We're gonna 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 and the City of Hudson Charter, Article 3, Section 3.02 for Tuesday, June 10th, 2025.

Per ordinance 220.031 titled Workshop Meetings in item C.

Would now like to turn the meeting over to Council President Foster.

So as it continue through the remaining workshop agenda items, Council President Foster, the floor and workshop meeting is yours.

Thank you very much, Mayor.

Move on to item number two, which is correspondence and council comments.

If any council member has anything they would like the public to know, please get my attention so I can assign you the floor.

Dr.

Getz.

Um, as we talked about last week, this uh Friday is the um ice cream social.

Um I also wanted everybody to know that the Western Reserve Community Band, which has been a part of our uh city for 25 years, will also be playing.

They'll be playing music from John Williams from Top Gun from Wicked, um, and that starts at seven o'clock.

So it will end the ice cream social and should be a really good time.

So I hope you'll make it any other comments.

I have a few.

Mayor, just a couple from my side.

Um just wanted to say that the last day of the 2024-2025 school year was this past Wednesday, June 4th.

So I just wanted to say congratulations and best wishes to all of uh the students and uh wishing them uh an amazing summer break as well as remaining safe and having fun.

Um we did start um or at least uh in town, the farmers market started this past Saturday.

Uh takes place on the clock tower in Gazebo Greens in downtown on Saturday mornings from 9 a.m.

to 12 30, and that will run through mid-October.

So uh it was down there for several hours.

Um the market was packed, a lot of people out, the weather in the day was great.

So it's good to see people out, see a lot of new vendors, and uh just people enjoying the downtown greens.

Um I did want to say too that uh uh good grief is a new vendor there.

Um Jim is the owner of Hartward Coffee Roasters and Good Grief, so he will be there this year serving up breakfast sandwiches and burritos.

So if you have not tried the Sweet James or the St.

Anthony, you need to stop into his shop or at the markets on Saturdays.

Um and then to Dr.

Getz's comment uh about the ice cream social, the home and garden tours this weekend as well, and uh screen on the green is another activity uh among many things that are going on for Hudson Festival days here this weekend.

Um a final note, I just wanted to say publicly congratulations to Christy and Scott.

I had the pleasure of performing their marriage ceremony today at City Hall this afternoon, just a few hours ago.

So congratulations and best wishes.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Uh I'll mention a couple things.

Um, it's my understanding that during the home and garden tour between two and four o'clock on the gazebo green.

There's going to be some sort of demonstration, uh, no King's Day, something like that.

It's unfortunate that they picked a weekend where Hudson is celebrating Hudson in order to make you know political noise, but uh just be aware that between two and four, it's my understanding that there will be a demonstration under Gazebo Green against President Trump andor it's called No More King's Day, something like that.

Um, last night was a marathon meeting for the planning commission.

Uh there was a conditional use and major site plan request for artificial turf uh by Christ Community Chapel.

That was approved.

Um there was a major site plan request for Laurel Lake Retirement Community.

There were a number of issues with that.

It did not look like that was going to move forward.

They have postponed that to a special meeting to resolve some of the outstanding issues that took the majority of the night.

Uh the planning commission apologized to Hudson High School, which had put through an application for the orchestra room.

Um that's been postponed to a special meeting.

Uh Planning Commission did address the text amendment request to change the administrative appeal process within the city.

They've largely approved that and they will be sending that back to city council.

Um the text amendment requests uh had been initiated by myself, primarily because we are seeing a lot more appeals of the planning commission decisions in the city of Hudson.

It was made uh made obvious by by Greg Hannon, the head of community development, that part of the reason we're seeing more appeals today, is because for 10 years the planning commission only ever denied one application.

Um they pretty much approved everything that came before them.

And this planning commission doesn't do that.

So we're seeing a commensurate amount of appeals, which has created uh, you know, a bottleneck at the BCBA, um, which is primarily the reason why I requested a change to the administrative process regarding appeals.

So that will be coming back to council.

Um if there are no other comments, I'll move on to Section 3, which is discussion items.

A is 25-00075 is a capital project update.