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>> [BACKGROUND] GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO
[I. Call to Order]
THE FAIRBORN CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR JANUARY 5TH, 2026.WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
>> THANK YOU. WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
>> THANK YOU. WOULD YOU ALSO PLEASE SILENCE ANY ELECTRONIC DEVICES.
OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS THIS EVENING IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF
[IV. Minutes - Consider approval of the minutes of the December 15, 2025, Council Work Session and the December 15, 2025, Regular Meeting. ]
THE MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 15TH COUNCIL WORK SESSION AND THE DECEMBER 15TH REGULAR MEETING.ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS, ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE DECEMBER 15TH COUNCIL WORK SESSION? HEARING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE?
>> OPPOSED? THE MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 15TH COUNCIL WORK SESSION ARE APPROVED AS WRITTEN.
NEXT, ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS, ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE DECEMBER 15TH REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING? HEARING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE?
>> OPPOSED? THE MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 15TH, 2025 COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING ARE APPROVED AS WRITTEN.
WE HAVE NO PRE-SCHEDULED BUSINESS THIS EVENING, SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO OLD BUSINESS.
[V. Old Business]
IS THERE A MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE 42-25 FOR THE SECOND TIME BY TITLE ONLY?>> ORDINANCE 42-25, APPROVING THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT FROM LI, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, TO PUD, PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, AND APPROVING THE PRELIMINARY PUD PLAN AND FINAL PLAT FOR APPROXIMATELY 15.804 ACRES LOCATED AT 2285 COMMERCE CENTER BOULEVARD FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 212 MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS.
KATHLEEN RIGGS, CITY PLANNER, WILL PRESENT.
>> THANKS. GOOD EVENING. HAPPY NEW YEAR.
THIS IS A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT THAT WAS STATED IN A PRELIMINARY PUD PLAN AND FINAL PLAT FOR MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT ON COMMERCE CENTER BOULEVARD.
THE APPLICANT IS BRANDON GUYER WITH PLK COMMUNITIES, WHO'S ALSO HERE THIS EVENING.
[NOISE] THIS SITE, HIGHLIGHTED IN RED ON BOTH OF THESE MAPS, IS LOCATED SOUTH OF DAYTON YELLOW SPRINGS ROAD.
IT'S ON COMMERCE CENTER BOULEVARD, BUT SOUTH OF DAYTON YELLOW SPRINGS ROAD, EAST OF I-675, NORTH OF I'D SAY NEW GERMANY TREBEIN IS PROBABLY YOUR BUSIEST ROAD TO THE SOUTH, AND THEN WEST OF TREBEIN ROAD.
IT'S ACTUALLY LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, SURROUNDED BY PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AS WELL AS OUR PARK LAND.
A COUPLE OF PARKS ARE LOCATED TO THE WEST OF THIS SITE.
TAKING A LOOK AT JUST THE OVERALL SITE AND THE SITE LAYOUT, IT'S ACTUALLY COMPOSED OF THREE PARCELS.
IT'S A LITTLE OVER 15 ACRES, ALMOST 16 ACRES.
IT INCLUDES 14 RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, WHICH ARE THESE OUTLINED IN RED.
THEY'RE COMPRISED OF 8-16 UNITS IN EACH BUILDING.
SMALLER ONES HAVE EIGHT UNITS, THE LARGER ONES HAVE 16.
THERE ARE SIX DUPLEX COTTAGES THAT ARE LOCATED, REALLY ALONG COMMERCE CENTER BOULEVARD [NOISE] AND ENCOMPASS A TOTAL OF 212 UNITS.
THIS IS A PRETTY LARGE MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, ONE OF THE LARGER ONES THAT I'VE BEEN A PART OF OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
BUT THERE'S 361 BEDROOM UNITS THAT ARE APPROXIMATELY 850 SQUARE FEET, 112 TWO-BEDROOM UNITS THAT ARE A LITTLE OVER 100 SQUARE FEET, 64 THREE-BEDROOM UNITS THAT ARE A LITTLE OVER 1,200 SQUARE FEET.
THIS MEETS ALL OUR MINIMUM RESIDENTIAL UNIT STANDARDS THAT WE ESTABLISHED LAST MAY INTO OUR ZONING CODE.
THE AMENITIES INCLUDE A CLUBHOUSE, WHICH IS LOCATED IN BLUE HERE.
THEY'LL HAVE MAILBOX KIOSK LOCATED ON THIS SITE.
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BUT THIS CLUBHOUSE HAS AN EXERCISE ROOM, MEETING AND EVENT SPACE, KITCHEN SPACE, LEASING OFFICE.BUT ALSO LOCATED IS A PAVILION, A SWIMMING POOL, A DOG PARK, PICKLEBALL COURT.
THESE ARE ALL HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS DARKER BLUE COLOR JUST TO DIFFERENTIATE THOSE BETWEEN THAT AND THOSE RESIDENTIAL UNITS ON THE SITE.
IT HAS DUMPSTER LOCATIONS, AS WELL AS PARKING TO ACCOMMODATE TWO PARKING SPACES PER UNIT.
THERE'S A TOTAL OF 427 PARKING SPACES ON THIS SITE.
THERE'S ALSO A MAINTENANCE BUILDING LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THIS SITE.
JUST TO POINT OUT, SOME OF THE PARKING THAT IS INCLUDED INCLUDES GARAGES, SO IT'S NOT JUST ALL OPEN PARKING, AS WELL AS ALL OF THESE COTTAGES ON COMMERCE CENTER HAVE ATTACHED GARAGES, AS WELL AS DRIVEWAY PARKING.
THERE'S JUST DIFFERENT UNITS WITH DIFFERENT AMENITIES, JUST TO PROVIDE A VARIETY, I THINK, TO RESIDENTS AT THIS LOCATION.
THEN LOOKING AT THE LANDSCAPING AND WETLANDS, SO THIS SITE'S RATHER UNIQUE.
IT ABUTS OUR PARK SYSTEM, A CITY OF FAIRBORN PARK, AS WELL AS A BEAVER CREEK WETLAND PARK.
BUT THE VALLE VIEW RESERVE-SOUTH IS LOCATED HERE, AND THEN WE HAVE THE BEERMAN FEN, WHICH I THINK IS JOINING WITH THE JAMES AMON RESERVE, LOCATED DIRECTLY EAST.
THIS SITE HAS SOME VERY DELICATE NEIGHBORS, IF YOU WILL.
IT'S A RATHER UNIQUE SITE, SO EXISTING OUR TWO WETLANDS, WHICH THEY PLAN TO KEEP ON THIS SITE.
THIS SITE PLAN ALSO SHOWS THEIR STORMWATER PLAN, WHICH WILL BE FINALED ONCE ALL OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS DO RECEIVE THIS INITIAL ZONING APPROVAL.
WE'LL DO FINAL CALCULATIONS TO REALLY DETERMINE THE SIZE OF THOSE BASINS AND HOW THE STORMWATER WILL ACTUALLY MEET THEIR REQUIREMENTS.
THEY'RE ALSO HAVING A PATH THAT WILL CONNECT TO THE VALLE VIEW SOUTH PARK TO THE BOARDWALK OF THE SPOTTED TURTLE TRAIL PATH, WHICH IS QUITE AN AMENITY, I THINK, FOR THESE RESIDENTS AT THIS LOCATION JUST TO WALK OUT THEIR BACK DOOR AND DIRECTLY CONNECT WITH OUR PARKS.
THIS SITE ALSO SHOWS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THE LANDSCAPING PLAN.
WE HAVE BUFFERING ALONG THE SOUTH, AND THEN ALSO ALONG COMMERCE CENTER, AND NORTH SIDES OF THIS ENTIRE SITE.
LET'S SEE HERE. THEN THIS NEXT PLAN, IT'S HARD TO TELL JUST FROM THIS VANTAGE POINT, I THINK, BUT THIS WAS REALLY JUST TO SHOW THE FIRE TRUCK MOVING THROUGH THIS SITE AND REALLY JUST TO SHOW THAT OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES STAFF CAN MANEUVER THEIR VEHICLES AND OUR FIRE TRUCKS OR AMBULANCE, IF THERE'S EMERGENCY RESPONSE THAT'S NEEDED, THROUGH THIS SITE IN A SAFE MANNER, AND THAT HAS BEEN SHOWN WITH THIS TRUCK ROUTE.
ONE THING THAT WILL BE REQUIRED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS IS THAT THESE WILL BE FIRE-SUPPRESSED BUILDINGS, AND THAT IS SUPPORTED BY OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, SO I JUST DID WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.
[NOISE] THIS NEXT PICTURE JUST SHOWS THE ELEVATIONS OF WHAT THIS PROPOSAL LOOKS LIKE, WHAT THEIR BUILDING WILL LOOK LIKE, THESE TWO-STORY STRUCTURES THAT REALLY HAVE FRONTS ON BOTH SIDES.
YOU HAVE ENTRANCES ON BOTH SIDES OF THOSE BUILDINGS INWARD.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE THERE'LL BE AN INWARD COURTYARD AND THEN THE OUT FACING, I GUESS, YOUR PARKING AREA, AND THEN WALKWAYS, ONCE AGAIN, ACCESSING THOSE PARKING LOTS THAT ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
[NOISE] BUT THERE'S A STONE VENEER WITH FIBER CEMENT, BOARD AND BATTEN, SHAKER, AND LAP SIDING.
THEN THIS IS A SITE IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION.
OBVIOUSLY, THE LANDSCAPING HAS NOT BEEN PLANTED YET, BUT JUST TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THEIR OTHER DEVELOPMENTS LOOK LIKE.
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER AERIAL OF THAT DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS AN ELEVATION OF THE COTTAGE.
THIS IS THAT DUPLEX COTTAGE, THOSE WILL BE ALONG COMMERCE CENTER BOULEVARD.
AS WE REVIEWED THIS OVERALL SITE, WE DO HAVE STANDARDS OF REVIEW FOR PRELIMINARY PUD PLAN, AND THEY DID MEET MOST OF THESE STANDARDS FOR REVIEW.
I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IT DOES NOT MEET OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT DOES SHOW THIS AREA AS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
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BUT I THINK WITH THE MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS INCREASED ALONG COMMERCE CENTER OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, THERE IS MULTI-FAMILY THAT IS LOCATED DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET THAT WAS ONCE ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.WE THINK THAT THIS USE IS MUCH MORE COMPATIBLE WITH THE DELICATE PARK SYSTEM THAT'S LOCATED DIRECTLY WEST VERSUS THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS MULTI-FAMILY USE AT THIS LOCATION.
BUT OVERALL, MOST OF THESE STANDARDS, THEY DID MEET, AND THE SITE INCLUDES APPROPRIATE BUFFERING, ACCESS, UTILITY CONNECTIONS, BUILDING DESIGN.
THE MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE DOES SEEM APPROPRIATE AND, LIKE I SAID, COMPATIBLE.
WE DID RECEIVE SOME FEEDBACK, A LETTER FROM REDWOOD LIVING, WHO IS SUPPORTIVE OF GROWTH, BUT THEY THINK THAT THE DENSITY IS EXCESSIVE, AND THEN ALSO FROM B-W GREENWAY WHO REACHED OUT WITH CONCERNS ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF THE STORMWATER FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT ON THOSE NEIGHBORING PARKS.
I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE ENGINEERING STAFF AND THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE STORMWATER STANDARDS ARE MET, AS WELL AS ALL THE STANDARDS THAT ARE SET IN THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH VALLE VIEW SOUTH PARK.
THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE RECORDED, ACTUALLY, THAT THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY HAS TO MEET, AND SO THIS DEVELOPER IS CONFIDENT THAT THEY CAN MEET ALL OF THOSE RECORDED STANDARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT CONSERVATION EASEMENT.
I ALSO HEARD FROM THE BEAVER CREEK WETLANDS ASSOCIATION, [NOISE] WHO ALSO HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THE APPLICANT WHICH, IN THEIR OPINION, SEEMS TO BE OPEN TO FEEDBACK AND REALLY WANTS TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, AND THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE A GOOD BASE FOR A GOOD RELATIONSHIP MOVING FORWARD.
BUT WE WANT TO REALLY JUST CONNECT THE APPLICANT IN THIS SITUATION WITH B-W GREENWAY AND WITH BEAVER CREEK WETLANDS BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THEIR BUY-IN WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT FROM THE BEGINNING.
IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT BUY-IN, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD MOVE FORWARD SUPPORTING.
I FEEL THAT WE HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB AND RECEIVED THE FEEDBACK THAT SUPPORTS A GOOD RELATIONSHIP MOVING FORWARD.
[NOISE] AT THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS SITE.
THIS IS A LARGE SITE, OVER 200 UNITS.
THAT'S A REALLY LARGE NUMBER OF UNITS, SO THERE WAS A LENGTHY DISCUSSION, MOSTLY REALLY AROUND THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN WHICH DETAILS ABOUT TRAFFIC, DETAILS ABOUT LIGHTING, DETAILS ABOUT LANDSCAPING.
JUST A LOT OF DETAILED INFORMATION, I THINK, WAS THE BASE OF THEIR DISCUSSION, WHICH WAS GREAT.
IT WAS ACTUALLY A GOOD DISCUSSION TO HAVE.
ONCE AGAIN, THE APPLICANT IS COMFORTABLE THAT THEY CAN MEET ALL OF THOSE STANDARDS ASSOCIATED WITH TRAFFIC AND LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING, AS WELL AS THE WETLANDS.
THOSE WILL REMAIN AND MEETING THE STANDARDS REQUIRED THROUGH THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT, THAT THEY CAN MEET ALL OF THOSE STANDARDS AND THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
THE ENGINEERING STAFF WILL ALSO KEEP B-W GREENWAY AND BEAVER CREEK WETLANDS ORGANIZATIONS INFORMED ABOUT THE STORMWATER PLANNING PROCESS, SO LETTING THEM KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT IN THAT REVIEW AND HOW THAT IS GOING.
I THINK JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING THAT OPEN LINE OF COMMUNICATION IS THE PLAN.
[NOISE] BASED ON THE GENERAL CRITERIA FOR REVIEW FOR THE PRELIMINARY PLAN, THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT DOES COMPLY WITH THE INTENT AND PURPOSE, I THINK, OF PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT ZONING, MAINTAINS COMPATIBILITY WITH SURROUNDING OPEN SPACE, RESIDENTIAL, AND COMMERCIAL USES.
PLANNING BOARD DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE WITH CONDITIONS THAT THE FINAL LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING PLANS WILL BE UPDATED.
THE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE SITE DEVELOPMENT.
SIDEWALK, JUST MAKING SURE THAT EXTENDS TO THEIR PROPERTY LINES.
THE BUILDING PLANS WILL INCLUDE FIRE SUPPRESSION AND DETECTION AND NO ON-STREET PARKING, AND THAT THE PLAT IS RECORDED WITH GREENE COUNTY.
>> BEFORE WE COME TO COUNCIL FOR QUESTIONS, ORDINANCE 42-25 REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO ORDINANCE 42-25,
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PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.>> I'M BOB JERK, 8985 HADDIX ROAD, FAIRBORN, REPRESENTING THE B-W GREENWAY COMMUNITY LAND TRUST.
WE DO NOT OBJECT, FOR OR AGAINST [INAUDIBLE] WE HAVE SOME COMMENTS WE'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WETLANDS ARE PART OF THIS APPLICATION, I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME BACKGROUND.
[NOISE] AS YOU KNOW, B-W GREENWAY HAS ACQUIRED MUCH PARK LAND FOR THE CITY OF FAIRBORN.
THESE PARKS ARE PROTECTED BY CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, HELD BOTH BY THE B-W GREENWAY AND THE STATE OF OHIO BY THE OHIO PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION, BUT SOME BAD NEWS.
OVER THE YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN TWO CE VIOLATIONS WITH OUR ARRANGEMENT WITH THE CITY.
ONE MAJOR VIOLATION, SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER, WAS WHEN A BARN WAS BEING BUILT HALFWAY ON COMMUNITY PARK RESERVE.
THAT TOOK SOME NEGOTIATION TO GET THAT WORKED OUT WITH OHIO PUBLIC WORKS.
WE ALSO HAD A MINOR ENCROACHMENT ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY WITH THE STORE LOCK, GOING AND CUTTING GRASS, AND SO FORTH, RIGHT INTO THE FAIRBORN'S PARKS.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE WHO HAS WHAT RESPONSIBILITIES.
>> HOW CAN THESE THINGS BE AVOIDED IN THE FUTURE? WELL, WE DO ANNUAL MONITORING OF ALL OF OUR CES, BUT IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PROPERTY OWNER TO PREVENT VIOLATIONS.
THE SOLUTIONS ARE SIGNAGE AND VIGILANCE. GOOD NEWS.
IN EARLY 2025, B-W GREENWAY, USING CLEAN OHIO FUNDS, HAD A KENTUCKY BOARD FENCE INSTALLED BETWEEN ARDEN DEVELOPMENT PLACE AND THE GARLAND WETLANDS EAST.
THEY ALSO RECEIVED, IN LATE 2025, $150,000 GRANT FROM THE CLEAN OHIO FUND AND FAIRBORN PARKS FOUNDATION FOR A PATH, A BRIDGE, A BOARDWALK, AND OBSERVATION DECK TO BE INSTALLED IN GARLAND WETLANDS EAST, SO I HOPE YOU LIKE THAT.
A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND, MY WIFE AND I WERE STUNNED WHEN WE VISITED THE WETLAND ON THE PROPERTY BEHIND SHEETS ON A SUNDAY IN AUGUST AFTER CHURCH.
WE HAD ASSUMED THAT WETLAND WAS PROTECTED, KNOWN IT SINCE WE'VE EXISTED, BUT IT WAS BEING DESTROYED.
B-W GREENWAY HAD BEEN DISTRACTED BY THE ISSUE OF THE STORMWATER OUTFLOW FROM THAT SITE BEING DISCHARGED TO HISTORIC BEAVER CREEK.
WE THANK THE CITY FOR ARRANGING THAT RATHER THAN GOING INTO HEBBLE CREEK, BUT WE WERE NOT AS VIGILANT AS WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? XENIA STORAGE HAD AN ENVIRONMENTAL COMPANY, STANTEC, PREPARE A US CORP OF ENGINEERS PERMIT THAT ALLOWED XENIA STORAGE TO BUY MITIGATION CREDITS AT THE FIVE RIVERS METROPARKS WETLAND MITIGATION BANK, WHICH IS NEAR SYCAMORE STATE PARK.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT? WELL, I MUST EMPHASIZE THERE ARE NO VILLAINS IN THIS, JUST SOME SYSTEMIC FLAWS.
NUMBER 1, THE FIVE RIVER METROPARKS MITIGATION BANK IS FAR FROM OUR BEAVER CREEK WATERSHED.
ALTHOUGH LEGAL, IT INFLICTS WITH THE INTENTION IF YOU'RE GOING TO MITIGATE, KEEP IT IN YOUR OWN WATERSHED.
THAT'S WHAT THE LEGISLATION EXPECTED.
UNFORTUNATELY ALSO, THE PACKETS TO THE PLANNING BOARD AND YOU DID NOT MENTION THAT A WETLAND WOULD BE DESTROYED.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF YOU'D KNOWN THAT.
THIRDLY, WE'RE LOSING A WILDLIFE HABITAT AND A FILTER FOR OUR LOCAL AQUIFER. THEY WERE LOST.
ASSUMING YOU ARE CONCERNED, WHAT CAN BE DONE? HAVE ALL CITY LAND USE MAPS IDENTIFY KNOWN WETLANDS? THAT WOULD HAVE PROBABLY ELIMINATED PART OF THIS PROBLEM.
BUT THE OTHER ONE IS TO UPDATE THE CITY OF FAIRBORN'S COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN AND
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ZONING CODE TO PREVENT ANY FUTURE LOSS OF WETLANDS.THAT'S A LONG-TERM PROCESS, I UNDERSTAND.
NOW, SPECIFIC TO THIS ORDINANCE IN FRONT OF YOU, WE ARE VERY PLEASED THAT WETLANDS ARE BEING PRESERVED.
WE REQUEST THAT THE CITY OF FAIRBORN REQUIRE THE APPLICANT TO, ONE, INSTALL NO TRESPASSING SIGNAGE AND A BOARD FENCE ALONG THE WESTERN BORDER OF THE PROPERTY, RECOGNIZING THAT THERE MAY BE CONTROLLED ACCESS TO FAIRBORN FENCE AND THE OTHER [INAUDIBLE], INCREASE THE SETBACK AT THE EDGE OF THE WETLANDS AND PLANT NATIVE SPECIES IN THE BUFFER AREA.
THREE, ESTABLISH A WETLAND MAINTENANCE ENDOWMENT.
WETLANDS ARE FRAGILE, AND VASES, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, CAN DESTROY A WETLAND IN JUST A FEW YEARS.
SOMEBODY HAS TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
IT'S ALL DIRECTIONAL LIGHTING RECOMMENDED BY DARK SKY, OHIO.
FIVE, IMPLEMENT A LITTER MANAGEMENT POLICY WITH TEETH.
FINALLY, WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING FROM THE FAIRBORN'S PARKS DIRECTOR, CITY ENGINEER, AND PLANNING STAFF.
ONE THING WE'VE LEARNED, MODELS OR OPERATORS ARE FOCUSED ON GETTING THEIR JOB DONE.
HOPEFULLY, THERE WILL BE NO SHORTCUTS IN THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT, AND IF ANY, THE CITY WILL REQUIRE IMMEDIATE CORRECTIVE ACTION.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
>> AFTER WE HEAR FROM ANYBODY ELSE, COUNCIL WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY FOR QUESTIONS.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS ORDINANCE, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BRANDON GUYER WITH PLK COMMUNITIES. I'M THE APPLICANT.
[NOISE] I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, AND WANTED TO EXPRESS MY EXCITEMENT AND GRATITUDE FOR THE CHANCE TO SPEAK TONIGHT AND ALSO BUILD IN THE COMMUNITY OF FAIRBORN.
I GREW UP IN DAYTON, SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT CLOSE TO HOME FOR ME, SO IT'S GOOD.
PLK FOCUSES ON HIGH-QUALITY RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS THAT STRENGTHENS NEIGHBORHOODS AND CREATES LONG-TERM VALUE.
OUR APPROACH EMPHASIZES RESPONSIBLE DESIGN, DURABILITY, AND RESPECT FOR THE CHARACTER OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.
WE VIEW THE DEVELOPMENT HERE NOT SIMPLY AS A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, BUT AS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS.
FAIRBORN STANDS OUT FOR ITS STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY, STRATEGIC LOCATION, AND CLEAR COMMITMENT TO SMART GROWTH.
WE ARE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT BUILDING HERE, AND WANT TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE STAFF, COUNCIL, AND THE NEIGHBORS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY, AND FOR WELCOMING NEW INVESTMENT AND IDEAS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO ORDINANCE 42-25? [NOISE] SEEING NO ONE ELSE COME FORWARD, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR QUESTIONS, STARTING WITH COUNCILMAN DODD.
>> I'M GLAD THE PLANNING BOARD ANSWERED A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS, BUT THE TRAFFIC, IS THE CITY ENGINEER WORKING ON THAT BECAUSE DAYTON YELLOW SPRINGS AND COMMERCE RIGHT THERE, THAT'S REALLY MESSED UP.
>> CORRECT. THE CITY ENGINEER IS AWARE OF EXISTING TRAFFIC PATTERNS AT THAT INTERSECTION.
I BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE DOING SOME RESEARCH ON SOME SIGNALING ADJUSTMENTS.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ADDITIONS IN THIS AREA.
WE HAVE A NEW HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE POTENTIAL RESIDENTIAL.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC.
WE THINK THE ROADWAYS, AT LEAST ACCORDING TO THE CITY ENGINEER, CAN ACCOMMODATE THAT TRAFFIC, BUT WITH SOME ADJUSTMENTS, AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING INTO SOME LONG-TERM PLANS.
>> WITH 240 SOME ODD UNITS, THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE.
>> ARE THEY RENTALS, OR PEOPLE BUY THEM?
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN ALLEN.
>> BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH, KATHLEEN, FOR THAT.
I JUST APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION AND THE COMMUNICATION THROUGHOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
BOB, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONTEXT
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INTO HOW WE NEED TO DO THINGS MOVING FORWARD.YOU HAVE A TON OF EXPERIENCE, AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT THE CITY IS LEVERAGING THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LIGHTING PLAN, WHAT'S THE ADJUSTMENT THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN THERE?
>> WE'VE REVIEWED WHAT THEY'VE SUBMITTED.
THEY MEET, I BELIEVE, OUR MINIMUM LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS.
WE'RE ALSO REVIEWING SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHTING STANDARDS TO ADD IN OUR FUTURE ZONING CODE THAT MEETS OUR DARK SKY REQUIREMENTS.
ACTUALLY, BOB REFERRED TO THAT, AND THEY ARE WILLING TO DO THAT.
WE'RE JUST FINALIZING THAT LIGHTING PLAN, AND IT WAS NOT READY TO PRESENT TO PLANNING BOARD AT THAT TIME.
THOSE ARE THE FINAL ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING.
>> BEAUTIFUL. IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR THE DARK SKY PIECE BECAUSE THAT WAS THE PIECE THAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT ON THAT.
OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
JUST AS AN ADDED PIECE, JUST TO GIVE YOU YOUR FLOWERS NOW, YOU DO SUCH A GREAT JOB OF TRYING TO PULL TOGETHER THESE DIFFERENT RESOURCES WHEN WE BRING THESE TYPES OF PLANNING INITIATIVES TO THE CITY, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
>> I REALLY JUST HAVE COMMENTS.
WE'VE TALKED A NUMBER OF TIMES IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS OF MY TENURE HERE ABOUT THE NEED FOR MORE HOUSING, AND THIS MEETS THAT NEED.
I LIKE THAT IT'S A HIGHER END, IT ELEVATES US A COUPLE NOTCHES.
I LIKE THE OUTDOOR AMENITIES, THE DOG PARK, PARTICULARLY.
BUT ALSO THE PICKLEBALL COURTS, THE ACCESS TO WALKING PATHS, I THINK LOOKING AT IT AS IT IS RIGHT NOW, I THINK IT'S A GREAT ADDITION TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SEE WHERE THIS GOES, SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN CHESS.
>> I HAVE NO COMMENTS, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR HAD WORK.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN PARTICULAR HERE, BUT I DO SHARE SOME CONCERNS, PARTICULARLY WITH THE WETLANDS AND THE RECENT DISCOVERY OF WHAT'S HAPPENED OUT AT THE XENIA STORAGE SITE AND ENGINEERING.
I DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT RIGHT NOW WHERE I'M SITTING.
I'M A LITTLE AMBIVALENT TO MOVE THIS PARTICULAR ONE FORWARD. THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHT.
I FEEL I'M STRUGGLING WITH THIS ONE.
CAN WE GO BACK TO THE MAP FOR A SECOND? IS THIS THE LAST PIECE OF LAND THERE THAT'S GOING TO GET FILLED IN? BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, AND AT FIRST WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE SECOND MAP OVER THERE, AND I WAS THINKING OF THAT AS AVAILABLE, BUT THAT'S ALREADY TAKEN. [OVERLAPPING]
>> MOST OF THAT. THERE'S SOME UNDEVELOPED PORTIONS OF IT, BUT SOME OF THIS IS, I THINK, AT THE FLOODPLAIN.
>> BASICALLY, THIS IS THE LAST PIECE GOING IN THERE? [OVERLAPPING]
>> I WILL SAY WHEN I FIRST READ IT, IT SOUNDS GREAT.
IF I WERE A YOUNGER PERSON AND DIDN'T HAVE A HOUSE YET, FOR A DOG PERSON LIKE ME, THE AMENITIES, IT SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY NICE PLACE TO LIVE, I'LL SAY, AND EVEN THE FACT THAT YOU COULD MOVE INTO A SMALLER ONE.
MAYBE THERE'S THE WHOLE THING OF AFFORDABILITY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
YOU CAN MOVE INTO A SMALLER ONE, EVEN MIGRATE OUT, IF YOU LIKED IT THERE.
NOTHING AGAINST THE SITE ITSELF.
IT SOUNDS REALLY NICE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THERE ARE SOME UNRESOLVED THINGS.
COULD WE JUST GET THOSE THINGS FIRMED UP BEFORE WE HAVE TO VOTE ON IT? A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT WENT INTO THAT WALKING TRAIL WITH THE COMMENTS THAT BOB MADE ABOUT MAKING SURE THERE'S A FENCE AND SIGNAGE, OR IS THAT ALREADY INCLUDED IN HERE?
>> WE'VE BEEN HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH B-W GREENWAY.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD ABOUT A RECOMMENDATION OF OFFENSE.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS SITE FOR TWO MONTHS.
I'M SURE THAT THE APPLICANT IS MORE THAN WILLING, AND THEY HAVE BEEN MORE THAN WILLING TO WORK WITH B-W GREENWAY AND WITH BEAVER CREEK WETLANDS.
I THINK THAT WE'VE TRIED TO CULTIVATE, IF YOU WILL, THAT RELATIONSHIP, AND WE DO WANT TO SUPPORT THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WETLANDS AREN'T TOUCHED.
I THINK NOW YOU'RE GETTING INTO DETAILS THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
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REALLY, THIS IS YOUR PRELIMINARY PLAN.YOU'RE APPROVING THE OVERALL RESIDENTIAL USE, THE LARGER SITE, BECAUSE PLANNING BOARD HAS APPROVED THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN CONTINGENT ON YOUR APPROVAL.
YOU'RE REALLY APPROVING THIS OVERALL USE OF RESIDENTIAL AT THIS LOCATION THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE 212 UNITS.
THIS IS WHAT THIS SITE'S GOING TO BE LAID OUT AND LOOK LIKE.
BUT I THINK GETTING INTO THE WEEDS OF FENCES, STEERS MORE TOWARDS THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WHICH IS REALLY PLANNING BOARD'S ROLE.
>> I THINK IT'S WHAT BOB SAID, IT'S NOT LIKE BLAMING A PERSON, BUT WE'VE HAD ISSUES BEFORE WHERE WE PASS IT HERE, THE OTHER SITE, THE XENIA'S STORAGE WHERE THERE WAS A WETLAND THAT GOT DAMAGED DURING CONSTRUCTION, THAT THING.
IT WOULD JUST BE NICE TO KNOW ALL THAT [OVERLAPPING].
>> THE WETLAND WAS NEVER APPROVED ON THAT SITE.
THERE WAS THE ONE THAT WAS DESTROYED IN THE CENTER, BUT THEN THERE WAS ONE TO THE NORTH THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PROTECTED, BUT DURING CONSTRUCTION, I GUESS THEY DAMAGED IT.
MANUEL MENTIONED THAT TO US AT ONE POINT.
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE ENGINEERING PLAN FOR THE TRAFFIC BECAUSE DAYTON YELLOW SPRINGS, ALREADY, THE LANES ON THERE CANNOT HANDLE THE VOLUME OF CARS GOING AROUND AT BUSY TIMES.
I DON'T KNOW. I WAS JUST REALLY TORN ON THIS.
I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE A NICE PLACE TO LIVE FOR PEOPLE THAT WOULD WANT TO LIVE IN A SPOT LIKE THAT.
>> I WILL SAY THAT MANUEL AND THE ENGINEERING STAFF ARE LOOKING AT THE DAYTON YELLOW SPRINGS AND COMMERCE CENTER BOULEVARD INTERSECTION IN REGARDS TO TRAFFIC.
THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION, AND THEY'RE EVALUATING AND TAKING STEPS, I THINK, TO ADDRESS THOSE CONGESTION CONCERNS.
THEY EXPECT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE TO REMAIN MOSTLY THE SAME AT THAT INTERSECTION.
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU TOO. JUST FOR THE RECORD HERE, I HAD SENT SOME QUESTIONS IN AHEAD OF TIME.
I GUESS I'LL JUST ASK THIS ONE TOO HERE FOR THE RECORD BECAUSE IT WAS SPEAKING OF SWITCHING FROM ZONING.
I WILL SAY, NOW THAT I'VE SEEN IT, AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH PACKED IN MORE WITHIN RESIDENTIAL THAN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, BUT PART OF THE LAND USE PLAN WAS TO HAVE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, AND PART OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS TO HAVE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL THAT'S PART OF THE BUSINESSES THAT WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE HERE FOR REVENUE.
MIKE, THIS IS MY QUESTION FOR YOU, I GUESS.
[OVERLAPPING] WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> I WOULD ARGUE IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE.
I MUCH RATHER HAVE RESIDENTIAL BUTTING UP TO A WETLANDS THAN A COMMERCIAL USE.
I THINK THE IDENTITY OF THIS AREA OTHER THAN THE MORRIS FURNITURE WAREHOUSE AND THE SELF STORAGE IS OF RESIDENTIAL.
I DON'T KNOW IF BOB WOULD AGREE WITH ME, BUT TRULY WHAT COULD COME OUT OF A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS THAT COULD AFFECT THOSE WETLANDS IS FAR GREATER AN ISSUE TO ME THAN A RESIDENTIAL IS.
THIS DOES MEET OUR DESIRE TO HAVE MORE MARKET RATE HOUSING IN THE AREA.
AS YOU'VE STATED, ALMOST EVERYTHING DOWN THERE IS MULTI-FAMILY, SO THIS IS IN KEEPING WITH WHAT IT IS.
THAT AREA WAS COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH FOR DECADES, AND WE DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING HAPPENING DOWN THERE.
THAT WAS A BEERMAN REALTY THING DECADES AGO.
THIS PARTICULAR PRODUCT AND A RESIDENTIAL USE MAKES MORE SENSE TO ME DOWN THERE.
I KNOW THAT YOU HAD A SERIES OF QUESTIONS, AND ALONG THE LINES OF RECYCLING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY'RE WORKING TO DO THAT.
AS KATHLEEN HAS STATED, THEY'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO WORK WITH B-W GREENWAY ON THIS PROJECT TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE IN KEEPING WITH THAT WETLANDS BEING BEHIND THERE, AND SO I HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE IN THIS PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.
>> CAN I ASK THE APPLICANT THAT QUESTION? IS HE STILL HERE?
>> I CAN GET CONFIRMATION FROM YOU.
DID YOU UNDERSTAND THE COMMENTS FROM BOB JERK FROM B.W.
WE SEE THE WETLANDS AS MORE OF AN AMENITY FOR THE RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT WALK THE BOARDWALK,
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SO TO SPEAK, AND THERE'S AN OVERLOOK BACK THERE.THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO CONNECT DIRECTLY TO THAT TRAIL SO WE CAN USE IT AS AN AMENITY.
IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE SITE PLAN, YEAH, THAT'S PERFECT.
THE BLUE BLOBS, CALL THEM THAT, THE AMOEBA SHAPES ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND ALSO THE TOP LEFT, THOSE ARE WETLANDS THAT ARE ACTUALLY ON OUR PROPERTY.
AS YOU SEE, WE'RE WORKING AROUND THEM, SO WE DON'T WANT TO IMPACT THEM AT ALL.
AS BOB MENTIONED, WE COULD HAVE BOUGHT SOME CREDITS AND DONE AWAY WITH THEM AND PUT SOME MORE UNITS ON HERE OR WHATEVER, BUT WE TRULY SEE THAT AS AN AMENITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS. WE WANT TO TRACK.
>> I'VE ALREADY SEEN THAT YOU'VE HAD ESTABLISHED A RELATIONSHIP WITH EVER CREEK WETLANDS, AND THAT THEY FEEL CONFIDENT.
BUT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT BOB PRESENTED HERE ABOUT HIS CONCERNS FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF B-W GREENWAY?
>> ADDRESSING THE PROTECTION OF THOSE WETLANDS ON YOUR PROPERTY SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T ENCROACH, AND YOU MIGHT, TOO, BUT HE HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, LIKE DEALING WITH WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE PUBLIC GETS CLOSE TO HOW TO PROTECT THEM.
>> AGAIN, 100% ON BOARD WITH THAT.
IF YOU CAN GO, KATHLEEN TO THE IMAGE OF THE SORRY.
YEAH, THERE. YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE BACK BEHIND THOSE UNITS THERE, THERE'S ACTUALLY AN EXISTING WETLAND THERE THAT WE WORKED AROUND.
AGAIN, WE SEE IT AS AN AMENITY FOR THE RESIDENTS, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
>> FOR THE ONES THAT YOU HAVE WETLANDS ON YOUR PROPERTY, ARE YOU RESPONSIBLE THEN FOR SOME MONITORING OF THE WETLAND? HOW DOES THAT WORK?
>> WE DON'T MONITOR THEM, BUT WE KEEP THEM CLEAN, OBVIOUSLY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT LITTER IS UNDER CONTROL, AND IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, THEN OF COURSE, WE GO IN AND CLEAN UP THE LITTER.
BUT IN TERMS OF MANAGING, THAT'S MORE ON A STATE LEVEL.
>> DOES THE STATE COME LIKE ONCE A YEAR?
>> THANK YOU. THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL.
>> WERE YOU STAY THERE. MY TURN.
>> I GOT SEVERAL COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.
WHAT DEMOGRAPHIC ARE YOU LOOKING FOR FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE INTO THIS PARTICULAR COMPLEX?
>> I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC DEMOGRAPHIC, BUT IT'S JUST MARKET RATE HOUSING.
WE'RE OPEN TO ALL KINDS. WHOEVER WOULD WANT TO LIVE HERE.
>> WELL, MY COMMENT IS I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH THIS.
WHEN I GOT INVOLVED IN CITY COUNCIL WAY BACK IN 2009, EVEN BACK THEN, WE WERE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I PARTICULARLY LIKE ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT ARE THE AMENITIES THAT ARE GOING IN.
THE FACT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A SWIMMING POOL, A CLUBHOUSE, THE DOG PARK AND THE ONE I'M PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED WITH IS THE PICKLEBALL PARK.
PICKLEBALL IS ALL THE RAGE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF PICKLEBALL OPPORTUNITIES IN FAIRBORN.
OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE STARTING TO GET MORE IS THIS GOING TO BE A SINGLE PICKLEBALL COURT?
>> THAT'S CORRECT. UNFORTUNATELY, AS TIGHT AS THE SITE IS, WE CAN ONLY GET ONE ON THERE.
>> ONE IS BETTER THAN NOTHING.
WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR HOUSING LIKE THIS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS THAT OFFER THESE KIND OF AMENITIES.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OTHER FAIRBORN NEIGHBORHOOD THAT OFFERS WHAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WILL OFFER.
I FORESEE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO FILL THIS FAIRLY QUICKLY WHEN THE WORD OF THE AMENITIES GET OUT THERE.
I'M ALSO PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH BOB JERK.
PROTECTING OUR WETLANDS IS CRITICAL.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY LIKE ABOUT FAIRBORN.
I'M A RETIRED MILITARY GUY, AND WE CHOSE TO LIVE HERE, HAVING LIVED ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES.
ONE OF THE REASONS WE CHOSE TO LIVE HERE IS OUR PARK SYSTEM AND OUR WETLANDS.
THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PROTECTING THOSE.
ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY LIKE IS THE ACCESS TO THAT AREA OF THE OTHER WETLANDS THAT ARE ON THE BACK SIDE AND GO DOWN BEAVER CREEK.
PROTECTING BEAVER CREEK TO ME IS VERY IMPORTANT.
BOB, I'M GOING TO BE WORKING IN HELPING YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS THAT WE PROTECT THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
THAT'S THE FUTURE FOR OUR KIDS FOR GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE DOWN THE ROAD.
BUT I AM VERY IMPRESSED AT THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS KATHLEEN AND THE FACT THAT THE AMENITIES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME IS THE PROTECTION OF THOSE WETLANDS AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH B.W.
GREENWAY. SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PAST, MAYBE HAVEN'T DONE THAT.
WE ARE DOING THAT NOW, AND I HOPE THIS BECOMES A MODEL FOR THE FUTURE.
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I APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION THAT'S GOING ON BETWEEN YOU, THE DEVELOPERS, B.W.THANK YOU. LET'S MOVE ON HERE.
IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO WAIVE THE RULE REQUIRING THAT ORDINANCES BE READ ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, AND ORDINANCE 42-25 BE READ FOR THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY.
>> JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> ORDINANCE 42-25, APPROVING A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT FROM L1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO PUD, PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AND APPROVING THE PLONARY PUD PLAN IN FINAL PLAT FOR APPROXIMATELY 15.804 ACRES LOCATED AT 2285 COMMERCE CENTER BOULEVARD, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 212 MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS.
>> THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 42-25?
>> ORDINANCE 42-25 IS DULY ADOPTED.
NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS.
[VI. New Business]
IS THERE A MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE 1-26 FOR THE FIRST TIME BY TITLE OF ONLY?>> ORDINANCE 1-26, AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THE CITY OF FAIRBORN CYBERSECURITY PROGRAM AND INCIDENT RESPONSE PLAN IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FIRE REVISED CODE. SECTION 9.64.
>> WE WILL SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ORDINANCE 1-26 FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 20.
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT'S A TUESDAY BECAUSE THAT MONDAY IS A FEDERAL HOLIDAY.
THAT ORDINANCE WILL BE SET FOR MONDAY EXCUSE ME, TUESDAY, JANUARY 20.
NEXT, WE MOVE ON, IS THERE A MOTION TO READ RESOLUTION 1-26 BY TITLE ONLY.
>> ORDINANCE 1-26, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT FOR FUNDING THROUGH THE RESIDENTIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, REDD PROGRAM, AND TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT TO EXPEND THE FUNDS IF AWARDED, DALEN WHITE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST PRESENTING.
>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. TONIGHT, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT RESOLUTION 1-26, AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO APPLY FOR STATE OF OHIO'S RESIDENTIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PROGRAM GRANT.
THAT'S A MOUTHFUL. THIS GRANT SUPPORTS THE CREATION OF WORKFORCE HOUSING NEAR MAJOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ACROSS THE STATE, IT PROVIDES FUNDING FOR MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS LOCATED WITHIN A 20 MILE RADIUS OF MAJOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO CREATE HOUSING TO SUPPORT SAID PROJECT.
ANY MAJOR PROJECT, IT'S A PROJECT THAT CREATES RETAINS OR ATTRACTS OVER 700 JOBS, OR RECEIVES $700 MILLION PLUS AND INVESTMENTS COMMITTED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXPANSION, OR RENOVATION OF THE BUILDING.
ANY PARCEL LOCATED WITHIN A 20 MILE RADIUS OF THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS IS CONSIDERED A RESIDENTIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
THE ENTIRETY OF THE CITY OF FAIRBORN LIES WITHIN THIS DISTRICT AND WE'RE WITHIN 20 MILES OF TWO MAJOR PROJECTS AT THE AIR FORCE LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT CENTER. EXCUSE ME.
AS FAR AS FUNDING IS CONCERNED, $10 MILLION HAS BEEN ALLOCATED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026, AND THE FIRST ROUND OF APPLICATIONS WILL BE DUE JANUARY 16.
THE MINIMUM GRANT AMOUNT IS $250,000 AND THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT IS 2.5 MILLION.
THIS CITY WILL ACT AS A MAIN APPLICANT WITH THE ZIKA AND BARKER DEVELOPMENT COMPANY BEING THE CO APPLICANT.
FUNDS FROM THIS GRANT WILL BE INTENDED TO SUPPORT MULTIFAMILY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, LOCATED AT 526 LEGION LANE.
THAT'S ABOUT AN ACRE GIVE OR SO.
THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE OVER 100 UNITS AND WILL BE MARKET RATE APARTMENTS.
FUNDS FROM THIS GRANT WILL GO TOWARDS ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, PROVIDING CAPITAL FOR THE DEVELOPER, EXCUSE ME, SITE READINESS, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, AND ADDITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES NEEDED TO ADDRESS THE INCREASE IN POPULATION.
THIS GRANT WILL PROVIDE MAJOR FUNDING BOOST FOR THE AREA OF FAIRBORN THAT HAS
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EXPERIENCED DISINVESTMENT IN RECENT YEARS FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.THIS WILL PROVIDE EMPLOYEES A RIGHT PATH WITH A SHORTER COMMUTE TIME AND ACT AS A CATALYST FOR FUTURE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OR THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT FOR UP TO $2.5 MILLION THROUGH THE RED PROGRAM AND ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE DOD TO EXTEND THE FUNDS IF THE CITY HAS AWARDED THEM. THAT'S ALL.
>> WE'LL START COUNCIL QUESTIONS WITH COUNCIL MACHE.
>> NO. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS EITHER.
>> NO QUESTIONS FOR ME. THANK YOU.
THIS RESOLUTION ALLOWS THE CITY MANAGER TO APPLY FOR.
WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT GETS DEVELOPED, PER SE.
IT WILL GO THROUGH THE PLANNING BOARD AND THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS?
>> THAT'S WHAT I ASSUMED. THANK YOU.
>> I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS PROJECT GET SOME NEW LIFE SO GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS.
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE FINAL PRODUCT WITH THIS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 1-26? SO MOVED. HEAR THAT, JULIE?
>> WITH COUNCILWOMAN CHESS AND COUNCILMAN ALLEN. HOW'S THAT?
>> YES. RESOLUTION 1-26 IS DULY ADOPTED.
NEXT, IS THERE A MOTION TO READ RESOLUTION 2-26 BY TITLE ONLY?
>> RESOLUTION 2-26, A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE TYPE 1 CATION APPROXIMATELY 1.143 ACRES OF BATH TOWNSHIP TO THE CITY OF CA MICHAEL GEAR, CITY MANAGER REPRESENTATIVE.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS IS A VERY SHORT PRESENTATION.
THIS IS THE FINAL STEP IN THE TYPE 1 ANNEXATION OF 1.143 ACRES FROM BATH TOWNSHIP INTO THE CITY OF FAIRBORN FOR THE WA WA PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.
JUST TO FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF, THE AREA IN RED WITH THE STAR ON IT, AND THEN THE LEFT HAND MAP, THE AREA IN YELLOW WITH THE GREEN STAR ON IT IS THE AREA IN QUESTION.
ALL OF THAT WAS IN THE CITY OF FAIRBORN EXCEPT FOR A SMALL SLIVER, THAT 1.143 ACRES THAT WAS TOWARDS THE ROADWAY.
THE REQUEST TONIGHT IS FOR YOU TO APPROVE AND CONSENT TO THE FINAL ADOPTION OR INTAKE OF THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY INTO THE CITY.
AGAIN, IT'S THE WA WA DEVELOPMENT.
IN ORDINANCE 3124 FROM 2024, YOU APPROVE THE REZONING FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
IN RESOLUTION NUMBER 44-25, YOU AUTHORIZE THE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND BATH TOWNSHIP.
BATH TOWNSHIP IS NOT CONTESTING THIS ANNEXATION.
AS A QUICK REVIEW, TYPE 1 ANNEXATION, THE PROPERTY HAS TO TOUCH THE CITY.
THE PROPERTY OWNER IS REQUESTING THE ANNEXATION, AND THE TOWNSHIP HAS AGREED TO THE ANNEXATION.
THE PROCESS IS, THE PROPERTY OWNER FILES FOR AN ANNEXATION PETITION WITH THE COUNTY.
THE TOWNSHIP APPROVES AND DOESN'T OBJECT TO THAT ANNEXATION.
THE CITY REVIEWS AND APPROVES AN ANNEXATION AGREEMENT, WHICH YOU DID IN RESOLUTION 4425.
THEN WE'RE HERE TONIGHT WITH RESOLUTION 0226 TO TAKE THAT FINAL ACTION TO ACCEPT THE ANNEXATION, THEN THE PROPERTY BECOMES PART OF THE CITY ONCE IT'S RECORDED.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 0226 FOR THE ANNEXATION OF 1.143 ACRES FROM BATH TOWNSHIP TO THE CITY OF FAIRBORN, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> WE WILL START COUNCIL QUESTIONS WITH COUNCILMAN DUNN.
>> NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MIKE.
>> NO QUESTIONS, MIKE. THANK YOU.
>> NO QUESTIONS. THANKS, MIKE.
>> NO QUESTIONS, MIKE. THANK YOU.
I DO HAVE ONE COMMENT IN GENERAL.
IT IS RARE THAT I AM COMFORTABLE WITH ANNEXING TOWNSHIP LAND INTO A CITY, BUT THIS ONE MAKES SENSE TO ME SO THANK YOU.
>> I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. THANKS FOR THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS.
I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A LONG INVOLVED PROCESS, AND PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS TO SEE SOME GROUND BEING MOVED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2-26?
>> JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>> RESOLUTION 2-26 IS DULY ADOPTED.
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>> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS APPOINTMENTS TO THE PLANNING BOARD.
WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE BRADLEY CLOVE FOR A THREE YEAR TERM, ENGINE.
>> THE APPOINTMENTS ARE APPROVED AS PRESENTED.
NOW WE WILL OPEN CITIZENS COMMENTS.
[VII. Citizens Comments]
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME FORWARD.PROVIDE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO FIVE MINUTES.
>> MY NAME IS KASIA BYRA. I'M ACTUALLY FROM SPRINGFIELD.
>> I'M SORRY. 1731 TRINITY DRIVE.
I WENT TO THE CATHOLIC CENTRAL.
I GRADUATED FROM WHITTENBERG IN SPRINGFIELD.
THE REASON WHY I'M HERE IS COUNCILMAN CHESS, SHE MADE SOME REMARKS ABOUT THE PROUD BOYS AT AN EVENT THAT SHE WAS AT AT A UNIVERSITY IN TEXAS, I BELIEVE, IF THAT'S CORRECT.
I WAS A MEMBER OF THE PROUD BOYS.
I HAVE A TATTOO HERE ON MY ARM. I'M NOT MAKING THAT UP.
I WAS IN THE GROUP FROM MAY 2019 TO APRIL OF 2024.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU GOT YOUR INFORMATION FROM.
I'M GOING TO ASSUME THAT SOMEONE TOLD YOU THIS STUFF.
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR HISTORY HERE HAS BEEN.
I LIKE TO GIVE PEOPLE THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.
BUT I SAW THAT YOU SAID THAT I WATCHED THE RECORDING OF IT, TOO.
BUT YOU SAID THAT THE PERSON THAT RUN AGAINST YOU FOR CITY COUNCIL WAS A PROUD BOY.
THE CANDIDATE WAS A PROUD BOY.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT ELECTION WAS EXACTLY, BUT I CAN TELL ALL OF YOU HERE THAT HE WAS NOT A PROUD BOY.
I DON'T LIKE, TALK TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL IN THE GROUP AT ALL ABOUT, LIKE, ANYTHING IN CLUB WISE.
I DON'T ASK THEM QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING, BUT I DID REACH OUT TO THEM.
IT'S MR. BAKER, I BELIEVE, I DON'T KNOW HIS FIRST NAME.
BUT I ASKED THEM, I SAID, HEY, THIS GUY, DID HE MAYBE TRY TO JOIN, LIKE AFTER? BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE ELECTION WAS AND STUFF.
I ASKED, DID HE TRY TO JOIN AFTERWARDS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? AFTER I LEFT.
THEY SAID THAT SHE WAS MAKING UP BS.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD. I DON'T KNOW.
THERE WAS NO INTEREST AT ALL IN LIKE THE THINGS HAPPENING IN FAIRBORN, WHEN I WAS IN THE CLUB.
I FOUNDED, HE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE SPRINGFIELD CHAPTER OF THE PROUD BOYS.
WHEN I JOINED, THERE WASN'T A SPRINGFIELD CHAPTER.
I KNOW A LOT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE DAYTON CHAPTER IN THE SPRINGFIELD CHAPTER.
I KNOW I'VE BEEN TO NATIONAL EVENTS OF THE PROUD BOYS IN LAS VEGAS, ARIZONA, MICHIGAN, NORTH CAROLINA.
I WAS VERY WELL KNOWN IN THE ORGANIZATION.
I RUBBED SHOULDERS WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THAT GROUP.
I THINK SOMEONE GAVE YOU WRONG INFORMATION, ASSUMING YOU WEREN'T LYING ABOUT IT.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE BENEFIT OF DOUBT ON THAT.
BUT SOMEONE WAS HARASSING YOU, CLAIMING TO BE A PROUD BOY, THEY WEREN'T.
I KNOW, LIKE THE MEDIA PORTRAYS US AS RACIST TO NEO NAZIS.
I'VE BEEN CALLED THAT MYSELF, EVEN THOUGH I JOINED THE GROUP.
WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH A DIVORCE WITH MY FILIPINO IMMIGRANT, TRAN'S WIFE AT THE TIME.
WE DON'T DISCRIMINATE AGAINST PEOPLE LIKE ON RACE, SEXUALITY, ANY OF THAT STUFF.
IF SOMEONE TO BE A MEMBER, THEY JUST HAD TO BE A MAN, IDENTIFY AS A MAN TO BE BORN MAN.
I THINK THAT THE WEST IS THE BEST.
WE HAD A BLACK GUY IN THE SPRINGFIELD CHAPTER.
OUR VICE PRESIDENT, HE HAD BIRACIAL CHILDREN.
ANOTHER MEMBER, HE HAD HISPANIC CHILDREN.
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I'M GOING TO TRY TO GIVE YOU THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT THAT SOMEONE LIED TO YOU OR, THEY MISREPRESENTED THEMSELVES TO YOU AND SAID THEY WERE A PROUD BOY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE NOT GIVEN ME THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT, AND THEY JUST RUN WITH WHAT THEY HEAR THE MEDIA AND EVERYTHING.I CAN'T SPEAK FOR, LIKE, PROUD BOYS EVERYWHERE.
THERE'S CHAPTERS THAT ARE IN IRELAND.
THEY'RE ALL OVER THE WORLD, BUT I CAN'T SPEAK FOR HERE IN OHIO.
SPECIFICALLY, I'D SAY, LIKE SOUTHWEST, OHIO, CINCINNATI, COLUMBUS AREA.
OUR BY LAWS IT SAYS, THAT WE'RE AGAINST RACISM.
IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING, I'M JUST CLARIFY.
>> TIME IS UP. CITIZENS COMMENTS ARE TIME FOR CITIZENS TO MAKE COMMENTS.
COUNSEL WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY LATER IN THE MEETING TO MAKE COUNSEL COMMENTS SO THEY CAN RESPOND TO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO COUNSEL, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
>> YOU HAVE A MICROPHONE? [INAUDIBLE]
>> HAVE YOU HAVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE?
>> THE MICROPHONES ON YOUR MICROPHONE.
>> SHE'S TRYING TO FIX IT FOR YOU.
>> MY NAME IS CARLA SAMS. 1347 MAPLE GROVE DRIVE, AIRBORNE OHIO.
NOW, I RECENT, I HEARD ABOUT THIS LITTLE THROUGH THE GRAPE VINE ABOUT A CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL.
I JUST TOOK IT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.
I JUST TOOK IT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.
MY QUESTION IS, I READ UP ON IT TOO, AND IT SAID THAT PROUD BOYS WEREN'T PREJUDICE.
THAT WAS JUST RECENTLY THAT I READ THAT. I READ UP ON THAT.
BUT I IMAGINE BACK IN THE 1930S, IT MAY HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT.
WITH THAT SAID, I KNOW SYLVIA.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE TOOK HER VIDEO OUT OF CONTEXT.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION OF EVERYBODY UP HERE, EXCEPT FOR ALLEN AND SYLVIA.
I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR WHITE MEMBERS UP HERE.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A MINORITY SITUATION? I'VE EVER. I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANY REPLIES.
I LIKE TO ASK THE CITIZENS OF FAIRBURN IF THEY HAVE EVER BEEN IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU WERE A MINORITY.
MANY PEOPLE IN FAIRBURN THERE'S WHAT, 80% WHITE AND 20% BLACK.
MAJORITY OF OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE CONSTANTLY IN A ROOMFUL OF ALL WHITES.
WHEN YOU HEAR PEOPLE PICK AND NICK AT SOMEONE ON COS WHO HAPPENS TO BE AFRICAN AMERICAN, THAT, IT GETS TO YOU.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT PUT YOURSELF IN SOMEONE'S SITUATION.
PUT YOURSELF THERE. GO TO THE DUM BAR GAME.
WE'RE GOING TO ASK THESE OFFICERS, I'M SURE THEY'VE BEEN IN SITUATIONS, BUT THEY KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE, TOO. PUT YOURSELF THERE.
THINK ABOUT ALL OF OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN KIDS THAT ARE IN A SCHOOL FULL OF ALL WHITES AND HOW THEY'RE TREATED.
HOW ARE YOU TREATING PEOPLE? IS A WHOLE TOWN? YOU GOT A GROUP OF PEOPLE GOING AFTER A BLACK WOMAN.
IT'S JUST WE NEED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS LIKE THIS.
WE NEED TO START TALKING TO EACH OTHER.
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SHE NEEDS TO APOLOGIZE.WHAT DO YOU WANT HER ON HER HANDS AND KNEES? COME ON. THERE'S JUST A LOT OF DRAMA GOING ON ABOUT THIS.
I THINK YOU SHOULD ASK YOURSELVES.
EVERY WHITE PERSON IN THIS ROOM YOU ASK THEMSELVES.
WHAT WOULD I DO? HOW WOULD I FEEL IF I WALKED INTO A MEETING AND NOBODY SAID ANYTHING TO ME BECAUSE I WAS WHITE.
HOW THEY FEEL, BECAUSE THEY'RE BLACK.
THIS IS IN NO WAY TRYING TO SINGLE YOU OUT.
JUST PEOPLE NEED TO GET ALONG.
THEY ALSO NEED TO REALIZE THAT PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF FAIRBURN, PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THEM.
PEOPLE GOT LIVES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT PEOPLE NOT BEING IN HERE.
BEING HERE BECAUSE THEY GOT FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ARE SICK.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT SYLVIA'S GOING THROUGH.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT GET PARTS GOING THROUGH.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT ALLEN'S GOING THROUGH IN THEIR OWN PERSONAL LIVES.
MAYBE STOP AND THINK ABOUT IT.
LET'S STAND UP AND WORK IT OUT TOGETHER. THAT'S IT. THANKS.
>> HEY, ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO COUNSEL, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
>> JAMES BAKER, 427 GRANT STREET.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER.
AS WE BEGIN 2026, I'D LIKE TO ASK A SIMPLE, BUT IMPORTANT QUESTION, ONE THAT I BELIEVE RESIDENTS AND VOTERS OF FAIRBORN DESERVE TO HEAR ANSWERED CLEARLY.
WHERE DO EACH OF YOU ON CITY COUNCIL SEE THE CITY OF FAIRBORN AT THE END OF 2026? NOT AS A GROUP RESPONSE AND NOT FROM THE CITY MANAGER.
NO DISRESPECT, INTENDED, BUT FROM EACH ELECTED OFFICIAL INDIVIDUALLY.
WHAT IS YOUR PERSONAL VISION FOR THE CITY THIS YEAR? AS A FOLLOW UP, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK WHAT SPECIFIC PROJECT OR PRIORITIES WILL YOU INDIVIDUALLY BE WORKING ON IN 2026 TO HELP FAIRBORN MOVE FORWARD? MANY OF YOU STOOD BEFORE FAIRBORN VOTERS MAKING PROMISES AND COMMENTS DURING YOUR CAMPAIGNS.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE HOW THOSE COMMENTS ARE BEING HONORED AND TURNED INTO REAL MEASURABLE ACTION.
OUR RESIDENTS, TAXPAYERS, HOMEOWNERS, BUSINESS OWNERS, AND VOTERS WHO PLACED YOU IN OFFICE WANT TO KNOW WHAT PROGRESS LOOKS LIKE, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT, AND HOW IT WILL BE ACHIEVED.
I'D RESPECTFULLY CHALLENGE EACH OF YOU TO PROVIDE YOUR INDIVIDUAL RESPONSES PUBLICLY AT NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
FAIRBORN VOTERS CAN CLEARLY SEE THE DIRECTION THEIR CITY IS HEADED.
I'M MAKING THIS REQUEST BECAUSE FAIRBORN VOTERS DESERVE CLARITY, FOLLOW THROUGH, AND LEADERSHIP THAT IS WILLING TO BE PUBLICLY ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO COUNSEL, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
>> JOANNE COLLINS FROM 173 ERIE.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT EVERYTHING I'M ABOUT TO SAY IS NOT BEING CONSIDERED DISRESPECTFUL.
IT IS QUOTES FROM THE STUDY I'VE BEEN DOING SINCE THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
THE LADY IN THE BACK THINKS THAT EVERYBODY BECAUSE THEIR BLACK SKIN IS DISCRIMINATED.
I KNOW I DON'T LOOK IT, BUT GUESS WHAT, MY MOM'S SITE IS INDIAN.
WHEN THE BLACKS WERE IN SLAVERY, SO WAS THE CHEROKEE INDIAN.
I GET DISCRIMINATION BY BEING A BIKER.
I HAVE A LITTLE THING HERE THAT I'VE STUDIED CHASE, HER WEBSITE, HER HISTORY, AND FOUND THAT SHE'S GOING NEVER BEEN SORRY FOR ANYTHING SHE SAID OR ANYTHING SHE'S DONE.
I FEEL LIKE IT WAS CALCULATED AND PLANNED, EVEN WHEN SHE HAD HER HUSBAND READ HER SPEECH.
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SHE LOVES ON THE WEB TO BE THE CENTER OF ATTENTION TO MAKE EVERYTHING SHE DOES AND TOUCHES BETTER THAN IT WAS BEFORE.SHE ACTS LIKE SHE'S GOT THE GOLDEN TOUCH.
AFTER GETTING ATTENTION, THEN SHE GOES ON TO TEXAS AND SHE FIGURES OUT THAT WELL.
PERSECUTION AND THREATENING THE COMMUNITY MIGHT GET ME A LITTLE BIT BETTER HIGH UP STATUS.
SHE HAS STARTED, I AM TOLD, THE NATIONAL NEGRO WOMEN'S GROUP.
I'M NOT SURE, BUT I'LL CHECK IT OUT.
ANYWAY, I HAVE LIVED OVER 70 YEARS OF HISTORY.
I HAVE BEEN WHAT YOU GUYS READ ABOUT IN HISTORY, THE ASSASSINATIONS, THE MARCHES, THE MARTIN LUTHER KING.
I FELT LIKE MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS A MAN OF WHAT HE BELIEVED AND WHAT HE DID.
HE BELIEVED WE WERE ALL EQUAL.
THE NEGRO SHOULD JOIN TOGETHER AND SUPPORT THE GOOD THINGS OF GOD.
THE TIME WAS ALWAYS RIGHT TO DO THE RIGHT THING WITH THE RIGHT ATTITUDE, NON VIOLENCE, PROJECTIVE, ENERGY AND MOVEMENT.
NOT JUDGE THE COLOR OF THE SKIN, BUT BY THE CHARACTER, NO VIOLENCE, NO HATE.
MARTIN LUTHER KING TOLD THE NEGROES TO JOIN HIM ARM IN ARM, HAND IN HAND, MARCHED PEACEFULLY FOR FREEDOM AND EQUALITY.
THE INDIAN MOTTO IS ALSO WHERE SLAVES, SAME AS BLACK, ALL ARE BEING FREE AND EQUAL AND THE RIGHTS AND THEY ENDOWED THE REASON THE CONSCIOUS SHOULD BE TO ACT TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER AS SPIRIT OF BROTHERHOOD.
NOW, THIS TOWN I HAVE GREW UP IN.
IT IS NOT ONLY A TOWN, IT IS MY HOME.
PEOPLE TRYING TO STIR UP PROBLEMS AND MAKE IT MORE THAN WHAT IT IS IS WRONG ON ALL LEVELS, I FEEL.
THIS IS OUR HISTORY. SO WHAT? THINGS WERE BAD MAYBE LATER, BUT DON'T GO AROUND MAKING UP STORIES TO MAKE YOURSELF LOOK GOOD.
YOU NEED TO IF YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING WRONG, THEN FIX IT.
JOIN TOGETHER BROTHERHOOD, RED BLACK, WHITE, WHATEVER.
LIKE I SAID, JUST BECAUSE I'M BLONDE HAIR, THEY THINK I'M NOT INDIAN, BUT I AM.
I'M CHEROKEE. I'M VERY PROUD OF IT.
THEY TOOK AWAY THE REDSKIN AT THE INDIAN AT THE NFL AND THEY BROUGHT IT BACK BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT WE WOULDN'T LIKE IT, BUT WE DO.
I THINK MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS A WONDERFUL MAN THAT HIM AND PRESIDENT KENNEDY HAD GET TOGETHER, AND THEY MADE THINGS BETTER FOR FREEDOM, FOR EMANCIPATION.
WHAT DID THEY DO? SOMEBODY EVIL, GOT RID OF THEM.
WE DON'T WANT EVIL IN OUR TOWN.
WE DO NOT WANT DISCORD IN OUR TOWN.
WE DO NOT WANT BAD REPUTATION.
I WOULD LIKE A TOWN OF HEALTHY, HAPPY, AND SAFE.
THAT'S WHAT MOST OF THEM WOULD LIKE.
I SPEAK FROM MY HEART WITH NO DISRESPECT FOR ANYBODY.
YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO SAY YOU'RE SORRY BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT.
JUST AS BIDEN HAD PROBLEMS AND HE FAILED WITH HIS WAY, MAYBE YOU SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AND GET CHECKED OUT TOO.
>> ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO COUNSEL, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
SEE, NO ONE ELSE COME FORWARD.
WE WILL CLOSE CITIZENS COMMENTS AND MOVE ON TO CITY MANAGER COMMENTS.
[VIII. City Manager Comments]
[INAUDIBLE] SIR.>> WE DO HAVE MILESTONE RECIPIENTS FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY.
NONE OF THEM WERE ABLE TO JOIN US THIS EVENING, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE FOLKS.
WITH 30-YEAR ANNIVERSARIES IN JANUARY, LISA NEVILLE IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT.
JUDGE CAPPELLI IN MUNICIPAL COURT, AND STEVE HOLCOMB IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WITH 10 YEARS, BILLY COLEMAN IN WATER AND SEWER, RYAN DUNLEVY IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WITH FIVE YEARS, CHERYL ISON IN THE STREET AND EQUIPMENT DIVISION, CODIE HENNING IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALEC VORIS IN WATER AND SEWER, BRIAN DEVILBISS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, HEATHER BARLOW IN OUR POLICE DISPATCH CENTER.
WITH ONE YEAR, STEVEN EDGE FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, DOMINIC CHASE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND MEREDITH MCDOWELL IN OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
THANK YOU TO THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE TO THE CITY.
I WISH THEY COULD BE HERE TONIGHT.
THEY WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND WITH US THOUGH.
I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE OFFICER ANNA DIXON, WHO WAS SWORN IN THIS MORNING AS OUR NEWEST POLICE OFFICER.
SHE JOINS US FROM THE DAYTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE HER HERE.
CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HOLIDAY ON MONDAY, JANUARY 19TH, 2026.
CITY COUNCIL AND WORK SESSION MEETING WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY,
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JANUARY 20TH, 2026.REMINDER THAT WHILE THE FIRE ADMIN PORTION OF THE BUILDING IS BEING REMODELED, AND THAT INCLUDES STORAGE OF OFFICE FURNITURE IN THE FIRE TRAINING ROOM, WE'LL DO OUR WORK SESSIONS IN THE POLICE TRAINING ROOM AS IT WAS THIS EVENING, SO JUST A REMINDER ON THAT.
THE SECOND TO LAST THING, I HAVE CITY COUNCIL'S ANNUAL RETREAT WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH AT THE FAIRBORN DOUBLETREE BY HILTON CONFERENCE CENTER.
THAT'S THE OLD FAIRBORN HOLIDAY INN I-675.
THAT'LL BE FROM APPROXIMATELY 8:30-4:30 ON FEBRUARY 20TH, THAT'S A FRIDAY.
THEN ONE LAST THANKS TO MATT ARNOVITZ OF CB RICHARD ELLIS.
MR. ARNOVITZ HELPED TO MAKE THE BLOCKBUSTER SITE ON CENTRAL AVENUE AVAILABLE TO OUR FAIRBORN LITTLE TYKES ORGANIZATION SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE THEIR LITTLE TYKES SHOP AGAIN THIS YEAR, AND I KNOW IT WAS GREAT.
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIND A PERMANENT HOME FOR YOU, BUT THANKS TO MATT ARNOVITZ, AND THANKS TO THE COMMITTEE FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DID THIS CHRISTMAS FOR OUR CHILDREN AGAIN.
THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING FOR YOU, YOUR HONOR.
>> THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO COUNCIL COMMENTS,
[IX. Council Comments]
AND WE'LL START WITH COUNCILWOMAN CHESS.>> GOOD EVENING. I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE THOSE MILESTONE RECIPIENTS, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE ON TONIGHT.
I THINK THAT EVERYONE HAVE THEIR OPINIONS.
I THINK THAT WE ALL LOOK AT THINGS THROUGH DIFFERENT LENSES, AND I CAN APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND SHARING THOSE THOUGHTS AND HOW YOU FEEL, SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT.
I KNOW, MR. BAKER, YOU ASK ABOUT US, GIVING OUR PLANS FOR WHAT WE SEE AS A CITY COUNCIL GOING FORWARD, AND I CAN APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION.
I WILL DEFINITELY HAVE MINE FOR THE NEXT MEETING, SO THANK YOU.
JOANNE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AS WELL, WE APPRECIATE IT.
I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS, A HAPPY NEW YEAR, AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.
>> I TOO WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MILESTONE RECIPIENTS AS WELL, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT HAVE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR A YEAR, THAT'S QUITE A FEAT.
ESPECIALLY THANKS TO THE VOLUNTEERS WITH THE LITTLE TYKES.
I DID A LITTLE BIT OF VOLUNTEERING BEFORE I WENT ON VACATION, BUT IT WAS A LOT OF FUN, A LOT OF WORK, A LOT OF HEAVY LIFTING.
WE DID A LOT OF DISCUSSION IN OUR WORK SESSION TODAY ABOUT BOARDS AND COMMITTEES, AND WE NEED VOLUNTEERS.
WE NEED PEOPLE TO STEP UP AND HELP AND GET ON THOSE BOARDS TO HELP US OUT.
WE HAVE LOTS OF VACANCIES, PARTICULARLY IN OUR MAYOR'S BEAUTIFICATION AND OUR PARKS AND RECS.
OUR PARKS AND RECS IS A VITAL COMMITTEE TO THE COMMUNITY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HEARD OVER MY FIRST FOUR YEARS FROM A LOT OF THE DEVELOPERS THAT CAME IN AND THE CONSULTANTS THAT CAME IN, IT SAYS THAT OUR PARK SYSTEM IS ONE OF THE TOP THREE FEATURES THAT FAIRBORN HAS TO OFFER FOR DEVELOPMENT, NOT ONLY FOR BUSINESSES, BUT FOR HOUSING, AND IT'S A BIG DRAW FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO OUR CITY.
THAT BOARD IS A BUSY BOARD, AND IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT BOARD, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYBODY THAT REALLY WANTS TO VOLUNTEER TO STEP UP.
I THINK THAT BOARD HAS 16 SLOTS ON IT, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO JOIN THAT BOARD.
I WOULD ALSO SAY THE CITIZEN POLICE ACADEMY IS GOING TO BE COMING UP HERE REAL SOON.
I'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO APPLICATIONS ON THAT.
WE'VE DISCUSSED WITH MIKE THE ADDITION OF MAYBE A POSSIBLE SECOND CITIZENS ACADEMY AS SOON AS THE POLICE ACADEMY IS DONE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LOGISTICS TO THAT AND SEE IF WE CAN WORK IT OUT.
TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, CARLA, YES.
I HAVE, AND I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THIS DAIS IS APPROPRIATE TO BELABOR THAT PARTICULAR TOPIC, BUT YES, I HAVE.
MR. BAKER, AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO USE THIS DAIS TO BELABOR THIS ONE.
I CAN TELL YOU, I WILL HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOUR QUESTION.
I WON'T USE THIS FORMAT TO DELIVER IT BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE FORMAT FOR THAT.
WE'VE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH ALL THAT, BUT I WILL GET YOU MORE INFORMATION.
I WILL SAY THAT I DO HAVE A BELIEF THAT I WASN'T ELECTED TO SIT UP HERE AND DO A PERSONAL PET PROJECT, SO I DON'T HAVE A PERSONAL PET PROJECT.
IF I HAD TO PICK SOMETHING OUT OF THE AIR, HOUSING IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, ONLY BECAUSE I GREW UP IN THIS CITY.
I LIVE IN THIS CITY, AND I'VE SEEN THE STRUGGLES THAT HOUSING HAS, AND THAT STRUGGLE STILL EXISTS TODAY.
THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE APPROVED, THEY'RE GOOD,
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WE NEED THEM, BUT WE STILL HAVE A BIG NEED OUT THERE TO ADDRESS IN ANOTHER AREA.IT'S A A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF LABOR GOES IN, AND A LOT OF CONSULTANTS TO WORK THAT ISSUE TO PROVIDE THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THOSE THAT CAN'T AFFORD IT.
WE NEED THE EXPENSIVE HOUSING TO DRAW IN JUST SO THAT EVERYTHING ELSE WORKS, BUT IT'S COMPLICATED TO SAY THE LEAST.
SOMETHING THAT I REALLY WANT TO DO IN 2026, AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT MORE AT OUR RETREAT, IS THE CHARTER REVIEW.
IT'S BEEN SIX YEARS SINCE WE REVIEWED THAT CHARTER, AND WE NEED TO GET ON TOP OF THAT AND GET THAT STRAIGHTENED OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I THINK WE'RE ON THE LINES, AT LEAST WE HAVE BEEN OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, AT NOT LETTING THESE THINGS GO SO LONG, NOT DOING SOMETHING, SITTING ON THE SHELF, AND THEN LETTING DUST COLLECT ON IT BEFORE WE COME BACK AND WE LOOK AT IT AGAIN.
WE REALLY NEED TO BE MORE OF A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO A LOT OF THESE THINGS INSTEAD OF A REACTIVE APPROACH, SO THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF MY BIG GOALS.
THE LAST THING I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH, AGAIN, AS A HEALTHCARE WORKER, I CAN'T EMPHASIZE ENOUGH THE TIME OF YEAR THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW IS A PARTICULARLY BAD ONE.
THE FLU THIS YEAR IS REALLY BAD.
THE VACCINE MISSED THE MARK THIS YEAR.
I'M NOT DISCOURAGING ANYBODY FROM GETTING THE VACCINE BECAUSE IT COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOSPITALIZING YOU AND NOT HOSPITALIZING YOU.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THE GREAT DAYTON AREA OF HOSPITALS IS STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW WITH THEIR INPATIENT SIDE OF THE HOUSE BECAUSE THIS HAS JUST REALLY HIT HARD.
PLEASE DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO PROTECT YOURSELVES AND YOUR FAMILY, GET VACCINATED, WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU BELIEVE IN.
BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO, AND I CAN'T EMPHASIZE THIS ENOUGH, IS TO PLEASE WASH YOUR HANDS.
WASH THEM A LOT. THAT'S IT, MAYOR. THANK YOU.
>> I HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.
LET ME JUST GO DOWN THROUGH THE COMMENTS FIRST.
CONGRATULATIONS, MILESTONE RECIPIENTS.
THANKS FOR YOUR WORK FOR THE CITY.
COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SITUATIONS, AND IT DOES MAKE YOU THINK.
JIMMY, I'M GOING TO GET TO SOMETHING IN A MINUTE.
I ACTUALLY HAD SOMETHING PREPARED.
I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT DIRECTLY, IT ADDRESSES WHAT YOU ASKED US.
I'VE BEEN READING A LOT MORE ABOUT HIM RIGHT NOW AND HELPING TO VOLUNTEER FOR AN UPCOMING EVENT.
HIS VISION WAS AMAZING, JUST LIKE CHOOSING TO NOT HATE ANYONE, LOVE EVERYONE.
IT'S LIKE THE DREAM IN MY MIND.
I'M LIKE, CAN I EVER BE THAT GOOD? I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS ON THAT.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK CITIZENS FOR COMING.
I MENTIONED I STARTED HAVING COUNCIL CONVERSATIONS MEETINGS THAT I'M GOING TO CARRY OUT.
I'M GOING TO HAVE THEM EVERY SUNDAY AT THE LIBRARY PRIOR TO THIS MEETING.
I TOOK WORK THINKING MAYBE NO ONE WOULD EVEN SHOW UP AND MAYBE IT WOULDN'T BE A GOOD TIME, AND I WAS SO HAPPY WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT FOR THAT TYPE OF AN EVENT.
I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 12 PEOPLE TOTAL.
IT HAD SUCH A GOOD TURNOUT. I HAVE TO RETHINK HOW TO STRUCTURE IT TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP IT ALL WITHIN THE TIMELINE AND COVER EVERYTHING.
IT'S ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED ABOUT THE CHARTER REVIEW THAT'S COMING UP.
JUST FOR EVERYONE'S KNOWLEDGE IN THE WORK SESSION, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT OTHERS, BUT I'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR RECALL PROCESS BECAUSE APPARENTLY, THERE WAS A CONCERN THAT OURS WAS SIMILAR TO ANOTHER CITY'S PROCESS.
THAT CITY, THEIR RECALL BECAME INVALIDATED, SO MIKE'S LOOKING INTO IT, AND BY OUR NEXT WORK SESSION PLANS TO HAVE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER FOR US ABOUT THAT.
I'LL JUST SAY FOR THE RECORD, I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE ARE UPSET WITH ME ABOUT A CERTAIN VOTE, AND I COMPLETELY SUPPORT YOUR RIGHT IF YOU'D LIKE TO RECALL ME, I'LL EVEN SIGN THE PETITION.
I THINK WHAT THE VOTERS DO IS VERY IMPORTANT.
I'D BE HAPPY IF YOU DIDN'T, BUT I'M JUST SAYING.
I 100% RESPECT THE VOTERS' RIGHT. WE WORK FOR YOU.
I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO SHARE, I'M COMING UP ON MY LAST TWO YEARS IN COUNCIL.
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AS RODNEY SAID, IT'S TRUE. SOME PEOPLE RUN FOR COUNCIL, AND THEY'RE JUST SAYING IT'S A JOB THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.I'M A RESPONSIBLE PERSON, I WANT TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
SOME PEOPLE DO RUN ON CERTAIN THINGS WHEN THEY LOVE THEIR COMMUNITY, BUT THEY FEEL LIKE SOME THINGS COULD BE IMPROVED, AND I WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE.
I THOUGHT, LET ME RUN ON THESE THINGS AND SEE IF THERE'S ENOUGH INTEREST IN THE COMMUNITY THAT I WOULD GET ELECTED.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WERE ON MY LITERATURE WHEN I RAN.
I TRIED TO BE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT I WANTED TO DO, SO IF PEOPLE DISAGREED WITH IT, THEY WOULDN'T VOTE FOR ME, AND IF THEY AGREED WITH IT, THEY'D VOTE FOR ME.
I'M GOING TO BE WORKING VERY HARD OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS TO TRY TO DELIVER ON ALL THESE THINGS FOR EVERYONE.
THE FIRST ONE IS RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT, PROTECT OUR NATURAL RESOURCES AND OUR PROPERTY VALUES, PLAN FOR PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE FACE OF INCREASINGLY SEVERE WEATHER, PARTICIPATION AND COMMUNICATION, INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN DECISIONS, AND REACH MORE PEOPLE WITH ADDITIONAL METHODS OF COMMUNICATION.
FINALLY, CLEAN ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY, FACILITATE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE SOLAR AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECTS, AND PROMOTE INCENTIVES FOR BUSINESSES, HOMEOWNERS, AND RENTERS.
NOW, I WILL SAY ON THIS ONE, I'M GOING TO BE LEANING MORE INTO THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY BECAUSE A LOT OF THE INCENTIVES FOR SOLAR HAVE GONE AWAY, SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE THAT IS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
I WILL SAY, I'VE SEEN PROGRESS IN THESE AREAS SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, AND WE'VE LAID SOME GROUNDWORK FOR THEM.
I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE TO BRING THEM TO FRUITION BY THE TIME MY TERM IS OVER.
THEN FINALLY, MIKE ALSO MENTIONED IT THAT ANNUAL COUNCIL RETREAT IS COMING UP ON FEBRUARY 20TH.
IT'S JUST A VERY LONG WORK SESSION, BUT WE'RE ALL THERE, CITY STAFF'S ALL THERE.
IT'S JUST LIKE A WORK SESSION WHERE SO IF YOU CAME IN, YOU'RE A CITIZEN, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT IT'S VERY INTERESTING.
USUALLY, THERE'S AT LEAST ONE OR TWO PRESENTATIONS FROM THE STAFF OF MORE OF A DEEP DIVE INTO A CERTAIN TOPIC AND HOW THINGS ARE PROGRESSING IN A DEPARTMENT.
IT'S A GOOD LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
THERE'S SURE COFFEE AND WATER AND STUFF.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, PLEASE JOIN US FOR THAT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, MOST TIMES I COME IN HERE AND I ALREADY KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO VOTE.
TONIGHT ON THAT ONE ABOUT THAT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, I WASN'T SURE.
TWO OF MY BIGGEST ISSUES, AND ONE WAS DEFINITELY RESOLVED WITH THE AGREEMENT TO PROTECT THE WETLANDS.
THE COMMITMENT MADE HERE ON THE RECORD FOR THAT.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC ON DAYTON YELLOW SPRINGS ROAD, AND THE MORE THAT WE GET DEVELOPMENT, THE MORE I GET CONCERNED ABOUT IT, SO I AM VERY INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT THE CITY ENGINEER HAS TO PRESENT.
I KNOW THE IMMEDIATE AREA, I THINK THE SOLUTION THAT WAS RECOMMENDED WAS ADJUSTING THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND THE TIMING.
BUT I WILL SAY, THAT'S MY AREA OF THE CITY.
THAT'S WHERE I AM FREQUENTLY, AND IT REALLY DOES BACK UP THERE.
THE BUSY TIMES, THE TURNING LANES CAN'T HOLD THE TRAFFIC.
THE TRAFFIC BACKS UP, AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT IS TOO MUCH? IS THERE GOING TO BE A LIMIT WHERE WE HAVE TO SAY, WE CAN'T DEVELOP THIS TYPE OF A THING HERE UNTIL THIS IS EXPANDED, THAT KIND OF THING.
I'M INTERESTED IN IT, AND I FEEL LIKE IF WE HAVE ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA THAT WOULD ADD A LOT OF TRAFFIC, I WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR OUR NEWEST COUNCIL MEMBER.
>> THANK YOU. THEY'VE ALREADY SAID A LOT OF STUFF THAT I WAS ALREADY GOING TO TALK ABOUT, BUT FIRST OF ALL, THE EMPLOYEE MILESTONES, I WANT TO THANK THE EMPLOYEES, THAT IS AMAZING, ESPECIALLY 30 YEARS.
I HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS, I DID.
I WAS IN IOWA, BUT I STILL HAD A GOOD CHRISTMAS.
JIMMY, I WILL PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER, AND I AGREE WITH RODNEY THAT THIS ISN'T THE FORUM FOR IT,
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BUT I WILL GET YOU SOMETHING.I DID RUN ON ONE ITEM, THAT WAS COMMUNICATIONS, AND I REALLY AGREE WITH THAT.
SPEAKING OF COMMUNICATION, I HAD SOMEBODY COME TO ME AND ASK ME A QUESTION.
I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE ANSWER WAS.
I WENT TO THE CITY MANAGER, HE FORWARDED ME TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IF ANYBODY IS NOT AWARE OF IT, THERE IS A NO SOLICITING LIST ON THE WEB PAGE FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
YOU CAN PUT YOUR NAME ON THE LIST, AND IF YOUR NAME IS ON THAT LIST, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE CONTACTED.
THE PEOPLE THAT COME AROUND AND SOLICIT, WHICH IS LEGIT, THEY NEED TO BE DOING THEIR JOB, THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, GET A PERMIT.
WHEN THEY GET THAT PERMIT, THEY GET THAT LIST.
I LOOKED AT THAT LIST, AND IT IS QUITE LENGTHY.
MY ADDRESS IS ON THAT LIST, OF COURSE.
BUT I WAS ASKED BY A COUPLE OF INDIVIDUALS, AND I'M NOW GIVING THIS OUT BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T AWARE OF THAT NO SOLICITING LIST.
SATURDAY, I HELPED WITH THE CLEANUP.
WE MOVED FROM THE LITTLE TIKES LOCATION TO THEIR WAREHOUSE STORAGE AREA.
I WAS AMAZED AT HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO HELP THEM.
KEVIN, YOU WERE THERE AND YOUR WIFE? IT WAS WHAT? FORTY-FIVE MINUTES, 50 MINUTES, AND WE WERE DONE.
THE CITY REALLY HAS GOTTEN BEHIND THAT, AND IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE THAT.
I REALLY ENJOY DOING THINGS LIKE THAT.
I AGREE WITH PEOPLE NEED TO GET ALONG.
THAT'S IT FOR ME. ALLEN CLINT.
>> BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT'S GREAT TO BE IN 2026 AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CHANGE.
BEFORE I GET TO THAT, I DO WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE MILESTONE RECIPIENTS.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S A 30 YEAR RECIPIENT ON THERE, BUT THERE'S ONE YOUNG LADY WHO'S A FIVE YEAR RECIPIENT, AND HER NAME WAS HEATHER BARLOW.
HEATHER BARLOW IS A DISPATCHER IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I SAY HEATHER BARLOW, BECAUSE HEATHER BARLOW PLAYED SOFTBALL FOR ME FOR THE FAIRBORN AND GIRL SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION, AND SHE WAS MY CLEANUP HITTER.
SHE WOULD CLEAN THE BASES FOR ME.
BUT IT WAS JUST HEARTWARMING TO SEE HER HAVING SERVED IN THAT PARTICULAR CAPACITY FOR FIVE YEARS, A FAIRBORN RESIDENT, GRADUATED A FAIRBORN HIGH SCHOOL, AND NOW SHE'S A DISPATCHER.
IT'S JUST SO AWESOME TO SEE THAT SOMEONE THAT I COACHED AT THE AGE OF 15 AND 16-YEARS-OLD, AND NOW SHE'S WORKING FOR US.
WE DID GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HER WHEN WE DELIVERED BASKETS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND A DISPATCH OVER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.
IT'S JUST HEARTWARMING FOR ME, JUST TO SEE THAT DEVELOPMENT.
IN GENERAL, WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS.
WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH ALL OF THIS.
WE'RE GOING TO BE BETTER FOR IT.
I HAVE NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS IN A POSITIVE MANNER.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY YEAR IS, I THINK OF SOMETHING THAT I WOULD WANT TO HAPPEN AND I THINK OF A WORD OR PHRASE.
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THIS YEAR, I REFLECTED ON CHANGE.I SAY THIS AND I DON'T SAY IT FOR EVERYONE.
I SAY IT FOR MYSELF BECAUSE THIS IS MY INTERNAL STRUGGLE.
THIS IS ME, AND I SHARE THAT WITH YOU NOW.
IN MY KIND OF MEDITATION ABOUT CHANGE, I RAN ACROSS THIS QUOTE BY SOCRATES.
SOCRATES SAID THAT THE SECRET OF CHANGE IS TO FOCUS ALL OF YOUR ENERGY, NOT ON FIGHTING THE OLD BUT ON BUILDING THE NEW.
IT JUST HIT ME LIKE A TON OF BRICKS AS I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, WHAT MY FOCUS WAS GOING TO BE OR WHAT I'M GOING TO CARRY INTO THE NEW YEAR.
THIS QUOTE MEANS THAT REAL CHANGE HAPPENS WHEN WE STOP WASTING OUR ENERGY ON THE PAST AND START FOCUSING ON CREATING SOMETHING BETTER.
FIGHTING, THE OLD WAYS, HABITS, OR SYSTEMS OFTEN KEEP US STUCK IN FRUSTRATION AND ANGER.
INSTEAD, PROGRESS COMES FROM PUTTING OUR TIME AND EFFORT INTO NEW IDEAS, NEW ACTIONS, NEW GOALS, CHANGE.
WHEN WE BUILD ON SOMETHING NEW, THE OLD NATURALLY FADES AWAY.
THIS APPROACH IS MORE POSITIVE, PRODUCTIVE, BECAUSE IT ENCOURAGES GROWTH, CREATIVITY, AND HOPE.
THIS QUOTE REMINDS ME THAT CHANGE IS NOT ABOUT DESTRUCTION BUT ABOUT CONSTRUCTION.
BY FOCUSING ON WHAT WE WANT TO CREATE RATHER THAN WHAT WE WANT TO, IT'S TOUGH BECAUSE IT'S MY THOUGHTS.
RATHER THAN WHAT WE WANT TO ESCAPE.
WE MOVE FORWARD WITH PURPOSE AND CONFIDENCE, IT'S CHANGE.
I WILL EMBODY THAT OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT THERE WILL BE A MLK DAY CELEBRATION COMING UP ON MLK DAY HERE IN FAIRBORN AT THE MAIN HOUSE EVENT CENTER.
THERE'S A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE PUTTING IT TOGETHER.
TANA, I WANT TO SAY, IS LEADING THE CHARGE.
BUT WE DO WANT TO TAKE TIME OUT, RECOGNIZE HIS MESSAGE, RECOGNIZE THE DAY OF SERVICE, AND TAKE TIME OUT AND THINK ABOUT HIS MESSAGE AND WHY WE ARE HERE, HERE IN FAIRBORN.
THERE'LL BE A LIST OF THINGS TO DO.
I JUST GOT AN E MAIL EARLIER FROM DEXTER BAILEY SAYING, HE'S ON BOARD WITH A LOT OF THESE THINGS.
BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO FOLKS COMING OUT DURING THAT TIME AND PASSING AND BEING A PART OF THAT CELEBRATION ON THAT DAY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
>> AS ALWAYS, I WANT TO THANK THE MILESTONE RECIPIENTS, NO MATTER IF YOU'RE HERE A YEAR, 30 YEARS, 40 YEARS.
THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF FAIRBORN.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE SWEARING IN THIS MORNING.
I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY WELCOME ANNA DIXON TO OUR COMMUNITY.
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WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY, A WELCOMING COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE HAPPY THAT YOU TO SERVE OUR CITIZENS.TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT DISCRIMINATION, I THINK THAT YOU COULD TALK TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS ROOM, AND WE'VE ALL IN SOME WAY, FORM OR FASHION, HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME LEVEL OF DISCRIMINATION.
IT'S NOT JUST ONE PARTICULAR PERSON.
WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE, AND SO YOU CAN CHOOSE TO RUMINATE IN IT OR YOU CAN CHOOSE TO HANDLE IT AND MOVE FORWARD.
MR. BAKER, YOU HAD LISTED OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT YOU WANTED.
I ALSO AGREE THAT THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY THE FORUM, BUT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS.
I HAVE NEVER RUN ON A PLATFORM.
THERE IS NOTHING BUT COLLABORATION, CONVERSATION.
WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE, ON PROJECTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
MY GOAL WILL ALWAYS REMAIN TO DRIVE OUR ECONOMIC GROWTH OF OUR COMMUNITY, CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON OUR TRANSPARENCY, AND CONTINUE TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.
PET PROJECTS ARE NOT A PRIORITY.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IT'S A NEW YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT EACH OF YOU, BUT MY 2025 WAS VERY HEAVY.
MAY YOUR 2026 BRING YOU LIGHT AND HAPPINESS, SELF AWARENESS, ACCOUNTABILITY, HONESTY, INTEGRITY, HEALTH, HAPPINESS, AND REMEMBER YOU WERE OWED NOTHING, SO WORK HARD.
>> MY TURN. I'M GOING TO START OFF BY SAYING YOU'VE BEEN SEEING ME GOING UP AND DOWN WITH EYE GLASSES.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER TO GET CATARACT SURGERY, LEFT EYE EARLY, RIGHT EYE, A WEEK AGO.
I'M STRUGGLING WITH I CAN SEE YOU ALL OUT THERE REAL WELL, BUT I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING UP HERE WITHOUT READING GLASSES.
I'M USING MY READING GLASSES, SO PARDON ME THE LOOK.
2025 WAS AN INTERESTING YEAR. LOTS HAPPENED.
SOME THINGS DIDN'T HAPPEN THAT WE HAD HOPED WOULD BE COMPLETED, BUT 2026, HOPEFULLY, WILL BE AN EVEN BETTER YEAR.
WE HAVE A LOT OF ELECTIONS COMING UP IN 2026.
AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THE STATE LEVEL, NONE OF US ARE UP FOR ELECTION THIS YEAR, FORTUNATELY.
BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON REGARDLESS OF WHO'S DOING WHAT IS LET'S BE RESPECTFUL TO EACH OTHER.
I SEE A LOT OF NAME CALLING RECENTLY.
PEOPLE GET UPSET WHEN THEY GET ACCUSED OF THINGS AND GET NAMES CALLED.
CARLA, I HAVE BEEN IN SEVERAL SITUATIONS, BOTH CAREER WISE, AND I WAS IN THE PEACE CORPS WHERE I WAS THE ONLY WHITE PERSON WHERE I LIVED.
AS MARY SAID, MANY OF US HAVE BEEN IN SITUATIONS WHERE WE HAVE FACED DISCRIMINATION, OR AT LEAST FACE BEING A MINORITY TO SOME DEGREE.
WE ALL HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH THAT IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
I WANT TO IT WAS COMMENTED THAT WE NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS FOR BOARDS AND COMMITTEES.
THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP RODNEY.
WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY OUTSTANDING PEOPLE THAT HAVE APPLIED FOR POSITIONS.
WE DISCUSSED THOSE IN THE COUNCIL WORK SESSION THIS EVENING, BUT WE NEED A LOT MORE FAIRBORN CITIZENS TO GET INVOLVED.
I WANT TO ADD THAT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON.
WE MENTIONED THAT WE HAD A NEW POLICE OFFICER THIS MORNING THAT GOT SWORN IN.
I WAS THERE ALONG WITH OUR DEPUTY MAYOR.
I ALWAYS TELL OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE BEST POLICE DEPARTMENT.
GROWING UP, MY GRANDFATHER WAS MY HERO.
MY GRANDFATHER WAS THE DAYTON CHIEF OF POLICE MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.
HE WOULD PROBABLY DISAGREE WITH ME THAT FAIRBORN IS BETTER THAN THE DAYTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I'M HERE TODAY TO SAY THAT I THINK THE DAYTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IS SECOND BEST AFTER FAIRBORN.
I WANT TO THANK OUR TWO POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE HERE THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE BEST AND WELCOME OUR NEW MEMBER.
I WANT TO THANK MR. PETE BATES, WHO OWNS SCHWARTZ JEWELRY.
PETE WAS THE CHAIR OF THE FAIRBORN 75TH ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE, WHICH LAST YEAR, 2025 WAS OUR 75TH ANNIVERSARY AS A COMMUNITY.
PETE AND HIS COMMUNITY DID A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
I WAS GOING TO READ OFF THE LIST, BUT WE'D BE HERE FOR ANOTHER HALF AN HOUR, AND I DON'T THINK YOU'D APPRECIATE THAT.
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STOP BY SCHWARTZ JEWELRY AND JUST TELL PETE THANKS FOR ALL THE EFFORT THAT HE AND HIS COMMITTEE PUT INTO MAKING FAIRBORN 75TH VERY SPECIAL.IN LIGHT OF THAT, 2026 IS THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES.
I THINK AT A NATIONAL LEVEL, THERE'S GOING TO BE ALL KINDS OF CELEBRATIONS.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANY OF YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS ON HOW WE CAN MAKE THE 250TH AND FAIRBORN EVEN MORE SPECIAL, LET US KNOW.
FOURTH OF JULY WILL BE THE 250TH.
LET'S MAKE 4 JULY THE BIGGEST AND BEST EVER.
BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS ON HOW WE CAN MAKE THE 250TH IN FAIRBORN, EVEN BETTER, LET'S DO SO.
WE MENTIONED THE MILESTONE RECIPIENTS.
I'M GOING TO POINT OUT THAT THOSE RANGE FROM 30 YEARS TO ONE YEAR.
I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
THIRTY YEARS WORKING FOR ONE ORGANIZATION IS REALLY INCREDIBLE.
ONE YEAR IS THE START FOR MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE, AND HOPEFULLY MANY OF THOSE WILL ALSO REACH THAT 30 YEAR MILESTONE.
THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF THINGS IN FAIRBORN THAT HAD BEEN GREAT.
I WANT TO THANK THE FAIRBORN CIVIC BAND.
THEY DID AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF THINGS, AND I SEE ON FACEBOOK.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT WHAT THEY DID THIS YEAR.
KUDOS TO THEM, REPRESENTING FAIRBORN.
I WANT TO THANK TANA FOR MEETING WITH THE FOLKS THAT YOU'VE BEEN MEETING WITH.
THOSE OF YOU DON'T KNOW CHUCK.
CHUCK HAS BEEN SETTING UP FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS NOW WHAT HE CALLS BREAKFAST WITH THE MAYOR.
NOT ONLY DO I SHOW UP, BUT WE HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD, REPRESENTATION FROM THE CITY, REPRESENTATION FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
THE NEXT ONE OF THOSE WILL BE FEBRUARY THE 24TH, AND THAT'S A BREAKFAST AT THE SENIOR CENTER.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR BREAKFAST IF YOU DON'T WANT, BUT WHERE IN FAIRBORN, CAN YOU GET BREAKFAST FOR $5 AND GET A VERY NICE SENIOR CENTER BREAKFAST.
ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE FOR FAIRBORN.
I'VE MADE A POINT OF MEETING WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOL GROUPS TALKING TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE, WHAT DO THEY WANT IN FAIRBORN? IT'S VERY INTERESTING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WANT.
ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME TO TANA'S MEETINGS THAT SHE'S SETTING UP.
COME TO THOSE BREAKFAST WITH THE MAYORS, AND WE DO THOSE.
WE TRY TO DO THOSE ROUGHLY EVERY MONTH OR TWO.
THE NEXT ONE OF THOSE IS FEBRUARY 24TH.
I'LL CONCLUDE WITH THANKING EVERYBODY WHO SHOWED UP THIS EVENING, WHETHER YOU CAME DOWN AND SPOKE OR JUST SAT THERE AND LISTENED TO WHAT WAS GOING ON.
THIS IS WHAT MAKES OUR COMMUNITY SPECIAL.
I'M A LITTLE RETIRED MILITARY GUY.
I'M ONE OF THESE PEOPLE WHO LIVED ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND CHOSE TO COME BACK TO FAIRBORN BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST IN FAIRBORN.
I THINK THIS IS A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY, AND I ENCOURAGE AGAIN, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE LOOKING TO GET MORE INVOLVED.
WE HAVE LOTS OF COMMITTEE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU.
AT THIS POINT, IF THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL BUSINESS, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN?
>> JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> THE JANUARY 5TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
MR. GOBER, I NEED TO SPEAK TO YOU IN YOUR OFFICE RIGHT AFTER.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.