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 October 21, 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 October 7, 2024. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting approved. Ayes: 13, Nays: 0. CONSENT AGENDA 1 ORDINANCE authorizing the Mayor, or his designee, to enter into a contract or contracts, without the formality of publicly advertising for bids, with CDW-G LLC for the Cisco phone system annual subscription licensing and support; and declaring an emergency. (Budget and Finance) 2 ORDINANCE authorizing the Director of Public Service to enter into a contract 1  or contracts, after publicly advertising for bids, for temporary and permanent concrete installation over excavations of the Divisions of Water Distribution and Sewer Maintenance; approving specifications therefor; and declaring an emergency. (Public Service) 3 ORDINANCE authorizing the Director of Public Service or his designee without the formality of publicly advertising for bids, to enter into a contract or contracts with GPD Group for design services to improve the Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) secondary treatment and electrical processes; and declaring an emergency. (Public Service) 4 ORDINANCE authorizing the Mayor to enter into a Sponsorship Agreement with Appalachia Ohio Alliance for the Water Resource Restoration Sponsor Program (WRRSP) Projects for the Laurel Run Headwaters Protection – Selsley and Beamer Additions, BTG Additions to Salt Creek Narrows, and Poston Farm 2 Addition Projects; and declaring an emergency. (Public Service) 5 ORDINANCE authorizing the Director of Public Service, or his designee, to enter into a contract or contracts with the Ohio Department of Transportation to replace a six-inch water main crossing and upsize to an eight-inch water main as part of the Kenmore Leg Improvement Project; and declaring an emergency. (Public Service) TIME: 1 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) (Substitute was offered as an amendment 9/23/2024) (Public Hearing held 10/3/2024) RULES (McKitrick, Chair) NO ITEMS BUDGET & FINANCE (Lombardo, Chair) NO ITEMS PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (Fusco, Chair) UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING OCTOBER 21, 2024: 1 ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to construct a second driveway at 1395 Superior Avenue; and declaring an emergency. (9/30/2024) 2 2 ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to construct a commercial garage at 629 Flora Avenue (Parcel No. 6830969); and declaring an emergency. (9/30/2024) 3 ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to establish a dual-use cannabis cultivation and processing facility at 1055 Home Avenue; and declaring an emergency. (9/30/2024) 4 ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to establish a dual-use cannabis dispensary at 10 S. Canton Road; and declaring an emergency. (9/30/2024) 5 ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to establish a dual-use cannabis cultivation facility at 1956 S. Main Street; and declaring an emergency. (9/30/2024) 6 ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to establish a dual-use cannabis processing facility at 844 E. Tallmadge Avenue; and declaring an emergency. (9/30/2024) 7 ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to establish a dual-use cannabis dispensary at 1568 E. Archwood Avenue; and declaring an emergency. (9/30/2024) REFERRED: 8 D-200 Petition of Fire Rock Cultivation Ohio, Ltd., for a Conditional Use to Establish a Dual-Use Cannabis Cultivation Facility at 1076 Home Avenue PC-2024-55-CU (10/7/2024) 9 D-201 Petition of Virginia Lapolla for a Conditional Use to Retain a Fence at 217 Akers Avenue PC-2024-54-CU (10/7/2024) 10 D-202 Petition of Mark Headly, dba Pro-Tech Systems Group, for a Conditional Use to Construct a Storage Building at 123 E. Waterloo Road PC-2024-53-CU (10/7/2024) 11 D-203 Petition of Greenleaf Apothecaries, LLC, dba The Botanist, for a Conditional Use to Establish a Dual-Use Cannabis Dispensary at 46 South Summit Street PC-2024-52-CU (10/7/2024) TIME: 12 ORDINANCE authorizing the Mayor, or his designee, to enter into an agreement or agreements with the Development Finance Authority of Summit County, or its designee, to modify the terms of the existing 3  ground lease related to One Cascade Plaza; and declaring an emergency. (9/13/2024) 13 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) 14 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) 15 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) 16 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) 17 D-172 Petition of Galenas, LLC, for a Conditional Use to Construct a Medical Marijuana Cultivation Facility at 1956 South Main Street PC- 2017-30-CU (9/9/2024) 18 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) 19 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) 20 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) 21 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) 22 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) 23 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) 4  24 D-576 Petition of Abraham Zabay for a Conditional Use to Establish an auto dealership at 338 N. Arlington Street (PC-2022-52-CU) 25 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) 26 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) 27 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) 28 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) 29 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) 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) 5  NO ITEMS FILED D-204 Notice of Transfer of Type C1 and C2 Liquor Permit to Ishamvid Inc Dba Valley Mart & Drive Thru 1720 Merriman Rd Ste A Ward 8 D-205 Notice of Transfer of Type C1 and C2 Liquor Permit to Shreeji Krupa Mini Mart Inc dba Kenmore Sun rise 1303 Kenmore Blvd Ward 9 ORDINANCES & RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT PREVIOUS MEETING ORDINANCE NO. 344-2024 authorizing the Director of the Department of Planning and Urban Development to enter into an agreement or agreements with local agencies to carry out the Emergency Solutions Grant Program for program year 2024 authorizing payment therefor; all in furtherance with Mayor Malik’s objective of supporting local emergency and transitional homeless shelters to provide shelter and supportive services to homeless individuals and families and to prevent an individual or family from moving into an emergency shelter through housing prevention, relocation and stabilization services; and declaring an emergency. Vote: 13-0. ORDINANCE NO. 345-2024 approving the sale of V.L. Bellfield Avenue (Parcels 67-39294 and 67-39295) to the A. Morgan Building Group, pursuant to the City’s Welcome Home Akron Program, in order to facilitate the productive reuse of the property 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: 13-0. ORDINANCE NO. 346-2024 authorizing the Director of Public Service, or his designee, to enter into a contract or contracts, after publicly advertising for bids, for the construction of miscellaneous plant improvements to support the operations at the Akron Water Plant; and declaring an emergency. Vote: 13-0. ORDINANCE NO. 347-2024 authorizing the Director of Public Service, or his designee, to enter into a contract or contracts, after publicly advertising for bids or requesting and receiving Requests for Proposals (RFPs), for construction management services for capital projects at the Akron Water Plant and/or Watershed; and declaring an emergency. Vote: 13-0. ORDINANCE NO. 348-2024 authorizing the Director of Public Service, or his designee, to enter into a contract or contracts, without the formality of publicly advertising for bids, with Perrin Asphalt and Concrete for the emergency repair of the Firestone Community Center parking lot located at 1480 Girard Street; and declaring an emergency. Vote: 13-0. 6 ORDINANCE NO. 349-2024 authorizing the Director of Public Service, or his designee, to enter into a contract or contracts, after publicly advertising for bids or requesting and receiving Requests for Proposals (RFPs), for the Water Treatment Residual Management Program in the years 2025-2029 for the Akron Water Plant; and declaring an emergency. Vote: 13-0. ORDINANCE NO. 350-2024 authorizing the Director of Public Service, or his designee, to enter into a contract or contracts with a consultant or consultants, after publicly advertising for bids, for the design to rehabilitate Cascade Parking Deck; and declaring an emergency. Vote: 13-0. ORDINANCE NO. 351-2024 authorizing the Director of Public Service, or his designee, to enter into a contract or contracts, after publicly advertising for bids or requesting and receiving Requests for Proposals (RFPs), for underground utility locating services for the Water Supply Bureau and the Water Reclamation Bureau; and declaring an emergency. Vote: 13-0. ORDINANCE NO. 352-2024 authorizing the Mayor, or his designee, to apply for and, if awarded, accept and expend grant funding from the Department of Justice FY 2024 Justice Assistance Grant (JAG); and declaring an emergency. Vote: 13-0. ORDINANCE NO. 353-2024 authorizing the Director of Law, or her designee, to enter into a contract or contracts, without the formality of publicly advertising for bids, with Victim Assistance to provide services for the City pertaining to the victims of crimes; and declaring an emergency. Vote: 13-0. ORDINANCE NO. 354-2024 providing for the issuance and sale of not to exceed $519,491.08 of bonds, to pay, in anticipation of the collection of special assessments heretofore levied, the property owners’ portion of the cost of improving certain streets in the City; and declaring an emergency. Vote: 13-0. ORDINANCE NO. 355-2024 providing for the issuance and sale of not to exceed $565,164.87 of bonds, to pay, in anticipation of the collection of special assessments heretofore levied, the property owners’ portion of the cost of improving certain streets in the City; and declaring an emergency. Vote: 13-0. ORDINANCE NO. 356-2024 authorizing the Director of Public Service, or his designee, to apply for and, if awarded, expend grant funds from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Solid Waste Infrastructure For Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program to support the Akron Public Work’s Yard Waste, Organics, and Recycling Kampaign (Yard WORK) program and to enter into a grant agreement or agreements with the EPA; and declaring an emergency. Vote: 13-0. 7  NEW LEGISLATION PUBLIC SERVICE 1 ORDINANCE amending and/or supplementing Title 9, “General Provisions,” Chapter 101, “Trees and Shrubs,” Section 101.13, “Tree Commission,” of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Akron; and declaring an emergency. PUBLIC SAFETY 2 RESOLUTION declaring that the six towing companies that submitted their interest and qualifications for service in a designated towing district, as set forth in Section 70.52 of the Akron Codified Ordinances, have met the requirements for assignment thereto and will therefore be assigned a towing district as part of City Council’s 2024 review of the designated towing districts; and declaring an emergency. 3 ORDINANCE ratifying the actions of the Mayor, or his designee, in contracting with VanDevere Chevrolet for the purchase of a new vehicle to be used as the Akron Fire Department Dive Rescue Vehicle; authorizing payment 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