1 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,000 Anyway, thank you, everyone. 2 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:41,000 Redeter in special... 3 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:45,000 Is a special one. 4 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:50,000 Do you want me in the pleasures of allegiance? 5 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,000 To the flag of the United States America. 6 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:06,000 ¶¶ 7 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:14,000 ¶¶ 8 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:20,000 ¶¶ 9 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:25,000 ¶¶ 10 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:32,360 Clirk of Council, Misty Brents, City Manager Dave Kennedy, City Solicitor Joe Braun, Safety Director Sue Madsen, 11 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:39,960 and have our Lieutenant in the back, Scott Humphrey. Welcome. Also, let's see, former Council members 12 00:01:39,960 --> 00:01:47,400 Pam Gross, Todd Osborne, and Deputy Chief Mike Books is here. I don't think I missed anyone. 13 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:54,280 So welcome everyone. First on the list is on the agenda is Arbor Day Proclamation. Liz Jones, 14 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:59,480 will you join me, Mr. Podium? 15 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:17,080 All right, I will do the proclamation first. Whereas in 1872, the Nebraska Board of Agriculture 16 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:22,360 established a special day to be satisfied for planting of trees, and whereas this holiday called 17 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:27,560 Arbor Day was first observed with the planting of more than a million trees in Nebraska, and whereas 18 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:32,600 Arbor Day is now observed throughout the nation and the world, and whereas trees can be a solution to 19 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:37,880 combating climate change by reducing the erosion of our precious topsoil by wind and water, cutting 20 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:42,440 heating and cooling costs, moderating the temperature, cleaning the air, reducing life-giving 21 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:47,880 oxygen, and providing habitat for wildlife, and whereas trees are a renewable resource giving 22 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:53,000 us paper, wood for our homes, fuel for our fires, and countless other wood products, and whereas 23 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:57,800 trees in our city increase property values, enhance the economic vitality of business areas, 24 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:03,400 and beautify our community, and whereas trees wherever they are planted are a source of joy 25 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:08,440 and spiritual renewal. Now therefore, I, Kathy Bailey, by the power vested in me as Mayor, 26 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:12,440 and on behalf of the City of Loveland, Loveland City Council, and the Loveland Tree and 27 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:18,440 Environment Committee, do hereby proclaim April 29, 2022, Arbor Day in the City of Loveland, 28 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:23,640 and urge all citizens to celebrate Arbor Day and to support efforts to protect our trees and woodlands. 29 00:03:23,640 --> 00:03:27,480 Now, furthermore, I urge all citizens to plant trees that gladden the heart 30 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:33,000 and promote the well-being of this and future generations. With that, turn it over to you. 31 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:40,840 We are happy to be a part of all of that. We love our trees. 32 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:48,120 So, we have a few things coming up on April 29. We will have QR codes, a guided walk, through 33 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:54,920 a Long Simpsons Trail at Phillips Park, and it starts Friday, April 29, and it goes through 34 00:03:54,920 --> 00:04:00,280 Sunday, May 1. Just take your camera, snap a picture, and you'll get to learn about 35 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:07,880 all the trees and the wildlife that's out there. Also, on April 30, the annual 36 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:15,560 litter pickup at Nisbet Park will be occurring in front of the Little Miami Conservancy. 37 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:22,840 They are picking up trash from 9 to 9. There will also be a hot dog for anyone who participates. 38 00:04:24,280 --> 00:04:29,320 That's all I have. And Liz Jones is a member of our Tree and Environment Committee. So, thank you very much, Liz. 39 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:47,080 Thank you, Mayor Baerle and City Council for allowing me to speak tonight. 40 00:04:48,280 --> 00:04:51,880 Could I have a representative from the following organizations to step up here, please? 41 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:57,480 The Loveland Stage Company, the Loveland Interfaith for Life Pantry, 42 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:01,720 Nutrition, Education, Safety, Transformation, or NEST join me at the podium. 43 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:15,560 All three of these organizations provide an invaluable service to our community. 44 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:19,880 Life Pantry provides food and support for those less fortunate in our community. 45 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:25,400 NEST's mission is to address academic and non-academic barriers that perpetuate the 46 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:30,600 cycle of generational poverty in suburban communities. And Loveland Stage Company has been 47 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:36,520 providing quality entertainment for many years. All three of these organizations have been affected 48 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:41,400 by the continuation of the coronavirus pandemic. As such, the Loveland Community 49 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:46,440 Firefighters Association would like to donate a check to all three of these organizations 50 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:50,920 to help them through this rough patch. So, once the coronavirus pandemic is over, 51 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:55,960 they can continue their great support, education, and entertainment to this community 52 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:57,480 of which we have become the customer. 53 00:06:14,280 --> 00:06:19,000 The four of you represent four of, I think, the finest institutions that we have in this 54 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:22,760 city. So, thank you all for being here. And you don't have to stay, by the way, 55 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:30,040 for this long meeting. But that is your choice. Thank you very much. All right, 56 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:32,440 open forum. First, we have Patty Sandman. 57 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:42,520 Okay, Patty Sandman 102, Carl Brown Way. Council, 58 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:50,920 I'd like to take the time to thank Mr. Blair for meeting with a group of residents in reference 59 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:56,520 to the solar panels being installed on the soon-to-be-built public utilities building. 60 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:01,400 Although much has been discussed about larger and more controversial topics, 61 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:07,320 the lesser known topics are equally important to us residents. Mr. Blair filled 62 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:14,440 us in on the benefits of solar energy that will save up to 85% of costs to run the building. 63 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:20,840 With questions being answered energetically, I personally learned many facts about 64 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:26,680 benefits of solar energy, such as the weight of the panels, the cost, which is much more 65 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:33,000 reasonable than I expected. Even on cloudy days, the panels pull energy. That is a well 66 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:39,240 factor. This put my mind working toward where else can these solar panels go to utilize energy 67 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:45,480 and put our city on the grid? Where else could these panels be installed? Well, 68 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:51,000 if the garage is deemed beneficial to our downtown needs, would an awesome idea to utilize 69 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:58,200 the space for more panels? This might provide even 100% energy to run the garage and allow 70 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:04,120 residents to accept that the garage will have dual purpose. Another well factor that would allow 71 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:11,080 the garage to be beneficial toward future energy efficiency. Why would any resident be 72 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:16,760 against this idea? I would hope not. Offering incentives for future buildings, 73 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:21,160 as well as the current buildings, both commercial and residential, would also have 74 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:29,160 the opportunity to utilize solar power. I see this as another compromise to the future of the 75 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:35,240 grail property. Maybe even getting our schools involved for some educational value. Can we even 76 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:40,840 imagine the energy savings for our schools? Phoenix seems to be one of the largest cities to 77 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:46,440 benefit the grid. Why not a smaller city like Loveland? I would like to think another 78 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:52,120 aspect of this project would include city administration, planning and zoning, finance, 79 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:59,320 tree and environment as well as law and ordinance committees working in unison to expand more solar 80 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:04,520 power within our community. While this is cooperative measures worth fighting for, 81 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:09,480 I definitely see this as an opportunity to bring positive lives to negative issues. 82 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:16,120 So, I would like to thank Mr. Blair as well as the community heartbeat for sponsoring this 83 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:22,040 well-organized and educational happy hour. It would be great if all council members would 84 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:27,960 address other lesser known issues, which are equally important to our city. Citizens will look 85 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:33,400 forward to the next happy hour with another council member with another positive topic. 86 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:36,840 Thank you. Thank you. Lauren Enda? 87 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:54,360 Good evening. Lauren Enda, 5073 Bristol Court. Tonight I will address the unknown 88 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:59,240 return on investment and the possibility of Native American remains on the side of the proposed 89 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:07,160 garage. According to Loveland's finance director, council has already spent almost $980,000 for 90 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:13,560 purchase, demolition and design of the multi-million dollar garage. Even if all the grants 91 00:10:13,560 --> 00:10:19,320 that Loveland has applied for come through, Loveland taxpayers will still be responsible for at least 92 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:26,840 $2 million before any cost overruns are added in. There have been comments from someone council 93 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:31,880 that COVID money might be used. COVID money should be used for projects that will benefit 94 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:37,000 Loveland citizens, not just a few downtown businesses. Loveland has a looming water 95 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:42,280 infrastructure repair bill and the COVID money would be better spent to address this problem 96 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:46,520 instead of raising Loveland's water rates, something that has already been discussed. 97 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:51,800 While the garage may feather the nests of downtown businesses, will the garage actually 98 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:57,800 benefit Loveland residents? Some might say that increased revenue from downtown businesses 99 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:03,480 due to the garage will grow Loveland's coffers. However, when city staff is asked about how 100 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:08,680 much revenue comes from downtown businesses, they are unable to provide answers. 101 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:15,880 What they do say is that there are numerous downtown businesses who have CRAs or tax abatements, 102 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:22,840 meaning they are paying a reduced tax bill to Loveland. These businesses include Rody, 103 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:28,200 the Landing Event Center, Tahona, Ramsey's Trailside, Bishops Quarters and Ten Obesero. 104 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:33,320 These property tax abatements last for at least four years and up to 12 years. 105 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:40,520 So, Loveland is reducing our potential property tax income through abatement. Now to the theory that 106 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:45,880 possible increased income tax due to the garage construction will help Loveland financially. 107 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:51,880 Any individual working in Loveland pays the city 1% of their salary and income tax. 108 00:11:52,680 --> 00:11:58,200 Let's assume that all employees in downtown area make $1 million combined for the year. 109 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:04,920 Loveland would receive 1% of that income or just $10,000 a year. That amount would not 110 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:10,760 even pay for the upkeep of the garage for that year. Any council member who values fiscal 111 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:16,440 responsibility and who has vowed to protect Loveland's financial resources must analyze whether 112 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:20,920 the proposed garage is a wise return on investment for the citizens and then share 113 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:26,520 those findings with residents. The second topic for tonight deals with the possibility 114 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:31,960 of Native American remains on the site of the proposed garage. In a report commissioned by Hamilton 115 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:38,600 County in 2019, a historical preservation consultant stated, quote, there is some potential for 116 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:44,760 archaeological resources on the property based on an 1848 Platte of Loveland, which identifies 117 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:51,160 it as being the location of a mound. Consultation with the State Historic Preservation Office 118 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:56,200 regarding the need for an archaeological survey is recommended prior to new construction. 119 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:01,000 Once we learned of this report, we shared it immediately with Mr. Kennedy 120 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:05,240 and Mr. Bateman. We have also been in communication with the Ohio History Connection, 121 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:11,080 who encouraged us to, quote, advocate that the city hire an archaeologist to do a survey of 122 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:16,120 the area to confirm if there is indeed a mound or not at that location, end quote. 123 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:21,080 Residents of Loveland, along with the Sierra Club, citizens for the rights of the Ohio 124 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:25,880 Watershed, the University of Cincinnati's student organization Leaders for Environmental 125 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:32,040 Awareness and Protection, and the Greater Cincinnati Native American Coalition, whom we will hear from 126 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:38,120 tonight, are all in agreement. We will all advocate for an archaeological survey to be done 127 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:44,200 and for a community approval for the garage via a referendum. We request that the council 128 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:50,120 commission a study immediately. We are passionate about protecting Loveland and the land 129 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:55,480 itself. We are passionate not because we are uninformed, as some have stated, 130 00:13:55,480 --> 00:14:01,160 but because we are incredibly informed. We, as individuals and as organizations, 131 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:07,720 will continue to be involved and engage in Loveland's political life because we see this as a right 132 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:13,960 and as our duty. We will continue to advocate for increased transparency and use of data-driven 133 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:20,120 decisions by Loveland staff and city council. We will advocate without using intimidation, 134 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:25,240 without name-calling others, and without misquoting others. We will remain professional 135 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:30,280 and respectful using research and facts as the basis of our advocacy. Thank you. 136 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:36,280 Thank you. Tom Scoviner. 137 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:50,680 Good evening, Tom Scoviner, 155 O'Rourke Drive. I was asked, a letter was received from the 138 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:54,600 Greater Cincinnati Native American Coalition late this afternoon, early this evening, 139 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:58,600 and I was asked to make this a part of the record. I believe you have it electronically, 140 00:14:58,600 --> 00:14:59,080 and I did 141 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:05,940 Let me make one tiny change for clarification. But this is a letter from a gerry nary, the executive 142 00:15:05,940 --> 00:15:09,740 director of the Greater Cincinnati Native American Coalition. 143 00:15:09,740 --> 00:15:15,280 To whom it may concern, the desecration of indigenous and Native American religious, spiritual 144 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:20,060 and burial mounds is an egregious part of Ohio's history and is part of the ongoing 500 years 145 00:15:20,060 --> 00:15:25,040 of genocidal policies to erase our history and perpetuate the false narrative of 146 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:29,600 the pristine myth, which refers to America's founding mythology of settling a pristine 147 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:35,560 wilderness, providing a convenient justification for the occupation of the North American continent. 148 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:40,480 The Greater Cincinnati Native American Coalition encourages the city of Loveland in its leadership 149 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:45,560 to commission a new survey based upon the recommendation of that cited, excuse me, that cited the 150 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:51,160 evidence of a Native American mound in 1849 on the site of the parking garage. 151 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:54,840 We are in contact with other national and native organizations and are sending a summary 152 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:59,060 of how Loveland proceeds with this matter to the National Congress of the American 153 00:15:59,060 --> 00:16:03,380 Indians in Washington, D.C. We are hopeful that the city of Loveland and those elected 154 00:16:03,380 --> 00:16:07,420 officials will do the right thing and work towards protecting not just the religious 155 00:16:07,420 --> 00:16:13,260 rights of mainstream Ohio, but of all people in Ohio, regards gerry nary, executive director, 156 00:16:13,260 --> 00:16:23,820 Greater Cincinnati Native American Coalition. 157 00:16:23,820 --> 00:16:29,620 Next is review and approval of minutes from the April 12th, 2022 meeting. 158 00:16:29,620 --> 00:16:33,420 Are there any additions, changes to those minutes? 159 00:16:33,420 --> 00:16:34,620 We have a motion to approve. 160 00:16:34,620 --> 00:16:36,420 Motion to approve. 161 00:16:36,420 --> 00:16:37,420 Second. 162 00:16:37,420 --> 00:16:38,940 Call the roll please. 163 00:16:38,940 --> 00:16:39,940 Mr. Bateman. 164 00:16:39,940 --> 00:16:40,940 Yes. 165 00:16:40,940 --> 00:16:41,940 Mr. Blair. 166 00:16:41,940 --> 00:16:42,940 Yes. 167 00:16:42,940 --> 00:16:43,940 Mr. Butler. 168 00:16:43,940 --> 00:16:44,940 Yes. 169 00:16:44,940 --> 00:16:45,940 Mr. Hart. 170 00:16:45,940 --> 00:16:46,940 Yes. 171 00:16:46,940 --> 00:16:47,940 Vice Mayor Phelps. 172 00:16:47,940 --> 00:16:48,940 Yes. 173 00:16:48,940 --> 00:16:49,940 Mr. Ping. 174 00:16:49,940 --> 00:16:50,940 Yes. 175 00:16:50,940 --> 00:16:51,940 Mayor Bailey. 176 00:16:51,940 --> 00:16:52,940 Motion carries seven to zero. 177 00:16:53,940 --> 00:16:58,260 I put a resolution on there for the approval of the Community Entertainment 178 00:16:58,260 --> 00:16:59,260 District. 179 00:16:59,260 --> 00:17:04,300 We've done the public hearing which submitted the application. 180 00:17:04,300 --> 00:17:11,460 We've got the 75 days to go review the legislation. 181 00:17:11,460 --> 00:17:16,380 I sent the legislation to the Division of Literature Control, and there's one 182 00:17:16,380 --> 00:17:18,180 error on the legislation. 183 00:17:18,180 --> 00:17:22,860 Some bullet points should say in conformance with the Community Entertainment 184 00:17:22,860 --> 00:17:31,660 District, the city was incorporated prior to 1880, that second zero speed eight. 185 00:17:31,660 --> 00:17:34,780 That's in compliance with the Community Entertainment Code's 186 00:17:34,780 --> 00:17:36,980 Perthio High Revised Code. 187 00:17:36,980 --> 00:17:39,460 All right. 188 00:17:39,460 --> 00:17:41,620 So we need a motion to amend the resolution. 189 00:17:41,620 --> 00:17:43,620 I think it's a Scribner's error. 190 00:17:43,620 --> 00:17:44,620 Is it a Scribner's error? 191 00:17:44,620 --> 00:17:45,620 Yeah. 192 00:17:45,620 --> 00:17:47,500 And it's not being voted on twice. 193 00:17:47,500 --> 00:17:48,500 It's been better. 194 00:17:48,500 --> 00:17:49,500 All right. 195 00:17:49,500 --> 00:17:53,060 Any comments, questions regarding this resolution? 196 00:17:53,060 --> 00:17:54,060 Yes. 197 00:17:54,060 --> 00:17:55,060 Mr. Butler. 198 00:17:55,060 --> 00:17:56,060 Yes. 199 00:17:56,060 --> 00:18:02,100 Just since the Entertainment District basically envelops the Loveland Elementary 200 00:18:02,100 --> 00:18:07,300 School, I did reach out to the president of the Loveland Board of Education to see 201 00:18:07,300 --> 00:18:12,780 if she had any concerns about the legislation. 202 00:18:12,780 --> 00:18:17,460 And she noted that the board is not necessarily opposing or supporting the 203 00:18:17,460 --> 00:18:21,700 issue of creating the Entertainment District, because they haven't voted on that one way or 204 00:18:21,700 --> 00:18:23,300 the other. 205 00:18:23,300 --> 00:18:30,460 But she did ask whether there's any procedure or process in place or applications for liquor 206 00:18:30,460 --> 00:18:34,980 licenses, because that's the primary, I guess, motivator of the 207 00:18:34,980 --> 00:18:40,060 Entertainment District within a certain distance of the school. 208 00:18:40,060 --> 00:18:43,540 And I didn't know the answer to that. 209 00:18:43,540 --> 00:18:45,940 Dave, is there any process for that? 210 00:18:45,940 --> 00:18:54,460 Like with NXP of the Loveland Elementary that there's a liquor license application, are 211 00:18:54,460 --> 00:18:55,460 the schools notified? 212 00:18:55,460 --> 00:18:56,460 Do they have any? 213 00:18:56,460 --> 00:19:00,780 I believe the school is notified that this is no different than any liquor license. 214 00:19:00,780 --> 00:19:03,340 It's just a D7 is a D7. 215 00:19:03,340 --> 00:19:06,900 It would just be a D7J, because it's in that district. 216 00:19:06,900 --> 00:19:11,180 So the city gets notified whenever there is a liquor license within so many feet 217 00:19:11,180 --> 00:19:12,180 of a city park. 218 00:19:12,180 --> 00:19:14,020 I'm not 100 percent sure. 219 00:19:14,020 --> 00:19:18,380 I've never been involved in schools, but would they be notified? 220 00:19:18,380 --> 00:19:26,620 So today if you bought the laundromat and turned the laundromat into a restaurant, you can 221 00:19:26,620 --> 00:19:32,660 get a liquor license without the Community Entertainment District by trexing it in. 222 00:19:32,660 --> 00:19:37,660 The whole purpose of it is simply to save money. 223 00:19:37,660 --> 00:19:38,940 So that's a good question. 224 00:19:38,940 --> 00:19:44,700 I don't know exactly what the school, whether or not they get notified. 225 00:19:44,700 --> 00:19:49,980 I just know that whenever there is a liquor license issued in the downtown district it 226 00:19:49,980 --> 00:19:55,180 inevitably falls within so many feet of Nisbet Park. 227 00:19:55,180 --> 00:20:01,740 So they come to the city and it basically just says, do you want a petition against 228 00:20:01,740 --> 00:20:02,740 it? 229 00:20:02,740 --> 00:20:09,220 So the question is, and it's not dictated in the Higher Advice Code mostly because I've 230 00:20:09,220 --> 00:20:15,260 never really had to look at from a school standpoint. 231 00:20:15,260 --> 00:20:16,420 I can certainly find out. 232 00:20:16,420 --> 00:20:17,420 I'd appreciate that. 233 00:20:17,420 --> 00:20:18,420 Tom, let you know. 234 00:20:18,420 --> 00:20:21,260 And if you would forward it on to the school board, I will. 235 00:20:21,260 --> 00:20:29,460 Again, if McDonald's sold beer tomorrow, McDonald's could get a liquor license. 236 00:20:29,460 --> 00:20:33,940 They would just pay $30,000 to $40,000 for it. 237 00:20:33,940 --> 00:20:39,100 The downtown district where there is not a community entertainment district, Hobson 238 00:20:39,100 --> 00:20:44,900 Berries, for example, Hobson Berries just got a liquor license and they trexed it in. 239 00:20:44,900 --> 00:20:50,940 So that means they probably paid in the $30,000 to $35,000 range. 240 00:20:50,940 --> 00:20:54,300 We don't have a community entertainment district in the downtown district. 241 00:20:54,300 --> 00:20:58,740 We can't have a community entertainment in the downtown district because one of the 242 00:20:58,740 --> 00:21:04,620 requirements is that there is an active CED within that county. 243 00:21:04,620 --> 00:21:08,740 So we are using the one in Sharonville. 244 00:21:08,740 --> 00:21:12,980 If Union Township, meaning they were the population and they had a community 245 00:21:12,980 --> 00:21:18,020 entertainment, they would then set the basis for one in Claremont. 246 00:21:18,020 --> 00:21:22,460 So that's a great question. 247 00:21:22,460 --> 00:21:23,460 I don't know. 248 00:21:23,460 --> 00:21:24,460 Okay. 249 00:21:24,460 --> 00:21:25,460 Well, definitely could find out. 250 00:21:25,460 --> 00:21:26,460 Oh, yeah. 251 00:21:26,460 --> 00:21:27,460 It's easy to find out. 252 00:21:27,460 --> 00:21:28,460 Okay. 253 00:21:28,500 --> 00:21:29,500 Any comments? 254 00:21:29,500 --> 00:21:35,020 Read the resolution, please. 255 00:21:35,020 --> 00:21:37,900 Resolution approving the creation of a community entertainment district in the city of 256 00:21:37,900 --> 00:21:43,660 Loveland pursuant to a higher revised code section 4301.80. 257 00:21:43,660 --> 00:21:45,660 Any comment from the resolution? 258 00:21:45,660 --> 00:21:46,660 Call the code please. 259 00:21:46,660 --> 00:21:47,660 Mr. Blair? 260 00:21:47,660 --> 00:21:48,660 Yes. 261 00:21:48,660 --> 00:21:49,660 Mr. Butler? 262 00:21:49,660 --> 00:21:50,660 Yes. 263 00:21:50,660 --> 00:21:51,660 Mr. Hart? 264 00:21:51,660 --> 00:21:52,660 Yes. 265 00:21:52,660 --> 00:21:53,660 Vice Mayor Phelps? 266 00:21:53,660 --> 00:21:54,660 Yes. 267 00:21:54,660 --> 00:21:55,660 Mr. Ping? 268 00:21:55,660 --> 00:21:56,660 Yes. 269 00:21:56,660 --> 00:21:57,660 Mayor Bailey? 270 00:21:57,660 --> 00:21:58,660 Yes. 271 00:21:58,660 --> 00:21:59,660 Mr. Kennedy? 272 00:21:59,660 --> 00:22:09,660 I just, I know everyone knows about the gazebo that the city, this is the first phase of 273 00:22:09,660 --> 00:22:15,340 the comprehensive plan that we did for Nisbet Park, which received quite a bit of public 274 00:22:15,340 --> 00:22:16,840 input. 275 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:25,860 So we have been, I think staff did a really good job all winter long. 276 00:22:25,860 --> 00:22:33,500 I'm more of an impatient, like to move forward with them and we use KZF to make sure that 277 00:22:33,500 --> 00:22:38,780 where we place the gazebo meets the future plans of Nisbet Park. 278 00:22:38,780 --> 00:22:46,460 We didn't sit there and go for a book and pick landscape and we hired and secured a local 279 00:22:46,460 --> 00:22:48,380 landscape architect. 280 00:22:48,380 --> 00:22:53,620 We utilized Choice One to do some survey work so we knew exactly the lay of the land, 281 00:22:53,620 --> 00:23:00,780 the high points, the low points and at the end of the day, this project which is $85,000 282 00:23:00,780 --> 00:23:06,980 of it is coming from a grant from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources is ready to 283 00:23:06,980 --> 00:23:07,980 go. 284 00:23:07,980 --> 00:23:13,340 What's in front of you tonight is just for the manufacture and the installation of gazebo. 285 00:23:13,340 --> 00:23:20,060 The concrete pad, part of the desire on this, part of the desire on this was that 286 00:23:20,060 --> 00:23:21,060 it would be elevated. 287 00:23:21,100 --> 00:23:24,500 That's going to be a separate contract, but it will not exceed my spending limits. 288 00:23:24,500 --> 00:23:25,500 I do not believe it. 289 00:23:25,500 --> 00:23:27,100 It will be coming back to the city. 290 00:23:27,100 --> 00:23:34,900 So first off, we're very close in location to where the existing gazebo was. 291 00:23:34,900 --> 00:23:41,100 The next time you're in Nisbet Park, the Nisbet Park sign will be moved and there 292 00:23:41,100 --> 00:23:42,820 is no trees coming down. 293 00:23:42,820 --> 00:23:46,460 It's basically right in this area here. 294 00:23:47,460 --> 00:23:55,660 I just thought it would move these up here because not everyone has the location of it. 295 00:23:55,660 --> 00:23:59,580 One of the things that I think the park board, I know they liked it and I know that we heard 296 00:23:59,580 --> 00:24:05,940 this from the public was that why does the gazebo and everything have to always face 297 00:24:05,940 --> 00:24:07,580 the bike trail? 298 00:24:07,580 --> 00:24:16,100 So this gazebo, if you look at the items along the back. 299 00:24:16,660 --> 00:24:25,140 The back sections, one, two, three, four, five of the octagon, those are all steps that encircle 300 00:24:25,140 --> 00:24:27,180 five of the eight locations. 301 00:24:27,180 --> 00:24:31,380 The handicap access comes directly off the bike trail. 302 00:24:31,380 --> 00:24:35,340 So it really truly does open up to the meat. 303 00:24:35,340 --> 00:24:40,060 It faces the river, so it really does open up to the meat of the park, which is something 304 00:24:40,220 --> 00:24:48,780 that was what we heard from the residents during our open houses on the gazebo. 305 00:24:48,780 --> 00:24:52,260 The gazebo design is open railing. 306 00:24:52,260 --> 00:24:56,180 That is a cleaner look. 307 00:24:56,180 --> 00:25:01,180 I'm not trying to pick on, but it ends up being a seating area and ends up being a 308 00:25:01,180 --> 00:25:02,500 maintenance area. 309 00:25:02,500 --> 00:25:07,780 We also opted for the upgrade in the higher end columns. 310 00:25:07,820 --> 00:25:13,660 So this sort of gives you a rough idea of the look, though it's obviously elevated. 311 00:25:13,660 --> 00:25:19,260 We also opted, because this was part of what came out of the report during the meeting 312 00:25:19,260 --> 00:25:22,860 with the public, is that they liked that wooded look. 313 00:25:22,860 --> 00:25:27,580 So the entire interior of it is wood. 314 00:25:27,580 --> 00:25:34,380 And actually, that most top part will be the top part of the level will be. 315 00:25:34,420 --> 00:25:39,460 And then one of the biggest things we wanted to do was we wanted it to not look 316 00:25:39,460 --> 00:25:45,620 like every gazebo you see with a green roof and so this is the colors that we 317 00:25:45,620 --> 00:25:48,460 chose, which is white and gray. 318 00:25:48,460 --> 00:25:52,020 And the very top part of that will have internal lighting that'll come on and 319 00:25:52,020 --> 00:25:53,180 on to us. 320 00:25:53,180 --> 00:25:56,140 So it will be quite a signature. 321 00:25:56,140 --> 00:26:00,420 I do want to emphasize that if you probably need to take the old gazebo 322 00:26:00,460 --> 00:26:05,020 and get it completely out of your mind, because this one is 25 feet in diameter. 323 00:26:05,020 --> 00:26:12,460 And I've pasted off multiple times, went to Nisbet Park with tape measures. 324 00:26:12,460 --> 00:26:19,460 It is a significantly, but meets exactly the dimensions of the plan. 325 00:26:19,460 --> 00:26:27,540 It will be a wonderful place for weddings, concerts, HOA meetings, you name it. 326 00:26:27,540 --> 00:26:34,900 And we're going to have electricity mounted in the columns, but not really noticeable. 327 00:26:34,900 --> 00:26:41,420 So I really do think that if the goal is to build a signature item that looks very 328 00:26:41,420 --> 00:26:46,740 unique, that gets people excited about other elements, I will tell you that 329 00:26:46,740 --> 00:26:56,460 City has already submitted for funding for the seating area that is all in the area 330 00:26:56,460 --> 00:27:01,860 between the gazebo and the restroom, this entire area, this undulating serpentine 331 00:27:01,860 --> 00:27:10,420 wall of concrete, stamp-crete, concrete with high-end furnishings, the city 332 00:27:10,420 --> 00:27:12,660 submitted for funding through that. 333 00:27:12,660 --> 00:27:18,900 And initially it appears that looks to be in a pretty good situation to be funded. 334 00:27:18,900 --> 00:27:22,940 So the gazebo where it's going fits where the next phase is going to go, 335 00:27:22,940 --> 00:27:26,500 where the next phase will go, where phases long after I'm gone will go, 336 00:27:26,500 --> 00:27:28,220 that will all just continue. 337 00:27:28,220 --> 00:27:31,180 So we really have been patient. 338 00:27:31,180 --> 00:27:35,700 So the reason I'm bringing this to you tonight is I was asked to take it to the 339 00:27:35,700 --> 00:27:37,060 Parks and Rec Board and I did. 340 00:27:37,060 --> 00:27:40,460 And they were there through the whole Nisbet Park thing. 341 00:27:40,460 --> 00:27:43,700 So they know it meets what the public wanted. 342 00:27:43,700 --> 00:27:47,700 They were very happy to see it face the way it was. 343 00:27:47,700 --> 00:27:48,540 They were very happy. 344 00:27:48,540 --> 00:27:51,620 It doesn't have a breach. 345 00:27:51,620 --> 00:27:55,300 But one of the reasons I wanted to get this in front of you as quick as possible 346 00:27:55,300 --> 00:27:58,620 because we're still looking at September. 347 00:27:58,620 --> 00:28:01,780 So every council meeting I wait is longer. 348 00:28:01,780 --> 00:28:05,260 But we're done with the gazebo part. 349 00:28:05,260 --> 00:28:08,420 We're just finalizing some bids for concrete and we're working with 350 00:28:08,420 --> 00:28:11,460 Trevor Electric for the conduit and the electricity. 351 00:28:11,460 --> 00:28:16,820 You have to remember that we can only really work on projects that are on the 352 00:28:16,820 --> 00:28:22,860 east side of where imaginary Carl Brown would go through the middle of Nisbet Park. 353 00:28:22,860 --> 00:28:26,740 So if you think you're walking down Nisbet Park, I mean you're walking 354 00:28:26,740 --> 00:28:30,780 down Carl Brown Way past the Eagles and you're just walking straight, 355 00:28:30,780 --> 00:28:34,420 that someday will look like the villa came through because all those storm 356 00:28:34,420 --> 00:28:38,300 pipes have to be replaced as part of the Harrison Street Widening. 357 00:28:38,300 --> 00:28:42,660 So we're working on everything from there over. 358 00:28:42,700 --> 00:28:47,340 You've got some quotes for the living wall on the restroom. 359 00:28:47,340 --> 00:28:49,380 So this is a part of it. 360 00:28:49,380 --> 00:28:57,060 So we're at our total funding is in the 2022 budget. 361 00:28:57,060 --> 00:29:03,940 The city had 85,000 grant and 30,000 for a local match for total project costs of 115. 362 00:29:03,940 --> 00:29:09,500 This particular, this is all in manufacturing, installation, all the extras 363 00:29:09,500 --> 00:29:16,420 that we added onto at the columns, the inlaid wood and we're at 115,480,350. 364 00:29:16,420 --> 00:29:20,460 And if the council proves the legislation, it will be ordered tomorrow 365 00:29:20,460 --> 00:29:25,420 and that will begin the process, which is 26 weeks from now. 366 00:29:25,420 --> 00:29:28,100 So while we're a patient, we need to get moving. 367 00:29:28,100 --> 00:29:33,140 So I think we've dotted all the I's across all the T's we're ready to go. 368 00:29:33,140 --> 00:29:37,020 This is through Sourcewell. 369 00:29:37,020 --> 00:29:40,020 The city's a member of Sourcewell. 370 00:29:40,020 --> 00:29:45,180 Back in the old days, there used to be the Ohio administrative program ran by the Ohio 371 00:29:45,180 --> 00:29:49,540 Department of Transportation, which did biddings for local townships and local 372 00:29:49,540 --> 00:29:51,380 cities and everyone benefited it. 373 00:29:51,380 --> 00:29:55,980 We got police cars and body cameras and everything much less. 374 00:29:55,980 --> 00:29:59,940 It was a great savings to our residents because they're bidding on estate. 375 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:06,760 That has blossomed into other programs called Source Well, which does primarily park bidding 376 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:12,560 and is, we are a member, we pay a nominal fee to be a member of Source Well. So that allowed 377 00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:18,080 this particular contractor, Playground Equipment Services, who is a bidder for Source Well, 378 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:23,240 to be a part of the entire design process. So I really do think this is going to be 379 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:28,920 something that is just, I think that residents are really going to appreciate this because 380 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:36,760 this isn't the wooden, mossy thing that was stinging kids all last summer, that when public 381 00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:43,040 works took it down, it took five minutes to knock it over. This is a really high-end quality 382 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:52,040 and I'm not trying to call out Chief Huber, but he kept sending me photos as he traveled. 383 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:57,480 Don't give us a green gazebo. So this white and gray roof is something that he really 384 00:30:57,480 --> 00:31:00,960 pushed for and it's really going to stand out. And if you look at the master plan, this 385 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:08,040 is what they asked for. If you remember the NISC at Quark master plan, it was black and 386 00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:15,400 no one liked it. And this was what they wanted. So at this point, I really don't have anything 387 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:18,760 else. I just think it's going to be a great project for everybody. 388 00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:23,440 Just a couple questions, Mr. Kennedy. The goal is to have it up and ready to go 389 00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:30,920 in September. And the second question is you talked about having it lit from dawn to dusk. 390 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:34,560 Will there be capability to have it lit at night for various functions? 391 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:38,840 Yeah, I don't have a fuse. Yeah, I mean all the other lighting. I never really thought 392 00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:46,240 of that. I just, I like lighting and yeah, that's a good point. Yeah, I don't have 393 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:50,440 an answer, but I'm working with Trevor on that. 394 00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:56,440 So you can light it at night. Yeah, beyond the beyond what's going to be up. Yeah. Okay. 395 00:31:56,440 --> 00:32:03,080 Any other questions? Yes, Mr. Hart. The spirit of our Arbor Day proclamation here at the 396 00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:07,120 beginning of the, I just want to highlight Mr. Kennedy's note and hear that no trees will 397 00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:12,360 be removed to accommodate the gazebo. And we talked about a living wall on the restroom. 398 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:17,200 So it seems like the things we're doing in this bit are to accentuate the greenery 399 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:21,440 we have down there and continue to grow the amount of green space that we have down there, 400 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:26,840 not to move any of it. Any other comments, Mr. Butler? 401 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:32,880 Mr. Kennedy, when you said that it'll be 26 weeks from like, if you contact them tomorrow, 402 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:37,320 is it take that long to assemble the materials and produce the materials for the gazebo? 403 00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:44,720 Yeah, the lead time for everything to be manufactured and shipped and ready to go is 26 weeks. 404 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:51,080 So in a best case scenario, 26 weeks from tomorrow and here, manufacturing it on a concrete 405 00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:55,560 pad that's long been put in place, probably going to be keep off, I don't know if it's 406 00:32:55,560 --> 00:33:00,880 keep off whatever, but and everything will be set and ready to go. We have that entire 407 00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:05,440 summer to get that in place and then it's done. Putting it together isn't going to 408 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:10,040 be, their manufacturing is, I had to get a whole new member when we approved the 409 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:14,600 thing out front here. I get a whole another contractor because remember that was funded 410 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:18,160 for some extra grant money we had, this thing we're doing out front, it was going to take 411 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:21,880 so long to get the tables and chairs, I just literally called every tabbie chair company 412 00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:26,720 I could find until I found someone to get them before the county pulled the grant money. 413 00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:31,600 So when the materials arrive, will they be constructed by public works or would 414 00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:32,600 that be another contract? 415 00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:33,840 No, you're paying for that tonight. 416 00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:38,800 Oh, okay. That's included in the, all they want is a pad and some conduit sticking 417 00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:42,560 out of it. That's probably why we'll have some kind of safety issues because there will 418 00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:45,320 be conduit sticking through it. 419 00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:46,320 Until the... 420 00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:47,320 The materials arrive. 421 00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:50,520 Yeah, and we're using Stephen Smith as our landscape architect. 422 00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:51,520 Thank you. 423 00:33:51,520 --> 00:34:00,200 Thank you for the explanation, Dave. I can tell you're excited about this project 424 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:07,880 and I'm excited too. I think I really like the sort of like music man kind of river 425 00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:14,080 city vibe that the Gazebo has. I also really appreciate your talking about how it's part 426 00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:19,160 of a longer term plan. I would imagine that residents are going to, during the length of 427 00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:23,280 time and the duration that this will take, it's going to seem like a really long period 428 00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:28,080 of time and that will only be followed by. It might seem like we're piece nailing 429 00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:34,320 some retro of Nisbitt Park, but I know that that's just part of the funding mechanism 430 00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:40,040 as well as part of the overall Nisbitt Park master plan. I appreciate that as well as the... 431 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:47,000 It seems like a lot of value for the $30,000 that we're putting forward with that for sure. 432 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:54,200 If I can add not to mention the amount of consulting time we got on behalf of the contractor 433 00:34:54,200 --> 00:35:00,760 and just to add, we're never not moving ahead, Corey's already met with. We've realized 434 00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:06,320 that the amphitheater, which won't be able to happen until the Harrison Project is done, 435 00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:12,600 the amphitheater is probably going to receive need some private financing. Well, we're not 436 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:16,800 really good at knocking on doors and saying, hey, how about $100? There's people that 437 00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:20,360 do this, the blue ashes and the masons and the Montgomery's and the materials of 438 00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:24,720 the world. When they have projects that they may have some kind of signature name 439 00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:31,160 whatever, I'm not going to say some of these names, they'll sound stupid. But what I mean, 440 00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:37,760 they reach out to private companies who help them put together funding scenarios. So Corey's 441 00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:42,560 already met with a firm that that's what they do. We're not even done the Harrison 442 00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:47,080 because we're trying to get in line for that amphitheater is going to be a signature 443 00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:51,520 project that will mirror these colors, that will mirror all of this. But we're not 444 00:35:51,840 --> 00:36:01,840 going to be able to fund that through it screams for a naming. The XYZ amphitheater, the XYZ 445 00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:06,400 stage, we would never think that. We'd ask for too little. We'd ask for this and a wall 446 00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:11,880 and to do it right, it really helps benefit. And then you go for some funding. But then 447 00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:15,400 when you're applying, you're applying for money that you say, guess what, it has 448 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:18,560 public funding, the city's going to put money in. But we've also got private 449 00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:25,600 funding. And they love that when you bring more legs into the stool. So having such and 450 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:30,960 such name, they don't they don't see that as a bad thing. It's not a cramp on the 451 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:37,120 history of the city. It's tastefully done. And that makes your grant writing even 452 00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:40,560 more powerful. Oh, look at that. They're putting their own money in. They've 453 00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:44,920 reached out to the private sector. And now that's how it works. So we're 454 00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:48,840 couries already meeting with those firms. We actually think we found one that we 455 00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:54,720 really like. So just one more question or really more of a point, because one of 456 00:36:54,720 --> 00:36:57,320 the things when I was looking at the design and you mentioned this in your 457 00:36:57,320 --> 00:37:01,520 setup, but you know, when I think about a gazebo, there's also seating, but 458 00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:07,560 this one looks like it's more open floor plan. No seating. Are there going 459 00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:10,320 to be any railings or anything like that, just from like an ergonomic? 460 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:16,120 There people are sort of, I don't know, but the right word is meandering and the 461 00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:20,240 inside the gazebo. You mentioned there will be seating outside. So I'm just 462 00:37:20,240 --> 00:37:24,320 trying to think of we've done a really good job lately with some upgrades in 463 00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:27,800 seating along this park and the bike trail. And you see it in use a lot. 464 00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:33,040 So I just that was a little bit surprising. You mentioned it was a 465 00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:36,000 maintenance issue. I think it doesn't hurt the design the way it is 466 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:40,280 certainly. But yeah, I never thought a seating or anything inside of it 467 00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:44,200 you could have some. I don't really know because it wouldn't change what you're 468 00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:48,640 doing tonight, but it's certainly. Yeah, it's certainly. I'm just picturing 469 00:37:48,640 --> 00:37:52,240 people like sitting up on a even if there is no seating, leaning up on the 470 00:37:52,240 --> 00:37:56,600 poles. So somewhat wanting to, you know, when there's not an activity is the 471 00:37:56,600 --> 00:38:01,000 gazebo just going to be this big blank space that folks might walk around 472 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:05,520 or check out. But what's the what's the point of interest? I know that we 473 00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:12,200 know 18 inches was as high as we could go and meet code for the railings for 474 00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:19,800 every inch of rise you needed X number of feet of I'm sorry of rise with the 475 00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:27,360 handicap ramp. So being at one point I had it so elevated that the handicap 476 00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:34,040 ramp was going around from almost noon to 7 p.m. And well, not that way. It was 477 00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:41,520 really more like 7 to 2. And then so 18 inches got us to a straight shot from 478 00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:47,520 the bike trial and we positioned accordingly. So I don't know. I guess 479 00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:49,920 that's a good question for the park board since they've been all in 480 00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:53,560 throughout this entire process. And like you'd mentioned and as I was 481 00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:57,440 saying, I think that issue with seating around it to like as you 482 00:38:57,440 --> 00:39:00,400 mentioned that could also solve that issue, I guess in terms of people 483 00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:04,640 wanting to just rest. But anyway, I applaud the effort all around. I think 484 00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:09,160 it's a great addition to the and an upgrade considering the previous one. 485 00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:11,880 Anyone else? 486 00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:19,920 Yes, I just would give a shout out or commend the process that that we've 487 00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:26,120 been following to get to this point. In terms of the master plan for the 488 00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:31,200 park, and then the work of the Parks and Recreation Committee in 489 00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:37,040 conjunction with the chief and the city. This is excited. And again, I 490 00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:42,000 think we need to thank all those that have been involved in getting us to 491 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:46,200 this point. And I think we're going to love it when it's done. So I'm 492 00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:47,200 looking forward to seeing it. 493 00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:49,000 Someone else? 494 00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:54,200 I think a special shout out to Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Kennedy. I think 495 00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:57,640 you mentioned that Chief Huber and Cindy Klopp and scene and when 496 00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:01,360 Zuck of KZF really you forward kind of the team that brought this 497 00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:01,840 all together. 498 00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:06,680 Well done. You go ahead and read the resolution resolution authorizing 499 00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:10,040 the city manager to enter into a contract Playground Equipment Services 500 00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:13,320 LLC for the purchase and installation of a new gazebo at 501 00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:17,120 Nesbitt Park. Any comment on the resolution? Call the role 502 00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:21,080 please. Mr. Butler. Yes, Mr. Hart. Yes, Vice Mayor Phelps. Yes, 503 00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:25,320 Mr. Ping. Yes, Mayor Bailey. Yes, Mr. Bateman. Yes, Mr. Blair. Yes, 504 00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:31,680 Resolution 38 is adopted by vote 70. Mr. Kennedy. I need to request 505 00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:36,040 Council to table the legislation regarding services to be provided. 506 00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:43,040 Okay, we have a motion to that effect. I'll move we table the 507 00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:47,720 resolution service to be provided. Second. Call the role please. 508 00:40:48,720 --> 00:40:53,720 Mr. Hart. Yes, Vice Mayor Phelps. Yes, Mr. Ping. Yes, Mayor Bailey. Yes, 509 00:40:53,720 --> 00:40:57,720 Mr. Bateman. Yes, Mr. Blair. Yes, Mr. Butler. Yes, Motion carries 510 00:40:57,720 --> 00:40:58,720 7 to 0. 511 00:41:01,720 --> 00:41:05,720 Alright, Mr. Kennedy. If you recall last that your last 512 00:41:05,720 --> 00:41:08,720 Council meeting you approved you accepted funding for the body 513 00:41:08,720 --> 00:41:12,720 cameras which included some funding for a police of what 514 00:41:12,720 --> 00:41:15,720 we're calling a police records clerk that's since you've 515 00:41:15,720 --> 00:41:19,720 since you've met with that's the position that we're coming up 516 00:41:19,720 --> 00:41:23,720 with that would be a classified position that we will begin through 517 00:41:23,720 --> 00:41:27,720 the civil service. Actually, we'll probably start getting the civil service together 518 00:41:27,720 --> 00:41:31,720 since you'll have first reading on it. And what we typically try 519 00:41:31,720 --> 00:41:34,720 to do whenever we can during these times. 520 00:41:35,720 --> 00:41:39,720 So if you look at the exhibit to the ordinance. 521 00:41:40,720 --> 00:41:44,720 First of all, we always repeal the most recent time that you touch this, which 522 00:41:44,720 --> 00:41:48,720 I believe the most recent time you touch this was you created the police 523 00:41:48,720 --> 00:41:55,720 captain's position. So what we try to do is we also use this 524 00:41:55,720 --> 00:42:00,720 to just clean up some things. So along with the creation of the police 525 00:42:00,720 --> 00:42:04,720 records clerk position, which is classified, which means it'll go 526 00:42:04,720 --> 00:42:07,720 through civil service, which we really want to get moving on. 527 00:42:09,720 --> 00:42:13,720 We just want to it is no financial repercussions whatsoever. 528 00:42:13,720 --> 00:42:17,720 The building and zoning clerk title, we want to change that to 529 00:42:17,720 --> 00:42:21,720 permit specialist. This is just sort of what we do with 530 00:42:21,720 --> 00:42:24,720 pouring I do and what we do during the course of the day is, you know, 531 00:42:24,720 --> 00:42:28,720 that's when you do something like this is not so much what that 532 00:42:28,720 --> 00:42:32,720 particular person who is doing the job has created because she does 533 00:42:32,720 --> 00:42:35,720 an exceptional job and has taken on a lot more. 534 00:42:35,720 --> 00:42:39,720 It's it just this better defines the job. It also better defines the 535 00:42:39,720 --> 00:42:42,720 job when you're trying to fill it in the future. There's no financial 536 00:42:42,720 --> 00:42:47,720 changes permit specialist. So this would just be a first reading 537 00:42:47,720 --> 00:42:50,720 and commending the city's schedule of municipal positions. 538 00:42:50,720 --> 00:42:54,720 But I will say that I'm going to go ahead and begin to see the 539 00:42:54,720 --> 00:42:57,720 Civil Service Commission together and we'll start the process 540 00:42:57,720 --> 00:43:01,720 because we have two very important positions to fill not only the 541 00:43:01,720 --> 00:43:04,720 police records clerk, but unfortunately, you might have read 542 00:43:04,720 --> 00:43:09,720 my weekly Don Everett is retiring at the end of June. 543 00:43:09,720 --> 00:43:13,720 Nothing personally misty, but probably the nicest person that's 544 00:43:13,720 --> 00:43:16,720 ever walked foot in this building and she is going to be sorely sorely 545 00:43:16,720 --> 00:43:19,720 missed. She is a gem for anyone who's ever walked in this building 546 00:43:19,720 --> 00:43:23,720 and had any questions about your income tax. That's Don back 547 00:43:23,720 --> 00:43:26,720 there and she's worked really hard. If you want to read my 548 00:43:26,720 --> 00:43:29,720 weekly, they're pretty boring, but there's a really good thing 549 00:43:29,720 --> 00:43:32,720 in there about her. But we need to get that moving. 550 00:43:32,720 --> 00:43:36,720 So, and Tom knows what that means. So we have to get the test going 551 00:43:36,720 --> 00:43:40,720 and we need to get in the process. But one of many plugs for Don 552 00:43:40,720 --> 00:43:42,720 that are coming. She's a great lady. 553 00:43:42,720 --> 00:43:44,720 All right. Any questions, Mr. Voller? 554 00:43:44,720 --> 00:43:47,720 The building and zoning clerk, is that the position currently 555 00:43:47,720 --> 00:43:48,720 held by Becky? 556 00:43:48,720 --> 00:43:49,720 Yeah. 557 00:43:49,720 --> 00:43:50,720 Okay. 558 00:43:50,720 --> 00:43:52,720 Anyone just change her title to permit specialist? 559 00:43:52,720 --> 00:43:53,720 Yes. 560 00:43:53,720 --> 00:43:54,720 Okay. 561 00:43:54,720 --> 00:43:57,720 Any comments, questions? Go ahead and read the ordinance. 562 00:43:57,720 --> 00:44:00,720 Ordinance establishing the compensation and classification 563 00:44:00,720 --> 00:44:03,720 for the part-time position of police records clerk, modifying 564 00:44:03,720 --> 00:44:06,720 the title of the building and zoning clerk and repealing ordinance 565 00:44:06,720 --> 00:44:09,720 2022-2. 566 00:44:09,720 --> 00:44:11,720 Thank you. 567 00:44:11,720 --> 00:44:13,720 Mr. Medlin. 568 00:44:13,720 --> 00:44:15,720 Thank you, Mayor and Council. 569 00:44:15,720 --> 00:44:18,720 For you this evening is the first quarter financial report 570 00:44:18,720 --> 00:44:20,720 for 2022. 571 00:44:20,720 --> 00:44:23,720 The report reflects revenues exceeding expenditures 572 00:44:23,720 --> 00:44:26,720 in the general fund with income tax revenue up approximately 573 00:44:26,720 --> 00:44:29,720 10% over the same period in 2021. 574 00:44:29,720 --> 00:44:32,720 Property tax revenues are reflecting a large increase, 575 00:44:32,720 --> 00:44:36,720 but this is due to some 2021 property tax revenue 576 00:44:36,720 --> 00:44:39,720 not being received until April of that year. 577 00:44:39,720 --> 00:44:42,720 So just timing issue. 578 00:44:42,720 --> 00:44:45,720 Since this report just reflects January, February, March, 579 00:44:45,720 --> 00:44:48,720 we can sheet and look ahead to April as we have received 580 00:44:48,720 --> 00:44:50,720 some already this month. 581 00:44:50,720 --> 00:44:54,720 If we include April data or just about where we were last year 582 00:44:54,720 --> 00:44:57,720 with a little bit of an increase over last year. 583 00:44:57,720 --> 00:44:59,720 Homestead and roll call. 584 00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:06,480 Rollback revenue is essentially flat at not quite $60,000. 585 00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:12,280 General fund expenditures were up when compared to 2021. The largest driver of that was an advance 586 00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:17,260 related to the purchase of property that was approved earlier this year. 587 00:45:17,260 --> 00:45:23,220 Revenues in the city's enterprise funds, as a whole, modestly ahead of 2021's pace 588 00:45:23,220 --> 00:45:30,220 and will continue to be monitored closely. 589 00:45:30,220 --> 00:45:31,820 Thank you. 590 00:45:31,820 --> 00:45:36,380 Thank you. Anybody have any questions or comments? Mr. Baller? 591 00:45:36,380 --> 00:45:39,980 The income tax revenues are coming in well so far in the first quarter. 592 00:45:39,980 --> 00:45:46,820 But as we know, as a matter of public record, workhorse is leaving the commerce park. 593 00:45:46,820 --> 00:45:52,820 These revenue collections don't reflect, they're still here until this quarter, right? 594 00:45:52,820 --> 00:45:56,220 I'm not sure exactly when they're heading out. 595 00:45:56,220 --> 00:45:59,220 We did try to take that into account when we're putting the budget. 596 00:45:59,220 --> 00:46:04,100 As you recall, last year we received about $5.8 million. 597 00:46:04,100 --> 00:46:06,380 Our estimate this year, we wanted to be a little more conservative. 598 00:46:06,380 --> 00:46:13,300 We estimated about five and a half just to kind of put that under control. 599 00:46:13,460 --> 00:46:21,460 Efforts are being made to try to replace or bring new business into that commerce center? 600 00:46:21,460 --> 00:46:27,820 We actually attempted to schedule a meeting with them. 601 00:46:27,820 --> 00:46:30,540 They are actively seeking themselves. 602 00:46:30,540 --> 00:46:33,420 I was trying to find an email from the guy from Workhorse. 603 00:46:33,420 --> 00:46:35,140 These don't search backwards. 604 00:46:35,140 --> 00:46:36,940 I'll forward you guys the update on that. 605 00:46:36,940 --> 00:46:41,820 But yes, they are there. 606 00:46:41,860 --> 00:46:43,540 Great. Thank you. 607 00:46:43,540 --> 00:46:46,660 Anyone else any comments or questions? 608 00:46:46,660 --> 00:46:52,100 All right, we need a motion to accept the first quarter 2022 financial results and quarterly update. 609 00:46:52,100 --> 00:46:53,140 So moved. 610 00:46:53,140 --> 00:46:54,700 They're second. 611 00:46:54,700 --> 00:46:55,820 Second. 612 00:46:55,820 --> 00:46:57,700 Call the role please. 613 00:46:57,700 --> 00:46:58,580 Vice Mayor Phelps. 614 00:46:58,580 --> 00:46:58,940 Yes. 615 00:46:58,940 --> 00:46:59,780 Mr. Ping. 616 00:46:59,780 --> 00:47:00,140 Yes. 617 00:47:00,140 --> 00:47:00,820 Mayor Bailey. 618 00:47:00,820 --> 00:47:01,140 Yes. 619 00:47:01,140 --> 00:47:01,940 Mr. Bayman. 620 00:47:01,940 --> 00:47:02,220 Yes. 621 00:47:02,220 --> 00:47:03,140 Mr. Blair. 622 00:47:03,140 --> 00:47:03,460 Yes. 623 00:47:03,460 --> 00:47:04,220 Mr. Butler. 624 00:47:04,220 --> 00:47:04,580 Yes. 625 00:47:04,580 --> 00:47:05,260 Mr. Hart. 626 00:47:05,260 --> 00:47:05,700 Yes. 627 00:47:05,700 --> 00:47:09,940 Motion carries seven to zero. 628 00:47:09,980 --> 00:47:11,940 Did that cover the income tax as well? 629 00:47:11,940 --> 00:47:12,300 It does. 630 00:47:12,300 --> 00:47:13,540 I can actually add a little bit. 631 00:47:13,540 --> 00:47:13,860 Okay. 632 00:47:13,860 --> 00:47:14,300 Please do. 633 00:47:14,300 --> 00:47:15,100 If you don't mind. 634 00:47:15,100 --> 00:47:21,300 So as discussed, income tax revenues for the quarter as a whole are up compared to the same period in 2021. 635 00:47:21,300 --> 00:47:23,660 Withholding and business net profits are up. 636 00:47:23,660 --> 00:47:26,740 Well, revenue from individuals is slightly down. 637 00:47:26,740 --> 00:47:34,860 This is due to a few of our larger filers that made back tax payments last year, which inflated the first quarter of 2021. 638 00:47:34,860 --> 00:47:42,900 And just to echo what Mr. Kennedy said earlier, I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank Don Everett in our office for her years of service. 639 00:47:42,900 --> 00:47:52,460 Don's been a great help with these reports that she puts together in the analysis of going through information of the trends of why things are up and down. 640 00:47:52,460 --> 00:47:57,860 So she'll be trying it retiring at the end of June. And again, as Mr. Kennedy said, she will be dearly missed. 641 00:47:57,860 --> 00:48:05,420 And she was very helpful for me when I started this position back in 2020, just to be a friendly face to help things go by a little bit easier. 642 00:48:05,420 --> 00:48:06,340 So thank her. 643 00:48:07,100 --> 00:48:09,140 All right. Any questions, comments on that report? 644 00:48:11,980 --> 00:48:12,900 Thank you, Mr. Medler. 645 00:48:13,660 --> 00:48:15,420 There are various committee minutes and reports. 646 00:48:15,420 --> 00:48:16,900 And then we have any comments on those. 647 00:48:19,060 --> 00:48:19,420 All right. 648 00:48:19,420 --> 00:48:26,020 Under city council reports, I have upcoming events Saturday, April 30th, as Liz mentioned. 649 00:48:26,940 --> 00:48:30,340 The Turing Environment Committee will host their annual litter pickup from 9 to noon. 650 00:48:30,340 --> 00:48:31,900 Meet at the Little Miami Conservancy. 651 00:48:31,900 --> 00:48:36,580 It's also National Drug Take Back Day, 10 to 2 at the Safety Center on Lebanon Road. 652 00:48:37,300 --> 00:48:44,300 Tuesday, May 3rd is the season opening for the Leveland Farmers Markets, 3 to 6 at the Linda J. Cox Trailside Parking Area. 653 00:48:45,420 --> 00:48:55,300 Saturday, May 7th, from 10 to noon at Kiwanis Park, way in the back by JT Stopman Ballfield will be our dog park grand opening. 654 00:48:56,140 --> 00:49:01,660 That is followed by the Ramsey-Paxson Cemetery Dedication in the White Pillars Subdivision. 655 00:49:01,660 --> 00:49:10,660 There's a 1245 procession from the clubhouse at White Pillars to the cemetery and the actual dedication begins at 1, I believe. 656 00:49:12,100 --> 00:49:13,940 All right. Anyone else have anything else to add? 657 00:49:13,940 --> 00:49:14,940 Yes, Mr. Bateman. 658 00:49:14,940 --> 00:49:25,580 I just will mention I took advantage of the electronics recycle drive event held by Leveland Sustainability Council over the weekend. 659 00:49:25,580 --> 00:49:34,260 And I think, I know we've mentioned the Take Back Drug Day and there's the big joint recycling event that we do every year. 660 00:49:34,260 --> 00:49:39,860 And it's one of those things that's just a great service that our community provides the residents. 661 00:49:39,860 --> 00:49:44,220 And every time I do that, it's always, I always take a moment to thank the volunteers. 662 00:49:44,220 --> 00:49:53,580 And I think we've just, it just shows the goodwill and the sort of willingness to help each other do the right thing that exists in this community. 663 00:49:53,620 --> 00:49:58,340 So I, I appreciated that and look forward to events like that in the future. 664 00:49:59,220 --> 00:50:00,660 Thank you. Anyone else? 665 00:50:02,780 --> 00:50:04,100 All right. 666 00:50:04,100 --> 00:50:06,260 Someone care to make a motion for executive session? 667 00:50:07,220 --> 00:50:22,660 I move for executive session under Ohio Revised Codes, Section 121, B1 to consider the discipline of public official and under 121.22 G2, consider the purchase of property. 668 00:50:23,260 --> 00:50:31,300 And finally, under 121.22 G3 to conference with council regarding pending litigation. 669 00:50:32,300 --> 00:50:32,820 There's second. 670 00:50:34,540 --> 00:50:34,820 Second. 671 00:50:35,700 --> 00:50:36,460 Call the roll please. 672 00:50:37,260 --> 00:50:37,820 Mr. Ping? 673 00:50:38,420 --> 00:50:38,740 Yes. 674 00:50:38,980 --> 00:50:39,540 Mayor Bailey? 675 00:50:39,780 --> 00:50:40,060 Yes. 676 00:50:40,100 --> 00:50:40,700 Mr. Bateman? 677 00:50:40,820 --> 00:50:41,100 Yes. 678 00:50:41,180 --> 00:50:41,780 Mr. Blair? 679 00:50:41,820 --> 00:50:42,140 Yes. 680 00:50:42,180 --> 00:50:42,700 Mr. Butler? 681 00:50:42,780 --> 00:50:43,100 Yes. 682 00:50:43,180 --> 00:50:43,700 Mr. Hart? 683 00:50:43,860 --> 00:50:44,180 Yes. 684 00:50:44,380 --> 00:50:45,140 Vice Mayor Phelps? 685 00:50:45,220 --> 00:50:45,540 Yes. 686 00:50:45,620 --> 00:50:46,700 Motion carries seven to zero. 687 00:50:52,660 --> 00:51:22,180 Alright, it is 902, we're back on the record, if you will, can we have a motion to adjourn? 688 00:51:22,780 --> 00:51:23,460 So moved. 689 00:51:24,020 --> 00:51:24,620 There's second. 690 00:51:25,020 --> 00:51:25,460 Second. 691 00:51:25,580 --> 00:51:26,460 Call the roll please. 692 00:51:27,460 --> 00:51:27,980 Mayor Bailey? 693 00:51:28,140 --> 00:51:28,460 Yes. 694 00:51:28,500 --> 00:51:29,100 Mr. Bateman? 695 00:51:29,180 --> 00:51:29,420 Yes. 696 00:51:29,460 --> 00:51:30,060 Mr. Blair? 697 00:51:30,100 --> 00:51:30,420 Yes. 698 00:51:30,460 --> 00:51:31,020 Mr. Butler? 699 00:51:31,060 --> 00:51:31,420 Yes. 700 00:51:31,460 --> 00:51:32,060 Mr. Hart? 701 00:51:32,100 --> 00:51:32,460 Yes. 702 00:51:32,500 --> 00:51:33,300 Vice Mayor Phelps? 703 00:51:33,340 --> 00:51:33,620 Yes. 704 00:51:33,660 --> 00:51:34,260 Mr. Ping? 705 00:51:34,300 --> 00:51:34,780 Yes. 706 00:51:34,820 --> 00:51:35,980 Motion carries seven to zero.