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Athens City Council - January 11, 2021
A
21
on
our
first
meeting
of
the
new
year,
we
have
four
committees
meeting
tonight,
plus
the
committee
of
the
whole
so
a
full
evening
and
several
presentations
with
guests
joining
us.
So
we'll
lead
off
with
the
planning
and
development
committee
and
that
is
chaired
by
council
member
fall
and
joined
by
members.
Reisner,
grace
and
smedley.
B
B
C
Thank
you
chris.
I
do
want
to
share
my
screen,
so
I'm
hoping
that
this
will
work.
Let's
see
here
all
right,
let
me
know
once
you
see
it
and
I'll
continue,
you're
good
great
all
right.
So
thank
you.
Everyone
thanks
for
allowing
me
to
be
here
this
evening.
As
chris
mentioned,
the
ed
the
city
of
athens
has
been
a
great
supporter
of
the
edc,
and
our
renewal
will
be
up
at
the
end
of
this
year.
C
These
are
all
items
I'll
touch
base
on
throughout
the
presentation,
but
it
just
gives
you
a
little
synopsis,
so
I
want
to
start
by
going
over
the
funding
that
the
edc
was
able
to
secure
this
year.
You
know,
despite
the
kobit
19
implications,
we
were
able
to
bring
in
just
over
four
million
dollars.
This
is
funding
that
goes
directly
to
businesses,
for
rehabilitation
efforts
and
to
work
force
needs
to
ensure
that
we
are
facilitating
job
creation
and
retention
within
the
county
in
the
city,
so
I'll
touch
on
all
of
these
throughout
the
presentation.
C
The
first
phase
of
any
strategic
plan
is
to
do
like
a
data
dive,
the
research
phase,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
share
some
of
those
statistics
with
you
tonight,
the
first
being
the
athens
county
unemployment
rate
so
granted.
This
is
june.
2020
we'll
see
where
this
goes
the
next
time
we're
able
to
get
these
numbers,
because
everything
is
a
bit
delayed
when
you're
dealing
with
bureau
of
labor
statistics
and
census
data
and
all
of
that,
but
it
was
9.8
which
was
below
both
national
and
state
averages.
C
C
a
few
things,
I'm
not
going
to
harp
too
much
on
this.
I
know
you
all
have
the
presentation
and
if
at
any
point
there
are
items
or
data
that
you
want
more
in
depth,
I'm
happy
to
share
that
with
you
after
the
presentation,
but
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
some
of
the
industry
sectors
in
athens
county
granted.
C
This
is
athens
county
as
a
whole
that
have
experienced
significant
growth
and
then
that
mid-level
growth,
so
machinery
manufacturing
that's
up
127
percent,
a
large
part
of
that
is
due
to
the
growth
of
athens
molden
machine,
which
I'm
sure
this
council
is
very
familiar
with,
and
I
will
actually
touch
on
them
in
just
a
little
bit
too,
and
some
of
the
expansion
programming
that
they're
doing
over
there
construction
of
buildings.
You
know,
just
in
the
last
year
alone,
we've
seen
ohio
health
and
ohio
universities,
h-com
facilities
build
buildings.
C
C
So
I
mentioned
okay,
so
I
mentioned
the
data
dive
and
I
wanted
to
pull
some
of
these
numbers
for
you
all
tonight.
So
in
the
bottom
chart
you
can
see
that
we
have
made
some
gains
in
our
median
household
income
and
our
per
capita
income
in
the
last
five
years,
modest
gains,
but
something
that
we
want
to
continue
to
work
towards
as
we
move
forward
the
next
five
years.
That
being
said,
when
compared
to
our
state
and
national
averages,
obviously
we
are
still
still
well
below
those
averages
and
our
poverty
rate.
C
So
I
mentioned
athens
mold
machine.
I
just
wanted
to
kind
of
spotlight
them
tonight
as
one
of
our
business
retention
and
expansion
success
stories.
So,
as
you
all
know,
they
they
reopened
their
doors
back
in
2017,
and
this
year
we
worked
very
closely
with
them
in
the
city
and
the
county
and
jobs
ohio
to
support
their
expansion
into
an
aluminum
foundry.
So
they
actually
purchased
an
aluminum
foundry
out
of
akron.
C
C
Excuse
me,
revitalization,
grant
from
jobs
ohio
for
that
co
building,
which
needs
some
work
as
well
as
a
25
000
talent.
Acquisition
grant.
This
is
to
help
them
with
workforce
needs,
so
hiring
screening
applicants.
All
of
that
and
then,
of
course,
we
also
anticipate
that
they
will
continue
to
benefit
through
from
the
redevelopment
along
stimson
avenue,
one
more
success
story,
kind
of
specific
to
kova
19,
I'm
sure
everyone
here
is
familiar
with
global
cooling,
sterling
ultra
cold
in
the
role
that
they're
playing
in
the
vaccine
distribution.
C
So,
given
that
they
use
the
sterling
engine
technology
to
manufacture
ultra
cold
temperature
freezers,
they
are
really
their
business,
is
really
booming
and
taking
off
as
a
result
due
to
code
19..
So
I
like
to
say
it's
not
every
day
that
an
athens
county
business
is
featured
in
the
new
york
times,
and
I
know
it's
not
the
city
of
athens,
but
that's
still
really
exciting.
C
But
before
I
do
that
yeah
2020
a
year
like
no
other,
so
we
dedicated
a
significant
amount
of
time
and
resources
to
support
relief
and
recovery
programs
for
our
businesses,
the
first
being
ensuring
that
those
businesses
that
were
eligible
for
this
jobs,
ohio,
workforce
retention,
loans
received
those.
So
we
did
bring
in
500
000
for
businesses
and
those
forgivable
loans.
The
edc,
along
with
several
partners,
worked
together
to
advocate
for
a
small
business
relief
fund
and
ask
the
county
to
allot
some
of
its
karazhak
dollars
to
this
program,
which
they
did.
C
C
Two
copa
19
relief
surveys,
and
that
was
really
to
help
us
identify
where
businesses
needed
the
most
help.
So
you
know
did
they
need
ppe?
Where
were
they
having
payroll
issues?
Were
they
having
supply
chain
issues?
Did
they
apply
for
ppp
idle?
What
assistance
had
they
already
received
so
and
that
those
surveys
really
helped
inform
our
resource
guide,
which
I
mentioned
next,
which
was
a
partnership
with
the
visitors
bureau,
the
chamber
again
all
those
partners
coming
together
and
then?
C
We
had
all
but
a
handful
of
businesses
go
after
those
after
that
pot
of
money,
and
I
have
to
give
a
shout
out
to
lori
gribble
mcknight
from
workforce
development.
She
did
a
great
job
of
you
know
for
lack
of
a
better
word
hand-holding.
Some
of
the
businesses
that
might
not
have
been
as
tech
savvy
may
not
have
been
great,
with
email
or
online
applications.
She
really
did
a
great
job
of
helping
some
of
those
businesses
who
wouldn't
have
applied
for
the
funding
to
to
apply
and
get
that
twenty
2500.
C
So
back
to
global
cooling
a
little
bit
here,
so
the
port
authority
building
project
which
you're
all
probably
somewhat
familiar
with,
is
well
underway.
We
did
the
rfp
process
in
2020,
selected,
burgess
and
nypal
as
our
lead
engineer
for
two
speculative
buildings,
the
one
which
is
really
no
longer
speculative,
because
global
cooling
has
signed
a
letter
of
intent
to
occupy
it.
It's
a
100,
000
square
foot
manufacturing
building.
The
second
was
a
60
000
square
foot
lab
building,
so
I've
listed
out
the
pipeline
funding
and
the
secured
funding
we
received
on
this
project.
C
Park
loan
program
so
that
site
prep
work
is
well
underway
and
the
building
design
is
complete,
which
I'm
really
excited.
I
just
got
it
today:
it's
not
on
the
version.
I
sent
you
all
so
here.
Here's
what
it
will
look
like
once
completed
and
again
to
go
back
if
you're
familiar
with
where
global
cooling
is.
I
don't
know
if
you
can
see
my
mouse,
but
that
building
on
the
map
is
global.
Cooling
and
all
this
land
will
be
where.
C
Are
these
parcels
are
where
the
new
buildings
will
be
so
next
steps
for
that
project?
You
know
we're
continuing
to
build
out
that
capital
stack,
have
conversations
with
lenders
who
may
be
interested
in
participating,
we're
also
exploring
pace.
Financing
which,
for
those
who
are
not
familiar,
is
a
really
great
financing
mechanism
for
projects
that
want
to
do
energy,
efficient
improvements
and
builds
we're
going
to
the
port,
decided
to
go
ahead
and
prioritize
that
100
000
square
foot,
building
for
global
cooling
and
then
move
on
to
the
spec
building.
C
C
I'm
not
going
to
hunt
too
much
on
this.
I
know
I
don't
want
to
take
up
too
much
time
and
paul's
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
drds
after
me,
I
believe
so.
These
are
just
the
two
existing
ones
that
were
approved
by
the
department
of
taxation.
This
council
is
obviously
very
familiar
with
drds
and
how
they're
used
as
economic
development
tools
to
to
rehab
historic
buildings
and
then
also
that
increase
in
assessed
property
value
can
be
put
back
towards
economic
development
initiatives.
Initiatives.
C
C
Third,
drd
that
when
the
city
passed,
the
ordinance
in
2018
was
not
approved,
and
so
the
udc's
worked
closely
with
paul
in
the
city
to
designate
that
siemens
grocery
store
on
union
street
as
a
historic
building.
So
it
can
serve
as
an
anchor
for
the
amended
siemens
drd,
which
was
formerly
known
as
the
sheltering
arms
drd,
and
really
we
want
to
fast
track
this
just
so,
we
can
make
sure
we
capture
that
investment
from
the
new
ohio
health
building
that
they
are
constructing,
which
I've
highlighted
here
in
the
image.
C
Broadband
continues
to
be
a
huge
topic.
Kova
19
has
obviously
brought
this
issue
to
light
even
more
and
exasperated
it.
You
know
we
broadband
is
a
essential
utility
and
should
be
treated
as
such,
just
like
utility
and
water
and
whatnot.
So
we
continue
to
to
coordinate
broadband
deployment.
Efforts
with
our
local
providers,
explore
state
and
federal
funding
opportunities
to
do
that
last
mile
fiber,
which
is
really
the
key
component
advocating
for
better
services
at
the
state
level.
C
And
not
all
have
been
successful,
as
you
all
probably
know,
but
we
continue
to
do
that
and
then.
Lastly,
this
one
I
find
quite
important
working
with
partners
at
the
local
level
to
create
a
shared
vision
for
broadband
deployment
and
advocacy.
You
know
there
are
so
many
players
working
on
this
because
we
all
realize
it
is
a
huge
issue
and
it
hinders
economic
development.
It
hinders
education,
it
hinders
health
care,
but
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
doing
it
in
a
way,
that's
not
duplicating
efforts
or
wasting
resources.
C
C
I'm
not
going
to
harp
too
much
on
this.
This
is
these
are
just
the
programs
and
tools
that
the
edc
administers
on
an
annual
basis.
The
tax
incentive
review
council,
which
reviews
the
tax
increment
financing
the
drds.
You
guys
all
know
this:
the
enterprise
zone
agreements
each
year,
the
revolving
loan
funds,
both
the
city
and
the
counties,
revolving
loan
funds
and
then
new
this
year,
was
that
small
business
release
fund.
C
Here
you
know:
teamwork
makes
the
dream
work
and
then,
lastly,
2021
and
beyond
so
our
updated
strategic
plan
will
be
actually
finalized
next
month
and
we'll
roll
that
out
to
our
board.
Some
of
the
objectives
in
that
are
listed
here,
but
you
know
one
thing:
we're
looking
forward
to
assisting
with
is
the
ridges
advisory
committee's
rehabilitation
efforts
for
specifically
buildings,
two
three
and
four
up
at
the
ridges.
C
You
know,
I
don't
think
it's
a
surprise
to
anyone
here
that
there's
a
huge
long-term
economic
development
play
up
there
right
for
mixed
use,
residential
commercial,
but
housing
opportunities,
affordable,
housing,
senior
housing.
So
we
definitely
want
to
do
what
we
can
to
support.
Those
efforts
continue
to
work
with
you
all
the
city
to
revitalize
the
simpson
avenue
corridor,
utilizing
those
opportunities
or
useless.
Excuse
me
utilizing
the
opportunity
zones.
C
C
I
list
here
the
village
of
albany
potential
opportunities
out
there,
as
they
do
have
the
last
really
the
last
of
our
remaining
flat
land,
but
going
beyond
that
and
looking
at
you
know,
what's
the
cost
and
what's
the
scope
of
work
to
get
these
sites
ready
for
development
shovel
ready,
as
economic
developers
like
to
say,
possibly
explain
the
creation
of
a
community
urban
redevelopment
corporation.
So
who
knows
maybe
I'll
be
back
in
a
few
months
talking
to
you
guys
about
that?
C
But
you
know
it's
structured
similarly
to
tiff
to
tax
increment
financing,
but
is
aimed
at
addressing
blighted
city
properties
again.
Securing
funding
for
last
mile
fiber
and
then
this
is
important.
This
is
an
important
one,
coordinating
improved
communication
between
our
businesses
and
our
educational
institutions.
C
So
that's
really
all
I
have.
I
hope
it
didn't
take
up
too
much
time.
The
last
thing
I
want
to
say
is
that
you'll
see
kate
perrini's
name
listed
here.
She
is
our
new
project
specialist.
She
just
joined
us
in
december
and
I'm
very
thrilled
to
have
her
on
board
she's
doing
a
great
job.
So
this
is
our
team,
myself,
myself
and
kate
for
now
so
tiny
office,
but
doing
a
lot
so
that
that's
all
I
have
for
you
open
to
questions
great.
G
C
Yeah,
unfortunately,
no
because
the
county
has
allotted
all
of
their
money
to
every
to
various
things,
they
did
grant
us
up
to
500
000.
That
didn't
necessarily
mean
we
were
going
to
get
all
500
000.
So,
unfortunately,
no
that
part
of
funding
is
no
longer
available,
but
I've
been
encouraging
businesses
to
you
know,
and
we
will
do
direct
outreach
too,
but
encouraging
businesses
to
stay
in
touch
because
you
never
know.
D
A
C
Yeah,
so
that
samuel,
who
we
work
with
at
over
at
athens,
melbourne
machine,
his
office
has
been
in
there
pre-covered,
like
I
think,
back
in
april,
or
excuse
me
back
in
february.
He
moved
in
and
they've
moved
in
some
of
the
offices,
the
revits,
the
renovations
and
all
of
that
that
they
receive
funding
for,
has
not
begun
yet,
and
they
have
three
that's
a
three-year
project
and
they
have
to
sign
and
can
confirm
that
they
are
going
to
use
that
money
by
the
end
of
the
month.
B
G
H
I'm
sorry
a
member
for
all.
I
have
one
yes
and
and
molly
fitzgerald.
Thank
you
so
much
for
for
putting
this
together
and
presenting
tonight.
You
know
I.
The
question
I
had
was
was
about
the
company
that
you
said
that
we
probably
have
never
heard
about
this
german
valve
company
is,
is
that
is
that
the
the
machine
shop
that's
located
up
in
brookdale.
C
H
C
Okay-
and
they-
you
know
this
is
just
goes
to
show
you
the
value
of
business
retention
and
expansion
meetings.
We
had
met
with
them
over
a
year
ago
and
just
weren't
really
able
to
help
them,
because
there
weren't
programs
that
fit
for
the
size
of
the
company
that
they
are.
So
that's
why
it's
so
critical
for
us
to
stay
in
touch
and
as
these
new
programs
become
available,
have
a
record
of
being
like.
I
Yes,
molly.
Thank
you
so
much.
It
looks
like
you
get
an
incredible
amount
of
important
work
done
for
having
been
the
only
person
in
the
office
until
december.
So
congratulations
to
you.
I
have
a
quick
follow-up
on
member
cotsys
question
that
mysterious
business
on
harold
avenue
how
many
people
do
they
employ
currently
do
you
know,
I
believe.
C
I
All
right,
that's
good,
and
then
I
was
also
curious
about
the
I
believe
you
said
it
was
a
hundred
thousand
square
foot.
Building
that
global
sterling
ultra
cold
is
going
to
expand
into.
I
could
see
how
they
would
want
that
space
today
with
the
incredible
demand
they're
facing
for
those
ultra
cold
energy,
efficient
freezers
for
vaccines.
I
C
C
B
Great
any
other
questions,
let
me
cruise
through
all
these
people.
Okay.
Well!
Thank
you
molly.
This
looks
I'm
I'm
very
encouraged
by
the
the
amount
of
programs
and
stuff
that's
going
on
even
with
covid19.
So
it's
very
encouraging
and
thank
you
for
that
presentation
and
everything
do
any
further
questions
from
the
audience
or
anything.
B
Okay,
next
on
the
agenda,
is
another
presentation
about
what
was
actually
discussed
a
little
bit
by
molly
at
drd,
which
we've
already
touched
on
at
one
point,
because
we
did
identify
siemens
as
a
historic
building
in
athens,
and
so
this
is
another
process
on
that
development
that
we're
doing
in
that
area
so
paul.
Thank
you.
J
J
J
J
You
need
to
resubmit
at
a
later
date
with
a
new
drd,
and
so
once
all
of
that
went
through
with
the
state
late
mid
year
last
year
we
started
working
towards
reestablishing
a
that
downtown
redevelopment
district
in
order
to
capture
economic
development
revenues
that
could
be
generated
in
that
area
as
part
of
that
city
council
last
year.
Of
course,
chris
already
mentioned
it,
but
you
supported
establishing
siemens
grocery
on
union
street
as
a
historic
as
a
locally
designated
historic
property.
J
The
siemens
family
is
very
excited
about
that.
If
anybody
has
talked
with
them,
I
can
confirm
that
and
one
of
the
strategies
we
were
looking
at
industry
as
an
anchor
for
as
a
because
a
downtown
redevelopment
district
requires
under
state
legislation
to
have
it
at
a
minimum,
a
locally
designated
historic
property
in
it
in
order
to
help
support
it
and
so
part
of
that
process.
We
established
the
siemens
historical.
F
I
I
J
J
That
plan
did
not
mention
this
specific
drd.
We
made
a
we
revised
that
plan
to
incorporate
this
new
union
street
drd
into
it,
and
so
I
know
clerk
of
council
debbie
walker.
I
apologize.
I
sent
these
to
debbie
at
about
four
o'clock
this
afternoon
and
I
apologize
to
everybody
on
city
council
for
the
slow
getting
these
documents
out
to
you.
J
The
legislation
cannot
be
finalized
until
30
days
after
that
public
hearing,
and
so
we
have
at
least
a
60-day
time
period
before
it
could
even
go
to
a
third
reading
under
ohio
revised
code.
So
we're
not
going
to
be,
we
can't
accelerate
this
process.
It'll
actually
be
a
little
bit
slower
than
a
typical
three
reading
ordinance.
J
I
think
you
have
all
the
documents
what
I'm
hoping
to
do,
and
I
I
have
draft
language
for
an
ordinance,
as
well
as
the
draft
letters
to
property
owners
and
draft
public
notice
to
be
put
in
the
newspaper
et
cetera,
but
I
what
I
want
to
do
first
of
all,
of
course,
is
if
any
members
of
council
have
any
questions
I'll
do
my
best
to
answer
them.
I
think
molly
fitzgerald
is
still
on
the
line
as
well.
Molly
can
help.
J
B
I
Best,
I
must
say
I
didn't
have
a
chance
to
see
these
documents
between
four
o'clock
and
now
I
had
prepared
for
the
meeting
earlier.
Could
you
remind
the
the
longer
term
city,
council
members
and
perhaps
let
aryan
and
I
know,
does
this
particular
drd
include
the
whole
uptown
area,
or
is
it
only
a
component
of
it
or
what?
What
is
included
in
the
in
the
proposal.
J
J
J
J
On
improved
value
is
then
kept
to
be
reinvested
into
the
district
to
support
infrastructure.
It
can
be
support
landscaping.
The
nice
thing
about
a
drd
is
are
really
flexible,
with
what
you
can
do.
Tiffs
have
a
lot
more
regulations
around
them,
but
the
within
a
tiff,
for
example,
if
siemens
grocery
or
somebody
if
they
wanted
to
do,
it,
could
be
provided
for
a
historic
preservation
expert
to
give
them
guidance
on
how
to
do
renovations
to
their
building.
J
We
could
invest
in
landscaping
along
union
along
union
street
signage
along
union
street,
to
help
to
beautify
the
area
if
new
infrastructure
is
needed,
new
public
infrastructure
that
the
drd
monies
can
be
utilized
to
offset
the
cost
of
public
infrastructure
in
an
area
with
the
hope,
of
course,
of
generating
and
getting
new
economic
development
to
occur
in
them.
This
area
is
one
of
the
few
sites,
especially
on
the
west
side
of
athens.
J
G
G
and
after
we
learned
about
drds
at
a
normal
ml
conference,
but
one
of
the
things,
one
of
the
chief
reasons
that
we
were
unsuccessful
with
that
third
drd
because
of
its
size.
It's
worth
telling
council
letting
everyone
know
what
happened.
There
was
little
guidance
in
terms
of
what
can
be
used
to
to
basically
kind
of
connect,
the
drd
to
create
a
drd,
and
our
early
on
our
understanding
was
that
streets
do
not
count
as
a
developable
piece
of
property.
G
G
It
was
a
little
bit
heavier
lift
with
the
depot
lift
depot
drd,
but
we
did
get
that
one
approved
as
well,
but
this
one
the
reason
as
paul
indicated,
that
the
the
acreage
was
as
large
as
it
was
was
because
I
believe
it
was
d.a.s
said
no
that
that's,
that
is
you're
counting
the
street,
and
you
can't
do
that
to
capture
a
historic
building
which
was
the
downtown
historic
district.
The
fall
it's
building
was
included
in
there,
even
though
that's
a
building
that
certainly
could
be
repurposed
and
developed
again.
G
So
I
just
want
to
make
that
clear
to
council
and
anyone
watching
that
that
that
was
the
reason
we
did
challenge.
We
thought
we
had
good
grounds
to
challenge
that
third
drd,
but
this
drd
will
be
equally
valuable
because,
as
some
of
you
may
be
aware,
with
the
new
build
that
is
going
on
with
ohio
health,
they
also
planned
that
campus
to
where
they
could
build
a
second
30
000
square
foot,
building
down
on
that
property.
L
J
The
requirements
within
a
drd
is
that
it
has
to
have
a
historic
anchor
building,
and
so
in
this
situation,
siemens
is
on
the
one
that
mayor
patterson
mentioned
the
the
the
one
on
west
washington
street.
I
believe
that
that
one,
the
anchor
is
the
booker
t
washington
home.
I
may
be
mistaken.
There
mayor.
G
H
Yes,
thank
you
and,
and
planner
paul.
I
believe
you
you
touched
on
it
a
little
bit,
but
when
I
looked
at
the
map
today,
I
said
boy
there's.
I
know
that
there's
a
building
there
somewhere
and
I
don't
see
it
on
the
map,
so
it
looks
like
when
the
the
the
gain
is
not
is
not
registered
until
there's
the
until
the
taxes
have
been
readjusted.
Is
that
correct?
Because
when
I
was
I
was
like
okay
they're
building
a
building
right
now,
then
we
designate
this.
J
B
Please
scroll
through
here
all
our
people.
Okay,
great!
Thank
you
paul!
I
I
know
this
particular
site's,
really
an
excellent
piece
in
an
excellent
position
to
be
able
to
become
a
real
community
anchor
too,
especially
if
some
of
the
development
is
for
pedestrian
oriented,
landscaping
and
stuff.
That
particular
parking
lot
has
its
its
own
logic
and
its
own
rationale
for
doing
the
things
that
it
does.
So
it
would
be
good
if
it
kind
of
became
more
safe.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
all
the
work
that
you're
doing.
Oh
remember,
roger.
F
Yeah,
your
your
question
just
gave
me
a
question
when
the
campus
of
ohio
health
is
completed.
Do
you
know
if
they
have
any
plans
to
connect
it
with
their
parking
lot
across
that
swale
right
now,
the
only
entrance
would
be
off
of
union.
It
would
make
sense
that
they
were
getting
connected
off
of
hospital
drive
or
whatever
they
call
that
street.
J
Councilman
reisner,
to
my
to
my
knowledge
or
to
my
recollection,
I
apologize.
It's
been
a
while
since
that
that
project
went
through
the
planning
commission.
I
believe
that
there
will
be
an
entrance
off
of
to
the
south
to
connect
it
with
the
parking
lot
area
and
the
driveway
areas
of
ohio
health
yeah.
J
There
was
also
a
conversation
about
down
that
you
know
possibly
down
the
down
the
road
kind
of
either
closing
off
the
union
street
entrance
and
the
the
express
care
urgent
care
building
that
that's
been
around
for
a
long
time,
and
I
think,
if
anybody's
been
in
there,
I
know
a
lot
of
people
were
in
there
about
a
year
ago,
when
the
flu
was
going
around
athens
county,
it's
a
very
small
space
and
it's
probably
lost.
They
probably
need
a
bigger
site
for
their
express
care
program.
B
J
B
So
we
did
some
research
found
a
lot
of
models
and
the
current
best
manager
practices
for
the
various
issues
that
are
confronting
all
communities
across
the
united
states.
We've
been
told
over
and
over
by
our
planning
process
and
all
the
public
meetings
and
hearings
and
surveys
through
not
only
our
update
of
our
comprehensive
plan,
but
also
our
sustainability
plan.
B
That's
out
there
and
the
county
plan
that
has
shown
us
over
and
over
and
over
that
people
in
this
area
want
to
move
more
towards
resiliency
sustainability
for
everything
that
we
do
in
the
city.
Landscapes
that
we
know
really
has
a
huge
impact
on
our
environment.
We
talked
about
storm
water
management
and
past
fees.
For
that
why?
Because
it
helps
to
keep
our
environment
clean
and
safe,
it
helps
to
reduce
flooding.
Landscape
ordinances
are
the
same
sort
of
thing.
B
Why
do
we
want
to
do
that?
Well,
I
would.
I
would
argue
that
a
lot
of
what
we
do
when
we
update
our
our
comprehensive
and
sustainability
plans
and
implement
them
is
to
ensure
that
we
have
our
community
to
become
sustainable
and
resilient
and
to
make
sure
our
community
has
safety
for
all
community
members
and
to
make
sure
that
there's
equity
and
environmental
justice
across
all
parts
of
our
community.
B
And
the
third
one
is
our
pollinator-friendly
front
yard
registration
program,
which
we
should
find
an
acronym
for.
So
I've.
I've
worked
with
the
citizens
in
their
original
part,
and
then
I've
worked
with
other
citizens
to
fine-tune
what
we've
put
to
together
for
this
evening.
So
it's
pretty
straightforward.
B
Personally,
I'm
very
excited
to
be
able
to
process
to
get
this
going
because
it's
so
important
to
be
able
to
reduce
the
amount
of
invasive
species
that
are
in
our
knee
because
they
tend
to
hurt
people
because
they
take
over
gardens
and
then
you
can't
grow
anything
noxious
weeds
can
be
poisonous
for
animals.
We
need
to
be
able
to
identify
those
and
and
have
people
know
about
them,
and
so
that
our
whole
environment
becomes
more
sustainable
and
more
resilient
to
the
pressures
that
will
be
on
up
through
climate
change.
B
L
L
B
It's
been
tightened
up
so
that
it
identifies
the
things
that
are
most
complained
about
to
like
code
of
grasses
and
and
various
grass-like
species,
so
that
that
helps
to
tighten
that
up
because
as
it
is
now,
if
you
have
something
more
than
eight
inches
tall,
that's
like
a
black-eyed
susan
or
something
that
would
in
our
ordinance
now
in
the
language
that
we
have
now.
That's
theoretically,
not
appropriate,
not
legal.
L
B
B
Most
mostly
it's
because
grasses
turf
grasses,
especially
this,
is
written
in
a
very
broad
way
about
turf,
grasses
and
lawns.
That's
when
they
start
seeding,
and
so
you
want
to
get
it
mowed
before
it
starts
seeding
because
they
can
cause
problems.
You
know
for
for
the
sort
of
things
yes
and
it
looks
very
messy,
and
then
you
know
it
can
be
much
harder
to
to
be
able
to
know
and
such.
L
M
Yes,
allen
swank
40
towns
in
place
here
in
athens,
I'd
like
to
pick
up
on
this
exemption
and
clarify
some
things
for
not
only
council
but
the
general
public.
The
fema
executive
board
was
one
of
these
groups
that
met,
and
originally
the
grass
height
was
going
to
be
10
inches.
We
thought
that
was
way
too
high,
because
by
the
time
code
goes
through
the
process
of
citing
someone
all
that
10
turns
to
12
and
12
turns
to
14.,
but
the
exemption.
M
I
feel
very
strongly
that
this
exemption
is
opening
up
a
can
of
worms
and
needs
to
be
stricken
from
the
legislation
all
properties,
whether
you're
a
certified,
pollinator
property
or
someone
who's,
just
maintaining
a
nice
yard
should
be
treated
equally.
We
have
at
my
house
here,
probably
the
largest
or
second
largest
garden
on
the
far
east
side.
It's
full
of
pollinators
yeah.
We
want
to
keep
a
nice
trim
lawn
if
we
wanted
to,
because
we
have
all
these
pollinators
that
pay
the
25.
M
We
would
never
have
to
mow
their
grass
and
I'm
afraid,
that's
what's
going
to
happen.
In
fact,
there
are
people
right
now
using
the
city
as
their
lawn
service.
They
pay
it
twice
a
year
and
that's
all
they
have
to
pay.
So
I
really
feel
very
strongly.
This
needs
to
be
struck
from
the
ordinance.
Everything
else
looks
pretty
good,
more
pollinators,
the
better
but
letting
grass
grow
all
summer
is
not
in
the
best
interest
of
the
city,
its
residents
or
the
health
and
safety
of
the
children
that
play
in
these
yards.
I
I
B
H
H
B
H
E
Thank
you
member
fault.
I
just
wanted
to
say
thanks
for
all
the
the
time
and
effort
and
research
that
you've
put
into
this,
because
having
landscape
ordinances
and
tree
banks
and
celebration
treat
programs
things
things
that
the
community
can
can
be
a
part
of
to
improve
the
natural
and
local
native
plants
in
our
community.
It
has
really
long-term
benefits,
and
so
thank
you
for
the
work
and
research
you
put
into
it
great.
B
H
President
nicely
thank
you,
and-
and
tonight
you
know,
council
members
say
you
know
if
we've
been
here
a
couple
years,
we
understand
that
there's
a
an
ab
and
a
flow,
a
seasonality
of
of
our
of
our
ordinances
throughout
the
year
and
now
is
the
time
to
start
talking
about
street
closures
for
for
our
spring
and
summer
and
fall,
and
so
it
doesn't
necessarily
seem
like
the
the
right
time
to
be
speaking
about
this.
But
we
can't
we
can't
put
this
off.
We
have
to
anticipate
that
things.
H
H
So,
as
we
remember
back
to
last
year,
we
had
we,
we
changed
it
up
a
little
bit
and
just
had
one
ordinance
that
covered
everything,
providing
a
better
calendar
for
for
businesses
to
kind
of
see
what
the
what
the
summer
season
looks
like
we're
doing
the
same
thing
again
this
year
and
andrew
chicky
is
here
this
evening
to
to
to
speak
to
it
so
andrew.
Thank
you
so
much
for
coming
this
evening
evening,
council.
N
N
Typically,
we
have
to
pass
three
separate,
distinct
ordinances
for
most
events,
because
we
have
to
change
temporarily
change
some
of
the
city
code.
So
vending
is
an
example.
The
noise
ordinances
example
in
addition
to
allowing
for
the
closure,
so
there's
a
lot
of
pieces
that
happen
for
even
one
event
to
take
place
through
council
action.
N
We
already
know
that
there
are
a
number
of
events
that
are
are
cancelled
or
we've
talked
to
that
vindicated
that
they're
going
to
hold
something
different,
but
at
the
same
time
we
also
know
that
the
event
calendar
is
very
competitive
and
when
one
opens
up
other
things
take
its
place.
So
in
part
the
intent
is
that
we
have
placeholders
for
our
lan
long-standing
events
that
we're
cognizant
of
the
general
calendar
that
happens
in
the
ebbs
and
flows
of
the
seasons.
N
We
don't
know
what
it's
going
to
look
like
in
six
months,
and
we
saw
the
results
of
that
last
year.
We're
anticipating
that
to
continue
again
it's
about
having
the
pieces
in
place.
We
also
know
that
not
all
closures,
equal
large
numbers
of
people,
some
closures,
such
as
the
plains
lions
club,
does
three
different
cruises
each
year.
It's
not
necessarily
drawing
big
numbers.
N
N
We
also
are
aware
that
you
know
the
framework
that
we
do
year
in
and
year
out
is
something
that
we
use
in
the
future.
So
the
consistency
is
really
important
to
continue,
even
though
it
seems
like
this
is
an
off
year
to
make
sure
that
we
have
the
framework
in
place,
because
we
build
off
of
that
and
we
figure
out
what
works
and
what
doesn't
work
and
again
it's
about
assisting
these
events.
N
We
want
to
you
know,
as
as
a
city
as
an
administration
as
a
municipality
that
we're
doing
all
we
can
to
make
it
reflective
of
the
community
that
we
are
so
that's
kind
of,
in
a
nutshell,
the
intent
here
there
are
some
placeholder
events
that
were
sent
out
with
the
with
the
draft.
Those
are
subject
to
change.
N
We
know
that
we-
I
know
that
I
don't
want
to
speak
for
the
mayor,
but
he
had
indicated
earlier
today
that
he
had
spoken
to
some
event,
organizers
that
I
spoke
to
a
week
before,
and
they
have
you
know,
they're
reconsidering,
how
they're
going
to
do
things.
So
we
know
that
it's
a
moving
target,
but
we
also
know
that
we
have
to
have
something
to
aim
for.
H
H
N
Correct
the
intent
of
this
particular
legislation
would
be
for
long-standing
events
that
we
have
year
in
and
year
out,
that
we
use
placeholders
for
typically
what
we,
what
the
intent
is,
that
new
events
come
before
council
individually,
so
that
they
can
be
vetted.
But
we
know
on
the
list
of
events
and,
for
example,
the
jpac
joint
police
advisory
council
barbecue
that
happens
year
in
and
year
out,
the
structure
is
identical
year
in
and
year
out,
we
kind
of
put
it
together,
knowing
that
there
aren't
going
to
be
many
dramatic
changes.
N
That
would
require
a
large
amount
of
consideration
from
city
council.
So
that's
kind
of
what
we're
building
off
of
from
last
year,
where
we
started
making
a
list
and
coming
up
with
a
calendar
to
say:
okay,
we
don't
need
to
have
you
know
15
pieces
of
legislation
for
15
different
events,
that
the
best
use
of
council's
time
is
to
consider
new
legislation,
and
you
know
new
proposals
coming
forward.
So
that's
that's
in
a
nutshell.
What
what
the
intent
is
here
same
thing
with
brew
week.
N
You
know
they
went
virtual
last
year.
There
are
likely
to
be
changes
coming
into
2021.
We
know
that,
but
at
the
same
time
we
want
to
have
the
structure
in
place,
knowing
that
when
and
if
they
are
able
to
host
something
in
person
that
we
have
it
ready
for
them
and
they
can
fast
track
their
planning
process.
H
N
N
H
There,
andrew,
I
think
you
did
a
really
good
job.
Nobody
has
any
questions.
You
answered
everything
so
so
thank
you
very
much
and
so
we'll
start
to
see
the
reads:
come
through
three
different
ordinances,
one
for
the
the
events,
one
for
our
noise
ordinance
and
one
for
vending
when
it's
necessary
and
we'll
just
start
working
through
this
and
continuing
to
talk
about
it
past
that
we
are,
we
are
done
with
transportation
committee.
Thank
you.
K
K
Basically,
the
city
of
athens
collects
their
employees
share
of
their
contribution
to
the
pension
and
then
submits
it
to
opers,
along
with
the
city
of
athens
as
employer
share,
and
I
believe
the
issue
here
is:
we
need
to
amend
to
put
an
effective
date
on
this
pension
payout,
so
that
will
be
coming
up
next
monday.
Any
questions.
K
A
K
G
G
G
It's
the
employee
agreement
on
page
two
of
this
document
at
the
very
bottom
you'll
see
vaccination
information
because
we
feel
that's
important
to
be
in
here
to
where
someone
will
be
eligible
if
they
have
received
the
vaccination
or
if
they
have
not
received
it,
but
will
as
soon
as
it
comes
available.
Now
is
probably
a
good
time
just
to
mention
to
on
those
two
points
that
we
have
through
the
athens
city
county
health
department
last
thursday
had
a
number
of
police
officers
and
firefighters
who
were
offered
the
vaccine
and
who
received
the
vaccine.
G
G
Optional,
I
hate
using
that
word,
but
you
know
I
can't
mandate
or
I
won't
mandate
that
our
employees
go
down
and
get
vaccinated.
We
have
through
four
union
contracts,
and
that
would
require
a
lot
of
work
in
that
realm.
But
but
again
I
feel
strongly
that
when
we
are
offered
the
vaccine
by
the
athens
city
county
health
department
that
we
get
vaccinated
as
that
rolls
forward
and
more
clinics
open
up
that,
I
will
continue
to
push
for
our
employees
to
get
vaccinated.
G
K
Okay,
seeing
no
other
hands,
I
will
move
on
to
appropriations
and
transfers.
There
are
quite
a
few,
as
you
can
imagine
here
in
our
first
meeting
in
january,
and
I
will
go
through
these
slowly.
Please
do
raise
your
hand
I'll
try
to
keep
my
eyes
open
for
for
anybody
who
wants
to
chime.
In
again,
you
may
remember
appropriations
in
2020
for
our
internal
services
budget
to
cover
administrative
costs.
A
N
Yeah,
so
we're
we're
fast
tracking
that
right
now
we're
getting
an
updated
quote.
The
last
time
we
got
quotes
for
the
generators
was
2017.,
we're
working
with
a
couple
of
different
electrician
companies
locally
to
see
what
those
changes
in
price
look
like
it's
possible
that
it
could
be
one
generator
for
both
buildings
or
two
generators.
It
really
depends
we're
going
to
get
a
a
couple
of
different
quotes
to
figure
that
out.
N
G
G
G
When
you
have
a
generator
versus
say
a
semi
truck
on
the
highways
or
something
like
that,
so
so
we're
we.
It
was
a
a
little
over
a
hundred
thousand
dollar
difference
between
those
quotes
for
the
diesel
generator.
Those
are
2017
dollars.
So
keep
that
in
mind
when
we
get
the
quotes,
we
will
continue
to
keep
council
abreast.
You
know
the
path
that
we're
going
to
take
moving
forward,
but
at
this
point
we
feel
having
a
single
generator
that
will
completely
power.
K
G
It'll
likely
go
on
the
same
footprint
to
where
the
current
generator
is
remember,
causes
which
is
right
over
by
the
the
by
the
sally
port
by
the
law
building.
So
it's
it's
it's
already
there.
Hopefully
it
would
be
a
unit,
that's
roughly
that
same
size.
One
of
the
modifications
that
I
know
that
would
have
to
happen
is
that
there
would
have
to
be
an
exhaust
stack
that
goes
up
and
clears
the
rooftop
of
the
law
building.
K
We
will
be
offering
the
transfer
of
a
hundred
and
thirty
five
thousand
and
eleven
dollars
and
twenty
eight
cents
from
the
cares
act
fund
into
the
general
fund.
And
that
is
that
money
that
left
over
from
hapcap
the
689
added
to
the
already
appropriated,
128
000,
but
not
yet
transferred.
So
that
will
be
going
into
the
general
fund.
K
We
do
have
a
three-year
agreement
with
the
athens
county
convention
and
visitors
bureau,
and
it
was
discovered
that
this
expired.
This
piece
of
a
2017
ordinance
expired
in
december,
which
is
why
we
will
do
this
under
emergency
and
suspension
of
the
rules
next
week,
as
we
should
have
had
this
in
place
as
of
january
1st.
K
H
H
G
Well,
I'm
I
mean
it
that
comes
from
the
general
fund,
peter,
so
I
I
guess
you
could
think
of
it
that
way,
but
that
used
to
be
the
case
to
where
there
was.
We
were
sending
a
smaller
percentage
to
the
convention
business
bureau
and
then
some
was
kept
to
to
pay
our
membership
with
the
edc.
So
so
there's
not
a
further
split
of
what
comes
out
of
our
50
percent
from
the
state
yeah.
I.
G
I
And
I'm
just
curious,
I
if
I
remember
correctly,
this
transit
guest
tax
was
going
to
be
the
source
of
the
funding
that
the
city
was
considering
supplying
to
the
bailey's
trail.
Now
that
we
have
not
committed
to
that,
where
is
it
going?
Does
it
go
into
the
general
fund
or
where
does
our
share
of
the
money
reside.
G
It
does
remember
claude
felder,
as
you
may
recall,
the
that
ordinance
was
contingent
upon
the
county
commissioners
also
agreeing
to
match
that
amount
of
money.
It
was
ninety
thousand
dollars
for
the
pay
for
success
way
of
financing,
helping
to
finance
the
bailey
trail
system
that
has
never
materialized.
So
there
was
never
a
set
aside.
There's
no
set
aside
account
or
anything
like
that
for
this
money.
K
K
K
K
It
should
have
we
should
have
had
legislation
and
that,
of
course,
is
required
by
by
the
law,
and
so
we
would
like
to
get
this
on
the
agenda
next
week
to
get
authorization
to
sign
that
contract
retroactively.
There's
really
nothing
else.
We
can
do
there,
it
was
an
oversight
and
it's
already
contract.
That
is
that
is
happening,
and
we
just
need
to
get
it
authorization
to
sign
that.
K
B
Well,
I
I
had
a
quick
question:
is
that
if
that's
is
that
a
staff
line
that
can
or
cannot
be
changed
by
council?
My,
I
guess
my
issue.
My
question
would
be
instead
of
a
police
officer,
is
it
possible
to
hire
some
kind
of
other
person
for
the
police
say
a
social
worker
if
one
is
needed
now
I
know
that
that
the
police
do
have
certain
line
staff
lines
like
that.
B
K
G
We
also
have
hired
and
has
worked
for
the
city,
the
police
department
for
several
years,
molly
burchfield,
who
is
a
support
service
through
the
police
department,
but
as
as
long
as
he
hasn't
fallen
asleep.
I
believe
that
chief
pyle
is
actually
on
the
meeting
tonight
and
I'll.
Let
chief
pyle
speak
to
the
police.
B
And
let
me
I
would
like
this
to
be
able
to
come
out,
because
I
think
that
a
lot
of
people
are
confused
about
some
of
the
services
that
are
offered
both
from
the
public
safety
point
of
view
and
for
our
public
safety
for
our
public
safety
officers.
So
thank
you
for
talking
about
this,
and
and
thank
you
tom,
for
coming
and
talking
about
it.
D
D
We
need
a
trained
police
officer
in
this
position.
The
only
way
we
could
hire
a
social
worker
is
if
council
went
through
the
process
of
reducing
the
numbers
of
staff
in
the
police
department
and
creating
positions,
and
we
already
employ
a
licensed
social
worker.
As
the
mayor
mentioned
in
the
in
molly
birchfield
have
since
the
late
90s
under
the
violence
against
women
act,
grant
the
volvo
grant.
D
She
is
specifically
a
victims
advocate
and
a
women's
advocate,
or
a
spousal
abuse,
spousal
abuse
and
sexual
assault
advocate
the
list
goes
on
and
then,
as
councilmember
crowley,
I
believe
mentioned.
We've
had
david
malavista
who's,
a
retiree
from
the
and
chief
clinician
from
the
athens
mental
health
center.
The
athens
behavioral
health
care
center
has
been
employed
with
the
police
department
since
the
early
70s,
and
so
we
have
those
positions
filled
and
and
taken
care
of.
D
So
what
we're
experiencing
now
is
we
actually
have
two
sworn
officer
positions
that
are
that
are
currently
vacant.
We
just
realized
a
resignation
for
an
officer
moving
to
another
area
of
the
state.
I
have
two
officers
scheduled
to
reserve
to
retire.
I'm
sorry
in
2021
and
I
have
as
many
as
three
officers
considering
changing
job
paths
or
job
changing
careers.
One
is
actively
in
schooling
and
two
are
considering
just
getting
out
of
the
profession
altogether,
and
so,
as
you
know,
hiring
police
officers
takes
considerable
amount
of
time.
D
This
position
we
want
to
fill.
We
had
a
person
teed
up
so
to
speak,
ready
to
hire
ready
to
to
give
a
start
date
too,
back
in
february,
and
then
the
pandemic
struck,
and
we
delayed
the
higher
so
now
with
two
people
getting
ready
to
retire
two
vacant
positions
and
as
many
as
three
or
four
getting
considering
career
path
changes,
it
would
be
really
dangerous
of
us
to
not
fill
not
to
hire
this
person.
That's
the
last
person
off
of
the
existing
list.
D
In
order
for
us
to
hire
again,
we
would
have
to
give
a
new
test
and
that's
more
than
problematic,
given
the
fact
that
we
can't
hardly
put
people
into
a
a
room
to
or
a
testing
hall.
In
close
proximity
to
one
another
to
give
a
test
so
we'll
be
struggling
with
that,
I
just
don't
want
the
police
department
to
get
too
understaffed
six
or
seven
vacancies
is
more
than
35
of
the
available
staff
to
patrol
the
city
and,
as
you
can
tell,
by
reading
the
reports,
our
theft
reports
are
through
the
roof.
D
B
K
K
The
city
of
athens
is
required
by
the
ohio
revised
code
to
to
designate
our
our
public
depositories,
and
the
way
this
this
works
is
that
the
the
athens
treasurer
sends
out
applications
to
any
eligible
banks,
both
for
interim
monies
and
active
funds
of
the
city,
and
then
she
works.
The
treasurer
works
with
the
law
director
to
determine
the
designations
to
be
made
to
those
financial
institutions
that
qualify
now.
H
K
K
And
basically,
the
agreement
is
to
really
maintain
you
know
adequate
program
oversight
and
ensure
that
we're
all
adhering
to
the
terms
of
the
agreement
and
the
administration
of
the
revolving
loan
fund
program,
and
this
is
a
three-year
agreement,
so
that'll
also
be
coming
up
next
week.
Thank
you
for
the
reminder,
president.
I
say
yes,
mayor
patterson.
E
E
I
Just
one
out
of
curiosity,
I
know
that
last
year,
bob
heady,
I
believe,
was
the
person
who
was
able
to
save
us
forty
thousand
dollars
by
buying
the
road
salt
for
this
winter
in
may
kind
of
out
of
the
heavy
demand
season.
I
don't
know
if
there
would
be
any
possibility
of
getting
some
kind
of
savings
if,
if
this
salt
for
the
water
treatment
plant
were
purchased
at
a
particular
time
of
year
or
if
that
might
be
worth
exploring.
E
G
That
that's
correct.
Thank
you.
Remember
grace
it's
a
great
question.
Remember
claude
felter,
but
it's
one.
It's
a
very
different
salt,
but
two
as
remember
grace
was
saying:
this
is
used
for
daily
operations
of
the
water
treatment
plant
as
opposed
to
what's
what
in
the
past,
it
seemed
to
be
random,
snow
events.
We
seem
to
have
had
quite
a
few
of
them
so
far
this
year,
but
it
was
a
great
move
to
purchase
those
kind
of
in
the
off-peak
time
and
prices
were
low.
E
A
A
A
Commission,
lenny
eliason,
president
of
the
county
commissioners,
tom
o'grady
who's
with
southeast
ohio,
history
center
and
deb
schaefer,
who
is
the
vice
president
for
finance
and
administration
on
november
30th,
the
ridges
advisory
committee
had
a
meeting
and
they
were
informed
of
conditions
on
the
roof
of
several
of
the
ridges
building
and
scott.
If
you
can
show
us
that
panel,
that
map,
do
you
have
that
available
for
just
a
moment
that
it's
buildings,
two
three
and
four,
and
these
are
the
buildings
that
are
next
to
the
kennedy
museum.
A
A
Over
the
past
several
years,
the
university
has
made
a
considerable
investment.
Approximately
25
million
dollars
has
gone
into
the
ridges
20
of
that
went
into
the
16.
Excuse
me
to
the
renovation
of
buildings,
13,
14
and
18..
So
that's
the
other
side
of
that
tier
going
down,
so
they've
renovated
one
side
they
moved
in
last
march.
A
So
you
know
the
university
also
to
their
credit,
along
with
investing
these
other.
Tens
of
millions
of
dollars
has
been
in
contact
with
developers
to
see
if
they
might
be
interested
and
they
have
hosted
several
meetings
and
talked
to
approximately
15
developers.
I
think
that's
the
number,
but
the
bottom
line
on
this
situation
is.
Is
that
at
this
point
the
university
is
in
a
financial
position
that
they
are
only
they
have.
A
They
are
interested
in
sharing
the
cost
of
the
685
thousand
dollars
in
repair,
so
they're
saying
they
could
come
up
with
about
two
to
three
hundred
thousand
dollars.
To
put
a
temporary
repair
on
the
temporary
tarps,
so
we've
been
talking
and
you
know
the
county,
I
think
I
can
speak
on
it
for
the
county
to
say
that
they
would
be
willing
to
explore
the
possibility
of
bonds
long
term
for
if
there
were
something
to
do
with
to
invest
in
senior
housing.
That
might
be
a
way
that
that's
a
possibility.
A
J
J
I
don't
have
any
update
on
picture
I'll
leave
it
leave
it
at
that.
They
have
concerns
about
it.
As
you
all
can
imagine,
pam
callahan,
who
serves
on
the
ridge's
advisories,
also
on
the
city's
preservation
board.
They
did
talk
a
little
bit
about
some
brainstorming
opportunities
about
other
groups
to
reach
out
to
perhaps
to
try
to
spread
the
word
on
this.
J
J
I
guess,
as
it
was
expected
to
as
a
five
year
five
year
patch
or
so,
and
it's
been
about
five
years
on
that
tarp
there's
also
been
some
birds
that
have
been
tearing
out
import
portions
of
it
too.
If
I'm
not
mistaken,
they
didn't
have
any
great
ideas
up
front.
A
couple
things
that
they
talked
about,
though,
was
looking
seeing
seeing
if
there's
any
opportunity
to
work
with
with
the
state.
The
capital
budget
was
just
approved
last
month
by
I,
the
ohio
legislature
and
the
governor
signed
off
on
that.
J
There's
no
money
set
in
that
capital
budget
for
this.
For
this
need,
of
course,
but
richard
vetter,
one
of
our
preservation
board
members.
He
was
interested
in
looking
around
at
the
state
a
little
bit
talking
with
some
elected
officials
talking
with
our
local
legislators,
both
the
at
the
house
and
the
state
senate
to
see
if
there's
any
opportunity
for
them
to
participate
or
if
they
knew
of
any
pools
of
money
at
the
state
that
might
be
able
to
help
out.
So
I
thought
that
was
a
good
discussion
that
we
had.
J
We've
also
been
reaching
out
to
other
leaders
around
the
state,
including
ohio,
history,
connection,
heritage,
ohio
preservation,
ohio
and
I've
got
an
email
out
to
a
representative
from
the
appalachian
regional
commission
just
to
really
just
want
to
pick
people's
brains
and
better.
So
they
understand
the
situation
with
this
building
and
that
we
there's
a
large
constituency
working
to
help
the
university
out.
This
is
obviously
the
ridges
is
a
regional,
if
not
a
statewide
asset.
J
It
is
one
of
the
things
that
we
are
known
for
in
this.
This
community.
We,
at
least
in
my
opinion,
it
is
something
that
it's
worth
the
effort
for
us
to
try
to
work
with
the
university
to
get
a
solution
here.
What's
important,
to
note
is
that
there's
still,
there
is
not
a
long-term
plan
for
that
building
university
has
tried
public
private
partnerships
in
the
past
they're
interested
in
trying
to
redo
that
again,
having
conversations
about
things
just
like
commissioner
lyson
stated
about
senior
housing
or
something
like
that
there.
J
So
there
is
a
lot
of
things
that
they
would
like
to
see
happen
there.
There
just
haven't
been
a
lot
of
takers
yet
or
people
that
have
been
interested
in
it,
but
it
feels
as
if
the
timing
is
pretty
ripe
for
something
like
that.
There's
a
lot
of
tax
incentives
that
private
developers
could
utilize
at
that
building.
J
We
actually
the
university
has
an
example
of
what
can
be
done
with
all
the
investments
they've
made
into
the
buildings
on
the
left
side
of
the
museum
and
we're
just
all
working
really
hard
to
get
this
one.
Try
to
make
sure
that
we've
done
our
due
diligence
to
help
out
here
I'll
leave
it
at
that
I'll.
A
A
You
know
the
temporary
patches
won't,
may
not
even
get
you
through
the
season,
so
his
recommendation
was
the
million
and
the
ridges
advisory
committee
concurred,
but
we
they
they
don't
have.
The
money
is
what
they
have
said,
and
if
that
you
know
they
could
share,
you
know
a
portion
and
then
that
portion
that
they're
suggesting
to
share
is
two
to
three
hundred
thousand
at
this
point,
so
we're
working
as
hard
as
we
can.
I
Yes,
though,
I
would
say
that
though
we
we
have
no
guarantees
that
there
would
be
more
funding
for
things
like
this,
I
would
suggest
I
do
understand
that
it's
raining
in
the
buildings
that
sounds
horrible.
You
know
I
hope
they
have
good
buckets,
but
maybe
it
would
be
good
to
wait
and
see
what
the
next
federal
administration
does.
If
perhaps
they
will
be
providing
more
funding
for
uses
like
this
or
if
lobbying
efforts
might
be
able
to
persuade
them
to
do
so
before
any
firm
commitments
are
made.
A
Well
and
right,
and
and
given
the
general
revenue
I
can,
I
can
see
the
look
on
the
mayor's
face
too.
You
know
and
then
the
auditor
I'm
sure
is
observing
at
home.
You
know
there
aren't
the
general
revenue
funds
either
at
the
city
or
the
county
level
right
now
to
be
able
to
to
make
it
as
wonderful
as
that
would
be
to
to
try
and
do
that.
I
hope
I'm
not
misspeaking
that,
but
I
don't
think
they're
the
general
revenue
funds
for
us
to
even
consider
doing
that.
A
A
K
I
think
we
probably
all
feel
the
same
way
about
the
ridges,
and
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
this
is
a
a
remarkable
piece
of
athens
and
the
history
is,
you
know,
a
part
of
who
we
are
and
a
part
of
the
university
and
a
part
of
the
city
and
the
the
entire
area
up
there.
I
spent
so
much
time
walking
up
there.
I've
I've
spent.
You
know
most
of
my
life
up
on
the
ridges
and
obviously
the
it's
a
question
of
of
money
and
it's
a
question
of
how
we
can
help.
K
K
H
Yes,
thank
you,
and-
and-
and
this
was
just
thinking
about
this
conversation
back
in
1988
when
I
graduated
from
high
school-
and
I
had
my
first
job
with
university
working
for
the
physical
plant.
That
was
the
same
summer
that
the
the
university
was
gifted
these
these
these
buildings,
from
from
the
from
the
mental
health
institutions
and
so
on.
H
But
that's
you
know.
That's
that's.
You
know
that
was
the
university
was
the
one
that
that
could
take
those
and
do
something
with
them.
There
was
nobody
else
that
could
do
that,
and
they've
already
done
a
lot
of
great
work
up
there
and
and-
and
I
look
forward
hopefully
that
they're
able
to
to
get
over
this
bump
and
and
figure
out.
You
know
the
next
steps
to
preservation.
L
G
G
G
I
think
it
was
diversity
and
inclusion
or
a
camera
would
house,
but
regardless
it's
it's,
it's
been
vacant
for
some
time.
I
would
like
to
work
with
the
university
to
come
up
with
a
plan
if
they
are
going
to
start
vacating
historic
structures
that
that
money
be
put
back
into
a
historic
building,
that
being
the
ridges.
G
Certainly
some
of
them
will
continue
to
be
used
by
ohio
university,
but
I
certainly
question
what
will
happen
with
cruising
which,
if
anybody's
been
in
cruise
and
house,
it's
an
absolutely
gorgeous
house
inside
with
its
woodwork
in
there.
But
I
also
know
that
cruise
in
house
has
some
pretty
significant
maintenance
issues
unto
itself,
which
is
why
it
had
to
be
vacated
paul.
Anything
to
add
to
that.
J
I
believe
that
two
at
least
two
of
those
three
bids
were
from
people
business
people
in
athens,
but
I
don't
know
who-
and
I
don't
know
who
was
awarded
her
for
what
price
it
did.
It
did
sound
from
what
the
members
of
the
preservation
board
said.
It
did
sound
like
it
went,
the
process
was
easy
and
it
went
well.
The
university
had
documents
in
there
that
required
that
any
work,
that's
done
as
part
of
it,
that
they
follow
standards
for
historic
reservations.
J
So
I
know
that
that
should
put
to
a
lot
of
people
had
concerns
that
somebody
could
utilize
as
an
opportunity
to
tear
down
and
have
a
prime
piece
of
real
estate
university
tried
to
insure
against
that.
I
think
that
same
method,
if
it
was
successful,
maybe
they
will
be
using
that
for
crews
and
a
few
others.
J
I
don't
recall
when
I
we.
I
worked
on
that
small
house's
plan
with
the
in
with
sean
ebola
and
a
few
others
from
the
university
about
three
or
four
years
ago.
I
think
there's
only
one
or
two
buildings
that
they
designated
for
anticipated
tearing
down,
one
of
which
has
already
been
torn
down
on
university
terrace
at
union
street
at
jeff
hill,
and
then
I
think
all
the
other
ones
were
either
going
to
be
reused
for
or
repurposed
for,
university
offices
or
facilities,
and
then
there's
a
couple.
J
Others,
including
I
think
chris
and
mayor
patterson,
that
they
were
open-minded
to
selling
to
a
private
private
enterprise
to
come
in.
So
there
might
be
a
good
opportunity
there.
It
is
a
beautiful
home
and
that
that's,
that
is
a
great
location.
I
can
think
of
a
lot
of
opportunity
there.
If
I
had
the
money
to
purchase
it,
I
might
take
a
bid
on
it
myself.
I
do
not,
though,.