Dublin, Ohio, USA

Dublin City Council Approves Bridge Pointe Land Purchase

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Edwards Communities submits first Bridge Street application

(Dublin, OH) – Dublin City Council approved a real estate purchase and lease agreements with Crawford Hoying LTD for a portion of Bridge Pointe shopping center, currently under purchase contract by Crawford Hoying, located at the northeast corner of Riverside Drive and State Route 161. The purchase agreement with the City provides the City of Dublin the opportunity to acquire the land needed for right-of-way for future Bridge Street District infrastructure projects and road improvements, including a new roundabout and relocation of Riverside Drive.

Once the shopping center is purchased, Crawford Hoying has agreed to immediately sell and transfer to the City 3.812 acres of the overall 10.994-acre site for future right-of-way for the purchase price of $3,327,000. The City will lease the land back to Crawford Hoying for $1 per year which will allow the new owner to continue to operate the shopping center until infrastructure improvements move forward, and/or it chooses to redevelop the site.

The timing of the Riverside Drive road and intersection improvements is not known. City Council will need to program the projects as part of the City’s five-year Capital Improvements Program. The purchase and proposed development is within Dublin’s Bridge Street District.

Dublin City Council passed the ordinance by emergency action which makes it effective upon passage. Emergency action was necessary in order to have the closing on the shopping center take place as scheduled.

Edwards Communities submits application to kick off redevelopment of Dublin Village Center

Local developer Edwards Communities Development Company LLC plans to construct an 324-unit apartment building as part of the first phase of redevelopment of the Dublin Village Center shopping center. The project is the first Bridge Street District project of this scale to be filed with the City.

According to application filed, the proposal includes the following:

324 one and two-bedroom apartment units (70% are one bedroom units)
An urban building architecture form
A “podium” parking garage, which is a parking structure that occupies the building’s ground floor with two and three stories of apartments built on top of the garage. The podium parking garage greatly reduces the need for surface parking and promotes a denser, more urban form of development;
Approximately .5-acres of publicly accessible open space and 1.6 acres of private open space within the building’s courtyards; and
New public streets providing access to the site from Sawmill Road, Village Parkway, and Tuller Road.

The building and site plans were reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Commission at their May 16 meeting. The Commission commented on the overall quality of the project, its general consistency with the Bridge Street District vision, and discussed design considerations related to the proposed architecture and the provision of open spaces and bicycle facilities.

Following the Commission’s approval of the concept plans for the project, the applicant may proceed to filing applications for Development Plan and Site Plan Review, which require review and determination by the City’s Administrative Review Team prior to building permitting, planned to begin later this year.

In January 2013, AMC Entertainment Inc. announced plans for an $8 million upgrade renovation to AMC Dublin Village. Dublin Village Center owner Stavroff Interests Ltd. announced that it has extended the lease of the theater as part of the renovation deal, and will improve landscaping and dedicated parking spots around the theater. Stavroff Interests Ltd, is discussing future phases of redevelopment with the City, including possible opportunities for public investment.

More information regarding the Edwards project application is available here: http://dublinohiousa.gov/art/13-031/

Visit http://dublinohiousa.gov/planning/bridge-street-district/ for the latest Bridge Street District news and updates.

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sburness@dublin.oh.us
Office: 614.410.4508
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Twitter: @sueburness @dublinohio
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13-045

admin — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:50:03 +0000

Post Road Retirement Village – Dublin Senior Community – 6470 Post Road

13-045FDP

This is a proposal for the construction of an 80-unit, 81,000-square-foot assisted living and memory care facility within Subarea A of the Post Road Retirement Village Planned Unit Development District, located on the north side of Post Road, west of the intersection with Avery-Muirfield Drive. This is a request for review and approval of a final development plan under the Planned District provisions of Zoning Code Sections 153.050.

Owner: Rocky Goins, Dublin Senior Community LSP, LLC
Applicant: Mike Bettinger, Douglas Company
Planner: Claudia Husak at 614.410.4675

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Deer are active this time of year

admin — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:38:09 +0000

Deer are active this time of year. Be alert on roadways, especially at dawn and dusk. Does are solitary when they give birth and often move in search of food.

Find out more from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

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Dublin, Ohio’s Dana L. McDaniel to Receive Intelligent Community Forum Lifetime Achievement Award

admin — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:43:02 +0000

(New York City) – The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF), a New York-based think tank dedicated to studying the use of information and communications technology to create the community of the 21st Century, today announced that it will award Dublin, Ohio (USA) Deputy City Manager Dana L. McDaniel its third-ever Lifetime Achievement Award at ICF’s annual Summit in New York on Friday June 7 at 12PM EST.

The Intelligent Community Lifetime Achievement Award is given by ICF’s founders to those who quietly and tirelessly dedicate their careers to improving their communities in ways that exemplify the global Intelligent Community movement.

McDaniel currently serves as Dublin’s Deputy City Manager and Director of Economic Development. Since 1988, when he was a management assistant with the city, he has contributed to the transformation of Dublin from a village suburb of Ohio’s state capital, Columbus, to a twice-recognized Top7 Intelligent Community. Named as Deputy City Manager in 2004, he envisioned the need for a state-of-the-art fiber-optic network. His development strategy steered clear of the legal battles that have met other community networks while driving deployment of the network, called DubLink, which is an engine for the city’s economic transformation.

McDaniel also established the city’s first entrepreneurial center, a program that has averaged nearly 20 new start-up companies per year since 2007. His ability to position Dublin as a city with a high quality of life and access to a robust communications and social infrastructure has helped attract or retain 12,800 jobs in a city of just 41,000.

“I am honored and humbled to receive such recognition by the ICF co-founders who I greatly admire and respect,” McDaniel said. “In Dublin, Ohio, we share the ICF’s passion to advance the quality of life and competitiveness of knowledge communities around the globe.”

“As one of the Broadband Economy architects of DubLink, a crowning achievement among so many others, Dana McDaniel extended Dublin’s connectivity and its influence throughout the region,” said ICF co-founder Lou Zacharilla. “Over a remarkable career he has carried out his duties and succeeded beyond all expectations with extraordinary humility. We are in awe of his accomplishments. He is someone from whom ICF learns daily.”

McDaniel created DubLink through public-private initiatives, while avoiding backlash from the local incumbent telecommunications and cable operators, a testament to his ability to collaborate. DubLink had the effect of maintaining downward pressure on pricing for services, which in turn continues to stimulate significant economic activity. After DubLink, he helped create a 24-square mile WiFi network, which continues to expand, and then he co-founded the Central Ohio Research Network (CORN) in partnership with the Ohio Academic Research Network and the Ohio Supercomputer Center.

During McDaniel’s 25-year tenure with the city, Dublin has received multiple national and international awards. The city was named Best Small City for Startups by Business Week, and Best Small City for small businesses by Fox Business News. Dublin was designated a four-time Smart21 Community and a global Top7 Intelligent Community twice by ICF, both times against stiff competition from some of the world’s largest, most ambitious cities. McDaniel also serves on the Franklin County Emergency Management & Homeland Security Executive Committee, the Franklin County Public Health Board and the Dublin Methodist Hospital Foundation Board. The OhioHealth hospital is America’s first paperless facility of its size and kind.

He further serves his community as a member of the Board of Directors of the Alumni Board of the John Glenn School of Public Affairs at Ohio State University. In 2011, he received the school’s Public Affairs Outstanding Alumni honor from United States Senator John Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth.

McDaniel earned his Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He has a Master’s in Public Administration from The Ohio State University and a Master’s of Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College.

He will accept his award at ICF’s annual awards luncheon at Abigail Kirsch Stage Six at the Steiner Studios in Brooklyn, NY, beginning at noon on June 7. Interview requests for McDaniel before his award ceremony can be directed to Paul Brent, paul@market2world.com, 613-256-3939.

Admission to the awards event is by invitation only or by sending an email request to mowen@intelligentcommunity.org.

Founders Lifetime Achievement Award – Previous Honorees

This is only the third time ICF has given a Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2006, it gave its first to Canada’s William G. Hutchison. Hutchison’s work as the Founding Chairman of CANARIE, Inc. produced the world’s longest national ultra-broadband communications network (CAnet4). In 2007, Sunderland, England, an intelligent community that gave rise to the general Intelligent Community concept, received ICF’s second award. Once an industrial powerhouse in the North of England and the biggest shipbuilding port in Europe, Sunderland fell into a steep decline in the 1980s. A turnaround effort has transformed Sunderland into one of the most attractive business locations in the United Kingdom.

About Intelligent Community Forum

The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) studies and promotes the best practices of the world’s Intelligent Communities as they adapt to the demands and seize the opportunities presented by information and communications technology (ICT). To help communities build prosperous economies, solve social problems and enrich local cultures, ICF conducts research, hosts events, publishes newsletters and books and produces its high-profile international awards program. Over more than a decade, ICF has become an international movement that attracts the attention of global leaders, thinkers, and media observers. The ICF Foundation consists of 119 cities and regions that have been designated as Intelligent Communities by ICF and which participate in an ongoing global dialogue to strengthen local economies. For more information, go to www.intelligentcommunity.org

Intelligent Community Forum Contacts

Louis Zacharilla
Co-Founder Intelligent Community Forum
Phone: 001-917-715-0711
Email: lzacharilla@intelligentcommunity.org

Paul Brent
Senior Communications Specialist
market2world communications inc.
Phone: 001-613-256-3939

Email: paul@market2world.com

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Nature Blog

admin — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:40:44 +0000

Get the latest news and updates on Nature Education in Dublin, Ohio, USA from Nature Education Coordinator Mimi Migliore.

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Council Action – Monday, May 20, 2013

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SPECIAL PRESENTATION

Briefing by ODOT officials regarding I-270/US 33 interchange project design and funding
INFORMATION ONLY; NO ACTION REQUESTED

CONSENT AGENDA

MOTION CARRIED 7-0 TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING 10 ACTIONS:

Approval of Minutes of May 6, 2013 Council meeting
Notice to Legislative Authority from Ohio Division of Liquor Control – Transfer of D5A Liquor Permit from Pinnacle Dublin LLC, dba Hilton Garden Inn Dublin to HSC Hospitality, Inc., dba Hilton Garden Inn Dublin, 500 Metro Place NorthNotice to Legislative
Authority from Ohio Division of Liquor Control – Transfer of D5A Liquor Permit from Golf Club of Dublin LLC, Martin Management Services Inc. RCVR, 5805 Eiterman Road to CGPM Managers II LLC, dba Golf Club of Dublin, 5805 Eiterman Road.
Ordinance 40-13 (Introduction/first reading) Adopting the Proposed Tax Budget for Fiscal Year 2014. (Second reading/public hearing June 10 Council meeting)
Ordinance 41-13 (Introduction/first reading) Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Necessary Conveyance Documentation to Acquire 0.765 Acres, More or Less, Fee Simple Interest from Joseph V. and Corrine Burger. (Second reading/public hearing June 10 Council meeting)
Ordinance 42-13 (Introduction/first reading) Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Necessary Conveyance Documentation to Accept the Dedication of a 0.420 Acres, More or Less, Fee Simple Interest, All of Which is Present Road Occupied, from Brand Road Investment Co., Ltd. (Second reading/public hearing June 10 Council meeting)
Ordinance 43-13 (Introduction/first reading) Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Necessary Conveyance Documentation to Acquire a 0.280 Acres, More or Less, Fee Simple Interest of Which 0.184 Acres, More or Less, is Present Road Occupied; a 0.009 Acres, More or Less, Temporary Construction Easement; and a 0.028 Acres, More or Less, Temporary Construction Easement from Jerry Garland Spears III and Marsha M. Spears. (Second reading/public hearing June 10 Council meeting)
Ordinance 44-13 (Introduction/first reading) Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into a Real Estate Purchase Agreement with Invictus Land Holding Company LLC (Vrable) for the Purchase of 0.98 Acres, More or Less, in Fee Simple, Located East of Riverside Drive, West of Tuller Ridge, South of Tuller Road and North of Dale Drive. (Second reading/public hearing June 10 Council meeting)
Resolution 25-13 (Introduction/vote) Accepting the Lowest/Best Bid for the Dublin City Hall Interior Renovation Phase 2 and 3.
Acceptance of Final Plat – Ballantrae, Section 9, Part 2 (Case No. 06-153FDP/FP)

SECOND READING/PUBLIC HEARING – ORDINANCES

Ordinance 35-13
Accepting the Dedication of a 0.167 Acres (with 0.167 Acres as Present Road Occupied), More or Less, Fee Simple Interest and a 0.047 Acres, More or Less, Permanent Multi-Use, Utility, Grading and Drainage Easement from the Washington Township Board of Trustees.
PASSED 7-0

Ordinance 36-13
Authorizing the City Manager to Accept the Dedication of a 0.136 Acres, More or Less, Fee Simple Interest from the Washington Township Board of Trustees.
PASSED 7-0

Ordinance 37-13
Establishing the Location and Amount of Cash on Hand for Change Funds, and Declaring an Emergency.
PASSED 7-0

Ordinance 38-13 (Amended)
Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Necessary Conveyance Documentation to Acquire 5.12 Acres (with 1.308 Acres as Present Road Occupied), More or Less, of Right-of-Way Located at the Northeast Corner of Riverside Drive and State Route 161 that are Necessary for Intersection and Roadway Improvements, and Declaring an Emergency.
PASSED 7-0

Ordinance 39-13
Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into a Development and a Tax Increment Financing Agreement with Vrable Land Holding Dublin LLC Related to the Development of Approximately 6.15 Acres of Real Estate Generally Located to the East of Riverside Drive, West of Tuller Ridge Drive and South and Adjacent to Tuller Road. (Vrable Skilled Nursing Care)
MOTION CARRIED 7-0 TO POSTPONE TO JUNE 10 COUNCIL MEETING AT REQUEST OF APPLICANT

INTRODUCTION/FIRST READING – ORDINANCES

Ordinance 45-13
Authorizing the Provision of Certain Incentives to JPMorgan Chase Bank to Induce it to Locate an Office and Associated Operations and Workforce within the City, and Authorizing the Execution of an Economic Development Agreement.
SECOND READING/PUBLIC HEARING JUNE 10 COUNCIL MEETING

INTRODUCTION/PUBLIC HEARING – RESOLUTIONS

Resolution 24-13
Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into a Cooperative Right-of-Way Acquisition Agreement with the City of Columbus for Arterial Street Rehabilitation. (Hard and Sawmill Roads Intersection and Hard Road Phase A – Sawmill Road to Smokey Row Road)
PASSED 7-0

Resolution 26-13
Appointing Members to the Architectural Review Board of the City of Dublin.
PASSED 7-0
(NEIL MATHIAS APPOINTED TO THREE-YEAR TERM)
(THOMAS MUNHALL APPOINTED TO UNEXPIRED TERM OF TASHA BAILEY)

Resolution 27-13
Intent to Appropriate a 0.210 Acres, More or Less, Fee Simple Interest of which 0.203 Acres, More or Less, Is Present Road Occupied and a 0.015 Acres, More or Less, Temporary Construction Easement from Dennis W. Richardson.
PASSED 7-0

Resolution 28-13
Waiving Competitive Bidding Requirements for the Purchase of Beer for 2013 Dublin Irish Festival.
PASSED 7-0

OTHER

Tree Replacement Fee Waiver Request – Nestle Quality Assurance Center, 6625 Eiterman Road
MOTION CARRIED 7-0 TO APPROVE WAIVER REQUEST
Sale of Alcohol in Coffman Park for Dublin Irish Festival – August 2-4, 2013
MOTION CARRIED 7-0 TO APPROVE

MOTIONS CARRIED/CONSENSUS ITEMS
Motion carried 7-0 to amend the present contract with Law Director Stephen J. Smith to substitute the law firm of Frost Brown Todd, LLC, under the same terms and provisions contained in the existing contract with Ice Miller LLP. Staff directed to present legislation ratifying this action at the June 10 Council meeting.

Motion carried 7-0 to appoint Christine Gawronski to a three-year term on the Community Services Advisory Commission. Formal legislation to ratify this appointment (for the record) is scheduled for June 10 Council meeting.

OF INTEREST
Ward 2 Council representative and Vice Mayor Amy Salay announced she will seek re-election to another four-year term as Ward 2 representative in November.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

The next regularly scheduled Council meeting will take place on Monday, June 10 at 7 p.m. in Council Chambers. If needed, a City Council executive session will take place at 7 p.m., immediately prior to the meeting.

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2013 Dublin City Council Meeting Schedule

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Dublin City Council will meet on the second and fourth Mondays of each month. Meetings will be held at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 5200 Emerald Parkway.