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Athens City Council - October 5, 2020
A
Good
evening
and
welcome
to
athens
city
council,
it's
monday
november
5th
2020.
and
we
are
in
regular
session
tonight.
We
will
be
having
prior
to
our
starting
having
prior
planning
and
development
committee
meeting.
That's
chaired
by
council
member
fall
and
joined
by
council
members
rise
very
great.
B
Great,
thank
you
just
there's
just
one
item
on
this
agenda:
it's
concerning
the
sewer
agreement
that
the
city
has
with
the
county,
about
the
sewer
extension
that
we
are
doing
that
we've
been
doing
for
several
years
out
into
radford,
road
area
and
it's
because
of
kova
kovet.
B
We
need
to
change
some
of
the
dates
for
certain
contractual
reasons,
and
so,
instead
of
the
date
that
it's
now
it
will
be
now
to
october
2026.,
there's
issues
of
being
able
to
get
different
contracts
and
and
those
sort
of
things
and
be
kevakova.
They
need
more
time.
Thank
you.
A
B
I
I
did
have
several
constituents
who
contacted
me
very,
very
concerned
about
the
trick-or-treating
that
the
kids
trick-or-treating
sort
of
thing,
and
they
are
concerned
rightfully
so
about
having
a
lot
of
people
come
into
some
of
these
neighborhoods,
and
also
I
had
a
just
question
along
with
those
concerns,
is
if
we
jump
another
level
in
our
covid
misery
level.
B
C
D
Thank
you
president
nicely.
I
would
just
like
to
remind
anyone
who's
viewing
that
I
believe
you
have
until
nine
o'clock
tonight
to
register
to
vote
for
this
fall's
election
and
that
early
voting
begins
tomorrow
morning
at
8
o'clock
at
the
board
of
elections
office
at
15,
south
court
street.
So
hopefully,
lots
and
lots
of
people
are
going
to
vote
this
year.
Thank
you.
E
Thank
you
president
nicely
two
communications
this
evening.
The
first
is
that
the
environment
and
sustainability
commission
will
be
meeting
this
wednesday
at
6
p.m.
That's
october,
7th,
and
the
second
communication
is
a
shout
out
to
the
the
grounds
department.
E
I
received
a
note
from
a
resident
of
briarwood
drive
who
states
after
mowing
our
islands
on
briarwood
about
three
weeks
ago,
the
street
department
came
back
and
trimmed
them
up
last
week
in
our
42
years
living
on
briarwood.
This
is
clearly
the
best
they
have
ever
looked
a
special
thanks
to
the
street
department
from
the
briarwood
neighborhood.
So
well
done.
Thank
you.
G
Just
a
couple
items
tonight,
president
nicely
the
first
off
if
ryan
could
put
up
on
the
share
screen
the
map
of
the
city.
I
just
want
to
remind
people
that
the
2020
leaf
pickup
schedule
is
out.
This
is
also
up
on
the
city's
website,
but
to
start
with
area
one
which,
on
the
map
you
can
see,
is
the
far
east
neighborhoods,
as
well
as
some
of
our
more
northern
neighborhoods.
G
The
leaf
pickup
will
begin
october
12th
and
run
through
the
16th
and
then
it'll
go
on
to
area
2
and
area
3
and
then
it'll
circle
back
to
area
1..
So
we
encourage
people
to
take
advantage
of
this
program
and
to
refer
to
the
city's
website
for
that
leaf.
Pickup
schedule
also
just
a
real
quick
update
on
the
richland
avenue
pedestrian
passageway.
G
The
the
current
completion
date
is
october,
17th,
again
just
bear
in
mind,
depending
on
a
number
of
factors
that
could
move
somewhat.
But
at
this
point
it
looks
like
the
the
pavement
will
be
in
place
by
again
october
17th.
The
passageway
is
open
to
pedestrian
passage,
so
that's
worth
keeping
in
mind
as
well.
A
Thank
you
a
bit
of
the
explanation
before
we
start
on
our
ordinances
for
reading
our
ordinances
come
through
committee
first,
which
is
why
we
did
have
the
planning
and
development
committee
for
the
super
extension
agreement,
because
we
will
be
seeing
an
ordinance
for
that
tonight
and
then
ordinances
typically
go
through
three
readings
and
so
you'll
notice
that
we
lead
off
with
ordinances
for
second
reading
and
for
the
most
part
the
title
is
read.
I
do
pause
to
find
out.
A
A
A
A
A
Okay,
ordinance.
One
excuse
me
106.20,
and
this
is
an
ordinance
designating.
The
athens
downtown
historic
district
as
a
local,
historic
designation,
introduced
by
council
member
fall
and
if
no
comments
or
questions,
I
will
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
athens
county
commissioners
for
the
purpose
of
obtaining
the
services
of
the
public
defender's
office
through
december
31st
2021
and
is
introduced
by
council
member
crowl.
A
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,
and
this
is
introduced
by
council
member
fall.
Excuse
me.
E
A
E
H
A
Okay,
I'll
do
what
I
can
to
adjust
it,
and
maybe
scott
and
ryan
can
help
me
also
with
with
the
sound
on
this.
A
Okay,
we'll
call
for
the
vote.
Then,
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye,
aye
opposed,
nay,
okay,
the
motion
carries
and
the
ordinance
is
our
ordinances
for
first
reading.
110
20
is
an
ordinance
providing
for
the
issue.
Excuse
me,
ordinance
is
for
first
reading
now.
One
1120
is
an
ordinance
accepting
the
plaid
of
the
herald,
avenue
commercial
subdivision
and
is
introduced
by
council
member
fall.
B
A
Okay
and
if
no,
if
no
comments,
then
we'll
move
on
to
ordinance
1
12
20.,
this
is
an
ordinance
authorizing
an
addendum
to
the
agreement
with
the
board
of
elect
athens
county
commissioners
to
extend
the
sanitary
sewer
collection
services
to
unincorporated
portions
of
the
county
in
accordance
with
ordinance
17
and
declaring
an
emergency
and
is
introduced
by
council
member
fall.
B
A
B
You
being
that,
we
need
to,
you,
know,
deal
with
things
that
are
coming
up
because
of
coke.
Thank
you.
H
B
Thank
you,
I'm
moved
that
we
adopt
the
twelve
twenty.
Second.
Thank
you,
council,
member
cloud
filter
great.
We.
This
is
part
of
a
long
term
project
that
we've
been
doing
with
the
county.
It's
to
help
address
some
pollution
and
failing
septic
systems
that
are
directly
going
into
margaret
creek
and
then
into
the
hawking
river.
Athens
is
not
the
only
one
who
relies
on
hawking
river
recharge
for
some
of
their
groundwater,
and
so
it's
important
for
us
to
be
able
to
make
sure
that
we
take
care
of
our
environmental
issues
in
our
area.
H
J
A
E
Thank
you
president
nicely.
I
do
not
have
in
my
notes
that
this
needs
suspension,
although
it
is
a
prior
year
bill
and
so
we're
late
into
2020.
Yes,
does
the
clerk
believe
this
should
be
suspended?
Yes,
thank
you,
clark,
walker.
I
would
like
to
make
a
motion
to
suspend
the
rules
for
zero
one,
thirteen
twenty,
because
it
is
a
prior
year
bill.
A
Okay-
and
we
have
a
second
from
council
member-
fall
all
those
in
favor
of
suspending
the
rules
indicate
by
saying
aye.
K
E
E
And
this
is
a
prior
year
bill,
or
should
we
should?
I
go
ahead
and
explain
this?
This
is
a
prior
year
bill
by
the
the
department
of
environment,
public
works,
and
this
is
for
a
salt
bed
truck
liner
and
other
equipment
necessary
for
our
snow
removal
and
ice
prevention
in
our
roadways,
we've
had
one
truck
that
has
been
fitted
and
then
a
second
truck
that
was
fitted.
E
E
A
Very
good,
so
we
have
a
motion
to
suspend
the
rules.
We
have
a
second,
please
bye,
council,
member,
okay,
so
motion
and
second,
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye,
aye
opposed,
nay,
all
right.
The
rules
have
been
suspended.
Council
member
crown.
E
Thank
you,
sorry,
for
that
blip
there,
but
this
appropriation
ordinance
needs
to
be
passed
tonight
in
order
to
catch
up
with
some
of
our
financial
items
in
the
city
and
so
I'll
go
ahead
and
continue
to
read
that
the
appropriation
ordinance
is
hereby
amended
by
appropriating
from
the
unappropriated
balance
the
sum
of
five
thousand
dollars
to
water
fund
740.636
to
cover
utilities,
billing
smart
bill
services
through
the
year
end
and
increasing
the
total
appropriations
by
said
amount
section.
E
Two,
the
2020
appropriation
ordinance
1319
is
further
amended
as
follows:
by
decreasing
internal
service
fund,
it
865.647
transaction
code
500
by
9300
dollars
and
increasing
internal
service
fund.
I
t
865.647
transaction
code
200
to
300
by
the
same
amount,
to
cover
a
maintenance
license
renewal
that
is
due
october
15,
2020
and
decreasing,
and
increasing
the
total
appropriations
by
set
amount.
So
this
is
the
software
licensing
that
it
needs
to
renew
and,
as
I
said,
it's
due
october
15th
and
that's
why
we
are
moving
forward
on
this
now.
Thank
you,
president.
Eisenhower.
A
A
F
F
We
have
a
lot
of
them
do
throughout
the
city,
and
everybody
knows-
and
I
just
have
to
say
that
the
money
was
in
the
budget
to
begin
with
and
inadvertently
reduced
when
we
were
reducing
appropriations
in
funds
earlier
in
the
summer
because
of
the
reduction
in
revenue
we
were
seeing,
and
so
it's
it's
no
new
money,
but
it's
not
poor
planning
on
their
part.
It
was
in
there.
We
took
it
out
now.
We
need
to
put
it
back
in.
Thank
you.
K
President
nicely,
thank
you.
This
goes
back
to
early
spring
when
attorney
skype
petty,
had
a
client
and
made
a
request
on
behalf
of
him.
Basically,
this
just
to
refresh
everybody's
memory.
This
is
to
change
towing
lots
from
within
this,
where
towing
lots
have
to
be
located
within
the
city
limits
to
a
five
mile
radius.
I
will
remind
everyone
that
the
ohio
revised
code
apparently
has
a
25
mile
radius
for
for,
for
said
lots.
K
It
could
encourage
better
use
of
the
property
within
city
limits
in
eliminating
a
parking
or
holding
areas,
but
at
the
same
time,
less
modes
of
transportation
to
remote
lots
could
be,
could
be
a
hindrance
for
for
people
retrieving
their
vehicles.
K
That,
of
course,
is
making
the
assumption
that
it's
easy
for
citizens
to
reach
the
the
police
department
to
pay
these.
These
towing
fines.
K
I
will
just
say
that
I
wanted
to
put
this
forward
because
we
had
a
citizen
request
for
this.
I
did
have
a
conversation
with
city
safety,
director
chief
pyle
about
this,
and
he
is
comfortable
with
the
ordinance
as
is,
but
we
will
will
allow
everyone
to
weigh
in
and
put
their
thoughts
forward
on
this,
as
this
goes
through
its
reads.
Thank
you.
C
Thank
you,
president.
Obviously,
it
feels
like
a
very
long
time
ago
when,
when
this
discussion
happened,
but
if
I
recall
that
the
business
and
and
the
resident
who
was
requesting
this
change
said
that
their
particular
property
is
near
a
current
bus
route.
C
And
so
I
wondered
if,
if
we
could
include
within
a
five
mile
radius,
but
also
perhaps
like
within
a
half
mile
of
of
a
public
transportation
route,
or
something
like
that
just
to
to
ensure
that
someone
without
a
vehicle
has
less
than
five
miles
to
walk.
Perhaps
but
that's
just
the
thought
that
occurred
to
me
is
that
if
I,
if
someone
help
me
please
if
I'm
misremembering
that
originally,
but
I
believe
that
the
property
that
was
being
discussed
is
is
near.
Our
public
transportation
routes.
D
I
agree
with
member
grace
that
it
would
just
be
kind
to
ensure
that
there
would
be
a
public
transportation
way
to
get
there
when
people
had
their
cars
taken
away.
So
I
don't
know
if
we
should.
You
know
if
we
can
actually
require
that,
but
I
do,
I
do
think
would
be
much
better
for
people
if
that
was
possible.
I
The
excuse,
my
interruption,
the
property,
that's
melville,
towing,
the
property
is
on
state
route.
550
about,
I
think
about
two
miles
outside
of
the
city
limits.
Okay,.
A
B
Great,
thank
you.
I'm
somewhat
uncomfortable
changing
our
code
for
just
one
business.
I
realize
that
the
other
businesses
will
be
able
to
also
take
part
of
because
it
is
code
change.
I
think
that
it's
not
just
being
nice
to
people
who
have
to
go
and
get
their
cars.
It's
like.
We
deal
with
a
lot
of
people
who
are
right
on
the
edge
of
being
able
to
afford
something
and
not
afford
something,
and
this
is
another
thing
that's
like
being
put
in
the
their
way.
B
I
know
that
students
have
come
before
council
before
to
talk
about
some
of
the
the
equity
issues
and
the
fairness
issues
when
it
comes
to
some
of
the
towing
regulations
and
stuff
in
in
athens.
So
there
is
concern
on
that
level,
so
those
are
my
two
cents.
Thank
you.
J
Thank
you,
president
nicely
member
cutsas.
I
appreciate
all
the
comments
and
the
discussion,
and
I
certainly
understand
that
perspective.
J
I
what
I
recalled
from
the
last
time
we
discussed
this
was
that
this
was
an
opportunity
that
we
probably
would
not
have
considered
in
a
few
years
ago,
when
we
didn't
have
services
like
lyft
and
that
sort
of
thing
that
supplement
our
public
transit
service
and
so
certainly
it's
not
as
affordable
as
public
transit,
but
there
are
options
out
there,
but
I
I
certainly
hear
member
falls
points
and
would
be
interested
to
hear
what
any.
What
any
comments
we
hear
between
now
and
next
session.
Thank
you.
E
Thank
you,
president
nicely.
As
I
understand
our
current
code
says
that
these
lots
must
be
within
the
city
and
that
we
are
proposing
to
move
it
within
five
miles
of
the
city
and
the
ohio
revised
code
states
that
it
a
lot
could
be
within
25
miles
of
the
city.
I
don't
know
if
this
is
a
question
for
member
cotsys
or
or
law
director
eliason.
L
L
As
far
as
the
five
miles,
but
I
don't
believe
that
we
are
running
afoul
of
the
ohio
revised
code
because
there
are,
I
could
understand
if
it's
a
large
city
like
columbus
or
cleveland
and
it's
within
25
miles
of
the
the
city
limits,
and
perhaps
you
know
you're
on
the
outer
limits
there.
But
in
a
small
town
like
athens,
it
doesn't
seem
reasonable
to
make
it
25
miles.
L
So
I
can't
imagine
we
would
be
running
afoul
of
the
ohio
revised
code,
but
I
do
have
a
recollection
of
the
language
and
the
revised
code
on
whenever
possible
and
I'll
take
a
look
at
that,
and
I
will
give
that
to
you.
Member
crowd.
G
I
agree
in
theory,
although
I
am
not
a
lawyer
with
lisa
eliason,
you
know
I
director
lies
and
I
I
would
think
to
go
beyond
what
ohio
revised
code
says
in
terms
of
distance
to
to
pick
up
your
vehicle
40
miles
or
50
miles.
You
know,
that's
that
is,
you
know,
running
against
the
intent
of
the
ohio,
revised
code
versus
something
that
is
less
than
I
think
in
this
case,
less
than
is
it's
less
impact
on
the
owner
of
that
vehicle.
I
I
just
had
the
vagus
recollection
and
discussion
on
this
issue
that
the
lot
that
that
wrapper
service
currently
uses
is
potentially
either
in
or
near
the
wellhead
protection
area,
on
columbus
road
and
at
parallels
hawking
river.
I
I
can't
swear
to
that,
but
I'll
find
out
from
the
assistant
engineer,
but
I
do
know
that
that's
been
part
of
our
discussion
in
the
past
is
the
storage
lot
that
they
currently
use
being
so
close
in
proximity
to
protected
area.
L
One
more
thing:
I
I
just
looked
up
the
revised
code
on
that
and
it
has
a
list
of
requirements
located
within
25
linear
miles,
while
lighted
it
is
on
or
within
a
reasonable
distance
of
a
regularly
scheduled
route
of
one
or
more
modes
of
public
transportation.
A
Okay,
great,
thank
you
any
other
comments
or
questions
all
right,
we'll
move
on
116
20..
This
is
an
ordinance
amenity
in
athens
city
code,
title
1,
general
provisions,
section
11.04.06
to
temporarily
reduce
the
vendor's
license
through
december
31st
2020
and
declaring
an
emergency,
and
this
is
introduced
by
councilmember
katzis.
K
K
And
the
reason
for
that
is
the
the
time
frame
of
this
ordinance
started
october
1st
and
went
through
december
31st.
Okay,.
A
All
right,
we
have
a
motion
and
second
for
suspending
the
rules
and
did
you
have
a
question
council
member
smedley
before
we
vote
on
the
suspension.
J
I
don't
know
if
now
is
appropriate
time
to
ask
this
or
after
the
suspension,
but
I
was
curious
about
the
the
end
date
or
the
the
change
date
where
we're
temporarily
reducing
it
through
december
31st.
If
there
was
a
consideration
for
extending
that
or
or
what
was
the
reasoning
by
for
that
date
before.
A
A
Now
the
rules
have
been
suspended.
Council
member
causes.
K
And
this
is
the
to
reduce
vendor,
license
fees
and
through
december
31st,
and
this
is
for
our
uptown
vendors,
who
are
not
seeing
the
business
that
they
would
usually
see
this
time
of
year,
reducing
it
from
125
a
month
down
to
62.50
a
month.
A
reduction
of
50
percent.
A
J
Yeah,
so
I
guess
I
guess
we
could
revisit
it
again
if
there
was
a
need
to
extend
it.
I
see
nod
from
mayor
patterson,
so
I
that
does
answer
my
question.
Thank
you.
G
We
could
revisit
this
and
extend
if
we
find
that
we
have
a
number
of
vendors
taking
this
up,
as
well
as
a
number
of
vendors
who
would
want
to
vent
during
the
winter
months
when
we
tend
to
see
the
vending
basically
taper
off
and
slow
down,
and
for
this
particular
piece
of
legislation.
Just
to
remind
people
that
there
was
a
vendor
that
reached
out
to
to
my
office
and
had
asked
for
a
change
such
as
this.
G
Because
of
the
impacts
of
covet
19,
the
reduced
student
body
on
campus
and
indicating
to
me
that,
due
to
covet
19
directly
and
its
impact
on
the
university
that
that
customers
have
are
number
one
are
going
to
be
much
less
and
that
that
could
negatively
impact
their
ability
to
vend.
And
I
felt
like
this
was
a
responsible
response
to
the
pandemic.
For
a
sector
of
the
city's
business.
K
President
nicely
thank
you
and
if
we
think
going
back
to
spring
was
a
long
time
ago
which
which
it
feels
like
it
was,
is
complete
streets
this.
K
This
is
something
that
we've
been
working
on,
probably
close
to
about
five
years
now,
and
this
all
started
through
a-
and
this
is
to
give
some
history
to
some
of
the
members
that
weren't
present
there
during
this
this
time,
because
this
this
ordinance
did
come
before
council
last
last
late
last
year
and
and
it's
taken
another
year
before
we
I've
been
able
to
bring
it
forward
again
but
complete
streets.
K
It's
a
holistic
look
at
street
street
projects
and
it's
not
aimed
towards
trying
to
give
a
specific
mode
of
transportation
favor,
but
at
the
same
time
it
looks
at
all
modes
and
how
does
it
make
our
streets
work
better
with
all
those
systems
together?
So
you
know
we're
talking
multi-modal.
K
You
know,
bus
via
you
know,
regular
single
passenger,
car,
transit,
bicycle
and
pedestrian.
You
know
facilities
and
infrastructure.
K
So
this
is
something
that
the
health
department
put
together
a
a
coalition
many
many
years
ago,
and
I
would
I
would
I
would
maybe
lean
on
even
member
crowl,
because
he
was
there
during
the
time,
not
as
a
council
member
but
as
part
of
ou's
sustainability
office.
I
also
know
that
the
health
health
department
leading
the
charge
you
know
the
county
planner
was
there
also.
I
can't
remember
the
other
groups
that
were
present.
K
This
ordinance
came
before
council
last
year
and
there
was
some
discussion
amongst
council
members
that
they
would
like
to
see
some
reporting
from
epw
to
back
to
council,
and
so
I
had
some
conversations
in
january
and
february,
with
safety
service
director,
andy
stone
and
from
epw
bob
heady
and
jessica
dyne,
and
so
we
did
reach
a
agreeance
and
added
reporting
to
the
to
the
to
the
ordinance
that
that
change
is
in
the
last
paragraph.
K
So
I
do
want
to
mention
that
this
this
ordinance
doesn't
guarantee
that
every
element
becomes
present
on
every
street
project.
You
know
take,
for
example,
like
grant
street
where
we
added
pedestrian
facilities,
but
didn't
didn't,
add
additional.
K
You
know
multimodal
type
systems
because
it
wasn't,
it
wasn't
a
street
that
would
be
designated
for
something
like
that
within
the
city,
but
it's
something
that
allows
us
to
continue
to
think
about
the
streets
in
the
way
that
we
think
that
the
citizens
of
the
majority
of
the
citizens
in
athens
would
like
to
see
it.
You
know,
I
think,
about
the
comprehensive
plan.
This
ordinance
fits
in
line
with
with
that
the
age
friendly
conversation
that
is
happening
right
now.
K
This
is
something
because
you
look
at
the
streets,
not
only
from
the
vehicle
mode.
You
know
style
that
that
people
are
using
the
right-of-way,
but
it
also
looks
at
the
the
age
of
the
population
and
so
that
you
can
have
someone
you
know
very,
very
young
or,
on
the
other
end
of
the
spectrum,
be
able
to
interface
with
that
street
in
in
a
safe
manner.
K
So
this
this
ordinance
has
been
been
a
long
time
in
the
works.
Please
feel
free
to
look
it
over.
We
will
have
the
full
three
reads
on
this,
and,
and
we
can
even
continue
the
conversation
tonight.
E
E
If
I
understand,
if
I
remember
correctly,
we
had
some
questions
about
allowing
our
director
of
engineering
to
have
exceptions,
and
the
idea
really
on
the
reporting
was
just
to
understand
what
those
exceptions
were.
I
think
we
all
understood
that
there
would
be
exceptions,
but
that
that
should
be
in
the
annual
report
that
the
epw
department
provides
of
what
those
what
those
exceptions
were
and
why
they
were,
and
they
will
always
be
part
of
the
conversation
as
we
go
through
design
phases
for
for
projects.
E
Those
conversations
will
be
had.
So
I
appreciate
this
member
katzis
and
I
look
forward
to
continuing
the
conversation.
Thank
you.
K
And
if
I
can
make
one
more
point,
I
always
forget
something
in
my
in
my
my
jumbled
notes
here.
Having
an
ordinance
like
this
on
the
book
makes
us
more
competitive
points
wise
when
we're
when
we're
competing
for
grants.
K
K
And
the
reason
for
this
is
that
the
the
pilot
time
frame
for
this
project
already
expired
on
october
1st
and
we're
looking
for
an
extension
to
november
15th.
K
D
K
Thank
you,
and
you
know,
as
we
had
had
a
very
good
conversation
last
week
in
in
transportation
committee
session.
This
was
this
is
for
the
parklets,
basically
allowing
people
to
continue
through
the
fall
season,
with
the
with
the
pilot
program
that
was
that
was
put
in
by
council.
K
President
nicely,
thank
you,
so
this
is
a
a
parallel
piece
of
legislation.
We
we
decided,
after
the
the
conversation
last
monday
night
that
that
council
was
ready
to
go
from
a
pilot
to
to
an
actual
ordinance,
so
we
we
decided
that
we
needed
to
extend
the
pilot.
So
that's
why
we
had
the
suspension
and
passage
of
that
program
as
last
ordinance.
K
But
this
one
moving
forward,
we'll
get
three
reads
and
it'll
basically
allow
businesses
to
have
an
additional
option
to
to
conduct
business
in
the
uptown
area
and
perhaps
add
a
new
element
that
that
will
allow
our
our
businesses
and
our
cities
to
be
a
little
bit
our
city
to
be
a
little
bit
more
competitive
when
it
when
it
comes
to
our
our
uptown
area.
M
G
Just
a
comment:
I
would
encourage
council
to
look
at
seasonal
operations,
the
seasonal
operations
section
of
this
piece
of
legislation
or
the
guidelines.
I
have
to
give
a
lot
of
credit
to
deputy
service
safety
director
andrew
chicky
he's
put
a
lot
of
time
and
energy
into
this,
and,
I
believe,
has
worked
with
the
law
director
on
this
as
well,
but
in
there
you'll
see
the
program
if
moving
forward.
If
council
authorizes
it
would
be,
may
1
through
september
30th
of
the
calendar
year,
but
there's
also
an
additional
clause.
G
That
is
basically
an
extension
of
the
season
may
be
granted
by
the
service
safety
director
on
a
case-by-case
basis,
and
the
reason
for
that
clause
is
much
like
you're
extending
the
pilot
program
because
it
has
been
seasonally
warmer
except
for
this
week,
but
anyway,
it
will
certainly
if
weather
permits
it
gives
the
owners
a
little
bit
more
room
in
which
to
continue
to
have
the
parklets
in
place.
If
the
weather's
nice.
A
A
G
A
File
anything
else:
okay,
we're
good
all
right,
we'll
move
on
to
an
opportunity
for
citizens
to
speak
on
legislative
items
and
city
services
that
are
not
covered
on
the
agenda,
and
I
thought
what
I
do
tonight
is,
especially
since
we
have
some
new
viewers
and
also
even
for
my
own
purposes,
to
review
our
rules
of
counsel
on
when
the
public
speaks,
and
we
do
abide
by
these
rules,
and
so
it's
just
good
to
familiarize
everybody
with
them.
A
A
Each
speaker
will
be
limited
to
a
maximum
of
three
minutes
and
I
do
keep
a
timer
just
like
we
do
in
council
chambers,
and
we
try
to
keep
their
discussion
with.
For
that
topic,
the
total
amount
of
time
on
the
topic
within
15
minutes,
the
that
shall
include
all
the
participation
by
council
members,
elected
officials
and
administrative
representatives
unless
permission
to
extend
the
time
has
been
granted
by
the
president
of
council,
council
members,
other
officials
and
administrative
representatives
shall
not
debate
public
speakers
and
we
don't
typically
debate.
We
don't
answer
questions.
A
This
is
the
time
for
the
public
to
comment
and
our
main
request
is
that
you
be
respectful
of
the
time
and
respectful
of
of
everybody
participating
tonight.
So
with
that,
I've
got
my
timer
out,
and
I
see
that
we
have
the
hands
raised
for
several
persons
and
I
believe
scott
you'll
be
letting
people
in
one
by
one
to
be
able
to
speak
and
the
first
one
it
looks
like
is
genesis.
C
A
N
Hi,
yes,
city
council,
my
name
is
genesis
vaughn.
I
live
in
athens
and
I'm
affiliated
with
athens
county
cop
watch,
but
I
also
do
work
in
the
city
as
a
community
health
worker
within
hiv
prevention.
Okay,.
A
N
N
I
find
myself
instead
disappointed,
to
say
the
least,
understanding
the
many
factors
that
play
into
social
determinant
of
health,
such
as
one's
community
and
neighborhood.
It
is
no
surprise
that,
while
black
people
and
other
people
of
color
continue
to
face
disproportionate
levels
of
police
violence,
we
also
experience
border
health
outcome.
N
N
Racism
is
indeed
an
issue
this
october,
as
you
go
into
renegotiating
apd's
contract.
Please
remember
that
this
month
is
also
national
lgbtq
history
month,
policing
is,
and
always
has
been
a
direct
threat
to
the
lives
of
queer
and
trans
people,
especially
those
of
color,
particularly
trans
women,
of
color.
Like
myself,
roxanne
moore,
a
black
trans
woman,
was
shot
16
times
by
police
in
reading
pennsylvania
on
september
13th,
and
she
still
remains
in
recovery.
N
A
Comments:
okay,
it
looks
like
damon
crane
is
our
next
person
who
wanted
to
speak
and
damon.
You
have
three
minutes
if
you
could
give
us
also
your
address
and
any
group
with
which
you
might
be
affiliated.
O
Hello,
can
you
all
hear
me?
Yes,
thank
you
very
much,
so
I'm
damon
crane,
96
hudson
avenue
and
I'm
with
athens,
county
cop
watch.
I
think
council's
june
22nd
resolution
was
great.
It
just
lacked
any
resolve.
You
committed
to
do
something
that
it
seems.
You
have
no
intention
of
actually
doing
in
your
resolution.
You
stated
that
institutional
racism,
including
within
policing,
is
a
problem
nationally.
O
O
So
the
course
of
action
that
your
resolution
laid
out.
It's
totally
sensible.
You
just
didn't,
follow
it.
In
fact,
you
immediately
contradicted
it,
because
the
very
next
thing
you
did
without
any
investigation
having
been
conducted
was
to
announce.
There
was
no
problem
with
racism
and
local
policing
and
that
no
reallocation
of
police
funding
would
be
considered.
O
O
O
That's
substantially
higher
police
spending
per
capita
than
what
the
state
of
ohio
spends
per
capita
on
all
local
and
state
policing
combined.
We
at
athens
county
cop
watch,
started
publishing
our
findings.
On
june
5th
they've
been
the
subject
of
at
least
half
a
dozen
news
articles,
and
yet
you
still
refuse
to
respond
to
them,
and
so
you
know.
O
O
J
Nice,
if
I
could
just
jump
in
real,
quick,
there's
a
lot
of
feedback
that
I'm
hearing
from
the
speakers,
I'm
not
sure
what
needs,
if
there's
anything
that
can
be
done
about
that.
I
can
still
hear
them
clearly,
but
just
wanted
to
make
that
comment.
If
any
future
speakers
have
anything
that
they
could
do
to
reduce
that.
Thank
you.
A
A
A
Good
evening,
delphine,
if
you
want
do
you,
you
have
three
minutes.
Please
give
us
your
address
and
any
groups
with
which
you're
affiliated.
Can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
you
can
yes,
okay
at
address
and
any
groups
with
which
you're
affiliated
and
you'll
have
three
minutes
to
speak.
H
Thank
you
dolphin
bautista
28,
ohio
avenue.
I
am
affiliated
with
athens
county
cop
watch
as
well
as
the
southeastern
ohio
rainbow
alliance.
My
pronouns
are
day
and
then,
when
I
thought
this
to
members
of
city,
council,
mayor
patterson
and
other
city
leaders,
I
come
before
you
as
a
trans
and
queer
person
of
color.
H
H
H
H
A
And
it
looks
like
we
have
ellie,
who
indicated
that
they
would
like
to
speak.
A
And
ellie,
if
you
could
give
us
your
address
and
then
also
any
affiliate,
your
affiliation
with
any
groups
and
you'll
have
three
minutes.
P
Thank
you.
My
name
is
ellie
hamrick,
my
pronouns
are
she
are
they?
I
live
on
columbus
road
and
I'm
a
member
of
athens
county
cop
watch.
P
I
want
to
say
that
athens
is
the
poorest
and
most
equal
county
in
ohio.
You've
all
heard
me
say
that
many
times,
and
that
was
before
a
global
pandemic
mass
layoffs
and
yet
another
massive
upward
redistribution
of
wealth
for
many
people
here
in
our
county.
These
are
desperate
times
even
before
the
pandemic.
Athens
had
the
highest
rate
of
food
insecurity
in
the
state,
with
19.3
percent
of
county
residents
not
having
enough
food.
Women,
children
and
the
elderly
are
especially
vulnerable
to
food
insecurity.
P
That's
an
emergency,
so
why
did
last
year's
city
budget
include
five
and
a
half
million
for
apd
and
no
money
at
all
to
combat
poverty
and
food
insecurity?
Why
are
police
getting
a
fancy
new
headquarters?
Will
children
literally
starve?
Why
does
athens
spend
more
per
capita
on
police
than
the
state
of
ohio
overall?
P
Is
it
because
police
are
necessary
to
keep
us
safe,
no
sociologists,
anthropologists,
geographers
and
public
health
scholars
consistently
find
that
policing
does
not
keep
people
safer?
I
know
you
know
that,
because
I've
told
you
myself
many
times
in
fact
both
nationally
and
here
in
athens.
There
is
no
correlation
between
police
spending
per
capita
and
the
violent
crime
rate.
If
police
don't
keep
us
safe,
what
do
they
do?
P
They
cause
harm
in
our
community
and
especially
so
for
black
folks
other
people
of
color
and
lgbtq
people
at
their
best
when
they're,
following
the
letter
of
the
law,
police,
harass,
arrest,
abuse
and
kidnap
people
and
put
them
in
cages,
if
policing
doesn't
keep
us
safe,
what
does
all
the
evidence
shows
that
the
only
effective
way
to
prevent
violent
crime
and
support
public
safety
is
making
sure
that
everyone's
basic
needs
are
met.
Everyone
deserves
safe
quality
housing.
Everyone
deserves
an
abundance
of
healthy
food.
P
Everyone
deserves
health
care
yet
because
our
city's
priorities
are
so
out
of
our
wac.
Many
of
our
friends
and
neighbors
do
not
have
these
things.
I'm
sure
you
all
think
of
yourselves
as
people
who
believe
that
science
is
real
and
that
public
policy
should
be
based
on
scientific
fact.
So
why
are
you
ignoring
the
research
in
this
area?
Why
is
our
city
budget
based
on
delusions
instead
of
evidence?
What
you
do
here
matters
your
decisions
affect
people's
lives.
P
P
M
Yes,
my
name
is
bailey
plumley,
I'm
a
member
of
athens
county
cop
watch
and
I'm
also
a
student
at
ohio
university
to
the
members
of
athens
city
council.
I'm
a
fourth
year
undergraduate
student
here
at
ohio
university.
My
opinions
are
my
own,
but
I
assure
you
they
are
representative
of
a
great
many
within
the
student
community
here
in
athens.
M
My
fellow
members
of
the
athens
county
cop
watch
have
already
outlined
a
number
of
serious
issues
in
need
of
addressing
within
the
city
of
athens
and
local
law
enforcement.
They've
also
done
you
the
favor
of
offering
some
potential
solutions.
I
stand
here
in
unity
with
them.
I
agree
with
their
suggestions
and
urge
you
to
become
a
part
of
the
radical
change
this
country
so
desperately
needs.
M
I
know
you
know
who
ethan
doer
is.
I
know
beyond
a
shadow
of
a
doubt
that
you
remember
the
september
2019
incident
in
which
ty
beeler
a
black
student
from
the
university
of
cincinnati,
was
punched
to
the
ground,
pressed
into
the
bricks,
of
course,
street
and
tased,
repeatedly,
even
after
being
pinned
by
doer
and
two
other
officers.
M
All
of
this,
of
course,
was
caught
on
video.
You
may
also
be
aware,
although
I
can't
be
sure
of
the
2018
incident
in
which
dover
tased
jacob
francis
and
caused
him
to
fall
15
to
20
feet,
down
three
steps
and
into
a
wall.
Francis
was
unconscious
for
60
seconds
and
had
to
receive
emergency
medical
treatment
that
one
may
have
reached
you,
but
do
you
know
that
doer
has
been
sued
twice
for
excessive
use
of
force?
Do
you
know
that
he
has
been
behind
at
least
16
use
of
force
incidents
since
april
of
2018?
M
M
Are
you
at
the
very
least
you
now
know
everything?
I've
just
told
you,
one
of
apd's,
so-called
protectors
of
the
law,
is
a
threat
to
public
health.
Athens
county
cop
watch
knows
it.
The
people
around
me
with
flyers
in
their
hands
know
it.
The
700
plus
people
have
signed
my
petition
for
doer's
firing,
know
it
and
now
you
know
it
too.
Thank
you.
A
All
right,
thanks
for
attending
tonight
and
president.
E
A
A
Q
A
You
you
are
good,
but
if
there's
something
some
way
you
can
mute,
whoever
else
might
be
with
you.
That's
making
a
huge
echo,
but
if
not
once
you
start
speaking,
I
won't
start
the
timer
until
you
start
speaking.
Q
All
right,
first,
I'd
like
to
mention
apd's
union
contract
ends
this
year
and
the
city
must
advise
the
police
union
of
intent
to
renegotiate.
By
november
1st,
I
demand
that
these
contracts
are
renegotiated
with
community
input.
We
have
uncovered
clear
patterns
of
racist
policing
by
apd,
so
I
would
like
to
talk
about
alternatives
to
policing
that
I'd
like
to
see
here
in
athens,
I'll,
be
focusing
on
two
different
models:
the
white
bird
clinics
cahoots
model
and
cure
violence,
cahoots
or
crisis
assistance.
Q
Helping
out
on
the
streets
is
a
program
in
eugene
springfield
oregon,
in
which
teams
of
an
ems
and
a
social
worker
address
issues
of
non-emergency,
medical
care,
homelessness,
intoxication
substance,
abuse
suicide
and
other
mental
health
issues
in
eugene
springfield.
The
program
handles
20
percent
of
local
9-1-1
calls
the
program
cost
roughly
nine
dollars
per
capita,
whereas
in
the
same
two
cities
spend
roughly
a
combined
384
dollars
per
capita
on
police.
This
program
ends
up
saving
the
city
of
eugene,
an
average
of
8.5
million
dollars
per
year.
Q
Q
However,
cahoots
isn't
designed
to
address
violent
crimes,
and
this
is
where
cure
violence.
Steps
in
cure
violence
is
a
model
which
treats
violence
as
a
disease
by
detecting
and
interrupting
identifying
and
treating
high-risk
individuals
and
changing
social
norms,
while
the
cure
violence
model
was
originally
designed
to
address
gun
violence
which
does
affect
our
community.
Q
Q
We
demand
the
city
council,
defunds
apd,
to
fund
social
services.
Demilitarizes
apd
ensures
apd,
does
not
arrest
and
jail
individuals
for
petty
crimes
in
the
middle
of
a
highly
infectious
global
pandemic.
Decriminalize
all
drug
use,
illegalize
no
knock
and
quick
knock
warrants.
Illegalize
all
civil
asset
forfeiture
and
the
cash
fail
system.