City of Athens, Ohio Athens City Council 2020, 17 Feb 2020

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Athens City Council February 17, 2020

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Good evening and welcome to Athens City Council, it's Monday February 17th at 7:00 p.m. we're in regular session tonight. Our first item of business is to establish a quorum and all members of council are present. The next item of business is disposition of the minutes for the regular sessions held on January, 21st and February 3rd. If I could have a motion. Ok, we have a motion and second for approval of those minutes all in favor signify by saying aye.

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Nay, those minutes have been approved. We next have communications, one of which is a letter that we've received from woda cooper companies. They are based on South Front Street in Columbus Ohio, and they are announcing that they were are going to be working on a residential rental development within the 1/2 mile radius of our political jurisdiction, and they will be submitting this application to utilize multifamily funding programs of the Ohio Housing Finance Agency. It's planned as a 60 unit development and it's going to be located on South Plains Road.

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We have other communications, councilmember, Clodfelter, I,.

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Would just like to take the opportunity to recognize a group of people who I saw doing an excellent job today at the community center today here in Athens, there was a big event called healthy hoops to encourage children to get more exercise by playing basketball and it lasted all day long and though the men's basketball team from Hocking County came and helped those students and when I was looking, it looked like they were doing an excellent job of communicating with those students, and they just made it a much better event.

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So, I really like to thank the members of the Hocking County men's basketball team.

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Yes, councilmember Smedley. Thank you. We've received notification that there will be an open house for getting information about the West End street improvements. This is scheduled for Tuesday February 25th from 3 to 6 p.m. in room, one zero three at the Innovation Center, and this is an opportunity to get an update on the plans and to provide any feedback. Thank you.

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Yes, councilmember cos mr.

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President nicely, thank you. The the next school board meeting for the Ethne City School District, is happening. This Thursday, that is the 20th of February 6:30 p.m. at the High School Auditorium, okay,.

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Any other communications from Council members will then move on to communications and reports from other elected officials, law, director, Eliason, no Mary Patterson.

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Council engineering, Public Works, has put out their list of of pothole filling that will be going on this week and into next. We actually will start this Thursday.

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It's gonna be on shaver, where they're gonna raise and level the sewer work that had been done to fill the large hole. There then potholes on Campbell, Shannon, Albany, Road and north and south Blackburn Road. The other thing I want to share. It is what kind of a feel good thing. I got an email from an individual who lives in Huntington, West Virginia and had heard about the DC fast charging station. That's going to be deployed at the community center pool area and this individual.

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If I may, who wrote congratulations to Athens and to you for the new SAE CCS DC FC. So it's the charging station as a Huntington, West, Virginia, Chevy, Volt, easy owner I will visit often on my way to Bowling Green, Ohio and we'll spend money in your Haute and your restaurants.

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And this individual is a is a a surgeon and a physician in the Huntington West Virginia area. The last few things I want to share real, quick with councils. Just reminders that tomorrow evening, at 6 p.m. at the Athens middle school is the Andrew Jackson, Davison, Proclamation and present of of the lawyers pitcher and I. As I understand, it will be taken to the courthouse. So again, that's happens, middle school tomorrow at six o'clock and then on. Thursday is accessible Ohio, which will be at the Margaret Walter Hall rotunda, and that's at 6:30 p.m.

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that is an event that sponsored the keynote speaker who blanking on her name at this moment. But she is the first blind and deaf individual to graduate from Harvard Law School.

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Thank you. We come back to that. But again that's that is going to be at the Walter Hall rotonda at 6:30 p.m.

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All right, thank you very much. We'll move on to ordinances for third reading ordinance 120 is an ordinance authorizing participation in a source in source. Well, a cooperative purchasing program, and this is introduced by a councilmember Pro Thank.

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You president Isley, this is a program to basically get better pricing for our bids and we've discussed it at length. Basically, the service Safety Director is authorized to register with this purchasing program so that we can participate in program as a member so that we can procure equipment, materials supplies and things for the city. Thank you that emotion, I'm, sorry motion to approve Oh, 0, 1 20 seconds.

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We have a motion and second for approval of 120. Are there any other questions or comments from Council administration or the audience? Okay, all those in favor signify by saying aye, nay, motion carries and the ordinance is approved. Ordinance 220 is an ordinance authorizing an unneeded or obsolete municipal personal property to be sold by internet auction introduced by a councilmember crow Thank.

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You president nicely I make a motion to approve 0 to 20. This ordinance is our regular ordinance to be able to sell obsolete municipal property via the Internet auctions.

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These items will be advertised for no less than 10 days and free routine business. Thank you.

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Is this when we start the process where we get rid of police guns, and things like that, is this through the process.

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Somebody asked me that it came up so if it's not this process, then it's kind of off topic. But what happens to armament that we sell or.

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Several time right and when we do dispose of you know the issue sidearms or complicated it'll, go through a certified right. So.

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It has its own special program: good, okay, thank you. Okay, we.

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Have a motion and second for approval: are there any other comments or questions from Council administration or the audience all those in favor signify by saying aye opposed, nay, the motion carries in the ordinance is approved. Ordinance 920 is an ordinance amending ordinance, 52:19 granting and enhanced access easement to allow utilities to property contiguous to hope Drive introduced by councilmember fall. Thank.

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You I move that we adopt 0 9 2010 on towards where hope Drive is at one point had there was plans to put a head start there, and those plans have moved along that there other process, progress and other developments that may want to go there. This will be in place for them to be able to develop that piece of property.

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We have motion and second for approval, any other comments or questions from Council administration or the audience. All those in favor signify by saying aye opposed, nay motion carries and the ordinance is approved. Ordinance 1020 is an ordinance granting a special right-of-way permit to Ohio University owner 338 west state street to allow a ground mounted sign introduced by council member hull I move.

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That we adopt 1020. Thank you. This is a university wayfinding sign and we'll be matching all the other wayfinding signs that the university uses it's for the medical care yeah. Thank you. Okay,.

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We have a motion and second for approval of ordinance 1020 any other comments or questions, seeing none all those in favor signify by saying aye opposed, nay, the motion carries and the ordinance is approved. Ordinance 1120 is an ordinance granting a special right-of-way permit to Ohio University to allow a historical marker on Mulberry Street near Baker Center and the junction with South Court Street introduced by councilmember fall. Thank.

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You I move that we adopt 1120. Second, um this particular one I want to say thank you to all the individuals and organizations that were involved to put this historic marker on Mulberry Street to commemorate a lynching that had occurred in Athens. It's a it's a book into our history, our court Street, where we have historic, mark, faris, armory and now down by the university. Thank you.

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Have a motion and second for approval of ordinance, 1120 any comments or questions from administration or counselor audience all those in favor signify by saying aye opposed, nay, the motion carries and the ordinance is approved.

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Ordinance 12:20 is an ordinance granting a special right-of-way permit to Harry Levine owner forty Hooper Street for lawn purposes to meet lot size requirements for an existing historic structure introduced by councilmember fall. Thank you.

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Sometimes right aways are kind of to undo historic sort of, and now you know kind of odd things that happen with mapping and surveys, and this is one of those so I adopt. I am moved to adopt 1220. Sorry, thank you and we did speak about it and the landowner did come in to discuss it in two previous meetings. Thank you. Okay,.

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We have a motion and second for approval of 1220 any comments or questions councilman. The con suspect.

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I can only you know- and this is just an assumption, but I believe that, having that having us 50 in the four-lane going through there, we probably have other situations where property lines and right-of-ways have been kind of diced up. That's.

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When a highway comes through so.

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They come through and it wants one when they need to be fixed.

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1325 lined by the comment, all those in favor signify by saying aye opposed, nay, the motion carries and the ordinance is approved. Thank you. Ordinance 1320 is an ordinance authorizing the purchase of softening salt for the water treatment plan introduced by councilmember grace Thank.

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You president nicely I'd like to make a motion that we adopt ordinance 1320. Second, and yes, this is pretty straightforward. It is authorizing our service Safety Director, to expend up to one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars for the purchase of softening salt for a water treatment plant, which is a team necessary item.

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We have a motion in second for approval of ordinance: 1320, yes, councilman.

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I'm, assuming that this comes with a Cretaceous or some kind of certificate, of what its purity is through, the process says I believe it does. Okay, because there are other places that are having issues between what's brine and what's salt and what's nasty and radioactive and they're all trying to make it so that it can be used for everything. I would like, for all our salt purposes, any sort of salt to be certified that it's not coming from that process. Thank you.

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Good point: we.

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Have motion and second for approval of 1320 any other comments or questions all those in favor signify by saying aye opposed, nay, ordinance. The motion carries and the ordinance is approved, ordinance, 1420 s, an ordinance authorizing disposal of certain vehicles, no longer needed for a municipal purpose and introduced by councilmember grace Thank.

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You president nicely I'd like to make a motion to adopt ordinance 1420. Second, thank you. This ordinance is something that we as a city routinely need to do, and that is that we authorize appropriate disposal of vehicles that are no longer needed within the city and then, when the timing is right, the authorization is is already in place for those vehicles to be eat, disposed of and replaced, and this ordinance authorizes the disposal of 19 vehicles, which I can read off if people so desire. But we did go through the whole list previously.

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Thanks for providing the detail earlier, yes, motion and second for approval of ordinance, 1420 any other caught any comments or questions.

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All those in favor signify by saying aye opposed, nay motion carries in the ordinance is approved, ordinance, 1520's, an ordinance authorizing the purchase of a dump truck chassis for the engineering and Public Works Department introduced by councilmember grace.

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Thank You president nicely I'd like to make a motion that we adopt ordinance 1520, and this ordinance is very straightforward. Basically what the title says: our city uses a specific dump truck specifically for asphalt patching, and we need to replace the chassis of that. So this authorizes the service Safety Director to expend up to $70,000 or that chassis.

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We have a motion and second for approval of ordinance 1520. Are there any comments or questions?

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Well, there's in favor signify by saying aye opposed, nay motion carries and the ordinance is approved. Ordinance 1620 is an ordinance authorizing the purchase of a vacuum truck for the engineering and Public Works Department introduced by councilmember grace Thank.

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You president nicely done I'd like to make the motion that we adopt ordinance 1620 exactly this ordinance authorizes the purchase of a vacuum truck and the service Safety Director is authorized to expend up to $400,000. For this specific truck, 300,000 is coming from the sewer storm water fund, 20,000 from the water fund and 80,000 from the sewer fund. A.

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Motion and second for approval of ordinance, 1620 any comments or questions from Council administration or audience while there's in favor signify by saying aye aye opposed, nay, the motion carries and the ordinance is approved. Ordinance 1720 is an ordinance authorizing the purchase of water valve exercising equipment introduced by councilmember grace Thank.

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You president nicely I'd like to make a motion that we adopt ordinance 1720. Second, there's a race on second tonight.

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This ordinance, as the title says, is authorizing our service Safety Director, to expend up to $90,000 for equipment necessary for exercising the valves in our water lines, and so we can make sure that they function when they are needed.

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We have a motion and second for approval of ordinance 1720 any other any comments or questions. All those in favor signify by saying aye opposed, nay motion carries and the ordinance is approved. Ordinance 1820 is an ordinance authorizing the service Safety Director to enter into an LPA federal local. Let project agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation for the construction of a safe routes to school, Grant Street project number 331 introduced by councilmember consus president.

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Nicely thank you at this time, I would like to make a motion to approve ordinance, 0 1820, and this is a project that is happening on the Near East Side, on Grant Street. This is a hundred and ninety four thousand dollar project that will put sidewalks on Grand Street between Stimson, Avenue and Morris on the on the east side of the street, which is the bully an aside.

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If I've got my my directional, yes, okay, each side of the street, so a local, let project it is 100 percent covered by bio dot through the safe routes to school program. This is funding that came from 2016. If we didn't find a use for it, we were going to lose it and also get nicked by Oh dot on future future grants.

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So we have a motion and second for approval of ordinance, 1820 any comments or questions. Okay, all those in favor signify by saying aye opposed, nay motion carries and the ordinance is approved.

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Ordinance 1920 is an ordinance authorizing the service Safety Director to enter into contract for construction of the safe routes to schools, grant Street project number 331.

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Present it nicely. Thank you, I'd like to make an emotion, a motion to approve ordinate 0 1920.

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So this is just just an additional ordinance that goes with the with the Grand Street project, like I mentioned, with the first ordinance that we just spoke of. It was a local, let project, but this is a little bit different than every local. Let project I've seen, but up until this point in that we will still be putting the project out to bid when the when the contractors need to be paid. We contact, doe, dot and OH dot, then releases the funds.

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We have a motion and second for approval of ordinance 1920 any comments or questions. All those in favor signify by saying aye opposed, nay motion carries and the ordinance is approved. Ordinance 2020 is an ordinance authorizing the service Safety Director to enter into an LPA state project agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation for a bridge painting project within the corporation boundary on State Route, fifty PID number, seven, nine, two zero seven and declaring an emergency introduced by councilmember Kostas president.

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Nicely thank you, I'd like to make a motion to adopt zero 2020, and this is one of the standard LP, a state project agreements that I usually get to speak about. This one is where ODOT is doing bridge painting. This is on two bridges on on us 50 times curve I believe, there's the two bridges that are slated for for painting this year. Odot is responsible for 100% of the costs of this of this improvement.

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If you have a motion and second for approval of ordinance, 2020 any comments or questions all those in favor signify by saying aye, all right, opposed, nay, motion carries and the ordinance is approved well now, move on to ordinances for second reading and on these I read the title so that they are read for the public record and can we can have any comment or questions if needed and I think a few of these will be suspended tonight, because we have some time considerations for payment of certain items.

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Ordinance 820 is an ordinance amending ordinance, 131, 1920, staffing, 2020 staffing, moe, introduced by councilmember Crowell.

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Ordinance 2120 is an ordinance closing certain streets in the Uptown area for the International Street Fair Cruz ins rue week and bounty on the bricks and is introduced by councilmember Casas.

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Ordinance 20 to 20 is an ordinance suspending the enforcement of athens city code, chapter 11.04, vending peddling and soliciting to allow vending in a designated area during the ohio brew week, events and the bounty on the bricks fundraiser and is introduced by councilmember, conscious ordinance, 23 20 is an ordinance suspending the enforcement of athens city code, section 13.0, 4.10, unnecessary noise in the Uptown area on Saturday July, 11 2020 and Saturday July 18th 2024.

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The ohio brew week, introduced by councilmember cuts, US ordinance, 24 20 is an ordinance authorizing the service Safety Director to enter into an LPA state project agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation for a resurfacing project within the corporation boundary on us 33 and 50s PID 8, 4, 5, 7 9 and declaring an emergency and is introduced by councilmember consus ordinance. 25 20 is an ordinance authorizing the purchase of a closed circuit, sewer television, CCTV camera system for the engineering and Public Works Department, introduced by councilmember grace ordinance.

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26:20 is an ordinance amending the appropriation ordinance, the 2020 appropriation ordinance and is introduced by councilmember Crowe.

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Yes and the rules for 0 26 20. Thank you. We are under a something of an emergency situation. We have a replacement system in place and we need to this as soon as possible so that we can get a secure server and the necessary software to run our city systems.

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So we have a motion and second to suspend the rules, all those in favor signify by saying aye opposed, nay, the rules have been suspended. Councilmember Crowell thank.

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You I would like to make a motion to adopt 0:26.

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20K, we have a motion in second and do we have any comments or questions?

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Okay, all those in favor signify by saying aye opposed, nay. The motion carries then the ordinance is approved. Ordinance 2720 is an ordinance authorizing the auditor to enter into a contract with creative Microsystems Inc known as CMI to upgrade software used by city departments. This is introduced by councilmember Crowe Thank.

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You president Isley I'd like to make a motion to suspend the rules for 0:27 20.

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And the reason being the same.

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Same being, this is the software that runs on the hardware from the previous ordinance.

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Important okay: we have a motion and second, to suspend the rules all those in favor signify by saying aye opposed, nay, the rules have been suspended, councilmember crowd, Thank.

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You president Isley I'd like to make a motion to adopt 0:27 20 K.

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And we have a motion and second for suspending our that for approval of his ordinance and any comments or questions.

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Well, there's a favor signify by saying aye opposed, nay motion carries and the ordinance has been approved. We now have ordinances for first reading. Ordinance 28:20 is an ordinance closing certain streets in Uptown Athens on Friday June, 19th and Saturday June 20th for the brick cycling event. This is introduced by councilmember concepts present.

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A nicely thank you. It was great to have mr. Brown attend last committee meeting and a little bit about the event he's expanding it this year and that he wants to have a Friday evening event, which will will impact East, Union Street, so they'll be a closure there and then, of course, Saturday is the traditional course of court. Street West, 8th, Street, Congress and West Union and impacting additional streets that come into those into that that rectangle, okay,.

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And do we have any comments or questions.

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Councilmember stand by during.

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The presentation it was brought up that his current plans, we're gonna hit part of Richland Avenue. Was that resolve? Did we have an alternate route? Do we know yet.

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My understanding was that they did.

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They already resolved that well, there is.

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What we will do is we're already gonna have the Richland Avenue a pedestrian passageway. You know well under constructions, so there will be detours in place already to come in to the Uptown area. So for this event it will direct people to High Street, so you'll be coming up, West, Union and turning onto high.

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If your intent is to get around the cycling event, but still wanting to go somewhere, uptown or maybe you want to attending cycling about the brick criterium again, you would go all the way on down to Congress or down to carpenter and then from there access the Uptown area. Thank you. You're welcome.

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Any other comments or questions. Okay, thank you. Ordinance 29:20 is an ordinance amending ordinance 1819 to increase the authorized appropriation and expenditure for construction and construction engineering services for the Richland Avenue pedestrian passage way, which is project number 311 introduced by councilmember Casas. President.

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Nicely, thank you, and, and we had we had discussion of transportation last Transportation Committee meeting last Monday speaking about this project, that is, that is set to start on March 2nd. The there was a request to increase the contingency fees from 150,000 up to four hundred and thirty two thousand five hundred dollars. So that's an additional increase of the two hundred and eighty to five hundred I believe is the is the total we did right after Council, we did get message that the let me get the total the university did come forward.

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And is now committing instead of just four hundred thousand dollars. They are now up to six hundred and forty six thousand seven hundred and eighty three dollars so that's official we can. We can speak to those dollars being allocated to the project.

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Member Smedley had had a question about the contingency and director Headey responded that it was the the bidding process, since it happened a couple times that that's why the contingencies went up a little bit because they had to change the the time of the project and they hope to hope to keep this down. With the with the hiring of that structural engineer.

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And any other questions or comments: okay, we'll move on to ordinance thirty twenty! This is an ordinance authorizing an agreement with IPS Group Inc to provide parking technology and related services for the division of parking services and declaring an emergency introduced by councilmember copsis. President.

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Nicely, thank you now this this was. This is replacing some hardware and software that that are that our parking officers are currently using. This works more with our start. Smart meters cost wise. It's a little bit it's about the same, maybe a little bit more, depending on how much it gets used over the course of the month.

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I've been told that the the meter revenues will more than offset any additional ease that we will that we would see from this, and what I can see with the the technology and, what's been explained to me, I think it's going to it's going to speed up the process of monitoring our streets, especially when you're looking at our 24 hour and 72-hour rule, and that you can actually task people that don't have to drive a right-handed vehicle.

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Is this the the cameras that amount on the vehicles to to look at and take photos of the parked cars? You can actually task? Almost anybody to triste drive down the street now and capture all of that data, so I would hope to see that we could expand our enforcement of parking and also, at the same time bringing bring costs down on our on our overhead with our their salaries. Why am I stuttering so much.

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And I have a question les. Yes, we had talked about overlap and we talked about either suspending or declaring an emergency and I say this has got the declaring an emergency clause in it.

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I'm, okay, going to second read: first, my personal and then because at least then we can have people have more conversation about it. I haven't heard anything yet, but this is our first Oh your.

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First, discussion together and I guess: I'm recommending suspend.

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Okay, yeah, okay,.

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No I was actually I, guess questioning why they're declaring the emergency is in so so we can provide adequate time for staff training, the implementation, okay. So so.

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It is okay, it's just.

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A questioning whether monitoring of parking constitutes an emergency, which is my question last.

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We I think agree, but but before you the equipment begins, staff should be adequately trained, but whether or not it's there, their training or them not starting immediately constitute the city emergency or me for emergency clause, either contract end no.

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It ends April 25th, so there is. There is ample ample time even.

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The chief recommended mm-hmm, all right chief recommended it. We will go with that longer.

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The water and you're approved it: okay, that sounds fine ordnance, 31:20, so.

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We'll go three Reed's then, on this.

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Okay, all right, so then a lot of the time for the public country. Okay, ordnance 3120, is an ordinance amending the 2020 appropriation ordinance and amending ordinance, 104 18 authorizing design services for the wastewater treatment plant dewatering project number 320 introduced by councilmember grace Thank.

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You president nicely, this is an authorization that we discussed last week at committee meeting and it is authorizing an additional expenditure specifically for design services for the dewatering project. At our wastewater treatment plant and section 2 of the ordinance reads that section 2 of ordinance, 104 18, is hereby amended to read as follows.

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The surface Safety Director is hereby authorized to expend up to two hundred seventy two thousand two hundred nine dollars from sewer maintenance fund for project design services that includes thirty five, thirty thousand dollars for preliminary engineering as per ordinance, 72 18, and that is an increase from what had previously been authorized of a hundred and seventy.

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But we believe that by approving additional design work we will be able to save quite a bit in eventual construction. Thank you and yes, mayor council.

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Had asked what building this was down at the wastewater treatment plant and so I don't know Scott Orion, our esteemed government Channel folks can zoom in on this at all or not, but there's there's the building itself. It does sit within a stone's throw of the digesters that are down there. So it's pretty interesting that we're able to repurpose a building what there will be.

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What will need to be done, though, is there will be an extension added to the front of the building, a 24 foot by 40 foot addition which will facilitate the loading of trucks down there with the D water sludge.

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Ordinance 30 to 20 is an ordinance amending ordinance, 28:19 authorizing design engineering of the Stimson Avenue improvements project number 315, introduced by councilmember Krell Thank.

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You president Isley, this is an ordinance and appropriation covering the design and engineering services.

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Right-Of-Way acquisition for the Stimpson Avenue project, which will a cool a corps, occur in 2021, and the pertinent section amending the ordinance reads as follows: the 2020 appropriation ordinance, 0 130 19, is hereby amended by appropriating from the unappropriated balanced the sum of 128 thousand one hundred dollars to Street rehabilitation fund, 572 transaction code, five hundred as discussed in committee last week.

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This is necessary from the city engineer not only to be able to purchase right-of-way easements, but also additional survey costs additional drainage design. They are trying to eliminate driveway impacts on Stimpson Avenue in this project, as well as berry as much of the utility lines as possible.

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So this additional appropriation includes monies for all of those services. Thank you. Okay,.

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Yes, mayor Paterson.

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Council I've mentioned this. In the past, there is a grant mechanism under ODOT called the Transportation Improvement District grant it's an economic development leg of ODOT.

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We've tried for this in the past and on a couple different projects and it's very, very competitive for a 25% match. In other words, they will cover up to two hundred and fifty thousand dollars of a project, and the city would have to come up with the other 75% at this moment in time, the district of which we reside that qualify for this particular type of grant.

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We are, are quickly trying to figure out whether or not to apply for $250,000 to go towards the original Avenue pedestrian passageway project, and if the timing is off for that it, since this is a Stimson Avenue project- is a 2021 project. It may line up well with the Stimson Avenue project, both of which far exceed you know the the amount that well the amount that we could qualify for.

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We could easily qualify for all two hundred and fifty thousand dollars under this program, but again just keep in mind, counsel that it's a real competitive I've been through this twice already and we weren't successful, but you know I'm one of those people, as you know that we're going to stolen we possibly can for funding that would help with the cost of these projects.

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The timing were to work out. Is there some reason why we couldn't apply for that funding for both of those projects? We.

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Could but what you do is you rank order projects because we're not the only ones who could be applying it? The township has projects the Athens township. The county could have projects the County engineer's involved in those meetings, so could the city of Nelsonville, so there could be other projects that come forward at this point in time. I don't know that there are any other projects throughout the region. So if there were I could bring forward both.

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But you have to again I have to get more clarity on the Richland, Avenue, pedestrian passageway being a qualifier, because that has already been sold as a project, and so that may keep us from not being able to put the original having a pedestrian passageway. And if that's not the case, then you know absolutely put that one in. Thank you and likely do that one. First, it's all based on the number of businesses that whatever the roadway is, that feeds a district or a retail corridor or whatever.

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That's how you get extra points for that that you're, showing that there's a lot of businesses in that area of both Simpson, Avenue and and Richland Avenue have a large number of businesses. So that's that's a good thing. This is unlike everything else, that the safety grant relies on the number of crashes and in potential fatalities. This one is a little bit different and then it's looking at the economic impact of an area if you can improve a roadway to get into a disc or a retail district or a commercial corridor. Okay,.

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Other questions all right, ordinance 3320, is an ordinance amending the 2020 appropriation ordinance introduced by councilmember Carl Thank.

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You president Isley I will read the pertinent sections: 2020 appropriation ordinance, 130 19 is hereby amended by appropriating from the inappropriate balance the following sums: $3,000 to CDBG fund 248 transaction code, 300 for property taxes, $5,000 to Athens enhancement, fund, 250 transaction 300 for Athens and bloom $2,000 to parking garage, Fund, 230 transaction code, 300 for property taxes.

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We also have, in this appropriation amendment section 2, which is to decrease the recreation fund to 70 transaction code 300 by $23,000, and increase the Community Center fund to 71 transaction code 300 by the same amount. This is an internal transfer for administrative services and then, finally, as discussed, we have to pay our debt on our on our water treatment plant improvements and we need to make an interfund transfer from water fund 740 to the water debt fund 744 in the amount of two hundred and thirty thousand dollars. Thank you.

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You, okay any comments or questions. My only question was whether or not it needs to be suspended because of the property taxes. No.

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Okay, that's the idea. Okay! I! Don't think we had that on the list, but yes, no.

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That's okay! That's.

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Okay, that caught my eye. So if you would like to make a motion to suspend for the reason being that we have property taxes that are coming to I, think before the end of February, correct, yep,.

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President, as I'd like to make a motion to suspend the rules for ordinance.

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Thank you. The reason being is that we have property taxes that are due.

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We have a motion and second for suspending the rules, all those in favor signify by saying aye opposed, nay, the rules have been suspended. Council member correll, Thank.

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You president, as I'd like to make a motion to adopt 0 33 20.

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We have a motion and second any comments, part for approval, any comments or questions all those in favor signify by saying aye opposed, nay motion carries and the ordinance is approved.

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We now have a one reading resolution that we talked about in committee last week.

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This is a resolution 320 a resolution in support of the National League of Cities, leading together city's agenda, their agenda for the 2020 US presidential election and as a member of the National League of Cities, the city of Athens is we're supportive of this and so are proposing this resolution, and it is calling for promoting shared values which include respect partnership, inclusion and accountability, and then also supporting a shared commitment of building sustainable infrastructure, creating a skilled workforce, ending housing, instability and homelessness and reducing gun violence.

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So somebody would like to make a motion for approval. Second, we have a motion and second for approval of the ordinance or resolution. Excuse me any any comments. Yes, council member fall, I've.

H

Worked with the city League for we have together and a lot of really interesting projects that come out of that I would I would like to point out that the cities and the mayor's across the United States have been one of the leading factors of helping with climate change and our climate emergency they've been out there for front leading every single day and the ways that we can make for a sustainable and a more climate-friendly future they've come forward when the federal government decided to shirk their responsibilities since drop out of the Paris Paris Accord.

H

So I think that this is is the right way to move for the cities, because the cities are the lifeblood of the United States right now. Thank you.

E

Yes, councilmember Casas. This was just something that I heard heard today on the on the news. Radio was that Ohio ranks 42nd out of 50 states in and how well we address homelessness, especially with the younger population and amounts of mental illness. So um I think everybody. We need to do a little bit better with that mm-hmm.

A

Did you, okay, yes, councilmember crow.

G

If I could just highlight one section of this resolution, that really I think speaks to some of the climate that we have in this country and what's happening in our governmental systems and I. Think it's terribly important. The city of Athens Ohio urges all candidates running for president to support the 2020 cities agenda by bringing a spirit of partnership to American politics and governance, and by making a commitment to respect the authority of local governments.

G

A

Mayor Paterson, Thank.

F

You councilmember Crowell for pointing that out. I also just wanted to mention that I am one of the 28 members in one of your, whereas is on here. That is part of the presidential candidate task force in getting the information that you received last week as to what the requests are of the candidates within their first 100 days, to act on the items that you have in here and that we've been working really hard on trying to get this before the candidates and get them to commit and I think I mentioned this.

F

That committee last week that there is one candidate who is currently committed to the tenants here in.

C

Okay, are you now allowed to say who that candidate is I can sure.

F

It is mayor Pete, Buda judge. Thank you has agreed to what is contained in this document. Thank you for.

C

Your leadership on that you're.

F

A

Right, we have a motion and second for approval of resolution. 320 all those in favor signify by saying aye opposed, nay motion carries and the resolution is approved all right. We have announcements and other business, the first one being the confirming the mayor's reappointment to the shade Commission and our representative to shade tree Commission councilmember cuts us has that president.

E

Nicely thank you at this time, I'd like to make a motion, but for the reappointment of lee greg to the shape tree. Commission second- and this would be another another go for her- we would love to continue having her on the on the commission. Her term would end 1231, 21, hey.

A

A motion, and second for confirming the reappointment of lee Greg, all those in favor signify by saying aye opposed, nay, okay motion carries. Thank you.

E

B

Thanks for doing.

A

Yeah and I think yes, councilmember crow.

G

I don't see on our agenda and approval of the poet laureate. Were we going to do that tonight or does that been it.

B

Could be do we, it could be. We.

A

Typically, we have it's been in the and she made a presentation, as did the Arts Commission. So thank you for remembering.

G

To make a motion when he McVicker, as the new poet laureate.

A

So all those in favor signify by saying aye opposed, nay, okay and welcome, and thanks to Wendy McVicker for all the work she seems she I know she will be eager to do in the community. Okay and councilmember Smedley. Yes,.

D

You know I had two things just to circle back to the start of the meeting when we talked about it, the accessible Ohio event, the name of the keynote speaker is have been Girma and I apologize if I'm mispronouncing that she again is speaking on Thursday February 20th at Walter rotunda at 6:30 she's, the first deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School and has since become a strong advocate for people with disabilities.

D

The city is a co-sponsor of her visit, as well as the County Board of DD and the University as well as other entities. So that was just that reminder and also I wanted to share that. As the West Side rep I'll be hosting West Side chats quarterly. My first one will be Wednesday February 26 from five to six at the in the lobby of Arts West and that's at 132 West, 8th Street. Thank you.

D

B

F

Guys are gonna, get tired of hearing this, but it's senseless, 2020 time and just wanting to contente can consistently and constantly message that out to where we really need for everyone to be counted. That includes our entire Ohio University student body. So hopefully you can help message that too, to where everyone gets out to where we can get the most complete count possible here in the city of Athens and Athens County.

H

F

We do we do County, Commissioner Krish meal is kind of leads that, but we all shoulder and shoulder and getting this through- maybe.

H

We can add some points to join that group right and- and we can also have them, come in and doing presentation during one of our committee meetings.

F

Yeah we could have Aaron Davis come down, and now we possibly speak at a council meeting if he can come down the evening, because he is our regional rep I believe yes,.

B

Anybody who said he presented to us last year, but it wouldn't it, wouldn't hurt and probably helped to do it again and.

C

Apparently that that group, that is working to promote the census count here, it says that there are still some good jobs available, part-time jobs of about 15 hours a week or starting at 15 hours a week that pays $16. And so, if any of you happen to know college students who would want a pretty well-paying part-time job, they could help the city and you know, pay the rent. So.

A

What's important to us is that that census count then determines lots of different programs, mass transit funding dollars, different programs for for food and many services that are important to our community. So the.

B

Important is yes, I.

I

Correct me mayor if I'm wrong, but I believe that college students are to be counted where they are, and so, if even if you continue to maintain voter registration or a permanent resident at your hometown or where your parents addresses for census, you're accounted where, where you are in April, and so if, if you are a college student at Ohio University, please please come census here. You.

A

Can do it online beginning to March never.

F

Agrees I'm glad you brought that up, because that is fact it is a place and time count, and so, since you you live here in Athens and attend Ohio University, you are counted here, do not rely on mom or dad or anybody else that any you know any Guardian filling out that census and including you in it that that can't happen. They cannot do that. So.

I

My my son will be counted in the census in Oregon so, but he maintains his permanent address and voter registration here in Athens. So it's just something that feels odd, but I want to make sure that that people here in Athens understand that it. It is a count at a moment in time. You end up at that moment. Ohio University students are here, so please, please be counted here. Okay,.

A

Great thanks: we will have committee meetings next week and so any chairs. You know at this point. If they have yes, you will have service safety, finance and personnel likely may be planning.

A

Okay, just let Debbie know by Wednesday all right and at the end of the meeting we always have an opportunity for citizens to speak about agenda items that have not been covered tonight. Is there anyone wishing to speak they'd have up to three minutes: okay, if not did entertain a motion to adjourn no move. Second, okay, we have a motion and second for a journey in our meeting, all those in favor signify by saying aye opposed. No, we are adjourned at seven fifty seven. Thank you very much.