City Council Meeting

Margo Sommerville, President Jeff Fusco, Vice-President Brad McKitrick, President Pro-Tem Members of Council: Jeff Fusco, At-Large Johnnie Hannah, Ward 5 Linda F. R. Omobien, At-Large Brad McKitrick, Ward 6 Eric D. Garrett, Sr., At-Large Donnie Kammer, Ward 7 Samuel D. DeShazior, Ward 1 Bruce Bolden, Ward 8 Phil Lombardo, Ward 2 Tina Boyes, Ward 9 Margo Sommerville, Ward 3 Sharon L. Connor, Ward 10 Jan Davis, Ward 4 www.akroncitycouncil.org Council Agenda for September 23, 2024 1:00 P.M. Planning & Economic 2:30 P.M. Health & Social Services Development 1:45 P.M. Parks & Recreation 3:00 P.M Budget & Finance 2:00 P.M. Rules Subject to Housing & Neighborhood Assistance Call 2:00 P.M. Public Service 5:00 P.M. Special Meeting – Open Comment Public Hearings 2:00 P.M. Public Utilities & Green 6:30 P.M. Regular Council Meeting 2:15 P.M. Public Safety Regular Meeting held on September 16, 2024. All members were present, except Garrett. Minutes of the previous meeting approved. Ayes: 12, Nays: 0. CONSENT AGENDA 1 ORDINANCE authorizing the Mayor, or his designee, to enter into a contract or contracts, without publicly advertising for bids, with Core & Main for the purchase of custom foam meter pit inserts in the support of the Fixed Network Advanced Metering Infrastructure project; and declaring an emergency. (Public Service) 1 RULES (McKitrick, Chair) NO ITEMS BUDGET & FINANCE (Lombardo, Chair) NO ITEMS PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (Fusco, Chair) UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING SEPTEMBER 23, 2024: 1 ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to place a monument sign with an LED message board for Reservoir Park at 1735 Hillside Terrace; and declaring an emergency. (9/9/2024) 2 ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to place a monument sign with an LED message board for the Patterson Park Community Center at 800 Patterson Avenue; and declaring an emergency. (9/9/2024) 3 ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to place a monument sign with an LED message board for the Ed Davis Community Center at 730 Perkins Park Drive; and declaring an emergency. (9/9/2024) 4 ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to install an oversized high- rise sign at 1526 Vernon Odom Boulevard; and declaring an emergency. (9/9/2024) 5 ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to construct a convenience store and gas station at 311 Darrow Road; and declaring an emergency. (9/9/2024) 6 ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to construct the Akron Zoo Animal Hospital on the east side of Diagonal Road, north of Auldfarm Road; and declaring an emergency. (9/9/2024) FIRST READING AND REFERRED: UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING OCTOBER 3, 2024: 7 ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to construct and operate a refuse and recycling transfer station and trash hauling business at 1400 E. Archwood Avenue; and declaring an emergency. (9/13/2024) FIRST READING AND REFERRED: 8 ORDINANCE authorizing the Mayor, or his designee, to enter into an 2  agreement or agreements with the Development Finance Authority of Summit County, or its designee, to modify the terms of the existing ground lease related to One Cascade Plaza; and declaring an emergency. (9/13/2024) TIME: 9 D-159 Petition of the City of Akron for a Conditional Use to place a monument sign with an LED message board for Ed Davis Community Center at 730 Perkins Drive PC-2024-25-CU (9/9/2024) 10 D-160 Petition of the City of Akron for a Conditional Use to pace a monument sign with an LED message board for Patterson Park at 800 Patterson Avenue PC-2024-06-CU (9/9/2024) 11 D-161 Petition of the City of Akron for a Conditional Use to place a monument sign with an LED message board for Reservoir Park at 1735 Hillside Terrace PC-2024-05-CU (9/9/2024) 12 D-164 Petition of Akron Zoo for a Conditional Use to construct an animal hospital on the east side of Diagonal Road north of Auldfarm Road PC-2024-37-CU (9/9/2024) 13 D-166 Petition of Circle K for a Conditional Use to construct a convenience store and gas station at 311 Darrow Road and vacation of an unnamed alley PC-2024-30-CU&V (9/9/2024) 14 D-167 Petition of Circle K for a Conditional Use to install an oversized hi-rise sign at 1526 Vernon Odom Boulevard PC-2024-26-CU (9/9/2024) 15 D-168 Petition of Robert Coffman for a Conditional Use to Construct a Commercial Garage at 629 Flora Avenue (Parcel No. 6830969) PC-2024- 41-CU (9/9/2024) 16 D-169 Petition of Ben Works for a Conditional Use to Construct a Second Driveway at 1395 Superior Avenue PC-2024-40-CU (9/9/2024) 17 D-170 Petition of ATCPC of Ohio LLC, dba Klutch Cannabis, for a Conditional Use to Establish a Dual-Use Cannabis Cultivation and Processing Facility at 1055 Home Avenue PC-2024-43-CU (9/9/2024) 18 D-171 Petition of Parma Wellness Center LLC, dba Ayr Wellness Inc., for a Conditional Use to Establish a Dual-Use Cannabis Dispensary at 10 S. Canton Road PC-2024-45-CU (9/9/2024) 19 D-172 Petition of Galenas, LLC, for a Conditional Use to Construct a 3  Medical Marijuana Cultivation Facility at 1956 South Main Street PC- 2017-30-CU (9/9/2024) 20 D-173 Petition of CSAC Ohio LLC, Dba Ayr Wellness, for a Conditional Use to Establish a Dual-Use Cannabis Processing Facility at 844 E. Tallmadge Avenue PC-2024-47-CU (9/9/2024) 21 D-174 Petition of Culture Retail Partners of Ohio, Inc., for a Conditional Use to Establish a Dual-Use Cannabis Dispensary at 1568 E. Archwood Avenue PC-2024-48-CU (9/9/2024) 22 D-134 Petition of WM of Ohio for a Conditional Use to Operate a Refuse and Recycling Transfer Station and Trash Hauling Business at 1400 E. Archwood Avenue PC-2024-31-CU (7/1/2024) 23 ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to establish a Type A daycare home at 782 Bellevue Avenue; and declaring an emergency. (11/27/2023) (Public Hearing held 2/5/2024) 24 D-730 Petition of Keisha Burney for a Conditional Use to Establish a Type A Daycare Home at 782 Bellevue Avenue PC-2023-60-CU (11/06/2023) 25 ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to establish an auto dealership at 338 N. Arlington Street; and declaring an emergency. (11/28/2022) (Public Hearing was held 1/23/2023) 26 D-576 Petition of Abraham Zabay for a Conditional Use to Establish an auto dealership at 338 N. Arlington Street (PC-2022-52-CU) 27 ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to construct a parking lot at 921 Cordova Avenue for the Maple Valley Resource Center at 1474 Copley Road; and declaring an emergency. (9/18/2023) (Public Hearing held 9/25/2023) 28 ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to establish and construct an addition to a bed and breakfast at 814 Bloomfield Avenue; and declaring an emergency. (Public Hearing was held 9/13/21) 29 D-285 Petition of Louie Berrodin for a Conditional Use to establish a bed and breakfast and construct an addition at 814 Bloomfield Avenue (PC- 2021-30-CU) (7/12/21) 30 ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to construct a parking lot on the east side of W. Center Street (PN 6716587); and declaring an emergency. (Public Hearing was held October 21, 2019) 4  31 D-774 Petition of Community Action Agency for a Conditional Use to construct a parking lot and the sale of City-owned land on W. Center Street. (Parcel No. 6716587) (PC-2019-63-CU & S) (9/16/19) FILED: 32 D-162 Petition of Kelly APS LLC and ICP Akron Kelly LLC for a Conditional Use to build an apartment development at 40 N. Martha Avenue PC-2024-39-CU (9/9/2024) 33 D-163 Petition of 127 OH LLC, dba Bloom Cannabis, for a Conditional Use to establish dual-use dispensing of marijuana at 737 E. North Street PC-2024-38-CU (9/9/2024) 34 D-165 Petition of the Charles and Salome Reymann Foundation for a Conditional Use to construct an office, storage, and meeting room addition at 403 Canton Road PC-2024-36-CU (9/9/2024) 35 D-135 Petition of Andrae Martin for a Conditional Use to Construct a Solid Fence Within the Akers Avenue Setback at 2016 Cramer Avenue PC-2024-32-CU (7/1/2024) PUBLIC SERVICE (Kammer, Chair) NO ITEMS PUBLIC UTILITIES & GREEN (Kammer, Chair) NO ITEMS PUBLIC SAFETY (McKitrick, Chair) NO ITEMS PARKS & RECREATION (Connor, Chair) NO ITEMS HOUSING & NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE (Fusco, Chair) NO ITEMS HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES (Omobien, Chair) NO ITEMS 5 FILED D-187 Proposal from Testa Enterprises Regarding the Development of Residences at Ascend D-188 Correspondence from IRG Realty Advisors LLC Regarding a Residential Rental Development ORDINANCES & RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT PREVIOUS MEETING ORDINANCE NO. 319-2024 approving the sale of V.L. Hazel Street (Parcel # 67-64602) to Hazel Street Properties, LLC to reduce the cost to the City and the taxpayers in maintaining the lot and getting the property back on the tax rolls; determining said property is not needed for public use; and declaring an emergency. Vote: 12-0. ORDINANCE NO. 320-2024 approving the sale of 492 V.L. Koerber Avenue (Parcel #’s 68-57540 and 68-06064) to Bobby’Z Construction, LLC pursuant to the City’s Welcome Home Akron Program and in order to facilitate the construction of new residential homes on unused and underutilized property in long-established neighborhoods and to reduce the cost to the City and the taxpayers in maintaining vacant lots; determining said property is not needed for public use; and declaring an emergency. Vote: 12-0. ORDINANCE NO. 321-2024 authorizing the Mayor or his designee to enter into a lease agreement with Stow BMX Association to extend the term of their bicycle motocross facility lease at the Akron/Fulton Airport; and declaring an emergency. Vote: 12-0. ORDINANCE NO. 322-2024 authorizing the Mayor or his designee to enter into a contract or contracts, without publicly advertising for bids, for the purchase of a new bucket truck from UTE (Utility Truck Equipment) for operations of the Office of Information Technology; and declaring an emergency. Vote: 12-0. ORDINANCE NO. 323-2024 authorizing the Director of Public Service, without the formality of publicly advertising for bids, to enter into a contract and/or amending the existing contract with USG Water Solutions for professional engineering services relating to City-owned water storage tanks; and declaring an emergency. Vote: 12-0. ORDINANCE NO. 324-2024 amending and/or supplementing Title 15, “Land Usage,” Chapter 150, “Environmental Health Housing Code,” Section 150.04, “Housing Appeals Board,” of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Akron; and declaring an emergency. Vote: 12-0. 6 ORDINANCE NO. 325-2024 approving and authorizing the execution of a purchase and/or development agreement Citi Center Development, LLC or its nominee providing for the sale and redevelopment of the CitiCenter Building located at 146 S. High Street; and declaring an emergency. (9/9/2024) Vote: 12- 0. RESOLUTION NO. 326-2024 requesting that the Summit County Fiscal Officer make an advanced payment of tax funds for tax year 2024 payable in 2025 to the City of Akron Treasury Division; and declaring an emergency. Vote: 12-0. ORDINANCE NO. 327-2024 accepting the amounts and rates as determined by the Budget Commission of Summit County and authorizing the necessary tax levies and certifying them to the Summit County Fiscal Officer; and declared an emergency. Vote: 12-0. ORDINANCE NO. 328-2024 authorizing the Mayor, or his designee, to enter into a contract or contracts, without the formality of publicly advertising for bids, with SHI International Corp. for the purchase of a backup system, including related equipment and services, for City software and data; and declaring an emergency. Vote: 12-0. ORDINANCE NO. 329-2024 authorizing the Mayor, or his designee, to enter into a contract or contracts, without the formality of advertising for bids, with Stryker, for the purchase of two power loaders and two power cots to be mounted in the new AFD Medical Units; and declaring an emergency. Vote: 12-0. NEW LEGISLATION BUDGET & FINANCE 1 ORDINANCE authorizing the Director of Law, or her designee, to enter into a contract or contracts, without the formality of publicly advertising for bids, with Roetzel & Andress for the provision of professional legal services for the City of Akron; and declaring an emergency. 2 ORDINANCE authorizing the issuance and sale of bonds in the maximum principal amount of $17,000,000, for the purpose of paying a portion of the City’s $58,471,743.72 Various Purpose General Obligation Bond Anticipation Note, Series 2023 at maturity; and declaring an emergency. PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 3 ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to construct and 7  operate a refuse and recycling transfer station and trash hauling business at 1400 E. Archwood Avenue; and declaring an emergency. (Substitute offered as an amendment. See Regular Agenda Item #7) 4 ORDINANCE authorizing the Mayor to apply for, and if awarded, accept and expend the Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) Program Capital Construction Grant offered by the U.S. Department of Transportation to reutilize the Innerbelt to reconnect West Hill to downtown Akron; and declaring an emergency. PUBLIC SERVICE 5 ORDINANCE authorizing the Director of Public Service, or his designee, to enter into a contract or contracts, after publicly advertising for bids, for the replacement of the shuffleboard shade structures at Waters Park; and declaring an emergency. PUBLIC SAFETY 6 RESOLUTION acknowledging the 30th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act and expressing support therefor; and declaring an emergency. For more information, scan the QR codes below or visit our website at www.akroncitycouncil.org Public Comment Receive our weekly Upcoming Frequently Used Period Sign Up: legislative spotlight meetings: Terms: email: 8