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          ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE FAIRBORN CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR JULY 20TH, 2026. 
          WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          MR. KIRKPATRICK? HERE. MR. ALLEN? HERE. 
          MS. CHESS? HERE. 
          MR. DODD? MR. MCCUBBINS? HERE. 
          MS. REASTER? HERE. 
          MS. STANTON? HERE. OKAY, UH, MR. COUNCILMAN DODD IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING. IS THERE A MOTION TO EXCUSE HIM? SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO EXCUSE HIM. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? OKAY, COUNCILMAN DODD IS EXCUSED FROM THIS EVENING. 
          OKAY, AT THIS TIME WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE RISE 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, ONE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          THANK YOU. PLEASE BE SEATED. 
          IF YOU WOULD, AT THIS TIME, PLEASE TURN OFF ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. WE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY, 
          [IV.	Minutes – Consider approval of the minutes of the July 6, 2026, Council Work Session and the July 6, 2026, Regular Council Meeting.]
OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE JULY 06, 2026 COUNCIL WORK SESSION AND THE JULY 6, 2026 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS, OR DELETIONS TO THE COUNCIL WORK SESSION MINUTES OF JULY 06, 2026? OKAY, HEARING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES? SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? OKAY, THE MINUTES OF THE JULY 6, 2026 COUNCIL WORK SESSION WERE APPROVED AS WRITTEN. IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO APPROVE THE JULY 6TH REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING? SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY, IS THERE ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS, ADDITIONS, OR DELETIONS TO THOSE? DID YOU READ SORRY, I SAID THAT BACKWARDS HERE. 
          OKAY, I WAS YEAH, ALL RIGHT. 
          OKAY, WE'RE GOOD. 
          OKAY, THERE ARE NO CORRECTIONS. 
          IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? OKAY, THE MINUTES OF THE JULY 6TH REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ARE APPROVED AS WRITTEN. WE DO HAVE SOME 
          [V.	Prescheduled]
PRE-SCHEDULED BUSINESS THIS EVENING. WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR THE SWEET CORN FESTIVAL, AND WE'RE GOING TO ASK COUNCIL TO JOIN US ALONG WITH REPRESENTATION FROM THE SWEET CORN COMMITTEE. I'M GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION, THEN YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS. OKAY, WHEREAS THIS IS THE 44TH ANNUAL FAIRBORN SWEET CORN FESTIVAL, WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR FAIR CITY. AND WHEREAS THE SWEET CORN FESTIVAL IS A 2-DAY FAMILY-ORIENTED EVENT WHERE FUN AND GOOD FOOD ARE AWAITING BOTH OUR CITIZENS AND VISITORS. AND WHEREAS THIS EVENT IS CO-SPONSORED BY THE FAIRBORN ART ASSOCIATION AND THE FAIRBORN LIONS CLUB AND WHEREAS THIS YEAR'S KING AND QUEEN ARE ALAN MEAD AND DOTTIE MEAD. AND WHEREAS THERE WILL BE OVER 160 HANDMADE ARTS AND CRAFTS BOOTHS AND FOOD VENDORS. AND WHEREAS THE FAIRBORN SWEET CORN FESTIVAL IS AN EVENT THAT MAKES FAIRBORN FAMOUS. AND WHEREAS THIS EVENT HAS MANY ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN INCLUDING FACE PAINTING, SANDBOX, TRAIN RIDES, PONY RIDES,AND THE BOUNCE NATION NOW THEREFORE, I, DANIEL R. 
          KIRKPATRICK, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FAIRBORN, DO HEREBY DESIGNATE AND PROCLAIM MONDAY, AUGUST 10TH, 2026, THROUGH SUNDAY, AUGUST 16TH, 2026, AS SWEET CORN FESTIVAL WEEK IN THE CITY OF FAIRBORN, AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO PARTAKE IN MANY SCRUMPTIOUS DELICACIES, WONDERFUL ACTIVITIES, AND ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULED FOR THE WEEKEND OF AUGUST 15TH AND 16TH, 2026. SO CONGRATULATIONS. WE GOT THE PHOTO PERSON HERE. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          MAN, PHOTO MAN IS RIGHT THERE. 
          UM, SURE. 
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DAN, YOU MADE ALL THE SIGNIFICANT COMMENTS WE HAVE, EXCEPT I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD YEAR, THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES. AND COME ON OUT AND JOIN US. ALL OF OUR PROFITS GO TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, SO COME OUT AND SPEND ALL YOU CAN. 
          THANKS. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL KNOW IT, BUT THIS IS THE 44TH YEAR, 44TH ANNUAL. SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME, AND THINGS HAVE GOTTEN MUCH BETTER. 
          WE'VE BEEN IN DIFFERENT PLACES, BUT THIS IS RIGHT NOW AT COMMUNITY PARK, THE BEST PLACE. 
          SO WE WANT YOU ALL TO COME OUT AND ENJOY IT AND BRING YOUR FRIENDS, AND WE'RE HOPING AND PRAYING FOR GOOD WEATHER. 
          AMEN. 
          OH, YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY, THANK YOU AGAIN. THE SWEET CORN FESTIVAL IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE PREMIER EVENTS IN OUR GREAT CITY, SO ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO GET OUT THERE AND HAVE A GREAT TIME. 
          [VI.	Old Business]
OKAY, MOVING ON TO OLD BUSINESS, WE HAVE ORDINANCE 17-26. IS THERE A MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE 17-26 FOR THE SECOND TIME BY TITLE ONLY? SO MOVED. SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? ORDINANCE 17-26, AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PUBLIC UTILITY RIGHT-OF-WAY EASEMENT. HAYLEY MYERS, ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER, PRESENTING. 
          ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO TODAY I'LL BE GOING THROUGH ORDINANCE 17-26, WHICH WOULD ESTABLISH A PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT ALONG KAUFMAN AVENUE. SO AS WE GET STARTED HERE, I WANTED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS EASEMENT AND WHY IT'S NECESSARY, UH, AND JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THE BACKGROUND AROUND HERE. SO, UM, ENGINEERING HAS BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH AT&T FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW, PROBABLY WELL OVER A YEAR, TO HELP SUPPORT THEIR EXPANDING FIBER OPTIC INSTALLATION THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF FAIRBORN. SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN PERMITTED AND INSTALLED FIBER OPTIC CONDUIT. SO THIS NEXT SECTION ALONG KAUFMAN AVENUE IS A CONTINUATION OF WHAT THEY HAVE ALREADY STARTED. DURING THEIR PERMITTING PROCESS LAST YEAR, A LITTLE THEY HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A HICCUP WHERE THEY HAD PLANNED TO ACTUALLY INSTALL PART OF THIS LAST YEAR. THERE WAS NOT A WELL-ESTABLISHED UTILITY CORRIDOR ALONG KAUFMAN AVENUE DUE TO JUST INCONSISTENT RIGHT-OF-WAY. 
          BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY ON A CITY-OWNED PARCEL SIMILAR TO THE SITUATION WE SAW EARLIER THIS YEAR WITH CENTERPOINT. SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO ESTABLISH ON TWO OF THESE CITY PARCELS THE UTILITY EASEMENT SO THAT THEY CAN PROCEED WITH THEIR INSTALLATION. SO AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE LOOKING TO ESTABLISH A PERMANENT 10-FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT THAT WILL ACTUALLY CROSS TWO CITY PARCELS IN SUPPORT OF THIS EXPANSION. 
          THE EASEMENT LANGUAGE ALSO INCLUDES A 10-FOOT CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE DIRECTLY SOUTH. THIS IS NOT AN EASEMENT FOR ANYTHING PERMANENT TO BE INSTALLED. IT'S SIMPLY JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM TO THE CONTRACTOR, JUST AS A STAGING AREA AND JUST FOR OPERATION OF EQUIPMENT. 
          AND THEN ANOTHER ITEM THAT CAME UP AS THIS EASEMENT WAS BEING DISCUSSED WAS, YOU KNOW, THE CITY DID NOT WANT TO EXCLUSIVELY MAKE THIS AN EASEMENT FOR AT&T. WE WANTED TO AVOID REINVENTING THE WHEEL SHOULD DOWN THE LINE ANOTHER COMPANY WANT TO COME IN AND NEED AN ADDITIONAL AREA TO INSTALL UTILITIES. THIS WOULD BE AN OPTION OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. SO NARROWING DOWN ON THE TWO PARCELS THAT THIS PROPOSED EASEMENT WOULD CROSS, THE TOP PARCEL NUMBER THERE IS THE ENDING IN 016900 IS THE PARCEL THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE IN THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE. SO IT'S QUITE A LONG PARCEL, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO SEE IN THE AERIAL IMAGE, BUT I HAVE SOME FURTHER ZOOMED-IN PICTURES ON THE UPCOMING SLIDES. AND 
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THEN THE SECOND PARCEL THAT THIS PROPOSED EASEMENT WOULD CROSS IS SHOWN IN THE IMAGE BELOW, AND THAT IS THE ONE ENDING IN 016800, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY THE PARCEL THAT THE FAIRBORN SANITARY SANITARY LIFT STATION ON KAUFMAN IS LOCATED. SO THESE ARE THE TWO PARCELS IN QUESTION HERE. TAKING A CLOSER DETAILED LOOK HERE, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THIS IMAGE, SO JUST TO KIND OF POINT OUT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. THE ORANGE LINE ACROSS THE TOP OF THE PICTURE IS THE PROPOSED AT&T FIBER OPTIC INSTALL. I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW WHERE THE PROPOSED EASEMENT ACTUALLY STARTS. SO THIS PORTION THAT'S NOT HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW IS ACTUALLY IN RIGHT-OF-WAY, SO THAT WILL BE APPROVED SEPARATELY THROUGH THE CITY RIGHT-OF-WAY PROCESS., BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THE BEGINNING AREA OF THEIR EASEMENT. SO IT'S AT THE, UH, KAUFMAN AND COLONEL GLENN ROUNDABOUT, AND IT WILL RUN NORTHEAST FOR APPROXIMATELY 9,700 FEET ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF KAUFMAN. SO AS I MENTIONED, THAT UTILITY EASEMENT IS 10 FEET WIDE. SO HERE IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF JUST AN EXAMPLE ALONG THE SOMEWHERE TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE CURRENT RUN. SO AGAIN, IT'S THE 10-FOOT EASEMENT THERE WILL BE THAT TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT DIRECTLY SOUTH. SO THIS EXAMPLE IS JUST ALONG KAUFMAN ACROSS THE STREET FROM DOMINO'S AND MCDONALD'S, AND YOU CAN SEE THE BIKE PATH CALLED OUT ON THERE FOR REFERENCE AS WELL. THEN THIS RUN WILL CONTINUE TO THE NORTHEASTERN END OF THE PARCEL, UM, AND THAT IT TERMINATES AT THE KAUFMAN AND CENTRAL INTERSECTION THERE. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE ORANGE LINE CONTINUES OUTSIDE OF THE PROPOSED EASEMENT, WHICH IS WHERE IT JOGS BACK INTO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, AND THEY WILL TIE INTO WHAT THEY HAVE ALREADY INSTALLED. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION KIND OF COVERED VERY QUICKLY. 
          ENGINEERING RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE. THERE'S ALSO BEEN LOTS OF DISCUSSION THROUGHOUT PUBLIC WORKS, THE WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT, PARKS TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE EASEMENT IN AN AREA THAT WORKS FOR EVERYBODY. SO AT THAT AFTER THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, HALEY, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          ORDINANCE 17-26 REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING, SO ANYONE WISHING TO COME FORWARD TO SPEAK TO ORDINANCE 17-26, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. 
          NAME'S ALAN CARNEY, 325 EAST SENIOR DRIVE. I URGE CITY COUNCIL NOT TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 1726, EASEMENT AGREEMENT WITH AT&T. THIS ORDINANCE GRANTS A PUBLIC LAND EASEMENT OF SOME 9,970 FEET ALONG KAUFMAN AVENUE TO A FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION FOR A NON-PUBLIC UTILITY PURPOSE. 
          THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY IS A PERPETUAL PUBLIC LAND LEASE SWEETHEART DEAL OF ONLY $10 BEING REIMBURSED TO THE CITY OF FAIRBORN AND ITS CITIZENS. 
          INSTEAD, A COMPETITIVE MONETARY YEARLY LEASE MUST BE DRAWN UP THAT IS COMPARABLE TO THAT WHICH AES WOULD PAY TO THAT AT&T WOULD PAY TO AES FOR A SIMILAR POLE-MOUNTED FIBER OPTIC CABLE LEASE AGREEMENT. 
          SOUNDS FAIR. AT&T PRESENTLY HAS TWO LARGE TELECOM CABLES MOUNTED ON AES POLES ALONG KAUFMAN AVENUE ON THE OTHER SIDE THAT EXTEND FROM CENTRAL AVENUE ALL THE WAY TO THE ROUNDABOUT. AT&T COULD MOUNT THE FIBER OPTIC CABLE ON THESE AES POLES. AES ALREADY HAS A LEASE AT&T IS, IS ALREADY LEASING POLE SPACE FROM AES FOR SOME TYPE OF A YEARLY MONETARY COST. SO I THINK FAIRBORN SHOULD CHARGE AN EQUIVALENT FEE FOR USING OUR PUBLIC LAND RIGHT-OF-WAY. 
          AGAIN, JUST A FAIR REQUEST. 
          THIS AT&T PROJECT IS A FIBER OPTIC BROADBAND CABLE, AND AS DEFINED BY THE OHIO REVISED CODE SECTION 4905 AND 4927, IS NOT CONSIDERED A REGULATED PUBLIC UTILITY BY THE OHIO PUCO, SUCH AS TRADITIONAL PUBLIC UTILITIES SUCH AS ELECTRIC, NATURAL GAS, AND TRADITIONAL LANDLINES. 
          FIBER OPTIC BROADBAND IS ALSO NOT CLASSIFIED AS AN ESSENTIAL TELECOM INFRASTRUCTURE BY THE OHIO REVISED CODE. THE FCC CONSIDERS ALL WIRELESS SERVICES INTERNET AND FIBER OPTIC BRAN BROADBAND AS A TITLE I INFORMATION SERVICES AND ARE 
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PRESENTLY NOT CATEGORIZED AS PUBLIC UTILITIES. THESE SERVICES ARE UNREGULATED AND TYPICALLY RUN BY FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS, AS WE ALL KNOW, BIG PROFITS. 
          THIS AT&T FIBER OPTIC CABLE IS NOT REALLY INTENDED FOR RESIDENTIAL SERVICE BUT SUPPORTS ITS IT'S A WIRELESS 5G NETWORK SYSTEM THAT THEY'VE BEEN SETTING UP. 
          TO MY KNOWLEDGE, AT&T DOES NOT PLAN TO COMPETE IN THE FAIRBORN MARKET WITH RESIDENTIAL FIBER OPTIC SERVICE SINCE FAIRBORN ALREADY IS SATURATED WITH TWO EXISTING FIBER OPTIC SERVICES SUCH AS ALTA FIBER AND SPECTRUM. AND THAT CAME FROM, FROM AN ACTUAL AT&T SERVICEMAN WHO SAID WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE. SO THIS AT&T FIBER OPTIC PROJECT CANNOT BE DECLARED AS A PUBLIC UTILITY PROJECT, AND ANY PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY EASEMENT MUST BE COMPENSATED WITH SOME TYPE OF A YEARLY MONETARY LEASE AGREEMENT TO THE CITIZENS OF FAIRBORN. 
          YES, FAIRBORN CAN GRANT A FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION A PUBLIC LAND LEASE FOR SOME FOR A NON-PUBLIC UTILITY PROJECT, BUT COMMON SENSE SAYS OUR CITIZENS DESERVE BETTER THAN GRANT A PERPETUAL CONVEYANCE OF OUR PUBLIC LAND WITHOUT SOME TYPE OF FAIR MONETARY COMPENSATION. 
          EVEN THE OHIO GENERAL OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL DAVID YOST HAS STATED IN SEVERAL CASE OPINION BRIEFS FOR FIBER OPTIC BEING LAID IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY BY A NONPROFIT BY FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS, HE ENCOURAGED THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME TYPE OF MONETARY COMPENSATION LEASE. 
          WE SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BY ANOTHER BIG CORPORATION LIKE AT&T. WE'VE BEEN TAKEN ADVANTAGE BY AT&T FOR YEARS, AND WE KNOW HOW THEY OPERATE. 
          AGAIN, I URGE FAIRBORN COUNCIL TO TABLE ORDINANCE 1726 UNTIL SUCH A COMPETITIVE MONETARY LEASE AGREEMENT IS MADE WITH AT&T. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO ORDINANCE 1726, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. SEEING NO ONE ELSE COME FORWARD, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE 1726 AND COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR QUESTIONS, STARTING WITH COUNCILMAN ALLEN. 
          UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, AL. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS YOU COULD ADD TO WHAT MR. CARNEY SHARED IN HIS STATEMENT. 
          YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I WILL SAY THE FIRST TIME I WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS WAS IN SUPPORT OF A CENTERPOINT PROJECT EARLIER THIS YEAR, WHICH I BELIEVE THE COMPENSATION FOR THE EASEMENT WAS COMPARABLE OR POTENTIALLY LESS. I BELIEVE THE STANDARD THAT I HAVE SEEN ON SEVERAL EASEMENTS HAS OFTEN BEEN A DOLLAR. SO AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, ANY SORT OF REGULAR, YOU KNOW, LEASE AGREEMENT IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT THE CITY COULD GO, THEN I MEAN, THAT COULD BE DISCUSSED. THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT I HAD CONSIDERED OR SEEN DONE ELSEWHERE IN THE PAST. THE INTENT HERE IS, FROM OUR STANDPOINT, TO ESTABLISH A UTILITY CORRIDOR FOR, YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY FIBER, BUT OTHER UNDERGROUND UTILITIES MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MIKE. THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. 
          FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. 
          YEAH, OKAY, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. THANK YOU. 
          WELL, I THINK THIS COULD BE A DEFINITE AREA TO HAVE SOME SPIRITED DEBATE ON WHAT TO DO WITH THIS. I DEFINITELY SEE MR. CARNEY'S POINT AND DON'T DISAGREE WITH IT AT ALL. 
          HOWEVER, AS A HEALTHCARE WORKER AND BEEN INVOLVED IN A LOT OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE THINGS, I THINK THIS COULD BE CLASSIFIED AS A PUBLIC UTILITY FOR SAFETY OF OUR CITIZENS AND WHAT NOT. 
          IT'S TYPICALLY TREATED AS A PUBLIC UTILITY FOR TAX AND REGULATORY PURPOSES, NO MATTER WHAT THEY'RE CLASSIFIED IN THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. I DON'T THINK IT'S COMMONPLACE FOR A LOT OF CITIES TO CHARGE A LEASE, ALTHOUGH I SEE THE BENEFIT OF IT. SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE IF THAT'S AN AVENUE THAT I'M WILLING TO GO AT THIS POINT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NO, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. 
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THANK YOU. 
          NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELL, OKAY, MY QUESTION INITIALLY, QUESTIONS WERE ABOUT TREES IN THE BIKE PATH AND HOW IT INTERACTS WITH YEP, ABSOLUTELY. SO WE HAD THE SAME CONCERN, AND WE WENT, YOU KNOW, TREES WERE SOMETHING THAT WE CONSIDERED. THE CITY ALSO HAS STORM INFRASTRUCTURE RUNNING THERE AS WELL AS SANITARY FORCE MAIN. SO THAT WAS ALL THINGS THAT THOSE WERE ALL THINGS THAT WERE JUGGLED DURING THESE CONVERSATIONS. WE DID CONFIRM WITH AT&T THAT THE BORING EQUIPMENT IS ABLE TO OPERATE AND MANEUVER AROUND TREES AS NEEDED. THEY INDICATED, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE VERY WILLING TO WORK WITH US IF, YOU KNOW, ONE WOULD NEED TO BE REMOVED TO GET IT REPLACED, ETC., BUT THEY'RE NOT PLANNING TO REMOVE ANY. AND, YOU KNOW, THE CITY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WOULD REVIEW PROPOSED PLANS FOR INSTALLATIONS HERE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING DEFINITELY ON OUR RADAR TO DISCUSS BEFORE WE WOULD PERMIT SOMEONE TO GO IN AND, YOU KNOW, INSTALL. 
          OKAY, SO THEY WOULDN'T I MEAN, BECAUSE LIKE SOME OF THOSE TREES ALONG THERE, THAT WAS LIKE A SPECIFIC PROJECT, RIGHT, OF THE TREES THAT ARE AND WE'RE WAITING FOR THEM TO MATURE AND LOOK BEAUTIFUL. 
          YEAH. AND, UM, LIKE TO HAVE, HAVE ONE OF THOSE GET TAKEN OUT WOULD BE YEAH, THE INTENT IS NOT TO REMOVE ANY TREES, AND I DID CONFIRM THAT SPECIFICALLY WITH AT&T. 
          OKAY, SO WE CAN PREVENT THAT. 
          YES, YES. 
          THE INTENT IS NOT TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THEM GO THROUGH AND REMOVE SEVERAL OF THE TREES. 
          AND WILL IT DISRUPT THE BIKE PATH? IT SHOULD NOT, I DON'T BELIEVE. 
          WE'LL GO THROUGH AND KIND OF REVIEW THEIR SPECIFIC WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ACTUALLY EXCAVATE, BUT THE MAJORITY SHOULD BE UNDERGROUND BORING, SO THERE SHOULDN'T BE A SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTION TO THE BIKE PATH. 
          OKAY, COOL. AND THE BIKE PATH IS ACTUALLY LIKE MAINTAINED BY GREEN COUNTY NOW, IS THAT TRUE? SO ISN'T THAT OR GREEN COUNTY PARKS AND TRAILS, RIGHT? GREEN COUNTY PARKS AND TRAILS. SO DO WE HAVE TO RUN ANYTHING BY GREEN COUNTY PARKS AND TRAILS JUST BECAUSE THE BIKE PATH IS MAINTAINED BY THEM, OR I CAN'T HEAR YOU, MIKE. SO I, I WOULD, I WOULD SUGGEST WE ASK LEGAL COUNSEL FOR ANY ADVICE ON THAT. I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT AGREEMENT WITH PARKS AND TRAILS IN SOME TIME. 
          I KNOW IN THE PAST WE I WANT TO SAY IT WAS BACK CLOSER TO WHEN I FIRST STARTED THAT WAS FURTHER DOWN ON AN AREA WHERE CENTERPOINT ALREADY HAS AN EASEMENT IN PLACE. AND I ENDED UP TALKING WITH CHRIS BARKER, AND IT CAME OUT THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY THAT AREA WAS OUR RESPONSIBILITY. SO I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS OF THE AGREEMENT, BUT I'M UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IT'S US TO KIND OF OVERSEE THE AREA. 
          AND I DID RUN THIS BY PARKS, THE AREA THAT WE WERE LOOKING TO INSTALL. 
          OKAY. OKAY, AND THEN I WILL SAY WITH WHAT AL SAID, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. LIKE, I KNOW SO YOU SAID CENTERPOINT IS THE ONE THAT WE DID EARLIER. 
          MM-HMM. 
          YEP. CENTERPOINT, IS THAT A PUBLIC WOULD THAT BE CONSIDERED PUBLIC UTILITY? UTILITY BECAUSE IT'S WHAT THAT'S LIKE THE NATURAL GAS LINE. SO THAT WOULD BE A PUBLIC UTILITY, RIGHT? CENTERPOINT IS DEFINITELY A PUBLIC UTILITY, BUT IT IS ACCURATE TO SAY THAT IN TERMS OF THE FIBER OPTICS, THAT IS NOT CONSIDERED A PUBLIC UTILITY, ALTHOUGH IT HAS NUMEROUS PUBLIC UTILITY TYPE FEATURES. OKAY, IT'S PROVIDING A SERVICE THAT'S WIDELY USED, SO BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THE POINT. 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IF COUNCIL DOES HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON IT, IT MAY BE APPROPRIATE TO, TO TABLE THE LEGISLATION AT THIS POINT SO MORE QUESTIONS GET, GET ANSWERED BY COUNCIL. 
          BUT THE WAY IT'S TRADITIONALLY DONE, AND THE CITY ENGINEER IS CORRECT ON THIS, IT'S, IT'S TYPICAL TO GRANT AN EASEMENT TO FIBER OPTICS BECAUSE OF SERVICE IT IS PROVIDED. AND IT'S GOING TO BE A BALANCING ACT BETWEEN THE LEASE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO NEGOTIATE A LEASE. WELL, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE JUST WON'T INSTALL HERE. SO THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DENIED ACCESS FOR THAT TYPE OF IMPROVEMENT TO YOUR SERVICE. IF COUNCIL HAS QUESTIONS, I KIND OF NOTICE IT'S PERMEATING THROUGH. YOU MAY WANT TO TABLE IT AND GET SOME MORE INFORMATION IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          IS THERE ANY HARM IN TABLING THIS JUST TO LEARN BEFORE, AND THEN WHAT DOES THAT DO FOR YOUR PROJECT? SO THIS IS AT&T'S PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY DELAYED FROM LAST YEAR WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE REACHED OUT TO THEM AND SAID THIS IS NOT ACTUALLY AN AREA THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO INSTALL IN. SO I KNOW THEY'RE CHOMPING AT THE BIT BASICALLY TO KIND OF CONTINUE WHERE THEY HAD TO STOP FOR THEIR WINTER BREAK TO GET THIS IN PLACE. BUT, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER, THEN THAT'S WE NEED TO TAKE THE TIME TO DO SO. 
          I'M NOT OPPOSED TO TABLING IT. 
          I MEAN, I COULD GO EITHER WAY, 
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I GUESS, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE SAYING I MEAN, I WISH THIS HAD COME UP EARLIER FOR DISCUSSION. I DO WISH, LIKE, I UNDERSTOOD THIS BETTER RIGHT NOW, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE SAYING THIS SPACE WOULD BE NOT JUST FOR AT&T, ANYBODY ELSE WHO COMES ALONG. 
          SO I COULD WHATEVER YOU GUYS ARE I COULD GO EITHER WAY TONIGHT. I COULD SAY TABLE IT AND LEARN, OR APPROVE THIS BUT THEN LEARN FOR A FUTURE. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, WHEN WE HAD THE CONVERSATIONS, AND HALEY HAS BEEN DOING A FANTASTIC JOB COMMUNICATING WITH AT&T AND CENTERPOINT AND KIND OF TAKING THE LEAD ON ALL OF THIS. WHEN WE ARE APPROACHED WITH THESE PROJECTS, OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INSTALLATION IS DONE APPROPRIATELY AND THAT WE COVER ALL OUR BASES ON ANY RIGHT-OF-WAY INSTALLATIONS. ON THESE INSTANCES WHERE THE PROPOSED WORK IS NOT IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, WE HAVE UTILITIES IN THAT AREA BEFORE, WE APPROACH IT AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE WORK WITH OUR CITY SOLICITOR, WE WORK WITH THE LEGAL TEAM ON ALL RIGHT, SO HOW CAN WE SAFELY OR ADEQUATELY COVER OURSELVES LEGALLY IN ORDER TO ALLOW THIS INSTALLATION AND APPROACH IT FROM THAT DIRECTION? SO WE WERE JUST FOLLOWING PREVIOUS PRECEDENT OF HOW WE HAVE DONE IT IN THE PAST. WE DON'T HAVE ANY RESERVATION WHATSOEVER TABLING IT. YES, AT&T'S PROJECT HAS BEEN DELAYED, BUT ULTIMATELY WE ARE WORKING TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY. IF COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, DOES NOT FEEL THAT AS WE HAD DONE IN THE PAST WITH AN EASEMENT IS THE CORRECT WAY. 
          OBVIOUSLY, FROM ENGINEERING, WE'RE JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE LOCATION AND THE INSTALLATION AND THE SUBSEQUENT UTILITY PERMIT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT. ANY KIND OF LEASE AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER CONVERSATION IN TERMS OF WHAT CAN WE GET FROM ALLOWING THEM TO, YOU KNOW, INSTALL ON HERE, I WOULD DEFER AND I WOULD REQUEST GUIDANCE FROM, YOU KNOW, HIGHER UP AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LET THEM HAVE THAT CONVERSATION IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE NEED TO GO. 
          ENGINEERING HAS ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM GOING EITHER DIRECTION. 
          ULTIMATELY, WE WILL, YOU KNOW, TAKE GUIDANCE FROM OUR LEGAL AND THE ADMINISTRATION AND SEE WHICH THEY WANT TO DO. SO IF THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, OUR ATTEMPT WITH THIS ONE AS OPPOSED TO THE CENTERPOINT ONE WAS WE TRY TO TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER WITHOUT NECESSARILY LOOKING AT IT FROM A PROFIT PERSPECTIVE, BUT LOOKING AT IT, IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT A CORRIDOR HERE, THEN LET'S OPEN IT UP FOR ALL PUBLIC UTILITIES. 
          YES, AT&T IS THE ONE REQUESTING IT OF THE FIRST, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES MOVING FIRST. 
          BUT THE GOAL WE WERE TRYING TO SET HERE WAS JUST TO SET UP A FUTURE CORRIDOR. 
          SO AS IN, IF WE GET ANY FUTURE UTILITY REQUESTS IN THE COURT IN, IN LONG KAU, THEN WE HAVE THAT ESTABLISHED. 
          SO THAT WAS WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT. AND, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S NOT LIKE WE WERE TRYING TO GIVE AT&T A FREE RIDE, WE WERE JUST THINKING ABSTRACTLY FROM A UTILITY PERSPECTIVE. 
          OF, BECAUSE THAT'S JUST ALL WE'RE LOOKING AT, HONESTLY. 
          SO, BUT IF AT&T HAS TO STAY ON HOLD AND WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, AND THEY HAVE TO HOLD OFF SO YOU CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION AND WE CAN, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IF WE NEED TO SIT BACK AND REASSESS HOW WE WANT TO APPROACH EASEMENTS AND CITY PROPERTY, ABSOLUTELY, WE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. 
          YOUR HONOR, IF I MAY MAY I JUMP IN REAL QUICK? OKAY. 
          SO MIND YOU, UM, IT CAVEAT OF WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY IS THAT THIS IS AI, AND AS WE KNOW, AI OFTEN MAKES MISTAKES. 
          HOWEVER, WHEN I DO A SEARCH, IT SAYS THE LEGALITY OF THESE FEES VARY THESE FEES VARY STRICTLY BY STATE AND FEDERAL TELECOMMUNICATION LAWS. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, IN OHIO, STATE LAW CHAPTER 4939 OF THE OHIO REVISED CODE STRICTLY LIMITS THE MAXIMUM PUBLIC WAY FEES MUNICIPALITIES CAN CHARGE TELECOM PROVIDERS TO ENSURE THEY ONLY COVER RECOVER ACTUAL COST FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY OCCUPANCY. SO I THINK THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE AS COUNCIL NEED TO UNDERSTAND. OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE AN EASE OF ENTRY FOR BUSINESSES, AND IF HAVING ACCESS TO ANY FIBER HELPS MOVE US ALONG IN ANY FORM OR FASHION SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. DO I THINK THAT WE SHOULD EXPLORE IN THE FUTURE NOW THAT IT HAS COME TO LIGHT? THANK YOU, MR. KEARNEY. I THINK SO, BUT I THINK AT THIS POINT IT IS MY HUMBLE OPINION THAT WE ARE FAR ENOUGH ALONG IN THE PROJECT AND THE PROCESS, AND WE'VE HAD THE READ-AHEADS TO NO FAULT OF OUR OWN, BECAUSE MR. CARNEY BRINGS FORWARD A GREAT POINT. 
          I THINK IT I THINK WE WOULD BE CUTTING OUR NOSE OFF TO SPITE OUR FACE TO HOLD UP THIS PROJECT ANY LONGER. 
          I YIELD. 
          MARK? I AM OKAY WITH EITHER 
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DIRECTION. I AM OKAY WITH TABLING OR I AM OKAY WITH MOVING FORWARD. 
          TO TABLE, THOUGH, I WOULD LIKE TO I WOULD, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM TO SEE WITHIN THE LETTER OF THE LAW WHAT THE MAXIMUM IS WE COULD CHARGE FOR THAT. IF THAT LINE IS JUST COMING THROUGH TO NOT SERVICE OUR RESIDENTS, I WOULD LIKE TO GO THAT ROUTE TO SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO US. IF IT WERE GOING TO SERVICE OUR RESIDENTS, I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T HAVE AS BIG AN ISSUE, BUT I WOULD AT LEAST LIKE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO AT&T ABOUT ABOUT WHAT UNDER THE OHIO REVISED CODE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO CHARGE THEM FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. ALL CREDIT TO THE ENGINEERING DIVISION STAFF FOR EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF HOLDING THEM OFF ANOTHER 2 OR 3 WEEKS IS DETRIMENTAL TO THEIR PROJECTS JUST SO WE CAN, AT A MINIMUM, COME UP WITH BEST PRACTICES MOVING FORWARD. 
          MIKE MCNAMARA, ANY SOLICITOR COMMENTS? ON THIS? AT THIS POINT, YOUR HONOR, I AGREE WITH MIKE. IT'S ENTIRELY UP TO COUNSEL. UM, THERE IS A BENCHMARK THAT WE TRY TO MAXIMIZE, BUT I CAN'T SAY WHAT THAT IS RIGHT NOW. 
          OKAY, THE PROCESS AT THIS POINT IS, UH, IS FOR A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULE REQUIRING 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. SO I'M GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION, AND IF THE, IF THE MOTION FAILS, THEN THEN WE WAIT. IF THE MOTION PASSES, THEN WE'LL HAVE A VOTE. 
          SO, MAY I HAVE THE FLOOR ONE MORE TIME? SURE. 
          HALEY, THEY ARE GOING TO BE CHARGED FOR THAT INSTALLATION, RIGHT? FOR THE CORRECT, UNDER OUR UPDATED UTILITY FEE. THAT IS CORRECT. 
          THEY'LL BE CHARGED FOR THEIR INSTALL WITHIN OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR THE LENGTH OF THEIR PROJECT. 
          THE NEW FEE THAT WE APPROVED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO? YEP, CORRECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, SO AGAIN, TO REITERATE, YOUR HONOR, BUT YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER INSTEAD OF WAIVING RULE REQUIRING 3 READINGS, JUST MOVE IT TO THE 3RD READING AND GET THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AT THAT POINT IN TIME. 
          SO I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION TO MOVE THIS TO A 3RD READING. 
          THAT IS ANOTHER OPTION FOR YOU TO CONSIDER. YOU CAN MOTION TO TABLE IT, TABLE IT INDEFINITELY, BECAUSE THEN IT WOULD HAVE TO BE TAKEN OFF THE TABLE. OR YOU COULD MOVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE IT TO THE THIRD READING, AND THEN WE CAN UPDATE YOU AT THAT POINT IN TIME. 
          ALTERNATIVELY, YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO WAIVE THE REQUIRING YOUR READING AND VOTE ON IT TONIGHT. 
          OKAY, HERE'S WHAT WE'LL DO THEN. I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION TO MOVE ON TO A THIRD READING, WHICH DELAYS THIS FOR 2 WEEKS, CORRECT? TO AUGUST 3RD. PARDON? TO AUGUST 3RD, WHICH IS OUR NEXT MEETING. 
          AUGUST 3RD, TO THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY, AT THIS TIME, IS THERE A MOTION TO DELAY THIS TILL THE AUGUST 3RD MEETING? IS THERE A MOTION TO THAT? SO MOVED. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          MS. STANTON? YES. 
          MR. ALLEN? YES. 
          MS.CHESS? YES. 
          MR. MCCUBBINS? YES. 
          MR. REASTER? YES. 
          MR. KIRKPATRICK? YES. OKAY, THIS WILL BE MOVED, DELAYED UNTIL AUGUST 3RD. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS. WE EXPECT BY AUGUST 3RD TO HAVE A MORE DEFINITIVE ANSWER TO THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED THIS EVENING. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY, SO LET'S MOVE ON NOW TO ORDINANCE 18-26. 
          NEXT, IS THERE A MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE 18-26 FOR THE SECOND TIME BY TITLE ONLY? I MOVE. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? ORDINANCE 18-26, AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO TRANSFER SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE FORMER SKYWAY PLAZA SITE LOCATED AT 1104 KAUFMAN AVENUE FROM THE CITY OF FAIRBORN TO THE FAIRBORN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO ENCOURAGE ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION IN FAIRBORN NEIGHBORHOODS, RATIFYING THE PRIOR TRANSFER OF SAID PROPERTY BACK TO THE CITY. SHARICE SHELL, DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, PRESENTING. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, IT SEEMS LIKE, 6 OR 7 TIMES NOW, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT ONE MORE TIME. UH, ORDINANCE 18-26. A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND: THE PROPERTY, AS YOU WELL KNOW, IS LOCATED AT 1104 KAUFMAN AVENUE AND IS FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE SKYWAY PLAZA. IT WAS ACQUIRED BY THE CITY IN 2016 FOLLOWING A RECEIVERSHIP. THE BUILDINGS WERE DEMOLISHED BETWEEN THE YEARS 2016 AND 2020, AND THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN DECLARED SURPLUS AND PREPARED FOR REDEVELOPMENT. YOU PREVIOUSLY APPROVED A TRANSFER TO THE FAIRBORN DEVELOPMENT CORP., ALSO KNOWN AS THE FDC, THROUGH ORDINANCE 18-24. 
          SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, DELINQUENT TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS WERE LATER DISCOVERED. THE REASON THAT THEY WERE INITIALLY 
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MISSED THERE WAS SOME PARCEL CONSOLIDATION OF THOSE LOTS FORMERLY KNOWN AS SKYWAY PLAZA, AND IT CREATED A NEW PARCEL ID, AND THE ASSESSMENTS AND THE DELINQUENT TAXES DID NOT TRANSFER OVER TO THE NEW PARCEL ID. SO THAT DELAYED OUR IDENTIFICATION OF THAT ISSUE. THE PROPERTY WAS TEMPORARILY RETURNED TO THE CITY SO THAT THE THOSE ASSESSMENTS AND DELINQUENT TAXES COULD BE WAIVED AND FORGIVEN. ORDINANCE 18-24 RATIFIES THAT ACTION AND AUTHORIZES TRANSFER OF THE PROPERTY BACK TO THE FAIRBORN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. STAFF REQUESTS THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE ALL TRANSFER DOCUMENTS AND RATIFY THE PRIOR TRANSFER BACK TO THE CITY. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          BEFORE WE COME TO COUNCIL QUESTIONS, ORDINANCE 18-26 ALSO REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO ORDINANCE 18-26, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. I SEE NO ONE COME FORWARD. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE 18-26, AND COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR QUESTIONS, STARTING WITH COUNCILWOMAN CHESS. 
          NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NO QUESTIONS. THANKS, SHARICE. 
          NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. 
          SHARICE, YES, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR 57, 11 TIMES. 
          I KNOW, SORRY. HOPEFULLY THIS IS THE LAST TIME. 
          YEAH, THIS IS A KEY, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM. THIS IS A KEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SITE. IT IS A ONE OF THE PREMIER SITES FOR US TO HELP IN THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS EITHER, SHARICE, BUT I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE CITY DID NOT MY UNDERSTANDING, WE DID NOT BUY THIS PROPERTY. 
          WE RECEIVED IT IN A RECEIVERSHIP, SO IT WAS A COURT-ORDERED COURT-ORDERED THIRD PARTY, WHICH WAS US, THAT AGREED TO TAKE POSSESSION OF IT IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THAT PROPERTY SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS REASON, BECAUSE IT'S A MAJOR ECONOMIC CORRECT THOROUGHFARE. AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WE HAVE INTEREST. 
          WE DO, YES, THAT'S CORRECT. 
          WE'VE JUST AS A MATTER OF A BRIEF UPDATE, SINCE YOU RAISED THE QUESTION, UH, THE DEVELOPER THAT WE INITIALLY WERE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH, WE WERE UNABLE TO AGREE ON A CONSTRUCTION START DATE TIMELINE THAT REALLY WASN'T CONDUCIVE TO WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT CORP WANTED TO SEE. SO WE HAVE ENDED DISCUSSIONS WITH THAT PARTICULAR DEVELOPER AND ARE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH A DIFFERENT DEVELOPER. AN AGREEMENT WILL BE CONSIDERED AT THE AUGUST FDC MEETING. SO JUST AS A BRIEF UPDATE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM. I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS EITHER, OTHER THAN THIS IS A A PROJECT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME. THIS HAS TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL FOR THIS COMMUNITY, SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. OKAY, IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO WAIVE THE RULE REQUIRING THAT ORDINANCES BE READ ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS AND ORDINANCE 18-26 BE READ FOR THE 3RD TIME BY TITLE ONLY? SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          MR. REASTER? YES. 
          MR. ALLEN? YES. 
          MS. CHESS? YES. 
          MR. MCCUBBINS ? YES. 
          MS. STANTON? YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK? YES. 
          ORDINANCE 18-26, AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO TRANSFER SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE FORMER SKYWAY PLAZA SITE LOCATED AT 1104 KAUFMAN AVENUE FROM THE CITY OF FAIRBORN TO THE FAIRBORN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO ENCOURAGE ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION IN FAIRBORN NEIGHBORHOODS, RATIFYING THE PRIOR TRANSFER OF SAID PROPERTY BACK TO THE CITY. 
          THANK YOU, MIKE. IS THERE A MOTION NOW TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 18-26? SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. 
          SHALL WE PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MS REASTER? YES. MR. ALLEN? YES. 
          MS. CHESS? YES. 
          MR. MCCUBBINS? YES. 
          MS. STANTON? YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK? YES. ORDINANCE 18-26 IS NOW DULY ADOPTED. WE'LL NOW MOVE 
          [VII.	New Business]
ON TO NEW BUSINESS. AND, UM, MIKE, YOU GOT A QUESTION ABOUT ORDINANCE 19-26? NOT A QUESTION, BUT, YOUR HONOR, I'M GOING TO SUGGEST THAT ORDINANCE 19-26 BE REMOVED FROM TONIGHT'S AGENDA, AND THAT IS BECAUSE THE FINANCE DIRECTOR WAS WOULD LIKE SOME ADDITIONAL TIME TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION CURRENTLY RECOMMENDED IN ORDER 19-26 SHE WOULD LIKE TO DO SOME MORE ANALYSIS ON THAT. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE 
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WE HAVE GOT THE RIGHT NUMBER. 
          AND AS YOU KNOW, THE NEW FINANCE DIRECTOR JUST STARTED, SO I THINK THAT IS AN APPROPRIATE THING TO DO. AND I WOULD I'VE SCRATCHED DOWN A MOTION TO REMOVE THE ORDINANCE FROM THIS MEETING, AND SO I'LL READ THAT, AND THEN IF THERE'S A FIRST AND A SECOND, THEN COUNCIL CAN VOTE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE AGENDA. OKAY, OKAY. 
          THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION FOR A MOTION TO REMOVE ORDINANCE 1926 FROM THIS EVENING AND RESCHEDULE FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 3RD. IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          MR. MCCUBBINS? YES. 
          MR. ALLEN? YES. 
          MS. CHESS? YES. MS. REASTER? YES. 
          MS. STANTON? YES. MR. KIRKPATRICK? YES. OKAY, ORDINANCE 19-26 WILL BE READDRESSED ON MONDAY, AUGUST 3RD COUNCIL MEETING. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT SUGGESTION. 
          OKAY. 
          NEXT WE HAVE ORDINANCE 20-26. 
          IS THERE A MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE 20-26 FOR THE FIRST TIME BY TITLE ONLY? SO MOVED. SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? ORDINANCE 20-26, AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CERTIFICATION OF DELINQUENT UTILITY, WEED MOWING, AND NUISANCE ABATEMENT CHARGES TO THE GREENE COUNTY AUDITOR FOR ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION. 
          OKAY, WE WILL SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ORDINANCE 20-26 ALSO FOR AUGUST 3RD, 2026. 
          OKAY, NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS, IS THERE A MOTION TO READ RESOLUTION 37-26 BY TITLE ONLY? SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? RESOLUTION 37-26, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRBORN, OHIO, APPROVING A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH 7265 COMMERCE LLC FOR THE ECHO 84 PROJECT AND AUTHORIZING RELATED COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA TAX EXEMPTION AND TAX INCREMENT FINANCING INCENTIVE CHERISE SCHELL, DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, PRESENTING. 
          GOOD EVENING AGAIN. 
          HOPEFULLY YOU WON'T HAVE TO SEE ME NEXT MEETING TWICE IN ONE. 
          RESOLUTION 37-26. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE SECRECY OF THE ECHO 84 RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT NAME. THE PROJECTS THAT WE DEAL WITH IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TYPICALLY HAVE NAMES AS OPPOSED TO IDENTIFIERS SPECIFIC TO AREA UNTIL THEY'RE MADE PUBLIC GOING THROUGH PLANNING BOARD AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S THE REASON IT'S THE PLK PROJECT, AS YOU WILL SEE HERE IN A MINUTE. IT IS PROPOSED BY 7265 COMMERCE LLC. IT IS LOCATED AT 2285 COMMERCE CENTER BOULEVARD, AND IT CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 200 MARKET-RATE APARTMENT UNITS. 
          WITH AN ESTIMATED $45 MILLION PRIVATE INVESTMENT. THE PROJECT SUPPORTS HOUSING GROWTH AND CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT IN THE COMMERCE CENTER AREA. 
          OBVIOUSLY, THE AREA OUTLINED IN RED IS THE PROJECT SITE, AND THAT BUILDING ADJACENT TO IT IS THE MORRIS FURNITURE BUILDING, FOR REFERENCE. 
          IN TERMS OF THE INVESTMENT, THE COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA, THE CRA, WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, UH, VIA RESOLUTION 7-26 ON FEBRUARY 16TH OF THIS YEAR. IT CONSISTS OF A 75% PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR A 15-YEAR TERM, AND IT APPLIES ONLY TO THE INCREASED TAX REVENUE RESULTING FROM THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROPERTY. THE TIF, OR TAX INCREMENT FINANCING, IN THE VALLEY GREEN SOUTH TIF DISTRICT IS 100% EXEMPTION ON INCREASED ASSESSED VALUE FOR A 30-YEAR TERM. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE SCHOOLS RECEIVE STATUTORY COMPENSATION PAYMENTS AS IT IS A NON-SCHOOL TIF LEGISLATION. 
          UH, THE NET TIF REVENUES WILL REIMBURSE ELIGIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS. SO AT A HIGH LEVEL, UH, THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE OVER THE TERM OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT UH, THE DEVELOPER, THE CRA BENEFIT THAT THEY WILL RECEIVE OVER THAT PERIOD IS $5.86 MILLION PROJECTED. OF COURSE, SCHOOL COMPENSATION WILL BE $5.5 MILLION. THE BASE PROPERTY TAXES WILL BE $136,000, AND THE NET TIF SERVICE PAYMENTS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE $3.9 MILLION. SO THAT $3.9 MILLION WILL GO INTO THAT TIF FUND. TO ALLOW FOR FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE WITHIN THAT VALLEY GREEN SOUTH DISTRICT. AND 
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WITH THAT, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 37-26, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. 
          THANK YOU, CHARISSE, FOR THE PRESENTATION. WE'LL START COUNCIL QUESTIONS WITH COUNCILMAN CHESS. 
          NO QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NO QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, CHARISSE, I'M HAVING A HARD TIME PICTURING WHERE THIS IS IT ACROSS THE STREET FROM RED OAKS OR REDWOOD? IT IS. 
          IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE MORRIS IS, THE BIG MORRIS FURNITURE. 
          MORRIS AND THE STORAGE? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          NO QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M EXCITED FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          HOUSING IS A BIG OPPORTUNITY FOR US, ESPECIALLY MARKET RATE. SO THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT. 
          THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS. 
          THANKS. 
          I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. JUST A COMMENT. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS THAT WE NEED MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THIS ADDRESSES ONE PARTICULAR AREA OF THAT, SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD STEP FORWARD FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          OKAY, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 37-26? SO MOVED. SECOND. 
          JULIE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          MS. REASTER? YES. 
          MR. ALLEN? YES. 
          MS. JESS? YES. 
          MR. MCGUBBINS? YES. 
          MS. STANTON ? YES. 
          MR. KIRKPATRICK? YES. RESOLUTION 37-26 IS DULY ADOPTED. OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES 
          [VIII.	Citizens Comments]
OUR RESOLUTIONS. NEXT, WE'LL OPEN UP CITIZENS' COMMENTS. 
          ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME FORWARD, PROVIDE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, AND PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO 5 MINUTES. 
          ALAN CARNEY, 325 EAST SENIOR DRIVE. I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON A COUPLE COMMENTS ON ORDINANCE 1726 FOR THE AT&T FIBER OPTIC CABLE EASEMENT. 
          FIRST OF ALL, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT CENTERPOINT, WHICH IS A PUBLIC UTILITY.. AND AT&T, INCLUDING ALL THEIR WIRELESS SERVICES, INTERNET, FIBER OPTIC BROADBAND, AND EVERYTHING ELSE, IS NOT A PUBLIC UTILITY. SO YOU GOT TWO DIFFERENT RULES THERE AND TWO DIFFERENT FEE STRUCTURES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. THERE WAS ALSO THE ISSUE BROUGHT UP ABOUT LIMITATION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY FEES AND LEASES, UH, THAT THE OHIO PUCO APPLY IMPOSES, THAT ONLY APPLIES TO REGULATED PUBLIC UTILITIES. 
          THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE TRADITIONAL TELECOM OR CARRIER OR COMMON CARRIER SERVICES SUCH AS OUR TRADITIONAL LANDLINES AND STUFF THAT WE USED TO HAVE. AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY WERE CLASSIFIED AS ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND WERE SUBJECT TO THESE FEE REGULATIONS. THIS SITUATION OF AT&T AND THEIR FIBER OPTIC BROADBAND WOULD BE EXCLUDED FROM THAT BECAUSE IT IS NOT A COMMON CARRIER SERVICE AND IS NOT CONSIDERED A TELECOM SERVICE. SO AGAIN, WIRELESS INTERNET AND FIBER OPTIC BROADBAND ARE CONSIDERED FCC TITLE INTERNET INFORMATION SERVICES, AND THEY'RE NOT CLASSIFIED AS TRADITIONAL TELECOM PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS. 
          THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE DEFINITION OF TELECOM AND CARRIERS COMMON CARRIER SERVICES. AND LIKE I SAY, THE OHIO REVISED CODE SECTION 492922 EXPLICITLY EXEMPTS BROADBAND INTERNET FROM ANY OHIO PUCO REGULATIONS. SO THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE EXCLUDING HAVING LIMITATIONS ON LEASE AGREEMENT FEES. SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP. 
          AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UH, CLINT, AND ALSO MIKE HAD BROUGHT UP THE POINT ABOUT MAKING CORRECTIONS TO THE, UH, CURB SIDEWALK, UH, INVOICE ASSESSMENT. AND MAKING SURE THE CITIZENS DO GET A CLEARLY DEFINED, BROKEN-OUT INVOICE FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. 
          THIS IS OUR BRIAN FROM 19 HOLGATE COURT, AND WE ARE HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF CHICKENS FOR FAIRBORN. 
          SAY THAT AGAIN, PLEASE. 
          FOR CHICKENS FOR FAIRBORN, WE WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT CHICKENS BE ALLOWED IN BACKYARDS IN FAIRBORN, YOU 
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KNOW, WITH CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, LIMITATIONS SANITARY, KEEPING YOUR COOPS CLEAN, HAVING ENOUGH ROOM, YOU KNOW, 6 HENS, NO ROOSTERS, NO NOISE. 
          QUAILS, THEY'RE VERY QUIET AS WELL. THEY'RE VERY SMALL. THEY DON'T GET VERY BIG. I THINK THAT CHICKENS WOULD BE GREAT FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT AND FOR OUR, FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AS THEY ARE GREAT FOR NATURAL PEST CONTROL FOR TICKS AND MOSQUITOES, WHICH WE ALL KNOW ARE VERY BAD THIS YEAR. AND THEY ALSO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY IN WAYS OF FRESH EGGS. YOU KNOW, WHEN EGGS GET RECALLED, WE ALWAYS CAN RELY ON OUR COMMUNITY TO GET US FRESH EGGS AND, YOU KNOW, FRESH CHICKEN AS WELL. 
          AND ALSO THE FERTILIZER. WE GROW OUR OWN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, AND I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO GROW MY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES WITH MY OWN FERTILIZER THAT HELPS CREATE MORE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 
          THAT I CAN HELP MY FAMILY AND MY COMMUNITY WITH. THAT'S ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND WHAT'S YOUR NAME AGAIN? UM, KAI BREWER AND AZAR BRYAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          BEN FRANCIS, 15 OHIO STREET. I JUST WANT TO SECOND ALL THOSE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE. I WOULD LIKE CHICKENS IN MY YARD AS I HAVE LOTS OF FLOWERS AND OF COURSE VEGETABLES. THEY PROVIDE GREAT FERTILIZER. I'M ALSO LOOKING TO GET SOME FRESH EGGS. I ALSO HAVE A SMALL DAUGHTER AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT WAY TO TEACH OUR YOUTH HOW TO TAKE CARE OF ANIMALS. THE OTHER THING IS KITCHEN SCRAPS. 
          RIGHT NOW IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAD A LOT OF RACCOONS AND A LOT OF FERAL CATS, AND THE MORE ORGANIC PRODUCE I CAN GET OUT OF MY TRASH CAN AND INTO THE CHICKENS WOULD BE REALLY BENEFICIAL FOR ME. YOU KNOW, WE, WE KIND OF HAVE A DRAFT ORDINANCE ALREADY PREPARED. WE WANT REGULATION WITH THIS. WE UNDERSTAND WE DON'T WANT CHICKENS RUNNING AROUND FAIRBORN GOING WILD. WE WANT CLEAN COOPS. WE WANT SAFE COOPS FROM THE PREDATORS. AND WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN. I HOPE THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO LISTEN BECAUSE I THINK WE CAN COME TO AN AGREEMENT. 
          THERE DEFINITELY IS A LOT OF ROOM HERE THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING BENEFICIAL FOR EVERYBODY, INCLUDING THOSE WHO MAYBE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THEIR OWN CHICKENS BUT WOULD BE FINE IF A NEIGHBOR OR TWO DID. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO COME TO COUNCIL, SPEAK TO COUNCIL, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. LOOK, WE GOT TWO COMING DOWN. 
          JAMES BAKER, 427 GRANT STREET. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, MAYOR, CITY MANAGER. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT REGARDING THE PROPOSED 7 BREW COFFEE LOCATION ON EAST DAYTON YELLOW SPRINGS ROAD. FIRST, I'D LIKE TO MAKE SOMETHING CLEAR. I'M NOT AGAINST SEVEN BREW COFFEE. 
          I SUPPORT BUSINESSES COMING INTO OUR COMMUNITY, AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS PROJECT. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE CATHERINE CATHERINE RIGGS AND MANUEL, CITY STAFF, AND EVERYONE INVOLVED FOR THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT THEY HAVE PUT INTO BRINGING THIS DEVELOPMENT FORWARD. MY CONCERN IS NOT THE BUSINESS ITSELF. MY CONCERN IS WHETHER THIS SPECIFIC LOCATION CAN SAFELY HANDLE THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC AND WHETHER WE ARE MAKING THE BEST DECISION FOR THE FUTURE IN OF THIS CORRIDOR. ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2026, I TOOK THE TIME TO CONDUCT MY OWN OBSERVATION. I WENT TO THE EXISTING 7 BREW LOCATION IN BEAVER CREEK ON NORTH FAIRFIELD ROAD NEAR LA FITNESS, FURNITURE FAIR, AND MICHAELS. I ARRIVED AT 1 PM AND OBSERVED THE LOCATION FOR 1 HOUR. DURING THAT TIME, I PERSONALLY COUNTED 83 VEHICLES GOING THROUGH THE SEVEN BREW DRIVE-THROUGH. 
          AT ONE POINT, THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 12 CAR 10 TO 12 VEHICLES WAITING IN LINE. I OBSERVED ONE CUSTOMER WALK UP. ALSO STOOD APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET AWAY FROM THE BUILDING TO SEE IF THE MUSIC FROM THIS BUSINESS WOULD BE A CONCERN, AND I COULD NOT HEAR ANY MUSIC FROM THAT DISTANCE. 
          AFTER LEAVING BEAVER CREEK, I WENT TO THE PROPOSED FAIRBOURNE LOCATION AT SKYHAWK COURT, EAST DAYTON YELLOW SPRINGS ROAD, AT APPROXIMATELY AT 2:15PM. 
          I CONDUCTED ANOTHER OBSERVATION DURING A 15-MINUTE PERIOD. I COUNTED APPROXIMATELY 188 VEHICLES TRAVELING EASTBOUND-WESTBOUND. 
          IF THAT TRAFFIC REMAINED CONSISTENT, IT WOULD PROJECT APPROXIMATELY 750 VEHICLES PER HOUR DURING 
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DURING A NON-PEAK AFTERNOON PERIOD. UNDERSTAND THIS WAS MY OWN OBSERVATION AND NOT FORMAL TRAFFIC STUDY. HOWEVER, IT RAISES A LEGITIMATE QUESTION BECAUSE THESE OBSERVATIONS WERE MADE OUTSIDE OF MORNING RUSH HOUR, LUNCHTIME, OR EVENING COMMUTE WHEN TRAFFIC IS TYPICALLY MUCH HIGHER. I'VE HEARD IT SAID THAT THERE HAS THERE HAS NOT BEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN TRAFFIC SINCE THE TRAFFIC STUDY CONDUCTED IN 2015. BASED ON WHAT I HAVE PERSONALLY OBSERVED, I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE. IN 2015, I THINK THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 18,000 TO 22,000 CARS THAT WENT THROUGH. IN 2026, IT'S UP TO 31,000. IT'S AN INCREASE. IT'S A BIG INCREASE. BUT ANYWAY, I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE. 
          SINCE THAT STUDY, THIS CORRIDOR HAS CONTINUED TO GROW WITH DEVELOPMENTS SUCH AS MENARDS AND EXPANDED KROGER, CHIPOTLE, AND 7 OTHER SEVERAL OTHER BUSINESSES THAT GENERATE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC. MY QUESTION IS SIMPLE. DOES THE TRAFFIC STUDY COMPLETED IN 2015 STILL ACCURATELY REFLECT THE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE IN 2026? I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS A COMMENT THAT IF TRAFFIC ISSUES DEVELOP AT THIS LOCATION, WE CAN RELY ON OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO HELP MANAGE TRAFFIC. I UNDERSTAND THAT. AND I RESPECT OUR POLICE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE TREMENDOUS JOB THAT THEY DO EVERY DAY. HOWEVER, IF WE ALREADY RECOGNIZE THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT TRAFFIC CONGESTION WILL CONTINUE, POLICE INTERVENTION SHOULD NOT SHOULDN'T WE DO SOMETHING POSSIBLY TO PREVENT THOSE PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY OCCUR? OUR POLICE OFFICERS HAVE MANY RESPONSIBILITIES THROUGHOUT FAIRBORN. IF THEY ARE REGULARLY ASSIGNED TO A TO DIRECT TRAFFIC AT THIS LOCATION THIS IS THE THIS THAT THIS TIME AND MANPOWER THAT CAN CANNOT BE SPENT ON PATROL, RESPONDING TO EMERGENCY CALLS, CRIME PREVENTION, AND SERVING THE REST OF OUR COMMUNITY. I BELIEVE OUR GOAL SHOULD BE TO SOLVE POTENTIAL TRAFFIC PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT THROUGH PROPER, PROPER PLANNING RATHER THAN RELYING ON THE POLICE RESOURCES AFTER THE FACT. AGAIN, I SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT CATHERINE MANUEL, CITY STAFF, AND EVERYONE INVOLVED HAVE PUT INTO THIS PROJECT. MY REQUEST IS SIMPLE: THAT WE ENSURE THIS DEVELOPMENT IS BASED ON CURRENT TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AND THROUGHOUT AND THOUGHTFUL PLANNING SO THAT WE PROTECT BOTH PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN FAIRBORN. 
          WE ONLY HAVE ONE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THIS RIGHT. 
          BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTION BEGINS. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          KEVIN NEPP, 1290 HORIZON DRIVE. UM, GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND CITY MANAGER. CITY SOLICITOR. HAVE A LITTLE ADVERTISEMENT TO GO ALONG WITH I GUESS WE CAN ADVERTISE THE CORN FESTIVAL. 
          WE'RE, AS FAIRBORN, WE'RE ALL PART OF BATH TOWNSHIP. BATH TOWNSHIP ON AUGUST 1ST WILL BE HAVING AN ICE CREAM SOCIAL AS PART OF AMERICA 250 CELEBRATION. YOU'RE THINKING, WOW, 4TH OF JULY WAS LIKE A WHILE AGO, BUT ON JULY 8TH, THE PUBLIC READING OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE DECLARATION WAS MADE. SO THAT WAS CELEBRATED ALSO BY A FEW COUNTIES. AND THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION WAS AUGUST STARTED AUGUST 2ND. SO CELEBRATING AMERICA 250 STILL GOES ON. SO IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ICE CREAM SOCIAL, THE OPENING FOR THE ICE CREAM SOCIAL WILL BE A DEDICATION OF THE LIBERTY TREE. SPONSORED BY THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND WILL INCLUDE THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, THE FAIRBORN CHAPTER OF REBECCA GALLOWAY. 
          SO INVITE EVERYBODY IN FAIRBORN TO HAVE ICE CREAM ON BATH TOWNSHIP AND LEARN SOME HISTORY. OH, IT WILL BE AT BATH TOWNSHIP PARK. OKAY, AUGUST 1ST, NOON. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL? CHARLIE DEER, 1819 NORTH BROAD STREET. MY QUESTION IS REALLY POINTED MORE TOWARDS MR. MCNAMARA THAN ANYBODY ELSE, BUT I I DON'T THINK I CAN ADDRESS HIM PERSONALLY, SO I'M GOING TO ADDRESS THE 
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COUNCIL AND TELL WHAT SITUATION IS. UM, MIKE, THE CITY MANAGER, AND TERRY ATKINS CAME OUT TO MY HOUSE LAST WEEK AT MY REQUEST, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT, MIKE. I'VE GOT A SITUATION THERE WITH THE BIKE PATH. UM, IF IT WASN'T FOR BY THE GRACE OF GOD, I WOULD HAVE HIT A GUY ON A BIKE THERE. I MEAN, IT WAS LIKE 5, 6 FEET AWAY FROM EACH OTHER. SO MY QUESTION IS, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE? I MEAN, WHO'S LIABLE? IF BECAUSE TRAFFIC COMES IN AND OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY ALL THE TIME, ESPECIALLY FEDEX AND AMAZON AND ALL OF THEM. AND A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE TOO THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN DRIVING UP AND DOWN THAT FOR 25 YEARS AND I STILL CAN'T GET USED TO IT. SO PEOPLE THAT DON'T NOT USED TO THAT BIKE PATH, YOU HAVE TO DRIVE ACROSS IT PRACTICALLY TO SEE. AND WE ALL KNOW HOW FAST COMING DOWNHILL THOSE BIKES ARE, SO I ASKED MIKE IF THERE COULD BE SOME SORT OF A PEDESTRIAN SIGN PUT UP, UM, 20 FEET UP BOTH WAYS SAYING, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE DRIVE OR SOMETHING. 
          AND HE SAID THAT HE COULDN'T BECAUSE HE WOULD HAVE TO DO THAT FOR EVERYBODY ELSE. WELL, MY SITUATION IS KIND OF UNIQUE. 
          THERE WAS NOBODY AROUND ME. 
          YOU KNOW, UH, THE BIKE PATH THAT GOES IN FRONT OF OTHER HOUSES, THERE'S A BUNCH OF OTHER HOUSES, BUT I'M, I'M JUST, I'M OUT THERE, I'M STUCK OUT THERE BY MYSELF. SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME. IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL SOMEBODY GETS HIT ON THAT BIKE PATH. IF IT'S NOT ME, IT'S GOING TO BE SOMEBODY USING MY DRIVEWAY, AND, AND SOMEBODY'S GOING TO GET SUED. SOMEBODY'S GOING TO GET SUED, AND I, YOU KNOW, I'D MUCH RATHER BE YOU GUYS. 
          SO I KNOW MIKE CAN'T GIVE ME MR. MCNAMARA, YOU CAN'T GIVE ME AN ANSWER TONIGHT. I DON'T EXPECT THAT. I JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, MIKE TOLD ME HE COULDN'T GIVE ME AN ANSWER BECAUSE HE WASN'T A LAWYER, AND I APPRECIATE THAT HONESTY. 
          BUT I HEAR THAT HE SITS BESIDE OF A GOOD LAWYER AND I'D REALLY RATHER HEAR IT FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH ANYWAY. 
          NO OFFENSE, BUT I NEED TO KNOW. I MEAN, IF SOMETHING CAN BE DONE SOME WHICH WAY, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 
          IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU, CHARLIE. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. 
          MY NAME IS BRADLEY HENRICH, 32 LAWNDALE. HOW IS EVERYBODY DOING ON THE COUNCIL TODAY? I'VE GOT NO COMPLAINTS. WE'VE GOT FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS COMING UP FOR APARTMENTS, AND I KNOW WE ARE A GROWING CITY AND WE WANT MORE PEOPLE IN THE TOWN. I'M AGAINST THE APARTMENTS. I'VE GOT LAND BEHIND MY HOUSE AND IT WANTS TO BE DEVELOPED INTO APARTMENTS, AND IT'S ONLY 88 ACTUAL LIVING FACILITIES WITH A BIG POOL AND A BIG, UH, OUTHOUSE. 
          YES. 
          AND THEN WE GOT THIS OTHER DEVELOPMENT COMING UP OVER BY MORRIS. I'D RATHER SEE MORE HOUSES BUILT OR HOME LOAN COMPANIES COMING IN TO BUILD HOMES THAT ARE AFFORDABLE, NOT THESE HALF-MILLION-DOLLAR HOUSES, BUT, YOU KNOW, SMALL QUARTER-ACRE LOTS, SMALL HOUSE, EASY TO MAINTAIN, AND MORE FOR FAMILY USE, NOT TEMPORARY USE WITH THE APARTMENTS, BECAUSE AN APARTMENT'S JUST TEMPORARY USE GET IN, GET OUT, AND GO BUY YOUR FIRST HOUSE. 
          FAIRBORN IS USUALLY A RETIREMENT TOWN BECAUSE OF THE BASE, AND SO NOBODY WANTS TO RETIRE AND LIVE IN AN APARTMENT ALL THEIR LIFE. 
          SOME DO, BUT NOT ALL. BUT I'D RATHER SEE MORE HOUSES DEVELOPED THAN APARTMENTS. I'M WAITING FOR THE NEXT HEARING FOR THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BEAVER CREEK OR I'M SORRY, BEAVER VALLEY APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT'S BEING PROPOSED. 
          AND I'LL GET WITH MIKE ON THAT DATE. 
          BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, BRAD. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. LAST CHANCE. 
          [IX.	City Manager Comments]
OKAY, SEEING NO ONE ELSE COME FORWARD, WE WILL CLOSE CITIZENS' COMMENTS AND MOVE ON TO CITY MANAGER COMMENTS. 
          GOOD EVENING, YOUR HONOR AND 
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COUNCIL. UH, JUST A FEW THINGS THIS EVENING. UH, FIRST, NEXT MONDAY NIGHT WE WILL HAVE OUR ANNUAL JOINT MEETING WITH BATH TOWNSHIP AS WELL AS FAIRBORN CITY SCHOOLS BEGINNING AT 5:30 . THAT IS AT THE TOWNSHIP BUILDING AT 1006 YELLOW SPRINGS FAIRFIELD ROAD. THOSE ARE USUALLY AN HOUR TO AN HOUR AND A HALF, BUT THIS WILL BE OUR ANNUAL MEETING FOR THAT. UH, RETIREMENTS. 
          CONGRATULATIONS TO FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC MANNY NYKOFF. MANNY'S GOING TO RETIRE ON THURSDAY, JULY 30TH. THERE'LL BE A RECEPTION FOR HIM HERE IN THE BUILDING. 
          FROM 1 TO 3. MANNY HAS SERVED THE, THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 25 YEARS, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM. UM, THE OTHER ONE, UH, THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS PENNY DAVIS. UH, PENNY HAS BEEN THE SECRETARY TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR ALMOST 33 AND A HALF YEARS. 
          UH, NOT ONLY MYSELF, STARTING WITH MIKE HAMMOND ALAN ROTHERMILL, MIKE CORNELL, DEBBIE MCDONNELL, ROB ANDERSON, MYSELF, AND THE INTERIMS THAT CAME IN BETWEEN ALL OF THOSE FOLKS. 
          PENNY'S BEEN THE ONE THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE GROUNDING FORCE, AND ALONG WITH JULIE IN THAT OFFICE. AND SO I'M THRILLED FOR HER, BUT I'M ALSO SAD. 
          BUT WE ARE PLANNING THINGS FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. HER LAST DAY WILL BE SEPTEMBER 30TH, AND WE'LL KEEP EVERYONE IN, IN THE LOOP ON, ON THOSE THINGS. TENTATIVELY RIGHT NOW, WE PLAN ON HONORING HER AT THE SEPTEMBER 21ST CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THEN HAVING SOME TYPE OF RECEPTION FOR HER ON HER LAST DAY. SO AS THOSE PLANS COME TOGETHER, I'LL LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THOSE. UH, TODAY WAS THE START FOR OUR NEW FINANCE DIRECTOR, CHRISTINA COOPER. CHRISTINA COMES TO US FROM THE CITY OF CARLISLE, UH, IN WARREN COUNTY, WHERE SHE WAS THEIR, UH, FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR 3 YEARS. AND PRIOR TO THAT, UH, SHE SERVED WITH, UH, THE CITY OF MIDDLETOWN. AND SHE'S ALSO A 2026 GRADUATE FROM WRIGHT STATE'S MASTER'S IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM. SO WE'RE THRILLED THAT, THAT SHE IS WITH US. UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE 3 NEW MEMBERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, CONNOR OSHOLT, COLTON RYAN, AND, AND TYRUS WALSH, WHO WERE WERE SWORN IN ON JULY 7TH. 
          THIS WEEK, ON FRIDAY NIGHT THE 24TH, IS THE FREE ON FRIDAY CONCERT SERIES AT THE ATHERTON AMPHITHEATER AND COMMUNITY PARK. AND THIS IS OUR ANNUAL FAIRBORN CIVIC BAND CONCERT. FAIRBORN CIVIC BAND IS CONDUCTED BY GARY C. JOHNSON, AND THEY'RE CELEBRATING THEIR 30TH YEAR. SO IT SHOULD BE A GREAT CONCERT. AGAIN, THAT'S AT THE ATHERTON AMPHITHEATER AND COMMUNITY PARK ON THE 24TH AND BEGINS AT 7 O'CLOCK. CITIZENS ACADEMY SIGN-UP IS STILL OPEN. YOU CAN FIND MORE DETAILS ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. AND THE NEW SIDEWALK CONNECTING NATIONAL HOMES TO THE GARLAND EXTENSION AND THEN DOWN TO COMMERCE CENTER BOULEVARD IS ALMOST DONE. GREAT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE ON THAT. THAT IS ALL ABOUT SAFE WALK TO SCHOOL FOR OUR KIDS SO THEY'RE NOT WALKING ALONG GARLAND EXTENSION. AND SO THAT PROJECT IS, IS VERY CLOSE TO BEING DONE. THANKS TO ENGINEERING AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS STAFF IN GENERAL FOR ALL THAT THEY'VE DONE TO CLEAR THAT AREA, GET IT BIDDED OUT, GET THAT WORK TO START, AND THEY'LL HAVE IT OPERATIONAL BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS IN AUGUST FOR OUR KIDS. SO THANKS TO MANUEL AND HALEY AND TERRY ADKINS AND HIS, HIS WHOLE DEPARTMENT FOR GETTING THAT DONE. AND 
          [X.	Council Comments]
THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL COMMENTS, AND WE'LL START WITH COUNCILWOMAN CHESS. I WILL START NOW. HELLO EVERYONE. 
          I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. I MEAN, IT'S LIKE I SAID BEFORE, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO LOOK OUT THERE AND SEE PEOPLE, CONCERNED CITIZENS, THAT, THAT COME UP HERE AND EXPRESS HOW THEY FEEL. UM, THANK YOU, UM, ALAN, FOR, UM, FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WE I, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE HOW YOU DILIGENTLY, YOU KNOW, CHECK THINGS OUT BEFORE YOU BRING YOUR, YOUR, UM, YOUR INFORMATION TO US. AS FAR AS THE CHICKENS FOR FAIRBORN, UH, I'M FOR ALL I'M FOR THE CHICKENS. I THINK I EVEN SIGNED SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING AROUND, BUT I'M DEFINITELY MY HUSBAND SAYS NO, BUT I LOVE HAVING CHICKENS IN MY BACKYARD. SO I THINK THAT THEY ARE A GREAT RESOURCE, AS WELL AS YOU DO, FOR FERTILIZERS. I HAVE GRANDCHILDREN AND THEY WOULD LOVE TO ACTUALLY BE A PART OF THAT, YOU KNOW, LEARNING PROCESS AS WELL. SO THEN I THANK YOU ALL FOR FOR COMING AND EXPRESSING YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT NOT HAVING JUST A COUPLE CHICKENS BACK THERE. 
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NOT GOING TO HURT ANYBODY. 
          MR. BAKER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE SEVEN BREW COFFEE COMPANY THAT'S GOING TO BE BUILT ON THE DANIEL SPRING ROAD AND YOUR TIME THAT YOU'VE TAKEN OUT TO ACTUALLY DO A REAL, YOU KNOW, RESEARCH ON WHAT LOOK LIKE, AND I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. 
          THANK YOU, MR. NEFF. THANK YOU. 
          NO, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE THE 250, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET THERE, GET SOME OF THAT ICE CREAM. I JUST WONDER, CAN I HAVE 3 SCOOPS? OKAY, OKAY. AND MR. DEERE, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING TALKING ABOUT. AND THAT I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THAT THERE WAS A BIKE PATH THAT CROSSED IN FRONT OF YOUR PROPERTY LIKE THAT. AND IT'S IN YOUR FRONT YARD? YEAH. 
          AND I CAN SEE WHERE THAT COULD BE, BECAUSE THAT'S A BUSY, BUSY ROAD THERE, AND, AND I CAN SEE HOW THAT CAN BE A PROBLEM. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION. I'M GONNA GO BY THERE AND LOOK AT IT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I APPRECIATE THAT. UM, WE WANT TO, UM, THINK ABOUT PENNY RETIRING. IT'S HEARTBREAKING BECAUSE SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN SUCH A KIND, KIND WOMAN TO EVERYONE. I DON'T KNOW OF A TIME THAT SHE WAS MEAN, AND NO, JUST SHE WAS ALWAYS THE SAME PERSON EVEN WHEN SHE WAS FEELING BAD. SO IT'S KIND OF HEARTBREAKING TO HEAR THAT SHE'S LEAVING US. 
          AND SO YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT INFORMATION. 
          AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. 
          STAY HYDRATED AND TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. YOU KNOW, LOOK OUT FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THEY'RE LESS FORTUNATE, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE PEOPLE LIKE THAT IN OUR CITY. CHECK ON YOUR NEIGHBOR, MAKE SURE THEY'RE OKAY. THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT THERE THAT'S HOMELESS, IF THEY NEED SOME WATER, JUST STOP BY AND SAY, "HEY, HERE'S SOME COLD WATER," BECAUSE IT DOES HELP. THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT, WELL, I, A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, ALTHOUGH I AM A FAN OF CHICKENS, MY GREAT DANE AND MY BULLDOG WOULD NOT AGREE. 
          HOWEVER, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT KITCHEN SCRAPS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I STARTED DOING IN MY GARDEN IS VERMICOMPOSTING. I COULD BORE YOU TO TEARS WITH THAT, BUT IN-BED VERMICOMPOSTING HAS BEEN AMAZING WITH THE KITCHEN SCRAPS. SO I HAD THE ABSOLUTE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO SIT AT THE CHEF'S TABLE FOR MIAMI VALLEY MEALS. AND ALTHOUGH IT IS BASED IN DAYTON, IT DOES REACH FAIRBORN AND GREENE COUNTY. IT'S AN AMAZING ORGANIZATION. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO LOOK IT UP IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE. IT IS A GREAT PLACE TO SERVE NOT ONLY THOSE OF US IN FAIRBORN, BUT THE GREATER MIAMI VALLEY. THEY DO FOOD RECOVERY AND THEY PROCESS WELL-BALANCED MEALS. IT'S, IT'S TRULY AN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING ORGANIZATION THAT WAS BORN OUT OF THE PANDEMIC WHERE THERE WERE CHEFS FROM VARIOUS RESTAURANTS WHO WERE UNEMPLOYED AND THEY CAME TOGETHER AND THEY CREATED THIS POWERHOUSE. AND SO IT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. HAD THE DISTINCT PLEASURE TO ATTEND RIBBON-CUTTING FOR THE CURIOUS CROW. IF YOU'RE A BIG TEA FAN, YOU GOTTA STOP IN, BUT THEY'VE GOT SO MANY OTHER CUTE THINGS IN THERE. SO PLEASE STOP IN, VISIT THEM. 
          WINE WALK IS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 
          IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO STOP INTO A LOT OF OUR DOWNTOWN CITY BUSINESSES AND SUPPORT THEM, SEE WHAT THEY DO, EVEN IF YOU WOULDN'T NORMALLY SHOP THERE. AND THEN TODAY WE HAD THE REBRANDING OF HOLLAND FLOWERS, A STAPLE FOR HOW MANY YEARS WAS IT? 30-SOME-ODD YEARS. IT'S MY GO-TO. 
          ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL FACILITY. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM ON THEIR REBRAND, TRYING TO BE MORE HANDS-ON, DO MORE ACTIVITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO KIND OF MOVE WITH THE WAY THAT WE'RE GOING THESE DAYS. HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND SWEARING IN FOR 3 NEW FIREFIGHTERS. SO IT WAS A PLEASURE TO SHAKE THEIR HANDS AND BE AMONG THE FIRST TO OFFICIALLY WELCOME THEM TO THE CITY OF FAIRBORN AND THE FAMILY UNIT THAT HAS BEEN CREATED. SO THANK YOU GUYS. 
          AND THEN LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, I TRY TO STAY OFF THE SOCIALS. 
          THERE'S, THERE'S SOME WILD STUFF OUT THERE AND A LOT OF MISNOMERS AND MISINFORMATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          HOWEVER, A COUPLE OF TIMES OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS, INFORMATION WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION AND I SEE THE COMMENTS THAT WERE, THAT WERE SHARED WITH ME, AND THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY DON'T WE DO THIS IN THE CITY, AND WHY IS THIS THIS WAY, AND WE SHOULD THIS, AND WE SHOULD THAT. THE CITIZENS ACADEMY IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE FOLKS TO 
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GET ENGAGED AND INVOLVED AND UNDERSTAND HOW THE CITY WORKS. 
          SO I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO SIGN UP AND SHOW UP. AND WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HELLO, EVERYONE. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING EXCITING TODAY, BUT I JUST WANT TO TOUCH BASE WITH SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE. 
          UM, THANKS, AL, FOR BRINGING UP FOR YOUR THE INFORMATION THAT YOU BROUGHT TODAY. I APPRECIATE THAT. UM, WITH THE CHICKEN THING, I THINK I'VE SAID THAT BEFORE HERE. I'M I AM OPEN TO I'VE ALREADY OPENED MYSELF TO LEARNING ABOUT IT BECAUSE I DID GO AND VISIT A HOUSE IN YELLOW SPRINGS ON A, LIKE, A QUARTER-ACRE YARD THAT HAD CHICKENS IN THE BACKYARD. SO I LEARNED ABOUT ALL THE STUFF THAT THEY DO TO, LIKE, PROTECT FROM PREDATORS, AND TO ME IT SEEMS REASONABLE. AS IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME, AND I TALKED TO THE THEN MAYOR AND A COUNCIL MEMBER ABOUT IT, ABOUT ISSUES THEY HAD, AND THEY HADN'T HAD SIGNIFICANT ISSUES, AND THEY ALL WORKED OUT WHENEVER THEY WOULD HAVE MINOR ISSUES. SO, AND I THINK I SAID THIS BEFORE HERE TOO, FOR ME IT'S LIKE THAT MAKING SURE THAT ANIMAL CRUELTY IS PREVENTED, INTENTIONAL OR UNINTENTIONAL, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT THEY WOULD BE CARED FOR. AND THEN ALSO, I THINK THERE'D HAVE TO BE SOMETHING IN THERE. AND I KNOW THAT I SAW THE THING THAT WENT AROUND ON THE SURVEY INITIALLY, AND I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF, LIKE, A LOT OF WHAT I'M SAYING WAS IN THERE, LIKE THE SETBACKS FROM THE PROPERTIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE ALL BEEN DISCUSSING RECENTLY WHEN YOU GO IN AND TALK TO THE CITY. UM, SHOOT, THERE WAS ONE OTHER THING. OH, AND I THINK WE'D HAVE TO BE OPEN TO HAVING SOME KIND OF LIKE A PERMIT OR A FEE OR SOMETHING BECAUSE ANYTHING, ANY COST THAT IT COSTS THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THIS TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S RUN CORRECTLY. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED, NOT NOTHING HUGE, BUT THERE WOULD BE SOME KIND OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT, BUT I'M OPEN TO IT. SO THAT'S THAT. THANKS FOR COMING IN AND TALKING ABOUT IT TODAY. 
          BUT I AM ALSO LIKE MARY, I WOULDN'T THERE WOULD BE DEAD CHICKENS IN MY BACKYARD WITH MY DOGS, SO I WON'T BE HAVING ANY. OH, AND I'M VEGAN TOO, SO I DON'T EAT EGGS. 
          BUT LET'S SEE, 7 BREW. YEAH, I WONDER ABOUT THAT STREET, BUT THAT'S JUST LIKE, I DON'T HAVE ANY DATA, BUT I JUST, I DRIVE THAT STREET A LOT AND JUST LIKE AS I SEE US WE DEVELOP MORE THINGS, I'M ALWAYS LIKE, HMM. 
          BUT SO I GUESS WE'LL SEE. BUT JIMMY, THE ONE THING YOU SAID ABOUT THE POLICE DIRECTING TRAFFIC, I THINK THAT WAS RIGHT. THAT WAS ONLY FOR LIKE SWEET CORN FESTIVAL AND FOURTH OF JULY. I THINK THAT WAS I DON'T THINK ANYBODY THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO HAPPEN ON LIKE A REGULAR BASIS. I SURE HOPE NOT. 
          BUT I THINK THAT WAS, THAT WAS HOW THAT DISCUSSION CAME UP. I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOSH, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WHEN LIKE THE WHOLE PARK IS GETTING FILLED WITH CARS FOR AN EVENT? KEVIN, THANKS FOR BRINGING THE ICE CREAM SOCIAL UP. CHARLIE, THANKS FOR BRINGING THE SAFETY ISSUE UP. 
          AND BRADLEY, YEAH, THAT'S IT. 
          IT'S THE HOUSING THING IS INTERESTING. IT'S LIKE THERE'S SO MANY PIECES TO IT, YOU KNOW, MAKING AVAILABLE WHAT PEOPLE PEOPLE NEED, MAKING AVAILABLE WHAT WE DON'T WHAT WE NEED WHAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT WE NEED, YOU KNOW, TO HELP WITH LIKE THE FINANCES. UM, ANYWAY, YEAH, I GO, I GO ALL OVER IN MY HEAD ON THAT ONE SOMETIMES, TRYING TO IT'S HARD TO PICK, PREDICT THE WHOLE FUTURE OF LIKE WHAT THE FILLED-OUT FAIRBORN SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW. 
          DOESN'T STOP MY BRAIN FROM TRYING TO DO IT THOUGH. 
          UM, WELL, JUST THANKS EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. BEAUTIFUL. 
          ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THANKS EVERYONE FOR COMING AND BEING A PART OF YOUR CITY AND BEING A PART OF YOUR GOVERNMENT AND RAISING YOUR CONCERNS, RAISING YOUR THOUGHTS, OPINIONS, AND VIEWS. SOME THINGS WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIX, SOME THINGS WILL BE HARDER TO FIX, BUT THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HAVING THE CONVERSATION.. 
          AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE BEFORE WE CAME IN TONIGHT, WE WERE HAD A DISCUSSION AT THE WORK CENTER ABOUT THE YMCA AND FIVE RIVERS HEALTH CENTERS. AND A GREAT CONVERSATION. THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS IN HERE WHO USE THE Y. THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE FOR THE FIVE RIVERS HEALTH CENTER. 
          HOPEFULLY WE COULD FIND A SWEET SPOT, BUT ALL OF THIS IS JUST 
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TO SERVE THE CITIZENS HERE IN THIS GREAT CITY. SO MORE DISCUSSION ON THAT, BUT THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A PROCESS WHERE YOU COME TOGETHER AND YOU'RE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THE CHALLENGES, MUCH LIKE CHICKENS. YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK IT'S A HARD NO, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A DEFINITE YES. BUT IT'S DEFINITELY A DISCUSSION POINT. 
          IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE CAN TALK THROUGH, SEE WHAT THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE IS. SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THOSE THINGS FORWARD AND GIVING US ASK THEM SOME OF YOUR OPINIONS AND TO THINK THROUGH WHAT'S THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE. KEVIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR BRINGING UP THE ICE CREAM SOCIAL. ONE GOOD THING ABOUT ICE CREAM, I'VE YET TO SEE ANYBODY ANGRY EATING ICE CREAM, SO IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD TIME. THE SWEET CORN FESTIVAL, IT WAS, AS IT WAS ALREADY MENTIONED EARLIER, IS COMING. IT'S STAPLE IN THIS CITY. WE WILL ALSO HAVE THE SWEET CORN EATING CONTEST WHERE WE CHALLENGE THE, UH, THE, UH, THE BASE. WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS RIGHT NOW. WE ARE THE REIGNING CHAMPIONS, EVEN IF THEY SAY I MODIFIED THE RULES, BUT WE'RE THE CHAMPIONS. SO, UM, SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN, AND THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF TO AND WHAT I, WHAT I APPRECIATE ABOUT THE SWEET CORN FESTIVAL IS THAT THEY DON'T FORGET ANYBODY. THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY, EVEN, EVEN THE KIDS, EVEN THE MIDDLE-AGED, EVEN THE ELDERLY. THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY AT THE SWEET CORN FESTIVAL, SO YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THAT. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S THE LAST THING. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. 
          GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. I'M GOING TO START OFF BY MIMICKING WHAT MS. JESS SAID ABOUT TAKING CARE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS, LOOKING AFTER EVERYBODY. RIGHT NOW, WITH THE HEAT AND THIS TIME OF YEAR, WE'VE KIND OF HAD THAT PERFECT STORM, IF YOU WILL, WITH THE AIR QUALITY INDEX BEING CONSIDERED EXTREMELY UNHEALTHY, PARTICULARLY FOR THE SENSITIVE GROUPS. THE ELDERLY, THE YOUNG, THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED, THOSE THAT HAVE A LOT OF BREATHING ISSUES AND ASTHMA AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I WORK IN A HOSPITAL AND I CAN TELL YOU OUR RT FOLKS ARE EXTREMELY BUSY RIGHT NOW. SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE OUTSIDE, PLEASE DON'T GO OUT. AND IF YOU ARE, MAKE SURE SOMEBODY'S THERE AND YOU'RE NOT DOING THIS STUFF IN THE HEAT OUTSIDE BY YOURSELF. LOOK AFTER YOUR NEIGHBORS, PLEASE. 
          UH, I WANT TO ADDRESS EVERYBODY INDIVIDUALLY THAT CAME UP TO TO SPEAK, BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING UP TO SPEAK. WE HEAR YOU. I TAKE NOTES, AND SOME THINGS I'M GOING TO GO BACK AND DO MORE RESEARCH ON. 
          FOR THE SWEET CORN FESTIVAL, I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW, GREAT FESTIVAL, 40-PLUS YEARS. THIS IS NOT A FAIRBORN-SANCTIONED EVENT. 
          IT'S DONE BY THE ART ASSOCIATION OF FAIRBORN, SO IT'S NOT OUR EVENT. WE DON'T DECIDE WHERE THEY HAVE IT, WE JUST APPROVE IT. I DON'T SEE IT MOVING ANYWHERE ANYTIME SOON BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A GREAT EVENT WHERE IT IS, AND IT'S VERY POPULAR NOT ONLY IN FAIRBORN BUT ACROSS THE COUNTY AND OTHER CITIES AS WELL. I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THOUGH THE ISSUE WITH THE SEVEN BREW, AND I THINK THE MAIN CONCERN THAT I'M HEARING OUT OF A LOT OF FOLKS IS REALLY ABOUT THE TRAFFIC AND THE CONCERN OF THEM COMING OUT OF THAT PARTICULAR AREA. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT SITUATION IS NOT UNIQUE. IT IS HAPPENING ALL UP AND DOWN DYS. I LIVE VERY CLOSE TO FIVE POINTS CORNER THERE, AND I SEE IT EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT I DRIVE THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION. IF IT'S NOT SPEEDWAY, IT'S DAIRY QUEEN, OR IT'S SOMEBODY TRYING TO COME COME IN AND OUT OF THE, UH, LITTLE CAESARS PLACE OR CVS OR WALGREENS. 
          THAT INTERSECTION IS, I THINK, IN MY OPINION, MORE DANGEROUS THAN WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN DOWN AT SEVEN BREW. COULDN'T TELL YOU FOR SURE. I DON'T FORESEE A FATALITY, A FATALITY COMING OUT OF THE SEVEN BREW, BUT I'VE SEEN FATALITIES ALMOST EVERY YEAR AT FIVE POINTS. I JUST DON'T SEE AN ISSUE WITH THE TRAFFIC THERE. SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN TO TAKE RISK AND LEARN TO BE MORE RISK-AVERSE AND KNOW THAT COMING OUT OF SKYHAWK PLAZA AND DRIVING WEST IS GOING TO BE DANGEROUS. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A LANE TO GET INTO, BUT IT'S GOING
TO BE DANGEROUS. WE COULD PUT A SIGN UP THERE THAT SAYS NO LEFT 
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TURN AND THEY'LL ABIDE BY IT JUST LIKE THEY DO THE ONE FOR SPEED YOU KNOW, THE ONE THAT THEY IGNORE AND THEY TURN LEFT ANYWAY. UM, AND IT WOULD NOT BE PRUDENT ON OUR SAFETY PERSONNEL TO HAVE A COP SIT THERE AND WRITE TICKETS FOR PEOPLE MAKING THAT LEFT TURN. THEY'RE TAKING THAT RISK THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE TAKING TO BEGIN WITH. UH, SO I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH IT. 
          THE BIG ISSUE IS DYS IN AND OF ITSELF. IS A MAJOR CORRIDOR, PROBABLY ARGUABLY THE BUSIEST ROAD IN THE CITY OF FAIRBORN. 
          AND THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION IS WHAT WE CALL I'LL GIVE YOU THE OFFICIAL TERM FOR IT IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN, IT'S SPELLED OUT THAT THAT PARTICULAR CORRIDOR IS A MIXED-USE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND IS CONSIDERED AN ECONOMIC ENGINE. NOT JUST FOR OUR CITY, BUT FOR A LOT OF CITIES. IF THIS WERE A DIFFERENT CITY NAME, IT WOULD STILL BE AN ECONOMIC ENGINE THERE. IT'S A PRIME LOCATION. 
          IT'S LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO 675, RIGHT NEXT TO AN EXIT WITH 15,000 TO 30,000 CARS GOING THROUGH THERE THIS TIME. 
          THAT, THAT'S AN ENTREPRENEUR'S DREAM RIGHT THERE. SO IF IT'S NOT SEVEN BREW, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE SOMEBODY. AND I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT SOMEBODY IS, BUT I FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT SEVEN BREW GOING IN THERE WITH THE PLAN THAT THEY PRESENTED JUST ON THEIR LOT ALONE, NOT EVEN CONSIDERING SKYHAWK COURT. THEY BUILT IN THE CAPACITY TO STACK 26 VEHICLES, AND IF THAT 26 WERE TO GO OUT INTO SKYHAWK LANE, THERE'S A PROVISION TO ADD A THIRD, UH, TEMPORARY THIRD LANE TO PULL THOSE PEOPLE OFF OF SKYHAWK. I THINK YOU'RE TALKING QUITE A BIT OF CARS TO STACK IN THERE TO GET OUT TO DYS. 
          AND OF ALL THE TIMES I'VE BEEN OVER TO ONE IN BEAVER CREEK, EVEN WHEN THEY STACK OUT INTO THAT LITTLE ACCESS ROAD, IT'S NEVER THAT MANY, UH, AND IT'S NEVER FOR VERY LONG. 
          SO I, I DON'T FORESEE IT AS BEING A PROBLEM, AND I HOPE I DON'T EAT MY WORDS A YEAR FROM NOW. UM, THE LAST THING THAT I WILL SAY ABOUT THAT IS IS WE HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL WHAT WE, WHAT WE APPROVE AND WHAT WE DENY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING THE CITY IN A LEGAL SITUATION THAT WE CAN'T WIN. 
          WE DON'T DECIDE WHO WANTS TO COME TO FAIRBORN AND WHEN THEY WANT TO COME TO FAIRBORN, BUT WE DECIDE HOW THEY COME IN WHEN WE DO THAT. AND WE'VE GOT VERY STRICT ZONING RULES FOR THAT. OUR CITY PLANNER FOLLOWS THOSE RULES AND HAS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE CHECKLIST WHERE SHE LOOKS AT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THESE, UH, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, A PUD MEETS THOSE REQUIREMENTS. 
          SHE HAS PRE-PLANNING MEETINGS WITH THESE DEVELOPERS. A LOT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES BEFORE IT EVEN GETS TO PLANNING BOARD, UH, FOR THAT PARTICULAR BOARD'S APPROVAL. 
          WHEN PLANNING BOARD APPROVES OR DISAPPROVES SOMETHING, THEY DON'T GIVE US REASON WHY WE DON'T GO OVER AND ASK THEM. 
          BUT I CAN TELL YOU, I THINK THE MAJORITY OF US WATCH EVERY PLANNING BOARD MEETING BECAUSE WHATEVER THEY TALK ABOUT, IT'S GOING TO COME TO US EVENTUALLY TO KIND OF GIVE US AN IDEA WHERE TO GO. AND IT GIVES US A 2-WEEK LEAD TIME TO DO OUR LITTLE RESEARCH, GO OUT AND DO OUR SITE VISITS, WHICH I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ANYBODY ELSE, BUT I DO. 
          WHEN I WAS ON PLANNING BOARD, I WENT TO ALL THE SITES BEFORE THEY CAME TO SO I CAN GET MY LAND, UH, MY VISION OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT COME INTO PLAY WITH THAT. WE DON'T JUST SIT UP HERE AND APPROVE THINGS WILLY-NILLY. WE DON'T RUBBER STAMP STUFF. WE DO RESEARCH, WE LOOK AT IT, AND WE HEAR EVERYBODY'S VOICES WHEN THEY COME UP HERE, WHETHER THEY EMAIL US OR THEY'RE AT PLANNING BOARD, BECAUSE WE'RE WATCHING THAT STUFF. AND I WILL END WITH THIS. FOR THE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE AGAINST WHAT WE'RE DOING, COMPLETELY FINE. PLEASE COME UP HERE AND VOICE YOUR CONCERNS, BUT DON'T LIBEL AND THREATEN OUR CITY EMPLOYEES WHEN YOU DO THAT. THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOB. 
          MS. RIGGS IS DOING HER JOB, AND IT'S NOT APPRECIATED WHEN A CITIZEN THREATENS HER FOR DOING HER JOB. SHE'S DOING WHAT SHE WAS TRAINED TO DO. 
          SHE'S A CITY PLANNER WITH A LOT OF EXTENSIVE TRAINING AND A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN THAT THAT WE DON'T HAVE. 
          UH, NOT SURE HOW MANY OUT THERE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY ARE CITY PLANNERS, BUT YOU MAY, MAY OR NOT BE SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT SHE DOES, BUT SHE HAS THE EXPERTISE TO GUIDE US IN MAKING OUR DECISIONS UP HERE. SO PLEASE STOP THROWING HER UNDER THE BUS AND THREATENING HER AND CALLING HER NAMES AND DOING ALL THAT OTHER CHILDISH CRAP. SHE'S DOING HER JOB. YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HER, GO TO MIKE. 
          SHE WORKS FOR MIKE. MIKE WORKS FOR US. IF WE'RE NOT HAPPY WITH WHAT MIKE DOES, 
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WE'LL TALK TO MIKE ABOUT IT. 
          BUT I'M BRINGING IT OUT TO YOU HERE RIGHT NOW TO BE RESPECTFUL OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES THAT ARE JUST COMING HERE AND DOING THEIR JOB. COME SPEAK TO US, COME SPEAK TO MIKE WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE ISSUES. AND WITH THAT, I'LL YIELD THE FLOOR. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY, UM, GOT A COUPLE THINGS TO DISCUSS. I WANT TO FIRST OFF I MISSED THE LAST JULY 6TH COUNCIL MEETING DUE TO A LAST-SECOND FAMILY SITUATION THAT CAME UP. SO I WANT TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK OUR DEPUTY MAYOR RODNEY FOR RUNNING THE MEETING ON JULY THE 6TH. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH IT ON CHANNEL, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR RUNNING THAT MEETING. 
          VERY EFFICIENT MEETING, IF I MIGHT SAY. 
          OH, ABSOLUTELY. UM, NEXT, I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT I'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE IN THE PAST THAT COUNCIL JUST RUBBER STAMPS THINGS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WE DON'T. EVERYTHING THAT GETS VOTED ON UP HERE, WE'VE LOOKED AT IT, WE'VE GOT WE'VE BEEN SENT INFORMATION ABOUT IT. 
          IT'S IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED IN COUNCIL WORK SESSIONS, AND WE DO APPRECIATE CITIZENS COMING FORWARD AND RAISING QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, AL. AND YOU SAW AN EXAMPLE TONIGHT THAT WE DON'T RUBBER STAMP THINGS. 
          WE TOOK AL'S SUGGESTIONS. 
          WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A RE-LOOK AT WHAT HE BROUGHT UP. NOW, IT MAY GET PASSED, IT MAY NOT GET PASSED, BUT THE POINT IS, IS THAT WE DO TAKE TIME TO LOOK THINGS OVER. CITY STAFF, AS RODNEY SAID, PUTS A LOT OF WORK INTO WHAT COMES FORWARD AT THIS PODIUM BEFORE WE VOTE ON THINGS. SO I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT. AND ANYONE IS INVITED TO COUNCIL WORK SESSIONS. YOU DON'T GET OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK, BUT YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT THERE AND HEAR WHAT'S BEING DISCUSSED AND SEE THE QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL DOES RAISE. SO WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BE A PART OF THAT. OKAY, CHICKENS. MY WIFE IS DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF HAVING CHICKENS. I JUST PUBLICLY WANT TO SAY THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES THAT HAVE TO BE LOOKED AT BEFORE WE MAKE A FIRM DECISION ON WHAT DIRECTION WE'RE GOING TO GO. I THINK PRETTY MUCH PEOPLE ARE IN FAVOR OF NOT HAVING ROOSTERS. I THINK I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYBODY SAY, WELL, WE GOT TO HAVE A ROOSTER. 
          I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT. ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS IS THE LOT SIZE OF HOMES. AND IF YOU LOOK AT A MAP OF FAIRBORN, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS OF VERY SMALL LOT SIZES. AND THOSE CAME ABOUT AFTER WORLD WAR II WHEN THE BASE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A LOGISTICS BASE AND WE BUILT A LOT OF WAREHOUSES. NATIONAL HOMES ARE A GOOD EXAMPLE, VERY SMALL LOTS. CAN WE HAVE CHICKEN COOPS IN HERE? LOT. 
          THAT COULD BE A REAL PROBLEM. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK VERY, VERY CAREFUL WITH THAT. AND SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE DISAPPOINTED IF THEY LIVE ON A SMALL LOT AND WE SAY YOUR LOT'S GOT TO BE A CERTAIN SIZE BEFORE YOU'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE CHICKENS. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT VERY CAREFULLY. WE REALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM THE CITIZENS ABOUT THAT. 
          YOU KNOW, ALL THE REASONS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORWARD TONIGHT ABOUT WHY TO HAVE CHICKENS ARE GOOD SOLID REASONS, BUT WE'VE GOT TO DO THIS SMART. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THIS IN A WAY THAT PEOPLE DON'T REGRET IT AND SAY, WHY DID THE COUNCIL EVER APPROVE THAT? SO IF YOU'VE GOT SUGGESTIONS, IF YOU'VE GOT IDEAS ON IT, LIKE YOU SAID YOU WENT AND VISITED, THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO, IS WE NEED TO MAKE A SMART DECISION ABOUT THIS. SO WE'LL COME BACK TO CHICKENS DOWN THE ROAD HERE. THE ISSUE ABOUT THE 7 BREW ON DAYTON YELLOW SPRINGS, I WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT A LOT OF THE TRAFFIC RIGHT NOW ON DAYTON YELLOW SPRINGS, ESPECIALLY RIGHT THERE NEAR THAT LOCATION, WAS DRIVEN BY WHAT WAS THEN THE HIGH SCHOOL AND IS NOW CURRENTLY THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. THAT WILL CLOSE NEXT SEPTEMBER NEXT AUGUST IN 2027. WHEN THE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL OPENS. NOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO GO INTO THE CURRENT MIDDLE SCHOOL LOCATION. WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC, WILL IT INCREASE TRAFFIC. 
          THAT'S A SCHOOL BOARD DECISION. 
          THEY OWN THE PROPERTY. UH, WE'LL SEE WHAT THEY COME UP WITH. SO WE MAY SEE A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN TRAFFIC WITH THE SCHOOL MOVING TO COMMERCE CENTER. WE MAY SEE AN INCREASE IN TRAFFIC DEPENDING ON WHAT GOES IN THERE. SO SO WE GOT TO BE SMART AGAIN ABOUT DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT THE SEVEN BREW GOES IN THERE. I'M NOT A COFFEE DRINKER. MY WIFE IS. SHE LIKES CHICKENS AND COFFEE. SO WE'LL SEE WHAT DIRECTION THAT ENDS UP GOING. 
          KEVIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE ICE CREAM SOCIAL. UNFORTUNATELY, AUGUST 1ST IS ALSO CHRISTMAS IN ACTION DAY. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT AWARE OF THAT, CHRISTMAS IS IN ACTION IS A DAY WHERE ONE DAY A 
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YEAR WE GET ANYWHERE FROM 100 TO 200 VOLUNTEERS AND WE MAKE REPAIRS ON USUALLY LOW-INCOME SENIORS AND LOW-INCOME PEOPLE. 
          THIS YEAR WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING 10 HOUSES ON AUGUST 1ST WHERE WE GO OUT WITH, AGAIN, VOLUNTEERS, MAKE, MAKE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT HOME REPAIRS. AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO ON AUGUST 1ST, IF YOU'RE NOT UP TO HAVING ICE CREAM, PLEASE CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING TO JOIN US FOR THE AUGUST 1ST CHRISTMAS IN ACTION HOME REPAIR DAY. YOU CAN CHECK WITH THE SENIOR CENTER IF YOU'D LIKE TO VOLUNTEER. IF YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF HOME REPAIR SKILLS, WE'RE PARTICULARLY LOOKING FOR PEOPLE LIKE THAT, ALTHOUGH A LOT OF WHAT WHAT WE DO ON THAT DAY IS LANDSCAPING, AGAIN FOR SENIORS AND LOW-INCOME PEOPLE. WE DO A LOT OF PAINTING INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINIMAL SKILLS TO HIGH SKILLS IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE ON AUGUST 1ST. SO YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS ON AUGUST 1ST: EAT ICE CREAM OR MAKE HOME REPAIRS. 
          PLEASE CONSIDER ONE OR THE OTHER. OKAY, CHARLIE, THE BIKE PATH ISSUE. UM, THAT'S A NEW BIKE PATH DOWN BY YOU THAT IS WIDER, BIGGER. 
          IT'S ALL PART OF THE EFFORT TO GET PEOPLE TO GET OUTSIDE, BE MORE HEALTHY. THERE ARE SOME REAL CONCERNS WITH BIKE PATHS ALL OVER THE COMMUNITY AND OTHER COMMUNITIES, AND THAT'S THE ISSUE OF THESE ELECTRIC BIKES AND THE ELECTRIC SCOOTERS. AND WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR SOME GUIDELINES FROM THE STATE. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT EXTENSIVELY. I ALMOST HIT A YOUNG MAN RIGHT ON DAYTON YELLOW SPRINGS. I WAS TURNING INTO THE PARKS PARKING DRIVEWAY AND HE CAME OUT OF NOWHERE, AND IF I DIDN'T HIT MY SLAM ON MY BRAKES, I'D HIT HIM. HE WAS ON ELECTRONIC SCOOTER ON THE SIDEWALK. SO JUST PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND OLDER PEOPLE I'VE SEEN RIDING THESE THESE ELECTRIC SCOOTERS. 
          SOMETIMES THEY'RE ON THE ROADWAY, SOMETIMES THEY'RE ON THE SIDEWALKS, SOMETIMES THEY'RE ON DESIGNATED BIKE PATHS, BUT THEY'RE ALL OVER OUT THERE. SO AS CHARLIE BROUGHT UP, IF WE'RE NOT CAREFUL, WE'RE GOING TO START HITTING THOSE PEOPLE, AND WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN. BRAD, YOU MENTIONED HOUSING VERSUS APARTMENTS. ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO DO AS THE MAYOR IS I MEET WITH YOUTH GROUPS. I MEET WITH DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, THE LEO CLUB, THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB, SOME OF THE ACADEMIC CLUBS. AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I ASK OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THE, THE SENIORS GETTING READY TO GRADUATE, IS WHAT DO YOU WANT IN FAIRBORN? AND ONE OF THE COMMON THINGS THAT THEY ALWAYS TELL ME IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNFORTUNATELY IS USUALLY NOT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, FIRST TIME, FREQUENTLY IS APARTMENTS. I KNOW WHEN I GOT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, I GOT MY FIRST PLACE, IT WAS AN APARTMENT. SO WE LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE THINGS, AND OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING TYPE SITUATIONS, WHETHER IT IS APARTMENTS OR HOUSES. WE WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE. THE OTHER PROBLEM WE HAVE IN FAIRBORN IS WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF OPEN SPACE FOR BUILDING THINGS. AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT A MAP OF FAIRBORN, THERE ARE NOT A WHOLE LOT OF AREAS LEFT OPEN TO BUILD. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE LOOK AT WHATEVER KIND OF HOUSING THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN. SOME OF THE OTHER COMMENTS TONIGHT, I WANT TO THANK PEOPLE WHO CAME FORWARD, THE RETIREMENTS THAT MIKE MENTIONED, 30-PLUS YEARS, THAT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          THINK ABOUT THAT, 30 YEARS IN THE SAME JOB IN THE SAME COMMUNITY. I'M AN OLD RETIRED MILITARY GUY. I DID 34 YEARS, BUT I LIVED ALL OVER THE PLACE. I LIVED IN 11 DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES, AND IT'S, IT'S WONDERFUL THAT SOMEONE DEDICATE 30 YEARS OF THEIR LIFE TO ONE COMMUNITY. I WANT TO MENTION PENNY, AS MIKE MENTIONED. PENNY, IF YOU'VE HAD ANY DEALINGS WITH PENNY, SHE IS ONE OF THE SWEETEST PEOPLE YOU'LL EVER WORK WITH. AND TO SEE HER RETIRING, WE UNDERSTAND IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHE'S TALKED ABOUT FOR A WHILE. WE'VE DREADED THIS TIME, BUT IT'S COMING. 
          MORE TO MORE WILL BE COMING OUT ON THAT. CONGRATULATIONS TO CHRISTINA COOPER, OUR NEW FINANCE DIRECTOR. THAT'S A MAJOR, MAJOR JOB. SO IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO STOP BY AND CONGRATULATE AND THANK HER, PLEASE DO SO. IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THIS FRIDAY IS THE, 
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THE BIG 250TH FAIRBORN CIVIC BAND AT THE ATHERTON THEATER. 
          WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT THIS AFTERNOON. THE UNFORTUNATE THING ABOUT THAT IS THAT IS THAT THE PARKING FOR THE ATHERTON THEATER ISN'T HUGE. SO PLEASE KEEP THAT IN CONSIDERATION IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON GOING TO THAT CONCERT. YOU MAY HAVE TO PARK AT A LOWER LEVEL OR A HIGHER LEVEL. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT TRYING TO GET SOME WAYS OF SHUTTLING SOME PEOPLE. MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN, BUT THAT IS THE CIVIC BAND'S IT'S THEIR 30TH YEAR, SO IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR A WONDERFUL CONCERT AT THE ATHERTON THEATER. JUST BE AWARE OF THE PARKING SITUATION, AND IF YOU ARE GOING, PLEASE CONSIDER CARPOOLING TO THAT SO WE CAN GET AS MANY PEOPLE THERE WITHOUT HAVING TO WALK TOO FAR. CITIZENS ACADEMY HAS BEEN MENTIONED. 
          THAT IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY WORK. IF, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS, THEY GET ADDRESSED DURING THAT CITIZENS ACADEMY. 
          AND AS IT WAS MENTIONED, THERE STILL ARE SOME OPENINGS FOR THAT, CORRECT? SO PLEASE CONSIDER THAT IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE THAT BEFORE. IT'S ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED ABOUT THE WINE WALK THIS WEEK. JUST A REMINDER, THE AIR FORCE MARATHON IS SEPTEMBER 19TH. 
          IF, IF YOU'RE NEW TO THE COMMUNITY, WE ARE THE ONLY COMMUNITY OFF-BASE THAT A PORTION OF THE MARATHON COMES THROUGH. 
          THE REST OF THE MARATHON IS RUN ON BASE, SO WE BUS PEOPLE FROM THE MARATHON START TO DOWNTOWN FAIRBORN SO THEY CAN WATCH PEOPLE RUN WHO THEY MIGHT NOT ABLE BE ABLE TO WATCH IF THEY'RE ON BASE. 
          AND THIS YEAR THEY'RE ADDING THE HALF MARATHON TO COMING THROUGH DOWNTOWN FAIRBORN. 
          WE'RE TOLD THAT WILL ADD 5,000 MORE RUNNERS THROUGH DOWNTOWN FAIRBORN. SO IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT THERE. 
          MANY OF THE RUNNERS TELL PEOPLE AT THE END OF THE MARATHON THAT THE HIGHLIGHT OF RUNNING THE MARATHON IS GOING THROUGH FAIRBORN BECAUSE ALL THOSE PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE CHEERING FOR THEM, HANDING THEM CUPS OF WATER, CLAPPING, YOU KNOW, PATTING THEM ON THE BACK, WHATEVER, AS THEY GO BY. BUT IT IS THE ONLY PLACE THAT YOU CAN SEE RUNNERS RUN IF YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS. SO CONSIDER THAT. 
          AND THE DAY AFTER THE MARATHON IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CAR SHOWS IN THE DAYTON REGION IN DOWNTOWN FAIRBORN. UPWARDS OF 300 CARS WILL BE THERE. 
          YOU'LL SEE ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF CARS, FROM OLD ANTIQUES TO MODERN CARS TO COLLECTIBLES TO RACE CARS TO A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING. SO LOTS GOING ON IN DOWNTOWN FAIRBORN, THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. 
          IT'S SWEET CORN FESTIVAL. 
          ANYBODY WHO TELLS YOU THERE'S NOTHING TO DO IN FAIRBORN ISN'T PAYING ATTENTION TO THE CALENDAR. SO LOOK AT WHAT'S AVAILABLE. PLEASE BE A PART OF IT. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT. AND IF THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL BUSINESS, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. 
          JULIE, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. REASTER? YES. 
          MR. ALLEN? YES. 
          MS. CHESS? YES. 
          MR. MCCUBBINS? YES. 
          STANTON? YES. 
          MR. YES. CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.