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COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 105 JOURNAL PAGE -334- MINUTES OF THE MEETING JUNE 5, 2017 (The first several minutes of the meeting was not recorded due to a technical malfunction) ROLL CALL TAKEN BY CLERK DOUGHERTY: 11 COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: (FRANK MORRIS, CHRIS SMITH, JAMES BABCOCK, TOM HARMON, GREG HAWK, NATHANIEL CHESTER, JASON SCAGLIONE, ROBERT FISHER, KEVIN HALL, JOHN MARIOL, & EDMOND MACK) ELEVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT. (MEMBER SMUCKLER ABSENT) MEMBER SMUCKLER WAS EXCUSED BY AN 11-0 ROLL CALL VOTE The regular meeting of Canton City Council was held on June 5, 2017 at 7:30 P.M. in the Canton City Council Chamber. The roll call was taken (see above) by Clerk of Council, David R. Dougherty. The invocation was given by Ward 6 Council Member, Kevin Hall. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by President Schulman. (Recording begins as follows): AGENDA CORRECTIONS & CHANGES MEMBER MORRIS: ...12 to this evening’s agenda. MEMBER SMITH: Second. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that Rule 22A be suspended, and that Ordinances 9 through 12 be added to this evening’s agenda. Any remarks? Hearing none, roll call vote, please. NO REMARKS ROLL CALL 11 YEAS, 0 NAYS CLERK DOUGHERTY: Eleven yeas, Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Motion carries, Rule 22A is suspended, and the Ordinances are a legal part of your agenda. PUBLIC HEARINGS PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: We now turn to Public Hearings, and we do have three tonight. Our Clerk is going to read them. CLERK DOUGHERTY: First one’s at 7:30, public hearing, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 55/77, AS AMENDED, KNOWN AS THE CITY OF CANTON ZONING ORDINANCE; EMERGENCY (SOUTH OF ST RTE 30 AND NORTH OF 21ST ST SW, WEST OF BROOKS AVE SW) FROM R-1A (SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL) TO P1-2 (PLANNED HEAVY INDUSTRIAL) FOR MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY IN WARD 5, PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much. Is there anyone in the audience wishing to speak for or against this particular request? Seeing... COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 105 JOURNAL PAGE -335- MINUTES OF THE MEETING JUNE 5, 2017 CLERK DOUGHERTY: No, there’s one out there, Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Oh, I’m sorry. I’m sorry. Will you step forward, sir, and give us your name and your residential address, please. And welcome to Canton City Council. DENNIS O’BRIEN: Thank you. My name is Dennis... PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: And I’m sorry I missed you. DENNIS O’BRIEN: Beg your pardon? PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: I’m sorry I missed your... I missed you over there. I’m sorry. DENNIS O’BRIEN: Okay. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: If you’ll give us your name and your... DENNIS O’BRIEN: Sure. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: ...residential address, please. DENNIS O’BRIEN: Yeah, my name’s Dennis O’Brien. I live at 1919 Brooks SW. Uh, I’m gonna... I was born and raised in Canton, and I’ve lived at Brooks for about thirty-three years now. Brooks is a quiet residential neighborhood with almost no traffic. Uh, I think it’s easy to imagine how I felt, how anyone would feel, after getting this notification that it was gonna be... uh, there was a proposal to change from single family residence to heavy industrial. Uh, I think it would be easy for anybody to imagine the terrible affect it would have on the quality of life for you and your family, the negative affect it would have on your property values. When I talked to Matt Bailey at the Planning Commission I was told that he had been informed by Marathon that my family didn’t care. Nothing could be further from the truth. I care very much. Um, in fact, I have a daughter with a disability that would be very severely negatively impacted. Obviously, I’m very opposed and ask that change be denied. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much, sir. Is there anyone... (Applause) Is there anyone else speaking for or against this particular ordinance? Yes, sir. Sorry. If you’ll... if you’ll step forward and give us your name, your residential address, please. STEPHEN FUNK: Thank you, Mr. President. Uh, Members of Council, my name is Stephen Funk. I’m an attorney at Roetzel and Andress in Akron, Ohio, 222 South Main Street, Akron... Akron, Ohio 44308. I’m here on behalf of the applicant, Marathon Ashland Petroleum. Um, this does relate to a rezoning. We actually we’re here in front of Council a year ago in which... I know this is small, but there’s a copy of this in the... along with the application, but this is the refinery that’s in the blue area. The area in the red that we’re... that was the subject of last year’s rezoning application was about nineteen acres of property that’s essentially situated between I-30 to the north and the refinery to the south. All that land was... is owned by Marathon Ashland Petroleum and was rezoned to industrial last year by Council. The present zoning application relates to four lots to the immediate west of that. All of the lots that are subject to rezoning are vacant lots and they’re owned by Marathon. There is one prop... piece... parcel of land that is still owned by a resident and COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 105 JOURNAL PAGE -336- MINUTES OF THE MEETING JUNE 5, 2017 that’s who you heard from tonight. Um, other than that, all the land is owned by Marathon and it is not being used for residential purposes. Um, what we’re proposing to do is for this remaining four lots is simply to allow it to be used for parking and for storage of vehicles and other equipment. Um, in order to relay the cou... um, property owner’s concern, we are also proposing to have a hedge of landscaping that would essentially block the parking from... from view. The... the lot itself... the person that we’re talking about, his... his lot is at the very far north. The... the hedge would basically shield everything to the south of that, and that’s where the proposed parking is. Um, the... we had to present this to the Planning Commission. Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval, and that’s because when you look at rezoning requests, ultimately the question is the four lots that we’re asking be rezoned isn’t reasonable to expect it to be used for residential purposes. We submit that this entire area is now an industrial area. It’s not been used for... these four lots have been vacant for some time, and it’s not really reasonable to expect us to sell those for residential use or to expect to build houses on those residential areas. So therefore, we’re asking Council to approve that here tonight. Again, Planning Commission did unanimously approve our rezoning request, and we ask for your support as well. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you so very much. STEPHEN FUNK: Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Is there anyone else in the audience wishing to speak for... yes, sir. If you’ll step forward, give us your name and your residential address, please. JAMES PARKER: James Parker, 630 Penny Street SE, North Canton, Ohio. I think this is an obvious attempt at this attorney at a land grab. I think when this was set up in and sold to the public, I mean, they realize there needs to be a buffer zone. When you say “and other equipment,” that could mean anything. I understand they’re putting in a new line, they got the fracking going on from Cadiz, and they need this and they need that, but they should have enough property within their area that’s already zoned to handle whatever it is they’re planning, and their parking isn’t our problem. Our problem is the protection of our citizens, their health and well being, their safety and their peace of mind and tranquility. It’s hard enough living in that area and smelling the residual chemicals that are in the air, knowing that at any time you’re sitting next to a potential catastrophe that blows you to kingdom come. It’s nice to have them here, but I really think that you should reconsider approving this based on other people. If there’s one person against it, there must be twelve or twenty-four or forty-eight as well that couldn’t make it here tonight cause they don’t have the luxury of hiring attorneys and fancy pants this and that from Akron coming down and showing you some BS sign that doesn’t explain what “and other equipment” is. I think you should postpone this, and get the details of what “and other equipment” means and define that, and take into consideration that this is first and foremost residential property. Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much. Any... (Applause) Is there... is there anyone else wishing to speak for or against this particular ordinance? Yes, sir. If you’ll step forward, sir, and give us your name and your residential address, please. BRAD MCCAIN: My name is Brad McCain. I’m the general manager of the refinery. I live at 1063 Brigantine Avenue in Green. It’s in Union... it’s a Uniontown address. Uh, so... so the other equipment that we propose having is... it... it would be a parking area, and as we construct and do what we call turn around work, is where we shut the refinery down and go in and address, you know, clean things out and address COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 105 JOURNAL PAGE -337- MINUTES OF THE MEETING JUNE 5, 2017 issues, do... do required inspections. There’s some of that equipment that we’ll need to stage for that work. So, it... it won’t only potentially be just cars, there may be some piping that we would lay down there, there may be some... some what we call pickers, some... some crane like materials in there, and that’s why we proposed to put the buffering system in there. So, it’s... it’s not proposed, I mean, we agree that... that a buffer along 30 and along Gambrinus Avenue would be our priority, but we do need to have that space to conduct our business and... and frankly we don’t have enough space within our... our boundary at the time to provide access for parking and for lay down of that equipment that’s coming in for that job that we’ve got next year. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much, sir. BRAD MCCAIN: Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Is there anyone else wishing to speak for or against this ordinance? Are you raising your hand? UNIDENTIFIED VOICE: Yeah. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Do you want to step forward, give us your name and your residential address, please. JONATHAN BAILEY: Uh, Jonathan Bailey, 830 Cherry Avenue NE, Canton, Ohio. Um, is this fracking equipment? PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Well, you’ll have to just... JONATHAN BAILEY: No, that’s not fracking equipment? UNIDENTIFIED VOICE: It is not for... PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Sir, Mr... Mr. Bailey, just... if you could just address your concerns, please. JONATHAN BAILEY: Is... uh, you got drilling equipment. I don’t know this is a good idea. It’s... you need to balance out jobs it created that versus the impact it’s gonna have. This is... I have to agree with that guy for the first time ever. It’s... you gotta balance this out. This is not... how many jobs... permanent jobs are we gonna get in Canton for this? Is this gonna help Canton? I... we need to make things better. Just... we just pander to big businesses and rich interests so easily, so just consider extra this time instead of just... just doing it because big money asked you too. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Great. Okay. Anything else, sir? Thank you. Any other remarks? Hearing none... I’m sorry. Yes, step forward and give us your name and your residential address, please. As always, welcome. PETE DIGIACOMO: My name’s Pete DiGiacomo. I live at 600 Dent Place SW, Canton, Ohio. Uh, I believe the lots that they’re talking about, I realize it’s easy access in, access out, as opposed to having to go all the way into the refinery and things like that. Uh, the other thing is that you have a homeowner that’s lived there COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 105 JOURNAL PAGE -338- MINUTES OF THE MEETING JUNE 5, 2017 for as long as he has, and by, this is my own personal opinion, doing what Ashland would like you to do, or Marathon, whichever you want to call it, it’s gonna change his entire way of living, his life. Where I live I’ve had that same experience happen to me. It’s not fun, it’s not nice. Uh, the one gentleman is from Green, the attorney’s from Akron. They don’t have to live beside it and put up with what’s gonna happen. Nobody up here’s gonna be sit... living beside it and put up with what could possibly happen. And what I mean by that is they’re saying well, we’re gonna put this in as storage, that in for storage. Until you actually know what’s gonna go in there for storage, you don’t know. They may know, or they... they may not even know all of the if, ands or buts. It you want to pass it, get a group of you, go in there, look at it, go in the plant, talk with the general manager, I’m sure he’d be more than happy to have you, and look around and see maybe there’s another place inside of the plant or another area that would suffice for their needs. Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much. Any... (Applause) Is there anyone else wishing to speak for or against this particular ordinance? Anyone? Seeing no one stand, the matter now rests in the hands of Council. The ordinance will follow later this evening. Second hearing. CLERK DOUGHERTY: Second hearing scheduled, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 55/77, AS AMENDED, KNOWN AS THE CITY OF CANTON ZONING ORDINANCE; EMERGENCY (515 - 48TH ST, PARCEL #380067) FROM R-1C (SINGLE - FAMILY RESIDENTIAL) TO PCS (PLANNED COMMUNITY SERVICE) FOR ST. MARK’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN WARD 8, PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. Is there anyone in the audience wishing to speak for or against this particular zoning? Yes, sir. Yes... yes, sir. If you’ll step forward and give us your name and your residential address, please. Good evening, sir. Welcome. If you’ll give us your name and your residential address, please. FRANK KEMP, SR.: My name is Frank Kemp, Sr. I live at 603 Hannah Circle. Uh, my property abuts the church. Okay. I’m neither for or against this. I just want some information. Number one, this is a third reading, we were never told there was two before. Uh, we got a paper saying it was gonna be voted on today. Uh, I’d like to know why that happened, you know, we weren’t informed. Now, there was a couple of people, two from the church, one from the school, come down and talk to us a little bit. Well, we could use more information. How many cars are gonna be there in the morning? And at what time? What time are they gonna be there in the afternoon? Uh, it really... it only affects me if I need to get out at that time, wont’ be coming down, I don’t live on Frazer, but the people that live on Frazer or Logan or the other places, it’s gonna affect them. The other thing, there’s a container up at the church already, they seem to be working on it, so is it a done deal? And this is just a preliminary that, you know, that they’re gonna go through to complete it? And the other problem is we’re required to mow our grass. Now the church mows a fair part of theirs, and they have some woods, but it would be nice if they trimmed up to the woods, maybe cleaned the woods up, make it look a little neater, be a better neighbor to us. Uh, I did it for a long time. I took care of the back side of the church. It just got to hard on my equipment. I never asked the church for anything, but I would, you know, like something established. If you’re gonna put the kids up there... and the school itself advertises that it uses the outdoors. Well, if you’re gonna use outdoors, you can’t use them there cause the only thing you have is a parking lot that’s really cleaned up. Uh, like I say, I would like to maybe delay this a week, whatever, have the church and the school maybe set up a meeting for the neighborhood and explain it to everybody. We didn’t get a whole lot of information. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 105 JOURNAL PAGE -339- MINUTES OF THE MEETING JUNE 5, 2017 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much. FRANK KEMP, SR.: Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Appreciate it. (Applause) Is there anyone else wishing to speak for or against this particular Ord... yes, ma’am. If you’ll step forward and give us your name and your residential address, please, and welcome. CONSTANCE MONAT: Constance Monat, 4520 Frazer Avenue NW. Um, like the gentlemen who just spoke... PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: You want to hold on one second. Okay, sorry. CONSTANCE MONAT: I was not aware of the possibility of rezoning St. Mark’s until recently. I didn’t receive any flyer in my mailbox, didn’t have a visit from anybody, no pamphlets about the schools. When I did call Weaver School last week in an effort to learn about the preschool, I was told that the preschool classes for the Fall are full and the classes would be starting next year in the Fall at their new location. I lived on Frazer Avenue years ago when St. Mark’s had a preschool and a day school, and I know the volume and speed of traffic and how it increased, not just for my street as the main road, but for other streets winding through the neighborhoods. If St. Mark’s were to be rezoned, the possibility opens for different uses in the building. The surrounding families would then have to deal with new issues. It’s obvious that schools come and go depending on their funding or whether they outgrown the current location. We have to consider how different uses of the building and the land could affect some homes and their values. My neighbors currently enjoy quiet streets that we gladly share with families that come from surrounding areas. They walk with friends, ride bikes, push strollers, because they can’t do that safely in their neighborhood on their sidewalks and streets. I recently met a man from Virginia who was staying as a guest a couple of streets over. He was walking daily for health reasons and he commented on how fortunate we were to live in a neighborhood where you didn’t need a car to get outside and get exercise. We’re all proud of Canton’s revitalizing efforts downtown, but there has to be act... action taken to preserve the few city neighborhoods like ours that are an attraction to families now and will be sought after properties in the future. Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much. (Applause) Is there anyone else... yes... yes, ma’am. If you’ll give us your name and residential address, please. MARIANNE VERO: Good evening. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Good evening. MARIANNE VERO: Uh, Marianne Vero. I’m at 612 Hannah Circle. I’m across the street from Frank, and I’ve lived there eight years. Hannah is a very, very nice street, and one of the things that sticks out into my mind was that... (inaudible)... was that when I built there, one of the inspectors came and there was some issues with water and so on and so forth, and he was very nice and he said to me, Marianne, he said we don’t get very many new buildings down here so we’re kinda working at this because we don’t see much new homes being built in Canton City, and Hannah’s been one of those exceptional streets I think in Canton City. But it’s not just Hannah. I disagree a little bit with Frank in that it will affect all incoming roads. It’s... it’s Frazer, because they’ll come in off of 44th. It will be 47th, they will come in off of Market. Um, and I guess I have COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 105 JOURNAL PAGE -340- MINUTES OF THE MEETING JUNE 5, 2017 three questions. I am Plain Local born and raised, and I am very pro St. Mark’s, I really am. I’m in pro- education. I was married to a principal for thirty years, so it’s not education I’m against. What it is, is that number one, my question is why is there renovating... renovations already going on there. Do... is there something we don’t know about? That’s the first question I have. So, is this a done deal? Secondly, I only received one of three notices. I... this is the only one I... I got. Um, so that gave me a small amount of time to do my research. Number three, you have at least one hundred children, probably about eighty-five are gonna be coming by private cars. I don’t think the buses as I understand it are gonna be all that full. I can’t say with certainty about that, but you know, we’re back in... where we’re at is all kinda like the end of the allotment, and they’re gonna be coming in from all over. My neighbor next door lived at the bottom of the hill of St. Mark’s. She said it was often mom and dad sliding back down the hill because of the things I recognize is when he live back in a... kind of an isolated area like we are, the main roads have to be done first for snow and so on and so forth. So they don’t get to us sometimes till oh, afternoon really. So for the most part, I know, I’ve tried getting up that hill on many snowy days. It’s not an easy thing to do. So, there is that situation. She also mentioned that there were... they had to call the policemen to try to monitor speed. That was an issue because parents are trying to get to work, you know. Um, been there, done that. So, my question is, and my third thing that I would like to say is I think St. Mark’s is a great church, but it is very overgrown. It has been overgrown for a long time. It’s... um, there’s this part that’s mowed and it looks very nice, but for the most part if you walk around St. Mark’s it is very much overgrown. Um, it is not a... it is not a real well manicured church. It can be, and I don’t know at all what it looks like inside, but I’m sure it’s fine. But as a better neighbor, we would really appreciate some cleaning up of the outside that is so overgrown. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. Thank you very much, ma’am. We appreciate it. MARIANNE VERO: Thank you. (Applause) PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Is there anyone else in the audience wishing to speak for or against this particular zoning ordinance? Again, is there any... yes, sir. If you’ll step forward, sir, and give us your name and your residential address, and welcome. BARRY WILLIAMSON: My name’s Barry Williamson. I’m at 4645 Frazer Avenue, and about four days ago is when I found out that this came out. And I never got nothing in the mail or nothing, or nothing in my mailbox. I’m kind of upset about that. I’ve lived at that address for about thirty years. It’s a quiet street, it’s a nice street until they chipped and sealed it. And it’s... it’s a nice area. It’s... all the families are... everybody’s doing a lot of work around their homes and everything else. You’ll have to excuse me, I’m not a very good speaker or anything. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: That’s alright, sir. You’re doing fine. BARRY WILLIAMSON: But it just seems like... they tried to put in a park there, next to the church. They tried to put quad homes in that circle before they built the homes down there. Everything was... we’re fighting for everything to keep our way of living the same. And it’s... it is a nice area. And we don’t know... I don’t know what kind of school this gonna be. I don’t know what’s... there’s no... I don’t know exactly what’s all going on with it, except that this is the final reading for this... for zoning. And I’m going, this isn’t right. And it’s not right. This... this should never happen like this. There should have been like a neighborhood meeting where everybody can discuss what’s going on. And as for the maintenance of that St. Mark’s, it is... it is something, it is overgrown and everything else, and how to do you plan on having a school there if COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 105 JOURNAL PAGE -341- MINUTES OF THE MEETING JUNE 5, 2017 everything’s overgrown. Who’s gonna take care of it? Is the church gonna take care it? They haven’t. So, it’s just that... that’s my opinion. And also, it’s just like our street. If they chip and seal that street and they put something else at the end, what... what kind of thing is that? You met my wife before coming out of a restaurant downtown, and I think you’ll remember this. We had reservations, and my wife’s handicapped, she’s in a walker and also a wheelchair, and we couldn’t get into the restaurant because we asked them first, is it handicap accessible, they said yes, it was. We got there and no, it wasn’t. My wife can’t even walk down our street because of the chip and seal and the gravel. (Sighs) And isn’t this for the city, for the people? Where are the people? Am I right? I mean, I mean, we’re speaking, and this isn’t right that it had to come to this and only a few people found out or were given notices. It’s not right. Let’s get it right. Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. Thank you very much, sir. (Applause) Is there any... anybody else in the audience wishing to speak for... yea, ma’am. If you’ll step forward and give us your name and your residential address, and welcome. RHONDA WARREN: My name is Rhonda Warren. I represent St. Mark’s Church. I’m a parishioner there. My address is 3129 Mahogany Run Circle NW, North Canton, Ohio. I’d like to address some of the concerns that our neighbors have. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Please. RHONDA WARREN: Um, several of them have said that they have not gotten notice about our upcoming zoning permit issues. Um, I know that we provided the Planning Commission with all those addresses within three hundred feet perimeter of our church. Our church and Weaver School also wrote letters to everybody in that three hundred foot perimeter, and on May 20th two of our parishioners and one of Weaver’s board of directors went house to house in our community to talk to them individually. We decided not to have a community meeting. There were issues years ago about a potential park behind our facility which was... the neighbors really did not want to have happen. So we went door to door and sent letters to everybody. The times for Weaver School are between 8:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M. Monday through Friday. There are roughly a hundred students, but there are staggered times because this is a preschool, so some come in the morning, go home at lunch time, some come at lunch time and go home before 3:00 o’clock. We... this is not a day care like previously. We did have a school at St. Mark’s, but it was a preschool and... and included some day care services that went to 6:00 o’clock at night. Um, I can guarantee you that our... this school will be closed at 3:00 o’clock. They may use our church in the evening for a class or two, but there’s no other purpose as far as we know. I’m sorry to hear that people are not happy about the way we keep our property up. We do have a wooded area behind us that we’ll try and clean up. Um, we have a large parcel of land, almost five acres, so we do the best we can. We do have outdoor space for the kids. We do not have a playground anymore, but we do have large open spaces, including the front of the building. We have a chapel and an outdoor picnic area. Two people have noticed that there have been some containers at St. Mark’s. Um, Weaver School and St. Mark’s two weeks ago came to an agreement between us, both with heavy risks involved, clearly since the zoning has not been... not been approved yet. That risk is both financial for us and for Weaver School, and we decided to start demolition of three walls, asbestos removal and painting. We know we are not permitted to start any building process until the zoning is approved. We don’t have building permits yet, but I understand that what has happened so far has been acceptable by law and city rules. Um, I guess that’s it. I mean, we... we intend to be good neighbors. St. Mark’s seriously could use the income, we are an older church. Our... our congregation is beginning to be elderly and we hope to keep the church functioning as it is with the help of Weaver School, which Weaver School is a Christian school, so we meet together, we’re a good collaboration. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 105 JOURNAL PAGE -342- MINUTES OF THE MEETING JUNE 5, 2017 So, I hope you’ll approve the zoning. Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much, ma’am. (Applause) Is there anyone else wishing to speak for... yes, sir. If you’ll step forward and give us your name and your residential address, please. CHARLIE KIESLING: My name is Charlie Kiesling. I live at 4621 Kingsrow Avenue in Ward 8. Um, I live in the neighborhood and I’m the treasurer of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. Uh, St. Mark’s, like many churches, needs to look at creative ways to put their facilities to work for greater... for the greater community. We can no longer afford to maintain our building five or... maintain the building when it’s only used one day out of seven. The opportunity to partner with Weaver Child Development presents an opportunity for St. Mark’s to generate some revenue in our space that is consistent with St. Mark’s mission, which is to unite all people with God and each other in Christ through worship, fellowship, education, and service. Uh, St. Mark’s... um, I don’t... I’m not here to... to scare anybody about the future of St. Mark’s, but it is... it’s like many churches, it is a concern. Uh, it’s my understanding with the zoning that’s gonna be approved today, the only two thing... the only things that can happen on that land will be a school or the church. Uh, one of the issues as we were trying to figure out how to move forward was to partner with somebody that would generate us some income, but would also allow us to continue to function in the manner we are. Uh, this was... it’s a great opportunity for our church. It’s consistent. I think it has the least impact on the community, and I think there’s no telling what other impact could happen if... if the church was no longer there. Thank you very much. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much, sir. Is there any... anyone else... (Applause) Anyone else in the audience wishing to speak for or against this partic... particular zone change? If you’ll step forward, sir, and give us your name and your residential address, please, and welcome. WILLIAM ALFORD: Yes. Thank you for the opportunity. William Alford, 4605 Frazer Avenue NW. Um, what the representatives of the... of St. Mark’s just said makes me even more concerned over this. A hundred, I equate, a hundred children with a hundred cars times two, going in the morning, coming in the afternoon. That is a tremendous amount of increase of traffic on Frazer Avenue, Yale. It’s... it’s absolutely unacceptable. And to get absolutely no notice of this, I’m with the other people, the residents. I appreciate the financial problems of the church, but it’s not up to the taxpayers, it’s not up to the residents of Ward 8, my neighborhood, to take the brunt of what’s happened with the church. There’s a thousand venues in this city where this school could locate without going through all this rigmarole of changing the zoning. It’s just... uh, you know, Edmond, I don’t know how involved you were in this, but you know, you were elected to look after the best interests of my neighborhood and Ward 8, not special interests. And this... this is just totally unacceptable, the level of traffic, all the things that bring with it. I... I have a tremendous amount of concern, and this really needs to be something that everyone needs to get together and discuss this more in depth. No one got any notification. And just to go three hundred feet away from the church isn’t nearly enough. Should have went all the way to 44th Street and beyond, canvassing the neighborhood and... and tell everybody what this was all about. So, I appreciate the... the opportunity to... thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much, sir. Appreciate it. (Applause) Is there anyone else in the audience wishing to speak for... yes, ma’am. If you’ll step forward and give us your name and your residential address, please. (Brief pause) Yes, ma’am, if you’ll... BESS MCGONNELL: My name is Bess McGonnell. I live at 4751 Woodland Avenue NW. Um... COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 105 JOURNAL PAGE -343- MINUTES OF THE MEETING JUNE 5, 2017 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Welcome. BESS MCGONNELL: Thank you. I’m... I’m concerned about this because we only received two pieces of paper regarding this addition of this school. The notice for this hearing and a letter from Weaver School. I feel that we need more information like everyone else has said. I don’t appreciate the fact that St. Mark’s tried to put a park in without talking to the neighborhood first, and then we have this. I... I feel like St. Mark’s needs to be a better neighbor and communicate with all of us. And I feel this should not be passed tonight. There should be a meeting with the neighborhood, and... and I’m really upset that this is happening. There should be a meeting with the neighborhood and discuss this. Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much, ma’am. (Applause) Once again, is there anyone else in the audience wishing to speak for... JAMES PARKER: I’d like to make one quick remark. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: I’m sorry, where... who? JAMES PARKER: I’d like to make one final remark. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: No, no, no, no, no, no. You’ve... you’ve had your remark. JAMES PARKER: That was a different issue. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: No, I’m sorry. JAMES PARKER: This is a public hearing, I’m entitled. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: This is not... this is a public hearing. JAMES PARKER: I object. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s dedicated to a specific reason. JAMES PARKER: Frazer School is right down the street from there. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Okay, sir. Thank... JAMES PARKER: There’s no problem. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much. Is there anyone else in the audience wishing to speak for or against this particular resolution? Yes, ma’am. If you’ll step forward and give us your name and your address, please. SUSIE MAIORIELLO: Hi, I am Susie Maioriello, and I live at 5703 Bentler Avenue in Louisville, and I am the director and principal of Weaver Child Development Center. Um, I just wanted to... to talk about the traffic. Um, we do have a hundred children enrolled, but they all lea... come and go at staggered times, so COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 105 JOURNAL PAGE -344- MINUTES OF THE MEETING JUNE 5, 2017 there’ll only be... there won’t be anymore... there’ll be about thirty to forty-five cars that will come at those different times, 11:30 is one of our pickup times, and the other time is 2:30. Um, this is a very positive school or Christian school. I always like to say we’re Christ-like, so we love people, we love children. Um, we’re a positive... I can promise the neighborhood that we will bring positive energy to that environment, and... um, and I just wanted to share that. Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much, ma’am. We appreciate it. (Applause) Is there anyone else wishing to speak for or against this particular resolution? Yes, ma’am. If you’ll step forward and give us your name and your residential address, please. And welcome. BARB FLETCHER: Thank you. Hi, I’m Barb Fletcher. I live at 4541 Frazer Avenue NW, Canton, Ohio, and I have never received one piece of paper for anything. So, we were very unaware of what was going on. Um, I... I think it’s wrong. I think we need to get together. You know, we used to have meetings at the church. You know, we used to have a lot of... uh, a lot of the neighbors come, but, you know, you can see that we really don’t have a lot of people representing this because no one knows. No one knew. So, that’s all I wanted to say. We knew nothing about this, you know, what was happening until possibly about a week ago through word of mouth. So, absolutely no papers at all. Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much, ma’am. (Applause) And once again, is there anyone else in the audience wishing to speak for or against this particular resolution? I see no one standing, so that... am I correct? I see no one else standing... yes, sir. If you’ll step forward, sir, and give us your name and your residential address, please. And welcome. ROBERT KENNEDY: Thank you. My name’s Robert Kennedy. I live at 6435 Chesham NE. I’m a member of St. Mark’s. Um, I’ve been trying to do my part. I’m sorry that we are not the neighbors that we need to be according to you folks there. I would like to think that the opportunity that we have with the Weaver School and St. Mark’s, that partnership can spill out to the whole neighborhood, and in that sense we can become neighbors, better neighbors, better communicators. I know we don’t do that very well. I was one of the folks that went around and talked to some of the people that were available to talk to. And I noticed that there’s opportunity for us to work with people in the neighborhood that have needs and concerns just like St. Mark’s has needs and concerns to go forward, and the opportunity to have that with the school, the kind of school that has a positive influence is something that would, I think, be a very positive influence to the neighborhood, to St. Mark’s. I honest to God feel that way. Now, if the neighbors want to have discussion about this, I’m sorry we don’t have that time or we... we didn’t make that time. Again, I apologize. We don’t mean to be bad neighbors, but I recognize that as I talk to you folks, you’re good neighbors to each other. You communicate, and I saw that. And I saw that St. Mark’s was not being that good neighbor, and not communicating the way we need to, to be community. I don’t know what to say at this point that would allay your fears or concerns. All I know is that St. Mark’s, Weaver School, and the surrounding neighborhood could be great partners. Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much, sir. (Applause) Lastly again, is there anyone in the audience... yes, sir. If you’ll step forward and tell us your name and your residential address, please. JERRY MCGONNELL: Yes, good evening. My name’s Jerry McGonnell. Address is 4751 Woodland Avenue. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 105 JOURNAL PAGE -345- MINUTES OF THE MEETING JUNE 5, 2017 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Welcome. JERRY MCGONNELL: It’s within a block of the school. I have no... I have personally just this issue that I want to bring up that has no objection to whether a school goes there or not. I have a... I have a.... uh, a concern about traffic control in the area, and... and in order to get in or out of the school area, the church area, people typically drive on 44th Street. 44th Street has one traffic light between Cleveland and Market Avenue, and there are no other stop signs. Traffic moves through there very quickly, and sometimes it’s hazardous. I would like to see either a traffic control light or a four way stop, at least one of them, put in at 44th Street, maybe at 44th and Frazer, and maybe another four way... four way stop between Frazer and Market to slow traffic down and allow access in or out of the area where the school is located. That’s all. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much, sir. (Applause) Is there anyone else... yes, sir. If you’ll step forward and give us your name and your residential address, please. MATTHEW HINDEREGGER: Good evening. My name is Matthew Hinderegger. I live at 6954 Tidewater Street NW. I am the board treasurer for the Weaver Child Development Center. Uh, I wanted to offer a couple of clarifying points on some of the comments that have been made this evening. We’ve talked a couple of times tonight about the fact that there are a hundred families. Um, Ms. Maioriello indicated earlier that there are staggered times, and that certainly hoping to allay some of the concerns that the neighbors have around traffic. While we talk about a hundred students, we’re really talking about seventy-five families, so it’s not a hundred cars because there will be families that will have a first grader and a three year old classroom student, or a second grader and a kindergartner, so it won’t be the case that every family drives a car with one student in it. There will be multiple students in... in one car for... for some of those folks. Um, it has been brought up, but I want to make certain that it’s clear to everyone on Council, and certainly all the neighbors as well, that the school put at risk its capital so that we could begin the process. Um, we’re on a very tight time frame relative to getting our students ready to go. We have a hundred students and seventy- five families counting on us to have their school ready to go by the time school comes in, so there... there were no kinda back office deals. There’s nothing that’s a done deal at this point in time. Uh, the school put its capital at risk in order to... uh, to begin this process. Thank you all. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much, sir. (Applause) Is there anyone else wishing to speak for or against this particular ordinance? Anyone? UNIDENTIFIED VOICE: Can I just ask a question? PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Well, no, you can’t. I’m sorry. UNIDENTIFIED VOICE: No, can’t do it? Okay. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: I don’t... I don’t mean to be rude... UNIDENTIFIED VOICE: That’s alright. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: ...but you cannot. UNIDENTIFIED VOICE: That’s fine. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 105 JOURNAL PAGE -346- MINUTES OF THE MEETING JUNE 5, 2017 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Anyone else wishing to speak for or against this ordinance? I see no one else standing, so I am going to declare this ordinance to be in the hands of Council. The Ordinance will follow later this evening. We now turn to the third and final hearing with regard to ordinances. CLERK DOUGHERTY: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING CANTON TO ANNEX THE TERRITORY KNOWN AS THE HOF VILLAGE #3 ANNEXATION AREA CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY .176 ACRES, MORE OR LESS; ASSIGNING SAID TERRITORY TO WARD 7 OF THE CITY; ZONING SAID TERRITORY AS HALL OF FAME VILLAGE DISTRICT (HOFV); AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Is there anyone in the audience wishing to speak for or against this particular zone change? And I will repeat, is there anyone in the audience wishing to speak for or against this particular zone change? Seeing no one stand, I declare the matter to be closed this evening, and the matter will be taken up in a few moments. OLD BUSINESS PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: We’re now turning to Old Business. There is no Old Business. PUBLIC SPEAKS PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Turning now to Public Speaks. Let’s see here. We do have some public speaks. Our first is Jonathan Bailey. Mr. Bailey, if you’ll step forward and give us your name and your residential address, please. JONATHAN BAILEY: Uh, yeah, Jonathan Bailey. Uh, 830 Cherry, Canton, Ohio. Uh, I honestly thought I was gonna be last on this list today. Uh... PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: You’re actually not last, you’re first. On this list, but go ahead. JONATHAN BAILEY: Uh, there was something I’ve been wanting to bring up for awhile. I just checked into about some of this stuff earlier about disaster preparedness where I know we got some stuff set up for us here, but this is a weird time. We need to prepare for refugees from other parts of the nation, other Americans coming through as refugees as well too. We may be spared any kind of natural or manmade disaster, but other places won’t be, and I do feel as if there should be some sort of preparedness. We have some extra fields and stuff. The city itself can make a little extra. Cause this in this department, just a little bit of preparedness in advance will pay off huge dividends when we need it. All you need is water, gas, electric hookups to some of these empty lots at one end. They don’t have to be accessible to the public, just accessible to the city to turn on when they need to be. It wouldn’t cost the city a lot, and if the need is there, you’ll be grateful to on... be... you’ll be thanking God that you thought of that and prepared for it because this is a weird time. And how’s the goat? The idea of getting the grass cut. This is the other issue I was... the grass, cutting the grass, every time I usually come you guys are complaining about how much it cost to trim the grass and get the goats... get the goats to do this stuff. It would be so cheap and easy just to get the goats to do it. Why are you spending all this money on cutting grass? And you can’t find anybody willing to do it. You can actually turn this into a money making proposition. You don’t even have to get your own goats. You can just lease some of these empty lots out as grazing rights. They’ll... they’ll pay you so they can bring their goats in and eat that up. Put some emergency... that bright orange snow drift fencing around and needing protection. We got tons of that bright orange snow drift fencing. Takes what? A half a day to set it up? A half day to take it down? If that’s needed to keep them in... corralled, to keep them protected from residents and stuff, that might work. There’s COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 105 JOURNAL PAGE -347- MINUTES OF THE MEETING JUNE 5, 2017 ways, just... just think outside the box (inaudible). That’s... I’m surprised you guys didn’t bring that up. I thought you’d of been working on that by now. And we also need to consider... again, keep that mind, get something set up with these lots. Put everyone in with water, gas and electric, it wouldn’t cost the city hardly anything, and when the need is there, which I fear will happen, you’ll have it. And we also need to... also put out how we can volunteer quickly and easily when these things do happen. If there is a thing happening, where do I go to volunteer could be the biggest best impact for good when that happens. Uh, I don’t know how to set that up. Thanks anyhow. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much, sir. We appreciate it as always. (Applause) Our next speaker is Greg Sanford. Mr. Sanford, if you’ll step forward, sir. As always, welcome. If you’ll give us your name and our residential address, please. GREG SANFORD: Good evening. My name’s Greg Sanford. I live at 1537 Henry Avenue SW. I’ve noticed, I’ve been out walking around a lot in my ward, and I’ve discussed this with my councilman, Mr. Fisher. It’s something that very much concerns me, and I’ve even seen this in other wards in the area, you know, since I’m looking for a little bit of part time work, you know to augment my retirement. I’ve noticed what has happened to the people in the city of not giving a hoot about their areas being cleaned up. You come around a lot of these neighborhoods, and it’s like we’re being taken over by the vermin. You got groundhogs running around that we could have a rodeo with them, they’re so doggone big getting off... I know a lot of people figure oh hey, we’ll just throw a few goats out and they’ll eat all the trash. Now come on, now we know what happens when the goats eat all the trash, what they’re gonna deposit everywhere. I was wondering, you know, now maybe this is one of my hairbrained schemes coming out, but is there a way that we could all unite as a city, you know, go out to our community, talk to the clergy, talk to the businesses, to motivate... you know, maybe some of the businesses can donate something to get the community to have like a citywide pickup and cleanup. I mean, it’s really gotten bad in a lot of areas where, you know, and it just... it affects, and to me, we got so much to be proud of, of this city. You know, the Football Hall of Fame, you know, how big of an attraction is that to our city? They’re even making a village which is gonna bring more revenue to us. What are people thinking? You make the place a pigpen, then who’s gonna want to come? Oh yea, they got that, but the place looks like a cotton pickin’ city dump. I was just wondering is there any way maybe we can motivate The Repository to put in a word. I’ve even thought of times that, you know, alright, for example now, we have the McKinley/Massillon game, correct? Now I know Mayor Bernabei is... uh, he had that challenge with Todd Porter, didn’t he, where he’d... whoever won you would wear the jersey of the other school, correct? Didn’t that happen one time? PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: The mayor, yes. GREG SANFORD: Maybe we could have... you know, like challenges in the cities of Stark County, you know. Say hey, you know, we have more pride in our city than what you got in yours in the way of cleanliness. It’s just an idea, but, you know, I know if there’s a way that we could all get out and attack this problem, I think it’d be better for all of us, because the vermin is starting to get bad, they’re starting to take over, groundhogs, racoons, even seeing some skunks and opossums, and we know the kind of damage they can do to our homes. But I wanted to thank you for this time to come up and bring this forward. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you as always, sir. Welcome. Thanks, again. (Applause) GREG SANFORD: Thank you. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 105 JOURNAL PAGE -348- MINUTES OF THE MEETING JUNE 5, 2017 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: The next speaker is Pete DiGiacomo. Mr. DiGiacomo, as always, welcome to Canton City Council. If you’ll step forward and give us your name and your residential address, please. PETE DIGIACOMO: My name’s Pete DiGiacomo. I live at 600 Dent Place SW, Canton, Ohio. Tonight you’re gonna vote on an ordinance, 21. For the people in the audience that you know nothing about it, it’s... uh, apparently we owe a bill of $850.00 to AT&T because they help with their tracking device to find missing children. AT&T wants us to pay them $850.00. It’s a multi-million dollar damn company, maybe even billion dollar company, and they’re here... over here nickle diming us for $850.00. First of all, they should be damn ashamed of themselves for doing it, and I just hope to hell you don’t let them do it. Vote it down. What’s it... what are they gonna do, come in and repossess city hall? Take you to court? Good, take us to court, and get the TV cameras down here so the rest of Ohio knows what AT&T is like, what they’re doing, that basically they don’t care if your child is missing as long as they get their $850.00. They will help look for the children with their... uh, with the cell phones and things like that. I heard this last week, it upset me. It made me mad, I’ll put it that way. And then now I see you’re gonna vote on it. Have some com... no, it’s not even common sense, backbone or something a little lower. Yeah, you know what I mean. No. Vote no for the damn thing. I’m sorry, Chris. (Laughter) But, you know, $850.00, AT&T. They could buy this city. Think about it, please. Vote it down. Don’t vote it... they don’t need $850.00. Thanks. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you, sir. (Applause) Our last speaker is Brenda Baylor. Ms. Baylor, as always, welcome to Canton City Council. If you’ll give us your name and your residential address, please. BRENDA BAYLOR: My name is Brenda Baylor. I live at 2722 Wood Owl Street NE, and at first I would like to thank the Mayor and City Council, the people who have been very concerned about our issues with Republic Steel, and thank you so much, Mayor, for... the Health Department came today and began to take soil samples. We have to wait a couple of weeks in order to find out the results, and when it came up about the goats this evening, I thought oh God, you know, goats might not be a bad idea, but I certainly wouldn’t want them in our neighborhood because at this point, you know, we don’t know whether they would be poisoned by lead or not. So, it was kinda funny to me, but then on the other hand I thought, you know, this is unbelievable. There are some things, of course, that are ongoing with the issues that we have. We received a notice of the cancer related things, and I have that with me, and what struck me as very strange was, is that five thousand, and I did not bring my glasses up here, five thousand nine hundred and three residents in the area of Stark County that surround Republic Steel, of those five thousand nine hundred and three, twelve health reports were turned in. That... there’s a disparity between the two that I’m not quite sure that what they are saying to us is none of them are related to anything that has to do with Republic Steel. I’m not sure if I think that that’s very conclusive because it’s a far stretch between the two. Um, the second thing that I did want to say is that when we do have another meeting, five thousand, okay, nine hundred and three people, in my opinion, should receive information. Um, we are residents of the city. Um, this is a concern. We all know that everything that goes on at Republic Steel is not as it should be, and I don’t think that it should be any individual person or, for that matter, a few people who are running around trying to get this information to that many people who deserve to know what is going on, who have never received any letters when you talk about communication. I still get people that ask me, you know, what about a health report, I heard there was a health report? Well, they didn’t get them. Although I try to get to the neighborhood association leaders, and when I counted up there were six, and I’m looking at my time. Once it got to them, I can’t guarantee that it got to the rest of the people. So hopefully as we go through this, we will understand that five thousand nine hundred and three people is a lot of people, yes, but they all deserve to know what’s going on and have an opportunity to attend whatever meeting we have as we go through this and try to improve on the conditions of COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 105 JOURNAL PAGE -349- MINUTES OF THE MEETING JUNE 5, 2017 health on the northeast side. Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much. (Applause) That concludes our public speaks. INFORMAL RESOLUTIONS PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: We are now under Informal Resolutions. There are none this evening. COMMUNICATIONS PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: We turn now to Communications. Let the journal show that all Communications are received as read. NOTE: ALL COMMUNICATIONS WHICH FOLLOW, LISTED BY AGENDA TITLE, ARE ON FILE IN THEIR ENTIRETY IN THE COUNCIL OFFICE WITH THE AGENDA ITEMS FILE DATED JUNE 5, 2017. 204. ANNEXATION CHAIRMAN MORRIS: REQ STATEMENT OF SERVS FOR 4111 LOUISVILLE ST NE ANNEXATION . - ANNEXATION COMMITTEE 205. AUDITOR MALLONN: REQ FOR ADDT’L AMENDED CERT DATED 5/31/17 . - RECEIVED & FILED 206. AUDITOR MALLONN: MTHLY RPT BY FUND FOR 5/1/17 THRU 5/31/17. - RECEIVED & FILED 207. AUDITOR MALLONN: YRLY RPT BY FUND FOR 1/1/17 THRU 5/31/17. - RECEIVED & FILED 208. CLERK DOUGHERTY: LTR TO LIQUOR CONTROL DIV WITHDRAWING OBJ TO NEW PERMIT #0024045, CLASS C-2 (LA ABEJA REYNA, LLC DBA LA ABEJA MEXICAN STORE). - RECEIVED & FILED 209. COUNCIL MEMBER CHESTER, WARD 2: REQ HONORARY NAME CHANGE OF ALLEY ON COURT AVE NW FR 3RD ST NW TO 4TH ST NW TO MARIA’S WAY NW IN HONOR OF MARIA BYINGTON, OWNER OF ARCADIA GRILL. - PUBLIC SAFETY & THOROUGHFARES COMMITTEE 210. DEPUTY MAYOR WILLIAMS: AUTHORIZE MAYOR AND/OR SERV DIR TO PROVIDE REAL PROP EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO ORC SEC 5709.41 TO ENTER INTO ONE OR MORE TIF AGMTS WITH BROADVIEW DEVELOPMENT LLC OR ITS AFFILIATES, ENTER INTO ONE OR MORE AGMTS TO PERMIT ISSUANCE OF BONDS, SECURED SOLELY BY PROJECT; EMERGENCY . - COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE 211. FINANCE DIRECTOR CROUSE: AUTHORIZE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO PROF SERV CONTRACT FOR CREDIT/PURCH CARD PROG FOR CITY PURCH NOT EXCEEDING $20,000.00; AUTHORIZE AUDITOR TO DRAW WARRANTS UPON RECEIPT OF VOUCHERS; EMERGENCY. - FINANCE COMMITTEE COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 105 JOURNAL PAGE -350- MINUTES OF THE MEETING JUNE 5, 2017 212. FINANCE DIRECTOR CROUSE: AMEND APPROP O#41/2017 ($10,000.00 SUPP APPROP FR UNAPPROP BAL OF 2216 FHAP YR 13 PSHIP PROJ GR FUND TO 2216 505010 FAIR HOUSING DEPT - OTHER); EMERGENCY. - COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE 213. LIQUOR CONTROL DIVISION (OH): LTR INFORMING OF CITY COUNCIL’S WITHDRAWAL OF OBJECTION (NEW PERMIT #0024045, CLASS C-2, LA ABEJA REYNA, LLC DBA LA ABEJA MEXICAN STORE). - RECEIVED & FILED 214. MAYOR BERNABEI: LTR ADVISING OF RE-APPT OF MS. PAT SILAGY-WESSON TO MAYOR’S NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION FOR 3 YR TERM COMMENCING 6/1/17 THRU 5/31/20. - RECEIVED & FILED 215. SAFETY DIRECTOR PERRY: AUTHORIZE HUMAN RESOURCES DIR TO PAY MORAL OB TO AULTWORKS (FLU CLINICS IN 11/2016), BLACK, MCCUSKEY, SOUERS & ARBAUGH LPA (LEGAL SERVS 2016), OMNI ORTHOPAEDICS (FIT-FOR DUTY EVAL 2016) AND MEDPRO GROUP IME SOLUTIONS, LLC (FIT FOR DUTY EVAL 2016). - FINANCE COMMITTEE 216. SAFETY DIRECTOR PERRY: AUTHORIZE MAYOR AND/OR SAF DIR TO ENTER INTO AGMT FOR AND ACCEPT $70,500.00 IN GRANT FUNDS FR OHIO OFFICE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVS; AUTHORIZE MAYOR AND/OR SAF DIR TO ENTER INTO ALL CONTRACTS NECESSARY FOR UPDATE TO CITY’S CURRENT RMS SOFTWARE, AS WELL AS FOR PURPOSE OF INSTALLATION, STAFF, TRAINING, TESTING OF UPDATED SOFTWARE, AND FOR ALL OTHER GOODS OR SERVS NECESSARY FOR PROJ; AUTHORIZE AUDITOR TO RENAME FUND #2781 - THERMAL IMAGING SYSTEM GRANT FUND TO FUND #2781 - USE OF FORCE SOFTWARE UPGRADE GRANT FUND IN WHICH TO PLACE GRANT MONEY; AUTHORIZE AUDITOR TO DRAW WARRANTS UPON RECEIPT OF VOUCHERS; AMEND APPROP O#41/2017; EMERGENCY ($70,500.00 SUPP APPROP FR UNAPPROP BAL OF FUND #2781 - USE OF FORCE SOFTWARE UPDATE GRANT FUND TO 2781 102001 POLICE DEPT ADMIN - OTHER). - FINANCE COMMITTEE 217. TREASURER PEREZ: RPT OF PARKING METER REV FOR APRIL 2017. - RECEIVED AND FILED 218. TREASURER PEREZ: RPT OF DEPOSITS AND PAY INS FOR AMBULANCE LOCK BOX FOR APRIL 2017. - RECEIVED AND FILED 219. MAYOR BERNABEI: LTR ADVISING OF RE-APPT OF MR. GREG CONRAD TO MAYOR’S NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION FOR 3 YR TERM COMMENCING 6/1/17 THRU 5/31/20. - RECEIVED & FILED ORDINANCES & FORMAL RESOLUTIONS FOR FIRST READING. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: We now turn to Ordinances and... uh, for their First Reading, and Formal Resolutions for their First Reading. Mr. Clerk, would you please begin with Ordinance #1. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 105 JOURNAL PAGE -351- MINUTES OF THE MEETING JUNE 5, 2017 NOTE: PRESIDENT SCHULMAN CALLED UPON CLERK DOUGHERTY TO READ ORDINANCES #1 THROUGH #8 FOR THEIR FIRST READING BY TITLE AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, AS FOLLOWS: #1. (1ST RDG) AN ORDINANCE ENLARGING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE AREA OF THE CITY OF CANTON DESIGNATED AS THE HOF VILLAGE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSE OF FOSTERING AND DEVELOPING TOURISM IN THAT DISTRICT, PURSUANT TO OHIO REVISED CODE SECTION 715.014; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY Referred to Community & Economic Development Committee #2. (1ST RDG) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 262/2015 TO INCLUDE CERTAIN “PHASE I PROPERTY” OF THE HALL OF FAME VILLAGE PROJECT SITE AS “EXISTING PROPERTY” IN THE AREA COVERED BY THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING PROVISIONS OF OHIO REVISED CODE SECTION 5709.40, EXEMPTING THE IMPROVEMENTS TO SAID “PROPERTY” FROM TAXATION DURING THE TERM OF THE COMPENSATION AGREEMENT AUTHORIZED BY ORDINANCE NO. 261/2015, AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY Referred to Community & Economic Development Committee #3. (1ST RDG) A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 137/2016 BY THE ADDITION OF PARCEL #5208292; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY (TAMSAL FULTON-BLAKE ANNEX) Referred to Annexation Committee #4. (1ST RDG) AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES, IN ONE OR MORE SERIES, IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,000,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COSTS OF REVITALIZATION WITHIN THE CITY AND ADDRESSING PROPERTY CONDITIONS THAT ARE DELETERIOUS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY THROUGH THE DEMOLITION OF DETERIORATING STRUCTURES AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THOSE SITES, THEREBY ENABLING THE USE OR REUSE OF LAND WITHIN THE CITY Referred to Finance Committee #5. (1ST RDG) AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A NOTE BY THE CITY OF CANTON IN ANTICIPATION OF THE COLLECTION AND PAYMENT OF INCOME TAXES, GENERAL PROPERTY TAXES, AND MISCELLANEOUS OTHER SOURCES TO THE CITY OF CANTON; DECLARING THE NECESSITY OF THE ISSUANCE OF SAID NOTE PROCEEDS WHICH WILL BE USED FOR THE PAYOFF OF A PREVIOUSLY EXISTING NOTE; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 105 JOURNAL PAGE -352- MINUTES OF THE MEETING JUNE 5, 2017 Referred to Finance Committee #6. (1ST RDG) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO. 41/2017; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY ($15,000.00 SUPP APPROP FR UNAPPROP BAL OF 1001 GENERAL FUND TO 1001 901001 CIVIL SERVICE - OTHER) (ADVERTISING FOR OPEN POSITIONS - STREET DEPT, MAYOR’S OFF; POLICE DEPT; FIRE DEPT) Referred to Finance Committee #7. (1ST RDG) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO. 41/2017; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY ($100,000.00 SUPP APPROP FR UNAPPROP BAL OF 1001 GENERAL FUND TO 1001 852002 TREASURER GROWTH INIT SETTLEMENT - OTHER) (JOB CREATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS) Referred to Finance Committee #8. (1ST RDG) ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 124/2017 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE HIRING OF MR. DONN B. ANGUS AS DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AT A SALARY OF $110,000 ANNUALLY WITH TEN (10) DAYS OF VACATION PER YEAR, BEGINNING IN 2017; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY Referred to Personnel Committee PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: At this time the Chair would declare an in-house recess for the Personnel Committee to meet. You are now in recess. Mr. Chair. (COUNCIL RECESSED AT 8:35 PM FOR THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS ORDINANCE #8; RECONVENED AT 8:40 PM) PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Council will reconvene after its recess. Leader. MEMBER MORRIS: Mr. President, I move that we suspend Rule 22A to place Ordinance 8 back on this evening’s agenda. MEMBER SMITH: Second. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded to suspend Rule 22A to place Ordinance 8 back on this evening’s agenda. Any remarks? Hearing none, roll call vote please. NO REMARKS ROLL CALL 10 YEAS, 1 NAY (MEMBER MORRIS NOTED NO) CLERK DOUGHERTY: Ten yeas, one nay, Mr. President. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 105 JOURNAL PAGE -353- MINUTES OF THE MEETING JUNE 5, 2017 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. Motion carries. Leader. MEMBER MORRIS: Mr. President, I move we suspend Statutory Rules for Ordinance #8. MEMBER SMITH: Second. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded to suspend the Statutory Rules for Ordinance #8. Any remarks? Hearing none, roll call vote please. NO REMARKS ROLL CALL 10 YEAS, 1 NAY (MEMBER MORRIS VOTED NO) CLERK DOUGHERTY: Ten yeas, one nay, Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. Motion carries. Leader, you’ve heard the three readings. MEMBER MORRIS: Mr. President, I move we adopt Ordinance #8. MEMBER SMITH: Second. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Ordinance #8. Any remarks? Again hearing none, roll call vote please. NO REMARKS ROLL CALL 10 YEAS, 1 NAY (MEMBER MORRIS VOTED NO) CLERK DOUGHERTY: Ten yeas, one nay, Mr. President. #8 ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 124/2017 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Motion carries. Ordinance 8 is adopted. ORDINANCES & FORMAL RESOLUTIONS FOR SECOND READING PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: We now turn to Ordinances for their Second Reading. Leader. Or, I’m sorry. Clerk... Mr. Clerk. NOTE: PRESIDENT SCHULMAN CALLED UPON CLERK DOUGHERTY TO READ THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCES #9 THROUGH #12 FOR THE SECOND READING BY TITLE AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, AS FOLLOWS: #9. (2ND RDG) AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE TO: ENTER INTO AGREEMENT FOR AND ACCEPT GRANT FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $30,000.00 FROM HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CITY OF CANTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; AMENDING COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 105 JOURNAL PAGE -354- MINUTES OF THE MEETING JUNE 5, 2017 APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO. 41/2017; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY ($30,000.00 SUPP APPROP FR UNAPPROP BAL OF 1001 GENERAL FUND TO 1001 506001 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADMIN - OTHER) #10. (2ND RDG) AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE DISCHARGE OF A PORTION OF THE DEMOLITION LIENS, ASSESSMENTS, PENALTIES, AND INTEREST ON THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS PARCEL NO. 224899; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY (AMT TO BE WAIVED - $4,384.10) #11. (2ND RDG) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING EXHIBIT A TO ORDINANCE NO. 40/2000, AS AMENDED, THE CLASSIFICATION PLAN FOR BARGAINING UNIT PERSONNEL EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF CANTON; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY (SERV DIR PUBLIC WORKS - WATER CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, MAINTENANCE, SUPPLY & TREATMENT DIV, UTILITY OPERATOR 3 FR 10 TO 18, SEMI-SKILLED UTILITY WORKERS FR 14 TO 4) #12. (2ND RDG) AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE TO NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO A UTILITY EASEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE EAST OHIO GAS COMPANY, DBA DOMINION EAST OHIO, RELATED TO THE RELOCATION OF A GAS LINE IN THE AREA OF MAHONING ROAD NE; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. ORDINANCES & FORMAL RESOLUTIONS FOR THIRD AND FINAL READING PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: We’re now under Ordinances and Formal Resolutions for their Third Final Reading and Vote. Would you please begin with Ordinance 13. NOTE: PRESIDENT SCHULMAN CALLED UPON CLERK DOUGHERTY TO READ THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCES #13 THROUGH #22 FOR THE THIRD READING BY TITLE AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, AS FOLLOWS. #13. (3RD RDG) POSTPONED UNTIL JUNE 19, 2017 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 55/77, AS AMENDED, KNOWN AS THE CITY OF CANTON ZONING ORDINANCE; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY (SOUTH OF STATE ROUTE 30 AND NORTH OF 21ST ST SW, WEST OF BROOKS AVE SW, CANTON, OH) FR R-1A (SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL) TO PI-2 (PLANNED HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, FOR MARATHON PETROLEUM) PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader. MEMBER MORRIS: Mr. President, I move we adopt Ordinance #13. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 105 JOURNAL PAGE -355- MINUTES OF THE MEETING JUNE 5, 2017 MEMBER SMITH: Second. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Ordinance 13. Any remarks? MEMBER MORRIS: Mr. President, I move we postpone Ordinance #13 until 6/19/2017. MEMBER SMITH: Second. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you postpone Ordinance #13 until 6/19, did you say? MEMBER MORRIS: Yes. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: 19. Um, any remarks? Hearing none, by voice vote all those in favor signify by saying aye. Those opposed no. NO REMARKS POSTPONEMENT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY BY VOICE VOTE PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: The ayes have it. The motion carries. Turning now to Ordinance 14. #14. (3RD RDG) ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 125/2017 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 55/77, AS AMENDED, KNOWN AS THE CITY OF CANTON ZONING ORDINANCE; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY (PARCEL #380067, LOCATED @ 515 - 48TH ST NW, CANTON) FR R-1C (SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL) TO PCS (PLANNED COMMUNITY SERVICE, FOR ST. MARK’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH) PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader. MEMBER MORRIS: Mr. President, I move we adopt Ordinance #14. MEMBER SMITH: Second. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Ordinance 14. Anything... any remarks? Hearing none, roll call vote please. MEMBER MACK: Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Sorry. Sorry, Member Mack. MEMBER MACK: I... I do have some remarks on Ordinance 14. As this body knows, this is in my ward, Ward 8, close to the intersection of Frazer and 48th Street, and St. Mark’s I’ve grown familiar with as a consequence of the issues that we worked on together with respect to the playground, and I’ve grown very familiar, or at least more familiar, with this issue that we’re talking about here today with respect to the zone change that’s now in front of this body. Now, unlike the playground issue, this isn’t an issue that I personally advocated for or had involvement with, but certainly took quite a number of calls COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 105 JOURNAL PAGE -356- MINUTES OF THE MEETING JUNE 5, 2017 regarding this issue and did quite a bit of research on my own concerning this issue because not only is it in my ward, but it’s in my neighborhood, the neighborhood that I actually live in. So, one of the first things that comes up anytime we almost do any zone change has to do with the issue of... of notice, and it’s a tricky situation. Uh, from the city’s perspective, you know, we can’t obviously speak to what St. Mark’s did with respect to notifying their neighbors, but the city, when we have a zone change and it’s approved by the Planning Commission, then we do have some statutory obligations to send out notice. And, you know, I reviewed the notice that was sent and there was forty-eight, or forty-one rather, letters that were sent out to the individual homeowners that surrounded this particular parcel. I mean, you know, is it good enough? You know, more notice to everyone, every single person in the city of Canton probably would be the most preferable. Uh, but certainly in terms of the city of Canton, what the responsibilities are on our end, it does seem that the... the notice was provided, and I certainly feel for some of the residents who were here tonight cause I’ve been on the other side of this issue. Um, this body will recall that, you know, with respect to the cell phone tower up at Monta... uh, Montabella, you know, that’s a situation where North Canton didn’t provide everybody notice and it materially impacted what happened. So I can certainly understand that sentiment, but with the letters that were provided after our actual notice was provided, I know that in some of the mailboxes some of the residents circulated copies and notices with my personal cell phone number on it that wanted to talk about this issue, and I was happy about that. I took a lot of calls. So I think from our end, and I hope that no reason to doubt that St. Mark’s did in order to continue to spread the word. It does seem like this issue is ready to talk about it on the merits, and so that’s what tonight was for. And so on the one hand there’s gonna be increased traffic if this is approved, there’s no doubt about it, and I don’t... I don’t think it would be intellectually honest for anyone to come up here and say that traffic will not increased as a consequence of this school. And I’ll even kind of explain that issue in more detail. St. Mark’s is obviously a church. Um, they’ve been there since the ‘60's, 1960's, I understand it. They used to have an elementary school there, day care center there, from 1966 up until 2008. At one time that had, as I gather, as many as one hundred students, and so there was traffic going up to this area with students, with buses at one period of time, but that stopped in 2008 because of financial considerations. And so because that ended, and because their zoning is the way it is, and I’ll talk about that in a moment, in order for them to con... operate again as a school, they have to get this body’s permission. Once you stop something for two years, in order to start it back up again they have to get this body’s permission. But there’s going to be traffic, so that’s the down side of this, Frazer Avenue especially. So what are the up... what’s the up side? I don’t think it’s any secret that St. Mark’s has plenty of challenges. I went onto their... their 501C(3), saw their tax returns, they’re public information, public records. I went to their annual report for 2017 and their projecting a budget shortfall and a deficit of $42,000.00, and they’ve run deficits every single year since 2013. That church cannot sustain itself unless something changes, and that’s just arithmetic. Now, whether it’s this issue or another issue can be the issue that they use to rectify this financial situation, the fact of the matter is this, they’re not zoned property to begin with. St. Mark’s, when it was annexed into the city of Canton in the 60's was annexed in as an R-1, they are a single family residential zoning. It’s obviously incorrect. Even if they weren’t doing this, they would need to get their zoning changed to the zoning that they’re asking for, which is the same zoning that applies to schools, that applies to churches, whatever the case may be. There is nothing they can do, as far as I understand it, to address their financial issues unless they get this zone change, period. And so with the cons, obvious cons of increased traffic, how much of a con would it be for this neighborhood if that church is empty? And we all know in this body how difficult it is to tear down empty buildings, churches included, and I know some of you have those in your wards. And so to me, if we have an opportunity to fix the zoning which needs to be fixed, and hopefully increase the sustainability of this church, then I think that’s where COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 105 JOURNAL PAGE -357- MINUTES OF THE MEETING JUNE 5, 2017 my vote is going to be at the end of the day, but I do have, I think, something that is printable and something that some of the neighbors raised that... everything they raised was valid, but something I do want to get some clarification from the church from. We heard some of the residence talk about the vegetation in that area, and that it needs to be improved. If we... if this body approves this, then I’d like somebody from the church and with authority to speak, are you willing to clean up the vegetation as it stand now, and continue a higher level of upkeep of that vegetation in the future? Can somebody answer that. UNIDENTIFIED VOICE: I will. I would be most happy to do that. MEMBER MACK: So the church will do that? UNIDENTIFIED VOICE: Yes. MEMBER MACK: Alright. Thank you. MEMBER MARIOL: Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Yes, Member Mariol. MEMBER MARIOL: I wanted to comment on this, and Member Hawk understands this issue along with myself. Uh, I understand everything that the residents have come up and said. I can completely see where you’re coming from, but Member Hawk and I have a school named Lehman School that borders our ward... my southern part and his northern part. Uh, Lehman School has been empty for, I... I don’t know, ten years, fifteen years, and it is decayed. Not only the school has decayed, but the neighborhood has suffered immensely because of it. At one time this was... when it was a used school, it was a very strong thriving neighborhood. It is right now a struggling neighborhood. Um, I can tell you that I get a call near weekly over the issues at Lehman, whether it be graffiti, people breaking into it, the decay that people have to look at on a regular basis. Unfortunately, a lot of times when we vote on things, we don’t get to pick the best option. We have to pick the best option in front of us. If St. Mark’s doesn’t make it, and down the road would go bankrupt and no longer exist as a church, the zoning that you have there, being residential single family, would be nearly impossible to ever have someone purchase that church and move it and use it. The zoning just does not fit. It’s very difficult to find congregations that want to move, and I know this because I also have a couple vacant churches in my ward. Um, what you would be left with is you would be left with what Member Hawk and I deal with on a near weekly basis, a decaying structure that has no immediate answer in sight. Um, I... I can tell you that that neighborhood would love, would absolutely love to have forty cars a day coming through using that... uh, that old school as a school again, but the decay is too far, and so now the options that we’re left with are very few. Um, you know, for that reason, knowing what could be for your neighborhood, and you guys are absolutely right, your neighborhood is a neighborhood that the city of Canton needs to be strong. Um, knowing what it can be and experiencing what it... what it’s like to... to deal with an issue of a vacant building that is decaying, I... I’m gonna support the zone change. Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you, Member Mariol. I’m sorry, sir, we’ve... you’ve had your opp... I’m sorry. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 105 JOURNAL PAGE -358- MINUTES OF THE MEETING JUNE 5, 2017 UNIDENTIFIED VOICE: But there’s... there’s something... PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Sir, I’m sorry. UNIDENTIFIED VOICE: Mr. Schulman, there’s something important. I understand about... PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: I... I understand, but this is not the time. I’m sorry. I... I would like to give you the benefit, but I cannot. MEMBER HALL: Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Yes. MEMBER HALL: As we vote on this, as I listen to the residents and the church, I would hope to see this would be the last time anything happens that you guys don’t come together in... instead of bringing it to us and make it real hard on us. So I would hope to see you guys come together and solve this. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you, Member Hall. Any other remarks? Hearing none, roll call vote, please. NO REMARKS ROLL CALL 9 YEAS, 2 NAYS (MEMBER BABCOCK AND MEMBER HARMON VOTED NO) CLERK DOUGHERTY: Nine yeas, two nays, Mr. President. #14 ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 125/2017 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. Motion carries. Ordinance 14 is adopted. Ordinance 15, please. #15. (3RD RDG) ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 126/2017 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING CANTON TO ANNEX THE TERRITORY KNOWN AS THE HOF VILLAGE #3 ANNEXATION AREA CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY .176 ACRES, MORE OR LESS; ASSIGNING SAID TERRITORY TO WARD 7 OF THE CITY; ZONING SAID TERRITORY AS HALL OF FAME VILLAGE DISTRICT (HOFV); AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. Leader. MEMBER MORRIS: Mr. President, I move we adopt Ordinance #15. MEMBER SMITH: Second. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Ordinance 15. Any remarks? Hearing none, roll call vote please. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 105 JOURNAL PAGE -359- MINUTES OF THE MEETING JUNE 5, 2017 NO REMARKS ROLL CALL 11 YEAS, 0 NAYS CLERK DOUGHERTY: Eleven yeas, Mr. President. #15 ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 126/2017 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. Ordinance 15 is adopted. Ordinance 16, please. #16. (3RD RDG) ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 127/2017 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO. 41/2017; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY ($16,417.40 APPROP TRF FR 1001 701001 JUDGES ADMIN - OTHER TO 1001 701001 JUDGES ADMIN - PERSONNEL) PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader. MEMBER MORRIS: Mr. President, I move we adopt Ordinance #16. MEMBER SMITH: Second. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Ordinance fif... six...16, sorry. Any remarks? Hearing none, roll call vote please. NO REMARKS ROLL CALL 11 YEAS, 0 NAYS CLERK DOUGHERTY: Eleven yeas, Mr. President. #16 ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 127/2017 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Motion carries. Ordinance 16 is adopted. Ordinance 17, please. #17. (3RD RDG) ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 128/2017 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE TO ENTER INTO A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH ICAN HOUSING SOLUTIONS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $570,000.00 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ARBOR RIDGE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROJECT; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader. MEMBER MORRIS: Mr. President, I move we adopt Ordinance #17. MEMBER SMITH: Second. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Ordinance 17. Any remarks under this Ordinance? Hearing none, roll call vote please. NO REMARKS ROLL CALL 11 YEAS, 0 NAYS CLERK DOUGHERTY: Eleven yeas, Mr. President. #17 ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 128/2017 COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 105 JOURNAL PAGE -360- MINUTES OF THE MEETING JUNE 5, 2017 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. Motion carries. Ordinance 17 is adopted. Ordinance 18, please. #18. (3RD RDG) ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 129/2017 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE TO ENTER INTO A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH COMMUNITY BUILDING PARTNERSHIP OF STARK COUNTY, INC. IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $150,000.00 TO PROVIDE DOWN-PAYMENT ASSISTANCE TO INCOME QUALIFIED RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF CANTON; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader. MEMBER MORRIS: Mr. President, I move we adopt Ordinance #18. MEMBER SMITH: Second. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Ordinance 18. Any remarks? Hearing none, roll call vote please. NO REMARKS ROLL CALL 11 YEAS, 0 NAYS CLERK DOUGHERTY: Eleven yeas, Mr. President. #18 ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 129/2017 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Motion carries. Ordinance 18 is adopted. Ordinance 19, please. #19. (3RD RDG) ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 130/2017 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE AUDITOR TO PAY A MORAL OBLIGATION TO SD MYERS LLC, DBA GOOD PLACE PUBLISHING; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY ($3,168.00 FOR PRINTING SERV) PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader. MEMBER MORRIS: Mr. President, I move we adopt Ordinance #19. MEMBER SMITH: Second. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Ordinance 19. Any remarks? Hearing none, roll call vote please. NO REMARKS ROLL CALL 11 YEAS, 0 NAYS CLERK DOUGHERTY: Eleven yeas, Mr. President. #19 ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 130/2017 COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 105 JOURNAL PAGE -361- MINUTES OF THE MEETING JUNE 5, 2017 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. Motion carries. Ordinance 19 is adopted. Ordinance 20, please. #20. (3RD RDG) ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 131/2017 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE TAX INCENTIVE REVIEW COUNCIL’S RECENT RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING ENTERPRISE ZONE AND COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENTS; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader. MEMBER MORRIS: Mr. President, I move we adopt Ordinance #20. MEMBER SMITH: Second. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Ordinance 20. Any remarks under this Ordinance? Again hearing none, roll call vote please. NO REMARKS ROLL CALL 11 YEAS, 0 NAYS CLERK DOUGHERTY: Eleven yeas, Mr. President. #20 ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 131/2017 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. Motion carries. Ordinance 20 is adopted. Ordinance 21, please. #21. (3RD RDG) ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 132/2017 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO. 41/2017; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY ($17,988.84 INTER-FUND TRF FR 1001 GENERAL FUND - OTHER TO 1151 LAND REUTILIZATION AND NOTE FUND - OTHER) PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader. MEMBER MORRIS: Mr. President, I move we adopt Ordinance #21. MEMBER SMITH: Second. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Ordinance 21. Any remarks under this Ordinance? Again hearing none, roll call vote please. NO REMARKS ROLL CALL 11 YEAS, 0 NAYS CLERK DOUGHERTY: Eleven yeas, Mr. President. #21 ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 132/2017 COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 105 JOURNAL PAGE -362- MINUTES OF THE MEETING JUNE 5, 2017 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Motion carries. Ordinance 21 is adopted. Ordinance 22, please. #22. (3RD RDG) DEFEATED AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE AUDITOR TO PAY A MORAL OBLIGATION TO AT&T NATIONAL COMPLIANCE CENTER; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY ($850.00 FOR LOCATION AND PINGING SERVS TO TRACK MISSING JUVENILE) PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader. MEMBER MORRIS: Mr. President, I move we adopt Resol... uh, Ordinance #22. MEMBER SMITH: Second. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Ordinance 22. Any remarks under this Ordinance? Hearing none... PETE DIGIACOMO: Vote no. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Sorry? PETE DIGIACOMO: Vote no. (Laughter) PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: (Chuckles) I can’t... any other remarks? Hearing none, roll call vote please. NO REMARKS ROLL CALL 0 YEAS, 11 NAYS CLERK DOUGHERTY: Eleven nays, Mr. President. #22 DEFEATED (Applause) PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. Ordinance 22... PETE DIGIACOMO: Yeah, yeah! PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: ...is defeated. Ordinance 22 is... PETE DIGIACOMO: Excuse me, I apologize. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: That’s quite alright. ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Okay. We now turn to Announcement of Committee Meetings. MEMBER MARIOL: Mr. President. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 105 JOURNAL PAGE -363- MINUTES OF THE MEETING JUNE 5, 2017 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Yes, sir. MEMBER MARIOL: Finance will meet June 19th at 6:30. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you, Chairman Mariol. MEMBER SMITH: Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Yes. MEMBER SMITH: CD will also meet at the same time. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. MEMBER MORRIS: Mr. President, Annexation, same place, same time. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Anyone else? Okay. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: We’re now turning to Miscellaneous Business. Our thoughts are with our... Member Smuckler, obviously. Uh, anything else? CLERK DOUGHERTY: Yes, Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Yes. Oh, I’m sorry. Yes. QUOTE FOR THE WEEK CLERK DOUGHERTY: Yes, we have the quote of the week. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Excuse me. I’m gonna get this. CLERK DOUGHERTY: Grace... Grace King, American author. “The past is our only real possession in life. It is the one piece of property of which time cannot deprive us; it is our own in a way that nothing else in life is. In a word, we are our past; we do not cling to it, it clings to us.” PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. The committee meetings are at 6:30? CLERK DOUGHERTY: 6:30. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader. MEMBER MORRIS: Oh, somebody gonna explain the quote of the week to me cause that... I... I didn’t get it. CLERK DOUGHERTY: Yeah, I’ll get to you later. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 105 JOURNAL PAGE -364- MINUTES OF THE MEETING JUNE 5, 2017 MEMBER MORRIS: Yeah, e-mail that to me with a brief description of what exactly you just said. Uh, move to adjourn. MEMBER SMITH: Second. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded to adjourn. Roll call vote please. NO REMARKS ROLL CALL 11 YEAS, 0 NAY CLERK DOUGHERTY: Eleven yeas, Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: (Gavel falls) Thank you. Meeting’s adjourned. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen for coming. Drive safely. ADJOURNMENT TIME: 9:07 P.M. ATTEST: APPROVED: DAVID R. DOUGHERTY ALLEN SCHULMAN CLERK OF COUNCIL PRESIDENT