right
good evening everyone welcome to the
April 23rd 2024 Bexley city council
meeting if you have a speaker slip to
submit tonight I ask that you please
submit that to Miss V who's here um the
entrance of council chambers or to our
auditor Mr mCP uh having said that Mr
mCP would you please call the
role Mr Marcelino present Mr Hurley
present Miss F I'm here miss sad yes
Miss lankey here Mr Markham here and Mr
Silverman here thank you uh please join
me in the Pledge of Allegiance
I to the of the United States of America
and to the for it stands one nation God
indivisible with liy and justice for
all all right folks thank you everyone
for joining us tonight um before we get
started I wanted to thank council member
sad for so capably filling in for me at
our last meeting she did a great job I
knew you were going to be in good hands
and I wanted to uh thank her for uh
leading that meeting uh we are up to
agenda item number four public comments
regarding items not on the agenda Mr mCP
do we have or Miss V do we have any
speaker slips we have one speaker slip
Miss Montgomery
welcome to city council if you wouldn't
mind giving us your name and address and
uh speaking for up to five minutes to
counil yeah if you hit the green button
we can hear you a little bit better
technology I'm Sharon Montgomery 572
bonington way and ganna I'm here to call
your attention to the fact that April is
National distracted driving awareness
month I would like to have come sooner
but I had another Traffic Safety
awareness meeting in um on April 9th
you're one of the Cities I especially
wanted to get to though you've been so
responsible about distracted driving I'm
pretty sure you were the first one in
central Ohio to enact your own law when
the state kept refusing to act and Mr
Silverman has been very responsive to
another Traffic Safety project a friend
and I have been working on electronic
devic makers whole business model
depends on people becoming habitual
users part of that is convincing users
that many of their uses are necessary
when actually they're just simply
convenient there's no disputing that a
plethora of uses are convenient but how
many are really necessary necessary uses
are those which would have dire
consequences if you waited until you you
could get stopped safely out of traffic
how many are worth risking your safety
and that of others on the road each
person who uses an e device while
driving can raise their own personal
awareness of this risk versus benefit
calculation I have a challenge for each
person in this room for seven days keep
score each time you arrive at your
destination take a few seconds to jot
down an N for each necessary use you
made on that trip a c for each
convenient use and if you want to be
really really aware an F for each fun
use at the end of the week tally up your
n's C's and Fs for a picture of how you
use your device while you're driving
unfortunately under Ohio law your uses
can be legal while not being safe so I
challenge you to make yourself aware of
whether yours are necessary whether
they're worth the risk awareness is just
one step of many we must take to reduce
this growing danger another step is to
hold offenders appropriately accountable
when they cause injury or death sadly
our state lawmakers repeatedly refuse to
do
this I'm sorry gan has already I'm sorry
but it can be done at the local level
ganna has already had the courage and
the compassion to do this I'll be back
later this spring or this summer when I
can use my full allotted time to tell
you more about how and why you can do
that thank you thank you thank you so
much we look forward to having you back
thank you thank
you Madame President if I may M monery
has been a frequenter of Council
meetings for many many years the whole
time I've been here so so I appreciate
your continued advocacy and your passion
and what you've done in the state thank
you thank you all right moving on to
visiting guests mayor would you please
introduce Our Guest uh regarding link
us thank you Madame President we have a
whole gaggle of uh of Kota
Representatives here to talk to us about
link us Kelsey and Kim are here um and
support crew in the back um I don't I
know if I probably shouldn't share this
but Kelsey could go into labor at any
given moment so uh don't get her too
excited glad you
[Laughter]
clarified I I hope we're I hope we're
that close Kelsey at this point where I
can say that sorry about that
um thank
you uhk you thank you I'm going to go
ahead
and start this
president Lamy and mayor Kesler members
of council thank you very much for
inviting Kota to speak before you this
evening I'm G to watch the clock but I'm
happy if anyone gives us a time I'm
joined by our director of government
Affairs Kelsey Ellingson and yes a
couple of others from Kota as well as
morsy our Mid Ohio Regional Planning
Commission I'm the senior director of
development for Kota and I'm here
tonight to speak about something we've
been working on for quite a few years
but even many years before that we as a
Central High commity have been thinking
about the growth that we know has been
coming um especially thanks to the mid
Ohio Regional Planning Commission for
keeping the stats be before us the stats
and the demographics that we are a
growing region I don't think we actually
saw exactly how or to what extent is
what's been um relayed to us over the
past year or what's become evident but
we're definitely growing so what we're
about to talk about tonight you have
heard of link us and I think you've
heard different pieces we want you to
ask whatever questions you want to
tonight um Bexley is definitely in the
midst of that growth but something that
I know you're very proud of and we find
very wonderful is you're a very
oldfashioned Community that's very
walkable um is built on sort of a
historic precedence of a walkable
community and I think that a lot of the
earlier planning documents that we
worked on in conjunction with the Mida
Regional Planning Commission was asking
the central how Community as a as a
whole do we want to continue growing as
we've been growing for the last 40 years
and continue to grow out and out or do
we want to focus on these walkable
neighborhoods and areas where it makes
the most sense for people to more easily
get from A to B home to work school
health care Etc and a lot of the
community understood that if we chose
the ladder and really focused on more
walkable communities connected in in
multiple ways that we'd have a more
sustainable future in the long run so
that's really what link us is about and
I'm happy if you just if you keep going
I will keep talking
um we know that we're growing and we're
growing a lot we know that the cost of
transportation is increasing as well as
housing and that sometimes makes it
unaffordable for a lot of families
especially as they have to move out to
afford where to live and then the last
point on that last slide was definitely
um opportunity index that there are some
communities with more opportunities than
others and the more opportunities we
give just by merely connecting with
Mobility options the more opportunities
there are for for people to take
advantage of educational job and Health
Care opportunities so that's the reason
why and now the how the how is focusing
on faster more reliable public
transportation safer and expanded bike
and pedestrian paths there's many ways
to get to Transit most people walk or
bike to catch Transit nowadays and then
walkable communities they it's it's a
it's a program it's a system that works
together I know a lot of people say why
don't we build it like Europe well
Europe builds her cities a lot
differently than we build cities here
but really we have 27 municipalities and
cities in the Kota service area and they
are all um eligible to benefit in
different ways both by faster and more
frequent public transit as well as these
bicycle pedestrian connections um all
are eligible for this connection into
the system of link
us this is what we're talking about is
an8 billion infrastructure package
that's over about 30 years and yes I'm
looking at your Finance director you can
ask me whatever Financial questions we
do have a financial plan that spans that
amount of time it is based upon a half a
percent ask at the ballot in the fall to
add to the existing half a percent and
we just want to note that right now uh
Cincinnati works on a 0.8% sales tax
share and Cleveland works on a one%
sales tax share 1% is the max Allowed by
Ohio Revised Code um and that amount
will allow for us to both leverage quite
a bit of federal and state tax dollars
which have to have a sustainable local
match to be able to leverage those
dollars and then right now is that
moment in time to leverage uh Federal
infrastructure dollars that have not
been available before to really invest
in a system such as this um to prepare
our community our Central Ohio region uh
for that system transit system that we
need along with the sidewalks and the
bikeways
and what we're talking about when we
talk about bus rapid transit or Rapid
Transit is something that feels and will
look uh in a way like light rail with a
level boarding you will not step up it's
all level offboard Fair collection you
pay before you get on it's all about
moving fast and one of the fastest ways
is by dedicated Lanes um having
dedicated Lanes really moves the system
and also signal priorities um you guys
have seen that work with a lot of safety
mechanisms um it's also about frequency
and capacity if people know if they miss
a certain bus but they know another
one's coming in eight minutes or 12
minutes it makes it a lot more reliable
Choice than if it's an hour later for
example it's also about enhanced and
safe stations well-designed and
utilizing clean energy it is kota's goal
to be zero
um coal- free not coal free goodness
gracious um using all electric hydrogen
and clean energy uh buses by
2035 and we're and we're in the midst of
that this is I don't know if this video
works on this slide mayor Kesler or not
you know what I can I can make it work
but this is this is an illustration this
is actually a drawing over ol and tan
River Road and you guys know what that
looks like today right three up three
down sometimes there's that center lane
you're not supposed to call the suicide
Lane but it's the turn lane turn left in
many places what this is a vision
looking over that go go ahead thank you
very much for playing that video oh gosh
what we're looking at is level boarding
in this is a electric articulated bus so
it looks like and feels like uh Rapid
Transit Light Rail Etc um where it
arrives often it's frequent and the
dedicated Lanes uh really help it move
quickly the level boarding but what is
also in this picture we want to
highlight that's part of link us is a
really robust pedestrian infrastructure
really good sidewalks bicycle
infrastructure um but even more
important when we get to that picture
you'll see on the right are two three
four story buildings and what's along ol
Andi River now are some you know
one-story buildings with a lot of
parking lots so it's really how all that
works together the transit system the
bicycle to pedestrian infrastructure and
the development all together providing
moving us towards a much more walkable
neighborhood in many
locations next slide sir
so with that
um it's okay it's okay I'm I'm
gonna I'm at five and a half so how link
us transform us there's a focus on the
rapid transit corridors which are some
of the most expensive pieces but it's
really how to build out a system that
moves fast it's also increasing our
overall service um
our 30 Lines by more hours more
frequency later nights some 247 lines
next slide it's also increasing our on
demine on demand zones we currently have
three on demand zones Westerville GFF
City southside they work really well
it's like an Uber on call and we're in
conjunction with that Community those
communities on that you can ask more
about that next slide I'm going to move
fast this is an example this is East
Main Corridor I want to note that right
now this is uh a 30% design we're
getting ready to go into 60% design
which means there's a lot more to the
process there's a lot more of sitting
down and looking this curb by curb Lane
by Lane intersection by intersection
working with the communities all along
here and their particular intersections
or stops and how does that work for your
community and it's really important that
we work with every community in that
process so they feel good about it they
feel confident that we are all a part of
this system in moving our residents and
our visitors and our students in a way
that is really safe and sustainable and
it's for this Community this is just
noting that each of these corridors are
pretty expensive um but it does redo the
street um and it takes care of un
incomplete sidewalks and moves uh it
takes care of a lot of the stuff in the
street that is really appreciated by a
lot of the
communities this is an example of a
center Station this is an example um
where you can see people access it by
the crosswalks and there's level
boarding so you ramp up this is very
accessible to those in strollers
wheelchairs Etc and it takes care of
storm water it's very well lit at night
and and all the things next slide this
is an example of micr Mobility Hub there
are two per Corridor I believe the
closest one in this area is near Allen
Creek Drive and that is where uh when
people get off of a bus or they're
coming to a bus there's a place to rent
or use bikes or
scooters Transit supportive
infrastructure again that's the
sidewalks the bikeways the ways to get
to the system we are projecting 500 plus
miles there's a portion I think the next
slide a portion of the sales tax dollars
would be dedicated specifically to this
line item there's a line item in the
financial plan for Transit supportive
infrastructure and our partners at morsy
the Mida Regional Planning Commission
we've got into an MOA a memorandum of
agreement with them that they will um
administer this program and working with
all 27 municipalities in the region to
understand which bikeways and paths you
would like to be a part of this Capital
project to get people uh better to
Transit and and get around simply and
connect
better um working with the regional
Partners uh there is a list of
priorities that's evolving and everyone
every Community has been participating
in these conversations and submitting
potential
projects and we want to thank the teams
for really thinking about that and
thinking about how they all come
together that last part of the equation
is what we build around again I want to
point out Bexley is a wonderful example
of a walkable Community very well
connected and next slide sir and what
we're working on is could there be
similar walkability aspects the
appropriate density mixture of Housing
and jobs um all along the corridors
around stations we have examples we're
utilizing about Equitable Transit
oriented development Chicago started off
with a to plan a Transit oriented
development plan and some policies and
incentive policies and then four years
later they added the Equitable part
because I realized that was really
important to understand how Investments
were being made to really encourage
investments in the right place so there
is more density more walkable
neighborhoods built around Transit it
just makes it an easier choice for
people to make when they come out of
their home do I want to jump on the bus
do I want to ride the bike can I walk to
Walk work or
school so with that it's really
important how all these work together uh
Equitable Transit oriented development
is definitely seen as an economic
development driver an example from the
health line in Cleveland where over9
billion dollar of private investment
along the health line has come to
fruition since the health line was built
in
2008 this is just an example of Transit
oriented development where development
more dense and I say appropriately dense
because some places a 10-story building
does not belong but three or four
stories may seem dense to that community
and it is increasing density in the
community so this is an example of
density being added along the corridor
in Cleveland
Healthline so the desired outcomes of
course are creating great places for our
community really connecting our
community increasing those um access
opportunities equitably throughout the
region to accommodate future growth this
is primarily a growth strategy for the
region and how not to be dealing with it
afterwards like Austin but try to be
ahead of the Curve so what lenos will do
it these historic Investments focused
growth walkability increased
opportunities I think I have one more
slide next
steps the next steps we are going to
continue stakeholder engagement that's a
particularly important we're doing it
large picture link us wise but we're
also doing it very specific and on the
street uh per Corridor and now that East
Main is getting going in the 60% design
we'll do a similar what we did on West
Broad we visited all 2,000 businesses
big big medium and small to talk about
how many staff where do they come from
we do that and then we'll be working
with each Community to be a part of
community meetings you want us to be a
part of to have those conversations um
so that we determine the transit
improvements that make the most sense
and we are going to create a Transit
supportive infrastructure Capital
Improvement budget and capital
Improvement plan by the summer through
morsy we'll be creating an equitable
Transit oriented development action plan
by the summer we're working with mostly
the economic development directors and
Vel directors in all the cities um and
then Place potential Cod of levy on the
ballot in November with that I have a
nice photo of where we were
participating in your Earth Day thank
you very much for having us you're happy
to take any questions I think I made it
to eight and a half minutes you you did
you did great thank you so much it it
sounds like there's a lot of moving
parts that are still to to come I'd love
to invite you back you know in a couple
months or even the fall once some of
that gets uh a little closer and
questions from from Council uh Mr
Marcelino yeah I uh I appreciate you
coming and presenting I know I was
curious about this um especially given
the unique nature of Beckley and our
businesses and our community um as you
know on Main Street we rely heavily upon
Main Street for parking um and while I
understand the greater good and I'm all
for the greater good of Columbus and
moving people around I have a job to be
concerned about what happens in Bexley
for our residents um so as I Look to
this I have significant concerns about
completely shutting down a lane on Main
Street simply for uh Kota which I again
per capita I don't know Bexley utilizes
at the same rate as other areas of
Columbus um and so I would ask that if
you feel comfortable now discussing
potential options or things you've
looked into for Bexley on its own or in
the future when you come back um to
provide us with some of those Solutions
but um I don't see a way that this could
theoretically you know really working
actually at 247 leaving that that lane
open just for buses to go for businesses
at night um and and things of that
nature so I guess any unique Solutions
you've thought of um for our community
on Main Street council member marello
thank you I hope I said that right
Marcelino thank you very much for that
question very much appreciated and
you're not alone quite a few people ask
the question what does that mean for us
what are the pros and cons and our
businesses are very important um the
local businesses are important to all of
us they're our lifeblood our goal as
we've started on West Broad is to work
with the development directors set up
workshops where they invite a lot of the
business owners in and we'll walk
through block by block and talk about
what's happening along the block and the
pros and cons but also big picture we
should talk about how many people are
accessing TR and I think that's a really
fair question um and how many more
people could and what it could mean to
different folks how many people at
Capital utilize it for example um and
then we want to work with your team on
mitigation measures or options options
and I I don't think we can talk about
them right right here and now but I'm
happy to work through a workshop and I
think coming back with one that we all
feel really good about yeah I think that
would be fair because as we look to the
examples and the the pictures that were
shown I mean we're looking at ol and
Tangi River Road uh Bryce Road roads
with significantly different
characteristics than Main Street I mean
I would be open to say Broad Street that
tends to make sense just with the
traffic patterns and The Limited number
of businesses on that street um but I
mean Main Street I'll tell you just if I
don't know if I'll still be here when we
actually vote on anything but um if I am
I have significant concerns about it and
I think that they need to be addressed
uh pretty clearly for us in the future
thanks jly noted thank you sir and I I
want to contextualize Madam president if
I can really quickly I think we didn't
really get into where we are right now
which is that we're at 30% design on the
corridor and we just kicked off uh a
meeting Megan is is steering the city's
um interaction with that interface with
that to get to a 60% design if you go
today to the link us um website and you
look at the East Main Street Corridor
and councilman marcelino's Point um is
that this Corridor there are solid lines
and they're dashed lines and currently
Bexley is designated as dashed which
means mixed traffic it's it's not a
dedicated line in the current design
schematic and I think we want to be
really careful and I've been and I've
been I mean I'm I'm sensitive to this
that it's not about like Beckley it
should have a different standard than
the rest of the a corridor it's that
there are certain contexts along the
corridor where we're talking about where
does that standard make sense and so we
want to be part of that Regional
approach and and and and Kota has been
excellent partner in in recognizing that
Main Street as you said many times
during your presentation it is unique it
has it has a different commercial
template than some other areas Oldtown
Reynoldsburg has has kind of a similar
physical pattern um and so this is a
contextual plan it's under development
there's a lot more to to go we're about
to get into parking um studies we're
about to get into traffic studies
congestion studies timing studies that
will all inform this conversation but as
they are currently showing it Bexley
does not have a dedicated Lane for the
buses um would it be I know that you
would love to get dedicated and I
understand that the brt works better if
it's dedicated and so in a perfect world
where we have all the parking that we
need for those businesses maybe we could
get there but that's something we're
talking about we we'll thread the needle
appropriately so people are comfortable
and it makes sense and there's other
issues like shipo the state historic
preservation office they'll have us work
very carefully with what's in front of
the Drexel we're work of course very
carefully with you so there's a comfort
level and and what is there um Mr Hurley
you had a question yeah I'm just I guess
I'm curious how did you decide on Main
Street vers say broad or
Livingston council member Hurley that's
a very good question thank you we spent
quite a bit of time in 21 1 and 22 uh
working on an Al what's called an
Alternatives analysis uh for broad Maine
Broad all the way across East Broad West
Broad and East Maine where we have very
specific Federal criteria that our
analysis goes through meaning number of
people existing ridership potential
ridership number of jobs number of
Health Care Etc and uh the way that it's
scored at the end um East Spain was just
slightly above and the amount of people
it would help move around um and East
Broad was actually also adopted as a
locally preferred alternative to be put
on for as a at a later date to move
forward um but East Main was seen as the
most potential to really increase the
opportunities for lots of people to get
to where they needed to go and I'm get
it sounds to me like then Livingston was
not considered as a an option was not
scored that's not scored as a corridor
but we know Livingston is actually going
to be going through quite a bit of
Street improvements and the existing
there is an existing line on Livingston
and stops and those will all also get
improvements along with the street
improvements so that's also a
collaborative effort yes Livingston's
very top of mind for us so thank you um
and there one other um I guess line of
questioning I'd be curious if you have
any data just on ridership and Bexley
people on people off at our bus stops um
we can may I submit that so you get the
actual numbers I don't want to say off
the top of my head we'll get that for
you we have you mean you don't know how
many people ride at every bus stop oh my
God we had 11 million Riders I'll
certainly we can pull that data yeah I'm
curious and then this can be an offline
conversation but I have um have had an
interest in uh I just think our bus
stops are very not very accommodating
for writers and so I'd like to have
maybe an offline conversation about what
the standards are to actually come in
and put some different design elements
or weather elements that's not really
related to this but we welcome that
thank you thank you any other questions
from Council Mr Silverman thank you very
much for presenting um my first question
is do you know the current um time
between stops on Main Street right now
for Kota compared to what your goals are
for the expansion with Linkus line two
is running at about 15
minutes and the goal for the brt will be
will be better than that we'll be that
to probably start off with but it'll run
much longer hours start about 5: in the
morning I go till midnight some of our
lines as link us grows and increases
some of the lines need to become 247
lines especially those that Reserve
hospitals and warehousing
Logistics and um with
brt if you had a corridor that wasn't
consistent with the on Lane dedicated
would it have the ability to switch
between on Lane dedicated and
non-dedicated yes sir that does happen
in other communities we could probably
send some examples through Megan for you
to view if you go to Indianapolis and
ride the red line you can experience
that and if you had a choice between one
that was dead let's say Broad Street
could accommodate fully dedicated on
Lane brt over some Main Street that
could possibly not support that would
that be reason to re-evaluate those
corridors is there that much of an
advantage to have a dedicated Lane
consistently running from east to west
all the way through the city as opposed
to one that would have to transition
possibly to be not dedicated the whole
time as as it might be with Main Street
council member Silverman I can see your
Logistics behind that that I think take
that into consideration we are between
30 and 60 we're moving towards 60%
design but I hear what you're saying and
uh I think most of the corridors so far
we have three under design they have
majority dedicated and some undedicated
and that's not an unusual thing for a
brt line so currently I I know I think
West br stre is the one launching first
am I if I'm correct does that one not
have an area does that currently have an
area that's not dedicated correct it's
dedicated from the downtown to Wilson
Road and then it turns into what we call
mixed traffic which is undedicated then
it mixes in with the traffic out to the
end of the line which is in Prairie
Township and is there a goal I know you
mentioned it and and um I know we've
moved some hospitals around the city is
does Kota touch all the hospitals
currently in Greater Columbus to include
like the new Mal caramel uh Grove City
not yeah Grove City I'm trying to think
I don't want to be mistaken if like one
is missed but I know we touched that one
with with actually one line and the Cod
plus Zone um I believe we touch most of
the hospitals I'll have to go back and
check and see if there's one missing but
that was actually really important if
you can imagine when covid hit yeah we
prioritized hospitals Hospital staff
high schools that were Ser schools that
were serving meal we we prioritized them
we made sure we were hitting all of them
in a regular
interval so I'll make sure we're not
missing any thank you and we'll let you
know if we are appreciate it thank you I
had a quick question for you on that map
are you contemplating one stop at Bexley
because I saw uh downtown Beckley and I
saw capital is it I believe it's one
stop only one
stop but the stop at Alum Creek okay
it's and it's stop there contemplating
in front of greaters so it's um and it
would be it would take place in the
existing median so the existing median
would turn into
a link of stuff okay and I I I as I
stated earlier I know that there's going
to be a lot of information forthcoming
um I agree with Mr Marcelino that I
think Beckley is very unique uh we we
have a main street it's it's a
traditional Main Street where a lot of
our kids cross with their parents or
they're riding their bikes or
pedestrians are walking um so I know
that this council is going to carefully
consider this when the time is right and
we look forward to hopefully having you
back in a couple months excellent thank
you thank you very much go ahead Miss
quick question sorry thanks for being
here um when is what is the goal of the
60% like November thank you that's a
really good question the goal the 60%
would most likely be either at the end
of 24 it'll move into 25 most likely
because we there's a lot of technical
analysis with utilities and
understanding any utility movement or
increased inutility
um will be carefully considering every
single stop and its
implications um so at 60% design we'll
have much better cost estimates and as
you know we have to go into multiple
agreements with the federal government
because we'll be asking for about 150
million dollars towards this corridor
from the federal government and we need
to keep within their timeline and meet
their
requirements thank you and Megan we look
forward to you keeping us updated
thank you so much for joining us this
evening much
appreciated all right and you are
certainly welcome to stay for the rest
of our city council meeting we have some
some uh some exciting agenda items um
very very exciting Mr
official
um moving on to the president's report
um I wanted to thank counil for uh
joining me with the Bexley Community
Foundation board it was a great
opportunity for us to uh to express our
appreciation for them and for them
hosting us wanted to give a shout out
and a big thanks to the mayor for a
great state of the city I think it was
record attendance is that what I'm Y and
I I I yep and I believe that all of
council was there um so I appreciate
everyone who was able to join uh and I
meant it when I said that the the state
of the City uh is is looking brighter
and brighter um and finally this coming
Sunday I have already invited Council to
join me but if you have uh uh an
opportunity please join me at the Bexley
minority parent Alliance circle of
Excellence it's going to be over at the
high school in their theater from 4: to
6: PM uh they are going to be uh
recognizing uh graduates but also
awarding various
scholarships um hearing from community
leaders I believe the chief is also uh
one of the speakers um so if you can
please join me uh I will be there I
believe Alex you gonna be there Sam
you're gonna be there yes okay so the
three of us are gonna be there to Party
come on over and and join us
um everyone's gonna be there it's gonna
be the place to be all right moving on
to our City attorney any report this
evening Mr official yeah just I i' had
sent out had emailed just with a
Dispatch newspaper article that uh judge
Sarat on the Franklin County Court of
Common Please granted the city of
Columbus's which it also means bexley's
a motion for a temporary restraining
order prohibiting the state from
enforcing the uh restrictions on
Tobacco uh rules and regulations so our
rules are will remain in place they are
in the process of The Next Step will be
to schedule approval preliminary
injunction hearing so the court can
grant a temporary restraining order for
up to basically up to two weeks although
there's wiggle room on that but the part
but the parties will have now have a
preliminary injunction hearing which
will be more detailed and off for
evidence I don't expect the outcome to
be any different and then from there the
question will be whether or not the
court grants a permanent injunction
which again think we have a very good
chance of that and then we're off to the
court of appeals but in the meantime the
law is not enforcing at least in the
cities that have filed the lawsuit um
and I mentioned those last time not
surprisingly there's several more who
want to get on board now as well so um I
think frankly and I mentioned this I
think before but I am working sort of
behind the scenes with the city of
Athens who recently was sued by the
state of Ohio so the case is a little
postured a little differently um but to
enforce the or prohibit the city of
Athens from enforcing their single-use
plastic ban and I think a lot of the
similar arguments that have come up in
the tobacco case may very well apply
there so hopefully that also and I'll
keep you guys up to date on that I know
that um there's obviously a lot of
interest here in other municipalities in
kayaga County on that case and a report
thank you any questions for Mr
ficial all right seeing then Mr MC Peak
auditor reports um just one item um I'm
in receipt of a letter from the Ohio
Division of liquor control where uh the
Bexley Market District is requesting a
liquor license so um we get these from
time to time um if you recall and
they're asking if we wish to have a
hearing historically we have not um if
anyone would request a hearing on this
please let me know um let me know by the
end of the week um and I will let the
liquor control know so that is it mrle
just curious what what permit type is
it um I will hand you the liquor license
and you can dig into it
okay thank
you all right any questions for Mr
mck all right moving on to our
administrative updates mayor if you want
to walk us through your updates please
thank you Madame President uh we will
start with uh Megan Meyer thank you
mayor mayor Kesler uh my report is filed
I do just want to highlight two of the
topics raised um first to follow up on
the conversation from Kota and link us
just now um as the mayor suggested we
are having ongoing Bexley specific
design meetings to advance to the 60%
design um our expressed concern has
specifically been around on and off
street parking on Main Street and so
they have engaged kimley horn a
Consulting Group to perform a
comprehensive parking analysis um that
will be completed by the end of May we
just approved the scope of that and
reviewed that with omm some of our
planning partners and so looking forward
to sharing that data and um other
information about upcoming workshops and
other Outreach which I know is important
to this group um for Bexley mural Fest
we are still doing our call for artists
it's open until May 3rd highly encourage
anybody um to invite anybody in the
artist community that you happen to know
to apply right now we're just reviewing
artist portfolios so looking forward to
that event sometime in
September and with that I'll answer any
questions question for Meg M lauran I
just know that you helped the mayor
shine and our city shine and all of our
partners shine at the state of the
community and I wanted to make sure that
you know that we appreciate you and and
we did we did look pretty good so thanks
for helping thank you councilwoman
feble Alex just wanted to piggy back I
saw you this weekend at the Earth Day in
Arbor festival and uh you officially
brought your family to one of our events
and it means a lot to have employees
come and feel comfortable with their
families especially you being new um and
being involved in so many things so just
really thank you for that and it was
great time to meet zo and see him not
play with the farm animals best plans
thank you councilman
Silverman else for Megan Megan um I
concur a great job in these uh reports
are fabulous can you just remind the
community of when the artist um
applications are due for the mural Fest
yes absolutely we're uh taking those
artist uh portfolio submissions through
May 3rd anybody interested in applying
can do that at be.org mural Fest and 20
already 20 already um we got a tricky
idea from somebody to look at some other
mural fests that have been done
throughout the country and invite some
artists um that are outside region to
apply and so far it's really brought in
some very interesting artwork so very
excited to review
everything all right I believe next up
at bat is Mr
bashore thanks mayor um I really don't
have anything to add to my report
tonight but happy to answer any
questions you might
have any questions for Andy Jess Andy
just to hear this from you on record
again can you um just uh tell the
community again when um we are
anticipating the paving of Drexel and
why that is a little bit out of our
hands sure um I actually talked to OD do
last Thursday and right now we are
planning August um hopefully early
August um but we have to wait on OD do
it's an OD do funded uh Paving part you
know Paving portion so that's what we're
waiting on they pay yeah correct yeah we
did look into paying for ourselves and
we
decided Matt wouldn't let me spend
$400,000 on a project that we could just
wait to have ODOT pay for so uh Mr
Silverman while we're at the paving can
we get updates on the other projects
like Chelsea and grandon um date way
date date and date wise sure um it's
going to be really busy summer but those
two Pacific streets um right now I'm
guessing end of May early
June h
I have a we we are working on a uh chart
that just kind of
shows those projects and where they fit
so this is not at all complete we have a
whole lot more uh to come into here but
we'll we'll be circulating this to you
guys when we have um a completed version
of this uh for your
consumption okay any other questions for
Andy lauan just a comment councel when
you get a CH at night when it's
dark stand yourself at one end of Drexel
or the other and just take it all in
it's beautiful it's really really
beautiful and if that's not pretty
enough look at Drexel Circle and look at
those panies they are so beautiful
anyway just have to have to do it
pretty Mr mCP well I rarely say anything
in these meetings but I was just going
to say the exact same thing that Drexel
looks wonderful not only just from
beautification but from a safety
standpoint I know that's been a big U
we've gotten some feedback on uh on that
from the community and the the lighting
of those trees is it looks fabulous so
thank
you the questions for Andy I will say
today I was being I was driving on
Drexel probably going 27 and someone
came up like started tailing me really
hard so I dropped down to 2
that's right and I I hover between 24
and 25 the whole time so if you're
listening to me Lexus driver that was me
in the Chevy
bolt all right uh next up we have
Finance director Carrie Martin all right
um so you'll notice that you have a
whole new format of the monthly report
um so hopefully it makes sense um I
thought it was important important to
show the annual budgets for both revenue
and expenditures and you'll notice that
um I put um variances in from 23 as well
dollar variances and percentage
variances and also um tried to note the
percentage of the budget so through
March through the first quarter we
should be approximately
25% give or take for revenue and
expenditures um currently for income tax
um we are a little below for what the um
monthly forecast was by $220,000 and
we're 14,000 below March but the first
quarter projections if you look or the
first first quarter um receipts that we
have were actually up
$85,000 over the exceeded expect the
expectation so we're up a little bit um
general fund revenue is just at 23 % and
part of that is because um we did not
receive our property tax in March we
received it in April so that's the
difference and um so if we would factor
that in we're actually above a little
above 25% for Revenue um as for the
expenditures for general fund we are up
a little bit we're at 33.4 eight% um
hopefully the um charts can put it tell
the story The Fire contract we pay that
two times a year so that's a huge
expense right off the bat um the um we
do some
transfers um right off the bat so that's
at 100% And then also the um Police
Department had they're a little high
right now just that's due to salaries
and what salaries you're looking at like
pension and Medicare um increases and
then the um building department is up a
little bit um for various design views
and planning along with um the an
increase in a professional contract
expenditures so I am happy to answer any
questions and I hope you like the report
I do have to give a shout out to Megan
as well she made this look extremely
nice and I appreciate all of her
help thank you Carrie uh Miss
Fel um couple questions okay is I
noticed that we're dipping like we up
and down little bit like we have we did
in 2023 April April is up for um yeah
for income tax revenue we are up for
April yeah and then I two other
questions just for my own edification on
page four what is the civil service line
item that looks kind of
crazy so okay civil
service it's because sorry go Carrie
I can quickly answer this yese we didn't
have we didn't have um Emily's position
last year so it's showing that we are we
are we have spent so much more in that
account because we put her in the Civil
Service account and then the other one
that would looked to skew is and I don't
know what page it is forgive me was the
health
department I don't remember what line
item that was it just looked odd um
that's nothing it looks nothing has been
paid out of it
yet uh that we've yeah that's like um
what page was that guys that's the same
page yeah
yeah yeah a lot of these some of those
are you know timeing issues the contract
when we pay it those just stood out to
me I'm sorry thank you and then you'll
see pretty soon when we do pay the
contract it'll all be paid yes and then
you like it'll be the opposite
presentation thank
you uh we'll note April I think we're
about $200,000 up from projection so
we're currently through
this time right now we're at about
280,000 or more above where we had
projected we would be at the state with
income tax
revenue well thank you Mr Marcelino you
had no 18,000 just wanted the answer to
that 18,000 per on that civil service
thank you Mark uh just want to say
welcome and it's good to see you
settling in here and to see uh your
report like this I I really appreciate
you kind of you you know kind of making
this your own and and one thing I've
noticed is that when someone new comes
along we definitely benefit from them
seeing things in a fresh perspective and
bringing kind of new ways to communicate
things to us and I think uh I mean year
after year after year probably you know
budget and stuff is something that's
particularly challenging for Council
Members sometimes to understand and ask
questions so I want to encourage you to
keep being a little creative in that way
and and I personally appreciate the the
front page Narrative Approach then that
leads into the numbers because it gives
me something to start you know a little
appetizer to go in there and and find
and work stuff like that I would
encourage I I like that I like I like
that aspect of it I would encourage you
know more maybe call outs little things
like that also to kind of help you know
I don't like to use the term Dum it down
but kind of for me you
know anybody understand that yeah
everybody works in finance right I
appreciate that feedback thank you smart
that's right make you brilliant sisters
yes to to Echo what Troy said you know
uh budget season's going to be here
before before we know it so uh it's
going to be an exciting couple months
and I'm looking forward to having your
Eagle Eye coupled with autod M peak's
Eagle Eye between the two of you we got
all sets of eyes and uh I'm I'm so
excited for our uh status of our city
finances with both of you kind of at the
helm so we're
excited comments thank you very much
Carrie um me yeah all right I quickly
run through my update called attention
your attention to some events that are
coming up that haven't yet been
mentioned before our next council
meeting we have the bexy Bloomers are
having an omelet cook off of their
season on Friday morning if you want to
uh indenture yourself to cleaning up uh
our Landscaping throughout the city come
and have some free omelets on Friday
morning uh or just you can appreciate
them as council members too and and they
might still give you free omelets uh
greenb cleanup day and our drug takeback
day is on Saturday that includes
shredding hasard some battery uh drop
off electronic waste uh drug bikes uh
Goodwill all the good stuff so uh spread
the word our first main event is on May
3rd it's part of the coai Science
Festival weather permitting and we do
have a rain date just in case or cold
date or what might whatever it might be
um May 5th the community back backyards
class if you're not familiar with that
that's here at City Hall and it is a
opportunity for residents to um learn
about backyard conservation but in it
return for that get some funds towards a
rain barrel or uh a backyard
composter which is exciting um the uh
May 9th Asian-American and Pacific
Islander Heritage celebration Chef May
10th Chef Alex Silverman change the data
on that in your brain uh will be uh
presenting the dueling
walks uh I will not be there for that
dueling walk so I'm gonna have a
cardboard uh walk Turner in my place for
that sad sad day love your alley
festivals May it's a great way a great
chance to learn more about Native
plantings and to score some seed
seedlings or not seedlings the right
word little little mini plants with
native plants um and then our yard sale
and free Cycles May 18th and 19th um you
I know you not I know you can read my
written report and some of this is
repetitive uh but I do want to call
attention to this wonderful picture I
wish Cotto were still here they brought
their Zer much
missions bus to the Earth and Arbor days
celebration and it was a great event
thanks to all of you who were there and
those who helped out thanks to those who
helped pick up trash right before it uh
thanks to those who helped remove
invasives from our valy of the future it
was a busy weekend in Bexley and I'm
happy to answer any
questions yes Mr Hurley I'm just curious
um for the referendum attempt on
ordinance 04- 24 what is the deadline
for signatures to be
submitted we we believe it's uh April
26th which is a month from the uh date
of Passage there's still a question uh
under the revised code because it refers
to two different a couple different
things one is the date it was approved
by councel and another one the date that
it was sent to the mayor there's no
reference to the date it was signed by
the mayor but the mayor did sign it a
couple days later
correct and I think you you can pinpoint
that dat yeah it was sent to me
immediately because you guys passed it
and I was sitting right here so I it was
sent to me immediately but I think you
know it's a question that will have to
be answered BEC and Board of Elections
ultimately gonna make that determination
so Friday or Monday
effectively Friday the 26th or maybe
Monday the would be the deadline it's 30
the 30 days from the date it was passed
this Friday I'm not exactly sure the
date the mayor it was probibly to the
following Monday or Tuesday I believe is
what we talked about we that it doesn't
say sign and it also specifically refers
to o a veto and then overriding by
Council
so again I I'm not exactly sure there
was not there was no legal guidance on
that issue I think the best argument is
it's April 26 okay and then I assume the
Board of Elections will notify us if
anything is submitted we'll know no it
gets I'm sorry oh it comes to it get
committed to the clerk of
council auditor okay and then we have
the obligation to forward it to the
Board of Elections within seven or 10
days I can't remember exactly what the
statute says so we will
know before the Board of
Elections perfect thank
you m b do we know a do we know how that
my first question is do we know know how
much that's going to cost the city A and
B is there any reason why we can't take
facts and put them on our own personal
social
media bad idea good idea so the cost of
the city is unknown um if but there is a
cost there could be a cost if there's a
special election required that would
definitely be a cost to the city um and
that's also an unknown issue I think I'm
a little cautious talking about this
because we just there's so much that we
don't know and I think that um until it
and if uh it's submitted um successfully
I think it's we have a lot of conjecture
um so it's it's an unknown what the cost
would be uh it the city doesn't have to
bear a cost if it's during the general
election um but if it's a special
election we would um and then the
question you had about sharing on social
media uh this
is uh you know you can share whatever
you want always on social media this is
different than a like a levy in which
the city has to be careful about the way
that we use our resources to to support
it because Council passed it um so the
city is is reinforcing what council
passed in uh trying to support ordinance
0424 into the future yeah I would
suggest actually at least in again you
can put whatever you want there that's
absolutely fine um the what I would
recommend perhaps until we know whether
it's going to be filed maybe take a
different approach is just put a
reference on your social media to the
city's website that explains in fact I
just saw something on social media from
somebody who was complimenting the city
and sending people to it somebody not
affiliated with the city sending people
to the city's website because they felt
it re did a really good job of
explaining everything so that's what I
would recommend at this point Thank you
and we do have a link uh anticipating
that folks might want to have
information so they can they can click
here it takes them to an article that's
sort of a brief
overview um and then you can further
click on the page that was developed
originally is is public information
pertaining to the ordinance prior to its
passage it has been modified to uh
provide some additional FAQ information
and a little more narrative uh because
some of the information some of the you
know there have been some
allegations that we have seen uh from
screenshots uh about saying that it
lowers construction standards saying
that gives Bap unilateral Authority all
these things that are not accurate so
we've created some specific you know
factual uh information to address those
questions and if you are hearing
additional questions that aren't put on
this FAQ then please uh let Megan or
myself or both of us or Natalie know and
we will uh work on making sure that
we're getting as much information as
possible out
there
Alex with May being the love your alley
month um and I know I spoke to you and
you were I believe cleaning the test
alley could you clarify to me and others
that might not be aware of what is what
is the city doing for the winner of the
alley contest and what upgrades and
finances are being spent for that test
alley um and is that something that's
going to grow to more opportunities for
alleys and people to submit in the
future or is this really kind of a model
one time yeah great question so um the
the the the initial alley of the future
was uh awarded based upon a competitive
process where we asked blocks to provide
um plant for what they wanted their Aly
to look like and it would address uh
storm water quality um you know
plantings public spaces lighting and the
alley between Remington and Stanwood um
south of Denver was the winning alley
from that there were actually only two
that ended up submitting but there's a
lot of good public interaction around it
um the investment from the city is is
primarily in the paving project which
it's due for Paving anyway it's it's not
a it does not perform properly in the in
the way that it drains uh We've also
added some storm water treatment to it
um and then the love your alley grants
have been helping out with the the
plantings and the artwork that are going
to be happening there and then this
alley doesn't have any lights at all so
it is we are putting our Aly light
project on it but we're using a new type
of alley light fixture which is uh
set to default as dim but as people walk
past it it kind of ramps up and then it
comes back down again so that it's more
uh black Sky friendly um and also
actually calls a little bit more
attention to when there are people in
the alley um and then in addition to
that there's a gate feature where
there's a portion of the alley that
doesn't have any garage access occurring
and so we're allowing I say kids but
anyone of any age can close off the
gates on either side so that there's a
protected area for Gathering or playing
that area of the alley is going to be a
little bit narrower um on pavement so
that there's a little bit more
Landscaping on the edges um and there
will be a a board with uh play equipment
that can be shared uh that board is
going to be donated the lighting is part
of our alley light budget the alley
pavement is part of our standard Street
fund budget and the um gates are an
additional cost um what we hope to do
with this so every time every the the
entire project we kept on saying can
this be reproduced feasibly in other
alleys throughout the city is it
realistic to do that and so for example
we found some amazing light fixtures
that cost $88,000 each uh they are not
going into the alley of the future the
light fixtures that are going in are
really similar to what we have today
they're not the most beautiful looking
things but they're going to function in
a better way um and what I hope to do
once we have this installed is right off
the bat the the sort of protected play
zone is something we can probably
reproduce pretty easily um throughout
the city without any other modification
so some of these we're going to
hopefully and this is more conversation
with you guys but open up like maybe
four or five alleys a year can apply to
get this added to them and we could
start to roll that out if it's
successful so I want to I want us all to
tour it take a look at it see what we
like and don't like and um service
departments can be pay paying close
attention to the the performance uh we
do have some storm water treatment
that's going to be unique we have we're
going to have some perforated Block in
the center of the alley that will absorb
some of the water some of it will have
plantings and some won't so they'll look
you know the area on on H is it 23 North
North where it's like pavement test
strips that ODOT does Ali the future has
a little bit of that going on so there a
couple little components we're testing
out to see how they
work I was going to S ask a followup I
think you kind of touched on it but I
think somehow the have what you would
consider kind of like pocket park
Landscaping where you have areas that
are neither a garage or uh a usable
fence space that could benefit from some
uh decoration and Landscaping and and
have the ability for people to gather
back there so I'll be very excited to
tour the one on stwood and see that gate
system um and allow for more kids and
and adults to gather in our alleys so
thank you for that update yeah I will
you what I realized and I'm so sorry I
have a presentation that I could have
been showing you this whole time I won't
take this make this much longer but um
you can kind of get a feel for how in
the area where you can get this play
Space um there will be because the alley
gets to go narrow there because there no
turn there's no turning so rumpy trucks
can do a straight shot and our plows can
do a straight shot what you see in some
of those alleys where people have some
benches but they're kind of like back
back in yards there's going to be more
generous spacing for that it's going to
be a lot more natural feeling in that
area so there's some interesting things
we can do and I think we can reproduce
it at very low cost in other alleys
throughout the city and that's been the
charge of the whole project and I can
send you guys this presentation this is
from our uh neighborhood
update Jess I appreciate all those
updates I did want to go back though um
to the prior conversation regarding
zoning ordin ordinance 4-24 and just go
on public record to remind the community
who may be listening tonight the process
that Council went through with that
ordinance just reminding the community
that all seven of us that are sitting
here do not take our jobs lightly and we
do our due diligence we're very
transparent and open to listening to the
community and we appreciate when the
community shows up emails us and lets us
know um where they're coming from with
their thoughts and opinions on January
9th is when we first heard the first
reading of 4-2 for on January 23rd
Council received our second reading and
as we do our due diligence to make sure
that these ordinances go to a third
reading we actually had our third
reading the same night that we had our
public hearing we heard from a good
majority of our community and we
listened and we did not vote on that or
ordinance that evening we actually
waited because that's what a good
Council does and we absorbed the
information that was before us the
following meeting um we announced
anounced where we were and where we were
on that ordinance was a 7 to Zer vote in
favor of ordinance
4-24 that's where Council stands that's
where we voted so I would just say from
there um if there are questions in the
community please do go to
www. becky. org and at the very top the
city has provided the factual
information on ordinance
4-24 and what the information is for the
zoning
referendum thank you thank you Jess um I
will remind council is my last piece of
my update that our ethics disclosure is
due at some point coming up May 15
that's right uh it's a self reminder and
a reminder to others uh the the golden
button goes to Alex Silverman who was
already filed his based upon his oh it's
his birthday never mind happy birthday
to Alex
thank you mad all right thank you so
much mayor uh moving on to consent
agenda Mr fishal you got it all right on
the consent agenda we have the meeting
minutes from April 9th 2024 we have
ordinance
9-24 to appropriate
$17,988 from the unencumbered general
fund to pay for expenses related to the
year of the park Grant awarded by the
Bexley Community Foundation in
2023 that was introduced to M by Miss
sad and we have ordinance 10-24 to
appropriate $45,500 from the sewer fund
fund 10 and to reduce the appropriation
by
$168,950 in the bond retirement fund
fund six that was also introduced by m
sad thank you any questions or comments
from Council on the consent
agenda all right seeing none I move to
the consent agenda could I please have a
second second second by Mr Marcelino um
Mr mCP would you please call the rule
Miss fible yes Mr Silverman yes Mr
Markham yes Mr Hurley yes Mr Marcelino
yes mad yes and Miss Lany yes consent
agenda
passes all right then we are on to third
readings we have a third reading of
ordinance
11-24 to certify special assessments for
the various sites where the work was not
done done by the property owner after
being ordered by the city in accordance
with Bexley code section
14915 b4a or Bexley code section 1492. 4
B1 and it was necessary to do the work
and assess the owner introduced by m sad
thank you Mr official so this uh
ordinance 11-24 we've had two readings
on and great discussion on what this
means um it was brought up that we have
done our due diligence to get a hold of
these residents um the city has notified
if I them most of these um assessments
were due to grass or litter and also
included in this 11-24 is the cost of
improvements made to Columbia Place
partials in accordance with ordinance
14-23 wait amendments proposed
amendments so the proposed amended
ordinance in front of you is the same as
the one you last saw with the exception
of one of the Columbia Place properties
has paid so we're down to four
properties out of seven so good thing we
waited um this proposed amended does two
things therefore it um well the it did
one thing it added the Columbia Place
provision and the language in section
two um and now it's a modified proposed
amended with that one one fewer property
on Columbia
place you can see that section down
here sounds good Miss s do you have any
U motions to make I would like to make a
motion to um approve ordinance 11-24
don't you want to amend oh amend make a
yes make a motion to um amend ordinance
11-24 all right motion to amend by Miss
sad I will second that motion um any
comments or questions from Council on
the proposed
amendments Mr mCP would you please call
the role Miss lampy yes Mr Earley yes Mr
Markham yes Mr Marcelino yes Mr
Silverman yes Miss fible yes Miss s yes
Amendment
passes motion to approve ordinance
11-24 second all right motion to
approved by Miss sod second by miss
fibble any questions or comments from
Council on amended or proposed amended
ordinance
11-24 okay Mr mCP would you please call
the role Mr Marcelino
yes Mr Silverman yes Mr Markham yes Miss
FAL yes Mr Hurley yes Miss ly yes Miss
sad yes amended ordinance
passes all right now we on to Second
readings second reading of ordinance
12-24 authorizing the mayor and auditor
to sign a consent and hold harmless
agreement on behalf of the city of
Bexley with the property owner 3 at 394
South Columbia parcel number 02-
20008 regarding improvements made upon
and within the city owned RightWay
between the sidewalk and the property
line that was introduced by Mr
Marcelino thank you very much uh I drove
past these properties uh they do look
great uh you know in terms and I
understand the vision I do to some
degree feel bad for the homeowners that
they're being put through all this I
just I know last time I asked the mayor
whether we could get some additional
teeth to hold the building accountable
and potentially prosecute the builders
for not uh following our procedure um
and I would just be interested if
there's been any discussion on that
because I'm hesitant to put this up for
a third reading or or and vote if we
don't discuss that portion of it so I do
not believe there's anything in our
ordinances that currently allows us to
bring any criminal charges against um
the um contractors who did the work I do
believe that there is a possibility and
I emphasize the word possibility based
on and I had the section up a couple
minutes ago and I can't remember the
number but based on there's a
requirement under our code that um
contractors register including lanscape
contractors I have look I am sure that
there are contractors who do but work in
Vexy and don't have not registered so I
don't know if these contractors are
registered or are not registered if they
are not registered there is a
possibility that after a hearing they
could have their registration pulled or
revoked um again it's the the statutes I
mean the ordinance is not totally clear
on what the various causes can be but
this could be one of them um certainly
it's not out of the question for city
council to look at getting more teeth to
either that or potential you know
misdemeanor minor misdemeanor criminal
charge down the road but I don't see
anything that would apply in this case
from a criminal these cases from a
criminal
standpoint thank you very much I
appreciate that um we discussed it last
time so I'll leave it does anybody have
any questions or
anything Mr
Markham so what are we doing if we um
you know it's an ordinance to sign a
consent and harmless agreement what are
we doing if we were to not pass this if
this were to fail I mean what what's the
consequence of that they'd have to
remove they would have to remove it we
are saying that's that's right this
needs to be in place for that to still
be there correct just I want to clarify
before we go any further on this
conversation ORD 1224 has not been
pre-installed oh I'm sorry I thought
they both were I apologize we just read
12 right so 13 which were about to read
is where they had already been installed
but not 12 can I'm sorry go ahead I was
goingon to say that the consent and hold
harmless would apply we're not talking
about a consent and hold harmless simply
because they didn't ask for permission
upfront like they should have if anytime
that we agree again we I think we talked
about this last time you know the
schools came to us with that plaque that
was in the RightWay and they had a sign
a consent and hold harmless and they
went through the proper process I just
want to make sure everyone understood
that part of it all right so then my
followup to that is then can we then
take the time here tonight to
distinguish between these two what we're
talking about between these two I know
we threw some graphics up and talked
about them both as a lump kind of thing
last time but it sounds like that's not
the case I know we saw
some columns look like uh
roblocks my son made
roblocks yeah and so these roblocks
columns uh here at 394 South Columbia
would be flanking the driveway and then
uh would would be on the Northern
property line
uh they are
drawn here in plan view uh showing a a
limestone um column with a limestone
address sign um proximately 3 feet in
height a little bit over two feet in
width on the
column um it's a design very similar to
other columns along the same road
um it's placed within the ride of way
uh there are existing trees that it does
not interfere with it's placed in the r
like I said just next to these uh the
driveway and then that that line these
are not these are not constructed
yet these are not
right it's the next one that has been
constructed so then so that I'm confused
then so the the second one that we're
looking at they are constructed and
we're saying this would be something
that would allow them to remain there
these are not constructed yet so we are
doing this in anticipation this is not
like a they're getting a Vari is the
right order so they they went to Bap
they're asking for zoning approval yeah
which is a different question zoning
approval is does it look good right this
approval from you is is it okay to have
it there okay um
and the city can at any time you
know uh come out with a sledgehammer and
knock over the column intentionally and
not have any consequences involved in
that
that's and even if they didn't sign it
we could do that it's our property so
it's like it is it is there at the uh
the pleasure of
council um Andor the administration just
depending on whether or not there was a
consent and hold harmless um to remain
in place and there are examples of this
all over the city uh examp where it has
been authorized and examples that we
find from time to time where it has not
been authorized the reason we're seeing
these both together then is they've both
been filed with
Bap around the same time frame and even
though one has been constructed and one
has not righted one of them is filed
after the fact one of them was filed
properly you're going to potentially see
another after the fact here coming down
the pike pretty soon okay it's a
coincidence we we see them and sometimes
we don't see them and that's what's
confusing me it's not they're not
connected to each other they just happen
to be very similar to each other okay I
think they're even they're different
contractors they're and I confused it by
not by misstating that they were both
already constructed that was my bad
that's fine Mr Silver did you have a
question yeah I mean I think you
clarified it I was I was slightly
confused on like the correct process but
I think I'm understanding now that both
of these have been filed to Bap and now
anytime they file to bap comes to
Council in regards to anything on the
right away um and then the followup was
if there's additional properties who is
that a code enforcement thing where you
would go and say this was never filed
correctly and then they would then file
retroactively and it would come back to
us um and those are discovered through
you know zoning and code trips to
Residents yep it's exactly right we have
one coming up that is a code enforcement
discovered
issue
laian so mark this is something that we
could potentially look into and
write an ordinance that would give us
some teeth if we wanted to sure
absolutely I mean there's there are
multiple ways of going about it one
could be to penalize the contractor one
from a civil standpoint could be to you
know have an impact on their um
registration with the city it could be
criminal in nature could penalize the
homeowner
too we might also I don't want to I mean
this is probably more offline discussion
but after hearing your analysis we could
potentially trespass the contractor as
well right that's a good point yeah we
could some other things we com on our
property and doing this work without
without approval yeah that's
right good question Mr Hurley I'm just
curious you know you say these come up
from the time and I'm obviously
relatively new here have we ever not
passed one of these ordinances and
required the homeowner to take one down
or take something down that was
constructed on RightWay in the event it
was an after the fact
request my memory is not that perfect
I'd have to go back to it they
roof roof yeah we've had people remove
things that they weren't supposed to
have constructed for sure and I can
recall one sidewalk type thing that came
up many years ago when I was a child law
director on ashborne on ashborne that's
right good memory so and that was that
was approved but iess I'm asking
specifically if we ever had an ordinance
introduced and then got got point we
have an ordinance introduced and just
not acted on it has Council ever just
said we're not voting on that we're not
passing that
ordinance not I don't I don't recall
that but you know okay I'm getting
there are a lot of ordinances in my head
so I'm not sure it's a fair question for
me thank you that that I think something
would have stood out so thank you often
I mean I also want to point out like so
typically we're gonna
typically these kind of go through a
pretty rigorous review before they get
to you yeah typically it just so happens
that the one that we're about to talk
about is very similar to a lot of these
others but it could have been very
different so I mean often they go
through a lot of reviews so by the time
you see them it's like it would maybe be
unusual that you know you would have
said no to them but you can say no to
whatever you want to your property
that's
right I say government property that's
absolutely true all you wanna you want
to move us on to the next one happy to
do so we are on for a second reading of
ordinance
13-24 authorizing the mayor and auditor
to sign a consent and hold harmless
agreement on behalf of the city of bexi
with the property owner at 14 1 South
Drexel Avenue partial number
020289 regarding improvements made upon
and within the city on RightWay between
the sidewalk and the property line
introduced by Mr
Marcelino yeah what we just discussed
looks great don't like the Builder um
very much so
I wish to discuss further options to
prosecute builders that do this for the
time that it's not as aesthetically
pleasing or perhaps more intrusive to
our right away as a City so I'll leave
it that or to get him to pay more
attention and do it right in advance
very similar
um construction details to the one that
was is proposed on Columbia it's it's a
limestone column Limestone address
placard you can see it for yourself
drive past 141 South you said this is a
different contractor than the one 1224 I
believe it is okay Mr Hurley you had a
question um it just curious this has
been filed with Bap will this be on the
Bap agenda or later this month um do we
know I believe Bap
has I think I'm gonna get back to you
with an answer on
that because I'm getting we've done a
lot of discussion of this a tree
commission as well and those are two
different processes Bap is as Tre
commission to weigh in on the landscape
piece of it so let me let me make sure I
give you the
I guess what I'm asking is before we I
think our next meeting is what the
May 13th 14th sounds about right I'm
just I'm curious if we're gonna have a
approval from Bap or a decision from Bap
prior to us maybe being asked to vote on
this uh yeah so I
would we would expect I would expect
that you have that before you asked to
vote on it excent um and in fact the
treat commission declined to weigh in on
South Colombia
and I pointed out to them that you know
they're that's I I don't know if you
were going to choose to vote on that or
not since they chose not to review
it but they are reviewing it underneath
the under the request of Bap they don't
have inherent right to review it without
bap's referral okay thank
you all right we'll leave these on for
third reading for our next meeting Mr
official back to you all right first
reading of ordinance 14-24 to approve
the collective bargaining agreement
between the Fraternal a of police
Capital City lodge number n the City of
backley introduced by Miss
zad Mr official I'm gonna let you take
us through this and give us the details
since you're a big part of this
ordinance so I we we discussed a couple
weeks ago that one of the bargaining
units initially rejected the tenative
agreement uh with the supervisors
approving it in the patrol office is
rejecting it the patrol officers have
now approved it voted again and approved
the identical uh tenative agreement that
should be part of your package of the
agreement in legislative form I think
this should be held for three readings
there's no reason to do a suspension and
adoption there's already going to be
retroactive pay made to January 1 which
was our agreement and um again if you
know people you can I guess let maybe
Miss Lamy know from a c council member
standpoint if you would like an
executive session next meeting to
discuss this in detail that's totally
your call it's obviously a subject
matter we're allowed to discuss an
executive session so I'll leave that up
to you appreciate that and if you have
any questions about when you're reading
it too feel free to call great thank you
um moving sorry oh I'm so
sorry when we want to ask specific
questions we need to do that in an
executive session or directly you can
ask me directly anytime but not you can
also we can also discuss in an executive
session um let let's talk offline
because there's there's also in this
situation there's a lot of things that
you know since we're so far along in the
process I wouldn't have a problem
discussing it in public necessarily
either but if you have specific let's
just talk offline good thanks for
clarifying reach out to Mr official uh
moving on to table ordinances Mr
Marcelino do we have um any any movement
on the taable ordinances I move to
remove
ordinance
40-23 from the table and um make it
available for discussion for Council I
will second that motion um Mr mCP would
you please call the
role Mr Hurley yes Mr Marcelino yes Miss
sad yes Miss Lamy yes Mr Markham yes
Miss fibal yes and Mr Silverman yes all
right it is off the table great uh as
you will recall this has to do with
cannabis uh in our city was originally
introduced by uh Mr Clinger on November
14
2023 um mayor I know know that this has
to do with the development here in the
city businesses in the city is there
anything you'd like to add about the
ordinance itself to refresh council's
memory I am a uh rigorous supporter of
ordinance 4023 um I believe it matches
the language of the existing prohibition
on medical dispensaries and um I think
that particularly as the regulatory
environment is still being U
refined um it is appropriate that we
continue to have the prohibition in
place thank
you I had a quick question in the agenda
I'm seeing a proposed amended ordinance
40-23 and then a ordinance 40-23 which
which one is um the latest
version well I clicked away from that
screen if you give me a moment yeah
proposed amended is a newer
version Let Us compare it it's been a
it's been a hot second since we've
looked at
these looks as though proposed oh I can
see it amended
ordinance
40-23 I just want to make sure we're
discussing the the right one
so ordinance
4023
interestingly does not include the
commercial service zon in designation in
the
chart um
proposed puts it back in while this was
being drafted we still had a commercial
service it was
missing I would recommend that
Council would amend it and pass it with
commercial service delineated and the
off chance that the uh 0424 is uh stayed
until potential
referendum Mr official do you agree with
that absolutely
what's what's that change there was an
ed there was a the original 4023 had a
typo in it when it was originally
proposed 4023 was in November of
23 and that was before we had the
proposed change to the Livingston zoning
to to uh strike CS from the district so
we we proposed the amendment and after
that because we didn't have that
ordinance 0424 to correct cor
it so the current ordinance that has
been read ordinance 4023 doesn't have
commercial service which should
0424 not be challenged would be the
correct ordinance for you to pass but
because there is some question about
that uh it wouldn't hurt to have the
commercial Service District delineated
putting it in there doesn't hurt
anything not putting it in there
potentially opens the door for a
referendum petition being filed
successful or not 0424 gets stayed which
means we still have a Commercial
Services District which means
between May 1st and November the
election date somebody could come in and
still argue that they can put in an
adult used cannabis uh dispensary in the
commercial Services
District um given given that suggestion
how does council feel about moving to
amend it to include that CS District um
are folks comfortable with that proposed
amendment sure okay I'm kind of seeing a
lot of head nods uh Mr Marcelino do you
want to make a motion to amend I move to
amend ordinance 40 amended ordinance
40-23 uh to include the Cs District
thank you I will second that motion Mr
mCP would you please call the role as to
the the Amendments Mr Mr Silberman yes
Miss fible yes Mr markam yes Miss lamp
key yes Miss sod yes Mr Marcelino yes
and Mr Hurley yes Amendment
passes okay Mr Marcelino but I see Mr
Hurley has his hand up um I'm just
curious um there a question for the
mayor has have any I guess businesses
ever expressed an interest in opening
dispensary in Bexley do anyone come
forward at any point we've gotten um a
couple different inquiries over the past
couple weeks actually about it with some
specific locations in mind so um that's
one of the reasons I um suggested that
we should act on this ordinance if it's
something the council wanted to pass
yeah so that we have this in hand uh
when those requests are
made out of
curiosity out of curiosity um can you
share any details on where they were
inter Ed I know one at least one inquiry
into the former Lucky Lotto
building um the former Lucky Lotto
building uh Meg do you there was
somewhere
else that's okay uh there was one other
inquiry maybe it wasn't location
specific yeah and if we do not pass this
what would be the process let's say
somebody wanted to open in the old Lucky
Lotto building and this we did not pass
this ordinance what what would it be
just a normal Bap conditional use I mean
how would that be adjudicated out of
curiosity it probably would be a
conditional use of some sort we just
have to look at what that was because
it's not it's not I ask it's not
specified and our zoning code is a any
exactly in fact it's the medical part of
it's prohibited so yeah it's probably
closest to a convenience store or
something like that but we'd have to
look at it to give you a really good
answer on good question uh any other
questions from Council
oh miss sad I just wanted to kind of go
back to look at what Marcel um council
member Marcelino said when we started
this tonight that this has been this
ordinance 40-23 has been in front of us
since November 14th when it was
introduced and I know we really wanted
to make sure our new council members had
time with it um you guys came in in
January um and with that said also
wanted to make sure that the community
um was able to come in and speak to us
on it so that we felt like there was a
lot of transparency that they had time
with it but I do feel very good about
where we're at now um to vote on it
tonight to um to put this into action
because we've done our due diligence
we've been transparent we've waited to
get our new two council members up to
speed on on what this looks like and um
I think uh if you if you've taken the
time and I don't I don't have an exact
number but I think we're anywhere from
four to six
distilleries that are uh encompassing
all outside of Bexley currently and I
believe to and don't completely um hold
me to this have gone up in the last few
months so I think the timing of this um
if this is something Council would like
to see ped and I would like to see this
past um is
tonight any any thoughts from Council on
that Mr Markham I see your hand is up
yeah I I think my qu my first question
got answered which is what's like wisest
on our minds tonight all of a sudden and
that is we're feeling that that's that's
coming that we're getting some so that's
interesting I will I'll just share that
on on for my part I have heard from two
very different constituencies on this
I've heard from police officers and they
have told me they really do not want to
see these businesses in Begley um
outside of you know whether you feel
like this is you know whether you prove
of it or not these businesses because a
federal law remain an all cash business
that's problematic it's problematic to
have large amounts of cash moving in and
out of uh small businesses uh especially
for our police uh our police force
police officers um to be frank with you
I spoke with a lot of people who uh
endorse the use uh personally and I
asked them you know what their concerns
were I not feel that they felt extremely
concerned about having these business
businesses within Bexley uh anyway so uh
those two kind of Divergent
perspectives I feel Converge on this so
I feel very comfortable voting for it
and and I I will support
it Alex did you have your hand up I did
um I I similar have kind of went back
and forth and and talked to some
different residents and I guess one of
the things I'm trying to get a
foundation for and we heard news tonight
that uh Giant Eagle requested a liquor
license for a liquor store to come to
Bexley um do we forese this to be
something that evolves and the business
type could fit into a future plan for a
corridor um I've heard some states that
it's kind of the size and footprint of
the traffic is a concern the cash only
being regulated is a concern um so I
guess I'm just trying to see if kind of
if this was passed today kind of what's
the future outlook for uh recreational
marijuana as it expands becomes more
integrated as you see liquor stores uh
throughout can I comment on that
actually because it's kind of part of my
concern here is that I don't look at any
of this as being written in stone and
permanent forever I think that this is
all so new to our state that we are just
saying let's pump the brakes let's see
where the market goes and then we can
react from there so what I would
encourage you to do and encourage all
council members to do over the next two
years is see how this develops see where
these stores are coming up and how they
uh work into our community as a whole
and then we can always come back and
re-evaluate our needs as a community but
as I look at this I don't think that we
need to try to predict how this will fit
into say the Livingston Corridor because
if we see that there's a need or a
future Council does they can absolutely
come back and change that so I think
it's a very good question a very good
position but don't look as at this as
the end all be all because if we all
decide that this was a bad move um you
know a year from now I'm absolutely fine
to eat crow on my decision and say let's
let's open this back up for somebody to
come in thank you for clarifying that
the followup to that was my next
question basically what would the
process be let's say two years from now
if there was changing with legal status
or whatever we could then approach it
again uh as a council to bring it back
on and and modify and revise this
ordinance you can introduce the anytime
you want to thank I want also point
out thank you Council Mar for clarifying
I think I'll double Che May were you
responding to what Sam Al question so
his original question got um I didn't
get a chance to really point out that
like I
think that a freestanding liquor store
is not an allowed use in Bexley I mean
we you know convenience stor is not
allowed uses actually like we have a lot
of non-allowed uses out now convenience
store has a path to conditional
use a freestanding on its
own
okay that
is uh okay I would have spoken too soon
then if I if I said that and I'll did
say I did say it if I said it I said it
and I spoke too soon let me let me find
out why I'm I am uh have that in my head
but I guess the point is we have we have
many types of uses that are uh
prohibited um particularly in um you
know the majority of our uh in the
majority of our uh zoning
districts beverage liquor store is
conditional
within mu and
ironically campus planning zone too
all right thank you for asking that Mr
Hurley um yeah I I guess a few random
thoughts here I I I'm comfortable voting
for this um tonight you know personally
I don't have any objection to someone
want to open a cannabis store in Bexley
for me it's more um okay what are you
know where and what's the you know
design of the building and and Etc you
know it's kind of a devil in details
kind of thing
um you know I would note from a
consistency standpoint if we already
have a la the books that prohibits
medical dispensaries I don't really see
why we would not be consistent with all
types of dispensaries um in the future I
would
absolutely love to explore this and
other prohibitions I just you know I
never want to stifle business and growth
um but at the same time you know we want
to balance that against the community
needs um I think waiting to see and and
sort of having this on the books is
important um I would just note from you
know being active at the State House
that there's very there's ongoing
discussions about changing this was an
initiated statute this was not a
constitutional amendment so it can be
amended any time um those we may
actually get more tools from the toolbox
for example we can do nothing to
regulate home grow under the language
now that may change with the general
assembly so we may actually be having an
ordinance around homeg grow in the
future so I um I'm I'm comfortable
voting for this with just sort of of a
message that I this in my mind will be I
want to revisit this in the future when
we know a little more maybe we have a
chance to talk to some of those owners
and get a feel for what someone would
like to do um if anything and Bexley and
I think Council rad brings up a very
good point you know there's already a
lot of Market saturation in and around
us and so you know it may be a move
point so sounds good all right Council I
hearing that uh folks feel like they've
had sufficient amount of time to digest
that so that being said Mr Marcelino do
you have a motion to approve amended
ordinance
40-23 I move to approve amended
ordinance
40-23 is there a second second second by
Miss fibble uh Mr official since Mr
mcque had to leave will you call the
role please on the uh motion to
approve missad yes Mr Hurley yes Mr Mar
yes Miss F yes Mr Silverman yes Mr
Marcelino yes M Lan yes yes yes great
randomization oh my goodness Mr
Marcelino all right um moving on to
committee reports uh Miss sad
Finance
yes all right um the Jewish Community
Center uh wanted to let us know that the
new pool liner is coming soon for the
outdoor pool the pool opens moral Day
weekend and Camp numbers are looking
good and they are still accepting
applications I have a
picture mayor kle I'll wait on that one
pedal for pancakes mark your calendars
everyone received the brochure tonight
and there are brochures here at City
Hall on how to get your children
registered for the big race taking place
June 15th at Capitol University more
information to come and congrats to
our be exchanged in aanna who everyone
has met and um she organized a wonderful
service cleanup project um this past
Sunday as you see here and it was well
attended and she and crew look at all
those bags so look at all those bags she
just fulfilled her um City service
project to-do list for her abroad um
Exchange program initiative so
congratulations to her it has been a
pleasure having her involved with the
city of Bexley we will miss her when she
heads out um in June but I just wanted
to highlight her and all of her efforts
and it it has just been amazing and
wonderful to have her here in the city
and so engaged so end of her rept
wonderful thank you so
much uh Miss fibble Recreation and
parts
um Mike um asked me to remind you all
about April 26 and the Bloomers having
their omelets Ben already mentioned that
also that Kai is programming for next
Wednesday and Thursday and they are
going to be partner partnering with the
main event um on Friday um and then I
wanted to talk to you a little bit about
about about Passover and wish all of our
Jewish friends a Happy Passover and
applaud the rec department for changing
registration dates um to Thursday and
Friday so that any of our Orthodox
Jewish um residents have an opportunity
to do that um last night uh my family
and families all over the world joined
to celebrate the historic Exodus of the
Jews from bondage in Egypt saying a
special prayer for the
133 Jewish hostages still being held by
Hamas we remember the Jews in the world
who do not know Freedom we are mindful
that while Hamas continues to cry the ho
refrain for annihilation from The River
To The Sea and I ran tested the power of
Israel's defense with over 350 bombs a
week
ago college campuses throughout our
nation are going virtual because
universities can't promise the safety of
their Jewish students
is this another
pandemic the disease being
anti-Semitism is never again happening
again last night when my family reserved
an empty seat at our Sader table to
remember the
hostages council members in the City of
Hillyard Ohio sat in their seats of
authority and brought to light a
concerning display of overreach and
insensitivity passing a resolution for
for a ceasefire in Gaza a matter that
falls far beyond the scope of any
Central Ohio government's Authority on
the first night of
passover is not only
inappropriate but could be viewed as a
troubling sign of
anti-Semitism it is important to
recognize that Ohio's local governments
do not possess the power to influence
International
Affairs therefore the decision made by
the Hillyard city council raises the
questions about their motives an
understanding of their role and
responsibility to the communities they
serve and the tone such an action may
have on other surrounding
communities as a council member in the
city of Bexley a community where a
significant number of Jewish people
reside I want to make it
unequivocally clear that if presented
with a similar resolution I will
vly oppose it I believe in upholding the
values of respect inclusivity and
cultural awareness in all decision
making
processes I still have faith in the
words never again and I will
pray
legislate and fight if I have to to
protect my Jewish community and defend
off Prejudice of any
kind we must stand together against any
form of discrimination or bias is it it
is essential that we Foster a
community where all individuals are
valued and where diverse perspectives
are heard and respected while our
actions do not hold sway over
International governments they do have
an impact on our our cities on our city
our citizens its employees its students
its visitors and their surrounding
community so my sweet counsel I urge you
to join me in using this moment as a
reminder of the importance of empathy
understanding and unity in our
communities let us reaffirm our
commitment to creating a welcoming and
inclusive environment for all thank you
for listening
beautifully stated lauan thank
you um turning to service and EnV
environmental Mr
Silverman I just want to say I applaud
and commend the speech by councilwoman
fibel and I have no report
tonight U Mr Marcelino for zoning and
development yes thank you very much uh
we have a be meeting on April 25th there
is Bexley cic in Lan use on May 6th at 5
5:30 and
6:30 and then next council meeting we
will have Marius Garcia the state
champion wrestler uh joining us finally
confirmed on May 14th uh sorry for the
delay on that it turns out he's very
busy as people actually want to talk to
Champions so he's had a lot going on and
uh thank you all for the hard work that
you continue to do on each issue Natalie
if we can note the next meeting agenda
for Mr Garcia that'd be
great um strategic and Health Mr Hurley
um so Board of Health met last Tuesday
um discussion we discussed tobacco
preemption lawsuits the mayor gave a
good update of that uh of course we as
uh Mr ficial noted we had the uh TR
issued on Friday I also shared some
thoughts on a potential um code change
some Outreach for helmet usage youth
helmet usage that I'll be bringing
before you all soon um just you know
shout out to Franklin County Public
Health for doing just continue to do
great work and provide us with lots of
good information uh our city council
retreat has been rescheduled from May 7
at 8:30 a.m. thank you all for your
patience and understanding with that um
and then as my colleague mentioned CC
and land use May
6 sounds great thank you so much uh and
last but certainly not least safety Mr
Markham thank you just a reminder on
Thursday couple nights from now the
library is going to have its 100th
birthday party
6 o'clock over there and it's going to
be pretty fun I think Ben heckman's
making a big old cake and everything too
uh I know mayor mentioned love your
alley it's kicking off its fourth year
on May 2nd H the theme this year is it's
all about the birds or going to the
birds or something like that but they've
really got a great keynote speaker from
the Ohio bird conservation initiative H
and he's going to talk about birds as
well I appreciate lorian's comments and
I want to say that we celebrate pass
over last night too and you know my wife
and I had this very you know deep
conversation about like the the level of
you know fear and unrest that you you
know you fear that you're feeling and
you're seeing you know uh these
political discourse get very very heated
uh just a couple hours ago at Ohio State
we had students arrested uh for
protesting as well I know it's deeply
troubling and it's one of those things
that you know it's it's okay to have
differences in political opinion but the
the rhetoric tends to turn kind of
personal and violent at times and I
think that that is where uh it becomes
very very troubling and um you know one
thing that we talked about is you know
what's behind the passion is you know is
just as a fear fear for yourself and for
your kids and for your family and and to
see uh to see people you know put in
danger and be killed and and and it's it
it's makes these emotions so much
stronger and and feel like they mean so
much more but they mean so much more for
everybody too so uh the one thing that I
was going to say that I would add on to
that is you know have your political
discussions and respect each other but
also maybe it's more helpful uh at this
time to reach out to people if they're
Jewish or Palestinian or just feel very
concerned and let them know that you
know you care about them and you care
about their families and you will love
and protect them and provide that sense
of security to them because that's
really at the heart I think of what
we're all wanting right now that's all I
have well said thank you so much um
seeing no public comments uh our next
city council meeting is Tuesday May
14th I move to adjourn can I please get
a second second second by Mr Marcelino
all in favor say I I I anyone opposed
closed meeting concluded