On Tuesday, July 23, 2024, the Hudson City Council held a workshop meeting beginning at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall. The agenda covered a proposed lease extension for Destination Hudson, a public art installation proposal from Leadership Hudson, glass recycling options, the use of a $1.3 million General Fund excess carryover balance, and an appeal of a Planning Commission decision on a subdivision. Several consent agenda items were forwarded for the August 6, 2024 council meeting. The meeting adjourned at 9:20 p.m.
Go ahead and get started. I'd like to call this meeting to order. This is a duly noticed workshop meeting of Hudson City Council held in accordance with the Sunshine Laws of the State of Ohio, Section 121.22 for Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024. I'd like to welcome everyone who is here in attendance tonight, as well as those who may be watching remotely via the HCTV video feed. And also per ordinance 220.031 titled workshop meetings and item C. I would now like to turn the meeting over to Council President Foster so as to continue through the remaining workshop agenda items. Council President Foster, the floor and workshop meeting is yours. Thank you very much, Mayor. We'll move on to Section 2, which is correspondence and council comments. If any council member or the mayor would like to make some comments, please get my attention. Skylar. Yeah, so first item. Um I have a uh conflict of interest on discussion item E, TMP-7404. So I would uh request a minute to remove myself from the room before you start that discussion. Uh and then the second item, the uh Stowe Road Akron water repair. Um I guess it's complete. I drove over it today because I had a lot of complaints come in about it uh over the last two or three days. It's not a great repair still. There's still a pretty significant bump as you go up and over it. Um I'm asking staff can we have Akron come out and try harder? Uh and B, can we get an update on our legislation changes for um doing it ourselves when we're when we're tired of having waiting on Akron to do the repair, if you will. Um that's it. Okay. Chris? Yeah, just briefly I want to say uh the other night we had the Valley View and Hineshill sidewalk open house. Got a lot of good engagement, some good questions, and just wanted to thank folks for coming out and sharing their comments. I know often we don't get those comments until there are flags posted or ribbons around trees. And at that point, sometimes it's a little late. So I really appreciate people coming out and providing their thoughts on those sidewalk projects. Yeah, I I was there too last night, and um appreciate the city staff. Uh though I think the entire engineering group was out there, and uh and uh eight consultants, so lots of good participation, lots of information shared, and that was it was very helpful. Dr. Gebs. Uh I have two uh letters from um residents. The first one is from Francois Massarier Kenny at 63 College Street, and she says, Dear council members, thank you for placing the discussion of glass recycling on the agenda. Hudson has unfortunately lagged behind many of our North East Ohio neighbors in offering a systemic glass recycling program, leading to a considerable frustration among residents who must drive to neighboring towns like Kent Akron or Chicrin Falls to recycle their glass. Your attention to this matter is greatly appreciated. I recently viewed Mr. Frank Comarado's men memo and am pleased to see that both Repeat Glass and Owens, Illinois are being considered as potential partners. In light of your considerations, I wanted to share some additional information to aid your decision-making process. In the fall of 2023, after numerous discussions with residents, I contacted the Akron City member responsible for implementing their successful glass recycling program with Owens, Illinois. She explained that Akron's program is self-sustaining with Owens Illinois offering to connect with Hudson at no cost to us. They're willing to manage the drop-off and the transport of glass from Akron Central pickup lotion location to their recycling and manufacturing plant in Northwest Ohio entirely at their expense. This means Hudson's only responsibility would be transporting glass from a local drop-off bin to Akron Central Recycling Lation, a task requiring minimal staff time, likely just a monthly trip to a location 30 minutes away. This option seems more cost effective compared to others outlined by Mr. Comarado and deserves serious consideration. In implementing a glass drop-off bin in Hudson, similar to our successful electronics recycling program would greatly benefit our community. Residents have expressed strong support for such an initiative, and it would align Hudson with the sustainable practices of neighboring towns. Regardless of the options chosen, Hudson's residents would be immensely grateful for the opportunity to participate in a local glass recycling program. We hope for swift implementation of this much needed service.