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Spring 2021 Tree City Bulletin The TREE CITY VOLUME 26:1 – SPRING 2021 Bulletin WHAT’S INSIDE... • Council Members (2) • Board & Commission Positions (3) • Time to Look Ahead (4) • Main Street Kent Update (5) • Furnace Replacement & Hot Water Tank Replacement (6) • Owner-Occupied Housing Rehabilitation Program (6) • Health Department (7-8) • COVID-19 Protocols (9) • Parks and Recreation (10-11) • Restoring Habitat for Kent’s Original Mascot (14) • Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Report (15-18) • Stormwater: What is it and where does it go? (19) • The High Cost of Keeping our Rivers Clean (20) • Spring Brush Collection (21) • Spring Clean up (22) The TREE CITY Bulletin Council Members Who To Call At The City of Kent... Emergency – Police, Fire, Ambulance ...........................................................................9-1-1 Mayor & President of Council After Hours Non-Emergency Concerns ............................................................330.673.7732 Jerry T. Fiala 330.678.8007 Building Division – Building Permits ................................................................330.678.8107 [email protected] Income Tax Division ............................... ..........................................................330.678.8103 Ward 1 Clerk of Council ................................................. ............................................. 330.678.8007 Garret Ferrara City Manager’s Office .......................................................................................330.676.7500 330.678.0069 Door-to-door solicitation, special event permits [email protected] Community Development Department .............................................................330.678.8108 Economic development, housing rehab, zoning Ward 2 Engineering Division – Street and Sidewalk construction ................................330.678.8106 Jack Amrhein, President Pro Tem 330.835.8639 Fire Department - Non-Emergency ...................................................................330.673.8814 [email protected] Health Department ........................................................................................... 330.678.8109 Animal bites, birth/death certificates, food service inspections, pest control Ward 3 Robin Turner Parks & Recreation Department .......................................................................330.673.8897 330.221.8860 Police Department - Non-Emergency.................................................................330.673.7732 [email protected] 24-hour calls, stray animals Police Department - Investigations....................................................................330.673.7733 Ward 4 John M. Kuhar Police Department - Administration...................................................................330.673.3221 330.678.5897 Republic Services of Ohio Hauling, LLC - Residential Rubbish Removal.........1.800.247.3644 [email protected] Recycling Center.................................................................................................330.678.8808 Ward 5 Service Department............................................................................................330.678.8105 Heidi L. Shaffer Yard Waste Transfer Site, signs, traffic lights, 330.256.4346 street maintenance, trees, water/sewer problems [email protected] Utility Billing – Water, sewer, stormwater and recycling bill...............................330.678.8104 Ward 6 Trash Collection Reminder Tracy Wallach Please be reminded that City Ordinance 330.678.0540 521.08 states: SIREN [email protected] TESTING Collection Time Period: Each container Council-at-Large placed at the curb or alley, and each The City of Kent tests the siren Michael DeLeone other item set out for collection, shall system twice per month: 330.678.0032 be placed at the location no earlier than [email protected] 7:00 pm of the day before collection, in 1st Wednesday at 11:00 am the locality as established by the City’s 3rd Wednesday at 6:30 pm Gwen Rosenberg Refuse and Recycling Contractor. 440.665.4327 The tests run for 3 minutes each time. [email protected] Container Retrieval: The empty solid In the event of a real emergency, the waste receptacles and recycle storage sirens will be set off 3 times for a Roger Sidoti containers shall be removed from the total of 9 minutes. 330.678.3381 curbside by 7:00 pm the day collection [email protected] has taken place. The Tree City Bulletin is published semi-annually by the City of Kent, and is provided to inform residents and businesses regarding City programs and services. Questions or comments regarding the newsletter may be directed to the City Manager’s Office - 301 S. Depeyster - Kent, Ohio 44240 – 330.676.7500. Unless otherwise stated, all programs and services described in this publication are intended and provided for City of Kent residents only. This publication is printed on recycled paper. TREE CITY BULLETIN 2 SPRING 2021 The TREE CITY Bulletin OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COUNCIL BOARD AND COMMISSION UPDATES On September 16, 2020, City Council passed legislation to update advertising methods for open Board and Commission vacancies. There were several reasons for this change, one being the increase and ease of accessing information on the City of Kent’s newly redesigned website. The Council Standing Rules have been updated to include the following means of advertising for positions: ADVERTISING APPLICATION RECENT APPOITNMENTS All announcements or notices for openings All vacancies can be viewed on the Please join us in welcoming new and reappointed on Boards and Commissions shall be City’s website located at https:// members of our Boards and Commissions. Your advertised using all available methods of www.kentohio.org/184/Boards- work is a great value to the City and your service communication to the Clerk of Council, Commissions. All appointees must to your community is greatly appreciated. including but not limited to the following be residents of the city of Kent and methods: can apply using the online application Howard Boyle - Architecture Review Board 1. Announcement on social media located here, or can print and mail the (Reappointment) 2. Post on City of Kent website application. Deborah Douglas - Board of Zoning Appeals 3. Announcement made by President Christine Klein - Civil Service Current Positions Available: (Reappointment) of Council at City Council Meeting • Board of Zoning Appeals - Garret Munroe - 4. Posting on the Service One (1) Position Vacant Design and Preservation Committee Administration Complex • Design and Preservation Michael Harrison - Fair Housing Board Janet Dauber- Fair Housing Board Bulletin Board Committee - 5. Posting on Electronic Denise Mote - Income Tax Review Board One (1) Position Vacant Tara Murphy - Loan Review Board Community Sign • Loan Review Board - (Reappointment) 6. Notify residents in Tree City Bulletin One (1) Position Vacant for a Eric Decker - Loan Review Board to view vacancies on website and Local Attorney (Reappointment) apply there • Stormwater District Review Kathleen Wiler - Parks and Recreation Board (Reappointment) and Appeals - Applications will be accepted for 30 days. Steve Mitchell - Parks and Recreation Board Applicants will be made aware of the Two (2) vacancies Amanda Edwards - Planning Commission deadline to apply and the date when a • Fair Housing Board - (Reappointment) mandatory in person interview will take Nickolas Bellas - Planning Commission place during Committee Meetings. One (1) position vacant Future vacancies: Rick Hawksley - Sustainability Commission MaryJayne Stone - Sustainability Commission • PARTA Vacancy: June 2021- Application due by 5/24/21 Kent Free Library, in collaboration with the State of Ohio, Kent Rotary Foundation, and the Portage County United Way, is proud to offer the Imagination Library book program to Portage County families. This program provides one free book each month to children age 0-5 years old to increase reading and literacy in the Kent community. Parents can sign up for delivery of these free books The Tree City Bulletin is published semi-annually by the City of Kent, and is provided to inform residents and businesses regarding by enrolling at https://ohioimaginationlibrary.org or by contacting Stacey Richardson City programs and services. Questions or comments regarding the newsletter may be directed to the City Manager’s Office - from the Kent Free Library at 330-673-4414 301 S. Depeyster - Kent, Ohio 44240 – 330.676.7500. Unless otherwise stated, all programs and services described in this publication are intended and provided for City of Kent residents only. This publication is printed on recycled paper. TREE CITY BULLETIN 3 SPRING 2021 The TREE CITY Bulletin but 2021 promises to introduce us to a new generation of favorites. Time to Look Ahead From my office window I can see contractors working inside of By Dave Ruller, Kent City Manager the former PizzaFire property to prepare for the opening of Uncle Maddio’s Pizzeria. I can see a crane installing the foundation for Nothing like a pandemic to hammer home the new bakery/restaurant/apartment building on Franklin Avenue the old saying – “you don’t know what at the corner of Erie Street. you’ve got until it’s gone” -- but did the hammer have to be so big? Around the block I can see workers expanding Barrio’s on South Water Street to include restaurant seating in the former Yogurt Vi At times in 2020 it felt like the virus was space. I can see Wendy’s on East Main Street undergoing a major everywhere and disappointment
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