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“ We have decided to switch to all cementitious siding, so there will no longer be vinyl,” the developer said during a presentation, showing elevations and color palettes for the project. The team also said it removed a requested deviation for smaller front porches and restored the code-required 7-by-10 porch size. The developer reported it had removed the previously proposed 4/12 roof pitch and sought council feedback on a proposed 5/12 pitch as an alternative to the 6/12 pitch called out in code.

Stark representatives said the project will use hardy‑board (fiber‑cement) horizontal siding and vertical board-and-batten accents, with a masonry “water table” of approximately 1 foot 8 inches above grade that will wrap partially around the building fronts and corners. The developer said front porches will meet the 7-by-10 requirement and rear patios will vary by unit type.

On roof pitch, the developer said a 6/12 pitch creates a large roof-to-wall massing and proposed a 5/12 pitch to reduce perceived roof dominance. The developer also explained that foundation steps caused by site topography will create variation in rooflines for many buildings; they estimated “approximately 60–70%” of buildings would show foundation steps and thus visual relief between adjacent roofs.

Unit mix and occupancy: the developer said the plan eliminated one‑bedroom units and now proposes predominantly two‑ and three‑bedroom units, with 65 two‑bedroom units and 42 three‑bedroom units discussed during the presentation. The team said three-bedroom demand has been strong in their other properties and told council it projected only modest school enrollment impact; the developer shared a district contact’s informal estimate that projected student generation was manageable (the developer projected about 16 students from the project and said the school official said she would be comfortable even if that number doubled).

Affordability and rental screening: the developer said the project would be market-rate product and that standard rental underwriting would apply (typical requirement cited: gross monthly income at least three times the monthly rent). The developer quoted pro‑forma rents in presentation materials at about $2,250 for two‑bedroom units and $2,500 for three‑bedroom units.

On management and long-term stewardship, Stark representatives said they operate an in‑house property-management division and described the firm as a long‑term owner operator. \"We've been in rental housing for 30 plus years... the vast majority of everything that's in our portfolio has been developed and is owned by us,\" the developer told council, adding the firm intends to retain and manage the property rather than flip it.

Councilors and members of the public raised questions about building length, tree screening along adjacent property lines and sidewalks. A neighbor asked specifically about the tree line and whether existing screening on private property would be preserved; the developer said a formal tree study will be required as part of the final development plan and that the team did not intend to remove off-site trees. A resident at the meeting pressed for sidewalks that are wide enough for strollers; the developer said sidewalks shown in the plan are intended to be five feet wide in many areas.

The developer said the project includes building articulation and color variation (four residential color schemes and a different clubhouse scheme) and that masonry/water-table elements will visually anchor the buildings facing Hill Road. The design team asked for council feedback on the 5/12 versus 6/12 roof pitch; they said they could implement a 6/12 if needed by council but preferred the 5/12 for aesthetic reasons.

The presentation closed with the developer noting changes made to date and reiterating the team’s willingness to work with staff and the planning commission on additional refinements before any final development plan approval.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","May 19, 2025, Work Session & City Council Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","Stark Enterprises presented an update on its LockPoint multifamily plan to Canal Winchester City Council on May 19, 2025, saying it will replace vinyl with cementitious siding, restore required front-porch dimensions, and propose a 5/12 roof pitch to reduce roof massing.","taxTitle","Canal Winchester City Council, Canal Winchester, Franklin County, Ohio","taxId",72201,"location","Ohio","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6234562,"Canal Winchester council reviews Charter Review Commission recommendations on pay, P&Z role and administrator confirmation",534,1654000,2188000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3411096-b76e967026e7b1b8dca7802e7cb43c0d&start=1654&end=2188","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3411096-b76e967026e7b1b8dca7802e7cb43c0d/thumbnail_1654000.jpg","/articles/6234562/Ohio/Canal-Winchester-council-reviews-Charter-Review-Commission-recommendations-on-pay-PZ-role-and-administrator-confirmation","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6234562-7a338c2ee27dd531121b8818c17ff53e/orig.mp4?Expires=1771137654&Signature=mFWlQppj6zfL48rj6xgXGv07Sr5idK4J8UqrcNw0GW6-ZLuR7t7RGo~BNFeqYm4xtbDfXOtRVfrEsh3tcyswBT-y1gxdcxj~8VG~AGvHIyPNgFhRjDSeHTCRepc0g6t2vuLq-qp2qv7afzJJc21md9p13Y4l3ZbjtRkBsml1rfThSoErZJYlhnG4MirTzvOazMP8d8hnwJszHKL7GL2MnjQpI9Bai9vKG5u4lWo2YYJ~GUSewncXyXccKOTcEn-GxFVI1WhdfHt1xGh4wkPHbRAVt1qYTXrx1LNLCzFGmrr42QKZW~MfI89HJ4bI2fiAl1u7euDoTxGmZ3nAjdMQ8w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Canal Winchester City Council members discussed a package of Charter Review Commission recommendations on May 19, 2025 that would change how the mayor and council are paid, give a council member a special role with the Planning & Zoning Commission in tie votes, and add confirmation language for the city administrator’s appointment. Council did not move the items to the ballot and left the draft changes on the work-session agenda.

The Charter Review Commission presented edits to multiple charter sections and recommended a range for the mayor’s pay. “We all agreed that the mayor salary now is too low,” the commission said during the meeting, and the group reported it had “landed on the 60 to 85” range in its deliberations. Council discussion referenced the current mayoral pay level of $41,200 as the baseline. Legal counsel told the council the Ohio Ethics Commission’s guidance limits an individual council’s ability to enact interim pay raises and that any local action would need to comply with state precedent.

Council members and commission representatives said the commission aimed to depoliticize compensation and to tie any automatic adjustments to established anchors. One suggestion discussed at length was linking council pay to the OPERS full-service pension figure so future changes would follow that external metric. The commission also proposed that, for Planning & Zoning (P&Z), a council member designated to chair the body would vote only to break ties, a move the commission described as intended to “streamline communication” between P&Z and council.

Commission members also flagged appointment and confirmation language for the city administrator, saying council should confirm mayoral appointees. Councilors probed whether removal of the city administrator should require council approval or remain at-will. Staff explained that the city’s handbook classifies most department heads and the administrator as at-will employees and that classified employees have due-process protections, but unclassified (at-will) positions may be removed without the council’s approval. The commission did not recommend changing at-will removal protections during this session.

Councilors agreed several of the commission’s proposed edits were noncontroversial and could be grouped for a single ballot question, but said several items — pay, P&Z voting, and administrator appointment/termination — were “meatier” and would require more public discussion. Legal counsel outlined the calendar: the filing deadline to place charter items on the November ballot falls the Wednesday after the council’s first August meeting, giving council roughly four meetings to refine language and decide which items (if any) to send to voters.

At the end of the discussion council decided not to advance the draft compensation resolutions that had been prepared as placeholders; multiple council members said they preferred to let the charter process play out and take no interim legislative action. Items not advanced will remain on the work-session agenda for further discussion before any vote to place questions before voters.

The council scheduled additional meetings and suggested breaking the commission’s recommendations into grouped, manageable sets to give the public time to review major items before the filing deadline.

Looking ahead, council members said they will continue deliberations at future work sessions and may publish clearer ballot packaging and explanatory language before deciding whether to submit any charter amendments to the November 2025 ballot.","City council discussed the Charter Review Commission's recommendations — including proposed mayor and council compensation changes, giving a council member tie-breaking vote on Planning & Zoning, and confirmation/termination language for the city administrator — but took no action to move changes to the ballot at Monday's meeting.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6234549,"Council waives readings to accept two Ohio EPA water‑loss grants totaling $40,000",4600,1531000,6131000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3411096-b76e967026e7b1b8dca7802e7cb43c0d&start=1531&end=6131","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3411096-b76e967026e7b1b8dca7802e7cb43c0d/thumbnail_1531000.jpg","/articles/6234549/Ohio/Council-waives-readings-to-accept-two-Ohio-EPA-waterloss-grants-totaling-40000","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6234549-78ee9d15b740d6c502e5e42c94fb07fe/orig.mp4?Expires=1771137654&Signature=if9ZXwStMibkKxrAL4DYr6~Ld-vO2JHLtdiZjWYlKtHqH8bkrDG1AorTDfFga3NoZAFi8wwTDhGqulybgj9Anw6VI06JX~2US5JncQX3VYUlTR4vVm01oarnvvka4vOls5XlTb2V9RWTyofxdz6n6dqu5wiUhRhBmKBJYDhnUIq5v4LhUZCLXUdpW8gAg8YhIxM0wrsCk5Ned8J1YVdF70S0iqkPgDOZwcmlyY2OSwqEVHUCyg7Y8lMOtgxJCu2Hm6-zIDRQd~yM5zxWTQob4MxnnHzYrMwX0whP-mn5CUH53t7Mw9W9vu4LGzbYu6sR0zn1QHAINJkM4ts-zec3ig__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Canal Winchester City Council on May 19, 2025 voted to suspend second and third readings and to adopt an ordinance appropriating two $20,000 grants from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to fund water-loss audits and programs for the city’s two water systems.

Finance Director Amanda Jackson explained the city received two separate $20,000 grants from the Ohio EPA: one for the Canal Point water system and one for the remainder of the city water system. \"Canal Point is considered its own water system while the rest of the city is a separate system,\" Jackson said, explaining why the grants are separate and accounted for in separate funds. She told council the grants are reimbursement-based and that the city will appropriate funds up front to allow the vendor to begin work.

Council voted to suspend the rules requiring second and third readings before adopting the ordinance so the vendor can begin work promptly. Jackson said reimbursement timing depends on project completion and submission of required documentation; the city will request reimbursement from Ohio EPA after paying eligible project expenses.

The ordinance will authorize the mayor to enter into the necessary agreement and appropriate the funds into the affected municipal funds. Council discussion included procedural questions but no objections to waiving readings to speed contract start-up.

Finance staff said they will provide the final reimbursements and project closeout documentation to the Ohio EPA per grant rules.","Finance Director Amanda Jackson told council Canal Winchester will appropriate two Ohio EPA water‑loss grants — $20,000 for each of the city’s two separate water systems — and council suspended second and third readings to authorize appropriation so the vendor can begin work on a reimbursement basis.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6234552,"City reports timeline for downtown punch‑list, Gender Road Phase 6 and Winchester Boulevard roundabout",279,133000,412000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3411096-b76e967026e7b1b8dca7802e7cb43c0d&start=133&end=412","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3411096-b76e967026e7b1b8dca7802e7cb43c0d/thumbnail_133000.jpg","/articles/6234552/Ohio/City-reports-timeline-for-downtown-punchlist-Gender-Road-Phase-6-and-Winchester-Boulevard-roundabout","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6234552-7079dda91ac073c1c8108e522ae48412/orig.mp4?Expires=1771137654&Signature=I6pAkULlRHen81u-LFnFfUpwimzwFI6D53N5Ry5mEfvck0jgC1sLDmWJwU4JzG1HNiut3SXojT1mwlK09ExQn4YjAtsNV7~T8I~nRGOfTyF~zoKK5v~W6yljcPKWCvgrE~Ok9S5JZWaKezZBsQZRvZBW1tIyOa6PooJPwmeCEp8gJ9spW0NThNhwXu~TKnRzKhaM-IXnbYQ5fhF-TfOIZFZ0VtrI92DbXuBTIXWJZmvMm6bgkjkG1lMLPZkSLysaiUtYC0488rhT5ziHkdoPTYfbU2JziVSl0Ydt0Uf0KWmqEv5UA03hgH5CZTVku2Ibg4cxCRDANHle64RUidSjJA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Construction Director Bill Sims briefed Canal Winchester City Council on May 19, 2025 with a status update on multiple city capital projects, estimated timelines and traffic impacts.

Sims said work on the High Street project will resume to finish punch-list items downtown, including manhole and water-box grade adjustments and installation of the city logo in the High and Waterloo intersection. “We are anticipating having everything wrapped up by the end of the month,” he told council.

Gender Road Phase 6 work has resumed; crews were painting bridge beams from below, and Sims said east-side beams were becoming a “black finish” instead of the previously green color. He reported bridge work and other punch‑list completion would continue over the next two weeks. Strauser Construction is completing the 2025 street program concrete work (sidewalk and curb replacements), with most sidewalk work in Ashbrook and most curb replacement in Westchester; Sims said the contractor aims to complete concrete pours within days and begin restorations and seeding.

Sims said the Head Works project is underway with utility locating and electric tracing and that Kekozing will mobilize two crews for utility relocation next week. The city’s 2025 pavement repairs are set to start in early June with resurfacing scheduled for mid‑June.

On Winchester Boulevard improvements Sims said the city executed a contract with Strauser Construction and expects work to begin in June and likely later in the month, with full completion targeted in October. He warned council the project will require an approximately 90‑day closure of existing pavement while the majority of the roundabout is built; temporary pavement will be constructed adjacent to the work to maintain traffic, and some access interruptions for Winchester Square businesses are expected. The city has distributed maps to affected businesses showing closures and alternative access.

Sims also reported design work on the East Waterloo storm-sewer relocation and on McGill Park Phase 2B — described as park development north of the pickleball courts — is underway. On private projects he said OhioHealth and the Columbus Metropolitan Library have active construction.

Earlier in the meeting the council adopted a resolution recognizing Public Works Week May 18–24 and later approved an easement from Isaac W. Kaiser to accept a water-main easement tied to a new house on Clinton Street.

Sims and staff answered council questions about timelines and minimizing lane closures during active work; staff asked residents to respect posted closures and noted certain pavement repairs will be scheduled after school is out to reduce disruption.","Construction director Bill Sims told council on May 19 that the High Street downtown punch list, Gender Road Phase 6, bridge beam painting and several utility relocation projects are active; Winchester Boulevard roundabout work is expected to start in late June with a 90‑day closure of the existing pavement and completion targeted for October.","actionData","errors"]

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Stark Enterprises updates LockPoint plan; switches to fiber‑cement siding, proposes 5/12 roof pitch and explains unit mix

Canal Winchester council reviews Charter Review Commission recommendations on pay, P&Z role and administrator confirmation

Council waives readings to accept two Ohio EPA water‑loss grants totaling $40,000

City reports timeline for downtown punch‑list, Gender Road Phase 6 and Winchester Boulevard roundabout