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Athens City Council - March 1, 2021
A
A
And
then
we
will
come
back
to
our
full
business
meeting.
So
we'll
walk
you
through
each
of
those
steps
and
let
you
know
ahead
of
time
what
we'll
be
doing,
but
do
know
that
when
we
do
go
into
executive
session,
which
will
probably
only
be
10
to
15
minutes,
we
will
be
coming
back
to
the
regular
session
and
you
can
stay
tuned
and
hear
the
rest
of
all
of
our
meeting
tonight.
A
So
the
first
item
is
our
public
section
hearing
for
union
street
downtown
redevelopment
district,
and
this
links
two
of
our
ordinances,
one
which
was
passed
earlier
this
year
in
october
of
2020..
It
was
ordinance
105.20
and
that
was
declaring
the
siemens
grocery
store,
building
at
10305
west
union
street
as
a
local,
historic
designation,
and
this
then
ties
to
an
ordinance
that
we
will
be
discussing
tonight.
28
21,
which
will
be
declaring
that
district,
then,
and
so
if
council
member
fall
as
chair
of
planning
commission,
would
lead
us
through
some
of
this
discussion.
B
Thank
you
just
a
quick
background
on
what
a
drd
is.
It's
a
relatively
new
tool
that
the
state
of
ohio
has
developed
to
help
development
economic
development
in
areas
go
away
that
are
that
have
historic
designated
buildings
or
areas
and
the
area
around
it.
So
the
idea
is
to
have
re
investment
investment
of
capital
that,
at
the
same
time,
also
helps
to
prove
to
preserve
the
historic
area
or
building,
and
so
once
the
drd
is
like
a
tiff.
B
The
area
can
be
a
mix
of
mixed
use,
commercial,
but
not
100
residential.
So
it
really
is
a
mixed
use,
sort
of
tool
that
can
be
really
useful
in
athens.
The
funds
that
are
are
that
are
brought
together
can
do
one
of
five
things.
Historic
renovation
for
those
buildings
that
are
are
id'd
as
the
historic.
B
The
anchor
cider
house
is
one
of
our
historic
designated
buildings
and
that
one
anchors
another
one,
so
they
would
be
able
to
qualify
for
historic
reservation
renovation
funds,
there's
loans
to
other
business
people,
funds
to
to
increase
public
infrastructure,
and
so
there's
a
lot
of
different
tools
that
can
be
used
with
this
money.
That's
brought
together,
so
we
do
two
that
have
already
been
okayed
by
the
city
council,
the
one
that
has
the
cider
houses
the
center
and
then
the
other
one,
which
is
depot
the
the
railroad
depot.
C
B
D
D
It's
a
but
it's
a
longer
process
than
you
think
and
when
you
say
development,
you
know
the
the
I'll
use
this
drd.
This
particular
proposal
as
an
example
that
there's
currently
development
going
on
within
this
drd
footprint,
with
ohio,
health's
new
building,
and
so
what
was
a
non-yielding
or
very
small,
yielding
property
tax
coming
in
for
a
vacant
lot,
and
when
that
property
gets
reassessed
under
this
drd
there.
You
know
you'll,
we'll
see
an
increase
because
of
this
new
build
out
that
ohio
health
is
going
through
the
process
of
right
now.
A
Don't
okay,
if
we
don't
have
any
other,
then
I
think
we
could
bring
in
journalism.
I
think
yeah.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Councilmember
fall
so
we'll
say
that
the
public
hearing
for
this
union
street
downtown
redevelopment
district
is
closed
at
7,
08
p.m,
and
we're
now
opening
our
regular
session
of
business.
A
A
A
So
if
I
could
have
a
motion
for
entering
into
executive
session
for
the
purpose
and-
and
you
need
to
bet-
you
will
need
to
state
the
purpose
of
it
and
the
persons
to
be
included
in
the
meeting
such
as
the
auditor,
the
service
safety
director
and
the
mayor.
So
you
need
to
say
that
all
in
one
sentence
I
move
that
we
go
into
executive
session.
Four.
E
A
D
A
G
G
A
A
A
G
H
H
H
E
A
A
A
I
Oh
yes,
thank
you,
president
nicely.
I
wasn't
sure
if
it
was
now
or
later,
but
go
ahead
now
I
can
go
ahead
now,
every
year
in
march,
it
is
designated
as
developmental
disability
awareness
month,
and
this
means
that
we
focus
on
people's
diverse
abilities
and
celebrate
their
contributions
to
their
communities
and
for
those
of
you
who
don't
know
my
day,
job
is
working
for
the
athens
county
board
of
developmental
disabilities
and
we
have
a
series
of
events
happening
this
year.
I
You
know
normally
and
under
normal
circumstances
we
have
a
number
of
in-person
gatherings,
like
a
march
on
court
street,
to
build
awareness
and
the
festival
at
the
community
center,
which
is
a
really
fun
sort
of
reunion
feeling
to
it.
So
in
future
years
I
would
certainly
advocate
you
attend
that
if
you
haven't
in
the
past,
but
of
course
this
year
it's
different,
it's
going
to
be
all
virtual
and
the
mayor
every
year
will
declare
a
dd
awareness
month
for
the
city
of
athens
and
he's
doing
that
again.
Graciously.
I
We
appreciate
that
for
this
year
and
we're
doing
it
virtually
again
again.
All
of
our
events
this
year,
as
I
mentioned,
will
be
virtual,
so
he'll
be
doing
that
on
wednesday
during
his
press
conference
at
3
p.m,
and
so
I'd
welcome
you
all
to
tune
in
they
can
you
can
watch
it
on
the
government
channel
or
live
streamed
on
facebook?
We'll
have
a
few
friends
with
us
that
day,
along
with
the
mayor
to
to
make
this
declaration
and
talk
about
some
of
the
other
events
that
we
have
going
on
for
this
month.
A
G
D
D
I've
asked
the
deputy
service
safety
director
andrew
chicky
to
apply
to
see
if
the
city
could
be
one
selected
municipality
and
what
that
includes
is
four
hours
of
equity,
coaching
for
city
and
community
city
staff
and
community
members
or
organizations
up
to
eight
people,
so
we're
identifying
if
we're
successful,
who
those
individuals
would
be
fully
funded.
Greenhouse
gas
inventory
and
fleet
inventory,
expert
policy
recommendations
and
technical
assistance
and
personal
and
professional
development
for
our
staff
and
again
it's
making
sure,
as
we
continue
doing
the
hard
work
that
we
are
all
doing
in
racial
equity.
D
This
fits
in
line
with
that
with
a
city
that's
sustainable,
to
where
we
don't
further
impact
community
members
who
who
might
not
be
able
to
afford
or
get
access
to
solar,
residential,
solar
and
things
of
that
nature.
So
just
giving
council
a
heads
up
on
that,
the
engineering
and
public
works
did
put
in
a
guard
rail
on
dairy
lane.
A
J
J
This
is
a
very
simple
fix
of
a
clerical
error.
We
had
a
position
within
the
recreation
department
that
had
the
wrong
percentages
coming
from
two
different
funds,
so,
instead
of
75
percent
from
271,
it
should
be
25
percent
from
271
and
instead
of
25
percent
from
270,
it
should
be
75
percent
from
270..
A
B
A
A
A
A
A
If
no
comments
or
questions
I
will
move
on
to
2321,
and
this
is
an
ordinance
amending
ordinance,
1
2020
authorizing
the
arts,
west
fiber
optic
broadband
project
number
334
introduced
by
council
member
grace
and
if
no
comments
or
questions
I'll
move
on
to
ordinance
24
21.
This
is
an
ordinance
authorizing
the
design
and
installation
of
a
generator
to
serve
both
the
city
building
and
the
law
administration
building
in
this
project
number
336
introduced
by
council
member
grace,
if
no
comments
or
questions
our
last
reading,
our
last
ordinance
for
second
reading
is
25
21.
J
J
A
K
President
nicely
thank
you,
and
we
have
had
a
discussion
on
this.
I
do
want
to
mention
that
at
committee
I
did
misspeak
as
the
thirteen
thousand
dollar
handrail.
I
thought
that
that
was
separate
from
the
from
the
additional
sixty
thousand
that
was
being
requested
as
the
ordinance
came
through.
Debbie
walker
did
correct
me
and
I
wanna
just
correct
that
publicly
that
the
total
amount
being
requested
to
change
on
this
project
is
fifty
nine
thousand
one
hundred
and
fifty
six
dollars.
K
A
Creating
the
union
street
downtown
redevelopment
district
in
the
city
of
athens,
declaring
the
improvement
to
certain
parcels
of
real
property
to
be
a
public
purpose
and
exempt
from
taxation
requiring
the
owners
of
the
parcels
to
make
service
payments
in
lieu
of
taxes,
specifying
the
plan
for
using
service
payments
to
promote
economic
development
and
job
creation,
authorizing
the
execution
of
an
economic
development
plan
and
establishing
a
fund
for
the
deposit
of
such
service
payments
and
is
introduced
by
all
members
of
council.
But
I
believe
our
planning
and
development
council
chair
fall
will
speak
to
this.
B
That's
probably
the
longest
title
for
almost
any
of
them.
We
had
our
public
hearing
about
this
this
evening
and
we
had
a
good
review
of
what
that
program
is
about
and
how
it
will
go
forward
and
when
we
should
expect
some
of
the
the
benefits
from
occurring
in
the
future
and
such
is
there
any
questions
that
anybody
thought
of,
as
we
were
talking
about
other
things.
L
B
B
Black
lives
matter
and
those
sort
of
issues
that
have
come
up
forward
reviewing
code
is
intensive
and
can
take
quite
a
bit
of,
and
so
I
appreciate
they're
doing
this,
because
some
of
our
code
is
rather
old
and
updating.
It
is
always
necessary.
So
thank
you,
okay,
questions.
Mayor.
Do
you
want
to
say
anything?
B
A
B
B
E
Just
comment:
I
think
this
is
a
good
idea,
I'm
not
opposed
to
it
at
all,
but
the
name
of
that
advisory
board
for
a
few
years
now
has
been
the
arts
parks
and
recreation
advisory
board,
and
so,
if
we're
updating
the
this
information
about
the
terms
of
service,
perhaps
we
could
also
update
the
name.
Thank
you,
you're
welcome.
Thank
you.
A
L
Oh,
yes,
name
is
yes,
my
name
is
alan
swank.
I
live
at
40
townsend
place
and
I
am
the
chair
of
the
aforementioned
arts
parks
and
recreation
advisory
board.
Beth
beat
me
to
the
punch
on
that
one,
and
I
wholeheartedly
agree
right
now.
There
is
no
mention
of
arts
or
parks
in
this
ordinance
and
I
think
to
be
consistent
with
the
name
of
the
department,
which
is
arts
parks
and
recreation
department.
L
Right
now
we
have
terms
starting
all
over
the
place
and
consequently,
when
we
bring
a
new
board
member
on,
we
are
repeatedly
doing
an
onboarding
process
where,
if
all
of
these
terms
began
on
the
at
the
beginning
of
the
year,
it
would
really
help
out
in
the
training
and
assist
us
in
helping
these
folks
become
acclimated
to
the
duties
and
responsibilities
of
the
advisory
boards
as
quickly
as
possible.
So
I
would
throw
that
out
there
for
your
consideration,
also
this
evening
as
we're
cleaning
up
the
language
and
making
it
more
logical.
A
A
B
I
think
we
need
also,
I
think,
that's
the
and
then
on
the
second
reading.
It
would
go
back
to
first
reading
correct
exactly
I.
I
think
that
one
of
the
things
we
need
to
look
carefully
at
having
everybody
start
on
the
same
day,
because
that
could
lead
to
having
everybody
leave
on
the
same
day.
So
it's
that
that
needs
to
be
looked
at
definitely
yeah.
A
And
we
have
talked
about
those
staggered
terms,
so
thanks
for
the
comments,
everyone
and
we'll
come
back
and
probably
likely
have
some
amendments
to
approach
to
propose
that
that
second
reading.
Thank
you
ordinance.
31
21
is
an
ordinance
amending
athens
city
code,
title
iii,
administrative
provisions,
section.
B
B
I
will
look
to
the
leadership
of
the
mayor
because
he's
the
one
who
brought
this
forward
when
reviewing
the
language
of
the
code
that
he
has
been
doing
in
his
massive
amounts
of
spare
time,
and
so
we
can
discuss
it
further,
but
I
think
there
still
isn't
an
issue
of
a
universal
start
date.
Thank
you.
Okay,.
E
Similar
to
my
last
comment,
I
just
I
would
suggest
for
consideration
that
we
might
want
to
consider
changing
the
name
of
the
shade
tree
to
shade
tree
commission
to
simply
the
athens
tree
commission,
because
from
my
understanding
of
the
work
of
that
commission,
they
don't
just
work
with
shade
trees.
And
if
this
is
a
you
know
a
rather
rare
moment
in
which
we're
updating
things.
Perhaps
we
should.
We
should
further
clarify
things.
B
A
Think
it
would
also
want
a
recommendation
from
the
shade
tree
commission
members,
whether
or
not
they
would
want
to
do
that.
Okay,
soliciting
there,
but
good
comment.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
yeah.
Thank
you
all
right
now
we
have
announcements
and
other
business.
Our
the
first
announcement
is
that
our
next
council
meeting
next
monday
night
will
be
committees.
A
We
do
know
that
finance
and
personnel
needs
to
meet,
but
if
other
committee,
chairs
or
city
administration
of
other
committees
that
need
to
be
placed
on
the
agenda,
if
you
would,
please
inform
clerk
of
council
debbie
walker
by
wednesday
of
this
week,
so
that
we
can
get
the
agenda
published
in
time
next.
Item
of
business
is
reappointments
to
the
income
tax
review
board
and
I
believe
council
member
smedley
has
the
motion
for
the
approval
on
this.
A
A
C
A
I
don't
know
ordinary,
not
mundane,
not
from
the
auditor's
perspective,
because
when
the
auditors
and
the
loca,
when
the
hired
auditors
and
the
state
auditors
come
in,
this
is
exactly
what
they're
checking
for
they
checked
the
minutes
to
see
that
we've
approved
all
these
reports.
So
that's
part
of
the
reason
that
we're
doing
this-
that
is
the
reason
we're
doing
it.
So
we
make
sure
it's
in
the
record
that
we've
seen
them
any
other
announcements.
A
If
none,
we
do
have
a
portion
of
the
meeting
always
for
an
opportunity
for
citizens
to
seek
on
legislative
items
and
city
services
that
are
not
covered
on
the
agenda,
and
I
see
that
we
have
two
persons,
mr
damon
crane
and
mr
justin
hola,
and
I
will
share
with
you
that
this
is
an
opportunity
for
you
to
make
a
comment.
It's
not
necessarily
for
us
to
answer
questions
posed
or
involved
in
discussion
at
this
point,
but
it's
an
opportunity
for
you
to
speak,
mr
crane.
M
M
That's
three
to
five
times
higher
than
the
national
rate,
where
median
household
income
and
the
rate
of
homeownership
are
both
less
than
half
their
national
levels
in
a
county
which,
according
to
the
robert
wood
johnson
foundation,
has
far
and
away
the
absolute
worst
housing
problems
in
the
entire
state
of
ohio,
where,
according
to
the
athens
county
foundation,
38
of
households
are
already
paying
more
for
housing
than
they
can
reasonably
afford.
Building
more
expensive
homes
doesn't
help
solve
any
of
these
problems
and
publicly
subsidizing.
M
So
what
exactly
is
affordable
housing?
It's
not
a
nebulous
concept.
According
to
the
us
census,
bureau,
the
department
of
housing
and
urban
development
and
others
affordable
housing
is
housing,
including
utilities
and
taxes
that
cost
thirty
percent
or
less
of
a
household's
annual
gross
income.
So
for
one
of
these
two
hundred
and
forty
thousand
dollar
homes
to
be
affordable,
your
annual
household
income
should
be
at
least
sixty
five
thousand.
M
That's
literally
double
the
median
household
income
in
our
city,
and
if
you
look
more
closely
at
income
distribution,
you
find
that
this
deal
would
benefit
only
about
the
top
25
percent
of
city
households,
the
most
affluent
25
percent
of
our
community.
That's
who
this
40
discount
on
housing
is
for
it's
not
a
40
discount
on
anybody's
rent.
It's
not
a
40
discount
on
a
first
time
down
payment
or
first
time
mortgage.
It's
not
going
to
get
anybody
out
of
an
overpriced
rental
and
into
a
home
of
their
own.
M
It's
not
going
to
lower
the
housing
costs
of
the
nearly
40
percent
of
local
households
that
are
already
paying
more
than
30
percent
of
their
gross
incomes
on
housing.
What
this
deal
will
do
instead,
is
simply
enable
people
who
can
already
afford
a
quarter
million
dollar
home
to
get
a
nearly
half
million
dollar
home
instead
at
nearly
half
price,
and
make
no
mistake.
This
gift
to
our
most
affluent
residents
comes
at
public
expense.
A
tax
increment
financing
plan
is
literally
a
public
subsidy.
M
It
trades
away
tax
revenue,
it's
brokered
by
handsomely
paid
city
administrators,
while
they're
working
on
the
public
dime,
and
it
comes
at
the
opportunity
cost
of
everything
else
council
could
be
working
on
instead.
In
all
of
these
ways,
this
deal
is
a
transfer
of
city
resources
and
benefits
from
the
struggling
majority
to
the
affluent
minority.
The
purpose
of
an
affordable
housing
commission
should
be
to
make
housing
more
affordable
for
the
people
who
can't
afford
it.
Nearly
forty
percent
of
our
community
now
paying
more
than
thirty
percent
of
their
gross
income
on
housing.
M
The
purpose
should
not
be
to
squander
public
resources
on
making
luxury
housing
more
affordable
to
people
who
can
already
afford
decent
housing.
I
applaud
everyone
on
council
who's
begun
speaking
out
against
this
deal
and
the
backwards
orientation
of
the
affordable
housing
commission
that
came
up
with
it.
I
urge
you
to
take
the
next
logical
steps
vote
to
kill
this
deal
and
work
to
create
an
affordable
housing
commission
deserving
of
its
name.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
A
H
You're,
fine,
okay,
great
thank
you!
So
my
name
is
justin
hollib
and
I
don't
represent
anybody
right
now,
except
myself.
I
live
at
439,
east
state
street
and
now
the
reason
I'm
contacting
in
here
is
because,
for
the
past
six
months
we've
been
experiencing
an
exorbitant
amount
of
individuals
with
very,
very
loud
mufflers
on
their
cars
and
pickup
trucks,
driving
down
east
state
street
and
throughout
town,
and
I'm
not
sure
if
anybody
else
out
there.
H
You
know
in
virtual
land
here
has
experienced
this,
but
I
know
a
bunch
of
my
friends
and
family
members
have
complained
about
this
situation
and
we've
exhausted
pretty
much
all
avenues.
We've
called
the
police,
we've
called
the
mayor.
We've
called
numerous
other
email
avenues,
things
like
that
and
we
don't
really
seem
to
be
making
any
headway
with
removing
or
at
least
reducing
the
level
of
or
amount
of
cars
that
are
going
by
with
these
exorbitant
and
very,
very
loud
mufflers.
H
That
will
literally
wake
you
up
out
of
your
sleep
and
they'll
shake
our
windows.
We
now
have
a
newborn
baby
and
he
wakes
up.
You
know
after
they're
driving
by
and
this
isn't
an
isolated
incident.
This
has
been
going
on
for
the
past
six
months,
so
I
don't
think
it's
actually
only
from
the
university.
H
I
think
it's
residents
in
the
town-
and
I
do
know
that
there's
an
ordinance
for
noise
to
be
lower
than
a
specific
decibel
for
residencies,
but
I
am
challenging
the
committee,
or
at
least
maybe
some
people
out
there
to
write
the
committee
in
city
council
to
possibly
put
an
ordinance
on
the
books
that
will
essentially
limit
the
decibel
level
for
mufflers
in
town.
Now
I
mean
I
don't
care
if
they're
on
the
highway,
you
know
motorcycles,
whatever.
H
H
So
I'm
just
hoping
that
you
know
this
will
make
basically
make
a
forum
and
and
get
people
talking,
and
hopefully
the
city
council
will
be
able
to
do
something
about
this,
because
it
seems
to
be
just
getting
worse
and
I
feel
like,
without
anything,
that's
being
done
over
the
next
couple
of
weeks
or
months
there.
It's
just
not
gonna,
get
any
better
and
we're
gonna
be
dealing
with
this.
You
know
for
the
next
year
or
so,
which
is
not
something
that
we
really
want
to
be
doing.
H
So
I
appreciate
your
time
and
I
hope
that
this
can
get
the
discussion
going
for
at
least
putting
something
on
the
books
you're
getting
an
ordinance
put
on
where
we
can
actually
get
the
decibel
level
for
cars
and
pickup
trucks
in
city
limits
down
to
a
specific
level
that
and
if
not
it
can
be
fine.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
Okay,
thanks
for
waiting
and
making
the
comments
tonight
and
we'll,
we
will
check
all
right.
Thank
you
all
for
being
here.
If
we
have
no
other
persons
who
are
interested
in
speaking
at
this
point,
I
would
entertain
a
motion
to
adjourn
our
meeting
so
moved
by
council
member
fall
seconded
by
council
member
crowl,
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
opposed,
nay.