City Council

Council Chambers

Agenda — 94 items

1. 1 CALL TO ORDER; ROLL CALL
2. 2 MOMENT OF REFLECTION
3. 3 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
4. 4 DISPENSE WITH THE JOURNAL approved Pass
5. 5 PUBLIC COMMENT
6. 6 REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS approved
7. 7 •Communications
8. 8 From Cleveland Foundation. Third Quarter 2025 Report for Neighborhood Safety Fund, pursuant to Ordinance No. 486-2023, passed May 15, 2023. Received. 1387-2025 received and filed
9. 9 From Sarah Duggan Aisen, SVP Operations Salus Development LLC. Notice of intent to apply to Ohio Housing Finance Agency for multifamily funding program for the development known as Emeritus House at 4450 Cedar Avenue (Ward 5), Cleveland, Ohio. Received. 1388-2025 received and filed
10. 10 Oath of Office for Cecilia Rodriguez, Interim Housing Officer for the City of Cleveland. Received. 1389-2025 received and filed
11. 11 #10009763-1. New License Application, C1. La Centroamericana LLC, 3224 W. 73rd St. (Ward 3). 1390-2025 received and filed
12. 12 #09765300-1. Transfer of License Application, D1 D2. Wounded Deer LLC Hereafter, 4732 Lorain Ave. (Ward 3). 1391-2025 received and filed
13. 13 #07642445-1. New License Application, C1. S&J Food Market Inc., 10502 Superior Avenue. (Ward 9). 1392-2025 received and filed
14. 14 #10009362-1. Transfer of License Application, C1 C2. Friendly Corner LLC 7 Eleven Store, 8808 Detroit Avenue. (Ward 15). 1393-2025 received and filed
15. 15 #1551026. Economic Development Transfer Application, D2. Clevo Books LLC, 1026 Euclid Ave. (Ward 3). 1394-2025 received and filed
16. 16 Oath of Office - School Board Member for Nigamanth Sridhar 1434-2025 received and filed
17. 17 Oath of Office - School Board Member for Caroline J. Peak 1436-2025 received and filed
18. 18 Oath of Office - School Board Member for Charlene Jones 1437-2025 received and filed
19. 19 Oath of Office - School Board Member for Midori Lebron 1438-2025 received and filed
20. 20 SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
21. 21 •Condolence; Moment of Silence
22. 22 Condolence Resolution for Ethel Mae Cook 1419-2025 read into the record
23. 23 Condolence Resolution for John Francis Lewis 1420-2025 read into the record
24. 24 Condolence Resolution for Margaret A. “Peggy” Yomnick 1422-2025 read into the record
25. 25 Condolence Resolution for Rev. Dr. Charles Lucas 1423-2025 read into the record
26. 26 •Congratulations/Recognition/Appreciation/Commendation/Commemoration/Welcome
27. 27 Congratulations Resolution for Commander Horace Johnson 1424-2025 read into the record
28. 28 Congratulations Resolution for Gethsemane Baptist Church 1425-2025 read into the record
29. 29 Congratulations Resolution for Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry 1426-2025 read into the record
30. 30 Congratulations Resolution for Garden of Prayer Church & The Overflow Ministries 1427-2025 read into the record
31. 31 Congratulations Resolution for Gary Johnson Sr. 1428-2025 read into the record
32. 32 Recognition Resolution for Lorna Wisham 1429-2025 read into the record
33. 33 Recognition Resolution for Slone & Company Funeral Directors Business of the Year 1430-2025 read into the record
34. 34 Recognition Resolution for Sustainable Community Associates 1432-2025 read into the record
35. 35 Recognition Resolution for Grand Master Maurio D. Powell I. 1433-2025 read into the record
36. 36 PRESENTATIONS
37. 37 FIRST READING LEGISLATION
38. 38 Emergency Ordinance Referred
39. 39 AN 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 122, Vital Statistics for the use and convenience of the general public, for a period of one year, with a one-year option to renew, exercisable by the Director of Public Works. 1396-2025 read and referred to administrative review
40. 40 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Mayor and the Commissioner of Purchases and Supplies to acquire and re-convey properties presently owned by RJL 2230 SA LLC, or its designee, located at 2230 Superior Avenue for the purpose of entering into the chain-of-title prior to the adoption of tax increment financing legislation authorized under Section 5709.41 of the Revised Code. 1397-2025 read and referred to administrative review
41. 41 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of City Planning to employ one or more professional consultants to enhance the existing Form Based Code pilot program and expand the Form Based Code to additional districts and geographies, for a period of one year with three one-year options to renew, exercisable with additional legislative authority. 1398-2025 read and referred to administrative review
42. 42 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Mayor and the Commissioner of Purchases and Supplies to acquire and re-convey properties presently owned by 2202 Superior LLC, or its designee, located at 2202 Superior Avenue for the purpose of entering into the chain-of-title prior to the adoption of tax increment financing legislation authorized under Section 5709.41 of the Revised Code. 1399-2025 read and referred to administrative review
43. 43 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Capital Projects to apply to the District One Public Works Integrating Committee for state funding for the rehabilitation of a portion of Wade Park Avenue; to apply for and accept gifts and grants from various entities for the improvement; and authorizing the Commissioner of Purchases and Supplies to acquire, accept, and record for right-of-way purposes real property and easements necessary to make the improvement. 1400-2025 read and referred to administrative review
44. 44 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Finance to employ one or more professional consultants to provide accounting services and implementation assistance of the current and future Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statements for the City’s Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, and to provide accounting services in the preparation and calculation of current GASB’s that are already implemented by the City and to transfer that knowledge to the appropriate City personnel, for a period of one year, with two one-year option to renew, exercisable by the Director of Finance. 1401-2025 read and referred to administrative review
45. 45 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the 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 the Euclid Avenue Pedestrian Improvement Project; to apply for and accept gifts or grants from any public or private entity; authorizing the Mayor and the Commissioner of Purchases and Supplies, as appropriate, to acquire, accept, and record for 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. 1402-2025 read and referred to administrative review
46. 46 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Public Safety to apply for and accept a grant from the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services for the FY26 Recovery Ohio LEF Grant Program to provide funding for the operation of the Cartel Gang Narcotics Laundering Task Force. 1403-2025 read and referred to administrative review
47. 47 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 pavement markings, delineator posts, sign fabrication material, traffic signal equipment, design, and related improvements; and authorizing the Director of Public Works to enter into one or more public improvement requirement contracts for the making of the improvement; 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. 1404-2025 read and referred to administrative review
48. 48 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Determining the method of making the public improvement of repairing, constructing, and installing various speed tables citywide for traffic-calming and pedestrian safety purposes; and authorizing the Director of Public Works to enter into one or more public improvement requirement contracts for the making of the improvement. 1406-2025 read and referred to administrative review
49. 49 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE AMENDMENT OF THE 2024 REVOLVING LINE OF CREDIT AND/OR THE ISSUANCE BY THE CITY OF CLEVELAND OF ADDITIONAL AIRPORT SYSTEM SUBORDINATED INDEBTEDNESS IN THE FORM OF REVOLVING LINES OF CREDIT OR A COMMERCIAL PAPER PROGRAM IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO COLLECTIVELY EXCEED FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX MILLION DOLLARS ($476,000,000) AT ANY ONE TIME TO PAY COSTS OF IMPROVING THE AIRPORT SYSTEM; AUTHORIZING AMENDMENTS TO THE 2024 LOAN AGREEMENT AND THE TWENTY-FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL TRUST INDENTURE AND/OR ENTERING INTO ONE OR MORE REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENTS, REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENTS, OFFICIAL STATEMENTS, DEALER AGREEMENTS, SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES, NOTES EVIDENCING SUBORDINATED INDEBTEDNESS AND OTHER AGREEMENTS RELATED TO SUBORDINATED INDEBTEDNESS; AND AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING RELATED MATTERS. 1408-2025 read and referred to administrative review
50. 50 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Mayor and the Commissioner of Purchases and Supplies to acquire and re-convey properties presently owned by TW58 Cleveland, LLC, or its designee, located at 1200 West 58th Street for the purpose of entering into the chain-of-title prior to the adoption of tax increment financing legislation authorized under Section 5709.41 of the Revised Code. 1411-2025 read and referred to administrative review
51. 51 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To amend Sections 2 and 11 of Ordinance No. 993-2025, passed August 13, 2025, relating to agreements with Cuyahoga County and Cleveland Metroparks for the Euclid Beach 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. 1416-2025 read and referred to administrative review
52. 52 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Approving certain modifications and amendments to the St. Vincent Center (Project No. Ohio R-13) Urban Renewal Plan with respect to releasing a permanent parcel from the area boundaries. 1417-2025 read and referred to administrative review
53. 53 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Aging to apply for and accept one or more grants from the Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging for 2026-28 Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging Programs, including Supportive Services and Aging and Disability Resource Center Programs; and authorizing the director to accept gifts, grants, or services from any public or private entity for the purposes of this grant. 1418-2025 read and referred to administrative review
54. 54 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Clerk of Council to enter into an agreement with the Housing Research & Advocacy Center dba Fair Housing Center for Rights & Research to provide professional services regarding the Vacant and Abandoned Property Action Council (VAPAC). 1421-2025 read and referred to administrative review
55. 55 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Clerk of Council to enter into an agreement with Western Reserve Land Conservancy d/b/a Thriving Communities Institute to provide professional services regarding signature green space creation, planning and policy, vacant land reforestation, and Reforest Our City program. 1431-2025 read and referred to administrative review
56. 56 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Approving the addition of certain property located at 1301 East 9th Street to the Northeast Ohio Advanced Energy District; accepting and approving a petition and plan from a property owner in the District identifying a special energy improvement project; declaring it necessary to conduct the special energy improvement project; providing for the assessment of the cost of such special energy improvement project; authorizing the Director of Economic Development to enter into an Energy Project Cooperative Agreement and a Special Assessment Agreement to implement the project; and declaring an emergency. 1440-2025 read and referred to administrative review
57. 57 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Clerk of Council to enter into an agreement with On Technology Partners for the professional services necessary to advise and assist in the maintenance and performance of computer technology projects and to provide specific computer technology services for Cleveland City Council 1445-2025 read and referred to administrative review
58. 58 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Determining the method of making the public improvement of purchasing, repairing, constructing and installing signal support poles and authorizing the Director of Public Works to enter into one or more public improvement requirement contracts for the making of the improvement, for a period not to exceed two years 1446-2025 read and referred to administrative review
59. 59 •Emergency Ordinances Read in Full and Passed
60. 60 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Approving the collective bargaining agreement with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 1 and to amend Section 7 of Ordinance No. 194-2021, passed March 29, 2021, as amended, relating to salaries for various classifications. 1405-2025 approved Pass
61. 61 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Approving the collective bargaining agreement with the Laborers International Union, Local 860 (Non-Supervisory Unit) and amend Section 26 of Ordinance No. 194-2021, passed March 29, 2021, as amended, relating to salaries for various classifications. 1409-2025 approved Pass
62. 62 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Approving the collective bargaining agreement with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 507 (Fulltime Drivers & Maintenance) and to amend Section 16 of Ordinance No. 194-2021, passed March 29, 2021, as amended, relating to salaries for various classifications. 1410-2025 approved Pass
63. 63 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Approving the collective bargaining agreement with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 507 (Guards) and to amend Section 9 of Ordinance No. 194-2021, passed March 29, 2021, as amended, relating to salaries for a single classification. 1412-2025 approved Pass
64. 64 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Approving the collective bargaining agreement with the Laborers International Union, Local 860 (Supervisory Unit) and to amend Section 27 of Ordinance No. 194-2021, passed March 29, 2021, as amended, relating to salaries for various classifications. 1413-2025 approved Pass
65. 65 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Approving the collective bargaining agreement with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 507 (Seasonal Drivers & Maintenance) and enact new Section 16a of Ordinance No. 194-2021, passed March 29, 2021, as amended, relating to salaries for various classifications. 1414-2025 approved Pass
66. 66 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Approving the collective bargaining agreement with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 507 (Utility Supervisors) and to amend Section 11 of Ordinance No. 194-2021, passed March 29, 2021, as amended, relating to salaries for various classifications. 1415-2025 approved Pass
67. 67 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Clerk of Council to enter into a Fourth Amendment to the agreement with iVideo for the professional services necessary for the implementation and installation of various components for an audio upgrade to the Council Chamber and the Mercedes Cotner Committee Room for Cleveland City Council. 1435-2025 approved Pass
68. 68 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Consenting and approving the issuance of a permit for the 7th Annual Cleveland Kurentovanje Kurent Dash on February 14, 2026, managed by Hermes Sports & Events. 1444-2025 approved Pass
69. 69 •Emergency Resolutions Referred
70. 70 AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION Declaring the intent to vacate a portion of Mount Carmel Road. 1407-2025 read and referred to administrative review
71. 71 •Emergency Resolutions Adopted
72. 72 AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION Withdrawing objection to a NEW D1 Liquor Permit at 2456 Lakeside Avenue, and repealing Resolution No. 609-2025 objecting to said permit. 1441-2025 approved Fail
73. 73 AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION Withdrawing objection to the transfer of ownership of a D2, D2X and D3 Liquor Permit at 500 West St. Clair Avenue and repealing Resolution No. 1320-2025 objecting to said permit. 1442-2025 approved Pass
74. 74 AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION Withdrawing objection to a NEW D3A Liquor Permit at 3232 Lakeside Avenue, and repealing Resolution No. 732-2025 objecting to said permit. 1443-2025 approved Pass
75. 75 SECOND READING LEGISLATION
76. 76 •Emergency Ordinances Read in Full and Passed
77. 77 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Mayor and the Commissioner of Purchases and Supplies to sell certain City-owned property no longer needed for the City’s public use located at the terminus of Bern Avenue to Greg Cznadel for the purpose of consolidation with existing land to be used for greenspace and garden development. 1073-2025 approved Pass
78. 78 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To amend the title of Ordinance No. 858-2025, passed July 9, 2025, relating to budget allocations received from HUD for the 2025 Community Development Block Grant, Home Investment Partnerships Act Grant, Emergency Solutions Grant, and the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS grant; to supplement the ordinance by adding new Sections 3 to 10 relating to the grants; and to renumber existing Section 3 to new Section 11. 1225-2025 adopted as amended
79. 79 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Requiring the Director of the Department of Community Development and/or the Director of Finance, upon receipt of any voluntary payment in lieu by Heirloom Company, to deposit such payment(s) for the sole purpose of Herman Park renovation and site improvements. 1310-2025 approved Pass
80. 80 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the purchase by one or more standard and requirement contracts for the purchase, lease, or lease with option to purchase, of various on-road vehicles, apparatus, and off-road equipment, cabs, bodies and accessories, equipment, and other aftermarket items necessary to equip the vehicles authorized for their intended purposes, including vehicle rehabilitation, training, and inspections, as needed, for the Department of Public Works. 1350-2025 approved Pass
81. 81 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the procurement by one or more requirement contracts of the rental of large capacity trucks with operators, for the Division of Streets, Department of Public Works, for a period of one year with two one-year options to renew, exercisable by the Director of Public Works. 1351-2025 approved Pass
82. 82 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To amend Section 1 of Ordinance No. 711-12, passed June 4, 2012, relating to designating the East Ohio Gas Company Building and Garage as a Cleveland Landmark. 1354-2025 approved Pass
83. 83 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To amend Section 1 of Ordinance No.1861-84, passed December 10, 1984, relating to designating the St. Aloysius Church as a Cleveland Landmark. 1357-2025 approved Pass
84. 84 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Economic Development to enter into a forgivable loan agreement with Pennrose Holding, LLC, or its designee, to provide economic development assistance to partially finance the construction, predevelopment and renovation costs associated with converting two buildings located in Ward 5 service area into affordable apartments for seniors and families, and other associated costs necessary to redevelop the properties. 1362-2025 approved as amended Pass
85. 85 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Economic Development to enter into a Tax Increment Financing Agreement with Pennrose Holding LLC, and/or its designee, to assist with the financing of the Warner and Swasey I, LLC and Warner and Swasey II, LLC Projects to be located at 5701 Carnegie Avenue; to provide for payments to the Cleveland Metropolitan School District; and to declare certain improvements to real property to be a public purpose. 1369-2025 approved Pass
86. 86 •Emergency Resolutions Adopted
87. 87 AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION Declaring the intent to vacate a portion of East 81st Street. 1096-2025 approved Pass
88. 88 LEGISLATION TO BE TABLED
89. C. AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Public Utilities to enter into one or more requirement contracts without competitive bidding with Hach Company to provide services for calibration, preventive maintenance, appropriate repairs and to certify accuracy of laboratory and in-line process equipment used to test drinking water that is manufactured by the Hach Company, for the Division of Water, Department of Public Utilities, for a term of two years. 1168-2025 tabled Pass
90. 90 INTRODUCTIONS
91. 91 ANNOUNCEMENTS
92. 92 MISCELLANEOUS
93. 93 MOTION TO EXCUSE THE ABSENCES approved
94. 94 ADJOURN