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From YouTube: Mayor's Press Conference February 28th, 2017
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A
Welcome
welcome
to
last
day
of
februari
februari
28.
It
is
a
tuesday,
as
you
may
realize,
as
opposed
to
our
wednesdays,
just
a
real,
quick
update
in
terms
of
the
weather.
Once
again
we're
going
to
be
fluxing
up
and
down
a
little
bit.
Today's
high
is
going
to
be
59
a
low
55
tomorrow,
dropping
down
a
little
bit
cooler
in
the
evenings,
33
degrees
in
the
evening,
but
up
to
66
and
then
we're
going
to
start
swinging
back
down
again.
48
is
the
high
on
Thursday.
A
The
low
is
going
to
be
30
friday,
38
with
a
low
of
22
chilly
and
then
start
to
cycle
back
up
again.
So
more
of
what
is
our
new
normal
right?
A
couple
things
of
urgency
that
I
want
to
get
out
today
and
I.
Think
first
and
foremost,
is
that
the
Athens
County
Emergency
Management
Association,
has
issued
a
flash
flood
watch
effective
for
in
Athens
County
until
7pm
on
Wednesday
march.
First.
So
please
remember
that
there
are
a
number
of
emergency
outlets
out
there.
A
That
I've
shared
with
you
in
the
past
I
didn't
bring
those
for
an
update
today,
but
but
know
that
you
can
be
using
nixle.
You
can
be
using
go
to
the
city's
website.
We
will
be
keeping
people
updated
as
to
what
happens
if
things
go
from
poor
to
worse
when
it
comes
to
any
potential
flash
flooding
in
our
local
environment.
A
lot
of
you
are
probably
aware
and
tracking
that
we
had
a
significant
fire
up
at
carriage
hill
apartments.
Last
weekend,
sunday
to
be
exact
at
approximately
4
15
p.m.
A
on
the
afternoon,
the
Athens
fire
department
was
dispatched
to
the
carriage
hill
apartments
were
building
12
up
there,
the
there
was
a
roof
fire.
Well,
a
fire
in
the
complex
itself.
It
had
breached
the
roof
and
and
upon
arriving
crews,
found
a
heavy
fire
involvement
and
was
spreading
quickly
throughout
the
Attic
of
building
12.
A
A
With
that
event,
along
the
same
vein,
a
donations
say:
donation
station
has
been
set
up
at
the
city
pool
for
the
carriage
hill
apartment
relief
donation
station
was
set
up
for
the
relief
efforts.
Donations
can
be
are
being
accepted,
Monday
februari
27th
through
from
430
to
8
p.m.
on
tuesday
februari
28.
So
today,.
A
I'm,
sorry,
that
was
for
Monday,
the
27th
and
then
through
today
from
today
it's
9
a.m.
until
noon.
So
that's
past,
but
I'm
sure
that
if
you
speak
to
somebody
down
there
at
the
community
center,
they
will
gladly
take
anything
that
you
might
be
wanting
to
donate
distribution
times
will
be
announced
as
soon
as
they
are
known
for
being
able
to
get
that
those
items
out
to
various
people
who
are
I'm
sure
in
need
a
number
of
things
happening
around
the
city.
A
When
it
comes
to
engineering
and
Public
Works
franklin
avenue,
Frontier
Communications,
Frontier
Communications
is
going
to
be
working
with
their
contractor,
which
is
cts
construction
to
finalize
the
utility
relocation
along
Franklin
Avenue
between
carpenter
and
Spring
Street.
The
final
phase
that
work
is
expected
occurred
during
the
week
of
march
six
through
March
10th.
So
keep
that
in
mind
that
likely
to
have
those
utilities
being
moved
over
from
I
believe
it's
from
the
west
side
of
the
streets
poles
over
to
the
other
side
of
the
street,
to
the
east
side.
A
Planning
commission
meeting,
which
was
set
for
March
second,
has
been
canceled,
so
that
won't
be
going
on
this
week.
The
other
thing
that's
worth
pointing
out
or
when
it
comes
to
bouncing
around
a
little
bit,
but
engineering
and
Public
Works
is
that
the
West
Union
there's
a
West
Union
lane
merger,
the
city
of
Athens,
is
announcing
intersection
of
West,
Union
and
682.
This
is
the
southbound
lane
coming
from
the
planes
will
be
merged
into
one
lane
for
guardrail
repair.
This
work
will
begin
tomorrow,
Wednesday
march
first
and
should
be
completed
by
thursday
in
march.
A
Some
other
things
happening
around
the
city,
arts,
West
arts,
West,
come
out
and
join
caddy
crab
arts
West
this
Saturday
march
forth
from
two
to
four
p.m.
for
herbal
antigens,
adaptogen
I'm.
Sorry
learn
how
medical
herbs
can
improve
your
health
from
a
clinical
herbalist.
It's
only
twenty
to
thirty
five
dollars
sliding
scale
for
admission.
So
if
you're
interested
in
herbal
medicines
come
out
and
experience
that
and
let's
see
today
the
men's
basketball
game,
vs
buffalo-
this
is
all
part
of
the
Bobcat
blizzard
and
you
know
for
the
sports
administration
and
ohio
athletics.
A
2017
disabilities
awareness
festival
is
something
that
we
talked
about
last
week.
Briefly
during
my
press
conference
last
Wednesday
March
31st
2016
from
six
to
830
p.m.
the
Athens
community
center.
This
is
again
is
a
701
east
state
street.
Here
in
Athens,
this
is
being
sponsored
by
AC
bdd,
the
beacon
school
at
Co
personnel
plus
and
passion
works.
This
is
a
great
event.
A
This
is
something
that
I
have
attended
for
multiple
years
now
in
terms
of
raising
awareness
of
not
only
those
living
with
disabilities
and
what
their
lives
hearing
their
life
experiences
and
listening
to
the
choir
that
will
be
performing,
but
also
engaging
with
a
lot
of
the
disability
services
throughout
our
community.
So
please
come
out
and
be
involved
in
that.
A
Another
thing
that's
coming
up
rather
quickly
a
little
bit
of
time.
The
entries
are
due
March
27th
of
2017,
but
the
live
healthy
love,
Athens,
banners
that
hang
up
and
down
Court
Street.
Currently
we
have
the
veterans
banners,
but
before
those
we
have
the
live,
healthy,
love,
Athens.
These
are
it's
a
a
path,
ins
uptown,
flag
contest.
A
Possible
parking
garage
closure
again.
We
don't
have
a
firm
on
this
yet,
but
we're
looking
at
its
weather
dependent,
but
we're
looking
at
some
time
next
week
between
the
sixth,
which
is
monday
and
possibly
into
the
weekend,
we're
looking
at
probably
a
three-day
stretch,
72
hours
to
have
a
rather
noticeable
black
stripe
as
we're
calling
it
on
the
parking
garage
floor
on
the
first
level.
A
So
we're
hoping
that
we
can
get
that
corrected
and
finish
up
the
punch
list
for
the
renovations
to
the
community
center
I'm,
sorry
to
the
parking
garage.
So
keep
that
in
mind.
We
will
certainly
make
sure
people
are
notified
as
to
when
the
parking
garage
closure
will
happen.
But
that
is
weather-dependent.
So
is
I.
A
As
such,
there
are
a
number
of
consequences
that
can
be
incurred
with
that
to
include
having
funding,
removed
or
not
being
eligible
for
funding
from
the
Department
of
Justice
and
potentially
other
funding
sources.
But
I
do
want
to
kind
of
assure
people
that
the
the
city,
and,
in
particular,
with
our
law
enforcement,
one
of
the
things
that
we
don't
do.
We
are
an
inclusive
community.
We
all
do
look
out
after
each
other.
A
A
Felony
related
crime
or
a
severe
misdemeanor,
but
we
are
not
out
there
looking
for
individuals
who
are
undocumented
or
otherwise
so
I
just
want
to
assure
people.
That's
that's
not
something
that
that
we
are
currently
active
and
engaged
with
ice
in
doing
their
bidding
and
looking
for
undocumented
individuals.
A
Finally
kind
of
a
feel-good
story
here
in
the
city
of
Athens
down
at
the
west
state
street
cemetery
I
believe
we
have
some
slides
we're
going
to
put
up,
or
at
least
some
photos
there
we
go.
We
were
asked
to
put
up
some
bluebird
boxes
and
you're
looking
here
at
these
several
bluebird
boxes
that
have
been
mounted
within
and
set
up
within
the
west
state
street
I'm.
Sorry,
the
West
Union
at
west
state
street
cemetery,
my
bad.
This
is
great.
A
There's
a
project
that
we
teamed
up
with
the
Athens
sale
and
Water
Conservation
District
conservation,
education
coordinator
is
placed
for
these
bins.
He's
Ben's.
These
bluebird
houses
and
I
know
that
the
middle
school
students
were
involved.
We
were
also
assisted.
You
can
see
in
these
images
by
our
folks
from
the
lands
and
building
personnel,
but
Theresa
Caldwell
was
played
an
important
role
in
getting
these
put
up,
and
so
this
is.
This
is
great.
This
is
something
when
we
heard
about
it.
A
We
right
away
George,
I've
Olson
mentioned
this
to
us,
and
with
this
said
yes,
we
can
absolutely
do
this
to
put
this
up
as
a
project
within
the
cemetery.
We
may
expand
this
in
the
future,
but
this
is
our
the
first
four
to
go
up
so
come
on.
Take
a
look
and
see
if
we
do
end
up
getting
bluebirds
in
the
near
future
that
start
to
nest
in
those
boxes.
We
hope
so
kind
of
a
kind
of
a
cool
additional
feature
to
another
wise,
pretty
free,
beautiful,
tranquil
space
in
one
of
our
two
cemeteries.