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Athens City Council September 21, 2020
B
B
C
B
C
Yes,
I
received
a
communication
from
a
citizen
over
the
weekend
concerning
a
trick-or-treat
beggars
night
here
in
athens.
I
informed
the
constituent
at
that
time
that
I
I
did
not
know
what
the
city's
plans
were
officially,
so
I
asked
the
mayor
if
he
could
inform
the
public
what
is
going
to
happen
or
not
happen.
D
Thank
you
president
nicely.
I
just
would
like
to
make
sure
that
everyone
and
the
public
knows
that
it
is
pollution
prevention
week
and
the
city
of
athens
and
ohio
university
and
the
athens,
soil
and
water
conservation
district
have
all
teamed
together
to
recognize
pollution
prevention
week.
We
focus
on
storm
water
and
there
are
groups
of
ohio,
university
students
socially
distanced,
marking
storm
drains
to
remind
everyone
that
those
storm
drains
do
flow
to
the
hocking
river.
D
It's
not
a
place
for
anything
but
rain
water
also,
as
part
of
this,
will
be
a
jellyfish
garden,
art
installation
run
by
campus
recycling
and
zero
waste
at
ohio
university,
which
will
bring
attention
to
plastic
bag
reduction
and
pollution,
and
then
on
wednesday
evening
will
be
the
sustainability
film
series
and
there
will
be
a
virtual
showing
of
the
film
mossville
with
a
panel
following
all
done
online.
Thank
you.
B
E
E
I
think
it's
a
good
idea
to
at
least
inform
the
public
those
who
are
watching
tonight
that
ohio
university
has
been
working
with
cvs
pharmacy
to
get
10
000
tests
covered
19
tests
and
starting,
I
believe
it's
next
week.
They
will
begin
testing
about
200
asymptomatic
individuals
a
week
as
they
move
forward.
E
So
it's
a
good
thing
that
they're
going
to
be
doing
more
testing.
I
also
and
sharing
that,
because,
when
you
start
doing
more
testing,
especially
within
the
age
group
that
they're
going
to
be
doing,
testing
that
we
could
see
a
rise
in
in
cases
here
in
the
city
of
athens,
we've
already
seen
a
rise.
Today
we
saw
a
rise
of
19
new
cases.
E
We
haven't
seen
a
rise
like
that
since
july.
I
I
do
feel
it's
important
to
also
share
that
you
know
a
week
or
two
into
july.
We
did
see
you
know
cases
on
the
magnitude
of
20
28
cases,
and
so
our
our
positive
cases.
When
I
look
at
that
in
reference
to
now,
the
the
climb
is
not
as
steep
as
it
was
in
july,
yet
it
is
going
up.
So
I
want
everyone
to
be
aware
of
that.
E
E
E
It
is
strongly
recommended
that
ohioans
exercise
caution
when
deciding
to
participate
in
trick-or-treating
events
that
put
them
in
close
contact
with
people
outside
their
own
households
to
lower
that
risk.
Consider
safer,
socially
distance
ways
of
celebrating
such
as
holding
drive
through
or
drive
in
trick-or-treat
events
with
children
in
costumes
and
face
coverings,
staying
in
cars
and
collecting,
treats
from
individuals
spaced
six
feet
apart,
holding
drive
by
costume
or
car
direct
decorating
contests,
with
judges
who
are
physically
distanced,
holding,
treats
leaving,
treats
for
friends
and
neighbors,
and
it
goes
on
and
on
and
on.
E
We
I
will
hopefully
get
this
to
or
will
get
this
to
to
scott
thompson.
To
put
up
on
the
city's
website,
because
I
think
this
is
good-
some
of
the
things
that
will
not
be
happening
during
halloween
this
year
is
that
there
will
not
be
a
halloween
block
party
in
which
there
are
stages,
music
and
other
events
going
on
on
court
street
council
hasn't
authorized
for
any
of
those
things
that
take
place
because
you
haven't
passed
any
ordinances.
E
F
I
agree
with
you
in
principle
that
sounds
like
a
good
kind
of
freedom,
sort
of
thing
to
share
with
the
city,
but
I
live
in
the
near
east
side
and
we
get
huge
numbers
of
trick-or-treaters
bands
come
in
with
full
of
children
from
from
with
kids
that
don't
even
live
in
town
and
last.
Just
to
give
you
an
example,
and
I'm
far
from
alone
in
this,
but
last
year
I
bought
450
individual
pieces
of
candy.
F
I
gave
those
out
in
25
minutes.
I
was
giving
one
per
child,
I'm
worried
about
the
near
east
side,
because
we
just
get
huge
numbers
of
people
and
and
unless
people
just,
I
guess,
people
could
just
not
offer
candy.
But
a
lot
of
people
love
doing
that.
I'm
I'm
just
a
little
concerned
about
the
the
possibility
of
covid
spreading
on
the
near
east
side.
If
there
is
trick-or-treating
there.
E
E
B
And
tell
you
what,
let's
have
one
more
comment
you
know
council
member
fall
has
something
she
wants
to
say
and
that
if
we
want
to
have
additional
conversation,
if
you
think
that
that
would
merit
further
discussion
at
a
committee
meeting
night
mayor,
patterson
we'd
be
more
than
happy
to
do
that.
I'm
sure
it's
going
to
be
a
continuing
discussion
with
lots
of
ideas
brought
up
council
member
fall.
You
had
one
thank
you
got
it.
A
Right
well,
my
my
it's
more
of
a
point
is
that
the
math
mandate
would
probably
really
be
super
important,
then
for
people
to
follow
if
they
were
out
doing
that,
and
so
there's
that
and
though
I
do
think
that
people
need
to
really
seriously
think
about
this
and
maybe
some
different
types
of
ideas.
I
put
candy
out
of
my
foot
of
my
stairs
because
nobody
wants
to
walk
up
50
stairs
to
get
to
my
spooky
house.
So
maybe
things
like
that,
so
thank
you.
B
A
Thank
you.
We've
talked
about
this
several
times.
It
has
been
discussed
also
in
the
planning
commission
and
the
planning
commission
forwarded
their
recommendations.
There's
been
a
public
hearing
on
this.
This
will
help
to
expand
our
manufacturing
zones
so
that
we
can
diversify
the
economy,
and
so
that's
a
really
good
thing,
and
so
this
is
something
that's
been
moving
along
and
now
it's
on
third
reading.
So
thank
you.
I
also
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
administration,
because
these
things
take
a
lot
of
follow
through.
B
F
Again
strongly
support
this
proposed
ordinance.
I
think,
as
the
enrollment
at
ohio
university
declines,
that
happens
as
a
city
just
has
to
find
more
and
more
ways
to
diversify
the
economy,
so
making
it
easier
for
our
current
manufacturing
companies
to
expand
or
making
part
of
our
town
more
attractive
as
a
way
to
bring
in
another
manufacturing
company
someday
is
just
an
excellent
idea
and
I'm
glad
that
member
fall
has
proposed
this.
G
Yes,
president
nicely
thank
you
and
thank
you
administration.
I
also
hope
that
that
there
are
other
other.
You
know,
I'm
sure
that
we're
also
looking
at
other
other
areas
in
the
city
to
to
wonder
whether
or
not
they
are
being
used
to
their
maximum
ability.
So
you
know,
I
know
that
this
is
a.
This
is
a
big
step
forward,
but
I
also
know
that,
after
one
big
step
there
are,
there
are
many
more
many
more
that
we
can
take
and
I'm
excited
to
see
what
the
future
brings.
A
Yeah,
I
think
I
think,
that's
a
really
important
point-
that
kind
of
it's
it's
like
foreboding
right.
There
is
the
comprehensive
plan
that
will
be
coming
through
council,
that's
more
soonish
than
later-ish.
So
there
is
that,
and
we
have
been
looking
at
a
lot
of
those
things
of
looking
at
infilling
and
and
those
sort
of
things
to
this
whole
plan
process.
So
that's
something
that
we'll
talk
more
about,
because
that's
something
that
is
really
important
to
to
the
economy
and
stuff.
So
thank
you.
B
B
A
B
Okay,
see
none
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
opposed,
nay,
the
motion
carries
and
the
ordinance
is
approved.
Ordinance.
96
20
is
an
ordinance
granting
a
special
right-of-way
permit
to
robert
and
lois
whaley
owners
of
100
to
102
mill
street
to
allow
a
fence
introduced
by
councilmember
fall.
H
A
B
A
Great,
this
is
really
exciting.
It's
a
right
away,
so
the
aep
could
install
their
micro
grid
experiment
at
our
water
treatment
plant,
which
is
awesome,
really
cool
and
cutting
edge.
So
this
is
another
one
of
those
things
that
takes
a
long
time
to
bring
to
you
know,
to
bring
to
council
and
to
be
able
to
go
forward
with
it,
takes
a
lot
of
partnerships
and
a
lot
of
of
like
stewarding
along
and
the
administration
has
done
a
great
job,
and
we
from
the
from
my
point
of
view,
is
it
being
still
a
climate.
B
E
E
E
D
Thank
you,
president
eisley.
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
all
the
improvements
to
the
water
treatment
plan
over
the
last
few
years,
led
by
the
administration,
have
been
terrific.
I'm
really
pleased
about
the
solar
panels
on
the
site,
and
this
is
just
another
you
know
cutting
edge
as
member
fall
said
addition
to
the
water
treatment
plant,
the
director
of
the
water
treatment
plant
sean
beasley
has
been
very
open
to
talking
about
the
plant
to
students
that
I
work
with
at
ohio
university,
and
we
really
appreciate
his
efforts.
Thank
you.
A
Again,
this
is
a
tiff
attacks,
increment
financing
and
we
do
a
tif
on
east
state
street.
It
helps
to
pay
for
further
infrastructure
enhancements
from
the
enhancements
they've
already
made
kind
of
a
pay
forward
and
sort
of
process.
This
is
this
particular
one
is
one
with
a
private
developer,
who's
doing
housing.
A
The
development
in
pr
in
question
is
50
units.
They
will
be
deed,
restricted
for
the
homeowner
occupied
and
they
will
be
universally
designed
and
on
and
in
the
affordable
housing
range.
So
sarah
sarah's
also
been
super
super
active
on
this.
So
I
want
to
really
say
thank
you.
This
is
an
example
of
when
our
commissions
and
they
put
forward
information
and
suggestions
for
the
council
to
do
this
is
what
we
do.
So
we
really
appreciate
it.
So
sarah.
H
Thank
you,
member
fall,
and
we
actually
just
discussed
this
today
in
our
affordable
housing
commission
meeting
and
it's
really
exciting
when
we
know
that
this
is
something
that
members
of
council
and
members
of
the
community
members
of
our
university
community
and
the
city
administration
have
all
been
working
together
on
for
a
long
time.
And
it's
it's
exciting.
H
I
Thank
you,
president
eisely.
I
just
wanted
to
express
appreciation
for
the
inclusion
of
the
map,
which
was
requested
during
committee
and
was
provided
for
us
to
review
for
this
week
and
appreciate
all
the
efforts
behind
this
project.
It's
innovative,
and
hopefully
it
has
the
outcome
that
we're
hoping
it
will
have
thanks.
F
I
wondered
if
I
love
this
idea,
I'm
so
glad
we're
doing
this.
I
think
it's
essential
that
we
have
more
affordable
housing
in
our
community,
so
I'm
completely
in
support
of
this,
but
I
wondered
if
you
could
just
clarify
one
aspect
of
it
largely
for
the
public,
and
that
is
the
mention
of
of
the
corporation
being
able
to
provide
service
in
lieu
of
taxes.
F
A
That
is
there
because
of
all
the
infrastructure
that
they
developed,
that
that
increment
goes
back
to
financing
and
funding
more
infrastructure
for
for
that
development,
so
they're
they're,
using
not
the
base
all
the
people
who
get
the
same
base
but
they're
using
that
increment
to
to
enhance
and
go
forward
with
with
better
development
and
more
infrastructure
that
helps
them
pay
off
some
of
the
the
debt
they
took
out
for
doing
the
infrastructure
and
stuff.
Does
that
make
sense?
Yes,
thank
you.
J
Yeah,
well
maybe
the
mayor
should
just
go
first,
but
I
was
just
going
to
expand
on
what
chris
was
just
saying:
she's,
exactly
right
with
an
example
that
might
help
people.
We
have
a
tiff
on
east
state
street
with
all
the
the
development
from
you
know.
Walmart
on
there
was
nothing
but
old
landing
strips
out
there.
It
was
bare
grounds
so
all
of
the
improvements,
as
chris
said
in
this
case
it
will
be
housing.
J
Will
you
pay
taxes
on
the
improvements
on
your
property
also,
and
so,
instead
of
paying
that
to
the
county
and
into
the
regular
income
tax
fund
it
goes
into,
it
will
go
into
a
tiff
fund
and
that
money
on
state
street.
We
used
that
the
taxes
from
the
improvements
to
pay
for
the
road
widening
and
the
you
know
water
and
sewer
and
all
the
other
infrastructure
we
had
to
put
in
down
there,
because
there
was
no
development
on
that
property
in
the
residential
area.
J
We
are
using
that
money
to
help
the
developer,
to
make
it
worth
his
while
to
build.
You
know
low-income
housing
for
us
down
there
and,
as
I
said,
the
mayor
can
probably
add
more
to
that,
but
that's
kind
of
an
example
of
that
that
extra
tax
and
and
it's
really
the
city's
tax
money.
But
that's
how
we're
using
it
mayor,
patterson.
E
Utter
heck,
you
nailed
it
in
terms
of
of
the
the
tiff,
and
this
is
different
than
the
east
state
street
tiff,
and
that
that
tiff
is
a
100
percent
capture
to
where
100
of
that
increase
in
property
valuation
goes
into
our
street
improvement
for
that
that
asset
in
the
city.
This,
on
the
other
hand,
I
believe
it's
70
percent,
meaning.
E
The
remaining
25
is
distributed
to
those
who
would
typically
receive
that
that
property
tax,
which
in
some
cases
would
pretty
much
fit
with
what
that
property
is
valued
at
now
as
just
being
green
space,
with
no
no
infrastructure
on
it.
No
streets,
no
houses,
no
anything
and,
and
then
at
the
end
of
a
10-year
period
of
time,
those
who
typically
get
the
distribution.
The
allocation
from
the
property
taxes
in
that
area
will
be
made
whole
they'll
be
receiving
the
full
valuation
of
those
property
taxes,
the
school
district,
other
entities
that
receive
that
money.
E
So
that's
a
real
upside
and,
as
auditor
heck
just
indicated,
you
know
one
of
the
things
that's
getting
in
the
way
of
people
developing
housing
projects
in
the
city
of
athens,
especially
land
that
is
not
developed.
In
other
words,
has
no
infrastructure
in
place.
No
street,
no
sewer,
no
water,
no
storm.
E
It
doesn't
pencil
out
for
developers
to
go
in
and
try
to
build
and
have
to
build
the
street
infrastructure.
So
this
makes
it
basically
clears
the
path,
no
pun
intended
for
the
developer,
to
start
putting
those
assets
in
place
and
to
build
houses
and
make
it
affordable
for
them.
We
view
that
this
is
a
good
model,
because
we
know
there's
other
developable
land
that
has
no
city
infrastructure
on
it.
H
B
A
Hi
there
again,
this
is
another
notch
in
our
awesome
things
that
we
are
doing
for
our
climate
emergency.
This
has
been
going.
This
had
gone
through
the
planning,
commission
and
the
sustainability
commission.
So
it's
a
new
model
for
us.
Hopefully
a
lot
more
things
will
be
coming
through
those
two
commissions,
since
they
work
together
on
further
projects.
A
B
A
Thank
you.
Last
week
we
had,
I
think
we
had
a
really
good
discussion
about
what
it
means
to
to
use
these
historic
pieces
of
property
or
historic
districts,
with
the
next
ordinance
to
be
able
to
leverage
other
sorts
of
economic
development,
so
we're
respecting
the
the
piece
of
property
with
the
the
development
area
of
10
acres
of
that
area
around
the
historic
peace
building
is
then
in
a
special
development
zone,
which
has
a
lot
of
different
benefits
with
it,
with
different
financing
and
tax
credits
and
loan
credits
and
those
sort
of
things.
A
A
Thank
you.
These
last
two
ordinances
came
out
from
the
historic
commission.
Are
people
who
work
so
incredibly
hard
to
do
these
sort
of
in-depth
detailed
applications
that
these
require?
So
I
want
to
say
a
huge
shout
out
to
to
people
who
have
been
doing
this
through
a
volunteer
effort
and
the
specific
one
is
to
designate
the
uptown
area
as
a
local,
historic
district
that
will
give
us
more
local
control
over
different
types
of
development
that
will
go
down
there
when
they
go
through
the
title
41
process.
A
A
Yes,
they've
been
in
involved
through
the
whole
process
as
a
you
know,
different
partner,
and
I
think
that
also
stems
how
a
lot
of
this
discussion
stems
out
of
what
happened
on
west
union
street
when
they
were
going
through
the
different
types
of
buildings,
some
of
the
issues
and
questions
that
came
out
of
there,
and
so
it's
a
learning.
You
know
we
applied
our
learning
from
some
of
those
discussions
that
would
we
had
so
and.
G
I
D
B
B
Okay,
we
have
a
motion
and
second
for
approval
of
107.20.
Are
there
any
questions
or
comments,
seeing
none
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
opposed,
nay,
the
motion
carries
and
the
ordinance
is
approved,
we'll
move
on
to
ordinance
108
20..
This
is
an
ordinance
of
ending
ordinance,
10120
approving
the
city
of
athens,
covet
19
city
utility
assistance
relief
program
grant
program
and
authorizing
an
agreement
with
hawking
athens,
perry,
community
action,
hapcap
to
administer,
said
program
introduced
by
councilmember
crowell.
D
B
D
Okay,
thank
you.
We
have
discovered
actually
hapcap.
Our
partner
has
discovered
a
change
that
needed
to
be
made
in
the
agreement
in
the
agreement
that
we
had
previously
approved.
Council
in
committee
have
has
discussed
this
change
and
approved
it,
and
this
ordinance
simply
corrects
or
edits
that
contract.
D
I
will
quickly
read
section
one
1
section:
17
compensation
of
exhibit
a
incorporated
in
section
2
of
ordinance.
10120
is
hereby
amended
to
read
as
attached
here
to
an
incorporation
herein
by
reference
and
I'll
just
quickly.
Read
that
edited
change,
which
is
the
grand
tour,
will
compensate
the
grantee
for
administration
services
for
project
implementation
based
on
actual
expense,
not
to
exceed
seven
percent
of
the
total
grant
award
or
five
thousand
two
hundred
and
fifty
dollars.
D
B
H
H
B
Okay,
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
opposed,
nay
motion
carries
and
the
ordinance
is
approved
we'll
now
move
on
to
ordinance,
109
20..
This
is
an
ordinance
authorizing
the
mayor
to
enter
into
or
to
extend
the
agreement
with
the
board
of
the
athens
county
commissioners
for
the
purpose
of
obtaining
the
services
of
the
public
defender's
office
through
december
31st
2021,
introduced
by
council
member
crowl.
D
Thank
you
president
nicely.
I
will
go
ahead
and
read
through
this
ordinance
for
the
first
reading
and
tell
you
what
I
know
about
this
issue
section
one.
The
mayor
is
hereby
authorized
to
enter
into
or
to
extend
the
agreement
with
the
board
of
athens
county
commissioners
for
the
purpose
of
obtaining
the
services
of
the
public
defender's
office
through
december
31st,
2021,
section
2.
The
mayor
is
hereby
authorized
to
expend
up
to
100
000
from
the
2021
general
fund,
101-106
transaction
code
300
for
said,
contract.
B
Okay,
any
other
comments
or
questions
all
right.
Thank
you.
We'll
move
on
to
ordinance,
110
20..
This
is
an
ordinance
providing
for
the
issuance
of
123
411
dollars
of
notes
by
the
city
of
athens,
ohio
in
anticipation
of
the
issuance
of
bonds
for
the
purpose
of
renewing
notes
previously
issued
for
the
purpose
of
paying
part
of
the
costs
of
acquiring
a
new
pumper
truck
and
related
equipment
and
declaring
an
emergency
introduced
by
council
member
crowl.
D
D
I'm
not
going
to
go
through
and
read
all
of
this
ordinance.
It
is
quite
long,
but
I
will
say
that
the
city,
the
university,
combined
together
to
help
pay
for
this
bumper
truck-
and
that
is
the
total
amount
that
we
are
paying
off
this
year-
is
the
combination
between
ohio,
university
and
the
city
of
athens.
D
E
J
B
All
right
any
other
comments
or
questions
all
right,
if
not
we'll
move
on
to
a
resolution
for
second
reading.
This
is
r
12
20..
The
resolution
accepting
the
amounts
and
rates
is
determined
by
the
budget
commission
and
authorizing
the
necessary
tax
levies
and
certifying
them
to
the
county
auditor.
This
is
introduced
by
council
member
crowl.
B
D
J
Well,
this
we
have
to
do
this
every
year.
Council
has
to
approve
the
rates
that
the
county
is
setting
so
that
we
can
collect
our
inside
millage,
which
is
the
property
taxes
on
properties
within
the
city
limits.
The
county
collects
property
taxes,
and
this
is
a
way
for
us
to
receive
a
percentage
of
the
property
tax
paid
on
properties
inside
the
city.
J
Otherwise,
as
I
said,
the
county
collects
property
and
sales
tax.
The
city
collects
income
tax,
so
this
is.
It
is
a
a
fair
amount
of
money
that
we
get
every
year
through
this
about
eight
or
nine
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
our
share
of
the
property
taxes
and
the
millage
refers
to
the
townships,
athens
and
then
canaanville
of
the
percentage
that
we
collect
in
those
two
townships
and
it's
a
very
complicated
formula
for
them
to
calculate
that
millage.
J
D
I
I
I
B
B
C
C
B
Second
seconded
by
council
member
claude
felter,
okay,
we
have
a
motion
and
second
for
the
reappointment
of
these
four
members
to
the
municipal
arts.
Commission,
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye,
aye
opposed,
nay,
okay,
unanimously,
approved
and
thanked
by
all
of
us.
We
now
have
a
motion
to
accept
the
august
2020
financial
reports
that
the
auditor
has
shared
with
council
members.
B
B
Those
have
been
accepted
also,
and
do
we
have,
I
know
we'll
we'll-
have
committee
meetings
as
part
of
our
other
announcements,
we'll
have
committee
meetings
next
week.
I
believe
we
have
finance
and
personnel.
I
know
we
have
a
few
items
for
that
and
just
a
note
that
if
we
do
have
any
other
committees
meeting
to
meet
that
you
notify
the
clerk
of
council
by
wednesday.
B
B
Okay-
and
we
now,
as
the
last
item
always
important-
have
an
opportunity
for
citizens
to
speak
on
legislative
items
and
city
services
that
have
not
been
covered
on
the
agenda
and
I'm
going
to
rely
on
our
government
channel
staff
just
to
do
a
double
check.
For
me.
I
can
see
part
of
the
participants
list,
but
I
want
to
make
sure.