had an opportunity to present
it's almost there
oh I see we're just going live right
yeah oh that's just broadcasting our
meeting that's not showing the videos
okay
so we need to wait for that until
it'll just be easier
all right guys
you're like the wizard and thank you yes
thank you Susan we don't have the
earrings
so I hope our applicants will realize
they need to keep any technical details
very
and we'll start with that yeah
have you called the meaning yep that's
great
I'll let Natalie know everything I said
before we started videotape
oh that's so cool
what Community Gardens is there anything
there is some music
well it's okay you've done great
I yeah last night at Council
inadvertently hit a button on one of
these racks okay
as much as I'm a tech nerd there's one
thing here that no one understands okay
okay
okay I know
um picture soaring music in the
background yes yes I've heard it
contemporary change these are the North
Community Gardens
yeah I had Aaron proper do it he does a
great job this was done by a friend of
mine oh this is okay Aaron Cropper this
is my video that I sent and paid for no
this is no yours is the other one isn't
it
here's the trees yeah
he had he had the gardens in there so
excuse me I'm sorry I didn't know that
it's fine absolutely fine yeah we'll
have lots of sports compilation yeah
so yours is just of the card yes okay I
think we should vote on Whose music is
the best
[Laughter]
that was very nice thank you yes yeah
this video as well
email
um
there it is
the super previewing
anyway if you preview it just takes you
takes you on the internet to see it
oh yeah this episode
this is
well
[Laughter]
okay
that's the same music yeah
oh pretty wow
I think it's good experience
there is music we're just that
would you sing for a song
yeah yeah it's it's so cool
you realize how much music adds to her
yes the music is nice next maybe next
month we'll listen yeah wow let me
very cool let me pause this just for a
moment okay I believe
that this will be
what the heck did I think
believe me you're doing much better than
any of the rest of us could do
all right can you start at the beginning
it's sensing that coffee that you've had
well that was weird huh
yeah so we know maybe actually I didn't
actually
we had a moment there yeah
look at the bees I mean she got the bees
and the butterflies oh my God
May or maybe you should have stayed on
vacation until Thursday I actually know
the airbn meeting was you know I heard
of us because Ranch the signs look great
on the trees yeah
good looking yeah
so Sheila what would be will people be
able to access this I mean is it well
I've given it to um the Bexley Community
Foundation and the city so that will be
something that I need to will go
some person's gonna magically do that it
won't be me and recognize you well you
can do what you wish about it
[Music]
that way you guys can listen to it at
home listen to The Soaring music yes yes
good job yeah yeah thank you thank you
for putting up with us
if we go back to order Ellen I think
we're gonna later in the agenda discuss
recommendations for the trees for Bexley
campaign is there anything else
Foundation related that you want to
report today
it's not
the specifications will be meeting
Monday September 18th to review uh
proposals
for Grants and that
that seems to be it good
um so let's move on with our agenda we
do have we don't have any requests from
residents today we do have uh a
application for removal of some trees
from the right-of-way on Main Street if
uh applicants could come forward
um
uh just a sense of our our process
um we'll give you 10 minutes
um to present uh on your request uh if
there are any if there is anyone that
opposes or supports your request which
um may or may not be the case I don't
know
um uh we'll hear them we'll hear them
from uh Grant uh with the city's
recommendation with respect to your
request we'll then uh turn it over to
members of the commission for questions
um and then we'll have discussion uh and
take a vote on your request
push the button please okay
my name's Lisa Ekman I am representing
congregation toward Ahmet
2375 East Maine
we
um have had a couple of incidents not
necessarily with congregation related
but traffic related one involved a car
that ended up on our front lawn and
another was someone who was arrested on
the on our driveway and during that time
inclinations would
there's from Bexley our rabbi
that we should get it
for for security
um and
um
cameras that have been successfully
installed in front there's an elevation
of where those cameras are on the north
side of the building Each corner by the
there's one in the middle
um of course
we see from our cameras and our camera
producers are secure by the beautiful
London Flame Trees of our building
so I had Grant out and he is um planning
to
trim the big trees
of camera heights
a better view from them but what is in
contention is these two little
kind of
taking off I assumed they were planted
at the same time as all the other ones
and they
know the reasons
um
cars going casing within the building
and we're also worried about people
sitting in the restaurants across the
street
to be able to see as much as we can from
our cameras for security reasons
thank you uh is there anyone that wants
to speak in favor of the proposal from
the public
anyone against we have to go through
these
uh Grant you have uh recommendations uh
yeah I met with her and we discussed
raising the larger trees and while being
on site I
noticed that these two trees they were
planted at the same time as the other
trees were planted they're just you know
they're
it's overcrowded over shaded and I
I don't see why I recommended uh
potentially having them removed but I
you know gave her the
um that she needed to go to treatment
commission to request it so I am in
favor of removing the two smaller young
London planetaries okay
does anyone have questions of either
Grant or the applicant Linda question so
Grant as we're looking at this make sure
your speaker
and as you're looking at this it's the
small little tree on the left
side and then the other smaller one on
to the right there's other those are two
on here and this one right here okay if
they're looking to remove
okay
any other questions Eleanor um Grant
just for um context could you scroll up
in front of the library
um and look at the trees that are there
because I think that just so people are
aware that the trees that are closer to
the property
um are City trees both here and in front
of the synagogue and then you can see
that there are no small Street trees
closer to the curb and so
um I think if you're thinking about just
in general the over contacts and part of
the plan for the library is to add an
additional tree to the right of the door
that you see there
um and so we are going to still have
that that context of having a line of
trees and so I just wanted everyone to
kind of understand that if those two
come out it's not as if it's all of a
sudden going to be whole and you know
you're missing your front teeth
oops
any other questions I just wanted to
confirm too the the larger ones that are
on the property of the synagogue those
are City trees as well correct so we
have a pretty deep variance there uh 16
feet behind the curb I believe and those
you're basically going to limb up so
that there's an unobscured View and we
scroll further down the street
I mean I see the little two little trees
what is happens further
so there are yeah you have these two
okay
and then it's gonna remain yeah those
will remain but you don't have a tree
back here that's crowding them out you
have the front entrance way so these two
is this one here gonna remain then yes
okay
so what will happen when you remove the
trees will we fill in with whatever is
currently there like the brick I think
it is or something
um I think that's something that needs
to be discussed um we can either leave
them
um accessible for if these trees in the
back
uh are removed for any reason that we
have the ability to plant back in these
areas but I think it would be up to them
to make them safe and manageable for
people and pedestrians on the sidewalk
as I've been discussed no
would that be the city's responsibility
or the synagogues
welcome back from vacation
how are you guys doing
um so first off I want to thank you for
coming thank you and I want to express
that
uh the city is deeply committed to
making sure that congregations has a
sense of safety along Main Street and
um feels comfortable and feels protected
so thank you um I want to make sure that
that is spoken and and it is very true
um so
I feel that you know we have a couple
options with this The Hardscape
um
one is to return that condition so that
there's a continuous course of brick and
concrete
um
I would favor that because I feel that
leaving an open tree well for future
planting doesn't really accomplish a
whole lot other than create a trip
Hazard and just create sort of a strange
non-continuity of fabric that's a
terrible word but along the along that
streetscape
something we could explore is
because there are some other tree Wells
we could explore uh if the if the
synagogue would support this idea
um you know some some planters there
that could be maintained
um
or we could just return it back to
sidewalk so I think that's something
that we would discuss
um
and figure out what works best I don't
I have no issue with based on the fact
that those trees have sort of struggled
um with the city managing the project of
of filling that in I don't want to
you know that's why we have a
streetscape tiff on Main Street be able
to ensure like a high quality of
inconsistency of our streetscape
does anyone have any other questions of
the applicant or Grant before we move to
discussion
more than happy to work with you on
however you want to change this up so
uh
so we have no further questions does
anyone have discussion or are you ready
for a motion
since I'm the one that usually makes the
Motions anyone want to step into that
role
was I'll make a motion to approve the
removal of the trees and with the
expectation the city and the synagogue
would work together to resolve the issue
of the empty tree boxes what he said yes
is that we have emotions or second
second is there any discussion
not are you ready to vote all those in
favor say aye aye aye
opposed the motion carries thank you
thank you very much thank you
you're welcome to stay applicants rarely
do
um
that then takes us
um to Elena uh I don't know if you want
to say anything about Park signage we
don't we don't have any other applicants
today
um
uh I think the the one thing to just to
give you guys an update so I don't know
if at our last meeting we we pointed out
the sign that's out in the lobby in
terms of that is the Prototype that
we're working with to sort of see how
the signs are going forward we're
currently right now working with the
sign company to understand how can we
reduce costs how many is appropriate to
get in
um surprisingly there's a lot more
detail that goes into signage than one
would think
um right now we're looking at um where
final location should be and then having
a map that makes sense and kind of that
is what you see there is kind of a
diagrammatic map but just in terms of
the orientation so people can understand
where they're going
um and that is moving forward we are
have been working with the sign
consultant and um he has reached out to
me and I need to call him back
any questions
thank you Elena I think we're going to
break up your report and let the mayor
um in here
so Mr Mayor I while you uh were out I
suggested that since I hadn't put you on
the agenda some of the items that you
might want to report on if you so choose
would be
um some of the things I put under old
business one would be the mulch volcano
ordinance although we do have the
introducer of the ordinance from city
council here uh commission conversations
um the uh front lot front yards Corner
Lots meeting
um the Arboretum website or the land use
strategy committee I'd love to talk
about any of those things
um
why don't we start with
the
multiple can ordinance in little alorian
to talk about where we're at with that
and I'll put a copy of that in the
folder for the meeting
we had many many first readings last
night and the mulch volcano reading that
we affectionately call it
um was introduced last night it actually
has more information on that ordinance
than just the mulch volcanoes it
includes other types of concerns that we
would have with trees in the tree lawn
or or uh public trees
um just protecting them and how
important it is and I'm learning more
and more and more about why all of you
are so actively making an effort to
improve our tree canopy and um I'll talk
about that maybe a little bit more in my
when I when I give a report so
um and it also this is also going to
um
it's also going to make the landscapers
who do install those public trees they
will have to be registered
with the city much like other
contractors that do so
um we had a lot of help by um your very
own Jim Wilson on this who I love to
lean on for these kind of things so
thank you so much for everything you do
for our community Jim well you know I
like to make rules I know you do I know
you do really big ones like Charter
rules yeah so
um and you know anything you want to add
I I reference to Jim that we had um
so we had kind of talked internally
about what is a how do you actually
Define a mulch volcano and um if you
want to scroll down Grant to uh
the definition
just further down to use two fingers
just kind of push up with two fingers