANT A SLIDE TO THE NEXT, UM, THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER, WE'VE ACTUALLY EXPEND ROUGHLY 23, ALMOST 24%, UM, OF THE BUDGETED, UH, EXPENSES AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE AT 25.
UH, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, OR AS PART OF THAT NUMBER, I SHOULD SAY, UH, WE'VE COMMITTED TO THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS, UM, ON, UH, ON THE CAPITAL SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
SO, UM, DURING THE FIRST QUARTER WE WERE CONTINUING BUSINESS AS USUAL, UH, IN DOING SO QUITE WELL.
AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE FACT THAT WE'RE BELOW THAT 25% MARK, UH, AS WE WERE GETTING READY TO, INTO THE, UH, THE THIRD QUARTER, OR EXCUSE ME, THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2020, A CORONA VIRUS HAPPENED, UH, AND IT PRESENTED ITSELF, UH, AT LEAST IN THIS DATE ON MARCH 9TH.
AND YOU CAN SEE BETWEEN THIS SLIDE AND THE NEXT, IF YOU WOULD ROB.
UM, WE HAD A VERY QUICK TURNAROUND.
UH, WE'RE TALKING SIX DAYS FROM THE TIME THAT, UH, WE BASICALLY WENT INTO MONITOR STATUS, UM, UNTIL WE WENT INTO ACTIVE STATUS, UH, WHERE WE, UH, DISSIPATED, UH, AS A STAFF.
AND, UH, AND THE, UH, THE VARIOUS, UH, SHUTDOWNS, IF YOU WILL, UH, OF THE STATE BEGAN, UH, TAKING HOLD.
UH, AND THEN, UH, UH, ON THE 19TH, UH, SPECIAL INACTIONS WERE PROVIDED BY, UH, BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES WHO DID NOT OTHERWISE HAVE A ROBUST, UH, LEAVE POLICIES LIKE WE DO HERE IN HUMOR.
UH, AND THEN ON THE 23RD, REGIONALLY, UH, WE AS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS BEGIN COMMUNICATING ABOUT THIS ISSUE, UH, BECAUSE OF ITS EXTENSIVE SPREAD.
UM, SO WHAT DOES THAT ALL MEAN? UH, FOR US, UM, GOING FORWARD, UH, ROB, IF YOU WANT TO KICK TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, AS ROB HAD INDICATED, UH, WE CONTINUE TO BE FOCUSED ON OUR SERVICES.
UM, WE CONTINUE TO BE FOCUSED ON COUNCIL'S KEY PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES AND THAT WOULD BE THE LAYMAN PHONE, UH, THAT WOULD BE MARION MEADOWS AND THOSE TYPES OF, UH, OF ITEMS A STAFF CONTINUES TO BE DEDICATED, UH, FOR PLANNING A RETURN TO NORMAL.
UM, AND SO WE CONTINUE TO BE, UM, OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE ROSE, UH, THE CROWBAR AQUATIC CENTER, STAR-SPANGLED HEIGHTS AND THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS.
OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE ALREADY STARTING TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT THEIR CLOSURES FOR THESE PARTICULAR, FOR THEIR POOLS OR THEIR FACILITIES.
UH, AND WE ARE NOT DOING THAT.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO HOLD THE LINE BECAUSE WE THINK, UH, MAY 1ST THE GOVERNOR IS GOING TO HAVE SOME BETTER NEWS FOR US.
UH, THE OTHER THING, UM, AND, AND REALLY WHAT THE KIND OF THE BALANCE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS ABOUT IS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF COVEN 19, OR AT LEAST THE EXPECTED ECONOMIC IMPACT IN COVERT 19.
UH, WHAT WE KNOW FROM TALKING TO, UH, VARIOUS STATE AGENCIES, VARIOUS COUNTY AGENCIES AND OUR COUNTERPARTS IS THAT THIS PARTICULAR LIST OF REVENUE SOURCES, UH, ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, UM, AS A RESULT OF, UH, COVERT 19.
WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS THE FULL EXTENT OF THAT IMPACT, BUT BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEING PROVIDED TO US, UH, FROM THE STATE AND FROM OTHER SOURCES, UH, WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT IF YOU COULD CONSOLIDATE ALL OF THESE, UM, ALL OF THESE EFFECTS INTO ONE MOMENT IN TIME, UM, IN A COMPOUNDED WAY, UH, WE WOULD SEE APPROXIMATELY A 10% DECREASE IN TO OPERATING REVENUE OR ROUGHLY A 5% DECREASE IN TOTAL REVENUES.
UM, IT WON'T REALLY DEVELOP IN TOTALITY LIKE THAT, AND I'LL GET TO THAT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, BUT, UH, THAT'S UH, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ESTIMATING.
UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN RESPONSE RIGHT AWAY, UH, TO TRY AND ADDRESS WHAT WE KNOW WILL BE REVENUES IN SOME CAPACITY.
UM, IT IS THESE BULLET POINTS HERE BEFORE YOU IN A LOT OF IT REALLY HAS TO DO WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, MINIMIZING DISCRETIONARY SPENDING AND DELAYING HIRING, UH, WHERE APPROPRIATE, YOU KNOW, AS A COMMUNITY THAT DOESN'T HAVE A FULLTIME RECREATION, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT CARRYING AN ABUNDANT OF STAFF, UM, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT SOMETHING TO DO.
SO THAT'S BEEN BENEFICIAL TO US AND WE CONTINUE TO, UH, WE CONTINUE TO, TO BE MINDFUL OF, OF OUR EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS.
UH, THE FISCAL IMPACTS OF COVEN 19, WE WILL FEEL OR WILL MATERIALIZE, I SHOULD SAY THROUGH OCTOBER, 2021, WE DON'T RECEIVE ALL REVENUES AT THE SAME TIME.
THEY, THEY, THEY COME IN OVER A PERIOD OF TIME AND THE STATE IS ON A DIFFERENT BUDGET CYCLE THAN WE ARE.
AND SO BECAUSE OF THOSE THINGS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE IMPACT OR THE RIPPLE EFFECT ALL THE WAY THROUGH OCTOBER 20TH, 21.
UH, THE OTHER THING IS, IS AS THESE ITEMS MATERIALIZE OR AS THESE EFFECTS MATERIALIZE THEM, IF THEY ARE OFF THE MARK FROM OUR ESTIMATES, WE'LL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE ADDITIONAL FISCAL CONTROL OPTIONS.
NOW, WHAT THOSE MIGHT LOOK LIKE, WE DON'T KNOW BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EFFECTS ARE YET.
UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, SHUTDOWN STARTED OCCURRING IN MARCH.
WE WANT ACTUALLY BEGIN TO SEE IN RECORDED RECEIPTS WHAT THOSE EFFECTS ARE UNTIL MID MAY.
SO THAT'S THE KIND OF DELAY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING SIMPLE ON, ON INCOME TAX, WITHHOLDING FILING.
SO, UM, SOME FINAL THINGS THAT COUNCIL NEEDS TO
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CONSIDER THAT I, I WOULD ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER, UM, IS ONE, WE'RE NOT ALONE.UH, SECOND OF ALL, OUR DIVERSE LOCAL ECONOMY MATTERS.
UH, WE DO HAVE A VERY DIVERSE ECONOMY.
WE ARE NOT RELIANT ON ONE PARTICULAR INDUSTRY SEGMENT OR, UH, TWO INDUSTRY SEGMENTS TO PAY OUR BILLS.
UH, IT'S SPREAD OUT OVER ON NINE.
AND SO THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE SOME AREAS ARE TAKING A BIG HIT, WILD OR NOT.
UH, AND UH, AND SO THAT, THAT'S IMPORTANT.
THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT KEEP IN MIND EVERY COMMUNITY WILL BE AFFECTED DIFFERENTLY.
SO, YOU KNOW, UM, EVERY COMMUNITY HAS A DIFFERENT ECONOMY.
SO FOR INSTANCE, SYDNEY HAS THE HIGHEST PER CAPITA OF INDUSTRIAL JOBS, UM, IN THE STATE OF OHIO.
UH, WHEREAS THE CITY OF BEAVER CREEK DOESN'T HAVE AN INCOME TAX.
SO LAYOFFS DON'T IMPACT BEAVER CREEK THE SAME WAY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO IMPACT SYDNEY AND VICE, YOU KNOW, VICE VERSA AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO JUST BECAUSE ONE COMMUNITY MIGHT HAVE A HORRIBLE IMPACT OR A MORE DETRIMENTAL IMPACT, UH, ISN'T A SIGN THAT THINGS ARE OFF HERE IN HUBER.
IT JUST MEANS THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT ECONOMY THAN WE DO.
UH, AS A REMINDER, UH, THE EFFECTS OF THIS WILL UNFOLD OVER TIME.
UH, THIS IS ANYWHERE FROM 18 TO 24 MONTHS BASED ON, ON HOW REVENUES, UH, WHICH REVENUES ARE AFFECTED AND HOW THOSE REVENUES ARE PAID TO THE CITY OVER TIME.
UH, AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT I, I WOULD ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER IS THAT CREATIVITY IS SUSTAINABILITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T A TORNADO.
THIS ISN'T, UM, SOME KIND OF OTHER, YOU KNOW, NATURAL DISASTER THAT REGULARLY OCCURS OR OCCURS WITH FREQUENCY IN THE MIDWEST.
UH, THERE IS NO PLAYBOOK FOR A PANDEMIC RESPONSE IN THE MIDWEST.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE QUICK ON OUR FEET AND BE RESPONSIVE AND TRY TO THINK CREATIVELY AND WORK CREATIVELY BASED ON WHAT'S GONNA COME AT US OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.
SO, UM, IF YOU HEAR US PROPOSING THINGS OR SUGGESTING THINGS THAT SOUND A LITTLE OUT OF THE ORDINARY, IT'S BECAUSE THIS SITUATION IS OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
AND, UH, AND WE NEED TO, TO, TO BE CREATIVE IN OUR RESPONSE IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DELIVER GOOD QUALITY SERVICES, UH, TO OUR CITIZENS AND TO OUR TAXPAYERS.
UH, THE WAY THAT WE'VE CONTINUED TO DO SO FAR THROUGH THIS SITUATION.
AND, UH, AND I THINK BY AND LARGE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THIS WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT IMPACT, UH, IF THINGS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AS WE BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DEVELOP.
SO THAT'S A, THAT'S THE REPORT IN A NUTSHELL.
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE THROUGH FIRST QUARTER 20, 20.
UH, AND HOW WE'RE PROGRESSING THROUGH A SECOND QUARTER 20, 20.
SO, UH, MYSELF OR, UH, OR THE CITY MANAGER OR, OR FINANCE DIRECTOR BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THAT, UH, YOU, MR MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE.
AND I THINK, UH, I KNOW FOR MY OWN BENEFIT AND I THINK EVERYONE ON COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO SEE AND KIND OF HEAR THE CONFIDENCE COMING FROM OUR S OUR CITY STAFF LEADERS, UH, HELPS INSTILL CONFIDENCE, UM, AND SHOULD INSTILL CONFIDENCE WITH THE, UH, WITH THE COUNCIL ITSELF ON, UH, THE, THAT WE'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION THAT, YOU KNOW, AS A CITY COLLECTIVELY WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO BE OKAY THROUGH THIS AND SERVICES ARE STILL GOING TO BE PROVIDED.
NOW, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY THINGS HAVE TO HAPPEN, THE GOVERNOR HAS TO MAKE SOME, SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT ARE POSITIVE IN THE COMING WEEKS.
BUT OVERALL I THINK WHERE, WHERE WE'RE POISED, I WOULD AGREE.
I THINK WE'RE IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION THAN, THAN SOME OF OUR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS.
SO I THINK, UH, THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION FOR COUNCIL.
AND I THINK ALSO FOR ANYBODY WHO'S WATCHING AND PAYING ATTENTION, LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, BEING CURIOUS ABOUT OUR PROJECTS AND THE THINGS THAT WE DO AND WHAT OUR, WHAT OUR FISCAL SITUATION IS.
I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE SOME, SOME GOOD CONFIDENCE IN WHERE WE'RE AT AS A CITY AND WHERE WE'RE GOING AS A CITY.
AND YOU KNOW, ROB HAS SOME OF THE THINGS YOU HAD MENTIONED WHEN WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS DISCUSSION.
I JUST LIKE TO SAY WHEN, WHEN YOU HAD, I HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT UH, WHAT OUR PLANS ARE FOR THE ROSE AND QUANTIC CENTER AND STAR-SPANGLED HEIGHTS AND HOW UH, WE THINK ABOUT PLANNING FOR THOSE THINGS.
HOW, YOU KNOW, OUR TAKE AND YOUR TAKE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT PLANNING FOR WORST CASE SCENARIO, WE'RE NOT PLANNING ANNOUNCEMENTS TO START SHUTTING THESE THINGS DOWN, BUT WE'RE GOING TO STAY POSITIVE AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP EVERYTHING ON SCHEDULE BECAUSE IT IS A LOT EASIER TO PULL THE PLUG ON SOMETHING LAST MINUTE IF WE'RE TOLD WE CAN'T DO SOMETHING THAN IT IS TO NOT PLAN FOR IT AND THEN TRY TO START SOMETHING UP SUDDENLY IF WE'RE TOLD TO ALLOW OUT TO.
SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT STRATEGY.
I THINK IT'S A STRATEGY THAT WILL WORK FOR US AND WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE WHERE WE END UP WHEN THAT TIMEFRAME COMES.
BUT I AM VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE STRATEGY THAT YOU'VE LAID OUT AND THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF IT AND I HOPE THE REST OF COUNCIL IS AND EVERYONE ELSE WATCHING, UH, IS APPRECIATIVE AND KNOWS THAT WE ARE IN.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE IN A PRETTY GOOD, WE'RE IN A PRETTY GOOD SPOT.
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CONSIDERED.SO THOSE WOULD BE IT FOR MY COMMENTS.
UH, CERTAINLY OPEN IT UP FOR ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR ROB, IF YOU HAVE A RESPONSE, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL MOVE ON WITH THAT.
SO JUST REAL QUICK TO, UH, TO CLOSE.
UM, JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY AS THEY LOOK THROUGH AND DIGEST AND PERHAPS, UH, YOU KNOW, TRY TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS.
A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT, UH, TWO MAIN POINTS THAT WE NEED TO, UH, TO FOCUS ON AND UH, AND UNDERSTAND AND REALIZE FACTUALLY, NUMBER ONE, THIS IS NOT A, AN ECONOMY DRIVEN PROBLEM.
THIS IS A SITUATIONAL DRIVEN PROBLEM.
AND ALTHOUGH I'M NOT AN ECONOMIST BY ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, BUT AS MANY PEOPLE ARE AS IN THIS ROOM, WHICH ACTUALLY IS JUST ME, BUT AS MANY PEOPLE AS DISHONEST AS COMMON LISTENING, UM, IS AS MANY OPINIONS AS THERE IS AS TO WHAT THE END TIME AND THE EFFECT OF THIS IS.
BUT THE TRUE FACT IS, IS THIS IS SITUATIONAL.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT IS ONCE THE SITUATION IS OVER, THAT MEANS IT'S GOT AN END POINT.
SO THE FIRST THING IS, IS THIS AS AN ENDPOINT.
UH, AND THE SECOND POINT IS, IS THAT THE LONGER THAT THIS GOES ON, THE WORSE IT'S GOING TO BE.
SO THIS IS AN EXPONENTIAL COMPOUNDING THING THAT, UM, THE, UH, THE EFFECTS OF IT WILL CHANGE.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT LOOKING AT THINGS NOW, IF WE ARE STILL IN THE SAME SITUATION THAT WE ARE IN TODAY, SIX MONTHS FROM NOW, THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE THINGS THAT ARE COMPLETELY OUT OF OUR CONTROL TO EVEN RESPOND TO, OBVIOUSLY.
SO THE FIRST THING IS, IS WE DON'T PANIC.
UH, WE SIMPLY PLAY THE HAND THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALT AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS SITUATIONAL AND THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE AN END AND WHO'S GOING TO WIN IN THIS AS WHO'S BEST PREPARED FOR THAT END.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHERE WE, UH, WHERE WE SIT IN, IN A GOOD POINT.
UH, THE COMMUNITY IS BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE.
REPOSITIVE UM, UH, I WILL SAY VERY COMPLIANT AS WELL, UH, IN TERMS OF MANAGING THINGS, UH, IN FACT THE REGION HAS, AND I'LL GO SO FAR SAY THE STATE HAS OBVIOUSLY BASED ON THE NUMBERS AND THE POSITIVE REPORTS WE GET.
SO, UH, SO LONG AS WE GET THROUGH THAT ENDPOINT AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, WE CAN CONTROL THINGS, BUT THIS IS A VERY DYNAMIC SITUATION BECAUSE AS BRIAN SAID, NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE DEALT WITH A, UH, PRETTY MUCH A GLOBAL SHUTDOWN OF, OF ALMOST EVERYTHING.
UH, SO AS SOON AS THAT SWITCHES FLIPPED, UH, THEN, UM, THEN I THINK THAT WE ARE IN A GOOD POSITION AND WE'RE, WE'RE READY.
WE'RE WELL READY TO DO ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DO.
AND, UH, I WAS JUST, LIKE I SAID, CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP, UH, WITHIN THE CITY AND THE STAFF IN, IN GETTING US TO WHERE WE ARE NOW.
UH, THAT IS, THAT SHOULD TAKE A RELIEF OFF OF EVERYONE ON THIS COUNCIL KNOWING, UM, THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE HERE AT THE CITY WHO'S, WHO'S MANAGING THIS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM ANY, UH, OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE REGARDING THE PRESENTATION THAT WE JUST SAW? MRS. BURCH? I, YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION.
FIRST OF ALL, UM, I'D LIKE TO ECHO WHAT THE MAYOR SAYS.
ROB, YOU, THE MAYOR, ALL OF YOUR STAFF HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB, UM, NOT JUST THROUGH THIS, BUT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS TO HAVE US
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND I THINK, UH, COUNCIL APPRECIATES THAT.
UM, AND I SHARE YOUR OPTIMISM FOR THE FUTURE.
I W I KNOW WE'RE ALL GONNA GET THROUGH THIS, BUT ONE QUESTION I DO NEED TO ASK IS, SINCE THIS IS A ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY REVIEW, UH, HAVE YOU GUYS DONE ANY PROJECTIONS ON, UM, WHAT THIS WILL DO? IF I THINK THEIR BIGGEST AREAS OF, UH, POSSIBLE IMPACT WILL COME FROM THE REVENUE THAT COMES FROM THE, UM, THE AQUATIC CENTER AND THE ROSE.
UM, HAVE WE DONE ANY FIGURES TO, TO DETERMINE WHAT THE IMPACT WILL BE IF WE MISS, UM, A QUARTER A HALF OR ALL THE ROSE SEASON SINCE IT'S BEEN SUCH A GOOD REVENUE GENERATOR? UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT OUR TAXES ARE GOING TO TAKE A HUGE HIT BECAUSE OF THE PAYCHECK PROTECTS YOUR PLAN, BUT, UM, THAT THOSE BOTHER ME.
I JUST, I JUST WONDER, HAVE WE DONE THAT KIND OF AS A PLAN B TO PROJECT IF WE LOSE PART OR ALL OF THOSE SEASONS AND ANY OTHER REVENUE THAT, YOU KNOW, TO ME PROMOTE THE DISCUSSIONS THAT'S COMING FROM, UM, GOVERNOR TO WINE AND DR.
ACT AND I, I PERSONALLY DON'T SEE, UH, THEM OPENING UP, GIVING AUTHORITY TO OPEN UP THE POOLS.
WE'VE ALREADY SEEN BIG SPORTS EVENTS TOURNAMENT'S
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CANCELED, THERE'S TALK THAT THERE WON'T BE BASEBALL SEASONS.UM, AND A HIGH DENSITY ACTIVITY LIKE THAT EVEN GOING BACK TO SCHOOL IN THE FALL IS QUESTIONABLE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T A SOCIAL DISTANCE KIDS IN A CROWDED CLASSROOM.
SO THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE LOOKED AT DIFFERENTLY.
SO I, I THINK THAT WHILE BRIAN'S PICTURE IS VERY OPTIMISTIC AND I HOPE WE GET THERE THE WAY THAT HE HAS LAID IT OUT, I THINK I WOULD HOPE THAT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT HAPPENS IF WE HAVE THAT DISRUPTION IN THEIR REVENUE, UH, BETWEEN NOW AND OCTOBER.
WELL, IT'S A A YES, YES, WE HAVE LOOKED AT THAT AND YES, WE HAVE BEGUN MAKING PLANS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY TO ANYBODY THAT FEELS THAT, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE WRITING 20, 20 OFF.
UM, I, I WOULD SAY, UM, I WOULD SAY THAT THEY'RE WRONG.
UM, AND, UH, I, I REALLY THINK THAT EVEN THOUGH, UM, IF SOMEBODY MIGHT BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ABILITY TO SOCIALLY DISTANCE OR PREVENT THE SPREAD, UH, QUITE FRANKLY, EVERY DAY THEY'RE COMING UP WITH NEW WAYS TO INCREASE NUMBERS.
TO SHOW THE NEED TO CONTINUE THIS IN MY OPINION.
AND, UH, QUITE FRANKLY, UH, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME TO A TIME WHERE, UH, DOES THE ENDS MEET THE MEANS.
AND, UH, AND I THINK THAT'S THE THRESHOLD THAT WE'RE AT.
SO THAT'S THE OPTIMISM THAT, THAT WE BASE EVERYTHING ON.
UH, SECONDLY, REGARDING OUR, UH, OUR, OUR AMENITIES THAT ARE, UM, SHALL I SAY, SELF-FUNDED, UH, THE MUSIC CENTER, THE KROGER AQUATIC CENTER, UH, STARTING WITH THE AQUATIC CENTER.
IF THE AQUATIC CENTER DOESN'T OPEN, THEN WE DON'T HAVE EXPENSES.
SAME THING TO SOME EXTENT WITH THE MUSIC CENTER AS WELL.
UH, IF THE MUSIC CENTER DOES AN OPEN, WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, PRODUCING SHOWS, WE'RE NOT RENTING EQUIPMENT, WE'RE NOT DOING ALL THOSE THINGS, HAVING STAFF AND THEREFORE, UH, THE EXPENSES AREN'T THERE.
WE'RE NOT HAVING TO BUY SUPPLIES.
SO, UH, AT THAT SAME POINT THAT IS, THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, UH, IF SOMETHING IS REDUCED IN THE AMOUNT OF A TIMEFRAME THAT WE HAVE TO OPERATE AND OPEN, UH, OBVIOUSLY THAT WILL AFFECT IT.
SO, UH, HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO RUN A MONTH VERSUS TWO MONTHS VERSUS THREE MONTHS, SIX MONTHS? SO IT'S JUST KIND OF A PROPORTION THAT THEY, UH, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE'VE STRUCTURED OUR BUSINESS MODELS AND THOSE ENTERPRISES THAT ALLOW FOR US TO SELF-SUSTAINABILITY THAT IF YOU WEREN'T ACTIVELY USING THOSE SPACES, THOSE SPACES ARE, UH, PROPERLY TAKEN CARE OF.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE GENERAL FUND DOESN'T PAY THE DEBT, UH, TIF REVENUES DO.
UH, SO THE IMPACT FOR A DELAY OR SLOW DOWN IN THAT IS NOT WHAT PEOPLE WOULD ASSUME IT WOULD BE.
THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'VE GOT ALL OF THESE OUTGOING EXPENSES.
QUITE FRANKLY, IF THOSE FACILITIES AREN'T OPERATED, THEN THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF EXPENSES INVOLVED.
UH, SO, UH, BUT ON THE, ON THE NOTE OF OPERATING, WE DO HAVE PLANS.
UH, I INDICATED ONE OF OUR, UH, BENEFIT TO THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE YMAA IS THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO YAP AND RETAIN MANY OF OUR LIFEGUARDS WHERE MANY COMMUNITIES ARE ALREADY CLOSING AND SAYING, WELL, WE CAN'T GET LIKE ARDS.
UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, ABOUT 80% OF OUR LIFEGUARDS RETURNING AND MORE IN THE HOPPER TO, UH, TO GO THROUGH AN APPLICATION PROCESS.
UH, THEN THE MUSIC CENTER, WE HAVE, UH, DONE SOME RESCHEDULING AND WE ARE IN A POSITION THAT WHEN WE FEEL THAT DATES ARE RELEASED, UH, THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE ALL THE SHOWS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE SCHEDULED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW THAT HAVE, UH, ARTISTS THAT HAVE, UH, TRAVEL CONCERNS, UM, AND HAVE CANCELED THEIR 20, 20 SHOWS ALL TOGETHER.
UH, NOT JUST FOR OUR FACILITY OR OHIO, BUT FOR THEIR ENTIRE SEASON.
UH, LET'S ALL REMEMBER THAT THAT IS AN INDUSTRY THAT GENERATES CASH AND REVENUE OFF OF BEING ABLE TO PERFORM CONCERTS.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE PRESSURE AND HIGH AMOUNT OF INTEREST FOR THOSE PEOPLE TO GET BACK TO WORK AS WELL.
SO, UH, WE, WE SIT IN A, UH, IN A GOOD POSITION AND HAVING A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FACILITY, UH, SOME, SOME QUALITY ACTS AGAIN BOOKED FOR THIS YEAR THAT ARE EAGER TO PERFORM.
UH, AND, UH, IF, UM, SO LONG AS THAT THE, THE GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION DOESN'T STAND IN THE WAY, THEN, UH, WE ARE POISED TO, UH, TO BEGIN OUR, UH, OUR SEASONS AS WE NORMALLY WOULD.
BUT, UH, YOU GAVE US THE TIME WE'RE GOING TO, UH, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THAT AMENITY TO THE COMMUNITY.
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YES, SIR.I ALSO DID KIND OF AN ECHO WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT, I, I APPRECIATE THE POSITIVITY AND AN AND MOVING FORWARD AND THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE IN THIS ODD TIME AND WE'RE GONNA POSSIBLY HAVE TO JUST SHIFT GEARS ON THE FLY AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE READY TO DO THAT.
SO AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.
UH, ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING, UM, AND WE'VE DISCUSSED HERE, UH, INVOLVING THE SLIDE OR ANYTHING WITH THE, UH, ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY? YES.
ROB
I KNOW ME TOO, OF TRAITS, EMAILS, UM, MY NAVAL FORECASTING AND CONCERNS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
HE'S BEEN VERY QUICK TO RESPOND TO THOSE.
UM, BUT I, I DO HAVE A KIND OF A DIRECT QUESTION IF I MADE TO YOURSELF TO M TO BRIAN.
UM, I'VE, UM, HAD A LOT OF COMMUNICATION WITH, UH, CONGRESSMAN TURNER AND SENATOR PORTMAN ON VARIOUS ISSUES, UM, INCLUDING THE, THE CARES ACT, UH, AND MOVING FORWARD INTO THE NEXT STIMULUS PACKAGE.
IT'S CURRENTLY BEING DISCUSSED RIGHT NOW IN DC, UM, AS, AS A REPRESENTATIVE WHO HAS AN EAR IN DC.
UM, IF WE WERE TO BE LOOKING AT A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE, DEB BENEFITS LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN THE STATE GOVERNMENT, IN YOUR OPINION AND STAFF'S OPINION, WHAT WOULD WE NEED TO SEE DIRECTLY HERE IN HUBER HEIGHTS OUT OF THAT STIMULUS PACKAGE FOR IT TO MAKE SENSE AND TO BE BENEFICIAL? WELL, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF, UM, HIGHER LEVEL FUNDING MECHANISMS AND THOSE ARE THE, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT I WOULD LOOK AT AND TARGET FIRST.
UM, WE, WE'VE KINDA BEEN A PROUD COMMUNITY THAT WHEN THERE'S BEEN GOVERNMENTAL AND ECONOMIC EFFECTS, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE BUNKERED DOWN WITHIN OURSELVES AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED WAYS TO SOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS. THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED THE TAX INCREASE, ET CETERA.
UH, WHEN THE STATE SAID, HEY, WE'RE CUTTING YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNDING, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS NEED TO DEAL WITH IT.
WELL, WE DEALT WITH IT AND WE, WE STOOD UP TO THAT, UH, BUT UNDER THIS CONDITION, THOSE, THOSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND, UH, LET, LET'S CONSIDER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUND AND THE GAS TAX FUND TWO, THAT WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED.
UM, THE, UH, UH, GAS TAX FUND, WHICH WE JUST ADDED SOME $400,000 TO FAR LOCAL STREETS, ALL OF THAT.
AND MAYBE THEN SOME IS GOING TO BE GONE, UH, BECAUSE PEOPLE AREN'T BUYING GAS AT THE RATE THAT THEY WERE.
NOW THAT IS, IF THIS CONTINUES ON AND ON AND ON.
SO FOR EVERY, YOU KNOW, MONTH THAT WE GO, WE COULD SEE THAT LEVEL OF IMPACT.
UH, THE CARES ACT PROVIDED I BELIEVE, UM, UH, THE 54 45 SPLIT FOR THE COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES, A 500,000 OR MORE, WHICH THAT HAD THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, FRANKLIN COUNTY, CUYAHOGA COUNTY, HAMILTON COUNTY, LUCAS COUNTY.
UH, THOSE ARE THE ONLY ELIGIBLE ONES TO RECEIVE THAT MONEY DIRECTLY THROUGH THEIR DIRECT APPLICATION WITHOUT PASTOR OF THE STATE.
THE STATE RECEIVED TWO POINT $5 BILLION, THAT 45% OF THAT, UH, AND THEIR LIMITATIONS ARE TO USE THAT MONEY SPECIFICALLY FOR, UH, OVER 19, UM, MEASURES.
SO THEY BOUGHT VENTILATORS, PPE, AND BASICALLY THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW AND WHAT TO DO WITH THE REST OF IT.
NOW I'M GETTING THIS INFORMATION FROM THE DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF BUSINESS BUDGET MANAGEMENT, UH, FOR THE STATE OF OHIO, MS MARNIX, UM, FROM A, A, FROM A CONFERENCE CALL WITH A, WITH HER OFFICE.
UM, SO AS THEY AWAIT INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE TREASURY, INCLUDING THE, UH, SENATE BILL ON THE, ON THE FLOOR.
NOW, UH, THEY ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO PASS SOME OF THOSE FUNDS BACK THROUGH.
SO OUR BEST WAY IS TO UTILIZE THE ALREADY SENT OUT MONEY BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, IN THE STATE OF OHIO'S POSITION, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE STATE, BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THEY'VE SPENT TWO POINT $5 BILLION ON VENTILATORS AND PPE.
UM, WE ARE PRETTY WELL-STOCKED ON THAT AND WE HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH NEEDED IT OR USED IT.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE CARES ACT IS THAT IT CANNOT BE USED TO REPLENISH LOST REVENUE.
HOWEVER, THE, UH, THE ABILITY TO CHANGE THAT DECISION AND APPLY SOME OF THAT TO FILTER BACK IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNDING, UH, AND, UH, SUPPLANT SOME OF THAT LOCAL GAS TAX THAT WOULD ALLOW SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS AND EXPENDITURES TO GO ON UNINTERRUPTED.
AND I THINK THAT PROBABLY WOULD BE THE EASIEST PASS THROUGH.
UH, RATHER THAN LOOKING AT INDIVIDUAL METHODS FOR CITIES TO COMPETITIVELY GRANT, THEY'VE ALREADY GOT MODELS THAT ARE BUILT, THAT HAVE PROPORTIONS SET AS TO HOW
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COUNTIES AND CITIES GET FUNDING.UH, I THINK THOSE, THOSE VEHICLES AND THOSE MODELS THEY CAN USE FOR THAT.
UM, SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE WHAT I WOULD SAY, UH, W WOULD BE THE, UH, THE BEST USE.
UM, AND THE BEST WAY TO GET MONEY TO SOME OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, THROUGH ALREADY EXISTING METHODS.
AND, AND AGAIN, FOR YOURSELF, ANYBODY ELSE ON COUNCIL OR STAFF WHO HAS, WELL THOSE
UH, AND ONE OTHER THING TOO, TO CONSIDER TO SOME OF THE AWKWARDNESS OF ALL THIS SITUATION.
FOR INSTANCE, THE PUSHING OF THE TAX FILING DEADLINE, UM, THE STATE SALES TAX NUMBERS ARE DOWN OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE PEOPLE AREN'T OUT SHOPPING AS MUCH.
THAT'S WHERE WE GET LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNDING.
THEN YOU START TO BUY INTO THE FILING OF TAXES THAT'S PUSHED TO JULY.
WELL THAT IS NOW A NEW FISCAL YEAR FOR THE STATE.
YOU KNOW, WE RUN ON CALENDAR, THEY RUN ON ON A FISCAL YEAR.
SO WE CAN SEE HOW 2020 APPROPRIATIONS REALLY WILL BE GREATLY AFFECTED BECAUSE THAT MASS COLLECTION IN APRIL IS NOW PUSHED TO JULY, WHICH THEN GOES INTO 2021.
SO THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO NEED TO BE SOME RECONSIDERATION AND RESTRUCTURING AND REALLOCATION.
BUT, UH, UH, I THINK, UM, AS SOON AS THINGS TURNED BACK ON, WE'LL THEN HOPEFULLY OFFICIALS AND POLITICIANS AT ALL LEVELS, UH, UH, TO USE ALREADY EXISTING PROCESSES.
SOMETIMES YOU DON'T NEED TO COME UP WITH SOME NEW, UM, UH, CONVOLUTED, LONG EXTENDED PROCESS.
MAYBE UTILIZE WHAT YOU'VE GOT, FIND THOSE FUNNELS AND UM, GET IT PUT OUT EFFICIENTLY, UH, BECAUSE AS SOONER THAT YOU CAN, THE MORE VALUE THOSE, THE MORE VALUE THAT MONEY HAS.
CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE GOING.
UM, AND THE RESPONSE TO, YOU KNOW, KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY MOVING FORWARD IN A POSITIVE MANNER.
UM, I AM, UH, GREATLY APPRECIATED TO ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
UM, OUR FIRE POLICE AND EMS AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I KNOW OUR, UH, OUR MEN AND WOMEN ARE STAYING SAFE AND HEALTHY AND, UM, OUR COMMUNITY WILL COME OUT OF THIS, UM, UH, BETTER ON THE OTHER END OF MY OPINION.
MR. SHAWL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR BRIAN OR ROB REGARDING THE PRESENTATION THAT WE SAW THIS EVENING ON ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY? WELL, MY ONLY CLOSING STATEMENT IF THERE IS NO MORE, UH, NO MORE QUESTIONS IS, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CHOPPED OFF RIGHT AWAY WITH IS MAKING SURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEE BASE IS WELL PROTECTED AND IS TAKEN CARE OF, UH, REGARDING BEING ABLE TO GET THEIR PAYCHECK.
UH, UM, YOU KNOW, WEEK TO WEEK OR WHEN EVEN SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, HAVE SUFFERED FROM THAT.
BUT, UH, THE, WE'RE IN THE BUSINESS OF PROVIDING SERVICE AND OUR NUMBER ONE ASSET IS OUR, UH, IS OUR EMPLOYEES.
AND, UH, THAT'S OUR LARGEST EXPENSE.
THAT'S OUR ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN DELIVER SERVICE.
SO, UH, WHERE OTHER COMMUNITIES MIGHT HAVE REDUCED SOME OF THAT.
AND, UH, WE DO NOT PROJECT OR SEE IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM THAT THIS, UH, SITUATION, UH, BEING A TEMPORARY SITUATION WILL CAUSE US TO, UH, TO DO ANY OF THAT.
UM, WE WILL, WE WILL CONTINUE ON.
WE VALUE EVERY EMPLOYEE THAT WE HAVE.
UH, ANYTHING ELSE FROM, FROM ANYONE ON COUNCIL.
MR TCHAIKOVSKY, THANKS SO MUCH AGAIN FOR THAT PRESENTATION AND ROB FOR YOUR CLARIFICATION AND EXPLANATION OF SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL.
[ City Liquor Permits - 2020 Annual Objections]
WE HAVE ITEM THREE F WHICH IS THE C LIQUOR PERMITS THE 2020 ANNUAL OBJECTIONS.MR. ROGERS LEAVE, YOU'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THIS, THE CV? YES.
UH, EACH YEAR THE CITY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY GIVEN TO US BY THE OHIO DIVISION OF LIQUOR CONTROL TO OBJECT TO THE RENEWAL OF ANY LIQUOR PERMITS WITHIN THE CITY.
I'VE BEEN IN THE HABIT NOW OF MUTING MY MICROPHONE.
I'M DONE TALKING, BUT WHEN I DO THAT, IT MEETS TONY AS WELL.
SO, UH, TONY, WE'LL JUST START OVER.
UNKNOWN PARTICIPANT IS NOW EDITING EACH YEAR.
THE CITY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO OBJECT
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TO THE RENEWAL OF ANY LIQUOR LICENSES IN THE CITY AS GRANTED TO US BY THE OHIO DIVISION OF LIQUOR CONTROL.SO, UH, IF THE CITY WISHES TO MAKE AN OBJECTION TO A SPECIFIC LIQUOR PERMIT WITHIN THE CITY AND THE RENEWAL OF THAT, UH, THE DEADLINE FOR FILING SUCH AN OBJECTION A MAY 4TH OF THIS YEAR.
UM, SO, UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, MR SCHIRMER MIGHT HAVE, UM, ONE THAT WE WANT TO CONSIDER DOING THAT OBJECTION.
THE OBJECTION TAKES THE FORM OF A REQUEST FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, WITH THE OHIO DIVISION OF LIQUOR CONTROL TO PRESENT THE REASONS FOR THE CITY'S OBJECTION.
AND, UH, WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PROCESS IF THAT WAS THE DIRECTION THAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE GO FORWARD.
UH, THE CHIEF LIGHTENER IS ONLINE AND HE CAN PROBABLY PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE INSIGHT, BUT I GUESS IT WOULD BE MORE SO IF COUNCIL WISHES TO PURSUE THEN, UH, WE HAVE HAD ONE, A STATUS FROM IT THAT HAS CAUSED SOME ISSUES AND SOME CONCERNS.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN SOME, UH, SIGNIFICANT EVENTS, UH, IN INCIDENTS THERE OVER THE LAST YEAR.
UH, THE CHIEF IS ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT.
UM, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO SELL AT THIS TIME THE BEST THAT WE CAN TELL AND UH, BUT NOTHING IS, IS FOR CERTAIN.
SO, UM, IF THEY WERE THE CURRENT OWNERSHIP, UM, WHERE TO, UH, TO TRY TO OPEN BACK UP OR CHANGE NAMES, WHICH IS VERY COMMON IN THE LIQUOR LICENSE PRACTICE.
UH, IF THE COMMUNITY HAS CONCERNS ABOUT THE SAFETY AND ACTIONS HANDLED BY THAT PERMIT HOLDER, UH, THEN PERHAPS WE SHOULD, UH, AT LEAST FILE OUR OBJECTION.
UM, AS WE KNOW, THAT IS NOT A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROCESS.
UH, IT DOES NOT MEAN ANYTHING OTHER THAN WE CAN SAY, HEY, WE'VE GOT CONCERNS.
UH, I WILL BE FRANK AND BLUNT TO SAY THAT THE LIQUOR BOARD IS PRO PERMIT HOLDER AND IS A VERY, UM, UH, VERY PREVALENTLY WE'LL SITE ON ISSUING THE PERMIT, UH, MUCH LIKE THEY WERE IN THE SITUATION THAT WE HAD WITH A SNEAKY D'S, UH, AND, AND THEIR DIRECT COMMENTS TO US.
SO, UM, IF, UH, IF, IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO PURSUE, THEN WE CAN HAVE THE CHIEF KIND OF REVIEW SOME OF THE ISSUES THERE AND
ROB, THANKS FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
ARE THERE, SO IS THAT, UM, BUT WE WOULDN'T ACTUALLY FILE THOSE OBJECTIONS WITH JUST MR. ROGERS.
YOU WOULD BRING THAT TO COUNCIL'S ATTENTION ONCE THAT HAS EITHER HAPPENED, THEY'VE PURCHASED THE BUSINESS AND THEY'VE TRANSFERRED THE LIQUOR LICENSE OR ATTEMPT TO TRANSFER THE LIQUOR LICENSE WHEN, WHEN, WHEN WOULD THE OBJECTION? SO THIS OBJECTION, WE UNDERSTAND IT IS FOR ANYTHING.
CURRENTLY WE ARE ALLOWED TO MAKE THOSE OBJECTIONS ONCE A YEAR.
BUT WHAT ABOUT ANY NEW LIQUOR? UH, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE WITH SNEAKY D'S WOULD BE AN OBJECTION TO AN EXISTING LIQUOR PERMIT.
I THINK YOU MAY BE SORRY ABOUT THAT.
UM, WELL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE WOULD BE AN OBJECTION, UH, TO THE RENEWAL OF THE LIQUOR PERMIT AS IT EXISTS FOR SNEAKY D'S, UH, IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR INTENTION TO SELL OR TRANSFER THE LICENSE TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
SO THE HEARING WOULD BE ON THE EXISTING LICENSE, UM, FOR, FOR THAT.
NOW IF, UH, IN THE FUTURE THEY WERE TO MOVE WITH, UM, TRANSFERRING THAT LICENSE TO ANY OTHER PARTY OR ANY OTHER ENTITY THAT LIKE ANY OTHER LIQUOR PERMIT THAT UM, IS GRANTED OR TRANSFERRED, UH, COMES BEFORE, UH, THE CITY FOR REVIEW AND, AND THROUGH CITY COUNCIL.
AND YOU'D HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE AN OBJECTION TO REQUEST A HEARING ON THAT SPECIFIC PERMIT AT THE TIME THAT THAT WOULD COME THROUGH.
UM, BUT THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THAT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO OBJECT ON THE ANNUAL RENEWAL, ANY LIQUOR PERMIT WITHIN THE CITY, NOT JUST ONE THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING TRANSFERRED OR A NEW PERMIT THAT'S COMING THROUGH.
SO CHIEF LINERG , DO YOU CURRENTLY HAVE ANY INFORMATION OR ANYTHING TO SHARE WITH? BECAUSE IF THIS IS COMING UP ON MAY 4TH, I MEAN, THAT DOESN'T GIVE US A WHOLE LOT OF TIME.
SO IS THERE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE REGARDING UH, CBDS THAT COUNCIL SHOULD BE AWARE OF THAT MAYBE WE'RE NOT ALREADY AWARE OF WHERE WE COULD, UH, KNOW WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD WANT TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION, UM, TO FILE THAT OBJECTION.
OR ROB IS THAT YOU'RE IN THE CHIEFS, UM, KIND OF STAFF RECOMMENDATION? OBJECTION IS FILED ANYWAY, I GUESS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WHERE WOULD YOU STAND WITH THIS? WELL, I THINK CHIEF REVEAL HIS INFORMATION AND UH, YOU KNOW, IF IT RISES TO THE LEVEL OF CONCERN FOR SAFETY PIECE AND GOOD ORDER IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, MY MINDSET HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY AGGRESSIVE FOR THIS PERMIT HOLDERS.
UH, HAVING BEEN INVOLVED IN SHUTTING DOWN ESTABLISHMENTS THAT ARE WREAKING HAVOC.
I'M NOT SAYING THIS ONE IS, BUT IT'S VERY CLOSE AND HAS
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BEEN VERY CLOSE AND ALTHOUGH THEY'VE BEEN TAMED HERE OF THE MOST RECENT, UM, JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY SAYS THEY'RE GOING TO SELL, UM, I, I WOULD SAY THAT IF, IF WHAT HE REVEALS RAISES CONCERNS OF, UH, THE PEACE IN GOOD ORDER OF THE CITY, THEN, UH, I WOULD SAY THAT WE RAISE THOSE CONCERNS.SO, UM, I WOULD JUST HAVE THE, HAVE THE CHIEF EXPLAIN WHAT, UH, WHAT HE'S EXPERIENCING.
CHIEF, IF, UH, IF YOU WOULD, IF YOU GOT SOME INFORMATION, WE CERTAINLY WOULD APPRECIATE HEARING THAT.
AND CHIEF, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE MUTED.
IF YOU CAN HEAR, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS PRIDED MYSELF ON NEVER DOING THAT IN A MEETING.
UM,
IT'S BEEN LIKE THREE OTHER NAMES BEFORE THAT.
WE'VE CONCERNS AND ISSUES WITH IT BEFORE THAT.
SO IN THE LAST YEAR WITH SNEAKY D'S, UM, WE'VE HAD SHOTS FIRED.
THERE'S TWICE, UH, ONE TIME WAS UNFOUNDED AND THAT I'M, UH, WAS ACTUALLY WITNESSED BY A OFFICER DOING SURVEILLANCE OF THE BUSINESS AND THERE'S A PATRON WALK OUT OF THE BAR AND SHOOT ROUNDS INTO THE AIR AND THE PARKING LOT, THERE WAS AN ARREST MADE ON THAT.
UM, THERE WAS ANOTHER INCIDENT IN THE LAST YEAR WHERE A, A COMPLAINANT CALLED AND SAID THAT THEIR GUN WAS STOLEN OUT OF THE BAR.
UM, SO THAT'S THREE INCIDENCES WHERE WE'VE, WE'VE KNOWN THAT WE'VE HAD GUNS IN THE BAR, WE'VE HAD, UH, REPORTS THAT THERE WAS A SEX OFFENSES OCCURRING THERE.
THERE WAS A NARCOTICS OCCURRING THERE.
THERE WAS, UH, A HALF A DOZEN.
THIS ORDERLIES, THERE'S BEEN A HALF A DOZEN NOISE COMPLAINTS, SO IT'S BEEN A CONCERN OF OURS AND IT'S BEEN A TARGET AND ENFORCEMENT EFFORT OF OURS WITH OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS UNIT.
SO, UM, SO TO, TO SUM IT ALL UP, YES, I DO HAVE CONCERNS WITH THAT LOCATION.
UH, THE GUYS ON THE ROAD HAVE GUYS AND GAP AND GIRLS ON THE ROAD.
DO YOU HAVE CONCERNS WITH IT TOO? AND UH, I WOULD FULLY SUPPORT, UM, OBJECTING TO, TO RENEWING THEIR LIQUOR LICENSE.
UM, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, JUST HERE, ME PERSONALLY AS WELL, HEARING, UH,
I THINK, UM, JUST YOU FOR ME IF, IF, IF WHAT I'M HEARING, IF THE, IF OUR CHIEF OF POLICE SUPPORTS AN OBJECTION TO THAT RENEWAL, UH, I WOULD CERTAINLY GET IN LINE AND ON BOARD AND, AND STAND BEHIND THE CHIEF IN THAT.
UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER, ANY QUESTIONS OR, UH, ELSE FOR DISCUSSION ON THIS? AND, UM, I GUESS TONY PROCEDURALLY, WHAT WOULD BE WE JUST, UM, IF WE DID WANT TO FILE AN OBJECTION TO THAT, WOULD UH, WOULD, DOES THAT NEED TO GO ONTO THE, UH, ONTO THE COUNCIL MEETING TO, TO PASS THAT FOR A HEARING OR IS IT A LACK OF OBJECTION WOULD MAKE IT MOVE FORWARD? HOW WOULD THAT WORK? UH, JERRY'S ON THE LINES THOUGH.
HE MIGHT WANT TO OFFER SOME PERSPECTIVE TO THAT, BUT COUNSEL COULD GIVE THE DIRECTION TO US TO DO THAT, UH, THROUGH A MOTION OF COUNCIL.
UM, AND THEN, UH, AGAIN, THE OBJECTION IS REALLY A REQUEST FOR HEARING IS THE FORMAT THAT THAT TAKES.
UM, I DO, I DON'T THINK OF ORANGE THE WORD BY TOM.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET LITTER CONTROL, TO DENY A LICENSE FOR, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, UH, VIOLENCE AND DRUGS.
THE PRIMARY THING THAT THEY DENY AND ALMOST ONLY THING THEY DENY FOR IS VIOLATION OF THE LIQUOR LAW WHERE WE MAY HAVE THEM HOWEVER IS WITH THEM, THE WEAPONS.
UM, WE'LL HAVE TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION FROM THE CHIEF, BUT UM, THAT COULD QUALIFY AS A VIOLATION OF LIQUOR LAWS IF THEY ARE BRINGING IN FIREARMS. AND SO DO I BY ALL MEANS, IF WE HAVE ANY CONCERNS, IT IS WORTH IT TO FILE.
UM, I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF HIGH HOPES FOR IT BECAUSE I'M NOT AWARE THAT WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL ON THESE MATTERS EVEN IN VERY EXTREME CASES, AS YOU ALL KNOW.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY UNTIL SOMETHING VERY BAD HAPPENS.
BUT, UM, UH, WE ARE MORE THAN ABLE TO FILE THAT AND I THINK WE CAN, UH, GET THAT GOING WELL BEFORE MAY 4TH IF COUNCIL, UH, SO DIRECTS
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MR BEAR.MR. SHAWL? YEAH, I'M IN THE CONSERVANCY MANAGER, THE POLICE CHIEF AND OUR LAW DIRECTOR.
UM, IN ADDITION TO SOME CONCERNS THAT I'VE RECEIVED FROM VARIOUS RESIDENTS REGARDING THIS ESTABLISHMENT, UM, I WOULD MOVE 'EM DIRECTLY FOR A, UH, UM, AN APPEAL HEARING, UM, TO, UH, TO HAVE THIS, UH, APPEAL, UM, REVIEWED BY COUNSEL AND FILED APPROPRIATELY.
AND I BELIEVE THIS TOPIC CAME UP LAST YEAR AND IT WAS NOTED THAT EVEN IF PRIVATE RESIDENTS AND OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS, UH, WISH TO OBJECT TO A LIQUOR PERMIT WITHIN THE CITY, THEY CAN DO THAT INDEPENDENTLY, UH, THROUGH THE LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD OUTSIDE OF THE GOVERNMENT PROCESS.
UM, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT RESIDENTS ARE AWARE OF THAT PROCESS, UM, BUT DO WANT TO SHARE MY, UM, MY, UM, MOVE FORWARD AS A COUNCIL THAT WE DO, UH, UM, CONTINUE THIS FORWARD WITH THE HEARING.
WE SWITCH HERE, STEER AND WE WERE GOING TO DOCUMENT THAT WE WERE IN THREE D BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A HEARING AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE AT A HEARING STAGE AIRWAY.
SO WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING WOULD BE EVERY YEAR WE'RE ALLOWED TO FILE AN OBJECTION TO THE RENEWAL OF THE LIQUOR PERMIT.
UH, MR. ROGERS HAS, HAS STATED THAT FILING AN OBJECTION IS JUST MERELY THE REQUESTS THAT THE CITY WOULD LIKE A HEARING WITH THE LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD.
SO I THINK WHAT WHAT RICHARD IS, UH, ASKING FOR IS US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ALLOW OUR STAFF AND MR. MCDONALD AND THE CHIEF, UH, REQUEST THAT HEARING WITH THE LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD.
SO WHERE WE'RE AT NOW, UM, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, STINKING NEEDS IN PARTICULAR, I'D CERTAINLY ENTERTAIN ANY DISCUSSIONS ANYONE WANTS TO HAVE, UH, IF NO ONE HAS ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY THEN SINCE MR. SHAW HAS ASKED THAT WE WOULD, UH, FOLLOW THE CHIEF'S RECOMMENDATION THAT I WOULD JUST ASK IF THERE WERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THAT ON TO, UH, MONDAY'S COUNCIL MEETING TO PREPARE THAT LEGISLATION TO REQUEST THAT HEARING OR JUST THE EMOTION AND THE LEGISLATION.
JUST MR. ROGERS TOLD ME IT WOULD JUST BE A MOTION, SO, NOPE.
IF WE GOING TO, IF PROJECT ANY WALL A RENEWAL, IT HAS TO BE THROUGH A RESOLUTION.
MS. ROGERS JUST SAY HE DIDN'T THINK WE DID THAT BEFORE, BUT IF YOU'RE TELLING US THINGS OF YOUR RESOLUTION THEN WE'LL CERTAIN, I MEAN THAT WOULD CERTAINLY BE WHAT IT, WHAT IT IS.
SO, UM, YEAH
SO, UH, OH, SO THE CHIEF CLEARLY SUPPORTS, UM, A HEARING.
UH, I WOULD ALSO SUPPORT A HEARING ON THAT PARTICULAR BUSINESS.
MR. SHAW HAS, UH, MADE A REQUEST TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION THAT ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, UH, IN REGARD TO THIS PARTICULAR BUSINESS AND THIS LIQUOR PERMIT? MIRA ROAR.
MY QUESTION WOULD BE FOR MR. MACDONALD, IF AN OBJECTION IS FILED, IS IT SIMPLY AN OBJECTION THAT IS FILED OR IS IT FILED ALONG WITH ALL OF THE, UM, DIFFERENT INCIDENT REPORTS, ET CETERA? I WAS AT A CHIEF LIGHT IN THE BROADER, WE NEED TO, THE RESOLUTION WOULD JUST SPEAKS TEMPLATE TO OBJECT THAT WE FILE, HOWEVER WOULD BE WHIP CHIEF LIGHTENERS GROUNDS FOR THE OBJECTION AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE GROUNDS THAT QUALIFY UNDER THE RULES AS DENIED OVER THE OBJECTION.
LET'S SAY WE SEEN THAT THEY TYPICALLY SET IT UP FOR RECOMMEND.
UM, MAYOR, I WOULD, UH, I WOULD GO ALONG WITH, UH, YOUR SUGGESTION AS WELL AND I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE FOR THE RESOLUTION AND UH, PRESENT OUR OBJECTION.
SO, UH, MR. SHAW AND MR. WEBER BOTH RECOMMENDING WE MOVE THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD.
UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM THIS EVENING OR ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS, UH, OR WOULD THERE BE A OBJECTIONS BY MAJORITY OF THE REST OF THE COUNCIL TO NOT MOVE
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AT LEAST THE REQUEST FOR THE HEARING, UH, FORWARD? WELL, WE HAVE RESOLUTION READY MONDAY.I THINK THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE THE PLAN.
AND I SAY MR. MCDONALD SHAKING HIS HEAD.
SO YES, I THINK HE IS NOT SEEING ANY ISSUES WITH HAVING A RESOLUTION FOR MONDAY'S MEETING IF THERE, IF THERE'S NOT A MAJORITY OF OBJECTION BY COUNSEL.
SO I'M NOT, UH, UH, I'LL ASK ONE MORE TIME.
IS THERE ANY OF THE DISCUSSION, ANYTHING ELSE ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT BEFORE WE, UH, MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM AND RECOMMEND, UH, THIS RESOLUTION FOR MONDAY'S MEETING? OKAY.
HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, WE WILL SEE A RESOLUTION ON MONDAY'S COUNCIL MEETING FOR A HEARING REQUESTS FOR LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD REGARDING SNEAKY D'S.
[ Adopting Ordinance - City Code - General Offenses Code/Traffic Code Amendments]
UH, ITEM THREE G, WHICH IS ADOPTING ORDINANCE, THE CITY CODE GENERAL OFFENSES CODE TRAFFIC CODE AMENDMENTS.AND THAT IS ALSO MR. ROGERS DECEIVING.
UH, THIS, UM, EACH YEAR THE, UH, HIGHER LEGISLATURE ADOPTS AMENDMENTS TO THE OHIO REVISED CODE AND AS A RESULT, UM, AS WE GO THROUGH OUR CODIFICATION PROCESS, IT'S NECESSARY TO, UH, ADOPT SOME OF THESE AMENDMENTS TO THE OHIO REVISED CODE INTO THE HUBER HUBER HEIGHTS CODIFIED ORDINANCES.
UM, SO, UH, WE DO THIS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
UH, THIS IS COVERING THE PERIOD OF MARCH 29TH, 2019 THROUGH APRIL 2ND, 2020.
AND, UH, OUR CODIFICATION PROVIDER MUNI CODE HAS GONE THROUGH AND, UH, IDENTIFY ALL OF THE AMENDMENTS, UM, FROM THE OHIO REVISED CODE THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE TO THE CITY CODE.
ONE IS THE GENERAL OFFENSES CODE, THE OTHER IS THE TRAFFIC CODE.
UM, OUR LAW DIRECTOR, JERRY MCDONALD, HAS ALSO REVIEWED, UH, THESE AMENDMENTS.
AND SO, UH, WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS EVENING WOULD BE TO, UH, PROVIDE AN ORDINANCE FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION ON MONDAY, UH, WHICH WOULD ADOPT THESE AMENDMENTS TO BOTH OF THESE CODE SECTIONS AND, UM, BRING THEM INTO COMPLIANCE AND CONSISTENCY WITH THE HIGH REVISED CODE.
AND, UH, THIS IS AN ORDINANCE AND IT COULD GO THROUGH THE TWO READINGS.
UM, IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE PASSED WITH A WAVING OF THE READING ON MONDAY, SO, OKAY.
MR. ROGERS, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING, UH, ADOPTION OF THESE ORDINANCES? I HAVE A QUESTION ON A SECTION THREE THREE, 5.09, THE DISPLAY OF LICENSE PLATES AND A, IT'S IN PARAGRAPH A ONE.
IT'S GOT THE IN PLAIN VIEW OF THE FRONT AND REAR THE MOTOR VEHICLES.
HAS THE LAW CHANGE BACK TO HAVING IT ON BOTH? I THOUGHT WE WERE DOWN TO ONE.
BEEN TO, IT'S STILL TWO, HUH? YES.
I THOUGHT I REMEMBER THEM TALKING ABOUT CHANGING THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT LAW WAS EVER PASSED MR SCHOMER.
BUT THE ISSUE YOUTUBE PLATES, THAT MEANS FRONT AND REAR SHOULD BE SLADE.
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE RARELY AGAINST IT.
UM, THE OTHER THING ON, UH, AND I THINK IT'S A PAIR OF FIVE UNDER THAT GUARDING SPEED LIMITS.
UH, IT'S TEZ AND I'M JUST LOOKING FOR AN EXAMPLE OF THIS CAUSE I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND HOW THIS APPLIED TO US.
IT SAYS, UH, 50 MILES PER HOUR ON STATE ROUTES WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL MUNICIPALITY, OUTSIDE URBAN DISTRICTS, UNLESS A LOWER PRIME OF FACEY, A SPEED IS ESTABLISHED AS PROVIDED FURTHER PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, WHERE WOULD THIS BE APPLICABLE HERE? I WAS TRYING TO THINK OF MY MIND.
WHERE DID THAT EVEN APPLIED? IT'S, IT'S STANDARD LANGUAGE AND UM, IT MIRRORS THE STATE.
UH, FOR INSTANCE, THE STATE ROUTE FOUR IS A, UM, UH, AN AREA THAT HAS UNLIMITED ACCESS OR CROSSING POINTS AND THEREBY THE SPEED OF THAT, ALTHOUGH THE STATE AGREED TO RAISE IT TO 60, THAT WAS DONE BY THE STATE.
TECHNICALLY BY DEFINITION, THAT WOULD BE A 50 ZONE.
UH, AND DO YOU GET INTO AREAS OF LIMITED ACCESS, WHICH MEANS ON RAMPS AND OFF RAMPS.
SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE THE AREA THAT WOULD APPLY, BUT THE STATE THROUGH OTHER PROVISIONS HAS, UM, UH, IT HAS CHANGED THAT SPEED LIMIT THERE BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A SHORT DISTANCE THAT'S NOT A LIMITED ACCESS.
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OKAY.MS BIRCH FOR ANY CLARIFICATION, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING, UH, ADOPTING THESE ORDINANCES? OKAY.
ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THEM ON TO MONDAY'S MEETING? AND IT IS AN ORDINANCE AND THERE WON'T BE ANY NEED TO WAIVE ANY OTHER READINGS.
IT'LL JUST, IT'LL GO THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE STANDARD PROCESS FOR, FOR AN ORDINANCE.
WE'VE MOVED THAT ITEM ON FORWARD.
UH, THAT'S THE LAST ITEM ON OUR, UH, ACTUAL TOPICS.
UM, YOU KNOW, MS C AND ALL YOUR SMILING FACES.
SO, UH, WE WILL, I WOULD JUST ASK, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SAY THIS EVENING OR DISCUSS OR A POSITIVE COMMENTS THAT ANYONE SEEN OUT AND ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY? I THINK, UH, EVERYBODY ALWAYS LIKES, HEAR GOOD STUFF, SO I'LL JUST, UH, OPEN THAT UP.
IF ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING ELSE THEY'D LIKE TO ADD BEFORE WE ADJOURNED, UH, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO DO IT.
I'LL THROW IN W I KNOW THAT WE, UM, WE RECOGNIZE SOME BUSINESSES FOR STEPPING UP.
UH, I WAS TOLD TODAY CHIEF LEITNER ACTUALLY INFORMED A FEAST.
HE CAN, UH, I DON'T THINK HE IS A STOOPS.
FREIGHTLINER HAS A DISINFECTING PROCESS, UH, THAT THEY, UH, THAT THEY UTILIZE AND THEY HAVE OFFERED UP FOR OUR POLICE CRUISERS AND FIRE VEHICLES, UH, TO STOP AT ANY TIME.
AND THEY, UH, THEY HAVE A MIST AND A SPRAY AND A ATOMIZER THAT, UH, DISINFECTS THE INTERIOR OF VEHICLES AND THEY'RE PERFORMING THAT SERVICE FREE OF CHARGE.
SO ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A LOCAL BUSINESS STEPPING UP, PROVIDING A SERVICE, AND TO HELP KEEP OUR FRONTLINE WORKERS SAFE, UM, IN, UM, IN THIS TIME.
ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY.
THANK YOU AGAIN, AND HOPEFULLY THIS WON'T LAST VERY MUCH LONGER.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO ALL GET BACK TOGETHER HERE AT CITY HALL, BUT UNTIL THEN, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.