[5.A. Community Visioning Update Executive Summary: Community Visioning Committee Chair Joe Sherman will provide an update on the work of the committee on the Community Visioning initiative. The slides they are using to present to community groups are attached.]

OKAY, MOVING ON, WE HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION WITH JOE SHERMAN. MR. GREESON, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR THE SPECIAL PRESENTATION.

>> YEAH, GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT MICHAEL, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY THIS EVENING AND I HOPE EVERYONE IS DOING WELL.

WE HAVE MR. SHERMAN, CHAIRMAN OF OUR VISIONING COMMITTEE WHO IS PREPARED TO GIVE HIS MONTHLY UPDATE AND THE CORONAVIRUS IS AFFECTING ALL OF OUR COMMITTEES AND ALL OF OUR PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. AND I THINK HE IS EAGER TO TELL ABOUT HOW THEY ARE ADAPTING CREATIVELY TO THE CHALLENGES PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE AS THEY CNTINUE THE VISIONING COMMITTEE EFFORTS. HE AND I HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION LATE LAST WEEK ABOUT ALL THE CREATIVE THINGS THEY ARE DOING TO DO OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT AND I THINK HE IS EAGER TO SHARE IT WITH YOU TONIGHT.

MR. SHERMAN? >> MR. GREESON, THANK YOU SO MUCH. MADAM PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING YOU UP-TO-DATE.

OUR LAST UPDATE WITH THE GROUP WAS ON APRIL 20TH AND WE HAVE HAD TWO VIRTUAL MEETINGS SINCE THAT POINT IN TIME.

LET'S START BY TALKING ABOUT COVID-19.

THE REALITY IS THIS IS A STRANGE NEW KIND OF NORMAL.

IT'S DEPRESSING TO SURRENDER TO THIS VIRUS THOUGH.

SO I'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD WITH A REVISED AND NARROWING SCOPE FOCUSED ONTO COMPLETE THE VISIONING PROJECT ON TIME. THAT IS OCTOBER 2020.

WE HAVE ASKED OURSELVES IF THIS IS DOABLE.

WE REALIGNED AND ADJUSTED TO REFLECT TODAY'S REALITIES.

WE HAVE REMAINED PROACTIVE AND WE ARE STAYING OPEN-MINDED ON OUR NEW PATH FORWARD RECOGNIZING THINGS ARE A LITTLE IMPERFECT. IT WILL TAKE A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS TO GET THIS OVER THE FINISH LINE.

SO THIS CHANGE IN CULTURE, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE ARE DOING AND THAT WE ARE DOING THIS TOGETHER AS A COLLECTIVE GROUP.

AND THAT'S HOW WE WILL ALL SUCCEED.

COVID-19 MAKES THE CONTINUATION OF THIS VISIONING PROJECT ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT. AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE EACH OF US WITH A MORE REFLECTIVE COMMUNITY CONTEXT.

THERE IS NO BETTER TIME TO REFLECT UPON THE COMMUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE THIS NOW, IN THIS TIME AND TO GET TO THE CORE OF WHY PEOPLE SIMPLY LOVE WORTHINGTON.

SO LET ME SHARE WITH YOU WHERE WE ARE GOING WITH THIS APPROACH.

IN COUNCIL'S PACKET WE PROVIDED THE MOST RECENT SLIDE PRESENTATION. THIS PRESENTATION IS DONE BY THREE PEOPLE OF THE VISIONING COMMITTEE WITH EACH TAKING A SLIDE IN THIS VIRTUAL PLATFORM. SO AS IN THIS LIVE ENVIRONMENT, THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE FLUID AND CHANGING BASED ON THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY. IN FACT, YOU WILL SEE, WE HAVE

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CREATED A NEW SLIDE AS OF TODAY. WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN RGHT NOW IS THE INTRODUCTORY SLIDE. AND THIS WILL SHOW THE DATE AND IT WILL SHOW THE PARTICIPANTS AND THEN ALSO, AS A PART OF THE DIALOGUE, WE SIMPLY USE THIS AS A WAY TO GREET THE FOLKS.

WE INTRODUCE THE PRESENTERS. WE THEN MENTION THE WEBSITE, WHICH YOU CAN SEE VISIONWORTHINGTON.ORG AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO ENROLL AND REGISTER.

AND THEN WE FINISH THIS SLIDE BY STATING OUR GOAL IS TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION AND IDEAS IN AN OPEN DISCUSSION FORMAT AND TO ASK YOU TO HELP US COLLABORATIVELY DEVELOP A CONSENSUS AROUND THE DESIRED FUTURE FOR WORTHINGTON, ITS RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. THE NEXT SLIDE WE CREATED TODAY.

AND WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO GET OUR MISSION STATEMENT OUT THERE. SO EVERYBODY CAN UNDERSTAND THAT ON FEBRUARY 19TH, 2019, THE WORTHINGTON CITY COUNCIL FORMALLY ESTABLISHED THE VISIONING COMMITTEE AND ITS MISSION AROUND COUNCIL RESOLUTION 10-2019.

AS YOU CAN READ, OUR TASKS ARE TO COLLECT THE COMMUNITY VIEWS, ORGANIZE AND ANALYZE THEM, AND PROVIDE TO COUNCIL WITH A DRAFT VISION FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION AND OUR FUTURE CITY'S ACTIONS.

SO WE CAN BEGIN OUR PRESENTATION WITH OUR MISSION, OUR VISION AND OUR GOALS. NEXT W MOVE ONTO ADDRESS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. AND THAT IS THE COVID-19 SCENARIO. THE DIALOGUE B LAURA IS SIMPLY STATING THAT OUR COMMITTEE HAS BEEN MEETING REGULARLY SINCE AUGUST. AND OUR PROGRESS WAS SLOW AND STEADY AS WE ESTABLISHED OUR OWN GOVERNANCE AND BEGIN CREATING WORKING SUBCOMMITTEES. IN MARCH, WE WERE SET TO LAUNCH OUR IN-PERSON ENGAGEMENTS WITH RELEVANT COMMUNITY GROUPS ACROSS THE CITY. HOWEVER COVID-19 DISRUPTED THAT TIME LINE JUST AS IT DISRUPTED OUR LIVES AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AS REFERENCED IN THE ABOVE OBSERVATION, IT'S ABOUT A CRISIS.

SIMPLY MEANING DANGER AND OPPORTUNITY.

AND WE ARE ALL WORKING TO ENSURE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS NOT STOPPED BUT RATHER JUST ALTERED.

SO WE WILL SOLICIT INPUT AND WE ARE AKING YOU TO HELP CREATE THIS NEW NARRATIVE AROUND THE COMMUNITY'S VISION FOR OUR GREAT CITY OF WORTHINGTON. WE NEXT THEN MOVE ONTO INTRODUCE THE COMMITTEE, WHAT A WONDERFUL GROUP OF PEOPLE.

AND WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE WERE SELECTED AND BROUGHT INTO THIS AND THEN WE GO ONTO THE BALANCE OF OUR PRESENTATION.

SO I DON'T WANT TO TAKE YOU THROUGH ALL THAT BUT I WOULD LIKE TO THEN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PRESENTATIONS AND THE SCHEDULES THAT WE HAVE CREATED. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO 22 DIFFERENT GROUPS ACROSS THE CITY.

WE HAVE ALREADY MADE PRESENTATIONS TO SEVERAL TO INCLUDE BUILDING WORTHINGTON'S FUTURE, THE P.C.P.W. GROUP, WARD IS THIS THURSDAY. WE HAVE TALKED WITH THE CHAMBER, THE COUNCIL AND P.T.A.'S OVER THE PARTNERSHIP ETC. SO IN CONJUNCTION THOUGH WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH JEAN ON A WEBINAR.

THIS WILL BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE.

THIS IS TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE SLIDE PRESENTATION. AND THAT WAY YOU COULD VIEW THIS AT YOUR OWN TIME. SO BEFORE I GO ON AND MOVE ON FROM THE SLIDE PRESENTATION, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS

TIME? >> MR. SHERMAN?

>> YES? >> [INDISCERNIBLE] FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THAT INTRODUCTION AND I LOVE YOUR ATTITUDE AND GUIDING PHILOSOPHY ABOUT NO BETTER TIME.

HATS OFF TO YOU GUYS, THANK YOU. QUICK QUESTION.

HOW DO YOU SEE THE PURPOSE OF THE INITIAL, THE OUTREACH PRESENTATIONS TO COMMUNITY GROUPS? ARE YOU VIEWING IT PRIMARILY AS A WAY OF GETTING THEM AND THEIR MEMBERSHIP PARTICIPATING OR IS THERE ACTUAL DIALOGUE THAT'S FEEDING INTO ANY KIND OF DATA COLLECTION YOU ARE DOING?

>> AT THIS POINT COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO DRIVE FOLKS TO THE WEBSITE. IT'S AN INTERACTIVE WEBSITE AND AS YOU WILL SEE IN A FEW MINUTES WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT INITIATIVE AND THEN THAT DOES LEAD TO OVER ARCHING CONVERSATIONS. ONCE WE HAVE CMPLETED THE SLIDE PRESENTATION WE THEN OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.

BUT IT'S MORE OR LESS JUST TO TALK ABOUT HW TO GET ENGAGED.

>> THAT'S GREAT, THANK YOU. YOU GOT IT SPOT ON, THANK YOU.

>> MY PLEASURE. THE FIRST SLIDE IS REALLY, WHAT WE HAVE DONE HERE, WHAT I HAVE DONE IS TRY TO UPDATE NOW THE

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SCOPE OF WORK. THE FIRST SLIDE IS THE ENGAGEMENT AS OF TODAY. AND AS YOU CAN SEE OUR SCOPE OF WORK TALKED ABOUT THE STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS WHICH WE HAVE COMPLETED. THE SPEAKERS' BUREAU WHICH WE JUST WENT THROUGH THE SLIDE PRESENTATION, IT'S MOVED NOW TO THAT VIRTUAL PLATFORM. WE HAVE A WORKSHOP, WE HVE -- WE HAVE A FLYER THAT WAS PREPARED THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT HERE IN A MINUTE THAT OUTLINES WHAT THAT IS ABOUT.

BUT THESE ARE FOUR VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS THAT HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED. THE FOCUS GROUPS WILL FOLLOW THE WORKSHOPS AND THEN OUR PUBLIC SURVEY WILL BE PRESENTED IN AUGUST. WHAT WILL THEN FOLLOW WILL BE DIFFERENT VISITING SESSIONS TO GATHER INFORMATION WITH OUR FINAL PRESENTATION TO BE MADE. SO THAT BEING SAID, WE THEN WANT TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THE SCOPE OF ENGAGEMENT.

AND THESE ARE THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ONGOING.

SO THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN AND THE ORIGINAL SCOPE OF WORKSHOP HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND THIS TALKS ABOUT THE SPEAKERS AND THE RESEARCH DEMOGRAPHICS. NOW THE COMMUNITY EDUCATION PIECE WE ARE CURRENTLY, IT IS ONGOING RIGHT NOW.

WE ARE DOING THIS THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND WITH THE HELP OF THE CITY'S MEDIA PLATFORM. MOST IMPORTANTLY IS NOW OUR COMMUNITY PLAN. WHAT WE HAVE DEVISED NOW AND ARE IMPLEMENTING IS WHAT WE ARE CALLING THE FIVE PILLARS.

THE FIRST PILLAR IS THE WEBSITE. THE WEBSITE IS REALLY CRITICAL BECAUSE WITH THIS IS THE REGISTRATION PIECE.

AND WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE IS WE ARE PARTNERING NOW WITH LOCAL NON-PROFITS. WE ARE STARTING WITH THE WORTHINGTON RESOURCE PANTRY. SO BETWEEN NOW AND MAY 2ND, WHEN YOU VISIT THE WEBSITE YOU WILL SEE A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN REGISTER. THE COMMITTEE WILL MAKE A DONATION OF $1 TO THE WORTHINGTON FOOD PANTRY TO SUPPORT THOSE IN NEED DURING THIS TIME OF NEED.

WE LOK FORWARD TO ALL $500 GOING TO OUR FRIENDS AT THE RESOURCE PANTRY. WE JUST FEEL PEOPLE COULD BE DEDICATED TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR A NON-PROFIT BY REGISTERING FOR THIS SOCIAL DISTANCING ENVIRONMENT.

SO THE WEBSITE, AS YOU WILL SEE, IS VERY INTERACTIVE.

WE HAVE NEW TILES CALLED "HEARD ON THE STREET" WHICH IS INTERVIEWS WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER. ALSO FROM THE SOR OF ACTIVITIES.

WE ALSO HAVE A TILE TO TELL YOUR STORY AND ALSO TO CELEBRATE OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK THE REAL KEY HERE IS AS WE BEGIN THIS REGISTRATION PROCESS BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF OCTOBER WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE WHERE THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE TYING IN. AND IF IN FACT, WE FIND HOLES OR POCKETS WHERE FOLKS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO EITHER GET ONLINE OR CAN'T REGISTER, WE ARE GOING TO FIND A WAY TO GET TO YOU.

TO BE ABLE TO SARE AND SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO AS YOU ARE A VERY VITAL PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND YOUR VOICE IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS EVERYBODY ELSE.

THE COVID-19 ENVIRONMENT IS NOT GOING TO ALLOW US TO GO DOOR TO DOOR OR DO DOOR HANGERS. BUT A YOU SEE IN PILLAR NUMBER 5 WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT MAY HELP.

IN THE INTERIM WE ARE LOOKING AT FACEBOOK POSTS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD FACEBOOK PAGES. WE ARE GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT THINGS SUCH AS THE FACEBOOK ADS AND THE SPEAKERS' BUREAU.

ALSO, YOU WILL SE AROUND TOWN, WE JUST STARTED TODAY, THE SIGNAGE. THIS IS GOING TO BE, I THINK A PRETTY INTERESTING OPPORTUNITY. YOU ARE GOING TO SEE 30 DIFFERENT YARD SIGNS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S YOUR VISION.

AND THERE'S FIVE OTHER TOPICS. I'LL LEAVE THAT FOR YOU ALL TO COUNT AND SEE HOW MANY OF THE FIVE YOU DISCOVER.

BUT WE FIGURED THIS IS A NICE WAY TO GET OUT AMONGST THE COMMUNITY AND BE ABLE TO, YOU COULD ASK THE QUESTION, WHAT IS THIS VISION WORTHINGTON THING. ONLINE NOW WE ALSO HAVE A PUBLIC INPUT OPPORTUNITY. WE ARE DOING SPEAKERS' BUREAU WEBINAR, WHICH I JUST TALKED ABOUT.

THE SOR AND THE FOCUS GROUPS I TALKED ABOUT.

AND WITHIN THE VISION WORTHINGTON, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE QUESTIONS AND THESE TYPE OF THINGS POSTED ONLINE.

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TURNING THE POWERPOINT WITH JEAN'S HELP FROM THE CITY.

JEAN OLIVER HAS BEEN A GREAT RESOURCE.

THIS IS OUR FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM.

WE HAVE CREATED A FACEBOOK AD AND WE ARE PROMOTING THE SITE REGISTRATION. AGAIN, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE FOOD PANTRY DONATIONS. WE ARE ALSO SENDING PREPARED PRESS RELEASES TO THE SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS, THROUGH THE VISIONING COMMITTEE, THROUGH POGA MEYER AND THIS ALL STARTED ON 5/4. WE ARE JOINING THE NEIGHBORHOOD FACEBOOK PAGES. WE WERE REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THERE ARE 3,744 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE PART OF THESE FACEBOOK PAGES. OUR FEELING IS ONE POST BEGINS WITH THE WORD OF MOUTH THAT BEGINS TAT SPREADING OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO CREATE HERE WITHIN THE VISION WORTHINGTON.

ALSO TE GROUPS. AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE AN E-NEWSLETTER SENT ON 5/4. WE HAVE HAD 653 OF THESE OPENED WITH 70 CLICKS GOING TO VISIONWORTHINGTON.ORG.

AS OF TODAY WE HAD 670 PEOPLE OPEN THIS.

ANOTHER 23 FOR THE SIGN UP. ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE TO WORTHINGTON FACEBOOK PAGE, AS OF 5/4, 3,122 HAVE REACHED OUT.

SO HOW MANY OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THIS POST IN THEIR FEED? AND THERE'S BEEN 91 ENGAGEMENTS TO INCLUDE CLICKS AND COMMENTS AND SHARES.

AND LASTLY ON THE WORTHINGTON FACEBOOK PAGE AS OF THE 13TH, 881 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REACHED. THE POINT OF THIS, THE COVID-19 DISRUPTION WON'T INTERFERE WITH OUR OVERALL PURPOSE.

WE CONCLUDE THE SPEAKERS' BUREAU PRESENTATION, WHAT IS YOUR PERSONAL VISION FOR WORTHINGTON? YOU CAN DO THREE THINGS TO HELP. FIRST GIVE US FEEDBACK AND HOW YOU THINK WE CAN IMPROVE IT SO IT BEGINS TO RESONATE IN THE COMMUNITY. I WANT YOU TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS, SUGGESTIONS, IDEAS AND CONCERNS.

HOPES AND FEARS WITH US. AND LASTLY, REGISTER FOR THE UPDATES, FIND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION EVENTS AND PARTICIPATE IN THE ONLINE PROCESS.

THIS CONCLUDES MY REMARKS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANYBODY? >> NO, I'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE] GOING TO BE SURVEYS THEMSELVES OR PROMPTING PEOPLE TO GO TO THE WEBSITE OR ANOTHER WAY OF ASKING THE QUESTION, ARE ALL SURVEYS GOING TO BE COMPLETED ONLINE EARLIER OR IS THERE GOING TO BE A HARD COPY AVAILABLE?

>> TANK YOU, AGAIN. I NOTICED THAT I SKIPPED NUMBER 5. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

DAVED, -- DAVID, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THESE ARE POSTCARDS. THE FIRST WILL GO OUT SHORTLY.

IT WLL PROMOTE WEBSITE RELAUNCH.

THE SOR ACTIVITY AND POMOTE THE SURVEY MONKEY PUBLIC SURVEY THAT WILL BE SOON TO BE FOLLOWED.

THE SECOND IS GOING TO BE A NEIGHBOR THAT WILL HAVE A RETURN POSTAGE. WE ARE ASKING FOLKS FOR FEEDBACK COMING BACK INTO AND LEADING INTO THE BIGGER SURVEY THAT WILL HAPPEN IN AUGUST. SO I THINK YOU WILL SEE THROUGHOUT THE THREAD OF THE WEBSITE AND THROUGH THESE, THERE WILL BE SMALL INDIVIDUAL LITTLE SURVEY QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE ASKED. DEPENDING ON THE ENVIRONMENT IN OCTOBER, MY SENSE, THIS SURVEY WILL BE VIRTUAL.

AND THEN WE WILL FOLLOW IT UP ACCORDINGLY.

BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE WAY IT'S GOING TO GO BUT WE ARE OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS.

>> THANK YOU. >> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY?

>> I HAVE A QUESTION. >> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: MS.

DOROTHY? >> R. DOROTHY: REGARDING THE MAILER, WE HAD A GOAL OF REACHING 80% IN WORTHINGTON.

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OUR CURRENT COMPOSITION OF OUR VISIONING COMMITTEE DOESN'T HAVE AS MUCH DIVERSITY AS WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE WERE HOPING TO TRY TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED.

WHERE ARE THESE MAILERS GOING TO? HOW ARE WE GOING TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE GET AS MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY INVOLVED AND GET EVERYONE INVOLVED? OBVIOUSLY WE DO SKEW MORE UPPER CLASS, MORE WHITE.

BUT WE DO HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE A LOT OF DIVERSITY AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO TRY TO REACH

EVERYONE? >> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION, AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE ARE GOING TO REACH OUT TO 5,917 RESIDENTS. THIS IS WHERE THIS IS GOING.

WE ARE USING THE LISTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPILED BY SEVERAL COUNCIL CANDIDATES TO MAKE SURE WE TOUCH EVERYBODY AND EVERY HOUSEHOLD THAT WE CAN IN THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PROMOTE THIS DIVERSITY THAT YOU SO RIGHTLY POINTED OUT.

>> R. DOROTHY: WHICH COUNCIL CANDIDATES PROVIDED THIS LIST?

>> I'M NOT SAYING WE WENT TO SPECIFIC COUNCIL PEOPLE.

I'M SAYING YOU REACHED OUT DURING YOUR CAMPAIGNS TO GO DOOR TO DOOR. WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IS TAKE THIS LIST OF 5,917 RESIDENCES TO MAIL ON THESE

POSTCARDS. >> R. DOROTHY: I WOULD LIKE TO GET MORE IFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THESE RESIDENTS ARE.

HOPING EVERY HOUSEHOLD, APARTMENT COMPLEX IN

WORTHINGTON. >> IT IS.

THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE DONE. WE HAVE REACHED OUT ACROSS THE

CITY. >> R. DOROTHY: THANK YOU.

>> I WILL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT LIST.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. >> PESIDENT B. MICHAEL: OKAY,

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> I WAS GOING TO SAY, IF IT'S HELPFUL I BELIEVE THAT MAILING LIST CAME FROM ANNE BROWN.

WE USE FOR OUR MAILED NEWSLETTERS AND OTHER MAILINGS

WES SEND OUT AS A CITY. >> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: THANK

YOU, APPRECIATE THAT. >> THANK YOU, ROBIN.

>> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, WE WILL THANK YOU AND THE VISIONING COMMITTEE FOR THE HARD WORK AND HOW DIFFICULT IT'S BEEN TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FROM THE ORIGINAL PLANS INTO THE COVID-19 ERA AND BY COMING THROUGH AND TRYING TO COME UP WITH THE BEST RESULT YOU POSSIBLY CAN. WE CAN THANK THE ENTIRE VISIONING COMMITTEE FOR THEIR EFFORTS, DEDICATION AND WILLINGNESS TO TRY TO BRING A GOOD VISIONING RESULT TO OUR

CITY. >> WELL, THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BRING YOU FOLKS UP-TO-DATE.

THANKS AGAIN. >> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: THANK

[6. Approval of the Minutes]

YOU. MOVING ON, WE WILL HAVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MAY 4TH JOINT MEETING AND REGULAR MAY 4TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

INTRODUCED BY PETER BOOKER. SECONDED BY M. KOWALCZYK.

ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED LIKE SIGN.

THEY HAVE PASSED. MOVING ON --

>> MS. MICHAEL? >> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: YES.

>> SORRY, THIS IS KAY. BEFORE WE GO INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING, I NEED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE VIDEO WASN'T, DIDN'T BEGIN ON TIME AND THEY WERE HAVING PROBLEMS. SO I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD SHOW THE PHONE NUMBER AGAIN AND THE EMAIL FOR PEOPLE TO SEND THEIR INFORMATION?

>> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: YES, PLEASE.

PLEASE PUT IT UP. YES, GOOD.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY INTERESTED IN MAKING ANY COMMENTS OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING OUR AGENDA ITEMS, YOU CAN EMAIL TO COUNCIL@WORTHINGTON.ORG OR 567-249-0063. CONFERENCE I.D.

894456406 IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE FINDING THE PHONE NUMBER OR THE CONFERENCE I.D. YOU CAN GET THAT OFF OF OUR WEBSITE ALSO. THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

>> THANK YOU. >> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: THANK YOU. WITHOUT YOUR HELP I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN IT DIDN'T GET UP THERE BEFORE.

[7.A. Ordinance No. 10-2020 Code Amendment - Tourist Homes To Amend Section 1123.30(b) and Section 1123.73 to the Codified Ordinances of the City of Worthington to Modify the Definition of Dwelling Unit and Add a Definition of Transient Guest to Tourist Homes in the Definition Section of the Planning & Zoning Code. Executive Summary: This Ordinance amends Section 1123.30(b) and Section 1123.73 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Worthington to amend the definition of Dwelling Unit and add a definition of Transient Guest to Tourist Homes in the Definition Section of the Planning & Zoning Code. Recommendation: Motion to Amend and Approve as Amended Legislative History: Introduced on March 2, 2020 by City Council and referred the the Municipal Planning Commission for a recommendation.]

MOVING ONTO ORDINANCE NUMBER 10-2020 TO AMEND SECTION 1123.30 B, SECTION 11 23.73 TO THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF WORTHINGTON TO MODIFY THE DEFINITION OF DWELLING UNIT AND ADD A DEFINITION OF TRANSIENT GUEST TOURIST HOMES IN THE DEFINITION SECTION OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING CODE.

MR. GREESON? >> YEAH, PRESIDENT MICHAEL,

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MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. AS YOU KNOW, WE IDENTIFIED THE NEED TO TIGHTEN UP THE LANGUAGE IN OUR CODE.

REGARDING SHORT-TERM RENTAL OF REZ -- RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES OF LESS THAN 30 DAYS. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. BROWN AS A PROCESS REMINDER. IF YOU RECALL WE INTRODUCED THIS ORDINANCE QUITE A WHILE AGO IT WAS REFERRED TO THE MUNICIPAL PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE MUNICIPAL PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERED IT AND HAS RECOMMENDED ALONG WITH STAFF ITS APPROVAL. MR. BROWN WILL GO THROUGH THE DETAILS OF WHAT IT'S ACCOMPLISHING AND THEN WE WILL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

MR. BROWN? >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. JUST A HEADS UP, THE LIGHTS ARE FLICKERING AT THE OFFICE SO IF I LOSE YOU, I WILL CALL IN.

AS MR. GREESON MENTIONED, YOU DID REFER THIS TO THE MUNICIPAL PLANNING COMMISSION. THEY DID HEAR THIS REQUEST TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING CODE AT THEIR MARCH 12TH MEETING OF 2020.

A LITTLE BACKGROUND OF THIS, WITHIN THE PLANNING AND ZONING CODE, WE HAVE A CODE FROM 1971 BUT A CITY FOUNDED IN 1803, DEVELOPED PREDOMINANTLY IN THE 60, 70'S AND 80'S SO THERE'S NO PERFECT CODE. SO FROM TIME TO TIME WE WILL LOOK AT THE CODE AND REALIZE WE NEED TO BRING IT UP-TO-DATE.

ONE KEY THING THAT'S POPPED UP OVER AT LEAST THE LAST SIX MONTHS IS DWELLING HOMES TRANSIENT UNITS.

FIRST OF ALL THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE IN AIRBNB, HOME AWAY FROM HOME. CURRENTLY WORTHINGTON DOESN'T PERMIT SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN OUR JURISDICTION.

MANY OF OUR SURROUNDING JURISDICTION REGULATE THEM IN SOME FASHION, OR MNY OF THEM DON'T PERMIT THEM AT ALL.

ONE THING THAT CITY STAFF HAS DONE, WE HAVE ALWAYS CONSIDERED ANY SHORT-TERM RENTAL OR REZ SHALL PROPERTY FOR LESS THAN 30 DAYS AS A TOURIST ZONE. QUICK DEFINITION OF TOURIST HOME MEANS A BUILDING OTHER THAN A HOTEL WHERE LODGING IT PROVIDED AND OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC FOR COMPENSATION FOR NOT MORE THAN 15 INDIVIDUALS AND OPEN TO TRANSIENT GUESTS.

THE REFERENCE TO TRANSIENT GUESTS IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE FELT WE ALSO NEEDED TO CLEAN UP IN THE CODE BECAUSE THERE WRE SEVERAL QUESTIONS WHAT DOES TRANSIENT GUEST MEAN.

LOOKING AT THE OHIO BUILDING CODE REFERRED TO TRANSIENT AS IT PERTAINS TO 30 DAYS OR LESS, SO THAT'S WHERE WE WERE TYING OUR DEFINITION. WITH THAT, WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE DFINITION OF DWELLING UNITS.

WITH OUR DEFINITION SECTION, THE DEFINITION OF A DWELLING UNIT REFERENCED THE RENTAL OR LEASE ON A WEEKLY, MONTHLY OR LONGER BASIS. SO WE FELT IF WE WRE CLEANING UP THE DEFINITION OF IN THE TOURIST HOME AND PROVIDING A DEFINITION OF TRANSIENT GUESTS THAT THE DEFINITION OF A DWELLING UNIT SHOULD NOT REFERENCE ITEMS FOR A WEEKLY BASIS WE FELT IT WAS AT LEAST A 30-DAY MONTHLY AS MANY OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS KNOW, OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS WE HAVE HAD SOME AIRBNB'S POP UP. THE MOST PREDOMINANT WAS ONE COLONIAL HILLS OFF PARK BOULEVARD WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL PURCHASED THE HOME STRICTLY TO USE FOR INCOME RNTAL FOR AN AIRBNB AS THEIR PREDOMINANT WAY OF BEING USED.

SO WITH THAT, WE WENT AND TALKED WTH THE APPLICANTS OR THE PROPERTY OWNERS, CITED THEM, THEY ENDED UP APPEALING AND GOING BEFORE THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS IN MARCH.

AND THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS FELT THAT USE WAS MET THE DEFINITION OF A TOURIST HOME. WITH THAT WE FELT THERE WAS A NEED TO COME TO CITY COUNCIL TO CLEAN UP THAT DEFINITION OF A TOURIST HOME, CLEAN UP THE DEFINITION OF DWELLING UNIT AND ADD A DEFINITION TO TRANSIENT GUEST.

WHAT WE PROPOSED THAT'S BEFORE YOU AND I WILL SHARE MY SCREEN REAL QUICK. IS WITH OUR CURRENT LANGUAGE, AGAIN I JUST READ THE DEFINITION TO YOU BUT WITH THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE WE WANTED TO ADD ONE ADDITIONAL SENTENCE TRANSIENT GUEST MEANS A PERSON OR PERSONS OCCUPYING FOR 30 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OR LESS. THAT WATHE DIFFERENCE FROM THE CURRENT LANGUAGE TO THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE.

AND UNDER THE LANGUAGE FOR DWELLINGS, DWELLING MEANS ONE

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ROOM OR ROOMS CONNECTED TOGETHER.

IT'S THE WEEKLY PORTION WE FELT NEEDED TO BE REMOVED FROM THE NEW DEFINITION TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WAS PROPOSED WITH THE TOURIST HOMES 30 CONSECUTIVE DAYS.

SO WITH THAT, THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS HAD A LENGTHY CONVERSATION. THEY DECIDED THE TOURIST HOME, THE AIRBNB THOUGHT THAT DEFINITION OF A TOURIST HOME, WHEN WE WENT TO THE COMMISSION THEY FELT THERE WAS A NEED TO CLARIFY IT, CLEAN UP THE DEFINITIONS AND ESPECIALLY WHERE THERE WAS CONFLICTING CODE LANGUAGE THAT NEEDED TO BE CLEANED UP. IT DID LEAD INTO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS OF CURRENTLY TOURIST HOMES ARE NOT PERMITTED IN OUR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS. SO THE COMMISSION HAD, YOU KNOW, A CONVERSATION THEY FELT NEEDED TO BE GUIDANCE FROM COUNCIL IF THERE WAS EVER AN INTEREST IN LOOKING AT OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY WHERE A TOURIST HOME MAY BE RELEVANT OR WHERE AIRBNB'S MAY BE PERMITTED OR CONDITIONALLY PERMITTED WITH CERTAIN CONDITIONS. BUT THEN THE COMMISSION DISCUSSED THE DEFINITIONS OF DWELLING UNITS, SINGLE FAMILY DUPLEXES, MULTIFAMILIES, ALL THOSE DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS.

BUT FELT WHAT NEEDED TO COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, AT LEAST STARTED DOWN THE PATH OF CLEANING UP THE ZONING AND PLANNING CODE SO WE AREN'T PUTTING OUR BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS OR YOU, AS COUNCILMEMBERS IN A SITUATION WHERE THERE IS CONFLICTING INFORMATION AND CONFLICTING CODES. I APOLOGIZE FOR RAMBLING.

I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

>> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> MR. MYERS, YOU CUT OUT THERE. WHAT WAS THAT?

>> [INDISCERNIBLE] CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?

>> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: NO. >> NOT REALLY.

>> I'M GETTING THE SAME STORM YOU ARE.

>> WHILE MR. MYERS IS MOVING AROUND, IN THE LAST SIX YEARS HERE WE HAVE ONLY HAD ABOUT A DOZEN CASES CONCERNING COMPLAINTS ABOUT AIRBNB'S IN THE CITY.

I WOULD SAY OF THOSE, ONCE WE CONTACTED THE PROPERTY OWNER AND TALKED WITH THEM AND CAME TO RESOLUTION OF THE CODE, THEY STOPPED. THERE'S ONLY THE MOST RECENT ONE THAT APPEALED OUR DECISION ONTO THE BOARD OF ZONING

APPEALS. >> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WHILE WE ARE WAITING FOR MR.

MYERS? >> I HAVE ONE, PRESIDENT MICHAEL. DAVID.

MR. BROWN, COULD YOU ARTICULATE WHAT SOME OF THE ARGUMENTS WOULD BE, MAYBE THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES TO ALLOW SOME FORM [INDISCERNIBLE] I ASK THAT QUESTION, NOT ADVOCATING BUT JUST SO I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OR ARGUMENTS MADE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE.

>> AT LEAST SOME O THE JURISDICTIONS WE TALKED TO, SOME OF TEM LOOK AT IT AS AN INCOME-PRODUCING OPPORTUNITY.

OTHERS, I KNOW, IN TALKING WITH THE CITY OF DUBLIN, AND I DN'T BELIEVE IT'S EVER MADE IT OFF THEIR COUNCIL DOCKET, IS DUBLIN WAS LOOKING AT REGULATING AIRBNB'S BUT LIMITING IT TO ONLY, I THINK, TEN DAYS A YEAR IN REGISTERING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT I THINK THEIRS WAS MORE RELATED TO MUIR FIELD AND THE EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

I THINK THERE'S DIFFERENT MECHANISMS IN PLAY.

THIS WAS BACK IN MARCH AND FEBRUARY WHEN I WAS TALKING TO ALL OF THEM. BUT IT WAS KIND OF A COMPLETE GAMUT. UPPER ARLINGTON IS ONE, THEY TALKED ABOUT THE 30 DAYS OR LESS AND THEY DO NOT PERMIT THEM IN UPPER ARLINGTON. IT COMPLETELY VARIED FROM JURISDICTION TO JURISDICTION. AND I KNOW THAT COLUMBUS HAS GONE THROUGH, YOU KNOW, A COMPLETE REVAMP OF REGULATING THEIR AIRBNBS AND RULES AND REGULATIONS AND REGISTERING THEM. ALMOST EVERY JURISDICTION, WITHIN CENTRAL OHIO REALLY HAS DONE COMPLETELY DIFFERENTLY.

>> THANK YOU. >> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: MR.

MYERS, ARE YOU BACK? >> I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, IF

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HE'S NOT. >> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: OKAY,

GO AHEAD, MR. BOOKER. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANKS, LEE. YOU BROKE UP A LITTLE BIT.

CLARIFICATION, YOU SAID WITH THESE CHANGES WE WOULDN'T BE PROHIBITING A MORE TRADITIONAL STOCKPILE OF RENTALS OR ANNUAL LEASES. IS THAT CORRECT?

>> THAT'S CORRECT. IF YOU WANTED TO RENT A ROOM OUT IN YOUR HOUSE, WE AREN'T GOING TO PROHIBIT THAT.

IT'S JUST THE 30 DAYS OR LESS, IT WAS MORE THAT HIGH TURNOVER, HIGH VOLUME WE HEARD FROM A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

THE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD BOULEVARD THAT OCCURRED.

A LOT OF THE TURNOVER AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE GOING IN AND OUT OF THE HOUSE. A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS KIND OF STARTED THE CAMPAIGN OF NEIGHBORHOODS ARE FOR NEIGHBORS.

IT CREATED A GOOD DISCUSSION ON IS THERE A WAY IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS OR AREAS IN TOWN THAT MAY BE APPROPRIATE BUT I THINK LEAST WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOODS THEY DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS APPROPRIATE.

FOR THAT JURISDICTION. >> YEAH, I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE SIGNS. THAT'S NOT FAR FROM HERE, SO.

AND THE QUESTION I HAD BRIEFLY, DO WE HAVE A GOOD ESTIMATE ON HOW MANY OF THESE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE RELATIVELY FREQUENTLY POSTED ON AIRBNB AND OTHER SITES?

>> IN THE SIX YEARS HERE WE HAVE HAD MAYBE TWELVE.

PARK BOULEVARD, ONCE THEY REALIZE IT WAS NOT PERMITTED WITHIN THE CITY OF WORTHINGTON. RANDOMLY, WE WILL JUMP ON.

WE AREN'T ALWAYS OUT PERUSING AND CRUISING THE SITES TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT AT LEAST WITH THAT WE FELT WE WERE TRYING TO ENFORCE THE REGULATION WITH THE PROPERTY ON PARK BOULEVARD. WE SHOULD LOOK TO AT LEAST WHAT WAS GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

SOMETIMES IT'S COMPLAINT-DRIVEN WE WILL GET A CALL.

HEY, DID YOU KNOW WE FOUND THIS ON THIS WEBSITE AND CHECK AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH A PROPERTY OWNER.

NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN WHEN WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER, GIVE THEM THE TIME TO CORRECT THE ISSUE, THEY

COME INTO COMPLIANCE. >> THANK YOU.

THE LAST COMMENT, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE TO FIT THIS IN A PRACTICAL WAY INTO OUR CODE. ANYWAY WE COULD MOVE FORWARD ON OTHER MNICIPALITIES HOW THEY HANDLE IT, AND IF THERE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS HERE, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT

DISCUSSION. >> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: OKAY.

MR. MYERS? >> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?

>> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: NOW WE CAN HEAR YOU.

>> OKAY. WELL THAT BEING SAID, I HAVE NOW MOVED TO THE DINING ROOM. HOPEFULLY I HAVE BETTER CELL SERVICE. MR. BROWN ANSWERED MY QUESTION.

SO I THINK I'M DONE. >> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: OKAY.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

WE ARE LIVING IN INTERESTING TIMES AND SEEMS LIKE THINGS ARE CHANGING ON A DAILY BASIS. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A B & B ORDINANCE, WE HAVE A HOTEL ORDINANCE WHERE WE COLLECT THE TAX FOR THE CITY THAT WOULD GO INTO A FUND FOR A CONVENTION, VISITORS BUREAU AND OTHER SUCH THINGS IF WE HAVE ENOUGH FUND.

WE MAKE SURE THERE'S EXTRA REGULATIONS.

BUT WE ALSO WANT TO ENCOURAGE BUSINESSES AND PEOPLE TO VISIT WORTHINGTON BUT THIS IS NEW AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE SOME BAD ACTORS. THIS IS A WAY TO KEEP EVOLVING WITH THE TIMES TO MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AS LIVABLE AS POSSIBLE. OR HOW DO WE GET TO HERE.

>> HOW DID WE GET TO HERE? I THINK, I MEAN, AS I SAID, YOU HAVE A CODE FROM 1971. AND I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A NEED TO TWEAK, MODIFY AND UPDATE.

I THINK, BACK I 1971, I'M SURE THERE WAS PROBABLY A TERM FOR THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL IT JUST WASN'T AS PREDOMINANT AS AN AIRBNB OR HOME AWAY OR VRBO, BUT BUILDING OFF MR. BOKER'S COMMENT, THERE MAY BE SITUATIONS IN WORTHINGTON, CERTAIN ZONING DISTRICTS, AS A CONDITION, OR DIFFERENT SITUATIONS WHERE THEY MIGHT BE EASIER T HANDLE AND EASIER TO MONITOR AND NOT BE AS IMPACTFUL AS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK. AT LEAST RIGHT NOW, IT CLEANS UP AND TIGHTENS UP THAT REGULATION SO THAT -- PARK

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BOULEVARD WHEN WE WERE UPSET, I DID FEEL A LITTLE BIT FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY THINKING THEY COULD DO SOMETHING. I WISH THEY WOULD HAVE TALKED TO US FIRST IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WARD OFF ANY OF THOSE ISSUES BEFOREHAND. I THINK IT'S AT LEAST CLEANING UP THE CODE SO YOU DON'T HAVE ANOTHER SITUATION LIKE THAT WHERE IT'S PUTTING NEIGHBOR AGAINST NEIGHBOR AND PROPERTY OWNER AGAINST PROPERTY OWNER. AND IT ALSO PUTS YOU AS COUNCILMEMBERS AND BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS IN THE LIME LIGHT AND NOT ALWAYS IN A WY THAT IS USUALLY PRODUCTIVE.

>> WELL, IAPPRECIATE YOU LOOKING INTO THIS AND CLEANING UP THE LANGUAGE. I THINK WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO KEEP ON REVISITING OUR ZONING CODE BUT I THINK AT THE MOMENT THIS IS A VERY GOOD STOP-GAP MEASURE.

I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES, PEOPLE WHO ABSOLUTELY LOVE VACATION RENTAL HOMES ALL OVER THE PLACE.

IF NOT WHERE THEY ACTUALLY LIVE OR WHERE THEY ARE VISITING BUT WE WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE VISITING WORTHINGTON ALSO AND HAVING A GREAT EXPERIENCE. BUT, SO I THINK, AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO GO.

BUT I WOULD BE INCLINED TO KEEP ON REVISITING IT IN THE FUTURE.

>> I WOULD AGREE. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR

QUESTIONS? >> MS. MICHAEL, THIS IS KAY.

YOU RECEIVED ONE EMAIL TODAY FROM DOUG AND MARTHA WILES ON GRANBY STREET.

>> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: ANYTHING ELSE? HEARING NONE. MS. THRESS, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL

THE ROLL ON THIS ORDINANCE. >> WE NEED AN AMENDMENT FIRST, MR. BROWN. WHAT EXACTLY IS THE WORDING ON THAT AMENDMENT FOR THIS ORDINANCE?

>> SRRY, YOU CUT OUT THERE. >> WE NEED A MOTION TO AMEND.

YOU HAVE THE DWELLING UNIT -- >> THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE INTRODUCED TO CITY COUNCIL ONLY REFERENCED THE DEFINITION OF TRANSIENT GUEST TO TOURIST HOMES.

WE DIDN'T REFERENCE DWELLING UNITS.

SO THAT DWELLING UNIT NEEDED TO BE ADDED TO THE LIST.

>> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: OKAY, SO, MR. SMITH MOVES THAT WE ADD DWELLING UNIT TO THIS ORDINANCE. DWELLING UNIT DEFINITION.

SECONDED BY MR. MYERS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO AMEND? IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. ALL OPPOSED, LIKE SIGN.

NOW THAT THE MOTION IS AMENDED, THE ORDINANCE IS AMENDED, COULD

[7.B. Ordinance No. 16-2020 Appropriation - Huntley Bowl Improvements Design Amending Ordinance No. 45-2019 (As Amended) to Adjust the Annual Budget by Providing for an Appropriation from the Capital Improvements Fund Unappropriated Balance to Pay the Design Costs of the Rush Run Stream – Huntley Bowl Improvements and Determining to Proceed with said Project. (Project No. 708-20) Executive Summary: This Ordinance appropriates $37,000 to complete design of the Huntley Bowl Improvements, Project Number 708-20 Recommendation: Approve as Presented Legislative History: Introduced on May 4, 2020]

WE PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 10-2020.

>> ORDINANCE NUMBER 10-2020 HAS PASSED.

MOVING ONTO ORDINANCE 16-2020 AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 45-2019 AS AMENDED TO ADJUST THE BUDGET FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND TO PAY DESIGN COSTS OF THE RUSH RUN STREAM IMPROVEMENTS AND DETERMINING

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BACK? YOU WERE FROZEN. YOU GOT THROUGH FRIENDS OF THE LOWER AND THEN YOU FROZE.

YOU BACK? >> I KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR ME.

ALL I WAS SAYING IS THEY APPLIED FOR A GRANT 319 GRANTS FROM OHIO

EPA. >> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: OKAY.

GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING NONE, MS. THRESS, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON

ORDINANCE 16-2020? >> CLERK OF COUNCIL:

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>> PRO TEM S. MYERS: YES. >> B. KOWALCZYK: YES.

>> R. DOROTHY: YES. >> D. SMITH: YES.

>> PRO TEM S. MYERS: YES. >> P. BUCHER: YES.

>> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: YES. ORDINANCE 16-2020 IS PASSED.

MOVING ONTO ORDINANCE 17-2020. AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 45-2019

[7.C. Ordinance No. 17-2020 Appropriation - Corporate Hill Drive Extension Design Amending Ordinance No. 45-2019 (As Amended) to Adjust the Annual Budget by Providing for an Appropriation from the West Wilson Bridge Rd. Municipal Public Improvements TIF Fund Unappropriated Balance to Pay the Design Costs of the Corporate Hill Extension Improvements and Determining to Proceed with said Project. (Project No. 709-20) Executive Summary: This Ordinance appropriates $95,000 to complete design of the Corporate Hill Extension Improvements, Project Number 709-20 Recommendation: Approve as Presented Legislative History: Introduced on May 4, 2020]

(AS AMENDED) TO ADJUST THE ANNUAL BUDGET BY PROVIDING FOR AN APPROPRIATION FROM THE WEST WILSON BRIDGE RD. MUNICIPAL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS TIF FUND UNAPPROPRIATED BALANCE TO PAY THE DESIGN COSTS OF THE CORPORATE HILL EXTENSION IMPROVEMENTS AND DETERMINING TO PROCEED WITH SAID PROJECT.

PROJECT NO. 709-20. MR. GREESON.

>> M. GREESON: YEAH, PRESIDENT MICHAEL, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT CORPORATE HILL AND THAT OLD WEST WILSON BRIDGE, WILSON BRIDGE AREA FOR MANY YEARS.

GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE AND TRAFFIC CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY BUSINESSES IN THE AREA, ONE OF THE SOLUTIONS IDENTIFIED THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED WITHOUT WITH YOU IS EXPLORING THE EXTENSION OF CORPORATE HILL DRIVE SO IT BETTER CONNECTS TO OLD WEST WILSON BRIDGE DRIVE AND PREVENTS THE NEED FOR BUSINESSES TO TRAVERSE THROUGH PRIVATE PROPERTY TO MAKE THEIR WAYS TO THE LIGHT OR CONGEST THE MOVEMENT OF OLD WEST WILSON BRIDGE AND WILSON BRIDGE ROAD WHICH IS SOMETIMES PROBLEMATIC DURING PEAK HOURS. THIS ORDINANCE WOULD APPROPRIATE FUNDS FROM WHAT I'M GOING TO USE THE TERM, THE HEIGHTS T.I.F., THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT WE PUT IN PLACE ON THE APARTMENTS AND OFFICE THERE. THE HEIGHTS.

TO HELP MOVE THAT PROJECT FORWARD INCLUDING THE VARIETY OF ANALYSIS THAT NEEDS TO OCCUR UP TO AND INCLUDING DESIGN.

ONE THING I'LL NOTE, THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED OUT OF T.I.F., WHICH IS NOT A GENERAL FUNDS OR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS FROM THAT ARE OUT OF THE 20% TRANSFERRED TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND OF INCOME TAXES.

AND SO THESE DOLLARS IN A T.I.F. HAVE TO BE SPENT IN PROXIMITY TO THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT IN WHICH THE T.I.F. DISTRICT WAS SET UP.

AND SO THIS IS THE PERFECT TYPE OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO PURSUE USING T.I.F. IT'S RIGHT ADJACENT TO THE AREA.

IT SERVES THE PROPERTY THAT WE PUT THE T.I.F. ON A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. AND MOVING FORWARD WITH IT DOESN'T ERODE OUR -- ANY OF OUR OTHER PROJECTS BECAUSE MANY OF OUR OTHER PROJECTS WHETHER IT BE THE HUNTLEY BOWL, SEWER OR WATERLINES OR SIDEWALKS OR OTHER PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR SPENDING THESE PARTICULAR T.I.F. DOLLARS ON.

GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON THIS.

AND CERTAINLY RECOMMEND ITS APPROVAL.

>> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> R. DOROTHY: I HAVE A >> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: MS. DOR

OTHY. >> R. DOROTHY: THIS OBVIOUSLY IS HELPING RELIEVE SOME VEHICLE TRAFFIC, WHICH WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE HAT OUR -- ONE OF OUR MOST EMPLOYERS HAVE PEOPLE HAPPY COMING AND GOING FROM THEIR PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT AND WE WANT TO KEEP THEM IN WORTHINGTON.

BUT WHAT OTHER FEATURES ARE THERE FOR OTHER MODES OF

TRAFFIC? >> M. GREESON: YEAH, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. YOU ADOPTED, AS YOU KNOW, A COMPLETE STREETS POLICY. AND WE INCLUDED IN THE RFP FOR THE DESIGN CONSULTANTS THAT CERTAINLY ANY DESIGN WOULD NEED TO EVALUATE HOW WE CAN ACCOMPLISH COMPLETE STREETS.

AND SO THAT WOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION MAKING URE THAT WHATEVER IS DESIGNED HERE ACCOMMODATES ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION. IT'S A TIGHT AREA.

THE TENSION HERE IS GOING TO BE BETWEEN ACCOMMODATING THE EXTENSION WITHOUT TAKING, WITHOUT IMPACTING TOO MANY PARKING SPACES THAT EXIST ON, IN THAT AREA TO SUPPORT BUSINESSES.

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AND SO, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO SQUEEZE AS MUCH IN S WE CAN IN A SMALL AREA. BUT CERTAINLY, WE WOULD WANT TO ACCOMMODATE THINGS LIKE A SIDEWALK AND A WAY FOR PEDESTRIANS TO TRAVERSE THAT AREA.

WE THINK THAT HELPS THAT AREA LONG TERM.

WE THINK THAT'S GOOD FOR THE BUSINESSES IN THAT AREA, THE EMPLOYEES IN THAT AREA, AND CERTAINLY OR RESI RESIDENTS THAT MAY BE TRYING TO GET TO OTHER AMENITIES IN THAT AREA.

>> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: OKAY. ANY OTHER AND OCEAN QUESTIONS -- QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, MS. THRESS, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 7-2020?

>> D. KAY THRESS:

>> R. DOROTHY: YES. >> D. SMITH: YES.

>> PRO TEM S. MYERS: YES. >> P. BUCHER: YES.

>> D. ROBINSON: YES. >> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: YES.

ORDINANCE NUMBER 7-2020 IS PASSED.

MOVE ONTO ORDINANCE 18-2020. STREET IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

[7.D. Ordinance No. 18-2020 Appropriation - Street Improvement Program Amending Ordinance No. 45-2019 (As Amended) to Adjust the Annual Budget by Providing for an Appropriation from the Capital Improvements Fund Unappropriated Balance to Pay the Costs of the 2020 Street Improvement Program and all Related Expenses and Determining to Proceed with said Project. (Project No. 707-20) Executive Summary: This Ordinance appropriates $929,355.13 for the 2020 Street Improvement Program Recommendation: Motion to Amend and Approve as Amended Legislative History: Introduced on May 4, 2020]

AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 45-2019 (AS AMENDED) TO ADJUST THE ANNUAL BUDGET BY PROVIDING FOR AN APPROPRIATION FROM THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND UNAPPROPRIATED BALANCE TO PAY THE COSTS OF THE 2020 STREET IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND ALL RELATED EXPENSES AND DETERMINING TO PROCEED WITH SAID PROJECT.

PROJECT NO. 707-20. THIS, WE'RE GOING TO NEED, I'LL HAVE YOU MAKE THE PRESENTATION AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE

MOTION TO AMEND THIS. >> M. GREESON: YEAH, PRESIDENT MICHAEL, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, SO YOU HAVE SEEN THE STREET IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. AND AUTHORIZED ITS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR IT. IT'S BEEN BID OUT AND BIDS ARE BACK IN. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. I HANDLED THE LAST ONE HOPING HIS TECHNOLOGY ISSUES WERE FIXED. BUT WANT TO SEE IF HE'S AVAILABLE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BIDS FOR THE STREET

PROGRAM. >> THANK YOU, MR. GREESON.

AND YOU HANDLED THE OTHER ONE JUST FINE.

THE STORMS ARE OUTSIDE MY WINDOW RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S WHAT IS CAUSING MY TECHNOLOGY ISSUES.

I APOLOGIZE. SO PRESIDENT MICHAEL, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THE STREET PROGRAM WAS BID OUT.

I WON'T GO OVER THE DETAILS OF THE ACTUAL ROAD IMPROVEMENTS UNLESS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM SINCE I DID THAT A FEW WEEKS AGO. THE BIDS WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL.

WE HAD THREE BIDDERS THAT CAME IN WELL WITHIN THE ESTIMATE.

TWO WITHIN $420 OF EACH OTHER. WE'RE VERY HAPPY THAT STRAWSER PAVING THEM FOR THIS PROJECT. I WILL RECOGNIZE OR ACKNOWLEDGE THAT CONSIST WITH THE LAST DISCUSSION, WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE STREET PROGRAMS, I HOPE YOU CAN HEAR ME.

I HAVE A RED MARK ON MY SCREEN. WHEN WE GO THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS NOW, CONSIST WITH THE COMPLETE STREETS POLICY, WE DO EVALUATE THE ABILITY TO DO SOME OF THAT WORK.

I HAVE PREPARED OR MY STAFF HAS PREPARED A PAPER TO THAT REGARD.

AND BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT.

I GUESS THE BIGGEST TAKE AWAY RELATED TO THAT IS THE STREET IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS LARGELY A STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.

AND MOST OF THOSE PROJECTS DON'T LEND THEMSELVES WELL TO COMPLETE STREETSES OR PROJECTS CONSIST WITH WHAT IS IN OUR POLICY.

BUT IT WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE ON EACH INDIVIDUAL YEAR AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. AND ALSO AS WE DO ARTERIAL PROJECTS, I HOPE TO --

>> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: KNOCKED OUT GAIN.

>> M. GREESON: YEAH. I THINK WHAT DAN WAS SAYING IS WE DO ARTERIAL PROJECTS, WE'LL MAYBE EVALUATE PLANS IN ADVANCE.

HOW WE COULD ACCOMMODATE MAYBE MORE SIGNIFICANT BIKE AND PED IMPROVEMENTS WHEN WE DO THOSE. BOTH THE DOLLARS IN THE STREET IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH HAVE BEEN FLAT SINCE FOR PROBABLY A DECADE AND THE NATURE OF IT, WHICH IS LARGELY MAINTENANCE, THINGS LIKE CRACKED CEILING AND RESURFACING AND THINGS LIKE THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO INCLUDE LARGE-SCALE COMPLETE STREETS INITIATIVES. AND SO IT DOESN'T, THERE IS NOT A LOT IN THERE THAT WOULD BE NEW.

I WOULD SAY THERE IS A PORTION OF IT THAT IS ENSURING THAT WE MAINTAIN OUR EXISTING SIDEWALKS WHERE WE'VE INSPECTED SIDEWALKS

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WHERE STREETS ARE BEING IMPROVED AND PARTICULARLY DISPLACEMENTS OR NOT-WELL-MAINTAINED SIDEWALK SAID WILL BE REPAIRED ON THOSE STREETS. AND ASSESSED.

-- SIDEWALKS -- IT INCLUDES SOME ELEMENT OF ENSURING ADEQUATE MAINTENANCE OF PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS BUT NOT NECESSARILY LARGE-SCALE COMPLETE STREETS RETROFITS.

>> R. DOROTHY: I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT, ABOUT HOW COMPLETE STREETS DON'T HAVE TO BE LARGE SCALE.

THEY ARE SHARED SPACE. SHARED SPACE OF OUR PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE EXCLUSIVELY FOR CARS AS WE'VE BEEN SEEING NOW IN THESE NEW TIMES. A LOT OF TEAM ARE -- PEOPLE ARE SHARING PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAYS WALKING AND BIKING IN STREETS THAT NEED TO BE SHARED SPACES FOR CARS AND PEOPLE.

COMPLETE STREETS CAN BE JUST THAT.

SHARED SPACES. THTHEY DON'T HAVE TO BE MONSTROSITIES. I THINK THAT ACTUALLY, A LOT OF WHAT SOME PEOPLE THINK AND WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE YOU, MR. GREESON, THINK THAT COMPLETE STREETS HAVE TO BE THIS GIGANTIC SPACE FOR SWATHS OF ARS TO GO AS FAST AS THEY WANT, WHICH I THINK IS THE AN THISTIOUS OF WHAT WE NEED. WE NEED PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN AND BE HAPPY THEY ARE HERE. AND BE ABLE TO MOVE AROUND IN VARIOUS FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION IN A AFE MANNER.

COMPLETE STREETS ARE SHARED SPACES PEOPLE CAN GET AROUND SAFELY. THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE BIG CRAZY PATCHES OF LAND. WE HAVE TUCKER THAT IS A GREAT COMPLETE STREET EXACTLY HOW -- NO SIDEWALKS, OTHING.

CARS GO DOWN SLOWLY. PEOPLE WALK AND BIKE.

IT'S A GREAT COMPLETE STREET. AND I WOULD LIKE WE WOULD TRY TO GET MORE STREETS TO BE THAT WAY WITHOUT HAVING GRABBING GREAT SWATHS OF LAND FOR ASTRONOMICAL SUMS OF MONEY.

I THINK WE HAD PEOPLE CONTACT US.

WE HAD A RESIDENT CONTACT US ABOUT IF THERE WERE ANY SORT OF IMPROVEMENTS WE COULD DO THIS YEAR FOR BIKE AND PED.

IF THERE WAS SOME LOW-COST, LOW-HANGING WAYS WE CAN DO MORE LEADING PEDESTRIAN INTERVALS THAT HAD JUST COST OF PEOPLE'S TIME TO REPROGRAM UR STREETS LIGHT PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS IF WE GET RID OF THE BEG BUTTON. WE DON'T HAVE PEDESTRIANS A LOT LOUD TO CROSS UNLESS THEY PRESS A BUTTON.

IF WE HAVE AN AUTOMATIC WAY WITHOUT PUSHING THE BUTTON.

THERE ARE LOW-COST METHODS WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH.

I'M FRUSTRATED WE'RE NOT PUTTING FORTH ANY MONEY INTO MORE OTHER FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION. WE DIDN'T SPEND THE MONEY FROM 2019. WE'RE NOT SPENDING MONEY FOR 2020. I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE PEDESTRIAN FEATURES THROUGHOUT WORTHINGTON. AND HAVE IT BE A HIGH PRIORITY.

>> M. GREESON: WELL, IF I COULD RESPOND.

PRESIDENT MICHAEL, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, YOU ARE TOTALLY RIGHT.

SOME OF THE BIGGEST, AND I PROBABLY FOCUSED TOO MUCH ON WHAT I WOULD CALL LARGER-SCALE COMPLETE STREETS RETROFITS.

BECAUSE YOU ARE TOTALLY RIGHT. PARTICULAR IN A COMMUNITY LIKE WORTHINGTON, SOME OF THE BIGGEST IMPACTS WE MADE ON BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ISSUES HAVE BEEN SMALL THINGS.

RESTRIPING, SHAREOES, LEADING PEDESTRIAN INTERVALS.

THE THINGS YOU MIGHT CONSIDER LOW COST.

WE DID EVALUATE ALL OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

AND WE WILL GET OUT THE DOCUMENTS THAT EVALUATED EACH OF THE STREETS BEING INCLUDED IN PART OF THE STREETS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. SO THAT YOU CAN SEE, SO ALL OF THE COUNCIL CAN SEE HOW WE EVALUATED THE APPLICABILITY OF YOUR COMPLETE STREETS POLICY AND THE BIKE/PED IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO THIS PARTICULAR YEAR OF MAINTENANCE PROJECTS.

AND SO WE'LL GET THAT OUT. AND I APOLOGIZE THAT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN IT OUT IN ADVANCE. OUR STAFF HAS DONE SOME GOOD WORK IN THERE. THERE IS NOT A LOT IN OUR ESTIMATION A LOT OF THOSE LOW-HANGING OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS PARTICULAR SET OF PROJECTS LIKE COUNCILMEMBER DOROTHY IS

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REFERENCED. I THINK EVERY YEAR WE SHOULD LOOK AT THEM. AND SEE IF THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE A PARTICULAR STREET, LARGE OR SMALL.

AND I CERTAINLY SHARE THE FEELING THAT WE NEED TO BE INVESTING IN BIKE AND PED. BUT RECOGNIZE WE'RE PRETTY CHALLENGED THIS YEAR ON ALL KINDS OF FRONTS.

YOU KNOW. >> B. KOWALCZYK: I WOULD LIKE TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT COUNCILMEMBER DOROTHY SAID.

AND I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH HER COMMENTS IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT THESE ITEMS. IN ARTICULARLY, AS YOU MENTIONED, MR. GREESON WE'RE CHALLENGED RIGHT NOW WITH HOW WE FOCUS ON CITY SERVICES. BUT THERE ARE CITIES THAT ARE LOOKING AT THE CURRENT SITUATION.

AND HOW THEY CAN BE CREATIVE AND EXPERIMENT ON MAKING THEIR CITIES MORE WALKABLE. MY BROTHER LIVES IN SEATTLE AND TELLING ME ABOUT RESIDENTIAL STREETS THAT HAVE ESSENTIAL SHUT DOWN BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY WALKING AND BIKING, THAT IS WAY THEY CAN ACCOMMODATE THEM. AND IT'S AN EXPERIMENT TO SEE HOW THAT PROMOTES WALKABILITY AND PERHAPS DOES NOT DISRUPT TRAFFIC IN A WAY THAT IMPEDES PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO GET AROUND.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR NOW WHILE WE'RE IN THE SITUATION. AND ALSO, IF THE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY BOARD MEET IN THE FUTURE TO THINK ABOUT THESE IDEAS IN ADDITION TO INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. A LOT OF CREATIVE THINGS I HOPE

WE COULD EXPLORE. >> M. GREESON: YEAH, WE WOULD BE GLAD TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THAT WITH OUR BIKE ND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY BOARD. WE ALSO ARE TRYING TO MAINTAIN THE STREETS, WHICH IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGENDA ITEM.

AND BUT WE'LL BE GLAD TO ENGAGE IN THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE'VE ALL BEEN MAIN -- MONITORING CREATIVE THINGS PEOPLE ARE DOING. I SHOULD ADD THINK WE SHARED IN AN EMAIL WITH YOU THAT OUR STAFF HAS BEEN LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN ADD MORE LEADING PEDESTRIAN INTERVALS ACROSS THE CITY WITH ONE OF OUR CONSULTANTS. AS THOSE ARE USUAL LOW-COST WAYS TO ADD TIME FOR PEDESTRIANS WHEN THEY ARE CROSSING AT A CROSSWALK. THE ANALYSIS THERE IS BOTH KIND OF A TRAFFIC CONTROLLER ISSUE. HOW DO YOU PROGRAM IT? AND THE OTHER THING IS WE ADD MORE TIME TO THE CROSSINGS.

IT CERTAINLY, IF WE DO IT TO ALL OF THEM, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE EXPLORING, WHAT IS THE AFFECT OF THAT ON OTHER TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS? SO WE'LL KEEP LOOKING AT THAT AS TIME ALLOWS.

WITH THE HOPE WE CAN IMPLEMENT MORE OF THOSE.

BECAUSE THEY HAVE MADE AN IMPACT IN THE COUPLE OF CROSSINGS WHERE WE ADDED. QUITE A BIT OF IMPACT.

>> R. DOROTHY: WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE CONSULTANT, NOT JUST LOOKING AT LEVEL SERVICE FOR CARS.

WE S A COMMUNITY HAVE LEVEL OF SERVICE OF PEOPLE PATRONIZING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, WALKING AROUND INTO THE LOCAL BUSINESSES. IT'S NOT THE BEST LEVEL OF SERVICE TO HAVE CARS JUST BLOW ON THROUGH WORTHINGTON.

WE WANT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE. IN TODAY'S TRAVEL -- TRAFFIC, WHICH IS CHANGING ALL THE WAY THROUGH FEDERAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THEY ARE CHANGING WHAT THEIR DESIGN STANDARDS ARE.

WE'RE MOVING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE.

STOP LIVING IN THE PAST. LEVEL OF SERVICE AND CURRENT STANDARDS IS GREAT FOR A CITY. IT MEANS THAT PEOPLE WITH IN OUR COMMUNITY, SPENDING MONEY, THEY ARE WALKING AROUND.

YES, IT MIGHT BE MORE TROUBLESOME TO GET A SPOT AND BLOW THROUGH WORTHINGTON. WE WANT PEOPLE TO STAY AND COME.

WE WANT PEOPLE TO INTERACT AND BE HERE.

DEFINITELY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT CONSULTANTS, WE DON'T WANT A LEVEL OF SERVICE OF BE FOR CARS IN WORTHINGTON.

THAT'S NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE. >> M. GREESON: WE'RE LOOKING AT IT FOR THE PURPOSES OF IMPROVING THE WALKABILITY OF WORTHINGTON OR WE OULDN'T BY DOING IT. I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF

ORDINANCE. >> R. DOROTHY: THANK YOU.

>> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS ORDINANCE?

>> D. SMITH: YEAH. >> D. ROBINSON: I WAS KICKED OUT A COUPLE OF TIMES FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AND I WASN'T ABLE TO FOLLOW EVERYTHING OR ASK MY QUESTIONS.

COUNCILMEMBER DOROTHY, I THINK YOU SAID THAT TUCKER IS A GOOD

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EXAMPLE OF A COMPLETE STREET.

YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN OR AMPLIFY THAT STATEMENT? HOW DOES TUCKER WASN'T IN THE SAME STATE IT WAS YEARS AGO, THE SIDEWALKS OR

ANYTHING LIKE THAT. >> R. DOROTHY: IT'S A SHARED PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT PEOPLE CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE WALKING, BIKING OR DRIVING THEIR CAR DOWN.

I'VE GONE THERE ALL TIMES OF DAY IN A CAR, WALKING, BIKING AND ALWAYS FELT COMFORTABLE IN THAT PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY.

>> D. ROBINSON: HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT? I DON'T UNDERSTAND, TUCKER IS A UNIQUE NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S A DEAD END, LOW DENSITY HOUSING.

BUT CUTTING IN AND OUT] IS IN THE CITY.

>> R. DOROTHY: MY POINT IS THAT NOT EVERY COMPLETE STREET HAS TO HAVE SHARED USE PATH OR A DEDICATED SIDEWALK ON EITHER SIDE WAS MY POINT. THAT I -- TO SLOW DOWN CARS YOU CAN ALSO AS MR. GREESON WAS MENTIONING, THIS DOCUMENT THAT WE DO HAVE THE ENGINEERING GUIDELINES, THERE IS OTHER THINGS THAT CAN BE PUT NTO STREETS TO SLOW DOWN CARS.

AND THEY CAN ALSO BE PARKED CARS WHEN YOU HAVE TO MANEUVER AROUND CARS AND GO SLOWER THAT CREATES A SLOWING DOWN CARS, SPEED IS WHAT REALLY IS UPSETTING TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THEIR CARS FOR BEING COMFORTABLE WHEN USING A PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY.

AND WALKING OR BIKING. SO SLOWING DOWN CARS AT DIFFERENT MEANS AND THAT'S ALSO ACTUALLY IN OUR BIKE AND PED PLAN, DIFFERENT WAYS BESIDES COMPLETE STREET THAT HAS SHARED USE PATH AND SIDEWALKS ON EITHER SIDE.

THERE IS BUMP OUTS AND ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT ENGINEERING METHODS IN THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY TRANSPORTATION, THERE IS OTHER GUIDELINES THAT PEOPLE ARE WRITING AND STANDARDS THAT DIFFERENT CITIES ARE ADOPTING. CITY OF COLUMBUS ADOPTED VISION ZERO AND ENACTO ADOPTER. WE HAVE PEOPLE IN CENTRAL OHIO USING DIFFERENT STANDARDS NTCD SPECIFIC FOR CITIES.

AND PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKING AND BIKING.

>> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: SO WE HAVE STAFF LOOKING AT THESE VARIOUS OPTIONS. I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE COMING BACK UP. BACK UP.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE WANT TO BRING UP SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THE STREET IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ORDINANCE THAT'S IN

FRONT OF US? >> D. ROBINSON: ONE ONE MORE -- I HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT.

GREESON? MR. GREESON?

>> M. GREESON: YES, SIR. >> D. ROBINSON: I WOULD VERY MUCH RATHER THAN TALK ABOUT THESE STREET IMPROVEMENT ISSUES TIME WE HAVE A PROJECT TO PRESENT TWO DISTINCTIVE OPTIONS OR MORE TO COUNCIL WITH RELATED BUDGETS SO WE COULD HAVE A DISCUSSION AROUND SPECIFIC POLICIES.

THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. I THINK TO ALL OF US UNDERSTANDING WHAT EACH OF US THINKS AND ALLOW COUNCIL TO MAKE A CHOICE RATHER THAN A YES OR NO ON ONE PRESENTATION.

>> M. GREESON: YEAH. I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO.

WE'VE WRITTEN UP OUR STAFF THINKING ON THE COMPLETE STREETS ANALYSIS. AND WE'LL SHARE THAT WITH YOU MORE PROACTIVELY IN THE FUTURE SO THAT BEFORE E BID IT.

I MEAN THE TIME TO HAVE THIS DEBATE IS NOT AFTER WE'VE -- AFTER YOU HAVE ALREADY AUTHORIZED BIDDING IT AND THE BIDS ARE BEFORE YOU. THE TIME IS IT TO HAVE IT WELL BEFORE THAT. WE'LL INSTIGATE THAT WITH THE ADEQUATE LEVEL OF ANALYSIS. AND YOU KNOW, PLEASE BEAR WITH US. DURING ALL OF THIS, WE HAD MORE THAN ONE THING TO FOCUS ON. AND CHALLENGES AND TRYING TO DO ALL THIS. AND SO WE'LL ENSURE THAT HAPPENS

IN THE FUTURE. >> D. ROBINSON: THANK YOU.

>> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: IF THERE ISN'T ANYTHING ELSE, GOING DOWN THE LINE AS I NORMALLY DO, MS. DOROTHY MOVES WE AMEND THIS ORDINANCE BY PUTTING STRAWSER PAVING IN HE AMOUNT OF $929,355.13 SECONDED BY MR. ROBINSON.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

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OPPOSED? AND WE ALL ARE AWARE AS IT COMES FORWARD IN THE FUTURE, STAFF IS GOING TO BRING BACK MORE PTIONS BEFORE WE GET INTO THE BIDDING PROCESS SO WE CAN MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT MR. ROBINSON AND MS. DOROTHY BOTH BROUGHT UP AND EXPLAINING TO US THAT RE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

WITH THAT, MS. THRESS, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON

ORDINANCE 18-2020? >> D. KAY THRESS:

>> R. DOROTHY: YES. >> D. SMITH: YES.

>> PRO TEM S. MYERS: YES. >> P. BUCHER: YES.

>> D. ROBINSON: YES. >> B. KOWALCZYK: YES.

>> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: YES. ORDINANCE 18-2020 IS PASSED.

MOVING ONTO ORDINANCE 19-2020. AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 45-2019

[8.A. Ordinance No. 19-2020 Appropriation - Refund Allocation for Camps and Programs Amending Ordinance No. 45-2019 (As Amended) to Adjust the Annual Budget by Providing for Appropriations from the General Fund Unappropriated Balance and Declaring an Emergency. Executive Summary: This Ordinance appropriates $200,000 fo refunds associated with cancelled Parks & Recreation programming. Recommendation: Introduce and Approve as An Emergency]

(AS AMENDED) TO ADJUST THE ANNUAL BUDGET BY PROVIDING FOR APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE GENERAL FUND UNAPPROPRIATED BALANCE AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. THIS ORDINANCE APPROPRIATES $200,000 FOR REFUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH CANCELED PARKS AND REC PROGRAMS. THIS IS GOING TO BE INTRODUCED BY MR. BUCHER. AND INTRODUCED BY MR. BUCHER.

AND MS. KOWALCZYK, WILL YOU MOVE THIS TO BE AN EMERGENCY?

>> B. KOWALCZYK: YES. >> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: AND MRS

AS AN EMERGENCY? >> D. SMITH: SECOND.

YES. >> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: I'M GOING TO HAVE THE PRESENTATION FIRST AND THEN THE VOTING.

MR. GREESON. >> M. GREESON: PRESIDENT MIC HAEL, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER O MR. BARTTER AND MR. HURLEY TO TOUCH BASE ON THIS ONE.

AND HOPEFULLY THEY DO A BETTER JOB THAN I DID AT EXPLAINING OUR COMPLETE STREETS APPLICATION TO OUR STREET PROGRAM.

MR. BARTTER? >>

>> D. ROBINSON: DON'T BE SO HARD ON YOURSELF, MATT.

>> M. GREESON: YEAH. >> THANK YOU, MR. GREESON, PRESIDENT MICHAEL AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THIS IS AN APPROPRIATION OF $200,000 TO REFUND ALREADY PAID REGISTRATIONS FOR THIS SUMMER CAMPS FOR THIS SUMMER. NEEDS TO BE PASSED AS AN EMERGENCY TO EXPEDITE THE REFUND PROCESS BACK TO THE CUSTOMERS.

AND SENT -- I SENT IT TO MR. HURLEY TO TALK ABOUT SUMMER

CAMPS. >> THANK YOU, MR. BARTTER, MR. GREESON. PRESIDENT MICHAEL AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL NOTHING MAKES ME A PARKS AND RECREATION GUY SADDER THAN TO TALK ABOUT THE CANCELLATION OF SUMMER CAMPS.

THAT WAS THE FIRST STEP IN MY PARKS AND REC CAREER WAS RUNNING SUMMER CAMPS SO THEY ARE NEAR AND DEAR TO ME.

EVEN BEFORE THE GOVERNOR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS LAST WEEK, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER, IT BECAME APPARENT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO OFFER THE SUMMER CAMPS WE HAD ADVERTISED ABOUT 480 FAMILIES REGISTERED FOR PRIOR TO MARCH 17 AND 18TH WHEN THIS STARTED. AND SO WE FELT LIKE IT WAS BEST TO NOT KIND OF KEEP THEM IN THE LURCH.

AND MAKE THOSE CANCELLATIONS AND RUFUNDS.

AND OBVIOUSLY, CONTINUE TO EVALUATE AND PLAN FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR OFFERING MODIFIED SUMMER PROGRAMMING.

BUT AT THIS POINT, WE DID NOT WANT TO HOLD UP THESE REFUNDS

ANY LONGER. >> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: OKAY.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS TWO PARTS.

FIRST VOTE ON THE ORDINANCE, THEN ON APPROVING THE ORDINANCE AS AN EMERGENCY. MS. THRESS, WILL YOU CALL THE ROLL ON HE VOTE ON THE BASIC ORDINANCE AMENDING THE $200,000

FOR REFUNDS. >> D. KAY THRESS:

>> D. SMITH: YES. >> PRO TEM S. MYERS: YES.

>> P. BUCHER: YES. >> D. ROBINSON: YES.

>> B. KOWALCZYK: YES. >> R. DOROTHY: YES.

>> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: YES. NOW WE'RE GOING TO VOTE DO ROLL CALL VOTE ON HAVING THIS ORDINANCE AS AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE IT'S FELT WE NEED TO GET THE REFUNDS OUT TO THESE

FAMILIES AS SOON AS WE CAN. >> D. ROBINSON: DOES AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE REQUIRE A MAJORITY?

>> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: NO, THE EMERGENCY ORDINANCE REQUIRES SIX

VOTES. >> D. ROBINSON: THANK YOU.

>> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: REQUIR. OKAY.

MS. THRESS, CAN YOU PLEASE DO THE ROLL CALL ON THIS VOTE AS AN

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EMERGENCY? >> D. KAY THRESS:

>> PRO TEM S. MYERS: YES. >> P. BUCHER: YES.

>> D. ROBINSON: YES. >> B. KOWALCZYK: YES.

>> R. DOROTHY: YES. >> D. SMITH: YES.

>> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: YES. UNANIMOUS DECISION ON PROVIDING THIS, PASSING THIS AS AN EMERGENCY.

[8.B. Resolution No. 25-2020 FACE Program Application - Play: CBUS Authorizing the Award of Façade Assistance and Corridor Enhancement Funds to Help Improve Facility Exterior Facade and Streetscape Along Certain of the City’s Commercial Corridors (535 Lakeview Plaza). Executive Summary: This Resolution authorizes $25,000 in exterior enhancement assistance under the FACE Program to Play: CBUS, at 535 Lakeview Plaza Blvd. Recommendation: Introduce and Approve as Presented]

MOVING ONTO RESOLUTION 25-2020. AUTHORIZING THE AWARD OF FAÇADE ASSISTANCE AND CORRIDOR ENHANCEMENT FUNDS TO HELP IMPROVE FACILITY EXTERIOR FACADE AND STREETSCAPE ALONG CERTAIN OF THE CITY'S COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS 535 LAKEVIEW PLAZA.

INTRODUCED BY MR. MEYERS, MOVED FOR ADOPTION BY MS. DOROTHY, SECONDED BY MR. ROBINSON. MR. GREESON, CAN YOU PLEASE

PROVIDE THE PRESENTATION? >> M. GREESON: YES.

SO MR. MCCORKLE IS GOING TO DO THAT.

HE'S ON THE LINE. IF NOT, I'LL BE GLAD TO.

BUT I WILL SAY WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACADE PROGRAM A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. THIS WAS THE, I BELIEVE, THE LAST PROJECT IN THE PIPELINE. AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE PLACE C BUS MOVE FORWARD. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MRO

TALK ABOUT IT. >> THANK YOU, MR. GREESON.

PRESIDENT MICHAEL AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I'M EXCITED TO SHARE AN APPLICATION FOR FUNDING. OUR LAST APPLICATION FOR FUNDING FOR 2020 FOR THE FACADE PROGRAM. FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, THE JUST A VERY QUICK SUMMARY. THE FACADE PROGRAM IS CAPPED AT $25,000 PER AWARD. THAT IS A HALF GRANT, HALF LOAN AWARD. SO THE WAY THAT WORKS IS IT'S A ONE TO ONE MATCH. WE REQUIRE THE APPLICANT TO HAVE AT LEAST $25,000 IN MATCHING FUNDS.

THE AWARD BEFORE YOU EXCEEDED THAT.

AND THEN THE GRANT SO THE GRANT IS REIMBURSABLE.

WHAT HAPPENS IS WE WILL GIVE THE LOAN DOLLARS UP FRONT TO THE APPLICANT. THOSE ARE REPAID AT 0% INTEREST OVER A 3-YEAR PERIOD. REPAID QUARTERLY.

AND ONCE THE PROJECT IS FULLY COMPLETE, THE APPLICANT WILL SEND US THE INVOICES AND PROOF OF PAYMENT SHOWING THE WORK IS COMPLETED AND WE'LL REIMBURSE THE GRANT PORTION.

THE PROJECT IS FOR PLAY CBUS. IT'S A NEW CONCEPT COMING TO WORTHINGTON. SO THEY ARE THE SITE ADDRESS FOR THIS IS 535 LAKEVIEW PLAZA, THE HOME OF THE FORMER ROADRUNNERS SPACE. SO VERY GOOD VISIBILITY ON I I-270. WHAT PLAY CBUS IS IS A RECREATIONAL BUSINESS. SO AN INDOOR ADVENTURE PARK.

THEY WILL HAVE, AND THEY ARE MARKETING IT AS THE LARGEST, INDOOR ROPES COURSE IN AMERICA. SO SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO IF YOU ARE A ROPES COURSE FANATIC.

THEY WILL HAVE PARK WORK HORSE, A DOZEN ROCK WALLS, MANY OTHER FEATURES. AND THEY WILL ALSO HAVE INDOOR ZIP LINE. SO A LOT OF REALLY COOL THINGS.

NOT GEARED JUST TOWARD CHILDREN OR ADULTS, IT IS FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY. THEY HAVE A RESTAURANT AND BAR ON SITE. THE PROJECT BEFORE YOU, THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IS $75,000. SO AGAIN, THEY WELL EXCEEDED THE ONE TO ONE MATCH. BUT YOU WILL SEE THE NOTE ON MY PAGE HERE. THAT IS JUST FOR THE EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS. THEY ANTICIPATE AND UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON $3 MILLION WORTH OF INTERNAL RENOVATIONS AND PLAN TO EMPLOY OVER 100 FULL AND PART-TIME EMPLOYEES WHEN THEY ARE DONE. HERE'S A PICTURE OF WHERE THEY ARE AT. 270 VISIBILITY.

FORMER ROADRUNNER SPACE. HERE'S AN AERIAL OF THE BUILDING. HERE'S THE SCOPE OF WORK.

THEY WILL BY DOING A NEW MAIN ENTRANCE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING. SO ON THE 270 SIDE.

THEY WILL HAVE SUBSTANTIAL NEW EXTERIOR SIGNAGE.

AND I PROMISED MR. BROWN I WOULD NOTE THAT THEIR NEW SIGNAGE, THERE WILL BE AN AMENDMENT TO DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT COMES BEFORE YOU IN JUNE. SO JUNE 15TH, WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO DISCUSS THE NUMBER OF SIGNS AND SQUARE FOOTAGE.

SO MORE INFORMATION TO COME ON THAT.

AND I WILL SHOW YOU A COUPLE OF RENDERINGS IN A MINUTE.

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UPDATED A.D.A. ACCESSIBILITY. NEW LANDSCAPING AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE. MY PAINT SCHEME AND WINDOWS.

THERE ILL BE NATURAL LIGHT THAT DOESN'T EXIST TODAY.

SO A COUPLE OF PICTURES OF THE CURRENT CONDITION OF THE BUILDING. I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THREE COLOR SCHEMES, A, B, AND C, AND THEY WOUND UP PICKING C.

THESE ARE ALL PRETTY CLOSE TO SIMILAR COLOR SCHEMES.

BUT THE GRAY AND ORANGE BAND THAT YOU SEE THERE IS THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE. A, B, AND COLOR SCHEME C.

THAT IS THE COLOR SCHEME THEY ELECTED TO GO WITH.

AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE NEW SIGNAGE ON THE BUILDING THAT AGAIN, WILL COME BEFORE YOU IN JUNE.

JUST A COUPLE OF MORE RENDERS HERE.

I WILL NOTE AGAIN, WE USE NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN CENTER.

PART OF OUR CONTRACT FOR THIS PROGRAM IS TO USE NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN CENTER FOR NO COST SUPPORT FOR HE APPLICANT.

PLAY CBUS WORKED WITH NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN CENTER TO COME UP WITH THE RENDERINGS. YOU CAN SEE ON THE TOP SCHEME SOME OF THE NEW HORIZONTAL WINDOW BANS, NEW SIGNAGE, NEW COLOR SCHEME AND SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING AND MAIN ENTRANCE.

>> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: OKAY. >> YEP?

MS. MICHAEL, GO AHEAD. >> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: I'M HAVING DIFFICULTY SEEING THE CONTENT.

I DON'T KNOW F ANYBODY ELSE IS. THE CONTENT DIDN'T LOAD BUT I HAD SEEN IT BEFORE SO I'M OKAY. WAS EVERYONE ELSE ABLE TO SEE

IT? >> B. KOWALCZYK: NO, I CAN'T SEE

IT EITHER. >> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: OKAY.

WE'LL TAKE YOUR WORD ON A LOT OF THIS.

WITH THAT, I'M NOT SURE. DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? NOW IT'S UP. THIS IS INTERESTING.

>> CAN YOU SEE IT? >> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: COME AND GONE. DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS? THERE IS SOME OF IT COMING UP NOW.

YEAH. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT WASN'T UP BEFORE. BUT IT WASN'T.

IT'S THE FUN OF DOING OUR REMOTE STUFF.

>> OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

HERE'S THE SCORING. SO IF YOU CAN SEE THE SCORING, MS. MICHAEL. OKAY.

HERE'S HE SCORING, THEY NEEDED A MINIMUM OF 65 TO RECEIVE FUNDING. THE CIC MET THE FRIDAY BEFORE LAST AND RECOMMENDED THE PROJECT FOR FUNDING.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: OKAY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? HELLO? SOME OF THEM ARE ON HERE TWICE.

THIS IS WEIRD. DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? IF YOU DO, SPEAK UP BECAUSE I'M NOT GETTING THE CONTROLS I NORMALLY CAN SEE. I NOW HAVE THE C BUS ICTURE AND

THAT'S ALL I CAN SEE. >> I'M GOING TO TOP SHARING

NOW. >> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: OKAY.

COMING BACK, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED, LIKE SIGN. RESOLUTION 25-2020 HAS PASSED.

[8.C. Resolution No. 26-2020 Appointments - Community Relations Commission and Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Board Re-appointing and Appointing Members to the Worthington Community Relations Commission and the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board. Executive Summary: This Resolution makes appointments to fill expiring terms on the Community Relations Commission and Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Board Recommendation: Introduce and Approve as Presented]

MOVING ONTO RESOLUTION 26-2020. REOPINED MEMBERS TO THE WORTHINGTON COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND ADVISORY BOARD BOARD INTRODUCED BY MR. BUCHER, MOVED FOR ADOPTION BY MS. KOWALCZYK.

SECONDED BY MR. SMITH. MR. GREESON, IS THERE FURTHER

>> M. GREESON: NO. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD.

ON THESE ITEMS. >> PRESIDENT B. MICHAEL: IF NOT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED, LIKE SIGN.

OKAY. RESOLUTION 26-2020 HAS PASSED.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS.

REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS. MR. GREESON?

[9. Reports of City Officials]

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>> M. GREESON: YEAH. PRESIDENT MICHAEL, WE NEED A LITTLE TIME ON THIS ONE. WE WANT TO TOUCH BASE A LITTLE BIT N REOPENING ISSUES IN LIGHT OF THE STATE OF OHIO AUTHORIZING REOPENING OF A VARIETY OF PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES.

AS YOU KNOW, THEY DID THAT LAST WEEK.

AND ISSUED A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND BEST PRACTICES ON HOW TO DO IT APPROPRIATELY AND WITH BEST PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICES. SO MUCH OF THE GUIDANCE CAME OUT ON FRIDAY. AND SINCE THEN, WE'VE BEEN REVIEWING IT AND COMPARING IT TO SOME OF THE PLANS THAT STAFF HAD ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPING. I SENT A MEMORANDUM OUT DO -- TO YOU LATE TODAY. SORRY IF IT DIDN'T GET INTO YOUR HANDS. WE'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY ON THIS. BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER IT TONIGHT. AND THAT MEMO REFLECTS STAFF'S CURRENT OR I SHOULD SAY EVOLVING THINKING REGARDING OUR FITNESS FACILITIES, BALL FIELDS, OOL, COURTS, AND WHAT MR. HURLEY WAS TALKING ABOUT, CAMPS. IN SOME AREAS E'VE DEVELOPED A DETAILED PLANS AND PREPARATIONS FOR REOPENING BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN KIND OF IN A STATE OF READINESS, IF YOU WILL, OR WORKING ON THAT.