City Council - Regular Meeting

Good evening and welcome to the first meeting of 2026. It's hard to believe it's doing that, isn't it? Have a roll call, please. Council member Kern here. Council member Der here. Council member Bills here. Council member literal here. Excuse me. I got the wrong thing here. Vice Mayor Upton here. Council member Bales here. Mayor Adams here. I'd like to turn it over now to council member Bales.

If you could join me for the pledge and then remain standing for a prayer. 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. As we begin a new year and welcome new council, we are thankful for the chance to serve this community. We ask for good judgment in our decisions, respect for one another's viewpoints, and a steady focus on doing what's right for the people we represent. There is a lot happening in the world beyond our borders, and much of it is outside of our control, but we are reminded that the work we do here matters. The most direct impact we can make is right here at the local level through the choices we make, the tone we set, and the way we care for the community and each other. May the year ahead bring cooperation, thoughtful discussion, and progress we can be proud of. Help us stay grounded in public service, and guided by the common good. Amen. Thank you. We have an agenda before us. Any corrections?

Move we approve the agenda for tonight, your honor. Second. We have a motion and a second to approve the agenda. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. And we have one set of minutes from the December 8th regular meeting. Any changes, corrections? Move to approve the amendments from December the 8th, 2025. Second. I have a motion and a second to approve the December 8th, 2025 regular meeting minutes. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Opposed. Abstensions. I. I. Thank you. We have a pres-scheduled speaker tonight, Miss Peppard. Oh, you want to introduce her, Colin? Okay.

Hello everyone. My name is Colin Carville. I'm the city planner here. So, I just want to do a little brief introduction um because I know we have a couple new council members. So, just to give a little background on uh this age friendly initiative that Beaver Creek did. So, um in 2024 with the direction um of city council, uh Beaver Creek pursued uh to get a an age friendly designation um which we obtained in 2024. Uh what came along with that was uh some grant funding that we were able to obtain. Um so both the city and Beaver Creek Township obtained $20,000 uh to pursue um a community needs assessment that we could utilize that money towards. So uh we did a uh study um kind of all of 2025 um recruited measurement resources co who Elizabeth Hathford is here this evening to speak on. Um and we used that funding to conduct that community needs assessment. Um so we were happy with uh kind of what we received from that. Um in front of you you should have the executive summary um from that. Um any other uh the additional you know full report um Mr. Landram and and u my boss Randy uh have the full report so that can be given to you guys upon request as well. Um but uh Elizabeth will be presenting on that executive summary. Um and uh that kind of gets us uh to the second second stage of the uh age friendly kind of plan that we've come up with. Um and that is a developing an action plan. Um so that action plan can be achieved um through a variety of ways through public input um establishing kind of a a community board um to kind of develop those initiatives that came from this report and uh see what's worth pursuing and uh you know preserving here in Beaver Creek. So uh that's kind of where we're at this evening. um any additional funds left over uh from the grant um will be reserved and uh used towards uh

the action plan and some of the goals that that come from that. So um happy to answer any questions after Elizabeth is uh done presenting and uh appreciate all the support that we've had on this. It's we're really happy with what we came up with. So here's Elizabeth.

Hello. Good evening everybody. Uh thank you for letting me be here today. Uh we have been really thoroughly enjoying working with your community. Um you guys got right in there, got rolled up your sleeves, got dirty, got the survey done and the responses were robust. They were fantastic. They were actionable. And so I'm excited to present a highle overview of those results today. I think the full report is many, many, many pages long. Um, but I hear you all love data and so I'm excited for that to be made available to you at some point. Uh, so like was already said, my name is Elizabeth Hafford. I'm from a company called Measurement Resources Company. We provide affordable high-quality data solutions to nonprofit and government organizations all throughout the United States and Canada. And we are a third-party evaluator and we've worked with uh several age friendly initiatives. And so, uh, we were excited to bring some of that expertise and our work to you guys. I'm a little heavier in my notes today than normal. We did this study in September and October of last year, so it's been a minute, but um, the results were pretty consistent. And so, I'll be excited to share that with you. Um like was mentioned we are doing an age friendly study which really focus on um a survey done through AARP and we adapted this survey to fit the research questions and the curiosities and the needs of Beaver Creek. And so the survey really focused on areas related to home and community transportation, recreation, health and safety. We wanted to prioritize uh solid community engagement and since this is an agefriendly initiative, we wanted to make sure we heard from your aging seniors as well as those who take care of them. And then of course we also want to hear from those further down the age

uh spectrum uh to hear what they have in mind and what they uh see as in terms of an age friendly community. You'll see in this figure here we have the age distribution of those people who responded to the survey that is in blue and we have that relative to the population in Beaver Creek. You'll see here that this chart shows we have achieved our sampling goal of oversampling the older population to get feedback on how to make the community more age friendly. Um, and we also heard from a variety of folks um, in different age brackets as well. I'll also say that the engagement was fantastic. We typically do community needs assessments um, two to three months long. Your community needed less than a month, less than 30 days to get an amazing response rate. Um, your uh, champions were really taking it to the ground. We're getting the survey out there and people responded. I also want to highlight in addition to hearing from the people we wanted to hear from the quality of responses are really high in our opinion. When we look at response rates, we don't just look at who responded, we look at how they responded. We did not detect carelessness in the responses. We did not have much dropout. There was an 89% completion. It took the average survey respondent 13 minutes to complete the survey which is quite long but you could tell that they were interested in providing feedback uh because they completed the survey and there was no evidence of peerlessness. We also did do um analysis to make sure no robots infiltrated the survey and there was no bot activity that we could detect. So you can be very confident in these results. So, we're going to start first by talking about the feedback that was received related to how to make Beaver

Creek uh a more age friendly environment when it comes to home and community. So, you see here, okay, I love and hate this uh chart here because you see how these um those responses are divided up by poor, fair, good, very good, and excellent. This is a very typical fivepoint scale that is used a lot in in health research. But in social research as well, we use this scale when good is the status quo. So for example, people often think of their health as good. If they don't have a chronic condition, they're not suffering from a particular disease. They typically rate their health as good. And so, um, this type of a scale is really an appropriate scale to use when good is status quo. And so, I just want to point out that even though there seems to be three points that are a positive result, um, good tends to be meets expectations. And so, you see here that 50% of those who responded to the survey say that Beaver Creek um is a great place to live. any does that strike anybody as odd? Probably not. Um, and then so 33% say Beaver Creek is good. It's a great place to live or it's a good place to live. It meets my expectations. And then only a small percentage of people rated it as poor. About 72% of respondents report that they expect to remain in Beaver Creek over the next 10 years. And that is very consistent too with the tenure of residency that you guys have in your community. Um, people come, people stay, people love it. So, our surveys, our survey respondents really demonstrate their their love for Beaver Creek and their commitment to staying in Beaver Creek. Somebody said in uh when I was talking with a group of individuals, Beaver Creek is beautiful. And I asked what makes it beautiful and they said

the people. You'll also see that um folks perceive Beaver Creek to be a convenient, at least geographically speaking. Those who want to be active can still go to places like Cincinnati and Columbus if they so wish um but they can have that great quality of life here in Beaver Creek. So, your community is definitely um loved and valued by those who responded to the survey. I wanted to share with you a little bit about um some of the results we see nationally as well. So nationally we see that 75% of adults or older adults wish to remain in their homes and 73% say they want to stay in their community but 44% feel that rising housing costs make it difficult to stay in place. That is also the case in Beaver Creek. As you can imagine, when we asked people um major uh among those who do intend to move out of the community or out of their home, um you can see here in the dark blue, these are the residents who are most likely to move out of their home but stay in Beaver Creek. In the green you see residents who are likely to move out of their home and move outside of Beaver Creek. And there's a lot of um information here in this chart, but the main takeaway is those who are thinking about moving outside of Beaver Creek are reporting that it's the cost of living as their reasoning. And this is also consistent Oops, I'm about to miss something. There we go. Um and this is also consistent with what we heard in focus groups and in open-ended questions when we asked about the environment. What are keeping what's keeping people here? what's keeping uh people from staying put. And it was um the high property taxes in open-ended surveys, people said that there's a rapid pace of new development. Um and while beautiful,

while important, um respondents noted that many of the large larger homes, their mansion style homes, they're uniform twostory houses rather than singlestory ranch style homes that we would be more accessible for a person trying to age here in Beaver Creek. I did it again.

Sorry. And so as we go on in the survey, we also asked uh the extent to which people feel connected to the community. These are all again survey questions that come from or are modeled after the age friendly survey done through the AAP. But when we ask participants or your respondents to rate the extent to which they feel included and connected to others in Beaver Creek, you see about 47% feel moderately or very connected while that leaves about more than half um feeling somewhat or not at all connected to the community of Beaver Creek. And this is pretty typical uh with national results as well where social connection um is a key factor. The isol the isolation epidemic and loneliness epidemic that's not unique to Beaver Creek. It's just it's a reality that we face. So, what did residents have to say about ways to make them feel more um connected and to really improve this aspect of living in Beaver Creek? To understand uh their feedback, first let's understand where they spend their time. So, outside of their home, 77% of respondents said they spend their time out uh at getting food or drinks and 46% spent time visiting shopping centers. And so when we asked about how to improve the community, u 40 cent or 40% felt very um or that it was very or extremely important that Beaver Creek improve the variety of food, drink, and shopping establishments, including things like bakeries, coffee shops, um more fast food options.

Oh, more non-fast food options. I missed that one. I was going to say fast food doesn't seem to be like a healthy option, but more nonfast food options. and restaurants offering international cuisine. Of course, these are the desires of folks uh completing the survey. Will they go and shop there and eat there if you build it? Um that is another question. But I wanted to just highlight that the variety of restaurants and shopping areas is something that your community members said would improve the uh livability of the community. And 42% feel it's extremely important that Beaver Creek improves access to affordable and free activities. We all know that budgets are tight, money is tight, and so um anything you can do to leverage your existing events and activities and make make sure you do what you can to make those free or uh relatively affordable. This is common. We're seeing this across the nation, across communities. So, it is not unique to Beaver Creek. when we are continuing to think about an age friendly community, when we're talking about home community and recreation, um the senior center, the beloved senior center was also brought up as a key element that is valued and loved in your community. Um we did see that I think only 20% of survey respondents actually used the community center. Having visited the community center, I thought it was pretty amazing. I would go work out at that gym if I worked out at a gym. But the center seemed great. But of course, uh, for, you know, for reasons, um, center hours may have been cut or different programming may have been cut, but the community members are saying, um, don't do that. Do not take away evening and Sunday hours after the senior center um, or away from the senior center. Doing that fosters a very negative feeling. The center is very welcoming and comforting and emotionally supportive. people who are members are some of the kindest, non-judgmental

people you can meet. Now, there are going to um now there are going to be no hours available to those still working regular full-time jobs. We have supported the area for decades and this is what if we get maybe you could get a grant. Maybe you could get a grant. But I this just goes to show that the senior center is a valued asset in your community. You can do a lot at a senior center. about um like I said 20% of the respondents um reported using the center and uh one of the ladies said when you join the senior center you make friends for life. I heard lots of banter back and forth with people who connected playing pickle ball and and other doing other events. I think there was yoga. Um but it seems like it's a great uh community asset to protect as you think about making your community more age friendly. I also wanted to highlight in addition to food and dining and your senior center, your parks, your bike paths, your green space are also highly valued in your community. This is also true nationally. People value their green space, their ability to get out in the community, connect, be out in the fresh air. Um and so 80 yeah 84% said that it was moderately to very important to have good bike paths and parks in the community. But we also um saw that there's opportunity to improve access points. Um so I want to quickly run through a couple more stats with you here. 65% felt it was extremely important for Beaver Creek to focus on improving the safety and the maintenance of parks in grass wetlands. Some simple things some folks uh added were things like adding recycling bins. Um making sure there's better lighting, keeping parks clean and adding restrooms. Restrooms was a topic that was brought up by several individuals feeling like they need more frequent access or easy access to restrooms no matter where

they're at on the bike path or in the park. In terms of physical connectedness, of course, your community is a very uh drivable community. Um, and a good portion of the people who responded to the survey do walk and ride their bike as well. When we asked how well are the current bike paths and sidewalks and and such connecting respondents to their desired designation or to their desired destinations, excuse me. We see that only 18% said very well. 27% said moderately well, 33% said somewhat well, and 24% said not at all well. And when we dove into uh what your community members were really talking about, they're not necessarily talking about a whole new bike path plan, a whole new park system, but making sure that the connection points, the um the what's it called? The easements up into the road or I mean into the the sidewalk, the Do you know what I'm talking about? Yes. I can't remember the word for that. Um, making sure the traffic lights work. Making sure there's enough time for folks to cross. Making sure the um the crosswalks are well lit and well um painted. making sure that um you you think about those restaurants, those parks, and those uh shopping centers where people frequent and prioritizing those access points um just to make sure that those access points where people are at in the community are safe and friendly for those older seniors who live in your community. We also asked um seniors how important it was um to focus on accessible transportation and the lag um focus on transportation for services with people with disabilities and you see that 52% feel it's extremely important. Of course, as your community ages, transportation for people with

disabilities and your senior citizens becomes more important. Although a very small percentage of the people who took the survey do ride the senior bus. The senior bus was definitely talked about uh with great passion amongst those who knew about it and who had friends who've used it. Um however um I do believe there is another community adjacent to you that has more. And so there's a competitive edge for you if you want to have more than the community adjacent to you. Um let's turn that game up. All right. And finally, not finally, but almost finally, I wanted to talk about health care. Healthc care, of course, is a huge priority for individuals in in every community. And when we asked about the importance um how important it is for Beaver Peak to have the following, you see that 80% of respondents said that it is very or extremely important to have access to health services. And 52% said that access to outreach services such as screenings and vaccination vaccinations are also very important. And some of the other preventative things and social um social connections are also important as well. Um but those were the two highest rated ones. access to health services and preventative services. And so this is where we wanted to bring up that the senior center um is an economical place for seniors to gather. Could be a great place for people to have access to prevention care as well as uh certain medical care as well. Staff are always welcoming and able to help out and um it's a trusted community gathering space for your aging population to receive services that are appropriate at that level. When we talk about your emergency response as a a child of a firefighter and an EMT, he was an EMT for a while and my mother was a ER nurse. Um, I just

want to say thank you for your service, EMS providers, and your fire protection services. But 85% uh rated of those who have had experience with the EMS service, 85% said that they were very satisfied with their experience. 86% like as well uh who had who had interactions with the fire protection service were also very satisfied with their experience. There was one lady who shared a story about the thoughtfulness of the emergency response system here in Beaver Creek and talked about how um there was an incident where somebody she knew had to be removed from her home had fallen in her home and the they made sure to bring a female um EMT with to help on that ride to make sure that that person was able to be helped with dignity by someone she'd be more comfortable with. So, I just want to say thank you uh emergency response for your great work. So, continue to prioritize the professionalism of your uh emergency response. Um I also want to mention that a little over half of the people who have experienced the police department um rated their professionalism with satisfaction as well as the dispatch call center and the quality of service provided through the police department. So, these are all things to continue to prioritize and invest in as your community continues to age because safety is an important factor. And oh, I also wanted to mention overall, so the past few slides we just talked about were for people who actually had experience with your emergency response. This slide shows us that 80% of those who responded to the survey do feel that your emergency response is important. It's important that um Beaver Creek continues to improve emergency response. In the survey, they didn't get to rate it as poor, fair, good, very good, or excellent. They just rated it as very

important to improve. And so, I wanted to just highlight that nationally emergency response is is a priority for age friendly communities. Um when we think about um home safety features and technology and what technology can do to help individuals age in place um those are some different ways that uh your um age friendly initiatives can think about improving by leveraging and harnessing all of the technology that's available. So we made I think four recommendations. I'm going to read through them really quick for you. Uh our full report has a lot more data like I mentioned. Um but I wanted to read through our recommendations based on the information I just shared with you. At the end of the day, it is up to your community to come up with an action plan that is meaningful and actionable to you. But you do have a lot of data to go on and you have some great feedback from your community about what you should do. So, our first recommendation is to advocate for new housing developments that include, not exclusively, but include singlestory homes for the aging community while developing um while continuing to develop and promote programs that may give residents affordable options to make homes more accessible. Our second recommendation is kind of a long one, but really what it comes down to is enhancing the variety and affordability of community events. And in addition to that, prioritizing um and expanding lowcost or free recreational options and making sure the senior center is prioritized in um in as much as you can prioritize extending those hours. Our third recommendation is to prioritize connection points where people already travel frequently such as sidewalk spikes path leadings leading to dining and shopping areas and green

spaces. ensure those routes have working crosswalk lights, good lighting, and safe crossings, and continue to support and advertise special transportation services for seniors and those with disabilities. A longer term project could include an assessment of uh gaps in sidewalks or trails uh to popular community gathering spots. Our fourth recommendation is to continue to prioritize accessibility of health and prevention services offered at the senior center. and to explore opportunities to generate funds to support lowcost prevention health care that ensures new uh new initiatives and policies don't jeopardize the accessibility of the senior center and the health prevention services that are provided there. We have one more recommendation which is to continue to and prioritize in to continue prioritizing and investing in emergency services including fire, EMS and police by maintaining high standards of professionalism, response time and quality service. Uh regard uh regularly assess staffing levels, equipment training and training to ensure these services remain responsive to community needs. So that is a highlevel overview of a very dense report and I would love to take any questions you may have.

Thanks for the uh the presentation. Sure. I look forward to diving into some of that extensive data you've got. Yeah. Uh you mentioned a couple times that uh adjacent communities have other services. In general, I'm curious, how does the survey results compare to other communities? And I'm specifically interested in that 71% of folks that said that they wouldn't they're looking to move outside of Beaver Creek because of the high cost of living. And that is right on. I think nationally it's 72%. Okay.

Feel that way? So, yep. uh your your results were very consistent with national averages. Um I don't recall that we benchmarked against specific adjacent counties. I can look back and see if we did that, but nationally your results are there's no surprises to me to me. I do as well, Mayor. Thank you. Appreciate the presentation and the hard work. Um, do you have any sampling on zip codes how it's broken down? Not sure if we asked zip codes.

I would have to check if we asked about zip codes. You bet. uh with regards to recommendation number two in terms of shopping dining options, Beaver Creek is one of the best municipalities in this area by by some distance in my opinion. I'm certainly biased, but it strikes me as in in terms of international food options, variety, location, we're very strong. So, I'm just curious as to is there a zip code cross tabs that we could utilize or something of that nature to try and I think dig deeper on this because it's surprising to me.

Um, I'm going to buy me a minute. Can you see if you ask more? Yep. Because it's 83% from the city, 15% from the township. So vast majority from the city, but we have Fairfield Commons Mall in the north, the green in the south, plenty of options in the middle. So I'm I'm a little I would just like more information, I think.

Right. Absolutely. So I'll look back at the survey and see if we asked about zip code. I know privacy was our number one, you know, uh concern in making sure we got a lot of fast, meaningful results. Um, regardless of the zip code breakdown, however, one of the things that you get to do as a governing body is you understand more broadly what's happening in your community, what realities are. And if it is a if it's a advertising opportunity um to advertise more of your international cuisine versus adding more international cuisine, that might be something you guys get to do. Um, so regardless of the zip code breakdown, um, I would recommend prioritizing showcasing all of the great assets, dining that you do have available and then making sure those access points are thought of from an aging population lens.

Thank you. Okay. Okay. Good. So in the report, it's not in the executive summary. Appreciate it. Second question, uh, page 17, I believe, beginning of appendix A, it says, uh, quantitative survey items were analyzed using descriptive statistics. I see those. Frequencies, I see those. And mean difference, regggressions. I do not see those. Yep. So, did I'm not sure if the report usually we put a regression or a means test in the footnote. We did not find a lot of statistically significant results to report on

because we oversampled in the aging population. We did not see a lot of um variation based on age, for example, which is what we were most interested in. There was obvious there are a couple areas where there was some differences and if I'm recalling correctly off the top of my head, one of them had to do with um parks, playground parks. Obviously, that was um significantly more um more of a concern for a younger survey taker than an older one. However, in qualitative data, your seniors uh your seniors were talking about needing to be able to, you know, play with their grandkids, but just at a higher statistical level, it was more prevalent among younger survey takers.

What dependent variables were used in the regressions? I would have to go back and look through through the report to know for sure. Yeah. Would it be possible to send zip codes and regressions to me, please? I think so. Yeah. Thank you. Absolutely. Thanks, man. Well, I would just say as someone who pushed for the age friendly community initiative, I appreciate the survey. Um the results did not surprise me.

Uh it is nice for us to hear the support that our senior center has. Um and as we move forward with challenging decisions, you know, um keep that in the front of my mind. So, thank you. And that speaks to then how in tune you may be with your community. If nothing surprised you in the survey results, that must mean you're very in tune with the community. So, I don't have anything to add. It was a nice report, long report. There's a lot of information in there. I was a little surprised about the desire to have more restaurants. I was That's right with Glenn.

Well, more more of things and free things, right? That's what I really Yeah. Yeah. That's a great job. Yeah, it cost less. That would be nice. We got it. It was a good report. Well done. I also appreciated um reading the full report today. Uh you got it today. Okay. And um about the restaurants, I kind of wasn't surprised because I thought people are looking for places I think to linger

and I think people feel like, you know, the coffee shops, the restaurants, they're looking for places where they can find connection. Um so that's kind of where I felt like that was driving from. That's just my my opinion. Um but no, I appreciated this. I agree with with Mr. that I wasn't very surprised either with the results. Um, and I do love to hear the praises of the senior center song. So, thank you so much. Council, you have I'm over there every day.

I I know it intimately and they do a great job. And you're right, there's more demand every day and the staff tries to respond to that. I think you do a great job, but obviously you present some challenges to us. That's for sure.

Yeah, I have to say I was not surprised with most of it. The restaurants did make me question it because there are a lot of different restaurants here from the fast food to sit down dining and all of that stuff. So, I mean, there's a lot of things here to to offer. The question I had though is on the 72% that want to move out of the area because it's too expensive. You're saying that's nationwide. So, it's 72% nationwide are looking to uh I know we're doing it here, 71% here in Beaver Creek, but you said 72% basically when you look nationwide. So, everybody's looking for a cheaper place to live. Absolutely. Yeah, that's kind of what I thought. Yep. But thank you for that.

Thank you for the report. It's uh it was very in-depth uh very well put together. And uh I know Andy's back here from the township to uh your honor. I have a question for the planning department. Sure. We have any housing projects coming down here on one level? Just curious. I think most of the um housing developments that we bring through have that component of component of of a single family that you can opt to choose that um as far as when you're picking out your home. Um, a lot opt for, you know, the the twotory, but um, most of our developments do have the option to have a single story. They do. Yes.

Okay. Thank you. Sorry, your honor. No, that's fine. Question answered. Anyone else? Thank you very much. Appreciate it. All right. Next up is PUD2-3. Uh this will continue to be tabled. Uh this is the seven brew they've asked to continue to be tabled. And then the appeal A26-1 the appelllet has asked to postpone that. So, uh, we have a motion

motion to postpone a until February February 9th 9th and uh, appeal A26-1. Second. Second. I have a motion and a second to uh, postpone this uh, before we vote. I think Councilman Bales said he wanted to say something.

I did. is that I understood we got a a request from the applicant. I just wanted to give my opinion uh because um this matter has properly advanced from the planning commission uh to city council for our final action. Right. And at the initial planning commission hearing, the burden of proof is on the applicant to demonstrate the preponderance by a preponderance of the evidence that uh the application standards have been met. But the applicant didn't even show up to the planning commission. Okay. And now as it's forwarded to council, then they're asking for a postponement so they can acquire some legal action or legal representation. It just doesn't sit right with me. I understand that if we want to postpone, we can postpone, but I wanted to share my thoughts with council because they didn't even take the necessary steps at the planning commission to even argue their case. and now that it's in front of us just doesn't quite sit right. So that's all I wanted to say. Thank you. Anyone else?

I had a quick was was there anything offered as to why was there an excuse made or spec specifically said so that they can get seek legal counsel? No, I mean why they didn't show up at their No, they were served. Randy, do you know please?

From the notes we were given, they had due process and they were given notification on both planning commission and city council. Yeah, we sent a certified uh we sent a notice of the hearing by certified mail that they received. I think I have a copy of that receipt in your packet. Uh I wasn't I never got a reason why they didn't show up. I was surprised. I was under the impression what I was that we because they filed what they filed, they we have to give them time for the legal counsel. Is that correct?

So the city is sitting as basically an appellet court in this case. Um, so you have to view like what would happen if this matter were in court and someone said, "I need legal counsel to present before you." What would a judge do in that circumstance? I understand that they had at least not given any reason why they didn't attend the initial hearing, but they've given a reason why they want the continuence now. And it's for legal counsel. I can tell you if this were before a judge most in fact I would say almost all I can't imagine a circumstance where a judge sitting in the pellet position had someone say I need legal counsel can you give me more time to find legal counsel where a judge would say no so I understand they might have almost no excuse for why they didn't show up at least they've not provided any to the first hearing they have provided a a request to be represented in this this case or at least time to find representation. Um and so most I think as sitting as my recommendation and take it for what it is. It's just a recommendation would be as sitting as a court you would give them that additional time.

That's what I thought. I do have one additional qu followup to that. Then that means we can hold them firm to the February date then. So that's the date they they've asked for. Once again I view this as a court. If they say, "I need February 9," and they come up with a real good excuse why their maybe their attorney can't make it,

their attorney has a conflict, something like that, perhaps you could revisit it. But if they don't have a good excuse at this point, you've granted it once. Just think of yourself as a judge where they say, "I need counsel." And they've done no efforts to find counsel in the remaining month, and they show up and they say, "I want another continuence because I've sat on my my hands and done nothing." I think at that point, you know, you have more discretion to deny a further request for postponement. But the initial request to get counsel, like I said, if this were a in a court case where someone says, "I need an attorney. I'm looking for an attorney. Can you give me a few extra weeks to do that?" I think most most courts would say yes. Okay. Any other comment? I do have a question for Chief. If um just my question pertains to the number of calls that we've heard in late 2025, early 26 since the information compiled has been in our packet. Um no, it'd be consistent with the the decrease that that I presented in the packet.

Okay. Same thing. We haven't had an increase or any criminal activity. And actually, we're not in the hearing process right now. So th those kind of questions really shouldn't. This is a postponement that they're requesting. So if we go beyond that, then we're opening it up for more. Yeah, I would suggest not talking about the merits of the appeal at all at this point. Right now, it's just debating on whether the postponement should be granted or denied. At this point, I have a motion and a second on the floor. All those in favor of postponing signify by saying I. I. I. Opposed.

I pud 541. Just wait. You have to read it. You have it. Case number PED 541 mod 11-25. Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held in Beaver Creek at 1368 Research Park Drive, Beaver Creek. The application filed by Vanessa Stickle, 3595 Alrech Avenue, Akran, Ohio. The applicant requests a major modification to allow for the construction of a 4,192 square foot restaurant on 0.9 acres. The property is located at 4380 Indian Ripple Road, further described as book three, page 7, parcel 174 on the Green County Property Tax Atlas.

And the applicant is here, so if you'd state your name and address, please. Yes. Good evening. Uh Emily Wheeler, uh 329 Parkwood Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, uh 43203. I'm with Fasibility Insights, uh representing the applicant. Unfortunately, Vanessa is ill, could not be here this evening. Um, but with me tonight I have uh Colin Waznuski with McDonald's. Hi Colin Wnooki, 3494 Telmore Road.

Um, you want to jump to the first slide there? Um, so the item before you tonight is the final entitlement step uh for the construction of a new McDonald's restaurant located at 4380 Indian Ripple Road. Uh the project has been reviewed by uh planning commission back in December and the commission did recommend approval. Uh we appreciate the planning uh commission's input and city staff's work on the staff report and recommended conditions. Oh, perfect. Thank you.

Got it. Okay, perfect. Uh so the project includes a demolition of the existing Burger King with a new McDonald's uh restaurant in its place that is uh designed to meet a modern facility that uh meets current code requirements and improves overall site function. Uh primary access to the site uh will be via private drive off of Indian Ripple Road and will remain unchanged from the uh former BK. Uh this will be a 4,287 square foot singlestory restaurant um with dual lane drivethru and requisite bypass lane. Uh this slide previews the proposed site layout as well as uh four all four elevations so you can kind of see what will be uh what you'll see as you're driving by on Indian Ripple Road. Uh McDonald's is committed to being a long-term community partner and will comply with uh all conditions of approval uh as well as applicable city standards. Uh with city council approval, we can move forward into permitting and final construction uh documentation. Uh on behalf of McDonald's, we respect respectfully request that the city council adopt the resolution and approve the project as recommended. Thank you for your time. uh happy to answer any questions and I'll let calling out anything if you'd like but otherwise um

thank you very much. We'll have our staff presentation. It'll be public input and there may be some questions at that point.

Staff, hello everyone. Uh Colin Carville, city planner. Um so I will be talking about this McDonald's proposal a little bit more in depth here. Um, so once again, um, they are proposing a new McDonald's location at the former Burger King, uh, location at 4380 Indian Ripple Road. Um, it is approximately the same, uh, square footage as what was pre-existing there. Um, rough, you know, give or take 100 square feet. So, very, very similar to what was uh, pre-existing there, but hopefully a nice facelift to the area. Um just to get our bearings um that kind of that northern star kind of center part of the screen that's where we're at this evening. Um that southwestern star um by kind of the that green uh is where this proposed location will be going. So uh McDonald's location kind of in the southwestern part of our city. And here's just a aerial of of what uh the site is currently how it currently exists. So, like I said, the uh existing Burger King's 4,245 square feet. So, like I said, very very um close to what what is being proposed here this evening. Um has an existing parking area. Uh as far as the surrounding zoning is concerned. Um to the east um there's the BP gas station, which is also a CPU. Um to the uh south is obviously the uh the green our big green mixed mixeduse development. Um to the west, directly adjacent to the west is the Waffle House. Um and and to the north um is the OnPar um and additional retail. Um both to the west and north is is within the same PUB um that's being modified here this evening. Uh and just of note, um restaurants are obviously permitted um within the CPU. So uh no no concerns from the zoning perspective of the uh use here that's being proposed.

Here's a first look at the site plan. Um, very close to uh the the previous uh previous Burger King um layout. Um, Burger King did have uh kind of an odd um drive-thru layout. Um, they had uh some drive-thru access to the south, very south part of the lot. Um, this is a more contemporary, modern style of the drive-through approach with with kind of those dual lanes working um to to kind of feed uh feed feed patrons through. Um, and obviously with uh McDonald's has the the layout with those, you know, various different parking spots design designated for either overflow or uh people that are submitting mobile orders um of of the like. Um we're really happy with with what's being proposed. Um we had them add some additional architectural features um as far as some parapit walls that extend over that normal roof line. Um it's approximately 90 ft long by 40 ft wide. Um it's roughly 22.75 ft to the top of those parapit walls. Um which uh it falls well within um the guidelines for this PUB. Um and then uh as outlined um on my staff report and uh and the presentation um materials that we're looking for with some of our modern modern buildings and new developments here. So I'm very happy with the materials proposed and uh very consistent with the Beaver Creek nature and what we're looking for in all of our future developments. I love their slide so I stole it myself. I won't really um uh expand too much on it. Um but uh this is just probably your best look at um those elevations from each different side uh of the building um reflected on on kind of that site plan before you uh just a breakdown of how we conduct

parking. So we uh you know we we we make sure that uh the parking proposed fits fits the need. we're not we're trying to, you know, limit vast over production or overuse of parking spaces. Um, so we we really try and and look at the needs of of the development and and and pick uh pick a number and arrive at a number that's that's best for it. Um, so how we looked at this site, um, we looked at the proposed customer area. Um, there's 1,300 or 1,36 square feet of customer area. So then using our zoning code um we use one square uh one space per 100 square feet um plus one space for each employee on the largest shift. Um that kind of gets us um to to that base number that we're looking for um which was that 21 spaces on the screen there. Uh they are providing 31 spaces. Um as I mentioned earlier, McDonald's is very creative with the overflow parking um mobile orders. That's all um included in the 31 spaces. So that's not separate. Um that's all included in the 31 spaces whether it's for mobile ordering um overflow parking things like that. So um it it's 10 10 spaces over the uh what what was the base requirement um with additional with three ADA spaces also included. Um staff is happy with that and thinks that'll be uh sufficient for the site in in hold. And then uh just uh here's a first look at the landscape plan. Um I think it'll it'll add um a nice facelift um to that development with some new landscaping um and uh a final landscape plan will be approved by uh by the director Randy Berquette um prior to issuing a zoning permit. So, um, plenty of landscaping around kind of the dumpster enclosure to the southeast, um, as well as, you know, the, uh, that southern border, which is,

uh, you know, kind of the entryway to the, uh, to that PUB. So, um, we're really happy with, uh, you know, the the visual facelift that this will provide, um, for that site. And finally, uh, signage. Um, not a lot is being proposed. Um, they are proposing one monument sign. Um it's roughly 35 square feet. Um it's 5 feet x 5 feet um with a one foot base um with a total height of 6.5 ft. Um that is very similar to that recent raising canes um development um and their signage that was uh that was approved there. Um so we were comfortable uh with kind of the 2 in um taller than than what's uh than the raising cane sign. Um we were comfortable with that monument sign which will be on that southeast corner. Um there's a big free uh freestanding sign um for the entire mall on that southwestern corner. So that's kind of why they're proposing for the southeastern southeastern corner. Um and the wall signage is uh is very very similar to most McDonald's locations and uh what they're what they're asking for is is pretty minimal um in comparison to other developments that we've worked with. So um perfectly fine with with what's being proposed for the signage. So with that um staff is recommending uh approval. Um planning commission also recommended approval um with the 20 conditions attached in the resolution um and the the motion as well. Um so staff is recommending approval. I'm happy to answer any questions following the public meeting. Thank you.

Thank you very much. This is a public hearing. So if there's anyone that would like to speak to this, please come forward. State your name and address. You'll have three minutes. Everybody's jumping up to talk. Of course, most of our from McDonald's, so all right. With that, I'll close the public portion of the meeting that this particular hearing. Uh, council, start with you, Councilman.

Thanks for your presentation. Um, glad to have you in the community and the building looks attractive, so appreciate that. Uh, yeah, I I second that. I I I mean, it'd be great to see something go in there. It's been sitting the way it is for some time, so I know it'll be a great enhancement. The buildings always look good, especially the new ones. So, I guess McDonald's gonna make Burger King's lunch. Well, you do check to that one. Councilman Dard.

Appreciate it. Mayor, um, one comment, two sets of questions. The first is, uh, congratulations to McDonald's. Two other, um, very good locations in Beaver Creek. Um, do exceptional and quick business. So, um, excited to see a third if this goes through. Uh, two sets of questions. The first is one that I ask regularly, Mr. Carville, just um whether we've seen any input heard any input from BP or Romeo's Pizza or any other companies nearby.

That's a good question. Um you know, we didn't hear any uh feedback um during the planning commission stage um and and haven't heard any uh in the leadup to this council meeting.

Perfect. Thank you. Second question pertains to the drive-thru. Um first um to the applicant. Um drive-throughs in Beaver Creek can be very very very popular. So just to keep in mind, uh I know you do a great job. I've been through the drive-throughs at the other two locations, but just something to bear in mind. They can back up. It doesn't look like the auxiliary streets are going to cause massive problems, but it is just something to keep in mind. Again, sometimes uh restaurants in Beaver Creek can be extremely popular and it can back up. So, uh what is the average time uh to get through a drive-thru?

Average time to get through a drive-through is 120 seconds. I know you do a terrific job and it's very quick, but just to to stay on it in the event that it does back up because it can happen in Beaver Creek.

Um, second question pertains to the differences in the um layout. So, if you could back up to the old Burger King layout, please. Um, yeah. So there's an ability there's an ability to exit uh um should someone change their mind and say hey I'm want raising canes now heaven forbid I like raising canes but just you know in that I like McDonald's too so got to cover my bases um but that has changed it looks like there is an auxiliary lane to go around is that correct am I seeing that

that is correct Correct. So, after the order points, um, Yep. There you go. After the order points, you can see there is that auxiliary lane. Um, that's also a function of our drive-thru. Um, if you notice, we have three windows for, uh, pay, pickup, and then pull forward. Then, additionally, we also have stalls that customers in the drive-thru to keep it moving, can pull into. So, if somebody's at that third window, they're not locked in so that that person behind them can go around and get into. That's what I wanted to know. Sure. Thank you, mayor. Thank you. Thank you, Councilman Kern. Just very, very glad to see this new uh McDonald's. I think you've done a great job. Looking forward to it. Thank you, your mayor. Councilman Bales,

I appreciate your investment in Beaver Creek. Uh I've always been uh surprised that there hadn't been a McDonald's down that way. Uh so, um it's going to be a nice change for that area. Um, as far as the site plan is concerned, I don't have any concerns. Um, your buildings are generally pretty standard and consistent just like the food. So, um, I'm sure it will be fantastic. So, thank you, Vice Mayor Upton. Thank you, Mayor Adams. A couple questions, I think more for staff. Um, you'd mentioned that the sign that they're looking to put up is on the southeast corner. Yes, sir. Correct. It's It's down this way though there, right?

Yes. Um with the sight lines on that road because the road's not straight, right? Right. Ears to the right a little bit. Are we concerned about that in any way? Uh so with signs, you know, that are are near our rightway and and have those sighteline issues. I always uh get a get a recommendation from our engineering department just to to kind of conduct that that view just to make sure before I sign off on anything. So, our engineering department will look at those sight lines and and ensure that there's no visual conflicts there. Okay. Yeah, if we could because I can I can just see going up that route um that could be a challenge sometimes. Certainly. And pulling out of that BP and and things like that. So,

Exactly. Exactly. Uh, the other question I had, uh, it kind of goes along with Council Dard's questions. Uh, with the the drive-thru being not reworked, um, modified, I guess, from the existing site, I'm a little concerned about emergency access points,

right? We've only got one in and out today. Um, are we looking at options there or are we moving forward with just the one? Yeah. So, uh, part of our plan review process, we have, uh, Randy Grojan, um, from Beaver Creek Township, um, in our in our meetings and he provides a comments sheet. So, he evaluates all the site plans that come before us and, um, any any concerns that he does have, um, he he brings those up during those meetings. So, um, yeah, we have do a thorough review of that. Okay. I if he's comfortable with I mean, they're the ones with the big trucks, right? Absolutely. I'm pretty sure that our our cruisers can get in there, but uh, All right. Very good. Thank you. Of course, Mayor. I may I add one more question? Sure.

Yeah. Want to go back to the drive-thru. Uh and if the applicant can walk me through a scenario because uh the location in the north of Beaver Creek, uh let's say I go through the drive-thru, I order I have three kids, so there are five of us in the family. Typically a big order, happy meals, etc. Uh I'm asked to either pull forward near the door and again service is very quick. I I buy the 120 seconds. I've seen it. Sometimes I'm asked to pull off to the right. There are specific parking spots available. Let's say that happens to me at your location. Where do I go? In which parking spaces do I move? And then how do I exit the premises?

Sure. So up there towards the front uh next to the handicap stalls. Those are our pool forward spaces. Um so trying to remember the which location are you referring to? Um the one by So the one by Best Buy, Walmart, North Fairfield and New Germany Trabine. Okay.

Yeah. Okay.

I'm sorry. Highly unlikely with the dual lane. You would have to back all the way up to the entrance to cause an issue where we're parking cars. So, it would be in those, like he said, right to the the top side of the the handicap spot, but it would take it would take a tremendous a lot for us to get backed up to the point where I'm in the entrance there. So, so in the event that I'm asked to move to a parking space here

and then I get my food, I then need to reverse an exit or reverse. And it'll be it'll be marked to go where you exit out the back exit back there. So where on the back side of that it would go back around the building and go out kind of where the the pizza place is and the back side of BP where that entrance is in the back back there. Makes sense. Yeah.

So in terms of safety of uh your staff members, your team members um because I can imagine cars whipping around quickly here. And then we're also asking people to back up to get their food to back up into this area. What safety mechanisms do you have? Uh are the walkways that are highlighted? How do you keep your team members safe? The customers safe as they back up literally into

Yeah. So, generally we'll have probably a from the where the door is where they would run the order out, which would be on the drive-through side. There will be a walkway stencled across in the lot. All of our crew wear high reflective safety vests. Um, it's a requirement for them to go outside of the restaurant any point in time there. Um, and then there'll be branding on there for caution for them crossing as well as the cars coming out of the drive-thru that there's pedestrian traffic goes across there as well.

Thank you. I think I'm satisfied, but I I do have some concerns there. Just keep thinking it through. Uh because to to keep customers safe, to keep your team members safe. Um but I like the idea. I like I like the plan. A lot of great work. Thank you. Yeah, I think it's uh it's better than the North Fairfield one the way because you have to go all the way around and people pulling away from the pickup window have to worry about somebody coming in that wants to go to that. Uh, but I know my wife is really excited, but we're gonna because I live right down the street from that. So, she's excited that's going in and I worked for McDonald's about 50 years ago and things have really changed. One more comment.

Sure. Council member Derer, there are there are 10 more parking spaces than required in this location. So, uh, can what happened there? Can you go back to that site plan? I I I'm I'm thinking about your statement

and I'm wondering if one of the parking spaces were eliminated in that section and everything shifted down one parking space, you know, 8 10 feet, right? And that way, as cars pull in, there's a longer gap uh before they encounter cars backing out. Um I don't know if you have any comment on that. Uh

yeah, I see I see what you're saying there. Um, we'd have to look at ADA requirements because based on the grading there, um, we need to ensure that we have a pretty flat surface for for ADA customers. Um, but a good thought um, if that is a concern of of council um, that we can look at for sure. Thank you for your answer. Yeah, of course. Anyone else?

Do I have a motion? I move for the purpose of taking administrative action approval of a major modification to PUD 541 McDonald's on the basis that city council finds the facts submitted with the application and accompanying materials satisfy the standards and criteria set forth in section 158.070 modifications to approve specific site plans of the Beaver Creek zoning code. I further move that this motion with all conditions be fully recorded in the minutes of this council meeting. Second. I have a motion and a second to do what Councilman Bale said.

Uh all those in favor signify by saying I. I opposed you have it built next week. Okay. Thank you very much. ordinances, resolutions, and PUDS resolution 2601.

And just uh an FYI, the uh packet went out with resolution 25-01 on it instead of 26-01. It's an administrative fix and we have already taken care of that. Resolution 26-01, a resolution authorizing the city manager or his designate, the finance director, to request advanced draws upon the amounts collected by the Green County auditor for the city of Beaver Creek 2025 real estate and personal property taxes collected during calendar year 2026.

First, I apologize for the error. Um uh this is an annual resolution where we um obviously the county treasurer collects tax dollars throughout the year. This just gives us the authority to request advance on those tax collections. Generally those tax collections occur in the three weeks leading up to, you know, from when tax bills go out and they're due. um just gives us an opportunity to get our money a little earlier so that we can invest it and we earn money on it instead of the county. So you're allowed one error a year. Oh man, got yours out of the way real early. Wow.

Pete, I'll be taking the rest of the year off. Motion to approve 26-01 in your honor. Second. Have a motion to approve resolution 26-01. All those in favor signify by saying I. Opposed. Resolution 26-02. Resolution 26-02. A resolution authorizing submission of an application for the Green County Council on Aging, Transportation, and Senior Center Services grant funding.

Good evening, Mayor, Vice Mayor, members of council. I'm here tonight seeking a resolution to apply for our annual Green County Council on Aging Grant. Uh this grant is made available for the residents of Beaver Creek and Beaver Creek Township to support the Beaver Creek Senior Center. Uh seniors in uh Beaver Creek and Beaver Creek Township account for approximately 33% of the residents in Green County. Uh the Green County Council on Aging has two property tax levies on the ballot that all residents in Green County pay. uh this year they are providing us uh application amount or award amount of $311,33. Of that about $169,000 is for senior center services. The remaining 141,000 goes towards senior center transportation. Uh this is a 3% increase over the funding from last year. Um this accounts for approximately 48% of the revenue needed to sustain the operations of our Beaver Creek Senior Center. Um, also one other thing I'd like to highlight is that, um, in conversations I've had recently with Green County Council on Aging. You know, they have their two property tax levies. Uh, the 1 mil levy was last approved in 2009. The point4 mill was approved in 2014. So, funding is of a concern to them as well. Um, they're able to still provide the 3% increase this year, but it's something that their board is looking at into future years. U trying to be sensitive of property tax increases and whatnot. But one thing to remember, these are property taxes. So, if the movement to abolish property taxes does go away, we would also lose funding from um the Council on Aging as well. This does provide funding for half of the operations of the senior center. So, just one one note there. Um the Green County Council on Aging has been fantastic to work with. So, I recommend that we pass this resolution.

Now, will that transportation part, will that go towards any of the buses that we're talking about or just supplying what the transportation needs are? So this grant does not go towards the busing. This would go towards the operations of the transportation. There will be a separate grant application later this year for the for the bus. How much have we raised so much for the buses? Uh in donations since July, a little over $100,000. Wow. Great. We had two uh very large donations that that have recently come in. Great. So yeah, fantastic. That's great. Motion to approve resolution 26-2. Second. I

have a motion and a second to approve resolution 26-02. All those in favor signify by saying I. Opposed. Resolution 26-04. Resolution 26-04. a resolution authorizing the city manager to enter into an LPA federal project agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation for the project known as GRE-MR679-0.00 Steedman Lane Sidewalks Project P number 123911.

Good evening, mayor, vice mayor, member of city council. Um this evening I have six projects that I'll be presenting the same thing for four uh LPA agreements. Um so the slides before you that will be coming up are for the total all the projects and we'll go through each of these um kind of an overall and then we'll go through each of them uh separately. So the first one I'll just go through the overall here. Previously these six projects have been applied for uh grants under um mitigation and air quality at CMAC surface transportation program transportation alternatives and carbon reduction through Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission. Uh these have been throughout the past couple years as we'll see later on um between 2022 and 2024. Uh also some of these have to be approved by the CMAC statewide committee. Uh that's an addition that goes before a statewide committee for CMAC projects uh for the state to approve after it goes and gets passed by NBRPC. The next steps for these projects uh are to have ODOT local programs administration which is what LPA stands for local project agreement approval and signature for these. This allows us to uh get agreement together for um utilizing the federal funds for these projects. Uh and with that, it requires a city council approval authorizing the city manager to sign the LPA local project agreements and go through which ones they are here. So, there's six total. Like I said before, this is a map of where they are. Uh they are scattered throughout the city. Um, so I'll just go through them real quick and then we'll go through them in more detail. Number one is the Steman Lane. That's the first one that we're doing right now. Uh,

that's uh over there. Yeah. Thank you, Mr. Landram. Uh, number two is below that. That is the uh Graange Hall Road sidewalk pedestrian improvements between excuse me between um State Route 835 and Lefino Park and goes through Springhouse Park. Number three is Pentagon Boulevard. Uh that's a reservicing project. Number four is Shaker Town um widening. Yep. In the orange right there.

Number five, hard to see. It's in yellow up there in the corner. Uh that's a Lance Road sidewalks and number six is Kemp Road widening um from 675 to Granch Hall Road. So the first one before you this evening, as I mentioned, is the Steen Road sidewalks. This project um is seeking federal funding for construction. It's all local funds for design and rightaway acquisition. Uh the lo the federal portion is 7 it's a 7030 split se federal uh 70% 30% local total federal um request that we received uh the grant for was $250,250. Um total project cost for construction is 300 and estimated is $357,500. Uh with that um so with that that's this project and this is what we have before you to approve for to move forward with the um ODOT LPA um agreement. So I'll be happy to take questions with that one.

Mr. Mayor, there's no comment. I'll move for um approval of resolution 26- or excuse me, 26-04. Second. Have a motion and a second to approve resolution 26-04. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Opposed. 26-05. Right. 26-05, a resolution authorizing the city manager to enter into an LPA federal project agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation for the project known as GRE-CR25-1.19, Graange Hall Pedestrian Improvements Project, PID number 121218.

Okay, this is the uh second project for this evening. I'll go back to the map here for a second. This is number two uh which is that uh sidewalk and path through the park along Graange Hall Road for the pedestrian improvements there with this one. This uh path uh is an 8 foot wide sidewalk along Graange Hall Road between Kensington Glenn and Shakertown Road. A 12-oot multi-use path through the park that winds through the park basically along that east side of the park. Um then north of the park at um Patterson Road going to 835 it goes back to an 8 foot sidewalk along the west side of the roadway. And with that there'll also be some work on the bridge over Little Beaver Creek just north of Patterson Road to widen that bridge out for the sidewalk. Uh funding for this is once again it's 100% for design and rightway for local. Uh and then construction is an 8020 uh federal and local match. Uh the federal portion for this is 1 million 320 32,400 with a local match of 30 $25,600 for a total of 1,628,000. So with that, I will answer any questions for this one. discussion.

Motion to approve. I I do have a question, mayor. You got some questions. Okay. Um I'm in favor. I like I like this is wonderful work. Um on pages 141 and 142 of the packet. Uh unlike the map here, it's designated into two different maps. And at Rockfield Road, if I'm seeing this right, it looks like there's duplication of the pathway. I mean it's just a small amount as it as it goes towards Rockfield but it looks like a duplication to me as that my eyesight is that

so Mr. with this. These are the U maps that I used for the grant application. This was actually two grants that were combined into we got two that we were successful getting at the same time. We combined them into one project. So if they had stayed separate, yes, we would have had two separate connections at Rockfield. If we were unsuccessful with getting one of them. So um with that basically that Rockfield connection is combined into one uh to continue that project down to the south. So, it's the widest road in that flat, too. Yes, it is. So, it is. Appreciate it. Thank you.

Yeah. Uh, thanks. Uh, kind of follow up on that question as well. Uh, going past Shaker Town Road there, you'd mentioned earlier uh, a connection to Lefino Park. So, are we anticipating some crossover of, uh, of Green Shaw? Yes, Mr. up and there will be um at Lefino Park, we will be um restriping the crosswalk that's there on the north entrance. Um and with that too, we'll also be installing a rapid flashing beacon so that way there's a push button for when they're going to cross the street to give it more visibility as well. So, all right. Very good. Is that the north entrance or the south entrance?

North entrance. So where that's across from N I think it's Nettleton Glenn. Nettleton Nettleton Glenn. Yeah. At that it goes all that way. Goes all that way. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. This is a this is the first sidewalk that will connect that neighborhood uh with the school as well. So it's very exciting. That's one of those gaps. Uh the school district owns most of that wooded area from Shaker Town south on the west side. of the road and so they're very cooperative in and assisting with that right away. Uh that it's exciting because that's a gap of connectability that's been missing. Yes.

If my memory serves me correct at the south entrance there's a stripe lane as well that goes into Margate and some of the smaller culdeacs. There is yeah there is a there's a sidewalk along the south I'm sorry excuse me the west side of the roadway in between Margate and Clint. Okay. So, it could be I guess it's both then. North and South. It's okay. Yeah. Thank you. Anything else? Thank you. Okay. Ch. Motion to approve 2605, your honor. Second. I have a motion to approve uh resolution 26-05. All those in favor signify by saying I.

I. I. Opposed. I got lost where I was on the sheet. Resolution 26-06. Resolution 26-06, a resolution authorizing the city manager to enter into an LPA federal project agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation for the project known as GRE-CR51-0.00 Pentagon Boulevard Resurfacing Project P number 11969. answer this. Go ahead.

All right. Uh once again, mayor and council, uh this one is number three, which is up at the top of the uh map before you. Um it's resurfacing. Uh it's a mill and fill. So basically milling out and resurfacing uh the roadway from Graange Hall Road to uh North Fairfield Road on Pentagon Boulevard. With that, too, there's a couple of catch basins that need repairs. So, we're going to be doing that. There's a couple little sections of of uh curb that need some repairs as well. Um there's also curb ramps that we are going to verify. Um I think we have verified that need to be replaced because they're non-compliant. Um so those have to be upgraded whenever we do a project uh with federal funds. So um with that then the go back to the funding for this one. The funding for this one uh was 100% design uh for local. Um for that there was no rightaway needed for this project. Uh construction funds for this one, it's a 6040 federal local match. Uh total federal funds is $829,440. Local uh funds for construction is $552,9660 for a total of 1,382,400. So with that, I'll answer any questions.

I'll jump in on one thing. This uh grants here within the last just two years or three years maybe that allowed resurfacing uh type of grants, right? it never existed before or at least a very long time ago uh that resurfacing was part of a grant. Usually maintenance, wear and tear of roads just weren't covered with grants. So we take advantage of this because if normally uh we wouldn't be able to get this, this would be part of our regular resurfacing have to come out of those funds. So this is good to take advantage of. Nick, do you anticipate this uh resurfacing in the fall?

Uh Mr. Bills, I it we have this at we're waiting for ODOT to give us approval to bid. So I would anticipate Yeah. summer fall type time frame. Yeah. And I apologize. I might have missed something, but uh is that going to be milled down and then surfaced over the top? Yes, that's correct. Yeah, it's a it's a middle of an inch and a half and and then fill back on top of an inch and a half. Anyone else? Move to approve resolution 26-06. Second. Have a motion and a second to approve resolution 26-06. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Opposed. Resolution 26-07.

Resolution 26-07. a resolution authorizing the city manager to enter into an LPA federal project agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation for the project known as GRE-CR71-2.66, Shakertown Road Widening Project, P number 11964.

All right. Good evening again, Mr. Mayor and Council. So, this is number four, that orange uh one that's being highlighted by Mr. Landram right now. This one is a widening project from of Shakertown Road. Uh it's currently two lanes wide in this section. It's just past the area that was upgraded a couple years ago to three lanes wide with sidewalk. Uh this will make this section three lanes wide through there. Will include a 5-ft sidewalk on the south side of the road and a 10-ft sidewalk on the north side of the road. Um and the project will also be include curb and gutter and storm sewer improvements as well. So thank you. Um with this the design and rightaway is once again 100% local. Uh with construction we have 75% and 25% splits. With this uh the federal portion is 2,47,500 for construction. Local is $82,500 for a total of 300 or 3,210,000 uh for our estimate. So, I'll answer any questions with this one.

Put simply a statement. Sorry. Oh, you go ahead. With the previous one, Pentagon Boulevard. This one, Shaker Town Road, is a frequent driver of both. Thank you for identifying and working on these things. Both sorely needed. Thank you.

My question was, uh, will there be a crosswalk at any point in that stretch? There will uh they will um there will be one that we are trying there will be two that we'll be looking that we're currently looking at and the designer is making sure that they will work. One is at Merrick Drive Merrick JL that intersection. Um that one we are also looking at doing a rapid flashing beacon for that one. The other one is at uh the east end of the project at Southern Bell Boulevard. Uh with that one we were also looking at a potential rapid flashing beacon for that one too. So, thanks. Anyone else?

Mayor motion to approve resolution 26-07. Second. Second. I have a motion and a second to approve resolution 26-07. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Opposed. Resolution 26-08. Resolution 26-08. a resolution authorizing the city manager to enter into an LPA federal project agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation for the project known as GRE-MR419-1.50, Lance Road Sidewalks Project, P number 123910.

Okay. So, this one, Mr. Mayor and Council, this one is uh as Mr. Lander was just circling, it's that one over kind of in the middle there, Lance Road. Can't Sorry for the yellow. It was kind of hard to see. Trying to get different colors here for this. So, uh, this is a it's not a very long project. It's a but it's a eight foot side eight foot wide sidewalk um that we'll be putting along Lance Road along the south side of the road to from Shoreham Drive to Veralo Park. So, it's a chance to start this uh sidewalk down Lance Road for us. Um potentially hopefully potentially we can extend this further in the future, but this was the first grant we were able to get for it. Um I'll go into So with this um like I said, there's a curb gutter uh storm sewer along with this walk. Uh design and rideway once again is 100% local. Uh construction, we were able to get an 8020 grant for this uh for percentage right. So, it's 80% federal for $448,880 and a local match of $112,200 for a total construction cost of $561,000. So, I will answer any questions with that that you guys might have questions. Have a motion.

Motion to approve 26-08. Second. I have a motion and a second to approve resolution 26-08. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Opposed. Resolution 26-09. Resolution 26-09, a resolution authorizing the city manager to enter into an LPA federal project agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation for the project known as GRE-CR 40-0.49, 49 Kemp Road widening project P number 123909.

Okay, Mr. Mayor and Council, this is number six. This is the last one of these for this evening. So, uh this project is uh Kemp Road widening. So, this is from um as Mr. Landram showing there, that is from 675 to Graange Hall where we have completed previous widenings here the last couple years. So, this will basically be the last project on this side of 675 to get that upgraded to three lanes wide. Uh, with this, the project will consist of uh widening of three lanes. Uh, it'll also include an 8ft sidewalk on the north side of the road and a 5ft sidewalk on the south side of the road. The project will also include curb, gutter, storm, sewer again, as others. Um, we'll also have a we'll also be checking site distance at intersections um to see if we need to do any horizontal and vertical improvements as well with this project. So that is the description for that. Oh, went too fast. Uh, so this one, the design and rightway once again is uh 100% local for this. The um construction uh is uh 7525. Uh construction for this one we actually put out to 2031 because it is a rather large project. We had some other ones too. So we're trying to spread this out a little bit um as much as we could. So with the split the 75% federal is uh 2,913,75. The local match for the construction is $971,025 for a total of 3,884,100. So, I'd be happy to answer any questions with this one.

Yeah, I know sight line is important there, especially at camp and Graange Hall. It's still an issue and uh so we need to really look hard at that. Definitely. Yes. Wow. I had to follow up on that. It I think it's even worse at night. So, I don't know if there's anything we can do with lighting in that area. That is something we can definitely look at doing. Yeah. Move to approve resolution 26-09. Second. Have a motion and a second to approve resolution 26-09. All those in favor signify by saying I. Opposed.

Thank you very much. Now, it's time for the chief. Good evening, Mr. Mayor, members of council. We have uh two liquor permit requests. First one is a new liquor permit. High Department of Commerce, Division of Liquor Control sent notification of a request for a new liquor permit for Regal Cinema, 2651 Fairfield Commons Boulevard. There were no required record checks on this request and staff does not have any objections or concerns. Staff is recommending this application request move forward without comment.

Motion to approve the new liquor license for Regal Cinemas with no comment. Second. I have a motion and a second to approve the liquor license for Regal Cinemas. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Opposed.

Okay. Next one is a liquor permit transfer. Ohio Department of Commerce, Division of Liquor Control sent notification of request for liquor permit transfer for from Maha Ghanaati LLC, 3850 Kemp Road to Cuba Drive-Thru LLC, Beverage Express, 3850 Kimp Road. The required record checks were completed on one applicant and staff does not have any objections to the permit request. Staff is recommending this application request move forward without comment.

Motion to approve the liquor license transfer from Maha Ghanai LLC to Cabera Drive-Thru LLC. Uh doing business as Beaver or excuse me, Beverage Express with no comment. Second. Have a motion and a second to approve the liquor license. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Opposed.

Okay. Decision items. uh PC flyin. I know it's in May, but we have to really get this thing set up now if we're going to be able to hit the uh time frame when they decide to open it up. So, because I know that keeps filling up. So, I guess I need to find out who uh is interested in going.

Yeah. I just encourage those who would like to go to go. It's fantastic experience and Of course, members of the council have already gone there and can attest to that. And uh for those who wish to go, I I I'd really encourage it. It just gives you a different view, gives you a lot of contacts, and it's uh it's really great. I agree. Uh I appreciate council appropriating the funds during the budgetary process and I for one would like to attend. I would also like to attend, mayor. Mr. Mayor, I will not be able to attend. Okay. Given the dates,

I am sure it's a fantastic experience. Um, but I trust those that are going to advocate for our city appropriately. So, I'll pass. I don't plan to attend. I do. I think it's part of uh my job description to get talk with those people. Uh, we have three names. We have Councilman Bales, Councilman Der, and myself. I need a motion to approve that. Move to approve them. Second. I have a motion and a second to approve the three people to go to DC Flyin. All right, there you go. Clarification. You said the three people. What about staff?

Do we need to include them in the motion? Thank you. I have a motion and a second. Uh, all those in favor signify by saying I. I. Opposed. Okay, Debbie. When it opens up, when it opens up and then the next is a motion to appoint the clerk of council as a designate for public records training. So Debbie can go sit through a couple day long. You need a motion on that? Yes, we do. I move to appoint a clerk of council as or a designate for public records training.

Second. Have a motion and a second to approve uh or the clerk of council is a designate for public records training. All those in favor signify by saying I. I.

Opposed. Debbie, I'm surprised you didn't oppose it. Next one is a decorative bench relocation. Uh this is a bench that's up on the the walkway from u the bridge from right state predestin bridge. There's some a bench that's been put in there to recognize someone in our community that did a lot of work with that. uh and uh there's been some things brought up to get it moved and I think we should discuss it a little bit uh and get some input on that. I I remember us discussing this um not too long ago and we did get some feedback from on the report the chief submitted. I appreciate that chief. It was and I from what I'm what from what I've read in the report um I don't see that removing this bench is going to significantly change anything in that area. Honestly, um I I did speak to uh I had her name written down here. Uh yes, Brislon. Mrs. Brislon contacted me. I spoke with her at length. Um there was a financial donation from them. Uh they would love to see this bench stay. The I don't see where a bench contributes to vagrancy. A bench is designed to be sat on. I I don't understand how. And and I don't remember seeing anything really about any vandalism that had been from that specific area. and I can't support

moving their bench. Um, we got somebody that stepped forward and donated money. Uh, her husband Roger worked very hard and and endeavors for the city. Uh, I don't think that removing this bench is going to change or make worse or make better by moving this bench. And that's just my my two cents. Thank you. Um, I'm in agreement. Um, I have not seen anything in the reports to lead me to believe that removing the bench um is going to change the situation greatly. It all sounds like the increased patrols have, you know, resolved a lot of the situation that existed previously. I do think it would cause significant distress um to the family and I would not like to see that happen. We don't want to see people who put their time and energy into our city um feel unappreciated or um you know so those are my two cents as well.

Thank you mayor. I reside very close to the location. I uh go jogging frequently along that area especially in the summer months. Uh there are rough sleepers of homeless persons. uh one that sleeps on that bench, one that sleeps in the RTA shelter. Um you know there there are broader uh issues there. I do wonder along um Mr. Wik's uh question in an email whether some form of additional uh metallic separator could be put into that bench. I do get the challenges of um disrupting the wording so that it's not readable, but I I do wonder whether that would limit um issues or concerns of vagrancy around there. And so I raise it as a question uh one for staff in terms of viability of putting in some form of separator so that it's two separate seats within the same bench. um and two simply to submit it to council for uh consideration. But I I I would like to see the bench remain but I would like to see modifications personally.

Yeah, that's an idea.

I will say I did review for modification. There is nothing made for that and it there's no middle support there. anything added could be would be attached just to the slats which then could be broken and cause other issues to the bench. So that particular one is they do make ones like that that are made for that purpose that have dividers but this one is not and it'd be uh I think you'd ruin the integrity of the bench itself by trying to add something to it because then there's nothing underneath that would support it. You need like a house, you're building the foundation for the second level, you need it supported by the first level. So since there's nothing in the middle, adding something, somebody sit on it or something, it it would just break it and crack it out. So another bench would with that device could be done, but that would be at the cost of the city. As a followup, we do have exceptional staff that are able to to build. You know, is a support structure in addition to the bench possible? Uh is that something that we could add rather than build buying a brand new bench? whether that support structure could be added and therefore um yeah, as Mr. Lander stated, I reached out to the manufacturer. They don't make anything specifically for that style of bench. We I could ask staff if they could figure out some sort of option to install that or or construct something that would that could do that. Uh, I would also want to kind of my recommendation would also talk to the donor as well to make sure they'd be okay with it. I know when we were selecting that bench, um, you know, park benches, we have one designated style of park bench to have consistency in parks. She did not like that style of bench. They were adamant that it was this

specific bench. So, I would want to make sure that, you know, I would assume we want to make sure that that it would appease them as well. Um, but we can I can certainly follow up with staff and then follow up with city manager to let you let you know if we can uh construct some sort of support or or feature on the bench slats to deter people from laying down and they could just sit back. Can't you weld a strap from the top to the bottom on the thing like this?

If you did that, it would obscure the the engraving on the back. The engraving for the name and everything's on the back rest of the bench. So, you couldn't do that. You'd have to fix something to the seat itself. Um, I'm not an engineer, not great at that. So, I'd have to ask our staff for a recommendation and I can follow up with you all with the support of council. I I look for that option. I think we have some incredibly talented staff members that could potentially put something together. Yeah, I can do that and follow up. Council Kerr,

I I like watchful waiting or basically if we can do something is council member Der. I think that might uh handle both sides on this thing. You know, it allows a uh see if this can this correction here could still make the bench vable but not uh so comfortable if somebody wants to sack out on it. Personal opinion, your honor. That's fine.

Bales. I think I'll give a little bit different perspective uh and some of the history that I've uh observed and been a part of. I worked with Roger Brislon on the bridge project uh when I was in Fairborn and he was extremely instrumental in bringing that bridge to fruition. So I am really grateful for his work and uh his family's work uh on the bridge and in fact I advocated with Mrs. Brislon for that bench. Um and so I think that you know it's a wonderful tribute to what he's done for our community. Um, but on the flip side, I've I've heard from the business community uh about the um homelessness, the littering, and even some um interaction that has taken place between um the folks that are sleeping out there and the workers in the adjacent businesses to the point where um and this is these are not my words. These are the business words. They're scared to go from the business to their car. Now, are we blaming the bench for all of that? Probably shouldn't take all of the responsibility. I mean, the bench didn't cause that, but um the business owner has come to me and made that request. They noticed it when the bench came up. Some of their tenants have gotten approached. They're scared to go

outside. And that's that's why I brought it up. Um I think the bench is great, but I also think that we should consider relocation. I know that Mrs. Brrislon and and Mr. Brislon want it at the foot of the bridge. I understand that. I respect that. But certainly there's another more appropriate place along the bike way, for example, um that I think it it should go. Um it's a matter of protecting our business community. Um, and so my thought would be to try and work with Mrs. Brlon, Brlon family, and let her know that we are going to relocate it. We are going to to pay to have another concrete pad poured and have it relocated. Um, and because I I'm not certain that, and this I mean this with all due respect, I don't know that she should be dictating to us where the where the bench goes or even for that matter the style of the bench if we have a park style and so on and so forth. But that's neither here nor there. That's that is my opinion. Um, if it is a wait and see if the if the modification will work, I mean, I could live with that. But if If we still continue to get complaints, I feel strongly that council should should recognize that. That's my opinion.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, I didn't think on my first meeting I'd be talking about what I did 10 years ago, but uh, here we are. Uh, 10 years ago, I I was on the council that, uh, got the ribbon cutting. I won't say I worked on the bridge because um that was all the staff and our volunteers at the time. Uh but I was able to stand there at the foot of that bridge and do the ribbon cutting and uh Mr. Brislon and Miss Brislon were there as well. Um and so I don't want to underscore their commitment and their efforts uh for our community. Um unfortunately I think there's been some either real or perceived u unintended consequences. Uh and and I will say this not just with the bridge or with the uh the bench, right? That that bridge has had some unintended consequences that have come along with all the perks that the bridge has brought. Um so, you know, I can respect Mr. Bale's opinions uh and words and and Mr. Der, I think you've got some good ideas there. I think at minimum we've got to look at at modifying the bench into maybe two chairs, right? um or or a new bench that is better suited for it. Uh but we should also certainly consider relocation. Um you know, if the local businesses aren't feeling safe, um that's a concern. That's an area that when we brought that bridge in, we wanted to grow, right? That we even thought about calling it Bridgetown, right? That was under the district. Um and we were going to have uh sandwich shops and coffee shops and things of that nature. we're we're hoping to to pop up there. Um, but some of the unintended consequences are playing out. Uh, so with that, uh, we've got to make decision, but I think doing nothing or leaving as is not the right answer.

Okay. Well, I did go talk to some businesses out there and uh, actually got no negatives to the people I talked with. They were in the the lot there in the strip. In fact, u I was told that they go and sit and use it themselves. When they get a break, they go out there and utilize that bench. What they did say is if there was somebody sleeping there, if that's not there, they're going to find a place closer to their building to sleep. So, that's what they're concerned about.

So, um you know, I'm a I'm a believer in the fact that, you know, we did this bridge to recognize what someone did for our community. this was a position that they wanted the bridge and I think Mr. Bales you were part of that decision making process. Uh and to me if you recognize someone for something and then later you come back and say well we don't want to do that. I think that's kind of a slap in the face the person that did it. That's my personal opinion and so that's where I am on that. I think uh maybe looking at something to modify it a bit is not a bad idea, but I just don't see where moving that bench is going to eliminate whatever perceived problem there is

because they're if they're not sleeping on the bench, they're going to sleep somewhere else. And you know, the police can can deal with that. Uh because you know, we've already seen that they they go to the uh bus stop and sleep there. Uh, I've talked to people, they found them sleeping under the trees. So, I mean, they'll if they're going to sleep there, they're going to sleep there. And, uh, it's it's up to us to, uh, to police that. Uh, but I just don't in in my own mind, I just can't see where moving that bench is is the right thing to do.

I I would like to add one more thing if you don't mind, M. Mayor. I uh there have been uh some mitigation efforts in that area recently that have been pretty effective uh clearing really brush out and that has already seen a lot of the the homeless individuals not want to hang out in that area and uh forgive me but I I'm unaware is is there a light right next to that or is that something that could be considered lighting up the area in a different way? I'm I'm not sure how bright it is there. And I'm not sure how I know it stands off the parking lot a little bit, but I don't know where the You think the only lighting would be the parking lot lighting and it's going to be minimal because it's uh office building.

Okay. And at the intersection, which isn't terribly far away, but it's kind of direct distance. I kind of what Chuck said and wait and see. I mean, with all the mitigation efforts and some of the activity has declined there, maybe we won't see as many problems as they had seen in the past.

Well, I think the police have really redoubled their efforts out there, so there's a lot of uh it's a lot less than it used to be. Let's put it that way. I I don't know that that I I I don't want to put anybody down because they're homeless. There's there's a reason, you know, I'm not condemning anybody for that. They have to find something to do. Uh, but I know we did have an issue back behind Walmart and Sam's.

Yeah, that was pretty bad there for a while and the police have have been addressing that along with the business owners and that seems to be helping a lot. I think there's a couple of other issues that we'll be addressing later that, you know, may address this as well. So, uh, well, I think anyone else, uh, do we have a motion? Move to keep the bench with modification. Is that with modifications? You can do that. Yeah. Be done.

Can I clarify is is the motion to keep the bench with modifications? If they can be done, I guess it can be done. Keep the bench and modify it. I think would be keep the bench and modify. I just want to be very clear on the motion.

Yeah, I think it it's a good clarification. Uh again, I as I said, I don't know that doing nothing solves any problems, real or perceived. Uh so at minimum, we think we need to move forward with a modification. Um we also have to be cognizant of though what those costs are for modifications. And also keeping it status quo isn't going to uh create or or get rid of anything either. So So I have a What's your motion? What is your motion? Move that we keep the bench with modifications.

Second. All right. motion and a second that we keep the bench in its location with the modifications that can be made. All those in favor signify by saying I. I opposed. Okay, last one here is appointment of one additional council member to the zoning code steering committee. And I know uh counciloman bills has expressed an interest in being a part of that. Anyone else's move? We appoint Sarah Bills, council member Bills, pardon me, to the zoning code steering committee. Second.

Okay. I have a motion and a second to appoint Councilwoman Bills to the steering committee. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Opposed. All right. We're going to change things up just a little bit with the new year and I think thanks to council member Bales for this. We're gonna have citizen comments now. Anybody wants to come forward and address council on any subject uh please come up state your name and address and you'll have three minutes uh to do so.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh vice mayor and councel Jim Fountain 1888 court. Going back to the early part of tonight's meeting where we had uh Miss Paffford talking about the citizen age friendly survey. I want touh just ask if you all would consider expanding her report and linking it to the plan Beaver Creek report we're going to get a final of in a few months. Uh both of them present to us and the planning commission and the zoning board and others a unique opportunity for a similar data cohort that we studied and and have gotten demographic and home and safety data for and just a couple of things making note from what Elizabeth said earlier and what I've already seen and what we'll see in a few months with the final report for Plan Beaver Creek. They talk about housing and as we know from the plan Beaver Creek who did a survey of the similar cohort, the Beaver Creek residents uh earlier than 25 in May and in June with the face-to-face meeting at the senior center. Um 27.4% people live alone. Uh 37% live in a twoerson house or as we found out 64% of the people in Beaver Creek are in one or two person households. And of that, 42% are over the age of 65. 50% are over the age of 45. That gives you a cohort that links directly into the age friendly survey, which has its own data, as we heard from her earlier. And why look at them in a silo for housing decisions, decisions on the planning commission, decisions by the ZBA to help promote uh for the planning department single family homes, homes that are age friendly, why not link them together with a little bit additional analysis instead of looking them as two silo reports. Um just think of it like a vin diagram where you're bringing

together the same cohort of information. You're looking at gap analysis between the age friendly survey data and the planned Beaver Creek data. You're looking at uh cross trend analysis of where it may be aligned or possibly misaligned where their housing information and their occupant information for maid friendly is different or conflicts in some way to the plan beaver creek data. Both of which we're going to be using as this year goes on to make decisions on the planning commission on the city council and on the zoning board. Why look at them as silos? And I fear that not only will not everybody review them in the detail that I might or many of you might, but we won't see the similarities or the differences and thus our decision ability to really promote age friendly housing and single family homes and improving the housing stock and over you might say overcoming the trend for people to move out because of high housing costs and taxes or whatever we end up doing with income tax. uh it won't get the benefit of the wisdom that we have from these two wonderful databases age friendly survey and in a few months the plan be recreat so I would offer to the city please do an additional level analysis to bring the two together and see what it could produce and then let us all know the information thank you very much

thank you thank you Happy new year everyone. Bob Trout 2187 Basset Court and I'm just going to talk about item G which is the resolution 2608 Lance Roads sidewalk agreement and I ran the numbers and I'm kind of a little bit shocked as to what I discovered on it. Uh, basically you're talking about a 7,700 foot road of lance between Beaver Valley and and Hannes and you're only going to be putting a sidewalk in at for an 800 foot length and it's going to cost approximately, see what I got here. total is $686,000 for that 800 foot length which equates out to basically $857.50 per lineal foot. That is ridiculous folks. That is a astounding. our portion of residents of this community. It's going to be come up to $454 per lineal foot for a sidewalk for an 800 foot sidewalk that is basically benefiting only that little exclusive area out there and it's only to go across that area and provide access into into a park. And I really was surprised that nobody asked any questions or if you did didn't bring up anything on it. So that's that's what I come up with. It's our share for the city is 237,000 and that's basically 53% of the cost of the the whole thing. That's a lot. It's not 20%. That's all I have. Thank you very much.

Thank you. And I give the numbers that I got here to anybody that would request it. Thank you.

Anyone else? With that, I will close the citizen comment portion and we will go to council time and I'm going to put you on the hot seat right out of the barrel. What? Ladies first.

Okay. Um, well, happy new year everybody. I'm grateful to be here. I'm grateful for the warmth and welcome that I've received from everybody. Um, and I appreciate the support that I've gotten from the community to be here at all. Um, so couple things. I don't have a lot on my mind. I was able to go to Viva Creek Women's League if you're a woman in the community or we welcome men too. It's always a good time. It's a fabulous organization and they do amazing work. Um, another thing that has been on my mind, it's something I've been doing as a citizen and would like to continue to do as a city council person, unofficially or officially. Um, Green County Public Health has a food council that I've been attending for months, uh, just as a local citizen. Um, and I think that would be a great thing to consider. I would like to continue continue doing it as a citizen, but if we want to look at it as a city council, I think that might be a great opportunity to support our county and our citizens and our community. Um, but I think that's about it.

Thank you very much, Councilman Der.

Thank you, Mayor. Much appreciated. Hope everyone had a joyous Christmas and a great New Year. Uh, it's been a while since we last met. um the opportunity to attend uh Kirkmont Church's live nativity. Very very nicely done, a great event and I want to heartily thank the volunteers who moved it from outside to inside during the polar vortex at very short notice. A remarkable event for the community and just a great way to see Christ's birth. Uh, I'd like to thank and have a shout out to the, this is going to sound strange, but to the Dayton Flyers men's basketball team. Uh, they came to Kirkmont Preschool. And so, I want you to envision a 7 foot one center reading to three-year-olds. Uh but reportedly uh a lot of the players came were very good with the children and great connection point with our youngest residents and uh I just love the idea of them helping them to find a a love of learning and of reading. And so a shout out to the men's basketball team to the coach coaches and really very impressed with the way that they interacted so well with with three-year-olds. And so I want to thank them for that and to thank you, mayor, for the chance to talk about that.

Thank you very much, Councilman Bales. All right. Thank you. That's been a long break since we've uh last met. So, I look forward to tackling some of the challenges lot lie ahead for us this year. And I'd like to welcome our newest council members. Um, just a recap from some of the things that last year I got to attend the boards and commissions dinner. We haven't met since then. That's right.

Uh, that was very well attended and of course without their volunteerism. Um, I'm not quite sure where we would be as a as a community. So, thank you very much. Um, I look forward to our upcoming work session next week and um, happy new year. That's all I have. Thank you very much, Councilman Curran.

Thank you, your honor. I'd also just echo uh the boards and commissions dinner that we had. I thought it was great to recognize all the citizens that put so much time in to make our community a good place. And uh certainly the Wardinger Park that was really neat. Uh I want to congratulate each service club uh that put time and effort in uh to make it really a really neat spot. And again, a special welcome to Council Member Upton, Council Member Bills. Look forward to working with both of you. Thank you, your honor. Thank you very much, Councilman L. Thank you, Mayor. I'd keep it short and sweet. I just want to welcome you for your repeat repeat event here.

I'm glad you're here. We'll come back to you. Oh, okay. And I'm glad you you got to sit next to me. Maybe you can wake me up a little bit. let me know what's going on. Um, it's been so long since we've been here. Uh, I'm not going to try to even attempt to rehash everything that been through. I just want to wish everybody a happy new year. Um, thank the staff here at the city for the jobs you do. I I'd say it all every time I come in here, you all do a great great job. Look forward to working with you. That's all. Thank you very much, Vice Mayor Upton.

Thank you, Mayor Adams. Um, the only thing I will uh add on tonight is just a big thank you. Uh, thank you to his staff uh and fellow council members for the welcome and making it a warm welcome. Uh, thank you for the community uh for the trust you've placed in me. I look forward to serving in in this particular role. Uh, I listened to uh, Council Member Schwarz and now former Vice Mayor uh, Garcia on as they were exiting. Um, and all I can say is I hope to fill their heels pretty well. Uh so I appreciate the words and the welcome and look forward to getting to work.

Very good. Uh first and foremost, I want to congratulate Councilman Der on his re-election for four more years. So we're glad with that. We're happy to have Councilman uh Councilwoman Bills and Vice Mayor Upton with us. Look forward to an a great two years. I only have two years left with you, so we'll make it the best we can. But welcome. We're glad you're here. Uh I had a lot of things that I did over the last month. Um I'm not going to go through them all. I've sent them to Debbie. They'll be in the minutes. I We want to go home sometime tonight. So I just uh I'll just leave it at that. So Oh, wait a minute. Chuck. Okay. Happy anniversary time. Uh we have a number of employees here that put in some outstanding service for the city. Madison Randolph, Police Department, a year. Dave Durkin, Police Department, one year. Noah Thomas, police, two years. Austin Brown, police, two years. Joe Schuler, nine years. Lorie McIntosh, 10 years. Uh Sarah De 12 years. Joel Deaz 14. Karen Mafy 15 years. Greg Weissert 18. Tony McKe three. Uh, next would be uh public service. Uh, Trevor Gray has five years. Jerry Russell 14. Michael Winterbotham 14. Clayton Campbell 17. Uh, Kevin Vance 17 years. Uh, Parks, uh, Carrie Minich and also uh, Zack Wick 10 years. No, 16. Excuse me, Zach. Terrence Sullivan, golf maintenance 14. Andyberg at golf maintenance 21. Joe

Moore, golf 21. And Daddy Richards, finance three years. Congratulations to all these people for their time and service. Now, Mr. Landram. Okay. Just a few things here. Uh, Mr. Mayor and Council, uh, the applications for the veterans, uh, banner will open, uh, this tomorrow. uh through March 31st or until the available spots have been filled. I believe there's 62 spots. Uh the price there is a price reduction. I can't recall off my head. Is it 100 now?

$100 now. It was 150. Now it's 100. Part of that was recouping the cost of all the hardware that was necessary. Uh it could go back up again as we have to do replacements of hardware. But uh so only for $100 you can have uh your um honored veteran put up uh from uh usually the week before or so uh from uh was it Memorial Day uh Veterans Day

through Veterans Day. Correct. So it's up all spring and summer uh a great uh almost into most of fall uh that these are up. So please take advantage of it. It'll be on our website uh the application and get that in uh to uh starting tomorrow. Uh Craiser, Saturday, January 17th, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Beaver Creek Kroger. Officers will be accepting non-p perishable food items to donate to Feed the Creek, helping families in need of Beaver Creek. Great, great cause. Uh we are have an open house on North Fairfield uh road project. Open house. This will be Thursday, uh, January 22nd at 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. here at Council Chambers. Uh, so we, uh, the Ohio Department of Transportation proposing improvements to North Fairfield Road between Kemp and Fair uh, Fairwood Drive, but this is open house to provide information about the project, discuss and answer questions, and gather feedback. So, please uh, come to that. And I hate even doing this slide, but snowman, let's build a snowman. We we had a couple opportunities really early in the year and now it's backed off a little bit but you know it is Ohio so we could get hit with 12 inches of snow anytime. Who knows? But when there is an opportunity uh the parks department does have take your picture of your snowman and or creature and email it to parks at beavercreek.gov by February 28th. So, we have nearly two months, you know, uh maybe seven weeks or so to to still do this. And it'll be shared on the Facebook page and then it's done, I think, by reactions to your picture of your snowman or creature.

And uh also coming up uh it's not next week, but this before our next actual meeting. So, our meeting on uh that we normally would have on Monday, January 19th uh is a normally a work session. It'll be on January 20th because uh the Monday is uh Martin Luther King Day and city offices are closed. Uh as always, if an emergency, call 911, but if you have non-emergency, please contact the Beaver Creek Police Department dispatch. They'll be more than glad to help you. Uh just one other thing I wanted a clarification if I may to help out in the packet on page 184 um under this the uh summary reports easy to miss the Lance Road project. Um it is more than just a sidewalk. Yes, it's the 8 foot wide sidewalk with curb and gutter that doesn't exist right now and most expensively the storm sewer that will be added through there. So, there are definite uh more costs than just a sidewalk. Our city engineer would be more than glad to go through uh estimated costs associated with that. And that's all I have for tonight.

Thank you very much. Well, you guys made it through your first one. More to go. Who's counting? Right. Uh do I have a motion? Move to adjourn, your honor. Second. I have a motion and a second to adjurnn. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. We are adjourned.