The next day commission meeting with knock on the order.

Please rise for the indication and remain standing for the PlayStation Allegiance.

And this evening, the place of elections will be given by Commissioner Shaw.

Well, dear God, we ask for your guidance and your direction to help and serve the community.

Give us your wisdom to lead as leaders of this community.

I'm in.

Amen.

And to the Republic for which you say under individuality.

Okay, Ms.

Jackson.

May I have the roll call, please?

Yes.

Mayor Minnes.

Aye.

Commissioners Joseph.

Aye.

Shaw.

Aye.

Aye.

Okay.

May I have a motion then to approve the minutes from the November 26th meeting.

So moved on.

Second the motion, Your Honor.

Probably move in a second to approve the minutes from the November 26th meeting.

All the people say aye.

Aye.

All opposed say no.

Okay.

Ms.

Jackson, do we have any communications or petitions?

There are none, you are none.

And uh calendar items, uh, in addition to deletions or comments to the calendar, Ms.

Jackson?

No, sir, there are none.

Okay.

Ms.

Dixon.

Any additional deletions will come into the calendar.

Uh, Your Honor, I have no additions or deletions to this evening's calendar.

I do have several items I'd like to highlight.

It's very uh got a lot of great stuff on the calendar this evening.

The first item I want to highlight um is um item E8, which is a service agreement with the City of Trotwood.

This is to sell uh potable water uh to the City of Trotwood.

Trotwood is one of the customers that Dayton serves.

They join Brookville in going from a um a flat uh surcharge to the cost of service model.

So they so it's a again that's a the cost of service model is a much more equitable way for um folks to pay for the water they use and their percentage of the overhead.

And so we're glad to see this come forward.

This is a 15-year agreement with a 10-year renewal period.

So that's uh nice work by the water department.

Um also on the item uh are on your calendar tonight are three uh legislative items, which are all related to the special uh uh improvement district.

That is a very um state regulated process that um takes a little over a year.

Uh I know we have our partners here from the uh downtown Dayton Partnership who um I know they feel like they just get it done and then they have to turn around and start the renewal process again because it's um expires at the end of this year.

So it will be for the period of 2026 through 2030.

You all at the very beginning of the process, your action helps provide consent on the drafted work plan, services plan, that they um they get that approval before they start going out and getting signatures because they want to make sure that we're all aligned.

So you did that back in July.

Right.

And um so this is the final steps, and then our friends at the DDP can get on to other work they might want to do uh with regards to downtown.

Um also want to there are a couple of um items I want to bring forward uh for deeper presentations.

One of those items is item number seven, which is our development agreement with county court.

Um I do want to make a few introductory comments.

Um first, this is the the goal of this agreement is um to stabilize neighborhood, preserve affordable housing, and leverage private funding.

And you will recall, because we've talked, we've done briefings and talked at the budget that this is um leveraging about seven million dollars in welcome home funding from the state through the land bank.

It also um we also have right pack credit union and about a million dollars that they have brought to this table, and the pathways um program.

This is work that all is being brought to you because of amazing collaboration between County Corp, the City of Dayton, the Dern partners, um who are who looked at data to first identify the welcome home neighborhoods, which you see the first year, uh first two years are the the neighborhoods that are targeted.

And there's more, there's a presentation coming, but I want to answer a couple of questions ahead of time before the presentation.

And they get they are eligible for a two to one match.

And then the second priority is for homeowners of 120% of or plus 120%.

They get a one to one match.

The loans are fully forgivable after five years.

Five years because that's easy math, right?

It's five year program.

You burn off 20% of your loan responsibility, and in five years you get a you get forgivable loan.

You basically get forgiven, you don't have to pay it back.

It's a pretty standard thing.

It's what County Corp has been doing with our CDBG program for 10 plus years, right?

So it's just a standard term.

Um you noticed when you were looking at the contract that we this goes for four years.

Years three and four open it up to citywide, uh homes eligibility citywide.

Um there's not a lot of definition because we are going to be gathering data and receiving policy direction as we go forward in years three and four, right?

This was to be able to leverage the funding with the welcome home, the seven million, and before we get to you know, deploying or or shaping the programs in years three and four, we'll be able to have more data and more conversation to be able to get good direction.

Um, but I will stop talking now and ask Emily Crow, our deputy director in planning neighborhood and development, to come forward and provide you a little bit more detail.

Good evening.

Good evening to you.

Um I'm happy to be here this evening to talk through this program.

Um up here for you all.

So I did just want to provide an overview to you for this program.

So this is a new revolving loan uh forgivable loan program, and this is coming from the issue six levy, the your dollars your neighborhood program, and it dedicates 2.6 million dollars over the term of the program.

So through the end of 2028, will be the pilot years for this.

And the primary function here, as um C manager pointed out, is to help stabilize our housing stock and support that private investment that is happening in our neighborhoods.

So this will provide 0% interest at a five-year forgivable term, and we're gonna have safeties in here so that as it proceeds, if someone sells that property in the time that the loan is in effect, they can still recapture the value that's put into that home, but we also get a return on that loan.

So it'll go back into the program to fund future um loans in future years.

Um this is filling a service gap that we've been unable to provide through the CDBG programs because those target are under 80% households.

So the AMI threshold is 80% of the area median income.

This program will elevate that to those households that earn more than that.

Um, and the cost it's beneficial because the cost of these home improvements can be significant even for people in those higher income brackets.

Um it will be administered by our partners at County Corp because they have a history of administering these loan programs, so they were well suited.

They also already have the partnerships with Dern so that we can use the established uh review processes that are already in place, and they will be taking care of all the underwriting and loan management throughout the life of the program.

And I do have some history here because of the adoption of the housing policy in 2021.

Uh, the city and our private investment partners have invested over 781 million dollars in housing improvements.

Um that has touched more than 4100 units, and that includes both new build and improvements to all sectors, um, including those affordable units as well as market rate units.

So the way this is being funded and structured, we have $650,000 a year that are being allocated through the issue six funding, and that goes from 25, which is the current fiscal year, through 2028 for a total of 2.6 million dollars.

The eligibility and intake will be done through the Dern application process.

We already have a substantial backlog of eligible applicants in there.

So we are working with our partners to identify that first list of property owners that would be eligible for this.

Followed by the priority two households, which they will be able to do a one-to-one match, and they both get forgiveness after the five-year term, and then it's an incremental, so 20% annually if they move out of that home before then.

Eligible repairs will be focused on structural and exterior improvements.

So that will be doors, foundations, windows, roofs will probably be high priority.

And the goal is for us to layer this with many of our other home repair programs.

So there are things like the LED, the AES programs that reach different parts of home improvements.

So some of those will help cover the systems, while this will be exterior structural.

So the delivery of the program will be through county court.

They will manage the loans.

They are doing the underwriting, the inspections, managing the contractors who will do the work so that we make sure that everything is in compliance and meeting the needs of the community.

We are doing a geographic phasing kind of a pilot years where we are focusing on those welcome home neighborhoods, which, as we mentioned, there was an extensive process with our partners to identify where we had like neighborhood improvements that those dollars could really impact these neighborhoods.

And so that's Madden Hills, Fairview, Dayton View Triangle, and the Wolf Creek neighborhoods.

So in 26 owner-occupied single families, 27 and after we may be able to include two to four units so that we can get some renters into that mix so that they have opportunities to see improvements in their buildings as well.

Our annual targets with this are about 20 units annually.

So because we have the 2025 funding, we should be able to do about 40 units next year.

To maintain transparency so that the public knows where these dollars are being spent, we are going to have monthly and quarterly reporting, and we are working on a live GIS link so that we will know here everything that they know in the program administration, and we'll be able to track those dollars through our dashboards and everything for the community.

So just a little bit of background context here.

We felt it was important to point out that this is just one program amongst many that the city has supported over the last five years.

So we have touched housing at every level from the low to moderate income, which is our below 80%.

That's the tier where traditionally our CDBG dollars have gone and our home programs have funded those.

We've done either new or improvements to over 1,100 units in that category with just over 26 million dollars of our combined investments there.

So that does come from the city, that also comes from HUD and the other state programs.

We have been able to target about 24 million dollars in city investments through various programs and leverage 250 million dollars of investment, and that is just over a thousand units there.

And the higher market rate, so these were they really have no subsidies per se.

They may have some development fund um partnerships there, but these are the 120 plus AMI, and we have leveraged over 351 million dollars in investment here for 1700 units coming online.

We have also invested significantly in demolition through ARPA and the other programs through the state with ODOD.

Um we have supported homeless shelter improvements, and we now have the AES settlement money that will also help leverage investment in our housing stock.

And all of these things really set the stage for this program to move us towards the next five years.

So again, this program will build on everything we've all supported over the last four years, and it's filling that gap that we've been unable to support in that over 80% AMI household category.

So we are hoping that this will continue to prevent deferred maintenance on existing housing stock, support our neighborhood stabilization efforts, and provide local funding support to our Dayton homeowners in at least in the first year of this program.

And so I'm here tonight to ask that you approve this development agreement so that we can move forward with our partnership with County Corp and Durne and do some good in our neighborhoods.

So thank you all.

I'm happy to take questions.

Okay.

Uh hold on for a second.

First, to want to see if we have any citizens who are uh wishing to speak on the city manager's recommendations.

Yes, Shauna.

We have four people who are registered to speak.

Okay, let's have them come up and ask those their questions and express their concerns, and before we have the city commissioners uh do their thing.

Okay.

So I'm calling Adam Blake to the podium.

And while he is coming, I would like to remind everyone that there is a three-minute time limit as you address the commission.

We asked that you state your name, address, and record for the record.

At this time, I would turn at that time I will turn on the green light.

And then once you get to two and a half minutes, which the yellow light will show, we will uh give you 30 more seconds, and then we'll actually kindly take your seat.

Mr.

Blake.

Okay.

Um it's good to be able to see you all.

Uh Adam Blake, uh, I'm the vice president of housing for County Corp.

And I'm here more uh to answer any questions that you have might have about our ability or experience in managing loan programs like this.

If you had any questions, no, we're at this point in time.

Okay, we we check with the commissioners, so I know you guys have a great check record in terms of work with us, but um uh I'll I'll pull them as well.

Commissioner Tonus Law, so you have questions.

We need to have them.

We can't answer question wise.

Yeah, exactly.

No, just okay.

I'll be here if you need me.

Thank you.

All right, thank you.

All right.

Thank you.

Caitlin Jacobs.

Hi, my name is uh Caitlin Jacob.

Um I'm here uh address 22 Potomac Street, Dayton, Ohio, 45403.

Good evening.

Um just here to talk a little bit about why um citywide development is so excited about this issue six funding and the home repair work that it's doing.

You know, we work in neighborhoods and we see every day um some of the challenges that our residents face in fixing up their homes and maintaining them.

Um, and those challenges are not limited to folks under 80% of AMI.

Plenty of folks living over that don't have enough equity to get a private loan.

They're a senior citizen to do this, and their day-to-day life is impacted by that.

They might have a roof that doesn't, you know, keep out the rut weather.

They have heating costs.

Their home is not safe for them, or it's not as livable as it should be.

And so this work is gonna change that.

Um this work also has a huge impact on neighborhoods.

The fact that it's collaborating with the new homes going in some of these neighborhoods with new homeownership opportunities is going to make these um new homes more successful, right?

We know that just putting a house down without wrapping your arms around it doesn't change neighborhoods, but when you put new homes in and you fix up the houses next door and you support the current residents and you reach out and do other work around it, that you can change not just those people's lives, but the community and the neighborhoods around it.

And so I think this collaboration, looking at how do we make the biggest impact by targeting this by being inclusive and broadening who is has access to these funds.

Well we'll see a big impact.

And I know citywide's very excited to see what does this look like in our neighborhoods and how does this impact um our residents?

Thank you.

Thank you.

Eileen Hall.

Eileen Hole, 22 Andrew Street, Dayton, Ohio, 45410.

Good evening, good evening, commissioners, uh, city manager, mayor.

My name is Eileen Hull.

I direct the nonprofit Dayton Energy Collaborative.

I'm also chair of the Dayton Home Repair Network, or the DERN.

I'm here in support of the issue six home repair revolving loan program because, as we have heard, um, and I can reiterate, it will target several need gaps that we have found through our work.

First, the program is structured to serve households above the income threshold for Dayton Home Repair Network programs.

Currently, the income highest income threshold is that 80% AMI.

And the issue six program will target the 80% to 120% AMI.

This is a good structure because it fills a gap.

As the clearinghouse for the Dayton Home Repair Network, the Dayton Energy Collaborative takes daily calls from individuals seeking home repair services.

We determine if they're eligible based on income and the other eligibility criteria.

And we have found there's a significant population who exceeds that 80% AMI limit, but are not financially able to finance critical home repairs.

Some trends are households with two working adults who exceed that income threshold but have several children and other expenses, and also seniors who are on fixed incomes, but that their pension and social security just go above that 80% AMI.

So therefore, this program will support that population, the community who really needs um home repair services.

And then secondly, the program is also committed to addressing our network's wait list.

This year we consolidated all Dayton Home Repair Network programs wait lists into one.

And about 970 households fall within the City of Dayton limits on that wait list.

Many have been waiting for several years for critical repairs.

Our network has committed to addressing that wait list with future funding, and this program will boost that effort by helping us cut down on this nearly a thousand household wait list.

Um additionally, the program will operate under County Corp, which is a Dayton Home Repair Network member organization.

Our networks collaboration will ensure strong coordination with this and existing programs, leveraging the dollars and impact in the program's target neighborhoods and citywide.

Thanks again for your time and the city's dedication to home repairs.

Okay, thank you.

Appreciate that.

Okay.

Mayor, we have one last one, and this is Katie Meyer.

She's on the other legislation.

Okay.

I apologize.

Okay.

Okay.

We'll give her a chance to come up and talk later.

Yes, sorry.

Thank you.

Okay.

So commissioners.

Questions for City Manager and the presentation associated with the um the great information that we heard this evening.

So I would uh Commissioner's loss.

Yes, thank you, Mayor.

Um I would just like to, I'm overzealous and excited.

Uh, this has been a long time coming, so congratulations.

I am so just in awe right now because I know that this is something that um we hear on a daily basis, and we're constantly referring um members of our community to the DERN and really trying to find ways and means to to provide those level of resources.

So again, kudos to the staff.

Um, I also want to thank our partners, and I have to, I will be remiss without thanking the voters.

The voters made this possible.

I believe, and the mayor quotes this 76%.

The voters say yes, they wanted housing included in the income tax levy, and this is what you see the results of that.

So thank you for bringing this forward, Miss Dixteen and team, Ms.

Lofton, Mr.

Pilette, the entire planning and neighborhood development department, our partners, Dern, Adam Blank, Blake, excuse me, your leadership, and many other partners that go along with that.

So with that being said, just a couple questions.

So I think this is this is very interesting.

I'm again I'm very excited.

So the quarterly report that you mentioned, I think it'll be an opportunity for us to marry that.

We have our end of the month reports with demolition from Mr.

Dongle.

So if we can find some way, and again, I don't know how we could do that to really start monitoring the number of blighted structures with also the three and fours that we are addressing, right?

With our our housing throughout our neighborhoods, understanding that at this current time we're only looking at those four target areas, but it may be an opportunity for us to look at down the further further down the line.

The other thing is I think the 971 households that Ms.

Hero mentioned, that is a great metrics for us to follow and how we are going to be able to to work to decrease that number if we continue to have models like this in place, the um the revolving forgivable loan program in place, and that can help us.

And then it also gives us a um a bigger picture as to where we are and what are some of the things that we need to do collectively as a legislative body, but it also helps us with managing um the the housing stock overall, the the what is it, the threes and the fours and whatever have you?

Um and what else is my question?

Um the 781 million dollars that you you quoted in the in the briefing, the 4100 units.

I have no doubt, but I want to see the details.

I want to see examples.

I want to see what neighborhoods, I want to see what projects, I want to see addresses, I want to see before and after.

I want to see show me what you've been able to do with that 781 million dollars, and then let us tell that good news story to the public.

Let us in fact uh bring that awareness again of the work that has been done throughout our neighborhoods to the community.

So that'll be helpful.

Um, and then the last question that I have, more so of a comment.

What are the the mechanisms?

Actually, I have two more.

Um, what are we doing in terms of the level of public awareness?

Are we grabbing that list?

I know we have uh a waiting list to Ms.

Hero's point, number of households been on it for years.

So are we looking at that list first and then we're gonna open it up to the public, or what is the the process for that that piece?

Sure.

So the the what are we doing for public awareness?

So the initial conversation was we would do some kind of press release or something with the adoption of this agreement to kind of announce that the program is starting, how it fits into the other programs that are offered.

Um so we would intend to do some public announcement pieces.

Um, to your point about the $781 million of investment thus far.

We are working on a visible dashboard that this would then become part of that, where we can show all the different programs, all the different types of investment that we have done, and then this program becomes part of that.

So also on that portal or dashboard would be links out.

So if someone was interested in applying through the DURN network, they would have that opportunity to connect with our partners through that portal.

So we are working that is a work in progress.

We do hope to have something out early next year.

Um we are going to focus on that list of 900 um registered eligible partners or sub-recipients, I guess, at as our first goal.

And so part of that will be to continue working with this partnership group to evaluate those and then tie that back to the neighborhoods, and then we will also be tying it to the 23 and the current 25 housing conditions surveys, so that we are building on those threes and fours, those properties that need those structural repairs and finding how they all all combined to determine eligibility.

Great, thank you.

I'm very excited.

I also think too that this is right on point in terms of the legislation that we have before us, uh, calendar item number 15, and that is for the adoption of Madden Hill's neighborhood plan.

So kudos to the staff, and I can't wait to hear more about that.

I've been able to go through um some of the plans thus far, and again, just would like to uplift the work of of citywide development.

I I think that is a a model and something that we can really adopt moving forward in on the other neighborhoods.

Um and then the contractors, are they vetted through the city, or are they more so vetted through like our HRC, or is it more so vetted through County Corp themselves?

Are these already qualified contractors, or will the homeowners themselves have an opportunity that to identify the contractors?

So the contractors will be managed through county corp.

Right.

As they are the already the pre-certified group.

And so if you do have time to review the whole contract, it has those terms in there, and we have an HRC quota, and all of those things are already built in to that part of the process.

Great.

Thank you very much.

Thanks for answering my question.

Well, I want to thank my colleagues.

I also have to uh definitely acknowledge the work of Dayton Tenors Union, the housing committee, they served on that.

I think it's what nine, eleven folks that serve on that committee.

This is great work, and it really just shows the use of how we are being good stewards of the public dollars.

So kudos, and I want to thank my colleague, Commissioner Fairchild as well as well as the rest of the um the legislation, the the body.

So thank you.

Okay, thank you.

Uh Commissioner Freshau.

Yeah, no, very exciting and um, you know, uh two places focus of comments.

One is first on the presentation and the comprehensive piece of this, and looking all the way back to the how getting the housing plan, just thinking about the time and the effort and the labor of our staff and engagement of our citizens.

So getting that plan in place and in your presentation, just very showing the fruit of that hard work that we've done to kind of get the ground ready and now to be able to see all this investment and it being done in a strategic and effective way.

So kudos to the staff, kudos to you, city manager um for that work.

And then for this particular project, just thank you, partners, for being here and stepping up and working alongside of us, you know.

Um, in some ways, this is something good comes out of a bad event, right?

The um the tornado gave us the opportunity to pull our partners together to look at how we provided that housing over there in old North Dayton and build that collaborative effort, and now we get to see that move forward.

And so um just really excited and thank you for this work.

And I'm very excited about our residents who are gonna see the benefit of this.

So thank you.

Okay, thank you.

Commissioner Shaw.

That was really good uh questions and comments from my colleagues, so that clarified a lot uh for me.

Uh this is a game changer.

I mean, I can just see that this is going to transform some of the most desperate neighborhoods that we have in the city, and and uh just in a collective way.

I I really like the way this is moving forward.

I did have a question though.

Did I hear you correctly?

So in 27 renters will be able to draw down on so it won't actually be the renters themselves.

Okay.

What what we have envisioned at this time is small multi-family buildings would be able to be eligible for these loans.

So the owners starting yes, starting in 27.

But then at that point, we would have a rent threshold for that 80 to 120 percent um AMI renter, so that they would stay in those buildings, but the building would be improved.

Would be much nicer.

Yes, so that would be on the ball.

And Commissioner, you will recall we have a pilot that our sustainability team is working on right now to try and figure out how to best form and fashion a pilot program for landlords so that we can provide because 50% of our housing is landlord or tenants.

But we want to be able to make sure the improvement is truly realized by the tenants and not just an opportunity to jack rent up.

Right, right, and whatever.

And so there's very complex nuances around that, and so we're hoping by 27 that pilot will have Ron and informed us a little bit on a direction here.

Okay, that makes sense to me.

That was really I mean, I thought it was exciting to think of an opportunity like that for renters, but then I also thought, well, of course, the land will then act the price up if the properties it's improved in that way.

So good to hear.

Thank you very much.

Commissioner Jones.

Thank you, Mayor.

Uh much like Commissioners Comments, I want to thank uh all the folks that have made this happen, both on the staff and all of our citizens that came together over the last five and a half, six years from the beginning of the housing plan, the current housing plan, uh, to all the folks who put this plan together and made it happen.

This is wonderful news.

Uh, like Commissioner said a moment ago, this is what we hear about when we're out talking to folks.

Uh this this scratches that itch, right?

It gets to what people really need.

I want to thank the people in this day and all the predecessors who worked on this beforehand because it's taken it's taken some years to put this together and to get moving.

I'm excited that it started.

So thank you.

Cool.

Okay.

Yeah, my colleagues have made a lot of great comments.

I just want to add to some of that.

One one comment, those of us keep in mind that we keep on uh focusing on this um on this particular uh piece of data because it's so real in terms of how much this is affecting us in this process.

Uh the conference last week in Salt Lake City, Utah and the housing component, the uh conference that went to relative to that, talked about the fact of reinforcing the point that over the last uh 50 years, the cost of housing has increased by 700 percent.

And the ability to pay for housing has only increased 14 percent.

And the the greatest movement, if you will, in those spaces is how we continue to raise the medium income.

So the the work that we're doing on combined effort with all of our partners, uh business partners and those who are creating jobs, for us to continue to raise the medium income as we have uh about 20,000 dollars over the last 10 years is a great contributor to minimizing some of the challenges that we have in these spaces.

But still, you see there's a major, major gap in terms of 700 percent increase in housing versus 400 percent increase in terms of uh the ability to pay.

But these things are not new in terms of the work that you guys are doing.

You just keep adding more and more positive uh components, if you will, in terms of addressing those issues.

I think like the Commissioner mentioned a few moments ago.

Uh, while we get additional information from you in terms of the great things that are happening, all of us have the responsibility to communicate that.

It should not just fall on you or HR or not HR, but uh um uh PR department.

It should follow on each and every one of us who are on this podium to talk about the great things that are happening in the city of Dayton and how individuals can be involved and communicated relative to that.

Okay.

So again, thank you so much.

Um additional comments, C major.

I do have a couple more items to highlight.

Um I did want to add for as far as transparency for this housing program.

Remember, we have our your dollars, your neighborhood dashboard because this is the um income tax uh renewal.

It will also be tracked on, it's being tracked on there.

So you'll be the public will be able to follow that.

Okay, so uh just a couple of other things.

One, I want to highlight uh resolution um number 6907-25, which is item 14.

And I want to highlight it because this is um a resolution that is that essentially affirms all of the great work that the City of Dayton has been doing, implementing a structured and comprehensive cybersecurity program, including policies, operational safeguards, best practice frameworks designed to protect the city's digital infrastructure.

It reiterates our commitment to safeguarding public data and the systems essential to public safety utilities, financial operations, and other core municipal services.

This is um this resolution brings us into compliance with House Bill 96.

But what I wanted to make sure is that we were able to do a shout out to John Reich and the IT department, because I am able to sleep a whole lot easier after all the work that he's been doing for the last three years to get us to this point of protection and and trying to keep us um from being a target as uh cybersecurity attacks happen.

So shout out to John and his uh team for the great work that they are doing.

And then finally, item number 15, which is uh resolution 6908-25, is our uh bringing forward the adoption of the Madden Hills Neighborhood Plan.

And I want to call forward Caitlin Jacob from Citywide to basically provide a high-level presentation about the plan themes and um why um we need to celebrate all this great work.

Well, good evening again.

Good evening.

Um I am so pleased to be back up here to talk to you about the Madden Hills um plan.

There we go.

Um it come up okay.

Um this really this plan is really was a labor of love by the residents.

Citywide helped facilitate it in coordination with the city planning staff, but this is really about years of work by a very dedicated group of residents who wanted to, after that work, think about how do we codify that and make sure that this work continues and moves forward and that our vision is part of any work that continues in Madden Hills.

So as as you all know, Madden Hills is in Southwest Dayton, it's south of Germantown.

It's a beautiful neighborhood.

I think people are often surprised when they drive through it to find it there.

And it has a very long-standing dedicated group of homeowners, including some folks who have been there since you know, 1960s, first homes, you know.

And it's it has always been, I think, like from my perspective a pleasure, and I'm grateful that I've gotten to work with these folks who've been doing neighborhood work for you know longer than I've been alive for sure.

Um this is a plan that looks at um what should new housing development look like, how do we support it, where does it go, what's the vision in the neighborhood?

Um, how do we support our current residents in at the same time during that during this process?

It thinks about when there are resources available for Madden Hills, where can they make the most impact?

What are the priorities?

Where do they want to put them in the neighborhood, both geographically and also what are the types of things they're interested in and where should where should that work go?

Um it builds community ownership.

It thinks about this is a plan that was is entirely driven by the residents.

You know, I think myself and you know, Ellen from the planning department, we wrote the words, but this is really the residents' work.

Um, and it thinks about how do they continue to stay engaged, how do they continue to build that?

Um, it strengthens identity and livability.

It thinks about what does it mean to live in Madden Hills, how do you continue to make that a good experience and to support the residents who are there?

Um, and how do you tell that story of the neighborhood?

Um, and it connects, it situates Madden Hills in the broader, broader planning work that has been done.

So it thinks about how does it connect to the active transportation plan or the neighborhood visions, the sustainability plan, things like that.

One so this is the engagement for this plan was not a traditional um couple of meetings over a year perhaps.

Um these themes really came out of several years of work and conversations.

Um it started in 2017 when Citywide became the planning coordinator for the HUD Choice Neighborhood Plan.

Um Madden Hills was one of the neighborhoods that was part of the HUD Choice Work.

And so we began working with residents, listening doorstop conversations, canvassing, um, and then working on projects over the next few years.

Revitalization of their park, new neighborhood signs, things like that.

Um, smaller projects that engaged people but also gave us an opportunity to have ongoing conversations, both the residents with each other and with ourselves and the planning staff to think through what do they want in the neighborhood?

What do they want to keep doing?

Um, in early 2023, the neighborhood association decided to partner with Citywide and the City of Dayton to put together a housing vision.

What does new housing look like?

If new housing is gonna come, where should it go?

What type of housing fits in this fabric?

They wanted to be sure that future work and future housing, which they were excited about, potential future housing, um, really fit the existing fabric and that they had a voice.

Um and so they they put that into a vision that was shared.

Um and then in 2024, they expanded that and they thought about you can't just do the new housing.

So what else do we want to do and what does it look like to expand beyond that and continue to support other priorities?

Um over the last year we fine-tuned some of that, gotten additional feedback and made sure this this worked, and now it's it's here for your your approval.

Um this plan looks at new housing.

Um, it thinks about if you're going to build new infill housing, exactly where in the neighborhood should it go, what kind of housing fits in.

Um and what was particularly exciting about this part of it is that because they built that housing vision out and they were so clear about what they wanted and they were so organized that they were one of the neighborhoods selected for the welcome home program.

So they have 20 new homes in progress right now in Madden Hills going up, which is 20 new homeowners, 20 lots that were vacant.

Um, and they had a really collaborative process with the land bank in terms of what does it look like?

What should these homes look like?

Do we want porches?

You know, all that stuff.

How does this fit in and how do we make sure these new neighbors integrate into the neighborhood?

And that is really a lot about the housing planning work that they had already done, made that easy.

Um it looks at where is blight removal needed because this is a stable neighborhood, blight removal has a huge impact.

A lot of times it's one house on the block, it's one overgrowth, it's one sidewalk that needs cleared.

Where are those areas?

How could we make that work?

Um it thinks about where are the neighborhood boundaries, what's the identity of this neighborhood, and how are we telling that story visually?

Um of the boundaries are hard German town.

Some of it sort of melds into the neighborhood next to it.

And so, how do you tell people what kind of neighborhood is Madden Hills?

How do you create gateways that celebrate a story and distinguish it from other neighborhoods?

Um, and then continuing to think about how do you make sure that residents are engaged?

Um there's a very dedicated group of folks in Madden Hills right now, and that doesn't happen by accident, and they know that.

How do you make sure that new folks come in, they are engaged, they become part of this community, and that this work that they've been doing is that they've been carrying continues.

Um and finally, since I've been working in Madden Hills for almost 10 years now, health and wellness has been a really important piece of the work that they do.

They have talked about it.

One of the reasons the park was a priority was that they wanted to make it an intergenerational space where everyone had a place that they could be and something to do.

So there's new city equipment in the park, but there's also adult recreational equipment.

Preschool promise partner to bring toddler equipment.

There's benches, there's a walking path.

You know, that was one of their first priorities because this was important.

They're interested in, you know, how do you increase quality air quality, increase the tree canopy?

Thinking through the pedestrian experience.

Are there places where the sidewalks stop?

How do you fix that?

Um, you know, and thinking through you know the former golf course like what does that look like?

How do you be a part of a visioning and planning experience there that is compatible with their current uses?

Is there a way to keep that as an asset?

You know, the golf course was an asset, and I think they want to continue to think about how do you build assets like that that residents can enjoy um in the future.

So that is, I mean, in general, that is the plan.

That is sort of what the residents have brought forward.

It was adopted by um plan board on October 14th, and I'm here tonight to ask you to concur with that approval and answer any questions that you have.

Thank you.

Okay.

Additional questions, comments?

Commissioners?

Commissioner Sauce.

Yes, thank you, Mayor.

Um, thank you, Ms.

Jacobs.

Great work.

Um, I'm very excited to see it come before us this evening.

Um, I also have a witness and uh can give um a testament to the the involvement of the neighborhood and all of the the wonderful thoughts and ideals, and I just really want to thank uh you citywide development as well as the entire uh neighborhood for the the foresight that they put into this.

I mean, paying homage to Mr.

Bill Johnson, our very own Commissioner Dean Lovelace.

Um, and then highlighting the history of the neighborhood, I thought was very important.

So kudos, thank you for capturing um their their their vision and words and and articulating that well in the and the plan.

And so um also have to make mention of uh Miss Donna, the great work that she's done in the neighborhood, uh Mr.

Clemens, the work that he's done.

He's came before this body on a number of occasions, just really uh pushing forward to the additional work um in the Madden Hills neighborhood.

So kudos.

And thank you for mentioning the sidewalks that go nowhere.

So great work.

That's all I have.

Okay, good.

Commissioner Fairshaw.

Yeah, no, thank you.

And this just spills on my comments earlier in terms of seeing, you know the the effort, the long the time it takes to develop this, particularly with the neighbors.

So thank you.

It's an exciting day for our neighborhoods.

Yeah.

Okay, Commissioner Shaw.

Yeah, it does take a long time to make these things happen.

I I think back to when well, many conversations well before I ever decided to run for commission.

You know, I spend the majority of my day in Madden Hills, uh, even though it's not my neighborhood, it feels like it is, and actually my entire life.

So I've been able to see the transformation and the evolution of that neighborhood.

And you're right.

It's I I say this all the time when I go out that the but one thing that strong neighborhoods have in common are strong neighborhood associations and the people that are in those neighborhoods and collectively working together.

And we've seen that, you're right, Dean Lovelace and so many other other folks that um that have been working in these spaces um make a difference.

And it although it takes time, sometimes a decade or more.

We're now bearing the fruits of of that work.

So thank you very much for the work that you've done and continue to do, and just look forward to seeing more of this in the future.

Okay, Commissioner Joseph.

Uh my colleagues have said it all just thank you.

Uh you all work with the neighborhoods is a is a dream team, really, active neighbors and an institution that cares about them and is working for the benefit of all.

So thank you for your work on this.

I'm excited for this.

Okay, just so many great things happening there.

Uh course, our biggest tragedy, of course, is uh losing Madden Golf course with challenges beyond our control.

Um we're still looking for someone who has uh 14 million dollars who would like to give that to us so we can begin to to rebuild and put that in that space.

But in the meantime, uh the great things that are happening over there and also in that area, uh connected to Madden Hills, of course, is the humane society and the great work that they're doing there in that space, very new.

Uh when the last uh 10 years have three new schools, the high school, Dunbar, as well as as um uh Walgman as well as um uh Louis Choi, and then looking additionally at uh things happening with uh the soda bass also happening in those spaces.

Uh of course, if you go further on uh German town, you look at the new hospital uh with children's right there at the corner of uh German town and uh James H.

McGee.

And uh of course the economy linen, all those kinds of things are making a great, great investment as far as the Man Hills are all connected and making great things happen as far as the city is concerned.

So again, thank you guys for being a part of that as well.

And thank you.

Okay, any additional questions to uh with the city manager on city manager's recommendations.

I have uh can we have you got somebody else to speak?

Yes, sir.

Okay, all right.

So we're gonna call Katie Meyer at this time.

Okay.

This past Friday.

Just barely.

Just barely.

Thank you so much.

Uh good evening, Mayor, Commissioners, City Manager Dixteen, Chief of Staff Jackson.

Um, thank you uh for your time today.

I am I'm thrilled to be here at this step in the SID renewal process.

It certainly has been um an experience.

Um I I specifically want to thank you for a couple of things.

Um first of all, as City Manager Dixtean said, this is highly regulated by Ohio revised code, but we can't do it without your support.

Um ultimately your participation though, your direction and and correctly so in my opinion, is that we obtain the majority of the petition signed by the private properties before you begin to participate.

So that the SID continues to be driven by the private property owners downtown.

However, after we reached that threshold and you entered and participated in that process, you can your support only as a downtown property owner only helps us to further meet the mission of the SID services plan.

So thank you for participating as a signator and a funder in that way.

And then second, um, you know, we're still a little bit newer in our leadership at the DDP, and we had not gone through this process before.

So your flexibility as a body and the staff support from the law department and and everyone else is super appreciated.

Um so uh and then I did I just want to shout out Christina Scott, VP of Strategy, who really led the um the said renewal itself.

Um so thank you, and uh I'm here if you have questions.

Oh I forgot to introduce myself, Katie Meyer, president and CEO of the downtown Dayton Partnership, 10 North Ulth.

Okay, all right.

Questions, Commissioner?

Commissioner Slaus.

Okay, none.

Okay, Ms.

Fredchild.

No, just congratulations for getting through this process, and I think city manager probably said it well.

I'm sure you are looking forward to getting on to other things on your agenda.

Sean likewise, it's a lot of great work and thank you for your efforts.

Ms.

Joseph.

Thank you, Mayor actually.

Thank you.

I also want to mention that this is the time that I'm gonna be abstaining for item three under service agreements.

Right as to with my employer.

Thank you.

Okay.

All right.

Okay, you want to vote on that separately?

Yes, please.

Okay.

All right.

So uh any uh additional questions, city manager?

We all good.

Okay, let's uh take a motion then um to vote on um item number three separately.

So I have a motion then to approve city manager's recommendations, with the exception of uh item three.

Yes.

I move for the adoption of the city manager's recommendation with the exception of number three, which we'll vote on separately.

Okay, second motion.

Okay, good.

Finally move and second it to uh approve the city manager's recommendations, minus item number three.

All in favor say aye.

Aye aye.

All opposed say no.

Okay, now motion on it on three.

I move for the adoption of item number three from the city manager's recommendation.

And I second.

Okay, and probably move and second to approve item number three.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

All opposed say no.

Okay, thank you.

One abstention.

No, one abstention.

Thank you.

Okay.

Appreciate it.

All right.

Uh legislation.

Umergency ordinance number 32169-25, levying special assessment for the implementation of the plan for services adopted by the downtown Dayton Special Improvement District, Inc.

and approved by the Commission and declaring an emergency.

Okay.

Having been moved having been declared an emergency, I move for the immediate passage of ordinance number 32169-25.

Second, Your Honor.

Okay.

And then um probably moved to the second to um have item number 32169-25 declared emergency.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

All closed say no.

Okay.

Second reading, emergency ordinance number three two one six nine-25.

Laving special assessments for the implementation of the plan for services adopted by the downtown Dayton Special Improvement District Inc.

and approved by the commission.

Mayor Mims.

Aye.

Commissioners Joseph.

Aye.

Shaw.

Aye.

Turner Schloss.

Aye.

First read.

First reading emergency ordinance number three two one seven zero-two five.

Determining to process, I'm sorry, determining to proceed with implementation of the plan for services adopted by the downtown Dayton Special Improvement District, Inc.

and approved by the Commission and declaring an emergency emergency.

Second, okay, it's been probably moved and seconded to have ordinance number three two one seven zero-two-five declared emergency.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

All opposed say no.

Okay.

Second reading emergency ordinance number three two one seven zero-two five, determining to proceed with the implementation of the plan for services adopted by the Dayton down.

I'm sorry, Downtown Dayton Special Improvement District, Inc.

and approved by the Commission.

Mayor Mims.

Aye.

Commissioners Joseph.

Aye.

Shaw.

Aye.

Fairchild.

Turner Slaus.

Aye.

First reading emergency ordinance number three two one seven one-two five.

Approving the report of the assessment equalization board regarding the process proposed assessments for the plan for services adopted for by the downtown Dayton Special Improvement District Inc.

and approved by the city by the Commission and declaring any emergency.

Second the motion, Your Honor.

Okay, it's been probably moved and seconded to have ordinance number 32171-25.

Um in favor say aye.

Aye.

All opposed to no.

Second reading emergency ordinance number three two one seven one-two five.

Approving the report of the assessment equalization board regarding the proposed assessments for the plan for services adopted by the downtown Dayton Special Improvement District Inc.

and approved by the Commission.

Mayor Mims?

Aye.

Commissioner Joseph.

Aye.

Shaw?

Aye.

Fairchild.

Aye.

Turner Sloss.

Aye.

Second reading, emergency ordinance number three two one six-25.

Amending session sessions 50.02 D fi A, B, C, and D, 50.06, D, 50.07, and 54.11 of the revised code of general ordinances relating to the Department of Water.

Mayor Mims.

Aye.

Commissioners Joseph.

Aye.

Shaw?

Aye.

Fairchild.

Aye.

Turner Sloss.

Aye.

First reading resolution number six nine zero seven-two five.

Resolution to adopt a cybersecurity program that safeguards the city of Dayton's data.

Section 9.64.

First reading resolution number 6908-25.

Concurring with the adoption of the Madden Hills Neighborhood Plan.

Second reading Ordinance Number 32166-25.

Consenting to perform bridge repairs on the McCaw Avenue Bridge over U.S.

Route 35 Structure, file number 5701 589.

Located on U.S.

Route 35 in the city of Dayton and agreeing in to cooperate in matters incidental thereto, including the execution of agreement necessary to implement this ordinance.

Mayor Mims.

Aye.

Commissioners Joseph.

Aye.

Shaw.

Aye.

Fairchild.

Turner Sloss.

Aye.

Second reading ordinance number 32167-25.

Consenting to perform concrete bridge repairs on U.S.

Route 35 over Hoover Abbey.

I'm sorry, Home Avenue Structure File No.

570 160.

Left and 570619 right, both located on U.S.

Route 35 in the city of Dayton and agreeing to cooperate in matters incidental thereto, including the execution of agreement necessary to implement this ordinance.

Mayor Mims?

Aye.

Commissioners Joseph.

Aye.

Shaw.

Fairchild?

Aye.

Turner Slaus.

Aye.

Second reading ordinance number 32168-25.

Amending revised code of general ordinance, RCGO, sessions numbers 53.01, 53.02, 53.06, 53.22, 53.27, 53.28, 53.29, 53.40, 53.41, 53.43, and 53.99 to provide for prevention of potential public water supply pollutants and provide for penalties for violations.

Mayor Mims.

Aye.

Commissioners Joseph.

Aye.

Shaw.

AirChow.

Turner Sloss.

Aye.

Second reading resolution number 6905-25, declaring the intention to appropriate real property interest and parcel 7T, 16T, 29 SH and T and 30 T in connection with the Clear Wee Street Safety Improvement Project.

Mayor Mims.

Aye.

Commissioners Joseph?

Aye.

Shaw?

AirChow?

Aye.

Turner Sloss.

Aye.

Second reading resolution number 6906-25.

Approving the submission of a grant application for the state fiscal year 2026, Ohio Airport Grant Program to the Ohio Department of Transportation, Office of Aviation, authorizing the acceptance of a grant from the State of Ohio, Department of Transportation.

Office of Aviation in an amount not to exceed 420,35 and 50 cents on behalf of the City of Dayton.

Mayor Mims?

Aye.

Commissioner Joseph.

Aye.

Shaw?

Aye.

Fairchild?

Aye.

Turner Sloss.

Aye.

Okay.

So Jackson, do you have any um citizens who are registered to speak?

Yes, Your Honor.

We have two citizens who are registered to speak.

And please be mindful of our three-minute uh rule.

And I will call to the podium first.

Paul Manning.

Good evening.

Hi, Mayor Mems and Commissioners.

My name is Paul Manning.

I live at 25 Springfield Street.

And uh I guess I would start off with saying I don't think it's fair that we should have to give our address out when my mission is to get some drug dealers put in prison.

I feel like that's putting my life at risk.

And I just don't think it's fair.

And the reason why I'm here is because I seen where the governor was here Monday, I think it was discussing some things.

And I feel that the investigation was done on his disappearance was very weak.

And uh just wasn't uh a thorough investigation.

I feel that uh people that are uh suspects involved in it have not been questioned at all.

And it's all tied in with drugs, and everything the problems that you're having in the city right now is all related to drugs.

The young youth are killing each other, and it's because of drugs.

You've got career drug dealers in this city that are teaching these young men to go out and shoot and kill people to solve problems, and you've got drug dealers that have no heart, no, no soul, no conscience that are killing people with these drugs, and it's you people got to get serious and do something about the drug dealers in the city.

And it's you people got to get serious and do something about the drug dealers in the city.

You people have been allowing it to go on for decades.

Twenty years ago, you opened up the borders, rolled out the red carpet, and invited the drug cartels to Dayton, Ohio.

And it's been going on like it's ever since.

That's all I've got to say.

Okay.

Thank you for your comments.

Yeah, I know we have Paul Kerrigan.

Good evening, Commissioner.

Paul Carrick.

1525 Pershing Boulevard.

I'm certain you know why I'm here.

But I have to break away from that and say I sympathize with the man who was just up here.

Also, since I've been coming here, been absent for all my life in the last few months.

I've been coming here, learned a lot of wonderful things you guys are doing.

The ones I heard tonight, outstanding.

I I just only have one comment about that.

Is I hope the public knows I hear there's a 1,000 people already waiting to get this service, and how do they get on?

How they find out about it.

That's what I would be concerned about.

I didn't know about it.

I like to think I'm informed.

Anyway, back to Persian Boulevard, which I like to call Persian Hill, Persian Crash Derby Lane, whatever you want to call it.

Talk about the 141500 block of Persian.

So Steve Hill.

The mayor was out there a few weeks ago, and we came to some agreement that something should be done, or there was agreement between the commissioner and us last week when I was here that there is a problem.

We agreed on that, correct?

There's a problem out there in Persian.

And I want to bring you up to date on what I've been seeing.

I told you this last Wednesday.

Two Mondays ago, a police cruiser pulled into the per church parking lot to the top of a hill, towing one of those signs that has speed limit and your speed as you go by, you get to see it.

I thought, oh my God, I was going to a food handout later.

I didn't see where they went.

A few minutes later, they pulled up and went down the street.

Figured they're gonna set it up the bottom of the hill.

I'm so excited.

Come back home from the food handout.

It wasn't there.

I didn't know what they did with it.

But I was thinking the city's kids thinking they're coming up with our ideas.

On Monday, about 10 30, quarter twelve, quarter eleven, sitting in the living room, I'm looking up the street, and a police cruiser stops and reaches up and takes a black box off the telephone poll.

I wasn't sure what those things were for, but I know now I don't I hope you know what they're for.

They're data collectors.

So the police department, who has been showing up more and more on my street since I've been coming here complaining, kudos, are on the guy on the job, it looks like.

So I hope that data comes back to you so you can see this data.

So maybe we get something done.

This has been going on for decades, it needs to end.

We want to have our neighborhood back.

It's just that simple.

Thank you for your time.

Okay, thank you so much for your comments.

Yonor, that will be on.

That's it.

Okay.

Um Dixon, in closing comments.

I have none, Your Honor.

None.

Okay.

Uh Ms.

Jackson, in closing comments.

I have none, Yonor.

None.

Commissioners.

Closing comments.

Uh Commissioner Sonas Lawson.

Yes, uh would like to uh uplift the uh public works department for uh the snow removal and them making the great efforts to make sure that our our um main corridors as well as our side streets are clear.

Um so again, just uplifting the work of the public works department and all of those who were involved in those efforts, and then congratulations to DDP and another successful um tree lighting that took place this past Friday.

It was definitely cold, but it did not stop uh the residents from coming out as well as many of the the partners from showing up and the city staff showing up.

It was well attended.

Um, and I hope that everyone had a wonderful uh Thanksgiving holiday.

And just a couple of remarks, thank you, Ms.

Reed.

Uh the Department of Recreation is hosting a holiday tour featuring three festive events, each at the recreation centers.

Families can celebrate the season with holiday-themed games, activities, crafts, and plenty of cheer.

Don't forget to wear your favorite holiday attire.

The first stop on the tour is reckon the holidays.

Okay.

Reckon the holidays, very creative, will take place at Low Rye Recreation Center on Saturday, December the 6th from 11 a.m.

to 1 p.m.

I would also like to thank uh Miss Crow for her presentation.

Thank you very much for the detail and the great work.

Um thank you to Mr.

Blake for his partnership, Ms.

Arlene Harrell, uh, Miss Jacobs, and the entire Dern Network that's a part of that whole um initiative, and that includes, and I don't want to uh mention, fail to mention any other uh partners, but Dayton rebuilding Dayton together, um Habitat for Humanities, uh County Corps as well as community action partnership.

Um Habitat for Humanities, uh County Corps as well as community action partnership.

The list goes on.

There is a number of partners that are involved in those efforts.

Again, thank you to Ms.

Katie Myers for her leadership and the DDP staff for all of the great work that they're doing and highlighting also just I appreciate Ms.

Dixtean for you going through the the process itself and explaining in detail uh what we were able to do at back in July and the purpose of us being here uh today and all of that that goes along.

Mr.

Manning, thank you for your your comments and rain raising your your grievances before this body.

Um know that our commitment is to uh enhance public safety in all parts of the city of Dayton.

There are a number of efforts that are being made um from the work that we're doing with the real-time crime center.

Uh there's a partnership with RTA for a police hub downtown, as well as the uh development of the new uh central police hub that will take place in downtown as well, and there are other efforts across many of our neighborhoods.

Um and to your point, um there's more information and the enhancement around technology that um has gone forward in partnership with the governor's office.

And so again, work is being done um to curb a lot of the illicit behavior in our communities.

Um so the commitment is there, and my sympathy and my heart goes to you and your family, your loved one and missing of your loved one.

Um and then uh Mr.

Carrington, thank you for uh coming this evening and again giving uh testimony that you're seeing uh the work is in fact being done.

So I I appreciate you putting eyes on that and bringing that before this body um and kudos to the staff and making that a priority.

Um and so once we do have the data, once everything is collected, then we will in fact implement and execute a strategy and a plan to uh address the the speeding.

And then to answer your question in regards to what you mentioned, what was presented this evening from Ms.

Crow as well as our other partners.

The Dayton Energy Collaborative, uh the phone number you can call is 937.

I'll be happy to give this to you after after the meeting is 937-369-0654.

Again, that's 937-369-0654.

So I guess you're gonna be 972 now added to that list.

And the website is info at Dayton Energy Collaborative dot O R G.

That's info at Dayton, D-A-Y-T-O-N Energy, E-N-E-R-G-Y, Collaborative C O L L A B O R A T I V E dot O R G.

And I'll give that information to you, but again, more information will come out.

You can visit the city's website as well, and you'll see um the universal application is listed there.

So, and that is all I have.

Thank you.

Okay, thank you.

Commissioner French.

Go ahead.

I have to have to acknowledge, thank you, Mayor.

I appreciate it.

Uh this Friday is the annual peppermint ball for Delta Sigma Theta Incorporated.

So I want to make sure I mention and uplift the work of my sorority, Delta Sigma Theta.

Of course.

Can't go without doing that.

Okay, Commissioner Fetchell.

Yeah, no, thank you, Commissioner, for all those good comments.

Um you know, um we didn't get the opportunity to heap praise on John Reich.

Yes, and the work he is doing around cybersecurity, and he would be the first to say that it's not him and defer that praise and um give it to his team, and so we're grateful for him being a great team leader and the team he's assembled.

But because he's left, I want everyone to tell him that we just poured praise on him to the point of embarrassment.

I'm sure he's watching that he left, right?

Yeah, yeah.

Um for all the good work he's done around our um our infrastructure and our our um technology and all the work he's done there.

So kudos to John Reich and his team.

Um thank you to our city staff and downtown Dayton Partnership for the holiday festival and for all the citizens who came out.

It was cold, but there was a great spirit in this you know downtown Dayton, and I was glad to be a part of it.

And my daughter and I had a great time visiting all the sites around that were available.

And I encourage people to continue to come downtown because there's a lot of opportunities downtown.

Um the ice skate rink is open.

Um this Friday evening at the Victoria, the Glenn Miller Orchestra will be for performing timeless Christmas, Christmas hits in the Christmas mood with the Glenn Miller Orchestra.

And so people are invited to come to that as at seven o'clock.

Um back to the future is the musical being performed down at the Schuster Center.

And then on Sunday, one of our Dayton Gyms, the Data Art and Institute, is hosting their Art for All, a day where guests can come in and there's no emission fee at the Art Institute, and that's from noon to 5 PM.

And then on you might mark your calendars for December 12th.

Stubers High School is having their Stivers celebrate as the Masonic Temple.

They start with a gala at 5 p.m.

and performance at 7.

Nice.

Okay, you good?

Okay.

Commissioner Shaw.

Well, I'm glad uh all of you all had a cold but successful holiday.

First of all, I thought I would spare you all my coffin off.

I did that for you.

Um but I heard it was really great, and I I really appreciate all of the work.

Um so you all uh you all are invited to participate in this month's first Friday activities with the ELF plant.

Uh from this Friday through December 29th, community members can look for elves displayed in windows of various downtown businesses.

Participants who snap a photo of these elves and send uh send it to the downtown Dayton Partnership will be entered uh for a chance to win a hundred dollars in downtown dollars.

Uh more details are available at downtown Dayton.org.

And also the right dunbar discovery district is hosting a small business passport program now through December 27th, visiting five small businesses in the right dunbar discovery district and scanning their QR code.

We'll enter you for a chance to win a gift basket.

Uh more details and the list of participating businesses can be found at WDBD.org slash events.

So I think that'll be some exciting uh activities for us all.

And that's all I have.

Okay, thank you so much.

And uh Commissioner Joseph.

Uh thank you, Mayor.

Three things today.

The first, I want to join my colleagues in thanking the partnership and everyone else who helped put on the the Grand Illumination Friday.

Particularly want to thank our police.

Uh there have been a lot of things happening around this country, no incidents uh on Friday.

Thanks to everyone who thought ahead and planned ahead.

So thank you to them, and thank you to everyone on the city staff who helped.

Uh second, I want to join in praise of John Reich.

I've seen IT directors, I've seen different different folks in different organizations.

He he does a great job.

Um, and a lot of it is, of course, making sure everybody pays attention to changing passwords and taking training, which can get kind of annoying and maybe a little boring, but uh everybody's doing it, and we all do it together.

We keep all our information safe, our people safe.

So thank you, everybody who does that, and thank you to John and his department, city manager for your leadership.

Finally, uh Belmont Tree Lighting is this Sunday, December 7th at 6 p.m.

Uh, it's right there in downtown Belmont at Smithville and Watervillet.

Uh, there's parking in the Walgreens there.

Uh hope you can join us.

There'll be some caroling, usually there's some treats.

Uh sometimes the the big man in red shows up.

So it's always a nice time.

Hope everybody can come and join us.

Thank you.

All right.

Uh just a few things.

Um today had the uh the pleasure of attending a ribbon cutting for the Good Hands Bread Company.

Uh there have been several different businesses over the last almost hundred years in that location.

And uh right now we have that uh being worked on with the new owner, Andrew Fisher, and it's a nice bakery right there at 527 Wayne Avenue.

A lot of great uh uh bread and uh pastries in that space as well.

I also want to recognize the uh reopening of the Five Star Salon Academy on 125 East uh Fifth Street, and uh they have their opening on this Friday at noon uh December 5th.

The five-star beauty salon offers training for Dayton's um future beauty uh professionals as well as advanced education for those who are licensed um uh stylists as well.

Additionally, uh again, we've already mentioned about the great uh work uh that was done with the Christmas parade this past Friday.

Uh, you get those heat warmers and body warmers and put them in appropriate spaces on your body.

You won't get cold as as as much as uh you would on normal basis.

And then lastly, I'd like to again thank the governor for coming down, bringing his staff and a lot of the great safety professionals, along with Andy Wilson as well as our police chief, talking about how to identify the um the repeat offenders of violent issues and crime as far as uh this community and city of Dayton is uh concerned.

And so the great work that they're doing in that space along with drones and helicopters, all those things designed to keep the citizens of Dayton safe.

And so, with no further business to come before this commission, love and peace for all and uh hatred for none.

This meeting is adjourned.

Thank you.