[00:00:01] OKAY. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE FAIRBORN CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR MAY 19TH, [I. Call to Order] 2025. WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MR. KIRKPATRICK HERE. MR. ALLEN HERE. MISS CHESS HERE. MR. FRITCHEY HERE. MR. MCCUBBINS HERE. MR. REASTER HERE. MISS STANTON HERE. THANK YOU. JULIE, WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE RISE AND JOIN US WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE SILENCE ANY ELECTRONIC DEVICES. OKAY. OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS WE HAVE SOME MINUTES TO APPROVE. [IV. Minutes – Consider approval of the minutes of the May 5, 2025, Work Session, and the May 5, 2025, Regular Meeting.] WE HAVE THE MINUTES OF THE MAY 5TH, 2025 WORK SESSION. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS, ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THOSE MINUTES? OKAY. HEARING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. THE MINUTES OF THE MAY 5TH WORK SESSION ARE APPROVED. NEXT, WE HAVE THE MAY 5TH REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS, ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THOSE MINUTES? OKAY. HEARING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. THE MINUTES OF THE MAY 5TH REGULAR MEETING. THOSE MINUTES ARE ALSO APPROVED. OKAY. WE HAVE NO PRESCHEDULED BUSINESS FOR THIS EVENING, SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE RIGHT INTO OLD BUSINESS. [V. Old Business] WE HAVE ORDINANCE NINE DASH 25. IS THERE A MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE NINE DASH 25 SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY, FOR THE SECOND TIME BY TITLE ONLY. YES. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED ORDINANCE NINE DASH 25 TO APPROVE CURRENT REPLACEMENT PAGES TO THE FAIRBORN CODIFIED ORDINANCES. PUBLIC HEARING. JULIE TAYLOR, CITY CLERK, PRESENTING. HI. WE ALL KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE TO DO THIS, SO WE'LL TAKE MY 30S FOR WALTER GREEN HAS COMPLETED OUR UPDATING OF OUR CODIFIED ORDINANCES. IT'S THROUGH APRIL 3RD, 2025. THIS IS OUR UPDATE THAT GOES INTO THAT BIG BOOK UP THERE ON THE TABLE $7,095.89. IT INCLUDES THE EDITORIAL FEE, 195 CHANGE PAGES, UPDATING THE INTERNET, SHIPPING AND HANDLING FEES. IT ALSO UPDATES THE TRAFFIC AND GENERAL OFFENSES CENSUS SECTIONS PASSED BY STATE LAW RECOMMEND APPROVAL. AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS YEAR. OKAY. WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ORDINANCE NINE DASH 25. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO ORDINANCE NINE DASH 25, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. OKAY. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR QUESTIONS, STARTING WITH COUNCILMAN RICHIE. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. JULIE. NO QUESTIONS. JULIE. THANK YOU. THANKS, JULIE. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. JULIE. I THINK FOR ME, JULIE. THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. OKAY. NO QUESTIONS FROM ME EITHER. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION AT THIS TIME TO WAIVE THE RULE REQUIRING THAT ORDINANCES BE READ ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS? AND ORDINANCE NINE DASH 25 BE READ FOR THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY. SO MOVED. SECOND. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MR. MCCUBBINS. YAY! MR.. FRITZSCHE. YES. MR.. ALLEN. YES. MR.. CHESS. YES. MISS REASTER. YES. MISS STANTON. YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK. YES. ORDINANCE NINE DASH 25 TO APPROVE CURRENT REPLACEMENT PAGES. FAIRBORN FIVE ORDINANCES. THANK YOU. MIKE, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NINE DASH 25. SO MOVE. SECOND. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MR. ALLEN. YES. MISS REASTER. YES. MISS CHESS. YES. MR.. FRITZSCHE. YES. MR.. MCCUBBINS. YES. MISS STANTON. YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK. YES. ORDINANCE NINE DASH 25 IS DULY ADOPTED. NEXT, UNDER NEW BUSINESS, WE HAVE ORDINANCE 1125. [VI. New Business] IS THERE A MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE 1125 BY TITLE ONLY? DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. SO MOVED. SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED. ORDINANCE 11 DASH 25, MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS TO THE APPROPRIATIONS BUDGET OF THE CITY OF FAIRBORN, STATE OF OHIO, AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. [00:05:01] MATT WELLBAUM, ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR, PRESENTING. WELCOME, MATT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. I WON'T TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME TONIGHT. I WON'T BE AS QUICK AS JULIE, BUT I'LL TRY. THE FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL IS FOR OUR ONE OHIO NATIONAL OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND, AN INCREASE OF 10,000. IT IS FOR THE COMBINED PURCHASE OF THE GREEN COUNTY TASK FORCE. WANTS TO PURCHASE A HANDHELD TOOL TO ANALYZE UNKNOWN SUBSTANCES AND IDENTIFY ILLEGAL DRUGS TO REALLY BENEFIT FOR THE OFFICERS OUT IN THE FIELD. THE DEVICE WILL BE SHARED AND COSTS WILL BE SPLIT BETWEEN THE GREEN COUNTY SHERIFF'S, THE GREENE COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, AND THE OTHER PARTICIPATING ACE TASK FORCE MUNICIPALITIES, WHICH INCLUDE FAIRBORN, BEAVERCREEK, AND XENIA. AND AGAIN, THAT'S FOR 10,000. OUR SEWER FUND HAS AN INCREASE OF 40,000. BUT IT REALLY BALANCES OUT BECAUSE WE'RE LOWERING APPROPRIATIONS BY 20,000 AND THE SEWER DEPRECIATION FUND AND 20,000 IN THE SEWER CONSTRUCTION FUND. THE WAY THEY WERE BUDGETED, WE THOUGHT THEY WERE MORE OPERATING FUNDS THAN DEPRECIATION OR CAPITAL. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE MOVING THEM TO THE OPERATING FUND, THE SEWER DEPRECIATION RESERVE FUND, AGAIN, A DECREASE OF 20,000. REMOVING THAT REPAIR SERVICE TO THE OPERATING FUND. THE SEWER CONSTRUCTION FUND HAS A DECREASE OF 370,000. THE 20,000, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, IS FOR CONSULTANT SERVICE THAT WE'RE MOVING TO THE OPERATING FUND. AND THEN WE ARE CANCELING THE CMAX RESERVE PROJECT. THESE 350,000 WAS FOR MATCHING GRANT FUNDS. AND UNFORTUNATELY WE DID NOT GET THE GRANT FUNDS. SO THAT PROJECT HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THIS YEAR. AND LASTLY, THE WRIGHT-PATTERSON COLLEGE FUND HAS AN INCREASE OF 14,765. AND WE'RE JUST REAPPROPRIATING FUNDS THAT WE CANCELED IN 2040 USING 25. AND STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF 1125. AND I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MATT. WE'LL START COUNCIL QUESTIONS WITH COUNCILWOMAN CHESS. THANK YOU MATT. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. MATT. THANK YOU. I GUESS I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE GRANT THAT WE DIDN'T GET. WILL WE JUST TRY FOR THAT GRANT AGAIN NEXT YEAR? I DON'T THINK IT WAS IN THE CIP SUBMISSIONS FOR THIS YEAR. I'M NOT. THAT WOULD BE MORE OF A QUESTION. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS. MATT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M DONE. THANK YOU. MATT. THANKS. I WANT TO TAG ON TO COUNCILWOMAN STANTON'S QUESTION IF IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO FOR THAT, IS THAT GOING TO CREATE ANY ISSUES OR PROBLEMS? NOT THAT I BELIEVE SO. I THINK IT WAS BUDGETED WITH THE THOUGHT THAT IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T COME THROUGH, BUT THEY PUT IT IN THE BUDGET TO AT LEAST APPLY. YOU HAD TO APPROPRIATE IT TO EVEN APPLY FOR THE GRANT. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 11 DASH 25 DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. SO MOVED. SECOND. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MR. FRITZSCHE. YES. MR. MCCUBBINS. YAY! MR. ALLEN. YES. MISS CHESS. YES. MISS REASTER. YES. MISS STANTON. YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK. YES. ORDINANCE 11 DASH 25 IS DULY ADOPTED. OKAY. NEXT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE 12 DASH 25. IS THERE A MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE 12? DASH 25 FOR THE FIRST TIME BY TITLE ONLY. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. ORDINANCE 12 DASH 25 AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF SURPLUS PARCELS OWNED BY THE CITY OF FAIRBORN. KNOWN AS 125 WEST MAIN STREET AND ITS ADJACENT PARCELS TO THE FAIRBORN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. FTC. FIRST READING. OKAY, WE WILL SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ORDINANCE 1225 FOR JUNE THE 2ND, 2025. OKAY. NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE 1325. IS THERE A MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE 1325 FOR THE FIRST TIME BY TITLE ONLY. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ORDINANCE 13 DASH 25, AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF NOTES IN THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $1,760,000, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR THE PURPOSES OF PAYING THE COST OF IMPROVING THE CITY'S PUBLIC ROADWAY SYSTEM. FIRST READING. OKAY, WE WILL SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ORDINANCE 1325 FOR JUNE THE 2ND, 2025. ALSO, NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO RESOLUTIONS. IS THERE A MOTION TO READ RESOLUTION 1325 BY TITLE ONLY. SO MOVED. SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. RESOLUTION 1325, A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY OF FAIRBORN CITY COUNCIL APPROVING A FOUR YEAR EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY MANAGER, [00:10:02] MIKE LEE GEBHART, COMMENCING JANUARY 2ND, 2024, AND CONTINUING THROUGH JANUARY 1ST, 2028. CITY SOLICITOR PRESENTING PARDON ME OKAY IS COUNCIL KNOWS MIKE WAS RETAINED EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2ND, 2024, FOLLOWING THE DEPARTURE OF ROB ANDERSON, AND AT THAT TIME COUNCIL APPROVED A TWO YEAR EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. MIKE HAS SERVED THE CITY WELL, BOTH AS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND CITY MANAGER, AND COUNCIL, HAS RECOGNIZED HIS CONTRIBUTIONS AND HAS DIRECTED CITY SOLICITOR TO ASSIST IN DRAFTING THE CONTRACT TO INCREASE MIKE'S TERM TO FOUR YEARS. THERE WERE OTHER REVISIONS TO THE CONTRACT THAT I BELIEVE COUNCIL SEEING, THE MAYOR, HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH CITY COUNCIL. I'LL JUST GIVE A QUICK HIGHLIGHTS OF SOME OF THE REVISIONS TO THE NEW AGREEMENT. FIRST, IT'S THE TERM OF AGREEMENT. MIKE'S LIKE ANYBODY ELSE. HE WANTS TO KNOW THAT HE HAS A JOB. AND THE TWO YEARS WAS SHORT, BUT HE WAS INTERESTED IN DOING SHOWING WHAT HE COULD DO. AND SO AS PART OF THAT, THE TERM HAS BEEN INCREASED FOUR YEARS WITH A BIT OF A WRINKLE TO IT'S AN EVERGREEN PROVISION SUCH THAT IT REMAINS AT FOUR YEARS. SO IN ONE YEAR FALLS OFF. ANOTHER YEAR ADDS ON TO THE AGREEMENT. AND YOU COUPLE THAT PARTICULAR PROVISION THOUGH WITH THE SEVERANCE PROVISION. AND THAT'S IN SECTION ONE OF THE CONTRACT. SECTION TEN OF THE CONTRACT IS A SEVERANCE PROVISION. AND MIKE CAN BE TERMINATED BY A MAJORITY OF SUPERMAJORITY OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WITHOUT CAUSE. AND SO AS PART OF THAT, THAT'S THE CHECKS AND BALANCE ON THE FOUR YEAR TERM. BUT IT'S NOT UNUSUAL IN THE CITY MANAGER BUSINESS. THERE'S TYPICALLY A SEVERANCE. IT RANGES FROM 1 TO 2 YEARS. AND IN THIS PARTICULAR PROVISION, MIKE HAS REQUESTED THAT SEVERANCE BE NINE MONTHS. OTHER ADDITIONS TO THE CONTRACT ARE REVISIONS TO THE CONTRACT. VACATION, SICK LEAVE. THE CONTRACT REFLECTS THAT MIKE AND CARRIE OVER 80 HOURS OF SICK LEAVE, VACATION LEAVE. AND IF HE DOESN'T, DOESN'T USE IT. AND HE COULD ALSO SELL TEN DAYS BACK, THEN USE VACATION TO THE CITY TWICE A YEAR. THAT'S IN SECTION FIVE. SECTION SEVEN C THAT PERTAINS TO IS DEFERRED COMPENSATION. THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT REQUIRED THAT THE CITY CONTRIBUTE TO A DEFERRED COMPENSATION FUND, 10% TO THE DEFERRED COMPENSATION FUND FOR ALL OF 2024, FOR REASONS THAT AREN'T CLEAR, THAT CONTRIBUTION WAS NEVER MADE. SO THAT THERE'S A LITTLE CATCH UP THAT NEEDS TO BE HAD. SECTION SEVEN C REFLECTS THAT, AND THERE'S TEN PAY PERIODS IN 2025. THAT ALSO NEEDS TO BE, QUOTE CAUGHT UP. AND SO SECTION SEVEN C CONTAINS LANGUAGE FOR CATCHING THAT PARTICULAR PROVISION UP. LET'S SEE. OTHER COMPENSATION ISSUES. SECTION 13. THERE IS NO INCREASE IN COMPENSATION. SAVE. EXCEPT THE 3% COLA THAT THE BARGAINING UNITS HAVE RECEIVED. SO 3% COLA WAS FOR THIS YEAR, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED. THERE'LL BE 3% IN 2026 26 AND 3%. 2027. 2% COUNCIL'S DISCRETION TO INCREASE THAT COMPENSATION IF THEY SO DEEM FIT. LAST ITEM THAT WAS REVISED IS SECTION 16 RESIDENCY. CONTRACTS STILL HIGHLY ENCOURAGE US TO SECURE RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF FAIRBORN. HE'S VERY WELL INTENT ON DOING THAT. HE ADVISES ME THAT HE'S GOT A COUPLE HOUSES THAT HE'S LOOKING AT, BUT THAT IT IS NOT MANDATORY THAT HE LIVE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. SO WITH THAT BEING THE CASE, HAPPY TO FIELD ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. WE'LL START COUNCIL QUESTIONS WITH COUNCILWOMAN PRIDGEN. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. MIKE, FOR THE PAYBACK OR THE CATCH UP, IS THERE LIKE A TIME FRAME WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THAT? LET'S SEE. I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO BE A LUMP SUM PAYMENT ON THE 2024. OKAY. CORRECT. CORRECT. AND THEN ON. AND SAME FOR 2025. AND THEN IT'LL JUST BE MADE EACH PAY PERIOD AFTER THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND IT'S YOU KNOW, IT COULD HAVE PUT MIKE INTO A HIGHER TAX CATEGORY TAX CLASSIFICATION. BUT MAKING THE CONTRIBUTION THIS WAY I THINK IS GOING TO MINIMIZE THAT, THAT IMPACT. BUT IT STILL HAS AN IMPACT ON HIM. [00:15:01] OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BEAUTIFUL. AND THEN THE THE CLAUSE ON RESIDENTS IN, IN THE CITY I, IN MY OPINION, I THINK I BELIEVE THAT'S A FAIR CLAUSE. CONSIDERING THE MARKET, CONSIDERING THE CHALLENGES WITH FAMILY AND A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT GO INTO THAT, I SAY THAT BECAUSE AS A PRIOR MILITARY MEMBER THERE WERE SOME RESTRICTIONS ON WHETHER WE COULD LIVE OFF OFF BASE, WHETHER WE CAN LIVE ON BASE. AND THEN IF YOU'RE OFF BASE YOU KNOW, IF YOU WERE IN LEADERSHIP, YOU NEEDED TO MOVE ON BASE. ALL OF THAT CAUSED A LOT OF FRUSTRATION, A LOT OF PROBLEMS A LOT OF UNDUE FINANCIAL STRESS AND STRAIN. SO I KIND OF WENT THROUGH SOME OF THAT MYSELF. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT. SO JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SHARE MY THOUGHTS. COUNCILMAN. IT IS FAIR AND IT'S PRETTY TYPICAL IN THESE TYPES OF CONTRACTS AS WELL. BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU. I HAVE NOTHING MORE TO ADD. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO ADD. YOU DONE A GOOD JOB. THANKS, MIKE. IS IT STANDARD FOR THE 80 HOURS OF CARRYOVER? IT SEEMS KIND OF LOW. THAT ONE I COULDN'T COMMENT ON. TO BE HONEST. COUNCILMAN. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT I WOULD MAKE IS I APPRECIATE THE SIMPLICITY OF THE CONTRACT. AS SOMEBODY WHO'S READ A LOT OF FEDERAL CONTRACTS, I APPRECIATE THE SIMPLICITY OF THIS ONE. THANK YOU. WELL IF IT'S NOT CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD, I'M NOT DOING MY JOB, SO APPRECIATE THAT. I GUESS I'LL JUST MAKE THE COMMENT. YOU KNOW, IT WAS INITIALLY A TWO YEAR CONTRACT, AND NOW WE'RE EXTENDING IT BEFORE THE TWO YEARS IS UP. BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE CONFIDENCE IN MIKE THAT HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO LOCK HIM IN FOR LONGER. SO THANK YOU. AND IT WORKS FOR BOTH PARTIES. AND THAT'S THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S IMPORTANT. I REVIEWED IT FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE NOT BECAUSE I WORK FOR THE CITY MANAGER. I MIGHT POINT THAT OUT, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S THESE ARE ALL PRETTY TYPICAL. AND I THINK WELL DESERVED AS FAR AS MIKE GOES. I WANT TO THANK YOU, MIKE, FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE PUTTING THIS CONTRACT TOGETHER. AND PERSONALLY, THANK MIKE GEBHART FOR THE JOB YOU'VE DONE SINCE YOU'VE BEEN THE CITY MANAGER. YOU HAVE BEEN A REAL PLEASURE TO WORK WITH. YOU ARE VERY OPEN AND AVAILABLE AND I THINK THIS CONTRACT REFLECTS OUR CONFIDENCE IN YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR FOR YOUR EFFORTS. YEAH. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 1325? SO MOVED. SECOND. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MISS REASTER. YES. MR.. MCCUBBINS. YAY! MR.. ALLEN. YES. MISS CHESS. YES. MR.. FRITZSCHE. YES. MISS STANTON. YES. MR.. KIRKPATRICK. YES. RESOLUTION 1325 IS DULY ADOPTED. IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO READ RESOLUTION 14 DASH 25 BY TITLE ONLY. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. RESOLUTION 14 DASH 25 AUTHORIZING THE APPROVAL OF THE PRELIMINARY PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT MODIFICATION PLAN. TO ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 251,293 SQUARE FOOT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ASSOCIATED ATHLETIC FIELDS ON AND PARCEL NUMBER A0 20002004800000500. AND WE WELCOME KATHLEEN RIGGS, OUR CITY PLANNER. GOOD EVENING. SO THIS WE HAVE A VIEW OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE PROSE MIDDLE SCHOOL FROM COMMERCE CENTER. THE OWNER AND APPLICANT IS FAIRBORN CITY SCHOOLS. TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT THE ZONING AND THE AERIAL MAPS. SO THIS IS THE ENTIRE 80 ACRE SITE. SO WE HAVE THE EXISTING HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL GO ON APPROXIMATELY 30 ACRES. THE ZONING DISTRICT IS PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT SURROUNDED BY ADDITIONAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES. THIS SITE IS LOCATED EAST OF 675, SOUTH OF GARLAND, WEST OF TRAYVON, AND NORTH OF DAYTON YELLOW SPRINGS ROAD, WHICH IS KIND OF PRETTY FAR DOWN THERE. SO JUST TAKING A VIEW OF THE OVERALL SITE. SO THIS KIND OF SHOWS A RENDERING OF THE BUILDING. AND AS WE GO THROUGH THESE SLIDES, THEY'RE GOING TO BE KIND OF IN THIS FORMAT, THIS DIRECTION. SO COMMERCE CENTER WILL BE KIND OF TOWARDS THE BOTTOM. AND THINK OF 675 TO BE KIND OF TOWARDS THE TOP OF THE PAGE JUST TO ORIENT YOURSELF. BUT THE SITE SHOWS LIKE I SAID, COMMERCE CENTER. AND THEN WE HAVE SOME PUBLIC PARKING, AND THIS IS THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL AND THEN STAFF AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO PARK THEN SOUTH OF THE SCHOOL, AND THEN WE HAVE BUS PARKING ALONG THE WEST SIDE. [00:20:03] SO JUST TO GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL OF THE THE SITE, THIS BUILDING IS OUTLINED IN RED. IT'S ABOUT 152,000FT². THERE ARE THREE TOTAL ACCESS DRIVES ON THIS SITE. SO WE HAVE THIS REALLY PRIMARILY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL. AND THEN THIS MIDDLE ACCESS DRIVE AND THIS SOUTHERNMOST ACCESS DRIVE REALLY ARE FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO THIS MIDDLE ACCESS DRIVE IS ACTUALLY FOR STUDENT DROP OFF. SO WHEN PARENTS ARE COMING IN, THEY'RE PULLING IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL. AND THEN THE STUDENT DROP OFF LOCATION IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING. THIS WILL ALSO BE THE MAIN ACCESS FOR ANYONE VISITING THE SCHOOL. THIS KIND OF BLUE GRAY AREA IS FOR VISITOR PARKING. AND THEN ALL OF THIS PEACH AREA THEN REALLY IS FOR FACULTY AND STAFF TO PARK IN. THEN THE BUSSES WILL ACTUALLY BE ENTERING THIS SOUTHERNMOST POINT AND THEN GO BACK TO THEIR DROP OFF LOCATION ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING. AND THEN STUDENTS WILL ACCESS THROUGH AN ENTRANCE ALONG THAT WEST SIDE. KIND OF SIMILAR, THE BUS DROP OFF. SO FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN THE BUSSES WILL THEN TURN AROUND AND THEN EXIT OUT THIS SOUTHERN ACCESS DRIVE. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF PARKING IS APPROXIMATELY 220 SPACES. AND JUST TO KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT THE OVERALL SITE. SO WE DO HAVE KIND OF A COMMON SPACE HERE FOR STUDENTS AND OUTSIDE AREA. THERE'S ALSO A BASKETBALL COURT. THERE'S GOING TO BE THREE FIELDS SOUTH OF THIS. I'LL SHOW THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE. THERE'S ALSO A COMMON SPACE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THIS BUILDING. THIS IS ACTUALLY ALSO WHERE THOSE MIDDLE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE HIGH SCHOOL IF THEY'RE USING GOING TO CLASS OR USING ANY OF THE FACILITIES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL THEY'LL ACCESS THROUGH THAT ENTRANCEWAY. AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS IT'S HARD. IT DIDN'T SHOW UP VERY WELL. BUT ANYWAY, THERE ARE THREE BALL FIELDS. THIS IS THE ACCESS DRIVE OFF OF COMMERCE CENTER. ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE COMMERCE CENTER AT THE BOTTOM AT 675 TO THE TOP. BUT THOSE WILL BE THOSE BALL FIELDS THAT ARE ON THE SOUTHERNMOST PORTION OF THIS SITE. AND THIS IS REALLY JUST TO POINT OUT THEIR LANDSCAPING PLANS. SO WE'RE BUFFERING THE PARKING LOTS. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO BUFFERING THIS KIND OF OUTDOOR COMMON SPACE AND PLAY AREA FOR THOSE STUDENTS. AND THEN. THIS SHOWS ACTUALLY JUST THE TREE PLANTINGS. SO THIS JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE. THIS IS THE SCHOOL. THIS IS THAT SOUTHERNMOST ACCESS POINT. BUT JUST SHOWING THE NUMBER OF PLANTINGS THAT ARE LOCATED AROUND THE SITE. NOW TAKING A LOOK AT THE ELEVATION. SO THERE THIS IS A MIRROR IMAGE OF THE SCHOOL. AND REALLY YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT WITH THE LAYOUT WITH THE PARKING ON BOTH ENDS AND THEN IN THE FRONT. BUT THEY'VE GOT A TWO TONE BRICK WITH METAL ROOF AND METAL PANELS. SO IT REALLY DOES MIRROR WHAT THE HIGH SCHOOL LOOKS LIKE. SO THIS IS ONCE AGAIN COMMERCE CENTER. SO THIS IS THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING AND THAT PARKING AREA THROUGH THESE ELEVATIONS. YOU'LL ALSO JUST KIND OF NOTICE HOW THAT LANDSCAPING IS GOING TO BE PLANTED AROUND THE SITE AS WELL. SO THIS IS A VIEW OF THE STUDENT DROP OFF AREA ON THE SOUTHERNMOST SIDE. AND THEN A FEW OF THE WESTERN SIDE WHERE THAT BUS PARKING IS LOCATED. AND THEN A VIEW OF THE NORTH SIDE, THAT COMMON SPACE IN BETWEEN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL. TRYING TO KIND OF PROVIDE A BRIEF PICTURE OF WHAT THESE FLOOR PLANS LOOK LIKE AT THE SCHOOL. ONCE AGAIN, COMMERCE CENTER. SO LOOKING ON THE LEFT SIDE, THIS IS THE FIRST FLOOR. SO WE HAVE CLASSROOMS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BUILDING THAT ACTUALLY KIND OF MIRRORS THE HIGH SCHOOL. SO MOST OF THE CLASSROOMS ALONG THAT HIGH SCHOOL ARE ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THAT SITE. AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE WE HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES, HEALTH CLINIC, BASKETBALL COURT. AND THEN ALONG THE SOUTHERN SIDE WE HAVE ADDITIONAL BASKETBALL COURT AND CAFETERIA STAGE. SO THAT'S THE FIRST FLOOR AND THEN THE SECOND FLOOR. ONCE AGAIN, WE REALLY JUST HAVE THOSE CLASSROOMS ON THE SECOND LEVEL. I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHEDULE. SO THIS IS PLANNED TO BE COMPLETED IN 2027. THE SCHOOL HOURS BEGIN APPROXIMATELY 35 MINUTES AFTER THE HIGH SCHOOL. SO THE HOURS FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ARE FROM 07:50 A.M. [00:25:01] TO 2:35 P.M., WHILE THE HIGH SCHOOL STARTS FROM 715 TO 2 P.M.. SO THEY'RE AT SO THAT THEY'RE STAGGERING. SO THERE SHOULD ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC ISSUES. BUT THERE HAS BEEN A TRAFFIC STUDY DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WE ARE CURRENTLY THAT JUST FINISHED, AND SO OUR ENGINEERING STAFF IS CURRENTLY REVIEWING THAT TRAFFIC STUDY. AND I JUST ALSO WANT TO MENTION THE ENGINEERING STAFF ARE ALSO EVALUATING AREA SIDEWALKS AND HAVE CURRENTLY SUBMITTED FOR GRANTS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND SIDEWALKS AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS. REALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE AT THIS LOCATION. AND SO WE CAN GIVE FURTHER UPDATES AS WE LEARN MORE AND RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM THOSE GRANT APPLICATIONS. THE TRAFFIC ROUTES ASSOCIATED WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, I MEAN, WITH EVERY SCHOOL YEAR, THOSE TRAFFIC ROUTES SLIGHTLY CHANGE, RIGHT? OUR STUDENT POPULATION SLIGHTLY SHIFTS. SO AS IN SIMILAR FASHION WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL AREA INTERSECTIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE EVALUATED AND TIMINGS OF THOSE LIGHTS COULD BE ADJUSTED. IF THOSE IF THOSE CHANGES ARE ARE WARRANTED. BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THAT ON A YEARLY BASIS, BECAUSE WE KNOW SOME OF THOSE TRAFFIC PATTERNS DO SHIFT A LITTLE. AND THEN WE'LL ACT ACCORDINGLY BASED ON WHAT COMES FROM THOSE EVALUATIONS. OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES STAFF HAS ALSO REVIEWED THESE PLANS AND ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THE SUBMITTAL. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS APPLICATION BASED ON OUR GENERAL REVIEW OF CRITERIA IT DOES IT IS SUPPORTED IT DOES MEET THE INTENT OF OUR ZONING CODE. WE ALSO FEEL THAT THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT ON THE ADJACENT AREA THAT ALL THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS HAVE BEEN REDUCED TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY. THE SCHOOL IS REALLY A NATURAL FIT IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WELL AS KIND OF WHERE IT'S LOCATED, CLOSER TO THOSE OFFICE COMMERCIAL USES. SO PLANNING BOARD DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL AT THEIR MAY 13TH MEETING WITH A COUPLE OF CONDITIONS BECAUSE THAT TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY WASN'T COMPLETELY FINISHED. AND IT'S STILL IN THAT REVIEW STAGE. JUST TO ADD A CONDITION THAT STAFF SHALL IMPLEMENT THOSE RECOMMENDED CHANGES IN ACCORDANCE WITH STAFF APPROVAL AND ALSO JUST ON THEIR SITE PLAN. IT DIDN'T SHOW THE SIDEWALK EXTENDING ALONG COMMERCE CENTER. SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SIDEWALK EXTENDS ALL ALONG THEIR PROPERTY WHENEVER THEY SUBMIT THEIR PLANS FOR REVIEW AFTER THIS PROCESS. SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. WE'LL START COUNCIL QUESTIONS WITH COUNCILWOMAN. CHESS. HEY I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE CAPACITY FOR THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL? IT'S TWO PART QUESTION. OKAY. AND THE ESTIMATED STUDENT POPULATION FOR 2027. I DO NOT KNOW THE STUDENT POPULATION. THE SCHOOL WAS BUILT TO ACCOMMODATE THE STUDENTS, FOR THIS COMMUNITY. SO I'M GOING TO TRUST THAT THE SCHOOL KNOWS THE POPULATION THAT THEY NEED TO MEET. SO SO WE ARE WHAT IS THE CAPACITY OF THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING? I'M SORRY, THE CAPACITY. I DO NOT KNOW THE STUDENT CAPACITY AT THIS PARTICULAR SITE. I DON'T KNOW THE POPULATION I JUST LOOKED AT THAT WASN'T A PART OF THE THE APPROVAL LOOKING AT THE STUDENT NUMBERS. BUT THEY HAVE BUILT THIS SCHOOL TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR CURRENT POPULATION AND SOMEWHAT IN THE FUTURE. SO I THINK THEY'RE DOING THE BEST THAT THEY CAN WITH THE FUNDING THAT THEY RECEIVED. RIGHT. AND I ONLY ASK BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT GROWTH. AND I WAS WONDERING WHAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE THAT GROWTH IF NEED BE. THE SCHOOL ALSO CONTINUES TO OWN ADDITIONAL PROPERTY. AND SO I MEAN, THE SCHOOL WILL MAKE THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS IF IF THEY NEED TO, TO ACCOMMODATE STAFF. SO I THINK THEY'RE PREPARED. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I MAY HAVE MISSED IT IN THE READ AHEAD, BUT I DIDN'T SEE WHERE THE STORM WATER IS GOING. OKAY. AND I DON'T THINK I MENTIONED IT EITHER. SO IT IS GOING ON THE WESTERN SIDE. THIS THEY HAVE A STORMWATER POND ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE SITE. OKAY. THE OVAL WAS RIGHT. YEAH. BECAUSE I CERTAINLY DIDN'T THINK THAT SITE WOULD HAVE. WHAT WAS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL WOULDN'T ACCOMMODATE THIS ONE AS WELL. RIGHT. YEAH. AND THIS IS ACTUALLY I MEAN, THE SITE IS ON A LITTLE OVER 50 ACRES. THIS IS ON 30 ACRES. SO THERE'S IT'S A MUCH BIGGER THAN WHERE THEY'RE AT NOW. SO THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION. I DRIVE DOWN MAPLE A LOT, AND FOR THE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, FOR THE DROP OFF, THERE'S TIMES OF DAYS WHEN THE PARENTS ARE, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH THAT DROP OFF ROUTE. [00:30:01] AND THEY. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S LIKE ONE OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS OR IF IT'S LIKE THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER, BUT I SEE THEM OUT THERE HAVING TO DIRECT TRAFFIC BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC GETS SO BACKED UP LIKE THE CAR, YOU KNOW. SO THEY'RE TRYING TO LET TRAFFIC KEEP FLOWING ON MAPLE, WHO'S NOT GOING TO THE SCHOOL. SO I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT THE TRAFFIC HERE. IS THERE IS THERE MORE ROOM LEFT THAN WHAT IS IT, THE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. SORRY, I KNOW THAT'S NOT ON HERE, BUT LIKE, DO YOU ANTICIPATE AN ISSUE LIKE THAT ON HERE, OR IS THAT WHAT THE TRAFFIC STUDY IS GOING TO POINT OUT? LIKE IF, IF TRAFFIC WILL BACK UP ON COMMERCE? I MEAN, OUR STAFF DID NOT DOES NOT PREDICT THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE. THE ENGINEERS FOR THE SCHOOL BUILT THIS SITE IN THE BEST FASHION THAT THEY COULD TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN ACCOMMODATE VEHICLES. ALL, I MEAN, STACKING IF NECESSARY. THEY'RE GOING TO BE STACKING UP. SO. BUT IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL. AND THAT THIS LENGTH SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE INDIVIDUALS DROPPING OFF THEIR STUDENT FOR SCHOOL. THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THIS WILL BE SUCCESSFUL. OKAY. AND WAS SO THAT WASN'T PART OF LIKE, THE PENDING TRAFFIC STUDY. WOULD THAT BE? I'M NOT I HAVE NOT READ THE TRAFFIC STUDY, SO I DON'T BELIEVE THIS TRAFFIC STUDY WAS SO FOCUSED ON SITE. I THINK. I MEAN, IT PROBABLY DID FOCUS SOMEWHAT ON SITE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS SITE COULD ACCOMMODATE FOR THE FACULTY AND STAFF AND FOR THOSE STUDENTS DROPPED OFF. BUT I THINK JUST REALLY LOOKING AT THOSE INTERCHANGES AND HOW THESE ACCESS POINTS INTERACT WITH COMMERCE CENTER. HOW DOES COMMERCE INTERACT WITH GARLAND? GARLAND INTERACTS WITH TRAYVON. I MEAN, SO THIS IS A BROADER VIEW. I BELIEVE THE EXISTING TRAFFIC. OKAY. AND WHEN YOU SAID THAT LIKE THAT, AFTER THE TRAFFIC STUDY, WE MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE CHANGES DEPENDING ON IT. DOES THAT MEAN, LIKE THE LENGTHS OF THE TIME AT THE INTERSECTION OF DAYTON, YELLOW SPRINGS AND COMMERCE CENTER, THAT THAT IS THAT IT COULD THAT'S ONE OF THE INTERSECTIONS THAT THEY DO EVALUATE. AND I THINK THEY HAVE MADE CHANGES IN CONJUNCTION. I WAS JUST TALKING WITH THE CITY ENGINEER EARLIER TODAY, AND THEY DID MAKE SOME CHANGES. I BELIEVE IT WAS AT THAT INTERSECTION TO ACCOUNT FOR THE TRAFFIC, MAYBE CONGESTION ASSOCIATED FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED. AND SO THEY DO EVALUATE WELL EACH ALL THE INTERSECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY IF THERE'S A PROBLEM. BUT THEY HAVE EVALUATED THAT. AND JUST TO MAKE SOME TIMING CHANGES WITH THE LIGHTS THAT SEEM TO HELP TRAFFIC FLOW A LITTLE BIT SMOOTHER, THAT CAN GET A LITTLE AT THE WRONG TIME, A LITTLE JAMMED UP. RIGHT. AND DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW THIS MIGHT BE TOO, TOO MINOR, BUT I KNOW THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL PUT IN 1 OR 2 ELECTRIC CAR CHARGERS. I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY FOR THE STAFF HERE. ANY CAR CHARGING ON SITE? I AM NOT SURE. OKAY. THAT WAS JUST A CURIOSITY. SO THAT'S ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. KATHLEEN. ALL RIGHT. SOLID WORK. THIS IS SOLID WORK. AND I DO APPRECIATE THE PLANNING BOARD PUTTING THE HOOKS IN, ON THE ON THE ON THIS END, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TRAFFIC STUDY GETS CONSIDERED AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. SO THAT'LL BE IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON SYLVIA'S QUESTION ABOUT THE CAPACITY OF THE BUILDING. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ONLY HAS A CERTAIN NUMBER THAT THEY CAN THEY CAN BUDGET FOR BASED ON THE STATE. THE STATE REALLY KIND OF DICTATES HOW BIG YOU CAN BUILD YOUR SCHOOL, EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GROWING AS A CITY. SO THAT IS A BIG BONE OF CONTENTION NOT ONLY WITH FAIRBORN, BUT WITH OTHER DISTRICTS AS THEY CONTINUE TO GROW AND BUILD NEW SCHOOLS. SO THEIR, THEIR HANDS ARE KIND OF TIED BASED ON WHAT THE STATE TELLS THEM THAT THEY CAN DO IN THEIR FUNDING. AND THEN THIS IS MORE DIRECTED AS A CITY QUESTION, NOT NECESSARILY AT THIS SITE SPECIFICALLY, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE SIDEWALKS THAT GO FROM THE NATIONAL HOMES INTO THIS AREA. IS THAT SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THE FUTURE? BECAUSE THAT'S A SHORT DISTANCE FOR THOSE STUDENTS. IT DEFINITELY IS. AND WE DO REALIZE THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE LOCATIONS THAT WE'VE APPLIED FOR A GRANT FOR SOME FUNDING FOR THOSE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS. SO YES, WE ARE EVALUATING SIDEWALKS IN THE AREA TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY GARLAND, IS THE EASIEST ACCESS POINT THAT GOES UNDERNEATH. 675 SO ALL THE STUDENTS LIVING ON EAST OR WEST SIDE OF MAPLE AND EVEN, YOU KNOW, OVER OFF OF THUNDERBIRD WOULD PROBABLY UTILIZE THAT, THAT ACCESS. SO IT IS IT IS A PRIORITY FOR US. SO IT IS SOMETHING WE ARE DEFINITELY FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH. AND LIKE I SAID, WE'VE APPLIED FOR THESE GRANT APPLICATIONS AND WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR BACK. AND IF THEY DON'T WORK OUT THEN WE'LL GO TO PLAN B. SO I MEAN IT'S NOT THAT THAT'S THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF WIGGLE ROOM. YEAH. OKAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANKS. THANKS FOR ASKING THE SIDEWALK QUESTION, BECAUSE THAT WAS HIGH ON MY LIST. AS THE CITY MANAGER KNOWS, I LIVE IN LIVE NEAR THERE, AND I WATCHED THE KIDS COMING OUT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE FEW WALKERS OR BIKE RIDERS ON [00:35:04] GARLAND. THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS RIGHT AT THAT EXTENSION BEFORE YOU GET TO MARCHMONT. SO WE DEFINITELY NEED TO GET THAT FIXED. SIDEWALKS, BIKE PATHS, WHATEVER. SO I'M GLAD THAT'S PART OF IT. AND I'M ALSO GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT THE TRAFFIC STUDY. I KNOW IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, SEVERAL OF MY NEIGHBORS COMMENTED THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC WHEN THE HIGH SCHOOL OPENED. FORTUNATELY, THAT HAS NOT TURNED OUT TO BE A BIG PROBLEM. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE. SO HOPEFULLY THIS WILL ALSO BECAUSE I THINK, AND I DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY LONG TERM, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME PROBABLY THE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL ARE GOING TO BE NEXT TO EACH OTHER. SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE TRAFFIC WITH BOTH GROUPS OF KIDS. IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT THE TIMES ARE STAGGERED FOR START AND STOP FOR BOTH SCHOOLS, SO HOPEFULLY THAT WON'T BE A BIG ISSUE. THANKS FOR CLARIFYING THE OVAL. I WAS WONDERING WHAT THAT WAS. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A RETENTION POND? YES. OKAY. GLAD TO HEAR THAT. THE LAST THING I WANT TO MENTION ABOUT THE SCHOOL IS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. GROUNDBREAKING IS TOMORROW. AT 430 IN THE AFTERNOON. SO WE ENCOURAGE FOLKS THIS IS. THEY'VE HAD TO CANCEL IT THREE TIMES FOR RAIN. I THINK THE WEATHER FORECAST FOR TOMORROW. YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE AN UMBRELLA. THEY DO HAVE A TENT. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE IT RAIN OR SHINE. YES. SO THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN REGARDLESS. THERE WON'T BE ANOTHER CANCELLATION. SO THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 1425? AT THIS TIME. SO MOVED. SECOND. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MISS REASTER. YES. MR. FRITZSCHE. YES. MR. ALLEN. YES. MISS CHESS. YES. MR.. MCCUBBINS. YAY! MISS STANTON. YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK. YES. RESOLUTION 14 DASH 25 IS DULY WE ADOPTED. OKAY. NEXT. IS THERE A MOTION TO READ RESOLUTION 1525 BY TITLE ONLY? MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. RESOLUTION 15 DASH 25, A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY OF FAIRBORN CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A NON-BINDING MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING REGARDING A SITE DEVELOPMENT LEASE IN COLLABORATION WITH GREENE COUNTY. BATH TOWNSHIP AND SYNERGY CRC, LLC. CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY SOLICITOR PRESENTING CITY MANAGER IS GOING TO COVER KIND OF THE BIG PICTURE NATURE OF THE TRANSACTION, ETC. AND THEN I'LL COVER ANY QUESTIONS AND BRIEFLY REVIEW THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. THANK YOU. SO NO POWERPOINT FOR THIS THIS EVENING. JUST WANTED TO GO THROUGH THIS. THIS IS UNCHARTED WATER FOR ALL OF US. THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE ENHANCED USE LEASE OR USE ON FEDERAL PROPERTY. THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY IS ALONG NATIONAL ROAD NEAR GATE OR NEAR AREA B. IT'S 23.5 ACRES, AND THEY WILL ACTUALLY CARVE OUT THIS ACREAGE AND MOVE THE FENCE. SO IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE SECURED AREA. AND SO ULTIMATELY WHAT WOULD BE BUILT HERE ARE FIVE OFFICE BUILDINGS THAT WOULD SUPPORT EFFORTS AT THE, AT THE BASE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WRIGHT-PATTERSON HAS DONE THIS. THERE ARE ULS FOR OTHER BASES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. BOTH ARMY, AIR FORCE AND NAVY. THEY'RE NOT SUPER PREVALENT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S COME OUT IN THE LAST DECADE OR SO. THAT COULD HAPPEN. AND SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME AT WRIGHT-PATTERSON. AGAIN, IT'S A IT'S A LEASE OF THE LAND. IT'S 50 YEARS AND THERE'S A RENEWABLE PORTION OF IT THAT AFTER THE 50 YEARS IT CAN BE RENEWED AGAIN. SO WHAT MAKES THIS INTERESTING IS, IS THIS IS OUTSIDE THE BASE. AND SO NOW THIS BECOMES BATH TOWNSHIP, WHERE BEFORE IT WAS FEDERAL LAND AND AND REALLY WASN'T UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF ANYONE OTHER THAN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO NOW THIS HAS BEEN MOVED INTO BATH TOWNSHIP'S GROWN A LITTLE BIT. NORMALLY YOU DON'T SEE A TOWNSHIP GROW. THEIR BORDERS HAVE BEEN SET SINCE THE EARLY 1800S WHEN WHEN THE STATE WAS SURVEYED. SO IT'S A VERY UNIQUE SITUATION. SO THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT COME WITH IT. BECAUSE BATH TOWNSHIP DOESN'T HAVE THE MEANS AT NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN, TO PROVIDE SOME OF THESE SERVICES. AND SO SYNERGY IS THE DEVELOPER ON THIS SITE. SYNERGY CONTACTED CITY OF FAIRBORN, GREEN COUNTY AND BATH TOWNSHIP TO WORK THROUGH WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THEM ON THIS SITE. AND WHEN I TALK ABOUT ASSISTANCE, IT'S SERVICES, [00:40:01] FOR EXAMPLE, FIRE AND EMS, POLICING, BUILDING INSPECTION, ZONING, WATER, SANITARY SEWER AND ENGINEERING ISSUES. AND SO AS MIKE STATED, THIS IS A NON-BINDING MOU. WHAT THIS ALLOWS FOR US TO DO IS EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES OF OF COOPERATION, TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THAT SITE. IF AT SOME POINT IT IS DEEMED THAT, THAT THIS JUST ISN'T GOING TO WORK THE CITY OF FAIRBORN FOR ANY FOR LACK OF ANOTHER TERM WOULDN'T BREAK EVEN OR WOULD LOSE MONEY. WE COULD BACK OUT OF THIS. NO QUESTIONS ASKED. AND SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE CURRENTLY WE PROVIDE FIRE AND EMS TO BATH TOWNSHIP. SO WE WOULD CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FIRE AND EMS VIA THAT CONTRACT. BUT THE CONTRACT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY INCLUDE ADDITIONAL AREA, SO WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH THAT AND SEE WHAT THE BEST AVENUE IS TO EITHER AMEND THAT CONTRACT OR DO SOMETHING ELSE THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO PROVIDE FIRE AND EMS SERVICES TO THAT AREA. WE THINK GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF WILL TAKE CARE OF POLICING. THERE IS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CITY OF FAIRBORN PROVIDING BUILDING INSPECTION, WHERE GREENE COUNTY WOULD NEED TO ALLOW US THROUGH A WRITTEN AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE INSTEAD OF GREENE COUNTY BUILDING INSPECTION. BATH TOWNSHIP WOULD PROVIDE THE ZONING. THE CITY OF FAIRBORN HAS BEEN ASKED TO PROVIDE WATER AND SANITARY SEWER AND THEN ENGINEERING ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE DECIDED BETWEEN GREENE, GREENE COUNTY ENGINEERING, WHO REPRESENTS BATH TOWNSHIP AND CITY OF FAIRBORN ENGINEERING. AND SO WE REQUEST AUTHORIZATION JUST TO CONTINUE TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH ALL PARTIES GREENE COUNTY. BATH TOWNSHIP AND SYNERGY ABOUT HOW FAIRBORN MIGHT FIT INTO THIS PLAN. BUT THIS IS A A CONCEPT THAT CONGRESSMAN TURNER AND THE REST OF THE OHIO DELEGATION IS VERY INTERESTED IN SEEING HOW THIS PLAYS OUT. AND SO WE WANT TO BE THE BEST POSSIBLE PARTNERS WHILE NOT GIVING UP ANYTHING OR IT BEING A FINANCIAL BURDEN ON OUR RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. AND JUST TO PICK UP ON SOME OF MIKE'S COMMENTS, THIS THIS PROJECT ITSELF IS GOING TO BE FOR ABOUT 420,000 TO 600,000FT² OF TRIPLE A HIGH END RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, DEVELOPMENT TYPE OFFICE SPACE. AND SO THE RIPPLE DOWN EFFECT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT WITHIN OUR TAXING JURISDICTION, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, THE RIPPLE EFFECT WILL CERTAINLY IMPACT FAIRBORN. AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEVELOPER, WITH GREENE COUNTY, WITH BATH TOWNSHIP. AND ONE THING THAT THE CITY HAS MADE CRYSTAL CLEAR WE WANT TO BE A TEAM PLAYER, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FOR THE SERVICES THAT WERE PROVIDED THAT WE'RE PROVIDING. AND THAT INCLUDES PERSONNEL, THAT INCLUDES INFRASTRUCTURE THAT INCLUDES REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE, THINGS OF THAT. THAT INCLUDES FIRE MS, THAT INCLUDES BUILDING INSPECTIONS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO LOSE MONEY ON THIS DEAL. WE WANT TO BE FAIRLY COMPENSATED. AND THAT LANGUAGE IS CONTAINED THROUGHOUT AND MADE CRYSTAL CLEAR TO EVERYBODY IN THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. SO AND AGAIN, THE FIRST THREE WORDS ARE THIS NON-BINDING MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. SO BUT IT'S IT'S YOU KNOW, THAT SAID, IT'S A VERY EXCITING PROJECT. A LOT AT STAKE. AND FAIRBORN IS NEEDED IN THIS. AND SO THE RESOLUTION AND THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT'S PUT BEFORE YOU. WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST APPROVAL. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'LL START COUNCIL QUESTIONS WITH COUNCILWOMAN PRITCHETT. I REMEMBER WE HAD A QUICK CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS. AND ONE OF THE OTHER CHALLENGES THAT YOU MENTIONED WAS THAT THEIR AGREEMENT WAS EXEMPT FROM COLLECTING ANY KIND OF INCOME TAX AS WELL. IS THAT CORRECT? I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. THE JURY'S STILL OUT ON THAT ONE. OKAY. BUT. AND YOU RAISE A GOOD POINT, COUNCILMAN. IN TERMS OF THE PROPOSED FUNDING FOR THIS THESE EFFORTS WERE SINCE INCOME TAX IS PROBABLY OFF THE TABLE, WHETHER IT'S LEGALLY OFF THE TABLE THAT I DON'T KNOW, THE DEVELOPER AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MADE IT PRETTY CLEAR THEY DON'T WANT IT, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE THROUGH A TIF AND OR A JED AND OR A COMBINATION OF BOTH. SO THOSE ARE THE FINANCING VEHICLES WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND THE DEVELOPERS PAYING FOR ALL OF THE HARD COSTS OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. AND HE'S NOT GOING TO GET THE DEVELOPER IS NOT GETTING PAID FIRST. IT'S KIND OF WOULD BE A A SPLIT PRORATION OF THE PROCEEDS, ALL THE SERVICES GETTING PAID FOR. THEN THE DEVELOPER GETS THE BALANCE FOR ITS INFRASTRUCTURE. [00:45:01] THOSE ARE ALL KINDS OF DETAILS THAT STILL NEED TO BE WORKED OUT. OKAY. AND PARENTHETICALLY TO NOT THAT IT MATTERS ON YOUR DECISION, BUT I'VE GONE THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THE AGREEMENT. BATH TOWNSHIP HAS SIGNED THE AGREEMENT, GREEN COUNTY HAS SIGNED THE AGREEMENT. AND THE DEVELOPER, OF COURSE, HAS SIGNED THE AGREEMENT. SO WE WANTED TO PRESENT IT TO YOU BEFORE ANYTHING HAPPENED. OKAY. THANK YOU. NOW, I APPRECIATE IT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ALL PEOPLE COME TO ALL ALL PARTIES COME TO THE TABLE, YOU KNOW, WITH EQUAL FOOTING, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S RIGHT, TRYING TO TRYING TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS. AND NO ONE'S LEFT, YOU KNOW, HOLDING THE BAG, SO TO SPEAK. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THIS IS A DICEY SITUATION, YOU KNOW? NEVER DONE IT BEFORE. MIKE, I APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING LEANING INTO IT AND AND TRYING TO TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S BEST FOR EVERYONE IN THIS CASE. SO WE KNOW WE'VE SEEN THE EXAMPLES OF, OF THESE DECISIONS WHERE WE'RE NOT SURE WHO'S GOT WHAT. YOU KNOW, PRIME EXAMPLE OF THAT IS OVER BY RIGHT STATE. YOU KNOW, THAT THAT LITTLE AREA WHERE THE SOCCER FIELDS ARE, YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S A THAT'S WHO'S GOT YOU KNOW, WHO'S ON FIRST, WHO OWNS THAT. YOU KNOW WHO'S RESPONSIBLE. SO I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WITH THE WITH THE FOLKS THAT YOU HAVE IN THE ROOM ALONG WITH THE FACT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SUPPORT THE WARFIGHTER, SUPPORT THE BASE AND SHOW THAT WE'RE GOOD PARTNERS. WE'LL WE'LL WE'LL FIGURE OUT A SWEET SPOT, HOPEFULLY. THANK YOU. I HAVE NOTHING TO CONTRIBUTE. THANK YOU. NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS EITHER. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION. IS THIS WOULD THIS FACILITY BE CONSIDERED SKIFF? NO. NO. OKAY. AND THEN SINCE IT WOULD BE IN BATH TOWNSHIP, I MEAN, NORMALLY WHEN WE WHEN WE HAVE WATER AND SEWER IN BATH TOWNSHIP, THEY PAY LIKE A HIGHER RATE, RIGHT. SO THAT WOULD APPLY OR THAT SHORT ANSWER IS YES. THAT'S SPECIFICALLY REFERENCED IN THE MOU. BUT THAT DOESN'T YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST FOR PROVIDING THE WATER. OKAY. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S NEEDED TO PROVIDE THAT WATER. THE REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE NEED TO PROVIDE THAT WATER. THE FUNDING THAT'S NEEDED TO REPLACE INFRASTRUCTURE AS IT CRUMBLES WITHIN THE NEXT 30 TO 50 YEARS. SO WE HAVE TO TAKE ALL OF THOSE COMPONENTS INTO CONSIDERATION. IT'LL BE IN THERE. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US. AGAIN, ANOTHER CHANCE TO PARTNER AND ENHANCE THE ACTIVITIES AND OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BASE AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. SO I THINK THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THANK YOU. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 15 DASH 25. SO MOVED. SECOND. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MR. MCCUBBINS. YAY! MR. ALLEN. YES. MISS CHESS. YES. MR. FRITZSCHE. YES. MISS REASTER. YES. MISS STANTON. YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK. YES. RESOLUTION 15 DASH 25 IS DULY ADOPTED. OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES OUR RESOLUTIONS. NOW WE WILL OPEN UP CITIZENS COMMENTS. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME FORWARD. PROVIDE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. AND PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO FIVE MINUTES. OKAY, SEEING NO ONE, WE WILL CLOSE CITIZENS COMMENTS AND MOVE ON TO CITY MANAGER [VIII. City Manager Comments] COMMENTS. MR. GEBHART SIR YOUR HONOR COUNCIL, FIRST OFF, FIRST OFF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I LOVE FAIRBORN. IT'S BEEN A GREAT 12 PLUS YEARS AND I'M HOPING FOR ANOTHER GREAT 12 ADDITIONAL YEARS. SO THANK YOU AGAIN AND THANKS TO THE RESIDENTS. WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT ON FRIDAY, MAY 9TH THE CHAMBER HELD ITS ANNUAL BANQUET. SOME CONGRATULATIONS GO OUT LIKE TO THANK KURT AND JANINE AT THE CHAMBER FOR THE BANQUET. IT WAS A GREAT TIME. CONGRATULATIONS TO CAPTAIN MARK STANNARD FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. MARK WILL BE RETIRING AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. AS YOU KNOW, AFTER THREE DECADES OF SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF FAIRBORN. AND SO MARK RECEIVED THE FAIRBORN CITY OF FAIRBORN SERVICE AWARD. LOGAN IS ONE OF OUR LIEUTENANTS, RECEIVED THE CITY'S PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR AWARD, AND THEN GARY JOHNSON RECEIVED THE JACK HUELSMAN CIVIC AWARD FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE FOR THE FAIRBORN CIVIC BAND FOR THE LAST ALMOST THREE DECADES, MAYBE MORE THAN THREE DECADES, MAYBE 29TH YEAR, ALMOST THREE DECADES. SO THOSE WERE THE AWARDS DIRECTLY AFFECTING CITY AND THE [00:50:09] HIGHEST AWARD THAT THE THE CHAMBER GIVES OUT BEING THE JACK HUELSMAN CIVIC AWARD. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE FOLKS. THANKS TO OUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR ANNUAL DOCTOR MICHAEL HORTON FISHING DERBY ON SATURDAY, MAY 10TH. IT WAS WELL ATTENDED AND IT WASN'T RAINING. ALSO A THANK YOU TO FAIRBORN LITTLE LEAGUE AND MARILYN MCCAULEY FOR INVITING US TO THEIR OPENING DAY CELEBRATION ON SATURDAY, MAY 10TH. SO THE NINTH AND 10TH WERE WERE JAM PACKED. GO OVER A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS I NOTED IN YOUR WEEKLY MEMO. FAIRBORN POLICE DEPARTMENT'S NEW BLUE ENVELOPE PROGRAM HAS BEGUN. THOSE ARE AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS TO COME TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PICK UP FREE OF CHARGE. FOR THOSE MOTORISTS WHO HAVE COMMUNICATION ISSUES, THIS ALLOWS FOR SOME FORMS TO BE FILLED OUT THAT THEY CAN CARRY WITH THEM, AND IF BY CHANCE THEY'RE PULLED OVER BY AN OFFICER THEY CAN HAND THAT TO THE OFFICER SO THE OFFICER CAN UNDERSTAND WHATEVER COMMUNICATION CHALLENGES THEY MIGHT HAVE. AND SO THAT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. AND IT JUST IT JUST CAME OUT WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. THE JULY 3RD BLOCK PARTY AND THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR CITY WEBSITE UNDER THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT. AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE GROUNDBREAKING TOMORROW AT 430 AT THE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP THAT IN IN OBSERVANCE OF THE MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY THAT CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON THE 26TH, BUT PUBLIC SAFETY WILL BE ON THEIR NORMAL SCHEDULE. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL COMMENTS AND WE'LL START WITH [IX. Council Comments] COUNCILWOMAN CHESS. WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF WHAT MIKE SAID ABOUT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BANQUET. IT WAS REALLY NICE. WE JUST WANT TO THANK JUST HIGHLIGHT THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT RECEIVED AWARDS, AND I THINK THAT WAS COMMENDABLE. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE TO SAY. AND YOU ALL BE SAFE OUT THERE, AND THAT'S IT. ALRIGHTY. I'M GOING TO TAKE SYLVIA'S TIME. OKAY. CLINT. SO MIKE IS BEING MODEST BECAUSE HE FORGOT TO MENTION THAT HE, TOO, RECEIVED AN AWARD. FRIDAY NIGHT, MIKE WAS GIVEN THE PRESIDENT'S AWARD BY THE. CHAMBER PRESIDENT FOR HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY, AND OUR OWN. MAYOR, DAN KIRKPATRICK, WAS GIVEN THE AWARD FOR GREENE COUNTY CAREER CENTER EDUCATOR AWARD. SO CONGRATULATIONS, GENTLEMEN. WE WON'T BE MEETING AGAIN BEFORE SCHOOL'S OUT, SO I WANTED TO JUST PUT A SHOUT OUT THERE TO TO REMIND THE CITIZENS SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE OUT HERE REAL SOON. SO A LOT OF KIDS WILL BE OUT AND ABOUT, HOPEFULLY OUTSIDE AND NOT INSIDE ON THEIR VIDEO GAMES. SO KEEP YOUR EYES OUT ON THE ROAD FOR THOSE KIDDOS. IT'S ALSO MOTORCYCLE SEASON. THEY SEE YOU SOMETIMES YOU DON'T SEE THEM. SO PLEASE PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT RUNNING THOSE GUYS OVER. AND DON'T BLOW YOUR GRASS IN THE ROAD. THAT CREATES A HAZARD FOR OUR MOTORCYCLISTS. I'VE SAID MANY TIMES EDUCATION IS THE CORNERSTONE FOR US TO TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON, ESPECIALLY IN OUR CITY. TONIGHT, COUNCIL WAS PRIVILEGED TO GET A VERY RAPID FIRE FINANCIAL EDUCATION ON BOND ISSUES. VERY INTERESTING, VERY COMPLICATED STUFF THAT FINANCE IS. SO I WANTED TO THANK OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. AND WHAT THAT SAID, I WANT TO REITERATE TO EVERYBODY THAT A LOT GOES INTO THE DECISIONS UP HERE TO SAY YES AND TO SAY NO. WHEN THESE ORDINANCES AND THESE RESOLUTIONS COME BEFORE US, THEY'RE NOT TAKEN LIGHTLY. WE DON'T RUBBER STAMP STUFF. WE TAKE THE TIME TO GET EDUCATED ON WHATEVER THE ISSUE IS. AND THE LATEST ISSUE THAT WE MADE A VOTE ON CAME AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF THE DEVELOPER WORKING WITH THE CITY OF FAIRBORN TO MAKE THE SOLUTION WORK, AND WE THOUGHT IT'S GOING TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF FAIRBORN. HENCE WE VOTED YES. I WILL SAY I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE I'M DISAPPOINTED IN THE MEDIA ATTENTION THAT THIS GOT THE DAY AFTER THE VOTE, THAT IT WAS ALL NEGATIVE. AND I'M OKAY WITH THE NEGATIVE MEDIA ATTENTION BECAUSE THEY GAVE THEIR SIDE OF THE STORY. BUT WHAT IS DISAPPOINTING IS THE PICTURE THAT IT PAINTED FAIRBORN IN A NEGATIVE LIGHT, AND THAT DOES NOT REPRESENT WHAT OUR CITY IS AND WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT, AND THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE UP HERE. WE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY AND HENCE THE REASON WHY WE SERVE. AND THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY ABOUT THAT. I'LL LEAVE IT THERE. I WILL SAY ALSO, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT GOES BEHIND THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE, SEND US AN EMAIL, CALL JULIE AND LEAVE YOUR NAME AND NUMBER AND WE'LL CALL YOU BACK. WE'LL MEET WITH YOU ONE ON ONE. [00:55:03] WE'LL BE MORE THAN GLAD TO SIT DOWN AND TALK TO YOU AND EXPLAIN DETAILS TO YOU IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU DESIRE. SO YOU CAN GET MORE THAN WHAT YOU'RE POSSIBLY GETTING OUT OF THESE MEETINGS. AS MIKE HAD SAID, ONE OF HIS GOALS IS TO BE TRANSPARENT. WE'RE JUST AS TRANSPARENT AS LONG AS THE LAW ALLOWS. SO I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT. MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU JUST SAID ABOUT THAT. WE DO WE AS FAR AS ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO ASK QUESTIONS GIVE INPUT BEFORE ASK QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS, DEFINITELY FEEL FREE. WHAT WAS I GOING TO SAY? OH I FORGET. OH, SORRY. I WAS GOING TO THANK THE FOLKS WHO CAME TO THE MEETING TONIGHT. ALL TWO OF THEM. RIGHT. THANKS FOR COMING, GUYS. AND. YEAH. THAT'S IT. THANKS. THAT'S IT. OKAY. I'VE GOT NOTHING ADDITIONAL TO ADD TONIGHT. YAY! OKAY. NOW, I I MIKE, I APPRECIATE YOU. I APPRECIATE HOW YOU HANDLED THE CITY. YOU, AS DAN HAS ALREADY MENTIONED. THE MAYOR'S ALREADY MENTIONED THAT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE IN YOU AND AND HONESTLY, THE, THE, THE DIRECTORS THAT YOU HAVE ON BOARD. I MEAN, WE HAVE A PROFESSIONAL STAFF AS EVIDENCE OF THE, THE CERTIFICATION THAT WAS RECEIVED JUST LAST WEEK FROM OUR ONE OF OUR ENGINEERS. BUT BUT I'M PROUD AS WITH EVERYONE ELSE HERE, JUST PROUD TO SERVE THE CITY AND ITS CAPACITY. I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT LAST SATURDAY, I GOT A CHANCE TO GO TO THE MEMORIAL OF FORMER MAYOR SC TAKIS. AND AND IT JUST SPOKE VOLUMES OF HOW PEOPLE WHO HAVE GIVEN OF THEMSELVES IN THE SERVICE OF THIS CITY. THERE IS A LOT THERE ARE A LOT OF KIND WORDS THAT WERE EXPRESSED ABOUT MISS ESSIE AND AND HOW SHE SERVED THE LIONS CLUB AND THE ROTARY CLUB, NOT ONLY JUST THE CITY COUNCIL AND WHERE SHE WAS THE MAYOR AND DEPUTY MAYOR AND A COUNCIL MEMBER. SO BUT I APPRECIATE HER FAMILY RECOGNIZING HER AND THEN GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A THOUGHT OR TWO. AND THE SENIOR CENTER ELLEN SLOAN, FOR PUTTING IT ON AND IN OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR ATTENDING THAT. IT JUST SPEAKS VOLUMES OF THE CARE THAT PEOPLE PUT INTO THIS CITY AND THAT IT IT STICKS AND NO ONE EVER FORGETS THAT WE REMEMBER IT. I WANT TO MENTION I SAW A NOTE TODAY THAT TALKED ABOUT THE HEALTHY HEROES PROGRAM. SO WE'RE TAKING CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES, IT SOUNDS LIKE. SO WITH THIS HEALTHY HEROES. AND THERE'S NOTHING LIKE HAVING A A WORKOUT MATE TO HELP ENCOURAGE YOU TO TO HELP WORK OUT AND EAT HEALTHY AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS. I THINK THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD TOOL FOR LIVING. RIGHT. AND GIVING PEOPLE THE ENCOURAGEMENT. I GOT A CHANCE JUST THE OTHER DAY, I FINALLY GOT A CHANCE TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT THE AMPHITHEATER. THAT'S JUST A FANTASTIC ADDITION WITH THE COVER AND EVERYTHING. SO I COMPLETELY ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO GO OUT AND JUST LOOK AT THAT AMPHITHEATER AND HOW IT'S SET UP THE AND LASTLY, THIS IS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND COMING UP. THIS IS THE BIG THE FIRST BIG IT'S NOT OFFICIAL. IT'S OFFICIAL MARK OF SUMMER, RIGHT? IT'S NOT SUMMER YET, BUT THIS IS OFFICIAL. THIS IS WHEN THE BARBECUE GRILL STARTED GOING. SO I'M IF YOU IF YOU'VE GOT EXTRA MEAT ON THE GRILL AND YOU WANT TO INVITE SOMEBODY OVER, IT'S ME JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST PICK UP THE PHONE, CALL ME, SEND A TEXT. I WILL COME RIGHT OVER. GOT NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. HAVING SAID ALL THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, WELL, MOST OF MY BULLET POINTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN COVERED, SO I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THE THINGS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN COVERED. I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE PRAYER BREAKFAST AT SOIN IT WAS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY. THE PASTOR THAT GAVE HIS TESTIMONY DEFINITELY HAD THE ALLERGIES IN FULL EFFECT IN THE ROOM. I'M NOT SURE THERE WAS A DRY EYE. IT WAS REALLY, TRULY INCREDIBLE. [01:00:01] AND I AM THANKFUL TO HAVE BEEN WITNESS TO THAT. AND THEN LASTLY, FAIRBORN KIND OF ON THE TAIL OF WHAT RODNEY SAID SCHOOLS ARE ALMOST OUT, ATHLETICS ARE WINDING UP, BUT I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, BUT OUR OUR ATHLETICS SPECIFICALLY ARE GIRLS. YEAH. GIRLS ARE DOING INCREDIBLE THINGS. FAIRBORN MIDDLE SCHOOL, MIAMI VALLEY MVL CHAMPS UNDEFEATED SEASON WENT UP AGAINST GREENEVILLE GREENE. TOUGHEST COMPETITOR ALL SEASON LONG AND CAME OUT WITH A WIN AT THE VERY LAST SECOND. AND THEN FAIRBORN HIGH SCHOOL, THE LADY HAWKS TRACK AND FIELD CAME OUT WITH A MVL CHAMP AS WELL. WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE SCHOOL SYSTEM. WE HAVE INCREDIBLE STUDENTS. SO ANYTIME YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT AND SUPPORT THEM, WHETHER IT'S THE TWO YOUNG MEN WHO SIT ON THE CORNER OF JEFFERSON SELLING LEMONADE, OR IT'S THE SCHOOL SPORTS OR IT'S JAZZ FEST. WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, WHEN YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT THESE KIDS, IT'S OUR DUTY. AND IT'S IT'S OUR RIGHT AND OUR PRIVILEGE TO SUPPORT THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE THE FUTURE OF THIS COMMUNITY AND THIS COUNTRY. SO WITH THAT, I AM DONE. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. I GOT SEVERAL THINGS TO COVER HERE. CLINT, THANKS FOR BRINGING UP ABOUT ESSIE. ESSIE TAX WAS A TREMENDOUS HUMAN BEING. DID ALL KINDS OF THINGS FOR THIS COMMUNITY. I REALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS TO SPEAK WITH HER ON THE PHONE. GOSH, 4 OR 5 TIMES AT LEAST. SHE TALKED SO MUCH. SHE WAS LIVING DOWN IN FLORIDA, TALKED SO MUCH ABOUT HOW SHE LOVED THIS COMMUNITY AND SOMEDAY WANTED TO COME HOME. WAS PLANNING ON COMING HOME FOR SOME OF THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY ACTIVITIES? WELL, SHE'S HOME NOW. PERMANENTLY. IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE AT HER EVENT ON SATURDAY. BUT IF YOU KNEW, YOU KNEW THAT SHE WAS A VERY, VERY SPECIAL PERSON. AND SHE DID A LOT FOR THIS COMMUNITY. THE NEXT THING I WANT TO MENTION IS SATURDAY. EARLIER IN THE DAY, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE FAIRBORN MILITARY VETERANS COALITION. THEY DID THEIR FIRST ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY CLEANUP ON STATE ROUTE 235. AND WHAT AMAZED ME IN THE ONE MILE DISTANCE, THEY THEY PICKED UP TRASH. THEY PICKED UP ABOUT 15 LARGE BLACK PLASTIC BAGS FULL OF TRASH ALONGSIDE OUR ROADS. NOW, IT'S GREAT THAT THEY DID THAT. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THEY NEEDED TO DO THAT. WHY WERE THERE 15 BAGS WORTH OF TRASH ALONGSIDE ONE OF OUR STATE ROUTES IN THE CITY OF FAIRBORN? SO MY MESSAGE TO FOLKS IS PLEASE STOP LITTERING. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PICK UP TRASH LIKE THAT. MOST OF IT WAS RIGHT AROUND THE ON RAMPS AND OFF RAMPS FOR 675. BUT THE FACT THAT THERE WAS THAT MUCH TRASH IN THAT SHORT DISTANCE WE SHOULDN'T WE SHOULDN'T BE HAVING TO DO THAT. THE PART OF THAT I ALSO WANT TO SAY IS IF YOU'RE WORKING WITH A GROUP, WHETHER IT'S A COMMUNITY GROUP, SCHOOL GROUP, YOUTH GROUP, WHATEVER, WE HAVE LOTS OF OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROUPS TO ADOPT A HIGHWAY. IF YOU GO TO THE CITY WEBSITE, JUST PUNCH IN ON THE SEARCH BAR, ADOPT A HIGHWAY AND IT'LL SHOW YOU THE AREAS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. IF YOUR GROUP WOULD LIKE TO ALSO ADOPT A HIGHWAY IT'S A GREAT THING TO HAVE A CLEAN CITY, AND MY GOAL ALL ALONG HAS BEEN THAT WE WANT TO BE THE GREENEST CITY IN GREENE COUNTY. WELL, ONE WAY WE CAN DO THAT IS NOT TO HAVE TRASH ALONGSIDE OUR ROADWAYS, SO PLEASE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. CLINT ALSO MENTIONED THE ATHERTON AMPHITHEATER. LOTS OF EVENTS WILL BE COMING UP THERE THIS SUMMER. THERE'S A BIG YOUTH PROGRAM COMING UP. YOU CAN SEE ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THAT. THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE THE FREE ON FRIDAY EVENTS STARTING SOON AT THE ATHERTON AMPHITHEATER. A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO FIXING THAT UP AND MAKING IT BETTER. SO, PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY GO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR FAIRBORN MEMORIAL PARK, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE BEHIND OUR CITY BUILDING. TRIMS TREE SERVICE. AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE GROUP IS DOING A LOT OF WORK TO GET THAT PARK IN SHAPE. IT'S GETTING REAL CLOSE TO BEING PRETTY MUCH CLOSED OR NOT CLOSED, BUT OPENED, ACTUALLY THE VETERANS MEMORIAL. THEY'RE REDOING THE BRICKS. AND THEY PUT UP THE WALLS. YOU'LL BE SEEING THINGS GO ON THOSE WALLS. SOME MORE ETCHED GRANITE PICTURES OF VETERANS FROM THE COMMUNITY. BUT THE PARK ITSELF IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL. THE FOUNTAIN THAT THAT WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF ALICIA ECKHART IS BUBBLING AND WORKING. I'VE SEEN A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WALKING AROUND THE PARK NOW, BUT IT'S IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE A SHOWCASE FOR OUR FAIRBORN COMMUNITY. [01:05:02] NOW, ANOTHER EVENT COMING UP THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AT CALAMITYVILLE. IN THE GRASSY AREA ALONGSIDE THE ROAD THERE IS THE MILITARY MUSTER. THIS IS AN ANNUAL EVENT PUT ON BY THE MIAMI VALLEY MILITARY HISTORY MUSEUM, WHICH IS LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN FAIRBORN, BUT IT'S A FREE TWO DAY EVENT. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. WILL YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENT MILITARY EQUIPMENT? THERE'S GOING TO BE A BUNCH OF REENACTORS OUT THERE. THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO PULL THE CORD TO FIRE THE CANNON THAT'LL BE FIRED EVERY HOUR. BUT IT'S A GREAT CHANCE TO SEE WHAT MILITARY HAS DONE IN THE PAST. AGAIN, WITH THE REENACTORS. AND THERE'S SOME REENACTORS GOING BACK, I THINK, ALL THE WAY TO THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. BUT REENACTORS FOR ALL DIFFERENT GROUPS. BUT THAT'S A FREE EVENT AT CALAMITYVILLE THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. ANOTHER EVENT COMING UP REAL SOON. THIS THURSDAY IS THE CHAMBER CHAT FOR THE CHAMBER MEMBERS. AND IF YOU'RE NOT A CHAMBER MEMBER, CHAMBER CHATS ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO TO WORK AND TO TO BE AROUND OTHER BUSINESSES AND MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER. THE CHAMBER CHAT THIS THURSDAY IS GOING TO BE AT PACKIE'S SPORTS BAR AT THE HOPE HOTEL, AND IT'S BEING SPONSORED BY THE AIR FORCE SERGEANTS ASSOCIATION AND THE CHIEFS GROUP. THAT SHOULD BE A LOT OF FUN. LAST WEEK WE CELEBRATED ARBOR DAY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE THE HIGH SCHOOL'S ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB. WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT ARBOR DAY, AND THEY PLANTED A TREE THE NEXT DAY. AND THAT TREE WAS PLANTED IN HONOR OF BOB JURICH. AND IF YOU KNOW BOB JURICH, BOB IS VERY, VERY ACTIVE IN DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE FAIRBORN COMMUNITY. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS WEEKEND IS HONEYSUCKLE REMOVAL. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP WITH THAT THEY'RE MEETING ON MEADOWLANDS DRIVE AT THE ENTRYWAY INTO THE PARK. YOU CAN GET OUT THERE AND HELP GET RID OF SOME OF THAT NASTY HONEYSUCKLE THAT'S BACK IN THERE. BUT BOB GERKE IS THE ONE BEHIND THAT. AND AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO BOB. THE TREE THAT WAS PLANTED FOR ARBOR DAY WAS DONE IN HIS HONOR. SO VERY SPECIAL THING. YOU WILL BE SEEING A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA UPDATES COMING REAL SOON THROUGH THE CITY OF FAIRBORN. AND I WANT TO THANK EMILY GUAY, OUR COMMUNICATION MANAGER. SHE'S THE ONE COORDINATING THOSE UPDATES. SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF BETTER WAYS TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CITY, A LOT MORE VISIBILITY WITH THINGS. SO EMILY IS WORKING REAL HARD TO GET THOSE THINGS GOING. SO YOU'LL BE SEEING THOSE REAL SOON. NOW, IT'S BEEN MENTIONED ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY. LET ME JUST SAY WHAT MEMORIAL DAY IS ABOUT. IT'S REALLY ABOUT REMEMBERING THOSE WHO SACRIFICED FOR THE FREEDOMS OF OUR COUNTRY. ME AND I WANT TO SAY THIS. IT'S INCORRECT TO SAY HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY BECAUSE FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE FOR MEMORIAL DAY, IT'S ABOUT THOSE WHO MADE SACRIFICES. SO PLEASE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. THERE WILL BE MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS ON MONDAY AT THE BYRON CEMETERY IN THE MORNING AND THEN AT THE FAIRFIELD CEMETERY I THINK AT 11:00. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ATTEND THOSE BOTH OF THOSE CEREMONIES PUT ON BY DIFFERENT VETERAN GROUPS. BUT LET'S REMEMBER WHAT WHAT MEMORIAL DAY IS REALLY ABOUT. IT'S TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO HAVE SACRIFICED FOR OUR FREEDOMS. SO THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL OF MY COMMENTS. AND AT THIS TIME THERE IS A NEED TO RECESS INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR OHIO REVISED [EXECUTIVE SESSION] CODE 121 .22, ITEM G THREE TO CONFERENCE WITH THE CITY SOLICITOR FOR THE PUBLIC BODY CONCERNING DISPUTES INVOLVING THE PUBLIC BODY THAT ARE THE SUBJECT OF PENDING OR IMMINENT COURT ACTION. SO AT THIS TIME, IS THERE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? SO MOVED. SECOND. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MR. FRITZSCHE? YES. MISS REASTER. YES. MR. ALLEN. YES. MISS CHESS. YES. MR. MCCUBBINS. YES. MISS STANTON. YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK. YES. COUNCIL WILL NOT BE TAKING ANY ACTION WHEN THEY RETURN FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION IN. JUST A QUICK REMINDER. UPCOMING EVENTS. THE NEXT COUNCIL WORK SESSION IS MONDAY, JUNE 2ND, 5:00, AND THE FIRE TRAINING ROOM. AND THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IS MONDAY, JUNE 2ND, 6 P.M. HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. OKAY. THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED TO GO INTO RECESS FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.