Apr 07, 2025 City Council

[I. Call to Order]

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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE FAIRBORN CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR APRIL 7TH, 2021. WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MR. KIRKPATRICK HERE. MR. ALLEN, MISS CHESS.

YES. MR. FRITZSCHE. MR. MCCUBBINS HERE. MISS REASER HERE.

MISS STANTON HERE. OKAY.

COUNCILMAN IS NOW ON BUSINESS TRAVEL.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE HIS ABSENCE? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED? COUNCILMAN BUSINESS.

OKAY. WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE RISE AND JOIN US FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? 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. IT'S ALSO A REMINDER FOR.

OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF SEVERAL SETS OF MINUTES.

[IV. Minutes – Consider approval of the minutes of the March 17, 2025, Work Session, March 17, 2025, Regular Meeting, March 21, 2025, Council Retreat, March 21, 2025, Special Meeting (Resolution 10-25), and the March 24, 2025, Citizens Forum.]

IS THERE ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS, ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? MINUTES. HEARING NONE IS OUR MOTION TO APPROVE.

SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED. THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 17TH WORK SESSION ARE APPROVED AS READ.

NEXT WE HAVE THE MARCH 17TH REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS OR DELETIONS TO THOSE MINUTES? HEARING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED. THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF MARCH 17TH ARE APPROVED.

NEXT WE HAVE THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 21ST COUNCIL RETREAT.

ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS, ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THOSE MINUTES? HEARING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED. THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 21ST COUNCIL RETREAT ARE.

NEXT WE HAVE THE MARCH 21ST SPECIAL MEETING ADDRESS 1025.

ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS, ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THOSE MINUTES? HEARING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED? THE MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL RETREAT.

MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS WRITTEN.

FINALLY, WE HAVE THE MARCH 24TH CITIZENS FORUM.

ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS, ADDITIONS, OR DELETIONS TO THOSE ITEMS? HEARING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 24TH CITIZENS FORUM ARE ALSO APPROVED.

AND NEXT WE HAVE SEVERAL PIECES OF PRE-SCHEDULED BUSINESS.

[V. Prescheduled]

AND I'M GOING TO ASK COUNCIL TO JOIN US FOR.

YEAH. FIRST. FIRST PROCLAMATION IS DECLARING APRIL AS FAIR HOUSING MONTH.

AND I'M GOING TO ASK LESLIE ADKINS TO JOIN ME.

THANK YOU. OKAY. WHERE IS THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT HAS INITIATED THE SPONSORSHIP OF ACTIVITIES DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL OF EACH YEAR TO REINFORCE THE DEPARTMENT'S COMMITMENT TO THE CONCEPT OF FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF FAIRBORN AFFIRMATIVELY SUPPORTS THE EFFORTS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE OF OHIO TO ASSURE EQUAL ACCESS TO ALL AMERICANS, TO RENTAL HOUSING AND HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF FAIRBORN WELCOMES THE OPPORTUNITY TO REAFFIRM ITS COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE EQUAL ACCESS TO ALL RESIDENTS WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, INCLUDING GENDER IDENTITY AND SEXUAL

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AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF FAIRBORN AFFIRMATIVELY SUPPORTS PROGRAMS THAT WILL EDUCATE THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THEIR RIGHTS TO EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND TO PARTICIPATE IN EFFORTS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO ASSURE EVERY PERSON THEIR RIGHT TO FAIR HOUSING.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF FAIRBORN IS HONORED TO JOIN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE STATE OF OHIO, AND LOCAL JURISDICTIONS ACROSS AMERICA, AND CELEBRATING THE RICH DIVERSITY OF OUR PEOPLE AND THE RIGHT OF ALL CITIZENS TO LIVE WHERE THEY CHOOSE WITHOUT FEAR OF DISCRIMINATION.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DAN KIRKPATRICK, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FAIRBORN, OHIO, DO HEREBY DESIGNATE AND PROCLAIM APRIL 2025 AS THE MONTH TO CELEBRATE AND HONOR ALL EFFORTS WHICH GUARANTEE THE RIGHT TO LIVE FREE OF DISCRIMINATORY HOUSING PRACTICES AND PROCLAIM THIS MONTH AS FAIR HOUSING MONTH, AND URGE ALL LOCAL OFFICIALS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS TO JOIN IN ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO FURTHER FAIR HOUSING OBJECTIVES. AND AGAIN, WE WANT TO WELCOME LESLIE DOWN HERE TO ACCEPT THIS. OKAY.

SO DON'T DON'T GO ANYWHERE BECAUSE WE HAVE A SECOND ONE HERE.

AND LESLIE'S GOING TO ACCEPT THIS ONE ALSO.

OKAY. THIS PROCLAMATION IS REGARDING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK.

WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, KNOWN AS CDBG PROGRAM, HAS OPERATED SINCE 1974 TO PROVIDE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WITH THE RESOURCES REQUIRED TO DEVELOP VIABLE URBAN COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING DECENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND A SUITABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENT, AND EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, PRINCIPALLY FOR PERSONS OF LOW AND MODERATE INCOMES. AND WHEREAS, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM HAS STRENGTHENED AMERICA'S COMMUNITY, SUCH AS THE CITY OF FAIRBORN, BY ADDRESSING PRESSING NEIGHBORHOOD AND HUMAN SERVICE NEEDS AND HAVING SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR LOCAL ECONOMIES THROUGH JOB CREATION AND AND RETENTION, PHYSICAL REDEVELOPMENT, AND IMPROVED LOCAL TAX BASE.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF FAIRBORN HAS EFFECTIVELY ADMINISTERED AND CUSTOMIZED ITS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM FOR OVER 50 YEARS TO IMPLEMENT VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS IN THE AREA OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS IMPROVEMENTS AND PLANNING THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS IN OUR CITY.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY OF FAIRBORN PROCLAIMS APRIL 21ST, 2025 THROUGH APRIL 25TH, 2025 AS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK AND URGES ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN US IN RECOGNIZING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND THE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT THEY PLAY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND AGAIN, WE THANK LESLIE FOR BEING DOWN HERE TO ACCEPT THIS.

CAN YOU ALL CHECK YOUR QUESTIONS? OKAY. YEAH. YEAH.

OKAY. NEXT UP FOR PRESCHEDULED BUSINESS, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY THE GREENE COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR AN UPDATE BY SHADRICK ADAMS, THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIRECTOR.

THANK YOU, SIR, FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY HELLO.

MUCH LESS A PRESENTATION AND MUCH MORE SOME INFORMAL COMMENTS, IF THAT'S OKAY. I DID WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT THE HEALTH COMMISSIONER, MELISSA HOWELL, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH, HAS ENDEAVORED TO REACH OUT TO ALL CITIES, TOWNSHIPS AND VILLAGES THIS YEAR TO LET THEM

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SO I'LL START BY SAYING VERY PLAINLY THAT I'M NOT HERE TO LOBBY OR EXHORT FOR ANY PARTICULAR VOTING POSITION.

BUT WE THOUGHT IT WISE TO MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THE HOW THE HEALTH DISTRICT IS FUNDED.

I THOUGHT I'D START OUT BY INTRODUCING THE FACT THAT GREENE COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH REACHED AN ACCREDITATION, WHICH IS QUITE DIFFICULT FOR MANY ORGANIZATIONS TO OBTAIN.

IT'S A NATIONAL ACCREDITATION, AND ONCE YOU'RE AWARDED THAT STANDARD OF QUALITY, YOU GET TO USE THIS TREFOIL DESIGN, WHICH IS MEANT TO REPRESENT THAT WE PREVENT, PROMOTE AND PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH.

THAT'S OUR THAT'S OUR GOAL.

AND SO IN GREEN COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH THAT BEST TRANSLATES INTO THE THREE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.

WE HAVE THAT OF PREPAREDNESS PLANNING AND PROMOTION, WHICH WORKS ON THINGS LIKE OUR TOBACCO CESSATION CESSATION GRANTS HARM REDUCTION, OUR NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROJECT DAWN, WHERE WE ENDEAVORED TO GET NALOXONE OUT TO PLACES THAT WERE HIGH RISK.

WE ALSO HAVE CLINICAL OR COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, WHICH IS THE MORE CLINICAL ASPECTS A LOT OF THAT DEPARTMENT DEALS WITH INFANT AND MATERNAL HEALTH. THEY'VE BEEN DOING SOME GREAT WORK RECENTLY, AND EVEN EXPANDED THE PROGRAM AND ADDED A NEW PROGRAM CALLED THE NURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP, WHICH HELPS AT RISK NEW PARENTS KIND OF GET GET THEIR FEET ON THE GROUND WITH THEIR FIRST OR SECOND KID. AND THEN THERE'S MY MY DEPARTMENT WHICH IS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.

WE DO THINGS LIKE PRIVATE WELLS, SEPTIC SYSTEMS AS IT RELATES TO THE CITY.

A LOT OF WHAT WE DO INVOLVES PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCES.

WE RESPOND TO MOSQUITO COMPLAINTS.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, HERE WE HAD A COUPLE OF WEST NILE POSITIVE MOSQUITOES MOSQUITO POOLS HERE IN THE CITY. WE WERE ABLE TO APPLY SOME PESTICIDE THAT KNOCKED THAT DOWN AND LESSENED THE RISK OF WEST NILE AND AND SEVERAL OTHER DISEASES THAT ARE MOSQUITO BORNE IN OUR AREA.

WE ALSO DO THINGS LIKE FOOD PROTECTION AND RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS.

LAST YEAR, ABOUT 3000 RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS WERE WERE CONDUCTED ACROSS THE COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE HAVE A NIGHT OUT, WE CAN DO SO WITHOUT WORRY.

AND THEN REALLY, THE FEATHER IN OUR CAP FOR LAST YEAR IN 2024 WHICH EVERYONE WANTS TO BRAG A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, WAS OUR GUARD CARE EVENT.

THIS WAS A JOINT EVENT WITH THE OHIO NATIONAL GUARD WHERE WE PROVIDED FREE HEALTH CARE, NO QUESTIONS ASKED, DENTAL AND OPTOMETRIC TO ANYONE WHO NEEDED IT IN THE COUNTY.

THE RESULT OF THAT, IN ONE WEEKEND, WE WERE ABLE TO SERVE OVER 1000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND DISPENSE OVER $600,000 WORTH OF MEDICAL CARE FOR ABSOLUTELY FREE.

THAT OPPORTUNITY ROTATES AROUND THE NEXT YEAR.

IT'LL BE UP IN CRAWFORD COUNTY AND THEN IN ATHENS.

SO IT'LL BE A LITTLE WHILE BEFORE IT GETS BACK TO US.

BUT WE WERE DELIGHTED TO TAKE IN OUR OPPORTUNITY AND REALLY ACCOMPLISH SOME GOOD THINGS FOR THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY LAST YEAR.

YOU KNOW, ALL THIS COMES, OF COURSE, AT A COST.

DECADES AGO, WE UTILIZED WHAT WAS CALLED THE THREE PART FORMULA, WHICH WAS A GOOD FAITH EFFORT, BUT A BIT CONVOLUTED AS TO FIGURE OUT WHO OWES WHAT IN ORDER TO KEEP THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FUNDED.

BUT SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE WERE ABLE TO WE WERE BLESSED WITH A LEVY THAT GOT PASSED. THAT HAS GOTTEN US TO THE POINT FINANCIALLY WHERE WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO RETURN THE INSIDE MILLAGE TO EACH OF THE CITIES, VILLAGES AND TOWNSHIPS THIS YEAR SO THAT INSIDE MILLAGE WAS NOT COLLECTED BECAUSE WE'RE FUNDED PROPERLY BY THE LEVY.

THAT, AGAIN, WILL COME UP FOR RENEWAL THIS NOVEMBER.

AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT OR HOW WE FINANCE OR FUND ANY OF THE REST OF THE OF THE DISTRICT. I'M HAPPY TO HAPPY TO TAKE ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN GENERAL. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND YOU DO A LOT FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. PUBLIC HEALTH IS SO IMPORTANT.

YEAH, WE REALLY TOOK A LICK.

YOU KNOW, IN THE COURSE OF THE COVID YEARS, PUBLIC HEALTH ACROSS THE NATION LOST 46% OF ITS WORKFORCE. A TREMENDOUS IMPACT.

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WE'RE WE'RE GETTING OUR FEET BACK ON THE GROUND.

AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TO SERVE WHENEVER WE CAN, HOPEFULLY NOT THROUGH A PANDEMIC AGAIN, THOUGH, FOR A LONG TIME IF WE CAN HELP IT.

THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. OKAY.

THAT TAKES CARE OF PRESCHEDULED BUSINESS. NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO OLD BUSINESS.

[VI. Old Business]

SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED. ORDINANCE SIX DASH 25 AMENDING THE CITY OF FAIRBORN.

CODIFIED ORDINANCES REGARDING PART 11 PLANNING AND ZONING CODE.

KATHLEEN RIGGS, CITY PLANNER PRESENTING.

THANK YOU. YES. GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL. ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, THE CITY STARTED THE PROCESS OF UPDATING OUR COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN, AS WELL AS THE ZONING CODE AND OUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS IN OUR CODIFIED ORDINANCES. AS YOU KNOW, THE LAND USE PLAN WAS APPROVED LAST DECEMBER.

AND SO TONIGHT, WE'RE HERE TO UPDATE THE REST OF THAT.

SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ABOUT, LIKE I SAID, A YEAR AND A HALF ON THIS, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH JAY STEWART, WHO IS WITH STEWART LAND USE, AND HE IS GOING TO ACTUALLY GO OVER ALL THE PROPOSED CHANGES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING THIS EVENING. SO I'LL INTRODUCE JAY.

WELCOME BACK, JAY. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL. IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD TO GET TO THIS POINT.

WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO TONIGHT IS GO OVER THE HIGH LEVEL PIECES OF THE ZONING CODE THAT WE DID LOOK AT AND PROPOSE FOR UPDATES, AS YOU RECALL FROM HEARING ME TALK BEFORE, THIS WAS NOT A COMPLETE UPDATE OF THE ZONING CODE.

IT WAS VERY STRATEGIC AND TARGETED TO CERTAIN CHAPTERS AND EVEN CERTAIN SECTIONS OF CERTAIN CHAPTERS. WE DID SEE A FEW THINGS, OR I DID ALONG THE WAY THROUGH THOSE END FOR DISCUSSION AND, YOU KNOW, BUT MORE OR LESS IT WAS VERY TARGETED.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH HERE. AND AGAIN, THIS TRIED TO PICK OUT THE THE HIGHER LEVEL STUFF THE ITEMS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING NUMBER ONE THERE, THE CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICT.

THAT'S AS IT EXISTS TODAY IN GREEN.

YOU SEE THOSE PARCELS THERE? THERE'S BEEN SOME REALLY JUST CHANGING OF THE NAME IS THE BIG THING TO PARKLAND DISTRICT.

YOU KNOW, WITH THAT THERE IS A WE WANT TO MATCH THE NAME AND THE USES THAT ARE IN THE NEW PARKLAND DISTRICT TO WHAT THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT WAS.

IT WAS VERY CONFUSING.

YOU WERE STILL ALLOWED TO DO CERTAIN USES LIKE HOMES AND ET-CETERA.

AND SO THESE ARE BASICALLY PARCELS OR AREAS THAT THAT CANNOT OR WILL NOT BE DEVELOPED.

BOTTOM LINE. OKAY. SO WE'RE JUST REALLY CLEANING UP THE MAP WITH THAT ONE.

THE EAST RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

AGAIN, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS YOU SEE THE KIND OF THE CROSS-HATCHED OR THE HATCHED AREA TO THE RIGHT THAT'S IN BATH TOWNSHIP.

AND I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, REALLY THE BIG REASON TO PROPOSE A NEW ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH IS WHAT THE EAST RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT WOULD BE, WOULD BE TO SERVE A AND PROVIDE FOR A TYPE OF RESIDENTIAL NOT ONLY HOUSE, BUT TYPE OF SUBDIVISION THAT YOU CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE.

OKAY. AS YOU KNOW, CITY PROPER, YOU KNOW, WITHIN CITY OF FAIRBORN PRACTICALLY BUILT OUT. THERE'S VERY LITTLE VACANT LAND TO DO ANYTHING OF ANY SIZE OF SUBSTANCE WITH.

THERE COULD BE CERTAINLY SOME INFILL DEVELOPMENT GOING DOWN OR IN, YOU KNOW, COMING STRUCTURES COMING DOWN AND NEW ONES GOING UP IN THE FUTURE.

BUT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THAT BATH TOWNSHIP POTENTIAL, YOU KNOW, WHAT MIGHT COME IN AS ANNEXATIONS.

AND IN THE COURSE OF THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ARRIVED ON. WELL, IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT LARGER LOT MINIMUM, A LITTLE BIT LARGER HOUSE SIZE MINIMUM, BECAUSE, AGAIN, MOST OF THE CITY IS ALREADY BUILT WITH YOU KNOW, SMALLER LOTS AND SMALLER HOMES, MORE OR LESS SO AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE LEFT. MINIMUM LOT SIZE FOR THIS AREA WOULD BE 10,000FT².

THAT'S FOR A FIVE ACRE OR LESS PARCEL.

AS YOU KNOW, PUD, WHICH IS FIVE ACRES AND ABOVE.

THAT'S CERTAINLY NEGOTIABLE, BUT THAT'S A STARTING POINT. MINIMUM LOT WIDTH 75FT, AND MINIMUM DWELLING SIZE OF 2000FT².

AGAIN, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT SUGGESTING.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ZONING MAP, WE'RE NOT PUTTING OR ASKING THE EAST RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT TO BE APPLIED TO ANY PARCELS JUST YET.

WE JUST WANTED TO HAVE IT AVAILABLE, YOU KNOW, IF AND WHEN FUTURE DEVELOPMENT COMES TO BE READY TO HAVE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PRODUCT IF

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AGAIN, THESE COUPLE SLIDES HERE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.

WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE IS TO BASICALLY CREATE TWO SUBDISTRICTS.

ONE WOULD BE THE MAIN STREET SUBDISTRICT AND THE OTHER WOULD BE THE BROAD STREET.

THIS IS THE MAIN STREET.

OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE WHERE THAT AREA WOULD BE OUTLINED THERE.

IT'S A VERY TIGHT DISTRICT ON PURPOSE.

OKAY. WE PULLED IT IN BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY MUCH SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, REALLY PULLED INTO THAT KIND OF THAT CROSS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SHAPE, YOU KNOW, THE CORE, YOU KNOW, FRONTAGE PROPERTIES ON THE, YOU KNOW, THE TWO MAIN ROADS THERE.

AND WHY DID WE DO THIS? WE'RE TRYING TO BE VERY STRATEGIC AND VERY FOCUSED.

YOU KNOW, WITH THE LONG TERM REDEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, AND TO ACHIEVE THAT VISION, YOU KNOW, FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

AND SO WE PROPOSED SOME CHANGES IN TERMS OF LAND USE, FOR EXAMPLE, BRINGING DOWN THE SIZE OF CERTAIN ESTABLISHMENTS, LIKE OFFICES, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD BE CAPPED AT 1000FT².

OKAY. REASON IS, YOU KNOW, A LARGE OFFICE FOOTPRINT OR USE IN THESE PROPERTIES IS IS NOT GOING TO MESH WELL AND REALLY BRING IN THE TYPE OF ACTIVITY THAT YOU WANT TO SUPPORT THE OTHER BUSINESSES IN THIS TYPE OF SMALL MAIN STREET.

OKAY. SO WE'RE CAPPING THINGS LIKE THAT, CAPPING SOME RETAIL.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THINGS SMALL.

THE OTHER LAND USE CHANGE WE'RE PROPOSING IS THE TO ALLOW YOU SEE THERE ON THE LEFT THE MIXED USE YOU KNOW UPPER FLOOR RESIDENTIAL OKAY.

BASICALLY SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR APARTMENTS, DWELLING UNITS WITH FIRST FLOOR RETAIL, RESTAURANT, WHATEVER. ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID HERE WAS WE TOOK OUT THE ABILITY TO HAVE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOUSING.

YOUR CURRENT CODE ALLOWS FOR THAT IN THE DOWNTOWN.

AGAIN, IT'S THE COMMON STRATEGY HERE IS TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO PRIORITIZE AND FRANKLY, PROTECT THESE CORE, YOU KNOW, FRONTAGE LOTS IN THE MAIN STREET AREA.

AGAIN, THINGS LIKE LARGE OFFICES, OFFICE BUILDINGS, WHICH ARE GREAT PROJECTS, BUT NOT THE BEST PLACE OR SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOUSES. THAT THAT DOESN'T MIX GREAT.

IF YOU WANT TO REDEVELOP THAT TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CORE, TIGHT KNIT, URBAN, YOU KNOW, MAIN STREET AREA.

SO THOSE ARE THE COUPLE OF BIG CHANGES THERE.

THE BROAD STREET NOW THAT'S THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE JUST LOOKED AT IN TERMS OF LAND USES.

REALLY THE DIFFERENCE HERE IS WE REMOVE THOSE CAPS.

OKAY. SO NOW YOU CAN DO SOME LARGER RETAIL.

YOU CAN DO SOME LARGER OFFICE.

OKAY. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY BROAD STREET IS IS THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE IN THIS LITTLE SUBDISTRICT. YOU KNOW, AND IF YOU RECALL BACK TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE HAVE A LOT OF LANGUAGE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGING AND FOCUSING ON MIXED USE ON THOSE BROAD STREET PARCELS, YOU KNOW, TO GET THAT MIXTURE OF PEOPLE LIVING, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR OR FOURTH FLOOR, YOU KNOW, DWELLING UNITS WITH THE RETAIL RESTAURANTS.

ET CETERA. ON THE BOTTOM IN THAT BLUE AREA OFF TO THE LEFT.

THERE, AS YOU'RE MOVING AWAY A BLOCK OR TWO FROM BROAD STREET AGAIN, THAT'S GOING TO BE OBVIOUSLY TOUGHER TO GET RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS.

SO AGAIN, THAT'S REALLY YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE GOING OFF OF WHAT THE COMP PLAN SUGGESTS IN TERMS OF PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT HIGHER DENSITY, YOU KNOW, MEDIUM TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL PRODUCTS.

OKAY. SO WE'RE BASICALLY JUST TAKING THE CODE AND TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, IMPLEMENT THOSE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SUGGESTIONS.

SO THOSE ARE THE TWO SUBDISTRICTS IN DOWNTOWN MINIMUM DWELLING SIZE.

IF YOU YOU'RE PART OF THE DISCUSSION THAT CAME OUT WITH WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE SESSIONS WAS THE, THE DESIRE AND, YOU KNOW, TOPICS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE IF NOT TODAY, BUT CERTAINLY IN THE FUTURE, HOUSING PRODUCTS THAT CAN SPEAK TO ALL SCALE THE WHOLE SCALE OF THE AGE DEMOGRAPHIC FROM FIRST TIME HOMEOWNER.

WELL FRANKLY FROM YOU KNOW PRE THAT, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, RENTALS PARTICULARLY THESE DAYS WITH THE HOUSING MARKET ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH SENIOR, YOU KNOW, CITIZENS. OKAY.

NOW ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT TALKING ABOUT RESIDENTIAL IS HOUSE SIZE.

AND AS I SAID EARLIER WITH THE EAST RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, YOU'RE MOST OF YOUR YOU KNOW, CURRENT HOUSING STOCK AND LOTS ARE, YOU KNOW, SMALL TO MEDIUM.

I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, OVERALL YOU HAVE SOME LARGER LOTS LARGER HOMES. SO THAT AGAIN, GOES BACK TO THE EAST RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.

AND ALONG WITH THAT, WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADD YOU KNOW, DWELLING MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE IS YOUR CURRENT ZONING CODE DOES NOT HAVE ANY MINIMUM RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF MINIMUM AREA FOR ANY OF THE DISTRICTS.

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YOU KNOW, THE SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL AND MOBILE HOME PARK WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THE TOP LINE, 1500 SQUARE FOOT RANCH, 2002 STORY EAST RESIDENTIAL AGAIN, 2000 MINIMUM FOR RANCH OR TWO STORY.

THE NEXT GROUPING IS PROBABLY THE BULK OF YOUR CITY WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, SMALL TO MEDIUM LOTS.

AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S COMING DOWN IN SIZE.

AND THEN LAST, THE THREE IN THE BOTTOM BASICALLY ARE MULTI-FAMILY.

THOSE ARE THE THREE DISTRICTS WHERE MULTI-FAMILY IS EXCLUSIVELY OFFERED.

AND YOU CAN SEE IT DOES MATCH THE 800FT² WITH THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BUCKET UP. SO THERE'S A LOT OF CONSISTENCY HERE.

AND AGAIN WE'RE JUST TRYING TO ESTABLISH SOME SOME MINIMUM THRESHOLDS.

YOU KNOW WE WE DID WHEN WE WERE BOTH WITH STAFF AND DURING THE STEERING COMMITTEE MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, WE DID TRY TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT AND TO, YOU KNOW, PUT, YOU KNOW, PROPOSE NUMBERS HERE THAT CERTAINLY WERE NOT OUT OF WHACK WITH WHAT IS OUT THERE TODAY IN THE CURRENT.

OKAY. WE WANT TO TRY TO GET SOMETHING THAT IS MATCHES WHAT YOU HAVE, AT LEAST FOR THAT THIRD BUCKET WHERE YOU'VE GOT THE 1216 HUNDRED SQUARE FOOT LOTS.

SO AGAIN, AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO CREATE SOME CONSISTENCY BY ESTABLISHING THESE MINIMUMS. ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN GUIDELINES.

CURRENTLY YOUR ZONING CODE DOES HAVE THEM, BUT JUST FOR THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT ONLY.

OKAY. AND AGAIN, THROUGH THE STEERING COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF, WE DISCUSSED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTENDING OR APPLYING THOSE DESIGN GUIDELINES OR DESIGN GUIDELINES, NOT THE SAME ONES TO OTHER DISTRICTS.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT RIGHT HERE.

THIS DEAL THIS SHEET HAS SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SINGLE FAMILY.

YOU KNOW, SO BASICALLY THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT GUIDELINES WHICH WHICH WAS A GOOD SET OF GUIDELINES. I THOUGHT VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT I WOULD TYPICALLY KIND OF PROPOSE.

WE'RE USING THOSE FOR THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS BECAUSE I THINK THEY WORK VERY GOOD, AND I THINK THEY'RE MODERN AND UP TO DATE.

WE DID PROPOSE NEW SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED GUIDELINES.

AND THEN THIRDLY, SOME MULTIFAMILY GUIDELINES.

SO THIS SHEET DEALS WITH SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED.

AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE ITEMS HERE.

YOU KNOW MINIMUM 812 PITCHED ROOF.

NO EXPOSED FOUNDATION WALLS.

YOU KNOW YOU'D HAVE TO TREAT THAT SOMEHOW WITH SOME SORT OF SIDING BRICK OR STONE TWO CAR ATTACHED GARAGE BUILDING MATERIALS, WHICH I THINK IS MY OPINION, THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE ON DESIGN GUIDELINES.

AGAIN, I THINK PRETTY REASONABLE AT 50% OF JUST THE FRONT FACE ONLY BRICK, STONE OR CULTURED STONE.

OKAY, SO I THINK YOU GET, YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK IF YOU, YOU JUST KEEP A, A MINIMAL LIST OF DESIGN GUIDELINES.

THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN MY APPROACH. YOU KNOW, SOME COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE THESE, THEY MAY HAVE, YOU KNOW, LITERALLY 20 OR 30 PAGES IN THE ZONING CODE, JUST A VERY DETAILED, YOU KNOW, ARCHITECTURAL GUIDELINES.

AND AGAIN, I'D RATHER GO WITH LIKE A PAGE, YOU KNOW, AND KEEP IT TO THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET SOME, YOU KNOW, MEANINGFUL EITHER YOU KNOW, ESTHETIC, YOU KNOW, LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY. WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE, WITH THE EXTERIOR BUILDING MATERIALS. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO. WE WANT THESE TO BE QUALITY BUILDINGS THAT LAST AND HOLD THEIR VALUE.

BOTTOM LINE UPGRADED LIGHTING AND DRIVEWAY STANDARDS.

HERE AGAIN THESE ARE JUST SMALLER THINGS, BUT WE I BEEFED UP THE LIGHTING STANDARDS THAT THAT DEALS WITH LIGHT TRESPASS, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY TRYING TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS. AND SO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE VERY CLEAR AND DETAILED LANGUAGE ABOUT FOOT CANDLE READINGS AT THE PROPERTY LINES.

AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WITH THE GOAL OF WE'RE TRYING TO MINIMIZE THE LIGHT TRESPASS FROM NONRESIDENTIAL INTO RESIDENTIAL.

THERE WAS A FEW DRIVEWAY STANDARDS, YOU KNOW, DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S REQUIRED IN TERMS OF GARAGES AND DRIVEWAYS. BZA. AND VARIANCE CHAPTER HERE.

AGAIN, JUST SOME CLEANING UP SOME ITEMS HERE.

THE AREA VARIANCE DEFINITION WAS REALLY NEEDED, UPDATED AND EXPOUNDED UPON THE USE VARIANCE, WHICH IS PROPOSED TO BE PROHIBITED.

IF YOU RECALL ME SAYING BEFORE THAT THE USE VARIANCE WAS PROHIBITED TWO CODES AGO, IT GOT INADVERTENTLY PLACED INTO THE ZONING CODE UPDATE.

AND SO NOW WE'RE JUST KIND OF CLEANING THAT BACK UP TO TAKE IT BACK OUT.

AND THEN LASTLY, THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS SECTION.

YOU DID NOT HAVE THIS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAD THROWN IN THERE JUST TO SEE IF THE CITY WAS INTERESTED.

THIS BASICALLY LAYS OUT A VERY SIMPLE PROCESS THAT IF IF YOU KNOW, KATHLEEN OR ANYBODY THAT HAS ANY TYPE OF JURISDICTION IN TERMS OF MAKING A DECISION OR

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IF AN APPLICANT DOES NOT LIKE THAT, DOES NOT LIKE THAT ANSWER BASICALLY TURNED DOWN OR YOU KNOW, OTHERWISE.

AND THIS COULD BE FOR PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL.

OKAY. THAT THEY HAVE A THEY HAVE A KIND OF INTERNAL APPEALS PROCESS WHICH GOES TO THE BZA. OKAY. AND IF THEY WANT TO GO BEYOND THAT, THEY'D GO DOWN TO COMMON PLEAS COURT. BUT AGAIN, A LOT OF PLACES, NOT ALL, BUT MOST CODES HAVE SOME SORT OF ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL.

IT'S NOT USED THAT OFTEN.

I THINK I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN 1 OR 2 IN ALL MY TIME, BUT IT'S GOOD TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU NEED IT.

SO THAT'S THAT SECTION.

DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW CHAPTER.

THIS IS A NEW CHAPTER.

THIS DEALS WITH BASICALLY DEVELOPMENT PLANS WHICH FROM A PLANNING COMMISSION STANDPOINT THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT THEY SEE MOST.

AND OF COURSE OF ANY GIVEN YEAR, YOU KNOW, A NEW STARBUCKS GOES UP, A NEW STRIP CENTER GOES UP.

THOSE ARE ALL GOING IN FOR SITE PLAN OR DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEWS.

AND SO WE CREATED A CHAPTER THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT IT DOES IS MORE CLEARLY OUTLINES THE AND DETAILS THE PROCESS.

OKAY. YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAKING MANDATORY PRE-APPLICATION MEETING. CURRENTLY IT'S NOT MANDATORY ADDING A LOT OF ACCESS MANAGEMENT, DEALING WITH ACCESS CUTS AND MAKING SURE, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY COMMERCIAL AND CORRIDOR PROJECTS ARE SAFE AND TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY.

AGAIN, YOU'VE BEEN IN CITY ENGINEER'S BEEN ASKING CERTAINLY FOR TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDIES, BUT THERE'S ABOUT A PAGE OR SO OF SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT WE WANT TO SEE IN THE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY SO THAT WHEN HE GETS, YOU KNOW, A TIS FROM AN ENGINEER THAT THEY'RE CONSISTENT IN TERMS OF HE HAS EVERYTHING HE NEEDS IN THERE. SO AGAIN, I THINK THAT IS A PRETTY IMPORTANT STUFF IN TERMS OF SOMETHING THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION USE ON A VERY REGULAR BASIS. AND THEN JUST 1 OR 2 MORE SLIDES HERE.

WE LOOKED AT THE DEFINITIONS.

THIS IS JUST SOME RANDOM THINGS THAT HAD COME UP.

THAT WAS ON THE LIST TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, YOUR CURRENT CODE.

IT IS SOMEWHAT CONFUSING AS IT RELATES TO CONGREGATE LIVING.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOUR CURRENT CODE ACTUALLY CALLS THAT, THAT LAND USE.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE UPGRADED THE, THE DEFINITION FOR FAMILY.

THAT WAS SOMEONE THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OUTDATED TOO, BECAUSE THAT KEEPS CHANGING THROUGH THE COURTS. GROUP HOME, FAMILY HOME, WHICH ISN'T SHOWN UP THERE.

YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, FAMILY HOME WAS THE 1 TO 5 FOLKS AND GROUP HOME WAS THE 6 TO 16.

SO WE'VE GOT, I THINK, GOOD DEFINITIONS ON WHAT ENTAILS IN THAT.

AND THEN THE OTHER AREA WHERE WE BEEFED UP A LOT DEFINITIONS WAS SENIOR RELATED HOUSING OPTIONS, YOU KNOW, WITH YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS BASICALLY TWO BUCKETS. YOU'VE GOT INDEPENDENT CARE OR INDEPENDENT SENIOR CARE.

THAT'S BASICALLY A 55 PLUS COMMUNITY TYPE OF THING.

THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO SKILLED NURSING AT THAT POINT.

BUT IT IS SENIOR. OKAY.

AND THEN REALLY EVERYTHING ELSE WOULD BE SENIOR CARE FACILITY, YOUR SKILLED CARE, YOUR ASSISTED LIVING, ALL THE YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ALL THE VARIOUS NEW TYPES OF CARE THAT ARE COMING ON AS TIME GOES ON.

SO THOSE WERE SOME GOOD DEFINITION UPGRADES.

AND THEN LASTLY, WE DID LOOK AT THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS CHAPTER SET DOWN WITH THE CITY ENGINEER. WE HAD A CITY ENGINEER OR AN ENGINEER ON OUR TEAM.

AND BOTTOM LINE IS IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THAT THAT CHAPTER IS PRETTY WELL UP TO DATE IN TERMS OF ALL THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR ROADWAYS AND OTHERWISE, WE THE ONLY THING WE CAME UP WITH WAS SOME UTILITY BOX SCREENING IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LITTLE GAP IN THERE IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THOSE BOXES ARE PROPERLY SCREENED. SO SUBDIVISION REGS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A GOOD, GOOD SPOT. AND THEN LASTLY WE DID HAVE A FEW A HANDFUL OF ZONING MAP ACTUAL MAP EDITS NOW CERTAINLY. WHICH AS I SAID, WE CHANGED THE OR CHANGED PROPOSING TO CHANGE THE NAME FROM CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT TO PARKLAND DISTRICT.

THERE WERE A HANDFUL, WHAT, PROBABLY 5 OR 10 OTHER PARCELS.

DID YOU WANT TO GO OVER? A COUPLE OF THEM? YEAH, BRIEFLY.

SO YES, WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF CHANGES FROM THE CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICT ON 235 AND 675. THERE WERE SOME PARCELS THAT WERE NOT NECESSARILY PARKLAND.

SO THOSE WERE REZONED TO NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER TO ACCOMMODATE THE USES THAT ARE ON THOSE LANDS, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND COMMERCIAL USES.

AND THEN ALSO A FEW CHANGES OFF OF EAST EIGHT SPRINGS ROAD FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO REALLY ACCOUNT FOR THE USES THAT ARE IN THOSE BUILDINGS CURRENTLY.

AND WHAT THAT DISTRICT IS AND WHAT IT'S TURNED INTO.

AND I THAT REALLY KIND OF GOES OVER EVERYTHING.

LIKE I SAID, THE BIGGEST ONE IS REALLY JUST CALLING PARKS PARKLAND.

I THINK THAT'S JUST REALLY THE BIGGEST ONE. BUT THERE ARE A FEW COUPLE OTHERS.

THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THOSE ARE THOSE ARE KIND OF THE HIGH POINTS.

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I MEAN, THE CODE IS AVAILABLE DRAFT CODE ONLINE, I BELIEVE. AND SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S PROPOSED TO COME AND GO.

SO YOU'LL SEE SOME MINOR OTHER EDITS, BUT THESE ARE THE MORE SUBSTANTIVE ITEMS WORTH NOTING. SO ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE COME TO COUNCIL? QUESTIONS. WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ORDINANCE SIX DASH 25.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO ORDINANCE SIX DASH 25.

PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

MY NAME IS ALAN CARNEY.

325 EAST SENIOR DRIVE.

I OPPOSE THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 625 ZONING CODE UPDATE.

I PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED MY PUBLIC HEARING COMMENTS, ORDINANCE 625 ZONING CODE, AND I HOPE MOST OF YOU GOT THEM.

THERE WAS A REAL PROBLEM WITH YOUR MAILING SERVER THAT HICCUPS.

SO HOPEFULLY YOU GOT THEM AND I HOPE YOU READ THEM VERY WELL.

I HAVE SOME REAL CONCERNS ABOUT THIS CODE AND WHAT WAS SAID TONIGHT AS WELL.

AND SO I REALLY URGE YOU TO READ THE DOCUMENT.

AND I'D SAY I LISTED JUST A FEW OF THE MAJOR CONCERNS I HAD THERE IN CHAPTER 11.

22 OF DISTRICTS THAT ARE GOING TO AFFECT THAT WILL ADVERSELY AFFECT THE ESTABLISHED DISTRICTS THE MOST LIKE REMOVE MINIMUM DWELLING SIZE REQUESTS REQUIREMENTS THAT WEREN'T THERE BEFORE. REMOVE ALL ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN REQUIREMENTS THAT DIDN'T EXIST BEFORE AND REMOVE ALL EXTERIOR MATERIALS REQUIREMENTS.

AND SOME OF THE SUBJECTIVE APPROVALS THAT WERE IN THERE.

AGAIN, A LOT OF IT AFFECTS EXISTING DISTRICTS, WHICH I DON'T APPROVE OF.

THE PROPOSED ZONING CODE DOCUMENT IS THE MOST RESTRICTIVE AND GOVERNMENTAL OVERREACH DOCUMENT TO DATE THAT I'VE READ FROM THIS CITY, AND IT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE FAIRBORN CITIZENS IN AN ADVERSE WAY, ESPECIALLY IN THE ESTABLISHED OLDER DISTRICTS.

I LIVE IN AN OLDER AND AN 80 YEAR OLD DISTRICT, AND SOME OF THESE CHANGES ARE JUST ABSURD, SAYS.

THE MOST DISTURBING THAT I THOUGHT WAS THE REMOVAL OF THE CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, WHICH IS NOT THE SAME AS THIS PARKLAND DISTRICT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE IT SERVED AS A GREEN SPACE BUFFER FOR BOTH AGRICULTURAL AND LOW DENSITY DEVELOPMENT THAT PROTECTED THE RURAL TOWNSHIP AREAS FROM THE ENCROACHING PLANNED SPRAWL DEVELOPMENT AND ITS CANCEROUS ANNEXATION THAT GOES ON.

IT PROVIDED ANOTHER BARRIER THERE.

SO THAT REVIEW AND PLANNING HAD TO MAKE CHANGES BEFORE YOU JUST GO ARBITRARILY HAVING THESE SPRAWL ANNEXATIONS OCCUR.

BUT OBVIOUSLY FAIRBORN PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS BETTER VISIONS TO PROMOTE MORE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

SO FAIRBORN CAN LOOK LIKE THE OTHER TOWNS OF BEAVERCREEK AND HUBER HEIGHTS WITH THEIR SPRAWL EVERYWHERE. THE FAIRBORN PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT WANTS A DETAILED, COMPREHENSIVE ZONING CODE CODE THAT DEFINES EVERY RESTRICTION AND EVERY REQUIREMENT POSSIBLE. THIS MAKES IT EASIER TO ACCEPT OR DENY ANY APPLICATION BY QUOTING A SPECIFIC CODE REGULATION TO THE LETTER AND TO THE BOOK.

NO ONE IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT REALLY WANTS TO BE IN A SITUATION TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. USE SOME COMMON SENSE FOR CASE BY CASE SITUATIONS AND AND GRANT SOME TYPE OF REASONABLE VARIANCE TO A REGULATION TO ENCOURAGE SOME CREATIVE DESIGN.

THE FAIRBORN CITY COUNCIL IS SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT THE CITIZENS AND HOLD FAIRBORN ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE TO SERVE THE CITIZENS, NOT THEIR OWN AGENDA. AND I HOPE THAT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER HAS THOROUGHLY READ THIS ZONING CODE UPDATE, AND ALSO CAREFULLY THOUGHT OUT THE IMPACT OF THE RED LAND CHANGES THAT WERE IN THIS DOCUMENT.

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AND IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THIS DOCUMENT IN DETAIL AND ALL THE RED LINE DOCUMENTS, OR HAVE ANY DOUBT OR CONCERN ABOUT ANY SINGLE REQUIREMENT, THEN I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO FOR THE SAKE OF THE FAIRBORN CITIZENS, BECAUSE OTHERWISE A YES VOTE IS GOING TO MAKE THIS BANNING BAD ZONING CODE DOCUMENT LAW IN ITS ENTIRETY, AND ANY OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE WILL NEVER GET FIXED.

AND WE'VE SEEN THAT IN THE PAST.

IT'LL JUST GO ON FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS.

SO AGAIN, I OPPOSE ADOPTING ORDINANCE 625 AND URGE CITY COUNCIL TO ALL VOTE NO UNTIL ACCEPTABLE CHANGES CAN BE MADE.

REQUIREMENTS REVIEWED AND REVIEWED BY THE CITIZENS, NOT A HANDPICKED, SPECIALIZED COMMITTEE.

THAT TO THIS DATE HAS NOT BEEN REVEALED IN ANY OF THE PUBLIC MINUTES FOR THE MEETINGS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO ORDINANCE SIX DASH 25? PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

OKAY. SEEING NO ONE ELSE COME FORWARD, WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WE'LL COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR COMMENTS.

AND WE'LL START WITH COUNCILWOMAN CHESS.

THANK YOU. I REALLY DO.

THERE ARE A FEW QUESTIONABLE THINGS I MAY HAVE, BUT I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A WAY THAT WE CAN PUSH THIS AGENDA GOING FORWARD, MAKING FAIRBORN GREATER.

I I DO LIKE THE PROPOSED CHANGES.

I THINK THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OR EITHER WHERE WE'RE GOING FOR FAIRBORN.

SO I JUST THINK THAT THESE CHANGES TO ME, ARE REALLY COMMON SENSE CHANGES, AND I CAN APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PUT IN TO BRING THIS FORWARD TO COUNCIL. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS, YOUR HONOR.

THANK YOU. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, BUT THEY'RE THEY'RE MOSTLY.

I JUST WANT TO BRING UP TOPICS THAT I'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE THAT WERE CONCERNED SO THAT I CAN WE CAN JUST ASK THOSE QUESTIONS AND HAVE THEM ANSWERED HERE.

MOST OF MY CONCERNS BOIL DOWN TO YOU KNOW, THE EFFECT ON PEOPLE WHO ALREADY ARE HERE AND IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THEY WOULD NOT MEET SOME OF THE NEW REQUIREMENTS.

SO OKAY, SO I'VE GOT A COUPLE SECTIONS THAT I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER.

SO THE FIRST ONE WAS ABOUT THE NEW MINIMUM DWELLING SIZE REQUIREMENT AND THAT EXCEPTIONS WERE ADDED BECAUSE THAT WAS A CONCERN OF MINE THAT PEOPLE WHO ALREADY LIVE, I ONE OF THEM, I LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE MY HOUSE IS UNDER 1200 SQUARE FEET, AND LOTS OF HOUSES AROUND ME WERE A MIX OR A MIX OF SMALL RANCH HOUSES AND THEN TWO STORY HOUSES MIXED THROUGH LIKE THAT.

SO SO THESE ARE JUST SOME QUESTIONS LIKE AND I'M SORRY, YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, BUT I KNOW THAT I GAVE A HEADS UP ABOUT SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS, BUT SO LIKE, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF EXISTING HOMES IN FAIRBORN DO NOT MEET THE NEW MINIMUM DWELLING SIZE REQUIREMENTS.

YEAH, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

OH, OKAY. WELL, I WILL JUST SAY AS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF HOUSES THAT DON'T THERE'S A LOT OF HOUSES THAT DON'T. SO THAT'S WHY THIS WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME, TO MAKE SURE THAT I ASKED THE RIGHT QUESTIONS, TO LOOK OUT FOR THE PEOPLE.

AND I THINK WHAT WE DID TRY TO DO, PUT INTO THE ZONING CODE WAS THAT FOR THOSE HOMES THAT CURRENTLY EXIST, IF THEY WANT TO HAVE AN ADDITION PUT ON THEIR HOME, THEY DO NOT HAVE TO MEET THESE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN GUIDELINES.

IF YOUR HOME BURNS DOWN IN A FIRE, YOU CAN REBUILD THAT HOME IF YOU'RE USING THE SAME FOOTPRINT, NOT NECESSARILY ON THE SAME FOUNDATION, BUT IF YOU'RE USING THE SAME FOOTPRINT THAT YOU ORIGINALLY HAD AND JUST WANT TO REBUILD YOUR HOME BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOUR INSURANCE WILL PAY FOR, THEN THAT'S WHAT THE ZONING CODE SUPPORTS.

SO I THINK THAT THAT WE ARE TRYING TO PROTECT THOSE EXISTING HOMES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AND SO WE DEFINITELY HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT.

WHEN OUR STEERING COMMITTEE MET AND THIS DID COME UP.

AND SO I GUESS THOSE MINIMUM HOME SIZES WE WANTED TO START SOMEWHERE AND LOOK AT THE VARIOUS ZONING DISTRICTS AND WHAT THE SIZES OF HOMES KIND OF ON AVERAGE, I GUESS. AND THEN ALSO THERE IS A PROCESS IF FOR SOME REASON YOU DO WANT TO BUILD A HOME THAT IS LESS THAN THAT MINIMUM STANDARD THERE IS A PROCESS THROUGH OUR BOARD OF ZONING

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SO I GUESS THAT'S KIND OF I GUESS JUST TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND MAYBE THAT MAY HELP ADDRESS SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

YEAH. AND WILL YOU GUYS ACTUALLY ALREADY DID ADDRESS MY QUESTIONS.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IN THIS PUBLIC FORUM.

FOR ANYONE WATCHING OR THAT HAD THAT CONCERN PEOPLE HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME WITH THAT CONCERN, BUT I'M SO I'M SURE IF I HAD IT AND OTHER PEOPLE REACHED OUT TO ME THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE PROBABLY. RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, LIKE I HAD A GUT REACTION TO THAT, LIKE, WHOA, WAIT A MINUTE. YOU KNOW, SO LET'S SEE.

SO I HAD LET'S SEE. YEAH.

SO I MEAN, I FOUND THAT SAME THING IN THE CODE THAT WHAT YOU JUST ADDRESSED THAT SAID THAT THAT EXCEPTION IS THERE FOR THE EXISTING HOMES THAT ARE.

SO IF IF MY HOUSE GETS HIT BY A TORNADO OR HALF BURNS TO THE GROUND OR WHATEVER, AND I HAVE TO REPLACE IT, I AM NOT GOING TO BE SCREWED BECAUSE MY HOMEOWNER INSURANCE DOESN'T COVER, LIKE I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE TO BUILD IT TO SOME DIFFERENT STANDARD IF I'M IN A HOME THAT HAS MY HOME IS BRICK.

BUT IF I WAS IN A HOME THAT HAD LIKE VINYL SIDING, I WOULD BE ABLE TO REBUILD IT THAT WAY TO MATCH WITH WHAT I ALREADY HAVE, SO I WOULDN'T BE HAVING TO UPGRADE TO THINGS I COULDN'T AFFORD. RIGHT? SO.

SO IN THAT WAY, WE'VE LOOKED OUT FOR EXISTING PEOPLE TO PREVENT SOME KIND OF HARDSHIP.

SO AND I APPRECIATE THAT THAT WENT INTO IT.

AND THAT WAS ALL ABOUT, I THINK, IN THE 1120 404 NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE ON PAGE 144, IT HAS AS AN EXCEPTION TO MINIMUM DWELLING SIZE, IF A DWELLING CONTAINING A LEGAL, NONCONFORMING, SINGLE FAMILY OR DUPLEX LAND USE LOCATED IN A ESSER MDR UNDER DC AND NCT ZONING DISTRICT IS DAMAGED OR DESTROYED BY ANY CAUSE, THOSE PORTIONS SO DESTROYED OR DAMAGED MAY BE RESTORED TO THE ORIGINAL FOOTPRINT AND FLOOR AREA OF THE DWELLING, SUBJECT TO THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN GUIDELINES SET FORTH.

AND THEN IF YOU GO TO THE ARCHITECTURAL GUIDELINES, IT HAS AN EXCEPTION ALSO LISTED IN IT ADDITIONS OR MODIFICATIONS MADE TO DWELLINGS EXISTING AT THE TIME OF ADOPTION OF THESE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN GUIDELINES SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN GUIDELINES.

SO I, I THINK THAT CONCERN I FOUND THAT IT WAS A JUST IN HERE.

SO AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THEN ONE OTHER THING I HAD MORE WRITTEN, BUT THAT WE BASICALLY HAVE JUST DISCUSSED IT AND COVERED IT ALL OF IT.

AND THEN ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY A COUPLE PEOPLE TO ME WAS SOLAR.

WHEN WE THERE WERE QUESTIONS ASKED ABOUT THE PITCH REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ROOF AND SOLAR.

SO I WENT OUT AND CHECKED THAT OUT.

THE PITCH REQUIRED BY THE OR NOT REQUIRED, BUT THE RECOMMENDED.

ACCORDING TO THE UNITED US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY WEBSITE HOMEOWNER'S GUIDE TO GOING SOLAR, IT SAYS TYPICALLY SOLAR PANELS PERFORM BEST ON SOUTH FACING ROOFS WITH A SLOPE BETWEEN 15 AND 40 DEGREES, THOUGH OTHER ROOFS MAY BE SUITABLE TOO.

AND THAT'S LIKE WEST AND EAST. AND I SO I CHECKED ALL OF THE DESIGN GUIDELINE ROOF PITCHES AND THEY ALL FIT WITHIN THAT.

SO OUR DESIGN GUIDELINES JUST THAT'S BEEN ASKED AND I WAS CURIOUS TOO.

SO EVEN IF, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T ASK FOR ANY VARIANCE OR ANYTHING, THOSE PITCHES DO FIT WELL WITH WHAT WE'RE WHAT IS RECOMMENDED BY THE GOVERNMENT AS A GOOD PITCH FOR YOUR SOLAR PANELS.

AND THEN ONE OTHER COMMENT THAT WAS BROUGHT UP HERE ABOUT THAT FOR RESIDENTIAL ROOFTOP SOLAR 1120 8.28 SOLAR PANELS, SECTION C TO B, IF ROOF MOUNTED, THE SOLAR OR PHOTOVOLTAIC.

YOU THINK I COULD SAY THAT I HAVE THEM SYSTEM SHALL BE LOCATED IN THE MOST INCONSPICUOUS LOCATION ON THE ROOF, SO AS NOT TO BE SEEN FROM THE STREET IF POSSIBLE, AND STILL BE ABLE TO FUNCTION AS DESIGNED.

SO THE THING ABOUT THAT IS, LIKE WHEN I DID MINE, I THOUGHT I COULDN'T PUT THEM ON THE FRONT, BUT LOTS OF PEOPLE AROUND ME NOW HAVE THEM ON THE FRONT. AND IF IT'S A SOUTH, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A SOUTH, WEST OR EAST FACING WITH NO SHADE, THAT IS LIKE FOR YOUR MONEY.

LIKE THAT'S WHERE YOU SHOULD PUT THEM. SO I GUESS MY QUESTION ON THAT IS, WILL THE CITY PREVENT A HOMEOWNER FROM INSTALLING SOLAR PANELS ON THE SIDE OF THEIR ROOF THAT FACES THE STREET? NO. SO IN THAT CODE, IT SAYS IF POSSIBLE.

SO THAT IS WHERE THAT GIVES US, I THINK, THE LEEWAY TO MAKE SURE THAT OKAY, I MEAN, THERE'S NO POINT IN GETTING SOLAR PANELS IF YOU CAN'T USE THEM TO THEIR CAPACITY. SO YES, THEY CAN.

I MEAN, IDEALLY WE WANT THEM AWAY FROM THE STREET AND INCONSPICUOUS.

SO BUT IF THERE'S NO ALTERNATIVE AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE YOU KNOW,

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OKAY, COOL. AND I CAN TESTIFY.

THAT'S HOW I'VE MET PEOPLE. I WALK UP AND I KNOCK ON THEIR DOOR AND I SAY, HI. WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB? SO YEAH.

SO. AND WE'VE GOT LIKE, FOUR JUST IN MY WHOLE, LIKE, LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD AREA.

SO I JUST WANT BUT I WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP BECAUSE THAT WAS A CONCERN THAT WAS BROUGHT UP. WE DIDN'T MAKE ANY CHANGES TO OUR SOLAR PANEL SECTION IN THE CODE.

AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY LAKE POWER, CLEAN FUTURE OHIO, WHO WORKS WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD, THAT WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD WE HAVE OUR CODE IS REALLY GOOD FOR SOLAR PANELS.

SO OKAY. THOSE ARE. THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS ON THE RECORD, KIND OF ABOUT SOME OF THESE CONCERNS THAT I HEARD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. APPRECIATE IT. AND AND ALSO THE RITA HEADS.

AND THEN ALSO SOME OF THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD IN WORK SESSION.

SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT.

I SAT ON THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS FOR A FEW YEARS.

AND AGAIN, IT WAS AN INTERESTING TIME.

IT'S CHALLENGING WHEN WHEN A RESIDENT BRINGS FORTH A CONCERN ABOUT BUILDING, WHETHER IT BE A FENCE OR A SHED OR AN ADDITION TO A HOME.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THE STRESSFUL PIECE OF ALL OF THIS IS YOU OWN A PIECE OF PROPERTY.

YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO YOUR THING AND, AND CREATE THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU WANT. THE, THE TESTING PIECE OF IT IS HOW WILL THE NEIGHBORS FEEL? HOW WILL THE FOLKS AROUND YOU FEEL? HOW DOES IT FIT IN THE CHARACTER OF WHAT'S PRESENTLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? I APPRECIATE US TRYING TO GET TO A POINT TO WHERE WE CAN BUILD SOME CONSISTENCY IN, IN WHAT WE DO AND THOSE DECISIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE.

NOTHING IN THIS IN THIS, IN THIS PLAN, IN THIS REWRITE PREVENTS A CITIZEN FROM ASKING THE QUESTION AND ASKING FOR A VARIANCE, ASKING FOR AN ADJUSTMENT, ASKING FOR CONSIDERATION BASED ON WHAT THAT NEED IS. AND I CAN TELL YOU, SITTING ON THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS, WE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS THAT EVERYBODY WASN'T HAPPY WITH TO THE BENEFIT OF THAT CITIZEN. SO I THINK IT'S A IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BRING THOSE THINGS FORWARD BEFORE SOMEONE STARTS BUILDING SOMETHING IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DOESN'T FIT.

IT TAKES AWAY FROM FROM WHAT'S ALREADY THERE.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE TO LIVE IN THIS SPACE TOGETHER.

SO I TRULY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I TRULY APPRECIATE THE CLEANUP AND TRYING TO MAKE THIS UNDERSTANDABLE.

IT'S TOUGH TO READ THROUGH A ZONE CODE AND TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT.

YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT LEGALESE, WE'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF STATEMENTS THAT THIS HAS TO BE THIS WAY BECAUSE THE STATE WANTS IT TO BE THIS WAY.

I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT I'M GOING THROUGH THIS PLANNING CLASS RIGHT NOW IN GREENE COUNTY, BECAUSE IT'S OPENED MY EYES TO.

WE DO HAVE MORE ROOM TO MANEUVER THAN WE THINK.

WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THESE ORDINANCES AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY IN PLACE, BUT IT'S IN PLACE TO CREATE THE CONSISTENCY WE NEED TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS AND NOT TAKE AWAY FROM THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I THINK THAT THERE'S DEFINITELY ROOM THERE.

SO THANK YOU, JAY, FOR WORKING.

CAN CAN YOU TELL ME DID THE DID THE STEERING COMMITTEE BE TOGETHER? WERE THEY TOGETHER FOR 18 MONTHS? A YEAR AND A HALF? TWO YEARS? HOW LONG WERE THAT? SO WE MET ABOUT FOUR TIMES THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. AND THERE WERE JUST SEVERAL DIFFERENT CITIZENS.

YES. CITIZENS. PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS COUNCIL MEMBERS DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OWNERS, BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE FOCUS WAS DOWNTOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. YEAH.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I HAD A BIG, LONG DIATRIBE PREPARED, BUT I THINK MOST OF IT HAS BEEN COVERED, SO I'M GOING TO KIND OF SUMMARIZE IT.

I THINK, JAY YOU HAD MENTIONED THIS IS NOT A 600 PAGE DOCUMENT THAT DRILLS US DOWN TO FINITE CARVED AND AND CONCRETE OR STEEL.

THIS IS JUST GUIDELINES FOR US TO JUST BASE OUR DECISIONS ON IT'S NOT WE'RE NOT MARRIED

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AND SO WE REALLY JUST WANT TO HAVE AN EXPECTATION.

AND THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A TIME, AND I CAN TESTIFY TO THIS BECAUSE I HAVE FRIENDS WHO ARE GOING THROUGH UPDATING A PROPERTY THAT THEY'VE EVER COME TO THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS, AND THEY'VE NOT BEEN UNDERSTANDING AND WORK WITH THEM IN, IN THE PLANS THAT THEY HAVE.

SO I JUST I WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE THAT I THINK IT'S GREAT TO CLINT'S POINT THAT WE ARE CLEANING THIS UP. WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER SOME BASIS AND GUIDELINES FOR US AS A CITY MOVING FORWARD, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO MAKE DOWNTOWN A DESTINATION, OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS A DESTINATION ESPECIALLY AS WE GROW IN OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THAT WE WANT PEOPLE TO LIVE HERE, WORK HERE AND PLAY HERE.

SO THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON IT.

THANK YOU. OKAY. I HAVE A NUMBER OF COMMENTS ALSO, BUT MOST OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY HAS ALSO BEEN SAID.

THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT I'M VERY GLAD YOU ADDRESSED DOWNTOWN BROAD STREET.

THOSE HAVE BEEN AREAS THAT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DEVELOP FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND WE'VE WE'VE KIND OF MISSED THE MARK IN SOME AREAS.

AND I THINK THIS IS FINALLY GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD IN THOSE AREAS.

THE THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS, THE RESIDENTIAL MINIMUM HOUSING SIZE.

WHEN I SAW THAT, I WAS VERY CONCERNED.

THE ISSUES ABOUT FACING SITING, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, I HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.

BUT WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN FAIRBORN OVER THE YEARS IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN FLEXIBLE WHEN WE NEEDED TO BE. AND A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT IS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HOMES.

IN THE NATIONAL HOMES AREA, WE HAVE BUILT SEVERAL HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HOMES. AND THOSE HOMES HAVE HAD TO HAVE VARIANCES BECAUSE OF THE LOT SIZES, THE SIZE HOUSES THAT WE WANTED TO PUT IN THERE.

SOME OF THE EMPTY LOTS IN THAT AREA TOO.

WE HAVE BUILT LARGER HOUSES AND WE'VE HAD TO GET VARIANCES.

SO WHAT IMPRESSES ME WITH ABOUT ABOUT THIS IS AS AS TIGHT AS SOME OF THIS IS, WE DO HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE FOR SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. THERE IS A THE BZA EXISTS FOR THAT PURPOSE.

I AM CONCERNED ABOUT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME TO ME AND SAID, YOU KNOW, CAN WE AFFORD TO LIVE IN ONE OF THESE BIGGER HOUSES? AND THEY KNOW THAT THE ANSWER TO THAT PROBABLY ISN'T RIGHT AWAY, THAT THEY HAVE TO DO LIKE WE DID.

I STARTED OFF IN A VERY SMALL HOUSE.

I GREW UP IN A VERY SMALL HOUSE, LIVE IN A MUCH NICER HOUSE NOW, BUT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

I THINK THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH WAS A GOOD PROCESS.

THE FACT THAT YOU ENGAGED A LOT OF DIFFERENT GROUPS TO HAVE TO WEIGH IN ON THAT.

I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE'VE GOT, BUT I THINK WE HAVE MECHANISMS IN PLACE TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS WHEN THEY ARE CONCERNS, AND THERE WILL BE TIMES WHEN THERE ARE CONCERNS.

THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE. AGAIN, THE SIDING ON A HOUSE, THAT SORT OF A THING. BUT WE DO HAVE A MECHANISM IN PLACE TO ADDRESS THOSE FOR CITIZENS. SO WE'RE NOT TYING THEIR HANDS BEHIND THEIR BACKS.

STUCK WITH WHAT THIS DOCUMENT SAYS.

AND I THINK THAT'S A CRITICALLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DECIDING TONIGHT, IS THAT WE WANT TO MOVE THE CITY FORWARD.

WE WANT TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES.

THE TERM URBAN SPRAWL WAS USED.

WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF AREAS TO DO THAT IN FAIRBORN.

BUT WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY MAY COME, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BUILD THE RIGHT KIND OF HOUSES TO ATTRACT PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO WANT TO LIVE THERE.

WE ARE MAKING STRONG EFFORTS IN FAIRBORN TO ATTRACT SOME SOME MILITARY TYPE BUILDINGS AND BUSINESSES. WELL, THOSE ARE GOING TO ATTRACT PEOPLE WITH PROBABLY LITTLE HIGHER INCOMES.

THEY'RE GOING TO WANT NICER HOUSING.

AND SO WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME MECHANISM IN PLACE TO PROVIDE THAT.

AND AGAIN, WITHOUT FORGETTING THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE THE HIGHER INCOMES AND LIKE THOSE ESPECIALLY COMING RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE, ETC., WHO ARE LOOKING FOR THAT FIRST HOME, THEY CAN'T AFFORD A 3000 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE.

I KNOW THAT I COULDN'T WHEN I GOT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE.

SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT THAT WENT INTO THIS, BUT I MOSTLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR VARIANCES IF AND WHEN THEY ARE NEEDED. AND THE BZA, AS CLINT MENTIONED, HAS BEEN THERE FOR THAT PURPOSE.

SO I'M CONFIDENT MOVING FORWARD THAT WE CAN DO WHAT'S INTENDED WITHOUT FORGETTING THE PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MEET THOSE KIND OF STANDARDS.

WE HAVE A MECHANISM TO ADDRESS THAT.

ANY OTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS?

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SO MOVED. SECOND. PENNY.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MISS REASTER.

YES. MR. ALLEN. YES. MR. MCCUBBINS. YAY! MISS STANTON.

YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK. YES.

YES. YES. OKAY. MIKE. 4 TO 6 DASH 25 AMENDING THE CITY OF FAIRBORN.

CODIFIED ORDINANCES REGARDING THE PART 11 PLANNING AND ZONING CODE.

OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE SIX DASH 25.

SO MOVE. SECOND. PENNY.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MR. ALLEN? YES, MISS REASTER? YES, MISS CHESS. YES, MR. MCCUBBINS. YES, MISS. STANTON.

YES, MR. KIRKPATRICK? YES.

ORDINANCE SIX DASH 25 IS DULY ADOPTED.

OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO READ RESOLUTION 1125 BY TITLE ONLY.

[VII. New Business]

AYE. OPPOSED. RESOLUTION 11 DASH 25.

DECLARING THE NECESSITY OF CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR OF CERTAIN SIDEWALKS, CURBS, AND DRIVEWAY APPROACHES IN THE CITY OF FAIRBORN, OHIO, AND REQUIRING THAT ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS CONSTRUCT OR REPAIR THE SAME FOR THE 2025 CURB, SIDEWALK AND APPROACH REPAIR PROGRAM.

HAYLEY MYERS, ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER.

PRESENTING. HELLO. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

SO TODAY I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING ON RESOLUTION 1125, WHICH WOULD ALLOW ENGINEERING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE 2026 CURB, SIDEWALK AND APPROACH PROGRAM, ALSO KNOWN AS CSA.

SO I'M GOING TO DO A BRIEF RUN THROUGH OF JUST HOW THE PROGRAM TYPICALLY WORKS AS WE START OFF HERE. SO IDEALLY THIS ALL STEMS FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE ULTIMATELY FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THE CURB, SIDEWALK AND APPROACHES THAT FALL ALONG THEIR PROPERTY.

AND THAT'S PER FAIRBORN ORDINANCE.

SO THE VERY FIRST STEP BEFORE CSA EVEN COMES TO LIFE IS TO SELECT THE THE STREETS FOR THE STREET PROGRAM FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

AND THEN WE GO THROUGH ALONG ALL THOSE STREETS AND IDENTIFY ALL THE ADJACENT PARCELS AND THEN GO THROUGH AND DO AN INSPECTION OF ALL THOSE PARCELS AND IDENTIFY ANY AREAS THAT NEED IMPROVEMENTS. WE THEN GENERATE THE ESTIMATES BASED ON WHAT'S NEEDED.

AND THEN THAT BRINGS ME TO WHERE WE'RE AT NOW, WHERE WE PRESENT FOR THE RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD AND THEN SEND OUT OUR ESTIMATES THAT WE'VE GENERATED TO ALL OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS.

SO WITHIN THOSE LETTERS, WE ALSO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON HOW THEY CAN DO THE WORK PRIVATELY ON THEIR OWN, HAVE A CONTRACTOR DO IT, AND THEN ALSO PROVIDE THE TIME FRAME THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, THAT THE WORK WOULD NEED TO BE COMPLETED BY. SO AGAIN, WE DO THE CSA PROGRAM A YEAR BEFORE THE PAVING OF THOSE STREETS JUST TO AVOID ANY CONFLICTS YOU DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, TWO CONTRACTORS WORKING THE SAME PLACE, SAME TIME DOING TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. SO AND THEN WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE DO INSPECT, YOU KNOW, FOR DRAINAGE IMPACTS RELATING TO THE CURB.

WE ALSO INSPECT THE SIDEWALK, DRIVE APPROACHES FOR ANY DETERIORATION, TRIP HAZARDS, SAFETY ISSUES, ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

SO AS FAR AS THE 2026 PROGRAM STANDS CURRENTLY, WE HAVE THE STREETS AND TREATMENTS FOR THE 2026 STREET PROGRAM SELECTED.

SO THEN THEREFORE WE HAVE THE 2026 CSA PROPERTIES SELECTED.

SO ENGINEERING STAFF HAS GONE OUT AND MARKED, MEASURED, INSPECTED FOR ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM.

AND WE IDENTIFIED ABOUT 206 PROPERTIES THAT HAVE WORK THAT NEED TO BE COMPLETED WITH THIS PROGRAM. AND THEN AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE, THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE 2026 CSA PROGRAM WOULD TAKE PLACE IN 2025, THE YEAR BEFORE THE STREETS ARE PAVED.

SO ON THE RIGHT ON THIS SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE LIST OF ALL THE STREETS, AS WELL AS THEIR LIMITS THAT ARE PLANNED FOR WORK IN 2026.

AND THEN THE IMAGE ON THE LEFT SHOWS THE RED LINES, WHICH ARE THE SELECTED STREETS, AND THEN THE YELLOW ARE THE CSA PROPERTIES THAT ARE LOCATED ADJACENT TO THOSE STREETS.

AND LASTLY, I WANTED TO TOUCH QUICKLY ON HOW WE GENERATE THESE ESTIMATES THAT GET SENT OUT TO THE PROPERTY. SO OVERALL WE TRY TO BE, YOU KNOW, FAIRLY CONSERVATIVE WITH OUR ESTIMATES. WE DON'T WANT TO SEND OUT A LETTER TO A HOMEOWNER WHERE THEY ANTICIPATE WE CAN DO IT FOR A CERTAIN PRICE.

AND THEN MONTHS DOWN THE LINE, WE SEND A BILL THAT'S HIGHER THAN WHAT WE

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SO WE DO TRY TO BE FAIRLY CONSERVATIVE.

SO THE ESTIMATES FOR 2026 WERE GENERATED BASED OFF OF THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST THREE BIDS THAT WERE COMPLETED IN 20 WITH OUR 2025 PROGRAM.

SO THAT'S HOW WE DETERMINED THE UNIT PRICES FOR THE PROGRAM THIS YEAR.

AND THEN WE ALSO THREW IN AN INCREASE FOR ESTIMATED INFLATION.

SO I DID PUT TOGETHER A TABLE AT THE BOTTOM HERE THAT SHOWS THE ESTIMATED PROGRAM COST VERSUS THE ACTUAL PROGRAM COST OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS THAT WE'VE COMPLETED THE PROGRAM.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT TYPICALLY THE ACTUAL COST COMES IN UNDER THE ESTIMATED COST.

SO LAST YEAR FOR THE 2025 PROGRAM, WE WERE AT ABOUT 80%.

SO BASED ON HOW WE'VE CALCULATED THE ESTIMATES THIS YEAR, WE WOULD ANTICIPATE TO HOPEFULLY BE AROUND THAT 80% NUMBER AGAIN.

SO WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, ENGINEERING RECOMMENDS APPROVING OF THIS RESOLUTION AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU HALEY. WE'LL START COUNCIL QUESTIONS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ELLEN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, HALEY, FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

YOU KIND OF LIKE WHIZ RIGHT THROUGH IT.

YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT IT WAS MANUEL UP HERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T MAKE ANY JOKES, THOUGH.

SO A QUESTION ON THE DRIVEWAYS.

I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A THING WHEN WE COME TO THE DRIVEWAYS.

ARE WE GOING TO RUN INTO THE SAME KIND OF CONCERN THAT WE HAD ON MAPLE WHEN IT COMES TO, YOU KNOW, IS THAT LIKE A STANDARD? CAN YOU HELP THE CITIZENS WITH THAT? YES. SO WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO DO ANY OF THE CURBING THAT WAS PUT IN ON MAPLE AND DRIVE APPROACHES THAT ARE REMOVED WOULD BE REPLACED AT, YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY OR THE SAME ELEVATION.

SO THAT SHOULD NOT BE A CONCERN WITH THIS PROGRAM.

ALL RIGHT. BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. YEP.

I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS NOT UNIQUE TO FAIRBORN, THAT THIS IS MOST MUNICIPALITIES DO THIS, AND SO I'VE HAD TO DO IT MYSELF, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE IMPROVEMENTS.

TYPICALLY, THEIR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, TREE ROOTS CAUSING SIDEWALKS TO POP UP, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO. THANK YOU.

YEP. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. HI, HALEY. WHO DOES THESE INSPECTIONS? IS IT ACTUAL STAFF FROM OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OR IS THERE A CONTRACTOR? YEAH. SO WE HAVE TWO ENGINEERING INSPECTORS THAT GO OUT AND DO IT.

AND I WENT OUT THIS YEAR WITH THEM TWO FOR A COUPLE OF THE STREETS JUST TO GET FAMILIAR WITH IT AND, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW THE INSPECTIONS ARE COMPLETED AND THE DRAWINGS ARE MADE AND EVERYTHING.

SO IT'S OUR STAFF. AND SO I WILL SAY TOO, THEY ARE VERY CONSIDERATE THAT THE HOMEOWNERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY PAYING FOR THESE REPAIRS.

AND SO THEY DO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS THEY, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH AND DO THE INSPECTIONS. THEY TRY TO PICK OUT WHAT'S NECESSARY.

SO LOOKING AT THESE LISTS OF ALL THE PROPERTIES AND THE COST THAT'S ON THERE, IS THAT AN ACTUAL COST THAT'S GOING TO GET ASSESSED OR IS THAT AT THIS POINT STILL AN ESTIMATE. THESE ARE THE ESTIMATES THAT WILL HOPEFULLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT 20% HIGHER THAN WHAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE.

AND ONE THING I FORGOT TO MENTION IN THE PRESENTATION THAT I WANTED TO TOUCH ON WAS WE'VE CONSIDERED THIS YEAR PUTTING A NOTE OF SOME SORT TO KIND OF REFERENCE THE HISTORICAL DATA. NOT NECESSARILY.

MAYBE LIKE THE TABLE LIKE I HAD SHOWN, BUT SAY, YOU KNOW, BASED ON PAST YEARS, WE DO ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS MIGHT BE 10 TO 20% LESS, BUT THIS IS MORE OF KIND OF LIKE A WORST CASE SCENARIO, JUST SO THEY CAN TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION IF THEY WANT TO DO THE WORK PRIVATELY OR TALKING WITH A CONTRACTOR.

SO THEY MIGHT HAVE, YOU KNOW, A BETTER IDEA OF WHERE IT MIGHT FALL AND UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT WE HAVE KIND OF ON PAPER RIGHT NOW IS MORE OF WHAT WE HOPE TO BE KIND OF THE WORST CASE SCENARIO.

SO I'M LOOKING I'M LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE AND SOME OF THESE PRICES.

NOW MIND YOU, THEY'RE THEY'RE AT THE HIGH END OF THE SPECTRUM.

SO THERE'S NOT VERY MANY OF THEM.

BUT I WAS SHOCKED AT, AT SOME OF THESE PRICES THAT ARE REALLY HIGH.

ARE THESE THAT ARE REALLY HIGH.

ACTUAL HOMEOWNERS? NO, THERE WERE A FEW THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, IN THE UPPER LIKE 20 AND 30,000, WHICH MIGHT BE THE ONES THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, ARE SOME OF THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE ON THE END OF GARLAND THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE CORNER LOTS WITH, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT DRIVE APPROACHES THAT NEEDED REPAIRED OR LOTS OF SIDEWALK OR CURBING.

SO THE ONES THAT ARE HIGHER ON THAT END ARE THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THAT HAVE A LONGER FRONTAGE. OKAY. LAST QUESTION.

YEP. FOR ALL THOSE CITIZENS THAT GOT ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE AND THEY OPTED TO NOT GET A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR. AT WHAT POINT IN THE FUTURE COULD THEY DECIDE I WANT TO DO THE CONTRACTOR AND OPT OUT? IS THERE A WE WILL PUT A DEADLINE? WE DON'T HAVE ONE DECIDED, YOU KNOW, AT THE MOMENT, BUT BUT WHEN WE SEND OUT THE ESTIMATE THAT DEADLINE FOR THE PRIVATE WORK TO BE COMPLETED WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE LETTER THAT THEY RECEIVE.

THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

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SO I REMEMBER HOW PAINFUL THIS CAN BE.

YES. DON'T LIVE THERE NOW.

BUT ANYWAY, THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

THIS IS AN ANNUAL THING WE HAVE TO DO.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WALK OUR SIDEWALKS, AND WE'VE GOT TO HAVE SIDEWALKS THAT ARE IN GOOD CONDITION. WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT PEOPLE HAVING INJURIES FROM SIDEWALKS THAT THAT AREN'T IN GOOD REPAIR.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

YEP. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 1125.

SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY.

PENNY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

MISS REASTER. YES. MISS CHESS.

YES. MR. ALLEN. YES. MR. MCCUBBINS. YAY! MISS STANTON.

YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK. YES.

RESOLUTION 1125 IS DULY ADOPTED.

OKAY. BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO CITIZENS COMMENTS, WE HAVE TWO APPOINTMENTS TO DIFFERENT BOARDS.

I NEED A MOTION TO APPOINT AMY DAVENPORT TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR AN UNEXPIRED TERM FOR 12 TO 12 3127. SO MOVED.

WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. PENNY, PLEASE CALL A ROLL OR NOT A ROLL.

EXCUSE ME. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. AMY IS APPOINTED TO THE PLANNING BOARD.

NEXT, WE HAVE APPOINTMENT OF VICTOR HAYNES TO THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS FOR AN UNEXPIRED TERM. IS THERE A MOTION FOR THAT APPOINTMENT? SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPOINTING VICTOR HANS TO THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS. PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. VICTOR IS HEREBY APPOINTED TO THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS.

OKAY. NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO CITIZENS COMMENTS.

[VIII. Citizens Comments]

I'M A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED WITH THE WAY YOU GUYS HANDLED THE MORATORIUM WITH THE DISPENSARIES. THERE'S ONLY A HANDFUL OF CITIES THAT ACTUALLY STOPPED IT.

AND THIS BEING ONE OF THEM AND THIS I WANT TO SAY 60% IN FAIRBORN VOTED FOR IT, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN THE ACTUAL STATE AVERAGE.

SO WHY ARE YOU GUYS TRYING TO SHUT THIS DOWN? ANYTHING THAT THE NUMBER ONE, THE LAW HAS BEEN PASSED.

SO IF YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO LIKE, WAIT FOR, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING, LIKE THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO THEY'RE NOT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THEY'RE GOING TO PASS ANYWAY. BUT AT THE SAME TIME THE LAW IS THERE.

YOU GUYS CAN DO THIS. NOW.

ZONING IS THE ONLY THING THAT YOU GUYS ACTUALLY CONTROL WITH THIS.

AND NONE OF THOSE AMENDMENTS ACTUALLY AFFECT THE ZONING. SO WHY AREN'T LIKE ANY OF THE I GUESS, REGULATIONS THAT WOULD BE NEEDED? WHY AREN'T THOSE BEING DISCUSSED AT ALL? IT JUST SEEMS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE PUSHING THIS AWAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL? GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ANNE STELTER.

I OWN 31. 65. COLONEL GLENN HIGHWAY.

I'M A PROUD ALUMNA OF PARK HILLS HIGH SCHOOL AND A GRADUATE OF WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY.

I'M A PROFESSOR OF NURSING THERE, AND MY AREA OF PRACTICE IS COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING. I SERVE GREEN COUNTY COMMUNITY IN A NUMBER OF ROLES, SUCH AS THE BEAVER CREEK TOWNSHIP ZONING CHAIR, WHERE WE HAVE LOOKED AT LAND USE PLANNING AND MARIJUANA PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTERS. IN FAIRBORN, I SERVE ON THE FAIRBORN FISH FOOD PANTRY ADVISORY BOARD, AND WE ARE ALL AWARE OF THE GREAT WORK THAT JANE AND BILL DAWLEY ARE DOING TO ADDRESS POVERTY AND FOOD INSECURITY.

I FREQUENTLY BRING NURSING STUDENTS INTO FAIRBORN TO COMPLETE COMMUNITY ASSESSMENTS AND TO DEVELOP PROJECTS ADDRESSING YOUR RESIDENTS HEALTH.

IT'S MY CONTRIBUTION TO HELP WHAT WAS A GREAT PLACE TO GROW UP.

MY HEART DOES GOOD TO KNOW THAT MY FELLOW FACULTY MEMBER AND NURSE FRIEND, DAN KIRKPATRICK, TAKES AN ACTIVE ROLE, A POLITICAL ROLE, IN IMPROVING FAIRBORN HEALTH.

TONIGHT, I'VE COME HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THE HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF MARIJUANA ON INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY HEALTH.

BECAUSE COMMUNITY HEALTH OFTEN REFLECTS THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF POLICY DECISIONS, MARIJUANA COMES WITH BOTH SHORT AND LONG TERM HEALTH EFFECTS AND RISKS THAT VARY BY INDIVIDUAL CONSUMPTION, METHOD, AND FREQUENCY.

WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE SHORT TERM EFFECTS YOU KNOW, THE RED EYES AND THE MUNCHIES.

BUT MORE CRITICALLY, IT IMPAIRS COORDINATION AND REACTION TIME, INCREASING THE RISK OF CAR ACCIDENTS.

DRIVING SAFETY IMPACTS YOUR COMMUNITY'S HEALTH.

THE LONG TERM EFFECTS ARE MORE SERIOUS IN ADOLESCENCE.

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SMOKING IT CAN LEAD TO CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE.

HEAVY USE IS LINKED TO ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION AND CANNABINOID HYPEREMESIS SYNDROME, WHICH IS SEVERE NAUSEA AND VOMITING.

RECENT STUDIES CONFIRM THESE RISKS.

BRAIN SCANS OF 1000 YOUNG ADULTS SHOWED 68% OF USERS HAD REDUCED BRAIN ACTIVITY, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS TIED TO MEMORY.

TWO LARGE STUDIES ANALYZED OVER 75 MILLION PEOPLE AND FOUND THAT CANNABIS USERS HAD SIX TIMES THE HEART ATTACK RISK, DOUBLE THE RISK OF HEART FAILURE, QUADRUPLE THE STROKE RISK, AND TRIPLE THE RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DEATH.

THERE IS ALSO A CLEAR CONNECTION BETWEEN CANNABIS RETAIL ACCESS AND COMMUNITY HEALTH.

MORE DISPENSARIES WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER USE AND MORE HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR MARIJUANA RELATED ISSUES.

THESE OUTLETS ARE OFTEN CONCENTRATED IN LOWER INCOME AND MINORITY NEIGHBORHOODS, RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT HEALTH EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.

ONE STUDY EVEN FOUND THAT DISPENSARY OPENINGS DECREASED VIOLENT CRIME IN WEALTHIER NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT NOT IN LOWER INCOME AREAS.

STRONG COMMUNITIES ARE BUILT ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, BUT SUSTAINED THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH.

MARIJUANA DISTRIBUTION CENTERS HAVE BROUGHT TAX REVENUE, JOBS AND BUSINESS GROWTH TO CITIES IN MICHIGAN, MISSOURI AND NEW YORK.

THESE BENEFITS ARE REAL, BUT THEY COME WITH SERIOUS TRADEOFFS.

COMMUNITIES THAT WELCOME MARIJUANA OUTLETS MUST ALSO GRAPPLE WITH INCREASED USE, ESPECIALLY AMONG YOUTH.

RISING HEALTH RISKS AND GREATER STRAIN ON THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS. RESEARCH SHOWS THESE IMPACTS FALL HARDEST ON LOWER INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS, DEEPENING EXISTING DISPARITIES.

ILLICIT MARKET COMPETITION AND RED TAPE OFTEN PREVENT THE PROMISED ECONOMIC BOON FROM FULLY MATERIALIZING. BUT THE PUBLIC HEALTH CONSEQUENCES ARE IMMEDIATE AND LONG LASTING.

SO THE QUESTION ISN'T JUST ECONOMIC GAIN OR ZONING, IT IS AT WHAT COST? A SHORT TERM FINANCIAL BOOST CANNOT OUTWEIGH THE LONG TERM DAMAGE TO COMMUNITY WELL-BEING. I URGE YOU TO THINK NOT JUST ABOUT REVENUE, BUT ABOUT RESPONSIBILITY.

IF MARIJUANA DISTRIBUTION IS APPROVED, REQUIRE INVESTMENT IN THE PEOPLE.

JOB TRAINING. SCHOOL BASED CANNABIS EDUCATION.

MINORITY OWNED BUSINESS SUPPORT.

SCHOLARSHIPS AND FOOD SECURITY.

THESE AREN'T EXTRAS. THESE ARE ESSENTIALS FOR PROTECTING COMMUNITY HEALTH.

YOU HAVE A CHOICE A QUICK WIN OR A HEALTHY FUTURE.

AND LET'S BUILD COMMUNITIES THAT STRIVE IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

DONNA JOHNSON, 328 BOWMAN DRIVE, MAYOR COUNCIL.

ON FEBRUARY 24TH OF THIS YEAR, OUR MAYOR AND A CITIZENS FORUM WAS HELD WITH THE GOAL TO HEAR FROM THE DRUG TREATMENT AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FACILITIES OF FAIRBORN.

ONE OF THE FINAL STATEMENTS BY OUR MAYOR, RECORDED IN THE MINUTES OF THAT FORUM WAS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE READY FOR YOU IF WE START TO SEE PROBLEMS IN FAIRBORN MOST RESPECTFULLY. MAYOR KIRKPATRICK AND COUNCIL, WE HAVE PROBLEMS SINCE GROWING UP HERE IN FAIRBORN BACK IN THE 1960S, I HAVE NEVER MISSED AN INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE. OVER THE PAST DECADE, WE HAVE WITNESSED INCREASED ENTRIES ALONG THE PARADE LINEUP OF SOME OF OUR LOCAL TREATMENT FACILITY STAFF, FACILITY STAFF, THEIR PATIENTS AND PATIENT FAMILIES TO INCLUDE CHILDREN.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION TO SEEK OUR ENCOURAGEMENT IN THEIR QUEST TO GAIN THEIR PERSONAL INDEPENDENCE FROM THE SUBSTANCE THAT THREATENS TO DOOM THE QUALITY OF THEIR LIVES.

OF LATE, A NEW CHURCH HAS BEEN LOCATED IN FAIRBORN AND OFFERS THE PROMISE OF RESCUE CAMPAIGNING SPECIFICALLY TO THOSE STRUGGLING WITH DRUG ADDICTION AND A PROMISED MINISTRY IN A NON-JUDGMENTAL ENVIRONMENT.

THESE PEOPLE SEE THE NEED AND UNDERSTAND FULLY THERE IS NO CURE OR LEGAL FORM OF RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA THAT CAN NULLIFY ITS DESTRUCTION IN THE LIVES OF OF ADULTS, AND THAT EFFECT UPON THEIR CHILDREN.

WITH A LOW FAIRBORN REGISTERED VOTER TURNOUT OF ONLY 25%.

IN NOVEMBER 2023, ADULT RECREATIONAL USE OF MARIJUANA BECAME LEGAL IN OHIO.

I BELIEVE IT WILL BE OUR YOUTH WHO SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES.

I PROVIDE YOU WITH REFERENCES OF TEAMS OF NEUROSCIENTISTS, PSYCHIATRISTS AND PULMONOLOGISTS WHO HAVE STUDIED CANNABIS USE IN PREGNANCY AS HAVING

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AGAIN, THESE STUDIES ARE CLEARLY REFERENCED IN THE INFORMATION I WILL PROVIDE TO YOU TONIGHT. WHAT WE DON'T KNOW FROM THE STUDIES THAT DOCTOR STALTER AND I HAVE PRESENTED ARE THE HEALTH EFFECTS ON SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN.

BUT AS A LIFELONG ASTHMATIC MYSELF, I KNOW SMOKE AND SMOKE EXPOSURE TO ASTHMATIC CHILDREN CAN BE FATAL.

HAVE YOU CONFERRED WITH OUR FAIRBORN CITY NURSES? HOW MANY ASTHMATIC CHILDREN VISIT THE CLINIC EVERY WEEK FOR THEIR INHALER THERAPY? DO YOU BELIEVE THESE NUMBERS WILL INCREASE AFTER FAIRBORN BLESSES MARIJUANA USE AS A LIFE CHANGING CONTRIBUTION TO YOUR TO OUR COMMUNITY? DO YOU THINK IT WILL CHANGE THE HEALTH OUTCOMES OF OUR SCHOOLS? WHAT ABOUT THE COST TO OUR SCHOOLS? AND FINALLY, YOU MUST CONSIDER THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF PERMITTING THE LOCATION OF CANNABIS DISPENSARIES IN OUR HOMETOWN, SPECIFICALLY AROUND OR REMOTELY NEAR OUR NEWLY CONSTRUCTED SCHOOL BUILDINGS OR DRUG TREATMENT FACILITIES.

IT HAS BECOME EVIDENT THAT THE I-675 CORRIDOR, SPECIFICALLY THAT OF COMMERCE CENTER BOULEVARD AREA, IS OF PRIME INTEREST TO THE MARIJUANA INDUSTRY.

I BELIEVE THE FINANCIAL GAIN THEY PROMISE OUR COMMUNITY WILL BE WILL BE NO COUNTERMEASURE TO THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON OUR YOUTH.

THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE REPORTS A POTENTIAL INCREASE IN ADOLESCENT USE OF MARIJUANA AS A RESULT OF AN INCREASED AVAILABILITY BROUGHT ABOUT BY THIS LEGALIZATION AND SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE, AS WELL AS NEW, HIGHER POTENCY FORMULATIONS OF EDIBLE AND VAPORIZED MAYOR, KIRKPATRICK AND FAIRBORN CITY COUNCIL FOR THE SAKE OF OUR YOUTH, OF WHOM OUR COMMUNITY HAS IN THE MOST RECENT YEARS FINANCIALLY UPHELD AND SUPPORTED THROUGH INCREASED OBLIGATION, THROUGH TAXATION FOR BRAND NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS, AND FOR THE SAKE OF THOSE YOUTH ALREADY AT RISK IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I OBJECT TO MARIJUANA FACILITIES IN FAIRBORN, CONSIDERING THE LOCATION OF OUR NEWLY CONSTRUCTED HIGH SCHOOL AND SOON TO BE CONSTRUCTED MIDDLE SCHOOL, AS WELL AS THAT BEING THE LOCATIONS OF AT LEAST TWO DRUG TREATMENT FACILITIES.

THE I-675 COMMERCE CENTER CORRIDOR SHOULD BE COMPLETELY OFF LIMITS TO MARIJUANA MERCHANTS.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION, AND I WILL LEAVE THIS WITH PENNY ANY THAT HAS MY REFERENCES ON THERE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALAN CARNEY 325. YOU DRIVE.

I HAVE A QUESTION OR CONCERN THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME MAJOR CHANGES ON THE CURB SIDEWALK APPROACH PROGRAM. FIRST OF ALL, I THINK WE NEED TO REMOVE THE CURB REPAIR FROM THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT.

THIS IS PART OF THE PUBLIC ROADWAY AND MANY STREETS AROUND TOWN.

THE CURBS ARE PAID BY STATE FUNDS AND A LOT OF PLACES.

THEN, YOU KNOW, THE PRIVATE CITIZEN HAS TO PAY FOR IT.

AGAIN, IT'S IT'S PART OF THE ROADWAY.

AND IF YOU'RE REPAVING THE ROADWAY, THEN IF THERE NEEDS TO BE MAJOR CURB REPLACEMENTS, THEN THAT SHOULD COME FROM THE SAME FUND FUN SOURCE.

RIGHT NOW, IT COSTS THE PRIVATE OWNER $110 PER LINEAR FOOT TO REPLACE THE CURB.

THAT'S ABSURD. AND IN TALKING WITH CITY ENGINEER, HE EVEN BELIEVES THAT REALLY, THE CURBS OUGHT TO BE PART OF THE ACTUAL STREET REPAIR PROCESS.

BECAUSE IN DOING THAT, HE CAN DO A MORE COMPREHENSIVE.

DESIGN, IF NECESSARY, OF THE ROADWAY FOR DRAINAGE CONDITIONS, PUTTING AN UNDERDRAIN AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT RIGHT NOW IF YOU'RE JUST PIECEMEALING AND REPLACING SECTIONS.

AND I DON'T THINK THE PRIVATE CITIZEN SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR WHOLE FRONTAGE, YOU KNOW, UNLESS IT'S DONE FROM THE PUBLIC FUNDS.

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THERE NEEDS TO BE CHANGE IN THE REQUIREMENT THAT SAYS THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS TO HAVE THE REPAIRS DONE IN 30 DAYS AFTER NOTIFICATION.

THAT'S ABSURD, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU'RE ASKING THE CITIZEN TO PAY FOR PUBLIC PROPERTY REPAIRS, AND IN YOUR OWN, YOU'RE IMPOSING A TOTALLY UNREALISTIC TIME CONSTRAINT TO DO THE WORK IN 30 DAYS.

YOU HAVE TO GO OUT AND GET QUOTES.

YOU'RE LUCKY TO GET A QUOTE FROM A CONTRACTOR IN TWO WEEKS.

AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO REQUIRE THE CITIZEN TO PAY FOR IT, I THINK THE CITIZEN HAS THE RIGHT TO GO OUT AND GET 3 OR 4 QUOTES TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL JUDGMENT AS TO WHAT'S A FAIR PRICE.

BUT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWING THEM TO DO THAT.

30 DAYS IS WHAT THE ORDINANCE SAYS.

SO THAT ORDINANCE NEEDS TO BE CHANGED TO BE REALISTIC.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE CHARGING THE CITIZENS TO PAY FOR THAT REPAIR.

AND THE BEST THING TO DO IS JUST TO COMPLETELY REMOVE THE CURB REPAIR RESPONSIBILITY FROM THE PRIVATE CITIZEN.

BECAUSE, AGAIN, IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO HAVE THE CITY ENGINEER DO THE ROADWAY AND STUFF LIKE THAT SO HE CAN DO A COMPREHENSIVE REPAIR AND NOT BURDEN THE CITIZEN TO DO THAT.

AND LIKE I SAY, THE 30 DAY THING IS JUST TOTALLY UNREALISTIC.

IF IF YOU'RE GOING TO REQUIRE CITIZENS TO PAY FOR IT, THEN WE SHOULD HAVE A MEANINGFUL AMOUNT OF TIME TO GO OUT AND GET BIDS.

BECAUSE LIKE I SAY, YOU'RE LUCKY TO GET CONTRACTOR TO COME OUT IN TWO WEEKS TO GIVE A BID. AND I DON'T THINK ONE BIDS FAIR, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE A CITIZEN HAVE TO SCURRY AROUND AND GET THAT DONE.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO HURRY.

AND IF THE IF THE ROAD IS GOING TO BE DOING NEXT YEAR, THEN THE CITIZENS SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GET A FAIR QUOTE IF YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT. BUT MY FIRST PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO REMOVE THE CURB REPAIR FROM PRIVATE RESPONSIBILITY AND PUT IT WITH PART OF THE REPAIR OF THE ROAD, BECAUSE THAT WAY THE CITY ENGINEER CAN DO OTHER CHANGES AND UPGRADE TO THAT ROAD THAT NEED DONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AL. QUICK! IT'S GETTING LATE.

HOW YOU GUYS DOING? JERRY BRYANT, 1946 REDSTONE.

MORE OF A STATEMENT, MORE THAN QUESTIONS.

I'VE BEEN COVERING FAIRBORN FOR OVER A YEAR NOW ON NEWS RELATED EVENTS.

BEEN COMING TO THESE EVENTS OR THESE MEETINGS AND ALL THE OTHER ONES. YOU'VE HAD PRETTY MUCH FOR THREE MONTHS NOW.

AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS I'VE NOTICED IS THAT YOU GUYS DON'T LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS.

YOU GUYS. YOU VOTE UNANIMOUSLY AGAINST THEM EVERY TIME.

EVERY TIME. WE HAVE A GENTLEMAN THAT'S BEEN COMING HERE ALMOST, ALMOST EVERY SESSION THAT I'VE SEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THESE THINGS.

AND YOU GUYS DON'T EVEN LOOK AT IT. MAYOR I'VE SENT YOU INFORMATION ABOUT THE MARIJUANA. YOU HAVE PEOPLE COME IN, YOU HAVE PEOPLE FROM OUT OF STATE COME AND TALK TO YOU GUYS PRIVATELY, BUT YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT THE TRUE FACTS.

ZERO DEATHS IN OHIO FOR MARIJUANA 5500 FROM ALCOHOL.

ARE WE BANNING ALCOHOL? WHAT ABOUT CIGARETTES? ARE WE BANNING THOSE? THOSE ARE THE TRUE STARTERS TO THE DOWN THE PATH OF THAT DIRECTION.

YOU. IT'S NOT JUST MY OPINION.

THIS IS NOT MY OPINION.

THIS IS WHAT I'M OBSERVING.

WHAT THE COMMUNITY THAT I REPRESENT IS TIRED OF SEEING OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

YOU GUYS DON'T LISTEN TO US, EVER.

AND WE'RE TIRED OF IT.

NOVEMBER 3RD. THREE OF YOUR SEATS COME UP FOR VOTES FOR ELECTION.

THERE WILL BE THREE NEW FACES UP HERE.

I ALMOST GUARANTEE IT.

NOT BECAUSE I HAVE ANY ILL WILL OR.

I LOVE YOU WONT I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.

YOU'RE NOT REPRESENTING FAIRBORN AT ALL.

YOU TRY AND YOU ASK QUESTIONS AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT EVERY TIME YOU GUYS VOTE, IT'S ALWAYS YOU'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.

NO ONE OF YOU ARE REPRESENTING US AT ALL.

THE QUESTION ABOUT THE MARIJUANA, YOU GUYS VOTED ALL AGAINST IT.

60% OF THE TOWN SAYS, NO, WE'RE FOR IT.

SO WHO IS REPRESENTING FAIRBORN? THE CURBS. I ASKED ABOUT THE THE MAPLE APPROACHES.

THEY'RE NOT THE CURBS, ACTUALLY, THE APPROACHES IN PEOPLE'S DRIVEWAYS. THOSE YOU SAID WERE TOO EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR, BUT YET YOU'RE WILLING TO CHARGE RESIDENTS $2,000 ON AVERAGE TO FIX THE CURBS AND SIDEWALKS, WHICH ARE TECHNICALLY THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY, BECAUSE I CAN'T BLOCK PEOPLE FROM WALKING DOWN THE SIDEWALK, CAN I? I CAN'T PUT UP A BLOCK AND SAY, YOU CAN'T WALK DOWN THIS SIDEWALK, BECAUSE I DO LIVE ON ONE OF THOSE INSIDE CURBS LIKE YOU WERE MENTIONING. IF SOMEBODY GETS FALLS OR GETS HURT BECAUSE PEOPLE RIDE THEIR BIKES, I PUT A WATER JUG OUT FOR DOGS THAT WALK AROUND MY NEIGHBORHOOD. IF SOMEBODY GETS HURT, I CAN GET SUED. I CAN'T STOP THEM FROM GOING ON THERE, BUT I HAVE TO PAY FOR IT AND I HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING FOR IT WHEN IT'S THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY, JUST LIKE THE ROADS ARE. THAT'S ALL I GOT.

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[IX. City Manager Comments]

SEVERAL THINGS THIS EVENING. NORMALLY THE FIRST MEETING OF THE OF THE MONTH, WE HAVE MILESTONE RECIPIENTS.

WE HAVE TWO MILESTONE RECIPIENTS.

THIS MONTH BATTALION CHIEF COLTON TREGO AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR TEN YEARS.

AND CAROL WILLIS AND OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DIVISION.

NEITHER OF THOSE FOLKS COULD BE HERE THIS EVENING, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE RECOGNIZED IN THIS MEETING.

IT'S GREAT THAT THEY HAVE STAYED WITH US FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

THEY HAVE. AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE FOLKS HERE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE 15, 20, 30 YEARS. AND SO ALL OF THOSE FOLKS ARE DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS TO THE CITY OF FAIRBORN. I THANK THEM AND WISH THEY COULD HAVE BEEN HERE THIS EVENING. OFFICER MARK KOHLER RETIRED LAST WEEK AFTER 25 PLUS YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF FAIRBORN. MARK DIDN'T WANT ANY FANFARE, DIDN'T WANT THAT LAST RIDE.

DIDN'T WANT THAT LAST CALL.

DIDN'T EVEN WANT ONE CAKE WITH THE REST OF US.

HE JUST WANTED TO GO OUT QUIETLY.

BUT MARK SERVED THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR 25 PLUS YEARS.

A GREAT OFFICER, AND I JUST THOUGHT HE NEEDED TO BE RECOGNIZED, EVEN THOUGH HE WOULD LIKE TO STAY IN THE SHADOWS RATHER THAN DO THE LAST RIDE IN THE LAST CALL. SO THANKS TO MARK FOR EVERYTHING HE DID.

THIS MORNING WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SWEAR IN THREE NEW FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS GEORGE GOAD, GERALD LEACH AND JACOB HINES.

AND WE ALSO WELCOME GAVIN VANMETER AS OUR FIRST FIREFIGHTER RECRUIT.

AND SO WELCOME TO THE FAIRBORN FAMILY.

I THINK IT'S OUTSTANDING THAT EVERY MEMBER OF OUR DEPARTMENT IS A PARAMEDIC.

THAT IS NOT COMMONPLACE.

AND THAT MAKES SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT CALLS US ON A MEDICAL ISSUE, SHOULD IT TURN INTO AN ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SITUATION, THEY CAN BE TREATED ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL.

THAT DOES NOT SELL SHORT AN EMT BASIC OR EMT ADVANCED.

BUT I TAKE PRIDE IN THE FACT THAT OUR DEPARTMENT IS MADE UP TOTALLY OF PARAMEDICS.

SO WELCOME TO THOSE THREE NEW FOLKS.

GAVIN IS IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING HIS PARAMEDIC EDUCATION, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE JOINING THE FULL TIME RANKS OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS HERE SHORTLY.

SO WELCOME. PARKS AND REC THIS WEEKEND THROUGH ALL THE RAIN ON SATURDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY STILL HELD THREE EVENTS ON SATURDAY AT COMMUNITY PARK, PAWS IN THE PARK EVENT AND EXTRAVAGANT EXTRAVAGANZA, SPECIAL ADAPTIVE EGG HUNT AND THE TEEN EASTER EGG HUNT.

THROUGH THAT. ALL THROUGH THE RAIN, THROUGH THE WIND, THROUGH THE COLD. THOSE EVENTS STILL WENT ON.

AND SO THANK YOU TO THEM.

AND THANK YOU TO EMILY, WHO FIELDED A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THOSE WERE STILL ON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR.

OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM HAS BEEN MONITORING THE RAIN EVENTS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON BOTH RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AS WELL AS THE WATER PLANT, THE WELLS AND THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

THEY WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT THROUGH OUR NEXT RAIN EVENTS.

IF YOU DRIVE DOWN KAUFMAN, YOU SEE BY THE THE LIFT STATION THERE A GENERATOR. THANKFULLY, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO USE THAT.

BUT IT WAS IN PLACE IF THERE WAS A NEED TO ASSIST WITH WATER PRESSURE.

OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY IS AT CAPACITY, BUT IS HANDLING THE SITUATION AS IT GOES DOWN.

SO WE'RE IN A GOOD SPOT THERE.

AND SO I'M PLEASED WITH THAT.

APRIL 25TH THE CITY BUILDING WILL CLOSE AT 11:00 FOR OUR ANNUAL EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION AND ANNUAL AWARDS EVENT AT THE BOLTON ON BROAD STREET.

IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE, PLEASE COME UP FOR THAT EVENT.

IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT EVENT TO RECOGNIZE OUR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY.

AND THEN THE LAST THING I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS I'M BACK AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS, AFTER HAVING BOTH MY HIPS REPLACED.

PUBLICLY, I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR EVERYTHING THEY DID AND COUNCIL SO THAT I COULD TAKE THE TIME TO DO THAT, PARTICULARLY TERRY ADKINS, WHO SERVED AS THE ACTING CITY MANAGER DURING MY FIRST SURGERY, AND ROBIN MCCLURE, WHO ACTED AS THE ACTING CITY MANAGER DURING MY SECOND SURGERY, AND CHIEF RYAN WILLIAMS, WHO SERVED AS THE ACTING ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN PAIN FREE IN A NUMBER OF YEARS.

AND KNOCK ON WOOD I FEEL LIKE A DIFFERENT PERSON.

SO THANKS TO ALL OF YOU AND THANKS TO STAFF AND TO THE RESIDENTS ALSO WHO WHO WISHED ME WELL AND MADE SURE THAT I HAD TIME TO RECOVER DURING THIS.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING, YOUR HONOR.

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[X. Council Comments]

MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE MILESTONE RECIPIENTS AND THE RETIREES ALSO, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR THREE NEW FIREFIGHTERS. I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

AND ALSO, I WANT TO SAY THANKS TO OUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY DO WORK OVERTIME, DOUBLE TIME, ALL THOSE TIMES TO MAKE SURE THE JOB GETS DONE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE TAKEN CARE OF IN THOSE AREAS.

SO I WANT TO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT ALSO.

THANK GOD THAT YOU'RE BACK.

I KNOW I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN A WHILE, BUT.

AND THANK GOD I'M BACK AS WELL, RIGHT? SO I'M JUST GLAD THAT YOU FEEL WELL.

AND YOU'RE GOING ABOUT DOING YOUR JOB FOR OUR CITY.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE THAT.

ALSO WE WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR CITIZENS COMMENTS.

MATT AND DONNA AND AL AND JOY EVERYONE HAS THEIR COMMENTS ABOUT HOW OUR CITY SHOULD GO FORWARD AND DIFFERENT THINGS, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND BELIEVE ME, THE COUNCIL REALLY DO TAKE EVERYTHING IN CONSIDERATION.

AND WE DO HAVE CONVERSATIONS.

WE DO HAVE TRAINING ON ALL OF THESE TOPICS, AND WE DO TAKE THE CITIZENS REQUEST IN CONSIDERATION AND THEIR CONCERNS.

SO TO JOEY I JUST WANT TO LET HIM KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND WE DO HAVE MEETINGS ABOUT THAT. SO WE DO APPRECIATE OUR CITIZENS AND THOSE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR US.

AND WE DO ALL WE CAN DO TO SATISFY WHAT IS NEEDED TO KEEP FAIRBORN MOVING FORWARD.

AND I AM SO HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THAT PROGRESS.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND IT'S WELL NOTED.

AND THAT'S ALL THE COMMENTS I HAVE FOR TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

YES, I TOO WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THOSE THAT CAME FORWARD AND SPOKE TONIGHT.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMENT AS WELL THAT WE DON'T LISTEN TO CITIZENS AND THAT COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH.

WE LISTEN TO EVERYTHING OUR CITIZENS SAY.

WE TAKE NOTES ON THE ONES THAT COME UP HERE AND SPEAK ON WHAT OUR CITIZENS SAY.

WE FILLED EMAILS ON WHAT OUR CITIZENS SAY.

WE TALKED TO THEM AT THESE FORUMS. I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE TALKED TO SOME OF THEM THIS EVENING, BUT THEY HAVE DEPARTED, UNFORTUNATELY.

BUT WE DO SPEAK OR EXCUSE ME, WE DO LISTEN TO EACH AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAY TO US AND WE TAKE IT TO HEART.

HOWEVER, OUR OUR PRIMARY JOB AS A CITY COUNCIL IS TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION IN REPRESENTING THE 34,000 PEOPLE AND NOT THE 1 OR 2 THAT COME, COME DOWN AND SPEAK, OR THE 1 OR 2 THAT EMAIL.

WE HAVE TO CONSIDER ALL 34,000, ALL AREAS OF THE CITY.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE TO USE THE REST OF MY TIME TONIGHT TO MAKE A COMMENT REGARDING THE CURRENT STATE OF THE MORATORIUM ON RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA.

BUT FIRST, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT A MORATORIUM IS, AND THAT IS A LEGAL AUTHORIZATION TO TEMPORARILY STOP A PARTICULAR ACTIVITY FOR A SPECIFIC PERIOD OF TIME.

NOWHERE IN THAT DEFINITION IS THE WORD BAN.

THE CITY OF FAIRBORN HAS NOT BANNED IT.

WE'VE NOT SAID NO. WE'VE NOT SAID YES.

WE'RE NOT IGNORING THE VOTERS.

WHAT WE'RE DOING IS GIVING OURSELVES TIME TO GATHER MORE INFORMATION SO WE CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. AS A PANEL FOR THE 34,000 CITIZENS IN THE CITY.

THE LAW VOTERS PASSED IN 2016.

HOUSE BILL 523 ESTABLISHED MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR THE STATE OF OHIO.

WITHIN THAT LAW, SECTION 3796 .29 ALLOWS THE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY OF A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION TO PROHIBIT, BAN OR LIMIT THE NUMBER OF CULTIVATORS, PROCESSORS OR RETAIL DISPENSARIES LICENSED WITHIN ITS CORPORATION.

TO DATE, THE CITY OF FAIRBORN HAS ADOPTED HAS NOT ADOPTED ANY SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION BANNING MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

IN FACT, WHILE I WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CITY OF FAIRBORN PLANNING BOARD, AN APPLICATION WAS MADE AND PRESENTED TO US IN MAY OF 2018 TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE A MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS.

AFTER A LOT OF CONSIDERATION AND LOOKING AT THE ZONING CODES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THE PLANNING BOARD APPROVED THAT FACILITY PENDING APPROVAL OF THAT PARTICULAR COMPANY'S ISSUANCE OF A LICENSE BY THE STATE OF OHIO.

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AND TO DATE, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, NO OTHER APPLICANT HAS COME FORWARD REQUESTING TO BUILD SUCH A FACILITY IN OUR CITY.

AND THAT'S NOT BECAUSE WE HAVE A BAN ON IT, BECAUSE WE DO NOT.

FAST FORWARD NOW TO 2023, AND ONCE AGAIN, THE OHIO VOTERS APPROVED ISSUE TWO, MAKING RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA LEGAL WITHIN THE STATE OF OHIO.

SUBSEQUENTLY, THE CITY OF FAIRBORN ISSUED A MORATORIUM.

AND WHY DID WE DO THAT? THE ANSWER IS VERY SIMPLE, AND THAT'S TO GIVE THE STATE OF OHIO TIME TO IRON OUT WHAT THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE GOING TO BE, TO ALLOW THE CITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE, ONCE THOSE RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE PUBLISHED, TO EVALUATE OUR ORDINANCES OR ZONING AND EVERYTHING ELSE, TO ENSURE THE SAFETY, SECURITY AND WELL-BEING OF ALL 34,000 CITIZENS. WE NEED TO KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE LEGALITIES OF WHAT A DISPENSARY COULD DO, WHAT THE MUNICIPALITY COULD DO, WHAT WE COULD PROHIBIT, WHAT WE COULDN'T. ONE EXAMPLE I WILL OFFER YOU THAT WE HEAR A LOT AND YOU SEE IT A LOT IN SOCIAL MEDIA IS HOW MANY VAPE SHOPS WE HAVE IN THE CITY.

SOMETHING THAT WE ARE VERY INVESTED IN AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OF IS THAT IF WE DO APPROVE A RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA FACILITY, THAT THESE VAPE SHOPS, WHICH THREE ARE LOCATED RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM OUR PRIMARY SCHOOL, AREN'T GOING TO BE SELLING MEDICAL MARIJUANA OR, EXCUSE ME, RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA.

PICK UP YOUR KID AND PICK UP YOUR YOUR MARIJUANA AT THE SAME TIME.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T DO THAT.

AND WE CAN'T DO THAT IF WE DON'T TAKE THE TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RULES AND REGULATIONS CONFORM WITH WHAT THE STATE HAS SAID, AND WE PREVENT IT. SO THINK ABOUT IT THIS WAY AS WELL.

WHEN YOU SIT DOWN TO PLAY A GAME WITH YOUR FAMILY, SUCH AS MONOPOLY, UNO OR WHAT HAVE YOU, PICK YOUR POISON.

YOU AREN'T GOING TO INVEST YOUR TIME, MONEY AND ENERGY PLAYING THAT GAME IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RULES ARE UP FRONT.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE THEM UP AS YOU GO, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO MAKE A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE YOU'RE PLAYING WITH ANGRY.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT ONE OF THE MAJOR COMPLAINTS THAT WE GET ON COUNCIL, AT LEAST I GET, I'M NOT SURE MY MY FELLOW MEMBERS GET IT IS THERE ARE TOO MANY SMOKE SHOPS, TOO MANY GAS STATIONS, TOO MANY STORAGE UNITS, ETC. WITHIN THE CITY. AND THE ANSWER TO THAT IS SIMPLE.

THESE FOLKS HAVE COME FORWARD WANTING TO PUT THESE IN OUR CITY AND LEGALLY, BASED ON THE RULES AND REGULATIONS IN THE ZONING CODE, WE CAN'T STOP IT. OTHERWISE, WE FACE LEGALITIES IN A COURT OF LAW.

SO I WILL OFFER YOU THIS ALSO WITHIN GREENE COUNTY, THE CITY OF FAIRBORN, XENIA AND BEAVERCREEK ARE THE LARGEST MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN OUR COUNTY.

IN OCTOBER OF 2024, XENIA BANNED RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA.

IN JULY 2024, BY A VOTE OF 43, BEAVERCREEK BANNED RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA AND PLACED A BAN ON ANY FUTURE MEDICAL OR RECREATIONAL DISPENSARIES.

BELLBROOK CURRENTLY HAS A MORATORIUM IN PLACE AS WELL.

IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, HOME TO TWO TWO CURRENT DISPENSARIES, THEY HAVE PLACED A MORATORIUM ON ANY NEW BUSINESSES AS WELL.

IN JANUARY 2025, KETTERING BANNED ALL FORMS OF MARIJUANA RELATED BUSINESSES.

IN JUST THIS MONTH, CENTERVILLE BANNED RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA BY A VOTE OF 4 TO 3, BUT THEY RETAINED MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

SO WHY IS THE CITY CONSIDERING TO EXTEND THIS MORATORIUM? IN MY OPINION, THERE'S TWO PARTICULAR REASONS WHY I HAVE VOTED YES TO EXTEND THIS MORATORIUM. AND THE FIRST ONE IS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY, SECURITY AND WELL-BEING OF ALL CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF FAIRBORN.

AND SECONDLY, THE CITY HAS INVESTED A LOT OF TIME IN WORKING WITH CONSULTANTS TO DEVELOP OUR LAND USE PLAN, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, AND MOST RECENTLY, A REVIEW AND UPDATE OF PART OF OUR ZONING CODE TO OUTLINE A VISION FOR OUR CITY TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND BE A CITY IN MOTION.

SO WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? WE WAIT AS THE LEGISLATIVE BODY FOR THE CITY OF FAIRBORN, IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING A RESPONSIBLE DECISION FOR EVERY CITIZEN IN THIS CITY. AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I INTEND TO VOTE WHEN I MAKE MY VOTE IS FOR WHAT I THINK IS BEST FOR EVERY CITIZEN OF THE CITY.

YOUR HONOR, I YIELD THE FLOOR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS, RODNEY, FOR ALL THE GOOD INFORMATION.

YEAH, AND I AGREE. WHEN I VOTED YES FOR THE MORATORIUM, I WAS NOT VOTING YES TO BAN MARIJUANA.

I WAS VOTING YES FOR AN EXTENSION, FOR MORE TIME TO GET THINGS IN LINE.

AND PERSONALLY, I WOULD LIKE IT IF BY THE END OF THIS CURRENT MORATORIUM,

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SO THAT THE NEXT VOTE, I HOPE FOR ME ANYWAY, IS NOT TO EXTEND A MORATORIUM.

IT'S JUST TO DECIDE IT.

THAT'S JUST ME. SO, HEY, I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE FOUR OF OUR CITIZENS. WELL, ONE OF THEM'S A TEACHER AT THE SCHOOL.

WE HAVE A GROUP GOING THAT WAS GOING TO GET TRAINING FOR THE TREE CITY, USA PROGRAM, AND THEY GRADUATED FROM THEIR TREE COMMISSION ACADEMY.

THOSE ARE MEMBERS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY BOARD AND THEY'RE HELPING US.

THEY WANT TO LEARN WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A TREE CITY, USA, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO LEAD THE WAY FOR THE CITY TO ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS. SO THANK YOU TO RACHEL SARTOR.

LINDA. RIFFLE. LEXI. LEXI.

NICK AND DAN KIRKPATRICK.

YEAH. SO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR THAT.

AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THAT PROGRAM BRINGS BRINGS OUR WAY.

AND I WANT TO ALSO THANK EVERYBODY THAT CAME AND SPOKE TONIGHT.

I LISTENED TO PEOPLE'S CONCERNS.

I TYPICALLY, IF I DON'T UNDERSTAND THEM, I REACH BACK AND I TRY TO DO THE BEST I CAN.

SOMETIMES, EVEN IF I DON'T AGREE WITH YOU, I WILL AT A WORK SESSION.

I'LL BRING IT UP IF I CAN, JUST FOR DISCUSSION SOMETIMES.

SO SO IT'S IMPORTANT. PLEASE DON'T BE DISCOURAGED.

THESE MEETINGS ARE A DIFFERENT FORMAT.

I WOULD SAY TO SOME OF THOSE FOLKS THAT FEEL THAT WAY MAYBE COME TO A WORK SESSION.

I KNOW THAT'S TOUGH BECAUSE IT'S MAYBE CONFLICTS WITH YOUR WORK HOURS, BUT THAT'S WHERE MORE DISCUSSION IS LIKELY TO HAPPEN.

AND YOU MIGHT SEE YOU MIGHT SEE WHAT YOU'RE MISSING IN A MEETING OF THIS, LIKE THIS STYLE. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BEAUTIFUL.

RODNEY, THANK YOU FOR THOSE WORDS.

TRULY APPRECIATE THAT.

AS WELL AS ALL MY COLLEAGUES UP HERE.

I KNOW BECAUSE I'VE WITNESSED IT, THAT THEY POUR THEIR HEART AND SOUL INTO WHAT THEY DO UP HERE. IT'S NOT.

THEY DON'T TAKE THIS, THIS ROLE OR THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR GRANTED.

THEY TRULY WE TRULY TOIL ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS IN WORK SESSION.

AND WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE.

WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE.

AND AND THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.

HONESTLY, WE ALL CAME UP TO THIS PARTICULAR POINT THROUGH DIFFERENT PATHS.

AND AND I MUST APPRECIATE WHAT EVERYONE BRINGS TO THIS TABLE.

SO I TRULY APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES WHO SIT UP HERE AND REPRESENT THIS CITY AS I DO THE CITY MANAGER, AS I DO THE STAFF WHO WORK TIRELESSLY TO TO BRING THESE CONCERNS AND BRING THESE PLANS TO THE TABLE.

REGARDLESS OF WHAT DEPARTMENT IT COULD BE, OUR PARKS COULD BE OUR OUR STREETS, COULD BE OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, COULD BE OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

THEY WORK FOR THE CITY.

SO I TRULY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND AND AND WE DO LISTEN TO YOU.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

I APPRECIATE THE FOLKS WHO CAME UP TONIGHT.

I OFTEN SAY THAT IT TAKES A LOT TO COME UP TO A MICROPHONE AND EXPRESS YOURSELF.

IT TAKES A LOT TO COME UP IN A PUBLIC FORUM AND SPEAK YOUR TRUTH AND SPEAK YOUR HEART.

SO I TRULY APPRECIATE THE FOLKS WHO DO COME UP BECAUSE WE DO LISTEN TO YOU.

MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE FAIR HOUSING PROCLAMATION AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK PROCLAMATION. YOU KNOW, AS WE SIT BACK AND LISTEN TO THOSE PROCLAMATIONS THAT ARE READ I WONDER TO MYSELF, WHY DO WE HAVE TO DO THAT? WHY DO WE HAVE TO MAKE A PROCLAMATION ABOUT FAIR HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T GET FAIR HOUSING? YOU KNOW, IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE BRING THOSE THINGS TO LIGHT AND WE MAKE IT A POINT TO TO REPRESENT THOSE WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO STRUGGLE WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND FAIR HOUSING.

SO THANK YOU. OFFICER MARK COLTER.

KOHLER. KOHLER. KOHLER.

LET ME GET IT RIGHT. FOR HIS SERVICE.

HE'S A PUBLIC SERVANT.

25 YEARS. HE'S SEEN A LOT OF THINGS.

HE HELPED A LOT IN A LOT OF WAYS.

SO HATS OFF TO HIM AND HIS RETIREMENT.

WE'RE A FULL SERVICE CITY.

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IT IS TOUGH TO MAKE DECISIONS AND CHOICES.

BUT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES.

MANY OF THE FOLKS WHO CAME UP, WE'RE GETTING READY TO LAUNCH AN OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW TO TO TO HAVE MORE ENGAGEMENT WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, MORE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE MAYOR, MORE ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN SIT AND TALK AND HAVE A CONVERSATION SO THAT WE CAN LEARN AND WE CAN UNDERSTAND AND, AND WE CAN HAVE A DIALOG AS TO WHAT GOES BEHIND A DECISION THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR FOR, FOR, FOR, FOR MAKING IT HAPPEN.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING THAT.

AS WE MOVE FORWARD IT'S GOING TO BE TREMENDOUS.

IT'S GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT WAY. IT'S GOING TO BE AGAIN, A WALK INTO THIS TRANSPARENCY TRACK THAT WE'RE ON RIGHT NOW.

IT'S MORE THAN JUST AN OPEN CHECKBOOK.

IT'S TRANSPARENCY, UNDERSTANDING SOME OF THE REASONS WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO AND SOME OF THE REASONS WHY WE MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT WE DO MAKE.

SO HAD A LOT OF RAIN AND I CAUGHT MYSELF AT MY DAUGHTER, MY DAUGHTER'S HOUSE, GETTING WATER OUT OF HER BASEMENT.

SO THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN.

BUT HOPEFULLY EVERYONE GOT THROUGH THAT CHALLENGE UNSCATHED.

HOPEFULLY WE'RE THROUGH THE WHOLE RAIN PART, AND WE CAN DRY OUT AND HAVE FUN FOR THE REST OF THE REST OF THE SUMMER.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR. ALL RIGHT, SO I TRIED TO CROSS OFF SOME OF THE REDUNDANCY. AND THEN I THINK THERE'S SOME THAT BEARS REPEATING.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU TO THE MILESTONE RECIPIENTS.

AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF FAIRBORN.

MARK, YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT WATCHING THIS, BUT I'M VERY UPSET THAT YOU DIDN'T TELL ME YOU WERE RETIRING. BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.

AND THEN THANK YOU TO THE COMMENTS.

I DO WANT TO RESPECTFULLY AGREE TO DISAGREE WITH MR. BRYANT. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT COME TO US WHETHER IT BE IN THIS FORMAT THROUGH EMAIL, THE 20 MINUTE CONVERSATION I HAD AT KROGER THIS WEEKEND WHERE I WENT HOME WITH MELTED ICE CREAM. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE SIGNED UP FOR, RIGHT? WE HAVE A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM AL KANI, WHO BRINGS GREAT INFORMATION TO US.

AND IF YOU TALK TO OUR CITY ENGINEER, HE'S GOING TO TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT HE DIDN'T CONSIDER.

DONNA IS CONSTANTLY GIVING US INFORMATION, AND WE'VE GOT THE RANKINGS AND MANY, MANY OTHERS. AND SO I, I APPRECIATE THE, THE FRUSTRATION AND I UNDERSTAND, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT IT IS FOUNDED COMPLETELY ACCURATELY.

AND TO RODNEY'S POINT, WE ARE HERE TO SERVE OVER 34,000 PEOPLE, AND WE LOVE HEARING FROM ALL OF YOU, AND WE MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE ON WHERE WE'RE GOING IN THE PATH, BUT WE DO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ALL OF THOSE COMMENTS.

IN FACT, MANY OF US WHO ARE ON THE SOCIALS, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE AND WE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. HEY, DID YOU SEE THIS? THIS IS A CONCERN. HADN'T CONSIDERED IT.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIALOG THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN HERE ON THE FIRST AND THIRD MONDAYS OF THE MONTH. SO I, I WOULD CAUTION MAYBE THAT'S NOT THE BEST WORD.

I WOULD ASK MR. BRYANT TO MAYBE HAVE MORE DIALOG WITH US DIRECTLY.

TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW THIS WORKS.

SO I BUT I DO APPRECIATE HIS FEEDBACK AND I CAN SEE WHERE HE'S COMING FROM.

THAT BEING SAID, MOVING ON TO BRIGHTER TOPICS.

IT'S THE BUSY TIME OF YEAR GRADS ARE PREPARING, THE SIGNS ARE UP AROUND TOWN.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE PEOPLE STOPPING AND TAKING PICTURES OF THEIR KIDS WITH THEIR SIGNS. SO LET'S JUST BE COGNIZANT OF THAT.

PARKS AND REC. ONE OF THE BIG COMMENTS WE SEE A LOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA SPECIFICALLY I SEE IS THAT THERE'S NOTHING FOR OUR KIDS TO DO.

THERE'S LOTS FOR OUR KIDS TO DO.

IS IT THE BIG SHINY BOUNCE HOUSE OR GYM OR WHATEVER? NO, BUT THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT PARKS AND REC POUR THEIR HEART AND SOUL INTO PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL THE KIDS OF ALL VARIOUS AGES.

SO PLEASE GO CHECK THEM OUT, SEE WHAT THEY HAVE, AND AND GET YOUR KIDS SIGNED UP FOR THAT.

BIG THANK YOU TO THE OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES, PARKS WASTEWATER, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE THROUGH THESE TRYING TIMES WITH THE WEATHER AND, YOU KNOW, KEEPING EVERYTHING IN LINE.

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST I HAD THE HONOR TO BE PRESENT THIS MORNING, AS WE DID SWEAR IN THREE FIREFIGHTERS.

AND WE WERE INTRODUCED TO THE NEW RECRUIT.

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SO I THANK THEM, AS I DO OUR MILESTONE RECIPIENTS, FOR CHOOSING THE CITY OF FAIRBORN AND SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THAT IS IT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. OKAY, I'M GOING TO JUMP RIGHT INTO OUR MILESTONES AGAIN.

TO COLTON. KARA THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

THE AMOUNT OF YEARS THAT YOU'VE PUT IN CERTAINLY SPEAKS TO YOUR COMMITMENT.

MARK STANTON GETTING READY TO RETIRE.

BEEN A FANTASTIC POLICEMAN FOR THE CITY.

WISH HIM ALL THE. WELL I WAS ALSO WITH MARY THIS MORNING FOR THE THREE NEW FIREMEN AND ONE NEW RECRUIT. RIGHT HERE IN THIS ROOM.

IT'S FANTASTIC TO SEE THESE NEW FOLKS COMING IN WITH THEIR FAMILIES TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR THEM. AND IT'S WHAT MAKES OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT THE BEST IN THE AREA, THE BEST IN THE STATE, AND I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT.

I WANT TO COMMENT ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OCCURRED TONIGHT.

THE RESOLUTION THAT EXCUSE ME, THE ORDINANCE THAT PASSED TONIGHT.

I KNOW THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.

WE HAVE DISCUSSED THAT AT LENGTH.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE SIMPLY MADE A QUICK DECISION, AND THE COMMENT MADE THAT WE DON'T LISTEN TO THE CITIZENS ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT IS JUST ABSOLUTELY NOT CORRECT.

WE LISTEN EXTENSIVELY TO THE CITIZENS.

WE'VE HEARD FEEDBACK FROM THEM.

WE ALSO EXTENSIVELY TO THE CITY, TO THE EXPERTS ON THE CITY STAFF WHO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES AND THOSE CONCERNS.

AND THEN WE, AS A COUNCIL, HAVE TO WEIGH BOTH SIDES OF IT TO MAKE A DECISION AND TO SAY THAT WE NEVER LISTENED TO THE CITIZENS WHEN WE MAKE DECISIONS.

THAT'S JUST BLATANTLY NOT TRUE.

I WAS A CITY COUNCILMAN FOR FOUR YEARS, THEN A MAYOR BEFORE FOR FOUR YEARS.

I'M THE MAYOR AGAIN, AND I CAN SAY THAT EVERY CITY COUNCIL I HAVE SERVED WITH LISTENS TO THE CITIZENS. THAT'S JUST AN INCORRECT STATEMENT.

I WANT TO ADD ALSO THAT THE ISSUE OF MARIJUANA, THIS IS NOT AN EASY ISSUE TO MAKE A DECISION ON, AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ANGST ABOUT WHAT DECISION WE'RE GOING TO DO.

WE'VE BEEN CRITICIZED FOR PUSHING OFF A DECISION.

AND AS RODNEY SAID, THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO MAKING THAT DECISION ON ON THE MORATORIUM OR NOT. WE HAVE BEEN STRONGLY ADVISED BY PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.

STATE LEGISLATORS TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT THE STATE IS GOING TO DO WITH THEIR BUDGET.

WE HAVE A TWO YEAR BUDGET IN THE STATE IN JUNE.

THE STATE IS GOING TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT THE BUDGET, AND IT DOES IMPACT THE DECISION WHETHER WE GO WITH HAVING A DISPENSARY OR NOT, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS BEING ADDRESSED IN THAT BUDGET IS, WILL THE CITIES GET ANY KIND OF A TAX THAT IS PART OF THAT.

AND THERE HAVE BEEN VARYING DISCUSSIONS ON THAT.

THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS NOT FINALIZED THEIR DECISIONS ON HOW MUCH MONEY THE CITIES MIGHT GET OR MIGHT NOT GET. AND WE WERE ADVISED NOT TO VOTE UNTIL WE SEE WHAT THE STATE IS GOING TO DO. AND I THINK THAT WAS VERY, VERY WISE ADVICE THAT WE GOT FROM THE FROM SOME OF OUR STATE LEGISLATORS ABOUT WAITING TO SEE WHAT DIRECTION THE STATE IS GOING TO GO. EVERYBODY UP HERE HAS AN OPINION ON THE MARIJUANA ISSUE.

EVERYBODY OUT THERE IN THE CITY HAS AN OPINION ON IT.

WE'VE HEARD VERY STRONG REASONS TO HAVE A DISPENSARY.

WE'VE HEARD VERY STRONG REASONS NOT TO HAVE A DISPENSARY.

THERE ARE DISPENSARIES AND OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND US.

SO PEOPLE, IF THEY WANT TO GET RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA, IT IS AVAILABLE. NOT VERY FAR AT ALL FROM FROM FAIRBORN.

SO I THINK MAKING THE DECISION TO WAIT UNTIL THE STATE MAKES THEIR FINAL DECISIONS ON THE BUDGET IS THE WISE THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO DO.

AND I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE TONIGHT THAT WANT US TO MAKE A DECISION RIGHT NOW EITHER DIRECTION. WELL, WE'RE GOING TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE STATE DOES. AND THERE ARE GOOD REASONS FOR DOING THAT.

I ALSO TAKE EXCEPTION TO THE COMMENT THAT WE DON'T LISTEN TO OUR CITIZENS.

I MEET WITH CITIZENS ALMOST WEEKLY.

I OFFERED TO MEET WITH A GENTLEMAN WHO MADE THAT COMMENT AT THE END OF THE LAST CITIZENS FORUM, AND HE DECLINED TO MEET WITH ME.

WE STARTED CITIZENS FORUMS YEARS AGO.

PAUL KELLER, WHEN HE WAS THE MAYOR, CONTINUED HIM IN DIFFERENT FORMATS.

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL UP HERE WERE PART OF THAT.

WE HAVE MADE EFFORTS FREQUENTLY TO MEET WITH CITIZENS,

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EMILY GAY, OUR COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER, ALONG WITH OUR CITY MANAGER, HAVE COME UP WITH A PLAN TO MAKE TRANSPARENCY AND OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET WITH CITY STAFF AND CITY COUNCIL EVEN MORE PREVALENT THAN THEY ALREADY ARE.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE COMING OUT ABOUT THAT, A LOT MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO LISTEN TO WHAT THE CITIZENS SAY.

AND I, I, I REALLY TAKE EXCEPTION TO THE COMMENT THAT WE DON'T LISTEN TO OUR CITIZENS.

EVERY TIME WE'VE HAD MAJOR ISSUES, WHETHER IT'S THE, THE, THE PLAN FOR THE CITY FOR, FOR HOUSING AND STUFF, WE HAVE HAD EXTRA MEETINGS WHERE WE'VE OPENED IT UP TO CITIZENS TO FOR US TO HEAR WHAT THEY'VE HAD TO SAY. I ALSO HAVE HEARD COMMENTS IN THE PAST ABOUT CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS MISSING COUNCIL MEETINGS, AND THAT IS TRUE IN SOME OCCASIONS.

THEY DO MISS COUNCIL MEETINGS.

THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN EXCUSED IN THE SENSE THAT THEY HAVE LET US KNOW.

FOR EXAMPLE, TONIGHT ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS IS NOT HERE BECAUSE HE IS TRAVELING FOR HIS WORK. OKAY. IN ADDITION TO COUNCIL MEETINGS, COUNCIL MEMBERS ATTEND A LOT OF OTHER CITY FUNCTIONS.

WE HEARD MARY MENTION THIS THE MEETING TODAY TO RECOGNIZE AND WELCOME OUR THREE NEW FIREMEN AND THE NEW RECRUIT.

WE HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS LIKE THAT.

COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ASKED TO ATTEND AND MANY DO ATTEND.

CHAMBER EVENTS, CHAMBER RIBBON CUTTINGS TO WELCOME NEW BUSINESSES.

IT'S VERY COMMON THAT THE CITY MANAGER, MYSELF AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ATTEND THOSE RIBBON CUTTINGS. WE ATTEND CHAMBER CHATS, WHICH ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO MEET WITH BUSINESSES, ETC.

SO TO SAY THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DOESN'T LISTEN TO THEIR CITIZENS, I JUST BLATANTLY DISAGREE WITH THAT.

WE ATTEND A LOT OF DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS.

WE ATTEND THINGS FOR THE BASE.

IN THE LAST MONTH, I'VE ATTENDED THE AWARD CEREMONY FOR THE 88TH AIR BASE WING.

THIS SATURDAY, I ATTENDED THE FOR 45TH RESERVE WING, THEIR AWARD CEREMONY. WE ATTEND A LOT OF ACTIVITIES FOR WRIGHT STATE.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO ON THERE THAT WE ATTEND EVENTS FOR THEM.

SO TO SAY THAT WE DON'T LISTEN TO OUR CITIZENS.

I'M SORRY. I REALLY, REALLY DISAGREE WITH THOSE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE, BUT HE'S ENTITLED TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS.

AGAIN, WE WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO SHOWED UP HERE TONIGHT.

WE WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.

WE MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE WITH THEM, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU MAKING THOSE COMMENTS.

I ESPECIALLY WANT TO WELCOME BACK, MIKE.

HE'S HAD A VERY TOUGH ROAD WITH HIS HIP REPLACEMENT SURGERIES.

WE ARE SO GLAD HE IS BACK.

MIKE MCNAMEE HAS REALLY BEEN OUTSTANDING AS OUR SOLICITOR.

HELPING US TO TO LOOK AT THINGS.

SO I WANT TO TAKE SOME TIME TO THANK SOME OF OUR STAFF FOR WHAT THEY DO.

I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK PENNY TONIGHT FOR BEING HERE FILLING IN FOR JULIE, WHO IS ON A MUCH DESERVED VACATION WITH HER FAMILY.

SO I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR CITIZENS WHO ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN MAKING FAIRBORN A BETTER COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A POLICEMAN HERE TONIGHT STANDING IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM.

THANK YOU, SIR, FOR BEING HERE.

WE'RE NOT A PERFECT COMMUNITY, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY WHO DO A LOT OF GOOD TO MAKE IT THE COMMUNITY WE LIVE IN.

I'M A RETIRED MILITARY OFFICER.

MY WIFE AND I LIVED ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES, AND WE CHOSE TO RETIRE IN THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF WHAT THIS COMMUNITY OFFERS ITS CITIZENS, WHETHER IT'S A FANTASTIC PARK SYSTEM, WHETHER IT'S THE BEST FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THE STATE OF OHIO, FOR WHATEVER REASONS, PEOPLE CHOOSE TO LIVE IN FAIRBORN.

AND I APPRECIATE THIS COUNCIL UP HERE.

YES, THREE OF THEM ARE UP FOR REELECTION THIS FALL.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE MADE DECISIONS WHETHER TO RUN OR NOT, BUT WE HAVE OUTSTANDING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THEY DO LISTEN TO THE CITIZENS IN THIS COMMUNITY. OKAY, SO AT THIS TIME WE DO HAVE A NEED TO RECESS INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

SO AT THIS TIME PENNY WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION?

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EXCUSE ME. MOVE. WE HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND. SECOND. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

PENNY. PENNY! PENNY! I JUST SAID MY.

MY SCRIPT SAYS JULIE, SO EXCUSE ME.

PENNY! YAY! MISS REASTER.

YES. MISTER ALLEN. YES.

MISS CHESS. YES. MISS STANTON.

YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK. YES.

COUNCIL WILL NOT BE TAKING ANY ACTION WHEN WE RETURN FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.

AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL WHO ATTENDED THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.