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Good evening. This is the May 6, 2025 regular meeting, Westerville City Council. At 6 p.m., after noting who was here, we had a motion to adjourn into executive session to have a conference with attorneys for the public body concerning disputes involving the public body that are subject to pending and imminent court action. It was moved and seconded. The motion was unanimous at 6.34, we adjourned out of executive session. If the clerk would please call the roll.

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Mayer Wright, Mr. Washburn, Dr. Cumes,

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Mr. Grimes, Mr. Glasgow, Vice-Chair Reinsider.

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Glad to be here.

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Next, we have the Invocation and Pledge.

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The Invocation will be given by Nikki Ransom,

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followed by the pledge of allegiance.

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Please join me for a moment of silence

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for a moment of reflection, introspection, prayer, or as you wish.

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right, next up we have the minutes of the April 15th, 2025 regular meeting,

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pleasure of council.

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Thank you.

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It's been moved and seconded any comments.

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Clerk, please call the roll.

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Mr. Grimes.

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Dr. Cumes.

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Ms. Dane.

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Mayor Wright.

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Yes.

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Mr. Glasgow.

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Yes.

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Mr. Washburn.

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Yes.

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Vice-chair Reem Center.

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Yes.

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The minutes are adopted with one of St. Shen.

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Next up we have the mayor's report.

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Mayor Wright.

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Thank you.

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We're, as it is, one of the responsibilities of the mayor of the city of Westerville to

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recognize occasions about standing certificates.

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We have seven such occasions tonight.

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National Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Taiwanese American Heritage

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Week, 26th Annual World Fall and Daffa Day, National Wetlands Month, Older Americans Month,

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National Police Week and Emergency Medical Services Week.

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The City of Westerville recognizes the rich and diverse history, culture, and contributions

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of Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders to our nation and to our community.

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And the month of May is designated as Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

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by the United States Congress, so honor the achievements and heritage of this important community.

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And this year's theme for Asian American at Pacific Islander Heritage Month is a legacy

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of leadership and resilience, which honors the leaders who established a foundation for future

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generations to thrive and adapt to change and adversity.

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Westerville values inclusion, diversity, and the celebration of all cultures with and our

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community.

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Now, therefore, I, Kenneth O. Wright, may have the city of Washingtonville, do hereby proclaim

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the month of May, 2025, as Asian-American at Pacific Islander Heritage Month in Westerville,

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and I encourage our residents, businesses, and organizations to participate in educational

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and cultural activities throughout the month to learn more about the heritage and celebrate

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the contributions of these communities.

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This proclamation was accepted earlier by Dr. Hong Iku, a member of the Columbus Tywinies Association of America,

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who I invite to the podium to offer a few remarks.

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The city council member and follow community members.

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Thank you so much for the opportunity to speak here.

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during the Taiwanese American Heritage Week

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and the celebration of Asian American

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and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

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As part of the Taiwanese American,

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it's a joy to see our stories, cultures,

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and contribution, recognize and embraced,

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especially here in the Westerville.

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A city that continued to show is commitment,

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with diversity and inclusion. It really means a lot. AAPH heritage month is about more than

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just both festivals or dragon dances though that's to be honest. We do so a great celebration.

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It's also a good time to honor the strengths, perseverance, and diverse spirit to our community.

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From the earlier real-world workers to today's entrepreneurs, artists, teachers and public

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service, Asian-American and public and Pacific Islander, I have helped build this field of

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fabric of this country, straight back straight.

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We know that today's political environment can be sometimes feel diverse or uncertain,

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but events like this remind us that community and shared with respect are powerful.

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That visibility matters, and that unity doesn't mean uniformity.

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It means celebrating each other's stories.

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Thank you, Western reveals, for recognizing the value of those stories, for a lifting up voices that haven't always been heard, and for showing that is City belong to all others.

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Here's more learning, more listening, and yes, more dumplings. Thank you.

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Thank you.

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There are more than 500,000 Taiwanese Americans in the United States, with a significant Taiwanese

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American population in Ohio.

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And Taiwanese Americans have made enormous contributions to the diversity and prosperity of American

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society, consistently contributing to the promotion of democracy and security of their

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homeland.

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And Taiwanese Americans have successfully and been successful in notable artists, Nobel laureates,

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scientists, researchers, scholars, professors, human rights activists, and business leaders.

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Taiwanese Americans are proud of their roots and of their vital role in the growth of our nation.

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This week recognizes the longstanding friendship between United States and Taiwan.

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And during this special week, Taiwanese Americans are able to embrace America's diversity and celebrate the community that binds us all together as one nation.

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Now, therefore, I can at the right mayor of the city of Westeville.

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Do hereby proclaim the week of May 11th through 1825 as Taiwanese American Heritage Week in Westeville,

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and I encourage residents to join in this observance.

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This proclamation was accepted earlier by Nancy Ho,

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who was a president of the Columbus Taiwanese American Association,

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and I invite President Ho to the podium to offer a few remarks.

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Thank you, Mayor Wright,

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and thank you, Vice Mayor.

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And thank you, City Council of Westerville.

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My name is Nancy Ho.

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I am the chapter president of Taiwanese American Association, Columbus chapter, and I want to thank Mr. Mayor Wright for

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continues authorize us the proclamation of Taiwanese American heritage. It's really appreciated.

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And also, Mayor Wright attended, we had honored to invite him to attend our Lunar New Year celebration

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last year. It was quite a very thrill to all my members. Today I'm here. I'm so honored

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to be here to have a chance to speak something about Taiwan and America.

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With the Asian America

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And Pacific Islander Heritage Months celebrated in May, 2025.

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I am so proud that I am part of the American,

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Taiwanese American community.

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I have been living in West Havel for 15, 15 years.

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And I love the environment here,

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the celebration of the Taiwanese American Heritage Week was advocated by also a Taiwanese community.

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It's called Formosian Association for Public Affairs.

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And this Taiwanese American heritage week was proclaimed by President Clinton in 1999, and in

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year 2000 was the first time we ever celebrate Taiwanese American heritage week, which

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starting from the Mother's Day each year for a week. It's about eight days actually.

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So, why we need, why do we want to this? Because we feel we hear.

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Taiwanese American, we are rooted here in America and we have our heritage mixed in harmonious

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way with American heritage.

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The celebration of Taiwanese American heritage work has been well received and I would like

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ask that American people will be aware of this. Many, many people when I speak about

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what is this heritage work about. So beside the political side, such as the 1979 Taiwan

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relations act, along with the 1982, the six assurances,

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they are the cornerstone of U.S. and Taiwan relations

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and continues to provide a strong foundation

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of the bond between our peoples.

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This bond is strengthened each day by the Taiwanese American

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community.

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This heritage week of servants provides

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and opportunity to learn more about the outstanding contributions

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in the videos of Taiwanese heritage,

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have made to our nation and the world.

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During this special week,

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we can embrace America's diversity

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and celebrate the spirit of community that binds us together

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as one nation.

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And other than that, I would like to say something about the little island is not little.

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We, there are 200 and the 3,000, 203 people on the island.

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And we are becoming the global center of artificial intelligence,

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and we are a solid partner of the US and is the key to the North American country's future.

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Taiwan's security is global security. We are developing itself a defense capability by

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procuring weapons from the U.S. and advancing our domestic defense industry. The Taiwan

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government is dedicated to build a whole of society defense resilience and the leveraging

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domestic technology and manufacturing strengths such as drones and next-generation communications

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to support the country's security needs.

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Taiwan's security is a global security and we are

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developing its south defense capabilities by procuring weapons from the US and advancing the

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domestic defense industry.

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Taiwan can contribute more to the U.S.

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In industrial revitalization, domestic industries are reliable source of key high-tech components and

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decisions, machine tools, et cetera, et cetera.

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In short, we as Taiwan Taiwanese community,

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we have all the talents coming, young talents

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coming from Taiwan to study here.

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And they might possibly stay here to contribute

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what they can do.

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So this is the other part of our community who can contribute to the American society as of today.

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And I want to thank you again for this opportunity for me to represent my community to

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that everybody know we are Taiwanese, American, and we are the grassroots friends.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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And I hope if you haven't visited Taiwan, it's a very friendly country.

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It's known for its friendliness and safety and trust worthy, there are surveys that Taiwan

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stand very top on this, it's kind of a so power too, and thank you very much again.

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Thank you.

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Thanks.

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Following

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Dafa is an advanced exercise and spiritual practice for mind and body that honors the universal values of truthfulness, compassion, and for parents.

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And Fawlin Dafa has benefited the physical and spiritual well-being of tens of millions of people from diverse cultural backgrounds in more than 100 countries, including the United States, since his public introduction in China in May in 1992.

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and Fallen Daffa, Transants, Cultural and Racial Boundaries, and contributes to a more peaceful, tolerant, and compassionate society.

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And Fallen Daffa practitioners worldwide in a community, communities across our nation are celebrating the 26th Annual World Fallen Daffa Day when May 13, coinciding with the 33rd Anniversary of the Public Introduction of Fallen Daffa.

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Now, therefore, I can at the right mayor of the city of Westerville, do here by proclaim Tuesday, May 13th, 2025, as Fallen Daffa Day in Westerville.

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This proclamation was accepted earlier by Ms. Arjun Chen, who was an instructor at the Taiwan Center for Mandarin Learning.

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I invite Ms. Chen to the podium to offer a few remarks.

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Thank

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you, the Honorable Mayor, Wright, and thank you City Manager, Dupini, and then also the All of the Council members.

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And thank you so much for the City of Westerville's, continue to recognize the Nation of the 26th Annual Fallen Dabba Day on May 13, 2020.

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by, and called Insighting with the 33th anniversary of Valdandava's public introductions.

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This occasion holds profound significance for millions, or wild, who celebrate the core values

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of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance principles that lie at the heart of Valdandava.

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More information you can see in this magazine.

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and followed up by empowers individual to cultivate at virtues and enhance their holistic

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well-being. Since its introduction China on May 13, 1992, it has touched the lives of

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countries, millions across more than 90 countries, offering profound benefits through its teachings.

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Tragically, it's popularity in China led to a severe direct down and persecution by the Chinese

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community party, Communist Party.

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Beginning on July 20, 1999, despite this challenges, volunteer practitioners have preserved

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transcending cultural and national boundaries to inspire individuals worldwide to embrace

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virtues and pursue self-improvements. The real-violence of practitioners who peacefully

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resist persecution and humorizing abuses is a testament to their steadfast commitment to

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trichfulness compassion and tolerance. By recognizing world-followed Daba Day, we honor

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this principles, reaffirm our communities, the dedication, to justice,

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legends, freedom, and human rights, and then a powerful message of solidarity

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to those who continue to endure persecution China.

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Additionally, thank you for accepting the subscription of the

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appreciate and we'll undoubtedly resonate it with our community and far beyond.

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Thank you again and God bless you.

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Thank you.

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Wetlands are vital ecosystems that provide numerous ecological and societal benefits, including

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flood protection, water quality improvement, wildlife habitat, and climate change mitigation.

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And Wetlands act as natural sponges, buffered against floods and droughts, and filtering pollutants, and enhancing water quality.

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And Wetlands also support diverse plant life and animal life, contributing to biodiversity and providing essential habitats for various species.

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And Wetlands play a significant role in the health of Ohio's ecosystem, and the Society of

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West and the City of Westerville remains firmly committed to preserving the natural environment

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while actively integrating green practices into our physical footprint, and the Westerville

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parks a recreation department has identified environmental stewardship as one of its core values.

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And this core value drives the city's commitment to treating the natural environment with care and respect,

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while promoting a sustainable lifestyle for today and generations to come.

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And Westerville's Pops and Recreation Department remains dedicated to the protection of wetlands, floodplain, woodlots, ravine,

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and other natural corridors to ensure the availability of wildlife habitat, water quality,

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and public access for both enjoyment and education. Now, therefore, I, Kenneth Olroy,

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May of the City of Westerville, do hereby proclaim May as Wetlands Month in Westerville.

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This proclamation was accepted earlier by Vice President Beth Thornton and staff scientists

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It's Brown, of Stone Environmental, who I invite to the podium to offer a few remarks.

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Mayor, Vice Mayor and members of Council.

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Thank you for recognizing wetlands and their importance in our communities.

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Again, my name is Beth Orton, with Stone Environmental, and we are pleased to accept this

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wetland's proclamation as we continue to be partners for a better environment.

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Our mission at Stone is to improve the environment around us,

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Both natural and man-made, wear a diverse, compassionate group of engineers, ecologists, scientists, archaeologists who solve challenging problems.

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We perform a wide variety of environmental, ecological, cultural, and civil engineering design services working together with our clients to understand a meet their unique individual needs.

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Which means wetlands are very important to us just as they're very important to you.

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I am a civil engineer focused on roadway design which often impact existing wetlands, which

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requires mitigation and folks like Alex to, and sometimes those projects even provide an

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opportunity to create new wetlands to counter the impacts to existing ones.

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Again, Alex is with me today, he is an environmental scientist specializing in field

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botany, urban forestry, and ecosystem restoration.

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That means he's the guy who puts him back together

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after I tear him apart.

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Alex has conducted numerous wetland delineations

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and aquatic vegetation assessments.

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And in his work as an aquatic biologist,

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he identifies and manages nuisance and invasive aquatic species,

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which can destroy the habitat of a wetland.

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And we don't want that.

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More importantly, he is leading the Westerville Parks and Recreation Nature

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Knights program, and I was going to share a few words about the importance of

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wetlands in our environment.

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We are happy and honored to accept this proclamation on behalf of the City of

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Westerville.

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We have had the privilege to work closely with the city, especially with the

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Parks and Recreation Department, assisting with the city's

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of protecting wetlands and other natural spaces. Recently, it has been rewarding to educate

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the city's youth about what plants and animals in our community are integral parts of

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our healthy wetlands. It is important to foster interest in the natural world and we are

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proud to contribute to the cause. The city of Westerville serves as model of best practice

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by maintaining beautiful parks, many of which feature wetlands. I want to particularly highlight

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Highland Park, Boyer Nature Preserve, and Hoffwood's Park,

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home of the Nature Nights programs presented by Stone

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and sponsored by the City of Worcesterville.

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Each of these parks feature wetlands,

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and we encourage you to experience them

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and discover their importance firsthand.

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Wetlands provide values that know other ecosystem

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can, including flood risk mitigation,

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which is all too important in the fall of this rain.

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And we will continue to work hand in hand

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with the City of Worcesterville

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to meet their environmental goals.

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Thank you for inviting us to accept this proclamation, and please keep an eye out for the next nature

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nice program on July 18th.

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Thank you.

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May is older Americans month, a time to recognize and honor Westerville's older adults for

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their influence and contributions to our community, our state and our nation.

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And this month we celebrate the theme of Flip the Script on Aging, encouraging a positive and vibrant view on older age where opportunities for continued engagement and well-being are highlighted.

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And older Americans are vital to our community enriching us through their wisdom, experience and active participation in civic life, volunteerism and intergenerational connections.

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And we must continue to support older adults in maintaining their independence, accessing the resources they need,

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and fostering a sense of belonging and connection.

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Now, therefore, I, Kenneth L. Wright, Mayor of the City of Westerville,

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do hereby proclaim May as older Americans month in Westerville,

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and I encourage all residents to join me in honoring our older adults,

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promoting positive messaging about aging and fostering a culture of respect, inclusion, and support for all ages.

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This proclamation was accepted earlier by Mr. Gary Gardner, who I invite to the podium to offer a few remarks.

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I'm not going to have a lot to say, but I'm going to speak extemporaneously, which is pretty much the way I live my life.

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I think extemporaneous is really great because you get to prepare for things and you don't know what's going to happen.

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You go forward anyway.

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When I was a young man in the middle of last century, I wondered whether or not I was going to make it to the year 2000.

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I'm not being sure if you could saw that, but I lived through the Vietnam War.

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I didn't go to Vietnam, but I survived in 1968, I survived, 75, I survived, I survived the financial disaster with homeless savings loan and Westerville in the mid-90s.

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Even though my wife did, because her first credit card was through that company, and it got canceled.

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first time she bought something, she couldn't bear bill, had no money.

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I've enjoyed

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doing exactly what I do which is enjoying being extemporaneous, preparing yourself,

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to be able to participate in everything in some manner, shape, or form. Sometimes you become

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better at something, you'll participate in better. And I really feel lucky tonight

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the idea that I'm fortunate to be here.

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This is a part of me that imagined tonight where Mayor Wright said, well, here's the proclamation, and my intention was, in regard to come in and accept this proclamation.

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But as you know, two days ago he had a car crash. I'm happy to be here. It's wonderful to be here. Thank you very much, letting me be the person. Enjoy yourself.

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Thank you.

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All right.

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All right.

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All right.

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Now, when I asked you to accept the confirmation, I told you that last year, I recognized

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the AARP tax aid of Westerville, a group of seniors that provide tax preparation services

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for other seniors.

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Now, what I didn't say, that my attention was to recognize your service as Westerville's

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photojournalist in cinematographer, which I'm playing to do right now.

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So it is with a great deal of respect and admiration that I recognize and commend Mr. Gary Gardner

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for his outstanding contributions and dedication as a photojournalist.

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and cinematographer at the Westerville News. rarely seen in public without one and

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more cameras in hand or drone circling overhead, Mr. Gardner leverages his more than

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50 years of experience in journalism to report on the latest happenings in Westerville and

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capture breaking news and special occasions through visual storytelling. A consummate

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professional. Mr. Gardner is also a photojournalist in cinematographer at I push news and his

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former work includes photographer at the Associated Press, photo editor at the Claren

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Ledger in Mississippi and photographer at Fort Laudado News in Orlando, Sentinel. Mr. Gardner's

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All right, dedication and service as Westerville's reporter, correspondent, photojournalist

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and cinematographer make him an invaluable news resource for our residents and our community.

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Therefore, I desire to publicly recognize and show my appreciation to Mr. Gary Gardner

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for the wonderful impact he has made and continues to make in Westerville.

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I did not. Thank you so much. I don't know. I don't know. I love what I do. I've over the years.

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I can't really get asked question. Why do you think you do it? Why do you make fun of it?

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What do you think you do? And I think it's the fact that people get to see something they don't get to see for themselves.

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It's that moment where someone says,

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Wow, how did you do that? Where did you get that?

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I don't remember seeing that.

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And I really love those moments

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because it speaks to the craft,

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speaks to finding something that I'm lucky enough

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to get to do. Don't misunderstand.

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I don't think a lot of myself. Maybe I do.

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I don't think a lot of myself.

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I just happen to be the one that is fortunate

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to make really good photographs of sex people's lives.

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And I'm happy to do it in Western New York.

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Oh, and by the way, I forgot to tell you earlier.

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You're 2000 and midnight?

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I was at a waffle house.

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What I'm having people eating midnight,

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I'm very interested in waffle house.

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I thought it was the best night of my life.

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I made it to the new century, and it was at a waffle house.

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The members of the Westernville Division of Police

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Playing a central role in safeguarding the rights and freedoms of Westable citizens.

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It is important that all citizens understand the responsibilities, hazards, and sacrifices of Westable division of police.

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The Westable division of police recognize their duty to serve the people by safeguarding life and property,

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by protecting the community against violence and disorder, and by protecting the innocent against deception and the weak against oppression.

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And the west of the vision of police unceasingly provide a vital public service to the citizens

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of this community and strongly invite embrace the philosophy of community policing in all its daily

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operations and functions. All west of the public buildings will turn their exterior lights

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bloom and encourage the city of west of the community to do the same in recognition of law enforcement

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officers from May 11th through May 17th.

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And the Westville Division of Police has developed a partnership between the police and

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the community that share responsibility for identifying, reducing, eliminating, and preventing

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problems that impact community safety and order.

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Now, therefore, I can't at all write near the city of Westville, Ohio.

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Do hereby proclaim May 11th through 1725 as National Police Week in Westerville and I ask all residents and businesses to light Westerville Bloom by placing blue bulbs and exterior lights and displaying visible blue ribbons during police week.

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I further call upon all citizens to observe Thursday May 15th 2025 as Peace Officers Memorial Day.

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In honor of those long-force and officers who, through their courageous deeds, had made the ultimate sacrifice in service to their community or become disabled in the performance of their duty.

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And let us recognize and pay respects to survivors of our fallen heroes.

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This proclamation was accepted earlier by Acting Chief Holly Merchland and several WPD officers, who were invited to the podium to offer a few remarks.

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First I wanted to thank you for allowing us to come before what we lovingly consider the second responders of the fire department.

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So we appreciate that.

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Mayor and Council on behalf of the Westerville Division of Police and with sincere gratitude.

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We accept this proclamation recognizing national police week.

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We appreciate this recognition of the dedication and sacrifices of all the men and women who serve the city of Westerville.

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We remain committed to serving and protecting our community with honor, professionalism, and integrity.

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We thank you for your continued support.

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And I would also like to take a moment and ask for continued thoughts and prayers for the family and co-workers of slain Hamilton County Deputy Larry Henderson,

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who was targeted and tragically killed while directing traffic for the University of Cincinnati's graduation ceremony last week.

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And last but not least, emergency medical services are vital public service and National Emergency Services Week is a time to appreciate and recognize the dedicated work of EMTs,

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Paramedics and other EMS professionals who provide life-saving care to those in need 24 hours a day seven days a week

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Access to quality emergency care dramatically improves the survival and recovery rate of those who experience sudden illness or injury

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And emergency medical services have grown to fill a gap by providing important out of hospital care

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including preventive medicine, follow-up care, and excess to telemedicine, and the emergency

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medical services system consists of first responders, emergency medical technicians,

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paramedics, emergency medical dispatchers, firefighters, police officers, educators,

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administrators, pre-hospital nurses, emergency nurses, emergency physicians, train members

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of the public and other out-of-hospital medical care providers.

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And the members of emergency medical services teams, whether career or volunteer, engage

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in thousands of hours of specialized training and continuing education to enhance their

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life-saving skills.

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It is appropriate to recognize the value and the accomplishments of emergency medical services

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providers by desiccinating the emergency medical services week. The National Medical

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Medical Services Week theme for 2025 is week hair for everyone and it captures the

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dedication of Westerville's emergency medical services professionals. Now therefore I

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can't have the right mayor of the city of Westerville, do hear about the claim the week

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of May 18th through 24th, 2025 as emergency medical services week in Westerville.

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This proclamation was accepted earlier by Deputy Chief Robert Morton and station 112 medical

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medical crew who are invited to the podium to offer a few remarks.

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Thank you, Mayor.

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City Council, City Leadership.

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It truly is a privilege to be able to stand up here tonight and accept this

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information on behalf of all the women and men of Western

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building vision and fire.

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Every day they put the boots on the ground and do an amazing job,

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amazing work for the citizens, visitors, and community.

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So we thank you very much.

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Keep it short.

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So I control the police and we'll get on with the meeting.

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So thank you very much.

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That concludes the Mayor's report.

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I'm offering the answer to the questions.

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Any questions?

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Next up, we have the City Manager Support, Mrs. Dupy please.

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Thank you, Ms. Vice Chair and members of Council. It's a great evening to be here.

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We are in the month of May if you believe it or not.

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So I'd like to start with a couple of updates.

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This last Saturday, our Westfield Division of Police,

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participated in what we called Project Unity, which was a central

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Ohio-peractive traffic enforcement effort to identify

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reckless drivers on our streets. The operation involved law enforcement

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agencies across the region and resulted in significant

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enforcement on our roads. This included 696 traffic steps,

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resulting in 365 citations. There were 71

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Ms. demeanor arrest, 12 felony arrests, removal of 27 impaired

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drivers off our roads, and a combined 38 arrests with the head a combined

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misdemeanor and felony warning. So, ensure the result obviously emphasizes the

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need for traffic stops in our community and across the region, it reduced

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traffic crashes and clearly is a deterrent to crime in our region. So I just want to

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think all the agencies and central Ohio that work together to make our streets a little

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bit safer this weekend. And since we're talking about traffic, let's give you an update on

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east of Africa. I wanted to provide a heads up that there will be some traffic maintenance

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scheduled for Ferris Parkway sometime in the coming weeks. We're a little bit behind schedule

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things to the consecutive days of rain. So, the plan right now is that we will hopefully

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in the next few days will proceed with plans on the intersection of Polaris and Africa

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Road. This actually will require two lanes of closure on eastbound Polaris. So I'm making

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it publicly known that at some point two lanes on eastbound Polaris will have to be shut down.

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We're looking at mid-May and reopening on Memorial Day weekend.

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But again, it depends on if it continues to rain.

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So, keep your eye out at westerville.org slash go westerville,

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which updates all of our construction projects across our community with maps and images.

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And you can also keep up on social media.

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We'll give you the up-to-date information as we know it.

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So with that, I am happy to answer any questions.

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Any questions?

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We are going to move on to Council Representative Report.

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We have our Planning Commission report from Council Member Glasgow.

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Third meeting of Planning Commission.

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We heard two cases.

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The first is 2025-08.

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This dealt with the relocation and necessary relocation for the farmers'

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market for the summer farmers' market.

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So this is a request for a conditional use permit to operate a seasonal farmers market by the

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up-town Westerville Inc.

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The new location that they are asking for is the parking lots between Co-Hatch and North

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High Brewing at 240 South State Street.

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We talked through the logistics parking for that location is proposed to be at 64 East

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on that, and at the Cornerstone Church, which is across the west, across the state street,

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that's accessible through Bishop.

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UWI.

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I will provide signage for parking and circulation,

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and the condition we use permit will cover for the season

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and through 2026. There were concerns raised about parking, and how that's actually going to work.

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The idea is for people to park at 64 and walk down the bike path, which is not too far, and for people to park at the church and cross at Bishop.

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I had concerns, others had concerns about people walking across state streets and how that's going to work.

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So Lynn from U-W-I said that they would have volunteers working at least the first two meetings

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so you kind of direct people and make sure they knew where to cross and they weren't sort of drifting across state street and having those issues.

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And in general, I guess we had somebody come from the funeral home next door who was concerned about parking, as well, so Lynn indicated that she would have sort of continuous dialogue with them to make sure there was, you know, not going to have any conflict between the market and whatever there, whatever the funeral home is doing.

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00:46:11,080 --> 00:46:17,660
So based on that, it was past the Commission's permit was issued about 70.

447
00:46:21,260 --> 00:46:28,080
The second matter we heard, as you can see there on the map, is further down on Safe Street,

448
00:46:28,080 --> 00:46:30,780
State Street, 769 South State Street.

449
00:46:31,300 --> 00:46:35,380
This is a request for a site plan modification with variances.

450
00:46:35,960 --> 00:46:40,900
And this is the user's no soliciting social club, so we actually heard this, I think a

451
00:46:40,900 --> 00:46:50,440
months ago. Here we had a matter regarding this here. This is a private restaurant bar in a 3333

452
00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:55,380
hundred sixty square foot building. If you drive by there right now it says kitchen and

453
00:46:56,360 --> 00:47:02,240
flooring I believe and it looks a lot different than what you see up there. On the top right corner

454
00:47:02,240 --> 00:47:10,320
is what was proposed by no soliciting the image is consistent with their, there are

455
00:47:10,320 --> 00:47:16,200
other business downtown and they sort of had a uniform branding which is the dark, I think

456
00:47:16,200 --> 00:47:19,300
it's called caviar is actually that color but it's black.

457
00:47:21,500 --> 00:47:23,460
So the overlay for this district

458
00:47:23,460 --> 00:47:29,720
calls for retaining or having bread brick as you can see that throughout the area. So there

459
00:47:29,720 --> 00:47:36,320
There was a fairly robust conversation about their plan not retaining the red brick, which

460
00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:38,340
would be inconsistent with surrounding properties.

461
00:47:39,120 --> 00:47:44,160
We've heard in the past recently, we've insisted that our bees was going to have red brick.

462
00:47:44,660 --> 00:47:45,340
We made that.

463
00:47:45,400 --> 00:47:49,340
We didn't enforce them against Bob Evans to make them take them back to red brick.

464
00:47:49,900 --> 00:47:51,420
So there's a lot of conversation about that.

465
00:47:51,420 --> 00:47:57,020
Ultimately, the applicant agreed to modify the plan so that the top bees on the building

466
00:47:57,020 --> 00:48:02,520
will be red brick and there will be a red brick wall in the front and some red brick on

467
00:48:02,520 --> 00:48:03,300
the signage.

468
00:48:04,080 --> 00:48:12,980
So ultimately the proposal was approved 7-0 with the conditions that the brick remain on

469
00:48:12,980 --> 00:48:19,220
the building that they would install a landscape buffering install the brick stream that I just

470
00:48:19,220 --> 00:48:24,380
mentioned and the other issue with parking, there's not a lot of parking on this site.

471
00:48:24,380 --> 00:48:30,580
The parking proposal is actually 17 spots, less than it is required to be by code.

472
00:48:31,280 --> 00:48:32,360
My opinion that was a lot.

473
00:48:32,960 --> 00:48:39,180
However, they are negotiating right now with the firestone business next door to

474
00:48:39,180 --> 00:48:44,260
for a shared parking agreement, because firestone won't use their spots likely at the same

475
00:48:44,260 --> 00:48:46,680
time that no soliciting will be at peak hours.

476
00:48:47,500 --> 00:48:51,260
One of the conditions they agreed to was that they would have to provide that shared parking

477
00:48:51,260 --> 00:48:53,760
agreement before they could occupy the building.

478
00:48:54,520 --> 00:48:58,580
So on that basis, the application was approved 7 to 0.

479
00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:01,080
And that is all I have.

480
00:49:01,580 --> 00:49:02,600
And there are any questions?

481
00:49:03,820 --> 00:49:04,880
Comments or questions?

482
00:49:06,380 --> 00:49:07,520
I've got two things.

483
00:49:08,180 --> 00:49:09,640
I like the shared parking agreement.

484
00:49:09,840 --> 00:49:11,420
I think we should be doing that, citywide.

485
00:49:11,460 --> 00:49:13,760
And we've got uses that are complementary to each other.

486
00:49:13,940 --> 00:49:17,960
So we're not building extra parking that's just going to be empty pavement, essentially.

487
00:49:17,960 --> 00:49:25,940
The other thing I wanted to go back to, and this might be more for City Manager, the bike path when you're walking to the farmer's market.

488
00:49:26,120 --> 00:49:29,920
You know, sometimes in uptown they've had the signs like the farmer's market with directions.

489
00:49:30,420 --> 00:49:37,700
If we could get some signage on that entrance to the bike path on Walnut, that directs people visually to the farmer's market, they'd be great.

490
00:49:37,820 --> 00:49:43,600
You think people are driving down Walnut, it's a reminder that you can get there from that bike path.

491
00:49:43,600 --> 00:49:51,480
And also the bike path you wouldn't sort of like look at it and be like that's naturally where I go to the farmers market so we could work with UWI or just like that would be great.

492
00:49:52,060 --> 00:49:52,420
That's all I have.

493
00:49:52,540 --> 00:49:55,260
And then I will say the other issue just to bring it up here that I had.

494
00:49:55,520 --> 00:49:59,540
But I don't think really was UWI or Lynn's really there.

495
00:49:59,640 --> 00:50:08,300
They couldn't say anything about it in the Bayley way but I do have concerns about the folks on Bishop and the people are going to just park along Bishop and that's going to be an issue.

496
00:50:08,300 --> 00:50:17,320
So, yeah, as much as we can, say, go to the church, go to 64, I think that'll help deal with the issues on Bishop, hopefully.

497
00:50:22,790 --> 00:50:32,330
Can we do what we do for fourth Friday, like where we put the temporary, don't park on Bishop, like how we put them in certain of town streets?

498
00:50:32,330 --> 00:50:39,010
So, I am not in the total details of what we have agreed to and have an agreed to without

499
00:50:39,010 --> 00:50:39,890
Thomas Jerville.

500
00:50:40,330 --> 00:50:46,550
So, I would go back to her team and talk to him about all your concerns and have response

501
00:50:46,550 --> 00:50:48,490
back to you guys in the next couple of days.

502
00:50:49,890 --> 00:50:53,930
Yeah, from my perspective, based on the conversation, because we're actually on the meeting

503
00:50:53,930 --> 00:50:57,250
and going to expedite this, and the person from the funeral came, funeral home came up

504
00:50:57,250 --> 00:50:57,750
and had comments.

505
00:50:57,910 --> 00:51:01,170
So, we asked when to come up and give her an opportunity to address the stuff.

506
00:51:01,170 --> 00:51:12,210
I have full faith that Lynn will be monitoring all the other issues, but I think who parks on Bishop or where people park outside of what they've provided for spillover?

507
00:51:12,370 --> 00:51:16,750
She can't really control that or deal with that, but I think that's something that's got to be least monitored.

508
00:51:18,010 --> 00:51:22,670
The only thing I would add for the Bishop parking is residents only instead of no parking.

509
00:51:22,830 --> 00:51:28,290
I don't think that we should penalize the people who live there from parking in their own street.

510
00:51:28,290 --> 00:51:31,130
So if that's an option, if we could explore that,

511
00:51:31,270 --> 00:51:31,630
I'd be great.

512
00:51:31,750 --> 00:51:32,950
I mean, I know that there might be things

513
00:51:32,950 --> 00:51:34,570
that we're not thinking of right in this moment,

514
00:51:34,830 --> 00:51:36,870
but if you get back to us, that'd be great.

515
00:51:38,350 --> 00:51:39,870
Is there anything else?

516
00:51:40,610 --> 00:51:44,190
Okay, we are gonna move on to citizen comments.

517
00:51:45,090 --> 00:51:47,390
City Council welcomes you and thanks to for your time

518
00:51:47,390 --> 00:51:48,010
and concerns.

519
00:51:48,210 --> 00:51:49,790
If you wish to address City Council,

520
00:51:50,210 --> 00:51:52,430
this is the time set on the agenda for you to do so.

521
00:51:52,650 --> 00:51:54,490
When you recognize, please step to the podium,

522
00:51:54,630 --> 00:51:56,530
state your name, and if you wish or address,

523
00:51:56,530 --> 00:51:58,610
and provide your comments to City Council.

524
00:51:58,970 --> 00:52:01,710
Please add your name and address to the sign-in sheet next to the podium.

525
00:52:02,250 --> 00:52:04,030
Your comments will be limited to three minutes.

526
00:52:04,370 --> 00:52:06,810
The City Council may not respond to your comments this evening,

527
00:52:07,170 --> 00:52:09,970
rather they may take your comments and suggestions under advisement,

528
00:52:10,190 --> 00:52:13,610
and your questions may be directed to the appropriate staff person for follow-up.

529
00:52:13,910 --> 00:52:16,250
Any materials for Council should be given to the clerk?

530
00:52:16,410 --> 00:52:19,190
Do not approach the Council Dias unless invited. Thank you.

531
00:52:23,830 --> 00:52:27,030
Anyone wish him to speak there, we go. I knew there was some more.

532
00:52:32,440 --> 00:52:36,460
Yeah, I was in White Hall for a few weeks, John Gattis,

533
00:52:36,600 --> 00:52:37,820
2.93 across from the loop.

534
00:52:37,960 --> 00:52:41,340
I'm going to take a page from Mr. Gardner and be able to

535
00:52:41,340 --> 00:52:42,280
accept for any of this tonight.

536
00:52:43,140 --> 00:52:45,880
I was in White Hall watching them pass their

537
00:52:45,880 --> 00:52:47,820
resolutions protecting immigration immigrants

538
00:52:49,180 --> 00:52:50,740
and gender affirming care.

539
00:52:52,060 --> 00:52:53,540
And we have people come to council,

540
00:52:53,740 --> 00:52:57,640
speak in favor of those in November and December and January

541
00:52:57,640 --> 00:53:02,840
And I still hope that we can have the council bring those up and do something similar here.

542
00:53:03,680 --> 00:53:10,120
The main thing I was going to talk about tonight was the purchase plans for the solar and the natural gas plants.

543
00:53:10,520 --> 00:53:14,060
I'm really glad to see that the city is moving forward on the solar project.

544
00:53:15,840 --> 00:53:26,880
You know, I think the city was poised to do solar on the community center in 2020 and then COVID hit and it was one of the results of that was the project was cancelled.

545
00:53:26,880 --> 00:53:54,060
The other thing I would say about that is there's a lot of things happening in Washington, Congress is trying to cut things to give billionaires tax cuts and one of the things on the table is the credits for renewable energy and I would encourage the city to track that closely and if you can, if you need to accelerate or expand the investment in renewable energy to take advantage of those credits if necessary.

546
00:53:54,820 --> 00:53:58,080
The other thing I was going to talk about was the natural gas plant.

547
00:53:59,080 --> 00:54:02,800
I said to email to Council, I think back in January of February after the work session

548
00:54:02,800 --> 00:54:08,600
with some thoughts about how the city had planned to buy a coal plant about 15, 20 years ago

549
00:54:08,600 --> 00:54:13,060
and that was stopped and how that was a good thing because Westerville would have ended up

550
00:54:13,060 --> 00:54:17,340
on the hook with a dirty polluting coal plant for 50 years.

551
00:54:17,860 --> 00:54:27,080
I think in one of the articles I found at that time, former council member, Kakuzie was quoted as saying the only thing I'm committed to for 50 years as my marriage.

552
00:54:28,460 --> 00:54:37,520
So that was that was that. And I think one of my concerns about the natural gas plant has been the length of the contract.

553
00:54:38,260 --> 00:54:46,460
And I was just hoping tonight that one of the questions I had when I was preparing remarks for tonight was how long is that contract going to be at the work session.

554
00:54:46,460 --> 00:54:51,480
it sounded to me it was going to be about 22, 23 years now because of the things on tonight's

555
00:54:51,480 --> 00:54:55,600
agenda it looks like that's being pushed out to start in 2027 and something the staff

556
00:54:55,600 --> 00:55:01,280
memo says it's supposed to be paid off in 2042 so it looks like it's down to 15 years

557
00:55:01,280 --> 00:55:07,640
or 20 years so I just get some clarification on that that would be great but thank you so much

558
00:55:10,450 --> 00:55:15,230
anyone else? Seeing no one else this is comments you're not closed.

559
00:55:15,230 --> 00:55:22,130
We'll move on to items of a legislation if the clerk would read resolution 202505 by title please.

560
00:55:24,690 --> 00:55:27,890
To amend the bylaws of the Westerville City Council.

561
00:55:30,590 --> 00:55:32,730
This is the first reading Mr. Winkel.

562
00:55:34,970 --> 00:55:43,950
Good evening members of Council. Thank you for the opportunity to provide the first reading for resolution 2025-05.

563
00:55:45,790 --> 00:55:50,610
As Ms. Einger says, and this slide shows, this is an amendment to council's bylaws.

564
00:55:52,490 --> 00:55:57,850
So, before we dive into potential amendments, let's do a refresher on what the bylaws are.

565
00:56:01,420 --> 00:56:06,060
So, the charter requires council to adopt its own rules, regulations, or bylaws.

566
00:56:06,540 --> 00:56:11,440
That's an article three section three of the charter, and consistent with that directive

567
00:56:11,440 --> 00:56:15,440
Council was done that. They have adopted by laws which govern

568
00:56:15,440 --> 00:56:19,240
Council's operations, it's procedures, it's conducts.

569
00:56:19,240 --> 00:56:22,760
It essentially fills in the gaps from the charter, from the code,

570
00:56:22,840 --> 00:56:25,160
and amplifies the intent of those authorities.

571
00:56:26,620 --> 00:56:30,160
So the last amendment to the by laws was in 2021.

572
00:56:30,780 --> 00:56:33,960
May 18th, so about four years ago, this month.

573
00:56:34,720 --> 00:56:38,160
And before that, the previous amendment was in June of 2015.

574
00:56:38,940 --> 00:56:45,220
So the bylaws are periodically updated, reviewed, revised, based on changes in state law,

575
00:56:45,980 --> 00:56:47,980
changes in the charter, or council preferences.

576
00:56:48,900 --> 00:56:52,780
And for anybody in the public or council or on staff, or anybody interested in reading

577
00:56:52,780 --> 00:56:57,740
the bylaws, they're available on the council page of these cities website.

578
00:57:01,280 --> 00:57:05,580
So let's flash back to March 4th at the request of the chair of council.

579
00:57:06,240 --> 00:57:10,120
We had an additional business section where we discussed potential amendments to the

580
00:57:11,760 --> 00:57:21,680
And during that additional business session discussion, Council identified several consensus amendments to the bylaws that they had staff in the team to prepare.

581
00:57:23,440 --> 00:57:29,000
So between March 4th and today the law department worked with the chair and vice chair of council.

582
00:57:29,760 --> 00:57:38,040
The city manager's office in the clerk of council to prepare what is exhibit A to resolution 2025-05.

583
00:57:42,560 --> 00:57:52,740
So the majority of amendments that are reflected in the exhibit to the resolution are directly driven by Council's comments and suggestions from the March 4th meeting.

584
00:57:54,040 --> 00:58:00,080
And if you wanted to look at it, you could go to Council's packet, look at exhibit A, you'd see a 21 page document.

585
00:58:01,660 --> 00:58:05,540
And essentially anything in that document that is in blue would be new.

586
00:58:05,540 --> 00:58:11,560
So, blue, new, anything in black is called directly from the existing bylaws, and then anything

587
00:58:11,560 --> 00:58:16,100
that's struck through would potentially be removed from the current bylaws.

588
00:58:17,600 --> 00:58:22,540
So, what we're going to do is go page by page line, line by line, through that 21-page document.

589
00:58:24,280 --> 00:58:30,240
Mr. Bechtold told me he has a date with the Cavaliers Pacer's game, so he asked me to expedite the review.

590
00:58:30,240 --> 00:58:36,360
So what I would do is I'd point Council to the table on the slide or you could look at the

591
00:58:36,360 --> 00:58:41,000
appendix to the staff report and essentially the major changes are there and the table

592
00:58:41,000 --> 00:58:46,560
on the broken out into three categories which are technical, so the process for Council

593
00:58:46,560 --> 00:58:51,120
number resignation, the listing of all 12 committees, the Council members are appointed to

594
00:58:51,120 --> 00:58:58,300
and serve on procedural. So this was mentioned by the chair at the last meeting, the March

595
00:58:58,300 --> 00:59:03,540
forth meeting, but to ensure that he doesn't have gone to some distant fall off land,

596
00:59:03,700 --> 00:59:07,560
and so on the beach and up cocktails in the city's dime, the vice chair would be required

597
00:59:07,560 --> 00:59:12,260
to review and approve his request for travel reimbursement, conference expenses.

598
00:59:13,460 --> 00:59:16,240
Council, I'd quite a robust discussion about committee attendance.

599
00:59:17,260 --> 00:59:22,000
So what the amendments of the bylaws would do would be to adopt the same standard for

600
00:59:22,000 --> 00:59:24,860
attendance to council committees as the rest of the city boards and commissions.

601
00:59:25,480 --> 00:59:31,980
So essentially, if you missed more than a quarter of the meetings in a calendar year for that committee,

602
00:59:32,540 --> 00:59:37,080
that would exceed the threshold, or if you missed one-third of the meetings in a calendar year,

603
00:59:37,140 --> 00:59:42,040
for any committee that meets at least four times, that would exceed the threshold as well.

604
00:59:43,480 --> 00:59:48,340
Optional electronic voting for council committees, boards and commissions was something council expressed,

605
00:59:48,340 --> 00:59:55,340
Support 4, Council Officers, Chair, Vice Chair, Mayor, and Vice Mayor would still be done by voice vote.

606
00:59:56,340 --> 00:59:57,720
So that was consistent with...

607
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:06,260
Council's directive. And then the fall right column is stylistic. So if you were to look at the exhibit to the resolution,

608
01:00:06,460 --> 01:00:12,720
what you'd see is that the format has changed pretty significantly. The bones from the existing

609
01:00:12,720 --> 01:00:19,000
bylaws are pulled over. But you'd see a table of contents. You'd see definitions for standard terms,

610
01:00:19,000 --> 01:00:29,980
the conditions you use throughout the document. And then sections that are in the current bylaws are kind of

611
01:00:33,120 --> 01:00:40,620
So I'll pause there and if there's any questions about the exhibit, about the amendments, about anything, I would be happy to answer them.

612
01:00:45,250 --> 01:00:47,110
Does Council want to do a quick trivia question?

613
01:00:49,290 --> 01:00:52,310
All right, we'll just do one because the Cavaliers are playing right now.

614
01:00:52,850 --> 01:00:56,090
So there was a significant birthday yesterday.

615
01:00:59,070 --> 01:01:00,110
May 5th, 1961.

616
01:01:02,210 --> 01:01:04,550
Anybody want to guess what birthday it was?

617
01:01:04,550 --> 01:01:05,330
This

618
01:01:08,440 --> 01:01:09,620
has like a trick question.

619
01:01:10,840 --> 01:01:10,980
Yeah.

620
01:01:11,430 --> 01:01:12,360
Which start?

621
01:01:14,660 --> 01:01:16,640
It was not Bruce Bailey's birth.

622
01:01:17,700 --> 01:01:21,340
It was the 64th birthday of Westerville's charter.

623
01:01:22,660 --> 01:01:25,660
So, 64 years, the city's constitution.

624
01:01:26,480 --> 01:01:28,100
So, it was so difficult.

625
01:01:30,420 --> 01:01:34,900
I had, I came with a question and now I can't find the second word.

626
01:01:34,900 --> 01:01:38,700
lays out the process for if some of our attendance.

627
01:01:39,280 --> 01:01:42,820
Sure, okay, can you tell me where that is again?

628
01:01:43,300 --> 01:01:47,100
I'm in your council meeting ground to talk about council attendance or board and

629
01:01:47,100 --> 01:01:47,320
committees.

630
01:01:47,860 --> 01:01:51,900
So the process if we're not attending, that was in blue, it wasn't there.

631
01:01:52,040 --> 01:01:52,240
Right.

632
01:01:52,700 --> 01:02:00,060
So it would be in the new bylaws or the exhibit to the resolution to be section 3b on page 10.

633
01:02:00,380 --> 01:02:01,400
Thank you.

634
01:02:01,560 --> 01:02:02,580
I was on seven.

635
01:02:07,640 --> 01:02:16,700
So, the chair, the chair notifies one of us that weren't notifies me that I'm not attending, right?

636
01:02:17,120 --> 01:02:23,400
So, the clerk would notify the chair, presumably, after contact from the chairperson of the committee.

637
01:02:24,420 --> 01:02:30,620
The chair would then speak with a member about whether or not they've exceeded the attendance, excuse me, absence threshold.

638
01:02:32,320 --> 01:02:34,220
So, if that threshold's been exceeded,

639
01:02:35,180 --> 01:02:36,740
that member would four-fifth or C.

640
01:02:38,180 --> 01:02:39,280
And then that would create the vacancy,

641
01:02:39,480 --> 01:02:40,740
which is filled by the chair,

642
01:02:41,200 --> 01:02:42,700
which I think was consistent with what council

643
01:02:42,700 --> 01:02:44,780
talked about on March 4th.

644
01:02:45,140 --> 01:02:47,720
So, my question is, is that automatic,

645
01:02:47,820 --> 01:02:50,240
or is that the prerogative of the chair?

646
01:02:50,980 --> 01:02:53,560
So, similar to council absences under the charter,

647
01:02:53,580 --> 01:02:54,820
would be automatic for a feature.

648
01:02:55,900 --> 01:02:58,880
If you were to miss one-quarter,

649
01:02:58,880 --> 01:03:04,400
excuse me, three consecutive meetings in a calendar year, or one-third of the overall meetings for

650
01:03:04,400 --> 01:03:09,140
a committee that meets at least four times in a calendar year. And as you know, the committees,

651
01:03:09,580 --> 01:03:15,140
the board's commissions of the city meet at different frequencies, so I try to do a math

652
01:03:15,680 --> 01:03:20,600
a chart for this, but it wasn't proven very useful. So I guess it would depend on the specific committee

653
01:03:20,600 --> 01:03:24,660
or board commission. That was helpful. Thank you. Sure.

654
01:03:28,790 --> 01:03:32,090
Okay, so the resolution to amend the

655
01:03:33,150 --> 01:03:38,410
Typically, resolutions received one rating, ordinances received three, motions are heard once,

656
01:03:39,090 --> 01:03:43,910
counsel in 2021 and previously said that the resolution to amend the bylaws requires two

657
01:03:43,910 --> 01:03:44,190
reads.

658
01:03:45,350 --> 01:03:46,670
So, this is the first reading tonight.

659
01:03:47,670 --> 01:03:50,990
The second reading would be May 20th.

660
01:03:51,110 --> 01:03:57,630
And with that, thus concludes the first reading of resolution 2025-05.

661
01:03:58,730 --> 01:04:01,150
There are any additional questions or comments.

662
01:04:02,810 --> 01:04:02,850
Okay?

663
01:04:03,030 --> 01:04:04,010
Thank you.

664
01:04:04,570 --> 01:04:06,270
We'll move on to ordinance number 20,

665
01:04:06,730 --> 01:04:09,250
20, 506 of the Clerk would read that by title please.

666
01:04:12,760 --> 01:04:15,620
To approve the form and authorize and direct the city manager

667
01:04:15,620 --> 01:04:20,220
to execute a power sales contract with American Municipal Power

668
01:04:20,220 --> 01:04:23,940
Incorporated Amp regarding the Amp Freemont Energy Center

669
01:04:23,940 --> 01:04:26,360
and agreements for the assumption of an interest

670
01:04:26,360 --> 01:04:31,480
from Brewster, Ohio, Philopi, West Virginia, Columbia, Ohio,

671
01:04:31,940 --> 01:04:35,840
Niles, Ohio, Hubbard, Ohio, and Williams Town, Kentucky,

672
01:04:36,740 --> 01:04:40,080
and or other AMP members in that power sales contract

673
01:04:40,080 --> 01:04:43,660
and to take other actions in connection there with.

674
01:04:44,320 --> 01:04:46,680
This is the time of the third reading, Mr. Moncelli.

675
01:04:47,080 --> 01:04:48,640
Thank you, Mr. Vice Chair, Members of Council.

676
01:04:49,160 --> 01:04:51,360
There have been no changes since first reading,

677
01:04:51,360 --> 01:04:52,540
which is just as a brief reminder,

678
01:04:52,540 --> 01:04:55,700
the American, I'm sorry, the American Municipal Power

679
01:04:55,700 --> 01:04:59,440
Fremont Energy Center, or AFEC, is a six hundred and eight five

680
01:04:59,440 --> 01:05:03,300
megawatt, combined cycle natural gas power plant that

681
01:05:03,300 --> 01:05:06,680
fulfills a very specific need that we've got in our

682
01:05:06,680 --> 01:05:09,760
diversify power supply portfolio.

683
01:05:09,980 --> 01:05:13,880
I'm struggling to get this out tonight, and that need is our

684
01:05:13,880 --> 01:05:14,940
intermediate resources.

685
01:05:15,240 --> 01:05:18,380
So we're seeking 15 megawatt's of energy and historically

686
01:05:18,380 --> 01:05:21,400
we had a very competitive rate through a fact.

687
01:05:21,880 --> 01:05:24,060
With that, I would be happy to answer any questions.

688
01:05:24,660 --> 01:05:25,820
Any questions or comments?

689
01:05:27,720 --> 01:05:29,080
Pleasure of Council and Nourdinance.

690
01:05:31,460 --> 01:05:32,400
It's been moved in seconded.

691
01:05:32,440 --> 01:05:34,360
Any additional comments or questions?

692
01:05:35,420 --> 01:05:38,320
I'll just say, I appreciate how much work you did

693
01:05:38,320 --> 01:05:40,420
for the council to get us educated on this.

694
01:05:40,480 --> 01:05:43,180
I know I mentioned it before, but having us go on the tour.

695
01:05:43,440 --> 01:05:45,040
I mean, all of the educational opportunities

696
01:05:45,040 --> 01:05:45,760
is very helpful.

697
01:05:45,900 --> 01:05:48,360
I think that's part of why we don't have too much discussion

698
01:05:48,360 --> 01:05:53,220
up here is the really was front loaded with a lot of education. So the clerk would please call the

699
01:05:53,220 --> 01:06:01,760
role. Mr. Glasgow. Yes. Mr. Grimes. Yes. Mr. Washburn. Yes. Dr. Coobs. Yes. Mayer Wright. Yes. Vice Chair

700
01:06:01,760 --> 01:06:08,240
Reemciner. Yes. Ordnance number 202506 passes unanimously. The clerk would read ordinance

701
01:06:09,220 --> 01:06:14,500
202507 by title please. To approve the form and authorize and direct the city manager to

702
01:06:14,500 --> 01:06:20,120
secure power, purchase agreements with clean energy ventures to provide for solar-powered

703
01:06:20,120 --> 01:06:25,040
electric generating projects within the city of Westerville, and to take other actions

704
01:06:25,040 --> 01:06:26,880
in connection therewith.

705
01:06:27,840 --> 01:06:31,100
All right, this is the time of the third reading, Mr. Montescalia again.

706
01:06:32,380 --> 01:06:33,140
Thank you again.

707
01:06:33,580 --> 01:06:38,220
There is a change to this ordinance, as you may have seen in the staff memo that I provided.

708
01:06:39,160 --> 01:06:44,200
And our conversations are ongoing, productive conversations with clean energy vent, energy ventures.

709
01:06:44,420 --> 01:06:51,240
We realized that as we set the structure of the agreement up over 20 years, there was going to be some price escalation built into there.

710
01:06:52,300 --> 01:06:58,420
And what we noticed in our initial ordinance language is we set the cap at eight cents per megawatt hour.

711
01:06:59,560 --> 01:07:02,440
Kill a lot of our excuse me, eight cents per kilowatt hour.

712
01:07:02,820 --> 01:07:06,340
And throughout the course of that's one of your period, we were actually going to exceed that.

713
01:07:06,340 --> 01:07:12,680
So what we're asking for is a change to the language that allows us to not to exceed 12 cents.

714
01:07:12,720 --> 01:07:18,660
I do want to add a little context to that conversation because that does seem like a higher rate than what we're accustomed to see.

715
01:07:19,140 --> 01:07:26,200
It is really important that we emphasize that the not to exceed a plus to the energy price at any point in that 20 year period.

716
01:07:26,200 --> 01:07:33,620
We are still targeting those same six to eight sent mega per kilowatt hour prices on the first year of the agreement

717
01:07:33,620 --> 01:07:39,120
But as we add some of those escalators throughout the course of the 20 years we might exceed that

718
01:07:39,120 --> 01:07:43,100
But I do want to spend just a minute walking through the economics of these deals a little bit too

719
01:07:43,100 --> 01:07:52,420
Just to emphasize the value because these do even with the increase not to exceed them. I'll offer a very competitive rate at one of our power supply needs

720
01:07:52,420 --> 01:07:58,020
So what I did, you saw a slide similar to this, I think, at first reading, where I walked

721
01:07:58,020 --> 01:08:02,640
through the economics, because these are placed behind the Westerville's meter, we actually

722
01:08:02,640 --> 01:08:05,360
see some reduced use during our peaks.

723
01:08:05,880 --> 01:08:10,140
So that really has a nice offset to some of the costs on the front end, and you can see here.

724
01:08:10,460 --> 01:08:13,900
So in this exercise, I actually walked through the average cost over the course of that

725
01:08:13,900 --> 01:08:14,560
20 years.

726
01:08:14,920 --> 01:08:20,360
This assumes an eight cent per kilowatt hour price on your one with a 2% escalation throughout

727
01:08:20,360 --> 01:08:20,980
that contract.

728
01:08:20,980 --> 01:08:27,020
When you look at that, the average price per kilowatt hour over the course of that 20 years is 9.7 cents.

729
01:08:27,580 --> 01:08:35,660
We also assume that we'll get some offsets through our capacity costs, as you've heard throughout our education process, our capacity prices are rising pretty rapidly.

730
01:08:37,160 --> 01:08:41,020
And similarly, transmission. So you'll see some pretty significant offsets there.

731
01:08:41,300 --> 01:08:47,360
Bringing that average total cost over course of that 20 years down to about 3.7 cents per kilowatt hour.

732
01:08:47,360 --> 01:08:54,620
And similarly, that same exercise with a 6% PPA with a 2% escalation brings that total cost

733
01:08:54,620 --> 01:08:58,240
down to about 1.3% over the course of that's 1 year.

734
01:08:58,600 --> 01:09:04,000
So as you can see, a very competitive rate, traditionally the type of energy that you need

735
01:09:04,000 --> 01:09:09,360
for that solar provides is peak energy, some of the most expensive, and these are a very competitive

736
01:09:09,360 --> 01:09:09,760
rate.

737
01:09:10,380 --> 01:09:12,680
So with that, I would be happy to answer any questions.

738
01:09:13,060 --> 01:09:14,160
Any questions or comments?

739
01:09:16,470 --> 01:09:18,950
Well, I just want to move this one.

740
01:09:20,070 --> 01:09:20,910
I want to be the first one.

741
01:09:21,730 --> 01:09:22,990
I shouldn't get up.

742
01:09:23,170 --> 01:09:24,610
Pleasure of Council on the Ordnance.

743
01:09:26,810 --> 01:09:27,330
It was me.

744
01:09:27,970 --> 01:09:28,410
It was me.

745
01:09:28,410 --> 01:09:28,670
It was him.

746
01:09:28,910 --> 01:09:29,590
I was second.

747
01:09:29,730 --> 01:09:30,490
There we go.

748
01:09:31,730 --> 01:09:33,270
Any other questions or comments?

749
01:09:34,890 --> 01:09:39,530
I think my comments on this would be very similar to the comments just a second ago.

750
01:09:39,990 --> 01:09:42,530
But thank you so much for the education that you gave us for this.

751
01:09:42,670 --> 01:09:43,690
We did the snack and study.

752
01:09:44,030 --> 01:09:45,610
We've had a lot of conversations about this.

753
01:09:45,610 --> 01:09:49,950
is a really cool project. I'm really excited to see this. I know we've talked about that a lot,

754
01:09:50,490 --> 01:09:55,150
but this is really unique and this is really good for the city. So the clerk would please call the roll.

755
01:09:55,610 --> 01:10:02,710
Dr. Cumes. Yes. Mayor Ray. Yes. Mr. Glasgow. Yes. Mr. Washburn. Yes. Mr. Grimes. Yes.

756
01:10:02,710 --> 01:10:07,230
Nice to meet you. Yes. Born in December 2025. Oh, seven passes unanimously.

757
01:10:08,690 --> 01:10:13,090
The clerk would read ordinance number 2025. Oh, eight by title please.

758
01:10:13,090 --> 01:10:23,490
To establish the uptown entertainment district, a community entertainment district under Ohio revised co-section 4301.80.

759
01:10:24,950 --> 01:10:27,870
This is the time of the third reading of Mr. Ayo.

760
01:10:28,290 --> 01:10:29,990
Madam Vice Chair, members of the City Council.

761
01:10:30,090 --> 01:10:34,670
Thank you, excited to be here again this evening for the third read of community entertainment districts.

762
01:10:35,470 --> 01:10:41,550
As mentioned, the first one here, ordinance 2025-08, would establish the uptown CED.

763
01:10:45,650 --> 01:10:56,810
We've had no changes to this ordinance from the second reading, but wanted to take a minute, Council did see this slide at the February work session, but wanted to bring it back as a refresher.

764
01:10:57,430 --> 01:11:02,970
As we hopefully introduce a couple of community entertainment districts into Westerville this evening.

765
01:11:03,750 --> 01:11:11,710
How that's going to operate and the good news is it operates no different than how we currently deal with liquor permits here in the city of Westerville.

766
01:11:12,490 --> 01:11:24,230
So once the community entertainment districts are created applicants will apply to the division of liquor control and they'll send notice to our clerk of council for submitting for D5J liquor permit.

767
01:11:24,230 --> 01:11:27,870
So that's that special liquor permit for community entertainment districts.

768
01:11:28,570 --> 01:11:35,030
Clerk of Council will work with the economic development team and our legal team to determine the eligibility and availability.

769
01:11:35,910 --> 01:11:40,890
And if eligible, Clerk of Council will submit paperwork back to the division of liquor control.

770
01:11:41,370 --> 01:11:47,030
It's at that moment that the division of liquor control starts working with a board of elections to determine the wet status.

771
01:11:47,430 --> 01:11:50,750
If they're wet, they can continue in the permitting process.

772
01:11:50,750 --> 01:11:55,610
If they're dry, they get to go to the local option, which Westerwell got to see two today,

773
01:11:56,070 --> 01:12:00,670
Cardinal Pizza, who's looking to expand to their space next door, and then no soliciting

774
01:12:00,670 --> 01:12:05,170
as well was on the ballot today. So looking forward to seeing how those results went.

775
01:12:06,030 --> 01:12:11,650
But with that, staff's recommendation is City Council approval of ordinance 2025,

776
01:12:11,870 --> 01:12:15,270
just 08, to establish the Uptown Entertainment District.

777
01:12:15,750 --> 01:12:17,370
With that, I'm happy to answer any questions.

778
01:12:20,270 --> 01:12:25,250
I guess it's related, but not about the community entertainment district.

779
01:12:25,430 --> 01:12:32,070
Do we get any tax income from alcohol sales or does it all go to the state?

780
01:12:32,370 --> 01:12:38,950
It is what funds jobs Ohio, so the spirit is lickers only, not beer and wine,

781
01:12:39,070 --> 01:12:46,010
spirit slickers, funds jobs Ohio, which is the economic development engine of Ohio, so you

782
01:12:46,010 --> 01:12:49,010
and straight to my follow-up questions. Thank you.

783
01:12:52,020 --> 01:12:53,240
Vice your counsel on your nits.

784
01:12:53,320 --> 01:12:54,340
So moved. Second.

785
01:12:55,180 --> 01:12:56,480
Any other comments or questions?

786
01:12:58,340 --> 01:12:59,420
Clerk will please follow the wrong.

787
01:12:59,860 --> 01:13:00,520
Mr. Washburn.

788
01:13:00,920 --> 01:13:01,100
Yes.

789
01:13:01,100 --> 01:13:01,880
Mr. Grimes.

790
01:13:02,480 --> 01:13:03,260
Dr. Cumes.

791
01:13:03,660 --> 01:13:03,700
Yes.

792
01:13:03,900 --> 01:13:04,600
Mayor Wright.

793
01:13:04,980 --> 01:13:05,200
Yes.

794
01:13:05,260 --> 01:13:06,120
Mr. Glasgow.

795
01:13:06,860 --> 01:13:07,360
Yes.

796
01:13:08,820 --> 01:13:11,600
Ordnance number 202508 passes unanimously.

797
01:13:12,620 --> 01:13:16,500
The clerk could read ordnance number 202509 by title please.

798
01:13:16,500 --> 01:13:22,500
to establish the West Star Entertainment District, a community entertainment district under Ohio revised

799
01:13:22,500 --> 01:13:25,980
code section 43-01.80.

800
01:13:27,440 --> 01:13:29,580
So the time of the third reading, Mr. Gael again.

801
01:13:30,080 --> 01:13:31,160
Thank you very much.

802
01:13:31,580 --> 01:13:36,240
So ordinance 2025-09 would establish the West Star Entertainment District.

803
01:13:36,800 --> 01:13:39,980
You can see that area on the map, which is on the screens.

804
01:13:40,120 --> 01:13:45,260
This would create the maximum 15 liquor permits allowed in a CED.

805
01:13:45,260 --> 01:13:59,240
I did want to take a moment and just provide council with an update, based off of what we heard from the public hearing at the last reading at City Council, concerns around development traffic and noise.

806
01:13:59,920 --> 01:14:12,300
So for development, just a reminder, establishing a CED doesn't change zoning laws, it doesn't change land use planning permit requirements, setbacks, or any other laws related to how a property is developed.

807
01:14:12,300 --> 01:14:25,400
Any new property that is looking to be developed in the area will still go through are public processes including planning commission and also city council review which we saw earlier this evening.

808
01:14:26,180 --> 01:14:41,040
For traffic, our engineering department completed a traffic study in early 2024 and used that traffic study to design the roadway infrastructure to accommodate not only the existing uses that are there today.

809
01:14:41,040 --> 01:14:47,560
but also the approved devices listed in the approved development text in similar uses.

810
01:14:48,560 --> 01:14:55,600
And then finally for noise, the City of Westerville does have noise control ordinances in chapter 5-18 of our codified ordinances.

811
01:14:57,240 --> 01:14:57,720
If neighbor...

812
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:14,380
Members have concerns around the level of noise they can always reach out to the last one. Not emergency number at 614-8827444 or they can call our code enforcement team at 614-9016816.

813
01:15:16,400 --> 01:15:19,620
There have been no other changes to the ordinances since the second reading.

814
01:15:19,620 --> 01:15:30,120
And with that staff's recommendation is approval of ordinance 2025 to establish the West sorry 2025-09 to establish the West start entertainment district.

815
01:15:30,340 --> 01:15:31,960
Any questions or comments?

816
01:15:33,600 --> 01:15:35,740
Yeah, thank you.

817
01:15:36,300 --> 01:15:40,460
I appreciate you coming back and addressing some of those concerns that residents brought up.

818
01:15:40,660 --> 01:15:44,560
I know we received comments and also written comments.

819
01:15:44,560 --> 01:15:49,320
So I just appreciate you addressing that and also talking about some of the avenues to take care of complaints.

820
01:15:50,220 --> 01:15:57,760
And then just in the future, I'd like to learn how we benefit from jobs of high-oing, that economic development from the state.

821
01:15:59,080 --> 01:15:59,100
Yeah.

822
01:15:59,320 --> 01:16:00,420
Pleasure of Council on the ordnance.

823
01:16:00,620 --> 01:16:01,120
No doubt.

824
01:16:02,960 --> 01:16:04,500
I'd been moved in seconded.

825
01:16:04,520 --> 01:16:06,480
Are there any additional questions or comments?

826
01:16:07,840 --> 01:16:08,900
Okay, please call the roll.

827
01:16:09,200 --> 01:16:09,440
May I?

828
01:16:09,440 --> 01:16:09,700
May I?

829
01:16:10,100 --> 01:16:10,540
Yes.

830
01:16:10,820 --> 01:16:11,660
Mr. Washburn.

831
01:16:11,860 --> 01:16:12,140
Yes.

832
01:16:12,920 --> 01:16:14,720
Yes, Mr. Grimes.

833
01:16:15,220 --> 01:16:15,240
Yes.

834
01:16:15,240 --> 01:16:16,060
Mr. Glasgow.

835
01:16:16,420 --> 01:16:16,820
Yes.

836
01:16:16,820 --> 01:16:17,900
The Vice Chair Reamsider.

837
01:16:18,560 --> 01:16:21,300
Ordnance number 202509 passes unanimously.

838
01:16:21,880 --> 01:16:22,300
Thank you so much.

839
01:16:23,240 --> 01:16:28,840
If the clerk would please read ordnance number 2025-10 by title please.

840
01:16:29,380 --> 01:16:40,060
To amend Section 1 in Section 2 of Ordnance 2020-19 to extend the city managers authority to conduct ongoing competitive procurement process.

841
01:16:40,060 --> 01:16:55,700
To fulfill the city's electric power supply requirements, utilizing a block and indexed strategy to provide flexibility and diversity and to award such power supply contracts by motion of council through 2,035 and to declare an emergency.

842
01:16:56,520 --> 01:16:58,760
This is the time of the first reading, Mr. Moncille.

843
01:16:59,600 --> 01:17:00,320
Thank you.

844
01:17:00,920 --> 01:17:03,460
You're going to be done hearing about power supply for a little bit.

845
01:17:03,460 --> 01:17:04,360
But here I am again.

846
01:17:04,680 --> 01:17:06,680
I'm excited for everyone I know.

847
01:17:07,720 --> 01:17:14,180
As you all know, the city manager's authority to seek power supply pricing is extended currently

848
01:17:14,180 --> 01:17:15,080
through 2030.

849
01:17:16,420 --> 01:17:22,520
During our last meeting, when we passed the motion to enable us to secure power supply through

850
01:17:22,520 --> 01:17:27,660
2030, Council asked about what does 2031 to 2035 look like.

851
01:17:28,160 --> 01:17:31,080
So at the time, of course it did look pretty strong.

852
01:17:31,080 --> 01:17:36,840
We were seeing prices in the low to mid-40s, which is very attractive for us, but the market

853
01:17:36,840 --> 01:17:40,900
is volatile, which is really why we're here tonight to pass this ordinance.

854
01:17:41,040 --> 01:17:46,460
So that way, when the market dips again, we do have that authorization you need to seek

855
01:17:47,380 --> 01:17:53,380
power supply pricing just as by way of up the prices have been trending upwards since I

856
01:17:53,380 --> 01:17:54,080
was your last.

857
01:17:54,300 --> 01:18:00,600
Unfortunately, the latest pricing, I saw was quite a bit higher at about $47 or above.

858
01:18:00,600 --> 01:18:02,680
So we are keeping a close eye on that.

859
01:18:02,900 --> 01:18:07,460
And if the market does differ again, we'll bring back a legislation that would enable us

860
01:18:07,460 --> 01:18:08,920
to move a little bit more quickly.

861
01:18:09,400 --> 01:18:14,940
For now, we'll seek these three readings and then move forward with a motion for any contracts

862
01:18:14,940 --> 01:18:16,660
that meet our power supply threshold.

863
01:18:17,340 --> 01:18:19,740
With that, I would be happy to answer any questions.

864
01:18:20,220 --> 01:18:20,480
Great.

865
01:18:20,780 --> 01:18:21,900
Any questions or comments?

866
01:18:23,820 --> 01:18:23,940
All right.

867
01:18:23,940 --> 01:18:25,140
That concludes the first reading.

868
01:18:26,300 --> 01:18:31,100
We're moving on to motions and I will entertain a motion to amend the City Council budget

869
01:18:31,100 --> 01:18:38,020
work session from Saturday, October 11th, 2025 to Saturday, October 18th, 2025.

870
01:18:38,480 --> 01:18:38,680
Thank you.

871
01:18:38,920 --> 01:18:39,220
Thank you.

872
01:18:42,360 --> 01:18:43,400
Thank you.

873
01:18:43,640 --> 01:18:44,340
All right.

874
01:18:44,940 --> 01:18:48,660
It's been moved in the second and the clerk, please call the roll.

875
01:18:49,000 --> 01:18:49,660
Mr. Grimes.

876
01:18:50,300 --> 01:18:51,000
Dr. Kumes.

877
01:18:51,580 --> 01:18:51,600
Yes.

878
01:18:51,740 --> 01:18:52,460
Mayor Wright.

879
01:18:53,380 --> 01:18:53,840
Mr. Glasgow.

880
01:18:54,820 --> 01:18:55,740
Mr. Washburn.

881
01:18:55,800 --> 01:18:56,240
Yes.

882
01:18:56,240 --> 01:18:56,620
Yes.

883
01:18:56,620 --> 01:19:03,200
Yes. Motion passes unanimously. Move on to additional businesses. Is there any additional business

884
01:19:03,200 --> 01:19:10,940
by staff? Any additional business by council? All right. Council comments. Mr. Washburn,

885
01:19:11,040 --> 01:19:15,740
you're up. It's very happy to see Mr. Gardner receive that

886
01:19:15,740 --> 01:19:20,160
proclamation tonight. I've been following you for a long time and I learn all kinds of stuff

887
01:19:20,160 --> 01:19:25,960
about the city for you. So I'm thankful that you're here and just glad you're okay from your

888
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in the day. It's all I have. Mr. Grimes.

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No comments. All right Mr. Glasgow. Gary, I'm always amazed

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at the pictures that you guess. And as you said, where do you get those pictures? I'm sorry. It's

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nice to see you. I'm honored for what you do. Speaking of that, I have to commend you Mr. Mayer

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for the endurance. He eats proclamation today. It's a water. Yes. No, that's it. That's all.

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So anyway, that's all I got.

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01:19:59,420 --> 01:20:00,660
All right, Vice Mayor Cumes.

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Yes, first, I want to congratulate the students.

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I'm up to 150 now, the seniors for graduating.

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Sunday, afternoon, I am so very proud of them,

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and they are proud of themselves.

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And the parents were very congratulatory of the city

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for taking care of their young people.

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And so two commitments, it's a lot.

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But we got through that and we're sending those young people

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forward, additionally, my son passed the California bar,

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which we're very proud of him in sunny California,

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Los Angeles, you will see, of course.

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And so, with that happening, we found out last night, I've been very reflective of his success.

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And it all goes back to, he is the proud product of a public school system.

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And I think that if we want our young people to be very successful,

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It lives to have a really, really good start, because now they're not just competing against

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their fellow classmates across the nation, but they're competing against four jobs from

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a lot of adults that have been returned to the, I'm looking for a job status.

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But I think they're really prepared.

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01:21:44,940 --> 01:21:51,460
I think Westerville should be very, very proud of our graduates from our three high schools.

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I think they are prepared and ready to go out there and compete.

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But I think we really need to put some more time into things that maybe we can do to help the school system turn out really bright young people with promising futures.

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so that's my comment tonight. Thank you Mayor Wright. Look on it. Okay. Tonight, a couple of things.

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I did not know about the nature of Knights program, so I'm very excited about that. So just a quick reminder for everyone to go on the events calendar for the city.

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Especially as we enter the summer because there's a lot of cool stuff going on, that even when I was looking at the events calendar, I was like, oh, I forgot about that.

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01:22:33,280 --> 01:22:34,380
Let's go look at that.

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And I did want to briefly touch on the Whitehall Resolution that came up in CIS and Comments

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tonight.

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When I was reading that, one thing I found interesting was they had some language in there

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about the right of trans and non-binary people to use municipal bathrooms with the outlines

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with their gender identity.

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So I was discussing that with our law director who actually informed me that we don't have

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to do anything additional.

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So I just want to kind of highlight that.

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So our non-discrimination ordinance already covers that.

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So just to reaffirm in the city of Westerville, if it's a public building, our buildings,

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you're free to use the bathroom that aligns with your gender expression.

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I thought that was something really cool that we could highlight that our non-discrimination

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ordinance already covers that.

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So that is all I have tonight.

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I will entertain a motion to adjourn.

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01:23:21,680 --> 01:23:24,260
Oh, go ahead.

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01:23:25,900 --> 01:23:31,840
I just wanted to remind people that the field of heroes is coming up and the Westville

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01:23:31,840 --> 01:23:39,860
Sunrise Rotary is looking for lots of volunteers so go online and sign up. We

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01:23:39,860 --> 01:23:46,460
really need you this year we're having the Vietnam veteran wall brought in. So

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01:23:46,460 --> 01:23:51,880
look forward to that and that is that was worthwhile all right I'll entertain a motion to

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01:23:51,880 --> 01:23:52,520
adjourn.

941
01:23:53,120 --> 01:23:55,320
Second, please call her all.

942
01:23:55,420 --> 01:23:56,080
Mr. Glasgow.

943
01:23:56,520 --> 01:23:56,840
Yes.

944
01:23:57,720 --> 01:23:57,880
Yes.

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01:23:58,040 --> 01:23:59,020
Mr. Washburn.

946
01:23:59,280 --> 01:23:59,480
Yes.

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01:23:59,500 --> 01:24:00,200
Mr. Grimes.

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Yes.

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01:24:01,680 --> 01:24:01,780
Yes.

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Yes.

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We are adjourned.