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Thank you, Madam Clerk.

We're going to start with orders number twelve twenty-three dash twenty twenty-five.

Come on, uh, Commissioner Green.

Uh, but Council members Harrison and Griffin by departmental requests and emergency orders authorizing the mayor and the commission of purchase and supplies to sell certain city owned property no longer needed.

For the C's purpose use.

Public use located on East Street to Orthol School Property L O C or Design for purposes of developing the hotel.

All right, Mr.

Green.

So this one here.

Okay.

So ordinance 2023 is a request by the Department of Community Development just to be able to sell uh City of Cleveland owned land to uh the uh developer Ortho Properties LLC.

Uh the purpose of it is to uh to build a hotel in uh ward seven.

The uh the parcels that are on the screen, uh there are four of them, all are on East 90th Street.

Uh the addresses are next to the ones that have addresses, and sometimes when you take in a parcel, the address disappears.

But these uh parcels are all City of Cleveland parcels, so they have to go through a legislative process which differs from the land bank.

The uh developer is uh doing uh land acquisition around uh on East 90th Street and East 93rd Street for the hotel development.

There'll be land bank properties included, and they also have acquired uh additional properties uh around that site.

So just to orient you to the location.

Uh the site is on East 90th Street, and the development will also be on East 93rd.

So we'll take both streets uh to the east and west, and then south to Chester Avenue and north uh to Huff Avenue.

The four parcels that are being requested are highlighted in red here on the screen.

Now I I do want to draw your attention to one thing as we were going through the parcels that are being acquired for the project on East 93rd and East 90th.

Um Mr.

Bowen, who uh I'm joined with from Morthor Properties LLC.

Uh we discovered that one of the parcels that previously was thought to be a land bank parcel is also a city of Cleveland parcel.

So we would like to add that uh parcel to this legislation.

If I need to come back at a later time and do an amendment, I can do that, but preferably uh I I'd like to uh amend it here if I if possible.

That parcel is the parcel highlighted in blue.

So that's 119 uh 09041.

So at this point, I'm gonna pass this to uh Mr.

Boeing Bowen who will uh talk a little bit about the project that will take place on those parcels, and then you'll see the the overall uh site plan that will help you understand why we need all the parcels that are being requested.

Yeah, uh Chairman Harrison, uh to the committee, Mike Bowen.

I am a uh actually a partner with Ortho School Properties here, but I also know legal counsel here.

So just to give you a little kind of context and history of how we got here.

So this has been a labor of love over the last three years.

We've been doing a lot of site acquisition, we've been trying to acquire a lot of properties, and this is kind of the final phase.

So there's been kind of three trunk three chunks of property.

So back maybe I want to say 24 months ago, we got the first four land bank parcels.

Then there's another, as Commissioner Green said, five City of Cleveland parcels that have to go through the legislative process, and finally, there's another four parcels that are moving kind of concurrently with the land bank as this process is happening.

And so we initially launched this site to be a multifamily site, but kind of as things have progressed with just the economy and other things, we kind of kind of shifted gears here and have already got a commitment from Marriott.

So let me talk a little bit about Spring Hill Suites and the location because I think that's important.

So if you look at the Cleveland Clinic, we're about five, let's say houses down from the clinic, and the Spring Hill suites are for long-term stay.

So this is not a hey, I come in for a day and I leave out.

So it's it's geared to long-term stay.

So if you have, you know, unfortunately, a mother or father who's sick and is in the Cleveland clinic for a long period of time, they can now be five doors down from the clinic and stay for an extended period of time.

So we thought this would actually be a perfect fit for this area here.

Um I could go through the project details really quickly here.

So it's gonna be 127 rooms.

It's gonna be approximately 21 uh million dollar hotel development.

I laugh because that that is a moving target, as you guys know.

Um we're gonna have an F and B package down there to be determined what that is.

Um, it'll be a full-fledged uh fitness center in there, breakfast area, so it'll look like your standard Spring Hill Suites.

Um from a job perspective, we're probably gonna bring at least 300 construction jobs, and we're looking at 25 full-time jobs.

What's interesting about this is we've actually worked with Marriott to try to have some sort of workforce program.

So if somebody comes in and let's say they're starting uh as a cleaner there, they can work their way up into a management position.

And so we are working with Director Mitchell.

I'm trying to get ahead of all the questions you're gonna ask me.

Uh but we already got we've been talking to Director Mitchell at OEO to kind of start working on our CBA already as the other kind of two processes are going.

So I think that's kind of a unique component to this because it's not just going to be construction jobs.

We're actually gonna have actual workforce permanent jobs that people can hopefully increase and work their way up.

So and I guess the last thing I'll say it'll be around a million dollars of payroll to the city of Cleveland.

Commissioner?

Yeah, so the uh the parcels um will be sold at fair market value for market rate development.

Uh that is determined by appraisal.

So although I'm I'd like to add the fifth parcel onto this, it still has to go through a determination of surplus land but uh by other city departments.

Uh the developer still has yet to go through uh local design review as well as planning commission and zoning and all of that.

So the land will not actually transfer until they have done their final construction drawings and are ready to proceed with the project.

Thank you, Commissioner.

So you um the sec this four is a fourth parcel or fifth parcel.

Fifth parcel.

Fifth parcel to the chair.

So this fifth parcel you say it will still need to go back to uh uh planning.

It will not need to go to planning.

Planning actually passed it through an administrative review.

They kind of got bored with the fifth parcel plan.

Okay.

Okay.

So they they did it through uh all right.

Yeah.

Uh I don't have an issue with uh admin and adding the parcel.

I mean, it's it's clear where it is on the map um why it's needed.

Um it has also been reviewed by other departments uh as a uh not a need for uh the other departments as well.

We'll send it through uh this particular parcel through a review for uh surplus land determination.

Okay, that takes a couple of years.

And we don't have anything else around there that we are uh doing that will require that piece of parcel, right?

No, uh to the chair.

We were actually uh aggregating land for the previous uh uh apartment development.

So that land was for the same developers, just a different project.

That's what I thought because I remember a while ago there were discussions and there were movement because a different project was coming here to the site, and the department was beginning to pull parcels and store them, you know, for that project.

Okay.

All right.

Um you indicated that all five parcels will be sold at market rate value, correct?

To the chair, yes, that's correct.

All right, and the appraisal is being completed by who uh McDaniels and associates, Carlos McDaniel.

Thank you.

And that's somebody that's on our our list of appraisals, appraisers, rather.

To the chair, I don't know that they're on the list of appraisals.

We don't necessarily have a list of appraisals, but we have one that the department uses.

However, we do allow the uh developers to also seek their own appraisal, and if it's if it's something that we agree with, then we will sell it at that.

Okay, the uh prices above what the county values the land at and also if we were to do um sort of that's the uh the uh land bank um uh trying to think of what it's called where we um do pricing around that, so this is still higher than those prices.

Okay, sounds good.

All right, uh thank you.

Uh and uh to Mr.

Bowen, he's indicated you're talking with Director Mitchell about the uh CBA um what that looks like.

How's that going?

Where are you out in that process?

So we actually are scheduling a meeting, we're working on schedules now between Ms.

Johnson, his administrative assistant, and then myself.

So we're we are in the early processes, but we've already made the outreach and we're in communication.

Okay.

Well, the fact that you're sitting here and um you you meet part of the CBA uh being a minority developer.

And to to that point, Chairman, there's actually another minority group involved in this project.

So it's almost I want to say 45 percent minority owned, which I'm not sure any other hotel in this town can save that.

Okay.

All right, thank you.

Uh any questions from the committee?

Yes.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Hello, very supportive of this project.

Sounds um like it's gonna be transformation on that area.

But through the chair, why is it that we don't do the appraisal before we do legislation to sell the land?

Commissioner.

Uh, through the chair to the councilwoman, the the appraisal is already done.

Yes, done.

What uh what I'm saying is that on this fifth parcel that has not been appraised yet.

Okay.

So that will be added.

And it's likely the price will be the same because given the uh dimensions of the parcel, it's pretty much the same size.

Got it.

Um and through the chair, what's the cost?

I mean, what are you paying for this land?

I mean, what is the developer paying for these parcels?

Leave it's uh to the uh councilwoman through the chair, I believe it's 7,000.

I could tell you overall for if you take the land bank, the the two land bank slots, and this is close to half a million dollars.

Okay.

And through the chair is the city economic development.

I mean, considering there's like a workforce plan, are they helping with any resources?

Yeah, through the chair to councilwoman Santana's a good question.

So kind of where we are in the process, I think that would be kind of helpful is essentially we just need a letter from the city to show we can get control to get our financing, and then from there we're almost gonna kick back into the actual process of meeting with economic development.

We got ahead of the OEL thing just because I know that's just from experience.

I know that's kind of the first step that they want us to do.

But to answer your question directly, yes, 100% we're gonna be engaging with economic development.

Got it.

Okay, thank you.

All right, any other questions?

Yes, sir.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Uh sounds like a good project.

I just have a question.

This maybe more of a curiosity.

Um in the site plan that you have on the uh screen up there, there is a carve-out around three parcels uh that appear to be on West 90th.

And I think the one on the north side is the parcel I need in 41 that you want to amend the legislation to include.

Is that correct?

Through the chair to the councilman, yes.

Okay.

Um so to the chair to the commissioner, there appear to be two houses in an empty lot.

Um what are the condition of those two houses?

Uh what's the situation there?

Are they currently owner-occupied?

Uh are they vacant?

Are they abandoned?

Are they held by banks or what what are the condition of those two houses that you're sort of building around?

Yeah, I could speak to that.

So the one in the middle, so there is three parcels there.

One, I believe, is owner-occupied.

I think believe one is a vacant land, and I believe the other is a vacant house.

So I think it's kind of all three there.

Okay.

And through the chair, have you looked at the vacant house then about acquiring that?

It seems like an odd little cutout there.

Yes, so when we first started this process, I'm sorry, through the chair to Councilman Hart's through the process.

When we started this, we actually tried to acquire all of that.

So the price got exorbitant and the ass got exorbitant, and so we kind of had to pivot.

And and so lastly, through the chair.

So the parcel that you want to amend, the one I needed in 41 is the parcel in between those two houses.

Um it's blue on on the screen in front of us, but it's essentially the very narrow parcel in between those two houses.

Uh how would that land be utilized since it's basically uh a little strip in between the two parcels that you're you're unable to acquire?

I'm sorry, through the chair to Councilman Hart.

So we actually own the house in between that one.

So I'm sorry.

So the house between 39 and 41, we actually own that house.

I'm sorry, I thought you were talking south of 38.

So I'm sorry about that.

Okay.

So if I may just use so what we're talking about is you have this one.

We would amend the to include this parcel.

So you'd have site control all the way up to here, and this would be the only house you don't hear, that's correct.

Uh okay.

Mr.

Chair, I was just asking because it uh it would uh change the layout of of the parking options essentially is what it would do.

Correct.

Um and I noticed that a bunch of your parking is to the south of the facility itself.

So uh this would allow you to move parking closer to it.

Um and it would okay.

Uh understood.

Thank you, Chair.

Well, on that point, really quick.

I'm just thinking about that.

Um sorry, Chair.

Um, thinking about the property owner there, how does she he or she feel about development parking being surrounding her?

I mean, has there been no discussion?

Yeah, so through the chair to uh councilwoman Santana, we have not we have done some I'm gonna call it unofficial community outreach around there.

What we plan to do is after we can get some sort of control, and I know that's probably not the right word because I know no deed is being transferred over, then we can kind of start that process until the bank sees that we have some control of this land, we're kind of just talking in space, you know what I mean?

And so this process will allow us to get the control to then go through the normal city process that I've you know through many projects I've gone through the community engagement, doing all of that that kind of site planning.

Actually, you know, we're we're taking a chance here because they may say no, we don't want it, blah blah blah.

Well, then we're kind of stuck with this land.

So I don't know if that kind of answered your question.

And and if I could add uh on to that, uh through the chair to the councilwoman.

Um I don't know if many of you remember how Chester used to be with a bunch of old brick buildings that that sort of line down when you got near uh 105, East 1005.

So to the north, there were you know a lot of old brick buildings.

Originally this was an apartment um uh project that is now uh a hotel.

Spring Hill Suites, and I'm very familiar with the uh the Marriott chain of hotels, my previous tenure in the travel industry.

Um but uh Marriott, uh Spring Hill Suites is a long stay uh type of hotel, and it's designed different ways.

I've seen them with pitch roofs that that match um the uh the surroundings of the neighborhood so they can look more like condos or they can look like a hotel.

So there's different designs.

Right now, the design that you see here on the screen is just it's very preliminary.

It's just saying this is the Spring Hill Suites, but it has to go through design review, it has to go through planning.

There'll be some question marks around where parking is actually placed, uh shielding that from residents and things of that nature.

So that there's gonna be uh um uh uh a beat down, if you will, from uh planning.

We're ready for it as uh the uh and thank you.

I mean, um if once we you know we you come back with a design or so forth.

Um I would love for the resident to be invited so we could hear from her.

Um, because I know for me it would I would probably not like development around one, you know, my home my home.

So thank you.

Thank you.

All right.

Uh send up further questions from the committee, orders number 1220.

Okay, I didn't hear you, Councilman.

You gotta you gotta you gotta speak up for me, okay?

That looked kinda hard to hear down here.

Um Councilwoman House Jones.

Good morning.

Um through uh the chair to the team that's here.

Quick question, and and I do want to anyway.

Um I want to put on the record one of the reasons why I have not made decisions on this parcel is because my mother lives on East 93rd Street.

Well, her house is and um I have exceedingly spoken with the administration about um long standing practices of the city of Cleveland.

Um that whole land and long-term residents who have tried to purchase the land have been denied the opportunities.

And for the city to not come up with ways for residents to equitably be able to benefit from um benefit from the good times.

You've been there from the bad times, you maintain the property throughout the years, and uh even to this day, um administration, community development, no one comes up with a way uh to have more of an equitable opportunity for people to grow.

Um so as I you know, I don't know, you know, as far as in 2026 this will be a part of Ward 6.

Uh I would hope that people would actually engage the residents that are there uh on the street and the property owners on that street.

Um I think it would be helpful if you are indicating that this is an engagement with Marriott properties to be able to show where similar developments are um throughout the country in very places are residential places.

Um many of the ones that you'll have usually a cutoff um from commercial development to residential development.

And I like I said, I've uh been very clear on I know that I cannot be an objective um I cannot have an objective voice when it comes to this legislation.

Therefore, when if people look at the legislation, you do not see my name on the legislation because I've been very clear, even though uh people have stated rules that I have to I have to um weigh in or sign off on land bank parcels, and I just knew on the record that I could not do that um in a fair and impartial way.

So I do want the record to reflect that.

Um so please recuse me from this piece of legislation.

Thank you.

Uh Councilwoman, thank you for your uh for your comments.

Um and Mr.

Green, you hear the councilwoman loud and clear um in terms of process and you know, just you've been here for a long time.

And uh, you know, kind of things were and and where uh folks who are here now will like to see things direction uh for processes and procedures from CD to go as we move further uh along um here in City Hall, okay.

All right, so please take that back and share that with your um the director.

I thought I saw her here, but maybe not.

All right.

Thank you, uh, Commissioner.

Uh seeing no further questions, um uh ordinance number 1223-2025 stands approved.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next we have ordinance.

Yes.

Yes, that's what I have.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Or this number 1084-2025 by Councilmember Spencer, an emergency ordinance designating the Tamir Rice Butterfly Memorial as a Cleveland Landmark.

Come on up.

How are you?

I'm not used to this face.

Where's Carl?

No, it's all good.

How are you, sir?

Doing well.

Thank you, sir.

Absolutely.

Um good morning, Dan Musan, uh, Secretary of the Cleveland Landmarks Commission Carl's away at a uh at a conference.

Okay.

Um, usually you just shocked us, uh, Secretary Muggs.

Not used to my handsome mug.

Absolutely.

Thank you.

Uh in the presentation is on the uh tablet as well.

All right.

Yeah, thank you.

Um, I'm gonna be handing things over to uh Samira Rice and Miss Nikki Hudson here in a moment.

Um they're going to be presenting the Tamir Rice Butterfly Memorial for your consideration as a Cleveland landmark.

Um the memorial is located in the Cadell Commons, which is part of the Clifton West Boulevard's historic district.

Uh so the site is already protected by landmark status.

The landmarks commission just feels the site rises above and apart from the significance of the rest of the historic district and should be designated as an individual Cleveland Landmark.

Um we've received consent to move forward with the designation from Director Rickle, Director Nichols over at Parks and Rec.

And Councilwoman Spencer has enthusiastically supported the effort.

So at this point, I will hand things over to Ms.

Rice.

Again, good morning council members.

Can you keep a little bit closer so we can hear you?

Okay.

Gotcha.

Thank you.

Okay.

Absolutely.

Situated in 11-acre Cadill Park.

This one acre memorial commemorates Tamir Rice, my son, a 12-year-old African American boy, who was shot and killed by Cleveland police in 2014 while playing in the park.

After Tamir's death, the community created an improv memorial at the park's cazebo.

This was a place.

I'm sorry, this was replaced in 2015 by the original butterfly garden designed by Molly Nagan, who at the time was the vice president of the Tamir Rice Foundation.

The butterfly garden was created by community members and school children in honor of Tamir.

It was a labor of love intended to help the community heal and move forward after his after this tragic event.

Okay, I'm gonna pass it over to Miss Nikki.

In 2022, under the direction of Tamir's mother, Samaria Rice, the memorial was renovated and expanded into a butterfly-shaped memorial designed by landscape architect Diane Jones Allen of Design Jones LLC with local firm Daru landscape architects.

More than 250 people attended the ribbon cutting ceremony, including ten families of police murder from throughout the state and country, U.S.

Senator Sherrod Brown, and his wife and journalist Connie Schultz, Ohio State Senator Nikki Antonio, and Cleveland City Councilwoman Jenny Spencer.

The memorial features planting beds, curvilinear paths composed of brick pavers, resin and marble, and two plaques installed flush with the ground plain.

One panel made of polished black granite features an engraved portrait of Tamir.

The other panel is dedicated to Tamir's sister Tajay Rice, who at the age of 14 tried to come to a brother's aid and was tackled and improperly detained by Cleveland police.

The brick path is interspersed with butterfly mosaics crafted by local artist Angelica Pozo.

Simply designed black stone benches edge the memorial, allowing visitors a place to sit and contemplate the commemorative space.

The memorial is located in Cadell Park, which has been part of the Clifton and West Boulevard Historic District since 2000.

Originally called the West Boulevard Allotment Subdivision.

It was a carefully planned neighborhood within Cleveland's Parks and Boulevard system.

An ambitious idea to connect Cleveland's parks with wide boulevards and parkways.

Cadell Commons Park was donated to the city in 1906 by renowned Cleveland architect Frank E.

Cadell, who is also the namesake for the Cadell neighborhood.

After his death in 1916, a clock tower was constructed by his widow and still stands in the park today, just a few hundred feet from the Rice Butterfly Memorial.

The shooting, death of Tamir of 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014, but in cease attention to the national debate on interactions between police officers and African Americans.

Several hundred protests gather in downtown Cleveland on November 25th, 2014, and on multiple occasions since.

In response to both Tamir's killing and the lack of justice for those responsible.

Tamir was a beloved member of the Cadell neighborhood.

He attended Mary and C.

Selser School, took classes at the Fine Arts Center, and was well known at Cadell Recreation Center, where he often spent time playing basketball and other sports with his friends.

His death shook shockwave through the community and the rice butterfly memorial had become a sacred safe sacred sacred space for people to come and reflect on his life and try to find access and peace to move forward.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you for the presentation and comments this morning.

And you know.

I know it's tough.

You know, I had a 12-year-old myself, and um my prayers are with you always.

Thank you.

Um, because it no matter how people think time is tough.

I understand my prayers are with you.

Thank you.

I appreciate that.

Absolutely.

You're welcome.

Uh, very beautiful memorial, had an opportunity.

Um I remember when the first uh memorial counter was done over at the um at the uh park there.

And thank you, Councilwoman Spencer, for bringing this forward uh uh on behalf of the community and the rice family.

Um, and I'll turn it over to Councilwoman Spencer for questions and comments.

Thank you.

Okay.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

It is wonderful to have Miss Rice at the table along with Nikki Hudson and Secretary Musson.

This is really an important moment.

I want to recognize uh Miss Rice for your your overall leadership that you provide in our community, your sustained leadership over so many years.

I know it is it asks so much of you and your family, and you continue to give of yourself to heal and to come together as a community.

And this is just one example of the many works that you've lifted up in the many things you've done.

So know that I sincerely appreciate every everything you continue to do.

I appreciate that.

Yeah, thank you.

That means a lot.

And uh these amazing women have now uh this is their third time at City Hall for this piece.

So, as we all know, um, you know, the city has its procedures, and so they've been to planning commission.

This has been presented to the planning commission and to landmarks commission, uh, and now here at our committee.

So thank you also, both of you, for just taking the time to physically come down to City Hall and give this beautiful presentation.

I know uh it's you know been a long process as well, but um, this is this is as our chair noted.

This is a sacred space, this is a beautiful space, not only for the Cadell community.

Thank you, Ness.

Thank you, Councilman Councilwoman Spencer.

Oh, yeah.

That means a lot.

Thank you.

Um, this is a sacred space not only for the Cadell community, but it's really for all Clevelanders.

And uh I would invite anyone who has not had the opportunity to visit this memorial to come and reflect it is um the energy and the the power in that space is is unbelievable.

It's just so beautifully conceived, and Tamir's presence is there when you are there.

Um I also want to mention that there's a wonderful kind of some wonderful synergy happening at Cadell Commons Park.

A lot of you are familiar with the epic uh journey to save Cadell Commons Park.

Um, Cleveland Metropolitan School District, really an unprecedented um act, agreed to modify a school design in order to preserve green space.

And as a result, the city is also uh making a significant investment in the green space around the school in in within the park itself, and they have brought back Design Jones, which is the company that did design along with Ms.

Rice, designed this memorial.

Design Jones is going to be completing the green space design near the school and surrounding the memorial.

So it'll really um complement and build off of the strength that this memorial brings.

So I think that was a difficult time when the community was in conflict with decision makers at the city and at the school district, and yet what's resulting from all of that is something that will be truly extraordinary.

And I feel that we're all in wonderful hands with Design Jones given what they've accomplished so far.

Yes.

Yeah, I'm very happy.

Yeah.

Yes.

So this has been a journey.

This marking this as a standalone landmark is well deserved.

I think it will just it just emphasizes its importance in the community.

So I thank you all, all our colleagues for your support on this piece.

Absolutely.

Thank you, Councilman.

Councilwoman Wills.

Through the chair, I just want to say thank you so much for continuing to show up in this way.

Um, you know, we've worked alongside each other for a very long time.

And a lot of people don't know that in the earlier days um when we were trying to get the gazebo to stay here, it doesn't actually live in Cleveland.

If memory service serves me correctly, it lives in Chicago.

And what happens is when you don't have parts of history or memorialized history, there's erasure.

And this isn't just the erasure of black history, it's the erasure of Cleveland history when that marker is not there.

And so for you and the people working alongside you and this committee to continue to show up and make sure that there's a marker and memorial for that means that when there are people who pass by that, there's a history that we're able to go back to the books, even in conflict, and say this is what we done, we've done, but we don't have to do that anymore.

And so I thank you for continuing to show up, not just for your son, but for our city to remind us of the importance of his life, the importance of your life as a mother and fighting for not just your child, but Cleveland's children.

Um, and I just want to thank you to this committee for um continuing to push this forward.

Thank you, Councilwoman.

Uh anything else from the committee.

Listen, I I think absolutely councilwoman stands.

Every everyone has said everything, and uh again, just thank you again for your your commitment, uh, not only to your baby, but other babies across uh the Cleveland and you know your your fight helps keep others going as well.

I appreciate it.

Trust me, it does.

People see your fight, it helped keep other uh moving forward in the fight against injustices and you know, and and the things that are going on in our community.

And so we uh thank you for that.

Is there and I guess I'll talk to uh staff to see whether like if I wanted to uh you know financially help if there was an extension of the memorial, if council members wanted to do that, what that looks like.

I know you don't have that answer, but I will uh have a discussion see what that looks like if folks wanted to uh get involved and help add to uh to grow the memorial there, if that's something that you also choose.

All right.

Well, I know the city is gonna be doing some upgrades to the memorial, so I'm happy about that.

So you might want to talk to the um because right now you could kind of walk through it so they try to put bushes for people who can't walk through it.

Yeah, so I appreciate that.

But I wanted to share one thing.

The Cazebo is on the same street as the Obama Library in Chicago.

So if you all was interested, it's at the art bank with the Aster Banks.

And is I think it's always open because he has his own thing down there, but it's there.

Yeah, thank you.

Thank you.

Well, thank you, uh, Secretary Munson, thank you.

Um, and to the committee there's no further questions, ordinance number 1084-2025 stands approved.

Thank you all.

Thank you.

All right, thank you.

So you got one more.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Ordinance number 1083-2025 by Councilmember Starr uh designate an emergency ordinance designating former Cleveland Fire Department Engine Company 26 Station House as a Cleveland Landmark.

Oh, yeah.

Oh wow.

All right.

Um good morning again.

Uh Dan Martin, Secretary of the Landmarks Commission.

Um, just presenting for your consideration the landmark designation of the former Cleveland Fire Department Engine Company 26 Station House, which is kind of a mouthful.

But so this was originally nominated by the Landmarks Commission back in 2021, and we're kind of just circling back and trying to complete the process now.

The property is located in Ward 5 at the corner of Kinsman East 79th, uh formerly East Madison Street.

The city initially purchased the property in 1883, but nothing was done for about a decade.

As you can see from this 1881 map, the area was sparsely populated.

Then in 1895, a resolution was passed to begin the process of beginning a new fire station, building a new fire station on Kinsman near the Woodland Hills Avenue.

Ultimately the plan was not completed, but in 1897, a new resolution was created to use the property acquired in 1883 for a new firehouse in the growing neighborhood.

All the bids for the initial proposal were rejected, and a second round of bidding was initiated.

Staff would just like to uh to thank the archivists over at the Western Reserve Fire Museum for providing us with a lot of the detailed information regarding the construction of the station that we have in our files and in here today.

Um as you can see from this 1898 map up on the screen, the neighborhood was growing, mainly due to the increase in manufacturing jobs just to the north at companies like Van Dorn Ironworks, Standard Foundry and Manufacturing, Glid and Barnish, and uh Eberhart Manufacturing.

The new cons uh uh the new station was constructed in just under six months and was dedicated on March 8th, 1898.

Uh the first crew was stationed there soon after.

The architect for the station was William Ruggles Watterson.

He's locally raised and returned to Cleveland after college for the for his career.

Um has been identified as an architect for a number of buildings in the area.

His most recognizable probably being the old Lakeshore Bank or the Goodrich Gannett building there on St.

Clair and East 55th.

Um Zach McClowski, a descendant of one of the earlier firefighters, shared some of his uh collection of the early years of the fire station.

And you can see the transition from horse-drawn apparatus to motorized engines, which happened a little over a hundred years ago, around 1915.

It's just kind of wild that horses were still a major part of our transportation in the city just a hundred years ago.

Um in the late 1930s, all the alarm bells were removed from stations throughout the city.

Um they were later melted down for the war effort.

Uh here's it's just an example.

That's not the actual bell from station 26, but that's what pretty much all the bells in the city looked like.

Um without need for the alarm bells, the tower was lowered to its current configuration and height in eight in 1939.

Um there were some additional modifications made in 1939 as well.

Uh you can see we have the blueprints here.

Um nothing significant.

The tower was really the most significant change.

Uh and then you can see how the uh how the building looked after its renovation here in 1940.

And then by the mid-1970s, the garage doors had been changed and the front windows of the radio area had been filled in with a bit of masonry and glass block.

Um the nomination process uh had been initiated back in in 2020, 2021 by the firefighters of Engine House 26.

I guess that process began back in 2019, actually.

Um this is a more current context image, and you can see how the Heritage View Apartments building kind of drew some inspiration from the station.

Um except for the changes noted, the station maintains its integrity to the 1939 editions.

Uh it's really just the the doors and windows that have been altered.

Um we have some images here from a site visit in the early 2020.

Um the building really has not changed much over the last uh, I guess since the 1939 uh renovations.

It's no longer used as a fire station.

The city still owns the property, and we've received consent to move forward with landmarks designation from Chief Director Drummond.

Um just some more images of the interior.

You might notice the uh the bat symbol in a few different locations.

Um the crew lovingly refers to the station as the Bat Cave.

Um it has a special place for anyone who worked there, and they wanted to make sure that it was preserved for the future.

Um, the interior is really there's you know, Wayne Scotting and Cherry ceilings, and they don't certainly don't build them like that anymore.

Um but on September 4th, 2025, the new fire station 26 was officially opened.

Um it's closer to the location of the one that was originally proposed in 1896.

The former station has been placed into a new use and is being leased by the vanguards of Cleveland as a community resource center and public safety museum.

Um the former Cleveland Fire Department Engine Company 26 Station House meets many of the criteria for landmark designation, especially being a familiar visual feature in the neighborhood for over 127 years.

So that thank you for your consideration and happy to answer any questions.

Any questions from the committee?

Questions in the committee?

All right.

Uh thank you, Secretary Munson.

Thank you for very thorough presentation as usual.

Um, stands approved.

All right.

Thank you very much.

Uh do we have to do an amendment?

Just uh really quick gotta go back to twelve ordinance number twelve twenty-three-2025.

Uh we've we've forgot to amend the ordinance to add parcel number one one nine oh nine oh four one.

So I'm gonna read it again.

Orders number twelve twenty-three-2025 by Council members Harrison and Griffin by department of request and emergency orders authorizing the mayor and the commission of purchase of supplies to sell certain city-owned property no longer needed for the city's public use located on East Nine Street to Orthol School Probazillo C or is designated for purposes of developing a hotel.

Uh Mr.

Harsh, uh Mr.

Chair, I move to amend to include parcel 11909041.

Is there a second?

We have a motion and second.

Any discussion?

Signal discussion.

All in favor?

All opposed.

All right.

Uh the motion has been uh introduced and passed.

Um any further questions at all?

CNN, orders number 1223-2025 as amended stands approved.

Thank you so much.

All right.

Our last piece is ordinance number 1218-2025 by Council members Harrison Bishop and Griffin by departmental request and emergency ordinance determining the method of making the public improvement of constructing high comfort pedestrian and bicycle improvements at various locations, authorizing director of city planning commission, public works, and or capital projects as appropriate to enter into one or more public improvement and professional services contracts needed for the improvement, authorizing the mayor and the commission of purchase and supplies to acquire, accept, and record for right-of-way purposes, real property and easements of authorizing director to accept rights of entry from private property owners authorized and director to enter to various written standard purchase and requirement contracts needed to effectuate this ordinance, including vehicles and equipment and to enter into other agreements or execute documents necessary to conduct the program.

Wow.

That is.

So Director O'Keefe has been working with public works, motor vehicle maintenance, et cetera, uh around how we might continue to electrify our city fleet specifically in the waste management division.

Um for the transportation elements and the roadway elements.

As you may recall, the Cleveland Moves plan um outlined a goal of 50 miles of high comfort bikeways over the next three years, looking specifically at separated bike lanes as well as neighborhood greenways.

This funding is to con construct approximately 15 miles of uh separated bikeways on key connectors that link people to the citywide network, some of our lakefront and park areas, as well as a couple of sidewalk improvements that are priorities around schools that don't have sidewalks.

Um the final piece of informational share is that these funds become available in state fiscal year 2030, which means that construction, this is construction money construction could start as soon as summer of 2029.

So we have design of all of these segments, community engagement, et cetera, before we get to that construction piece.

However, if we are ready sooner, there is an opportunity for us to work with NOACA to access funds sooner.

So this is just a part of um how we can bring funding in, leverage our local money.

This is an 8020 match split, so 80 percent federal funds, 20 percent local, um, to continue to to put those puzzle pieces in place to design out changes that are aligned with our climate action plan, our multimodal plan, and our vision zero action plan.

Happy to discuss in more detail or take any questions.

There is a map in the council summary that shows the um roadway segments that are part of the construction package here.

And I I'll finally add that all of those authorizations that the chair read out are around um authorizations needed to do the construction piece.

So um one of the segments is is connecting a short trail gap from Treadway Creek on Jennings Road up to the Topath Trail at Harvard and Jennings.

We may need to acquire some right of way, et cetera, et cetera.

So that that's what that litany of authorities refers to.

Okay.

Chief, I need to add anything.

Um good morning, Chair and members of the committee.

Yeah, just wanted to add that uh thank you to Director Mersman for leading this effort on the CMAC application, and we're excited to be able to work with MVM and waste and DPW to electrify those um trash trucks.

Okay.

How's that has that uh went into effect already?

Are they no?

This this would be these funds would help to purchase those vehicles.

Okay so they would supplement basically the grant helps pay for the difference in the cost for the okay for electric vehicles for trash trucks.

And it's related to the air quality specifically, this grant is and the trucks being going from diesel to electric vehicle saves on the air pollution.

All right.

Um Got it, thank you.

Um this helps us make some of those changes uh that we want to see happen.

Uh I remember when those Canadian wildfires are happening and it's just out of nowhere.

You know, you come outside, you read what's wrong, you know, start choking and and breathing, you know, air quality is is very serious.

And I think sometimes people don't pay attention, they think, oh, it's allergies or something's bothering me, but you know, you you can really tell the difference when air quality is is is bad or you know, uh something's going on.

So anything uh will help.

And uh just a few things.

Um uh we're going to um Madam Clerk.

Uh the legislative summary want to attach to this piece as a as a foul attachment.

Uh do I need to amend don't need a motion to do that?

No.

Yeah.

I do.

Okay.

Um we'll do that.

And just so that way we can the same information that you have here.

Uh this only legislative summary can be attached to the piece as well.

And so there's questions or concerns with all you can uh you know point directly to the uh to the legislative summary.

Okay.

Um because it gives more information, you know, that kind of breaks down, you know, kind of discussion here that's not in the piece itself.

All right.

Uh and that that could be easily more easily followed as it's whale too.

And I have to sift through um uh things.

Also, uh one of the thought is uh to amend the notification for the clerk on any of the 108B expands.

Um I think that's in section six.

Um the agencies and you know, kind of the uh the agreements and the supplies just to uh make sure the clerk is notified so that council is notified, you know, um on the 108 uh B expans uh as well mother thought and um the the piece talks about 5.4 uh meal of the uh apply and accept.

So the chairman, the the 5.45 million dollars is the 80 percent federal award coming through the grant.

Um there's a 1.36 million dollar local match and the the council summary does have an updated table.

So since we when we came during summer recess, we had submitted a total grant application of over 11 million dollars.

Okay, um we received a partial award, and so this piece reflects the updated dollar amounts from that partial award of what we actually are recommended to receive from NOAACA.

There we go.

The numbers don't match from the summer time they are updated and corrected here.

There we go.

Sounds good.

You just you just explained it to me.

All right.

Um reason why we need to attach legislative summary to this so that way we have all the correct details, and just like I'm thinking 11 million, almost 12, actually was reduced.

Okay.

All right, sounds good.

Uh any questions from the committee?

Yes.

You and thank you, Mr.

Chair, to the chair to the director in chief.

Congratulations.

This is the first time we have received this grant.

Or to the councilwoman through the chair.

We have received other awards through this grant.

Uh CMAC funding is a major portion of the funding going into the superior midway.

We also have an award for the Lorraine Midway.

Should that project receive a full complement of funding to move toward construction?

Um this does represent one of the first funding awards for the Cleveland Moves Plan implementation, and so we're very excited about that.

And I I think it's the first time that we've received funding through CMAC for vehicle electrification.

Good.

Um my next question through the chair.

I see a list of addresses, locations I think that you guys are going to prioritize for bicycle improvement.

Um through the chair, I see three in my ward, curious to know.

Um, have the residents have have they been engaged, have you started that process of engaging residents, and how could I help?

Thank you.

To the councilwoman through the chair.

These are segments that were discussed in the Cleveland MIBs citywide transportation plan creation.

And in many cases, they are ones that we have received repeated requests for over time.

You know, Fulton 41st, 44th are topics of recurring um outreach, as as we know from both words that those traverse through.

There will be additional engagement as we move into this process.

So if you think about the big citywide concept, we've done general engagement around to identify those desired connections.

And then as we get into each segment and the design specifically for those segments, there will be additional outreach around the details of that, what residents can expect that to look like, how that will impact so that they can inform the design as well.

So as we get into more and more specifics leading to construction, there's more and more detailed engagement leading to that.

Thank you, Director.

Thank you, Councilwoman.

Uh before we go to Councilman Harsh, um I I've heard from some council members that they were not aware of some of the uh areas that are on the 15 area list.

Uh so please can you make sure that you reach out to council members before finance?

Uh no, you're gonna go where next.

MSP.

MSP.

So between MSP and finance, uh really before MSP, uh, that you reach out to council members and and and chat with them about the areas of their ward that's included in this uh about what what what you all intend to do uh in those particular areas.

Okay.

All right.

Um, Councilman Harsh.

Mr.

Chair, I'd like to offer I believe three amendments here.

Yes, sir.

Um in section six.

Um regarding the 108B uh then section six we move to uh notify the clerk on any expenditures on 108B.

And then in section, I believe it would be Section 12 amend to uh include language not to exceed 6 million 815,532, which leads to the third amendment to uh attach the executive summary as a file attachment to the ordinance.

Or is there a second second councilwoman uh Santana?

All right, any discussion?

I'm sorry, I say Spencer Robinson thinking you said absolutely yes, sir.

Can you repeat that number?

The the dollar amount?

Yes, the dollar amount through the chair, the dollar amount was six million eight hundred and fifteen thousand five hundred and thirty-two.

It's the same dollar amount reflected in the executive summary that we would be attaching to the file.

Okay, thank you.

All right.

There's a motion and second.

Any uh discussion?

All right, single discussion.

All in favor?

Aye.

All opposed.

All right.

Um thank you.

Uh Councilman Harsh.

Councilwoman Santana.

Um I got the S right this time.

Uh any additional questions regarding orders number 1218-2025?

Yes, Councilwoman.

And just to comment, Mr.

Chair, along the lines of what was already discussed.

I'm delighted to see uh the segments of that are Word 15 in this plan as part of the part of the Cleveland Moves plan, but these are truly some of the most dangerous uh sections and corridors for pedestrians and cyclists.

So this is um this is great news.

And I didn't want to, I'm sorry, I stepped out briefly just to clarify.

So this is to the pieces to apply for the funds, so we have not yet received the funds.

Is that accurate through the chair?

To the councilwoman through the chair.

Um we passed leg council passed legislation this summer to apply and accept the funds.

This is authority to expend them.

Umaca has provided a recommendation to the state board for what our award is, and that's what they adjusted dollar amounts are for from where we sit now to what we brought originally this summer.

Great, thank you.

And then what just one more question.

What is the anticipated time frame for completion?

This construction funding is available beginning in state fiscal year 2030, which begins summer of 2029.

However, if our project is ready, we can go to NOACA and request the funds in advance.

And so we are trying to do what we can to be ready to roll out these improvements as soon as possible.

All right, thank you.

All right, thank you.

Uh stands approved as amended.

All right.

Thank you so much.

All right, that's it for us, DPS.

Thank you.

Meeting chair.