[00:00:02] OKAY. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE FAIRBORN CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR APRIL 20TH, 2026. [I. Call to Order] WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MR. KIRKPATRICK. HERE. MR. ALLEN. HERE. MR. CHESS. MR. DODD. HERE. MR. MCCUBBINS. HERE. MS. REASTER. HERE. MS. STANTON. HERE. OKAY. WE HAVE A NEED TO EXCUSE COUNCILWOMAN CHESS. IS THERE A MOTION TO EXCUSE HER? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN CHESS IS EXCUSED. WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE RISE AND JOIN US FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. PLEASE HAVE A SEAT AND PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE ANY ELECTRONIC DEVICES THAT CAN BE SILENCED, PLEASE DO SO AT THIS TIME. OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO CONSIDER THE MINUTES. [IV. Minutes – Consider approval of the minutes of the April 6, 2026, Council Work Session and the April 6, 2026, Regular Council Meeting.] IS THERE ANY CORRECTIONS, ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE APRIL 6TH COUNCIL WORK SESSION? OKAY. HEARING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. THE MINUTES OF THE APRIL 6TH COUNCIL WORK SESSION ARE APPROVED AS WRITTEN. NEXT, WE HAVE THE MINUTES OF THE APRIL 6TH 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 APRIL 6TH, 2026, COUNCIL, REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ARE APPROVED. WE DO HAVE SOME PRESCHEDULED BUSINESS THIS EVENING. [V. Prescheduled] WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL ARBOR DAY ON APRIL 24TH. AND DO I SEE LINDA RIFFLE HERE? SHE WAS GOING TO ACCEPT. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY. DO WE JUST HOLD OFF TILL THE NEXT ONE, THEN? NEXT MEETING OR GO AHEAD AND READ IT? YOU CAN READ IT INTO THE RECORD OKAY. WE'LL READ IT FOR THE RECORD. IF THERE'S ANYBODY HERE FROM THE TREE CITY OTHER THAN MYSELF AS A MEMBER OF THAT TREE CITY. [LAUGHTER]. RODNEY. RODNEY AS DEPUTY OKAY. AS MENTIONED, THIS IS A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING ARBOR DAY. WHEREAS IN 1872, THE NEBRASKA BOARD OF AGRICULTURE ESTABLISHED A SPECIAL DAY TO BE SET ASIDE FOR THE PLANTING OF TREES. AND WHEREAS THIS HOLIDAY, NOW CALLED ARBOR DAY, WAS FIRST OBSERVED WITH THE PLANTING OF MORE THAN A MILLION TREES IN NEBRASKA, AND WHEREAS ARBOR DAY IS NOW OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND THE WORLD, AND WHEREAS TREES CAN BE A SOLUTION TO COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE BY REDUCING THE EROSION OF OUR PRECIOUS TOPSOIL BY WIND AND WATER, CUTTING, HEATING AND COOLING COST. MODERATING THE TEMPERATURE. CLEANING THE AIR, PRODUCING LIFE, GIVING OXYGEN AND PROVIDING HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE. AND WHEREAS TREES ARE A RENEWABLE RESOURCE, GIVING US PAPER, WOOD FOR OUR HOMES, FUEL FOR OUR FIRES, AND COUNTLESS OTHER WOOD PRODUCTS. AND WHEREAS TREES IN OUR CITY INCREASE PROPERTY VALUES, ENHANCE THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF BUSINESS AREAS, AND BEAUTIFY OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS TREES, WHEREVER THEY ARE PLANTED, ARE A SOURCE OF JOY AND SPIRITUAL RENEWAL. NOW, NOW, THEREFORE, I, DAN KIRKPATRICK, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FAIRBORN, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 24TH AS ARBOR DAY IN THE CITY OF FAIRBORN AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO CELEBRATE ARBOR DAY AND SUPPORT EFFORTS TO PROTECT OUR TREES AND WOODLANDS. AND FURTHER, I URGE ALL CITIZENS TO PLANT TREES TO GLADDEN THE HEART AND PROMOTE THE WELL-BEING OF THIS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. SO ARBOR DAY PROCLAMATION HAS HEREBY BEEN DELIVERED. UNFORTUNATELY, LINDA IS NOT HERE. BUT FOR ALL OF OUR CITIZENS OF FAIRBORN, PLEASE RECOGNIZE THAT APRIL 24TH IS ARBOR DAY IN THE CITY OF FAIRBORN [00:05:10] AND. [APPLAUSE]. MOVE ON [VI. New Business] OKAY, MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT OUR NEW BUSINESS IS ORDINANCE 11-26. THIS ORDINANCE INCLUDES A PIECE OF. IT INVOLVES A COMMITTEE THAT I AM ON, SO I WILL BE RECUSING MYSELF FROM THE DISCUSSION ON ORDINANCE 11-26. SO OUR DEPUTY MAYOR WILL TAKE OVER AT THIS POINT. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 11-26 BY TITLE ONLY DECLARING AN EMERGENCY? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. ORDINANCE 11-26, MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS TO THE APPROPRIATIONS BUDGET OF THE CITY OF FAIRBORN STATE OF OHIO AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2026 AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. HILARY BROWNING, FINANCE DIRECTOR, PRESENTING. THANK YOU MIKE. GOOD EVENING, DEPUTY MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, CITY SOLICITOR, CLERK THIS EVENING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS ORDINANCE 11-26, WHICH IS APRIL SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ARE GENERALLY PRETTY ROUTINE FOR FAIRBORN, BUT I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS MONTH WE HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF GRANT FUNDING. IN MY TIME HERE, I HAVE NOT SEEN SO MANY GRANTS PASS THROUGH. SO THIS HAS BEEN A PRETTY EXCITING MONTH IN TERMS OF ADJUSTMENTS BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING SO MANY GRANTS. AND THAT JUST SPEAKS TO THE HARD WORK OF STAFF IN IDENTIFYING THESE OPPORTUNITIES, GOING OUT FOR THEM AND THEN LANDING THE GRANTS. SO OUR C5705-40 IS THE DEFINING ORDINANCE HERE FOR ALL OF OUR SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND INDEED FOR ALL APPROPRIATIONS FOR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT. SO FOR THE GENERAL FUND, WE'RE REQUESTING A TOTAL INCREASE OF $63,130, AND TWO OF THE CASES IN MUNICIPAL COURTS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WERE SEEKING AN INCREASE TO PERSONAL SERVICES, WHERE WE HAD STAFF TRANSITION OUT OF OUR LABOR FORCE UNEXPECTEDLY. TYPICALLY, WE BUDGET FOR TERMINATION, PAY FOR RETIREES, AND THESE WERE THOSE WHO DECIDE TO END SERVICE PRIOR TO RETIREMENT. WE'RE ALSO SEEKING $2,100 FOR ENGINEERING. THEY HAVE A COPIER THAT IS END OF LIFE, AND IT WAS DEEMED MORE COST EFFICIENT TO REPLACE IT THAN TO REPAIR IT. AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE A $2,000 INCREASE FOR DIESEL FUEL FOR PARKS THAT HAVE A VERY LEAN BUDGET. DIESEL HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY EXPENSIVE OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. AND SO THIS IS A BUDGET THAT WE IDENTIFIED WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO INCREASE THIS, OR THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO BUY DIESEL FUEL. MOST OF OUR OTHER BUDGETS HAVE BEEN FARING REALLY WELL, BUT THIS IS ONE THAT I IDENTIFIED THAT WAS PROBABLY GOING TO GO INTO SHORTAGE. PARKS AND RECREATION RECEIVED A STEP OUTSIDE GRANT FOR THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES. THAT EVENT WILL BE COMING IN MAY. IT'S A FISHING EVENT, SO WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE AND THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IS CONTRIBUTING $500 TOWARD OUR EVENT. PARKS AND RECREATION ALSO GOT AN AMERICAN 250 GRANT THAT'S ADMINISTERED THROUGH GREENE COUNTY FOR $2,500. THAT WAS PASSED BY A RESOLUTION AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING, AND NOW WE'RE APPROPRIATING THOSE FUNDS BY THAT PASSED RESOLUTION FOR GRANTS OF THIS NATURE, IT'S REQUIRED THAT THE RESOLUTION COMES FIRST AND THEN THE APPROPRIATION SECOND. SO THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE ORDER FOR THAT PARTICULAR ACTION. AND THEN LASTLY WE HAVE A $4,260 INCREASE FOR OUR CODIFICATION OF ORDINANCES. WE HAD A ZONING CODE UPDATE LAST YEAR, AND IT WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY NUMBER OF PAGES. OUR VENDOR CAME BACK TO US AND SAID, THE USUAL PRICE DOESN'T APPLY HERE BECAUSE YOU HAVE UPDATED SO MANY PAGES THAT WE WE NEED TO INCREASE OUR PRICING. AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THE INCREASE IN SANITATION OPERATING. WE HAD AN EMPLOYEE WHO HAS OPTED FOR A DIFFERENT INSURANCE. [00:10:01] THAT INSURANCE IS MORE EXPENSIVE. WE'RE SEEKING A SUPPLEMENTAL INCREASE OF ABOUT $5,200 FOR THAT. AND THEN IN IT, THIS $22,250, THIS IS OUR CLEARGOV ITEM THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT TODAY'S WORK SESSION. THIS IS WHERE IT WILL GET PAID OUT OF. THERE WILL BE AN INTERFUND TRANSFER FROM MY DEPARTMENT FINANCE TO IT TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM, BUT WE PAY FOR ALL OF OUR IT TECHNOLOGY THROUGH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY VIA INTERDEPARTMENTAL CHARGES. SO AGAIN, IT'S FROM FINANCE TO IT FOR FINANCES PROJECT. FOR OUR STREET LEVY, WE RECEIVED $1,000,717 AND 7 [LAUGHTER] $1,717,600 FROM A COMBINATION OF STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING FOR OUR BROAD STREET PHASE 4 PROJECT. THE PROJECT WAS GREENLIT IN OUR CIP. WE ANTICIPATED GETTING THE GRANT, BUT WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT OUR AWARD AMOUNTS WOULD BE. NOW THAT WE KNOW THE PROJECT IS READY TO MOVE FORWARD, WE'RE SEEKING THE APPROPRIATION FOR THESE FUNDS. THIS HAS BEEN THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE FOLLOWED IN PRIOR YEARS, SO WE WILL INCREASE THE REVENUES BY THE CORRESPONDING AMOUNT. THE PROJECT WILL BE AWARDED AND IT WILL GET UNDER CONSTRUCTION HERE IN LATER SPRING. ON THE WATER CONSTRUCTION FUND STAFF ON THEIR OWN ACCORD APPLIED FOR AN OHIO EPA GRANT FOR A WELLFIELD REMEDIATION PROJECT. THIS WAS LED BY JEREMY BILLETER IN OUR WATER DEPARTMENT AND JUST REALLY FOUND THE GRANT. REALLY TRIED REALLY HARD TO GET IT APPLIED FOR IT MULTIPLE TIMES, SUCCEEDED THIS TIME. SO WE'LL BE UNDERTAKING THIS PROJECT THIS SUMMER. $44,320. THIS IS A REIMBURSABLE GRANT THOUGH, SO WE WILL HAVE TO GENERATE CASH FROM THE WATER FUND, AND THEN WE'LL SEEK A REIMBURSEMENT FOR FROM THE STATE OF OHIO AFTER THE WORK HAS OCCURRED. IN THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT FUND, WE HAVE THE NEW HERO BRICK AND BANNER PROGRAM. WE'RE NOT SURE HOW MANY FOLKS ARE GOING TO PARTICIPATE. SO FAR, IT'S WE'RE THINKING 30 TO 40 BASED ON THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED. SO $1,500 IS WHAT WE'RE THINKING FOR THE PROGRAM THIS YEAR. THOSE ARE DONATIONS IN FROM THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SPONSORING A BRICK AND BANNER. REVENUE WILL BE INCREASED BY THE SAME AMOUNT. WHATEVER REVENUE WE TAKE IN. WE'VE ACTUALLY CREATED AN ACCOUNTING CODE HERO. I'M PRETTY PROUD OF THAT. USUALLY YOU DON'T GET TO GET VERY CREATIVE WITH YOUR REVENUE AND EXPENSE CODE. SO IT WAS PRETTY HAPPY ABOUT THAT ONE. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO TRACK HERO AND HOW MUCH MONEY WE NEED OR HAVE ARE BRINGING IN AND EACH INDIVIDUAL THAT'S CONTRIBUTED. AND THEN WE'RE SEEKING A REAPPROPRIATION FOR THE FINAL PHASE OF MEMORIAL PARK, $60,807. IF YOU RECALL, LAST YEAR WE HAD TO DO A SUPPLEMENTAL TO INCREASE THE BUDGET FOR PORTIONS OF THIS PROJECT, INCLUDING GRANITE AND LANDSCAPING. THAT GRANITE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE COMPLETED LAST YEAR. SO THIS $60,807 IS WHAT'S REMAINING ON THE PROJECT. IT'S THOSE WALLS THAT SURROUND THE WAR MEMORIAL, AND THAT'S WHAT THE REAPPROPRIATION IS FOR. LASTLY, WE HAVE AN INCREASE TO OUR UNINSURED LOSS TRUST FUND. WHEN WE HAVE CLAIMS THAT ARISE, WE DO HAVE TO INDIVIDUALLY APPROPRIATE THEM. WE HAVE $16,068.22 FOR A COMBINATION OF STREET LIGHTING, FIRE ENGINE AND LADDER TRUCK DAMAGES. THESE WERE EACH SEPARATE INCIDENTS. BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE DO KEEP A GOOD DEAL OF BUDGET JUST JUST FOR STREET LIGHTING AND POLE DAMAGE BECAUSE VEHICULAR CRASHES TO THAT INFRASTRUCTURE ARE VERY COMMON. BUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR CLAIMS HAVE BEEN TO THAT AND WE'VE ALREADY EXHAUSTED THAT BUDGET. HENCE WHY WE'RE COMING BACK FOR MORE. WE ALWAYS GET CLAIMS REVENUE FROM OUR INSURER OR FROM THE INDIVIDUALS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAMAGES. BUT THE ORDER OF THINGS IS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS RESPONSIBLE ACTUALLY PAY OUR INSURER AND OUR INSURER PAYS US. AND SO THERE'S A PROCESS THAT HAPPENS CALLED SUBROGATION. AS BEEN THE CASE THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, HERE ARE ALL OF OUR CHANGES ENUMERATED FOR YOU JUST SO THAT YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR AND ON THE REVENUE SIDE AS WELL. AND WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT WE'LL START OFF WITH QUESTIONS WITH COUNCILMAN DODD. THANK YOU HILARY. NO, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, ESPECIALLY THE, THE WORKSHOP ALSO. THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS HILARY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. THANKS, HILARY. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING SOME QUESTIONS THAT I SENT AHEAD AND EMAILS, I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN I JUST HAD TWO MORE QUESTIONS. FROM THE MEETING I HAD WITH CITIZENS YESTERDAY. FOR THE MEMORIAL PARK 1. NOW THAT IS JUST WE'RE JUST CARRYING IT OVER FROM 2025. [00:15:02] IT DIES ON THE VINE, RIGHT? SO IN ORDER FOR US TO CARRY FORWARD A PROJECT FROM A PRIOR FISCAL YEAR, WE HAVE TO MAKE A COMMITMENT TO A VENDOR. AND THEN THAT CARRIES FORWARD, THAT GETS ADDED TO THE BUDGET. AND THAT'S WHY WE YOU KNOW, THE REVISED BUDGET IS USUALLY GREATER THAN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET. AND THAT'S USUALLY THE ENCUMBRANCE OR THE CARRY FORWARD BALANCE. AND THIS CIRCUMSTANCE, THE PROJECT WAS NOT READY, COULD NOT BE ENCUMBERED. WE DID NOT HAVE A QUOTE OR SPECS COMPLETED. AND SO IT JUST DIED. THAT SAID, THE TRANSFER OF CASH FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT DID OCCUR BECAUSE WE WERE EXPECTING IT TO HAPPEN. SO THE CASH IS THERE IN THE FUND READY FOR THE PROJECT. BUT THE PROJECT BUDGET IS WHAT DIED IN ESSENCE. GOTCHA RIGHT? IT'S NOT LIKE A MATCHING PROGRAM WITH THE CITY? NO, BUT WE DO HAVE TO HAVE BOTH THE EXPENSE BUDGET AND THE REVENUE BUDGET, BECAUSE THE CITY IS BUYING THESE MATERIALS AND ITEMS AND WE'RE INSTALLING THEM THEMSELVES. THEREFORE, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO A PURCHASE ORDER. AND SO AGAIN, TO INCREASE THE EXPENSE BUDGET, WE WANT TO INCREASE THE REVENUE BUDGET IDEALLY BY THE SAME AMOUNT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. OKAY. BUT THAT WAS THE QUESTION THAT I GOT. THIS WAS ACTUALLY ALL THE FUNDING IS ACTUALLY ALL DONE BY DONATIONS. THAT'S CORRECT. SO WE WE AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THE PROGRAM IS GOING TO GENERATE THIS YEAR. AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH EXPENSE WERE, YOU KNOW, GUESSING BASED ON THE NUMBER THAT WE'VE TAKEN IN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. SO WE'RE ABOUT 4 A DAY FOR 10 BUSINESS DAYS. SO THAT'S 40, YOU KNOW, SO THAT TIMES THE COST OF IT. THAT'S HOW WE GET TO THAT 14 THAT $1,500 MARK. GREAT. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. HILARY I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 11-26? SO MOVED. SECOND. JULIE, CALL THE ROLL. MS. REASTER. YES. MR. ALLEN. YES. MR. DODD. YES. MS. STANTON. YES. MR. MCCUBBINS. YES. ALL RIGHT. ORDINANCE 11-26 IS DULY ADOPTED. ARE YOU READY? YES. FIRST READING SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ORDINANCE 12-26 TO APPROVE CURRENT REPLACEMENT PAGES TO THE FAIRBORN CODIFIED ORDINANCES. OKAY. WE WILL SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ORDINANCE 12-26 FOR MAY 4TH, 2026. OKAY, NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO RESOLUTIONS. IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO READ RESOLUTION 20-26 BY TITLE ONLY? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? RESOLUTION 20-26. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE GREENE COUNTY ENGINEER FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE 2026 GREENE COUNTY COLLECTIVE PAVING PROGRAM FOR STREET RESURFACING WITHIN THE CITY OF FAIRBORN, OHIO. HALEY MYERS, ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER, PRESENTING. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. TONIGHT, I'LL BE GOING THROUGH RESOLUTION 20-26, WHICH WOULD ALLOW ENGINEERING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GREENE COUNTY PAVING PROGRAM. SO EVERY YEAR, ENGINEERING HAS A RECURRING STREET PROGRAM. IN 2026, WE HAVE A BUDGET OF $1 MILLION, AND THIS MILLION DOLLARS WILL BE ALLOCATED TO A FEW DIFFERENT PROJECTS. THE BIGGEST, THE MOST EXPENSIVE ONE OF THESE PROJECTS WILL BE THE ANNUAL PAVING PROGRAM, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE HERE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT. AND THIS PROGRAM PRIMARILY CONSISTS OF RESURFACING AND REPAVING SEVERAL STREETS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AS WELL AS ANY STRIPING THAT IS ON THOSE ROADWAYS. SO I DID ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THIS PROGRAM IS PRIMARILY, YOU KNOW, PAVING AND RESURFACING AND ANY CONCRETE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED FOR THIS PROJECT WAS ALREADY COMPLETED LAST YEAR AS A PART OF THE 2026 CSA PROGRAM. SO THERE'S NO CURBING SIDEWALK OR APPROACH WORK THAT'S DONE WITH THIS PROGRAM THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CURRENTLY. SO OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, FAIRBORN HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE GREENE COUNTY COLLECTIVE PAVING PROGRAM. REALLY THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO REDUCE PAVING COSTS UNDER ONE LARGE CONTRACT. [00:20:04] SO, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA IS A CONTRACTOR CAN LOCK IN, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN LARGE AMOUNT OF WORK, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A LOWER PRICE SINCE THAT WORK IS GUARANTEED. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE MAIN INCENTIVE FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM EVERY YEAR. AS KIND OF MENTIONS UP HERE, GREENE COUNTY IS THE OWNER OF THIS PROJECT. THEY MANAGE THE PROJECT, THEY MANAGE THE BIDDING PROCESS. THEY PUT IT OUT TO BID. THEY HANDLE THE THE CONTRACTING PROCESS. SO THAT DOES HELP REDUCE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE FOR ENGINEERING, WHICH IS APPRECIATED. HOWEVER, EVEN THOUGH THE PROGRAM IS RUN THROUGH THE COUNTY, ALL OF THE WORK THAT'S COMPLETED IS PER FAIRBORN CITY STANDARDS, AND IT'S INSPECTED BY A FAIRBORN INSPECTOR. SO, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH IT'S RUN THROUGH THE COUNTY, THERE'S NO LOSS OF QUALITY ANTICIPATED BECAUSE IT'S STILL PER OUR CITY STANDARDS. SO THE PROGRAM IS PRETTY MUCH RUN THE SAME WAY THAT IT WOULD BE IF IT WAS PUT OUT TO BID SEPARATELY. THIS SLIDE SHOWS AN OVERVIEW OF THE WORK THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE COMPLETED WITH THE PROGRAM THIS YEAR. SO THE MAP ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN KIND OF GIVES A A BRIEF AERIAL IDEA OF WHERE THE STREETS WE'RE LOOKING TO WORK ON ARE. ALL THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PAVING PROGRAM FOR THIS YEAR ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE THE DARK RED COLOR. THEY'RE ALSO CALLED OUT IN THE LIST ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN. SO THAT SHOWS EACH STREET AS WELL AS THEIR LIMITS WE'RE LOOKING TO WORK ON. THE PRIMARY TREATMENT WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE DONE AS A PART OF THIS PROGRAM IS A TWO INCH MILL INFILL. SO BASICALLY WE'RE LOOKING TO REMOVE THE TOP TWO INCHES OF ASPHALT, REPLACE IT WITH NEW AND THEN RESTRIPE ANY ROADWAYS THAT HAVE STRIPING. SO THERE IS ONE EXCEPTION. AND THAT'S SKYHAWK COURT THAT'S SHOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST HERE. THAT'S THE CUL DE SAC THAT'S LOCATED SOUTH OF DAYTON YELLOW SPRINGS ROAD. THAT'S ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE OLD HIGH SCHOOL. AND THIS ROAD I BELIEVE WAS PUT IN IN ABOUT 2010 AND IT WAS NEVER THE TOP LAYER OF ASPHALT WAS NEVER INSTALLED ON IT. SO WE ARE LOOKING TO DO A TWO INCH MILL OF WHAT'S CURRENTLY THERE AND THEN BUILD BACK UP THE FOUR INCHES SO THAT THE ROAD WILL FINALLY BE COMPLETED AND LINE UP WITH THE CURBING. SO WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, ENGINEERING RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. WE'LL START COUNCIL QUESTIONS WITH MS. REASTER. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS. BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSE TO THE QUESTIONS I SENT. YEAH, OF COURSE. NO QUESTIONS, BUT THANK YOU ALSO FOR THE QUICK RESPONSE TODAY. APPRECIATE IT. GREAT JOB HILARY. NO, I MEAN HALEY, NO, NO QUESTIONS. I GOT HILARY ON THE BRAIN. [LAUGHTER] THAT HAPPENS MORE THAN YOU'D THINK. [LAUGHTER]. THANKS, HALEY. NO QUESTIONS FOR ME EITHER. NO, THIS IS JUST ANNUAL STUFF THAT WE HAVE TO DO. SINCE YOU BROUGHT UP SKYHAWK COURT, THOUGH, IS THERE ANY? WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE? ANYTHING NEW ON THAT? NO. OKAY. JUST CURIOUS. OKAY. SINCE THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 20-26? SO MOVED. SECOND. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MR. DODD. YES. MS. REASTER. YES. MR. ALLEN. YES. MR. MCCUBBINS. YES. MS. STANTON. YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK. YES. RESOLUTION 22-26 IS DULY ADOPTED. NEXT, WE WILL COME TO RESOLUTION 21-26. AND I UNDERSTAND COUNCILMAN DODD HAS A CONFLICT WITH THIS ONE, SO HE WILL BE RECUSING HIMSELF FROM THIS DISCUSSION. THANK YOU, SEE YOU IN A LITTLE BIT MOTION NOW TO READ RESOLUTION 21-26 BY TITLE ONLY? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? RESOLUTION 21-26. RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRBORN, OHIO, APPROVING A PRELIMINARY PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PUD MODIFICATION PLAN FOR THE FINAL PHASE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARDEN PLACE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION, LOCATED AT 1479 TREBEIN ROAD, PARCEL #A02000200460000800. KATHLEEN RIGGS, CITY PLANNER PRESENTING. THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER] GOOD EVENING. THERE WERE SO ARDEN PLACE IS BACK. AND THIS IS REALLY A PRELIMINARY PUD MODIFICATION PLAN SO THEY CAN DEVELOP THE FINAL PHASE OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT. IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS. SO WE'RE KIND OF BACK TO OR EXCITED TO BRING THIS BACK IN FRONT OF YOU. THE OWNER IS COMMERCE CENTER DEVELOPMENT COMPANY AND BOB KROHNGOLD IS ALSO HERE THIS EVENING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. [00:25:03] SO WE HAVE THE AERIAL AND THE ZONING MAP. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS AERIAL MAP, IT'S THE ARDEN PLACE IS OUTLINED. A MAJORITY OF THAT SUBDIVISION IS ALREADY EXISTING AND DEVELOPED. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS KIND OF THE FINAL PHASE THAT WE HAVE LEFT TO GO. AND SO THAT'S WHERE THESE CHANGES WILL BE HAPPENING. BUT THIS IS COMMERCE CENTER. SO THIS SITE'S EAST OF COMMERCE CENTER AND SOUTH OF GARLAND AND WEST OF TREBEIN. AND THEN DAYTON YELLOW SPRINGS ROAD IS DOWN HERE OFF THE MAP. THE ZONING IS PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT SURROUNDED BY OTHER RESIDENTIAL, PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AS WELL AS COMMERCIAL. AND THEN THIS IS ZONED NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. AND I ALSO ADDED THIS MAP. THIS JUST SHOWS THE SURFACE WATERS AND WETLAND INVENTORY IN THAT AREA. SO SEE THERE'S ACTUALLY NO WETLANDS CURRENTLY IN THAT SUBDIVISION ACCORDING TO THE WETLANDS INVENTORY THAT WE HAVE. SO BUT YOU CAN SEE THEM IN THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES AND WATERWAYS SO. SO WHAT IS THIS PROPOSAL ALL ABOUT? THE LAST MODIFICATION WAS APPROVED IN 2022. BUT THIS MODIFICATION IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE AMOUNT OF ACREAGE. IT'S STILL AN 84 ACRE SITE. AND WHAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN RED, LIKE I SAID, IS THIS FINAL PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT. AND THIS IS REALLY WHAT CHANGES THE MODIFICATIONS. SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS FROM 100. AND I'M SORRY, FROM 200 TO 184. AND THE REAL MODIFICATION IS THAT IN PRIOR APPROVALS, THERE WAS A ROAD THAT EXTENDED ALL THE WAY TO TREBEIN. AND SO AFTER SOME MORE DUE DILIGENCE ON THE DEVELOPER'S PART EXTENDING THAT ROADWAY, IT JUST IS NOT FEASIBLE. AND ALSO HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE GREENE COUNTY ENGINEER AND THEY ARE IN CONTROL OF THAT ROADWAY. THEY DO NOT SUPPORT AN INTERSECTION AT TREBEIN. AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WINDERMERE DRIVE OR WINDERMERE GROVE. JUST BECAUSE OF THE LINE OF SIGHT WITH THE HILLS [LAUGHTER] ALONG TREBEIN. JUST DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS THE, THE SAFEST ALTERNATIVE. AND SO THE ALTERNATIVE THEN IS TO EXTEND WINDERMERE AND THEN HAVE IT BE A CUL DE SAC. SO THAT'S REALLY KIND OF THE BIGGEST CHANGE IN THE PRELIMINARY PUD PLAN. IT DOES INCREASE THE NUMBER OF THE ACREAGE OF OPEN SPACE FROM 21 ACRES TO 25 ACRES. AND THEN THE TOTAL LOTS THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED ONCE THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS APPROVED AND THAT'S LATER WILL BE 32 LOTS WITH THIS NEWEST PHASE, THIS LAST PHASE, I SHOULD SAY. THE ELEVATIONS STAY THE SAME, THE SETBACKS STAY THE SAME. THERE'S REALLY NO OTHER CHANGES TO THE PRELIMINARY PUD THAT WAS APPROVED BEFORE. SO THIS. THE HOUSES THAT WILL BE BUILT IN THIS FINAL PHASE WILL LOOK SIMILAR TO THE REST OF THE SUBDIVISION. AND THEN LOOKING AT THE STANDARDS FOR THE PRELIMINARY PLAN, AS I SAID, THEY DID MEET MOST OF THE [LAUGHTER] I GUESS THE PRIOR PRELIMINARY PUD REQUIREMENTS, EXCEPT FOR THOSE COUPLE OF CHANGES, OBVIOUSLY. AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT THIS IS, I MEAN, A COMPATIBLE USE WITH OBVIOUSLY THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL THAT'S ALREADY BEEN BUILT. AND THEN ALSO THERE IS APPROPRIATE BUFFERING AND ACCESS AND UTILITY CONNECTIONS AS WELL AS BUILDING DESIGN. SO THEY ARE MEETING THE STANDARDS FOR PRELIMINARY PUD PLAN. AND THEN WE DID RECEIVE SOME COMMENTS. SO WE HAD QUITE A LENGTHY PLANNING BOARD MEETING. AS WE DID HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTS COME OUT AND JUST HAVE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, I THINK JUST FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WAS GREAT. AND THEN WE ALSO DID RECEIVE SOME FEEDBACK PRIOR TO THAT MEETING. MOST OF THEIR COMMENTS WERE REALLY REGARDING FISHER HOMES AND SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION THAT HAS HAPPENED ON THE EXISTING SITES. AND THEN STAFF ALONG WITH THE DEVELOPER HAVE BEEN ADDRESSING THOSE COMMENTS SINCE THEY WERE BROUGHT UP LAST WEEK AND PRIOR TO THE MEETING BUT OTHER COMMENTS WERE ABOUT THE DETENTION POND AND OPEN SPACE, PLAYGROUND JUST ONCE AGAIN, FISHER HOMES AND HOW THEY KIND OF LEAVE THE PROPERTY AND IN THAT BUILDING PHASE. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS JUST INCLUDED THE HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS JUST THE FUTURE ACCESS FOR THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ACCESS EASEMENT THROUGH AN OPEN SPACE IN THIS DEVELOPMENT TO ACCESS THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH. AND THEN FOLLOWED UP ON MAINTENANCE OF DETENTION PONDS, OVERALL GRADING OF THE SITE ONCE AGAIN, [00:30:01] PLAYGROUND AND OPEN SPACE. AND THEN JUST THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HOA IN GENERAL. SO CURRENTLY THE DEVELOPER STILL HAS CONTROL OF THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. BUT ONCE THAT LAST LOT IS SOLD, THAT WILL SHIFT TO THE OWNERS IN THAT SUBDIVISION. SO JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT PROCESS AND HOW THAT WORKS. SO BUT CITY DEPARTMENTS ALSO REVIEWED THIS FIRE, POLICE, WATER ENGINEERING, AND ALL THE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED AND ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE CONDITIONS. LIKE I SAID, THERE WAS A LENGTHY PLANNING BOARD DISCUSSION, BUT PLANNING BOARD DID FIND THAT THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT ONCE AGAIN DOES MEET THOSE PRIOR PRELIMINARY PLAN APPROVALS. THE SITE PLAN, YOU KNOW, INDICATING APPROPRIATE BUFFERING AND ACCESS. AND ALSO THAT THE USE IS COMPATIBLE WITH THOSE OTHER SURROUNDING USES. AND THEY DID UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR THIS RESOLUTION WITH A COUPLE OF CONDITIONS. ONE WAS JUST TO ESTABLISH CONSTRUCTION HOURS. WE'VE DONE THIS PREVIOUSLY WITH SUBDIVISIONS, AND WE THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS AN APPROPRIATE CONDITION TO ADD TO THIS. AND THEN ALSO THAT RIGHT OF WAY EASEMENT CONNECTING WINDERMERE GROVE TO THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH AS THEN ALL THE REMAINING PRIOR PROVISIONS AND RESTRICTIONS WOULD STILL REMAIN IN PLACE. AND THEN ALL APPROVED DOCUMENTS BEING RECORDED WITH GREENE COUNTY. SO LIKE I SAID, THIS IS THE PRELIMINARY PUD PLAN MODIFICATION. ONCE THE APPLICANT, IF THEY GET APPROVAL OF THIS, THEN THEY WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FINAL PUD PLAN. AND THAT WILL GO BEFORE PLANNING BOARD AND THEN ACTUALLY COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL AS A FINAL PLAT SO THAT YOU CAN APPROVE OR REVIEW THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVIDUAL LOTS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. WE'LL START COUNCIL QUESTIONS WITH COUNCILMAN ALLEN. I NORMALLY RELY ON THIS GUY TO ASK THE FIRST QUESTION, BUT HE'S THE HE'S THE CORPORATE KNOWLEDGE, THE ONLY THE. DAN. OH, I THINK THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ONE. OH YOU'RE RIGHT. I HADN'T NOTICED THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. EXCUSE US. SO BEFORE WE GET TO COUNCIL QUESTIONS THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED FOR THIS RESOLUTION. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS RESOLUTION, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. GOOD EVENING. BOB KROHNGOLD 3333 MADISON PIKE, FORT WRIGHT, KENTUCKY. I'VE STARTED THIS PROCESS ABOUT 7 YEARS AGO WHEN I'M GLAD WE'RE SEEING THE END THROUGH. VERY EXCITED TO FINISH THE COMMUNITY. WE'VE WORKED THROUGH A LOT OF ISSUES, AND KATHLEEN AND STAFF HAVE HELPED ALONG THE WAY AND BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH, SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SHE DID AS USUAL, OVERALL GREAT PRESENTATION, SO I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. OKAY, WE'LL SEE IF COUNCIL HAS ANY. OKAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS RESOLUTION? PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. OKAY. SEEING NO ONE ELSE COME FORWARD, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND NOW WE WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR QUESTIONS. MY INITIAL STATEMENT STANDS. I NEED THIS GUY. [LAUGHTER] THE I DO LIKE THE, THE PLAT. I DO LIKE THIS PROJECT. I THINK I WAS THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST PROJECTS WHEN I GOT ON COUNCIL TO, TO COME FORWARD THE, THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE I THINK AS WE CONTINUE TO POPULATE IN, IN THAT AREA. SO I DO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PUT IN, BUT I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT TRAFFIC. JUST CONTINUE TO STUDY THAT MOVING FORWARD. BUT, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. KATHLEEN I MAY HAVE MISSED IT. IS THERE GOING TO BE A CONSTRUCTION ENTRANCE OFF TREBEIN. THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE A CONSTRUCTION ENTRANCE. SO THEY WILL JUST CONTINUE TO USE HEATHGATE AND THEN WINDERMERE TO LEAD TO THESE LAST 32 LOTS. WE DID LOOK AT THAT AND HAD A CONVERSATION AND THEY ACTUALLY DID TALK TO THE PROPERTY OWNER TO THE NORTH. BUT REALLY THE CONSTRUCTION ENTRANCE WON'T BE THERE. SO BUT THEY THINK THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL, IT SHOULD MOVE ALONG FAIRLY QUICKLY. WE UNDERSTAND THERE MAY BE SOME INCONVENIENCES, OBVIOUSLY, WHEN YOU'RE LIVING IN A, IN A SUBDIVISION THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT, WE UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WE'LL TRY TO MITIGATE THAT AS MUCH AS WE CAN. WILL THERE BE ANY ENTRANCES AT ALL OFF A TREBEIN, OR IS THIS ALL GOING TO COME OFF? NO, THERE ARE, ONLY THE TWO EXISTING ENTRANCES OFF OF COMMERCE CENTER BOULEVARD. THANK YOU. OKAY. I HAVE NOTHING MORE THANK YOU. [00:35:03] I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE THE FUTURE ACCESS EASEMENT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO MEET THE FIRE CODE. WHAT WAS. YES. SO IT IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT, THAT ANOTHER ACCESS BE PROVIDED FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. AND THAT SEEMED LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE COULD PROVIDE AN ACCESS RIGHT OF WAY TO THE NORTHERN PROPERTY AND MEET THEIR REQUIREMENTS IN THE FIRE CODE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT 32 LOTS IN THE SUBDIVISION. SO IT WAS A REQUIREMENT OF THE FIRE CODE. IT'S A REQUIREMENT FOR IF THEY BUILD THE SECTION ABOVE IT THAT IS THAT? IT'S A REQUIREMENT TO MAKE THE MODIFICATIONS THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING FOR THIS FINAL PHASE. OKAY. WELL, CAN YOU SHOW ME WHAT THE? WHAT THAT? WHERE THAT ROAD WILL BE? SO THIS IT'S AN EASEMENT. AN EASEMENT IT IS A RIGHT OF WAY EASEMENT THAT SO THERE COULD BE A ROADWAY THERE IN THE FUTURE. AND THAT MEETS THE FIRE CODE'S VERBIAGE. SO IT WON'T ACTUALLY BE USED BY FIRE TRUCKS. CORRECT. SO WHAT IS IT IF IT'S NOT USED FOR LIKE FIRE TRUCKS, WHAT IS WHAT DOES IT HAVE TO DO WITH FIRE? I GUESS. EXPLANATION OF SOME OF THEIR CODES. SO THANKS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I GUESS THE BEST WAY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IS THAT CODE STATES THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE ANOTHER ACCESS IF THERE ARE MORE THAN 30 HOMES. THERE ARE 32 HOMES, SO SECONDARY ACCESS WOULD BE REQUIRED. HOWEVER, UNDER SECTION D107 OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE AND THE FIRE CODE STATES THAT IF THERE IS FUTURE, A FUTURE PLANNED ROAD IN FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, THAT THAT MEETS THE CURRENT CODE FOR THE CURRENT REQUIREMENT. SO WHEN WE WENT TO KATHLEEN AND SAID, WE BELIEVE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A DIFFERENT ACCESS, KATHLEEN WAS ABLE TO SHOW US THE FUTURE PLAN WITH THE ROAD AND WE SAID, OKAY, THEN WE MEET THE CODE AND I CAN READ THAT VERBIAGE FOR YOU IF YOU NEED ME TO. NO, I MEAN, I. SO THEN WHAT'S THE FUTURE PLAN THAT THAT WHEN THE ROAD WILL BE BUILT? I GUESS IS WHAT I'M ASKING THEN. SO IT'S I GUESS THE EXAMPLE IS IT'S KIND OF SIMILAR TO. LIKE HILLSIDE MEADOWS WHERE CLIFFSIDE DOES NOT CONNECT TO THE EXISTING CLIFFSIDE BECAUSE WE DON'T OWN THE LAND, WE CAN'T CONTROL WHAT'S DEVELOPED ON LAND. I MEAN, WELL, WE CAN'T, CITY CAN CONTROL IT. [LAUGHTER]. BUT SO THIS IS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. AT THIS POINT, THERE'S NO PLAN, BUT THIS IS FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND HAVING THAT EASEMENT LIKE I SAID, MET THE FIRE CODE SO. SO IF THEY DEVELOP IT DOWN THE ROAD THAT THAT ROAD. DOESN'T GET DEVELOPED, THEN THERE IS NO ACCESS. THIS CAN IT JUST CONFUSES ME. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ACCESS FOR THESE PEOPLE. NO, IT'S STRICTLY FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES. CORRECT? NO, I'M SORRY. I DON'T MEAN ACCESS FOR THESE PEOPLE TO USE THEIR VEHICLES. I MEAN ACCESS FOR FIRE TO GET TO THESE, THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIVE IN THIS, THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT. RIGHT, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, THIS EASEMENT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE FIRE CODE THAT. AND THIS IS WHAT WE HAD TO PROVIDE. THE FIRE CODE DOESN'T SAY THERE HAS TO ACTUALLY BE A ROAD, BUT THERE HAS TO BE THE CAPABILITY TO BUILD A ROAD IF SUCH FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WERE THERE, IS WHAT THE CHIEF IS SAYING. SO BECAUSE THERE IS THE CAPABILITY TO BUILD THAT SECOND ROAD, IT MEETS THE CODE, THE FIRE CODE. DIDN'T THE FIRE CODE SAY IT HAD TO? IF IT WAS GOING TO BE A DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. AND BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE KIND OF BUILDING IN THAT SECOND ACCESS, KNOWING THAT THAT DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THAT ROAD. I DON'T KNOW [LAUGHTER]. I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION AND THE, AND THE CONFUSION. NORMALLY, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF A DEVELOPMENT, WE MAY REQUIRE TWO ENTRANCES OR WE MAY NOT, YOU KNOW, IT DEPENDS ON THE, ON THE SIZE AND THE LAYOUT OF THE DEVELOPMENT. IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE OUR TWO ENTRANCES, AS KATHLEEN INDICATED, OFF COMMERCE CENTER. THERE WAS A CONCERN BROUGHT THAT DUE TO THE NUMBER OF HOMES, SPECIFICALLY THAT ANOTHER ACCESS ROAD TYING ON TO THAT ROAD THAT HAD THE ADDITIONAL HOMES OR THAT AREA THAT HAD THE ADDITIONAL HOMES WOULD NEED ANOTHER ROAD. WE, WE AGREED WITH THAT. SO WE WENT TO KATHLEEN AND SAID, WE FEEL THAT THERE MAY NEED TO BE AN ADDITIONAL ROAD WE'LL ACCESS ANYTHING. [00:40:06] YOU KNOW, IF IT'S OBVIOUSLY IF IT'S A PUBLIC ROAD, WE'LL DRIVE ON IT. IF IT'S NOT, WE'LL CALL IT A FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCESS ROAD, AND WE'LL LAY A GRAVEL PATH OR A 20 FOOT WIDE PATH OR WHATEVER WE WOULD NEED. WE WOULD REQUIRE THAT, AND WE WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO USE IT. THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY EASE THE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE LIVING IN THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE. BUT WHEN WE BROUGHT THAT CONCERN, WE FACED THE EXCEPTION THAT STATES THE NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, FIRE, FIRE DEPARTMENT, ACCESS ROAD IT SHALL NOT BE INCREASED UNLESS FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCESS ROADS WILL CONNECT WITH FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AS DETERMINED BY THE FIRE CODE OFFICIAL. SO WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO SEE THIS PLAN, I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO USE KATHLEEN'S TERMINOLOGY, BUT WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO SEE A SITE DIAGRAM THAT SAID WHEN AND IF THIS WERE TO BUILD OUT, THIS AREA WOULD HAVE THAT ROAD, THAT CODE WAS SATISFIED THAT WE DID NOT NEED THAT ROAD. WE'RE ALSO OPERATIONALLY HAPPY WITH THE TWO ENTRANCES INTO THAT PLAT THAT IF THERE WERE A BIG FIRE OR A BIG CRASH OR A BIG GAS LEAK OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE IN AROUND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY. SO YOU, AS THE CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT, ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THE PAVED ROADS THAT WE DO HAVE THAT YOU WOULDN'T EVEN NEED THAT. THAT'S MORE OF A TECHNICALITY TO MEET THE CODE. I AM, AND THE FIRE CODE OFFICIAL IS THE FIRE MARSHAL. BUT WE HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS AND I SUPPORT CERTAINLY SUPPORT HIS RECOMMENDATION. I SUPPORT THE TWO ENTRANCES AS IT IS, BUT I ALSO WANT TO SUPPORT CODE, EVEN IF IT MAY BE ABOVE AND BEYOND OF WHAT I'M COMFORTABLE WITH. AND SO IN THIS CASE, IT APPEARED THAT THERE NEEDED TO BE SOMETHING ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH. BUT IT WAS SATISFIED BY THE POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THAT IF IT WERE TO GET EVEN BIGGER, THERE WOULD BE A GUARANTEED ROAD THAT WOULD. THE CODE ALLOWS FOR THAT PLAN TO KIND OF OVERRIDE THE IMMEDIATE NEED. OKAY. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. STAY THERE. SIR. I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO PROCESS ALL OF THIS. COULD YOU SHOW US ON THE MAP WHERE THAT ACCESS ROAD WOULD BE AGAIN? IT'S RIGHT, RIGHT THERE. HOW DO THEY WOULD THEY COME OFF OF TREBEIN TO GET TO THAT? OR WOULD THEY COME OFF OF COMMERCE CENTER TO GET TO THAT? THAT ACCESS ROAD? THEY'RE GOING TO GET TO IT OFF OF WINDERMERE. AND THEN FROM THERE, THAT'S THE UNKNOWN TO THE RIGHT OF THAT, WHERE IT SAYS PHASE 6 TO THE RIGHT. IS THAT THE WETLANDS AREA? I'M SORRY. ALL OF THAT AREA RIGHT IN THERE. SOME NO, THIS IS ALL OWNED BY FAIRBORN CEMENT. OH, OKAY. SO THAT'S SEPARATE PROPERTY? THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. THE PARK IS A LITTLE BIT FARTHER. THIS WOULD BE WEST KIND OF [LAUGHTER] OFF THE MAP, IF YOU WILL. THERE COULD BE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT? THERE COULD BE. COULD BE DOWN THE ROAD. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER COUNCIL QUESTIONS? OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 21-26? SO MOVED. SECOND. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MS. REASTER. YES. MR. ALLEN. YES. MR. MCCUBBINS. YES. RESOLUTION 21-26 IS DULY ADOPTED. OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES OUR RESOLUTIONS. NEXT, WE WILL OPEN CITIZENS COMMENTS. COUNCILMAN DODD BACK IN HERE. [VII. Citizens Comments] MINUTES. HEY EVERYBODY 1819 NORTH BROAD STREET. AND I DIDN'T GET TO FINISH WHAT I WANTED TO SAY LAST WEEK BECAUSE I WAS TALKING TOO SLOW AND MY TIME RAN OUT. SO WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE RECAP, WAS THE ANNEXATION OF THE 1.8 ACRES OF PROPERTY THAT WAS IN BATH TOWNSHIP INTO THE CITY OF FAIRBORN. FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF BEING ABLE TO CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HAVE THEM RESPOND TO MY HOUSE AND IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE AND THE DRIVEWAY. BECAUSE I TRIED TO DO THAT ONCE BEFORE AND AND THE POLICE CHIEF SAID THAT HE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THAT WAS IN BATH TOWNSHIP. IT'S JUST A PART THAT'S BY THE BIKE PATH. [00:45:06] BIKE PATH GOING UP SPANGLER. THERE'S 1.8 ACRES. IT'S USELESS, USELESS LAND REALLY. SO I THINK IT WAS THE COUNCIL MEETING IN AUGUST THAT. THAT IT CAME UP THAT YOU GUYS WERE GOING TO ANNEX ACRE AND A HALF, I THINK, AND FROM BATH TOWNSHIP INTO THE CITY OF FAIRBORN TO BUILD THAT TRUCK STOP. AND SO I GOT TO THINKING, WELL, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, YOU'D DO THAT FOR ME. SO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, I ASKED THE QUESTION IF I COULD HAVE THAT 1.8 ACRES OF LAND ANNEXED INTO FAIRBORN. AND YOU GUYS SAID YES. I MEAN, DAN SAID, YES, CHARLIE, WE WILL WE WILL DEFINITELY DO THAT FOR YOU. MIKE SAYS, GET A HOLD OF MY OFFICE. WE'LL GET IT DONE. AND THEN YOU EVEN WENT AS FAR AS TAKING ME AND THE GREENE COUNTY WERE GOING TO DO IT AT. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? SO I ENDED UP GETTING IN TOUCH WITH MR. MCNAMEE'S OFFICE, AND THEY FINALLY GOT BACK WITH ME IN. IT WAS ABOUT A MONTH, AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND THEY WEREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING. I WOULD HAVE TO GET MY OWN LAWYER. SO I CONTACTED DANIEL BROWN, LAWYER IN DAYTON, AND HE CAME OUT AND LOOKED AT THE PROPERTY AND TOLD HIM WHAT I WANTED TO DO, AND HE SAID IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT WOULD BE ANY PROBLEM OR ANY PROBLEM BECAUSE IT'S PUBLIC ACCESS LAND ANYWAY. IT'S ACCESS LAND THERE. SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A FAIRLY SIMPLE THING TO DO, YOU KNOW. BUT AFTER 4 OR 5 MONTHS AND $8,000, I FOUND I WAS WRONG. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF FAIRBORN FOR 60 YEARS AND HAVE PAID THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN PERSONAL AND BUSINESS TAXES AND EVERY OTHER KIND OF TAX. I JUST DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD COST ME $8,000 TO BE ABLE TO CALL THE POLICE TO RESPOND TO MY HOUSE WHEN I NEED THEM, WHEN MY HOUSE IS IN THE CITY LIMITS ANYWAY. SO TONIGHT WHAT I'M DOING, I AM RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THAT I BE REIMBURSED $8,000 BACK. NOW, THERE'S ALSO A $200 FILING FEE WITH THE CITY THAT I DON'T WANT THAT REIMBURSED BACK BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I OWE THAT FOR THE FOR THE FILING FEE, BUT I, I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT I SHOULD HAVE HAD TO PAY THE $8,000. I MEAN, PUT YOURSELF IN MY SHOES. ANY ONE OF YOU IN THE SAME SITUATION. WOULD YOU PAID $8,000 ON LAND YOU ALREADY OWNED TO BE ABLE TO CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? NO, YOU WOULDN'T. I'M PRETTY SURE. SO I THINK I SHOULD BE REIMBURSED. I'LL WAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU. ONE OTHER THING. I, I SPOKE WITH SOMEBODY AT THE CITY BUILDING THREE WEEKS AGO. TOLD THEM THAT WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL VETERANS MEMORIAL OUT THERE, AND WE SHOULDN'T LET [INAUDIBLE] TAKE AWAY FROM IT. FLAGS NEED TO BE REPLACED WHEN THEY START. SO THANK YOU FOR COMING FORWARD. WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THIS. OKAY ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. DON'T BEAT ME TILL I GET THERE THIS WEEK WE'RE DOING FIRE. JULIE, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. OKAY OKAY. SO IF I RATTLE REALLY FAST TO GET THROUGH IT, I CAN GIVE YOU THE PAPERWORK. [00:50:03] IS THAT OKAY? ALL RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. OKAY. JOANNE COLLINS 173 ERIE. HERE WE GO. FAIRBORN FIRE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE THE QUICKEST RESPONSE AT THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL AT ALL CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE. TO RESPOND SUFFICIENT FORCE AND NECESSARILY RESOURCES CALLS REQUIRED INTERVENTION. TO ENSURE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SAFETY FOR MEMBERS AND ORGANIZATIONS AND THE PUBLIC WE SERVE. TO PROVIDE THE BEST TRAINED AND WELL-EQUIPPED PROFESSIONAL WORKFORCE POSSIBLE. TO PROVIDE CUSTOMERS WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE, LIFESAVING PROGRAMS CONSISTING OF FIRE AND CODE ENFORCEMENT. LOTS OF CODES PUBLIC EDUCATION AND INJURY PREVENTION. THE SAFEGUARD IN THE PUBLIC FAITHFULLY COMMITTED TO CUSTOMER SERVICE AND TO PUBLIC, PUBLIC FUNDS ENTRUSTED IN US. TO PROVIDE MEANS, WHEREABOUTS PERSONS OF WHOM ARE ENACTED AND COMMUNICATE NEEDS CONCERN. THE FIREFIGHTERS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO IS THEY REMEMBER 343 AND THAT'S 911 THE FIRES THAT WERE THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT WERE KILLED. ALL RIGHT. OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT CHIEF, RYAN WILLIAMS, WE HAVE FOUR STATIONS STAFFING. THEY DO 24/7 FULL SERVICE, ALL RISK YEAR ROUND, ALL WEATHER, LATE NIGHTS, RISKING LIFE TO SAVE OTHERS. THEY NEED LOTS OF CODES. I WOULD NEVER GET ALL THESE CODES RIGHT. CODE 1 RESPOND CALL WITHOUT LIGHTS AND SIREN. CODE 2 CALL LIGHTS ONLY PERMISSIBLE VERY AREAS. CODE 3 CALLS USING LIGHTS AND SIRENS. CODE 4 ENOUGH FIREFIGHTERS AT THE SCENE SITUATION UNDER CONTROL NO FURTHER VEHICLES NEEDED. CODE 10-67 REPORTED DEATH. CODE 10-66 MEANS NOTIFY MEDICAL EXAMINER. A 6 ALARM FIRE MEANS CALL FOR JUST SORT OF REINFORCEMENTS, UNITS AND THE SAME SURROUNDING CITIES. THEIR CODE, THEIR EQUIPMENT IS A HELMET, A GEAR, COAT, PANTS, GLOVES, A NOMEX HOOD, BOOTS AND ALTOGETHER PROTECTION THAT EXCEEDS AT LEAST 4000 PLUS A RADIO TO KEEP UP WITH MAINTENANCE TO WORK THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EQUIPMENT. THEY CLEAN, THEY WASH WALLS, DO FLOORS. THEY INSPECT THEIR EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING. THEY WORK IN ICY WEATHER, COLD WEATHER. THEY DO HOSE FREEZE, HOSE FREEZING ON THEM IN THE WINTER, THEY'RE 2:00 A.M. IN THE MORNING. IN HOT TEMPERATURES AT 90 DEGREES WEARING HEAVY GEAR, HOT SWEATING IN THEIR EYES. THICK SMOKE THEY CAN'T SEE RUNNING DOWN. AND BESIDES FIRES AND MEDICAL FIREFIGHTERS, THEY HANDLE CRAWLING OUT ON ICY PONDS WHERE MAYBE A CHILD FELL THROUGH. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, CHEMICAL SPILLS FALSE ALARMS, MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, GAS LEAKS, FLOODING, DOWNED POWER LINES, TORNADOS, STORMS, FOREST FIRES, WRECKED TRAINS. THEY DO VENDOR SAFETY REQUIREMENTS, WHICH I GOT TWO PAGES IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GO ONLINE. GOT A VENDOR CHECK IT OUT. THEY, THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE BY DOING THE VENDOR REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY MAKE SURE WHEN THEY'RE AT AN EVENT, WE ARE SAFE. AND THAT'S GOOD THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT FOR US. WE HAVE FOUR FIRE STATIONS ONLINE LISTED AT THE LOCATIONS. GOT THAT ONLINE. GO CHECK IT OUT. [LAUGHTER] NEW A NEW LADDER TRUCK. CUSTOM, WHICH WAS AWESOME. WE GOT ONE. IT'S A 100-FOOT LADDER. ALLOWS FIREFIGHTERS TO ATTACK FIRES FROM ABOVE, PROVIDING GREATER RESEARCH AND REACH TO MULTI-STORY STRUCTURES. COMPLEX EMERGENCIES. LADDERS IMPROVE RESCUE OPERATIONS, ALLOWING FIREFIGHTERS TO LOWER PEOPLE TO THE GROUND ON CONTROLLED ELEVATORS LIKE MANNER, RATHER THAN REQUIRING THEM TO CLIMB DOWN-STAIRS OR LADDERS DURING EMERGENCY. THE 100-FOOT LADDER GIVES OUR CREWS BETTER ACCESS DURING FIRES RESCUE CAPABILITIES ALLOWS US TO BRING PEOPLE DOWN SAFELY WHEN THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO EVACUATE ON THEIR OWN. IN ADDITION, THE FIREFIGHTING RESCUE LADDER HAS BLUE LIGHTING TO HIGHLIGHT THE DEPARTMENT RELATIONSHIP WITH FAIRBORN SCHOOLS, TRUCKS AND SCHOOL LOGO. RECOGNIZING THAT THIS FIRE STATION IS GOING TO BE LOCATED AT STATION 2. AMONG THE FOUR WE HAVE LOCATED NEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL. IT WILL HELP WITH HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS, NURSING HOMES AND BUSINESSES. HEALTH HAZARDS OF THE JOB. WE HAVE. HEALTH HAZARDS OF THE JOB. WE HAVE COMMON DANGERS CALLS. PUBLIC SAFETY RESOURCES. KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. OPERATIONAL STRUCTURE PAGE. WE HAVE KEY DANGEROUS EQUIPMENTS AND THREATS IDENTIFIED. THEY HAVE HAZMATS AND SERVICE. OKAY, THIS ONE I WANT EVERYBODY TO HEAR. THE AVERAGE. SORRY ABOUT THIS. THE AVERAGE DEATH AGE FOR FIREFIGHTERS, HEART ATTACKS AND STROKES WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OF 54 FIREFIGHTERS, A 47% IN 2007. THE AVERAGE AGE WAS 44 YEARS OLD. WHAT CAUSES THE FIREFIGHTERS DEATHS? THE LEADING CAUSE IS HEART DISEASE, 600 PLUS THOUSAND CANCER 600 PLUS THOUSAND. ACCIDENT AND UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES 197,000 PLUS 1000. STROKE. CEREBRAL VASCULAR DISEASE 166,000. CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASE 145,000. [00:55:02] ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 116,000. DIABETES 94,000. AND I DIDN'T GET THROUGH. I'M SORRY. SUDDEN DEATH SYNDROME. WHAT I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW AS I WALK AWAY AND I WILL TELL YOU, WE DON'T APPRECIATE THESE ENOUGH. THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER FOR OUR SAFETY, AND WE DO A LOT. I'LL GET THESE BACK TO ME LATER. AND I THINK THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD RESEARCH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND LEARN WHAT I HAVE. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. ALAN CARNEY, 132 GREENE STREET. I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON IT WAS ON RESOLUTION 17-26 ON THE CURB AND SIDEWALK FINAL ASSESSMENTS. I GOT THE LIST OF ASSESSMENTS FROM JULIE. I WAS LOOKING AT WHERE THEY HAVE THE PROPERTY NUMBER OR STREET ADDRESS AND THE AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ASSESSED. WELL, IT'S INTERESTING. THE ONLY THING THAT'S ON THAT ON THAT ASSESSMENT LIST IS A SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION FEE AND TOTAL ASSESSMENT. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO BREAKDOWN ON THE DETAILS FOR THE FINAL DOLLAR OF THE ASSESSMENT. WHERE THE DAMN NUMBER COME FROM? NO DETAILS FOR THE LINEAR NUMBER OF FEET FOR A CURB OR THE SQUARE FOOT FOR THE SIDEWALK. NO COST PER LINEAR FOOT ON THE CURB OR THE SIDEWALK. SO IN ENGINEERING JUST GENERATES A SUBTOTAL AND SUBMITS IT TO FINANCE. AND THAT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET A FINAL BILL WITH NO DETAILS. THAT'S LIKE GETTING YOUR DAMN WATER BILL WITHOUT THE NUMBER OF CUBIC FEET, OR SOME WAY THAT I CAN CROSS-REFERENCE AND GO DOWN MY BASEMENT AND CHECK THE WATER METER. SO IT'S JUST A TOTAL LACK OF TRANSPARENCY TO THE CITIZENS. AND IT'S INEXCUSABLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE PAYING FOR PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. SO I WENT AHEAD AND CONTACTED ENGINEERING BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL FOR MY MOM'S HOUSE OVER ON GREENE STREET, BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL PROPERTY WAS ESTIMATED AT 25 LINEAR FEET OF CURB, BUT THEY WERE GOING TO CHARGE 29. SO I FIGURED, WHERE DID THEY COME UP WITH THAT NUMBER? SO TWO ENGINEERS, TWO PEOPLE FROM ENGINEERING CAME OUT AND WE DISCUSSED THE SITUATION. AND OF COURSE, ON THE EAST AND WEST PROPERTY LINES, THERE'S A CURB REPLACEMENT THAT SPANNED BOTH SIDES. SO I ASKED ENGINEERING, I SAID WHAT ARE YOU USING TO DETERMINE WHERE THE EAST AND WEST PROPERTY LINE IS THAT YOU'RE USING TO MEASURE THESE CHARGEABLE CURB ASSESSMENTS? SO WE WALKED OVER TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY LINE AND THE ENGINEER GETS OUT HIS PRECISE MEASURING TOOL. LOOKS DOWN A FENCE LINE THAT'S 50FT OR MORE AWAY. COMES DOWN TO THE CURB AND I SAID, APPROXIMATELY RIGHT THERE. SO I HAD TO GET OUT MY SHARPIE AND I PUT A LINE THERE. SO THEN HE PROCEEDS TO MEASURE FROM THAT, THAT IMAGINARY LINE OVER TO WHERE THE CURB WAS. CAME UP WITH 16FT. IT'S INTERESTING THE PREVIOUS WEEK THAT WAS ONLY 15FT. SO ANYWAY, WE GO OVER TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY AND I SAID, WHERE ARE YOU USING FOR A PROPERTY LINE OVER HERE? SO HE GETS OUT OF THIS PRECISION MEASUREMENT EYEBALLS DOWN FROM THE ANOTHER FENCE LINE THAT'S OVER 50FT AWAY RIGHT HERE. SO I GET OUT MY SHARPIE, PUT A LINE THERE. HE PROCEEDS TO MEASURE FROM THAT LINE OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CHARGED FOR. I SAID, OKAY, THAT'S FAIR. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE USING TO CHARGE THE CITIZENS FOR THAT. OKAY, SO I'D GET OUT MY TAPE MEASURE AND I MEASURE FROM EAST PROPERTY LINE TO WEST PROPERTY LINE TO ENGINEERING PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE TO WITNESS THIS. WE CAME UP WITH 51FT, 4 INCHES. I SAID, DO YOU WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK THIS? WE DID. LOOK AT THERE, 51FT, 4 INCHES. I SAID, AND I PULLED OUT THE OTHER THING AND SAID, THE PROPERTY IS ONLY [INAUDIBLE] FOR 50FT. DOES ANYBODY GET THAT PROBLEM HERE? BASICALLY, WE'RE BEING CHARGED 1 FOOT 5 INCHES, 4 INCHES MORE THAN THE PROPERTY IS WIDE AND NOT EITHER ONE OF THEM GOT THAT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE, FOLKS. [01:00:05] SO ANYWAY, I'M RUNNING SHORT ON TIME. I URGE EVERYBODY WHO IS ON THIS LIST THAT YOU CONTACT ENGINEERING, GET ALL THE DETAILS FOR HOW MANY SQUARE FOOT YOU'RE BEING CHARGED WITH, HOW MANY LINEAR FEET YOU'RE BEING CHARGED WITH. GO OUT THERE AND MEASURE THEM AND ASK THEM WHAT THE COST IS AND SEE IF IT COMES CLOSE TO THIS NUMBER. BECAUSE IF THEY'RE PULLING THE SAME KIND OF CRAP THAT THEY DID ON MY MOM'S HOUSE, THAT THAT JUST SHOWS YOU WHAT KIND OF DEALS BEING THROWN ON THE CITIZENS HERE. IF YOU WANT TO OVERCHARGE PEOPLE, THAT'S FINE. AND OF COURSE, THEN THE OTHER THING IS THERE WAS ANOTHER, THE, THE CONTRACTOR DECIDED THE ORIGINALLY MARKED ABOUT THREE INCHES FOR SOME FRESH CUTS. THEY ENDED UP CUTTING OVER A FOOT FROM EACH ONE OF THOSE BECAUSE THEY KNEW FAIRBORN WAS GOING TO DO A FINAL MEASUREMENT. SO THE MORE THAT THEY COULD CUT OFF, THEY COULD MAKE MORE MONEY. SO THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS CITY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. OKAY. SEEING NO ONE ELSE COME FORWARD, WE WILL CLOSE CITIZENS COMMENTS. AND WE'LL COME BACK TO CITY MANAGER COMMENTS. [VIII. City Manager Comments] GOOD EVENING, YOUR HONOR AND COUNCIL. I JUST A FEW THINGS THIS EVENING. IN THIS ROOM ON THURSDAY, APRIL 23RD AT 2:00 DETECTIVE ZACH ZINK WILL BE PRESENTED WITH THE 2026 GREENE COUNTY PROSECUTOR OFFICE'S DAVID P ECKERT. OUTSTANDING LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES AWARD. IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE ANYONE IS INVITED TO THAT. IT'S AN HONOR. AND DETECTIVE ZINK TRULY IS A WORTHY RECIPIENT. THE ANNUAL EMPLOYEE AWARDS LUNCHEON WILL BE THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 24TH, BEGINNING AT 11:00 A.M. AT BOWL 10 AT 1425 NORTH BROAD STREET. THE GOVERNMENT CENTER WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE AFTERNOON. SOCIAL MEDIA, THE WEBSITE AND THE FRONT DOORS. THAT INFORMATION WILL BE POSTED AHEAD OF THE EVENT SO THAT RESIDENTS ARE AWARE OF THAT. FAIRBORN KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS BLUE JACKET AWARD DINNER IS THURSDAY, APRIL 30TH, BEGINNING AT 6:00 P.M. THAT'LL BE AT MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS PARISH CENTER AND KIDS LOOK FORWARD TO THIS. THE FISHING DERBY IS SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, MAY 2ND, BEGINNING AT 8:00 A.M. AT COMMUNITY PARK. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. IF COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE FREE AND WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US FOR THE ANNUAL EMPLOYEE AWARDS OR THE KNIGHTS COLUMBUS BLUE JACKET DINNER. THE MORE THE MERRIER. WE'D BE GLAD TO SEE YOU. OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, YOUR HONOR. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL COMMENTS, AND WE'LL START WITH COUNCILWOMAN REASTER. [IX. Council Comments] ALL RIGHT, SO THE ONLY THING THAT I HAVE TONIGHT IT IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION LAST WEEK THAT THERE'S SOME SOME SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS GOING ON THAT ARE NOT COMPLETELY FACTUAL OR MISREPRESENTING THE TRUTH OR JUST FLAT OUT FALSE. SO I HAD, I HAD PULLED TOGETHER SOME FACTS IN FULL TRANSPARENCY. I DID RUN IT THROUGH THROUGH AI JUST TO KIND OF CLEAN UP MY, MY GRAMMAR. SO I JUST WANT TO READ THAT REAL QUICK BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS WE FACE THE, THE PRIMARIES COMING UP NEXT MONTH IN JUST A COUPLE WEEKS. ON FEBRUARY 2ND, DURING A CITY COUNCIL MEETING, ORDINANCE 326 WAS INTRODUCED. AND AT THAT TIME, CITY SOLICITOR MIKE MCNAMEE EXPLAINED THAT THE CURRENT CHARTER LANGUAGE REGARDING RECALL DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OUTLINED IN THE JULY 17TH, 2025 DECISION BY THE OHIO SUPREME COURT IN THE MAUMEE VERSUS LUCAS COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS. IN THAT DECISION, THE COURT RULED THAT A CHARTER CITY MUST EXPLICITLY PROVIDE FOR THE RECALL OF ELECTED OFFICIALS IN ORDER FOR THE RECALL TO BE VALID. BECAUSE MANY CHARTER CITIES, INCLUDING FAIRBORN, WERE DRAFTED WITH GENERAL LANGUAGE THAT THE OHIO SUPREME COURT HAS NOW RULED, INSUFFICIENT RECALL, ATTEMPTS UNDER THEM ARE LIKELY INVALID OR UNENFORCEABLE. FAIRBORN CHARTER SECTION 2.07D ALLOWS THE RECALL OF ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT IT ONLY SAYS THAT THE PROCEDURE SHALL BE PROVIDED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF OHIO. HOWEVER, IN THE 2025 MAUMEE COURT DECISION, THE OHIO SUPREME COURT RULED THAT THIS EXACT TYPE OF GENERAL REFERENCE IS NOT ENOUGH FOR A CHARTER CITY. THE COURT SAID A CHARTER, A CITY CHARTER MUST CLEARLY SPELL OUT ITS OWN RECALL PROCEDURES OR EXPLICITLY ADOPT THE STATE LAW, A VAGUE REFERENCE TO A STATE LAW DOES NOT WORK. [01:05:03] AS A RESULT, RECALLS UNDER FAIRBORN CURRENT CHARTER LANGUAGE ARE LEGALLY UNCERTAIN AND LIKELY UNENFORCEABLE. MANY CHARTER CITIES, INCLUDING FAIRBORN, ARE NOW AMENDING THEIR CHARTERS TO ADD CLEAR, SELF-CONTAINED RECALL PROCEDURES. THIS RULING APPLIES ONLY TO CHARTER CITIES USING GENERAL LANGUAGE AND DOES NOT ELIMINATE RECALLS. THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT ADDRESSES THIS ISSUE BY ESTABLISHING CLEAR AND DETAILED RECALL PROCESS DIRECTLY WITHIN THE CHARTER. BY DEFINING THESE REQUIREMENT TIMELINES AND PROCEDURES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. THE AMENDMENT ENSURES THAT ANY FUTURE RECALL EFFORT IS CONSISTENT WITH CURRENT LEGAL STANDARDS AND CAN BE PROPERLY CARRIED OUT. THE MISCONCEPTION. IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT THIS AMENDMENT WOULD MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR RESIDENTS TO PURSUE A RECALL, INCLUDING CONCERNS ABOUT THE 15% SIGNATURE REQUIREMENT, THE CREATION OF A LOCAL PROCESS OR, OR ADMINISTRATIVE COST. THE REALITY. THE AMENDMENT DOES NOT INCREASE AN EXISTING REQUIREMENT. RATHER, IT ESTABLISH, ESTABLISHES A SPECIFIC THRESHOLD OF 15% OF VOTERS FROM THE LAST MAYORAL ELECTION, WHERE NO CLEARLY DEFINED STANDARD CURRENTLY EXISTS. FOR CONTEXT, ACCORDING TO THE GREENE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS CERTIFIED RESULTS FROM THE NOVEMBER 7TH, 2023 GENERAL ELECTION, A TOTAL OF 7,786 VOTES WERE CAST IN THE FAIRBORN MAYORAL RACE. BASED ON THAT TURNOUT, A 15% THRESHOLD WOULD REQUIRE 1,168 VALID SIGNATURES TO INITIATE A RECALL. LET ME TRY THAT AGAIN. RECALL PETITION. THIS HELPS TO ENSURE THAT ANY RECALL EFFORT REFLECTS A MEANINGFUL LEVEL OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT BEFORE PROCEEDING TO A BALLOT FOR RECALL. AS WITH ANY ELECTION RELATED PROCESS, THERE ARE ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES INVOLVED. THIS AMENDMENT DOES NOT CREATE A NEW TYPE OF COST, BUT INSTEAD ENSURES THAT IF A RECALL IS PURSUED, THE PROCESS IS LEGALLY SOUND AND CAN BE CARRIED OUT PROPERLY. THE FACTS ARE THAT THIS AMENDMENT IS NOT LIMITING THE PUBLIC'S AUTHORITY. IT IS ENSURING THAT THE AUTHORITY ALREADY INTENDED IN THE CHARTER IS CLEARLY DEFINED, LEGALLY COMPLIANT AND ABLE TO BE USED IF NECESSARY. FACTS MATTER GUYS, DO RESEARCH JUST BECAUSE IT'S ON THE SOCIALS. JUST BECAUSE IT'S ON THE INTERWEBS DOESN'T MAKE IT TRUE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GOOD DETAIL ON THAT. I DID SEE SOME. SOME MISUNDERSTANDING OUT THERE FOR SURE. YEAH. IT'S BASICALLY IT COMES DOWN TO IF YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY HAVE A VALID RECALL PROCESS TO USE AS A CITIZEN, YOU KNOW, IF I WANTED A VALID RECALL PROCESS, I WOULD VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT, LET ME PUT IT THAT WAY. I SO YEAH. SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH, JUST THANKS FOR THE FOLKS THAT CAME DOWN AND SPOKE TONIGHT AND SHARED THEIR CONCERNS AND THEIR COMPLIMENTS. I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN DODD. I REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH. I WANT TO THANK HILARY AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION AT OUR WORK SESSION TODAY. I THINK THAT IS GOING TO BE A GREAT PROCESS. I REALLY DO. OTHER THAN THAT, I WANT TO THANK CITIZENS FOR COMING AND BEING PART OF THIS. AND LIKE MARY SAID, FACTS MATTER, AND I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK YOU DID ON MAKING THAT. I READ YOUR LETTER BEFORE AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD I APPRECIATE THAT AND I THERE IS A LOT OF FALSE INFORMATION ALWAYS PUT AROUND ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE THE FACTS. I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TONIGHT. BEAUTIFUL. THANKS EVERYONE FOR COMING TONIGHT. IT'S ALWAYS AWESOME. AS I SAID, AS I ALWAYS SAY ALL FEEDBACK IS GOOD FEEDBACK HONESTLY, FOR US, THAT'S THE TAX WE PAY FOR BEING ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY. SO WE WILL ADDRESS THOSE THINGS AS THEY COME FORWARD. I KNOW MIKE THE CITY MANAGER AND, AND HIS TEAM MAKES IT A POINT TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE RIGHT INFORMATION OUT AND TEASE THROUGH ALL THOSE CONCERNS THAT CITIZENS MAY HAVE. I ONLY HAVE ONE THING I WANT TO MENTION TONIGHT, AND THAT IS CONGRATULATIONS TO WARREN BROWN AND JOHN DOUGAN FOR BEING, [01:10:12] BEING. HOW DO I SAY? INDUCTED. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [LAUGHTER]. I LOST MY WORDS BEING INDUCTED INTO THE GREENE COUNTY VETERANS HALL OF FAME. THEY HAVE HAD DISTINGUISHED CAREERS IN THE MILITARY AND THEY ARE HAVE HAD A [INAUDIBLE] DISTINGUISHED VOLUNTEER SERVICE AFTER SERVING IN THE MILITARY. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF THEM. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT MAYOR I'VE GOT A FEW THINGS. I WANT TO START OUT STRONG TONIGHT. IN SAYING THAT, I READ AN ARTICLE ON SATURDAY THAT WAS PUBLISHED VIA JOBS OHIO'S WEBSITE, AND IT WAS BASED OFF OF A MAGAZINE CALLED THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S ANNUAL LIST OF THE BEST AND WORST STATES TO DO BUSINESS IN. AND THEY BASICALLY DID A SURVEY THAT WENT OUT TO APPROXIMATELY 650 CEOS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND THE RESULTS OF THAT SURVEY BROUGHT OHIO IN AT NUMBER 7 NATIONWIDE FOR 2026 AND NUMBER 1 FOR THE MIDWEST. WHEN THEY BEGAN THIS SURVEY IN 2011, OHIO WAS NUMBER 41 ON THAT LIST. AND WE NOW MOVED UP TO NUMBER 7, NUMBER 1 IN THE MIDWEST. SO THAT'S A BIG JUMP AND SHOWS THAT OUR COMMITMENT TO STRONG BUSINESSES IN THE STATE OF OHIO, A LOT OF IT IS LARGELY DUE TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT OHIO HAS BUILT. WE HAVE THE 4TH LARGEST INTERSTATE SYSTEM IN THE NATION, THE 4TH LARGEST NETWORK OF RAILROADS AND THE 5TH LARGEST NETWORK OF WAREHOUSES AND STORAGE SERVICES. WE ALSO HAVE THE BEST CORPORATE INCOME TAX STRUCTURE, AND OUR WORKFORCE IS 5.5 MILLION STRONG, WHICH RANKS 7TH IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE 3RD LARGEST MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE IN THE UNITED STATES. AND WE ALSO BOAST IN THE TOP 10 OF THE STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR AFFORDABILITY, WITH A COST OF LIVING ROUGHLY 8% TO 11% LOWER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. ALL THESE THINGS ARE VERY, VERY ATTRACTIVE TO BUSINESSES, AND I THINK FAIRBORN HAS DONE A GREAT JOB IN OUR DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES TO BRING A LOT OF THAT TO THE CITY OF FAIRBORN AS WELL. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT TODAY IS NATIONAL VOLUNTEERISM DAY. THAT'S CELEBRATED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, AND THIS WEEK IS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1974 BY PRESIDENT NIXON TO RECOGNIZE PEOPLE FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS THE CITY OF FAIRBORN RELIES ON OUR VOLUNTEERS TO, TO GET BY WITH A LOT OF OUR BUSINESS, SUCH AS OUR COMMITTEES AND OUR BOARDS. WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THESE VOLUNTEERS. SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS AND IF YOU ARE SO INCLINED TO VOLUNTEER, PLEASE STEP UP. WE HAVE A JOB FOR YOU. ALSO, THIS SATURDAY, I BELIEVE SATURDAY, APRIL 26TH IS OHIO'S NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE BACK DAY IN GREENE COUNTY. THIS IS GOING TO BE HELD BETWEEN 10:00 A.M. AND 2:00 P.M. AND YOU CAN DROP OFF ALL YOUR UNEXPIRED OR UNUSED MEDICATIONS IN PILL CAPSULE OR PATCH FORM. AND I THINK NEW FOR THIS YEAR. I'M NOT SURE THIS WAS ON HERE LAST YEAR. VAPING DEVICES AND CARTRIDGES CAN ALSO BE ACCEPTED, BUT YOU DO HAVE TO TAKE THE BATTERIES OUT AND YOU CAN TAKE THEM TO ANY POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE ONES LISTED FOR GREENE COUNTY ARE BEAVERCREEK POLICE DEPARTMENT, BEAVERCREEK TOWNSHIP, GREENE COUNTY SUBSTATION, FAIRBORN POLICE DEPARTMENT, SUGARCREEK TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. WHAT THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO BRING, THOUGH, IS NEEDLES AND LIQUIDS. THE REASON I BRING THIS UP IS TO EMPHASIZE THIS IS YOU HEAR A LOT OF TIMES, I THINK IF YOU'RE LISTENING TO THE POLICE SCANNERS AND YOU HEAR ABOUT OVERDOSES ON THE RADIO, NOT ALL OVERDOSES ARE DRUG USERS AND HEROIN USERS. A LOT OF, A LOT. SOME OF THE DRUG OVERDOSES THAT OCCUR IN CITIES ARE ACCIDENTAL DRUG OVERDOSES. SAY KIDS GETTING IN MOM AND DAD'S MEDICATION OR GRANDMA AND GRANDPA'S MEDICATION BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD IT LAYING AROUND INSTEAD OF THROWING IT OUT. SO I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE, IF YOU HAVE ANY UNUSED MEDICATIONS IN YOUR HOUSE TO PLEASE GET RID OF THEM AND USE THAT AVENUE IF YOU WOULD LIKE. AND I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS TODAY. MAY IS MOTORCYCLE SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH. AS A FATHER OF A MOTORCYCLE RIDER AND LOOKING AT THE STATISTICS THAT ARE GOING AROUND OUT THERE. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO MOTORCYCLES ON THE ROAD. SOME TIPS THAT THEY PUT OUT THERE ARE TO ALWAYS CHECK YOUR BLIND SPOTS. LET MOTORISTS KNOW OF YOUR INTENT. IF YOU'RE GOING TO TURN, I.E. USE YOUR TURN SIGNALS. IT'S WHAT THEY'RE THERE FOR. [01:15:03] PAY VERY, VERY CLOSE ATTENTION IN INTERSECTIONS. THIS IS THE MOST DANGEROUS ZONE FOR A MOTORCYCLIST. WATCH FOR MOTORCYCLISTS TURNING AND ALWAYS TAKE A SECOND LOOK WHENEVER YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. I DID A LITTLE BIT OF DIGGING AND LOOKED AT THE OHIO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL DATA ON TRAFFIC FATALITIES, AND THEY DON'T BREAK IT DOWN SPECIFICALLY BY MOTORCYCLE. BUT WHAT I DID FIND WAS SO FAR IN 2026, 238 FATALITIES HAVE OCCURRED ON OHIO ROADWAYS IN 2026 WHEN COMPARED TO 2025. THIS IS UP FROM 212. SPECIFICALLY FOR MOTORCYCLES THE MOST DANGEROUS PART IS THE INTERSECTION. SO PLEASE, WHEN YOU'RE APPROACHING THESE INTERSECTIONS, PAY ATTENTION AND LOOK TWICE. AND I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THAT MAYOR THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO COVER A NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP. THIS FRIDAY, THE FAIRBORN CITY SCHOOLS IS HAVING THEIR ANNUAL HALL OF HONOR RECOGNITION. AND OUR VERY OWN EMILY GAY, OUR COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER, IS BEING RECOGNIZED AT THAT HALL OF HONOR. SO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO COME TO THAT. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER PEOPLE ALSO BEING RECOGNIZED. EARTH DAY IS THIS COMING SUNDAY, APRIL 26TH, AND THE LOCAL EARTH DAY CELEBRATION WILL BE TAKING PLACE AT JOHN BRYAN STATE PARK. ON THAT, THAT AFTERNOON ON THE 26TH. TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY ON MAY THE 4TH. IN ADDITION TO A CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT EVENING CHUCK STOUT, A LOCAL FAIRBORN RESIDENT AND THE SENIOR CENTER ARE SPONSORING BREAKFAST WITH THE MAYOR. SO WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME TO THAT. NOW. WHY IS THIS ONE SPECIAL? THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ON FACEBOOK AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT THERE AREN'T VERY MANY THINGS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO DO IN FAIRBORN OVER THE SUMMER. WELL, WE WANT TO REFUTE THAT ARGUMENT. THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS FOR PEOPLE TO DO, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE DURING THE SUMMER. SO THE FOCUS OF THIS BREAKFAST WITH THE MAYOR ON MAY THE 4TH IS WE HAVE INVITED THE CITY PARKS DEPARTMENT WILL BE THERE TO HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT SUMMER PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE 27 PARKS THAT WE HAVE IN FAIRBORN. YES, FOLKS, THERE ARE 27 PARKS IN FAIRBORN. THE CITY WILL ALSO BE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT CITY EVENTS THIS SUMMER, THE DIFFERENT FESTIVALS, BLUEGRASS AND BREW, HAIRBORN, THE AIR FORCE MARATHON WILL BE COMING THROUGH DOWNTOWN FAIRBORN AGAIN, AND THIS YEAR THEY'RE ADDING THE HALF MARATHON, WHICH WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL 5,000 RUNNERS COMING THROUGH DOWNTOWN FAIRBORN. THE DAY AFTER THAT IS THE ANNUAL CAR SHOW. THE POINT BEING, THERE'S A LOT OF EVENTS GOING ON. THE CITY WILL BE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE ROAD PROJECTS. SO IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS ABOUT ROADS ISSUES, THE SCHOOLS WILL BE THERE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE SUMMER SCHOOLS PROGRAMING. THE CHRISTMAS IN ACTION PROGRAM IS ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR HOUSES TO WORK ON. THERE'LL BE PEOPLE FROM CHRISTMAS IN ACTION PROGRAM TALKING ABOUT HOW THAT PROGRAM WORKS AND HOW IT MAKES REPAIRS TO LOW INCOME HOUSES OR HOMEOWNERS. LAST YEAR WE HAD THE FIRST EVER UFO CONFERENCE IN FAIRBORN. AND THIS YEAR IT'S GOING TO BE REPEATED. THERE IS GOING TO BE A UFO FESTIVAL OR CONFERENCE ON SATURDAY, JULY THE 11TH. THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT FLIERS GOING AROUND ABOUT THAT THAT WILL BE TALKED ABOUT AT THE MAY 4TH BREAKFAST. AND THE LOCAL CHURCHES ARE GOING TO BE THERE TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT CHURCH PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THIS SUMMER, THE DIFFERENT VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL PROGRAMS, THE DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS AND THINGS THAT THE CHURCHES ARE DOING. THE POINT OF THIS BREAKFAST WITH THE MAYOR IS TO SHOWCASE THAT THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS FOR KIDS AND ADULTS TO DO IN THE FAIRBORN COMMUNITY THIS SUMMER, SO WE'RE HOPING TO FILL THE SENIOR CENTER. THERE'S ROOM FOR ABOUT 150 PEOPLE IN THERE. THE BREAKFAST WITH THE MAYORS TYPICALLY GET 30, 40 PEOPLE. LET'S FILL IT AND LET'S HAVE GET INFORMATION OUT ABOUT THAT. THE DAY AFTER THAT, MAY THE 5TH IS ELECTION DAY IN FAIRBORN, AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS ON THE BALLOT THIS SUMMER. PRIMARIES FOR THE DIFFERENT PARTIES. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE RUNNING. AND I DO WANT TO SAY I RECEIVED A MULTI-PAGE DOCUMENT IN THE MAIL A WEEK AGO. THERE WAS NO RETURN ADDRESS. AND IT WAS A BUNCH OF STATEMENTS ABOUT SOME OF THE PEOPLE RUNNING FOR OFFICE AND ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE COMING UP. [01:20:03] UNFORTUNATELY WHOEVER SENT THAT OUT DID NOT SAY WHO THEY WERE. BECAUSE I CHECKED WITH A NUMBER OF THOSE PEOPLE AND SOME OF THOSE ISSUES THAT WERE IN THOSE STATEMENTS. AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, A LOT OF THE STATEMENTS WERE TOTALLY INCORRECT. THEY WERE FALSE STATEMENTS. SO MY POINT IS, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU RECEIVE IN THE MAIL. IF THERE'S NO WHO SENT IT INFORMATION SO YOU CAN CHECK ON IT AND ASK ABOUT IT. BE VERY WARY OF SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT IS OUT THERE ABOUT THE ELECTIONS. WE HAVE A LOT OF VERY QUALIFIED PEOPLE RUNNING FOR DIFFERENT POSITIONS, AND IT'S IMPORTANT WE GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE ELECTED. SO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THE INFORMATION YOU RECEIVE. THE WEATHER IS GETTING NICER. SO YOU'RE GOING TO START SEEING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE OUT PICKING UP TRASH WITH THE ADOPT A HIGHWAY PROGRAMS. WE DID ONE LAST WEEKEND. THERE WERE SOME SCHEDULED THIS LAST SATURDAY. UNFORTUNATELY, THE WEATHER INTERFERED WITH THAT. SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE PEOPLE OUT PICKING UP TRASH. THE UNFORTUNATE THING IS THERE'S A NEED TO DO THAT. THE GROUP THAT DID THE ADOPT A HIGHWAY THIS LAST WEEKEND PICKED UP 13 LARGE BLACK PLASTIC BAGS FULL OF TRASH ON 235 BETWEEN OAKS QUARRY PARK DOWN TO WHERE THE CASES AND THE SHEETS IN THAT AREA. WE SHOULDN'T BE PICKING UP THAT MANY BAGS OF TRASH BECAUSE THERE SHOULDN'T BE THAT MUCH TRASH. BUT UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS. SO THE CAUTION IS WHEN YOU SEE THE YELLOW SIGNS LITTER PICK UP AHEAD. PLEASE BE CAREFUL. JUST LIKE WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE MOTORCYCLES. WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE PICKING UP TRASH, GETTING RUN OVER BY CARS OR MOTORCYCLES. SO PLEASE JUST BE AWARE OF THAT. AND IF YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN JOINING ONE OF THOSE ADOPTED GROUP THINGS OR GROUPS OR START ONE THE CITY HAS THAT. I KNOW WATERFORD LANDING IS DOING ONE COMING UP REAL SOON. THERE ARE LOTS OF DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT DO ADOPT A HIGHWAY PROGRAMS AND THAT'S A PERSONAL PET ISSUE OF MINE. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE THAT CAME FORWARD TODAY WITH THEIR PRESENTATIONS. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HEAR ISSUES AND WE WILL LOOK INTO THOSE THINGS. OKAY. IF THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL AN EXECUTIVE SESSION HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO CONSIDER THE APPOINTMENT, [X. An Executive Session has been requested to consider the appointment, employment, dismissal, discipline, promotion, demotion, or compensation of a public employee or official in accordance with Ohio Revised Code Section 121.22 (G)(1).] EMPLOYMENT DISMISSAL, DISCIPLINE, PROMOTION, DEMOTION OR COMPENSATION OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE OR OFFICIAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OHIO REVISED CODE 122.22 ITEM (G) ITEM (1). SO COUNCIL WILL BE RECESSING INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THAT DISCUSSION. IS THERE A MOTION TO GO INTO THAT SESSION? SO MOVED. SECOND. JULIE PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MS. REASTER. YES. MR. ALLEN. YES. MR. DODD. YES. MR. MCCUBBINS. YES. MS. STANTON. YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK. YES. COUNCIL WILL NOT BE TAKING ANY ACTION WHEN THEY RETURN FROM THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.