City of Hudson, Ohio  
Meeting Agenda - Final-revised  
City Council  
Jeffrey L. Anzevino, Mayor  
Christopher W. Foster, President of Council (Ward 2)  
Christopher A. Banweg, Council Member (At-Large)  
Michael W. Bird, Council Member (Ward 4)  
Patricia L. Goetz, Council Member (Ward 1)  
Karen E. Heater, Council Member (At-Large)  
Nicole V. Kowalski, Council Member (At-Large)  
Skylar J. Sutton, Council Member (Ward 3)  
Thomas J. Sheridan, City Manager  
Marshal Pitchford, City Solicitor & Special Counsel  
Aparna Wheeler, Clerk of Council  
Tuesday, October 1, 2024  
7:30 PM  
Town Hall  
27 East Main Street  
Call to Order  
1.  
2.  
3.  
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag  
Roll Call  
Approval of the Minutes  
4.  
24-0092  
A.  
Minutes of Previous Council Meetings  
Brief Description: Draft minutes of previous meetings are provided for City  
Council’s review and approval.  
Attachments:  
September 17, 2024 Council Meeting Minutes - Draft  
September 24, 2024, Council Workshop Minutes - Draft  
Proclamations  
24-0093  
5.  
A.  
Special Recognition of National Colonial Heritage Month  
Brief Description: Mayor Anzevino will proclaim the month of October,  
2024, as “National Colonial Heritage Month” in Hudson.  
Attachments:  
Colonial Heritage Month 2024  
24-0094  
B.  
Special Recognition of the 175th Anniversary of the Hudson Fire  
Department  
Brief Description: Mayor Anzevino will proclaim and recognize the 175th  
Anniversary of the Hudson Fire Department. Fire Chief Jerry Varnes will be  
in attendance to accept this Proclamation.  
Attachments:  
Hudson Fire Department 175th Anniversary  
Public Hearing  
24-86  
6.  
A.  
AN ORDINANCE PERMITTING FUNDS-IN-LIEU OF SIDEWALKS  
CITYWIDE AND REAFFIRMING THE CITY’S COMMITMENT TO  
NON-VEHICULAR CONNECTIVITY IN THE CITY OF HUDSON.  
Brief Description: The Council of the City of Hudson seeks to clarify  
conflicting variance precedents granted by the Board of Zoning & Building  
Appeals.  
Attachments:  
Ordinance No. 24-86 (as revised 7-16-2024)  
PC 24-842 Decision - LDC amendment - Sidewalk Funds-in-Lieu  
Legislative History  
7/9/24  
City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
first reading  
7/16/24  
7/16/24  
7/16/24  
9/10/24  
9/24/24  
City Council  
City Council  
to suspend the rule requiring three readings  
postponed to a date certain to the City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
City Council  
City Council Workshop  
City Council Workshop  
Public Comments  
7.  
Correspondence and Council Comments  
Report of Manager  
8.  
9.  
Appointments  
10.  
Council is accepting applications for upcoming vacancies on the Board of Zoning and  
Building Appeals, Cemetery Board, Environmental Awareness Committee, and the Planning  
Commission. Each vacancy is for a full four-year term from January 1, 2025-January 1,  
2029. The deadline to apply is Friday, October 11, 2024.  
Consent Agenda  
24-118  
11.  
A.  
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO BID  
AND AWARD FOR THE PRINTING SERVICES FOR THE FOCUS ON  
HUDSON NEWSLETTER.  
Brief Description: This request is to enable the Communications Department  
to bid and award a multi-year printing and mailing services for the Focus on  
Hudson Newsletter.  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
9/24/24 City Council Workshop  
Resolution No. 24-118  
item forwarded to the City Council  
24-119  
B.  
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER  
INTO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH GPD  
GROUP FOR THE DESIGN OF THE HINES HILL GRADE  
SEPARATION PROJECT (ODOT PID 121034).  
Brief Description: The purpose of this request for proposal (RFP) was to  
solicit proposals from professional design, engineering and surveying  
consultants (Consultant) for the analysis, engineering, and detailed design of a  
Railroad Grade Separation Bridge on Hines Hill Road over the Norfolk  
Southern Railroad tracks. The project includes the study, design and  
necessary coordination for the new bridge, roadway and pedestrian  
improvements, drainage improvements, street lighting, and other  
miscellaneous design items as described in the formal Request for Proposals  
(RFP).  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
9/24/24 City Council Workshop  
Resolution No. 24-119  
item forwarded to the City Council  
24-120  
C.  
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER  
INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH OARNET FOR THE LICENSING OF  
VMWARE SOFTWARE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND  
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.  
Brief Description: This Resolution is for approval to enter into an agreement  
with OARnet to allow the City of Hudson to fix costs for the annual renewal of  
VMWare licensing for the next five-years.  
Attachments:  
City Of Hudson Ohio - VMware - 09.05.2024 - Quote 37740441  
Resolution No. 24-120  
Legislative History  
9/24/24 City Council Workshop  
item forwarded to the City Council  
Legislation  
12.  
A.  
24-76  
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2024 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN  
Brief Description: The ordinance would adopt the City’s update to the  
Comprehensive Plan.  
Attachments:  
Exhibit A: Hudson Comprehensive Plan 2024 - Draft Plan (9.26.24)  
Hudson Comprehensive Plan 2024 - Draft Appendix  
PC 24-820 Decision Comprehensive Plan Recommendation (FINAL)  
Ordinance No. 24-76  
Third Reading  
Legislative History  
6/11/24  
6/11/24  
6/18/24  
6/18/24  
6/18/24  
9/10/24  
9/10/24  
9/17/24  
9/17/24  
9/24/24  
City Council Workshop  
discussed  
City Council Workshop  
City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
first reading  
City Council  
to suspend the rule requiring three readings  
referred to Planning Commission  
discussed  
City Council  
City Council Workshop  
City Council Workshop  
City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
public hearing held  
City Council  
second reading  
City Council Workshop  
item forwarded to the City Council  
24-86  
B.  
AN ORDINANCE PERMITTING FUNDS-IN-LIEU OF SIDEWALKS  
CITYWIDE AND REAFFIRMING THE CITY’S COMMITMENT TO  
NON-VEHICULAR CONNECTIVITY IN THE CITY OF HUDSON.  
Brief Description: The Council of the City of Hudson seeks to clarify  
conflicting variance precedents granted by the Board of Zoning & Building  
Appeals.  
Attachments:  
Ordinance No. 24-86 (as revised 7-16-2024)  
PC 24-842 Decision - LDC amendment - Sidewalk Funds-in-Lieu  
Second Reading  
Legislative History  
7/9/24  
City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
first reading  
7/16/24  
7/16/24  
7/16/24  
9/10/24  
9/24/24  
City Council  
City Council  
to suspend the rule requiring three readings  
postponed to a date certain to the City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
City Council  
City Council Workshop  
City Council Workshop  
24-103  
C.  
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING IN CONCEPT THE 2024 SAFE ROUTES  
TO SCHOOL TRAVEL PLAN.  
Brief Description: The Safe Routes to School Travel Plan was last updated in  
2011. In 2023, the City received a grant from the Ohio Department of  
Transportation (ODOT) to develop a new School Travel Plan. A core team  
was selected to guide the effort, consisting of representatives from Hudson  
City Schools, City Council, and City Staff. With the assistance of an  
engineering traffic safety consultant, the new School Travel Plan was recently  
completed. City staff will review the plan with City Council.  
Attachments:  
Memo To Council 9-3-2024  
Exhibit A - 2024 Safe Routes School Travel Plan 9-3-2024  
2011 Safe Routes School Travel Plan  
Exhibit A - 08-27-2024  
Resolution No. 24-103  
Third Reading  
Legislative History  
8/27/24  
8/27/24  
9/3/24  
City Council Workshop  
discussed  
City Council Workshop  
City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
first reading  
9/10/24  
9/17/24  
9/24/24  
City Council Workshop  
City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
second reading  
City Council Workshop  
item forwarded to the City Council  
24-110  
D.  
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY COUNCIL RULES TO  
ESTABLISH A PROCESS FOR THE REFERRAL OF MATTERS TO  
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS EFFICIENTLY BY MOTION; AND  
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.  
Brief Description: This ordinance simplifies the parliamentary procedure for  
City Council’s referral of items or topics to City boards and commissions.  
Attachments:  
Ordinance No. 24-110  
Second Reading  
Legislative History  
9/10/24  
City Council Workshop  
City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
first reading  
9/17/24  
9/24/24  
City Council Workshop  
item forwarded to the City Council  
24-111  
E.  
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF  
$740,000 OF TAXABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NONTAX  
REVENUE BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES, IN ANTICIPATION OF  
THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING  
COSTS OF ACQUIRING APPROXIMATELY 4.0 ACRES OF REAL  
PROPERTY LOCATED NEAR THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF  
OWEN BROWN STREET AND MORSE ROAD.  
Brief Description: This ordinance allows for the refinancing of existing  
financial obligations of the City. It allows for the rollover of note proceeds  
used to pay for the former Windstream property at 100 Owen Brown Street,  
purchased as part of the Downtown Phase II Project.  
Attachments:  
Ordinance No. 24-111  
Second Reading  
Legislative History  
9/10/24  
City Council Workshop  
City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
first reading  
9/17/24  
9/24/24  
City Council Workshop  
item forwarded to the City Council  
24-112  
F.  
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF  
$925,000 OF TAXABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NONTAX  
REVENUE BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES, IN ANTICIPATION OF  
THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING  
COSTS OF ACQUIRING APPROXIMATELY 1.0 ACRE OF REAL  
PROPERTY LOCATED AT 94 OWEN BROWN STREET.  
Brief Description: This ordinance allows for the financing of the former  
Windstream property at 94 Owen Brown Street, purchased as part of the  
Downtown Phase II Project.  
Attachments:  
Ordinance No. 24-112  
Second Reading  
Legislative History  
9/10/24  
City Council Workshop  
City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
first reading  
9/17/24  
9/24/24  
City Council Workshop  
item forwarded to the City Council  
24-113  
G.  
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF  
NOT TO EXCEED $7,300,000 OF NOTES, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE  
ISSUANCE OF BONDS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING COSTS OF  
IMPROVING CITY-OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5810  
HUDSON DRIVE BY CONSTRUCTING, FURNISHING EQUIPPING  
AND OTHERWISE IMPROVING (i) A NEW SALT STORAGE  
FACILITY AND (ii) A NEW BUS MAINTENANCE AND STORAGE  
FACILITY AND CLEARING, IMPROVING AND EQUIPPING THE  
SITE.  
Brief Description: This ordinance allows for the refinancing of existing  
financial obligations of the City. It allows for the sale of notes to finance the  
cost of the new bus garage and salt storage facility.  
Attachments:  
Fiscal Officer Certificate - 5810 Hudson Dr Salt Storage  
Ordinance No. 24-113  
Second Reading  
Legislative History  
9/10/24  
City Council Workshop  
City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
first reading  
9/17/24  
9/24/24  
City Council Workshop  
item forwarded to the City Council  
24-114  
H.  
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF  
NOT TO EXCEED $3,295,000 OF NOTES, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE  
ISSUANCE OF BONDS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING COSTS OF  
ACQUIRING REAL PROPERTY IDENTIFIED BY THE SUMMIT  
COUNTY FISCAL OFFICER AS PERMANENT PARCEL NOS.  
30-01315 AND 30-01316 AND CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 31  
ACRES KNOWN AS 5431 HUDSON DRIVE IN THE CITY FOR THE  
PURPOSE OF PROVIDING A FACILITY HOUSING FUNCTIONS OF  
THE CITY’S DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND  
CONSTRUCTING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING THAT FACILITY  
AND CLEARING, EQUIPPING AND IMPROVING THAT SITE  
Brief Description: This ordinance allows for the financing of the purchase of  
the Hudson Drive property that will be used for the new Public Works facility  
as well as financing the cost of design of the new facility.  
Attachments:  
Fiscal Officer Certificate - 5431 Hudson Drive Public Works  
Ordinance No. 24-114  
Second Reading  
Legislative History  
9/10/24  
9/17/24  
9/24/24  
City Council Workshop  
City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
first reading  
City Council Workshop  
item forwarded to the City Council  
24-115  
I.  
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF  
NOT TO EXCEED $2,700,000 OF NOTES, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE  
ISSUANCE OF BONDS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING COSTS OF  
CONSTRUCTING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING A NEW  
CLUBHOUSE AT THE CITY’S ELLSWORTH MEADOWS GOLF  
CLUB AND CLEARING, IMPROVING AND EQUIPPING ITS SITE.  
Brief Description: This ordinance allows for the financing a portion of the  
new clubhouse at Ellsworth Meadows Golf Club. The total cost is estimated at  
$3.1 million. The balance of the project cost will be paid from the golf course  
fund balance.  
Attachments:  
Fiscal Officer Certificate - Ellsworth Meadows Golf Club  
Ordinance No. 24-115  
Second Reading  
Legislative History  
9/10/24  
City Council Workshop  
City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
first reading  
9/17/24  
9/24/24  
City Council Workshop  
item forwarded to the City Council  
24-116  
J.  
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF  
NOT TO EXCEED $1,750,000 OF NOTES, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE  
ISSUANCE OF BONDS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING COSTS OF  
IMPROVING THE CITY’S RECREATIONAL FACILITIES BY  
INSTALLING AND IMPROVING A MULTIPURPOSE TRAIL ALONG  
BOSTON MILLS ROAD BETWEEN TIMBERLINE TRAIL AND  
LAKE FOREST DRIVE.  
Brief Description: This ordinance allows for the financing of the trail along  
Boston Mills Road from Timberline Trail (Reserve at River Oaks) to Lake  
Forest Drive as part of the connectivity plan.  
Attachments:  
Fiscal Officer Certificate - Boston Mills Rd Trail  
Ordinance No. 24-116  
Second Reading  
Legislative History  
9/10/24  
City Council Workshop  
City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
first reading  
9/17/24  
9/24/24  
City Council Workshop  
item forwarded to the City Council  
24-117  
K.  
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF  
NOT TO EXCEED $1,000,000 OF NOTES, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE  
ISSUANCE OF BONDS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING COSTS OF  
IMPROVING THE CITY’S RECREATIONAL FACILITIES BY  
INSTALLING AND IMPROVING A MULTIPURPOSE TRAIL ALONG  
VALLEY VIEW ROAD BETWEEN STATE ROUTE 91 AND  
HUNTING HOLLOW DRIVE AND CONTINUING ON HUNTING  
HOLLOW DRIVE TO PROSPECT ROAD.  
Brief Description: This ordinance allows for the financing of the trail along  
Valley View Road between SR 91 and Hunting Hollow Drive and on Hunting  
Hollow Drive to Prospect Road as part of the connectivity plan.  
Attachments:  
Fiscal Officer Certificate - Valley View Rd Trail  
Ordinance No. 24-117  
Second Reading  
Legislative History  
9/10/24  
City Council Workshop  
City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
first reading  
9/17/24  
9/24/24  
City Council Workshop  
item forwarded to the City Council  
24-121  
L.  
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER  
INTO A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT WITH NORFOLK  
SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY FOR THE PURCHASE OF  
APPROXIMATELY 10.77 ACRES LOCATED AT PARCEL NO.  
30-04145 IN THE CITY OF HUDSON, OHIO, FOR PUBLIC  
PURPOSES.  
Brief Description: The City Manager is requesting City Council authorize  
him to enter into an agreement for the Purchase of Property for future rails to  
trail project. (See the attached map.) The cost of the property is $510,000 for a  
portion of Summit County, Ohio parcel 30-04145, currently owned by Norfolk  
Southern Railway Company, located at 650 W. Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta,  
Georgia 30308, and an additional $30,000 for abandonment of the railroad, for  
a total cost of $540,000.  
Attachments:  
Exhibit A: Map of RR Purchase Area Sept 2024  
Resolution No. 24-121  
First Reading  
Legislative History  
9/24/24  
9/24/24  
City Council Workshop  
City Council Workshop  
discussed  
item forwarded to the City Council  
Executive Session  
13.  
14.  
To discuss pending and imminent litigation.  
Adjournment  
To view staff reports for agenda items, click on the corresponding file numbers  
(blue underlined links) next to the titles.  
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