City Council - Regular Meeting

Good evening. I'd like to call this meeting to order. Can I have a roll call, please?

Council Member Curran.

Here.

Council Member Dewar. Council Member Bills. Here. Council Member Littoral.

Here.

Council Member Bales. Here. Vice Mayor Upton. Here. Mayor Adams.

Here. Do I have a motion?

Motion to excuse Council Member Dewar. Second.

I have a motion and a second to excuse Councilmember Dewar. All those in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Opposed? I will turn it over to Councilmember Federal.

Thank you. We all stand for the pledge.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

I'd like everybody to remain standing for just one moment. Last night, early this morning, there was a law enforcement officer, somebody that I know, he was hit by a vehicle out in Green County. I'd like for everybody to think about his family, think about his recovery. He's got a long road to recovery. He's been significantly injured. His platoon he works with, those guys have a be thinking about that every day. They come to work for some time. So I'd just like for everybody to keep them in their prayers.

And that's all I want to say.

Also, please move over if you see a law enforcement officer in the future. Slow down. Take the time. It doesn't matter if they're on the other side of the highway. Just slow down. Take that moment. You may save somebody's life. Thank you.

Thank you. As someone who's been out there on the road, I understand that. It's scary out there. We have a set of minutes in front of us from May 26th regular meeting. Any additions, corrections, updates? Oh, excuse me. Jumped right over that, didn't I? We have an agenda in front of us. Move we approve the agenda, Your Honor.

Second.

I have a motion and a second to approve the agenda. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? Now we have a set of minutes for May 26th. Any changes, updates, corrections?

Motion we approve the agenda for May 26th. Oh, I'm sorry. Now I'm wrong. Meeting minutes. Second.

I have a motion and a second to approve the regular meeting minutes for May 26th. All those in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Opposed? Ordinances, resolutions, and PUDs, ordinance 26-15 will remain tabled until further notice. Next up is ordinance 26-14.

Ordinance 26-14, an ordinance by the Beaver Creek City Council establishing a Federal Transit Administration Title VI program in conformity with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Americans with Disabilities Act plan in conformity with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 , which program and plan shall be in compliance with Federal Transit Administration and Ohio Department of Transportation policies and regulations and declaring an emergency.

Good evening, Mayor, Vice Mayor, members of council. I'm here tonight to seek an ordinance to approve two policies for Title VI and ADA that are both part of our transportation program needs and grant requirements for an ODOT grant that we received. It's actually through the FTA, the Federal Transit Authority, for senior center bus. Here tonight is an emergency reading. This is the same two policies that we reviewed two months back in a work session. We're here tonight as an emergency, as a single reading, as ODOT is ready to disperse the funds and get the grant contract over to us. And just in need of timing to get the buses ordered, we'd like to get these policies approved tonight. Again, the grant that we received is $116,000. It's all federal money. These templates that they provided for both the Title VI policy and the ADA policy were reviewed by staff and filled out as well as legal review, the thorough review of the policies. We made really no changes to their templates. A lot of it was just checking the box that is applicable to our city. The grant requires the City Council adopt the Title VI policy and it's recommended that you all adopt the ADA policy as well. The Title VI policy is pretty simple. It just states that Beaver Creek will operate its program without regard to race, color, and national origin in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. And the ADA policy states that we'll comply with all the legal requirements of federal and state laws as they pertain to individuals with disabilities. So I'm happy to answer any questions you may have.

Otherwise, vote for approval.

Public hearing. Public hearing. Thank you.

This is an ordinance, so if there's anyone in the audience who would like to come forward and speak to this, please do so now. State your name and address, and you'll have three minutes.

How are you doing? This is Bob Trout, 2187 Bassett Court. And the only question that I have on it is it didn't reference anything on the table for language that would list Braille. And since this is going to be a bus, it's going to accommodate a lot of folks. We do have individuals that do have some blindness issues and things of that nature. And it's going to be increasing because it's an awful lot of folks that get blindness from sugar diabetes and things like that. So I don't know the whole regs or anything else, but I request the council at least to take a look at that. And if it needs to be amended at some point in time make an amendment to update the ADA portion. Thank you.

Thank you. Anyone else? Seeing none, I'll close the public portion of this and open up to council. Anything?

I'll just respond to Mr. Trout and say in Section 8, there is a language assistance section. I'm happy to show you after the meeting if you'd like. Yeah.

What else? Your Honor, I'd move 26-14. As an emergency? I'm sorry?

As an emergency.

As an emergency. Oh, absolutely. Second.

I have a motion and a second to approve ordinance 26-14 as an emergency. Can I have a roll call, please? Somebody. Somebody.

Council Member Curran? Yes. Council Member Littoral? Yes. Council Member Bales? Yes. Vice Mayor Upton? Yes. Council Member Bills? Yes. Mayor Adams?

Yes. Next up is a decision item for the Beaver Creek Youth Council, a representative from the Juvenile Court. And we have...

This is a position that has needed filled and they've been looking for someone to fill it. And this gentleman volunteered, stepped up.

Good.

I'll make a motion to nominate Joshua Hazel Rigg. Second. I have a motion and a second to appoint Joshua Hazel Rigg to the Beaver Creek Youth Council as a representative from the juvenile court. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? Well, that was quick. We're not done. We're not done. All right, time for citizen comments. If you would like to come and talk to council on any subject, please come to the podium. You'll have three minutes. State your name and address. And for those of you, I know there's several from Shaker Town here. Back in the back, everything that was brought up at last time's meeting has been answered. We went through painstakingly and answered every one of the questions. They're back there on the counter. And if you want an electronic version, there's a sign-up sheet where we'll send that to you as well. so it'll address everything that was brought up two weeks ago yes and we will be discussing it at our work session no do am i allowed to speak against that sir You're welcome to your three minutes. Please state your name and address. I'm Larry Hill.

I live on Checkertown, Waverly there. And I'm, like I was the last meeting, I'm against it. I don't think none of you guys live on that strip road. But sometimes you can't even hear the television in your own house for the noise. You come through, widen it out, then we got more noise going to be closer to the house. And I mean traffic, especially big trucks, will wake you up during the night. And I'm against it. I think there's a lot of things against it instead of helping because it's going to be more dangerous for us to get out and come across to another extra lane for me to go east or west. You take the other people who live on the north side, it's going to be the same way going towards Ena. So I think it's going to be more dangerous and more traffic accidents if we get this code passed by. I like it just like it is and I've been here 58 years. And I then had one car, which I brought that up the other meeting, about that far from being in my house. So that's all I got to say. Thank you very much.

Thank you. My name is Dean Eflin. I live at 2982 Shaker Town. The 2019 Beaver Creek Thoroughfare Plan envisions Shaker Town Road as a minor east-west artery between the two major east-west arteries, Dayton Senior Road to the north and Indian Ripple Road to the south. Shaker Down questionably meets the criteria for a minor artery. It's listed in the plan carrying capacity of 2,000 to 10,000 trips per day. And thank you for the information. I did note that on the trip count west of JL, it's about 3,000 is what they had counted on a couple instances. However, another requirement is the residential properties are serviced by a side street. And there are about 55 homes on Shaker Town Road with a driveway on Shaker Town and no side street access. Additionally, there are no commercial properties on Shaker Town. I contend Beaver Creek does not need an east-west artery between Dayton Senior and Indian Ripple. especially with the overwhelming defeat of the school bond proposal to build a new high school situated along Indian Ripple Road. Many residents along Shaker Town will lose nearly half of their front yard with devastating consequences to their homestead. I think that the harm suffered by the residents of Shaker Town Road in converting the current residential road to a minor artery outweighs the benefit of another east-west artery to the city, and thus the proposed project should be abandoned. Thank you.

Thank you.

My name is Joe Villani. I live at 710 Carlsbrook, which is right off of Shakerstown. I'm here for an objecting for that Shakerstown project and thank you for the opportunity to share. I do understand the differing perspectives about projects like this and I'm sure there's common, there's a common alley in these perspectives what the city is looking for and the citizenry, but And I do get the idea that this project is trying to link the two ends that have been completed. And you have this 0.65 mile section that they want to complete. But I think with the, and it was mentioned at the last meeting, The traffic data doesn't seem to show that there's an issue at all on Shaker Town. Matter of fact, it looks like traffic is decreasing, doesn't seem like there's an issue with traffic accidents. As one who lives off of Shaker Town on Carlsbrook, and I turn left or right constantly off of that road, there's never any traffic backups. I rarely have to wait to turn left onto my road. I think the effect on the citizenry of that neighborhood should really be taken into consideration. They've talked about the value depreciation, the safety issues and the aesthetic issues of removing over 100 mature trees. I think maybe one thing to think about is in something like this, when does the want or the desire of the city to have something to be done supersede the impact on the lives of those affected? So I really appreciated the last meeting, the council's concern on that project that's going on at Indian Ripple. I can't remember the name of the other road. But they showed a lot of consideration for the buffer zone. I would ask that the city just show the same concern about the citizenry of this neighborhood and really sort of look at the negative impacts on the citizens of that neighborhood versus the real need for this project.

Thank you.

I live at 2982 Shaker Town Road and I just want to begin by thanking you members of City Council for the time and attention that you give to trying to make Beaver Creek a better place to live for all of us. I'm betting you don't hear that very often and I'm sure that these meetings are not the most fun thing you could be doing on a weeknight having now attended a few of them. Your job is not easy. I know you have to weigh the benefit to the community at large with the impact of projects on individual citizens. I know we've given you a lot of our feeling about the negative impact that we residents anticipate experiencing from it. There are some benefits. My husband and I like to walk. sidewalk or a side path Would be a nice thing to have but that certainly could be a separate project added later I would be willing to vote for the city income tax and encourage others to do so if it could fund a project like that Or hold a fundraiser That would give us the flexibility to put the path where we wanted spare some trees spare the historic barn spare some yards perhaps Um, the only other benefit I see to the three lanes turn lane is that some people will maybe shave a few minutes off their transit time if they don't have to wait for a car to turn. But realistically, that's probably less than a minute. And those are people that are only just passing through occasionally. Whereas residents were there all day every day for the rest of our days. Um, and In this case, I think the balance seems pretty clear. And so I'm hoping that you will wield the power you hold as a council benevolently and rethink the necessity of this project. Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Hi. My name is New Dang, 3170 Shaker Town Road. I respectfully oppose the street widening project because 10 foot path will significantly shorten my driveway. leave me a little room to back out i am we are senior couple and i am very concerned about my my me and my husband safety when we back out and also if if There are pathways, a bicycle can go by, and people can go by, and if I back out, I might not see that right in my back. And the bicycle just pass by right in my back, and I back out, and I may hit that. I might hit them, I afraid that too. So I would ask you to consider the 10 foot, because it bicycle too, go by and sometimes I cannot see it. So that's all, thank you.

Thank you.

I'm Lori Villani. I too live at 710 Carlsbrook, which is just off of Shaker Town, as my husband said. And I'm here again to ask that you cancel this project. My mother sitting back there lives at the corner of Merrick and Shaker Town, and I think her property is the most affected. because she is going to lose property on both sides of her yard. Right now there are stakes all over her front yard. And so, and we use this road every day. And all the information we've been getting, it's kind of humorous sometimes because it says this isn't about, this is about the Shaker Town improvement. But this is not the case, this is not an improvement as you have heard in the eyes of people who live there and use this road on a daily basis this is just part of a neighborhood this area there's no businesses there's no place to really go to i do understand the i thinking of a sidewalk because we do walk sometimes as well but this is almost like overkill um and with the proposed turn lane if that comes the people who are whizzing down shaker town um it's just going to be something else that will not help them to slow down right now it's almost if somebody has to slow down for a left turn then that helps to control you know sometimes you put Speed bumps in and things like that. Well, you don't have to now because since we have the we had gotten some of the numbers from the MVR PC and I guess in 2013 the count the vehicle count was 5800 then it went down to six down 600 and in 2018 and then when the grant was submitted I understand it was a little over 3,400 so the numbers are going down so the need is not there and so I really think the problem of the busyness on Shaker Town was solved when 35 was reconfigured because I know when I went to high school I used to drive down and get into Shaker Town get on 35 obviously that's not there anymore you've got at least three citizens in this stretch of land who account for over 150 years of living on their properties, paying their taxes, sending their kids to local schools, taking care of their property, people who put down roots here, the kind of people that a city needs to have to thrive and survive. They're not big homes, but they're their homes. And it seems like their reward for living here is like, oh, well, we're going to take half your yard and destroy your property, destroy your property values. You know, it was a township when I moved here with my parents. and now obviously is a town but it's just this road is less busy as the numbers show and I mean I would ask any of you just to drive down there sit sit at the end you know in somebody's driveway or something and you'll see where we live we can look down backyards and see koi and people coming off of koi drive and it's just they never have trouble turning I mean people just the the traffic volume is not there to me to have create the negative effects of safety and loss of property values that this project will cause. Thanks for your time.

Thank you very much.

Bill Keller, 3140 Shaker Town Road. I'm relinquishing my time to Heather.

Heather Harvey, 3180 Shaker Town Road. Good evening, mayor and city council. I'm here again on behalf of a large group of residents in opposition of the proposed road widening project on Shaker Town Road. I'd like to expand on the irony that my neighbor Harold so boldly pointed out during last council meeting. There was an outright objection to the proposed buffer setback for the new development. Quote, I will not support it, Councilman Bales. There was unanimous opposition from all of you about this small buffer. To be honest, I agree with that objection, but to be fair, that is more of a vanity concern for those properties. For our project, there are legitimate safety concerns, and you don't seem to care one bit about lessening our buffer. We need answers. How can you justify bringing the road closer to our homes when there is documented proof that cars are going 75 miles per hour plus? And there have been several vehicles that have gone off the road and ended up in our front yards. With the road widened, these vehicles will end up in our homes, potentially harming our families. The message you are sending is that you are more concerned with people having a private backyard versus creating death traps. That it is more important to have quiet backyard barbecues than it is to safely walk out to get your mail. That a bigger backyard is crucial, but having a safe front yard is irrelevant. This project ruins one of the only remaining beautifully tree-lined roads within our city. The entire look and feel of the area will change. For the record, it was mentioned in closing statements during the last meeting as a misconception, and I would like to provide clarity on that. There was absolutely zero misconception from us as residents. The blame falls 100% on your engineering department for conveying that message to all of us, that it was our responsibility to maintain and fund all repairs for the shared use path. As a matter of fact, that same message was given to the residents during the previous Shaker Town project. So you may want to reach out to all of those people and tell them about the miscommunication. Also, it was the engineering department that in fact suggested I bring this topic up for discussion here. So that's not our fault. A minor arterial roadway is defined as a type of road that serves to connect smaller cities and towns, providing a transportation link between areas not already served by principal arterials. Minor arterials are used for trips of moderate distance and slower speeds. Think of a busy four-lane road linking a suburban town center to a nearby freeway interchange. That is a textbook minor arterial. Is that really how you describe Shaker Town? Perhaps we need to involve the state and request a reclassification of our road. As mentioned previously, traffic volume has been cut in half over the past decade. A significant drop in traffic can improve travel times and reduce congestion, lower maintenance costs and improve safety, free up road space for other uses, like bike lanes, pedestrian areas, reflect broader changes in travel behavior or urban form. If traffic on a minor arterial has dropped significantly over the past decade, widening the road is not always necessary. And in many cases, it may be counterproductive. You have already solved the, quote, traffic problem by reconfiguring the road. Look at the numbers post-road alteration, meaning post the 35 change. The numbers continue to decrease over time. Keeping our road as is will guarantee the following. Space preservation. Extra lanes can be used for bike lanes, sidewalks, landscaping. Safety improvements. Narrower, more human scale streets can reduce speeding and improve pedestrian safety. Environmental benefits. Less pavement means more embodied carbon means lower embodied carbon and reduce stormwater runoff. If traffic has cut in half and the road is under capacity, widening is often unnecessary. Instead, consider reallocating space for non-motorized uses, improving transit, or using the savings for other infrastructure priorities. The $800,000 of city levy money you plan to use for this project would be more than enough to add regular sidewalks, if really that's what we're wanting here. Shaker Town has far too many conflict points due to increased number of driveways and side streets. This poses increased safety risks, increased driver decision complexity, potential for more severe crashes, visibility and sight distance issues, operational inefficiencies, noncompliance and speeding risks, pedestrian and cyclist exposure. This short section of roadway has seven side streets, four of which are within 0.2 mile stretch. So they're like back to back to back to back. It is my understanding that you are all under the impression that this project is, quote, past the point of no return. That stopping the project means forfeiting all current and future grant monies. That simply is not true. Would there be penalties? Of course. But I've contacted MVRPC and they reassured me that canceling this project would not be a permanent penalty. Perhaps the lesson here is that a more thorough community involvement and proper validation of facts should be required prior to applying for grants. Had that happened, I truly believe that without a doubt we would not be in this room today. We are asking that the city withdraw from the project immediately and incur financial repercussions. We deserve to see you fight for us the way you're fighting for others. We need to see every one of you committed to the statements listed in your bios. We need your actions to demonstrate what you say you're standing for. Because as they stand, it's in contrast. When you can support and stand all of you up there in opposition of a smaller buffer, but tell us that our front yards don't matter. That's not right. That's absolutely not right. Especially when, like I said, having a bigger backyard, what, you just get to have a better barbecue? I don't care that my front yard's getting smaller. I don't really do anything in my front yard, right? To be fair, I plant my flowers. I try to get my mail, but I risk my life and limb going out there. But when people are going that fast, what are we going to do? Honestly. Do you want to go out and get the mail? Come with me. Come get the mail at my house. Please. I'd like for you to do that. I mean, it's not funny, but it is funny. To me, it is. Anyways, that's all. You said that there was a paper back there and that you're discussing it at the next work group.

No, we will be talking about it. That's what I mean. So there's no public session.

But is there a way so similarly to the group that was here last time that all had a chance to speak, it seemed like you were available to kind of go back and forth with them. We have not been given that opportunity. So is there an opportunity for that to happen where we can have dialogue with you instead of just kind of standing up here and saying our piece?

What's back there now is addressing everything that was brought up two weeks ago. Okay. Every topic that was brought up has been addressed.

Okay.

And then if you want to, you can also sign up to get an email copy of that because it's like, I don't know, 100 pages or whatever. Yeah, it's several. Okay. It's a big packet. Thank you for taking the time to do that. Well, staff did that because we wanted to address the issues that you guys had, that you brought up. So we've addressed those. So everything that was brought up two weeks ago has been addressed in that.

Okay. Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Times are going off.

All right.

Bob Trout, 2187 Bassett Court. Thank you. I still have a lot of heartburn with the way that the city council and our city manager and the city staff are working on these type of projects. It's looking like you're just going after grant money and taking piecemeal short distances and things of that nature to make improvements to maximize the inconvenience to the residents of the city. That's on you folks. You need to look at it. And sometimes going after grant money is not the smart thing to do. That's what I'm saying. The other thing that I would like to bring up tonight is I've reviewed the income tax program that's going to be on the ballot this year, and I cannot support it. The reason being is because all the money from what I gathered is going to be going into the General fund I do not like that because the city residents lose control of it What I would definitely like is to for you folks to earmark certain buckets of money for things that the residents have expressed concern and desire to vote for things of that nature because right now if you don't do that says one of the biggest things that we have a problem with by putting it in the general fund is You can get administrative bloat. You guys can focus money into your pet projects and things of that nature. That's not what I'm going to support, all right? You need to put money into the important things that we've already said that we wanted to have and divvy it up. There's a hybrid approach where you can do percentage splits. That's something that may be worth exploring. But if you're going to put it all in the general fund, yes, it's easier for you, everything else like that. But it is not good for the city and the residents in there. Thank you very much.

Thank you.

My name is Delbert Corn. I live at 3200 Shaker Town Road. when to voice my disapproval of this widening of the road and the sidewalk. I'm not sure I didn't get here in time to read the pamphlet back there. I don't know. You're forcing me to sell my land, put a 10-foot sidewalk in front of my house, and then tell me that I'm responsible for that sidewalk if anything goes wrong with it. That's all I was questioning because it's going to devalue my house. I know the guy was there the other day to appraise it, but I didn't understand why he had to come in the house to appraise it. But he said it was necessary, so I just wanted to voice my disapproval.

Thank you very much. Anyone else? Seeing none, I will close the citizen comment portion and go with Councilman Litterell.

Thank you, Mayor. I don't really have much. I just wanted to remind everybody that there will be a conversation with council on the 11th. There will be a few of us there. Answer questions at the senior center. Thank everybody for coming out. And remind everybody to move over when you see law enforcement out or any type of emergency vehicle or construction barrels. Those people, if you've never stood at the side of a road when a vehicle goes by you at 75 miles an hour within three or four inches, it's an experience. It's probably the most dangerous thing that law enforcement does and also the construction crews that are out there trying to improve the roadways.

That's all I have. Thanks. Not only that, but the COPPs that are out there do the same thing. It is very dangerous. Councilwoman Bills.

Well, I was able to go to the Greene County Food Council meeting last Thursday at 4.30. It's a meeting that's open to the public, so anybody can go. But we are working on food access across the county for children and adults alike. And it's varied forms because not all food pantries are available to all people. So we're dealing kind of from top to bottom. I also had the privilege to serve at One Bistro in Xenia, which was a wonderful experience and I recommend that You either contribute to their effort by eating there for lunch sometime, because they make wonderful food, or coming in to serve a community meal. I thought it was a valuable experience and look forward to doing it again. I also was able to attend Beaver Creek Pride yesterday. It was a fun time had by all, although it was a very, very hot experience. But I appreciate Citizens for a Better Beaver Creek and all the effort they put into that. And that's it for me.

Thanks. Thank you very much. Councilman Curran.

Nothing to report, Your Honor.

Councilman Bales. Thank you, Mayor. I first want to say thank you to you and the rest of the city team for the wonderful Memorial Day ceremony. This year's ceremony to me was heads and shoulders above any that we've had in the near past because we got to hear from friends singing, the speakers were fantastic, and I thought it made a real impact on me and the people that I sat with, they really enjoyed it a lot, so thank you. The other thing I thought I might respond to is Mr. Trout's comments on income tax. And while everyone certainly can have their own opinions, and I welcome it, whether they're going to support or not support our city income tax initiative, totally get that. But one thing I just thought I'd make clear from my perspective, how I see it, is that we are reducing 50% of our property tax, city property tax, which means those services that go along with the 50% property tax reduction, if we want to keep them, police service, street service, parks, and so forth, they have to be funded somehow. And so while I understand your opposition to the general fund, Essentially, the collections from the income tax have to fund those 50% reduction in property tax. So in my mind, and as a policymaker, and as we oversee the budget, that's where those funds will be going. So I just wanted to say that from my perspective. And no, thank you. This is council time. I'll talk to you after. But that's just where I feel like The response is in order because it's not just a slush fund, so to speak. We enjoy the services that we have, and I don't want to see them reduced. And so that's my statement on that. Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you very much. Vice Mayor Upton.

Thank you, Mayor Adams. I had the privilege tonight of speaking about our staff and wishing them all a happy anniversary. We have several tonight. I will kick it off with the police department. Jake Kowalski, his first year in the police. Harrison Riley, one year. Alana Brown, two years. Olivia Zellar, three years. Travis Solars, three. Taylor Whiting, in the police department, four years. francesco tromboli 11 years scott molnar 26 years over in our public service department chris earls 21 years todd snyder 26 years nick cornett 26 years a very tenured organization in engineering beth daigles celebrating her first anniversary with us in parks steve croucher celebrating 14 years Human Resources, we have Kim Edwards with 39 years. I gotta believe that's gotta be close to the number, the longest tenured. In our very own in-house tonight, Debbie Haynes is celebrating five years as clerk of council. So thank you all for your dedication service to our city and our community. I know we certainly couldn't do it without these folks and everyone on the staff. I also want to take a moment to say thank you to the city staff about Safety Town. Safety Town kicked off today and my five-year-old came home screaming excited that she can now cross the street safely after today's lesson. So she was so thrilled about that. Looking forward to meeting with more police officers and fire department members throughout the week. So I'm eagerly waiting for her report each day this week. I also want to take a moment to recognize an event in our community for this weekend. Cardinal Hill Recreation Club, which is a neighborhood swimming pool in the Seville Farms estate, is celebrating 50 years as a pool in Beaver Creek. They're doing a big celebration Saturday night where they're opening to the public for the first time. They are asking for RSVPs. And then Sunday they're doing a little trip down memory lane with current and past members of the pool. But I encourage everyone that has thought about checking out the pool to do so this weekend. I know they're doing a scavenger hunt in several of our parks this week to kind of build excitement and awareness of the event. So congratulations to Cardinal Hill. That's all for me tonight.

thank you very much um i have to talk about safety town too my great-granddaughter attended this morning as well and she loved every minute of it it was she's looking forward to tomorrow and the next couple of days so i don't know that i'll be able to tell her what's happening when she can't go again so that it's been another couple of busy weeks uh and uh I attended the Ohio Mayor's Alliance meeting in Columbus and had the chance to meet with several state legislators. We discussed several topics, including property tax, home rule, and things like that, which is really important to our particular city. I was able to attend a farewell for the current base commander, Colonel Dustin Richards, as he transitions to AFMC, which is the Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patt. He's not leaving. He's staying for another year. I think he's looking for a slot to become a general officer, but we'll see. And then Command Chief Master Sergeant Tessa Fontaine, she's moving and leaving, headed the Air Force Academy to be the command chief there. I was able to speak with the Beaver Creek Republican Committee Lunch with Legislators meeting. That was an interesting conversation. I met with the Miami Valley Special Wish President and CEO. They grant special wish requests for our local community for people that are struggling with different debilitating diseases and terminal diagnoses. They try to, I don't know how many, you told me how many they do every year, but it's a large number of wishes, special wishes. Some of them are small, some of them are pretty large, depending on what they want. They try to grant every one that they get. was able to attend a changing command for AFRL, the Air Force Research Lab. Brigadier General Doug Wickert is the one that took over from Brigadier General Jason Bartolome. And General Wickert is actually a graduate of Beaver Creek High School. He and his wife both are graduates of Beaver Creek High School. I was able to attend the Deployed Families Dinner. It's a sponsor by Blue Star Families. It's an opportunity to support the families of the men and women who are deployed or downrange right now. They need a lot of help, whatever they can do, and Blue Star Families does a lot of work to really assist them. I got to serve as a judge at the Invite a Vet car show that was held this Saturday at Sinclair Campus in Centerville. Mary Montgomery, who runs that organization, did a really nice job, and there were some really good-looking cars out there. And then today I attended a ribbon cutting for Sweet Blessings. It's a new business here in Beaver Creek that does ultrasounds for pregnant women as early as eight weeks, which is, if you know anyone that needs something like that, I would suggest you look at them. They're up on Kemp Road, and the lady that runs that has been doing this for over 25 years, and it's a really good organization. And that's all I have, so it's up to you.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Just a couple short questions or comments, slides, announcements. Citizens Academy registration for the fourth annual Citizens Academy is still open. Eight weeks program, behind the scenes, in classes, sessions starting on Thursday, August 20th through October 8th. from 6 to 8 p.m., free to sign up for city Beaver Creek residents and business owners. Limited spots are available right now. We have 24 signed up, but several of those are, a couple of them are township residents. We give residents first access. Before we add in, we only have about 30 slots that we can fit because of space limitations. So sign up. There's still some time, but sign up for the Citizens Academy. Communication conversations with council. This is Thursday, June 11th. So that's this week at 1 p.m. at Lepino Plaza. That's the attached building to the senior center. So join city council to be able to, it's a small, there'll be two or three city council members. You can ask questions, share ideas. It's more intimate, one-on-one, kind of small group conversations. Everyone is welcome. Summer entertainment series this year will feature six free lively events packed with music, dancing, and community fun. So Sunday concert is with Band 5 June 21, 630 to 830 at Dominic Lupino Park. And then swing dance in the park with voodoo swing. That is very popular. Sunday, June 27th from 7 to 10 p.m. at Tobias Zimmerman Barn at Wardinger Park. That's good to see the barn getting used like that in that manner. It's a good space. For more information, you can be found on the city's website, beavercreekohio.gov slash summer concert entertainment. Fourth of July parade registration. These come in like a storm at the very end, but please, we need everybody that are registered that plans to participate, because if you're not registered, we can't line you up. You haven't registered, so please get it in. Your community groups, your ball teams, various organizations. Please sign up. The event information can be found on the city's website, beavercreekohio.gov, Fourth of July. Tree Advisory Board's fall tree sale. Beaver Creek's Tree Advisory Board is inviting residents to plant the future by purchasing native trees and shrubs through the annual fall tree sale. Proceeds from the sale support the Tree Advisory Board's ongoing urban forestry efforts. So place orders and find additional information on Beaver Creek, oh.myrec.com and click the store icon. Orders are due by September 5th, 2026 or while supplies last. And that's all I have tonight.

Thank you very much. Again, I'd like to thank everyone for being here tonight. And if you like, please take one of these or sign up to get an electronic version, whichever is easiest for you.

So, Councilman Kern?

Move to adjourn, Your Honor. I have a motion and a second to adjourn. All those in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye. We are adjourned.

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