City of Hudson, Ohio  
Meeting Agenda - Final  
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, July 8, 2025  
7:00 PM  
Town Hall  
27 East Main Street  
Executive session to begin at 7:00 p.m.; City Council Meeting to begin at 7:30 p.m.; followed by  
Regular Workshop  
Regular Council Meeting:  
Call to Order  
1.  
2.  
Executive Session  
To interview an applicant for Park Board.  
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag  
3.  
4.  
Roll Call  
Approval of the Minutes  
5.  
25-0086  
A.  
Minutes of Previous Council Meetings  
Brief Description: Draft minutes of previous meetings are provided for City  
Council’s review and approval.  
Attachments:  
June 17, 2025 Combined Council Meeting & Workshop Minutes - Draft  
Proclamation  
6.  
25-0087  
A.  
Special Recognition of the Hudson High School Drama Club  
Brief Description: Mayor Anzevino will recognize the Hudson High School  
Drama Club for receiving several Dazzle Awards at the Playhouse Square.  
Attachments:  
HHS Drama Club Dazzle Awards 2025  
Public Hearings  
25-85  
7.  
A.  
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AND AMENDING CERTAIN  
ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL PROCESSES WITHIN THE CITY.  
Brief Description: The City of Hudson is interested in redefining and  
clarifying its internal administrative appeal processes. The current process and  
Codified Ordinances do not specify a standard of review for appeals, and this  
legislation will clarify boards or commissions’ obligation to render findings of  
fact and will establish a presumption in favor of the lower body’s  
determination.  
Attachments:  
Ordinance No. 25-85  
Ordinance 25-85 Planning Commission Report and Recommendation  
Legislative History  
5/13/25  
5/20/25  
City Council Workshop  
item forwarded to the City Council  
City Council  
first reading & referral to the Planning  
Commission  
6/17/25  
City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
25-96  
B.  
A RESOLUTION CONDUCTING A FIVE-YEAR REVIEW OF THE  
DESIGNATED OUTDOOR REFRESHMENT AREA AND  
APPROVING CONTINUED OPERATION IN SPECIFIED PUBLIC  
AREAS OF DOWNTOWN HUDSON AND ENACTING  
REGULATIONS  
Brief Description: As a requirement of ORC 4301.82, every five years the  
legislative authority of the municipality that created the DORA shall review  
the operation of the area, by ordinance or resolution, and either approve the  
continued operation of the area or dissolve it as long as the DORA is  
operational.  
Attachments:  
Staff Report-DORA  
DORA Application to the Hudson City Council_February 2025  
Resolution No. 25-96  
Legislative History  
6/10/25  
6/17/25  
6/17/25  
City Council Workshop  
item forwarded to the City Council  
first reading  
City Council  
City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
Public Comments  
Correspondence and Council Comments  
8.  
9.  
Report of Manager  
25-0088  
10.  
A.  
A PRESENTATION RECOGNIZING EMILY GOODMAN AS THE  
RECIPIENT OF THE 2025 AMERICAN MUNICIPAL POWER (AMP)  
LYLE B. WRIGHT ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP.  
Brief Description: Each year American Municipal Power (AMP) awards  
scholarships to eligible high school seniors residing in participating member  
communities. The Public Works Department would like to formally recognize  
Ms. Emily Goodman as the 2025 recipient of the AMP Lyle B. Wright  
Academic Scholarship. AMP staff will be in attendance to present the award to  
Ms. Goodman.  
Appointments  
11.  
Consent Agenda  
12.  
A.  
25-97  
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO APPLY  
FOR FEDERAL CONGESTION MITIGATON/AIR QUALITY (CMAQ)  
FUNDS PROGRAMMED BY THE AKRON METROPOLITAN AREA  
TRANSPORTATION STUDY (AMATS) TO CONSTRUCT THE  
ADAPTIVE SIGNALS PHASE II FOR OUTSIDE DOWNTOWN; AND  
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.  
Brief Description: This legislation is necessary to apply to AMATS for  
federal funds to assist with funding the second phase of the Adaptive Signals  
Phase II for Outside Downtown. The estimated, total project cost is  
$5,667,066. The CMAQ funding request will be for, $4,533,652.80 (80%),  
and the City would be responsible for the remaining $1,133,413.20 (20%).  
Attachments:  
Adaptive Signals Out of DT Map June 2025  
Resolution No. 25-97  
Legislative History  
6/17/25 City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
25-98  
B.  
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER  
INTO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH GPD  
GROUP FOR THE STOW ROAD, HUDSON AURORA ROAD AND  
HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL TRAFFIC SAFETY STUDY.  
Brief Description: The proposed Traffic Safety Study will evaluate Hudson  
Aurora Road and Stow Road near Hudson High School school's campus. The  
study will also evaluate traffic patterns within the school’s parking lots and  
three high school entrances off Stow Road for traffic safety and congestion  
improvements. The study will provide recommendations and cost estimates  
in the final report.  
Attachments:  
Exhibit - HS Traffic Study  
Resolution No. 25-98  
Legislative History  
6/17/25 City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
25-99  
C.  
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER  
INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH HUDSON CITY SCHOOLS FOR  
COOPERATION AND COST SHARING FOR THE STOW ROAD,  
HUDSON-AURORA ROAD, HIGH SCHOOL SAFETY STUDY.  
Brief Description: This project involves a traffic study being performed  
along Stow Road and Aurora Street near the High School. The schools would  
reimburse the City for a portion of the traffic study cost in the amount of  
$36,850.  
Attachments:  
Exhibit - HS Traffic Study  
Resolution No. 25-99  
Legislative History  
6/17/25 City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
25-100  
D.  
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER  
INTO STORM WATER EASEMENTS FOR THE 1900 MIDDLETON  
ROAD DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.  
Brief Description: This resolution would authorize the City Manager to enter  
into Storm Water Easement Agreements with four properties: 1900 and 1914  
Middleton Road, and 1899 and 1913 Ashley Drive. The easements are  
necessary for the City's future maintenance of a new storm sewer system,  
which will be installed on these properties. This new storm sewer project,  
scheduled for construction in the summer of 2025, aims to alleviate overland  
flooding that currently affects the area during most rain events. No storm sewer  
system presently exists through these properties.  
Attachments:  
Exhibit A  
Resolution No. 25-100  
Legislative History  
6/17/25 City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
25-101  
E.  
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO  
ACCEPT GRANT FUNDING FROM THE HUDSON KIWANIS ON  
BEHALF OF HUDSON PARKS.  
Brief Description: The Hudson Kiwanis has offered a $8,942.14 grant to the  
Hudson Parks towards the installation of a water feature at the splash pad in  
Veterans Way Park.  
Attachments:  
splash pad feature  
Resolution No. 25-101  
Legislative History  
6/17/25 City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
Legislation  
13.  
25-85  
A.  
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AND AMENDING CERTAIN  
ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL PROCESSES WITHIN THE CITY.  
Brief Description: The City of Hudson is interested in redefining and  
clarifying its internal administrative appeal processes. The current process and  
Codified Ordinances do not specify a standard of review for appeals, and this  
legislation will clarify boards or commissions’ obligation to render findings of  
fact and will establish a presumption in favor of the lower body’s  
determination.  
Attachments:  
Ordinance No. 25-85  
Ordinance 25-85 Planning Commission Report and Recommendation  
Second Reading  
Legislative History  
5/13/25  
5/20/25  
City Council Workshop  
City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
first reading & referral to the Planning  
Commission  
6/17/25  
City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
25-90  
B.  
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES TO  
PROVIDE FOR THE LICENSING AND REGULATION OF  
LANDSCAPING COMPANIES OPERATING WITHIN THE CITY OF  
HUDSON.  
Brief Description: This Ordinance will enact or amend City of Hudson  
Codified Ordinances as listed in Exhibit A of the Ordinance. These changes  
will be used to regulate on-street parking of landscape trucks within the City as  
discussed at the October 22, 2024 and March 11, 2025 Council Workshops.  
Attachments:  
Landscaper No Parking Map  
Ordinance No. 25-90  
Third Reading  
Legislative History  
5/27/25  
6/3/25  
City Council Workshop  
item forwarded to the City Council  
first reading  
City Council  
6/10/25  
6/17/25  
6/17/25  
City Council Workshop  
City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
second reading  
City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
25-96  
C.  
A RESOLUTION CONDUCTING A FIVE-YEAR REVIEW OF THE  
DESIGNATED OUTDOOR REFRESHMENT AREA AND  
APPROVING CONTINUED OPERATION IN SPECIFIED PUBLIC  
AREAS OF DOWNTOWN HUDSON AND ENACTING  
REGULATIONS  
Brief Description: As a requirement of ORC 4301.82, every five years the  
legislative authority of the municipality that created the DORA shall review  
the operation of the area, by ordinance or resolution, and either approve the  
continued operation of the area or dissolve it as long as the DORA is  
operational.  
Attachments:  
Staff Report-DORA  
DORA Application to the Hudson City Council_February 2025  
Resolution No. 25-96  
Second Reading  
Legislative History  
6/10/25  
6/17/25  
6/17/25  
City Council Workshop  
City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
first reading  
City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
Adjournment  
(10 minute recess)  
Regular Council Workshop:  
14.  
Call to Order  
15.  
16.  
17.  
Correspondence and Council Comments  
Discussion Items  
None.  
Proposed Consent Agenda for July 15, 2025, Council Meeting  
18.  
A.  
TMP-8062  
A Motion to Acknowledge the Timely Receipt of the June 2025 Monthly  
Financial Report  
Brief Description: Financial summaries are provided each month for  
Council’s review.  
Attachments:  
June 2025 Financial Report  
TMP-8043  
B.  
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 24-127, MAKING  
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CURRENT EXPENSES AND OTHER  
EXPENDITURES OF THE CITY OF HUDSON DURING THE FISCAL  
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2025, BY MAKING ADDITIONAL  
AND/OR AMENDED APPROPRIATIONS.  
Brief Description: This Ordinance will amend the 2025 budget for additional  
and/or amended appropriations as listed in the attached Exhibit A.  
Attachments:  
Exhibit A  
Draft Ordinance  
TMP-8046  
C.  
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO  
ADVERTISE FOR BIDS AND TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR  
THE WILLOW LAKE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT,  
PHASE 2 WITH THE LOWEST AND BEST BIDDER.  
Brief Description: This project is the second phase to a project that will  
provide stormwater relief to some residents around Willow Lake and also  
capture some of the runoff heading towards downtown and redirect it to the  
stormwater basins at Colony Park. The ponds will be enlarged to provide a  
benefit upstream and downstream at a cost of $950,000, which includes a 10%  
contingency.  
Attachments:  
Exhibit Willow Lake Phase 2 Concept Plan  
Draft Resolution  
TMP-8047  
D.  
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER  
INTO A CONTRACT WITH EDGAR TRENT CONSTRUCTION, LLC  
AND REQUESTING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE 2025  
VELOCITY FIBER PILOT PROGRAM; AND DECLARING AN  
EMERGENCY.  
Brief Description: The project involves installing approximately 18,000 total  
feet of overhead and underground fiber conduit, pull boxes and fiber optic in  
two neighborhoods that are part of Phase 1 of the City’s Fiber to the Home  
(FttH) project. The total bid came in at $307,998, exceeding the original  
budget estimate of $295,000 by $12,998. To address this overage and provide  
a 10% contingency, staff is requesting an additional amount of $43,797.80.  
Attachments:  
FttH Pilot Program - Bid Tabulation 2025.06.17  
Draft Resolution  
TMP-8041  
E.  
A RESOLUTION AFFIRMING THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY  
THE CITY MANAGER’S DESIGNEE TO THE FEDERAL  
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY’S (FEMA) FY24 FIRE  
PREVENTION AND SAFETY GRANT TO SUPPORT THE SAFE  
SENIORS PROGRAM.  
Brief Description: The Fiscal Year 2024 Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S)  
Grant is a federally funded opportunity administered by the Federal Emergency  
Management Agency (FEMA) under the Assistance to Firefighters Grant  
(AFG) Program. The primary goal of the FP&S Grant is to support projects  
that enhance the safety of the public and firefighters from fire and related  
hazards. The FP&S Grant is divided into two main categories: 1) Fire  
Prevention and Safety Activities, or 2) Firefighter Safety Research and  
Development. The City of Hudson could receive the requested amount of  
$45,000 with a 5% match of $2,250.  
Attachments:  
Memo - FY24 Fire Prevention and Safety Grant  
Draft Resolution  
TMP-7976  
F.  
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER  
INTO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH IRON  
CLAW ENGINEERING LLC FOR ENGINEERING, DESIGN AND  
QUALITY CONTROL FOR THE FIBER TO THE HOME PROJECT  
IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $100,000 AND DECLARING AN  
EMERGENCY  
Brief Description: This contract is to assist and supplement City staff with  
engineering, design and quality control services for all phases of the Velocity  
Broadband fiber to the home (FTTH) network project.  
Attachments:  
Draft Resolution  
TMP-8036  
G.  
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO  
ADVERTISE FOR BIDS AND ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR THE  
INSTALLATION OF LIGHTING OF SIX PICKLEBALL COURTS;  
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.  
Brief Description: This Resolution would authorize the advertisement, receipt  
of bids and award of a contract for the installation of lights at six pickleball  
courts at Barlow Farm Park.  
Attachments:  
Draft Resolution  
TMP-8050  
H.  
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER  
INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH MAJOR ENERGY SERVICES LLC  
FOR RETAIL NATURAL GAS SUPPLY; AND DECLARING AN  
EMERGENCY.  
Brief Description: Following a review and discussion of the forecasted gas  
rates with the Buckeye Energy Brokers, the City is being advised we should  
enter into a 1-year Agreement with Major Energy Services LLC by our broker.  
Attachments:  
Draft Resolution  
TMP-8051  
I.  
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER  
INTO A CONTRACT WITH K2M DESIGN FOR THE FIRE AND EMS  
FACILITY RENOVATION DESIGN; AND DECLARING AN  
EMERGENCY.  
Brief Description: The consultant will design the renovations for the Fire and  
EMS Facility over the coming months and bid out this project in the end of the  
year.  
Attachments:  
Rating of Proposals - Hudson Fire and EMS Facility Renovations  
Draft Resolution  
Proposed Legislation Agenda for July 15, 2025, Council Meeting  
19.  
A.  
25-85  
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AND AMENDING CERTAIN  
ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL PROCESSES WITHIN THE CITY.  
Brief Description: The City of Hudson is interested in redefining and  
clarifying its internal administrative appeal processes. The current process and  
Codified Ordinances do not specify a standard of review for appeals, and this  
legislation will clarify boards or commissions’ obligation to render findings of  
fact and will establish a presumption in favor of the lower body’s  
determination.  
Attachments:  
Ordinance No. 25-85  
Ordinance 25-85 Planning Commission Report and Recommendation  
Ordinance No. 25-85 is scheduled for a third reading on July 15, 2025.  
Legislative History  
5/13/25  
5/20/25  
City Council Workshop  
City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
first reading & referral to the Planning  
Commission  
6/17/25  
City Council  
item forwarded to the City Council  
TMP-8044  
B.  
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1206 OF THE LAND  
DEVELOPMENT CODE RELEVANT TO REMOVE ASSISTED  
LIVING, CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES, AND  
INSTITUTIONAL RESIDENTIAL FROM ALLOWED USES WITHIN  
THE COMMERCIAL-FOCUSED DISTRICTS.  
Brief Description: Proposed amendment to the Land Development Code to  
remove Assisted Living, Continuing Care Retirement Communities, and  
Institutional Residential from allowed uses within the commercial focused  
districts.  
Attachments:  
Exhibit A and B  
City Council memo July 8 2025 worshop  
Map of Existing Facilities  
Draft Ordinance  
This Ordinance will have a first reading and referral to Planning Commission on July 15,  
2025.  
Items to be Added to Future Agendas  
20.  
21.  
Charter amendments will be presented during a Special Workshop on July 15, 2025, with the  
first reading to take place at the regularly scheduled Council Meeting immediately thereafter.  
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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