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Monday, May 16, 2022
7:00 p.m. — 9:00 p.m. EDT

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601 Lakeside Ave Cleveland, OH 44114 (Directions)

Cleveland City Hall - Council Chambers

Cleveland City Council is the legislative branch of the government of the City of Cleveland in Ohio. There are 17 elected Cleveland City Council members representing the 17 wards of the City of Cleveland. Each ward has approximately 25,000 residents. Council Members are elected to serve a four-year term. Council members serve two roles in their duties: to draft and enact legislation for the city of Cleveland and act as ombudsmen for their constituents. Find meetings streamed at: *online on TV20 at: http://www.tv20cleveland.com/watch-now/ *The meetings are also streamed on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ClevelandCityCouncil/

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Edited and summarized by the Cleveland - OH Documenters Team

Note-taking by Kellie Morris

Public commenters highlight issues with housing and traffic; one resident pushes for better bike-share options

Live reporting by Chau Tang

Public commenters highlight issues with housing and traffic; one resident pushes for better bike-share options

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For more information such as upcoming meetings or if you want to know more about Cleveland City Council, you can check the website here: https://clevelandcitycouncil.org

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Have questions? Think we got something wrong? Send any inquiries on the meeting or these tweets to @cledocumenters Or email us at documenters@neighborhoodgrants.org

You can view the meeting here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ClevelandCityCouncil/featured

The meeting is scheduled to start at 7:00 P.M.

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Public commenter #1 is speaking out about his concern for public safety. https://t.co/TIBFhPPFfu

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Public commenter #2: Timothy Lewis wants to recognize exonerated individuals as free men and women. https://t.co/kRuDbYvU7b

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Public commenter #3 part 1: David Beach will talk about tax evasion. He is representing the Cuyahoga County Progressive Caucus. https://t.co/8Ysex6w43W

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Here is the last part of David Beach’s public comment about tax evasion. https://t.co/0kQDEEEfh3

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Public commenter #4: Patrick Murray will talk about tax abatement. Here is the first part. https://t.co/BRfpV5S0wP

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Here is the last part of Patrick Murray’s public comment. https://t.co/AGGntDDIZS

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Public commenter #5: Reverend Pamela Pinkney will talk about violence against women and children and gun violence. She’s representing Global Engagement Dissolving Violence Against Women and Children. Here is the first part. https://t.co/dWEmUh4CNG

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Here is the last part of Reverend Pamela Pinkney’s public comment. https://t.co/MOnOIY9pKU

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Public commenter #6: Nora Rodriguez is talking about speeding traffic and general conditions on West 81st Street. Here is the first part. https://t.co/d1AsrSK8oB

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Here is the last part of Nora Rodriguez’s public comment. https://t.co/M6AptaZTQZ

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Public commenter #7: Gloria will talk about the speeding on West 81st Street. She’s also expressing her concern about low income affordable housing. Here is the first part. https://t.co/Fo7ICmluNH

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Here is the last part of Gloria’s public comment. https://t.co/agDXUyO8Tw

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Public commenter #8: Matthew is talking about micromobility and transit equity. Here’s the first part. https://t.co/BCDjJjQY6i

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Here’s the last part of Matthew’s public comment. https://t.co/T8NjfjaprO

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Public commenter #9: Andre will talk about out of state, out of country, LLC control over Cleveland’s habitable housing stock. https://t.co/b32Zjxrk8z

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1st Reading Emergency Ordinance read and adopted for Ordinance 511-2022. https://t.co/NulVOBQZPi

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The following emergency ordinances are a 2nd reading that was passed. https://t.co/HH9sMKYfSQ

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Part 2 of the 2nd reading of these emergency ordinances that passed. https://t.co/rdMRRSnfMl

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Part 3 of the 2nd reading of the following emergency ordinances that passed. https://t.co/d5s2pBhkwU

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Emergency Ordinance 486-2022 to be adopted. It’s strongly opposing House Bill 616. https://t.co/K3PBFCvhgJ

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Councilman Kristopher Harsh is speaking in response to one of the public comments that were made tonight. https://t.co/XDRHFF58We

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Words cannot describe the emotions Councilwoman Stephanie Howse felt tonight. It was better if I taped it instead to show you. This is the first part. https://t.co/Gracv161pk

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Let me just say that Councilwoman Stephanie Howse went OFF in this part. I mean that in the BEST possible way. Towards the end, she has a powerful message for women. 🙌 https://t.co/zLUn82y5P6

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The meeting ended at 8:08 P.M.

The next scheduled meeting is May 23, 2022.

Check out this website to watch and read the transcription of each public comment that have been made at these meetings —> https://pubcomment.org/cle/meeting/20220418/https://pubcomment.org/cle/meeting/20220509/

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Cleveland City Council

Cleveland City Council is the legislative branch of the government of the City of Cleveland in Ohio. There are 17 elected Cleveland City Council members representing the 17 wards of the City of Cleveland. Each ward has approximately 25,000 residents. Council Members are elected to serve a four-year term. Council members serve two roles in their duties: to draft and enact legislation for the city of Cleveland and act as ombudsmen for their constituents.

Find meetings streamed at: *online on TV20 at: http://www.tv20cleveland.com/watch-now/

*The meetings are also streamed on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ClevelandCityCouncil/

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