City of Athens, Ohio Mayor's Press Conference 2023, 22 Mar 2023

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Mayor's Press Conference - March 22, 2023

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Welcome once again to the weekly update with Kyle Johansen and the mayor, um Kyle um I, don't know it's got to be maybe 60 degrees outside right now, you're shaking.

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Your head, no, it's not it's not even close. It's.

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uh It's not as bad as it has been this past weekend. What's the next seven days look like for us, including today,.

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So today we're going generally quality Skies wide chance of a rain shower High 54. tonight we got quiet, guys Royal, then thunderstorms, developing after midnight, chance of rain, seven percent low, 51 degrees. Tomorrow, scattered storms, high of 72, low 44., Friday, rainy conditions, High 48, low 45 Saturday. We got scary storms, high of 70 degrees, well, 36.

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I'm, also saying Skies high of 60 degrees, 12 39 might have got showers. I have 60 12 34. next Tuesday. We gotta probably call these guys High 52 low 28 index one. So we got 54 degrees of interval. 37 apart. We call these guys and sports. The men's team won against Central Michigan this past weekend.

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The floppel team win against Miami this past weekend as well, and baseball team is not back home and softball teams not back home again until next weekend, which is also mom's weekend, and this weekend is also the Athens, the University of music jazz festival, which the biggest days on Saturday having like 200 plus High School bands in the morning, and this Friday is also of the kickoff of Fest season as well.

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And then we still got more Sports to go because there are actually a lot of home games coming up in the middle of April, because the spring game is the 15th. The spring sale starts for like early season football taking hostage. My mom and I did at like when the season tickets went on sale. So we get to go into the spring. So, like nine three o'clock in the morning, the.

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Game is early in the morning like 11 o'clock in the morning, and also we got a big baseball game that weekend, as well as the bow to break yeah.

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And when did the Copperheads start up again? First.

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Home game is June, 6th, June 6th and there are sure more home games. Okay, so there's a web engine, one there's a and GM all.

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Right, copperheads got all kinds of cool stuff and then, like you said already, starting to tee things up for.

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Football football yeah, five home Saturday games this year- five, yes, nice, one late night, I- think because ESPN doesn't want to pay them all for all late night games.

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Okay, the Halloween block party I think there's a home game. I.

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Guess that's Miami yeah Miami.

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um It'll be interesting for sure it.

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Will be a big game too.

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Yeah yeah yeah um all kinds of interesting things. This was a huge week for the city of Athens and I won't dare say, Athens County in that the um governor's office of Appalachia director John Kerry, in conjunction with the Ohio Department of development uh director Lydia maholic, um announced the round one implementation for the Appalachian communities Grant and uh among the four out of 40 funded programs or projects. The Athens Armory was in one of those four projects or proposals rather to where we had partnered early on with Coshocton collaborative, which is in obviously Coshocton.

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The builders club, which is in Somerset in Perry County, the Logan theater in Hocking County, as well as the Logan Chamber of Commerce building, also in Logan within Hocking County, to receive 17.6 million dollars to to fund those five projects. On the city's end. This will pretty much complete the capital stack for the Armory being completely renovated and repurposed as a co-work share, workspace performance, space and also home to our very own beloved Athens, County Foundation, so want to get that out there.

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There was also um maybe another proposal that was partially funded was the Bailey trail system receiving more than four million dollars to complete the trail building of the Baileys, as well as some other partners that were part of that proposal and uh and and others. So it was a a big week this week when it comes to seeing funding coming from the state's share of the American Rescue plan, arpa money I'm coming into Athens County round.

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One implementation was about 50 million dollars, it was 50 million dollars and of that 50 45 million is some way significant way, touching Athens County right here in our own backyard.

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If you will there's another event that went on uh tail end of last week and over the weekend, which was the Appalachian studies, Association hosted or held its 46th annual conference for the first time in that 46-year period of time or however many years it was hosted here in Athens at Ohio University, which was wonderful having people from all throughout Appalachia coming into Athens, experiencing Athens learning about things as they are done or what we are doing here in Athens.

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So it was a really really wonderful event to see here in the city and a big thank you to all the the those who worked hard to coordinate and program that event um on campus and Beyond, uh some notable notices that are out there. The Athens Hocking County spring 2023 recycling days. I've mentioned this before the one for our County that's worth, marking your calendar for is April 22nd from 9 A.M to 1 p.m. Down at the county. Fairgrounds there you can see listed.

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All of the things that are accepted that are free tires are four dollars each. If the rim is, if the tire is still on the rim and you're wanting to dispose of rim and tire or without rims 50 cents per tire, there is a 10 Tire limit, otherwise you become classified as a higher recycling, Tire or something company.

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So take advantage of that I mean a lot of things that you've been wanting to clear out of your your basement. Your attic, your garage and just didn't know how to get rid of them. Well, there's the list and encourage people to take advantage.

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The app and the City Spring Cleanup in Athens Hawking, solid waste recycling days um as I just mentioned for the city from April 17th to the 21st individuals, can place an unlimited amount of trash bags out of the curb, during your scheduled trash pickup day trash recycling pickup day at no additional cost. If it is an oversized item, though, you will be charged because it exceeds something that can fit in a trash bag.

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So if you've got an old old, Lazy, Boy recliner, don't even contemplate breaking out the chainsaw, cutting it into bite-sized pieces, throwing it into plastic bags and setting out to the curb I think that that is not appropriate. But if you do have a recliner or something that you know is is not in great enough shape or good enough shape. I should say to donate, to the restore or to Goodwill or whomever consider having that hauled away for you. But again you will receive a minimum charge of 15.75 per cubic cubic yard.

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uh Building materials tires and liquids are not acceptable for the curbside pickup. The other thing is that we put a dumpster down at the service garage which is located at 387 West, State Street.

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um The dumpster will be down there again. It will be out there between or you'll, have access to it between 7 30 a.m and 3 30 P.M Monday through Friday, so take advantage of that as well. You are required to bring a valid driver's license and utility bill so that we know that you excuse me are someone who that you live in the city of Athens, because this is an Athens City Community service.

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um I already mentioned that the annual Athens cemetery cleanup- this is going to be beginning this week it began on the 20th families are reminded to please remove any keepsakes in West, Union or West State Street Cemetery, or even if you want to hang on to plastic flowers or keep them certainly any valuables or keepsakes. Please go down and pick them up, otherwise they will be discarded as we do the cleanup in both of those cemeteries.

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If you have any questions about this, please feel feel free to reach out to Deputy service safety, director Andrew Chickie, and you can reach him at 592-3340.

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um Ridges mentioned this: this Friday will be your last chance to engage and understand what the ridges development strategy is The Ridges framework plan, which was approved in 2015, but now looking at how to implement and create mixed use spaces that will benefit the larger community at The. Ridges again, that meeting is the is this Friday March 24th it'll be up at The Ridges at building 14.

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between the hours of 2 p.m and 4 P.M.

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So if you want to have a better understanding as to what the plan is at this point and the opportunity in front of us, the city has been approached to be a member of what's called a new community Authority with The Ridges as we're looking at ways in which it could become a mixed use facility with housing with senior housing with condominium housing with some other amenities in there as well commercial space um artist space.

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So it's uh it's pretty fascinating, so encourage you to check it out. The Athens Community summer camp schedule is here there. It is. This is the flyer that Arts, Parks and Recreation has put out registration for summer camp. It begins March 27th. At 8 A.M um hoping that uh if you or your small ones, the littles are interested in participating in something like this. The uh schedule and looking at it is that week, one which is June 12th through June 16th.

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The theme is The Great Outdoors week in week, two, which is June 19th through the 23rd. The theme is Full Steam ahead week week: three, which is June 26th through the 30th, it's all about art week and then finally, July 10th through the 14th. The theme is game shows Galore week. So this is pretty cool pricing.

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Forty five dollars registration per week, 105 uh per week, enrollment fee um and there's a ten dollar per week, multi-sibling discount that you could receive so um check all that stuff out the camp hours are between 8 30 am and 3 30 p.m. So this will certainly, over the summer months, at least for the first half of the summer, give your kiddos something fun to do. uh The I miss the page. You know it goes all the way on through. Thank you.

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Ryan um week, five Camp Olympics week week, six around the world week and then week seven is water week.

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Clearly, the theme being things that are pool related so uh get that taken care of um Ryan if you want to put up nixel and the Athens Ohio City Source app, always a good thing to remind people about these apps that are available.

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Nixel is an outstanding platform for getting quick and timely updates on severe weather criminal activities. Missing persons Etc easy to do, you can sign up by texting. uh You know four five, seven zero one, our ZIP code to 888-77.

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um It's customizable to where you can. You know, decide that there's certain alerts that you just don't think would benefit you or that you're interested in receiving or you can just let it rip and have everything um come to you so uh well worth checking out. The other is the Athens Ohio City Source app, and this you can get at Google Play or the Apple App Store, and this is something that we strongly encourage. All individuals who live in the city of Athens to use, because it's a great reporting mechanism for a traffic light.

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That's out a stop sign, that's been mowed over by a vehicle or something else, uh a deer I, don't know um it can be potholes. It can be water that shouldn't be gushing up out of the street surface. uh It could be trash or litter. It could be activity that just looks odd to you um or a vehicle that seems to have been parked in front of your house for more than three days without a extended parking permit.

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So therefore check that out again, you can easily find it at just by putting in Athens Ohio City, Source, app or City Source through Google play or the Apple App Store and voila. There it'll be download it use it some upcoming meetings. We have Athens city council, which will be uh next Monday night, the 27th 7 pm here in council chambers, uh I. Guess we don't have any other meetings uh coming up Scott.

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No, we don't um I do have one last announcement because we just recognized that it was out there uh via Ohio University's post, um the the magazine or newspaper I should say, as well as other social media posts that now president Lori Stewart Gonzalez is the 23rd president for Ohio University, the Board of Trustees met earlier today and deemed her to be the best individual to lead, Ohio, University forward, and so a big congratulations to president Stewart Gonzalez and to Ohio University um that all said style as usual.

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It's wonderful having you here with me and we will not be broadcasting next week. I will be in Washington DC attending the national league of cities conference, as well as the national league of cities, race, equity and Leadership Institute with council member Micah McCary and the city of Athens deia coordinator Lacy Rogers.

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So we will be there for three days of instruction through the real Institute, but then also I will be doing work working hard for our community in Washington DC at the National League of cities conference to include Monday morning getting a briefing at the U.S White House, which I am looking forward to going there representing Athens in Southeast Ohio and engaging with the Biden Harris Administration.

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That all said, thanks for tuning in please join Kyle and I again in two weeks for the next installment of the weekly update with Kyle Johansen and the mayor. Take care.