Remarks by Rob Dorans
63 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 3
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“Okay. Appreciate it. Next speaker to come for council is Josh Brown.”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“Thank you and appreciate being here tonight and certainly folks in bread to be at our last public hearing as well. I think since our last year and I've met with the team for the administration and challenged them on this topic about whether or not it's something within the zoning code or whether or not something outside of the zoning code around tree preservation. I'm not an expert in exactly how to go about doing that, but I do want you all to know that is something that since our last public hearing that we have met on and I've asked the team to really lean into this to see what we can do…”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“uh districts that you guys are talking about um you're you're you're presenting in in this phase too sure um so if i can make a couple comments and i'm gonna throw it back over to our technical folks uh who know some of these details a little bit better than me i mean one of the things i would say generally around from accessibility for new housing development to happen under the zone in I think one of the biggest changes that was made in the first phase, which carries over to this phase, is that prior to that phase, ground floor residential was not permitted in the vast majority of the city…”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“That's a fair point, and I think this is, again, going back to some of these things are sort of built on top of one another. So when you talk about the further route, as Lewis mentioned, that first phase really focused on those corridors where there is existing good COTA access, and especially with LinkUS now being implemented, we're seeing increasing amount of both the frequency of COTA, even before the bus rapid transit lines are being built out, which is a positive, I think, for everyone. But that's really where we wanted to focus as much of that density as we possibly could for a variety…”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“Congratulations. Thank you, Council President. A couple announcements. One, we are currently in the public comment period for the second phase of Zone In, our zoning modernization initiative. We'll be having our second public hearing this Wednesday on September 16th at the King Arts Complex at 6 o'clock. That will include our friends in the administration from the Zone In team that will be doing an in-depth review of the proposed Phase 2 zoning districts. This is the second of four publicly scheduled hearings. If folks aren't able to make it in person, the hearing will be broadcast live on…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“A little out of order, but appreciate it. In Rules and Policy Committee, I have Ordinance Number 2455-2026 to amend Section 107.02, Campaign Finance, the Columbus City Codes. This ordinance authorizes a change to Section 107.02 The Columbus City Coaches limits contributions to and among municipal campaign committees. Over the past several months, council members have engaged with many folks, but particularly people from the Our City, Our State Coalition around council structure reforms, and broader election reforms related to the body. Changes to campaign finance law emerged as a shared…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Any questions for our speaker? I see none. Thank you. Thanks. I do, again, want to emphasize to my council colleagues, this was born out of, I think, again, that broader discussion. And I certainly don't think that this is the ending place for any of these discussions. We can and should always be thinking about ways to make this body more representative and more transparent to the people. I think at the end of the day, there's a fair point about how do these decisions get made. I think it was important based upon this being part of those broader discussions this council bring this now and not…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you, Council President. Before we begin our agenda, first a little bit of housekeeping. Would the clerk please read the numbers of legislation in the zoning committee this evening that require a waiver of second reading?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“I now move to waive second reading on those items. Second.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Waived. Thank you. As always, I will go ahead and briefly explain our rules. Speaking for rezonings and variances, we only hear staff presentation for ordinance that have a disapproval from a recommending body or if we have a public speaker sign to speak against an ordinance. We permit three speakers on each side, three proponents, three opponents. We ask those speakers to limit their remarks to three minutes for the scene of real city council. All speakers and council variants, including city staff, area commissioners, applicants, and members of the public will be sworn in before they give…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you. Next, we move into the council variances portion of the agenda. We have council variance 2253-2026, degraded variance provisions of section 34.E.20100A, use tables 3312.09, IELTS 3312.13B, driveway 3312.25, maneuvering 3312.29, Stripping and marking 3312.43. Improvement required surface 3312.45. Wheel stop device 34E2030J1. General requirements miscellaneous 34G20.020C. Lighting and shielding 34G20.030D. Landscaping and parking lot shade trees 34G20.040A. Screening, headlight screening 34G.20.040B. Screening dumpster BULK REFUSE PICKUP SCREENING AND 34-POINT G.20.050A2…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“The next move to adopt the finance of staff is the finance of council. Second.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026