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COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 106 JOURNAL PAGE -215- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 9, 2018 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to Canton City Council. It is a pleasure to see so many happy, bright, smiling faces to Canton City Council, this evening. You are the heart of our democracy and we really appreciate all that you do, all that you commit, the time that you commit, and uh, we can’t thank you enough for being here. You...you know anytime you have a question, we hope uh, you ask it. Whether it be here this evening, or you ask it later, but it is a pleasure to see these many people here. It shows how important this is, how important your investment of time is, and for the benefit of your community. So, we cannot thank you enough. And with that, we have roll call vote. ROLL CALL TAKEN BY CLERK DOUGHERTY: 12 COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: (CHRIS SMITH, JAMES BABCOCK, COREY MINOR SMITH, BILL SMUCKLER, GREG HAWK, NATHANIEL CHESTER, JASON SCAGLIONE, ROBERT FISHER, KEVIN HALL, JOHN MARIOL, EDMOND MACK & FRANK MORRIS) TWELVE COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT. CLERK DOUGHERTY: Twelve present, Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much. Um, we’ve got everybody here tonight, so we’re pleased with that and uh, we have Frank Morris, who’ll be our Leader tonight. Where’s Frank? Here he is...not our leader, you know what I’m... MEMBER MORRIS: Naw, I’m just giving the invocation. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: I know, I understand, but we always think of you leading. MEMBER MORRIS: Yeah well, (Inaudible). The regular meeting of Canton City Council was held on April 9, 2018 at 7:00 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 9 Council Member, Frank Morris. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by President Schulman. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much. AGENDA CORRECTIONS & CHANGES PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: We’re now under Agenda...Agenda Corrections and Changes. Leader. MEMBER SMITH: Mr. President, I move Rule 22A be suspended to add 2nd Reading Ordinances 4 through 10. MEMBER BABCOCK: Second. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded to suspend Rule 22A to add 2nd Reading Ordinances...pardon me...4 through 13... Any remarks? Hearing none, roll call vote, please. (Error: President Schulman should have said 4 through 10) COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 106 JOURNAL PAGE -216- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 9, 2018 NO REMARKS ROLL CALL 12 YEAS, 0 NAYS CLERK DOUGHERTY: Twelve yeas, Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much. Motion carries. And those Ordinances are a legal part of your agenda. PUBLIC HEARINGS PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: We now turn to Public Hearings. We have uh...no Public Hearings this evening. OLD BUSINESS PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: New Business. We have no Business. PUBLIC SPEAKS PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: We do have Public Speaks and we’ve got some great speakers, I know. Looking forward to hearing your views and your opinions, and we start with uh...Jennifer Kiko. Well, I thought we were...okay...Jennifer...well...I’ve got it on, is that good enough? Is this Jennifer Kiko? Great. Welcome, thank you so much. If you’ll give us your name and your residential address, please. JENNIFER KIKO: Ok, I’m uh...Jennifer Kiko. I work for CommQuest Services. My personal address is 1815 Broad Avenue, NW, Canton, Ohio. Um, I come before you today because the State of Ohio has announced the week of April 9 through 13, as First Responders Appreciation Week. We at CommQuest have put together a presentation for our First Responders and we would like to present that to Council now, and along with, I believe the Chief of Police is here, and anyone else that would like to take this, um...because of what we do in our line of work, um...we know that the addiction crisis, we know the crisis that we are facing in Stark County has been very challenging for our Police, Fire and EMS, and we just want to say thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much. Appreciate it. JENNIFER KIKO: I have, um, we put together a video. We have that on a thumb drive for you and we made a staff greeting, and I also have some proclamations from the Governor’s office, and from Scott Oelslager...Senator Oelslager. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Great, thank you so much. You want to uh...(Inaudible). Sorry. SAFETY DIRECTOR PERRY: Chief Garra, and Sargent Gary, and...Chief Garra, who do you have with you? If they’d like to come forward, please. We have the Chief Garra, from Fire. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Great. Chief, welcome. If you’ll step forward please. Always a pleasure to be with you. If you’ll give us your... JENNIFER KIKO: This is awkward because it’s real long and real big. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s alright. (Laughter). JENNIFER KIKO: I will go ahead, and here are the proclamations. I want to say personally, thank you for COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 106 JOURNAL PAGE -217- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 9, 2018 what you do for our community. Keeping us safe. Thank you. Thank you. And we put together a “thank you” from CommQuest Services, along with a video that we would like for you or um...the departments to have and share our appreciation for everything you do. CHIEF GARRA: We appreciate you taking the...(Inaudible). (Applause). (Inaudible). PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Mayor Bernabei. (Applause). JENNIFER KIKO: And I just want to add to the citizens, we truly need to take this week and every single day to thank those that protect and serve us, and thank you Council. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much. (Applause). The next speaker is Theodore Hunter. Mr. Hunter, welcome, good evening. If you’ll step forward and give us your name and your residential address, please. THEODORE HUNTER: Good evening. (Clears throat). My name is Theodore Hunter. I live at 1601 4th St. NE, Canton. We must have serious dialogue to solve many of the problems our society faces today. First, we must realize that problems exist. Don’t go into denial, be truthful and consider all persons and their agendas. Visualize solutions to the problems, talk, let’s have dialogue to under and rectify circumstances that might be. Create fair and unbiased opinions, fair and sound assessment from all parties involved. Implement diverse analogy to situations and circumstances. Own up to our mistakes, to be corrected, and accept property correction. We as humanity, have created problems that affect many in negative ways. Let’s first think about the unfair wrongs that we inflict on others. No subject should be avoided because some will not be comfortable in discussion them. In this country, we have much to do. We cannot push these problems on our young people without also giving them remedies, solutions, and sound advise and wisdom. Let’s talk about racism, let’s talk about poverty, let’s talk about misuse of power in every form, men and women. White people should have discussions with black people and others. Rich people should have discussions with poor people, and listen to their ideas. Men with women, have discussions, be fair. Rich with poor, men with women, proper use of this earth and its resources. We should have only think of our own conditions without considering others, whether we like or agree with them, that’s not...that’s not the point. This world was created for all, not just some. I will pose this question to everyone in here...everyone in here! Do you, in all honesty, treat people with respect and the way that you wish to be treated? Regardless of who they are, or what station they are in life, if not, it’s time to talk about everything that you might not care to talk about. Things that make you uncomfortable. Don’t avoid the subjects that you feel are unnecessary to talk about. Let’s dialogue. Thank you. (Applause). PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much. Our next speaker is uh...I believe Reverend...Reverend Moss. Good evening, welcome. WALTER MOSS: Good evening. Honorable Councilman, Administration. Uh, I got permission at the end of last year to research a Crime Stoppers in Stark County, when I found out that we didn’t have one. Um, and we...we are planning on developing one, hopefully by June. And so, I wanted to announce that to you all. Also, I need to...we need to develop a board and if you have anybody that you know who’s interested in being a part of the original board, organization...organizing the Crime Stoppers, you can have them contact me. Again, our goal is to get it up and running by...uh...by June. Um, in working on this project, I was talking with the Canton Police Department, and they asked me to work with them on something, 2017 unsolved homicides, and COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 106 JOURNAL PAGE -218- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 9, 2018 so we have seven that we’re working with, and you may have seen these flyers throughout the community. Um, and if any of you need any of these, we can get those to you. Uh, you know, I believe every life in Canton, Ohio is important. Uh, how every...how they died. You know, I don’t have anything to do with that, but if it was a homicide, then you know, that’s part of my job to deal with, find out...know who did it, and so that’s what this project is and that’s why I believe we need a Crime Stoppers in all of Stark County. And then, secondly, I’ve been involved in a murder trial that’s going on in Common Pleas Court. We go back to court tomorrow, and last week, during the testimony, uh, the detectives shared information that there were people in the neighborhood, um, this is over in the Southwest end, who said they had security cameras and when they went to the house to look at the security cameras, uh, two houses...neither camera was working. The owners thought the cameras were working and I want to ask you Council people, when you meet with some of your people in your Wards, and they say they have security cameras, tell them they need to check them. They need to make sure they have maintenance, because in this particular case, if we had that information, then it would be, you know, much helpful, um, this week, because that case is gonna...the jury’s gonna get the case toward the middle or the end of this week and...and...basically, you know, that’s what my job is, as far as the community, to reduce violence any way that I can. To foster in people’s mind that if a homicide happens...a crime happens...that all of us, we’re serious. And you know, it’s not about snitching on somebody, because if it happens to your family, you’re gonna want to know what happened. And so, that’s why I’m pushing this initiative. And so again, if you have anybody you know, you want to recommend to be on our...our new board that we’re going to be starting, please have them get in touch with me. Thank you so much. (Applause). PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: The next speaker is Ray Roney: Mr. Roney, welcome to Canton City Council. If you’ll give us your name and your residential address, please. RAY RONEY: Hello, my name’s Ray Roney, and I live at 1624 Monument Rd. I wish to address Council tonight about the issues of speeding in this city, especially in the neighborhoods. I live on Monument Rd. and we constantly, day and night, have cars speeding down these residential roads. And I swear, some of them are doing 70 - 80 mph down these roads, and it’s getting a little ridiculous. I go to Counc...the VA Clinic once a week to have a blood draw, and you can’t go down 25 mph because everybody’s about ready to run you over. Now, between 16th and 23rd St. on Monument Rd., we have no sidewalks so people are forced to walk in the streets and I just fear it’s a matter of time before someone is going to get hit or killed. One example is somebody side swiped my sister’s car, hit the back of my car, and he was going so fast, he broke the rear drive shaft of my jeep, and shoved my car in the neighbor’s yard. And I’ve...It’s just getting frustrated, just getting frustrated. Especially since they paved Monument Rd., people think it’s a...a speedway. They pass on the double yellow lines, they just do not care anymore. Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much. (Applause). Thank you sir. Our next speaker is Bruce Nordman. Bruce, welcome as always. If you’ll step...step forward and give us your name and your residential address, please. BRUCE NORDMAN: Thank you. I’m Bruce Nordman. I reside at 1623 Logan Avenue NW, and I’m representing Vassar Park Neighborhood Association, this evening. I would like to take this moment to thank Mayor Bernabei, Frank Morris, our Ward Councilman, President Schulman for all of the assistance that they have done in helping us in our neighborhood. I would also like to commend the Safety Director and Service Director for the close working relationship that we have established with all of their departments. A particular note, uh, about six weeks ago our streets were in pretty bad shape. And I know that all of the departments kicked in, with help to the Street Department, and as of a couple of weeks ago, uh, we saw all of our COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 106 JOURNAL PAGE -219- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 9, 2018 neighborhood streets patched. Not only just the main roads, but the streets in our neighborhoods, for which I thank, thank you very much, in terms of that effort that you made to make driving safe. We look forward to continuing our strong relationship on an individual basis with all of the departments that are under the Safety Director and the Service Director, and we’re very enthused with all the participation that you have done at our request. Thank you so much. (Applause). PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Our next speaker, and I hope I’m pronouncing this right, is Brice Bendow? Mr. Bendow. Did I get that right? BRICE BENDER: Close. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Close? (Laughter). BRICE BENDER: Close. (Laughter). PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Well good, because now I have to ask you your name and your address, please. BRICE BENDER: Great. My name is Brice Bender and I live at 2510 11th St. NW in Canton. Thank you. I’m here tonight as a member of the Stark Community Foundation Neighborhood Leadership Council and the Westbrook Veterans Memorial Park Neighborhood Association. A few months ago, Reverend Moss, thanks for setting this up for me, by the way...um, Reverend Moss spoke to our neighborhood leadership meeting at the Stark Community Foundation regarding his efforts to reduce violent crime in Canton. He encouraged us to think of ways to inspire all the citizens to join this battle in crime. Following me...following the meeting, I emailed Reverend Moss an idea which he in turn addressed with Canton Police Department, receiving a favorable response. From this, he encouraged me to speak with Grew Hawk, who also happens to be my Councilman, which I did and again, with a favorable response. So now, I’m here to present the idea to the Council, as a whole. Piggybacking on the Canton Police CCTV Registration Program, I would like to present to you an idea for your consideration. That giving a resident of the city of Canton, installs a home security system with external cameras that would meet defined resolution standards and registers those cameras with the Canton City Police Department, this resident would receive a year-over-year city tax credit of an amount to be determined for as long as the cameras are registered and operational. This would not only extend a 24/7 watchful eye within our neighborhoods, but provide a financial incentive for residents to be able to protect their homes and participate in reducing neighborhood and street crime. As a tax credit, this not only would benefit the residents, but also allows for external funding, which I’m sure an inspired and creative City Council, such as yourselves, could find existing grants from State and Federal Crime Prevention Programs. Thank you for listening, thank you for your service to our city, and thank you for your leadership. (Applause). PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. Thank you sir. Very much appreciated. Our next speaker is Linda Campbell. Linda. Good evening, welcome, as always. If you’ll give us your name and your residential address, please. LINDA CAMPBELL: Ok. Good evening, Council people and uh...hello neighbors! NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEMBERS: Hi neighbor! LINDA CAMPBELL: Ok. My name is Linda Campbell, I reside at 1016 Struble Ave. NE Canton, and COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 106 JOURNAL PAGE -220- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 9, 2018 uh...44705. Uh, the reason I’m going to speak, because I did address the issue that I’m having...the problem that I’m having, uh, to Nate, and I know he came out and checked it out, uh, at...on my street, I stay on the corner of Williams and Struble, and on that...right there is a big issue because it’s like, uh, potholes, and then up under the pot...uh...after, when it rains or it snows like it is now, it’s like a great, big, old puddle. Where I stay, it’s just like from Paul Pl. down to Williams Pl., it’s like a little slight hill and I don’t know if that’s why the bigger build up of water is getting there, and I know it’s...it’s in some of the other, uh, alleys that connects to Struble. You know, the alleys, but it’s a big issue where I’m at because when I come through...I have a little bitty car, and when I come through there, it hits those potholes and then all that water. And I think that’s the same pothole that the uh...uh...Street...the Sanitation Department is having because when they come through the alley to get trash and stuff, it’s a problem with them. One curb comes out a little bit too far into the alley and it’s creating a problem and someone’s already hit that pole next to my home, and it’s been other issues where the hedges and stuff was pulled up. So, I just want to address those issues and see if something can be done about that. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Ma’am, thank you for coming. Have you had an opportunity to discuss this with anyone else, in Council or... LINDA CAMPBELL: Well, I did ask um...Nate and they said he did come out and check it, and I did talk to the Street Department, so... PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: He’s excellent and he’ll be right on it, I can assure you. LINDA CAMPBELL: Okay, alright. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you so much. LINDA CAMPBELL: Thank you. (Applause). PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Our next speaker is Dennis Hoffner. Mr. Hoffner, welcome to Canton City Council. It’s a pleasure to have you here. If you’ll step forward and give us your name and your residential address, please. DENNIS HOFFNER: Good evening. This is my first time addressing Council like this, so bear with me. PRESIDENT SCHUMAN: You’re welcome, it’s good to have you, sir. DENNIS HOFFNER: My name’s Dennis Hoffner. I live at 1443 Cottage Pl. NW, Ward 7. And I uh...I’m a little upset about this...Chapters 185...Transient? I mean, the residential bed and breakfast. This is the first time I heard about it, it was three days ago and I don’t have any information (Inaudible). I just read an article in the paper tonight about this. Um, I’m wondering how many other Wards know about this and are they for or against this? This is something entir...entirely new to me and I’m not, I’m not for this. I don’t, I don’t see it benefitting...I see it benefitting a few at the expense of many and uh, I’ve already have trouble with absentee landlords, so I don’t need fifteen or twenty more. I uh, I would like more information on this. I would like to get with some of the Wards and find out how they feel about this organization. Thank you for your time. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. (Applause). Mr. Hoffner, I do want you to know...sir, I do want you COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 106 JOURNAL PAGE -221- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 9, 2018 to know...can you hear me alright? DENNIS HOFFNER: Yes. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: This is been, uh, put on hold. Nothing is happening. It’s being, uh, looked at very carefully, and nothing is happening. So you don’t have that...you have nothing to worry about, alright. DENNIS HOFFNER: Okay. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: I hope that calms you down. DENNIS HOFFNER: Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. (Laughter). Our next speaker is uh, Denise...Pilone? Sorry, good evening. RENEE PILONE: It’s okay. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Renee. RENEE PILONE: It’s a perfect introduction. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Sorry. RENEE PILONE: Hi, my name is Renee Pilone, and I own 1224 19th St. NE. I appreciate the opportunity today to speak about AirBnB. I started renting on AirBnB two years ago. Since then, I’ve had families rent that were in town to see the Hall of Fame, to visit family, to participate in State athletic championships. Families have stayed because they were dropping their son or daughter off at college, or attending their graduation. For most of these families, they’re traveling with multiple generations: grandparents, parents and children do not comfortably fit in a standard two queen bed hotel room. Instead, they rent out my entire house. For these people, if AirBnb’s in Canton were not an option, they would not stay at a hotel, they would stay at another AirBnb in North Canton, Jackson Township, or Lake Cable. I’d encourage you to look at AirBnb’s not as another problem for this Council to solve, but as part of a solution. Two years ago, this Council voted unanimously to adopt a new Comprehensive Plan for the city. The use of AirBnB’s within Canton is completely in keeping with the efforts of the Comprehensive Plan. This is because AirBnB’s have the potential to put vacant housing back into use and bring additional people to the city of Canton. Canton has a vacant housing problem. There are 3500 vacant houses within the city. My own house was vacant for several years after the previous owners moved out of Canton and left the house on the path to foreclosure. Since I purchased it, I have made repairs and improvements to my property, all the while using local and small businesses. Now my house is not vacant, it generates property taxes without the owner occupied discount, for this city. I pay the non-owner occupied registration fee and the city’s transient lodging tax. Why would you stop such a boon to the city’s coiffeurs? Canton is also declining in population. In order to continue our redevelopment efforts downtown, the city needs people. The families that rent out my home are here to spend money, to eat out at restaurants and see what Canton is all about. When people ask me for suggestions for places to go, I always offer the restaurants downtown. According to the city’s own Comprehensive Plan, every dollar spent within Stark County, that isn’t spent within the city limits, further weakens the city of Canton. If you eliminate AirBnB’s, these visitors will not come downtown. They will simply spend their time and dollars wherever they COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 106 JOURNAL PAGE -222- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 9, 2018 are staying. AirBnB’s reprement...represent a tremendous opportunity for Canton. They bring in revenue for its property owners that they can use in care and maintenance for their home, they bring in revenue for businesses, and they bring in additional revenue in the form of taxes for this city. Thank you. (Applause). PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. Thank you ma’am, very much. Our next speaker is Patrick Gerber. Mr. Gerber, good evening, welcome. Take your time. I think I’ve...I think we’ve trapped you in there! (Laughs). Thank you. If you’ll step forward though, give us your name and your residential address. Take your time. PATRICK GERBER: Good evening. Um, my name is Patrick Gerber. My address is 1258 11th St. NW. Uh, here this evening to speak in support of AirBnB, specifically single family occupancy AirBnB for homes zoned single occupancy. The reason I’m here is because I’m one of the hosts in Canton and I would not be in Canton if it was not for AirBnB. My wife and I have hosted AirBnB for two years, for a year and a half in Perry and for the last six months in Canton. We bought our house, which had sat empty for three years, had been bank- owned foreclosure. Because of the money we save from AirBnB, we used that money as a down payment on our current home. Um, our model of AirBnB is a little bit different than what you might expect, so what I’d like to do this evening is just share my experience, uh, and then I have some documents I’d like to pass around, uh, just to share a little bit of information. Uh, we had host families in our home, in our extra bedrooms. They’re actually staying with us in the house. Um, we love it. It’s like traveling without leaving my couch. We get to meet people from all over. You might be surprised by who some of these people are. About fifty percent of our guests are employees or students coming to Aultman or Mercy. Um, these are students coming from med schools, they don’t have a lot of money. We charge $20.00 a night for them to stay a month, so... In 1950, my grandfather returned from the war and attending Canton Business School from Baltic, Ohio, and he actually stayed at a boarding house on Shorb Avenue, so it’s kind of interesting to me that we have forgotten our past. We’ve had boarding houses in the community for a long time. This is how students stay. This is how people stay long term. Um, those families that come and the students that come...we have the students, we also have families stopping through. A lot of international families who prefer to use the kitchen and stay in a house, rather than a hotel. Um, and the other thing I want to say is it’s safe, secure and insured. I would not have me and my wife stay in house if I didn’t feel good about it, uh, with someone I didn’t know. So we...it’s a pure reviewed system. We’ve had nothing but great experiences for over eighty guests. Um, with the money that we make, we invest in our property, we invest in our community. Uh, AirBnB hosts are great neighbors because we are incentivised to have our homes clean, look good, safe. We want our neighborhoods to be happy and healthy. It is the complete opposite of having a landlord who just puts someone in a house. It is a homeowner using their home to better the neighborhood. Um, I’m pretty passionate about this. It’s one of the things that have allowed me and my wife, as teachers, to buy our home, to come here to live in the city of Canton, where our church is, where are friends are now, in Ward 1. Uh, we think it’s a great thing for the city. We think you’d be fools not to collect the tax money, to embrace this as a new way of travel that has been now, the biggest hotel chain in the world. This is an opportunity. It’s not a problem. Over eighty guests, we haven’t had a single problem. It’s been nothing but good and we’d like to give that back to the city in tax revenue and ongoing support. Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much. (Applause). Our next speaker is Pete DiGiacomo. Mr. DiGiacomo, as always, it’s a pleasure to have you here. If you’ll step forward and give us your name and your residential address. PETE DIGIACOMO: Hi. My name’s Pete DiGiacomo. I live at 600 Dent Pl. SW. Um, two families here that COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 106 JOURNAL PAGE -223- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 9, 2018 spoke about AirBnB, they’ve had good experiences. I’m glad for ‘em, but all it’s going to take is one or two houses being rented to the wrong type of people, and you can’t say that won’t happen, because it has happened. Um, somebody rents the house under fictitious name, I know they do background checks and everything like that. Next thing you know, we have a few ladies of the night coming in or afternoon or even morning. Uh, they’re selling different pills, so to speak or other things like that. And, the thing is, you can’t even get money for grass...that people are cutting and charging the city. How hard do you think it’s going to be to get money from the people with the AirBnB houses? I don’t know...again, like I say, if what they do is all good, legal, proper, fine and that’s great. But like I say, you can, you’re missing out on uh...lawns. You know, they’re cutting the grass. We don’t see the money in here. Income tax. How many people are...are tax coiffeurs? I know uh, Councilman Hawk has honked and honked about that, uh, game. But uh, you know, how are we going to get money, we can’t get the money. Um, last but least, Shotspotter. Ms. Perry...said about uh, the uh, price was going up, maybe three even four thousand dollars? To me, having a lit...especially where I live, having Shotspotter is a blessing. Last year they got...there was 2 shootings. Nobody died, but they still got shot and the police did respond and was it because of Shotspotter, and I asked the one officer, I even went up and asked him, did you get this on Shotspotter, and he just (groans). He didn’t want to say. I’m saying, yeah, he seen it on Shotspotter, he didn’t, they did. That’s all. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. (Applause). Next speaker is Ken Harbaugh. Mr. Harbaugh, welcome to Canton City Council. If you’ll step forward and give us your name and your residential address, please, and it’s a pleasure to have you here. KEN HARBAUGH: Thank you and thank you for the opportunity. Ken Harbaugh, from Avon Ohio, 39016 Detroit Rd. Let me start by saying how great it is to see democracy alive and well in Canton. Not sure we’re getting our money’s worth, however, out of Columbus, out of Washington, D.C., and I can point to any number of examples, but let me talk about just one. I’ve spent a lot of time on the front lines of the opioid epidemic. I’m the former president of a disaster relief organization, Team Rubicon. Before that, I was a US Navy Combat Re-Con Pilot, now running for US Congress here in the Ohio 7th. And one of our biggest issues in this district, I would say the biggest issues is the epidemic that we are at the epicenter of. Nationally we lose more people every year from the opioid epidemic, uh, than we lost during the entire Vietnam War. And we are not taking it as seriously at the National and the State level as we need to. Two nights ago I was doing another ride-along with the Stark County Sheriff’s. Every single deputy I’ve ever ridden along with has said in some form or another, “We cannot simply arrest our way out of this problem.” I’ve talked with the Clinicians, with the...with the doctors, with the mental health service providers. They echo that. We need rap-around services. This morning, I was with another treatment center. I cannot tell you how many grandparents, how many siblings, how many parents I have talked to who have said, “We brought our loved one to the treatment center, the charge nurse signing us in said thank you so much for coming, this is a critical first step,” and then, choking back tears said, “Come back in three weeks, we might have a bed available for you.” So on one hand, we’re getting unfunded mandates that we have to find the money to fund, on the other hand, when we ask for the services we need to address an epidemic that is killing more people every year than the Vietnam War did, we’re getting cold stares. We have to demand better. We deserve better. Thank you so much. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. (Applause). Thank you very much, Mr. Harbaugh. Appreciate your being here. Our next speaker is Rebecca Kempthorn. Good evening, somewhere... there...there you are. Welcome to Canton City Council. Take your time. (Laughs). I know...I think we’ve trapped you back there. That’s ok. Welcome. If you’ll give us your name and your residential address, please. REBECCA KEMPTHORN: I’m...I’m Rebecca Kempthorn. I live at 3828 Harvard Avenue NW, and I just COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 106 JOURNAL PAGE -224- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 9, 2018 wanted to say that when I heard about AirBnB, and investigated the sight, I thought it just seemed to exciting for the reason that you spoke about. The wonderful opportunity to get to know so many people and to foster community. We did start renting out a couple of rooms, just occasionally. I’ve had two guests this year, um...in our upstairs, and it’s been so fun. We’ve had black people, white people, young people, old people, rich people, poor people, and it’s just been a very enriching experience. We had somebody working on a political campaign that she immediately heard our news going and said, “Oh, I think we’re on opposite sides.” We just laughed and hugged each other. We said, “Well, enjoy your stay.” And, just the opportunity to tell people all about so much that can be done in downtown Canton. We even had researchers from a University states away come and say, “We’re researching some stuff here, can you help us?” I spent half the day with them, just taking them places, showing them, uh, giving them maps of where to go and the really nice thing is that, before anybody even visits, they’re first of all vetted by AirBnB, plus I set all my house rules. No unregistered guests, you park in our driveway, um, we just keep everything really nice and really safe, and it’s very inspiring to keep the house...um...even the part we’re not really using now, since the kids are grown and gone, just to keep that really nice. We keep reinvesting, upgrading, hiring local people to do that sort of thing. So, it’s been really fun. Our neighbors with whom we’re very close, really good friends across the street, just found...I...I said, well you know we have a guest coming this weekend. She’s like, “You’re what? You have guests, relatives?” She didn’t even know we were rent...having an AirBnB. And again, we don’t get a lot of guests. Again, I’ve had two this year, that could be more or less. I keep my price high enough that, you know...I get nice people that come and really take care of the place. It’s just been a very positive experience and the AirBnB sight offers tons of support, tons of information, good pictures. Nobody comes into our home without first having their picture, their address, why they’re coming. If I get a guest saying, “Hey, I want to come for the night,” it’s an automatic no. (Laughs). Why are you coming? And so we meet wonderful people who are coming to stay with elderly relatives but can’t stay in their home, or just for a number of reasons that...I...I found that the more I’ve used the sight, the more I want to use it when I travel too. And I think’s it’s really exciting that, it’s kind of a young people’s thing, even though I’m old. It’s one way to keep young people coming to the community. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much. (Applause). Appreciate it. Thank you very much, ma’am. Our next speaker is Patricia Howard. Ms. Howard, uh, there she is. If you’ll step forward please ma’am, and give us your name and your residential address, and welcome to Canton City Council. PATRICIA HOWARD: Hello, Honorable Allen Schulman. My name is Patricia Howard and I live at 1109 Melchoir Pl. SW and I’d like to thank the Honorable Mayor Bernabei and our Leader, Majority Council Chris Smith who represents my Ward. I’m just here to say thank you for all you’ve done and for all you plan to do for the upcoming year for our neighborhoods, and I’d also like to thank Marilyn Thomas Jones and the Stark Community Foundation for all they’ve done for our neighborhood associations. We are here tonight, as our neighborhood association, and I’d like to ask everyone who is here, representing a neighborhood, to stand up. (Applause). These are the voices of our neighborhoods. Those are the eyes that are watching what you’re doing and what others are doing, and they’re keeping us abreast of the crimes, of the conditions of our neighborhoods, and other issues that have come before us, and we’d like to thank all of them for the great jobs they do to keep this community safe, and to keep it secure, and thank you again. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much. (Applause). The next speaker is Christopher Leach. Good afternoon, er...good evening, Mr. Leach. CHRISTOPHER LEACH: Good evening. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 106 JOURNAL PAGE -225- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 9, 2018 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: If you’ll give us your name and your residential address, and welcome. CHRISTOPHER LEACH: Chris Leach. 1368 Scoville Avenue SW. Uh, Swift Chairman, also on the Mayor’s Neighborhood Commission. Uh, good evening, I’d like to congratulate those who are new, those who’ve been promoted within. Uh, our concern this evening, as a neighborhood association, is the trash that seems to accumulate from the rentals on Bank Pl. Rob, I believe you know all about it. We had a dumpster that was there at one of the rentals for a full week with the bags stacked beside of ‘em, but no one came to remove the bags or put them in the dumpster, so the dumpster left empty. Um, it’s...it’s really uh, discouraging for homeowners, as most of us are, whose in the neighborhood association, because we’re so overwhelmed with rentals, with people who don’t care. Uh, we’d like to see the trash issue stepped up a little bit. I know you have, uh, what do I want to say, the night before you can put it out at 6:00. Well, these rentals have it out seven days a week. And we’re talking not just a few bags, we’re talking high, 3- 4 ft. high, 6 - 8 ft. wide, uh. Rob, did you come and see the...the...the latest that was there? I mean, Rob can attest to what’s going on. I’d just like to see a little bit more attention to...paid to what is code and truly have it enforced. Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you sir, very much. (Applause). The next speaker is Pat Silagy-Wesson. Good evening. Welcome to Canton City Council. If you’ll step forward and give us your name and your residential address. Pleasure to see you. PAT SILAGY-WESSON: Hello. I’m Pat Silagy-Wesson, and I live at 123 34th St. NW, and as you’ve heard from Patricia Howard, we’re here tonight as part of the annual trip to City Council by the Neighborhood Leadership Council. It’s an annual event for us. The NLC’s a network of 49 neighborhood associations. We represent Cantonians of all ages, from every social-economic group in every quadrant in this city. We were organized twenty-one years ago by the Stark Community Foundation and we continue to meet monthly under the sponsorship of the Stark Community Foundation and with leadership and support from Marilyn Thomas Jones. Marilyn, if you would wave. Uh, so at this time, we’ve all stood and identified ourselves, so I’ll just say, wave to the Mayor and your Councilperson and show your neighborhood pride. We’re here. Every year the NLC brainstorms about strengths, opportunity, weaknesses and threats to our neighborhood. The top three concerns for 18, are crime and safety, food deserts vs. city-wide access to healthy, affordable food sources, and of course, the impact of the Comprehensive Plan on neighborhoods. And we...we anticipate seeing some of those positive changes. Every October, to remind you, the NLC invites all candidates on the ballot, to a candidates forum and neighborhood showcase. Now, I know this is not a local election, but we still hope to see you all there in October, in the audience this time, perhaps, instead of on the panel. Uh, we are here tonight to educate ourselves of course, and to watch our elected officials in action. It is our commitment to city living that makes Canton neighborhoods a good place to start and a great place to stay. The neighbors here are just trying to do what David Belke advised and observed when the consultants wrote the city plan, and that was invest our time, energy, money, and I would add to that, our presence, to help make this city and our neighborhoods strong and healthy. You all know, I hope you remember, our rallying cry. You don’t have to move to live in a better neighborhood. Thank you. (Applause). PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much. Our next speaker is Cynthia Hofacre. Ms. Hofacre, welcome as always, to Canton City Council. If you’ll step forward and give us your name and your residential address, please. CYNTHIA HOFACRE: Good evening. My name is Cynthia Hofacre and I live at 335 36th St. NW, in an area known as Market Heights. I am here to address the situation of the AirBnB. Um, and I think I’m going to start COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 106 JOURNAL PAGE -226- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 9, 2018 by just saying, there’s two different issues at play here. Um, the city already has in place zoning regulations, uh, homes are checked, if it’s a bed and breakfast. And a bed and breakfast is defined as owner occupied. They take pride in their home, they open their home, they invite people in, and they are a presence while they’re there. What we have going on in Market Heights is a non-owner occupied. It’s a vacant home and she uses a pen pad, people can get in. And, you know, she...when they’re non-owner occupied, you know they say they vet, they find out about people, and we all know, if it’s on the internet it must be true. Correct? So, you know, there’s some hidden things in there that you have to be weary about. And um...one of the other things, in reading today’s paper, I have to scratch my head a little bit because the owner was quoted as saying that she approached the city, she went through all the inspections, the checks and everything apparently was done. If that’s the case, but it leaves me wondering that we’re looking to our city officials to protect the integrity of our neighborhoods and if something like this was allowed to happen, the only way you knew about it was because residents in Market Heights brought it to your attention. Nobody from the city came and asked any of those neighbors if they were in favor of this. And my understanding, for a bed and breakfast, when you go through the process, I remember the bed and breakfast at 28th and Market, my understanding is, you have to go through zoning, you have to go through planning, and then the neighbors have to approve of it. Uh, to my knowledge, none of this was done. Nobody approached anybody in our neighborhood about this, so that to me is a real problem. Um, you are all challenged to protect our neighborhoods. You state that you like what our neighborhoods are doing, what the associations are doing, but in this case, somebody has dropped the ball. And so, I recently read something and I thought it kind of hit me that it sort of applies to what’s going on here today. And it...it...the statement is, “Change does not always equal progress.” Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much. (Applause). Jonathan Lalewicz, sorry. JONATHAN LALEWICZ: You got it right last time. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Did I get it right this time? JONATHAN LALEWICZ: Yes, it’s pretty good. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Okay! (Laughter). Welcome sir, as always, if you’ll give us your name and your residential address. JONATHAN LALEWICZ: Hello, I am Jonathan Lalewicz. I live at 327 30th St. NW. I am currently the President of the Market Heights Neighborhood Association and I just kind of like to reidiate...reiterate some of the points that Cynthia made. It really is an issue between the owner occupied AirBnB’s and then we have the un-owner occupied AirBnB’s which are really just rental houses, doing short-term rentals, where the owner is not there. I do see a big difference in these types of rentals. I think that the rentals are definitely a concern with all of the neighborhoods in Canton. It’s probably one of the number one concerns that brought to the Council’s attention all of the time, about neighborhood issues, so I think this moratorium was a good idea and you need to closely look at these issues that are going to affect the neighborhoods. It’s worth considering that other areas have either banned them outright, or they are going back and reviewing their regulations. Other cities have taken years to come up with rules. It’s also worth remembering this just started in 2012 in San Francisco, so it has not been going on for a very long time, so, we should really consider all aspects of this before we make any decisions. On another note, I just like to thank City Council and the Mayor and everybody else for all the hard work you do for the citizens of Canton. Thank you. (Applause). PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Well, we want to thank all of you for coming down and talking to us, listening to COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 106 JOURNAL PAGE -227- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 9, 2018 us, and giving us your opinions, and uh, believe me, I know there are certain issues that are a little more tense than others and we’re taking them under consideration. We always listen to what you have to say, what you want. Uh, we may not always (Inaudible) agree, uh, but we appreciate you being here, I can tell you that. Whether you agree with a proposal or you don’t agree, we can’t tell you how much and how valuable, uh, your being here speaking and expressing your opinion, is. So, thank you very much for that. I appreciate it. Uh, that concludes our Public Speaks. INFORMAL RESOLUTIONS PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: And now we are under Informal Resolutions. #40. PERSONNEL COMMITTEE: AUTHORIZE APPT OF RAY FETE TO COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA HOUSING COUNCIL COMMENCING RETRO FROM 1/1/18 AND EXPIRING 12/31/19. - ADOPTED PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader. MEMBER SMITH: Mr. President, I move we adopt Informal Resolution #40. MEMBER BABCOCK: Second. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Informal Resolution 40. Any remarks? Hearing none, by voice vote, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Those opposed no. NO REMARKS RESOLUTION #40 PASSED UNANIMOUSLY BY VOICE VOTE PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: The ayes have it. The motion carries. COMMUNICATIONS PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: We’re now...uh... under...what are we under here? Communications. All Communications are...uh...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 APRIL 9, 2018. 163. AGENT FOR PETITIONER SLIMAN: COPY OF ANNEXATION PETITION DOCS FILED WITH STARK CTY COMMISSIONERS FOR 77 GULLIVERS/2414 FAIRCREST ST SW ANNEX. - RECEIVED & FILED 164. AUDITOR MALLONN: REQ FOR ADDT’L AMENDED CERT DATED 3/29/18. - RECEIVED & FILED 165. AUDITOR MALLONN: MTHLY RPT BY FUND FOR 3/1/18 THRU 3/29/18. - RECEIVED & FILED 166. AUDITOR MALLONN: YRLY RPT BY FUND FOR 1/1/18 THRU 3/29/18. - RECEIVED & COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 106 JOURNAL PAGE -228- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 9, 2018 FILED 167. COURT ADMIN KOCHERA: CANTON MUNICIPAL COURT ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2017. - RECEIVED & FILED 168. DEPUTY MAYOR WILLIAMS: AUTHORIZE TAX INCENTIVE REVIEW COUNCIL (TIRC) RECOMMENDATIONS OF 3/12/18 FOR ENTERPRISE ZONE AGMT (AMBAFLEX MFG, BALL METAL FOOD CONTAINER, 12R POWER CABLE, MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINES, RMI TITANIUM), AMENDED ENTERPRISE ZONE AGMT (HYDRODEC, N.A.), AND COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA AGMT (NRP-CANTON ELDERLY, LLC). - COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMM 169. FINANCE DIRECTOR CROUSE: REQ SUPP APPROP REDUCTIONS FR 5410 202010 ENGINEER - DAILY OPERATIONS - OTHER FOR $450,000.00 FR 5410 202081 SEWER MAPPING PROJ - OTHER FOR $432,355.00, FR 5410 206314 E SD INTERC SAN SWR REPL PRJ 1138 - OTHER FOR $2,349,941.00, FR 5410 206316 MONUM RD NW SANIT SEWER REP PROJ - OTHER FOR $330,000.00 & FR 5410 206317 MAPLEWOOD NEW DAWN SUB SEWER - OTHER FOR $305,000.00 TO UNAPPROP BAL OF FUND 5410 SEWER OPERATING FUND FOR $3,867,296.00. - FINANCE COMMITTEE 170. FINANCE DIRECTOR CROUSE: REQ $60,000.00 SUPP APPROP FR UNAPPROP BAL OF 1001 GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO 1001 102075 POLICE - CONT PROFESS TRAINING - OTHER FOR $30,000.00 & TO 1001 102001 POLICE - ADMIN - OTHER FOR $30,000.00 - FINANCE COMMITTEE 171. MAYOR BERNABEI: REQ LEGISLATION DISSOLVING CANTON JOINT RECREATION BOARD PURSUANT TO ORC 755.181. - PARKS & RECREATION COMMITTEE 172. AUTHORIZE MAYOR AND/OR SERV DIR TO ADVERTISE, RECEIVE BIDS, AWARD AND ENTER INTO ONE-YR CONTRACT FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL SERVICES DURING WATER MAIN INSTALLATION AND REPAIRS; AUTHORIZE AUDITOR TO DRAW WARRANTS UPON RECEIPT OF VOUCHERS. - FINANCE COMMITTEE 173. SERVICE DIRECTOR HIGHMAN: AUTHORIZE MAYOR AND/OR SERV DIR TO EXECUTE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH ARCADIS FOR DESIGN OF PHASE 1 AND SURVEYING AND BASE MAPPING OF PHASES I AND II OF EDGEFIELD AVE AREA WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT PROJ; REQ $147,800.00 SUPP APPROP FR UNAPPROP BAL OF 5201 WATER FUND TO 5201 207051 EDGEFIELD AVE AREA, PHASE I WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT PROJ - OTHER; AUTHORIZE AUDITOR TO DRAW WARRANTS UPON RECEIPT OF VOUCHERS. - FINANCE COMMITTEE 174. TREASURER PEREZ: RPT OF 3/28/18 BANK RECONCILIATIONS AND CITY’S OUTSTANDING INVESTMENTS AS OF 3/28/18. - RECEIVED & FILED ORDINANCES & FORMAL RESOLUTIONS FOR FIRST READING PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Now we are...uh...pardon? (Inaudible). Yeah, First Reading Ordinances please. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 106 JOURNAL PAGE -229- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 9, 2018 NOTE: PRESIDENT SCHULMAN CALLED UPON CLERK DOUGHERTY TO READ ORDINANCES #1 THROUGH #3 FOR THEIR FIRST READING BY TITLE AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, AS FOLLOWS: #1. (1ST RDG) AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE TO ACCEPT A DONATION OF LAND FROM THE STARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY (PARCEL #’S 209559, 215603, AND 280677, WARD 1) Referred to Community & Economic Development Committee #2. (1ST RDG) AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE TO ACCEPT A DONATION OF LAND FROM THE BETTY C. HICKS TRUST; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY (PARCEL #225302, WARD 2) Referred to Community & Economic Development Committee #3. (1ST RDG) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO. 64/2018; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY ($16,444.51 SUPP APPROP FR UNAPPROP BAL OF 2212 NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION PROG FUND TO 2212 506009 2009 STIMULUS - OTHER; $54,576.04 SUPP APPROP FR UNAPPROP BAL OF 2213 NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION 3 PROG FUND TO 2213 506001 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADMIN - OTHER; $1,172.79 SUPP APPROP FR UNAPPROP BAL OF 2214 HOME FUND TO 2214 506001 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADMIN - OTHER; $55,104.74 SUPP APPROP FR UNAPPROP BAL OF 2219 EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANT FUND TO 2219 506001 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADMIN - OTHER; $138,564.35 SUPP APPROP FR UNAPPROP BAL OF 2211 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND TO 2211 506001 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADMIN - OTHER) Referred to Finance Committee ORDINANCES & FORMAL RESOLUTIONS FOR SECOND READING PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Ok. Uh...Second Readings, please. NOTE: PRESIDENT SCHULMAN CALLED UPON CLERK DOUGHERTY TO READ ORDINANCES #8 THRU #12 FOR THEIR SECOND READING BY TITLE AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, AS FOLLOWS: #4. (2ND RDG) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 903.07 OF PART NINE OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CANTON (VISION CLEARANCE OF SHRUBBERY) #5. (2ND RDG) AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OR DEPUTY MAYOR TO CONTINUE THE CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CANTON COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION TO PROVIDE A GRANT IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50,000.00; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY (FOR GRANTS, LOANS & ADMIN COSTS) COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 106 JOURNAL PAGE -230- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 9, 2018 #6. (2ND RDG) AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO ENTER INTO A ONE-YEAR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT RENEWAL WITH SHOTSPOTTER FLEX IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $141,750.00; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY #7. (2ND RDG) AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH BURGESS & NIPLE FOR THE AM & CMOM PLAN DEVELOPMENT & IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT; AMENDING APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO. 64/2018; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY ($1,213,250.00 SUPP APPROP FR UNAPPROP BAL OF SEWER OPERATING FUND TO 5410 206320 AOC COMPLIANCE ORGANIZATION - OTHER; $35,550.00 APPROP TRF FR 4501 202001 ENGINEERING - ADMINISTRATION - OTHER TO 4501 206320 AOC COMPLIANCE ORGANIZATION - OTHER) #8. (2ND RDG) AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE TO: ADVERTISE, RECEIVE BIDS, AWARD, AND EXECUTE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT; EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OVERSIGHT SERVICES; RECEIVE GRANT FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $900,000.00 AND A ZERO PERCENT INTEREST LOAN IN THE AMOUNT OF $600,000.00 FOR THE AVONDALE AREA PHASE II WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT PROJECT; AUTHORIZING THE AUDITOR TO ESTABLISH THE 5236 AVONDALE AREA PHASE II WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT PROJECT FUND; AMENDING APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO. 64/2018; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY ($1,500,000.00 SUPP APPROP FR UNAPPROP BAL OF 5236 AVONDALE PHASE II WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT PROJ FUND TO 5236 207040 AVONDALE PHASE II WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT - OTHER, $700,000.00 SUPP APPROP FR UNAPPROP BAL OF 5201 WATER FUND TO 5201 207040 AVONDALE PHASE II WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT - OTHER) #9. (2ND RDG) AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE TO ADVERTISE, RECEIVE BIDS, AWARD, AND ENTER INTO ANY AND ALL CONTRACTS NECESSARY FOR THE PURCHASE OF ONE (1) UTILITY TRACTOR; OR TO ALTERNATIVELY PURCHASE SAID VEHICLES PURSUANT TO ANY PROCUREMENT PROCESS AUTHORIZED BY LAW; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY #10. (2ND RDG) AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE AUDITOR TO PAY MORAL OBLIGATIONS IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $5,693.00 RELATED TO THE CANTON SOUTH-CLEVELAND AVENUE (REGIONALIZATION) AND CANTON SOUTH (HUMAN HEALTH) WATERLINE EXTENSION PROJECTS; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 106 JOURNAL PAGE -231- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 9, 2018 BE AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCES & FORMAL RESOLUTIONS FOR THIRD AND FINAL READING PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. We’re now under Ordinances and Formal Resolutions for their Final Reading and Vote. Mr. Clerk, would you please begin with Ordinance 11. NOTE: PRESIDENT SCHULMAN CALLED UPON CLERK DOUGHERTY TO READ THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCES #11 THROUGH #14 FOR THE THIRD READING BY TITLE AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, AS FOLLOWS: #11. (3RD RDG) POSTPONED UNTIL JUNE 4, 2018 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTERS 185, TRANSIENT LODGING TAX AND 759, ROOMING HOUSES, LODGING HOUSES AND RESIDENTIAL SOCIAL SERVICE FACILITIES OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CANTON PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader. MEMBER SMITH: Mr. President, I move we adopt Ordinance #11. MEMBER BABCOCK: Second. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Ordinance 11. Any remarks? Leader. MEMBER SMITH: Mr. President, I move we postpone Ordinance #11 until June 4, 2018. MEMBER BABCOCK: Second. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded to, uh, postpone, uh, Ordinance #11. Any remarks? (Inaudible). All those in favor signi...er...sorry. Voice vote, please. 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 (Inaudible), and Ordinance #11 is postponed. Ordinance 12, please. #12. (3RD RDG) ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 84/2018 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CANTON POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ACCEPT A DONATION OF TRAFFIC CRASH TEAM RELATED EQUIPMENT VALUED AT $111,542.31 FROM THE STATE OF OHIO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader. MEMBER SMITH: Mr. President, I move we adopt Ordinance #12. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 106 JOURNAL PAGE -232- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 9, 2018 MEMBER BABCOCK: Second. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Ordinance 12. Any remarks? Hearing none, roll call vote, please. NO REMARKS ROLL CALL 12 YEAS, 0 NAYS CLERK DOUGHERTY: Twelve yeas, Mr. President. #12 ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 84/2018 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Motion carries. Ordinance 12 is adopted. Ordinance 13, please. #13. (3RD RDG) ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 85/2018 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE TO AMEND THE LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CANTON AND THE CANTON COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION, APPROVING THE KUBOTA UTILITY EASEMENT OUTLINING ALL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES, AND TO AMEND THE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CANTON AND KUBOTA MEMBRANE USA CORPORATION APPROVING THE EASEMENT; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader. MEMBER SMITH: Mr. President, I move we adopt Ordinance #13. MEMBER BABCOCK: Second. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Ordinance 13. Any remarks? Hearing none, roll call vote please. NO REMARKS ROLL CALL 12 YEAS, 0 NAYS CLERK DOUGHERTY: Twelve yeas, Mr. President. #13 ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 85/2018 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Motion carries. Ordinance #13 is adopted. Ordinance 14, please. #14. (3RD RDG) ADOPTED AS AMENDED AS ORDINANCE NO. 86/2018 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIAL(S) TO: PURCHASE AND/OR LEASE VARIOUS TITLED VEHICLES; ADVERTISE, RECEIVE BIDS, AWARD, AND ENTER INTO CONTRACT FOR THOSE PURCHASES AND PROJECTS DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A THAT EXCEED ANY APPLICABLE DOLLAR AMOUNT THRESHOLD(S); ALTERNATIVELY ENTER INTO COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 106 JOURNAL PAGE -233- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 9, 2018 CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASES AND PROJECTS PURSUANT TO ANY PROCUREMENT PROCESS AUTHORIZED BY LAW; ENTER INTO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR A LINE OF CREDIT/LEASE IN ORDER TO PURCHASE SAID ITEMS; AND ENTER INTO ANY AND ALL CONTRACTS NECESSARY FOR A NEW CITY WIDE PHONE SYSTEM UTILIZING ANY PROCUREMENT PROCESS AUTHORIZED BY LAW; SETS THE BID/FORMAL PROCUREMENT THRESHOLD FOR ALL PURCHASES ON THE ATTACHED LIST AT THE ORC THRESHOLD OF $50,000.00; AMENDING APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO. 64/2018; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY ($2,395,705.00 SUPP APPROP FR UNAPPROP BAL OF 4501 CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND TO: 4501 102001 POLICE ADMIN - OTHER - $269,520.00, 4501 103001 FIRE ADMIN - OTHER $547,500.00, 4501 103501 CENTRAL COMMUNICATION ADMIN - OTHER - $18,000.00, 4501 202001 ENGINEERING - OTHER - $555,000.00, 4501 204010 OTHER BUILDINGS - OTHER - $262,000.00, 4501 301001 HEALTH ADMIN - OTHER - $26,900.00, 4501 501101 HUMAN RESOURCES ADMIN - OTHER - $11,000.00, 4501 504010 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - OTHER - $685,585.00, 4501 753001 LAW ADMIN - OTHER - $8,700.00, 4501 852001 TREASURER ADMIN - OTHER - $11,500.00; $228,000.00 SUPP APPROP FR UNAPPROP BAL OF 4502 MOTOR VEHICLE PURCHASES FUND TO 4502 103001 FIRE ADMIN - OTHER $70,000.00, 4502 202210 MAINTENANCE - OTHER - $60,000.00, 4502 208010 SERVICE & REPAIR - OTHER - $26,000.00, 4502 301001 HEALTH ADMIN - OTHER - $50,000.00, 4502 701001 JUDGES ADMIN - OTHER - $22,000.00; $10,000.00 APPROP TRF FR 4501 202020 URBAN FORESTRY - OTHER TO 4501 202210 MAINTENANCE - OTHER; $84,273.00 APPROP TRF FR 4501 201001 SERVICE DIRECTOR - OTHER TO 4501 202210 MAINTENANCE - OTHER - $39,858.00, TO 4501 504010 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - OTHER - $44,415.00) PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader. MEMBER SMITH: Mr. President, I move we adopt Ordinance #14. MEMBER BABCOCK: Second. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Ordinance 14. Good job, by the way. Any remarks? Hearing none, roll call vote, oh, sorry. Yes. MEMBER SMITH: Mr. President, I move to amend Ordinance 14 per the copy that all Council Members have in front of them. MEMBER BABCOCK: Second. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded to amend Ordinance 14 by virtue of the copy before each Member of Council. Any remarks? All those in favor signify by saying aye. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 106 JOURNAL PAGE -234- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 9, 2018 CLERK DOUGHERTY: Hold on, Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Sorry. MEMBER MINOR SMITH: Mr. President... CLERK DOUGHERTY: Hold on, Mr. President, we have...someone has a question. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Oh, I’m sorry. MEMBER MINOR SMITH: No problem, thank you. Um, I would like an explanation of the amendment, from whichever administrative staff member can provide. SERVICE DIRECTOR HIGHMAN: Mr. President. Uh, this amendment advocating a look at the budget. The Engineering actually has a loan on the 12th St. Project coming due this year that they were going to pay out of a fund that is more appropriate, coming from Capital dollars in lieu of paying the loan out of the infrastructure bond fund, which we’re not sure you can do. We are instead, appropriating the infrastructure bond fund in order to cover the items on the Engineering Capital Request list be considered and that they’ll be able to use the Capital Funds to pay back the loan. And then, the other change on this is the Fire Department, after taking a look at this, they were close to being able to fund a third fire prevention vehicle with what they have been appropriated. So they had asked if they removed some items and kind of take a look at how they procure their items, could we add the third fire prevention vehicle back on here, so long as they stay within their budget. So that is the second piece of the amendment that’s adding that (Inaudible). PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Anything else? MEMBER MINOR SMITH: Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Anyone else? All those in favor signify by saying aye. Those opposed no. NO REMARKS AMENDMENT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY BY VOICE VOTE PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: The ayes have it. The motion carries. Leader. MEMBER SMITH: Mr. President, I move we adopt Ordinance 14, as amended. MEMBER BABCOCK: Second. AMENDMENT Pursuant to Rule 36, I move to amend Agenda Item No. 14 by the substitution of the attached amended “Exhibit A” for the original pending “Exhibit A” and adding the following supplemental appropriation to Section 7: FROM: Unappropriated Balance of 4506 2006 City Infrastruct COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 106 JOURNAL PAGE -235- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 9, 2018 Bond Fund $297,047.86 TO: 4506 202001 Engineering - Administration - Other $297,047.86 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Ordinance 14 as amended. Any remarks? Hearing none, roll call vote, please. NO REMARKS ROLL CALL 12 YEAS, 0 NAYS CLERK DOUGHERTY: Twelve yeas, Mr. President. #14 ADOPTED AS AMENDED AS ORDINANCE NO. 86/2018 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Motion carries. Thank you. ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: We’re now under Announcement of Committee Meetings. Is there any? MEMBER MORRIS: Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Yes. MEMBER MORRIS: Finance will meet April 16th at 6:30 P.M. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: April 16th? Thank you. MEMBER MINOR SMITH: Mr. President. Community and Economic Development will also meet at the same place and the same time. Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much. Anyone else? Yes. LAW DIRECTOR MARTUCCIO: The Claims Committee, consisting of the Mayor, Majority Leader, Finance Chair and Law Director will meet at 6:15 P.M. to consider a claim against the city, in Executive Session. Thank you. CLERK DOUGHERTY: Mr. Law Director...um, LAW DIRECTOR MARTUCCIO: At 6:15, 6:15. CLERK DOUGHERTY: And the date? LAW DIRECTOR MARTUCCIO: Uh, the next meeting, which is uh...16th? Thank you. April 16 at 6:15 P.M. here in the Caucus Room. Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Any other remarks? Hearing none. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 106 JOURNAL PAGE -236- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 9, 2018 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: We’re now under Miscellaneous Business. Is there any? MEMBER HAWK: Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Yes. MEMBER HAWK: I’d like to remind some of our fellow Councilmen, and the audience out there, that today is the Law Director’s last Council meeting, as he retires. And I want to take this opportunity to thank you so much, for all you’ve done. I won’t go into length or anything else, (Inaudible). Thank you, Joe, very much. (Applause). MEMBER SMUCKLER: No, no, no. Let the rest of us take the shots first, before that happens! MEMBER SMITH: That’s right. MEMBER SMUCKLER: I’m coming up this week to find what you’ve done with half my legislation I’ve sent you! LAW DIRECTOR MARTUCCIO: I’ll have to take it out of the trash can! (Laughter). MEMBER SMUCKLER: Exactly! (Laughs). See Thomas, I told ya! Um...all kidding aside, a lot of people don’t realize that even though we ask for these jobs, it’s tough on families, it’s tough on time, it’s tough on businesses, and even be tough on health. And I think that’s something that over the last year, Joe and I have shared in common. But the one reward is, the public service and getting told that you’ve done a great job. And Joe, in all seriousn...in all seriousness, um, even though we’ve clashed and we’ve fought, and we’ve commiserated, you have been a wonderful person to work with. I congratulate you on your years of service here, and I think that if nothing else, your temperament has been a godsend to someone like me who has a tendency to raise his voice. And I think that...uh...in doing that, you’ve helped keep...keep things in check down here. And I personally want to thank you for what you’ve done for me over the years. (Applause). MEMBER SMITH: Mr. Pre...Mr. President. I also, Joe, would like to thank you for all you’ve done for me. I really appreciate the many times that I called you for advice, and it was always the right advice. I appreciate you, I really do. And on that note, after Bill talked about health, as everyone knows, April is Minority Health Month. On April 21st at 12 noon, the Southeast Community Center will hold a Minority Health Session. It is sponsored by Mercy Medical Center. Also, Invest Health will be there to update you, and I definitely will be there to talk about, and answer any questions that you have on the city income tax increase. Please be there. Thank you. (Applause). PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Any other remarks? MEMBER MINOR SMITH: Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Yes. MEMBER MINOR SMITH: I would like to take this time to present information on behalf of Attorney Frank Beane’s family. Uh, Ms. Virginia Jeffries, who is on our Fair Employment Practices Board, presented in...information today regarding his health and requesting prayers. Specifically from people in the legal community for Attorney Beane. He is hospitalized right now and we’re just asking, the family, COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 106 JOURNAL PAGE -237- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 9, 2018 on behalf of the family, asking for prayers for him. Uh, he was put on a ventilator today and we’re just asking for all of those who know him, and even if you don’t, to lift him and his family up in prayer. Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. Anyone else? MAYOR BERNABEI: Joseph... PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Yes... MAYOR BERNABEI: ...on behalf of myself and the Administration, we thank you so very, very much for your...how many years of service? LAW DIRECTOR MARTUCCIO: (Inaudible). MAYOR BERNABEI: How many years as Law Director? LAW DIRECTOR MARTUCCIO: Eighteen. MAYOR BERNABEI: Eighteen years as Law Director? LAW DIRECTOR MARTUCCIO: (Inaudible). MAYOR BERNABEI: And we wish you well and we wish you well with your grandchildren, which is the next highest calling you could possibly have. Congratulations. (Applause). PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: (Inaudible). LAW DIRECTOR MARTUCCIO: I’m an Italian-American, a lawyer, an actor, and a politician. I can’t not say something! (Laughter). Hi neighbors! NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS: Hi neighbor! LAW DIRECTOR MARTUCCIO: I actually sit on a board with some of the folks in the audience at Market Hills, so I am pleased to say I appreciate greatly what you do and how much you help your neighborhoods. I am especially grateful to your compassionate, diligent leader who guides you, Marilyn Thomas Jones, getting to know her and all of you, through the years. Marilyn and I had lunch last week and we were sharing quotes from some of our favorite bands and songs. Back in the day, when we were kids and music was really good music (Laughter), and I saw her this evening and I said, “You know, there’s another song a lot of us enjoy by 10cc, and I said, in it they said, “Big boys don’t cry, big boys don’t cry.” You almost had me in tears. Thank you all so very, very much for your show of appreciation and affection. I am deeply moved and big boys don’t cry, especially when they weigh over 250 pounds. (Laughter). I’ve waited a long time for this night and I know some of you have waited even longer! (Laughter). You can thank or blame, as the case may be, this man seated to my left. After he retired as Law Director after twelve years of service, he recommended that I succeed him. And thanks to several of you in this room, that happened after a contested appointment process. I’m just grateful to Tom Bernabei and Kim Perez for his guidance through that process, and some of you, like that this one, Dave Dougherty, and several of you who wrote (Inaudible), who wrote letters, and some were actually in the room, 18 years COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 106 JOURNAL PAGE -238- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 9, 2018 ago on that sweaty afternoon at the Ironworker’s Hall, when it resembled that Tennessee evolution they called the Spokes...Scopes Monkey Trial. (Inaudible) fanning people and tense...tense competition. You can also thank or blame Scott Gwin, then Law Director, for hiring me thirty years ago this year. When I was sitting in his office, concluding the terms, and behind him on the Western horizon, clouds gathered. The summer of ‘88, for those of you who may recall, some of you weren’t even born, was an extremely intense, hot, dry summer. One of the biggest droughts and hottest summers we’ve ever had. And as Scott hired me, it began to rain, so I saw that as a good sign. Um so, I thank them and I blame them to some extent, as well. (Laughter), for the thirty years I’ve had here. My head and my heart are...are in different places. My head is reeling with the numbers of how many good people I’ve worked with over the last thirty years at the city and forty years altogether. I was a Public Defender here in Stark County and in Spokane, Washington before coming here. The numbers, um, they’re sort of mind boggling. If you’ll bear with me just a second, I’ll share some of those with you. Obviously, you all are civically involved to a great extent. How many branches of government are there? AUDIENCE: Three LAW DIRECTOR MARTUCCIO: Three. You’re sitting here as guests of the Legislative Branch. Obviously, the Executive Branch is present as well, and I’m a part of that, as the Law Director. And of course, there’s Judiciary. I’ve had the privilege, thanks to all of you, who have paid me and voted for me, to serve all three branches of government, through the team that is the Canton Law Department. Team...a great team I inherited from Judge Harry Klide, who began the modern era, Judge Scott Gwin and Mayor Tom Bernabei. That team has served four judges and two magistrates in Canton Municipal Court, and several Police Departments and thousands and thousands and thousands of cases per year. That team has served since I’ve been Law Director, or since I’ve joined the department, at least five mayors, scores of budget directors, service directors, safety directors, council members in the legislative branch, and we’ve worked with you on thousands of ordinances and communications. So, the numbers are fairly mind boggling in essence. Also, I’ve had the privilege, um, of being covered by, as we all have, the press, the fourth estate, the fourth branch of government. And there are a couple of editors sitting back there whom we’ve had, wonderful and sometimes animated discussions with, about law and records and open meetings. Mr. Hanke and Kaminsky, and I have been pleased with the coverage that all of the reporters, over the years, have offered as they dili...dili...diligently tried to be fair and accurate in their coverage. The families that we created in the Law Department with the Administration, with Council, are our work families and we spend more time with them, often than we do with our families back home, or our extended families. And I’ve been happy to say that even though there’s some occasional dysfunction, like all families experience, um, it’s been marvelous. You know, we’ve laughed and cried together. In the Law Department, we’ve watched people pass the bar, fail the bar, get promotions. We’ve seen children born, parents die, grandparents die, divorces, retirements. We’ve experienced a lot together, um, as a city, as a department, and that’s been a marvelous journey. I am extremely grateful to you, taxpayers and residents. You have afforded my wife, Pam and I, the ability to buy a home in Canton. You’ve afforded me and my wife the chance to education our daughter, Maria, who is despite my admonitions, is a lawyer in Chicago. (Laughter), and has a nearly five year old daughter and a baby on the way, next month. And that’s where we’ll be spending a great deal of our time, in going back and forth to Chicago. I could go around the horn, but given this has been a fairly lengthy and productive evening, I won’t do that, but I have affection for each and every person I’ve worked with. Some more, some less, but certainly respect and healthy gratitude for what they’ve done for us. What a marvelous night of an example of the microcosm of local government in action. What an incredible night. And I want to thank, as I’m going...I’m almost through...I want to thank, as I go through my little checklist, some of the people who’ve kind of kept an eye on us in addition to the press, and that is the...the uh, defacto advisory council, a shadow council that’s COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 106 JOURNAL PAGE -239- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 9, 2018 been sitting in the front row most of these years. Um, offering, like all of you do occasionally, handshakes and smiles and hugs. Particularly hugs from Vi. I feel like I’m about to do a Romper Room! I see Vi, Nick, Roger, and...(Laughter), um...and Pete, who so kindly came to see me when I was convalescing, with an Italian pastry. The way through an Italian-American’s stomach is through...his heart, is through his stomach. But really, all of you have been marvelous. You are the eyes and ears of your peers. You keep us honest. Um, you call us, you write us, you email us, you come to neighborhood meetings, you come to the Mayor’s Neighborhood Commission, you raise good issues, and sometimes I think we in public service have the privilege of putting public service above profit. Not that profit’s a bad thing, but we do, sometimes help you in really good ways and I know (Inaudible), when our better angels are on our shoulders, and I’m grateful for that. I want to leave with, for a moment, talking you...talking with you about the future, and that is, I’m recommending this evening, unqualifiably and enthusiastically, one of the best lawyers and best persons I know, and that is Kris Bate-Aylward. Kris has thirty years of public service as well. Is trusted by Bob Horowitz to be one of the leaders in his County Prosecutor’s office, civilly, criminally, juvenilely. She worked with John Ferrero, she’s been in private practice, she’s been an administrator and a working lawyer in our office. Extremely intelligent, hard working, great temperament, um, will get back to you sooner than I did, I’m sure, and just...just a marvelous attorney who I have recommended to the central committee, who should be called upon to make that appointment soon, as I retire this Friday, the 13th. (Moans). I have spiked the date in defiance of the usual superstitions and vow it to be a good day. In fact, I’m even ordering good weather for all of you this Friday (Laughter), to break this unending series of snow. Your name includes neighbor. Neighborhood...neighbor, which is very(Inaudible). After all these in government service, wearing all these hats, and studying all those giant books for all those years in law school and revised code, I...I only want to pass along what you all practice. All of the world’s laws, all of the world’s customs, all of the world’s practices boil down to a few laws. And one of them...two of them were solicited by a man named Richard Mabry in a book called Whatever Happened to Justice. Do everything you’ve agreed to do. Do everything you’ve agreed to do. You don’t every encroach on someone else’s person or their property. Don’t encroach on their person or property. Now that could be further boiled down into a rule I truly...truly, truly, truly try to live by, as I told Kelly Byer earlier this week. And that may sound corny, but it’s (Inaudible). Every major scripture of (Inaudible) on this plant, has a version of the golden rule. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Love they neighbor. Love is greatest power on earth. The power of love is the greatest power in the universe. I truly believe that. And while I have fallen short sometimes, I do try to live by that standard. So, again, I just want to share a parting though about time. I turn 65 next week, which is one of the reasons all the stars aligned (Inaudible), for me to retire this week. In addition, Maria is giving birth next month, and a few other things. Um, the Latin language has a phrase (Inaudible). It’s tempus fugit. Tempus fugit, time flies. As I get older and I have more aches and pains, I prefer to pronounce it “tempus fugit” (Laughter), with a “g”. We have clergy and good people here. It’ with a “g!” Note for the record please! (Laughter). With a “g!” And um, I’m gonna...it’s baseball season so I want to quote from uh, Yogi Berra, one of my favorite philosopher (Inaudible), “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” (Laughter), you never know where it’ll lead! (Applause). Thank you so much for your time, I know it’s been a long evening, but you won’t have to hear speeches like this again. I really appreciate each and everything, each and everyone of you has done. I can’t thank you enough for what you’ve done for us as a community and for us as your elected representatives. Please, I wish you God’s blessings in your pursuits. Thank you. (Applause). PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Beautiful. CLERK DOUGHERTY: Mr. President. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 106 JOURNAL PAGE -240- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 9, 2018 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Yes. CLERK DOUGHERTY: We’ll have the quote for the week. Sorry, Joe. This is from Rob Siltanen - “People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do. Thank you, Mr. President. MEMBER MINOR SMITH: Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Yes. MEMBER MINOR SMITH: A reminder to all, early voting starts tomorrow. Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: (Inaudible). MEMBER SMITH: Yes, Mr. President. Uh, once again, thank you neighborhood associations. Also, I’d like to recognize none other than our State Representative back there, Mr. Thomas West. Thank you always. Your presence is always gracious. (Applause). On that note, Mr. President, I move to adjourn. MEMBER BABCOCK: Second. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s moved and seconded to adjourn. NO REMARKS ROLL CALL 12 YEAS, 0 NAYS CLERK DOUGHERTY: Twelve yeas, Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much. Meeting’s adjourned. Thank you, everyone. Thank you for coming, by the way, and be careful on your way home. Motion is adjourned. ADJOURNMENT TIME: 8:25 P.M. ATTEST: 4-9-18 APPROVED: DAVID R. DOUGHERTY ALLEN SCHULMAN CLERK OF COUNCIL PRESIDENT