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Athens City Council - October 26, 2020
A
So
thank
you
all
for
joining
us
tonight
and
I
don't
know
if
there's
any
particular
order
that
you
that
you
want
to
go
in,
but
the
four
of
you
each
have
the
floor
for
a
period
of
time
and
then
what
we'll
do
is
address,
questions
and
comments
after
everybody's
made
their
presentations.
I
think
that'll
be
most
helpful.
B
Yeah,
maybe
that'll
that'll
set
the
stage
a
little
bit,
so
you
know
first
of
all,
thank
you
for
for
having
me,
I
think.
Sometimes
we
forget
that
we
are
the
athens
city,
county
health
department
and-
and
you
know,
the
city
certainly
plays
a
prominent
role
in
the
business
that
we
do
so
I'm
I'm
happy
to
appear
before
council
whenever
you
guys
would
like
to
have
an
update.
So
I'm
I'm
grateful
to
be
here
tonight,
just
a
general
overview
of
what's
happening
here
in
athens
at
the
moment.
B
Of
course,
we
all
have
have
sort
of
sat
back
and
watched
what's
occurred
over
the
last
couple
of
months
with
the
reintroduction
of
a
student
population
here
in
athens,
so
so
certainly
no
surprise
that
that
when
you
see
an
influx
of
that
volume
of
people
in
any
age,
demographic
for
us,
it
just
happens
to
be
the
student
population.
B
That
you're
going
to
see
an
increase
in
cases
what's
interesting
is
is
that
in
the
last
three
weeks
we
really
have
started
to
see
a
transition
from
almost
exclusively
in
that
18
to
29
age,
demographic,
to
spread
within
our
community
and
and
spread.
That
is
not
able
to
be
pinpointed
back
to
campus
in
some
way
shape
or
form.
So
so,
at
this
point,
it's
no
longer
fair
to
exclusively
place
blame
on
on
our
student
population.
We
are
starting
to
see
you
know
spill
over
into
the
community.
B
We
we
currently
have
a
long-term
care
facility
in
the
county
that
has
19
confirmed
cases
as
of
this
afternoon
that
escalated
from
none
on
friday
to
19
today,
so
that
that
just
is
an
example
of
how
rapidly
you
know
in
certain
congregate
settings,
you
can
see
an
explosion
of
cases.
This
is
a
very
highly
contagious
disease.
B
We
do
know
that
in
in
the
younger
populations,
it
doesn't
seem
to
impact
them
quite
as
drastically
as
it
does
in
the
older
population.
So
we've
been
pretty
fortunate
so
far
here
in
athens
that
that
we
have
not
seen
a
whole
lot
of
death
associated
with
the
disease,
and
I
think
that
that
can
be
attributed
to
how
well
we've
been
able
to
manage
our
elderly
populations.
B
We,
as
a
result
of
of
the
increased
community
spread.
We,
of
course,
have
been
in
touch
with
the
governor's
office,
as
well
as
the
ohio
department
of
health.
The
ohio
department
of
health
has
been
offering
for
some
time
additional
testing
which,
at
this
point,
we
are
going
to
move
forward
with.
We
made
that
decision
today
internally
that
we
do
feel
the
need.
We
had
two
pop-up
clinics
earlier
in
late
summer,
early
fall
and
they
really
didn't
bear
a
lot
of
fruit
for
us.
B
In
terms
of
of
cases,
I
think
we
on,
on
the
two
day,
total
saw
somewhere
in
the
neighborhood
of
800
people
and
and
we
had
less
than
a
half
a
dozen
positive
cases
come
out
of
that
and
and
one
of
which
was
someone
who
had
already
tested
positive
and
they
were
curious
as
to
whether
they
would
test
positive
again
or
not,
and
and
two
others
were
actually
out
of
county.
So
it
didn't
bear
a
lot
of
fruit
for
us,
which
is
why
we've
held
off
on
on
having
another
community
event
like
that.
B
B
B
Another
thing
we
need
to
sort
of
keep
our
eye
on
is:
is
you
all
are
aware
of
the
public
health
alert
system,
which
is
the
way
in
which
the
state
is
trying
to
use
as
a
warning
system?
If
you
will
for
communities
that
might
be
seeing
a
an
increase
in
in
disease?
Fortunately,
athens
has
maintained
orange
for
some
time
now,
which
is
the
sort
of
the
second
to
the
bottom
of
the
list:
that's
yellow
orange
red
and
then
and
then
purple
we've
not
seen
any
counties
in
the
state
transition
to
purple.
B
Yet
I
do
think
this
thursday.
There
will
be
some
counties
in
the
in
the
state
that
will
transition
to
purple
and
we're
all
sort
of
sitting
back
and
watching
to
see
what,
if
any
repercussions
are
the
result
of
that
from
the
state
level.
B
The
information
that
we're
getting
is
that
the
governor
at
this
point
does
not
have
a
lot
of
appetite
to
introduce
any
additional
restrictions,
so
it
could
be
left
to
the
local
levels
to
make
some
some
decisions
as
as
to
if
they're
going
to
be
any
mandates,
are
ordered
tied
back
to
the
transition
into
into
purple.
B
Hopefully,
athens
county
stays
out
of
that,
as
we
see
spread
into
our
elderly
population
and
some
of
our
long-term
care
facilities.
That
is
going
to
certainly
check
mark,
probably
six
and
seven
of
the
seven
metrics.
Those
metrics
are
tied
back
to
hospitalizations
and
icu
capacity
and
of
course,
we
all
know
that
the
the
local
hospital,
while
it's
a
great
service
to
the
community,
it
really
is
not
it's
not
built
to
manage
large-scale.
B
You
know
respiratory
distress
type
illness,
so
it
wouldn't
take
very
long
for
them
to
to
be
full
or
operating
at
at
full
capacity.
So
we're
really
watching
closely.
What's
going
on
at
the
hospital
we,
the
health
department
here,
talked
to
ohiohealth
on
a
very
routine
basis,
sydney,
webber
and
I
are
on
the
phone
almost
every
day
at
some
point
chatting
about
what's
happening
and
and
definitely
what
what
we've
heard
from
them
in
the
past.
B
A
couple
of
weeks
is:
is
that
they're,
starting
to
see
an
increase
in
the
mo
and
the
amount
of
folks
that
they're,
seeing
in
the
emergency
room
and
then
as
well
as
the
number
of
folks
that
are
being
admitted
and
then
sort
of
the
last
thing
that
that
I
can
throw
into
the
mix,
is
that
I
did
today
get
an
email
from
the
ohio
department
of
health
indicating
that
the
the
viral
load
in
our
waste
water
coming
out
of
the
out
of
the
wastewater
management
plant
has
seen
a
tenfold
increase
over
the
last
couple
of
weeks.
B
B
The
the
viral
load
is
present
in
the
in
the
wastewater,
and
they
can,
you
know,
do
some
calculations
and
some
some
routine
sampling
and
establish
a
baseline
and
then
based
on
that
baseline,
can
give
you
an
indicator
as
to
what
might
be
happening
in
your
community
with
and
just
in
terms
of
of
the
virus.
So
I
got
that
email
today.
B
It
really
doesn't
mean
anything
other
than
they're,
just
sort
of
putting
us
on
notice
that
hey
we
saw
this
increase
and,
and
you
all
should
be
paying
attention,
and,
quite
frankly,
I
I
think
we've
been
on
notice.
You
know
for
a
couple
of
months
now,
so
I'm
happy
to
to
field
questions
at
the
end.
I
know
I
know
there
are
a
couple
other
guests
that
need
to
speak,
but
I'm
also,
if
it's
appropriate,
can
can
take
questions
now.
A
Let's
wait
till
we
have
everybody
present
and
dr
ice
would
like
to.
Would
you
care
to
go
next
sure.
C
Hopefully,
everyone
has
access
to
the
public
dashboard
that
we
put
out,
so
you
have
a
sense
of
where
the
cases
are,
but
just
as
a
summary,
as
you
probably
noticed,
we
did
have
an
increase
in
cases
pretty
dramatic
increase
that
started
slowly
about
two
weeks
after
phase
two
started
and
really
piqued
basically
last
week
and
since
then,
we've
seen
a
decline
in
cases
among
students
and,
at
the
same
time,
we've
increased
our
testing
for
both
the
on
and
off
campus
students.
C
Our
positivity
rates
were
very
high
early
on
they're
down
to
6.3,
which
is
still
higher
than
I
would
like
to
have,
that
we're
increasing
our
testing
capacity
every
day,
and
so
one
of
the
things
that
you
also
probably
heard
about
is
the
the
movement
of
students
into
quarantine
in
whole
dorms
and
the
reason
why
we
did
this
is
because
we
were
monitoring
by
residence
hall,
the
cases
as
they
were
increasing
and
as
soon
as
we
see
a
positive
case,
we
bring
more
students
from
that
hall
into
testing
and
between
symptomatic
and
asymptomatic
testing.
C
We
saw
a
big
increase
to
the
point
that
we
had
too
high
of
a
percentage.
It
would
have
that
same
thing
that
jack
was
just
talking
about,
is
congregate,
living
and
the
rapid
spread,
and
so
we
did
end
up
putting
those
the
health
department
put
those
halls
into
quarantine
and
since
then
we
we
have
actually
are
seeing
quite
a
significant
drop-off
in
rates,
while,
while
still
increasing
testing,
so
I'm
fairly
confident
that
we
we're
on
a
down
swing
and
we're
going
to
stay
there.
C
C
We
are
also
we,
we
talked
very
regularly
to
the
other
iuc
or
the
state
schools
to
get
ideas
from
them.
Things
that
went
well
things
that
didn't
go
well
were
in
the
process
of
adopting
a
alert
system
that
miami
uses,
that
sort
of
modeled
a
bit
after
the
state
warning
system,
and
so
some
of
the
residence
halls
that
had
creeping
up
rates,
we've
already
sent
them
warnings,
saying
you're
getting
you're
getting
high.
Please
redouble
your
efforts
to
be
careful
and
thankfully
those
those
rates
have
come
down.
C
So
I
think
we've
learned
a
lot
about
how
to
manage
this
better
in
in
moving
forward.
We
we
have
a
number
of
changes
that
were,
we
will
make,
including
making
weekly
testing
for
on-campus
students,
and
our
goal
for
next
semester
would
be
bi-weekly
testing
for
off-campus
students
and
in
our
discussions
with
other
schools.
C
That
has
been
a
critical
component
and
jack's
on
the
phone,
a
lot,
because
I
also
collaborate
with
him
quite
a
lot
and
where
we
talk
multiple
times
a
day
and
always
looking
for
ways
that
we
can
also
better
coordinate
and
collaborate,
and
I
think
we're
we're
moving
in
the
right
direction
there
as
well,
and
that's
the
main.
Those
are
the
highlights
and
happy
to
answer.
Questions.
A
Okay,
thank
you
if
we
could
go
on
with
chief
pyle.
D
Thank
you,
ma'am
I'll,
just
speak
specifically
from
the
enforcement
side
of
things
with
the
police
department.
D
Let
everyone
know
that
that
we
don't
get
a
lot
of
complaints
either
for
mass
coordinates,
violations
or
mass
gatherings,
though
we
do
proactively
police
for
the
latter
and
and
we
do
what
we
can
with
crowds
when
we
do
see
them
uptown.
As
far
as
mass
enforcement,
social
distancing,
that
is
that's,
that's,
always
been
a
challenge,
I'm
interested
with
doc.
What
dr
ice
just
spoke?
It's
I've
not
heard
that
the
transmission
is
predominantly
from
smaller
groups
and
that's
interesting
in
regard
to
enforcement
of
mass
gatherings.
D
I
would
tell
you
that
observationally
the
the
officers
in
my
department,
I
believe
that
the
students
are
are
rising
to
the
challenge
and
haven't
been
violating
mass
gatherings
on
the
weekends,
to
the
extent
that
some
people
seem
to
believe
that
it's
happening,
and
I
would
also
say
that
social
media
isn't
very
helpful
for
these
things.
A
lot
of
times
people
get
fired
up
from
social
media
posts
and
pictures
that
are
posted
on
social
media.
D
That
turn
out
to
be
you
know,
weeks
old
or
several
days
old,
and
they
refer
to
those
pictures
as
happening
just
last
night
or
the
night
before,
and
it
kind
of
gets
people
fired
up.
But
it's
not
in
reality
what
we
have
witnessed
occurring,
certainly
in
the
last
several
weeks.
So
we
have
a
big
weekend
coming
up,
possibly
traditional
halloween
weekend
and
no
real
way
of
knowing
what
that's
going
to
look
like.
D
But
we
will
be
prepared
to
to
respond
to
to
any
type
of
issue
this
particular
weekend
and
we
do
have
beggars
night
activity
going
on
from
5
30
to
6
30.
Is
that
right,
mayor.
D
And
I
believe,
honey
for
the
heart
reverse
parade
earlier,
maybe
4
30,
although
terry
probably
could
speak
to
that-
I'm
not
exactly
sure
of
the
time
so
so
we'll
be.
We
will
be
out
in
force
and
available
this
weekend
if
needed
so
I'll.
Just
stop
there
and
field
questions.
E
Costumed
individuals
puppets
whatever
kind
of
lighting
the
roadway
as
you
come
into
west
state
street
park
distance,
of
course,
but
it
affords
families
to
be
able
to
drive
through
in
the
comfort
of
their
own
vehicles,
with
their
windows
rolled
up
or
whatever,
to
go
down
and
experience
the
honey
for
the
heart
parade.
I
was
asked
earlier.
E
Why
did
did
we
change
directions
when
we
said
that
the
honey
for
the
heart
parade
was
not
happening?
Traditionally,
the
honey
for
the
heart
parade
took
place
during
the
halloween
block
party
on
court
street
and,
as
all
of
you
are
well
aware,
council
never
authorized
for
the
closure
of
the
street,
nor
for
suspension
of
the
noise
ordinance.
E
E
If
you
read
them
which
is
posted
on
the
city's
website,
it's
pretty
clear
what
those
guidelines
are
what's
being
recommended.
It
is
a
recommendation
for
neighborhood
trick-or-treating.
E
My
question
to
jack
pepper
was
what
would
happen
if,
if,
if
the
city
were
to
transition
to
level
three
red
or
to
level
four
purple-
and
you
know
for
level
three
red
again
within
the
odh
guidelines
for
neighborhood
trick
and
treating
it-
doesn't
really
speak
to
levels
and
what
should
happen?
E
So
we
are
strongly
encouraging
people
on
their
own
private
properties
if
this
is
what
they
choose
to
do,
that
they
follow
those
guidelines
very
carefully
in
in
how
you
can
deploy
for
lack
of
a
better
term
candy
to
trick-or-treaters,
certainly,
families,
if
you're
going
to
be
out
on
the
31st
between
5,
30
and
6,
that
you
go
as
a
family
unit,
not
with
a
bunch
of
other
people.
E
E
One
of
the
things
that
I
do
want
to
share
with
council
and
to
every
anyone
who's
tuning
in
tonight
is
you
know
we
have
been
watching
the
data
coming
in
for
a
while
now
initially
that
data
was
pretty
low
in
terms
of
our
numbers
for
about
oh
six
months
or
six
weeks
or
better,
you
know,
as
a
lot
of
you
recall,
the
city
was
holding
at
three
cases
total
and
then
we
started
to
see
some
creep
and
then,
in
july
early
june,
late
june
early
july,
we
really
started
to
see
that
first
spike
that
you're
all
well
aware
of
and
then
rolling
into
august.
E
We
started
to
watch
it
go
down
again
to
where,
at
one
point
in
mid
august,
we
were
down
to
five
positive
cases
and
we
were
kind
of
almost
holding
at
new
cases
or
the
total
cases
again
a
little
bit
of
a
creep.
E
But
then
we
started
to
experience
this
second
rise,
which
was
more
linear
when
you're
looking
at
those
numbers
coming
in
it
wasn't
as
accelerated
or
exponential,
as
we
saw
back
in
july,
but
all
the
same
it
was
certainly
rising
to
where
now
we're
seeing
on
recent
weeks
more
positive
cases
per
day,
and
that's
the
number
I
typically
look
at
is
the
positive
cases.
E
E
We
in
looking
at
those
numbers,
we
really
don't
know
because
it's
a
single
source,
as
I
understand
it,
a
single
sampling
source.
We
really
don't
know
it
doesn't
help
us
with
identifying
at
this
point
anyway,
whether
those
are
coming
from
specific
areas
in
the
city.
What
we
do
know
is
the
data
that
reflects
the
new
cases
that
are
coming
in
or
what
what
the
positive
cases
are.
So
certainly
you
know
one
like
myself
have
been
sitting
there,
creating
my
own
excel
spreadsheet
and
trying
to
look
at
patterns.
E
You
know,
I
think,
we're
better
served
by
having
someone
who's
trained
in
this
area.
This
is
what
they
do
for
a
living
looking
at
these
numbers
and
helping
us
all
better
understand
what
are
the
patterns?
What
what
are
the
the
areas
that
we
should
be
really
concerned
with?
So
there's?
E
There
is
some
still
some
work,
I
believe
to
be
done,
but
I
know
that
the
university
has
been
doing
everything
that
it
can
on
their
end,
the
city
we've
certainly
been
doing
everything
that
we
can
and
in
a
lot
of
ways,
we've
been
helping
each
other
back
and
forth.
E
As
you
recall,
city
council,
that
we
did,
you
know
in
prep
make
sure
that
we
are
getting
cares,
act
money
to
the
athens
city,
county
health
department
for
the
deep
freezers
that
would
be
needed
once
a
vaccine
becomes
available,
but
make
no
bones
about
it.
E
That
vaccine's
a
ways
out
and
to
not
sit
around
thinking
that
it
is
coming
anytime,
soon
in
quantity
and
then
also
the
25
000
that
we
have
put
forward
through
hapcap
for
the
mortgage
rent
relief,
as
well
as
the
75
000
for
the
athens
city,
utility
relief
for
individuals
who
are
really
struggling
with
with
covering
their
rent
and
mortgage
here
in
the
city
of
athens.
So
we're
certainly
watching
very
closely
with
the
weekend
that
we
have
ahead
of
us.
E
We
will,
as
in
lots
of
conversations
with
chief
pyle,
with
captain
harvey
also
with
ohio
university
that
we
are
are
prepared
for
this
weekend.
But
again
we
just
don't
know
and
but
we're
we
feel
we're
prepared.
A
F
Thank
you
nicely
first
off.
I
want
to
thank
everybody
all
of
our
special
guests
here
tonight
for
providing
that
comprehensive
overview.
I
just
thought
it
it's
just
extremely
beneficial
for
for
us
as
council
and
for
the
general
public
to
hear
from
all
of
you
and
ever
and
appreciate
everything
that
you've
provided
tonight.
F
I
have
a
few
different
questions
and
I'll
just
I'll
start
with
one
and
and
then
you
can
come
back
to
me.
If
no
one
else
has
any
other
questions
this
first
one
might
be
for
mr
pepper,
do
we
have
any
areas
that
would
be
considered
hot
spots
right
now
and
if
so,
would
you
have
any
recommendations
for
how
to
control
the
spread
and
hot
spots.
B
Sure
so
so,
just
in
general
to
talk
about
about
hot
spots
and
controlling
hot
spots,
you
know
the
the
the
reality
is
is
that
the
messaging
that
you've
been
hearing
for
for
months
now
is
is
really
the
messaging
that
needs
to
continue
to
control
hot
spots.
What
we're
really
seeing
is
is
that
people
are
suffering
from
covet
fatigue.
B
You
know
folks
are
not
used
to
having
restrictions
if
they've
not
been
personally
affected
by
the
disease
in
some
way,
shape
or
form
a
family
member,
a
friend,
who's,
gotten
the
disease
and
struggled
it's
very
easy
to
become
complacent.
So
so
I
think
that
the
messaging
is
twofold.
One
is
continue
to
practice
all
of
those
public
health
measures
that
you've
been
hearing
so
the
masking
up
the
six
feet.
B
You
know
social,
distancing,
carefully,
choosing
and
evaluate
how
and
where
you
go
understand
that
there
is
risk,
no
matter
where
you
go,
including
I
mean
maybe
your
neighbor's
house
for
dinner,
and
then
the
second
thing
is
is
that
I
I
think
that
from
a
messaging
perspective,
we
need
to
start
reminding
people
that
you
cannot
become
complacent.
It
is
a
very
contagious
disease.
B
I
understand
better
than
most
how
tiring
you
know
the
past
eight
or
ten
months
have
been,
and
and
what
we
prepared
for
in
april
and
may,
when
we
had.
The
very
restrictive
orders
from
the
governor
in
place
is
really
what
we're
seeing
now
and
so
now
is
not
the
time
to
become
complacent.
Now
is
the
time
to
become
vigilant
and-
and
you
know,
practice
all
of
those
those
public
health
messages
that
you've
been
hearing
for
so
long,
okay,.
G
Yes,
thank
you
president
nicely.
I
actually
have
one
for
dr
ice
as
well,
but
if
you
don't
mind
I'll
start
with
jack
pepper,
as
also
I
just
wondered,
if
you'd
be
willing
to
share
in
case
members
of
the
public
are
listening,
what
the
current
capacity
is
of
a
blindness
hospital
to
take
care
of
intensive
care
patients
and
also
the
number
of
ventilators
that
are
in
that
hospital.
B
Sure
so,
unfortunately,
I
am
not
the
best
person
to
ask,
but
I
am
certainly
happy
to
get
that
information
to
you
tomorrow
and
I
don't
want
to.
I
don't
want
to
misspeak
on
behalf
of
the
hospital,
but
what
I
can
tell
you
is
that,
generally
speaking,
the
hospital
is
not
built
to
manage
a
large
load
of
of
high
need
patients.
So
you
know
given
a
typical,
you
know
a
typical
month
or
or
six
month
time
period
or
or
them
basing
what
they
have
available
based
on
long-term
trends.
B
You
know
you
add
in
a
pandemic
or
a
disease
like
covid,
and
it
doesn't
take
long
for
for
the
hospital
to
exceed
its
capacity,
because
in
addition
to
what
you're
adding
in
terms
of
of
covet
cases,
you
also
have
to
remember
that
that
you
know
heart
attacks,
haven't
stopped,
strokes,
haven't
stopped,
you
know,
god
forbid
accidents,
you
know,
and
and
so
that's
how
they
they
typically
build
their
modeling
for
for
what
they
need
and
and
quite
frankly,
we're
very
fortunate
to
have
any
hospital
services
here
in
athens
county,
but
but
bear
in
mind
it
is
a
rural
hospital.
B
So
you
know,
I
would
venture
a
guess
I
I
I
don't
even
want
to
speculate
because
I
just
don't
know
the
answer,
but
I
I
I
am
sure
they
have
less
than
10
ventilators
at
oblenas
currently,
and
I
think
the
number
is
closer
to
seven.
D
Can
I
can
I
tack
something
onto
that?
D
Just
general
knowledge,
from
from
over
the
summer
when
colonel
stone
was
working
with
military
on
setting
up
emergent
hospitals
in
the
area,
I
can
tell
you
that
the
plan
then
was
that
small
rural
hospitals,
like
goblins
and
others
in
ohio,
would
would
be
the
hospitals
to
receive
non-coveted
critical
patients,
the
things
that
they
were
able
to
care
for
heart
issues
and
and
things
like
that,
and
that
the
majority
of
critical,
coveted
cases
would
be
sent
to
columbus,
cincinnati
and
cleveland
and
where
they
had
critical
care
facilities
that
were
set
up
more
along
those
lines.
D
H
Thank
you,
mr
pepper.
I
was
just
wondering
you
mentioned
that
the
health
department
is
planning
to
accept
the
offer
from
odh
for
a
pop-up
testing,
and
I
I
believe
I
understood
that
correctly.
Do
you
have
an
estimated
date
or
time
frame
when
that
might
be
happening?
It.
B
Will
definitely
be
within
the
next
few
weeks,
so
so
it'll
be
sooner
than
later.
A
lot
of
that
depends
on
you
know.
We
have
to
give
it'll
be
run
by
the
national
guard,
so
it'll
be
very
similar
to
the
the
testing
clinics
that
we
saw
earlier
in
the
fall
they
they
are.
There
are
some
scheduled
events
already
that
are
not
in
athens
county
or
in
southeast
ohio.
B
So
so,
when
we
jump
into
the
pool
so
to
speak,
you
know
they've
got
to
get
there's
a
little
bit
of
lead
time,
but
they've
they've
been
clamoring
for
a
couple
weeks
now
to
to
get
something
here
and
we
really
wanted
to
hold
off
until
we
felt
like
we
could
really
benefit
and
we're
starting
to
get
quite
a
few
phone
calls
at
the
office
people
asking
about
hey,
I'm
concerned:
where
can
I
get
tested,
but
I
don't
have
any
money
you
know,
and
so,
as
we
started
to
see
this,
this
community
spread,
we
got
the
information
about
the
viral
load
at
the
wastewater
treatment
plant
today
and
you,
you
start
to
you
know,
add
in
that
we're
getting
some
phone
calls
about.
B
Hey
I'd
love
to
get
tested,
but
I
I
can't
afford
you
know
the
the
95
dollars
at
a
at
a
pharmacy
or
I
I
you
know,
I'm
uninsured
and
have
a
very
fixed
income.
You
know
we.
We
decided
that
it
that
it
had
merit
and
we
would
move
forward
at
this
point,
so
I
would
say
in
in
fairly
short
order.
I
don't
want
to
say
you
know
in
a
week
because
I
think
that's
probably
unreasonable
unreasonable,
but
but
certainly
in
the
coming
weeks,.
B
Now
that
that's
that's
still
up
for
debate,
you
know
we
did
have
the
the
two
events
at
the
high
school
in
the
plains.
It
was
built
very
well
for
that
event.
We
certainly
you
know,
are
not
opposed
to
moving.
We
ran
flu
clinics.
We've
had
two
flu
clinics
now
drive
through
flu
clinics
here
in
the
last
couple
weeks,
so
we're
very
familiar
with
the
fairgrounds.
B
The
fair
board
has
been
really
amenable
to
any
of
our
requests,
so
if
we
wanted
to
to
centrally
get
it
more
into
the
middle
of
the
county
and
and
even
into
athens,
that
certainly
is
not
off
the
table
and
and
our
partners
at
ou
have
been
outstanding
to
work
with
thus
far,
and
I'm
pretty
confident
that
if
we
needed
to
if
the
fairgrounds
venue
wouldn't
work-
and
we
wanted
to
be
even
more
centrally
located
on
campus-
that
we
could,
we
could
make
something
work
there
as
well.
A
I
Thank
you,
madam
president.
This
is
to
anybody
who
can
answer
it.
Today's
being
monday,
I
believe,
was
on
friday.
I
went
to
a
local,
fast
food
place
on
richland
avenue,
I'm
not
going
to
name
any
names,
get
a
coffee
and,
while
driving
through
to
pay
my
money
at
the
lady
who
took
my
money,
had
no
mass
and
I
looked
through
the
window,
and
I
could
see
someone
behind
her
with
a
mask
down
past
her
face
or
over
on
her
chin.
I
Then,
when
I
went
to
actually
pick
up
my
order,
another
person
who
was
pouring
drinks
or
something
like
that
had
a
mass
below
the
nose
and
I
thought
wow.
I
made
the
mistake
of
going
back
again
the
afternoon
for
some
reason,
and
even
though
the
people
had
changed,
the
situation
was
still
the
same.
I
still
saw
people
there,
either
improperly
wearing
a
mask
or
not
wearing
a
mask
at
all.
I
Now,
maybe
they
have
a
good
excuse
not
to
wear
a
mask.
Perhaps
this
medical,
which
to
me
would
say
well
if
a
person
who
serves
or
works
in
a
restaurant
has
for
some
reason
the
inability
to
wear
a
mask
that
person
should
not
be
working
as
hard-hearted.
As
that
sounds
that's
a
feeling
that
I
have,
it
seems
like
it'd
be
appropriate,
or
perhaps
it's
just
a
lack
of
good
management
there
on
that
day,
things
just
simply
weren't
being
enforced,
but
I
certainly
do
know.
I
The
city
did
pass
an
ordinance,
though
not
specifically,
towards
food
handlers,
but
did
say
you
should
wear
a
mask
in
these
in
those
situations.
I'd
like
to
know
if
that
was
just
a
sample
of
two
at
one
site,
is
this
occurring
other
places
and
how
is
it
policed?
How
is
it
enforced
at
what
responsibility
do
the
managers
and
owners
of
a
of
a
restaurant
have
towards
enforcing
these
things?
Do
they
have
any
responsibility
at
all?
A
B
There
is
there
there's
a
complaint
form.
We
do
follow
up
on
complaints.
I'm
I'm
not
going
to
tell
you
something
fictitious
that
it's
a
perfect
science,
because
it's
not,
but
we
do
follow
up
on
all
of
our
complaints.
I
will
say
that
that
we
we
are
struggling
mightily
in
the
food
service
industry
and
and
in
convenience
stores
in
gaining
masking
compliance
with
employees.
I
Okay-
and
I
let
me
just
say,
I
tried
to
find
that
form
on
the
to
file
a
complaint,
but
I
found
the
the
site
a
little
confusing.
I
wasn't
quite
sure
what
the
forms
to
complain
really
were.
One
was
so
badly
worded
that
that
it
made
it
sound
like
I
wanted
to
complain
about
wearing
a
mask,
as
opposed
to
complaining
about
someone
not
wearing
a
mask.
B
Well,
I
I
certainly
am
happy
to
look
at,
you
know,
evaluate
you
know
what
forms
are
there
and
how
easily
accessible
are
easily
accessible.
They
are
you
know
we
want
to
make
that
that
website
as
usual
user
friendly
as
we
possibly
can,
so
your
your
feedback
is
always
appreciated
and
I'll
take
a
look
at
it
tomorrow.
J
Thank
you
president
nicely.
Thank
you,
dr
ice
and
mr
pepper
for
being
here
today.
I
just
have
a
public
service
announcement
and
mr
pepper
took
the
words
out
of
my
mouth,
and
that
is
simply
that
the
you
know,
given
that
our
hospital
is,
is
somewhat
limited
to
deal
with
covered
patients
and
and
any
kind
of
increase
in
the
number
of
patients
that
they
have
is
a
burden
on
all
of
us.
Get
your
flu
shot.
That's
my
psa.
J
The
the
department
set
up
a
fantastic
drive-through
opportunity
right
next
door
in
the
fairgrounds.
As
mr
pepper
said,
I
think
it
took
my
entire
family
less
than
five
minutes
to
drive
through
there
and
get
that
done,
and
it
was.
It
was
great.
So
that's
my
psas
get
your
flu
shot.
Thank
you.
K
Councilmember
fall.
Thank
you.
I've
had
several
people
complain
to
me
worried
about
halloween,
because
the
near
east
neighborhood
is
somewhat
of
a
light
to
moths,
and
so
nobody,
I
want
to
just
make
sure
that
people
understand
that
nobody
is
required
to
to
you
know,
partake
of
the
the
halloween
of
people
are
in
the
neighborhood.
If
you
just
don't
want
to
deal
with
it
and
stuff,
that's
your
perfect
right
to
not
deal
with
it
and
so
turn
off
your
light.
Your
you
know,
porch
light.
K
L
I
have
you
know.
I
have
had
conversations
since
then
that
that
the
ordinance
itself
maybe
could
be
worded
a
little
bit
stronger,
and
so
I
you
know,
I'm
not
asking
to
to
do
anything.
I
talk
about
that
this
evening.
If
nobody
wants
to
do
that,
I'm
only
one
of
seven
of
this
of
this
group,
but
I
do
want
to
just
offer
that
that
conversation
can
always
continue
if
there
are
additional
tools
that
are
that
are
necessary
as
the
as
the
situation
evolves
and
we
learn
more.
A
Thanks
councilmember
concess,
I
know
that
council
members,
smedley
and
claude
felter
had
two
additional
questions:
we're
at
7
42
right
now.
If
we
can
try
and
wrap
this
up
around
7
45,
that
would
be
great,
so
council,
member
smedley
thank.
F
You
president
nicely,
I
had
several
other
questions
I
could.
I
could
maybe
do
those
by
email
about
so
I'll
select
just
the
just
a
few
of
them
just
one
more
first,
a
quick
comment,
as
mr
pepper
mentioned
in
his
update,
we
are
seeing
community
spread
now
and
we
know
how
quickly
this
things
change
with
covet.
19.
F
we've
experienced
that
since
the
very
beginning
and
of
course,
and
now
now
that
we're
seeing
it
in
a
long-term
care
facility
is
very
concerning,
and
so
we
all
do,
our
part,
I'm
sure,
to
remind
our
community
members
of
the
ordinance
that
was
passed
and
all
the
social
distancing
guidelines
that
are
in
effect,
so
that
we
can
do
do
what
we
can
to
stem
the
spread
director
pyle.
I
appreciate
your
update
as
well.
F
F
D
So
I
think
that
was
the
one
thing
that
could
have
been
could
have
prevented
what
had
happened,
perhaps
maybe
not
prevent,
but
we
certainly
could
have
been
more
prepared
for
what
happened
saturday
morning
with
the
crowds
in
front
of
the
bars
beyond
that
it
wasn't
a
horrible
weekend
just
that
that
large
group,
during
the
day
or
during
the
morning,
was
a
bit
of
a
surprise
for
us.
E
I've
been
meeting
with
the
bar
owners
for
several
months
now
and
what
was
a
little
disheartening,
and
I
shared
that
with
the
group
was,
since
we
were
working
what
I
believe
to
be
together
and
and
understanding
with
the
reopening
process,
everything
that
was
being
done
to
help
mitigate
any
level
of
spread.
E
That
all
said,
with
the
meetings
that
were
had,
we
were
in
terms
of
detail
completely
unaware
that
there
would
be
places
drinking
establishments
open
as
early
as
6
a.m,
completely
not
on
the
radar
had
it
been.
We
certainly
would
have
been
more.
E
We
would
have
been
staffed
up
more
effectively
to
help
with
spreading
the
individuals
out
and
to
mitigate
that,
but
I
did
have
a
lengthy
conversation
along
with
chief
pyle
with
the
bar
owners
following
that,
so
hopefully
we
we
have
a
path
forward,
because
I
was
also
concerned
about
what
may
be
happening
this
coming
weekend
and
I
was
advised
by
all
of
them
not
advised.
I
was
being
informed
by
all
of
them
that
something
like
that
was
not
part
of
what
was
being
fought
through
going
into
october
31st.
G
I'll
try
to
be
brief.
My
question
is
for
dr
ice.
First,
I
wanted
to
applaud
ohio
university
for
trying
to
get
so
many
students
tested
and
for
planning
to
test
them
weekly
for
those
who
live
in
the
dorms
and
then
bi-weekly
for
the
students
who
live
off
campus
and
I'm
just
curious.
That
sounds
like
a
pretty
massive
amount
of
tests.
G
So
where
are
you
getting
the
testing
you
know
evaluated?
Where
are
they
going
to
the
labs?
Are
you
doing
that
in-house
somewhere
in
the
biology
department
and
how
quickly
do
the
students
get
their
results
so.
C
Right
now
we
are
partnering
with,
of
course,
ohio
health
to
do
all
of
our
symptomatic
testing.
We're
discussing
expanding
that
to
asymptomatic
context
as
well.
That's
still
under
discussion,
not
finalized,
but
our
asymptomatic
testing
surveillance
program
or
wide
net
testing,
as
you
might
have
heard
me,
talk
about
is
run
by
cvs,
they're
partnering.
They
are
on
campus
to
do
that
test
and
they're
using
a
test
called
an
abbott
id
now,
which
is
a
viral
test,
but
it's
a
rapid
one.
C
We've
slowly
been
ramping
that
up
to
make
it
possible
to
test
everyone
in
housing
before
the
end
of
the
semester,
so
we've
added
hours
at
the
end
of
each
day
we're
adding
weekends
coming
soon
we're
adding
machines
to
to
ramp
up
the
capacity
but
moving
forward
for
spring,
where
we
really
want
to
test
much
more
aggressively
that,
in
our
discussions
with
other
state
schools,
that's
been
critical
to
keeping
the
numbers
down.
C
So
that's
our
goal
and
we're
talking
to
a
number
of
vendors,
because
each
test
has
different
principle,
probability,
sensitivities
and
specificities.
So
different,
false
positives,
false
negatives,
so
you
have
to
balance
that
with
respect
to
turnaround
times
and
and
who
can
deliver
it
for
us,
because
we
do
not
currently
have
a
lab.
That's
capable
of
doing
that.
The
state
is
entering
into
some
partnerships
that
we
might
be
able
to
utilize.
C
So
basically
we're
talking
to
about
five
different
people
or
companies
and
trying
to
decide
what
the
best
fit
is
for
us
to
be
most
efficient,
most
tolerable
by
students.
If
you're
going
to
be
tested
weekly,
they
don't
really
want
to
have
a
very
long.
You
know
the
typical
pcr
test
so
everything's
under
consideration
at
the
moment,
and
we
hope
we
finalize
within
a
hopefully
within
a
month
or
so
and.
C
A
Okay,
great
okay,
all
right!
Well,
thank
you
all!
Thank
you,
dr
ice
and
chief
pyle,
and
and
mr
pepper
and
the
mayor
for
responding
to
our
questions
and
providing
an
overview.
I
think
this
is
really
helpful
and
there
are
reporting
numbers.
As
the
mayor
mentioned,
the
city
police
dispatcher
number,
the
592-3313,
the
ohio
university
has
a
dispatching
number.
The.
A
A
Okay,
thank
you.
We'll
move
on
to
an
arts
west
update
and
we
have
director
of
arts,
parks
and
recreation.
Terry
moore
has
joined
us
and
has
been
waiting
through
our
discussion,
so
welcome
director,
moore
and
we'll
turn
the
floor
over
to
you
for
a
presentation.
M
Thank
you,
president
nicely
and
honorable
council
members
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
to
provide
an
update
on
the
status
of
archwest,
as
well
as
my
plan
to
return
program,
specialist,
emily
beveridge
to
work.
It's
my
recommendation
to
the
mayor
and
safety
services
director
tom
pyle
that
emily
returned
to
work
on
november,
2nd
in
full-time
status.
M
As
you
know,
there
was
a
temporary
layoff
august
7th
due
to
lack
of
work.
The
employee
was
placed
on
two
weeks
paid
leave.
Lack
of
work
was
the
result
of
cancelled
rentals
programs
and
services
due
to
the
cobit
19
pandemic,
the
governor
issued
mandatory
closures
and
cancellations,
closing
arts
west.
M
As
far
as
other
facilities,
all
of
the
facilities
were
closed
on
march
16th,
reopening
facilities
and
providing
services
where
that
was
initiated
in
the
order
of
restart
ohio
opening
gym
and
fitness.
Centers
was
one
of
the
first
orders
initiated
by
the
government
governor.
M
The
performing
arts
restart
order
was
not
offered
until
late
august,
and
at
that
time
it
was
my
intention
to
to
continue
to
try
to
art,
offer
the
programs
that
we
could
at
arts
west.
Those
programs
included
silver
linings
spoken
and
heard,
and
we
did
manage
to.
We
have
managed
to
offer
spoken
and
heard
the
the
poet's
storyteller
events
and
we've
added
a
date
through
december.
M
Under
the
performing
arts
restart
requirements,
recommendations
that
was
announced
on
the
24th,
the
requirements
included.
A
capacity
reduction
to
15
capacity.
Arts
west
is
273,
15
reduction
would
reduce
participants
to
41..
M
The
mayor
has
has
taken
the
lead
and
been
on
the
forefront
as
as
far
as
providing
support
and
as
far
as
future
program
and
virtual
programming
kind
of
setting
the
the
tone
for
that
committing
karazak
funding
to
upgrade
connectivity
at
arts
west.
That
is
by
adding
fiber.
M
We
will
be
able
to
offer
the
virtual
programming.
The
project
is
under
the
lead
of
david
dudding.
The
I.t
director,
with
the
support
of
interim
director
direct
director
jessica
adain,
an
updated
that
was
provided
today,
is
that
the
contractor
zeo
will
likely
be
laying
conduit
the
conduit
needed
for
arts
west.
In
two
weeks,
director
dudding
has
received
a
quote
for
all
other
work,
and
he
does
not
think
the
project
will
be
completed
by
december
and
I'll
defer
to
the
mirror
for
a
few
more
details
on
that.
M
But,
as
I
understand
everything's
in
place
and
and
we're
on,
go
with
with
that
project,
which
is
which
will
be
critical
to
how
we
offer
services
at
arts
west
moving
forward.
A
E
E
We
were
able
to
utilize
some
funding
that
was
already
appropriated
to
purchase
fiber
for
the
city.
Not
using
cares
act,
money,
but
money
that
didn't
have
a
particular
project
associated
with
it.
E
Regardless
of
the
december
31st
timeline
that
has
been
imposed
with
the
cares
act
funding.
We,
we
think,
there's
a
different
way
that
we
can
move
forward
with
this,
and
council
will
be
hearing
more
about
that
in
the
near
future.
E
But
we
we
really
feel
that
that
I
feel
strongly
that,
for
that
particular
facility
having
the
ability
to
program
virtual
content
on
a
reliable
basis
is
what's
going
to
make
it
successful
moving
forward
because
we're
all
hopefully
well
aware
after
the
previous
conversation
covet
19
is
not
ending
anytime
soon,
we'll
be
having
to
continue
to
do
a
lot
of
programming
virtually
for
many
many
months
to
come.
E
But
I've
been
working
very
closely
with
terry
moore
who's
done
an
outstanding
job
in
trying
to
figure
out
something
under
extremely
difficult
and
challenging
times
as
you're.
All
well
aware,
and
I
really
appreciate
terry,
that
you
did
bring
up
the
timelines
in
terms
of
the
community
center
reopening
because
it
wasn't
as
if
the
governor's
order
to
reopen
came
out
and
the
next
day
it
reopened
it.
It
still
takes
director
moore
a
lot
of
time
to
sit
and
figure
out.
How
do
you
do
this
safely
as
we
move
forward?
E
The
other
thing
to
share
with
council
and
the
viewing
audience
associated
with
not
just
arts
west,
but
with
all
the
city
buildings,
is
that
we
did
use,
cares
act
money
to
purchase
the
depolarizing
ionizers
at
the
community
center,
which
is
a
system
that
draws
down
all
kinds
of
particulates
to
include
covid19
particulates
and
gets
them
out
of
the
circulating
air.
E
We
also
put
those
at
arts,
west,
the
city,
building
the
law
director,
the
the
police
department,
slash
law,
director,
slash
auditor's
building,
so
we've
done
a
lot
in
that
realm
as
well,
because
that
was
the
other
thing,
even
though
you
can
only
have
15
percent
in
arts
west
to
know
that
we're
doing
everything
that
we
need
to
do
to
make
sure
that
the
air
circulating
through
that
facility,
as
well
as
the
athens
city
community
center,
is
you
know,
we're
doing
what
we
need
to
do
to
make
sure
that
we're
making
as
safe
as
an
environment
as
possible.
J
Thank
you
for
being
here
tonight,
director
moore,
appreciate
getting
this
update,
I'm
curious
as
to
how
things
are
going
at
the
community
center.
If
you
see
that
attendees
are
following
the
policies
that
you've
set
in
place
and
if
they
are
under
the
same
15
percent,
are
you
under
the
same
15?
M
So
as
far
as
capacity
we
are
not,
there
is
not
a
capacity.
There
was
not
a
capacity
on
for
gym
and
fitness
center
openings.
M
M
M
Maybe
I
don't,
I
thought
I
had
the
numbers
for
participation.
Our
highest
numbers
are
on
monday
and
that's
in
the
140
range.
Our
our
low
numbers
are
on
saturdays,
which
is
roughly
40
people
and
then,
through
the
week
it
just
varies.
We
have
had
a
membership
campaign
this
month,
so
we
have.
We
do
have
folks
buying
memberships
and
yeah.
So
for
the
most
part,
it's
going
well
we're
anxious
to
do
the
next
piece.
M
M
Again,
I
I
have
been
in
constant
conversation
in
contact
with
jack
pepper
as
we
open
a
program
or
the
next
phase,
I'm
looking
at
how
we
can
potentially
offer
youth
programs.
M
We
currently
have
outdoor
programs,
but
as
the
winter
months
approach,
you
know
trying
to
determine
what
we
can
offer
in
the
facility
itself
for
youth
activities.
So
that's
going
to
be
the
next
conversation
with
the
health
department.
Is
it
feasible?
Can
we
do
it
safely,
and
with
that
in
mind,
can
we
offer
something
that
is
at
a
minimum
revenue
neutral
or
a
program
that
we
can
capture
revenue
on?
M
Because
I
think
that's
that's
critical
as
we
as
we
look
at
the
remainder
of
the
year
as
well
as
moving
into
2021
how
creative
we
can
get
and
what
we
can
do
to
capture
some
revenue
both
here
and
at
arts
west.
J
F
Thank
you,
president
isaiah.
Thank
you
director,
moore
appreciate
your
being
here
tonight
and
the
challenge
you've
had
before
you
since
march,
and
I
know
there
was
a
great
response
specifically
to
arts
west,
and
so
it's
great
to
see.
F
We
were
able
to
come
up
with
a
plan
to
see
it
reopen
safely,
and
you
know
I
know
the
financial
piece
is
still
a
concern,
as
you
just
mentioned,
and
certainly
hopeful
that
some
of
the
virtual
programming
that
we
will
be
able
to
provide
could
generate
some
revenue.
I
know
there
was
some
discussion
too,
of
creating
a
friends
of
arts
west
and
wondered
if
he
had
any
updates
on
the
status
of
that
and
whether
or
not
that
was
still
something
that
was
a
possibility.
M
So,
yes,
it's
it's
still
a
possibility.
I've
had
conversation
around
initially
advisory
board
members.
There
were
two
advisory
board
members
that
were
interested
in
creating
creating
a
friends
of
arts,
parks
and
recreation
and
then,
when
we
realized
with
the
arts
midwest
grant
that
we
couldn't
apply
for
that
that
it
might
make
sense
to
have
a
friends
of
arts.
M
My
thought
now
is
that
if
we
go
with
the
friends
of
arts,
then
I
was
concerned
about
having
a
number
of
friends
groups
for
the
department,
but
I
think
that
we
may
have
to
go
with
three
different
groups.
Maybe
it's
parks,
maybe
it's
recreation
and
then
there's
our
friends
of
arts.
So
I
am
thinking
through
that
the
last
advisory
board
that
wasn't
on
the
agenda
and
it
and
it
didn't
come
up
again.
M
I
have
two
advisory
board
members
that
were
active
in
and
take
an
initial
stab
at
that,
and
that
was
brandon
thompson
and
shauna
schweitzer.
But
the
thought
is
to
revisit
that.
I
know
the
forest
neighborhood
association
wants
to
consider
having
a
friends
of
sales
parks.
F
F
I
think
you'll
find
that
you'll
find
people
who
are
very
much
in
support
of
the
arts
very
much
in
support
of
the
parks
and
or
very
much
in
support
of
of
the
athletic
piece,
and
so
it
might
be
beneficial
to
have
three.
I
know
that
might
be
a
challenge
to
manage,
but
that
that's
just
my
my
two
cents
anyway.
I
appreciate
your
hard
work
and
looking
forward
to
seeing
what
comes
thank
you.
M
I
I
do
want
to
point
out
that
you
know
in
the
last
three
years
with
arts,
west
there's
been
there's
been
a
commitment,
a
funding
commitment
there,
the
renovation
which
took
place
in
2017-2018.
That
project
was
190
000.
M
We
built
the
exterior
accessibility
ramp
on
the
back
of
the
building,
that
was
2018
project
and
in
2018,
upgraded
audio
equipment
and
computers
at
arts
west
and
then,
most
recently
in
2019
new
carpet,
tile
paint
refinishing,
the
stairs
and
the
stage
accessibility
ramp
we're
putting
a
permanent
ramp
stage.
Accessibility,
ramp,
the
permanent
ramp,
should
go
in
in
november.
M
So
we've,
I
think,
we've
made
put
some
things
in
place
that
are
positioning
us
for
for
more
good
things.
There.
A
Okay,
all
right,
if
there
aren't
any
other
questions
or
comments,
we
thank
you
director,
moore
for
taking
the
time
tonight
to
give
us
this
update.
It's
very
helpful.
A
Our
next
agenda
item
is
an
energy
innovation
and
carbon
dividend
act,
and
this
is
a
request
that
the
mayor
initially
received
from
the
ohio
state
coordinator
of
the
great
lakes
regional
citizens,
climate
lobby,
and
refers
to
a
piece
of
federal
legislation
that
began
moving
through
the
u.s
house
of
representatives
in
january.
2019..
A
A
Where
there
is
increased
interest
in
having
local
municipalities
join
in
and
support
this
resolution,
and
so
what
we've
been
asked
to
consider
is
requesting
a
resolution
to
endorse
this
bill.
763,
and
I
know
that
I
believe
council
members
fall
and
crowl
have
taken
a
look
at
this,
and
I
know
mayor
patterson
has
been
in
conversation
with
mr
saban.
A
And
so
we
have
a
draft
of
a
resolution
and
that
points
to
the
many
ways
in
which
athens
city
has
been
involved
in
energy
kinds
of
solutions
or
programs,
starting
back
in
2007
and
the
different
measures
that
the
city
council
has
backed
at
the
city
level,
such
as
the
green
fleets
policy,
our
solar
energy
system,
our
solar
powered
recycling,
our
climate
action
plan,
our
electric
carbon
fee
council
members,
falls
recent
work
on
the
solar
energy
systems,
changing
our
athens
city
zoning
code.
A
J
J
I
looked
into
the
energy
innovation
and
carbon
dividend
act
and
shared
the
information
I
found
with
the
environment
and
sustainability
commission,
and
there
are
a
number
of
people
on
the
commission
who
have
worked
closely
with
related
issues
in
the
past,
including
our
own
local
athens,
carbon
fee,
and
the
commission
is
very
supportive
of
this
resolution
and
supporting
this
act
I'll
just
say
that
it
really
does
sort
of
hit
the
triple
bottom
line
of
of
sustainability.
J
It
really
benefits
the
people
in
that
families
actually
get
paid.
This
is
a
dividend,
a
monthly
dividend
that
comes
back
to
to
americans.
It's
it's
worked
out
to
support
jobs
and
clean
energy.
So
it's
not
just
trying
to
do
away
with
fossil
fuels,
but
supporting
the
clean
energy
economy.
So
it
really
is
supporting
the
economy
and,
of
course,
both
in
terms
of
carbon
emissions,
carbon
pollution,
it
it
supports
the
environment.
So
I'm
fully
behind
this,
and
I
I
commend
the
administration
for
bringing
it
to
council's
attention.
K
Council
member
fall
thank
you
and
I
want
to
say
thank
you
too,
especially
to
the
mayor
for
bringing
this
forward
to
our
attention.
This
fits
right
in
with
our
emergency,
our
climate
emergency
resolution
that
we
passed
at
the
beginning
of
the
year,
so
this
fits
right
in
with
all
the
other
things
that
we've
been
doing
to
move
us
forward
going
towards
net
neutral.
K
I
I
would
like
to
to
point
out
a
couple
things
that
this
sort
of
forward
thinking
legislation
makes
sense,
and
it
makes
sense
because
when
you
look
at
texas,
when
you
think
about
texas,
you
think
of
oil
well,
right
now
in
the
state
of
texas,
more
people
are
employed
in
the
wind
energy
production
sector
than
in
the
oil
and
gas
sector
in
texas.
K
So
when
we
start
talking
about
climate
change,
that
was
talked
about
at
the
last
debate
and
going
and
transitioning
towards
a
cleaner,
carbon-free
fuel
sources
and
energy
sources
and
electricity
sources
that
I
don't
think
is
going
to
be
quite
as
scary,
because
we've
had
forward-thinking
people
doing
these
sort
of
things
every
day.
So
I
think
that
it's
a
really
great
option
to
really
get
us
pushing
towards
that
that
zero
carbon.
So
thank
you.
G
This
sounds
really
encouraging
and
I
just
wonder
for
the
benefit
of
the
public.
If
one
of
you
would
be
willing
to
just
sort
of
simply
explain
what
this
would
mean
for
the
average
family
in
athens,
how
would
these
dividends
be
determined?
What
how
would
this
affect
their
bills?
Anything
like
that.
J
Yes,
you
can
help.
Remember
claude
felder,
that's
a
wonderful
question.
I
don't
have
the
specific
answer
as
to
you
know
individual
income
level,
etc.
I
can
share
with
you
what
I
do
know
and
that
this
does
put
a
fee
on
fossil
fuels
on
coal,
oil
and
gas,
and
now
this
the
idea
is
that
this
will
obviously
drive
down
pollution
drive
down
greenhouse
gas
emissions,
which
will
lead
industry
to
move
towards
cleaner
and
cheaper
options
for
for
energy
production.
J
The
money
that
is
collected
from
the
fee
is
said
goes
back
to
the
american
people.
Every
month
the
government
doesn't
keep
any
of
the
money.
Some
of
the
co
of
the
of
the
fee
goes
to
administrative
costs,
but
that
doesn't
go
into
any
bank
account
that
the
government
has.
It
goes
back
to
the
people.
J
They
estimate
that
in
year
10,
so
this
is
an
escalating
sort
of
policy.
It
grows
over
time
that
in
year
10
the
average
family
of
four
would
receive
4
410
in
in
that
in
the
10th
year,
or
maybe
it's
the
11th
year.
So
it
is
estimated
that
80
percent
of
middle
and
low
income
households
will
either
get
a
boost
or
essentially
br
break.
Even
so,
it's
all
up
to
individual
families
how
they
spend
that
money
again.
J
E
Certainly,
I
just
strongly
encourage
council
to
bring
this
resolution
forward.
I
will
disclose
to
council
that,
in
my
conversations
with
john
saban
and
john,
is
the
ohio
state
co-coordinator,
as
well
as
the
great
lakes
regional
co-coordinator
he's
the
individual
who
brought
this
to
my
attention
after
I
had
presented
the
athens
city
carbon
fee
on
several
different
climate
action
webinars,
but
he's
with
the
citizens
climate
lobby.
E
There
is
the
option
for
quote-unquote
prominent
prominent
individuals
to
endorse
where
you
would
go.
If
you
go
to
their
website
in
excess
of
500
mayors,
city
managers,
elected
individuals
have
already
endorsed
this.
I
have
already
endorsed
it.
So
again,
I'm
really
encouraging
city
council
to
bring
this
resolution
forward
because
it
falls
directly
in
line
with
our
carbon
fee.
Here
in
the
city
of
athens,.
A
A
J
As
everyone
is
aware,
we
had
a
change
in
the
epw
department
and
the
assistant
city
engineer,
jessica
edine
has
stepped
into
the
director's
position,
so
with
the
support
of
the
city
administration,
I'm
giving
council
the
information
that
we
would
like
to
give
a
pay
increase
to
assistant
city,
engineer,
jessica,
odine,
who
is
now
the
interim
city
engineer.
J
We
would
like
to
upgrade
her
pay
to
36
and
91
cents
per
hour.
This
would
sunset
at
the
hiring
of
a
director
for
the
department
or
through
the
next
calendar
year.
So
it
will,
it
will
end
in
december
31st,
2021
or
when
we
have
hired
a
new
director
for
epw.
J
I
will
let
everyone
know
that
the
money
that
is
budgeted
for
that
position
is
at
a
higher
rate
than
what
we
are
proposing
that
that
is
a
dime
be
raised
to
so
it's
not
a
budgetary
problem.
The
money
is
already
budgeted.
It
would
just
be
paying
the
interim
director
for
the
job
that
she
is
doing
and
she's
doing
it
very
well.
Mayor
patterson
would
like
to
comment.
E
E
D
Could,
if
I
could
just
add
one
comment:
if
we
could
I'm
not
sure
the
ordinance
reads
that,
but
if
we
could
make
that
pay
increase
retroactive
to
september
29th
or
yeah
september,
29th
was
the
day
that
she
started
functioning
in
that
position.
That
would
be
very
helpful.
J
I
think
that's
fair
chief,
sorry,
mayor
patterson.
E
If
I
cut
out,
I
apologize,
my
connection
is
not
all
that
stable
right
now,
but
hopefully
what
I
said
rang
through
to
everyone
on
council
tonight.
J
I
think
we
heard
everything
you
said:
okay,
committee
members,
member
smedley
did
you
wanna
mention.
F
Thanks
member
crowl
yeah,
I
just
wanted
to
appreciate
jessica
dine
and
her
stepping
up
in
this
time
and
would
agree.
You
know
you
assume
additional
responsibilities.
You
would
expect
additional
compensation
for
those
additional
responsibilities
and
my
interactions
with
her
have
always
been
professional,
positive
and
just
glad
to
have
her
on
the
team.
F
J
I
Well,
I
agree
with
everything
I've
heard.
I
think
she
has
been
doing
a
great
job,
a
short
notice,
to
come
in
on
it
and
if
you're
going
to
do
the
job,
you
should
get
paid
for
it.
So
I
agree
with
the
service
safety
director
make
it
retroactive.
J
Agree
as
well
member
cotsas,
your
last
last
one
left
any
comments
tonight.
J
Okay,
great
any
other
comments
from
the
administration.
Other
council
members,
yes,
member
cloud,
felder.
G
I
I
guess
I
would
just
like
to
echo
other
people's
thoughts
sort
of
I
think
we
as
a
community
are
really
lucky
to
have
jessica
dine
in
in
that
department
and
I'm
just
delighted
that
a
woman
in
the
engineering
field
is
going
to
be
paid
fairly.
So
thank
you.
J
J
You
may
remember
that
the
athens
county
municipal
court
received
a
technology
grant
earlier
this
year
that
money
was
put
into
the
judge's
computer
fund
and
the
clerk
of
court
of
the
athens
municipal,
athens,
county
municipal
court
has
asked
for
a
transfer
from
the
judge's
computer
fund
to
the
clerk's
computer
fund,
so
they
can
pay
for
the
case
management
system
upgrades
that
they
are
that
they
receive
the
grant
for
that's
both
hardware
and
software
that
helps
the
court
to
better
implement
their
case
flow
and
and
public
access
to
to
to
their
systems.
J
I
Yeah,
that's
that's
my
pencil.
I
just
want
to
say
say
I
I
see
that
this
is
definitely
necessary
for
the
for
the
courts
to
you
know,
keep
their
systems
up
and
running,
and
it
needs
to
be
done.
I
just
want
to
know
if
I
could
just
go
off
topic
for
one
moment
about
the
fiber
optic
that
we
are
purchasing.
I
I
D
Yeah
right
now
correct
your
pile
yeah,
the
fiber
is,
is
purchased.
We
had
existing
money
that
we
purchase
order
on
and
it
is
purchased
along
with
correct
size,
vaults
for
the
project,
pole
vaults,
that
go
into
the
ground
and
I
think
they
were
delivered.
D
J
Okay,
anybody
else
on
the
finance
and
personnel
committee
can
just
catch
the
mayor
back
up
we're
just
talking
about
the
money
transfer
and
the
clerk
of
court
so
that
they
can
upgrade
their
pay
for
their
upgrades
to
the
the
case
management
system
and
member
eisner
asked
about
the
appropriate
if
we
needed
an
appropriation
for
the
fiber
going
to
arts
west
and
director
pile
answered
that
question.
J
Okay,
if
there
are
no
other
questions
or
comments
from
the
rest
of
council,
that
will
end
financial
personnel.
Thank
you,
madam
president,.
A
H
And
this
is
regarding
the
necessary
replacement
of
the
base
radio
system
for
apd.
H
They
are
currently
using
a
system
that
is
from
the
early
to
mid
90s
for
the
radio
dispatch
and
it
is
failing-
and
we
have
been
informed
that
it
is
no
longer
repairable.
The
necessary
parts
and
equipment
are
not
available
to
repair
a
system
that
is
this
old
and
utilizes
such
outdated
technology
for
dispatch.
H
So
we
are
are
going
to
be
introducing
an
ordinance
next
week
regarding
this
and
the
estimate
for
the
new
base.
Radio
is
between
112
and
120
000.,
and
it
it's
an
entirely
upgraded
system
as
compared
to
the
old
technology
and
we'll
have
some
additional
benefits
moving
forward
in
that
if
the
city
so
chose
in
the
future,
it
is
an
easily
upgradable
system
because
of
the
new
technology
and
would
allow
us
to
link
into
county
911
dispatch
services
and
things
like
that,
should
it
ever
become
necessary.
H
It's
also
a
portable
system
that
would
allow,
should
it
be
needed
for
dispatching
to
take
place
at
an
alternate
location,
and
things
like
that
are
good
to
keep
in
mind
in
our
current
really
unpredictable
times.
So
again,
it's
112
to
120
and
the
funds
are
available.
The
plan
to
use
half
of
it
coming
from
the
overtime
fund
and
half
coming
from
the
workers
comp
fund.
Those
funds
have
enough
money
in
them
to
cover
the
cost
of
this
base.
Radio
system.
Are
there
questions?
Yes,
member
fall.
K
Thank
you.
I
think
that
it
should
be
recognized
that
once
this
is
another
another
like
brick
in
the
wall
of
resilience,
that
we
will
have
for
the
cities
going
through
what
we're
going
through
now
and
increases
in
any
sort
of
storms
or
weather
related
occurrences
in
the
future
from
climate
change,
and
if
you
know
good
con,
could
communication
channels
are
essential
during
a
like,
especially
during,
like
a
weather
emergency.
So
this
is
a
needed
investment
in
the
resilience
that
we
have
for
the
city.
Thank
you.
G
I
would
just
like
to
thank
whoever
realized
that
this
important
excuse
me
this
important
investment
could
be
made
from
existing
apd
funds.
I
think
that's
great,
so
what
a
wonderful
way
for
the
department
to
to
invest
in
itself
so
to
speak.
A
K
Thank
you.
We
just
have
one
agenda
item.
This
is
a
special
right-of-way
permit
for
two
informational
signs,
directional
signs.
This
is
on
east
park
drive,
which
is
the
one
that
goes
out
to
the
dog
park
and
the
sewage
treatment
plant
and
the
other
building
the
marietta
health.
What
services
or
whatever
they're
built
they're
called
want
to
put
in
a
couple
informational
signs
to
go
and
direct
people
to
the
building.
That's
out
there,
one
will
be
along
east
state
street
and
east
drive.
K
It
will
be
a
directional
sign
that
will
include
the
city
park,
the
city
pool
and
the
dog
park
as
part
of
it.
So
that's
part
of
the
they're
working
with
the
arts,
parks
and
recreation
people
there
to
make
it
cohesive
and
then
there's
a
larger
sign,
that's
down
where
the
road
actually
turns
off
to
go
to
the
the
building.
That's
out
there,
so
this
will
be
for
seven
years
until
it
needs
to
be
renewed
and
it's
been
checked
off
by
all
department
people
in
the
city.
Thank
you
questions.
K
L
K
And
and
the
the
styling
and
everything
is
very
similar,
so
they
did
a
lot
of
the
base
work.
I
think
that
the
marietta
health
people
came
from
so
other
questions.
Great,
thank
you.
I
will
bring
the
forward
monday.
L
President
nicely
thank
you,
and
I
have
three
three
bullet
points
this
evening.
Two
of
them
revolve
around
the
the
upcoming
holiday
season.
I
know
that
we
have
a
few
holidays
coming
up
before
christmas,
but
christmas
is
coming,
so
we
have
our
annual
amendment
to
our
24-hour
parking
rule,
so
this
will
allow
continuous
parking
for
longer
than
a
24-hour
period
on
city
streets
and
that
will
be
from
december
13th
through
january
2nd.
So
this
is
the
same
as
as
we
bring
forward
every
year
for
when
the
students
take
leave.
L
L
It's
pretty
straightforward
stuff.
The
second
one
is
the
the
uptown
holiday
parking,
and
so
this
is
the
the
program
that
the
city
does
to
encourage
more
people
to
to
visit
our
uptown
businesses
this
year.
There
is
some
currently
right
now
we
are
looking
at
suspending
the
parking
after
5
30
on
thursdays
in
the
city
parking
garage.
This
is
above
the
first
level
upper,
and
this
would
also
then
be
on.
This
would
be
every
thursday
in
december
and
every
saturday,
starting
on
november
28th.
L
The
only
caveat
that
we
have
is
that
a
yuba,
so
usually
the
the
parking
free
parking
on
thursday
is
in
anticipation
of
the
the
athens
uptown
business
association's
holiday
programs,
and
they
are
having
a
meeting
on
thursday
to
to
discuss
this
so
we're
talking
about
it
tonight.
L
But
when
the
legislation
comes
forward
on
monday,
that
may
be
be
changed
based
on
the
decision
that
the
the
uptown
merchants
have
have
come
to.
After
towards
the
end
of
this
week,
there
is
a
new
component
to
this
ordinance,
also,
which
is
parking
meters
and
suspending
some
of
the
the
the
pay
times
for
those
those
parking
meters
in
the
uptown
area,
and
this
was
specifically
brought
forward
by
the
mayor.
L
So
I
do,
I
do
know
it's
five
o'clock
in
the
evening,
but
I
don't
know
if
you
want
to
add
any
additional
points
to
this
mayor.
Patterson.
E
No
remember
katz
is
other
than
you
know,
to
help
facilitate
the
uptown
businesses
that
choose
to
be
open.
Hopefully
several
of
them
will
during
the
holiday
season
beyond
5
p.m
and
well.
It
certainly
helps
them
in
in
terms
of
having
people
come
uptown
and
parking
and
doing
some
shopping
along
with
the
parking
garage
that
you
just
mentioned
with
lifting
on
those
said
days,
and-
and
this
could
also
be
something
that
we
get
a
little
bit
further
input
from
yuba
at
their
meeting
as
to
where
they
feel
this
is
necessary.
E
But
it's
just
ways
in
which
we
can
certainly
help
our
own
small
businesses
in
the
uptown
area
to
where
they
are
able
to
encourage
people
to
come
up
town
park
free
in
front
of
their
business
and
go
in
and
shop,
but
again
more
intel
as
we
move
forward.
L
Perfect,
thank
you
mayor
and
do
we
have
any
any
questions
or
or
comment
at
this
point?
No
okay,
and
so
we
need
to
discuss
this
now
we
will
be
able
to
get
all
three
reads
in
on
these
on
these
ordinances:
the
the
last
one-
and
this
is
just
a
request-
to
submit
a
grant
application
for
issue,
one
funds,
and
so
let
me
let
me
pull
up
the
draft
legislation
just
so
I
get
the
the
agency
right.
So
this
is
a
state
program.
L
This
is
from
the
ohio,
public
works
commission
and
it's
a
state
capital
improvement
or
local
transportation
improvement
funds,
and
so
this
is
a
a
grant
that
we
apply
for
on
an
annual
basis.
I
was
trying
to
remember
what
we
did
last
year
and
then
I
was
reminded
that
we
were
successful
in
securing
some
money
for
simpson
avenue,
so
I
didn't
even
bring
the
ordinance
forward
forward.
So
that's
probably
why
I
couldn't
remember-
and
so
this
one
is,
they
are
looking
at
sidewalk
and
pedestrian
improvements.
Specifically
on
the
west
side.
L
G
L
Yes,
I
I
agree,
do
we
have
any
other
comment.
F
Thank
you,
member
cotsys.
Yes,
it
I
would
agree
with
member
cloudfilter.
It
is
needed
on
the
west
side.
So
I'm
glad
to
see
this
happening.
What
would
entail
other
pedestrian
improvements
other
than
sidewalks
just
curious?
What
does
that
mean?
What
does
that
mean.
L
In
this,
in
this
instance,
I
am
I'm
not
I'm
not
sure
I
did
have
a
quote.
I
did
have
a
quick
conversation
with
jessica
adain
dying
today,
but
I
did
not
want
to
take
up
too
much
of
her
time.
As
I
know
how
oppressed
she
is
in
her
in
her
current
in
her
current
job.
L
So
we
can,
we
can
ask
and
try
to
get
additional.
I
know
that
oh
mayor
patterson,.
E
No
no
remember,
I
figured
I'd
help
you
up,
because
I
too
have
had
a
number
of
communications,
not
just
with
now
interim
director,
jessica,
nyan,
but
also
with
chief
pyle,
and
you
know
it's
long
overdue-
that
there
needs
to
be
a
concerted
effort
to
really
make
significant
improvement.
D
I
think
I
think
what
the
mayor
was
going
to
say
was
that
pedestrian
improvements
could
include
such
things
as
marked
crosswalks,
improved
lighting,
headheads
pedestrian
crossing
signs
at
major
intersections
if
we
identify
them
over
on
the
west
side,
for
instance-
maybe
state
and
shaffer
something
like
that,
so
it
would
be
more
than
just
sidewalk
improvements.
I
would
no
I'm
not
saying
that
we
would
ultimately
spend
the
money
and
things
other
than
sidewalk,
but
we
would
look
at
everything
in
a
very
you
know,
comprehensive
way.
L
Thank
you,
and
I
will
mention
that
during
my
brief
conversation
with
jessica
dine
today,
that
she
mentioned
that
paul
logue
also
has
been
heavily
involved
in
working
on
this
this
project.
So
I
would
you
know
I
would
encourage
any
council
member
to
reach
out
to
those
people
to
to
have
those
those
conversations
if
they
want
to
learn
more.
D
Yeah
we
we
considered
a
major
investment
on
if
we
were
granted
the
funding,
a
major
investment
for
the
west
side,
and
the
mayor
was
alluding
to
that
that
an
investment
on
the
west
side
is
long
overdue.
H
Thank
you,
member
concess.
I
I
think
this
is
really
wonderful
and
I
I
look
forward
to
hopefully
the
city
receiving
this
grant
and
and
really
finding
out
what
possibilities
there
are
for
improvement,
but
your
statement
that
this
would
need
to
be
introduced
and
suspended
next
week
reminded
me.
I
wanted
to
tell
council
that
the
ordinance
regarding
the
funding
for
the
base
radio
system
will
also
need
to
be
suspended
next
week
because
of
the
rapid
rate
at
which
their
current
system
is
failing.
H
We
do
not
want
to
be
without
a
dispatch
radio
system,
so
I
just
wanted
to
take
the
opportunity
to
jump
on
your
reminder
about
future
suspension.
So
thank
you.
L
Okay,
thank
you
remember,
grace,
and,
and
just
to
just
to
give
you
a
little
update
mayor,
patterson
chief
pyle
did
step
forward
and
talk
about
some
different
elements
that
would
be
added
to
the
you
know
to
the
west
side.
If
we're
successful
in
in
seeing
funding
from
this
from
this
opportunity,.
E
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
member
councils.
Thank
you,
chief
pyle.
I
I
should
probably
add
at
this
point
in
time.
I
am
in
desperate
need
of
a
new
base
radio
station
right
here
in
my
own
house,
so
that
I
can
stay
dialed
in
with
all
of
you.
I
really
apologize
council
and
the
viewing
audience
for,
for
whatever
is
going
on
in
my
household
right
now,
but
again,
not
not
to
belabor
this
at
all.
E
Hopefully,
a
cheap
pile
weighed
in
you
know
on
what
I
believe
to
be
a
long
overdue
effort
into
the
west
side
to
make
sure
that
we're
you
know,
making
the
sidewalk
improvements,
the
lighting
improvements,
making
curb
cut
improvements,
there's
a
lot
of
of
things
that
are
necessary
down
on
the
west
side,
and
this
is,
is
one
of
those
efforts
as
you're,
going
to
see
a
lot
of
improvements
on
west
washington
in
the
not
too
distant
future
with
the
cdbg
allocation
that
came
through
for
that
project
down
in
that
corridor.
K
You
I
just
want
to
point
out
that
a
lot
of
the
projects
and
ideas
that
are
going
to
be
coming
forward
in
the
next
couple
years
to
have
actually
been
talked
about
and
had
public
heat
meetings
about
them
because
they're
in
our
comprehensive
plan
that
will
be
coming
out,
our
up
our
major
update
that
that
paulo
has
been
spearheading
and
working
so
hard
on.
K
L
Perfect,
thank
you
and,
and
with
that
I
am,
I
am
done
with
the
transportation
committee,
so
thank
you.
Okay,.