[ I.	Call to Order]
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          OKAY, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE FAIRBORN CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR MARCH 16TH, 2026. 
          WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MR. PATRICK? HERE. 
          MR. ALLEN? HERE. MS. CHESS? HERE. MR. DODGE? HERE. MR. MCCUBBINS? HERE. MS. REED? HERE. MS. FINK? HERE. THANK YOU, JULIE. WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE. AND THIS EVENING, LET'S HAVE AN EXTRA MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR ALL OF OUR... 
          MILITARY MEMBERS WHO ARE IN HARM'S WAY, THANK YOU. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR ONE NATION, INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE SILENCE ANY ELECTRONIC DEVICES THAT MIGHT BE A CREATED DISTURBANCE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, OUR 
          [IV.	Minutes – Consider approval of the minutes of the March 2, 2026, Council Work Session and the March 2, 2026, Regular Council Meeting.]
FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 2ND COUNCIL 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? OKAY, THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 2ND COUNCIL WORK SESSION ARE APPROVED AS WRITTEN. NEXT, WE HAVE THE MARCH 2ND 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 MARCH 2ND REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ARE ALSO APPROVED AS WRITTEN. WE DO HAVE 
          [V.	Prescheduled]
SOME VERY SPECIAL, PRE-SCHEDULED BUSINESS. THIS EVENING, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM OUR FAIRBORN CITY SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT, AMY GERHARDT ABOUT THE FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN. MA'AM, THE PODIUM IS YOURS. GOOD EVENING. 
          THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING ME JUST A FEW MINUTES TO PRESENT THE FAIRBORN CITY SCHOOLS STRATEGIC PLAN. I APPRECIATE THE TIME AND WORK SESSION AS WELL. AM I JUST PUSHING THE GO? THERE WE GO. 
          SO WE ACTUALLY PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY ON FEBRUARY 17TH WITH OUR ROLLOUT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          BUT WE HAVE TAKEN THE SHOW ON THE ROAD AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET IN FRONT OF AS MANY GROUPS AS WE CAN TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION. 
          BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE IT REALLY DEFINES WHO WE ARE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WHERE WE'RE GOING OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. SO OUR DISTRICT STRATEGIC PLAN CREATES A ROADMAP, A NORTH STAR, IF YOU WILL, OF WHAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH BETWEEN NOW AND 2030. IT ALSO INCLUDES OUR PORTRAIT OF A SKYHAWK INITIATIVE, WHICH I WILL EXPLAIN IN JUST A MOMENT AND THEN. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE CREATED SMART GOALS AND KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS TO HELP US MEASURE OUR GROWTH AND ULTIMATELY, ACCOMPLISHMENT. 
          OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN. SO I WOULD LIKE TO START OUT BY JUST GOING OVER THE FOUR PILLARS THAT WE IDENTIFIED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN. WHICH WE FELT WOULD HAVE THE MOST IMPACT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A WHOLE. AND THOSE ARE TEACHING AND LEARNING, FUTURE READY SKILLS, STUDENT LIFE AND EXPERIENCES, AND OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY. 
          NOW, WITHIN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, AND I HAVE A HALF SHEET, IF ANYONE TONIGHT IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE ONE, I HAVE A HALF SHEET. 
          WITH A QR CODE THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE DIGITAL VERSION OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          ON PAGE FIVE OF THAT STRATEGIC PLAN, YOU'RE GOING TO FIND OUR PORTRAIT OF A SKYHAWK OVERVIEW. THE PORTRAIT OF A SKYHAWK ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS, THE SKILLS, THE ATTRIBUTES THAT WE WANT TO BUILD IN STUDENTS BY THE TIME THEY GRADUATE. SO THAT THEY ARE WELL ENABLED TO GO OUT INTO THE WORLD AND BE SUCCESSFUL, WHETHER IT'S IN TRADE SCHOOL, COLLEGE, DIRECTLY INTO THE WORKFORCE, OR IN THE MILITARY. AND THOSE CHARACTERISTICS ARE ADAPTABILITY, RESPONSIBILITY, PROBLEM-SOLVING, CRITICAL THINKING, AND COMMUNICATION. 
          AND WE ARE WORKING TO EMBED THOSE STARTING AT THE EARLIEST GRADE LEVELS, PRESCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN, ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH K-12, SO THAT WHEN STUDENTS DO GRADUATE. 
          THEY HAVE SEEN THESE IN ACTION, THEY HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO PRACTICE AND BUILD ON THEM, AND THEY CAN SPEAK AS TO HOW THESE CHARACTERISTICS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN THEM. 
          THEN, IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, I BELIEVE. STARTING ON PAGE 08, WE DIVE INTO THE TEACHING AND LEARNING FOCUS AREA, AND WE LIST THERE THE DIFFERENT AREAS WITHIN THAT FOCUS AREA. THAT WE WANT TO SEE THE ACCOMPLISHMENT AND THE GROWTH HAPPEN WITHIN THE DISTRICT, WE GO ON TO FUTURE READY SKILLS. AND AGAIN, I WILL NOT READ THESE TO YOU. AS YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN FAMILIARIZED WITH THEM DURING WORK SESSION AND THE THERE ON THE SCREEN. WE MOVE 
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ON TO STUDENT LIFE AND EXPERIENCE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT PART OF THE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE IS GOES BEYOND ACADEMICS. IT IS WHAT STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THAT HELPS TO ENRICH THAT ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE. AND THEN, FINALLY, OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY, WHICH IS HOW WE RUN OUR SCHOOLS. FROM OUR FINANCES TO OUR STAFFING, TO OUR TRAINING TO MAINTENANCE OF OUR FACILITIES, THAT WOULD ALL FALL UNDER OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY. 
          NOW, THE ONE THING THAT YOU DO NOT SEE HERE IS THE COMPLEMENTARY DOCUMENT WHICH LISTS OUR SMART GOALS FOR EACH OF THOSE FOCUS AREAS AND THE SUBCATEGORIES, THE THEMES WITHIN THE FOCUS AREA, AND THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS. 
          WHICH WILL HELP US TO KNOW ARE WE ON TRACK TO ACCOMPLISH THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE SET OUT AS GOALS FOR OURSELVES. THIS IS A PLAN THAT WAS FORMULATED STARTING WITH PORTRAIT OF A SKYHAWK WITH COMMUNITY INPUT. WHEN WE TRANSITIONED INTO STRATEGIC PLANNING, WE TOOK THAT GROUP AND BROKE IT DOWN INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          KEY PLAYERS WITHIN THE DISTRICT, WITH ADMINISTRATORS, BOARD MEMBERS, AND UNION LEADERSHIP. AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE TAKING THE SHOW ON THE ROAD AND TRYING TO GET OUT AND SHARE THIS INFORMATION AS MUCH AS WE CAN. BECAUSE IT IS A FIVE-YEAR PLAN, WE LOOK AT IT AS A MARATHON. WE DID NOT WANT TO CREATE AN 18-MONTH PLAN. 
          PLAN IN WHICH WE ARE NOT ABLE TO MEET THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE SET FOR OURSELVES. AND SO, AS YOU READ THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLAN, SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE CONTAINED WITHIN IT, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SEE THEM COME TO FRUITION TO 2030. BECAUSE WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO APPROACH IT AND DO A GOOD JOB AT ALL THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS, NOT JUST THROW SOME THINGS OUT THERE AND HOPE THAT SOMETHING STICKS. WE ARE OPEN TO ANY OTHER GROUPS THAT MAY BE INTERESTED IN HEARING ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN. AND AS ALWAYS, MY OFFICE DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN. 
          IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS AND WOULD LIKE TO FURTHER TALK ABOUT THE THE STRATEGIC PLAN OR THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND SMART GOALS THAT GO WITH IT. WE ARE GETTING READY TO PUSH OUT A QUALITY PROFILE, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS A LOT OF REALLY GREAT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN OUR DISTRICT. 
          BEYOND JUST OUR FOUR-STAR REPORT CARD RATING. AND THEN THE LAST THING I JUST WANT TO ADD IS THAT. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR OUR NEW SCHOOLS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO OUR NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL OPENING IN AUGUST 2027. WHEN IT DOES, WE WILL HAVE THE NEWEST COLLECTIVE SCHOOL FACILITIES IN ALL OF THE MIAMI VALLEY, AND WE HAVE WAITED A LONG TIME IN FAIRBOURN, AND WE ARE JUST SUPER GRATEFUL. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME THIS EVENING. 
          AT THIS TIME, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE. OKAY, THANK YOU. AMY, ANY COUNCIL QUESTIONS? NOT AT THIS TIME, BUT THANK YOU, AMY, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. YOU AND THE BOARD. AMY, WE HEARD THE STORY IN WORK SESSION JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO, BUT JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS THAT I WANTED TO MAKE OUT IS THE FACT THAT YOU'RE CREATING THIS ENVIRONMENT WHERE CHARACTER COUNTS. AND YOU'RE SETTING OUR STUDENTS UP TO BE READY FOR THE WORLD. I MEAN, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. 
          AND AS I WAS TELLING TIM, THE HARD WORK COMES IN STAYING ON TASK AND WORKING THROUGH THOSE CHALLENGES. AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THAT STRATEGIC PLAN, THIS AGAIN, THIS IS A STRATEGIC PLAN. IT TAKES WORK TO GET THERE, AND THE WAY IT'S LAID OUT IS STILL A FULL-BODY APPROACH. 
          WE'RE GOING TO NEED THE COMMUNITY TO HELP US. ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU, AMY. NO QUESTIONS. NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. BUT I DO HAVE A COMMENT THAT I REALLY LOVE THE WAY YOU HAVE LAID IT OUT AS WELL. 
          LIKE MY COLLEAGUE HAS SAID, AND I LIKE THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S WELL-ROUNDED. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, I'M GOING OVER THERE. I CAN PICK THIS. I CAN PICK THIS. I CAN PICK THAT. 
          YOU KNOW, AND PEOPLE HAVE TO WONDER WHERE THEY'RE TAKING THEIR KIDS TO. MY CHILD IS GOING SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY BELIEVE IN BRINGING A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO LEARNING TO OUR SCHOLARS. 
          AND SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PUT IN IN MAKING THIS POSSIBLE, SO THAT THE CITIZENS... FAIR BONE COULD KNOW HOW TO MARKET, MARKET WHAT YOU TRYING TO PUT OUT THERE, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, THANK YOU. SO I STARTED MY WILL SAY POLITICAL CAREER AT SCHOOLS AND I AM SO INCREDIBLY HONORED TO HAVE BEEN PART OF IT. AND I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE THE CONTINUED EVOLUTION OF OUR CITY SCHOOLS, THE REEVALUATION OF THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS TODAY AND TOMORROW AND BEYOND. IT'S EVER CHANGING AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT AND THE ABILITY TO ADAPT AND CHANGE AND GROW AS WE MOVE FORWARD. BECAUSE WHAT TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY IS IS GOING TO BE OUTDATED TOMORROW. SO I APPRECIATE THE FORETHOUGHT SPENT. LIKE I SAID, TO ADAPT, 
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CHANGE AND GROW, AND THEN WE'RE BUILDING OUR, OUR FUTURE. WHETHER THEY STAY IN FAIRBORN AND BUILD THEIR FAMILY AND THEIR LIFE, OR THEY GO OUT INTO THE BIG, CRAZY WORLD. AND I'M SO PROUD OF FAIRBORN, OF FAIRBORN CITY SCHOOLS. THIS IS A GREAT TIME, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO LOOK INTO THE DETAILS OF THIS. AS WAS MENTIONED, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A DEEPER LOOK AT THIS IN THE WORK SESSION JUST BEFORE THIS MEETING. AND I THINK THAT YOU COULD NOT COME AWAY COMPLETELY IMPRESSED. IF YOU LOOK AT THIS PLAN AND ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO, THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND THE SMART GOALS TO ACHIEVE THE PLAN, TO KEEP THEM ON TRACK, IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE, IT'S WORTH A READ TO ANYONE. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE ELSE'S COMMENTS? GREAT PRESENTATION AND WORK SESSION. THIS IS REALLY A WONDERFUL DOCUMENT THAT YOU'VE ALL PREPARED FOR US. THANK YOU, TIM, FOR BEING A PART OF THIS. THERE'S AN OLD SAYING THAT AS THE SCHOOL GOES, SO THE COMMUNITY GOES, AND THIS IS REALLY EVIDENCE OF THAT STATEMENT. WE HAVE THE BEST SCHOOLS IN THE WHOLE AREA AND WE KNOW THAT NOW. AND IT'S JUST FANTASTIC TO SEE HOW ALL THE PIECES OF THE PUZZLE ARE COMING TOGETHER. 
          I'M VERY PROUD. I GET TO BRAG TO THE OTHER MAYORS IN THE AREA ABOUT OUR SCHOOLS. PLEASE DO. 
          AND IT IS SO MUCH FUN. SO I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING. NOT SO MUCH FOR US, BUT FOR OUR KIDS IN THIS COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. 
          IT'S THEIR FUTURE. AND IT'S A BRIGHT FUTURE THAT YOU HAVE HELPED THE WHOLE GROUP TO PUT THIS TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOLS AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME PRESENT, HAVE A GREAT EVENING. THANKS AMY. OKAY, MOVING ON 
          [VI.	Old Business]
TO OLD BUSINESS, OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. 
          IS THERE? A MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE 7-26 FOR THE SECOND TIME BY TITLE ONLY, SO MOVED SECOND, ALL FAVOR SAY AYE AYE OPPOSED ORDINANCE 7-26. AN ORDINANCE ACCORDING OR AMENDING CHAPTERS 547, 901, 903, 907, 912, 913, 915, AND 1323. OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF FAIRBOURN, OHIO, RELATING TO ENGINEERING DIVISION PERMITS, CONNECTION CHARGES, FEES, AND PENALTIES. 
          CITY ENGINEER MANUEL JACOBS PRESENTING. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAJOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. 
          HAPPY TO BE HERE FOR ORDINANCE 7-26. WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A WORK SESSION, BUT GIVEN THE EXTENT OF THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE GOING TO BE COVERING A LOT OF THE SAME TOPICS, WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH THE SAME EXAMPLES, AND JUST GIVE EVERYBODY THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE WORK THAT WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER IN GETTING THESE UPDATES MOVING. 
          SO I GUESS THE FIRST QUESTION THAT COMES TO MIND IS, WHY IS THIS ORDINANCE UPDATE NEEDED IN THE FIRST PLACE? AND THE REALITY IS THAT FOR SOME OF OUR PERMITTING FEES, WE HAVE NOT CHANGED THEM IN OVER 20 YEARS. OTHER FEES HAVE BEEN JUST... FROZEN IN TIME FOR DECADES AT A TIME, AND WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE THEM AND ADDRESS THEM. SO WHEN THE TASK AT HAND, YOU KNOW, WAS PASSED ON TO THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, I KNOW, YOU KNOW. BUILDING INSPECTION HAS DONE IT, FIRE HAS DONE IT, POLICE HAVE DONE IT, AND NOW HERE WE ARE WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING. WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT KIND OF GOES THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT. AND YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE IMPROVE THE PROCESS, HOW CAN WE STREAMLINE IT, AND HOW CAN WE UPDATE WHAT IS NECESSARY. SO THE GOAL HERE IS TO CREATE AN INCLUSIVE SCHEDULE OF FEES THAT CAN BE UPDATED IN A MORE REGULAR SCHEDULE. 
          AND I'LL GET INTO THE DETAILS OF HOW THAT UPGRADE PROCESS WOULD GO. THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF OUR EXISTING LANGUAGE FOR THE FEES. AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE NOTICED IS THAT, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT PERTAINS TO THE WATER AND SEWER PERMITS, IS THE FEES. FEES AND EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT IS INGRAINED IN THE LEGISLATION LANGUAGE FOR THOSE ORDINANCES. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE FIRST DOING IS KIND OF JUST REMOVING THOSE AND KIND OF STREAMLINING THE LANGUAGE OF EACH ORDINANCE. SO HOW DID WE DID? HOW DID WE GET TO THERE SO WELL? THE FIRST STEP WAS DOING AN EXTENSIVE REVIEW OF ALL APPLICABLE ORDINANCES TO VERIFY THE FEES AND CHARGES. 
          LIKE MIKE HERE JUST LISTED OUT, WE FOUND AND ESTABLISHED 19 CHANGES ACROSS EIGHT CHAPTERS OF OUR CITY ORDINANCES THAT REQUIRE UPDATES OR THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE. THESE CHANGES WERE MADE NECESSARY. 
          WE MADE NECESSARY CHANGES TO FINES AND PENALTY FEES AND LEFT THEM IN THE ORDINANCE LANGUAGE ITSELF, WHILE TAKING ALL THE PERMITTING FEES INTO THESE. 
          NEWLY ESTABLISH ENGINEERING 
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DIVISION SCHEDULE OF FEES. 
          IT'S A CENTRALIZED LOCATION WHERE ALL THE FEES THAT WE COVER AND TAKE CARE OF CAN BE PRESENTED AND LOOKED AT. SO, THIS NEWLY ESTABLISHED SCHEDULE OF FEES IS TO BE REVIEWED ANNUALLY FOR ANY APPROPRIATE REVISIONS, WHICH WOULD NEED CITY MANAGER APPROVAL. AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, OUR ORDINANCES TODAY, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A MIXED BAG. EVERY RIGHT OF WAY PERMIT DOES NOT NEED COUNCIL APPROVAL. FOR THE FEES TO BE ADJUSTED. THE LANGUAGE ON IT, AND I'M QUOTING OUR EXISTING ORDINANCE, IS. THE CITY MANAGER SHALL APPROVE A SCHEDULE OF FEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TYPE AND SIZE OF THE JOB TO BE PERFORMED. 
          ON OR ABOUT JANUARY 1ST OF EACH YEAR, THE CITY ENGINEER SHALL REVIEW AND APPROPRIATELY REVISE THE FEES AND SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL THE CITY'S NEXT ANNUAL MODIFICATION. AND WHEN THIS UPDATE PROCESS ORIGINALLY BEGAN, WE LOOKED AT THAT AND SAY, OKAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE CAN WORK WITH THAT. UNFORTUNATELY, WATER AND SEWER DIVISIONS, SINCE THE LANGUAGE IS INGRAINED ON IT, SUCH LANGUAGE IS NOT THERE. SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO ESSENTIALLY BRING ALL THE PERMITTING FEES THAT WE HAVE INTO THE SAME UMBRELLA IN TERMS OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS. SO AT THE END OF THE YEAR, I WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE OUR FEES ARE, DETERMINE IF ANYTHING NEEDS TO BE REVISED, PROPOSE THIS MIDDLE TO THE CITY MANAGER, AND HE WOULD APPROVE IT. THAT IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL THESE FEES. IT'S JUST PART OF THE CONSOLIDATION PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING IN ONE LOCATION. SO WHAT FEES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? WHAT DOES ENGINEERING ACTUALLY COVER? WHAT FEES AND PERMITS DO WE HAVE? SO BASICALLY, IT'S JUST THESE FOUR THINGS. 
          WE HAVE TRADE PERMITS, WE HAVE RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMITS, WE HAVE WATER AND SEWER PERMITS WITH CONNECTION FEES, AND WE HAVE REVOCABLE ENCROACHMENT PERMITS. SO HOW WERE THESE FEES? I'M GOING TO GET INTO EACH SECTION HERE SHORTLY, BUT HOW WERE THESE FEES THEN, HOW OUR PROPOSED UPDATES CAME TO? WELL, WE LOOK AT ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS. WE LOOKED AT KETTERING, BEAVER CREEK, SENIA, CENTERVILLE. WE LOOK AT MONTGOMERY COUNTY. WE LOOK AT GREENE COUNTY. WE LOOKED AT A WIDE NET OF JUST WHAT EVERYONE IS CHARGING FOR CONNECTION FEES, WHAT EVERYONE IS CHARGING FOR UTILITY FEES, WHAT EVERYONE'S CHARGING FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY FEES. WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE LAST TIME OUR FEES WERE INSPECTED OR WERE UPDATED OR ESTABLISHED, AND WE FACTOR IN INFLATION. 
          SOME OF THESE HAVE BEEN 20-PLUS YEARS. THE VALUE OF THE DOLLAR HAS CHANGED. THE VALUE OF LABOR AND COST AND EVERYTHING THAT IT INVOLVES, ALL THIS WORK, HAS CHANGED. SO WE NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS NEEDED. 
          AND, OF COURSE, THE ANALYSIS OF STAFF, TIME AND EQUIPMENT USED FOR INSPECTIONS AND REVIEWS. 
          ON THE WATER AND SEWER SIDE, IT WAS A LITTLE MORE STREAMLINED. 
          WE ESSENTIALLY WORKED WITH THE WATER AND SEWER DIVISION. WE LOOKED AT THE METER FACTOR SIZE TABLE THAT AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION HAS AND SUGGESTED, AND WE PRETTY MUCH FOLLOWED THE SAME GUIDANCE. SO TO GET INTO WHAT EACH SECTION IS LOOKING TO DO, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMIT. 
          SO WHEN YOU THINK RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMIT, YOU THINK SIDEWALK, YOU THINK DRIVE APPROACHES, YOU THINK CURB, YOU THINK STREET CUT. ANYTIME SOMEBODY WANTS TO EXTEND THEIR DRIVEWAY, SOMEBODY WANTS TO ADDRESS A TRIP HAZARD THAT IS CITED BY THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, SOMEBODY NEEDS TO WORK ON THEIR SANITARY LATERAL, AND THEY'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO GET INTO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. 
          THOSE ARE THE USUAL IMPACTS. 
          WHERE A RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMIT IS REQUIRED. THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON THIS IS ON PROPERTY OWNERS. THEY'RE USUALLY THE ONES THAT WILL GO OUT, HIRE A CONTRACTOR FOR DOING SOME WORK IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. THE CONTRACTOR WILL COME IN AND PULL THE PERMIT. IF THE HOMEOWNER IS KNOWLEDGEABLE ENOUGH TO DO THE WORK THEMSELVES, THEY CAN ALWAYS PULL THE PERMIT THEMSELVES AND NOT HAVE TO BE REGISTERED OR BONDED, BUT THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY ACCEPTING THE LIABILITY AT THAT POINT OF THE WORK BEING DONE TO CITY STANDARDS. THIS CHANGE, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE EXAMPLES ON IT, BUT THAT IS ESSENTIALLY THE BIGGEST GOAL ON IT. AND AS I TELL OUR STAFF, WE ALWAYS TRY TO WORK WITH HOMEOWNERS AS BEST WE CAN. 
          SO JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY IS DOING A SIDEWALK AND DRIVE APPROACH AND POSSIBLY DOING SOME ADDITIONAL WORK ON THE CURB, THAT DOES NOT MAKE IT. THREE SEPARATE PERMITS. WE ALWAYS TRY TO COVER EVERYTHING INTO ONE BLANKET. SO IF ONE PERMIT CAN COVER ALL THE INSPECTION OR ALL THE WORK THAT IS HAPPENING, IT'S JUST THE ONE FEE THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY. 
          NOW, UNLIKE THE CONCRETE WORK AND STREET CUTS THAT HOMEOWNERS TEND TO HAVE WHEN THEY'RE WORKING ON THEIR OWN PROPERTIES, WE HAVE RUN INTO UTILITY PERMITS. NOW, IF YOU LIVE HERE IN FAIRBOURN AND YOU DON'T LIVE UNDER A ROCK, YOU HAVE NOTICED THAT. 
          OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE HAVE SEEN A CONSIDERABLE EXPANSION OF UTILITY COMMUNICATION LINES BEING INSTALLED ACROSS THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE ALTA FIBER, WE HAVE METRONET, WE HAVE AT&T, ALL WANTING TO PROVIDE FIBER OPTIC INTERNET TO THEIR HOMEOWNERS. THAT USUALLY REQUIRES NEW UTILITIES AND NEW INFRASTRUCTURE BEING INSTALLED IN OUR RIGHT-OF-WAYS AND IN OUR UTILITY EASEMENTS, AND THEY COVER SWATH OF AND MILES. AND RIGHT NOW, 
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AS OUR PERMITS ARE WRITTEN, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE AN ADEQUATE WAY OF CAPTURING THAT WORK. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY'LL SUBMIT US A DOZEN SET OF PLANS, AND, YOU KNOW, COVERING AN ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE CHARGE $30. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY CAN'T PUT FOR IT. SO, AS AN EXTENSION OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMIT, WE ARE INTRODUCING A UTILITY PERMIT, AN EXTENSION OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMIT THAT WILL HOVER THE UTILITY INSTALLATION ACROSS MULTIPLE PARCELS. AND IT IS BASED ON THE LENGTH, ON THE SCOPE OF THE WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING. THIS FOLLOWS VERY SIMILAR SCHEDULE OF WHAT GREEN COUNTY DOES FOR THE UTILITY INSTALLATION. 
          THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON THIS, OBVIOUSLY, WOULD BE THE UTILITY COMPANIES. 
          THEY'RE THE ONES COMING IN WANTING TO DO ALL THIS MULTITUDE OF MILES OF WORK. WE NOW HAVE AN ADEQUATE WAY OF NOT JUST CAPTURING THE WORK FROM A REVIEW AND ADMINISTRATIVE PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, MYSELF AND HALEY WILL BE THE ONES KIND OF REVIEWING, MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE INSTALLATIONS ARE TAKING PLACE IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OR IN EASTMAN. IF THERE IS NO EASTMAN OR THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG, WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE THEM REVISE THE PLANS AND SUBMIT IT. ONCE THEY SUBMIT EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING'S APPROVED, OUR INSPECTORS HAVE TO GO OUT REGULARLY AND MAKE SURE THAT RESTORATION IS DONE CORRECTLY, THAT THE INSTALLATIONS OF HANDHOLD AND INFRASTRUCTURE IS GOING WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. 
          SOMETIMES WE HAVE CALLS AND CONCERNS AND COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS SAYING THEY... 
          DAMAGED THEIR DRIVEWAY, OR THEY'RE USUALLY OPERATING EQUIPMENT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. WE GENERALLY HAVE TO CONSTANTLY WORK WITH THESE UTILITY COMPANIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR WORK IS STICKING TO WHAT THEY SUBMITTED. AND ONCE THEY ARE COMPLETED, WE HAVE A PERMIT TO REALLY TRACK ANY AND ALL RESTORATION THAT WILL BE REQUIRED. THE WATER AND SEWER PERMIT IS PROBABLY THE MOST EXTENSIVE. 
          AND INCREASE INTO THE FEES AND THIS INCREASE OF THE EXISTING FEES MAKE PRIMARILY IS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE INFLATION OVER TIME. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO MAKE IT ABSOLUTELY CLEAR HERE, WHEN ENGINEERING DOES. A WATER AND SEWER PERMIT IS FOR NEW CONNECTIONS, THAT MEANS IT'S A NEW CONNECTION TO THE WATER MAIN OR THE SANITARY MAIN EXISTING HOMES. IF YOU HAVE A CLOCK, SANITARY LATERAL OR A COLLAPSE AND YOU'RE DOING A RESTORATION AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE MAIN, THAT DOES NOT WARRANT A NEW CONNECTION FEE. 
          IF YOU NEED TO MAKE AN UPDATE TO YOUR WATER LINE AS YOU'RE WORKING FROM THE CURB STOP TO YOUR PROPERTY, THAT DOES NOT WARRANT A CONNECTION FEE. THIS IS ONLY FOR NEW CONNECTIONS. 
          SO THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPERS, THE INVERNESS HOMES WORKING ON ARDEN, THE RYAN HOMES WORKING IN HELLSIDE, MEADOWS OR WATERFORD. THESE ARE THE ENTITIES THAT ARE GOING TO ABSORB THE COST OF THIS INCREASE. BUT IT IS A NECESSARY INCREASE BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE HAVE NOT CHANGED IT IN A VERY LONG TIME, AND EVEN AFTER THE INCREASE THAT WE ARE PROPOSING, WE ARE STILL GOING TO BE ON THE VERY LOW END COMPARED TO ADJACENT COMMUNITIES. AND I'LL HAVE SOME EXAMPLES ABOUT WHAT THOSE CHANGES, YOU KNOW, COMPARISONS LOOK LIKE. 
          SO, HERE WE GO TO THE EXAMPLES. 
          I THINK I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER IF I GOT MY SLIDES RIGHT. SO, AGAIN, RIGHT AWAY, CONCRETE APPROACH REPLACEMENT. 
          RIGHT NOW, THE CURRENT COST OF THAT PERMIT IS $30 FOR THE INSPECTION. THAT JUST BASICALLY ENSURES THAT OUR INSPECTORS GO IN, MAKE SURE THERE'S AN APPROPRIATE SUBGRADE BASE FOR THE CONCRETE TO BE PLACED ON, THAT THE FORMWORK IS ADA SPEC, AND THAT EVERYTHING IS DONE. 
          WE ALWAYS TRY TO WORK WITH THE CONTRACTOR. WE ALWAYS TRY TO GET THE INSPECTION DONE BEFORE ANYTHING. THE LAST THING WE WANT TO MAKE ANYONE DO IS PULL OUT A PIECE OF CONCRETE THAT WAS POOR. SO OUR INSPECTION HELPS THEM, HELPS US KEEP EVERYTHING DONE. 
          WE'RE GOING FROM $30 TO $60. 
          MOSTLY, IT'S JUST AN ADJUSTMENT ON INFLATION AND A LITTLE BIT OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE COST. FOR A RIGHT-OF-WAY UTILITY INSTALLATION, THIS IS THE FIRST NEW EXTENSIONAL UTILITY, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT ON THE WORK SESSION, BUT WE RECEIVED A FIBER OPTIC UNDERGROUND INSTALLATION ALONG BRENT BOULEVARD, APPROXIMATING 6,500 FEET OF UTILITY FIBER OPTIC CABLE. 
          AS IT WAS RIGHT NOW, WE ONLY HAD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMIT TO REALLY COLLECT. 
          FOR THAT WORK, AND NO OTHER WAY OF SPECIFYING IT OR CHARGE FOR MORE, SO THAT WAS ONLY THIRTY DOLLARS. HAVE WE HAD THIS NEWLY ESTABLISHED SCHEDULE? WE'RE LOOKING AT A PROPOSED COST OF SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS. THAT REALLY ALLOWS US TO KIND OF ADEQUATELY CHARGE FOR THE TIME IT TAKES US TO REVIEW. THESE PLANS GO BACK AND FORTH, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T LISTEN TO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH TWO OR THREE, SOMETIMES FOUR REVISIONS ON, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THESE COMPANIES BACK AND FORTH AND TRYING TO GET THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. SO I THINK THIS IS A MORE APPROPRIATE AND FAIR USE OF OUR TIME. AND THESE FEES ARE REALLY, YOU KNOW, ADEQUATELY PRICED FOR WHAT WE DO IN ORDER TO SERVICE THEM. WATER CONNECTION FOR A NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOME. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE ONE OF THE STEEPEST CHARGES, AND AGAIN, THIS IS FOR A NEW HOME BEING BUILT. 
          NEW CONNECTIONS TO THE WATER LINE RIGHT NOW, WATER PERMIT, THE CONNECTION CHARGE, THE BACKFLOW AND THE 
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CONSTRUCTION WATER IS 595, AND WE ARE LOOKING TO INCREASE THAT TO $1,100. SO IT'S ABOUT 500. IT'S JUST UNDER HALF OF AN INCREASE. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT, AGAIN, FOLLOWING NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR AWWA. WE HAVE REVIEWED INTERNALLY. WE HAVE LOOKED AT WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES IS, AND THIS IS STILL VERY MUCH ON THE LOW END. SO THAT'S JUST WATER CONNECTION, AND THIS IS WATER CONNECTION FOR A NEW COMMERCIAL. 
          CONSTRUCTION THAT WOULD HAVE A HIGHER CONNECTION METER, SO AS THE METER SIZES GO UP IN SIZE, THE PRICE DO GO UP CONSIDERABLY. SO FROM THIRTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS TO FORTY SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS. 
          BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, A LOT OF THESE DEVELOPERS AND BUILDERS REALLY BUILD THAT INTO THEIR CONSTRUCTION COSTS. 
          SO AS MUCH OF AN INCREASE THIS MAY SEEM, THEY WORK. YOU KNOW, ANYBODY THAT DOES CONSTRUCTION IN THE REGION? THEY'RE STILL GETTING A PRETTY GOOD DEAL FROM US. SO WATERMAINE FUTURES PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND THIS IS ONE OF THE NEW ONES, SIMILAR TO THE UTILITY PERMIT. WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF INSTANCES HERE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WHERE WE HAVE HAD UTILITY EXTENSIONS DONE IN ORDER FOR CERTAIN PROPERTIES TO CONNECT TO PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. AND WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A WAY OF INSPECTING OR CHARGING FOR THE INSPECTION THAT IT WOULD NECESSITATE. OBVIOUSLY, IF ANY WATER LINE IS GOING TO BECOME PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, WE DO HAVE A VERY HIGH INTEREST IN MAKING SURE THAT IT'S NOT ONLY BUILT TO OUR STANDARDS. 
          BUT IT HAS EVERYTHING DONE THE WAY WE NEED TO. YOU KNOW, ALL OUR SPECIFICATIONS ARE MET, SO RIGHT NOW WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE CONNECTION CHARGE THAT WAS TIED TO THAT WORK. BUT NOW WE ARE DOING A MAIN INSTALLATION INSPECTION FEED BASED ON THE LINEAR FOOT OF WATER LINE BEING EXTENDED. 
          SO, ON A PROJECT SUCH AS THE ROCKVILLE VILLA, WHERE WE INSTALL AN EXTENDED 1600 FEET OF PUBLIC UTILITY WATER LINE, OUR FEE WOULD HAVE GONE. WENT FROM $3,900 TO $13,000. AND THAT REALLY DOES COVER. AND I MEAN, WE WORK WITH AN INSPECTION, WE WENT BACK, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN EXISTING PROJECT. 
          SO WE HAD ACTUAL TIME OF HOW MUCH OUR INSPECTORS WERE THERE, WHAT WORK THEY DID, HOW LONG IT TOOK TO DO IT. AND WE KIND OF WENT BACK AND CALCULATED. 
          THIS FEE WOULD BE AN ADEQUATE USE OF NOT JUST OUR TIME, BUT THEIR TIME ON THE FIELD TO COVER THIS WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS DONE CORRECTLY. AND THAT'S REALLY IT I'LL HAVE AS FAR OF EXAMPLES. AS ALWAYS, I'M ALWAYS HERE FOR QUESTIONS OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, BUT ENGINEERING DIVISION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 7-26. THANK YOU, MANUEL. ORDINANCE 7-26 REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS ORDINANCE, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. CITY MANAGER, MAYOR, COUNCIL, GOOD EVENING. 
          JAMES BAKER, 427 GRANT STREET. BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF FAIRBORN FOR 15 YEARS. I'M HERE TONIGHT AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT THE PROPOSED PERMIT INCREASE PRESENTED DURING THE WORK SESSION BY MANUEL AND THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. BEFORE I GET INTO MY CONCERNS, I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, AND I MEAN IT. I HAVE NO DISRESPECT WHATSOEVER TOWARDS MANUEL OR HIS STAFF. IT'S CLEAR THAT THEY PUT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME AND HARD WORK INTO THE PROPOSAL, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. MY CONCERNS ARE NOT ABOUT THE PEOPLE. THEY'RE ABOUT THE PROPOSAL ITSELF. I ALSO WANT TO BE UPFRONT ABOUT SOMETHING. I UNDERSTAND HOW THE WORLD WORKS. I UNDERSTAND THE COST OF LIVING INCREASE. I UNDERSTAND INFLATION. I KNOW THAT NOTHING STAYS THE SAME FOREVER. MY FIRST CONCERN IS COMPARISON. I MIGHT HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD HEARING HIM AGAIN TONIGHT FROM TWO WEEKS AGO. 
          BUT WE WERE TOLD THAT HUBER HEIGHTS AND BEAVER CREEK, GREEN COUNTY, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, WERE USED AS BENCHMARKS FOR WHAT OUR FEES SHOULD BE. 
          BOTH OF THOSE CITIES HAVE OVER 10,000 MORE RESIDENTS THAN FAIRBORN, AND BOTH ARE EXPERIENCING FAR MORE COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION THAN WE ARE. MY SECOND CONCERN IS THAT IF THESE FEES HAVEN'T BEEN REVIEWED IN 20 YEARS. THAT IS AN ADMINISTRATION ISSUE, NOT SOMETHING OUR RESIDENTS SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR ALL AT ONCE. 
          THE REASONABLE APPROACH IS A GRADUAL, PHASED INCREASE, NOT A SUDDEN DOUBLING ACROSS THE BOARD. WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY BIGGEST CONCERN. THE IMPACT ON EVERYDAY RESIDENTS. 
          WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT CORPORATIONS HERE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HOMEOWNER WHO WANTS TO WIDEN THEIR DRIVEWAY. OR PUT IN A FENCE IN THEIR BACKYARD. 
          REGULAR PEOPLE JUST TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR PROPERTY. DOUBLING PERMIT FEES WILL MAKE SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE THINK TWICE. 
          APPROACH THERE'S A REASONABLE 
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PATH FORWARD. A HIGHER INCREASE ON COMMERCIAL SIDE MAKES SENSE, CONTRACTORS AND LARGE CORPORATIONS HAVE BUDGETS TO ABSORB IT, BUT THE RESIDENT RESIDENTIAL HOMEOWNER IS A VERY DIFFERENT POSITION. I ASKED AT THE COUNCIL REQUEST A REVISED PROPOSAL. I'M NOT ASKING FOR FEES TO NOT CHANGE, I'M ASKING FOR FAIRNESS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE, RESPECTFULLY, JAMES BAKER. IF IF I MISSED SOMETHING, I'D LIKE FOR MY MEN, WELL, TO EXPLAIN IT TO ME, JUST SO I'M CLEARER ON IT. 
          BUT I'VE HAD WORK DONE AT MY HOUSE, I'VE HAD MY WIFE DRIVEWAY WIDENED, I PUT UP FENCES, I'VE GOT ALL MY PERMITS, I'VE DONE EVERYTHING I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO. I THINK THAT SOME OF THE CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE CAME OUT THERE MIGHT NOT HAVE WANTED CAME OUT. I MIGHT NOT HAVE WANTED TO HAVE DONE THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT I'VE DONE AT MY HOUSE. SO IF HE'D LIKE TO ADD, I'D BE MORE THAN WELCOME TO HEAR THAT BY YES, IT IS A CONSIDERABLE CHANGE. 
          WE HAD DISCUSSED INTERNALLY BRIEFLY THE PROCESS OF DOING GRADUAL, AND IF THAT IS COUNCIL'S WISHES, WE COULD EXPLORE THAT AS WE BUILDING INSPECTION AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND HAD DONE, WE HAD FELT THE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO START NOW AND JUST MAKE THESE CHANGES. FOR A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS, WHICH ARE THE BIGGEST CONCERN, WE REALLY ARE TALKING $30 TO $60. SO THAT IS, YES, IT IS A DOUBLING OF THE CHARGE, BUT IT'S STILL, I DON'T THINK IT'S ASKING A LOT COMPARED TO WHAT WE ARE ASKING NOW. 
          YES, IT'S A DOUBLE, BUT THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE SEE IT. BUT, AS ALWAYS, I'M WILLING TO REEVALUATE. I'M WILLING TO TAKE CONSIDERATION. 
          REALLY, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO DO HERE IS KIND OF UNIFY AND CENTRALIZE WHERE ALL OUR FEES ARE AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE REVISIONS. SO IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. 
          AND WE CAN MAKE REVISIONS AT THE BEHEST OF COUNCIL. OR WE RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT THESE FEES ARE REALLY GENUINELY IMPACTING IT, A REVISION OF A FEE DOESN'T MEAN IT HAS TO GO ONE WAY. THE SAME WAY WE'RE INCREASING THEM, MAYBE WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS BACK. 
          THERE ARE OTHER WAYS OF EVALUATING AND LOOKING AT IT. AND JUST TO KIND OF GET YOU SOME NUMBERS ON IT, LIKE LAST YEAR ALONE, WE HAD 44 RESIDENTIAL NEW WATER AND SEWER CONNECTIONS. WE HAD TWO COMMERCIAL NEW SEWER AND WATER CONNECTIONS. WE HAD 55 REPAIRS, 58, I'M SORRY, 58 WATER REPAIRS, 58 SEWER REPAIRS. WE HAD 73 CURB SIDEWALK APPROACH INSPECTIONS. 
          SO THESE ARE FEES THAT DO GENERALLY COME THROUGH HERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, AND 75 UTILITY RIGHT OF WAY TIED TO. UTILITY INSPECTION. SO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE COMING THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, THEY NEED THE GUIDANCE, THEY WANT TO FOLLOW OUR SPECIFICATIONS, THEY WANT TO GO ABOUT IT THE RIGHT WAY, YOU KNOW, SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, JIMMY SAYS, WE GENUINELY APPRECIATE WHEN SOMEBODY COMES IN AND DO THE PERMITS INSTEAD OF TRYING TO DO THE WORK THEMSELVES. 
          IT'S CERTAINLY, IT'S MUCH EASIER TO WORK THAT WAY. SO I, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TAKEN THEIR, YOU KNOW, THAT POSITION OF. THIS IS A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE, ESPECIALLY IN THE WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT. 
          BUT WE FELT IT WAS ADEQUATE TO MAKE THE CHANGE NOW. OR AT LEAST START, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE GROUNDWORK FOR HOW THESE CHANGES NEED TO BE IMPLEMENTED AND REVISED IN THE FUTURE. 
          BEFORE MOVING ON. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M BRINGING TO YOU. IF ANYTHING NEEDS TO BE CHANGED OR MODIFIED, THAT'S YOUR CALL. SEE IF WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS. 
          YEAH. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO ORDINANCE 7-26, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. OKAY, SEEING NO ONE ELSE COME FORWARD? WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR QUESTIONS, STARTING WITH COUNCILMAN DUNN. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. A COUPLE COMMENTS, THOUGH. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU THAT IT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE A WHILE AGO, THAT WASN'T. AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR TAKING THE EFFORT AND PUTTING IT TOGETHER. THE ONE ITEM THAT I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST WITH THE CITY MANAGER IS THAT AFTER A YEAR, WE LOOK AT IT AGAIN AND SEE IF WE DO NEED, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU CAN ALWAYS GO BACK DOWN AND SEE IF THINGS NEED TO BE ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY. 
          OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK IT'S A NEEDED ITEM. 
          OKAY, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. I DO BELIEVE THAT AFTER 20 YEARS, THINGS PROBABLY DO NEED TO BE REBALANCED AND LOOKED AT. 
          MR. BAKER, I APPRECIATE YOUR 
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COMMENTS. AND RELATIVE TO HOW WE DO THAT, AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE THIS BURDENSOME ON OUR RESIDENTS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PROCESS, RIGHT? AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THAT WHERE EVERY YEAR YOU'LL LOOK AT AT LEAST AREAS OR CERTAIN AREAS, MAYBE NOT A WHOLESALE EVERY LAST ONE OF THESE PARTICULAR CHAPTERS. 
          BUT. BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE A PROCESS TO FOLLOW SO THAT WE DON'T FIND OURSELVES, 20 YEARS LATER, TRYING TO NOT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BEHIND A POWER CURVE. AND IT BECOMES THIS LOOK AS IF IT'S GOING TO BE PAINFUL FOR THE RESIDENTS. I DO AGREE THAT AFTER 20 YEARS. AND THEN WE ALSO THAT THE BASELINE IS IS ACTUALLY THE SURROUNDING AREAS, HOW ARE OTHER SURROUNDING AREAS LOOK AT IT? AND WE DO A PERCENTAGE OF THAT. SO OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR A MINUTE, SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING MANUAL. THANK YOU. NO. I STRONGLY AGREE WITH MY CASE, REST OF MY COLLEAGUES, HOWEVER, I ALSO AGREE WITH MR. BAKER IN HIS COMMENTS. I DO THINK THAT FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT CHOOSE TO DO THEIR OWN WORK. THAT, WELL, ACTUALLY BASED ON THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME THAT'S IN FAIRBORN, THAT WE NEED TO STRONGLY LOOK AT HOW WE INCREASE THOSE COSTS. I KNOW THAT IT SEEMS TO SOME PEOPLE THAT DOUBLING IT DOES NOT SEEM MUCH, BUT FOR SOME SENIORS WHO ARE IN FIXED INCOME AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IT COULD BE JUST OVER THAT THRESHOLD. SO I DO THINK THAT WE KIND OF NEED TO RECONSIDER THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT AND MAYBE TWEAK IT IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. BECAUSE SOME OF US, IT'S LIKE, OKAY, $30 IS NOT MUCH MONEY. BUT TO SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE IN FIXED INCOME, I CAN SEE WHERE THAT COULD BE RELEVANT. 
          BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK YOU DID A WONDERFUL JOB ON PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. I THINK THAT IT'S A LONG TIME COMING. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN YEARS AGO. AND YOU'VE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB. REALLY GOOD JOB IN ACTUALLY MAKING THAT COMPARISON WITH THE OTHER PLACES AND TOWNS AROUND US. AND BUT I DO THINK THAT WE ALSO SHOULD MAYBE KIND OF LOOK AT THAT AGAIN. THAT PART WHERE MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMEOWNERS ACTUALLY DO A LOT OF WORK THEMSELVES AND THAT COULD BE. AND THEY DO IT BECAUSE THEY PROBABLY DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING TO HIRE A CONTRACTOR TO DO THE WORK. ALL RIGHT, I DO AGREE THAT THE CHANGES ARE LONG, LONG OVERDUE. AND, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME YOU HAVE A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP, WHETHER IT'S MANUEL NEW TO HIS ROLE, MIKE NEW TO HIS ROLE, GAPS ARE ALWAYS FOUND. 
          PROCESSES ARE FOUND TO BE BROKEN. AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE STEPS FORWARD IN FIXING A GAP THAT WAS FOUND AS LEADERSHIP CHANGES. AND IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE. AS A HOMEOWNER IN THE CITY. YOU KNOW, NOBODY LIKES TO SEE PRICES GO UP, BUT IT IS THE UNFORTUNATE SIDE OF BUSINESS. SO, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT ESTABLISHING THE PROCESS OF REEVALUATING EACH YEAR, WILLINGNESS TO STEP BACK IF WE FIND THAT THE INCREASES ARE A HINDRANCE TO PROGRESS, OR THAT THEY'RE JUST OUT OF BOUNDS WITH WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. 
          FORGIVE ME, BUT I DO BELIEVE THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THESE CHANGES WILL IMPACT NEW HOMES AND CONTRACTORS, CORRECT? THE BULK OF IT IS TIED TO NEW CONNECTIONS. YEAH, THE BIGGEST INCREASE ARE ON THE WATER AND SEWER SIDE, SO YES, THOSE WERE PRIMARILY IMPACTING. 
          THEY WOULD IMPACT, JUST FOR CLARITY, ON AN EXISTING RESIDENCE OR A HOMEOWNER IF THEY WANT TO DO AN IRRIGATION METER. IF THEY WANT TO ADD AN IRRIGATION METER, LIKE IF THEY WANT TO ADD A NEW CONNECTION FOR OTHER REASONS, THOSE NEW FEES WOULD IMPACT THEM AT THAT POINT. RIGHT, OKAY. OKAY, AWESOME. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MAMA. 
          YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK. I THINK IT'S BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE DOING THE WORK. 
          AT ONE POINT IN TIME, THE FEE WAS SET TO COVER THE COST OF THE WORK. YEAH. AND THEN IT DIDN'T GET LOOKED AT FOR REAL. GRADUALLY, ANY MORE EFFORT, YOU KNOW, BY THE CITY COVERING. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT 
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TO ME THAT WE DO THAT, THAT WHEN WE KNOW AND WE KNOW THE COST OF THE WORK, THAT WE SHOULD COVER IT. AND I WANT TO THANK JIMMY FOR BRINGING IT UP. AND WHERE WE LAST TIME? AND THEN? SO I REACHED OUT TO MIKE AND THEN MANUEL ANSWERED WITH A VERY DETAILED EXPLANATION FOR THAT. THE DIFFERENCE FROM THE 30 TO THE $60, WHERE HE WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO SHOW, LIKE THE PIECES, THAT.AND INTO THAT PERMIT AND THE DOLLARS PER HOUR OF THE LABOR, LIKE, WENT RIGHT DOWN TO THAT, WHICH WAS RIGHT. I USED TO BE AN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER AND THAT WAS PART OF MY JOB ALL THE TIME. SO I COMPLETELY, LIKE, APPRECIATE THAT, THAT'S THE WAY THAT YOU DID THAT. AND THAT THAT IS THE WAY THAT YOU DID THAT. RIGHT. I MEAN, I KNOW THE BULLET POINTS UP THERE LISTED A COUPLE THINGS, LIKE, YES, WE LOOKED AT OTHER CITIES TO SEE HOW FAR WE MIGHT BE OFF. 
          BUT WHEN IT REALLY CAME DOWN TO IT, YOU WERE BASING THIS ON THE ACTUAL WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO AND COVERING THE LABOR COSTS AND MATERIAL COSTS, CORRECT? OKAY. YEAH, WE DID LOOK AT EVERYTHING. SO I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THIS ISN'T LIKE, BECAUSE WHEN COVID HAPPENED, WE PROBABLY ALL KNEW THERE WAS A THING CALLED GREENFLATION, RIGHT? THERE WERE COMPANIES THAT LEGITIMATELY HAD TO RAISE THEIR COSTS, AND THEN THERE WERE OTHER COMPANIES JUST WATCHING AND SAYING, OH, WELL, THEY'RE GOING TO INCREASE THEIR COSTS, SO WE WILL. 
          BUT THAT'S NOT MY IMPRESSION OF WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE, THAT WE'RE BASICALLY JUST BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE HERE, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. I DO LIKE THE IDEAS THAT CAME UP TODAY, THOUGH, ABOUT LOOKING AT IT AGAIN IN A YEAR, JUST TO SEE. AND THEN. SO, ONE OTHER QUESTION, THEN YEAH, BECAUSE ANY TIME UP UNTIL NOW, WHEN? WHEN THIS WOULD HAPPEN, IT WOULD COME TO COUNCIL AND COUNCIL WILL REVIEW IT. AND IT'S MONEY THAT GETS SPENT, YOU KNOW, BY CITIZENS, SO WHEN IT'S WHEN IT SWITCHES TO THIS. I SEE IT IN THERE THAT IT SAYS, THEN THE CITY MANAGER APPROVES IT, BUT WILL THAT STILL COME BEFORE COUNCIL? SO IT WILL BE IN A PUBLIC MEETING? SO THERE'S LIKE A PUBLIC AWARENESS IN THE FUTURE WHEN FEES GO UP? SO FROM LANGUAGE ON THE ORDINANCE, WE'RE LOOKING TO ADOPT THE RIGHT AWAY PERMIT, THE EXISTING POLICY, WHICH WOULD GO JUST TO THE CITY MANAGER. SO NO, IT WOULD NOT GO TO COUNCIL FOR REVIEW AT EVERY TIME. I'M SURE WE CAN. 
          BUILD THAT INTO EITHER WORK SESSION, YOU KNOW, TO PROVIDE FURTHER COUNCIL FEEDBACK. I MEAN, MIKE, IT WOULD BE ULTIMATELY HIS DECISION ON HOW HE WANTS TO APPROACH IT. AND IF, YOU KNOW, WE STILL FEEL THAT. IF HE STILL WANTS TO KIND OF KEEP COUNCIL INVOLVED OR GO THROUGH A MORE PUBLIC-FACING FEEDBACK PERIOD. AT THE END OF THE YEAR ON, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE PERMITS ARE, WE CAN DEFINITELY APPROACH IT. 
          THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A NEW WAY OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THINGS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF, JUST KIND OF CLARIFY THIS HERE, THE LANGUAGE THAT WE ARE APPROVING TODAY AND ESTABLISHING ALL THE FEES AND EVERYTHING MEANS THAT. 
          SHOULD IT PASSES, THE FIRST UPDATE ON THE FEES WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE ADOPTED ON A MONTH FROM NOW. WHICH MEANS THAT AS PART OF THIS APPROVAL, THIS ENGINEERING DIVISION SCHEDULE OF FEES THAT I AM PROPOSING WILL BE SUBMITTED TO MITE. SO IF ANY OF THESE FEES, LIKE THE RIGHT OF WAY PERMIT, WE WANT TO MAKE A REVISION ON IT OR MAKE A FINAL DECISION ON IT, WE STILL CAN. JUST BECAUSE THESE ARE THE PROPOSED PRICES DOESN'T MEAN THEY ARE HARD LUCK ON THE LEGISLATION THAT WE ARE APPROVING. THIS IS THE EXACT PROCESS THAT WE ARE DOING TO ALLOW US THE FLEXIBILITY OF MAKING CHANGES WHEN NEEDED. 
          SO YOU APPROVE THE ORDINANCES UPDATE, THE ENGINEERING DIVISION SCHEDULE DRAFT IS FINALIZED, IT GOES TO MIKE FOR APPROVAL AND IT WOULD BE ADOPTED. YOU KNOW, GOING INTO EFFECT IN A MONTH FROM NOW, ONCE THE LEGISLATION PASSES. 
          SO FROM HERE TO THEN, IF WE WANT TO TAKE ONE FINAL LOOK AT THE FEES AND MAYBE TAKE A GRADUAL APPROACH. OR, YOU KNOW, WE STILL CAN. YOU KNOW, WE CAN STILL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE FEES BASED ON MY OWN RESEARCH, ON OUR STAFF RESEARCH, AND, YOU KNOW, AS I'VE SHOWN. SO WE DO FEEL $60 IS FAIR FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT WE PUT IN, AS SIMPLE AS IT IS SOMETIMES. 
          BUT THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE DETERMINED. I'M GOING TO SUBMIT IT TO MIKE FOR FINAL APPROVAL AND WE CAN GO FROM THERE. MY QUESTION, IT WASN'T THAT, I THINK, REMEMBER, IT WAS MORE OF A THING. IT'S SOMETHING THAT IT WAS. TRANSPARENCY IS BIG 
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FOR ME. NOT ALL THE PEOPLE. 
          THERE'S, YOU KNOW, MANY. 
          UNDERSTOOD. OKAY, COOL. THANK YOU. THIS IS A TOUGH ONE, MANUEL. I KNOW YOU PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THIS. A LOT OF COMMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE ABOUT THIS. I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS MADE BY MR. BAKER. 
          THERE'S TWO SIDES TO THIS. 
          ONE, WE WAITED WAY TOO LONG FOR THIS TO HAPPEN, AND IT'S TIME TO GET CAUGHT UP. PART OF IT IS THE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY EXPECT US TO BE CAUGHT UP, AND WE'RE AMISS ON THIS ONE. 
          SO I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE GET CAUGHT UP. FUTURE INCREASES, YES, LIKE YOU SAID, LOOK AT THEM ANNUALLY, LOOK AT THEM WHEN SITUATIONS CHANGE, WHEN EXPENDITURES CHANGE, WHATEVER, WHETHER WE GO UP OR MAYBE EVEN DOWN, DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES. SO AGAIN, APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS. THANK YOU. OKAY, AT THIS POINT, IS THERE A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULE REQUIRING THAT ORDINANCES BE READ ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS AND ORDINANCE? 7-26 BE READ FOR THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY. SO MOVED SECOND. 
          JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          MR. EASTER YES, MR. ALLEN YES, YES, MR. DODD YES, MR. MCCUBBINS YES, YES, MR. BURKHEAD YES. ORDINANCE 7-26 IN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTERS 547, 901, 903, 907, 912, 913, 915, 1323. THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF FAIRBORN, OHIO, RELATING TO ENGINEERING DIVISION PERMITS, CONNECTION CHARGES, FEES, AND PENALTIES. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 7-26? SO MOVED. SECOND. YOU THOUGHT YOU WOULD? OKAY, PLEASE. MR. ALLEN? YES. MR. DODD? YES. MS. CHESS? YES. 
          MR. MCEVANS? YES. MS. REISTER? YES. MS. STANTON? YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK? YES. 
          ORDINANCE 7-26 IS DULY ADOPTED. 
          OKAY, NEXT, WHEN WE MOVE ON, IS THERE A MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE 8-26 FOR THE SECOND TIME BY TITLE ONLY? SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ORDINANCE 8-26, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 913.03 OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES. CITY OF FAIRBORN, OHIO, RELATING TO WATER RATE CHANGES. 
          JANELLE ROGOWSKI, ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR, PRESENTING. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. TONIGHT, I'M PRESENTING A PROPOSED ADJUSTMENT TO THE CITY'S WATER RATES. 
          THIS PROPOSAL FOCUSES SPECIFICALLY ON THE WATER PORTION OF OUR UTILITY BILLING AND DOES NOT IMPACT ANY SEWER OR SANITATION CHARGES CURRENTLY. ORDINANCE 0826 PROPOSES THE ADOPTION OF A ONE-YEAR ADJUSTMENT. 
          OF 14% TO THE CITY'S WATER RATE. 
          WATER RATES FOR THE UTILITY OR THE CITY'S UTILITY CUSTOMERS ARE ESTABLISHED BY CHAPTER 913-03 OF THE FAIRBAIRN CODIFIED ORDINANCES. THE CURRENT RATE ESTABLISHED IS 3.66 PER 100 CUBIC FEET OF WATER USAGE. 
          THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE, WE ARE SEEKING TO INCREASE THE RATE TO $4.17 PER CUBIC FEET OF WATER USAGE. ALL OTHER UTILITY RATES WILL REMAIN THE SAME. FIRST, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY RATE ADJUSTMENTS ARE NECESSARY. ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS FOR THIS PROPOSED ADJUSTMENT IS TO ENSURE THE LONG-TERM RELIABILITY OF OUR WATER SYSTEM. 
          LIKE MANY COMMUNITIES, WE ARE MANAGING AGING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT REQUIRES ONGOING REPAIRS AND UPGRADES, IN ADDITION TO RISING COSTS OF OPERATIONS. THIS ADJUSTMENT WILL ALSO HELP ENSURE THAT OHIO EPA REGULATORY STANDARDS AND MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE RESERVE LEVELS WITHIN OUR WATER FUND. 
          STRENGTHENING THIS FUND ALLOWS THE CITY TO PLAN FOR FUTURE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, WHILE REDUCING THE NEED TO RELY ON BORROWING FOR MAJOR PROJECTS. SO LET'S CLARIFY WHAT OUR RESIDENTS SEE ON OUR MONTHLY BILLING. THE TYPICAL UTILITY BILL INCLUDES THREE PRIMARY SERVICES, WATER, SEWER, TRASH, AND RECYCLING COLLECTION. THE PROPOSED ADJUSTMENT WILL ONLY 
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APPLY TO THE WATER RATE. SEWER CHARGES, SANITATION COSTS WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED THROUGH THE 2026. SO WATER USAGE IS MEASURED SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT MOST RESIDENTS EXPECT. WHILE MANY PEOPLE THINK ABOUT WATER USAGE IN GALLONS, OUR SYSTEM BUILDS IN CUBIC FEET. ONE CUBIC FEET EQUALS 7.48 GALLONS. 
          FOR CONTEXT, THE NATIONAL AVERAGE WATER USAGE FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR RANGES. 
          BETWEEN ROUGHLY 9,000 AND 12,000 GALLONS A MONTH, OR 01,200 TO 16 CUBIC FEET. AND AGAIN, OUR RATE CURRENTLY IS $3. DOLLARS AND 66 CENTS. SO HERE'S AN AVERAGE SO DIFFERENT AREAS WITHIN THE CITY AND WHAT THEIR AVERAGE USAGES ARE. SO, OUR PROPOSED RATE INCREASE OF 14% THE AVERAGE INCREASE TO THE WATER PORTION OF A CUSTOMER UTILITY BILL IS ROUGHLY AN INCREASE OF TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS TO FIVE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS PER MONTH. 
          AFTER OUR RATE INCREASE, RESIDENTS UTILITY BILLING WILL STILL BE BELOW THE REGIONAL AVERAGE. AN AVERAGE THREE-MONTH BILLING CYCLE PER THE ANNUAL PICWA RATE STUDY WAS $163.22. HIGHER VOLUME NEIGHBORHOODS, LIKE THOSE ON THE DAYTON YELLOW SPRINGS AREA, WOULD BE BELOW THIS AT AN AVERAGE OF $134.13 FOR A QUARTERLY BILLING. SOME RESIDENTS ALSO ASK ABOUT WHAT OTHER FEES ARE ON THE UTILITY BILL. THE FIRST COLUMN YOU SEE IS WHAT THEY ARE CHARGED. FOR THEIR SEWER. THIS IS FOR THE TREATMENT OF THE WASTE THAT IS COLLECTED AND DELIVERED TO THE WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY. 
          ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, WATER, AND SEWER HELP FUND THE STAFF WHO MANAGE OUR BILLING OPERATIONS. 
          THIS INCLUDES PAYMENT PROCESSING, ANSWERING CUSTOMER INQUIRIES, AND MAINTAINING OUR UTILITY BILLING SOFTWARE. 
          REGARDING SANITATION, THE CITY'S CURRENT GARBAGE COLLECTION CONTRACT WITH RUMKE RUNS THROUGH THE DECEMBER 31ST OF 2026. SO, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING BIDS TO SELECT A NEW VENDOR FOR A NEW FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT TO ENSURE CONTINUED SERVICE. 
          THIS CURRENT CHARGE FOR CUSTOMERS IS $24.16 PER MONTH. NONE OF THESE CHARGES WILL BE AFFECTED WITH THIS RATE ADJUSTMENT. SO IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO LOOK TO SEE HOW OUR RATES COMPARE TO OTHER COMMUNITIES. 
          ACCORDING TO THE PICWA ANNUAL RATE SURVEY, FAIRBOURN'S CURRENT WATER RATES ARE AMONG THE LOWEST IN THE REGION. THAT'S THE YELLOW SECTION THERE. A FEW OF THE COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THE SURVEY ARE DAYTON, VANDALIA, RIVERSIDE, GREEN, AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. WE ARE FAR BELOW ALL OF THEIR BILLINGS, WITH AN AVERAGE PER QUARTER AVERAGE OF $125.55 PER CUSTOMER. SO, EVEN WITH OUR PROPOSED RATE ADJUSTMENT, OUR RATES WILL REMAIN COMPETITIVE WITH ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITIES. SO, IN SUMMARY, THIS... PROPOSAL IS ADJUSTING STRICTLY OUR WATER RATE WHILE MAINTAINING SEWER AND SANITATION CHARGES AS THEY ARE TODAY FOR THE REMAINDER OF 2026. THIS RATE ADJUSTMENT HELPS ENSURE THAT THE CITY CONTINUES PROVIDING RELIABLE WATER SERVICE WHILE KEEPING OUR RATES COMPETITIVE WITHIN THE REGION. THEREFORE, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING A PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE 08-26. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          ORDINANCE 8-26 ALSO REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING. SO ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO ORDINANCE 8-26, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. JAMES DOUGLAS, CHESTNUT 3RD, 455 CORONADO DRIVE. JUST A QUICK QUESTION. 
          WHEN WAS THE LAST RATE INCREASE? 10% RATE INCREASE. 
          SO WE ACTUALLY HAD A 10% RATE INCREASE IN 2025, AND ACTUALLY FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS THE RATE HAS INCREASED 10%, BUT PRIOR TO THAT, THE LAST INCREASE WAS IN 2014. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF CURRENT. AND MY NEXT QUESTION, HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH 14%? WHY NOT 2%, 3%? SO WE HAVE A TECHNICAL MEMO THAT WAS GIVEN TO US BY A... OUTSIDE CONSULTANT ON ARCADIS, IT'S ABOUT EIGHT PAGES OF A LOT OF TECHNICAL WORDING. AND THEIR ACTUAL RECOMMENDATION TO US WAS A 12.6 INCREASE. AND AFTER RUNNING THE NUMBERS, IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR WATER FUND WAS IN VIABLE CONDITION. AND WE 
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FELT LIKE THE MINIMAL INCREASE. 
          I THINK WE HAD FIGURED IT OUT BETWEEN THE 12.6 AND THE 14% INCREASE WAS LIKE A 30 CENT DIFFERENCE. SO WE FELT LIKE BY RAISING IT TO THE 14%, IT WOULD DEFINITELY HELP STABILIZE OUR WATER FUND, AND THAT'S WHY WE DECIDED TO GO WITH THE 14%. OKAY, ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO ORDINANCE 8-26? JAMES BAKER, 427 GRANT STREET. I APPRECIATE THIS QUESTION. 
          EXCUSE ME. I WAS AT THE WORK SESSION. I SAW THE CHARTS AND EVERYTHING WHEN THAT WAS GOING. 
          I GUESS MY QUESTION FOR HER IS IF SHE COULD EXPLAIN TO THE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T GO TO THE WORK SESSION. OR THAT'S HERE TONIGHT, OR WATCHING FROM HOME WHERE THE ADMINISTRATION FEES GO. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE GOES TO TOWARDS THE PEOPLE WHO ANSWER THE PHONE CALLS WHEN THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR BILLING, THE PEOPLE WHO PROCESS THE BILLS THEMSELVES, ALSO THE PEOPLE WHO MAN THE WINDOWS WHEN PEOPLE COME IN AND PAY THEIR WATER BILLS. 
          THEY ALSO DO A LOT OF MAINTENANCE TO OUR SOFTWARE TO MAKE SURE IT'S RUNNING CORRECTLY, DOING RECONCILIATION AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES HELP FUND THAT OPERATION. THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO ORDINANCE 8-26, PLEASE COME FORWARD. OKAY, SEEING NO ONE ELSE COME FORWARD. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR QUESTIONS, STARTING WITH COUNCILMAN CHESTER. YEAH, I THINK YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF HARD WORK ON THIS, BUT I GUESS MY QUESTION IS IN THE FUTURE. 
          FOR YOUR FUTURE GOALS, DO YOU PLAN ON INCREASING THE OTHER ONES IN THE NEAR FUTURE? WELL, WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF DOING THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND ONCE THAT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS PUT IN PLACE, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE RATES BASED ON THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS THAT WE WILL HAVE. SO THOSE WILL BE ADJUSTED ACCORDING TO THAT PLAN AND HOW WE WANT TO, IF TERRY WANTS TO. TO ADDRESS THAT. SO I WANTED TO COME DOWN AND I THINK MOST EXPLAIN TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING, ABSOLUTELY. TERRY ATKINS, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. SO WATER AND SEWER HAS TO BE 100% SELF-SUFFICIENT, CORRECT? SO YOU SEE THAT DIFFERENCE IN WHAT YOU'RE PAYING FOR WATER, YOU SEE WHAT YOU'RE PAYING FOR SEWER, SO WATER PAYS FOR WATER, SEWER PAYS FOR SEWER. WE HAVE HAD 10% INCREASES JUST IN THE LAST SEVERAL OR A COUPLE YEARS, BUT YEARS BEFORE THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT 1% INCREASES. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. WE HAVE NOT KEPT UP RIGHT, AND SO EVEN PRIOR COVID CHEMICALS, REPAIR PARTS TO DO ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO. WE KNOW HOW EXPENSIVE UTILITIES ARE, TO FIX THEM, REPLACE THEM IS VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE. THE DIFFERENCE WITH THE 12% AND THE 14%, THE WAY I LOOK AT THAT, IS WE COULD HAVE DONE WHAT? THE RECOMMENDATION, AND THAT'S BASED ON THAT WATER MASTER PLAN, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING IN THE NEXT 5 TO 10 YEARS, ANY ADDITIONS, ANY NEW WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO BOOSTER STATIONS, ALL OF THAT FACTORS IN, AS FAR AS WHEN THEY'RE TELLING US WHAT THAT PERCENTAGE NEEDS TO BE. 
          SO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE SAYING 12 POINT, I THINK IT WAS... 12.6 PERCENT. BUT THEN THEY SAID, IF YOU DO THAT, THEN NEXT YEAR YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN A LARGER INCREASE. SO WE SAID, WELL, IF WE KNOW, WE HAVE TO DO THE INCREASE. 
          AND WE LOOK AT A 14 PERCENT INCREASE RIGHT NOW. AVERAGING ON A LOW IN 33 CENTS TO THE HIGH END 70, I THINK 77 CENTS. IT WAS THEN. NEXT YEAR WE DON'T HAVE TO SEE AS LARGE IN AN INCREASE. AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN OUR MASTER PLAN THAT WILL BE COMING OUT, YOU WILL SEE THAT. 
          OVER THE NEXT FIVE TO TEN YEARS, WE'RE LOOKING MORE AT THOSE DOABLE ITEMS, WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO WITHIN THE CITY TO MAKE IT BETTER WITH THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND AS THINGS ARE, IT GETS MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE EVERY YEAR. 
          AND THIS IS AN IMPACT TO OUR RESIDENTS, I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO... PERFORM THE DUTIES THAT WE DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT. WE HAVE 
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TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THOSE DEMANDS OF FUNDS THAT WE'RE SEEING TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE. I HOPE THAT HELPS. 
          YEAH, IT DOES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE THAT. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU, OKAY, I'M GONNA REPEAT THAT AND NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS. THANKS FOR THE DETAILED LOOK THAT WENT INTO THIS AND ATTENTION TO THIS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. AND I THE IDEA THAT BEING PROACTIVE. 
          BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT DIDN'T BOTHER TO RAISE THEIR RATES OR WHATEVER. AND THINGS HAPPEN AND NOW THEY'RE REALLY HURTING. SO IT'S GOOD FOR US TO BE PROACTIVE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE WHEN WE NEED TO. BECAUSE WATER LINE BREAKS HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. IT JUST, IT'S PART OF NATURE. IT HAPPENS. SO THANK YOU, TERRY. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH FOR HELPING TO EXPLAIN AND HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. WHAT I WOULD ADD ALSO, BECAUSE I THINK WE MENTIONED SOME OF THIS DURING THE MASTER PLAN WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO PASS THE BUDGET AND TALK THROUGH SOME OF THESE THINGS. 
          LOOK, AND THIS IS ACROSS ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS. 
          JUST LOOK FOR EFFICIENCIES. 
          HOW DO WE GO BACK AND DO THAT CONTINUOUS CIRCLE AND LOOK FOR EFFICIENCIES? HOW CAN WE DO THINGS BETTER? HOW CAN WE DO THINGS SMARTER? CAN WE GET IN FRONT OF THIS, THAT, OR THE OTHER? SO JUST LOOKING FOR THOSE, BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT LOOKING FOR THOSE EFFICIENCIES ALWAYS HELPS. AND THOSE ARE WINS, HONESTLY, AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE BRING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND SHARE, HERE, THIS IS WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO CUT, AND THIS IS WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO HELP. THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THE FACT THAT WHEN COVID OCCURRED, WE'VE SEEN DOUBLE, TRIPLE, AND SOMETIMES QUADRUPLE PRICES OF THESE CHEMICALS IN THE WATER AREA. OUR WATER LINES, IN LARGE PART, 50 YEARS PLUS, THEY'RE BREAKING. THEY NEED TO BE FIXED. THE COST FOR THAT INCREASES EXPONENTIALLY. 
          EVERY TIME A BREAK OCCURS. AND ALSO WE ARE A FULL SERVICE CITY, SO WE DO OUR OWN WATER. 
          THE UPSIDE TO THIS COULD BE, YOU SEE THAT WE'RE ONLY DOING A 4% INCREASE AND WE'RE STILL IN THE BOTTOM 10. IF WE WERE TO HAVE TO RELY ON MONTGOMERY COUNTY, WE'D PROBABLY BE PAYING TWICE AS MUCH MONEY FOR OUR WATER AS WHAT WE'RE PAYING NOW. 
          AND MAYBE NOT GETTING THIS THE SAME QUALITY OR THE SAME SERVICE. SO THERE IS AN UPSIDE. 
          I AGREE WITH YOU, RODNEY, I MEAN, VERY FEW CITIES THAT DO WHAT WE DO. WE RECEIVE A CALL FOR A WATER MAIN BREAK, WE'RE TYPICALLY THERE WITHIN AN HOUR FIXING IT. A LOT OF COMMUNITIES WILL LET THAT WATER MAIN BREAK GO. I'M GOING OFF 29 YEARS, IT'S NEVER BEEN THAT WAY HERE. 
          I MEAN, WE GET THE CALL, WE FIX IT. THAT COMES AT A COST, AND WE ALL KNOW THAT. AND WE'RE NOT LIKE... WE'RE JUST LIKE A LOT OF OTHER COMMUNITIES WHO IGNORED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MANY YEARS, AND NOW WE'RE REALIZING THAT AND WE'RE PAYING FOR IT. BUT WE'LL GET THERE. 
          WE'LL GET THERE. THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE PRESENTATION. NOBODY LIKES TO RAISE RATES. 
          EVERYBODY UP HERE IS A FAIRBORN RESIDENT, SO THE RATES WE RAISE FOR YOU, WE'RE ALSO RAISING FOR OURSELVES. SO, AGAIN, NOBODY LIKES TO RAISE RATES. 
          OKAY. THANKS AGAIN. OKAY, IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO WAIVE THE RULE REQUIRING THAT ORDINANCES BE READ ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS AND ORDINANCE 8-26 BE READ FOR THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY? SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MS. CHESS? YES. MR. MCCUBBINS? YES. MR. ALLEN? YES. MR. DAHMAN? YES. MS. REISTER? YES. MS. BANTON? YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK? YES. 
          ORDINANCE 8-26. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 913.03 OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF FAIRBORN, OHIO, RELATING TO WATER RATE CHARGES. THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 8-26? SO MOVED SECOND? JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. MR. MCKEVIN YES, MR. DON YES, MR. ALLEN YES, MISS CHESS YES, MR. EASTER YES, MR. STANTON YES, MR. KIRKPATRICK YES. ORDINANCE 8-26 
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IS DULY ADOPTED. NOW IS THERE A MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE 9-26 FOR THE SECOND TIME BY TITLE ONLY? SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ORDINANCE 9-26, AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO GRANT A PIPELINE EASEMENT TO VECTRON ENERGY DELIVERY OF OHIO LLC, DBA CENTERPOINT ENERGY, OHIO, ACROSS CITY-OWNED PROPERTY. 
          LOCATED IN BAT TOWNSHIP, GREEN COUNTY, OHIO. HALEY MYERS, ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER, PRESENTING. ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO TONIGHT I'LL BE GOING THROUGH ORDINANCE 9. AND 26, AND THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO GRANT A PIPELINE EASEMENT TO CENTERPOINT. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND HERE. 
          CENTERPOINT REACHED OUT REGARDING ONE OF THEIR PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO IN THE SUMMER OF LAST YEAR. THIS PROJECT IS PRIMARILY ALONG KAUFFMAN AVENUE, AND THAT WOULD EXPAND THEIR EXISTING PIPELINE NETWORK FOR NATURAL GAS AND TIE INTO THEIR EXISTING PRESSURE REGULATOR STATION. SO REALLY, THE OVERALL GOAL THEIR PROJECT IS TO STRENGTHEN THE FAIRBOURN NATURAL GAS SYSTEM. AND THEN THIS WILL ALSO ALLOW A REDUNDANT FEED TO WRIGHT-PATT, AND THEN ALSO ALLOW THEM TO SUPPORT SOME ADDITIONAL LOAD THAT WRIGHT-PATT IS EXPECTING IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SO THE REASON THAT THIS IS BEFORE YOU TODAY IS. THEIR PROPOSED GAS LINE INSTALL RUNS ALONG A FAIRBOURN OWNED PARCEL ALONG KAUFFMAN AVENUE, SO I'LL SPARE YOU, YOU KNOW, READING THAT LONG PARCEL NUMBER. BUT THAT IS SHOWN IN THE KIND OF LIGHT BLUE ALONG THE AERIAL IMAGE THERE. 
          IT'S PRETTY ZOOMED OUT, AND THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY LOOKING AT GETTING AN EASEMENT ACROSS THIS WHOLE PARCEL AT THIS TIME. THERE'S ACTUALLY AN ALREADY EXISTING GAS EASEMENT THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1994 THAT RUNS ALONG APPROXIMATELY A MILE OF THAT PARCEL ALREADY, WHERE THEY HAVE EXISTING NATURAL GAS INFRASTRUCTURE. THEY ARE ACTUALLY JUST LOOKING TO BASICALLY PICK UP WHERE THEIR EXISTING EASEMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE ENDS, CONTINUE ON NORTH TO THE END OF THE PARCEL. SO WE'LL KIND OF GO INTO A LITTLE MORE SPECIFICS OF WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES. 
          BUT I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE A HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE PARCEL THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. SO, AS I MENTIONED, MY PICTURE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN IT LOOKS WHEN I PUT IT TOGETHER, BUT THAT GREEN LINE SHOWS THE GREEN BOX ON THE BOTTOM LEFT. 
          EXTENDS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INTO DOMINO'S, PAST, LINES UP ACROSS THE STREET BY DOMINO'S AND MCDONALD'S, AND THEN IT ACTUALLY CONTINUES SOUTH ALL THE WAY TO COLONEL GLEN. SO THAT SECTION OF EXISTING EASEMENT IS ABOUT A MILE LONG ALREADY, AND AGAIN, MY PICTURE'S A LITTLE BIT OFF HERE, BUT THAT ORANGE LINE SHOULD BASICALLY EXTEND ALL THE WAY DOWN AND TIE INTO THE GREEN LINE THERE. 
          IT'S CONTINUING THE 10-FOOT WIDE EASEMENT, AND IT'S PLANNED TO RUN ALONG KAUFFMAN FOR 3,900 FEET TO THE END OF THE FAIRBOURN PARCEL. SO THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE IT'S STILL LINED UP. SO THE WESTERN PROPERTY LINE IS WHERE THE PROPOSED EASEMENT IS PLANNED TO RUN OF OUR PARCEL UP UNTIL THE VERY END. AT THE KAUFFMAN AND CENTRAL INTERSECTION, WHERE IT JOGS A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS THE STREET. 
          AND THEN THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT THE END OF THEIR PROPOSED. 
          PROJECT. BUT THAT'S THE END OF THE NEEDED EASEMENT, AS THE REMAINDER OF THE PROJECT WOULD BE COMPLETED IN THE FAIRBORN RIGHT-OF-WAY. SO IT WILL BASICALLY RUN ALONG THIS EASEMENT AND THEN CROSS THE STREET. AND THEN THE REMAINDER OF THEIR INSTALL WILL BE IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY, WHICH WOULD NOT REQUIRE AN EASEMENT. SO I KNOW THE VISUALS WEREN'T, DIDN'T TRANSLATE GREAT INTO THIS SLIDE. 
          BUT THE ACTUAL EASEMENT KIND OF SHOWS A BETTER IMAGE OF WHERE THE EASEMENT IS GOING TO RUN ALONG OUR PROPERTY. AND I KNOW THIS, SAYS. ENGINEERING RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE, BUT THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING DISCUSSION WITH PUBLIC WORKS FOR, YOU KNOW, SINCE LAST SUMMER, WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO US. YOU KNOW, PUBLIC WORKS STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE PLACEMENT OF THE EASEMENT, AND THEY'RE SUPPORTIVE OF IT. 
          SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, ENGINEERING RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL, AND I'LL TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          ORDINANCE 9-26 ALSO REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO ORDINANCE 9-26? PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME, HEY, SEEING NO ONE COME FORWARD. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR QUESTIONS. SORRY, MY COUNCILMAN DONE NO QUESTIONS REALLY, BUT THANK YOU, HALEY, IT'S A GOOD PRESENTATION AND THE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU SENT US. 
          YES, YOU WANT, MAN DOWN THERE, GOOD IT, THAT WAS GOOD, SO I DO HAVE. WHEN THEY START BUILDING THIS, 
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THEY WILL BE GOING THROUGH OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT FOR APPROVAL AND ALL THAT. 
          GOFF RIGHT, CORRECT? YES, AND THAT'S HOW THIS WAS CAUGHT, YOU KNOW? ORIGINALLY, THEY HAD SUBMITTED THEIR PLANS. WE TOOK A LOOK AND WE WERE LIKE, OKAY, YOU HAVE AN EXISTING EASEMENT IN PLACE. BUT WE NEED TO GET THE PROPER, YOU KNOW, DOCUMENTATION IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ACTUAL INSTALLATION. 
          SO OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WILL REVIEW FOR REVIEW THEIR REVISED PLANS. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO TYPICALLY HAVE A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING WITH THEM. AND HAVE OUR INSPECTORS GO OUT ON SITE AND KIND OF KEEP AN EYE ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING GETS RESTORED PROPERLY. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. GOOD JOB. NO QUESTIONS, THANK YOU. THANKS. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS, THANK YOU. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS, THANK YOU. IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE DRAWINGS THAT THERE ARE A FEW PLACES WHERE IT OVERLAPS WITH OUR BIKE PATH. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S DONE LIKE WITH SUBTERRANEAN DRILLING, OR ARE THOSE GOING TO BE IMPACTED AND REPAIRED AND REPLACED, OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? YEAH, SO THERE ARE ACTUALLY A FEW OTHER PLACES. FARTHER SOUTH THAT WE HAVE THE SAME OVERLAP WHERE THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE IS WITH OUR BIKE PATH. AND SO REALLY, THAT WILL ULTIMATELY COME DOWN TO HOW THE CONTRACTOR IS PLANNING TO INSTALL THAT. SO WE'LL HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS PRIOR TO AND DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF THE IMPACT, BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT IT'S REPAIRED PROPERLY AND THE BIKE PATH GETS RESTORED. SO WE WILL HAVE AN EYE ON THAT DURING THE CONSTRUCTION. 
          PERFECT. THANK YOU. YEP. SO WILL THEY BE PAYING INCREASED FEES FOR THIS PROJECT? PROJECT WELL, IT DEPENDS ON WHEN THEY GET THEIR PERMIT APPLICATION IN. SO WE HOPE SO BECAUSE THIS WILL BE, YOU KNOW, AN EXTENDED AMOUNT OF WORK. 
          THANK YOU. YEAH, WELL, THE BIKE PATH QUESTION I HAD GOT ANSWERED IN THE INCREASED FEED QUESTION GOT ANSWERED. NO OTHER INCREASED FEES TO OUR CITIZENS. CORRECT, CORRECT, ALL RIGHT, MR. BAKER YOU GO WITH THAT, ALL RIGHT. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU, OKAY, IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO WAIVE THE RULE REQUIRING THAT ORDINANCES BE READ ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS AND ORDINANCE 9-26 BE READ FOR THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY? SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. SHALL WE PLEASE CALL THE RULE? MS. REISTER? YES. 
          MR. ALLEN? YES. MS. CHESS? YES. MR. DODD? YES. MR. MCCUBBINS? YES. MS. STANTON? YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK? YES. 
          ORDINANCE 9-26, AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO GRANT A PIPELINE EASEMENT. 
          ELECTRIC AND ENERGY DELIVERY OF OHIO LLC, DBA CENTERPOINT ENERGY, OHIO, ACROSS CITY-OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED IN BATH TOWNSHIP, GREEN COUNTY, OHIO. 
          THANK YOU, MIKE. IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 9-26? SO MOVED. SECOND. WILL WE PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. REISTER? YES. MR. MCCOUSINS? YES. MR. ALLEN? YES. YES. MR. CHESS? YES. MR. DOLLY? YES. 
          MR. STANTON? YES. MR. MCPATRICK? YES. ORDINANCE 9-26 
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IS DULY ADOPTED. OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS. IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO READ ORDINANCE 10-26 BY TITLE ONLY DECLARING AN EMERGENCY? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ORDINANCE 10-26, MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS TO THE APPROPRIATIONS BUDGET OF THE CITY OF FAIRBOURN, STATE OF OHIO, AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS FOR THE... FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2026 AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. 
          HILLARY BROWNING, FINANCE DIRECTOR, PRESENTING GOOD EVENING TONIGHT TONIGHT. 
          FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, WE HAVE ORDINANCE 10-26. IT'S A MONTHLY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION. UM, ATTACHED IS THE OHIO REVISED CODE 5705.40, WHICH IS THE REASON WHY WE HAVE TO DO SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION. STARTING WITH THE GENERAL FUND, WE ARE SEEKING AN INCREASE OF $11,262 FOR THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT. THIS IS FOR THE UNITEDHEALTHCARE WELLNESS EVENT, AND IT WOULD BE OFFSET BY REVENUES FROM THE UNITEDHEALTHCARE IN THE SAME AMOUNT. WE ALSO HAVE A REDUCTION OF $3 MILLION IN DECREASES TO TRANSFERS OUT TO GENERAL BOND SERVICE. I KNOW THIS IS A REALLY LARGE FIGURE. 
          WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS PRETTY EXTENSIVELY FOR THE LAST MONTH, BUT OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET PLAN WAS TO RETIRE THESE BONDS, NOT TO REISSUE THE BONDS. SO IF WE HAD DONE RETIREMENT, THE TRANSFERS OUT WERE NECESSARY TO OUR BOND RETIREMENT FUND, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE CASH THAT WE USED TO PAY OFF A PORTION OF THE RETIREMENT, COMBINING IT WITH SALE OF ASSET PROCEEDS. BUT BECAUSE WE DID NOT GET THOSE SALE OF ASSET PROCEEDS TO COMBINE IT WITH, WE WERE SHORT OF THE AMOUNT AND SO THE BONDS HAD TO BE REISSUED. THEREFORE, WE 
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ARE REDUCING THE NON-DEPARTMENTAL ALLOCATION BY $3 MILLION. THAT SAID, WE WILL INCREASE REVENUE IN, IN FUND 3201 BY THE SAME AMOUNT, AND THAT WOULD BE FOR THE SALE OF THE BOND. ANTICIPATION NOTES THEMSELVES. WE ARE ALSO DOING SOME GRANT TRUE-UPS. THIS MONTH, IN OUR HOME FUND, WE ARE REDUCING IT 250, 01,000, 974. THIS IS NOT BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE GRANT, BUT RATHER BECAUSE WE ESTIMATE THE GRANT PROCEEDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE REMAINING ON MULTI-YEAR GRANTS IN AUGUST. SOMETIMES STAFF PROJECTS MOVE FORWARD, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A GOOD HAPPENSTANCE IN THIS PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCE. 
          IT GETS SPENT SOONER, SO WE HAVE TO TRUE UP THE GRANT TO WHAT WE HAVE REMAINING TO DRAW. ON THE FLIP SIDE, ON CDBG'S SIDE, WE HAVE TO INCREASE THE GRANT BY 121.413. BECAUSE PLANNED PROJECTS DID NOT MOVE FORWARD IN 2025, AND SO THOSE ALLOCATIONS NEED TO BE MOVED FORWARD INTO 2026. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THE PROBATION THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, SOME FOR ADMINISTRATION AND SOME FOR OTHER EXPENDITURES. 
          IN THE SEWER OPERATING FUND, WE HAD A PROJECT THAT WAS FOR PLANT AND OPERATING EQUIPMENT THROUGH DAHL-LEHMAN. IT WAS BUDGETED IN 2025 AND COULDN'T QUITE GET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE, SO WE'RE ASKING FOR THAT AMOUNT 63,717 TO BE REAPPROPRIATED IN FISCAL YEAR 2026. IN THE STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND, WE HAVE TWO BIG PROJECTS. THE FIRST IS A BEAVER VALLEY CULVERT PROJECT DESIGN. IT IS POTENTIALLY GRANT FUNDED IN 2027, SO WE NEED TO MOVE UP THAT DESIGN INTO THIS YEAR SO THAT WE CAN BE ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE GRANT PROCEEDS. AND AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING VERY HARD TO WORK IN THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC. BY GRABBING DOWN THESE GRANT DOLLARS, AND SO DOING, THE DESIGN THIS YEAR WILL HELP US TO DO THAT. 
          AND LASTLY, WE'RE ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL $150,000 TO BUILD A SIDEWALK IN THE SUMMER FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ON GARLAND EXTENSION. THIS PROJECT WAS REQUESTED BY FAIRBORN CITY SCHOOLS IN THE INTEREST OF STUDENT SAFETY. THE CLERK OF COURT HAS REQUESTED $30,000 FROM THE CLERK COMPUTERIZATION FUND TO IMPLEMENT A JURY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE SYSTEM, A YEAR EARLIER THAN EXPECTED. 
          AND THEN IN THE POLICE AND FIRE CAPITAL FUND, WE HAVE AN ITEM THAT IS FOR CAR UPFIT. IT IS SLIGHTLY OVER BUDGET, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO DISPOSE OF OUR OLD LADDER TRUCK, A 2007 LADDER TRUCK. FOR $11,200, SO WE'RE SEEKING TO REAPPROPRIATE THOSE REVENUES TOWARD THAT BUDGET OVERAGE. IN OUR SEWER DEPRECIATION RESERVE, WE HAD A PROJECT THAT WAS ACCIDENTALLY BUDGETED TWICE, SO WE'RE JUST ASKING TO TAKE THAT BUDGET AWAY, THE EXTRA THAT IS. IN OUR UNINSURED LOST TRUST FUND, WE HAD ROOF DAMAGE TO FIRE STATION 1, AND WE RECEIVED INSURANCE PROCEEDS FROM OUR INSURER, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC ENTITY'S... 
          POOL OF OHIO IN THE SAME AMOUNT 126, 263 AND 53 CENTS. AND THEN, LASTLY, IN OUR FIRE ESCROW ACCOUNT, WE WE TAKE IN MONIES FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY. WHEN THERE IS A FIRE, WE HOLD THOSE UNTIL THEY'RE ABLE TO REMEDIATE THE STRUCTURE AND WHEN THEY ARE ABLE TO REMEDIATE THE STRUCTURE. WE LET THOSE REVENUE, THAT THOSE THOSE MONIES BACK TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, AND THAT IS THE CASE WITH THIS PARTICULAR STRUCTURE, THE STRUCTURE. FIRE HAPPENED, THE INSURANCE COMPANY PAID IN, THEY'RE READY FOR DISBURSEMENT, IT'S $49,356.17. AND AGAIN, AS HAS BEEN THE CASE THIS FISCAL YEAR, I'VE IMPLEMENTED THIS, THE CHARTS, THESE ARE THE BY DOLLAR, BY CENTS ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING. THIS IS THE EXPENSE SIDE. WE DON'T TYPICALLY MAKE A LOT OF REVENUE ADJUSTMENTS MID-YEAR, BUT WE ARE THIS TIME. THESE ARE THE REVENUE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE ARE MAKING, YOU KIND OF SEE WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE HERE. SOME INCREASES, SOME DECREASES BECAUSE WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT DIFFERENCE AND CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING ON THE SALE OF NOTE PROCEEDS. THAT'S WHY THERE'S SO MANY REDUCTIONS AND INCREASES THERE, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO FIX THAT BUDGET IN ESSENCE THREE TIMES. AND WITH THAT, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 1026. AND I WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. WE'LL START COUNCIL QUESTIONS WITH OF THE CONSOLE WITH CHESS. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          YOU'VE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB IN EXPLAINING EVERYTHING. 
          THANK YOU. I AM SUPER EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THE SIDEWALK FROM NATIONAL HOMES UP THROUGH THE GARLAND EXTENSION. THAT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, SO THAT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH, WE'RE REALLY PLEASED TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. I JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO MANUEL. 
          BECAUSE HE'S ABLE TO GRAB DOWN THE GRANTS, WE HAVE EXTRA MONEY IN THE STREET LEVY FUND. TO BE ABLE TO ALLOCATE TO THIS PROJECT, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY GREAT. STAFF WORK ON MANUEL'S SIDE, SO JUST WANT TO GIVE HIM THAT SHOUT OUT. 
          GOOD JOB, MANUEL. THANK YOU, 
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HILLARY. YOU'RE WELCOME. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. THE SIDEWALK, GARLAND? MM-HMM. I MEAN, IT'S GREAT HAVING THAT EXTENSION, BUT I LOOKED AT THE EXISTING SIDEWALK NOW AND IT IS ONLY THAT FAR AWAY FROM THE ROAD. IS THERE GOING TO BE... I MEAN, I REALIZE THIS ISN'T THE TIME, BUT... AND, MANUEL, YOU CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION AT A DIFFERENT TIME. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS... WE'RE DEALING WITH THE BUDGET ONLY. WHEN WE ORIGINALLY WERE APPROACHED ABOUT THIS PROJECT, SHORTLY AFTER, THE HIGH SCHOOL WAS... 
          COMPLETED. WE ACTUALLY WENT AHEAD AND WORKED WITH A CONSULTANT FIRM TO GIVE US A PRELIMINARY DESIGN AT THE TIME. WE TRIED TO FIND SOME ADDITIONAL SAFETY GRANT FUNDS THAT WERE AVAILABLE AT THE TIME, AND WE ACTUALLY APPLIED FOR THIS PROJECT ALONGSIDE TWO OTHER ONES. WE ACTUALLY DID NOT GET THE GRANT FUNDING FOR THE SIDEWALK, BUT WE DID RECEIVE 1.25 MILLION DOLLARS IN SAFETY GRANT FUNDING FOR BROAD STREET PHASE 3, WHICH ARE BEING USED.RIGHT NOW. SO, WITHOUT THE ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING, WE HAD TO RE-ESTABLISH THE CONDITIONS ON THE SIDEWALK. OR WHAT WE WANTED TO DO. SCOPE OUT A FEW THINGS. AND WITH THIS FUNDING THAT WE ARE REQUIRED AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO. THE LONG SHORT ANSWER IS WE'RE MOVING THE SIDEWALK A LITTLE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE ROAD. 
          WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE GRADING AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO KEEP THINGS SIMPLE. THE AREA RIGHT UNDERNEATH, GOING UNDERNEATH 675. THAT IS JUST REALLY DANGEROUS FOR THE KIDS. WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT IN THE EXISTING SIDEWALK RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT EXTENDING IT PAST METAL AND IN GRACELAND, WHERE THERE IS NO SIDEWALK OF THE EXTENSION. 
          YEAH, OKAY, SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU AND THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I'M SORRY I HIJACKED IT A LITTLE BIT. 
          THAT'S IS YOUR PREROGATIVE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. I JUST WANT TO GET YOU THE RIGHT ANSWER, AND I TRULY BELIEVE I'M NOT THE PERSON TO ANSWER THE SPECIFICATIONS ON THE SIDEWALK. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. I'M GLAD WE GOT SOME MONEY FOR THE FIRE TRUCK. YOU KNOW, THAT WAS GOOD. WE DIDN'T THINK WE WERE GOING TO GET ANYTHING FOR THAT OLD FIRE TRUCK. YES, IT WAS SOLD TO A GENTLEMAN OUT OF COLORADO, AND HE PICKED IT UP AND DROVE IT TO COLORADO. 
          WE CONVEYED THE TITLE TO HIM PRETTY MUCH ON THE SAME DAY, SO YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT PEOPLE WILL WANT. BEAUTIFUL. I WISH HIM WELL. YEAH, BEST OF LUCK TO HIM. I HAVE A BROTHER-IN-LAW WHO COLLECTS FIRE TRUCKS, TOO, SO THAT ONE HE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN. IT'S TOO NEW. THANK YOU, LARRY. YOU'RE WELCOME. WELL, THANK YOU. AND MANUEL, THAT SIDEWALK, AS YOU KNOW, IS A PET PROJECT OF MINE. MIKE AND I HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ON THAT EARLIER. 
          THANKS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS. I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT TO LOOK AT ALL THOSE FIGURES, AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE DOING IT. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO ADOPT ORDINANCE? 10-26, DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, SO MOVED. SECOND, SHOULD WE PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES. ORDINANCE 10-26 IS DULY ADOPTED. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO. IS THERE A MOTION TO READ RESOLUTION 11-26 BY TITLE ONLY? SO MOVED. 
          SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE AYE OPPOSED. RESOLUTION 11-26 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE FINAL PLAT. FOR HILLSIDE MEADOWS SECTION 3 FOR UP TO 49 LOTS ON 13 ACRES, LOCATED IN A PARCEL NUMBER A 0 2, 0 00, 0, 1, 0, 0, 3, 4, 0, 0, 1, 0 1, 0 0. KATHLEEN RIG, CITY PLANNER, PRESENTING YES, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AS WAS STATED, THIS IS FOR THE FINAL PLOT OF HILLSIDE MEADOWS, SECTION 3. 
          THE APPLICANT IS LANCE OAKS WITH OAKS TREE DEVELOPMENT. 
          WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE AERIAL MAP AND THE ZONING MAP JUST TO GET AN IDEA OF WHERE THIS SITE IS. THIS IS SOUTH OF ARMSTRONG ROAD AND SOUTH OF SECTION 1 AND WEST OF SECTION 2. THAT'S ALREADY APPROVED. AND THIS WILL BE EAST OF BLACK LANE. NORTH OF YELLOW SPRINGS, FAIRFIELD ROAD AND WEST OF ENON ROAD. THE SITE IS CURRENTLY ZONED PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, SURROUNDED BY ADDITIONAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, MOSTLY FOR RESIDENTIAL, AS WELL AS SOME AGRICULTURAL USES. IN BATH TOWNSHIP, WHICH IS ALL OF THIS KIND OF IN WHITE SURROUNDING THAT. 
          NOW, TAKING A LOOK 
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AT THIS SECTION, I GUESS JUST TO KIND OF JUMP BACK, THIS SUBDIVISION WAS APPROVED IN 2022, SECTION ONE WAS APPROVED IN 2023, AND THAT'S OUTLINED HERE, AND THEN SECTION TWO WAS APPROVED IN 2025, JUST LAST YEAR. SO THESE ARE FOR A TOTAL OF 49 LOTS NOT SHOWING UP VERY WELL ON THE POWERPOINT, BUT 47 OF THAT OF THOSE LOTS WILL BE FOR HOUSES AND THEN TWO. THERE IS ONE RETENTION POND, AS WELL AS ONE LOT THAT WILL PROVIDE US ACCESS TO OUR WATER TOWER. SO OUR WATER TOWER IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THIS SITE. WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE A NEW LOT TO ACCESS THAT TOWER DIRECTLY, AND WE'LL REMOVE THAT ACCESS OFF OF SWINDON COURT ONCE THAT NEW ACCESS DRIVE IS PLACED THERE. SO THERE WILL BE THREE STREETS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT. 
          CLIFFSIDE DRIVE IS EXTENDED HERE, AND THEN WILDFLOWER ROAD EXTENDED HERE INTO A CUL-DE-SAC. 
          LIKE I SAID, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE. AND A NEW STREET CALLED TALL GRASS LANE. AT THIS TIME, JUST... I WANTED TO MAKE A NOTE, CLIFFSIDE DRIVE DOES NOT EXTEND TO THE EXISTING CLIFFSIDE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEER CLIFF NEIGHBORHOOD. JUST WASN'T ABLE TO ACQUIRE THAT LAND NEEDED TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION. AND SO THAT WON'T BE HAPPENING AT THIS TIME, BUT LIKE I SAID, THIS IS JUST FOR THE 49 LOTS IN SECTION 3. 
          THIS DOES MEET THE PRELIMINARY PLAN APPROVAL AND THE PRELIMINARY OR THE STANDARDS THAT WERE SET ASSOCIATED WITH THESE LOTS. AS FAR AS SETBACK SIZE, THE AVERAGE SIZE OF THESE LOTS RANGE FROM 7,500 TO A LITTLE OVER 12,000 SQUARE FEET. THERE ARE A COUPLE AT THE END OF A CUL-DE-SAC THAT MAY BE CLOSE TO A HALF ACRE. THAT'S KIND OF AN ANOMALY. WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE NOTICES THAT WERE SENT OUT, BUT REALLY JUST BASED ON PRIOR FEEDBACK, THE DEVELOPER WILL ADD SOME FENCING ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE. SIDE OF THIS SITE AND THE WEST SIDE OF THIS SITE TO PREVENT ANY. 
          ONCE THE HOME CONSTRUCTION STARTS, THIS WILL JUST HELP PREVENT ANY DEBRIS FROM BLOWING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WINDS. 
          LIKE WE'VE HAD THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS ON TO NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES. AND BECAUSE THE FENCING REALLY HAS KIND OF WORKED WITH THOSE NEW RESIDENTIAL WITH SECTION TWO, THERE'S BEEN SOME FENCING AT ALONG THE EASTERN SIDE. AND THEN A. THE HOURS OF OPERATION STILL ALSO CONTINUE FOR THOSE WORKERS BUILDING THOSE HOMES OUT THERE. I'M JUST SO THAT I. IT DOESN'T HAVE QUITE AS MUCH OF AN IMPACT ON ADJACENT NEIGHBORS. AND WE SET THOSE IN PLACE WITH THE PREVIOUS SECTION. AND SO WE JUST WANT TO ADD THAT AS A CONDITION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ONE, TOO, I'M PLANNING FOR. DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL ONTO RESOLUTION 11 TURKEYS 1126. AND THE SPECIFICALLY ARE THE CONDITIONS, THE CONSTRUCTION HOURS, AND THEN THE PRELIMINARY PLAN REMAINING IN EFFECT. AND THEN ALL THESE LOTS WILL BE RECORDED WITH GREENE COUNTY. 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND WE'LL START COUNCIL QUESTIONS WITH COUNCILMAN DUNN. THE NAME OF THE CLIFFSIDE DRIVE, YES, IS THAT. ARE THEY LINED UP SO THAT THEY ARE WHEN THE PROPERTY IS AVAILABLE, THEY CAN THAT CORRECT, THEY ARE LINED UP APPROPRIATELY, THAT THEY CAN BE CONNECTED IN THE FUTURE. OKAY, THAT'S GOOD, BUT THERE'S NO CONSTRUCTION ROAD FOR THIS. EVERYTHING'S THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE EXISTING SUBDIVISION, AREN'T THEY? YES, WELL, NOT A FAN OF THAT, BUT OH WELL, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. 
          IT'S GOOD. AND I REMEMBER THIS FROM THE PLANNING BOARD. I ENJOY SITTING NEXT TO A PLANNING BOARD GUY. I DON'T HAVE TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          NO, IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION. NO QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. KATHLEEN, I KNOW AT PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS FOR THIS, THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE WATER PRESSURES OUT THERE. DO WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON HOW THINGS ARE WITH THAT? YES, ACTUALLY. SO THE WATER DEPARTMENT IS NOT CONCERNED WITH THOSE WATER PRESSURES, AND SO THAT WAS ADDRESSED BY OUR WATER DEPARTMENT, AND THOSE QUESTIONS DID COME UP. 
          AND ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE IN NEXT YEAR'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS, THERE MAY BE SOME ADDITIONS DONE TO THAT WATER TOWER, WHERE THE GENERATOR IS UPDATED. 
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TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THOSE WATER PRESSURE CONCERNS, THAT HAPPENS WHENEVER THERE'S SOME POWER OUTAGES IN THAT AREA. 
          THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY TIME I THINK THAT THERE'S WATER PRESSURE CONCERNS IS WHEN THERE'S A POWER OUTAGE, BUT I THINK THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED NEXT YEAR, AND SO THAT'S THE PLAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. THANK YOU. 
          SO I GUESS THERE'S THAT LAND. 
          IS THAT GETTING KIND OF LAND? WHAT PROPERTY IS THIS EVER GOING TO BE? THAT'S ONE LOT. 
          IT DOES HAVE ACCESS TO IT, I MEAN, THERE IS ACCESS TO THIS, IT'S ALL. IT'S A SINGLE PARCEL, SO THERE'S THEY HAVE ACCESS TO CLIFFSIDE, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO ACCESS. I'M GOING TO SAY IT'S WIMBLEDON, ACTUALLY HERE, THIS IS WIMBLEDON, SO THIS DOES ACCESS THAT PART PARCEL. SO YES, THEY HAVE, THEY DO HAVE STREET ACCESS. 
          YEAH, OKAY, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS OTHER. 
          THIS IS GREAT. MORE MORE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE, AND WHICH MEANS EVENTUALLY MORE STUDENTS FOR THE SCHOOLS, AND THAT'S A GOOD THING. 
          OKAY, ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 11-26? SO MOVED SECOND? JOEY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. YES, YES, YES, YES. RESOLUTION 11-26 IS DULY ADOPTED. IS THERE A MOTION TO READ RESOLUTION 12-26? SO MOVED SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE AYE, OPPOSED RESOLUTION 12-26 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA TAX ABATEMENT FOR THE SENIOR VILLAGE AT VALLEY GREEN. CHERISELL, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, SLASH HOUSING OFFICER. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. REQUESTING A CRA TAX ABATEMENT FOR THE SENIOR APARTMENTS PROJECT AT 1155 CHANING WAY DRIVE. AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT AND THE RESIDENTIAL ABATEMENT IN 2025, YOU APPROVED ALLOWING AN AMENDMENT TO OUR CRA DESIGNATION TO ALLOW FOR RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION ABATEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          THIS RESIDENTIAL PROJECT WE'RE SPEAKING OF THIS EVENING IS LED BY SENIOR VILLAGE AT VALLEY GREEN, LLC. IT FEATURES 70 UNITS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS AGE 55 AND OVER. 
          THE ESTIMATED PRIVATE INVESTMENT FOR THIS PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY APPROXIMATELY RATHER 22 MILLION DOLLARS. THE DEVELOPMENT IS FINANCED THROUGH FOUR PRIMARY SOURCES. 
          EQUITY GENERATED FROM THE SALE OF LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX. 
          CREDITS, OR LIHTCS, AS THEY'RE COMMONLY REFERRED TO. HOME FUNDS ADMINISTERED BY THE OHIO HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY, A GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK, AND A CONVENTIONAL PERMANENT LOAN. THE COMMUNITY WAS AWARDED HOUSING TAX CREDITS IN MAY OF 2024. THERE'S AN ESTIMATED START DATE OF MARCH 31ST OF 2026 AND AN END DATE OF 11-1-2027. THE PROPERTY TAX INCENTIVE REQUEST AND IMPACT. THE DEVELOPER SUBMITTED A CRA ABATEMENT APPLICATION ON JANUARY, THE 20TH OF THIS YEAR AND IS REQUESTING A 15-YEAR, 100% PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT FOR THIS PROJECT. THE ESTIMATED IMPACT ON THE CITY, THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THEIR CURRENT BASE ANNUAL PROPERTY TAXES FROM THE LAND FOR THE PROJECT, AND THE TOTAL SERVICE PAYMENTS WILL BE JUST UNDER $7,000 ANNUALLY. THE HOUSING OFFICER, WHO IS IDENTIFIED AS MYSELF, PER RESOLUTION 22, HAS CREATED A REPORT BASED ON THE PROJECT DETAILS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE ABATEMENT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE CITY. 
          THE HOUSING OFFICER REPORT DOCUMENTS THE REQUIRED ELIGIBILITY REVIEW, WHICH CONFIRMS COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE ORC. AND OUTLINES HOW THE OFFICER DETERMINES THE RECOMMENDATION. BASED ON THE CITY'S REQUIREMENTS FOR ELIGIBILITY, THE HOUSING OFFICER RECOMMENDS THE 15-YEAR 100% ABATEMENT. I WANT TO ALSO NOTE A COUPLE OF THINGS. THE AFFORDABILITY PERIOD FOR THIS PROJECT WILL BE 30 YEARS, SO THAT DETERMINES THAT THE RENTS ARE CONTROLLED FOR THAT AMOUNT OF TIME. AND ALSO THE AGE RESTRICTION, WHICH IS 55 AND OVER FOR THE PROJECT. STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE CRA TAX ABATEMENT FOR 15 YEARS AT 100% WITHOUT THE ABATEMENT, THIS 
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PROJECT IS NOT FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE. ONE OTHER NOTE AS WITH THE PRIOR PROJECT THAT YOU APPROVED AN ABATEMENT FOR, WE DID MEET WITH THE SCHOOLS ON THIS PROJECT. AND THEIR BOARD APPROVED IT AT THEIR MOST RECENT MEETING. 
          SO WE ARE CONTINUING THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE SCHOOLS EACH TIME THIS ABATEMENT IS REQUESTED. AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND WE'LL START COUNCIL QUESTIONS WITH COUNCILMAN. YES, NO, THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE. HAVE NONE. THANK YOU. CHERISE. 
          OKAY, I'M GONNA THE NAME OF I DON'T KNOW COMMUNITY AGREEMENT. 
          SO IT JUST HELPED ME UNDER AND I'M NOT THIS. I. 
          UM. SO I WENT OUT TO DESIGNATE THAT KIND OF A THING LIKE MORE LIKE BLADED TYPE, YOU KNOW NOT. AND I THINK OF THAT AREA OUT BY KROGER IS SO DEVELOPMENT LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T. I DON'T SEE THAT AS UNDER INVESTED, BUT I GUESS I MUST UNDERSTAND, LIKE, WHAT THE DEFINITIONS ARE. SO, I THINK WHEN THE ENTIRE CRA WAS CREATED, IT WAS CITYWIDE, AND AT THAT TIME, I THINK THERE WAS DISINVESTMENT ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY. SO, ALLOWING FOR THE RESIDENTIAL ABATEMENT IN THIS CASE. AND WHAT OUR STAFF STRATEGY WAS WHEN WE PRESENTED IT TO YOU AND ASKED YOU TO APPROVE. IT WAS TO MEET GAPS IN THE MARKET. SO WHERE WE DON'T HAVE CERTAIN TYPES OF HOUSING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, THAT WAS REALLY KIND OF OUR STRATEGY. AND HOW WE GO ABOUT ASSESSING PROJECTS THAT REQUEST ABATEMENT. AND CERTAINLY, SENIOR HOUSING THAT'S AFFORDABLE AND MAINTAINS THAT 30-YEAR AFFORDABILITY PERIOD IS. SOMETHING I THINK WE'RE MISSING IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE NEED. 
          SO THAT WAS THE REASON FOR BRINGING THIS TO YOU THIS EVENING. SO THE DISINVESTMENT OR WHATEVER. SO IT'S BASICALLY LIKE, IN OUR COMMUNITY, A CERTAIN TYPE OF THING COMMUNITIES NEED WAS NOT. SO WE HAVE THAT. THERE'S JUST A FINANCING GAP THAT THIS HELPS FILL. WHEN DEVELOPING THIS TYPE OF HOUSING. GOTCHA, AND THAT'S NICE. SO, LIKE, IT'S A FIXED... YES. NO QUESTIONS. I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS. THANK YOU. TRYING TO THINK OF A HARD QUESTION TO ASK. 
          FIRE AWAY. NO, OKAY. NO, IT'S ACTUALLY... A GOOD DEVELOPMENT. 
          I REMEMBER THE DISCUSSION WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO FIT THIS PARTICULAR, TO MEET THIS NEED, DISCUSSING THAT. WHAT WE LEARNED. THANK YOU. OKAY, I'LL ASK THE HARD QUESTION. OKAY. 
          CAN YOU EXPLAIN FOR THE CITIZENS SO THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS WHEN YOU SAY SERVING HOUSEHOLDS EARNING UP TO 70% OF THE AREA MEDIAN GROSS INCOME? SO I WILL, IN FACT, DEFER TO OUR FRIENDS FROM ST. 
          MARY DEVELOPMENT, WHO ARE HERE. 
          I THINK IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THEM TO SPEAK TO THE RENTS, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU. YES. OR BOB FROM OBER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY NAME IS BOB MCCANN. I'M CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND A PRINCIPAL WITH OBER COMPANIES. WE'RE CO-DEVELOPING. 
          COMMUNITY WITH ST. MARY DEVELOPMENT AND THE UNITS WILL HAVE, OR THE COMMUNITY WILL HAVE ONE AND TWO BEDROOM UNITS, SO THE LARGEST FAMILY SIZE WILL BE TWO. AND AT 70% OF THE MEDIAN INCOME, THAT'S FIFTY, TWO THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE UNITS THAT ARE AT 70% 60% 50% AND THEN 30% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME. GREAT, THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? NOPE, THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION. OKAY. YEAH, THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION. THAT'S REALLY GOOD. I THINK THIS IS A WIN FOR THE CITY OF FAIRBOURN. 
          IN LIEU OF THE FACT THAT WE JUST RECENTLY HAD SOME SENIOR HOUSING THAT WAS BOUGHT OUT AND THEY NO LONGER ABIDE 
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BY THE INCOME RESTRICTIONS, AND IT'S PUTTING SOME OF OUR SENIORS OUT. SO THIS IS A BIG WIN FOR US. THANK YOU. 
          THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE ADDED COMMENTS. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY, IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 12-26? SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MS. REISTER? YES. MS. RANGELAND? YES. MS. CHESS? YES. MS. DODD? YES. MR. MCCUBBINS? YES. MS. SPANTON? YES. YES. RESOLUTION 12-26 IS DULY ADOPTED. IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO READ RESOLUTION 13-26 BY TITLE ONLY? SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? RESOLUTION 13-26, RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF FAIRBORN, OHIO, SUPPORTING THE OHIO COMMISSION FOR THE SEMI-QUINCENTENNIAL AMERICA 250-OH AND DESIGNATING FAIRBORN AS AN AMERICA 250-OH COMMUNITY. CHRIS PARKER, PARK AND REC'S DIRECTOR, PRESENTING. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I APOLOGIZE FOR MY VOICE IN ADVANCE. SO, THIS RESOLUTION IS A FORMAL RESOLUTION. DESIGNATING THE CITY AS AN AMERICA 250 OHIO COMMUNITY IN PREPARATION FOR THE NATIONAL WIDE CELEBRATION OF THE UNITED STATES 250TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR. THIS DESIGNATION OFFERS SEVERAL STRATEGIC BENEFITS THAT WILL SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY'S COMMEMORATIVE EFFORTS AND ENHANCE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE APPROVE TO ADOPT THE NECESSARY RESOLUTION AND PROCEED WITH THE APPLICATION TO BECOME AN AMERICA 250 OHIO COMMUNITY. THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL POSITION OUR CITY TO PARTICIPATE MEANINGFULLY IN A HISTORICAL NATIONAL CELEBRATION, WHILE LEVERAGING STATEWIDE RESOURCES TO ENHANCE OUR LOCAL PROGRAMMING. ANY QUESTIONS? WE'RE GOOD LIKE WE CAN ASK YOU LOTS OF QUESTIONS, JUST SO YOU HAVE TO TALK. THAT'S WHY I LEFT IT BLANK. JUST ANY QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY, WE WILL START COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND THAT'S ONE DONE. 
          I'LL BE NICE TO YOU. I WON'T ASK ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. YES, CHRIS. NO QUESTIONS. CHRIS. 
          THANK YOU. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS EITHER, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT. THAT LIKE THE FACT THAT IT'S GOING TO GIVE US ACCESS TO RESOURCES, ESPECIALLY FOR THE BRANDING AND VISIBILITY. WITH US. SITTING RIGHT OUTSIDE OF WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, I THINK THIS IS VERY FITTING. YEAH, IT SHOULD BE SPECIAL. THANKS CHRIS. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DAN ON THE OUR LOCAL COMMITTEE TO BRING SOMETHING SPECIAL THIS YEAR FOR EVERYTHING WE DO, SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR THIS. 
          THANK YOU. I HAVE NOTHING. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ECHO RODNEY'S COMMENTS. THIS IS EXCITING. THANK YOU, APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS, CHRIS. THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. JUST NO QUESTIONS, BUT I WANT TO ADD TO WHAT YOU JUST SAID, CHRIS. 
          THIS IS HUGE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S HUGE FOR OUR COUNTRY. TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS, IT ONLY COMES AROUND ONCE. AND FAIRBORN HAS REALLY PUT TOGETHER A VERY EXCITING COMMITTEE. PARKS IS A BIG PART OF IT BECAUSE OF THE FOURTH OF JULY PARADE, THE EVENTS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN AT COMMUNITY PARK. 
          ON THE THIRD AND THE FOURTH. 
          FOR OUR ENTIRE CITIZENRY OF FAIRBOURN. BE WATCHING FOR ALL THE EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS. 
          AND PARKS AND REC WILL BE LEADING THE WAY IN A LOT OF IT, WHICH THEY DO VERY WELL. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING AND FOR THE ENTIRE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT. BUT FAIRBOURN'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY IS GOING TO BE BIG. I HOPE SO. WE'RE ENCOURAGING THE COMMUNITY BEING INVOLVED. I'M GOING TO PUT A PLUG IN FOR THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE. WE WANT TO MAKE THIS THE BIGGEST AND THE BEST EVER IN THE CITY OF FAIRBOURN. AND WE'RE HOPING A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL HAVE FLOATS IN THE PARADE. NOT JUST CARS AND TRUCKS, BUT WE WANT SOME REALLY EXCITING, PATRIOTIC THEMED FLOATS THIS YEAR. SO, AGAIN, THANKS FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING THROUGH PARKS AND REC. WE HAVE THE BEST PARK SYSTEM IN THE STATE OF OHIO. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. HANDS DOWN. 
          OKAY. NOT THAT I'M BIASED ON THAT. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 13-26? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OR, EXCUSE ME, NOT SAY AYE. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MR. EASTER? YES. 
          MR. ALLEN? YES. MR. CHESS? YES. MR. DODD? YES. MR. MCCUBBINS? YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK? YES. OKAY, RESOLUTION 13-26 IS DULY ADOPTED. IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO READ RESOLUTION 14-26 BY TITLE ONLY? SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. 
          BEFORE I READ THE RESOLUTION, JUST GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW. 
          JULIE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO PUT ALL MY LEGISLATION AT THE VERY BACK OF THE AGENDA. AND SO I'VE GOT THREE, AND THEY'RE ALL MOSTLY ADMINISTRATIVE, HOUSEKEEPING, AND NATURE. THE FIRST ONE IS AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO SIGN AN OPIOIDS AGREEMENT ON THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT THAT 
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WE'RE IN. THE SECOND ONE IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO INTERN TO A MOU WITH THE COURT IN THE EVENT, FAIRBORN MUNICIPAL COURT, IN THE EVENT THAT THERE'S AN EMERGENCY OR THE COURT IS NOT OPERATIONAL, TO USE THE CHAMBERS THAT WE NOW SIT IN. 
          AND THE THIRD ONE IS AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH THE DAYTON AREA CITY OF COMMERCE OR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR ADVERTISING IN THE AIRPORT. GET THROUGH ALL THOSE. AND SO FIRST I'LL READ RESOLUTION. 14-26, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE PARTICIPATION FORMS FOR A NATIONAL OPIOID SETTLEMENT WITH CERTAIN PHARMACEUTICAL DISTRIBUTORS, KNOWN AS THE SIX REMNANT DEFENDANTS. AND AS COUNCIL KNOWS, WE'VE BEEN INTO A REPRESENTATION AGREEMENT REGARDING THE NATIONAL OPIOID SETTLEMENTS, AND WE'VE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF DOLLARS REGARDING THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT. 
          THROUGH WHAT'S CALLED THE ONE OHIO. THOSE WERE WITH BIG DEFENDANTS AND NOW THERE'S KIND OF THE STRAGGLERS, AND THIS SIX IS KNOWN AS THE REMNANT DEFENDANTS. AND THE PAYMENT FOR THESE REMNANT DEFENDANTS IS NOT GONNA COME THROUGH ONE OHIO, THEY'RE GONNA BE A DIRECT PAYMENT TO THE SIX. THE PROJECTED SETTLEMENT AMOUNT IS APPROXIMATELY $97 MILLION, AND THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT SINCE IT'S A NATIONAL SETTLEMENT, IT'S REALLY A DROP IN THE BUCKET. BUT LIKE THEY SAY WITH THE LOTTERY, YOU CAN'T PLAY IF YOU DON'T WIN, AND SO WE NEED TO SIGN UP FOR THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS RESOLUTION IS ASKING YOU TO DO, AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. 
          OKAY, COME TO COUNCIL QUESTIONS, STARTING WITH COUNCILWOMAN JESS. I HAVE NONE. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS. THAT $97 MILLION YOU TALKED ABOUT, THAT'S NATIONWIDE, SO WE'RE ONLY GOING TO GET A SMALL PORTION OF THAT, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT. RIGHT, OKAY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR HELP. 
          SURE THING. I APPRECIATE US GETTING SOMETHING OTHER THAN NOTHING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          JUST TO BE CLEAR, NO AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE GONNA GET OFF THIS IS GONNA OFFSET THE LOSSES THAT OCCURRED OVER THIS EPIDEMIC. SO MY ONLY MESSAGE TO THE SIX REMNANT DEFENDANTS IS, IN THE WORDS OF COOPER GOODING JR., SHOW ME THE MONEY. THANK YOU. IT'S LIKE WE'VE ALREADY SAID, IT'S NOT GONNA BE A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP OFFSET SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT THESE ISSUES HAVE CREATED OVER THE YEARS. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM NATIONWIDE. 
          AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP ALLEVIATE THAT IS IMPORTANT. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 14-26? SO MOVED SECOND? JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. 
          MR. CHESS YES, MR. MCCOVERN YES, MR. ALLEN, YES, MR. DON, YES, MR. EASTER YES, STANTON YES, MR. KIRKPATRICK YES, RESOLUTION 14-26 IS DULY ADOPTED. NEXT, IS THERE A MOTION TO READ RESOLUTION 15-26 BY TITLE ONLY? SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? RESOLUTION 15-26, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE FAIRBORN MUNICIPAL COURT FOR EMERGENCY USE OF CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OKAY, SO THIS RESOLUTION IS ABOUT. THE OHIO SUPREME COURT HAS REQUIRED ALL... COURTS TO MAKE ALTERNATIVE IN THE EVENT OF EMERGENCY, SOME TYPE OF CATASTROPHE, OR FOR WHATEVER REASONS, THE COURTS ARE NOT, THE COURT BUILDINGS ARE NOT ABLE TO BE USED. THE FAIRBORN MUNICIPAL COURT IS NO EXCEPTION TO THAT. SO THEY HAVE PRESENTED TO ME FOR MY REVIEW A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, WHICH WAS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND VERY STREAMLINED, AND, YOU KNOW, PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE. BOTTOM LINE IS, IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, THE COURT WILL COORDINATE SCHEDULES WITH THE CITY ADMINISTRATION. 
          AS TO WHEN, THE TIME FRAME, THINGS OF THAT NATURE AS TO WHEN THE FACILITIES WILL BE USED. AND IT'S ONLY TO BE USED FOR THE TIME PERIOD OF THE EMERGENCY. SEE NEXT TIME, NO COST TO THE CITY. THE COURT PROVIDES SOME SECURITY EQUIPMENT AND STAFF. AND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS RETAIN PRIORITY, AND EITHER PARTY MAY TERMINATE WITHIN 60 DAYS NOTICE. SO IT'S A WIN-WIN FOR EVERYBODY AND HELPS OUR COURT COMPLY WITH THE SUPREME COURT MANDATE. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. OKAY, AND WE'LL START COUNCIL QUESTIONS WITH COUNCILMAN DUNN. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE DOING THIS, BUT I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. 
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HAVE THEY EVER NEEDED TO DO THIS? NOT THAT ONE. I WAS JUST CURIOUS, YEAH. BUT I CAN TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WANT IT. THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. OKAY, I'M GOING TO MAKE A QUESTION, JUST A COMMENT. THIS IS SOMETHING, I'M SURPRISED WE HAVEN'T DONE SOMETHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. I WAS SAYING THE SAME THING. YEAH. WHEN I SAW THIS, I THOUGHT, WHAT WAS THE PLAN BEFORE? WELL, NOW WE HAVE A PLAN, IT'S A GOOD THING. OKAY, ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 15-26? SO MOVED SECOND? JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. EASTER YES, MR. ALLEN YES, MISS CHESS YES, MR. DODD YES, MR. MCCOVENS YES, MISS PHANTOM YES, MR. KIRKPATRICK YES. RESOLUTION 15-26 IS DULY ADOPTED. 
          FINALLY, IS THERE A MOTION TO READ RESOLUTION 16-26 BY TITLE ONLY? SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. RESOLUTION 16-26, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AIR SERVICE COMMUNITY PARTNER AGREEMENT WITH THE DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. AND EDUCATION AND PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATION FOR AIR FORCE ENHANCEMENT INITIATIVES. AND IT'S COUNCIL ENTERTAINED A REPRESENTATIVE FROM DAYTON CHAMBER WHO DESCRIBED THIS, THIS PROPOSAL TO US, IT'S BASICALLY THE CITY CONTRIBUTES $25,000 AND OTHER PARTNERS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS WITHIN THE GREATER MIAMI VALLEY HAVE DONE THE SAME THING. WITH THE INTENTION OF SUPPORTING INCREASED AIRLINE SERVICE, BASICALLY GETTING MORE DIRECT FLIGHTS INTO THE CITY OF DAYTON AIRPORT. THE CHAMBER WILL MANAGE THEIR ONLINE INCENTIVE GUARANTEES WITH JOBS OHIO, AND IT INCLUDES A PROMOTIONAL DISPLAY FEATURE, WHICH INCLUDES THE CITY OF FAIRBOURN. AND I BELIEVE THAT FLYER, I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU CALL IT, THE GRAPHIC PANEL. YEAH, THE CITY SAW THE GRAPHIC PANEL. 
          THERE'S A NUMBER OF, LET'S SEE, WHO ALL IS ON THE GRAPHIC PANEL? YES, DAYTON, CITY OF DAYTON, CARESOURCE, JOBS, OHIO, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, BEAVER CREEK, CITY OF KETTERING, UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON, WRIGHT-PACK CREDIT UNION, CITY OF FAIRBOURN. SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO IT'S A NICE REPRESENTATION OF PLAYERS WITHIN THE GREATER MIAMI VALLEY. BASIC BENEFITS IS WE'VE GOT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ENHANCED AIR SERVICE, SUPPORTS BUSINESS ACTIVITY, COMMUNITY BRANDING AND VISIBILITY, AND IT SHOWS THAT REGIONAL COLLABORATION, PARTNERSHIP. SO STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. I DID MAKE SOME SLIGHT TWEAKS AND TWOGS TO THE AGREEMENT. WE SENT THAT TO THE CHAMBER, SO IT'S READY TO SIGN UPON COUNCIL APPROVAL. 
          AND WE'LL START COUNCIL QUESTIONS WITH THE COUNCILMAN. JUST NO. 
          WE'VE ALREADY WENT OVER ALL THIS AND EVERYTHING. 
          AND THANK YOU, VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. THANK YOU. I AM SO SORRY. I HAVE A QUESTION, AS MUCH AS I DON'T WANT TO HAVE A QUESTION. UM, THE THE PANEL THAT WE GET, LIKE, IT'S SEPARATE FROM THAT SEVEN BY SEVEN ONE THAT SHOWS ALL THE COLLABORATORS, RIGHT? WE GET OUR OWN PANEL. 
          NO, THAT THERE THERE'LL BE A PANEL IN EACH CONCOURSE. I BELIEVE THEY'RE ROUGHLY FOUR BY EIGHT OR SIX BY SIX. 
          THEY'RE THE LARGE PANELS. AND WE'LL BE INCLUDED ON BOTH OF THOSE PANELS, ALONG WITH THE OTHER CONTRIBUTING PARTNERS, FOR ONE YEAR. THIS AGREEMENT IS ONLY FOR ONE YEAR. BUT I BELIEVE THAT'S HOW THE PANEL WILL LOOK. OH, I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE, I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GET OUR OWN FAIRBORN. DID YOU HAVE YOUR LEGISLATION WITH YOU OR THE PACKET WITH YOU? I KNOW I SAW THE ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE I DID NOTICE. I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT. OUR LOGO IS LIKE 30 TO 40 PERCENT LESS WIDE THAN BEAVER, CREEK AND KETTERING, SO I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD, OUR LOGO SHOULD BE A BIG ON THAT. BUT I THOUGHT I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN WORK SESSION THAT WE WERE GOING TO GET OUR LIKE. I DON'T KNOW. I PICTURED IT BEING FOR FAIRBORN. NO, IT WILL BE A SHARED ONE ON EACH CONCOURSE. 
          JUST ABOUT THAT. RECOGNIZING THOSE FOLKS WHO CONTRIBUTED THIS TO TRY AND BRING IN ADDITIONAL DIRECT FLIGHTS INTO THE AIRPORT. OKAY. I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE AGAINST IT, BUT THAT WASN'T MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE WORK 
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SESSION. I THOUGHT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT, WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO GET SOME ADVERTISING. THAT WAS KIND OF LIKE FOR FAIRBORN. 
          I MEAN, NOT JUST A LOGO ON SOMETHING. THAT'S DISAPPOINTING. WHEN YOU SAY IT'S JUST FOR ONE YEAR, THEN. 
          YEAH, THIS IS NOT A RECURRING $25,000 EVERY YEAR, AND THEN WE GET ADVERTISING AND SUPPORT. 
          THIS IS STRICTLY FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM, ESPECIALLY DEFENSE CONTRACTORS WHO ARE CONSIDERING MOVING AN OFFICE TO DAYTON, IS THERE'S NO DIRECT FLIGHT. FROM HERE TO NEW YORK, NO DIRECT FLIGHT FROM HERE TO BOSTON. 
          PREVIOUSLY, THERE WAS NO DIRECT FLIGHT FROM DENVER, WHICH IS ANOTHER HUB THAT A LOT OF OUR DEFENSE CONTRACTORS WORK OUT OF. SO THEY DID A SIMILAR PROGRAM TO THIS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND IT COVERS WHAT HAPPENS IF THE AIRLINE DOESN'T MAKE A PROFIT ON THAT FLIGHT. THAT FLIGHT TO DENVER HAS DONE SO WELL THAT THEY'VE INCREASED THE SIZE OF THE PLANE, THE FREQUENCY OF THE FLIGHT, AND THEY'RE HOPING THAT THAT DOES THIS FOR BOSTON AND OR NEW YORK. 
          AND SO... IN THE PAST, THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS. I WILL TELL YOU THAT. 
          BOTH THE CITY OF BEAVER CREEK AND THE CITY OF FAIRBOURN TOGETHER SAID, LOOK, IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTRIBUTE, WE NEED SOMETHING IN EXCHANGE, AND THIS IS THE AVERAGE. THEY WERE RECEIVED, SO THE DAYTON CHAMBER IS PURCHASING A CONCOURSE PANEL FOR EACH, NOT SEPARATE BUT BUT TOGETHER. AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BRING ADDITIONAL DEFENSE RELATED CONTRACTORS TO TOWN, WHICH THEN COULD FILL UP BUILDINGS WITHIN THE CITY. 
          SO IT'S HOPEFULLY AN ECONOMIC TOOL TO GET IT MORE DEFENSE CONTRACTORS HERE. YEAH, OKAY, OKAY, THAT THANK YOU. NO, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA. I MEAN, IT'S A GOOD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THING. SO THANK YOU, MIKE. YEAH, MIKE, WE DID BRING IT UP AND ASK, WHAT DID WE GET? WAS OUR BANG FOR A BUCK IN THE WORK SESSION. SO WE JUST DIDN'T, HE WASN'T ABLE TO GIVE US AN ANSWER AS TO WHAT THAT WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. SO WE WANTED SOME ADVERTISEMENT. 
          BUT HE ALSO SAID THAT THAT THE CINCINNATI AIRPORT WILL BE GOING THROUGH SOME CHALLENGES BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING ON THAT BRIDGE. SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE, PROBABLY GOING TO REDUCE SOME OF THEIR FLIGHTS, REDUCE SOME OF THE FOLKS GETTING THERE. BUT THIS WILL HELP DRIVE MORE FLIGHTS AND MORE ATTENTION BACK. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. SO THANKS. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. 
          THANKS. MY ONLY COMMENT IS THAT IN ADDITION TO THIS, THE MARKETING OF OUR LOGO AND EVERYTHING, THE ISSUE YOU BROUGHT UP, MIKE, ABOUT THIS IS INCREASED FLIGHTS, DIRECT FLIGHTS FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES. AS A RETIRED AIR FORCE OFFICER, WHEN I WAS AT WRIGHT-PATT, THAT WAS A BIG DEAL, BEING ABLE TO GO DIRECTLY FROM POINT A TO POINT B, VERSUS HAVING TO GO TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND SWITCHING FLIGHTS. SO THAT, IN ITSELF, IS A HUGE MARKETING THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO I THINK THIS IS A DEFINITELY A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. OKAY, IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 16-26? SO MOVED. SECOND. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MS. REISTER? YES. MR. ALLEN? YES. MS. CHESS? YES. MR. DODD? YES. 
          MR. MCCUBBINS? YES. MS. STANTON? YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK? YES. MS. CHESS? YES. RESOLUTION 16-26 IS DULY 
          [VIII.	Citizens Comments]
ADOPTED. OKAY, LET US MOVE ON TO CITIZENS' COMMENTS. WE'LL OPEN CITIZENS' COMMENTS. 
          ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME FORWARD. PROVIDE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO FIVE MINUTES. JAMES BAKER, 427 GRANT STREET. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY DISAPPOINTMENT WITH TONIGHT'S DECISION TO APPROVE THE PERMIT. FEE INCREASE AS PRESENTED. I SPOKE HERE TONIGHT ABOUT MY CONCERNS AND THE UNFAIR COMPARISONS TO LARGER, WEALTHIER CITIES. 
          THE BURDEN OF THIS PLACE IS ON EVERY BODY, HOMEOWNERS, AND THE FACT THAT OUR RESIDENTS ALREADY ARE ABSORBING A 14% INCREASE IN THEIR WATER BILL. 
          YOU GUYS SPOKE ABOUT IT TONIGHT. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE COUNCIL KEEP THE DOOR OPEN AND REVISIT THIS. THAT'D BE GREAT. I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON ARMSTRONG ROAD REAL QUICK. I GREW UP THERE, 1805, ARMSTRONG ROAD. 1805 HAS BEEN IN MY FAMILY, PROBABLY SINCE 
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1980. IT WAS MY DAD'S HOUSE. 
          PASSED AWAY IN 2010. HE MOVED OUT THERE. WE HAD HORSES. AND I THINK IF HE WAS HERE TODAY, HE WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE... THE PROGRESSION AND THE BUILDING THAT'S GOING ON ACROSS THE STREET, BUT I FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S TAKING PLACE THERE. SO THAT IS IN A TRUST, A BAKER TRUST. SO I THINK IN MY LIFETIME, I MIGHT END UP SEEING SOME SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BUILT OVER THERE, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET. 
          BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. THERE'S A LOT GOING ON OUT THERE. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE THE INCREASE IN THE WATER BILL AND THE PERMIT IN FEES. IT'S NOT FOR EVERYBODY, BUT IT IS, IT'S IT'S LIFE. IT GOES ON, YOU KNOW? BUT ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S TIME. 
          TERRY THANK YOU, MANUEL, HE'S NOT HERE. I THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE INPUT THAT THEY PUT IN ON THAT. I KNOW IT'S A LONG TIME, IT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS BRADLEY HENRICH, 32, LAWNDALE, HERE IN FAIRBOURN. 
          NICE TO SEE YOU GUYS AGAIN, COUNCIL, MAYOR. ALL I'VE HEARD TONIGHT IS TAXES ARE GOING UP, WATER'S GOING UP. WE'RE PAYING MORE AND WE'RE ABOUT TO DISH OUT $25,000 TO THE AIRPORT FOR A YEAR. FOR A SIGN NO BIGGER THAN THAT THERE ON THE WALL. JUST FOR PEOPLE ONBOARDING TO SEE FAIRBORN AND A MINIMUM OF FIVE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THIS. SO THE DAYTON AIRPORT'S GETTING SOMETHING $200,000, MAYBE WAY MORE FOR A YEAR FOR JUST SIGNAGE. 
          THAT'S FOR TWO TERMINALS, I GUESS. BUT ALL I SEE IS EVEN MY AES BILL IS UP HUGE. IT'S A HUGE INCREASE. WE'RE DISHING OUT $25,000 FOR A YEAR JUST TO SHOW FAIRBORN THERE. AND I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THIS MONEY DOESN'T CONTRIBUTE TO HELPING MORE DIRECT FLIGHTS TO DAYTON. I'M PRETTY SURE THAT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE AIRLINES I'M SEEING.DELTA, US, ABOUT THEM DETERMINING WHICH AIRLINES ARE DIRECT RIGHT INTO DAYTON VERSUS PARTICIPATION WITH SIGNAGE. IF I'M WRONG, I'D LIKE TO HEAR THOUGHTS ON THAT. 
          BRAD, IF YOU WANT TO COME IN AND SEE ME, I'LL BE HAPPY TO GO THROUGH THIS WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. 
          OKAY. BESIDES ALL THAT, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO DO TO HELP LOWER OUR BURDEN ON TAXES, OUR ELECTRIC BILL? I'M NOW ON A SET INCOME EVERY MONTH, SO NOW I'M STARTING TO FEEL THE BURDEN OF LIVING ON SO MUCH MONEY EVERY MONTH, AND I'M ONLY 38. I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW OUR SENIORS ARE DOING RIGHT NOW, AND OUR TAXES ARE GOING UP. 
          YOU GUYS ARE SPENDING MONEY LEFT AND RIGHT, INCREASING OUR FEES, INCREASING WATER. 
          NOTHING'S GOING DOWN TO HELP US OUT. I KNOW THERE'S PROGRAMS TO HELP, BUT I DON'T SEE YOU GUYS EVER TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO LOWER ANYTHING. AND I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE A WHILE, SO IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE AT THE PODIUM FOR YOU GUYS. 
          THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY. 
          THANK YOU. THANKS, BRENT. 
          ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO PLEASE COME FORWARD? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ROGER STINSON, 1800 SOUTH MAPLE AVENUE. I HAVE TO EXCUSE MY VOICE. 
          BUT I MIGHT BE LATE TO THE PARTY, BUT I WAS WONDERING IF ANYBODY HAD TALKED ABOUT THE FOREVER CHEMICALS AT WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE AND IF IT AFFECTS FAIRBOURN. SIR, COULD YOU EXPAND ON WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT? THE CITY OF DAYTON FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE. FOR CHEMICALS LEAKING INTO DAYTON. AND I LIVE IN FIVE POINTS, WHICH IS REALLY CLOSE TO WRIGHT-PATTERSON. 
          MAYOR, THIS IS PART OF THE PFAS LITIGATION THAT THE CITY IS ACTIVELY PART OF. THE CITY OF DAYTON, I BELIEVE, WAS PART OF THE PFAS LITIGATION, BUT THEY SEPARATED AND THEY FILED THEIR OWN LAWSUIT RECENTLY. WE DID HAVE A WELL IN... 2021 THAT WAS FOUND TO HAVE A TRACE ELEMENT OF THAT. WE ISOLATED THE WELL, SHUT IT DOWN, AND DO NOT USE THE WELL ANYMORE. AND WE DO TEST FOR PFAS CONTAMINATION. 
          SO THE CITY IS A PARTY OF A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT RELATED TO THOSE FOREVER CHEMICALS. 
          AND WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION. WE DON'T SEE IT TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S A CRISIS, BUT STAFF DID WORK TO ISOLATE THAT WELL VERY QUICKLY. AND WE WILL EVENTUALLY DEMOLISH. BUT WITH OUR PROXIMITY 
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TO THE BASE, AS WELL AS THE DAYTON AQUIFER, ALL COMMUNITIES AROUND THE BASE ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO MONITOR. HERE FOR THE REMINDER. ONE OTHER THING, WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, MARCH. SO I WAS THINKING ABOUT, FROM 1920 TO TODAY, WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE. MAYA ANGELOU SAID THAT WE OFTEN ADMIRE THE BEAUTY OF A BUTTERFLY, BUT NEVER THINK ABOUT THE STRUGGLE THAT IT TOOK TO ACHIEVE THAT BEAUTY. WOMEN ON THE COUNCIL, I SALUTE YOU. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. ANYONE ELSE WISHING, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M CAROLYN EAKER, 945 DAYTON, YELLOW SPRINGS ROAD, AND I'M PLEASED TO BE ON A COMMITTEE COMMEMORATING AMERICA 250 RIGHT HERE IN GREENE COUNTY, AND WE'RE CALLING IT FLAG DAY 250, AND WE DIDN'T COORDINATE, CHRIS. IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE. TEN YEARS AGO, YOU MAY REMEMBER, SHERIFF GENE FISHER HELD THE FIRST FLAG RETIREMENT CEREMONY, BURNING 175. SPENT AMERICAN FLAGS. LAST YEAR, THE CEREMONY INCLUDED THE VETERANS SERVICES PICNIC FOR VETERANS FAMILIES AND SHERIFF ANGER RETIRED OVER 5,000 FLAGS. 
          THIS YEAR, THE CEREMONY AND PICNIC WILL BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE A FREE, FAMILY-FRIENDLY ACTIVITY OPEN TO EVERYONE AT THE GREENE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS. SUNDAY, JUNE 14TH, FLAG DAY. THE GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, VETERAN SERVICES, PARKS AND TRAILS, AND AG SERVICES FORM THE GOVERNING COMMITTEE. AND ARE SUPPORTED BY A MULTITUDE OF SOCIAL SERVICE, HISTORICAL, A MULTITUDE OF LOCAL SERVICE, HISTORICAL, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. 
          BEGINNING AT 4 P.M., ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE LIVE MUSIC, FREE HOT DOGS, CHIPS, DRINKS, AND COOKIES. A VARIETY OF INTERESTING VEHICLES ON DISPLAY, LIKE THE BATMOBILE AND MAYBE THE TOUCH A TRUCK, AND SEVERAL OTHERS. CHARACTERS IN PERIOD COSTUMES MINGLING WITH FAMILIES, PROVIDING STORIES ABOUT WHO THEY ARE REPRESENTING, AND PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES. LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS EXHIBITS AND DISPLAYS KIDS ACTIVITIES SUCH AS KITES, FACE PAINTING, TEMPORARY TATTOOS, PHOTO BOOTH BUBBLES. CORNHOLE STICKERS AND PINS AND MORE. WE HAVEN'T STOPPED. WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN DONE YET. AND WE HAVE ALSO REQUESTED A VISIT FROM ONE OF THE SEVEN FREEDOM 250 MOBILE MUSEUM TRUCKS THAT ARE TOURING THE COUNTRY. THE ANNUAL FLAG DAY CEREMONY, THE RETIREMENT CEREMONY, WILL START AT 6 P.M. FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T HANDLE THE HEAT DURING THE DAY. OR, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OLDER AND THEY JUST CAN'T BE OUT THERE FOR THAT LONG. SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE ALREADY STEPPED UP TO HELP SUPPORT THIS EVENT. 
          THE DAR, THE SONS OF THE REVOLUTION, THE MIAMI VALLEY MILITARY HISTORY MUSEUM, THE XENIA VFW POST 2402, AND XENIA EAGLES. WE ARE LOOKING FOR MORE ORGANIZATIONS TO OFFER FREE SNACKS, LIKE POPCORN OR SNOW CONES OR WHATEVER, AND OUR COMMITTEE CAN COVER THE COST OF THE SUPPLIES THAT THEY USE TO GIVE OUT FREE SNACKS. SO IT'S NOT SO THAT WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING, BUT WE NEED ORGANIZATIONS TO HAVE TABLES THERE TO PASS OUT POPCORN OR WHATEVER. 
          ALSO, WE NEED MORE FOLKS TO DRESS IN COSTUME AND TO REPRESENT HISTORICAL CHARACTERS. LIKE, WE HAVE AN UNCLE SAM, I THINK WE HAVE AN UNCLE SAM. WE NEED AN ABRAHAM LINCOLN, A FREDERICK DOUGLASS. BETSY ROSS WOULD BE NETHANY GREEN, AND HE CAN EXPLAIN WHY GREEN COUNTY WAS NAMED AFTER HIM. SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS WE'RE LOOKING FOR, LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO DRESS UP AND TELL STORIES. 
          AND, OF COURSE, TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS TO HELP DEFRAY COSTS TO KEEP THIS EVENT FREE ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED AND ARE MADE THROUGH GREEN GIVING. IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON OUR EVENT, OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER FOR ANYTHING, I CALL ME AND I CAN PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH A PERSON THAT CAN HELP YOU GET THIS GOING. AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S SUPPORT. JUNE 14TH, 4 P.M. TO 
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7 P.M., I'M CAROLYN. CALL ME AT 937-974-7917. THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL? MR. MAYOR AND FAIRBORN CITY COUNCIL, BEN FRANCIS, 15 OHIO STREET. I COME TODAY TO ADVOCATE TO ALLOW FOR BACKYARD CHICKENS AND QUAIL WITHIN CITY LIMITS, SOMETHING THAT I KNOW HAS BEEN A DISCUSSION TOPIC IN CIRCLES THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS. RECENTLY, WE HAD A PETITION STARTED, A SURVEY, MULTIPLE DISCUSSIONS ON FAIRBORN LOCAL FACEBOOK GROUPS, AND WHAT I FOUND IN MY RESEARCH... IS THAT MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE OPEN TO BACKYARD CHICKENS AND QUAIL, AND DON'T MIND IF THEIR NEIGHBORS HAVE THEM. 
          BUT I'VE ALSO FOUND THAT MANY OF US ARE OPEN TO SOME SORT OF REGULATION FROM THE CITY. 
          WHAT WE'RE REALLY ASKING IS THAT WE MAKE ORDINANCES THAT ALIGN WITH OUR CITY'S YELLOW SPRINGS AND XENIA. TWO MAIN POINTS I WANT TO MAKE, THOUGH, IS MANY OF US DO NOT WANT TO CAUSE A NUISANCE WITH THESE CHICKENS. THIS WILL INCLUDE MAKING SURE THAT WE KEEP THEM IN ENCLOSED... 
          LIVING QUARTERS AND WE DON'T WANT THEM TO BE FREE RANGE AROUND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THE OTHER IS TO PREVENT UNSAFE CONDITIONS FOR THE ANIMALS. WE HAVE A LOT OF NATURAL PREDATORS HERE, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CAGES ARE PREDATOR PROOF AND THAT THESE ANIMALS ARE SECURED TO SLEEP AT NIGHT. WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE PROPERLY CLEANED AND TAKEN CARE OF AS APPROPRIATE. I DID MENTION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD QUAIL, CHICKENS AND QUAIL. THESE ANIMALS ARE QUIETER THAN CHICKENS AND ARE PREFERRED FOR SMALLER LOTS, WHICH I KNOW MANY OF OUR CITY SPACES HAVE. AND THEN THE LAST PLACE... WHAT I WANT TO MAKE WITH THE REGULATIONS IS NO ROOSTERS. 
          MANY OF US WANT TO STILL BE GOOD NEIGHBORS, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE ASKING FOR A CHANGE IN ORDINANCE. ALL THE THEMES I'VE MENTIONED ARE DISCUSSED IN THE PETITION AND THE SURVEY. I KNOW THAT SEVERAL OF YOU DID VISIT A CHICKEN COOP IN, I BELIEVE, YELLOW SPRINGS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND HAD A GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH THAT. 
          TONIGHT, I'M ASKING TO HOPEFULLY TALK TO AT LEAST ONE OF YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS TO MOVE THIS FORWARD, OR AT LEAST GET IT ON THE DISCUSSION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL? JAMES DOUGLAS CHESTER III, 455. CORONADO DRIVE. JUST A QUICK UPDATE, IF YOU CAN. THE UPDATE WITH WRIGHT STATE, NO HURRY, MAYBE IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS OR SO. 
          WHAT'S THAT STATUS? WITH THEM, AND ALSO DEPUTY MAYOR, THE COVENS MENTIONED A PROPERTY OWNER NOT ADHERING TO THE RENT THEY'RE CHARGING AT A SENIOR CITIZEN HOME. I WAS WONDERING IF WE ARE PURSUING SOME TYPE OF LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THEM, ANYONE ELSE? WE SHOULD SPEAK TO COUNSEL. 
          [ IX.	City Manager Comments]
OKAY, SEEING NO ONE ELSE COME FORWARD, WE WILL CLOSE CITIZENS' COMMENTS AND COME TO CITY MANAGER COMMENTS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          SEVERAL THINGS THIS EVENING. 
          FIRST, I WANT TO THANK SUPERINTENDENT GAYHART FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WORK SESSION, AS WELL AS HERE AT COUNCIL. 
          THIS MORNING, IN THIS VERY ROOM, CHIEF WILLIAMS WELCOMED THREE NEW FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS TO OUR DEPARTMENT. ANNA TOMIC, MARK WYSONG, AND... 
          STEVE YEAMANS. I'M GLAD THOSE THREE PARAMEDICS HAVE DECIDED TO COME ON BOARD WITH US. 
          DURING THAT CEREMONY, WE ALSO PROMOTED ONE OF OUR OWN FIREFIGHTER. PARAMEDIC, BRENT SHOCKMAN, WAS PROMOTED TO FIRE LIEUTENANT. BRENT'S BEEN WITH US FOR OVER 15 YEARS. 
          I WANT TO CONGRATULATE BRENT. 
          IT'S A WELL-DESERVED PROMOTION. 
          SO, AT THE LAST MEETING, WHAT CREATED THIS VACANCY FOR A NEW LIEUTENANT, CRAIG WALTERS RETIRED, AND I SHOULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING IN MY COMMENT. 
          CRAIG'S A GOOD GUY, FAIRBORN RESIDENT, AND SERVED THE COMMUNITY ADMIRABLY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AND SO I WAS REMISS IN SAYING TO CRAIG OR CONGRATULATING CRAIG ON HIS. 
          LAST MONDAY, IN THIS ROOM, WE SWORE JASON COLLINS AS THE NEWEST POLICE OFFICER AT THE FAIRBORN POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          NEXT MONDAY, THE 23RD, AT 9 A.M. IN THIS VERY ROOM, WE'LL BE SWEARING IN KYLIE JEFFERS. AS OUR NEWEST POLICE OFFICER. SO EVERYBODY'S WELCOME HERE AT 9 A.M. SO, TO JASON, 
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ANNA, MARK, AND STEVEN, WELCOME TO THE FAIRBORN FAMILY. I WANT TO THANK THE 445TH AND VICE WING COMMANDER, COLONEL MUHA, FOR HONORING THE CITY THIS PAST WEEKEND. I'LL DEFER TO THE MAYOR LATER TO BRING YOU ALL UP TO SPEED ON THAT. AND THEN I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE REGARDING THE ENHANCED USE LEASE, OR EUL. 
          THAT EVERYBODY HEARS ABOUT RECENTLY, WRIGHT PATTERSON ON AREA B. THIS PROJECT IS GOVERNED BY AGREEMENTS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL THROUGH RESOLUTION 37-25, WHICH YOU PASSED LAST SEPTEMBER 2ND. AND THOSE DOCUMENTS REMAIN AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW. THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY WAS LAST THURSDAY. IT HAD BEEN ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 3RD, 2025, BUT BECAUSE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, IT WAS POSTPONED. SO WE HAD ONE DAY OF SUNSHINE LAST WEEK, IT HAPPENED TO BE ON THURSDAY. THE GROUP THAT WENT WERE REPRESENTING THE CITY, WERE INTEGRAL TO THAT DEVELOPMENT. OUR CITY SOLICITOR WHO WORKED THROUGH THE LEGAL AGREEMENT, CHIEF WILLIAMS, TERRY ADKINS, MANUEL, WERE ALL PRESENT FOR THE CITY, ALONG WITH MYSELF AND MAYOR KIRKPATRICK. SO THAT AGREEMENT, JUST SO EVERYONE IS CLEAR. 
          THERE IS NO EXPENSE TO TAXPAYERS FOR SUBSIDIZING SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PROJECT. THE DEVELOPER WILL PAY UTILITY RATES SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THOSE CHARGED TO OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES, TWO AND A HALF TIMES THE RATE OF WHAT OUR RESIDENTS PAY. 
          THEY'LL CONTRIBUTE $70,000 ANNUALLY TO SUPPORT FIRE AND EMS SERVICES, IN ADDITION TO ANY EMS BILLING FOR CALLS, AND PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY $115,000 ANNUALLY TO A DEDICATED WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE SINKING FUND TO ADDRESS FUTURE MAINTENANCE AND UPGRADES ON THAT SITE. THAT PROJECT WILL ALSO PAY FULL BUILDING PERMIT AND BUILDING INSPECTION FEES, AND THE CITY NEGOTIATED AN ADDITIONAL HOURLY RATE. FOR FIRE INSPECTION, BOTH FOR THE PLANS AND GOING OUT ON SITE. AND SO NORMALLY, THOSE COSTS ARE JUST ABSORBED IN THE PERMITTING APPLICATION. 
          BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITIZENS WEREN'T PAYING ANYTHING EXTRA FOR THAT. SO, IN CONCLUSION, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO REMEMBER THAT. THAT EUL AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BASE, NOT ONLY TO THE CITY OF FAIRBOURN, BUT TO THE ENTIRE MIAMI VALLEY, THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THAT THAT BASE GENERATES, WHETHER IT'S DIRECT OR SECONDARY, EFFECT, THIS COMMUNITY AND THIS REGION WOULD BE VASTLY DIFFERENT WITHOUT IT. WE WERE ASKED TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE. THEY NEEDED HELP. THEY NEEDED WATER. 
          THEY NEEDED SANITARY SEWER. 
          THEY NEEDED FIRE AND EMS. THEY NEEDED BUILDING INSPECTION AND FAIRBORN. AND SO WE WALKED INTO THAT SITUATION AND SAID THAT THE TAXPAYERS COULDN'T BE OUT ANY MONEY FOR THIS. THAT $115,000 SINKING FUND EVERY YEAR IS ADDED TO. IF THERE ARE NO REPAIRS OR UPGRADES MADE, WE CAN USE THAT MONEY TO DO OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AROUND THAT PORTION OF THIS. 
          THAT WILL HELP ALL RESIDENTS IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTION. WE DID OUR DUE DILIGENCE. WE MADE SURE WE WERE PROTECTED. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. AS YOU HEAR MORE ABOUT IT, IT'S A FRONT PAGE STORY ON FRIDAY IN THE DAYTON DAILY. 
          AND IT WAS ALSO ON A LOT OF NEWSCASTS. 
          BUT WE'RE HUGE PARTICIPANTS IN THAT. THE DEFENSE OF THE COUNTRY IS HUGE TO ALL OF US AND WE WANTED TO DO OUR PART. 
          BUT I ALSO WANTED TO REFRESH EVERYBODY'S MEMORY ON THAT AND WHY THE GROUNDBREAKING WAS HELD OFF SO LONG. BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. OTHER THAN THAT, MR. CHESS, YOU HAD YOUR QUESTION. THE ISSUE WITH WRIGHT STATE WE'RE ADDRESSING, WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. THE OTHER QUESTION RELATED TO. SENIOR CITIZEN HOME, THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING WENT THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS, OHIO HOUSING FINANCE CREDITS, AND THEY HAD A TIME FRAME THAT THEY HAD TO GUARANTEE THOSE RENTS. THAT TIME HAS EXPIRED. AND SO AS MUCH AS WE HATE TO SEE THOSE RENTS GO UP, LEGALLY, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. WE'VE HAD FOLKS FROM OUR FAIR HOUSING GROUP GO IN THERE TO TRY AND ASSIST RESIDENTS. 
          BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT RESTRICTION, JUST LIKE THIS ONE, HAS 30 YEARS AND 55 AND OVER. THEIR RESTRICTIONS THROUGH THOSE OHIO HOUSING FINES EXPIRED, AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ABLE TO GO OUT NOW AND ACTUALLY CHARGE MARKET RATE. SO I HOPE 
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THAT CLEARS. OTHER THAN THAT, YOUR HONOR, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. WE'LL COME TO COUNCIL COMMENTS, AND WE'LL START WITH COUNCILMAN CHESS. OH, YOU WOULD START ME. I WOULD APPRECIATE EVERYONE BEING HERE ON TONIGHT. IT'S GREAT TO LOOK OUT AND SEE ALL YOUR SMILING FACES. AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S COMMENTS. YOU ALL 
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MISSED SOME VALID POINTS. 
          BRINGING IN FOR THE PETITION FOR THE CHICKENS, YOU KNOW, I LOVE THE HOLISTIC AND THE FREE RANGE THING MYSELF. MR. BAKER THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AS WELL, MR. CHESS AND EVERYONE WHO BROUGHT THEIR COMMENTS TO TO COUNSEL YOU ALL MAKES REALLY GOOD POINTS AND COMMENTS. AND AND YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR CITY YOU LIVE IN. 
          WE APPRECIATE THAT. 
          CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WAS BROUGHT ON BOARD TO THE CITY OF FAIRBOURN. IT'S A GREAT THING, AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE IS COLD OUTSIDE AND HAPPY WOMEN'S MONTH AND ON TO YOU. 
          THANK YOU. SO I HAD THE PLEASURE AND THE HONOR OF BEING PRESENT THIS MORNING WITH THE PROMOTION AND THE THREE NEW RECRUITS. I'VE MENTIONED IT BEFORE, BUT I WANT TO MENTION IT AGAIN. BOTH OF OUR CHIEFS, CHIEF WILLIAMS AND CHIEF ROMAN, HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB BUILDING A GREAT CULTURE WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENTS. ONE OF THE RECRUITS, I BELIEVE IT WAS ONE OF THE RECRUITS TODAY, EVEN MADE THE COMMENT ABOUT THE FAMILY ELEMENT, AND I THINK THAT'S A TRUE TESTAMENT TO NOT ONLY YOUR LEADERSHIP, BUT THE PEOPLE ON YOUR TEAM. 
          SO THANK YOU, SIR. FAIRBORN CITY SCHOOLS, IF YOU'RE NOT FOLLOWING THEM, THEY'VE HAD SO MANY INCREDIBLE THINGS GOING ON. I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE. WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF IT TODAY WITH THE FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN AND YOU KNOW, THE VISION AND THE LEADERSHIP THAT THEY HAVE GOING FORWARD. BUT ALSO WITH OUR NEW BUILDINGS, ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS IS WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HOST LOTS OF INCREDIBLE EVENTS. 
          FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, FAIRBORN CITY SCHOOLS HELD MEPA. BYE. WHICH IS LIKE AN INDOOR DRUM LINE, COLOR GUARD. IT'S AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY. FOR NOT ONLY US TO SHOWCASE OUR FACILITIES, WHICH, YES, IT IS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT IT'S ALSO PART OF THE CITY. 
          BUT IT ALSO OPENS THE DOOR FOR US TO HOST MORE, WHICH BRINGS ECONOMIC WINDFALLS TO THE SURROUNDING AREAS. AND JUST GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE FAIRBOURN AS SO MUCH MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE BEEN KNOWN FOR HISTORICALLY. 
          SO THAT'S INCREDIBLE. I LOVE TO SEE THAT. SO THANK YOU, FAIRBOURN CITY SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. TO THE MARCHING BAND AND THE MUSIC CLUB FOR HOSTING THAT SUCCESSFULLY. 
          BECAUSE, AS I UNDERSTAND, THEY'VE ALREADY COMMITTED TO COMING BACK AGAIN NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE. 
          SERENITY, SO THE GIRLS WRESTLING IS A RELATIVELY NEW SPORT IN FAIRBORN CITY SCHOOLS, AND SERENITY CAME IN SEVENTH IN THE STATE, SO WAY TO REPRESENT FAIRBORN SERENITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND THEN LET'S SEE. IF YOU WERE OUT THIS WEEKEND, YOU PROBABLY SAW THE PARATROOPERS OVER AT WRIGHT-PATT. THAT WAS PRETTY COOL TO SEE THE HELICOPTERS FLYING BY AND DROPPING SIX PEOPLE. 
          THAT WAS PRETTY SWEET. SO, YEAH, IT'S A GREAT TIME TO BE IN FAIRBORN AND I AM SO HONORED TO BE HERE. THANK YOU. I AM TIRED AND I'M NOT GONNA SAY SO FAST. I GUESS I WILL SAY, OKAY, I'M LOOKING AT HER NOTEBOOK, I THINK SHE'S FIBBING. I'M JUST KIDDING. 
          THAT WAS A MORNING ON CAFFEINE. BRADLEY, I THINK I DERAILED AND MISLED. YOU WENT ABOUT THE AIR WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE AIRPORT BECAUSE I WAS SPECIFICALLY FOCUSING IT. WHINING ABOUT HOW, THE SIZE OF OUR ADVERTISING AND THAT MY MISINTERPRETATION OF WHAT WE WERE GETTING FOR IT. BUT MIKE KIND OF REPLIED IN HIS RESPONSE TO ME ABOUT THE REASONS. THAT ARE THE ECONOMIC REASONS THAT ARE GOOD FOR US TO BE SUPPORTING THAT. SO, YEAH, SO I GUESS YOU GUYS CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AFTERWARDS. SO I PROBABLY MISLED BY MY COMMENTS, POSSIBLY MISLED YOU. WE DIDN'T DO IT JUST FOR THE ADVERTISING, BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING WE SAID, WELL, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, LET'S GET A LITTLE SOMETHING OUT OF IT FOR THE ADVERTISING. SO, AS FAR AS... THE CHICKENS, I WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT VISITED A HOUSE IN YELLOW SPRINGS. I'LL TELL YOU, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE TO A PROCESS LIKE THAT. I'LL JUST TELL YOU, I'M OPEN TO DISCUSSING IT. I LIKED WHAT I SAW, AND I'VE HEARD A LOT OF POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT IT. 
          AND YOU ADDRESSED THE THINGS THAT I WAS, LIKE THE SAFETY OF THE ANIMALS FOR ME, AND THEN NOT CREATING A NUISANCE TO THE NEIGHBORS, WHICH WAS ADDRESSED. BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN THAT? HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS? BUT I WOULD SAY FOR ME PERSONALLY, I'M OPEN 
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TO THAT. BUT AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MOVE THAT FORWARD. SO MAYBE THAT CAN JUST BE A FOLLOW UP DISCUSSION WITH YOU GUYS TO TELL ME THAT. OKAY, THAT'S. 
          AND JUST THANKS FOR EVERYONE THAT CAME REALLY GOOD AT CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT TONIGHT, SHARING THINGS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, SHARING CONCERNS, A LOT OF GOOD DISCUSSION. SO THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. FIRST OF ALL, THANKS, EVERYBODY, FOR COMING AND SHARING. IT'S HOW WE LEARN WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, IMPORTANT TO YOU. ALSO, THIS MORNING I ALSO HAD THE HONOR OF WITNESSING THE PROMOTION OF THE NEW FIRE LIEUTENANT IN THE SWARING IN THE THREE NEW FIREFIGHTERS. I ACTUALLY REALLY ENJOY GOING TO THOSE BECAUSE IT SHOWS, LIKE MARY SAID, THE FAMILY, THE FAMILY DYNAMIC. AND BOTH CHIEFS HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB IN RECRUITING. THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE, LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, WE NEED INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE SOME TRAILERS WITH A LOT OF, LET'S TRY TO MAKE THIS ONE OF THE BETTER, THE BEST PARADES THAT WE'VE HAD. AS OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THERE'S NOT MUCH YOU CAN SAY ABOUT HOW GREAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS. I MEAN, IT REALLY IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BETTER ONES IN GREEN COUNTY. AND IN MIAMI VALLEY, YOU KNOW, WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND LET'S SEE. AND LAST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO END IN CONTINUING TO THANK OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN THE ARMED SERVICES AND PRAY FOR THEIR SAFETY. BEAUTIFUL. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT. I WILL BE SHORT, I PROMISE YOU. I WILL BE SURE WE'VE BEEN HERE. 
          JULIE SAID EIGHT O'CLOCK, WE BLEW THAT. 
          BUT I WILL SAY THAT I JUST WANT TO BRING UP JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. NUMBER ONE, THE FAIRBORN CITY SCHOOLS STRATEGIC PLAN, I THINK IS FANTASTIC. TANA MENTIONED IT. 
          GO OUT, READ IT, UNDERSTAND IT, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE EVERYBODY TO HELP BRING SOME OF THAT. THAT. TO FRUITION. IT WILL TAKE US ALL TO CONTINUE TO HELP OUR CHILDREN GROW. 
          RIGHT? I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I SAID IN THE WORK SESSION IS WE'RE HERE, THE ADULTS ARE THE ONES WHO ARE HERE TO RAISE THE CHILDREN AND TAKE CARE OF THE CHILDREN. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE, THAT'S ONE OF OUR ASSIGNMENTS. I DO WANT TO MENTION THE CHIEF ROMAN AND CHIEF WILLIAMS. SOMEONE MENTIONED THAT THEY'VE CHANGED THE CULTURE AND HAVE JUST A GREAT ENVIRONMENT TO WORK FOR THEIR OFFICERS AND FOR THEIR PARAMEDICS AND FIREFIGHTERS. AND YOU CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THAT BECAUSE YOU CAN GO TO SOME COMMUNITIES AND YOU FIND SOME OF THIS INTERNAL STRUGGLE. I'M NOT SAYING IT IS PERFECT, YOU KNOW. HOWEVER, I CAN TELL YOU THAT YOU GUYS ARE GREAT LEADERS IN WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AND I APPRECIATE HOW YOU MANAGE YOUR FORCES. THIS IS THE ONE OCCUPATION AND JOB THAT WE ASK THE CITIZENS HELP IN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A STRONG FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND YOU TWO ARE CARRYING A BANNER AND YOU'RE HOLDING UP YOUR END OF THE BARGAIN. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. AND GREAT COMMENTS ALL NIGHT TONIGHT. I WILL SAY SOMETHING ABOUT WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. ROGER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD. 
          JOHN ADAMS, THE WHITE... THE WIFE OF JOHN ADAMS, ABIGAIL ADAMS, TOLD JOHN ADAMS AS HE WAS GOING OUT AND THEY WERE WORKING 
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ON THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. SHE SAID, REMEMBER THE LADIES. THAT WAS ONE OF HER COMMENTS, REMEMBER THE LADIES. I'M NOT SURE HOW HE RECEIVED THAT AT THAT TIME. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT THIS IS, AGAIN, ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO REMEMBER THE WOMEN. THEY PLAY AN INTEGRAL PART. 
          OF OUR HISTORY. AND I CAN TELL YOU, OVER THE PAST 15 DAYS, I WAS INTENTIONAL ABOUT LEARNING MORE ABOUT WOMEN'S HISTORY. SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE HERE AND THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING IN JUST TO TAKE THAT. AND AS ALREADY MENTIONED, WE'VE ALREADY LOST SOME SERVICE MEMBERS IN THIS WAR. AND THAT'S A TOUGH PLACE TO BE. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY A TOUGH PLACE TO BE. I KNOW WE SIGN, WE VOLUNTEER TO JOIN THESE RESPECTIVE SERVICES AND TO GO AND FIGHT. BUT IT'S TOUGH WHEN YOU LOSE A LOVED ONE. I SPENT SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS AS A FIRST SERGEANT, AND I WAS ABLE TO NOT HAVE TO GO OUT AND DO THAT CALL FROM SOMEONE WHO WAS FIGHTING A WAR. 
          BATTLE. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE. 
          BUT LET'S KEEP THEM ALL IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS, ALONG WITH THE AMERICAN CIVILIANS AND THOSE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN THE MIDDLE EAST. 
          IT'S CHALLENGING FOR EVERYONE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. YOU KNOW, I WON'T BELABOR A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, ONLY TO SAY A DITTO TO THEM AS WELL. SO I WILL FOCUS MY COMMENT TONIGHT. AS I LOOK OUT IN THE AUDIENCE, I SEE A LOT OF ALUMNI FROM OUR FAIRBORN COMMUNITY. 
          CITY SCHOOLS TO INCLUDE MYSELF. SO I WANT TO THANK AMY GAYHART AND THE FAIRBORN CITY SCHOOL BOARD AND THEIR PREDECESSORS THAT PAVED THE WAY TO GET US WHERE WE ARE TODAY. 
          AND DAN HAD ALLUDED TO IT EARLIER WHEN HE SAID, YOU KNOW, THE OLD SAYING GOES, SO GOES THE SCHOOL, SO GOES THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT COULDN'T BE TRUE, WORDS SAID. 
          BUT OFTENTIMES, WE GET ASKED A LOT ABOUT SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOLS. 
          AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT CAME TO MY MIND WAS MUSIC, AND HOW MUSIC CAN TOUCH PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT WAYS. AND MUSIC, CERTAIN WORDS, CERTAIN LYRICS, TOUCH, TOUCH ME IN A SPECIFIC WAY. AND I'M REMINDED, WHEN I THINK OF THE SCHOOLS OF THE 1977 SONG THAT WAS RECORDED BY GEORGE BENSON, WRITTEN BY A FEMALE, CALLED THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL. RE-RECORDED IN 1986 BY THE GREAT LATE GREAT WHITNEY HOUSTON, THAT BECAME A MAJOR HIT, THAT SAID, I BELIEVE OUR CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE. 
          TEACH THEM WELL AND LET THEM LEAD THE WAY. AND I BELIEVE THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT OUR FAIRBORN CITY SCHOOLS ARE DOING. THE SCHOOL IS NOTHING LIKE IT WAS WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL THERE, WHEN MS. JOHNSON WENT TO SCHOOL THERE, WHEN MS. BAKER WENT TO SCHOOL THERE, WHEN CHIEF RYAN WENT THERE. IT'S ONLY GOTTEN BETTER YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR, IN MY OPINION. SO I THINK THE CITY SCHOOLS, THE EDUCATORS, THE ADMINISTRATORS FOR DOING ALL THAT THEY DO TO TEACH OUR FUTURE, THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE OUR PLACE. AND LASTLY, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE MY WIFE ON THIS DAY, AS TODAY IS OUR 30TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY, AS I'M SPENDING IT WITH YOU AND NOT HER. AND I WILL PAY FOR THAT. SO THANK YOU. OH BOY, I'M SURPRISED YOU'RE HERE TODAY. OKAY, I'VE GOT A COUPLE THINGS I WANT TO GO OVER REAL QUICK. FIRST OF ALL, MAY IS COMING UP SOON, AND IN MAY WE HAVE SOME MIDTERM ELECTIONS. I REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GET TO KNOW THE CANDIDATES, GET TO KNOW THE ISSUES THAT ARE GOING TO BE ON THE BALLOTS. WATCH OUT FOR THE AMBUSH JOURNALISTS THAT ARE OUT THERE. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO USE BULLYING TACTICS TO APPROACH PEOPLE. A LOT OF TIMES, THEY DON'T HAVE THE REALLY TRUE STORY. SO, ESPECIALLY ON FACEBOOK, YOU SEE A LOT OF COMMENTS BEING MADE. 
          TALK TO PEOPLE AND GET THE TRUTH OF WHAT'S GOING ON. I THINK THAT IS SO IMPORTANT. GET TO KNOW THE CANDIDATES. TALK WITH THEM, MEET WITH THEM, GO TO EVENTS THAT THE CANDIDATES ARE PUTTING ON. HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY. HEAR WHAT THEY STAND FOR. SO I JUST WANT TO CAUTION PEOPLE ABOUT THAT. I WANT TO ALSO THANK AMY GAYHART. TIM FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING FOR 
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OUR WORK SESSION AND THIS EVENING TALKING ABOUT SCHOOLS. OUR SCHOOLS ARE A CRITICAL PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WE ARE SO VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS, TO HAVE THE STAFF AND THE FACULTY THAT WE HAVE TEACHING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. 
          I WANT TO JUMP ON SOMETHING THAT OUR CITY MANAGER MIKE MENTIONED ABOUT THE ENHANCED USE LEASE, THE STRATUS PROGRAM. THAT WAS REALLY AN EXCITING GROUNDBREAKING TO BE AT LAST WEEK. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT DIGNITARIES THAT WERE HERE. 
          THE GENTLEMAN WHO HEADS UP SYNERGY, THE COMPANY THAT IS LEADING IT, HE MADE A COMMENT. HE SAID, GOVERNOR DEWINE IS THE BEST GOVERNOR IN THE UNITED STATES. AND I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT DISAGREE WITH THAT. BUT HE MADE THAT COMMENT BECAUSE WHAT WE PULLED OFF HERE AT WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE WAS REALLY A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO GET... DEFENSE CONTRACTORS IN THE AREA, NORMALLY THEY CAN'T BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE. SO WHAT DID THEY DO? THEY MOVED THE FENCE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. AND THAT REALLY WAS A FIRST FOR, KIND OF IN THE DEPARTMENT OF WHAT USED TO BE DEFENSE, NOW THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR. 
          BUT ANYWAY, I WANT TO KUDOS TO GOVERNOR DEWINE, KUDOS TO CONGRESSMAN TURNER, THE CITY OF FAIRBOURN, AS MIKE MENTIONED. WE PLAYED A BIG ROLE IN MAKING THAT POSSIBLE BY LOOKING AT SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. 
          BATH TOWNSHIP AND OTHERS REALLY HELPED TO MAKE THAT PROGRAM HAPPEN. 
          AND THAT IS A VERY UNIQUE PROGRAM, THAT ENHANCED USE LEASE. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, I SAW SOME NEGATIVE COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T THINK IT WAS A GOOD THING. I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT THING AND A VERY GOOD THING FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO PLEASE, AS YOU WATCH THAT PROGRAM DEVELOP OVER THERE ON NATIONAL ROAD, UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS REALLY ALL ABOUT. MIKE ALSO MENTIONED ABOUT AN EVENT THAT SEVERAL OF US ARE CHIEFS, OUR CITY MANAGER IN A TUXEDO, WHICH WAS A FIRST THAT I'VE SEEN. THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE. WE HAD A CHANCE TO GO TO THE 445TH RESERVE WING AT WRIGHT-PATT. FOR THEIR ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY, WHERE THEY RECOGNIZED THEIR JUNIOR AIRMEN, THEIR NCOS, THEIR SENIOR NCOS, THE JUNIOR OFFICERS, SENIOR OFFICERS, CIVILIANS. EVERY YEAR, THEY RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THE OUTSTANDING JOB THAT THEY DO. A LOT OF YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE THAT 445TH IS A RESERVE WING. MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE A MEMBER OF THAT WING LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, WORK IN OTHER JOBS, HAVE DIFFERENT POSITIONS. 
          BUT THEN ON THE WEEKENDS, THERE ARE, I HATE TO USE THE TERM, WEEKEND WARRIORS, BUT THEY'RE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT THERE HELPING TO DEFEND WITH THE ACTIVE DUTY, MAKING OUR COUNTRY SAFE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY RECOGNIZED SATURDAY NIGHT WAS THE FACT THAT THE CITY OF FAIRBORN WAS THE 2025 COMMUNITY PARTNER OF THE YEAR. AND THIS IS THE TROPHY THAT THEY PRESENTED TO US. AND THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE CITY OF FAIRBORN'S PARTICIPATION, ALONG WITH THE FAIRBORN CITY SCHOOLS, IN THE HONOR FLIGHT THAT TOOK PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 21ST. IN 2025. FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON AN HONOR FLIGHT, THAT WAS A TRIP OF A LIFETIME TO GO TO WASHINGTON, D.C. AND SEE ALL THE MEMORIALS. WELL, FOR THE FIRST AND ONLY TIME, THAT TRIP WAS CO-SPONSORED, THIS TIME BY THE 445TH IN MILITARY AIRCRAFT FLOWN FROM WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE. THAT TRIP WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT THE PARTICIPATION OF THE CITY OF FAIRBOURN, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE FAIRBORN CITY SCHOOLS, PAM GAYHART, HELPED COORDINATE BUSES TO DRIVE PEOPLE FROM A PARKING LOT IN FAIRBORN OUT TO THE BASE. AND AGAIN, THAT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED WITH ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT PIECES OF THE PUZZLE COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. SO WE'RE VERY PROUD TO HAVE RECEIVED THIS AWARD, THE COMMUNITY PARTNER AWARD, FROM THE 445TH. THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT. IT WAS FUN SEEING OUR CHIEFS ALL DRESSED UP IN THEIR FORMAL REGALIA AND OUR CITY MANAGER IN A TUXEDO. WE HAD A GREAT EVENT. FOOD WAS FUN, BUT IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND IT REALLY DEMONSTRATES THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN WRIGHT-PATT, THE RESERVES, THE SCHOOLS, AND OUR CITY OF FAIRPORT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK OR RECOGNIZE THAT TODAY... AND THE REASON I'M IN A POLO SHIRT INSTEAD OF MY USUAL COAT AND TIE IS THE MARCH. MADNESS IS STARTING WITH THE BASKETBALL TEAMS ARRIVING IN DAYTON 
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FOR GAMES THAT ARE GOING TO BE PLAYED, I THINK, MOSTLY AT UD. I WAS ASKED TO BE THERE THIS AFTERNOON. 
          THAT'S WHY I'M DRESSED LIKE THIS. WE GOT THERE. I WAS WITH ANOTHER, THE BEAVER CREEK MAYOR, AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE FLIGHTS KEPT BEING DELAYED. 
          AND SO THEY ASKED US TO COME BACK AT 7 O'CLOCK THIS EVENING. I TOLD THEM I MIGHT NOT MAKE IT, BUT THAT'S WHY I'M DRESSED IN THIS INSTEAD OF A COAT AND TIE. AND I'VE NOTICED SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM FANNING THEMSELVES. 
          YOU MUST BE WARM BACK THERE BECAUSE IT IS ABSOLUTELY FREEZING. I'M COLD. WE'RE ALL SHIVERING UP HERE WHILE YOU'RE FANNING YOURSELVES BACK THERE. 
          BUT RECOGNIZE THAT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF... PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY HERE FOR BASKETBALL GAMES, THAT'S A BIG DEAL. TEAMS ARE STAYING IN FAIRBORN HOTELS, BEAVER CREEK HOTELS, SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF OUTSIDERS IN THE AREA. IT'S BEEN MENTIONED ABOUT WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION THE MOST IMPORTANT WOMAN IN MY LIFE, AND THAT IS THIS LADY. THAT WHEN I ARRIVED HERE IN 1979 AS A LIEUTENANT, I WAS TOLD TO REPORT TO THIS CAPTAIN AT THE BASE HOSPITAL FOR ORIENTATION. AND 47 YEARS LATER, I AM STILL REPORTING TO THAT CAPTAIN. MY WIFE, SHE WASN'T MY WIFE AT THAT TIME, BUT SHE BECAME MY WIFE, SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE HER. BUT THERE'S ONE OTHER LADY I WANT TO RECOGNIZE, AND THAT IS MY MOTHER, WHO IS THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT WOMAN IN MY LIFE. 
          AND MY MOTHER, EVERY YEAR, HER FAVORITE HOLIDAY WAS ST. 
          PATRICK'S DAY, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE TOMORROW. SO, IN HONOR OF MY MOTHER, I HAVE MY ST. 
          PATRICK'S DAY EYEGLASSES ON TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT TOMORROW IS ST. PATRICK'S DAY. PLEASE BE CAREFUL. THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF PARTYING GOING ON. PLEASE BE SAFE, HAVE FUN, AND ENJOY IT. 
          AND IF THERE IS NO OTHER BUSINESS, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS EVENING? SECOND, THAT WAS VERY QUICK, AND I HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. JULIE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. YES, MR. ALLEN, YES, MR. CHEF, MR. DON, YES, MR. MCCUBBIN. YES, YES, MR. KIRKPATRICK CITY COUNCIL. 
          MEETING FOR THIS EVENING IS ADJOURNED. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALL BEING HERE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.