Cuyahoga Falls City Council holds regular meetings on the second and fourth Mondays of each month. Council committee meetings are held on the first and third Mondays in order to allow councilmembers to publicly discuss pending legislation that will be voted on at regular meetings. The public is free to comment on pending legislation during the allowed time set aside as part of committee meetings.
On Monday, March 21 council and committees met to discuss the following ordinances:
Finance Committee
A-25: An ordinance authorizing the city to enter into a lease agreement with Legacy 2020 LLC for parking spaces in the Red Deck at 2052 Front St. This legislation was discussed at the March 7th meeting but was held onto and not voted on at the last regular council meeting. Law Director Janet Ciotola said that the only addition to what had already been discussed was that a legal description of the parking deck was added to the agreement. The committee voted to bring this measure for a vote before full council and passed it during a special city council meeting held later that evening.
A-27: An ordinance authorizing the chief of police to enter into a contract for the sale or other disposal of in-car video cameras and accessories. Chief Davis told council this system was replaced earlier in the year with a new one that has more up-to-date features and this system will more than likely find its way to another community who is still using this type of system to be used for parts. The equipment will also be posted on a statewide service. The committee voted to bring this measure for a vote before full council next Monday.
A-28: An ordinance authorizing the director of public service to enter into a compensation agreement for the position of an electrical engineer. This ordinance was discussed during executive session, where the committee voted to bring this measure for a vote before full council next Monday.
Exhbit A, as shown during the meeting, lists proposed streets to be paved and resurfaced, as compiled by the city engineer’s office and based on 2020 street ratings.
Public and Industrial Improvements
A-29: An ordinance authorizing the director of public service to enter into a contract for the rehabilitation of the Broad Boulevard sanitary sewer between 5th and 7th Street. City Engineer Tony Demasi said that the repairs would be done using trenchless technology and take about a week to complete. This process has been used before in the city with excellent results. He also said repairs using this process have a 50-year lifespan. The committee voted to bring this measure for a vote before full council next Monday.
A-30: An ordinance authorizing the director of public service to enter into a contract for the annual resurfacing and repair of various streets and authorizing the director of public service to enter into a contract for pavement preservation of various streets within the city. Demasi explained the process used to determine what streets get paved and when, showing a list of proposed streets compiled by the city engineer’s office with consultation with the street department. The process is based on ratings of the streets in the city that were prepared by a management group that specializes in rating streets and roads in 2020. The ratings are based on several types of criteria, including pavement conditions and roadway type (volume of traffic) whether it is an arterial containing 10k to 14k cars per day, or a local road that may only have less than 1k cars per day. Cuyahoga Falls streets are due to be rated again in 2022 and those ratings will be used for the next two years. The committee voted to bring this measure for a vote before full council next Monday.
Community Development
A-31: An ordinance to enter into a retroactive community reinvestment area with Coming Attractions LLC. Community Development Director Diana Colavecchio began the discussion on this ordinance with a brief history of the Falls Theater, stating that it had been slated for demolition more than once in the last few decades. The theater was purchased from the CIC (Community Investment Corporation)– the development arm of the city– by Alan Burge a couple of years ago, and through Burge’s hard work and investment became home to The Works. This CRA agreement is different in the sense that it is retroactive, however that type of agreement is acceptable by the state and county. Colavecchio said the renovation created 8 full-time and 40 part-time jobs. The abatement will be for 50% of the improvements made to the building for a period of 10 years. The committee voted to bring this measure for a vote before full council next Monday, March 28.
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