Please rise when the vacation remain standing for the place of allegiance.

And uh this morning, the uh location will be given by Commissioner Fairchild.

Oh gracious one.

It's the cool morning breeze awakens us and refreshes us.

May your spirit blow among us, awakening us and refreshing us.

Help us be mindful of those responsibilities we have for those in our care.

And inspire us and guide us that we may be bold, creating a community where I'll have opportunity and the ability to thrive.

Maybe so.

Amen.

Amen.

Legal States of America.

And to the Republic for which you stand under God.

Okay, Mr.

Black, you may have the roll call, please.

Mayor Mims.

Hi.

Commissioner Joseph.

Sean.

Turner Slaus.

Okay.

Audience communications of petitions.

We need to approve the minutes, Miss Your Honor.

Approval of the minutes.

Okay.

Motion.

Your Honor.

I move to approve the minutes, please.

Second motion, Your Honor.

Second, first and second to approve the minutes from the August 20th meeting.

All in favor say aye.

No.

Okay.

Now let's have communications and petitions.

There are none.

There are none.

Okay.

I do have some presentations.

So one of my favorite ones, Mr.

Gondom.

Steve Gondo.

To the podium to present the monthly demolition update.

Morning, sir.

Good morning, Mayor, Commissioner, City Manager, and Clerk.

Steve Gondel, Director for the Department of Planning, Neighbors and Development.

And I'm here today with your uh July 2025 demolition uh activity update.

All right.

So last month we had uh 19 demolitions completed, all of which are in the ARPA funding category.

As again, we noted uh the bulk of the previous few months have been focused on wrapping up that ODOD.

We're now moving back into those ARPA contracts, so those numbers reflect that.

Um you'll note here that of 160 demolitions sedate, we are um at 77% of last year's demolition rate.

So we're on a really fast pace, and we're only 58% of the way through the year.

So really pleased with the pacing of demolitions to meet some of those timing goals around the funding sources.

Additionally, you'll see on the maps later on uh the work that we performed uh was kind of focused um in a few neighborhoods but spread throughout South Dayton, Southern Dayton View, uh Edgemont, Miami Chapel, McFarland, and Twin Towers, just to name a few.

And again, you'll see more on the maps.

Uh we started uh we ended June with 59 uh piles.

We were able to remove eight of those in July.

We had three added in July, and we ended uh the month with 54 uh piles.

Our emergency demolitions again we three of them for the month of July, um, northwest, north central, and uh northeast Dayton.

The work uh bringing it back again to kind of our ARPA focus areas.

You'll see that uh again kind of that Southern Dayton view and kind of around that James H.

McGee corridor on the west side was kind of our focus of uh kind of resuming some of those ARPA contracts, and I can tell you that we're um moving up the main street corridor primarily in the Santa Clara uh presently.

And then this is the demolitions for the whole uh entirety of 2025.

In July, we added 12 properties to structural nuisance, five were due to fire, seven were due to blight, eight of those were houses, three of those were garages, and one was a commercial structure.

Our pipeline again, most of the pre-work, the title, the surveys has been completed, and now we're kind of moving through that asbestos remediation portion of the work, again, preparing um these properties right before uh the demolition.

So we had 17 for the month and totaling up 149 uh to date.

The before and afters, uh you see here 40 West Fairview, 222 West Fairview, uh 222 West Fairview.

If uh you are if you know that site, if you look on Google Maps, no matter which angle, front, alley, 3D aerial, you cannot see a house.

It was both uh dilapidated and overgrown.

And so the crews there, in addition to removing the structure, also did a phenomenal job of clearing back just uh extensive overgrowth, brush overgrowth that that also was impacting the neighbors and neighborhoods.

So um again, it's not always just about the structure, but mindful about the size and diameter of the overgrowth that we take down less than six inch diameters because brush also lends to additional problems.

132, 134 Cambridge, and also 204 Cambridge, again, very similar uh uh blighted on you know the problematic uh structures in these communities and more of that Southern Dayton View uh work that I noted earlier that uh kind of led the number of demolitions that we had for the month.

And lastly, uh one 1710 home and 155 North Marion.

Uh uh you can just see the considerable difference on 1710 home uh with the two existing properties once that that was removed, as well as North Marion.

So um really pleased with the work that the crews are doing, uh pivoting back to our ARPA contracts after a heavy focus on ODOD, uh in communication with all of our partners, uh removing structures, removing piles.

Uh we have some pretty uh uh key demolitions that we'll present next month that I think you're all might be aware of, but uh the scale from piles of houses to larger structures, they've been doing a phenomenal job, and so I'm really pleased to share these numbers and I am uh ready for any questions you might have.

Okay.

So before the questions, Ms.

Black She will you note that uh Commissioner Charles Loss has arrived.

Noted for the record.

Questions?

Commissioner Loss.

Uh, thank you.

Thank you, Mayor.

Um, thank you, Mr.

Gondo.

I I really appreciate all the effort in the staff, um, the work of the staff, excuse me.

Just a couple of questions.

The first is in regards to the I know we have the 1168 that are we're plan for demolition with the various number uses of dollars that you have listed.

What is the total number of structures that we have in our nuisance program slated to be demolished?

I think we asked this before.

Um I think there's kind of some there's some confusion as to what that total number is, and again, you know that you may have to go back and do some additional work.

But I want to know what is that the definitive number of structured um of nuisance structure properties that are slated for demolition.

So I know um Mr.

McDaniel did a phenomenal job representing me last month, and I know that he had prepared a uh summation I will get with the city manager and him about because I think he was mentioning that uh all of our structural nuisance on contract or assigned to a contract, which would answer that question.

So I will work with the city manager on providing that to the commission.

So you have that number.

Do you have a ballpark figure?

I I I'm learning that uh I I don't know because they're they're broken into the NOP, so I'd want to check that before I respond.

Okay, that's fair.

Good answer.

Thank you.

Could you and I I just wanted to commend you all for the demolition of 203 Grove.

I know that that has been an isolated for a number of years.

Thank you for tackling that.

Um I do have a concern in regards to the backfill.

The area is um currently sitting with uh a pool of water, and I don't know if in fact the demolition company has gone back to grade and see the area.

So if you could please note that as an area, you said 203 Grove.

Yes.

Okay, I'll look into that.

And then where are we with 300 fernwood?

I know that's another area that has been raised for concern.

It's been sitting in the middle of the neighborhood with a pile of debris for years.

Um and we've received a number of complaints.

I know Mr.

Squire has been on it.

You in particular have been on that site, and we have promised the residents that we were in fact going to remove the the debris, but yet still is continuously is sitting there, and that was I think it was on contract uh of last year of 24, and then we had to go back and put it on another contract because we had to rebid the contract.

So just trying to get an understanding as to where we are on that.

Yeah, when I um update the structural nuisance on contract, I'll make sure to call out where that one, which one that's on.

And so you see kind of where it is in the uh uh NOPs and phasing.

Okay, thank you.

And then three 3816 NECGO Avenue is another one.

It's on the Great Miami Boulevard, and I know we've seen a lot of great event investment and improvement in that area, and that is another one that has been sitting for over the last year, year and a half.

3816 NECO.

Nico.

Yes, any C C O Avenue.

Okay.

And then thank you for highlighting and showing the before and after photos of Cambridge Avenue.

Um it looks a lot better, especially with the development that is taking shape and form over in cut in on Cambridge.

Um so again, I just wanted to to thank you.

There is one more.

Probably maybe even two more over on Cambridge that needs some uh information.

There probably is.

The um the roof is literally caving in, it's a burnout.

Um so I hope that is on the list as well.

And I'll be sure to get it.

Yeah, give me that just so we can double check.

I don't want to assume that we have, but just so we can look into that.

Okay.

Last question.

Um I think Commissioner Fairchild had raised this point some time ago.

As we are moving into the fall season, whatever have you, we still got about like six weeks, five, six weeks left.

But just what are the proactive steps that and measures that we're taking in regards to making sure that we are um securing our blighted structures to avoid any of our members of our unhouse population from entering those structures for um for um for placement as we move into the the inclement weather.

Um just making sure that we are are mindful of those properties as we are moving forward um and just trying to find means and ways for us to have conversation, and this is one of the points that Dr.

Rao as well as the um Miami Valley Fair Housing Coalition Um and many others in that space have raised in concerns of like as we are moving forward with addressing the encampments and whatever have you, that we are doing so humanely, but that we're also looking at best practices and that we're putting those proactive measures in place so that we won't have an incident that we once did in the fatality of of the individuals on Broadway.

So just again, the point that Commissioner Fairchild raised some time ago, and having those conversations with our first responders, but also having a plan in place so that we can secure those structures.

Yeah.

No good point.

We um PND staff sit with the uh human service uh representative, yes, please fire so that for that very reason that we're aware, but also we can inform back to those groups in terms of if they're out, fire if the uh growth team or police are out that they can report back to myself and James so that if we need a follow-up and our staff needs a reboard or if we need to send it out to our contractor.

But we are both you know active kind of a two-way channel there, so that for that very reason that we are aware of where populations are moving, we know where our boarded structures are, so we can kind of keep a focus that because they are obviously very attractive, and so uh for so we want to be mindful that we're keeping an eye on those.

Thank you.

So Ms.

Dixenia, if I may, uh could we please have a memo or just an update as to what those best practices that we're using or executed, and then when in fact we have um a plan or when an encampment is slated to be removed just so that we can make sure that we are adhering to a number of those best practices, because what we're finding that even with the encampment that was removed on by um uh the House of Bridge, once that was done, the the individuals are just moving to another location.

So what are we doing on the ground to make sure that they're getting service, the support that they need, or if in fact they are getting assistance into a shelter because we don't want individuals to move from one place to another.

So I would just ask is if we're looking at those best practices, and again, this is a point of Dr.

Rao, is that we are in conversation, we're notifying those who work in that space so that we can work collectively together, and then if we could be notified as well, because I don't we were not notified of the last encampment removal.

So I would just ask for that courtesy so that we can uh in fact let our partners know so they can hear it not only from the electives but the city administration as well.

So there is no confusion as to what we didn't know, everyone would know, and everyone will be in fact informed.

So thank you so much for your work.

I really appreciate your leadership, great job.

And please extend our our gratitude and appreciation to the entire department.

I do.

Thank you.

Okay, thank you.

Commissioner Fairchild.

Yeah.

Thank you for this report, Mr.

Gonduel.

Um I really appreciate it.

Um can you help me make sure I understand this right?

Were there any demolitions in 2022 that go into that 1,0168 numbered demolitions.

Yeah.

So I was gonna um what I'm gonna do at the year end, I'm gonna fold because it uh we started with this kind of sp uh shared tracking sheet, obviously, in 23, which is why it's easy.

We're just talking with the TMSA um working now to go back to 22.

We have the information, but bringing it into the same kind of tracking.

So 22 and even parts of 21 roll into this.

So my plan was that at the the year end to do a final kind of more thorough bringing those back in because those are part of that 1168.

So good c it was one of the things that I notice every month I work on.

It's like all right, we gotta bring we've got to go pull back these numbers and uh so I figured the year end what I do is I will once all the data is in, we might have a few kind of like audit where like corrections where something gets put in late.

So we'll do a final kind of accounting and then I'll I'll bring in the 22s and the 21s that are part of this, so we have a full picture for that final year of the plan before we get into it.

And in the pipeline, there's 149 that have been through the asbistos abatement.

Are those are ones that are yet to be done, or does that include some that have already been demolished?

Those probably some have probably been done.

Those were just uh over the course of the uh 2025, the number of properties that we've either paid for a title report, a survey, and a remediation.

So likely the the ones from January, February, March have already been demolished.

That's just that rolling number because we do are using funds to pay for those services.

So that um but yeah, that just that is that final step before we move them into the demolition.

All right.

Thank you, Mr.

Gunn.

Thank you.

Yeah.

Commissioner Shaw.

Yeah, just uh thank you for this uh report.

It's uh I wrote around some of the neighborhoods uh over the weekend.

It's really uh impactful.

Uh also uh congratulations on a Cornell Mark Cornell market.

Um it's really making some motion there.

I think there's just a pile of steel left.

Um but uh but thank you for that great work.

Appreciate the report.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Commissioner Joseph.

Uh thank you.

I just want to add my thanks uh to you, your staff, contracting folks, uh everyone that's worked on this.

This is the we're in the right in the middle of a big plane here uh to finally clean up these things that have been blinding our neighborhoods.

One of the biggest complaints that we get when we go to neighborhoods, as you know, because you hear right from us after those meetings.

Uh so we really appreciate your work and your staff's work is transforming the face of Dayton.

It is.

Thank you.

Okay.

Um my comments again are very similar.

Uh thank you so much for the work you're doing.

We see it all over the place.

And to things that are happening.

So again, to you and your staff, thanks for the great work.

Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you.

Okay, next, um, Mr.

Ned Gann, who's the deputy director of the management and budget uh to the podium for uh opportunity to give us update on the Dayton survey.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Okay.

Good morning, Mayor, good morning, commissioners, good morning, city manager, and good morning, clerk.

And you gave me a promotion, Mayor.

I am just the division manager, not the deputy director, but I will take it.

Hey, right.

Yeah, long as long as we don't have any money going.

I will take it on paper.

Um I'm back in front of you again to talk through the uh Dayton survey.

It's that time of year again where it is out in communities.

So just to give you a little bit of background information and um because there should be some hitting um at homes this week.

Um so just so you can pay attention and so can community residents know that to be on the lookout for this.

Um the Dayton survey, we've been doing it every year for a long time now, and so we are asking residents to be on the lookout for the letters that are coming.

Um we really, really, really, really, really value the feedback that residents give us.

It is very helpful with us as we look at our programming and um analyze some trends that we have been looking at for decades to see how we are moving the needle in terms of services and programming.

Um the survey will send out about 13,000 surveys to residents.

They are randomly selected.

Um and it is a scientific design and it's a scientific study based on um our survey vendor ATC Institute.

We've been working with them for this is the fourth year now.

Um they are managing the survey.

So the mailings will come directly from ETC Institute to residents' homes.

So um we hope to get about a 10 percent response rate, so about 1,300 responses back, that'll give us a s a scientific result that we can um analyze and provide responses.

Um years, there is an incentive.

So those who are in the randomized pool, if you return your responses, um they can be entered for a drawing to receive a $500 visa gift card.

That will come directly from ATC Institute, but they will select the um the resident at the end of the survey cycle once it closes.

And I just want to know if there are any residents who need translation services.

We've listed the phone number.

It should be on the documentation as well that they receive, but um they can call the phone line for ETC Institute and they'll translate the services to the residents as well.

Um as I mentioned, these surveys have started arriving in homes this week.

So um if you see the letter, please don't ignore it and make sure you uh fill it out um to give us some valuable feedback.

It is an anonymous survey, so um we don't receive any feedback on the individuals' information, it's just based on your address.

And that's how ETC Institute does a lot of quality assurance to assure that the randomized pool that they select at the beginning of the cycle, those responses that we get back match the address that was in that randomized pool.

So we ensure that it is a truly scientific survey.

Um and we ask residents to submit it back within two weeks of receipt if possible.

And then as I mentioned, all the responses are kept anonymous.

We don't receive them back, it goes directly back to ECC Institute for their analysis, and then we receive at the end of the year a nice report and a summarization of all the results for us to provide an update to you all and to the community through our um we have a dashboard out there that's a public facing dashboard that we provide the results on.

Um as in years past, we are collaborating with public affairs and community engagement to kind of get the word out there in the community.

I know it's kind of difficult because we say it's a randomized study, so just those in the random pool just be on the lookout to make sure that you uh can participate when you receive the letter.

So that is coming.

And then lastly, as I mentioned, um, all results will be publicly available at the end of well, they'll be available at the end of this year, and then the beginning of next year, so kind of first quarter of 2026, we will provide an update and it'll be through a work session with the dashboard results um for the 2025 results and some of that trend line analysis that we do every year.

So if you want to see the prior year results, um they are on our website and management and budgets page on the city website.

And if anyone has any questions, that's my contact information.

But if you have any questions for me, that's it.

Okay.

Uh commissioners, questions, thoughts?

Yes, thank you.

Thank you for being here.

Thank you for all the work that you do.

I know this is your project that you we do a great job on it.

Just one question.

Were there any additional questions that were added to this survey?

Thank you, Ms.

Jackson.

Were there any additional questions that were added to the survey based on some of the feedback from last year?

I know there were some questions and concerns that were raised during last year's review.

And so just out of curiosity, were there any uh revisions or any updates that were made?

And we um no to answer the first part of your question.

No, we did not make any additions or adjustments.

We made a slight like language change to make sure there was clarification for residents, but no change to the question.

Um but we do follow up with every department that has questions in the survey, and we send them the list of questions and we ask for their feedback to ensure that this is capturing what we should be capturing.

Um and so we didn't receive any notes for changes this year.

And part of the reason is we want to keep the questions the same so we have that multi-year analysis.

Um, there were not any additions or deletions to the to the questions in the survey.

Okay, and the survey is in fact it is available online once they are randomly selected.

Is that right?

Yes, yes.

They are do an initial mailing, but um there will be a pin on the survey so they can go to the website to complete it online.

Um that way they don't have to mail it back if they don't want to write everything in on the hard copy paper.

Thank you, ma'am.

Appreciate your word.

You're welcome.

Thank you.

Okay, thank you.

Commissioner Fairchild.

Yeah, no, thank you.

I don't have any questions about the annual survey.

I am curious.

Um when I call Dayton Police, I often get a follow-up um email at the Urtext, maybe asking me to complete a survey in terms of how my interaction was the Dayton Police.

Do we ever get an annual report of those results?

Yes, and that is not through so police does um I think believe it's my axon.

Yes.

Um they use a different company, totally different from ETC Institute, and I believe they have annual reports that um give a summarization of the results.

And we've kind of collaborated before to look at the results from those, because those are direct to interactions with people that police interact with, so it's a little bit different than our survey, but we wanted to see if the sentiment was kind of the same, and they are pretty much in line in terms of those results.

But yes, there are some summaries of the my axon results.

Okay.

Yep.

I don't know that I've seen a summary of the of the police survey, so I don't know.

Madam City Manager, if we could get we've shared those in the past and we'll keep sharing those.

Okay.

Thank you.

Commissioner Shaw.

Yeah, no questions really.

Thank you for the work.

I look forward to uh the report out of the results.

Thank you.

Actually, just one question.

Uh you mentioned that it's gonna be coming directly again from ETC, not from the city.

Do you have any concerns that folks will look at and say, uh, you know, this is the return address, isn't city?

Is there a way that folks can confirm that it really is from us or is there markings on it?

How how how are folks reassured that it's from us?

Yeah, and if they're concerned, my numbers on there.

But um that kind of image to the bottom right, that is what the letter should look like.

It has our logo on it at the top, and then it of course it has ETC Institute's information on there because it's going back to them, but you should see big bold letters, City of Dayton on there somewhere.

So it's it's valid and it's truly coming from us via ETC Institute.

So I want to make sure these uh comment the uh surveys continue to show a positive trend.

Yes, yes, yes.

We've been seeing um, and that's one of the reasons why we do ask the same questions over and over again, so we can see um I know we do a randomized pool every single year, but over time, the um with the scientific nature of the study, you should see the responses are pretty consistently.

Our hope is for them to grow in the positive direction, which a lot of them are.

I know there are still some areas of improvement, but we have seen significant growth in a lot of our questions that we've been asking in the survey for for quite a few years now.

Okay.

Thank you.

Appreciate it.

Um additions, deletions, of comments as a county.

I have none, Your Honor.

Uh, Your Honor, I have no additions or deletions to this morning's calendar.

Uh with regards to comments, I'd like to call forward John Musto to uh provide a very brief um presentation regarding emergency resolution 6885-25.

Morning.

Mayor, commissioners, city manager, clerk.

Um we have the final piece of legislation now for the hospital levy.

This has been uh unusual process because we have the kind of intersection of three inconsistent sections of the revised code and the Dayton Charter.

So we have 749, which is the public hospital provision.

We have 5705, which is the tax levy, and then we have our own charter provisions with the initiative petitions.

So this has been kind of a a little bit of an unusual process.

So I wanted to talk a little bit about how we got here and what we still need to do.

So how did we get here?

Well, the uh petitioners submitted their signatures in the petition on June the 25th.

Uh on July the 23rd, it was presented to the Commission.

The Commission did not approve it.

Uh, they had under the City of Dayton Charter provisions 20 days to get an additional 1250 signatures, which they did on August 12th.

Uh, that was sent over to the Board of Elections to confirm those signatures.

On August 18th, the Board of Elections submitted a report saying that they had the valid signatures.

And then so, as part of the tax levy process, we're required to do a resolution necessity so that we can then provide that resolution to the county auditor to provide us with a certificate of valuation for the tax levy.

So we got the resolution assessed, it was passed last week.

We gave the resolution to the auditor, and then the auditor provided us the certificate of revenue.

So that's how we got to this point.

What we still need to do, and through this resolution today is one, accept the county auditor certificate, which the valuation pass the resolution to proceed, and we are required to do that at least 60 days prior to the general election in order for it to be on the ballot in November 4th.

So that would then require us to pass this as emergency legislation.

So that's basically a very short thumbnail sketch of how we got here and what's required at this meeting with the resolution.

If anyone has any questions.

Okay, so basically now what we're doing, we pass the new resolution.

If we pass resolution, it goes on to the ballot.

Yes, that's correct.

Okay, so all the other minutiae and steps and confrontations have already been addressed.

That's correct.

Okay.

Any additional questions?

Okay.

No, thank you.

Okay, thank you.

Appreciate it.

Great job, thank you.

Okay.

We have one citizen who's registered to speak, Your Honor.

Okay.

I would like to remind the citizen of the three-minute time limit.

Call to the podium.

Bishop Richard Cox.

Good morning, everybody.

Good morning.

Morning.

I'm Bishop Richard Cox, 10453 Liscombe Drive, Dayton, Ohio.

And I'm the president of the clergy community coalition.

I wanted to take this time to publicly thank the CCC Board of Directors, to thank the ballot initiative committee.

And all of the citizens who signed the ballot initiative, and to thank you for passing this resolution on an emergency basis.

Our intent of the clergy community coalition was always to work with public officials, not only to try to make Dayton an economically sovereign city, but a healthy city.

This public hospital can work if we work together.

Our intention was always to work with all of you.

And so as I stand, I stand not only representing the citizens who will go out and vote for this, but I stand for the disabled.

For those persons who are public hospital would give adequate health care, who have no insurance or are underinsured.

So as we stand here today, let's do this together.

This is a workable solution.

It can happen, and it's something that would benefit the City of Dayton and for all of those who live, work, and play in this city.

We're going to continue to work hard and get our campaign ready to make sure that every citizen knows that they have a right to vote on this and that we have the people's interests at heart.

But we want you to know we are still interested in working with each and every one of you.

That was always our intention is to make Dayton a better and healthier place.

So I want to thank you.

I'm asking you to help us work this together and this work with other county and local officials and put this thing together and make the citizens of Dayton happy and to know that Dayton can work with elected officials.

Thank you for allowing me to address you this morning, and God bless each and every one of you.

Okay, thank you, Bishop Cox.

Appreciate your comments.

Thank you, Bishop.

That is our Your Honor.

Okay.

Commissioners.

Comments on the City Manager Recommendations.

Commissioner Sonus Laws.

I don't have any.

I just would like to um calendar item number four.

And I just have one question in regards to calendar item number four.

Um, just highlighting that we did, in fact, meet the participation goals.

So thank you to our public works and civil engineering department.

Um, just out of curiosity, what are we doing in regards to signage?

Um, I know that this particular project was Store Street enhancement.

We were the lighting, the buffouts.

Um, so my question is in regards to signage.

Signage, and then we're seeing a lot of unfamiliarity, if you will, with the bump outs.

And so people, i.e., example, Main Street.

A number of people, because they're not used to it, they are literally tearing up the curbs and the enhancements that we've made.

So do we have a reserve to address those areas for because again, that the investment that has been made.

And then also, are we following up with signage and are we doing any additional PSAs just to bring awareness to everyone that we are making these adjustments for safety precautions, whatever have you?

Yes, Commissioner.

Um, as we do with any of our road designs, we have um robust community engagement to involve those neighbors and stakeholders that are within a certain distance to have input with the design period.

I had a conversation with the chief engineer after the main street um build out to enhance our education and retraining of our public as these improvements are executed on, to be able to put out signs, cones, etc., so that folks are aware of the change and not having the kinds of incidents that um occur.

So that is something that the um engineering will be doing uh to help again retrain folks of um upon execution of these plans.

Thank you.

Um if you can send that information to us as well so that we can help so that when we get questions or concerns, we can also be used as buffers to educate and bring people to the awareness, bring their awareness to the the enhancements that are being made.

Um calendar item number two, service agreement, the um the traffic um management USA Inc.

the service agreement.

Could you talk a little bit about that?

Because I know that in looking at the information, this is to address to make sure that we are in fact compliance with the the red light and um speed cameras, but could you talk to like what level and how does this piece add that level of compliance?

Item number two is um related to yes, that's um I will call forward John Muster.

I believe Mr.

Mustell was listed and he went back and did some um renegotiation, if you will, in the terms of the contract.

So just trying to get an understanding, like how does it meet that level of compliance?

Sure.

I guess uh just a little bit of background.

Our current provider, we entered in a contract with them in 2017.

As the city's processes, we go back out to rebid these things to get better deals on this.

The reason that we went out for this was to see what was out in the market to give other competitors a chance and to get a better deal on this.

We were fully compliant, and we have been fully compliant with the prior vendor.

We're gonna be fully compliant with this vendor as well.

So this new contract is a five-year contract with two one-year options.

It gives us a much better deal as far as cost for the city per citation, and it gives us more advanced technology.

So that's basically the reason that we're here today for this contract to be approved.

Okay.

All right.

Thank you.

Okay.

Thank you.

Commissioner Ketchow.

Commissioner Shaw.

None here.

Thank you.

Mr.

Joseph?

None here.

Thank you.

Okay.

I may have a motion to approve the city manager's recommendations.

I move to approve the city manager's recommendations.

Second motion, Your Honor.

All opposed to say no.

Okay.

Legislation is black chair.

First reading, emergency resolution number 6885.

Resolution to proceed with placing the hospital levy on the November 4th, 2025 ballot and declaring an emergency.

Your Honor, resolution number 6885-25 being declared an emergency.

I move for its immediate passage.

Second, Your Honor.

Aye.

All opposed say no.

Abstain.

Okay.

Let's do a roll call.

Please read it quickly.

Can we do the roll call after the I'll do a roll call after the second?

Okay.

Second reading.

Second reading emergency resolution number six eight eight five-25.

Resolution to proceed with placing the hospital levy on the November 4th, 2025 ballot.

Mayor Mims.

Aye.

Commissioner Joseph.

Aye.

Shaw.

Fairchild.

Abstain.

Turner Sloss.

Aye.

Second reading ordinance number 32156-25, amending the official zoning map to establish Plan Development 191 for 1.8 acres at 2922 London Avenue.

Mayor Mims.

Aye.

Commissioner Joseph.

Aye.

Shaw.

Aye.

Turner Sloss.

Aye.

First reading resolution number 6884-25.

Authorizing the city manager to accept Federal Fiscal Year 2026, Federal Aviation Administration, Airport Terminal Program, ATP grant from the United States Department of Transportation for Airport Infrastructure and Terminal Improvements at the James M.

Cox Dayton International Airport and Dayton Wright Brothers Airport of the City of Dayton in an amount not to exceed $15 million and zero cents.

Second reading resolution number 6882-25, approving the submission of grant applications to the District 4, Montgomery County, Ohio, Public Works Commission, Integrating Committee authorizing the acceptance of grant awards from the State of Ohio, Public Works Commission for the State Issue 1 Program for Capital Improvement Infrastructure for Cap Public Capital Infrastructure Improvements in an amount not to exceed $3,889,000 $86 and zero cents on behalf of the City of Dayton.

Mayor Mems.

Aye.

Commissioner Joseph.

Aye.

Shaw.

Fairchild.

Aye.

That concludes legislation, Your Honor.

Okay.

Ms.

Blackwood, do we have the citizens who are registered to speak?

One citizen has registered, and I'd like to remind that citizen of our three-minute time limit.

I call to the podium David Wood.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Good morning.

David Woods, 3230, Late View Avenue.

Hello, Mayor City Council meeting.

I'm still working on a case with Judge Angela Jackson.

DRSS is the Chief of Police of England, Sergeant Corey Farick, Dara Subpoena, Sergeant Mike Ling of the Inglewood Police.

Um I asked the Marin City Council meeting, that y'all talk to Judge Angela Jackson and uh tell her that y'all want the chief of police at Englandwood, Sergeant Corey Follow to testify against Cather Perez and Scott Chairman of the Kenar and Police, because they said uh they lied on me, and that's what got trespassed and they see my dad.

And uh Sergeant Mike Lane, the retired from the police.

He said the number of English police ever told me a lot, so I got trespassed illegally.

And uh also the pretty white woman child Bernice Newish.

I asked that y'all as the judge put her on the stand and have her tell the judge that she see my dad got slapped and choked by the male nurse in Ketter Hospital and put him in shock because they didn't put in his medical records.

That's very crucial in there.

And then I gave uh gave us all the doctors and nurse and Kenry Household, which I got on air, and I asked that she put them on the stand.

Because she's still reviewing it.

And after they put on a stand and tell her that they never did tell me that my dad is dead, not alive on this earth, and publicly tell me that my dad is dead, not allowed to work, because I didn't see his dead body.

When you don't see the dead body, um I feel like somebody like like I said, I know he's dead, but I don't in my heart I don't feel he's dead, you know.

He's dead.

So that maybe 90% feel like he's dead.

And then since I didn't see his whole body, uh, you know, I don't know.

But they're asserting the Vietnam War, and uh he's a preacher.

Um Christy McDonald, Civil Rights Commission, she's done her investigation.

She has caught Cap Perez in a lie, she's gonna get a report for me.

And she caught the hospital law a lot of it too.

Uh talk to Channel 2 news about videotaping it.

I wrote to Judge Anthony Jackson to have them come in the courtroom.

I requested y'all ask her to have Channel 2 News video date the courtroom because definition of character, my credit character has been uh Taurus.

And uh I got a comedy show on DA TV called Dayton People where me and Eric would do jokes, talking about with the ladies being Dayton How.

But my dad's a preacher, and I used to be his producer and then minister warfare.

Well, my dad won't be a preacher, so I want to follow his step.

So I want to start his ministry, you know, and being a preacher too, and preach his evangelists like he started out of which to come or preach and get my license.

And I want to go ahead and preach on this TV show.

My credibility is messed up until I had the chief police clear my name.

I cannot preach like my dad wanted to preach on TV because nobody's gonna take me serious.

So I asked that y'all go ahead and let that happen, talk to her, and uh I appreciate what y'all are doing.

And um I I definitely want Channel 2 to put that on uh TV because my name to be clear uh so I can start the ministry.

Thank you, have a good day.

Thank you, Mr.

Thank you for your comments, Mr.

Wood.

That concludes the speakers this morning.

Excuse me, ma'am.

Excuse me.

There's a process for signing up for speaking.

No, have someone will get in contact with you right now.

There you go.

No, can you get right here?

All right.

Okay.

Thank you.

Ms.

Dixon, closing comments.

I have none, Your Honor.

Okay.

Okay.

Commissioners, closing comments.

Thank you, Ms.

Black.

Yes, uh, just a couple of comments.

Uh first, I inadvertently missed a a formal resolution that I wanted to highlight from last week.

It was uh informal resolution uh number one zero one four-two for supporting and protecting the neighborhood social security medicare and medicaid offices.

I just want to thank our law department.

Thank you very much for um doing the the form and correction of this legislation.

I also would like to thank my colleagues in particular.

Thank you, Commissioner Joseph, for working with me on this, as well as Mr.

Sheigley.

I'm very proud, inadvertent, uh, contrary, I should say, to what others may think.

This is just an example of some of the legislation that I've been able to to introduce, to draft and introduce.

So again, I really want to thank my colleagues.

Thank you, Commissioner Joseph and the law department, um, and Mr.

Sheigley as well.

A couple of other things that I wanted to mention as well.

Um this past weekend, again, there was a number of things happening in the city of Dayton.

Um would like to congratulate all of the recipients.

Many of my colleagues were there for the uh the right dunbar credit union, uh, gala that took place.

I think all of us were there.

Um and so again, congratulations to all of the recipients.

Um, as well as the renaming of Gettysburg Park, um, all of my colleagues, we were there as well once again, and just like to uplift the work of the Black Lives Dayton, the new Black Panther Party, as well as the Westwood Neighborhood Association, and then many of the members of the Dayton Um African American Elders Council who were present um and many others, um Dayton United for Human Rights, they were also in attendance.

Um, all of my colleagues, we were there as well once again, and just like to uplift the work of the Black Lives Dayton, the new Black Panther Party, as well as the Westwood Neighborhood Association, and then many of the members of the Dayton Um African American Elders Council who were present and many others.

Um Dayton Unite for Human Rights, they were also in attendance.

So just a number of events that took place, just highlighting our history, uh, Joshua Dunbar, as well as providing an additional safe place for our youth so that they can have our recreational activities that they can engage in.

I will also like to highlight very exciting news.

I believe that it was released yesterday.

Um Ketterin Field is now starting to take shape and form.

It will be I believe the um the uh construction will end and the park will be open in August of 26th.

I'm so excited about this.

This is a long time overdue, and I I think this just speaks to our ingenuity and the ability to think outside of the box.

It will have um soccer fields, uh softball, baseball, as well as pickleball.

Um so again, just thanking the staff for really utilizing this space where a number of individuals in the city of Dayton near and far will be able to take heave to this particular uh site with a number of um recreational activities.

I can't wait for us to host soccer tournaments, or as my kids will say, mom is not soccer, it's football.

Um so very excited about that.

So kudos to our recreation and youth services department.

And thank you to Bishop Cox, uh, Mr.

Um Iree Young for being here, as well as Mr.

Woods.

Uh, thank you for your comments, and uh a number of things that are going to take place this weekend as well.

Ms.

Reed, thank you for the talking points this uh morning.

Fall swim lessons, this is great.

Uh registration is now open.

Fall swim lessons are available at Northwest and Lower Rye Recreation Center east each session, excuse me, includes six classes for just $25.

I am going to sign up.

Thank you.

Registration uh starts today, and you can register at DaytonRec.com.

Uh classes run from early September through October with two sessions to choose from at each location.

That is great information.

And while we speaking of swim lessons, Ms.

Dixtein, can we please get an update on the um the pool at Greater Dayton Recreation Center?

I understand it's been closed for a number of years now, and I will really, really like to get some information as well as my colleagues as to where we are, what are our plans for that facility.

I know that a lot of great work has been done at that site.

Um I remember when that site itself when the plans were developed, and I believe that Ms.

Lofton led that initiative.

Um so again, just would like to see what are we doing, because that's another great space that our kids can utilize and that they can too learn how to swim.

Um so I would like an update on the um Greater Dayton Recreation um swim.

Uh the the pool, excuse me.

And that's all I have.

Thank you.

Commissioner Fetchell.

Yeah.

Uh I want to um recognize Amy Duncan and the work she does with families of addicts.

Yes.

They had another successful um resource fair and uh observance um for those families who um are going through that struggle.

And so it's uh I was down there a lot of helpful, helpful caring people who want to be supportive and uh a lot of resource tables there, and so want to thank her for keeping that um issue before us, but also helping to reduce the stigma that's often associated with addiction so that people can get the resources they need.

Um we just had the anniversary of Katrina, and um it's always a good reminder to me that we need to be prepared.

And so um always around this time, Labor Day and Memorial Day.

I like to go and review my checklist of what I need to be personally prepared for emergency.

One of the things we've learned is that um our first responders are not going to be able to get to you within the first 48 hours.

They're gonna be clearing roads and addressing emergencies, and so individuals and families need to be prepared for emergencies.

Encourage you to go to the Red Cross website.

They have a very good list of checklists to help you prepare.

Things like having enough water for that uh 48 hours, food, um being prepared to evacuate if you need to, um, making sure you have important documents on hand, a planned uh emergency contacts and uh having cash on hand.

And so I find uh Labor Day and Memorial Day are good times to review whether your family's prepared for an emergency.

Um Reggae Fest is Saturday, so encourage people to come out and um have a great time at Regate Fest.

And then finally, as we come to the Labor Day weekend, I want to thank our labor partners for the work they do every day for our community and for the well-being of our um of our city and uh for workers of all um of all it in all capacities because our our labor partners help to keep the um safe spaces, good wages for all workers, and so for what our labor partners do, and I hope everyone has a good Labor Day weekend and take a moment to thank uh the those people, labor organizers who have fought hard for the protections and wages that um we all enjoy.

Okay, thank you.

Commissioner Shaw.

Yeah, thank you for that.

Um just a couple of announcements.

Uh girls in Aviation STEM Day is happening uh September 28th, 10 a.m.

to 3 p.m.

at the National Museum of the Air Force.

This free event uh gives students ages 16 to 17, six to seventeen, hands-on experiences in aviation and STEM, plus a chance to learn from industry professionals.

Uh you can register online on the museum's website to join that.

Uh the Miami Valley Urban League's third annual college tours are happening this September.

High school students will have the chance to visit Wright State, Central State, UC, Sinclair, UD, and Miami University.

And these tours are open to all high school students with a priority for juniors and seniors.

Transportation and food are provided.

Uh, but spots are limited, uh so you should register uh today on the Urban League's website.

Okay, thank you.

Commissioner Joseph.

Uh, I just want to thank my colleagues for their excellent comments.

Uh, just have one more to add to that, and that is the first Global Roots Dayton River Fest is coming up.

They're looking for musicians, dancers, arts and crafts vendors, and more.

Uh they're hosting that in coordination with Welcome Dayton.

Uh, it's coming up on October 4th at Triangle Park in Dayton.

If any of those things sounds like that's you, you can register, sign up to participate at OISN.org.

Hope to see you there.

Okay.

Thank you.

Uh like to first of all mention the aspect we kicked off this past Monday, uh, I guess with 21, 24 young people who are working with um our group to have uh young peace advisors, uh peace ambassadors as far as this community is concerned, primarily focused over at Westwood.

And uh that's one of the hot spots of identified by the police, and so we're working again with young people to teach them those conflict resolution skills and then use them to teach some of the younger people as well.

So that group of young men and uh some young ladies in the ages of 14 and 16, and they will all be receiving those those skills very much uh necessary as far as this community is concerned.

Addition, uh I'd like to thank the NAACP for the program they had this past Monday as well, and in terms of recognizing all of area high schools and schools in terms of the great some of the great programs that they have throughout this uh throughout this area.

Additionally, and lastly, maybe not last, we're talking about the Great Pancake Rapids last um last Saturday.

Three of the people received uh world famous pancakes by yours truly, and they all had a great time.

And just wanted to mention uh Commissioner Fairchild did mention about uh those who have been involved in cookouts, be safe of those grill masters who are out there because sometimes we had individuals who are a little too heavy on the heat and fire, and uh not that you just burn the food balance to the burn up yourself.

All right.

So uh love and peace for all and hatred for none.

No further business coming for this commission.

This meeting is adjourned.