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Athens Planning Commission August 6, 2020
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Yeah,
this
is
brad,
I'm
the
architect
on
the
project
for
this
project.
It's
most
of
the
work
is
we're
not
really
altering
the
layout
of
classrooms
or
anything
like
that.
Most
of
the
work
on
this
project
is
more
maintenance
based,
there's
some
security
things
that
we're
correcting
and
then
the
new
parking
area
that
I
think
we're
going
to
talk
about
today
too,
so
we're
not
really
doing
kind
of
a
grand
overhaul
of
this
building.
If
that
makes
sense,
okay,.
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This
is
kind
of
at
the
northwest
corner
of
the
site,
just
northwest
of
the
school
building
and
we're
redoing
sidewalks
in
that
area.
It's
the
area
where,
where
there
is
currently
kind
of
just
a
quick
little
parking,
pull-off
off
of
lancaster
street,
so
we'll
be
redoing
the
sidewalks
in
that
area
also
to
meet
ada
slope
requirements.
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Well,
we
can
bring
it
back
as
soon
as
the
next
meeting.
If
you,
if
there
aren't
any
major
questions,
we've
already
sent
this
to
the
city
engineer.
They
study
police,
the
city
fire
department,
as
well
as
mr
logue
for
review,
so
we're
a
little
bit
ahead
of
the
ball.
If
I
have
to
do
a
you
know,
a
public
announcement
so
I'll
have
to
put
my
signs
out
on
the
site
two
weeks
ahead
of
time,
but
we
certainly
have
time
to
do
that
if,
if
the
applicant
is
willing.
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I
am
a
member
of
the
city,
sustainability,
commission,
I'm
an
appointment,
direct
appointment
from
mayor
patterson,
the
the
enabling
legislation
for
that
commission
calls
for
a
member
of
the
city
administration
to
be
a
member,
and
I've
been
on
that
commission
since
its
inception
six
seven
eight
years
ago.
Now
maybe
we
talked
about
some
of
this.
I
believe
the
planning
commission
did
talk
about
this
and
previously.
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2020
fell
apart
because
of
a
pandemic.
Unfortunately-
and
so
this
was,
this-
was
part
of
that
strategy
was
to
reinvigorate
that
zoning
issue
that
we
talked
about
in
the
last
24
months
relating
to
making
it
easier
in
our
zoning
legislative
zoning
language
to
allow
for
the
installation
of
solar
panels
in
our
residential
neighborhoods.
So
the
language
that
you're
seeing
here
is
a
recommendation
from
the
sustainability
commission.
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It
certainly
could
be.
You
know
this
would
be
a
recommendation
from
the
planning
commission
up
to
city
council.
The
planning
commission
could
do
it
in
one
meeting
at
the
council
level.
The
requirements
there
will
always
be
a
requirement
for
30-day
public
notice
of
a
public
hearing
on
any
zoning
changes,
but
at
the
planning
commission
level
there
is
not
a
requirement
for
a
public
hearing.
If,
if
the
five
commissioners
don't
think
it
is
necessary,.
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I
would
like,
if
the
commission's
okay,
with
it
about
20
minutes
or
so,
and
I
can
do
a
brief
presentation
summary
on
the
the
draft
comprehensive
plan,
some
of
the
key
key
findings
and
things
like
that,
chris
fall
on
city
council
said
they
would
like
to
start
moving
forward
at
some
point
in
fall
with
considering
a
legislative
action
to
adopt
the
plan.
So,
of
course
we
need
the
planning
commission
to
be
on
board
and
reviewing
and
giving
comment.
I
am
still
accepting
some
comments
on
it.
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I'm
going
to
make
one
final
push,
hopefully
in
an
email
this
afternoon
or
tomorrow,
asking
people
to
give
me.
The
last
last
round
of
comment
have
received
a
little
bit
so
far,
most
of
it
being
positive,
there's
always
going
to
be
concerns
about
recommendations
for
changes,
as
we
all
know,
and
so
we
will
try
to
work
through
all
of
that.
But
if
the
planning
commission
is
okay,
I'd
love
to
have
some
of
your
time
next
week
or
in
two
weeks.
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And
then
just
a
couple
other
comments,
chairman
the
as
I've
mentioned
in
the
past.
There
is
a
group
that
I'm
included
on
called
age
friendly
athens
county,
we're
working
through
a
planning
process
under
the
auspices
of
aarp
to
have
athens
county,
including
the
city
of
athens,
designated
as
an
age-friendly
community
we've
divided
up
into
about
nine
different.
I
think
we
call
them
basically
nine
different
categories
of
topics.
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So
that
should
be
coming,
and
that's
it's!
It's
a
really.
I'm
really
excited
about
this
project
and
it's
gonna
we'll
be
working
on
it
for
the
next
couple
years.
If
there's
any
members
of
the
planning
commission
that
are
interested
in
serving
on
that
committee,
the
whole
committee
meets
about
once
every
two
months,
and
then
we
do
have
a
series
of
subcommittees
that
are
meeting
on
what
we
call
the
I
think,
there's
nine
domains.
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We
do
not
to
answer
your
first
question.
No,
the
city
does
not
have
a
detailed
strategic
business
plan.
You
know
as
we
we,
the
athens
county
economic
development
council,
is
tasked
with
doing
that
type
of
work.
They
they
do
receive
funds
from
the
city
to
to
help
maintain
their
services
and
maintain
their
staffing
as
well
as
part
as
well
as
funds
from
athens,
county
and
ohio
university
and
possibly
hawking
college,
so
they
they
handle.
Most
of
that.
For
us,
we
work
closely
with
them.
We
also
you
know.
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Cities,
council
members
in
the
administration
also
work
very
closely
with
the
athens
area
chamber
of
commerce
and
organizations
like
that,
but
we
don't
we've
never
specifically
to
my
knowledge,
at
least
in
the
most
the
recent
future.
The
last
15
20
years
had
a
specific
city
of
athens,
strategic
business
plan.
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Definitely
not
yeah.
I
know
mayor
patterson's
been
really
working
on
a
lot
of
these
issues
and
many
of
us
I'm
sure
on
this
call.
I
know
I'm
one
of
them.
It's
it's
a
given
that
we
need
to
be
focused
on
diversifying
our
local
economy.
We've
you
know.
Historically,
we
are.
We
historically
are
very
fortunate
to
have
an
economic
base.
That's
a
state
state
university
in
the
short
run.
That
is,
at
least
in
the
short
run.
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Call
caller
on
nine
number
five.
So
now
we
got
that:
okay,
nothing,
there,
announcements
and
other
business.
Anyone
have
any
items
that
they
would
like
to
bring
up.
Okay,
terrific.
Our
next
meeting
will
be
august.
20
2020
and
with
the
business
of
the
athens
city
planning
commission
concluded
this
meeting
stands
adjourned.