[0:00] Close. Same sign.
[0:02] This meeting is adjourned.
[0:03] >> You didn't move or it doesn't move in.
[0:06] >> Oh, I read so fast. I would entertain a
[0:08] motion and a second to adjourn the
[0:10] meeting.
[0:10] >> Second.
[0:12] >> All in favor say I.
[0:14] >> I.
[0:14] >> All oppose. Same sign. This meeting is
[0:16] adjourned. We'll begin our regular
[0:18] meeting in about a minute.
[0:21] >> My bad.
[1:44] Good evening. I would like to call the
[1:46] April 27th, 2026 Hillyard City Council
[1:49] regular meeting to order.
[1:52] Please stand for the pledge of
[1:54] allegiance, which will be led this
[1:56] evening by the Weeblows den from pack
[1:58] 841.
[2:00] Um, Weeblows, come on out. Oh, it's not
[2:02] the Weeblows this evening. We got the
[2:03] Cub Scouts. Oh, we have the Weeblows.
[2:06] I'm Hey guys. Okay, lead us in the
[2:08] pledge, please. You ready?
[2:10] >> Right there.
[2:13] >> Pledge algiance. I pledge allegiance to
[2:15] the United States of America and to the
[2:18] republic for which it stands. One nation
[2:22] under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[2:25] justice for all.
[2:27] >> Thank you guys.
[3:28] Okay. All right. D, would you please
[3:30] call the role?
[3:31] >> Mr. Betts,
[3:32] >> here.
[3:33] >> Vice President Katone
[3:34] >> here.
[3:35] >> Miss Parker Jones
[3:36] >> here.
[3:36] >> Miss Russell
[3:37] >> here.
[3:37] >> Mr. Teter
[3:38] >> here.
[3:39] >> Miss Vermillion
[3:40] >> here.
[3:40] >> President Cole
[3:41] >> here. Our first item of business this
[3:44] evening is to administer the oath oath
[3:46] of office to our new city manager,
[3:49] Joshua Roush. We are so excited for him
[3:51] to hit the ground running and to
[3:53] continue all of the great things
[3:54] happening in our city. And I would like
[3:56] to invite Josh and his family to meet me
[3:58] up there to administer the oath.
[4:15] just mute the mic.
[4:18] >> Okay, we are going to postpone that item
[4:21] and come back to it. Um, so for this
[4:24] evening, let's move into approval of
[4:25] minutes. Council has copies of the
[4:27] minutes from the April 13th, 2026
[4:30] regular meeting. Are there any
[4:32] additions, corrections, or revisions?
[4:35] Hearing none, these minutes stand
[4:37] approved. We will now go into commission
[4:39] and board reports. Board of zoning
[4:41] appeals, Councilwoman Rousul.
[4:43] >> We had a meeting last week. Um I learned
[4:45] a lot about sheds and fences and
[4:47] easements. So um if anybody wants to
[4:49] learn about that, welcome to our meeting
[4:51] next month.
[4:53] >> Wonderful. Destination Hillyard.
[4:55] Councilwoman Vermillion wanted to remind
[4:57] everybody about the 43026
[5:00] party this Thursday, April 30th. 26.
[5:05] Great. Environmental Sustainability
[5:07] Commission, Council Member Million.
[5:10] >> Um, not specifically ESC, but um, Darby
[5:14] Accord related. Hot off the press today,
[5:17] the city of Columbus announced a
[5:19] postponement on the Darby Accord
[5:21] amendment until uh, the second phase of
[5:25] the ODNR study is received. So, that's
[5:27] good news.
[5:29] >> All right. Keep Hillard beautiful,
[5:31] Councilman Betts. Well, we had a uh a
[5:33] volunteer cleanup event on the 18th of
[5:35] April. 22 volunteers showed up and we uh
[5:38] picked up 27 bags of garbage, two tires,
[5:43] and some old lumber. So, thanks once
[5:45] again to all the volunteers who came out
[5:47] uh to help us keep Hillyear beautiful.
[5:50] >> Okay. Morpsy, Mr. Rous,
[5:52] >> I will be attending new board member
[5:54] orientation on May 5th and the Morpsy
[5:56] meeting on the 14th. Looking forward to
[5:58] it. Planning and Zoning Commission.
[6:00] Councilwoman Parker Jones.
[6:02] >> Nothing new to report. Our next meeting
[6:04] is on May 14th.
[6:06] >> Public Arts Commission. Vice President
[6:08] Katone.
[6:09] >> We meet next Monday, May 4th.
[6:13] >> Recreation and Parks Advisory
[6:15] Commission. Councilwoman Rousul.
[6:19] We had a presentation by students from
[6:21] Miami University about recycling in
[6:24] Hillyard and how to make it more
[6:26] efficient and how uh we can learn more.
[6:28] So they will we we posed several
[6:29] questions about one thing that was posed
[6:33] is that if something is dirty and you
[6:35] put it in the recycling bin, they will
[6:36] automatically throw in the trash. Things
[6:38] have to be clean in the recycling bin.
[6:39] So we learned that and they're going to
[6:41] propose another um another study or
[6:44] update to the study in a month um so
[6:46] that we can make recycling more
[6:47] efficient in all of Hillyard.
[6:50] >> Wonderful. Aging and place committee.
[6:52] Vice President Katone. Yes, we we have
[6:54] two new people that are joining the
[6:56] aging and place committee and we'll be
[6:57] voting on that tonight. Very excited for
[7:00] both of them. One of them is here with
[7:02] us tonight. And then we were tableabling
[7:04] at the health fair which was previously
[7:06] the senior health fair and the room was
[7:08] packed. It's awesome. All right. For
[7:12] recognition and special guests, um we do
[7:14] have two items this evening. First, I
[7:17] would like to read a proclamation for
[7:19] National Library Week. Although National
[7:21] Library Week was observed April 9th
[7:22] through 15th, it is important for us to
[7:25] recognize the ongoing contributions of
[7:27] our libraries and most importantly the
[7:28] pivotal role that the Hillyard Library
[7:31] location plays in our community. Youth
[7:33] services librarian Carissa White is here
[7:36] this evening to accept the proclamation
[7:37] and will share a few words following the
[7:40] presentation. I'm now going to read the
[7:42] proclamation.
[7:48] Whereas libraries are essential public
[7:51] institutions that serve as centers for
[7:53] learning, literacy, creativity, and
[7:55] civic engagement for residents of all
[7:57] ages. And whereas libraries provide free
[8:01] and equitable access to information,
[8:03] technology, educational programs, and
[8:06] cultural resources, helping to
[8:08] strengthen communities and promote
[8:09] lifelong learning. And whereas
[8:12] librarians and library staff play a
[8:14] pivotal a vital role in guiding
[8:16] individuals to reliable information,
[8:19] fostering a love of reading, supporting
[8:21] students and job seekers, and promoting
[8:24] digital skills necessary in today's
[8:26] world. And whereas libraries serve as
[8:29] welcoming spaces that encourage
[8:31] inclusion, curiosity, innovation, and
[8:34] collaboration, enriching the quality of
[8:36] life for all who live, work, and learn
[8:38] in our community. Now therefore, I,
[8:41] Emily Cole, president of Hillyard City
[8:43] Council, Hillyard, Ohio, on behalf of
[8:46] City Council, proclaim April 9th through
[8:48] 15th, 2026 as National Library Week in
[8:52] the city of Hilliard and encourage
[8:54] residents to visit our local library,
[8:55] participate in library programs, and
[8:58] celebrate the significant role libraries
[9:00] play in building a knowledgeable,
[9:01] connected, and vibrant community. And
[9:04] I'd now like to ask Cararissa White to
[9:06] join us at the podium and say a few
[9:09] words.
[9:11] Thank you for joining us, Cararissa. Um,
[9:13] the button down there. Yep, there you
[9:15] go. Thank you for having me. Um,
[9:18] >> hello.
[9:18] Hello.
[9:20] >> I am Hollow Sombra. I worked alongside
[9:22] the project with Cararissa.
[9:25] >> I can talk. Yes.
[9:30] Good evening members of the Hillyard
[9:31] City Council and thank you for the
[9:33] opportunity to speak today. My name is
[9:35] Holla Samra, an Ohio State political
[9:37] science and history student. I recently
[9:39] had the privilege of working alongside
[9:41] the community at the Columbus Metropolan
[9:43] Library Hillard branch where I helped
[9:45] organize a mock voting experience for
[9:47] children. This initiative created a
[9:49] voting booth where young participants
[9:50] cast their ballots on a very important
[9:52] issue, their favorite children book
[9:54] character, choosing between Pete the
[9:56] Cat, Pigeon, and Piggy. While the
[9:58] subject matter was playful, the purpose
[10:00] behind it was deeply meaningful. This
[10:02] project was designed to introduce
[10:03] children to the voting process in an
[10:05] accessible, engaging, and memorable way.
[10:07] By allowing allowing them to physically
[10:10] step up into a voting booth, make a
[10:12] choice, and participate in a shared
[10:13] civic activity, we are planting early
[10:15] seeds of democratic participation. These
[10:18] are the kinds of experiences that turn
[10:19] abstract ideas like voting or government
[10:22] into something real and understandable.
[10:24] What stood out most was not just the act
[10:26] of voting itself, but the conversations
[10:28] that followed. Children left the booth
[10:30] talking with excitement about their
[10:31] choices, comparing votes with friends,
[10:33] and explaining their reasoning. This is
[10:35] where civic education begins, not in
[10:37] textbooks, but in dialogue, curiosity,
[10:40] and shared experience. This kind of
[10:42] engagement helps set young people up to
[10:44] become active participants in democracy.
[10:46] More importantly, it extends beyond the
[10:48] library walls. When children go home and
[10:50] talk about what they did, explaining to
[10:52] parents how they voted, it creates
[10:54] opportunities for families to have
[10:56] conversations about civic
[10:57] responsibility, community involvement,
[10:58] and the importance of participating in
[11:00] the democratic process. In that way,
[11:02] civic engagement is not only taught in
[11:04] public spaces, but carried into the
[11:06] household and reinforced over time.
[11:08] Experiences like this help build a
[11:10] culture of participation.
[11:12] I want to take a moment to express my
[11:14] sincere appreciation for the support and
[11:15] collaboration of city council member
[11:17] Nadia Russul. Her willingness to engage
[11:20] with this project, offer guidance, and
[11:21] support its development made a
[11:23] significant difference. Working
[11:24] alongside her was a refreshing and
[11:26] encouraging experience, and it reflects
[11:28] the kind of leadership that values
[11:30] community- based learning and youth
[11:31] engagement. Her mentorship helped ensure
[11:34] that this initiative is not only
[11:35] successful, but also thoughtful in how
[11:37] it incorporated the civic concepts to
[11:39] kids. In closing, I believe programs
[11:42] like this are small but powerful steps
[11:43] towards strengthening democratic
[11:45] participation in our community. Thank
[11:46] you again for your time and your
[11:48] continued commitment and fostering
[11:49] community and a strong sense of civic
[11:51] engagement throughout the Hillyard
[11:52] community.
[11:56] » And I just want to follow up. It was it
[11:57] was a great turnout. I think we had over
[12:00] 400 500 votes. Um there was a lot of
[12:03] debate among staff on who they would
[12:05] pick. Um so there was a lot of
[12:07] conversation around it. We had kids
[12:09] coming and asking where do I vote? Where
[12:10] do I vote? Um I saw adults doing it as
[12:14] well without children who were excited
[12:15] to vote. So it was a great experience
[12:17] and we really appreciate um
[12:20] Paula for all of her work and Miss Razul
[12:23] as well. So thank you so much um and
[12:25] thank you for the proclamation for
[12:27] National Library Week.
[13:30] Okay. The second item that we have this
[13:33] evening under recognition and special
[13:35] guests is a mural application from the
[13:37] Franklin County Fairgrounds for council
[13:39] consideration.
[13:41] Amy, I believe, is here to speak on
[13:43] that.
[13:47] Hi Amy, welcome. And just turn the mic
[13:50] on and we're happy to have you.
[13:57] Good evening. I'm Amy Fleshman. I'm the
[13:59] Franklin County Fairgrounds Manager. Um
[14:02] the Franklin County Agricultural Society
[14:05] is the overarching
[14:08] community organization that oversees the
[14:10] fairgrounds. We're a 501c3 nonprofit.
[14:14] And just to give you just a little bit
[14:15] of background because it's pretty cool.
[14:18] Um the time that I've spent at the
[14:20] Franklin County A Society, I've been
[14:23] planting seeds because that's what
[14:24] agricultural people do, right? So every
[14:27] time I get in front of a new audience, I
[14:30] let them know that there are
[14:31] opportunities at the fairgrounds in
[14:33] order for them to become an active
[14:34] engaging participant in helping that
[14:37] facility. So, one of those opportunities
[14:40] came when Melissa Muth reached out and
[14:44] said the environmental sustainability
[14:46] group was looking for a place to hold
[14:49] their recycling event that they had
[14:51] previously done it in some other places
[14:53] where it backed up traffic. And as a
[14:56] good neighbor in Hillyard, even though
[14:58] we had another activity going on that
[15:00] day that was for 4 oriented, we merged
[15:03] the two together. So, it created this
[15:06] really great partnership for the last
[15:07] several years. And as she's there, um, I
[15:11] said, you know, there's there's this
[15:13] vision to make this place better, and it
[15:15] takes people and partners, and I'm just
[15:18] going to share a few things that I have
[15:20] a vision for, and we've got lots of
[15:23] opportunities there, right? It's a large
[15:25] footprint. It's um, it takes a lot of
[15:28] time. It takes a lot of resources. And
[15:31] so the only way that we can do that is
[15:33] with community support. Well, Melissa
[15:36] reached out last fall and said that the
[15:40] Keep Hillyard Beautiful group that she's
[15:42] a part of would like to work with us to
[15:45] bring one of those ideas to life. And
[15:47] that's the mural that's up on the screen
[15:49] right now. And that will be showcased on
[15:53] one of the buildings that is on the
[15:55] north side of Northwest Parkway, which
[15:59] currently needs some paint. So, pri
[16:01] prior to the mural going up, it's going
[16:04] to get painted, freshened up, and then
[16:07] this very delightful mural is going to
[16:09] be there that showcases the 250th in the
[16:13] center. And then it has a little bit of
[16:15] a walkth through history of agg. So it
[16:18] features um a where where they didn't
[16:23] have any tools beyond the hand tools. Um
[16:28] some heirloom vegetables, some smiling
[16:33] livestock, and then it and then it
[16:35] transitions into some other areas of
[16:38] what the fair is currently with some
[16:40] rides. Um, one of the the vision at the
[16:45] top there is a new youth building that
[16:48] will be coming within the next two
[16:49] years. Um, very excited about that
[16:53] exhibition hall and new offices for the
[16:56] fairgrounds. So, that is part of our
[16:58] vision for the future that we're looking
[17:00] for partners for that if anybody wants
[17:02] to uh be a room donor, you just let me
[17:05] know and we'll take care of you. And
[17:07] then the last one is just the future of
[17:10] agg with new technology that's already
[17:12] being implemented with the drones and
[17:14] the new um features on those different
[17:18] pieces of equipment. So the
[17:21] collaboration comes where they're
[17:22] providing some of the people that are
[17:24] going to be helping to put the paint on.
[17:28] They're they're collaborating with me by
[17:30] applying for grants for paint. And uh we
[17:34] reached out to another partner,
[17:36] Destination Hillyard, who's accepted our
[17:40] grant application and is providing some
[17:42] funding for the artist, Cecilia, the
[17:45] sketchy artist. Um she has done numerous
[17:48] things around Hillyard and I know that
[17:50] you've already been very pleased with
[17:52] her work. So we are very excited about
[17:55] this collaboration and believe that it
[17:57] will keep making Hillyard beautiful
[18:00] along with bringing a highlight to
[18:03] agriculture that we so desperately need.
[18:06] Does anybody have any questions?
[18:10] » Thank you. Um does council have any
[18:11] questions?
[18:14] >> When is that expected to go up? Well,
[18:17] based off of tonight's results, we will
[18:21] be moving forward with creating a
[18:23] timeline. The goal is to have the
[18:26] centerpiece of the 250th up by the fair
[18:30] and then the remaining pieces are going
[18:32] to be a paint by number done at the fair
[18:34] where people can come to the fair during
[18:36] the week of July 20th through 26th. and
[18:40] Cecilia will be there to help guide that
[18:42] paint by number and um probably put a
[18:45] little finishing touches on there to
[18:47] make sure that it looks exactly like it
[18:49] needs to in order to go up on there. So
[18:51] hopefully by the 1 of August you'll see
[18:53] a full finished mural.
[18:59] There are no further questions that I
[19:00] want to entertain a motion and a second
[19:03] from council. So move second. D would
[19:08] you please call the role?
[19:10] This is to approve the mural. Miss
[19:12] Vermillion.
[19:13] >> Yes.
[19:14] >> Vice President Katon.
[19:15] >> Yes.
[19:16] >> Miss Russul.
[19:16] >> Yes.
[19:17] >> Mr. Betts.
[19:18] >> Yes.
[19:18] >> Miss Parker Jones.
[19:19] >> Yes.
[19:20] >> Mr. Teter.
[19:21] >> Yes.
[19:21] >> President Cole.
[19:22] >> Yes.
[19:23] >> Pass 70.
[19:24] >> All right. Well, congratulations. Um,
[19:26] and thank you for joining us and thank
[19:28] you for doing this project. We're really
[19:29] excited.
[19:30] >> Absolutely.
[19:32] >> Thank you. Okay. And I'm very excited to
[19:35] return to one of our agenda items. Um,
[19:38] so our next item of business will be to
[19:41] administer the oath of office to our new
[19:43] city manager, Joshua Roush. Josh, if you
[19:45] and your family would like to join me.
[19:57] » No, I take Br. Bring them on. Bring them
[20:00] on. Everybody come on up.
[20:08] Where are you?
[21:55] Hello. Council, would you join us for a
[21:58] group photo?
[23:45] Okay.
[23:47] Are there any changes to the agenda?
[23:51] Hearing none, we will move on to the
[23:54] consent agenda. There is one item on the
[23:57] consent agenda this evening. 26-R41,
[24:01] approving appointments to the city's age
[24:04] in place advisory committee. Would
[24:06] anyone like to move this item to the
[24:08] regular agenda for discussion?
[24:11] I would entertain a motion and a second
[24:13] to approve the consent agenda by voice
[24:16] vote.
[24:17] >> Moved.
[24:19] >> Second.
[24:20] Okay. Yes. Sorry.
[24:22] >> All in favor say I.
[24:24] >> I.
[24:25] >> Oppos. Same sign.
[24:27] >> Approved.
[24:29] >> For public comments, we do have two
[24:31] individuals signed up to speak during
[24:33] our public portion of the meeting. And I
[24:36] will call you each up to the podium and
[24:39] then you'll state your name and address
[24:41] um into the record and you will have
[24:43] three minutes. Um, and I am struggling
[24:47] to read. So, if I say your name
[24:50] incorrectly, please correct me um, into
[24:52] the microphone. I think our first person
[24:54] might be Clay Daniel.
[24:58] I'm sorry. Please come correct me, too.
[25:00] What's the name? Oh, it is Clay Daniel.
[25:03] Oh, wonder. Clay, you're you're up. It's
[25:05] time to speak for public. Did you sign
[25:07] up to Did you mean to sign up to speak?
[25:10] >> Is it on an item on the agenda?
[25:19] So, so if there is if there's a desire
[25:23] for somebody to speak about that issue,
[25:25] now would be the time for them to speak.
[25:28] Um, and then later when the conditional
[25:31] uses are heard, staff will make a
[25:33] presentation. If council has questions
[25:35] about any of the conditional uses and
[25:37] there are representatives here um to
[25:40] answer those questions, then they'd be
[25:42] able to answer. We don't have applicant
[25:45] presentations during the conditional
[25:46] use.
[25:48] >> But we could not have uh public comment
[25:50] during the resolution po portion. They
[25:52] would need to make the comment now.
[25:54] >> Right. Because just as for any other
[25:56] resolution, the time to comment on it is
[25:58] during the general public comment
[25:59] period.
[26:00] >> Okay. Uh Mr. Daniel, would you like to
[26:02] speak?
[26:04] >> Okay. Um Edwin Daniel, would you like to
[26:08] speak?
[26:08] >> Okay. Welcome. And if you don't mind
[26:10] turning on the microphone name and
[26:12] address into the mic and you have three
[26:15] minutes.
[26:15] >> My name's Edwin Daniel, 5426 Madison
[26:18] Street in Old Hillyard. Um, my wife
[26:21] Kelly and I have lived in our house, and
[26:23] I'm going to paraphrase because this
[26:24] looks kind of long. U, my wife, Kelly,
[26:26] and I have lived in our home in Old
[26:28] Hillyard since 1984.
[26:30] Uh, we raised three of our children
[26:32] there who are now now adults. Um, Kelly,
[26:36] you might know as the sunflower lady,
[26:38] also serves as served as the first chair
[26:41] of the U. Public arts commission and is
[26:44] still on that on that board. Um,
[26:47] she was instrumental in the creation of
[26:49] the art and public places um program.
[26:53] Um, I served as um
[26:57] former chairman of the old Hillyard
[26:59] Commission and also on the um or on the
[27:02] um um
[27:06] graphics commission. Um I served on the
[27:09] um board of directors of the um of
[27:12] Hillyard Civic Association and was
[27:15] president of the um Old Hillyard Fest.
[27:19] Um, also both Kelly and I served on the
[27:22] Hillyard Arts Council and I was
[27:25] instrumental in the design and building
[27:28] of the um the this the Cultural Arts
[27:31] Center on Center Street and also served
[27:34] as their um technical director and
[27:38] building manager for several years. Um,
[27:42] we've witnessed the explosive growth of
[27:44] the city of Hillyard and the exciting
[27:46] energy that our downtown venues,
[27:48] businesses, and events have brought to
[27:50] our neighborhood. Uh, members of my
[27:53] family, and this is specifically talking
[27:55] about the um, conditional use for the
[27:57] McCoy Center. members of my family,
[28:00] specifically my son Clay, um and for
[28:03] several years, daughter Aaron have been
[28:04] involved in the daily operation of the
[28:06] McCoy Center with Clay as general
[28:08] manager and Aaron most recently as event
[28:11] planner, host and sales lead. Um plans
[28:15] were being made to upgrade parts of the
[28:16] facility and um plans were also being
[28:20] made to attract more events to that that
[28:22] location in Old Hillyard. Um, I'm not
[28:25] speaking at night tonight to save the
[28:27] McCoy Center. I think that ship has
[28:30] sailed. Um, I believe though and I'm
[28:33] concerned that in the decision that this
[28:36] council makes tonight, um, I asked to
[28:39] consider the new personality of downtown
[28:41] Hillyard and as a destination location
[28:45] that there might be a better use for
[28:47] this location um, than a place of
[28:51] worship. And that's all I have to say.
[28:53] Thank you.
[28:55] >> Turn this back on.
[28:56] >> You're good. Thank you, sir. And then
[28:59] I'd like to also invite um the weeb
[29:01] blows down from pack 841. Um whoever had
[29:04] wanted to speak.
[29:10] Um we are the um we blow scouts. We go
[29:13] to Hillyard Crossing Elementary School.
[29:16] We're pack 841.
[29:20] And that's it.
[29:23] Um,
[29:25] we are happy to be here and we want to
[29:29] give a thanks to Miss Emily for letting
[29:32] us be here to lead you guys in the
[29:34] pledge and for her to come to our pack
[29:37] meeting for us to learn about the
[29:39] government and how laws become laws.
[29:45] We
[29:47] appreciate marching in the parades and
[29:51] uh making the city of Hillyard or town
[29:54] or district or whatever I I I don't know
[29:57] what it's called
[29:59] more beautiful.
[30:02] Uh thanks uh for letting us come to uh
[30:05] the meeting. Uh
[30:08] and that's it.
[30:11] >> All right. Thank you very much.
[30:20] » Okay. Is there anyone else who would
[30:23] like to speak that did not have a chance
[30:25] to sign up?
[30:27] Okay. All right. We will now move into
[30:30] the business of council.
[30:38] for coming.
[31:04] » Okay, we are now going to move into
[31:07] ordinances. Second reading public
[31:08] hearing. D. Would you please read
[31:11] ordinance 26-11 by title only
[31:15] >> amending the appropriation of funds for
[31:17] the expenses of the city and authorizing
[31:19] an expenditure?
[31:21] >> This is the second reading public
[31:23] hearing. Has anyone signed up to speak?
[31:26] >> No, ma'am. I have no one signed up.
[31:27] >> Is there anyone in attendance who would
[31:29] like to speak during this public
[31:30] hearing?
[31:33] >> Does council have any further questions
[31:35] or comments?
[31:39] I would entertain a motion and a second
[31:41] to approve. So move.
[31:43] >> Second.
[31:45] >> D. Would you please call the role?
[31:47] >> Vice President Katon?
[31:48] >> Yes.
[31:49] >> Miss Vermillion?
[31:50] >> Yes.
[31:51] >> President Cole?
[31:52] >> Yes.
[31:52] >> Miss Parker Jones?
[31:53] >> Yes.
[31:54] >> Mr. Teter?
[31:55] >> Yes.
[31:55] >> Miss Russul?
[31:56] >> Yes.
[31:56] >> Mr. Betts?
[31:58] >> Yes.
[31:58] >> Pass 70.
[31:59] >> Ordinance 26-11 has passed and will be
[32:03] effective at the earliest date allowable
[32:04] by law. We have no first readings for
[32:07] ordinances this evening. We'll now move
[32:10] into resolutions.
[32:14] D. Would you please read resolution 26-R
[32:18] 42 by title only authorizing the city
[32:22] manager to enter into a purchase
[32:23] agreement with MTech company for a
[32:26] street sweeper through the Sourcewell
[32:27] Cooperative Purchasing Program.
[32:30] Authorizing the director of finance to
[32:31] enter into a financing agreement with
[32:34] Republic First National for the payment
[32:36] of the street sweeper and authorizing an
[32:38] expenditure.
[32:40] Is there a staff report?
[32:41] >> There is. Good evening and thank you
[32:43] members of council. The legislation in
[32:46] front of you is for a resolution to
[32:48] purchase a new street sweeper through
[32:50] MTech company. Uh the public service
[32:53] department, we use our street sweeper to
[32:55] kind of carry out our street sweeping
[32:57] program. Uh this program cleans our
[33:00] streets by removing de debris and litter
[33:02] from the streets and also improves our
[33:05] water quality by removing pollutants
[33:07] before they get to our storm water. Uh
[33:10] just a little history of our current
[33:11] street sweeper. So you can see on the
[33:13] screen here, the top left is an image of
[33:15] the current street sweeper. Um we
[33:18] purchased that back in 2022 on a
[33:21] five-year payment plan. Um, and we've
[33:24] had continued kind of reliability and
[33:26] performance issues over the last couple
[33:28] years. So, we started reaching out to a
[33:30] dealer to replace that street sweeper.
[33:33] Um, and we have an agreement to trade in
[33:36] the current street sweeper for $75,000,
[33:39] which is roughly 30% of the purchase
[33:42] price. So, it's a good trade in value.
[33:44] Um, and then the bottom right picture is
[33:47] a picture of the new street sweeper that
[33:49] we intend to purchase. Um the cost of
[33:52] that new street sweeper is $242,189
[33:58] and um will like I said before will be
[34:00] provided by MTech company. The purchase
[34:03] agreement is for 5 years with an annual
[34:05] payment of $55,735.84
[34:10] and the first lease payment or uh
[34:12] purchase payment isn't due until next
[34:15] year. So, the deal that we worked out,
[34:18] they're going to pay us $75,000 for that
[34:20] tradein this year. And then our first
[34:22] payment isn't due until March of 2027.
[34:25] Um, so with that said, I'm happy to
[34:27] answer any questions you may have, but
[34:29] that concludes our staff report.
[34:34] » Thank you. Does council have any
[34:36] questions or comments?
[34:38] >> Yes.
[34:41] Are there any differences in their um
[34:44] features or how they perform?
[34:47] >> There is. So, the current street sweeper
[34:50] we have is basically a retrofitted like
[34:53] truck that we use for plows and all of
[34:55] that. This new street sweeper is, and I
[34:58] don't know all the technical details,
[35:00] but it's a mechanical sweeper where it's
[35:02] specifically built just to sweep
[35:04] streets. So, it's a completely different
[35:07] chassis, different system. It works more
[35:10] efficiently. Um, and the performance,
[35:13] we've been told, is is a lot better.
[35:18] » Um, are any other cities around here
[35:20] that are using it that you can kind of
[35:21] see do they does it get into corners
[35:23] better? Does it do have seen it? We
[35:26] haven't I don't think we've reached out
[35:27] to other cities, but it's a three-wheel
[35:30] vehicle and just looking at the turning
[35:34] radius uh through their videos, it
[35:36] definitely gets in and out of areas a
[35:37] lot more efficient and better than than
[35:40] the uh one
[35:41] >> and Culax.
[35:43] >> Yeah, and Culax. Yep.
[35:48] » Seeing no further Oh, I'm sorry.
[35:50] >> I was just going to say thank you.
[35:51] >> Yeah.
[35:52] >> Okay. I would entertain a motion and a
[35:55] second to approve.
[35:56] >> So moved.
[35:57] >> Second.
[35:59] >> D, would you please call the role?
[36:02] >> Miss Vermillion?
[36:03] >> Yes.
[36:03] >> Miss Parker Jones?
[36:05] >> Yes.
[36:05] >> Mr. Betts?
[36:06] >> Yes.
[36:06] >> President Cole?
[36:07] >> Yes.
[36:07] >> Mr. Teter?
[36:08] >> Yes.
[36:09] >> Vice President Katone?
[36:10] >> Yes.
[36:10] >> Miss Rasul?
[36:11] >> Yes.
[36:12] >> Pass 70.
[36:13] >> Resolution 26-R42
[36:15] has passed and is in effect at the
[36:17] earliest date allowable by law. D. Would
[36:21] you please read resolution 26-R43
[36:25] by title only?
[36:27] >> Authorizing the city manager to enter
[36:29] into a community reinvestment area tax
[36:31] abatement agreement with Riggins Court
[36:33] Holdings LLC.
[36:35] >> Sir, staff report.
[36:38] >> Good evening, members of council. Um, I
[36:40] have with me Alex Boomershine. She is
[36:42] also on the economic development team.
[36:44] Um, she is leading this project and I
[36:47] promised her I wasn't going to make her
[36:48] talk. um but made her come up anyway.
[36:51] But anyway, Alex is really I know a lot
[36:53] of you have seen everything that goes on
[36:55] with City Lab. Um Alex really runs that
[36:57] day-to-day. She also manages all of our
[36:59] existing business relationships outside
[37:01] of the downtown area and she's been
[37:03] really taking over a lot of the
[37:04] compliance things with CRA and and tax
[37:06] incentives. So, um great asset to the
[37:09] team and we're excited to present this
[37:11] new project. Um this site is located at
[37:14] the end of Riggins Court. Um, this uh
[37:17] project is for a 12-year 75% CRA that
[37:21] would allow for the construction of a
[37:23] 72,000 square foot spec industrial
[37:26] building. Um, you may recall from a
[37:28] couple years ago, we had a series of
[37:30] five projects basically that were under
[37:32] construction at once and it's been a
[37:34] couple years since we've had anything
[37:35] moving forward. There's been a lot of
[37:36] macroeconomic things that have been
[37:38] under consideration. But what we
[37:40] approved today basically is where our
[37:42] future companies of in two years are
[37:44] going to be. So those properties that we
[37:46] approved in 2024 are now just about all
[37:49] full. There's just a couple spots left
[37:51] out of those. So it's important that we
[37:52] get this product online. So this
[37:54] abatement would authorize a CRA for the
[37:57] Rianc Court Flex Industrial Project,
[37:59] which would be an almost $12 million
[38:02] investment and we expect at least five
[38:04] and a quarter million dollars in annual
[38:05] payroll from it.
[38:08] >> Thank you. Does council have any
[38:09] questions or comments?
[38:14] Thank you. Um so the ones that were
[38:18] approved previously
[38:22] at that time um we were told a certain
[38:25] number that we expected. Can you tell us
[38:28] how those actual numbers compare?
[38:30] >> Sure. So they have a time period to to
[38:33] ramp up their leases. So it we have
[38:36] their first reporting year will be this
[38:38] year. We can say as of 1231 of this
[38:41] year, the Edwards Farm project, for
[38:43] example, has already generated over 200
[38:46] new jobs and that was as of December of
[38:47] 25. Those leases are all doing their
[38:50] build out now. So, it looks like they're
[38:52] all going to exceed their job creation
[38:54] requirement, but we're not going to know
[38:55] until the buildouts occur, but from the companies that have been locating
[38:59] and signing leases, we expect it'll be
[39:01] significantly greater than this.
[39:04] >> How about dollar-wise? that payroll and
[39:06] everything is going to far exceed
[39:08] expectations of what was in their
[39:10] agreement to date.
[39:12] >> Okay. Um then my next comment question
[39:16] is um
[39:19] I feel like cities are very quick to
[39:23] automatically give tax abatements. Um we
[39:28] have an attorney's name who took out the
[39:32] LLC. I don't really know who ultimately
[39:36] is going to own this or who is the
[39:38] investor. Who are the investors in in
[39:40] this? For all I know, it could be a
[39:42] billionaire that doesn't need this tax
[39:43] abatement.
[39:44] >> So, what regardless of the ownership, a
[39:47] project has to make sense. And to get
[39:49] the tenant mix that they want, they have
[39:50] to be able to charge a certain amount in
[39:52] lease. If you don't provide an
[39:53] abatement, you're not going to be able
[39:54] to charge the lease rate in order to get
[39:56] the project off the ground. So, there's
[39:57] no project regardless of the ownership.
[39:59] That being said, this project is being
[40:01] developed by Excel, which is a local um
[40:04] industrial company. Um, as far as who's
[40:07] going to own it long term, I don't know.
[40:09] They have every right to potentially
[40:10] sell it to an investor, provided that it
[40:12] makes sense. Um, but at the end of the
[40:15] day, the developer is the one taking all
[40:17] of the risk on the project. If this
[40:20] project doesn't move forward or if they
[40:21] run into a hiccup from some
[40:23] macroeconomic issue, it's all the money
[40:25] on them. If they don't move forward,
[40:27] there's no abatement. they don't hit the
[40:28] job parameter, the incentive gets
[40:30] terminated. So all of the risk is on the
[40:32] developer.
[40:34] >> And I didn't catch what you said at the
[40:37] beginning of your answer about why the
[40:40] abatement was so crucial.
[40:42] >> And if you don't have an abatement, you
[40:44] can't charge the amount of rent needed
[40:46] today to get one of these buildings off
[40:48] the ground. These buildings will not be
[40:50] constructed without an abatement.
[40:55] So basically the taxpayer has to help
[40:57] the business along.
[40:59] >> I think the we're partnering with the
[41:01] business in order to achieve a project
[41:03] of what we want to grow jobs and
[41:06] investment here in our community. If
[41:08] it's a tool we don't want to use then
[41:10] the projects aren't going to move
[41:11] forward and we're not going to grow our
[41:12] income tax base. So is the taxpayer
[41:14] fronting this? I'd argue that this is
[41:17] all new investment that's been sitting
[41:19] vacant since you know the roads have
[41:22] been complete. So otherwise there's zero
[41:24] new tax dollars generated. So say this
[41:27] is going to be a new pack taxpayer in
[41:29] our community.
[41:31] >> Yeah, I understand. Thank you.
[41:35] » So this property is right along 270,
[41:37] correct? And from what I understand,
[41:39] it's going to look very similar to other
[41:42] developed um property that's like right
[41:45] on the other side of 270. So it's going
[41:46] to look very cohesive to our community
[41:48] and such. I also noticed in looking at
[41:51] the site plan that this is a very
[41:54] challenging site to develop and so were
[41:56] there any other considerations looked at
[41:58] for this site or was this you know the
[42:00] real best case usage of it?
[42:02] >> So this site sat vacant at one point it
[42:05] was going to be a potential parking lot
[42:06] for the BMW building but until we
[42:09] changed the I270 zoning there was
[42:12] nothing that could pencil out or be
[42:13] achieved here. So the the reasonzoning
[42:16] in addition with the incentive is really
[42:17] what made this site viable because you
[42:19] mentioned it's it's a challenging site
[42:21] not just from the fact that it's a
[42:22] triangle but then also fitting storm
[42:24] water management on something like this
[42:25] is also a big challenge. So there wasn't
[42:27] a whole lot that could go here. So we're
[42:30] excited that this is kind of achieving
[42:32] the I270 reszoning goals and also
[42:35] getting something that's going to
[42:36] generate revenue over time.
[42:38] >> Thank you.
[42:45] I was just going to ask um how many jobs
[42:48] is this going to generate?
[42:50] >> Uh the minimum commitment is 75.
[42:52] Typically what we've seen on a spec
[42:54] project is roughly one job per thousand
[42:56] feet. We're seeing much better results,
[42:59] but at least from the agreement
[43:01] requirement, um 75 jobs for
[43:03] >> 75 jobs. And what's the square footage
[43:05] of?
[43:05] >> 72,000 square feet.
[43:07] Okay. Thank you.
[43:12] Okay. All right. Seeing no further
[43:15] questions or comments, I would entertain
[43:17] a motion and a second to approve. So
[43:19] move.
[43:20] >> Second.
[43:22] >> Alex.
[43:23] >> D, would you please call the role?
[43:28] » Miss Parker Jones,
[43:30] >> yes.
[43:30] >> Mr. Teter,
[43:31] >> yes.
[43:32] >> President Cole,
[43:33] >> yes.
[43:33] >> Mr. Betts,
[43:35] >> yes.
[43:36] >> Miss Vermillion,
[43:38] >> no.
[43:41] Miss Russul,
[43:42] >> no.
[43:45] >> Vice President Katon,
[43:46] >> yes.
[43:48] >> Pass 52.
[43:50] >> Resolution 26-R43
[43:53] has passed and is in effect at the
[43:54] earliest date allowable by law. D, would
[43:58] you please read resolution 26-R44
[44:02] by title only?
[44:05] Authorizing the conditional use for a
[44:07] new 70,644
[44:09] square foot square foot Brown Elementary
[44:12] School at 2900 Walker Road within the DE
[44:15] Big Derby Employment District. Staff
[44:17] report, please.
[44:18] >> Yes, thank you. Good evening, members of
[44:19] council. May D is going to pull up the
[44:22] presentation for you. Um, this site is
[44:25] located on the east side of Walker Road
[44:27] and see if this is turned on. Sorry
[44:30] about that.
[44:32] You can see the site location there. Um
[44:35] it is directly adjacent to the existing
[44:37] Hillyard Memorial Middle School just to
[44:39] the north of that site. A couple of
[44:42] images of the existing site as it is
[44:44] today. Uh the proposed plan includes a
[44:47] new 70,644T
[44:50] elementary school with 161 parking
[44:53] spaces. Access to the site will be
[44:55] available um from the extension of
[44:57] Mirror Parkway and also from Hillyard
[44:59] Memorial Middle School to the south. The
[45:02] applicant is requesting um a conditional
[45:06] use for the new elementary school within
[45:08] the Big Derby Employment District. The
[45:10] site does meet parking requirements and
[45:13] it is exempt from the open space
[45:15] requirements as a public entity.
[45:17] Any questions? Oh, I'm I apologize. I
[45:20] forgot to say the record of actions. Um
[45:22] the big derby accord panel did vote 80
[45:24] to provide a positive recommendation for
[45:26] the site plan with conditions. Uh
[45:28] additionally planning and zoning zoning
[45:30] commission voted 50 to provide a
[45:32] positive recommendation for the
[45:33] conditional use to be forwarded to
[45:36] council.
[45:37] >> Thank you. Does council have any
[45:39] questions or comments?
[45:43] » Um is there anybody here from from the
[45:45] schools to answer a question?
[45:48] >> I am not aware if there's room. Yes,
[45:51] there is.
[45:51] >> Oh, okay. Um I had a question about um I know um several years ago um we had
[45:59] some conversations with the schools
[46:01] about maybe applying for grants for
[46:04] maybe solar on the rooftops and things
[46:06] like that. Has that advanced any further
[46:08] with all that rooftop you guys have?
[46:13] » Evening council. My name is Mark
[46:14] Dudgeen. I'm chief operating officer for
[46:16] Hillyard City Schools. So to your point,
[46:19] um we're we're always looking for
[46:21] opportunities to to leverage uh uh
[46:23] budgets and and also reduce our energy
[46:26] impact. Um while we have not move
[46:29] forward uh with anything regarding
[46:31] solar, we have been in conversation with entities around the area uh to to
[46:36] look at and explore um tax credits uh
[46:40] where possible. One more recent example
[46:43] is is we just uh were awarded a grant by
[46:46] the state department of development to
[46:48] upgrade all LED lighting in Davidson
[46:50] High School which will reduce our energy
[46:52] consumption on that particular site by
[46:54] approximately 55,000 a year. We haven't
[46:57] done anything uh more recent with
[46:59] regards to new construction or or new
[47:01] development. Um simply because when we
[47:03] talk about horizontal uh rooftops, we
[47:06] invest a lot of money in in uh roof
[47:08] warranties and uh when you start putting
[47:11] solar arrays on on rooftops, obviously
[47:13] it impacts our ability to to uh maintain
[47:16] those uh rooftops long term. Um, but I
[47:20] can tell you we are looking at
[47:21] opportunities to do floating arrays on
[47:24] some of our detention basins and uh,
[47:26] similar to what uh, Delco Water up in
[47:28] Delaware County did. Um, but also
[47:30] looking at opportunities to go uh,
[47:32] vertical with solar arrays, taking
[47:35] advantage of of our west facing uh, um,
[47:38] varsity stadiums and and um, uh, getting
[47:41] creative with spaces like that.
[47:43] >> That's awesome. I'm happy to hear that.
[47:45] >> Um, is there one more question? Um, so
[47:48] is your storm are your storm water
[47:50] basins going to be similar to the
[47:52] Bradley type basin?
[47:54] >> Yeah, so the detentions on this
[47:56] particular site um uh will be um basins
[48:00] similar to what we have on both Memorial
[48:02] and and Bradley. Um obviously on this
[48:05] particular site we're we are uh having
[48:07] to account for drainage from the north
[48:09] um moving to the south. So, um while the
[48:12] basins on this site uh won't satisfy um
[48:16] all of that um drainage from the north,
[48:18] we are taking in uh the basins on the
[48:21] memorial and the Bradley site in into
[48:23] consideration as well for those
[48:25] calculations.
[48:26] >> Okay. Thank you.
[48:30] » Okay. I don't see any further questions
[48:32] or comments from council. I would
[48:34] entertain a motion and a second to
[48:36] approve.
[48:38] >> So move.
[48:38] >> Second.
[48:40] >> D. Would you please call the role?
[48:42] >> Vice President Katon?
[48:44] >> Yes.
[48:44] >> Mr. Teter?
[48:45] >> Yes.
[48:45] >> Miss Russell?
[48:46] >> Yes.
[48:47] >> Miss Parker Jones?
[48:48] >> Yes.
[48:49] >> President Cole?
[48:50] >> Yes.
[48:50] >> Mr. Betts?
[48:51] >> Yes.
[48:51] >> Miss Vermillion?
[48:53] >> Yes.
[48:54] >> S70.
[48:56] >> Resolution 26-R44
[48:59] has passed and is in effect at the
[49:00] earliest date allowable by law.
[49:04] D. Would you please read resolution
[49:06] 26-R45
[49:08] by title only?
[49:10] >> Authorizing the conditional use for a
[49:12] place of worship at 5462 Center Street
[49:15] with the ORD Old Hillyard Residential
[49:17] District.
[49:18] >> Is there a staff report?
[49:20] >> Yes. Thank you. The proposed site is
[49:23] located at the terminus of Center Street
[49:25] directly northeast of Merchant Park. The
[49:28] site's currently operating as an event
[49:30] center known as the McCoy Center. It
[49:32] includes an existing 25,831qt
[49:36] building as well as 174 existing parking
[49:39] spaces.
[49:40] Capitol Church is requesting a change in
[49:42] use to a place of worship which is a
[49:44] conditional use within the old Hillyard
[49:46] residential district. The proposed place
[49:48] of worship will not include a school or
[49:50] daycare. Um you can see uh this is the
[49:54] uh existing floor plans that were
[49:56] developed um when the McCoy Center um
[49:58] added the addition on. And then this is
[50:01] the proposed floor plan for the um place
[50:03] of worship which illustrates a main
[50:06] auditorium that will be used for
[50:07] services offices for staff and a lobby
[50:10] children's area that will be used as an
[50:12] accessory use to the main auditorium.
[50:14] The total required parking for the
[50:16] proposed use is 88 parking spaces.
[50:18] Planning and Zoning Commission voted
[50:20] 50-0 to provide a positive
[50:22] recommendation for the conditional use
[50:23] to be forwarded to council. Any
[50:25] questions?
[50:26] >> Does council have any questions or
[50:28] comments?
[50:31] » You said there's how many required
[50:33] parking spaces?
[50:34] >> 88. Um, as they have the floor plan
[50:37] proposed.
[50:38] >> Okay. And what's the um anticipated
[50:40] number of um people who could be in the
[50:43] auditorium? They have um we have
[50:45] calculated the parking based off of
[50:47] their quote of 500 seats in the
[50:49] auditorium and the planning and zoning
[50:52] uh recommendation included a condition
[50:54] that if that were to change they would
[50:55] have to apply for you know review and
[50:58] for that to be uh staff approved to make
[51:00] sure it fits within the existing parking
[51:02] on the site.
[51:04] 88 cars doesn't seem like that that
[51:05] would really serve 500 people coming at
[51:09] any given time
[51:10] >> based on the zoning code parking
[51:12] requirements. So, um the uh parking code
[51:16] requires one space for every five seats
[51:18] in the auditorium and then in within the
[51:21] old Hillyard district um there is a 50%
[51:23] reduction that's just automatically
[51:25] provided in the zoning code for all
[51:27] uses.
[51:28] >> Okay. Um do we have a sense of when
[51:31] services would be held? because I'm I'm
[51:32] a little concerned about foot traffic um
[51:35] with the trail being so close and with
[51:37] the difference of timing. You know, the
[51:39] McCoy Center currently is used as an
[51:41] event space and that those things
[51:42] typically happen in the evening when
[51:44] there's less trail usage and so I'm just
[51:47] wanting to have an understanding of when the building would likely be see a
[51:51] lot of that traffic coming in and out.
[51:52] Sure. My understanding that it'll be
[51:54] primarily used on Sunday mornings.
[51:56] However, I think that would be a good
[51:58] question for the applicant if they're
[51:59] available as well. Is the applicant here
[52:02] this evening?
[52:03] >> Yes.
[52:03] >> Okay. Can you give us this? Do you want
[52:06] to ask now? Okay. If you would come up.
[52:10] >> Yes. Uh Charles Tilllet, 580 South High
[52:12] Street, Sweet 120, Columbus, Ohio. Um
[52:16] initially, um services would be
[52:18] primarily on Sunday mornings. However, I
[52:20] would say that the use of being so close
[52:22] to the foot traffic or the rail trails
[52:25] would um allow some members of Capitol
[52:28] Church to attend the ceremonies or um
[52:32] services by using those foot tra by
[52:34] using those rail trails.
[52:37] >> Sunday morning tends to be a pretty busy
[52:39] time on the trail right there. So given
[52:42] that there could be a lot of new traffic
[52:44] coming in and out and and things like
[52:46] that, I mean 500 people in 88 cars
[52:50] doesn't seem like it fits very well. So
[52:52] how do you anticipate making sure that
[52:54] this is a safe area for our residents?
[52:57] >> That is a fair point. I would just
[52:59] clarify that there are currently 174
[53:02] parking spaces in the parking lot as
[53:04] opposed to just the 88 that are
[53:05] required. Um, as far as keeping that
[53:08] safe, we haven't for foot traffic around
[53:10] the area. We haven't necessarily
[53:12] contemplated that at this point. Um, I
[53:14] would say that we are open to
[53:16] implementing any strategies or tactics
[53:18] that you guys would recommend.
[53:21] >> Could there be a consideration of of
[53:24] maintaining a lower count than 500?
[53:28] Um, we wouldn't want to impede on the
[53:33] ability to have a service for all the
[53:35] members of the Capitol Church.
[53:39] >> So, currently there there are about 500
[53:41] that would attend then.
[53:43] >> Yes, that's what's estimated at this
[53:45] point.
[53:50] So, you currently have 500, but I'm I'm
[53:53] assuming you're a growing organization
[53:56] and you could have more than 500.
[53:58] Correct.
[53:59] >> Um, that is correct. Yes.
[54:02] >> At at which point,
[54:04] what happens with the parking and and
[54:07] the traffic?
[54:08] >> Well, the space could fit up to 800
[54:11] seats maximum. Um, at that point, we'd
[54:14] still be under the in the requirements
[54:16] for the code. I haven't done the
[54:18] calculations for how many spaces would
[54:19] be needed. Um, but at that point, we
[54:23] would have to figure out strategies as
[54:24] far as facilitating all the parking um
[54:27] and getting everybody there in an
[54:29] accommodating fashion and safe for all
[54:31] the pedestrians who are using the rail
[54:33] trail.
[54:34] >> President Cole, if I might. So, one of
[54:37] the um conditions on the staff
[54:39] recommendation of approval that also
[54:41] came through the planning and zoning
[54:42] commission is that any changes to that
[54:44] interior space that require additional
[54:46] parking spaces would require the
[54:49] administrative approval um up to the
[54:51] number of parking spaces provided on the
[54:52] site. So, if they were to expand their
[54:55] seating from the 500 that's contemplated
[54:57] here to 501 to 800, that would have to
[55:02] come back through for staff approval.
[55:05] Um, in terms of interaction of traffic
[55:07] with the pedestrian experience, um, you
[55:10] know, council has the ability to add
[55:12] conditions as well to a conditional use.
[55:15] So, if council were so inclined to add a
[55:18] condition of creating a, um, plan and
[55:21] consultation with staff to minimize um,
[55:26] incoming and outcoming traffic and
[55:28] pedestrian
[55:30] interaction.
[55:32] Um, and if that's something that the
[55:34] applicant were agreeable to, that would
[55:35] be something that council could require.
[55:38] >> Okay. Thank you. I'm sorry, one more.
[55:43] Uh, so what kind of midweek activities
[55:45] would there be?
[55:47] >> As of right now, there's none planned
[55:48] outside of the administration and and
[55:52] faculty of the church attending and
[55:54] using the space as the offices. Um, we
[55:57] have considered doing a Thursday night
[55:59] service for those that can't attend on
[56:01] Sunday mornings. Those would be much
[56:04] more limited, I imagine, uh, with
[56:07] attendance, but outside of that, there's
[56:09] no real midweek activities planned.
[56:13] >> What night of the week did you say?
[56:14] >> Thursday, excuse me.
[56:17] >> Okay. That's the same night as the city
[56:20] uh events during the summer which would
[56:24] create a possible
[56:26] >> again this is
[56:27] >> traffic nightmare.
[56:28] >> This is this is only contemplated if
[56:30] there were another night of the week
[56:31] that would not interfere with um the
[56:34] city events. I'm sure we'd be open to
[56:36] it.
[56:37] >> Thank you.
[56:38] >> If I may, I I do have concerns about the
[56:41] parking. Parking in Old Hillyard is
[56:43] difficult,
[56:44] you know, as it is now. And um so if we
[56:48] could look at that and what you said
[56:53] >> I take a motion
[56:56] >> if if the question is getting to
[56:58] postponing action on this.
[57:00] >> Yes.
[57:01] >> So that those can be or is it to
[57:04] creating a condition?
[57:07] Well, if we could postpone to see, you
[57:09] know, uh what other options there might
[57:12] be for any parking problems that come up
[57:15] in the future, if you know, if the if
[57:18] the congregation grows, as I understand,
[57:20] of course, you want it too. And then the parking
[57:24] will become a problem. And what do we
[57:26] do? What do we do then? That's what I'd
[57:28] like to talk about.
[57:32] Well, and and currently under the number
[57:35] of seats that they have proposed,
[57:38] >> they are under what the code requires.
[57:43] So that's I guess I'm not following
[57:48] the question in relation to what the
[57:50] code requirement is.
[57:52] >> I think if if I might just to read it,
[57:55] just read it back to be sure I'm hearing
[57:56] things correctly. is the um it sounds
[57:58] like maybe the question is if council is
[58:02] interested in adding or talking about
[58:04] other conditions for this conditional
[58:06] use, we might need some time to digest
[58:09] that. So if not to put words in
[58:11] council's mouth, but then if the
[58:12] question is how to postpone this so that conversation can happen, we can do
[58:17] the due diligence and then come back. Is
[58:19] that that's the question?
[58:21] >> Yes. Thank you. Mhm.
[58:25] » We need a motion then to postpone this
[58:27] to a date uncertain. I would be glad to
[58:29] make that motion.
[58:31] >> Do you want it to a date uncertain or do
[58:32] you want to make it a specific date,
[58:34] which would be the next meeting, which
[58:35] would be May 11th?
[58:38] >> I like the flexibility, but I'm open to
[58:43] >> if you administration thinks it' be best
[58:45] for them. Can I ask a clarifying
[58:47] question before we move on with it?
[58:49] >> Um
[58:51] that you said that um we could add
[58:54] additional conditions. They can't be
[58:56] added after the fact like if we were to
[58:57] approve it tonight, we can't go back and
[58:59] additional conditions regarding correct
[59:02] parking. Okay.
[59:03] >> Thank you. And I do have one question
[59:04] for you as well. You said that you have
[59:06] um 500 members already and so I assume
[59:10] you have another church where they're
[59:13] all going. Is this going to be an
[59:16] additional church or are they are you
[59:17] closing that one down and they're all
[59:19] going to come to this one now?
[59:20] >> Um, so I am a representative of Capitol
[59:22] Church I believe. Luke, if you
[59:30] » Hi, Luke Peterson. I'm a pastor at the
[59:33] capital. Um, I can answer any questions.
[59:36] One of them about parking is parking is
[59:39] more of the limiter than the auditorium
[59:41] size and we wouldn't want to put um more
[59:46] make it difficult for people to park
[59:47] even for our experience. And so we're
[59:49] already at two services right now. We
[59:51] would um add services that make parking
[59:54] um not uh difficult for people to come
[59:56] in and out. We currently meet at Bington
[59:59] Elementary already a church doing two
[1:00:01] services. And one of the main reasons is
[1:00:02] because Bington has 94 parking spots. Um
[1:00:06] and so, you know, families, every
[1:00:08] everybody involved, we don't want to
[1:00:10] make it difficult for people to come and
[1:00:12] park and be able to walk right in. So,
[1:00:14] um certainly do not want to make things
[1:00:16] difficult for um you know, not only
[1:00:19] people around that environment, but even
[1:00:21] the people coming and going on that
[1:00:23] street. So, uh it's it's easier for us
[1:00:25] to add services than than mess with
[1:00:28] parking. And we already have done that
[1:00:29] up to this point. So, and and Thursday
[1:00:32] nights we have uh we started a college
[1:00:34] ministry as well and so we have a
[1:00:36] Thursday night gathering that currently
[1:00:38] meets at the Faucet Center uh which is
[1:00:40] an athletic facility at Ohio State. Um
[1:00:43] and so Thursday services would not
[1:00:45] operate um during the summer at any
[1:00:49] point anyways. Um so that another
[1:00:52] consideration.
[1:00:54] >> Thank you.
[1:00:55] >> Yeah.
[1:00:57] So to clarify,
[1:00:58] >> yeah,
[1:00:58] >> you might get 250 people at one service,
[1:01:01] >> correct?
[1:01:02] >> Maybe 250 people at the next service.
[1:01:04] >> Yes.
[1:01:04] >> Not all 500 are coming in at the same
[1:01:07] time.
[1:01:07] >> Exactly. Exactly. And that that would
[1:01:09] also that number would also involve
[1:01:11] kids.
[1:01:12] >> And our calculation somewhere between
[1:01:14] 2.1 to 2.5 people per car that end up
[1:01:18] coming. And so um you know, you might
[1:01:20] have a family in a van and that's like
[1:01:22] six people. A lot of those wouldn't be
[1:01:24] in the auditorium, but that's still a a
[1:01:26] attendance consideration for for us.
[1:01:28] Yeah.
[1:01:29] >> Thank you.
[1:01:30] >> Yeah. So,
[1:01:31] >> you'll have multiple locations.
[1:01:33] >> Th only in one location. Yeah. This this
[1:01:35] is our this would be our only location.
[1:01:37] Yeah. So, we're just currently renting
[1:01:39] weekly at Bington Elementary and uh have
[1:01:43] gotten in contract to buy this and then
[1:01:45] this would just be the the new church
[1:01:47] building entirely.
[1:01:48] >> Thank you.
[1:01:49] >> Yeah.
[1:01:52] You said there are two services. What
[1:01:53] times are those?
[1:01:54] >> 9 and 10:30.
[1:01:56] >> Okay. And do you have any uh plans on
[1:01:59] like renting out the space when you're
[1:02:00] not using it or will it be empty?
[1:02:03] >> Uh we're I mean we're open to anything.
[1:02:05] I know Hillyard um has used it as an
[1:02:08] event space and we certainly want to be
[1:02:10] the the kind of church that adds value
[1:02:13] to Hillyard, not takes from Hillyard. Um
[1:02:16] and so definitely open to that. At this
[1:02:19] point, the McCoy will continue to
[1:02:21] operate through the end of the year
[1:02:22] through 2026. We just felt like um they
[1:02:25] had a lot of events already on the
[1:02:27] books. They have weddings, those kind of
[1:02:28] things. And and we didn't want to make
[1:02:30] them have to pull that off. You know, I
[1:02:32] can imagine a bride who's got this whole
[1:02:33] thing um figured out. And so all through
[1:02:36] 2026, we're making no adjustments,
[1:02:39] staying completely out, allowing the
[1:02:41] McCoy to continue to operate at that
[1:02:43] point. Um and then from this point
[1:02:45] forward like we we want to be of value
[1:02:47] to the city is is our goal. And so
[1:02:49] whatever whatever I mean the building a
[1:02:51] lot of time will be um not used because
[1:02:54] Sunday morning is the primary space for
[1:02:56] that. But um would would love for the
[1:02:59] building to be of of value to the
[1:03:00] school. I mean it's right across you
[1:03:02] know a little pond from Derby and so you
[1:03:05] know whatever we could do to be helpful
[1:03:07] to school districts and cities and we we
[1:03:09] want the building to be um definitely
[1:03:11] full use. So,
[1:03:16] but it's not it's not our intention to
[1:03:18] rent it out at at this point for we
[1:03:21] don't have any plans to do that, I
[1:03:22] guess, is the best way to answer that.
[1:03:25] >> Do we have any other questions for the
[1:03:27] applicant before we invite staff back
[1:03:29] up? Okay. Thank you.
[1:03:35] » And I just wanted to clarify um with the
[1:03:37] question about renting it out.
[1:03:39] Currently, their um application is just
[1:03:42] for the use as they've proposed. So, if
[1:03:44] they were to want to rent it as a
[1:03:47] different type of assembly space, that
[1:03:48] would require an additional application
[1:03:50] to be um submitted to the city for
[1:03:53] review.
[1:03:55] >> Okay. Depending on,
[1:03:57] >> right, depending on the use, whether it
[1:03:58] was permitted or conditional or whatever
[1:04:00] the processes, they would have to go
[1:04:01] through that process. Right now, they've
[1:04:03] just applied for the use as they've
[1:04:06] proposed, which is a place of worship.
[1:04:08] Does staff have an opinion or preference
[1:04:11] on council adding some type of a
[1:04:14] pedestrian traffic analysis as a
[1:04:17] condition to ensure safe pedestrian use
[1:04:20] of the trail? Uh we're definitely open
[1:04:23] to it. Um without um the city engineer
[1:04:26] being here, I don't know what parameters
[1:04:29] that would need to look like for them to
[1:04:30] be able to implement it appropriately.
[1:04:32] So that's the only thing I might have
[1:04:34] some concerns about is it being worded
[1:04:36] in a way that we could actually ensure
[1:04:38] would be implementable. Um but I other
[1:04:42] you know we're totally amendable to um
[1:04:45] conditions as needed. I think that the
[1:04:48] pedestrian um traffic concerns is
[1:04:51] something that could be addressed. We
[1:04:52] would just need to make sure that it's
[1:04:55] worded appropriately. I don't know that
[1:04:57] if you have thoughts on that.
[1:04:58] >> Right. I mean, my thought would be to
[1:05:01] leave some leave the ability for the
[1:05:04] engineer and the and the planning staff
[1:05:06] to look at a
[1:05:10] strategy and and essentially what I've
[1:05:12] drafted up here if council's inclined to
[1:05:14] such a condition is for applicant in
[1:05:16] consultation with staff to provide a
[1:05:18] strategy to minimize pedestrian and
[1:05:20] traffic conflicts subject to staff
[1:05:22] approval. Um, that's me sitting here
[1:05:25] tonight on the fly thinking of a of a
[1:05:27] condition Um if if council is inclined
[1:05:32] for more time to consider that or for
[1:05:35] staff to consider that look at either
[1:05:38] May 11th or potentially May 27th
[1:05:42] which is the second meeting in May and
[1:05:44] may be more meaningable to getting
[1:05:45] something in before the applicable
[1:05:48] packet deadline.
[1:05:50] >> I know this is a conditional use and
[1:05:51] it's quasi judicial in our
[1:05:53] decisionmaking. Do we need to ask the
[1:05:55] applicant's permission to postpone the
[1:05:57] same way they do at the planning
[1:05:59] commission?
[1:06:00] >> Uh, no, you do not.
[1:06:01] >> Okay. Should I Would the applicant be
[1:06:05] open to us postponing to be able to work
[1:06:07] out that additional condition?
[1:06:10] >> Yes.
[1:06:12] >> Would anyone like to make a motion
[1:06:15] postpone? I guess I'd like to make a
[1:06:17] motion to postpone this for an uncertain
[1:06:20] date.
[1:06:21] >> Date uncertain to give you flexibility
[1:06:24] between the 13th and the 27th
[1:06:28] in May. Or would you prefer we pick a
[1:06:30] date?
[1:06:33] It doesn't matter to me. I mean, it's
[1:06:35] just you can announce the date so that
[1:06:36] they know when to come back. And it
[1:06:38] would either be May 11th or May 26
[1:06:40] because May 25th is a Memorial Day.
[1:06:44] Why don't we say May 26 so that we have
[1:06:46] a date on the calendar? Right. Then
[1:06:48] >> if if that would need to move for some
[1:06:50] reason, we can coordinate with the clerk
[1:06:53] and with the applicant in the meantime.
[1:06:56] >> Okay. So, Councilwoman, is that your
[1:06:58] >> Yes. Yes. May 27th,
[1:07:02] >> 26th, that Tuesday after Memorial Day.
[1:07:05] Correct.
[1:07:05] >> I'll second that.
[1:07:09] » Would you please call the role?
[1:07:11] >> Miss Rasul. Yes,
[1:07:13] >> Mr. Teter.
[1:07:14] >> Yes,
[1:07:15] >> Mr. Bats.
[1:07:16] >> Yes,
[1:07:16] >> President Cole.
[1:07:17] >> Yes,
[1:07:18] >> Vice President Katone.
[1:07:19] >> Yes,
[1:07:19] >> Miss Vermillion.
[1:07:20] >> Yes,
[1:07:21] >> Miss Parker Jones.
[1:07:22] >> Yes,
[1:07:22] >> is postponed to 526.
[1:07:26] Thank you. Um, resolution 26-R45
[1:07:30] has been postponed to the May 26th,
[1:07:35] 2026 meeting.
[1:07:39] All right. D. Would you please read
[1:07:41] resolution 26-R46
[1:07:44] by title only?
[1:07:46] >> Authorizing the conditional use for
[1:07:48] outdoor storage exceeding 10% of the
[1:07:50] total area of the lot of parcel at 30
[1:07:53] 3700 to 3720 Lakeon Road within the I-FE
[1:07:59] I270 corridor flex employment district.
[1:08:02] >> Sir, staff report.
[1:08:03] >> Yes, thank you. The site is currently
[1:08:05] located on the east side of Lakeon Road.
[1:08:07] It's approximately 825 ft south of
[1:08:10] Cemetery Road. We do have a short
[1:08:12] presentation that D is pulling up. Um
[1:08:15] the site currently includes two existing
[1:08:17] buildings which total 177823,000
[1:08:21] square ft. The site also currently
[1:08:24] includes um uh outdoor storage areas um
[1:08:28] uh today. So this is the site from a
[1:08:31] parcel view. Here are some existing
[1:08:33] condition images. is you can see the
[1:08:35] larger building and some of the parking
[1:08:37] and outdoor storage as they exist today.
[1:08:41] In 2023, city council approved a
[1:08:43] conditional use for outdoor storage on
[1:08:45] this site um that was 37% of the total
[1:08:49] lot area. The property was purchased by
[1:08:52] the current property owner in August of
[1:08:54] 2025. the same month. Um the site was
[1:08:57] also reszoned to if Flex Employment in
[1:08:59] the I270 corridor district as part of
[1:09:02] the Z new zoning map um that was adopted
[1:09:04] by city council in 20 August 2025. Uh so
[1:09:08] currently the existing owner is
[1:09:10] requesting for 6.88 acres or 35% of the
[1:09:14] total lot area to be permitted as a
[1:09:16] conditional use for outdoor storage. um
[1:09:18] which is a similar um request as the
[1:09:21] approval in 2023 um just slightly less
[1:09:24] acreage and uh planning and zoning
[1:09:27] commission voted 60 to provide a
[1:09:29] positive recommendation for the
[1:09:30] conditional use to be forwarded to city
[1:09:32] council.
[1:09:34] >> Thank you. Does council have any
[1:09:35] questions or comments?
[1:09:41] Is that unusual to have that high of a
[1:09:43] percentage for that extra outdoor
[1:09:45] storage?
[1:09:46] >> Um, for this site, I think it's been
[1:09:49] this way historically for decades. Um,
[1:09:53] so that it's it's not unusual for this
[1:09:55] site, I would say. Um, I think that it
[1:09:58] is um on the higher side. Um, however,
[1:10:01] it is a it is a very large site and so I
[1:10:04] don't really know how to do a apples for
[1:10:07] apples comparison on that without
[1:10:09] crunching some numbers. Yeah,
[1:10:11] >> you're welcome.
[1:10:15] » Okay, no other questions or comments. I
[1:10:18] would entertain a motion and a second to
[1:10:20] approve.
[1:10:23] » So moved.
[1:10:25] >> Second.
[1:10:26] >> D, would you please call the role?
[1:10:29] Mr. Jeter.
[1:10:30] >> Yes.
[1:10:31] >> Miss Parker Jones.
[1:10:32] >> Yes.
[1:10:32] >> Vice President Katon.
[1:10:34] >> Yes.
[1:10:35] >> Miss Vermillion.
[1:10:38] >> Yes.
[1:10:40] >> Miss Russul.
[1:10:41] >> Yes.
[1:10:42] >> President Cole.
[1:10:43] >> Yes.
[1:10:43] >> Mr. Betts.
[1:10:45] >> Yes.
[1:10:45] >> Pass 70.
[1:10:47] >> Resolution 26-R46
[1:10:50] has passed and is in effect at the
[1:10:51] earliest date allowable by law. D. Would
[1:10:55] you please read resolution 26-R47
[1:10:58] by title only
[1:11:01] >> authorizing the city managers to secure
[1:11:03] membership in the AARP network of age
[1:11:05] friendly communities?
[1:11:07] >> There staff report
[1:11:09] that
[1:11:10] >> would vice president Katone like to
[1:11:12] deliver the staff report. May I deliver
[1:11:13] it from here please? Gotta go down. No,
[1:11:16] I'm just saying.
[1:11:18] >> Um, so
[1:11:20] City of Hillyard and Norwich Township
[1:11:24] talked together about joining the AARP
[1:11:27] um, age friendly community as we both
[1:11:29] offer services to seniors and given that
[1:11:32] this is a very popular program in the
[1:11:35] United States and I there are some 88
[1:11:39] cities, counties, townships in Ohio that
[1:11:42] are members of the age friendly
[1:11:44] community. We decided that it would be a
[1:11:46] great opportunity for us to join this
[1:11:49] group of people and um I submitted an
[1:11:52] application and a letter of intent last
[1:11:54] week. It was immediately approved and we
[1:11:57] will have an event coming in two days.
[1:12:01] Um, no, in a week and two days and I
[1:12:05] will say a little bit more about that
[1:12:07] later, but I would um appreciate council
[1:12:10] approving this so that we can at no
[1:12:12] charge to us and it's it's all good and
[1:12:14] it's all gain. So, thank you.
[1:12:17] >> Thank you.
[1:12:18] Does council have any
[1:12:20] questions or comments?
[1:12:23] >> Seeing none, I would entertain a motion
[1:12:25] and a second to approve.
[1:12:26] >> So move.
[1:12:27] >> Second. D, would you please call the
[1:12:30] role? Vice President Katon.
[1:12:32] >> Yes.
[1:12:32] >> President Cole,
[1:12:33] >> yes.
[1:12:34] >> Mr. Betts,
[1:12:35] >> yes.
[1:12:35] >> Miss Vermillion,
[1:12:36] >> yes.
[1:12:37] >> Miss Parker Jones,
[1:12:38] >> yes.
[1:12:38] >> Mr. Teter,
[1:12:39] >> yes.
[1:12:39] >> Miss Russul,
[1:12:40] >> yes.
[1:12:41] >> Pass 70.
[1:12:42] >> Resolution 26-R47
[1:12:45] has passed and is in effect at the
[1:12:46] earliest date allowable by law. This
[1:12:49] concludes the legislative portion of the
[1:12:51] agenda.
[1:12:53] I would like to again welcome our new
[1:12:55] city manager, Josh Roush. We are happy
[1:12:58] that you're here. Um, we hope you've had
[1:13:00] a fun first meeting with us. Um, and
[1:13:02] we're looking forward to working with
[1:13:04] you as Hillyard continues to grow
[1:13:06] through these exciting times. So, thank
[1:13:08] you.
[1:13:08] >> Thank you.
[1:13:09] >> Um, do we have any staff reports this
[1:13:12] evening?
[1:13:14] >> Nope. Do we have a city manager update?
[1:13:17] >> Yes, ma'am. Just very briefly, I just
[1:13:19] want to echo the invitation to everyone
[1:13:21] for for the 43026 event uh next Thursday
[1:13:24] from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. which will be at
[1:13:26] Station Park. It should be a lot of fun.
[1:13:28] I'll be out there kind of meeting and
[1:13:30] greeting the community as well. There's
[1:13:32] a lot of information on our website and
[1:13:33] a huge thanks to our team for helping to
[1:13:35] pull all that together. Um I do want to
[1:13:37] thank everybody as well for just the
[1:13:39] very warm welcome to the community from
[1:13:40] council to staff to um business owners
[1:13:43] and stakeholders. Um it's been a
[1:13:45] tremendously inviting experience uh so
[1:13:48] far and we are really looking forward to
[1:13:49] building relationships with everyone in
[1:13:52] the coming weeks and months. Um I also
[1:13:54] particularly want to thank Mr. Dan
[1:13:56] Rally, who's unavailable this evening,
[1:13:58] but I think did an excellent job as your
[1:14:00] interim city administrator, city
[1:14:01] manager, uh, for about nine months. Um,
[1:14:04] that's a very difficult role for staff
[1:14:06] to play because you're kind of swimming
[1:14:07] in two lakes a little bit. Um, and I do
[1:14:09] appreciate all of his steady hand at the
[1:14:12] wheel um, during that period. And
[1:14:14] finally, I just want to acknowledge uh,
[1:14:17] staff really and um, all the work that
[1:14:19] they've been doing, especially during
[1:14:21] that period of transition to keep things
[1:14:23] going. Uh we had a lot going on
[1:14:25] everywhere regionally in that time.
[1:14:27] There was a lot of snow that fell, a lot
[1:14:29] of wind that knocked a lot of trees
[1:14:30] down. A lot of calls had to go get run
[1:14:32] and taken care of and your staff was out
[1:14:35] in the trenches taking care of those
[1:14:36] things. And so I want to just
[1:14:38] acknowledge and hold that up, too.
[1:14:39] You've got a great team here and it's a
[1:14:41] privilege to be a part of it. So, thank
[1:14:42] you.
[1:14:43] >> Thank you. All right. Clerk of council
[1:14:46] update D. Well, I actually wrote a
[1:14:49] report today, so this will be riveting
[1:14:52] for everyone. Um, the clerk council is
[1:14:55] the steward of the city's records,
[1:14:57] preserving the official history of
[1:14:58] decisions, laws, and actions that shape
[1:15:00] the community, which is the part of my
[1:15:02] job I take very, very seriously and have
[1:15:04] been passionate about my entire career
[1:15:05] at both the federal and the local
[1:15:07] levels. As you know, my assistant and I
[1:15:09] have undertaken the significant task of
[1:15:11] reviewing, indexing, and preserving
[1:15:13] council records. Our first priority was
[1:15:16] scanning or rescanning, indexing, and
[1:15:18] uploading all ordinances dating back to
[1:15:20] 1990, as well as creating a
[1:15:22] comprehensive master list of those
[1:15:24] ordinances. The project was completed in
[1:15:27] 25 and included 2472
[1:15:29] ordinances covering records only as far
[1:15:32] back as 1990s, which have been uploaded
[1:15:34] onto the system. Following completion of
[1:15:36] that ordinance pro project, our focus
[1:15:39] shift to resolutions. To date,
[1:15:41] approximately 24,429
[1:15:43] resolutions have been scanned or
[1:15:44] rescanned and initially indexed and are
[1:15:46] going through the process of being fully
[1:15:48] indexed in final form, which means I
[1:15:51] review them and reindex them so that
[1:15:53] they're consistent with all other uh
[1:15:55] resolutions. In addition, to date, 1653
[1:15:59] sets of council minutes have been
[1:16:01] scanned and indexed back to 1957.
[1:16:04] As I continue reviewing the records,
[1:16:06] additional pro projects have emerged.
[1:16:08] Two mo notable ones include compiling a
[1:16:11] history of Hillyard city council members
[1:16:13] which I never thought anybody would look
[1:16:15] at ever and we've referenced it quite a
[1:16:17] bit and creating a master list of
[1:16:19] annexations. The annexation product
[1:16:21] project remains a work in progress as I
[1:16:23] am working to connect all related
[1:16:25] documentation including services
[1:16:27] resolution and annex uh records. During
[1:16:30] this records review process, I've also
[1:16:31] uncovered some interesting historical
[1:16:33] materials. Just last week, I sent
[1:16:35] council uh a picture of an Ohio State
[1:16:38] Journal newspaper dated March 6, 1933,
[1:16:43] as well as two minutes and ordinance
[1:16:44] books dating back to 1872, which if I
[1:16:47] shared with both of you, and on the most
[1:16:49] exciting point, because Josh didn't
[1:16:51] think I would say this,
[1:16:54] May 6th is National Meeting Minutes Day.
[1:16:59] This is the first annual one. I'm very
[1:17:01] excited. I think there's going to be
[1:17:03] flowers, balloons, and maybe a cake. So,
[1:17:05] just so you remember,
[1:17:06] >> maybe proclamation, you know, while
[1:17:09] we're at it.
[1:17:11] >> Yeah,
[1:17:12] >> thank you. That's all I have.
[1:17:14] >> That's awesome. Thank you. Okay. Does
[1:17:16] council have any additional items for
[1:17:18] discussion this evening?
[1:17:20] >> Um, I just have a comment if I may,
[1:17:21] please. So, I want to invite our
[1:17:24] residents, members of council, and city
[1:17:26] staff to a joint event with Norwich
[1:17:28] Township where we will sign a
[1:17:30] proclamation to celebrate our joining
[1:17:33] the AARP age friendly community. This
[1:17:36] event supports our community's ongoing
[1:17:38] commitment to being welcoming,
[1:17:40] inclusive, and responsive to residents
[1:17:43] of all ages. We encourage residents and
[1:17:46] community partners to attend this
[1:17:47] historic event, which will be May 6. So
[1:17:50] we can give you a shout out D at that
[1:17:53] event. It's at 10:30 at the well. Thank
[1:17:55] you.
[1:17:58] >> I won't be taking minutes at that event.
[1:18:02] >> Any additional items from anyone?
[1:18:05] >> All right. Well, if there's nothing else
[1:18:08] to report, I would entertain a motion
[1:18:10] and a second to adjurnn the meeting. So
[1:18:12] move.
[1:18:13] >> Second.
[1:18:14] >> All in favor say I. I.
[1:18:16] >> Oppose. Same sign. This meeting is
[1:18:18] adjourned.
[1:18:39] Yep.
[1:18:44] Okay.