OH, OKAY. GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE FAIRBORN CITY COUNCIL [I. Call to Order] [00:00:03] MEETING FOR TODAY, MARCH THE 3RD, 2025. WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MR. KIRKPATRICK HERE. MR. ALLEN HERE. MISS CHESS HERE. MR. FRITZSCHE HERE. MR. MCCUBBINS HERE. MISS REASTER HERE. MISS STANTON HERE. THANK YOU. WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE RISE AND JOIN US FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. HE'D ALSO PLEASE SILENCE YOUR PHONES OR PAGERS. ANYBODY HEAR THIS? OKAY. OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF SOME MINUTES. [IV. Minutes - Consider approval of the minutes of the February 17, 2025, Work Session, the February 17,2025, Regular Meeting and the February 24,2025, Citizens' Forum.] WE HAVE THE FIRST THE FEBRUARY 17TH CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS TO THOSE MINUTES? OKAY. HEARING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. THE MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 17TH WORK SESSION ARE APPROVED AS WRITTEN. NEXT, WE HAVE THE FEBRUARY 17TH REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS OR DELETIONS TO THOSE MINUTES? HEARING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. THE MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 17TH REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ARE APPROVED. FINALLY, WE HAVE THE FEBRUARY 24TH CITIZENS FORUM MINUTES. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS OR DELETIONS TO THOSE MINUTES? HEARING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. THE MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 24TH CITIZENS FORUM ARE ALSO APPROVED. WE DO HAVE SOME PRE-SCHEDULED BUSINESS THIS EVENING. [V. Prescheduled] WE HAVE SOME FAIRBORN FIRE DEPARTMENT HONORS AND RECOGNITIONS. I'M GOING TO ASK COUNCIL TO JOIN US DOWN HERE ON THE FLOOR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND EVERYBODY HERE. IT'S IT'S I WANT TO TAKE A PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AND JUST THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING. THERE'S A HUGE TURNOUT TONIGHT, WHICH DOESN'T SURPRISE ME WITH THE FAMILY SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE. WE ARE HERE FOR SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL TONIGHT FOR A REALLY SPECIAL AWARD. AND I'M ACTUALLY JUST GOING TO READ WHAT I WROTE TO GIVE EVERYBODY A EVERYBODY. A BACKGROUND ON ON WHAT THE STORY IS HERE. JULIE, IF YOU'LL FLIP, FLIP THE SLIDE. CAN I DO IT MYSELF? THERE WE GO. ON APRIL 25TH, 2024. IT STARTED OFF LIKE ANY OTHER DAY WITH THE FAIRBORN FIRE DEPARTMENT. CREWS CHECKED THEIR EQUIPMENT, CONDUCTED PROTOCOL TRAINING, CLEAN THE FIREHOUSE, AND, IF THEY WERE LUCKY ENOUGH, GRABBED A BITE TO EAT AT SOME POINT AFTER HAVING ALREADY RESPONDED ON FIVE CALLS INTO THE SHIFT. DOES IT RING A BELL GANG? A LITTLE BIT. AT APPROXIMATELY 1:23 P.M., CREWS WERE DISPATCHED TO A REPORT OF A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE FIRE WITH SEVERAL OCCUPANTS TRAPPED IN THE BUILDING. ENGINE ONE AND THE ON DUTY BATTALION CHIEF, JOHN SANDS ARRIVED WITHIN FOUR MINUTES TO FIND A WORKING FIRE. FAIRBORN POLICE DEPARTMENT UNITS WERE ASSISTING RESIDENTS OUT OF THE HOME AND ATTEMPTING EXTINGUISHMENT WITH THEIR EXTINGUISHERS, WHILE NEIGHBORS WERE PROVIDING INFORMATION AND ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE. LIEUTENANT DAN WOLF, WHO'S HERE WITH HIS FAMILY TONIGHT, FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC CODY DODSON, WHO'S ALSO HERE. CODY, RAISE YOUR HAND. NOBODY IN HERE KNOWS YOU. WHAT ABOUT YOU, L.T. AND FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC TRAVIS DILTS? EVERYBODY KNOWS TRAVIS, BUT YOU GOT TO WAVE ANYWAY. TRAVIS BEGAN AN AGGRESSIVE INTERIOR FIRE ATTACK IN SEARCH FOR THE LAST REMAINING VICTIM. BATTALION CHIEF JOHN SANDERS REPORTED TO THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE AND ATTEMPTED TO LOOK IN THE BACK DOOR. AND I GOT TO POINT OUT, JOHN SANDERS, AS WELL AS ONE OF OUR BATTALION CHIEFS, REPORTED TO THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE AND ATTEMPTED TO LOOK IN THE BACK DOOR UNDER THE SMOKE AND SUPERHEATED GASES FOR THE REMAINING VICTIM, WHO WAS STILL TRAPPED. HE IMMEDIATELY NOTICED WHAT IN HIS EXPERIENCE, WAS THE APPEARANCE OF A VICTIM LOCATED JUST A FEW FEET AWAY. AFTER RADIOING THIS INFORMATION TO ALL THE CREWS ON THE SCENE, ENGINE ONE'S CREW CONTINUED FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS WHILE LOCATING AND REMOVING THE VICTIM TO THE REAR DOOR. FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE UNITS JOINED FORCES AND ULTIMATELY REMOVED HIM FROM THE HOME AND TURNED MEDICAL CARE OVER TO THE HIGHLY TRAINED PARAMEDICS WAITING NEARBY. MANY OF THOSE ARE HERE TONIGHT AS WELL. THESE CREWS LOCATED THE VICTIM WITHIN THREE MINUTES OF THEIR ARRIVAL AND REMOVED HIM WITHIN TWO MINUTES THEREAFTER. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED AND THE INCIDENT WAS PLACED SAFELY UNDER CONTROL BEFORE TWO. BEFORE I INTRODUCE PEOPLE, IF YOU WERE ON THAT CALL, [00:05:02] WOULD YOU RAISE YOUR HAND? THERE WERE SEVEN MORE EMERGENCY INCIDENTS THAT THE CREW RESPONDED TO THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE SHIFT. THE NEXT MORNING, THEY WERE RETURNED HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES, WORKED OVERTIME SHIFTS, AND ATTENDED CLASSES OR ATTENDED TO OTHER OBLIGATIONS. THIS CALL STAYED WITH THEM, THOUGH, BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL HEROIC ACTIONS CONDUCTED BY MEMBERS. AND ALTHOUGH WE'VE CONDUCTED MANY HEROIC ACTIONS OVER THE YEARS, CONSIDERING THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME TRAGEDY CONTRASTED BY THE INCREDIBLY GOOD OUTCOME, THIS ONE STOOD OUT TO EVERYONE, AM I RIGHT? CREWS DIDN'T KNOW THAT JAMIE AND HIS FAMILY WOULD BE HERE THIS EVENING, BUT WE'RE GLAD YOU ARE. AND WITH THAT, I'LL INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR AWARD RECIPIENTS. WE RECOGNIZED OUR DISPATCHERS. THREE OF THEM. THEY RECEIVED AWARDS. AND FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT MEMBERS RECEIVED AWARDS AS WELL FROM CHIEF ROMAN. AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR MEMBERS WHO ARE RECEIVING UNIT CITATIONS DOWN. THAT'S ASSISTANT CHIEF BRAD ECKERT. I THINK CHIEF ECKERT IS HERE. LIEUTENANT GREG WERT, LIEUTENANT SETH JOHNSON, SENIOR FIREFIGHTER BRIAN BARTELS, FIREFIGHTER JIM TRIMBACH, FIREFIGHTER BEN VALENTIN, NICK BROCK, ALETHA FRIESEN, CHRIS CLARK, JARED EFFORT, AND BROOKE HILLING. ALL OF THESE MEMBERS WERE ON THE SCENE HELPING WITH EFFORTS AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE OUTCOME. I'LL TELL YOU A CALL LIKE THIS, IT TAKES EVERY SINGLE PERSON THERE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. AND SO ALL OF THESE PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING WHAT WE CALL UNIT CITATIONS, AND THEY HAVE A CERTIFICATE AS WELL. THIS ONE HAPPENS TO BE MR. TRIMBLE, OUR MOST SENIOR MEMBER ON THE DEPARTMENT. BUT THEY'LL BE RECEIVING THOSE. THERE HE IS. THERE HE IS. AND THESE WILL GO ON THEIR ON THEIR CLASS A UNIFORMS. SO IN THE ESSENCE OF TIME, I'M GOING TO HAND THESE OUT OR ALLOW COUNCIL TO HAND THEM OUT. BUT THESE ARE OUR UNIT CITATIONS. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU AND THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO JUST GIVE THOSE TO CHIEF BECKER AND HE CAN SIT THERE. AND NEXT I TALKED ABOUT CHIEF SANDERS. HE HAD HE PLAYED A SPECIAL ROLE IN THIS IN THIS CALL. AND WE WE DEFINE THESE AWARDS AND THE WAY THAT THESE AWARDS ARE, I DON'T WANT TO SAY GIVEN OUT, BUT EARNED IS THAT WE HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT REVIEWS THE ACTIONS THAT THEY CONDUCTED ON THE SCENE. AND SO THE DEFINITION OF THE LIFE SAVING AWARD IS IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY. THE MEMBER IS PRINCIPALLY INVOLVED IN SAVING THE LIFE OF ANOTHER PERSON, AND WHOSE PERSONAL ACTIONS WERE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LIFE SAVING ACTS. SO, BATTALION CHIEF SANDERS, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THE LIFE SAVING AWARD IF YOU'LL COME DOWN, AND YOU'LL ALSO RECEIVE A RIBBON FOR YOUR CLASS. A EXCELLENT JOB ON THAT. AND THANK YOU. AND THESE NEXT AWARDS. THIS IS THE THIS IS THE CREW WHO ACTUALLY RESCUED OUR VICTIM. AND WITHOUT I DON'T WANT TO CALL THOSE PEOPLE OUT. NOT OUR EMPLOYEES, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED, OUR RESIDENTS, IF THEY ARE INTERESTED IN COMING FORWARD, WE WOULD LOVE THAT. IF NOT, I COMPLETELY RESPECT THAT AS WELL. SO THAT'S I'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO THEM. OKAY. AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INVITE LIEUTENANT WOLF, TRAVIS DILTS AND CODY DODSON DOWN TO THE FRONT. THEY'LL BE RECEIVING A MEDAL OF HONOR, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST HONOR A FIREFIGHTER CAN RECEIVE. AND I'LL LET YOU READ THAT. THAT DEFINITION OF WHY THEY'RE GETTING THIS. SO, TRAVIS, CODY AND LIEUTENANT WOLF. THESE ARE THESE ARE THE MEDALS FOR THEIR CLASS A. BRONZE. AND, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, COUNCIL. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT AND EVERYTHING YOU DO. AND EXCUSE ME, MAYOR, THERE IS ONE MORE. SOMEBODY ALSO IS BEING RECOGNIZED FOR A UNIT CITATION. HAPPEN TO HAVE THAT ONE IN MY POCKET. AND THIS CERTIFICATE IS PROUDLY PRESENTED TO CHIEF RYAN WILLIAMS FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THAT ALSO. SO, CHIEF. COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ALL OF YOUR HANDS, SO PLEASE GO BY THAT WAY ON THE WAY OUT SO [00:10:04] THEY CAN THANK YOU. WELL DONE SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU. WE'VE SAID IN THE PAST, AND WE'LL SAY IT AGAIN, WE HAVE THE BEST FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE OF OHIO. AND THERE'S PROOF OF IT RIGHT THERE. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO OLD BUSINESS. [VI. Old Business ] AND OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. IS THERE A MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE 425 FOR THE SECOND TIME BY TITLE ONLY. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. ORDINANCE FOUR DASH 25. LEVYING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF CURBS AND SIDEWALKS IN THE CITY OF DEARBORN, OHIO, IN THE 2025 CURB AND SIDEWALK PROGRAM. MATT WELLBAUM, ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR, PRESENTING. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. ORDINANCE 425 FOR THE 2025 CSA CURB AND SIDEWALK PROGRAM. EARLIER THIS YEAR, RESOLUTION 125 WAS ADOPTED, WHICH AUTHORIZED A LIST OF PARCELS AND ACTUAL COST TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER FOR THREE WEEKS. THEY WERE PUBLISHED IN THE FAIRBORN DAILY HERALD FOR THREE WEEKS ENDING JANUARY 24TH. THE OBJECTION PERIOD EXPIRED FEBRUARY 7TH AND NO OBJECTIONS WERE RECEIVED. PASSAGE OF THIS ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO LEVEL ASSESSMENTS FOR THIS PROGRAM. INVOICES WILL BE ISSUED AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE. THEY WILL RECEIVE RESIDENTS WILL RECEIVE THE INVOICES AND HAVE 30 DAYS TO PAY. THERE ARE THREE OPTIONS TO PAY. YOU CAN PAY THE ENTIRE AMOUNT OF THE INVOICE BY THE DUE DATE, EITHER IN ONE LUMP SUM OR IN PARTIAL PAYMENTS. SECOND OPTION IS TO MAKE PARTIAL PAYMENTS UNTIL INVOICE DUE DATE, AND THEN HAVE ANY REMAINING BALANCE ASSESSED TO YOUR PROPERTY TAXES. OR THE THIRD OPTION IS TO MAKE NO PAYMENTS AND HAVE THE ENTIRE AMOUNT ASSESSED TO YOUR PROPERTY TAXES. ANY BALANCES LEFT UNPAID AFTER THE DUE DATE WILL BE ASSESSED TO REAL ESTATE TAXES FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS, AT THE EARLIEST DATE POSSIBLE. TYPICALLY, SPECIAL ASSESSMENT CERTIFICATIONS ARE DUE TO THE AUDITOR NO LATER THAN THE SECOND MONDAY OF SEPTEMBER. INTEREST WILL BE ADDED AT THE RATE TO INCLUDE ALL ISSUANCE AND DEBT SERVICE COSTS FOR ANY BONDS ISSUED IN ANTICIPATION OF COLLECTING ASSESSMENTS, OR IF BONDS ARE NOT ISSUED. THE RATE WILL NOT EXCEED 5.5% ANNUALLY. THE COUNTY AUDITOR WILL ALSO INCLUDE A SERVICE CHARGE OF 5% WHEN THE PROPERTY IS SOLD. THE ENTIRE ASSESSMENT IS DUE AND SHOULD BE PAID UPON CLOSING. AND LASTLY, ANY ASSESSMENT UNDER $25 WILL BE BILLED AT AT ITS ENTIRETY AT THE FIRST PROPERTY TAX BILL. STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 425. AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. OKAY. ORDINANCE FOUR DASH 25 DOES OFFER A PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ORDINANCE FOUR DASH 25. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. SEEING NO ONE COME FORWARD, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR QUESTIONS, STARTING WITH COUNSEL. [00:15:02] I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MATT. NO QUESTIONS. MATT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANNUAL HOUSEKEEPING. THANK YOU MATT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANKS, MATT. DO WE KNOW APPROXIMATELY WHAT THE AVERAGE COST WAS PER HOMEOWNER? I CAN TAKE A LOOK FOR YOU. I'VE GOT THEM ALL RIGHT HERE. IT JUST VARIES. THREE, THREE, 75 POPS UP SEVERAL TIMES. THE HIGHEST I'VE SEEN, 2300. SO IT JUST IT JUST VARIES BY RANGE. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. YES. OKAY. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS EITHER. THANKS VERY MUCH FOR PRESENTING. APPRECIATE IT. YEAH. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO WAIVE THE RULE REQUIRING THE ORDINANCES BE READ ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS? AND ORDINANCE 425 BE READ FOR THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY. SO MOVED. SECOND. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MISS REASTER. YES. MR.. FRITZSCHE. YES. MR.. ALLEN. YES. MISS CHESS. YES. MR.. MCCUBBINS. YAY! MISS STANTON. YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK. YES. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE FOUR DASH 25. SO MOVE. SECOND. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL AGAIN. MR. ALLEN. YES. MISS REASTER. YES. MISS CHESS. YES. MR. FRITZSCHE. YES. MR.. MCCUBBINS. YAY! MISS STANTON. YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK. YES. ORDINANCE FOUR DASH 25 IS DULY ADOPTED. OKAY. AS WE GO DOWN TO RESOLUTIONS. MIKE, I UNDERSTAND THERE MAY BE NEW BUSINESS YOU WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE. YES. YOUR HONOR, AS CITY COUNCIL AS WELL AWARE, WE PASSED A ENTERTAINMENT TAX. THAT WAS. THANK YOU. AND THAT WAS IN 2019. AND THE THE TAX ITSELF IS APPLIED TO ANY ENTERTAINMENT AS DEFINED IN CHAPTER 169 OF OUR CODIFIED ORDINANCES. AND THE PRIMARY LOCATION THAT IS IMPACTED IS IS THE NUTTER CENTER. AND THIS ORDINANCE AGAIN WENT INTO EFFECT IN 2019 JUST BEFORE COVID. AND WRIGHT STATE HAS ELECTED TO NOT PAY THAT ADMISSION FEE TAX. AND SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ENFORCE THE LEGISLATION, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS RESOLUTION IS ABOUT. I KNOW CITY MANAGER MR. GEBHART MYSELF ARE ON A COMMENT DURING THE ACTUAL CONSIDERATION OF THE RESOLUTION. BUT AT THIS POINT, TO GET IT ON THE AGENDA, YOUR HONOR, WE'D NEED TO PROPERLY ADD IT. AND I BELIEVE YOU'RE AWARE HOW TO DO THAT. YES, SIR. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION NOW TO ADD RESOLUTION EIGHT DASH 25 TO THE AGENDA. SO MOVED. SECOND. THIRD. OKAY, JULIE, PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL. MR. CHESS. YES, MR.. MCCUBBINS. YES, MISS. REASTER. YES. MR.. ALLEN. YES. MR.. FRITCHEY. YES, MISS. STANTON. YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK. YES. OKAY. RESOLUTION EIGHT DASH 25 HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE AGENDA AND WE WILL BE MORE FULLY COVERED AT THE END OF NEW BUSINESS. SO WE'LL GO BACK TO OUR NEW BUSINESS OR. [VI. New Business (Part 1 of 2)] EXCUSE ME. YEAH. IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO READ RESOLUTION SEVEN DASH 25 BY TITLE ONLY. SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. RESOLUTION SEVEN DASH 25. AMENDING RESOLUTION 38. DASH 23 A PRELIMINARY PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AND REPLAT AT 50 CHAPEL GATE DRIVE TO REFLECT A CHANGE TO THE INITIAL STORMWATER DRAINAGE. CITY ENGINEER MANUEL JACOBS PRESENTING. WELL, WELCOME. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAJOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. HAPPY TO BE HERE AGAIN. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A REALLY SHORT AND SWEET RESOLUTION JUST GOING TO JUMP RIGHT INTO THE BACKGROUND. AND YOU PROBABLY HAVE SEEN THIS ONE BEFORE SINCE I GRABBED IT OF OUR WORK SESSION PRESENTATION. BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE RECAP OF WHAT WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD TODAY. BACK IN 2023, RESOLUTION 38 DASH 23 WAS ADOPTED IN OCTOBER FOR THE CRAWFORD SIDE THAT'S OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 50 CHAPEL GATE DRIVE. A RESOLUTION WAS APPROVED WITH A CONDITION TWO CONDITIONS, BUT THE ONE PERTAINING US IN THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT IS IN REGARDS TO THE STORMWATER DRAINAGE. THE LANGUAGE OF THE RESOLUTION, WHICH IS POSTED ABOVE, IS READING AS FOLLOW ALL THE STORMWATER DRAINAGE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE KNOWN AS XENIA ROAD STORAGE. ET CETERA. ET CETERA SHALL BE DRAINED INTO THE EAST, INTO THE BEAVER CREEK WATERSHED, AND NOT CONNECT TO THE EXISTING STORM WATER SYSTEM. NOW JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND, [00:20:02] WHEN THIS SITE WAS APPROVED WITH THIS CONDITION, DESIGN WAS NOT IN PLACE. THEY WERE EAGER TO KIND OF GET THIS APPROVAL SO THEY CAN GET THE DESIGN GOING AND GET THE EVERYTHING PUT TOGETHER. DURING THAT DESIGN, A NUMBER OF FACTORS RESTRICTING FACTORS WHERE ESSENTIALLY ASSESSED AND EVALUATED AND DETERMINED THAT THE CONDITION COULD NOT BE MET WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS PLACED ON IT, THAT BASICALLY BY US SIMPLIFYING OR KEEPING THE LANGUAGE SIMPLE AND PUTTING IT AS ALL STORMWATER ESSENTIALLY GAVE NO, NO WIGGLE ROOM. NO, NO EXCEPTIONS, NO, NO REDUNDANCY, NO, NO FALLBACK TO MEETING THAT CONDITION. SO IF THE STORMWATER PLANS FOR ME TO APPROVE THEM LANGUAGE NEEDS TO BE MODIFIED TO AT LEAST GIVE US ENOUGH WIGGLE ROOM THAT WE CAN STILL CONTINUE ENFORCING THE INTENT THAT THE CONDITION WAS PUT IN PLACE ON THEM WHILE STILL GIVING THEM A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS OR DO SOME OF THE DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS THEY HAVE BROUGHT FORTH. SO THE AMENDMENT PROPOSAL IS WE HAVE REVIEWED THE STORMWATER REPORT, AND WE HAVE CONFIRMED THAT FOR ALL THE IMPERVIOUS AND NEW IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED FOR THE SITE ARE MEETING THE CONDITIONS, PUT ON THE APPROVAL, AND THAT IS THAT ALL OF THE BUILDING, THE PARKING LOT AND ALL IMPERVIOUS SURFACES ARE BEING ADEQUATELY CORRECTED BY THE STORMWATER SYSTEM AND STORMWATER SYSTEM IS RELEASING ONLY TO THE SOUTH, ONLY TO THE EAST OF THE SITE. SO THE MODIFICATION OF THE ORIGINAL CONDITION IS NEEDED FOR FINAL SITE APPROVAL BECAUSE AS GOOD OF A JOB THEY HAVE SUBMITTED TO US IN TERMS OF STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, IT TECHNICALLY DOES NOT MEET THAT 100%. SO IN ORDER FOR ME TO APPROVE IT, WHILE NOT GOING AGAINST THE EXPRESS EXPRESS INTENT OF COUNCIL AND YOUR CONDITIONS WE NEED TO MODIFY IT. SO I WORK WITH NATE AND MIKE'S TEAM ON PUTTING THE LANGUAGE FOR IT, AND WE JUST TRY TO KEEP IT SIMPLE, NOT CHANGE PRIMARILY MUCH. SO THE NEW LANGUAGE READS AS FOLLOWS. STORMWATER DRAINAGE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE KNOWN AS SENIOR ROAD STORAGE. ET CETERA. ET CETERA SHALL PRIMARILY BE DRAINED TO THE EAST INTO THE BEAVER CREEK WATERSHED WHEREVER POSSIBLE, AND NOT CONNECT TO THE EXISTING STORMWATER SYSTEM ALONG EAST DRIVE UNLESS APPROVED BY THE CITY ENGINEER AND ALL WE WERE REALLY TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THIS LANGUAGE IS I. JUST BECAUSE IT SAYS UNLESS APPROVED BY THE CITY ENGINEER DOESN'T MEAN I'M GOING TO START APPROVING ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING ELSE THEY WILL WANT TO CHANGE. I AM CONTINUE TO BE FAIRLY RIGID IN TERMS OF WHAT THE CONDITION CALLS FOR. I JUST WANT TO HAVE THE LANGUAGE AND THE FLEXIBILITY THAT WHEN I DO COME TO APPROVE THIS SITE WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE MUCH FROM WHAT THEY ARE ALREADY SUBMITTING IT FROM A STORMWATER PERSPECTIVE. IT IT MEETS THAT INTENT, BUT IT DOES ALLOW THE SITE TO HAVE THE CONSIDERATIONS OF THE WATER OF THE. WETLANDS AND ALL THE UNIMPROVED AREAS ON THE NORTH SIDE THAT ARE NOT BEING DISTURBED. THEY'RE GOING TO REMAIN AS IS. SO BY NATURE, THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE DRAINING TO THE NORTH. SO WE JUST WANT THAT LANGUAGE JUST FOR THIS IS NOT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO TRY TO SNEAK ANYTHING PAST ANYTHING MORE PAST US. WE JUST WANTED TO IF WE, YOU KNOW, IF THE OPPORTUNITY OR THE CONDITION NEEDED TO BE SPECIFIED IN ANOTHER WAY, WE COULD CERTAINLY DO THAT. BUT I BELIEVE FROM A FROM A RESOLUTION PERSPECTIVE FOR THIS LANGUAGE, THIS DOES A SUFFICIENT JOB OF GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE BEING STRINGENT WHILE NOT BEING IMPOSSIBLE. AND THAT'S REALLY IT. SO THAT'S THE LANGUAGE WE ARE PROPOSING TO MODIFY IT. THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN PRESENTED AND ENGINEERING RECOMMENDS PASSING THIS RESOLUTION SO I CAN CONTINUE WITH THE APPROVAL PROCESS. THANK YOU. AND GOT ANY QUESTIONS? I'M HERE. OKAY. WE'LL START COUNCIL QUESTIONS WITH COUNCILMAN. CHESS. NO. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO THIS PROJECT. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANKS. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS EITHER. MANUEL, I THINK WE'VE BEEN POUNDING THIS OUT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, SO I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. I HAVE ONE QUESTION THAT I JUST THOUGHT OF. DID THE WAS THIS. SO THIS WAS JUST A REQUIREMENT BY US? IT WASN'T BY THE PLANNING BOARD, RIGHT. PLANNING BOARD, I BELIEVE, WAS THE ONES THAT PUT THE INITIAL RECOMMENDATION. SO WHAT THEN? SO WHEN THE PUD PLAN WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL WAS RECOMMENDED WITH THAT CONDITION. SO I THINK THE CONDITION WAS INITIALLY ESTABLISHED IN PLANNING BOARD AND BROUGHT FORTH TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. OKAY. AND WE'RE FINE. IT'S FINE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING BACK THROUGH PLANNING. YEAH. NO, PLANNING BOARD IS SIMPLY A RECOMMENDATION ON IT. YOUR APPROVAL BACK IN OCTOBER WAS THE ACTUAL, LIKE, BINDING AGREEMENT. SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE AMENDING. OKAY. THANKS. AND LIKE WE SAID, WE HAD A HUGE DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS IN THE WORK SESSION. I DO PERSONALLY HAVE CONCERNS THAT WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW UP AND ADDRESS [00:25:01] LATER. SO I JUST WON'T REPEAT THEM HERE, BUT THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS. MANUEL. MANUEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK. AGAIN, THIS IS HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS. YOU KNOW, WE WE PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSAL. WE PUT TOGETHER THESE PLANS, WE HAMMER IT OUT UNTIL WE CAN GET TO A GOOD RESOLUTION POINT. I LIKE THE FACT THAT WE'RE WE'RE NOT BACKING OURSELVES INTO A CORNER. WE'RE NOT BACKING THE DEVELOPERS INTO A CORNER. WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH A VERY, VERY TOUGH SITUATION. AND HONESTLY, THAT PIECE OF LAND IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST DYNAMIC PIECES OF LAND IN THIS, IN THIS CITY, BECAUSE OF THE WETLANDS AND, AND THE OTHER PROPERTIES THAT SURROUND IT. AND THEN THE RESIDUAL EFFECT OF, OF RUNOFF. SO SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE NONE THANK YOU. MANUEL. WELL, THANKS. AS HAS BEEN ALREADY MENTIONED, A LOT OF WORK HAS GONE INTO THIS. THIS ISN'T SOMETHING. WE'VE ARRIVED AT IT SIMPLY. AND I WANT TO THANK. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CITIZEN INPUT ON THIS. WE'VE LISTENED TO THAT CITIZEN INPUT. THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE CONCERNS THAT MAYBE COME UP DOWN THE ROAD, BUT I'M GLAD WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. AND THANKS FOR ALL YOUR WORK. AGAIN THAT WENT INTO THIS. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO ADOPT RESOLUTION SEVEN DASH 25. SO MOVE. SECOND. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MR. ALLEN. YES. MISS REASTER. YES. MISS CHESS. YES. MR. FRITZSCHE. YES. MR.. MCCUBBINS. YAY! MISS STANTON. NO. MR. KIRKPATRICK. YES. RESOLUTION SEVEN DASH 25 IS DULY ADOPTED. OKAY. NEXT. IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO READ RESOLUTION EIGHT DASH 25 BY TITLE ONLY. [Additional Item] SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. RESOLUTION 825, A RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT THE CITY MANAGER'S DECISION TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY ACTION TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF ORDINANCE 4919, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FILING A LAWSUIT PRESENTING CITY MANAGER MICHAEL GEBHART AND MYSELF. THANK YOU, MIKE, FOR BEING HERE. WE APPRECIATE YOU. IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE. YES, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE. IT'S BEEN A WHILE. I'M PROGRESSING. TOMORROW OR WEDNESDAY WILL BE TWO DAYS OR TWO WEEKS OUT OF MY LAST HIP SURGERY. SO WE'RE MOVING ALONG. BUT I WANTED TO BE HERE FOR THIS PRESENTATION. AND THIS AS A TWO TIME GRADUATE OF WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY. I'M. I'M NOT THRILLED ABOUT THIS. I LOVE MY SCHOOL. BUT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING AND TO MOVE FORWARD. SO THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT MY DECISION TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY ACTION TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF ORDINANCE 49, DASH 19. THAT WAS WAS PASSED BACK IN 2019. UP TO FILING A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY. THE BACKGROUND ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE, RIGHT. STATE, OF COURSE, IS LOCATED IN THE CITY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COLONEL GLENN AND NORTH FAIRFIELD ROAD. THE FACILITY'S CAPACITY IS OVER 10,000 SEATS AND IS HOME TO WRIGHT STATE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S ATHLETIC EVENTS. THE FACILITY ALSO HOSTS CONCERTS, PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING, PROFESSIONAL BULL RIDING, AND MONSTER TRUCK MOTOCROSS EVENTS. THERE ARE LARGE VOLUMES OF TRAFFIC ASSOCIATED WITH THESE EVENTS, AND INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS RELATED TO THE NUTTER CENTER CONTINUE TO ESCALATE THROUGH UTILIZATION OF SEVERAL CITY DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING PUBLIC WORKS, FIRE AND EMS, AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO IN 2019 STAFF WORKED WITH COUNCIL OVER SEVERAL WORK SESSIONS TO DISCUSS THIS, AND A 5% ADMISSIONS FEE WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON ALL NON WSU EVENTS, ESSENTIALLY THEIR ATHLETIC EVENTS. SO ANY TICKET GREATER THAN $20 WAS WAS OR COULD HAVE THIS ADMISSIONS FEE APPLIED TO IT. RIGHT STATEMENTS AND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL OR VOLLEYBALL. THOSE WERE WERE NOT PART OF THIS ADMISSIONS FEE AT THE TIME. MIKE MAYER WAS OUR CITY SOLICITOR AND HE ADVISED IT WAS A PERMISSIBLE FEE UNDER THE OHIO REVISED CODE, SECTION 715, SPECIFICALLY, 715 .013 DOES NOT PROHIBIT A CHARTER CITY, WHICH THE CITY OF FAIRBORN IS FROM INSTITUTING SUCH A FEE. AT THE TIME OF PASSAGE BACK IN 2019, THERE WERE OVER 60 COMMUNITIES IN THE STATE OF OHIO WHO ESTABLISHED ADMISSION FEES SIMILAR TO THIS, WHICH GENERATE $23 MILLION OR MORE IN SUPPLEMENTAL INCOME FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES. [00:30:03] GENERAL FUNDS TO TAKE CARE OF THE ROADWAYS SURROUNDING THE EVENT CENTER, THE FIRE, THE POLICE. SO IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO DO AGAIN. DECEMBER 2ND, 2019 COUNCIL ADOPTED ORDINANCE 4919 AND IT WENT INTO EFFECT 30 DAYS AFTER THAT. THE COLLECTION PERIOD BEGAN JULY 1ST OF 2020. WSU IS AWARE THROUGH ONGOING DISCUSSIONS BY THEN CITY SOLICITOR MAYOR AND WRIGHT STATE'S LEGAL COUNSEL. OUR THEN CITY MANAGER AT THE TIME, ROB ANDERSON, HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE UNIVERSITY ALSO, SO THEY WERE AWARE OF THE SITUATION. WSU BELIEVES THEY'RE EXEMPT FROM SUCH A FEE BECAUSE THEY THINK IT'S A TAX AND THAT THEY CANNOT BE TAXED AS A AS AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING IN THE STATE OF OHIO. WHEN MIKE MAYOR RETIRED IN MAY OF 2023, AND MIKE MCNAMEE CAME ON AS OUR CITY SOLICITOR IN JUNE OF 2023, HE REVIEWED ORDINANCE 49, DASH 19 AND CONCURRED WITH SOLICITOR MAYOR THAT IT WAS A PERMISSIBLE FEE THROUGH OHIO LAW. THERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS AGAIN BETWEEN CITY LEGAL COUNSEL AND STAFF, AS WELL AS WRIGHT STATE LEGAL COUNSEL AND STAFF TO DATE. IT HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE 2019. THIS ISN'T NOTHING WAS SAID FOR THREE YEARS, FOUR YEARS, FIVE YEARS. THERE WAS ONGOING DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS THROUGH MAY 4TH OF 2024. THE TOTAL TICKET SALES PROVIDED BY WRIGHT STATE FOR EVENTS THAT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THIS ADMISSIONS FEE WOULD BE OVER $20 MILLION. AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE 5% ADMISSION FEE FOR THE CITY WOULD GENERATE $1,020,186.96. THAT'S JUST THROUGH APRIL 4TH OF 2024. WE MADE A PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST SIX WEEKS AGO FOR THE REMAINDER OF 2024 AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT AS OF TODAY. SOLICITOR MCNAMEE REACHED OUT TO THEM LAST WEEK, AND THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT, THAT THEY WOULD GET THAT FOR US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AGAIN, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THAT. SO WE'RE AT A POINT NOW WHERE WE FOOLED AROUND WITH THIS FOR FIVE PLUS YEARS. I HAVE RECENTLY MADE REQUESTS IN WRITING FOR OUR LEGAL COUNSEL AND THEIR LEGAL COUNSEL TO GET TOGETHER TO TRY AND HASH THIS OUT. I'VE ASKED THAT IF THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF THE UNIVERSITY AND AND I ARE NEEDED IN THOSE MEETINGS THAT I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY, EVEN WITH MY HIP REPLACEMENTS TO TO MAKE WHATEVER ARRANGEMENTS WERE NECESSARY TO BE THERE. THOSE HAVE BEEN MET WITH THEIR COUNTER OF NOT INCLUDING LEGAL COUNSEL IN THOSE MEETINGS. AND, AND AT THIS POINT, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S A PRUDENT DECISION. AND SO THE WORST CASE SCENARIO IN THIS IS, IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO FILE SUIT AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY FOR COLLECTION OF THOSE FEES. I WOULD LIKE COUNCIL SUPPORT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. IN MY POSITION AS THE CITY MANAGER, I CAN MAKE THAT DECISION. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT I KNOW THAT THE SEVEN OF YOU ARE IN SUPPORT OF THAT. AND SO I WILL TURN OVER FOR A FEW COMMENTS TO OUR CITY SOLICITOR, AND THEN I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THAT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. MICHAEL. FIRST, I'LL CONCUR WITH THE TIMELINE THAT MIKE PRESENTED HERE. MY INVOLVEMENT HAS BEEN LITERALLY WHEN I HIT THE DOOR IN JUNE OF GOODNESS, 20, 23 NOW. AND I'VE ENGAGED LEGAL COUNSEL FOR WRIGHT STATE BASICALLY DURING THAT ENTIRE PERIOD OF TIME. AND WE'RE IN AN AT AN IMPASSE. UNIVERSITY CLAIMS THAT OUR TAX IS UNLAWFUL. WE DON'T THINK IT IS. I CAN REALLY BREAK IT DOWN TO ITS SIMPLER FORM IN TERMS OF THE NATURE OF THE DISPUTE. WE CONCUR THAT UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL BASED EVENTS ARE EXEMPT. WE IN FACT HAVE THAT EXEMPTION WRITTEN INTO CHAPTER 169. WE CONCUR CONCUR THAT IT DOES NOT APPLY TO TICKET EVENTS OR TICKETED EVENTS THAT WHERE TICKETS ARE $20 OR LESS. WRIGHT STATE DISAGREES WITH US AND CITES A 1970 ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION. BASICALLY, FOR THE PROPOSITION THAT ALL OF ALL EVENTS, REGARDLESS OF ITS NATURE, IS EXEMPT. BUT WHAT'S CURIOUS ABOUT THAT? EVEN THIS 1970 OPINION EXCLUDES AND CARVES OUT, THERE'S NO EXEMPTION FOR NON-EDUCATIONAL BASED EVENTS. SO JUST WHAT GIVES? SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS WRIGHT STATE BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL, ETC.. EXEMPT KISS CONCERTS TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA. [00:35:05] MONSTER TRUCK EVENTS ARE NOT EXEMPT. THE NUMBERS THAT WERE PUT ON THE SCREEN, THE MILLION PLUS DOLLARS. THAT'S JUST ADMISSION FEES. TO DATE, THE ORDINANCE HAS RATHER SEVERE LATE FEES AND PENALTIES WHICH HAVE ACCRUED. THEY'RE NOT REFLECTED HERE. IT'S NOT OUR DESIRE TO GO THIS ROUTE. WE'RE NOT GETTING ANYWHERE. AND THE LAW NEEDS TO BE FOLLOWED. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE. I DIRECT ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE TO, MIKE. OKAY. WE'LL START COUNCIL QUESTIONS WITH I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT. I KNOW IT'S IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED ON MANY OCCASIONS. BUT SO, YEAH, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN THAT. OKAY. MIKE GOOD TO SEE YOU. I GOT TO SAY THAT THE IN THE WORDS OF BILLY CRYSTAL BACK IN THE DAY, YOU LOOK MARVELOUS. THANKS. BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS I THIS IS A TOUGH SITUATION. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR COMPASSION WITH WRIGHT STATE. I APPRECIATE LEGAL LOOKING INTO IT TO TRY TO FIND A HAPPY GROUND. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT WHAT WE DO AT THESE EVENTS. AT THESE WRESTLING EVENTS, SONG EVENTS YOU KNOW SOME OF THAT. WHAT TYPE OF SUPPORT? SO I WILL TELL YOU THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, FIRST AND FOREMOST IS, IS THE WEAR AND TEAR TO THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH FAIRFIELD. COLONEL GLEN THAT INTERSECTION, EITHER THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR, WILL GO IN UNDER A MAJOR RENOVATION WHERE WE WILL REPAIR EVERYTHING MILL PLACE NEW ASPHALT IN NEW TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS FIRE AND POLICE. WE ARE A BACKUP TO CAMPUS POLICE AND TO OHIO STATE, THE OHIO STATE TROOPERS FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL IN AND OUT OF THE FACILITY ON LARGE EVENTS. WE PROVIDE CONTRACTUALLY MEDIC TO THE UNIVERSITY FOR THAT FACILITY DURING EVENTS. UNLESS IT'S SOMETHING SIMILAR TO KISS, WHERE THEY ASK FOR A SECOND MEDIC, AND THEN THAT ONE AND ALL OVERTIME IS ASSOCIATED WITH EXTRA PERSONNEL. THERE IS IS EATEN BY THE CITY. WE ALSO HAVE PERMITTING FEES. FOR INSTANCE, IF WE DO A PYROTECHNIC DISPLAY OR THE THE EVENT REQUIRES PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, IT'S $100 PERMITTING FEE. OUR FIRE MARSHAL IS THERE THE DAY BEFORE DURING SETUP TO INSPECT EVERYTHING, AND THEN HE'S THERE DURING EACH SHOW TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THOSE PYROTECHNICS ARE OPERATED PROPERLY AND THERE'S NO ISSUES. AND SO $100 DOESN'T GO A LONG WAY TO COVER THOSE FEES. SO THERE ARE. THAT FACILITY IS WONDERFUL TO HAVE IN THE CITY, BUT IT ALSO PULLS RESOURCES FROM THE CITY. AND SO, LIKE MANY COMMUNITIES IN THE STATE THAT HAVE GONE THIS ROUTE THE MONEY IS NOT SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED TO TO THE NUTTER CENTER, BUT IT WILL BE USED TO MAKE COLONEL GLENN HIGHWAY KAUFMAN TO THE SOUTH BETTER THOROUGHFARES TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE UNIVERSITY, AS WELL AS MAKE OUR AND EQUIP OUR FIRE AND EMS PERSONNEL AND OUR POLICE WITH THE EQUIPMENT AND THE MANPOWER THEY NEED. SHOULD THERE BE ANY INCIDENTS AT THE NUTTER CENTER? YEAH. I DO AGREE THAT THOSE GATEWAYS, THOSE ENTRYWAYS TO TO WRIGHT STATE TO TO THE NUTTER CENTER IS CHALLENGING. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A BACK ROAD TO GET THERE. SO WHEN WE PASS THIS LEGISLATION, THIS ORDINANCE BACK IN 2019 HOW DO WE PRESENT THAT TO WRIGHT STATE? HOW DO WE I KNOW THERE WERE ONGOING DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN SOLICITOR MAYOR AT THE TIME AND THEIR GENERAL COUNSEL. I KNOW THAT THAT MR. ANDERSON, MY PREDECESSOR, HAD CONVERSATIONS ALSO ABOUT IT. SO AS WE MOVED TOWARDS THIS THEY WERE AWARE OF, OF OF THE ACTION THAT WE WERE TAKING. AND TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, WE RECEIVED NO COMMENT FROM THEM. EVERYTHING HAPPENED AFTERWARDS. AND SO OTHER THAN TELLING US THEY DON'T, THEY THINK THEY'RE EXEMPT. [00:40:01] WE DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH DISCUSSION WITH THEM ABOUT IT. MIKE HAS REACHED OUT TO THEM NUMEROUS TIMES. AND EACH TIME THEY RESPOND WITH, THEY'RE EXEMPT AND SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY IT. SO IT'S IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING. WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO, TO, TO COME TO SOME AGREEMENT ON THIS. BUT WE'RE NOT AN ANOMALY. THERE ARE MANY INSTITUTIONS THAT DO THIS, INCLUDING THE CITY OF COLUMBUS FOR THE SCHOTTENSTEIN CENTER, WHERE I BELIEVE THE UNIVERSITY CALLS IT AN IN-KIND DONATION EQUIVALENT TO THE THE CITY'S ORDINANCE FOR AN ADMISSIONS FEE. AND SO, HOWEVER YOU SLICE IT, THESE COMMUNITIES ALL HAVE SOME TYPE OF ADMISSION FEE THAT'S PAID BY THE VENUE. WE WOULDN'T BE THE LOAN. THE LITTLE KNOWN COMMUNITY THAT'S DONE THIS. SO ON THAT POINT, I THINK THE COUNT IS THERE'S 60 COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE A SIMILAR ADMISSION FEE TAX IN THE STATE OF OHIO. IT'S NOT UNIQUE. AND THEN IN THIS ADMISSIONS FEE, IT WOULD JUST BE A TACK ON TO WHATEVER THEY. SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ALL GET FRUSTRATED WITH TICKETMASTER YOU KNOW BECAUSE THERE'S ADDITIONAL FEES BEYOND THE WE'LL SAY $100 TICKET MAY WIND UP BEING $123 BECAUSE THERE'S DIFFERENT FEES THAT ARE PLACED ON THE TICKET THROUGH TICKETMASTER. THIS WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY THE THE CUSTOMER BUYING THE TICKET PAYS THE ADMISSION FEE, NOT WRIGHT STATE. AND SO ESSENTIALLY WRIGHT STATE WOULD, WOULD THEN JUST CUT US A CHECK QUARTERLY OR ANNUALLY ONCE WE RECONCILED OUR BOOKS WITH THEM. AND SO WRIGHT STATE WOULD JUST BE THE COLLECTING AGENT THEN TO PASS IT ON TO US. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANKS. YEAH. MY COMMENTS WERE ONE OF THEM WAS ONE OF THE LAST THINGS YOU SAID. WE'RE WE'RE NOT THE ONLY CITY ASKING FOR THIS ORDINANCE AND THIS FEE, SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE TRAILBLAZING HERE. WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR FAIR CUT OF THE PIE TO HELP COVER THE COST OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO TO SUPPORT THE UNIVERSITY. IT'S A IT'S A TOUGH SITUATION FOR US TO BE IN. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE FAIR FOR ME TO SAY ON BEHALF OF ALL THE COUNCIL, AND I'M SURE THEY'LL REITERATE IT, IS THAT THIS IS NOT A POSITION WE WANT TO BE IN. AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL SPARK SOME DIALOG AND SOME CONVERSATION AND FINALLY GET THE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE AT THE TABLE TO GET GET A RESOLUTION AND BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND BE BETTER, BETTER BUSINESS PARTNERS MOVING FORWARD. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. HI, MIKE. HOW ARE YOU? I'M GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? I'M DOING GOOD. THANK YOU. MY QUESTION IS EVERYTHING ELSE THEY SAID. HOWEVER WILL WE BE ABLE TO BE PRIVY TO THE THE LATE FEES AND PENALTIES THAT ARE NOT REFLECTED IN YOUR REPORT OVER THAT MEAL? I COULD PROBABLY GET THOSE FOR YOU. ALL THE INFORMATION WE HAVE WAS SUPPLIED BY THEM FROM OUR MAY OF 2024 PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST. BUT I'M SURE THAT FINANCE COULD COULD HELP ME WITH WHAT THOSE PENALTIES MIGHT BE. OKAY, I CAN GIVE YOU A GOOD IDEA. THE WAY THE LEGISLATION IS DRAFTED, IT'S 10% EVERY 30 DAYS. DO THE MATH. WOW. OKAY. AND, WOW. DID YOU GO BACK TO 1970? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? ANYWAY, SO, YEAH, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS. YEAH, I'LL JUST ECHO WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, I DON'T THINK I COULD SAY IT ANY BETTER AND THERE'S NO NEED TO REPEAT IT. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE TWO POINTS THOUGH, AND ONE OF THOSE IS. WE ALL HAVE TO PAY OUR FAIR SHARE. AND AS CITIZENS, WE WE ASK OUR FOLKS TO PAY THEIR PROPERTY TAXES. TONIGHT WE DID CURB AND SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS AND OUR CITIZENS ARE PAYING FOR THAT. IT'S ONLY FAIR THAT OUR OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS DO THE SAME. SO I THINK THEY NEED TO STEP UP. THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS IT'S BEEN SIX YEARS, AND IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVEN'T INVITED THESE PARTNERS TO THE TABLE AND THEY JUST WOULDN'T COME. YOU CAN'T NEGOTIATE WITH A GHOST. SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COME TO THE TABLE. THEY'RE REALLY FORCING OUR HANDS INTO TAKING THIS ACTION. SO I THINK COUNCILMAN IT IS IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT LEGAL COUNSEL BE AT THE TABLE. ABSOLUTELY. WE CANNOT DO THESE DEALS WHERE THERE'S NO LEGAL COUNSEL FOR EITHER SIDE IN THE ROOM, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY IT'S GOING TO BE LEGAL COUNSEL THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO DRAFT WHATEVER OR IF THERE'S ANY NECESSARY AGREEMENTS. AND SO TO ME, IT'S ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE THAT, THAT I WOULD NOT GO TO A MEETING WITHOUT WITHOUT MR. MCNAMEE PRESENT. EXACTLY. [00:45:04] I AGREE, AND I CAN TELL YOU THESE IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO DOWN THERE ARE FAR EXCEEDING $1 MILLION. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES. I HATE IT AS MUCH AS EVERYONE ELSE DOES THAT WE'RE PUT IN THIS SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE TO STATE THESE WORDS AGAINST OUR UNIVERSITY AND THAT WE'VE MADE SO MANY ATTEMPTS TO REACH OUT. BUT THIS THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP. SO SO, YEAH, YOU HAVE MY FULL SUPPORT WITH GOING FORWARD WITH THIS. WELL, I WANT TO ECHO WHAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS SAID. FIRST OF ALL, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU UP HERE. THANKS. TAKE IT EASY. DON'T OVERDO IT. YOU'VE HEARD US ALL SAY THAT TO YOU. I'M WITH YOU, MIKE. YOU'RE A TWO TIME GRADUATE OF WRIGHT STATE. I WAS FULL TIME FACULTY THERE FOR EIGHT YEARS. I HATE THE THOUGHT OF HAVING TO DO THIS, BUT I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER WAY. THIS IS NOT MONEY OUT OF THEIR POCKET, PER SE. PER TICKET SALE. IT'S, AS YOU MENTIONED, AN ADD ON TO THE TICKETMASTER FEES. SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY HAVE BEEN SO RELUCTANT TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH US ABOUT THIS. I HOPE THIS DOES GENERATE DISCUSSION AND I HOPE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD FROM HERE. I DO TOO. SO THANK YOU BOTH MIKES FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND LIKE WE'VE ALL SAID, LET'S HOPE THIS GENERATES THE DISCUSSION TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. THANKS. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO ADOPT RESOLUTION EIGHT DASH 25. SO MOVED. SECOND. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MR.. CHESS. YES. MR. MCCUBBINS. MR.. ALLEN. YES. MR.. FRITZSCHE. YES. MR.. REASTER. YES. MRS. STANTON. YES. MR.. KIRKPATRICK. YES. RESOLUTION EIGHT DASH 25 IS DULY ADOPTED. THANK YOU. OKAY. OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS WE HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO THE GREENE [VI. New Business (Part 2 of 2)] COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH. WE HAVE A LADY, JANE CLIFTON, WHO HAS BEEN SERVING IN THAT POSITION ON THAT BOARD. AND HER TERM IS UP. AND BOTH THE BOARD, THE HEALTH DISTRICT OFFICE AND MISS CLIFTON HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR WILLINGNESS TO REMAIN ON THAT BOARD. SO IS THERE A MOTION TO ALLOW MISS JANE CLIFTON TO BE REAPPOINTED TO A FOUR YEAR TERM ON THE GREENE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH? SO MOVED. SECOND, JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MR. EASTER? YES, MISS. STANTON. YES. MR. ALLEN? YES, MISS. CHESS. YES. MR.. FRITZSCHE. YES. MR.. MCCUBBINS. YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK. YES. OKAY. MISS CLIFTON IS REAPPOINTED TO A FOUR YEAR TERM TO THE GREENE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME WE WILL MOVE ON TO CITIZENS COMMENTS. [VII. Citizens Comments] ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME FORWARD, PROVIDE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, AND PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO FIVE MINUTES. HELLO, COUNCIL. HI, CHARLIE. CHARLIE, DEAR, 1819 NORTH BROAD STREET. AND I GOT A COUPLE COMMENTS. I GUESS YOU COULD SAY COMMENTS SLASH COMPLAINTS. NUMBER ONE IS MARCH THE 29TH IS NATIONAL VIETNAM VETERANS WAR DAY. AND A YEAR AGO I BOUGHT THREE FULL BRICKS TO GO OUT. OUT THERE WITH THE MEMORIALS AT. I BOUGHT ONE FOR MY FRIEND, WHICH DIED FROM COMPLICATIONS OF VIETNAM. ONE FROM MY BROTHER. NOT A VIETNAM VETERAN, BUT HE'S A PROUD VETERAN. AND THEN ONE WAS BOUGHT FROM ME BECAUSE I AM A VIETNAM VETERAN. AND PURELY BY THE GRACE OF GOD. I COME HOME. SO. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT HAS TAKEN. OVER A YEAR TO HAVE THOSE BRICKS PUT OUT THERE. I MEAN. SOMEBODY NEEDS TO HAVE A FIRE LIT UNDER THERE. BUT EVER. WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THAT? I MEAN, COME ON A YEAR. THAT'S JUST THAT'S JUST NOT THAT'S JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE, REALLY. I MEAN YOU KNOW, MY BROTHER'S GETTING CLOSE TO BEING 80. I'D LIKE FOR HIM TO SEE HIS BRICK BEFORE HE DIES, [00:50:03] YOU KNOW? SO THAT'S MY FIRST COMMENT. THE SECOND IS THE RECORDINGS THAT YOU GUYS DO HERE ARE USELESS. I MEAN, YOU CANNOT FROM TIME TO TIME WHEN I DON'T COME TO A PLANNING BOARD MEETING OR A COUNCIL MEETING AND I TRY TO WATCH IT ON TELEVISION. GOOD LUCK. BECAUSE IT THE AUDIO AND THE VIDEO IS TERRIBLE, AND AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY. I'VE BEEN COMING TO THESE FOR OVER A YEAR NOW, AND I MEAN, COME ON. I KNOW IT CAN'T BE ROCKET SCIENCE TO FIX THIS. SO. AND ONE OTHER THING. I HAVE WALKED THE PARK OUT THERE, AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL. IT'S A FANTASTIC JOB ON THE LANDSCAPING THAT'S BEEN DONE OUT THERE. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. I MEAN, I LOVE IT, BUT IT'S MISSING ONE THING A FLAG. IT'S MISSING A FLAG. SO THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY. AND THANKS FOR HEARING ME OUT. THANK YOU. CHARLIE. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO COME FORWARD? OH, THERE WE GO. HELLO, I'M JOEY BRYANT, 1946 REDSTONE. I RUN THE FAIRBORN NEWS AND EVENTS GROUP SOME OF YOU ARE FRIENDS WITH. HOPEFULLY YOU'RE PART OF THE GROUP. IT IS A GREAT PLACE FOR FAIRBORN TO COMMUNICATE TOGETHER. RADIO IS KIND OF DEAD. NEWS. MAIN NEWS SEEMS KIND OF DEAD. NEWSPAPERS KIND OF DEAD. THE GROUP IS WHERE IT SEEMS. FAIRBORN SEEMS TO COMMUNICATE A LOT. I'M HERE TO KIND OF ECHO THEIR VOICE. NOT REALLY MY OWN VOICE, BUT THEIR VOICE. SO THE KIND OF CONCERNS OVER THE PAST WEEK HAVE BEEN A GROCERY STORE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN. THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN FOR THAT YOUTH ACTIVITIES AND ENTERTAINMENT. THERE IS PRACTICALLY NOTHING. ANYTHING THAT'S FROM THE CITY OR ANYWHERE ELSE COSTS $20, $10 A KID. FAIRBORN PARENTS CAN'T AFFORD THAT. WE NEED SOMETHING THAT'S FREE OR SOMETHING THAT CAN GIVE THE USE MENTORSHIP AND A BIG BROTHER BIG SISTER PROGRAM, SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR THEM. THEY NEED SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. A LOT OF TALKS TO THE CURB. I WAS AT THE MEETING. THE COUNCIL MEETING? OR WAS IT THE CITIZENS FORUM THAT TURNED COUNCIL MEETING LAST WEEK OR LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THE CURBS, THEN ON BROAD STREET. TALKED ABOUT CURBS AGAIN, BUT NO ONE TALKED ABOUT THE MAPLE AVENUE CURBS OR THE ROLLING CURBS THAT ARE DAMAGING CARS. THE ROADS ARE JUST. IT'S ALMOST IMPASSABLE TO PULL INTO SPEEDWAY ON THAT SIDE OF MAPLE. ALL DOWN THROUGH THERE, RESIDENTS ARE HAVING CAR DAMAGES AND NONE OF THAT'S BEING ADDRESSED. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHARGING THE CITIZENS. WE'RE CHARGING AND CHARGING BROAD STREET PROPERTY OWNERS. WHAT IS THE ARE WE ALLOWED TO WALK DOWN THE CITY ROADS AND START CHARGING? YOU GUYS LIKE GOING DOWN THE ROADS. AND THAT'S WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE. EVERYBODY'S POINTING OTHER RESIDENTS, BUT WE'RE NOT TAKING CARE OF OUR OWN ROAD LIKE MAPLE AVENUE, WHICH JUST GOT DONE. THAT'S NOT GETTING FIXED. LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE WE HAVE. THEY WANTED A FLEA MARKET. I KNOW THERE'S A THERE WAS A DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY. SORRY. THE COMMITTEE HAS A EVERY TWO WEEK KIND OF A FLEA MARKET THING THEY'RE DOING, WHICH IS AWESOME. I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE GROUP WANTS AS WELL. SO I WANT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE SOMETHING COMING FOR THAT AS WELL THAT HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED YET. THE HOMELESSNESS PROBLEM IS RISING. AND THEN THE DISPENSARY IS KIND OF LAST ON THE WHOLE TOPIC OF EVERYTHING. AND I HAVEN'T HEARD MUCH OF THAT EITHER FROM EVERYBODY ELSE. SO THE BIGGEST THING WAS THE GROCERY STORE. YOUTH ACTIVITIES. SEE? MAPLE AVENUE CURBS GETTING FIXED. I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE FAIRBORN SUING WRIGHT STATE. WHAT OTHER METHODS HAVE WE GONE ABOUT DOING THAT? LIKE GETTING SOLICITING FUNDS FOR THE DIFFERENT INTERSECTION ACTIVITIES. BECAUSE, LIKE, SUING IS A BIG THING. HE SAID THE WORST CASE SCENARIO IS TO SUE THEM. BUT THAT'S NOT THE WORST CASE. THE WORST CASE IS THE FALLOUT FROM THAT. IS THAT GOING TO STOP ANY FUTURE FUNDS? DOES THE STATE GET FUNDS FOR HELPING HOW MUCH THEY DO? LIKE WHAT'S THE COMPARABLE TO THE HOW MUCH THE STATE TROOPERS DO OVER THERE AND HOW MUCH THEY GET FOR HELPING COMPARED TO HOW LITTLE WE GET FOR HOW MUCH WE HELP. LIKE, I DIDN'T HEAR ANY OF THAT OTHER THAN WE WE DESERVE THIS MONEY. BUT WHY DO WE DESERVE ALL THAT MONEY WHEN THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE DOING MORE THAN WE ARE FOR THEM AS WELL? BECAUSE I'M NOT LIKE, I'M NOT TRYING TO BACK UP WRIGHT STATE, BUT THEY JUST HOOKED ME UP WITH A BIG KIND OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR MY KIDS. SO I WANT TO KIND OF WONDER WHY WE'RE ATTACKING THEM WHEN WE CAN WORK TOGETHER ON THAT ONE. AND THAT WAS ALL I HAD. THAT'S. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HELLO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH ME. [00:55:01] WELL, ME SPEAK WITH YOU. COULD YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE? DEBORAH DE BLANC DE CAPITAL B L A N C. AND MY ADDRESS IS 1167 SANCTUARY DRIVE. MY CONCERN IS I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT TYPE OF POLICIES, PROCEDURES, FORMAT, WHATEVER YOU WOULD CALL IT THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE, IN LIGHT OF A LOT OF FIRES THAT ARE OCCURRING OR HAVE OCCURRED IN CALIFORNIA AND THEN MOST RECENTLY IN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. I WANTED TO NOTE IT BECAUSE I LIVE IN A COMMUNITY OF THE SANCTUARY, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S THE FISHER HOMES OVER THERE AND MEADOWLAND OVER THERE. I MOVED OVER THERE BECAUSE I LOVE THE RESERVE, LIVING IN THE RESERVE. BUT WITH THESE FIRES OCCURRING, IT HAS REALLY SPARKED MY CONCERN. I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT VERY CLOSE TO HOME. AND FIRE HYDRANTS DON'T JUST SEEM TO BE ENOUGH JUST TO SAY, OKAY, WELL, WE HAVE FIRE HYDRANTS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT THAT'S ENOUGH TO PUT A FIRE. BUT. WHAT WHAT WHAT'S IN PLACE I HAVE. LET ME BACK UP. I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF AND. AND HERE IN FAIRBORN. AND HE'S TRIED TO CALM CONCERNS FOR ME. I'VE SPOKEN TO THIS CITY OF STREET DEPARTMENT A. CHERYL, I REALLY I'M. I AM NOT HERE TO REALLY GET ANYONE IN TROUBLE. OKAY. I'M JUST TRYING TO RESOLVE A CONCERN FOR ME, AND I KNOW I CAN SPEAK FOR. LEAST 100 OTHER PEOPLE. BUT WHAT? BUT WHAT DO WE HAVE THAT WOULD HELP EXTINGUISH A CONCERN LIKE THAT? COULD YOU ANSWER THAT OR WHAT? WHEN WE GET DONE WITH CITIZENS COMMENTS, THEN COUNCIL WILL MAKE. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT. I'M JUST DEEPLY CONCERNED. I DON'T WANT TO GET RID OF THE THE RESERVE. THAT'S WHY I MOVED OVER THERE. WELL, WE BUILT A HOUSE OVER THERE. SO IF YOU WOULD REALLY ADDRESS THAT, I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, BRUCE CRAMER 1164 ORTEGEL DRIVE IN FAIRBORN CALLED THIS HOME SINCE 1985 WHEN THE AIR FORCE BROUGHT ME HERE, LIKE DAN UP THERE AND MANY OTHERS. AND CHARLIE, I ECHO YOUR COMMENTS AS WELL. THANK YOU MUCH AND FOR YOUR SERVICE THERE. I DIDN'T SEE HIM AT MY P.O.W. TRAINING CAMP WAY BACK WHEN UP IN THOSE WASHINGTON HILLS. BUT THE REASON I'M HERE TONIGHT, MAYBE YOU'RE ALREADY AWARE OF THIS. ARE YOU AWARE OF THE UTILITY BUILDING WATER DEPARTMENT'S SYSTEM HAVING SOME HICCUPS THIS LAST MONTH. I KNOW AT LEAST SOME OF YOU ARE. I GOT VERY FRUSTRATED WITH THIS. I PULLED OUT LAST YEAR'S AS WELL AS THIS YEAR'S BILLING STATEMENTS, AND QUITE HONESTLY, I NORMALLY DON'T SEE THE PAPER BILL UNTIL THE 23RD, 24TH, EVEN THE 25TH. SO I LET IT GO UNTIL THE 26TH. WHEN I CALLED DOWN HERE, I SAYS, I'VE NOT SEEN THE BILL. YES, I KNOW THERE WAS SOMETHING ON THERE ABOUT ONLINE, BUT THAT DIDN'T IMPACT ME BECAUSE I DON'T DO ONLINE. I GOT CHRISTIE VERY GAVE ME THE NEW BILLING NUMBER, WHICH I WASN'T AWARE I NEEDED, CALLED USAA, ACTUALLY. I WENT ONLINE TO MAKE MY PAYMENT AND SUDDENLY REALIZED THAT IT SAYS THIS WILL GO BY SNAIL MAIL POSTAL SERVICE INSTEAD OF BEING ELECTRONICALLY BILLED. THAT BROUGHT BACK MEMORIES OF A FEW YEARS AGO BACK WHENEVER YOU CHANGE THE SYSTEM BEFORE. AND IT TOOK SO LONG THAT TIME I FINALLY INTERCEPTED THE CITY'S BANKING SYSTEM, IF YOU WILL, TO TALK TO THEM PERSONALLY TO FIND OUT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH ELECTRONIC BILLING. SO THIS TIME I THOUGHT I'D GET PROACTIVE. SPENT OVER AN HOUR ONLINE WITH USAA TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. WHY IS IT SUDDENLY JUST BECAUSE AN ACCOUNT NUMBER CHANGE, IT WILL NOT GO BY ELECTRONIC MAIL TO GET HERE IN A TIMELY MANNER. THEY FINALLY CAME BACK WITH THE TECH DEPARTMENT. SAY IT'S SOMETHING WITH THE BILLER. WE CAN'T TELL YOU HOW OR WHY. I CALLED THE CITY BACK. LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM THERE. I'M NOT SURE I REALLY GOT A RESPONSE I WAS SATISFIED WITH, BUT THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT. TO SIMPLY SAY, I THOUGHT I HAVE DONE DUE DILIGENCE TO TRY TO GET MY BILL PAID ON TIME, [01:00:04] BECAUSE I WENT AHEAD AND PAID IT BACK THEN, AS I NORMALLY WILL ONLINE. THE CHECK IS CUT. IT'S IN THE MAIL. WHAT DO I DO ABOUT IT? OTHER THAN I'VE TRIED TO LET THE CITY KNOW, I HOPE YOU WILL AT LEAST BE UNDERSTANDING ENOUGH THAT I HAVE AN EXCELLENT RECORD. AS FAR AS BILL PAY, THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TRY TO HIT ME UP WITH A LATE FEE. I'VE ALSO TALKED TO A NUMBER OF NEIGHBORS OUT THERE. IN FACT, AS OF YESTERDAY, I KNOW AT LEAST ONE NEIGHBOR STILL HASN'T GOT THE BILL. MY BILL FINALLY DID COME ON SATURDAY. WHAT'S MOST INTERESTING IS THE ZIP CODE. 71201 IS MONROE, LOUISIANA. THE POSTAGE METER ISN'T UNTIL THE 24TH OF FEBRUARY. IT WENT IN THE MAIL. I KNOW THE CITY HAS BEEN PUTTING ON THERE FOR SOME TIME. FAILURE TO RECEIVE A BILL IS NOT A DEFENSE AGAINST LATE OR NONPAYMENT. REALLY? I'M ALSO A WSU STUDENT. FORMER STUDENT. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THERE, BUT RIGHT NOW, THE MODEL A CITY IN MOTION, IT SEEMS LIKE A PORTION OF IT AT LEAST IS IN THE FLIGHT PATTERN DOING DONUTS OR WHATEVER. IT'S STALLED OUT. I ONLY CAN HOPE THAT THIS WILL NOT TAKE AS LONG AS THE LAST TIME WHEN YOU CHANGE WHATEVER YOUR BILLING SYSTEM. DID IT TAKE SO LONG TO GET THE ELECTRONIC BILL PAY BACK IN MOTION AGAIN? I'LL BE AS DILIGENT AS I CAN TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT AT LEAST THE CITY UTILITY DEPARTMENT WILL DO THAT. IS THIS NEW TO EVERYBODY UP THERE? ARE YOU AWARE OF THIS? WE ACTUALLY ADDRESSED THIS IN OUR WORK SESSION THIS EVENING. OKAY. AND WE'RE GOING TO STEER YOU TOWARDS THE YOUNG LADY SITTING BACK THERE WITH HER HAND UP. OKAY. SHE WILL BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU RIGHT AFTER THE MEETING. OKAY. I'M JUST SAYING, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER RESIDENTS OUT THERE I'VE TALKED WITH THAT ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS, AND I'VE HEARD MORE THAN ONE SAY I'M NOT GOING TO PAY A LATE FEE. SO ENOUGH SAID. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DISCUSSION IN OUR WORK SESSION. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? YES. NAME'S ALAN CARNEY, 325 EAST UNION DRIVE. I WANT TO BRING UP THE FACT THAT THE COLD STORAGE STORMWATER SYSTEM REVISION OF JANUARY 31ST, 2025 STILL HAS SOME MAJOR DESIGN FLAWS. THAT'S STILL GOING TO ALLOW FLOOD WATER BACKFLOW FROM PEARLS RUN, WHICH IS IN THE BEAVER CREEK WATERSHED, LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THAT PROPERTY, TO FLOW BACK AND CAUSE CATASTROPHIC FLOODING ONTO THE CHAPELGATE DRIVE AND INTO THE CREEK WATERSHED. THIS STORMWATER, THIS COLD STORM STORM XENIA COLD STORAGE STORMWATER SYSTEM MUST BE DESIGNED TO PREVENT THIS POTENTIAL OF ANY TYPE OF BEAVER CREEK WATERSHED, FLOOD WATER BACKFLOW, AND CREATING THE SAME KIND OF CATASTROPHIC EVENT VENT OF FLOODING THAT OCCURRED IN MARCH 20TH, 29TH AND LATER IN APRIL OF 2020 THAT RESULTED IN MASSIVE FLOODING ONTO THE CHAPEL GATE DRIVE CUL DE SAC AND FLOOD WATERS TO NEARBY BUSINESSES AND PROPERTIES ALONG HUBBLE CREEK. TENS AND TENS AND THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF FLOOD WATER FLOOD WATER BACKFLOW FROM THE BEAVER CREEK WATERSHED OCCURRED, SPILLING OUT FOR OVER THREE DAYS. THOSE SAME POTENTIALS FOR BACKWATER FLOOD FLOW EXIST IN THE CURRENT DESIGN THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED BY CSO, WHICH IS A CIVIL ENGINEERS OF OHIO, IN THEIR JANUARY 25TH 25TH DESIGN, AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ADDRESSED. FLOOD PREVENTION INTO THE PEBBLE CREEK WATERSHED MUST BE A FIRST PRIORITY FOR THE SENIOR COLD WATER STORAGE SYSTEM DESIGN. CRAWFORD HOARDING IS GETTING OVER $1.238 MILLION OF TAX INCENTIVES FOR STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE. FOR THIS TO HELP PREVENT FLOODING INTO PEBBLE CREEK, AND THIS IS OVER AND ABOVE THEIR NORMAL REQUIREMENT FOR STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A NORMAL DEVELOPMENT. SO WHAT ARE THEY SPENDING THAT MONEY ON? SO I AM REQUESTING THAT THREE DESIGN CHANGES THAT MUST BE MANDATED AND IMPLEMENTED TO ENSURE FULL CONTENTION DETENTION BASIN CONTAINMENT AND PREVENTION OF FLOOD WATER [01:05:06] BACKFLOW FROM THE BEAVER CREEK WATERSHED, AND PROTECT THE PROPERTIES ALONG THE PEBBLE CREEK WATERSHED. NUMBER ONE, THE TOP OF THE BASIN LEVEES MUST BE RAISED TO AT LEAST 835FT, MEAN SEA LEVEL FOR BOTH BASINS ON THE SOUTHEAST AND THE NORTHWEST. THIS WILL PREVENT BACKFLOW, FLOODING, AND OVERTOPPING OF THE EXISTING BASINS AS THEY'RE BUILT RIGHT NOW. THE CURRENT BASINS ARE. THE TOP OF THE BASINS ARE AT 850FT. IF THE CREEK FLOODS TO 851, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN? IS IT GOING TO GO RIGHT INTO THE BASIN AND GO RIGHT OVER ON THE CHAPEL GATE DRIVE? NO PROBLEM. SO AS PROPOSED, LIKE, SAY THE STREAM CAN ROUTINELY REACH 851FT JUST ON A NORMAL RAIN OF 1 OR 2IN. THE EVENT THAT OCCURRED IN 2020 WAS A 3.5IN RAIN AND THAT WENT ON SPILLING THOUSANDS, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF GALLONS FOR THREE DAYS FROM THE BEAVER CREEK WATERSHED. NUMBER TWO, A WATERTIGHT SLUICE GATE MUST BE INSTALLED ON THE WEST DETENTION BASIN, WHICH CAN BE MANUALLY CLOSED TO STOP ALL THE FLOOD WATER BACKFLOW COMING IN FROM THAT 36 INTERCONNECTING PIPE FROM STORMWATER PIPE FROM THE SOUTHEAST BASIN, WHICH CAUSES THE CATASTROPHIC BUT BACK FLOW WHEN SUCH A FLOOD EVENT OCCURS. OKAY, THIS IS A KEY FAIL SAFE LAST RESORT ABILITY TO CONTAIN THAT FLOOD. CONDITION NUMBER THREE THE SOUTHEAST BASIN'S BOTTOM AND SIDE OF THE LEVEES MUST BE CLAY CAPPED TO PREVENT GROUNDWATER INFILTRATION. GEOTECHNICAL BOARD DATA SHOWS THAT THE. BECAUSE YOUR TIME IS UP. I AM, I'M TRYING TO, BUT THIS IS IMPORTANT. WELL MAKE IT QUICK. AND THE SOUTHEAST BASIN WILL PENETRATE THE GROUNDWATER. AND SO THE LEVEE, THE WATER IN THE BASIN IN THE GROUNDWATER DIRECTLY FOLLOWS THE EAST STREAM. SO WHEN THE FLOODING OCCURS THERE, THE GROUNDWATER COMES UP. AND I JUST AND FOR THE RECORD, PRIOR TO 2019, THE BUILDING OF THE AND THE BUILDING OF THE CHAPEL GATE CUL DE SAC, THE 852 LAND LEVEL PREVENTED ANY POSSIBILITY FOR THIS KIND OF CATASTROPHIC FLOODING BACK INTO THE BEAVER CREEK. SO COST IS NOT AN OPTION OR AN EXCUSE NOT TO IMPLEMENT THESE CHANGES. THAT WILL PROTECT THE PROPERTIES AND THE SAFETY OF RESIDENTS IN THE APPLE CREEK WATERSHED. THANK YOU AL. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL? PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. HELLO, MY NAME IS EMILY SMITH, 2383 BARNARD DRIVE. THIS IS MY DAUGHTER'S FIRST CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THOUGHT I'D BRING HER ALONG. I'M GLAD I CAME TO THIS ONE. IT'S BEEN PRETTY INTERESTING. THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO SAY WAS I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S EVER BEEN BROUGHT UP BEFORE, BUT AT FIVE POINTS, THE DAIRY QUEEN ON THE OLD DAYTON YELLOW SPRINGS ROAD, THEY HAVE THAT ENTRANCE RIGHT THERE. AND TO ME, IT JUST SEEMS KIND OF DANGEROUS BECAUSE PEOPLE GOING 35 ON THE THE TURN FROM MAPLE, LIKE YOU'RE COMING UP MAPLE AND THEN YOU TURN LEFT ONTO OLD YELLOW SPRINGS. SOME PEOPLE WILL STOP AND TRY TO TAKE THAT RIGHT INTO THAT ENTRANCE THERE. AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S AN ACCIDENT JUST WAITING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE, LIKE, IT'S AN IMMEDIATE STOP AND THEN THEY TURN. SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP, BUT I FEEL LIKE MAYBE IT SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING FORWARD WITH THAT. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL? OKAY. SEEING NO ONE ELSE, WE WILL CLOSE CITIZENS COMMENTS AND WE'LL [01:10:02] MOVE ON TO CITY MANAGER COMMENTS. [VIII. City Manager Comments] GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. JUST WANT TO GO OVER THE ACTUAL MILESTONES FOR MARCH OF 2025. WE HAVE A 25 YEAR PIN THAT WILL BE GIVEN TO CRAIG SCHELL HE'S IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT AND SECURITY. AND FOR 20 YEARS WE HAVE SERGEANT KARA FOREMAN, AND WE INADVERTENTLY MISSED KELLY WEEKS IN DECEMBER. SHE HAD CELEBRATED A YEAR WITH THE CITY. SO I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF THEM. THERE'S SOME WONDERFUL MILESTONES WE'VE GOT THERE. ALSO WANTED TO JUST BE SURE TO COMMEND JOHN PETTY IS OUR IT DIRECTOR, AND THERE HAS BEEN BRAND NEW IMPROVEMENTS MADE TO OUR GRANICUS SYSTEM. THE SPEAKERS AND THE HD QUALITY OF OUR VIDEO FOR GOVERNMENT CHANNEL ACCESS. FIVE. SO THAT IS OCCURRING AS OF TONIGHT. NEW STUFF. SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HELP WITH CHARLIE'S MENTION ABOUT HOW IT LOOKS ON TV AND THE SOUND AND EVERYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT. SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE HIM PROPS. THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR QUITE A WHILE. AND SO IS EMILY GAY? SO WE APPRECIATE THOSE EFFORTS. OTHERWISE, THANK YOU FOR TO MATT, FOR PRESENTING FOR THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. HILLARY FOR ALSO TAKING CARE OF THAT WORK SESSION. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE ISSUES THAT HAVE HAPPENED WITH UTILITY BILLING. THEY ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO MAKE SURE THEY TAKE CARE OF FOR EVERYONE. AND FINALLY, MANUEL, FOR ALL OF HIS WORK ON THIS STORMWATER ISSUE. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT, MAYOR. THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL COMMENTS AND WE'LL [IX. Council Comments] START WITH COUNCILWOMAN CHESS. OKAY. SO WE WENT THROUGH A LOT TONIGHT, DIDN'T WE? SO I'M NOT GOING TO ADDRESS THEM ALL. I NEED TO LEAVE TIME FOR COUNCILMAN ALLEN TO BE ABLE TO GIVE HIS COMMENTS. SO I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THAT LONG TONIGHT. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO CAME ESPECIALLY TO CITIZENS. FOR ME, IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR CITIZENS NEEDS ARE. AND WHEN YOU COME FORWARD AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOUR CONCERNS ARE, WE DO HEAR YOU. AND WE WORK DILIGENTLY TO TRY TO ADDRESS EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT. AND SO WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE CITIZENS COMING OUT AND GIVING YOUR ASSESSMENT ON WHAT YOU THINK THAT SHOULD BE. SHOULD MAKE FAIRBORN A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK AND PLAY, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE ALL LOVE FAIRBORN, BECAUSE FAIRBORN IS A WONDERFUL CITY TO LIVE IN AND TO WORK AND PLAY. ALSO, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE MILESTONE RECIPIENTS YOU KNOW, TO WHEN YOU START WORKING FOR A COMPANY, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO LEARN, ESPECIALLY THE CITY OF FAIRBORN, AND WE ARE REALLY WORKING HARD TO MOVE FORWARD. ALSO, THE FIREFIGHTERS, I'M TELLING YOU, THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. WE WANT TO APPRECIATE THE AWARDS. IT WAS GIVEN THAT ON TONIGHT. CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE YOUR LEADERSHIP. AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. LEADERSHIP IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AND YOU CAN TELL HOW YOUR CREW IS BASED ON THE LEADER, AND YOU HAVE DONE A MAGNIFICENT JOB WITH YOUR CREW. AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND THE THE APPLAUSE THAT YOU GIVE YOUR, YOUR PEOPLE THAT WORK UNDER YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M NOT GOING TO ADDRESS ANYTHING ELSE. LIKE I SAID, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT END DOWN THERE, GET THEIR DUE DILIGENCE. AND THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. BYE BYE. YEAH. I'D LIKE TO ECHO SYLVIA'S COMMENTS, AND I'D LIKE TO PIGGYBACK ON THE FIRST RESPONDER EVENT THAT WE HAD TONIGHT. THAT WAS WONDERFUL. AND THANK YOU TO THE TV CREWS FOR COMING OUT AND COVERING THAT. IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE GOOD NEWS ON TV VERSUS THE CRAP WE HEAR EVERY NIGHT, WHICH IS ALWAYS NEGATIVE. SO THANKS FOR THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT WHAT THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY DID, THE RESPONSE TIMES ON THAT, AND THOSE RESPONSE TIMES WERE FANTASTIC. BETTER THAN A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES. AND THOSE GUYS JUST DID A JOB REAL WELL. IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR, FOLKS, AND WE GET BOMBARDED EVERY YEAR WITH THIS ISSUE. POTHOLES. THEY'RE EVERYWHERE. WE KNOW IT. PLEASE, WHEN YOU SEE ONE, CALL US AND LET US KNOW ABOUT IT. THERE'S ALSO A PLACE ON OUR WEB PAGE WHERE YOU CAN GO AND REPORT IT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK TO A BODY. BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW. SO WHEN YOU SEE THEM, REPORT THEM SO WE CAN GET OUT THERE AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT A TEMPORARY PATCH ON IT BECAUSE THE ASPHALT PLANTS AREN'T OPEN RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'LL AT LEAST GET SOMETHING IN IT. SO WE TRY TO MINIMIZE OR ELIMINATE ANY DAMAGE TO VEHICLES. THE STORMWATER ISSUE HAS BEEN A BIG ISSUE. IN MY TIME ON COUNCIL AND MY TIME ON PLANNING BOARD, IT WAS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE THAT WE BROUGHT UP WITH ANY PUD. IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT HAS DRAMATIC NEGATIVE EFFECTS. [01:15:04] SO WE'VE DONE A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE WHEN IT COMES TO STORMWATER ON ALL THE PUDS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE THIS COUNCIL SINCE I'VE BEEN ON. WE'RE NOT PERFECT. I'M NOT SURE THAT EVERY PUD THAT SUBMITTED A PLAN WAS 100% PERFECT, BUT BY GOD, THEY'RE REALLY GOOD. SO KUDOS TO EVERYBODY THAT WORKED ON THAT. JOEY, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE ONE ISSUE WITH THE WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY. I THINK THE CITY HAS DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE WHEN IT COMES TO THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE. WE'VE INVITED THEM MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGH TWO DIFFERENT ATTORNEYS, TWO DIFFERENT CITY MANAGERS. THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO TALK. SO DUE DILIGENCE HAS BEEN DONE. IT'S TIME TO TO TAKE A STAND FOR YOU GUYS AS MUCH FOR THE REST OF THE CITY. CHARLIE BRUCE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU ALL, AS CITIZENS FOR YOUR COMMENTS TONIGHT. WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE THEM AND I'LL YIELD THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. SO YEAH, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE MILESTONE RECIPIENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY. THANKS FOR TO THE FOLKS THAT CAME FORWARD TONIGHT. APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. AND WELCOME TO OUR VERY YOUR FIRST COUNCIL MEETING. I'M SURE IT WAS SUPER EXCITING, RIGHT? IT PROBABLY WAS A LITTLE MORE EXCITING THAN A STANDARD ONE, SO THAT'S GOOD. LET'S SEE HERE. JOEY, THANKS FOR COMING. THANKS FOR THE COMMENTS. WE HAVE SOME OTHER FOLKS THAT COME SOMETIMES AND DO THAT TYPE OF A THING WHERE THEY ARE MEMBERS OF LARGER COMMUNITIES AND THEY COME AND KIND OF GIVE US UPDATES THAT THEY'RE FEEDING THROUGH OTHER PEOPLE, AND IT'S ALWAYS REALLY APPRECIATED. THINKING OF ONE PERSON IN PARTICULAR THAT DOES THAT A LOT. AND I FIND IT HELPFUL. SEE IN THE SAME COMMENT THAT RODNEY HAD. LIKE WE, THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH ATTEMPT TO CONTACT WRIGHT STATE ON THIS. IT'S KIND OF JUST LIKE THE LAST STEP, LIKE THE LAST THING WE CAN POSSIBLY DO JUST TO GET PEOPLE'S ATTENTION. AND THE CITY, I THINK THERE WAS AN EXCHANGE BETWEEN WITH CLINT'S QUESTION TO MIKE ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO FOR WRIGHT STATE, AND THERE IS A LOT OF COST THAT GOES INTO ESPECIALLY THAT GETS RAISED WHEN THOSE EVENTS HAPPEN THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OUR TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING FOR THOSE SERVICES TO GO AND PROVIDE THAT SERVICE FOR THOSE WRIGHT STATE EVENTS. AS FAR AS DEBRA, THE COMMENTS THAT YOU HAD ABOUT THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE FIRE, I THAT'S I'M GOING TO LOOK INTO THAT AND FIND YOU AND GET BACK TO YOU BECAUSE I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THAT TOO. I'M NOT SURE THAT THE AREA THAT'S BEHIND YOU WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE EVER HAVE AN ISSUE LIKE THAT. JUST BECAUSE I ANYWAY LIKE THAT IT WOULD GET THAT DRY TO HAVE A FIRE LIKE THAT'S ONE SOMETHING I WANT TO I'M CURIOUS ABOUT. AND WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS BEFORE LIKE I'VE ASKED MIKE BEFORE WHAT ARE LIKE EMERGENCY PLANS ARE IN GENERAL IF THERE SHOULD BE LIKE A NATURAL DISASTER. SO I KNOW I HAVE AN EMAIL FROM HIM ONCE WHERE HE LIKE OUTLINED THIS VERY SOLID SEEMING PLAN ABOUT THAT. SO LET US, YOU KNOW, GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTIONS. AND THEN UTILITY BILLS. BRUCE, HE'S GOING TO GET HOOKED UP WITH HILLARY. SHE'S GOING TO HELP HIM OUT. WE GOT A PRESENTATION ABOUT THAT IN OUR WORK SESSION PRIOR. THAT THERE WERE AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE UNDERSTAND THERE'S HICCUPS. SO WITHIN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME, WE UNDERSTAND AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO CHARGE EXTRA TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE ARE CAUGHT IN THIS HICCUP FOR THIS SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. IS THAT RIGHT? TO THE EXTENT THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS. ABSOLUTELY. TO THE EXTENT THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS. SO THERE'S AN UNDERSTANDING WITH WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO WORK WITH PEOPLE ON THAT, WITH THE HICCUPS. I'M NOT GOING TO ADDRESS WHAT AL SAID BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY TALKED A LOT ABOUT IT IN THE WORK SESSION TONIGHT. AND THEN HOPEFULLY IN A FOLLOWING MEETING. WELL, DEFINITELY IN A FOLLOWING MEETING THAT WE AGREED TO WITH ENGINEERING AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE, THE, THE DAIRY QUEEN, I HAVEN'T I'LL, WE'LL START PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT AND JUST SEE WHAT WE THINK ABOUT THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO OKAY THAT COVERS EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT I WANT TO CONGRATULATE AND THANK ALL THE MILESTONE RECIPIENTS FOR THEIR CONTINUED SERVICE TO THE CITY. WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO. WITH THAT, I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES FIRE DEPARTMENT, [01:20:02] POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND SPECIFICALLY TONIGHT, THOSE THAT WERE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR EFFORTS. THANK YOU. AND. ALSO, THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE THAT CAME UP WITH YOUR CONCERNS. WE WE REALLY WANT THE INPUT GOOD AND BAD. WE CAN'T FIX IT IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT NEEDS FIXING. AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WELL. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE WHO CAME OUT TO ATTEND TONIGHT. LET'S LOOK AT YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES HERE ON THAT I SERVE WITH ON THIS COUNCIL BECAUSE THEY SAY A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO SAY. SO WE'VE GOT ALL OF THOSE OUT OF THE WAY. RIGHT. I WILL SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR FOR THE CITIZENS WHO CAME AND SHARED THEIR HEART AND SHARED THEIR FEELINGS AND SHARED THEIR THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS AND VIEWS YOU HAVE GIVEN US A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY. WE HAVE A TON OF OPPORTUNITY TO HELP IMPROVE THINGS. HELP FIX THINGS. AS, AS AS IT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID. YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, WE CAN'T WE CAN'T ADDRESS THE PROBLEM, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST. AND I THINK WE'VE WE'VE DONE SOME OF THAT TONIGHT WHEN WE STARTED ADDRESSING THE ISSUE WITH THE STORMWATER, IT'S WE GOT TO TAKE ONE BITE OF THE APPLE AT A TIME. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR MILESTONE RECIPIENTS. AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE WENT BACK AND CONGRATULATED MISS WEEKS. YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. I THINK IT'S IT'S GREAT THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE MILESTONES. AND AND THE FACT THAT WE WENT BACK, WE MADE A MISTAKE. WE WENT BACK AND ADDRESSED IT AND AND RECOGNIZED HER. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHIEF FOR BRINGING GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WITNESS AND AND CELEBRATE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THE SACRIFICES MADE EVERY DAY BY BY THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE IN, IN OUR, IN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. THOSE AWARDS FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS IS JUST PHENOMENAL. AND TO TO SIT HERE, I'VE NEVER WITNESSED A A MEDAL OF HONOR BEING THE CITATION AND EVERYTHING BEING GIVEN TO ONE OF OUR A FIREFIGHTER OR PARAMEDIC IS PHENOMENAL. THAT'S THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. YOU ARE A TRUE LEADER IN THIS COMMUNITY. THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE STAPLES IN THIS COMMUNITY IS OUR POLICE AND FIRE. WE PASSED LEVIES FOR OUR POLICE AND FIRE. AND I AM NEVER ASHAMED OF PASSING A LEVY TO SUPPORT OUR POLICE AND FIRE BECAUSE THEY ARE PHENOMENAL. THEY COME TO WORK EVERY DAY. THEY SACRIFICE. THEY GIVE IN, THEY LEAN IN, THEY HELP. THEY ASSIST IN EVERY SINGLE WAY. THEY ALWAYS GIVE TRUE SERVANTS IN THIS COMMUNITY. SO WHENEVER WE GET THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO THANK A FIREFIGHTER, PARAMEDIC, A POLICEMAN. PLEASE, SIR, PLEASE, MA'AM. DO THAT. BECAUSE THEY ARE SACRIFICING EACH AND EVERY DAY. THANK YOU. AS I, AS ALREADY SAID WE WE ALLOWED WE I GUESS WE APPROVED THE GREENE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH. SOMEONE TO SIT ON THE GREENE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH. I WOULD LIKE MAYBE IN A WORK SESSION. WE'VE GOT TWO PEOPLE WHO SIT ON THAT BOARD TO REPRESENT FAIRBORN. I WOULD LIKE IN A WORK SESSION TO HEAR FROM THEM, TO SEE WHAT THEY DO TO SUPPORT US IF THEY'RE REPRESENTING THE CITY. I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HEAR HOW THEY REPRESENT US ON THAT BOARD. I THINK THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT. THE THE LAST THING I WANT TO SHARE IS THAT THIS IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, AND IT'S JUST ANOTHER, AGAIN, JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THE INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WOMEN HAVE MADE IN THIS COUNTRY AND IN I THINK ON LATER IN THE WEEK IT'S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY, STATE. BUT BY ALL MEANS, PLEASE GO OUT AND SEEK SOME HISTORY. UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WOMEN HAVE MADE. I CELEBRATE THEM, AND I ASK THAT YOU CELEBRATE THEM AS WELL. THIS MONTH. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I'LL TRY TO CUT OUT A LOT OF THE REDUNDANCY. [01:25:04] THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GREAT THINGS SAID TONIGHT. I'VE SAID IT PROBABLY 100 TIMES. I'LL SAY IT 100 MORE. THANK YOU TO OUR MILESTONE RECIPIENTS. THANKS FOR CHOOSING TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF FAIRBORN. WE APPRECIATE YOU. I'VE ALSO SAID THIS A HUNDRED GAZILLION TIMES. FAIRBORN FIRE DEPARTMENT. FAIRBORN POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE BEST OF THE BEST. HANDS DOWN. I PUT THEM UP AGAINST ANYONE. IN FACT THEY ACTUALLY I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST YEAR WAS THE WAS THE SIGNING BY THE GOVERNOR FOR THE ACCREDITATION, AND THEY ACTUALLY ACHIEVED IT. SO THANK YOU. FAIRBORN POLICE DEPARTMENT. I WAS I WAS DOING GOOD DURING YOUR PRESENTATION, RYAN, UNTIL YOU CAUGHT THAT FROG. AND THEN MY ALLERGIES STARTED ACTING UP. SO THANKS. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME FORWARD. YOUR FEEDBACK IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. NO NEED TO REPEAT WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS SAID, BUT IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. REAL QUICK, THOUGH, ON THE POTHOLES, I JUST WANT TO SAY LIGHTHEARTEDLY, THAT NO, THE ONE AT THE KROGER ENTRANCE IS NOT IN THE CITY THAT IS PRIVATE PROPERTY. IF YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW UTILITY BILLING. WE DID HAVE A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION BY HILLARY ABOUT THAT. AND YES, WITH CHANGE, THERE COMES QUITE A FEW HICCUPS. AND I APPRECIATE HILLARY AND HER TEAM STEPPING UP AND HELPING OUT THE UTILITY TEAM AND GIVING SOME BREAKS IN THERE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE SUPPORTING EACH OTHER AND ALL OF THAT. THE THE GREAT THING DESPITE THE HICCUPS, IS THAT THERE ARE FAR MORE PAYMENT OPTIONS, WHETHER YOU'RE AN ONLINE PERSON OR A TEXTING OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. THERE'S A LOT MORE OPTIONS, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ONCE WE GET PAST THE HICCUPS ON WHAT THAT WILL BRING FOR US. SO WITH THAT I BELIEVE I'M DONE WITH MY COMMENTS. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL. COUNCIL. I UNFORTUNATELY HAVE TWO PAGES OF NOTES FROM PEOPLE'S COMMENTS. I NEED TO RESPOND TO THEM. I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. CHIEF, YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THIS REPEATEDLY. WE HAVE THE BEST FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE. WE DO. TONIGHT WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT. NOT JUST THE FACT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THOSE, BUT LOOK AT THE CROWD OF FIREFIGHTERS WHO SHOWED UP TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR EACH OTHER. AND THAT'S THE KIND OF FIRE DEPARTMENT WE HAVE. THEY WORK TOGETHER, THEY SUPPORT EACH OTHER, AND THEY DO THAT LARGELY BECAUSE WE HAVE THE BEST CHIEF IN THE STATE OF OHIO. AND I SAY THAT AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL SAY THAT BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN THAT. OKAY. I WANT TO ANSWER SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT PEOPLE CAME FORWARD. CHARLIE, LET ME EXPLAIN ABOUT THE BRICKS FOR THE MEMORIAL. THERE IS A REASON WHY THE BRICKS AREN'T OUT THERE YET. THE NEWER BRICKS. THE BRICKS FOR THE FAIRBORN MILITARY VETERANS MEMORIAL ARE ORDERED IN BATCHES. WE DON'T JUST ORDER A FEW BRICKS AND HAVE THEM SHIPPED. WE HAVE TO ORDER THEM IN LARGE QUANTITIES. OTHERWISE, THE PRICE GOES UP EXPONENTIALLY. THE SECOND ORDER OF BRICKS ARRIVED ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO. THEY CANNOT PLACE THE BRICKS UNTIL THERE IS A GUARANTEE OF SEVERAL DAYS OF NO FREEZING WEATHER. THE REASON IS THE BRICKS ARE THERE'S GRAVEL, THEN THERE'S SAND ON TOP OF THE GRAVEL AND THEN THE BRICKS ARE PLACED. IF IT'S A FREEZE THAW CYCLE LIKE WE'VE HAD CONTINUOUSLY FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS THERE'S MOISTURE IN THE GRAVEL. AND WHAT THEY HAVE TOLD ME FOR THE WALLS THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT UP FOR THE VETERANS MEMORIAL AND FOR THE BRICKS, IF YOU DON'T WAIT TILL IT'S CONSISTENTLY ABOVE FREEZING. THAT MOISTURE IN THOSE BRICKS OR IN THE GRAVEL AS YOU PLACE THE BRICKS AND THE WALLS THAT ARE GOING TO GO AROUND THE MEMORIAL, THEY'LL BE SETTLING AND THE BRICKS WILL SETTLE AND THEY WON'T BE EVEN. SO THEY HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THERE'S CONSISTENT PERIOD ABOVE FREEZING. THIS THE SECOND BATCH OF BRICKS ARRIVED TWO MONTHS AGO, BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLACE THEM BECAUSE OF THAT FREEZE THAW CYCLE. WE DON'T WANT TO PUT IN BRICKS OR WALLS AROUND THE MEMORIAL, WHICH IS THE NEXT PHASE, AND HAVE THOSE WALLS OR BRICKS SETTLE UNEVENLY. WE WANT TO DO THIS. WE WANT TO DO IT RIGHT. SO WE ARE CONSTANTLY REORDERING BRICKS IN BATCHES. WE'RE WORKING ON THE THIRD BATCH NOW. WE HAVEN'T PLACED THAT ORDER BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH BRICKS ORDERED. WE DON'T ORDER THEM IN SMALL LOTS. THEY'RE ORDERED IN BIG GROUPS. THE AUDIOVISUAL THAT'S BEING ADDRESSED IN HERE, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE BIG IMPROVEMENTS VERY SOON. YOU MENTIONED A FLAG FOR MEMORIAL PARK. THERE IS A FLAG PLANNED AGAIN, WAITING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO CONCRETE WORK WHERE THERE'S GRAVEL UNDERNEATH. THE OLD FLAG FROM THE AMERICAN LEGION BUILDING IS IN STORAGE TO GO INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE PARK, ALONG WITH 5 OR 6 FLAGS FOR THE DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF THE MILITARY WILL ALSO [01:30:07] SURROUND THAT LARGE FLAG. YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE SPRING WHEN WE GET THE WEATHER IS GOOD. SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR CONCERNS, CHARLIE. YEAH, I KNEW ALL THAT. I WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE TO COME. WELL, I KNEW YOU ASKED THE QUESTION, SO I'M SURE OTHERS HAVE SIMILAR QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE AND EXPLAIN THAT. JOEY, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. YOU BROUGHT UP SOME GOOD POINTS. THE GROCERY STORE IN THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN. WHEN THE FULMER'S CLOSED YEARS AGO, WE IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THE VOID. WE HAVE A GROCERY DESERT UP THERE AND THAT THAT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR YEARS. WE APPROACHED SEVERAL GROCERY BUSINESSES AND THIS WAS YEARS AGO. NONE OF THEM WERE WILLING TO LOCATE THERE. WE WERE ABLE TO GET DOLLAR GENERAL TO COME IN THE DOLLAR GENERAL THAT IS IN THAT OLD FULMER'S LOCATION. AT THE TIME THEY WENT IN, WHICH WAS A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, THEY PURPOSELY PUT IN THE LARGEST SECTION OF REFRIGERATED FOOD ITEMS OF ANY DOLLAR GENERAL IN THE STATE OF OHIO. THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD US. AND IF YOU GO IN THERE, THEY DO HAVE A MUCH LARGER THAN NORMAL DOLLAR GENERAL REFRIGERATED SECTION TO HELP ADDRESS THAT. WOULD WE LIKE TO GET A GROCERY STORE UP THERE? ABSOLUTELY. BUT WE DON'T TELL THE GROCERY STORES WHERE TO LOCATE. WE'VE ASKED SEVERAL GROCERY STORES SO FAR. UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVEN'T BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT. YOUTH ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMS? ABSOLUTELY. I MET WITH A GROUP OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, AND THAT WAS HOT ON THEIR LIST FOR AFFORDABLE ENTERTAINMENT. WE WOULD LOVE TO GET SOME MORE OF THOSE PROGRAMS. THE CURBS ON MAPLE. YES. EVERYBODY COMPLAINS ABOUT IT. UNFORTUNATELY, TO FIX THE PROBLEM WOULD BE COST PROHIBITIVE. WE NEED TO LOOK AT SOME OTHER ALTERNATIVES FOR THAT. WE DO GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THOSE CURBS, THE POTHOLE ISSUE. AND MARY TOUCHED ON THAT. WE DO HAVE POTHOLE PROBLEMS. AND AGAIN, IT ALSO GOES BACK TO THE FREEZE THAW CYCLE. AND I'VE TALKED TO SOME ENGINEERS ABOUT THAT. THE MORE YOU HAVE FREEZING AND THE NICE WEATHER AND THEN FREEZING AND THEN NICE WEATHER, THE WORSE THE POTHOLES GET. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE POTHOLES ON THE ENTRY TO 675 AND ON 675. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS NOT FAIRBORN, THAT IS ODOT. OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. WE DON'T FIX THOSE. IF YOU NOTICE A POTHOLE, ESPECIALLY A POTHOLE, AND SOMETIMES THEY LITERALLY POP UP OVERNIGHT, PLEASE LET THE CITY KNOW SO WE CAN GET A CREW OUT THERE. THE PROBLEM IS YOU CAN'T MAKE ASPHALT. MAJOR ASPHALT REPAIRS AGAIN UNTIL THE WEATHER IS ABOVE FREEZING, BECAUSE THE ASPHALT PLANTS CLOSE FOR THE WINTER. SO WE'RE STUCK MAKING SOME TEMPORARY REPAIRS. AND WE ALL KNOW THAT TEMPORARY REPAIRS TO POTHOLES DON'T LAST FOREVER. SO IF YOU SEE A POTHOLE, ESPECIALLY A NEWER ONE, LET THE CITY KNOW SO WE CAN GET A CREW OUT TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. NOBODY LIKES POTHOLES. BUT THAT'S AN ISSUE. YOU MENTIONED THE MARKET. WE DO HAVE A FARMER'S MARKET THAT STARTS IN THE SPRING AND RUNS ALL THROUGH THE SUMMER. THAT SHOULD BE STARTING UP SOON. JOEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOMELESSNESS. THAT'S A PROBLEM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. WE DO HAVE SOME HOMELESS PEOPLE IN FAIRBORN. WE HAVE A COUPLE FOLKS THAT WE'VE APPROACHED TO OFFER HELP. SOME OF THEM DON'T WANT HELP. THAT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT. BUT THAT'S A REALITY. OTHERS? THERE ARE OPTIONS THAT WE TRY TO HELP FIND THEM. A PLACE TO DEAL WITH THOSE THINGS. THE MARIJUANA DISPENSARY, THAT'S STILL AN ISSUE. THE STATE CAME OUT LAST WEEK WITH SOME NEW PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE LAWS THAT WERE PASSED. WE'RE WAITING TO SEE WHERE THAT GOES. I'VE TALKED TO OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE ABOUT THAT. THE STATE'S BUDGET IS SUPPOSED TO BE APPROVED IN JUNE. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT DIRECTION THE MARIJUANA CHANGES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED AT THE STATE LEVEL ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THAT BUDGET OR NOT. SO WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT WE HAVE TO TURN AROUND AND CHANGE JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER UNTIL WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH FROM A STATE LEVEL. DEBORAH, YOU LIVE IN SANCTUARY. I LIVE IN MEADOWLANDS, RIGHT ACROSS FROM YOU. SO WE HAVE ISSUES AND CONCERNS WITH FIRE. FROM THE TIME I WAS IN FOURTH GRADE THROUGH COLLEGE, I LIVED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. SO I KNOW ALL ABOUT THE FIRES. AND IT IS AN ONGOING ISSUE OUT THERE. [01:35:02] MY BEST FRIEND FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE LIVES IN LOS ANGELES, AND THE FIRES CAME CLOSE ENOUGH TO HIM THAT HE HAD MAJOR CONCERNS. FIRES OUT THERE ARE AN EVERY YEAR OCCURRENCE. I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW THAT THE SANCTUARY. YOU'RE RIGHT BEHIND THAT THAT RESERVE AREA. WE CERTAINLY HOPE THAT'S NEVER AN ISSUE. YOU'LL NOTICE AS YOU GO IN THERE, THERE'S A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PROGRAM SIGN FOR BOTH SANCTUARY AND MEADOWLANDS. PLEASE ENCOURAGE YOUR NEIGHBORS THAT IF THEY SEE A PROBLEM STARTING TO OCCUR, WHETHER IT'S A FIRE OR CRIME LET PEOPLE KNOW SO WE CAN GET THAT ADDRESSED. WE DO HAVE THE BEST FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE OF OHIO. AND IF THERE IS A FIRE ISSUE, ARE YOU GOING TO BE ON TOP OF THAT? ABSOLUTELY. WE KNOW THEY WILL. SO THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP. AND WE'LL SEE. WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE PROBLEMS LIKE THAT. NOW, BRUCE YOU'RE GOING TO MEET WITH HILLARY. SO HOPEFULLY YOUR YOUR BILLING QUESTIONS WILL GET RESOLVED AND WE CAN MOVE ON. OKAY. NOW ON PAGE TWO. AL, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. WE KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT A PERFECT SYSTEM. NEVER WILL BE FOR STORM WATER. LIKE, I GREW UP IN CALIFORNIA. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF ISSUES THERE. WE HAVE ISSUES HERE. WE HOPE THE RESOLUTION THAT WENT THROUGH TONIGHT IS GOING TO ADDRESS THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE. I KNOW THERE ARE ADDITIONAL ISSUES. I KNOW YOU AND MANUEL ARE GOING TO GET TOGETHER REAL SOON AND HOPEFULLY WORK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE. WE WANT IT TO BE THE BEST POSSIBLE SOLUTION IT CAN BE. WILL IT EVER BE PERFECT? NO, BECAUSE WE DON'T. WEATHER IS NOT PERFECT. WE WE TRY TO DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN. EMILY, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WE WATCHED THAT DAIRY QUEEN GO IN OVER SEVERAL YEARS. THE CHANGES. EXCUSE ME. THERE WAS AN OLD BARBER SHOP THERE FOR A LONG TIME. TRAFFIC WAS NOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT. WITH THE DAIRY QUEEN, I DRIVE BY THERE FREQUENTLY. THERE'S ALMOST ALWAYS A LINE AROUND THERE. AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT ENTRANCE AND MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T BECOME A PROBLEM. OKAY, I'M NOT GOING TO TOUCH ON THE MILESTONES. WE BEAT THAT. FANTASTIC STAFF. JOHN, YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANKS FOR WHAT YOUR FOLKS ARE DOING WITH THE ACCESS CHANNEL AND ALL OF THAT. I DO WANT TO THROW OUT. AND I MENTIONED THIS AT THE WORK SESSION. FAIRBORN NIGHT LAST WEEK WITH WRIGHT STATE. WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH WRIGHT STATE. OTHER THAN THIS ISSUE WITH THE NUTTER CENTER, WHICH HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET RESOLVED AT FAIRBORN NIGHT. WE WERE PLAYING CLEVELAND STATE. CLEVELAND STATE WAS HEAVILY FAVORED. THEY WERE GOING TO TROUNCE ALL OVER WRIGHT STATE. EVERYONE WAS SEMI PREPARED FOR THAT. AND WHAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MINUTES. BUT WRIGHT STATE CAME BACK PULLED OUT INTO THE LEAD AND ENDED UP WITH A VICTORY OVER CLEVELAND STATE. SO KUDOS TO THE COACH AND THE PLAYERS. IT WAS A GREAT FAIRBORN NIGHT. WE WANT TO THANK DOCTOR SUE EDWARDS, THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT. THEY FUNDED THE THE FOOD ITEMS THAT WERE AT FAIRBORN NIGHT, THOSE THAT SHOWED UP. AND WE HAD A GOOD CROWD, BIG CROWD. I THINK EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT TIME WITH THAT. I DO WANT TO WELCOME BACK SYLVIA. WE'VE MISSED YOU. I KNOW YOU'VE HAD SOME HEALTH ISSUES AND CONCERNS. HOPEFULLY YOUR TURN. THE THE. WE'RE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION NOW, AND THEN I'LL CLOSE BY MAKING A COMMENT. WE HAVE SORELY MISSED OUR CITY MANAGER. MIKE GEBHART. HE HAS BEEN OUT FOR TWO HIP SURGERIES NOW. TWO TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENTS OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS. IT WAS FANTASTIC TO SEE HIM HERE TONIGHT. PLEASE, IF YOU TALK TO HIM, TELL HIM TO TAKE IT EASY. HE'S THE KIND OF GUY THAT WILL BE HERE AT THE DROP OF A HAT IF WE ASK HIM TO, BUT HE NEEDS TO RECOVER FROM HIS SURGERY. WE WISH HIM WELL. WE WISH HIS WIFE, JEN, AND THEIR KIDS WELL. BUT HE NEEDS TO TAKE IT EASY. WE HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE WITH TERRY ADKINS AND ROBIN HERE FILLING IN, DOING FABULOUS WORK AS OUR FILL INS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, ROBIN. KUDOS TO YOU AND TERRY. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK MIKE MCNAMEE. WE'VE HAD SOME INTERESTING CHALLENGES RECENTLY, AND MIKE HAS REALLY STOOD UP TO THE PLATE. AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T THANK ONE MORE PERSON WHO'S SITTING RIGHT DOWN HERE IN FRONT OF US. JULIE, WHO KEEPS COUNCIL IN LINE AND MAKE SURE WE DO THE RIGHT THING. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AT THIS TIME, IS THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS? OKAY. THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL BUSINESS. [01:40:01] IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. SECOND. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MR. ALLEN? YES. MISS REASTER? YES. MISS CHESS. YES. MR. FRITZSCHE. YES. MR.. MCCUBBINS. YAY! MISS STANTON. YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK. YAY! THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.