Good morning.

I'm calling the municipal services and properties committee to order.

Today is um Monday.

November twenty fourth.

Madam Clerk, can you call the roll, please?

Here.

Here.

Present on time.

Okay.

Um Madam Clerk.

We uh we expect in another couple members, but nobody has uh requests to the absence.

So if anybody else uh is not here that are they are unexcused absence.

All right.

Um to the table, please.

So I want to preach everybody being here this morning.

Uh today is our last official meeting of the year.

Uh, we do have a meeting at twelve o'clock.

What's the day as the Mr.

Services Properties?

Uh committee last day.

Uh last meeting of the year.

Okay, Director.

Um, we're gonna start with uh ordinance number three nine six twenty twenty-five.

This is by council members Bishop and Griffin.

This is a departmental quest.

Emergency ordinance authorizing the director of public works to enter into a license agreement with a vendor to install and maintain an automated teller machine terminal located in room one twenty-two.

Vital statistics for the use and convenience of the general public for a period of one year with one year option to renew exercisable by the director of public works.

All right, director.

Councilman, there was also an amendment.

Uh that's phone throughout if you all saw that.

Oh, yeah, I'm sorry.

Um this is uh ordinance number 396 2025 as amended.

And I'm gonna read the amendment.

There is no legal objection to the legislation if amended as follows.

And one, in the title, line three, strike a vendor to install and insert key bank two, and in line seven, strike one year with one year and insert two years with one three year.

Number two, in section one, at line three, strike a vendor based on competitive proposals, granting and insert key bank whereby the city grants key bank, and in line seven, strike the selection of a vend of the vendor and consideration for the license shall be made by the board of control on a nomination submitted by the director of public works.

Number three, in section two, starting at line one, strike one year with one year and insert two years with one three year.

Number four, insert insert new sections three and four to read as follows.

Section three, that the license or agreement shall be prepared by the director of law and shall contain additional terms and conditions necessary to affect the license agreement authorized by this ordinance.

Section four, that the director of public works and the director of law and other appropriate city officials are authorized to execute such other documents and certificates and take such other actions as may be necessary or appropriate to affect the license agreement authorized by this ordinance and number uh five, renumber existing section three to section five.

Okay.

All right.

Uh so that is the amendment for ordinance number three ninety-six.

All right, director, you want to give us a brief um, thank you.

Uh thank you, uh councilman.

This is in and uh committee.

This is a piece uh just to have the ATM machine that's downstairs on the first floor in vital statistics and uh for to be available to the public.

In the past, we uh this body had re uh required us to go out for an RFP.

We did that two times, and each time there was no response.

Uh the only company that was willing to do it was uh key because it was their machine that was there.

I do know that there was one ace that the the body had was about the community reinvestment act.

Yes, and I do have an agreement from key and community development that they have committed, recommitted to the uh community real investment act to invest uh according to the rules of that act.

Um so our our goal here is just to be able to have the ATM because it does.

It is, I did uh I first considered do we even need to have it?

And went down and talked to the folks down in vital statistics.

They do believe that they need to have the uh the ATM available for the public.

Uh with that said, that that is the reason why we feel um after talking with law as well.

They believe this is probably the best way to go.

Since we again we have we did reach out to other banks.

They did not want to uh they didn't even actually call us back.

Uh so we this is really the only uh organization that's willing to put the machine out there and leave it out there at no cost to the city.

With that, I'll open it up for any questions.

Okay, all right, director.

That uh did you provide the uh staff with the uh MOU?

I can.

I I did I can provide that.

Okay, well you can send it at a at a later bait.

Yeah, uh later.

I'm gonna first I'm gonna go to uh council uh councilman Richard Starr.

Yes, to the chair.

Um through this ATM that we have in the city hall, do we have any data that attribute how many transactions have been made with sent them last year on that ATM machine?

Uh through the chair to the council.

We do not because that's private with uh with key bank.

Um that's not something that I've asked for.

Um but I did ask the folks at vital statistics, and they say that there's often cash transactions that happen and many times people go to the AT machine to make too to be able to purchase their um the birth and death certificates.

And so they use it to be able to grab money out to pay for their birth certificate through the c to the chair.

Do we know the actual fee that is cost for that machine through through the permit transaction?

Through the chair to the council, but it's the same that you would have if you uh didn't have you not a key bank order, uh if you don't have a key bank account.

So I think it's like four dollars or something, the same thing that you would see if you were um using ATM anywhere else anywhere to key bank.

No problem.

Uh yeah, Chair.

So, Director, did you uh did you send this out to bid you say nobody responded?

Uh yes, that we've done it twice.

Twice.

Yeah, we've done it twice and no one's responded to it.

So we ended up both times we ended up just going back to key and making an agreement with them.

Okay.

All right.

All right, is there any other questions, Councilman Casey?

Mr.

Chairman, to the director, did you say that the fee is four dollars?

Through the chair to the councilman, I believe that's the right.

And we know that that's set by key bank, correct?

Uh that is correct.

And there was no negotiating of that as part of the RFP, Mr.

Chairman of the Director.

Uh, through the chair to the councilman, that was one of the things that we put there initially, and again, this is why we got no responses.

So that the $4 is something we put in the RFP?

No, we didn't we didn't through the chair to the council, we didn't put the four dollar amount, but we did ask to be able to negotiate those costs.

And Mr.

Chairman, to the director, did we negotiate the costs?

Uh through the chair to the councilman, no one responded.

So, how did key bank end up with that then?

That was all we could do.

Through the chair to the councilman, this was all we could do to get the machine there was the four dollars.

And that's regularly what they charge if you don't have a key bank key bank account.

And then, Mr.

Chairman, to the director, do you know you may not know this?

Is there an additional charge in the at the first floor vital statistics or whatever it is?

Um is there an additional charge if you use a credit card?

Uh through the I I actually through the chair of the council.

I do not know.

I can I can find that out though.

But I think that's the same.

Mr.

Chairman, to our staff, if we can figure if we can find that out, if it's one, if it's one charge with whatever it is for bursars that we get $20 or whatever.

If there's an additional charge if we use a if if people use a credit card.

Thank you.

All right.

Um is there any other questions on ordinance?

Um 1396.

Um I'm sorry, I'm gonna note for the record that uh I made an error and I said ordinance 396 is ordinance 1396.

Is there any other questions on ordinance 1396 as amended?

Seeing no further questions, ordinance 1396.

Uh 20 Make sure I got this.

2025 uh stands approved as amended.

Thank you.

Ordinance number 1404 2025 by council members Bishop and Griffin.

This is a departmental request, an emergency ordinance determining the method of making the public improvement of implementing the active transportation program by repairing and constructing various safety improvements, including but not limited to uh to pavement markings, delineator post, sign fabrication materials, traffic signal equipment, design and related improvements, and authorizing the director of public works to enter into one or more public improvements requirement contracts for the making of the improvement, authorizing, authorizing the director to employ one or more professional consultants necessary to design the improvement and authorizing the director to apply for and accept one or more gifts and grants or other funding from public or private entities to implement this ordinance.

Okay, director, um you want to um get brief us on this piece of legislation?

Thank you.

Thank you, Chair.

Um this piece will allow, and I have with me Commissioner Rob Mavic uh from the uh division of traffic engineering, but this piece will allow us to enter into requirement contracts to be able to either purchase materials or also purchase uh labor to be able to do things that are related to our mobility um program throughout the city.

So what I'll do is I'll just open up for any questions to Commissioner Maven to actually give him let him allow you uh to give you an opening statement as well.

Thanks.

Thank you, Director.

Uh to the Chair.

This will allow us to um enter into contracts to um push forward under active transportation, which is a part of the Vision Zero, our bike infrastructure.

Um allow us to either do it work the work in-house or seek contracts to help us or assist us doing that.

Thank you.

All right.

So um what is the active uh transportation program?

What is that, uh Commissioner?

So we labeled it active transportation because it encompasses the Vision Zero group, uh, Cleveland moves, which is our bikeway facilities, division zeros to implement um safety improvements at intersections and roadways.

So it's a um uh basically to um make it safer for pedestrians, cyclists, um, vehicles, all that.

We've already done several projects and have a couple that are in the queue.

A good example would be like the Huron and Prospect Project where we went to a one-way pair, created the bike facility and extended patio areas.

So a lot of that is going towards the um improving safety on the roadways for all users.

And that's really what the active transportation encompasses.

Okay, so this act of transportation program, is it done in all um roadway projects, or is you are just the is are you guys selecting the pro of the uh roadway projects that you want to have this program uh involved in?

So there's there's two ways to there's the capital projects, which falls under the complete and green streets, which has a lot of elements of the um active transportation.

There's also this would be more geared towards in-house, and the driver of that is the Cleveland Moves and the Vision Zero.

So everything that's being implemented is based on data and/or the actual Cleveland Moves um uh program.

So I want to ask you this, Commissioner, why haven't we kind of um kind of mesh these programs so we'll we'll be on the same page on on across all our roadway projects instead of doing this set of um print this set of um uh activities on this roadway and this set of activities on this roadway?

Through the chair, um that's actually what we're trying to do here by allowing the division to move forward on projects that have already come and and been completed but did not have these elements within them.

Uh so basically the capital projects have been that are going out for sale now have a lot of these elements, but the ones that were sold and constructed a few years back do not.

And so this is a way for the the city to go back and retrofit some of these areas to incorporate the bike facilities, the safety improvements, and those types of things.

Okay, so um so um the executive summing lists one million per year.

Is that is that one is that one million per year or is that one million for the life of the contract?

Is this contract?

This through the chair, this should be per year.

Okay.

Um we're gonna have to make an amendment.

Do you we we need to put a not to exceed clause in this?

Okay.

Just a second, yeah.

And I have to apologize because I left my notes.

I rushed in so fast I left my notes here.

Um let me see.

Okay, Director, um, so we're gonna make an amendment.

Yeah, the one way to make giving the clerk written notice.

Thank you, Chairman.

I'll make the amendment.

Um for section for orders number 1404-2025, um, where it says under Section 7, um consider the amendment to be read as follow.

The director of public works shall provide written notice to the clerk or council whenever any purchases is made through the cooperative process, which notice shall include the details such as cooperative purchases.

Okay, um, Councilman Starr has uh offered amendment.

Is there a second?

Second.

Councilman Casey seconds the amendment.

All right, is there any discussion?

Yes, go ahead, Director.

Uh so just to be clear, this is just for if we use any cooperative agreements.

That's what we want to be ready to notice.

Right.

Okay.

We want the uh clerk to be notified.

All right.

Is there any discussion?

Yeah.

Councilman Casey.

Mr.

Chairman, to the director, or would this mean that um prior to changing anything, you would have to get permission from the council?

Through the chair.

No, um yeah.

Okay, since he wanted to answer.

Go ahead.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

No, no, you're you're good.

Go ahead, right.

Now, through the chair, the to the councilperson.

Um, I think the goal of all any of these projects is to be working with the council and the community before we go and implement so that everyone is very clear of what's being installed.

So there's no surprises we wouldn't just show up and and restripe a street without any notification.

So, Mr.

Chairman, to either Commissioner Mavic or the Director, did that happen on Huron and Prospect?

Through the Chair of the Councilperson, absolutely.

There was over a year worth of um discussions with stakeholders.

Okay and the and the teams that are uh currently over there.

All right.

And Mr.

Chairman, this amendment will make will assure that any project moving forward in an award has to be brought back before the council.

Well, uh we want to when they um when they we want to be notified.

No, no, not every project, but we want to be notified when there is a requirements contract uh agreed upon or entered into, we want to have the council clerk of council notified.

All right, because Mr.

Chairman, to the director or the commissioner, what I what I don't want to see is a project going on that all of a sudden something drastically changes on a street and the council wasn't aware.

Yeah.

Through the chair, the uh councilman Casey.

One other thing where this contract will be you most useful is very minor changes where it's just a small restrict or a small erasing, maybe we had a turn slot or add delinator post to a bike facility.

Um this is not intended to do major reconstruction project.

This is more to assist our crews, our in-house crews with things that are just beyond their ability to perform.

Okay.

All right, thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

All right, is there any questions?

Uh Councilman Starr.

Yes, to the to the chair to the commissioner, I know you made reference to some of the one-way traffic um upgrades that they made around here around in the prospect AF area.

Um, could you talk a little bit more about that project?

Because there seems to be uh some different confusion on what we are trying to deliver within that project versus what was presented and put out to the public.

And what I mean by that is um a few business owners in that area have reached out to me and not in support of what we've done.

And what I mean by that is when you talk about the one-way traffic uh roundabout that we have going on, um, there's businesses that's operating from that east ninth um further down to east third, east fourth, up to terminal tower.

And what was some of the issues that businesses meant is when they're trying to do deliveries in the morning.

And I know we spread it out, we got more seating area, we're trying to extend the road, but when you look at from a safety standpoint and talking about bottleneck, when someone is at right now, right now at nine o'clock in the morning, if they're trying to get deliveries for their businesses and they park one side of the road, they're not able to do the delivery in the safety matter.

And also people who are trying to use the road to get to their business, they're stuck because there's not enough lanes accessible for that.

Can you speak to um what is the actual way to clean up things like that for this um development to the chair?

We actually that was looked at quite extensively under the old system where it was two-way, the folks were delivering out of the through lane, so people had to go around them in the turn lane.

Under the new condition where there's two lanes in one direction, oftentimes um when the um delivery vehicles can't get to the curb, they'll actually block the through lane.

But currently folks just have to go around them, they're not going into oncoming traffic.

So it's uh actually a safer condition than what existed before.

We've done multiple traffic counts ahead and after the project, um, and actually some analysis at the intersections have found really no traffic issues that that we could see.

Um the other thing to keep in mind, excuse me, part of the that project was to um make it more convenient.

So what would happen during game events or events at gateway um facilities?

The CPD would actually change the roadways into this pattern and then restrict a lot of the parking.

So since we've implemented this, a lot of the parking is now no longer restricted.

The system is already set up in place, so on load in for game days, it's the same every time.

Um it's less manpower for the Cleveland Police Department.

They love the pattern because it makes it simpler and it actually helps uh safety vehicles get um to the venues if they need to.

So we've seen a lot, there are some negatives.

There's no doubt about that.

But for the most part, we've seen nothing but positives out of this up to this point, and we can provide a lot of the data if you would like to see that.

Yes, um, to the chair to our staff, if you possibly commissioner, send that data over to our staff so they can get it to council members.

And from that standpoint, um I definitely will just share with you what I've experienced from the businesses.

They're not they're not completely sold on the actual plans of more a safety um area for the for the residents.

And what I mean by that is there is some different problems because some of the parking lanes that you once had were once moved.

So where you have an opportunity where businesses um have cast customers come in and they can park in front of there, those lanes have now changed time frames, been removed, been restricted.

Um now there's there's some different questions that I think we definitely need to sit down to also see that come through.

And then also from the standpoint of I know this is not solely on traffic on you, Commissioner.

Um, just for the viewing public, I believe we need to figure out how we're going to get that end goal completed.

Um, because as I'm seeing is um we we made some changes, but it does not look completely like the map and the viewing that they put out.

So we put out something that shows one thing, and now we're still working through the kinks to try to possibly finish that project, and then also um what it would do to be able to help support businesses who possibly are doing some development to their their buildings.

If they gonna have to come back in the near future and spend more money and they already got construction um going on, how can we get them to be able to implement their part of the um frontway or the street to be able to get done earlier than have them having to wait to do it again?

You know, so it's so many different things.

Like I said, I've I've talked to different businesses, I've talked to different residents down there.

Um, some are in favor, some are not.

And and I understand that every initiative we have, you're not going to get a hundred percent of everyone in support of.

But one of the things that we do have to make sure we prioritize is the actual businesses that are going to be affected rather as positive or negatively when we make in these decisions to get that on.

And I definitely will um be following up with I think Matthew Moss as well as um other individuals in the uh administration to see what we can actually do to make sure this project is actually something that can actually work for the residents of Cleveland.

Thank you.

Chairman, could I have a quick point on that?

All right, thank you, Councilman Starr.

Councilman um Rebecca Maher.

Thank you.

I I actually have a quick question just as a user of Huron, um, which is that after the games at Rocket Arena, we're often reversing the direction of the one-way that we installed.

Is that was that contemplated in what we put together?

Because that is what has caused the most confusion for me as a user of that change.

I just wanted to understand that through the chair.

Do the chair the the council member uh Mara.

There you are.

Um that was considered as part of the BOM Bureau of Traffic is the one that um reverses the flow for the outbound, and they didn't want to change the operation initially.

Um just they thought it would create confusions if folks had to go the opposite direction.

So we're in constant contact with them.

I that is one of the the one sticking point I think that's still out there as it relates to the to the events.

So we're still working with them, and I think we have upcoming meetings to discuss, not only with our the Bureau of Traffic, but also with the the venues.

All right, thank you very much.

All right, thank you, Councilwoman.

Is there any other questions on ordinance number 1404 2025?

Law department.

Did you take the uh vote on amendment?

Oh, yes, that's right.

I'm sorry.

All right, so there is an amendment on the floor.

Uh Councilman Starr has made amendment and the movement is on the floor.

Those in favor of the amendment say aye.

Aye.

Those opposed the ayes have it.

1404 2025 is approved as amended.

Please sign.

What was the move?

That's right.

Thank you.

All right, ordinance number 1446, 2025.

By council members Bishop and Griffin, this is a department of requests, an emergency ordinance determining the method of making the public improvement of purchasing, repairing, constructing, and installing signal support polls and authorizing the director of public works to enter into one or more public improvement contracts for making the improvement for a period not to exceed two years.

Okay, Director?

Thank you, Chair.

This piece is to allow the Department of Public Works to be able to go out and purchase signal polls, which is something that, as you probably know in your awards, this is something we are in dire need of.

So we want to be able to uh do that.

So I have with me here, Commissioner Mavic, to give a little bit more explanation on what's happening with this.

To the Chair of the Committee, this would allow the division to enter into a contract to replace signal support uprights.

So uh typical signal traffic signal installation has the mast arm signal supports.

A lot of our uprights have been damaged or are beginning to show um wear and tear.

So this is just a preventative um contract to allow us to change some of the more compromised signal supports out.

Okay, so um director um in section four identify funds number 20 SF722 2024 for the road and bridges bonds and the proper appropriations account.

Do you know um if there are any other funds there that will be used for this um for this purpose?

Uh Chair, no, this is the only fund that we have right now in mind to be able to use for this.

Okay, so Director, also I uh I drive past on Woodland Avenue.

I'm not sure whose uh ward it is, and it's a steel pole that is hanging and it has it's tied up by a rope.

Um and and up and it's I'm assuming that the bottom is kind of rotted out, but it's tied up as a rope, and it's between uh 79th and Buckeye on Woodland Road.

But I've drove driven past it three times, and we haven't secured that poll yet, but it's tied up by a rope.

So I just want to put that on your plate also.

Um Chair, we will make sure we look at that today.

Okay.

Um is there any questions on ordinance 1446?

Okay.

Councilman Casey.

Thank you.

Mr.

Chairman, to the director.

Um, just to reiterate, this is just for signs, right?

This isn't for polls throughout the city light polls or anything like that.

This is just for traffic control arms, correct?

Do the chair of the councilman, yes.

Okay.

And then if we have uh we'll just say an intersection that has uh a traffic, a traffic light there, and it does not have a mast arm, right?

It's just regular wires, you know, with the with this the signal hanging on it.

Are we replacing those with to put a mast arm on it, or are we just re keeping it the way it is?

To the chair of the councilman, this is not for new construction, so we would not uh do any of those.

This is more for where we have compromise uprights, whether they're they have been damaged by crashes or they're just rotting out uh as was mentioned before, where the bases rot out due to the s the assault.

Mr.

Chairman to the director, what's uh what lasts longer, what's more feasible?

The mast arms or the hanging wires?

Um the spans often will break, and they have a useful life of about 20 years, whereas a mast arm could last upwards to uh 50 years.

And then, Mr.

Chairman, to the director or the commissioner, do have we done an inventory of our traffic lights in the City of Cleveland to see how many are mast arm, how many are not, and is if we have or if we haven't, are we going to?

And then if we have, uh, is there plans to end up replacing all the intersections with mast irons?

Through the chair of the councilman, we do have uh an inventory that documents everything at every location, so we could provide that if you would like.

I don't have a percentage of what is and what's not.

Typically, the signals get upgraded through capital projects, um, like roadway projects where where they're eligible.

Um, but the division has not had a signal project in quite some time.

Umgrading it um to a mast arm signal is about 250,000 per location.

Um, and oftentimes if you go after federal funding for upgrades, the city is going to be responsible for the costs of every intersection that doesn't meet a warrant.

So sometimes it's it's more advantageous for the city just to upgrade those to span by their on their own with their own forces rather than go after funding and pay the 250,000 per location that do not meet warrants.

All right, and now I'm just curious, Mr.

Chairman to the director or the commissioner, how many traffic signals do we have in the city of Cleveland?

Through the Chair of the Councilman just under 1,000.

Just under 1,000.

So if you could just get us the percentage of how many are massed arms and how many are not.

Do the chair to the councilman.

Absolutely.

All right, thank you.

All right, thank you, Councilman Casey.

Is there any other questions on ordinance number 1446 2025?

All right, seeing no further questions, ordinance 1446 2025 is approved.

Please sign it.

Thank you.

All right, thank you, Director.

All right, we can have uh MoCap.

What number are you for?

I am for the um 1316.

1316.

All right, I'm gonna do the first.

So if you want to start with uh what number is that?

All right, yeah, I'm starting with 1316.

All right, come on.

Yeah, I got it right.

I'm sorry, Director, you didn't have this piece, huh?

Well, it's it's with Division of Real Estate, which is me.

Okay.

Oh, you guys are on it.

Okay.

That's okay.

All right, uh ordinance number 1316 2025 by Councilmember Starr, Bishop, Harrison, and Griffin, a department of request, an emergency ordinance authorizing the director of parks and recreation to execute a D's deed of easement granting to CEDAR redevelopment phase for LLC, certain easement rights in property located on East 26th Street between Central Avenue and Community College Avenue and declaring the easement rights no longer needed for public use.

All right, Director, are you here to represent this piece or commissioner?

Either or good morning.

Thank you for having us here today.

Um are partnering with uh CMHA on this item, and uh this will expand park space adjacent to our central recreation center, and I will have Commissioner uh De Janeiro uh give uh more details on this.

Thank you.

Thanks, Director.

Good morning.

Um I I also have we have with us Matt Schmidt, who is the Chief of Modernization and Development for the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority to our left.

Um the so this is part of this county central surge initiative.

Um as part of that initiative to improve an area between East 22nd and East 28th Street in the uh Cleveland Central neighborhood near the city central recenter.

The city, the county, and CMHA partnered uh to make improvements in that area.

The improvements include the new East 26th Street, um, a new city park that is right next to the Central Rec Center, and construction of a new 50-unit residential development known as Cedar Redevelopment Phase 4.

Um you may recall that back a few years ago, under ordinance number 608-2022, the city and CMHA did a land swap around this project.

There was a large piece of land next to Central Rec that uh CMHA owned that was not being used, and the city owned a long skinny parcel on which the rec center sits, and the rear portion was not being used.

So we gave that land to CMHA so they could consolidate it with their land to the south on which the housing development is being constructed, and the city um with the assistance of the county who donated a million dollars is constructing a new city park right next to the recenter up fronting on Central Avenue.

So in the meantime, for the res residential development, there is a fire lane that's needed.

Um and so they need a little piece of the land that was formerly theirs towards the rear of the park, um, sits back off Central Avenue.

The the fire lane easement is approximately 24 feet by 150 feet, um, and it will allow for fire access and will also improve pedestrian access from the residential development to the new city park and rec center.

And the easement is being um the easement rights are being sold for 14,000, which is a um fair market value.

Okay.

All right.

Correct.

Okay.

Have you got an approvement?

Uh have you gotten uh the approval of Councilman Starr?

We have, Mr.

Chairman.

Um Councilman Starr and I spoke uh back in October and again on Friday, and he he is in um support of this piece.

All right, I'm gonna go to Councilman Richard Starr.

No, um I just say I do support this initiative.

Um once again, this is a part of the whole upgrades that we're doing on the Cedar estates.

Um in retrospect, we knew have MoCap working on the upgrades to Central Bath House, been also adding that new playground area that we've just recently finished up, but then also with the San COVID finishing up phase four of their development, which is going to be uh makes affordable housing right there in the neighborhood over there.

So I do support ordinance number 13 um 16-2025, Chair.

All right, thank you, Councilman Starr.

Is there any other questions?

Councilman um Brian Casey.

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

Mr.

Chairman, to the to the director.

What's the difference between a deed of easement and then just flat out selling the property?

Um through the chair to Councilman Casey.

Uh a deed is a transfer of property rights.

A deed of easement is a transfer of certain property rights.

So an easement allows you to do certain things on someone else's property without actually transferring the property.

Um but the easements are transferred via deed typically, so that's why it's referred to as a deed of easement.

And then, Mr.

Chairman, to the director, is there finances involved in that?

Yes.

Um the developer had the property that is needed for the fire lane easement appraised, and the fair market value of the um easement rights are 14, it's 14,000.

Okay.

So we're selling the easement, the deed of easement for 14,000, correct?

Through the chair, that's correct.

Right.

And then, Mr.

Chairman, to the director, the the e are we also granting an easement?

Yes.

Um, I'm sorry, you're we are transferring the easement rights.

So we're granting an easement to via a deed of easement.

That's the instrument that gets recorded that says yes, the you know, so-and-so has the right to do something on my property via this easement.

That transfer um of those rights is going to be for fair market value of $14,000.

Okay.

But we're not giving any property away, right?

Not the underlying fee is what it's typically referred to, like the the ownership of the land is what's referred to as the fee ownership.

We will retain the city will retain ownership of the fee interest, but we're transferring an easement.

But what do you, Mr.

Chairman to the director?

What do you mean the ownership of the fee?

What does that mean?

We so the city will retain ownership of the underlying land that underlies where the easement is going to be.

Okay.

The the easement that we're transferring to the developer is just like I said, the rights to use it for for fire lane access.

So that's that's the easement area.

Ms.

Mr.

Chair.

Councilman.

If I can help out.

Yeah, uh Councilman Casey, would you like to um if you don't mind?

Yeah.

Councilman Harrison.

Council uh Councilman, so yes, we will still own the land.

Just say if you had a uh a vacant lot next to you, and you still own the land, but you let your neighbor uh you put your neighbor pays you to use it to uh to drive in and out to access their property.

So yes, we would still own it.

Uh they would just have access to come in and out or whatever, whatever work that they're uh asking for uh to use the property for.

Uh and the way that uh we give them that right is to record a deed, like if you sold it uh to have access to the property.

So, Mr.

Chairman, to whomever can answer the question, so we're just giving them an easement for $14,000.

So are they just is it more or less they're just renting it from us forever for $14,000?

We're still going to maintain it, but they get the right to use it.

Through through the chair, sort of.

I mean, there they are sort of it um it's not a lease, so they're not renting the land.

They actually have deed rights in the land, um, deed, you know, easement rights, not but not the right to the ownership of the land.

They just have the right to use the land, like councilman Harrison said.

Right.

So I get that.

So, Mr.

Chairman, to the director, then why don't we just sell it to them?

Well, why why can't we just do that?

Through the chair to councilman Casey, I I don't think they want to take ownership of it.

I don't think it's necessary.

Um they just need it for uh this fire lane access.

So it's not unusual that you know we we'd like to maintain it as you know, it'll be part of the park.

Um and in fact, the residents from the housing development will be able to access the park via the season.

It's really just needed for access, so they don't need to take on the land.

If you have a councilman Harrison.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

I would I would say a great example is the sewer district.

Uh a lot of our wards, we have the sewer district who are the vacant lots that we own, and they may put like some rockscape or you know, use it to have an access point for their sewers.

That's a a great example uh of you know uh that process as well.

All right, thank you.

All right.

All right, thank you, Councilman Casey and Councilman Harrison.

So do this deed of easement did this last in perpetuity.

Um yes, Mr.

Chairman, it's a perpetual easement.

And do this deed of easement, can we revoke this deed of easement at any time or how does that work?

Um similar to it, when you transfer a you know deed to your property, it you can't take it back unless both sites agree.

So an easement can be revoked or extinguished, but it has to be by agreement of both the grant tour and the grantee, yes.

Okay.

All right.

Is there any uh Councilman uh uh Anthony Harrison?

Thank you, uh Mr.

Chair, just a question in terms of maintenance of the uh of the site.

Who who's gonna bear that responsibility?

Uh through the chair to Councilman Harrison, um the the developer will maintain the fire lane um easement area.

So developer will maintain the easement area?

Yes.

Okay.

Uh and and we'll will bear responsibility for because I don't know the the property, so I'm just kinda asking some generals here.

So the fire lane they're gonna maintain and then whatever is around it, I'm sure Councilman Star has went went through this.

Uh my apologies, Councilman, but where it will maintain whatever is around it, I don't know what's around it.

Um through the chair to Councilman Harrison.

So it's it's the rear portion, it's like a small strip at the back of the park, the city park.

So the city is gonna maintain the park.

Okay.

Um, but the the developer will maintain the pavement associated with the with the uh fire lane easement.

Okay, all right.

Thank you for that.

I I just I didn't have a visual, so I was trying to just figure out what the set of.

I apologize through the chair.

There's I believe there's a map in your packet that kind of shows a zoomed out view of the parcels.

Okay.

And then the actual easement is the same.

I'm fine.

I trust Councilman uh Star's uh uh judgment in uh in engagement, so thank you.

All right, is there any other questions on ordinance number 13, 16, 2025?

Seeing no further questions, ordinance number 13, 16, 2025 is approved.

Please sign.

All right, thank you, Commissioner and Director.

Thank you.

All right.

Mo capital Commissioner, are you here for a specific piece or which one?

1416.

1416.

All right, ordinance number 1416, 2025.

Or uh by Councilmembers Polinsic Bishop and Griffin by department of request.

This is a mer and this is as amended.

An emergency ordinance to amend Section 2 and 11 of ordinance number 993 2025, passed August 13, 2025, relating to agreements with the county Cuyoga County and the Cleveland Metro Parks for the Euclid Beach tri trail connector to add additional land to the submerged land lease, and to supplement the ordinance by adding new sections 11A, 11B, 11C, 11D, and 11E relating to subleasing the land to the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District.

Okay, Director, are you are you on this piece also?

Uh yes, sir.

Okay.

Um now let me read the amendment.

There is no legal objection to this legislation legislation if amended as follows.

Number one, in section two, line one strike section and insert section two and in line two strike is an insert R.

All right.

All right, director, you want to speak to this piece?

Uh yes, sir, Mr.

Chairman, so I'll start out with this piece.

Um so the Euclid Beach uh connector trail is is an exciting project that you'll recall that the city funded with ARPA dollars, and it's taken um quite some time to design it and to get the property rights and the work with um the county who's running the construction project um to this point.

And I'm excited to say that they are anticipating going out to bid um at the beginning of the year.

So we're almost to that point.

And um so today um we're coming back to council with a few detailed amendments to the ordinance that we passed.

And and really uh I just want to emphasize that it's somewhat of a complicated project, and so there's just a few things that we need to um update in that ordinance in order to get ready for the bidding of the project.

So with that, I'm gonna I'm gonna turn it over to Commissioner De Janeiro to go through those few changes.

Okay.

Thank you, Director.

Commissioner, just a minute.

Let me ask you the question before.

Um so it it doesn't seem like these are major changes, so why do we need them?

Can you answer that while you given your presentation?

Okay, thank you.

Yes, um, I will address the changes.

So the two changes um to ordinance number 993-2025 that are needed via this current legislation.

Um in the original legislation, the um the city is accepting easements for the trail that will be constructed, the Euclid Beach Connector Trail.

And um in the original legislation, we limited those to a term of 50 years.

Um, but they need to be perpetual to ensure um ongoing maintenance and control of the trail area.

So that that's the first amendment to um make the trail easements um be perpetual instead of 50 years.

The other amendment is so the city is going to have a submerged land lease in connection with the trail easements.

Um there is there's an uh uh additional area that needs to be added to the submerged land lease.

It's lakeward of the terminus of East 156th Street, under which the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District has um a sewer pipe and the outfall goes you know, extends out into the lake.

Um, but because the city owns the the land upward, um, in other words, not the water portion, but the the roadway portion, we want to add that portion to our submerged land lease and then seek authority to uh um to get a consent to sublease that little area to Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District.

So those are the two changes.

Okay, was there any money involved with this um?

Um, Mr.

Chairman.

All of the easements are at no cost.

Okay.

All right.

Is there any questions on the uh ordinance number 14 1416 2025?

Yes.

Councilman Harrison.

Thank you.

Uh through the chair to um the commissioner.

You said that we need to amend the 50 years to perpetual.

And what I've seen over the the time, the years that we've had a 50-year, 199-year.

Uh can of you know, uh sunset on these, and then if it needs to be renewed, it come back and renew them.

So why uh are we asking for these to be perpetual and and not leave in leave these with the dates that we already set?

So through the chair tick, Councilman Hairston, if we left them at 50 years, there's a chance that when we went back to the property owner at that time to sign an easement over to us for the trail, that they may refuse to do that.

And if so, the trail would have to go around their property.

So having the easement be perpetual ensures that the trail can remain in place in perpetuity.

Mr.

Chairman, if I could just say the one the one thing that's a little unusual here is we have multiple property owners.

So it's in the instances that that we normally have, you might have a 99-year lease with one property owner for the whole length.

Here we have multiple property owners, so that opens the door to maybe some saying they want to renew and some saying they don't want to renew.

And if we're investing all this money into the trail, we want to make sure that we have the investment for the long term for our residents.

Gotcha.

Okay.

And the area that you are looking to add in is is that where is that piece at um back to the map?

Through the chair, Councilman Harrison.

There is two maps, I think the zoomed out project view, and then there should be a second map that shows the little tiny portion right at the end of East 156th Street where Norshead has their sewer outfall.

That's the little piece that's being added to the submerged to the city submerged land lease that we will get from Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

Okay, down 156 at the very end.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Okay.

Because when you go down, you can barely turn around down there.

Is that going to be expanded?

Or is that going to stay like a small, the you know, very small area?

Through the as it is now.

Through the chair to Councilman Harrison, it it won't be expanded.

The sewer outfall is in Caldus.

Oh, the I'm sorry, you're asking about the call-de-sect portion.

Yes.

Yes, there will be a turnaround area.

And so the city's getting an easement from that property owner to the east for the trail and and turnaround purposes, call-de-sac purposes.

Okay.

All right.

Yeah, because you have uh through the chair, you have the the apartment complex that's there, and they have a lot of parking in that back between there's a CMHA, there's and there's the other two properties that are owned by uh private um developers, and then to the west, you got those houses there.

Okay.

No, I get it.

I I just know what um what you wanted to run along with, and so it's for the submerged land lease for them to be together.

Um is what I'm hearing, right?

Um through the chair to councilman Harrison for which pieces to be together?

So take the 50 years off, and so you got the the you talked about the maintenance and you talked about the um the submerged land lease and and it seems like as you're trying to line them up together um and not have one 50 years and one be perpetual in the through the chair to councilman Harrison.

It's a little a little confusing, but the the trail, the easements um that we're getting from the private property owners for the trail, those will be perpetual.

Um the the turnaround easement that you were referring to that that will be perpetual.

Okay.

Um the submerged land lease is only for a term of 50 years, and that's just because Ohio Department of Natural Resources typically won't grant a lease for longer than 50 years.

So we will have to go back and seek a renewal of that.

Got it.

That's what okay, that's the part that threw me off.

I'm like, so they do perpetual uh lease now.

Wow, okay.

Um we've always always had to come back and renew it and ask for addition.

So okay, no further from me.

Uh I uh I get it.

Okay, thank you, Mr.

Chair.

All right, is there any other questions on ordinance number 1446 2025?

So um so director, when you when you mentioned that we want to get the um easements from all of these different property owners.

Our Department of Natural Resources only will give us a 50-year-old is that what I'm understanding.

Um through the chairman of the councilman, yes, but they're different types of easements.

So the the Department of Natural Resources is um giving us the right to use what they call submerged lands, meaning um you know, land that we're we're building, we're doing something in Lake Erie versus the property owners are giving easements on their personal property.

Okay, yes.

Okay, but those easements on the personal property is is in perpetuity.

Correct.

Okay.

All right.

All right, is there any other questions?

Seeing north of the questions, ordinance 1416 2025 is approved.

Please sign it.

Thank you.

As amended.

Thank you.

Oh, yeah.

Thanks.

All right, so we bring in this one back, Director.

Umrdnance number 1082 2023.

By Council Members Bishop, Harrison, and Griffin.

This is a department of request.

An emergency ordinance authorizing the Director of Capital Projects to apply to the District One Public Works Integrated Committee for State funding for constructing improvements to proportions of State Route 283, East Route 283, and St.

Clair Avenue to apply for and to accept any gifts or grants for this purpose from any public or private entity authorizing professional services, agreements with public and private entities, and any relative agreements and authorizing the commissioner purchasing, purchasing and supplies to acquire, accept, and record for right-of-way purposes any real property and easements necessary to make this to make the improvement.

Okay.

All right, Director, do you want to speak to this piece?

Yes, sir.

So the ordinance itself is our typical roadway ordinance to seek funding funding for roadway improvement.

But what makes this a little bit special and why it was on hold for a bit is that it relates to an unusual uh state um route that um is a portion of 55th street, which is uh north of Superior Avenue, and then it jogs over to St.

Clair Avenue all the way to 72nd Street, and there is a map in your tablet, and then it's from 72nd Street up to uh the freeway.

And the reason the state route is this is is in this configuration is because if you've been on 55th street and you go towards the lake when you get to the bridge, the railroad bridge that's uh near um near the lake where uh uh uh Dominion East Ohio has their uh offices, the road narrows down so that it makes it uh you you know you can't get trucks through there.

So the state route ended up winding uh, you know, 55th St.

Clair to 72nd Street to get to the freeway more easily.

Um the city received um urban paving funds, which is available for state routes.

And uh we brought this ordinance to council in 2023, and uh in uh you know, rightfully so Councilman Harrison asked us, yeah, but what about the rest of St.

Clair Avenue?

Because uh St.

Clair Avenue all the way to the East Corp Line is in uh worse condition than this piece of the roadway.

So that was a great challenge, a fair question, and so um we've worked with our staff, um Rick Switowski and his staff to to come up with a plan for all of St.

Clair Avenue.

Um we're to the point now, and that would be a phased project with many funding cycles, but we're at the point now where this um the uh state funding, the urban paving funds for State Route 283 is about to expire.

And so we presented uh the plan for St.

Clair Avenue um to Councilman Harrison and also um have fine-tuned this State Route 283 project um and are now seeking uh approval from the county to move forward or from the city to move forward with an application to the county for um DOPWIC funding in the next funding stream uh for um for for DOPWIC funding.

Um is through the state, but it's it's managed by the county.

Um so with that, the the project has has grown from about $8.5 million, which is what was in the original um legislative summary to about $13 million, and a lot of that relates to safety enhancements.

Um this um area has some of the highest crash rates in our whole city, and so we've been working with the Vision Zero team and working with um our our staff and with ODOT to really look at different interventions, interventions that can be used in this area to reduce crashes as well as go after additional grants related to safety to layer on to um the um urban paving funds as well as the future um DOPWIC funding that we hope to receive to pull together um an application and a project that really is gonna address the safety needs of the area as well as just the regular pavement condition.

So with that, um open to to questions and um Rick can uh dive into detailed uh uh answers as well.

Okay, Director, um explain to us what is the District One Public Works Integrating Committee.

So uh the District One integrated committee is what we what we um shortened to DOPWIC, and it is uh the way that the state of Ohio um issues um or grants money to local regions.

Our region is um the um DOPWIC One coordinating committee, and so that is basically uh Cuyahoga County, it's the large cities, it's the small cities, it's it's the county.

And so once a year we make applications applications to DOPWI.

And typically the city applies for two pro two two roadway projects per year, and it's scored on a very um regimented uh and um you know published uh method that uh you have to be very um prescribed and what projects you apply for in order to receive them because there's a lot of applicants throughout our entire county.

Okay, so uh you mentioned that the cost of the project went from 8.5 to 13 million.

How who is gonna um pick up that gap?

Who how how do how are we gonna close that gap in funding since the start that we started this project?

Um I'm gonna hand over to Rick what our current thinking is for the different breakout of the funding, but as I mentioned, we're layering a lot of safety funding on top of it.

Uh to the chair, what we're primarily looking at is safety funds.

Thank you.

What we're primarily looking at is safety funds to add to this because there's a we're looking at a lot of different options.

I mean, the base project is about $8 million if you go and just put in the asphalt and mill and fill and do the ADA ramps and the other things, but we're looking at possible roundabouts, but road diets, uh, other safety features to be incorporated into it.

Uh we have an IFP ready to go that will evaluate all that and the funding will be chased while we're doing the design when we determine exactly what we're going to be putting in it.

Okay.

Um Director, um in section 13 that section 13 includes future bonds and any other funds, that language.

So that language uh makes the council a little nervous.

Um so why did that does that language need to be in this piece, Director?

Uh through the chairman of the councilman, um, well, for one reason we do anticipate asking for funding in the 2026 bonds for State Route 283.

So that would be um the money that we would need for design.

And at a future point, we would also need a local match um through bond funding.

And in addition, though, we do anticipate applying for uh any other applicable grants that could come into fund this project.

Okay.

So when it when you need to make modifications to the um to the funding, will you notify this this body?

Um modifications from what we initially have listed as funding sources.

Um we yeah, we can definitely do that.

Um would we um do we typically have to come back?

Um okay.

So yeah, we can we can come back with um a final funding list for that project.

And we would of course have a lot of public engagement that comes along with this and a lot of discussions with the council members who will have um this ward, which I'm not sure if it's if it's only councilwoman house jones, but I know that um that there would be that you know, due to the change of the boundaries, there's there's different council members going forward.

Okay.

All right.

Um is there any questions on ordinance 1082 2023?

Mr.

Chair.

Um first I'm gonna go to Councilman Anthony Harrison.

I can uh I can yield asked if they want.

Okay, all right, Councilman Brian Cage.

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

Mr.

Chairman to the director, I just have a question because I've seen this in other legislations.

So you have private entities listed in the legislation.

How often does a private entity donate to a or what would they donate to a project like this?

So uh through the councilman and the councilman, typically the private donation would be if there's some kind of private development that happens to be happening you know along that route, and they may say donate um the money for enhancements or sidewalks or um things that relate to a particular private private ownership.

So if there's a business there that's got a driveway, right, and the end of their driveway is cracked up and it's getting redone, and they just say to them, hey, can you can I pay you to fix my try the the end of my driveway or whatever while this project is going on and and they actually pay for the work to be done that that's what would be a private entity.

Well, through through the councilman chair uh to the count through the chairman of the councilman, so we we would have the ability to do anything that's within the public right-of-way.

We wouldn't do a piece of a driveway that's that's outside of the public right-of-way um unless we need to do it for our project.

So let's just say there's maybe a foot between the end of the right-of-way and uh somebody's building, and and we need to to do you know, do the full thing, we might do that extra foot with permission from the property owner.

But what this language really speaks to is hey, I'm um XYZ business and I have a lot of uh employees that like to eat outside.

Could we add some benches outside of our building so that people have a place to relax and take a break?

And then they pay for it.

Correct.

Okay.

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

I was just wondering.

All right, Councilman Harrison.

Thank you, um, Mr.

Chair.

Uh yes, you know, this has been a long time coming.

Uh we had to get to a place where we can you know be comfortable with the other parts of St.

Clair because they are, as the director mentioned, uh in much uh worse condition than uh this stretch of St.

St.

Clair and East 55th.

And I for the laugh, I'm I just didn't understand why we were focusing on this stretch before we were actually focusing on the areas that that really needed the help.

But as we got through the um, we what now I have to do as we went through this process, uh they highlighted to me we know why uh this was the case and and and so forth, and so they work with me to develop a plan.

Commissioner Swatowski emailed over uh a detailed um uh path of how you know the department will intend to address parts of St.

Clair and Nottingham uh Road uh as well.

And so I'm comfortable with that um that that path that they have set forward um and you know asked the committee for consideration.

You know, there's a lot of investment happening in this particular part of the neighborhood, and this will further enhance uh the work that is taking place there uh by St.

Clark Superior Development, Famicles Foundation, and the Mount Dale Foundation, uh in addition to the work the investments that we as the city are making in the neighborhood um as well.

And so um uh again, those are the reasons you know why it took us a while to uh to get here, Mr.

Chairman.

So I'll just ask the committee for their support.

Thank you.

All right, thank you, Councilman Harrison.

All right, is there any other um questions on ordinance number 1082 2023?

Seeing no further questions, ordinance number 1082 2023 is approved.

Ordinance number 1295, 2025.

By council members Bishop Griffin, uh by departmental request, an emergency ordinance authorizing the director of capital projects to enter into an amendment to the memorandum of understanding with the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority to provide additional services for implement and to extend the contract.

All right, director.

Um Mr.

Chairman, thank you.

This is an amendment for an ordinance we passed in 2022, and um it the the ordinance related to GCRTA's improvement of the West 117th Street station, which um I haven't been to yet, but they recently opened it and it's in its uh I hear that it's a a great redevelopment of that station.

Uh the reason we entered into an agreement with uh GCRTA is because at the street level, um uh the City of Cleveland um owns um the east side of the roadway and Lakewood owns the west side of the roadway, and uh RTA was seeking to do improvements of the retaining walls and the railings and the sidewalks at the street level underneath the platform as part of of their project.

So the city agreed to uh participate.

Um it was a great way to extend their project down to the right-of-way level, and uh the city of Lakewood also agreed to participate.

And so um we're seeking an amendment now because we need to extend their uh the term of the agreement through the end of this year, and we also had uh a cost overrun of or an additional cost of 29,600, 29,600 that we wish to um uh compensate RTA for for the additional work, which um Rick can get into the details, but it related to concrete and railings, um, which was all um confirmed and inspected by our staff.

So with that would uh be open to uh questions.

Okay, Director.

Uh in section two uh it lists the um 29,000, I mean 200 29,600 not to exceed that amount, but it also lists after the sub after the funds, it says and other funds as approved by the director of finance.

So, director, explain to us what's other funds and and um and why is that needed into the uh into the section too?

Um through the chairman of the council, I believe that when this was put in that we had um, yes, it looks like we have an RQS and an RL, so the funds should be allocated for this source.

So um I don't believe that we need and other funds.

The 29,600 is already um associated with this.

Yes.

Okay.

All right.

Is there any other questions on ordinance number 1295 2025?

No, I'll make a minute.

Councilman Starr.

Yes, on ordinance number 1295.

I would like to issue an amendment.

Um and within the amendment, it should say under um section two of 1295-20 and 25, where there said and other funds.

Can you please strike that language, other funds?

All right, Councilman Starr has an amendment.

Uh is there a second?

Second.

Councilman Casey seconds it.

Is there any discussion on the amendment?

Mr.

Chairman.

Councilwoman Marr.

Oh no, no.

Oh, I'm sorry, no law.

I'm sorry.

God bless you.

No.

Um are you just to clarify?

Are you striking from the comma and other funds approved by the director of finance all the way to the end or just the and other funds?

Just um that's a great question.

Just the other funds, so therefore, only funds that are um airmarking on legislation should be yours for this and nothing else.

Thank you.

All right, so is there any other discussion on the amendment?

All right.

Those in favor of the amendment say aye.

Aye.

Those opposed.

The ayes have it.

And the amendment carries.

All right, is there any other question on ordinance number 1295 2025 as amended?

All right, seeing no further questions, ordinance number 1295 2025 as amended is approved.

Please sign it.

All right, ordinance number 1400 2025 by council members Bishop and Griffin.

This is a department of request, an emergency ordinance authorizing the director of capital projects to apply to the District 1 Public Works integrated committee for state funding for the rehabilitation of a portion of Way Park Avenue to apply for and accept gifts and grants from various entities for the improvement and authorizing the commissioner of purchasing purchases and supplies to acquire, accept, and record for right-of-way purposes, real property and easements necessary to make the improvement.

All right, Director.

Um Mr.

Chairman, so thank you for um for hearing this piece.

So this is for Wade Park Avenue, and it goes from East 66th Street to East 118th Street.

And um this is a typical um roadway improvement project um ordinance um specifically relating to a future round of um of DOPWIC funding, the district one uh public works integrating committee.

This one we actually applied for um this year.

Um so we're catching up with uh the authority um to accept the funds if if we do uh receive those fundings.

And if you look at the funding sources listed, you'll see that we've really um uh and you've heard me say this at the table many times before.

We we just can't continue to fund our projects with the typical funding sources.

So we're going after a lot of uh different funding sources to put this project together, including enhanced safety funding.

And I will say that um that now is a great time for the city to go after and enhanced safety funding because the governor has uh a personal interest in um enhancing the safety of our roadways.

So there is additional state funding available right now.

So that's one reason why you'll see us at the table a lot with additional safety funding coming to the table.

Um but this um project has already had um the beginning of community engagement with both um Councilwoman House Jones's community and also Councilmember Conwell's community.

And so while we're um just starting the design of it, um we have had a lot of interest um in the improvement of Wade Park Avenue.

And the one highlight I wanted to make for you is that um if you think about how council really challenged us at the table when we talked about the superior midway and how that project would just end at 55th Street.

Um what we're Wade Park kind of fits into that story because we have a little piece of roadway that we have to connect, which is 55th Street to 66th Street.

But as you know, this coming year, we're gonna have East 66th Street as a transformational project from Superior Avenue all the way down to Euclid Avenue.

And as you get um, you know, uh most of the way down Wade Park Avenue uh hit 66th Street, and there's going to be bike facilities on Wade Avenue that would take you east into University Circle.

So when we talk about our um complete bike network, you would have the ability to go from the downtown of the superior midway.

There's a little gap we have to figure out down 66th Street, and you could peel off at either Wade Park or all the way down to Euclid Avenue and go east or west from Euclid Avenue or east on Wade Park.

So it's a it's in need of pavement treatment, but it's also um critical um for a bike infrastructure.

Okay.

All right.

Um Director.

Um in a summary, uh it's identifying 164.

So this is 1400.

It's identifying 164,000 in road and bridges bonds proposed in 2026.

Does this legislation authorize this amount, or would there be additional legislation coming forward in the future?

Um so, Mr.

Chairman, this does not authorize that amount.

Um you will often see uh um an estimate of what our road and bridge bond uh um percent would be or what the amount would be.

But we always have to go to City Council um through um more um explicit way if we were seeking for that funding to be authorized by this ordinance.

So that is that's really just showing here's how we're gonna come up with the funds to to make this project.

Now, as we get further into design, those numbers may change.

Maybe we get a grant, maybe we get an extra grant, maybe we don't get some.

And then, or maybe the the um scope uh increases and that may increase or decrease our local share.

Okay.

All right, I'm gonna open this up to questions.

Uh is there any question on ordinance number 1400 2025?

No questions on ordinance 1400 2025.

Seeing no, since there's no questions, ordinance 1400 2025 is approved.

Please sign it.

All right.

Last but not least.

Ordinance number 1402 2025 by Council Members Harrison, Bishop, and Griffin, a Department of Request, an emergency ordinance authorizing director of capital projects to employ one or more professional consultants for the construction of pedestrian enhancements along Euclid Avenue from Upper Valley Drive to Ivanhoe Road, known as Euclid Avenue Pedestrian Improvement Project, to apply for and accept any gifts and or grants for any public or private entity from any public or private entity authorizing the mayor and the commissioner of purchasing and supplies as appropriate to acquire, accept, and record the right-of-way purposes, real property and easements necessary to make the improvement, and authorizing the director of capital projects to enter into any relative agreements.

Okay, Director.

Mr.

Chairman, so in 2022, we finished a roadway project uh for these same limits, which was Upper Valley Drive to Ivanhoe Road on Euclid Avenue.

And uh the project was scoped as as a um basic roadway project um without any enhancements for bikes and pets or um any um any um bells and whistles, if you will, to the project.

So we've been working with Councilman Harrison since that time to consider how we could incorporate some of the recommendations of a TLCI study, which is a transportation for livable communities program through NOACA.

And that TLCI uh study was finished as we were about to let the construction project.

So the timing was off so we couldn't incorporate anything from that study into the construction project.

So what we did was we applied for um TLCI implementation funding from NOACA, and we did receive that in the amount of $500,000 that was awarded from last year's application.

And um and so we've worked out a scope that also includes some safety funding.

Um, but we have not uh as of yet received any of that safety funding.

So um the scope here is is um is uh aspirational and that we will apply again and hope to get safety funding over the winter time.

Um otherwise we'll have to adjust the scope um and use uh our funding and the NOACA funding to come up with the design that meets the neighborhood's goals.

But right now the project's at about 1.1 with the additional safety funding that we hope to um bring into it.

And it it includes a lot of um signalization changes um and other improvements along the quarter to really enhance the pedestrian um um experience along Euclid Avenue.

Okay, all right, thank you, Director.

All right, this is in Councilman Harrison's ward.

Yes, sir.

Uh Councilman Harrison, you want to comment on this piece?

Yes, Mr.

Chair.

Uh thank you.

Uh fully supportive of this piece uh through the chair uh as the director indicated.

This is something we've been working on for a very long time uh for Euclid Avenue.

And again, unfortunately, we were not able to uh roll this into the roadway the road work repairs that we made up a few years back because the time is just not it just didn't line up.

In fact, we started this when I was on county council and we carried it over to city council.

Uh we did not lose sight, we kept it going and and we have arrived here uh today.

Um as a director mentioned that uh we were uh given uh an award from the WACA, but is we we need additional dollars to support the work that we're trying to do here.

Um uh hopefully we will be successful uh moving forward with the uh safety funds that we are we were applying for in the future.

Uh but I will ask that the do the chair to the director that we in uh include maybe including this or consider future bond funds or other other uh city funding uh to add along to this project to ensure that we uh uh get the outcome that we are looking for.

Uh unfortunately, due to the November 4th election, uh my commitment uh I was going to apply uh uh 2026 dollars to help with this project uh discretionary funding, whether it's NEF or uh other funds that we may uh receive uh through our annual um allocation, but unfortunately that's not the case.

So uh I'll be uh chatting with my successor and and hopefully he'll add uh his portion of the money to this to continue this project alone because it is a very much needed project for this area of the of the ward.

Um but again uh asking that the committee um uh support this uh again, much needed in this is a long time coming.

Euclid Avenue is a very dangerous uh stretch of Euclid Avenue between Ivanhoe and Upper Valley.

Man, with that hillside area uh on the uh one side of Euclid in the flat side and trying to cross there, the kids literally have to come down the steps in front of Euclid Park School, stand almost in the street because there's like a little set of steps in order to cross the street.

I mean it is it it is amazing, and then go down to where the big mural we did on Euclid Avenue on the wall, the colonnade, same thing, you got to come down those steps, it's little steps in between, and they're literally at the curve of Euclid Avenue.

Very dangerous.

They treat Euclid Avenue like a uh like a highway, man.

So uh again, very important work that we're trying to do here.

Along Euclid Avenue, in addition to enhancing the appearance of Euclid Avenue as well.

We we come a long way.

We've been able to uh demolish several vacant abandoned buildings, we've been able to put murals up along the corridor, uh, work with the sewer district to in install enhanced landscaping along uh the some of the major uh the uh access points along the corridor, and so this would really help tie a lot of the work that we've already been doing in together.

And so just ask committee for support uh and through the chair, just a question to the director, should we add in here future bond funds or other revenues?

I don't know how we uh unless that is that the committee doesn't see that as appropriate, which I'm fine with.

Uh but if it's needed as we get to that point, then it can come back to the committee and ask for uh uh for um for the support.

All right, thank you, uh Councilman Harrison.

Director, you want to respond to that?

Um, Mr.

Chairman, so if we intended um or if we needed future bond funds in the future, we would add that to our um capital improvement plan list.

So I'll defer to you if if if that needs to be added or if we just include it in our list of um of projects going forward.

Um I would say that um typically that's our our norm.

So even if these are listed as as um potential funding sources, we still come to you for authorization to expend those funds.

Okay.

All right.

Um councilman starr.

Yes, um definitely I just wanted to see if I can make an amendment to this ordinance number 1402.

Um under section two, at the end of that part of it, uh we should include the director of capital projects shall provide written notice to the clerk of council whenever any purchases is made through the cooperative process, which notice shall include the details of such cooperative purchases, all right.

Councilman Starr has an amendment section what's that again?

Section two man starr has an amendment on the floor.

Is there a second?

Sorry, all right, Councilman Casey seconds it.

Is there any discussion?

All right, director, you have any comments on the amendment?

Uh no, sir.

All right.

Is there any other discussion on the amendments?

All right.

Those in favor of the amendments say aye.

Got it.

Aye.

Those opposed?

The ayes have it.

All right.

Ordinance number 1402 2025 as amended.

Is there any other questions on this piece of legislation?

All right.

Seeing no other questions, ordinance number 1404 2025 2025 is approved as amended.

Please sign it.

All right, director, we have um we have three other pieces for um for you there are vacations.

Oh, right.

Or um the okay.

Yes.

Okay.

All right, ordinance number 1489, 2025.

My council members Welsh, Bishop, Harrison, and Griffin.

This is a department department of request an emergency ordinance to vacate a portion of West Third Street.

Okay.

Um Yes, sir.

So um Mr.

Chairman, all three of these pieces that you're about to hear relate to the bedrock project.

And um all three of these pieces relate to um vacations that are needed to move the project forward.

So the first one is being um about a 75-foot wide strip um on West Third Street.

And um this is um the so let me just say the reason these are split into different pieces is because there's different ownerships adjacent to uh the piece of West Third Street that's being vacated.

So this first one is um the 70-foot five foot wide strip, um, and it is adjacent to um the the Global Peak Performance Practice Facility LLC, Huron Holdings LC, and Kingfisher Harbor LLC.

Um we do have a map that was included in each of your packets, which I do not have.

Um, but I don't know if you want to hear these all together or separately, but they're all um they're really just all three pieces related to the same project.

Okay, all right.

All right, so we got to read each individual.

So um is there any questions on ordinance number 1489 2025, Councilman Casey?

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

This is regarding to all three all three of them.

Um who owns this property now.

So um the city owns the right-of-way, and the adjacent property is owned by different uh limited liability companies that are related to the to the bed brock bedrock project.

So we're only vacating, Mr.

Chairman, to the director, what we own, correct?

Uh the yes, that's correct, and it's only a portion of the right-of-way.

If let's see if I have uh a map here.

So if folks recall when there used to be an Eagle Avenue Bridge that went from gateway down, um there was a ramp system that allowed you to go from uh West Third Street onto Eagle Avenue, and I'm gonna go up and just kind of point that out.

Um this right-of-way right here is extra wide because there was a ramp system that would basically take you up and you only left.

And so what this is doing is it's vacating the ramp portion, so maybe you with the normal random way strip, and then it also vacates the end of West Third Street, and this is Kaihoga River, um, but it radiates the end of the ramp so that uh kayak launch can be created at the end of West Third Street.

All right, and Mr.

Chairman to the director, if we own those, right?

How come we just don't sell them like we've done why are we vacating them?

And then who once we vacate them, who becomes the owner of that the property?

So um the way that right-of-way is um is is turned from a public use into a private use is through the vacation process.

It's it's not through a sale process.

So um vacating a right-of-way, if it was the whole right-of-way, it would go through the center line and it would split to each of the abuttering property owners.

In this situation, since it's a partial vacation, and the rest of West Third Street remains, all of the vacated property goes to the property owner that's adjacent.

And it's it's the way that this process works.

Um I've thought about it in many different ways, and um it's um it's it's it it's just not feasible to sell something that you're vacating.

Well, Mr.

Chairman, to the to the director, then why don't we just give them an easement, right?

Like we did in previous legislation, and then sell it to them at fair market value.

Um so again, a peculiarity, but you we don't place easements over right-of-way.

Okay.

So I I think that the legal concept and and uh um speaking in public on something I'm not exactly sure I remember the details of.

I think the concept is though that a property owner owned land before it was dedicated, and therefore you're vacating the public right, and it reverts back to the private right, and that's why they receive that land back at no cost.

All right, thank you.

All right, thank you, Councilman Casey.

Is there any other questions on ordinance number 1489 2025?

Saying no further questions, ordinance number 1489 is approved.

Please sign it.

All right, next we have uh uh with the same uh presentation.

We have ordinance number 1490 2025.

This is by council members Welsh, Bishop Harrison and Griffin.

It's the department of requests an emergency ordinance to vacate a portion of West Third Street.

Okay, director.

Uh so Mr.

Chairman, again, this relates to um the uh the right-of-ways that I'm showing here.

Let me just point out to you on the map which ordinance relates to which piece.

Okay, which might be helpful.

Oh, you have it there.

Oh can't you do what that was there?

Yeah, no, that's perfect.

Um, so um so the ordinance that we just passed, which is 1489, relates to the far left where we have West Third Street Um against Um Cuyhoga River.

So this is the ordinance that we just passed.

Um and then um thanks.

Thank you.

So uh the ordinance we're speaking on now, which is ordinance one hundred four nine oh twenty twenty-five relates to this piece right here, which is between Central Avenue and the future uh Eagle Avenue Bridge.

And then the final ordinance, which is uh fourteen ninety-one would relate from Central Avenue to uh the bridge abutments.

Okay, all right.

Thank you, Director.

Is there any questions on ordinance number fourteen ninety twenty twenty-five?

All right, seeing no questions.

Please sign it.

All right, last but not least.

Ordinance number fourteen ninety-one twenty twenty-five.

This is by council members Welsh, Bishop Harrison and Griffin.

This is a department of requests, an emergency ordinance to vacate a portion of West Third Street.

All right, Director, we thank you for the graphic um illustration.

Is there any questions on ordinance number fourteen ninety-one twenty twenty-five?

All right.

Okay, director.

Thank you.

Is there any miscellaneous for the director while we have here?

All right, no miscellaneous.

Uh no, sir.

Thank you very much.

All right, I hereby call the municipal service.

I'll adjourn the municipal service meeting to the next call of the chair.

Which will be next, and I think that's a good one.