City Council
Council Chambers
Agenda — 85 items
- 1 Cleveland City Council Meeting Notice for November 4, 2024
- 2 CALL TO ORDER; ROLL CALL
- 3 MOMENT OF REFLECTION
- 4 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
- 5 DISPENSE WITH THE JOURNAL
- 6 PUBLIC COMMENT
- 7 REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
- 8 •The Ohio Division of Liquor Control
- 9 #5342714. Transfer of Ownership Application, C2 C2X. Lucky S&M Inc., 11312 Buckeye Rd. (Ward 4).
- 10 #8869339. Transfer of License Application, D3A, D2, D1, D6, D3. Thirty Nine Eleven LLC, 3614 Euclid Ave. (Ward 7).
- 11 #58708070005. Transfer of Ownership Application, D5. Merchant Consultants LLC, 12501 Lorain Ave. (Ward 11).
- 12 #3639271. New License Application, C2. Vanzell Harris, 4900 Pearl Rd. (Ward 13).
- 13 •Plats
- 14 Dedication Plat for Harbor Row Re-subdivision, on the east side of West 44th Street between Orchard Avenue and Apple Avenue (Ward 3). Approved by Committees on Municipal Services and Properties, and Development Planning and Sustainability. Without objection, Plat approved.
- 15 SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
- 16 •Condolence; Moment of Silence
- 17 Condolence Resolution for Willie Myrtle Curry
- 18 Condolence Resolution for Tyus Jemod Tidmore
- 19 Condolence Resolution for Susan J. Cave
- 20 Condolence Resolution for Mary Martha Randle
- 21 Condolence Resolution for Robert Francis Stockhausen
- 22 Condolence Resolution for Mary Ann Davis
- 23 Condolence Resolution for Quincy Jones
- 24 Condolence Resolution for Tahia Heard
- 25 •Congratulations/Recognition/Appreciation/Commendation/Commemoration/Welcome
- 26 Congratulations Resolution for Shiloh Baptist Church
- 27 Congratulations Resolution for Sara Pettit
- 28 Congratulations Resolution for Captain Kristin Riley
- 29 Congratulations Resolution for Officer Timothy Riley
- 30 Congratulations Resolution for Delores Gray
- 31 Recognition Resolution for Transgender Day Remembrance
- 32 Recognition Resolution for Daniel Leizerman
- 33 Recognition Resolution for Specialist Makayla J. Jeffries
- 34 Recognition Resolution for Plymouth United Church of Christ
- 35 PRESENTATIONS
- 36 FIRST READING LEGISLATION
- 37 •Emergency Ordinances Referred
- 38 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Community Development to enter into a grant agreement with the United Way of Greater Cleveland to act as the City’s fiscal agent to administer and provide a tenant resources and outreach program to increase tenant housing stability.
- 39 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To supplement the Codified Ordinances of Cleveland, Ohio, 1976, by enacting new Chapter 147 relating to creation of the Department of Community Crisis Response.
- 40 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Capital Projects to lease certain property located north of Interstate 90 near Waterloo Road/Marginal Road to Meadow City, LLC for the purpose of developing native seed garden plots, for a term of three years.
- 41 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Capital Projects to lease certain property located at and under the Superior Viaduct Arch Number 6 to the John G. Johnson Construction Company, and/or its designee, for parking and material storage, for a term of five years with one five-year option to renew, exercisable by the Director of Capital Projects.
- 42 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Finance to pay as Moral Claims the sums opposite the names of the claimants.
- 43 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Port Control to employ one or more professional consultants to conduct an economic impact study of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
- 44 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Public Works to apply for and accept a Talent for Tomorrow: Digital Equity Challenge Grant from The United States Conference of Mayors for the City’s REC-N-TEC Initiative and to apply for and accept grants from other entities for this purpose; to enter into various written standard purchase, requirement, and professional service contracts needed to implement the grant.
- 45 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To amend Sections 5, 8, 25, 30, 34, 36 to 40 and 42 of Ordinance No. 194-2021, passed March 29, 2021, as amended, relating to salaries for various classifications.
- 46 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Finance to enter into one or more agreements with Gateway Economic Development Corporation of Greater Cleveland for the contribution of City funds for repairs and improvements to Progressive Field and Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
- 47 •Emergency Ordinances Read in Full and Passed
- 48 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To amend the Title and Section 1 of Ordinance No. 652-2024, passed June 3, 2024, relating to a First Amendment Agreement with Bellaire-Puritas Development Corporation DBA Jefferson-Puritas West Park Development Corporation for Cleveland City Council.
- 49 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To amend Section 5 of Ordinance No 1168-2024, passed October 28, 2024, relating to a grant agreement with Jonad Properties, LLC or its designee.
- 50 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Consenting and approving the issuance of a permit for the Cleveland Cocoa Run 5K, February 15, 2025, managed by Hermes Sports & Events.
- 51 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Consenting and approving the issuance of a permit for the Inside the Park Homerun, June 15, 2025, managed by Hermes Sports & Events.
- 52 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Consenting and approving the issuance of a permit for the 7th Annual Cleveland Kurentovanje Kurent Dash on March 1, 2025, managed by Hermes Sports & Events.
- 53 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To make additional appropriations of Four Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($450,000) to the Enterprise Fund.
- 54 •Ordinances Referred
- 55 AN ORDINANCE Changing the Use, Area and Height Districts of parcels of land east of East 105th Street between Churchill Avenue and Orville Avenue. (Map Change 2687)
- 56 •Emergency Resolutions Read in Full and Adopted
- 57 AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION Withdrawing an objection to the transfer of ownership and location of a C2 Liquor Permit to 3228 West 65th Street and repealing Resolution No. 535-2024, objecting to said permit.
- 58 AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION Objecting to the transfer of ownership of a D3A, D3 and D1 Liquor Permit to 18025-29 Euclid Avenue.
- 59 AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION Approving the recommendation of the Committee on Council Operations regarding hiring certain employees by Cleveland City Council.
- 60 SECOND READING LEGISLATION
- 61 •Emergency Ordinances Passed
- 62 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Determining the method of making the public improvement of constructing the Brookfield Avenue/West 130th Street, Dearborn Avenue, East 27th Street, East 48th Street, East 93rd Street, Parkridge Avenue/Brookside Drive, West 19th Street, West 63rd Street, and West 89th Street area sewer replacement or rehabilitation projects; authorizing the Director of Public Utilities to enter into one or more public improvement contracts; authorizing the Director to employ one or more professional consultants necessary to design the improvement; and authorizing the Director to apply for and accept any loans or grants from any public or private entity.
- 63 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the purchase by one or more requirement contracts of labor and materials necessary for analysis, identification, storage, remediation, transportation, clean-up, emergency response, recycling, and disposal of various chemicals, hazardous waste products, and other non-hazardous and recyclable waste materials, routine industrial cleaning, and required training, for the Divisions of Water, Cleveland Public Power, and Water Pollution Control, Department of Public Utilities and the Department of Public Works for a period of two years, with two one-year options to renew, exercisable by the Director of Public Utilities.
- 64 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Public Utilities to enter into one or more agreements with CHN Housing Partners to administer energy, water, and sewer conservation services to low-income homeowners, for the Divisions of Water, Water Pollution Control, and Cleveland Public Power, Department of Public Utilities, for a period or periods not to exceed one year, with one option to renew for a period or periods not to exceed one year, exercisable by the Director of Public Utilities.
- 65 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To amend the title of Chapter 352 and Section 352.01 of Codified Ordinances of Cleveland, Ohio, 1976, as amended by Ordinance No. 3077-A-89, passed June 17, 1991; and to supplement the Codified Ordinances by enacting new Section 352.13, relating to lighting requirements for outdoor parking lots.
- 66 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Directors of Public Works and Capital Projects to convey and grant various easements to the Ohio Department of Transportation at a City-owned property within the Garfield Park Reservation in the City of Garfield Heights for the purpose of replacing the Broadway Avenue/SR-14 bridge; and declaring the easement rights no longer needed for the City’s public use.
- 67 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Approving the report of the Assessment Equalization Board on objections concerning estimated assessments to design, inspect, reconstruct, repair and/or install roadways, sidewalks, driveway aprons, curbs (including adjustments of castings and landscaping, if necessary), encroaching upon the public right-of-way on Euclid Beach Boulevard (entire street) and E. 159th Street (from Euclid Beach Boulevard to Lakeshore Boulevard); determining to proceed with the improvements; and adopting the equalized assessments.
- 68 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the purchase by one or more requirement contracts of labor and materials necessary to test, inspect, maintain, and repair bucket and derrick trucks, for the Division of Cleveland Public Power, Department of Public Utilities, for a period of two years.
- 69 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the purchase by one or more requirement contracts of duct line, street lighting bases and pull boxes, labor and materials necessary to install, repair, replace or maintain the duct line, street lighting bases and pull boxes, and other related incidentals, for the Division of Cleveland Public Power, Department of Public Utilities, for a period of two years.
- 70 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Public Utilities to enter into one or more contracts without competitive bidding with Windstream Communications, LLC dba Kinetic Business by Windstream for telecommunication service lines for primary and backup communications for SCADA control, security cameras, and telephones at various locations which are outside of Cuyahoga County and beyond the AT&T service area; and to authorize payment of monthly charges to Windstream, for a period up to three years, for the Division of Water, Department of Public Utilities.
- 71 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Public Safety to amend Lease Agreement No. LS 2018-24 with Cuyahoga County for the lease of certain space located on various floors of the Justice Center to extend the term for one additional year, beginning October 2, 2024, and to include additional space for the Clerk of Cleveland Municipal Court located on the 4th floor of the Justice Center.
- 72 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 FY24 Recovery Ohio LE Program to provide funding for the operation of the Cartel Gang Narcotics Laundering Task Force.
- 73 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 FY 2024 State Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant to provide funding for the operation of the Cartel Gang Narcotics Laundering Task Force; and authorizing agreements with various entities to implement the grant.
- 74 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Public Utilities to employ one or more professional consultants to administer a Backflow Data Management Program, for a period of three years, with two one-year options to renew, exercisable by the Director of Public Utilities.
- 75 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Economic Development to enter into a grant agreement with the Greater Cleveland Media Development Corporation dba Greater Cleveland Film Commission, or its designee, to assist with the general operating expenses of the organization.
- 76 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Economic Development and the Commissioner of Purchases and Supplies to enter into a purchase agreement with Qasim Properties LLC, or its designee; and authorizing the Commissioner of Purchases and Supplies to purchase property located at 15900 Lakeshore Boulevard which will be placed into the City’s Land Reutilization Program for future redevelopment, for the Department of Economic Development.
- 77 •Ordinances Passed
- 78 AN ORDINANCE To amend various sections of Chapter 523, as amended by various ordinances; to repeal Section 523.021; and to enact new Sections 523.0491, 523.066, 523.067, 523.28 and 523.29, all relating to rules and rates for electricity charges for the Division of Cleveland Public Power.
- 79 •Emergency Resolutions Adopted
- 80 AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION Declaring the intent to vacate the remaining portion of Sherman Court.
- 81 INTRODUCTIONS
- 82 ANNOUNCEMENTS
- 83 MISCELLANEOUS
- 84 MOTION TO EXCUSE THE ABSENCES
- 85 ADJOURN