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Athens City Council June 8, 2020
A
B
B
The
first
one
is
the
the
additional
conversations
that
have
been
happening
about
the
outdoor
extended
space
in
public
right
of
ways,
specifically
I,
believe
in
our
Uptown
area.
You
know,
I
have
not
been
participating
in
the
in
the
conversation,
but
I
know
that
that
many
people
have,
along
with
the
the
chamber,
Athens
County
Chamber
of
Commerce,
and
tonight
we
have
the
city
planner
Paul
Logue,
along
with
the
assistant
safety
service,
director
Andrew
chickie,
also
here
to
add
insight
to
to
where
the
conversation
is
at
this
point.
So
so
thank
you.
B
C
C
We've
been
working
very
closely
with
the
members
of
the
chamber,
Athens
Area
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
specifically
with
the
Athens
Uptown
Business
Association.
They
came
forward
with
some
requests,
as
counsel
maintenance,
we're
about
finding
altering
new
methods
to
try
to
be
able
to
serve
customers
uptown.
As
we
know,
there
are
a
lot
of
rules
and
regulations
in
place
right
now
for
out
indoor
dining
at
restaurants
around
the
state
of
Ohio,
based
on
in
light
of
the
koban
19
endemic
requirements
that
the
state
is
enforcing.
C
At
this
time,
we've
been
looking
at
some
best
practices
and
trying
to
find
ways
to
help
them
to
have
be
able
to
serve
customers,
but
also
an
asset.
You
know
in
a
way
that
customers
are
willing
to
participate
in,
and
one
of
the
things
that
we've
been
known
through
studies
is
that
a
lot
of
people
at
this
point
around
the
country
do
not
feel
comfortable
eating
inside
restaurants.
C
However,
people
are
feeling
a
lot
more
comfortable
being
outdoors,
and
so
we've
we've
had
conversations
about
better
ways
to
do
that
and
I
do
have
if
I
can
figure
this
out
a
quick
I'm
going
to
share
my
screen.
I
did
a
very
brief
PowerPoint
presentation,
a
summary
of
the
information
that
you
all
have
and
then
just
some
ideas
to
help
better
understand
what
we're
looking
at.
Let
me
see
here.
C
Can
you
all
see
that
yes,
great
okay,
so,
like
I,
said,
we've
been
working
on
this
for
a
few
for
over
a
month
now,
I
believe
the
ordinance
that
the
the
legislation
that
you
have
in
your
possession
right
now
there's
a
several
purposes
and
goals
from
it.
The
first
is
that
we
wanted
to
establish
clear
guidelines
for
the
approval
and
installation
of
temporary
sidewalk
extensions
that
should
be
used
for
the
general
public
at
appropriate
locations
within
the
public
rights
of
ways
and
we're
specifically
looking
at
Uptown
Athens
for
this
project.
C
We
also
wanted
to
rethink
Athens
Street
use
and
try
to
envision
creative
ways
to
interact
with
the
public
within
our
city.
Rights-Of-Way,
promote
economic
vitality
and
supporter
local
businesses.
We
wanted
to
encourage
walking
and
biking,
and
we
wanted
to
promote
public
spaces
for
arts
and
culture
now.
The
reason
that
we're
moving
forward
with
this
right
now
is
in
some
ways.
It
does
feel
a
little
bit
more
urgent
to
do
so
now
in
order
to
help
support
our
uptown
business
owners.
C
However,
this
type
of
a
strategy
was
recommended
in
the
Athens
up
town,
active
transportation
plan
that
we
completed
in
2018.
It
is
a
best
practice
and
it's
it's
it's
relatively
common
now
in
communities
around
the
u.s.
and
around
the
globe,
especially
in
in
warm
weather,
to
provide
such
amenities
and
they're
in
public
rights-of-way,
and
it's
a
it's
a
really
good
way
to
try
to
get
to
create
more
open
space
and
more
space
in
an
area
where
there's
very
little
of
that.
So
this
is
a
really
great
opportunity
for
us
to
to
move
forward
with
this.
C
The
legislation
that
you
have
the
draft
legislation
just
a
little
bit
of
the
details
about
it
for
purposes
of
this
legislation.
Andrew
chikki,
did
a
lot
of
the
lot
of
legwork
here.
To
put
this
all
together
and
his
his
efforts
for
this
should
not
go
unnoticed
and
if
ur
intones
and
within
each
zone
there
are
parking
spaces
and
andrew
did
a
pretty
much
a
space
by
space
evaluation
of
all
of
the
parking
we
considered
places
where
and
the
information
I'm
about
to
show
you
anything
that
screen
would
be
potentially
eligible
for
a
permit.
Anything.
C
C
That's
the
lot
behind
the
shiny
diner
as
most
of
us
know
it,
and
then
we
be
designated
that
the
this
season
for
doing
this,
at
least
in
the
short
run,
would
be
our
traditional
summer
months.
May
1st,
through
August
31st,
typically
commencement
at
Ohio
University,
is
the
first
Saturday
in
May.
So
it's
typically
right
around
May.
First
and
usually
school
begins
again
in
the
fall
semester
in
the
last
weekend
in
August.
So
we
thought
that
was
a
reasonable
opportunity
for
us
to
propose
us.
C
There
would
be,
of
course,
as
a
permitted
process,
and
so
in
order
to
determine
what
would
be
a
reasonable
cost
for
such
a
permit.
We
looked
at
what
is
the
cost
for
each
one
of
those
metered
spaces
and
if
it
was
occupied
for
a
full
11
hours
of
4
meter
enforcement
at
75
cents
per
hour,
that
would
come
out
to
$8.25
per
day.
C
D
Related
to
two
that
we
understand
that
the
overall
value
of
this
we
needed
to
estimate
the
value
of
the
space,
but
not
necessarily
the
the
cost
that
would
go
on
to
business
owners
in
the
Uptown
area,
knowing
that,
if
an
individual
or
a
business
were
to
use
the
space
or
rent
the
space
beginning
in
the
1st
of
May
through
the
end
of
August,
that
there
would
be
a
substantial
cost
there.
At
the
same
time,
there
is
an
offset
to
the
city
as
far
as
reutilizing
that
space
in
a
different
way.
D
So
what
you'll
see
in
the
legislation
will
be
I
want
to
call
it
a
happy
median,
but
it
is
a
compromise
median
in
order
to
offset
some
of
the
cost
of
our
value
of
that
space.
At
the
same
time,
knowing
that
this
is
meant
to
be
an
economic
boost
for
the
Uptown
businesses,
we
also
when
we
were
looking
at
how
to
go
about
doing
something
in
the
Uptown
area.
It
was.
D
So
the
hope
is
if
this
is
successful,
that
this
is
something
that
we
can
sustain
long-term
and
can
become
a
draw
during
the
summer
months,
and
what
we've
heard
from
depth
on
business
association
is
that
drop-off
when
students
leave
and
we
want
to
bring
in
more
business
into
the
into
Athens.
This
is
a
way
to
do
that
and
outside
of
just
the
Uptown
area,
a
draw
as
people
are
visiting,
to
check
out.
C
C
C
All
of
these
purple
ones
business
loading
zones,
and
so
they
would
be
ineligible
same
with
the
red
or
the
blue.
This
is
the
blue
area,
is
a
EDA
parking
space
and
so,
of
course
those
those
would
not
be
eligible
for
this
either
and
then
just
so,
everybody
understands
the
kind
of
the
concept
of
how
we
how
these
could
look,
but
also
of
the
way
they
could
actually
improve
the
aesthetics
of
Uptown
Athens
and
make
it
kind
of
a
more
interesting
and
vibrant
space.
C
Here's
just
a
few
few
images,
I've
taken
of
some
I've
seen
you
can
see
that
this
is
there's
a
dining
area
there
and
you
can
see
some
people
sitting
towards
the
towards
the
rear
of
that
photo,
but
also
that
there's
some
green
space
that's
being
created
in
an
area
that
otherwise
doesn't
have
a
lot
at
least
on
that
block
this
next
one
here,
pretty
simple.
Actually,
if
you
look
at
that,
it's
it's
lumber
that
you
can
buy
relative
or
relative
low
cost
at
local
hardware.
C
It
has
level
access
on
the
road
you
can
see
if
there's
some
shims
in
there
to
balance
it
out,
and
then
it's
also
well
protected
from
the
road
and
has
seating
for
at
least
eight
people
in
there.
So
again,
not
these
type
of
a
project
in
some
areas
of
Uptown
Athens
when
Andrew
and
I
we
we
walked
around
and
measured
it
out.
C
We
believe
that
if
social
distancing
rules
are
being
implemented
and
you've
got
tables
set
up
at
six
feet
apart
and
it's
separated
from
there's
some
slight
separation
from
the
sidewalk
there,
you
can
have
anywhere
from
four
to
four
or
five
or
six
tables
placed
in
one
of
these
areas,
creating
a
lot
of
space
for
for
uptown
business
owners
who
have
very
limited
space
right
now.
As
many
of
us
know,
some
of
the
some
of
the
shops,
uptown
have
very
are
very
narrow.
C
Buildings
already
had
very
limited
seating,
uptown
and
Sur
in
their
in
their
dining
area
and
with
the
requirements
for
the
number
of
people
that
can
be
in
the
building,
as
well
as
six
feet
of
separation,
even
further
limiting
their
options.
So
we
can.
There
is
an
opportunity
to
create
additional
dining
space
that
we
think
could
support
the
uptown
businesses
and
the
from
all
the
conversations
we've
been
having
with
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
the
uptown
Business
Association
members.
Many
of
them
are
interested
in
doing
this.
We
did
do
survey
work.
C
C
This
this
strategy
was
very
well
supported.
We
didn't
get
much
feedback
saying
that
they
thought
it
was
going
to
be
a
negative
for
their
business
or
a
negative
to
Uptown.
What
people
liked
about
it
was
that
it
did
keep
streets
open,
at
least
from
the
business
standpoint
we
I
know,
there's
been
conversations
that
I've
heard
from
people
who
said:
are
we
going
to
close
down
court
Street
or
can
be
closed
on
Court
Street,
to
make
it
a
more
into
a
pedestrian
pedestrian
way?
C
C
E
Would
just
like
to
say,
as
I
mentioned
in
one
of
those
meetings,
that
I
think
this
summer
is
the
absolute
perfect
time
to
do
this,
because
so
many
of
the
businesses
are
suffering
and
customers
want
to
be
safer
by
sitting
outdoors.
So
if
we
could
just
get
that
started
this
summer,
that
would
make
things
much
better
for
the
businesses
and
then
in
the
future.
E
F
Thank
you,
member
krottas,
Thank
You,
mr.
cheeky
and
mr.
Loeb
for
your
work
on
this
I
also
am
supportive.
I
wanted
to
share
that.
I
have
had
some
conversations
with
restaurant
owners
as
well
and
and
I
did
hear
some
of
the
feedback
that
you
commented
on
mr.
Loeb,
and
that
is
that
for
some
restaurants
that
don't
have
any
outdoor
seating
but
also
highly
value
their
parking
spaces,
because
they
are
doing
a
pretty
good
business
with
takeouts.
F
So
they
were
asking
me
about
whether
there
could
be
places
where
tables
could
be
set
up
where
customers
can
come
and
pick
up
their
takeout
food
and
then
go
to
the
tables
to
eat
the
food
instead
of
having
to
go
home.
So
they
were
asking
those
questions
about
you,
no
possibility
of
closing
down
streets
at
times
and
having
tables
etc.
F
You
know
we
got
into
the
weeds
a
little
bit
about
how
that
would
work
in
terms
of
being
able
to
be
served.
Alcohol
as
part
of
their
meal
I
assume
mr.
lug,
that
for
these
parklets
there
would
be
some
proximity
to
the
locate
to
the
to
the
restaurant.
They
would
have
to
be.
Maybe
within
a
certain
amount
of
feet
of
the
front
door,
or
something
because
I'm
assuming
that
alcohol
would
be
included
in
the
services
that
would
be
available
at
these
outdoor
seating.
Can
you
answer
that
question.
C
From
my
perspective,
member
crowd,
I
don't
believe
alcohol
would
be
permitted
outside
of
their
building
I'm,
not
sure.
Unless
there's
been
some
changes
to
the
to
Ohio
liquor
controls
permitting
process
there
are.
There
are
processes
that
communities
can
go
through
in
order
to
allow
for
alcohol
to
be
purchased
within
an
establishment
and
then
taken
out
into
the
public
right-of-way.
We
have
not
done
that
in
Athens.
C
That's
a
serving
alcohol
in
the
public,
right-of-way
I
think
that
is
a
discussion
that,
if,
if
council
wanted
to
have
it
I
would
hate
the
by
all
means
they
should
have
that
I.
Don't
have
a
position
on
that
in
either
way
a
few
things
we
have
discussed
about,
especially
about
just
having
we
did
talk
about.
You
know
place.
We
could
just
set
up
some
chairs
and
allow
people
to
sit,
and
then
we,
it
kind
of
gets
into
this
well
who's,
going
to
maintain
those
who's,
gonna
who's
going
to
clean
and
sanitize
them.
C
C
Chair,
pick
up
food
to
go
and
then
go
sit
up
on
college
green,
take
their
take
all
their
trash
with
them,
take
their
take
all
their
stuff
with
them
and
go
and
then
put
that
in
their
car
or
on
in
their
backpack.
That's
one
way.
We
think
we
could
address
that
in
a
sanitary
situation
and
also
provide
that
space.
There
are
a
few
other.
You
know
that
I
can
think
of.
C
Of
course,
the
armory
part
might
be
enough
opportunity
for
that,
as
well
as
the
old
Howard
Howard
Hall
site
at
Union
and
College,
but
doing
it
on
the
on
the
public
right-of-way
closing
down
the
streets
with
with
the
the
bricks
can
be
a
tripping
hazard,
of
course,
they're
uneven
setting
up
tables
and
then
having
wobbly
unable
to
shim
the
bottoms
of
them
to
keep
them
balanced.
We
just
didn't
have
any
good
answers
for
that,
and
so,
at
least
in
the
short
run,
we
didn't
think
that
was
an
appropriate
strategy
to
move
forward
with.
C
F
Just
to
follow
up
on
that
real
quick,
yeah
I
appreciate
that
you
haven't
considered
that
as
well,
because
those
those
questions
are
out
there-
yeah
of
course,
students
connected
to
that
is,
if
we're
not
having
boogie
on
the
bricks.
If
we're
not
having
brew
week,
could
there
be
weekends
where
we're
and
I
realize
those
are
basically
privately?
F
You
know
run
run
events
right,
but
this
is
work
with
those
lead,
those
organizers
to
shut
down
the
streets
and
allow
alcohol
or
tables
to
be
put
up
in
those
areas
and
I'm
wondering
if
we
could
have
at
least
on
a
couple
of
weekends
sort
of
promote
Athens
restaurants
promote
Athens
businesses
come
on
down
in
court.
Street
I
mean
everybody
loves.
Having
dinner.
You
know
it
raises
a
lot
of
money
for
the
body
on
the
bricks.
You
know
things
like
that.
F
G
E
A
meeting
with
the
uptown
business
owners
somebody
proposed
allowing
open
container
alcohol
if
people
are
gonna
be
eating
outside
and
I
suspect
everybody
had
the
same
mental
image.
That
I
did.
If
someone,
you
know
elegantly
sipping
wine
with
their
meal,
but
then
somebody
said
but
yeah.
The
bars
could
do
that
too,
and
there
could
be
students
all
over
the
sidewalk.
You
know
guzzling
beer
and
that
might
change
the
atmosphere.
Quite
a
bit.
I
also
wondered
just
while,
while
I'm
speaking,
you
can
address
this
later.
E
C
C
Can
provide
a
we
can
provide
the
full
map
to
them
to
the
members,
of
course,
to
your
question
about
other
locations
around
town
member
Claud,
filter,
David,
Riggs,
our
code
director.
He
has
been
looking
at
that
with
around
the
community.
What
we
think,
that's
actually
there's
that's
an
easier
problem
to
solve,
because
most
of
those
places
have
parking
off
street
parking
lots,
and
so,
if
they,
as
long
as
the
city
is
okay
with
it,
they
might.
C
We
might
need
some
flexibility
with
parking
requirements,
but
if
they
wanted
to
cordon
off
five
or
six
parking
spaces,
you
can
create
a
lot
of
real
estate.
By
doing
that,
of
course,
parking
is
a
very
big
land
use.
We
all
know
that
so
that
they
could
create
outdoor
dining
situations,
putting
tables
and
chairs
and
umbrellas
out,
because
that's
private
property
they
may
be
able
to
serve
alcohol
outside
I'm,
again,
I'm,
really
not
sure
on
how
those
how
liquor
permits
work
specifically
on
those
regulations.
C
I,
know
David
when
he
we
basically
said
we'll
take
care.
We
kind
of
split
the
work
and
he
said:
I'll
start
talking
about
I'll
figure
out
how
to
do
it.
In
the
areas
where
they
have
parking
areas
that
could
be
converted
and
then
Andrew
and
I
would
take
up,
take
try
to
solve
the
Uptown
issue
because
they
were,
we
looked
at
them
as
being
distinctly
different
in
needing
different
solutions.
I
know
that
there
is
interest
from
what
David
Riggs
told
me
from
some
of
the
business
owners.
C
B
H
I
I
Obviously
I
was
reading.
It
parking
was
the
first
concern
and-
and
you
know
you
addressed
that
by
saying
you'll-
be
opening
up
that
secure
a
lot
behind
the
diner
and
in
the
way
you
and
your
presentation
was
a
little
confusing.
It
said
you
open
up
to
34.
Is
it
up
to
34
spots
are
available
in
that
lot?
Is
that
how
that
is
interpreted?
You
have
thirty
four
spots
to
open,
so.
D
And
we're
already
in
the
progress
of
transitioning
those
spaces,
so
the
secured
parking
lot
was
monthly
paid
parking
by
reservation
and
upon
conversation
with
captain
Harvey
in
the
police
department.
We
looked
at
the
potential
with
the
balance
sheet
of
what
that
would
look
like
and
if
it
was
doable
and
a
parking
enforcement
was
in
favor
of
transitioning
those
spaces
into
parking
at
all
times,
so
all
of
those
spaces
transition
and
are
in
the
process
of
being
transitioned
into
metered
parking,
24
hours,
similar
to
any
other
parking
space
on
street.
D
D
I
I
I
I
B
Okay,
sir,
is
there
anybody
else
on
counsel
I
did
what
I
did
have
a
couple
questions
one
was:
do
we
have
and
I
don't
I,
don't
know
if
we've
collected
data
at
this
point
from
our
smart
meters?
Are
we
kind
of
up
or
down,
what's
been
the
parking
trend
here
kind
of
through
this
through
this
this
new
new
time.
D
The
parking
garage,
for
example,
has
has
been
primarily
empty
for
lack
of
better
words
during
the
day
and
that's
also
attributed
to
things
like
a
municipal
court
that
would
typically
be
using
that
when
they
have
a
full
docket
and
that's
starting
to
come
back
online,
we're
seeing
more
vehicles
in
the
Uptown
area
parking
at
metered
parking,
so
the
expectation
would
be
that
it
would
start
to
take
up.
But
for
the
last
couple
of
months
it's
been
it's
been
down,
but
that's
not
unexpected.
No.
B
B
Correct
and
and
mr.
chickie
and
and
mr.
Loeb-
thank
you
so
much
for
your
for
your
work
on
this
I
know
that
this
was
a
very
collaborative
effort
to
to
pull
this
together
pretty
quickly.
I
know
that
in
in
my
conversations
in
business,
it's
not
only
necessary
to
try
new
things,
but
it's
it's
also
just
it
is
an
opportunity
to
to
do
that.
So
we're
watching
businesses
really
look
at
try
different
things,
because
this
is
this
is
what
we
have
to
do
in
order
to
figure
out
how
to
survive
this.
B
D
As
it's
written
right
now,
it's
a
$50
application
fee
and
then
a
$100
permit.
So
it's
much
less
than
if
you
were
to
rent
out
that
parking,
spitting
or
use
that
parking
space
for
regular
parking.
But
it
does
offset
some
administrative
costs
of
getting
that
arranged.
The
cost
related
to
building
the
the
structure
would
be
up
to
the
business
and
there's
a
lot
of
latitude
there
to
design
and
create.
We
want
it
to
be
a
creative
process.
D
H
D
H
I
think
there
should
be
something
in
there
that
says:
hey
if
you're
not
going
to
use
it,
for
whatever
reason
you
know
whether
it's
your
fault,
my
fault
or
somebody's
fault,
we'll
take
it
back
within
a
week.
Yeah
we'll
give
you
a
refund.
Thank
you
very
much,
but
obviously
you're
not
going
to
use
it
for
the
purposes
intended.
C
That's
that's
a
very
good
point
on
and
I.
Don't
think
we
really
thought
of
that
we
will.
We
can
definitely
look
at
that
prior
to
coming
back
to
council
next
week.
One
thought
my
first
thought
is
that
until
once,
they've
secured
a
permit
until
they've
actually
installed
something
that's
a
parking
space,
and
so
it's
a
metered
parking
space
and
the
public
should
be
should
have
access
to
that
parking
space.
The
property
owner
does
not
have
the.
C
We
should
make
sure
that
the
business
owner
cannot
just
cordon
it
off
use
it
for
their
own
private
parking
space
for
for
a
staff
member
or
for
themselves.
We
need
to
just
treat
that
as
a
parking
space
until
they
deployed
there
their
installation
at
least
that's
my
line
of
thought
right
now.
Okay,
it's
a
good
line
and
that.
E
D
There's
a
couple
of
things
that
that
happen
in
the
creation
of
that
space,
so
on
either
end
of
the
extended
outdoor
seating
area
would
be
parking
blocks
that
would
be
put
in
by
the
city
and
then
on.
The
corner
would
be
a
a
flexible
bollard
to
signal
the
the
corner
so
that
that's
something
that
would
happen
prior
to
the
installation
happening.
J
I'm
glad
that
the
the
question
came
up
about
88
accessibility,
because
that's
that's
critical
for
this
to
work
correctly
is
to
make
sure,
in
particular,
with
some
of
our
sloped
streets.
I
mean
I,
know
the
diagram
that
the
the
city
planner
showed
you
where
the
city
was
crowned.
So
it
was
sloping
in
to
the
curb
and
so
you've
got
to
shim
it
up,
but
clearly
in
the
city
of
Athens,
we've
got
streets
that
have
thirsty,
and
so
we've
got
to
make
sure
the
ADA
accessible.
Isn't
will
steep,
you
don't
I
mean
there's
a
there's.
J
It
certainly
a
grade
to
them.
So
we
have
to
work
through
that.
The
other
thing
that
I
think
is
critical
for
this
to
work
well,
is
also
free
access
for
water
to
flow
under
to
where,
if
we
have
another
day
where
we
have
four
inches
of
rain
come
down
in
the
period
of
an
hour
and
a
half,
we
don't
have
several
barges
floating
their
way
down
towards
the
Hocking
River
I
am
totally
in
favor
of
this.
J
By
the
way,
I
have
traveled
to
conferences
all
over
the
US,
and
it
seems
every
city
that
I
go
to.
Has
this
extended
outdoor
spaces
or
parklets,
and
they
function
very
well,
I
think
in
the
the
time
of
Kovan
19,
knowing
that
there's
businesses
that
that
are
really
struggling
with
oths
requirements
when
it
comes
to
social
distancing
table
spacing
and
the
number
of
people
that
they
can
actually
have
the
indoors
or
outdoors
that
something
like
this
I
think
in
the
city
of
Athens
can
work
very
well.
B
C
B
Point:
zero,
five
point:
31
eight
two,
and
this
is
basically
you
never
know
what
you're
gonna
get
you're
gonna
end
up
working
on
quite
a
bit
when
it
comes
to
working
on
Council
and
for
me
somehow
it
seems
to
be
toeing
in
different
fashions.
So
this
one,
this
one
coming
forward,
is
not
about
fees
or
anything
like
that.
B
I
was
I,
was
approached
by
attorney
sky,
petty
from
John
LaBelle
and
associates.
He
has
a
client
that
is
requesting
a
change
to
that.
A
towing
operator
that
has
a
lot
that's
outside
the
city
limits,
and
we
wanted
to
have
a
discussion
on
that
this
evening.
So
just
just
a
little
a
little
bit
about
the
the
towing
regulations
when
it
comes
to
lots,
the
they
need
accessibility
and
that's
that's
written
into
Ohio,
Revised
Code.
Their
location
doesn't
necessarily
need
to
be
within
us
within
the
city
limits.
In
fact,
I
believe
there
on
Ohio
Revised
Code.
B
B
G
My
clients
are
John
and
Deborah
Melville
and
they
own
Athens,
towing
and
recovery
limited
it's
one
of
just
a
small
handful
of
telling
operations
that
do
tows
for
the
city
of
Athens
and
that's
what
this
is
about.
Private
tows
from
private
Lots
are
subject
to
state
law.
Like
you
said
they
can
have.
The
lot
can
be
25
miles
away.
G
And,
of
course,
these
vehicles
that
are
being
towed
are
generally
in
pretty
poor
condition.
A
lot
of
them
have
been
in
crashes,
they've,
broken
down
on
the
street
and
stopped
running
they're
leaking.
Some
of
them
aren't,
but
my
client
tells
me
the
vast
majority
of
them
are
in
pretty
bad
shape
and
we
have
a
city
ordinance
that
essentially
says
you
must
keep
those
wrecked
and
leaking
vehicle
within
city
limits,
and
we
certainly
think
there
could
be
better
uses
of
property
within
the
city
limits.
G
Then
potential
environmental
hazards
and
eyesores
and
my
clients
law
is
about
2.1
miles
from
the
city
corporation
limit
sign
on
columbus
road
there
at
the
end
of
columbus
Road
on
550,
as
you
go
out
toward
Ames
Ville,
just
2.1
miles
out
of
town,
and
so
it's
not
far,
it
is
available
by
Athens,
on-demand
transit.
It's
it's
not
on
a
standard
route
for
Athens
transit,
but
you
can
do
the
$2
Athens
on-demand
ride
out
there,
so
it
is
accessible
by
public
transportation.
G
So
we're
asking
for
an
amendment
to
that
ordinance.
We
don't
have
any
particular
favorite
language
or
anything
that
pulls
them
within.
You
know
being
able
to
tow
cars
to
that
lot
on
550
we're.
Okay
with
the
simplest
amendment,
might
just
be
eliminating
those
eight
words
using
impound
lots
within
the
city
whenever
possible.
G
That
would
still
leave
the
rest
of
that
sentence,
which
leaves
the
Chief
of
Police
to
designate
the
place
of
storage
of
any
vehicles
that
are
towed
from
the
city
of
Athens.
So
it's
not
like
the
city
of
Athens
has
no
say
anymore
about
where
vehicles
would
go.
The
Chief
of
Police
would
still
have
the
discretion
to
say
that
lots
too
far
away,
for
whatever
reason
we
don't
like
that
that
so
operation
they're
doing
something
that
we
don't
like,
and
so
we
don't
want
to
use
them
whatever.
It
is.
G
G
G
But
my
client,
we
don't
we're
not
aware
of
any
other
tow
operations
that
are
going
to
be
adversely
affected
that
are
or
any
that
are
going
to
be
favorably
effective,
that
that
want
to
jump
in
and
start
doing,
tows
in
the
city
of
Athens
and
all
of
a
sudden
are
going
to
be
able
to
do
it
because
they
have
a
lot
and
then
just
one
other
issue
that
has
kind
of
brought
this
to
the
floor.
For
my
client
is
that
the
lot
that
they
have
been
renting
on
Columbus
Road,
the
owner
passed
away?
G
The
state
is
in
probate
and
the
lot
is
going
to
be
sold
and
it's
up
in
the
air,
whether
they're
going
to
be
able
to
continue
to
use
that
lot
at
all.
And
so
they
may
be
looking
around
the
see
if
they
can't
use
their
existing
lawn
on
550
they're,
going
to
be
looking
around
the
city
of
Athens
to
try
and
find
a
place
to
put
an
impound
lot
within
city
limits,
and
that
would
cost
them
a
lot
of
money
as
having
to
rent
this
space
and
Athens.
This
cost
them
a
lot
of
money.
G
E
F
Thank
You
mr.
petty
for
joining
us
today
and
bringing
this
to
councils
attention
I,
understand
your
clients
concern.
My
only
issue
with
some
of
what's
been
presented
today
is
pushing
our
environmental
problems
out
into
the
county.
Of
course,
council
is
very
concerned
about
municipal
property
and
our
regulations
with
inside
the
city,
but
I
wouldn't
want
to
say.
F
If
we
had
a
leaking
car
or
something
we
just
tow
it
outside
the
city,
then
everything
will
be
all
right,
so
I
do
think
we
need
to
take
into
consideration
that
we
don't
want
to
just
move
the
problems
outside
of
our
jurisdiction
and
then
we
don't
have
to
worry
about
them.
So
that's
my
only
concern.
Thank
you.
B
You
know,
and
I
will
make
mention
you
know
this
is
this-
is
something
that
has
been
in
place
for
for
20
years
and
I
think
the
transportation
has
has
changed.
You
know
at
this
point:
there's
uber
there's
there
are
other
options
to
to
get
to
these
these
places.
You
know
I
believe
that
that
probably
when
this
was
written,
they
wanted
to
have
it
so
that
people
could
could
access
stuff
within
within
the
city
and
I.
B
I
Thank
you,
member
krottas
I
do
think
that
last
I
heard
on
demand
has
expanded
its
customer
base
to
all
residents
prior
to
that
it
was
just
those
with
disabilities
and
senior
citizens,
so
that
would
be
available.
Of
course,
there
is
the
process.
You
got
to
schedule
it
ahead
of
time,
but
it
is
available
and
we
have
lifts
now
that
wasn't
available
before
to
your
point,
so
the
downside
I'm
trying
to
understand
if
there's
downsides
to
this
edit
and
that
would
be
the
only
one
that
I
can
think
of.
I
K
Is
foremost
because
a
lot
of
the
payments
and
other
people
who
may
have
other
know
that
are
having
issues
of
being
a
beep
or
get
their
car
out
and
being
able
to
access
it
in
a
in
a
cheap
and
easy
way,
I
think
is
very
really
important.
I
think
you
can
put
a
mileage
on
it
weapons
when
Amazon
me.
So
that's
an
issue
with
us
that
we
can
do
thanks.
J
Have
a
question
and
I:
don't
know
mr.
petty,
if
you
can
save
approximately
we're
on
Columbus
Road,
that
property
is
and
here's
why
I'm
asking
is
and
I
really
respect
what
Sam
had
said
about.
You
know
if
you've
got
a
vehicle,
that's
leaking.
Who
knows
what
all
over
the
place
you
know
to
drag
it
from
one
locale
to
another,
doesn't
solve
the
leaky.
You
know
products
coming
out
of
that
vehicle,
but
but
it's
my
question
is
based
on
the
proximity
along
Columbus
road
to
Omaha,
wellhead
protection
area.
B
B
B
Bullet
point
to
discuss-
and
this
one
is
even
Chris-
is
it
agree
with
ODOT
for
some
guardrail
work
that
is
coming
up
on
us,
33
I,
don't
know
if
the
the
project
will
happen
this
this
year,
I
believe
it's
bleeding
put
out
to
bid
in
October
of
2020,
so
I
don't
know
if
they'll
try
to
sneak
it
in
right
at
the
end
of
the
construction
year
or
wait
till
spring,
but
but
once
again
standard
local.
Let
project.
B
A
F
Thank
You
president
Isley
first
item
on
our
agenda.
Tonight
is
appropriations
and
transfers
and
we
have
under
appropriations
a
number
of
amounts
received
in
court.
Municipal
court
grants
that
I
will
be
speaking
to
in
the
next
item.
But
these
are
specifically
29
and
six
hundred
and
fifty
dollars
for
one
grant
and
five
thousand
three
hundred
and
eighty
dollars
in
a
second
grant,
and
these
would
be
appropriations
for.
F
Also,
we
have
a
transfer,
and
that
is
from
the
auditor's
office.
It
is
a
one
thousand
dollar
transfer
from
the
general
fund
of
the
Auditor
transaction
code,
302
transaction
code,
five
hundred
for
a
desk
top
scanner-
and
that
excuse
me
that
the
previous,
the
two
grants
for
the
Municipal
Court
are
to
the
clerk
of
court
computer
fund
231
transaction
code.
F
L
I,
don't
use
me
Sam,
yes,
sorry
to
interrupt,
but
I
have
some
comments
on
both
those
items
you've
mentioned.
So
one
of
the
grant
amounts
for
the
5000
or
4000
whatever
it
was
we'll
go
in
transaction
class,
200
for
tasers
and
then
the
security
setup
with
cameras
etc.
We'll
go
in
the
500s,
as
you
mentioned.
Okay.
F
L
And
I
tend
to
use
this.
This
warning
wrong
myself,
but
for
the
honors
office
it's
not
technically
a
transfer.
We
will
be
decreasing
the
appropriation
in
the
TC
300s
in
our
budget
and
increasing
the
500s.
So
it's
no
new
money,
but
it's
actually
an
appropriation
and
one's
an
increase,
someone's
decreased
type
of
thing,
and
so,
like
I,
said
no
new
money.
That's
for
a
desktop
scanner!
L
You
may
all
remember
when
we
asked
for
money
to
upgrade
our
software,
and
so
we
intend
to
provide
more
access
to
information
for
people
that
use
our
software
for
requisitions
and
purchase
orders,
and
things
like
that.
So
to
do
that,
we
will
need
to
do
instantaneous
scanning
into
our
system.
So
when
somebody
wants
to
go
in
from
another
department
wants
to
see
how
much
money
is
left
on
a
Pio
or
how
much
is
spent
or
whether
they
already
have
a
Pio
for
something
stuff
like
that.
L
So
for
us
to
get
that
information
into
the
system,
we
need
to
do
the
scanning.
Otherwise
we
have
a
really
big
scanner
in
a
back
room
that
that
it
can
be
used
also,
but
tax
also
has
desktop
scanners.
So
that
we
can
post
that
information,
you
know
right
away
and
it'll
be
accessible
to
people
and
I'm
sure
people
like
Debbie
and
anybody
else
who
tries
to
follow
their
purchase
orders
and
in
requisitions,
and
things
like
that.
They'll
have
a
lot
more
access
than
they
can
see.
What
was
what's
been
done
on
there.
Okay.
F
F
A
very
good
question:
member
Smedley,
and
we
have
a
number
of
items
on
the
agenda
tonight
and
the
second
one
are
these
grants,
and
so
I
was
going
to
get
into
the
deep
that
wasn't
sure
if
I
should
get
into
all
the
details
under
nor
I
should
wait
toward
the
for
the
grants.
But
I
can
tell
you
that
the
the
amount
of
five
thousand
three
hundred
eighty
dollars,
which
the
auditor
clarified
will
be
transaction
code
which
is
specifically
for
Tasers,
is
for
the
security
staff
within
the
courtroom.
F
They
have
traditionally
one
officer
and
a
bailiff
who
are
unarmed
and
they
do
have
a
panic
button
that
they
can
use
if
they
need
in
an
emergency
situation,
and
police
officers
arrive
very
quickly
in
those
situations,
but
they
would
feel
a
little
more
comfortable.
Having
some
non-lethal
abilities
to
to
take
care
of
a
situation
should
an
emergency
arise,
and
that
is
why
they
wrote
this
grant
for
the
Supreme
Court
of
Ohio
for
Tasers.
F
Administration,
okay,
so
we'll
move
on
then
to
the
court
grants
from
the
Ohio
Supreme,
Court
and
remember:
Smedley
I
agree
entirely.
Tanya
died,
the
clerk
of
the
County
Municipal
Court
has
been
doing
a
fantastic
job
to
secure
these
grants
and
a
little
more
detail.
The
first
grant
the
larger
grant
to
29,000
$650
was
awarded
to
the
Municipal
Court
for
security.
Both
of
these
grants
are
in
the
in
the
under
security
and
one.
This
larger
one
is
specifically
to
upgrade
their
their
camera
systems.
F
F
F
The
mayor
shaking
his
head
nodding
his
head.
Excuse
me:
we
can
get
this
amount
reimbursed
from
no
Peck
the
Northeast
Ohio
public
energy
Council.
So
this
is
necessary
to
have
this
ordinance
to
pay
a
prior-year
bill,
but
we
should
have.
We
will
submit
a
reimbursement
for
this
as
soon
as
we
paid
the
bill
mayor.
Any
committee
members-
yes,
memorizer-
is.
J
Pattersons
like
to
answer
them
ompletely,
this
is
for
the
second
half
of
what
we
have
paid
for
this
umbrella.
We
had
a
half
which
we
paid
last
year
in
2019,
and
then
we
upon
delivery.
We
were
to
pay
the
other
half
of
this,
which,
as
was
mentioned
number
Crowl,
is
that
it's
reimbursable
through
no
pecks
energized
community
grant,
which
we
have
been
successful
in
getting
for
a
couple
years
now,
at
least
with
the
solar
lighting
in
the
in
the
bus
shelters.
And
now
these
these
solar
umbrella
charging
stations.
L
Yeah
we
we
already
paid
five
thousand
last
year.
We
had
to
pay
that
down
when
we
ordered
them
and
so
yeah
the
full
amount,
I
assume
what
will
get
reimbursed,
but
because
they
were
ordered
last
year
but
didn't
come
and
we
didn't
get
our
final
invoice
until
this
year,
it's
a
prior
year
expense,
and
if
it's
over,
you
know
by
law,
it's
over
$3,000
council
has
to
approve
it,
and
so
that's
what
this
process
is
and
I
just
might
throw
out
there
a
lot
of
council
members,
don't
even
realize.
L
Back
in
the
day
we
used
to
have
a
lot
of
these.
Every
January
in
February
people
forgot
to
encumber
money
for
four
bills
that
hadn't
been
they
hadn't
gotten
yet,
and
so
we
we
really
hardly
have
any
of
them
anymore.
I
think
Debbie
can
attest
to
that.
But
anyway.
So
it's
just
one
of
those
things.
It's
a
bookkeeping
thing
and
so
and
it
won't
really
cost
us
any
money
in
the
end.
So
so.
F
J
That
be
true
to
wear
with
this
granting
mechanism,
once
you
have
shown
demonstrated
your
expense
on
what
the
project
was,
then
no
peck
reimburses
you.
They
did
the
same
thing
like
I
said
with
the
bus
shelters
that
we
had
to
show
that
we
had
purchased
and
once
we
had
those
invoices,
we
were
able
to
send
them
on
to
no
Peck
and
note
that
no
Peck
reimbursed
us
for
those
great.
F
F
We,
the
auditor,
indicates
that
in
July
we
will
get
the
interest
rate
for
the
rollover
of
this
of
this
flown
as
it
rolls
over
into
the
next
fiscal
year,
but
the
service
safety
director
and
the
director
of
engineering
and
Public
Works
recommend
that
we
pay
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
pay
down
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
of
the
four
hundred
and
sixty
thousand
dollars.
That
is
still
due
on
this
note,
so
that
will
be
coming
up
to
Council
next
week.
L
So
because
council
won't
be
meeting
in
July
and
you
know
we
really
can't
do
anything
until
the
1st
of
August,
so
they
towards
the
end
of
July.
As
member
Kraus
said,
you
know,
I'll
call
the
bank
we'll
get
our
interest
rate
and
asked
our
bond
council
to
prepare
the
paperwork,
and
so
when
you
first
come
back
in
August,
then
you
know
we'll
be
asking
you
I'll
be
asking
you
actually
to
suspend
on
second
reading
unless
you
have
a
special
session
or
something
in
there,
because
it
is
due
at
the
end
of
August.
L
F
A
L
That's
a
good
question
because
the
unappropriated
and
the
sewer
fund
is
not
healthy
at
all,
but
I
believe
this.
What
happens?
The
reason
we
get
these
kinds
of
you
know.
Four
hundred
five
hundred
thousand
six
hundred
thousand
short-term
or
you
know
rollovers-
is
for
the
engineering
and
design
because
we
can't
get
our
grant
money
and
everything
together
until
we
have
the
design
and
in
a
cost.
So
we
end
up
paying
for
that
ourselves,
upfront
so
I'm
in
mayor.
L
Maybe
you
can
help
with
this
too,
but
my
understanding
from
Jessica
dynasts
that
involved
heavy,
is
that
we
they
can
roll
this
amount
into
the
the
current
cost.
Now
that
the
project
you
know
as
has
gone
on
and
and
so
that
this
isn't
really
just
coming
out
of
our
pocket,
the
money
will
be
replaced
from
the
project
money
that
makes
sense.
L
The
other
side,
the
other
thing
I
should
tell
you-
is
all
of
this.
Money
is
already
in
our
budget.
So
when
you
say
because
we
have
to
show
the
full
expense
of
the
note
and
then
for
the
revenue
side,
I
don't
know
what
that
is
until
a
decision
is
made
on
how
much
we're
paying
down
and
so
I
show
the
full
revenue
as
if
we
don't
pay
it
down
or
I
guess
and
in
bring
it
down.
L
F
L
L
L
F
A
We
will
have
a
slightly
modified
agenda
on
that
and
that
before
we
begin
the
regular
session,
we
will
have
a
committee
meeting
a
short
committee,
maybe
for
planning
and
development,
so
that
we
can
do
our
usual
process
that
any
legislation
come
for
coming
forward
will
have
gone
through
the
committee
first.
So
thanks
in
advance,
councilmember
fall.