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City Council Minutes Report: September 9, 2024

City Council News & Politics

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.

New Ordinances & Resolutions

A-74: An ordinance approving a zoning map amendment for parcels located on State Road south of Boulder Boulevard from MU-1 Rural Neighborhood Center to R-3 Suburban Density Residential. Assigned to planning and zoning committee with a public hearing to be held on Monday, October 21, 2024.

A-75: An ordinance approving a zoning map amendment for multiple parcels located on Boulder Boulevard and Quartz Avenue in the Boulder Estates subdivision from MU-1 Rural Neighborhood Center to RM Mixed Density Residential Overlay (R-3), as more fully described and depicted herein. Assigned to planning and zoning committee with a public hearing also to be held on Monday, October 21.

A-76: A resolution accepting the amounts and rates of taxation as certified by the Summit County budget commission, authorizing the necessary tax levies, certifying such authorization to the county fiscal officer. Assigned to the finance committee for discussion next Monday September 16th at 6:30 pm.

A-77: A resolution approving the petition for special assessments for a special energy improvement project under Ohio Revised Code Chapter 1710 and approving the necessity of acquiring, installing, equipping, and improving certain public improvements in the City of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio in cooperation with the Akron-Summit County Energy Special Improvement District. Assigned to the finance committee for discussion next Monday.

A-78: An ordinance authorizing the parks and recreation board to enter into a contract or contracts for the installation of two (2) prefabricated ADA compliant restrooms for Indian Mountain and Kennedy Parks. Assigned to the Public Improvements Committee for discussion Monday September 16.

A-79: An ordinance amending the Traffic Control File. Assigned to the public affairs committee for discussion next Monday.

Temp. Ord. A-80: An ordinance approving and authorizing the purchase of various playground equipment from Game Time. Assigned to the community development committee for discussion Monday September 16.

Reports of Council’s Standing Committees

Finance & Appropriations:

A-71: An ordinance providing for the issuance and sale of notes in the maximum principal amount of $1,255,000, in anticipation of the issuance of bonds, for the purpose of paying the costs of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, improving, equipping and installing 3,400 lineal feet of sanitary sewer lines, 3,550 feet of water main lines and 8,000 lineal feet of electrical conduit wiring, related storm sewer lines and retention, erosion control and landscaping along Princeton Place Boulevard, Nottingham Trail, Bainbridge Trail and Kensington Court, together with all related and necessary appurtenances thereto. Passed 10-0 with Councilman Russ Balthis abstaining.

A-72: An ordinance providing for the issuance and sale of notes in the maximum principal amount of $700,000, in anticipation of the issuance of bonds, for the purpose of paying the costs of the construction, reconstruction, widening, improving, grading, draining and resurfacing of Wyoga Lake Road between Steels Corners Road and Seasons Road, together with all related and necessary appurtenances thereto. Passed 10-0 with Councilman Russ Balthis abstaining.

A-73: An ordinance providing for the issuance and sale of notes in the maximum principal amount of $350,000, in anticipation of the issuance of bonds, for the purpose of paying the costs of the design and engineering, construction, reconstruction, widening, improving, grading, draining and resurfacing of, and installation of traffic controls along, and the intersections of, State Road, Seasons Road and Wyoga Lake Road, and a traffic study of those roads and related areas, including but not limited to the extension, opening, improving, curbing or changing of the lines and traffic patterns of roads, highways, intersections, streets, bridges (both roadway and pedestrian), sidewalks, bikeways, medians and viaducts, providing signage, lighting systems, signalization, and installation of stormwater and flood remediation facilities, together with all related and necessary appurtenances thereto. Passed 10-0 with Councilman Russ Balthis abstaining.

Public & Industrial Improvements:

Temp. Ord. A-69: An ordinance authorizing the director of public service to enter into a contract or contracts, according to law, with OHM Advisors to provide professional engineering services for the Mud Brook Trail Phase II, increasing appropriations. Passed 11-0.

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