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Okay, we will now call to order the regular Dublin City Council meeting of Monday, April 27th,

2026 to order. Jenny, would you please call the roll?

Mr. Ludo, Mayor Ambrose-Grooms, here. Vice-Mayor Derosa, here. Miss Johnson, here. Mr. Keeler, here. Miss Cram, here. Dr. Lam, here.

Okay, I will make a motion to adjourn to executive session for the purposes of personnel matters considering the employment of a public employee and the appointment of a public official.

To consider confidential information related to a request for economic development assistance that involves public infrastructure improvements that are directly related to an economic development project,

in which executive session is necessary to protect the possible investment or expenditure of public funds to be made in connection with the economic development project.

Conferences with an attorney for the public body concerning disputes involving the public body that are subject to pending or imminent court action.

And to consider the purchase of property for public purposes, is there a second?

Second. Thank you, Jenny. Would you please call the roll? Mr. Keeler.

Yes. Vice-Mayor Derosa.

Yes. Miss Johnson.

Yes. Dr. Lam.

Yes. Mayor Ambrose-Grooms.

Miss Cram. Yes. Miss Ludo.

Yes. Okay, I will remind the listening public that we will reconvene this meeting in this location at 7 p.m.

Thank you.

We will reconvene the Monday, April 27th, 2026, regular Dublin City Council.

Andy, would you please lead us in the pledge?

All right, we have a couple special presentations this evening.

The first will be the State Commission on Service and Volunteerism.

And we have Brie Lucek with us this evening, so if you would like to come forward, I think Jenny, welcome.

Thank you, Madam Mayor, members of the council.

Good afternoon. I am Brie Lucek, Commissioner of Servo Ohio,

Ohio's Commission on Service and Volunteerism.

It is an honor to be here this evening to present the 2026 Servo Ohio Award to an extraordinary group

of youth volunteers who are part of the team body program.

For more than 20 years, Servo Ohio has partnered with communities across our state to build strong,

sustainable cultures of service.

We lead AmeriCorps programs and the National Days of Service,

bringing leaders together to expand volunteer opportunities and celebrate those

who lift up our communities through their time and talent like the youth you see in front of you tonight.

At our core, we believe service, Strength and Ohio, in the city.

One person, one act, and one community at a time.

Every day, volunteers improve lives and ways both big and small.

They reach beyond themselves to help a neighbor solve a problem or create hope.

Their efforts shape who we are as a state and a city.

We give, we learn, we serve, and we grow.

The Servo Ohio Awards honor individuals and organizations whose service makes a powerful

difference in their communities. Each award includes a thousand dollar contribution to

support the organization where the recipients serve.

This year when seeking and outstanding youth volunteer group,

we were inspired by the remarkable impact of the team body program.

The team body program in Dublin, Ohio was created during the pandemic.

To reduce isolation among older adults and has since grown into a leading intergenerational

initiative, pairing teens with seniors for regular conversations, visits, and shared activities.

What a unique experience and perspective the program can have on the youth of our future,

who are future leaders and really learning about individuals in their community who they would

have never had that opportunity to connect with or learn from before.

More than 200 people have participated since 2020, forming over 100 lasting friendships.

In 2025 alone, 34 teens and older adults log 620 service hours, contributing to a total of

3,720 hours since the program began. Volunteers receive careful screening and training,

including support from local mental health agencies to ensure safe, meaningful engagement with

older adults. The program reduces loneliness, builds confidence and empathy in teens and

foster mentorship as seniors share life experiences, their own personal history, and their wisdom.

Today, the team body program stands as one of Dublin's strongest community connections

in reaching the lives of both generations. It is my privilege to recognize the extraordinary

impact of the team body program and to present the 2026 Servo High Award. Thank you for your

leadership, for your heart, and your service. Congratulations.

Okay, and the next special presentation recognition will have the seeding is for the military

child proclamation. So, if I could have Dr. Gretchen McIntosh, CEO of the Children of Valor,

and Jamie Bondo, Director of Valertuting Tutoring, please come forward and meet me right here.

Good evening. Very, very green this evening. Showing me up, that is delightful.

Well, we have a proclamation here for you this evening, so I will read it into the record,

and it reads as follows, whereas while the strength of the United States Armed Forces comes from

our brave service members and their families who serve on behalf of our grateful nation,

the Children of Military Forces must also cope with unique challenges such as changes of station,

parent deployments, school adjustments, and learning challenges,

care for wounded parents or the ultimate loss of a fallen parent.

And whereas the City of Dublin, Ohio is dedicated to the needs of our military and our veteran

communities with the establishment of supportive programming, a veteran's advisory committee,

the dedication and care of the grounds of remembrance and other memorials, and the production

of numerous events that enable those who have served and continue to serve,

feel welcomed and supported. And whereas the City of Dublin is home to the national

non-profit organization Children of Valor, which focuses on strengthening support for military

families by providing critical educational solutions for children in the special operations community,

and whereas Children of Valor supports the health, well-being, and resiliency of military

families provided by providing support and awareness for the unique needs and challenges shared

by military families. And whereas the month of April is designated as the month of the military

child, highlighting the crucial role military children play within the armed forces community,

and the support and guidance they need while also providing an opportunity to commend these

children and youth of military families for their exceptional devotion to loved ones,

and as serving as members of the U.S. Armed Forces. Now therefore I, Chris Amaro's

groom's mayor of the City of Dublin, and on behalf of Dublin City Council, do hereby proclaim

April 2026 as the month of the military child. In the City of Dublin, Ohio, and encourage all

residents to acknowledge the contributions of our military families continually make for our

communities and our nation and our world. So congratulations. Would you like to say a few words?

Thank you so much Mayor grooms and City Council on the entire City of Dublin

for recognizing that military children serve too. It's really fantastic and inspiring

to be recognized in this way, and on behalf of our staff and our entire board we're really grateful

to be here. Since 2011 we've been serving military children, and we look forward to a brighter future

for all of them by supporting them. I'll just add we know when one family member serves,

every family member serves. So thank you for the opportunity.

Okay, the next item on our agenda this evening is citizen comments. This is an opportunity

for a citizen to comment on any item that is not on this evening's agenda. As a reminder,

you had the opportunity to sign in at the kiosk on your way in. We hope that you had took

advantage of that opportunity. If you did not, we will provide opportunity for you to speak

once those that have signed in are concluded. So Lindsay, do we have any signs this evening?

Good evening members of council. We had once submitted online this evening. From Jeb

Calise, 31-11 Hayden Run Road Suite 207, Columbus, Ohio, 432-35. Subject is bridge park underpass

renovation. Hello council members. I would like to have your consideration if it has not been

already brought up for the renovation of the underpass next to the bridge park roundabout.

During rush hours, cars that are going from north to south of Riverside Drive would almost

always circumvent the roundabout by going in the underpass. This meant the cars coming from

the south side of the roundabout will not have space due to the cars coming from east bridge street.

This results in a major traffic jam which results in people trying to take risks by trying to

squeeze through the small gaps between cars within the roundabout. This could potentially cause

an accident to occur. If the underpass were to be removed, it could be renovated to make Riverside

Crossing park plaza have more bigger walking paths. Very good. Thank you. Anyone else present this

evening that would like to speak on an item that is not on this evening's agenda? Okay, hearing none

this brings us to the consent agenda. Is there a request to remove an item from the consent agenda

which consists of the minutes of the April 13th and 20th meetings? Hearing none, I will make a motion

to approve the consent agenda. Is there a second? Second. Thank you, Jenny, which please call the

roll. Miss Cram? Yes. Mayor Ambrose-Grums? Yes. Mr. Keeler? Yes. Dr. Lam? Yes. Miss Aludo? Yes.

Miss Johnson? Yes. Vice Mayor DeRosa? Yes. Okay, this brings us to second reading public hearing

ordinances. Ordinance 24-26. Accepting an annexation of 79.0 acres, more or less from Darby Township,

Medicine County to the City of Dublin. Very good. Our staff report this evening will be

a Phil Hartman. Welcome. Good evening, council members. I have no new update or information for

ordinance 24-26 from the previous meeting and we recommend passage of the ordinance.

Very good. Thank you. Is there anyone present this evening from the general public that would

like to speak relative to this legislation? Hearing none, council questions, discussion?

Jenny, which please call the roll? Mayor Ambrose-Grums? Yes. Miss Cram? Yes. Miss Johnson? Yes.

Vice Mayor DeRosa? Yes. Mr. Keeler? Yes. Dr. Lam? Yes. Miss Aludo? Yes.

Ordinance 25-26. Authorizing the annexation of 146.9 acres, more or less from property from

Washington, Township, Franklin County to the City of Dublin. Very good. And we will stick with

Phil for the staff report. Thanks, Mayor. Again, no additional information from our initial

presentation at the last meeting and we would appreciate staff recommends approval of ordinance 25-26.

Very good. Thank you. Is there anyone present this evening from the general public that

would like to speak relative to this legislation? Hearing none, council questions, discussion?

Jenny, would you please call the roll? Vice Mayor DeRosa? Yes. Mayor Ambrose-Grums? Yes. Miss Johnson? Yes. Dr. Lam? Yes. Miss Aludo? Yes. Mr. Keeler? Yes. Miss Cram? Yes.

Ordinance 26-26. Authorizing the city manager to execute an accept necessary conveyance documents and

contracts to acquire a 0.069 acre easement from the property located at 7070 Avery Road identified

as Franklin County person number 273-000430 from Gavin D. T. Dairy Berry and Jennifer M. Dairy

Berry from public purpose of carrying out the Avery Road sidewalk connections project which

shall be open to the public without charge. Very good. Thank you. And our staff report this evening

will be from Brian Gable. Welcome, Brian. Good evening, members of council. I have no new or

updated information to present regarding this ordinance since the first reading. Once again, the city

would like to thank the dairy berries for their kindness and donation to the city of this easement.

Staff recommends adoption of ordinance 26-26. I will do my best to address any questions council

may have regarding this ordinance. Very good. Thank you. Is there anyone present this evening from

the general public that would like to speak relative to this legislation? Hearing none, council

questions, discussion? I would just like to on the council's behalf to extend our gratitude to the

dairy berries that is a kind and generous offer on their part and certainly one that's a commitment

to the pedestrian and bicycle safety of our community. So we certainly do appreciate that with

great enthusiasm. With that, Jenny, would you please call the roll? Dr. Lamb? Yes.

Ms. Aluto? Yes. Ms. Cram? Yes. Ms. Johnson? Yes. Vice Mayor DeRosa? Yes. Mayor Amrose Grims? Yes.

Mr. Keeler? Yes. This brings us to the introduction public hearing vote resolution portion of our

agenda and we will begin with resolution 20-26. Authorizing the city manager to enter into a letter

of agreement with Ohio Power Company to relocate facilities for the construction of the Avery Road

Shared Use Path project. Thank you and we'll stick with Brian for the staff report.

Good evening again, members of council. The Avery Road Shared Use Path project will construct a

shared use path along the west side of Avery Road connecting the existing shared use paths and

improving the overall shared use path network connectivity, filling in one of the last shared use

path gaps along Avery Road. This project will provide a vital pedestrian safety connectivity and

includes an ADA compliant crossing and corporate center drive. The resolution before you this evening

will allow the city manager to enter into an agreement with AEP to relocate their impacted

electric facilities prior to the project construction, helping to ensure the shared use path is

constructed in 20-26. Staff has coordinated the required work for this project with AEP Ohio

aiming to minimize the potential relocations. A letter of agreement has been drafted to address

the required work, define the cost for the relocation and establish the reimbursement of this work

by the city. Upon completion of the work, AEP shall present all invoices to the city to support

the actual cost of the work. The total estimated cost of the work in the agreement is $20,983.13.

Staff recommends approval of resolution 20-26, authorizing the city manager to enter into an

agreement with AEP Ohio for this project. I will do my best to address any questions council

may have regarding this resolution. Very good. Thank you. Is there anyone present this evening from

the general public that would like to speak relative to this legislation? Hearing none,

council questions, discussion? Do we know where the new poll is going to be placed? Does it

within existing AEP right away so we don't have to buy an AEP right away? Correct. AEP has an easement

and they're just shifting it further back within that easement. Okay. Thanks. Other questions?

Very good. Jenny, would you please call the roll? Ms. Johnson? Yes. Ms. Cram? Yes. Ms.

Saluto? Yes. Mr. Keeler? Yes. Dr. Lamb? Yes. Vice Mayor DeRosa? Yes. Mayor Amrose-Grooms? Yes.

Resolution 21-26. Waving competitive bidding requirements pursue it to section 8.04

C of the revised charter for the purchase of beer for the 20-26 Dublin Irish festival.

I'm going to do so. Thank you, our staff report will be brought forward this evening by Alison

Louroy. Welcome. Good evening members of council. Tonight, I am bringing forward this resolution.

Guinness and Cours Light are our 20-26 beer sponsors for the Dublin Irish Festival

with their parent company's Diaggio and Moulson Cours and that total is $45,000. This amount has

remained consistent even though our trends show that our beer consumption has gone down

and relative to other products at the Irish Festival. So we are asking for a waiver tonight because

Superior Beverage Company is the sole distributor of these projects which makes the competitive bid

in practical to buy these products. And the purchase of this is expected to be about $135,000

and that has already been approved in the 20-26 operating budget. And so tonight we request

approval of the resolution 21-26, waiving competitive bidding and I can answer any questions

that you have. Very good, thank you. Is there anyone present this evening from the general public

that would like to speak relative to this legislation? Hearing none, council, question, discussion?

Very good. Jenny, would you please call the roll? Miss Aludo. Yes. Dr. Lam. Yes. Mayor Amro's

screws. Yes. Ms. Johnson. Yes. Ms. Cram. Yes. Vice Mayor DeRosa. Yes. Mr. Keeler. Yes.

Resolution 22-26, adopting the West Innovation District Integrated Implementation Strategy.

Thank you. And our staff report will be brought forward this evening by Zach.

Council, welcome, Zach. Great. Thank you, Mayor.

And good evening, everyone. Tonight I wanted to do a quick presentation just to highlight some of the

updates that we have made to the strategy based on the comments recommendations provided at the last

meeting. These were highlighted in the memo but very briefly to go through these. We look to

strengthen some of the sustainability and resilience criteria listed at the end of the document.

We updated a lot of the, not a lot, but some of the character area intent and character area names

to better reflect the current and planned uses for each of those areas. We provided a little bit

more clarity on the priority matrix and some of the implementation recommendations, which do

span pages 35 and 36. So those are all tied to that priority matrix. And then added the

additional monitoring language that what we're using now is based off of the best planning,

engineering and market data that we have as of today. So obviously, if this changes in the future,

we would look to re-address that. With that, staff is looking to adopt the West Animation District

Integrated Implementation Strategy tonight. Would that have any answer any questions?

Very good. Thank you. I want to take a moment for public comment. Is there anyone present this

evening from the general public that would like to speak relative to this legislation?

We have two comments submitted online prior to this evening's meeting. The first from Sandy McIntosh,

5792 Trafalgar Lane, Dublin, Ohio, 43016. Good evening, members of City Council. Tonight,

I am asking you to vote no on or at least consider tabling resolution 22-26 regarding adoption

of the witness. And staff's presentation of this strategy to you previously, it was emphasized that

this is not a vote on rezoning. As a result, there may be some thought on your part that you will have

the opportunity to control or influence development in the wood, and particularly the portion west

of Cosgrae Road that is adjacent to Balantre as development applications are submitted in the future.

I want to be sure you understand how limited your role will be once the strategy is adopted and

the corresponding rezoning is complete. Code section 153.042D governs the development approval process

in the wood. The current draft of that language states development plan applications, including

those related to ID6, are reviewed by the administrative review team. Not the Planning and Zoning

Commission and not city council. The ART is comprised only of city staff, no elected officials,

and no community members. The ART must approve the plan if it determines in its sole discretion

that all requirements for the applicable innovation district in the intent of the wood plan are met.

Code sections 153.042D3 and 153.042D5E are a bit inconsistent with one another,

but generally indicate a development application would only make its way to planning and zoning

commission in the following scenarios. One, the applicant seeks reconsideration of conditions

imposed by the ART for approval of the project. Two, the plan fails to meet one or more applicable

requirements or the intent of the wood and is not eligible for an administrative departure.

Three, the ART denies a request for an administrative departure, or four, the ART in its sole discretion

determines the proposal has the potential for significant community impact that requires additional

public review. In the past, when residents have raised concerns regarding the wood, we have been

told that the city has already made the decision by way of the envisioned Dublin plan.

Like approval of that plan, the actions you are taking today are consequential and

precedential. So before you adopt this strategy, please be sure you completely understand the

implications, which are essentially a stated plan to rezone land and then seed control over its

development to unelected city employees with no community representation. The next comment is from

Amy Swank. Five, nine, four, five, vandal or place. Before voting tonight on resolution 22-26,

please consider whether it should be passed before rezoning of the parcels along Cosgrae Road has

been legally contemplated, completed, excuse me. Is there a reason it cannot wait until after

council has considered ordinance 0-6-25? Waiting to adopt resolution 22-26 would not create additional

delay in the development of the wood. Page 35 of the widest indicates that the first priority is

the Cosgrae sewer extension B1, which is located on Cosgrae Road just north of Larn Drive within the

area of Cosgrae that is two lanes. City staff has repeatedly indicated that it does not know in which

direction Cosgrae Road will be widened, which is one reason they recently asked you to authorize the

Cosgrae Road alignment study. Until that study is completed and the right of way is identified,

work on extension B1 cannot begin. On August 5, 2025, the city manager recommended that city

council consider amendments to the zoning code and the rezoning of the parcels along Cosgrae Road

at the same time to ensure a coordinated public review process which will promote clarity.

This approach underscores the city's commitment to transparency, responsive public engagement,

and high quality context sensitive development. These same principles outlined by the city manager

apply to the adoption of resolution 22-26. If the city is committed to transparency and responsive

public engagement, then the city should wait to consider resolution 22-26 along with the

other ordinances. Finally, the city should not approve the widest or any other strategy until it

has protected residents. This evening, the Ballantry community received an updated draft of the

zoning code from the city manager. As an example, nothing in that zoning code prohibits smoke stacks

or the activities that require them. In fact, the zoning code amendments permit them and nothing

in the zoning code amendments would even allow the architecture review team to deny an application

with them. Approving resolution 22-26 sets a precedent that you want to continue industrial

development in the wid without consideration for public health and safety, which is why I ask you

to wait until you have safeguards for residents in place before approving it. Anyone else? Hearing none,

council questions, discussion? So I really appreciate the significant amount of work and expertise

that's gone into the widest, as I'll shorten it and call it. That being said, I also believe that it

is a little premature to adopt the study at this time, while it is certainly important. My first

reason is that the strategy appears to position activation and build out of the premier athletic and

recreation complex is our primary financial priority within the wid, and I'm not convinced that that

is currently the case. Second, the study is built out in part on the assumption that future

officially adopted zoning will align with the land use concepts, as put forth in the envisioned

double and framework. And because those zoning changes have not been formally adopted,

I believe adopting an implementation strategy based on those assumptions puts the cart before the

horse. And for those reasons, I believe the formal zoning action needed before this study is ready

for adoption should take place, and I'd like to propose that we table adoption of the widest until

zoning changes are formalized by a vote by council. Thank you. Amy? I'm going to vary a little bit,

because to me, this document is a strategy. It's a plan on how we're going to sequence infrastructure.

Our rows are utilities. The assumptions are based on the most possible

densest, highest use of this land, whatever it may be. So no matter what, it becomes zoning-wise,

it would only become less, I guess, than what the assumptions in the document are.

So in order to move forward with anything, no matter developing any of these parcels,

whatever could be on it, we need roads. We need utilities. We need sewer and water.

And so this is that first step that high level that kind of gives us an idea so we can start

planning to do all of those additional studies. So we can do those additional engineering design

to find out what side of COSGRI we put the utilities on. You know, additional feasibility studies

of where the roadway alignments go. So this is a higher level. We did a similar thing in bridge

park with our traffic studies where we assumed the most largest capacity and how we were going to handle

it. And I think, again, it's a strategy. This isn't zoning. This isn't exactly what's going to be

there. This is just a road map to help us decide what to do with our capital improvements plan

and moving forward. And to me, it's not a document you wait on until all of the studies are done

because you need this document to tell you what those other studies are.

So just a question to clarify, Councillor Melliam, in the bridge park example that you gave,

the strategy was established but had the zoning been done at that point because I think the concern

that we hear is that if we adopt this, then the zoning has not yet been clarified. So with the

bridge park, what was the timing for that? I will leave that to staff. I believe we did all of

that visioning work and all of that traffic work before we actually did the area wide rezoning.

But again, it was like 15 years ago now though. That's correct. The visioning was towards the end

of the 2000s and I think the zoning went into place around 2014 if my memory serves me correct.

So that's what Ms. Krame is stating is correct. I think the one valid difference between this is

that this is an ART administrative approval process and not the planning and zoning commission

process. So I think that is a bit of a differentiator. I agree with everything else in terms of

infrastructure, roads, water, sewer power. But the one difference in this is the reviewing body.

But the majority, this document is talking about public infrastructure, like what the city

or the developer come like if they put in the utilities or the roadways or we do a tip for

something to that extent. This is the infrastructure, not necessarily. This is not the plan that's

going to go before planning and zoning. I might add on to that on page three of this plan.

It lists all the plans we've already done. This is a composite of plans that have been

done adopted and approved and there's, I'm not going to count them all because I'd have to put

more glasses on, but we had the WID special area plan, we had the premier athletic concept design,

we had the parks, I mean, we've approved the plans. So what I appreciate the work and the refinements

from last time is this pulling it all together and saying, okay, we've agreed we want to do this work.

Let's talk about sequencing. Let's talk about the infrastructure it's going to take and let's

make sure council is aware that if you want to do this ambitious and important piece of work,

how would you sequencing? So I think it is the strategy document that basically is the strategy

of the strategies and we did it a bit piece mail because that's what we were right at the time.

But now we have the opportunity to do that and it has provided us with the feedback we gave last

time an opportunity to say it isn't clear about sequencing, it isn't clear about that and we did that.

And it is, I think as Amy said, going to be essential because what we will approve is the CIP.

We will approve that. We will decide what projects get done when they get done and when they get

funded. And they will come in glorious detail as we know starting in June before this body

and we'll have an opportunity at that time to say, yay, yes, no, not now, do that first.

The world has changed and that has happened since, you know, the beginning of this council.

So I think we need it and because it is the guiding document of documents and we aren't giving

up our ability, we are framing it so staff can bring back projects for us to then approve so

that they know the sequencing because how are they going to develop the CIP if we didn't have

a document that says roads first, sewers first, and then they'll put the plan. So I think it's

a requirement for the process that we've put forth and have done I think quite effectively as

a community and as a council. So I am supportive of it. Thank you.

So as is true in so many of the city projects Metro Center, for example, we began,

I think in 2021 looking at Metro Center and what it might look like and the developers on

Franz Road were chomping at the bit to get their shovels in the ground and we hit the pause button

looking for ways to master plan the whole development. The wood was created what 10 years ago

and the work you're seeing today could have should have been done then.

Since then all of these other plans have been embarked on that informed this plan.

So I feel pretty good about where we are and I got to tell you in the time we've been talking about

it in the last 10 years, innovation districts have popped up all over the country and Ohio State

University is building one that is going to look a lot like Bridge Park. So I think it's time

that we move on. Thanks. Thanks. I agree to be this is more of a sequencing a planning document

but perhaps staff and it could be Zach or Megan if you want to chime in.

Maybe speak to a couple of different things. Speak to why the implementation plan

should be done prior to the actual rezoning. I would like to hear a little bit more about the

intention of approvals through the administrative review team, what that would look like,

what you envision that looking like. If you could just talk to those two things, that would be great.

Of course, thank you. So the reason why this work is coming forward ahead of any rezoning is

because of the need to feel to address what projects we would want to maybe achieve with CIP.

That is what's going to drive whether these improvements happen or not. This is just going

outline. If you wanted to take a stance on one through 12 or any of the other improvements that are

listed in this, here are the steps that you would need to take. So this is really important so that

we know what steps aren't needed in case these are decided to be within any CIP request.

When it comes to, I'm sorry, can you repeat the second question for me?

Of course, I'm working a little bit maybe to address a couple of the concerns that were brought

forth in the public comments. One of those is leveraging the administrative review team and that

sort of nothing that gets developed in this area would be coming to a publicly elected or appointed

body yet. I would like that to be a discussion that we have in the public space. Sure,

got to thank you. So that process is existing in the West Innovation District code.

We are currently not looking to change that as that would be applicable to all the 22

underdakers that are within the special area plan. The original intent was that if you have projects

that are meeting all the requirements, we want to be able to provide a predictable process that

they can move forward. They're not asking for deviations and they're aligning directly with the code.

They can move forward with their project because it's exactly what we called out in the code.

When a project deviates from that, that's when it would typically go to planning commission for

more review and more scrutiny from the planning commission because they are asking for more.

So that's been the intent behind the process within the West Innovation District.

Again, we're not looking to change that at this moment.

But you're speaking specifically to the zoning code, which this is not correct.

So I want to make that clear that this is not intended to usurp any zoning code

to sort of shove this through an administrative review team. That's not what this is about at all.

This document is truly about being able to prepare and give staff direction.

So staff can look at this and say, we have limited CIP resources.

What do we need to put forward in front of council to have approved through our capital

improvements plan? That's really what this whole document is about and is for.

It is not about zoning. I hear those concerns loud and clear which is why I wanted to ask those

questions in this public forum because it's really important that we do address them

and that we do understand what this document is truly for, which is really for planning and

sequencing and understanding of where we want to put those limited capital improvement resources.

Anyway, so thank you. I just think it's really important to have that dialogue publicly.

Any other comments? Okay. Jenny, would you please call a roll? Mr. Keeler? Yes.

Mayor Anne Rosegrooms? Yes. Ms. Cram? Yes. Vice Mayor DeRosa? Yes. Ms. Saludo? Yes. Dr. Lam? Yes. Ms. Johnson? No.

Okay. Resolution 23-26. Adopting the Premier Athletic and Recreation Campus Vision Framework.

I already said. And we will go to Chris Will for the staff report. Welcome, Chris.

Thank you. Good evening, members of council. As council will recall, at the April 13th meeting,

staff gave a detailed overview of the draft vision framework plan which council provided feedback

in direction on. Since then, the project team has made updates to the vision framework plan.

An overview of these include clarifying language around programming that we're taking

and emphasizing a system-wide coordinated approach to park planning across the city,

so that all the needs need to be met, the committee needs don't need to be not just in

Dory Fields or sports Ohio that we're looking at the city-wide system.

Expand language regarding the West Tournament Hub to clarify and explain that we're pursuing a

village style gathering in celebration place, add language in the parking area to note that

the parking is an important element that we should take strategies or take approaches to make

sure it's limited to the right amount through other approaches shuttle shared parking,

improve walkability inside walk connections, expand pedestrian bike and micro mobility considerations,

and updated those renderings to reflect refinements that council provided.

So, staff is recommending adoption of the park vision framework and I'm here to answer any

questions. Thank you. Great, thank you. I'll take a moment for public comment. Is there anyone

present this evening for the general public that would like to speak relative to this legislation?

Hearing none, council questions, discussion? So, I'll just mention, again, my brilliant idea to

have cooperative parking agreements with the businesses that we put in whatever

commercial park that's adjacent to this. Like we've done with the Dublin Community Church and

the historic district, I think, as I have said many, many times, parking spaces are a waste of

space most of the time, waste of real estate, and so if it can be repurposed or used, utilized more

throughout the week, weekends, evenings, I think that would be beneficial, thanks.

There are comments? Very good. Jenny, would you please call the roll? Mayor Ambrose-Grums? Yes.

Ms. Cram? Yes. Mr. Keeler? Yes. Vice Mayor DeRosa? Yes. Ms. Johnson? Yes. Ms. Ludo? Yes. Dr. Lam? Yes.

Okay, this brings us to the other business portion of our agenda and we will begin with alcohol

sales at the 2026 Dublin Irish Festival and 5K. And Alison will bring forward this step.

Welcome back. Good evening again. Tonight, this first request is to approve alcohol sales

at the 2026 Dublin Irish Festival and the 5K after event that takes place on Thursday.

Alcohol sales is obviously a key funding source for us about averaging about 35%.

All of our servers are required to do the training online every year and our police are involved

in that training protocol. So right this year, we are again doing the alcohol sales at the 5K

after party on Spring Hill Lane. It's near that 55 South High and it's right near our finish line

for the 5K. And the Columbus running company does actually get the liquor permit for that, whereas

the city gets the liquor permit for the Irish Festival. And so tonight I request approval

for sale of beer, wine and liquor at the Dublin Irish Festival in Coffman Park and for beer sales

only on Spring Hill Lane for the 5K party. And I can answer any questions.

Very good. Thank you. Is there anyone present this evening that would like to speak relative

to this legislation? Hearing none. Council, questions, discussion? Very good. I will make a motion

to approve the request for alcohol sales at the 2026 Dublin Irish Festival and 5K. Is there a second?

Second. Thank you, Jenny. Would you please call the roll? Ms. Kram. Yes. Mayer DeRosa. Yes.

Mr. Keeler. Yes. Dr. Lam. Yes. Ms. Ludo. Yes. Ms. Johnson. Yes. Mayer Amrosgrooms. Yes.

Okay, the next item under other business will be the Dora Hours extension for four fest,

and we will stick with Allison for the staff presentation. For this one, we're moving on to Dora,

and we, staff is requesting approval for the temporary extension of Dora Hours in Bridge Park

during the four fest, which is one of our largest events. And for this, the normal Dora Hours

end at 10 pm. So we are asking for the extension to 11 pm, which is when the event officially ends.

So just to align that, there has been some confusion in the past on that. So we are hoping those

consistent hours will help avoid operational confusion and also support our local businesses

during this high traffic weekend. Staff recommends approval of this limited two-night extension

to Dora to permit alcohol sales through 11 pm, and I can answer any questions you have.

Very good, thank you. I want to take a moment for public comment. Is there anyone present this

evening from the general public that would like to speak relative to this legislation?

Hearing none, council questions, discussion?

I probably should have asked this before, but my question is, when our Dora Hours end,

that's when we stop selling alcohol, but you can still walk around in the Dora limits

for, however long, or yeah, so the law on this does say the sales and the walking in the area both.

So it doesn't allow for any, you can buy it, right now at 9.59, but if you walked outside the

Dora, you would be in violation. So the way the state wrote the law that doesn't allow for any

buffer zone. Okay, and we're clear on that. Like it's in practice, that's what's happening.

Like people aren't buying it the minute before and then walking. I can't say it's never happened,

but I do know that it hasn't been a promise. Yes, I like to just do it. Chief says that it has not.

Okay, that's what I was just making sure, because if I think there's a feeling that people are going

to buy it right at the end, then maybe we do kind of a last call thing and they can finish it at 10,

like you can't sell it after 10, but then they walk around for an hour.

As you're saying, they coincide. Yeah, and especially with this event, the roads open after that too,

so it's, you know, it has a different feel pretty quickly, because they try to, at least on Saturday night,

try to get that clear clear stuff after. Okay, thanks. Other questions, comments?

Okay, well, I will make a motion to approve the request to extend the door hours for four fest.

Is there a second? Second. Thank you, Jenny. Would you please call the roll? Ms. Ludo. Yes.

Vice Mayor Deroza. Yes. Mr. Keeler. Yes. Ms. Johnson. Yes. Dr. Lam. Yes. Mayor Aaron Rosgrams. Yes.

Ms. Kram. Yes. All right. Third time's a charm. So we will next up have independent day ticket sales in

Allison. Yeah, moving on to yet another event. Hopefully everybody saw our announcement today with Jacob

Dylan and the wall flowers coming. We had a lot of fun and we've had a lot of, you know, positive

comments. You know, a lot of comments about people really liking us moving into the 90s when we got

picked up on some of the local media too. And we do have a, a smaller profile opening act.

This is going to, it's going to be hard for me to remember this Adam Sanders. I keep wondering to

call him Adam Sandler. Sorry. But now he's, he's written a lot of songs and he's getting into

the performing side and we do know that he can perform the song so that he's written for other

country artists. So I think it'll be a nice show and kind of hits a different market than

the wall flowers do. And basically after last year we had two headlining acts and so this year's total

entertainment costs are $125,000, which is down from $225 last year. And a lot of that came out of

the roadmap that we talked about last year. And we're working really hard to get some new sponsors

for this event. Again, we are keeping the priority access both for Dublin residents and school district

residents, which is consistent with conversations that were held in October of 24 at a work session

when we discussed the school district access. This is held at a school. So you can see the chart

here. They're making, we're making very small changes. One of those being at July 1st, which is

when the tables open up to non-residents and school district residents as well, because we don't give

the priority to the school district on the tables, just our Dublin residents. So we decided if any are

left, typically this is range from zero to two to maybe eight. It's a small number that are usually

left, but we've cited since that it's typically going to be our non-residents that we should raise

that price to $250 instead of the $200 that our residents pay. And then the same we are at making

a change to the stadium wristbands after July 1st. There's really not the incentive right now for

residents to buy before July 1st. We're also seeing a lot of residents that are buying at the gate.

We just had a limited pickup of those residents that would go into the rec center and buy that $5.

So just for some consistency and messaging and marketing, all tickets were recommending all

wristbands be available for $10 after July 1st. Same kind of thing with the the kids' own wristbands,

$10 after July 1st. We did sell out of those early on in the event last night because we limited

the number based on council recommendation the year before we limited the number of children's

wristbands available to make sure that we weren't overcrowding that area. And then staff recommends

approval of these ticket prices and we will get this communication out. We've obviously already had a

lot of communication about the timing of the table sales. We just have not listed the pricing

breakdowns yet on our website. And I can answer any questions you might have.

Very good. Thank you. I want to take a moment for public comment. Is there anyone present

this evening from the general public that would like to speak relative to this agenda item?

Hearing none, council questions, discussion? I had a question. He's exciting. All the fun stuff

started to happen now, isn't it? Could you go back to the last? Yeah. I think the table makes perfect

sense. So I'm not sure I understand about the wristbands. If I recall, the intent and purpose

behind it is to make sure the residents get first dibs. This is not to make money. This is to

make sure the resident, right? So why increase it from 5 to 10 up to the fourth? The day of I get it

probably logistically just handling are you a resident or not? I get all that. But why do that?

I'm confused. A lot of it is being able to identify who is a resident or not after that first period.

What we do actually for that first June 14th to July 30th, we actually have a staff member go

through and run every single address that gets bought online. And if they are not a Dublin resident,

we have to communicate back out to them that we are cutting off their tables sale or their ticket

sales and returning them. So some of it is that not having that for those few days before,

and there was a limited number that really went into the rec center. So I think we maybe had

100 people or less than 100 wristbands of our total 8,000 at the rec center at that period.

So I think a lot of it is just to make it cleaner and make it more understandable that if

you are resident, you want to get yours before July 1st so that we can make that hard cut

without doing the work of combing through all the residents, non-residents, stay before an event.

Sounds like a perfect AI automation opportunity as I was thinking about what we have to look into.

This is not a yes or no question, right? This is simple stuff. So again, I want to make sure

that residents who, we want everybody to attend not affordability issue. So it sounds like it's

a staffing logistics. The same issue that we have at Irish festival where we allow it still at the

rec center, but online just gets too staff intensive to try to keep up with it. It's also about our

strategy to incent ticket purchases early as opposed to waiting until the day before and then

checking out the weather and then maybe deciding not to go or things like that. So we typically have

a strategy kind of like a stair stepping approach with pricing. Yeah, and I would say this, again,

if we look at where the world's going, I think this is a perfect opportunity to automate,

figure it out so it isn't a staffing issue that we are making sure every resident gets an

opportunity, et cetera, so forth. So I'm okay with it now, but I think we should think about

how we do this going forward because the intent is not to fund the intent is to make sure

our residents get to be there first, right? So thank you for that. Any others hearing none?

I will make a motion to approve the Independence Day ticket prices. Is there a second?

Thank you, Jenny. Would you please call the roll? Mr. Keeler? Yes. Vice Mayor DeRosa? Yes.

Miss Aluto? Yes. Miss Johnson? Yes. Miss Cram? Yes. Dr. Lam? Yes. Mayor M. Rosegrooms? Yes.

Okay. This brings us to the next other agenda item, which is the Dublin Community Recreation Center

Refresh update in our staff report will be brought forward by Matt Irman with his partners from MSA

Keith Hall, managing principal owner and Maria Carpenter, senior interior designer. So welcome to

all of you. Good evening members of council and your packet this evening staff provided an update

on the ongoing Dublin Community Recreation Center Refresh projects, highlighting progress to date,

current initiatives and proposed path forward. Keith Hall and Maria Carpenter with MSA

design are with us tonight to provide additional background and walk through what is being proposed

for council's consideration. This presentation will focus on a phased approach to the reinvestment

in the DCRC including completed phase one improvements proposed phase two improvements enhancements

and for this year those improvements for this year and a preliminary scope for phase three for

a future phase. The proposed phase two and three improvements are designed to minimize operational

impacts while also considering ongoing master planning efforts for the premier athletic and recreation

campus and the potential opportunities associated with that project. We'll conclude the presentation

by seeking council's feedback and direction on the proposed phasing strategy with next steps

with time for questions and discussion at the end of the presentation and with that I'll turn it

over to Keith. Thank you, Matt. Thank you, council. So the existing facility. We all know what it

is. I think we've all been there. We just wanted to bring this in and further up here to kind of

show you the existing program that the facility is currently supporting. It's mostly fitness,

it's multi-use space, it's aquatics as well as the performing arts with the theater.

This exercise that we've been going through for some time is to extend that and improve it and

start looking for where the shortfalls are and start to improve on those. So this is not the first

time we've been in front of you and have discussed this. Back in 2023 we started this process with a

community engagement effort. That effort really was to focus on engaging with the community and

understanding where the community stood on the existing facility. We also engaged with you.

And many of you were on council at that point in time and we talked to you about the facility

and what the long-term vision for the facility is. That occurred through 2023 to about

this time. Well, actually about this time in 2024 when we made the presentation, Maria and I were

joking that the agenda tonight was very similar to that with all the alcohol sales approvals. So

it's like deja vu a little bit. But out of that we identified what we called phase one and that's

the improvements that we made just this past year. And then from there we have been working on

some other improvements. So that's what we're going to discuss a little bit more in depth tonight as

we move forward. The community engagement process was very, I want to remind you it was a very

in-depth process. We met three times with community members. Meeting number one was really, we just

went to the community and asked them, what do you think about this? And we just listened and we gathered

all that data as much as we could. And then meeting number two we really drilled down on focus

groups and met with specific groups and talked about some initial thoughts that we were having

that we were thinking about coming out of that. And then meeting number three we came to you and we

presented the overall master plan and approach. Now keep in mind this was the high level study. It was

to define the word used tonight quite a bit of times with the strategy for the approach to make

sure we had a strategy as we went in. And that's what we did. We did some renderings. We did some

projected cost and everything associated with it. The questions that we asked were of the community

that were really quite critical to the overall process was, what is your general overall impression

of the facility? What are the best features of the existing community centers? What spaces or

programs need improvements? What spaces or programs are missing? And what would make the Dublin

community recreation center more appealing? And then what we heard is we heard many different

things here. But primarily what we heard was the facilities overcrowded. When the facility was built

it was, you know, back in the 90s, Dublin's a different place today. It's much more populated,

populated. You continue to annex land. It's growing and it will continue to grow as you all move forward.

Some of the other things was the shortfalls within the aquatics we heard. That was, you know, very

significant to the point of even at that time, some people were bringing up the idea of a 50 meter pool

that we have since sort of moved on from to some degree. The facility overall was dated

in terms of its finishes. If you look at some of your neighboring communities,

Westerville, Upper Arlington, Hillier, keep in mind, you were first to market when you built this

place and now your neighbors have probably passed you a little bit in terms of what their facilities

look like. Not in terms of necessarily the programming, I want to point that out.

There were, sorry, a lot of comments about a demonstration kitchen. That is trending right now

with a lot of these facilities. There was a need identified for more functional fitness space.

That's critical. That is a trend also. And they expressed

additional facilities just in the wellness and fitness areas too. So growth in the fitness areas

and so forth, that goes with the functional fitness as well as the multi-use areas.

And then we talked to Council. We talked to you folks. And then some of the primary things

that we heard from you was the talus was front facing and serves the primary, you know, has a

primary use to it. The spaces should be flexible and multi-use. The areas were dated. We heard

a lot of the same things. The Abby Theatre experience was weak. Meeting space was limited.

And then we heard things like the grout in the floor, wanted to reduce the amount of grout

in the floor. So we heard a lot of specific details as we went at. The point is we gathered a lot

of data that provided the foundation for how we are moving forward with the project.

So phase one, coming out of that original master plan study, we identified a couple spaces.

The senior center and the teen lounge. That we now refer to as the lounge where it's the old

senior center of the hub. And then we did an addition called the respond lounge. I have a problem

with that. But yeah. So I want to remind you that as part of this, we did do an addition to the

facility where we captured the existing courtyard. So that was an expansion of the facility even.

These were the renderings. We just threw these back in. That this is what we came to you and presented

to you. What the space was going to look like. And then as it was built out, I do, you know, it

pretty much showed up just like we presented in the renderings. And these spaces are very well

used. And I think have been very well received by the community. We've heard a lot of good comments,

a lot of good feedback. Other improvements over the years starting in 2022. Just want to remind you

that there's been maintenance specific improvements. I have not been ignored. Things like replacing

rooftop units, replacing new filter systems, new AV components in the talus. We're going to speak to

that in a little bit. Multiple just different types of improvements and renovations that you all

probably don't see. And then that the community really doesn't see and understand. But they have

invested a significant amount of capital just going back to 2022. And before that, even in just

taking care of what I would call just basic maintenance infrastructure type, type things to keep

the facility operational. And then what we're here to talk to you tonight is about proposing what phase

two might be. What we're considering is a renovation to the talus, a renovation to the

restroom that's right outside the talus off that main hallway. And then considerations for exploring

renovations to the main area of the avi theater. As that's going on, you see that dash line going

around there. The next phase as you come out of a master plan is you start to look at schematic

designs. So you start to really refine what the approach is. So we are still working on a schematic

design for the entire facility as we're advancing parts and pieces out as a phase one and phase two.

So we will be coming back to council and eventually presenting that entire schematic design

package that starts to talk about all these other areas also. So the talus, we took some Maria,

took some really bad pictures to make it look as bad as it possibly could. It's tired. I don't think

I need to stand up here and tell you what's wrong. It pretty much exists today as it what did back

in the 90s. So the market has passed it in terms of what it looks like and how it functions and operates.

The lighting is inadequate. We know it has poor acoustics in it. And so all of this renovation is to

really focus on improving this and bringing it forward and make it a more usable, more flexible,

more multi use in room to support your entire community. The goals that we've been looking at,

the design goals for the project is really updating all the interior finishes and enhance lighting

system, improve the acoustics. We know we want the materials to be timeless neutral, timeless neutral

material palette. And probably even more important is durable and easy to maintain. And the space,

trying to maximize the functionality of it for multi use. So as we go through this, Maria is going

to pass around a tray here that has some finishes in it. These are just plans that show some different

configurations that the room can be sat up in. It is a very flexible room that can be used for

banquets, whether it's weddings or just community events or whatever it is onto a lecture setup

or even just a workshop type setup. And this is just a few that we use in this initial

planning and these initial discussions just to make sure we are accommodating all the flexibility

of it. At this time I'm going to turn over to Maria to go over to go through the finishes and as

she's going through the finishes I'm going to be flipping through a series of renderings here

of the center that we can come back to if we want to come back and look at them.

Thank you, Keith. So wanting to talk about this space from the ceiling down because one of the

items that is very important within this multi use space is the acoustics. So one of the items that

we will be doing will be replacing the ceiling tiles with a higher energy which is the acoustic absorption

coefficient. Very nerd talky there. But we are going to replace the tiles so that they will

absorb the sound much better than they do. We will be updating the lighting as well. So replacing

the fixtures that are little tired within the space is something that is a little bit more

fresh will provide opportunities for higher end rentals as well as integrating cove lighting

within there to allow for a different lighting controls set the mood no matter if you're having

a presentation soft in the space or just being able to have an entire bright space. As well we

are introducing wood in a different manner than it currently is shown. We're using a walnut

tone within the space which that's what you see in the lounge currently that we introduced.

Again just to create some warmth within the space it is a rather large space so just creating

some consistency there. And then for the walls one of those materials that you'll touch and feel

it's actually a wall covering made out of recycled fishing line. It is extremely durable that

the coefficient is over one million double rubs which is again a nerd speak

the way that they test materials. So it's going to ugly out before it wears out. So as users are

using the room using the facility they're not going to be able to damage the walls.

And then finally the carpet within the space will be carpet tile that is cushioned back. It's

a solution di nylon so again it's going to overperform for the space. If there are any sort of

stains which can easily come out tiles can be replaced so again that can be maintained.

The last rendering. Oh one other thing so the there is a fabric that is in there that is just

showing the fabric for the chairs. And that is also a vinyl that has a bit of a texture

to it but again very easily cleansed. So one thing to point out is that we did the phase one

projects right. All of these are building on each other. So one of the things I want to point

out in here is these these wood columns that would mean that is going to start to be pulled

throughout the entire community center. That is something that we're keyed in on. And even this

sort of the flavor of the finish is more of a hospitality feel. Clean, fresher, brighter will

continue to be pulled throughout the entire facility as we move forward.

So Keith mentioned earlier as far as the improvements that have already occurred to the facility

that AB was upgraded over last year. That will be maintained so we'll be able to

remove during construction and put back in so that won't be an additional cost.

That makes sense. So the reason I bring up the finish as being extended throughout the entire

facility is that one of the things that we constantly talk about is you know well you know I'm

going to walk into the facility and I'm going to turn and go into the talus and it's going to be

like what just happened you know and there's a little bit of that going on there now with just

the phase one projects we had. So it's important to understand that we're not going to be able to

address this as part of that project but where we need to think a little bit ahead and where we're

going to go with it and then we feel like maybe we should we're going to we're going to spend a

little bit of money out here so it's not such a complete shock visual shock going from one space

to the other. So it's part of the talus renovation we are going to replace the doors going into

the talus. So those will have new doors on it and then we're going to have the ability to come

in here and you know at least paint the wall going down along the front of the talus. The thought

is I'm going to skip ahead of slide here. This is the conceptual slide that we or the conceptual

image that we did as part of the master planning and if you remember we talked about I threw out

that one of the feet feet comments we got back from council was about no grout. So one of the key

improvements that we're proposing for the community center and the flooring is get away from the tile

and go to something that's a little more like a poured surface not the exact same tarasa you had

out here because there's different levels of it but probably more of a tarasa surface where it's flat

and you just sort of roll through you don't have to worry about the about the grout joints but

this was a conceptual image so if you look down the right side if we left side I'm sorry is

we're facing it and you pick up what we're doing there and then we're going to go ahead and

purchase the furniture so that on when the talus is done at least we'll have the furniture in

there and we'll have the one wall complete it so you start the community will start to get a feel

from what's to come next and we think that that's enough for now because we need some time to really

start to think about this corridor a little bit more and I'm going to talk about the Abby theater

entrance a little bit to the Abby theater entrance and then as you go down around the corner and

then the rest of the and then the rest of the facility. So another key component of this

renovation is this existing restaurant that's up on the corner it's long overdue for renovation

there's accessibility issues there and the open hallways and everything in the maze and the

tightness it's just flat out not working anymore so we are going to completely wipe that out we are

able to gain some space you can see there's an existing storage room and an existing another

it's actually a janitor's closet and existing lost in found room we're going to wipe those out

find other places for those to go in the meantime and just really clean up and simplify the

restrooms make them fully ADA accessible and put doors on them just to sort of tighten them up

a little bit and be I'm going to let Maria here talk to the finishes but the word that kind of

comes back with this is that it feels like an evata store so very soft finishes clean

easy to maintain why don't you go through that so again we're continuing that language of

that hospitality feel the tones that are brought in here are very much in line with what we've

done in the lounge what we're proposing for the talus for the wall or for the floor going floor

at this time floor we would have a trozo tile or the same trozo that we will be putting within

the corridors again no grout joints reduce the amount of grout on the floor on the walls we have

two different types of tile one is a wood rib tile that actually comes in 12 by 36 inches so

larger format less grout joints and then showing a black band of tile along the top so that's really

to love where the tile just to come up to about six feet and then above that would be a painted

surface the partitions we're again showing that same walnut toned wood for that just to warm it

up for the surface for the sink would be a quartz again nice and clean similar to the same quartz

that we have in the senior area now called the lounge behind the mirrors we're showing a white

tile which is that squared tile that's on that tray and that would just be a nice little accent

feature behind the mirrors I think one of the nice things is just you know cleaning it up getting

a drywall ceiling and they're still lay in tile ceiling it'll it'll have a much different

better feel to it and be able to adequately serve the community that is using the facility on a day-to-day

basis but also respond well to the renovations within the talus that we are proposing also so

if there's a wedding or a reception going on there they'll they'll have access to restrooms that

sort of fit that same level of finish and then probably one of the the more exciting pieces the

avi theater there is uh this thing is this is getting used much differently than what it was

originally designed for it's it's over capacity the backstage area the green rooms and everything

there's there's problems that exist all around this which is good there's a good problems that

means your performing arts programs have exceeded what the original expectations were probably

um so we're focusing on what can we do into enhance the customer experience with this and

and what we've heard a lot about is just the avi feeling confined and tight and and not a very

welcoming space um lack of of entrance and um noticeability when you're on the outside of the

building I happen to think that that wall that's on the interior face that all the glass and everything

is is really cool I would not even propose touching that I think it's got it's got a good dynamic

to it it's visually um engaging and everything but when you get outside the building you don't

you don't know this this this thing is there so we're gonna we're we're focusing on studying really

um what can we improve and what makes most sense at this point in time to allow us to think of

maybe other things down the road too um so one of the things that we've we've been looking at is

the the interior space right now they the existing space has a lot of angles to it um at some point

in time a designer got a hold of it wanted to create a lot of it you know try to create some

interesting things in there that just functionally aren't working anymore for the space so what we

found is we popped a couple access panels and looked above the ceiling and it was like oh there's

three or four feet up there that would greatly improve the use of this lotty and then there's a lot

of built-in uh um counters and half walls and everything we get that out of there maybe that's

something to consider the other thing is is the vestibule entrance and we're still really looking at

this is this is still in the very beginning stages but extending that entrance out to the front so

when you come around and you drive through that drop-off area um you know getting the front doors

to the theater to face that a little bit more um and in employing the vestibule out so we can at

least capture that space on the inside of it too to open it up a little bit so as we've looked at the

okay this doesn't have the rendering yet. No the rendering is because we're still studying it

okay okay okay okay so we took the rendering out but we're we're looking at opening the space

up and exposing the existing construction and putting new lighting in and everything along with that

so again this is very much instill in um in the works in terms of what we're looking at um and

is going to be a result of you know actually we get down with the talus and after we get down with

the restroom what else can we squeeze in the what we're trying to do and we're going to continue

to study that and bring it back to you guys um so next steps as we talked about fit tonight phase

two is the primary thing um we are targeting the complete the drawings by June um bid the project

and get it awarded by um the end of the summer so that it can be constructed through the fall

and into the spring and next year um staff has done a good job to clean out the schedule to allow

this to occur so it's pretty important that we hit that time frame that we're in um so that's

that's how that schedule got developed um we will be coming back to you to do another presentation

to council and probably in June of 2026 um to talk about the locker rooms and aquatics um those

usually go into a call at hibernation they go offline in the summertime so as we come out of this

talus renovation we want to have the ability to dive and go right into aquatics in the locker room

while they shut that those areas down for the summer so it's critical what we need that

and then as I mentioned we're going to continue um on the schematic design so

bringing fitness and pulling all these things together even the uh abby theater so you can see

all this more holistically even though we're going to approach it in a phase format because it's

important to to see the overall plan to make sure that as we move from this space to this space to

this space um that they're all going to be tied together and feel like one new community center

at the end of the day so questions um does city council support the proposed phase two projects to

include enhancements to the talus event space upgrades to the restrooms serving that area

and exploration of enhancements to the abby theater entrance question number two for you all

is does city council have feedback on the proposed phase two improvements based on the information

and renderings provided tonight um and we can go back to the renderings if you have questions

or anything along the way um and then does council um support the proposed phase three projects to

include the locker room and the aquatics areas renovations um again they're kind of they're not

necessarily tied together from a construction perspective but from a scheduling perspective

um we want to be able to go right into the aquatics project basically at this time next year

and start working on the locker rooms and the improvements to the pool areas very good well thank you

want to take a moment for public comment if there is anyone present this evening from the general

public that would like to speak relative to this discussion item hearing none council questions

discussion so um one of the comments or I think it was many comments is that it's overcrowded

I'm guessing that our membership numbers are at an all-time high I know they were

we were covered from 2020 are we um beyond what we are we at the highest level we've ever been

not as we've ever been there have been um other facilities that have come into the market such as

lifetime fitness and such but since covid we have exceeded our membership beyond what we were

prior to covid today but we haven't cracked a new record not a new record no but okay

I guess you know I'm thinking big picture here we have this premier athletic and recreation

campus coming online at some point I mean it's already online in in some capacity there aren't any

dollars assigned to these and and I'm assuming in the CIP we've already allocated dollars to some

of these projects I don't remember off the top of my head what those are but for me it's um you

know I think when we first started looking at this everything that we wanted to do was 20 million

dollars and that was a really tough pill for me to swallow based on the amount of capacity that

we were adding we're adding we're maintaining a structure that clearly needs to be maintained

new finishes it's outdated to your point other communities around central Ohio have

have passed us in that regard but I'm thinking more in terms of usability capacity

um there are the folks that go to the rec center for meetings the talas and other meeting rooms

and then there are the folks that go there every day to swim and work out and we haven't really

touched the fitness floor to a great degree I believe that we have the ability to bump out one of

the walls to add capacity there but before we do that I think it's important we really look at

the park to see what opportunities we have out there so I I'm completely supportive of everything

that you've outlined in phase two I don't have any feedback but before we get into phase three I'd

really like to be sort of master planning revisiting the parks and rec master plan in terms of

capacity and we did that four years ago five years ago something like that it was approved in 2023

2023 so three years ago pickleball has certainly taken off to a higher degree than it was then so

I think you know for me it's really looking at the big picture before we spend too much on this

particular structure I think um to Andy's point the number for phase two was 1.8 million in

here and I'm thinking wow there's a lot we could do for 1.8 million million besides make it look

prettier I mean it's all great like I love the design I wish we could do it I'm just like what

do we want to do for our 1.8 million is where I'm still struggling I guess part of it what that

would help me would to as we go through this would be to know how much is the talus getting used

which the occupancy rate like how much is that booked out and used now how much is the demand for it

you know if the demand is low is it because it's outdated and therefore if we update it we'll

actually get it filled in booked or is it booked a hundred percent of the time right now even

though it's outdated so I think knowing that would help me decide if I want to spend 1.8 million

dollars on it um I personally think the locker rooms are a higher priority um it's just

I don't know there's like a claddling this factor and that's I think it's it's used more

and daily and stuff so to me that's a bigger product like I would spend the money on updating the

locker rooms I didn't realize we had an 88 problem with the restrooms in the hallway but I see

that as being good for phase two definitely but not quite very adamant about spending 1.8 million I

don't know how much of that much was just on the finishes and the talus but I like them it's beautiful

I wish we could do it thanks I really appreciate this work um I think part of the problem that we have

this is where this sort of natural push pull is going to come is that you know not only do we have a

capacity issue we have a fit and finish issue right um and and it's sort of balancing how do you

address both where you're upgrading those fit and finish right so that they are more modern looking

and that they do feel cleaner and certainly address 88 issues I think the bathrooms 100% need to get

done um you know I do think that talus needs to get done but to your point I think if we had some

numbers I think that'd be super helpful for us to understand what the demand for for talus is um

you know but I think also the Andy's point like I would better I would like to better understand

how we're going to address some capacity issues or if there really are capacity issues you know I

know you always bring to us time and time again kind of what our numbers are it might be helpful as

we're looking at this study and kind of trying to figure out like what what do we want those next steps

to be is to figure do we I know there's a perception that we have a capacity issue I would like to

sort of better understand that um just with the numbers in front of us as we have these conversations

so that we can talk about talus capacity so that we can talk about the exercise capacity um you know I don't

go in there as much as I should but I'm in there you know on a fairly frequent basis um there are

times when it feels crowded but I don't know that there's a capacity issue or not but there

there's lots of space outside should we be pushing out into the part I mean I don't know how to answer

those questions um I I know we have a fit and finish issue those things do need to be addressed um

so it's a balance but it would be helpful if we had some just some additional numbers to kind of

go with this discussion um generally yes I'm supportive of the direction um for sure the bathrooms um

you know I know Abby theater needs to be something needs to be done with it it is it does feel

very cramped when you go in there it's just not a very visually pleasing kind of experience it

just feels very tight um you know and I and I love the materials that you brought I think it's

I think it's going to be beautiful so I'm just a I'm a little unsure of some of the order just

because I don't know what some of the numbers are but thank you um I I guess I'm more bullish than

my colleagues we've been talking about this for three years and let's get on with our bad cells

that's my comment um this is Dublin and it's a 30-year-old building and it's widely used I've

been there for the last three days um different times um and I can tell you it's the thing about

total over on numbers is it masks capacity and pinch points and you can be there when you can't

get on the treadmill period and you can be there when that's not a problem so I think that the

the problem with the numbers is is it really have to study them I can attest having been there

quite a bit that there is a capacity reality and I can't remember going by the talus as I was

thinking about it over the last few months where there wasn't something going on there so it

may not be every minute of the day but it's most minutes of the day and it's and and this is the one

if we talk about health fitness and wellness this is our this is our central point and one points

eight million feels like a bargain to me for what it delivers in terms of social benefits health

benefits etc so I'm I was things are just really expensive right now so are we committed to that

and I I believe we are um I had a question of just generally about how many phases are they

because it says future phase for the floor I'd I'd like to see that floor fixed if we're going to

do this I how many phases we how many phases we got here so right now what we're working towards

is for phase phase one was what's been completed yeah yeah phase two would be the talus the restroom

and maybe grabbing some things in the avi theater right and then phase three because we know we want

to do it the locker rooms as well as aquatics and then phase four five and six whatever that may be

the reason we're holding off on fitness and I just saved multiple phases because it all depends on

how you all fund it um but we're gonna we're looking at fitness and we are looking at additions

associated with fitness um bumping out the backside with functional so those take a little more study

and I actually think this avi theater the entrance there that takes a little more study because I

think that might require a little bit more of a robust interest the floor on the the floor entry

way I'm saying when is that happening that that would be a future phase I wouldn't it it's all

gonna depend on allocation of capital so if after phase three if we decide that phase three is

aquatics is the locker room innovation after phase three there has there would be another allocation

of capital so whatever you all allocate from a investment standpoint that would define

that um that bucket of work if you want to think that and then if that covers everything else that's

great if it doesn't then it's going to be another phase like this and then we'll move on to the next

phase in the next phase until we I think it would be helpful for us to see what the whole just line

up all the work and just help us understand the the 20 good whatever million 20 million is and

and line it up and help us with what the buckets are because I think from a timing perspective

I look at the picture of the entryway and the flooring and in my opinion some of that has to

to be done so I am supportive of this I had a couple questions um I saw in the restrooms and I saw

there just renderings here but touchless everything the soap the water the whatever one of the things

quite popular in Europe right now is you know and and some of the airports around the world is

you know there's the water there's the soap there's this nobody touches it's just like there yeah

um from a just sanitation perspective so I'm sure you're doing that the renderings though don't show

that kind of stuff we will do that that's that's the trend that's that's how we approach things now

yeah um and I'm glad to see the doorways I would say and to tell us I'm not sure I know there's

privacy there you don't want windows but just the entrance into those so think about the doorways

and into those it's it's less than um interesting I would say something about the furniture and the

entrance way you say you're going to buy the furniture now the the chairs that are here people love

the tables there aren't tables here there's low tables and there's people have got laptops and I

it is a bit of a workspace too so let's think about how we just watch how it's being used today

and I'm sure staff can answer that very well um and because right now people people

people said are it's not it's not a it's not a hotel lobby it's an act do you know what I mean

in the furniture feels more like the hotel lobby kind of yeah we've always the the discussion we've

had about that lobby is a place where parents or whomever can go while their kids may be getting

swim lessons or something and still be able to work or still be able to do things while they're there

yeah so this furniture it doesn't feel that the pictures anyway so I'll just you you said comment

so I'm coming no that's great um the other thing about the entrance into the Abby theater and I

thought about it this morning and when I walked by there because I looked in there there's tables

there's chairs it's a beautiful enter and then there's clutter and there's always clutter there

so when you look in there it doesn't feel inviting so if we're going to do something in that space we

need to think about what visual we want to see when we walk by that um and it's so some of it could

be done sooner rather than later just the way that that he just changed the furniture in the sitting

in that lobby it would signal that there's something yeah different going on in there um so I think

that um could use some work um I think the hub turned out just great I mean I thought that lounge

rather the lounge the loud hub's nice too but I think the lounge and I peer in there and it used

to be always quiet and now it seems to be very active active in there and so the again the reason to

move some of this forward how you feel in a space tells you whether you want to be there or not

and I can see the difference in that yes and so that's why I'm more bullish about what it this is

the gift to the community to do some of this stuff um and I've over talked to my welcome thank you

so um actually I'm very supportive of these I think you guys did a great job I hear my colleagues

concerns about prioritizing things to be quite honest I think it all needs to be done with the

exception of the pool itself I mean when I talk to residents um quite frankly they say that

our rec center is very outdated it we've outgrown it I think we need to do everything from the locker

rooms to the fitness center um when I was looking at this one you presented the way that I was thinking

about this was um we sort of did sort of the easy things first right um but I do think the

approach is right because when you first walk into any place um you get an impression and that

impression lasts with you so right now the entrance to the rec center is drab it's depressing um the

past year I was thinking back I think I've been in four meetings in the tell us and every single

time it's depressing um it's dark it's dingy it's outdated um so I think that there is some

benefit in in doing this first because as soon as people walk in they say wow this is actually

pretty cool um they kind of know that the locker rooms are dirty and small and crowded um I think

they'd be willing to put up with that a little bit um I don't think people will come in as first

thing they'll say is gosh these locker rooms are awesome but you know when you first walk in there

is sort of a sense so I mean I kind of I kind of agree with phase two um whether or not the 1.8

million is is a lot or not for a lot of these cosmetics I don't I don't know um I will say that

with the renovations that we've done in our home my wife has specifically left me out of making

these decisions because I'm not there and I just have no sense of it so that I don't know um and I'll

leave that up to to everyone else but I am I am supportive of it I really and and I do like um

phase two I do like the idea for phase three um I would like to see the the phase four or

phase five phase six plans and we will be coming back to you with with all of that yeah sorry thank you

if I could chime in on the phasing because that's something that we're discussing each year as part

of the capital budget process and recall that last years as part of last year's process

we had discussion about how we're bringing in sports Ohio into our portfolio and so that prompted

us to take another look at the proposed phasing and prioritization of rehabbing the rec center and

we're solely focusing on maintenance because we've heard loud and clear that it needs maintained

and in my individual conversations with council members there was certainly a desire about focusing

on maintenance um and that'll give us time to explore options for sports Ohio we already have one

option that will incorporate some fitness area that we're reviewing currently right now out at

sports Ohio so we want to see the potential impact of that before we invest on funds the other

thing that I heard loud and clear is the desire to identify a space or two each year and have multiple

phases as opposed to the 20 million dollar let's tackle the entire rec center at once um so that's

why we have taken this approach that wasn't the initial approach but we um took that feedback from

council and that's how we've been approaching it thus far so solely focusing on maintenance and

also heard that you know the talus is essentially the community's front door um and we've heard

many times from the day as council members commenting on the outdatedness of the talus so we're

pleased to bring that forward this year it does take um several months to stop programming of the

talus there's certainly lots of demand and usage of the talus so we thought it was a great opportunity

get that done this year and then we do need to move forward on design if we want to tackle the pool

area next year the challenge with the entrance way is it all blends and ties together so once you

tackle that there's really no end because as you walk down that hallway you turn right it's all

blended together so it's you know as far as a finishes perspective and then that also leads you

to the areas that would be expanded or um you know additions which also ties into that finishes so

that's going to have to be one uh phase likely um which will be a more significant phase but

again we're trying to figure out um the impact of the acquisition of sports Ohio and if there's

any way to alleviate the capacity pressures with that investment uh my thoughts are I it's very

convicting to see I don't know what other area of the city that we wouldn't neglect for 30 years

and um I agree what we need to be doing is you know having not these big capital projects but

but general maintenance of things and if we need to look at cost recovery on memberships there of

you know whatever that is so that they don't require huge capital outlays but um that we have an

annual budget for um for finishing areas so um if it were me if it were up to me I would start at

the front door and work my way in um to spend all of that money on the tallises which I think is

incredibly important and needs to be done and leave the entire hallway untouched um and to do the

bathrooms on the other side you know I guess I would hope that we would get about get to it real

quick and not have that be have there be a big lag space in between there um so I think the

finishes that you chose are lovely um you know it's hopefully they're artfully applied and um

you know look forward to that you know the tallises there they are embarrassing I you know when you go

in there and we're coming up on community service day and I'm kind of dreading it because you're

going to be welcoming the community into the space that really is not representative of the community

so I really look forward to that um for the phased improvements I would start at the front door I

mean I'd do the talus in the bathroom and then I would start at the front door and I would work my

way out the back um for me the the the locker rooms would be last and you do those on your way out

the door um so that you know as you move through the building you can feel that it's happening and

people wouldn't appear to say well looks like they forgot this space or that space so um that's

how how I would prioritize it I do have one nitpicky little thing if you can back up to the restroom

slide one more so one of my ultimate pet peeves is when they do these women's restrooms and the

uh the stalls are so short there's nowhere to go to close the door and you end up so I would extend

those by it looked like in the images you had some room um I would extend those so that not everyone

wants to go to the locker room if they're just gonna change a t-shirt or something like that they

may not want to go into the locker room and do the full thing and just make those um not like a

changing room but just some space so that you could open up the door without and have some more

to stand uh rather than on top of the toilet so that would be my my small nitpick thing for that is

so I you know we have some hard decisions to make uh in terms of funding um because

everything is in need and uh we will have some tough decisions to make so hopefully when we

begin to talk budgets we um leave some room for discussion of prioritization uh and in what we

feel like is gonna be most important for the community. One question or one comment

if we could if I could ask you to look at is there a way that we could do the hallway flooring

just like is there a logical stopping point where it wouldn't look really bizarre or weird like

if you could look into that so if we could just do the I guess east west from the entrance to maybe

the cut the front desk like that strip of floor um that would tie the tiles to the like I would I

would if that was possible I would do that then some miscellaneous things in Abby theater

and then just to tie that together and then tackle the theater more all and once in that next phase

or whatever but maybe we just get a list of costs for all of the items and then we come up with

whatever budget we're willing to do and then yeah kind of select from that list of projects physically

possible so okay did we answer the questions in sufficient format to keep you moving forward yes

very good I guess I guess I am unsure if you want us to continue proceeding with the

tallows and the restrooms at this point as part of this year's project we are well underway with

design and we have funds budgeted for those projects if councils I'm seeing heads not if that's

the direction we'll continue to go forward and in June we'll bring back the schematic design

for the whole facility with priorities and and costs and then we'll certainly hopefully be out

to bid at that point so great okay thank you thank you okay this brings us to the staff comments

portion of our agenda turning over to city manager good evening members of council I do have

several comments this evening uh first is a recap of sustainable Saturday the event took place

April 11th we assisted 1755 cars through the event included collection for e-waste composting

styrofoam prescription drug take-back textile recycling document destruction and household hazardous

waste disposal staff members and partner organizations are finalizing the tonnages so we'll report

back with the data but it was an extremely successful event we received many positive comments

from the public about being able to recycle everything that they have all in one place and

appreciate all staff's coordination and efforts to conduct a very well run event next on Tuesday

April 14th community planning and development hosted a discussion at Wendy's headquarters we

featured Jeff Speck who we brought on board to work with us on the west bridge street corridor

study he's an internationally recognized partner we had more than 80 attendees in attendance

at that event and the conversation focused on walkability and Dublin we had particular emphasis

on the west bridge street corridor study and he was able to offer his perspectives on that corridor

and how improved pedestrian friendly design can shape the future of that key area of Dublin the

conversation was recorded and it'll be shared with council once that recording is received and ready

to publish on Thursday April 23rd the team hosted bring a kid to work day we had great participation

that provided children with a unique introduction to public service also allowed them to connect with

the team members alongside viewing what their parents do when they go to work each day participants

toured the fleet and sign shop and engaged with various divisions to learn about city operations

the day concluded with kids clocking out they received a paycheck they were able to use those

funds to redeem it for Dublin merchandise it was really cute it also was a great opportunity to

highlight public service collaboration value of being better together and we're hoping that it also

spurred some interest in all of the kiddos to have a future in public service

also want to highlight our annual emergency operations exercise which took place on Monday

April 20th the exercise brought together senior leaders from all across the city departments

along with our partners at Washington Township and this is intended to strengthen collaboration it

helps with our decision making during an emergency so what we did was we conducted a review of

our response to the heavy snow and the wind events and the primary goal of that was to validate

our preparedness learn from real life examples and then our response to an active threat scenario

in the future so that makes sure that our plans are updated our communication protocols are known

and established and that all of our roles are as intended under pressure so thanks to

our police department chief pice for your leadership dc tabernick for coordinating a very well-run

event we're also excited to launch a new iteration of the citizens police academy this is now

rebranded as public safety you so this 10 week program brings together for the first time experts

from double and police and wreck and Washington Township Fire Department and this is intended to

provide a comprehensive look at how Dublin's public safety network operates from first call all

the way through to the final response so we're excited about this improvement in the programming

this three agency collaboration it's unique makes Dublin one of only a few

communities in the country to offer a program of this kind and applications are set to open on May

1st so you will see some communications start going out about that opportunity

the slide highlights are upcoming mental health town hall this has been scheduled for May 7th

and it will be held at the Dublin Community Recreation Center the event focuses on moving from

conversation to action and it'll bring together community partners experts and residents all to

discuss mental health program includes partner partner presentations there'll be a panel

insights from our police crisis intervention team and a resource fair to connect people with

available services so overall it's an opportunity to strengthen awareness support and community

connections around mental health and then as part of our waterline replacement program this is phase

8 project city staff have identified eight cul-de-sacs with aged undersized water mains needing

replacement this will address issues with break history related to water main size and also

increase the overall health system reliability starting in May the consultant survey crews will

begin conducting field and utility surveys in the areas that are identified on the map on the screen

and prior to the start of the work survey notification letters will be sent to those property owners

within the vicinity of the work design of this project is expected to be complete yet this year

and construction will be in 2027 and that is all I have thank you great thank you council reports

will begin with committee reports the public services committee report maybe the public services

can be met on April 15th the topic was our food truck regulations and staff and legal

thanks to Anthony Severin who was he did an amazing job going through our code updates and stuff

and we we talked about some minor tweaks and stuff but bottom line the consensus of the committee

was we're really interested in doing this we thought we would to align with state codes permits

wouldn't be required until March of 2027 because that's when all the health regulation permits are

already required so what we thought if we could get this moving we could kind of do a pilot program

over the summer and fall and see how well it works and stuff there's a like kind of pay attention

to how the compliance behavior are people parking where they're supposed to be parking is that where

they're are those locations effective and so hopefully staff is going to make a few changes to

the code that we had been presented it will come back to all of council rather than go back to

public services it will come to everyone so hopefully we'll get a chance to kick that off and

get some food trucks the original idea was to we looked at keeping them away from restaurants they

could compete with we looked into originally like a 25 foot buffer this that you can't park in the

spot right in front of it things like that after the staff did a great mapping exercise which if you

want to look at our packet for that meeting it's kind it was kind of impractical to do it that way

so what we decided we asked staff to do was look at general corridors or areas where trucks would be

allowed versus looking at places where trucks were not allowed so there are going to present a map

of areas where such as Franklin Street perhaps between when 61 in the library or

a long Riverside crossing park so they were going to identify areas that would be appropriate for

the trucks that will all come back again to all of council but you can look at the in board pack

or on board or meeting minutes if you wanted to see the maps very good thank you community

development committee report Andy the community development committee met on April 21st staff

provided a brief status update on two items that had been previously discussed green roofs and

lighting standards green roofs are alternative design aesthetic roof treatments will be incorporated

into metro center design guidelines lighting standards will be advanced as part of the planning

and zoning commission and council review process committee received an overview of the economic

development strategy and the development review process improvements staff shared the positive

results that the process improvements have made regarding administrative approvals and approved

customer service the committee was pleased to hear the positive results and offered the following

feedback we would like to see regional market comparisons including occupancy rates for the various

classifications such as flex R&D neighborhood etc we saw more or less just Dublin and then Columbus

area expand marketing and outreach to the central highway market explore AI technology I know you

love that solutions for workflows the case manager and other allied staff could use and developer

facing tools continue to focus on infrastructure and site readiness thank you very good thank you

double and board of education Kathy great we meet next week very good US 33 161 corridors

Kathy and Wendy okay I'll be reporting on behalf Kathy and I the first two meetings of the state

route 161 corridor discussion group were held in March on the 27th and then just recently April 24th

at the Ohio University here in Dublin as council is aware the study group is comprised of both

elected and administrative staff of the jurisdictions and utility providers that have an interest in the

land that runs along a stretch of the 161 corridor from post road and Dublin all the way out to plain

city a map of this region maybe is going to be provided on screen do we have a slide no worries we

don't have a slide we'll bring that to the next update again at Dublin post road out to plain city

it's approximately 3200 acres across five linear miles and it spans Franklin Union and Madison

counties the study group was established to provide a venue for building a shared baseline

understanding of the development dynamics impacting each and all of the jurisdictions and to work as

a group to create a shared future vision and framework for collaborating on this very rapidly developing

area policy and land use decisions will have a long impact a long term economic impact for all

parties involved all the jurisdictions and utility districts participating in the study group include

Dublin plain city Washington township Jerome township Darby township Union County Madison County

and the Mary'sville and Middohio water and sewer districts each jurisdiction has agreed to

collectively fund the study group work and Jamie green of planning next is acting as the lead

consultant and facilitator and he's doing a remarkable job considering the different voices in the

room the initial meetings have focused on reviewing preliminary land use analysis high-level utility

planning and regional economic and employment forecasts planning next has compiled this information

using adopted and draft planning documents from each jurisdiction including our own envision

Dublin plan along with Morpsey data and other sources we are waiting on some final planning

documents to be presented to the group plain city is we're hoping weeks away from finalizing their

updated community plan as an example so at the first meeting we spent time reviewing an overlay of

all of the different future land use plans of each of the jurisdictions and not surprisingly the

overlay identified some similarities and some differences as you run along the corridor the

analysis highlighted that if everyone were to develop their own individual plan to fruition we

would be significantly overdeveloped so the time spent together as this working group will be

time well spent during the April meeting we also had an opportunity to look at some of the

economic forecasts for the region drawing on recent work by Morpsey and others again shifting

jobs population and construction dynamics highlighted the need for increased collaboration

across all of the groups so the work today has focused on what we know and the work ahead will

be joint visioning and collaboration the goal is to complete the work within several months not

years so it is an aggressive time frame and we remain optimistic that we'll we'll see some good yield

the next meeting is tentatively planned for May 29th and we appreciate the opportunity to

learn and collaborate with our neighbors and we will continue to keep council updated

very good thank you sports of house during committee Christina Andy we have not we have a meeting

coming up okay Amy planning and zoning commission in aerobie the planning and zoning commission

next meetings on May 7th and that will be the planning and zoning will review the

ID6 code so it is actually out for it's available on the planning and zoning in our

package yeah it's well done our packets now if you look under planning zoning

and then the architecture review board did not meet in April so no update there

very good thank you Wendy Washington tell truth please great thank you for the opportunity to share

what I thought would be a brief update but I've decided to expand just a little bit potential

property tax changes are certainly not currently at the forefront of our discussions because of our

our funding structure but I believe that this is an appropriate time to remind our residents that

the fire and emergency medical services provided to Dublin from Washington Township are funded

almost exclusively through property tax revenues I think it's also worth noting that Washington

Township has not sought a millage or a funding increase in 15 years and in light of weekend

reports from OMA from OML and local news outlets that a citizen led effort to abolish property

taxes via a constitutional amendment in Ohio may reach the signature threshold for placement

on the November ballot I wanted to mention that Washington Township leadership is obviously

thinking about impacts and they have been proactively discussing how to handle such a change

and in a recent meeting the Township administrator trustees and fiscal officer briefly discuss

contingencies related to possible related to this possible constitutional amendment and I think as

responsible stewards of public funds they've been preparing for such a disruption for years

they expressed confidence and their ability to continue to deliver high quality services to

Dublin residents possibly for nearly a year not indefinitely such an amendment actually

be voted by the Ohio electorate so it might take away is that Washington Township is approaching

this issue thoughtfully proactively and that they continue to display solid fiscal practices

and demonstrate a strong commitment to service to our community and one more thing sorry

along the lines of community engagement I would also like to quickly thank Jean Bostic

former Washington Township Chief for his continued work preserving the history of Dublin

and the surrounding community and discussing the need for care at the Cosgrae cemetery during

a recent Township meeting a new connection was formed with local scout leadership and students

in the Hilliard City School District who live inside city limits double and city limits I appreciate

both Jean and Richard Van for creating an opportunity to engage young Dublin residents who attend

Hilliard schools through shared stewardship of our community history and I believe this is an

encouraging example of how we can strengthen connections across the school districts within the

city boundaries and I'm excited to continue to support those types of efforts and now I'm done.

Thank you Greg double wellness lens. Thank you Mayor. The Dublin Wellness

lens met on April the 6th during the meeting the partners reviewed progress on four key areas

health care navigation transportation youth behavior health and community connections in regards

to health care navigation the community wellness navigator will launch in May the purpose of this is

to improve access services provide outreach and a connect residents to services a much much

needed resource in regards to transportation we discussed the increase in the Dublin connector

ridership we also talked about the potential for the quota plus to enhance mobility and regional

connectivity in regards to youth behavioral health a new talk listen learn campaign is being

developed in partnership with local organizations to address youth mental health issues and substance

use and there's a planned launch in the 2026 2027 school year and lastly for the community

connections we talked about ongoing efforts for targeted outreach strategies to build community

initiatives to continue with the good neighbor week and also other resident engagement events

and then lastly we concluded by discussing potential next steps and that included

communication available resources expanding language accessibility establishing outcome metrics

working with partners for data gathering and also data analysis and that concluded the meeting

uh our next meeting has not yet been determined thank you thank you uh Andy double arts council

Logan Union champion regional planning commission so the Dublin Arts Council our last meeting was a

long time ago march 24th right after the state of the city and marine the executive director was

encouraged by the city's emphasis and on engagement in our the DAC is engaged in implementation of an

assessment model to measure community impact and guide their decisions it's it will help evaluate

the outcomes of each program underpinning their strategic plan are the strategic four strengthening

their program visibility expanding community engagement operational improvements and focusing on

long-term impacts I think this is very encouraging to see that they're trying to measure their

impact in the community some public art board updates there's a new temporary installation and

a public private partnership with Crawford Hwang in the DAC public art board candy Chang

Dublin resident and world renowned artist is set to design the newest public art piece in bridge

park super exciting chosen from 49 Ohio based artist Crawford Hwang said we only want to look at

Ohio based artists candy one first time official project is administered by Dublin's public

art board and a public private partnership with Crawford Hwang Chang resonates deeply with the

site and plans to create a meaningful intimate installation operating at multiple scales

and preparation for the piece the Dublin library will be hosting a temporary installation during

the first two weeks of May to collect community responses which have a chance to be included

and change permanent public work so this is a four-story scrim that's going to be on the side of

one of the parking garages so it's kind of like the the one on 270 it's it's like a see through

almost like mesh it's sort of like the what's the advanced drainage systems but this is

art not advertisement a little bit different some community driven projects Dublin art councils

public art board has lots of great community driven projects underway including the friendship

village partnership which staff have supported through focus group with residents aimed towards

co-authoring a call to artists for a permanent public art project on their grounds Dublin arts

council's new initiative house guest a public art centered residency is a six-month public art

centered residency from May 2027 to November 2027 then invites the community to engage with an

artist and their processes dac staff applied for an oac grant to fund a new public art based

residency program in 2027 public art is at the heart of dac's work and house guests will activate

dac's grounds and galleries by making the research experimentation and decision making behind public

art both accessible and engaging and the next exhibition in Dublin art council gallery

is impressions and quilt and watercolour will display the works of a central Ohio artist

Diana Whitmer Franco who creates pieces depicting scenes in nature through two distinct mediums the

opening reception will be Thursday May 14th from 530 to 730 and the exhibition will run through

June 30th and on Logan Union Champaign nothing to report thanks very good thank you I will report

out on Morpsey we have executive committee meeting this Thursday and we have commission meeting

next week I will be headed to Florida tomorrow morning with the Morpsey team we will be flying

into Miami and meeting with Miami Brightline folks will take the train to Orlando we're going to

meet with the Orlando Brightline folks and then we're going to have a meeting with the CEO of the

Orlando International Airport in hopes of determining how we might have success having a rail stop

at the new Dublin or the new Columbus Airport so that's what I have to report about that council

roundtable I'll start down here to my far right I'll start by saying let's see thinking just back

who walked with us along 161 last week and then also the congratulations to Riverview Village

and the groundbreaking on that project so excited to see how if they can keep the schedule I think they

said 18 months the contractors were standing right behind Kathy and I they were like I think they

said 18 months several times so we'll see if they stay on track that's all I have just a quick

thank you to staff first sustainable Saturdays it's just really really popular event I almost always

have people say I can't live I can recycle that here so thank you that's it also a quick thank you

to staff as well I was not able to make it to the walking tour so they did a personal private

walking tour today which was very helpful also a big thank you to our communications team particularly

Lindsay and Bruce I did the podcast and okay podcast and for someone who still gets nervous doing

these things you made it fun and enjoyable and so many thanks to you I would only add that I had

the opportunity to attend the session where Jeff spoke about the walkable city so I would say

to residents when that gets posted watch it it's amazing what little things can do and little things

that we will do along that way and it it's it's worth your time and investment so give it a listen

great just a couple things on the 15th I had the opportunity the memorial tournament had reached

out they're doing a 50th anniversary of the memorial tournament XM radio series and so I had an

opportunity to do an interview with them that was hopefully fun we'll see I don't know on the 16th

we had our Ohio mayor's alliance call in the topics that were covered there were property taxes

and data centers everyone is bracing for impact on this property tax I do want to pass along I

went to the state of the county in Delaware today and I'm going to forward to Megan the slides that

they shared there because they had some really informative well done slides relative to property

tax and percentage of schools and all of the entities that property tax funds but it it talked

about the percentage of their budgets and they were really well done so I will forward those to

Megan for her to distribute maybe to the finance team as we if they are successful in in garnering

those signatures as we embark on educating our public there there was some good material there so

I will forward that along we did have a passenger rail meeting on the 21st we had folks from

Michigan and from Memphis come in and talk about their passenger rail networks and what they were

doing on them and it was it was quite interesting I want to thank the chamber for the community champion

awards on the 22nd it was very well attended Kathy and I had the opportunity to present awards there

and gosh if it doesn't make you believe in a brighter tomorrow going to the community champion

awards I'm not sure what else will so and then today as I said it was the state of the county

in Delaware so thanks for Jeff Benton who is the chair of at present there it was a informative time

and this after and after that meeting this morning I had an opportunity to meet with the CEO of

Court of Coda to talk about link us bus rapid transit some of the challenges they're experiencing

and some of the solutions that they're seeking so we provide Megan and I had each met with them

individually and we provided some feedback so we'll be hopeful to see the message to them was

deliver what you promised to the taxpayers who approved the project and so I think we will both

continue to hold fast to that and and do our part in participating so that that schedule and that

those ideals can be kept so with that if there is nothing further we will stand adjourned