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Athens City Council approves housing parcel conveyance, consultant contract, EV chargers and festival street closures
Summary
Council passed a package of third-reading ordinances May 4 that included conveyance of a Hudson Avenue parcel for an 8-home owner-occupied housing project, a $120,000 one-year agreement with consulting firm Sunday Creek Horizons, approval of festival street closures (including a Porchfest finale), and acceptance of potential EV charging stations from SOPEC.
Council President McCarrie presided over a May 4 Athens City Council meeting at which members approved several third-reading ordinances addressing housing, consulting services, festivals and electric-vehicle infrastructure.
The council unanimously adopted Ordinance 29-26 to convey a surplus city parcel on Hudson Avenue to Community Building Partners LLC under the Welcome Home Ohio program. Council member Swank, who introduced the ordinance, described it as “the first step and the necessary step to begin a first tangible affordable housing project, in the city on a small scale, 8 homes at the end of Hudson Street.” Administration confirmed the project uses $2,000,000 in state funding and that the homes are intended to be owner-occupied.
The council also adopted Ordinance 30-26, authorizing a one-year agreement with Sunday Creek Horizons for consulting, grant administration and lobbying services. Council member Swank defended the $120,000 contract by saying those functions would otherwise require hiring one or two staff members at a higher total cost and pointed to previous…
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