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IN MY FACE OF WATERMELON.[1. Call Meeting To Order/Roll Call:]
AND WELCOME TO PAPER HEIGHTS, OHIO CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION.TODAY IS AUGUST THE FOURTH, 2020.
WE'RE GETTING STARTED RIGHT AT 6:00 PM.
UH, THIS MEETING INITIALLY CALLED THE ORDER.
MR. ROGERS, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL PLEASE? MR. SHAW HERE, MS. BAKER IS NOT PRESENT THIS EVENING.
DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT YET? JUST FINISHED WITH THE ROLE AND THEN MR. CAMPBELL HERE.
THIS IS BERGE HERE, MR. OTTO HERE, MR. LEE HERE, MR. HILL HERE WITH THE WEB HERE, AIRBORNE HERE.
SO, UH, THIS EVENING, UM, KATHLEEN, MS. BAKER IS NOT HERE.
SHE INFORMED US THAT HER MOTHER HAS PASSED AWAY.
SO SHE REQUESTED HER ABSENCE BE EXCUSED THIS EVENING.
AND WE LET HER KNOW THAT, UH, WORK SESSIONS, EXCUSE ABSENCES WEREN'T NECESSARY, BUT CERTAINLY TOLD HER THAT, UM, I'LL PASS THAT INFORMATION ALONG.
SO, UH, EVERYONE ON COUNCIL AND ANYONE LISTENING OR WATCHING A CERTAIN WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU'D KEEP KATHLEEN AND HER FAMILY, UH, IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AS THEY GO THROUGH THE, UH, THE PASSING OF HER MOTHER.
SO I CERTAINLY WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
I'M NOT SURE IF SHE'LL BE AT THE MEETING ON MONDAY.
SHE HASN'T SAID YET, BUT, UH, CERTAINLY IF SHE'S NOT UP TO MAKING THAT MEETING BY MONDAY, WE CERTAINLY WOULD UNDERSTAND WHY.
SO BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS OUR TOPICS OF DISCUSSION THIS EVENING, UH, MR. ROGERS HAD SENT OUT AN EMAIL EARLIER ABOUT A NEED TO AMEND THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR THE GUARANTEED ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACT.
SO IF, UH, I WOULD, IF I COULD GET A MOTION AND A SECOND, WE'LL GO AND AMEND THE AGENDA AND WE WOULD MAKE THAT ITEM THREE G AT THE END OF THE CURRENT AGENDA THAT WE HAVE OUR MOTION TO AMEND MOTION.
CAN NANCY HAS MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA? IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, MR. HILL SECOND.
SO WE WILL MOVE THAT TO ITEM THREE G.
SO IF YOU COUNT THAT OR ACCOUNT FOR THAT ON YOUR, UH, AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING, THAT'S THE GUARANTEED ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACT.
YEAH, WE WOULD NEED TO VOTE ON THAT.
SO WE'RE VOTING IN A WORK SESSION WITHOUT JUST A MOTION AND A SECOND WOULD, UH, WOULD APPROVE TO IN THAT AGENDA.
UH, WE WE'VE, WE DO VOTE ON EMOTION.
SOME ARE OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE DISCUSSION REGARDING ADDING OR CHANGING THE AGENDA.
UM, COULD I ASK THE CLERK OF COUNCIL? WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR THE DELAY IN GETTING THAT ITEM OUT TO COUNCIL BEFORE THE PACKET? WELL, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT HAD BEEN ANTICIPATED, UM, THAT IT WOULD TAKE SOME MANEUVERING AND WRANGLING BETWEEN THE ATTORNEYS, UH, BOTH PARTIES TO HAVE READY.
AND SO IT WAS NOT PROJECTED TO BE ON UNTIL THE NEXT COUNCIL WORK SESSION.
AND, UM, MR. CHUCK KOSKI HAD CONTACTED ME AND LET ME KNOW THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THE LEGAL, UH, TERMS MUCH QUICKER THAN ANTICIPATED AND THE INTEREST OF GETTING THIS CONTRACT MOVING FORWARD AS IT WOULD BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING.
AND THAT WAS, THAT TOOK PLACE AFTER THE PACKET HAD ALREADY BEEN DISTRIBUTED.
UM, MR. MAYOR, PRIOR TO, UH, PROBABLY 20 MINUTES AGO, UM, I ACTUALLY, UH, TAKEN A SITE READ THROUGH THE DOCUMENTS.
UM, I HAVE NOT HAD TIME TO REVIEW THE AGENDA ITEM OR THE ATTACHMENT, UM, AS I WAS NOT PRIOR NOTIFIED OF THIS UNTIL, UM, LIKE I SAID, JUST 20 MINUTES AGO AS IT WAS SENT OUT ABOUT 1245 TODAY.
AND SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
SO THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION.
WE'LL CALL THE ROLL ON THE VOTE AND WE'LL SEE IF THAT PASSES TO PLACE THAT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, MR. ROGERS, IF YOU HAD CALLED HER PLEASE, MR. CAMPBELL.
SO THAT IS UPDATED TO ITEM THREE G ON THE AGENDA.
[ City Manager Report]
NEXT UP IS ITEM THREE EIGHT, WHICH IS A CITY MANAGER REPORT.[00:05:06]
YOU NEED JUST A COUPLE OF BRIEF THINGS THIS EVENING, A QUICK UPDATE ON OUR CENSUS PROGRESS.WE HAVE SURPASSED THE PERCENTAGE OF RETURN ON OUR 2010 CENSUS.
SO THE OUTREACH AND THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS EFFORT EFFORTS HAVE HOPEFULLY PAID OFF NOT ONLY BY A BIAS LOCALLY, BUT REGIONALLY AND, AND, AND ALSO THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CENSUS CAMPAIGN.
WE STILL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET OUT THERE AND, UH, MAKE THEIR, UM, MAKE THEIR POSITION, UM, UH, COUNT AND, UH, REGARDING THE CENSUS.
SO WE'RE REALLY APPRECIATIVE FOR ALL THE EFFORTS GONE INTO THAT.
UH, WE WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF WATER MAIN BREAKS OCCUR, UH, THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN OR HEARD ABOUT MANY OF THEM HAVE NOT RESOLVED IN, IN BOIL ADVISORIES.
UH, BUT NONETHELESS, AS YOU CAN SEE THROUGHOUT THE REGION, UH, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WATER MAIN BREAKS, AND, UM, MUCH OF THE, MANY OF THE EXPERTS IN THE FIELD SAY THAT IT IS ATTRIBUTED TO, UM, TWO, PERHAPS TEMPERATURES, ANY EXTREME TEMPERATURES, WHETHER IT BE HOT OR COLD CAN AFFECT.
UH, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME DILIGENCE WORK WITH SUEZ AND POTENTIALLY AN OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR TO COME IN AND JUST EVALUATE, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING SET AND EVALUATE TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY PARTICULAR AREAS THAT NEED SPECIAL CONCERN REGARDING OUR WATER UTILITY.
THE LAST THING THAT WE WANT IS TO HAVE A SYSTEM THAT IS IN NEED OF REPAIR UNKNOWING TO US.
OF COURSE WE CAN'T CONTROL EXTREME CLIMATE CHANGES OR TEMPERATURE CHANGES, UM, OF THE LIGHT THAT WOULD AFFECT WATER MAINS, UM, UH, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA AND ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE ORDER AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT NONETHELESS, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR IT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO STAY AHEAD OF POTENTIAL ISSUES AND DOING PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, UH, BECAUSE AS WE'VE INDICATED, UM, OUR WATER SYSTEM AND UTILITY IS A VERY VALUABLE ASSET AND A VERY CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, A BRIEF UPDATE ON THAT IF YOU HEAR ABOUT WATER MAIN BREAKS, UH, THEY, WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL AND, UH, SO HAS ALL THE OTHER MAJOR SYSTEMS IN THE REGION, UH, BUT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING IS, IS CORRECT.
AND WE APPRECIATE THE WORK OF PAM AND SUEZ OF STAYING ON TOP OF IT AND BEING PROACTIVE IN GETTING THAT, UH, THEN THAT'S THING THAT I WANT TO DO SHOW REAL QUICK.
AND, UM, IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME, I'LL SHARE A SCREEN BRIEFLY, WE HAVE THE, UH, VETERANS MEMORIAL, UH, UPDATE REGARDING, UH, OUR, OUR PROGRESS.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE SUDDEN LOSS OF ONE OF THE KEY CONTRIBUTORS TO SOME OF THE COORDINATED EFFORTS, UH, AND, UM, UH, MESS SERGEANT LOU BROWN, WHO, UH, WHOSE SUE'S LIFE ENDED EARLIER IN THE YEAR.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, PICKED UP, UH, MAINLY IN HIS HONOR AND AS WELL, UH, IN HIS FOOTSTEPS OF SOME OF THE OUTREACH, UH, REGARDING SOME SPONSORS REGARDING SOME WORK, UH, RESEARCH, ET CETERA, THAT WAS ONGOING FOR THAT.
UH, AS A RESULT, OUR, UH, OUR ARCHITECT HAS COME UP WITH A COUPLE OF RENDERINGS, UH, THAT I'LL SHOW HERE THIS EVENING.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE, AFTER THE WORKING COMMITTEE MET, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A ONE MODEST, MINOR MODIFICATION TO IT.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE THE RENDERING ON THE PAGE, NOW YOU SEE THAT THE MONUMENT ITSELF IS SQUARED WITH A PARKING LOT.
UH, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE, UH, THE MONUMENT AND MOVE IT TO WHERE IT IS MORE, UM, TRIANGULATED WITH THE TRIANGULAR SHAPE OF THE LOT ITSELF.
UM, NUMBER ONE, IT FALLS IN LINE WITH THE KIND OF NATURAL LANDSCAPE OF THE TREE AND THE SIDEWALK, AND ALSO FOR VISIBILITY OF COMING DOWN THE MAIN DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE OF THE MONUMENT ITSELF.
SO, UH, THE NEXT RENDERING HERE, YOU CAN SEE A BIT OF A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, UM, FOR WHAT THE, WHAT THE GOAL IS.
THIS WOULD BE A MAIN THING, UM, UH, PROVIDING GENERAL MONUMENT TO ALL THOSE THAT HAVE, UH, THAT HAVE SERVED AND SACRIFICED.
AND THEN, UH, EACH SIDE, A BRANCH OF EACH DIVISION OF THE MILITARY, AS WELL AS A ONE PILLAR THAT COULD STAND FOR PATRON SPONSORS, UH, THAT WE, UH, THAT WE WILL ENGAGE IN WORK ON THE AREA THAT YOU SEE IN THE, IN THE PATHWAYS IS THE EDUCATIONAL OR WALK OF THE WARS, UM, AS, AS WOULD, UH, BE NOTED THAT WOULD INDICATE, UH, WARS AND CONFLICTS AND EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS AND PIECES, UM, THAT WOULD ALLOW PEOPLE TO WALK THROUGH, UH, FIELD TRIPS FOR SCHOOLS, ET CETERA.
AND I KNOW WE'VE COVERED A LOT OF THIS BEFORE, BUT THIS IS THE POTENTIAL DESIGN AND RENDERING OF IT.
AND THEN A REFLECTION AREA, UH, OUT IN, IN THIS SPOT HERE THAT WOULD BE KIND OF OFFSET FOR QUIET REFLECTION.
UH, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE SHOWING, UH, THE AREA LIKELY WOULD NOT BE GRASPED, BUT ALL A HARD SURFACE.
SO FOR PRESENTATIONS FOR ALSO AVAILABILITY FOR SPONSORSHIP, BRICKS, UM, UM, HONORING PLAQUES, ET CETERA, THAT WE COULD BE IMPLANTED.
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SERVING FOR EACH BRANCH OF THE MILITARY PATRON SPONSORS AND, UM, AND THE MAIN MONUMENT ITSELF IS KIND OF AN OVERVIEW AGAIN, OF THE ACTUAL PICTURE OF THE SITE THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE WALKTHROUGH HERE.AND, UH, THIS IS, UH, AN INITIAL, UH, DRAFT BUDGET, WHOOPS, DRAFT BUDGET, ESTIMATE, AND FEES, UH, BASED ON, AGAIN, THERE'S NO PHYSICAL, ACTUAL MATERIAL DESIGN AS OF YET.
UH, BUT LOOKING FOR ON A, ON A HIGH END OF, OF SOME THINGS, MANY OF THE SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND SITE ACQUISITION DOESN'T COUNT BECAUSE WE OBVIOUSLY OWN IT, UH, SO THAT THOSE FEES COULD CERTAINLY BE ADJUSTED.
AND, UH, WE WILL BEGIN TO DRILL THAT DOWN AND IDENTIFY MORE SHARPLY WHAT AN ACTUAL BUDGET WOULD BE AND BEGIN TO APPLY.
UH, THE NEXT PHASE OF ACTUAL DESIGN L WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP.
SO, UH, W OF COURSE HAD HAD A BIT OF A DELAY.
WE WERE WORKING ON SOME CONTACTS WITH SOME, UH, ORGANIZATIONS FOR SPONSORSHIP, UH, RIGHT AROUND THE MARCH TIMEFRAME.
AND OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THEN, AND WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH A LOT OF FUNDS AND PROJECTS THAT PEOPLE WOULD GET BEHIND, UH, HAVE BEEN PUT KIND OF SOMEWHAT ON HOLD.
UM, AND ALSO THE LOSS OF, UM, OF, UH, OF LOU BROWN AS WELL.
UH, BUT NONETHELESS, THE GROUP, UH, THE MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION, CITIZENS, UH, HUMAN RIGHTS, VETERAN MEMORIAL FOLKS, UH, ALL THOSE ARE STILL, UH, PASSIONATELY INVOLVED AND INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT THIS PROJECT CONTINUES.
AND WE WILL CERTAINLY CONTINUE THE EFFORTS TO GET A DESIGNED IN A POSITION WHEN IT IS A READY TO LAUNCH AND GO.
SO THAT IS A, THE INFORMATION AND UPDATE THAT I HAD FOR THIS EVENING.
AND I WOULD, UM, ASSET BACK TO YOU, MR. MAYOR, VERY GOOD QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR ROBINSON AND MAJOR UPDATE.
UH, TWO THINGS, UM, ROB, DO WE HAVE A PILLAR THERE FOR THE SPACE FOR US? OKAY.
AND THE OTHER ONE, I GOT A BULLETIN FROM A GOVERNMENT AGENCY TODAY THERE INDICATED THAT THE CENSUS WAS BEING CUT OFF A MONTH EARLY.
SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO FOLLOW UP AND THEN YES, WE WILL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MR. SCHIRMER'S UPDATE? MY HAND WAS UP.
ROB, DO YOU HAVE THE PERCENTAGES ON WHERE WE ARE WITH, UH, CENSUS COUNT SO FAR WITHIN HUBER HEIGHTS? I DO NOT.
UM, I CAN PULL IT BACK UP, YOU KNOW, I SAID IT WAS TALKED ABOUT, AND I SHOULD HAVE WROTE THAT DOWN.
I KNOW WE WERE AT S I BELIEVE 74% AT THE LAST CENSUS, AND WE HAVE SURPASSED THAT.
UM, I DON'T THINK IT, WE'RE NOT LIKE AT 95%, BUT I THINK WE'RE STILL IN THE SEVENTIES.
UM, BUT AS WE GO ON HERE, UM, HANG ON JUST A SECOND.
UM, I'VE GOT THE SAME PROBLEMS AND COMMUNICATION, UH, COUNCILMAN BERGE, UH, THAT THEY HAVE, UH, PULLED THE DATE BACK BY 30 DAYS.
I JUST GAVE HIM, JUST GOT INFORMATION FROM SARAH WHO, UH, IS, IS REALLY WORKING HARD TO KEEP US ON TRACK WITH THIS, UH, THAT THE IN-PERSON CENSUS WORKERS IS TAKING PLACE NOW, UH, THERE'S 3,980 HOMES THAT ARE UNACCOUNTED FOR AND THE NON-RESPONSE CATEGORY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
SO THERE'LL BE A, UH, UM, A BOOTS ON THE GROUND WORKERS GOING TO ATTEMPT TO COLLECT INFORMATION OF THOSE REMAINING HOMES.
AND THAT'S GOING TO GO UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH, WHEREAS PRIOR IT WAS OCTOBER 31ST.
SO THAT INFORMATION IS CORRECT.
AND, AND MR. WEBB AND, AND MRS. BERG FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
AND, UM, JUST ONE OTHER POINT, NANCY, DID YOU, UM, UH, ALSO SEE THE, UH, FOUR OUT OF 10 ON A NATIONAL SCALE, FOUR OUT OF 10 HAVE YET TO BE, UM, RESPOND.
IT'S YEAH, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT LOOKING GOOD SURE.
TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN HERE IN THE COMMUNITY TO GET THE MAXIMUM RESPONSE, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GONNA MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN OUR, UM, AND OUR DEMOGRAPHICS AND, AND, UH, EVERYTHING.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE AHEAD OF THE CURVE.
THANKFULLY IT LOOKS LIKE THAT WE ARE COMPARED TO THE AVERAGE THAT YOU JUST GAVE.
I KNOW WE'RE ABOVE THE STATE, WE'RE ABOVE THE COUNTY, BUT THEN
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IF THAT'S A NATIONAL LEVEL, THEN YEAH.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MR. SCHOMER?
[ Supplemental Appropriations]
OKAY.NEXT UP WE HAVE ITEM THREE B, WHICH IS THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS, MR. BELL, GOOD EVENING.
I HAVE JUST A COUPLE, BUT JUST SUPPLEMENTALS TONIGHT.
AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO SAY IN ADVANCE THAT THERE IS NO, UH, FISCAL IMPACT WITH THESE BUDGET CHANGES THAT I'M PRESENTING TONIGHT.
UM, SO I'LL GO THROUGH THE DETAIL IS, UM, WE HAVE NEED IN THE DIVISION OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR WE'VE GOT A TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE AND THE MONEY SET ASIDE FOR THAT EMPLOYEE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR IS ABOUT TO RUN OUT IN ABOUT ANOTHER WEEK OR TWO.
AND, UM, SO I'VE LOOKED AT THE BUDGET AND DETERMINED THAT THERE ARE, UM, WE HAVE SOME OPEN POSITIONS.
WE HAVE CURRENTLY THREE OPEN POSITIONS IN THE TAX DIVISION.
AND SO THERE IS MONEY SAVINGS FROM THOSE BUDGETED POSITIONS THAT COULD BE MOVED TO ALLOW FOR A TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE TO REMAIN WITH US UNTIL WE CAN GET THE POSITIONS FILLED.
AND SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO DECREASE, UM, THE, UH, PERSONNEL NUMBERS IN A GENERAL FUND BY 19,888 AND THE, UM, LOCAL STREET OPERATING FUND BY 5,007 74.
AND THOSE WOULD THEN BE MOVED TO THE OPERATIONAL SIDE OF THE TAX DIVISION, UH, IN ORDER TO HIRE, UM, A CONTRACT, A TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE.
THEN, UH, THE OTHER INCREASE THAT I'M ASKING FOR IS $64,000 IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT FUND.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS SOME MONEY THAT WAS OBTAINED THROUGH A NARCOTICS SEARCH WARRANT.
UM, I WANNA SAY A MONTH OR TWO AGO, AND THIS IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY AFTER MONEY IS SENT TO THE COUNTY FOR, I BELIEVE IT WAS CRIMESTOPPERS.
THIS IS THE NET AMOUNT THAT WE WOULD GET TO KEEP.
AND STEVE LIGHTNER HAS ASKED THAT WE INCREASE THE BUDGET TO ALLOW HIM TO SPEND THOSE FUNDS.
AND OBVIOUSLY WITH THE NEED FOR, UM, UH, I'D LIKE THIS PASSED ON MONDAY NIGHT, IF POSSIBLE, BECAUSE OF THE NEED IMMEDIATE NEED TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT FOR THAT TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE.
MR. BELL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR JIM KAY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THIS ON TO MONDAY'S MEETING WITH THE WAVING OF THE SECRETARY.
HEARING NO OBJECTIONS ON THAT ONTO MONDAY.
[ 2021 Sidewalk Program - Resolution of Necessity]
AND NEXT UP IS ITEM THREE C, WHICH IS THE 2021 SIDEWALK PROGRAM.UM, THIS LEGISLATION IS OUR YEARLY LEGISLATION TO START THE 2021 SIDEWALK PROGRAM.
UH, THIS WILL ALLOW US TO SEND OUT LETTERS TO ALL THE EFFECTED PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE PROGRAM.
AND, UH, I THINK THERE'S A LOCATION MAP IN YOUR PACKET THERE.
UH, THIS, THIS AREA FOR NEXT YEAR, IT IS A ALTER HEMINGWAY AREA ALONG WITH TALEAH STREET AND, UH, STREETS AND EVERGREEN WOODS.
UM, AND THE LETTERS WILL INCLUDE THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THE REPAIRS AND, UH, FURTHER SIDEWALKS.
UH, WE DO GIVE THE PROPERTY OWNERS UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST TO REPAIR THE SIDEWALKS THEMSELVES, HIRE THEIR OWN CONTRACTORS, OR THEY CAN WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR IN THE SPRING WHEN THE CITY DOES THE PROGRAM FOR THEM.
UM, IF THEY USE THE CITY'S CONTRACT, THAT THEY WILL BE SENT A BILL NEXT YEAR AROUND THIS TIME.
AND THEY CAN EITHER AT THAT TIME, PAY THE BILL OR PUT IT ON THEIR PROPERTY TAXES FOR FIVE YEARS.
UM, THIS LEGISLATION WILL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR MONDAY NIGHT.
SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN TAKE THOSE NOW QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MR. BERGER CHANGE OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THIS RESOLUTION NECESSITY ONTO MONDAY.
[ Windbrooke II Subdivision - Special Assessments * Resolution Of Necessity]
AND IN THREE D IS THE WINDBROOK TWO SUBDIVISION SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS, THE RESOLUTION NECESSITY, AND AN ORDINANCE TO PROCEED THIS.MR. SCHUMER, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
I'M TRYING TO GET BACK HERE TO MY, UH, AGENDA ITEM.
UH, THE RESOLUTION OF THE CITY IN THE ORDINANCE PROCEEDING ARE COMPANION PIECES OF LEGISLATION, UH, REGARDING THE, UM, UM, UH, THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS IS YOU'RE CALLING OUT, SOLD THE WINDBROOK PROPERTY TO, UM, UH, CARRIAGE TO, TO DEVELOP
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TWO AMENDMENTS TO THAT ORIGINAL AGREEMENT UNLESS WE CAN SEE THERE IS BUILD OUT CURRENTLY ONGOING AND THAT PARTICULAR AREA AND THE REQUEST OF THE PROPERTY OWNER IS TO PETITION FOR THOSE ASSESSMENTS.UH, THIS IS THE SAME PROCESS THAT WE'VE USED FOR THE CARE TRAILS SUBDIVISION ADJACENT TO WINDBROOK.
UH, WE WOULD CONSIDER THIS IN EXTENSION WITHIN, BUT IT IS A SEPARATE HOA, UH, UP IN THAT PARTICULAR DIVISION.
SO, UM, WE WOULD ASK THAT THE RESOLUTION OF NECESSARY BE CONSIDERED, UH, AS WELL AS THE NOTICE TO PROCEED AS WELL.
THERE'S THE CONVENIENCE TO PUT TOGETHER THE PROCESS NEEDED TO PLACE THOSE ASSESSMENTS ON THE PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. SCHOMER REGARDING THOSE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS? I DO HAVE A COMMENT.
IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT IN THE NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED PROVISION IN THE RESOLUTION, IT HAS A, UM, SOME OLD LANGUAGE FROM BACK WHEN THESE WERE PASSED AS AN EMERGENCY SAYING THAT IT'S BEING PASSED BY THREE FOURTHS OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, IT DOES NOT REQUIRE THREE FOURTHS OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT IS ONLY IF ONE IT'S AN EMERGENCY OR TWO, IF WE'RE DEALING WITH LESS THAN 100% OF THE PROPERTY.
SO IT'S THAT PARTICULAR LANGUAGE WILL NOT APPEAR IN THE RESOLUTION ON MONDAY.
THANKS JERRY, FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THESE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS? OKAY.
I'M NOT HEARING AND FOR WHATEVER REASON TO THE AND SIGNAL WAS NOT POPPING UP WHEN ANYBODY DOES THAT.
SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO GO AHEAD.
IF YOU DO HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, JUST GOING TO VERBALIZE THIS, MR. ROGERS, UH, I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF THE ORDINANCE TO PROCEED NEEDED TO BE WAIVED OR THAT CAN HAVE THE TWO, FOUR READINGS.
I BELIEVE THAT I CAN GO FOR THE TWO READINGS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THESE ASSESSMENTS? OKAY.
ANY OTHER OBJECTIONS THAT ADMIN IS ON TO MONDAY'S MEETING IS THE FIRST READING.
[ Board and Commission Appointments]
OKAY.NEXT STEP IS I IN THREE, WHICH IS BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS.
MR. ROGERS, WE JUST HAVE ONE THIS EVENING.
THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION TOWARDS BURN VACANCY THAT WE HAVE ON THAT BOARD.
UH, WE HAVE ONE APPLICANT AND, UM, IT'S A VERY FINE APPLICANT.
UM, MR. BLAKE, HER STEAM, UM, HE'S A GRADUATE OF WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND, UM, IRONICALLY HAD BEEN INVOLVED AS AN EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT AND WORKING IN OUR PARKS TO DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PARKS WHEN HE WAS STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL.
SO, UH, HE'S IN, UM, UH, PREMED SCHOOL NOW AND I'M LOOKING TO GET INVOLVED IN HIS COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, SO WE'D MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO, UH, ASK FOR A MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT, UH, FOR BLAKE HURSTON TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD TO A TERM EXPIRING MARCH 31ST, 2021.
AND THAT NECESSARY BACKGROUND CHECK HAS BEEN COMPLETED AS WELL.
THE OBJECTIONS TO MOVING BLAKE ONTO MONDAY'S MEETING, HE CAN AGREE TO MOVE THAT ONTO MONDAY'S MEETING.
[ HR 7094 Support Resolution]
UP IS ITEM THREE, WHICH IS HR 70 94 SUPPORT RESOLUTION.UH, MR. SHAW HAD BROUGHT THIS TO OUR ATTENTION.
I'M A MR. SCHIRMER, IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DISCUSS ABOUT AT FIRST, OR IF WE JUST WANNA HAND THIS OFF TO MR. SHAWL FOR EXPLANATION, UH, HOW ARE WE GOING TO HANDLE THAT? I'M KIDDING.
WE, WE, WE DISCUSSED BRIEFLY AND, UM, MR. SHAW CAN CERTAINLY CHIME IN, UH, 70, 94 COSPONSORED BY, UM, CONGRESSMAN DAVIDSON, UM, UH, REPRESENTING THE FAR NORTHERN PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, THAT IS THE, THE CURRENT ACTION IS THAT IT'S BEEN, UH, INTRODUCED TO THE, UH, HOUSE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND REFORM, UH, IN JUNE, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHERE IT STILL REMAINS.
SO THIS RESOLUTION WOULD SHOW OUR SUPPORT FOR, THERE ARE TWO ADDITIONAL, UH, HOUSE RESOLUTIONS THAT ARE, UH, IN THE SAME COMMITTEE UNDER CONSIDERATION.
THAT WOULD BE, UH, THOUGHT OF AS COMPANION PIECES ARE RELATED TO THIS ONE.
UH, ONE IS THE STATE OPERATION STABILIZATION ACT.
AND THE OTHER IS THE FLEXIBILITY FOR LOCALITIES AND ELIGIBILITY EXPANSION ACT OF 2020.
SO I THINK THAT, UM, UH, IT CAME DOWN AS A REQUEST THROUGH VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT FOR THESE THINGS TO ALLOW FOR THIS PARTICULAR, UH, ONE BEING THE FLEXIBILITY FOR STATES AND LOCAL LOCALITIES ACT, UH, TO ALLOW FOR, UM, UH, MORE, UM, MORE USE OF AVAILABLE FUNDS
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TO OFFSET SOME OF THE LOSS OF REVENUE AND, UH, LOSS OF, UM, THAT THEY HAVE BASICALLY LOSS OF REVENUES, THE ONLY WAY TO PUT IT, UH, REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF THE SHUTDOWN AND THE CORONAVIRUS.SO, UM, I PASS OFF TO MR. SHAW FOR, UH, ANYTHING ADDITIONAL, YOU KNOW, RICHARD, ANY OTHER CLARIFICATION THAT YOU WANT TO ADD THE MAIL AND BROUGHT THIS UP.
SO I'M CERTAINLY GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY TO WE'LL HAVE TO DISCUSS THIS HOWEVER, YOU'D LIKE, NO, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
UM, THE CITY MANAGER DID A WONDERFUL JOB HIGHLIGHTING, UM, UH, THE WORK BY A CONGRESSMAN DAVIDSON, UM, AS KNOWN, UH, WITH, UH, OHIO MUNICIPAL LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES.
UH, WE HAVE A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH CONGRESSMAN DAVIDSON, UM, WHO DOES REPRESENT THE NORTHERN PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, UH, THE CARRIAGE TRAILS AREA, UM, PER SE, UM, MIAMI COUNTY.
UM, SO THIS HAD COME ACROSS THROUGH AN OML BULLETIN, AS WELL AS COMPANION WITH THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES BULLETIN.
UM, IT WAS ASKED THAT COMMUNITY HAS PASSED A RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT THAT, UM, AND SEND THAT OFF TO, UH, THE CONGRESSMAN'S OFFICE, UM, UH, TO GARNER SUPPORT AND FURTHER MOVEMENT, UM, UH, WITHIN THE BILL.
UM, I WOULD ASK COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL OF THAT ON MONDAY.
SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR EITHER MR. SHAW OR MR. SCHOMER REGARDING, UH, THE HOUSE RESOLUTION 70 94? MY HAND IS OUT, YES.
NANCY, UH, ROB, DO YOU ANTICIPATE HAVING ANY DIFFICULTY IN IDENTIFYING EXPENDITURES, UH, TO BE REIMBURSED BY THE CHARACTER ACT? NO.
IN FACT, UM, UH, AN OF WHAT WE CAN CLASSIFY AS A REIMBURSEMENT ACTUALLY WILL TAKE US BEYOND, UH, OUR ALLOTTED AMOUNT AND WE WILL HAVE, UM, WE WILL LIKE TO HAVE NO ISSUE AND THAT IDENTIFIED EXPENDITURE COULD INCLUDE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FORCES AND EMS PERSONNEL, UH, REGARDING RESPONSE THEREIN.
AND IF THAT CAN BE DONE, THAT WILL GREATLY ASSIST IN SOME OF THE GAPS IN POTENTIAL REVENUE.
SO, UH, I KNOW, UH, US AND SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE REGION ARE UTILIZING THAT DEFINITION THROUGH THE STATE AUDITOR'S OFFICE REGARDING, UH, THE CARES ACT AND USE OF IT.
AND IF THAT IS THE CASE, UH, FACTORING IN THE PERCENTAGE ALLOTTED FOR, UH, EMS RESPONSE THAT WILL ACTUALLY TAKE US BEYOND, UH, WHAT OUR LAMA WOULD BE.
UM, THE, UM, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND AS A LEGISLATION STANDS RIGHT NOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE NO MORE CARES, ACT FUNDS ALLOCATED, UH, TO THE CITIES.
IF IT WERE TO COME FROM ANYWHERE, IT WOULD COME UNDER THE HEROES ACT.
AND AS THAT STANDS RIGHT NOW, THERE AREN'T GOING TO BE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS UNDER THE HERO'S ZACK FOR, UM, FOR CITIES AND VILLAGES.
UM, I GUESS THAT, UH, BECAUSE NUMBER ONE, THIS IS SIMPLY A, A SYMBOLIC RESOLUTION AND, AND I'VE HAD SOME SERIOUS CONCERNS WITH THE, UM, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THE BREADTH OF WHERE THESE FUNDS HAVE GONE THE FIRST TIME, BECAUSE IF YOU READ THE CARES ACT, A LOT OF, UH, A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF THE MONEY HAS BEEN USED TO PROP UP CEO SALARIES AND TO PROVIDE LOANS TO PARENTS, UH, BUSINESSES WITH FOREIGN FOREIGN PARENT COMPANIES.
UH, WELL, A LOT OF OUR, UM, AMERICAN SMALL BUSINESSES MISSED OUT ON THOSE LOANS BECAUSE THE MONEY RAN OUT TOO QUICK.
SO I GUESS I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A BETTER, UH, JUSTIFICATION FOR MR. SHAW, OTHER THAN IT'S, IT'S, UH, SUPPORTED BY THE NLC AND OML AS TO WHY THIS, THIS BODY SHOULD EVEN INDICATE THAT THEY'RE BEHIND LOOSENING THOSE REINS TO OPEN IT UP TO MORE, UM, POSSIBLE MISCHIEF.
I JUST, I THINK IF THE GUIDELINES RIGHT NOW ARE CLEAR ENOUGH, IF THEY PROVIDE US MORE MONEY THAN WE'RE READY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT, IF THEY DON'T PROVIDE MORE MONEY, THIS RESOLUTION DOESN'T DO WELL.
IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING ANYWAY, IT'S JUST SYMBOLIC.
SO I JUST, UH, I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM MR. SHAW, SOME OTHER REASONS WHY WE SHOULD EVEN ENTERTAIN THIS.
THERE'S JUST A LITTLE CHASE RESPOND.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, I LORD HAVE MERCY.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START.
UM, I MEAN, TO, TO MRS. BURGESS POINT, UM, ON, ON HOW THE MONEYS WAS SPENT, UM, YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY THINK THAT HER ISSUES ARE WITH THE FEDERAL TREASURY, UM, AND THE ACCOUNTING OF THOSE FUNDS, AS FAR AS ALLOCATING THOSE FUNDS,
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IT'S BEEN PROVEN AND SHOWN THAT, UH, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, COUNTIES AND VILLAGES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UM, ARE IN DIRE NEED OF IMMEDIATE SUPPORT FROM OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.UM, WE ARE HOPING THAT, UM, AT LEAST I AM HOPING, UM, AND WHEN I SAY WE I'M TALKING ABOUT A NLC, UH, OML, A LOT OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, UM, ARE HOPING THAT A, WHETHER IT BE THE HEELS ACT, THE HEROES ACT, UM, THAT OUR BIPARTISAN REPRESENTATIVE CAN COME TOGETHER ON SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE, UM, FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, UM, OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, UM, THOSE WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED RIGHT NOW, OR IN SUFFERING GREATLY, UM, I THINK THAT'S EVEN MORE REASON THAT WE SUPPORT LEGISLATION, UM, UH, OF THIS NATURE.
NOT ONLY IS IT A, IS IT A CONGRESSMAN THAT REPRESENTS OUR AREA? UM, BUT IT'S DIRECT LEGISLATION THAT IF THE FUNDING IS MOVED FORWARD OR OTHER COMMUNITIES, UM, COUNTIES AND VILLAGES IN THE STATE OF OHIO DO NOT USE ALL OF THEIR MONIES, UM, AND MR. SCHOMER OR JEN BELKIN, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
UM, WE WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO GATHER SOME OF THOSE FUNDS, UM, AND DISTRIBUTE THOSE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, UM, THROUGH THE, UH, UH, OMB AND THE STATE OF OHIO.
UM, IN ADDITION TO, UM, I DO AGREE A LOT OF THOSE FUNDS WERE MISMANAGED.
UM, BUT AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE TO REIGN ON OUR FEDERAL LEGISLATORS AND THE TREASURY, UM, TO PUT MORE STRINGENT GUIDELINES IN THERE ON HOW IT'S USED.
UM, AND MRS. BERG, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO STAND WITH YOU AND SUPPORT SOME, UH, SOME COMMUNICATION TO OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS, UM, ON HOW WE FIX THAT IN A FUTURE, UH, MR. SCHOMER OR MAYBE IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT.
NO, NO, YOU ARE, YOU ARE RIGHT THAT, UM, IF THERE ARE FUNDS THAT ARE UNACCOUNTED FOR THROUGH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ALLOCATIONS, THAT OF COURSE IS JUST A PASS DOWN ALL THE WAY, YOU KNOW, FROM THE FEDERAL STATE COUNTY AND THEN DOWN, UH, THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS SOME OF THOSE UNCLAIMED FUNDS.
UH, IT DOES APPEAR THAT THIS WAS A, HEY, HERE'S THE MONEY, UM, FIND A USE FOR IT, IF NOT, THEN WE'LL REALLOCATE IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE WHO CAN HAVE A USE FOR IT.
SO THAT, THAT DOES SEEM TO BE THE SENTIMENT I'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO MR. SHAW BECAUSE, UM, NUMBER ONE, THE ISSUE I ADDRESS IS NOT WITH THE TREASURY.
THIS IS, AS IT IS SPELLED OUT IN THE CARES ACT, LIKEWISE, THE MONEY THAT WENT TO THE CEOS TO PAY, TO MAKE WHOLE THEIR, THEIR SALARIES AND TO PAY, UM, AND TO PROVIDE LOANS TO BUSINESSES WITH FOREIGN PARENT COMPANIES, THAT'S ALL SPELLED OUT IN THE CARE ACT.
IT'S NOT MISAPPROPRIATION, IT WAS ALLOWED THERE.
SO IF WE'RE NOT HAPPY WITH THAT, WHY WOULD WE LOOSEN THE REINS EVEN MORE THAN WHAT THE, UH, DAVIDSON IS PROPOSING? SO I JUST, I, THIS MONEY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THAT'S GOING TO COME FROM THE CARES ACT.
IT'S GOING TO COME, OR IT'S NOT GOING TO COME WITH THE CURRENT LEGISLATION, WHAT DAVIDSON IS DOING.
ISN'T GOING TO CHANGE THAT AT ALL, IF ANYTHING, IT'LL MAKE IT WORSE.
SO IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR ANY OTHER DISCUSSION I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ABOUT THIS OR FURTHER CLARIFICATION ABOUT WHAT THIS SPECIFIC PIECE OR THIS RESOLUTION DOES? YES.
AS WITH PREVIOUS RESOLUTIONS THAT WE'VE PUT UP TO SUPPORT CERTAIN LEGISLATION, UM, ACTIVITIES, ACTIONS, CAUSES, UM, I, I FEEL STRONGLY THAT IF WE'RE NOT 100% ON BOARD AS A, UH, AS AN ENTITY, UM, THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE ON BOARD AT ALL, THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING THIS INDIVIDUALLY.
PERSONALLY, I SUPPORT I I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
AND A LOT OF IT MAKES SENSE TO ME.
UM, BUT AGAIN, I THINK AS A BODY, IF WE'RE NOT IN AGREEMENT ON THIS, I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY PASS AND SUPPORT INDIVIDUALLY.
SO, ARE YOU, SO ARE YOU VOICING THE OBJECTION TO MOVING THIS ONTO MONDAY'S MEETING AS A WHOLE AND HAVE EACH INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER IF THEY SO CHOOSE TO SUPPORT THIS INDIVIDUALLY IN THEIR OWN WAY? I MEAN, IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY? NO.
I THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T HEARD NANCY SAY SHE'S DEFINITIVELY NOT SUPPORTING IT OR ANYONE ELSE.
UM, BUT BECAUSE THERE ARE QUESTIONS AND WHATNOT, I FEEL THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, IT WOULD CERTAINLY, IN MY OPINION, MAKE IT MAKE MUCH MORE SENSE TO DO IT AS AN ENTIRE BODY.
AND IF, IF WE'RE NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT, THEN I THINK WE SHOULD DO IT INDIVIDUALLY INSTEAD.
THEN YES, I WOULD SAY THAT, UM, IN MY OPINION, THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN SUPPORT INDIVIDUALLY.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, AS A BODY, UH, I HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH THAT I HAVE IN THE PAST AS WELL, SO.
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OKAY.SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER POINTS OF DISCUSSION, UH, OR, OR THERE SO, WELL, SO LET ME JUST TO MOVE THIS ON.
SO I'M GOING TO TAKE WHAT MR. OTTO HAS SAID AS A RECOMMENDATION FOR EACH COUNCIL MEMBER TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM INDIVIDUALLY, RATHER THAN PASS RESOLUTION, UH, AS, AS THE WHOLE BODY, SINCE WE KNOW THERE'S AN OBJECTION.
SO ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY, YES.
MR. SHAW, UH, TO HELP SPEED THIS ALONG.
UM, I FIND IT UNFORTUNATE THAT, UM, OUR VICE MAYOR IS NOT ABLE TO SUPPORT RECOMMENDATION OF THE OHIO MUNICIPAL LEAGUE AND NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES AND CONGRESSMAN DAVIDSON, UH, SUPPORT ON THIS.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND WITHDRAW THIS TOPIC AND TABLE IT INDEFINITELY.
AND GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
I WILL SUPPORT THIS PERSONALLY AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS COMMUNITY.
UM, JUST, JUST SO IT'S CLEAR HERE, I SUPPORT THE NLC AND THE OML.
I DO NOT SUPPORT CONGRESSMAN DAVIDSON'S CURRENT RESOLUTION OR HIS CURRENT PROPOSAL AND, AND JUST, UH, JUST MR. MAYOR.
SO THE FOLKS THAT ARE WATCHING US ARE VERY CLEAR.
UM, THIS CAME DOWN AS A RECOMMENDATION AND SUPPORT FROM THE OHIO MUNICIPAL LEAGUE AND NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, AS WELL AS I BELIEVE THE MAYORS AND MANAGERS ASSOCIATION.
UM, UH, SO, UM, I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR THAT, UM, SOME MAJOR ENTITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF OHIO ARE SUPPORTING AND ENDORSING, UM, CONGRESSMAN DAVIDSON DOCTRINES.
UM, I WOULD WISH THAT, UH, THE VICE MAYOR WOULD, UM, ALTER HER DECISION, BUT IT IS HERS TO HAVE.
SO IF THEY TELL YOU TO JUMP OFF THE ROOF, YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT.
HUH? I DON'T SEE HOW THAT'S PERTINENT DURING THIS DISCUSSION VICE MAYOR.
WE'RE NOT HUMANIZE ME, BUT I'M IN MY OWN OPINION.
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT GONNA ENGAGE IN BACK AND FORTH.
UM, ARGUMENTS LIKE THIS, MR. SHAW HAS, UH, MADE A MOTION OR ASKED TO JUST WITHDRAW THIS FROM THE TABLE.
AND AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, HE'S THE ONE WHO BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.
IF HE'S ASKING TO REMOVE IT, THEN THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO.
AND I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO ENGAGE IN THAT DISCUSSION ANY FURTHER.
REAL QUICK BEFORE I WOULD ENCOURAGE COUNCIL, IF THEY HAVE NOT TO GO TO CONGRESS.GOV AND REVIEW THE TEXT OF THE RESOLUTION.
UH, ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT IT DOES DO IS, UM, IS EXPAND AS YOU RECALL, THE ORIGINAL LIMITED, THE USE OF FUNDS FOR REVENUE COLLECTION FOR POPULATIONS OF OVER 500,000 AND THE INTENDED PURPOSE OF THIS WAS TO REDUCE THAT.
SO IT EXPANDS THE ABILITY FOR THE, THE LOCALITIES AND IMMENSE CAPACITIES TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE FUNDS FOR THAT.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE, UH, TO EDUCATE ON THE CONTEXT OF THE BILL, UM, TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE I'VE HEARD A COUPLE OF DISCUSSIONS THAT CERTAINLY 0.1 DIRECTION, THE OTHER, BUT, UH, THE ENTIRE TEXT AND THE INTERPRETATION OF THE BILL AND ITS RELATED COMPANION BILLS ARE EASILY AVAILABLE ON, UH, ON CONGRESS.GOV.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST EVERYONE JUST MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS.
THEY ARE EITHER BEHIND HER POSING.
AND AGAIN, WE ALL, AS INDIVIDUALS THAT SERVE ON COUNCIL, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY AND TO SERVE, UM, TO SUPPORT THAT PARTICULAR RESOLUTION, UH, AS AN INDIVIDUAL NEXT UP IS ITEM THREE G, WHICH IS THE AMENDED ITEM WE HAD, WHICH IS THE GUARANTEE ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACT.
MR. TODD KOSKI, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
UM, MY APOLOGIES FOR THE LATE ADDITION TO THIS ITEM, BUT AS THE CLERK DID ELUDE, UM, I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED THAT, UH, OUR ATTORNEY AND THEIR ATTORNEY WERE ABLE TO SEE EYE TO EYE ON THIS IN TWO DAYS INSTEAD OF TWO WEEKS.
UM, AND THERE'S SOME, UH, ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND TO THAT AS WELL.
UM, SO, UH, WHERE WE ARE AS PROCESS, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE CAME TO EARLIER IN THE YEAR AND TALKED ABOUT, UH, UTILIZING ENERGY PERFORMANCE AS A WAY TO FUND SEVERAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT EXIST IN OUR FIVE YEAR PLAN, UH, KIND OF IN, IN ONE LUMP PACKAGE, UH, THAT WOULD GIVE US A STEADY, UH, EQUAL PAYMENTS OVER A 15 YEAR PERIOD.
SO WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF, UH, IDENTIFYING A QUALIFIED VENDOR, UH, AND, UH, THE INTERVIEW COMMITTEE HAD SELECTED ESG, UH, ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP, AND THEY'RE A SUBSIDIARY OF VECTREN.
AND SO WE IDENTIFIED THEM AS THE BEST QUALIFIED VENDOR TO PERFORM THIS TASK AND TO MOVE TO THE NEXT PHASE.
SO, UM, IF YOU THINK OF THIS KIND OF LIKE A, IT'S LIKE BUYING A CAR.
SO, UH, ESG CAME IN AND, AND THEY DID
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A QUICK LOOK AROUND, THEY KIND OF POP THE HOOD AND LOOKED AT WHAT THEY SAW.UM, AND NOW WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS THEY WOULD KIND OF WANT TO TAKE, TAKE THE CAR FOR A, FOR A TEST DRIVE IF YOU WILL.
SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THEY NEED TO DO A MORE DEEP DIVE INTO OUR FACILITIES, INTO OUR EQUIPMENT, UM, INTO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ASKED THEM TO PREVIOUSLY LOOK AT, THEY NEED TO DO A DEEPER DIVE.
SO TO DO THAT, UH, UM, THEY, UM, HAVE ASKED THAT THE CITY ENTER INTO, UM, AN AGREEMENT AND I, WHICH IS A PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
SO THIS IS WHERE THEY'LL GO THROUGH AND DO THAT MORE DETAILED LOOK, UM, TO DETERMINE WHAT SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN A PROJECT AND WHAT THE ACTUAL COSTS WOULD BE.
REMEMBER, WE'RE WORKING ON A GENERAL ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW ABOUT 1.6 MILLION, THIS WORK HERE THAT THEY'RE ABOUT READY TO DO, WE'LL DIAL IN AND TELL US MORE SPECIFICALLY, UH, WHAT THAT VALUE WILL BE.
SO, UM, PURSUANT TO, UH, THE LEGISLATION THAT WAS LAST ADOPTED BY COUNCIL, THIS AGREEMENT HAS BEEN NEGOTIATED, UM, AND IS NOW BEING BROUGHT FORTH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
UH, RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO POTENTIAL.
THERE IS NO, WE DO NOT BELIEVE THERE WILL BE A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AGREEMENT.
UM, ALL THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE DONE IF THE CITY FOLLOWS THROUGH WITH A FORMALIZED PROJECT, UH, ALL OF THOSE COSTS AND WHATNOT WILL BE WRAPPED INTO A FINAL PROJECT TOTAL AT THAT TIME.
AND THE EVENT ESG DOES DO THIS WORK, THIS, UH, THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, AND THEY DO THAT DEEP DIVE INTO OUR FACILITIES.
UH, THERE IS, UH, THERE IS A COST, THE CITY OF POTENTIAL COST OF THE CITY OF APPROXIMATELY $44,000.
AND THAT NUMBER IS LOCATED IN THIS DOCUMENT THAT WE PROVIDED TO YOU.
UH, AGAIN, MY APOLOGIES FOR THE SHORT NOTICE, BUT I DID WANT TO DISCLOSE TO EVERYONE EXACTLY WHAT THE POTENTIAL OBLIGATION MIGHT BE.
UM, SO THAT IS THE DOCUMENT IN AND OF ITSELF.
UH, AND THE PACKAGE THAT WE'VE PUT BEFORE YOU, UM, ALONG WITH THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, PERPETUATED THIS DOCUMENT TO COUNCIL SO QUICKLY IS THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SOME, UM, ENGINEERING ASPECTS RELATIVE TO THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS, UM, IN THE CITY.
UH, THERE ARE TWO MASTER ARMS THAT WE'D LIKE TO INCLUDE IN THIS PROJECT, AND THERE ARE SOME TRAFFIC CONTROLLING UNITS, OR THAT NEED TO BE UPDATED AND UPGRADED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.
AND, UH, ESG WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN THAT PROCESS, UH, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN HAVE ENGINEERED DRAWINGS READY TO GO, UH, FOR THIS PARTICULAR WORK, AS WE GET LATER INTO THE YEAR.
SO WE CAN HAVE A BID PACKAGE FOR A WINTER EARLY SPRING, UH, FOR THIS WORK.
SO THAT'S THE OTHER REASON FOR THE, UH, THE QUICK ADD TO THIS AGENDA RATHER THAN WAITING UNTIL THE LAST MEETING OF THIS MONTH.
SO THAT'S THE INFORMATION IN A NUTSHELL, UM, AND THE BASIS FOR OUR, UH, OUR LAST MINUTE ADDITION TO THE AGENDA.
I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS MR. MAYOR, THAT YOU OR COUNSEL MIGHT HAVE.
THANK YOU, BRIAN, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR INDUSTRY SHOULD CASCADE ON THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT? MY HAND IS UP, YES.
UH, BRIAN, UM, THE 44,000, UH, THE WAY I READ THAT THAT IS MORE OR LESS A PENALTY AS THE CITY SHOULD WALK AWAY FROM THIS, IS THAT THE WAY THAT WORKS? CORRECT.
THAT WOULD BE WHAT THEY BELIEVE THAT THEIR TIME VALUE AND ENERGY, UM, PLUS A PREMIUM, UM, IS WORTH IN THE EVENT.
WE WALK AWAY, UM, AT ANY POINT IN TIME AFTER THEY'VE BEGUN THEIR PROJECT DEVELOPMENT WORK.
AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS JUST ON THE WORDING ON HOW THE, UM, UH, I DON'T, IF IT WOULD BE RANKING OR WHETHER THEY WOULD QUALIFY, BUT THE PAYBACK PERIOD ON ANY POTENTIAL PROJECT.
UM, CAN YOU GO INTO ANY DETAIL ON THAT, UM, WITH RESPECT TO HOW WE EVALUATE WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S TRULY AN ENERGY PERFORMANCE SAVINGS? IS THAT THE QUESTION MR. WEBB? YES, SIR.
I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE THE DOCUMENT HAD, UM, UH, PERCENTAGE, UH, OVER A LIFE EXPECTANCY OF, UH, OF THE IMPLEMENTATION, WHATEVER WE WOULD DO.
UM, AND THAT WOULD SAY WHETHER OR NOT IT QUALIFIED FOR, UH, THIS PROGRAM OR NOT.
AND THE WAY THAT THE LANGUAGE READS, UM, AND MR. LAW DIRECTORATE, IF YOU NEED TO CORRECT ME, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO SO, BUT, UH, THE LANGUAGE EFFECTIVELY, WHAT IT SAYS IS THAT, UH, UM, ANY WORK, UM, WHERE THE WORK THAT WOULD QUALIFY AS, AS, UM, ENERGY EFFICIENT, IS THAT WHERE THE EXPENSE IS PAID FOR OVER THE 15 YEAR TERM OF THE CONTRACT, FROM THE SAVINGS, UM,
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OF THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY.SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE HAVE AN AIR CONDITIONER A THAT IS OLD AND IS NOT FUNCTIONING WELL TODAY, AND WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR, AND WE'RE GONNA REPLACE THAT WITH THE NEW AIR CONDITIONER, THE COST OF THAT NEW AIR CONDITIONER SHOULD PAY FOR ITSELF OVER THAT 15 YEAR PERIOD.
AND IF IT DOES IN THE EFFICIENCY OF OPERATION, AND IF IT DOES, THEN THAT QUALIFIES AS AN ENERGY EFFICIENT PROJECT.
IS THAT A FAIR AND SIMPLE WAY TO EXPLAIN IT, MR. LAW DIRECTOR? YES.
THAT'S, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MR. HOOD KOSKI REGARDING THIS CONTRACT, MR. MAYOR, IF THERE ARE NOT, WE WOULD ASK THAT COUNCIL ENTERTAINED LEGISLATION ON MONDAY TO ADOPT THIS CONTRACT SO THAT THE CITY MANAGER MAY EXECUTE.
SO HEARING NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTARY REGARDING IT, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THIS ON TO MONDAY'S MEETING? OKAY.
HEARING OBJECTIONS, WE'LL MOVE THIS ON TO TWO MONDAY'S MEETING AS WELL.
AND BEFORE WE ADJOURN, WE DO HAVE REASON FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS EVENING.
UM, MR. ROGERS, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE READ THE PURPOSE OF THAT, PLEASE.
UM, THIS WOULD BE A MOTION TO ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER OPTIONS, INTERESTING PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES.
SOME OF MR. WEBB HAS MOTIONS ARE A SECOND.
SECOND, MR. LYONS, MR. LYONS, A SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ANY DISCUSSION MR. ROGERS? CALL THE ROLL PLEASE.
THE MOTION TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION CARRIES EIGHT ZERO.
SO I BELIEVE MR. SCHOMER WILL GET US SET UP TO, UM, MAINTAIN OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION PRIVACY.
AND THEN ONCE WE KNOW THAT IT'S TAKEN PLACE, THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND WE'LL AGAIN.
SO I BELIEVE WE ARE BACK LIVE NOW.
SO IT IS SEVEN 29 AND WE HAVE ADJOURNED EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THERE WAS A DECISION MADE OR ACTION BEEN TAKEN AT MONDAY'S MEETING.
WE WILL BE INTRODUCING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ALLOW THE COUNCIL WOULD ALLOW, SAY MAJOR ROCK SCHUMER TO ENTER INTO A CONSULTING AGREEMENT AS PART OF THE PROJECT.
NUMBER TWO FOR THE TRANSFORMATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, PROJECT, WHICH IS THE, UH, BRAND PIKE REVITALIZATION, UM, FOR, FOR THOSE PARCELS OF PROPERTY ALONG BRAND PIKE.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, TONY, DO WE NEED TO, UH, WE DON'T NEED TO TAKE A BIT ON THAT.
THAT'S JUST A BY LACK OF OBJECTION.
WE JUST MOVED THAT ON TO ONTO MONDAY'S MEETING BASED ON OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION DISCUSSION.
SO WE WILL SEE THAT LEGISLATION ON MONDAY'S MEETING CONSULTANT AGREEMENT.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTARY OR REPORTS THAT ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO GIVE BEFORE WE ADJOURNED THE SEASONINGS MEETING? IT IS NOW SEVEN 30 AND OUR WORK SESSION FOR AUGUST 4TH IS JOURNEY.
GOODNIGHT, GOODNIGHT, EVERYONE.