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 December 02, 2024 1:00 P.M. Planning & Economic 2:15 P.M. Public Safety Development 1:45 P.M. Parks & Recreation 2:30 P.M. Health & Social Services 2:00 P.M. Rules 3:00 P.M Budget & Finance 2:00 P.M. Public Service Subject to Housing & Neighborhood Assistance Call 2:00 P.M. Public Utilities & Green 6:30 P.M. Regular Council Meeting Regular Meeting held on November 25, 2024. All members were present, except Kammer. Minutes of the previous meeting approved. CONSENT AGENDA 1 ORDINANCE authorizing the Mayor, or his designee without the formality of publicly advertising for bids, to enter into a contract or contracts with Akron/Barberton/Summit County Continuum of Care for daily operation costs; and declaring an emergency. (11/18/2024) (Planning & Economic Development) 2 ORDINANCE authorizing the Mayor, or his designee without the formality of publicly advertising for bids, to enter into a contract or contracts with Community Support Services, Inc. for the operation of an Emergency Overnight 1  Shelter; and declaring an emergency. (11/18/2024) (Planning & Economic Development) RULES (McKitrick, Chair) NO ITEMS BUDGET & FINANCE (Lombardo, Chair) NO ITEMS PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (Fusco, Chair) FIRST READING AND REFERRED: UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING DECEMBER 9, 2024: 1 ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to vary the rear yard setback to construct a retail building at 435 Darrow Road; and declaring an emergency. (11/25/2024) 2 ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to construct a residence providing for storage of more than five vehicles at 2010 Stockbridge Road; and declaring an emergency. (11/25/2024) 3 ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to establish an arts and cultural resource center at 989 N. Portage Path; and declaring an emergency. (11/25/2024) 4 ORDINANCE amending and/or supplementing Title 15, “Land Usage,” Chapter 153, “Zoning Code,” Sections 153.110, “Certificates of occupancy,” 153.130, “Enforcement,” 153.140, “Definitions,” 153.150, “Notice of violation and order to comply,” 153.199, “Penalty,” 153.412, “Appeals from Superintendent’s decision,” and 153.422, “Transmission to planning staff and Superintendent,” of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Akron; and declaring an emergency. (11/25/2024) TIME: 5 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 ground lease related to One Cascade Plaza; and declaring an emergency. (9/13/2024) 6 ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to establish a Type A daycare home at 782 Bellevue Avenue; and declaring an emergency. 2  (11/27/2023) (Public Hearing held 2/5/2024) 7 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) 8 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) 9 D-576 Petition of Abraham Zabay for a Conditional Use to Establish an auto dealership at 338 N. Arlington Street (PC-2022-52-CU) 10 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) 11 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) 12 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) 13 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) 14 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) TIME: 3  1 ORDINANCE authorizing the Mayor, or his designee, to enter into a contract or contracts, without the formality of publicly advertising for bids, with Farber Specialty Vehicles for the purchase of a mobile command vehicle; and declaring an emergency. (10/28/2024) (Substitute offered as an amendment 11/4/2024) PARKS & RECREATION (Connor, Chair) NO ITEMS HOUSING & NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE (Fusco, Chair) NO ITEMS HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES (Omobien, Chair) NO ITEMS FILED D-231 Akron Parks Collaborative 2024 Accomplishments D-232 Notice of New Type C1 Liquor Permit to Falls Convenience LLC 250 E Cuyahoga Falls Ave Ward 2 D-233 Notice of New Type C2 Liquor Permit to Khatiwoda Mini Mart LLC Dba Khatiwoda Mini Mart 350 E Cuyahoga Falls Ave Ward 2 D-234 Notice of Transfer of Type D5 Liquor Permit to 1562 Akron Peninsula Rd & Patios Ward 8 ORDINANCES & RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT PREVIOUS MEETING ORDINANCE NO. 411-2024 amending and/or supplementing Title 15, “Land Usage,” Chapter 154, “Vacant Commercial or Industrial Buildings,” Section 154.10, “Vacant Building Maintenance Standards,” of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Akron; and declaring an emergency. Vote: 12-0. ORDINANCE NO. 412-2024 authorizing the Director of Law, or her designee, to enter into a contract or contracts, without the formality of publicly advertising for bids, with Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, LLP for the provision of professional legal services for the City of Akron; and declaring an emergency. Vote: 12-0. ORDINANCE NO. 413-2024 authorizing the Purchasing Agent, or her designee, to enter into a contract or contracts, without the formality of publicly advertising 4  for bids, with GovInvest Inc. for compensation management software; and declaring an emergency. Vote: 12-0. ORDINANCE NO. 414-2024 authorizing the Director of Public Service, or his designee, to enter into a contract or contracts, after publicly advertising for bids, for the installation of two replacement substation transformers at the Water Reclamation Facility; and declaring an emergency. Vote: 12-0. ORDINANCE NO. 415-2024 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 Burgess & Niple, Inc. for the implementation of the CSO Program Management Team – Operations/Maintenance project on a five- year cycle; and declaring an emergency. Vote: 12-0. ORDINANCE NO. 416-2024 authorizing the Director of Public Service, or his designee, to enter into a contract or contracts, after publicly advertising for bids, with an engineering consulting firm or firms for the supplemental engineering services required for the 2025 Capital Investment and Community Development Program and the 2025 Operating Budget; authorizing payment therefor; and declaring an emergency. Vote: 12-0. ORDINANCE NO. 417-2024 providing for the issuance and sale of notes in a principal amount not exceeding $13,000,000 to pay the property owners’ portion, in anticipation of the levy and collection of special assessments, of the cost of improving certain streets in the City, between certain termini, by providing street-cleaning services and street lighting; and declaring an emergency. Vote: 12-0. ORDINANCE NO. 418-2024 authorizing the issuance and sale of notes of the City in the maximum principal not to exceed $5,200,000, to retire the City’s $5,163,705.56 Taxable Economic Development Revenue Note, Series 2023 (AES System Improvement Projects) previously issued under Section 13 of Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Ohio and Chapter 165 of the Ohio Revised Code; and declaring an emergency. Vote: 12-0. ORDINANCE NO. 419-2024 authorizing the Mayor, or his designee, to apply for and, if awarded, accept and expend grant funds from the Ohio Criminal Justice Services (OCJS) 2025 Body Worn Camera Grant Program; and declaring an emergency. Vote: 12-0. NEW ITEMS NEW LEGISLATION 5 BUDGET & FINANCE 0 ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 110-2024, passed March 25, 2024, which established the annual appropriation for the current expenses, other expenditures and the capital outlays of the City of Akron for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024; and declaring an emergency. 1 ORDINANCE authorizing the Director of Law, or her designee, to enter into an amendment to a Special Services Agreement, without the formality of publicly advertising for bids, with Quality Forensic Engineering, LLC for professional consulting services; and declaring an emergency. 2 ORDINANCE authorizing the Mayor, or his designee, to enter into a contract or contracts, without the formality of publicly advertising for bids, with Guidehouse, Inc. for the provision of services for the Post Production Technical Support for the Workday application; and declaring an emergency. PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 3 ORDINANCE amending and/or supplementing Title 15, “Land Usage,” Chapter 153, “Zoning Code,” Sections 153.110, “Certificates of occupancy,” 153.130, “Enforcement,” 153.140, “Definitions,” 153.150, “Notice of violation and order to comply,” 153.199, “Penalty,” 153.412, “Appeals from Superintendent’s decision,” and 153.422, “Transmission to planning staff and Superintendent,” of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Akron; and declaring an emergency. (Substitute Offered as an Amendment.) 4 ORDINANCE declaring certain improvements to real property located in the Chapel Hill Mall Redevelopment Area to be a public purpose and exempt from real property taxation; providing for the collection of service payments in lieu of taxes and the deposit of those service payments in the appropriate fund; providing for the payment of a portion of the service payments to the Akron Public School District, all pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Sections 5709.41 to 5709.43 (the “Act”); and declaring an emergency. 5 ORDINANCE authorizing the Mayor, or his designee, to enter into an agreement or agreements with the East Akron Neighborhood Development Corporation and Middlebury Centre, LLC to provide for the refinancing of debt on 6  Middlebury Plaza and extending the lease agreement with Dave’s Supermarket; and declaring an emergency. 6 ORDINANCE authorizing the Director of Public Service, or his designee, to sell certain vacant City-owned property located on Hickory Street (parcel 67-64614) to Scott W. Kessler and Angela M. Kessler; determining said property is not needed for public use; and declaring an emergency. 7 ORDINANCE authorizing the Director of Public Service, or his designee, to sell certain vacant City-owned property located on Hickory Street (parcel 67-64537) to Gary L. Wyatt, Sr. and Patricia A. Wyatt; determining said property is not needed for public use; and declaring an emergency. 8 ORDINANCE authorizing the Mayor, or his designee, to enter into an agreement or agreements with Industrial Realty Group, LLC to assist with capacity building activities in connection with the redevelopment of vacant property into a new wedding venue and event center; and declaring an emergency. 9 ORDINANCE declaring certain improvements to real property located in the Great Streets Akron Initiative Area to be a public purpose and exempt from real property taxation; providing for the collection of service payments in lieu of taxes and the deposit of those service payments in the appropriate fund; providing for the payment of a portion of the service payments to the Akron Public School District, all pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Sections 5709.40 to 5709.43 (the “Act”); and declaring an emergency. 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