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The Municipal Services and Properties Committee met on Monday, October 12, 2026, to consider several ordinances related to property leases, easement acquisition, vehicle purchases, and consent to ODOT for various road and bridge projects. The committee also received a presentation on proposed changes to the waste citation ordinance (Chapter 551). Several ordinances were approved, some with amendments and one over a council member's strong objection.
Ordinance 1034-2026 (Lease of Five-Point Building): Authorized the Director of Community Development to lease the Five-Point Building (Collinwood Community Center) at 813 East 152 Street to Famicos Foundation for two years with a one two-year renewal option, for $1 per year. Famicos provides social services. Maintenance responsibilities: city handles major repairs (e.g., HVAC, boiler), Famicos minor repairs. The building has been occupied by various CDCs for a long time. Approved.
Ordinance 1037-2026 (Easement Acquisition - as amended): Amended Section 129.22 of the codified ordinances to remove the $3,500 cap on easement values that the Director of Public Utilities could approve, instead allowing fair market value determined by appraisal. The amendment struck the phrase "as determined by the board of control." The change was needed because the 1984 cap impeded projects where easement costs exceeded $3,500. Approved as amended.
Ordinance 1137-2026 (Vehicle Purchase for Enterprise Funds): Authorized purchase of on-road vehicles, apparatus, and equipment for the Department of Public Works (enterprise funds: Water, Water Pollution Control, Cleveland Public Power) via standard and requirements contracts. Total estimated cost $10 million (legislation amount; actual equipment list totaled $13.3 million, with difference covered by a grant for sewer cleaning equipment). The ordinance replaces vehicles that have outlived useful life. Discussion focused on fleet inventory, condition, replacement criteria (point system), and decommissioning process (auction via GovDeals.com). Approved.
Ordinance 1175-2026 (Wade Park Avenue Resurfacing - as amended): Granted consent to ODOT to resurface Wade Park Avenue from East 66th to East 118th Street, including installation of five mini roundabouts, protected bike lanes, and pedestrian improvements. Total project cost ~$12 million (federal/state/local). Amendment offered by Councilman Harsh and seconded by Councilman Casey to strike language allowing use of "future road and bridge bonds" beyond 2027, limiting funding to 2027 bond proceeds. Amendment carried. Approved as amended.
Ordinance 1174-2026 (St. Clair Avenue Target Speed Pilot Project - as amended): Granted consent to ODOT for a target speed pilot project on St. Clair Avenue from East 101st to East 156th Street. Project includes road diet (reducing from 4 lanes to 2 with center turn lane), buffered bike lanes with vertical delineators, raised crosswalks, medians, and resurfacing. Total cost $7.3 million (federal share $5.6 million, local share $1,628,937). Extensive discussion: Councilman Casey expressed concerns about bike lane safety on a dangerous corridor; Councilwoman Hudson asked about separation methods; Councilman Jones worried about economic impacts on businesses; Councilman Harsh raised issues with speed bumps on major roads and emergency vehicle response. The same amendment to restrict bond language to 2027 was offered and carried. Approved as amended.
Ordinance 1169-2026 (Stokes Boulevard Resurfacing - as amended): Granted consent to ODOT to resurface Stokes Boulevard from Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to Chester Avenue, including road diet (4 lanes to 2 with turn lanes) and a two-way cycle track on the east side. Total cost $4.7 million (federal $3.8 million, local bonds $0.9 million). Similar amendment on bond language offered and carried. Approved as amended.
Ordinance 1168-2026 (Warren Road Bridge Deck Replacement): Granted consent to ODOT to replace the deck of the Warren Road Bridge over I-90. Project fully funded by ODOT ($7.115 million). Construction scheduled October 2027 to October 2029. No objections. Approved.
Ordinance 1167-2026 (I-480 Ramp Repairs at Grayton Road, West 150th, and West 139th): Granted consent to ODOT to repair/reconstruct three ramps along I-480. Total cost $3.7 million, fully state-funded. Councilman Casey strongly objected, asserting the project is tied to facilitating the relocation of the Cleveland Browns to Brook Park and that there is nothing wrong with the West 150th ramp. He requested not to bring it to committee. Councilman Starr echoed that he does not support projects in his ward without his support. Despite objections, after a roll call (two yes, two no, then one more yes), the chair moved forward. Approved over objection.
Presentation on Proposed Amendments to Waste Citation Ordinance (Chapter 551): The Department of Public Works presented proposed changes to the waste citation ordinance. Key changes include: updating definitions, reducing penalties for minor infractions (e.g., $25 per item for up to 4 items instead of flat $100), extending contest period from 20 to 60 days, moving contest process in-house, adding civil citation authority for illegal dumping ($1,000 fine) and littering, and requiring wrapping of trash (e.g., feces) to protect workers. Discussion included enforcement staffing, proactive citation writing, communication plans, and concerns about fines for leaving carts out too long. Councilman Jones urged maintaining higher fines for repeat offenders. The presentation was informational; no vote taken.
System Pope was on Chicago's side with Razor and uh good morning. Uh I'm calling the municipal services and properties committee to order today is Monday, October 12th, 2026. Madam Clerk, can you please call a row? Here, Madam Clerk, can you please excuse uh councilwoman Gray and Councilman Tana May Shaw? Okay, uh first I'm gonna start off with uh Commissioner Green So we've heard this piece in uh the depart uh development planning and sustainability, right, Commissioner All right. So this is gonna be kind of a refresher for some folks to the chair, yes. Uh ordinance number thir uh 1034 2026. This is by council members Polinsic, Santana, Bishop, and Griffin. This is a department of request, an emergency ordinance authorizing the director of community development to lease the five-point building, also known as Collinwoods Community Center, located at 813 East 152 Street to the Famicos Foundation to operate and provide a range of social services and to maintain the five points building for a period of two years with one two-year option to renew. Okay, Commissioner. Good morning, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee. I'm joined by John Analifo, who is the executive director at Famicos, in case there are any questions regarding uh the facility and programs operating out of there. Uh currently, uh I'll go quickly since it it was heard before DPNS. So just sort of to orient you to where the location of the building is on East 157 East 152nd Street in Collingwood, uh between Aspenwall to the north and Plato to the south, and more specifically on an extended basis, uh I-90 is to the north and St. Clair uh to the south. This is the building uh as it sits today. Um it's used for social services, operated by Famicos. We're renewing the lease with them. Uh this is uh art art that was done on the side of the building by national uh artist. And the programs that are currently operating out of the facility. There are eight programs uh that include meal programs, um senior citizen programs, uh after school youth programs, and uh what's not showing on the list, they're also operating a farmers uh uh summer sprout garden uh uh to the um uh adjacent uh lot uh where they uh provide education uh on those uh on that lot so the uh the uh proposal is to lease the building is just for a dollar a year uh so that Famicos is able to continue to provide the services uh in that facility. There are some maintenance needs to the building, which we will address as the city and famicos will help uh steer uh some of those and uh we will uh work out the details of the lease with Famiko. Okay, Commissioner. Um so I guess that's my first line of question is that um how first how long has been Famiko's been in this building? Quite a few quite a long time quite that long time, sir. Um we have been there since uh Eugene Miller was uh council person. Okay, so the so if something happens to the furnace, who who's responsible? Is that the city or is that Famikos? That's the city. The lease would uh provide um uh recommendations for uh uh repairs that are under a certain dollar amount, uh a furnace, a boiler, those sorts of things are considered major repairs in the city would take. Okay, so minor repairs for Mikos handles, yes, major repairs the city handles to the chair, yes. Is that spelled out in the lease or it's just a dollar amount? It will be spelled out in the lease to the chair uh with a dollar amount. Councilman Casey. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Mr. Chairman to the Commissioner. Who actually owns the building? Is the city of Cleveland own the building?