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Athens City Council - December 13, 2021
A
B
The
first
committee
to
meet
is
the
committee
of
the
whole
and
the
first
item
is
the
opioid
litigation
settlement,
and
this
was
brought
to
our
attention
by
our
law,
director
and
mayor
just
last
week,
and
this
is
part
of
the
reason
we're
having
this
special
session
tonight.
That
follows
the
committee
meetings
because
of
the
urgency
of
this
particular
piece
of
legislation.
B
This
is
the
johnson
and
johnson
national
opioid
settlement
and
we
have
been
instructed,
as
have
all
local
governments,
with
populations
of
more
than
10
000,
to
vote
regarding
the
settlement,
and
we
need
to
be
able
to
get
95
percent
of
the
litigating
subdivisions
to
participate
in
the
settlement.
So
our
city
of
athens
were
hopefully
tonight
once
this
is
passed,
we'll
be,
will
be
part
of
that
and
what
it
does
is
it
agrees
to
accept
the
one
ohio
memorandum
of
understanding
and
that
was
reached
on
july.
B
C
The
only
thing
to
add
president
nicely,
you
know
we
were
successful
in
another
case
that
came
up
with
the
opiate
settlement
and
one
of
the
things
that
one
of
the
things
that's
going
on
currently
so
council
all
knows,
and-
and
those
of
you
who
are
here
tonight
know
and
everyone
who's
watching
in
tv
land-
is
that
we're
still
exploring
what
that
money
can
be
applied
to.
It
has
to
be
to
treatment,
something
that
has
to
do
with
those
who
are
either
in
recovery
or
post
recovery
or
even
educational.
I'm
getting
information
out
there.
C
I
think,
more
importantly,
we
have
cities
and
villages
one
other
city,
but
a
lot
of
villages
where
they
too,
if
they
are
part
of
this
process,
will
receive
an
allocation
and
it's
working
with
those.
You
know
as
an
example
there's
one
small
village
here
in
athens
county
that
it's
going
to
be
receiving
about
130
and
it's
engaging
with
those
mayors
and
city
managers
and
village
managers
to
think
collectively
how
we
can
pool
that
money
together
and
actually
have
something
that
has
a
large
impact
as
opposed
to
someone
kind
of
sitting
there
going
well.
C
How
am
I
going
to
apply
130
to
treatment,
and
so
there's
a
lot
of
work
present
nicely
that
is
going
on
with
other
political
subdivisions
when
it
comes
to
these
settlements
and
we'll
do
the
same
with
this.
If
we're
successful
and
if
council
sees
fit
to
pass
this
through
tonight
and
enter
into
a
another
round
of
the
opiate
settlements
that
are
ongoing
in
the
in
the
united
states
right
now,
right.
B
And
I
think
that
athens
county
is
will
get
between
anywhere
between
half
million
and
a
million
dollars,
so
certainly
that
regional
approach
or
the
county-wide
approach
might
make
a
lot
of
sense.
So
anyway,
this
ordinance
tonight
is
the
council
accepting
the
memorandum
of
understanding
and
that's
what
the
purpose
of
this
ordinance
going
through
tonight
is
any
other
questions
or
comments.
D
D
But
we
also
wanted
to
recognize
that
there's
still
opportunities
for
improvement
within
the
city
limits,
and
so
we
thought
that
one
of
the
best
ways
of
doing
that-
and
I
had
a
great
conversation
with
mr
rob
delac
as
well,
who
had
who
had
a
a
lot
of
interest
in
this
as
well.
So
I
appreciate
his
his
interest
and
his
efforts
around
this
issue.
D
D
So
that's
the
idea,
and
the
ad
hoc
committee
would
just
exist
for
a
year
again
that
the
priorities
would
be
to
come
up
with
a
timeline
and
pre
and
a
priority
list
of
sorts
to
recommend
to
city
council.
They
would
report
to
city
council
quarterly
with
the
idea
of
meeting
their
goals
by
no
later
than
december,
1
2022,
or
sooner
and
I'll,
take
any
questions.
If
anyone
has
any.
E
We've
done
this
before
with
other
instances,
especially
when
it
comes
to
identifying
and
prioritizing
things
such
as
in
the
comprehensive
plan.
This
will
act
actually
as
a
good
model
for
some
of
the
other
sections
of
the
comprehensive
plan
that
should
probably
go
under
this
sort
of
scrutiny
and
prioritization.
F
Question
I
am
reflecting
on
being
somewhat
new
to
council,
but
recognizing
that
at
one
point
I
heard
that
we
tend
to
use
ad
hoc
groups
when
we
don't
already
have
an
existing
committee
to
focus
on.
So
I'm
wondering,
given
that
I
actually
like
the
idea
of
empowering
more
ad
hoc
groups
to
give
input
in
areas
related
to
the
comprehensive
plan.
Is
this
at
all
a
divergence
from
traditional
practice
of
only
having
ad
hoc
groups
when
we
don't
have
say
a
pre-existing
committee
to
look
at
these
issues.
D
That's
an
excellent
question:
sidewalks
do
traditionally
fall
under
the
transportation
committee,
but
this
would
obviously
be
not
just
sidewalks.
This
is
petition
accessibility
with
special
importance
to
the
condition
of
existing
sidewalks,
but
because
it
is
so
focused
on
pedestrian
sidewalk.
I
felt
that
there
was
still
room
for
this
specialized
group.
That's
sort
of
a
breakout
of
the
transportation
committee.
E
What's
happened
in
the
past
with
the
comprehensive
plan,
like
the
2020
conference
plan
is
that
there
was
actually
a
larger
ad
hoc
committee
that
was
established
that
was
chaired
by
ed
baum
way
back
then
they
established
overall
goals
and
objectives,
prioritizations
and
baseline
sort
of
criteria
so
that
you
can
say
whether
we've
done
better
or
not,
and
out
of
that
project.
We
also
had
several
smaller
committees.
E
G
Thank
you,
president
nicely
remember,
mccary
and
memphis
medley.
Thank
you
for
working
on
this
and
your
question.
Member
mccary.
The
funding
is
also
very
different
for
how
we
deal
with
streets
versus
sidewalks,
so
it
even
may
make
more
sense
to
have
an
adult
committee
because
of
that
very
different
funding
structure.
Thank
you.
B
And
we
did
receive
correspondence
this
afternoon
from
the
chair
of
the
disabilities
commission
who's
strongly
supportive
of
this,
the
formation
of
the
committee.
So
any
other
comments
or
questions
all
right,
if
not
we'll
move
on
to
the
transportation
committee
chaired
by
councilmember
reisner
and
we'll
give
folks
a
moment
to
settle
in
to
their
other
position
down
at
the
other
at
the
table,
those
who
aren't
on
the
transportation.
So
it's
for
transportation,
reisner,
crowl
and
ziff.
H
H
C
I
can
certainly
mention
something
and
then
otter
heck.
Please
do
appreciation
jump
in
because
I
know
you've
been
watching
this
and
looking
at
it
intimately
as
well.
You
know
the
interesting
thing
and
I'm
not
going
to
get
in
too
far
into
the
weeds
with
with
council
or
the
viewing
audience,
but
but
basically
the
the
contract
is
with
parking.
Is
enforcement?
C
So
so
one
of
the
things
that
chief
pyle
has
done
is
he's
gone
back
and
basically
collated
the
expenses
under
enforcement
and
to
this
point
in
time-
and
I
I
need
to
qualify
that,
but
as
of
the
the
end
of
november,
our
expenses
with
the
enforcement
side
are
64,
836
dollars
and
95
cents,
and
so
I
believe
that
service
safety
director
andy
stone
reached
out
to
you
and
kind
of
walked
you
through
a
lot
of
this
process
with
this
particular
contract.
So
again,
the
contract
is
on
the
enforcement
side.
C
It's
not
on
the
metered
services
because
we
purchased
these
meter
heads,
so
we
are
paying
the
monthly
the
service
fees
and
everything
associated
with
those
meter
heads
as
was
indicated.
You
know
the
the
service
safety
director
has
really
been
looking
over
this
a
lot
and
working
it
through
in
conjunction
with
the
chief
police
and
captain
ralph
harvey
who's
over
parking
enforcement
and
looking
at
at
the
way
in
which
this
should
all
work.
I
Just
a
reminder:
there's
been
a
lot
of
talk
about
this
for
the
last
couple
of
weeks,
and
you
know
I
put
my
opinions
out
there
and
provided
all
the
information
that
people
needed.
It
looks
like
this
year
we're
going
to
spend
more
than
70
000
on
those
services
which
isn't
a
bad
thing.
That
means
our
parking
meters
are
being
used.
I
G
Yeah
I'll
just
say
that,
as
we
went
back
and
forth
and
tried
to
figure
out
these
exact
expenses
and
the
revenues
from
this,
we
70
000
was
almost
dead
on.
I
mean
we're
only
a
few
hundred
dollars
over.
I
think
so,
even
if
it
was
picked
up
at
the
state,
I
don't
think
they'd
be
jumping
up
and
down
saying
you
know
you're
feeling,
but
we'll
fix
it
anyway,
so
that
it
is
correct,
but
actually
the
estimates,
whether
it
was
from
the
auditor's
office
or
from
the
police
department
or
the
ssd,
were
pretty.
H
A
B
G
E
E
The
city
has
already
done
an
audit,
a
zero
waste
audit
and
a
pledge
they
did
an
audit
in
2016..
That's
great!
That's
baseline
information
to
go
forward
with
this
sort
of
thing
and
also
looking
at
bring
green
procurement
policies
and
stuff.
So
it
is
trying
to
be
a
a
policy
that
is
adaptive
and
making
sure
that
we
pay
attention
to
the
global
climate
change
and
the
climate
emergency
resolution
that
was
passed
and
some
of
the
other
health
emergencies
that
we've
passed
in
the
in
the
few
years.
E
H
E
B
A
L
L
We
have
been
meeting
very
regularly
for
the
last
several
years
and
I
won't
go
into
everything
we've
done,
but
we
put
in
countless
hours.
We
are
thoroughly
committed
to
help
the
city
in
any
way
we
can
to
accomplish
this
goal.
I
want
to
tell
you
real
quickly:
I'm
driving
down
682
an
ambulance
comes
by.
L
Everyone
gets
off
the
road
they
stop.
They
know
it's
an
emergency
and
I'm
thinking
you
know
this
is
awesome,
because
we
respect
that
there
are
situations
that
call
for
all
of
us
paying
attention
and
doing
the
next
right
thing
and
I'm
looking
around
thinking.
There
are
people
from
all
different
walks
of
life,
we're
all
following
the
same
direction:
the
same
world.
We
have
no
idea
what
the
emergency
is,
and
maybe
someone
you
know
miles
miles
away,
as
has
happened
with
the
climate
catastrophe,
but
the
things
that
we're
seeing
in
the
news
in
miami
in
kentucky.
L
M
M
These
are
some
literature
about
our
committee
and
about
the
pedro
chemical
hub,
which
may
or
may
not
be
on
hold
right
now
in
belmont
county,
but
the
first
cracker
plant
has
already
been
built
in
pennsylvania.
So
I'm
just
sharing
that
information.
In
case
you
haven't
seen
it.
This
is
one
of
the
things
our
committee,
athens,
rethink.
Plastics
has
been
doing
and,
as
you
can
see,
these
are
old
feed
and
seed
bags,
which
we
clean
and
and
sew
into
shopping
bags.
M
Two
right
here
at
the
athens
community
center
and
tomorrow
is
taking
the
third
of
40-foot
containers
that
we
have
collected
to
cleveland
to
ship
back
overseas
to
countries
and
people
who
are
in
need
most
of
these
supplies
and
equipment
up
until
this
stage
and
over
these
years
would
be
going
into
the
landfill
and
make
no
mistake
about
it.
This
stuff
is
not
junk.
M
M
They
are
ex
extremely
toxic
to
human
life,
and
one
of
the
things
I
found
out
is
it
does
cause
cancer,
I'm
a
retired
nurse
practitioner
and
along
the
ohio
river
valley.
We
see
cancer
centers
all
coming
up
and
one
of
the
things
that
does
cause
cancers
are
plastics.
The
flexible
plastics
are
endocrine
disruptors
and
they
call
breast
cancer,
they
cause
prostate
cancers
and
they
call
reproductive
cancers
and
other
substances,
there's
14
toxic
chemicals
in
plastics,
and
they
cause
different
types
of
cancers
as
well
brain
cancers
and
leukemias.
M
So
we
need
to
be
aware
that
we're
killing
ourselves
with
the
use
of
plastics
plastics
are
going
to
be
here
for
medical
supplies,
we're
going
to
need
them,
but
the
single-use
plastics
don't
need
to
be
used.
We
use
a
bag
for
12
minutes,
and
then
it
takes
about
over
500
years
to
decompose.
It
doesn't
decompose,
it's
a
forever
plastic.
M
O
Good
evening,
members
of
council,
my
name
is
amy
delac.
I
live
on
morris
avenue.
I
am
the
chair
of
the
environment
and
sustainability
commission
here
in
athens,
on
which
I
serve
with
council
member
crowl
and
also
ed
newman,
who
is
invoked
tonight.
It
just
so
happens.
At
our
december
1st
meeting
we
had
a
discussion
about
plastics
and
about
the
unfortunate
proliferation
of
plastics
as
sort
of
a
side
effect
of
all
of
the
takeout
that
we've
had
increase
in
that
during
the
pandemic.
O
We
lamented
the
the
home
rule
limitations
that
we
have
in
limiting
things
like
plastic
bags
due
to
our
illustrious
state
house
counterparts,
and
so
it
was
actually
just
a
few
days
later
that
I
learned
about
councilwoman,
carl's
or
councilman
falls
proposed
resolution.
So
we
didn't
get
a
chance
to
to
vote
on
a
particular
recommendation
because
we
hadn't
heard
about
it
on
our
december
first
meeting.
O
But
I
know
that
it's
an
issue
that
the
sustainability
commission
is
very,
very
interested
in
helping
the
city
of
athens,
reduce
plastics,
and
so
I
can
I'd
like
to
convey
my
personal
support
and
to
say
that,
probably
in
spirit,
the
whole
commission
is
behind
you,
even
if
I
can't
say
it
with
a
boat.
Thank
you.
O
B
P
P
To
give
out
information
about
the
the
oil
and
gas
industry
and
how
they
are
wanting
to
continue
and
expand
fracking
around
our
area
by
producing
more
plastics,
and
they
had
a
big
plan
for
the
ohio
river
valley,
producing
ethane
for
more
and
more
and
more
plastics.
I'm
not
sure
that
that
plant
is
quite
still
in
place.
It
may
have
been
modified
some
partly
because
so
many
plants
went
in
down
in
cancer
alley
to
produce
more
plastics,
but
what
they
want
to
do
is
keep
on.
P
P
So
it's
harder
not
to
use
more
plastics,
and
I
think
it's
a
it's.
It's
a
kind
of
habit
and
a
lifestyle
that
if
we
could
be
mindful
about
it
and
if
we
can
set
an
example,
we're
really
going
to
help
the
environment
that
we
live
in,
that
we
don't
just
live
in
it.
We
are
part
of
the
environment
and
it's
really
really
important,
and
I
really
really
am
thankful
to
you.
I
appreciate
you
chris
putting
out
this
resolution
and
and
we're
gonna,
be
it
we're.
M
That
I'd
like
to
bring
to
your
attention
in
july,
we
had
an
athens
rethink,
plastics
free
july,
supported
by
the
ohio,
sierra
club,
and
there
were
so
many
businesses
here.
I
wish
they
could
all
be
present
tonight
and
we've
been
in
communication
with
them,
but
they
just
really
made
an
effort.
They
donated
money
to
our
campaign.
They
had.
B
You're
good
and
with
this
special
session
you'll
notice
tonight
there
are
some
ordinances
for
third
reading.
Then
there
are
some
additional
ordinances
for
second
reading
and
first
reading
we
will
be
moving
ahead
to
suspend
all
items
tonight
so
that
this
will
be
our
last
session.
We
think
of
council
for
the
year
for
2021.
B
Ordinance,
our
first
item
of
business
is
establishing
a
quorum
and
we
do
have
all
members
present
and
we'll
now
move
into
ordinances
for
third
reading.
113
21
is
an
ordinance
amending
certain
sections
of
athens
city
code,
title
vii
traffic
code,
chapter
7.04,
chapter
7.05,
parking
regulations,
and
this
is
introduced
by
councilmember
reisner.
H
B
H
B
H
E
E
The
last
time
parking
off
street
parking
had
been
addressed
in
the
city
was
2004..
A
lot
of
things
have
changed
since
then.
This
will
also
help
to
direct
some
of
the
development
towards
types
of
development
that
have
been
identified
in
the
city
as
needed,
such
as
affordable
housing
or
housing.
That
has
lead
certification
or
universal
housing
sort
of
thing
so
that
it
gives
the
city
flexibility
to
be
able
to
do
these
other
types
of
of
housing.
Thank
you.
B
B
H
G
C
Just
a
comment
that
going
into
2022
we'll
make
sure
that
we
roll
this
into
the
slate
that
council
authorizes
when
it
comes
to
street
closings
and
suspension
of
ordinances
for
different
events
and
we'll
make
sure
that
the
halloween
everything
I'm
sorry
the
holiday
season
parking
is
pulled
into
that
mix
as
well.
Okay,
one
last.
B
N
Thank
you,
president
eisley
I'd
like
to
make
a
motion
to
adopt
ordinance,
139
21.
Second,
thank
you
and
we've
discussed
this
ordinance
in
committee
and
previous
council
meetings.
This
allows
the
city
to
enter
into
a
cooperative
agreement
with
hapcap
to
manage
some
cdbg
community
development
block
grant
funds
and
is
a
really
a
great
partnership
for
the
city
and
for
distribution
of
these
funds.
Okay,
thank.
R
G
G
A
B
H
G
B
P
B
G
H
G
A
B
G
B
R
B
E
E
Excuse
me,
it's
been
through
the
city
council
and
then
through
the
planning
commission,
which
is
a
administrative
process
where
the
administrative
branch
gets
to
weigh
in
on
the
ordinance.
And
then
it's
been
through
committee
meetings,
a
public
hearing
and
council
meetings.
So
basically
it's
to
update
our
title
23
to
basically
the
reality
that
is
today
that
for
short-term
rentals,
it
puts
into
code
regulations
to
limit
the
amount
of
short-term
rental
that
would
be
in
the
r1
area
and
also
opening
up
some
of
the
other
areas
to
a
more
regulated
type
of
short-term
rental.
Thank
you.
B
D
I
do
feel
confident
that
this
will
create
a
mechanism
that
will
control
what
we
have
already
existing
within
the
city.
Allow
us
to
collect
some
transient
guest
attacks
and
also
recognizing
that,
if
some
of
the
concerns
that
have
been
raised
up
until
this
point
come
to
fruition,
this
body
exists
to
make
those
changes
to
to
rectify
and
correct
those
concerns.
D
F
I
have
two
questions.
First,
I
was
just
hoping
to
check
in
and
confirm
the
time
sensitivity
of
passing
this
and
with
the
implications
for
collection
of
transient
guest
tax
revenue
in
the
upcoming
year.
So
if
this
were
not
to
be
passed
tonight,
are
there
any
implications
for
ability
to
collect
that
tax?
F
I
Well,
it's
always
nice
to
start
something
like
this
on
january
1,
but
really
there's
no
reason
why
it
couldn't
start
whenever
transient
guest
taxes
are
paid
to
the
city
quarterly.
So
whenever
it
was
the
law
for
someone,
you
know
somebody
opens
a
new
motel.
They
start
paying
it
when
that
opens
so
no
there's,
no
real.
You
know
repercussions.
P
I
F
Thank
you
very
much.
The
second
question
addresses
the
point
of
contention
that
has
come
up
different
perspectives
regarding
the
necessity
of
having
the
owner
of
a
short-term
rental
be
present
in
r1
neighborhoods,
and
I'm
wanting
to
ask
if
there
are
any
legislative
benefits
or
protections
that
we're
aware
of
regarding
whether
owners
are
present
or
not
so
is
there
any
legal
protection
benefit
or
consequence
that
we,
as
a
council
or
with
our
law
director,
are
aware
of
implications
for
whether
or
not
the
owner
needs
to
be
present,
which
is
not
currently
in
this
legislation?
E
F
E
E
E
The
original
resolution
that
went
to
the
planning
commission
had
owner
occupied,
but
then
the
planning
commission,
looking
at
the
code,
looking
at
how
long-term
rentals
are
used
and
other
code
language
we're
satisfied
with
the
language
they
have
now.
The
language
also
is
seen
in
some
of
the
tax
coding
that
we
have
in
the
city
so
that
that
helps
to
make
it
so
that
all
all
legislation
is
is
at
the
same
level.
For
that
particular
issue.
E
Also,
I
think
we
have
to
understand
that
certain
processes
are
administrative.
If
the
count,
if
administration
wants
to
do
certain
things
to
ensure
stricter,
they
can
always
ask
that
they
can
ask
for
a
tax.
You
know
a
tax
bill
or
those
sort
of
things
they've
done
that
in
other
things,
so
administrative
has
the
the
job,
the
executive
job,
administrating,
the
regulations,
making
the
rules
and
those
sort
of
things.
F
B
E
B
S
S
S
So
it
would
be
my
wish
that
you
keep
business
in
the
business
areas
of
town
and
you
keep
residential
neighborhoods
and
families
together
in
the
family
part
of
town.
I
think
it
might
be
a
wise
idea
to
ease
into
this
where,
instead
of
just
open
the
floodgates
for
all
zones
in
athens,
would
it
make
sense
to
say
why
don't
we
try
it
out?
First
in
the
business
areas,
if
that's
successful,
we
could
move
into
the
residential
areas.
S
Another
concern
that
I
have
is
very
near
my
property
on
the
corner
of
elmwood
and
east
state.
There
are
several
student
rentals
that
are
not
currently
abiding
by
code,
in
that
they
have
five
people
in
the
house
instead
of
three
people
in
the
house,
and
it's
been
that
way.
Ever
since
I've
lived
on
elmwood
and
if
we
can't
enforce
the
current
code,
I
think
it
would
be
challenging
to
bring
a
new
layer
of
activity
for
enforcement
to
come
in
if
we
can't
currently
enforce
the
code
that
we
have
so.
P
S
I
put
the
down
payment
down.
You
fill
the
house
up
every
night
for
the
next
four
years
and
then
your
sibling
is
gonna,
move
in
and
follow
you
for
another.
Four
years
now
I
have
eight
years
of
somebody
playing
guitar
on
my
front
porch
in
the
house
right
next
to
me.
Well,
a
guy
from
cleveland
who
has
enough
money
for
a
down
payment
on
the
house.
Next
to
me
gives
his
kid
an
education
on
going
through
school,
financially
with
debt
free.
So
this
is
just
one
example.
S
M
Again,
I'm
melinda
miller
at
25
gram
drive.
I
really
empathize
with
this
gentleman,
because
we've
had
a
recent
situation,
the
past
year
and
a
half
on
the
far
east
side,
two
two
doors
away
from
my
home
and
it's
been
the
same
situation.
I
mean
we
finally
figured
out
I'm
a
member
of
fina,
although
I
don't
speak
for
fino
tonight,
but
we
finally
figured
out
that
the
property
owners
no
longer
lived.
There
turned
the
property
over
either
formally
or
legally
or
not
to
his
nephew,
and
there
are
more
than
three
young
men
living
there.
M
We've
called
code
numerous
times,
it's
very
hard
to
keep
track
of
these
kids
and
the
property
has
been
semi.
I
think,
put
into
this
young
man's
name,
and
so
this
is
our
concern.
I
mean
they're
parking
in
the
middle
of
the
lawn.
They
have
parties
all
night
long.
We
have
the
neighbors
have
asked
them
formally
at
2
30
in
the
morning
to
stop
to
keep
it
down
and
they've
been
treated
very
badly
in
return
for
that.
So
it's
a
concern.
B
A
E
C
Sure
well,
you're,
referring
to
the
service
that
is
available.
This
is
available
u.s
wide,
probably
globally,
and
it's
a
service
in
which
they
track
airbnb.
Well,
short-term
rentals.
You
know
whether
it's
virbo
or
airbnb,
or
whatever,
and
tracking
those
that
are
operational
operating
in
the
city
and
whether
they're
paying
the
transient
guest
tax.
But
when
it
comes
to,
I
don't
know
how,
whether
that's
the
same
organization
or
operation
that
does
the
addressing
of
issues.
E
What
david
was
talking
david
riggs,
the
code
enforcement
person,
it
sounded
like
it
was
the
same
package
and
because
the
the
savings
and
being
having
not
to
go
out
and
personally
require
taxes
to
come
in
that
it
was
going
to
be
relatively
neutral
free
when
it
comes
to
money.
But
he
was
talking
about
the
1
800
number,
not
only
for
neighbors,
but
also
for
renters
to
be
able
to
to
contact.
M
C
There
is
there
is
and
off
the
top
of
my
head.
I
can't
remember
exactly
what
it
was,
but
it
was
somewhere
around
four
thousand
dollars
a
year
to
to
contract
with
an
organization
like
that.
One
of
the
other
things
that
I
do
know
that
this
company
does.
Is
it
also
tracks
for
anybody
who
has
stayed?
You
know
at
a
short-term
rental.
C
T
Well,
good
evening
alan
swank
40
towns
in
place.
I
was
watching
the
cincinnati
bengals
last
night
down
14
points
in
the
fourth
quarter
and
they
came
back.
I
fully
expected
them
to
win
that
game
and
before
I
received
the
information
that
I
received
this
week
about
this
document
about
this
ordinance,
I
thought
we
might
be
in
a
different
place,
but
we're
not
and
that's
disturbing,
and
we
talk
about
process
and
that's
embarrassing.
T
I
received
this
email
early
thursday
morning
from
debbie
walker.
Chris
fall
chris
knisley
lisa
eliason
good
afternoon
chris,
since
the
public
has
expressed
concern
about
whether
the
owner
must
be
present.
During
a
short-term
rental
period,
lisa
has
recommended
the
following:
amended
language
highlighted
in
green.
T
T
We
all
stood
here
and
sat
here
last
monday
night,
and
this
was
withheld
from
all
seven
of
you.
How
do
I
know
that
when
I
contacted
the
majority
of
council
members
on
thursday,
nobody
knew
about
it.
In
fact,
one
reply.
I
got
that's
news
to
me.
Perhaps
I
missed
something.
How
did
you
hear
well?
The
way
I
heard
is
I
got
this
email
and
what
was
our
law
director's
recommendation?
T
The
law
director,
I
think
we
all
respect
and
couldn't
really
operate
without
her
recommendation
was
the
following:
short-term
rentals,
the
keeping
of
not
more
than
two
renters
by
a
resident
owner
who
is
present
during
the
time
of
rental
yeah.
We
were
told
last
monday
night,
and
I
quote
we
talked
about
that
today
with
the
law
director
and
she
feels
that
there
really
is
no
problem
with
the
wording.
T
T
I
think
before
we
pass
this,
we
better
define
those
terms
because
they're,
not
you
have
some
options
tonight
you
can
table
it.
That's
not
going
to
happen
because
you
want
this
passed
before
the
end
of
the
school
year
and
the
end
of
your
term,
but
you
can't
amend
it
to
include
what
our
law
director
has
recommended.
T
U
U
All
right
start
the
clock.
My
name
is
jack
stopper.
I
live
at
69
elmwood,
I'm
here
to
address
r1
short
term
rentals.
This
is
not
a
tourist
town.
People
come
here
to
drink
party
and
some
of
them
raise
hell.
When
I
spoke
last
monday
evening,
I
said
everything
I
said
was
true
and
all
the
words
I'm
about
to
say
right
now
are
true.
U
First,
my
stance
and
views
again
for
consideration,
no
short
term
rentals
in
r1,
or
only
on
the
main
thoroughfares
as
they
pass
through
r1
or
permitted
only
as
lisa's
recommendation
that
chris
failed
to
disclose
to
the
public
last
monday,
as
mr
slank
just
said,
who
is
present
during
time
of
the
renting
and
as
you
recall,
I
read
webster's
definition
of
present
now.
If
you
move
to
amend,
then
we
need
to
amend
and
we
need
to
define
what
present
is.
It
needs
to
be
fair.
It
needs
to
be
firm.
U
It
needs
to
be
enforceable
since
that
meeting
much
more
has
come
to
light
and
now,
above
and
beyond
my
great
concern
for
our
r1
property
rights,
other
things
have
come
to
light.
I
will
ask
every
one
of
you:
please
make
a
motion
to
table
somebody.
Second,
it
and
table
this
thing,
so
we
can
get
it
in
front
of
a
new
council
with
fresh
eyes
that
maybe
could
protect
our
current
quality
of
life.
Let
me
expand
on
those
thoughts.
U
U
U
I'm
not
going
to
use
the
word
crooked
on
her,
but
I'm
damn
sure
not
going
to
say
straightforward.
Now
the
entire
process
has
been
tainted
soiled
and
chris
fall
has
dirt
on
her
hands
seems
most
honest.
Logical
people
of
the
public
in
the
press
would
have
a
great
tendency
if
this
is
not
tabled
and
voted
on
and
approved.
That
would
shine
a
very
poor
light
on
our
entire
council
and
administration
that
one
dishonest
action
could
damage
all
our
reputations.
U
U
U
U
O
And
now
for
something
completely
different,
I'm
amy
delac!
I
live
on
morris
avenue
in
the
near
east
side,
I'm
speaking
tonight
only
for
myself.
The
sustainability
commission
has
nothing
to
do
with
it.
I've
stayed
in
airbnbs
in
six
different
countries.
I
stay
in
airbnbs
preferentially
when
I
travel,
and
I
actually
want
to
thank
council
for
bringing
this
up
for
all
of
the
extensive
thought
and
planning
and
listening
to
the
public
that
went
into
this
and
I
do
support
the
resolution.
That's
on
the
table
right
now.
O
I
hope
the
council
will
pass
it
and
I
just
want
to
stay
for
the
record.
Some
of
the
things
that
maybe
haven't
been
said
out
loud,
but
all
of
the
other
laws
of
the
city
of
athens,
the
whole
rest
of
the
code
still
stands.
The
parking
ordinances
still
stand.
The
limitations
on
you
know
being
able
how
long
you
can
park
still
stand.
The
noise
ordinances
still
stand.
O
Q
So
I'm
rob
delac
morris
avenue
in
the
city
of
athens,
and
I
don't
know
how
I
follow
that
exactly,
but
I
will
say
that
I
think
the
opposition
has
been
grasping
at
a
straw
here
and
it's
they've
been
focusing
on
a
very
minor
detail.
What
we're
talking
about
here?
That
is
not
consequential
to
the
implementation
by
the
administration
for
enforcement
and
compliance
with
the
regulations
that
are
being
proposed
here
that
this
has
been
well
thought
out.
Well
vetted.
Q
The
administration
is
in
agreement
that
this
is
a
good
policy
and
they
would
like
to
see
it
passed
as
well.
Hence
they've
been
supporting
it
and
working
to
figure
out
how
they
could
enforce
and
implement
this
all
along.
This
has
not
been
done
in
the
back
room.
It's
been
out
in
public
for
years.
We've
been
talking
about
this
time
is
right
to
do
this,
delaying
it
will
probably
mean
it
will
not
happen
next
year
with
the
new
council.
Q
Q
R
Well,
I
wasn't
going
to
come
tonight
because
I
thought
I
said
everything
I
wanted
to
say
and
how
many
more
things
can
you
say
and
then
I
picked
up
the
new
comprehensive
plan
and
looked
under
housing
and
neighborhoods,
and
this
is
what
I
found
you
may
not
see.
You
know
tons
of
people
here
in
opposition,
but
listen
to
what
people
said
when
they
did
all
of
those
meetings
out
in
the
neighborhoods
and
did
all
those
surveys.
R
Those
concerns
can
be
minimized
by
thoughtful
and
well-communicated
incremental
approaches,
and
I
want
to
focus
on
incremental.
I
think
the
first
gentleman
that
came
up
brought
that
up
and
I
thought
well
that's
really
important
because
gradually
to
go
into
a
change,
works
so
much
better
than
pushing
full
force.
R
R
I'm
gonna,
you
know
have
another
beer
and
then
another
cup
of
coffee,
and
then
you
keep
going
because
rewriting
is
not
the
end
of
the
world
with
rewriting
you
only
get
better
and
better
and
and
and
you
really
want
to
do
an
incremental
situation
here-
you
don't
want
to
force
feed
this
on
people.
I
know
we
have
people
out
there
that
are
breaking
the
law
nobody's
doing
anything
about
them.
R
B
R
R
And
the
big
word,
the
big
word
was
transparency
and
I
I'm
actually
a
shame.
This
whole
situation
with
the
wording
had
to
come
up
because
it
just
hit
me
in
the
face
of
here.
We
are
in
this,
this
great
democracy,
and
yet
even
member
members
of
our
city
council
can't
be
transparent,
and
what
does
that
say
about
us?
I
mean
it
almost
brought
me
to
tears.
T
T
V
T
B
U
U
Do
the
right
thing
show
some
integrity,
show
some
character,
show
some
honesty
and
show
some
compassion
to
the
general
public
and
only
the
r1
in
our
city.
I
love
it.
I
love
living
here.
I've
been
here
68
years,
I've
been
inside
the
city
limits,
51
of
them
you're
not
going
to
help
us
here.
Unless
you
table
it
or
you
amend
it
and
then
you
enforce
it
with
people
being
present.
U
Somebody
comes
into
town
tuesday,
friday
afternoon,
at
two
o'clock
the
owner
leaves
at
one
o'clock
before
that
the
owner
comes
back
at
three
o'clock
on
sunday,
the
folks
that
left
two
o'clock
on
sunday.
What
happened
in
that
48
50
hours-
I
don't
know
you
don't
either,
except
it's
going
to
fall
on
me
to
try
to
do
something
to
stop
when
it
happens.
To
me
is
that
selfish
on
my
part,
I
think
I'm
looking
up
for
myself.
I
think
I'm
looking
out
for
the
other
people
in
r1
stand
up.
Do
the
right
thing
please!
J
Thank
you,
president
eisley
first,
I
just
wanted
to
thank
everybody
for
coming
out
and
expressing
their
views.
I
think
that's
great.
That's
a
fundamental
part
of
this
process.
Is
everybody
getting
to
voice
their
concerns
and
say
how
they
feel
about
stuff,
so
I
I
know
that
I
feel
like
this
has
been
said
before,
but
I
just
want
to
reiterate
that,
with
the
way
legislation
currently
stands,
people
can
have
short-term
rentals
as
long
as
it's
rented
out
for
less
than
six
months
of
the
year.
J
Currently,
in
an
unregulated
fashion
and
to
me
it
seems
much
more
prudent
to
begin
enforcement
on
some
of
those
properties.
Now
with
the
ability
that
we
have
as
a
future
council
to
go
back
and
change
things,
it's
not
the
world's
hardest
task
to
accomplish
to
change
something
that
we've
passed.
We
can
just
you
know,
change
it.
That's
our
job!
We're
allowed
to
do
that,
it's
pretty
cool,
so
I
I
I
don't
know
I
just
I.
J
It
seems
prudent
to
me
to
to
try
and
nip
some
of
these
issues
in
the
bud
now
and
then
go
back
and
hopefully
change
and
reword
if
we
need
to
with
certain
things
as
we
can
definitely
do
that,
and
I
do
respect
a
lot
of
the
points
that
you
that
everybody
here
has
made,
and
I
appreciate
it
again,
but
yeah
we
can
always
change
it
right.
Am
I
wrong?
We
can
change
it,
can't
we
yeah,
okay,
cool
yeah,
that's
what
I
got.
H
V
It
was
just
a
suggestion
in
order
to
address
some
of
the
concerns
of
the
public,
and
it
was
a
suggestion
I
made
to
member
fall.
It
wasn't
any
mandate
by
any
means,
it
was
just
a
suggestion
and
she
could
propose
it
or
not,
propose
it
and
she
chose
not
to
you
know.
The
wording
in
here
says
resident
and
resident
owner
and
that
language
appears
other
places
in
our
city
code,
including
the
tax
code,
and
it's
a
pretty
common.
V
H
A
B
A
F
B
B
E
B
A
B
E
B
R
E
B
B
B
B
G
Thank
you
I'd
like
to
make
a
motion
to
approve
149
21.
Second,
thank
you.
Member
fall.
There
are
a
number
of
items
in
here,
including
25
000,
appropriate
to
the
general
fund
for
parking
enforcement,
7
437
to
the
cdb
cdbg
fund
for
transfer
and
sixty
thousand
dollars
to
the
garbage
fund
for
the
december
payment.
Thank
you,
president.
Ryzen.
B
Okay,
any
comments
or
questions
council
members,
elected
officials,
audience
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
opposed,
nay,
the
ordinance
the
motion
carries
and
the
ordinance
has
been
approved.
150
21
is
an
ordinance
to
make
appropriations
for
current
expenses
and
other
expenditures
of
the
city
of
athens
ohio
during
the
fiscal
year
ending
december
31st
2022.
G
J
G
B
I
B
A
B
G
A
G
A
G
B
A
G
Thank
you
I'd
like
to
make
a
motion
to
approve
152-21.
Second,
thank
you,
member
fall.
This
is
all
in
the
title.
This
is
all
to
put
this
very
important
levy
in
front
of
the
voters
and
let
the
voters
decide
on
the
support,
for
you
know,
for,
for
the
safety
of
the
citizens
of
athens,
for
our
infrastructure
really
comes
down
to
being
able
to
build
a
much
needed
new
fire
station.
Thank
you,
president.
Nicely.
J
J
If
you
see
any
of
the
footage,
it's
ridiculous
that
our
our
firefighters
have
to
live
in
those
conditions,
they're
there
to
protect
our
safety,
and
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we,
as
the
citizens
of
athens,
also
protect
their
safety,
which
means
putting
them
in
a
good
place
to
live.
You
know
where
they
don't
have
to
breathe
in
exhaust
fumes
every
time
that
they
pull
in
or
out
with
a
truck
so
yeah.
When
this
comes
up.
Please
go
vote
for
this.
This
is
a
great
thing.
Okay,.
A
B
A
significant
amount
of
money,
this
fall,
and
so
we
are
doing
our
very
best,
but
it's
the
fire
chief
and
the
architect's
decision
that
this,
the
building
that
we're
in
since
the
mid
60s
has
now
reached
the
end
of
its
useful
life.
So
just
a
little
bit
of
context
in
case
somebody's
listening
for
the
first
time.
B
B
N
B
B
B
A
N
D
D
F
Thank
you
one,
second,
that
care
and
attentiveness
that
have
gone
has
gone
into
this
project,
particularly
supporting
our
parks
just
based
on
community
input.
I
want
to
make
the
public
statement
that
we
also
want
to
look
for
opportunities
to
support
our
recreation
and
arts
facilities
as
well
in
the
future.
I
recognize
that
this
is
a
priority
right
now
and
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
thinking
about
arts
parks
and
recreation
moving
forward.
Okay,
great.
G
A
A
H
Thank
you,
madam
president,
I'd
like
to
make
a
motion
to
adopt
155-21
and,
as
been
stated
before,
aep
wants
to
change
the
light
bulbs
from
high
energy,
sodium
high
pressure
sodium
to
leds,
and
since
we
have
to
pay
the
bill
for
those
things,
this
is
reduce
our
electric
bill
and
we
get
better
light.
So
please
vote
for
it.
B
A
B
B
This
is
an
emergency
ordinance
authorizing
the
mayor
to
execute
the
participation
agreement
for
the
one
ohio
subdivision
settlement
with
jansen,
johnson
and
johnson
pursuant
to
the
one
ohio
memorandum
of
understanding
regarding
the
pursuit
and
use
of
potential
opioid
litigation
settlement
funds
and
consistent
with
the
material
terms
of
the
july.
21St
2021
proposed
settlement
agreement
available
at
a
list,
the
website
theopioidsettlement.com
nationalopioidsettlement.com,
and
to
accept
the
terms
of
the
one
ohio
settlement
and
declaring
an
emergency,
and
this
is
introduced
by
all
members
of
council.
So
if
we
could
have
the
motions
for
suspension
and
approval.
H
A
B
B
B
H
B
G
B
K
G
B
A
motion
and
second
for
approving
158.21
any
comments
or
questions
from
council
members,
elected
officials
or
our
audience,
if
not
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
I
I,
the
motion,
carries
and
the
ordinance
is
approved.
We'll
now
move
on
to
a
resolution
for
second
reading,
and
this
is
one
of
those
third
reading
resolutions.
So
once
again
we'll
need
the
motion
to
an
emotion
to
approve
ordinance.
A
G
B
Okay,
we
have
a
motion
and
second
for
approving
this
resolution,
all
those
in
favor,
oh
any
comments
or
questions.
This
is
the
corollary
that
needs
to
move
through
the
resolution
moves
through
at
the
same
time
that
the
ordinance
does
for
placing
this
on
the
ballot,
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye.
A
B
The
motion
carries
the
resolution
is
approved.
We
do
now
have
a
series
of
four
one
reading
resolutions,
the
first
one
being
r1421,
a
resolution
in
support
of
ad
hoc,
an
ad
hoc
committee
to
review
pedestrian
accessibility.
Most
importantly,
the
condition
of
existing
sidewalks
introduced
by
all
members
of
council
and
I
believe,
council
member
smedley,
would
like
to
yes.
D
B
A
B
K
E
You
I
propose
that
we
adopt
the
zero
waste
resolution.
Second,
thank
you.
I'm
not
going
to
read
all
the
warehouses.
We
have
been
talking
about
this
particular
issue
since
jennifer
cochran,
you
know
we
we
build
on
what
has
gone
before
us
and
I
always
want
to
say
amazing.
Thank
you
to
all
the
people
who
went
before,
so
this
is
kind
of
completing
that
circle
also
completing
the
circle
with
the
greenhouse
our
climate
emergency
that
we
passed
in
2020.
E
Also
something
that
we
know
happens
a
lot
in
our
county
is
nobody
recycles,
because
it's
very
very
difficult.
So
it
would
be
good
if
the
city
and
the
section
two.
Furthermore,
city
council
request
partnering
with
area
businesses
and
nonprofits
to
produ,
reduce
regional
waste
and
encourage
adoption
of
zero
waste
policies
by
other
municipalities
and
the
county
and
to
develop
a
green
procurement
policy.
E
B
A
B
Opposed,
nay,
the
resolution
the
or
the
motion
carries,
and
the
resolution
is
approved.
Thank
you,
council,
member
paul
and
now
we
have
yes,
two
resolutions
and
we're
going
to
be
official
about
this.
So
council,
members,
grace
and
reisner
are
going
up
to
the
podium,
and
so
first
we're
going
to
ask
council
member
fall
to
come
on
up
to
the
podium.
B
D
N
Well,
head
protection,
hydraulic
fracturing,
single-use
plastic
bags,
zero
waste
and
solar
energy
systems
and
whereas
chris
fall
led
the
proposal
of
resolutions
that
supported
the
greater
good
of
the
community
and
whereas
chris
fall
mastered.
The
frequently
asked
questions
format
to
provide
additional
helpful
information
about
council
issues
and
whereas
chris
fall
has
generously
given
her
time
to
be
a
public
servant
and
be
it
resolved
by
the
council
of
the
city
of
athens,
ohio
section.
One.
N
B
B
B
All
right
next
is
resolution
17
1721,
a
resolution
expressing
the
appreciation
of
the
athens
city
of
athens,
ohio
to
council
member
aryan
smedley
for
her
public
service,
and
this
is
introduced
by
all
members
of
council.
I'm
going
to
ask
the
same
thing
if
we
could
have
a
motion
in
second
for
approval
before
we
read
it
so
moved
and.
N
Well.
With
her
thorough
review
of
documentation
and
thoughtful
questions
that
advance
the
discussion
and
decisions
of
council-related
issues.
And
whereas
aryan
smedley
has
been
proactive
in
addressing
constituent
concerns
on
the
city's
west
side
and
whereas
aryans
medley
created
legislation
to
ban
income
source
discrimination
and
whereas
aryan
smedley
graciously
acknowledged
her
presenter's
time
and
effort.
N
N
A
E
My
foil
ball
that
I
have
been
working
on
since
how
long
ago
this
is
all
the
candy
that
I
did
is
very
important
during
during
covid
debbie
took
extra
special
care
of
it
and
put
it
behind
her
desk.
I
am
now
establishing
the
tradition
that
the
foil
ball
will
go
to
the
next
one
who's
going
to
be.
President
pro-tem,
I
was
president
pro
tem.
I
give
the
foil
ball.