City Council - Regular Meeting

all right it is 8 p.m. on June 4th I will call a public hearing to order for ordinance 2026 31 an ordinance providing for the amendment of the zone map of the city of Westlake which zone map is part of the zoning code of the city of Westlake by changing the zoning a certain land located at 268 14 Center Ridge Road from general business and office building districts to our 1f 80 district

So I do have someone who signed in for public comment on this agenda item. This item will also be heard on the regular agenda at its appropriate time for consideration. So Miss Robert, or any, if you wish to speak now, you're more than welcome, or you can speak when it's brought up on the agenda. I'll speak when it's brought up. Perfect. Is there anybody else that wishes to address the item? Hearing none, I'll call the public hearing closed and call the Westlake City Council meeting to order. Clerk will please call the roll.

Mayor Clough? President of Council Greenspan.

Here.

Van Dyke.

Here.

Nannari.

Here.

Del Ragnol.

Here.

Levesque.

Here.

Havalka. Here. Getze. Here.

We have a quorum. The mayor has asked for an excused absence this evening. Is there a motion to excuse the mayor? So moved. Is there a motion? Second. And seconded. Discussion on the motion to excuse. Hearing none, clerk will call the roll on the motion to excuse. Greenspan? Yes.

Van Dyke? Yes. Nannari? Yes. Del Regno? Yes. Levesque?

Yes.

Havalka? Yes. Getsay? Yes.

The mayor is excused. This evening, I'm going to ask US Navy veteran and Councilmember and birthday boy, Councilmember Levesque, to please lead us in the pledge. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Levesque. Before members of council, the meeting minutes from May 21, 2026. I'll entertain a motion to approve.

So moved.

Second. And second. A discussion on the motion to approve the minutes. Your clerk will call the roll on the motion to approve.

Greenspan? Yes. Van Dyke? Yes. Minari?

Yes.

Gilragno?

Yes.

Levesque?

Yes.

Havalka? Yes. Gatsby?

Yes. The motion carries. Minutes are approved. We have nothing under selected correspondence this evening. Petitions to the public. We have two individuals that have... requested to speak. Westlake City Council members want to hear from members of the public. Public comment is intended to allow members of the public to address issues relating to the City of Westlake. Speakers addressing City Council during the public comment period will be asked to state their name and address for the meeting record. If representing an organization, please state the name of the organization. Each speaker will be limited to three minutes. The council president has the discretion to allow speakers to continue beyond that time and may ask speakers to summarize or conclude their remarks. Public comment is an opportunity for members of the public to share information and bring issues and concerns to the attention of city council members. It is not an opportunity for members of the public to question the council members or city staff. It is not a debate and public comment speakers should not expect a back and forth exchange. Those attending City Council meetings are expected to conduct themselves with decorum and civility. They should show the same respect to others that they wish to have shown to them. Speakers during public comment and people in the audience must refrain from abusive or profane remarks, any slanderous personal attacks, loud disruptive behavior, or other actions which interfere with the orderly conduct of the meeting, which will not, that behavior will not be tolerated. Council members may ask clarifying questions of the speaker, city staff, and fellow council members. This evening's first speaker who has signed in is Holly Fee. Holly, would you please come forward, state your name and address for the record.

Good evening. My name is Holly Fee. I live at 28223 Bassett Road. I'm not a member of any organization. I'm just here on behalf of myself I'm here to talk about Pride Month and Why it matters when we acknowledge it and celebrate it In my neighborhood or in my little stretch of Bassett Road. We are all either families with young kids or retirees literally every other house And we all agree on two things Westlake is a great place to raise a family and Westlake is a great place to grow old Um, as unanimous as that is when you have members of your family who are in the LGBTQ community, you can't help but think, um, are we welcome? Are we safe? Are we wanted? I have a neighbor who flies a pride flag in their front yard. Every time I go past that house, it feels like a sign that says, welcome, you belong. That's what it really feels like. And I look everywhere for those messages, those little signs of acceptance and belonging anywhere I can find them. They're not empty gestures. They mean everything for families like mine. My hope is that as my kids grow up here and grow into adults here and hopefully stay here, that they'll see those messages everywhere they look. Acceptance, celebration, belonging. I want to assure you that when you acknowledge the LGBT community, however small it may seem, it's huge for people like me. If you've ever considered acknowledging Pride, I encourage you to do it. You may not know, but we're always watching, and it can make all the difference. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you. Robert, I couldn't hear how to pronounce your last name. Oakes, please come forward. Yes, please state your name and address for the record.

My name is Robert Oaks, that's spelled OCHS, and I live at 2502 Forest Parkway, and I'm adjacent to the property that is under consideration for the rezoning. But there's a couple of issues with that. I don't think this was properly vetted before it came up. In looking at the information, I did a lot of research online. When they passed this up for, or passed up the council, they didn't take into consideration certain things. They're using old data and information. Concerning the rainfall and the floodplain. So I did quite a bit of research on this From what I can tell the FEMA map that's being used at least at this point in time or is considered by the Commission is 16 years old. Okay, that's the first problem the wetlands study is from 2006 that's 10 years old and the problem that we have here know that's more research on that city of Westlake and this zip code 44145 is on an upward trend as far as annual precipitation is concerned. So everything that they wanna do, even though we're not here on the actual construction or what they plan on doing, It's unfortunately tied into that so I have to discuss it the annual rainfall For this zip code has increased some year now in an extremely high wet period for the past ten years I did the meteorological research from all the federal agencies and the local agencies So what the bottom line is is that they want to put a development in I know we're here on the zoning but if the zoning is approved they will put the development in but It wasn't properly better before it came up here. So because if there's only goes through they're just gonna put it in it at some point in time It'll pass but the problem is is that it hasn't properly been vetted. So the the information that are using for this proposed development I think it's a tier 19 houses is going to create a real problem and I brought this up at the previous meeting when it went through planning and zoning and And I try to address a number of things with them, especially from people downstream. Those would be the most affected. They said, well, the city isn't required to do that. And now that I think about it, they may not be required to do it, but I think it would be good public policy, especially for the taxpayers who live downstream, to be notified of this, number one, this zoning amendment, as well as what was being planned. Because nobody downstream knows about this. I think one or two people showed up at the... planning and rezoning Committee to discuss this but that was only because the neighbors told but you have people downstream a mile a half mile There's already been flooding problems downstream I know a while back the city wanted to buy one or two houses that were downstream because they're constant flooding problems So then if you end up having this go in predicated based upon the rezoning Trying to avoid liability or potential future liability for the city because this has not been properly but I think it needs to go back to the planning and zoning committee and To properly look at this and take all this consideration was otherwise, you know I think the city's buying a headache without it having been properly evaluated I don't want to see that happen and it's not gonna hurt anybody So I think as far as this ordinance is concerned it should be tabled and it should be referred back to The Planning Commission to properly evaluate it and I think the city should notify everybody who's downstream the statute as far as the ordinances ago don't require it but I think it's the proper thing to do because otherwise if you have problems in the future and with the people downstream, assuming it's built, they're gonna say, well, I didn't know anything about it. Then the city's on the hook, possibly. So to avoid all that, I think that should be done and this should be tabled. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. If you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer.

Thank you. It's not an opportunity for back and forth. Thank you.

Okay, well, you said earlier that you may have questions, but if you do, I'm happy to answer.

Okay, thank you.

Okay, thank you. Thank you. Is there anyone else that wishes to speak? No. Hearing none, I'll close the petitions from the public. Section closed. Report of the mayor. We have no report.

Mr. President, there is no report.

No report of the mayor. Report of administrative officials. So this evening, Lieutenant Dancy will make two presentations. One this evening on the efforts we've been making to educate on the e-bike environment in the city of Westlake, and the other is on the Crocker Road noise and speeding issues. So Lieutenant Dancy.

Absolutely. Thank you, sir. Then in addition to that council.

Lieutenant Dancy, excuse me. Could you speak into the microphone directly if you could please. Is this better? Yes. Okay. Yes.

Thank you. Thank you. All right. So I dropped off a read ahead in front of council and also our director seriously can follow along with my update. The briefing covers activity transit Crocker Park from January through May. I will state just bottom line up front that follow-on updates.

I'm sorry, Lieutenant. Yes. Is there an accompanying PowerPoint presentation?

It's just in front of you, sir. I didn't have one up here for this. Okay. And, you know, I acknowledge that in the future I'll do so. OK, so for following updates also will include the Crocker Park corridor with full acknowledgement. That's about 30 to 40,000 cars a day and accessors otherwise connects 480 and I-90 and then also other plazas around there. So but in particular, Crocker Park has some emphasis for the update here today. Then in addition, I want to also use this opportunity to provide you an update on our e-bike initiative. So onto the second slide of the paper copy that I placed in front of you. Our e-bike safety program, just an update on our e-bike safety program over the past few weeks. Patrolman Cook, well, he's done a great job. He's conducted multiple sessions at Lee Burnison and Dover Intermediate and high school as well, effectively training over 1,700 students on e-bike safety protocols and so on. And then also common misunderstanding on classes of e-bikes and so forth. And very successful with the students reached. The next phase is getting to the parents. So that's another thing, because they're the ones that are procuring the e-bikes of whatever classes they may be, and it just comes down to education. So we plan on an e-bike app. All right, get that over to legal, of course, for approval before dissemination. A block of instruction geared specifically towards parents so they know what their kids were exposed to during school, but also a parent-focused presentation. We also plan to approach area stores that sell e-bikes about potentially placing an A QR CODE OR SOME OTHER MESSAGING RIGHT THERE ON, LIKE, HEY, BEFORE YOU BUY A CLASS 3, HOW OLD IS YOUR KID KIND OF THING. AND THEN FINALLY WORKING WITH JORDAN AND PR, PUBLIC RELATIONS TO GET A DRAFT MESSAGE POTENTIALLY INCLUDED IN THE MAYOR'S UPCOMING NEWSLETTER. SO ON SLIDE 3 AND 4, I CAN SAY THAT THE E-BIKE CLASSES UNDER OHIO LAW AND FOLLOW THE E-BIKE RULES OF THE ROAD. This is for you to take home, team, simply because I know that some common, it's just intended to be a quick reference for you, simply because I know that your constituents may have questions on what different classes of bikes are and the laws that cover it. And interestingly enough, just a success story just from the past couple weeks that I was talking to Patrolman Cook about, He was getting ready to go on to another class on e-bikes, and he sees a kid coming to one of the schools from what was obvious, a Class 3 bike, and obviously he's underage. So he went up to the young gentleman and says, hey, how are you going to get your e-bike home? He says, well, I'm going to drive it, sir. He says, well, maybe in a couple of years you can. In the meantime, call somebody here and make sure that you get this thing in the back of a pickup or walked home, right? But you can't drive it. And certainly, you can't drive it without a helmet, right? So educating the kids is a big thing, too, because sometimes they get presents and they just don't otherwise know what they really have and the laws that govern it. So that's the That's the update on the e-bike update. It's been successful at this point in time in our strategy moving forward. So I'll pause here for a second for any questions about e-bikes.

Are there any questions? Mr. Levesque, I know you attended one of the sessions. Yeah, I did.

I just wanted to say I attended the first session at DIS, and it was a very engaged group of fifth and sixth graders, and that is really the One of the ages where they really aren't not yet and and it was very engaging and the questions were good And I think he did a fantastic job. So excellent.

I'm gonna pass it over to officer cook as well Absolutely the perfect person for it because he comes to their program and a lot of those age groups are used to seeing them on the regular talking about safety and this is just an addition to what he has so it's not a real heavy lift for us and it's something that we plan on sustaining in future terms and So on slide five, just speaking of activity trends.

Mr. President, I do have one more question. Lieutenant Dancy. So each of the classes, what are the age, what are the ages that are permissive?

Yes, right. for each of the different classes, for class one, two, and three.

Right. So if you look at the reference that I provided, really the stipulation hits class three, talk about 16 years old or older, right? And that bike can go up to 28 miles an hour and sometimes even faster than that. And there's stipulations for that along with the requirement to have a helmet. So also what's a requirement? They need to be stamped and clearly marked of what class they are. So you start looking through that. It makes it a little bit more enforceable, number one, for officers in the field. But more importantly, it's the prevention. They can look right at, say, class one, two, or three, and it's clearly marked on their e-bike. So the real stipulation is the 16 years. For the three, and then one and two is? One and two, as long as they're not under power on the sidewalk. They can't be riding on the streets and all that, but those that go much slower and there's less restrictions on this.

And one and two is meant to be on the sidewalk. Is that what you're saying?

Yeah, but not under power according to... Or as a bicycle. Yeah, just use it as a bicycle. All right, put your legs up and whatever that, but not under power. Getting up to speeds of, as indicated there and what's in front of you, it's up to 20 some miles an hour, right below the class three threshold.

And then class three is in the street, not a sidewalk.

Yeah, they can get on the street. They get to the side, whatever, in the bike lane and operate that way as long as they have their helmet on and they're of age. okay and does one and two have a helmet requirement or not uh it's a preferred or recommended uh but right now not a requirement yeah so and these are these are orc standards orc standards uh stipulations through our ordinance and so on if that becomes elevated whatever that will be pushed out in the app and education and so on and and we'll tighten that up uh as we move along and and really just adjust to or otherwise uh adapt to current technology that our kids have out in the community right now and that's what we're doing right we're just trying to keep them a little safer And then from here, what we're doing right now and what we're pushing may change based upon the emerging technology and really the trends here in the next six months to a year and beyond.

Is the Statehouse working on any, are they looking at legislation on any of these at this point, or is it just... what you just said, it's evolving and so everyone's seeing where it heads.

Right. So what you have in front of you I pulled straight from Ohio Department of Transportation and also from Public Safety. This is their push. So much what we're seeing in communities is that they're taking ownership of this and a lot of communities from Macedonia to Avon Lake and and a few other communities and so on, they're adapting legislation internally here to control it. And so that's what we're seeing trend-wise is little pockets, municipalities, and communities elevating the standard and getting that information out and so on. So that's what we're seeing. But what we have right there, I'd have to research whether or not something's pending or something's kicking around down in Columbus, and I'd owe you a follow-up.

I was in Columbus Tuesday, and I raised this with a couple legislators, and they said, we already did something. We don't have any intention of doing anything right now. And what they've done is they've made class three. Law enforcement right now, as I understand their responsibility, they could ticket somebody into class three without wearing a helmet on the sidewalk. Absolutely. By state law, correct?

Correct. So is it my turn? Yes, sir. SOON TO BE CAPTAIN, CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, SIR. SO MR. VAN DYKE MISSED THE LAW DIRECTOR'S OPINION ON THIS DURING A COMMITTEE MEETING AND LIEUTENANT DANCY IS BEING KIND. THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE. YOU HEARD HIM DESCRIBE AS LONG AS THE KID IS NOT USING POWER ON A SIDEWALK, EVERYONE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'VE SEEN KIDS USE THE PEDALS ON AN ELECTRIC BIKE. Okay, they don't use them. They use the power and an officer stuck with trying to decide. Is the kid really peddling or is he not? Is he under electric power on the sidewalk? So can I stop this kid? No, the legislature is not going to do anything else. It's poorly written as it stands. It's almost unenforceable. The city has to decide, as Lieutenant Dancy pointed out, whether we're going to follow suit. Lots of cities are drafting ordinances to try and clean this up and make it enforceable.

That is left to be seen I'm not sure we're all watching if I may so I as an owner of three bikes I think I know this issue pretty well and I think I agree with everything the law director said about the difficulty in enforcement however, there are I think there is some what we call low-hanging fruit and that is that a lot of these Vehicles do not have any pedals at all on them. They're electric motorcycles And if somebody's riding an electric motorcycle on a sidewalk, that will be a really easy decision. And I think that is probably one of the biggest problems. That's a very fair point, Councilman.

Some just jump out right at you and really just based upon discretion, the officers make contact.

I saw a lot of kids. Most kids are doing the right thing. I see the vast majority. I see them on Basset coming out of schools. But just about every day I see a couple kids riding with a passenger on the throttle with no helmets. So you got three strikes right there.

Yeah, we were doing, to your point, we were doing a special detail in support of Westlake Montessori at Bassett and Hilliard just last, a couple weeks ago, they were having the Earth Day slash open house. And it was just a little bit of light rain and right up Bassett, a young man was on an e-bike on a wheelie. Impressive. For about 100 feet, this guy was on his bike. It was impressive. Come on over here. Let's talk. Let's talk about making good choices. And that's really kind of where we're at right now, team, is just making sure that we're educating, getting that information out and so on and taking actions as appropriate based upon really the sense we get that that coaching can change their future behavior. And then from there, we notify parents and we do this and we go from there. So I think the education piece of it, we're in phase one right now. We're going to get the parents. Sorry. We're going to get the parents and then we're going to create an app and we're going to just We're going to show that we care so we can say that one line, sir, I tried to tell him. And then from there, we'll see where it goes.

Mr. President, thank you. And I appreciate everything that you've done and congratulations for your efforts and your new promotion. So I look forward to working with you. We're going to have a safety meeting about this very soon and um our our committee needs to and i i we're gonna need to make sure we have a representation from you and from uh mr maloney's office um because you know we're hopefully going to change things there are a lot of cities rocky rivers in right now looking at doing that they've it's been all over the news twinsburg's all over the news with so there's a lot of cities right now that are looking forward and we need to look forward i've had four close calls myself personally with e-bikes uh lately and if you're a walker you have to be careful if especially if you're not paying attention they go quick so they do but we'll we'll Look, we're gonna have some meetings and education is where it all starts. And we've battled with this and it's really hard, like Mr. Maloney said, to enforce. But I think there are certain things we could do. Maybe we can require stickers on every bike. So if they don't have a sticker, we can have the stickers in the car. And if we have it as an ordinance, they have to have a sticker. We'll do stuff like that. Something that'll help.

you know and if they're not wearing a helmet we cite them you know yeah um uh acknowledged all uh some communities are also doing a great job with partnering with uh um uh area ice cream locations and things like that to do with coupons for for officers out there maybe not making corrective action but catching them doing the right thing and emphasizing it and so on of that so i'd love to explore these options with you in future meetings and i look forward to the invite yep we will be

THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. ANYTHING ELSE?

ANYTHING ELSE?

ANYTHING ELSE? SO ON THIS, JUST A POINT.

SO ON THIS, JUST A POINT. SO ON THIS, JUST A POINT. LAW DIRECTOR MELONI AND I HAVE LAW DIRECTOR MELONI AND I HAVE LAW DIRECTOR MELONI AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS. ABOUT FOUR YEARS. ABOUT FOUR YEARS. SOME ISSUE AND SOME WAY TO SOME ISSUE AND SOME WAY TO SOME ISSUE AND SOME WAY TO ADDRESS WHAT WE'RE SEEING OUT ADDRESS WHAT WE'RE SEEING OUT ADDRESS WHAT WE'RE SEEING OUT THERE. THERE. THERE. I BELIEVE NOT RULING OUT ANY I BELIEVE NOT RULING OUT ANY I BELIEVE NOT RULING OUT ANY FURTHER LEGIS can ticket if we need to um also and what what's what lieutenant dancy didn't mention and is that the strong partnership between the city the police department and the school system so the school is actually if you want to explain what's going to happen next year

Yeah, absolutely. We spoke briefly on how Officer Cook is going to have this incorporated in a legacy fashion with his already formatting through the DARE program. It piggybacks really well on the safety messages he's already pushing out. And it's really the age group that we're getting after here is at Dover Intermediate and Lee Burnison, right? That's one of the things that comments he was making is the high school. Everyone's like, you know, half the school's driving or getting dropped off and so on. It's a lot less frequency of seeing e-bikes, although they are present. So that's a big component. But also getting to our private schools and non-trucker public schools. So we have Officer Doerr. He is our SRO link by additional duties. He's a full-time patrolman. But getting that content out, he's able to get to it. at least one school before the end of the year out to St. Bernadette's. But we're going to keep moving forward there and incorporate that into their programming too. So I think that's key. That combined with getting the messaging out to the parents and partnership with other local places in the region that sell the item and partnering with other area police departments. We have great relationships with a lot of agencies that are doing some really good stuff. I think that that would be a great addition to what we've already accomplished with phase one.

And Mr. Getze's attention to the matter and the fact that this is not covered by insurance. So there's a liability there that the families need to understand when you purchase one of these bikes that it's not covered by your homeowner automotive insurance. So there's liability there.

Yeah, absolutely.

That's a great point. Anything else? Hearing none, the second part of your presentation has to do with these Multifaceted your multifaceted patrol strategy. Absolutely, sir.

You know you thanks for your Thanks for the intro there. Like I said before look on look forward to follow on patrol Updates patrol strategy updates for the Crocker corridor as a whole but really want to zero in on Crocker Park as it's generated a lot of complaint driven details And so on so if you just bear with me just a I got a few slides to get through activity at Crocker Park just on the bottom line up front has Has doubled over the last five months but you'll see in the graphics that I gave you that you can take home with you is that majority of that almost Overwhelmingly reciprocal is related to our activity in response of the complaints. I So our traffic stops are up tremendously. We have conducted more traffic stops and issued more citations in Crocker Park than we have in recent years, and you'll see that in the presentation as well. But the driver is the nuisance calls and the quality of life issues, and we acknowledge that. The demand prompted the greater presence and, in turn, the increase in calls related to our activity. Demand is concentrated in the evening. Roughly 8 p.m. That's what the trends are are showing so we're we're aligning details And efforts to hit those hit those windows at a time that are causing our residents and our businesses the most angst so Onto the next slide, the three-year activity trend. You'll clearly see what I just described. The key thing to take away on this, to brief by exception, is where our traffic stops are in comparison to 2024 and 2025. We're on pace to triple our numbers from last year, and then in addition to that, well outpaced, or I should say from 2024, but we'll outpace our numbers from 2025. Now, this doesn't necessarily correlate to citations and actions, criminal arrests and so on. These are probable cause-generated stops that lead to a number of different, I guess, File 1 actions, up to and including physical arrests for any contraband that may have been located in the vehicle or just an advise and coaching to whatever violation that may have transpired. Also, it's just important to note here that several reactive categories such as reckless operation and juvenile complaint calls have eased over the same period of over the last five months in terms of the now I think what we're we're seeing here in the graphic that you'll see is a Sharp and it happens every year from February to March as soon as the snow melts the motorcycle start coming out of the garage and right and the sports cars and things like that and so on they start getting nice evenings we're going to start seeing the trends increase a little bit too as nice as it's out crocker park very much comes in it becomes on like a strip right so at any resort location or myrtle beach or whatever like that and their cruising occurs we had a great partnership with With Crocker Park, they've increased some restrictions over time to limit cruising or eliminate it altogether, placing speed bumps, shutting down Main Street from Crocker Park Boulevard to Union every night starting at 9 p.m. and so on, and we'll continue to partner with them, provide recommendations, and then police accordingly. So on to slide seven, activity nearly doubling. JUST THE CORRELATION HERE IS IT'S RELATED TO THE TRAFFIC STOPS AND OUR ACTIVITY IN RESPONSE TO COMPLAINTS AND ALSO NEED. ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WHEN ACTIVITY HAPPENS. I SAID BEFORE IT'S AT 8 P.M. WE ACKNOWLEDGED ALL. DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE OF TRAFFIC STOPS IN THE EVENING IS LARGELY A PRODUCT OF OUR SCHEDULED SATURATION DETAILS. WE GET A BIG JUMP WHEN WE RUN THOSE. IN JUST A MOMENT I'LL EXPLAIN IN BRIEF DETAIL WHAT A SATURATION DETAIL IS AND HOW WE LEVERAGE THOSE. So on to the next slide, our traditional policing strategy. There are seven different ways we address not only Crocker Park but any problem area to improve the Crocker corridor. Number one, high visibility foot patrols, saturation patrols being number two, dedicated traffic enforcement. We're leveraging a new system when we put in Sundance as our new report management system where we can schedule out. It's actually a really cool thing. A lot of us cops are excited about it, but we can schedule out details and there are constant reminders to the officers in the field saying that there's an open detail, go work it. So discretionary time or opportunity time now becomes let's go and do what's popped up here and get constructive credit for doing details. We have noticed, since we incorporated that over the last two months, a significant increase in details being run in problem areas. Noise and loud vehicle enforcement combines proactive stops with education and citation on repeat offenders. Number five, coordinated patrol patterns, cycling units, community engagement, of course. We've got a great relationship with American Greetings, Palmer Howland, just to name a few, continuing to work with the businesses and also the resident association there at Crocker Park. I think that's key. And then lastly, the data-driven deployment reviews, complaint traffic, crash data, redefining continuously where to deploy and what time we're committed to doing that. For saturation details on the next slide, just to briefly go over this. We started a few years ago of doing saturation details following being recipients of the violent crime reduction grant. That became kind of culturally what we formed within our agency on how we like to police and saturate an area. And then what you have in front of you is just a snapshot of the composition of what we typically bring to bear. We have had two of those saturation details so far this year. The first one, we had to curtail or redirect to a suspected urban air takeover. If you're familiar, you've been watching that stuff in the news. It was perfect timing. We were able to use a pre-designated or pre-planned saturation detail and then set conditions at urban air where if we hadn't had that already pre-planned, we would have been, well, we probably would have been in the news. So that was a perfect time, but you know what? We didn't get the benefit of having the saturation detail out doing the things that we needed to do. The second one, although very productive, right? Lots of stops, lots of coaching, lots of stuff. It was temporarily interrupted because we had an elderly man wander away from home, and we utilized the saturation detail to set a perimeter up and then get our drones up in the air and so on. We successfully recovered that gentleman within an hour. So we went back to Crocker, went back up to Crocker Park area and so on in the corridor, and continued to work until detail complete. Very successful saturation detail. We have more planned, several more planned. They are scheduled, but kept kind of close hold. But we plan on continuing leveraging that capability and whatever to have the success we've had so far, and then more. CITATIONS, LEFT SLIDE 11 FOR YOUR AWARENESS, 78% OF THE CITATIONS AND THE ACTIONS WE TAKE ARE FOR NON-WEST LAKE RESIDENTS TRAVELING INTO, WHICH IS CONSISTENT BECAUSE CROCKER AND CROCKER PARK IS AN AREA WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO TO DINNER FROM OUT OF TOWN AND SO ON AND ARE OTHERWISE FREQUENT. IT'S AN ESTIMATED 20 MILLION VISITORS AT CROCKER PARK ANNUALLY. SO THAT WOULD STAND TO REASON or non-residents that we have contact with. And then lastly, I'm leaving you with a storyboard. All right. Just an example of the great stuff that our guys are doing. Just the other night on June 1st, a couple of our officers were working an extra duty detail, traffic and nuisance condition detail that we partner with Crocker Park in order to do. They They reimbursed the overtime. So we got a great partnership. We had a couple guys working the other night. And you can see just they spotted or they heard the loud revving engines. That turned into a traffic stop to follow with very interesting on the gentleman's lap was a revving engines or loud exhaust citation he received on the 20th. It turns out we do work with Crocker Park. They do banish. They've sent banishment letters out to folks that violate their code of conduct and so on, and they go through that process. So then we got criminal trespass, a revving engine citation and so forth, whatever, all in one stop. And the only reason that the front passenger didn't also get arrested for criminal trespass is because his banishment just expired. They do one-year expirations, and he was about two weeks or so, you know, expired about two weeks prior to the contact. So The storyboard does depict regular contacts and actions that are officers every tour of duty to increase the safety and overall sense of safety, not only in Crocker Park, but West Lake as a whole. I'll pause here for a second, subject to any of your questions.

OK, questions? Mr. Getze? Ms. Havalka?

Mr. Levesque? One question. The saturation details, how much of our force is taken away from other things? Forgive me if I missed it, but.

No, no, that's a great question. This is an overtime. detail what we do is we look at who we have scheduled for that night if we're pretty heavy we got a lot and those officers working that night have specialty skills we will pull them okay and it's only for a portion of time and then when the details over they return to duty But what we do is we bring out a couple of undercovers or detectives and so on. They're working off hours. We know much in advance they'll split their hours, so it's the lowest cost to the community as possible. But it's a combination of changing their hours with enough notice and then overtime backfill. Okay, thank you.

Just a quick note, and before I'll go to my left. As it relates to the general perception that Westlake is doing this to increase ticket quotas or increase our revenue, I know Director Shaw might not want to hear this, but I talked to the mayor yesterday and I talked to council. Any and all proceeds from these tickets and fines will go into a fund which will be distributed to a Westlake nonprofit. So the city will be absorbing the overtime costs with no reimbursement, but we're not doing it for the money. We're not doing it for any quotas. I don't want any perception of that. The money will be set aside to be dedicated to Westlake charity or charities to be determined at a future date. So I just want to make sure that that's clearly understood. This is not a money grab. This is not a quota grabber. This is purely one of the three pillars of local government is safety. And this is clearly a safety measure that we believe as a council and as the mayor is important and the police department in the city is important. We've heard from our residents about these concerns about speeding, about noise. This saturation detail is a response to that. I believe a positive a positive response to be able to address this issue to make the city safe Not only for our guests our residents, but also our guests.

So with that mr. Del Regno anything well one just thank you I think this is something that long overdue and at least made public I'll say I think we've as you said we've done it before but we just never really talked about it so I do receive quite a few calls. The one thing that I do want to mention or ask about is I the ins and the outs to get to Crocker, right? We've got 90, we've got Crocker Stearns that goes all the way through now. Those are pretty straight stretches. That's where they like to show it off at. We're also finding them up into the Rainy Parkway area because of the industrial side of that and low traffic, low visibility type of thing. So I love that we're focused here. I think now it's let's start expanding to see where they're coming from and where they're going and how we can kind of curb that down. I think Crocker's got a great location with easy access, and that's also inviting to... these activities, if you will. So I appreciate what you're doing. And I guess we keep going with it and expand it out a little bit as we go. Yes, sir.

Mr. Minari.

Yes. Thank you, by the way. Also, parking garages are a huge, they have been for, God, 10 years. They've been a huge problem. I know you've been extremely involved, you know, way before this, but maybe we can, you know, notch that up a little. And again, most of the I'm not bragging about West Lake, but most of the problems are coming out of West, not from West Lake. They're external and there's even some gang related things and there's definitely fights. There's definitely. a lot of stuff going on, which you're well aware of. So I'm hoping that we can nip a lot now that summer is upon us. Sometimes it gets a little more evasive or whatever the word is. So, but thank you.

No, absolutely, sir. Our first saturation detail we ever did a few years back started off, okay, we were going to just make some simple stops and, you know, revving engines, noose and stuff, whatever. That same detail that night, we had four guns. Right. So the reality is, is that the challenges that are in front of us, it isn't not, it isn't just a nuisance condition. I think that these are potential here to really make an impact and prevent something pretty heinous. And we look at that every day that we're going to take the common and do it uncommonly well.

So thank you, Lieutenant Dancy. So, um, You said 20 million visitors come to- That's what they report on their website.

Per year. Yeah.

That's a lot. That is a lot. And they have security personnel that they employ, but they can't stop a car, right? Their security is different. You are-

traffic uh and things along those lines is that correct yeah and there's there's additional constraints too that um we can have a sidebar on uh in terms of what is private versus public property what we can so we have some constraints our officers are well versed at this point on what violations can be enforced in certain locations that compounds the problem um and also let's let's be honest uh Crocker Park has gone through a number of different security companies over the last several years that I've been a part of this problem. So that presents its own challenges. And you work through different companies and different teams and different competency levels. And so you get them trained up as much as you can. Yeah, we are the only ones authorized here in the state of Iowa to seize a private citizen, right, for probable cause, right, and for reasonable suspicion in certain circumstances, right? So that's what we have. We are working directly with Crocker Park and their team on observing things after the fact and reporting them, especially when they're heinous, right, getting on video, forwarding over to us. We do follow-up and so on, and then we're entertaining, forwarding that over to... the director of law here for consideration. So we look at these things and even then we're initiating a report, identifying folks involved, and even if we don't prosecute, it's enough there that a private company like Crocker Park can make the decision to issue a banishment letter because it's enough and they don't want it on their property. So we're looking through these things creatively. It's been successful in the past and we're going to continue to step that up. They're under Their director of security is new. They had a longstanding director for a period of time we had a great relationship with, and their new one we have a great relationship with too. But we're working through some of the things and getting caught up or getting everybody caught up on what we did so well in previous years.

Okay, thank you. Yep. Thank you. Just one more comment. Do we have a satellite there now? I know we had spoke about having it. I thought the mayor had, do we have one there now?

No, we do not have one there now.

Is that something that may come to fruition or?

At this point, I know that we're, you know, both Crocker Park and our police department are motivated to consider it as an option. And it's at the proper level right now for validation. Okay. What I can say, I'm glad you mentioned the Crocker Park relationship.

The relationship is getting, this relationship as it relates to this and others, but this particular is getting better. There is significant engagement between our police department, Crocker security, but more importantly, Crocker Park management, to your point. And I've had conversations with Ezra Stark about several issues, one of which is what you mentioned. We talked about that earlier today. Absolutely. I've also been very outwardly aggressive in my discussion with him about closing Main Street. except for the cross streets at certain times of the evening because you will eliminate cruising if there's no road to cruise on. So those conversations have been taking place with, like I said, I had those with Mr. Stark two weeks ago. So the relationship is good getting better, and we all see the benefit in what our police department's doing and the enhanced enforcement efforts and activities within Crocker Park itself.

So since Mr. Nanari brought it up, maybe we should just have further discussions about should there be a mini station there of some type.

We can bring, Mr. Nenari has a safety committee meeting we can address. We'll add it. More work for me.

It's all good. Thank you.

You had asked if I had a question and I didn't, but I do have comments. I just wanted to say thank you. That's probably the biggest thing. This has been the biggest issue in Ward 5, the noise disruptions. and how it kind of carries through the whole city um so i'm i'm thrilled that we're doing these um and i'm glad that we can tell the citizens that you're doing these saturation details because that's what they they want to hear is that they're being done and that we care about it and i just really really appreciate it so thank you absolutely ma'am

And one final note, and this is the final note, is you saw Channel 19 was here. They're doing a story on this this evening. So as soon as it's published, I know I've talked to several members. Let's share the information with the community through whatever means, whether social media, through emails, through just conversation. Purpose is to get this out there to those who wish to come into our city Speed drag race rev their engines that we're now no longer going to tolerate it. So, thank you Thanks. Thanks a lot. Thank you. Lieutenant. Thank you, sir You still have the single butter bar. We got to get the two bars here soon coming soon All right, very good that concludes a report of administrative officials reports of standing committees. We have Two committees, committees of the whole. Committee of the whole meeting met on May 27, 2026. Present were council members Greenspan, Denari, Del Regno, Levesque, and Havelka. Also present were Mayor Clough and Engineering, I'm sorry, and Engineering Director Jim Smolik. The meeting convened at 7 p.m. There were three items discussed, three ordinances, Ordinance 2668, 69, and 70. Those items are on the agenda this evening. They have to do with the donation of 1.5 million dollars to the city to expand our our parks and recreation activities before members uh are the meeting minutes and as was published are the meeting minutes i will not read them i will ask though for a motion to receive and file

Mr. President. Yes. Oh, well, maybe we should make the motion first. Yeah, sir motion.

I have an amendment for it I'll make motion there's been a motion. Is there a second second motion is made in second.

Okay, mr Van Dyke I believe I was in attendance at that meeting.

Okay, we will go ahead and amend the entertain a motion to amend the agenda to include mr. Van Dyke So moved. Is there a second? Second. Motion to second. Any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor of amending the agenda to include Mr. Van Dyke, signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed? The meeting minutes are amended. There is a motion to receive and file, and it's been properly seconded. Any further discussion on the motion to receive and file? Hearing none, clerk will hold the roll on the motion to receive and file.

Greenspan? Yes. Van Dyke?

Yes.

Nanari? Yes. Del Regno?

Yes.

Levesque?

Yes.

Havalka? Yes. Gatsey? Yes.

The motion carries. Those minutes are received and filed. This evening the committee of the whole meeting met. Our meeting convened at 7 30. Present were council members Greenspan, Van Dyke, Nanari, Del Regno, Levesque, Havelka, and Getze also present were Law Director Maloney, Director Stoom, Stock, Shaw, Horner, Bedell, Stiple, Graham, Gad, Lieutenant Dancy, Chief Morant, and Clerk Rosenbaum. Discussed were agenda items as well as police presentation, which we heard, and we will be extending later in the agenda the CUP and PZL for another 60 days, and that meeting convened at 7.53 p.m. That concludes the reports of standing committees, reports of other boards and commissions. Planning Commission, Mr. Del Regno.

Yes, thank you, Mr. President. On June 1st, Planning Commission met and there were several items on our agenda. Three of them will be heard this evening during regular meeting. First would be the AC Orthodontics Pediatric Dentistry Sign Plan 275919 Detroit Road. I think Mr. Vidal has spoken about this one previously. Next item is going to be on for first reading under suspension. I'm sorry, that's under first reading under suspension. very forage Plaza development to 7 to 1, 0 center Ridge Road is up for motion. The redevelopment this is the former get go at the corner of Dover center and center Ridge.

Yes, 27210 Sunridge Road, and it's a redevelopment, as mentioned. When completed, it will be a 4,740-square-foot retail plaza. It will have up to four tenant spaces, and there will be facade upgrades, including new bricks, stone veneer, aluminum storefront systems, flat roof conversions, canopies, updated landscaping. The environmental cleanup was done by the previous owner. driveway aprons reduced so it's a safer condition than it currently is or ever was as a gas station parking believe it or not there's room for 23 parking spaces there is one change to be made at the bottom of the screen there's a condition of approval relative to that and their engineers are working on it it's just to provide better fire access to the rear of the building So no issues with that. The design and the materials do meet the requirements of the design review requirement chapter of the zoning code. And there are some modifications. They really have to do with just the fact that the site was designed before modern zoning. So parking's closer to the sidewalk than it should be, for example. Landscaping is less than it should be, for example. landscaping. So landscape areas or areas that aren't paved or buildings is going to go from 6% to 21%. So that's quite an improvement and overall it's really going to clean up that corner nicely.

That being said, I make a motion to approve the Farage Plaza development plan with modifications and condition conditions listed in the report of the June 1st 2026 Planning Commission.

BEEN A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. DISCUSSION? DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. HEARING NONE. THANK GOODNESS SOMETHING IS THANK GOODNESS SOMETHING IS FINALLY HAPPENING WITH THIS FINALLY HAPPENING WITH THIS INTERSECTION.

INTERSECTION. THIS IS WARD FOUR AND THIS IS THIS IS WARD FOUR AND THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE LOOKED AT FOR 25 SOMETHING I'VE LOOKED AT FOR 25 YEARS AND I'M THRILLED THAT WE'RE YEARS AND I'M THRILLED THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS.

MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND SECOND. SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION

And I, yes, and Ari, yes, Del Regno, yes, Lovac, yes, Velka, yes, get say yes, Greenspan.

Yes, that motion carries.

Mr Del Regno also on the seed binding on 1st under first reading 2026-72. The Creekside Estate subdivision preliminary plan can discuss that at that time. Another motion up is the Westlake Flex condo development plan 28820 Rainy Parkway.

Yes, so this is a 4.57-acre property. It will have four flex industrial condominium buildings, so the tenants will actually own their space in those buildings. Each space will be 12,028 square feet, a total of 48,112 square feet. 48,112 square feet per building, 10 units per building, plenty of parking, and it's going to be a phased development as well. Architecturally, it's really a cut above what's required in the exclusive industrial district, and it has been designed to meet code requirements. This is the first phase that you're seeing at left. This will be the entire site when completed. It's not what we typically see for industrial. Thank you.

I make a motion to approve the Westlake Flex condo development plan with modifications and conditions listed in the report of the June 1st Planning Commission.

Is there a motion or a second? Second. Motion is made and seconded. Discussion on the motion? Hearing none, clerk will call the roll on the motion to approve.

Nanari? Yes. Del Regno? Yes. Levesque? Yes. Havalka? Yes. Gadsay? Yes. Greenspan? Yes. Van Dyke?

Yes.

That motion carries. Mr. Del Regno? The next is a Cahoon Nursery Development Plan Storage Building, 27630 Detroit Road. This is one I'm excited about.

Yes, so this follows the 2025 conditional use permit for this site. Prior to that it was a non-conforming property and it now conforms to the zoning code. One of the reasons for that conditional use permit was so that the site could be redeveloped. with new buildings, expanded parking, future two-story retail office replacement. But phase one was always meant to include the building that you're going to see tonight, and this is a new maintenance building. at the location of the existing one. So the proposal is for a 2,680 square foot maintenance building concept, mainly a garage, so they can store their vehicles safely indoors. I'm sure they'll have other things in there as well. There are some site constraints, being that Cahoon Creek is directly adjacent, so there's a steep slope. There's also Cajun Road and I-90 at that location. So it does result in some zoning modifications to be a little closer to the lot lines than what we would normally want to see. However, this is something that we've known about since the conditional use permit, and Planning Commission did not voice any opposition meeting the code requirements would reduce the size of the building to 1254 square feet which is smaller almost 600 square feet smaller than the building they have right now And this is part of the reason why they don't mind. It's a very attractive one-story building 25 feet tall it's Very similar to what you would see, you know in a residential setting and does meet design guidelines for its current office zone And Planning Commission did recommend approval Thank You mr. Burdell I make a motion to approve the Kuhn nursery development plan storage building with modification and conditions listed in the report of the June 1st Planning Commission in emotions or second second motions made in second a discussion on the motion I

Mr. President, I just would like to commend the owners for such a handsome building. They've gone above and beyond, and really it'll be an asset. I mean, the existing building, Jim didn't show it, but it's concrete block, and I think it's gray maybe or white or something. So this is an incredible improvement, and I appreciate their doing it.

Very good. Any further discussion? Hearing none, clerk will call the roll on the motion to approve. Del Regno? Yes.

Lubeck? Yes. Havalka? Yes. Gadsay? Yes. Greenspan? Yes. Van Dyke?

Yes.

Nenari?

Yes. That motion carries. Mr. Del Regno?

The green subdivision final plot plan, which is coming up under first reading under suspension 202673. We'll talk about that one then. I think we're good, right? And then finally, the ordinance 2026-25, conditional use permit for preschool at 1299 Columbia Road. And that's on second reading that I believe you're going to set a public hearing for.

Correct. And then do you want to announce the next planning commission meeting?

I will. That is coming up on... Next scheduled meeting is July 6th.

Very good. Thank you.

Thank you.

We have one item this evening under legislation, a fourth reading, Ordinance 2026-46.

An ordinance amending section 121.15 reports of chapter 121 council as to the submission of reports.

I'll entertain a motion to approve. So moved. Is there a motion? Is there a second? Second. And second in discussion. This is an ordinance generated by council which would allow reports like we heard this evening to be made within the 48-hour window that's currently in our code and allow those reports to be oral as well and not only in writing. Mr. Van Dyke, did you have a question? No, I didn't. I'm sorry. Any further discussion? Hearing none, clerk will call the roll in motion to approve. Levesque? Yes.

Pavelka? Yes. Gatsay? Yes. Greenspan? Yes. Van Dyke? Yes. Nannari? Yes. Del Regno?

Yes. The motion carries. That ordinance is adopted. We have several items this evening under the caption third reading, ordinance 202631.

Ordinance providing for the amendment of the zone map of the city of Westlake Which zone map is part of the zoning code of the city of Westlake by changing the zoning of certain land located at? 268 14 Center Ridge Road from general business and office building districts to our 1f 80 district entertaining motion to approve So moved to a motion.

Is there a second second motion is made in seconded discussion. I

Mr. President, I just want to, you know, it was brought up about floodplains and drainage. And so rezoning will be simply changing the zoning on this property. And then, Mr. Bedell, if I'm correct, then the applicant and owner or developer will come back with an actual plan. And the city engineer reviews it for drainage. And one of the things is they detain water on site. So this should actually reduce the amount of runoff from this particular site. Correct me if I'm wrong on any of that. But I would also say that since there's a floodplain there, if the engineer could just take a look a little bit at that and how that coordinates with the proposed plan that they bring forward.

Yes, if I could. So there is a preliminary plan for this already, and that's the first step. And that just establishes the potential lot lines or where we think the lot lines in the right of way will be. And then the second part of that is the final plat. And along with that will be the improvement plans, and that will include the engineering that we'll establish grading and utilities and drainage and stormwater detention and those types of things.

I just want to make the point that when any development that happens on a piece of property in the city, the water is detained on site and then trickles out at a much lower rate than would even a natural slope that the water can run off on. That's all, Mr. President.

Okay, very good. Any further discussion? Yes.

Yes, Mr. Council President, fellow council members. I've heard from residents who have concerns about traffic, environmental impact, and the effect this development may have on surrounding neighborhoods. I appreciate those residents who took the time to share their views. After reviewing the recommendation of the Planning Commission and the finding before us, I believe this proposal is consistent with the Westlake Guide Plan and appropriate as an infield development. The Planning Commission found that it supports the goals of creating attractive and harmonious neighborhoods, convenient and safe streets, and an efficient residential layout. I also recognize that the project remains subject to further engineering review and compliance with all applicable city ordinances. And for those reasons, while respecting the concerns that have been raised, I will be voting in support of ordinance 2026-31.

Thank you, Mr. Levesque. Any further questions? Hearing none, are comments? Hearing none, clerk will call the roll on the motion to approve.

Valka? Yes. Gadsay? Yes. Greenspan? Yes. Van Dyke? Yes. Nannari? Yes. Del Regno? Yes. Levesque?

Yes. The motion carries. That ordinance is approved. Ordinance 2026-35-44 and 52 will not be acted upon tonight. I will set a public hearing for each of those. But because they're on the agenda, Ordinance 2026-35.

An ordinance amending subsection 1235-02B as to request to change the zoning code.

We will set a public hearing for that ordinance on June 18th. Ordinance 2026-44.

An ordinance amending and supplementing various sections of the planning and zoning codes as to fee schedules, notice, and application updates.

We will set a public, I will set a public hearing for June 18th. Ordinance 2026-52.

An ordinance amending subsection 12-26-02-C-2-D-1 of the zoning code as to preschool facilities in shopping center districts.

I will also set a public hearing for June 18th. Ordinance 2,026-53.

An ordinance authorizing the mayor to enter into a real estate sale contract between the City of Westlake and Micro Development LLC and declaring an emergency.

I'll entertain a motion to adopt. So moved. Is there a motion? Is there a second?

Second. Did he make the motion in seconds? I didn't do it.

I did both.

He's got that much clout. The motion's been made and seconded in discussion. Hearing none, clerk will call the roll on the motion to approve.

Getze? Yes. Greenspan? Yes. Van Dyke? Yes. Nannari? Yes. Del Regno? Yes. Levesque? Yes. Havalka?

Yes. Motion carries. That ordinance is adopted. We have several items under the heading of second reading. Ordinance 2026-25.

An ordinance considering a conditional use permit for a preschool.

This one, we will also set a public hearing for June 18th. However, at this time, I'll entertain a motion to amend by substitution. Mr. Bell, right there.

I'd like to make a motion to amend by substitution, ordinance 2026-25. I'm going to motion to amend by substitution.

Is there a second? Second. This motion is second. Discussion?

Thanks, Nick.

OK. We all have the information regarding the amendment. If there's no further discussion, clerk will please call the roll on the motion to amend.

Greenspan? Yes. Van Dyke? Yes. Minari? Yes. Del Ragnol? Yes. Levesque? Yes. Havalka? Yes. Gatsey? Yes.

The motion carries. The ordinance is amended. Ordinance 2026-58.

An ordinance providing for the amendment of the zone map of the city of Westlake, which zone map is part of the zoning code of the city of Westlake, by changing the zoning of certain land located at 270-59 Center Ridge Road, permanent parcel 215-10-5, from office building district to general business district.

I will set a public hearing for that one on June 18th. And both those Ordinance 25 and 58 will be on for third reading. Ordinance 2000 on June 18th. Ordinance 2026-59.

An ordinance providing for the amendment of the zone map of the City of Westlake, which zone map is part of the zoning code of the City of Westlake, by changing the zoning of certain land located at 26943 Westwood Road, permanent parcel numbers 2151022 and 215106, from office building district to general business district.

That item will be on the June 18th agenda for third reading and we'll set a public hearing for June 18th. Ordinance 202660.

An ordinance providing for the amendment of the zone map of the city of Westlake which zone map is part of the zoning code of the city of Westlake by changing the zoning of certain land located on Center Ridge Road from office building RMF 24 and RMF 80 districts to RMF 24 district. Item will be on the agenda the June 18th meeting and we will also have a public hearing on June 18th or does 2026 61 an ordinance providing for the amendment of the zone map of the City of Westlake which zone map is part of the zoning code of the City of Westlake and change or by changing the zoning of certain land located at 2 6 21 16 and 21 54 Dover Center Road from our MF 24 district to health campus district

Also will be on the June 18th agenda and we will set a public hearing for the same day. Ordinance 2026-68.

An ordinance authorizing the mayor to enter into a personal services contract with Steve Schill of Schill Architecture LLC to design the Bradley Nature Park Pavilion and declaring an emergency.

That item is on just for a second reading this evening. Ordinance 2026-69.

An ordinance authorizing the mayor to enter into a personal services contract with Karpinski Engineering to provide professional engineering services for the Bradley Nature Park Pavilion project and declaring an emergency.

That item was also on this evening for a second reading. Ordinance 2026-70.

An ordinance accepting a donation from Vasu and Lisa Pandrangi for the Bradley Nature Park Pavilion project and the Clegg Park cabin renovation.

That item is also on this evening for second reading. The three ordinances we just read are anticipated to be on the June 18th agenda pending the terms of the item reference in 2026-70. Legislation for first-ring adoption under suspension of the rules. Mr. Getzeng.

Yes, I'd like to make a motion to suspend Article 3, Section 10 of the Charter, the rule requiring three separate readings.

There's been a motion to suspend the rule. Is there a second?

Second.

Motion is made and seconded. Discussion? Hearing none, clerk will call the roll on the motion to suspend.

Van Dyke? Yes. Nenari? Yes. Del Regno? Yes. Levesque? Yes. Pavelka? Yes. Getze? Yes. Greenspan?

Yes. The rules are suspended. Ordinance 2026-71.

An ordinance authorizing the mayor to enter into a settlement agreement with Trust Properties LLC and declaring an emergency.

I entertain a motion to approve. So moved. Is there a motion or a second? Second. Discussion? Mr. Maloney?

If I may, Mr. Council President, as discussed during the Committee of the Whole, this is an authorization for the mayor to resolve an administrative appeal of a BZA decision relating to that property on First Street in Westlake. Thank you.

Any further discussion or comments? Hearing none, clerk will please call the roll on the motion to approve.

Denary? Yes. Del Regno? Yes. Levesque? Yes. Pavelka? Yes. Getze? Yes. Greenspan? Yes. Van Dyke?

Yes. The motion carries. That ordinance is adopted. Ordinance 2026-73.

An ordinance approving for recording purposes only the final plat of the greens major subdivision in the City of Westlake.

I'll entertain a motion to approve.

So moved.

Is there a second? Second. And seconded. Discussion? Mr. Padilla, did you want to just briefly

This is a final platform recording purposes only with the county. It is the same layout as the preliminary plan for this new subdivision off Hilliard. It's a 13 lot single family residential subdivision.

Perfect thank you. Any further discussion? Hearing none, clerk will call the roll on the motion to approve.

Del Regno? Yes. Levesque? Yes. Havelka? Yes. Ketse? Yes. Greenspan? Yes. Van Dyke? Yes. Nenari?

Yes. That ordinance is adopted. Ordinance 2026-74.

An ordinance amending section 2, condition 6 of ordinance 1989-224 entitled an ordinance considering an application for a conditional use permit from Bryce Blackman for professional office use on a historical site located at 27519 Detroit Road within a residential district in the city of Westlake.

I'll entertain a motion to approve. So moved. Second. Motion is made and seconded. Discussion? Mr. Bedell?

Yes, this allows the current owner to have a monument sign three square feet larger than the 20 square foot, approximately three square feet larger than the 20 square foot sign that was prescribed for in that earlier conditional use permit ordinance and also will allow them to have interior illumination.

Any further discussion? Hearing none, clerk will call the roll on the motion to approve.

Levesque?

Yes.

Havalka? Yes. Gatsay? Yes. Greenspan? Yes. Van Dyke? Yes. Minari? Yes. Del Regno?

Yes. Motion carries. That ordinance is approved. We have one item this evening under first reading, ordinance 2026-72.

An ordinance approving the preliminary plan of Creekside Estates, major subdivision in the city of Westlake.

That item is expected to be on the June 18th agenda. That concludes the agenda items. Is there any miscellaneous business? Mr. Levack.

I'm sorry, go ahead.

Yes, before we conclude, I would like to note that June is Pride Month, and Pride Month is an opportunity to recognize the contributions of LGBTQ plus individuals to our community and our country, and to reaffirm the values of dignity, respect, and equal treatment for all people. Westlake is at its best when every resident feels welcomed, valued, and able to participate fully in community life. As we celebrate Pride Month, I hope we will continue to build a community where all of our neighbors know they belong. Thank you.

Thank you. Mr. Van Dyke. Yes, Mr. President, I would like to request a 60-day extension for the Goddard School. It's a conditional use permit, is that correct, Mr. Goodell?

That is correct. OK. There's been a motion to extend NPZL for 60 days. Is there a second? Second. Second. Any discussion? Just for clarification, according to our code, if an item sits in committee for more than 60 days, it's considered approved. This will allow the item to continue within the committee and further discussion be deliberated. There's been a motion to second. Any further discussion? Hearing none, clerk will call the roll on the motion.

Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

Yes. Motion carries. Two final items. Mr. Leck, once again, happy birthday. Thank you. Happy birthday. Thank you. And go Troy University Trojans. With that, at 9.12 p.m., I'll entertain a motion to adjourn. So moved. Is there a motion? Second. Motion is made and seconded. All in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed, we are adjourned.