Ward 5 meeting

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Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024
6:00 p.m. — 7:30 p.m. EST

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550 S Arlington St Akron, OH 44306 (Directions)

East Akron Neighborhood Development Corporation

Monthly Ward 5 meeting hosted by Council Member Johnnie Hannah. From the city’s website about Ward 5: “Ward 5 is one of the longest and most diverse wards in the city stretching from Exeter Rd. on its southern boundary all the way up near Cascade Valley Park North. This ward includes parts of multiple neighborhoods including East Akron, University Park, Middlebury, North Hill, and Cascade Valley. Ward 5 boasts multiple parks including Joy Park, Mason Park, and Grace Park. It’s also home to Summa Health System’s Akron campus and the Stark State Akron campus.”

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Reporting

Edited and summarized by the Akron - OH Documenters Team

Note-taking by Courtney Brown

Ward 5 residents express concerns about traffic safety along Arlington Street and other areas

Live reporting by Wittman Sullivan

Residents hear from city officials about 2025 budget, share their thoughts on biggest needs for their neighborhoods

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Johnnie Hannah (City Council Ward 5) started the meeting at 6:01 The next Ward 5 meeting will be in March according to Hannah See the information for EANDC's Winter Wonderland attached
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An Akron Police Department officer the neighborhood response team handles neighborhood complaints, disputes, and homeless issues The phone number for the community relations office (330) 375-2390
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Shammas Malik (Akron mayor) said city Administration is going to every ward to talk about the 2025 Capitol Budget (that is being released later this year) which funds infrastructure, facility and equipment upgrades akronohio.gov/departments/pl…
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The Archwood waste transfer station issue is "not over" and that it is being disputed in courts according to Malik He said there are ongoing talks With Waste Management (WM) to meet community interests signalakron.org/supporters-opp…
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A community member asked if there's a community service agreement for the new Archwood facility and the old Fountain Street facility Malik said there is one for Archwood but not Fountain, but the city intends to have community service agreements for projects going forward
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A community member asked what's happening with Summa Malik said he is working with Hatco and Summa to ensure that community needs are met He said Summa's had financial troubles over the last few years and they and Hatco are openly working with the city beaconjournal.com/story/news/loc…
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A community member said there wasn't enough community engagement about the waste transfer station (Archwood) Malik said there could have been more community engagement but there was "an awful lot of effort for the engagement that did happen"
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A community member asked if there will be a community benefit agreement for the waste transfer station Malik said there isn't one for Archwood, but it could be negotiated in service contract negotiations next year. This could include neighborhood infrastructure improvements
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A community member asked for community engagement for the community benefit agreement when it "comes around" Another community member asked is the Environmental Protection Agency is involved with the waste transfer station Malik said they are not
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A community member asked why Arlington Road was removed from Great Streets Shammas Malik said he'd like to talk to the community member and he is not sure it was removed He said the city is still working on Arlington particularly around Market Street akronohio.gov/departments/bu…
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Mike Wheeler (Deputy Finance Director) said the city has two budgets Operating: Appropriates funds to 70 departments in order to fund labor costs, contracts, and facility maintenance Capitol: multi-year investments that build new facilities, developments, and major purchases
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He said the city looks for Federal, State, and Local funds Issue 4 is a 2.2% income tax for fire police and roads The 2024 budget was $365 million including: $202 million state $92 local $64 million federal funds Over $200 million of the budget was for water/sewer projects
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He said the operating budget is over $800 million dollar budget, the largest expenditure is labor Nanette Pitt (Chief Strategist) said the city has $80 million in discretionary funds The rest is required funding (such as water/sewer projects required by the federal Government)
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Pitt led an activity where different parts of the Capitol Budget were listed on posters and community members would place up to 6 six stickers on where they think funding priorities should be
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A community member asked why public safety is discretionary and what about public safety isn't required Malik said there are certain parts that are optional like building new fire stations and buying new vehicles

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IN PERSON: Council meets each Monday evening at 7:00 p.m. in council chambers on the third floor of the Akron Municipal Building, 166 South High Street. City Council does not meet when a national holiday falls on a Monday, and recesses the month of August and the last two weeks of December.

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