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welcome everyone to the Bexley city
council meeting today is Tuesday June
11th
2024 I am calling our meeting to order
um if there's anyone in attendance
tonight that has not yet submitted a
speaker slip our clerk for tonight is
also our City attorney if you please
hand those in to him at this
time and seeing that our auditor is not
able to join us tonight Mr would you
please call the role Mr Hurley Mr
Marcelino present m f I'm here Mr Mar
present Miss Lamy here
M here and Mr Silverman say
present perfect please join me for the
pledge of allegiance
of United States of America the repu for
it stands Nation
indivisible with liy and justice for
all we are now to the point in our
meeting well we will accept uh public
comments I believe we have at least one
speaker slip um Mr official do you want
to announce our speaker we do have a
speaker slip from Sharon
Montgomery M Montgomery would you like
to
come on
up Miss Montgomery welcome
back just go ahead hit that that button
it'll show green when uh the microphone
is on okay I'm chairing Montgomery 572
bonington way and ganna mayor Kesler and
council members when I was here in April
for distracted driving awareness month I
said i''d be back to talk about holding
distracted drivers more appropriately
accountable when they cause serious
injury or death I'm choosing Bexley as
one of the Cities I talk to about this
because you've been so conscientious
about distracted driving as far as I
know you were the first Central Ohio
City to pass your own law after the
state refused 15 times to enact a law to
restrict this dangerous Behavior I came
to your meetings then and listened to
you give this careful
consideration and you kept paying
attention as this danger evolved and
revised your law as you saw fit
I'm relieved that you did not jump on
the bandwagon and change your law to the
new state law with all its permissive
exceptions and enforcement challenges
your exceptions for emergency use and
when stopped and out of traffic are
really all that we need handheld is not
safe because the driver's mind is still
distracted but I can understand why you
put that in no state or city that I'm
aware of has had the courage to go
further than that yet I've come to ask
you to build on your good record regard
ing distracted driving neither your law
nor the state law provides stronger
penalties when a driver using a phone
causes Serious injury or death in the
early stages of creating bills that
became the current law the governor
wanted causing Serious injury to be a
third degree felony and death to be a
second degree felony what he got and we
all got was that violating the law was
I'm sorry I lost my place and not a good
at Liber was an unclass ified
misdemeanor for violating the law and
for causing Serious injury by violating
the law and for causing death by
violating the law not only is there no
justice for the victim in this there's
absolutely no logic in this the state
has refused for at least the last 19
years to do this not only for distracted
driving but also for other offenses by
sober drivers why their reasons are
stronger penalties don't deter or the
driver didn't mean to call cause harm if
these reasons are valid then there's no
justification for serious injury or
death by DUI to be felonies the state
distracted driving law allows stronger
local penalties Gana and Grove City have
already raised these outcomes to
anywhere from third to First deegree
misdemeanors Westerville is open to
discussing stronger penalties and hilard
council's vice president is going to
look into what Gana and gr City have
have done bicycle and motorcycle safety
grp groups have created language for the
state that address more than just
distracted driving and have a couple of
different ideas on how to get some
action I can provide these models to you
if you want them thank you for hearing
the perspective and the request of a
victim thank you Miss mom much
appreciated any other
speakers all right moving on to item
number five the confirmation of Matt
Kingler as director of building and
planning Mr Mayor you want to walk us
through thank you Madame President and
uh I believe we have Mr Kingler on Zoom
Matt if you
wanna un I'm here can you hear me and
such you there can you hear me can you
hear me is he I'm
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see hey can can you hear me though
look
like um I'm in a I'm in a great well
we're on vacation
soy's got his Ohio shirt on see try
again Matt you want to talk
again can you hear me
hello oh yeah our classic audio
buto so you're good just thumbs up
you're good it's great okay so um I'm
gonna quickly just uh by the way Mr
Kingler is on vacation this week uh but
it seemed that it would be wise for us
to uh uh go through this motion um in
time for him to be able to formally uh
not just accept the position but uh be
secured in the position um so as you
know um very sadly Kathy Rose will be
retiring on August first and we will be
celebrating her in due and appropriate
fashion um but part of the process of
that retirement is securing a
replacement um doing some cross training
and then getting that replacement
installed uh I published this cabinet
position with the help of our with help
of Emily Buckley and HR and interviewed
several individuals um but found that uh
you already know Matt but we know Matt
uh as a former council member we know
Matt as a board and commission member
and we know Matt is a um very competent
uh contractor and manager of projects
and uh what stood out was the
combination of all of those skills that
we know him to have and how they will
really be helpful to the city uh with
this next chapter in this department so
um with that attached to the agenda
under uh updates administrative updates
is a subfolder it has Matt's resumee in
case you need to refresh your self on
his Myriad achievements in the workplace
and Civic life um but we have I have
offered him the position conditional
upon council's approval as card called
for in the charter Council needs to
confirm a director appointees and also
in your agenda is proposed motion to
make this appointment official and final
and to also credit him with some um
additional vacation pay commensurate
with the time that he has uh has served
in the work place and I or Matt would
I'm sure be happy to take any questions
Matt you might have to call in on audio
because we're having that weird problem
we have where the audio kind of spits
out intermittently over our speakers all
right you want me to call in call yeah
why don't you just call on my call my
cell phone I'll call you it's
[Laughter]
not maybe not sounds
great so
one second guys as we use are very
sophisticated there we
go all right Matt you are you are now
with us via phone oh it's so good to see
you guys so good to be with you you too
any questions for uh Mr Kingler Monique
Matt I remember the last time we were in
Council Chambers with you and we were
all on this side of the podium um I
expressed to all of council that there
was no one on Council that had your
skill set in trade
construction roof
dirt roads um and there's still nobody
on council with Matt Clinger skill set
but I'm thrilled that uh you have uh
stepped up for this position I was
wondering if you could briefly take us
through how you go from a degree and
construction management systems to uh
becoming the city's director of building
and planning and do you have any
immediate ideas for this
role yeah that's a great question um I
look at it as sort of it's It's a
combination of everything that I've done
in the last 17 years of my life uh so
for uh for 14 years I was uh an
industrial Commercial contractor project
manager for Farber Corporation a
mechanical in Columbus um I managed
projects dealt with all sorts of
personalities on on various levels from
owners to directors uh to Foreman on
jobs um and then you combine that with
you know I was on Council for four years
and dealing with our and and dealing
anding to make our residents happy and
and and helping them out with what they
need and then uh you know I I've served
on Bap and cic and and everything
everything that came along with the with
the four years on Council um the more I
thought about it and the more uh I
talked to my wife and my family and it
just this position made sense um it's
very customer service oriented it's very
uh forward- facing um I will get to deal
one-on-one with our residents and help
them get what they need um and and that
that's very gratifying for me that's
very satisfying to to to to help our
residents um when they have problems and
and you know I know everyone who comes
in imp pulls a permit or does a project
they they you know they're already
spending thousands of dollars to do
something to their house the last thing
they want to do is is is go through the
permit process or go through the AR
process so my goal is just to make that
as easy as possible for them and explain
the process and and help them through it
um as much as I can so when they leave
you know our office and and and they
complete their work oh that was that was
a great experience and then that's my
goal um moving forward so that's kind of
the last 17 years to now and and what I
see moving forward in a in a elevator
speech great thank you uh any other
questions for Mr Clinger Mr
Markham Matt I'm goingon to admit that
the last time I saw you on this side of
the dis with us my memor is a little
hayy about uh that that timing but I do
remember what a great job you did uh as
zoning chair and I want to go back and
and pick out some uh comments that were
sent to me by someone in the city few
years ago they said uh Matt Kingler was
made for zoning he'll do an amazing job
and that's where he
belongs and that person uh that was me
that that person was me that that did
that hey man hey Matt I'm not done
talking yet you you get a second here to
reply and uh then I I only got one
comment that said please do not put Matt
Kingler on zoning as a zoning
chair and that was Matt Kingler that
said
that yeah and uh fortunately I did not
listen to Matt Kingler because I knew I
knew Matt would do such an amazing job
and uh I knew you would be like one of
those kids in the movie that doesn't
communicate very well and then sits down
at the piano and just starts playing
this amazing music and I think everybody
was uh was super impressed with the job
that you did and I am super excited to
see you uh take this position and and
just be an amazing asset to the city and
bring bring all of that that here to us
and so I will be uh I will be voting to
confirm you tonight but I will also be
reminding you of uh of that history the
rest of your life and I do request that
you tell that story at my
funeral yeah thanks for telling that
story The only reason I didn't want it
just so everyone knows is that Jess sad
before me did such a great job and was
such a hard worker it's a lot to live up
to her it was a lot and I was like I
don't want to have to follow you know
her in that role so you know that was
the only reason that was it thank you Mr
Markham Matt we already have told Troy
that there's no finders fee so you got
to stop sucking up so much nice
uh
laurian Matt you know that I was um the
person who insisted that you run the
first time and I was president of
council um when you were just a newbie
and I was so impressed with our newbies
uh that year and how quickly quickly you
all um found your voices and and quickly
made yourselves um important to to all
of us as other council members but also
to the city and um I have always watched
just how smart you are and how quickly
you you adapt and how agile you are and
and I've always admired that and I'm
hoping that that is has a lot to do with
your St Charles schooling since I have a
graduate from there as well anyway um I
have never been so thrilled um that you
lost by
24 votes ever ever and he and I have
shared um a Hebrew uh saying that's
called it's it's a word that's it's
Basher and do you remember what I told
you that
meant that's right it's meant to be it's
meant to be it's beared because we are
going to be blessed with you in a whole
new different way and I know that you'll
pick things up from Kathy and I know she
will gently teach you and you'll pick it
up quick so you've got a lot of you have
big high heels to
Phil but I think you can do it and and
you know that um we all absolutely love
working with you we know that the city's
going to continue to really love working
with you so I feel very blessed um that
the mayor has put you forth and um of
course I'll I'll be saying a yes yes yes
voting for you thank you any other
questions thank you
Jess Matt I um I loved everything that
you had to tell us about your background
a lot of it I am aware of but there was
one piece that I would like you to to
tell the city a little bit more about
tonight and that was the role you took
in uh 2021 with the city of Columbus I
remember sitting next to you when uh
when that opportunity was happening and
I also sat next to you to watch how that
helped you in your role as a council
member and I I feel like that role that
you you had is also going to uh bring a
lot of attributes to the role here in
Bexley so if you could just highlight
some of the things that you've done um
with the city of Columbus and then um
what those experiences will bring to
Bexley yeah so it was it was quite the
transition going from a going from being
a contractor to the owner's side of
construction so in 2021 I I left um
contracts went went to work for the city
of Columbus um and within six you know
in the first six months they named me
the public safety liaison which
basically meant I was dedicated to the
public safety department and doing and
managing all of their Capital work or at
least helping manage if I if I couldn't
take it on um it's it's been a joy it
really it's a great it's a great gig um
but but I really felt called to this uh
to serve our community um and and that's
the reason I'm leaving is is this
opportunity was was
was near and dear to my heart but while
i' in the last three years you know it's
been really exciting the Columbus uh
city of Columbus doing a lot of great
things they got the the public safety
campus which will be a 911 call a brand
new 911 call center real-time crime
Center emergency Operation Center and
data center um that helps the architect
engineer got through programming uh and
hopefully get under construction u in
the first quarter of
2025 um also got fire station 36 up at
Central College and and Harlem right now
um so you know those are just a couple
of the projects uh that I've I've helped
manage or manag from um from inception
to to current state um and then and then
over the last three years I've probably
done about 40 40 different capital
projects uh for the city uh managing
them from start to finish so it's been
it's been a fun three years with the
city of Columbus uh but it kind of lets
you see uh life from a 30,000 foot view
all the time um and and I think you know
going through permanent zoning and
planning in the city of Columbus which
is not easy to do I I I'm grateful uh
for a smaller City and in our group
that's very Nimble uh it's much easier
to get through that process in our city
than it is the city columus but seeing
that on a on a macro level in a much
larger environment um will serve me
better uh moving forward in this
role well as lorrianne said it it is
always amazing to watch when you put
yourself out there and you're brave and
you go for things how other
opportunities can uh can can come your
way so I'm I'm excited to also say
tonight um saying yes to Matt um and I
I'm happy to do it and um I'm excited
that you're you're coming into that role
thanks you Jess any other questions from
Council I did want to tell folks um that
we did list an executive session on the
agenda if any council member would like
to go into executive session
if there's nobody who or folks don't
feel the need to um that is fine as well
but it's listed on here in case any
member of council did want one um does
anybody want one all right I'm seeing
none uh that being said um Miss sod I
believe you have a
motion motion to approve the appointment
of Matt Kingler to the position of
director of building and planning and to
provide him with a credit of 15 years of
employment with the city exclusively for
the purpose of calculating eligible
vacation pay via Bexley code 262 with 21
days of paid vacation credited to his
balance upon date of commencement of
employment provide him with an
additional 10 days of paid vacation
leave credited to his balance upon date
of commencement of employment and
recognition of years of workplace
experience thank you I will second that
motion at this time I will call for a
Voice vote all in favor please say I I I
I anyone
opposed motion passes congratulations
Matt congratulations
Matt everyone I really appreciate it I
really appreciate all the work you do
and I can't wait to start it with you
July one thank you thanks Matt enjoy the
rest of that vacation and don't enjoy
all that vacation we just gave you right
up front as soon as you get
here thanks you by see you bye thank you
so much Madame President I just want to
thank Council for that vote I think
it's an incredibly good sound hire and
I'm excited to work with Matt I also
want to say uh Kathy
Rose hired at the age
of 12 12 so work for the city of Bexley
started as a uh as an assistant within
clerk Department clerk over at the
building department and a work her way
up
become the director of building and
Zoning after being C the manager of
building uh under Brennan and uh has
served our community so faithfully and
you are a f of institutional knowledge
uh you are whip smart in your practical
knowledge and application of our code
and it has been such a pleasure to work
with you and I'm looking forward to the
next couple months um but I just want to
reaffirm the gift that you have been to
your community and be so thankful for
that and there's more of that to come
but let's that not
overshadow Kathy I also want to follow
mayor's comments and thank you so much
for your service for as long as I have
been a Bexley resident you have headed
up our zoning department um a few years
ago I decided that I would save myself
$200 or $300 and I would file for my own
permit for something on my home because
I was confident that I could save the
money and it was going to be money well
saved and from the time that I submitted
my permit application and sent it to
Cathy whole nine minutes went by before
she replied back permit granted and that
kind of customer service and timeliness
and thoughtfulness you had also
explained the process to me so easily so
I am so excited for your next chapter
but I also want to thank you for the
years and years of service Matt does
have some big shoes to fill so thank you
thank you thank you all right moving on
to agenda item number six we have some
special
guests um Tiasha L
ltic um who is a candidate for Board of
zoning appeals and planning she is
joined tonight by her daughter Maya and
her husband Jim um Tasha would you like
to come up and talk a little bit about
uh um yourself and maybe introduce
yourself to council I know you I know Mr
Silverman knows you but maybe the rest
of council may not know you and I'm so
sorry I think I mispronounced it's okay
it's it's lettuce stack like a stack of
oh I was way off so sorry it's okay um
so I'm Tiasha leac I have been in
Beckley for about seven years um so
relatively new but I've been serving on
the executive board for Bexley minority
parent Alliance for some time now and
also served in different roles at
Nationwide Children's Hospital Ohio
State University and March of Dimes
throughout the last 10 to 15 years
currently I'm with the state of Ohio in
a different
position wonderful and I know you
obviously from from uh several
activities here in Beckley but what I
admire most about you is that you are so
driven by data and knowledge and you get
stuff done I've seen it with my own eyes
I think you will be an excellent
candidate um so I wanted to share that
with Council um there any questions from
Council of our candidate mayor anything
that you'd want to add yeah I just want
to add that um Tiasha came to a BAP
meeting I believe earlier this year last
year time and um what which I can't even
remember which meeting it was but I
remember that she spoke so eloquently
and so on point to the issues at hand in
front of the in front of the Bap as an
advocate for community and um after that
I reached out to Tios and and and asked
if we could chat about what it might
look like if you were to consider board
membership so I'm really grateful that
you have and thank you excited to to to
watch you grow into that role on
VAP thank you all right um and Maya in a
couple years if you want to apply to
maybe be on the esac I've seen you with
the Recycled products at our Comm events
and I think that there might be a spot
for you down the road thank you so much
for being here
tonight thank
you uh Madame President we also have
Audrey young um who is an alternate
member appointee for tree commission
Audra uh recently received a degree in
landscape design and has been uh
shadowing some tree commission meetings
and speaking with sus quintens and is
more excited about this opportunity than
any opportunity she's ever had in her
life I'm sure I'll stop speaking for you
a if you want to just introduce yourself
and allow Council an opportunity to ask
any questions that would be great uh my
name is Audra and I've lived here for 20
years on Chelsea with husband Greg and
our two kids um a and Siri my son just
graduated this year my daughter
graduates next year uh and somewhere in
the middle of Co I decided to go back to
school and get another degree in um
landscape design and I've absolutely
loved it it's been the missing piece in
so many areas and um in the process uh a
friend introduced me to Susan and she
told me to start attending tree
commission meetings I thought it was
great and here I am I'm a longtime
advocate for I don't know fairness
Justice I'm one of the actual founding
members of the beex minority parent
Alliance along with Brian um but yeah
it's time for new things and here I
am any questions thank you for stepping
up yeah appreciate it any questions for
Audrey thank you okay thank you so much
than you so
much okay I'm turning now to our City
attorney for his report so I have no
City attorney report but in Mr mcp's
absence I am reporting that we have
received notice that the Bexley
Hospitality LLC has requested a liquor
license for their new establishment in
Bexley and you we have as with other
ones we have an opportunity to request a
hearing should we so desire I'm pretty
sure we never have um but if anybody has
any thoughts or comments on that you can
let me know Matt know and we could
address that that is all sounds good
thank you all right Mr Mayor over to you
for our administrative updates thank you
uh we are going to start with our chief
of of police G
Lewis good evening thank you I'm here to
answer any questions subsequent to this
report yes ma'
ious any interesting takeaways from the
Ohio ntic Intelligence
Center always interested to see what
what doing in that
yes ma'am so it was a two-day event um
honestly there was a tremendous
takeaways from uh unfortunately what the
state of Ohio is seeing in an increase
from inside the prisons to designer
drugs to um just a number of innovative
ways to try to combat a lot of the
things that we're seeing so um ended up
taking um there were five of us from our
team that went to the summit and it was
very beneficial for a number reasons but
um auto theft was another Dynamic that
was discussed during that Summit so we
we were able to take a lot a lot away
from
that sorry um Chief Lewis you heard our
guest speaker um Miss Montgomery speak
earlier um and this doesn't have to be
something you answered tonight but um in
terms of maybe citations for distracted
driving is that a prevalent issue and
and what's been your experience with
with that and do maybe want to consider
uh stiffer different penalties well um
I'll say this because it's the truth the
mayor's already ahead of it um he's
already put this on our radar and asked
about data um what are we doing um to
continue the education piece what are we
doing from um the enforcement one of the
challenges is that with distracted
driving though full transparency is
there are a lot of additional steps that
you must do from subpoena power to
getting cell phone records timing that
up if that was a dynamic and a cause um
but it's there and I think that with
what the you know it was probably two
weeks ago the mayor had challenged me to
continue to look at Best Practices what
are we doing how do we continue to build
and enhance so we are absolutely on
board and continue to build around what
you shared and obviously what the mayor
has um envisioned as well and that would
just augment to say that um one of the
things we're talking about is our as
Sharon Montgomery just pointed out um we
have an ordinance on the books which is
different from the state ordinance
pre-existed it the state ordinance is
less restrictive than ours um ours is a
primary offense theirs is not they have
some carve outs that we don't have and
and some other differences um and so
just talking like are we still
comfortable this is kind of come back to
you guys as we talk through this
having this ordinance that's different
uh how do we better communicate it
because of the difference you know that
I don't think Motors would necessarily
expect and part of that is gathering our
Baseline data you know where are we with
that so that's going to be continue to
be an active conversation great thank
you I had a second one second Chief
Lewis since I see officer Grimes out
there in the lobby I don't know if you
were he could maybe share what exciting
things took place today at St Charles
with uh with kids and you know I won't
steal his
Thunder I think you should bring the
thunder in here little little Thunder a
little lightning come on in
sir sir apprciate
that I mean I'm all nervous and
everything now yeah there were supposed
to be fireworks were that Happ
that um so today at St Charles was what
we call law enforcement day uh which
they have kids camp that takes place
several weeks over the summer and uh
kids from all over can come and attend
that and what we do is we try to bring
in different agencies and things like
that to give the kids exposure to some
of the things that we use uh on a daily
basis we're very fortunate enough to
have relationships with other agencies
uh such as the highway patrol and they
brought in their Cadillac uh helicopter
for all the kids to admire uh we will be
asking for one of those soon mayor so um
but uh but no it's it's a great thing
for uh you know our K Pia to come out
and give a demonstration to the kids on
what what she can do um as well as just
allowing them to see what kind of Fleet
that we have and some things that we use
but for kids from uh they're about fifth
grade up to up to seventh or eighth
grade um they got a lot of enjoyment out
of it so it was pretty neat to see this
Sergeant Fleming and and officer shoper
attending that as well just for them to
kind of come together and see what we do
every day but also just allowing them to
see that St part of the community and
part of the community is police
department and um so allowing them just
to see our connection with St Charles as
well so I'll um he doesn't know this
this was clearly all an impromptu but I
would be remissed if I don't take an
opportunity to highlight that officer
Grim's role at St Charles of being that
school resource officer goes
significantly deeper than just providing
that dayto day this idea this concept
has been built from him the
relationships the events the activities
um he takes that role very seriously and
does a phenomenal job as you know not
just in in that role as our school
resource officer there but an ambassador
to those young men and he has done an
outstanding job in representing our city
our police department and this
profession in what he's able to do over
there so thank you thank you very much
thank you thank
you councilman
Silverman so I saw that we did the Cops
and Kids Day in May um I'm gonna blank
on his last name but there's an officer
that does Scout programming ver verad
thank you I was gonna say verbatim I'm
glad I didn't say I still said it but um
and I know he's done a few of those uh
you and I have spoken and after hearing
about your event was it today yes so
you've been talking all day today pretty
much great
um is there opportunities for the city
have youth programming through the
police department U what what kind of
vision do you have for doing more of
these I know that the cops and Kids was
during a school day and there was there
was a disadvantage to some but I was
just wondering your ideas to kind of
incorporate more programming for the
Youth uh related to yeah great question
so one of the things um so the city
knows that officer Vermont this has
become his true love language is the
expression through um love and
expressing that with food
um he does a lot with our um Scouts he
is a scout leader and we have Super
Saturday with um some of you are very
familiar with that program but out of
that the ashes of the idea now that I've
come up for him is cooking with a cop
and he can showcase and highlight a lot
of these skills on that Habachi bring in
the community and interact with him in
our Police Department so we're always
open to ideas and um testing in any way
we can to engage our our kids very
differently future uh smoke and fire
festival at appli
entrance I know you are uh anything else
for the chief or or officer Grimes yes
uh I noticed the update on the flock
system up there and then I think I
recall I did forgot to go look for it
today but I think there was a news item
maybe a week or so ago where maybe
whiteall made a big arrest using their
flock actually it was um the the use of
the flock for an uh an agency outside
the state and they use the technology to
assist them um unfortunately we had a
slight delay we were supposed to be up
and running we've got to challenge with
some permits we've worked through that
so the timeline got pushed back for us
but um but yes whiteall has has um had
assisted I believe it was on the state
of Colorado on that arrest and so flock
has really um promot that through media
and getting a lot of coverage as a
result of that but it it definitely
there are tremendous benefits if you
don't mind can you kind of review how
that works what with working them
working with Colorado and and how that
incident yes sir so ultimately what
happens is the the flock um cameras will
pick up those images that information
and that can be shared from agency to
agency if you have that minimum number
of 10 cameras and so the the benefit is
if there is a vehicle that that's been
involved in a serious incident serious
crime that information can be shared and
you can actually track kind of the
digital blueprint if you will to follow
through of where that vehicle that
driver um would be so um it it is um
definitely a huge tool for law
enforcement across the country and then
um can you can you give us an idea of
like you know is that sort of thing
becoming sort of common to be able to to
utilize something like that in that
Network and absolutely you know I think
that when you're looking at Recruitment
and Retention is the buzzword in law
enforcement we have to rely on
technology to assist us and the flock
technology is a great example to be
places where we can't and to do things
that officers cannot do and so it is
absolutely a way to enhance our efforts
and to communicate in real time with
other agencies as well thank you it's
very interesting
yes other questions the chief all right
thank you Chief thank you officer
Grimes more
clapping um up next we have Kathy Rose
who's already phoned it in without an
update
just just of course there is an update
attached to your agenda is um the latest
notification for ozonian hearings so you
can review what those are and Kathy do
you have anything you want to supplement
that with
yes I I guess I could give an update on
2200 which was before the zoning board
on June
23rd and they had accepted the
recommendations from the architecture
review board for all items related to
the design of the structure and massing
and location uh which allowed us to go
forward with the Demolition permit and
you may see some activity in the next
week or so um but there's a lot of
onsite items that have to to happen
before they can start construction again
so there'll be a little bit of a
delay but it's well
underway yes Kathy um for the con for
the demolition piece there will be no
interruption to Main Street
correct well there there's there's a lot
happening at the front of the lot which
will
require uh blocking of the curb Lane
immediately in front of the site we have
asked that that does not start until
after 9ine o'clock so that we have our
typical morning traffic able to flow
through like they normally do and
they'll have it reopened again at the
end of the day now the sidewalk that
could be permanently closed for a bit
however they're looking at methods that
might work where they could allow it to
be open but when you have so much
construction and large vehicles in and
out of the site it's it's really a
safety hazard so there will be a period
of time could be a month or two where
that really can't happen but as soon as
they are able to make it passible and
safely and meet ADA requirements they
will provide that can we expect um some
of the de demo um vehicles to be out
front parked out front on those in those
spots or those spots remain available to
the that will actually be off during the
day the the curb Lane okay and they will
access the site and most of the parking
will happen in the back but those are
just the large vehicles to bring in and
take away debris there will not be
parking in front of the project during
during the construction
period um and we're trying to actually
have the if the sidewalk has to stay
closed and I I'm probably not current on
the latest but we're trying to route a
safe safe passage and and what is now
the drive Lan right there right you
probably see different cities where that
sort of constructions happening and we
did ask that question today we had a
meeting with our chief building official
and due to Ada regulations it's just not
possible so as long as we can get that
sidewalk to open back up you know once
once all the major uh debris has been
taken off the
site thank
you any other questions for
Kathy thank you Kathy um coming to my
update uh
want to highlight a couple things on the
calendar coming up here we do have our
uh board and commission Retreat next
Friday morning and you all should have
received an invitation for that so be
lovely if you could join us that'll be
at the um first floor of capital Student
Union uh breakfast through lunch and
we're covering land you strategy
commission work so far with
presentations from the different working
groups of the of the strategy also
discussing
sustainability action plan and giving
the boards and commission members an
update on the Strategic plan that was
passed by you guys just recently um we
do also have the juneth celebration at
the jeffre Mansion Carriage Court on
June 19th there's a main event coming up
on the 21st of June this Thursday at
about the same time as the Architectural
Review Board I will be throwing in the
opening pitch at the Clippers in my
capacity on morsy's board unfortunately
so and I have not
no I'm not practicing at all nope not
going to do it I've done it before and I
practiced and it just made me
bad I actually might take
you um also I want to give you all an
update on the uh mural Fest and where we
are we have some conceptual art that is
coming this is not all of it we have
secured walls um the Eastern elevation
of rabinos the Anthony Tom Thomas
wall westbo wall which is really
Johnson's ice cream faces Johnson's
don't tell westbo I said that uh Second
gland hair nail salon um and we're
looking at putting a climate Stripes um
mural in the corner here uh at at our
alley um but you can see some of the
artists rendering Concepts these are
initial Concepts they're not final or
approved um but just to give you an idea
and we have more than just this but this
is some of some of what uh has been
submitted so far um what's that this is
a photorealistic mural of the uh love
your alley project and the CSG students
working on it yes you're hilarious Mark
um so that's going to be that
selection's happening right now with the
art committee and then also Property
Owners making sure they are comfortable
with different murals that are being
proposed for their walls and ARB is
going to have some initial review on
Thursday and then final review next
month so that's what's happening with
that and then we're looking at a
September installation date with some
celebrations around it and some intera
interactive art activities including
Andy has agreed to let us let let us
have a a project where where uh kids
working with an artist paint our snow
plows so we're looking at that and also
looking at maybe having a mural on one
side of the cookout trailer celebrates
so um this is funded thanks to the bexy
community foundation's generous Grant as
well as the main street streetscape Tiff
as you guys know because you funded it
so thank you again for your support of
that um I want to shift gears uh real
quickly and um I know we have talked
about this a lot but we haven't talked
about it since our last council meeting
and I think it's appropriate that we do
and I want to take a moment to do it and
for those of you who uh attended uh
mayor Madison
funeral I apologize I'm going to repeat
some of what I said there but I do want
to recognize and remember mayor Madison
who gave so much to our
community the breath and scope of Mayor
Madison's contribution to our community
can't be put in
words as mayor for 32 years David was
Bexley personified quickly lending a
helping hand in a time of Crisis and
meticulously lending tending to the
needs of the city and its residents over
a rich and tireless career of above all
he was an amazing friend full of sound
advice and authentic encouragement his
helpfulness was only outpaced by his
quick wit and his sides spling often
inappropriate humor always delivered at
the most unexpected times like a
sideswipe within 24 hours of becoming
May mayor under what were tragic and
unexpected circumstances one of my first
calls was to Mayor Madison I was kind of
like what do I do here
here I think I know what I'm supposed to
do but I'm not really sure um as a
council member I had familiarized myself
with legislation the budget I felt like
I kind of knew the ins and outs of the
system but I did not know how to be
mayor and David Madison uh took me under
his wing and he gave me lots of pro tips
mostly he just gave me a lot of
encouragement and he showed me as he did
with so many other people that through
his belief in them that it was something
that I could do
he also as I as I remembered uh the
other day told me to stop wearing a tie
mayor Ben from month one or two always
wear a suit in a tie said stop wearing a
tie you're just GNA get your suit dirty
put on khakis and and uh and a button-
down shirt and loafers just like I
always do so I I adopted some of that
and and speaking with our staff
and Kathy actually I think remembered
this quote that I'm about to read to you
uh what was most remembered about David
was how supportive he was of Staff above
all I mean like he always went to bat
for staff oh by the way bat he loved
baseball and softball as you know um and
he would stand up for
staff uh unyieldingly and unwittingly in
the face of budget crises and uh
whatever he made sure that the police
were always the best paid police and
that staff were always treated well and
he was known to close City Hall early on
the r because the air conditioner was
broken so people could go out and enjoy
us Sun
day one of the things that stood out
when Kathy remembered it was the the
quote he had on his wall and he had a
lot of quotes on his wall one of one of
the other quotes I was remembering
before you brought this up is you'd be
surprised by how much you can get done
when you don't worry about who takes
credit for it or something like
that people may not remember what you
said or what you did but they will
remember how you made them feel and what
is very clear about the legacy of David
Madison is he made a whole lot of people
feel really good about themselves and he
was he was the the heart and soul of our
community the heartbeat of our community
for so many years and he will be missed
the flags and City stood at half staff
for over a week the honor guard honored
us with their presence at his funeral
and um provided A procession for the
private funeral afterwards and thank you
g for making that happen um I believe
that we as a city have remembered him
well and I'm sure there's more to come
um but I just want to take this moment
to honor him and ask you all if we could
join in a moment of
silence thank
you suppose now I am supposed to take
questions jump the
gun questions mayor thank you for
summing up his legacy so so beautifully
um I last saw uh David about a year ago
at the Bexley historical society and I
hadn't seen him in a while and he gave
me a big hug and the first thing he
asked about was how are your girls like
years later he had seen my kids in know
you know in quite a while but the first
thought he had was how are your family
how are you how was your day and he
actually cared what the answer was so
I'm glad you you you know spoke to his
legacy uh obviously his City to the
service inspired his son to also do the
same um and my thoughts and prayers are
with his family including his
grandkids any questions for our mayor or
any
comments okay all right thank you
mayor uh before we move on to council
agenda um I did just want to add a few
additional things um I I may have
forgotten to put a president's report on
here my apologies um I wanted to thank
council members fible and Silverman for
volunteering to serve on my working
group regarding Council Communications
which came out of the wonderful Retreat
that council member Hurley planned for
us um I wanted to thank those council
members that showed up and enjoyed
porchfest uh what a great way to bring
our community together uh we did that
shortly after uh we walked in um uh the
pride walk um there's a picture I
believe in the mayor report of our
elected officials at that event it was
an amazing event um and I think it was
very well attended a special thanks to
Emily perfect for making us some
perfectly amazing shirts to wear at that
event um tomorrow night the Bexley Area
Chamber of Commerce is hosting a
networking event with the White Hall
Chamber of Commerce that's um tomorrow
5:30 to 7: at Ohio State Bank and
finally a belated birthday to one of our
own council members council member fible
happy belated
birthday and that is my president's
report uh turning to uh Mr official for
the consent AG agenda please okay two
items on the consent agenda the meeting
minutes from May 28 2024 and the meeting
minutes from the city council
Retreat okay are there any questions
about the consent
agenda any questions from our
audience seeing none I move to adopt the
conent agenda second second by Mr
Marcelino uh Mr fishal will you please
call the role Miss B yes Mr Silverman
yes Mr Hurley yes sad yes M lamkey yes
Mr Markham yes Mr Marcelino yes all
right motion passes all right now we
have a third reading of ordin
15-24 to appropriate $10,000 from the
unencumbered general fund estimated
Social Service Services reserve line
item to provide funding to support the
Bexley summer food program introduced by
Ms S thank you we've had um lots of
great discussion on this ordinance um
and excited to to make a motion on this
tonight the
um our darn program has
um identified this community need and in
the past they have um secured the
funding we're now looking to make this a
line item for the city and our general
fund to make sure that this partnership
just continues to grow and that we um
take care of our students with who are
facing food insecurities and and
continue to build the program so this
ordinance is a collaboration between the
city darn uh the Community Foundation
and uh in the future the Education
Foundation there any questions or
comments from Council on this
one there any comments or comments from
our audience given that this is a third
reading seeing none miss you have a
motion motion to approve ordinance
15-24 motion by Miss sod seconded by Mr
Marcelino Mr Fishel M markh yes M ly yes
m b yes Mr yes yes yes
Mr
yes all
right or ordinance passed thank you all
right on to Second reading second
reading of resolution
0324 accepting the amounts and rates as
determined by the budget commission and
authorizing the necessary tax levies
introduced by Miss
sad yes thank you Mr official um so this
ordinance I am going to let the uh mayor
elaborate on if there's anything he
would like to add this is that exciting
ordinance required by highis code where
we provide an estimate of our future
budget to the Franklin County auditor it
is not binding it has not been um could
the only the only really input that has
been put into it is an inflationary
estimate um So based upon our current
budget it's it's a formality I would I
would say I would call it a
formality thank you any any questions or
comments from
Council Mr official I don't see any
speaker slips for this one do not have
any okay how does council feel about
putting this on the consent agenda at
the next council meeting anyone opposed
all right Natalie if we can please put
resolution 3-24 on the consent agenda
next time that be
great okay second reading of resolution
thank you um I'll hand it over to the
mayor here but I would just note there
is a draft Amendment we will not be
moving on this tonight but um the mayor
can Define I guess update you all on the
status of
that thank you Mr Hurley yes so this is
there is a proposed amended in your
packet
um some of the names that have been
added to it are are are folks who have
been confirmed as filling vacant seats
we have a couple vacant seats that
you'll see speciic spefically three
vacant seats that you'll see two in ARB
one in esac where I have been reaching
out to And discussing with potential
members um making sure they still want
to do it um and so I don't have final
confirmation on some of those but we
have really good candidates um and I
will make sure that you have those names
in advance of the next meeting and that
they are present at the next meeting um
we have a couple other new members for
you to meet um in in tree commission and
some others plus those V those vacancies
that are blank on the proposed amendment
right now right any questions or
comments from
Council oh Mr Hurley um so Mr Mayor is
it your expectation this will be ready
to go at the next council meeting
amended and voted yeah if we could that
would be great um because that then goes
into effect for the July meetings um
which is when the new ter
starts Mr
Silverman B did you ever speak with the
school about um Patrick King I did so uh
Patrick actually a couple things
actually we uh we were we've been
working on the W board ordinance I don't
think I talked to you about this and in
reading the W board ordinance um what
was interesting was it calls for us to
appoint that school board member the
same way we do every other member so the
mayor appoints Council confirms
the tradition has been that the school
board just send somebody to the rec
board obviously that's not been a big
deal but just technically not exactly
how the code says for us to do it so uh
also the point was raised Maybe by you I
can't remember by lorian somebody the
Patrick King is also on Bap and that
that might be a conflict which I agree
with um because of the projects that go
before both wreck and Bap if not a
conflict at least just perhaps
redundant so I spoke with Patrick about
it he will no longer be on the W board I
spoke with Victoria Powers about the
process we're going to find another
Board of Education member he will remain
on Bap assuming you confirm him he's
currently an alternate I'm proposing he
moves to a full member um it was my
strong preference that he remain on VAP
as opposed to rec board uh which he
graciously agreed to do
so sounds good any other questions or
comments from counil Mr official any
speaker slips on this one have not all
right um given that we might still have
some amendments let's leave this on for
a third reading and not put it on the
consent agenda the next one and M Madam
president one more thing when when we do
have those names slotted in uh for any
residents who are listening in I will
put that proposed amended in the
upcoming agenda we'll we'll publish that
part early so it's out there in advance
sounds good thank you all right Mr
official all right we have a second
reading of ordinance
16-24 to amend chapter
47402 J to add protective helmet
requirements in instances of persons
under 16 years of age to wear a
protective helmet while operating an
electrical B Electric Bicycle skateboard
Scooter Roller Skates hoverboard or
similar vehicle Andy Street City street
alley park recreational gather so
introduced by Mr Hurley
thank you um so I am working on an
amendment to this I outlined it a little
bit at the first reading uh the first
piece will be um in the ordinance we uh
have a list of various devices and then
we use the phrase or similar vehicle um
after talking to Mr fishal I think
that's probably a we probably should
just be very explicit about the types of
vehicles and not use catchall language
because that can be misconstrued or
misinterpreted so I'm going to be taking
that out and adding in I did some some
Market Research in the department at
Target to find out what kids are writing
these days and so we'll have a a very
explicit definition um so that we're
just very very clear and in the future I
guess if there's some new technology out
there we can uh we can amend accordingly
um the other change and this has kind of
led me down a little bit of a rabbit
hole is um this ordinance really looks
at uh you know operating a bicycle or or
other device but uh obviously kids are
sometimes passengers whether they be in
a rear mounted seat um trailer or some
other kind of um enclosure there is no
um there is no ordinance on our books
and I've actually struggled to find an
ordinance in another city that regulates
helmet usage for those passengers I
think it you know just conceptually it's
a really good idea to stipulate that if
you have a young child um in a trailer
or in a in a rear seat and I I've used
both with my kids that you wear a helmet
um so I have a some language to that
effect and then um President lamkey also
suggests we look at restraints um
because obviously whether it's a Burly
trailer or whatever they are usually
restraints as well and making sure your
child's properly fastened in addition to
wearing a helmet um where where
available I do know that there are some
types of I'll use like the Dutch style
bikes that have the little wood box in
front they often do not have safety
harnesses um so if you're a parent that
chooses to ride those you know we can't
really mandate you to have a harness and
a bike that wasn't designed for one so
you know I'll have some language to
share with you all um also as discussed
the last meeting I'm pulling together
some data on just incidents of of injury
and kind of the benefit of helmets um
Council Brad had asked for uh just a
listing of other cities in Ohio that do
uh require helmets and kind of look at
the age 16's about the standard I can
tell you city of Columbus it's actually
18 um but I'll have that information
I'll present it to everyone and um
lastly I plan on having hopefully at
least one pediatrician if not a couple
different clinicians who can come and
speak to us at the third reading and
really answer any kind of very technical
or very medical scientific questions on
helmet usage so
thanks I one one thing that I um want to
maybe just think about is uh at the
first reading I think I mentioned it'd
be great to have an educational piece to
this to you know if it does pass to make
sure our public especially our young
kids are aware of these new rules for
their own safety um um so I don't know
if we would also need to consider
putting in a provision if there's a
financial cost to that educational
component May or when we're doing budget
season in a couple months or would we
need to anticipate that now and put
something in or just put that in budget
season one at that time I think between
the communications department and police
department we have adequate funding for
communications okay thank you and thank
you so much Mr Hurley for working on
those proposed amendments uh missad had
the opportunity recently to discuss this
ordinance with some community members
and surprisingly these are parents that
are getting ready to have drivers and
they're very excited to know that the
city is working on this um I haven't
heard one um conversation I've had that
they aren't in support of it so I I
really um admire that you're G to have a
pediatrician come in and talk about the
safety and I admire um president lamkey
for bringing up the education piece
because we know we're back and it's
great in a community like ours to have
these kids out on their bikes right and
biking around and meeting up with each
other but um we do have some young
people that um need to have their
helmets on and they don't and uh you
know biking I say biking in Bexley you
get really good at biking because you're
biking around Park cars and you know
tight turns and coming down here to Main
Street and um what these kids are coming
up against um that helmet can go a long
way as far as their safety so thank you
both and I think revisiting that
educational piece while this is passing
um will will only just benefit the
community and parents to get some of
that empowerment again to say you know
you need to have those helmets on so
good
work any other questions oh Mr Mayor I
would just encourage Council uh to think
about making it under the age of 18
instead of 16 as you're thinking about
this I you know you're talking about
those driver assum to be drivers and I'm
thinking of my 16-year-old no longer
covered by this law and I'm like uh I
feel like it's okay to go a couple more
years it seems to makes sense so just a
thought any other questions from
Council
um Danny if you do have a pediatrician
com just let me or Natalie know and
we'll make sure we put them on um as a
presenter a special guest at our next
meeting um and Mr official still no
speaker slips on this one correct all
right all right um moving on do I
announce this number 12 or so I I can go
ahead so we need somebody to make an a
motion for an executive session to
consider the purchase of property both
real and personal tangible or intangible
or to consider the sale of property
either real or personal by competitive
bid if disclosure of the information
would give a competitive advantage to
the other side U pursuant to division G2
of section 12122 of the revised c i so
move to go into executive session for
the purpose just stated can I please
have a second second second by Mr
Marcelino Mr offishal Mr
Silverman yes Mr mer yes m b yes yes
merelo
yes yes Miss yes all right motion passes
we'll be back
yes
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on
mayor okay I move to come out of
executive session can I please get a
second second second by Mr
Hurley uh all in favor please say I I I
anyone opposed all right we are out of
executive session back to you Mr
official okay we have a first reading of
ordinance
17-24 to authorize the mayor to execute
an access easement between the city of
Bexley and CAG Bexley Apartments LLC in
order to provide for cross access to and
from the Bexley City Hall site parcel
number
0201 825 and the adjacent property to
the West at 2200 East Main Street
partial number 02035
5 introduced by Mr
Marcelino I'll get to the
mayor so um this is a uh cross access
and parking easement um that is being
negotiated between the cic which owns
the property to the south of us the city
hall site here which is referenced by
the ordinance and then the site to the
west of us which is uh
parcel uh
02350 commonly called the 2200 East Main
Street parcel um the terms and
conditions of this easement are not yet
finalized by both parties um but Council
you are familiar of course with with
those um from our executive session and
we are continuing to negotiate between
the three parties and expect that at the
next council meeting we should have
hopefully a fully negotiated uh draft of
that easement um to
present open
so that's where we are questions or
comments from
Council Mr official do we have any
speaker slips on this one we do not all
right moving
on um I don't think there's any action
on tabled
ordinances so moving on to committee
reports uh missad for finance June 20th
the Bexley Education Foundation is um
doing the first ever Retreat that I have
been um involved with on a discussion of
a day of the vision of the Education
Foundation and what the future looks
like and uh revisiting the mission
statement and how uh and initiatives of
the Beckley Education Foundation um
pedal for pancakes this
weekend president lamkey is gonna be
there m kesler's gonna be there maybe Mr
Marcelino Mr Hurley Mr
Silverman Troy laurianne um Ben is going
to be kicking us off at our official
start at
9:30 um 8:30 a.m. is when registration
starts please register your kiddos um 10
and under get to ride in this and they
can ride at just for fun or they can
ride as many laps as they want um uh
patania is uh going to be more involved
this year than in past just because
they're launching their new kids as
Suzanne came in and talked to us kids uh
for patania campaign and their um
showcasing our pedals for pancakes
initiative that the city's had for a few
years here um joining mayor Kessler will
be the uh new CEO of patania Joe abgar
so um please say hi to him as well and
um thank you so much for everybody um
support of this this weekend uh it's
going to be a lot of fun hopefully great
weather pancakes will be served um
between that 8:30 to 9 and uh lots of
activities bounce houses cohatch is
going to be involved um they uh are
supporting us with
a
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um at the registration they're
supporters of the
registration and um the police
department will be out there um Ben from
the library will be out there reading
books it's just going to be a great uh
recycle bikes Bexley recycle bikes will
be out
there there you go bring a bike actually
we need to highlight that a little more
because I think a lot of people will
take advantage of that so um look
forward to seeing everybody on Saturday
end of report great thank you Miss fible
for Recreation and Parks as all of you
know this is with the month that
probably um well without doubt that the
rec department is you know really
showcasing who they are how agile they
are how flexible they are and and they
are taking over for so many moms and
dads who are working um but have to find
something for their kids to do so um so
big big thanks to Mike and his crew um
so they've really geared up and big
thank yous to all of them um they've had
a lot going on with the pool um just
under 3,000 people came on opening day
um which was two weekends ago um for
March 1st June 4th um last year they had
29 um 100
um memberships this year 3,200 which is
exciting 560 members on opening weekend
and they've hosted all kinds of things
from the fifth grade um party the Middle
School
um right teen night they had um 20 they
had about 250 kiddos at that um they
also they also had 200 200 people um I
guess the mayor and and Mike cooked out
um I think that was June 1 was that June
1st that we had that 20 or maybe it was
the 31st I can't remember anyway I was
out of town for that um and the first
weekend they had eight saves now that
means that eight times a guard got off
of their chair
to make sure everything was okay because
they were concerned about someone um
Natalie um wrote to every member of the
pool just kind of reminding parents how
they are really the
first person that should be you know on
guard so to speak because they need to
make sure that their children are in
pools that they can that the kids can
handle based on their swimming ability
and parents there are parents that
depending on the age that need to really
be watching their children and helping
you know these lifeguards and um so now
so I think the letter that she sent was
really wonderful and I encouraged her to
ask that things be put in the blast and
if you noted last week's blast there was
there was some really good information
on that aside from the pool and camps
and all the great stuff going on there I
should mention that um Roger Carroll who
chairs the recre board um did call for a
vote um for pickle ball lights and
um there was one absent member and one
um a vote against it and the other five
voted for with some caveats about
um improved Lighting on the tennis
courts which will help Lighting on the
pickle ball courts for example you know
a a continued research on how we might
mitigate some of the noise that s you
know for the Neighbors who who are
around the area and also some um
limitation on on times um you can write
currently you can go and play whenever
you want to so at six o'clock in the
morning you could be playing pickle ball
so I think they're going to restrict um
you know suggest some restrict of of
time as far as that is the morning and
at night I think it I think it's going
to be an 8 to n or a 9 to9 kind of hours
so I would I'm so the resolution they
have signed the resolution we will have
it in our hands just to look at and it
it won't come to us
until the administration asks us for
money we'll
do sure please
do it's been really awesome to see teens
go to pickle ball courts you know and
it's happening this summer and I had uh
bought my oldest pickle ball rackets for
Christmas and they were just sitting in
the bag and now like everybody's taking
my rackets like they're all they're
going to a place to be active staying
out of trouble and going to play pickle
ball it's a good problem to have yep so
please keep us um posted on those hours
we'll do we'll do and KS
yes
ask with the um letter that we got from
Natalie she I believe they had a new
policy that went out with that with kids
at a certain age that can't be there by
themselves anymore um I think that's
always been the case it's always been
the case because I remember so
reinforcing the policy so that's my
father is is are we having if you can
find out if there's any issues with
reinforcing and and making sure people
that wear on the policy I I really liked
it um I don't let my kids go there for
myself at that age but if it's already a
policy that's excellent and excited we
are enforcing that because I was a
lifeguard for five years as a kid and
the amount of parents that used it as a
drop off spot was always alarming we
have an excellent staff and excellent
pool so pleas please let them know that
that was very well received I just
remember as a kid myself loving going to
the public pool it was sheer excitement
when my mom and dad could take us and um
I know that the kiddos really enjoy
doing that and I really enjoy singing
their peeps at the pool um but it's
really important that parents you know
help with the safety of those
kiddos and a report thank you so much Mr
Silverman service and environmental
thank you um I was out last week on
vacation in Lake Tahoe so I will join
Matt in wishing I was still on vacation
um for the report today I would just
mention that there's an upcoming juneth
celebration next week at the Carriage
House The Fabulous Jen Robinson was the
lead on the planning committee she has a
Harmony group coming from Hope City
Records to do gospel and songs of
encouragement and faith and celebration
there's going to be sweet treats that
follow anytime that Jen gets her hands
on an event it's going to be the best
desserts you know um but it's open to
all and uh you know I I want to commend
the city has been doing Jun celebrations
for a long time now and we are starting
to you know be consistent on that and I
really appreciate I know last year they
pre-booked and held the date for this
reservation
they've been an awesome support of it uh
Lauren Miller and all the ones that help
with Jeffrey Mansion events has been
fabulous and hopefully everyone can come
out at 7 pm Wednesday June 19th at
Jeffrey Mansion Carriage House um I will
also mention that I've heard that there
is a new tenant moving into role we lost
one small business and we gain another
we are getting Excel Karate Dojo Kelly
Mir who's a local president is bringing
her Karate Dojo to our city uh hope we
can ramp up security for the Cobra Kai
tournaments that ensue she's already
asked for that um but I'm really happy
to see another small business move in
when one leaves so I was excited when I
saw that
news just to to tell you how hot the
real estate market is in bexy right now
I had called the property manager the
day the news came out about R and he
already had three offers on the table so
it was like and the property already
accepted the on and so it's uh it's good
to see Kelly move back toback so she
used to being what is now the senior
center yes back in the day long time
ago great thank you Mr Silverman uh Mr
Marcelino for zoning and development
yeah thank you very much uh we have on
June 13 20124 ARB meeting uh at 6:00 pm.
and then there has been CI meeting call
for June 20th 2024 I believe we're
initially going to do the 19th but there
is a cic meeting at 8:
a.m. that's all thank you uh Mr Hurley
strategic and health um not too much to
report uh in addition to the special cic
meeting on the 20th there'll be cic and
land use on July 1st um per an email we
received from Megan it sounds like uh
the different working groups are going
to be reporting out at the retreat or
the uh boards Mission Retreat which is
great uh next Board of Health meeting
ises not until July 16th um just lasting
on a personal note I I had a great time
with you all at the pride event and try
you were you were missed um
but um know and I sent you all an
article um you know you saw it whether
it was uh some Public Service workers in
whiteall were harassed while painting a
rainbow crosswalk there have been
stories of businesses having banners
torn down I'm a a good friend of mine uh
lives in Marysville and we were talking
about a situation with a brewery out
there that was doing some pride events
and is facing a lot of backlash from
frankly relatives of elected officials
in that community so I just um it it
means a lot that we uh are a safe place
and that we we step up for all of our
residents so thank you all by the way I
my wife and I saw that article in the
dispatch on Saturday and drove to
Maryville and hung out at that Brewery
for a little while that that is what I'm
doing this Saturday yeah right
round round of golf and uh beer after
thank you so much Danny Mr Markham for
safety no report tonight okay um we are
over to public comments is there anybody
from the public that would like to
speak you could please state your name
and address Constance Lewis 663 eclair
uh Don and I were driving around uh the
community and we noticed there were some
workers over at the Capitol
University uh tennis courts and they
were clearing them out those tennis
courts have been under lock and key for
several years now and not used um uh
when we spoke to the athletic director
the reason he said is because they're
unsafe but since they were clearing them
out I was wondering is there something
going on with those courts is it
possible that the city could purchase
them and turn them into pickle walk
courts just uh curious thank you thank
you Miss
Lewis you want to think about that and
respond offline or do you have I'm happy
to update you right now wish which is
that Capital has I think I've alluded
this to you guys in the past before but
Capital has plans to renovate their
Tennis Courts and add pickle ball in
that area um I say
that with the caveat that they do not
yet have funding for those plans to my
knowledge so
um but they have been developing those
and um I was in a meeting a couple weeks
ago where that was brought up again and
shown uh We've offered to assist with
the expense of the pickle ball Courts
for in exchange for public access to
them so it's conversations on the table
but
again we'll see how that goes thank you
Mr and that was a I think there was not
to disparage anybody but there was a
code inforcement uh call to Capital that
was alluding to the weeds that I think
you were referring to being cleared off
tenis courts so all right what happened
there Council our next meeting is
Tuesday June 25th at this time seeing no
further business I will move to adjourn
could I please get a second second
second by Mr Hurley all in favor say I I
anyone
opposed meeting adjourned