City Council - public_hearing

Summit County
Monday, September 28, 2026

The Akron City Council held a special meeting and public hearing on September 28, 2026, to discuss vehicle storage, residential accessory structures, lot sizes, and a proposed auto service station.

About this meeting

Government Body
City Council
Meeting Type
City Council
Location
Akron, OH
Meeting Date
September 28, 2026

Published excerpts

Only published remarks appear here. The full transcript is not published.

6 sections (from 9 segments)

Thank you, Madam President. I'd like to poll my committee for time. Conor? Bolden. Aye. Boys. And myself. We would just like to move forward and have the ward council person and the other council members just take a deeper look at this. Thanks.

Thank you, Madam President. I'm going to poll the committee for time. Connor? Aye. Bolden? Aye. Boys? Hannah? Aye. And myself, aye. A word council person would like to take some time and look into this.

Thank you, Madam President. I'd like to poll the committee for time. Connor? Aye. Bolden? Aye. Boys? And myself, aye. We just want to, this is a big step forward, potentially for the city. We want to make sure we're moving in the right direction. We just want to take a week or two to digest this. And I'm encouraging all members of council, if you have any questions, please to reach out to Kyle Julian. with those questions, all right? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam President. I'd like to poll committee for a favorable report with suspension of the rules. Connor? Aye. Bolden? Aye. Boyce? Aye. Hannah? Aye. And myself, nay. So with that, I know the ward council person is in favor. I would like to yield to him. and see if he has any comments. If not, I'll go ahead and speak in regards to why I'm voting no. But I don't know if you have any comment.

1:10:00 – 1:10:57•Johnnie Hannah

I think I said what I needed to say earlier during the hearing is that It's not competition as far as the gas stations are concerned. Mr., we call him Bobby, he's going to invest a lot of money in that area, and that's exactly what Brown Streets needs in that location. is an investment and spruce up that area and i think bobby is going to do that he went over on copy road and he did an excellent job plus i'm i'm impressed that he put a a laundromat right there in the area where the gas well close to the area where the gas station, that's going to bring more business to that laundromat, and tha

Thank you, Madam President. I just want to, out of respect for my colleague here, I believe the petitioner, what I've heard is a really good person, a good community person, has built a gas station in another ward in our city. The only reason I'm voting against this is because I still have reservations about the Rubber City Heritage Trail. I know being on City Council, we've had a lot of conversations down here in regards to the trail. A lot of money has been invested in that trail. So I want to kind of, what I'm trying to get at is if the trail came first, I think I would be voting differentl

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